Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2020 Fun Fitness Treating Cabin

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association June 2020 Volume XXVII, Number 6

Fun Fitness Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2020 The 15th year of Our annual celebration of the birth of our nation on July 4th our annual Fun will necessarily be different than in previous years. However, Fitness Week we still plan to at least PARADE! – with masks and maintain- takes the form of ing proper physical distance, of course. Fitness Challenges Would you like to participate as a marcher in the parade or and Perimeter Observational Walks. as a spectator on the street around Heiser Circle? We need lots Several have already been sent to your of both. In either case, please decorate yourself as festively as possible – and email or open mailboxes. maybe decorate your current mask or create a new mask for the occasion. We These are voluntary activities, run could end up looking like Carnival time in Venice! Marchers can bring a decorat- on the honor system. Remember to ed pet or vehicle – rollator, electric wheelchair, wagon, bicycle (at a slow speed, maintain social distancing and wear of course), even a small float. Whether marching or spectating, think about hav- your mask! ing a sign or flag to wave. And an instrument or noisemaker of some kind – so The instructions sent to you explain long as you don’t have to blow into it, as you would with a whistle or a kazoo. how to record your answers and to- Possibilities are drums of all kinds, cymbals, tambourines, rattles, air horns. The tals, and how to submit them. The more noise we can make, the more celebratory it will be. results will be posted in July. Final details for the full day will be in the July Kendalight, but start thinking now Whatever you do, have fun! about ways you would like to participate. Yes, this will be very different from ~Kathy Caldwell, Chair, Fitness earlier 4th of July celebrations, but with all of us using our creativity and our im- and Health Committee aginations, we can make it memorable in its own special way. ~Tom Morgan, Volunteered Coordinator

Treating Cabin Fever Here is another remedy from our own Dr. Joyce ZOOM EXCHANGES (a PhD, not THAT kind of doctor). WITH Binge-Watch TV. Netflix has hundreds of BARBARA THOMAS choices in movies and series to choose from. AT 4:00PM Popular series favorites include Russian Doll, Ozark, Locke and Key, Outlander, Sherlock, Better Call Saul, and Breaking Bad. If you are a member of Amazon Prime, you also have access to Amazon Prime Video Tuesday, June 9 that offers both free series programming (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Good Omens) and free original movies (The Big Thursday, June 18 Sick, Manchester by the Sea, The Report) and popular movies (Beckett, Star Trek, Thor, The Lincoln Lawyer). If you are a PBS member, you might be entitled to PBS Pass- Thursday, June 25 port that includes PBS programming like Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, Victoria, Nature, and Nova, as well as PBS Newshour and Washington Week in Review. Current

television and other original programming can be streamed on Hulu, Sling TV, Thursday, July 2 and You-Tube TV. For no-cost watching, try YouTube (take care not to confuse this with YouTube TV, a subscription service). See the July Kendalight for more prescriptions.

LDNC Prepares for Nominations Season It is harder to visualize KORA at work at this time when communications and meetings take place via Zoom. Many activities from the New Normal Commit- tee list (May 15 COVID-19 News Update) reveal KORA at work through its committee structure and resident volunteer efforts. The meetings of KORA Council are now being recorded and made available on the Resident Website. The KORA Council continues attend- These resources may help to provide a sense of the active community life that ing to business during this unique is here, even if not visible in the usual ways, especially for our newest residents. “hard-closure” time. The KORA Exec- The beat goes on, and so it is time to hear from LDNC! utive Committee meets weekly to ad- The Leadership Development and Nominations Committee is defined in the dress emerging issues, and the whole Revised KORA Constitution and Bylaws, Article IV. Through the year we are Council holds regular meetings. The focusing on leadership development and the leadership needs of the associa- following report of the May meeting of tion. Working with the Coordination Committee of KORA Council, we hope the Council indicates its ongoing work. to be a resource for committees and interest groups as we get to know our resi- Reports from Council Committees: dents and their interests. Our resident association is a voluntary system which Members of the Coordination Com- touches on just about every aspect of our lives at Kendal. It depends on resi- mittee have contacted the chairpersons dents with organizational skills to provide leadership as well as upon the partic- of KORA standing committees to get ipation of all residents according to their interests and gifts. updates of the activities and concerns In addition our work includes the tasks of the former Nominations Commit- from these groups, offering assistance tee. In July we will invite you to consider for office residents that you feel as needed. Two leadership changes would represent you well as councilors and officers of KORA. LDNC has job were reported. Shirley Taylor is the new descriptions for these positions which will be posted. We will describe them chairperson of the Program Committee briefly in the July Kendalight, provide information about leadership needs for and Kathy Caldwell is chairperson of 2021, and outline the nominations process. the Pet Matters Committee. It’s not too soon to be thinking about whom to suggest and about your own desire for engagement in KORA activities. Members of LDNC are: Ardith Suggestions and Concerns Commit- Hayes and Sue Palmieri, co-chairs; Robert Longsworth, Tom Morgan, Sandy tee received input from residents via Siebenschuh, and Barbara Whitehead. email and reported two concerns. One was the request that residents wear more-visible nametags, which has been group and the New Normal Com- June Suggestions and handled by the Kendal office staff and mittee. Each has residents collaborat- members of the committee. The other Concerns Committee ing with Kendal administration. was a concern for the isolation felt by The committee meeting is cancelled, Resident Engagement Coordinator some residents during our closure. but you are welcome to send a sugges- Joyce Benjamin gave an update about tion or concern to chair Marjorie Por- Reports from Liaisons: connecting Kendal community with ter. You will find her open mailbox Facility Services Liaison Bruce Rich- relevant information during this time number, email address, and phone ards reported that work will soon begin of closure. In addition, she reported number in the 2020 Kendal Directory. to clean the mud and debris from re- on her role as Kendal at Oberlin liai- A written message is preferred, to cent construction sites, address the son to the Kendal Corporation’s ex- make sure it’s conveyed correctly to drainage of standing water in ditches, panding Communication Initiative. and construct a visitation booth for the others. Your message will be shared Stephens Care Center. The Council agreed to provide ice and discussed with other committee Stephens Care Center Liaison Phil cream for our community July 4th members, and you will receive a Pritchett reported adjustments to resi- celebration. response. ~Marjorie Porter, Chair, Suggestions & Concerns Committee dent meetings, which are now weekly The June Council Meeting and engage residents via Zoom in sev- Plans are underway for the June 16 eral locations rather than in one central KORA Council Zoom meeting to be Minutes of KORA Council meetings meeting area. available via the new Kendal dedicat- are available in the library and on Other Business ed TV channel, so that the entire the KORA website kaores.net The Council heard updates from two community can view the meeting. Click Calendar, click Archive, click working groups: the Video Policy ~Gary Olin, KORA President Events-Recording

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2020 Gay Pride Month at Kendal at Oberlin ♫–Music at Kendal–♫ Gay Pride will be marked at Kendal at Oberlin by putting up rainbow flags along the Heiser entrance and encouraging resi- Kendal Song Swap by Zoom dents and staff to put rainbow flags in our windows. The pro- Wednesdays - 7:00 to 7:40pm gram and movies originally planned for June are postponed until fall when hopefully LGBT+ and Allies can gather together to celebrate. During June the To get the Zoom link do one of these: KaO LGBT+ and Allies Interest Group will have a display in Heiser for you to • See resident database (kaores.net) and visit and learn about LGBT issues and activities. click “Calendar.” The KaO LGBT+ and Allies Interest Group was first organized in Spring • Email Judy Cook, who sends out the Zoom link the day of the event. 2018 to support LGBT+ persons at Kendal and to educate and advocate around LGBT+ issues. The interest group planned KaO’s first Pride Week Cel- ebration in June 2018 and another week of activities for Pride Month in June Zoom Folk Concert Series 2019. The group, made up of residents and staff, meets from time to time dur- A series of afternoon folk concerts is ing the year as issues arise and/or the group members decide the time is right being planned to feature folk artists for a meeting, discussion, and/or event for LGBT+ and Allies. If you would from Britain and America. These con- like to participate in the interest group, contact Dwight Call or Ann Francis. certs will likely be Zoomed and include participation by Kendal residents or outside artists, a 30-min. concert by the 2020 LeadingAge Ohio performer, and a 15-min. Q&A . STARS Are Delayed… Remember! Wear your Watch for more details on WKAO. Or face mask and your contact Judy Cook. But No Worries! name tag so newcomers COVID-19 has definitely changed all and old-timers alike Check WKAO for Events know who you are! our lives, and the preventive need for Keep watching WKAO to see an- social distancing eliminated all in- nouncements for programs you can see person LeadingAge Ohio gatherings via Zoom, online streaming, or our for April and May. 2020 Chalk Walk new cable channels (see “In This To- Bobbi Dolan, Program Associate It is with a heavy heart that the Ober- gether: But Now with More TV Chan- for LeadingAge Ohio, said, “Please lin Chalk Walk Committee has decid- nels!” on page 8). WKAO alerts you know that we are monitoring the situ- ed to postpone the 2020 Oberlin about Kendal inhouse programs ation with the coronavirus and will Chalk Walk (originally scheduled for (exercise, information exchanges, films, continue to do so in the coming June 20) until further notice. Please music), suggestions from residents weeks. Your safety and the safety of know we are monitoring the COVID- (concerts, lectures, virtual tours), and your residents and staff are of the ut- 19 situation to make informed deci- college programs. most importance. We have not re- sions to keep all of our artists, volun- For example, Stage Left is a new se- scheduled any of the postponed teers, and community members safe ries of online programs featuring events because the end of all this is and healthy. Oberlin Conservatory faculty and stu- yet unknown. If anything changes we Please continue to check our web- dents as well as guests from around the will make sure to notify our members site and Facebook page for updates. globe. A live program will be streamed as soon as possible.” Tuesday evening, June 4, but other All staff nominations are on hold programs are available on demand at while we wait for our situation to www.oberlin.edu/conservatory/stage-left. change. When we receive word of Have a Heart ~Your conscientious WKAO staff rescheduling the STARS honors Have you noticed some residents and luncheon, we will proceed with mak- staff are wearing rainbow hearts on For the ing final nominations and announcing their nametags? At Kendal at Oberlin Vision-Impaired our 2020 STARs. wearing a rainbow heart on your ~Toni Merleno, name tag affirms LGBTQ+ persons Low-Vision Support Director, KaO HR and recognizes persons as allies. Re- Group quest a heart by putting a note in Because of restrictions on Ken- open mailbox #49 with your contact dal meetings due to COVID-19, information. we will not meet in June.

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We’re in This Together! I can’t believe it’s June! We have been in the thick of the pandemic since mid- March when we had a hard close, shut- ting down all community activity spaces, dining rooms, and fitness areas including the pool, and not allowing entrance to Kendal by any visitors unless for essential business. The Board of Directors agreed to cancel its March meeting and defer “ordinary” business because everything had become “extraordinary.” Two months later, the board agreed to meet remotely using a forum like Zoom. In fact, it will be doing remote meetings for all of 2020, clearly the “new nor- Photo: Rebecca Cardoza mal” way. Question: What has a ten-year gestation period, is one mile long, One of the highlights of the May and is enjoyed by many residents? board meeting was learning about the changes that have occurred on our Answer: Our Perimeter Path. campus in recent months. This was Kendal’s pathway was a long time coming. In 1996, the KORA minutes noted: accomplished well through a slide pro- Since the perimeter pathway has been an ongoing problem that has not been gram – no words, just photos of every- solved, it was moved, seconded, and passed, that a separate Perimeter Pathway where! It took the board behind the Committee be formed. It was noted that a pathway is in the long-range plan, but scenes: to the kitchen as mid-day meals money is not available in the 1996 budget…. were packed up; to the dining rooms A map of the proposed path appeared in The Kendalight, and an early estimate now being used as critical storage for for construction was $99,000. KORA donated $10,000 and several anonymous “PPE” (personal protective equip- gifts came in. Kendal administration also stepped up. A year later, the chair of ment). The board saw that signage was the committee, Ogden Hannaford, reported that with $30,000 in hand, an initial prominent everywhere, directing both segment of the path could be staked out near the Maple Street entrance. residents and staff how to behave in We have little information from the intervening years. When Phase I of con- the “new normal.” struction began in 2005, the path was incomplete and mostly gravel. By 2006, I’m arranging to share the slides on the final paved segment of the path was completed. KORA’s website. Some will be new to Over a span of 10 years, the building of the path demonstrates the persever- you, especially those behind the scenes ance and generosity of many residents. Today more than ever, we appreciate including in the Stephens Care Center. our perimeter path every day. ~Grace Tompos How will Kendal at Oberlin guide the reopening and still remain safe without a vaccine for the surest protec- side, with all participants wearing The guidelines may be driven by tion? One word: carefully. masks and socially distanced. Indoor square footage or by regulations or Kendal administration has partnered activities bring more risk and restric- clinical advice. All spaces will need to with resident leaders, beginning with tions. In-house dining will be the last be sanitized before and after personal KORA’s President Gary Olin. The area to be opened up! Other commu- use, and many more sanitizing sup- New Normal Planning Committee is nity rooms will be limited by number plies put in place. This may be incon- meeting weekly with a ton of emails in of people, with no space to exceed 10 venient and burdensome, but it will between as they focus on identified (such as Heiser Auditorium). Some finally bring back more of our mean- priorities for programming that could spaces will be far more limited, like ingful interactions and much loved begin to be offered, but with necessary the fitness room (2 people) or the ways of spending time. We all have practices and procedures to assure library (5 people) and have a specific missed doing what we so dearly love safety for all. time limit for use. at Kendal. Let the living begin, but The activities that carry the least Spaces will require social distancing with care and attention to reduce risk! amount of risk are those that are out- and masks to be worn at all times. ~Barbara Thomas

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Kendal Resale Shop Talk Art Gallery News Benefitting Kendal Residents Assistance Fund and Community Charities Kendal’s quarantine has provided us all with some special gifts. First of all, the artists whose works were hung in the three galleries – Taha Benadada, whose Re-Opening the Resale Shop evocative seascapes appear in the Kendal Main Gallery; Roy Jenkins, whose We’ve got plans in our heads. beautiful photos are hung in the Community Gallery; and Katie Krueger, We’ve got energy to spare. whose powerful abstract paintings line the Friends’ Gallery – have all agreed to So please hold on. loan us their work until the lockdown is over. Thus, we are happy to report that We’ll soon be there. Kendal’s beaches will remain open, residents may continue to visually visit light- ~Shirley Taylor, houses near and far, and those in the Stephens Care Center can continue to be for the Kendal Resale Shop stimulated by the bright designs they pass! The downside of this necessary ar- rangement is that we will probably not have the opportunity to admire the crea- What’s New tivity of our fellow residents, since the “Kendal Creates” exhibition will have to With the Cardinal Shop? wait for another time. The Cardinal Shop is currently reasses- Many people have asked (OK, one person) about the thrilling work of the no- ing its mission to better serve the chang- torious “Hanging Committee,” which puts up each new show in our galleries. ing demographics of KaO. Here’s how the magic happens: As the new Grand Plan for space in 1. The artist brings the work to the gallery. Heiser and the Stephens Care Center 2. The curator for the gallery leans the individual pieces against the wall on the evolves, the Cardinal Shop will be an- floor in the order s/he thinks might be suitable. nouncing its plans for adaptation. 3. Discussion ensues among the various members. Suggestions are made. Stay tuned! 4. We do it the way the curator says. 5. The crew, usually consisting of Robert Taylor, Mary Behm, Grover Zinn, Nina Love, John Matsushima, Bill Siebenschuh, and Tom Van Nortwick, divides up STAY the work of hanging the art, working in pairs or alone. CONNECTED! 6. The procedures for hanging the individual pieces are: Our quarantine is still in a. If possible, the center of each piece is positioned 58 in. from the floor, the place and it’s hard to keep up our spir- distance that Paul Arnold established was best for viewing. its and believe there will ever be an end b. The intricate scientific process (well, some arithmetic is required) of deter- to it. Meanwhile, residents in the Care mining where to put the picture hangers is initiated by each hanging unit. c. The hanging proceeds. Center are even more isolated than d. Swearing and finger-pointing follow, as the teams (OK, it’s always Bill and those in independent living. Tom) discover that their calculations were slightly off. Two Tips To STAY CONNECTED e. Eventually, after some salubrious interventions by capable adults, the meas-  Keep track of birthdays on the urements are corrected and the pictures hung. 7. High-fives and backslapping conclude the operation. monthly birthday list. Send a note/ card to any resident in the Care Cen- As you can see, this is demanding and sometimes dangerous work (swollen ter who has a birthday. They will thumbs, etc.) best left to experts, but the Hanging Committee does it anyway. know you have not forgotten them. We really do hope that the art in the galleries can provide stimulation and sol- ace in these trying times.  The Creative Arts Department in the Care Center has drawn games (Tic Tac Toe) on the windows facing the Stephens Care Center News outside in the Patterson and Whittier Lounges and left Sharpies outside the SCC residents who wish to have window-side visits this summer will have windows. You can make arrange- chairs placed outside their SCC room windows. You can call the residents direct- ments with someone in the Care ly to see if they are ready for a visit, or call the nursing staff in the SCC to assure Center, go up to windows, and play a your person will be available to visit with you. Please help keep our CommUnity game. connected. If you have trouble contacting Spelling Bee! We need some competition!! Two of our spellers are looking for a someone in the Stephens Care Cen- bit of a challenge. If you like to spell and can use Zoom, join us on Sundays at ter by phone, e-mail, etc., to play 3:00pm at Zoom Meeting Room: 686-672-940. Oberlin College student Delaney games or just talk, please contact Kelly is our leader. ~Michele Tarsitano-Amato Elizabeth Hole.

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As a PK and pastor, I had lived in More About Kendal Residents parsonages all my life. We have enjoyed Oberlin immense- and we treasure memories of our trips ly. We are active members of The to Israel, Alaska, Hawaii, and Australia. First Church in Oberlin (UCC), enjoy We are now on a mission to visit the Conservatory student recitals, and only four states we have yet to see. other college town benefits. We spend Closer to home, we spend much of time traveling, visiting with family and the summer at our cottage at Lakeside, friends, hiking, and discovering the enjoying the Chautauqua program and beauty and wonder of nature. We’re just relaxing beside Lake Erie. looking forward to making new Moving to Kendal seems like the friends in the Kendal community. Anne and Rollin Conway right way to begin our next adventure. Anne: I was born in the second year of the Rollin: baby boom and have lived almost all I am a PK (preacher’s kid) who was my life in Ohio. I grew up in and born in Medina, OH, during the first around Mansfield and met my husband year of the baby boom. As a PK, I and Rollin at church camp. We married my family moved several times during young and finished college together at my childhood and teenage years. Ohio Wesleyan University. I graduated from Mount Vernon, When our two daughters were small, OH, high school, majored in psycholo- I completed my library degree and be- gy at Ohio Wesleyan University, and Helene Aarons gan my career as music cataloger for went to seminary at the Methodist Cuyahoga County Public Library. I Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), My 80-year journey has been full of soon transferred to public services and earning both Master of Divinity and unplanned events which have allowed worked at Berea, Fairview, and Bay Doctor of Ministry degrees. me to experience and develop very dif- Village branches, retiring as branch Throughout my career, I served six ferent parts of myself, from living in a manager of the Parma Heights branch parishes in the East Ohio Conference teepee and foraging in meadows for in 2007. Along the way I became in- of the United Methodist Church and fresh greens for salad to spending five volved in union organizing, serving as taught as an adjunct faculty member years as a Volkswagen mechanic. I was president of the CCPL local and on the for MTSO. I’ve been a long-time board a great technician but lousy diagnosti- Professional Council of Service Em- member for OhioGuidestone, a non- cian, rebuilding an engine because it ployees International Union. profit health and welfare agency with a was out of gas! After retirement, we moved to Ober- wide variety of programs throughout Hippie life in the 60s, 70s, and early lin and bought our first and only Ohio. 80s presented lots of opportunities to house, having lived in parsonages I met my wife, Anne, at church camp explore new ideas, skills, and lifestyles. throughout Rollin’s career as a United and we married while we were both Today, my recent stroke is my prime Methodist pastor. Our older daughter still in college. We have two daughters, teacher, necessitating a different way of Kristan lives in Oberlin with her hus- Kristan Carter, who lives with her hus- walking into a new life. band and two sons. She is an occupa- band, Brian, and two sons, Leo and Several threads have remained con- tional therapist in the Midview Schools. Max, in Oberlin; and Jessica Chisholm, stant throughout these years. First, my Jessica lives with her husband in Avon who lives with her husband, Jason, in deep love for, and connection to, na- Lake and is a family practice physician Avon Lake. Kris is an occupational ture. I had a wonderful 25-year Federal at the Cleveland Clinic. therapist working with students in the career helping folks challenge the illu- We count ourselves fortunate to Midview school system; Jessie is a fam- sion that we are separate from nature. have our family close to us. ily practice physician working for the As a wilderness and vision quest guide, We have always enjoyed traveling, Cleveland Clinic at their Avon facility. I helped people experience the awe- usually camping when our girls were We feel fortunate to have family mem- some ability of nature to be a teacher young. Maine, the Georgian Bay in bers nearby. and guide in our lives. Nature is my Ontario, and Steamboat Springs, CO, We retired to Oberlin 12 years ago, spiritual mother. are some of our favorite destinations, buying our first non-parsonage home. Second, learning about community, For new policy about email addresses and phone numbers, please see page 10. PAGE 6 THE KENDALIGHT JUNE 2020

Let’s Welcome Our Newcomers The Newcomers Committee sponsors an event twice each year to introduce new residents to the community. Due to Ken- dal’s hard close, the one scheduled for May 6 was postponed and will be rescheduled either as a traditional reception or in some other form. In the meantime, seven new residents have joined our community since Kendal’s hard close in March. Others are ex- pected this summer and fall. How do we meet them? Due to COVID restrictions including quarantine, masks, and social distancing, they are not well known to the community at large. Since it is difficult to meet them (or even see them) the “normal” way, we are introducing them to you in a “new normal” way. Beginning with this issue (both pages 6 and 7), The Kendalight will publish a photograph of each new resident, along with a profile or brief caption. Welcome, Newcomers! ~Anne Wardwell, Chair, Newcomers and Friendship Committee Recent Move-Ins

Ann Fuller moved from Oberlin, OH, Andreé and Jim Underwood Lillie and Nick Long moved from in early March. moved from Vermilion, OH, in mid- Lafayette, LA, in late April. April. Physicist and then Oberlin Community Lillie Long: Public Affairs Specialist Services Executive Director for 28 Andrée Underwood: Native speaker with the Department of Homeland years. Interested in technology, history, of French. Teacher of the language Security in New Orleans as a writer and genealogy, and music. and its culture for 30+ years. Inter- photographer. Interested in photog- ests: yoga practice and meditation, raphy, movies, traveling, cooking, Upcoming Moves reading, classical music, gardening, growing herbs, sewing, crochet, paint- tennis, swimming, hiking… Larry and Donna Steele will be moving, and pottery. ing from Princeton, NJ, in June. Jim Underwood: Previously lived in Nick Long: Chemical Engineer for 33 Oberlin and the Cleveland area for years manufacturing chemical additives many years. Taught French and Eng- for oil and gasoline. Interested in gar- Helene Aarons (Cont’d) lish on both the high school and uni- dening, cooking, and pottery. from living in a co-op in college, vari- versity levels for 8 years; next career ous communes during my 15-year so- in library/media. Main interests are journ as a hippie, and even spending art, antiques, literature, and travel. hours watching a colony of ants go about their daily life. Kendal Kryptogam #183 - by Nina Love Third, my love of making art. I have worked in many different media, most recently making vinyl floor mats and HABABMAH KUCK YEK TAKKOYT DUCK FEZ wall hangings painted with indigenous tribal designs. Seeing nature in all her DCYK OX XEBAKOBAX C DEYWAHLZG beauty – an opening flower, the veins of a leaf, and the brilliant red of a male cardinal – is often my inspiration. XKHEPA EL GZRP. ~WCGCO GCBC As my journey continues at Kendal, I look forward to continue building a Solution to Kryptogram #182: “People will forget what you said, people rich and nourishing life with new will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them friends and new experiences. feel.” ~Maya Angelou

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Bobbie Carlson In This Together: But Now Nest Box News Tended our Garden with More TV Channels! The cold snap the weekend of May 11 In the article “How Does Our Kendal We have many resources available to took a terrible toll on Bluebird chicks. Apartments Garden Grow?” (May 2020, help us all cope with the COVID Cri- Here at Kendal five chicks at Meadow page 5), we regrettably misspelled the sis. In my “Cabin Fever” columns I Pond were found dead in their nest. last name of Bobbie Carlson, a long- have been sharing some of the things The six Bluebird chicks in the box by time Kendal resident with a long history we can do to keep from climbing the Lot 5 were found dead; English House in Oberlin. walls. This time I want to share a re- Sparrows had entered that nest and Florence Louise “Bobbie” (Dunn) source that is now available: a New killed all the chicks. The fate of the Carlson was the daughter of two Ober- Television Station: KOTV! adults is not known. The moral of the lin College grads. No surprise then that For many years we have had WKAO story: don’t count your bluebirds until she graduated from Oberlin in 1940 and cable box 919 (or 19-1 or 95-100 with- they’ve fledged! went off to China as a Shansi rep where out the cable box). WKAO provides But it is still early in the season and she met another Shansi rep, Ellsworth the daily menu and announcement Mother Nature is trying to recover “Ells” Carlson. They married in 1943, slides and has recently been expanded some lost territory. At Island Pond two returning to the U.S. a year later as Japa- to include exercise videos and Zoom boxes are paired. One has been claim- nese forces advanced on their city. In Exchanges with Barbara Thomas. ed by Eastern Bluebirds and contains 1950 Ells accepted a position in the We have added a new cable channel five chicks that should fledge around Oberlin College history department and found on 920 with the cable box (or on June 1. The box attacked by the Eng- he and Bobbie returned to Oberlin and 19-2 or 95-101 without the cable box). lish House Sparrows now contains 5 remained here, moving to Kendal in Subject to the development of appro- blue Eastern Bluebird eggs that should 1995. Ells died three years later, but as priate COVID precautions and proto- hatch around June 7. The single Blue- noted in the May article Bobbie was a cols, the plan is to begin broadcasting bird egg in the Community Garden vibrant part of our community until selected events that we had traditionally hatched in mid-May. It has been ac- 2014. conducted in the auditorium. Dennis tively guarded and fed by both its par- One of their noteworthy residences in Cook reported, “The auditorium equip- ents – a treat for gardeners to observe. town was the OC president’s house on ment can support anything we did be- American Tree Swallows have Forest St. Always active in community fore COVID plus Zoom: presentations claimed three of our nest boxes; one of affairs, Bobbie worked to improve the with or without slides, song swaps, them by Island Pond plus two on relationship between college and town poetry readings, special events.” All Wildflower Hill contain a total of 16 by organizing events there during Ells’ residents on campus will have access to eggs. The vigilant adults are never far two tenures as acting president of Ober- this channel and all the events it broad- away and if you approach a box they’ve lin College in 1970 and during 1974-75. casts. KOTV is still in its infancy, but chosen, they usually perch on top. Bobbie always made a difference in “stay tuned” for details as it grows and A pair of Mallards has chosen the Oberlin and later at Kendal. develops. flower bed near the entrance inside the We are also working with Oberlin Community Garden to make a nest Cable Co-Op on a “third” TV channel and start their family. The almost invis- that would provide additional program- ible female is sitting on a large clump ming for residents in the Stephens Care of daffodils on eggs that should hatch Center but will be available to all resi- before the end of the month. Ducks dents in the community as well. We incubate for around 28 days. Another look forward to bringing this new tech- family of Mallards has been observed nology to the community and will keep “commuting” between Rock Pond and you all updated as to the progress of the swamp behind the pool and fitness these projects. room. It’s been a treat for those of us ~Dr. Joyce Benjamin living along their route to watch them (a PHD, not THAT kind of doctor) come and go. ~Nina Love

Blossom Music Center Big Bus Trip Cancelled The Rising of the Moon We had hoped to make our annual visit to the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom On Friday, June 5, we will celebrate Festival in August, but the season series has been cancelled. Questions? Ask the Full Strawberry Moon. Randy Wagner or Anne Martin.

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Report From The John Bartram Arboretum: A resident who walked the perimeter path each day since the shutdown re- Observing Trees marked that the willow tree by Meadow Trees are poems the earth writes upon the Pond had them mesmerized. First, it sky… ~Kahlil Gibran was the gracefulness of the bare branches, then the opening of the leaf During this unusual time of shutdown buds. They recalled playing under the within the John Bartram Arboretum umbrella of a willow at their grandpar- here at Kendal at Oberlin, outsiders ents’ home as a small child and realized have not been coming to visit, but we that such early memories are influenc- residents have been looking more at ing their later views of trees. What are our 100-plus acres while sitting, walk- your memories? ing, running, or riding our bikes. I Blooming crabapple tree near apartments. have been fascinated by the many re- marks made to me about our trees. Early on, several of you said some- thing like “I’ve been challenged by the various shapes I am seeing in the structure of trees since the leaves have not appeared yet. I never before thought much about that, but now I’ve had the time to do so.” And they Willow tree by Meadow Pond. have asked me if I can identify most As I turned from the perimeter path trees by looking at their trunks and to walk down the road between Phases limbs. “Not most, but I’m gradually 2 and 3, a resident called out to me learning. Are you?” with joy, pointing to the large swamp Others have noticed how particular Oriole at the crabapple blossoms. white oak on Route 58 which they birds go to particular trees, giving us could view from the living room of great delight. In early May, apartment their cottage. “See that beautiful dwellers noticed how the Baltimore (probably 100-year-old) tree! That is orioles have loved the crabapple tree the tree that convinced us to plant this in the southeast corner of the apart- one,” indicating the several-year-old ment building. The male started com- swamp white oak they had had planted ing to the blossoms. A few days later a near their cottage a few years ago. resident put up an orange and he came to both. A short while later the female came to the orange and then to the tree. Residents found orioles in the crabapple near Parking Lot 4 as well. Oriole at the orange.

New Event Production Process Being Developed As The Kendalight goes to press, the Cable Oversight Advisory Committee is dis- cussing its recommendations to KORA and the Kendal administration about what and how to put things on the KaO cable channels (see “In This Together: But Now with More TV Channels!” on page 8). The committee is meeting weekly. Cable events will not be scheduled or supported until the committee’s recommendations are accepted and operators have been trained. The tentative plan is to use the blue reservation forms to schedule cable “Baby” swamp white oak tree. events (since the Heiser Auditorium console is involved) and follow the old- normal copy-and-distribute paper route for getting the word out to The Ken- What poems will we help the earth dalight, WKAO, and the Kendal Calendar. write upon the sky? Stay tuned as more details develop! ~Anne Helm, Arboretum Committee

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Where to Find Contact Info From Your Editors Now that email addresses and phone You may be wondering, Where are all the phone numbers numbers for neighbors are not in The and email addresses? In the interest of protecting Personally Kendalight (see editorial to the left), Identifiable Information (PII) of our residents, The Kendalight here’s where to find them: will no longer publish resident contact information. This reflects • Online Resident Directory, in the an important policy change. resident database (kaores.net), click In the past we created two versions of The Kendalight. The first was for residents “Directory.” Note: you must either only and included resident PII. The second was for internet distribution, with be on the Resident WiFi network or resident PII removed. Today we are making only one version, without resident be logged in to access this infor- PII. This should help keep us safe from scamming. mation. Now you are wondering, But how will I get directory changes and contact • Bulletin Board, near photos of new information for new residents? Answer: Look in the online directory or the residents. Be sure to check these up- bulletin board (see the article to the right). JoDee Palmer will be the contact per- dates regularly and add this new in- son for directory changes, including posting changes on the bulletin board. formation to your personal printed Stay safe and keep reading! ~Elizabeth Aldrich and Suzanne McDougal directory.

Did You Know? You can call Saturday Walks Nature Sightings 775-9868 to hear announce- We now must restrict our walks to the 4/14-5/14 ments and menus of the day. perimeter path and its extension to Phase 2. We will meet at 9:30am on 4/14, Blue-winged Teal, Russia Table Tennis in May Saturdays at the Heiser main entrance Township Pond, Betsy Baumbach; as long as there is interest. 4/16, Goose chasing Egret, Rock The table in the apartment building is Questions? Contact Phil Pritchett. Pond, Dina Schoonmaker; 4/16, Ruby- closed down. We wish our friends in crowned Kinglet, near Meadow Pond, the Stephens Care Center healthy and AAA Safe Driving Courses Lee Hefner; 4/16, Pied-bill Grebe, happy play on the table there. at Kendal Cancelled Farmer’s Pond, Nancy Cooper:, 4/24 ~Sidney Rosenfeld Muskrat chasing Goslings, Heiser The two-day AAA safe driving course Pond, Mary Lee Orr; 4/24, Hermit scheduled at Kendal for April 29-May 1 Thrush, Palm Warblers, near Mead- The was cancelled in March due to the pan- ow Pond, Lee H.; 4/29, Rose-breast- Kendalight demic shutdown. The KORA Transpor- ed Grossbeaks on feeder #201, Lee Monthly newsletter of the tation Committee had hoped to offer H.; 4/30, Baltimore Oriole, near #5, Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association, additional courses in the summer and in Bill Washburn; 5/1, Yellow Warbler, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin, OH 44074 autumn. But AAA has announced it is Carolina Wren, Flicker, near Meadow Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich cancelling all its mature driver classes Pond, Lee H.; 5/2, Scarlet Tanager, Associate Editor: Suzanne McDougal for 2020. Questions? Ask Kenneth lot 12A, Ed Wardwell; 5/3. 8 Duck- Proofreaders: Kathy Reichard, Mary Simons Cheek or Barbara Barna. lings, Center Pond, Carol and Roger Photos: Sally Nelson-Olin, Gary Olin Hall; 5/3, 2 Turtles battling in Mead- • Looking for Someone Special? ow Pond, Ruth Bent; 5/3, Snapping Deadline for the July 2020 issue of The Kendalight is June 15. Turtles mating behind #201, Lee H.; You’ll find biographies of all residents, • 5/3, Bunnies left the nest, flowerbed The editors regret that they cannot newcomers and old-timers, in “Who’s assume responsibility for errors in in front of #201, Lee H.; 5/5, Red- Here” on the library center bookcase. content in material submitted for headed Woodpecker, Buttonbush publication. Woods, Anne Helm; 5/6, Red Admi- • Note: Please submit articles by email ral Butterfly, behind #90, Anne Mar- to our address: [email protected] IN MEMORIAM tin; 5/6, White-crowned Sparrow, in • If no email access, please type article front of #33, Mary Behm; 5/7, Yellow on separate sheet, sign and place in Mary Beth McCalla -rumped Warblers and Vireos, in The Kendalight open mailbox. May 15, 2020 trees by entrance trailer, Lee H.; 5/13, • All articles must carry a signature and Louisiana Water Thrush, ambulance telephone number. entrance, Joan Long. PAGE 10 THE KENDALIGHT JUNE 2020

Dining Matters Dining and MORSEL While the dining staff pro- Nutrition Services vides three meals a day for residents in the Stephens Care Center, they have developed a working system REMINDER: The plastic bag and all the containers in which your to provide a home-delivered meal for daily meal arrives are trash. None are recyclable or compostable. residents in independent living. Alt- Please! hough the medical dietary needs of our PUT THEM IN THE TRASH!!! independent living residents have been met, the system has allowed little Making a Difference vides free and low-cost fingers and choice in the meals delivered. with Technology hands for children and adults who Now that the dining staff has a han- have lost their limbs to war, natural dle on the logistics of providing meals Kyle Michalak, the son of late Kendal disaster, illness, or accidents. But his in a time of COVID Crisis, the Dining resident Joyce Michalak, has been help- plans were put on hold while he cared Matters Committee has resumed meeting Oberlin residents for years, first as for his wife Linda, who died in Janu- ing. Our committee is keenly aware of a police officer, then as gallery director ary. Now he has made a hand proto- the challenges facing our dining staff as at Firelands Association for the Visual type for e-Nable and been approved well as the importance of the midday Arts, and now by using his 3D printer as a volunteer. meal in our somewhat restricted lives. to benefit staff at Welcome Nursing While waiting for his first assign- Soon, our Dining Services team will Home in Oberlin and staff here at ment, he heard that the Kendal staff provide some choices for our inde- Kendal where his mother Joyce lived were having trouble meeting pandem- pendent living residents to select meal for nearly 20 years. Kyle is making per- ic requirements with cloth face masks options. Please realize that supply chain sonal protective equipment (PPE), that did not fit tight enough or were issues under COVID-19 conditions both facial masks and face shields, and too tight. He created the “ear-saving” may necessitate last-minute substitu- donating them to the two communities. device that’s pictured below on his tions for requested items. Kendal currently has enough N95 3D printer. The Dining Matters Committee con- masks for staff, so the 3D ones are “A wonderful addition to the mask tinues to listen to concerns and sugges- being used as backup. collection. Relieves all pressure from tions as we work toward restoring the ears. Kyle does amazing work,” some semblance of normalcy. We are says Shenell Hinton, Kendal’s director all in this together as we adapt to con- of Clinical Services & Nursing. Adds straints and strive to thrive in the Kyle, “Kendal took such good care of COVID-19 climate. We appreciate the my mom for 20 years, I’ll do anything patience and good will of all our Ken- for them.” dal community. ~Based on the Kendal at Oberlin Blog, https://kao.kendal.org/news/making-a- difference-with-technology/ A Message from Monica Just a note to say HELLO to all my Kay Herrick (Nurse Manager) and Annette residents. Moore (Health Services Administrative I miss you a lot, but now that you Assistant) wearing 3-D Masks. can’t come to me for breakfast or lunch in Langston, I go to your doors to de- “The 3D masks can be wiped down liver groceries. A least I see you from a and you can change the filters. It takes distance. about 10 printing hours to make one I miss chatting with you as you get mask,” explains the 69-year-old Ober- your desserts and seeing you socializing lin resident. He notes that 3D printers with each other. Please know that we cost about $300 and countless models are here to help you and keep you safe. of just about everything are available. Until the New Normal gets here, Kyle got his 3D printer more than a BIG HUGS to YOU ALL! year ago so he could volunteer for ~Monica Fuquay e-Nable, a global nonprofit that pro- “Ear-Saver” Device. JUNE 2020 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 11

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