Inside this issue:

New Residents 2

Apartment Updates 2

Residential Activities 4

Kinder Haus 4

Residential & Healthcare Activities

5

South Campus Wellness & Wellness Pavilion

6

Staff News 7

SWISS VILLAGE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOARD MEMBERS

Executive Team:

Daryl L. Martin Executive Director

Linda Arnold Director of Healthcare Services

Derick Bailey Director of Resident Services

Joe Burkhead Director of Information Services

Margie Dougherty Director of Human Resources

Michelle McIntosh Director of Marketing

Roger Young Controller

Mission Statement:

Swiss Village Retirement

Community is a not-for-profit

corporation, committed to

providing quality and affordable

retirement living facilities and

services in a Christian

environment that enhances life

with dignity, meaning and

appropriate care for the senior

adults from the surrounding

community without regard to

race, religion, sex, or handicaps

that can be accommodated within

our delivery system.

Swiss Village

March 2013 • Issue 536

“In prayer it is better to

have a heart without

words than words

without a heart.”

-Paul Bunyan

Swiss Village recently c o m p l e t e d t h e renovation of the old library into a space for a quiet intimate Chapel. As Christians we

understand that we can reach out to God at any time and in anyplace. Yet experientially there are some places that are more conducive to worship. The creation of this chapel is intended to be such a place. Residents gathered in the hall outside the Chapel on February 12th for a dedication and ribbon cutting. Rev. Jerry Flueckiger led a devotional and offered a prayer of commitment. Anna V. Liechty assisted with the ribbon cutting. Thanks also to George Buhler, Dave Bauman,

and Paul Zerby for their contributions of creative workmanship. The Chapel provides residents and families a private space that allows for a more reflective personal experience than a large open area. It is intended to be a place for personal prayer, meditation and devotional reading, but also enough space for small groups. Persons should feel free to close the door if they desire privacy. We trust that God’s Spirit can use this Chapel as a place for healing and hope to all who seek him.

CHAPEL DEDICATION — Daryl L. Martin, Executive Director

Board of Directors:

Kent Liechty, President

Tom Muselman, Vice-President

Linda Eicher, Secretary

Ted Lautzenheiser, Treasurer

Andrew Briggs

Paul Zuercher, Immediate Past President

Mark Settlemyre

Sharon Sprunger Wulliman

Greg Meyer

Nancy Subler

Providing Compassion. Promoting Wellness. Achieving Excellence.

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HEALTHCARE

Betty Anderson is a new resident since January 26. She is from Geneva and is a member of High Street United Methodist Church. Rosemary Cole is a new resident since January 31. She is from Markle. Connie Gluth is a new resident since January 25. She is from Decatur. Luella Reinhart is a new resident since February 1. She is from Bryant and is a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Nancy Roth is a new resident since January 31. She is from Decatur and is a member of Pleasant Dale Church.

IN MEMORY

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS

Swiss Village experienced the loss of a couple residents who called Swiss Village home. Condolences go out to the family and friends of Willard Sandars who passed away February 22, 2013. Willard came to Swiss Village in August of 2004. Viola Dennison passed away on February 25, 2013. Viola came to Swiss Village in November 2007. We express our sympathy to the family and friends of Viola.

Apartment Updates Are Being Made at Swiss Village Retirement Community.

These independent living apartments have been gutted and new construction is underway. These newly renovated apartments are scheduled to be completed this Spring. Each apartment will feature new indirect lighting, new kitchen cabinets, and bathroom fixtures, along with new flooring and window treatments throughout. Energy efficient patio doors have also been installed with built in blinds. In addition, residents will see changes to the hallways, main corridor, and lounge.

Residents will have the opportunity to receive significant discounts in regard to meals in the main dining room, housekeeping services, and garage rental through a convenient daily rate structure.

Apartments are being sold prior to completion. These remodeled apartments are selling fast. Only a few apartments remain for sale. Be sure to schedule an appointment and lunch with Michelle McIntosh, Director of Marketing at 260.589.3173 to select your apartment today. View samples of the new flooring and kitchen cabinets during your appointment. Don’t miss out on this chance to move into one of these renovated apartments! Call Michelle Today at 260.589.3173!

APARTMENT UPDATES — Michelle McIntosh

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MARCH

2 Kenneth Beer

Edith Walter

3 Anna Marie

Neuenschwander

Paul Bryan

Jane Wilkin

4 Lillian Glendening

5 Helen Liechty

Estella Nussbaum

Doris Sprunger

6 Florence Myers

7 Jeanette Baumgartner

Agnes Bubp

8 Elizabeth Meyer

Merlin K. Sprunger

Eileen Stauffer

MARCH

4 Richard and Marlene Zeigler (52 Years)

CONTRIBUTIONS

Carol Moore, Bernie & Marie Wiebe, Shirley Johnson, Mary Able, Carol Moore, Howard & Eleanor Flueckiger, Paul Von Gunten, Don Sprunger, Ted & Diane Rich, Howard & Alverda Ellenberger, Bill & Linda Schwartz. Ernie Liechty Memorials: Sandra Striker, Sharon Sprunger Wulliman, Richard Beitler. Flo Fennig Memorials: Millard and Betty Schwartz, Jeffery Fennig, Nicholas Fennig, Brice and DeLora Fennig.

**All memorials and/or gifts given in honor of an individual(s) will go towards the Samaritan’s Endowment Fund unless otherwise designated.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RESIDENTS

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

SWISS VILLAGE 5K RUN/WALK & SENIOR 1 MILE WALK

In celebration of Swiss Village’s 45th Anniversary, Swiss Village will be hosting a 5k Run/Walk & Senior 1 mile walk on Saturday, April 13 at 9:00 a.m. Please visit Swiss Village’s website at www.swissvillage.org for more details, registration materials, and course map. The first 100 registrations will receive a drawstring backpack. This race is part of the Adams County 5k Run/Walk Challenge. Please join us at the Arthur &

Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion for a fun race with unique awards for the top three finishers per age group, gender, and overall female and male winners. The race will take place at the Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion located at 1201 Emmental Drive in Berne. Registration materials may also be picked up at the Museleman Wellness Pavilion Front Desk or Swiss Village Front Desk. For more information please contact Sarah Conrad, Wellness Pavilion Director at 260.589.4496.

Bonnie Flueckiger in honor of Jerry Flueckiger, Cliff & Betty Habegger in honor of Rose Matthew, Chris & Kim Janck in honor of Saint Jeanne Jugan. Mary Able. Sarabelle Zeigler in honor of Ellen Leyse. Doris Cheeseman. Margaret Hawkins in honor of Roger Hawkins. Lou Cabral in honor of Don & Eda Sweeney. Ned Stucky in honor of Margie Stucky.

SHOW SOME HEART

11 Derryle Pharr

Mary Schaadt

12 Frieda Brown

15 Elva Taube

17 Anna Liby

20 Angalene Amustutz

22 Naomi Wiederkehr

25 Marjorie DeArmond

28 Henrietta Augsburger

Barbara Liechty

29 Sally Schneider

Charles Spurgeon

Grace Whetstone

31 John Zher

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loveable mice and heart

collages. They also enjoyed

passing out valentines to

friends during their classroom

party. The three year old room

has been learning about

Valentine’s Day. They also

enjoyed passing out valentines

to friends (Cont. Page 6)

The infants have had lots of

fun making valentine art. They

used stickers, cookie cutters

and finger paints. The toddlers

made valentine card holders

and learned what the shape of

a heart looked like. The 2 year

olds have enjoyed making

hand-print roses,

KINDER HAUS — Heidi Schoeneman

Books Are Fun will be holding a book fair at Swiss Village Retirement Community on Friday, March 22, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. Books Are Fun’s product selection includes children’s storybooks, classics, Easter books & gifts, educational books, Mother’s Day & Father’s Day gifts, graduation gifts, New York

Times Bestsellers, stationary & gift items; and general interest books such as cooking, sports, gardening, reference, and multicultural titles. Books Are Fun partners with more than 400 leading publishers and vendors to bring you the newest, most relevant product assortments available in the industry. Purchases made at the Fair will allow Books Are

SPRING BOOK FAIR WITH BOOKS ARE FUN — Michelle McIntosh

Fun to donate books to the Kinder Haus Day Care Library. For more information contact Michelle McIntosh, Director of Marketing at 260.589.3173 or visit www.swissvillage.org.

The Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion staff has planned a full schedule of events for seniors. The events will take place once a month and are open to any senior 55+, you do not need to be a member of the Muselman Wellness Pavilion to participate in these scheduled events. The 2013 calendar includes Shamrock Floats

and Story Telling with Willa Kay Sprunger, a Spring Brunch, a Daytrip to Shipshewana and Essenhaus in Middleberry, Golf Cart Tours, Pool Tourney, Make it and Take it Card Craft, Day Shopping Trip with Lunch, Eurchre Tournament, Healthy Cooking Demonstration, Christmas Carry-in, and Bus trip to see the Marion

SENIOR EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR 2013 AT WELLNESS PAVILION — Michelle McIntosh

Christmas Walkway of Lights. These events are free with exception of the daytrips, and meals. For more details and a complete calendar of e v e n t s p l e a s e v i s i t www.swissvillage.org or contact the Wellness Pavilion at 260.589.4496. The Arthur & Gloria Muselman Pavilion looks forward to serving you.

Hunter Lehman and Kale Beer proudly displaying their tower they built out of blocks that were made in the wood working shop by the late Herman Fosnaugh almost 12 years ago!

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This month we had a packed house for cooking w i t h E s t h e r R a y , only for the residents to find out that Esther Ray had been replaced by the maintenance staff. How could this be good? The m a i n t e n a n c e s t a f f demonstrated how to make Gooey Louie Sandwiches and served them with chips. Everyone loved them. We will see who is cooking next month.

RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES — Teri Sank

Can you name t h e o n l y President that did not get married? More on that in a moment. Last month we had m a n y celebrations and fun games. We had a Valentine’s Day party in which we played games like, “Name the Famous couple,” “Unscrambled Hearts,” and many more. We sang many favorite love songs, like “Let me call you sweetheart”. We finished with a special Valentine’s Day treat. We also had a pizza party for all the February birthdays. We had Pizza King Pizza, peaches and red velvet cake. It was yummy!! There was also a celebration for Presidents Day. We learned a little more about each President and their families. Did you know to the answer to the question? It’s President James Buchanan.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but we managed to pack it very full of fun activities. We celebrated Valentine’s Day and President’s Day with food and fun and trivia. Cookies or cherry pie, anyone? Music was a highlight of the month as well. Jane Summer came to play the violin, and the Stuckey Family brought a Saturday afternoon of music for our residents to enjoy. Chester Longenberger and Fred Walker delighted us with programs of even more memory stirring songs. And how we enjoyed the foods… cherry cheesecake, oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies, banana splits, plus our monthly McDonald’s luncheon and a flavorful resident-planned special luncheon.

HEALTHCARE HAPPENINGS — Karen Rowell ALPENROSE — Donna Stout

Pictured are several residents enjoying a game .

Pictured is Loretta Brooks

enjoying a special treat.

BLUMENGARTEN ACTIVITIES — Cole Rupp

The highlight for Blumengarten this month has been the new baby grand piano that is now in the lower Blumengarten area! The residents have truly enjoyed hearing music before meals. We have had several guests come in and play for the residents as well. The piano music quickly gathers a crowd. We continue to have great fun with dominoes and other board games.

Pictures is Terry Lehman and Randy Reynolds Cooking for Esther Ray.

Pictures are several res idents p lay ing dominoes one evening in Blumengarten.

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Kinder Haus —(From Page 4)

We are just past the halfway point in our Winter Wellness Journey. It is entitled “Back Home Again in Indiana.” We have 25 people doing the study of Indiana each week and/or doing some cardiovascular exercise of their choice (walking, biking, Nustepping or swimming). We have also handed out pedometers and many people enjoy seeing how many steps they take in a

day. You can get a lot of steps, just inside the walls of Swiss Village. We celebrated the halfway point with a party and enjoyed some traditional Indiana foods. The menu included hamburgers with “all the fixings”, strawberries and corn on the cob. At the conclusion of our journey all residents participating will be invited to take an actual trip with us.

SOUTH CAMPUS WELLNESS — Emily Arnold & Rachel Rosswurm

Pictured are residents from last

years Wellness Journey Trip. We

look forward to our Journey this

year.

The Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion would like to invite any senior 55+ for Shamrock Floats and Story Telling. Join us as we enjoy wonderful stories told by Story Teller Willa Kay Sprunger on Friday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion.

Members and Non-Members are welcome to attend this event. For more information contact Sarah Conrad, Wellness Pavilion Director at 260.589 .4496 or v i s i t www.swissvillage.org. The Wellness Pavilion Staff look forward to serving you. We hope to see you at this event.

Art & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion — Andrea Miller

Shamrock Floats & Story Telling

March 15 at the Wellness Pavilion.

Our brain is truly amazing. Ever heard the term “use it or lose it”? This statement is scientifically proven to be true when it relates to the brain. It is estimated that the human brain produces 70,000 thoughts on an average day. As we age, our brains produce less

of certain chemicals that help the brain function. You can improve your brain function with games, exercise, good food, and socializing. Making the right choices for your lifestyle can directly influence your brain function today and in the future.

Therapy — Tara Farlow

During their classroom party. The three year old room has been learning about Valentine’s Day. They made heart collages and practiced forming hearts in shaving cream. The 4 & 5’s have spent the month talking about Health and Nutrition. They learned what food is healthy for them and what is not.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAFF

NEW EMPLOYEES

Swiss Village welcomes several new staff members this month. Janelle Jackson - CNA in Healthcare, Shelby Anderson - CNA in Healthcare, Kristen Lehmann - CNA in Healthcare, Elaine Boze - RN in Blumengarten, Cindy Miller - Healthcare Activities.

Serving with your hands while giving of your heart has become the motto for Swiss Village volunteers. We are so thankful to have many wonderful individuals and groups who give a few hours of their time each week or month to help make a difference in the lives of residents, children, and community members. If you are interested in joining our volunteer team, please visit our website or stop by my office to find further information. We hope you will find the joy of volunteering.

VOLUNTEERS — Jennifer Lehman, Director of Volunteers

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE — Michelle McIntosh Swiss Village presents Saturday Night at the Village. Fun free entertainment will be provided the second Saturday of every month from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2013, Sonshine Boys will be performing southern gospel music. The Sonshine Boys hail from Logansport, Indiana. As a Southern Gospel group, they have traveled around Indiana, southern Michigan, Ohio, and into Kentucky, spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. “We love to sing His Word and uplift His name as Lord and Savior,” said the Sonshine Boys. Saturday Night at the Village is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend. For more information about Saturday Night at the Village contact Michelle McIntosh, Marketing Director at 260.589.3173 or visit www.swissvillage.org. See you at Saturday Night at the Village, March 9, in Swiss Village’s Auditorium.

4 Matthew J. Garber

4 Brenda H. Miller

4 Brooks R. Lefever

5 Kia A. Baughn

5 Derick A. Bailey

6 Jodie S. Muhlenkamp

8 Chase J. Ingle

9 Steven J. Sommer

10 Bethany F. Busche

10 Ashley L. Campbell

10 Dexter C Miller

11 Bonnie L. Blythe

12 Stormi L. Toland

14 Traci L. Hilfiker

16 Jennifer S. Hirschy

16 Taylor R. Turner

17 Heather L. Kongar

18 Julie A. Hurt

18 Rhonda L. May

19 Stephen W. Stout

20 Kathleen E. Quillen

21 Shaun R. Bertsch

21 Janet L. Hardesty

22 Shannon C. Dunn

23 Brittany N. Studebaker

25 Rebecca J. Krueckeberg

26 Paul G. Zerby

26 Vicki A. Simmons

27 Shirley E. Green

27 Amanda J. Koehler

28 Sawyer S Shane

28 Brianna L. Nevil

30 Samantha J McAbee

31 Erin E. Steury

March

Please remember if you have not mailed back your Village

News address update form yet. Please do so soon.

Village News compiled by: Tammy Seffernick

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Be sure to check the Swiss Village Website at www.swissvillage.org for the complete listing of this

months Residential and Healthcare Activities.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mar. Event

9 Saturday Night At Village

15 Shamrock Floats & Story Telling Wellness Pavilion

Apr.

13 Swiss Village 5k Run/Walk & Senior 1 mile Walk– 9am

22 Book Fair

including the joy of knowing that you are helping out those in need. Gifts of many sizes can be done on a Charitable Gift Annuity to match your giving interest. If you want to learn more about this option and how it will work for you, please feel free to contact me and I’d be happy to sit down and discuss more specifics. We want to thank everyone who gave to the "Share Some Heart" campaign last month. Through your generous donations we were able to help to support those in need through our Samaritan's Endowment Fund. We truly appreciate all of the support that you provide for the residents here at Swiss Village.

Did you know that there is a way to donate so that you can help residents of Swiss Village, while offering you tax benefits now and for years to come? It’s called a Charitable Gift Annuity and here’s how it works. John & Jane Doe who are 68 years old decide that they would like to give $25,000 to Swiss Village’s Samaritan’s Endowment Fund to help residents in need. Since this is a Charitable Gift Annuity they will be able to take a $5,034 tax deduction which may save them $1,661. They will also get a payout every 6 months of $1,100 for life with over $900 of their payout being tax free for 21 years! The percentage of return you will receive will vary depending on your age. Through this option there are many benefits provided to you,

CHARITABLE GIVING NEWS — Jennifer Lehman, Director of Development / Volunteers

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