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Proudly serving the communities of Babbitt, Brainerd, Burnsville, Cook, Duluth, Ely, Eveleth, Grand Rapids, Metro/Faribault, Rochester, St. Cloud, Silver Bay and Willmar.

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, planting flowers at the local churches and around town. Merle was a horticulturist for Bachmans 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

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.

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 became 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 memorial 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.

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

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MESSAGE FROM THE OWN OWNER ER / CEO, MERLE SAMPSON

record, i.e. deficiency free surveys, commitment to quality and our continued ability to In a short time another calendar year will be meet the expectations of our stakeholders. over. I am reminded how fortunate we are, to Another critical component of our success is live in America and for most to have their our employees. health, happiness and families. You are all a part of the growing Spectrum With the opening of our Babbitt assisted team, and as such, are each vitally important living and memory care facility in January, to the success of this organization. Without Spectrum continues to remain a stable and our dedicated staff members and managegrowing organization. 2014 will mark the ment team, our mission, values and goals th opening of our 5 assisted living and memory would not be achievable. care community in Orr, MN since 2008! This will bring us to a total of 16 housing and In this holiday season, please keep others less homecare entities, providing employment to fortunate in your thoughts, prayers and deeds. I encourage you to do something pernearly 500 employees company wide. sonal to help someone else. Spectrum has been fortunate enough to add housing, services and employment to the sur- Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New rounding communities we serve. Other less Year! We all look forward to a successful fortunate organizations have had to cut or 2014. Thank you for what you do everyday. eliminate growth or employment opportuniMerle ties over the years. Development opportunities exist, in part, due to our proven track 2013 in Review

Merle Sampson

New Hires*
Cook CFL Jolene Gitzlaff Silver Bay CFL Katelynn Derosier Willmar HC Katlyn Bjerkness Ashley Lundebrek Amanda Halvorson Ely CFL Irish Bonner Tiarra Orcutt Babbitt CFL Roberta Johnson Kayla Kopp Christina Evridge Burnsville CFL Rutha King Brainerd CFL Edward Aika Ashley Mann Saint Cloud CFL Bonnie Bernick Louis Gorman Roselyn Thommes
*Through November 30, 2013

Employment Anniversaries
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 Silver Bay CFL Kathy Nasr 2 years Linda Stevens 1 year Anabel Nunez 2 years Cayla Quist 2 years Brainerd CFL Cosmus Arita 1 year Deborah Clarke 5 years Luann Ward 1 year Lisa Battin 2 years Babbitt CFL Sheryl Mathews 1 year Debra Anderson 1 year Ely CFL Sherri Agnich 4 years Julia Hogan 4 years George Barich 4 years Wendy Varey 1 year Kylee Hanninen 1 year

Eveleth HC Amber Walburn Kristine Ott

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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, homemade 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 available 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 -orif 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...

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER NOTICE

Spectrum Community Health, Inc is an Equal Opportunity employer. Our policy states we will provide Equal Opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations of Federal, State and Local governing bodies or agencies thereof. Our organization will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status with regard to public assistance.
We are now using Relias Learning to distribute CEUs. Please sign in using your Employee ID as your username and last name as your password.

4TH QUARTER CEUS NOW AVAILABLE

spectrumchealth.training.reliaslearning.com

*Please complete assigned programs in a timely manner.*

Reminder to all staff that CEU's are an ongoing requirement of employment.

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1. THO HOCCLAOTE ________________________

SPECTRUM (S)MILES UPDATE

Congratulations to: Glenda Aijala, Darcie Anderson, Theresa

2. NWSOANM ______________________________ 3. ODCL _____________________________________ 4. ATJCEK ___________________________________ 5. RCTAIHSMS ______________________________ 6. IDERENRE ________________________________ 7. GILHST ___________________________________ 8. OLDHIYA _________________________________ 9. OFEASWNLK _____________________________ 10. AATSN ___________________________________

Archer, Samantha Berg, Mary Bildeaux, Sara Buckley, MeganCall, Gigi Chappell, Kari Cistera, Ethel Collins, Amy Consoer, Rachelle Crow, Kim Dahl, Christina Dirks, Laurie Feela, Nikki Field, Kelsey Jacobson, Kara Kampa, Alina Krueth, Deb Maki, Matu Mansaray, Brandalyn Mitchell, Kathy Nasr, Tonya Rouho, Rochunda Seymoure, Naomi Sperry, Megahun Thayer, Kent Vandenbranden and Godfrey Yego
who received recognition from their supervisors or co-workers for going above and beyond their day-to-day duties. These individuals will receive points that can be applied towards Spectrum merchandise shown in the Spectrum (S)Miles catalog. To recognize someone for their outstanding contributions, request a Spectrum (S)Miles recognition form from your branch office or obtain one from a designated location. Nearly 500 (S) Miles have been given to deserving Spectrum employees since the program began in 2010.

Progress Continues at Orr CFL

The 401k Annual Notice and Participant Fee Disclosure is now available. Please see your office support person if you would like a copy.

Do you have a story to share, a specific client or employee that stands out? We want to hear about it! Contact: humanresources @spectrumchealth.com

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