DECEMBER 2013 SPECTRUM HEALTH COMPANIES Proudly serving the communities of Babbitt, Brainerd, Burnsville, Cook, Duluth, Ely, Eveleth, Grand Rapids, Metro/Faribault, Rochester, St. Cloud, Silver Bay and Willmar. HORIZONS HORIZONS HORIZONS Eveleth/Virginia Office 2000 Siegel Blvd Eveleth, MN 55734 218-741-3013 FAX: 218-741-1448 Twin Cities Office 6205 Crossman Lane Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 651-451-0569 FAX: 651-455-1179 www.spectrumhealthcos.com John was always willing to do whatever we asked of him. He started as a resident assistant and then took on the maintenance position when it be- came available. He cooked in the kitchen when we needed help there too. He was kind to the residents and other staff. He played Santa last year at Christmas and wore a floppy hat and coconut bra in the Timber Days parade on our float. He was recently baptized and had a few staff and residents as his sponsors. He passed away November 30th and a me- morial was held for him at Cook Carefree Living on December 4th. We all miss him very much. Submitted by Robin Pliml, Cook CFL Manager As a reminder, Spectrum provides employees with a free employee assistance program through Unum. Grief support services are available and the information you share with Unum is completely confidential. You can contact them toll free 24/7 at 1-800-854-1446 or online lifebalance.net (username and password: lifebalance). Face-to-face visits are also available. Merle White and his wife Alida have lived at Carefree Living Silver Bay since February 1, 2012. Prior to moving into CFL, Merle and Alida lived in their own home in Silver Bay and were active in their church and community, plant- ing flowers at the local churches and around town. Merle was a horticulturist for Bachman’s Nursery in the Twin Cities since 1948. He built the lake cottage home in Prior Lake that he and Alida lived in for 43 years prior to moving to Silver Bay. In addition to horticulture and nursery work, Merle is also very busy in his woodshop in the garage at Carefree Living making wooden bowls with his lathe. Merle also began the Rose Garden at CFL last year and many people living here and coming to visit have enjoyed “taking time to smell the roses!” Thank you Merle for all of your hard work and dedication to making our grounds here at Carefree Living so beautiful! Submitted by Sue Spies, Silver Bay Carefree Living Manager Eveleth Office Holds 1st Annual Holiday Food Drive Eveleth Office Holds 1st Annual Holiday Food Drive From December 2nd through December 20th Spectrum Eveleth Office will be accepting donations for our 1st Annual Holiday Food Drive! Donations will be given to Quad Cities Food Shelf. Spectrum encourages all of our facilities and branches to help their community during the holiday season.
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S P E C T R U M H E A L T H
C O M P A N I E S
Proudly serving the communities of Babbitt, Brainerd, Burnsville, Cook, Duluth, Ely, Eveleth,
Grand Rapids, Metro/Faribault, Rochester, St. Cloud, Silver Bay and Willmar.
H O R I Z O N SH O R I Z O N SH O R I Z O N S
Eveleth/Virginia Office 2000 Siegel Blvd
Eveleth, MN 55734 218-741-3013
FAX: 218-741-1448
Twin Cities Office 6205 Crossman Lane
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
651-451-0569 FAX: 651-455-1179
www.spectrumhealthcos.com
John was always willing to do whatever we asked of him. He started as a resident assistant and then took on the maintenance position when it be-came available. He cooked in the kitchen when we needed help there too. He was kind to the residents and other staff. He played Santa last year at Christmas and wore a floppy hat and coconut bra in the Timber Days parade on our float. He was recently baptized and had a few staff and residents as his sponsors. He passed away November 30th and a me-morial was held for him at Cook Carefree Living on December 4th. We all miss him very much. Submitted by Robin Pliml, Cook CFL Manager
As a reminder, Spectrum provides employees with a free employee assistance program through Unum. Grief support services are available and the information you share with Unum is completely confidential. You can contact them toll free 24/7 at 1-800-854-1446 or online lifebalance.net (username and password: lifebalance). Face-to-face visits are also available.
Merle White and his wife Alida have lived at Carefree Living Silver Bay since February 1, 2012. Prior to moving into CFL, Merle and Alida lived in their own home in Silver Bay and were active in their church and community, plant-ing flowers at the local churches and around town. Merle was a horticulturist for Bachman’s Nursery in the Twin Cities since 1948. He built the lake cottage home in Prior Lake that he and Alida lived in for 43 years prior to moving to Silver Bay. In addition to horticulture and nursery work, Merle is also very busy in his woodshop in the garage at Carefree Living making wooden bowls with his lathe. Merle also began the Rose Garden at CFL last year and many people living here and coming to visit have enjoyed “taking time to smell the roses!” Thank you Merle for all of your hard work and dedication to making our grounds here at Carefree Living so beautiful!
Submitted by Sue Spies, Silver Bay Carefree Living Manager
Eveleth Office Holds 1st Annual Holiday Food DriveEveleth Office Holds 1st Annual Holiday Food Drive From December 2nd through December 20th Spectrum Eveleth Office will be accepting donations for
our 1st Annual Holiday Food Drive! Donations will be given to Quad Cities Food Shelf. Spectrum encourages all of our facilities and branches to help their community during the holiday season.
MESSAGE FROM THE OWNMESSAGE FROM THE OWNMESSAGE FROM THE OWNER / CEO, MERLE SAMPSONER / CEO, MERLE SAMPSONER / CEO, MERLE SAMPSON
Eveleth HC Amber Walburn
Kristine Ott
Willmar HC Ashley Lundebrek
Ely CFL Tiarra Orcutt
Roberta Johnson
Burnsville CFL Rutha King Edward Aika
Saint Cloud CFL Bonnie Bernick Louis Gorman
Roselyn Thommes
Cook CFL Jolene Gitzlaff
Silver Bay CFL Katelynn Derosier Katlyn Bjerkness
Amanda Halvorson Irish Bonner
Babbitt CFL Kayla Kopp
Christina Evridge
Brainerd CFL Ashley Mann
*Through November 30, 2013
Corporate Tessa Tome 1 year
Metro HC
Norma Leonard 15 years
Rochester HC
Christine Graves 1 year
Saint Cloud CFL Lynn Chapman 5 years Lavonne Teske 5 years
Jill Olk 2 years
Burnsville CFL Kathy Nasr 2 years
Anabel Nunez 2 years Cayla Quist 2 years Cosmus Arita 1 year Luann Ward 1 year
Babbitt CFL
Sheryl Mathews 1 year Debra Anderson 1 year
Silver Bay CFL Linda Stevens 1 year
Brainerd CFL
Deborah Clarke 5 years Lisa Battin 2 years
Ely CFL
Sherri Agnich 4 years Julia Hogan 4 years
George Barich 4 years Wendy Varey 1 year
Kylee Hanninen 1 year
2013 in Review
In a short time another calendar year will be
over. I am reminded how fortunate we are, to
live in America and for most to have their
health, happiness and families.
With the opening of our Babbitt assisted
living and memory care facility in January,
Spectrum continues to remain a stable and
growing organization. 2014 will mark the
opening of our 5th assisted living and memory
care community in Orr, MN since 2008! This
will bring us to a total of 16 housing and
homecare entities, providing employment to
nearly 500 employees company wide.
Spectrum has been fortunate enough to add
housing, services and employment to the sur-
rounding communities we serve. Other less
fortunate organizations have had to cut or
eliminate growth or employment opportuni-
ties over the years. Development opportuni-
ties exist, in part, due to our proven track
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Cook CFL held their annual Bake & Craft Sale on Saturday November 23, 2013. Residents, families and staff assisted or donated items for the sale. The sale had a good turn out with monies raised going toward resident activities. Along with the sale we had coffee an' and a Grocery Basket Raffle with the winner being the granddaughter of one of our residents. Baked goods include Dawn's famous Pumpkin Rolls, home-made pies, cookies and breads. Everyone worked hard and it paid off with a very successful sale. Submitted by Deb Kahn, Cook CFL Admin. Assistant
Attention! Effective January 2014 Spectrum will not be making any changes to the current medical reimbursement and Section 125 benefit programs. If you would like more information on individual plans that are avail-able to you effective 1/1/14, please visit mnsure.org. If you are currently enrolled in an individual insurance plan and your premiums are changing 1/1/14 -or- if you enroll in a new plan 1/1/14 please submit a premium notice to your office support person. Human Resources will evaluate your options under Spectrums medical reimbursement and Section 125 benefit programs.
Thank you note sent to Silver Bay CFL...
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Consoer, Rachelle Crow, Kim Dahl, Christina Dirks, Laurie
Feela, Nikki Field, Kelsey Jacobson, Kara Kampa, Alina
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