Grand Ole Opry
Sets the Stage for Stardom
Animals Never Cease to
Amaze Us
The Grand Ole Opry has long been credited as the show
that opened America’s eyes, ears and hearts to country music.
This genre of music quickly became popular following its
radio debut from the fifth floor studio of the National Life
& Accident Insurance Company building on November
28, 1925, during a new program called The WSM Barn
Dance. That night, fiddle player Uncle Jimmy Thompson’s
performance was broadcast on Nashville radio station WSM.
The music industry would never be the same. Country fans
are still enjoying The WSM Barn Dance to this day. It has
proven to be one of the longest running radio broadcasts
on air.
The Grand Ole Opry stayed true to its conservative roots
over the years, even during the strong cultural movements
that occurred in the 1960s. Hippies and the “longhairs”
were not regularly allowed to be featured on the show, as a
certain look was expected of the performers. Regardless of
past or current regulations, many famous country musicians
can proudly say their careers began with The Barn Dance.
The wonderful world of animals catches the attention
of nearly every human being, no matter what age. Here’s a
few amazing facts worth sharing:
• An OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to
270 degrees.
• ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as nine pounds.
• Giraffes can not swim.
• A Blue Whale can eat as much as three tons of food
everyday, but at the same time can live without food for
six months.
• An OSTRICH swallow pebbles to help grind up their
food and aid in the digestion process.
• There are as many chickens on earth as there are
humans.
• Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also
fly backwards.
• Many fish can change sex during the course of their
lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, have both
male and female sex organs.
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Thanksgiving Day brings to mind
Stone Oak!
the blessings in our lives that usually go unnoticed:
a home that surrounds us with comfort and protection;
Ms. Edith F.
delicious food, for pleasure in both eating and sharing;
Ms. Maria B.
clothes to snuggle up in, books and good
Ms. Rachelle M.
entertainment to expand our minds;
We’re Glad You’re Here!
and freedom to worship our God.
Most of all we are thankful for our family and friends,
Franklin Park Stone Oak
Team Members
Executive Director.................................Deborah Armstrong
Memory Care Director................................ Ronda Simpson
Food and Beverage Director.......... Salvador Diaz Barriga
Life Enrichment Director.................................. Lara Sasser
Life Enrichment Asst. Director.....................Susan Weiter
Business Office Director.......................... Cassandra Davis
those treasured people who make our lives extra special.
Birthdays
This Month
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Ms. Delores A.........................11/1
Ms. Dee L.................................11/4
Ms. Alice D..............................11/6
Mr. Bob T.................................11/9
Ms. Elsie R............................ 11/10
Mr. Charles C....................... 11/12
Ms. Mary W.......................... 11/16
Mr. N.B. W............................ 11/16
Mr. Glen T............................ 11/24
Ms. Lennbelle R.................. 11/28
Ms. Maurine S...................... 11/29
You are part of that cherished group.
On Thanksgiving, (and every day) we appreciate you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
World Kindness Day
This year, World Kindness day is November 13th. Being nice not only feels great
- it’s great for you! Numerous scientific studies show that acts of kindness result in
significant health benefits, both physical and mental.
Here are some key points:
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A decrease in both the intensity and the awareness of physical pain can occur.
Plant Operations Director............................Arturo Alamo
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Stress-related health problems improve after performing kind acts.
Sales & Marketing Director.............................Aaron Luna
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Helping can enhance our feelings of joyfulness, emotional resilience, and vigor,
and can reduce the unhealthy sense of isolation.
•
A Franklin Park Retirement Community
November 2015 • AL
An increased sense of self-worth, greater happiness, and optimism, as well as a
decrease in feelings of helplessness and depression, is achieved.
Franklin Park Stone Oak
November 2015
assisted living calendar
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9:30 Spiritual Hymns-2
10:30 Errand Shuttle/Walmart
10:15 Christian Worship
10:30 Music W/Desiree-2
11:00 November Crossword-3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:00 Music W/ Jim-Chapel
2:30 Happy Hour-2
4:30 Cowboys Football-2
6:30 CBC Ladies Group-2
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9:30 Spiritual Hymns-2
10:15 Christian Worship
11:00 Jigsaw Puzzles-3
2:00 Music W/ Jim-Chapel
6:00 Bill Gaither Presents-2
8:30 Cowboys Football-2
9:30 Spiritual Hymns-2
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11:00 Searching for November -3
2:00 Music W/ Jim-Chapel
9:30 Random Trivia-3
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11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:30 Happy Hour-2
4:30 Cowboys Football-2
7:30 Spurs Game-2
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10:15 Christian Worship
9:30 Turkey Trivia-3
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10:30 Errand Shuttle/Target
11:00 Table Games-3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
1:00 Cowboys Football-3
2:30 Happy Hour-2
2:00 Music W/ Jim-Chapel
6:00 Bill Gaither Presents-2
9:30 Spiritual Hymns-2
9
Happy B-Day Bob
9:30 November Jeopardy Trivia3
10:15 Pianist-Arland-2
10:30 Errand Shuttle/HEB
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:30 Happy Hour-2
6:30 Turner Classic Movies-2
10:30 Errand Shuttle/Walmart
10:15 Christian Worship
9:30 Spiritual Hymns-2
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9:30 Category Trivia-3
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7:30 Spurs Game-2
9:30 Random Trivia-3
10:00 Outing:Mi Tierra Cafe
10:00 Veteran's Day Discussion-3
2:00 Prize Bingo-4
10:00 Truth or Turkey-3
3:00 Exercise Class-3
10:30 Pencil Art-3
3:30 Wellness Talk:Influenza
Symptoms & Prevention3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:00 Book Talk W/Librarian-3
VETERANS DAY
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9:30 Table Talk-3
3:00 Exercise Class-3
3:30 Resident Lifestyle
Meeting-2
2:00 Veterans Party-2
6:00 Disney Movie Night-2
3:00 Famous Veterans-3
9:30 Chicken Soup Story3
10:00 Famous Folks-3
10:30 Massages W/William-3
10:30 Weight & BP Clinic-3
2:00 Prize Bingo-4
3:00 Exercise Class-3
3:30 Reading Group-3
6:00 Disney Movie Night-2
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Happy B-Day Glen
9:30 Chicken Soup for the Soul3
10:00 Famous Folks-3
10:30 Make 2-layer Pie-3
2:00 Pie & Coffee Social-2
3:00 Exercise Class-3
3:30 Reading Group-3
6:00 Disney Movie Night-2
9:30
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
2:30
3:00
7:30
Table Talk-3
Bible Study-2
Pencil Art-3
Outing:Zios Italian
Sit & Be Fit-3
Happy Tails Show-2
Use Your Noodle-2
Spurs Game-2
9:30 Table Talk-3
10:15 Bible Study-2
10:30 Pencil Art-3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:30 Louisa May Alcott's 'An
Old-Fashioned
Thanksgiving'-3
7:30 Spurs Game-2
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9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
2:00 Dominos Group-3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
3:30 Reading Group:-3
6:00 Sweet Tooth BINGO-4
10:00 Finish the Lines-3
10:15 Bible Study-2
10:30 Pencil Art-3
3:00 Exercise Class-3
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9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
10:15 Bible Study-2
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9:30 Chicken Soup Story3
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9:30 Table Talk-3
6:00 Sweet Tooth BINGO-4
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9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
2:00 See the Sea-3
3:00 Exercise Class-3
6:00 Family Thanksgiving
Dinner
9:30 Table Talk-3
10:00 Mystery Person-2
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9:00 Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade-2
2:30 Thanksgiving word search
challenge-3
3:00 Cornucopia Pencil Art-3
9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
10:00 Pretty Nails-3
2:00 Quarter Bingo-4
3:00 Reading Group-4
7:30 Spurs Game-2
9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
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2:00 Quarter Bingo-4
3:00 Reading Group-4
7:30 Spurs Game-2
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9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
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10:00 Pretty Nails-3
1:30 Outing:Library
Presentation(TBA)
2:00 Quarter Bingo-4
2:30 Roasted Corn Party-2
3:00 Reading Group -4
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11:00
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10:00 Queen Bee Meeting-3
6:00 George Burns and
Gracie-2
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Happy Thanksgiving!
4:30 Cowboys Football-2
9:30 Table Talk-3
10:00 Mystery Item-3
11:00 Living Rock
Friends/Music-2
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:30 Owl Craft-3
3:00 Mum's the Word-3
6:00 George Burns and
Gracie-2
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10:30 Melissa's Craft Corner-3
10:00 Turkey Tail Game-3
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Happy B-Day Alice
9:30 Table Talk-3
10:30 Melissa's Craft Corner-3
11:00 Living Rock
Friends/Music-2
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:00 Nacho Day Social-2
6:00 George Burns and
Gracie-2
7:30 Spurs Game-2
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Table Talk-3
Mystery Thing-3
Pet Therapy Visits
Sit & Be Fit-3
Discuss and Reminiscence3
2:30 Vintage Memory Box
Craft-3
7:00 Holiday River Parade-2
Happy B-Day Lenabelle
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9:30 Chicken Soup for the Soul3
10:00 Queen Bee Meeting-3
2:00 Quarter Bingo-4
3:00 Reading Group-4
7:30 Spurs Game-2
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10:15 Christian Worship
10:30 Errand Shuttle/Walmart
11:00 Family Heirlooms Search-3
11:00 Sit & Be Fit-3
2:00 Music W/ Jim-Chapel
2:00 November B-Day Party-2
6:00 Bill Gaither Presents-2
6:30 Turner Classic Movies-2
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9:30 Chicken Soup for
the Soul-3
10:00 Monthly Gazette/Nov. IQ-3
10:30 Massages W/William-3
10:30 Weight & BP Clinic-3
2:00 Prize Bingo-4
3:00 Exercise Class-3
3:30 Reading Group:-3
6:00 Disney Movie Night-2
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black Friday
candied yams
casseroles
colony
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cranberry sauce
deviled eggs
dressing
family
feast
football
give thanks
gravy
harvest
Indians
macys parade
maize
mashed
potatoes
Mayflower
november
pie
pilgrims
plymouth
sail
squash
settlers
turkey
Happy “101” Birthday!
Happy ‘101’
Birthda
This Day in History
- November -
Thanksgiving Day
at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s
11/01/1914 The Bra was patented
Thanksgiving Day
at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s
Is the best day of the year;
It’s filled to overflowing
With folks and fun and cheer.
The table’s filled with good things
That stretch from wall to wall.
Grandma says there’s always room
For loved ones, big or small.
I can smell the turkey roasting,
And I’ve seen the pumpkin pies.
Oh, it’s so much harder waiting
With the food before your eyes!
Then just before we all sit down,
We bow our heads in prayer;
And Grandpa thanks our Father
For His blessings and His care.
That’s really why we’ve gathered here—
Not just for food and play—
But to thank our Father for His gifts
On this Thanksgiving Day!
~ Joyce Butler Miller
11/06/1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President of the
United States
11/07/1874 Cartoonist Thomas Nast depicts Republican
party as an elephant in a cartoon in Harper’s Weekly
11/08/1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt forms the
Civil Works Administration to help create jobs for
millions of workers unemployed during the Great
Depression
11/10/1951 Direct dial telephone service is first available
coast to coast
11/10/1969 Sesame Street premiered on PBS television
11/13/1927 The Holland Tunnel under the Hudson
River opens to the public, connecting New York City
and New Jersey.
11/14/1968 Yale University goes co-ed
11/22/1963 President John F. Kennedy, the youngest
person to become a U.S. president, is assassinated in
Dallas, Texas, as his motorcade traveled through the
city
‘Freedom Isn’t Free’
On November 11, America will be commemorating
Veteran’s Day. This holiday pays special tribute to those who
have helped us retain our freedom. This includes veterans
from every war and battle, living or deceased, who voluntarily
or involuntarily joined a branch of the armed services. The
holiday coincides with a pivotal point in history, when the
minimum draft age was changed from 21 years old to 18 years
old in 1942. This move helped us create a stronger military
presence during World War II. Here are some other facts
that you might not know about America’s civil servants and
Veterans Day:
• It is the anniversary of World War I ending and was
originally dubbed “Armistice Day.” This moniker was later
changed in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
•
Three states have
a population
that includes
more than
one million
veterans:
California,
Texas and Florida.
Twenty-two percent of
USPS employees are veterans.
More than 9 million veterans are over the age of 65.
Veterans like to vote: Around 70 percent of the veteran
population voted in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential
elections.
Thank You
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Turkey Talk
You’re going to hear a lot of turkey talk in the next few
weeks, and most of it will sound familiar. You may have heard
the myth that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey, not the bald
eagle, to be the symbol of America. And, sure, turkey meat
does make you sleepy. (But not why you think it does.) Here
are 9 facts about the ungainly but delicious bird that brings
us together once a year.
1. Turkey meat has more protein per ounce than nearly
any other meat. A 3.5-ounce serving of turkey breast has 30
grams of protein, almost as much as beef (with 36 grams). In
comparison, pork loin has only 25 grams, tuna and salmon
26 grams.
2. There’s a reason domesticated turkey meat has so
little dark meat—dark meat is muscle tissue that stores
oxygen in order to maximize efficiency for
frequent use. Domesticated turkeys rarely
fly (wild turkeys can fly short distances),
so their breast muscles are underused.
That’s why wild turkey has a lot more
dark meat than farm turkey does.
3. The flap of red flesh on
the top of a male turkey’s beak is
called a snood, which is interesting
enough. But the really fascinating
thing about the snood is that female
turkeys (or hens or jennies) prefer to
mate with males with longer snoods.
The same goes for male turkeys (or
toms or jakes) looking for some malebonding time—they, too, prefer to hang
out with longer-snooded toms. The reason may
be that turkeys with longer snoods tend to have higher
resistance to certain infections.
4. If you’re concerned about keeping the calorie count
down this season, stick to turkey breast without the skin—a
3.5-ounce portion has 161 calories and 4 grams of fat. If you’re
a dedicated dark-meat guy who digs the skin, the same amount
with skin clocks in at 232 calories and 13 grams of fat. If your
goal is to put
o n
winter weight, go for a full serving 3.5 ounces of just skin: 482
calories and a sopping 44 grams of fat.
5. From 2007 to 2013, turkey tails were banned in
Samoa. Samoans have prized the fatty bird parts since a
little after World War II, but with the country facing an
obesity epidemic (over half of the population is obese), the
government decided to make turkey tails and other fatty
imports illegal. The island nation agreed to rescind the ban
(gradually—there’s still a hefty tariff in place until 2016) in
order to join the World Trade Organization.
6. There’s a thriving black market for turkey tails in
Ghana. That country also banned the dish (called “tsofi”
there), citing links between the fatty cut and high
cholesterol, obesity, and heart disease. Now
the government makes a point of seizing
smuggled turkey tails and destroying
them.
7. Jumbo turkey legs have
become one of the most soughtafter treats at Disneyland. An
estimated 2 million were sold in
2013, and the demand seems to
be growing. The New York Times
hypothesizes that the booming
popularity is thanks in part to their
salty curing process, which lends the
legs (weighing in at a pound and a half each)
a hammy flavor. The legs are Fred Flintstonesize because they come from the larger toms, whereas the
Thanksgiving turkeys most people are familiar with are usually
hens or jennies.
8. Ebenezer Scrooge sent a turkey, not a goose, to the
Cratchits for Christmas dinner in A Christmas Carol. It strikes
some folks as odd, given that this is a North American bird and
the story came out in 1843. But turkeys had already become
available in England by this time, supplanting traditional
European holiday meats
like pheasant and goose.
9. No, tryptophan
doesn’t make you sleepy.
Eating a lot does. It’s called a
food coma.