2007 Spring Vintage.pmd - Retirement Housing Foundation

Capital Court - Corydon, Indiana
News From Our Communities
The residents of Capital Court have taken on the job of nursemaid to
Lily, the baby goat. Lily had a traumatic birth and it was questionable
as to whether she was going to make it during the first week of her life.
Shelley Hoten, the housekeeper at Capital Court and Lily’s owner, needed
to feed her every two hours so she brought her to work, keeping Lily in
her car and occasionally checking on her. It wasn’t long before word was
out that Lily needed some tender loving care and the line of residents
volunteering to help grew.
For the next few days, as Lily started to take her first steps, it wasn’t
unusual to see a baby goat, in a diaper and pink jumpsuit, in the community
room with five or six of the residents watching over her like proud parents.
Lily is now home with Dandalion, her real mom, on the farm, doing quite well.
Maple City Square - LaPorte, Indiana
The Holiday Party at Maple City Square this year had the usual . . .
wonderful food (including a 21 pound turkey), wonderful friends
(including recently retired staff member Jean Fain) and the winner of
RHF’s Resident Survey, MCS resident William Gatzke.
William filled out the Resident Survey form that is mailed to all RHF
residents every two years and automatically got his name into a drawing for a
Wal-Mart gift certificate.
William and Jan Roberts, his case manager from the LaPorte County
Council on Aging, went on a shopping spree just in time for Christmas.
Madison Heritage Apartments - Madison, Indiana
Madison Heritage Apartments boasts two very talented artists under
its roof.
Vivian Wood is 90 years old and is a self-taught artist. She paints for
enjoyment and her paintings represent what she has seen from her
travelling across the United States, visiting her four sons.
Carl “Rod” Troyer is a man of many talents; artist, musician and
actor. He used his artistic talents when he was a trial sketch artist
and while sketching people at fairs and festivals throughout the
United States. He has played keyboard in country western bands
and appeared in various television westerns, among them -
Gunsmoke.
Lately, his artistic talents have been put to use at a local restaurant,
where the owner had commissioned Troyer to sketch caricatures
of his “regulars.” More than 100 of those drawings now hang on
the walls - becoming conversation pieces while patrons wait for
their food.
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