Notes from the WCBR Residents’ Association

July marks the beginning of the year for Meetings are being held electronically, the WCBR Residents’ Association (RA). It conversations are taking place safely, and goes without saying that this is one of the role of the RA is as strong as ever. the most challenging periods of our time Priority issues for us are: as we find ourselves in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic. In response,  Emerging safely from some of our we have been well led by our Administration restrictions to a phased reopening — a and supported by our talented and caring new normal for the foreseeable future. Associates. Our collective care for each  Addressing issues in our care areas. other and our patience and forbearance have kept us safe as we have adhered  Relieving the burdens of our isolation to the quarantine and lockdown restrictions. as we continue this restricted period. In beginning the new year, the overriding Your comments and questions are welcome; reality is that the virus is spreading, your participation and support appreciated. not receding, either locally or nationally. WCBR is a community that continues to WCBR’s recent experience of few incidents serve and be served. can only be sustained with our continued Please wear a mask, maintain a 6-foot adherence to the best practices we have distance, and wash your hands. learned and are now observing. Stay safe, In this new reality, I am happy to report that the WCBR RA is actively engaged and Charlie Stamm addressing their respective areas of interest. WCBR Residents’ Association President

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WCB R ’s Co untry of the Ye a r page 2 August 2020 happenings WCBR’s 30th Birthday Journalists used to end a story with the Is Coming Up! number “30” but, at 30, we are just getting started. It may seem to some of us that 1990 wasn’t You will be hearing more about how we will so long ago, but think about it, back then, mark these 30 wonderful years together. We you: have even added a 30-year insignia to our • Didn’t have a smartphone. In fact, you logo. Stay tuned for more updates! felt pretty fancy if you had a landline

that didn’t have a cord. • Had never heard of a “dot-com.” Or email. Or social media. In fact, you probably had never used a personal computer. And you’d never heard of Kevin T. Fletcher Google, because it didn’t exist. Vice President of Marketing • Still thought VHS tapes were pretty cool, and prided yourself on knowing how to actually program a VCR. Announcing Our New Blog • Had never seen Reality TV. And you didn’t on All Things WCBR! feel at all deprived. A lot has changed in 30 years, but one thing We have added an exciting upgrade to in Charlottesville has remained the same: WCBR’s website. Check out our new blog at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge https://westminstercanterbury.org/blog/. opened in 1990 and we are still here; a An information-packed resource center, the community where people live the best years blog was created so that everyone who of their lives together. visits our website can get to know our We are still passionate about bringing community better. excellence to every aspect of what we do. Invite your family and friends to read about life at WCBR. The blog explores a wealth of topics, and there is something of interest for everyone. It will be refreshed often and, just like a library, all past articles will be catalogued. We will offer practical tips such as advice on moving to WCBR or how our health and wellness programs can help you keep your body active. We will talk about volunteer opportunities that will keep your mind engaged. We will share information about innovative programs such as The Compass Club. And, we will brag a little with links to news coverage of WCBR as well as features on residents and associates. Have an idea for an article? Email us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you. Kevin T. Fletcher by Betsy Greene Vice President of Marketing happenings August 2020 page 3 Chaplain’s News Alzheimer’s Support Group Dog Days of Summer . . . The Alzheimer’s Support Group will not meet again until we can meet in person. While we all continue to deal with the In the meantime, we are here to support ever-changing events of our world and, as your needs and encourage you to contact we watch with deep concern the chaos and Wendy Smith at x2336 for advice and fear that engulfs much of it, I would like to resource information to assist you as you offer a word of hope: care for yourself and your loved one. I have watched you as a community adapt and change with the challenges you have faced with grace and an awful lot of style. You are an inspiration and a light to your neighbors. I firmly believe that, whatever For the safety and welfare of ALL, there may come our way, together we’ve got will not be a birthday party this month. this! Joan McGovern August 3 In the midst of circumstances that are outside of our control in these dog days of John Ross August 5 summer, please know that I am available Jean Hammond August 6 to you and will support you in any way I John Gergen August 7 can. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do. Speedy Larsen August 7 While we are unable to have local clergy Mary Hamrick August 8 come in to lead virtual Vespers, I am Champe Ransom August 8 working with our IT folks to find creative Joyce Scuffham August 10 ways to remotely bring in some outside voices for your edification in these times. Jim Baker August 10 This is a grand experiment, and I ask for Mary Ann Leeper August 10 your patience as I (and the IT team) work Bobbie Hoskins August 11 to find solutions to this unique opportunity. Estelle Echols August 12 This month, we will be bringing in a few Vespers services offered from the homes Spence Stouffer August 12 of local clergy who had, at one time, Gregory Taylor August 13 been regulars for our in-person services. Richard Smith August 13 I welcome your thoughts and feedback as we move forward. Dick Fontaine August 16 Blessings, Beverly Iezzi August 16 Chaplain Elaine Tola Grace Mahone August 17

Vespers Leaders Tom Kelly August 19 Sundays at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 972 Ruth Barclay August 22 August 2: The Rev. Denny Burnette Lois Gebhardt August 23 August 9: The Rev. Pat Nabers Nancy Gage August 24 August 16: Mr. Dudley Rochester Lissa Merrill August 27 August 23: The Rev. Elaine Tola Peter Breit August 29 August 30: The Rev. Jane Sigloh page 4 August 2020 happenings Foundation News Welcome to the Team! Thanks to your very generous support, the Joshua (Josh) Rasche is the newest member WCBR Foundation has met its fundraising of WCBR’s IT Department where he will goals for Fiscal Year 2020, which ended on serve as an IT Support Specialist. Josh June 30. Your gifts made it possible for us has a passion for serving the technology to provide Fellowship assistance to nine needs of others and WCBR residents so that they could remain has done so for most in their WCBR homes and receive the care of his life. He began his and comfort they deserve. You also made IT career in the US Air it possible for us to provide 25 education Force, where he served scholarships to 18 different associates for six years on active seeking to further their educational goals. duty. After the military, And, when seven associates encountered an Josh worked at the unexpected financial crisis, we were able University Missouri as to give each of them a grant of Emergency Hypervisor Administrator, Assistance. specializing in computer virtualization. His Your generosity also provided substantial hobbies include playing tennis, chess, and funds to support our associates as they reading. navigate this pandemic, and we will soon be Josh moved to Charlottesville this past sharing details of new initiatives chosen by month with his wife, Tina Chen, who the Foundation Trustees. Finally, your many recently graduated from medical school unrestricted gifts are greatly appreciated and has accepted a residency position at as they allow the trustees to use them the UVA University Hospital. Josh and Tina where they are most needed. Because of are happy to be in Charlottesville and are you, our Foundation is able to be there for excited to start this new chapter in their all who live and work at WCBR, in good lives. Please welcome Josh to the WCBR times and in challenging times. IT Team! Thank you for making WCBR a community of caring and compassion.

In Memory of Greetings, I want to extend my deep Anne M. Lederer appreciation and gratitude April 28, 1936 – July 9, 2020 to all of my resident and associate friends for sharing your heartfelt Wesley A. Volk messages by notecards, phone calls, and November 23, 1924 – July 12, 2020 emails at the time of my retirement. Edward Rosenstein I have many cherished memories of my February 19, 1926 – July 17, 2020 time at WCBR, and I thank you all for your support and encouragement over the Maurice G. Burnett years. March 23, 1923 – July 21, 2020 I am looking forward to this new chapter in my life and the continued opportunity to Barbara Kudravetz serve others. September 27, 1921 – July 25, 2020 Blessings and Peace. Obie Sue Thomas happenings August 2020 page 5

2020 Associate Service ❖ 10-year recipients Award Recognition Lisa Briggs – Vista As many of you know, this year we were Laura Maqani – Catered Living unable to hold our annual Associate Service Lee Ragland – Dining Award Recognition celebration in April due to Jessica Shifflett – Health Center our COVID-19 restrictions. We didn’t want ❖ Our 15-year recipient is Pam McDaniel the year to go by without recognizing in the Beauty Shop the 18 WCBR associates who had reached service milestones (in 5-year increments) AND as of March 31, 2020. During the July 23 ❖ Celebrating 20 years of service with Town Hall livestream, Gary shared a video WCBR, is Joe Williams in Environmental which honors them, and we want to be Services! sure that everyone has an opportunity to We will include all these recipients in our view it. You can enjoy this special video at: April 2021 recognition celebration, but want https://vimeo.com/441343869. to make sure that we give them a big shout Pictured in the video are: out this year. ❖ Five-year recipients Debbie Desmond Vice President - Human Resources Tyger Anderson – Health Center and Organizational Development Linia Bowles – Environmental Services Lauren Brinkman – Finance Sherab Choedon – Catered Living WCBR’s Country of the Year Percy Cody – Environmental Services The Country of the Year celebration is an Richard Cormack – Fitness annual tradition that has been observed at Tim Eddith – Facilities WCBR since 1996. The Activities Committee Kiara Humes – Dining is responsible for choosing the country to be celebrated each year. This year, WCBR Linda Lewis – Human Resources is celebrating Japan. Susanna Miller – Catered Living Maria Olivera – Health Center Due to coronavirus preventive measures currently in place, this year’s celebration Charity Reid – Catered Living will be different than those in years past.

We hope you will enjoy the displays of residents’ treasures in the Vitrine and along the Gallery Walk. This month, movies with a Japanese theme will be shown on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 2:30 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on WCBR’s Channel 972. See page 15 for the line-up. Additionally, a pre-recorded presentation by WCBR resident, Dr. Kenneth Tung, about his vacation in Japan in the fall of 2019 will be aired Friday, August 28, at 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972.

Gate to Shrine in Kyoto 2017 by Jim Greene Get ready to learn more about Japan! page 6 August 2020 happenings

Yoshitsune’s ship is attacked by ghosts of the Taira warriors at Daimotsu Bay, ca. 1851, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, color woodblock print: oban tate-e triptych. WCBR Gallery Walk the different skill levels of this intricate and fascinating art and is lending us two of Thanks to the generosity of many WCBR her wonderful silk embroideries. residents, the Gallery Walk is able to show a wide variety of interesting and treasured Winkie Kuyk inherited a beautiful picture art works from or about Japan. from her aunt who had taken painting lessons from a famous teacher in Japan. In the August exhibition you will find many The picture which is on display was done woodblock prints of the Edo period from by this teacher, who also taught the retired the 18th and 19th centuries. Some depict Empress of Japan at a different time. beautiful women or exciting Kabuki actors of the urban pleasure districts. In the final There are many more interesting stories years of this period, the subject matter connected with items in this exhibition. All included famous romantic vistas and the of them are very special. popular scenes appealing to the wealthy The exhibition will be located in the Gallery townspeople of the time. Walk in front of the Rotunda Room during Several pictures on display are from the the entire month of August. famous ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Please come and enjoy the display! He is best known for his horizontal-format Rosemarie Koch landscape series, The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, and his vertical-format landscape series, One Hundred Famous *Attention All Collectors* Views of Edo. Put your private collection on display There are also some personal items. Some for the enjoyment of all WCBR residents years ago, Diane Kingsbury took lessons by reserving a month for a showing in Traditional Japanese Embroidery from in the Vitrine! Please call Lila Mait at a Japanese Master at the Smithsonian x2443 or Mary Hamrick at x2452. Institution in Washington, DC. She learned happenings August 2020 page 7 WCBR’s Country of the Year: Japanese Memories and Connections Our Japanese Friends and to refine his English-speaking skills and Iwai-sen to expand his knowledge of history and the U.S. Constitution. When Jack and I were first married, we lived in a rented apartment in northwest Iwai-san became a proud American citizen Washington, DC. Tom and his Japanese in 1976. We gave him a silver bicentennial wife, Dee, who worked at the embassy, coin to commemorate the occasion. were our neighbors. I quickly learned that Sylvia Valloric when Dee-san cooked, I should eat first, and ask what I had eaten second! Memories of Things Past We met Iwai, the ambassador’s chef, at (or Fermented Soybeans) the birthday party we hosted for Dee-san. The taste of crumbs of a madeleine mixed We became fast friends and invited him to with tea retrieve memories for Proust of a dinner in our apartment. Dilemma . . . What childhood in France. For me, memories of do you prepare for a chef who is classically bits of time spent in Japan are retrieved trained in Japanese and French cuisine? by the taste of nattō. Nattō, or fermented Beef kidney stew and dumplings, of course soybeans, is a traditional food often eaten — a favorite of my German mother. Iwai-san for breakfast in Japan, but it is most was ecstatic. When he worked as a chef likely an acquired taste for a newcomer in a Paris fashion house, he frequently due to its powerful smell, strong flavor, traveled to Germany where he acquired an and sticky, slimy texture. So how was I appreciation for German food. introduced to nattō? When the ambassador retired, Iwai-san, In the early 1990’s, I spent time in Japan who was under personal contract, had to working for Hewlett-Packard. Never one to return to Japan. He applied for a re-entry be squeamish about new foods, I made it visa which we gladly sponsored. He never known to my co-workers and hosts that I required our financial assistance. Iwai-san was up for any food that was traditionally successfully established the first authentic Japanese. Since most of the people I was Japanese restaurant in Washington, DC, interacting with on the job were men, THE MIKADO. We did help him, though, and great jokers, they took me out to eat at very interesting places, just to see Coming in September! my reaction, I believe. TOWN HALL At a kaiten-zushi place, where you pick your plates off a conveyor belt, nattō was Thursday, September 10 ordered for me. There were expressions of great glee when I tasted the shiny tan at 2:00 p.m. on Channel 972 beans and made a face. But, you know, or https://it.wc-br.org/live once past the smell, and eaten as an accompaniment to rice, nattō is really not Please submit any questions you may that bad! Being new to Charlottesville, I have to [email protected] or place them in the white Town Hall question am not familiar with where to shop for box in the Mailroom between Friday, Asian foods; if anyone knows where I can August 21 and Friday, August 28. find nattō, please let me know! Nancy Baum page 8 August 2020 happenings

Japanese Memories (continued from p. 7) then to the Diet (Japan’s bicameral legislature) in where I was honored to deliver Japan Joins the Internet congratulatory lectures. From that time on, In 1989, I had just joined the National Science as the Japanese internet spread widely Foundation (NSF), an independent agency of through academia, our relationship became the U.S. Government, when I was tasked to quite cordial. Inose-sensei died in 2000, accompany colleagues from the Department after having been honored at a ceremony of Energy and NASA to a High Energy Physics “in the presence of the Emperor.” meeting in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Province, Japan. Steve Goldstein Our mission was to invite Japanese science and academic institutions to join the budding Our Japanese Visitors global internet. Previously, most sciences had been using a commercial networking Michiko was our first Japanese student. She protocol (a recipe for communications) called was sweet and demure and very shy. She DECnet. But DECnet had several limitations would join a class in the mornings then play that were not suitable for widespread use. with our daughters in the afternoons. As we made our pitch to the audience, we After dinner she would go to her room and noticed a man leaving the auditorium at a cry. She was homesick. We had no idea how breakneck pace. It turned out that he was to help. Professor Shoichiro Asano of the University of One day Michiko got all dressed up in her Tokyo. We were scheduled to pay a courtesy blue linen suit. She wore hose and high visit the following day to Japan’s electronic heels. “Have a nice day,” we said. “Enjoy communications “shogun,” Professor Hiroshi your field Trip.” Inose, also of Tokyo University. She came home all dusty and wrinkled, her Asano-sensei had rushed to hose were torn. “Where have you been?” Tokyo to warn Inose-sensei of our invitation. The next day, “Bird Sanctuary.” we met with Inose-sensei in Can you guess what word she looked up in his office, a national treasure her dictionary? pagoda-like building adjacent to the university campus. He Hiroshi Inose read us the riot act: “Why are The next year we hosted two Japanese you trying to bring random access networking students: Tomoko and Kazuyo. They were to my country?” In Japan, as still in our outgoing and embraced our American military, communication was supposed to go culture in a big way. They up and down a hierarchical ladder, but with tried our foods and swam in internet, anybody could communicate easily our pool with abandon. We with anybody of their choosing without going kept in contact with them for through the chain of command. Professor many years. Inose surely caught us off guard. But things smoothed out after his tirade, and he hosted Dick and I had a trip to Japan us at a fine lunch. and arranged to visit Kazuyo. She lived with her family in In the following years, the internet was Tokyo. We met in the hotel unstoppable in Japan, as it was elsewhere in lobby, Kazuyo, her mother and grandmother. the world, and Professor Inose assumed his Grandmother was dressed in her very best rightful position of internet leadership in silk kimono. Mother was wearing European Japan. In 1991, substituting for my boss’s clothing, an Hermes blouse and a pleated boss who was unable to leave Washington skirt. Kazuyo wore an embroidered shirt because Congress had not yet passed the with a tasseled tie and jeans. Boho. NSF budget, I met Inose-sensei in Tokyo. He afforded me all courtesies appropriate to Oh, the generation gaps! my superior, and we traveled to Kyoto and Barbara Fontaine happenings August 2020 page 9 Japanese Memories (continued from p. 8) to the occupation rules, we were not able to My Life in Japan travel much. The Japanese women were all wives of prominent Japanese businessmen. I arrived in Japan in 1947 during the early days Because of this, I went to beautiful inns, hot of the occupation, and being a country girl springs resorts and special outings by train; from Virginia, it was a unique and exciting this was such a wonderful way to see Japan. time for me. Since I could not be married in My husband’s great-grandfather built an amazing Emanuel Church in Greenwood, my mother house in Nikko, the most beautiful place I insisted I should be married in my great have ever been. Nikko is full of national grandmother’s beautiful wedding gown. I was treasures and a shrine decorated with special the fifth bride to wear it. I rode to my wedding drawings from famous artists and dedicated in a jeep to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church which to the shogun who introduced the western my husband’s family helped establish. culture to Japan. Our home was an amazing, We were assigned a lovely home in one of part Victorian and Japanese red house, Tokyo’s very affluent neighborhoods. Along with situated on a site overlooking a river and other servants, all the young Japanese wanted surrounded by big green cryptomeria trees work in American households to learn English. and a moss garden. We became a family and because of the My happiest and most magical times were Japanese love for children, I had all the fun spent in Nikko. Every day we had a picnic on parts of raising my children while my devoted the banks of streams and among the many servants took care of the everyday chores. waterfalls; so much natural beauty with the Because of my husband’s family background mountains always in view. We had many in Tokyo, I had a very different experience hikes in this enchanting place where I spent since all of the families and friends welcomed the summer away from the heat of Tokyo and us. My husband’s grandparents came to Tokyo all the embassy duties of a foreign service wife. in 1877 as missionaries with the Episcopal I think the reason I loved Nikko so much Church; they both established schools — one was that it reminded me of my beloved Blue for girls, and another for boys — that are still in Ridge Mountains and the countryside. existence. The boy’s school is now a famous We became real citizens of Nikko and knew Christian university. all the village shopkeepers. I became friends Because of my husband’s job with the Cultural with the Chief Buddhist priest, who had an and Information Education Department of the amazing garden where he graciously allowed USIS, we attended many cultural activity tea me to visit with my friends. In exchange, I ceremonies, Buddhist and Shinto festivities, gave him homemade cookies and cake. I and other events which gave me an interest would sit with him on his porch overlooking in Japan’s history and culture. his garden. Since we couldn’t communicate To say that I loved every minute of my by words, we shared the joy of being in this exciting life is an understatement. Because of lovely Japanese setting. the many clubs, etc., that I joined when my I have so many cherished memories of my life husband became the cultural attaché at the in Japan, so it is difficult for me to concentrate American Embassy, I met and entertained on only a few, but Nikko will always be my so many artists, musicians, etc., and was most special memory, and the joy it brought introduced to the fascination of Tokyo. to all who spent time there. Because of my I belonged to a delightful club consisting of 25 love for nature and love of the nature of the very elite Japanese women and 25 foreigners, Japanese, it was a perfect place for me to live. most of whom were wives of diplomats. Due Frances Young page 10 August 2020 happenings WCBR Musings . . . How Cool Is This? My birthday is in July, and Diane Kingsbury, who lives in Pantops and makes cupcakes for some of her neighbors as a “Birthday Greeting” sent this one to me:

I sent her the following email: Kyoto, Japan 2017 by Jim Greene "Thank you for capturing my likeness for my possible starring role in Sesame Street. You will be invited to my opening night and share in my glory. Next year could you decorate a pizza for me in a similar manner?” Tom Iezzi TRASH POEM II Wrappers of gum and candy, A dime and a penny – how dandy! I’ve found glasses and one thin dime I use tongs to avoid the grime Contractors’ debris A newspaper stuck in a tree Nails, screws, wires and more I have enough for a hardware store Wrappers for food Put me in the mood Two masks and a blue glove Fill the bag, that’s what I love Sharp shiny metal, shards of glass But, dog droppings I pass The gutter is a half mile long I smell sweet scents and hear bird song Fallen white blooms fake me out Folks say THANKS Painting by Randy Baskerville, based upon a Business is picking up, I shout! Jim Greene photograph. Randy states, "I am Barbara Fontaine so grateful for our pond full of wildlife!"

happenings August 2020 page 11 WCBR Dining and Our Gardens Wellness Challenge Round Up and Prize Winners beds were re-established at the garden overlook, Dining Services The WCBR community has been staying well was approached regarding the use of a throughout the pandemic with the assistance few of the boxes to grow products for our of many different programs and challenges. dining program. Our team jumped at the Along the way, the Fitness and Wellness prospect of growing anything we could, as Team has been giving out prizes to winners we have always been big proponents of as an added incentive. The information the use of local foods. below will help you get caught up on all the challenge results and prize winners: Mrs. Jane Buchanan was the first coordinator for the garden boxes. She was followed by June 15 — 19: Motivation Week Mrs. Ruth Wadlington, and now Mr. Tom Thank you all for your submissions and Iezzi has taken on the role. During the last for helping the WCBR community to stay couple of years, Mr. Iezzi became the motivated! liaison between the gardens and Dining Services. With some assistance from the June 22 — 26: Wellness Chart Challenge culinary team and a ton of hard work from Winners: Randy Baskerville, Ruth Guirard, Tom and Beverly Iezzi, we are now able to Ann Holland grow some of our herbs right here in our June 29 — July 3: Word Jumble own raised garden beds. We have grown many varieties of produce, but the one Answer: “Never put off until tomorrow what thing that we are always able to grow you can do today.” enough of to use each day are herbs. Winners: Elaine Harned, Wanda Blake, This year, thanks to Tom and Beverly, in Louise Dudley herbs alone, we have been growing and July 6 — 10: “Sit to Stand” Challenge using basil, oregano, mint, thyme, dill, Our goal was for the community to complete rosemary, and savory in all the dishes we 2020 “Sit to Stands” in one week. We prepare. We also have over 15 different more than surpassed our goal by completing varieties of tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, 3007 “Sit to Stands.” Way to go! zucchini, pickling cucumbers and, started just this year, a fig plant. The smaller July 13 — 17: Wellness BINGO Charts quantities of produce we grow, such as the Winners: Ruth Shepherd, Susan Eiseman, tomatoes, eggplant Nancy Erwin and peppers, are utilized in specials. July 17: Live BINGO So keep an eye out; Winners: Louise Dudley, Ruth you will more than Guirard, Annie Botzow, Ron likely see a chef at Yates, Ross Thomas the raised garden beds pulling weeds Many thanks to everyone or trimming herbs who participated, and congratulations to and vegetables used our winners! to make some of the wonderful dishes we Chef David Saylor and will be bringing to Tom Iezzi at one of the your door. Dining Services raised beds. Dining Services page 12 August 2020 happenings

Celebrate Japan, WCBR’s Country to walk a total of 4,100,000 steps — that’s of the Year, with these Wellness 10,000 steps over the course of the week Challenges! for each of our 410 residents. Step totals from Fitbits, Apple Watches, phone apps, or

Sudoku and Word Search Challenge — any other fitness trackers you may already Mental Wellness, August 3-7 own will be accepted. If you do not have a fitness tracker or fitness tracking app, please Sudoku is a logic-based number puzzle that contact the WCBR Fitness and Wellness Team gained popularity during the 1980s in Japan. at x2810 or x2720 by Friday, August 14, to Word searches do not have a root in Japanese receive a pedometer that you can use for culture, but if we fill them with Japanese the Challenge. Step totals can be submitted words they will fit right in with our Country of daily or at the end of the week by entering the Year celebration. Prior to August 3, WCBR them into the chart in the Pantops lobby, residents will receive a Challenge sheet with or by calling the Fitness and Wellness Team. multiple Sudoku puzzles and a Japan-themed Remember, you will get more steps if you word search. Complete each of the Sudoku walk over to the Pantops lobby. Let’s work puzzles and the word search by August 7, together and take down another challenge then send your sheet in to the WCBR Wellness this month! Team to be entered in a prize drawing.

Wellness Charts — Physical, Mental and Japan Trivia Week — Mental Wellness, Community Wellness, August 24-28 August 10-14 The WCBR Fitness and Wellness Team will From August 10 to August 14, Japan-related deliver Wellness Charts to all WCBR residents. trivia questions will be displayed on slides On each of these five days, take time on Channels 970 and 972. Each question will to intentionally participate in one Physical, be numbered. Throughout the week, write one Mental, and one Community wellness down the answers to as many of these trivia activity. At the end of the week, return your questions as you can on the provided answer completed Wellness Chart to be entered in sheets. Send your trivia response sheets to a prize drawing. the Fitness and Wellness Team by August 19. We will tally up the scores, and prizes will be awarded to the three residents with the Friday Broadcasts most correct answers. We are excited for 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972 you to challenge your mental prowess, not your googling abilities, so please do not August 7: Japanese Game Show Sampler cheat and look up the answers. All answers Tune in to catch highlights of some of the will be published in the September issue of wild and crazy television game shows Japan happenings. has to offer. Be prepared to laugh!

Pedometer Challenge — Physical and August 14: LIVE Japan Trivia Community Wellness, August 17-21 Call in and play along in a Japan-themed Modern pedometers were first manufactured live trivia game. in Japan in the 1960s. Along with their introduction came the recommendation for August 21: Cooking Demonstration pedometer users to walk 10,000 steps each Learn how to make a Japan-inspired meal in day to improve their health. While that your own home. number is not based on solid research, it is a great benchmark for our community-wide August 28: Dr. Ken Tung’s Trip to Japan Pedometer Challenge. From August 17 through Hear Dr. Tung speak and share photos about August 21, the WCBR community is challenged his trip to Japan. happenings August 2020 page 13 The WILL Team has planned five informative sessions for the month of August. We believe you will not want to miss any! Enjoy them all from the comfort of your living room. Mondays at 2:30 p.m., Channel 972 August 3 August 24 and August 10 Bill Baskerville: Jim Kingsbury: A Big Two-Foot Railroading History of Everything, in Maine Sessions 2 and 3 In the late 1800’s, two-foot Jim continues the sessions railroading brought modern that he began at the end of transportation to rural areas July. Using 10 short videos in the wilderness of Maine. shown over three sessions, Jim will cover These narrow-gauge railroads can now be 10 to the 132nd power (that’s 10 followed experienced by a generation that has never by 131 zeros) years of cosmological history. seen an operating steam locomotive or We will spend the bulk of our time in the traveled back in time to a slower pace — the last 13.8 billion years, the present age of way life used to be in mid-1910. Bill’s our Universe, and will further concentrate presentation will cover that period of history on Homo sapiens development and human by visiting a tourist railroad in Maine called history. Jim hopes that you can take away the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington from the three sessions the flow of history Railway (WW&F). It is hoped that his from a different perspective. The videos images will recreate for you the smells of are the result of David Christian’s book, burning coal and the sounds of hissing Origin Story: A Big History of Everything. In steam from that Christian’s opinion, every high school history era. We will also course should begin with a “big history of view preserved everything,” and that is the reason that artifacts of the these videos were developed. late 1800’s and reproductions August 17 built to original Dudley Rochester: drawings by volunteers. Let’s go ride those Science and Religion narrow-gauge rails! This presentation will show August 31 how religion and science Joy Perry: A Virtual evolved contemporaneously during the progression of Tour of Charlottesville's

Homo sapiens from hunter-gatherer to modern Historic Pedestrian Mall human. The religions in the presentation are Pretending to walk on the Abrahamic, but the theme applies to all. Mall, we will look at the Science evolved along with religion, from early architecture and the history nature to relativity and quantum mechanics. of some buildings built from 1840 to 1910. Comparisons and distinctions between religion

and science are discussed. You, Too, Can Present a WILL Class! The conclusion is that religion and science are both special WILL would like to hear from residents who products of that extraordinary are interested in offering courses on new apparatus, the human brain. topics. Contact Mitch Sams or Ross Thomas Glory be to God! to discuss subjects and dates. page 14 August 2020 happenings Food for Thought Bradley Gelfand and his fellow UVA researchers found in a recent study that Exercise Can Slow or Prevent exercise may prevent vision loss and Vision Loss, UVA Study Suggests several other eye diseases.

UVAToday | July 30, 2020 | Josh Barney An initial test comparing mice that Exercise can slow or prevent development voluntarily exercised versus those that of macular degeneration and may benefit did not found that exercise reduced other common causes of vision loss, such the blood vessel overgrowth by 45%. A as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, new second test, to confirm the findings, found research suggests. a reduction of 32%. The scientists aren’t certain exactly how exercise is preventing A study from the University of Virginia the blood vessel overgrowth. There could School of Medicine found that exercise be a variety of factors at play, they say, reduced the harmful overgrowth of blood including increased blood flow to the eyes. vessels in the eyes of lab mice by up to 45%. This tangle of blood vessels is a key Bradley Gelfand, of UVA’s Departments of contributor to macular degeneration and Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, several other eye diseases. The study noted that the onset of vision loss is often represents the first experimental evidence associated with a decrease in exercise. “It showing that exercise can reduce the is fairly well known that as people’s eyes severity of macular degeneration, a leading and vision deteriorate, their tendency to cause of vision loss, the scientists report. engage in physical activity also goes Ten million Americans are estimated to down,” he said. “It can be a challenging have the condition. thing to study in older people . . . How much of that is one causing the other?” “There has long been a question about whether maintaining a healthy lifestyle The researchers already have submitted can delay or prevent the development of grant proposals in hopes of obtaining macular degeneration. The way the question funding to pursue their findings further. has historically been answered has been “The next step is to look at how and why by taking surveys of people, asking them this happens, and to see if we can develop what they are eating and how much a pill or method that will give you the exercise they are performing,” said benefits of exercise without having to researcher Bradley Gelfand of UVA’s Center exercise,” Gelfand said. “We’re talking for Advanced Vision Science. “That is about a fairly elderly population [of people basically the most sophisticated study with macular degeneration], many of whom that has been done. The problem with may not be capable of conducting the type that is that people are notoriously bad of exercise regimen that may be required self-reporters . . . and that can lead to to see some kind of benefit.” (He urged conclusions that may or not be true. This people to consult their doctors before [study] offers hard evidence from the lab beginning any aggressive exercise program.) for the very first time.” Gelfand, a self-described couch potato, Enticingly, the research found that the bar disclosed a secret motivation for the for receiving the benefits from exercise research: “One reason I wanted to do this was relatively low; more exercise didn’t study was sort of selfish. I was hoping to mean more benefit. “Mice are kind of like find some reason not to exercise,” he people, in that they will do a spectrum of joked. “It turned out exercise really is exercise. As long as they had a wheel and good for you.” ran on it, there was a benefit,” Gelfand said. “The benefit that they obtained is https://news.virginia.edu/content/exercise-can- saturated at low levels of exercise.” slow-or-prevent-vision-loss-uva-study-suggests happenings August 2020 page 15 WCBR Show Times

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Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, and Yûko Tanaka. 8/7: Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970, G, Action/Drama/History, 144 8/28: Late Spring, 1949, NR, min. In 1941, after months of Drama, 108 min. Noriko is an economic embargo, Japan twenty-seven years old and prepares to open its war still living with her widowed against the United States with father. Everybody tries to talk a preventive attack on Pearl her into marrying, but Noriko Harbor. Stars Sô Yamamura, wants to stay at home caring Martin Balsam, and Jason for her father. Stars Chishû Robards. Ryû, Setsuko Hara, and Yumeji Daveigh Chase, Miyu Irino and Tsukioka. Suzanne Pleshette. 8/29: Lost in Translation, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. 2003, R, Comedy/Drama, 102 8/1: , 2003, min. A faded movie star and a R, Action/Drama/War, 154 min. neglected young woman form After he is captured in battle, an unlikely bond after they an American military advisor cross paths in Tokyo. Starring embraces the Samurai culture Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson he was hired to destroy. and Giovanni Ribisi. Starring Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise and Billy Connolly. Weekdays at 2:30 p.m.

8/8: Departures, 2008, PG-13, 8/4: The Mikado, 1939, Stars Drama/Music, 130 min. A newly Kenny Baker, John Barclay, unemployed cellist takes a job and Martyn Green. preparing the dead for funerals. 8/6: James May: Our Man Stars Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro 8/14: , 1954, NR, in Japan, 2020, Season 1/ Motoki and . Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi, 96 min. Episode 1: Go! A 400-foot dinosaur springs 8/15: Jiro Dreams of Sushi, 8/11: Japan: Philosophical to life in the wake of heavy 2011, PG, Documentary, 81 Landscapes, 2011. nuclear weapons testing over min. A profile of 85-year-old the Pacific Ocean, and before sushi master, Jiro Ono, his 8/13: James May: Our Man long, the fire-breathing Gojira world-renowned restaurant in in Japan, 2020, Season 1/ heads for unsuspecting Tokyo. Tokyo, and his relationship Episode 2: Cabbage Roll. Stars Takashi Shimura, Akihiko with Yoshikazu, his son and 8/18: The History and Art Hirata and Akira Takarada. eventual heir. Stars Jiro Ono, of the Geisha, 2005. Yoshikazu Ono and Masuhiro 8/21: Princess Mononoke, Yamamoto. 8/20: James May: Our Man 1997, PG-13, Fantasy/Animation/ in Japan, 2020, Season 1/ Adventure, 134 min. Traveling 8/22: Spirited Away, 2001, PG, Episode 4: Hey Bim! to discover the cure for a Animation/Adventure/Family, 8/25: Cat Nation: A Film curse, Ashitaka finds himself 125 min. During her family’s about Japan’s Crazy Cat cought in the middle of a war move to the suburbs, a sullen Culture, 2017. between the forest gods and 10-year-old girl wanders into a Tatara, a mining colony. On world ruled by gods, witches, 8/27: James May: Our Man this quest he also meets the and spirits, and where humans in Japan, 2020, Season 1/ Mononoke Hime, San. Starring are changed into beasts. Stars Episode 6: Pickled Plum. page 16 August 2020 happenings AUGUST AT A GLANCE Note: All events/activities will be broadcast on Channel 972 and https://it.wc-br.org/live until further notice. Additional program information will be announced as it becomes available. Remember to check Channel 970 for other announcements and Channel 971 for menu offerings. 1 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, The Last Samurai 17 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Denny Burnette 10:00 TV Strength Training 3 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV WILL, Science and Religion 10:00 TV Strength Training 18 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV WILL, History of Everything, 10:00 TV Chair Yoga Session 2 of 3 2:30 TV Movie, The History and Art 4 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves of the Geisha 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 19 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:30 TV Movie, The Mikado 10:00 TV Strength Training 5 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 20 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 6 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Movie, Our Man in Japan,

10:00 TV Chair Yoga S 1/Ep 4, Hey Bim! 2:30 TV Movie, Our Man in Japan, 21 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics S 1/Ep 1, Go! 10:00 TV Strength Training 7 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV Cooking Demonstration 10:00 TV Strength Training 7:30 TV Movie, Princess Mononoke 2:30 TV Japanese Game Shows 22 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Spirited Away 7:30 TV Movie, Tora! Tora! Tora! 23 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Elaine Tola 8 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Departures 24 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 9 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Pat Nabers 10:00 TV Strength Training 10 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV WILL, Two Foot Railroading 10:00 TV Strength Training 25 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV WILL, History of Everything, 10:00 TV Chair Yoga Session 3 of 3 2:30 TV Movie, Cat Nation: Japan’s 11 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves Crazy Cat Culture 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 26 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:30 TV Movie, Japan: Philosophical 10:00 TV Strength Training Landscapes 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 12 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 10:00 TV Strength Training 27 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 Movie, Our Man in Japan, 13 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves S 1/Ep 6, Pickled Plum 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 28 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV Movie, Our Man in Japan, 10:00 TV Strength Training S 1/Ep 2, Cabbage Roll 2:30 TV Ken Tung’s Trip to Japan 14 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 7:30 TV Movie, Late Spring 10:00 TV Strength Training 29 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Lost in Translation 2:30 TV LIVE Japan Trivia 30 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Jane Sigloh 7:30 TV Movie, Godzilla 31 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 15 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Jiro Dreams of Sushi 10:00 TV Strength Training 16 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Dudley Rochester 2:30 TV WILL, Charlottesville's Historic Pedestrian Mall