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TRIPS TO REMEMBER

Restaurants :

February 1 - Cue's BarbecueFebruary 8 - ProvinosFebruary 15 - IHOPFebruary 22 - Applebee's

Excursions:

February 6 - Walmart

February 13 - Bealls

February 20 - Publix

February 27 - Walmart

NEW YEAR GREETING New Staff

I am excited to share my first calendar with all of you this month. February is going to exciting and busy. We will be spending one week celebrating Mardi Gras, and another week will be spent hosting our very own Winter Olympics. Also there is Valentine's day to look forward to. Come out and join the fun and festivities. You could be named "Most Festive" or "Gold Medalist". You don't want to miss out!

My name is Diana Skiles, and I am the new

Act ivity Director. We are all very sad to

see Heather leave but we wish her and her

family all the best in this new chapter of

their lives. I'm a Carolina Girl learning

how to be a Georgia Peach. I moved to

Georgia 20 months ago. I have a B.A. in

Public Health, I worked as a caregiver for

nearly 4 years, and I enjoy learning new

things such as working on my car and

refurbishing furniture. I am so very happy

to be here at the Villas,

and I look forward to

gett ing to know

everyone.

Professionals and Guests :

February 1: Bob CanonFebruary 7: ElvisFebruary 8: Pinecrest AcademyFebruary 16: Mr. CFebruary 19: Girl ScoutsFebruary 19: Gary SquiresFebruary 22: Lawrence LangstonFebruary 25: Girl Scouts

Exercise:Linda Moore will be out of town unt il

February 16. Exercise will st ill be held in

the Theater Monday, Wednesday, and

Friday at 10:00.

We will have a Tai Chi video every

Tuesday & a Yoga video every Thursday

at 9:30.

ENTERTAINERS ...

RESIDENT OF THE MONTH HAVING FUN

Guess who the resident of the

month is?

This resident has been w it h us for 5

m ont hs and is very sweet and k ind.

She grew up in East St . Louis, IL and as

t eenager joined her High School's Dr i l l

Team ; t hey were St at e Cham pions 2

years in a row. Af t er h igh school, she

worked for Ralst on Pur ina Com pany as

a secret ary. She soon realized t hat was

not t he job for her and proceeded t o

t ake t he Civil Service Test . Upon

passing she joined t he Air Force

Auxil iary and worked in Civi l Air Pat rol.

Her work earned her a posit ion inside

t he Pent agon for 3 years and a 30 year

career w it h t he Depar t m ent of

Defense. She was also one of t he

founding m em bers of t he Georgia

Breast Cancer Coalit ion (GABCC) and

served on t he board for 20 years. Her

work w it h t he GABCC earned several

t r ips t o t he Whit e House, including

having lunch w it h Vice President Biden

and his fam ily. Not only is t h is resident

a hard worker , but she's also sm ar t .

She graduat ed Sum a Cum Laude f rom

St . Leo College by at t ending night

school while work ing.