Community Manager

Karrie Pratt

Office 515-348-1914

Cell 515-518-5774

prairieviewmanager@calamar.com

Maintenance Technician

Arron Schmitt

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00

Saturday by appointment

After Hours Maintenance Emergencies please call

515-348-1914

Office Information

Manager’s Corner...

February 2019

February is American Heart Month! We’ll be celebrating by focusing on your heart and heart health all month long. After all, exercising, eating well, and managing your stress like a champ are some of the best ways to keep your ticker going strong for years to come!

Today, we’re going to stop and simply appreciate our hearts for the mirac-ulous, wondrous machines that they are with some good ‘ole fun facts. Af-ter all, our hearts are constantly working for us, so the least we can do is show a little appreciation. Here goes:

Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. That adds up to over 2.5 billion times in an average lifespan.

Weighing in at a whopping 11 ounces, this super organ pumps around 2000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood ves-sels every day.

At rest, the heart pumps about 5 liters of blood every minute. During exercise, this cardiac output can triple, or even more than quadruple for fit athletes.

More to come with tips and ideas all month long!

Below is a link for our dietary guidelines through 2020 that I

thought was very informative. It is very extensive infor-

mation but is a great read and I would be happy to print off

for anyone interested.

https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/resources/2015-

2020_Dietary_Guidelines.pdf

Our canned food sculpture competion begins this month!

Collecting, building, judging and winner are all in February.

Let’s see how far we can go! Any questions or ideas, please

come talk with me.

Information on all extra activities/events for the month are

available for you on the tables by the library/lounge.

The Calamar Foundation partners with our local residents and our local chap-ters of the Alzheimer’s Association, The American Cancer Society, and The American Heart Association to give back to the community in which we live and do business. For info on becoming a Foundation Donor, please see Karrie.

Extra Information:

Let’s all wear red on the 1st to support our hearts! We

will enjoy a friendly challenge of Wii fitness learning our

Wii age. Gives us a goal all month to improve while stay-

ing active

Baskerville A Sherlock Holmes Mystery cost is $29-$35 if

you are interested and tickets are limited. Date chosen has

the most available seats

Tuesday’s are Senior Discount Day to play Bingo at Mes-

kwaki Casino in Tama

I will have brunch and games for Valentine’s Day for our

Valentine’s Day Party

In honor of Heart Health, we will be doing a heart healthy

potluck this month.

Match Game with our Birthday Celebration this month.

The teacher told Dumb Don, “you don’t use a _____ to

write on a chalkboard.”

Door to Door Margarita Party– Group visits making your

rounds to each other’s home trying different kinds of

Margaritas. Use the sign up sheet to keep track of the dif-

ferent kinds you'll be trying

The Lion in Winter cost is $30 if interested

“Do you have questions, suggestions, or want to share concerns or

compliments regarding the Connect55+ program?

Stop by my office to talk with me anytime!

Birthdate Resident Apt. #

2/22 Gail 305

$400 Referral Bonus for

every referral you send

our way!! *

* See Manager for complete details

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

+ Intellectual + Spiritual + Physical + Social + Financial

American Heart Month

*Heart Healthy Tips/

Ideas

1 National Wear RED Day 9am Coffee & Donuts + 11am Trivia/Reminiscing ++ 2pm Wear RED and Wii Fit-ness Challenge 7pm Wii Bowling League ++ Canned Food Sculpture Be-gins

2 Ground Hog Day 6pm Farkle Game Night + 8pm New Trick Band at Prairie Meadows Finish Line Show Lounge + *Schedule your annual physical

3 NFL 53rd Superbowl 6:30pm Tripoley +

4 10am Monday Morning Stretch + 1pm Mindful Coloring +++ *Meatless Monday

5 Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig) 11am Bingo + 2:00pm Matinee Movie +++ 6pm Open Gym ++ 11am, 1pm, 7pm Senior Dis-count Bingo at Meskwaki +

6 9:30 am Coffee / Cash ++ 1pm You Be the Judge ++ 7pm Game of choice + 7:30pm Baskerville A Sher-lock Holmes Mystery at Des Moines Community Playhouse ++

7 11am Brain Health with Merv Griffin’s Crosswords Game ++ 3pm Mocktails with Scatter-gories+ 7pm Yahtzee + Home and Garden Show ++ *Salt Free Day

8 9am Coffee & Donuts with spe-cial guest speaker from Free-dom Home Health+ 11am Trivia/Reminiscing ++ 7pm Wii Bowling League ++ 8pm Final Mix at Prairie Mead-ows Finish Line Show Lounge + Home and Garden Show ++

9 6pm Catch Phrase Game Night + Home and Garden Show ++

10 6:30pm Tripoley + Home and Garden Show ++

11 10am Monday Morning Stretch + 1pm Mindful Coloring +++

12 11am Bingo + 2:00pm Matinee Movie +++ 6pm Open Gym ++ 11am, 1pm, 7pm Senior Dis-count Bingo at Meskwaki +

13 9:30 am Coffee / Cash ++ 1pm You Be the Judge ++ 7pm Game of choice + *Turn up the music and dance to your favorite song

14 Valentine’s Day 10:30am Valentine’s Day Brunch/Party + 11am Brain Health ++ 3pm Mocktails with Farkle+ 7pm The Logo Board Game Night +

15 9am Coffee & Donuts + 11am Trivia/Reminiscing ++ 7pm Wii Bowling League ++ *March in place during commercial breaks

16 6pm Trivia Game Night ++ 8pm Royce Johns Band at Prairie Meadows Finish Line Show Lounge +

17 6:30pm Tripoley + *Share a funny video or joke that makes you laugh

18 President’s Day 10am Monday Morning Stretch + 1pm Mindful Coloring +++

19 11am Bingo + 2:00pm Matinee Movie +++ 6pm Open Gym ++ 11am, 1pm, 7pm Senior Dis-count Bingo at Meskwaki +

20 9:30 am Coffee / Cash ++ 11:30am Heart Healthy Pot-luck + 1pm You Be the Judge ++ 7pm Game of choice +

21 11am Brain Health ++ 3pm Mocktails with Catch Phrase + 7pm Monopoly Game Night +

22 National Margarita Day 9am Coffee & Donuts + 11am Trivia/Reminiscing ++ 7pm Wii Bowling League ++ 8pm Door to Door Margarita Party +

23 6pm Scattergories Game Night ++ *Swap the sweets for a piece of fruit for des-sert

24 6:30pm Tripoley +

25 10am Monday Morning Stretch + 1pm Mindful Coloring +++ 3pm February Birthday Cake and Ice Cream with Match Game + Canned food sculpture judging begins

26 11am Bingo + 2:00pm Matinee Movie +++ 6pm Open Gym ++ 11am-3pm Country River Band at Prairie Meadows Finish Line Show Lounge + 11am, 1pm, 7pm Senior Dis-count Bingo at Meskwaki + *30 minutes of physical activ-ity today

27 9:30 am Coffee / Cash ++ 1pm You Be the Judge ++ 7pm Game of choice + 7:30pm The Lion in Winter at Kum & Go Theater ++ *Head to bed with enough time to get a full 8 hours of sleep

28 11am Brain Health ++ 3pm Mocktails with reminisc-ing ball + 7pm Uno + Canned food sculpture winner announced