Halcyon House

The weekly church services was provided by Minister, Rick Zickefoose, representing the Brighton United Church. The sermon was titled 'My Relationship with God in Heaven”. Scripture from Revelation 21: 1-8. Anne Lamansky was this week's special guest.

Halcyon House resident, Virginia Tschantz brother, Phil Myers and wife Lois were here from Golden, Colorado from Friday to Monday. They went to Amana Colonies on Friday to attend Phil's 55th Waco High School Class Reunion. Over the weekend, Phil and Lois spent time in Wayland and Washington visiting family.

On Monday the trivia program was 'Harvest Moon”. We started out with a fall word search and for a mid-morning snack we had biscuits right out of the oven with Pumpkin butter. We discussed things that happen in the fall such as the fall harvest, football, making apple cider and apple butter,

cleaning off the garden , raking leaves and the leaves changing colors. The question for the day is 'How do the leaves go from green to many beautiful colors” ? The gorgeous red, orange, and yellow pigments in fall foliage are actually there all year, just under the surface. The sunlight that helps fuel plant cells containing a chemical called chlorophyll, which gives leaves its vivid green. When sunlight diminishes in fall, chlorophyll breaks down , letting the plants hidden colors shine.

Becky Patterson, Ron Stalder, Beth Wells, Betty Quinn, Sandy and Pete Weller and several others Halcyon House residents enjoyed a beautiful autumn day out on the Coralville Lake, Thursday, Sept. 27th. Halcyon House resident Gladys Ferguson, invited her friends Richard Magnefraw and Charlotte Pencil and Halcyon House resident, Marcella Reed invited her friend Jean Sampson. The day started out with delicious lunch at Cheddar's followed by a relaxing two hour boat ride on the Coralville Lake. A special thank-you to Roger CutKomp and Dave Liles for driving the boats.

The Keota Brass Band came to Halcyon House to entertain a full house, on Friday Sept. 27th. Residents, friends and families enjoyed many familiar tunes, as band members played their instruments and sang old time musical hits. The rich sounds of the tuba , trombone and trumpet had toes tapping! We always love when the Keota Brass Band shares their musical talents with us.

Halcyon House Wellness Coordinator, Megan Richardson hosted the monthly Birthday Party, Monday Oct. 1st in the Applewood Bistro. Shirley Canfield, Rosie Stelton, Nancy Maere, Marilyn Mangold, Karen McCreedy attended. Megan served donuts, coffee and juice. Megan presented each resident with a Birthday Card from the Wellness Department.

Happy Birthday wishes go out this week to the following residents, Margaret Steinbeck, Shirley Canfield and Irene Baughman.