Sunset News &Views

Sunset Park Place Retirement Community 3730 Pennsylvania Dubuque, Iowa 563-583-7939 www.sunsetparkplace.net

Celebrating December

Hanukkah

December 6–14

Pearl Harbor Day

December 7

Winter Solstice

December 21

Christmas Eve December 25

Christmas December 25

New Year’s Eve

December 31

Celebrating

Veterans Day At Sunset

Story on Vets celebration inside!

Holiday Happiness!

It is the holiday season! It’s a good time

to reflect – to think about family with

fond memories we may have of those

no longer with us, and cherishing the

new memories we can make with those

still with us Sometimes as we get older,

it may not seem there is as much shine on

the holidays as there used to be. I’m here to tell you

- your happiness is only limited by your own

imagination. This holiday season, try to celebrate the

special joys of the world, and also take a moment to

celebrate the special joys of you. I have experienced

the secret of the holidays - it is not only in the love

and joy of the season but about the love and joy we

can choose to share with one another.

You can get your fill of the holidays here at Sunset

Park Place. Our December calendar is packed with

several activities – some familiar and some that are

new. So take a look and see how you can spread joy

to yourself and others!

Jerry Bell

Manager

Breakfast With Santa!

Bring the kids – bring the family

– bring yourself to our first

annual ‘Claus For A Cause” a we

bring Santa to Sunset Park Place

on December 5 from 8:30 – 10 am for a breakfast

fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association. Cost will

be $5 per person,$20 per family. ($2 for those 2 and

under). Kids will also get a special treat from Santa!

December 2015

. December Activity

Highlights

Shopping

Hy-Vee 2nd (1:45) , 9th (3:00) , 16th,

23rd, 30th 1:15 pm

K-Mart 7th 1:30 pm

Outings

Café Mana Java &

Festival of Trees at Roshek Bldg 4th 11:15 am

Happy’s Place 14th 1:00 pm

Reflections in the Park 8th 5:30 pm

Carlos O’Kelly’s 30th 4:30 pm

Events

Resident Meeting with Jerry 2nd 1:00 pm

Holiday Conversations Presentation 3rd 1:30 pm

Breakfast with Santa 5th 8:30-10:00am

Resident Meeting w/ Allen (SHM)11th 10:00 am

Town Home Meeting w/Allen(SHM)11th 11:00 am

Cookies & Kids – Grace Baptist Church 12th

1:00 pm

UD Poetry & Literature Finals 16th 1:45 pm

Sunset Res. Christmas Dinner 18th Noon

Dog Show with Phyllis & Julie 24th 1:30 pm

New Year’s Eve Party 31st 1:30 pm

Music

Nancy Hooton 1st 6:30 pm

Jim Lucy 12th 1:30 pm

Frank Naber 8th 1:30 pm

Tom Bedtka 22nd 1:00 pm

Old Path Baptist Church 22nd 3:00 pm

Dave Pogenklass 28th 1:30 pm

Commercial Shoot at Sunset Park Place

If you would have stopped by Sunset a few

weeks ago, you would have thought we were

having our

Christmas

party early.

We were

the site of a

commercial

being shot

for

Paramount

Ambulance – depicting a Christmas party.

Residents and staff got a chance to ‘star’ in

the commercial.

We’ll be hosting

a screening of the

commercial as

soon as it’s

finished – stay

tuned! The

commercial will

air on local cable

channels.

Hop On The Bus For Reflections!

If you Holiday Lights you’ll want to sign up

for this event – our bus trip to Reflections In

the Park, at Murphy Park in Dubuque. We’ll

be taking the Sunset Park Place Bus, on

December 8 at 5:30 pm. Let’s hope for good

weather!

Another Holiday event we’ll be taking in

will be the Festival of Trees at Roshek Bldg.

We’ll stop by there on December 4th

11:15 am. Sign-up in the mail room!

December 2015

At the Piano Again! By Shelly Gessner

Life Enrichment

Coordinator

Glady C is a new

resident at Sunset

Park Place. After our

comercial shoot with

Paramouont

Ambulance, I played

some music for

residents on the Clavinova in our front entry

way. Glady said she enjoyed listening to the

music I played that afternoon She said she

missed playing the piano. I encouraged her to

give it a try! She played the “Follow Lights”

program on the Clavinova, playing ‘Amazing

Grace’ and ‘Beautiful Dreamer’. After she

was finished she looked up at me with tears in

her eyes and said she hadn’t played in over 30

years – she was so happy!! When I walked

her to her apartment she said she had a very

enjoyable afternoon and was so happy to be

here. “I just want you all to know how much

I appreciate the smiles and how everybody

helps me here.”

Send Us Your Email Addresses

Do we have your email address? We are in

the process of implementing the Smile

program. Smile will give families 24/7

access to residents’ daily

activities and also allows our

staff to securely send positive

messages, pictures and videos

to families. You can send

those email addresses to email address to our

Life Enrichment Coordinator, Shelly at :

Shelly.Gessner@Sunsetparkplace.net

Honoring Vets

Sunset Park Place

was host to two

events celebrating

our veteran

residents in

November.

Bob Bucko and Al

Rowel from the

Veterans Freedom (photo above: Al Rowel

Center presented flag Jerry T and Bob Bucko)

door hangers to veterans on November 4.

Also on Veterans Day, the Dubuque Marine

Corps League held a special ceremony for

Sunset’s Vets. Our veterans are: Don Hamill,

John Fox, Lyn Kifer, Jerry Tompkins, Gerald

Liddle, Richard Hebert and Jim

Vandermillen. (Photo below: Resident Jerry L recieves his certificate)

Holiday Conversations – What To Say?

It’s that time of year when relatives and

friends will visit or get together and what do

you talk about? Well Sunset will be bringing

you a program on Thursday, December 3 at

1:30 pm in the activity room to help out on

conversation topics that can

keep the talk exciting and

informative. The speaker will

be Diane Fasillius from

Hospice of Dubuque.

December 2015 December 2015

Give the

Gift of

Beauty

If you’re

wondering

what

might be a

great gift

for a

resident at

Sunset

Park Place, you may want to consider a gift

certificate from the Sunset Park Place Hair

Salon. Sometimes looking good, leads to

feeling good. To get a gift certificate, contact

stylist Cindy at 563-599-5131 for more

information.

Stop By Our New Year’s Eve Party –

December 31 at 1:30 pm!

Sunset December Birthdays

In astrology, those born between December

1st and 21st are Archers of Sagittarius.

Archers are exciting and independent.. Those

born between December 22nd and 31st are

Goats of Capricorn. Goats are the most stable

and sure-footed of astrological signs.

Donna D 12/2

Kay C 12/15

Marge C 12/19

Norma V 12/20

Annetta O 12/24

Lorraine G 12/27

Kris N 12/30

Celebrity Birthdays

Bette Midler (singer) – December 1, 1945

Bobby Flay (chef) – December 10, 1965

Ted Danson (actor) – December 29, 1947

Tiger Woods (golfer) – December 30, 1975

Sunset Park Place 3730 Pennsylvania Ave Dubuque, IA 52002