Big Meadows 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2238 Website: www.bigmeadows.biz October 2017 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2105 Website: www.aheinc.biz/pinnacleplace A joint publication of Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place Inside this issue: Spirit of Fall-Big M Word Scramble-Pinacle Big Meadows Highlights Big Meadows Highlights Big Meadows Highlights Big Meadows Announcements Connection s Unit Highlights 1 2 3 4 5 6 Big Meadows is getting in the spirit of fall with beautiful decorating. Above to the left is the front patio area decorated by Stan Schleuning and above to the right is near our TV area decorated by Jaime Zastrow. Thank you so much to Stan and Jaime for the delightful decorations and helping Big Meadows get into the season! Big Meadows Announcements Big Meadows Activity Calendar Pinnacle Place Announcements Pinnacle Place Social Calendar 7 8 9 10 Pinnacle Place Menus 11
Savanna s River City Reader Page 2 Big Meadows Highlights Sandra D with her daughter. Gene O. with his family. Vernetta A. with family. Ann L with family. Lee H with her daughters. Judy and Barb, with her family. Joyce M. with family Fussy R. with her family. Jim L with his family. Janet K. with her family Charles B. with family. Nancy and Shirley, with her family Jim N. with his wife and daughter Cindy B with dietary aide, Dianne Janet S with her husband, Harvey.
Savanna's River City Reader Page 3 Big Meadows Highlights Rosemary with West Carroll High School athletes. Big Meadows held their September Community Coffee to coincide with West Carroll Homecoming Week. We continued the tradition of inviting West Carroll High School athletes to enjoy a donut and beverage with our residents and wish them luck at their football game on Friday, September 22nd. Cookie R., Mark, Barb, and Judy with West Carroll athletes. Shirley E. with West Carroll High School athletes. Marlene with the West Carroll cheerleaders. Marlene, Gerry S., and Terry M. with West Carroll athletes. 1 2 3 On Wednesday, September 20th, Big Meadows crowned their 2017 Homecoming King and Queen. Nominees for Homecoming Queen were: Lupe Thacker; Ann LaShelle; and Barb Watts and Nominees for Homecoming King were Terry Hyde and Gerry Smith. Picture one shows our nominees for Queen (from left to right): Lupe; Ann; and Barb as Ann was crowned Queen and picture two shows our nominees for King (from left to right) Terry and Gerry S. as Terry was crowned King. Picture three shows Queen Ann and King Terry in front of their carriage for the West Carroll Homecoming Parade on Thursday, September 21.
Savanna's River City Reader Page 4 Big Meadows Highlights Keeping with tradition, the morning of the Homecoming parade, West Carroll s Marching Band and Flag Team visited Big Meadows residents and staff and performed a preview of their parade selections in the front parking lot. Every year, the residents and staff love to watch the show and really appreciate that the West Carroll students and staff take the short walk to us and perform for us. Residents have been getting in the spirit of Autumn with their pipe cleaner pumpkin craft! Barb with her craft pumpkin. Lupe with her craft. Marlene with her pumpkin. Big Meadows celebrated National Teddy Bear day on September 9th with a Teddy Bear Social in our chapel. James B Marlene Judy Jim C
Savanna's River City Reader Page 5 Big Meadows Announcements Trick-Or-Treating will be held at Big Meadows in the dining room on October 29th from 2 to 4pm. Please bring your little ghost and goblins in to see our residents. We are needing donations of candy for the residents to give out to the children on Halloween. We thank everyone for their help. Dates to Remember: 11th: Community Coffee at 9:30am in the Dining Room 18th: Furry Friends Traveling Petting Zoo visit at 2pm in the Main Lobby 20th: Sweetest Day Couples Lunch at 12pm in the Chapel 29th: Trick or Treating at Big Meadows 2-4pm 31st: Halloween Party at 2pm in the Dining Room October Birthdays Residents: Staff: 03 Gerald Smith 01 Yvonny Perez 20 Marlene Farrey 04 Andrew Westerman 23 Terry Mattison 16 Georgina Zink 23 Joyce Mitchell 18 Shawna Fritzenmeier 27 Doris Drawhon 21 Sharon Chico 27 Hilary Dauphin
Savanna s River City Reader Page 4 Connec ons Unit Highlights Ladies of the Unit enjoying the warm weather we have been blessed with this year. Pictured in both photos from left to right: Lee H; Joyce W.; Fussy R.; Betty K.; and Joyce M. Clarence K painting Halloween decorations Clarence K. and Tim P. together painting a set of monster decorations. Tim P. working on his Frankenstein. From left to right: Violet M.; Mavis T.; Fussy R.; and Vernetta A. The Unit residents painting their ghosts and pumpkins. On September 18th, the owner of CDG Ceramics came to Big Meadows Connection Unit and held a class with our residents. Everyone enjoyed the painting class and our fall and Halloween ceramics. We can not wait until the next class.
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Big Meadows 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street From the residents and staff at Big Meadows & Pinnacle Place