Gilman Park Assisted Living Holds Olympiad IV

Gilman Park Assisted Living just held their Gilman Games Olympiad IV.  We started this twice annual event in 2005 and it becomes more spectacular each year. 

With several different events including the Agility Course, Relay Race, 100M Cart Race, Bowling on the Wii and Archery - our residents spent an exciting week competing and rooting for one another in August.

This year we had a huge participation and many family members came to support the residents and enjoyed wearing our matching purple shirt Olympic uniform with the Gilman Games Olympiad Logo in gold.

The closing ceremonies were beautiful as always and the following residents are the proud recipients of the Olympiad IV Medals.  Stay tuned for the spring 2009 Olympiad V - you won't have to spend oodles of money for a plane trip to China or England - sometimes the best of times are in our own backyard.

Archery	Gold - Bob Ruby; Silver - Rose Hahn; Bronze - Marion Gent
Bowling	Gold - Beth Hilton; Silver - Elaine Lewellyn; Bronze - Marion Gent
Relay Race	Gold - Lola Wolff & Rose Hahn; Silver - Bob & LaVeve Ruby; Bronze - Jewell Belleque & Marion Gent
100 M Cart Race	Gold - Lola Wolff; Silver - Bob Ruby; Bronze - Rose Hahn
Trap Shooting	Gold - LaVeve Ruby; Silver - Jewell Belleque; Bronze - Elaine Lewallen
Agility Course	Gold - Bob Ruby; Silver - LaVeve Ruby; Bronze - Rose Hahn
Shot Put	Gold - Roy Johnson; Silver - Bill Leonard; Bronze - Marion Gent

Gilman Resident Shares His Story of the "Fighting Fortieth"
December, 2006

December is the recognition of the invasion of Pearl Harbor. Recently, Bob Munyon, resident of Gilman Park Assisted Living in Oregon City, Oregon took a few moments to share ‘his story’ and discuss the book, “The Fighting Fortieth: In War and Peace,” in which his service days are featured.

Bob was called to duty on December 26, 1941, spending nearly five years overseas helping to keep this world free. “The Air Force officer was instrumental in scheduling a series of B-24 heavy bomber attacks over the next two days, which resulted in the heaviest bomber attacks in the Pacific up to that time. He and his Lieutenant Colonel received Air Medals for their contributions.”

He moved to Gilman Park after a life of cattle ranching, a chicken farmer, instructor at University of California School of Agriculture, and worked in insurance securities. He was married more than 55 years to his wife, Helen, before she passed away in the late 1990’s. He is now near his daughter, Mary. He has 15 grandchildren.

Bob was also featured in the “Senor Community Living Report” section of the Clackamas Review Newspaper.