Carson Valley Senior Living

1189 Kimmerling Road Gardnerville, Nevada 89460 ~ Ph 775-265-1400 Fax 775-265-9152

Happy October to everyone! 2016 is quickly disappearing so if there are any resolutions that you haven’t completed, now is the time to get those checked off your list.

Safety update:

At our September Resident Council Meeting I gave some helpful hints to our residents on what to expect when we have a fire drill or even a complete evacuation which we do yearly around this time. On Tuesday September 20th we held a special training session with those residents interested on what to do during an evacuation. There were a lot of great questions! We held our annual Evacuation drill on Wednesday, September 21st with the East Fork Fire Department. Battalion Chief Troy agreed it went smoothly and gave us some helpful hints for next year, which we will implement into our monthly team member training.

I realize that was a bit sneaky having the drill so close to the training and not letting them know ahead of time but we need everyone living here and working here knowing what to do and I wanted it fresh in everyone’s mind when it did happen. The evacuation went pretty smooth minus the 6 residents that refused to vacate. We had 71 residents on property at time of evacuation and we evacuated 65 residents in 11 minutes 16 seconds. Our goal is 6-8 minutes for a full evacuation so we will keep working on our timing. In the training to our residents we gave three instructions for them to remember anytime they hear the fire alarm -

1) Stay in your room and wait for a team member or fire department staff to give you instructions and assist with your relocation to a safe area in the building or to evacuate outside the community.

2) Do not take time to dress or gather belongings. Cover yourself with a bathrobe, coat etc. and be ready for further instructions.

3) If the fire alarms stop, this means that either there is no fire or the fire has been extinguished.

If everyone remembers just those 3 things everyone will be safe. We would like to thank everyone that participated and we apologize for the inconvenience that was caused to anyone’s day, but our goal is always resident and team member safety.

That’s it for now – So until Next month, “Good Night Sweet Dreams and God Bless You”

Patrick Ward, Executive Director

OCTOBER 2016

TEAM LEADERSHIP

Patrick Ward Administrator

Neisha Arceo Administrative Assistant

Linette Vilte Receptionist

Colleen Wright Director of Sales & Marketing

Kay Anderson, RN Wellness Director

Ana Hernandez Wellness Assistant

Al Wagner Director of Environmental Services

Chef Scott Kahler Dietary Services Director

Susan Spotts Dining Room Supervisor

Carol Wilson, ADC Life Enrichment Director

Norman Johnson Transportation

Getting to Know You….

It’s always fun getting to know your neighbors. Recently, residents had an opportunity to meet, greet and get more acquainted. Everyone in attendance was given questions to ask each other. Did you know that Larry was a Little League Coach for several years? And Agnes was from a family of nine children and went on to have nine children of her own? Una and her husband opened Beep’s Burgers in 1962, a popular eatery, especially for college students in San Francisco. Under new ownership now, it is considered a landmark in the area. Lots of great stories shared and it was agreed that we should do this again!

Chinese Buffet>>

<<Maria’s beautiful family wall

**Coming up in next month’s newsletter** speCial seCtion on our residents’ Ageless Aviation Dream Flight Experience!

October Birthdays

Resident Birthdays Barbara E Oct 2 Marjorie W Oct 7 Francine L Oct 10 Doris K Oct 16 Theresa J Oct 19 Janice F Oct 22 Karen P Oct 27

Team Birthdays John H Oct 4 Brytany M Oct 13 Britika W Oct 25

Bob’s Your Uncle

Sometimes we say the silliest things, but feel free on October 13 to use as many silly sayings as you want, for it’s Silly Saying Day. “When pigs fly” is a saying used when you mention something that will never happen, just like a pig flying. Did you ever stop to “chew the fat” with a friend? This means to chat or gossip, but it’s a nautical expression from early sailors who, when work was slow, would talk while chewing on a snack of salt-hardened fat. You’ve likely never used the expression “enough to cobble dogs with,” which means that you have a lot of something, just as if a shoe cobbler had so much leather he could make many tiny shoes for all of our four-legged friends. And there you have it, “Bob’s your uncle.” Don’t know that one? It means everything is all right, done, and successful, sort of like saying, “And that’s that.” No word, though, on who Bob was or why things always worked out so great for him.

October 2016

What’s at Pickel Meadows? The Mountain Marine Corps Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) was established in 1951 as a Cold Weather Battalion with a mission of providing cold weather training for replacement personnel bound for Korea. After the Korea conflict the name was changed to the Marine Corps Cold Weather Training Center. As a result of its expanded role it was renamed the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in 1963. MCMWTC operated on a full time basis until 1967 when it was placed in a caretaker status as a result of the Vietnam War. The training center was reactivated to a full-time command on May 19, 1976. Today, trainees typically head for the mountains of Afghanistan, where mountain warfare expertise again is a top priority. Thousands of trainees each year from all branches of the U.S. armed forces, as well as from nations such as Britain, Norway, Sweden, Chile, Peru, Israel, Argentina, Netherlands, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, and Germany have completed courses since 2001. Instructors from Mountain Leader courses have also deployed to Afghanistan to train the Afghan army. The MCMWTC is currently staffed with approximately 250 Marines and 50 Civilian-Marines, all permanent personnel. When training units are present, as many as 1,700 personnel are on-board. MCMWTC is located on California Highway 108 at Pickel Meadow. The center is 21 miles northwest of Bridgeport, CA, and 100 miles south of Reno, NV. The center occupies 54,000 acres of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest under management of the U.S. Forest Service. A letter of agreement between the Forest Service and the Marine Corps permits the use of the area to train Marines in mountain and cold weather operations. Elevation on base ranges from about 6,800 feet to nearly 11,500 feet above sea level, making it an exceptionally dry climate (15-30 percent humidity). Winters are harsh and long, typically providing six to eight feet of snow pack for trainees to maneuver in the snow on skis, snow shoes, and build snow caves. Summers are moderate and breezy, though temperatures can reach into the 90s. Article courtesy of www.SierraNevadaGeotourism.org

Mountain Marine Corps Warfare Training Center

Photo taken by Carol Wilson

New residents!!

Bettie B

Francine L

Bill M

Upcoming Events

Tuesday October 4 Step-On-It Meeting Wednesday October 5 Flu Shot Clinic Saturday October 8 Family Appreciation Annual Chili Cook-Off (resident families and CVSL employees are invited to compete) Prize for 1

st Place

Music with Peter Pacyao Rootbeer Float Bar Adopt-an-Elder Project Information & donation table Raffle for Ageless Aviation Dream Flight in 2017 Monday October 17 Outing, Tour & Lunch At USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center-Pickel Meadows(see article to the left) Sign-up with Activities Dress warm and bring a few dollars for lunch at their Chalet

Wednesday October 19 Lunch at Senior Center Monday October 31 Resident Halloween Party Music with Larry Elliott, costumes optional, but always fun! See Activities if you need assistance Check out your monthly calendar for other outings & events

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Feeling Squirrelly

Some think of squirrels as small pests, adept at infiltrating your home or invading your bird feeders, but they are nature’s most nimble and adaptable creatures. They are extremely active in October, burying nuts and storing food for the long, cold winter. For this reason, October is Squirrel Awareness Month. Squirrels inhabit every continent except Australia and Antarctica. There are 265 different species but three basic kinds: tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and flying squirrels. They come in all different sizes, from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel, which is only three inches long, to the Indian giant squirrel, which grows up to three feet. Squirrels are very cunning, often pretending to bury nuts in order to fool other spying squirrels. The problem is, they sometimes forget where they have buried the real nuts! As a result, you may spy new trees growing in your yard come springtime. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky to live in such close quarters with these amazing little beasts.

Above: The last picnic at Genoa Park this year

before the cool weather comes

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