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If you were able to a end this year’s Gala, you enjoyed an evening full of mystery and intrigue coupled with delicious food and drinks. This year’s event ne ed $86,000 for the Benevolent Care program. The Philanthropy Department would like to extend its gra tude and thanks to the sponsors, underwriters, a endees and donors, Community Resources, Catering and Dining, Housekeeping, Benevolent Care Commi ee, Charlestown Woodshop, and volunteers who worked the event. It takes many hands to help make this event a great success each year. We have already begun thinking of ideas for next year. If you have a theme sugges on, please let us know! Pa Santoni, Philantropy Manager
WORTH THE WAIT the Brookside elevator repair, changes in leadership and programs, etc. Chesapeake and Brookside seemed to be especially challenging as the Without a doubt this year has brought us a few length of me it took to get back to “normal opera on” was long and changes and challenges! For many of us, change tested our collec ve pa ence. is diffi cult and not easy to embrace. For most of us, challenges require us to prac ce our virtues: For the majority of us, pa ence doesn’t come easily. And when it does pa ence, understanding, tolerance, kindness and come, it’s o en fl ee ng. The rest of the me, we rush, we interrupt, Clara Parker, ED gra tude. we get exasperated. From decisions made in haste to words spoken without refl ec on, impa ence can cause a vast amount of pain, waste and I’ve been challenged by change in my own personal life this year – fi rst damage. with building a new house, then losing that house, being without a home for a while, then fi nally se ling into a wonderfully beau ful new home Fortunately, even if we aren’t born with a great deal of pa ence, it’s a that is everything I could have dreamed of (although considerably larger virtue that even the most agitated among us can develop. It’s a skill, than I will ever need). It was a stressful and exhaus ng journey but now according to American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron, that we can hone that I am through it…it feels smaller somehow. Looking back I can refl ect with focus and prac ce. You may be wondering how or why I know on how I may have been a bit more drama c and emo onal about the anything about an American Buddhist nun. I don’t know much yet, but whole thing than I needed to be. Go fi gure. About half way through my I’m seeking to learn ways to develop my own pa ence and help us, as experience, I fi nally embraced a few concepts: a community, prac ce this virtue more inten onally so that we can live 1. The only thing I can change is me, star ng with my a tude. and work harmoniously with gra tude and apprecia on for each other. 2. I can choose to be distraught or I can choose to embrace my situa on and fi nd the good in it. Chodron outlines three methods for developing pa ence: 3. What doesn’t kill me will make me stronger. 1. Start Seeing Diff erently – Most impa ence begins as a feeling of 4. God would not give me anything that I can’t handle. discomfort, then nega ve thoughts begin to roll in like storm clouds – frustra ng thoughts on how something or somebody should be moving Once I got those concepts clear in my head, it was like a door was opened! faster or doing something diff erently. Our conscious mind is searching for I was able to lean into my situa on and fi nd ways to enjoy it! I got to an object to blame. She suggests: see my family and friends a lot more o en. We ate out at some amazing a. Bypass blame: rather than faul ng anyone in par cular, try restaurants. I didn’t have to clean the house or go to the grocery store entertaining that it just is. Who knows, it may even turn out to something or worry about the electric bill. It was, in hindsight, a quite libera ng you learn from. experience and I am a be er person for it. b. Be thankful for small blessings. Maybe there is an opportunity to expand yourself through this experience. Try radia ng goodwill instead of At Charlestown, we were challenged by the Chesapeake kitchen fi re, anger. Con nued on page 5. . .
In This Issue Dining Services 6 Community Resources 10 Bulletin Board 15 Board of Directors 2 Puzzle 7 Performing Arts 11 Resident Life 16 Residents’ Council 2 Book Review 8 Philanthropy 12 and more . . . Erickson Advantage 3 ELLIC 9 General Services 13 Page 2 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017
N F T C B D “We’re Here For You”
GIVING THANKS this aspect of her life, she off ers to trade places. As yet, nobody has taken her up on her off er. Thanksgiving is coming up in three weeks. As Likewise, would you really want to live in the Welcome to the Middle Ages, the heralded age of chivalry, which Board Corner! Americans, we are going through diff erent rituals on this day, among them: Watching the Macy’s in fact was wretched for everybody but the parade and/or football, celebra ng/bemoaning nobility? Even they had their share of problems. the survival of the Pilgrims, ea ng turkey, Closer to our mes, some people in England star ng holiday shopping… Oh, yeah, we’re also conducted experiments in living like those in to give thanks somehow before tucking into the the Victorian age, so charmingly depicted in mashed potatoes. Pre y superfi cial, wouldn’t BBC’s Masterpiece series. The par cipants gave Laura Ostroff Richard M. Barnes, Esq. you say, and therefore not very upli ing. up quickly, in disgust, about the s fl ing social a tudes and the hardships of never-ending Ques ons from our Residents to Now, compare this to a person who is truly work. Charlestown’s Board thankful and aware that everything happening How are the Board members selected? to us is a gi . It starts with waking up in the morning: I’m alive. I have the opportunity to So, be grateful for your circumstances and live The process of selec ng a board member for make the world a li le be er today. I have the “Serenity Prayer,” usually a ributed to the the Charlestown Board begins with solici ng a warm bed, a roof over me, and can have Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr: “God, the names of individuals who have specialized a nutri ous breakfast. Millions of people grant me the serenity to accept the things I knowledge and experience, and who would have none of that, many not even water. I cannot change; courage to change the things I provide insight into important ma ers impact- have companionship with a spouse or fellow can, and wisdom to know the diff erence.” You ing the care of the residents and the long-term residents; I can call or text family members or will be be er for it, and Charlestown and the health of the organiza on. Once individuals are friends. Millions of others are lonesome. I can world will be a be er place. Even a smile, a kind iden fi ed, members of the Governance Commit- turn on my computer or radio or TV and fi nd out word, a helping hand are small but eff ec ve tee, the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson what’s happening in the world. Millions have no ways to express our thanks for the many gi s we of the Board spend me with each person to access to outside communica ons and must live have received. discuss his or her experiences and interests. It is in ignorance with distorted facts and opinions. Even if I suff er from ailments of advanced age preferred that the person have previous Board Steve Harders, President experience and a strong desire to serve the or an actual, possibly life-threatening illness, I needs of others. The en re Board votes on the know that medical care is available just around addi on of new members. Members have term the corner. I also may recognize that my health Guests — Part 2 limits and are re-elected for three-year terms. condi on may have made me more pa ent with myself and others, and more understanding and Last month we spoke about our welcome for caring. The more you look, the more you fi nd for Why are there so many people on the Board? guests (visitors). Guests are friends and family, which to be grateful. maybe not your friends or family. This month, I Charlestown is a vital community that provides want to discuss confl icts that can arise in sharing services to a diverse group of residents with a It’s a fundamental insight that anything that our facili es with guests. These confl icts require variety of needs. To meet those needs, it is es- happens has at least one other dimension to respec ul resolu on as we all learn how to sen al that the Board be staff ed with individuals it. Think of frustrated Thomas Edison. One create a community we love. One could argue with experiences in key areas, such as strategic eff ort a er another came to naught, but then that all the facili es here at Charlestown are planning, insurance and risk management, legal he invented something else useful. Think of for resident use as residents are the ones who ma ers, human resources, business, fi nance Helen Keller, blind and deaf. She’s the fi rst pay for them. But if we want to be hospitable to and accoun ng, investments, philanthropy, tax person to graduate from college (Radcliff e, no our guests, we need to learn how to share with oversight, religious and community leadership, less) in spite of these disabili es, and gains others. purchased services, and/or is a community worldwide infl uence as a speaker and mo vator. member. As needs grow and change, the Gover- This mul -dimensional eff ect is not restricted nance commi ee is charged with fi nding people For example, a swimming pool with lanes taken to individuals. Think of life-expectancy in the who have exper se in each area. up with children at the me you want to swim United States, in spite of our much-maligned should not be met with a “get out” order. There medical system and unhealthy ea ng habits. Are the Board Members wined, dined and/or are other ways to resolve the issue. One can At birth in 1900, the average for all races and paid in exchange for their service? wait for space to free up; one can come back both genders was 47.3 years; in 2015 it was 78.8 at another me. I have learned how to swim years. Something must have gone right. The There are quarterly Board mee ngs, and each two to a lane. It is true that residents pay for world is sustaining 4½ billion more people today mee ng spans two days, beginning at 3:00 p.m. these facili es and thereby have an understood than in 1960 and at a lower poverty rate, in on day one and ending at 10:00 a.m. the follow- priority. Just remember, the guests are someone spite of environmental degrada on and massive ing day. The Board is invited to dinner, usually else’s friend or family member. poli cal problems. Untold numbers of people on site at Charlestown, to allow Charlestown wake up to the awareness that technology and staff and Board members to spend me together consumerism alone cannot maintain meaning I do have a problem when looking for a parking sharing informa on and ideas. Individual com- in life and are seeking moral and/or religious space and I pass an empty guest space. I may mi ees of the Board meet either on-site or guidance. not fi nd a resident marked space, so I ask myself, by phone between formal Board mee ngs to shall I park in the guest space? I have been discuss ongoing projects and essen al programs known to park in the guest space. When I do, I that cannot be addressed in a single mee ng. What makes the diff erence when the facts are may fi nd a note like this on my car: “You are not Those mee ngs may include an on-site meal the same? A tude, the way we look at them a Guest. You are ‘resident’. Please use ‘resident’ such as lunch. No Board member receives any and cope or rejoice. Objec vely, any individual places.” Do you suppose that note was wri en cash compensa on or gi s for serving on the can fi nd somebody else who is be er or worse by a guest? Or maybe by a resident whose Board. In addi on to their service, Board mem- off in some respect. The same is true for guests have not been able to fi nd parking? bers o en support many of the fund-raising groups of people, whole na ons, and most programs of Charlestown. of humankind. You can dwell on the nega ve Laura Ostroff aspects and despair or can look at the good that There are no rules governing these confl icts Richard M. Barnes, Esq. can come out of them. Once you think about except that respect will always prevent the it and see the ramifi ca ons, you may not even situa on from being hur ul to someone. Residents’ Council E-MAIL Address want things to change. I have a lawyer friend [email protected] who is legally blind and travels with a service Charlestown Residents’ dog. She gets special treatment at airports and Wendel Thompson, Vice President Council Website. when wai ng in line. When someone with intact ccicharlestown.org eye-sight remarks about her good fortune in November 2017 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” Page 3
Charlestown Blessed With Its Own Because there's no pping at Charlestown, Medicare regula ons prevent Robbie from this annual drive is our only opportunity to Proac ve Staff of First Responders contac ng residents who are not members of say 'thank you' to our fi rst responders and the (Let's say 'thank you' during Erickson Advantage. If you are not a member, other wonderful staff members who treat us this Season of Giving) you have to contact him fi rst. So, it’s up to with such kindness and respect. They are the you to reach out to obtain the free info and primary source of our well-being, security, and guidance. You may call or email Robbie at any happiness. So take a moment to ponder how me to set up an individual appointment at you would get along without them, and give 443-297-3110 or [email protected] generously to our 2017 Staff Apprecia on Fund leaving your name, address, phone and/or email drive. address on his voicemail, if he is out. Family Pat Kasuda, SAF Chair November is the me of year during which we members may also a end. To obtain your best are inclined to be even more thankful than usual answers you should be prepared to share your for our many blessings. And in that spirit of Get To Know The CarePath Program! current benefi ts and premiums with Robbie. gra tude and generosity, it's me once again to 'Reach for Our Stars' by making a contribu on CarePath is a supplemental program designed to the Staff Apprecia on Fund. This annual drive for residents who s ll see a primary care Although there are no strings a ached to join helps Charlestown off er a tangible 'thank you' physician outside the medical center. It enables the Erickson Advantage plan, you and your family may want to listen carefully to specifi c to nearly 1,000 hourly staff members who work them to establish a medical record here on-site hard to keep us all secure and comfortable every benefi ts that are available for Charlestown and enjoy the benefi ts of Erickson Health. day. residents in both Independent Living and This is a good op on if you have a rela onship Con nuing Care. Once you join, there is an This has been a year of u er disaster for with a local doctor whom you wish to con nue onsite Member Services Representa ve to people around the globe, including hundreds of seeing. Our residents fi nd it especially helpful answer benefi t and health insurance ques ons, thousands here in the United States whose lives when they have a need that can’t wait for an to help with arranging doctors’ appointments, were instantly changed by violent acts of nature appointment with their own doctor. All you have and to arrange for transporta on to medical ranging from terrible fl ooding to hurricanes. to do is come for one visit so we can get your appointments. There is also a Care Coordinator, We praise and admire the fi rst responders who medical records set up in the electronic medical a registered nurse who assists members with spring into ac on when these awful situa ons record. managing their health care needs. You will arise. We also stand in awe of the 'ordinary' have an opportunity to talk to Robbie at the This is how you will benefi t from the CarePath people who rush to the scene of such disasters, upcoming places: visit: help provide needed supplies, or come up with crea ve ways to raise funds for o en helpless • Urgent medical services are more eff ec vely vic ms who are total strangers. provided on campus when you have Wednesday, November 1, 2017 established a record in the medical center. 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., CTS Fireside Lounge But how o en do those of us who call • Accurate Record: A visit to the medical Thursday, November 2, 2017 Charlestown home think to show apprecia on center in the CarePath program ensures an 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Cross Creek Lobby to our own set of fi rst responders? These are accurate, up-to-date computerized medical Tuesday, November 14, 2017 the men and women who arrive within minutes record. 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., CTS Fireside Lounge when we press the Emergency Pendant bu on, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 enter our apartments to make sure we're all • Convenience: When you can’t get to your 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Terrace Cafe Lounge right when our door "fl ippers" haven't been own physician, CarePath’s records help us triggered, or simply off er companionship and provide primary care service to you. Thursday, November 16, 2017 guidance to a confused resident who pressed his • CarePath visits are billable visits to your 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Cross Creek Lobby Emergency Pendant bu on because he couldn't insurance carrier. We have provided over fi nd his way back to his apartment. 1,518 same-day appointments since January Charlie Eichenlaub 1 through June 30, 2017. Your ability to see Communica ons Commi ee One quick-thinking Charlestown Security and one of our providers on a same-day basis is Emergency Services (SES) dispatcher even helped one of their major commitments to you. From the Conserva on Commi ee an Erickson family member in Colorado get the help she needed! The far-away Erickson resident Charlie Eichenlaub had fallen and didn't have her pendant or a Maryland recycles more per person than the U.S. Communica ons Commi ee phone number to call her own security team, average, but has room for improvement with so she called her brother here in Charlestown. regard to recycling certain materials including Our resident stayed on the phone with his sister paper, yard trimmings, food scraps, and plas c. and used a second phone to call Charlestown ?Ques ons on Medicare... Solid Waste Management and Recycling in dispatch. The dispatcher on duty quickly and he has answers! Maryland Department of Legisla ve Services, effi ciently helped him contact Windcrest SES, Revised January 2017 who responded to his sister just 10 minutes Robbie Furman, aka the “Balloon Man,” is an a er she called him. Here was a fi rst responder Erickson employee who is a licensed insurance agent for Erickson Advantage, a Medicare helping a stranger in distress more than 1,650 DID YOU KNOW: That plas c bags, like you Advantage plan off ered by United Healthcare. miles away! get at the grocery stores, in the Terrace Cafe Erickson Advantage is only available to Erickson or in the Shortline restaurants, must not be Living residents. Robbie off ers free advice on any Staff members working in other venues here at put into recycling. They gum up the sor ng individual ques ons you or your family member Charlestown also have been witnessed helping machines used at the recycling processing plant. have on your current health insurance and you folks in distress on a daily basis, like the Shortline A truckload of our recyclables may be rejected if DO NOT have to join Erickson Advantage to cashier who kept handy the resident number of plas c bags are found in the recyclables. If you obtain your answers. a customer who couldn't remember it herself. want to recycle plas c bags, take them to Giant, The cashier, who was new on the job, took that Weis or other major grocery store, otherwise li le bit of extra me and trouble to spare her Many residents have Medicare and Medicare put them in the trash. Even the plas c fi lm used customer from discomfort. These generous Supplemental Insurance. Medicare Open in window envelopes and in Kleenex boxes, for and caring employees are just a few of those Enrollment began on October 15 and ends on example, should not be recycled. They should folks who make it their business to not only do December 7. We should now be examining our be cut out and thrown away. their job every day, but who demonstrate their current health or prescrip on changes that may humanity and prac ce Erickson values in very necessitate a change in our health insurance. Or tangible ways. we may have ques ons regarding op ons that DID YOU KNOW: That if you don’t e up the bag we may foresee in our future. Robbie is our man of trash you put outside your door, it may get with the answers, and we are lucky to have such sca ered when collected in the halls or in bulk an enthusias c source for this important topic. pickup when our truck drivers would have to Page 4 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017 clean it up. Cleaning up sca ered trash is me- Need something fi xed? “Residents and the Erickson Way” consuming for the collectors and the drivers, When we enter the month of November, our who already have a demanding schedule. Please Call the General Services Call Center at minds begin to focus on the holiday season. consider these hard-working staff and take the 443-29SERVE (297-3783) to let them know you extra me to e up your trash bags. Whether we use the term “STRATEGIC need assistance. Use the op ons off ered on OBJECTIVES,” this concept may be part of our their helpline to narrow your requirement, and Recycling saves money, as well as the thinking and discussions. The holidays are mes one of the four Coordinators will schedule you environment. Please do not place plas c bags or for evalua ng the past year and making plans for for service during normal working hours. If the thin plas c fi lm in recycling. And don’t forget: improvements in the future. window of me for the repairs expires, please please e up your bags of trash! call again right away to alert them and give The Harmonious Community Living concept them a second chance to assist you. If it’s an for the month of November will be STRATEGIC emergency, they will respond accordingly. CHARLESTOWN SANDTOWN OBJECTIVES. Employees will work within their departments to establish STRATEGIC CONNECTION OBJECTIVES. Much of this ac vity will be A er hours, on holidays and on weekends, only focused on the results of the recent staff and emergencies will be addressed by contac ng resident evalua on surveys. Perhaps defi ning On Friday, September 29, the small group TCCT, Security at 410.737.8806. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES will give residents sponsored a Charlestown resident community insight into how they too can share the bus tour to see the new wall art murals Emails can also be sent to November eff orts of our employees. completed by youth in the Waverly and Reservoir [email protected] to schedule Hills neighborhoods. Thanks to the Charlestown non-emergency service. All emails will be The defi ni on of strategic relates to the Administra on, this was a complimentary trip responded to during the offi ce hours of Monday iden fi ca on of long-term aims and interests and the 14 of us a ending found the student through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and a means of achieving them. Objec ve is defi ned as a thing aimed at or sought: a goal. work inspiring and beau ful. Within the Charlestown Community our short Please note: For non-billing related Comcast term goal has been to introduce the Erickson Living Values as a basis for Harmonious Dalvin Wade, coordinator of arts at Jubilee Arts, issues, please contact this General Services Call Center and select op on 1 for maintenance. Community Living. We now are ready to begin a facilitated the tour with informa on about the journey on long-term aims and interests and the Art @ Work program. Eighty-fi ve youth from means to achieve them. ages 14-21 were hired and completed this fi ve-week ar st-appren ceship summer work Obtaining a Resident Directory Our staff members are recognized for program. performing tasks above and beyond their job responsibili es. This recogni on, based on the Distribu on of the Resident Directory, once Erickson Living Values, is in the form of MISSION published annually and placed in resident MOMENTS. Recently, a resident reported that This program is unusual in several ways. Not only cubbies, has changed. Residents may now a er misplacing a request for lab work, a staff does it provide summer youth employment but ask for the latest Resident Directory at their member in the Medical Center erased her fears also this year provided work for 16 professional neighborhood lobby desk. Directories are by contac ng the physician and ge ng another ar sts and art assistants. Over 40 local, state, printed in small batches up to a short me order. Another resident reported that a staff before the next directory is published. The and na onal partners with Art @ Work, the member from the Terrace Café assisted her directory is revised every quarter. There may Bal more Offi ce of Promo on and The Arts and with ge ng a large package to her apartment. be a small window of unavailability if it is close Jubilee Arts partner together to produce these These “special” acts help defi ne Harmonious to the me for publica on of a new directory. Community Living. new public works of art. New resident informa on requires a month turnaround me to appear in an updated Our journey con nues as we translate our directory. If you fi nd errors in informa on The students paint in the morning and a end understanding of the Erickson Living Values included in the directory, make the correc ons into ac on steps through residents’ STRATEGIC workshops in the a ernoon. You would be by submi ng a resident directory update form, OBJECTIVES. The long-term strategic plan is to interested to know that students canvassed which is available at all lobby desks. Return the make the Erickson Living Values more apparent neighborhoods, talked with community ci zens form no ng correc ons to the Communica ons to all residents of the Charlestown community. Specialist, as indicated on the form. and store owners for input into the designs, We now have a commi ee of residents eager colors and words used in the artwork. The to get feedback from other residents on how workshops included 1) fi nancial literacy led by If you have an email account, you may request we can accomplish this goal. Some sugges ons the Bal more CASH campaign, 2) professional that an electronic version of the directory be might be: bulle n board posters, table talks at development coursework with Hibred Work automa cally sent to you when it is available dinner, Channel 972 presenta ons, ELLIC classes, Force Solu ons, 3) leadership development in each me that it is updated. Send your request etc. partnership with No Boundaries Coali on and to [email protected]. Remember, our map to success will be guided Mia Mura, 4) spoken word poetry....learning through rela onships among and between to express themselves with the Bal more fi rst Cindy will send you an email acknowledgement employees and residents so we can all benefi t youth poet, Derick Ebert. of your request within two weeks. If you do from Harmonious Community Living at not receive the acknowledgement in that me, Charlestown. please resend your email request and allow her Pat Kasuda One neighborhood mural design en tled a second chance to add you to the list. “Break Through” inspired the ci zens to clean up their neighborhood with interest and The electronic version of the directory allows renewed enthusiasm to care for each other. mul ple op ons for searching, including by fi rst This neighborhood had a drug problem and the name, last name, apartment number, or phone youth’s mural is making a diff erence. number. The Resident Directory is intended for the members of the Charlestown community only, so please refrain from distribu ng it to Dalvin said that feedback from the students people outside of the community. included a real joy of working this summer and several felt it would lead to a career for them. Charlie Eichenlaub Communica ons Commi ee JoAnn Wer, Co-chair for Two Communi es Coming Together, TCCT November 2017 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” Page 5 con nued from page 1 . . . Charlestown’s Monthly Community c. Write your own history. Do you want to look back on losing your cool, or do you want to look back on having made an honorable choice? 2. Expand Your Empathy – Learn to see the complexity BCPL’s Library of a situa on. This means understanding that On The Go Bookmobile human beings live complicated lives in a complex Lecture Series universe, all of the variables of which we can’t possibly know or appreciate in the moment. Na onal Family Caregivers Month Fridays 3. Pull Tolerance From Posi vity – It’s easier Celebra on! 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. to have pa ence when we are awash in good feelings. Work to ac vely no ce and cul vate Cross Creek posi ve feeling. She calls this “cheerfulness *Please join us for a me to refl ect on the challenges and blessings of being a family November 3 and 17 prac ce” – like no cing the pleasure of pu ng caregiver, and to learn about resources warm socks on cold feet, or seeing a beau ful available at Charlestown. Presented by bank of clouds in the sky. team members from Resident Services, Lobby 7 Intermissions, Pastoral Care, the Fitness November 10 and 24 There will always be things that push us to Center, the Medical Center, Memory Care and others.* impa ence. But prac cing these principles can build greater capacity for humor and perspec ve Phone: 410-887-7586 overall. So when the truly big challenges come Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. along, there’s grace. Wai ng for you. Loca on: The Auditorium (Located on the 2nd fl oor in Edgewood) I am ever so grateful that the Brookside Elevator and Chesapeake are once again fully opera onal. It is just a ma er of me, however, before the For more informa on about the next unplanned interrup on impacts our lives Community Lecture Series, at Charlestown. I hope some of these principles please contact: will help all of us embrace that moment Judi Welsh, MS/CDP with pa ence, understanding, gra tude and Resident Services Coordinator apprecia on for the gi s around us. 410-737-8838, ext. 601.8311 Free Blood Pressure Clinic [email protected] Clara Parker, Execu ve Director Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. November 1 - Cross Creek November 15 - Fireside CTS WILTON OVERLOOK Outlook* Home Support 410-247-3400, ext. 8801 N 2017 1. RGN basement interior renova ons underway 2. RGN basement interior renova ons completed Par al parking lot completed Rework construc on fence/area for next phase Do you know your Neighbors? 3. RGN main entrance closed 4. RGN temporary entrance open 5. Shee ng and shoring on construc on site *D Jangar Richards, AED
Safety Message “EXITS” A kindly reminder. Please do not leave bikes, carts, trash, supplies, or any other materials in the stairways or vestibule entrances. These are life-safety and fire-code violations.
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Con nuing Care Dining Services Phoebe Graham, Director Aida Blanco, Director
The change of the season brings with it changes Two other things are happening CONTINUING CARE CATON WOODS LEADERSHIP TEAM OTHERS within Dining Services as well. We wanted to with the roll out of our new menus. We have communicate some of the new things you may made some pricing adjustments to help us F D have encountered, or will be encountering in the cover costs and be er align ourselves with the 410-247-9700 (RGN/S) very near future in your favorite dining rooms. market value. Addi onally, by the me that this 410-536-4743 (C W ) ar cle goes to print we should have updated As many of you know, Charlestown has off ered our menus on the My Erickson App for your A Phoebe Loyer-Graham, ext. 601.8875 Douwe Egberts coff ee in all of our venues reference. for years. Smuckers, our current supplier of A A Douwe Egberts coff ee, has discon nued this In other news, we are pleased to welcome April David Gearing, ext. 601.3111 product and is now in the process of deple ng Williams to the Dining Services team. April all inventory. Erickson Living has chosen Brisk is the new General Manager of the Atrium D N Coff ee as our new vendor. Star ng mid-to-late Restaurant. We are very excited to have her Caroline Wagara, ext. 601.8003 November, we will begin transi oning from joining our team at Charlestown. She has A D N Douwe Egberts to Brisk’s medium roast fresh recently relocated from Florida – the Sunshine JoAnn Rosario, ext. 601-8041 house brewed coff ee. Because it is freshly State – to be here with us. Along with the Sharon Piemonte, ext. 601-8013 brewed, Brisk coff ee will have a refreshingly sunshine of her personality, April comes to us bold taste with an appealing aroma of coff ee with a wealth of experience in leading both A A throughout Charlestown. service and culinary opera ons. L V , ext. 601.8359
M D In October, Dining Services began the roll-out Lastly, we wanted to remind everyone that Myla Carpenter, M.D., ext. 601.8590 of the new fall/winter menus in our Signature our Dining Services Town Hall for the month of Restaurants and Cafés. We held several Menu November has changed; it will be November B O M Focus Groups to ensure that Dining Services 15 in the Conference Center 11:00 a.m. and Doris Mills, ext. 601.8347 heard your requests and was able to implement 2:00 p.m. sessions. H C C the feedback we received from your menu Alexandra Herbst, ext. 601.8578 sugges ons regarding the new fall/winter Below are our Thanksgiving Holiday hours of menus. The successful implementa on of opera on. Thanksgiving Day, our restaurants and R M our menus also allowed us to integrate some cafés will be on the Holiday schedule provided Cathy Pelle er, ext. 601.3136 feedback from the Dietary Focus Group, as below: we championed the cause of adding gluten- A D D S Robin Moore, ext. 601.8037 friendly choices to each of our venues. Be sure Holiday Hours of Opera on to ask your server about the new and exci ng Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 23, 2017 H S gluten-friendly op ons available in your favorite Kim Early, ext. 601.8557 dining room. These are just some examples Fireside Brunch 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. of the ways we con nue to listen and act on Atrium Brunch 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. M S your feedback. With that in mind, we will be Refectory Brunch 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Donald Hoff man, ext. 601.8363 scheduling our next round of focus groups the Chesapeake Dinner 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. A L M -C W fi rst week of December for our January menu Shortline Dinner 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Amy Sarro, ext. 601.3725 roll out, dates to be announced in November. Terrace Café Closed Chris na Bryant, ext. 601.3710
W M This informa on is not a complete descrip on of Funmilayo Opadina, ext. 601.8926 benefi ts. Contact the plan for more informa on. Kris e Baldwin, ext. 601.3127 Limita ons, co-payments, and restric ons may Tammy Skes, ext. 601.8222 apply. Benefi ts, premium and/or copayments/ co-insurance may change on January 1 of each S W L Nicole Dozier, ext. 601.8349 year.
A C C Plans are insured through UnitedHealthcare Shannon Loudermilk Insurance Company or one if its affi liated 410-382-9384 companies, a Medicare Advantage organiza on P M Robbie Furman with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in the plan Rob Hunter, ext. 601.8974 depends on the plan’s contract renewal with Enhanced Pharmacy Benefi ts Medicare. A P M Robbie Furman, Denise Pucke , ext. 601.8575 Erickson Advantage has you covered for Regional Sales Manager, Erickson Advantage V P C prescrip on drugs Kathleen Hart, ext. 601.8133 • Some medica ons may now be available at a F C lower co-pay. Steve Hall, ext. 601.8924 • No deduc ble for your prescrip on drug M C M benefi t. Lauren Price, ext. 601.8181 Open Enrollment is now. Don’t wait to learn Q C C more. Open Enrollment started on October D : Shaneild West, ext. 601.8071 15 and runs through December 7. Call Robbie E P : Peace Nwokorie, ext. 601.8389 Furman, your Charlestown licensed sale agent A L : Ojehomon Omoikhefe, at: ext. 601.8592 443-297-3110 TTY 711 C L G : Barry Uzoechi, Monday through Friday ext. 601.8012 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. local me D C : Maryann Ingram, ext. Or email Robbie Furman at: 601.8072 [email protected] November 2017 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” Page 7 Take A Break
Veterans will be able to apply for a STAR credit begin the verifi ca on process now. If veterans card and all purchases made with the card are not immediately authen cated by the receive free shipping. The STAR card also earns VetVerify.org website, they should revisit the reward points that can be applied to future website. purchases. You can use any other major credit Individuals needing addi onal informa on or card but only purchases over $49 receive free assistance on this new program should visit shipping. Also, the Exchanges match compe tor www.vetverify.org or call 1-844-868-8672 (toll- prices. free). Please note, this benefi t does not provide William A. Wood access to on-base exchanges. You will only be able to shop online at the following sites: Who Is Looking Out for You? 1. Army & Air Force Exchange: h ps://www. shopmyexchange.com/veterans
2. Navy Exchange: h ps://www. Veterans…You May Now Sign Up for Military mynavyexchange.com (NEX Navy Exchange) Exchange Shopping 3. Marine Corp Exchange: h p://www.mymcx. com Star ng November 11, 2017, all honorably To begin the enrollment process, a veteran discharged veterans will be able to shop should verify his/her military service at online at all military exchanges. To qualify for h ps://vetverify.org. The site will ask for the par cipa on in this program, you must be an “Around Town Tour” veteran’s name, date of birth, last four digits honorably discharged Veteran of the United of the individual’s Social Security number, States Armed Forces. This includes the United Make your reservation and branch of service to compare against States Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, and for the next tour. the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) Coast Guard, as well as the Air Force Reserve, database. If a match is not found with this Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Coast Guard Tuesday, November 7 informa on, a message will show asking for a Reserve, and Na onal Guard. 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. full Social Security number to conduct a more Veterans should consider signing up for this detailed search. Doris Cooney, 410-737-1556 benefi t as they will receive exclusive military Although all veterans’ records have not been pricing on name-brand products. All purchases digi zed yet, VA offi cials recommend veterans are tax free, with free shipping op ons. Page 8 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017
Book Review C F L THE GATEKEEPERS F D M How the White House Chiefs of Staff Defi ne Every Presidency, The fall movie season in theaters includes a By Chris Whipple, 2017 number of unusual biographical and historical dramas listed below. All of these will be Reviewed by Lon Chesnu purchased by the Film Library, with most being shown in the Saturday movie program. CHARLESTOWN'S RUTH HOUCK LIBRARY The November 21st book review fi ts Currently showing in the theaters: appropriately for the current mes with Maple Terrace (Bldg. 2) – Main Street President Donald Trump. The GATEKEEPERS Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. sub tle says it all: ‘How the White House Chiefs White House: Story of Watergate’s “Deep Monday – Friday of Staff Defi ne Every President.’ What author Throat.” Chris Whipple discovered in his research on Goodbye Christopher Robin: Life of author A.A. “The best mirror is an old friend.” every president between Nixon and Obama is Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh stories. George Herbert that the absence of a Chief of Staff who can say Marshall: Young Thurgood Marshall, in one of his ‘no’ to the president or fails to relay unpleasant early career-defi ning cases. “To have a friend, be a friend.” Emerson news to the president is des ned to be part of a failed presidency. Ba le of the Sexes: Story of the 1973 tennis “Without friends no one would choose to live match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. though he had all other goods.” Aristotle Lon Chesnu , who’s been reviewing books for Charlestown since 2007, picked this 2017 Coming later this year: A friend in need is a friend indeed. publica on a er hearing an NPR interview of The Man Who Invented Christmas: Journey Friendship, friendship, just the perfect the author. Whipple has been a documentary leading to Dickens’ crea on of “A Christmas blendship. fi lmmaker, a writer, and a journalist. He is a Peabody and Emmy Award winning producer Carol.” Darkest Hour: Winston Churchill as the newly-appointed Bri sh Prime Minister. Everyone knows that having a friend, or more, at CBS’s “60 Minutes” and ABC’s “Prime me.” is important to our health. So enjoy yours, To start the book, Whipple tells of a session on The Post (aka The Papers): Daniel Ellsberg and and read about some others. Here are some Dec. 5, 2008, at the White House when George the release of the secret Pentagon Papers. books from the Ruth H. Houck Library, about W. Bush’s outgoing Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten Friends, whose authors may seem like old invited all the living ex-Chiefs of Staff to gather Charlestown Film Library and off er advice to Barach Obama’s incoming friends to you. Main Street next to the Book Library Chief, Rahn Emanuel. Eleven of them showed Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. up and spoke their piece about the par culars of Friends by Judy Blume Monday, Wednesday and Friday the job. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel Sudden Change of Heart by Barbara Bradford Jim Thompson: 443-543-0178 (PV-212) A summary is short: Be the President’s hatchet- Eleanor Richwine: 410-247-2880 (ST-304) White Teeth by Zadie Smith man on allowing only limited- me alone with Library Direct Telephone: 443-297-3117 or South of Broad by Pat Conroy the president, preserve his ‘alone me’ to think 410-247-3400, ext. 3117 Looking Back by Belva Plain crea vely, convey a ‘NO’ to the president when Good Harbor by Anita Diamant no one else can do so, and be the president’s Between Friends by Debbie Macomber S.O.B. to deliver nega ve decisions to people Grand Avenue by Joy Fielding who want and expect his support. All Night Long by Jayne Krentz But the telling of the stories, and there are Keep on reading! plenty of them, makes the book a highligh ng Myrna Retsky of modern history from the unique inside perspec ve of the White House. Watergate, the Contact Person: Iran-Contra deal, the Monica Lewinsky aff air, Faye Redding, 410-242-7443 the made-up War in Iraq are all there along with Library Direct Line, 410-737-8838, ext. 3118 the opening of China, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the winning of the Cold War, and the elec on of Monday, November 13 America’s fi rst black president. I wish I’d said that . . . TERRACE CAFE Whipple takes one on a current United States “The man or woman without a purpose history tour that your history classes in high AND BAR: is like a ship without a rudder. Have a school or college were never able to reach. He 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. purpose in life and throw the strength of begins with Nixon in 1968 and goes up through mind and muscle into your work that God Obama in 2016. The book came out in March, Please invite your Family and has given you...” 2017, so he couldn’t cover Trump. But there are Friends to join in the Fun! plenty of implica ons if one looks carefully. —Thomas Carlyle W W L Y D Jane Backstrom and Narka Ryan, co-chairs FINE DRINKS ARE S P , D R L AVAILABLE! Info: Ray Miles 301-412-9917, 9-GO9 [email protected] November 2017 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” Page 9
Correc on and Cancella on you for this class. Date & Loca on Correc on! 17F-30 Adventures of an Air force Biologist Instructor: Bert Clegern November Off erings TTuesday,uesday, NNov.ov. 114,4, BBR2R2 THE GALLERY NEWS
The vivid October all-member show is s ll 17F-22 Exploring the Sun Class is CANCELLED Instructor, Jim O’Leary fresh in the Gallery, and will repay second or third visits, even if you have seen it already. In (*See page 11 for class details) 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. November, a repeat visit will also off er you Thursday, November 2, Auditorium a deligh ul mini-exhibit by our Ar st of the 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 17F-31 The B&O Railroad And the First Days of the Civil War Month, Karen Vaughn. 17F-24 WWII Refl ected in a Soldier’s Instructor: Daniel Toomey Le ers, A Personal Memoir Wednesday, Nov. 15, Auditorium Growing up in Indiana, Karen loved to draw and Instructor, Florence Olsen 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. paint. When she was s ll a child, her sister took (*See page 12 for class details) her to art classes at the Herron Art School in Friday, November 3, Auditorium *See ELLIC Fall Catalog Indianapolis. Later she used her ar s c skills to 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. create stage sets and, as an adult, con nued to Jude Socher, ELLIC Communica ons study with well-regarded Indiana ar sts.
17F-26 Drumming& Drum Circles However, when she eventually moved to Instructor, Nellie Hill southern Maryland, Karen discovered not only (*See page 13 for class details) the wonderful landscape of the Chesapeake Tuesday, November 7, Auditorium Bay region but also the pleasure of working 1:00 – 2:30 p.m outdoors, en pleine air, as the French 10 W S I impressionists did. She found the morning light to be her favorite and, since she was working 17F-27 18th Century Life: C from life, she had to paint fast, before the light, What Common Folk Ate or the subject itself, changed … the farmer Instructor, Valerie Ponsini 1. Pick up a copy of the Comprehensive fi nishing his plowing, the boats sailing off , the Monthly Calendar (a complete lis ng (*See page 14 for class details) sky clouding over. It was always a challenge to of daily ac vi es), located on each Thursday, November 9, Auditorium capture the scene. Karen o en took reference 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Community Front Desk or in the Brookside photos for elusive details, but the camera never Community Resources offi ce. caught her real vision. That remained in the 2. Pick up a copy of the Special Events pain ngs themselves. 17F-28 The Trump Era: Calendar (highligh ng major community A Retrospec ve events), located on each Community Front Karen was a member of the North End Gallery Instructor, Andy Green Desk or in the Brookside Community in Leonardtown, Md. for 25 years and found (*See page 14 for class details) Resources offi ce. inspira on from the talents of the other Friday, November 10, Auditorium members, as we can be inspired by her work in 3. Take a look at the Bulle n Boards located 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. this show. near each Community Front Desk or look at the Digital Signage Boards, located in If you would like to become a member of the 17F-34 a History of Russian Charlestown Square, Fountain Hill, and St. Fireside Ar sts of Charlestown, join us at our Art & Architecture Charles Front Lobbies, Chesapeake and next monthly mee ng on Tuesday, November Instructor, Tom Berry Fireside Lounges, and the Terrace Café 14, at 10:00 a.m. in the Charlestown Square (*See page 17 for class details) Alcove. Card Room. Whatever your level of ability, Thursday, November 16, Auditorium 4. Sign up for the My Erickson Resident App. if you are excited about art, you will fi nd a 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. It’s free to download in your App Store or welcoming group. by typing in your internet browser: www. Jody Primoff myerickson.erickson.com. You must Coming in Early December contact Community Resources to register 17F-37 Na ve Americans for an account. Heads up! League of Contemporary Issues Women Voters’ 5. Tune into Channel 972 daily at 10:00 a.m., Instructor, Joseph Stands With Many Noon, 4:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. FILM SERIES for 2018 is (*See page 19 for class details) coming!! Monday, December 4, Auditorium 6. Check out the Charlestown Resident’s 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Website at www.ccicharlestown.org. 7. Check out Charlestown’s The LWV Film Series has been a very popular Performing Arts Calendar at event at Charlestown. Each year, in January, www.charlestownperformingarts.com. February and March, the League presents New Loca on 8. Check out Charlestown’s Monthly a movie of topical interest for your viewing pleasure. Each fi lm is followed by an op onal 17F-20: The Great Poets: Newsle er – The Sunburst distributed discussion me. We believe the 2018 choices Their Li le Known Personal Lives monthly in your lobby. will be of par cular interest in these turbulent Nov. 1, Auditorium 9. Contact a member of your Community days. 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Resources Team: (Mary Evans, ext. 601- Based upon the number of requests for 8558; Rose Sands, ext. 601-8172; Erin Put the following dates on your 2018 calendar: this class, we have moved the class to the Morris, ext. 601-8570 or Jennifer Tille at January Wednesday, January 17 7:00 p.m. auditorium to accommodate all those who ext. 601-8577). February Wednesday, February 14 7:00 p.m. were on the “wait list.” 10. Ask your Neighbors! We have automa cally registered March Wednesday, March 14 7:00 p.m. Concrete tles will be revealed in the December Sunburst. Diana Holden Page 10 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017
C R WHERE YOUR IDEAS BECOME REALITY!
ABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCES Community Resources is your primary contact Want to Sign Up for My Erickson or 1st Wednesday of Every Month for groups and clubs, special events, monthly Just Need Some Problem 10:00 a.m. – noon Cross Creek Lobby activities, and volunteer opportunities. We Solving Assistance connect residents with on- and off -campus (Community Resources will be present for account ac va on and organizations that provide services to My Erickson Support) Charlestown. Residents and employees of Charlestown are encouraged to use the services 3rd Wednesday of Every Month and programming support of Community 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Resources. Families and friends of Charlestown MyMy EEricksonrickson iiss aann Fireside Lounge may also take advantage of our services. (Community Resources will be present onlineonline computercomputer aapppp for account ac va on and My Erickson Support) Memory Fitness Article #1: toto ggeet iinformationnformation aboutabout Stress Reduction CharlestownCharlestown ssuchuch aas:s: 3rd Thursday of Every Month 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. • Dining Menus Charlestown Square Classroom 116 • Activities Did you know the greatest hidden enemy of (Apple Charlestown User Group Peer Support • Meal Plan Balances memory and quality longevity is chronic stress? for Apple iPad, Mac Users) Research shows stress can impede our memory • Resident and Staff Directories • Transportation Schedules abili es. Chronic stress can also accelerate brain • And much more! Appointments Only aging. All the more reason to talk with your One-to-One resident peer physician or social worker regarding Memory support in your apartment! Fitness. There many programs at Charlestown M E S -U S S (Contact: Tech Tutors - Howie Nixon at to help alleviate stress, such as support groups, 410-501-3572 or [email protected]) exercise, social programs, and Memory Fitness courses. We have cer fi ed trainers to teach our Memory Fitness Program. During the 6-week program, we will educate and discuss four areas SIGNING-UP AND ACTIVATION IS of life that are key to maintaining memory fi tness – stress reduc on, health diet, physical NOW EASIER THAN EVER! ac vity, and memory training. BRING YOUR LAPTOP OR DEVICE! If you are interested in joining the Winter 2018 session, please contact Mary Evans, 410-737- 8838, ext. 601.8558. Sea ng is limited. W 2018 Every Tuesday & Friday DISPLAY CASES January 30 through March 13 (No Class on February 27) During November, the display in the Cross 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Creek Lobby case will feature resident Emma Brookside Classroom 1 Schramm’s collec on of vintage toys. The Shortline display will feature the Charlestown Come enjoy a reading of poetry The Residents Resident Holiday Arts & Cra s Sale, being held from Bal more Girls and other poems of Charlestown on December 1. Please contact Erin Morris, Present Their by Lynne Spigelmire Vi , JD, PhD, Annual Community Resources Coordinator, ext. Senior Lecturer in the 601.8570, if you have items to display. Wellesley Wri ng Program Sunday, November 5, 2017 A en on Charlestown Collectors! from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Annual Collec bles Showcase will be in the Auditorium hosted on January 24, 2018. If you would like Charlestown Re rement Community, more informa on about the event or would 707 Maiden Choice Lane like to sign up to be a par cipant, please call Catonsville, MD 21228 Arts & Crafts Sale 410-737-8838 ext. 601.8570. Friday, December 1 / 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. Join our Club and the Poetry Club at Original Artwork Visit With Santa Charlestown in welcoming Wellesley Faculty Handcrafted Gifts Cocoa & Cookies NAME BADGE REPLACEMENTS Member Lynne Spigelmire Vi , who will Published Authors Kids’ Movie & Craft Area read poems from her collec on Bal more Free Gift Wrapping Community Resources is responsible for the distribu on of name badges to all residents Girls (published in March 2017 by Finishing living in the community. We regularly Line Press). She will also read poems from prepare badges for new residents and her upcoming book The Glamorganshire Conference Center / 719 Maiden Choice Lane / Catonsville, MD 21228 provide replacements, as needed. Name Bible, which focuses on her grandmother badge replacements for “LOST” badges will and ancestors in Wales, who emigrated to Looking for More Ar sts & Cra ers to cost $5.00. Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland, in par cipate in the Charlestown Resident the late 19th century. Holiday Arts and Cra s Sale! To register for Magnets may s ll be purchased for $2.00. For more informa on, please contact a table, contact Erin Morris in Community Please stop by Community Resources in Bill Tilles: 410-314-2912 Resources at 410-737-8838, ext. 601-8570 Brookside if you need a badge or magnet. November 2017 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” Page 11
CHAPEL CONCERT SERIES Community Concert Series Voulunteer Program For more informa on on any Members of the Chapel Concert Commi ee Community Concert Series event, cordially invite you to join other music lovers please call Jennifer Tille , Concert for the concerts men oned below. Admission Coordinator, at 410-737-8838, Ext. 601-8577. is free, but an off ering to help cover concert expenses will be taken during intermission. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ BIG BAND For more informa on, please call Gale Jenkins at Friday ~ November 3 ~ 7:00 p.m. 410-247-9066. Conference Center Mark your calendars!!! Lots of Volunteer Events Coming Up!! Swing into fall with the hot sounds of the coolest Coming November 9: “Annual All Volunteer band around! This 17-piece band’s repertoire Apprecia on Party.” In the Conference Center features big band standards of the 1920s, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Guaranteed to be a fun and ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. With the sultry sounds of entertaining event! We love saying “thank you” vocalist Brenda Blackwell, you will be set for an to our volunteers, and this party will close out an evening of musical bliss. The dance fl oor will be absolutely amazing year in which over one-third available. Admission is $5. of our Charlestown residents were involved in some type of volunteer ac vity! So volunteers: make sure you are on our offi cial Volunteer Program contact list. Watch for details. DEER CREEK CHORALE Sunday ~ November 19 ~ 3:00 p.m. Volunteer Pin Distribu ons will be Chapel held in November – if you are a volunteer The Deer Creek Chorale was established to There have always been thespians at “newbie” this year, provide an opportunity for choral ar stry, Charlestown. The fi rst group performed its come and get your community service, and personal enrichment. skits in the Refectory Dining Room. Its leader offi cial Charlestown The Chorale seeks to develop the poten al of arrived in 1984 and reportedly "badgered" SUNBURST Volunteer singers at all levels of experience. John Erickson into adding an auditorium to Pin. All volunteers are eligible to collect their the Community, which was then named a er her - THE MURIEL CAULFIELD AUDITORIUM. 2017 Volunteer Dangle to add to their Sunburst Ar s c Director Marty Banghart founded Muriel also helped develop the Charlie Award Pin. We’ll have a table set up to distribute pins: the DCC in 2005 for the purpose of sharing variety shows. These were dis nguished by her passion for choral arts repertoire from the awarding of small wooden trophies in the various me periods with the Harford County Monday, November 13, 10:00 a.m. - Noon shape of Charlie Chaplin, which were made Community and providing signifi cant service to Cross Creek Lobby by members of the Charlestown Wood Shop. the community at large. Years later, under the leadership of Be y Tuesday, November 14, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Liber ni, the thespians became THE LITTLE Terrace Café Lobby This intergenera onal chorus has performed in THEATRE, INCORPORATED which con nued its Friday, November 17, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Carnegie Hall; the Forbidden City Concert Hall goal of presen ng full length plays and upda ng Fireside Lobby in Beijing, China; and here at Our Lady of the equipment. Angels Chapel. They have also performed many benefi t concerts. In 2016, a new mark was made by presen ng an original "world premiere" play. At the November 7, 2017, mee ng, the Company will be reading another original "world AMERICAN YOUTH HARP ENSEMBLE premiere" play to consider its produc on. All Sunday ~ December 3 ~ 3:00 p.m. Charlestown residents, as always, are invited PERFORMING ARTS Chapel to a end. Please mark your calendar to spend Arts Alive! At Charlestown Since 1999, the American Youth an hour with The Li le Theatre Company to Harp Ensemble (AYHE), based in support this organiza on, which is unique Richmond, Virginia, has brought among the Erickson communi es, and enjoy Your guide to the Performing Arts at Charlestown! world class music to enthusias c some readings, refreshments, and theatrical To fi nd out what performances are happening: audiences in the U.S. and abroad discussion. Mee ngs are held on the fi rst through hundreds of performances, recordings, Tuesday of each month, at 1:30 p.m., in the • Arts Alive! in “The Sunburst” newspaper television, and radio. They con nue to dazzle Cross Creek Cra Room • CCI Monthly Calendar of Events and audiences as America’s premier harp ensemble, Quarterly Performing Arts Flyer well known for their imagina ve programming, • CH 972 Scroll musical sophis ca on, rich sound and emo onal • CH 972 Charlestown Today Show - power. OLOA CONCERT SERIES “Entertainment Minute” • Local newspaper announcements, The AYHE is comprised of four performance BALTIMORE VICTORIAN CONSORT “Bal more Sun” and “Catonsville Times” ensembles and seven outreach programs “A SAM CLEMENS SOIRÉE” • Flyers on campus bulle n boards serving nearly 300 youth with conservatory Sunday ~ November 12 ~ 3:00 p.m. level instruc on, therapeu c music instruc on, • Online Performing Arts Calendar at: Chapel www.charlestownperformingarts.com community service, and performance opportuni es. The elite traveling ensemble • CCIcharlestown.org Jared Denhard, along with the Bal more of twelve professional-level students has If you have ques ons regarding performing arts Victorian Consort, will present “A Sam Clemens astonished audiences throughout the world. events at Charlestown, please contact: Soirée,” a program of music associated with or Jennifer Tille The AYHE is an innova ve resource for increasing inspired by Mark Twain. Concert Coordinator the apprecia on, performance, instruc on, and therapeu c value of the harp. This performance is free, but a freewill off ering 410-737-8838, ext. 8577 will be taken during intermission. Your support Jennifer.Tille @Erickson.com Lynelle Ediger-Kordzaia is founder and Ar s c is greatly appreciated. For more informa on, Director. please contact the Pastoral Care offi ce at ext. 601-8298. Page 12 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017 Philanthropy Patti Santoni, Director TREASURE SALE I Rਅਅਂਁਃਅ $1,956 raised for Benevolent Care from Treasure Sale Coat Sale Gi s were made during the month of September to Benevolent Care in memory of William Kuethe Jr., Genevieve Longley, Joseph Price, On Friday, September 29, we kicked off Philip Schubert, and Barbara Walker. These Benevolent Care Month with a Women’s Coat gi s serve as a tribute to their interests and and Christmas Card Sale sponsored by the accomplishments. Please join us in extending Treasure Sale. Margaret Cutchins and Jackie hear elt sympathy to loved ones le behind. Graham worked numerous hours sor ng through and pricing six racks full of coats, ranging in lengths, colors, sizes and styles to I Hਏਏ Oਆ prepare for the sale that was open to residents, How Does Cars for Care Work? employees and the outside public. Brands such Gi s were made during the month of as L.L. Bean, Chico’s, J. Crew, Talbots, Calvin September to the Benevolent Care Fund in It’s easy! We are asking residents and their Klein, Michael Kors, and Columbia were sold honor of Howie Nixon and his hard work within families to consider donating no-longer- at a frac on of the price of department store Tech Tutors! Thank you Howie for sharing your needed cars to Charlestown’s Benevolent gi s. prices. The coat sale, which hasn’t been held Care Fund. We will take care of the details, in many years, was primarily scheduled due to working with a wholesale buyer to ensure that your car receives the highest value possible. the abundance of coats that have come in from EMORY ALK dona ons so far this year. Any coats not sold M W We will pick up the vehicle and take care of during the September 29th sale were taken The Fall 2016 Memory Walk Dedica on turning in vehicle tags at no cost to you! down and sold during the October Treasure Sale. Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, November 100% Tax Deductible! In addi on to Margaret and Jackie, we would 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel, followed by For more information or to set up an also like to thank Peggy Reiber, Bonnie Elton, refreshments in the Refectory. Shu le service appointment, contact the Philanthropy Offi ce: June Parr, Be y Miller, Mel Milio, Carol Weigand, will be available to visit the memorial walk. Jean Eichenlaub, and the leadership of Sharon All are welcome to a end. Brittany Owens, 410-737-8838, Stewart who helped make this a successful ext. 601.8397 fundraiser for Benevolent Care! Bricks to form the Memory Walk will be laid down for the fall ceremony as tributes to Edward Would you like to make a dona on to the Mistakes Happens Blockowicz, Walter Brandt, Donald H. Carew, next Treasure Sale? Please call the Treasure Jeanne E. Carlson, Charlo e Ferencz, Harper Sale Pickup Line at ext. 601.8124 to arrange a Please pardon our mistake: We wish to Griswold, Virginia S. Hammons, Ed Horak, Mary pick-up. Due to the October Treasure Sale, the thank Charlo e Harlan whose name was pickup line will be closed un l November 6. We Elizabeth “Lib” Leech, Martha Lohmeyer, Barbara overlooked from this year’s Gala program for ask that you do not call the Pickup Line during Malpass, Alice Nord, E. Charlene Petry, Corrine her dona on to the Benevolent Care Fund. this me. Powell, George Rolandelli, Barbara Walker, and Ruth S lz Whitmore. For larger dona ons such as tables, chairs and lamps, please contact Emily Fowler at 410-737- 8892 so that your dona on can be approved prior to pickups from Housekeeping. This is to ensure that dona ons are in saleable condi on. Ladies’ Night Please do not leave dona ons outside the
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of Mr. Sco Beyer as the new (and fi rst) Assistant Director of General IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT; Services for Charlestown. Sco If you know anything about the win-loss IT’S AN ATTITUDE. will support Re-Occupancy, record of our Charlestown Sluggers senior Project Management, so ball team, you know that it's nothing to I want to address every grandparent, aunt, and Maintenance, Engineering, and Grounds. brag about. In my seven years at Charlestown, uncle who lives at Charlestown. Our choking we have won only one game, and that was planet demands that we focus our interest and Sco brings over 25 years of opera onal against a second-rate team. a en on upon cleaning up our mess. If you leadership experience in hotel and senior living communi es to his new role. During his 18 hear me, please plan to a end the Pollina on year career with ARAMARK Corpora on, he But in the last couple of years we have gained event at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, led opera ons at conference centers for clients some good hi ers, and the overall team has in the Auditorium. Don’t let this event pass such as the Wharton Business School, Villanova improved. Part of the reason we rarely win you by, because your a tude can make all the University and Johns Hopkins University. He a game is that I have insisted that everyone diff erence. spent the last four years with Sodexo Senior on the team gets to play, and we don't turn Living where he served three years as the down many residents who come out for the Dr. Sara Via, Professor and Climate Extension Director of Facili es at Carroll Lutheran Village. team. Our objec ves are to have fun, get Specialist at the University of Maryland, will In his most recent role, Sco was a Regional exercise, relearn our old skills, and develop return on November 14 to give a second Opera ons Support Manager traveling to senior camaraderie. If we win a game, that's icing on outstanding presenta on. This me she will communi es to provide consul ng and support the cake. to deliver opera onal accountability to the suggest answers for our choking planet, saying departments managed by Sodexo. that “if we delay, the condi ons for human On Friday the 13th of October (of all dates), prosperity will be severely curtailed.” We can Sco holds a Bachelor’s degree from the we played a game here on our fi eld against the avoid this by using science to guide decisions University of Bal more and graduated from Oak Crest team, a perennial powerhouse that and set targets by sealing up exis ng solu ons Dulaney High School and Central Voca onal rarely loses. I'll tell you right now not to get rapidly and by encouraging op mism rather than Technical School. Sco and his wife, Margie, your hopes up, because we s ll lost, but we defea sm. reside in Fallston with their three children, Luke, scared the pants off them. There almost was Grace and Maeve. some joy here in Mudville (if you remember New milestones in six environmental sectors the classic poem about Casey at the Bat). must be “unleashed.” Renewables must make The Parkinson’s Disease and up at least 30% of the world’s electricity supply-- Our regula on game is fi ve innings, but we Movement Disorders Support Group up from 23.7% in 2015. Regarding infrastructure, agreed to play a seven-inning game. The Oak ci es and states must have ini ated plans to invites caregivers to a end the Crest team was ahead for most of the game, fully decarbonize buildings and infrastructures discussion group mee ngs. but a er fi ve innings, our Sluggers had the by 2050. Regarding transport, electric vehicles game ed at 18-18, which is an unbelievable must make up at least 15% of new car sales Monday, November 13, 2017 score, whether it be baseball or so ball. And annually. Land use policies must be enacted Monday, November 27, 2017 that's especially true for senior so ball. that reduce forest destruc on and shi to 10:00-11:00 a.m. reforesta on and aff oresta on eff orts. Heavy CTS Card/TV Room #202 But sadly, we faded in the last inning, and we industry must develop and publish plans for lost 21-18. That didn't really faze us a bit, since increasing effi ciencies and cu ng emissions, For more informa on call: we are so used to losing, but Oak Crest was with a goal of halving emissions well before Lillian Ossorio more than fazed, and they commented on Resident Service Coordinator at 2050. Finally, the fi nancial sector must rethink 410-737-8838, ext. 601.8459 how much we had improved. how it deploys capital and must mobilize at least $1 trillion a year for climate ac on. Perhaps one of the best indicators of our team spirit was seen when the Oak Crest player/ These goals may be idealis c at best, unrealis c coach hit the ball and fell hard when rounding at worst. However, we are in the age of Parkinson’s Disease Caregivers’ second base. We stopped play, and several of exponen al transforma on and think such a Group Mee ng us went over to make sure he was OK, and we focus will unleash ingenuity. The above six-point helped him up. We didn't tag him out, but let plan must turn the de of the world’s carbon Wednesday, November 8, 2017 him return to second base. Several of the Oak dioxide by 2020, or the lives and futures of our 1:30 p.m. Crest players were amazed and commented grandchildren will be radically altered. on our good sportsmanship. Charlestown Square Again, don’t miss Dr. Via on November 14, at Mee ng Room 116 We used to jokingly call ourselves "The Slugs," 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Our a tude can but perhaps now we are a truly compe ve make all things possible. For more informa on call: team. I don't know if we will win games, but Lillian Ossorio we sure will con nue to show others the spirit Phil Sorensen, Pollina on Commi ee Resident Services Coordinator at of the game. We have a team to be proud of. 410-737-8838, ext. 601.8459 Credit goes to: Bert Clegern Chris ana Figueres, author of Three Years to Safeguard Our Planet Coach of the Charlestown Sluggers Page 14 “Sharing our Gifts to Create a Community that Celebrates Life” November 2017 STATUS REPORT #3 ON CHARLESTOWN’S TREES OPEN or CLOSED? – Statewide Elec on Primaries, that is! As a quick update to last month’s report, the green ribbons have Primary vo ng in Maryland is currently closed to anyone who has not iden fi ed been taken off the trees scheduled for priority removal, mainly with a poli cal party. If you are registered for a poli cal party, you are on the north side of campus. The trees are s ll programmed permi ed to switch par es and vote in the Primary Elec on for the party of for removal due to their poor condi on, but they are now just your choice. But if you are registered Independent or are unaffi liated, you are marked on planning maps. Management marked these larger not allowed to vote in the primaries at all. trees fi rst (mainly ashes), due to safety and monetary concerns. When ash trees die, their limbs become more bri le. This poses The modern League of Women Voters, now with both male and female a two-fold problem: (1) greater likelihood of injury or damage members, exercises its infl uence by studying and then taking posi ons on public issues. Occasionally, as mes change, the League posi on on certain to people, cars, etc., especially during storms, and (2) greater issues changes based on new informa on available. That is the case with our cost for tree removal due to the necessary use of expensive current Maryland law regarding vo ng rights in Primary Elec ons. equipment (e.g. cherry-pickers), since the risk to climbers is too great. Self-proclaimed voter iden fi ca ons have changed considerably since the League took its last stance. Each year brings a larger and larger percentage of [Point of interest to those of us who used to have fi replaces or voters who are iden fying with neither the Republicans nor the Democrats. As wood stoves and enjoyed spli ng fi rewood: ash wood is great a result, by January, 2018, almost 20% of Maryland voters will not be permi ed for burning because it has a high heat value; and it is also nice for to vote in Primaries. That number of Independent or unaffi liated voters only spli ng, since it splits more cleanly and easily than many other seems to rise with every passing month, giving though ul people mo va on to hardwoods. But the easy-spli ng quality is the same one which re-examine our current Maryland law. makes dead trees more dangerous, due to their more bri le limbs.] Of course, if change is to be considered, that will give rise to mul ple op ons which must be understood and discussed. For example, should Primary vo ng be open to all, regardless of party affi lia on? Or should primaries be totally Another update comes from our Tree Working Group (TWG). closed to all but party members? How about a hybrid system where party The Bal more County reforesta on program, which provided us people can vote for members of their party, but non-affi liated voters can with more than 50 trees last year, may not be able to provide choose which party Primary to par cipate in? The op ons are many. more trees. We are fortunate to have been able to par cipate in that program, but we may have to look elsewhere for more At the next LWV mee ng, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of free, but quality, replacements as we remove our dead and dying each choice related to Primary vo ng. Our goal is to arrive at consensus among trees. Luckily the TWG is also working with Catonsville forester our chapter members to submit to the State League. Based on the consensus of Jim Himel and his local reforesta on project. That project has all League members in Maryland, the state LWV will take a posi on of support provided a smaller number of trees to Charlestown, and Jim has for change or no change. also given us valuable informa on and training in the plan ng and care of trees. We plan to con nue this very useful rela onship. If you are interested in the topic of Primary vo ng in the Maryland state elec ons, or if you would like to watch the League in ac on and see what During September and October, our Grounds Department did kind of work the League of Women Voters does, please do join us on Friday, November 17. Everyone is welcome! some good work in tree pruning and the removal of vines from trees along Erickson Way on the east side of campus. More work DATE: Friday, November 17, 2017 is always needed, but they have made a defi nite improvement TIME: 10:00 a.m. along that part of our perimeter road. PLACE: Charlestown Square Cardroom, 2nd fl oor For those of you who know trees, you might be surprised that we Diana Holden only recently added Sumac to our list of The Trees of Charlestown. Sumac is a very common small invasive tree along roadsides. When our Invasive Plants Crew was clearing undergrowth last month along Erickson Way near Brookside, we found some small saplings which looked a great deal like the invasive Ailanthus (also interes ngly known as both the Tree of Heaven and the S nk Poets’ Spotlight Tree). The limb and leaf pa ern of the li le trees also looked a lot like both small black walnuts and Sumac. So we used the sniff test on the crushed leaves. Ailanthus comes by its less pleasant name because the crushed leaves truly smell bad, but the leaves on the Orchestral Landscape li le trees in ques on didn’t s nk. They also didn’t smell like the For Joan, the Oboist dis nc ve odor of the walnut tree. So Sumac it was. Even though There’s more than a brass sun, or a silver horn of moon, the Sumac can be invasive, its leaves turn brilliant colors in the or brilliant stars from fl utes, fall, so we only removed half of the dozen li le trees which we found. or the drumming of clouds, with a piccolo lightning stroke; there’s more than a boulder of bass, swaying limbs of cellos; Finally, this has been a produc ve year for black walnuts. You may and the colorful trees and fl owers of violins. not know it, but on Erickson Way from below the St. Charles to A river runs through it. Brookside, there are over 50 black walnut trees. Where the trees Without the liquid notes of oboe, are close to the street, walkers (and drivers) can see a number of the large green nuts, which later turn brown and then black. I would not go there, to this landscape, Unless removed, they are on the ground and s ll in the trees. where a river links heaven and earth. The nuts have bombed parked cars, have made pedestrians wary, and have delighted squirrels. Early in the nut season, squirrels especially enjoyed si ng in one tree located on the north side of Anne Ballard the road just before you get to Caton Woods. The li le rodents husked and ate so many walnuts that they rained shells down on the sidewalk, making sandal-wearing walkers vow to change shoes, and turning the sidewalk dark due to the black stain from the walnut husks. Nature certainly does provide her bounty in many ways.
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INTERMISSIONS CORNER November Challenge: Begins and Ends with Farewell My Charlestown Family November will be a month of the Same Le er refl ec on, remembrance and The following words begin and end with the recogni on. It is important to same le er. Find the missing le er for each show our apprecia on to all the word. The answers will be in next month’s men and women who have so Sunburst. selfl essly served their country. We will honor our Veterans by having our own personal Veteran’s Example: __ ILLO__ (Answer is W, as in Day service, complete with music, personal and willow) memorable stories, and though ul refl ec on. With bi ersweet emo ons I must say good- Another program that we have planned is a 1. ___ UL ___ bye to my Charlestown family. The last 15 fascina ng talk about the history of Thanksgiving years at Charlestown have been a pleasure 2. ___ NUMERAT ___ and how the celebra ons of the holiday have and an honor to be around so much wealth changed over the years. We will also take some 3. ___ HERMOSTA ___ of knowledge from the residents and me to recognize all the things for which we are 4. ___ ABERDAS ___ employees. thankful. 5. ___ ETHA ___ Now it is me for me to start a new chapter in As a reminder, we will not be having 6. ___ EBACEOU ___ my life and join the ranks of re rees. Intermissions on Thursday, November 23. If you 7. ___ ESTERDA ___ I’m looking forward to spending more quality would like your loved one to come on a diff erent me with my children, grandchildren and 8. ___ ICROCOS ___ day that week, let me know and I will do my best great grandchildren! to accommodate your requests. 9. ___ IOS ___ Words cannot express what being a part 10. ___ ESERVOI ___ of the Charlestown family means to me. Kayleigh Reese, Intermissions Coordinator 11. ___CADEMI__ Thanks to all for making this such a plesant experience. 12. ___YLO__ It has been an Awesome journey! Linda Radford MIND YOUR MEMORY Cardiac Arrest/Do Not Resuscitate
Answers to the October Challenge: Word Maureen’s Moment How does my DNR paperwork Ladder As we look forward go into eff ect if I am not in my to Thanksgiving, I fi nd SEED Apple pip apartment at the me of arrest? myself refl ec ng on what HEED Be mindful of Thanksgiving means to HEAD Upper part of body Many residents have obtained for themselves me. The third Thursday HEAT High temperature a DNR or “Do Not Resuscitate” order from brings that delicious feast MEAT Butcher’s product their physician should they go into cardiac or of comfort foods, o en shared with family respiratory arrest. In Maryland, this is done members and other loved ones. Some years, all MEET Come face to face with by your physician signing an order called the of the family is together and some mes there FEET Pedicure targets MOLST or Medical Orders for Life-sustaining are just a few of us. Some years, we use Lenox FRET Be anxious Treatment. It is to be china and Grandmom’s good silver, and some placed in the Vial of Life FREE Without cost years, we eat buff et style with mismatched in your refrigerator bu er dishes. Some Thanksgivings are full of good TREE Birch or Beech sec on on your door. health and happy news to share, and other mes, we are dealing with health issues or Sunburst Staff problems within the family. Thanksgiving is not always a Norman Rockwell image but there is But what happens if I am not in my always much to be thankful for. Editor-In-Chief, Sherry Parrish, LCSW-C apartment where this form is housed? Resident Life Director The second part of Thanksgiving is the giving part. We all have something to give to make This is an important ques on! If you do someone or something be er. Dona ng money Publisher. . . Linda Radford and not have this form on your person, the EMS or me to a charity or organiza on is a great Britany Owens responders must do full CPR and way to give back. There are countless ways transport to the hospital. The Administrative Assistants, Resident Life to give of ourselves. Listening to a friend who only alterna ve to this is to obtain needs to talk, encouraging someone who is Editors . . . Gif Intlekofer, Herb and Myrna a DNR bracelet or pendant that you would wear at all mes. The facing diffi cul es, recognizing someone’s eff orts Retsky and Mel Milio EMS responders are trained to look for these or a simple hello and a smile are all great ways items to honor your wishes. The MedicAlert to show others that we care. May November be Deadline for December issue is Founda on is one way of ordering these a month of Thanks and Giving. November 15 bracelets or pendants. Call 1-800-432- 5378 or go online www.medicalert.org/ You can submit your article by email: Maureen Po er advancedirec ves. [email protected] For more informa on, talk with your physician or send it to the Resident Life Offi ce or your Resident Services Coordinator/Social located in Cross Creek lobby Worker.
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