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THE ORCHARD SCOOP
Orchard Heights 5200 Chestnut Ridge Road Orchard Park, New York 14127
September 2021
Golf Par-Tee
Concert in Hamburg Park
New! Arlene’s Scrabble
Tinkerer’s at work 50’s Fun!!
A letter from Lee
Hi everyone, It is hard to believe we are in the month of September. September is filled with fun past times to engage in. Of course, we will all be rooting out team, the Buffalo Bills to victory this season. September also brings Assisted Living week. This years theme is Compassion, Community and Caring and is our chance to celebrate all the people that make Orchard Heights such a special place. This years festivities will include filling and decorating donuts, a staff chalk walk, the creation of a community hearts and hands mural, making gifts for our friends at Hillcrest fires department.
This will all take place the week of September 12-17. Our outings this month will include a driving tour of Buffalo, taking a walk at Bird song and rides for ice cream. Our mini concerts will include: Mark Swarts, Roger Rainville, multi instrumentalist Brian Beaudry, the ever popular Peter Van Scozza on violin. Other special programs will include Karaoke with Jen, a teacher appreciation social and Scrabble with Arlene.
Enjoy the cooler temps! Lee
• Rainbows can only happen in early morning or late afternoon when the sun is 40degrees or less above the horizon.
• Men can read smaller print than women. Women can hear better.
• Tigers skin is actually striped. Just like their fur. Also no two fur patterns are alike • German chocolate cake doesn’t come from Germany. It was named for a person, Sam German, who
created a type of baking chocolate for Baker’s in 1852. (npr.org)
• The first footprints on the moon will remain there for a million years.
• You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.
• The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie." That would be Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the two
businessmen who created the candy-coated chocolates
• Cotton candy was invented by a dentist. It is not known whether William Morrison had an ulterior motive
for inventing the soft confection, but the dentist no doubt helped ensure others in his profession continued
drawing in plenty of customers.
Reliable by Nature
In 1870, former U.S. Representative and Civil War officer Henry Washburn led an expedition down the Yellowstone River to explore and survey a remote region of northwest Wyoming. Washburn’s party was the first to map the area, explore its many lakes, and climb its mountains. What awed the explorers most were the many boiling and steaming thermal features of the region. One geyser fas-cinated them most of all. On September 18, 1870, the party realized that it would reliably erupt 100 feet into the air every 74 minutes. Washburn himself dubbed the geyser “Old Faithful.” This
famous geyser would help make Yellowstone America’s first national park in 1872.
Fun Facts by Donny Snell
Residents Joan Elwell Sept. 1 Barb Hoelle Sept. 2 Beverly Walsh Sept. 9 Lucy Kirchmyer Sept. 14 Eleanor Kuzma Sept. 19 Eileen Malek Sept. 19 CK Hennon Sept. 19 Claire Kuhmeier Sept. 23 Beverly Walters Sept. 28
Co-Workers
Mary Rose Courtney Sept. 6 Grace Warfel Sept. 10 Brianna Hein Sept. 11 Desire Boyove Sept. 13 Liam Pacholec Sept. 15 Nancy Cantrell Sept. 27
Best wishes for a terrific September Birthday
Eleanor Kuzma Donna Gurevich
Harry Jacobs Audrey Carner Ester Roberts Joanne Lutz
Lucy Kirchmyer Helen Locke
Rosemary is originally from Hamburg, NY and is the proud mother of five For many years she was an accountant for the town. When she wasn’t working, she enjoyed arts/ crafts, cooking/baking, playing rummy, exercise, playing Bingo and working in the garden. She enjoys other people’s company and enjoys sharing stories from her days on her Uncles farm. Thank you for being so friendly. Congratulations Rosemary!
Co-Worker of the Month– Shirley Spencer
Resident of the Month Rosemary Farrell
Resident of the Month– Diana Foster
Welcome
Diana was chosen Resident of the month for her caring lighthearted personality. She is originally from Orchard Park New York and a graduate of the Millard Fillmore school of nursing. A Nurse by trade she was a parish nurse, Psychiatric nurse, a regular floor nurse and worked occasionally with Flu shot clinics in the area. She enjoyed traveling across Europe, the Holy land and New York state. Anyone that knows her, knows she is an avid Buffalo Bills Fan. Of Orchard Heights...she loves the food and the care here.
Shirley is our Co-Worker of the month. The Residents voted for her because of the nu-merous ways she helps them everyday. They also noted her dedication to getting the job done well. Originally from North Collins, she is the grandmother to 9, Great grandmother to 10 and great, great grandmother to 2 . She also has 14 new baby Hedgehogs and a few chinchillas! If that isn't enough, she loves fast dancing and belly dancing The reason why she has been here for 11 years is the residents. She loves them. Orchard Heights is all the better for having her as a co-worker. Thank you Shirley!” Congratulations!
Your Management
Team!!
Administrator
Colleen Roy
Marketing & Sales Director
Julie Anderson [email protected]
Business Office Manager
Nicole Brunn [email protected]
Director of Nursing
Paula Hammond, RN phammond
@orchardheights.com
Acting Director of Nursing Amy Burkhard
Assistant Director of Nursing Alicia Hein
RN Case Manager Laura Weston
Culinary Services Director Denise Siuda
Recreation Director Lee Watson
Maintenance Director Don Snell
Housekeeping/Laundry Erica Worley
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Alicia Hein promoted to Assistant Director of Nursing
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Alicia Hein to the position of Assistant Director of Nursing. Alicia started at Orchard Heights on July 10, 2015 as a Personal Care Aide on Harmony Lane. It wasn’t long after she started that she knew she wanted to become an LPN. Shortly after, she enrolled in Erie 1 Boces LPN program. Alicia can always be counted on to be a great trouble shooter and to always have the residents best interest in mind all the while maintaining a tender heart.
She loves being a resident advocate. During her tenure, she has also re-ceived Co-Worker of the month four times! She has also brought two of her daughters to work here. One is also an LPN like herself and the other is a Personal Care Aide. Her son is a professional gamer. Alicia lives in Brant with her family and Yellow Labrador named Kingsley. Congratulations Ali-cia!
Introducing Amy Burkhard, Acting Director of Nursing
Amy is a life long Buffalonian living in Orchard Park because she loves the cold! She is the proud mother of two daughters, As the story goes, she just woke up one day and decided to become a nurse. She received her RN from Erie Community college in 2004 and her BSN from Phoenix University in 2008. Her nursing career has been quite diverse. She has served as Admissions Director at Brylin hospital, a Medical surgical nurse at ECMC, an Emergency Room nurse at the Veterans
hospital, Admissions Co-ordinator at Elderwood. and Quality and Educa-tion director at Garden Gate manor. What she loves about nursing is the problem solving aspect. She loves to resolve issues, has great compassion for others, and enjoys being in charge. Amy is self characterized as being, impatient, organized and has a great sense of humor.. In her spare time, she loves sledding with her children, crocheting afghans, eating whole pea-nuts, hanging out with friends, reading the Game of Thrones, anything Star Wars and creating charcuterie boards. Her top goal is to bring out the best in every staff member and resident. Welcome Amy, We are glad you are here!
Resident Masterpieces
Created at our Friday Art Class in the
Recreation Room at 2:15pm. All are
welcome!
