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Remember to give thanks

Never rake leaves again

Share holiday traditions with friends

Hot home-cooked meals served by a cozy replace

No more housework

Enjoy month to month rent with utilities & cable TV

Greater securitySing carols with my friends

Have the family over for holiday meals

Celebrate life

Stroll the Village Art Gallery and view new monthly artists

Expand my knowledge of computers

Live my life as I design it

Exercise my body and my mind

Convenient transportation to shoppingand my appointments

Move to Pines Village apartments

Recipe for Life

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olunteering has always dened Maxine Philips.

have to feel like Im contributing, says the energetic

uagenarian whose families have contributed so much

e Valparaiso area.

er great, great grandfather served in the American

olution which spurred Maxine to become a member of

Daughters of the American Revolution, where she is now

ng as regent for the local Chapter.

hile serving as president of the Porter County Council of

ch Women, Maxines mother, Mary E. Bartz, helped found

pering Pines Health Care Center. Because the endeavor

eate such a nursing care facility in Valparaiso was so im-ant to her mother, Maxine today serves as treasurer for the

r County Council of Church Women.

First Christian, Disciples of Christ

ch, Maxine has served as deacon,r, treasurer and trustee. The se days

eads the churchs Christian womens

wship group.

ith the Indiana sorority Tri Kappa, she

been president of two chapters -- the

chapter and later the Beta chapter.

she has also served as a chapter J president of PEO, and

ed as secretary to the International President of PEO. Thensive involvement in her community reects the deep ties

has here.

axines grandfather settled just east of the city in the

s, in the area of Washington Township bisected by theern road that bears his name, Bartz Road. Her parents

ed Home Ice Company, later known as Clover Leaf Dairy.

ter graduating from Valparaiso High School and

pleting a year at Indiana University, Maxine marriedPhilips. Phil taught school, worked at Midwest Steel and

t 22 years in the appliance business.

While staying home to raise three children, Maxine took

evening classes and received her BS in education. My father

insisted his daughters have a way to support themselves in

case it became necessary, she says. In 1988 Maxine wentto work at Health and Oncology and remained for the next

20 years.

A few years after her husbands and sisters deaths,

Maxine moved to Pines Village. Although it was not easy toleave the house shed lived in for so long, she also didnt like

being alone.

I did not want to be a burden to my

children, she says. They were alwaysconcerned when I was in my house.

Now that shes at Pines Village, shes eating

better while doing a lot less cooking, thanks tothe meals served in the sun-lled dining room.

Maxine plays bridge and euchre with

fellow residents and has even taken to newer technologies.

Shes hooked on computer games like solitaire, so much sothat she feels lost without them. If the computer goes down,

its like my arm is gone, she says. And of course Maxine

continues her tradition of volunteerism at her new home.

She is on the Pines Village resident council and she serves

as a corridor representative.

She is grateful for her new friends and for the

community they share. Its just a wonderful place to live,

Maxine says. Pines Village has made me feel like an

independent person.

Maxine Phillipssident Spotlight

Pines Village hasmade me feel like anindependent person.

Residents know they cancount on us at any time.

Rita DuncanStaff Spotlight

Many Pines Village residents never see one of their

communitys most important employees.

And for her part, when Rita Duncan sees residents, its often

in a much different light from other staff members.

Rita works the midnight shift, taking charge of a range of

maintenance jobs and providing security for the Pines Village

complex while residents sleep. Because she is the rst responderto problems or emergencies residents may face in the wee

hours, she often encounters them without the make-up and

clothing even the wigs and dentures they would normally

wear during the day.

But even though she may not later recognize the residents she

has helped, she feels a closeness to them that makes her ready

to respond to any situation at a moments notice.

Her shifts can get long, so Rita checks the refrigerators andcoolers several times a night but not to snatch a midnight

snack. She is simply making sure the equipment has not

broken down. I f it does, she must immediately get the food

into a working unit. Without a quick response, Pines Village

would lose thousands of dollars worth of meat, produce anddairy items.

Its a satisfying and rewarding job, Rita says. It can be intense,

for example when multiple emergency calls come in at once.And that happens, she says with a knowing but condent smile.

Her condence comes from trust in Pines Villages core

philosophy and the quality of its staff. We work as one great

family, Rita says. Residents know they can count on us atany time.

In her life beyond Pines Village, Rita juggles as wide

range of activities as on the job.

As a historical genealogical researcher for Native

American tribes of the Great Lakes region, she helps c

locate ancestors and studies the movements of nativ

She has given talks on Native American culture for ove

decades. Rita is three-quarters Native American hersfamily lines in both the Lenape and Odawa Ottawa p

She also has a French-Canadian grandmother and a

grandfather, her personal history reecting the interse

Europeans and Native Americans she explores in her

Rita plays the mountain dulcimer with her family of

practices karate and has been a wood carver for alm

century. I still have all my ngers, she declares prou

The life-long Northwest Indiana resident married heschool sweetheart Ronald. They live on and work a s

with help from their six children and 12 grandkids.

Living on the farm, it turns out, keeps Rita in good p

for dealing with the variety of responsibilities she handVillage. Being a farmers wife, you learn to do a lot o

she says. You have to decide what has to be done a

have to respond quickly.

And shes good at that. Jus t ask any Pines Village who has relied on her help in the middle of the night.

* To read the Maxine and Rita

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Pines Village Retirement Communities

3303 Pines Village Circle

Valparaiso, Indiana 46383

Experience Pines Village

Retirement Communities

not-or-proft dierence

frst-hand where we put

people beore profts.

Quality, not earnings,

is how we measure

our success.

Stop on by, order a

pumpkin pie and meet

our amazing residents

and sta.

Call Kathy Sheely

anytime at 219.465.9918

or email us at

info@PinesVillage.org.

We Celebrate Lifeand welcome you to celebrate with us

Community Calendar:

Friday, December 2

Holiday Bazaar, 10:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

The bazaar is a unique selection o

git items, rom local retailers and

craters, or every person on your list.

Stop by and get a start on your

holiday shopping.

Throughout the holiday season

Cookies & Pies, 219.465.1591

Since 1983, Pines Village residents have

had a yummy little secret abulous

ood. Lucky or you weve decided to

share our ortune by oering scrumptious

resh baked cookies & pies to everyone.

Just call us to order your cookies and pies

as holiday gits or or amily gatherings.