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LIVING WELL • SMOKE SIGNALS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT


“We have dedicated Rock Creek Manor to be a one-stop shop for whole person care of our senior population.”


Its community presence, however, reaches far beyond its walls. While Rock Creek Manor’s 30


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private suites are home to its full-time assisted living residents, its staff of highly qualified senior care specialists also provide Private Home Care and the only senior day care program in the area. Dedicated to providing a full range


of services, Rock Creek Manor has engaged resources and partners to enable the staff to assist seniors and their families with financial, spiritual, cognitive, therapeutic and other health and needs that are so vital in serving seniors & their families. “We have dedicated Rock Creek


Manor to be a one-stop shop for whole person care of our senior population”, says Teresa Carter, Executive Director. “When the decision was made to build here we looked at all the available services and facilities and knew there was definitely a need for a high-quality assisted living home available to the area’s seniors as well as a


n terms of curb appeal, Rock Creek Manor is a very attractive assisted living facility set on 6 lovely acres in Jasper.


Providing community-wide senior services R O C K C R E E K M A N O R


Regional Board of Programs and Services of the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, she is a member of the Georgia Gerontology Society, she was appointed as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging and is listed in the Heritage Registry of Who’s Who for Achievement in Assisted Living. Rock Creek Manor’s Principals


and Carter are committed to being responsive and proactive to the needs of our senior community in North Georgia. The entire leadership team believes that there is no higher calling than service to others and that seniors and their loved ones deserve nothing less than excellence in the care and support that Rock Creek Manor delivers every single day.


Exterior view of Rock Creek Manor, Pickens County’s new full service assisted living and day care center.


broad array of community outreach services,” she says. Rock Creek Manor is very proud


of the accommodations and services they are able to provide their full-time residents, including a house physician, 24-hour nursing oversight & certified nursing assistants. Professional personal care is also supplemented by


D O N ’ T S K I M P O N S H R I M P Fresh Atlantic seafood


his wife Vickie. Tom and Vickie had lived in


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the Savannah area for a couple of years leading up to Tom’s retirement. While looking for shrimp bargains on the coast, Tom met some of the shrimp boat captains. Making good use of his


delivered to surrounding area


fter 37 years in mortgage banking, Tom Craton retired to Big Canoe with


a podiatrist, stylist, visiting therapists and 2 preachers to round out the physical, emotional and spiritual well- being of the residents. Providing leadership to the Rock


Creek Manor team is Executive Director Teresa Carter, an experienced and skilled senior care professional. She has been appointed to the


Rock Creek Manor Address: 50 Cagle Mill Road South Jasper, GA 30143 Services: Assisted living, senior day care, respite care and in-home care Phone: 678-454-2600 Email: inquiries@rockcreekjasper.com Website: rockcreekjasper.com


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network of friends in Savannah, Tom began making weekly trips to the coast to bring back loads of shrimp that were within hours of coming out of the Atlantic Ocean and only minimally processed with heads removed and no additives or preservatives. Now Tom has expanded to include fish, scallops, and lately calamari and even


Tom Craton at the shrimp dock in Savannah.


alligator—all fresh from the Georgia coast where he picks it up directly from the source and brings it right back to Big Canoe—the same day! His customers pre-order from his weekly selection, which he publishes on his


web site every Monday or Tuesday depending on availability from his suppliers. His customers can receive the weekly selection by emailing a request to tom@ dontskimponshrimp.com. He also supplies his top-quality products to Appalachia Grill, Blue Bicycle, 61 Main,


Ferguson’s Meat Market. Tom will have his shrimp at the Big Canoe Farmers Market this year as well as the Cumming Harvest and Leilani’s Gardens. All fish is preordered.


Don’t Skimp on Shrimp Services: Fresh shrimp and seafood • Address: 10880 Big Canoe, Jasper, GA 30143 Phone: 912-344-5514 • Email: tom@dontskimponshrimp.com Website: tom@dontskimponshrimp.com


Gardening is therapy for the mind, body and spirit


he therapeutic value of gardening has become so well recognized that it now supports a professional


occupation known as “horticultural therapy” and is represented throughout the United States by the American Horticultural Therapy Association. Cynthia Hendry, proprietor of Woodland


Gardens, has helped hundreds of her Big Canoe neighbors make a garden and gardening an important part of their lives. If asked, she will tell you about the


therapeutic value she receives every time she steps foot into her own garden. As a former manager in the high-stress world of medical management, she makes a point of ensuring she maintains her physical, spiritual and emotional balance, and much of that comes from her garden. “Experts claim the therapeutic benefits of gardening have been recognized since


Cynthia Hendry of Woodland Gardens


humans first cultivated plants,” she says, “Now there is a growing professional practice linking gardening to numerous, wide-ranging health benefits.” Hendry agrees with the experts, but prefers to summarize her thoughts in words


from English poet Dorothy Frances Gurney: “Kiss of the sun for pardon. Song of the birds for mirth. You’re closer to God’s heart in a garden than any place else on earth.” - Dorothy Frances Gurney


Woodland Gardens, Cynthia Hendry Services: Landscaping • Address: 17 Petit Ridge, Big Canoe, GA Phone: 770-337-2277 • 706-579-1580 • Email: dwhendry1@windstream.net


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