September 2010 Entries
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Bruce Brusseau is a recent arrival at La Costa Glen in our Oak Grove building. As a widower he, of course, mentions missing the companionship of his lovely wife. Bruce insists that “the friendship he experiences with the other La Costa Glen residents is the ‘next best thing’ to the companionship he enjoyed with his wife. One of the finest assets of this retirement life is the affiliation with the many fine people who live here.”
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- By George L. England Sr. -
The Health Liaison Committee is a standing committee of the Resident Council that consists of twelve members including the current chairman Paul Cook. Committee members must have a sincere desire to provide comfort and rehabilitation to the La Costa Glen residents who are residing at the Health Center. They must be able to effectively and promptly communicate their concerns. Confidentiality is, of course, a requirement.
One of the committee's biggest accomplishments has been to set up a charitable corporation so that any funds received will be tax deductible to the donor. Several of our...
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- By Betty McCreary -
Kori McBride, Patti Ross, and Alison Brown are the hard working La Costa Glen staff that oversees the Fitness Committee, made up of 18 resident committee members. They meet once a month and give suggestions for new activities and help out all year long with tournaments and events as well as helping to coordinate Senior Fitness month.
The message the committee tries to spread is that there is something for everyone — from balance classes which improve your walking and daily activity, to aerobics and tap dancing!
For those who enjoy outside games and activities, we have...
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- By Marian Goe -
Stepping into Alison Royle's apartment, I was dazed. Photographs of her African friends had mesmerized me with their beauty.
Alison was born in La Jolla and attended Bishop's School. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she married and worked in her husband's dental office as an office manager and dental assistant. Adventurous and eager to help others, their first trip was to the Amazon jungle to do dental work in native villages. For years they served with the Flying Samaritans in Baja, California. After retirement they continued traveling and it was on a trip to Mexico that...
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- By Betty McCreary -
Members of La Costa Glen's Photography Club will display their favorite photographs in Lakeside's display cases in September.
This latest club at LCG meets twice a month in the Fairway Conference room to discuss their latest photos, learn more about their cameras and get answers to any current picture problems. At their last
meeting, they took a walking photo-tour of the gorgeous tropical Fairway courtyard, waterfall and koi pond. These photos will be on display.
It has been proven that photography helps with memory loss. All residents are welcome to join this club. All levels of skill are...
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- By Ray Holt -
Ever hear of a place called Banner? It's located next door to Julian in southeastern San Diego County, so famous for its apples and apple pies. Strangely enough, Banner was once even more famous, to say nothing of wealthy. Meanwhile Banner City remains a small, quiet unincorporated community named for the fabric banner one stretched across its main street.
Its real story occurred in September, 1870, when a few ex-Confederate veterans looking for new careers hiked through the
area on their way to San Diego. One of the newcomers had the luck of slipping on a precipitous...
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- By Carole Eibelhauser -
We all understand that work ethics include the items of respect, good communication and interaction, personal values of behavior, honesty, integrity, accountability, diligence, dependability, initiative and self-discipline. Believe it or not, these life skills are being taught in colleges and in on-line courses as “life skills.”
My father was my example of good work ethics. He owned and operated a market working long hours, six days a week, and really cared about his customers. Our family lived in an apartment above the store and often times I would join him at work to “help out.” Before...