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Volume No. 213 / December 2019

CHRISTMASIN THE

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Spanish Cove ChoirThe Spanish Cove Choir has been a staple at the

Cove for quite some time, but in recent years,

its success has been established by some very special

people. Not only are we honored with the members

of the choir, who volunteer their time, but we are

blessed with those that take on the role of director.

In 2006, the year before she actually moved into

the Cove, Betty Gary started her tenure as choir

director. She led the choir with a passion and love

for music that was unmatched. She had a “Director’s

Heart,” as Shirley McDaniel described her.

After many years Betty stepped down and

former resident Loralee Cooley filled the spot and

offered her wonderful musical f lare and leadership

talents. Loralee moved out of state, then resident

Pat Schein gave us her harmonious know-how and

beautifully occupied the void. When Pat finished

her stretch, Betty Gary came out of retirement and

took the reins for the 2018 Christmas Program. All

the while Shirley McDaniel, Spanish Cove’s Hair

Stylist Extraordinaire who wears many other hats

at the Cove as well, covered all the gaps in between

and kept things running smoothly.

This brings us to this past summer when

Debbie Miller visited the new Healthy Living

OKC. While there she observed the Seniors Choir.

The Director of that choir is Jerry Piper, who

Debbie called a week later and asked if he would

be interested in directing Spanish Cove’s Choir.

The rest is history and Jerry Piper is Spanish

Cove’s new choir director. Jerry said, “I cherish

the employees and residents I’ve met at the Cove

and it is an exceptional place!” We are very pleased

Jerry has brought his expertise to directing our

choir and we feel very fortunate to have him join

the Spanish Cove Choir family. We look forward

to the rest of 2019 and what the choir has in store

for us. We hope you will check out Jerry and the

Spanish Cove Choir this Christmas, it is sure to be

“Merry and Bright!”

Executive Administrator’s Corner

Growing up, you got a good daily dose of the do’s and don’ts of life. “Do the right thing.

Do your best. Don’t steal. Don’t lie. Do unto others….” Your parents, teachers and those around you did their best to guide you so you would have an opportunity to have and Excalibur life. You learned quickly that sticking to the “do’s and don’ts” kept you from paying more painful dues. So, have you done well with your life? Are you pleased with where you are at the age you have become?

Taking measure of your life is perhaps the most respectful thing you can do to honor yourself. Honest and frequent self-reflection helps you check your personal compass to ensure you are on track in becoming the person you aspire in your heart to be. Good people ask themselves daily how they could have done something better, even when they did something good.

Aging is the tonic for fine tuning yourself. To have gray hair (or no hair in some cases), means you have had more opportunity to get things right in your life and be at peace with the world. With age, you learn the only thing which truly guides you is your conscience. The truly wise person will even know what guides his/her conscience.

Your conscience, in essence, is your life’s rudder. If you are on course, you are barely aware of it. Yet, when you have done something regrettable, bells and whistles go off until you either self-correct or decide to turn a deaf ear. Ignoring one alarm is an invitation to step into darkness. Ignoring several can get you completely misdirected and lost.

We all have differing standards for how we measure ourselves. Yours is unique to you and only you. No one else will judge your life like you do. Moreover, your standard will morph (and hopefully improve) with time as you learn new things and go through different experiences.

Each of us has the tendency to judge others according to our own standard and not theirs. In our own eyes, we are always right. Yet your judgement is not what others desire of you. “What is desirable in a man (by others) is his kindness,” (Proverbs 19:22). Only a true friend can see another’s heart.

I hope you are on track for however you are measuring your life. I pray the goodness and humility in you will be perfected so your satisfaction is complete and your days are filled with peace. Moreover, I hope you are teaching others the best “do’s” of life with your words and actions.

Sincerely, Don

MEASURING UP

Don Blose

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SUNDAY TUESDAYMONDAY WEDNESDAY

9:30 Sunday Service-PVA 6:00 Tom’s Theater -PH

“It’s A Wonderful Life”


“The Nativity Story”

9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 9:00 Beginner/Refresher Bridge-CR 10:00 Devotional w/Don-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 2:30 Christmas Line Dancing-PV 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:00 Pianist-Matt Schinske

“One Starry Night” 6:30 Rummy/Scrabble-CR

9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 9:00 Beginner/Refresher Bridge-CR 10:00 Devotional w/Don-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 11:15 Caregiver Support Group-FR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 2:00 Town Hall-PH 3:05 Ted Talk Tuesday-PH 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Rummy/Scrabble-CR

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Cove Singers Rehearse-PH 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:00 Canasta-CR 2:00 Ladies’ Pool Hall 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:30 Choir Christmas Program-PV 4:30 Toning & Movement Class-EXR 6:30 Bridge-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall 7:00 Fair/Williams-PH

Christmas Flute Duo

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Cove Singers Rehearse-PH 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 11:00 Depart Christmas Lights Road Trip-

Amish Meal & Christmas Lights 1:00 Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:00 Canasta-CR 2:00 Ladies’ Pool Hall 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 4:30 Toning & Movement Class-EXR 6:30 Bridge-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

Merry Christmas Offices are closed and exerciseclasses are canceled.

9:30 Sunday Service-PVA 1:10 OCU Home for the Holidays 6:00 Tom’s Theater -PH

“White Christmas”


“Miracle on 34th Street”

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 3:30 Cove Book Club-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

LOCATION ABBREVIATIONSCard Room ..........................................CR

Exercise Room ..................................EXR

Fiesta Room ........................................ FR

Multi-Purpose Room ......................... MPR

Pavilion Atrium ................................... PVA

Plaza Concourse ................................. PC

Plaza Hall ............................................ PH

Private Dining Room..........................PDR

9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 9:00 Beginner/Refresher Bridge-CR 10:00 Devotional w/Don-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 2:00 Hard Hat Committee-FR 2:30 Christmas Line Dancing-PH 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Rummy/Scrabble-CR 6:00 Depart Yukon Christmas Lights

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:00 Canasta-CR 1:00 City Shopping-Swing 2:00 Ladies’ Pool Hall 2:00 Christmas Party-PH

“Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” 4:30 Toning & Movement Class-EXR 6:30 Bridge-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 9:00 Beginner/Refresher Bridge-CR 10:00 Devotional w/Don-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Line Dancing-Cancelled 2:00 Residents’ Meeting-PH 3:00 Town Hall Council-PH 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:00 Spanish Cove Board Meeting-PH 6:30 Rummy/Scrabble-CR

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Cove Singers Rehearse-PH 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:00 Canasta-CR 2:00 Ladies’ Pool Hall 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 4:30 Toning & Movement Class-EXR 6:30 Bridge-CR

8:00 Depart Grand Casino-Swing 9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Cove Singers Rehearse-PH 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:00 Canasta-CR 2:00 Ladies’ Pool Hall 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 4:30 Toning & Movement Class-EXR 6:30 Bridge-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 9:00 Beginner/Refresher Bridge-CR 10:00 Devotional w/Don-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Rummy/Scrabble-CR

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 9:50 Mystery Trip & Lunch 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Bible Study w/ Melota-FR 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:30 N2O Meeting-PH 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:00 Depart Parkinson’s Support Group 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 3:00 Living Longer Better-PH 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Auxiliary Meeting-CR 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall


“The Sound of Music”

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THURSDAYWEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Cove EVENTS for December 2019Please refer to the weekly publication of Bits and Pieces for possible revisions

8:00 Cove Electronics-PH Best Buy Q&A-PH

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Koffee Klatch- FR

Folgers Coffee Time 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:00 Yukon Shopping 4:00 Happy Hour - PVA 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

10:00 Toning & Movement Class-EXR

1:00 Not A Mystery Trip! Tour-WWII Artifacts Dinner-Earls Rib Palace

Show -YHS “A Night in the Rotunda”


Merry Christmas Offices are closed and exerciseclasses are canceled.

7:00 Depart Plano, TX- Gift of Christmas

8:00 Men’s Coffee w/Don 9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Bridge-CR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 1:00 Canasta-MPR 2:00 Ladies Pool Hall 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Toning & Movement-EXR

8:00 Men’s Coffee w/Don 9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 10:00 Cove Touring Club-PH 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Bridge-CR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 1:00 Canasta-MPR 2:00 Ladies Pool Hall 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Toning & Movement-EXR 7:00 Depart Jewel Box “Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes”


9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Koffee Klatch- FR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 2:00 Crafty Creative Minds

“CCM”-MPR 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:00 Yukon Shopping 6:00 New Years Eve Party-PH

with Ronnie Kaye’s Dance Mobile 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Koffee Klatch-FR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 2:00 Choir Christmas Program-PH 2:00 Yukon Shopping 4:00 Happy Hour - PVA 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

8:00 Men’s Coffee w/Don 9:00 Chair Yoga-EXR 10:30 Yoga-EXR 1:00 Bridge-CR 1:00 Line Dancing-EXR 1:00 Canasta-MPR 2:00 Cove Cooking Presentation-PH

“Gingerbread” 2:00 Ladies Pool Hall 4:00 Water Fun-Pool 6:30 Toning & Movement-EXR 6:55 Sounds of the Seasons

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 3:30 Cove Book Club-CR 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

LOCATION ABBREVIATIONSCard Room ..........................................CR

Exercise Room ..................................EXR

Fiesta Room ........................................ FR

Multi-Purpose Room ......................... MPR

Pavilion Atrium ................................... PVA

Plaza Concourse ................................. PC

Plaza Hall ............................................ PH

Private Dining Room..........................PDR

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 9:50 Mystery Trip & Lunch 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Bible Study w/ Melota-FR 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 1:30 N2O Meeting-PH 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:00 Depart Parkinson’s Support Group 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 3:00 Living Longer Better-PH 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 Watercolor-MPR 10:30 Music & Movement-EXR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 1:00 Auxiliary Meeting-CR 1:00 Beginner Tai Chi For Balance-EXR 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:30 Shopping at Wal-Mart/Target 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall

WATER EXERCISESWater Exercise w/ audio CD: ...... M-Sa 7 a.m.

COURTESY CARMon, Tues, Thurs. ...............................8:30-4:30

Wed, Fri. ...........................................8:30-12:00

Exercise Classes Cancelled 8:00 Men’s Coffee w/Don


HAPPY BIRTHDAY 4 Jerry Tucker 5 Virginia Merritt 6 Bevelle Marquart 6 Rachel Smith 8 Ray Keesee 9 Maria Shrader 10 Bill Gillespie 12 Catherine Altendorf 14 Paula Bevill

14 Edward Butorac 14 Pat Hamman 15 Eula Mae Stewart 16 Patricia Hill 17 Marvin Compton 17 Jim Simmons 19 Macie Fisher 21 Virginia Anderson 21 Zan Nelson

21 John Strauss 23 Mildred Brown 23 JonEvah Murray 24 Jere Thorpe 26 Mig Whipps 27 Joe Hamman 28 Ronda Moore 28 Janna Young

9:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Employee Luncheon - FR 10:45 Pavilion Friends-PV 2:00 Stretch & Strengthen-EXR 2:00 Yukon Shopping 4:00 Happy Hour - PVA 6:30 Men’s Pool Hall 7:15 Depart OKC Pops

“The Christmas Show”

Welcome New ResidentsMARY ST. JOHNMary St. John grew up with two younger brothers, Phil and

Jerry Putt in Oklahoma City. After high school graduation she

attended Oklahoma A & M and joined the Alpha Chi Omega

sorority. After two years at OSU in 1959 she married Roger

Freling and worked on campus in Agriculture Engineering. Mary

finished her undergraduate degree and worked in the Alumni

Association on campus. Upon Roger’s graduation they traveled

before moving to Moscow, Idaho where her husband had a teaching

job. They unfortunately divorced in 1965.

In August 1966 Mary learned about a job at the University of

California, Santa Barbara and moved there. She enjoyed art classes

in her spare time. She met Alan St. John and they married in June

1969. She worked on campus until she retired in 1992. A friend (Mary’s

Work/Study help at UCSB while working toward a Master’s degree)

whose family had one of the first silk import businesses in the U.S. hired

her and she worked for them for 6 years. Mary and her friend took a 10

day trip to China a few years later.

In November 1998 Mary and her husband were thinking about

retirement and eager to leave California. They moved to Yukon where

Mary’s brothers live and she’s lived ever since. Mary’s husband Alan passed

away on September 11, 2005. U.S. flags were at half-staffed that day due to

9/11 remembrance and Alan loved putting the flag out every day.

Mary had been doing sketching and watercolor at City Arts and Linda

Taylor invited the group to visit Spanish Cove for sketch sessions, lunch

and a tour. Mary decided to move in after several years of knowing

about the Good Life at the Cove. She is very thankful and grateful to

be at Spanish Cove and we are very happy to welcome her to the Cove

community. Welcome to Spanish Cove, Mary!

LIVING WELL - A NEW TOY FOR CHRISTMAS!

100 WHO CARE

Life The Way You Want It

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDon Blose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO & Executive AdministratorCheryl O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Operating Officer & Nursing Home AdministratorJill Huff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of MarketingM. Kay Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor DevelopmentJacki Dunlap .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Nursing Pavilion IDebbie Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Wellness & Resident RelationsEric Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Culinar y & Housekeeping Ser vicesKristyn Clark .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Assisted LivingElizabeth Ritter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial OfficerYvette De Paepe .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human ResourcesBrent Woodworth .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IT DirectorJimmie Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Accounting

BOARD OF TRUSTEESClarence Drumeller, Chairman • Larry Taylor, Vice-Chairman • Velta Johnston, Secretary

Leslie Soulen • Donna Yanda • David Goodwin • Scott Meacham

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