This is how you do it! After more than a year filled with what seemed to be mostly CAN’ TS, safety precautions were finally loosened and WCBR began its cautious return toward normalcy. Almost giddy with excitement, WCBR’s residents came together on June 17 to celebrate their first birthday party since February 2020. This was more than just any ol’ party. When you consider all of the mental ups and downs, plus the two words!) and, in many cases, the discipline residents exercised each and inability to see our friends and family every day in following COVID-19 “safety members for extended periods of time, precautions” (Oh, but we are tired of those you begin to understand the significance of this party. In the largest gathering since restrictions began to lift, residents were to reacquaint themselves with each other, finally being able to see the full faces of their friends and neighbors grinning from ear to ear. Toasts and hugs abounded. Cheers! page 2 July 2021 happenings Joan Bascom’s garden (Raised bed #11) includes herbs galore, eye-pleasing zinnias

and clematis, to name just a few. How Does Your Garden Grow?

We want to thank all of the residents who entered our garden bed competition. WCBR’s yards and raised garden beds are in all their glory and summer has just begun! Our judges, Susan Thomas, Debbie Desmond, and Judy Brown thought that all of the gardens entered in the contest were “winners,” and we are happy to share them with you. When you are out and about and have the time, please stop and admire these spectacular gardens! They are not the only beautiful gardens in our community; all are worthy of a round of applause: Mary Lyle Preston (C92) presented her Julie Stamm’s garden (A5109) is a lovely garden which includes something for peaceful tribute to Jane Buchanan. Julie everyone: French hydrangeas, a fig tree, states that she is merely “the custodian” gardenias, peonies, clematis, hellebore, of Jane’s lovely peonies, however, she has creeping jenny. It is impossible to name added a plant or two. Caladiums and a all the plants in her garden escape. hanging basket of begonias further add to the beauty. Margaret and Virgil Wagner (A5104) take great pleasure in their garden. It abounds with statuary, a bottle tree, petunias, and other plants, providing them with a tranquil setting.

The deadline for the August issue of happenings is Thursday, July 22, at 5:00 p.m. Send your submittals to [email protected] happenings July 2021 page 3 Peggy Harbert’s Gardening Tips Herbs ❖ Basil (Tender annual) Plant after soil reaches 50˚ with no danger of frost. ❖ Chives (Perennial) Attractive flowers. Forms a clump. ❖ Dill (Annual) Easily grown from seed. Reseeds freely. ❖ Lavender (Perennial) Has attractive flowers and foliage. ❖ Mint (Invasive Perennial) ❖ Parsley (Hardy, but best treated as an annual in this area.) Blooming in the second year, it forms seeds and becomes unattractive. Perfect Pair, by Lorraine Momper ❖ Rosemary (Perennial) Will become a large shrub. WCBR Gallery Walk ❖ Thyme (Perennial) A many-branched, small aromatic plant. Food for the Soul All featured herbs except dill are usually The Gallery Walk artist for July is Lorraine grown from purchased plants available in Momper. Originally from the plains of spring. Nebraska, Lorraine has been painting in the Charlottesville area since 2008. She is Note: Geraniums stored in locker through a self-taught artist, seeking the narrative winter and potted in fresh soil in mid-April of a painting, telling a story by recreating bloomed in early June! a moment in time and a sense of place: the solitude of quiet scenes, the serenity and simplicity in the face of an animal or person, and the architecture of trees. Loraine seeks to provide places where a viewer’s mind can escape while enjoying her “food for the soul.” Lorraine works primarily with soft pastels, but also with acrylics, oils, gouache, ink, and various printing techniques. She is a member of the Pastel Society of America,

DON’T LOOK! Answers to puzzle on page 16 the Maryland Pastel Society, the Fluvanna

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From David Saylor’s family to all of WCBR’s residents and associates:

Leah Yost July 1 Kathy Parker July 1 Lauree Brunfeldt July 2

Jack Rinehart July 5

Hunter Wood July 6

Ben Williams July 7 Cherry Bourque July 9 Mary Kathryn Hassett July 9 Tom Iezzi July 14 Jane Hiss July 16 Arloine Hood July 19 Patricia Hostetter July 19 Bill Clinger July 20 Elaine Harned July 20 John Lindner July 20 Susan Little July 20 Kathy Bevacqua July 22 Bo Hopkins July 23 Nancy Baum July 23 Dallas Culbertson July 24 Jan Dean July 25 Don’t Forget! Jim Greene July 25 Each August, WCBR celebrates a “Country of the Year” with displays and events Marion Rothman July 27 throughout the month. This year, that Arline Whitcomb July 28 country is Greece. If you would like to Fran Palmer July 29 share small souvenirs from Greece, please contact vitrine curators, Mary Hamrick Jeanne Davis July 30 (x2452) or Lila Mait (x2443). If you have Lillian Clinger July 30 items that can hang on the Gallery Walk Madelyn Lefkowitz July 31 walls, please call Rosemarie Koch (x3241). happenings July 2021 page 5 residents and associates. The Foundation actively works to make WCBR the premier Lifecare community in the region and relies on philanthropic gifts to fulfill this mission. Unrestricted gifts support and strengthen the areas of greatest need and develop solutions to future programs and services. Gifts may also be made to a purpose-restricted fund. The Foundation has identified the following as priorities to best enhance our community: Resident Priorities: Fellowship Assistance, Memory Support, Life Enrichment Program, and Pastoral Care. Associate Priorities: Workforce Development, Foundation News Reward and Retention, Recognition, and To Everything There is a Season Emergency Assistance. (Turn! Turn! Turn!) As you can see, gifts made to the WCBR Foundation touch every aspect of the Having grown up in a small town right next community and enrich the lives of both to Woodstock, I particularly appreciate the residents and associates. Together, we music of the 60's — and, being raised in enhance our shared community. the church, one of the songs I like most is Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To More detail on long-standing and new Everything There is a Season)" which was philanthropic priorities will be shared in made famous by The Byrds. future communications. If you would like more information, please reach out to me, As we know, it is a new season for Bethanie Constant, at 434-972-3281, outgoing Vice President of Development, [email protected], or stop Erin Garvey. I want to thank Erin, who by — we can even talk about your favorite has spent the last two weeks of June 60's tune. working closely with me to ensure a Bethanie Constant smooth transition for the Development Vice President of Development Office of the Foundation. Erin and WCBR President, Gary Selmeczi, carefully crafted an onboarding process that has included meetings with Trustees, residents, and staff leaders, as well as education on the Foundation’s history and current activities. I look forward to learning more about the community from each and every one of you. I would be delighted to meet you for coffee, a meal, cocktail, or walk outside so I can learn more about you, WCBR, and the surrounding area. As you know, I will be serving the Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge The monarch butterfly population continues to fall. This one flew through our campus three Foundation, a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) years ago; we want the descendants to flap organization whose mission is to support our their way back here. Photo by Jim Greene page 6 July 2021 happenings Chaplain’s News Some of you may have noticed that there is a new addition to our chapel. To the left of the front altar is a votive candle stand with battery-powered candles. Those of you who may find it meaningful are invited to come into the chapel at any time to pray or meditate and to light a candle in the votive stand for a special intention or person. Lighting a candle symbolizes bringing light to our wishes and our prayers. I hope that you will find this to be a helpful addition to your spiritual practices, whatever they may be. Many of you are excited to see the WCBR community opening up again. I am working with Resident Services to address the logistics involved in reopening the chapel for in-person Vesper services, but we are not quite ready yet. I appreciate your patience as we work out the Singing Seniors details. In the meantime, our services We can sing again! Our musical director, will continue to be held virtually. We will Tara Scott, is excited about tuning us up announce, with much fanfare, when that again. Lalalalalala. We invite all residents time comes. I cannot wait! and members of the Compass Club (who I wish you all a happy and healthy month. have been vaccinated) to join us. We will meet in the Chapel at 3:00 p.m. every other Chaplain Elaine Tola Tuesday beginning July 13. Remember, we Vespers Leaders aren’t professionals. We just like to sing (occasionally on key). Please call team Sundays at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 972 leaders Nancy Erwin (x2355), Jane Sigloh July 4: Dr. Dudley Rochester (x2753), or Jan Trautman (x2352) with any questions. July 11: The Rev. Pat Nabers July 18: The Rev. Jane Sigloh July 25: The Rev. Elaine Tola

In Memory of Inez “Beanie” Crispens July 5, 1927 – June 21, 2021 happenings July 2021 page 7 Library Notes The Library Committee is making plans for an early fall sale of surplus books. This A Surprising Connection summer would be a great time to donate John Grisham and Mamadi Diakite? Take any extra books you have at home. A a look at Sooley, Grisham’s latest novel donation box is located in the Reading which is now being featured in the library’s Room. Reading Room. Not his usual legal thriller, Louise Dudley this book features a fictional player for the North Carolina Central WCBR Book Groups University basketball team, The next book group meetings a native of Sudan hoping to will take place at 1:00 p.m. on rescue his family from civil Thursday, July 8 and Friday, war by becoming an NBA July 9 in the Blue Ridge Room. player. The book to be discussed In a recent interview, Grisham this month is Unsheltered said the plot was inspired in by Barbara Kingsolver. If you part by the real-life story of Diakite, who would like to attend, please came to the United States speaking only contact Jenny Gaden (x3014) French and, after time at a Central Virginia for the Thursday group and boarding school and five years at UVA, Nancy Bonner (x2777) for the ended up signing an NBA contract with the Friday group. The August book Milwaukee Bucks. will be Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. As for Sudan, Grisham’s interest was sparked three years ago, he told a New York Times reviewer, when he read about COVID-19 Updates the South Sudanese national team going This is a reminder that WCBR’s “COVID-19 to play in the World Youth Basketball Update” presentations are no longer being Tournament in Hawaii. He followed up to aired on alternate Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. learn as much as he could about the civil If circumstances warrant, special update war there, conditions in refugee camps, presentations will be announced. and “the tragedy of what those people have gone through and are still enduring.” If you would like to check out Sooley, fill out a reservation slip on the shelf where the book is displayed.

WCBR TOWN HALL Wednesday, July 21 at 2:00 p.m. Join us in the Rotunda Room, on CH 972, or it.wc-br.org/live Please submit any questions you may have to [email protected] or place them in the white Town Hall question box in the Mailroom between Friday, July 2 and Friday, July 9. Pantops View, Photo by Barbara Fontaine page 8 July 2021 happenings

Announcements Calling All Eagle Scouts! Note Card Workshop It has been four years since all of WCBR’s Eagle Scouts got On Tuesday, August 3, members of the together. If you are a resident Fiber and Stitch Art Collective will conduct who reached the top level in a workshop on making note cards using Scouting, please contact Ross fabric and stitching. If you are interested Thomas or Charlie Stewart so in attending, please contact Sherrie Sykes we can make plans for a social at [email protected]. More details and photo op in the near future. to follow. That’s Entertainment Saturday Morning Social Returns WCBR’s bimonthly Saturday Morning Coffee Beginning Wednesday, August 4, movies Social has returned. Beginning July 10, will return to the Pantops Classroom. Join socials will be held at 10:00 a.m. in the Sammy Barnes and Lucy Church at 7:00 p.m. Monticello Room on the second and fourth to enjoy a show on the big screen. Bring Saturday of each month. Coffee and tea your friends! Popcorn will be provided will be provided. Snacks to share are courtesy of Resident Services. welcome. Come and reacquaint yourself Beginners Mah Jongg Classes with your friends and neighbors. Please call Mary Hamrick (x2452) if you have Beginners Mah Jongg classes will be held questions. July 6, 13, 27, and August 3. All classes will take place from 1:00 Dementia Support Groups Resume to 2:00 p.m. in the Blue Ridge In-person dementia support groups, one for Card Room (CA6), located on the persons diagnosed and another for their first floor opposite elevator 1. care partners, are resuming on Thursday, Using the Official Standard Hands and Rules July 22 at 3:00 p.m. in the Monticello of the National Mah Jongg League, a player Room and Rogan Lounge. These meetings matches patterns on tiles. Please call Lila will be held on the fourth Thursday of Mait (x2443) if you are interested in playing. each month going forward. Contact Wendy There is a 5 person limit for new players. Smith (x2336) or Susan Weirich (x2681).

Emergency ID Cards Residents can now obtain a laminated, wallet-sized ID card to carry in case of an emergency. The card will display the resident’s name and the telephone number of WCBR’s Front Desk. If desired, up to four additional contact numbers may be included on the reverse side of the card (see sample). Duplicate cards are also available. If you are interested, complete this form and leave it at the Front Desk addressed to Wanda Blake (A7306).

Name Phone Number Resident Contact #1 Contact #2 Contact #3 Contact #4 happenings July 2021 page 9 music video at this link for a warmup: Activities in July https://vimeo.com/12833871. Jeremy Thompson This deluxe train trip departs from the Jeremy Thompson, the Rotunda Room on Thursday, July 22 Director of Music at First at 7:30 p.m. Come early for first-class Presbyterian Church in seating and some special music. Charlottesville and also Dr. Thomas was a vice president and the the Director of Music for chief technical officer for a large U.S. firm. the Park Street concert series, will present He also taught engineering and physics at a solo piano recital on Thursday, July 8 Penn State and VMI. In retirement he at 7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda Room. has been honored to serve as a visiting Jeremy’s program will consist of two professor at UVA. He is a past president brooding fantasies, Fantasy in F minor by of the Rivanna Chapter of the National Chopin and Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor, Railway Historical Society and is a member contrasted with Bach’s sprightly Italian of the ACL & SAL (railroads) Historical Concerto, and works by Rachmaninoff and Society. Liszt. Two of Us: A Father-Daughter Orange Blossom Special: The Memoir by Gerry Kruger Train with a Name like a Cocktail Gerry Kruger, an NPR essayist, former At their peak in the teacher, and author will discuss her most 1920’s the nation’s recent book, Two of Us: A Father-Daughter railroads spanned a Memoir, on Thursday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. quarter of a million in the Rotunda Room. The book is based miles and employed on conversations with her five percent of the father, Robert Warwick Daniel, U.S. workforce. Many of the country’s iconic who died in 2018 at age train stations and famous named trains 98 with his daughter at his had their beginnings in a golden age which side. lasted through the twenties. The Orange Gerry lives in Charlottesville, Blossom Special (OBS) was one of those where she taught English at classic trains. Run by the Seaboard Airline Charlottesville High School Railway (SAL), it was the most luxurious for 27 years. Like her father, she finds and celebrated train carrying passengers fulfillment in helping others succeed. It between New York and Miami. It operated was her father’s dedication to making life in the winter months from 1925 until 1953, better for others that inspired her to write except during World War II. this memoir. Gerry’s first book, On Kruger WCBR resident Ross T. Thomas has three Pond: Charlie’s Story, a collection of her generations of Seaboard employees among NPR essays detailing the adventures of a his ancestors. Drawing on artifacts and lame Canada goose that was unable to fly material from his family’s railroad archives and walked to her pond, illustrates her and railroad historical societies, he has belief that people can overcome setbacks created a lively presentation filled with the and obstacles with help and attention from history and nostalgia of the OBS. Vintage a caring individual. Gerry will be available images, colorful videos, and toe-tapping to sign her books after the discussion. If music will take WCBR residents back to the you do not have your own, copies will be glory days of train travel. Check out the available for purchase at $12.00 each. page 10 July 2021 happenings WCBR Bus Trips for July 3:00 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. Contact Wendy Smith at x2336, or Bus trips depart from WCBR’s front entrance. Susan Weirich at x2681. Sunday, July 11, Claudius Crozet Park, French Luncheon: Join the group at noon Charlottesville Band Summer Concert on the third Wednesday of each month in Series #1, bus will depart at 2:45 p.m. the Main Dining Room. Contact Annette Hollo from the front entrance. Sign-up sheet at x2488 or [email protected]. posts Wednesday, July 23; sign up by Foreign Policy Forum: Meets at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 7. Admission is free. on the second Tuesday of each month in Bring a folding chair or blanket. the Blue Ridge Room. Tuesday, July 20, PVCC Dickinson Lot, German Conversation Group: Meets at Charlottesville Band Summer Concert noon on the first Wednesday of each month Series #2, bus will depart at 7:10 p.m. in the Main Dining Room. Contact Niqui from the front entrance. Sign-up sheet Walrabe at [email protected]. posts Friday, July 2; sign up by Friday, Icon Painting Class: Offered Thursdays July 16. Admission is free. Bring a folding at 10:00 a.m. Contact Mary Beth Wells at chair. x2307 or [email protected]. Friday, July 30, North Garden, Chiles Ladies’ Billiards: Play begins Mondays at Peach Orchard, bus departs at 9:50 a.m. 3:00 p.m. in the Billiards Room. from the front entrance. Sign-up sheet posts Wednesday, July 14; sign up by Mah Jongg: Intermediate games Mondays Wednesday, July 28. Admission is free. at 1:00 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. Bring money for fresh peaches and peach and 1:00 p.m. Advanced Mah Jongg is on Friday at 1:00 p.m. All play is in the Card ice cream. Room (CA6). Beginner classes offered on request. Contact Lila Mait at x2443. Recurring Activities Memoirs Group: Meets the second Friday To avoid conflicts, please contact Sherrie of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Bishops Sykes (x3248) before scheduling a meeting Conference Room. in any common room or area. News Reading Group: Meets Mondays at Alterations: A seamstress will be available 10:00 a.m. in the Blue Ridge Room. in the First Floor Day Room every other Poker: Play begins Mondays at 1:00 p.m. Monday at 2:00 p.m. during June and July. in the Tavern Room. Bible Study: A small group meets every Saturday Morning Social: Held in the Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in the WCBR Monticello Room at 10:00 a.m. on the Chapel. Contact Greg Taylor at x2510 or second and fourth Saturday of each [email protected]. month. Contact Mary Hamrick at x2452. Birthday Party: Celebrations begin on the Singing Seniors: Meet every other Tuesday third Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel. Contact Nancy in the Rotunda and Blue Ridge Rooms. Erwin at x2355, Jane Sigloh at x2753, or Book Clubs: Meetings at 1:00 p.m. on the Jan Trautman at x2352. second Thursday and Friday of the month. Tavern Topics Group: Meets Fridays at Bookmobile: Curbside service is provided 10:00 a.m. in the Tavern Room. on the second and fourth Monday of each WCBR Walkers: Meet in the Pantops Lobby month from 10:15 to 11:00 a.m. at 8:30 a.m. most Saturdays and carpool Dementia Support Groups: Meetings in to nearby locations to walk. Contact John the Monticello Room and Rogan Lounge at Surr at x2854. happenings July 2021 page 11

For your continued education and enjoyment, recorded presentations will be aired during the summer months. WILL has four excellent sessions planned for July. Enjoy them from the comfort of your living room.

Mondays at 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972 and at https://it.wc-br.org/live

July 5 canals meander through quaint villages and Bob Pate: past medieval citadels with unexpected Sherlock Holmes delights around every bend. Focusing on his experience traveling the French canals The goal of this class is to and adding tidbits of history, Bill will provide those who have touch on local food specialties and French little or no knowledge of wines. He will also explore various options Sherlock Holmes with an for traveling the rivers and canals. introduction that will convey some cultural literacy and may encourage reading one of the many stories. For those who may July 26 wonder about the citations of Holmes Jim Craig: Lifespan cases and quotations in current mystery One of my lifetime habits fiction, some context examples will be has been to inform myself given. For those who have read or know about future activities by of Sherlock’s best-known adventures, a reading travel books before way will be suggested that the Conan a trip. Recently, my subject Doyle canon can be enjoyed as one story. of research has been the aging years. The game is afoot at WCBR! I admit that I got a late start on this subject, but hope to have some July 12 future remaining. The main topics of Mitch Sams: this presentation will be Centenarians and Clouds, Beauty and Life Expectancy. I will introduce you to Sentinels Above a few of my favorite over 100-year-old (Look Up, Look Up) individuals and provide some general Go outside. Don’t tell anyone information about the group. Next, I’ll and don’t bring your phone. present information about life expectancy Just walk. See. Sit down on one of our and discuss how we may manage to live many benches. Just be whatever you are longer and better lives. with whatever you have and realize that is enough to be happy. There is a whole You, Too, Can Present a WILL Class! world out there, right outside your window. You would be a fool to miss it . . . Many of you in the WCBR community have JUST LOOK UP!! had fascinating careers or have hobbies and passions that you would like to share. Preparing and delivering a course enriches July 19 the lives of both the instructor and the Bill Baskerville: audience. WILL would like to hear from Canal Boating in France residents interested in offering courses on France has over 750 miles new topics. If you do not wish to prepare of navigable canals that a full PowerPoint lecture, we now offer the have changed very little in opportunity to present a Q&A session on a the past 300 years. Often lined with trees subject of interest. Contact Mitch Sams or or surrounded by fields of lavender, the Ross Thomas to discuss topics and dates. page 12 July 2021 happenings Fitness Assessments From July 6-16, the Fitness and Wellness Team will offer free fitness assessments to all members of the WCBR community. These low-intensity, low-impact, 45-minute assessments will provide a snapshot of your current fitness level. If you have completed a fitness assessment with our team in the past, we will be able to compare your current results with your previous results. These one-on-one sessions provide the Fitness Team with an

MEGA-THANKS, FITNESS TEAM! From many, opportunity to give you personal guidance many residents — The WCBR Fitness Team and suggestions to assist you in meeting was surprised one morning by a banner hung your health and wellness goals. Future in the Pantops lobby by appreciative residents. fitness assessments will allow us to From left: Richard Cormack, Brittany Wisinski, Matthew Barresi, and Morgan Steele. continue to track the progress you have made. To schedule an appointment, please Fitness and Wellness News email [email protected], call x2810 or x2720, or visit us in the Fitness Center. Small Group Balance Training The assessment slots will fill up fast, so In an effort to provide a program that schedule yours early!

results in better overall balance, a safer (Fitness and Wellness News continues on p. 13) environment, and a more enjoyable experience for participants, the WCBR WCBR Group Exercise Classes Fitness and Wellness Team will offer 8-week Mon 9:00 A Aerobics - Gold Small Group Balance Training sessions 9:00 B/TV Aerobics - Silver beginning the week of July 26. Residents 10:00 A Strength Training - Gold interested in participating in the program 10:00 B/TV Strength Training - Silver are required to have a fitness assessment Tue 9:00 B/TV Functional Moves prior to registering. Results of the balance 9:00 P Water Aerobics portion of the fitness assessments will be 10:00 A Yoga - Gold used to place residents of similar abilities 10:00 B/TV Chair Yoga - Silver into groups of 3-4 for the Small Group training. Throughout the 8-week program, Wed 9:00 A Tabata - Gold each group will meet with their group 9:00 B/TV Tabata - Silver leader twice a week to work on the 10:00 A Strength Training - Gold research-supported balance challenges 10:00 B/TV Strength Training - Silver and exercises. Registration for the first Thu 9:00 B/TV Functional Moves Small Group Balance Training session will 9:00 P Water Aerobics take place July 19-23. The program will 10:00 A Yoga - Gold conclude the week of September 12 with a 10:00 B/TV Chair Yoga - Silver post-program balance assessment, which Fri 9:00 A Aerobics - Gold will be used for placement in subsequent 9:00 B/TV Aerobics - Silver balance training programs. Please contact 10:00 A Strength Training - Gold Matthew Barresi, Director of Fitness and 10:00 B/TV Strength Training - Silver

Wellness, at [email protected] A - Fitness Studio A, P - Activity Pool or x2720 with questions. B/TV - Studio B and WCBR Channel 972 happenings July 2021 page 13

Fitness and Wellness News (continued from p. 12) Wellness Challenge Prize Winners Wellness Charts, May 24 — 28 Congratulations go to Ruth Shepherd for winning our May Wellness Charts prize drawing. Wellness BINGO, June 6 — 12 Congratulations to Nancy Erwin who won our Wellness BINGO challenge.

Tom was so sad when the pool closed . . . Tom is very happy now! Group Exercise Updates The WCBR Fitness and Wellness Team is excited to announce the return of water aerobics classes in the Activity Pool. Water aerobics classes for all skill levels are held on Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. The full group exercise class schedule can be seen on page 12. We appreciate the patience of the WCBR community as we continue to evaluate and review our group exercise offerings and explore bringing back some popular class favorites such as cardio drumming, chair volleyball, Tai Chi, and more.

WCBR Olympic Challenge In celebration of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Fitness and Wellness Team will be holding an Olympic Challenge for the WCBR community. The Challenge will begin with our very own Opening Ceremonies on Friday, July 23, and will wrap up on Sunday, August 8. There will be opportunities to earn points and win prizes by participating in various fitness and wellness programs and activities. Watch for more details about WCBR’s Olympic Challenge as we get closer to the House wrens are good parents and bring lots of start of the Tokyo Games. insects to the kids. Photo by Jim Greene page 14 July 2021 happenings WCBR Show Times Movies Will Be Broadcast on WCBR Channel 972

Fridays at 7:30 p.m. 7/23: Bringing Up Baby, 7/10: Florence Foster 1938, NR, Comedy/Family, Jenkins, 2016, PG-13, Drama/ Romance, 102 min. While Comedy/Biography, 111 min. trying to secure a $1 million The true story of a New donation for his museum, York heiress who dreamed a befuddled paleontologist of becoming an opera singer is pursued by a flighty despite having a terrible and often irritating heiress singing voice. Starring Meryl and her pet leopard. Stars Streep, Hugh Grant, and Katharine Hepburn, Cary Simon Helberg. Grant, and Charles Ruggles. 7/17: The Father, 2020, 7/30: Pretty in Pink, PG-13, Drama, 97 min. As 1986, PG-13, Comedy/Drama/ he ages, a man refuses all Romance, 97 min. A poor girl assistance from his daughter. must choose between her While trying to make sense childhood sweetheart and of changing circumstances, a very sensitive, but rich he begins to doubt his 7/2: The Odd Couple, 1968, playboy. The movie stars loved ones, his own mind, G, Comedy, 105 min. Friends Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, and even the fabric of his try sharing an apartment, and Harry Dean Stanton. reality. Starring Anthony but their housekeeping ideas Hopkins, Olivia Colman, and and lifestyles are as different Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. as night and day. Stars Jack Mark Gatiss. Lemmon, Walter Matthau, 7/24: Bridesmaids, 2011, R, and John Fiedler. Comedy/Romance, 125 min. 7/9: Back to the Future, The competition between 1985, PG, Sci-Fi/Adventure/ the maid of honor and a Comedy, 116 min. A high bridesmaid over who is the school student is accidentally bride’s best friend threatens sent thirty years into the to upend the life of an past in a time-traveling out-of-work pastry chef. DeLorean invented by his Starring Kristen Wiig, Maya close friend, the eccentric Rudolph, and Rose Byrne. scientist Doc Brown. Stars 7/31: In Bruges, 2008, Michael J. Fox, Christopher R, Comedy/Crime/Drama, Lloyd, and Lea Thompson. 107 min. Guilt-stricken after 7/16: Airplane, 1980, PG, a job gone wrong, Ray and Comedy, 88 min. A man 7/3: Land, 2021, PG-13, his partner await orders who is afraid to fly must Drama, 89 min. A bereaved from their ruthless boss ensure that a plane lands woman seeks out a new life in Belgium, which is the last safely after the pilots off the grid in Wyoming. place in the world Ray become sick. Stars Robert Stars Robin Wright, Demián wants to be. Starring Colin Hays, Julie Hagerty, and Bichir, and Sarah Dawn Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Leslie Nielsen. Pledge. and Ciarán Hinds. happenings July 2021 page 15 JULY AT A GLANCE

1 Thu 10:00 C3 Icon Painting 12 Mon 10:00 BR News Reading Group 2 Fri 10:00 TN Tavern Topics 10:15 FE Bookmobile 1:00 C6 Advanced Mah jongg 1:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 2:30 TV Website Topics 1:00 TN Poker 7:00 BR Ping-Pong, Cornhole Start 2:00 DY Alterations 7:30 TV Movie, The Odd Couple 2:30 TV WILL Rerun, Look Up, Look Up 3 Sat 8:30 PL WCBR Walkers 3:00 BL TV 13 Tue 9:30 BR Foreign Policy Forum 4 Sun 4 th of July 10:00 CH Bible Study 4:00 TV Vespers, Dr. Dudley Rochester 10:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 5 Mon 10:00 BR News Reading Group 1:00 C6 Beginners Mah Jongg 1:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 3:00 CH Singing Seniors 1:00 TN Poker 14 Wed 12:00 MD French Luncheon 2:30 TV WILL Rerun, Sherlock Holmes 2:00 TV Strategic Plan (Replay) 3:00 BL Ladies’ Billiards 15 Thu 10:00 C3 Icon Painting 6 Tue 10:00 CH Bible Study 4:30 RR Resident Birthday Party 10:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 16 Fri 10:00 TN Tavern Topics 1:00 C6 Beginners Mah Jongg 1:00 C6 Advanced Mah Jongg 7 Wed 12:00 MD German Conversation Group 2:30 TV Website Topics 2:00 TV Strategic Plan (Replay) 7:00 BR Ping-Pong, Cornhole Start 8 Thu 10:00 C3 Icon Painting 7:30 TV Movie, Airplane 1:00 BR Thursday Book Group 7:30 RR Concert, Jeremy Thompson 17 Sat 8:30 PL WCBR Walkers 7:30 TV Movie, The Father 9 Fri 10:00 TN Tavern Topics 10:30 BC Memoirs Group 18 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Jane Sigloh 1:00 BR Friday Book Group 19 Mon 10:00 BR News Reading Group 1:00 C6 Advanced Mah Jongg 1:00 C6 Intermediate Mah jongg 2:30 TV Website Topics 1:00 TN Poker 7:00 BR Ping-Pong, Cornhole Start 2:30 TV WILL Rerun, Canal Boating 7:30 TV Movie, Back to the Future 3:00 BL Ladies’ Billiards 10 Sat 8:30 PL WCBR Walkers 20 Tue 10:00 CH Bible Study 10:00 MR Saturday Morning Social 10:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 7:30 TV Movie, Florence Foster Jenkins 1:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 11 Sun 2:45 FE Trip: Cville Band Concert #1 7:10 FE Trip: Cville Band Concert #2 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Pat Nabers 21 Wed 12:00 MD French Luncheon 2:00 RR Town Hall 22 Thu 10:00 C3 Icon Painting 3:00 MR Dementia Support Groups 7:30 RR Talk: Orange Blossom Special 23 Fri 10:00 TN Tavern Topics 1:00 C6 Advanced Mah Jongg 2:30 TV Website Topics 7:00 BR Ping-Pong, Cornhole Start 7:30 TV Movie, Bringing Up Baby

Note: Many events marked RR or TV will also be (The July at a Glance calendar continues on p. 16) broadcast on CH 972 and https://it.wc-br.org/live. page 16 July 2021 happenings JULY AT A GLANCE Across 3. ____ Starr, Beatles drummer, birthday (Continued from P. 15) July 7. Also means Apple in Japanese. 24 Sat 8:30 PL WCBR Walkers 5. Initials for University of North Carolina. 10:00 MR Saturday Morning Social 10. Kathy Parker and Leah Yost have the ____ 7:30 TV Movie, Bridesmaids birthday as Princess Diana. 13. July 4th is called ____ Day. 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Elaine Tola 25 Sun 16. Don Sutherland, birthday July 17, 26 Mon 10:00 BR News Reading Group played Hawkeye ____ on MASH. 10:15 FE Bookmobile 17. ____ Radcliffe, the Harry Potter boy, 1:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg birthday July 23. 1:00 TN Poker 18. ____ in the Family daughter Gloria, played by Sally Struthers, birthday July28. 2:00 DY Alterations 19. July 1, 2021 ____ be Princess Diana's 2:30 TV WILL Rerun, Lifespan 60th birthday. 3:00 BL Ladies’ Billiards 21. Most of July is ruled by the ____ in the 27 Tue 10:00 CH Bible Study zodiac calendar. Down 10:00 C6 Intermediate Mah Jongg 1. July's ____ is the ruby. 1:00 C6 Beginners Mah Jongg 2. Title role played by Sylvester Stallone, 3:00 CH Singing Seniors birthday July 6.

28 Wed 4. Seventh month in Gregorian calendar. 6. July 6, Fried ____ Day, makes the Colonel 29 Thu 10:00 C3 Icon Painting happy. 7:30 RR Talk: Two of Us 7. First name of author of Peter Rabbit, 30 Fri 9:50 FE Trip: Chiles Peach Orchard birthday July 28. 10:00 TN Tavern Topics 8. Jennifer ____ known as JLO, birthday July 24. 1:00 C6 Advanced Mah Jongg 9. July flower. 2:30 TV Website Topics 11. Leo rules the last week in July, according 7:00 BR Ping-Pong, Cornhole Start to the ____ calendar. 12. July 14, Macaroni ____ Cheese 7:30 TV Movie, Pretty in Pink 13. French for "here". 31 Sat 8:30 PL WCBR Walkers 14. July used to be the 5th month (Quintilis) 7:30 TV Movie, In Bruges until it was changed to honor Julius ____. 15. Kathy ____'s birthday is on the cusp, July 22. 20. Grain found in a horse's diet.

July’s Crossword Puzzle Courtesy of Barbara Fontaine

(Answers are on page 3)