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Three retirement communities to go tobacco free NEWTON, KAN. – Three Harvey County retirement communities soon will be tobacco free zones. Newton Presbyterian Manor and Kidron Bethel Village, North Newton, plan to implement a tobacco free policy effective Sept. 1. Schowalter Villa, Hesston, plans to join them effective Oct. 1. Read More... Ermal McFarland invests in future of senior care Ermal McFarland rarely misses a
trick. “My eyes don’t work very well
anymore, and my memory lets me
down from time to time — but I am
100 you know,” she said.
Read More... Once neighbors, now residents, Utz sisters honor parents Marion and Myra and their brother
Max grew up a stone’s throw away
from the Manor at the corner of
Broadway and Sherman. Read More... Claassen family has history of strong ties to Manor Cornelius Claassen was a member
of the original board of directors
founding Presbyterian Manor and
was treasurer for many years. Read More... Newton_Sullivan Elected to AAHSA Delegates Shawn Sullivan, Presbyterian Manor Executive Director, has been elected to serve as a member of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) House of Delegates. Read More... Newton retirement communities launch joint marketing campaign The Newton area is a great place to live. It’s also a great place to retire.
That’s the message of four retirement communities who are launching a joint campaign to promote retirement community living in the Newton/North Newton area.
Read More... Glover Family and Midland National Bank support campaign Additional support for the Shaping Tomorrow Capital Campaign has come from a Newton family and Newton business. The children and families of Dr. Dick and Betty Glover have committed $25,000 in honor of their parents. Dr. Glover, who died in January 2008, was well known in the area after practicing medicine from 1954 to 1994. Read More... Henrietta Horst ‘proud that I could do that’ Henrietta Horst has made her home in Presbyterian Manor’s apartments since 1998. Her late husband, Lee Horst, had Alzheimer’s disease and was a resident in the Manor’s memory support center, Haury Place, until his death in 2002. Read More... Bakers view gift as investment in home improvement When Bob and Betty Baker first toured Presbyterian Manor two years ago, they fully intended to move into one of the cottages. Then their hostess invited them to look at an apartment. Betty describes their delight. “Bob said, ‘We have a house, do we really need another house?’” They immediately took the apartment. “There’s an outside entrance, a carport just across the drive ... very convenient. It was easy to make the decision,” she said. Read More... For Christena Bowen, Manor connection an enduring one Christena Bowen first heard about Presbyterian Manor before there was one. She recalls the Rev. Dr. George Nelson’s early visits to her Kill Creek Church and other Presbyterian churches in that area. “He talked about his idea for a health care facility for older people,” she said. Little did she realize the community Nelson envisioned would one day become not only her employer, but ultimately her home. Read More... Employees pledge $23,000 to campaign In an effort to support a project they care deeply about, a number of Manor employees have chosen to monetarily support the Shaping Tomorrow campaign through payroll deduction pledges. Read More... Two residents share their experience which dispel common misperceptions about retirement community living When her mother entered a nursing home, Orva Hargett realized she and her husband, Ron, “had no arrangements made as to where we wanted to go” if and when they needed to move to a retirement community. Catherine Scheffler knew she needed a change when arthritis made the stairs in her home an obstacle. Read More... Profile: Don and Peggy DeMoss Don and Peggy DeMoss have lived at the Manor for 15 months and will celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary on December 1. Read More... Presbyterian Manor of Newton Kicks Off Capital Campaign With Announcement of Three Gifts Totaling $500,000 Today, officials of the Presbyterian Manor of Newton announced the launch of a capital campaign, raising funds to revitalize its Health Care Center with a goal of creating a true home-like setting for its residents who require active medical services. Read More... Helen Patton sang for USO, operated tax business with her husband Born to Fred and Tina Heathman, the third of six children, Helen Patton was born in LaHarpe, KS on April 24. Helen spent her entire childhood in LaHarpe and graduated from LaHarpe High School. After high school Helen was ready to move on to the next stage of her life. Read More... Sen. Arlen Spector Visits Teacher in Newton It’s not every day a high-ranking member of the U.S. Senate finds his way to Newton. But if one of the senator’s favorite teachers lives here, he just might make the trip. During the Memorial Day weekend, four men who live in different parts of the country came to the Presbyterian Manor in Newton to pay tribute to a special teacher from their past — their high school debate coach Ada Mae Haury. Read More... Campus to become tobacco-free Presbyterian Manor is joining with Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton and Schowalter Villa in Hesston to become tobacco-free campuses effective September 1, 2007. Read More... John’s Jumpy Bumpy Bus Ride Bunch visits Regier’s Farm and Orchard
It was another traveling adventure for John’s Jumpy Bumpy Bus Ride Bunch, as we headed east out of town on October 2, headed for Regier’s Farm and Orchard. Read More...
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