are other positive signs of the successful Dear Readers, day-to-day management of our exposure

Thank you all for your submissions for to infection. this month’s issue of happenings. The And we, WCBR’s residents, have risen to items you sent in response to our query, the challenge in so many creative and “What did you do this summer?” were, resourceful ways. The Residents’ Association at times, humorous, introspective, and committees are actively engaged and sentimental. All were touching in their meeting remotely and/or in person, when own way, and some brought back very possible, with masks and social distancing. fond memories. They are all treasures. The Library is working on a fall book sale, Again, thank you. and the Christmas Fund Committee is Please keep your submissions coming! thinking only of their presentations in December, while it is still 90° in August. Many committee activities took place in What we did this summer… July and August. Their reports have been uploaded on the WCBR residents’ website. I believe it is safe to say that this has been Everyone is working to expand our lives a summer unlike any we can remember. We within the safety of our WCBR bubble. have endured the restrictions necessitated by the global pandemic that surrounds us. This is what the Residents’ Association did Our engagement with neighbors, friends, this summer, and we will continue our and families has been transformed from work into the seasons that follow. Please dinners, visits, and meetings together to live continue to wear your masks, maintain streaming, ZOOM, FaceTime, and telephone 6-foot social distancing, and wash your calls. Who could have imagined? Most of hands. Stay safe. our verbs are now qualified by the word Charlie Stamm “remotely.” President, WCBR Residents’ Association But there are many signs of transition to a time of more activity — modified regulation of our time and space. We are getting better Quarterly Meeting of the at “best practices” and managing protection WCBR Residents' Association of our “bubble.” It is so good to see the The meeting will be held remotely and continuing maintenance of our colorful pre-recorded for viewing on landscaping, the recent notification that we will return to partial use of our dining Thursday, September 3 spaces, and shopping at the Marketplace is at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 972 a big “step” forward. Increasing frequency Please Note the Time Change! of COVID-19 testing and “negative results” page 2 September 2020 happenings

Summer Musings . . . A Gift This summer, I finally decided to dive into a Some months ago, after the death of my closet which had been untouched for longer husband Steven, I was sorting the books in than I care to remember. To my surprise, I his library, when I came upon the almost found a record player that not only worked, hidden ships’ logs which I hadn’t laid eyes but played in all three rpms: 78, 45, and 33. upon for decades. Among them was my My next job was to find some records. I personal log from the trans-Atlantic passage found what was, at least to me, a small we had made in 1982. And, protruding from treasure trove and I have been treating it, was a folded piece of navigation paper myself to some good listening ever since. which instantly brought back a flood of The oldest records I found were Edith Piaf memories. on 78 rpm vinyl singing “La Vie en Rose” We had been asked to help bring a newly and several of her now-classics sung in built 44-foot French sailboat from La Rochelle, her gravelly voice. Other music I discovered on the Bay of Biscay, to the Bahamas. With included Joan Sutherland, an early Beatles the French owners, a hired young American record, Harry Belafonte, and John Denver. delivery skipper, and his even younger girl George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, and friend as mate, we were two of a crew of several jazz albums also appeared. When six. It was summertime, with light winds. my grandchildren were young, they loved Early in July, I suddenly realized Steven’s Peter and the Wolf and Winnie the Pooh, birthday was approaching and I had not which I remembered when they also thought to bring aboard anything to present surfaced. My most surprising and unusual to him. I could hardly bake a cake. Maybe I find was four records, with each recording a could write something, a poem, nothing different poet reading his own work. They sweetly sentimental, but something I could were an interesting combination: T.S. Eliot, read to him and whoever was not on watch E.E. Cummings, Dylan Thomas, and W.H. at the salon table. But what? The seas? The Auden. All this has provided some very trade wind clouds along the horizon? Then I pleasant afternoons during a long, hot thought of how enthralled I had been the day summer. before by the appearance of a Long-tailed (Note: You can listen to Edith Piaf singing Tropicbird (or Bosun bird as it is commonly “La Vie en Rose” on YouTube. Go to https:// called) circling above the sails. For the next www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4.) few days, my head was very busy, and though I was very tired on the night before Shelah Scott Steven’s birthday, I asked the skipper for a sheet of navigation paper and I wrote my poem. Here t’is, with a nod to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. For Steven, on his 49th birthday RIME for a PATIENT MARINER

One sultry, squally morning as I stood behind the helm, compass, canvas, swells and clouds the subjects of my realm, a fleeting shape to starboard called me quickly from my trance. I whirled and, high above the stern, suspended in its dance, a silhouetted Bosun bird Susan Little, The Comet we Missed appeared in dazzlement t’eclipse the sun. (Courtesy of Susan Little's son from India) (continued on p. 3) happenings September 2020 page 3 Gift (continued from p. 2) So stunned was I to hear his speech and fearing loss of reason, Perhaps it took my shielding hand I could but stammer a reply and, for amical salute; hoping to appease him, It dipped a wing to signify left the wheel to glance below response, however mute. where skipper’s navigation Then sensing I was off my course gave latitude and longitude to hear the mainsail slapping, and time of fix in clear precise notation. I turned to set us right again and spare the ones below who might Emerging from below and with be napping. the figures he’d requested, with wheel in hand I glanced aloft No sooner was the compass swung to where the creature rested. and wind abaft the beam, “We’re north at twenty-two degrees then near the masthead did I catch and, roughly, twenty minutes. the scalloped feathers gleam. To westward does the skipper’s sight Against the blue the whiteness shone at sixty-two and thirty-five commit us.” in splendid elongation And then the creature wheeled and came With courtly bow and kindly words to perch upon the spreader’s firm foundation. of gratitude profuse, he made for flight with flutt’ring wings If great was my delight to see in uttering adieus. black cap and orange beak, T’was only then I thought to offer amazed and startled was I when sustenance for flight— the head began to speak. A bit of tuna, ham or cheese, or “Good mornin’ to you, helmsman”, bread—What does a friendly Bosun like? (though by Greenwich, afternoon), “Could you give me my position?” Too late such hospitality. quoth he hoarsely and a wee bit out of tune. Too late for dainty morsel. The bird arose, tail streaming aft “Three thousand miles and more I’ve flown and flew behind the foresail. in following your wake, Now you may think t’was all a dream; and never have I seen a vessel as helmsman I’ve a failing. slower passage make. But this I swear: It happened there But now I must confess the truth, as westward we were sailing. though’t leave me much embarrassed: I’m not quite sure just where I am Best wishes from a new resident, despite the sun and Venus and Polaris.” Gail Rubin

What I did this summer… You can do it too!

Those of us who spent part of the summer making 600 masks for WCBR’s residents and associates are probably all facing the same dilemma: what to do with the leftover bits and pieces of fabric. The solution is simple. See the small crazy quilt pictured at left. If anyone needs fabric to get the project started, there is plenty available; call Joy Perry at x2514. page 4 September 2020 happenings Peggy Harbert’s Gardening Tips Planting Spinach In the cooler days of September, plant spinach seeds. Prepare soil well, working in fertilizer. Spinach seeds are slow to germinate, so plant a small amount of seeds a week apart until small plants appear. Then plant more seeds. Maintain adequate moisture. Spinach will survive winter, growing nicely in late winter and spring. Re-blooming Orchids

In early September, begin exposing orchids to cool nights by placing them outside or next to an open window. (Do not leave outside if temperature drops below 50 degrees.) During this cooling period, in place of regular feeding, apply a solution of one tablespoon Epsom salts per gallon of water to each plant a week for five (5) weeks. (Use ½ to 1 cup of solution per plant depending on the size of the plant.) After five weeks, return to a weekly feeding of ¼ teaspoon of 10-30-20 fertilizer per gallon of water. Bloom stalks should begin to appear in several months. BE PATIENT! Paddling My Own Canoe Kayak When I lived in my house, I had a 14-foot in the area. After some research, I bought 1972 Chrysler aluminum fishing boat with an a fishing kayak called a Pelican Castaway. 8 hp Mercury given to me by my son-in-law. I have now been out to Chris Greene Lake He used to use the motor to navigate his several times. 18-foot Precision sailboat in and out of the marina until he replaced it with a 5 hp electric motor. But I could not use the motor on any lake in Albemarle County. So, when I moved to Westminster, I sold the boat and motor I avoided most of the 90º weather, but and decided to buy a kayak that I could went out on Saturday evening, August 8, haul without a trailer and launch on any lake and did a lot of paddling, tried different lures on a couple of rods, yet didn’t get a strike. However, my efforts were rewarded with a beautiful scene of the sun setting behind the trees bordering the lake. Well worth the effort. I’m back in my kayak again Out where the lake is my friend. If no fish will bite, I’m still satisfied, Watching the beauty at sunset. John Lindner happenings September 2020 page 5

SKIP-BO from a jeweler. Still not getting it; where did it come from? Cleaning out drawers and closets seems to be something that we If you trace it all the way back, it came have all been doing during this from the Big Bang billions of years ago. pandemic. It started out as elemental hydrogen. I found a deck of SKIP-BO cards After a few billion years of star and galaxy formation, the hydrogen that would become that belonged to my parents — it even has my mother’s name my ring was in the belly of a huge star, and the address where they one much bigger than our sun. Big stars lived at a CCRC in San Diego on the card are unstable and burn their hydrogen box. My mother and dad constantly played rapidly, leading in time to a super-nova, a games throughout their retirement. They massive explosion the likes of which one can taught their children and grandchildren how not imagine. But, out of that explosion came to play their favorite card game, SKIP-BO. the rest of the elements of the periodic table — tin and gold in my case — that would I do not believe Dave and I have played become my ring. this game during our four years at WCBR. However, we decided to challenge Jaime, Our star — called Sol — formed from elemental our granddaughter, to play the game with hydrogen from the Big Bang along with her parents during this pandemic. They some leftovers of that supernova. What would keep track of the wins and we did not fall into Sol as it would do the same. formed became planets, asteroids and comets. I have never been particularly good at this Some tin and gold were simple game, but somehow during the last swept together as the couple of months I have become much Earth formed. It went better than Dave or Jaime — to everyone’s through several cycles surprise. I am sure my parents are watching of tectonic subduction with smiles on their faces as we continue until they finally lay the family tradition of playing SKIP-BO. near the surface and Jan Trautman were mined somewhere. Now the Little Big History of my ring is A Little Big History complete as the tin and gold were melted If you watched my recent WILL course and my wedding ring was formed by that entitled A Big History of Everything, you jeweler in the second paragraph. learned that a “Big History” is really a Like the ring in your hand, we are all thing. Because of the grand scale of a Big made of star stuff. We are one with History, with all those zeros, it is hard to the Cosmos because we are of the very really grasp some of the concepts. Don’t stuff of the Cosmos. Formed from the Big worry. There is another thing called a Bang and supernova explosions, formed “Little Big History.” Let’s do one. as leftovers of Sol’s formation, we come to Take something small in the palm of your ask the age-old questions of, “Where do hand. Maybe it is the ring on your finger. we come from?” and “Why are we here?” If not, then anything that is small. Now Performing a Little Big History from time to ask, “Where did this come from?” Well, time paints us a picture with some of the for me, the ring came from my wife, answers: We are of the Cosmos here to Diane, on our wedding day. But, where did know the Cosmos. it come from? I suspect that Diane bought it Jim Kingsbury page 6 September 2020 happenings One Little Raindrop What if the little rain should say, "As small as a drop as I, Can never refresh a drooping earth, I'll tarry in the sky, And not concern myself, with a flower's birth, Oh why should I even try?" And what if a ray of sunshine should say, "As small of a light as I, Can never illumine this whole earth, I'll hide behind the clouds of the sky, What can one little ray of sunshine be worth?" Oh, my dear ones, the Lord does say, Don't you see how much each little drop of rain helps Me, Along with a single ray of sunshine, Create and keep a kingdom, full of beauty? And encourages all that is good and fine, Refreshing each one, with hearts like Mine. Geraldine Dearborn (2016)

A BIG Fish Tale

Twenty-four (24) worms, one slip-up causing muddy shorts, two fishing hooks in the tree limbs ☺, and finally a fish story to tell.

Thank you to my sweet husband for helping me get my line out of the trees, the fish off the hook, and for helping to usher it back into the water safely.

While I'll never be a bass master, I sure did enjoy my COVID-19 summer fishing locally at Beaver Creek Lake. Debbie Desmond

AFTER THOUGHT I come to learn and not to preach I come and yearn and hope to reach And understand with true content “The English Patient Had Caught It On The Beach What was planned and what was meant I Should Have Stayed Home She Said Now She Was In Quarantine In The Dark House of Splendid Perhaps create, perchance to build Isolation Still Hope Springs Eternal With A Little And sublimate and forge until Bit of Luck Common Sense And Personal Hygiene I’ve finally wrought an un-thought thought The Corona Book Of Horror Stories Must End Soon Always Remember Clean Hands Save Lives And Bruce Hobbs (2001) When In Doubt Don’t Go Out!” Elaine Harned happenings September 2020 page 7

In Good : Alexander, Thomas, and John John and I were tempted to name this piece, “Waiting for GoDot,” to refer to our summertime occupation of becoming official Virginians by titling our car, obtaining drivers licenses, and voter registration certifications. (Get it, “Getting Okays from the Department of Transportation?”) But much more fun was to be had botanizing on the grounds of WCBR. In the tradition of Alexander von Humboldt and Thomas On the Lake Trail. Photo by Becky Rogers

Jefferson, John investigated every flowering plant he could find, most of which were not My Summer Staycation in our well-thumbed California Jepson manual. Making masks, wearing masks Quoting from The Invention of Nature: Crossword puzzles and “Words with Friends.” Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, “No Facetime, Zoom, and Skype. plant, a friend [of Thomas Jefferson’s] said — Walking the campus around and around. ‘from the lowliest weed to the loftiest tree’ Who is that coming? I’ll take a guess escaped his scrutiny,” and, in John’s case, Is it someone I know… I wonder. his camera. Did some gardening while ducking the wasps. There can be nothing as refreshing and Getting bored! and eating to fix that. absorbing as viewing the world with A month of record-breaking heat.

“beginner’s eyes.” Thus we spent our summer Then a hurricane that was hard to pronounce “vacation” happily walking the pond trail Oh no! A tornado warning, take cover! and woods of WCBR. Staying safe at WCBR. Nancy Baum New residents moving in wearing masks Hope to see them in 2021 Exercising with Matthew, Richard & Brittany Keeping me stretched, strong, Relaxed and flexible. Being pampered with mail and food Delivered to my door Who could ask for anything more. Keeping safe at WCBR Mary Hamrick

Send happenings to Your Family! If you would like a family member to receive an electronic copy of happenings each month, please provide their name and email information to Sandy Streek at [email protected] or x3151. We are happy to share the news! Also, please contact Sandy Streek if you would like to receive an electronic copy. Photo by Mary Hamrick page 8 September 2020 happenings Come to the Library

“…if you get the right book at the right In Memory of moment you taste joys — not only bodily, physical, but spiritual as well, which pass Rod F. Beckwith one out above and beyond one’s miserable October 24, 1935 – August 8, 2020 self, as it were through a huge air, following the light of another man’s thought. And you Kathryn G. Janson can never be quite the old self again.” November 12, 1920 – August 9, 2020

Thus wrote T.E. Lawrence in a letter to his William H. Collier mother in 1910 after his trip to Syria and July 2, 1921 – August 11, 2020 his return to Oxford. Paul D. Holman Have you ever had this experience with a book? Perhaps this was the thought in mind March 13, 1943 – August 13, 2020 when early into the year 2020 our Library Jane W. Kerewich volunteer staffers were asked to name their October 29, 1937 – August 20, 2020 favorite books read in 2019. Many of their responses will be listed on the September Special Collections display board. So, WCBR Wood Shop and Facilities Come to the Library to find yourself, Joint Maneuvers Come to the Library to live through others’ lives, Mrs. Madelyn Lefkowitz had a table she Come to the Library to find humor could not comfortably sit under and she in your daily life, contacted the Wood Shop to see if there Come to travel the world in books, was a way to raise it up. After many hours and remember that of consultation and a bottle (or 2) of wine, Reading gives us someplace to go when the "Design Team" (J.R. Ruston and Tom we have to stay where we are. Iezzi) produced some wood blocks stained Eleanore Sturgill to match the table legs. Jim Odom and Randy Johnson (the Facilities crew) assisted

on different occasions, maneuvering the table for measurements, test-fitting the blocks, and final installation. Note the added wood blocks on the bottom of the 4 table legs.

Fall Book Sale! The Library Committee is planning a scaled-down, social distance-spaced sale of surplus books in the Monticello Room from October 17—19. The Rogan Lounge The finished product. will be used for the queue of people waiting to go into the book room. It takes a village. Louise Dudley Tom Iezzi happenings September 2020 page 9

Chaplain’s News Vespers Leaders Who’s Your Buddy? Sundays at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 972 Remember when we were kids and we September 6: The Rev. Elaine Tola would go on school field trips? We always September 13: Pastor John Lindner had a field trip buddy we were assigned September 20: The Rev. Marian Windel to. It was a way for the teachers to keep track of everyone so that no one was left September 27: The Rev. Pat Nabers behind. If you lost sight of your field trip buddy, you let the teacher know so they could look for them and make sure they were okay. For the safety and welfare of ALL, there Some traditions stand the test of time, and will not be a birthday party this month. I think that this is one of those. In this time of isolation, it is more important than John Peale September 2 ever that we know we have people who are Nancy Erwin September 4 looking out for us. So, I am putting out Marion Sams September 6 this call to the entire WCBR community — Think about it, who are your “field trip” Beverley McCoid September 6 buddies in this community? Who are the Susan Granberry September 6 folks you used to run into in the halls, the Margaret Wagner September 8 dining room, the library, the mail room, the art room? How long has it been since Ann Wood September 9 you’ve seen them or talked to them? Ann Fowler September 11 Would you be willing to make a phone call Mary Lyle Preston September 12 or send a note just to check in? Jackson Gilbert September 13 As your chaplain, I am here for you should you need to talk; either over the phone, or Alice DiBlasi September 14 at a socially-distanced, mask on, face-to-face Don Burland September 14 meeting. If there is anything I can do to Ducie Minich September 15 support you, please feel free to call or email me at x2560 or [email protected]. And, Barbie Stouffer September 16 please, do all you can to identify those who Lyle Plitt September 17 need your support. I think you will find Dave Brant September 20 that it boosts your morale as well. As St. Francis said, “For it is in giving that we Eleanore Sturgill September 22 receive.” Mary Jane Wiecking September 25 Chaplain Elaine Tola Shelah Scott September 26

Chaplain’s Education Seminars Mary Slaughter September 26 We are looking forward to beginning the Alice Meador September 26 Chaplain’s Education Seminars again. It Carolyn Kelly September 27 has been a logistical challenge to find Guy Fiske September 28 speakers and work out ways to offer virtual seminars. More detailed information Mary Ann Hammann September 28 will be provided on the residents’ website Joe Lieberman September 29 as soon as it is available. page 10 September 2020 happenings Foundation News ZOOM Available

The WCBR Foundation is pleased to announce that we have purchased a ZOOM subscription for use by WCBR resident groups. Activities Coordinator, Sherrie Sykes, will manage the use of this ZOOM account, which will be by reservation only. To schedule a meeting using this ZOOM account, please contact Sherrie (x3248) at least three days in advance to reserve a time. Please note that the WCBR IT Department will not be able to assist The Point, by Frederick Nichols, oil on linen residents in using ZOOM. Sherrie will guide Nichols’ works show “landscape in a primitive, you through the process and, if necessary, wilderness state as seen through the various refer you to other residents who can help seasons and times of day. [A] painting is you. Funds for this ZOOM account were then an interpretation of a moment and a provided by an anonymous donor. mood in time; meant to explore, to capture, Gifts for Associates and to preserve the questions and messages which nature endlessly projects to herself.” Thanks to the generosity of more than 100 donors, the Foundation was able to give In addition to the colorful display on the monetary gifts to WCBR associates in their WCBR gallery walls, Fred can be seen in a August 14 paychecks. Full-time associates pre-recorded presentation with slides and a received $100, part-time $75, and PRN $50. short demonstration which will be broadcast The gifts were in recognition of the associates’ on Channel 972 on Friday, September 25, hard work, dedication, creativity, and at 2:30 p.m. You can see more of Fred’s sacrifices over the last five months. Their work on his website, frednichols.com. efforts have helped all of us remain healthy and safe. The WCBR Foundation Low Vision Group was delighted to steward these many I am sorry to report that we are cancelling donations and recognize our wonderful the Low Vision meetings until March, 2021. associates for jobs well-done. I have a few planned programs and would like to know of any other suggestions you WCBR Gallery Walk may have. Please contact me, Sally Paschal, at x2477 or [email protected]. The WCBR Gallery Walk artist for September and October is Frederick Nichols. Although Fred is primarily known for his wonderful silkscreen prints, the exhibit also includes TOWN HALL oil paintings, watercolors, and photographs Wednesday, September 9 from a cross section of his 40+ year career. You will see two oil paintings, Summer Sky at 2:00 p.m. on Channel 972 and Winter, Glebe Run from the late 1970’s; or https://it.wc-br.org/live photographs from his retrospective exhibition Please submit any questions you may have at the Butler Institute of American Art; to [email protected] or place them in three watercolors from recent years; and, of the white Town Hall question box in the course, several silkscreen prints spanning Mailroom by Monday, August 31. different decades. happenings September 2020 page 11 Who Would Have Thought?

WCBR associates could well have worked for Larry Page since March of this year. As the co-founder of Google, Mr. Page’s This is a photo I work motto was, “Always deliver more took this morning than expected!” Truly, we have seen this as I went out to work ethic displayed every day and in walk Skeeter, my every way while we as residents have dog. The paper hat depended on deliveries by the associates. certainly made me Have you noticed who is doing the delivering? smile. Yes, the dining staff is there at our door I want to thank with prompt meal service. And, yes, the the Dining Services housekeepers continue to keep our homes team for all they clean, but who is pushing those heavy mail have done during carts down our corridors late at night? WCBR’s Country of Believe it or not, some of the mail carriers the Year month celebrating Japan. I especially are Fitness Center associates and Marketing liked the sushi and their origami gifts. representatives wearing entirely different Mary Beth Wells hats.

It is this time of year when we can make plans for showing these associates our gratitude. The Associates Christmas Fund Committee is working together on a new and different way to celebrate the annual event this year. What has not changed, though, is the annual fundraising on behalf of the associates. Your generosity to those who have delivered more than expected will certainly be appreciated by all WCBR associates this December. Kay Ansell

Thank you, mail carriers!

Thank you! Not only are our windows clean; we are getting bird-proof exhaust vents. No more fire alarms. John Surr

CORRECTION In the August issue of happenings, left column on page 11, WCBR Dining and

Our Gardens, paragraph 2, lines 1- 4 are incorrect and should read: "Mrs. Jane Buchanan was the first coordinator for the garden boxes. She was followed From left: Brittany Wisinski, John Coppi, Wendy by Mr. Tom Iezzi and now Mrs. Ruth Sager, Richard Cormack, John Baker, and James Wadlington has taken on the role." LaCava. Photo by Mary Slaughter. page 12 September 2020 happenings

Happy Labor Day! September 7 is a holiday, so there will not be a WILL Class. For the rest of the month, the WILL Team has planned three sessions that we believe you won’t want to miss. Mondays at 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972

September 7 — Labor Day Holiday September 28 No presentation scheduled. Mary Slaughter: My Tennis Life September 14 Mary's talk will reflect the Joy Perry: A Virtual Tour role that tennis has had in of Charlottesville's Historic and on her life. Of course, Pedestrian Mall, Session 2 that includes friends, opponents, coaches, and family. Born in Charlottesville, Mary Pretending to walk on the Mall, went to the University of Virginia and then we will look at the architecture and the received her Ph.D. from the University of history of some buildings built from 1840 . “Because I was the daughter of a to 1910. professor, I was able to go to the University of Virginia,” Mary recalls. “I lived at home. September 21 It was just like high school.” While at UVA, Dick Hiss: The Far East in 1980, A Mary had the opportunity Businessman’s Overview/Insights to play on the University’s During a five-month span, Men’s Tennis Team. Dick traveled to most of the countries in the Far Mary and her father, Butch, East to determine if his UVA coach and administrator. Slaughter Recreation Center company should establish a was named in his honor. manufacturing plant there. His experiences gave him many interesting insights You, Too, Can Present a WILL Class! into the people, lifestyles, Prospective instructors are encouraged to culture, and business perspectives, which contact Mitch Sams or Ross Thomas to are the basis of this presentation. discuss topics and dates.

2020 UPDATED TOWN HALL SCHEDULE September 9 November 11 Adjustments have been made to the WCBR Town Hall schedule. Beginning in September, 2021 all Town Halls will be held on Wednesdays February 3 (instead of Thursdays) and will be incorporated March 31 into the live stream broadcast at 2:00 p.m. June 9 (Budget Presentation) The revised Town Hall schedule is at left. July 21 Town Halls can be viewed on Channel 972 September 8 or online at https://it.wc-br.org/live.

November 10 happenings September 2020 page 13 Upcoming Wellness Challenges goal in September. Let’s work together to walk 410 loops of Pantops Mountain Road COVID-19 Creation Pictures from September 7 through September 11. Community Wellness, Stop in the Fitness Center throughout the August 31 — September 4 week to let us know how many times you Many members of the WCBR community walked the loop. We will all work together have been hard at work taking on new to achieve yet another great physical and projects and embarking on new creative community wellness goal. adventures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s time to share those creations with Wellness Bingo the WCBR community. Send in a picture Physical, Mental and Community of all of the amazing things that you have Wellness, September 14 — 18 produced during the last five months. We The WCBR Fitness and Wellness Team will look forward to sharing everyone’s photos deliver Wellness Bingo cards to WCBR with the community in a slideshow on residents prior to September 14. Each Channel 972. square of your card will have a different wellness-related activity on it. If you Walk the Loop Challenge participate in one of the activities on your Physical and Community Wellness, card during the week, mark off that space. September 7 — 11 Once you fill in enough spaces to complete In June, we set a goal to walk the loop a row, column, or diagonal of 5 spaces, around Pantops Mountain Road a total of return your chart to the Fitness Center to 250 times. The WCBR community crushed be entered in a prize drawing. that goal and covered 395 loops in one week. So, we are setting our sights on a bigger Garden Gnome Scavenger Hunt Physical, Mental and Community Wellness, September 21 — 25 Garden gnomes will have hidden themselves all around WCBR. Thankfully, they will leave clues for where to find them. Each day, on Channels 970 and 972, the Fitness and Wellness Team will reveal clues to where two new gnomes are hiding. Decipher the clues and find the gnomes. For every gnome that you find, you will be entered in our random prize drawing at the end of the week. Wellness Charts Physical, Mental and Community Wellness, September 28 — October 2 The Fitness and Wellness Team will deliver Wellness Charts to each resident. Take time this week to intentionally participate in one Physical, one Mental, and one Community Wellness activity each day for five days. At the end of the week, return your completed chart to the Fitness Center to be entered Hoover. Painting by Randy Baskerville in a prize drawing.

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Wellness Challenge No. Question Answer Round-Up and Prize Winners 1 Japan is an archipelago of 6852 islands. B How many islands comprise the main The WCBR community has been staying well islands, also known as the Home Islands? throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with a. 7 b. 4 c. 6 d. 2 the help of many different programs and 2 What makes Japanese-style toilets A challenges. Along the way, the Fitness and different from those seen in America? a. They are in the ground Wellness Team has been giving out prizes to b. They are all pit toilets winners as an added incentive. Check out c. The flusher is above your head the information below to get caught up on d. The water goes the other way when the challenge results and prize winners: flushed 3 Which flap is worn on top when you wear D July 20 — 24: Funny Face Challenge a traditional kimono? Thank you for sending in your funny face a. Right over left b. Depends on your marital status pictures! We hope that you enjoyed seeing c. Preference of the wearer everyone’s unmasked smiles. d. Left over right July 24: LIVE Balderdash 4 In what era was Japanese painting B spawned, ca. 552 AD? Winner: Ann Holland a. Heian b. Asuka

July 27 — 31: WCBR Wellness Charts c. Kamakura d. Nara Winner: Ginger Meislahn 5 Japan is the 61st largest country in the A July 31: Randy Baskerville Painting world but being an island country is has a large coastline. Where does Japan rate Demonstration on the countries with the largest Thank you Randy for a wonderful presentation coastlines? and thank you all for tuning in. a. 5 b. 35 c. 15 d. 55 6 Japan is known as the Land of the Rising B

August 3 — 7: Japan Sudoku and Word Sun. True or false: Japan contains the Search most easterly point of Asia. a. True b. False Winner: Horst Wallrabe 7 What do you do in Japan to show you are D Answers: Easy Hard enjoying your soup? a. Eat quietly b. Eat as slowly as possible c. Eat is as fast as you can d. Slurp 8 Which of these is not the ‘right thing’ to B do in Japan with cooked, white rice? a. Mix it with the rest of your meal b. Pour soy sauce over it c. Eat it plain d. Ordering it for a side if your meal 9 In the famous 'Jigoku Scroll' or Hell-Scroll, D what kind of beastly-headed animal did the demons possess to make the August 7: Japanese Game Show Sampler shrieking sounds of hell? We were already warned not to get any a. bull b. dog c. serpent d. horse ideas for our balance classes from these 10 In the area of Gifu there is a local C shows. We hope that they made you laugh. tradition that fishermen train a certain type of bird for the catching of such fish as trout and 'ayu'. Which birds are used? August 10 — 14: Japan Trivia a. Falcons b. Kestrels Winner: Edith Parker – 21 correct answers! c. Cormorants d. Seagulls (continued on p. 16)

happenings September 2020 page 15 Challenge Round-Up (continued from p. 14) 21 Where is the largest bronze Buddhist C located in Japan? 11 Three of these four types of behavior D a. Kyoto Temple b. Golden Hall are not done in Japan. Which is the c. Todaiji Temple d. Golden Pavilion one that is "common practice"? a. To give chrysanthemums to the 22 Japanese compulsory education stops at A hostess at a party what level? b. To give a knife as a present a. Middle school b. High school c. Unwrapping presents in the presence c. Elementary school d. College of other guests 23 Who was the author of the famous story B d. To give small-sized edible presents to of Genji (manuscript from 12th century)? your host or hostess a. Sei Shonagon 12 Mount Fuji, or more correctly Fujiyama is A b. Lady Murasaki Shikibu Japan’s highest mountain and a sacred c. Fujiwara Sadaie site. It is also an active volcano. 24 Buddhist pilgrims are normally dressed B a. True b. False in orange. True or False? 13 The Buddha had 32 distinguishing B a. True b. False features, one of which includes his curly 25 In Shintoism, Kami, or gods are A hair, called Rahotsu. What kind of worshipped as supreme beings. Which of creature does a Rahotsu resemble? these Kami is considered the chief deity? a. Tiger b. Snail c. Dragon d. Camel a. Amaterasu Omikami b. Raijin 14 What is something that the Sapporo D c. Hachiman d. Susanoo-no-Mikoto region in Japan is famous for today? 26 In which art did all of these earn D a. Sports competitions b. Rice production themselves a great reputation: Hokusai, c. Industry d. Beer production Harunobu, Hiroshige, Kiyonaga? 15 Which of the following is NOT considered C a. Ceramics b. Music rude in Japanese culture? c. Sculpture d. Block printing a. Splashing water while in the ocean 27 What style of painting was Japanese A b. Blowing your nose in public artist Utamaro best noted for? c. Bowing when you meet someone a. Ukiyo-e b. Tosa-e d. Drinking and walking at the same time c. Yamato-e d. Sessun-e 16 Alongside roads in Japan, especially in B 28 How do many Japanese celebrate New B the North Nagano area you time and Years Day? again may find so-called 'Dosojin stones'. a. By spending time alone for reflection What do they represent? b. By making a visit to a Jinja, or shrine, a. Buddhist monks in prayer to pray b. A woman pouring out sake for a man c. By going out and partying with friends c. Members of the Imperial Court d. By drinking their sorrows away d. Samurai 29 Because of its location on the Ring of A 17 With what does the 'gyoji' or referee of C Fire, Japan is very susceptible to a sumo wrestling match signal the start earthquakes. In 2011 a tsunami created of the fight? by a deep sea earthquake devastated a. A drum b. A gong c. A fan d. A bell much of coastal Japan, particularly 18 Honshu, the largest island, is also called A Sendai and Fukushima. Where are these the mainland. It is one of the top ten two places located? largest islands in the world. a. North eastern Honshu a. True b. False b. South east Kyushu 19 With what part(s) of their bodies may B c. Western Honshu sumo-wrestlers touch the ring during d. Northern Hokkaido their fight? 30 Traditionally the Japanese do not sit on A a. Footsoles and knees b. Footsoles only chairs when they are having their meals. c. Footsoles and elbows True or False? d. Footsoles and hands a. True 20 What does leaving chopsticks upright in a C b. False rice bowl symbolize in Japanese culture? a. Distaste for the meal August 14: LIVE Japan Trivia Show b. That you are full/ can’t eat anymore Winner: Mary Hamrick – 12 questions correct! c. Grieving at a funeral d. That you’d like seconds (continued on p. 15)

page 16 September 2020 happenings Challenge Round-Up (continued from p. 15) Educational Programs

August 17 — 21: Pedometer Challenge Thursday afternoon programming on We set a very ambitious goal of walking Channel 972 is changing to an educational 4,100,000 steps together as a community. format. The times when programs are While we fell a little short, we still had 43 shown may vary, particularily if the participants who totaled 1,428,618 steps. presentation or discussion is live. If there That means our participants averaged over are topics that you would like to learn 33,000 steps each for the week! Hang on to more about, please contact Sherrie Sykes your pedometers. We are going to give this (x3248 or [email protected]) to let challenge another try when the weather gets her know. a little cooler. September 3: The Vote, Part 1, 2:30 p.m.

August 31: Japan Cooking Demonstration September 10: The Vote, Part 2, 2:30 p.m. The Barresi Family enjoyed demonstrating One hundred years after the passage of how to prepare a Japanese-inspired Sushi the 19th Amendment, this PBS American Roll Salad for everyone at WCBR. Follow the Experience documentary tells the dramatic recipe below to make this simple salad in story of the hard-fought campaign waged your home. by American women for the right to vote. Sushi Roll Salad September 17: Philharmonic Ingredients: Celebrating Sondheim, 2:30 p.m. 1 tablespoon rice vinegar Live from the and hosted by 1 teaspoon olive oil , with special guest vocalist 1 teaspoon soy sauce Katrina Lenk and conducted by Alexander Gemignani, this concert will feature some 1/2 teaspoon wasabi paste or wasabi mustard of Sondheim’s most beloved works. 1/2 avocado, peeled, pitted, diced 1/2 cup cooked brown rice 1 cup baby spinach or kale 1 5-oz. can solid white tuna in water, drained, large pieces broken up 1/2 cup diced cucumber, peeled if desired 2 scallions (green onions), cut on the diagonal Salt and pepper, optional Preparation: In a small bowl, whisk vinegar, oil, soy sauce and wasabi to make your dressing. September 24: Revolutionizing Dementia Set aside. Care, 2:30 p.m. In a medium bowl, toss rice, spinach/kale, Real life adventures are proven to be the tuna, cucumber and scallions. Gently fold in best way to experience different worlds, avocado. Pour dressing over salad and stir but virtual reality glasses can offer equal lightly. Season with salt and pepper, if de- access to a variety of places not easily sired. Enjoy! accessible. In this documentary, staff at Thank you all for participating in our Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay WCBR Fitness and Wellness activities and use this tool to help make connections with congratulations to all of our winners. residents living with Alzheimer’s. happenings September 2020 page 17 WCBR Show Times

Movies Will Be Broadcast on Channel 972

Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.

9/4: The Good Lie, 2014, 9/5: The Post, 2018, PG-13, 9/1: The Parent Trap, 1961, PG-13, Biography/Drama, 111 Drama/Thriller, 116 min. The G, Comedy/Family/Romance, min. A group of Sudanese Viet Nam cover-up spanning 129 min. Teenage twin sisters refugees arrive in Kansas four U.S. Presidents pushes swap places and scheme to City, Missouri, where their the country’s first female reunite their divorced parents. encounter with an employment newspaper publisher and a Starring Hayley Mills, Maureen agency counselor changes all hard-driving editor to join an O’Hara and Brian Keith. of their lives forever. Stars unprecedented battle between 9/8: , 1978, PG, Reese Witherspoon, Ger Duany the press and the government. Musical/Romance, 111 min. and Arnold Oceng. Stars , Tom Hanks Good girl Sandy Olsson and and . 9/11: Rushmore, 1998, R, greaser Danny Zuko fell in Comedy/Drama/Romance, 93 9/12: Just Mercy, 2019, love over the summer. Now, min. Wunderkind Max Fischer, PG-13, Biography/Crime/Drama, they unexpectedly discover a sophomore at the upscale 137 min. World-renowned civil that they are in the same Rushmore Academy, sees his rights defense attorney Bryan high school. Starring Oliva world turn topsy-turvy when Stevenson works to free a Newton-John, John Travolta he’s smitten with Rosemary wrongly condemned death row and Stockard Channing. Cross, a widowed first-grade prisoner. Starring Michael B. 9/15: The Sandlot, 1993, teacher. Staring Bill Murray, Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie PG, Comedy/Drama/Family, Jason Schwartzman and Olivia Larson. 101 min. A new kid in town is Williams. taken under the wing of a 9/18: The Fugitive, 1993, young baseball prodigy and PG-13, Action/Crime/Drama, his rowdy team, resulting in 130 min. Dr. Richard Kimble, many adventures. Stars Tom unjustly accused of murdering Guiry, Mike Vitar and Art his wife, must find the real LaFleur. killer while being the target 9/22: Mr. Hobbs Takes a of a nationwide manhunt led Vacation, 1962, G, Comedy/ by a seasoned U.S. Marshal. Family, 116 min. Mr. Hobbs Stars Harrison Ford, Tommy wants to have a nice, quiet Lee Jones and Sela Ward. 9/19: Victoria & Abdul, 2017, holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited everyone in 9/25: For Whom the Bell PG-13, Biography/Drama/History, their family to stay with them. Tolls, 1943, NR, Adventure/ 111 min. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with Stars , Maureen Drama/History, 170 min. On a O’Hara and Fabian. desperate mission to blow up Abdul Karim, a young Indian clerk. Starring , Ali a strategically important bridge 9/29 Dirty Dancing, 1987, Fazal and Tim Pigott-Smith. during the Spanish Civil War, PG-13, Drama/Music/Romance, an American who is allied 9/26: Lady Bird, 2017, R, 100 min. While spending the with the Republicans Comedy/Drama, 94 min. In summer at a Catskills resort finds romance. 2002, an artistically inclined with her family, Frances “Baby” Starring Gary seventeen-year-old girl comes Houseman falls in love with the

Cooper, Akim of age in Sacramento. Stars dance instructor, Johnny Castle. Tamiroff and Saoirse Ronan, Stars Patrick Swayze, Jennifer . and Tracy Letts. Grey and Jerry Orbach. page 18 September 2020 happenings SEPTEMBER AT A GLANCE Note: All events/activities will be broadcast on Channel 972 and https://it.wc-br.org/live until further notice. Additional programing information will be announced as it becomes available. Don’t forget to check every day on Channel 970 for other announcements and Channel 971 for menu offerings.

1 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 16 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Movie, The Parent Trap 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 2 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 10:00 TV Strength Training 17 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 2:30 TV Celebrating Sondheim 3 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 18 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10:00 TV Strength Training

11:00 TV Residents’ Association 2:30 TV Fred Nichols Presentation 2:30 TV The Vote, Part 1 7:30 TV Movie, The Fugitive 4 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 19 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Victoria & Abdul 10:00 TV Strength Training 20 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Marian Windel 7:30 TV Movie, The Good Lie 21 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 5 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, The Post 10:00 TV Strength Training 6 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Elaine Tola 2:30 TV WILL, The Far East in 1980 7 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 22 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 10:00 TV Strength Training 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 8 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Movie, Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 23 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:30 TV Movie, Grease 10:00 TV Strength Training 9 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update/Town Hall 24 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Revolutionizing Dementia Care 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 25 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV The Vote, Part 2 10:00 TV Strength Training 11 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 7:30 TV Movie, For Whom the Bell Tolls 10:00 TV Strength Training 26 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Lady Bird 7:30 TV Movie, Rushmore 27 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Pat Nabers 12 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Just Mercy 28 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 13 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Mr. John Lindner 10:00 TV Strength Training 14 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV WILL, My Tennis Life 10:00 TV Strength Training 29 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV WILL, Charlottesville's 10:00 TV Chair Yoga Historic Pedestrian Mall 2:30 TV Movie, Dirty Dancing 15 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 30 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Movie, The Sandlot 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings