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Redwood Lifestyle Care & Village News An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m. and asked where he is going at this time of night. The man replies, “I am on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late.” The officer then asks, “Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?” The man replies, “That would be my wife.” May 2016, Issue 2 Welcome to our second issue of the Redwood Lifestyle Care & Village newsletter. To bring us into line with other facilities we are now called the Redwood Gazette. We hope you enjoyed our very first newsletter and hope to bring you more of the same each month. Bowled over One of the all-time favourite activities at Redwood is bowls. Every Wednesday afternoon our bowling enthusiasts gather together for lots of fun and laughter. There is a great sense of rivalry between the players as each tries to outdo / outmanoeuvre the others. This particular day we had just a small group as some of our regulars were otherwise indisposed nevertheless the competition was just as fierce. Game one is played with a target where the goal is to get the highest score with a perfect score being 200. Each person takes their turn to bowl their first ball then we go around to bowl the second. Highest score wins the round and most wins takes out the game. In game two we take away the target and the kitty is placed in the centre of the floor. If they touch the kitty with their bowl they get two points and closest bowl to the kitty at the end of the round scores an extra point. The winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the game. This game causes much hilarity as bowls go flying towards people's feet and under chairs. The activities staff reckon they get more exercise than the residents.
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Redwood Lifestyle Care & Village News
An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m. and asked where he is going at this time of night.
The man replies, “I am on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human
body, as well as smoking and staying out late.”
The officer then asks, “Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?”
The man replies, “That would be my wife.”
May 2016, Issue 2
Welcome to our second issue of the Redwood Lifestyle Care & Village newsletter. To bring
us into line with other facilities we are now called the Redwood Gazette. We hope you
enjoyed our very first newsletter and hope to bring you more of the same each month.
Bowled over One of the all-time favourite activities at Redwood is bowls. Every Wednesday afternoon
our bowling enthusiasts gather together for lots of fun and laughter. There is a great sense of
rivalry between the players as each tries to outdo / outmanoeuvre the others. This particular
day we had just a small group as some of our regulars were otherwise indisposed
nevertheless the competition was just as fierce.
Game one is played with a target where the goal is to get the
highest score with a perfect score being 200. Each person takes
their turn to bowl their first ball then we go around to bowl the
second. Highest score wins the round and most wins takes out
the game.
In game two we take away the target and the kitty is placed in
the centre of the floor. If they touch the kitty with their bowl
they get two points and closest bowl to the kitty at the end of
the round scores an extra point. The winner is the person with
the highest score at the end of the game. This game causes
much hilarity as bowls go flying towards people's feet and under
chairs. The activities staff reckon they get more exercise than
the residents.
Pam (left) and Phyl
Note
the
bowl
mid air
Noeline in action
Such concentration from Dexter
Alan waits to see where his bowl will stop
Jan’s Jigsaw
Some of our residents love putting
together jigsaw puzzles.
This is one recently completed by Jan
Parsons.
Looks great Jan, well done.
As you get older, three things happen:
The first is your memory goes …
… and I can’t remember the other two.
RSA Singers
We have had the RSA singers entertain during April. They chose Anzac as their theme for
the concert, donning military apparel and singing songs from the war era, much to the
delight of those who attended.
The RSA Singers
An appreciative audience Singing along
Phil Steans Entertains
We were also spoilt to have the very talented Phil Steans visit. Phil comes across from Nelson
several times a year to entertain at the various rest homes in Marlborough. He is always a
delight to have as he sings a wide variety of songs and we love singing along.
His concerts always draw a good sized crowd and are over far too quickly as far as we are
concerned.
Phil will be back with us later in the year ... we can't wait.
Mr Steans himself
The Phil Steans fan club
Spotlight on Staff
The spotlight this issue is on our Clinical Nurse Manager,
Suzanne Grenfell. When she is not at Redwood she leads a
very full life with her family, horses and soccer taking up a
lot of her leisure time.
Our candid reporter captured these images in a recent
game of soccer at A&P Park. That’s Suzanne in the bright
yellow top, protecting the goal of the opposing team.
Her daughters, Caitlyn and Maddi also play for the
Redwood Club ladies team.
Coming up in May
6th Ray Blunts birthday
7th Sonya & Ebony entertain
8th Mothers Day
9th Mary Bells birthday
20th Valda Armstrongs birthday
21st Irene Robertsons birthday
22nd Patsy Smiths birthday
23rd Margaret Adams birthday
27th Country Girls Concert
31st Dexter Gibbons birthday
Weather Word Scramble
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. OCLDU 1.
2. OHT 2.
3. RTSOM 3.
4. USNNY 4.
5. EFNI 5.
6. YLDUCO 6.
7. LDCO 7.
8. HTEA 8.
9. SSAENO 9.
10. WNDI 10.
11. SCTFRAEO 11.
12. SNWO 12.
13. LAIH 13.
14. ERRSSPUE 14.
15. RINA 15.
16. USN 16.
17. EFRZEE 17.
18. DORNOAT 18.
19. GFO 19.
20. UMPTETREAER 20.
Well folks, that’s it for this month. We hope you enjoyed reading about some of the
things that have been happening here at Redwood and looking at all the photos.
Look out for our next issue when we will bring you another “Spotlight on Staff” article.
I wonder who the next victim will be?
‘Bye for now.
Denise & Jan
