Northcrest Community Over 55 years of service to older adults

in the Greater Ames Community

September 26, 2021

The Week at a Glance!

Sunday, September 26 10-4:00 Octagon Art Festival, No Bus 12:30 Sunday Dinner 2:00 Hymn Sing, Green Room 2:00 Live Stream Broadcast of ACTORS “Nana’s Naughty Knickers”

Monday, September 27 10 & 11:00 Spanish Classes, Fndrs’ Rm 3:00 Memory Café, Northminster Presbyterian Church, No Bus

Tuesday, September 28 9:30 Tuesday Coffee, Grand Room & Zoom , Hosts: Parkway Floor 1 1:00 Bus to Fareway North

Wednesday, September 29 10-10:30 Blood Pressure, Providers’ Rm 3:00 Bus to ALDI’s

Thursday, September 30 10:00 Stroll for Well–Being, 1800 Entry 1:30 Bible Study, Founders’ Room 3:30 “Wine & Cheese To-Go” Campaign Kick-Off, Grand Room 6:00 Game Night, Main Bldg, Library Friday, October 1 8:30-10:30 1st National Bank 10:30 Friday Chat: The Art of Wendell Mohr, Grand Room 1:00 Bus to North WalMart

Saturday, October 2 3:15 Bus to Step Show at Alumni Hall 4:45 Bus to Football vs Kansas

DAILY EXERCISE Exercise is held in the Green Room, M-F mornings at 8:30 a.m. Holidays are optional! Check out the Exercise Videos on the NC Website, Resident Section!!

Exercise Rooms

The Wellness Center in Main Building and the Exercise Room in Parkway are open 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. Sanitizing rules are still in place.

Podiatry Clinic by appointment: Wed, Oct 13

All health appointments will be held in the Provider’s Room

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Northcrest News

Chicken Cordon Bleu Sour Cream & Chive Mashed

Potatoes Key West Blend Vegetables

Fresh Melon Salad Dutch Apple Pie

Sunday Dinner September 26, 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday Coffee Hybrid Bring your own coffee! Parkway Floor 1 will host on Sept 28. We are also on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85762561203

Birthday Wishes September 27: Laura Shanks September 27: Ed Sorenson September 30: Peg Pearce October 1: Georgia Bluhm October 2: Vickie Leek (Please let us know if we miss anyone!)

Flu Shots & Booster Shots Plan on October 4 for the annual Flu Shot Clinic as well as the booster shot if CDC approved by then. Time & details to come.

Spanish Classes Spanish classes on Mondays: Beginning Spanish at 10:00 am or Intermediate/Advanced Spanish at 11:00 am. Contact Steve Coon if you have questions. Email: scoon42@gmail.com Phone: 515-450-2819

Low Vision Support Group The next meeting of the Low Vision Support Group will be held on Wednesday, October 20th from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Janet Ander-son-Hsieh will speak about lighting options for people with low vision. To enter the meeting, please call (712) 432-5610. After you hear the prompt for the access code, please enter 782 followed by the # sign. If you have any questions, please call Janet at 292-8882. All are welcome.

Alzheimer’s Walk—Sat, 10/16 Join Team Heartwood House to show our support for our residents and their families. To register to walk, go to alz.org and choose Team Heartwood House. There will be an opportunity to order a Northcrest shirt, though purchasing a shirt or making a donation is not required to participate. Sat, Oct 16, Bus at 8:00 am.

United Way Day of Caring Thank you to the volunteers from 3-M that are coming to the NC Campus to help with gardening tasks as part of the United Way Day of Caring on Sept 24.

Memory Cafe Memory Cafe, a socialization and support opportunity for persons with memory issues and their caregivers, will resume on the 4th Monday of the month. Mon, Sept 27, 3 to 4:30, Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St.

We've added two containers for yard waste in the enclosure next to the east garbage dumpster. One will be for yard waste and one will be for soil/dirt material. Please throw any gar-bage in the adjacent dumpster.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NC Library Reminders With our larger population, more books are being checked out of the Main Building Library. Please follow these guidelines: NC Library Items: Find the check-out card attached to the item, fill in the date and your name. Place the card in the small box on the shelf in ei-ther Atrium E or in the Library Room. Ames Public Library books on loan: Fill in date, title, and your name on the le-gal pad that rests on the shelf with these books. (Special tape marks these shelves.) Return: Please return Northcrest and Ames Library items to the plastic container in the Library Room promptly so others may enjoy them. Donations: Place items you wish to donate above the Donations sign on the small wood stand. Need Help? Ask a member of the Library Committee or Marilyn Green, Chair.

KNUT’S KNOTES

Friday Chat The next Friday Chat will be a presentation by Louise O’Donnell of the NC Art Commit-tee. Learn of the history of Iowa artist Wen-dell Mohr, the inaugural exhibit of our NC Art Wall. Fri, Oct 1, 10:30 am, Grand Room

Northcrest Sunday Series Director Keith Abraham will be giving an up-date on Parks and Recreation programs, facilities, and projects. They manage 38 parks, five facilities, over 180 programs, and three cemeteries! He’ll discuss recent-ly completed, current, and future projects, which include the Indoor Aquatic Center, Downtown Plaza, Adaptive Kayak Launch, Fishing Pier renovations, and park develop-ment. Keith says Parks & Rec has a lot go-ing on, and he promises a jam packed hour! Sun, Oct 3, 7:00 pm, Grand Room.

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ACTORS ACTORS is offering live-stream viewing tickets for each perfor-mance of “Nana’s Naughty Knickers”. Go to actorsinc.org to purchase your streaming or in-person ticket for Sept 24—26. No Bus. (We will show the Sun, Sept 26 perfor-mance, 2 pm, Grand Room at no charge.)

Lake Wobegon Band The Lake Wobegon Brass Band will perform at the Ames City Auditorium on Sun, Oct 3, 2 pm. Polly Gilbert & Lee Smithson are sponsors of this fundraiser and have tickets. No Bus.

Organists of Iowa Concert A live webcast is available of this concert on Sun, Sept 26, 3:00 pm. In your own home, go to music.iastate.edu, and click on Webcast. No Charge.

A Stroll for Well-Being Enjoy the fall weather with a 45 minute guided stroll around NC Campus. A stroll designates places to pause and focus on being present in the moment, reflect on a quote or move with purpose. Join in the in-augural one on Thu, Sept 30, 10:00 am. Meet at the 1801 Door.

Northcrest Food Drive The Employee Champions Committee thanks all who donated non-perishable items to the Food Drive. Between our resi-dents and staff, we gave 260 items to Food at First who supports so many needy people!!

Environmental Services, House-keeping, & Assisted Living Week Officially, last week was the time to honor these groups, but it is never too late to say Thank You to those housekeepers, mainte-nance folks and those who live and work in Assisted Living! Gratitude is never late!

ISU Sports Fri, Sept 24, Volleyball vs TCU, Bus at

6:00 pm Sat, Sept 25, Volleyball vs TCU, Bus

at 3:30 pm Sat, Oct 2, Football vs Kansas, Bus to

Step Show, 3:15. Bus to Game, 4:45 pm

SPORTS

The weekly status report of Northcrest Community: New Cases within the past seven days: Residents - 1 Staff - 2

WEEKLY COVID UPDATES

ENTERTAINMENT

Foundation Annual Giving Campaign Kick-off

“Wine & Cheese To Go” Style (Non-alcoholic available by request)

Grand Room

3:30 History & Info with Dawn 4:00 Music by Ken Jolls on the Grand Piano

THINGS TO DO!

Pick-up times for Regular Daily Meals at the 2300 Front Desk: Lunch, Monday- Saturday: Sign up by 10:00am

Lunch is Ready For Pick Up at 2300 entry at 12:00 pm

Sunday Lunch: Sign up by 6:30 pm Saturday. Lunch is ready for pick up at 2300 entry at 12:30 pm

Need the Kitchen? New Extension

After calling 232-6760, please dial Extension #7212 or choose option 4.

Sunday, September 26 Lunch: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Sour Cream & Chive Mashed Potatoes, Key West Blend Vegetables, Fresh Melon Salad, Dutch Apple Pie Monday, September 27 Lunch: Gr illed Chicken on Chopped Romaine Blend with Apple Chips, Feta, Pecans & Fuji Apple Dressing, Honey Oat Bran Muffin, Grapefruit, Yogurt Parfait Tuesday, September 28 Lunch: Fish Sandwich, French Fr ies, Pepper Slaw, Watermelon, Heath Bar Blondie Wednesday, September 29 Lunch: Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza, Strawberr ies & Oranges, Side Salad with Ranch Dressing, Frosted Sugar Cookie Thursday, September 30 Lunch: Hot Turkey Sandwich, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Sunshine Carrots, Waldorf Apple Salad, Oreo Pie Friday, October 1 Lunch: Cheeseburger, Fresh Fr ied Potato Chips, Pickle Spear, Canta-loupe, Mini Vanilla Swirl Cone Saturday, October 2 Lunch: Soft Shell Tacos, Refried Beans, Mandarin Oranges, Banana Cream Pie