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GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING at Western Reserve Masonic Community!

Tuesday, September 28th was a momentous day at Western Reserve Masonic Community. (WRMC) Jason French, WRMC President and other leaders held a ground breaking! The construction project will include an additional 56 independent living apartments with private patios and balconies. This construction project will also include a 50 bed dual certified nursing center with a separate entrance and a new physical/ occupational therapy area. As you enter, you will be greeted by a beautiful great room lobby. There will be multiple dining venues to include a bistro and a formal dining room. You will also have the use of a wellness/fitness area and a multi-purpose room to help keep you active. Your car will be kept out of the weather with spacious underground parking. Be sure to follow our construction progress! These projects will position Western Reserve Masonic Community as the premier senior living community in Medina, Ohio. Please contact us for more information.

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rooms, adult "drop-in" hockey games and host a variety of

OBM Arena in Strongsville to skate on one of their two

hockey leagues in their building. Their public open-skate is

full-sized sheets of ice for a fun and active way to hang

offered year-round every Friday, Saturday and Sunday with

out with the whole gang?

expanded hours during the holiday break as well. The cost

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Northeast Ohio has been a very popular region for amateur and professional hockey for decades now and OBM Arena has been right in the middle of the action since 2002. OBM hosts and organizes adult and youth hockey leagues and are the home ice of the Walsh,

"We are just down the road from the Cleveland airport. The Ohio

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Turnpike (east and west) and I-71 (north and south) run right through

teams and clubs. The Cleveland Monsters of the AHL call OBM

Strongsville. And we literally share parking lots with two different

home to their administrative offices and practice facilities as well.

hotels on the property."

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With a large kitchen and ample space available for groups as big

locals but it is also an extremely popular and busy event center

as 250 people, OBM can easily accommodate parties and confer-

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500,000 to 600,000 guests walk through their doors every year!

can go on our website to see all the food items we offer on our menu

"The location of our rink is really what makes us stand out from

for whatever occasion you would need us for." OBM Arena even has

most of the others in the area," Mike Shockley, owner of Out Of The

a private room with a small studio rink that you could utilize for your

Box Enterprises – who manage and operate OBM Arena – says.

special function as well.

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"We host parties and events all the time. You can go on our website to see all the food items we offer on our menu for whatever occasion you would need us for." Mike and his wife, Lauren, and their son, Zak, not only oversee 100% of the daily operations at OBM, but they also run five other

as young as three or four years old as well. It's an activity that people can do throughout their whole lives!"

outdoor rinks in the area. "My wife and I are constantly looking for

To purchase advance discounted, tickets for OBM's open-skate

sites in the area where we can open a (seasonal) outdoor rink and

sessions you can visit their website at OBMArena.com. You can

we'd love to put one in Medina. It's a beautiful setting down there

also find out more about their services and special events on their

and I think with all the things going on in the downtown area and

Facebook page and website. This year, the arena will once again be

around the square, it would do very well," Mike says. "Ice skating

hosting their Skate with Santa event on Sat., Dec. 11, from 1-2:30

is good, clean fun and it's something that you can do with your

p.m. Santa will be visiting children in the lobby and will also be show-

entire family. We have people who are in their 80's who come out

ing off his skating skills on the ice during this time. Next year, OBM

and skate with us and we have children who are learning to skate

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a year in the life of western reserve masonic community ARTICLE SHIELA WALLACE

THESE LAST 12 MONTHS, 2021, HAVE

Will daily life change for the community

BEEN CHALLENGING FOR SO MANY

members at WRMC? The answer is no.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT WESTERN

The lifestyle that everyone know and loves

RESERVE

COMMUNITY.

will continue without interruption. WRMC

(WRMC) Even though there have been

believes that lifestyle is very important in

times when everyone was wondering

making a community “your home.” When

when will it end, WRMC kept moving for-

looking for a retirement community for

ward to provide the best experiences for

yourself or your loved ones you need to

their community members. Staff became

focus on the lifestyle. You need to make

family when visitations were restricted.

sure the activities provided will make you

Everybody pitched in to make sure each

feel “at home.”

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day was the best it could possibly be.

A good way to think about lifestyle is by

The community members are excited

seasons. If you are considering a move

with what’s on the horizon for “their home.”

in the fall and winter, what do you like to

On September 28th, a $49,000,000 expan-

do? You can enjoy taking a walk on crisp

sion project broke ground! A reception

fall day or sitting by a bonfire with your

was held for all the community members

friends and neighbors. Thanksgiving and

to celebrate this new chapter in the life

Christmas are holidays celebrated by most

of Western Reserve Masonic Community.

people. WRMC makes sure these holidays

Every day they can be found looking out

are celebrated in style with beautiful deco-

the doors and windows asking construc-

rations and excellent meals.

tion questions. Everyone is looking forward

Spring and summer are also special

to seeing the finished product, even though

times at WRMC. If you are a golfer you can

that’s nearly two years away.

do so with a free golf membership as often

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as you choose. Everyone loves the 4th of

making the best decision for their loved

July celebration with a picnic and exciting

ones. A private suite will make the expe-

fireworks right on the grounds of WRMC.

rience easier. Simply knowing there’s a

No matter what time of year it is, there

private bathroom can make the transition

is always something for everyone. You can

easier. All of the rooms have a ceiling lift

find art classes, Bible study groups and

that can move a person easily around the

Wine Down Wednesday’s. There are outings

suite to include the bathroom.

for shopping as well as special luncheons

Short term rehabilitation is also offered.

both on and off the campus. Make sure you

Everyone will have a suite with the same ame-

check on the lifestyle of the community

nities as the skilled nursing rooms. Rehab

when making a move. The activities and the

rooms are located in their own quad. Physical,

friends you make are what makes living in a

occupational and speech therapy are avail-

retirement community “your home.”

able and are located in the same area.

What can the citizens of Medina and the

When you are looking for skilled nurs-

surrounding communities expect? A state

ing or rehab, make sure you ask questions

of the art retirement community that they

about certifications. WRMC is dual certified

will be proud to have in their town. A place

for Medicare and Medicaid. WRMC has

to call “home” either personally or for their

trained, state certified aids 24 hours a day

families. WRMC will continue to provide

and medication management. There are

independent living, assisted living, skilled

daily programs and activities. These same

nursing, short term rehabilitation and

questions apply for memory care patients.

memory care. No one living there will be displaced during the expansion.

No matter where you live on the WRMC campus, you will experience new common

Independent living will increase by 56

areas. These areas will be used for dining

apartments! There will be one, two and

and different activities such as arts and crafts

three bedroom apartments with under-

and birthday parties. Another new common

ground parking. Some of the apartments

area is the Community Center and it will be

will even have a den. Every apartment will

the first area to open! Everyone is counting

have their own personal outdoor space,

the days, until the grand opening in early

either a patio or a balcony.

February. It will have its own entrance and

The assisted living apartments are 650-

parking and easily be able to accommodate

1,100 square feet, some of the largest in

large events. Community members will be

the Medina area. Each apartment has a

able to enjoy concerts and guest speakers as

washer/dryer hookup and a fully equipped

well as larger family celebrations.

kitchen. These apartments are not going

As 2021 is quickly coming to a close, you

through changes on the inside, but their

will find the community members reminisc-

common areas will be going through a

ing about the year. You will find laughter

major renovation.

and tears and everyone has a story to share.

Moving into skilled nursing can be a

One thing is for sure, the major topic of con-

very stressful time for everyone. Family

versation is the renovation of “their home,”

members want to make sure they are

Western Reserve Masonic Community.

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local families and businesses and to make everyday life a little easier for our customers. We want to save them the runaround of having to go to multiple stores to support local and to get the things they need." With drivers making deliveries everyday all around the area, you can be assured that The Modern Milkman can have the best local groceries delivered right to your front door with no problem at all. They deliver everywhere from Wooster to Parma and, of course, all over Medina County. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ICONIC MILKMAN? A few of our

As their menu continues to grow each month, The Modern

readers may have memories of such a character, but for most of us

Milkman is constantly updating the options on their website and they

it's hard to imagine that, once upon a time, there was a job specif-

are excited to now offer five new flavors of single-serve milk for their

ically dedicated to someone delivering milk to homes. Home milk

customers. You can now choose from Chocolate, Black Raspberry,

delivery was the norm in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, but as personal

Orange Cream, Strawberry and Vanilla milk in 12-ounce glass jars

automobiles became more commonplace and new processes such

that were added just last month. They will also be offering the very

as pasteurization and plastic containers were developed, the

popular Hartzler Dairy Egg Nog during this holiday season.

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GIVING AWAY AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR, LIFESTYLE PUBLICATIONS IS GIVING $300,000 TO RECIPIENTS IN NEED THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON AND BEYOND... AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!

ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO ANNA SAROL, THE DAUGHTER OF A SINGLE MOTHER, WAS PARALYZED IN A GYMNASTICS ACCIDENT WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT UNTIL LAST YEAR SHE DID NOT HAVE A STAIRLIFT IN HER HOME. The stairlift was made possible when Lifestyle Publications gave her family $10,000. “I watched my community come together to help me get this equipment to my house, and words can’t explain how appreciative my

“I watched my community come together to help me get this equipment to my house, and words can’t explain how appreciative my family and I are.” —Anna Sarol

family and I are,” Anna says. The money for Anna’s stairlift was part of a giveaway campaign from the company during the 2020 Christmas season that benefited more than 80 recipients across the country with a final distribution of $250,000 throughout the year. When the company opened nominations, they were flooded with submissions. Community leaders such as judges, police officers, teachers, nurses, social workers, mentors and readers like you nominated people that were in need of assistance. As the eyes and ears of the community, these readers were able to help identify people who might have

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otherwise gone unnoticed or unrecognized. One such nominee was Kathy*, an aunt who is raising her three young relatives. The children came from an abusive situation, and Kathy, a single guardian, works tirelessly to provide for them. Nevertheless, the family was already living in poverty despite her working seven days a week when Kathy lost her job during the pandemic. She resorted to selling tamales to help pay the rent. When a case manager with a Big Brothers Big Sisters foster youth mentoring program heard about Lifestyle’s campaign and call for nominations, she quickly thought of Kathy. “When I shared the news that Kathy was selected and would be receiving $3,000, she cried, screamed, and was in disbelief,” the case manager said. “She immediately wanted to give back to me and the donor by providing endless tamales. This funding allowed the children to have a small Christmas tree for the first time ever. Kathy was able to pay her rent and utilities for three months, and the children were able to experience a holiday season in peace without financial stressors.” In yet another case, Emily* who worked as a janitor at a school, was a recipient and was struggling to afford simply buying groceries for her children. Before the ongoing difficulties of the pandemic even started, a tornado destroyed the school she worked at just a couple weeks before the initial shutdown in March 2020 which resulted in a loss of income for her. Emily was incredibly surprised and grateful to receive assistance from the giveaway. *Names changed for privacy

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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GIVE AWAY $3OO,OOO This year the company will have nominations for the giveaway open from December 1-15, 2021. To submit a nomination, follow @CityLifestyle on Instagram and fill out the form found in the bio link. The amount given to each recipient will be based on need. The leaders of Lifestyle Publications believe God has blessed them with their company’s continued success, so they in turn wish to be a blessing and encouragement to others as they increase the amount of this year’s giveaway to those in need to $300,000 for the year.

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