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The
CO RIER
February 2021
M embers and staff rolled up their
sleeves last month to receive
their first doses of the COVID-19
vaccine! Daniel “Bobby” Wenzel was
the first member to receive the
Moderna vaccine in MacArthur Hall
(see more pidctures on page 3).
WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News
Secretary Kolar
Wisconsin Department Wisconsin Department of
of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs
Secretary
Mary M. Kolar
Wisconsin Veterans
Home at King
A fter so many long months, I am happy to see that family visits have
started at the Veterans Home at King. While our members’ family and
friends have shown their support through virtual visits, phone calls, letters,
and more, I know nothing beats a face-to-face meeting. Thank you for your
Commandant patience while we worked to meet the criteria required to allow for these
Tammy Servatius safe, socially distanced visits. This is one of the first steps to getting back
to regular visits, and it is wonderful to hear that families are reuniting and
have had the chance to catch up in person.
Ainsworth Hall
Executive Director At King, due to our large size, with multiple residence halls and a separate
Douglas Wamack quarantine area, we are able to have these visits in the areas that meet the
necessary criteria, while other buildings and areas may not be eligible due
MacArthur Hall to COVID-19 cases or potential exposures. The nature of this virus means
that sometimes we also have to cancel visits. Please understand that we
Executive Director
hate cancelling visits, but we must do what is necessary to keep our Home
Greg Reichenbach as safe as possible. Of course, as soon as that building is eligible for visits
again, we are excited to reschedule.
Olson Hall
Executive Director We continue to work hard to safely keep active between visits. In fact, as
part of Activity Professionals Week at the end of January, we recognized
Rhonda Kozik
the activities staff at our veterans homes and all they do to enrich the lives
of our members. From family car parades and holiday celebrations, to
virtual visits, arts and crafts, hallway bingo and more, the creative activities
teams bring the “fun” to our Homes – even during a pandemic.
Finally, I am so grateful for a smooth COVID-19 vaccine distribution and
proud of the members and employees who have already received both
doses of the vaccine! For our family and friends who are not members or
staff at our veterans homes, please know that the Wisconsin Department
of Health Services (DHS) is working to get the COVID-19 vaccine to
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Commandant’s
Home News Column WISCONSIN VETERANS
WISCONSIN VETERANSHOME
HOMEAT
ATKING
KING
Members and staff receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on January 8, 2021!
Dr. Allen Strobusch received the second
Commandant Tammy Servatius Moderna vaccine in MacArthur Hall
Jack Algiers was the second member to receive the
Dawn Urbanek was the first staff to receive the
Moderna vaccine in MacArthur Hall
Moderna vaccine in MacArthur Hall
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WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News
We would like to welcome the following new members
to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King:
Due to the Federal HIPAA Privacy Act only those members who have releases on file are listed.
Robert A. Peck, a Vietnam War Army John B. Peters, a Vietnam War Army
Veteran joined us on January 6, 2021 Veteran joined us on January 11, 2021
from Berlin. He is living at MH. from Neenah. He is living at OH.
Samuel C. Neuman, a Vietnam War Army
Veteran joined us on January 7, 2021 from
Kaukauna. He is living at OH.
The Wisconsin
Veterans Home
at King will be
SMOKE FREE
June 30, 2025
Secretary’s Column continued from page 2
Wisconsinites as equitably, quickly, and safely as possible. Certain groups of people, including
people age 65 and older, are now eligible to receive it through their health care provider, pharmacy,
or local or tribal public health agency. I encourage you to get vaccinated as soon as you are able,
as each person who gets vaccinated helps us bring an end to this pandemic and helps us protect
those at our Wisconsin Veterans Homes. You can visit DHS’ website for more information and to
sign up for their weekly email for vaccine eligibility updates and other resources (http://bit.ly/
DHSCovidEmail). If you receive healthcare from the VA, you can find information there as well. As
always, please continue to take precautions against the virus by staying home as much as possible,
wearing a mask when out, remaining six feet away from others, and frequently washing your hands.
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Donations WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING
On behalf of the members, we
sincerely Thank Everyone
for
their generous donations.
Monetary
Manitowoc Kiwanis VFW Post 10231 Vietnam Veterans of Gary Schwersinske
Golden K. Club Necedah, WI America - Castle Rock King, WI
Manitowoc, WI Chapter
Joan & Richard Adams, WI Harry Hohnberger
Community First Credit Quinlan King, WI
Union Madison, WI Oshpop LLC
Appleton, WI In Memory of Richard Oshkosh, WI Sister Martha
Quinlan King, WI
Non-Monetary
Davis Manufacturing American Legion
Inc. Kris Mills Post 96
Brandon, WI Oconomowoc, WI Webster, WI Gene Jensen
In Memory of Richard King, WI
Randall & Gail Arndt Quinlan Thomas & Kathleen
Vinton, IA Dare Richard Hubatch
In Memory of Dorothy J. Ross & Trish Endres Middleton, WI King, WI
Dutzle DeForest, WI In Memory of Roberta
In Memory of Richard Gryniewski St. Adalbert
Charles & Norene Quinlan Rosholt, WI
Giuliani King Recreation
Brookfield, WI Roberta Stout Committee Kathy Sattler
In Memory of Norman Onalaska, WI King, WI Pine River, WI
Frauenfelder In Memory of Richard
Quinlan Tom Walker Shari Shopinski
American Legion King, WI Plover, WI
Auxiliary Post 128 James & Mary Quinlan
Stockbridge, WI Madison, WI LWML Wings @ King Sherry Brody
In Memory of Richard - Christ Evangelical Kronstedt
James Leibold & Nancy Quinlan Lutheran Church Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Cameron Fremont, WI
Ham Lake, MN Masonic Service Oshkosh Correctional
In Memory of Robert & Association - Steve Gary Schwersinske Institution
Joanne Leibold Labus King, WI Oshkosh, WI
Oshkosh, WI
Linda & Todd Peterson DAV Chapter 56 Liliane Opsomer
Oconto Falls, WI Joan Fox & Chris Eagle River, WI Birmingham, AL
In Memory of Joe VanDellen
Literski Waupaca, WI Ronald Rugg Addison Perry
King, WI Green Bay, WI
Adam & Lisa Jelen VFW Post 8068
Hartford, WI Elderon, WI Cora Schwersinske
In Memory of George King, WI continued on page 7
Goggins VFW Post 2114
New Lisbon, WI 5
WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News
Joan Grawvunder
WVH-King Member
Blessed-Babies
W OW! They did it! We are blessed with another new great-granddaughter. Ruth Marie was born
at 7:31 p.m. Oh, my, she is so beautiful!! She has such beautiful, kissable cheeks. I can’t wait to
try them out!
She has two wonderful big brothers that will be meeting Ruthie sometime this afternoon. I would
love to see them meet their new little sister. It probably will be a little noisy because the boys will
be so excited meeting their new little sister.
Ruthie’s daddy hasn’t seen her yet because he is a proud military man serving in the middle east
somewhere. He was able to be there via video chat to watch as his baby girl come into this world.
However, he hasn’t been able to meet her in person or hold her yet. What rejoicing there will be
when he is finally able to do that!
There have been other celebrations in the past as the boys were born but now it’s a girl again!
Thank you, Jesus, for Mama’s safe delivery of this beautiful baby. Please bless both mama and
Ruthie with good health and safe keeping through the days and years as they go by! Thank you,
Jesus for all the joy you give this family. We are so blessed!
We have two pretty little girls in my grandson’s house family and oh what fun they are! The stories
we have heard about our sweet little Raven just causes shock, giggles, and at times hysteria. We,
just don’t know how a 2-year-old little girl can know all the things that come out of her mouth. It
totally confuses her daddy!
In only 3-4 years our family has been blessed with 9-10 young children, just here in Wisconsin. So
far, I have had no info coming in from my Missouri family, but I do know there are at least two that
I know about.
If I have counted correctly, we should be able to give a loose rundown of beautiful children in our
family, under the age of four years old. So, in Clintonville there are 2 little girls in one household.
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In Memory of WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING
In Memory of
“Our country is in mourning, a veteran died today.”
Robert E LaRoe James H Kniebes Alvin H Tesch
William A Glanville Ronald W Jensen Phillip L Hickok
Florence G Domonkos Wendy S Olson
Edwin W Johnson Larry E Davis
George E Hecox Steven A Jones
Donations continued from page 6
Sharon Roxanne Wallis Terri McCabe Behnke
Appleton, WI Roswell, GA Almond, WI
Please call
Grace Virtual Academy Alliance Charter Harrison’s ahead at
- 2nd Grade Elementary Madison, WI 715.256.5020
Green Bay, WI Neenah, WI with large
AMVETS - Wayne M. or unique
Jean Seidl Department of Inte-
Seymour, WI rior/National Park Ser- VFW Post 8280 donations.
vice - Alaska Regional Peplin, WI
Janet & Terry Misich Office
Alexandria, VA Anchorage, AK American Legion
Auxiliary 263
Seymour Aux Post Ron & Cindy Miller New London, WI
#106 Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Seymour, WI
Holy Stitches
VFWA State Dept. Waupun, WI
Monona, WI
Cathy Mackay
Dick Morey Plover, WI
Waupaca, WI
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WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News
Getting
to know our Team Meet Deborah Suchon
H ello fellow volunteers, my name is Deborah Suchon!
What an honor it has been to be of service for the
Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, since 2018. I have met
so many special people who reside at King and spending
time with them is so rewarding. I have met many friends
also as a bonus, by being a volunteer. We all have the
same goal, to be of service to our Veterans!
I live with my husband, Conrad Suchon, a Vietnam Veteran
who is dealing with many of the same issues the King Vets
are dealing with. We live in Stevens Point, WI and have a
blended family with a lot of grandkids. I recently retired after 35 years working in the medical field.
Since my children were young, we have volunteered any time we were given the opportunity to.
I am a member of the Department of AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary as a state officer, I am also the AMVETS
Auxiliary 1051 President, Stevens Point. I belong to several Veterans organizations, VFW, DAV, and
work with the Honor Flight in Central Wisconsin. I also serve on the King Rec Committee with two
other AMVETS Auxiliary Members.
My introduction to King was from the AMVETS Department of Wisconsin, which does a King
weekend in September and that is when I realized how special it was to be with the King members.
It only takes an hour or two a week or as much time as you want to devote to King to be a volunteer.
The opportunities are endless with all the projects and areas that you can volunteer, and you’re
given the opportunity to voice your ideas for projects and we all have talents that can be very useful
as a volunteer. I cannot wait to get back on campus and see all the smiling, beautiful faces of the
King members that I have missed since Covid-19 has prevented us from being on campus. With
vaccines in our future, lets hope that changes soon!
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Chaplain’s Column WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING
Ben Schroeder
Protestant Chaplain
AGAPE LOVE
O ne Valentine’s Day morning Emma woke up with a start. Her husband Jim asked what was
wrong. She told him, “I just had a dream that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s
Day. What do you think it means?” “You’ll know tonight,” Jim said. That evening Jim brought home
a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, Emma opened it…only to find a book entitled
“The Meaning of Dreams.”
I recently came across that piece of Valentine’s Day humor, which brought a smile to my face.
Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the month of February, and many couples will have exchanged
gifts. Walgreens is still filled with red…red heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, red Valentine’s Day
cards, and red flowers for the occasion. Red is the symbolic color for love. And people around the
world are celebrating romantic love, which is a gift from God. Yet there is a much higher form of
love than romantic love.
The origin of Valentine’s Day is Christian in nature. There are records of different Christian leaders
in the early church named Valentine. One stands out among the others. And this record refers
to a historical figure named Valentine from Rome in the third century. He was a Christian priest
during the reign of Emperor Claudius. During this era polygamy (the practice of having more than
one spouse at the same time) was the accepted practice of Roman society. Christians practiced
monogamy (the practice of being married to one spouse at a time) as taught by Scripture and
Jesus. Many Roman citizens observed the devoted love Christian couples had for one another, and
they became attracted to Christianity. This kind of love reflected Christ’s committed love for the
Church and the Church’s committed love for Christ.
Many Roman leaders in government were troubled by the strong influence of the Christian faith.
And they considered it a threat to their pagan culture and practices. As a result, Claudius outlawed
Christian marriages. Nonetheless, Valentine continued to marry Christians. Eventually he was
arrested and imprisoned. In prison he continued to share Christ’s love and the Gospel, which
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WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Birthdays
February Birthdays
1 Donald G Rozga OH 16 Ronald C Carlson AH 23 Clifford G Maloney AH
3 John G Gengler OH 17 Thomas L Jensen OH 24 Donald L Miller OH
6 Emil J Zmudka AH 18 Diane A Huff OH Alan Rudnitzki OH
10 James L Stratton OH 19 Scott B Forsyth OH 25 James D Watson OH
11 Robert D Pruse MH 20 Donald R Stangl OH 28 Paul O Benisch AH
Michael G Kuffel AH Roy A Kardoskee AH 29 Robert A Woller MH
12 Patrick H Keena AH Kenneth K Keller AH
14 Janet M Watson OH 21 Melvin K Turney MH
Michael J Petrick OH Edward L Huff AH
March Birthdays
1 Howard H Hagen MH 9 Edward M Lein OH 20 Kathleen C Johnson AH
2 Melda A Ullman AH Warren D Johnson AH Leo V Harris AH
Allen R Jacobsen OH 10 Joseph F Polarek AH 21 Gladys A Pleshek OH
3 George R Lamke OH William G Brouillet AH Walter G Anderson AH
Lawrence J Shallue OH Cecelia J Smith OH Royce A Blankinship OH
Randy G Wright AH Franklin J Fura MH John G Johnson MH
6 David W Salan MH 11 Irvin B Scherer AH Paul T Smith AH
Charles S Barton AH Carl A Williams MH 22 Dolores A Jaworski AH
7 Marilyn F Heleniak AH 12 Douglas P Poeschl OH 24 Larry W Richardson OH
Gordon T Sailer OH 13 James P Szutkowski OH Michael D Henningsen AH
Elmer M Wold AH 16 Shirley M Cross AH 26 Betty L Stangeland OH
Patrick E Pludeman OH Joseph J Wierzba AH David L Katzner AH
17 George P Karpinski OH 27 Jerome W PLantikow AH
Michael P Brocher MH 30 Russel A Schinke MH
Douglas T Stutzman OH 31 Hope I Vierck MH
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Blessed-Babies continued from page 6
In Waupaca 2 little girls in one family. Also, in Waupaca our beautiful
Rowan (who passed away) and one beautiful, gentle boy with the
most beautiful eyes ever in another house. And in King 2 precious
boys and one precious new baby girl. (I hope I have done this
correctly! Otherwise wow how embarrassing will that be!)
I am enclosing a photo of my newest little grandbaby for you all
to see. I hope it brings a smile to all of you as it does to me. What
a blessing new babies are and oh what joy they bring to a family!
Again, I want to say thank you to all of you for the cards you
have sent to all of us here at king over the past year. They really
brighten my day. You are very special, and you make me proud of
the people of King and all the people who remember us here. May the
Lord bless you abundantly!
Blood Mary Pass: Members in Olson Hall enjoyed loaded bloody mary mocktails!
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AGAPE LOVE continued from page 9
eventually led to his execution. Valentine experienced the highest form of love, God’s sacrificial love
for him in Christ. Consequently, he extended sacrificial love to others even though it cost him his life.
In the New Testament there are a few words used for love that have nuanced meanings. With that said,
the Greek (original language of the New Testament) word used to describe God’s love for us is “agape.”
And it means to love someone unconditionally, selflessly, and sacrificially. Here is a well-known New
Testament verse that uses the word agape: “For God so AGAPED/LOVED the world that He gave His
one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16/NIV).”
Another example that military service members are familiar with: “Greater AGAPE/LOVE has no one
than this, that he lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13/NIV).” This kind of love is not a feeling but
an action of the will.
I remember hearing a pastor once explain that people who come into marriage without an
understanding of agape love will be deeply disillusioned and disappointed. He said: “Some people
get married and want an ideal. And then they get an ordeal. And then they want a new deal.” Agape
love says: “I will continue to apply loving actions towards you even when I don’t feel like doing so. I
will continue to love you even when it hurts me, and it is not returned.” As followers of Jesus, we are
all called to love others this way. But if we are honest, we have all failed to do this to one degree or
another. For some this has resulted in broken marriages and divorces. For all of us this has resulted in
wounded relationships with family members and friends at different times in our lives.
Here is the Good News: God AGAPE/LOVES us. Although it hurt Him deeply to sacrifice His one and
only Son, He did so because that was the only way to save us from our sins (John 3:16). Jesus’ RED-
colored blood was sacrificially shed for us so that our sins of lovelessness and selfishness could be
taken away (Hebrews 9:22). Jesus’ resurrection from the dead confirmed that God, the Father, accepted
Jesus’ love-based sacrifice for all our past, present, and future sins. By faith in Jesus, we now stand in
a right relationship of love with God. (Romans 5:1). Having experienced God’s AGAPE/LOVE we, as
Christians, pursue daily extending AGAPE/LOVE to those around us like Saint Valentine did. Jesus said:
“AGAPE/LOVE each other as I have AGAPE/LOVED you (John 15:12b/NIV).” We cannot do it in our own
strength. Yet inspired by God’s love and strengthened by the Spirit’s power we strive to love others
this way (2 Corinthians 5:14). And this also moves us to reconcile with others who have hurt us and
whom we have hurt (Ephesians 4:32).
Valentine’s Day is observed on February 14th. And this year, Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian
season of Lent is observed on February 17th. The proximity on the calendar of both observances,
Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, is meaningful. On Valentine’s Day many celebrate romantic love.
On Ash Wednesday and during Lent, Christians consider the highest form of love, God’s AGAPE love
for sinners like us. In this contemplative season, Christians reflect on Jesus’ AGAPE love that drove Him
to bear the Cross for us and our salvation.
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AGAPE LOVE continued from page 12
On Ash Wednesday, many Christians will receive the imposition of ashes on their foreheads and
will hear the words: “For dust you are and to dust you will return (Genesis 3:19b/NIV).” And we will
contemplate on our sinfulness, mortality, and God’s call to repentance and faith in Christ. Even as we
do so we will be filled with hope and joy. When the ashes are imposed, they will be traced out in the
form of the Cross. And believers will ponder anew the amazing AGAPE love of God expressed in the
suffering and death of Jesus at Calvary to deliver us from sin, death, and the power of the Devil. His
resurrection on Easter morning confirms that God, the Father, accepted His sacrifice on our behalf!
In conclusion, I would like to share a true story that I read about a while back. Although I do not
recall all the details the gist of the story is the following: After losing their thirteen-year-old daughter,
the parents decided to donate their daughter’s organs to needy patients. They lived in Dallas. There
was a sick, ten-year-old girl who lived in Phoenix. And her heart had experienced a degree of failure
five years earlier. Most of the time the girl could only sleep. The parents of the thirteen-year-old girl
decided to donate their daughter’s heart to this ten-year-old girl. After the successful heart transplant,
the parents flew to Phoenix to meet the young girl. Not long after meeting her they asked for a
stethoscope. They placed the stethoscope on the girl’s heart. And they listened to their daughter’s
heartbeat in the body of this other little girl. It greatly moved them. They heard the beating heart of
their daughter indwelling the body of another.
For all of us in Christ, in a sense, God gave us the heart of His Son. And God hears His Son’s heartbeat
in us now. We are now His beloved children. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who AGAPED/LOVED
me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20/NIV).” And Jesus’ heart now beats in us and moves us to
AGAPE/LOVE those around us. What a privilege we have been given…to daily celebrate and share
with others the highest form of love- Christ’s AGAPE/LOVE.
Ice Out Contest 2021
Let your activity staff if you would
like to make a guess for the date and
time when you think Joe Cool will fall
into the water on Rainbow Lake. This
is for members and employees only.
One guess per person. Contest ends
Thursday, March 18th.
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Library
The Library has added several books to its permanent collection.
The following are some of those books.
Nighthawk by Clive Cussler both Whit and Felix have lost parts of themselves.
When the most advanced aircraft ever designed And it is she who possesses the true power necessary
vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe for survival: the power to heal, to forgive, and to bring
Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the these two lost souls back from the demonic spiritual
fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical darkness into which they have fallen.
technology, but the United States worries about a Ignoring their new orders, Red Rover secretly sets
darker problem. They know what others don’t—that out to find the protected Saudi terrorist, the first step
the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of in a perilous journey into the heart of a vast conspiracy
exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of that involves the NSA, a cabal of immensely wealthy
the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near mystics known as the Alchemists, and an ageless
absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo visionary out to create an entirely new way of waging
is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of war. A war that will destabilize one of the great super-
nearly unthinkable proportions. powers and forever rearrange the balance of power
From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of across the entire globe.
South America to an icy mountain lake many believe
to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA Enemy of the State by Kyle Mills
team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster After 9/11, the United States made one of the
. . . but they may be caught in a race that no one can most secretive and dangerous deals in its history.
win. The evidence against the powerful Saudis who
coordinated the attack would be buried. In return,
Any Minute Now by Eric Van Lustbader King Faisal would promise to keep the oil flowing and
Red Rover is broken, finished, dead. The blackest deal with the conspirators in his midst.
of black ops teams is betrayed on its top-priority When the king’s own nephew is discovered
mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi funding ISIS, the president suspects that the Saudis
terrorist. One of their own is killed, the remaining never intended to live up to their agreement. He
two barely get home alive. Then without warning or decides that the royalty needs to be sent a message
explanation the mission is shut down. and that Mitch Rapp is just the man to deliver it. The
Greg Whitman and Felix Orteño are left adrift catch? America can’t be seen moving against an ally.
in a world full of deathly shadows, blind alleys, and Rapp will be on his own. Forced to make a decision
unanswerable questions. Into their midst comes that will change his life forever, Rapp quits the CIA
Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented arms expert and assembles a group of independent contractors
with a past entangled with Whit’s. Though Charlie to help him complete the mission.
grapples with damage of her own, she becomes their They’ve barely begun unraveling the connections
new center, their moral compass, and their reason for between the Saudi government and ISIS when the
resurrecting Red Rover. brilliant new head of the intelligence directorate
Despite Whit’s seemingly super-normal abilities it discovers their efforts. With Rapp getting too close,
is Charlie, fully rooted in reality, who recognizes that he threatens to go public with the details of the post-
9/11 agreement between the two countries.
14Movies Playing WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING
MOVIES SHOWN ON MEMBER CHANNEL 4.1
PLAYING Movies scheduled for FEBRUARY are:
Monday, February 1 Saturday, February 13 Thursday, February 25
Mary Poppins Bullitt Indiana Jones: Raiders of the
Rated G Rated PG Lost Ark
2 Hr. 19 Min. 1 Hr. 54 Min. Rated PG
1 Hr. 55 Min.
Wednesday, February 3 Monday, February 15
When Harry Met Sally The Wizard of Oz Saturday, February 27
Rated R Rated PG Romancing the Stone
1 Hr. 35 Min. 1 Hr. 42 Min. Rated PG
1 Hr. 46 Min.
Thursday, February 4 Wednesday, February 17
Ghostbusters The Philadelphia Story
Rated PG Rated G
1 Hr. 45 Min. 1 Hr. 52 Min.
Saturday, February 6 Thursday, February 18
Terminator Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke
Rated R Rated R
1 Hr. 47 Min. 1 Hr. 26 Min.
Monday, February 8 Saturday, February 20
For a Few Dollars More Jaws
Rated R Rated PG
2 Hr. 12 Min. 2 Hr. 04 Min
Wednesday, February 10 Monday, February 22
Stand By Me High Plains Drifter
Rated R Rated R
1 Hr. 29 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
Thursday, February 11 Wednesday, February 24
North by Northwest Die Hard
Rated R Rated R
2 Hr. 16 Min. 2 Hr. 12 Min.
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Thank you Howard Koslosky for February Anniversary
sponsoring a dilly bar treat to the 25 James and Janet Watson
members in MacArthur Hall.
Riddle VITAL STATISTICS
I have branches, but no Male Census 311 Female Census 71
fruit, trunk or leaves.
What am I?
Previous riddle: Air Force 50 Afghanistan 1
On Christmas eve, Army 225 Berlin 3
when Santa leaves his
workshop on the North Army Air Corps 1 Korea 59
Pole, what direction does Coast Guard 4 Lebanon 2
he travel?
Marine Corps 39 Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm 4
Answer: South. Navy 64 Operation Enduring Freedom 2
If you’re on the North Peacetime 75
Pole the only direction
you can go is south. Women Veterans 11 Vietnam 186
WWII 24
16Ainsworth Hall WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING
Activity Therapist Assistant Susie O’Neill Members enjoying painting.
visiting with Charles Guay.
LaVerne Langer enjoys looking through her
memory book of photos and exercising.
Kurtis Kading receiving his first
Moderna vaccine.
17WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING MacArthur Hall
Thinking of You! Members made Happy birthday, Laverne and
Valentine cards to send to the MacArthur Larry!
Hall volunteers.
Happy birthday, Bobby! He sponsored
Dunkin’ Donuts and enjoyed a video chat
with his family.
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READING
gives us
Someplace
to go when
we have to
stay
where we are
l
10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD READ
1. Reading is good for your brain
2. Reading introduces you to new ideas and invites you to solve problems
3. Reading makes you a better writer
4. Reading improves your conversational skills
5. Reading strengthens worldview and convictions
6. Reading increases your knowledge of history
7. Reading increases cultural knowledge (without an expensive plane flight)
8. Reading challenges your imagination
9. Reading inspires you
10. Reading reduces stress
PLEASE CONTACT THE MARDEN LIBRARY IF YOU WOULD
LIKE LIBRARY MATERIALS DELIVERED TO YOUR ROOM
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F or those of you who don’t know me, I want to take this
opportunity to introduce myself. I am Russ Butkiewicz and I will
be assuming the role of Medical Director here at the Wisconsin
Veterans Home – King. For the past thirty years I have had the
great pleasure of caring for members at King as a physician and
working with many of the excellent staff who work so hard to
provide quality care for the people you serve. I look forward to
my new role supporting all that you do especially during this
time of great hardship.
I also wanted to offer some “Thank you’s”. First of all, I would like
to thank Dr. Strobusch for his many years of service as Medical
Director. I would especially like to thank him for coming out of
retirement to resume his role during this special time of need. I
would also like to thank each and every one of you for all of your
flexibility and efforts to adapt to the challenges the pandemic has presented.
The pandemic has been filled with much uncertainty, change and sorrow. Thankfully, there is
also a light at the end of the tunnel. This week, I received my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccines have proven highly effective and will likely exceed expectations. If you haven’t yet,
I would like to encourage you to consider being vaccinated. This is a way for you to help care
for yourself, your family and friends and, yes, care for your co-workers and our members. Taking
the vaccine will limit the likelihood of your contracting the disease and spreading it to others.
It is also the way that we will likely be able to safely visit others, travel, attend gatherings and
many other things that have been limited over the past year. For now, it is recommended that
we continue with current masking and social distancing until further information is available
regarding new variants of the virus and vaccination is more widespread.
For those of you that are in the process of being vaccinated, thank you. For those who have not
yet been vaccinated, I strongly encourage you to consider this step to help end the pandemic
and to allow you and our country and society to take steps to return to a more normal state.
Please also encourage those you care for to get the vaccine. If you have questions about the
vaccine, I encourage you to discuss them with your healthcare provider. Together, we can work
to bring the pandemic under control. Thank you for being the light for yourself and for others.
If you have additional concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to working
with all of you.
With deep gratitude for your service,
Dr Russ
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