Up on the Hill: Sharing the summer with the community
Summertime and the living is easy...words to a yesteryear song vacationers must be singing on the beaches. Grandchildren from Georgia are making plans to visit soon, and I am leaving the blueberry picking to the great grandchildren! They have so much vim and vigor it does my heart good to see them in a berry picking contest.
Thanks to Charlie Heisler for getting the golf cart running smoothly for berry picking time. The visiting children will enjoy driving on the trail beyond the garden after they finish picking berries.
The Laurel Hill Cemetery Commission have a hard working man keeping the grounds looking good. Wain Huckabee also keeps our property and other lawns in Laurel Hill looking nice. I appreciate the good service we all get at a reasonable price.
I received a call from a reader with questions about the Rogers family. They happen to be another family line but I enjoyed the talk with her about our families. Daily life is much the same with all generations. Supporting each other, whether friends are getting acquainted with a new person is encouraging. Thanks Mrs. Kennedy for the lively conversation.
Doug recently had a short stay at Silvercrest Manor in Crestview. He was treated by lovely professional care givers in a gentle manner. My special thanks to Meg, Barbara, Carrie and Lorene, for the extra miles they continue to go on behalf of patients and their families. We highly recommend this facility for their care and concern. For more information call 850-682-1903.
After several weeks of rehab at Silvercrest Manor, Doug is at Carington Manor in Crestview, a secure assisted living facility designed to care for those with dementia-related diseases, in a comfortable environment. We hope to see continued future improvements in his health. I am impressed with the staff at Carington Manor and the beautiful facility on East James Lee Blvd.
The Alzheimer Support group is held on the third Thursday, at the Baptist Church activities building at 2 p.m. You are encouraged to attend one of these support group meetings with your neighbors going through similar situations.
I never leave a gathering without good information and support. I hope you will mark your calendar for this special monthly event. For more information call Support Group leader Carolyn Williams at 850-598-1057.
On June 18th the Alzheimer's support group enjoyed a special guest speaker, Angela Warren, elder law attorney. She gave us needed information and the opportunity to ask questions from the lively group present.
The Lady Hilltoppers meet on the third Tuesday of the month at the Laurel Hill Grill at 11:00 a.m. This is a small neighborhood group welcoming others to join them for a dutch-treat fellowship lunch in the private dining space rightly named the HOBO Room. Most of the lunches end with laughter and an ice cream cone!
Roger G. Smith, 80, a resident of Laurel Hill, passed away in a Crestview hospital Sunday, June 14, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Rhodes Smith of Laurel Hill, owner of The What’s It Shop on North SR 85. Our sincere condolences to the Smith family.
Alpha & Omega house cleaning services are offered by Laurel Hill owner, Carla D. Steele. She is licensed and insured, offers free estimates for all your cleaning needs. She furnishes all cleaning supplies and leaves your house clean from bottom to top. Ring 850.546.1225 for more information.
This month the Red Hat Society ladies met in Florala at the Big R’s Bed & Breakfast for lunch. We decided our Christmas Fling would be an overnight stay in the warm atmosphere of Sarah’s Bed & Breakfast the first Thursday in December 2009.
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
