Category: Features

Carefree Villas seasonal landscape cutbacks

Melani Caron, General Manager APM has informed us they are going to start seasonal cutbacks of the landscaping in the villas. Cutting back the landscape over the course of the winter helps promote a healthy rejuvenation in the spring and summer. These hard cutbacks will promote healthier plants with more blossoms, and will allow the…

Mastermind Trivia Tournament Champions

Bob Kleinke, Sparky Gavin, and Kent Jensen

The Autumn 2019 MasterMind! Trivia Tournament of Champions was held on Oct. 22. It was a riveting Jeopardy-style contest held in the Laredo Room. A spectacular crowd was on hand to cheer for the three contestants, Bob Kleinke, Kent Jensen, and Sparky Gavin. Questions in various categories were displayed on a large screen and answered…

Meet Janet Buckingham—Artist of the Month

Janet’s love of design and color drew her to the beauty industry at an early age. Her talent in these areas quickly led to winning numerous design composition and color competitions in her industry. As her reputation grew, she opened her own successful salon in northeast Ohio where she continued to hone her expertise in…

Mastermind

Below, are some brain teasers that might be of interest. 1. Within a range of +/- 2 mph, what is the top speed of a roadrunner? 2. In what city is the main campus of the University of Georgia located? 3. Who was burned at the stake in Rouen, France on May 30, 1431? 4. Who…

Word of the Month: Shungite-fullerenes

David Zapatka Shungite-fullerenes: a unique combination of carbon and silicate minerals found in an ancient deposit in Karelia, Russia. Friend and fellow wisdom seeker book club member, Sandria (Joy) Valente, gave me a special gift recently—a shungite-fullerenes rock. I had never heard of these before. Joy explained shungite-fullerenes rocks have special properties and are called…