A Newsletter of, by and for the residents of Pine Lakes Mobile Estates.
Now in our sixth year of publication.
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containing the text of our articles:
This is the first installment in our series recognizing the Pine Lakes residents who have lived here 15 or more years. For now, we are simply introducing them to our readers, but in future articles we will provide just a little more information about each one. If you are a 15 year Pine Lakes resident and your name is not on the list, please call Jonnie Stowe at 776-1696. Our long-timers are:
33 years ~ Laurie Leigh
30 years ~ Phyllis Kovar
30 years ~ Annette Clift
28 years ~ Margery Weakley
25 years ~ Don and Donna Hackett
25 years ~ Bette Nisi
24 years ~ Cheryl Byers
22 years ~ Richard and Margene Slopey
21 years ~ Houston and Bertie Tally
20 years ~ James Bates
19 years ~ Duane and Joyce Freeman
19 years ~ Elizabeth Wilkins
16 years ~ Joyce and Bert Wilson
15 years ~ Maria Moretti
Thea Park, an avid hiker and healthy- living advocate, has some wonderful ideas to share with us in the New Year. Read what she has to say on page two.
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Also in this issue is an article about a series of workshops to be held in Pine Lakes Clubhouse on Chronic Disease Self-Management. If you or a loved one suffers from an ongoing health problem, this is for you! See page three to learn more, and be sure to sign up on the sheet provided in the Clubhouse.
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For our February issue, we�re looking for stories from YOU! How did you meet the love of your life? What is your favorite song, and why? Please give your stories to any of our Pinecone Press staff, as listed in the box below.
Publisher: Annette Clift 778-2195 [email protected]
Editor: Elizabeth Allbright 778-7541 [email protected]
Business Manager: Kay Grothe 778-3387 [email protected]
Feature Writer: Ron Woerner 541-9366 [email protected]
Distribution: Jonnie Stowe 776-1696 [email protected]
Our website: www.geocities.com/pineconepress/index.html
The deadline for our February issue is January 15.
NEW YEAR�S DAY OPEN HOUSE, Tuesday, January 1. Parades & Football on TV, Coffee & Donuts, Chili served in the afternoon. See the sign up sheet in the Billiards Room
RECREATION COMMITTEE OPEN MEETING,
Friday, January 4, 1:00 pm. Everyone is invited to come and share ideas. We need your suggestions and your assistance.
GAME NIGHT, Friday, January 4, 6:00 pm. $3.00 per person. Refreshments are included.
Please sign up.
HEALTHY BY CHOICE, NOT BY CHANCE, DINNER (PLEASE SEE ARTICLE IN THE NEXT COLUMN), Monday, January 7, 5:00 pm social, 5:30 pm we eat! Only $5.00 per person. The dinner will be prepared by CHIP alumni. More information about CHIP will be available that evening, from our very own Dr. Charles Wical. Sign up is required and is limited to thirty people.
BINGO NIGHT, Saturday January 12, 6:00 pm. $1.00 admission at the door, plus $1.00 per card. The admission money pays for snacks, and the $1.00 per card money is totally given out as prizes.
SPAGHETTI DINNER, Saturday, January 19, 5:30 social, 6:00 pm dinner. $6.00 per person. Sign up in advance and bring your own table service. * * * PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JANUARY PLAMHO GENERAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DINNER. EVERYONE IS URGED TO STAY FOR THE MEETING.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST, Saturday, January 26, 7:30 to 9:00 am. $4:00 per person. Texas-size French Toast, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Biscuits & Gravy, Juice and Coffee. Please sign up and bring your own table service.
CHICKEN DINNER, Tuesday, January 29. 5:30 social, 6:00 pm dinner. $6.00 per person. Please sign up and bring your own table service.
photographed on a hiking trip.
(This article also appears on our Blog.)
Thea Park has made some New Year�s resolutions for 2008 that will involve better health for all of us Pine Lakers. We all know Thea as the vibrant, slim hiking enthusiast, and as the cook of delicious Indonesian treats. This year we will become acquainted with her deeply held interest in health�how to become healthy by choice, not by chance, and stay that way.
With the encouragement of Pine Lakes� own Dr. Chas Wical, Thea has been participating in the Coronary Health Improvement Project, otherwise known as CHIP.
Thea has known privation and the struggle to maintain energy in wartime when, as was the case in the Netherlands, food was scarce.
Her first daughter was born in 1955. The Netherlands were still so devastated by the German bombing that food and lodging was still in short supply. She and her husband lived with her parents for almost a year due to lack of housing. She remembers comforting herself, knowing that her baby would not go hungry, because she was nursing her.
That was fifty-three years ago. Thea�s interest in nutrition has not dimmed. She knows that today, Americans are becoming aware of how out of shape we are in our land of plenty. Most of us are all the more aware of our own extra pounds after the holidays, and of our tendency to avoid exercise in winter weather. Thea�s resolution this year is to help all of us overcome these problems.
In order to highlight the ways and means to a healthy life-style, Thea and Dr. Wical are planning a HEALTHY BY CHOICE, NOT BY CHANCE, DINNER on January 7, during which you will taste a variety of prepared dishes with recipes available. Please see the notice in the first column for more information.
We have to limit the dinner to thirty persons, so sign up early on the sheet on the Bulletin Board in the Clubhouse. If you have questions, please call Thea Park, 717-0854, or e-mail her at [email protected].
Roger Olewinski President 541-9050
Ken Tolliver Vice President 442-3770
Jonnie Stowe Secretary 776-1696
Shirley Reitsma Treasurer 708-0923
Joyce Wilson Sunshine Committee 778-3534
Jonnie Stowe New Resident Greeter 776-1696
E-mail Address: [email protected]
LOOKING AHEAD:
SUPER BOWL GET-TOGETHER, Sunday, February 3.
DINNER AT THE CLUBHOUSE, Saturday, February 9.
VALENTINE�S DAY DINNER, Thursday, February 14.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST, Saturday, February 23.
POTLUCK, Tuesday, February 25.
SIGNING UP FOR ACTIVITIES:
Dear readers, please remember that sign up sheets for all events are located on the Bulletin Board in the Clubhouse�s Billiards Room/Game Room/Pool Room. Just enter the Clubhouse by the main door, walk past the office and turn left at the door to the Billiards Room. The Bulletin Boards will be on your right as you enter. Please check the notices and sign up sheets frequently, and sign up for events you plan to attend. Thanks!
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Speaking of signing up for events, here is a marvelous opportunity for many of our Pine Lakes residents, but we need at least a dozen people to sign up, indicating their interest in participating, in order to have this take place in our Clubhouse.
Virginia Rodriguez, of Yavapai County Community Health Services, spoke at our Recreation Committee Meeting December 7, about the new CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM that is being started in Yavapai County. This series of workshops was developed at Stanford University and has been implemented with great success in various locations in the United States.
Anyone with a chronic condition such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, asthma or any other ongoing health problem should participate. Preference is given to those sixty years and older. Caregivers and family members are also welcome.
These FREE-OF-COST workshops cover topics such as managing symptoms, goal setting nutrition, medications and physical fitness. The actual dates and times of the workshops will be announced later.
A testimonial to the benefits of this type of approach to chronic illness is given by our own Roger Olewinski:
�Having been through the Health Management program several years ago, I can only say I have high praise for the effectiveness of this class. I became less dependent on prescription drugs; I was able to have the support of others in my condition, and it definitely lifted me out of my depression. I highly recommend this program for anyone who is suffering on a daily basis.� �Roger-
We�d also like to announce the free local training sessions for workshop leaders being offered Mondays thru Thursdays, January 21 thru 31, 9:00 am to 4 pm with an hour break for lunch. If you�re interested in learning how to facilitate the workshops, please contact Roger Olewinski, 541-9050, or e-mail him at [email protected].
QUIZ:
What aromatic vegetable does all these things?
� Lowers cholesterol levels
� Repels mosquitoes
� Is a powerful antioxidant
� Helps prevent cancer
� Functions as an anticoagulant
� Has antibacterial potential
� Lowers the risk of stroke
� Lowers blood pressure
Why, it�s garlic! Those simple little cloves turn out to have hundreds of chemicals very useful to our health!
The main medicinal compound in garlic is called �allicin,� and probably provides the greatest health benefits. Actual cutting, chopping, or crushing of the garlic initiates the enzymatic process that converts the phytochemical alliin into allicin, If garlic is cooked immediately after cutting, chopping, or crushing, minimal allicin is formed, and the health benefits are thus lost. So wait about 10 minutes after traumatizing your garlic clove before eating or cooking it.
Many health educators recommend eating the equivalent of two or three cooked cloves of garlic a day. After you eat your garlic, your friends may avoid you unless they have shared your garlic with you! But just think how much healthier you may be!
(adapted from an article by Dr. Chas Wical. More from Dr. Wical in our next issue!)
A Review by Ron Woerner (This article also appears in our Blog.)
Saturday evening, December 8th, saw a Norman Rockwell setting at Pine Lakes. In the deep, dark softness, a gentle snow fell, gradually comforting the earth with a white blanket. Inside the clubhouse, several Christmas trees glowed with subdued colors, while a ceiling of soft white lights created a feeling of warmth that encouraged friendly conversation among the 40 or so residents gathered there. At the front of the room was a simple stage with five chairs lined up across it. A beautiful poster was positioned off to one side announcing the nature of the evening�s event. Then, after being asked to take our seats, what was now an audience was presented with a beautiful gift, a polished jewel of a Readers Theatre performance prepared by the hard work of a handful of our own talented Pine Lakes neighbors.
�The Story of the Other Wise Man,� a Henry Van Dyke play adapted for our Readers Theatre by Elizabeth Allbright, is the fictional story of a fourth Wise Man, Artaban, delayed from his departure with the others by an act of caring and generosity on his part.
We follow him on his journey as he first attempts to catch up with his fellow Magi. When that fails, we track his continuing quest to find the Son of God and present him with precious gifts as an act of worship. At each step of his journey, Artaban is delayed and diverted as he stops to meet the needs of the poor, the sick, the threatened individuals he encounters. Finally, after thirty years of searching, he gives the last of his treasures away to keep a young girl from being sold into slavery. He despairs of ever seeing the Christ, and asks God to forgive him for giving away to people all that he had intended to present in worship. Then, in the closing scene, Christ speaks to Artaban, telling him that he has met Him, and that his acts of love, mercy and sacrifice to the least among mankind were actually acts directed toward the Christ.
Every aspect of the presentation of �The Story of the Other Wise Man� was done simply, professionally, and with great effect, a feat that could only have been accomplished through thorough preparation. The reaching out of a hand, the turn of a head, the slump of the shoulders or a sob in the voice, each little touch, sometimes done while seated, subtly enforced what was being read and helped bring the words to life.
The narration by Annette Clift appeared flawless and flowed smoothly in and out of the readings without interrupting the progression of the spoken action. Chris Coburn was powerful as Artaban, and we could hear the despair in his voice as his friends left without him, and see the grief on his face as he gave away the last of his treasure intended for the Christ, to save the young girl. Elizabeth Allbright, Bill Otto, Roger Olewinski, and Shirley Reitsma read in such a way that their characters took on clear personalities, and they sometimes read together, much like a Greek Chorus.
There were other touches that added to the totality of our experience of the reading. The costumes, made by Elizabeth, Annette, and Nancy Olewinski, were beautiful and evoked a feeling of the East. The posters, prepared by Annette, were changed several times, each one marking a new phase in Artaban�s quest. And there were several excellent duets by Annette and Elizabeth, bringing in carols that were both familiar and appropriate to the readings.
All in all, it was a magical evening, one so enjoyed by the audience that we insisted the cast do more presentations to other communities, if not now, then in the future. We owe great thanks to all those who took part in the Readers Theatre presentation. The story they told, that of the other Wise Man, can be experienced at several levels, as can most works dealing with journeys, quests, and agonizing decisions. Yet one theme came through strongly, and could be seen on Artaban�s transfixed face in the closing scene: there is a Divinity that exists in every human being.
�I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four,
and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God,
and in my own face in the glass,
I find letters from god dropt in the street,
and every one is sign'd by God's name."
~Walt Whitman~
Election to the PLAMHO Board is not for the faint hearted. �If you want to get something done, ask someone who is busy.� That�s an old adage that has stood the test of time. These busy people will take on the PLAMHO challenges in 2008. We will introduce you two of them in this issue:
New President BETTY DELLACORTE�S experience in leadership includes founding Faith House, an organization for abused women. An author of two books about the successful faith-based institution, later named Stepping Stones, Betty was CEO for twenty-five years. Today she is an agent for Monasmith�s Manufactured Home Sales at Pine Lakes and has her own business in Interior Design. Betty plans to use her creativity and business experience in her new PLAMHO role.
Vice President and Secretary ELIZABETH ALLBRIGHT is a new-comer to Pine Lakes by way of Mexico and California. A former English teacher, Elizabeth has been helping edit the Pinecone Press for a year. Her leadership experience includes positions of responsibility in the American Cancer Society as Executive Director of Napa County; as educator in California State Prison, Solano. and as fund raiser for Las Amigas in San Felipe, Baja. She was office manager in her husband�s chiropractic practice for seven years. Elizabeth�s goal has always been to help others help themselves.
PLAMHO NEWS:
General Meeting on Saturday,
January 19,
Right after the 6:00 pm Spaghetti Dinner in the Clubhouse.
Dues for 2008 will be accepted.
This is your homeowners� association.
Everyone is URGED to attend.
Starting on Thursday, January 3, PLAMHO dues will be accepted at the Clubhouse from 2 to 4 pm every Tuesday and Thursday in January, up until and including the January 19 General Meeting.
Also, you may pay your 2008 PLAMHO dues anytime to Marilyn McDill, 708-0864, 219 Midway.
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2008 PLAMHO Board of Directors:
Betty DellaCorte, President 541-9890
Elizabeth Allbright, Vice President
and Secretary 778-7541
Bill Jones, Treasurer 778-9499
Bill Mastin, Grievance Committee 443-5211
Marilyn McDill, Membership 708-0864
Carole Urbanski, Past President 717-9936
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We are saddened by the loss of one of our long-time neighbors, Rose Larsen. Rose and her husband, Carl, rented a home on Santa Fe, starting in 1996. After Carl�s passing in 1998, Rose moved to 216 Midway, as a full-time resident. Rose was very active in many venues, and contributed to our Pinecone Press by composing feature articles about six of our residents. She will be missed by her five children and many grandchildren, as well as by all of us who knew and loved her.
Page eight is our Calendar of Activities, which we cannot reproduce on this website
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E-mail me with your comments.
Thanks, Annette
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