You might recall the name, “John Noer.” He is The Mayflower Community resident who is an avid jigsaw puzzle assembler. John has completed many puzzles, including a 9,000-piece vibrant aquascape and the 40,000-piece, 10-frame Disney character collage. Taking advantage of John’s fondness for puzzling, his daughter Mary, a high school science teacher, presented John with
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John Noer, resident of Grinnell’s Mayflower Community, has now finished the 40,000 piece Disney characters puzzle on which he has been working since February 1, 2019. As a result, John shaved the beard that he started growing when he started the puzzle. However, you can’t see his smooth face unless he pulls down his mask…which
Do you recall the 40,000 piece puzzle begun by The Mayflower Community resident, John Noer, in February 2019? John just finished the 9th of 10 frames—“Ariel the Little Mermaid.” The 10-frame Disney characters puzzle produced by Ravensburger has been in process in the Mayflower Basement Craft Room in sections. John has completed nine of the
The 40,000 piece puzzle begun by The Mayflower Community resident, John Noer, in February 2019 is now 8/10th complete. The 10-frame Disney characters puzzle produced by has been in process in the Mayflower Basement Craft Room in sections. John just finished “Fantasia.” John has completed eight of the frames and stored them in preparation for
One year ago this month (February 2019), John Noer, a resident of The Mayflower Community began work on a 40,000-piece puzzle. Composed of 10 frames of Disney characters, John has now completed seven of the frames. The most recent has been “Jungle Boy.” John observed, “This one was difficult because it contained so much green!”
On Sunday, December 15th, men’s and women’s swimmers from Grinnell College spent time enjoying games with Mayflower Community Health Center residents. As the students readied for the first-semester finals week, they found time to let down and have some fun. Especially interesting was watching resident Connie Osborn, author of a children’s book about the effects
John Noer, a resident of Grinnell, Iowa’s Mayflower Community, is now 60% complete with his 40,000 piece Disney-themed puzzle. Pictured here is the Bambi sub-puzzle, the sixth of 10. John just completed this one and is starting on the seventh. The first six frames are being stored in The Mayflower Community “Basement Crafts Room” in
Last February, we announced that Mayflower Community resident John Noer was about to tackle a 40,000 piece puzzle. The 6’ x 22’ Ravensburger stumper was delivered to Mayflower’s Basement Craft Room in the Edwards building. Packed in a 3’ x 1’ box containing 10 pouches of puzzle pieces, the 10 vivid Disney scenes and characters
You may recall that Mayflower Community resident, John Noer, acquired a 40,000-piece puzzle last February. The 6’ x 22’ Ravensburger stumper was delivered to the Mayflower Edwards building in a 3’ x 1’ box containing 10 pouches of puzzle pieces. Each pouch was the makings of one vivid Disney scene and characters. To date, John
In the lower level of The Mayflower Community’s Edwards building, there is a buzz of activity. Besides being the home to the 40,000-piece Disney character puzzle, it is the site of the weekly craft activities. Resident John Noer is about finished with the first of ten frames of the big puzzle. This one is Cinderella