FEBRUARY - Wellsville Retirement CommunityEllen says, “WRC is a pretty nice and good place to live. She really likes all the people who work here”. Jamie is one of our CNA/CMA’s

10 YEAR CELEBRATION

I hope YOU can join us on Saturday,

February 10, when we celebrate our 10

Year Anniversary of being family owned

and operated here at Wellsville Retire-

ment Community. It will be 2:00 to

4:00 with some “special words and

acknowledgement” at 3:00. Food and

beverages will be provided along with

some very special music throughout the

afternoon. See you then!!!

TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS

I am pleased to announce that Jill

McCoy is now serving as our licensed

Administrator at WRC. With the excep-

tion of a few months back in 2008, I

have been the official administrator of

record. Jill is now going to take on that

responsibility. So am I leaving or going

somewhere? The answer to that is a re-

sounding NO! I will continue serving

our residents at WRC on a daily basis.

The only change is that I plan to do a

little more traveling with my wife and

family in the future. Between Brookside

and Wellsville, we actually now have 5

licensed administrators. In the near fu-

ture, this number will increase to 6

when our Dietary Manager, Tim Sulli-

van, obtains his license. Also, the ar-

rangement we have here at WRC will

now be a mirror image of the arrange-

ment we have had in place at Brookside

for many years. Tracy Dunnaway serves

Activities: Life at WRC

Spotlight #1

Ron Surber

Spotlight #2

Maddie Hunter

www.wellsvillerc.com volume 10, issue 2

as our licensed administrator at

Brookside AND my wife, Susan, is there

to assist almost every day in serving our

residents. Please feel free to give me a

call or stop by for a conversation if you

have any questions or concerns about

this.

The other announcement I have to

make……………..since I just wrote about

traveling more……………..is that I am

going to take another “little” bike ride at

the end of February. Many of you re-

member that a couple years ago I biked

across the United States with a high

school buddy – David Saving. He and I

along with another high school friend –

Greg Loveless - are going to take anoth-

er trip. We are going to take the south-

ern route across the states – from San

Diego to the Florida Keys. However,

this time we are going to do it in 2 seg-

ments. The first segment will be San

Diego to Houston, Texas……this should

take about 30 days. Then we will take a

break – not sure how long yet – and

then we will resume the journey with

our destination being the southern tip

of Florida. We again will be raising

money and awareness for an organiza-

tion called Lead a Child which supports

children in third world countries in get-

ting a Christian based education.

As always, if you have any concerns

whatsoever, please don’t hesitate to stop

by or give me or Jill a call anytime.

‘til next month,

Scott

FEBRUARY

Scott Averill Owner

Jill McCoy Administrator

Ashley Washington

Business Office Manager

Kim Bogle Reception/Human Re-

sources

Dorothy Adams Social Services

Tim Sullivan Food Services

Paul Surber

Environmental Services

Jennifer Carpenter

Lifestyle Coordinator

Kristine Martinez Director of Nursing/

MDS Coordinator

Jenn Blaine Therapy Director

Holly Manny Assistant DON/MDS

Coordinator

Arlene Tomlinson Housekeeping/Laundry

Emma “Ellen” Miller resides in our Meadow-

lark Neighborhood, and was born in Wyonna,

MO. She moved with her family a few times

during her early childhood years before they

settled in Lawrence, KS. She has two sisters

and three brothers. Her Dad was a carpenter

when she was young and they lived in town.

Ellen always liked to play outside as a kid with

her siblings and all the neighborhood kids.

Ellen married early and she and her husband

have two sons, and three grandchildren. Ellen

would go along with her husband on hunting

and fishing trips but her hobby was bowling.

Ellen was a Bowling Instructor at Hillcrest

Lanes in Lawrence for many years. She taught

her boys and all of her grandchildren to bowl

when they were young, and is very proud of her

high score of a 293 for one game.

She really likes Demolition Derby

races and it is definitely a family

affair. Her grandchildren race the

cars and her son builds them. She

has probably been to every county

fair in Kansas.

Ellen says, “WRC is a pretty nice

and good place to live. She really

likes all the people who work here”.

Jamie is one of our CNA/CMA’s and has been

working at WRC for over three years. Jamie

grew up in Olathe and followed in her family’s

footsteps by graduating from Olathe North

High School.

Jamie has an older brother and sister. For a

few years, she helped her Dad in the construc-

tion business framing houses before becoming

a para at the elementary school. Being a li-

censed pyrotechnician, Jamie loves the 4th of

July and can put on a very good show for the

holiday.

Jamie and her husband live in the country and

have two sons, two daughters, and three grand-

children. Her son is a U.S. Marine and lives in

North Carolina and a daughter plays softball

for Independence Community College.

Her hobbies are all sports, garden-

ing, and crafts. Jamie loves to “can”

her harvest from the garden each

summer and share with others.

“The loving atmosphere and all the

residents are what makes working at

WRC a great place”, says our CNA/

CMA Jamie.

Ellen Miller Jamie Peppers

Jamie and Ellen share February honors.

Welcome to WRC

Meadowlark Sunrise

Glenda Medlen John Palmer

Pam Phares

Roger Chadwell

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our

Family and friends!

We are excited about the month of February. We

have a great line of activities we would like to invite

you to. Kicking off the month is Johnny and Adam on

Saturday the 3rd at 3 o’clock. If you haven’t partici-

pated in our spa day, here’s your opportunity for a

treat on Tuesday the 6th @ 1:00. We will have staff

ready to do foot massages, manicures, Soni is availa-

ble for body massages, and the best part are the root

beer floats.

Following Spa day at 3:00 our new entertainment,

The Cully Show. Thursday the 8th at 3:00, music

with Jana Johnson and her mother all the way from

Wichita, KS. Friday the 9th at 10:30, first graders

from Wellsville Elementary School. Saturday the

10th at 3:00 Wicked Strings. Monday the

12th at 3:00, Man and His Dog. Tuesday the

13th at 2:00, join us for our Ladies’ Tea. Followed

at 3:00, music with Odds and Ends. Wednesday the

14th at 3:00 Valentines Party. Friday the 16th Shirley

McDonald. Saturday the 17th another new group,

The McIntosh Band. Monday the 19th at 3:00 Terry

Baldridge. Tuesday the 20th at 3:00 another new en-

tertainer, James Rojas. Saturday the

24th at 3:00 another great new entertainering duo,

Jennie and Jeff Furst. Monday evening at 5:45 the

26th, The Barbershop Quartet.

Our monthly birthday party with be Wednesday the

7th at 3:00. We are excited to have another 101 Birth-

day celebration for Vanita L. Chandler! Also celebrat-

ing birthdays are Richard Magee on the 3rd. Our very

own wonderful, Susie O’Dea on the 6th. Jean Rogers

on the 12th. Barbara Ott on the 15th. So join us as we

celebrate these birthdays.

I could never close without saying thank you to all of

our wonderful volunteers who help make our com-

munity a great place to work and live.

Therapy Corner

Difficulty getting dressed?

Occupational therapists and occupational ther-

apy assistants are trained to teach individuals

how to use these dressing tools also known as

"adaptive equipment" as pictured below. In-

creasing independence with dressing is one of

many activities that can be addressed during

occupational therapy.

Wellsville Retirement Community

304 W. 7th

Wellsville, Kansas 66092

We are celebrating our

10 year anniversary of

being family owned

and operated.

Please join us for our Open House

on Saturday, February 10th,

2pm-4pm.

Ron Surber

SPOTLIGHT #1 IS ON RON SURBER who

joined our dietary team recently as a cook. Ron and

his wife, Susan, will celebrate their 45th wedding

anniversary in May. Ron was born and raised in

Olathe and graduated from Olathe High School

(now Olathe North). He and Susan have a son, a

daughter and 8 grandchildren. Ron worked at Gar-

min Industries in Olathe for 17 years before joining

WRC.

FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: Getting my first hot rod –

a 1966 GTO!

3 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE ME: quiet, loyal and witty!

IF I COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN TIME I WOULD: go to

Switzerland in the year 1739—the year my family came to this country.

A PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO HAS INSPIRED ME IS: My old-

est grandchild. He was killed by a drunk driver at the age of 5.

IF I COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER: I’d like to fly!

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX IS: listening to music.

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS: losing another family member to a drunk

or distracted (texting) driver!

A WEBSITE I VISIT EVERY DAY IS: Facebook.

IF I COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND CHANGE ONE

THING ABOUT THE WORLD: Everybody to get along.

SPOTLIGHT #2 IS ON MADDIE HUNTER.

Maddie is a Certified Nurse Assistant and Medi-

cation Aide. Maddie is from Paola and graduated

from Paola High School. He has one brother and

plans to become a hospice nurse.

FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY:

getting dressed up and going to Prom!

3 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE ME: caring, honest and shy.

IF I COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN TIME I WOULD:

The roaring 1920’s!

A PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO HAS INSPIRED ME IS: My

mom!

IF I COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER: To read people’s

minds!

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX IS: sitting on the back porch

reading a book.

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS: losing my mom and dad.

A WEBSITE I VISIT EVERY DAY IS: Snapchat and Face-

book.

IF I COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND CHANGE ONE

THING ABOUT THE WORLD: For everyone to be kind.

Maddie Hunter