May “Mei” 2015
Roselani Scene
Aloha from our General Manager
The Jacaranda Trees are in bloom upcountry. I hope
you will go see them. Their purple color and their
short blooming season reminds me of lilacs, which
remind me of my mother.
Inside this issue
Message from General Manager
May Day is Lei Day
Charity Walk
Mother’s Day Luncheon
Events Highlights in Brief
Picnic For Poki
Calendar of Events
This day in history
Sudoku & Word Search
Birthdays
Employee of the Month
Open House & Presentation by
Alzheimer’s Association
Editor: Diane Alba-Means
Marketing Director
When I went into Kindergarten, my mother went
back to work. I have different memories of her before and after she
returned to work. I remember her wearing aprons, canning fruit and
pickles and hanging laundry on the clothesline. The clothesline was at
the back of the yard by a long hedge of lilac shrubs and in the spring
our house would be filled with big vases of lilacs. I loved running
back and forth between the damp white sheets on a sunny morning.
My mother did the laundry using a wringer washer. It was a big grey
cast iron beast on spindly legs with wheels that hooked up to the sink
with hoses, and was kept on the back porch when it wasn’t laundry
day. I was fascinated with this contraption and I delighted in putting
various non-laundry things through the wringer. I’m sure that’s what I
was doing when it fell over on top of me. I don’t remember the pain,
but I do remember the scream my mother made when she found me! It
was soon after that she went back to work. When she got her first
paycheck the first thing she bought was a brand new Automatic
Washer/Dryer. She also stopped wearing aprons and canning fruit and
vegetables and she started wearing fancy clothes and dressed like she
was going to church every day. On Mother’s day I would give her a
bottle of her favorite perfume, Chanel No. 5, purchased with my own
allowance money, under the supervision of my sisters. Now, when I
think about my mother, I think about the before-she-went-to-work
smell of fresh sheets and lilacs and the going-to-work smell of Chanel
No. 5.
I imagine that there are former Hawaiian
residents that live where there are lilacs and
when they bloom in the spring it reminds them
of the Jacaranda trees and hopefully they will
call their mothers on Sunday May 10th to wish
them a Happy Mother’s day.
With Aloha,
Steve Hansen, General Manager
May 2015 Important Dates
May 1
May 5
May 7
May 10
May 25
Lei Day
Cinco de Mayo and Boys Day
National Day of Prayer
Mother’s Day
Memorial Day
May Day is Lei Day
Traditionally, Lei day is May first. The first Lei Day was started in Honolulu
on the island of Oahu by Don Blanding in 1927. He created the idea to
establish a unique Hawaiian holiday. Lei Day became an official holiday in
1929 and is continued today, with lei-making competitions, concerts, hula
performances, and the giving and receiving of lei among family and friends.
The lei is a symbol of aloha – a way to show others that you care about them. A lei is a wreath of flowers,
leaves, etc. that are worn around the neck or head. The proper way to wear lei is gently draped over the
shoulders, hanging down both in front and in back. It is considered rude to remove a lei from your neck in
the presence of the person who gave it to you, so if you must, be discrete.
Roselani Place Charity Walk ~ Sat. May 9, 2015
Please support our Roselani Place Team or join us on the walk at the 37th Annual Visitor Industry Charity
Walk. Starting at 7:00 am at War Memorial Soccer field in Wailuku. Walkers of all ages are welcomed.
Each of the Roselani Place team will be eligible for fabulous door prizes.
Our goal this year is to raise $4,000.00 dollars from all of our spring events. Funds raised
will go towards purchasing recliners for Aloha Gardens and terrace outdoor improvements.
For more information contact Diane at 871-7720 or email: [email protected]
Sunday, May 10, 2015
11:30 AM ~ 1:00 PM
Menu will include:
Salad: Fresh Kula Baby Blends Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette or Creamy Oriental dressing.
Entrée: Pan Seared Mahi-Mahi with Pineapple Salsa and Mustard Herb Crusted Chicken
Breast served with Rice Pilaf and Steamed Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce.
Dessert: Lilikoi Crème Brule or Brownie Delight (Brownie w/scoop of vanilla ice-cream)
Entertainment by Bobbie Jo Curley and Glenn Foster
NON-RESIDENTS: $10, Children 5 and Under - Free
Please sign up at the front desk by Wednesday, May 6, 2015 or call (808) 871-7720
May Events Calendar in Brief
Friday, May 1
Lei Day Heritage Festival
Saturday, May 2
Performance by Na Keiki Makamai
Sunday, May 3
Ben Franklin Craft Fair
Monday, May 4
Hula Show @ Kaahumanu Center
Thursday, May 7
Shopping at Target
Saturday, May 9
Judy’s Gang Performance at Kaahumanu Center
Sunday, May 10
Mother’s Day Luncheon and Concert
Friday, May 15
May Day Program with Alu Like Seniors
Friday, May 15
Food Committee Meeting
Saturday, May 15
May Birthday Party for Residents
Monday, May 18
Harmonica Group Performance
Wednesday, May 20
Resident Council Meeting
Thursday, May 21
Picnic for Poki
Saturday, May 23
Lunch at Lahaina Cannery Mall
Saturday, May 23
Bingo with Lynn
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day
Wednesday, May 27
Ukulele Performance
Friday, May 29
Bingo Store
Saturday, May 30
Open House and Speaker from Alzheimer’s Association
Picnic for Poki ~ Guest Pamela Polland
Roselani Place and Ola Na Mele Productions invite you to a Picnic
for Poki at 11:00 AM at the Historic Kaahumanu Church in Wailuku
Town, 103 South High Street on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Our
featured guest with live Hawaiian entertainment will be Pamela
Polland, founder of the renowned traditional Hawaiian music group
Keaolani.
Pamela is an award-winning singer/songwriter, with three albums on
Columbia and Epic as well as two more independently released
albums to her credit. In celebration of Lei Day Month . . . Pamela
will welcome hula dancers to join her if they know the mele.
Bring your lunch with you and enjoy coffee and fresh baked cookies from Roselani Place. Relax under
the monkey pod tree for an hour or so at this free event, which is open to the public. Bring a friend!
This Day In History…
May 4, 1970 – Four students at Kent State University were killed by National Guardsmen who opened fire
on a crowd of 1,000 students protesting President Richard Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia.
May 5 - Celebrated in Mexico as Cinco De Mayo, a national holiday in remembrance of the Battle of
Puebla in 1862.
May 15, 1972 - George Wallace was shot while campaigning for the U.S. presidency in Laurel, Maryland.
As a result, Wallace was permanently paralyzed from the waist down.
May 17, 1875 - The first Kentucky Derby horse race took place at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
May 20, 1927 – Aviator, Charles Lindbergh, completed the first solo nonstop flight between New York
City and Paris in 33 hours.
May 20, 1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic - completing a
2,026-mile flight in about 13 hours.
May 21, 1881 - The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
May 25 - Memorial Day in the U.S., also called Decoration Day for the tradition of decorating soldiers'
graves with flowers. The observance dates from Civil War years, with the first documented observance on
May 5, 1865.
May 27, 1937 - In San Francisco, 200,000 people celebrated the grand opening of the Golden Gate Bridge
by strolling across it.
For more history visit: http://www.historyplace.com
Sudoku
Here’s how to play…
The objective of the game is to fill all the blank
squares in a game with the correct numbers.
There are three very simple constraints to
follow. In a 9 by 9 square Sudoku game:
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Every row of 9 numbers must include all
digits 1 through 9 in any order
Every column of 9 numbers must include
all digits 1 through 9 in any order
Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9
square must include all digits 1 through 9
See the front desk for the solution.
www.thinks.com
May Birthdays at Roselani Place . . .
Jospehine Maushardt
May 2
Kenzo Takumi
May 6
Thomas Figueira
May 9
Joyce Kimura
May 12
Mildred Sakamoto
May13
Florenda Ugale
May 27
Famous May Birthdays
May 1, 1909
Kate Smith
May 20, 1946
Cher
May 3, 1903
Bing Crosby
May 24, 1945
Priscilla Presley
May 3, 1933
James Brown
May 26, 1907
John Wayne
May 4, 1929
Audrey Hepburn
May 27, 1923
Henry Kissinger
May 6, 1931
Willie Mays
May 29, 1917
John F. Kennedy
May 10, 1899
Fred Astaire
May 29, 1903
Bob Hope
May 13, 1950
Stevie Wonder
May 31, 1965
Brooke Shields
May 18, 1946
Reggie Jackson
May 18, 1920
Pope John Paul II
www.famousbirthdays.com
Word Search
On The Farm
Find the words in the list hidden in
the puzzle grid below.
Barn
Calves
Cattle
Corn
Cows
Crops
Dairy
Fence
Furrow
Grain
Harvest
Horse
Milk
Orchard
Pasture
Rooster
Season
Seeds
Silo
Sowing
Stock
Straw
Tractor
Turnips
Weather
Wheat
Yield
For more searches visit:
www.thinks.com
Roselani Place
May Employee of the Month:
Gretchen Ballesteros
www.roselaniplace.com
88 S Papa Avenue
Kahului, Maui, HI 96732
Phone: 808-871-7720
May Newsletter 2015
We are pleased to
announce Gretchen
Ballesteros as the
Employee of the Month
for May.
Gretchen
started work at Roselani
Place as a food server
a l m o s t f i v e ye a r s
ago. She is currently a
member of our wonderful
team of health services
staff, working as both a
resident assistant and a
medication technician on
various shifts.
Gretchen is always pleasant, kind, gentle, patient,
and compassionate.
Her flexibility,
conscientiousness, and willingness to learn and
accept new challenges are just some of the traits
that make her such an asset to our Roselani
‘ohana. Congratulations Gretchen, and thank you
for all that you do!
Saturday, May 30, 2015 ~ 1:30 to 3:30 PM
Roselani Place - Third Floor
FREE and Open to the Public
Alzheimer's 101: The Basics
With Lynsey Capone-Smith, M.A. Gerontology / Maui Program Specialist
An education program by the Alzheimer’s Association
Family caregivers will find this information espeically beneficial
Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. If you or someone you know is affected by
Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, it’s time to learn the facts. This program provides information on
detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatment, and much more.