Oak Wood PlaceSenior Living

603 Wood Street Athens, TX 75751 (903) 675-2002• •

Memories in the Making

Oak Wood Place Senior Living603 Wood StreetAthens, Texas 75751(903) 675-2002

Out-To-Lunch Bunch Travels to CorsicanaSarah Lynn Benezue had visions of going on a day trip with her fellow residents to Corsicana to do a little shopping for her sweet tooth at the Russell Stover Candy Shop. And we did it! It was a fun-filled adventure with shopping at the VF Outlet Mall, lunch at Denny’s, satisfying a chocolate craving at Russell Stover, and a small detour to Collins Street Bakery.

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October 2014

Executive Director..............Debra CremersMarketing Director.................DeAnn BakerSocial Director..................Jana ThompsonBusiness Manager.................Tracy FrenchResident Services.......Vivian MontgomeryChef..........................................Alan GoldenHousekeeping Manager........Leona Sadler

Office Hours:Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

And the academy goes toOscar, the Academy Award statuette, was named for Texas Oscar Pierce, whose niece worked in Hollywood for the Academy of Motion Pictures. When she saw the gold statuette, she said “Why, that looks just like my Uncle Oscar.”

National Assisted Living Week

Oak Wood Place kicked off the celebration of National Assisted Living Week with a visit and proclamation by the City of Athens Mayor, Jerry Vaught. Special activities with lots of music continued throughout the week, culminating with the Grand Opening of our beautiful community and a Homecoming Dance! Wayne Blanchard provided wonderful entertainment as we danced the night away. Even our very own Executive Director, Debra Cremers, showed off her “twisting” skills! Thank you, family members, for the amazing door prizes!

Special congratulations to our Homecoming King, Charles Sanders, and Homecoming Queen, Rose Shawn!

COUPONDrop your name in the suggestion box for a

chance to win!

Enter your name for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to Wal-Mart as a gift to you from Leona and her amazing housekeeping staff.

Two winners will be announced for the month of October.

5th Bob Hanger6th Claudia Perez7th Lisa Anthony9th Olly Bass9th James Wright10th Sharon Mull11th Victor McLeod14th Daisy Wilkes14th Al Nicholson15th Marcy Perry16th Pamela Prosper

18th Harry Guill20th Sue Hickman20th Richard Tatum24th Florence Dodd24th Michelle Black25th Joe Granberry25th LaQuita Cofer27th Mark Randolph29th Anjelica Hernandez30th Denise Jordan

Happy Birthday!We would like to wish all of our October babies a wonderful Birthday! Please join us as we celebrate all of you at our birthday celebration.

October is National Apple Month An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

To help recognize October as National Apple Month, we have decided to see just how many ways to put the “spice of life” back into one of our favorite fruits.

Also, keep a watch out for any National Food days that might pop up this month as well.

Please bring us your favorite family recipe for apples and together, we can make October the best Apple month yet!

Stay tuned to see all the delicious dishes on our menu here at Oak Wood Place!

Thank you, Chef Alan and the Culinary Team

Did You Know?

Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed

candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on

the Samhain holiday.

Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.

Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in

the United States.

Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the Roman

harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit

trees.

Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday,

with Christmas being the first.

The common little brown bat of North America has the longest life span for a mammal its size, with a

life span averaging 32 years.

Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for

trick-or-treaters, with Snickers #1.

Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique

monster carvings!

Health TipThis October we are proud to recognize National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by asking our residents to wear something pink every Friday this month.

Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point.

The good news is that many women can survive breast cancer if it’s found and treated early.

Talk to a doctor about your risk for breast cancer, especially if a close family member of yours has had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.

Hearing ProblemsAn elderly man was having hearing problems and went to see a specialist. The doctor fitted him with some hearing aids that brought his hearing back to full strength.

After a few weeks the man came back to make sure the new equipment was working properly, which it was.The hearing specialist said, “It all seems perfect. Your family should be delighted you can hear everything now.”

“Oh no,” the man responded. “I haven’t told any of them. I just sit quietly, listening carefully. I’ve changed my will four times.”

Wit &

Wisdom

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the

world.”-Robin Williams

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

-Dr. Seuss

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to

pursue them.”-Walt Disney

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop

questioning.”-Albert Einstein

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

-Steve Jobs

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

-William Shakespeare

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll

start having positive results.”-Willie Nelson

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to

win or lose.”-Lyndon B. Johnson