August 2011 Volume XVIII, Number 8

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association August 2011 Volume XVIII, Number 8

Fun Fitness Week Share Great Fellowship, Music, Ice Cream at the a Great Success! CommUnity Ice Cream Social in Early September There were 202 participants including Kendal’s CommUnity Ice Cream Social, our annual outreach event to our 118 independent residents, 17 from neighbors, will be held early in September (date to be announced) from 6:00 to Stephens Care Center, 61 staff, two 8:00pm. Once again, the event will take place at the corner of Maple and interns, two Kendal at Home mem- North Pleasant Sts. Pleasant St. will be blocked off by the city to provide a safe bers and two Senior Independence setting. “Mud in Yer Eye” will be returning to provide delightful music. staff. These numbers are very close to Join us for an evening of fellowship with our friends and neighbors (including last year’s. Kendal priority list members) over an ice cream treat. The Kendal van will shuttle Following is a listing of the events in residents to the Social, leaving the Heiser entrance beginning at 6:00pm. Please order of popularity: Participants’ Lun- be patient -- the bus will continue to circuit until the Social ends at 8:00pm. If it cheon, 120; Kendal Sites Quiz, 60; rains, the Social will be moved to the Heiser Auditorium. We hope to see you all Bowling, 54; Community Walk, 47; at the upcoming ice cream social. -Kendal at Oberlin Staff Special Events Committee Observation Walk, 37; Silly Obstacle Course, 34; Miniature Golf, 32; Walk- ing Relay, 30; Brain Teasers, 28; Robot Our thanks to the committee: Jerry Amato; Ed Wardwell; Budd Werner. Table Tennis, 25; Shotput Throw, 20; Berner and Laurie Dupee co-chairs; Thanks also to Facility Services and Wii Fit Fun, 18; Lap Swim/Water Dick Baznik; Nancy Beauchamp; Dining Services for their special help. Walking, 13; Basketball - Standing, 11; Deb Grey-Boggs; Jill Connone; Kelly If any residents or staff have sugges- Basketball - Sitting, 10; Tennis Court Dillon; Dianne Green; Eleanor tions and comments about Fun Fitness Fun, 8. Helper; Heather Houghland; Ben Week events, please share them with This year members of the Kendal Lenz; Tiffany Lester; Kim Peters; Ann Jerry Berner or Laurie Dupee. We Early Learning Center participated/ Pilisy; Bob Randel; Sid Rosenfeld; would be pleased to hear from you. cheered in Bowling, Walking Relay Isobel Rutherford; Peg Schultz; Nikki (see photo) and Standing Basketball. Scott; Jara Stull; Michele Tarsitano- COFFEE HOUR WITH 2011 Fun Fitness Walking Relay was capped off by students from Kendal’s Early Learning Center who walked the last lap, cheered on by residents and staff. Photo: Eleanor Helper BARBARA THOMAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 9:30AM - LANGSTON

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Ann O’Malley THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 4:00PM - AUDITORIUM AFTERNOON EXCHANGE BARBARA THOMAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 4:00PM - AUDITORIUM KNOW Nominations Sought “Oberlin College’s Initiatives” Y OUR for KORA Council OC President Marvin Krislov KORA KORA Council consists of 11 council- Wed., Aug. 31 - 4:00pm - AUD COUNCIL C ors and four officers. It is the respon- Join Oberlin College President Marvin Once a month the residents of Ken- sibility of the Nominating Committee Krislov as he discusses the state of the dal’s Stephens Care Center meet in the to prepare and present a slate of college and its current initiatives. There Central Activities Room. Some walk people to fill available positions. is much to be excited about including in, with or without rollators; many To start this process we ask residents the Green Arts District, Oberlin Inn come in wheelchairs. SCC staff en- to suggest to us people who you feel planning, reopening Allen Memorial courages everyone to come if able. would well represent you as councilors Art Museum, additional Apollo The- As we assemble, Stacy Terrell is there, and/or as officers. We recommend ater renovations and more. After his adjusting the sound system; Kim Peters that these residents should have lived remarks, he will host a question and is preparing to take notes of every- at Kendal for at least one year. answer session. thing that’s said. Michele Tarsitano- Your suggestions should be submitted Amato and Greg Zehe appear. Stacy to Pam Lenz (Box #29) or Don Illig Harvest for Help speaks first, relaying any news of the (Box #97) in writing before August Sat., Sept. 17 - 10:00am- 3:00pm SCC. Is there a change in staff? Is an 15. You should get the consent of the Lorain County JVS inspection going on? Right now, of person whom you are suggesting while This year’s community health fair will course, there are concerns about the indicating that your suggestion does be part of a larger Community Appre- construction happening so close to not guarantee that he/she will be on ciation Day at the Lorain County Joint many residents’ rooms. Stacy has set the committee’s recommended slate. Vocational School. Kendal staff and up weekly meetings to update residents There are more well-qualified persons board are hosting local hospitals, hos- so they will know exactly what to expect. than places available. pices, home health care agencies and Next, Stacy will inquire about each as- From this pool of names, the Com- others to facilitate access to important pect of daily living: Is the nursing mittee nominates a slate of candidates, “life-enhancing” information for older staff satisfying individual needs? Are which is presented at the Annual Meet- adults. Pharmacists’ evaluations, health they responding promptly enough? ing in November for ratification by con- screenings, and more! Does Social Services answer your re- sensus. KORA’s Constitution provides We are asking for resident volunteers quests? Is laundry being done properly for nominations from the floor, in to welcome and guide our guests. and returned on time? Is Housekeep- which case the election would be decided . Please contact Stacy Terrell at 775- ing doing a good job? All those attend- by ballot. -Demmie Carrell, Don Illig, 9811 to sign up as a volunteer. This ing have time to respond; possible im- Pam Lenz, Betty Weinstock, Jim White, year we expect over 3,000 people. provements are discussed. KORA Nominating Committee Overall, the feedback is positive; per- Newcomers’ Reception sonal care seems to be working well. The Newcomers’ Committee invites Greg steps up to inquire about food, BAYarts Show Opens on you to attend a Newcomer’s Reception service, temperature, etc. We hear oc- Sunday, Aug. 7 - 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday, August 10, at 4:00pm casional suggestions but few complaints. Kendal at Oberlin and Kendal at Home in Heiser Lounge. Please come to Michele then tells about new activities have collaborated with BAYarts in Bay meet and welcome our newest residents. and programs and asks for sugges- Village for “Community ARTreach,” a Remember to wear your name tag! tions. Some time during the meeting juried fine art show featuring 36 art- A number of new Kendal residents the liaison from KORA relates the ists aged 60+ from Kendal at Oberlin, are trying to get to know each highlights of the last KORA meeting. Kendal at Home and the greater com- other and the rest of us. Part of the liaison’s job is also to re- munity of northeast Ohio. The show port to KORA on this SCC meeting. runs from Aug. 7 to Aug. 31. There Check out our KORA website: We all want the Stephens Care Center will be an artist reception on Sunday, www.kaores.kendal.org to be a happy, caring place. This inter- Aug. 7 from 5:00-7:00pm in the new And check two interesting “Other Ken- change of news keeps all residents up Fuller House Gallery, 28795 Lake Rd. dal” links, both produced by the KatO’s to date on what’s happening every- Sign up for the Kendal bus. Admissions and Marketing Dept.: The where at Kendal. On Friday, Aug. 19 WCLV will broad- blog at www.kendalatoberlin.net and the -Mary Simons with Eleanor cast a live jazz performance from the Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/ Devereux, KORA liaisons exhibit from 5:00-8:00pm. kendalatoberlin.

PAGE 2 THE KENDALIGHT AUGUST 2011 Courtyard Garden Concerts Listen to music before dinner on Fri- PROGRAMS days in August at 4:00pm. August 5 -- Nine Love, piano, CAR LECTURES TRIPS August 12 -- Jerry Simmer, key- board and vocals First Thursday Health Lecture: Lunch Bunch: August 19 -- TBA “Dizziness and Balance” The Unicorn, Grafton August 26 -- TBA August 4 - 7:15pm - AUD Wednesday, August 10 In the Courtyard This Summer Dr. Andrey Stojic, MD, Ph.D, from The Unicorn has a warm, welcoming Come enjoy special treats in our beau- the Center for Regional Neurology at atmosphere with an Irish flair. It of- tiful Courtyard Garden! the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus will fers a wide array of sandwiches, salads, During August join Kendal residents on: be our speaker. fish and chips, seafood and other entrees. And great desserts like crème brulée. Tuesdays at 7:00pm -- Cool off Third Thursday Lecture Bus leaves Heiser at 11:30am, returning with a Fruit Smoothie. on the Second Thursday: about 2:30pm. Bus charge: $7.50. Place Thursdays at 7:00pm -- Relax at “Old School, New School, Our check to KORA for $7.50 in Box #89 a Tea Party in the Gazebo. School, Their School” by Sun., Aug. 7. Sign-up sheet posted Tappan Square Band Concerts August 11 - 7:15pm - AUD Mon., Aug. 1. Lunch at your expense. Note: There are a few steps to enter. Concerts are scheduled for 7:00pm. Kendal resident Dick Baznik will take August 5 - Cats on Holiday an intimate look at higher education. Big Bus: Joffrey Ballet August 12 - Dan Zola Orchestra OHC: The Civil War - Oberlin Blossom Music Center No Kendal bus. Perspectives on the Home Saturday, Aug. 20, 8:00pm Front and War Front Continuing a renewed tradition of bal- Thurs., Aug. 18 - 7:15pm - AUD let at Blossom, the Joffrey returns to Ohio Dance Theatre perform with the Cleveland Orchestra. Children’s Ballet: The beginning of the Civil War con- And once again, we have been offered “The Fairy Forest” sumed the thoughts of many in 1861, a half-price, senior group rate of $26.50 especially in Oberlin which was often per seat in Area 1, where we sat last Stocker Arts Center called “The Town That Started the year. Bring your brown-bag supper to Saturday, Aug. 20, 2:00pm Civil War.” Karyn Norwood tells stories eat on the bus or grounds at Blossom. The “Fairy Forest” is an original heart- of Oberlin individuals and events The Big Bus will depart at 6:00pm. warming and humorous ballet for the from the wartime period. She is one Place check to KORA for $26.50 in child in all of us! First choreographed of 20 AmeriCorps volunteers assigned Box #120 to purchase your ticket for for ODT by New York choreogra- by the Ohio Historical Society in the the ballet. Transportation cost (prob- pher and ODT alumna Marie Zvosec, statewide Ohio History Service Corps ably around $26) will be billed near our it will give members of the Youth Bal- Program. In late August, she will attend departure date and, as usual, will de- let Company the opportunity to shine. Simmons College as a graduate student pend on the number of riders. Ques- We have been offered a senior group in Library and Information Science. tions? Call Pat Talbot. price of $17 per ticket and have re- served a block of seats for this Playreaders: “Blithe Spirit” - Sat., Aug. 6 - 7:15pm - AUD matinee performance. In 1941, as German bombs were devastating London, Noel Coward wrote The Kendal bus will leave Heiser what has been called a delightfully satirical drawing-room comedy about ghosts. at 1:00pm, returning after the per- It was a resounding success when it first opened in the West End, setting box- formance at about 4:30pm. office records by running for just under 2,000 performances. It has “haunted” To reserve your place for this delight- British and American stages ever since. ful ballet, place your check for $25 A review of a recent Broadway revival mentions “how well this play holds up payable to KORA in Box #192. This after so many years.... It still manages to entertain and surprise.” Come see for will buy your tickets and cover the yourself. Then, plan to stay after the performance for cookies and lemonade in transportation costs. Heiser Lounge and a chance to chat with the cast. Direct your questions to Ed Wardwell.

AUGUST 2011 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 3 Art and an excellent photographer. Come Sunday Movies take a look at his work. - Robert Taylor in Whittier Gallery and Ted Nowick, Co-coordinators at 7:15pm News Community Gallery (opposite Cardi- Aug. 7 - Lassie (2005) - When a You have two more weeks to enjoy nal Shop) - The show of photographs family is hit by a financial crisis, they this summer’s wonderful Kendal Col- of Cate and Paul Schwaegerle contin- have no choice but to sell Lassie. Hun- lects exhibit in both the Kendal and ues. Paul’s work exhibits computer en- dreds of miles away from home, the Friends Galleries. hanced techniques which give an interest- collie sets out on the long journey to Kendal Gallery - We are looking for- ing new view of this artistic medium. find her family. Rated PG. ward to our resident muralist Bob Friends Dining Room -- On display Aug. 14 - The Pink Panther (2006) Cothran’s original drawings of designs is a selection of photographs made by - Steve Martin as bumbling Inspector for stage settings. The show will be resident Dick Blount who recently Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve hung on August 16 and there will be a passed away, leaving this beautiful the murder of a famous soccer coach reception for the artist on Friday, Sep- legacy of world travel. -Katie Brown and the theft of the famous Pink tember 9 at 4:00pm. -Marilyn Meyerson Panther diamond. Kevin Kline plays Friends Gallery (in the hallway near Leslie Miller’s work in the Langston his hapless chief inspector. Rated PG. Stephens Care Center) - The new and Green Room corridor will leave us Aug. 21 - Field of Dreams (1989) - show will be photos by David Miraldi at the end of August. It is for sale up Kevin Costner is a novice farmer who taken on recent trips to Egypt and to that time. Checks should be made to hears “a voice” inspiring him to build Russia. David, son of Stephens Care Leslie Miller and will be handled by the a baseball diamond in the middle of Center resident Mary Miraldi, is an at- Art Committee, Box #105. his Iowa cornfield to bring Shoeless torney in private practice in Lorain -- Joe Jackson back to play ball. Rated PG. News and Views Moderator Training Sessions Aug. 28 - Casablanca (1942) - American expatriate and gin-joint Fri., Sept. 2 - 10:30am - AUD News & Views plans to schedule occa- owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) is The News & Views group will meet sional domestic issues sessions through- reunited with his former love, Ilse for the first fall meeting with the dis- out the year. The Kettering Founda- (Ingrid Bergman), in Vichy-controlled cussion topic Economic Sanctions and tion through its National Issues Forum Casablanca. But her husband (Paul Nuclear Nonproliferation from the offers publications on important na- Henreid) is there, too. Great movie, 2011 edition of the Foreign Policy tional issues. The Foundation will great cast. Won Best Picture Oscar. Assn. briefing book “Great Deci- provide a moderator training session sions.” Don Reeves is the discussion which will be useful for these and Saturday Favorite Films leader. Sponsored by the Center for other programs needing discussion No film will be shown this month. LifeLong Learning. All are welcome. leaders. The moderator training is open to all who are interested. Watch Saturday Night Movie Saturday Night Opera DVD for updates on time and place. August 13 - 7:15pm - AUD August 27 - 7:15pm - AUD “Sustainable Living and The Reader (2008) - Academy Andrea Chenier - Umberto Giorda- Award winner Kate Winslet stars in a no’s opera is set in Paris during the Clean Air Advocacy” “tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt” French Revolution. The story is a love Wed., Aug. 24- 4:00pm - AUD set in turbulent post-Nazi Germany. triangle involving the poet Andrea Kathleen Schomaker is Associate Di- She plays Hanna Schmitz, a working- Chenier; the Countess Maddalena di rector of Gray is Green: The National class woman who enjoys a brief but Coigny; and Gerard, a former servant Senior Conservation Corps, a net- intense love affair with a teenage boy. who is a spy for Robespierre. Placido work created in 2008 that “engages They meet again years later when Domingo sings the role of Chenier, older adults in sustainability practices Hanna is a defendant in a notorious Anna Tomowa-Sintow sings the role and environmental issues through case and her ex-lover, now a law stu- of Maddalena and Giorgio Zancanaro education, volunteerism, and advo- dent, holds the secret to her salvation. sings the role of Gerard in this Royal cacy.” Jointly sponsored by the The movie also stars Ralph Fiennes Opera House production conducted Environmental Concerns Committee and Lena Olin. Rated R. by Julius Rudel. - Allen Huszti and the KatO Administration.

PAGE 4 THE KENDALIGHT AUGUST 2011 Kendal 2011 Directory LIBRARY NOTES Additions and Corrections Marcia Deist - New telephone number: check with Front Desk. The Library Committee will meet on Friday, August 5, at 4:00pm in the Library. We invite new residents to join us as we discuss our $1800 budget, and plans for “Right to Vote” Class the rest of the year. Starts in September NEWSPAPERS - Most of the Library budget is spent on newspapers. We sub- scribe to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Plain Dealer and Oberlin An eight-session course that chronicles News-Tribune. We are grateful to residents who share their subscriptions to addi- the evolution of the right to vote from tional local or national papers (the large-print weekly NYT, The Christian Science the American Revolution to the pres- Monitor, The Elyria Chronicle Telegram, and The Lorain Morning Journal) with us. ent will begin on Monday, September No part of any newspaper should be removed from the library until it is 19 and run through November 5 in more than a week old. If you want a paper after that, mark what you want Heiser Auditorium from 10:00-11:30am. and your open box number on the top of the first page of that day’s paper, so Participants will read two books: we can put it in your box instead of recycling it. “Right to Vote” and a biography of MORE SHARING - Our library features a great selection of recent magazines Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sponsored by (on display racks to the left as you enter the library) and many recent health newslet- Case Western Reserve University’s ters (in three-ring binders on the top center shelf of the Reference Section, to Continuing Education office, the class your left as you face the desk). These are all donated. We welcome more of will be led by Ellen Erzen, an instruc- these (within two months of publication) to improve our collection. -Russ Bimber tor at Cuyahoga Community College. Advance registration is required. Cost: $70. Questions? Call Carol Ganzel or Transportation Talk Kendal residents travel to Cuyahoga Jane Moore. It’s been some time since my last com- County for medical appointments. munication, and I want to remind • Kendal has added a new trans- everyone how our transportation portation vendor, MedCorp. It pro- Vision program operates. vides ambulance/ambulette services Impaired • If you have any questions about outside of Lorain County. If you need Magnifiers and More the Medical Shuttle (such as how their service, contact me and I will Thursday, August 25 provide the cost information. your medical appointment fits into 2:00-4:00pm - AUD the schedule), call me for assistance. I am trying another vendor, Be My • We transport all residents who Hired Driver. It will provide a bonded Magnifiers and More is coming to have medical appointments with- driver to drive your car (and you) to Kendal with a wide range of magnifi- in Lorain County. There is a miscon- any medical, shopping or personal ap- ers, visual aids, electronic equipment ception that Kendal won’t transport pointments for an hourly rate. to order. Watch for details! • We still offer transportation on: residents having dental, foot, or rou- Monthly On-Line National *Monday mornings, 8:00-11:30am, tine eye exam and dialysis treatments Low-Vision Support Group because these are not covered under and Friday afternoons, 1:00-4:00pm, “medical” transportation. We trans- to downtown Oberlin for personal “Keeping Fit: Fall Prevention port our residents to all local medical errands; and Exercise for Older Adults appointments, whether covered under *Wednesday morning into Oberlin; with Vision Loss” “medical” transporation or not. The *First and third Wednesday after- Thursday, August 11 only difference is that a fee may be noon shopping trips to Midway 4:00pm - Green Room charged for “nonmedical” trips. Mall and Super Kmart; and Anne Riddering, OTR/L, Henry • If you have medical appoint- *Thursday afternoon trip to IGA. Ford Health System. ments at Cleveland Clinic’s main Reading of The Kendalight campus or University Hospitals, Remember: I’m just a phone call away! please let me know. If you are a If you have any transportation issues Marie Evans will be reading The friend who provides transportation to or concerns, call me at 775-9832. Kendalight on Monday, August 1, at these appointments, let me hear from -Donna E. Smith, 10:00am in the Crossroads Room. you, too. We want to learn how many Transportation Coordinator All are welcome!

AUGUST 2011 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 5 Welcome Kendal’s New Residents 5/12/11- 7/14/11 Catherine Wilber Upcoming Move-Ins Barbara Bruer will move from Harts- Nature Sightings at Kendal dale, NY, to a cottage in early August. 5/12 Kingbirds feeding over Rock Pond; 5/16 Egret on Heiser Pond, I was an only child and and same thing on 7/7; 5/17 North- grew up in Pittsburgh, John and Harol Pesuit will move ern oriole in the Buttonbush Swamp; fortunately with many from Briarcliff Manor, NY, to a cot- 5/18 Pair of bluebirds: The female cousins close by. Free of spirit, I knew tage in early August. came six times to the box near #82, at an early age that I wanted nothing more Janet Wanyek will move from Wake- the male seen in the area; 5/18 White than to be an artist, and was enrolled man, OH, to a cottage in early August. crowned sparrow at the feeders and early on in the Carnegie Museum’s Satur- trees near #82-92; 5/20 Mother and day morning art classes, which were held tiny baby deer near Buttonbush Bridge; in the magnificent Hall of Dinosaurs. It Recent Move-Ins 5/21 Kingbird at Island Pond; 5/23 was a visually awesome experience. John and Peggy Gordon moved Common egret fishing while under at- After I graduated from high school at from Hudson, OH, to a Cottage in tack by redwing blackbirds at Farmers 16, my father insisted I spend my first mid-July. Pond; 5/27 Willow flycatchers, war- year of college at Moore in Philadelphia bling vireos and still more eastern (then a girl’s school, now co-ed). I trans- kingbirds at the edges of Rock Pond; ferred my sophomore year to Carnegie Tom Martin moved to Patterson in 5/30 An 8-inch turtle with a smooth Tech, studied printing and design, and late June. He has no phone. carapace on the rocks near #108; received my BFA in 1959. I then moved 5/31 Northern oriole visited the com- to Cleveland where several friends and Recent Transfers munity gardens! I pursued careers in graphic design. My Demmie Carrell moved from a cot- 6/1 A flicker and bluebird pairs at #82 experiences included fashion illustration tage to the apartments in mid-July. and the back of #85; 6/1 Painted for major department stores, wallpaper Phone number remains the same. turtle laying and burying eggs behind and fabric design, greeting cards for Janet Hutchison moved from a cot- #143; 6/8 Baltimore oriole (northern American Greetings and, through com- tage to Whittier in early July. Phone oriole) visiting the hummingbird missions from a New York agent, number remains the same. feeder at #8 regularly; 6/9 Yellow- illustrations for Whitman Publications throated vireo singing all day just children’s books. Gerry McNabb moved from a cot- across Rt. 58 from KatO ponds; 6/7 My first husband, an advertising execu- tage to Whittier in early July. Phone Common nighthawk doing its “boom- tive in Cleveland, and I started our own number remains the same. ing” display flight over #49 at dusk; ad agency. It was fairly successful, and 6/10 Big snapping turtle (Marcia after his death four years later, I carried Deist has pictures) in the lawn beside on alone until my second marriage. Find biographies of all resi- #104 at ~10:00am; 6/14 Oriole in I came to live in Oberlin in 1981 when dents, newcomers and old the trees across the road from Button- I married Harry Wilber, a widower with timers, in “Who’s Here” on bush marsh; 6/19 Green heron stalk- two college-age sons. A Chicagoan by the library center bookcase. ing frogs or fish in Heiser inlet; 6/20 birth, Harry came to Ohio and secured Downy woodpecker feeding his baby frequency availability through the FCC at #28, a great white egret spent sev- to start his own radio station in 1975. eral days at Center Pond, and the first Harry’s older son, Doug, later returned IN MEMORIAM butterflies in butterfly garden were small, to Ohio to help his father run the sta- dark gray with a white streak down the tion, which allowed Harry and me to K. JEAN DEHNEL back; 6/21 Small (5-6 inch) snapping travel extensively. We were married 20 JULY 20, 2011 turtle in the front yard of #215 and years before his sudden death in 2001. nighthawks were over the campus al- Since then I spend my mornings hap- MILTON Y INGER most every night; 6/22 Three kingbirds pily at the station with my stepson and JULY 28, 2011 at Island Pond, one a baby, and a daughter-in-law, and my afternoons vol- mother deer and (Continued on p.7) unteering at the FAVA galleries.

PAGE 6 THE KENDALIGHT AUGUST 2011 July 2011 KatO Board News Much of the Board’s work begins before arrival at the board meeting with a thorough review of committee reports that are approved in the form of a Consent Agenda. Members are urged to bring questions to each meeting so the content is fully understood. Review of the financials verified that the Statement of Operations shows a strong bottom line with good con- trol of expenses. Debt covenants are being met and the investment portfo- lio is doing well despite a rocky June. Check out the view from the new bench on Wildflower Hill. Photo: Eleanor Helper Cottage construction is on target Nature Sightings... (Cont’d from p. 6) and within budget. Occupancy will Observers: Nancy Beauchamp, Terry occur in September-October. Energy two fawns coming up from Farmers Carlton, Norma Daffin and Kris Star evaluation is underway. The Board Pond stopped before crossing the Auble, Marcia Deist and her dog, heard the favorable results of the post- sidewalk in front of Marcia and Sam Carol Ganzel, Nancy Garver, Meg occupancy satisfaction survey of the Goldberg’s place, then headed to the Gold, Dianne Green, Anne Helm, Dining Expansion/Renovation. woods behind the VanDyke’s; 6/24 Helen Ketcham, Nina Love, Joanne Marketing reports that 95% of our Barn swallows’ nest on the fire alarm Norenberg, Adie and Scott Orcutt, cottages and apartments are commit- near #52; 6/29 Five bluebird babies Don Parker, Emily Pugsley, Barbara ted with 94% occupancy. Many Try-It hatched in the nest back of #82, two Reeves, Peg Schultz, Etta Ruth Weigl, visits are scheduled through the sum- mourning doves fledged back of #108 and Betty Weinstock. mer. Special events are going very and a doe and two spotted fawns at the And blooming on Wildflower Hill: well and are well attended. stop sign by the entrance to Kendal. (7/14): Alsike clover, birdsfoot trefoil, The Board’s Generative Discus- 7/2 Two butterflies, small and brown black-eyed susan, bladder campion sion for July focused on a review of with white spots on the wings and four blazing star, bouncing bet, brown-eyed Kendal’s mission statement as well as the baby bluebirds fledged from nest box susan, bull thistle (almost blooming), ten-year-old Vision Statement. A new #2 at community gardens; 7/6 Three butterflyweed, Canada thistle, chicory, vision is under consideration, recog- enormous butterflies in the butterfly common plantain, creeping bell flower, nizing the many changes that have garden don’t seem to be going any- crocosmia (one plant, must have mi- occurred to our organization in its where and a savannah sparrow was grated from Bill’s garden), Culver’s growth of programs and services. seen in the Township field north of root (I think; first time I saw it there), Consideration also needs to be given Rock Pond; 7/13 Green heron flying cup plant (will bloom very soon), curled to city-wide planning in the Oberlin over Rock Pond in the early evening dock, daisy fleabane, dame’s rocket 2025 plan. The Board was presented (and, according to Adie, has done so (still a little), day lily, Deptford pink, with a matrix that compared the enti- almost every night for some time). English plantain, (Continued on p. 8) ties of Kendal Northern Ohio, Kendal at Oberlin, Kendal at Home and Se- nior Independence with each other. Kendal Kryptogram #78 -by Nina Love “SWOT” responses were received by the Board. The document includes ideas from 70+ residents submitted RDXXARR YR HAPPYEH KGOP MUD for Kendal’s Strengths-Weaknesses- Opportunities-Threats. It will be used KOEP. GOTTYEARR YR KOEPYEH KGOP by leadership in its planning and be available to other Kendal committees. MUD HAP. -VOBA HOSVEAS The management team and the Board will also submit responses for Solution to Kryptogram #77: “It’s not the cough that carries you the SWOT. -Barbara Thomas off, but the coffin they carry you off in.” -Ben Lenz’s Mother

AUGUST 2011 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 7 Table Tennis Upswing Walks in the Park in August Bridge Results A surge of interest in table tennis, In August, the Kendal at Oberlin Park Mondays: above all among the women, has led Walkers will take four walks. Meet at June 20: 1st, Carol Ganzel; 2nd, Eileen us to expand our weekly open ses- Heiser Reception Desk to car pool. Dettman; 3rd, Mary Beth McCalla. sions to three. We now meet to learn • Saturday, August 6 - 7:45am June 27: 1st, Bush Olmsted; 2nd, Corn- the basics, practice and play matches Walk With a Doc at Bur Oak. ing Chisholm; 3rd, Helen Randel. each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, • Saturday, August 13 - 9:00am - July 4: No Bridge 9:30 to 11:30am. We trust this ex- st nd Findley State Park. July 11: 1 , Betsy Belden; 2 , Alverta tended schedule will allow all players rd • Saturday, August 20 - 9:00am - Schneider; 3 , Sarah Verghese. more time at our two high-quality tables. July 18: 1st, Connie Boase; 2nd, Eileen Come join the health and good-mood- Sandy Ridge Reservation. • Saturday, August 27 - 9:00am - Dettman. promoting fun! Watchers are likewise Wednesdays: Carlisle Reservation Meadow Loop. always welcome. July 6: 1st, Bob Randel and Russ Questions? Contact Jerry Berner. The “ping pong” table in the north Bimber; 2nd, Betsy Belden and Ed apartment building (first floor) has Schwaegerle; 3rd, Alice Kohl and been repaired -- our thanks to Facility Nancy Beauchamp; 4th, Helen Randel Nature Sightings... (Cont’d from p.7) Services! -- and is standing sturdy and and Connie Bimber. solid, ready for play daily from European horsemint, gray-headed July 20: 1st, Bush and Levona Olmsted; 9:00am to 9:00pm. Despite its re- coneflower (I think it’s gray not green), 2nd, Cate and Paul Schwaegerle; 3rd, vived state, you are urged to desist heal-all, indian hemp, milkweed, ox- Betsy Belden and Ed Schwaegerle; 4th, from sitting, jumping or leaning on it, eyed daisy, purple coneflower, Queen Russ and Connie Bimber. lest it collapse again. You’ll find balls Anne’s lace, rattlesnake master, red clo- and paddles on and in the little side ver, sow thistle, St. Johnswort, sweet table. (It helps to switch on the large pea, sweet William, teasel, western Oberlin Family Fun Fair overhead light.) ironweed, yarrow (both common Saturday, August 6, Downtown Improve your physical well-being and white and a few pink), yellow and Oberlin, 10:00am - 4:00pm mental alertness. Play table tennis! white sweet clover, and white vervain It’s time again for Oberlin’s classic -Sidney Rosenfeld, Sports (at the bench by Rock Pond). AND - downtown festival featuring a vintage and Recreation Committee There is now a bench on the top of car show, oldies music, merchant side- Wildflower Hill, thanks to Ben Lenz! walk sales, entertainment and more. Come see for yourself! -Betty Weinstock Time to Sign up for 2011 Shuffleboard Tournament The Kendalight The First Church United A monthly newsletter of the Kendal at Oberlin It’s time to find a partner and sign up Fellowship and Unitarian Residents Association, 600 Kendal Drive, Oberlin OH 44074 for the 2011 Shuffleboard Tourna- Universalist Kendal Gather- Associate Editors: Connie Bimber, Robert Baldwin ment! Please sign up by August 21. ing will not meet in August. Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich You’ll find the sign up sheet below the Both groups will meet again in Immediate Past Editor: Betsy Thomas Activities Bulletin Board. The schedule Photos: Eleanor Helper September. All are welcome! Proofreaders: Mary Ashbrook, Mary Simons of team play will be posted and placed Production: Don VanDyke in your mail box on or before August Deadline for September 2011 issue of RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT KENDAL 25. Play will begin on September 5 The Kendalight is August 15. The edi- and conclude about mid-October (de- Episcopal Service tors regret that they cannot assume pending on the number of partici- Saturday, August 6, 11:00am, CAR responsibility for errors in content in pants). No previous experience is nec- Rev. Nancy Roth material submitted for publication. essary. You may practice anytime the First Church Service Note: Please submit articles to: courts are open with the equipment Sunday, August 21, 4:00pm, CAR [email protected] which is stored in the north stairwell, If no email access, please type ar- first floor of the apartment building. Roman Catholic Mass ticles on separate sheet (NOT on Call Don or Joyce Parker for any Friday, August 19, 10:00am, room request form), sign and questions or help. This is a great game Crossroads Room place in Kendalight open mailbox. for all ages and abilities; the emphasis Society of Friends All articles must carry a signature and is on fun! Sundays, 10:00am, Green Room telephone number.

PAGE 8 THE KENDALIGHT AUGUST 2011 Energy Conservation: R>A>F ShopTalk Dining and Air Conditioning Q: What happened to my dona- The following suggestions are from the tion? I gave R>A>F a crystal pitcher/ Nutrition Services pamphlet: “Energy Efficiency and Re- TV cabinet/Christmas sweater/silk ki- newable Energy” prepared by the U.S. mono two weeks ago. It has not Upcoming Special Events Department of Energy (available from appeared in the Shop, Apt. #155. Is September - Watch for date! Oberlin Municipal Power and Light). something funny going on here? CommUnity Ice Cream Social 1. With a central air system set the fan A: NO! R>A>F volunteers send do- to shut off at the same time as the nated items in many directions. Some- 6:00-8:00pm corner lot on cooling unit. In other words, don’t use times we hold a treasure until we can Maple and N. Pleasant Sts. the system’s central fan to provide cir- research the value, or take it to an ex- Notes From Ann Pilisy culation, but instead use circulating pert in or around Oberlin. Sometimes • On Monday, July 4, many residents fans in individual rooms. the outside specialist offers a better arrived for lunch in Fox & Fell after 2. Set your thermostat as high as com- price than we believe we could realize the special program and requested fortably possible in the summer. The here in our Shop. tables for six. We have only five large less difference between the indoor and Many times we have more of a certain round tables for six. Dining staff did outdoor temperatures, the lower the class of donations than we can possi- its best to seat everyone as quickly as overall cooling bill will be. At night, bly display; clothing comes to mind. possible after the end of the program. turn your air conditioner off. We find charities such as Goodwill, Casual, walk-in seating, without 3. Don’t set your thermostat at a colder Elyria’s Hospitality Center, churches and special requests, can streamline setting than normal when you turn on other nonprofits who will accept and this process in the future. your air conditioner. It will not cool make good use of our surplus. Out-of- your home any faster and could result season clothing and Christmas treasures • Daily reservations in Fox & Fell have in excessive cooling and, therefore, un- are stored for the appropriate sale time. become much more frequent. (Reser- necessary expense. Sometimes we find via the internet vations are generally unnecessary unless 4. Don’t place lamps or TV sets near that the value of an object is so high you have a large party or other specific your air conditioning thermostat. The that we consign it to an art/antiques requests.) With this practice, you may thermostat senses heat from these ap- auction house. Some donations are miss enjoying a meal with other residents pliances, which can cause the air con- successfully sold through eBay. Other whom you have not yet met. Staff ditioner to run longer than necessary. times we may save a good item for the does its best to offer multiple available 5. Keep your window coverings closed next cottage sale. seating options. Remember our Ken- during the day to prevent solar gain. Some furniture and all of our bed, bath dal Values: to foster a sense of com- -Jerry Berner, Environmental Concerns Com. and table linens, as well as audio community and an atmosphere of mutual ponents, are to be found in “Room respect and caring, and to welcome all Kendal Northern Ohio 2011 280” -- between Apts. 266 and 268 on people. Cultural Sensitivity Committee the second floor, south wing. • Dining Services welcomes several family reunions and celebrations in August. Meetings will take place monthy in the So, don’t feel unappreciated! We are Kendal at Oberlin Den at 9:00am on happy to receive all kinds of donations (with the exception of broken electri- Kendal’s Kitchen Tours the third Friday: August 19; September Wed., Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 2011 16; October 21; November 18, De- cal and electronic items). • Sign-up sheets will be posted in mid- cember 16. And, don’t forget: 100% of proceeds August. Tours, limited to eight people, October is Cultural Awareness go to Kendal’s Resident Assistance Fund. start promptly in Langston at 10:00am Month, sponsored by the Cultural Receipts for the period June 22 or 3:00pm and last about 45 minutes. Sensitivity Committee. Keep your through July 26 were $2,819.37. eyes open for information on danc- Keep It Flying! -Mary Simons, chair • Enclosed shoes must be worn (no ers, music, food and more! sandals or clogs) and hairnets will be given to everyone (Health Depart- Call 775-9868 to hear announce- ment rules). During the tour, avoid Solo Diners and SPINACH are on ments and menus of the day. leaning on or touching kitchen sur- summer hiatus. Both invite Kendal Or find them on our website: faces and equipment. If you are ill, residents -- newcomers and old timers -- www.kaores.kendal.org please do not come. Additional tours to join them again in September. may be scheduled if needed.

AUGUST 2011 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 9 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6Walk With a Doc Reading of at Bur Oak English Kendalight Wed. Morning 7:45am Heiser Country 10:00am CCR Discussion Group Family Fun Fair Dancing meets every Wed. 10:00am-4:00pm Every 10:00-11:00am - WHT Courtyard Garden Downtown Oberlin Sunday in Concert 4:00pm August Episcopal Serv. 7:15pm AUD Health Lecture: 11:00am CAR “Dizziness and Band Concert: Playreaders: Bridge Pairs Bridge Balance” Cats on Holiday “Blithe Spirit” 7:10pm AUD 7:10pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm Tappan Sq 7:15pm AUD

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Quaker Worship Coffee Hour with Walk in the Park LUNCH BUNCH: 10:00am Green Rm Barbara Thomas Sounding Board Findley State Park The Unicorn, 9:30am Langston 10:00am Green Rm Grafton  9:00am Heiser 11:30am-2:30pm Disclosure BAYarts Show Statement No First Church Reception, Ann O’Malley United Fellowship Newcomers’ Fuller House 4:00pm AUD Courtyard Garden Gallery  Reception Concert 4:00pm Bay Village Heiser Lounge Low Vision Group 5:00-7:00pm 4:00pm 4:00pm Green Rm Thursday Lecture Film: Lassie Bridge Scrabble Dick Baznik Dan Zola Orchestra Film: The Reader 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm WHT 7:10pm AUD 7:15pm CCR 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm Tappan Sq 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quaker Worship KORA Council Roman Cath. Mass Walk in the Park Sandy Ridge 10:00am Green Rm No Unitarian Univ. 10:00am AUD 10:00am CCR 9:00am Heiser meeting in August Ohio Dance Theatre: The  Fairy Forest  Courtyard Garden Stocker Arts Ctr Final Round OHC:“Civil War: Concert 4:00pm Bus lv. 1:00pm Violin Competition Oberlin Perspec- 7:00pm WCH tives on Home Big Bus: Joffrey Film: The Pink Front and War Bridge Ballet, Blossom Panther Pairs Bridge Front” Music Center 7:15pm WHT 7:10pm AUD 7:10pm AUD 7:15pm AUD Bus lv. 6:00pm

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Quaker Worship Walk in the Park 10:00am Green Rm “Sustainable Living and Clean Magnifiers and Carlisle Res. Air Advocacy” More - AUD 9:00am Heiser First Church 2:00-4:00pm Service 4:00pm AUD 4:00pm CAR Courtyard Garden Concert 4:00pm Film: Field of Opera Night DVD: Dreams Bridge Scrabble Andrea Chenier 7:15pm WHT 7:10pm AUD 7:15pm CCR 7:15pm AUD 28 29 30 31 Kendal Kitchen Quaker Worship Tours 10:00am Green Rm 10:00am and August 2011 Aft. Exchange 3:00pm - MUST Barbara Thomas SIGN UP IN 4:00pm AUD ADVANCE CCR = Crossroads Conf. Rm Bold Face = at Kendal Marvin Krislov, GCR = Green Conf. Rm tx = Tickets needed Oberlin College WCH = Warner Concert Hall President  = Kendal Bus 4:00pm AUD WHT = Whittier Lounge Film: Casablanca Bridge 7:15pm WHT 7:10pm CCR, GCR