Here is an issue of Delta's weekly newspaper.
Darlene
really captures well the spirit and liveliness that courses through
the halls here at Delta...
Delta Good Times
- June 2008
This Week At Delta By Darlene
Follis
The Dating Game
We’ve done our version of the Dating
Game once for the Delta staff and then once for our wonderful
volunteers. We used staff members, family members, and volunteers to
fill the bachelor and bachelorette positions. It was such fun that
we decided to do it again. This time we had Janet I. play the part
of the bachelorette and Tom, Fletch and David D. play the bachelors.
Janet read from a script when she asked the bachelors questions. The
bachelors just winged it! And they were really funny. When Janet
asked bachelor #1 (David), what he would do to make a lasting
impression if he was invited to her parents house for diner, David
said I would say sir and ma’am, I would seat your parents and and
push their chairs in, and oh yours too! Fletch said he’d smile, and
he’d eat! When Janet asked the bachelors if they were an animal,
which one would they be, Tom said a tiger and then he growled.
Fletch said he would be a kitten because they’re cute and “I’m
cute.” Janet asked what song best describes you, Tom sang “On The
Good Ship Lollipop” and David stood up and sang “Crazy” by Patsy
Cline. When it came time to choose her bachelor, Janet said, “No
offense, but I’m not choosing one or two.” Number three ,Tom was her
man. Next we had Terry play our bachelor and his three bachelorettes
were played by activity staff members Barb, Lynn, and Cher. Terry
asked, “What would you wear on our first date?” Bachelorette #1
(Barb), answered “I wouldn’t worry about clothes, because we’d go
skinny dippin’” Terry said “Oh my!” He asked the same question of
bachelorette #2, and Cher answered that she would wear spandex
because it looks so good on her. Again Terry said, “Oh my!” Terry
asked, “What is the sweetest thing a man has ever done for you?”
Bachelorette #2 answered “He watched my eight kids while I went
out,” Terry’s comment was “That’s weird!” He put the same question
to #3, and Lynn answered that a man had bought her a mink coat (she
was wearing it), then the man left! Terry asked all the
bachelorettes what their idea of a romantic date was. Bachelorette
Barb said to go out in a row boat on the lake where they were going
to go skinny dippin’. Bachelorette Cher answered “It would be to
have a BBQ, right outside my trailor!” Terry was just speechless
after these answers! He then asked for all the bachelorettes to get
up and dance to their theme song. Barb sang and danced to “Hey Hey
We’re The Monkeys,” Lynn sang “Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Your
Booty,” and then she did! Cher sang “Don’t You Wish Your Girlfriend
Was Hot Like ME.” After Terry regained his composure, he chose
bachelorette #2. When he met bachelorette Barb, who came out to meet
him in her cute yellow taxi driver uniform, Terry said “Oh darn!”
Then Lynn came out with her mink coat on and Terry took one look at
that and said, “Boy I couldn’t afford her!” We had such a good time
that now everyone wants to do the game show Deal or No Deal.
Mother’s Day
Around here inquiring minds want to
know, so we read up about Mother’s Day and this is what we learned.
Mother’s Day can be traced back to ancient Greece. They honored
Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. Janet R. wanted to know when they
started honoring “real” mothers. They started “Mothering Sunday” in
England during the 1600’s. In the U.S., Mother’s Day was first
suggested by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn
of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Fletch said, “what a
good idea, did they do it?” They did, but it took awhile. Woodrow
Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day a national holiday in 1914. We
discussed some of the motherly advice we have been given like;
“Always change your underwear, you never know when you’ll have an
accident.” Roger said, “It’s a good thing I changed mine that day.”
“Don’t make that face, it might freeze in that position!” “What if
everyone jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?” Connie said no!
“You have enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes!” A few people
were seen putting their fingers in their ears to check them out.
“Don’t put that in your mouth, you don’t know where it’s been.”
“Close that door, were you born in a barn?” Patty B. said her mother
always told her that. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say
anything at all.” Connie said that she heard that on Bambie. We
talked about TV mothers like Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy, June
Cleaver in Leave It To Beaver, Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch,
Marion Cunningham in Happy Days, and Shirley Partridge in the
Partridge Family. Everyone then began to sing the theme song from
the Partridge Family, Come On Get Happy. Bob said, “I am happy.” We
talked about some of the principles of motherhood like if motherhood
was going to be easy it wouldn’t have started with something called
labor. Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name
is so that they can tell when they’re really in trouble. Everyone
started telling stories of how their mothers used their middle names
when they did something bad. Richard said, his mother still did it!
Raising children is like nailing Jello to a tree. We had a good
laugh at that! A child may outgrow your lap, but never outgrows your
heart. We all agreed to that.
Rapid Intervention
Drags
Betty, Scott, Cher, Jacques, and Sam
took a group of guys to the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe. Betty said
they had a good time and wrote this:
“It was a Friday night out for a few
of our guys, thanks to Chris Walsh. The night was dedicated to the
fight against domestic violence. Drag racing preformed by fire
fighters and police using their own vehicles. We had our residents
have their trays early. A big thank you to the kitchen staff and
meal program. When we were loaded and pulled up to the Evergreen
State Fairgrounds, there was a man, Mr. Groves, smiling, helpful,
and handing us tickets. He shook Mikes hand, he knew Mike. Mr.
Groves told me what a wonderful family the Walsh family is. I agreed
with him and was pleased to have the great help. We went up the
ramp, and settled in for a fun experience. Smokey the Bear came by
and gave us buttons. It was good to see an old nostalgic friend. As
he shook our hands, Jerry C. beamed. With police uniforms coming by,
Jerry reminisced about Jerry Booker. We also could watch rock
repelling demonstrators in front of us. The color guard passed in
front of us. Jeff K. was quick to stand at attention when the flag
passed by. Let the drags begin. There were even motorcycles
dragging. They were pretty nice cars racing against each other.
Snacks to eat, pop to drink, and fresh cold air. Chad enjoyed
talking my ear off. Scott and Jacques took Terry and David down to
look at the cars and to collect autographs. Cher had her son John
with her and Sam and I stayed with the others. There was a break and
belly dancers came out. David D. noted that they had no shoes on
that cold night. Perhaps they were dancing to warm their soles. It
warmed Kurt’s soul up, he had Scott run and take a picture of the
belly dancers. Mike W. was very quiet just watching, eating Junior
Mints and Cheetos. Chis J. also mainly watched, he always enjoys the
races. Warm blankets were provided by Vicky from the laundry and
were certainly appreciated. We arrived home happy and glad to be
back in the warmth. Chad told the nurse that it was the best time he
had had since he came to Delta. That said it all!”
The Iron Man
Steve C. went to see the Iron Man
movie. Here is his review:
“I was a bit, eh… skeptical, critical about this movie. Being a
member of “the Mighty Marvel Marching Society” since 1964, I am well
versed in the decades of history concerning Tony Stark and his
armored alter ego. I have not been a total fan of how marvel updated
some of it’s other characters (the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, etc). I
worried for naught. Viet Nam became the middle east. Other than
that, the origin of the golden avenger was untouched. This movie
kicked butt. Between the script, the acting, the humor, the special
effects, and the photography, it all added up to one thoroughly
enjoyable event. THANX Scotty.“ Thank you Steve!
Heard it in the
Halls
We were at ceramics class, and Kathy
D. brought her new CNA class in to see us. Jeff was painting and
looked up at her and said, “Look at that grey!” (her hair) Kathy
said, “I earned every strand, and I can’t wait to start getting the
senior citizen discount.” Jeff said, “I know where you can get a
wheel chair cheap.” Her students laughed and we all started kidding
around. It was a nice visit.
Danger! Artists at Work!
