January/February 2018 Volume 25 Number 1

A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE Residents, Associates, Families & Friends www.asburymethodistvillage.org

A Few Questions for… The Washington Post’s national political correspondent Karen Tumulty aren Tumulty is an award- Q: You’ve spent most of your winning, national politi- career marinating in politics K cal correspondent for The and the kerfuffles on Capitol Washington Post. Prior to joining Hill. What’s your favorite way to the newspaper in 2010, she wrote unwind and get your focus on for TIME and the Los Angeles Times. something else? On Feb. 5, she’ll be here at Asbury presenting at the Keese School. The A: Reading, especially good fiction. topic: “The Trump Presidency: One I belong to two book clubs. Martin Luther King, Jr. Year and Counting.” While she’s sure to be bombard- Q: In addition to your work in Remembering ed with political and policy ques- print journalism, you’re often a tions following her presentation, we guest panelist on the weekly TV Dr. Martin thought it would be fun to learn a news shows. Do you prefer one little more about her interests when format over the other? Luther King, Jr. she’s not on the clock. Karen Tulmulty Continued on page 19 By Sarah Corbett n the fall of 1948, Martin Luther King, Jr. was among I the 32 students entering Crozer Theological Seminary. A Chinese Fairy Tale He was fresh out of college, son By Phyllis W. Zeno Asbury residents. of a prominent Baptist minister his is the story of a While I was negotiating in Atlanta. Crozer was a small, very small princess an incredible bargain price liberal Baptist graduate school in China who kissed for the dozen green velour in Chester, PA, affiliated with a group of frogs in Asbury frog costumes for the show, the mostly Northern American Tand turned them into princ- I also established an endear- Baptist Convention. es and princesses. That’s ing friendship with Steven Most of Crozer’s upperclass- how the fairy tale goes. Shi, customer relationship men had served in World War Now let me tell you what manager at Milanoo.com in II, either in the military or like really happened. Chengdu, China, that has my husband, Jack, a conscien- During the four months grown to include a number tious objector, in the Civilian that I worked on the Asbury of Asbury residents. Public Service. musical, “Once Upon a Vil- Skeptics warned that Young King soon became lage,” and while searching sending money to an unfa- known as a rousing preacher, for frog costumes, I devel- miliar Chinese company through his student sermons oped a remarkable relation- that kept reducing its prices in speech class and at chapel ship with a young Chinese Stefanie Shi, the princess of this fairy tale, to unheard of lows might services. man that has involved many photographed in Chengdu, China. He was also a prankster. Continued on page 9 Once he and another student played a trick on their class- mate, Jim, who stayed out late Saturday night, then used a ser- Keese School Spring 2018 mon from a library book when he preached next morning at By Susan Ward To find the highest quality programs, George has a local church. One Saturday or nearly three years, George Stosur has provided tapped into a wide range of resources. He even night, King and his friend got Asbury residents with high quality, interesting and joined special groups that locate and exchange infor- into Jim’s room while he was varied programs as dean of the Keese School. Each mation about potential speakers and performers. F Cost to residents is only $1.00 in advance ($2.00 at out, stacked furniture against semester he schedules 30 lectures and resident panels the inside of the door to his and 10 classes and seminars. He balances the offerings the door) for programs that would be difficult to dupli- room, and scattered his books. within eight categories: history, science/medicine, arts/ cate for many times that amount. It bears mentioning literature, social, politics/international, music, nature and that Keese School, thanks to George, has made signifi- Continued on page 4 miscellaneous. Many fall into multiple categories. Continued on page 2 The Art of Writing VILLAGE by Susan Grotenhuis LIFE ast month, AMV kicked off a I am old like a grandmother, and Asbury Methodist Village new pen pal program with 201 Russell Avenue the Bar T after-school pro- I live with other old people in a L Gaithersburg, MD 20877 gram at Germantown’s Sally Ride big apartment building near your Elementary School. General information: 301-330-3000 It all began when Tom Harkins, school. Website: www.asburymethodistvillage.org of the Bar T after-school program, — One resident’s explanation of a senior living community came to a meeting at my office with Village Life brought to you in part by in words her young pen pal can understand 10 letters in hand. On the front of “ each, in bold purple marker were the words, “Hi, I’m…” These were pen-pal program. ing other than texting. Residents Tom’s vision is an intergenera- and children will get to know one Editor-in-Chief introductory letters from youngsters Pam Brown eager to experience the art of writ- tional project where kids can learn another by exchanging letters back an alternate form of communicat- and forth. ” ing and receiving letters through a Asbury residents have embraced Neighborhood Coordinating this notion of exchanging letters and Editors are looking forward to an upcom- Anne Kuester, Mund ing meet-and-greet visit. With long Marilyn Gaut, Trott experience comes richness in wis- Jan Garman, Diamond dom which is gladly shared with TBD, Wallace young people. To learn more, call Joan Dunlop, Edwards-Fisher Susan at #4955. TBD, Park View Maria E. Roberts, Courtyard Homes Marolyn Hatch, Villas John Locke of Trott will facilitate. discomfort with press coverage and how current attacks endanger the KEESE SCHOOL • On Feb. 5, Karen Tumulty will Resident Staff free press. Plante has covered every Continued from page 1 present a talk entitled The Trump Courtyard Homes: Peter Cascio Presidency: One Year and Count- presidential campaign since 1968 Diamond: Jan Garman, cant financial contributions to col- ing. Tumulty is a national political and served as White House corre- lege scholarships for student dining correspondent for The Washington spondent under Ronald Reagan, Bill Barbara and Tony Barnard room servers. After about 240 pro- Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Post, where she received the 2013 Edwards-Fisher: Joan Dunlop, grams, this semester will be George Obama. Toner Prize for Excellence in Politi- Dorothy Harris, Luella LeVee, Phil Sze Stosur’s last at Keese School. cal Reporting. Prior to joining the • “Richard Nixon: The Life,” is pre- This spring brings some excep- Post, she wrote for Time and the sented in interview form. Author Mund: Anne Kuester tional and timely programs. Just a Los Angeles Times. (See her Q&A John Farrell will be interviewed by and Bob Tedesco few of the highlights from Monday on page one.) Spence Limbacher (Park View). Far- Park View: Duane McKenna and Thursday lectures, resident pan- rell is an award-winning author of els and daytime classes are listed • Allison Michael will present Trott: Bettie Donley, Copy Editor; “The Reformation and its Legacy at biographies of American political below. Other wonderful programs, Jeanne North, Hal Gaut, and 500,” on Feb. 12, Not just religious figures including Tip O’Neill and including several performances, Becky Ratliff but also social consequences of the Clarence Darrow. As a journalist, he can be found in the Keese School has written for and Reformation continue to this day. The Denver Post Villas: Marolyn Hatch, Jean Hubbell, catalog. was White House correspondent for Ms. Michael is a doctoral student in Margaret Sugg, and Luann Mostello • Resident panels this semester Historical Theology and pastor of the The Boston Globe. include former Peace Corps volun- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in • On March 29, “Venezuela’s Nev- Wallace: Patty King, Arthur Forrest, teers, daughters of WWII, and the America. She has a reputation as an er-Ending Crisis: Is There Any Hope?” Kathy Hirata and Phyllis W. Zeno Beloved Community Initiative. The exceptional speaker. will be presented by Eric L. Olson. Design/Layout: Beloved Community Initiative was • “Ten Thousand Four Hundred Mr. Olson is Deputy Director of the Mina Rempe @ Electronic Ink started by Hal and Jan Garman (Dia- Latin American Program and Senior mond) in 2011, after reaching out Forty-Three Rejections and Count- Printing: ing...” offers a bit of levity. Phyl- Advisor to the Mexico Institute at Chesapeake Publishing Corp.. to the Gaithersburg community to the Woodrow Wilson International see what our neighbors identified lis Naylor’s talk on February 22 addresses what drives, inspires and Center for Scholars. He will address as helpful. The mentoring program how the international community was first. It started six years ago and torments her as a writer. Despite the title, her credits include 145 has dealt with the crisis in Venezu- other outreach programs have fol- ela. lowed. BCI now involves numerous books for all ages. She is the author residents and has a full-time staff of the Newbery Award-winning Shi- • Another timely topic is North member. loh for children, the Alice Series for Korea. On April 2, John Merrill will teens and Crazy Love: An Auto- discuss the North Korean nuclear • An 18-week Wednesday seminar biographical Account of Marriage crisis. Mr. Merrill is a visiting scholar starts on January 17. It covers the and Madness. She lives in Trott. at the US-Korea Institute of Johns period from 200 to 750, which has • On March 1, Bill Plante, a CBS Hopkins University. He is retired become known as “Late Antiquities.” from the State Department’s Bureau Many aspects of life during a time News correspondent for 52 years, “The mission of Village Life is will address the impact of the of Intelligence and Research. to provide timely, interesting and often thought of as the Dark Ages entertaining news about the lives, will be included. The lecturer is increasing torrent of criticism concerns and activities of the peo- Thomas F. X. Noble, chairman of the directed at reporters and news ple who reside, work and volunteer history department at Notre Dame. media. He will look at presidential at Asbury Methodist Village.”

2 January/February 2018 Village Life A History of Giving Back: Asbury’s Meals on Wheels Program By Virginia Rabenhorst through a lengthy interview in a cli- Left: AMV dining associates hile doing some ent’s home and that only clients who work in an assembly line to research on are unable to shop or prepare their pack cold meals for delivery. another topic, own meals are eligible. A total of 65 W Below: Meals on Wheels clients received meals that morning the following sentences on a volunteer and board mem- May 1977 document caught from seven delivery teams. ber Joan Dunlop, left, and my attention: “Meals on Asbury prepares the hot and cold partner Alice Smith, pre- Wheels is organized and car- meals for the seven delivery routes pare to head off for a day ried out by the Asbury Vol- in Gaithersburg. This takes place in of meal delivery to home- unteer Corp. This provides the huge kitchen for Kindley and bound residents. one hot and one cold meal Wilson located behind the Russell five days a week at a cost of Avenue Café. Aaron Tucker, Opera- $11.25.” tions Manager/Dining Services, and Seeing the Meals on Wheels Suzette Smellie invited us to observe sign on the door in the hallway the packing, sealing and storage of between Arcadia Place and the Russell ret Johnson, helped to 65 hot meals in the portable oven. Avenue Café suggested that Asbury establish the Gaithers- Then, when the drivers start arriv- was still active in this program, 40 burg MOW organization. ing at 10:30 am, the portable oven is years later. Now I was curious. When Gene was a driver and brought out into the hallway where did the Meals on Wheels (MOW) pro- Margaret a dispatcher. the dispatcher takes control. gram actually begin in Gaithersburg? And they continued In the afternoon, Brandon Taylor, How has Asbury been involved in this service as long as Executive Chef, facilitated our obser- the program? What involvement has they were able. Marga- vation of the cold meals being packed there been by Asbury residents over ret, who lived at Kindley until for the following day. Each sack con- the years? she passed away in December at the in learning more about the recipi- tained two milks, a container of fruit, As to the founding date of MOW age of 103, verified their participa- ents of these meals. Since I know a salad container, a dinner roll, two in Gaithersburg, Hal Gaut found this tion. Tom Gill also volunteered that both Joan and Alice, it was easy to slices of wheat bread, two butters, reference in the February 1972 edi- two current Asbury residents serve get an invitation for me and my hus- and a container of egg salad to make tion of Chit Chat (the predecessor as a team to deliver meals to home- band Art to go along on their Mon- a sandwich. The opened coolers are of Village Life): “…. A similar project bound residents under this program. day delivery to clients. Joan and Alice stored in a walk-in refrigerator until (MOW) has been initiated by Grace Joan Dunlop (Edwards Fisher) serves carried two insulated containers in the drivers arrive the next day. Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, on the Gaithersburg MOW Board and the trunk of the car: one with hot The two meals per day now cost through Mr. Harold E. Wells, our Asst. delivers meals on Monday. Her part- meals and the other with the cold $30.00 per week. Asbury has support- Administrator.” I learned from Tom ner is Alice Smith (Mund). meals. Along the way, we observed ed Gaithersburg Meals on Wheels for Gill, who is currently in charge of Now I was keenly interested in the delivery of meals to nine clients. 45 years. Residents can be proud of Gaithersburg MOW volunteers, that understanding Asbury’s current role Joan explained that eligibility for the fact that Asbury believes in com- Asbury residents, Gene and Marga- in the local MOW program and also delivery of these meals is determined munity service.

Dear Pebbles… Now on to a more interesting topic, me… I recently had the experience of being a As you may already be aware, we cats like to witness to some reckless behavior by my dog know everything. And, I have made a discov- walker when he failed to pick up my leavings. ery when my Person was at my computer typ- What’s a considerate animal to do? ing and a strange thing happened. The black — Anonymous Dog Pebbles machine near the computer made a peculiar noise and a sheet of paper started sneaking Anonymous Dog: I am pleased you are out. That was very strange. Why would paper interested in improving. You need to plan sneak out of the black machine? How had it ahead. When you first go outside, stop at the gotten in there? I hopped on and examined plastic dog waste-bag dispenser. Sit there and every crevice. Another sheet of paper sneaked look at the bags until your walker takes one out. This time I captured it and sank my teeth out. In the event it is a grandchild, you may and claws into it so it could not get away. have to get his attention by jumping on him Unfortunately, my Person chose that moment and barking. If that doesn’t work, try running to grab the paper and chase me into another around him a few times so the leash wraps room. She can be so inconsiderate. I don’t around his legs. This should keep him in have a definitive answer about the escaping place while you point your nose and look. paper but I will keep an eye on that machine. The person will get the idea eventually, espe- Who knows what will escape next? Hopefully, cially if it is cold or rainy. After you have fin- it will be something tastier than paper. ished your business, sit. Do not move until he has used the little black bag. It your walker is wrap stepsThe if your Advice walker is olderCat and infirm. Pebbles, who currently lives in the Diamond a particularly slow learner or easily distracted, It would be very inconvenient to have him building with a human roommate, will share you may have to repeat the sit-look-bark- lying on the sidewalk pressing his SARA but- periodic observations and sage advice for and jump-wrap procedure noted above. You may ton just when you are ready for a nice walk. about Asbury’s four-legged residents. want to be a bit careful about the jump and I hope that answered your question.

Village Life January/February 2018 3 Check out the new Asbury Farm Blog (https://www.theasburyfarm.org/) to learn more about no-till farming, fungal root relationships and other innovations in growing being put into practice by AMV’s farmer-in-residence, Gigi Goin.

the morning service at the Wash- MLK ington National Cathedral. Jack and Continued from page 1 I took our three children, ages 16, 14 and 11, to this service. (They still When Jim returned early Sunday, remember King processing down it took a long time to get into his the left aisle, near where we were room and to locate a book for his sitting.) We heard the modern-day Sunday sermon. prophet of justice and peace preach An outstanding student, King also from that illustrious pulpit. became the campus barber. To earn Afterwards, King returned to spending money, he would cut stu- Memphis, TN, where he was sup- dents’ hair for 25 cents. porting the garbage workers strike. When my husband went for a One garbage truck driver had been haircut, he and King had lengthy dis- crushed to death in a garbage com- cussions. On learning that Jack had pactor. His co-workers were fight- worked for several years with violent ing for safer working conditions and mental patients at notorious Phila- We moved to Washington, DC, in phone call for help. The March had better pay. We saw them marching delphia State Hospital, King asked 1961, where Jack joined the staff of been orderly, dignified, uplifting — a on television, wearing T shirts with how he dealt with mental patients the Methodist Board of Church and day of hope and promise. the logo “I Am a Man.” That Thursday without using physical force. They Society. His responsibilities includ- That November, John F. Kennedy night, shocking news blared from talked about the theory and prac- ed staying informed on issues such was assassinated. After Lyndon B. the radio. King had been killed by tice of nonviolence, as exemplified as race relations and international Johnson was sworn in as president, a sniper, while standing with his in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, and relations, to interpret developments he jawboned Congress into passing friends on the balcony of a motel. in books like Richard Gregg’s The to Methodists around the USA, and civil rights legislation in honor of How an apostle of non-violence Power of Non-Violence. to lobby the government on their Kennedy. But in Southern states it could be struck down by an act of When my husband graduated behalf. was still difficult for blacks to vote. violence was too much to bear. from Crozer in 1950, we moved to In 1963 civil rights leaders In 1965, leaders planned a march Riots broke out in Washington, Northern Illinois where he served planned a March on Washington, from Selma, AL, to the state capital DC, and across the country. Thou- as pastor of Methodist churches for to press for civil rights legislation in Montgomery to demand the right sands of national guardsmen came 11 years. When King graduated, he and jobs. On August 28, a crowd to vote. On that Sunday afternoon as to the Nation’s Capital to restore entered Boston University to earn a of 200,000 demonstrators filled the marchers crossed Pettis Bridge, order here. Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion. the mall. Jack marched with other they were brutally attacked by state Our family was stunned by this When King returned to the South clergy from Capitol Hill to the Lin- troopers. The following Sunday as terrible event. Yet, in ensuing years and became involved in the civil coln Memorial. Martin Luther King, they started to cross the bridge, they we have seen fruitful results of rights movement, we followed his Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, were again confronted by troopers. King’s ministry. Gradually African- efforts in the newspapers and on which still reverberates today. Led by King, the marchers knelt in Americans and other minorities television. On that day, in white residential prayer and retreated back across the have acquired more rights embed- While on a book tour in New York, neighborhoods of Washington, there bridge. ded in our Constitution. was uneasy quiet. Many stores and By the following Sunday, thou- King was stabbed in the chest by a (Jack felt moved in the early 70’s mentally ill woman. Jack wrote a offices were closed. The DC govern- sands of supporters — priests, nuns, to start an organization to stop gun note to wish him a speedy recovery ment feared there might be unruly rabbis, lay men and women — from violence — a movement that has and to assure him of our moral sup- crowds and that children might get across the county had come to join won some small victories, but still port. Jack received a thank-you note separated from parents. All of us the protestors. Jack and other min- has much to achieve.) from King, which has become a fam- social workers in the Child Welfare isters from Washington, DC, were Now a national holiday reminds ily treasure. In later year, our chil- Division were ordered to report for among them. This time, they reached us of Dr. King and the movement dren would take it to school during work. We might be needed to care Montgomery. to establish equal justice under law, Black History Month for “show and for lost children. All day we sat qui- On the first Sunday of April 1968, and to build a beloved community. tell.” etly in our office, without a single King was scheduled to preach at

4 January/February 2018 Village Life News You Can Use Overheard in the Russell February is Asbury Guild Avenue Café… Awareness Month

By Medie Snape expensive-looking items that By Jean Hubbell with shops, a post office, ice aude and Ethel are you might wear to a party or hether you’re new to cream parlor and more. having coffee and a fancy reception, like a wedding the Asbury family or Some things have since been Danish on a recent or something up on “the hill” have been here for relocated, but the Clothes Clos- W et remains and its profits go M (both laugh!). morning. years, it seems fitting that once “Let me tell you the distress- “Remember that cute blazer a year we remind you of the directly to the Foundation. ing news I have,” says Ethel. that I bought last summer for existence of the Guild and the • The Guild Memorial Chapel, “Listen to this…” my cruise? Bought it at the good work it has done for many located in the Park View apart- “What?” asks Maude. Clothes Closet... It was so nice decades here at AMV. The name of ment building. Says Ethel: “The Clothes Clos- and it will blend with a few of the Guild representative for your • The very first Asbury bus in et may need to shut down!” my other clothes. And, my cute building should be on the enve- 1988 providing for outings far “Oh, my! Oh, no! Why?” Christmas sweater this year… I lope you will find in your campus and near. replies Maude. bought it at the Clothes Closet! mailbox during the month of Feb- • The Sensory Garden outside “We just can’t get enough vol- And, there’s a slacks room. What ruary. While contributions in sup- the lower level at Wilson Health unteers to staff it,” Ethel replies. could be better than a nice pair port of the work of the Guild are Care Center. “Oh, dear, that’s awful!” says of tailored black slacks? How welcome any time of year, Febru- • Special Balcony off the WHCC Maude. about two pair? Or maybe ary is the month we do our annual first floor dining room. Ethel continues: “It is only some jeans.” fundraising. • Rocking chairs for Kindley open two days a week, Tues- “You always look so nice, The following is a summary of Assisted Living deck. day and Wednesday. The shifts Ethel,” says Maude. “I always the major gifts that the Guild has • Two laundry rooms in WHCC are 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and thought that you shopped at provided over the years and some for use by residents and/or visit- 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. We only Macy’s or maybe even Lord & of its ongoing activities. Until the ing families. ask the volunteers to work as Taylor.” mid-1980’s, the Guild was the only • Three bistros in Wilson HCC little as 2.5 hours per week (to “I even bought this warm volunteer organization on cam- providing snacks, games and fit the volunteers’ schedules). Pendleton jacket there for a pus providing support. It is now a large TV any hour of day or That isn’t too much to ask, is it?” song! It had been worn so little given through the Benevolent night. “Oh, no indeed,” says Maude. or not at all,” says Ethel. Care Foundation Fund within the • Large screen TV for Kindley res- Oh, dear! I’m so sad about “How do I find it?” asks Asbury Foundation. idents in first floor living room this,” says Ethel. “The cloth- Maude. Over the years the Guild has • $500,000 pledge to start the ing is beautiful, some casual “We’re on the back side of provided: Benevolent Care Endowment and some dressy. And there the Administration Building • Williamsburg Lane, transform- Fund paid in ten years. is this little closet-sized room ing the basement of Administra- called The Boutique. Beautiful, Continued on page 9 tion into a beautiful walkway Continued on page 9 Asbury Campus Happenings

January 15: Special showing of the movie entine’s Concert, What Is This Thing Called Feb. 20: Chinese New Year Celebration: Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Love? at the Rosborough Theater, 3PM. Ques- Wilson Health Care Center and Kindley Civil Rights Movement, Rosborough Theater, tions: Call ext. 4955. Assisted Living welcome the Year of the Dog 1:00pm. This event is being held in honor at Rosborough, 10:00 am-12:00 noon. Danc- February 16: A Night on the Town, 5:30pm- of the Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Hosted by ers, music, food vendors and a tea ceremony 9:00pm, Rosborough Community Rooms, the Pastoral Care & Counseling department will be part of the festivities. $62 per person. Enjoy a sit-down, four-course and the Spiritual Life PAC, a discussion will meal, plus beer, wine and sparkling cider. A Feb 22: Actress and historian Leslie God- follow after the movie. live band, mini dance lesson and red carpet dard brings history to life as she portrays January 19: Strathmore at Asbury kicks off photo ops (pictures will be available imme- Titanic stewardess Violet Jessop, who sur- the spring season with a performance by diately to take home). vived the sinkings of both the Titanic in 1912 Uasuf Gueye playing the instruments of West and the Britannic in 1916. Rosborough, The- Feb. 17: Bethesda’s Round House Theatre Africa, 7:30 pm, Rosborough Theater. Ques- ater, 1:00 pm. presents Handbagged! a funny new com- tions: Call ext. 6444 edy about a conversation between Queen Feb. 24: Leslie Goddard returns to Asbury Feb. 9: Asbury’s annual snow tubing event Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher. Organized for another performance. This time, it’s at Whitetail Ski Resort in Mercersburg, PA, by the Asbury Travel and Theater Committee, Hamilton’s Women, Goddard’s interpreta- 10am-5pm. Travel by Eyre bus shuttle. Ques- tickets are $50 and include bus transporta- tions of the sisters who charmed Alexander tions: Call 6444 tion. Questions: Call Kris Martin, ext. 5078. Hamilton. Rosborough Theater, 1:00 pm. Feb. 11: Bel Cantanti Opera presents a Val- — Compiled by Pam Brown

Village Life January/February 2018 5 By Phyllis W. Zeno the longer the number of hours after dinner New Year’s Resolution, by definition, the better. And of course, you should be stark is “giving up something you enjoy.” If Z-Notes naked before climbing on the scale. “Stark” you were to give up Biotene mouth- means watch-less and ring-less. A The difference between a Movado watch and wash, that would not count because it is not something you enjoy. It is for dry mouth. To a Timex is tremendous, not only in price but count, it should be for something you truly, in weight. But of course you should always truly enjoy… like eating! remove your watch before climbing on the If you’re like me, you always want to start scale. the New Year with some meaningful resolu- You may have resented the tiny diamonds in tion — like weight loss. I can tell you, you can your engagement ring versus the giant rock on really start the New Year off right by stopping your best friend’s finger, but at least you don’t eating. But that can only last a day or two, and By Phyllis W. Zeno, Wallace have to remove your rings for your weigh-in. then you die. So here are some masterful tips Psychologically, I remember the comfort- to achieve the same results. ing distance between Lake Forest Mall and First, get a haircut. You have no idea Potomac when I moved to Asbury four years how much long hair weighs compared to a Weigh to Go ago and discovered that a size 20 dress at butch cut. Macy’s was a size 3 at Chico’s. 17 dress sizes Then, of course, the French Silk right off the bat. Pie and corn bread have to go. But I have seriously considered hav- from that point on, there are some ing my ears pierced when I gauged helpful tricks that can do the job. the loss of those two little bits of The placement of your Weight skin, but fear has prevented me. Watcher’s scale on the bathroom A quick glance at the calendar tile is an important element. There shows me I have until Easter on is one exact location where it regis- April 1 to cope with the next large ters the lowest weight, and it should banquet. Fortunately the chef is be exactly two inches from the wall working with me. He’s taken the and towel bar in case you start to meat sauce out of the spaghetti and lose your balance. Then you should the beans out of the hot dog dish. maintain that location for the rest So those two old favorites are gone. of the year in spite of the cleaning As long as he keeps bok choy on lady’s manipulations. the menu until then, I know I am You are honor bound to weigh in safe. at the same time every morning —

By Dan Muller Recently Ruth and I decided to enjoy a nice lunch at a restaurant It’s A in the Downtown Crown shopping center in Gaithersburg. When we arrived, we asked for a table for two. Guy Thing The hostess said, “follow me guys,” and led us to our table. called a “guy,” since she has done am clearly a dinosaur guy. When our waitress arrived, she the same herself when addressing a I confess that over my many years handed each of us a menu and asked: group of women. We both agreed, of writing Guy Thing articles, I “Would you guys like something to however, that since we were never thought of the word “guy” drink?” Being early in the day, we old enough opted for water. When she returned to be the with our water and some bread, she waitress’ asked: “Have you guys decided on grandparents, that perhaps your lunch order?” We placed our we should have been addressed order and began sipping our water. more formally. I looked closely at Ruth. She was Later that evening, Ruth looked wearing a pale pink sweater, ear- up the word “guy” in both a 1980’s rings and a necklace. She had on a dictionary, and in an updated digi- bit of lipstick and pink nail polish. tal edition on the computer. Sure as any- I said, “Ruth, you sure don’t look enough, its meaning had changed thing like a guy to me.” We both laughed from “fellow,” to now include but refer- and began discussing the expres- women. I guess I need to update ring to us sion “you guys.” my vocabulary. males and My thoughts went this way. What A few days later, Ruth and I were our points would I have thought, if instead of walking around the ponds when of view. So as referring to us as “you guys,” the she spotted a “guy” wearing shorts not to be a chau- waitress had called us “you gals.” I in 40 degree weather. I immediate- vinist, I now offer can’t imagine what I would have ly remarked, “That is a manly guy.” you ladies an oppor- said. Ruth listened to my ranting, As the walker approached us, (you tunity to prepare a “Guy Thing” arti- nodded her head and admitted that guessed it) instead of being a manly cle reflecting, of course, the female she really wasn’t offended at being guy, she was a womanly guy. And I point of view. Any takers?

6 January/February 2018 Village Life Health & Wellness Robotic Surgery Offers Precision and Flexibility to Benefit Patients Advanced robotic technology has helped revolutionize surgery. Today many complex procedures that once required large incisions and long and difficult recoveries, can be performed using surgi- cal robots — allowing for small- er incisions, less pain and faster recovery for patients. Now the latest in robotic surgery technology is available nearby at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital – the first community hospital in Montgomery County to acquire the da Vinci® Xi Surgical System. “Holy Cross Hospital was the first hospital in Montgomery County to offer robotic surgery in 2008, and today Holy Cross Health is continuing to pioneer minimally invasive surgery advancements as part of our ongoing commitment to innovation and high-quality care,” says Doug Ryder, president, Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. “We are proud to offer this latest minimally invasive surgery option Albert Steren, MD, gynecologic oncologist and co-director, Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive to patients at Holy Cross German- Gynecology (COEMIG), Holy Cross Health (pictured second from the right) and his surgical team town Hospital.” prepare to perform the first procedure using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System at Holy Cross Holy Cross Health surgeons are Germantown Hospital on June 1, 2017. doing more complex and intricate robotic surgeries in the areas of gynecology, urology, thoracic, car- the surgeon is 100 percent in fied view, virtually extending their For more information about diac and general surgery. control of the robotic-assisted eyes and hands into the patient. Holy Cross Germantown Hos- The addition of the da Vinci system, which translates his or In addition to the da Vinci Xi® pital or the on-campus primary Xi® is part of Holy Cross Health’s her hand movements into smaller, Surgical System at Holy Cross care practice, Holy Cross Health continuing commitment to main- more precise movements of tiny Germantown Hospital, Holy Cross Partners at Asbury Methodist taining excellence and keeping instruments inside the patient’s Hospital is equipped with two da Village, visit HolyCrossHealth. abreast of advancing technolo- body. The da Vinci Xi system pro- Vinci Si Surgical Systems. org. gy. As with all da Vinci systems, vides surgeons a highly magni-

By Hal Gaut extensive search, a hatch leading to f you read last month’s column the cupola was found in the ceil- you may recall a teaser that ing of one of the ladies’ bathrooms. I spoke to areas of the old Home After making sure the facility was where most of us will never even not occupied, they proceeded to think about visiting. access the cupola, which inciden- One day I was helping the ladies tally is a lot larger than it looks. from the Williamsburg Clothes As the story goes they were both Closet (blatant plug) do a season- most impressed with the view, but al exchange of stock stored on the when it came time to retrace their third floor. If you’ve not had the steps . . . (Don’t get ahead of me pleasure, you should know that the here!) Well, the story doesn’t say third floor is sort of like “grandma’s who came down first, but just as attic” on steroids. Dark, cluttered, they remerged from access hatch creaky, etc... As the story goes, even one of the residents was entering by though the home has not housed the bathroom door. History doesn’t residents since 1984, the third floor say who was the most surprised, but However, while we’re discussing ald was administrator. Clearly the apparently still has one occupant. I’m sure it was the talk of the Home the upper reaches of the Home I building was in active use, but noth- They tell me it’s an apparition by for quite a while. would like to relate an anecdote Dr. ing was known about the cupola the name of Mr. Weber. Having no Maybe next month we’ll deal with Bob Wilson, Jr. (grandson of Dr. Her- that stands atop the roof. So in real desire to meet him, I try to con- a bit more serious material, or not. man Wilson) shared with me during the spirit of due diligence, Bob’s fine my travels to the second floor But regardless, this month the magic a recent interview. This supposedly uncle along with Bob’s dad decid- and below. number is now about 101. occurred while Bob’s Uncle Ron- ed to remedy the situation. After an

Village Life January/February 2018 7 ESPN Interviews Asbury’s Edith Isacke

by Jan Garman She used to make the 185-mile hose of us who know Edith drive between Gaithersburg and Isacke are well aware of State College herself, but now at, her Asbury activism. She 92, she allows her son to drive her. T She buys not one, but two season has chaired the Diamond Resi- dent Council, served on numer- tickets, one of which she gives to ous PACs, acted as the resident either of her two sons or to her liaison for the renovations of both daughter. On nice days she and Diamond and Hefner, and has her family have tailgate parties just been appointed a member of prior to the game. At one game Asbury Methodist Village’s Advi- last year, her family met up with sory Committee, to name only a the family of one of Edith’s Dia- few of her activities. But there’s mond friends and they had about another side of Edith’s activism. fifty fans tailgating together. She is a Penn State “superfan,” and Edith is a member of the Nit- was recently interviewed by ESPN, tany Lion Club, which supports along with four male “superfans” Penn State athletics. Her support from other universities. for Penn State has obviously been How does one become a “super- infectious. Not only are she and fan”? In Edith’s case, her activism her sister enthusiastic Penn State began as an undergraduate when graduates, but her son is as well she and her twin sister became and her granddaughter now plays Photo: Rob Walker ice hockey at Penn State. An arti- two of the first women to play in Penn State “Superfan” Edith Isacke and the Nittany Lion share a the Penn State Blue Band during cle in ROAR, a Penn State publica- hug on the field. Edith’s been supporting the Penn State team tion, reports that Edith was rec- the Second World War. Her fervor since she was an undergraduate during the Second World War. has continued ever since except ognized for her support at Beaver for a break when she was raising Stadium in 2016 and readers of her family in New Jersey. However, er that when her son scheduled the stadium, where they shoveled Village Life may remember that the minute she and her husband his wedding on the day of a Penn off their seats. A less adventurous she and her sister were honored moved to Altoona, PA, in 1956, she State/Alabama game, she watched soul might have stayed home that in 2011. Edith has already signed became a season ticket holder and the game right up until it was time day, but not Edith, she just dressed up for the 2018 season and says has been one ever since. to go to the church. For one home extra warmly! that she “will keep going as long There’s very little that will keep game, it snowed two feet and she She has seen five coaches come as I can get up to the 47th tier,” Edith from missing a Penn State and her fellow fans had to park at and go and has attended about ten where her seats are located. game. She told her ESPN interview- a Walmart and make their way to bowl games throughout the years. Mac and Zil A Record Year for the Christmas Gift Fund By Bing Garthright Holford, Hank Beisner, Maureen Baltay, or the 45th straight year, the Susanna Maddox, Bill Brown, Gail Fla- Asbury Methodist Village family nagan, Denise Hall and Molly McFar- celebrated the conclusion of our land. F A fine AVTV feature was produced annual Christmas Gift drive. This cel- ebration, once again, demonstrated the by Mary Waldron and Joon Kim. Art generosity of our residents and their Rabenhorst, as CCAV treasurer, made families, and how much they appre- all the many bank deposits and gave ciate the thoughtful, friendly service solid management of the fund. from our associate family members. Contributions to the success of the This year, the fund received 671 drive were given by Stephanie Sabine, gifts from residents and families of the organizer of the celebration and residents. The fund was able to pay producer of all the brochures and $235,000 in gifts. The full time asso- reminders, and by Meredith Deutsch, ciates each received $434. In all, gifts who coordinated the production and went to 737 associates, each receiving distribution of the gift checks. 21 cents for every hour they worked The success of this year’s drive in the past 12 months. This is the high- reflects the kindness and excellent est gift per hour in the history of the service of the associates who inspired Christmas Gift Fund. such gratitude. It’s the quality and Great work was done by our neigh- kindness of the associates that makes borhood coordinators: Peter Cascio, Asbury Methodist Village such a happy Mary Jean Davidge, Ralph & Bettie place to live.

8 January/February 2018 Village Life praying for Stefanie.” As I told Steven’s story at the dinner table FAIRY TALE His response was immediate: each night, my table companions added words Continued from page 1 “I will never lose hope of comfort. because I have faith of God “At 3 a.m. when you are visiting with your turn out to be a scam. From the beginning, I and a miracle come to her “best China friend” tell him we will ask the three threw myself on Steven’s mercy, assuring him one day. Every morning church communities we are associated with to I trusted him. My trust was rewarded by “ship before go to work, I pray for healing and the ability to walk for his free” samples three times and “on time” delivery kneel down and pray precious little girl. Thanks for sharing,” said Gor- of frog suits, plus an incredible friendship with for God to give her don and Jan Forbes. Steven and his family. strength. She can And a night later, Mary Waldron offered, “I will When he took off a week from business at walk at this age certainly add Stefanie to my Prayer List at the the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in (3 years old) Episcopal Church.” January, he made me privy to his personal and with your And Mary and Carmine Castellano added S Facebook page, so that he could stay in touch love of pray- tefanie to their Prayer List at their Catholic with me from his home. On his personal ing, I strongly Church. account, I found the photograph of an ador- believe she’ll Steven was quick to respond. able youngster, and when I asked who she walk even “Thank you for sharing me more about was, he wrote: further.” Asbury. I am so glad and honored to hear I “This is my first time writing e-mail to my got 1400 friends abroad. Please do send my customer as I regard you my best friend. That’s best regard to them. Thank you for your kind- my little girl Stefanie, and she’s been recently ness, and I do believe the power of God may diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dys- bestow to Stefanie through your praying. Our trophy. It seems I got a jackpot of my life. family appreciating all congregational effort There’s no cure at the moment. It’s a for taking time to pray for huge tragedy to the family because I my daughter’s healing and don’t have a second child, then I have she’ll get recovered very soon to keep up a good work so that I can with all your praying.” raise and keep her walking in the Throughout the year, Steven future.” has sent reports of Stefanie’s I was shocked to hear Steven’s tragic progress. news, and not knowing what his reli- “As always, I thank you gion might be… Buddhist… Muslim… for all prays made for my Christian… I wrote cautiously. daughter, and we feel tons of “I don’t want to intrude in your life, but happiness. She is now entered I just want to tell you that I firmly believe in pre-kindergarten day that Stefanie is a reflection of God, and she school, and keeping up with her is God’s perfect child. He is taking care of class. Her future is bright.” her every minute, and I’ll ask my family and Once again Steven will be pro- friends at Asbury to pray for her. viding costumes for our next I forwarded his message to my two daugh- production, and it’s safe to say ters, and they answered right away. that our Chinese Fairy Tale is “How very sad,” wrote Linda in Ashburn, on the way to coming true. VA. “I know you will comfort him with your And from Steven, “Happy prayers, and I will pray for Stefanie in mine.” New Year, and may God And my youngest daughter, Leslie, in Lakev- bless you all!” ille, MA, wrote, “That is so sad. I will bring the family up in Bible Study tomorrow and Steven and Stefanie Chi share a precious father-daughter get my group praying for them as well. Let him moment. Stefanie, recently diagnosed with Duchenne know that he has a bunch of people in America Muscular Dystrophy, was mentioned in hundreds of prayers from AMV residents and their friends and families.

heavy robes and slippers as erick Rescue Mission and which sells used furni- CAFÉ well as cotton ones. Oh, if the Interfaith Group. On GUILD ture and other home Continued from page 5 only we could get more vol- campus, our funds go to the Continued from page 5 goods. unteers, we could be open Benevolent Care Fund. We • Financial support for around the corner from the more days. can help so many people Current continuing Guild activities, entertainment clinic and the pharmacy,” “When we recruit, we even in other areas. activities: and special purchases for says Ethel. like to say, ‘work with a “Why? To help others! • Birthday gifts for Kindley Kindley and WHHC. “Jewelry and a pretty hat friend or if you are a new That’s why!” and Wilson residents. • Annual contribution — we have a nice selection resident, come and meet “I’m ready to sign up, • Elves’ Day when workers to the Benevolent Care — along with gloves would other people. If you need Ethel!” cries Maude. “Who pack thousands of deco- Fund. complete your Easter out- to sit down during the do I contact?” rative tote bags with gifts The Guild continues to fit. Remember the Easter 2.5-hour shift, be our All kidding aside, the for Kindley and WHCC enhance the life of all who Parade? We have some cute cashier. If you would rath- Clothes Closest is in crit- residents. live at Kindley and the Wil- bathing suits too. The pool er be up and around, you ical need of volunteers. • Sewing room with work- son Health Care Center. here is great or your place may help the customers or You’re urged to reach ers providing alterations Your financial gifts help to at the lake. Ah, summer! make sure the racks look out to Joanna Lewis, for all, but especially for keep the work going. The “I found a lovely robe neat.” The Clothes Closet ext. 5790, for further Kindley and WHCC. Guild sincerely thanks all and slippers for my sister also donates some of its information about how • The Bargain Mart, on who have helped through who is in the Wilson Health inventory to charity. Off you might help. the lower level of Mund, the years in every way. Care Center. There are campus, we help the Fred-

Village Life January/February 2018 9 Asbury Foundation Tribute Gifts Asbury Foundation is grateful for Tribute Gifts made here at Asbury Methodist Village. Dorothy Connolly Mrs. Betty Hopkins Ben & Rev. Jessie Griffith Rita Jalette Floyd A. Mauer Pvt. Caleb Payne Mrs. Alice M. Gardner Lucille B. Smith Joan B. Weissleader These gifts are a meaningful way to recognize a person or an event, while also Ms. Anne P. Gibbs Ms. Julia E. Huey Lt. Col. & Mrs. Daniel J. Mrs. Mary H. Waldron Mr. John D. Hatch Miss Dolores Ann Kalo Dr. & Mrs. Joseph D. James and Vera Green Mrs. Helen T. Manning supporting our vital work. Honor gifts include donations made to celebrate a special Ms. Katherine Kilduff Mr. & Mrs. Art Hughes Griffith Mrs. Jean N. Hubbell Lafleur, Jr. Mrs. Sylva H. McCulloh Mrs. Jeanne F. Noel event or to express gratitude. Memorial gifts are made in remembrance of someone Washington Episcopal Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Hughes Huinan Yang & Liqing Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Anna Petraites Mr. Victor Petroff who has passed away. School Ms. Jane Johnston Ben H. Griffith, Jr. Jiang Lammert Mr. & Mrs. Robert Petraites Ms. Donna Schramm Noel M. Smith James Weixel Washington Research Marty, Melissa, Valerie & Mrs. Ila D. Olson Ms. Yandan Yang Mrs. Emma B. Michaels Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tilkemeir Mr. John F. Smith Mrs. Eunice A. Weixel Listed below are AMV tribute gifts received September 1 through December 31, 2017. Library Consortium Doris Jones Ms. Margaret R. Thomas Julia W. Pittman Ms. Margaret Topping The bolded name indicates in whose name or memory the gift was given. There may Mrs. LaVerne W. Kershner Mary & Mike Grimm Ann M. Johnson Villas Resident Council Edwards-Fisher Resident Ethel R. Snyder Wesley - Beloved Pet of also be 2017 Tribute Gifts that were not, but should have been included, in previous Phyllis Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Mrs. Eunice A. Weixel Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Henley Mrs. Jean S. Young Council James N. Schneider Mr. Charles W. Snyder, Jr. Bob & Julia Sessions listings. All Tribute Gifts during the year will be a part of our Annual Recognition List as well. Mund Resident Council Lambert Dr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Dr. Leona L. Bachrach Mrs. Alice M. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Lee Landesberg Marshall Grotenhuis Arthur E. Johnson June McCalla Lafleur, Jr. Mrs. Alice M. Gardner Colin “Mike” Southall Lawrence A. Machlan Virginia Thorndike Herbert S. Corn Mrs. Sylva H. McCulloh Mr. Brian Grotenhuis Mrs. Alice K. Johnson Ms. Rosemary Desmond Mr. & Mrs. David Lingrell Dr. Mildred M. Reynolds B. Leighton Wiant IN HONOR OF Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Robert and Judy Thomas Mrs. Geraldine Corn Mr. & Mrs. Carlton R. Anne R. Porter Mrs. Blanche P. Messerly Mrs. Mary H. Waldron Reverend Harry & Barbara Colbert Richardson Margaret E. Hargett Robert W. Johnston Richard ‘Mac’ Miss Rose A. Koerber Mrs. Virginia A. Michael Deffley Jim Allison Jim Utterback Dr. Charles Coulter Mrs. Marjorie Rynas Ms. Janet L. Hargett Mrs. Catherine P. Johnston McCullough Mrs. Ila D. Olson Mike & Phyllis Skiba Frances Staiger Mund Resident Council Mrs. Mary C. Luff Patricia Marks Mrs. Katherine M. Albertson Ms. Marjorie Fuller Mrs. Almedia B. Snape Mrs. Minette P. McCullough Mr. Stephen Bullock Mrs. Alice D. Smith Mrs. Mary Pat P. Martin Mr. & Mrs. David Reiser Ruth G. Simpson Mrs. Jean Stewart Helen W. Hatton Rev. Kenneth S. Jones Walter & Elizabeth Porter Howard & Nina Sears Ms. Liz Malin Mrs. Dorothy Wiant Fran & Marty The Asbury Clowns Mr. Ricardo Wooten Dr. William Dillon Larry V. McDaniel Dr. Dorothy Porter Ms. Nancy S. Crouse Blendermann Sylva McCulloh Merlin & Evelyn Crabtree Ms. Louise Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Mrs. Sonia V. McDaniel Mr. Gregory H. Sears Florence Stone Mildred S. Wiehl Mrs. Sarah Blendermann Mr. David Crum IN MEMORY OF Mr. Randall P. Crabtree Ms. Marjorie Fuller Loretta Haught Lafleur, Jr. Claire Posner Mrs. Jean Stewart Ms. Mary Wiehl Wallace Resident Council Segal Group Elizabeth McDonald Mr. Williaim Posner M. Lysle Sexton Carol and Scott Brewer Peggy T. Barrow Betty Jean Morgan Phyllis Crafton Rev. Dr. Warren R. Mr. William McDonald Mrs. Doreen L. Sexton Robert B. Stuart Thomas K. Wilkinson Ms. Doris B. Pree Mr. Samuel W. Barrow Mr. David Morganwalp Mr. & Mrs. William A. Stief Ebinger C. Jean Hefner Bertha Lee Jones Robert Potter Mrs. Irene S. Stuart Mrs. Bernice G. Wilkinson Ms. Elizabeth B. Jewell Ms. Lee R. Ebinger Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ms. Susie O. Jones Dr. Bruce D. McDowell Mr. Thomas Potter Charles Sheridan Kimberly Brooks Dorothy Murphree Beatrice Lee Craze Mr. & Mrs. Gregory W. Lear McCormick III Courtyard Homes Resident Mrs. Evelyn M. Peterson Donald Therriault Marjorie Wood Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Hirata Marie Stella Battista Ms. Margaret Mark Mr. Robert Craze My Mother - Kathryn Kerr Council Bernice C. Powell Mrs. Lorraine Therriault Reverend Harry & Barbara Mr. & Mrs. Carmine Bernice B. Egbert Betty R. Herfurth Mrs. Elizabeth K. Mrs. June Harry Mr. & Mrs. Evan T. Sage Agatha W. Sigmond Deffley Dr. Crawford S. Brown Castellano Ila Dean Olson Edward Crockett Mr. Alvin Briggs Villas Resident Council Rosenbaum Ms. Ruth Ann Heck Mrs. Shirley Clapham Willis L. Thomas Edwards-Fisher Resident Mr. & Mrs. Glen Buco Mr. & Mrs. Norman B. Mr. Douglas R. Ross & Mr. & Mrs. Steve Welstand Mr. Charles Hulick Roger & Bee Powell Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Lowe Council Kuehnle Dr. Jerilynn Radcliffe Amory & Amy Ericson Mary G. Herndon David E. Kershner Ms. Jane Johnston Ms. Janet C. Adami Ms. Marjorie Fuller Mary Church Mrs. Mary H. Waldron Mr. Glen M. Ross and Rev. Calvin P. Crosson Mrs. Donna Strauss Mr. Peter B. Cascio & Mrs. LaVerne W. Kershner Mr. Albert J. Kliman Mr. & Mrs. J.T. Gilmore Elsie Utterback & Elsie M. Robert W. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Ms. Patricia M. Shea Ms. Delores C. Jones Ms. Barbara Ellis Ms. Nancy Kralik Thomas William Ray Miss Martha B. Hunt Fansler Mr. John D. Hatch Church John Barone Elinor B. Etienne Mr. Terry Herndon Grace K. Kikuchi Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Ms. Jane Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rinis Dr. & Mrs. David E. Purdy Villas Resident Council Mrs. Marie Barone Noemi Parrilla-Mena Rev. Raymond M. Crowe Miss Rose A. Koerber Kikue Rich McDowell Ms. Helen Sigmond & Wayne Cleaver Ms. Carolyn A. Ikari Mrs. Elaine W. Crowe Mary Hicks Mrs. Virginia E. McDowell Richard C. Reardon Mr. James K. Lester Bishop & Mrs. Raymond Charles Woodward Mr. & Mrs. John P. Alice Baum Helene T. Farrell Mr. & Mrs. David W. Dexter Mary Kimmel Prof. Andree Reeves Mr. Carter D. Reardon Valenzuela Mr. John F. Smith Bankson Jr. Dr. Howard Baum Patrick O’Toole Kay Crum Mr. & Mrs. Denis Dionne Mr. Ronald D. Gumbert Mrs. Jean N. Hubbell Dr. & Mrs. Jan V. Sengers Harriet A. Silverberg Dr. Arturo Valenzuela Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Dr. James & Dr. Ann Mr. William P. Corbett Mr. & Mrs. Duane A. Ms. Kathryn McKinley Nancy Reed Dr. Stanley Silverberg Our Parents, Lena & Feinberg Melvin T. Benjamin Sr. Utterback Mr. David Crum McKenna Mund Resident Council David Kosow Benjamin & Catharina Ms. Martha Ball John & Elizabeth Vance Doren Woodward & Dr. & Mrs. Stanley B. Mr. Steven Feldmaier Mrs. Blanche P. Messerly Mike & Barbara Schoener & Mrs. Jean H. Emery Mehlman Edith Sim Mr. & Mrs. Peter Roman Muriel & John Jackman Computer Helper Benjamin Margaret Pyles Mrs. Mildred J. Greece Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Skiba Friends at MAS Consultants James and Vera Green Dr. David W. Mehlman Alma K. Rhodes Mrs. Susan T. Kajuch Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ms. Donna Schramm Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. James and Vera Green Mrs. Alice D. Smith Mr. John D. Hatch Ms. Louise Teubner-Rhodes Charles Volz Woodward Harold & Lois Boesch Bussan Mr. Mark Lynch William ‘Bill’ Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tedesco Mr. John D. Hatch Harvey Meltzer Paul T. Sisson, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Sylvia Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Ms. Elaine R. Mata Ms. Naomi McGee Mrs. Ruth Simpson Mr. & Mrs. John B. Mann Ms. Rosemary Keller Betty P. Savage Mrs. Olga Sisson Hambrecht Her Family Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ris Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Tanner Alan Hildred Dr. Mildred M. Reynolds Ms. Phyllis Zeno Mrs. Barbara Gruenwalk Mrs. Margaret Volz David Reiser Mrs. Jean Stewart Mund Resident Council Dr. James & Dr. Ann Ms. Beth Savage Yvonne P. Slygh (If you have recently Jacob & Sarah Fajer Cynthia Lynn Bowen Mrs. Katherine M. Albertson Mr. Philip T. Sweeney Mary L. Fong Utterback Sidney Mintz Mr. John T. Williams Mr. Zane Walker made a donation that Mrs. Renate Fajer Rev. & Mrs. Bruce M. Robert and Judy Thomas Mrs. Margaret C. Unsworth Ms. Madeleine Bryant Bette M. Hill Mrs. Mary H. Waldron Reverend Harry & Barbara Luther B. Saxon Mrs. Mary Belle Jordan is not shown, it will be Bowen Mrs. Blanche P. Messerly Mr. George Hill Mrs. Jean S. Young Deffley Reverend Harry & Barbara Edison T. Smart included in our next Carol Farrell Frieda & Julian Reitman Mary Anna Culkin Mrs. Ila D. Olson Edwards-Fisher Resident Deffley Mrs. Jean M. Smart edition.) Mr. Kevin Farrell Janet A. Braddock Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Mrs. Norma M. Barr Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Skiba James Robert Hopkins Thomas C. Kozar Council Mr. Shannon J. Braddock Rudman Mr. & Mrs. Frank Boynton Mrs. Ruth Simpson Mrs. Betty Hopkins Mrs. Sandra L. Bruce Dr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Gordon & Janet Forbes Mrs. Shirley Clapham Mrs. Mary H. Waldron Lafleur, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey A. Forbes Joan Brosnan Bob & Julia Sessions Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Forbes Wallace Resident Council Keith W. Howe Evelyn Lawrence Ms. Margaret Topping Miss Rose A. Koerber Mrs. Laura Sessions Stepp Mrs. Edith W. Isacke Mrs. Dorothy E. Howe Mr. & Mrs. P. Lance Graef Dr. & Mrs. Henry Yeager, Jr. Bill & Pat Fox Mund Resident Council Ms. Jane Johnston Patricia Ann Norris Fowle How to Make a Tribute Gift Dr. Leona L. Bachrach Sew What Peggy Payne & her son, Ms. Mya Henry Charlotte R. Hoyle Frances M. Lawrence Sidney & Dorothy Mintz Tracey K. Bruce, Jr. Please send your tax-deductible gift to: (AMV Sewing Group) Thomas Payne Reverend Harry & Barbara Ms. Marilee F. Lawrence Ms. C. Alanna Cleary Harold Garman’s work Mrs. Sandra L. Bruce Mrs. Marolyn D. Hatch Ms. Jerre Sadler Mary Theresa Garcia Deffley with the Beloved Asbury Foundation Mrs. Margaret C. Unsworth Mrs. Jean Stewart Ms. Martha Foltyn Mrs. Betty T. Herndon Florence J. Lee Howard Morris Community Nancy Burkhart 201 Russell Avenue Ms. Mary Wiehl Miss Martha B. Hunt Ms. Marjorie Fuller Ms. Audrey Morris Mr. & Mrs. James Doyle Mrs. Mary Bradford Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Bob Seymour George L. Gleason Mr. & Mrs. James Axeen Helen R. DeLawter Mrs. Diane Gleason Yung Yu Hsia Clara Lerner My Brother & Sister Eleanor Halstead F. Lucille Cady AMV residents and associates can send gifts through the campus mail to the Administration Building Mr. Donald E. Gray Family & Nursing Care Yung Yu Hsia Estate Mr. Harvey A. Lerner Mr. John E. Minton Ms. Elaine R. Mata Villas Resident Council (201 Russell Ave). Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Hirata Nan & Wade Gindlesperger Mr. Paul Odarchenko Helen DeSoto Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Graves John H. Hubbell Tom & Elizabeth Lewis Victor Nedzelnitsky Norman & Catherine Ed & Peggy Caffery Please indicate whether the Tribute Gift should be acknowledged as “in honor of” or “in memory of,” as well as Ms. Frankie Santini Ms. Amey DeSoto Mrs. Jean N. Hubbell Mr. Kenneth A. Lewis Mrs. Marguerite Heim Mrs. Evelyn M. Peterson the name of the person being recognized (and occasion, if applicable). Please also include the name(s) of the Mr. & Mrs. Haruhiko Taima John D. Godsey Nedzelnitsky Mr. & Mrs. Jim Voldal person, family member or friend whom we can notify of your gift, as well as a corresponding address. Once the Mr. Michael L. Weiser Sr. Gordon K. Dibble Ms. Emalee Murphy Dr. John J. Hutchings Dr. & Mrs. Conrad Link Arlean Campbell gift is received and processed, Asbury Foundation will mail a letter, recognizing your Tribute Gift to the person(s) Edwards-Fisher Resident Dr. Leona L. Bachrach Mrs. Carolyn B. Davis Allan F. O’Connell Alice & Pete Johnson Villas Resident Council indicated, as well as an acknowledgement letter, which can be used for tax deductions to you. The Wellness Team’s Council Dr. Gary Gordon Ms. Sandra M. Clunies Mrs. Margaret O’Connell Dr. & Mrs. Jan V. Sengers Dedication & Incredible Joe & Jan LaFleur Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Ms. Donna Schramm Bill Mahylis Joyce Chapin Unless otherwise specified, donations from Tribute Gifts will benefit our AMV Benevolent Care Annual Fund. This Enthusiasm Ms. Margaret Topping Lambert Ms. Margaret Topping Mrs. Helen Mahylis Our Parents & Pitter Kobe Mrs. Marolyn D. Hatch fund supports Asbury residents who have outlived their financial resources through no fault of their own. As with Mr. & Mrs. David Reiser Dale & Charlotte Lowry Helen Mahylis all gifts made to support our AMV Benevolent Care program, we will ensure they are designated to benefit Raymond “Gene” Dunn Agnes G. Gourlay Kyoko Ikari Evelyn Maksim Wilson L. & Laura H. residents of Asbury Methodist Village. Luther Gilbert Thompson Marty, Melissa, Valerie & Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Mund Resident Council Mrs. Margery Josephson Sybille H. Page Lois Lord Clagett Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Doris Jones Hambrecht Mr. Terry T. Shima Mr. Thomas A. Page Ms. Helen L. Wirsch Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Dhyse For any questions or comments related to this list or Tribute Gifts in general, please contact O’Ryan Case Thompson Mrs. Mary Bradford at [email protected] or (301) 216-4051. Mr. & Mrs. L. Gilbert Dr. Matilde Facet Louise Greenleaf Carl Marca Erma I. Lordeman Allen Coale Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Warren Follett Miss Rose A. Koerber Erna Inwood Ms. Donna Schramm John Parker Ms. Jane Lordeman Mrs. Helen W. Coale Ms. Joan S. Galfo Edwards-Fisher Resident Edwards-Fisher Resident Ms. Ruth G. Gochnour Council Council

10 January/February 2018 Village Life Village Life January/February 2018 11 A Trip into Space and Back By Jan Garman ing research and stunning photo- hanks to the kindness and generos- graphs. Particularly moving to me ity of a couple of Asbury residents, were the photographs of night- T 20 third, fourth and fifth graders time all over Planet Earth. The from Gaithersburg and South Lake Elementary contrast between the bright lights Schools and their Asbury mentors headed to of South Korea and the darkness the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, of North Korea told a story that VA, last Dec. 1. Riding on a large Eyre bus was a mere words could not. new experience for many of the students. But When I surveyed the chil- further new adventures were to follow. dren near me on the trip back The Center is the companion to the Smith- to Gaithersburg about what they sonian Air and Space Museum in DC. In two most enjoyed, I found that Allison huge hangars, it houses thousands of aviation loved “floating inside the space and space artifacts including the Space Shuttle station.” Carla enjoyed watch- Discovery, the Concorde and the Enola Gay, too Photo: Jan Garman ing the astronauts exercising in many to take in on one trip. But, our knowl- Students and their AMV mentors look up in wonder space. Gabriella loved watching edgeable tour guides pointed out some of the at the collection of planes hanging in the the maneuvering necessary to get things that they thought would most interest Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. the astronauts in and out of the our students. The guides were also happy to space station. Aaron and Michael answer the students’ and mentors’ questions. bus when the December temperatures got to loved “how they could see the world at night.” After our tour, we reassembled to eat our us. My informal survey at lunchtime discov- The only downside of the trip as far as the box lunches in the sunshine outside the muse- ered that it was the huge variety of planes students were concerned, was that they were um, with some of us opting to finish on the on the floor and hanging from the ceiling returning to school. “You mean that we can’t that captured the most interest, go back to Asbury?” they asked. As for the men- with the Concorde, the long sleek tors, we were happy to return home and put spy plane and the Blackbird most our feet up! cited. All that was about to change, however… We had purchased tickets for This Beautiful Planet, screening in the IMAX Theater and we soon found ourselves zooming through space until we landed at the space sta- tion. The flight was so realistic that I found myself clutching the hand of Elijah, who was sitting on my left. He oblig- ingly held on for about ten minutes! We watched as Astronaut Scott Kelly arrived for his year- long sojourn amid other Photo: Jan Garman astronauts from all over Elijah, Thomas, Allison, Gabriella and a space-suited the world who lived and “friend” they met on their tour. worked together, compil-

In the Gallery

The Rosborough Cultural Arts and Wellness Center is home to an ever-changing gallery of arts and handiwork created by our residents. Stop by and see what’s new. With 12

display cases to look at, there’s Photo: Heddy Taima Photo: Heddy Taima something for everyone to enjoy. Duane McKenna, Park View Betty Smith, Diamond Here’s a sampling.... Illustration Photograph

12 January/February 2018 Village Life A regular feature spotlighting the diverse talents, cultures I Am Asbury and experiences that make our community unique. Maykel Sanchez Brings His Talent to Asbury and to the Art World

By Jan Garman and was granted refugee status in working with Asbury’s renovation f your Asbury apartment has the United States. team. He says that Asbury is a really been renovated in the past year, He flew to Miami where he had good place to work. We, at Asbury, there is a good chance that some friends and got a job cooking in a are glad that he feels that way, and I restaurant. He put in long hours, if you are lucky enough to have him of the work was done by Maykel (pronounced Michael) Sanchez. But sometimes working 16-hour days. renovate your apartment, ask him renovating apartments is only one Also working in the restaurant to show you photos of his carvings. of Maykel’s talents. He is also a tal- was a young law school graduate ented woodcarver, a skill that he from Maryland, Hillary Fallow, who developed in his native Cuba. At shared Maykel’s passion for cooking. age 15, he observed a woodcarver (At times Maykel combines his pas- and was fascinated by his craft. His sion for carving with his passion for mother talked to the carver who food and has been known to carve allowed Maykel to work with him. pieces out of a carrot!) Maykel and At first Maykel’s job was to stain Hillary soon became a couple. After finished pieces, but the more he their son, Max, was born, they decid- photo: Jan Garman watched, the more he learned, and ed to move to Maryland to be closer Asbury Renovation Team Leader to her family. soon he was carving on his own. Maykel Sanchez. In Cuba, serving in the military They now live in Frederick where after high school is mandatory. At Hillary is a paralegal with a law the age of 20, Maykel completed he worked, but then branched out firm and Max, who is four, attends his military service and joined the and began exhibiting his pieces in pre-kindergarten. It is also where association of artists in his city. This expos in other parts of his coun- Maykel exhibits his carvings in a allowed him to sell his carvings with try and then in such faraway places local gallery. Maykel also loves fish- authorization by the government. as Brazil and Canada. It was while ing and the family enjoys vacation- His hometown, Varadero Beach, is exhibiting in Toronto, and having ing in Ocean City. Along the way a tourist resort and Cuban art is become increasingly disenchanted Maykel moved from cooking to ren- so popular that he was able to sell by Cuba’s Communist regime, he ovations. For two years, he worked decided not to return to his home- with a private company and then photo: Maykel Sanchez many pieces. He first sold his carv- One of Maykel’s wood carvings land. He went to immigration court wanting to move forward, started ings out of the restaurant where on display at a gallery in Cuba. The Asbury Tree Project By Anita Taylor imity to the lower pond, using equipment and f you happen to notice a group of strangers sensing tools, on trees in forested or partly for- examining our trees, here’s why: Asbury ested grounds and on grounds without forests. has agreed to permit its grounds to be They will be able to use these measurements, I looking at how much water falls and how used as part of a test of trees and rain collec- tion, led by University of Maryland graduate much the tree removes. student Tuana Phillips. Working on her MS Sap flow sensors will be placed on the trees degree, Tuana is overseeing a project involving to continuously measure tree water use. Soil the nonprofit Center for Watershed Protection, moisture probes will be placed near the sen- Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland. sor equipped trees and also will send informa- They are measuring how urban trees affect tion to the data loggers. And some rain gauges rain retention. will also quantify how much the canopy inter- Their work, which has now begun, will assess cepts. So, the researchers will assess what what screening and processing by trees does happens if rain falls on forested grounds or to affect how rainfall reaches the ground. They not. A weather station in an open area on the will compare whether rain falls and drains property will also measure incoming precipi- away or instead is sheltered and saved by the tation, report temperature, humidity and wind trees. This research will help to determine University of Maryland graduate student Tuana speed. how urban forests can reduce rainfall drainage, Phillips is overseeing the tree research project. Tuana Phillips is supervising the project comparing forests and lawns. They will look at installation and testing. For at least two years, closed canopy forest patches in Baltimore and on affect storm water runoff. They hypothesize that our campus will have students installing the the Asbury campus and will look at trees patched the urban trees in the denser, closed-canopy for- sensing and measuring equipment. They are over lawns and some single trees (i.e., not clus- est patches will behave more similarly to natural happy to explain the work and answer questions tered together) over mowed lawn. They expect forest conditions. about what is being done here, so don’t hesitate that the trees in these groups will differently Rainfall will be measured in fairly close prox- to ask when you see them at work.

Village Life January/February 2018 13 817 Invasive Stems

By Peter Cascio nvasive is an ugly word for an ugly subject. I Asbury has been dealing with it since at least 2008 (See Village Life, May 2012, p. 9 and July/August 2012, p. 15.) with our applications for wildlife habitat recognition by the national Wild- life Habitat Council headquar- tered here in Maryland. English Ivy Last spring Jane Carroll, Chair of the Wildlife Habitat Team, walked songbirds and our native inver- the 133-acre Asbury campus on a tebrates who feed only on native quest to determine the extent of plants to turn chlorophyll into the infiltration of invasive plants. protein; the first step in the cre- Her intent was to reignite inter- ation of animal life. In Memoriam est in taking steps to control the The Wildlife Habitat Team has expanding invasion. known that an effort to control Resident Residence(s) Date of Death For background: Invasive plants our invasives could not be suc- cessfully accomplished through Jean Newman Kindley 11/8/17 are not native to our environ- ment. They arrived in North the volunteer labor of enthu- Marielaine Mowell WHCC 11/9/17 America by many means, from siastic residents. It would take Helen Lee WHCC 11/12/17 well-meaning horticultural intro- employing contract labor that Grace KiKuchi WHCC 11/13/17 could operate down at ground Ida Burgess WHCC 11/13/17 level without tipping over or aggravating the arthritis. Marie Luckhurst WHCC 11/18/17 The question was how to quan- George Tippett Mund 11/18/17 tify 133-acres of invasives in order Alan Hildred Mund 11/18/17 to arrive at a dollar estimate of John “Jack” Hutchings Trott 11/19/17 the expense. The team decision Doris Evans WHCC 11/21/17 was to start with a limited bite Florence Lee Diamond 11/27/17 and just survey the AMV Arbore- tum initial trail around the two Qingmin Wei WHCC 11/28/17 ponds by counting invasive stems. Betty Jane Myers Kindley 11/30/17 The three-quarter mile trail was Oriental Bittersweet Jeanne Snodgrass Kindley/WHCC 12/2/17 walked with excursions into the Charles Coulter Wallace/WHCC 12/3/17 duction of attractive exotic orna- underbrush; lifting lower limbs to Agatha Sigmond Diamond /Kindley 12/4/17 mentals over past centuries, to discover how many little vines were insinuating their coils into Leon Satkowski Wallace 12/5/17 the uncontrolled seeds or soil the upper branches. The Callery Nancy Burkhart Diamond 12/6/17 conveyed by casual international transport. They arrive here with- pears and the Norway Maples Anna Shoop WHCC 12/6/17 out their native predators which have significant caliper, but 98 Jim Schneider Park View 12/7/17 keep them under control at home. percent of the invasives are vines Thomas Ray WHCC 12/9/17 Without their competition from of less than one inch diameter. Phyllis Cooley Mund/Kindley/WHCC 12/9/17 home they run wild here, unchal- About 80 percent of those are less than one-half inch in width. To Mary Hicks Mund/WHCC 12/11/17 lenged. destroy regrowth, each of those Kyoko Ikari Mund/Kindley/WHCC 12/11/17 There are vines that strangle, as well as vines that create an over- cuts would need to be treated Gloria Figueroa-Reyes WHCC 12/12/17 whelming parasitic mass whose with a systemic poison. Gordon Dibbles Edwards-Fisher 12/12/17 weight can bring down our largest We meet soon with Brightview Rendena Smith WHCC 12/12/17 trees (English Ivy, Oriental Bitter- Branch Manager Bridget Cahill to Doris Mackey Kindley/WHCC 12/15/17 sweet, Japanese Honeysuckle and discuss further and calculate the costs involved in this effort. Richard Kmetz WHCC 12/15/17 Porcelainberry). There are trees whose shade is so dense that no Margaret Johnson Diamond/Kindley 12/16/17 native undergrowth can survive Alan Blandamer Diamond/Kindley/WHCC 12/16/17 (Norway Maple). There are shrubs Rebecca Goldstein WHCC 12/22/17 whose seeds are spread by birds Shirley Brockett WHCC 12/24/17 throughout our forests and create Irene Schwarzkopf Diamond 12/26/17 an undergrowth impenetrable by Lousie Densock WHCC 12/27/17 our native plants (Winged Euony- mous). And there are ground cov- Shelton Jackson From community 12/27/17 ers that no light can get through Martha Jane Sorrows Villas 12/27/17 for our natives to grow (Garlic Mark Levi WHCC 12/28/17 Mustard, Mile-A-Minute). With- Frederick Beckner Diamond/Kindley/WHCC 12/29/17 out our native plants we lose the Garlic Mustard understory favorable to nesting

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Water has been an important youngest child was 11. Judy was current running through Judy and employed by MCPS as a speech Phil’s life. Their very first meeting pathologist in high schools, includ- was by the sea while each was ing Kennedy in Silver Spring, and vacationing with friends on Nan- Gaithersburg. She worked with tucket Island. Both have been life- high school students with special long swimmers and the pool was needs and created original teach- among the features attracting them ing materials and a screening test to AMV from their longtime home for that age group. in Potomac. Native New Yorkers, Judy and Phil’s oldest son, Dan, they own a summer home on Mt. is an IT therapist and lives in Gar- Desert Island in Maine where they rett Park. Their middle son, David, enjoy the beauty of Acadia Nation- works for the Prairie Institute at al Park and local music concerts. the University of Illinois as a geol- Phil attended the City College ogist. Dan and David each married of New York and Albany Medi- women from Cambodia. Their cal College prior to internship at youngest, Ben, started a company Cornell-Bellevue. He completed that creates computer programs residency training at UCSF and to teach language skills to chil- the National Cancer Institute. At dren and adults. He lives nearby in NIH, he became interested in links Gaithersburg with his wife, who between cancer and viruses. Next, hails from Iowa. The Grimleys at the NY State Department of have six grandchildren, including Health he helped initiate the first Photo: Maria Roberts two step-grandkids from Cambo- sickle cell testing program. For a Judy and Phil Grimley dia. time, he practiced medicine at Sub- Phil and Judy have taken many urban Hospital, and then became a Courtyard 408, x5074 classes with Osher and appreci- professor at Uniformed Services during the Communist era. These Judy attended Penn State and ate having that access on campus. University of the Health Sciences. trips proved rife with adventures graduated from Boston Univer- They have enjoyed travel to China, He continued to research insect- including arbitrary regulations sity. She then taught first grade India, Australia, Cambodia, New borne viruses and virus-produced and threatening border crossing as Head Start was just getting off Zealand, Tanzania, Kenya, Canada, substances that slow the growth confrontations. They attended the the ground. She helped initiate Japan, and the Galapagos Islands. of cancerous tumors. First International Virology Con- that program in Boyds, MD. She They look forward to visiting Sic- Travel to international cancer ference that was permitted to take took graduate courses at the Uni- ily and Israel next May. and virology conferences took the place in Hungary and have been versity of Maryland and complet- —Maria Roberts, Grimleys all over the world, includ- back a number of times since the ed her Master’s degree in hearing Courtyard Homes ing Central and Eastern Europe fall of Communism. and speech sciences when their

Among the furnishings Vir- makes for a most reward- ginia (Gina) and Don Denny ing family milieu. When she brought to their Edwards- is not at the piano, the arts Fisher home was Gina’s grand occupy a large part of Gina’s piano. Born in Hartford, CT, time especially those things Gina earned her BA degree French. Gina has tutored and in piano. Don was born in lent a hand at various church Cedar Rapids, IA, and received bazaars. Don is a movie buff. his PhD at New York Univer- The beauty of the cam- sity. pus attracted Gina and Don Piano is the focal point of to Asbury Methodist Village. Gina’s activities both in teach- Add to that the affordability ing and performing. She was of the attractive and spacious a frequent performer at the apartment and the decision to Friday Morning Music Club in select Asbury for their retire- the Washington, DC area. Don ment choice was not hard was a professor of art history to make. We Edwards-Fisher at the University of Maryland friends and neighbors are tak- and kindled a love of the arts ing advantage of the artistic in many of his students. culture that the Don and Gina Photo: Dorothy Harris Gina and Don have two are willing to share. children and happily enjoy Gina and Don Denny — Joan Dunlop, their two grandchildren. This Edwards-Fisher 301, x5544 Edwards-Fisher

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John (“Jack”) Galuardi electricity from the generators at remote dams to where power was needed. Jack walked Diamond 804, x5831 the 180 miles from Casper to Cheyenne three Jack was born near Scranton, PA, the son times, tensioning the lines. and grandson of coal miners. His first job, at Back in Washington, he married in 1953. For the age of 13, was in Washington, DC deliver- $1,200, the couple bought a half-acre, thickly- ing telegrams for Western Union. His favorite forested lot in the Falls Road area “way out in memory is the day he went to the United Mine the country.” Jack personally designed and Workers building and personally handed a tele- built their house, having to cut down over 100 gram to President John L. Lewis. “He tipped me pine trees to make space. a dime when I told him that my father was a A series of federal jobs followed, the princi- miner,” says Jack. pal one being at the Bureau of Public Buildings, Jack played football in high school, graduat- which manages all 2,500 non-military govern- ing in 1944 at age 16, and received a one-year ment facilities. Jack rose to be deputy com- athletic scholarship at Columbia University. missioner. The following year, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy After 33 years of government service, he and was trained in communications electron- retired in 1982. He then worked another 11 ics. When the GI bill took him back to Colum- years in design and construction at the Univer- bia he studied electrical engineering, graduat- sity of Maryland, College Park. ing in 1949. With his background, he was sur- Jack and his wife had three boys. The fam- prised that the university taught no electronics ily ranks have grown to seven grandchildren, courses, only power. six of whom are engineers following in their But this turned out to be useful skills when grandfather’s footsteps, and one great-grand- he obtained a job in Wyoming with the Fed- daughter! eral Bureau of Reclamation. He installed cross- — Anthony & Barbara Barnard country 110KV transmission lines to carry Photo: Wayne Cleaver

Bill Mullinix Saturday matinees at the Opera House. He also worked for Travelers’ Aid at Reagan National Trott 805, x6727 Airport. As an only child and son of two teachers, Bill Since his retirement, Bill has added volunteer Mullinix long planned for a career in some area hours to the ESOL (English as a Second Lan- other than teaching. But the academic genes guage) efforts at the University of Maryland, prevailed and he spent over three decades in a working as an editorial assistant to graduate variety of educational experiences. students. While Bill was actually born in Washington, He has traveled extensively and plans more. DC, his parents were both Maryland natives. At Asbury just a few weeks, Bill has already Receiving his undergraduate degree in English been on one cruise and will head for Key West at the University of Maryland, Bill earned his before the New Year begins! When he studied Master’s degree at the University of Chicago. Spanish, he arranged for several month-long His first job was at Iowa Wesleyan University, visits to Mexico, where he benefited from the where he remained for two years. Seeking to language immersion experience of living with live nearer to family, he then transferred to the local families. He recently studied French at the University of Hartford for another two years. senior center in Prince George’s County and In 1969, he made a third and final relocation, hopes he can find one offering this subject in this time back to Maryland and Prince George’s our area. Community College, remaining until retire- A fellow usher at the Kennedy Center, who ment thirty-one years later in 2000. He taught also participated in a same Elderhostel experi- all aspects of English including grammar and ence, now lives here at Asbury, and Bill learned British literature. He spent many memorable much about our community from her and by

summers in England pursuing that subject. But Photo: Hal Gaut visiting our campus. Downsizing from a five- changing preferences among students reduced bedroom house in Bowie to an apartment in the number of those electing British literature the part-time English faculty at the college. Trott was challenging but doable. He chose courses and those options declined. As Bill has never married, he turned to vol- a few favorite pieces of furniture that he had In the 1980s, Bill added a new dimension unteering for a variety of social contacts and brought back from journeys abroad and seems to his student population by working with community service. He was one of the earliest very comfortable with his decision to join our foreign students, many of whom were just volunteers at the Kennedy Center for six years Asbury family. We are happy to welcome him! learning English as a second language. That and later returned for fifteen years as an usher, work was intensive but rewarding. Another and remains active as an occasional usher for — Sandy Clunies, Trott additional assignment was the coordination of

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Ann and Doug Scott 44th president, Barack Obama. The couple’s children all live in this gen- Diamond 308, x5134 eral area: Caroline, in Reston; Douglas, in Last October, Ann and Doug Scott moved Rockville; and Hugh in Camp Hill, PA. They into the Diamond building after residing in are also the proud grandparents of four an Old Town Alexandria townhouse as well young adults. Doug has volunteered with the as a rustic family-built log home near the National Park Service, while Ann has volun- Dolly Sods Wilderness area of West Virginia. teered in political campaigns. Both are rec- They laughingly declare that this remote reational cyclists although Ann’s cycling is home,was built by “child labor,” that of their curtailed at the moment by “grumpy knees.” own three children and various nieces and They share marvelous memories of cycling nephews. Prior to their 1996 retirement, to their jobs in China in the early 90’s before however, their homes have been located in the glut of cars and the accompanying pol- such far-flung areas as Entebbe, Uganda and lution took over. “Our Beijing is gone,” Ann Accra, Ghana; Jakarta, Indonesia and Bei- laments. jing, China, interspersed with periods in the An Asbury Open House brought the Scotts Washington area. Their international living to our campus. “Asbury makes a powerful started when Doug was an MIT Fellow-in- Photo: Jan Garman first impression,” Ann says. They appreci- Africa, a program that preceded the Peace ated the great advice given by residents of Corps by one year. Returning to the US, he Ann grew up outside of Syracuse, NY, grad- open apartments and they already had good earned a PhD in economics from Harvard uated from Wellesley College, earning a B.A. friends living here. Accompanying Ann and and went on to 29 years as an economist in history and, two children later, a M.Ed. Doug to Asbury is their sheltie, Quinn, who with the International Monetary Fund. from Boston University. Throughout Doug’s appreciates the new PAWS facility. Like Doug grew up outside of Chicago and grad- career, Ann taught in their various locations, Quinn, Ann and Doug are becoming accli- uated from Princeton with a degree in chem- teaching history at the Potomac School and mated to AMV and look forward to meeting ical engineering. He then served with the US the Madeira School, both in McLean, VA, and more Asbury residents. Welcome, Doug and Navy for three “cold” years on a destroyer on business English in Jakarta and Beijing. In Ann, and welcome also to Quinn. radar surveillance in the North Atlantic, after Jakarta, incidentally, she was hired by the — Jan Garman, Diamond which he and Ann were married. mother of the man who became our nation’s

Jolie and Zeke, a couple of large based in Seattle, where she became Chow Chow rescue dogs, brought a partner in 1987. In 1999, she their humans, Kathy and Bruce established her own firm, Broder- Stephen, to live at their Court- ick, Stirn & Regan. yard home this past summer. This In the early 1980s, Bruce’s com- delightful foursome moved here pany hired the Preston Gates firm from Fredericksburg, VA. They join with which Kathy was then associ- Kathy’s mom and aunt, Kathryn ated, and that’s how they met. A Broderick and Mary Walker of the seven-year, long-distance marriage Diamond Building, as Asbury resi- ensued until Bruce retired from dents. ReCo. Once retired, Bruce was able Bruce was born in Brooklyn to to join Kathy in the DC area. Scottish émigré parents. The family Kathy specialized in insurance spent much of Bruce’s childhood and reinsurance, where her work in Aberdeen, Scotland, experienc- included arbitration, the method of ing the hardships of World War II dispute resolution used most fre- with a sentry box right outside quently between insurance com- their house. After the war they panies, as well as litigation. She is returned to the US when Bruce’s now semi-retired but continues to father was part of the UK’s del- handle complex reinsurance cases. Photo: Maria Roberts egation to the UN. Bruce got his Bruce is glad that her very long undergraduate degree at Adelphi Kathy and Bruce Stephen hours at the office have decreased. University and went to graduate Courtyard 431, x 6711 Kathy looks forward to Keese school at Hofstra University. He School lectures and musical pro- began his career in property-casu - surance Corporation of New York a job at the Library of Congress. grams here and at Strathmore alty insurance, then spent the last (“ReCo”), basedå in Manhattan. After graduating from Winston Music Center, and to doing more 22 years of his full-time work in Following retirement, he served Churchill High School in Potomac, cooking. Bruce is a golfer and a the reinsurance business, dealing sports car enthusiast who enjoys for a number of years as a consul- Kathy obtained her undergraduate with contracts that insurance com the camaraderie at sports car - tant and arbitrator in connection degree from Duke University and shows. Welcome, Kathy, Bruce, panies establish with other insur- with complex reinsurance matters. her law degree from George Wash- Jolie and Zeke! ance companies to mitigate risk Kathy was born in Austin, TX, ington University. She worked for in the event of a catastrophe. At but her family soon moved to the Covington and Burling law — Maria Roberts, the time of his retirement in 1995, North Carolina. In 1964, the family firm, then for the Washington, DC Courtyard Homes Bruce was senior vice president moved to DC when her dad took office of Preston, Gates & Ellis, (claims) and a director of the Rein-

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Susan Byrnes loves to walk and was drawn to the beauty of the Asbury Campus for this pursuit. She is Edwards-Fisher 806, X5884 fond of animals and dog walking enables her to Susan Byrnes began her life at Asbury in utilize this option. The pool is another source April of 2017. Born in Ontario, Canada, she of enjoyable exercise and swimming is one of did undergraduate and graduate work at the Susan’s favorite pastimes. University of Michigan and received her law When it became time to choose a less-hectic degree at California’s Hastings College. lifestyle, Susan paid a visit to Asbury Methodist Susan has worked with labor unions and Village. The extensive facilities combined with corporations throughout the United States in a vibrant sense of community were the decid- order to settle disputes and grievances. Her ing factors in her choice. We Edwards-Fisher patience and expertise has been tested many friends and neighbors are delighted to make times in her demanding career. her a part of our family. Reading has always been a source of both — Joan Dunlop, Edwards-Fisher mental growth and relaxation for Susan. She Photo: Dorothy Harris

David Winfield He confesses to being a news junkie, sub- scribing to the Sunday New York Times, The Diamond 910, X6941 Washington Post and Financial Times. His At age 17, David Winfield was forced to learn volunteer work includes the Institute of Navi- to speak Spanish: He had a summer job selling gation, DC Section, and American Association children’s toys door-to-door in a Latin section for the Advancement of Science STEM Senior of Los Angeles. Scientists and Engineers, which asked him to He was born in New York City in 1931. serve as a volunteer in engineering classes at Family problems caused a move to Pasadena Watkins Mill High School. He also served in the CA, where he completed elementary school language lab and the English conversation club through junior college grade 12. Moving back at the Gaithersburg Library. east, he completed a BA in biology, MA in applied David is impressed by the book Spark, by physics and PhD in engineering all at Harvard. John Ratey, which describes the benefits of In 1963 he joined IBM at an exciting time: he physical exercise on student academic perfor- computed space-capsule trajectories, including mance. terrestrial and lunar orbits, for the Apollo Proj- Entering his apartment, one is struck by the ect. Later he helped develop specifications for rugs and pictures from Mexico and the US computing orbits of GPS satellites at IBM, Loral Southwest. The couple took at least ten trips and Lockheed Martin in Gaithersburg to Mexico and owned a timeshare in Puerto His wife of 48 years, Judith Ann, died in 2017. Vallarta. Clearly, David made good use of his Their son and daughter, raised in Montgomery Photo: Wayne Cleaver Spanish-speaking skills! Village, are now in New York City. — Anthony & Barbara Barnard, Diamond

Jean Handcock was born in Dub- local and abroad from George- lin, Ireland, and was educated at town to Bangkok to Kuala Lum- Alexandria College there before pur. moving on to the London College Jean relaxes through meditation of Secretaries. Born in Aylmer, and is a nature lover discovering Ontario, Canada, Don graduated and enjoying the many aspects from Queen’s University receiv- of our Asbury Methodist Village ing his M.D., C.M. and interned at environment. Keeping fit is one of Emergency Hospital (now Wash- her top priorities and so she uses ington Hospital Center). the pool regularly. Jean is already Having done research on infec- a volunteer at the Clothes Closet tious, parasitic and tropical dis- and helps staff the 403 reception eases, Don has authored and co- desk. authored 180 scientific papers and We Edwards-Fisher friends a variety of chapters for textbooks. and neighbors are delighted to He has served the World Health have such an interesting couple Organization as a temporary advi- through which to broaden our

sor (African heart disease) and as Photo: Dorothy Harris horizons. New residents offer us a consultant. Teaching has played this unique opportunity. a prominent role throughout his Jean Handcock and Don Connor — Joan Dunlop, career. He has served as a visiting Edwards-Fisher 608, X4410 Edwards-Fisher professor at various universities

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Leonard H. Teagle, Sr. 7th, 8th, and 9th graders at Sayre Junior High school in Philadelphia. He was chairman of Trott 815, x5734 the graphic arts department. A look at his Leonard’s parents moved from Maryland to educational ingenuity: He believed a process Philadelphia, PA when he was a small boy. It camera in the photography department would was in Philly that he lived a fulfilling life as help his students, but the school had no funds a student, teacher, husband, parent, church to purchase one. He was determined that his member and sports enthusiast. His move to students have this equipment and enlisted Asbury was encouraged by his son, who lives the aid of students to make one. With bits and in nearby Virginia, and who wished his father pieces from the wood and metal shops and a to live closer. Asbury residents will recognize little cash, Leonard created in one semester that reasoning. his very own camera for Sayre. This was long In high school he played football, basketball before junior high schools could afford them. and ran track. His older brother, both taller (A process camera is a piece of equipment and bigger, had been a star on the football that prepares text material and artwork for team. Although shorter and slighter, Leonard press.) prevailed in spite of the coach’s original doubt He has been a member of the Enon Taber- that he could meet the physical requirements. Photo: Hal Gaut nacle Baptist Church for 61 years. He was vice Leonard turned out to be one of the better chairman of the trustee board from 1990 to players. He transferred his love of football with to civilian life, he married Luberta Jean Davis, 2000. He received The Man of the Year Award him when he went onto Cheyney State Teach- whom he had met during their studies at in 1982. Today Leonard is Trustee Emeritus. ers College, where he played quarterback for Cheyney. He and Luberta were blessed with He enjoys reading biographies, science and their football team. two sons and two grandchildren. They enjoyed travel books. When asked what he likes about The government caught up with Leonard at 53 years of married life until Luberta passed Asbury, Leonard says it’s the wonderful pro- that point in his life and drafted him into the away in 2009. grams and the friendly people. US Army. He spent the next two years, from For 30 years Leonard taught math, science, — Helen Hillstrom, Trott 1953 to 1955, in the service. When he returned printing, photography and graphic arts to

fascinating people. Often, however, TUMULTY I learn the most by getting out of Continued from page 1 Washington and finding out what is on the minds of average Americans. A: I’m a writer, first and foremost, but there are all kinds of ways these Q: Favorite pastime? days to share information from my A: I don’t know if this counts as reporting with people. Television is a pastime, but I am currently work- one of them. I’m also active on Twit- ing on my first book, a biography of ter, where I have more than 125,000 Nancy Reagan for Simon and Schus- followers. ter. That takes up a lot of my time outside of my day job. She is turning

Q: Last movie you saw or one out to be a very fascinating subject. If you or your family members are on Facebook, you’re hoping to see soon? A: I just saw “All the Money in Q: Both you and your hus- we encourage you to ‘like’ our page and the World,” a riveting movie based band are journalists. Do either comment on our posts. on the kidnapping in 1973 of John of your two sons have an inter- Paul Getty III. There are so many est in following in their parents’ great ones out. I also saw “Lady Bird” footsteps? A: They are both interested in poli- Why? recently, and loved it. tics, but not journalism. Maybe they  Keep up on community Q: Last book you read? got too much of it growing up. My news and events! A: I am currently reading “The older son works for Mike Busch, the Ninth Hour,” the latest by one of my speaker of the Maryland House of favorite authors, Alice McDermott Delegates, though he will be head-  The more Facebook fans we have, the more (who happens to live in Bethesda). ing to graduate school next fall for

And I just finished “City of Thieves,” a public policy degree. My younger exposure Asbury will gain with people who are a page turner set during the siege of one is still in college, majoring in searching for a retirement community. Leningrad. political science and English, and

figuring out what he wants to do

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VILLAGE LIFE: A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE Ode to a Moon Last night the moon was big and fat, but not where I was at. The air was cold, the sky was hazy, to take a pic' was sort of crazy. Warm in bed out of the cold, I'll let the others be that bold. There'll be another moon I'm told, my camera and I will remain on hold. The wait is over and the big moon is near, the weather's mild and the sky is quite clear. The Wolf Supermoon is arising tonight, we all agree its really a sight. My camera is ready with lens of long zoom, that's what one needs to picture this moon. Now this may not be my best picture I've taken, but nevertheless it will leave me unshaken. At the end of the month another Super comes by, and there I will be for another good try.

Photo and Poem by Stan Silverberg

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