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She finally took swimming lessons along with her youngest son, Troy, at Birdland swimming pool. Later in her life, she enjoyed taking her grandchildren to the Urbandale High School indoor swimming pool. Melinda and Troy shared a story of Pat when she was at swimming lessons and the instructor told all of the students to put their heads under the water and hold their breath. Everyone did, except Pat, she kept her nose above water. When everyone came up, she would go under the water. They all would say Pat could sure hold her breath a long time. Everyone laughed when they figured out what she was doing. 

One day while Patricia was participating in activities. She mentioned to Melissa I sure would love to go swimming. Our Life Enrichment Coordinator (Julie) placed a call to her daughter Melinda  and to the YMCA to see if we could make Patricia’s Dream come true. Melinda thought this was a wonderful idea and she even said she and her brother Troy would meet us there and go swimming with their mom. I Julie (LEC) connected the YMCA and they were very willing to make Patricia’s Dream come true.  Afterwards Patricia went out for lunch with her daughter. It ended up being a very memorable day.

It has been 2 years since he has rung the bell during the Drake relays. His wife Betty and Ken have always gone to the Relays and are avid Drake fans.

When I told Ken, we were going to Drake Relays. His face just lite up. Betty had his Drake Relays Official jacket, shirt and hat on. Initially, we were attempting to get him to ring the bell during a live race. But because of the congestion at the start/finish line and the potential danger. We found another way. Tom our bus driver took Ken and his wife to the Officials tent area during a break in the action. He was able to see a lot of people that he worked with and officiated with.

When the master official saw Ken. He told someone to run to get that bell! If you knew Ken or ever shook his hand. He has a very strong grip and holds on for a long time. He used that same grip with the rope to pull that bell. He was able to ring it one more time! There was a lot of tears in the Officials tent area and happy faces because they were able to see their friend one more time.

She would pick up as many of her friends as she could and drive them to school, even if it meant sitting on a big tire in the back where the rumble seat belonged. Her “Daddy” as she lovingly refers to him, was a car buff. Even in 1951 this 1930’s Model A car was quite the spectacle driving up to East High School every day. Driving this car to school will be a memory she will never forget. So we decided that another ride in another in an old Model A car would be perfect “Dare to Dream” program at Edencrest.

Thanks to our many friends on the Facebook Beaverdale page and Central Iowa Model A Club’s Mike Young blood, for hooking us up with David Klein from Bussey, Iowa. This sweet man drove all the way to Edencrest on May 22nd to give Carol, our mom the ride of her life, in a car “almost” like her beloved Model A car in 1951.
Julie Smith, Life Enrichment Coordinator