No. 36 September  – October 2006

 Tollendale TalesPublication of the tenants of Tollendale Village

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A  unique giftBy Peter Meyer (G14)

Nothing disturbs the peace in the early morning hours while I sit on the deck that extends into the lake. No noise of motorboats pulling water skiers. No lawn

mowers or chain saws with their irritating whine break the golden silence of this summer morning. The sun is trying to dispel the thin veil of mist hanging over the water. The lake lies like a mirror reflecting the opposite shore line upside down. Without making any sound a duck and her nine- fold brood come swimming close to where I am sitting. I wonder if mother mallard is telling her little ones to take a good look at that human and to beware of him. A little farther they all go ashore and she lets them eat grass.All of a sudden I hear the call of a loon echoing around the lake. Now I now I am in the Canadian north. In the shallow water next

to the dock a water lily has reached the surface and floats its round, green leaves adorned with a lily- white flower. The water is warm and invites me to join all this other life within it. A splash and I too am part of the world of water. It is both refreshing and supporting not just for me, but also for the whole world. If it were not for water we would have no life at all. Swimming in the lake with ducks and plants makes me truly part of nature. I am told that I am mostly made up of water yet we often think we are made of steel, although at my age that thought has watered down considerably.When I come out of the water I dry myself and feel clean as if I had a kind of baptism. It is balm for the soul, a time for reflection and a time to count my blessings. I have to sit down to let the miracle of water enter my thoughts. This water feeds, cleans and refreshes. When I lie still in the lake, the water soothes me. But when the wind whips up the water with snow-capped waves that crash high against the rocks, it excites and terrifies me seeing its power released in a tsunami.Most of the time water is our friend. Our life on earth depends on it. Since water fills our

lakes and taps, we may take it for granted. Yet it is the most precious and unique gift for this world.Scientists tell me that water has to be present in liquid form, like rain, and as a solid, like in ice and as a vapour, like in steam, otherwise there can be no life. At the same time we are just at the right distance from the sun to allow for these conditions to be present. Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopaedia, informs me that water has another unique characteristic that is not found in any other liquid. Its greatest density is at 4° degrees Celsius. Therefore it freezes at the surface first rather than from the bottom up as other liquids do. Who would have thought of such a unique arrangement? All of nature finely tuned and balanced. Not only our earth, but the whole universe, even my own body is sustained mostly by water that sees to it that all organs and systems are alive and well.I am not a scientist but because of their observations and discoveries I can look higher into the universe and deeper into life on earth and exclaim “My God How Wonderful Thou Art”.Consider the answer Job receives after complaining that God does not seem hear him or deal justly with him.

"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail? Who cuts a channel for the torrents of

rain, and a path for the thunders torm,

to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,

to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

when the waters become hard as stone,

when the surface of the deep is frozen?Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?” Job 38

Water - it is a unique gift in this universe and more precious than silver and gold. Receive it

as a gift of God.

Executive Director’s report, August 28, 2006 First of all…

How quickly the year goes. In my last report I included a comment that our maintenance

department will soon be busy mowing the lawns, and here it is the end of August already. With the bountiful amount of rain we had this summer, the lawns and gardens presented extremely well, and this is due to not only the efforts of our staff but also to the many hours of volunteer work done by the members of the garden committee. On behalf of the Board and the staff and I am sure the residents of the Village, I would like to extend my appreciation for all their effort.

Staffing changeIn August Heather Harpell left us to move to Saskatchewan, and Tina Wagner has assumed many of her duties. Many of the residents will have met her and recognized her from the time she spent assisting Dianne in the dining room. We welcome Tina to her new position and wish her well as she assumes the bookkeeping duties

Nursing home negotiationsNegotiations continue with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care regarding the transfer of 160 nursing beds to Tollendale. We had hoped to have been able to make some announcements by now, however, the wheels of bureaucracy moved even slower than I had anticipated. We are anticipating our next meeting with the Ministry in September.

Our VisionElsewhere in this issue of Tollendale Tales you will find an article on the Vision of the organization and how we implement that vision in very practical ways. I trust it clarifies, for many, the reasons why the Village was established and what the members of the society had in mind when they developed the mandate of the organization.

SCCSH Inc. AGMLater this fall, Simcoe County Christian Senior Home Inc. will again hold its annual membership meeting. As we will need to hold

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elections for some board members, if you wish to recommend a name to the Board, please contact the office for a copy of a nominating form.We also remind our members to make sure they have renewed their membership for this year, and to encourage anyone who supports the aims of the organization to take out a membership. Membership application forms can be obtained from the administration office.

Finally…I want to remind our residents to tune into Channel 18 regularly for the latest events and other important information. This is how we communicate most of the information from the office to you.

Sid Tjeerdsma

Editor’s noteI asked Sid about his wife Rose’s health. This is what he wrote: She was doing really well this year considering her condition this past spring. However as a result of some CT scans that she had done in late July, they discovered some new cancer in her lungs for which she is now receiving additional chemotherapy in addition to the chemo she had been receiving all along. This was of course a disappointment, however we continue to soldier on. She remains in good spirits.

New face in the officeTina Wagner now occupies Heather Harpell’s office. Tina worked for Flags Unlimited in bookkeeping and accounts payable for eight years before

her children were born. She then stayed home for nine years to raise her two children. Tina got a taste of Tollendale Village while working in the food department earlier this year.

Tollendale Tenant Committee Information gleaned from minutes of TTC meetings

May 25, 2006

Present: Madlyn Bertrand, Bob Hamilton (chair), Joanne Hammers, Cor Langhout, Johanna Plomp,

Reta Tanner (secretary), Harry Vander Kooij, (Board liaison), Clarence VanderLei, Peter Vegter, Marguerite Vellinga

1. Gerda Borgdorff is asked to audit the tenant committee books before the annual tenant meeting on June 21, 2006.

2. Johanna Plomp reports on the progress of the computer club. She will have more information at the June meeting.

3. The June 3 yard sale is discussed and plans are made for signs, set - up and volunteers.

4. Bulletin boards will be purchased for the valley level and floors two and three of Trinity Woods and Sonrise Place. These boards will be for events and nursing staff notices only. There will not be commercial advertising. Name and telephone and apartment numbers must be on all items posted.

5. Harry Vander Kooij draws the committee’s attention to the book of dried wild flowers Nora Mobach compiled. It can be found in the library from where it must not be removed.

6. The next meeting is set for June 22.

June 22, 2006 Present: Madlyn Bertrand, Bob Hamilton (chair), Joanne Hammers, Helen Mathews, Reta Tanner (secretary), Harry Vander Kooij, (Board liaison), Clarence VanderLei, Carol VisserAbsent: Albert Brouwer

1. The committee notes that bulletin boards have been installed.

2. Elaine Hardstone (Spiritual Care Committee) reports on the scheduling of groups who wish to come and perform at Tollendale. The committee is pleased with the time consuming work Elaine has done and encourages her to continue this important job.

3. Committee functions are decided upon. They are: Vice- all - Albert Brouwer; Secretary - Reta Tanner; Treasurer - Clarence VanderLei; Activities co- ordinators - Carol Visser, Johanna Hammers, Helen Mathews; “Friendly visitors”- Madlyn Bertrand, Marguerite Vellinga; Board liaison - Harry Vander Kooij

4. The tenants annual meeting will from now on be held on the first Wednesday in June. New forms will be made up for this election.

5. The committee will look again at the cost estimate Johanna Plomp made six computer installations.

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6. A strawberry and ice- cream social will beheld on July 6 at 3 p. m in the dining room at a cost of $2.00 per person.

7. The committee looked at the drawings for the gazebo.

8. The next meeting is set for July 20 at 9:30 in the craft room in the Village Square.

9. An amendment is made to the minutes of the annual meeting held on June 21. The name of Carol Visser had inadvertently been left out. The committee regrets the error.

Meeting of July 20, 2006Present: Madlyn Bertrand, Albert Brouwer, Bob Hamilton (chair), Joanne Hammers, Helen Mathews, Reta Tanner (secretary), Harry Vander Kooij, (Board liaison), Clarence VanderLei, Carol Visser

1. The annual Tollendale barbeque will be held on August 25. The cost will be $5.00 per person.

2. Clothing and shoe sales by the regular merchants will again take place in the fall.

3. The “Friendly Visitors” are continuing their work, both meeting new tenants and saying goodbye to those who are leaving.

4. In a letter Freddy Stoof informed the committee of her plans to organize a picnic on the lawn of Eden Hall.

5. The committee looked at the cost estimate for computer installations received from Johanna Plomp. The committee did not support the proposal.

6. The committee also did not give permission for AVON cards to be placed on bulletin boards. Nora Mobach may, however, continue to place the booklets in the laundry rooms and on the regular shelves.

7. Construction of the gazebo may now start at any time.

8. The next meeting is set for August 17.

Meeting of August 17, 2006Present: Madlyn Bertrand, Albert Brouwer, Bob Hamilton (chair), Joanne Hammers, Reta Tanner (secretary), Harry Vander Kooij, (Board liaison), Clarence VanderLei, Carol VisserAbsent: Helen Matthews

1. Two new residents arrived and have been visited.

2. Arrangements are being made to hold a meeting here to meet all nominees for the November municipal elections in our ward (Ward 10).

3. The committee thanks the Entertainment and Activity people for the successful ice cream social held in July.

4. Plans are drawn up for the annual Market Day on November 17 (featuring arts, crafts, “treasure trove,” and baking. Rental tables (for villagers only) are $10.00 each.

Treasurer’s report May 25, 2006Opening balance $ 13,8956.99IncomeGift shop $1,500.00Bake sale $385.75Zehrs tapes $177.82A. & M. tapes $98.00Total income $2,231.57ExpensesQuilting material $127.96Valentine evening $36.82Bake sale - coffee $46.00Sundry supplies $64.48Total expenses $ 272.26Balance $15,913.30July 20, 2006Opening balance - $15,712.67IncomeYard sale $712.00Spiritual care committee $150.00Total income $862.00ExpensesBulletin boards $59.70Woodworking shop $300.00Sundries $152.60Total expenses $512.60Balance $16,062.07August 17, 2006Opening balance - $16,062.07IncomeIce Cream social $603.00ExpensesStrawberries $120.00Ice cream $89.40Sauce, cream, sundries $115.02Balance $16.340.65

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The 2006- 2007 Tollendale Tenant Committee

From left to right: (back row) Clarence VanderLei (D115), Albert Brouwer (D216), Harry Vander Kooij (C109); (front row) Marguerite Vellinga (B111), Reta Tanner (C216), Madlyn Bertrand (B107), Carol Visser (D108), Joanne Hammers

(D111). Missing: Helen Mathews (C215)

Annual meeting of Tollendale Tenant Committee

The annual meeting of the tenant committee was held on June 21, 2006. The following is a brief report.

1. We heard that Gerda Borgdorff had checked the books and found the finances in good order.

2. Chairman Bob Hamilton reported on the year’s activities.

3. Tenants voted for three positions on the committee. Nominees were Albert Brouwer, Adriana Frouws, Lenie Gehrels, Cor Langhout, Helen Mathews, Enno Meijers, Janny Mudde, Johanna Plomp and Carol Visser.

4. When the ballots were being counted the chairman thanked retiring members Phyllis Parent, Johanna Plomp, Cor Langhout, Peter Vegter, and Pim van der Toorn for their work on behalf of the tenants.

5. Questions were asked about the distribution of flowers around the buildings, the sound system in the Gathering Place, volunteer help, the plans for a gazebo and the cost involved, and energy use and waste. (These concerns were to be addressed in a general meeting with the executive director the following day.)

6. Expressions of appreciation for the good things in Tollendale were heard.

7. Janny Mudde announced plans for a book sale and an art show and sale.

8. The correct place for the vacuum cleaner in the garage will be looked into.

9. There are no entertainment evenings scheduled for the summer months and the coffee hour after church will resume in September.

10. The Young at Heart Chorus led a sing-along.

11. Albert Brouwer, Helen Mathews and Carol Visser were elected to the tenant committee.

‘Welcome’ picnicThe ants were uninvited guests at the picnic in front of

Eden Hall where new tenants were welcomed.

Chaplain’s CornerChaplain Siebert Van Houten

Memorial serviceThe service on June 7 was well attended with many family members present. It was a time for the Tollendale community to remember those who passed away since the complex opened. Many residents expressed appreciation for the service. The next service will be scheduled for the end of 2007.Programs for this fallIt is that time of year again when new programs are starting. The following programs are planned if there is enough interest. If you are interested in attending any one of these programs please speak with the chaplain at 722- 0469 Ext. 61 or stop by my office. Alpha Program - ▪ We had a successful

program last year, and would like to offer it again. We will meet on Thursday afternoons. The actual time may be flexible. The course will begin in September and be done by Christmas. Grief Support Group -▪ Grieving is an

individual journey, yet when grief is shared the journey becomes easier. We hope to form a group that will meet for about eight weeks. If you would like more information, or wonder whether this would be helpful to you please speak with the chaplain.

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“Purpose Driven Life” discussion group -▪ Ethel Snow, who has led discussion groups in the past using this book, will be offering two discussion groups this fall meeting for six weeks. The focus of the group is answering the question of how we may become more focussed in setting our personal goals and priorities. One group will meet Tuesday from 7- 9 p.m.; the second group will meet Wednesday from 2- 4 p.m. The groups will meet this fall for about six weeks. Men and women are encouraged to attend.Spiritual Care Committee membershipAfter serving many years Henk Borgdorff has completed his work for the committee. We are grateful for his dedicated service. The committee is seeking a new member. The committee meets six times annually, and the term is three years. If you would like to know more, or would like to be considered by the committee, please speak to the chaplain.Spiritual Care support The Spiritual Care Committee expresses its appreciation to the many residents who donated gifts of money to the Spiritual Care program in response to the letter sent out last year. An amount of over $8500 was raised. These funds are being used in support of the spiritual care program. We will again soon be sending out a letter requesting support for the fiscal year beginning September 1.Because the monies raised exceeded the amount needed for the fiscal year the Spiritual Care Committee disbursed some of these funds to local charities. As we gain a track record of what we can raise we can better plan how to use the funds on a regular basis to provide for such additional items as more music or support for special workshops and seminars. Donations of $1,000 were made to each of the following local charities: Out of the Cold, Community Food Bank, Royal Victoria Hospital Expansion project. Pastoral Care visitorsWe have now five volunteers who are making some pastoral visits on behalf of the spiritual care program. If you would like to know more about the program or consider volunteering, please contact the chaplain.Chronic illness support group Marie VanderWal, nursing manager, and the chaplain are exploring the possibility of developing a support group for those who

have chronic illnesses and for their spouses. The group would meet monthly and provide a forum for discussion and sharing about what it means to have a chronic illness (the physical, spiritual and emotional aspects). This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with others who often are facing the same difficulties and challenges. If interested or would like to know more, please contact the chaplain.Volunteers for the chapel servicesWe still can use more volunteers for the sound system and for ushering. Please consider giving a few hours a month and help us by sharing the load. If you are not a resident of Tollendale, but would like to give some of your time, please give the chaplain a call.

Chapel offerings and gift donationsApril $1,505.83May $1,162.79June $1,515.66July $1,075.20

August $1,022.90

A great dinner (the annual tenant barbeque) involves a lot of organization and hard work in the kitchen. Frank Kamstra (left), Gerda Borgdorff, Albert Brouwer and Hilda

Kloosterman could hardly keep up with the demand from the crowd inside. Bob Hamilton and a great crew deserve our thanks.

Nursing manager’s notes Marie VanderWal R.N.

Life EnrichmentIn keeping with the vision statement of Tollendale Village the Life Enrichment Program was formed a few years ago to assist those with memory impairment and their families. Chronic illness has now been added to our program. Our goal is to enable

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residents and families to maintain independence and quality of life. The purpose of the program is to extend and enrich the services of Tollendale Village through the use of volunteers, who will:

1. Provide companionship and friendship to residents

2. Enrich the lives of residents through visits and meaningful activities

3. Provide a link between our residents and the community

4. Promote goodwill between the community and Tollendale Village by helping people help others

Because we believe that volunteers are an essential part of our service to the residents we will do our best to fulfill the following responsibilities:

1. Provide proper orientation and training to volunteers

2. Provide guidance and supervision3. Maintain open lines of communication

between staff and volunteers4. Include volunteers in conferences and

in- service training programs as appropriate

5. Ensure that volunteers’ functions are clearly defined and manageable

In order to continue and to refresh our program we would like to recruit volunteers and also explain our plans to the Villagers. (We need volunteers, but we also need recipients.)Don French will conduct an information session in September although a date has not been set. All who are interested in attending, please call 726- 1213. Families who would like to know more about our program, please contact the program coordinator at 726- 1213.

Health FairA health fair will be held in the Gathering Place on September 20, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There will be health related topics and exhibits. The Alzheimer’s Coffee Break fundraiser will be part of this programPresentations will be by:

• 10:00 a.m. The Alzheimer’s Society

• 10:30 a.m. Public Health (re Infection control, flu season etc.)

• 11:00 a.m. Medichair (re Vials of Life)

• 11:30 a.m. Community Care Access Center (re. the services it offers)

Refreshments will be provided, and there will be door prizes. Fitness class will be cancelled on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 due to the Health Fair.

NursingStarting September 1, 2006, we will extend our nursing hours as follows:

• Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

• Holidays (Labour day, Thanksgiving, Christmas etc.): 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Dale Rutherford R.N. has been hired to work most of the evening shifts.

Support groupIt is our intention to start a support group for those who are dealing with chronic diseases. Please call Pastor Van Houten or the nursing office for information.

Hymn singing ♫♫Because God gave us voices to sing, we hope to begin a new season of singing your favourite hymns on Wednesday, September 27, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Eden Hall meeting room. We extend a warm welcome to all residents. Come and help us “make a joyful noise unto the Lord.” To all those who have moved to our Tollendale community recently, we say come, see and hear for yourselves how much we enjoy this once a month evening of singing. We are happy that Aly Brandsma is willing again to lead us and Sieb Smilde will accompany us on the piano. We look forward to seeing many of you there.

Tena Meyer

From  Germany  to Canada, and  backBy Julie Christiaanse

laus and Victoria Leibholz moved to Trinity Woods from Hawkestone where Klaus had built the house he had K

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dreamt of. In the 1950s, they were part of the great European immigration movement. However, in order to provide for the family’s long- term financial needs, they decided to temporarily return to their home country, Germany, before spending the retirement years in Canada again. Victoria is not seen much around Tollendale. After three hip replacements and a broken femur bone, she uses an electric wheel chair. She receives homecare twice a day and Klaus helps as much as he can. “I do my best,” he says.

Victoria Hofmann was born in 1927 in Hueckeswagen, a small town near Cologne, the second in a family of six children. After elementary

school, she trained in the domestic arts at a vocational school for girls. Fashion conscious, and already an accomplished seamstress, she began a sewing career at the age of fifteen. With Hitler in power, these were difficult years for the family and food was often scarce. Fortunately, because of the large family he had to take care of, Victoria’s father was not enlisted into the army. And because he heard what was being done to the Jews he did not want to wear any kind of uniform.

Klaus, an only child, was born in Berlin in 1929. After elementary school he trained as a general mechanic. During his teenage years Berlin experienced the severe allied bombings. Although he spent eight months in West Prussia with a relative where he looked after the cows, he had to go back to Berlin to continue his apprenticeship, and be at work on time in spite of the bombings. His mother, with whom he lived, was forced to work in a Siemens factory. Often, on coming home from work, they went into an air raid shelter right away.

The first years after the war were also difficult. The Russian occupiers took all the machinery out of the factories. Klaus heeded advice to make a career switch. As a result, he

obtained his journeyman’s papers for office business machines. Conditions in Berlin remained bad. Klaus heard that workers were needed in France. He didn’t tell his mother that the work awaiting him there would be in the mines. But he wanted to get out of the city. These were chaotic years. Klaus remembers in detail the tortuous journey he made to reach France: the long train journey through the Soviet zone along the single track the Russians had left, the rusting machinery along the rails, the French soldiers who jumped on the boards with guns drawn. Klaus reached West Germany at the end of 1947. That’s when he finally had some regular meals. He also received a railroad ticket to Baden- Baden where he saw a general who gave him permission to go to France. There he worked in the mechanical department of a large factory, but he had already made up his mind to go to Canada. This country, however, at that time did not accept Germans as immigrants.

After a year and a half Klaus returned to Germany and ended up in Hueckeswagen. There he met Victoria and they married in 1952. But Klaus had not given up his dream of going to the New World. When permission came, he had three months to make the move. He went first by himself, having not yet saved enough for his wife and young daughter to make the journey. The family settled in what was then Fort William where Klaus was employed by the Underwood typewriter business. He became district representative for northwestern Ontario, then service manager in Kingston. The family soon had two more daughters. Victoria also put her skills to good use by working in fashion retail. Among other jobs, she modelled furs until her sixth month of pregnancy when she was told that a visible pregnancy wouldn’t do for a model.

After the Olivetti company bought Underwood and Klaus’ employments prospects in Canada diminished, the family decided to return to Germany that had become the Wirtschafswunder (economic miracle). In 1970, Klaus and Victoria and two daughters returned to Europe, although they had become

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Canadian citizens and felt they belonged in our country. (Their eldest daughter remained in Canada.) Klaus again found employment with Olivetti, this time in Dortmund. Victoria worked in a high- end jewellery store where her knowledge of English put her in good stead with British officers stationed there who visited the store. In those years they saved for a house in Canada. Klaus was able to retire in 1987 at age 58. He returned to Canada and put his energy into building the house they had always dreamed of. Except for giving her input by checking on the progress a few times, Victoria stayed in Germany until the house was finished two years later.

Not long after returning to Canada, life changed when Victoria broke her hip through a fall in her daughter’s kitchen. After three hip operations, the last one bungled, Victoria was never able to really get back on her feet. They moved into Trinity Woods when it opened in 2004 and like the place very much. Their daily routines are determined by the home care schedule that includes Klaus’ involvement as well. As a result, Klaus also is not able to attend Tollendale events. Their married daughter lives in Barrie and with her husband owns a kitchen design store on Cedar Pointe Drive. The other daughters, not married, live in Germany but visit a few times a year. Victoria especially eagerly looks forward to these visits. Life is not easy for them, but they are resigned to their circumstances and appreciate living in Tollendale Village. Photo on previous page: Victoria and Klaus Leibholz in their apartment (112)

Dick Van Dyke look- alike Jerry Nyenhuis (G17) has often been told that he looks like well- known entertainer Dick Van Dyke.

Do you agree?

And the winner is…

Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3 Photo #1 - Nellie Romp was the only one who guessed that this is a picture of Betty Wander.Photo #2 - Trudy Bos, Mildred Cameron, Adriana Frouws, Janny Mudde and Nellie Romp guessed that this is Ken Tye.Photo #3 – Adriana Frouws and Janny Mudde guessed the picture of Riet Vroom. And the winner of a gift certificate for the coffee shop is … Nellie Romp.

Wood shop Summary of meeting held on May 29, 2006 in the craft room of the Village Square.Present : Albert Brouwer (vice-all) Frank Kamstra (chair);

Orley Ball, Peter Vegter (treasurer); Harry Vander Kooij (secretary); Bill Vanderbyl; Bas Visser; Don Houter – Maintenance Staff1. The treasurer reports as follows:Opening balance - $3,375.02Income - $197.90Expenses - $132.51Closing Balance - $3,440.412. There is no information on the status of the wood supply from Durham Furniture. 3. Approval is given to proceed with the construction of three new workbenches at an approximate cost of $100.00 each.4. Wiring will be needed for the new workbenches. Don Houter will obtain estimates.5. Fire extinguishers have been installed.6. The shop has been cleaned.7. A draft questionnaire is revised and approved. A notice will be put on Channel 18 to advise residents of the questionnaire.

Here at Tollendale We rememberMargaret Lindros (C118) † May 12, 2006 Edward Leblanc (B204) † May 31, 2006 Mary Alle (C213) † July 10, 2006

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We said good- bye toFred & Evelyn Harpell (C010) moved to the house of Glenn and Heather Tina Schrauwers (B316) moved to Bradford to be closer to her children We welcomeJan Morley, from Barrie, to B108 Helen Trebelco, from Lindsay, to B122Harry and Betty VanDyk, from Penetang, to A215Leo and Alice Visser, from Newmarket, to C305Diana Schouten, from Barrie, to C010 Internal moveKathleen Huculak from B122 to A211

Note of thanksAlong with my family I want to express my sincere thanks to all who prayed for me, sent cards or flowers, and visited me at the time of my operation in May and afterwards.

Franciena Visser (A107)

The Women’s Institute – from ‘pasteurizing the milk’ to ‘stopping for the school bus’ By Julie Christiaanse

eta Tanner called to suggest that I talk to Eva DeGorter in Trinity Woods. Eva had recently received her 50- year pin

from the Women’s Institute (W.I.) and Reta thought this would perhaps make a story.

Because another appointment had fallen through that afternoon, I called Eva right away for an interview.

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It didn’t take long for her to get into the spirit of things because the W.I.

and 4- H, which it sponsored, have been an important part of her life all those years. As an immigrant from the Netherlands in the fifties, and a mother of seven, she experienced all the uncertainties that come with a new country, language and customs. With the family settling on a farm in the Elmvale area, Eva knew she wanted to become part of the community, so they joined the local Presbyterian Church. She did not feel at home in the new culture at first, but says,

“You have to get over that.” After a neighbour had invited her to a meeting of the W.I., Eva didn’t look back, and began to look forward to the monthly meetings. “Joining the Women’s Institute was a way for me to get to know other people,” Eva says. “A farmwife was glad to get away for an afternoon.” She had another reason as well. “I had a big family and was wondering how I would ever be able to teach my girls how to sew.” The Institute’s annual fall supper, featuring entertainment to which children also contributed, became an event families looked forward to. According to Eva, men were known to say, “If women didn’t have those monthly meetings [of the Institute] they wouldn’t have much to look forward to.” Besides the monthly meetings, there were the district meetings and involvement in country fairs. “The W.I. has helped me understand the culture,” Eva says, “and I learned to hold my own during hard times.”

One reason for that approach may have been that she, unlike some other new immigrant women, had already gone through a big adjustment in the Netherlands. Before the Second World War, when she was a young girl, her family had pulled up stakes in the province of Friesland and settled in the new Dutch polder, the Wieringermeer, land that had just been reclaimed from the sea.

The W.I. organization, according to its website, encourages women to become more knowledgeable and responsible citizens, seeks to promote good family life skills, leadership, and addresses needs in the community.

The first Women’s Institute in the world was organized in this province, in Stoney Creek in 1897 by co- founders Adelaide H. Hoodless and Erland Lee. Adelaide Hoodless had a very personal reason to become involved in community action. Her infant child died after drinking non- pasteurized milk. Adelaide did not stop after this tragedy. She began something that would end up becoming a movement to teach women “best practices in raising and keeping their family.” W.I.s have supported libraries, parks, 4- H Clubs, agricultural fairs, hospitals and nursing homes, community halls and recreation areas, and offer scholarships for continuing

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education. Provincially, the Erland Lee (museum) home in Stoney Creek is owned and operated by the federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario F.W.I.O. W.I.s also support the Adelaide Hoodless homestead, the home of the other co- founder.

Community involvement has led to the passing of several resolutions. One of these resoloutions drew attention to the need for improved highway school bus safety, leading to legislation requiring traffic to stop in both directions when approaching a signalling school bus.

Eva and her children benefited from what the institute offered in many ways. Eva taught in the girls clubs. The boys would raise beef calves in their clubs and her daughters learned to sew and cook in 4- H Clubs led by women of the Institute. Eva did not teach her own daughters. “For that you needed women who were ‘a little bit sloppy’,” says Eva. “Women who were not ‘down on the girls’. I was too particular.” Everyone learned by doing, and practical skills were reinforced at home. The W.I. focused not only on practical skills, but also offered courses on health matters, and invited speakers on topics of general interest. Women were encouraged to develop their own leadership skills.

Many small groups have now disbanded. “Sewing is a hobby now and cooking doesn’t matter any more.” Eva’s group has not disbanded, but the women mostly get together for outings and ongoing friendships. “People have other interests now,” she says. But, proudly showing off her pin, Eva adds, “I think we had an impact in the country.”

‘In Search Of Bobby Fisher’By Peter Meyer

Mikhael Botwinnik and Max Eeuwe (a.k.a. Wally Campbell and Ralph Bouwmeester)

manipulate the kings and queens

he other day I walked past the meeting room on the second floor of Eden Hall. The door was open and I saw the room

filled to overflowing with women who were chatting and knitting. I thought that they must be having lots of fun, but could not see men doing the same thing.

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As a matter of fact I was on my way to play a man’s game: chess. Chess is a little war game without bloodshed, but the blood pressure of the players will be affected. Although it is not a women’s game, the men who play are very much aware of the power of the queen. She is the most important piece on the board. The king is least effective. We usually put him in a corner of the board surrounded by a wall of foot soldiers - the pawns. The less he is moved, the better it is.The roles of king and queen could easily be reversed but through the ages the queen reigns supreme. I have never heard anyone object to this arrangement.

Actually the whole game is out of touch with this modern world because we play with bishops, who cover all the angles, with jumping knights on horseback, and with castles that guard the corners.I became interested in the game right after World War II when Michail Botwinnik and Max Eeuwe, two chess grandmasters, were playing a match in the city of Groningen where I was visiting. It was a great event and we young people dreamed of some day becoming a grandmaster. So my cousin and I began to play.

It is not easy to find someone with whom to play because it takes total concentration. Most people like to play social games with lots of talk and laughter. Most wives won’t put up with two silent men at the table. The only sounds she might hear once in a while are “check” or “checkmate.” Then she can sigh with relief because the ordeal is over. Life can go on again, because for the players time stood still. They were oblivious to anything going on in the world around them.On the disastrous day of September 11, 2001, Ralph Bouwmeester and I happened to be playing a game of chess. Ralph’s wife came to

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tell us that airplanes had flown into the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center. We could not be distracted from the little war we were waging on the board. At that moment we were more concerned about protecting our own castles from falling.Nowadays we can play chess against the very clever computer. I can’t win. It is much more fun playing against a live person, because even though he does not say anything, I can see him frown or see a light of discovery in his eyes and see his hand move a piece with confidence or with some hesitation and I know that he sees what I see.If you want to see an interesting film about two boys playing chess and at the same time learn a lesson about parents, then rent the movie “In Search of Bobby Fisher.” Bobby Fisher was world chess champion for some time but also has been surrounded by controversy during much of his life.

Ralph Bouwmeester and Wally Campbell also try regularly to become masters. We are searching for more players who like to manipulate kings and queens.

Women’s Bible studyAttention all Tollendale women: The first meeting of the new season of the women’s Bible study group will take place on Tuesday, September 12 at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting room in Eden Hall. Rev. S. VanHouten will speak. If you want to join the Bible study (every second Tuesday morning from September to April), be sure to sign up on the 12 th . If you cannot be there, please get in touch with Betty Zondervan (726- 6873) or with Tena Meyer (720- 2188) to order your book.

Calling All MenThis is an invitation to all men in Tollendale

village to come and have an hour of fellowship while we discuss portions of the

Bible. We meet at the same time as the women every other Tuesday morning.

For the first meeting we are invited to join the women on September 12 at 9.30 a.m. in

the basement of Eden Hall. Rev. S. Van Houten will be the speaker. Afterwards we

can decide on a course of action for our group. We need new members. Check us out.

Peter Meyer

Blindness doesn’t mean loss of spirit for Flo MendelBy Julie Christiaanse

Flo Mendel with a display of her bowling trophies

o one can see the pins at the end of the alley, but the blind and visually impaired people at the Kempview

bowling alley on Blake Street look forward to their Thursday morning games. “We have a lot of fun,”’ says Flo Mendel. Five- pin bowling is an important social event. Playing in teams of five or six people - one of whom is completely blind while the others still have some sight - they receive coaching from sighted bowlers who inform them of which pins are still standing. The sighted bowlers also offer coaching assistance to make sure that the bowlers are releasing the ball correctly. ‘Rails’, waist high guides, keep the blind straight on the approach. “Most people in the group can see the gutter, but I can’t see anything. You have to have ‘a feel of it’,” says Flo, adding, “I’m not that good a bowler.”

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This summer lawn bowling provided a nice change. Flo enjoyed the exercise. “It’s like curling,” she says. “You walk all the time.” Their group, Club 60, also meets socially and occasionally goes on trips to a musical for example or, as they will this month, to Penetang to see Anne of Green Gables. A three- day trip to the Kingston area has been planned for September. “You get to know the other bowlers quite well,” says Flo.

Flo Mendel has been blind for 20 years and has had to learn to accept her blindness. When, years ago, she heeded advice to take up knitting again, a skill she had mastered well in her seeing years, she at first used to throw her work into a corner out of frustration. Now she

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can knit or crochet while listening to spoken CDs. “If your body is still healthy there is so much you still can do,” she says. But although she is adept at using her brailler (a device for typing in telephone numbers), plays euchre, can sew on a button or sew a straight seam, there are many things she is not able to do. And when people invite her to come and see them at their apartment, Flo cannot find them unless she gets more assistance than her seeing- eye dog Della can give.“I have my moments,” she says, and admits to getting depressed sometimes. Her husband, now in a nursing home, is going downhill. “He doesn’t know me anymore”, she says. That’s hard for her. Flo considers the move to Tollendale the best one she ever made. “People are so friendly and they all seem to know me.” I photographed Flo with her bowling medals and small trophies. Her group recently won gold in the finals of WOBBL, the Western Ontario Blind Bowling League. It doesn’t bother her that they lost in a competition with eastern Ontario. “We don’t take winning or losing very seriously, but for some reason I’m better in tournaments than in regular games.” For these bowlers, camaraderie is the main thing.

A Message from your Federal Member of Parliament, Patrick Brown, MP

Patrick Brown on a recent visit to the Tollendale social coffee hour with (left) Joan and Jack Foster and Janny and Henk Stassen

reetings to the residents of Tollendale Village! G

As your member of parliament I must let you know how impressed I am with your village community, a wonderful example of a close- knit community working together.

My constituency office is very close at Minets Point Road and Lakeshore Drive, on the third floor of 299 Lakeshore Drive, and so I have many occasions to drive by and admire your facility, and note the abundance of Canadian flags flying on Canada Day and other special days.You are an important part of our city. I would like to meet you individually and plan to get to know you better as time goes by. In the past I have visited you at your Monday morning coffee hour, and in July had a delicious buffet lunch on a Friday in your cafeteria.Also, I am now sending birthday greetings to all those whose names appear in Tollendale Tales. In addition, if anyone is having a special birthday or wedding anniversary, my office can arrange to have greetings sent from the Prime Minister, Governor General and the Queen. Sincerely, Patrick Brown, M.P.

REQUESTING A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE

FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN- Birthdays of 100 years or more (birth

certificate required)- Wedding anniversaries of 60 years or

more (marriage certificate required)

FROM THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL- Birthdays: 90 th or more- Anniversaries: 50 th or more

FROM THE PRIME MINISTER- Birthdays: 65 th , 75 th , 80 th , and up- Wedding anniversaries: 25 th , 30 th , 35 th ,

40 th , 45 th , 50 th and upPlease give us plenty of notice (at least 8 weeks) for these. To request a greeting we require

- Full details of the event (i.e. age for birthday /or number of years for anniversary, and date of event).

- Complete name or names, as you want them to appear on the greeting, with celebrant’s address and telephone number.

- Requester’s name, address and contact information.

- Information on where to send the greeting (to the celebrant or requester).

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Beppe Tryntsje, in teatrale fertelling

On Wednesday, October 4, 2006, Tollendale Village will be privileged to welcome Klaasje Postma and her small company who will give

a theatrical performance in the Frisian language involving an elderly woman. It is

the true story of a Beppe (grandmother) who recalls her life including the time during WW

II. The actor is the actual daughter who plays her mother.

It all started when she helped her mother write her memoirs. When it was completed,

the daughter who is a professional actor suggested it might make a good play, and so a script was written. It has been performed

dozens of times in the barn of Beppe's homestead in Friesland (a province in the

northern part of the Netherlands) that was converted into a theatre. It will be performed

throughout southern Ontario this fall and Tollendale Village is one of the locations.

Renny DeBoer ‘moves in the bush’ By Julie Christiaanse

his thing in the back is a blessing to me,” says Rennie DeBoer. The “thing in the back” is the large

city- owned area just south of Tollendale Village that not only houses a storm water pond but also has lots of room for Renny’s creative touch. Although Renny, along with the other volunteer gardeners, has done extensive landscaping around the buildings, “beyond the cement” is where he has spent

most of his energy this season.

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Several years ago his wife Helen suggested they become serious about considering Tollendale Village, and Renny wondered out loud what he

could do there. She assured him, “You’ll find something to do.” Although he came with a heavy heart, Renny soon found his niche in Sonrise Place. When he had a look at the woods and the storm pond area he knew that he could do something with it. A good thing, too, because, as he says, “I’m not a carpenter and not good at housework.”Renny, who grew up in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, where he attended horticultural school, emigrated to Canada in the fifties. After a short time in Brampton and a stint as a grower in Owen Sound, he was hired by the city of Barrie in 1969. After that, he didn’t look back. Renny retired as the manager of parks and special projects and says, “They’re still very good to me.”

On a recent morning I meet Renny behind Sonrise Place. “I’ll be moving around in the bush,” he had said. We walk around and see the Tollendale Ponds Park sign, crafted by Bob Hamilton who has also made the benches along the paths, and who is called upon whenever a large saw is needed. A wild grape bush arbour forms the entrance to the park that is surrounded by a colourful carpet of impatiens and begonias. Woodchip - covered paths take us into the woods where Renny has been busy “training nature” by taking out dead brush, and opening up some areas so Tollendalers can have a fine view of the surroundings. Ferns and other shade - loving plants thrive there. There is the workstation, as Renny calls it, almost hidden from sight where he keeps some of the equipment he uses daily. Many birdhouses encourage bird life. In the fall, once he has removed the annuals, he wants to put in a new variety of small daffodil bulbs. “No tulips, deer like those too much.” Renny still has good connections with bulb importers in Toronto. “The tulips will blend in with what’s there already,” says Renny. While we are talking he notices a tree infested with tent caterpillars. We can be sure Renny will do something about that, perhaps with Bob Hamilton’s help. We pass the place where the foxes had their den until a short time ago. It’s quiet now, but many evenings Tollendalers hear the deep sounds of croaking frogs. The storm water pond is quickly growing in with cattails and bulrushes, but that’s a good thing,

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says Renny, because the roots filter the water to remove urban contamination before it enters the creek. He has not again seen any of the 150 goldfish he released into the pond. We walk around the pond to where we hear gurgling Lover’s Creek. More benches invite people to sit and enjoy nature. “It’s so peaceful,” he says.Renny has begun planting tiny white spruce “to stop the noise [from the traffic on Hurst Drive],” he says, knowing that he may not live to see the mature trees. There are now a few hundred meters of paths cleared around the ponds. Renny hopes that winter snow will pack down the on the woodchips and keep plant growth on the paths at bay. “They [the city] are glad to bring me a load any time,” says Renny. He has more plans for next year. “The Lord willing,” he says, “if I’m in good health.” Tollendalers certainly hope Renny will be able to keep up his work in “the thing in the back” for a long time to come. Picture on previous page: Renny overlooking his bush from the bridge he and Bob Hamilton built.

Hello from sunny Saskatchewan!

Well, after three days of driving, we arrived in Caronport, SK. We have started settling into our apartment and are getting familiar with the area.

There is something about the prairies that has a peaceful effect. For those of you who aren't aware of it, my husband Glenn and I have moved to Saskatchewan while he finishes his BA in Biblical Studies at Briercrest Bible College. After this he will be working on his Masters and our desire is to enter into full time ministry. Glenn had started his schooling out here thirteen years ago, and now we've come back so he can complete it. I've been reflecting on the drive out here. Thirty- two hours of being a passenger (I was a little chicken to drive with the trailer) gives you a lot of time to think or play sudoku (I did a lot of the latter). It also gave me the opportunity to really be able to look around and see the beauty of the country we live in.

Driving through northern Ontario can be a little difficult though, especially with all the transport trucks, hills, people wanting to pass because you can't go as quickly as they can when pulling a trailer. Yet being the passenger, I could relax knowing that I was in the hands of a good driver. I see a lot of similarities between the drive out here and our decision to move out here. People asked me how it felt to leave behind all of our family, friends, good job, and sell many of our possessions. These are things that could give one a lot of anxiety. Yet I feel as though I am the passenger and, knowing that, I've got the best driver directing my path. I can relax and have peace about the direction we are going. In fact, I'm enjoying the beauty of seeing how God can shape our lives when we let Him.I was glad that Julie offered me the opportunity to write something for Tollendale Tales. I wanted to be able to thank each one of you for the wonderful past three and a half years working for you. I have said many times that I don't believe there could be a better place to work. Thank you all for being a part of that.

Heather Harpell

Those were the lazy, hazy days of summer. Colleen Dearham gives her cat a chance to roam (sort of) behind Sonrise Place.

TOLLENDALE VILLAGEVISION STATEMENT

The Board of Directors wishes to remind all members, residents and friends of Tollendale Villagethat the following is the Vision Statement of Simcoe County Christian Senior Home Inc., the organization that operates Tollendale Village. It was adopted prior to the construction of the first building phase.

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The purpose of S.C.C.S.H. Inc. is to provide for the residential, social, spiritual, cultural, physical and emotional needs of the senior members of our society in a Christian environment while recognizing their individuality and dignity.It is intended to initially provide facilities for independent living with minimal assistance. As the needs increase and resources become available, S.C.C.S.H. Inc. hopes to provide skilled care for those no longer able to care for themselves.

All programs offered will be oriented towards enhancing the resident’s independence and self- reliance within a Christian environment that respects the individual’s need for privacy and provides an opportunity for interaction between family, friends, other residents and the broader community.

S.C.C.S.H. Inc. will ensure that the high standards of the services it intends to provide will be maintained and continually monitored through a comprehensive internal "Continuous Quality Improvement Program.”

What this means in practical terms is, that Simcoe County Christian Senior Home Inc. under the direction of a volunteer Board of Directors elected by a membership at large owns and operates Tollendale Village as a community of residents that not only occupy space but also communally provide for the support of each other in several ways.

In order to fulfill this vision, the Board wants to ensure that our residents are able to remain in their apartments as long as physically possible and provide the services that would allow them to do so. These include services like on- site nursing services, food services, hair care services, and the services of a chaplain, among others. It is understood that some residents may not require all the services at any particular time. However we believe that in order to ensure that these services are available to all residents at any time, and at a reasonable cost, all residents will contribute to the cost of providing these services. With the exception of the nursing services, the cost of providing these services is included in the monthly maintenance fee

charged to all apartments and Garden Homes. Some of the costs of the food and of the hair salon services are covered by separate charges for meals and hair salon services. Starting on September 1, 2006, the cost of nursing services will be partially covered by a charge per resident with the remainder coming from the monthly maintenance fees. It is intended that the charge per resident for nursing services will be adjusted annually to ultimately cover all the nursing related services.Residents are currently charged separately for parking, locker rental and the nurse call system. These charges are over and above those listed above.

Anyone having questions related to the above should contact Sid Tjeerdsma, the Executive Director.

September 01 Galipeau AliceSeptember 02 Lucas GarrySeptember 08 Harmston MarySeptember 08 Thompson GeorgeSeptember 12 Komdeur KarlSeptember 13 Palmer FrancesSeptember 13 Visser FrancienaSeptember 14 Strootman ElizabethSeptember 15 Bos CorSeptember 15 vanStrien GertieSeptember 18 Wylie RuthSeptember 19 DeBoer RennieSeptember 19 Lusk BarrySeptember 20 Kloosterman EdnaSeptember 20 Mout ElaineSeptember 23 Brouwer JaneSeptember 25 Putt BerylSeptember 26 VanGennip PaulSeptember 29 Mohlmann EdSeptember 30 Rupke Hilda

October 01 Verkaik JohannaOctober 04 VanDyke HedyOctober 05 French EdithOctober 05 Hazenberg FrancesOctober 06 Blom Hendrika

October 06 Kloosterman ArnieOctober 06 Tawton GordonOctober 07 Kroesen JohannaOctober 07 Ruddick MaryOctober 11 Popma GezienaOctober 12 Hunter DorothyOctober 14 Holloway HaroldOctober 14 Menary RonOctober 15 Jackson DorothyOctober 15 Munro AlberdinaOctober 17 Lusk Verna

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October 17 Scott NormanOctober 20 Blom AlbertusOctober 20 Charters PaulineOctober 20 Donnelly FrankOctober 22 Leibholz VictoriaOctober 23 Tanner RetaOctober 23 Wood DonOctober 23 Snow EthelOctober 24 Hovius NinkaOctober 24 Straub AnnaOctober 26 Wesson LucilleOctober 27 Bowman PaulOctober 27 Lyon MortimerOctober 27 Verkaik AnthonyOctober 27 Wright ThelmaOctober 29 Cassidy IreneOctober 29 Foster JoanOctober 30 Gehrels JackOctober 30 Siderius Francina

October 31 Campbell MarjorieOctober 31 Hamilton Ruth

Please mention any errors or omissions in the birthday list to Tena Kamstra (D304) Tel.725- 9298

Janny Mudde is getting professional advice from a neighbourhood art dealer

“Tollendale Treasures and Gift Store” - Manager’s reportIt has been a good and busy summer for us. We received many donations from people who moved in or out, but also from other tenants. The silent auction in June brought in $700.00. We raised $500.00 at the book sale in July and the art show and sale in August also brought in $500.00. We thank you for participating and supporting these projects. Beginning September 20, we will have another silent auction and by the end of October we will gradually change over to a Christmas theme, although many of you have already done some of your Christmas shopping in our gift shop. The magnetic bracelets have been a great success (we hope they are easing some pains!), but they are also quite attractive. We still have some right now. Saturday, November 18 will be the day of the Tollendale craft sale. We will have tables especially for gift giving of

jewellery, linens, crystal and china, but also many other gifts. Be sure to check it out. There is always something new in our store. Have a look or come in for a chat. We’ll enjoy your company.

Janny Mudde

Christian Stewardship Services

“Share and Share Alike”Did you know that the federal government just made it easier to donate publicly traded shares or mutual fund units? The payment of capital gains tax on such direct gifts has been eliminated. .This creates a great gift mechanism that multiplies the benefits to you and to charities.The new rules allow you to:

Realize significant profits from the appreciated securities you wish to donate

Pay no income tax on the gains realized

Make a generous gift to charity

Make use of the excess tax credit generated from this gift to reduce other tax liability

Choose from these two simple, flexible and convenient ways to give:a) An immediate directed gift through CSSUse CSS to receive the securities directly, CSS issues the donation receipt, sells the shares and distributes the gift to as many charities as you wish to support.b) Create a donor advised fund at CSS This fund:

1. Allows you the flexibility to give the gift and get the receipts when most beneficial to you.

2. Allows flexible distribution of the gift at your direction; all at once or spread over time.

3. Provides an economical alternative to creating a private foundation.

4. Allows CSS to professionally and confidentially handle the administration, the investment and the distribution of the funds for you.

As a partner with Tollendale, I would be pleased to offer you a FREE visit and work

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with your financial advisor to facilitate such a gift.Submitted by Patricia van Oostveen, PFP

Christian Stewardship ServicesCentral Ontario Representative905- 986- 0221 or (cell) 905- 718- 5897

Tollendale slices of life

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3. 4.Slice of life

1. Lisette and David Cuthbert made sure potluck dinners were held in July and August. 2. This is

what Nell VanderHorst saw when she tried to get out of her apartment on the day of the

VanderHorst’s fiftieth wedding anniversary. 3.- 4. Men and women are separated at Monday’s

coffee hour. And this is Canada, you say?

Who’s that in the picture?

Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3Photo contest Who are these people, pictured here in their late teens or in their twenties? Write your guess (and your own name) on a piece of paper and deposit it in a box in the office. The name of a winner will be published in the next newsletter (see also page 8). Who’s next? Please give me your picture and we may feature it in the next issue of Tollendale Tales .

Summer in Tollendale Village

A keen gardener, Fred Kuntz inspects his carrots

Tom McBryan (left) and Jim Pratt ham it upas “scruteneers” at the Eden Hall picnic.

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WHO

ARE

WE?

Copy deadlineThe deadline for the November – December

2006 (No.37) issue of Tollendale Tales is Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

Are Esther Ball (left) and Audrey Crawford waiting for the new gazebo? Oh, well, they had a beautiful view, even without the long promised ‘structure’

Change of pace for David CuthbertDavid Cuthbert, who faithfully did kitchen duties

on Mondays and on the mornings that Bible studies were held, is now volunteering his services at the Salvation Army soup kitchen. He enjoyed his

work for the Tollendalers, but was looking for more “hours”.

He wants Tollendalers to know that he will still do car washes in the afternoons. He may be called at

722- 0607.

Simcoe County Christian Senior Home Inc.Tollendale Tales

Publication of Tollendale Village– A Christian Retirement Community –

274 Hurst Drive, Barrie ON. L4N 0Z3Tel.705- 722- 0469

Website: www.tollendalevillage.caEmail: info@tollendalevillage.ca

Editing and layout: Julie Christiaanse (G15)Tel.705- 728- 4739

Email j.christiaanse@sympatico.ca

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