LIFESTYLE

NEWSLETTER

NEW DAWN, INC.

3rd Quarter 2018

Editor: Kristin Tonsager

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Pg. 2 Escape Room

3 3rd Street Butterfly house

4 Clay County Fair

5 King Turkey Day Parade

6 Employee Anniversaries

7 Steve turned “60”

8 MN Twins baseball game

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These are the individuals that received the Quality

Improvement Plan incentives for July, August, &

September 2018:

Macy Sazama - Dorathea

Linda Moore—Summit

Phil Willardson—Linda Lane

Brandy Kirby —Lloyd Lane

Dora Sithad —Johnson Lane

Nate White—East Ave.

Jo Erwin—Burlington

Julie Christensen—North Douglas

Paula Wagley —Hillcrest

ST A F F IN CEN T I VE

This group of supervisors, along with Ruth & Jackie,

escaped the DaVinci Room at Escape 605 in the

Empire Mall in Sioux Falls, SD.

In order to say you escaped, you must uncover a

total of 14 clues, leading to a final clue that opens

the locked door! This group of individuals unlocked

all the clues and Escaped before the 1 hour time

limit. There were several hints required to

unlock the clues, with mind boggling chests,

boxes and paddle locks to unlock.

Great team work and fun was had by all.

L to R: Ron, Kristin, Gail, Brenda,

Patsy, Ruth & Jackie

W W O

O L O C Shaun was in awe when

this competition- yellow

car pulled into his drive-

way on a Saturday after-

noon. He was even more

surprised to hear HE was

getting to ride in the pas-

senger seat—a fun spin

around the lake. This is

a 1994 Corvette with a

300 horse power V8 en-

gine and 1 of 23, 300

Corvettes made in 1994.

How COOL is that!!

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These ladies took a day to adventure around

Sioux Falls visiting the Butterfly House, eating at

the Royal Fork and visiting the Sioux Falls Zoo. A

Fun-filled day

The calm nature brings people is often

overlooked. Holding a butterfly in our hands can

be quite an experience.

Butterfly House—Sioux Falls SD

3RD STREET

INSIDE THE BUTTERFLY

HOUSE, THEY ENJOYED:

Over 800 butterflies from

Central and South America

Asia, Australia and Africa.

A beautiful 3,600 square-

foot indoor tropical garden.

The Emergence Window

where chrysalises hang, and

you may see a butterfly

emerge.

A temperature of 80 to 85

degrees, year-round.

Pictured left:

Front: Rose

Back L-R: Caelyn,

Mary & Barb

Pictured below: Barb, Brandy

(staff), Rose, Caelyn & Mary

Pictured above: TITLE Rose

Pictured left:

Caelyn & staff

Brandy

Left: Steve on

Merry-go-

Round.

Right: Veronica

& Steve with

Clay County

Robot.

Top: man plays

music with

spoons in Ve-

ronica’s palm.

Right: Cole

(staff) & Ve-

Pictured top: Veronica & Steve in front

of old car. Below: Veronica petting lit’l

piglets

Pictured Left: Left side

are Amy & Dustin; Right

side is Brenda & staff

Makayla eating at the

Clay County Fair.

Pictured front row left –

right: Amy, Dustin &

Brenda. Back: Makayla

& Keely

Pictured above: Brenda, staff Makayla, Dustin & Amy

September 2018

Pictured above: Jorge & Dale from

N. Douglas.

Pictured right: Dale from N.

Douglas

Pictured clockwise: Chad; Dale,

Jorge & Chad; Jorge; Dale.

Pictures taken at the 2018 Turkey

Day Parade festivities.

Welcome Baby Girl

Daisy Lynne Sazama

Born: September 27, 2018 in Wgtn

Mother: Macy Sazama

Macy works at Dorathea

Congrats on the birth of your baby girl!

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EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARIES

NEW DAWN

NEW STAFF

Jennifer Erwin Karla Quijano Erica Weaver

Elizabeth Schmitz

Yomalli Lara Reyes Laura Maldonado Reagan Sjolund

Welcome to New Dawn!

1-5 Years

6-10 Years

16-20 Years 21-25 Years

Keely DeYounge—1

Macy Sazama—1

Magdalene Yackley—1

Jennifer Hamblin—1

James Federico—2

Santisouk Saysirisanh—2

Nathan White—2

Jackie Meier—3

Gerald Simpson—3

Brenda Schweigert—3

Linda Thi Lo—4

DeAnn Kirlin—5

Angie Benavente—5

Joshue Duerr—7

Daniel Nelson—8

Joseph Kinley—8

Rebecca VanDerLinden—10

Julie Christensen—16

Christine Hurley—20

Thank You for being such a dedicated and valuable

employees

Melissa Walton—25

Sarah Joens—21

Your hard-work and dedication is incredible.

Congrats to you both for so many years.

Carol Coriolan—12

Nancy Xanaxay—12

11-15 Years

Thank-you!

41 Years of Service

Julie Worden

We admire your dedication & Thank-You

for your long-term service to NDI.

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BIRTHDAY

Steve celebrated his 60th birthday

with a surprise party organized by

his siblings at a local park in Adrian

on August 25, 2018. He had fun with

several Piñata's, birthday cake, food,

gifts, games, and even a ride in a

side-by-side. Thanks to his siblings

for a great birthday and memories.

Back row L-R: Myron, Mark, Darrell, Steve & Rich

Front row L-R: Jennifer, Audrey, Karen, Glenda & Cheryl.

Brother Mark from Wyoming is missing.

Twins game with George, Mikey & Veronica

George (Johnson Lane), Mikey (Linda Lane) & Veronica

(Clary) attended a Twins baseball game on Sept. 28th

when the Twins played the Chicago White Sox.

The Twins won the game with a score of 2-1.

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Our Mission

“It is the mission of New

Dawn, Inc., within a cir-

cle of support, to aid

persons with disabilities

in responsibly exercising

their freedom of choice.”

Board of Directors

March 26, 1996

Our Services

Our community ser-

vices are offered with

dignity and respect.

Persons receiving ser-

vices, parents, guardi-

ans, case managers and

other providers are all

part of the circle of

support.

Future Events

Oct. 27th—Halloween night at Pioneer Village

Oct. 31—Halloween

Nov. 6—Election day

Nov. 22—Thanksgiving Day

Dec. 25—Christmas Day