Volume 97 Number 14
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T
Benevolence
H E R A L D
Humanity
ISSN —07458800
Brotherhood
April 8, 2009
S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living: Expansion Begins
We’d like to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt best wishes to you and your family at Eastertime. We hope that your holiday and the spring season are filled with much joy and good health.
LEFT PHOTO: Artist’s rendering of the expanded S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living facility in Taylor. RIGHT PHOTO: Pictured at the March 26 groundbreaking ceremony for the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living expansion, are, left to right, Bud Swanson (Senior Superintendent, EBCO General Contractor, Ltd.); Lewis Gissel (Senior Vice President, Capital One Bank); Diane Volek (Assistant Administrator, S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home); Jane Stauffer (S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living Administrator); Rest Home
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The S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home Board of Directors recognized the need for assisted living in early 2000. The directors put together a plan to build the first phase consisting of 24 rooms. S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living opened its doors in December 2003. The facility built 24 rooms of various sizes and styles. The board continued to envision the need for additional care for the elderly of the area who need assistance. Now, the non-profit organization is expanding its existing structure to meet those needs. Ground was officially broken on Thursday, March 26, 2009, for the ex-
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Board of Directors Howard Leshikar (District Two), George Pauling (Vice President/District Three), and Lonnie Lostak (Secretary/District Five); Woody Richards (S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home No. 1 Administrator); Rest Home Directors Billy Rollwitz (Treasurer/District Four) and Donnie Victorick (President/District One); Greg Hunteman, AIA (President, Pi Architects); John Egger (President, EBCO General Contractor, Ltd.); and Jim Neil (Senior Vice President, Lancaster Pollard).
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
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pansion to the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living facility in Taylor. The expansion will add 36 rooms to its current 24. The present facility has 15,875 square feet. The expansion will include an additional 37,278 square feet for a total of 53,153 square feet. “I am very excited about the expansion of the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living facility in Taylor,” S.P.J.S.T. Rest Homes and Assisted Living Board of Directors President Donnie Victorick said. “This has been in the works for some time as far as planning and visualizing what needed to be done. We are looking forward to its completion and
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Lodge 88 Houston honors Vrazelsʼ Polka Band
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Lodge 97 Placedo Sales Agent Charles Garrett honored
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SPJST gives to Czech Heritage Museum