Oyen Lodge Report: Valentine’s Trivia and Jeopardy is a learning experience
By Dianne Spath
Hello, everyone. I think we all feel the same about the deep-freeze weather ending soon. It has been a tad frigid for a couple of weeks.
The Oyen Lodge residents and staff would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Pam Turnbull's family. Pam was a resident of the Lodge before she moved to the Auxiliary.
Monday morning started with exercises, followed by whist games. Monday afternoon was bingo.
Tuesday morning started with exercises, followed by the regular downtown FCSS van service for the residents to do their shopping. Tuesday was Pub Day in the afternoon, which consisted of refreshments, popcorn, pretzels and chips. Before supper, Taylor Neilson played piano. Tuesday, February 11th was "National White Shirt Day," so some of the residents dressed in white for the day.
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Wednesday morning was Church with Bill Kolkman and John Rhoad. John will be taking over for Bill. After church, there were crossword games, and in the afternoon, there was shuffleboard.
Thursday morning, ATB Financial was at the Lodge from 10-11:00. Card games were played before lunch. Thursday afternoon, Andrea from Big Country Adult Learning was at the Lodge to do some trivia and jeopardy, which is always a learning experience for everyone. The trivia theme was Valentine's Day. Thursday was "National Galentine's Day". Galentine's Day is celebrated on February 13th. It's a day to leave husbands, boyfriends and significant others at home to gather with other women and to celebrate female friendships.
Friday morning started with exercises followed by horse races. Not too often, there is a close race, but there was an exciting race that day. It's a good thing it's not the real races; there would be a lot of betting going on. Lol. And, of course, it was my favourite horse that won, Poncho (the white horse), and he was the top winner of the day, which made some of the residents very happy.
Friday afternoon was bingo, and Friday evening there was music by Jorgenson's. Friday was Valentine's Day, but unfortunately we did not have a Valentine's party. The residents were invited to Consort Lodge, but we did not go due to the cold weather. Our Valentine's party will be on the 21st, with Clarke Huston entertaining.
Happy Birthday to Joan Shields and Dan Hertz on February 15th. Saturday February 15th is "National Flag Day". Thank you to Bev Haag, who took the time to get Canada pins and bookmarks from the town office to hand out to all the residents. Bev also decorated with Canadian flags in the dining room and crocheted little pink hearts for all the staff and residents for Valentine's Day. Great job, Bev.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Family Day weekend. Family Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of spending quality time with our families. Have a great week everyone. Stay warm and stay safe.