Around the world with Atlas - January 2025 - Brazil
Resident´s Birthdays
Betty Price 1/1
Gary Boyer 1/4
Loleita Cox 1/6
Doris Nelson 1/7
Joan Bennett 1/7
Carolyn Dobson 1/16
Anna Whitson 1/18
Celebrating January
Adopt a Rescued Bird Month
Mentoring Month
International Creativity Month
Universal Letter-Writing Week
January 12–18
Buffet Day
January 2
Twelfth Night
January 5
National Word Nerd Day
January 9
Cut Your Energy Costs Day
January 10
National Hat Day
January 15
Belly Laugh Day
January 24
Bubble Wrap
Appreciation Day
January 27
Chinese New Year
January 29
Events Spotlight
All outings need to be signed up on bulletin board outside of bistro.
Doctor transportation day is EVERY Tuesday. Please sign up with Mrs. Grace up front.
Resident Council is the 1st Monday every month.
Chili Cookoff will be happening mid-month! Look out for a flyer with all the details.
Gold Rush Gab
Dagnabbit, it’s time for Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day on January 24. You’ve never heard of it, you say? Perhaps you have heard of James Marshall, who, on January 24, 1848, discovered gold that started the California Gold Rush. Almost 100 years later, a farmer named Walter Knott built a western-themed ghost town on his berry farm. Knott’s Berry Farm drew a wide audience, thanks to its guarantee that anyone who found gold on the property as part of the “panning for gold” attraction could take it home. Every January 24, Knott’s Berry Farm holds its annual Prospector’s Day parade. So dadgummit, hitch up yer overalls, grab yer dumfungled pan, and get ready to pan the whole consarn territory for the sockdolager
of payouts!
BRAZIL
Around the World with Atlas
Brazil, the largest country in South America, is known for its vibrant culture, rich history, and stunning natural beauty. Home to the Amazon Rainforest and Christ the Redeemer statue, it offers breathtaking landscapes and iconic landmarks. With diverse influences, lively music, samba, Carnival, and soccer, Brazil is a global symbol of celebration and passion.
Galloping into Radio History
The call of “Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!” first echoed on Detroit’s WXYZ radio station on January 30, 1933. A mysterious masked cowboy known as the Lone Ranger went on to become one of the most famous and influential western heroes of the 20th century.
WXYZ station owner George Trendle and writer Fran Striker co-developed the idea of The Lone Ranger, yet neither of them had any experience with cowboys or the Wild West. To them, this hardly mattered. After seeing the success of the movie The Mask of Zorro, they wanted to develop an American version of a masked swashbuckler. Furthermore, they wanted their hero to set an example of good morals and to stand for truth, justice, and freedom. The show was an instant success and eventually drew an audience of 20 million faithful listeners three times a week.
The writers did not worry about historical accuracy. This was perhaps most evident in the character of Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s faithful Native American sidekick, who uttered simple phrases and groans. During early episodes, the Lone Ranger was often stuck talking to his horse, Silver. The writers realized they needed a second character, so they introduced Tonto on February 25, 1933. Like the Lone Ranger, Tonto was also a model of justice and truth, often providing the brains of the duo.
By the 1950s, The Lone Ranger had moved to film and television and starred Clayton Moore as the masked hero. The western craze hit full stride, and a string of hit shows followed: The Roy Rogers Show, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Maverick, and Rawhide. Some argue that the western declined with the Red Scare, the Space Race, and the Cold War. Yet others contend that westerns never went out of style. The Lone Ranger struck gold in 1933, and westerns have been treasured ever since.
BRAZIL
Around the World with Atlas
Brazil is the most successful soccer team in history, winning a record five FIFA World Cup titles. Known for its skillful players, creative style, and attacking flair, Brazil has produced legends like Pelé, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho. Its deep passion for the sport and rich talent have made Brazil a dominant force in international soccer.
Resident of the Month
Joy Boltz
Joy is a long-time resident of the Upstate. She grew up in Greer, SC along with her 4 siblings and parents. Joy has three sisters and one brother (two are still living). She attended high school in Greenville and then opened a photo studio to pursue her love of photography. Joy met her husband, Porter Boltz, in Greenville and they got married within a year of meeting. They had two children and moved into their forever home in Easley. She has a daughter named Casey, son named Michael, and two grandkids that she absolutely adores. Through the years, Joy became a stay-at-home mom and loved volunteering at the Shriners Hospital and volunteering for the PTO at her children’s schools and spending a lot of time planning school events and fundraisers. After 37 years of marriage, she became widowed. She remained in their longtime home and spends as much time with her two grandchildren, Charley and Porter, as she can. Joy loves puzzles, playing games, Christmas things, cooking and loves helping her daughter in the kitchen! Her natural red hair matches her feisty fun self!
Rails of Adventure
On January 17, Cable Car Day, cable cars all over the world will garner attention. Cable cars use cables to pull them up or lower them down. San Francisco’s iconic cable cars are moved by a system of cables underneath the street. The high-flying cable gondolas of Rio de Janeiro carry people to the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado. The valley of Gulmarg—the Himalayan “meadow of flowers” in India’s Jammu and Kashmir regions—boasts the second-highest cable car ride at 13,500 feet. One of the longest cable car rides is in Switzerland’s Alps. The 19-minute journey from the village of Grindelwald to Männlichen allows visitors to enjoy the rugged Alps without a pair of hiking boots!
More Articles
Smart Downsizing Guide for Your 2025 Senior Living Move
The process of downsizing goes beyond simply sorting through belongings—it’s a deeply personal journey of discovery and renewal. It invites you to reflect on what …
Honoring Our Veterans Every Day at Oakview Park
Share our good news:
Recipe Spotlight:
Lemon Buttermilk Pie
with strawberry toping
Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
2 cups fresh Louisiana strawberries, sliced
2¼ cups sugar
1 tbsp flour
pinch of salt
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a small mixing bowl, combine sliced strawberries with ¾ cup sugar, stir, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. This should be done at least 6 hours prior to serving. In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining sugar, flour and salt. Blend well. Add eggs and egg yolks, and using a wire whisk, cream into sugar mixture. Once blended, add buttermilk, vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Whisk well to incorporate and dissolve sugar. Pour into pie shell and place on a cookie sheet. Bake 50 minutes or until pie is lightly browned and filling is just set. Remove and cool a minimum of 30 minutes prior to serving. Top each slice with a generous portion of sugared strawberries.
Associate of the Month
Lori Philbeck
Lori Philbeck is our January Associate of the Month! She is a dedicated med tech and caregiver on second shift at Oakview Park with three months of excellent service. A Greenville native, she enjoys shopping and relaxing with Netflix binges. Lori is a devoted mother to an eleven-year-old daughter. She loves the residents here with her whole heart and makes sure they receive the utmost care.
“Lori is an angel sent, she is a doll; she really cares about us residents, and I love her” -Annabell Whitson
“She is the best med tech. Her whole heart is in her job every single day, she is a blessing to each of us.” – Joan Bennett
Brain Bending Fun
January might be a challenging month. It is, after all, International Brainteaser Month. There are brainteasers for every taste. Wordsmiths enjoy crosswords, word jumbles, and acrostics. Mathematicians enjoy sudoku and kakuro. Riddles, logic puzzles, tangrams, ciphers,
and even good old-fashioned Rubik’s Cubes keep our minds sharp.
Just as exercise is healthy for the body, brainteasers are healthy for the brain. Flex
your gray matter by answering some of these brainteasers below:
1. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
2. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How could this be?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Is your mind too cluttered with irrelevant minutiae to solve January’s brainteasers? Never fear. Another little-known fact is that January 4 is Trivia Day, a day to demonstrate the remarkable benefits of random knowledge. Make some room in your head for these curious tidbits:
• Dreamt is the only English word that ends with the letters mt.
• Hydrox cookies debuted in 1908, four years before Oreos.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. The pattern of stripes is unique to each tiger, similar to human fingerprints.
Answers: 1. He walked; the river is frozen. 2. The person was born in 2005 BC. 3. Mount Everest; it was the highest mountain even before it was discovered.
Collaborators
Jennifer Klein
