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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 residents donated over $5,000 to set up the fund. The Wellness Fund has been approved by both the State and Federal governments to purchase medical equipment and supplies for seniors. It was approved approximately four years ago.
La Costa Glen has provided the best health center structure in the San Diego area. The building is extremely well-done, the staff is outstanding, and La Costa Glen has equipped the staff with the equipment they need. They have 70 beds in skilled nursing, 12 of which are for hospice. In assisted living there are 76 beds, 19 of which are for the memory unit.
Our committee has challenged the nursing staff to come up with a "wish list" of equipment that will improve patient care and make the nurses' time more efficient. Filling this wish list is a continuing challenge.
The other big responsibility of the committee is for volunteers. They have residents who volunteer in San Diego and all
around the county, but forget how much they are needed right here in our health center. Charity starts at home! Call the activity director at the health center to sign up. If you haven't toured the Health Center call soon.
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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 golf, tennis, bocce, shuffleboard, horseshoes, water volleyball, swimming, gardening, and weekly beach and lagoon walks.
Indoors we have over 40 exercise classes given every week in Catalina Hall and the Fairway Capistrano gym, including Tai
Chi, Stretch and Strengthen, Line Dancing, Yoga, Wii bowling and more.
This committee works hard to keep us in shape. We hope everyone gives at least one thing a try.
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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 her husband died suddenly of a heart attack.
Alison asked herself, “What does a widow do with her life?” She realized that it was when she was doing volunteer work that she felt most fulfilled. She flew to Africa and began working with women and HIV/AIDS orphans at St. Mary's Mission in Namibia. She returned to the mission several times, founded a non-profit organization in California called Mission Namibia, and helped raise $100,000. Although she has retired, there is one project at the mission that remains in her heart: Joy to the World Kindergarten where 70 precious children are taught to sing, play, read and write and are given three hot lunches a week. Alison is still involved in raising funds for this school in conjunction with St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar.
Alison is happy at La Costa Glen, meeting new friends, bird watching, studying Spanish, and swimming. To read more about her work in Africa you can visit her website:
www.alisonroyle.com.
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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 welcome.
In the Fairway display cases, Don Condon will display his wood carvings, Kachina dolls and painted gourds. This outstanding art work was on display last month in Lakeside.
Don specializes in waterfowl. While living in Arizona, his roadrunner carving took second prize in the National Wood Carving Contest. At one time he was the president of Wood Carvers of America.
He has carved over 300 pieces. His largest one is a Canada goose and the smallest is a hummingbird. Right now he is
working on two half-size ducks.
Don't miss seeing the art and skill of your fellow residents on display!
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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 slope causing a foot clad in a stiff hiking boot to break through the crusty surface of a slippery hillside exposing bits and pieces of GOLD!
News spread quickly. Scores of would-be pioneer prospectors were soon digging all over the hills and valleys. Most of them found nothing; only a few persevered over the years, panning streams, and/or digging small shafts. The total “find” amounted to slightly more than $5 million. Still, exploration seems likely to continue because of the rising price of gold and new methods and tools.
Since the site lies well within an active seismic zone, devastating quakes may someday prove to be the ultimate “Open Sesame!"
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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 my teens I weighed produce, helped collect items from the shelves for an order, bagged groceries and sometimes delivered the bags of groceries to houses up the street.
I feared delivering to Mrs. Sanborn because she reminded me of the witch in Hansel and Gretel. She was the oldest person I had ever seen, and, when she opened her door, both she and her house had an “old” smell. It’s funny how an old memory like this has stayed with me. I did learn to face my fear by confronting it head-on and doing my job.
Another early job was volunteering at the local hospital’s tonsil ward and helping the nurses with the patients and seeing that they had something cold to sooth their throats.
My first paying job was at a 5&10-cent store working the hair goods counter. The pay wasn’t much, but it made me feel good to have earned it.