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Highland Ridge Newsletter July 2020

Shawn McPherson July 5

Betty Tucker July 9

Mandy Buchanan July 11

Judy South July 13

Kelly Paul July 13

Loretta Yates July 21

Shelby McPherson July 29

Norma Garmon July 31 Margie Kinslow submitted article

about grandson.

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HIGHLAND RIDGE


Our spotlight is on Viveca Parker. Her parents were Bill

and Hallie Cloyd Simmons. She has 2 older brothers

and 2 younger sisters. She attended school across

several states & attended Indian River Comm. College

in Florida. She married Bob Parker and they have no

children. Viveca met her husband in Florida and

married in1979.She took care of her in-laws. After 30

years, she moved to Glasgow to take care of her

parents. Her husband moved a year later and they live

in the Lucas area. Viveca and Bob will be married 41

years on June 23. She attends Glasgow Baptist

Church. Her hobbies include cooking, canning and

reading. Highland Ridge offered her an opportunity to

continue in the care assistance of folks in a home-style

atmosphere while meeting new people.

Spotlight is on Eula Grinstead. She was born in Barren County to

Edgar & Pearl Lancaster. She has an older sister and younger brother

deceased. As a teenager, she worked at the Ben Franklin Store. She

met her husband, James at the store. He came into town to pick up his

sister who also worked there. They were married barely a year when

James’ National Guard unit was notified on Christmas Eve 1950 they

were being activated for Korea. They moved to Fort Bragg, where 623

trained. They left for Korea Thanksgiving week of 1951.James served

under James Trigg Pace, who was Eula’s 6th grade teacher. They

moved to Elizabethtown and had 2 daughters. Eula made all of their

clothes, canned vegetables and helped take care of parents.

Her hobbies were cross stitch, crochet and needlework. She also

collects antique glassware, a hobby her grandfather started when he

gave her china and other glassware. When James retired from Fort

Knox, they returned home to Barren County. Church has always been

an important part of her life, and she is a member of Siloam Baptist

Church. She likes everything about Highland Ridge.

Spotlight on Resident

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The Story of the Fourth of July The Declaration of Independence

We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.

But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776).

It wasn’t the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775).

And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was Au-gust 2, 1776).

So what did happen on July 4, 1776?

The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes.

July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broad-sides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the date they remembered.

In contrast, we celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th of each year, the anniversary of the date the Constitution was signed, not the anniversary of the date it was approved. If we’d followed this same approach for the Declaration of Independence we’d being cele-brating Independence Day on August 2nd of each year, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed!

How did the Fourth of July become a national holiday?

For the first 15 or 20 years after the Declaration was written, people didn’t celebrate it much on any date. It was too new and too much else was happening in the young nation. By the 1790s, a time of bitter partisan conflicts, the Declaration had become controversial. One party, the Democratic-Republicans, admired Jefferson and the Declaration. But the other party, the Federalists, thought the Dec-laration was too French and too anti-British, which went against their current policies.

By 1817, John Adams complained in a letter that America seemed uninterested in its past. But that would soon change.

After the War of 1812, the Federalist party began to come apart and the new parties of the 1820s and 1830s all considered themselves inheritors of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans. Printed copies of the Declaration began to circulate again, all with the date July 4, 1776, listed at the top. The deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4, 1826, may even have helped to promote the idea of July 4 as an important date to be celebrated.

Celebrations of the Fourth of July became more common as the years went on and in 1870, almost a hundred years after the Declara-tion was written, Congress first declared July 4 to be a national holiday as part of a bill to officially recognize several holidays, including Christmas. Further legislation about national holidays, including July 4, was passed in 1939 and 1941.

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Highland Ridge Resident of the Day

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• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening lung disease that interferes with normal breathing – it is more than a “smoker’s cough”.

• WHO estimates that there are 64 million(*) people living with COPD in the world. The exact number is unknown but a study published in 2015 suggests the figure is much higher: the number of COPD cases increased to 384 million in 2010, with a global prevalence of 11.7% (8.4%–15.0%).

• In the WHO European Region, this same study estimates that 66 million people live with COPD.

• More than 3 million people died of COPD in 2005, which is equal to 5% of all deaths globally that year.

• Almost 90% of COPD deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

The number of deaths from COPD has increased more than 60% over the last 20 years .COPD is the only major cause of death whose incidence is on the increase and is expected to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2030 (exceeded only by heart diseases and stroke).

• The primary cause of COPD is tobacco smoke (through tobacco use or second-hand smoke).

• In Europe 4-10% of adults have COPD.

• The total COPD related expenses for outpatient care (= not in hospital) in the EU is approximately € 4,7 billion per year

• Inpatient care (=in hospital) generates costs of €2,9 billion followed by expenses in pharmaceutical of 2,7 billion per year

• The disease now affects men and women almost equally, due in part to increased tobacco use among women in high-income countries.

• Total deaths from COPD are projected to increase by more than 30% in the next 10 years without interventions to cut risks, particularly exposure to tobacco smoke.

• COPD is the 5th biggest killer worldwide. Every hour COPD is estimated to kill over 250 people worldwide.

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Employees of the week

Libraries are where people lower their voices and raise their minds.

Good friends are like stars… you don’t always see them, but you know

they are always there.

Use what talents you have, The world would be silent if no Birds sang

except those who sang best.

Ladies and their beautiful hair

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication

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One At A Time

A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset.

As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he

grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, pick-

ing something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he

kept hurling things out into the ocean. As our friend approached even

closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had been

washed up on the beach and, one at a time, he was throwing them back

into the water. Our friend was puzzled. He approached the man and

said, "Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing."

"I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low

tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the

shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here

from lack of oxygen." "I understand," my friend replied, "but there

must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't possibly get to

all of them. There are simply too many. And don't you realize this is

probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast.

Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish,

and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied,

"Made a difference to that one!"

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Father’s Day

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Senior Citizen Jokes: "The Wedding"

George and Edith had been high school sweethearts 50 years ago, but had gone their separate ways after graduation. Then, two years ago, their paths crossed again, and they began seeing each other regularly.

With age 75 just around the corner, they decided life was too short, and they might as well spend the rest of their lives together.

Excited about their decision to marry, they went for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and found themselves in front of a drugstore. George said, "Let’s go in. I have an idea."

Addressing the man behind the counter, George asked, "Are you the owner?" The pharmacist answered, "Yes sir, I am. How can I help you?"

George: "Do you sell heart medications?" Pharmacist: "Of course."

George: "How about support hose?" Pharmacist: "Definitely."

George: "What about medications for rheumatism, osteoporosis and arthritis?" Pharmacist: "All kinds."

George: "How about waterproof furniture pads and Depends?" Pharmacist: "Yes, sir."

George: "Hearing aids, denture supplies and reading glasses?" Pharmacist: "Yes."

George: "What about eye drops, sleeping pills, Geritol, Preparation-H and Ex-Lax?" Pharmacist: "Absolutely."

George: "You sell wheelchairs, walkers and canes?" Pharmacist: "Yes, indeed. But why all these questions?"

George smiled, glanced shyly at Edith and replied, "We’ve decided to get married and we’re considering you for our bridal registry."

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Put on your Thinking Caps

Unscramble words about 4th of July

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