The

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Retirement Community

www.valleyviewretirement.com

PATRICIA RORRER

When Patricia finished at Woolwine, she took a bus north to James Madison in

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ON . . .

of Lynchburg.

Bill, 98, was born and raised in Lynchburg and graduated from VPI in 1941 with a degree in mechanical engi-neering and a commission in the Army.

Bill spent the war years in the Pacific and when mustered out with the rank of captain, he came back to Lynchburg. Soon after returning home, Bill visited his Aunt Avie Phillips at Lynchburg General Hospi-tal. She was instrumental in establishing the first blood bank in the area. While visiting, he met Carolyn Hammond, a first-year nursing student. In a whirlwind romance, they married a short two weeks later. They celebrated their 72nd anniver-sary last August.

R elatively new residents Bill and Car-olyn Phillips moved into independ-

ent living at Valley View on November 27th and come from the Boonsboro area

BILL & CAROLYN PHILLIPS

P atricia (Pat) was born in Woolwine, Virginia (Patrick County) to Ora and

Buren Elgin. She was 4 of 7 children with 3 older brothers and 3 younger sisters. Her father was a preacher at Smith River Church of the Brethren in Stuart, Virgin-ia, while her mother was a homemaker. As many did in that era, the family also farmed so Patricia learned to milk the cows and feed the chickens at a young age.

Patricia attended Woolwine High School where she met a tall, dark and handsome young fellow by the name of Alvin Rorrer. They would become life-long sweethearts. Alvin graduated high school and enlisted in the Army. Shortly thereafter, Alvin left for Korea to serve our country, leaving his heart in Virginia.

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In This Issue . . .

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Patricia Rorrer Bill and Carolyn Phillips

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Patricia Rorrer Bill and Carolyn Phillips

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Administration

Pam Grigg

Community Director

Freda Payne

Office Manager

Joy Tyree

Marketing Director

Mark Dillon

Food Service Director

Chris Rogers

Maintenance Supervisor

Lori Motley

Activity Coordinator

Cecelia Peters

Sherry Byers, LPN

Resident Care Coordinator

Retirement Community

1213 Long Meadows Drive

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434/237-3009

(Fax) 434/237-2601

www.valleyviewretirement.com

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ASSISTED LIVING

Welcome the new employees

in our Assisted Living

department:

Karen Higginbotham

Raejeen Johnson

Melissa Stapleton

FOOD SERVICE

New employees in our

Food Service department

include:

Dana Andrews

Scott Derrickson

Elizabeth Karnes

Eden Merchant

Marcus Stamps

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EMPLOYEE NEWS

James & Wilma Skinner 328

Marian Wade 306

Phillip Parks 321

Robbie Perrow 107

Hugh & Maymie Keys 324

Jane Roark 300

Kitty Griffin 415B

Donald Walker 404

Bill & Carolyn Phillips 217

Augusta Phelps 103

Patricia Rorrer 426

Angela Avery 326

Frances Swart 408

Doris Bainbridge 209

Doris Sharp 114

Barbara Rakes 425A

Do you know someone who

would like to become a part of our

Valley View family? If you have a

friend or relative that is interested

in an apartment please contact the

marketing department.

Upon completion of their move-in

paperwork we will submit your

name to the home office for a nice

"bonus" for your help in growing

our community. Remember, they

must include your name on their

application.

RESIDENT REFERRALS

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Let us know if you have something you would like to do with our group. Here are a few suggestions that we have received… picnic in the park (warmer weather), trip to Roanoke, trip to Hobby Lobby in Danville, Smith Mountain Lake on the Virginia Dare Cruise and go to the movies for a big screen event. Our doors are open, so let us know your interest.

Please be considerate of Charles as he pro-vides transportation to doctors’ appoint-ments. The schedule is as follows:

Mondays and Wednesdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. we will provide transport for your appointments. Make sure that you inform the Front Desk with all the neces-sary information: date, time, address and phone number for each visit. In an effort to help us stay on schedule, please be on time for your departure. In the event that you cancel your appointment, it is also very important to notify us regarding this change.

We also provide shopping opportunities each week: on Tuesday at 9 a.m. to your bank and Tuesday at 10 a.m. to Kroger. Please make sure that you are in the lobby waiting on us to provide this service. We will not inconvenience everyone as a result of your tardiness.

Third Thursday at 10 a.m. everyone’s fa-vorite store Walmart. Check your calendar for other Thursday shopping opportunities like The Fresh Market, Aldi’s, The Dollar Tree.

Friday shopping trips are randomly sched-uled to book stores, consignment shops and the mall, so again check your monthly calendar.

Join us for a change of scenery, no shop-ping required!

your activities girls, Lori & Penny

Wow, another year has flown by. But boy do we have a lot in store for 2018. Please make sure that you consult your calendar and special notices in the elevators and on the bulletin board.

February is the month we associate with love, Valentine's Day and heart health month. We will have a lot of activities centered around the heart; educational opportunities and musical performances by some of your favorite groups. These in-clude Rick Dellinger, Rebecca McCord, McKinley Cardwell, Joe Trent, Ray Lang-ford, Phil Bailey, and Second Wind, who comes every month to sing for our birthday party. We will also be introducing some new entertainment for you, Julio Aleman and a quartet named Broken featuring Lori's aunt. We will have a lot of fun, so make an effort to attend these fun filled events.

Don't forget that each week we have the following evening activities as well...

Mondays at 6 pm in the Game Room: our dedicated knitting and crocheting group gets together and stitches for fun. They also take on community projects. They welcome all levels of skill, so plan to join them.

Tuesdays at 6 pm in the Lobby: join the Poker group, not high stakes, just pennies to play!!

Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7 pm in the Game Room: it's everyone's favorite — BIN-GO. Cost is 25¢ per card and you win CASH$$. A big thank you goes out to Kay Shreve, Esther Markert, Freda Womack and her granddaughter Kati for volunteer-ing to call Bingo each week.

Sunday at 4 pm in the Game Room: join us for a variety of board and card games. A great way to meet your neighbors.

Remember to keep your body fit as well as your mind. Our wellness room is open 365 days a year for your enjoyment. If you need help on equipment use, see Penny or Lori. Also, plan to join us on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Club Room for exercise class. Penny has a class at 10 am and Lori at 10:30 am. Come for one or both, we would love to have you.

If you need PT or OT, we can offer that in house with Seven Hills Home Health. For additional information, contact the activi-ties staff, front office or marketing. They also provide educational opportunities throughout the year. See your calendar for upcoming seminars.

Theatre Arts opportunities through your activities department are looking very excit-ing for the coming month. Look what's ahead...

Feb. 11: Barry Manilow's Copacabana the musical at EC Glass High School (FREE)

Feb. 25: Jefferson Choral Society presents the 70's at Timberlake UMC (FREE)

March 3: Taylor Rodriguez as Taylor (not Elvis) at The Academy $20 plus tax

March 4: Bye, Bye, Birdie at Liberty Uni-versity Tower Theatre $18.20 plus tax

A Spring production of The Wizard of Oz will be presented at Brookville High School — dates and times TBD

June 24 or 30: The Buddy Holly Story at Randolph College

We have a lot to celebrate at VV this year. 2018 gives us 5 Centenarians...

Ladies please share your secret with the rest of us! Congratulations!

Wedded Bliss for over 70 years for five couples at VV - Wow a lot of compro-mise...

Buddy & Doris Schmidt - 73 years

Bill & Carolyn Phillips - 73 years

Richard & Doris Finch - 71 years

Ralph & Ella Abrams - 70 years

Hugh & Maymie Keys - 70 years

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During her time there, she commuted to night classes at Longwood College to obtain her certification in social work.

Alvin and Pat always recognized the importance of education and they instilled this value in all of their children, as they all went on to obtain bachelor degrees with some obtaining second degrees and master degrees as well. The children married and started their own families, blessing Al and Pat with 8 beautiful and brilliant grandchil-dren. Kim makes her home with Tim and their children (Kevin, Patrick, Kate and Andrea) in Brookneal, Virginia. Sheree and Marc live in Milton, Georgia with their son, Cole. Rick resides in Leasburg, North Caro-lina, while his adult children (Autumn and Patrick) live and work in Raleigh. Carla and Stan live in Rustburg with their son, Adam while Jill and Richard make their home in Lynchburg, Virginia.

In 1994, Alvin and Pat made the deci-sion to retire and enjoy their golden years. They thoroughly enjoyed retirement and became road warriors, traveling out west several times, up the east coast and even back to Little Rock, Arkansas where they had exchanged wedding vows decades earli-

Bill worked for Lynchburg Foundry as a time-study engineer at the Radford plant from 1945-1962.

Both children, Steve and Janet were born in Radford in 1947 and 1948. Carolyn obtained her teaching degree from Radford College and taught in Dublin before Bill was transferred to the Lower Basin Foundry Plant in 1962. Carolyn taught at Paul Munro School until Steve and Janet entered college.

Bill earned his Certified Professional Industrial Engineering designation and was instrumental in designing the Archer Creek Foundry plant as well as several tools and designs for work improvement and safety.

Upon retiring, he immediately con-structed a drafting table and designed and built the gazebo in the backyard of his home. He then designed an automatic dog feeding station that would rotate based up-on a timer so their beloved Brittany Spaniel, Miss Priss, would have timely meals. It was during this time that Bill decided to try his hand at painting. He soon found his medi-um of choice was water colors.

Several classes later, he developed his own style and enjoyed venturing out of doors, painting on site as well as taking pho-tos to complete paintings later. Bill and Carolyn took a few trips north, west and to

er. They enjoyed short trips to neighboring states as much as the long trips. It was all about the journey, the sites they saw along the way and the memories made.

In March of 2001, Alvin unexpectedly left this world, leaving his family stunned and broken. Pat’s children rallied around her as did her siblings, friends and church family. Life was forever changed, but Pat stayed strong. She once said, “Life will nev-er be the same, but it can still be good.” Pat moved to Richland Hills in Lynchburg where she resided from 2003 to 2015. She enjoyed living closer to shopping and restau-rants. She would regularly meet friends at the local restaurants to visit and catch up. In early 2015, Pat decided to move into a retirement community. She resided in that location for almost 3 years, at which time she made the decision to make Valley View her home in December 2017. Pat feels “at home” here at Valley View. The atmos-phere, residents and care providers are all so warm, kind and helpful.

With respect to interests, Patricia en-joys reading, singing, listening to music, watching movies, meeting other history buffs, playing / watching Jeopardy, cross-word puzzles, social events and Bible study. Her future plans include spending time with loved ones and making new friends and memories here in her new home.

PATRICIA RORRER

Harrisonburg, Virginia to begin her higher education. When the Korean War ended in 1953, Alvin returned to the States and was stationed in Texas. In June of 1954, the couple made a plan to meet in Little Rock, Arkansas where they were married. A few months later, Alvin completed his three years of service with the Army and returned to Virginia. Patricia transferred to Radford College in Radford, Virginia to be with him and finish her schooling.

After living in Radford for a short while, the couple moved to Danville where Alvin attended Danville Technical Institute (DTI) and obtained his education in elec-tronics. In 1957, Alvin and Patricia moved to Lynchburg when Alvin took a job with General Electric. He worked there 37 years until his retirement in 1994. Patricia used her education degree and taught at Rust-burg High School. She also had some brief stints between babies doing secretarial work for Virginia Baptist Hospital and Babcock and Wilcox. Their first child was a baby girl named Kim born in 1958, followed by her little sister, Sheree who arrived in 1962. A boy, Richard (Rick), came along in 1965, at which time Patricia became a full-time homemaker. A 4th child, Carla was born in 1966 followed by Jill in 1969. Pat would return to the work force in the early 1980s at which time she went to work for Camp-bell County Social Services in Rustburg.

Mexico to attend painting classes. Several of his works depict those locations. Bill had several showings at the Lynchburg Art Club and remains a supporter of that local insti-tution.

Bill is an avid duplicate bridge player and tries to play whenever a game is offered. He says bridge in any form is a delightful way to stimulate the brain and keep mental-ly sharp.

A showing of Bill's art work is planned in the activities area here at Valley View later in February. A sample of his work can be seen on page 5 of this publication.

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February

Friday, the 2nd – Groundhog Day

Wednesday, the 14th – Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday

Monday, the 19th – President’s Day

(banks and post office closed)

March

Sunday, the 11th – Daylight Savings Time begins

(spring forward one hour)

Saturday, the 17th – St. Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, the 20th – Spring begins (yippee)

Sunday the 25th – Palm Sunday

Friday, the 30th – Good Friday

April

Sunday the 1st – Easter

May

Saturday the 5th – Cinco de Mayo

Sunday the 13th – Mother’s Day

Monday the 28th – Memorial Day observed

(banks and post office closed)

June

Thursday the 14th – Flag Day

Sunday the 17th – Father’s Day

July

Wednesday the 4th – Independence Day

(banks and post office closed)

September

Monday the 3rd – Labor Day

(banks and post office closed)

Sunday the 9th – Grandparent’s Day

Tuesday the 11th – Patriot’s Day

October

Monday the 8th – Columbus Day observed

(banks and post office closed)

Wednesday the 31st – Halloween

November

Sunday the 4th – Daylight Savings Time ends

(fall back one hour)

Tuesday the 6th – Election Day

Sunday the 11th – Veteran’s Day (thank you for your service)

(post office closed Monday the 12th)

Thursday the 22nd – Thanksgiving Day

(banks and post office closed)

December

Friday the 7th – Pearl Harbor Day

Monday the 24th – Christmas Eve

Tuesday the 25th – Christmas Day

(banks and post office closed)

Monday the 31st – News Year’s Eve

2018 HOLIDAY CALENDAR

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CUPCAKES FOR A CAUSE

In our f irst ever fundraiser to support Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness, we raised $390.00!

WAY TO GO VALLEY VIEW!

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John Heckman

Army Air Corps

Vernie Barrow

Marine Corps

Harry Waldrop

Navy

John Main

Army

Richard Finch

Army Air Corps

Bob Chevalier

Navy

Buddy Schmidt

Navy

Our Veterans - We Salute You Army

Billy Saville

Paul Sherman

Phillip Parks

Dick Hamilton

John Main

Jim Skinner

Navy

John Manning

David Sallume

Pete Monroe

Brown Blankinship

Calvin Evans

Navy Air Corps

Larry Hicks

Air Force

Harry Coffman

Howard Austin

Army Air Corps

Jim Cox

Marines

Paul Fonteyne

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Lori & Penny,

Thanks for all you do to make

Valley View a fun place to live.

We appreciate you and your

dedication to us.

We love you!

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Knitting Group

Our Knitting & Crocheting Club

is hard at work. Not only do they

have fun but they give back to

the community as well. Their

latest project, these adorable red

hats made for the February ba-

bies born at Virginia Baptist

Hospital.

Thanks ladies!

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ACROSS

1. Any time at all

5. Trims the lawn border

10. Sleep under the stars

14. Mother of Artemis

15. Superfluous thing

16. Hodgepodge

17. 1623 Shakespeare

collection

19. Talk like a three-pack-

a-day smoker

20. Most convenient

21. Shylock's city

23. Back muscles, for short

24. Prior, in poetry

25. "____ Squad!"

28. Hamlet's homeland

32. Think

33. Arum

34. Emulate a traveling flea

36. Forest: Ger.

37. Pointless enterprise

38. Lock of Shirley

Temple's hair

39. Gp. That kidnapped

Hearst

40. Neighbors of the

Chippewas

41. Mercutio's pal

42. Checks incoming calls

44. '60s war drama

45. Us, in Berlin

46. Inviting word

47. "____ of Nations"

(Smith)

50. Appearances

53. "___ Gun Will Travel"

54. "Titus

57. Claim definitively

58. Mandy's "Princess Bride"

role

59. Goes wrong

60. Fratemity party result,

Often

61. Scout's job, for short

62. Winter feeder fodder

DOWN

1. Rivendell resident

2. Varicose venue

3. To be, to Henri

4. Orlando's beloved

5. Worn out

6. Scoria

7. Trip Midas was on?

8. Yale Bowl Regular

9. Like Oscar Madison

10. Eye's "window"

11. Jai ___

12. Various items: abbr.

13. Francis, since 2013

18. Minute amount

22. Author Hornbeck

25. Hogan's heroes, e.g.

26. Iridescent gems

27. Whitman's flower of

memory

28. Valleys

29. Extensions

30. Point on a mariner's

compass

31. Pork Chop Hill's locale

33. Director Joel ("Raising

Arizona")

35. Piece of land

37. Quicksilver Messenger

Service hit

38. "Twelfth Night" et al.

40. Half an opinion?

41. Caesar, e.g.

43. School desk sticks

44. Don Ameche film of1985

46. ___ pants ('99 fashion fad)

4 7. Slugfest sound

48. Mansard part

49. Sts.

50. Letters decaled on a bank

door

51. Hose shade

52. Definite

55. Windpt.

56. JFK sight, once

THE BARD

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Rent Payments Rent payments can be placed

in the drop box located on the

front office door at any time,

or you are welcome to pay at

the front office during normal

business hours Monday

through Friday 9AM till 5PM.

Maintenance

Requests All maintenance requests

must be turned in at the

front desk during

normal business

hours. If you have

an emergency mainte-

nance request please

call 237-3009 any time.

Faxes

Valley View is happy to be

able to offer this convenient

service to our residents, but

this service is not available to

extended family or to outside

guests. Local faxes are free

while long distance faxes cost

50 cents per

page.

Notary

Service

If you need

the services

of a notary,

please call the front desk to

schedule a time between

9:00AM and 5:00PM Mon-

day through Friday. This ser-

vice is provided as a courtesy

to our residents. It is not of-

fered for use to extended

family or outside guests.

Miss a Meal?

For those independent living

residents who miss their

evening meal please remem-

ber that you can make it up.

You are offered lunch the

next day at no charge in place

of a missed dinner meal. If

you miss Saturday evening’s

meal you may make it up on

Monday. Lunch is served in

the main dining room from

11:30 AM till 1:00 PM Mon-

day through Saturday. This

does not apply to special oc-

casion meals, which cannot

be made up.

Medical Appointments