April 2017 Volume XXIV, Number 4

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association April 2017 Volume XXIV, Number 4

Time for our Kendal Spring Fling - Saturday, April 29, 7:00-10:00pm Annual Silent Auction, in Heiser Lounge and Auditorium April 10 through April 12 Theme for 2017: “Umbrella Magic!” Kendal’s Silent Auction will be set up Do you have a Special Umbrella? A Spectacular Umbrella? on Sunday, April 9, in Heiser Lounge. Be ready to come and join the Umbrella Parade! Bidding for all items begins Monday morning, April 10, and will continue We’ll have music, dance, bells, entertainment, and spectacular until 2:00pm on Wednesday, April 12. decorations by Ted Nowick and his creative crew. The proceeds are split between the Stephens Education Fund and the And remember -- the fantastic food for our Fling comes from Staff Emergency Fund. YOU! Bring your Spring savories and sweets to share. Your donations for the Silent Auc- tion will be gratefully accepted Watch for your special inviation being prepared by our residents in through Thursday, April 6, at the Stephens Care Center. -The Program Committee Heiser Reception Desk. A successful Silent Auction at Kendal depends upon the variety and quantity An Afternoon of JAZZ March in Oberlin’s Big Parade! of desirable, gently used donated items Sunday, April 2 - 3:00pm -- books, pictures, DVDs, jewelry, Join the fun! The Kendal at Oberlin First Church Meeting House hand-crafted pieces and other good- Precision Lawn Chair Brigade is sched- quality objects. Enjoy an entertaining free concert by uled to do our inimitable thing in the A form is available at the Heiser Re- Oberlin Conservatory faculty members Oberlin Big Parade on Saturday, April ception Desk for all who wish to have Bobby Ferrazza, guitar; Dan Wall, pi- 29. We joyfully welcome anyone who their Auction donations recognized as ano; Paul Samuels, drums; and local would like to join our jovial band of tax deductions. Completed forms bass player Aidan Plank., followed by a jolly marchers. We have chairs avail- should accompany donations. meet-the-artists reception in the First able! Contact Don Parker for details. Plan on shopping, bidding, and having Church Fellowship Hall. Practice times: Mon., April 24, and a lot of fun, all for a great cause -- to Contributions from audience members Thurs, April 27, at 2:30pm in Heiser raise money for these important Ken- to benefit the homeless families served Auditorium; Fri., April 28, at 3:30pm dal at Oberlin staff funds. by Family Promise of Lorain County in Heiser Lounge. Staff Special Events Committee will be gratefully accepted. Check out kaores.kendal.org under -Carol Longsworth Website Archives and see photos of Note: The Silent Auction Committee Sign up for Kendal bus. our team at a past Big Parade. reserves the right to assess the quality and condition of each donated item. Any item deemed inappropriate for COFFEE HOUR WITH AFTERNOON EXCHANGE the Auction will be returned if possible MONDAY, APRIL 24 to the donor. If the committee is un- BARBARA THOMAS able to return an item to the donor, it FRIDAY, APRIL 14 4:00PM - AUDITORIUM may be given to a charitable organiza- 9:30AM - LANGSTON BARBARA THOMAS tion or discarded. NEWS FROM LifeLong Learning Classes in Heiser AudSitorium KORA COUNCIL For more information or to register for these courses, phone 440-366-4148, And, through and over everything, News & Views: Foreign Affairs. Discussion leaders present a major foreign A sense of glad awakening affairs topic from the “Great Decisions” Foreign Policy Assn. briefing book. Fri., -Edna St. Vincent Millay 10:30am-12 noon. April 7, Steven Volk, Latin America’s Political Pendulum (see p. 5); May 5, Gordon Evans, Saudi Arabia in Transition. No registra- We had a successful “80-min.” KORA tion or fee; all are welcome. Council Meeting in February. Yes, we News & Views: Domestic Issues. Thurs., April 27, 10:30am-12 noon, Will- finished before 11:30am, and we in- iam G. Agnew and Sam Goldberg, Manhattan Project Memories (see p. 5); tend to meet this goal in the months Fri., May 19, 10:30am-12 noon, David E. Cole, The Auto Future: Fast, ahead. Updates, reports and announce- Furious and Uncertain. No registration or fee; all are welcome. ments let us know that we are a com- Protecting Health on a Warming Planet. Peer-reviewed scientific evidence munity buzzing with activity, caring for that climate change is real and caused by human activity, followed by discussions one another, solving problems and en- of related health issues. Topics include heat, precipitation and storms, infectious joying ourselves. The meeting minutes diseases, rising sea level, undernutrition, violence. Alan H. Lockwood, MD, Prof. and Treasurer’s report are posted on Emeritus of Neurology, U. of Buffalo and Sr. Scientist, Physicians for Social Re- the KORA bulletin board. Please read sponsibility. Mon., April 3, 10, 17, 10:3am-12 noon. Fee: $25. the new posting: Help Wanted & Vol- His book, “Heat Advisory: Protecting Health on a Warming Planet” (MIT Press unteers Needed. Lend a hand to 2016), is available in Kendal, Oberlin Public and Oberlin College libraries. these requests and feel free to add Use the Past to Serve the Present: Archaeology and Politics in China. other KORA Committee and Group This three-part series will introduce some of the most dramatic discoveries in volunteer needs. (It takes a village.) 20th Century Chinese archaeology, and show how some of the artifacts uncov- And do join residents on April 20 at ered have been employed in 20th-21st century Chinese politics. 1. Art of the the next KORA Council Meeting. Shang dynasty (c.1600-1046 BCE), how proof of that dynasty’s existence (and Thanks to all who came to the Brain- therefore the antiquity of Chinese culture) contributed to China’s 20th century re- storming Sessions for the 25th Anni- surgence as a world power. 2. Art of the Warring States period (c.450-221 BCE), versary Planning. There will be more how a large set of bells from the period discovered in 1977 appeared both dur- opportunities for input, so keep ideas ing a ceremony for the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule and in the Beijing and energy flowing. Olympics. 3. Details of the spectacular discoveries associated with the tomb of This past month I attended several China’s First Emperor (259-210 BCE), including the famed Terra Cotta Army KORA Committee Meetings. I thank and other recent findings, how the legacy of this emperor has become inter- members for explaining issues and con- twined with that of Mao Zedong (1893-1976), the founder of the People’s cerns and assisting me in understand- Republic of China. Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Assistant Curator of ing the underpinnings of our Associ- Asian Art, Allen Memorial Art Museum. Mon., May 1, 8, 15, 10:30am-12 ation. Lots goes on and there’s lots to noon. Fee: $20. learn. One concern regarding schedul- ing programs in Heiser Auditorium came from the Program Committee. I offered to clarify the guidelines. 2. If you find a clear time on the calen- this is very important for things to Guidelines for Programs in Heiser dar for your program, you must fill out run smoothly. Auditorium a Blue Reservation Request Form for 3. If your program will be distracted 1. If you are planning a program that the Auditorium, available at the Heiser by events in the Hesier Lounge area, isn’t on the regular schedule of events, Reception Desk. Check everything that you should also reserve the Lounge be sure to run it past the Program is important, such as the set-up of the for the same time period. If you Committee (Anne Elder and Carol chairs, request to open the back doors plan to hold a reception, a Gold Harvey, co-chairs). That KORA com- for a larger audience, request for post- Form for the Lounge should be filled mittee coordinates all programs in the ers and/or advertising on Channel 27. out by Ann Pilisy. Auditorium and sees that they are ap- Be sure to fill out the back of the Blue The Program Committee works to propriate within the Kendal guidelines, Form with your exact audio/visual make possible the splendid array of i.e., no soliciting or selling of books or needs. A sentence or two on the topic programs we have now, so it is im- CDs; equal time for both sides if the and speaker will provide information portant to take good care of that topic is controversial. for posters and Channel 27. All of system. -Ann Francis, KORA President

PAGE 2 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 Oberlin Community Music School Fri., April 14 - 7:15pm - AUD PROGRAMS An interesting mix of string and piano students of varying ages will play both First Thursday Health Lecture Lunch Bunch: chamber music and solo pieces, includ- “Age-Related Macular Blue Sky Restaurant, Amherst ing works by Bach, Mozart, Dvorak and Bartok. Louise Zeitlin, director of Degeneration” Wednesday, April 12 the music school, is associate professor April 6 - 7:15pm - AUD This family-owned restaurant serves a for Community Engagement at the Susan Rath, physician assistant, Retina wide array of dishes, including soups, Oberlin Conservatory. Join these stu- Associates of Cleveland, will talk salads, sandwiches, wraps, all-day dents for cookies after the recital. about eye problems with the retina breakfast options and homemade pie. and current treatments and research. Bus leaves Heiser at 11:30am, return- Ki Fung Yeung, harpsichord; ing about 1:30pm. Bus charge: $7.00. Natalie Talbot, baroque flute; Third Thursday Lecture Lunch at your expense. Place check Jerry Xiong, baroque violin “The Cleveland Orchestra: to KORA for $7.00 in Box #157 by Tues., April 18 - 7:15pm - AUD A Century of Excellence, Monday, April 10. Three Oberlin Conservatory students an Extraordinary Future.” will play music for violin, or flute and April 20 - 7:15pm - AUD “The Wright Sister” harpsichord by J. S. Bach. It is rare to Harry Haskell Gerald Golski and David Stokley, hear these instruments at Kendal! Mon., April 3 - 7:15pm - AUD members of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Kelly Sohyoung Lee, violin Community Outreach Committee, will Harry Haskell, prize-winning author Wed., April 19 - 7:15pm - AUD give us a history of the organization and editor, unravels the mystery of and tell us about the Orchestra’s 100th the “third” Wright brother, their sister Kelly Sohyoung Lee, an Oberlin Con- Year Celebration. Katharine, in “Maiden Flight,” his servatory student of Milan Vitak, will work of “creative nonfiction.” play works of Brahms and others, Oberlin College Convocation: Katharine Wright married his grandfa- accompanied by pianists Yu Saka- An Evening with Daniel ther, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper moto, Soomin Kim and Andrew Pau. Radosh ’91 and Ed Helms ’96 editor Henry J. Haskell. Torn between love and her duty to family, she ago- Sun., April 2 - 7:30pm - Finney David Diongue: Musical and nized for months before making the . Other Roots in Senegal Come hear the conversation between break with her brother Orville. The Mon., Apr. 17 - 7:15pm - AUD two alums, Daniel Radosh ’91 and Ed book sheds new light on the central Helms ’96. Daniel Radosh is the se- role Katharine played in the Wright Graduating Oberlin double-degree nior writer for “The Daily Show with brothers’ private lives, as well as her saxophonist David Diongue will share Trevor Noah” and Ed Helms is an often misunderstood contribution to the sights and sounds of Senegal. He accomplished actor, writer, producer their scientific work. (As a side note, spent the 2017 Winter Term in his and comedian. Free and open to the Harry’s daughter is a student at father’s homeland, learning about tra- public, no tickets needed. Oberlin College. His book is available ditional drumming techniques and Sign up for Kendal bus. for purchase in the Cardinal Shop.) rhythms, meeting his extended family, and exploring his Senegalese heritage. Oberlin Theater: “for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf” - Thurs., April 13 - 7:30pm - Hall Oberlin College “Day of Giving” This groundbreaking “choreopoem” is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose Thurs, April 27 - 12:30-6:30pm and free verse narratives about and performed by black women. Capturing the Heiser Auditorium brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary black women, “for colored Student performances including jazz girls...” offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and chamber music and professor inter- and poetry. Play by Ntozake Shange, directed by Oberlin Professor of Theater views will be streamed live to Heiser Caroline Jackson Smith. Purchase tickets from Central Ticket Office in Hall Auditorium and YouTube link: https:// Auditorium; $8 general admission. Sign up for Kendal Bus. www.youtube.com/user/OberlinAlumniFund

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 3 Sunday Movies Art We hope that many of you had a in Whittier at 7:00pm chance to speak informally with Rosti Gallery Didchenko about his almost-narra- April 2 – Temple Grandin (2010) News tive photographs from Mexico in the Community Gallery. Next up on This biopic looks at Temple Grandin, Currently on view in the Kendal Gal- April 4 is the fiber art of Kathleen an autistic woman who has become lery is a retrospective show of Sheila Van Meter. She recently began sewing one of the top scientists in the hu- Eckstein’s watercolors spanning small quilts based on drones, fash- mane livestock handling industry. PG. more than 40 years. A reception for ioned after hummingbirds. The date her will be held on Friday, April 7 at April 9 - My Big Fat Greek Wed- of her reception will be announced 4:30pm in Heiser Lounge. This will ding (2002) A young Greek woman later. falls in love with a non-Greek and be an informal discussion with Sheila struggles to get her family to accept about her works and career as an art- In mid-month, Eleanor Helper’s him while she comes to terms with her ist. Come prepared to ask questions owl collection in the Curio Cabinet heritage and cultural identity. PG. about anything you’d like to know. will be succeeded by a display of Anne Martin’s sea shells that she has Many black and white photographs April 16 - Easter Parade (1948) A collected since childhood on beaches taken by Dick Baznik, will be on dis- nightclub performer (Fred Astaire) hires around the world. play in the Friends Gallery until a naïve chorus girl (Judy Garland) to . become his new dance partner to May 15 Most of Dick’s show, “As I The “Bye Bye Winter” arrangement prove he can make anyone a star. See It,” features images from the of autumn oak leaves and literary greater Cleveland area, but there are quotes and now the Mexican Folk April 23 - A Midsummer Night’s some from other places in the U.S. Embroidery in the Admissions Of- Dream (1968) England’s Royal Shakes- and around the world. An afternoon fice window have been a treat. The art peare Co. performs this classic tale reception is planned for mid-April in committee plans much whimsy for that in which four lovers sort out their Friends Corner Dining Room. display space. problems with the help of fairies. April 30 - Stowaway (1936) An or- Kendal Collects Show - You should have received the Kendal Collects phan (Shirley Temple) plays cupid to entry forms in your open mailbox inviting you to exhibit one or two original an American playboy (Robert Young) works of art from your personal collection in this summer’s show All entries and someone else’s fiancé (Alice Faye) must be framed, ready to hang with your name and unit number clearly labeled on a ship bound from Shanghai to U.S. on the back. All submissions will be returned to their owners at the end of the Saturday Night Movie exhibit on August 14. We look forward to a varied, interesting display for the summer. It will hang in all three galleries and possibly both the curio cabinet and April 8 - 7:15pm - AUD Admissions Office window as well from May 16 through August 14. Please re- The Last of the Mohicans (1992) turn your entry form to Box #68 before Monday, May 1. It is always exciting Enter the world of Natto Bumpoo in to see what treasures Kendal residents have collected over the years! the retelling of James Fenimore Coop- er’s classic tale. Starring Academy- Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis, this Community Conversations version is the director Michal Mann’s First Thursday Evening Hours definitive cut. R. -Donna VanRaaphorst “Bicycle Adventure through Allen Memorial Art Museum Texas and Mexico” April 6 - 5:30pm Saturday Foreign Film Thurs., April 27 - 7:15pm - AUD Art Building, Classroom 1 April 15 - 7:15pm - AUD Michael Reynolds, preparator at the Listen to artist Mary Miss, whose un- The King’s Speech (2010) This is Allen Memorial Art Museum, has titled 1975 work is installed on the the story of King George VI, his im- made a number of long distance hikes museum grounds, in conversation with promptu ascension to the throne and and bike trips. This excellent video he faculty and staff. The American artist the speech therapist who helped the has put together tells of last year’s ad- has reshaped the boundaries between unsure monarch become worthy of it. venture through Texas and down into sculpture, architecture, landscape de- Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Mexico. Michael will be present to sign, and installation art. Helena Bonham Carter. -Dwight Call answer questions. -Dwight Call All are welcome.

PAGE 4 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 “The Constitution in American Political Development: A Symposium” Tuesday Tea at AMAM Fri., April 14 - 9:00am-12:30pm - King Building 306 April 11 - 2:30pm Kendal resident Ronald Kahn, Erwin N. Griswold Professor of Politics at Chie Sakakibara, Oberlin College assis- Oberlin College, Director, Oberlin Law Scholars Program, and Chair, Law and tant professor of environmental Society Major, is being honored by the Department of Politics on the occasion studies and a cultural geographer inter- of his retirement after 48 years of distinguished teaching and scholarship. This ested in the effects of climate change symposium will consist of two public panels featuring Ron’s colleagues and his on indigenous peoples, discusses her former students: Sara Chatfield, Evan Gerstman, Mark Graber, Tom Keck, exhibition “Exploring Reciprocity: The Ken Kersch, and Carol Nackenoff. Power of Animals in Non-Western The panels, which will examine topics ranging from women’s rights to the presi- Art.” All are welcome. dency of Donald Trump, will be held from 9:00-10:30am and 11:00am- If you need a ride, meet at Heiser Re- 12:30pm. All are welcome. Sign up for Kendal bus. ception Desk at 2:10pm to carpool.

Community Conversations News & Views: Foreign Affairs News & Views: Domestic Issues “The Future of the Health Care Fri., April 7 - 10:30am - AUD Thurs., April 27 - 10:30am - AUD Safety Net in Lorain County” Professor Steve Volk will speak on William G. Agnew, retired Technical Di- Mon., May 1 - 7:15pm - AUD “Latin America’s Political Pendu- rector, General Motors Research Labs, CEO Paul Baumgartner will speak to lum.” Emeritus Professor of History and Sam Goldberg, retired Oberlin Col- us about the Lorain County Free at Oberlin College, he covered Latin lege mathematics professor, will present Clinic. Established in 1986 as a tempo- American history from the pre-con- their “Manhattan Project Memo- rary safety net for the uninsured, the quest period to the present. In 2011, ries.” As young U.S. Army draftees clinic continues to provides access to the Carnegie Endowment for the Ad- during World War II, our speakers were timely and compassionate health care vancement of Teaching and the sent to Los Alamos, NM, to work on a for some of the most economically Council for the Advancement and highly secretive project. They will share and medically vulnerable adults in Support of Education named Volk their experiences working on the Man- Lorain County. Isobel Rutherford and U.S. Professor of the Year. hattan Project with Nobel Prize-winning Judy Appleton are among the Kendal The pendulum of Latin American scientists, and tell how they contributed resident physicians who have volun- politics is swinging rightward once to the development of the atomic teered at Lorain County Free Clinic. again. The forces of change have bomb. No registration or fee. more to do with socioeconomics than All are welcome. ideology. Dramatic economic and political crises have coincided in Vision countries like Brazil and Venezuela. Windmill Interest Group The new U.S. administration must Information Meeting Impaired look beyond the neoliberal model of Tues., April 18 - 4:00pm the 1990s, and develop an approach Low-Vision Support Group: Education Center Training Rm. to relations fit for the 21st century. No Webcast :“Assistive registration or fee. All are welcome. All are welcome. -Marie Evans. Technology NOT Requiring Computers or Smart Phones” Environmental Film: “Racing Extinction” Thursday, April 13 - 4:00pm - Mon., April 24 - 7:15pm - AUD Green Room This 2015 film exposes the forces that are leading our planet to its next mass Reading of The Kendalight extinction, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. A never-be- Saturday, April 1, at 11:00am fore-seen view of an international wildlife trade, operating in the shadows, in Whittier Lounge reveals how creatures may be wiped from the planet in our children’s lifetime. Another great force is one the oil and gas companies don’t want the world to NOTE TIME! Enid Cleary will read recognize. Covert tactics and state-of-the-art technology expose these two the current issue of Kendal’s forces in this 95 min. film. -Dina Schoonmaker, Environmental Concerns Committee newsletter. All are welcome!

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 5 Get Some Tips on Downsizing More about Kendal’s New Residents Priority List members will learn about downsizing on Tuesday, April 25 at 10:30am in the Heiser Auditorium. They’ll get helpful tips from Kendal Peter Rozmarynowycz residents, a senior moving specialist and a local Oberlin realtor. Emcee James Leo Francis Patrick Walsh, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College and former city pros- Peter, whose last name reveals his Pol- ecutor, will share some humorous ish-Ukrainian roots, was born in 1952 remarks about his own recent in Oberlin, the middle child of six downsizing experience. boys and six girls, and the first one to be born in the United States after his Join Social Services for parents immigrated to the area in 1951. He graduated from Oberlin a Day of Advance Directives High School in 1972. Peter has lived in Heiser Auditorium all his life in the family home just Tues., April 11 - 3:00-4:30pm Peter Rozmarynowycz southwest of Kendal’s campus. This is an active workshop to learn Peter worked for 12 years in the wire Here, Peter spent 17 years as a wave about and fill out Ohio’s current department at Oberlin’s Gilford In- technician and three years as an as- Health Care Power of Attorney and struments, manufacturers of spectro- sembler of printed circuits. Living Will documents. These Advance photometers, now merged with Corn- Peter’s avocations include reading, Directive documents will be provided ing Glass Works. A specialist in wiring especially Catholic theology. He en- at work tables. Bring a pen and the printed circuit boards, he recalls walk- joys working the Elyria Chronicle- contact information of the persons to ing half an hour to work through Telegram’s “Wonderword,” and bicy- be named in the documents. fields where Oberlin High School now cling around Oberlin. For individual scenarios or questions, stands. A short time was spent at a He has often admired the architec- please contact either Kim Peters or cabinetmaker’s shop connected with ture of various college buildings, Kim Preston directly to arrange a per- Gilford; then he went to work for including Peters Hall, where he sonal appointment. Inservco, an electronics manufactur- hopes, sometime, to visit the Ob- -Kim Preston, [email protected] or ing company in LaGrange, Ohio. servatory and Planetarium. 775-9813; As for living at Kendal, Peter likes Kim Peters, [email protected] or Upcoming Moves the freedom and flexibility it has af- 776-5016 Melvin “Mel” Lerner will move forded him, as well as the friendliness from Boca Raton, FL, to a Kendal of the residents. He is glad to have cottage in mid-April. roots in Lorain County, where there AAA Safe Driving are such “beautiful sunrises and Course at Kendal Nancy Snyder will move from sunsets.” Bethlehem, PA., to a Kendal apart- The AAA will present a two-day Safe ment in early April. Driving Course in the Kendal Educa- tion Center Training Room on Friday, Recent Moves May 5, and Monday, May 8. Hours Phyllis Current moved from a cot- IN MEMORIAM each day are 10:00 to 12:00 noon and tage to Whittier in late March. Phone 1:00 to 3:00pm. The cost is $10; class CARL PETERSON number remains the same. size is limited to 15. Participants will MARCH 1, 2017 receive a certificate of completion to Catherine “Cathy” Fauver moved submit to their insurance company GEORGE WILCOX from an apartment to Patterson in (usually good for three years). Sign-up early March. Phone number remains MARCH 27, 2017 sheet will be posted on the shelf under the same. the open mailboxes in early April.

PAGE 6 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 Kendal Resale Shop Talk Saturday, May 6, 1:00-3:30pm: Petitti’s Garden Center, Avon Benefiting Kendal Residents Assistance Fund and Community Charities If it’s Spring, it must be time for a Our two on-site apartment sales in shopping trip to Petitti’s Garden February and early March were a great Center in Avon. success! Thanks to all the shoppers Sign up for the Kendal bus. from our Kendal and Oberlin commu- nities, we made $4,217 for the Resi- Transportation Talk Time for Friends of the dents Assistance Fund! Oberlin Public Library And thank you to our volunteers and Kendal Resident Survey of Church Kendal staff who work hard to make Transportation - The Kendal Trans- Spring Book Sale these sales successful. portation Committee is considering a New members can join at the door on Another on-site sale was held in mid- request to provide Kendal bus trans- April 5 for Friends’ Pre-Sale Night. March – this one consisting solely of portation to Sunday church services in Most items: $0.50-$1.00. Friday: $5.00 furniture and kitchenware from a Oberlin. per bag. Saturday: All items half-price. number of donors. We appreciate The Committee needs more complete Sunday: All items 10 cents. Marketing’s cooperation, which en- information from the whole commu- abled us to continue to use Apartment nity in order to guide its deliberations. Wed., April 5, 5:00pm-8:00pm #158 through March. Proceeds from In early April, a blue Transportation Thurs., April 6, 10:00am-8:00pm the two March special sales will be re- Survey form will be placed in your Fri., April 7, 10:00am-5:30pm open mailbox. Please fill out this sur- ported next month as part of the Sat., April 8, 10:00am-5:30pm March total monthly sales figure. vey (be sure to enter your name and Officially, Resale Shop deposits to the unit number) and place in the box at Sun., April 9, 1:00pm-3:00pm Residents Assistance Fund for the the Heiser Reception Desk. The Friends will repeat the popular month of February totaled $1,743.25. If you are a Stephens Care Center Special Book Corner, featuring indi- Due to a processing delay, this figure resident, an Oberlin College student vidually-priced books that are brand does not reflect the late February sale; volunteer will go through the survey new or of interest to collectors. Con- proceeds from that sale will be re- with you and enter your replies on tact: Ann Ingram, 520-444-9585, ported next month. computer. [email protected]. DID YOU KNOW? You don’t need to use an envelope when paying for Bus to July Blossom Concert, 2017 LeadingAge-Ohio STARS items less than $6. When there is no Cleveland Orchestra S1 Series for KatO Nominated description on the price tape, only a • On July 22 we are planning a Big Watch for the announcement of price, just put your payment -- bills, Bus trip to Blossom for an evening of our 2017 STARS in early April! S change or checks -- directly in the Rossini, Paganini Violin Concerto and The annual STARS Awards Program cash box. Even when the total for all Dvorak No. 9 under Jahja Ling. is an opportunity for residents, resi- your purchases is more than $5, no • Each year we organize door-to-door dent family members and staff tape or envelope is necessary. You bus transportation from Kendal to members to nominate up to five only need to use envelopes when the Severance Hall for the Cleveland Or- Kendal at Oberlin nonsupervisory price tape has a description (e.g., chestra S1 Sunday afternoon series. staff members whose consistently “Glass Vase $6”). We are arranging buses for the four outstanding dedicated service in their THANK YOU! Keep those donations concerts of our 2017-2018 S1 series daily work fulfills our mission here coming and keep shopping the KRS! for those who plan to renew their sub- and to express sincere thanks to these -Nancy Lombardi, Chair, Kendal Resale Shop scriptions and take the bus. A sign-up individuals. Our finalist STAR nomi- sheet for prospective bus riders will be nees will be recognized at the North- Looking for Someone Special? posted (ticket cost is determined by east LeadingAge Ohio STARS re- the number of riders). New Kendal gional luncheon on Wed., April 12, at You’ll find biographies of all residents, residents should order concert The Renaissance in Olmsted Town- newcomers and old-timers, in “Who’s tickets directly from the Cleveland Or- ship. Each honoree receives an awards Here” on the library center bookcase. chestra Box Office. Questions? Ask certificate, a framed professional pho- Anne Martin or Randy Wagner. tograph, and a commemorative lapel pin.

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 7 2/15/17 “Understanding the Residents “Ways to Give to Kendal to Assistance Fund Facts” and Yourself” 3/14/17 Ann O'Malley Catherine Gletherow Nature Sightings Thurs., April 27 - 4:00pm Mon., May 1 - 4:00pm - AUD Education Center Bldg. 2/15-16 Four redheads (ducks), Rock Catherine Gletherow, Associate Vice Pond, one male, three females: Scott Ann O’Malley, Kendal’s Chief Financial President, Director of Development Orcutt; 2/18 Red-winged blackbird, Officer, will answer your questions at Oberlin College and a member of near #85-90: Anne Martin; about the Residents Assistance Fund. Kendal’s Committee on Philanthropy, 2/17 Three red-shouldered hawks You may submit questions to Ann in ad- will share information, including tips calling behind #8: Maureen Bailey; vance, either to [email protected] on estate planning, with an emphasis 2/19 Robins singing around Center or in a note to her mailbox. Space is lim- on protecting those who are your ben- Pond: Scott O.; 2/24 Crocuses ited. Look for the sign-up sheet under eficiaries and ensuring your wishes are blooming outside Heiser, 64 degrees the open mailboxes. carried out properly. F., headed for 75! Marcia; 2/25 Pair Community Conversations of buffleheads (ducks), on Rock Land Conservancy Pond: Scott O.; 2/27 Pair of red- Migratory Bird and Amphibian “Panama or Bust: Birding breasted nuthatches, feeder behind Outing - Wednesday, May 3 above the Canopy” #95: Marcia; 2/27 I heard Peepers! Western Reserve Land Conservancy Tues., April 11 - 7:15pm - AUD Very early for them: Marcia; 2/27 A will host a Migratory Bird and Am- Vermilion resident and avid birder murder (flock) of crows, near mainte- phibian Outing to the Oberlin South Tammy Martin will recount the ad- nance building: Maureen B.; 2/28 Woods along the Ramsey Right-of-Way ventures of her first international Chipping sparrow heard (but not seen) Wednesday, May 3, assembling at birding trip in 2015 to central Panama. near Lot 2: Maureen B.; 2/28 9:45am at Heiser. She will give us details about helpful Grackle checked out nest site used by Ray Stewart and John Katko, Ohio travel prep, unique lodging arrange- grackles every year for 8 years on Wetlands Association, and Dean Kul- ments, diverse birding locations, Rock Pond west bank: Scott O. 3/1 wicki, Black River Audubon, will be incredible bird discoveries, and fasci- Red-wing blackbirds (my first of the our guides. Dean will bring his spotting nating neo-tropical wildlife/plant-life season!) at #95; 3/3 Adult bald eagle scope. relationships. An active member of soaring over Farmer’s Pond: Mau- The Ramsey Right-of-Way has a gravel Black River Audubon Society, Tammy reen B.; 3/4 Two pairs of wood- surface. Rollaters most likely will not is a library cataloger at Oberlin Col- ducks, Phase 3 west pond; 3/5 work well. Walking sticks are encour- lege. All are welcome. Big flock of herring gulls soaring over aged although the terrain is mostly flat. north Perimeter Road: Larry P.; 3/7 The Land Conservancy has acquired Celebrate Earth Month Large flock of mixed blackbirds in the 62 acres of wet woods, field and with Bicycle Tune-Ups tree behind #38: Maureen B.; 3/6 rich wetlands; this area will be pre- Hairy woodpecker at suet feeder: served in perpetuity. We hope to Joe from Oberlin’s Swerve Bike Shop Janet Smith; 3/10 Song sparrow sing- acquire additional acreage. In recent has volunteered his services once ing behind #25: Maureen B.; 3/11 years over 80 different species of again to tune up and do minor repairs Two scaups (diving ducks) in Rock birds have been observed on the prop- on our bikes/trikes/recumbents and Pond: Scott O.; 3/12 Northern pintail erty. There are historic records of such. He will set up shop, weather per- (duck) in Rock Pond: Scott O. 3/14 biological surveys dating back to 1888 mitting, from 10:15am to noon on A big old owl in a tree near #72 (ob- for this area. Tuesday, April 11 in Parking Lot #9/ server unknown). Look for the sign-up sheet Contact 10. If repair and maintenance can’t be Kate Pilacky at 440-774-4226 or email accomplished in this time, the bike Talking Tuesday with the Kims [email protected]. Send an shop will pick up a bicycle at Kendal April 18 - 12 noon - The Den email to be put on our event notifica- for repair in the shop. We’re extremely Join Kim Preston and Kim Peters, tion list for this and future outings. lucky to have such an obliging shop Kendal’s Social Services Associates, We look forward to seeing you owner as Swerve’s Joe. Let’s support over lunch from 12 noon to -Kate Pilacky, Firelands Associate Field him whenever we can. 1:00pm in The Den to discuss areas Director. Cosponsored by Kendal Environ- -Dina Schoonmaker, Kendal of interest and concern. mental Concerns Committee Environmental Concerns Committee

PAGE 8 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 Prison Theater Troupe Did You Know? Performs in May Did you know that items about the Residents Assistance Fund in recent issues In May, Oberlin Drama at Grafton of The Kendalight have surprised so many residents and raised so much curiosity (ODAG) presents William Shakes- about the RAF that Ann O’Malley, KatO Chief Financial Officer, has offered peare’s “Macbeth” at the Grafton Re- to answer our questions in a special presentation? It will be held at 4:00pm on integration Center, a minimum-security Thursday, April 27, in the Education Center. If you have questions that will re- prison facility. Phyllis Gorfain, founder quire some research, please submit them to Ann in advance, either by email to and director of ODAG, invites Kendal [email protected] or in a note to her. Since space in the Education Center residents to attend one of the four is limited, please look for the sign-up sheet under the open mailboxes. shows. For the past three years Kendal Some residents have also expressed interest in learning about different ways to residents have proven strong support- address the need for increased support of the RAF, especially ways of giving ers of these passionate amateur actors. that benefit the donor, too. Would you like to split some of the money you’re The actors have responded powerfully sending to the IRS and the Ohio Treasury between you and your favorite chari- to the ways that our residents have ties? Tax law actually invites you to do that. clearly recognized how deeply the ac- On May 1 at 4:00pm in Heiser Auditorium, Catherine Gletherow, Associate tors use the rehearsal process as a Vice President, Director of Development at Oberlin College and a member of means to examine themselves and Kendal’s Committee on Philanthropy, will talk about ways to guarantee you an transform their lives. increased stream of income for life, with the principal going ultimately to char- Audience members may choose from ity. And about ways to cut your state and school taxes (sometimes federal, too) four presentation dates and times, with with a charitable IRA rollover, for instance. As one of our residents says, “I places available on a first come, first have invested in several gift annuities with Kendal to support the Residents As- served basis: sistance Fund. I may be there some day and need the help. The tax advantage is Tues., May 9, 6:00-8:15pm (preview) great and the quarterly return is substantial. At this point in my life, it is a very Sat., May 13, 6:00-8:15 pm profitable part of my investment strategy.” KatO Committee on Philanthropy Thurs., May 18, 1:00-3:15pm (matinee) Thurs., May 25, 6:00-8:15 pm The prison requires registration for an If It’s Spring ... It Must Be Kendal Health Services Forum entry pass three weeks before attend- Time for the Plant Sale! Wed., April 26 - 4:00pm - AUD ance, so the deadline for registering is Friday, May 12 - 7:30am to Please join us for our continued com- Friday, April 21. Registration for atten- munity dialogue. Our topics: dance is easily available at ODAG’s 5:00pm in the West Corridor • The Power of Engagement with website, graftondrama.com, where more between mailboxes and bank Vitalize 360 details about the show and the location A multitude of plants is growing in • The Science Behind Dementia are available. the Horticulture Room in preparation • Questions and Answers Anyone not using the Internet can con- for the upcoming sale. Mark the -Stacy Terrell, tact Bruce Richards (ODAG's business date on your calendar! manager, webmaster and tech expert) KatO Chief Health Services Officer at 440-774-8412, leaving a message if necessary. Sign-up sheets to arrange Kendal Kryptogram #147 -by Nina Love car-pooling will be available early in May in front of the open mailboxes. If you have questions, call Marjorie SHAVE PSH HXLSPS WYVH SNO PVDYQKH: Porter, Kendal liaison to ODAG, at 774-2734. WSDVP PHVB ZXRHW NAO KDAL PHVB Kendal 2017 Directory Additions and Corrections Karen Fountain - new email address: WPYQQKH. -QYVBN WSNRH check with Reception Desk. Mary Lee Orr - corrected email Solution to Kryptogram #146: “The opposite of love is not hate, address: check with Reception Desk. it’s indifference.” -Elie Wiesel

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 9 An Update on We will not permit people to pass Medication Reminders Jameson House through Jameson House, as a distinc- As a reminder, residents needing assistive resident home, to get to the pool tance with medication refills are asked Foundational to the Kendal at Oberlin and fitness rooms. A home is not a to notify the Health and Wellness experience are Kendal’s “Values and “shortcut.” The route to the Fitness Clinic two weeks prior to running out Practices” which honors, among other Wing has been permanently altered to ensure a timely refill. pillars, “Enhancing the Quality of Life through Whittier. However, that is not Most pharmacies, including Drug for those we serve…we seek to honor to say all entry to Jameson House is Mart, have easy-to-follow prompts on each person’s “human rights and needs closed off. Quite the opposite. We their prescription refill phone lines. to be treated as an individual…and to want to encourage everyone living at Drug Mart refills are delivered to have challenges and limitations com- Kendal at Oberlin to maintain their Kendal at Oberlin on weekdays and pensated for in ways that preserve friendships with those living in Jame- may be picked up during Health and dignity and respect…”. son House by visiting often, partici- Wellness Clinic hours, Monday-Friday Throughout 2017 we are fervently pur- pating in household life, or perhaps 8:30am-4:30pm. suing a quest to refine and strengthen escorting a friend outside Jameson If you ask the RN Nurse Manager in the way we, as an entire Kendal com- House with a stroll to the Langston or the Stephens Care Center for your de- munity, support our neighbors and the Library, or for a leisurely walk livered prescription after HWC hours, friends encountering cognitive impair- outside. We will continue to be inten- she will give you a time when you can ment. We are doing this with three tional to maintain the essence of pick it up. RN Nurse Managers are focuses across our continuum: community-connectedness throughout not able to provide immediate pre- • Empowering Education - Kendal our continuum, and Jameson House scription pick-up service. at Oberlin staff are partnering with will be no exception. For those residents with a Kendal at KORA’s Thoughtful Medicine Com- Will the doors to Jameson House be Oberlin physician, requests for re- mittee to provide information to closed? Yes, but those closed doors newed prescriptions (when a refill residents this year on supporting sig- are no different than the closed doors order has expired) also require two nificant others and Kendal neighbors to your cottage or apartment. You are week notice. This allows time for the living with dementia. encouraged to ring the doorbell to an- Kendal Nurse Practitioner to review • Meaningful Engagement - Cen- nounce your arrival and come in. The medical record notes, lab results, cur- tral to this pursuit is grounding our doors will not be “locked,” but will rent medication list, and so on, before Jameson House and Stephens Care latch and alert care partners when resi- writing a new prescription. The Nurse Center programming on person-cen- dent engagement or an escort is needed. Practitioner may ask to see a resident tered principles, creating and crafting We are hoping there will be times in the clinic for a face-to-face visit be- purposeful activities tailored to the per- when the doors are open. This will oc- fore the prescription is ordered. This is sonal preferences of each individual. cur as the Jameson House residents’ to assure quality and safety. Laura needs change. • Enhancing Environment - Fash- Gienke, our “new” Nurse Practitioner, Throughout our Kendal continuum, ioning Jameson House with features started March 27; it will take her time we will provide supports enabling all that enhance the quality of life for to become familiar with all Kendal resi- to live their most resilient lives. residents living there. dents and their unique medical More to come next month. One aspect distinguishing Jameson histories. We thank you for your pa- -Stacy Terrell, KatO Chief House from other areas of Stephens tience during this transition. Health Services Officer Care Center is its being a “small -Stacy Terrell house.” In other words, it is designed to be and to function as a home, com- Meet Laura Gienke, Kendal’s New Nurse Practitioner plete with living spaces for reading, relaxing, enjoying nature, and playing Please join us on Monday, April 3, from 4:00 to 5:00pm in the Heiser Lounge music or board games. It will also have to welcome Kendal’s new Nurse Practitioner, Laura Gienke, RN, MSN, FNP-C a country kitchen, bedrooms and a re- (Family Nurse Practitioner Certified). Laura holds a Master of Nursing degree laxing bathing spa. It is designed to feel from Walden University. She spent several years at Cleveland Clinic in a number like a large home with trusting relation- of RN roles, including three years in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and 11 ships between residents and care part- years in the Critical Care Unit. She was most recently with Mercy Health Physi- ners (supporting staff members). cians in Elyria in the role of Nurse Practitioner.

PAGE 10 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 Conversations Working Group Arbor Day 2017 Education Day Sponsoring Two Workshops The John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin will celebrate Arbor Day Beginning in 2016, Medicare started this year with two events. The first is an Education Day on Friday, April 28 with paying for advanced care planning Alan Siewert, an Ohio Natural Resources Urban Forester. Mr. Siewert will with our doctors, or health professions, make a presentation on “Healthy Trees: Five Steps to a Thriving Urban Forest” especially if this discussion is included at 10:00am in Heiser Auditorium, followed at 1:00pm by a walking tour of the as part of our annual wellness visits. Arboretum and a debriefing session at 2:30pm in the Education Center Train- As a result, Conversations Working ing Room. Everyone is invited, including the public. Alan Siewert is an excellent Group, a part of KORA’s Thoughtful educator, leading the Tree Academy training that several of our residents and Medicine Committee, has developed a staff have taken. He is very familiar with our Arboretum and has already con- form to help us prepare carefully for tributed much to its improvement. these annual planning sessions with our The next event will be a Memorial Tree planting in Westwood Cemetery on doctors. We believe that it is important Friday, May 26, in partnership with the city of Oberlin and to honor early to begin these sessions as soon as pos- Kendal founders. Further details will be published in the May Kendalight. sible in order to start developing a thoughtful relationship with our medical team. We also believe that it is Report from the Arboretum: don’t need to? Some of us do that important to keep these plans current The Pest that Causes the when we go for a walk for exercise. as the years pass and as our physical Most Damage to Urban Trees There are good reasons to have side- conditions change. It may come as a surprise to you that walks -- use them. In addition to our form, Dr. Newman, the pest that causes the most damage Salting our roads and sidewalks dam- our Medical Director, has supplied to trees is human beings. We at Ken- ages plants. Safety is a concern and we five worksheets that she would like dal have not understood trees’ needs need to use some salt. However, filled out and returned to inform her and have had many shortcomings in Kathy Smith, a program director for of our late-in-life priorities. how we have treated them. Fortu- forestry in the State of Ohio who vis- Conversations Working Group is nately, by having our Tree Commis- ited here in February, suggested that presenting two workshops for resi- sion Academy training here with Alan we mix salt products with coarse grit dents to fill out our form and Dr. Siewert, we have become much more to reduce the amount of salt used. Newman’s worksheets in prepara- aware of our mistakes. One, for in- She also suggested vacuuming or tion for these advance care stance, is planting a tree too deep and sweeping the extra salt up rather than planning sessions: piling a thick cone of mulch up blowing it into the grassy areas to • Tuesday, April 4, 10:00am in the against its trunk. Our Arbnet grant clean sidewalks as we have been doing. Education Center Training Room. has enabled us to get to work to rem- Pets add to the problem by urinating • Thursday, April 6, 10:00am in the edy this problem, and Oberlin College on or near tree trunks. Sam Bishop, Education Center Training Room. Environmental Study students are education director for Trees New Sign up sheets will be available in front currently assessing how widespread York, says it is especially frustrating of the open mailboxes a week before this problem is at Kendal at Oberlin. when he runs into people who believe these sessions. We look forward to Another huge problem is compaction that their fur children are actually do- seeing you there. of soil. It is easy to blame this on the ing the tree a favor, watering it and Questions? contact Elizabeth Hole, construction we have been doing, but fertilizing it. “But no, no, no, it is not Chair, Conversations Working Group. that is not the whole of it. Each of us good for the plant.” may be part of the problem. Tree Other ways humans are pests are Magnifiers and More Returns roots need more respect: they are the through improper pruning and gashing most vital organ of a tree. The roots tree trunks with tools like weedwackers …to the Heiser Lounge on Tuesday, of trees are mainly in the top 12 in. or lawnmowers.

May 16, 11:00am-2:00pm. Deb Kog- and need loose soil around them to Turning to the positive, on April 28 at ler will bring her traveling store of access moisture, vital nutrients and our Second Annual Arbor Day Cele- visual aids, from magnifying glasses to oxygen. Driving carts or walking fre- bration, Alan Siewert will be telling us electronic readers. Make plans now quently near trees compacts the soil. about “Healthy Trees: Five Steps to a to stop by! -Sponsored by the Low Do you cut across grassy areas by Thriving Urban Forest”. Stay tuned! Vision Group and Kendal Social Services trees, compacting the soil when you -Anne Helm for the Arboretum Committee

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 11 Table Tennis Highlights Kendal Therapy Dept. Discovery Series: Bridge Through blustering March, Kendal Eating for a Sharper Mind Results table tennis players turned out in ro- Thurs., April 20 - 3:00pm - AUD bust numbers. In the first full week we Monday: Feb. 27: 1st, Bill booked an average of 16 players per A short interactive discussion will high- Schreiner; 2nd, Carol Ganzel. session; and through the month’s first light common memory-boosting foods March 6: 1st, Russ Bimber; 2nd, nine meetings, there were 133 indi- which help to maximize brain function. Rachel Fordyce. vidual participations. Come Easter, Session includes hands-on preparation March 13: 1st, Joe Colucci; 2nd, visiting children and grandchildren will of simple brain-boosting snacks. Mary Beth McCalla. add to the jollity. But chalk up two of See you there! -Stephanie Caesar March 20: scores unrecorded. the 133 to the lively debut among us March 27: 1st, Rachel Fordyce; 2nd, of a key Admissions staffer, she in Saturday Park Walks Eileen Dettman. tow of her perky colleague-returnee. Now that Spring is here we will be re- (That gave us half the Admissions and suming our scheduled park walks. First Church United Fellowship Marketing staff!) What with Kendal Come and experience the wonderful Saturday, April 8 - AUD stressing the well-being of its entire system of parks and walking trails in 9:30am: Food and fellowship community, hope remains for a Lorain County. This message is espe- 10:15am: “Then Sings my Soul” weekly 15-min. table tennis break for cially for residents new to this area. all staff members. Spread over three Oberlin Conservatory of Music Pro- Our one- to three-mile walks are at a meetings a week, it sounds doable. fessor Jody Kerchner will present a leisurely pace. Each walk is weather In March, too, our friend Doyle Har- program on the Oberlin Music at dependent, of course. baugh again came twice from Wake- Grafton Prison Choir. A music educa- We gather at the Heiser Reception man to coach us one-on-one. As in tion specialist, she is the group’s founder Desk at 9:00am on Saturdays to car- February, he focussed mainly -- and, as and conductor. All are welcome. pool; we’ll be back at Kendal about always, with huge patience -- on the 11:00am. serve. Ask any of his pupils: Doyle Questions? Contact Jerry Berner. brings out the best in us. With the Call 775-9868 to hear announce- serve, too. They proved tough to re- April 1 - Kopf Family Reservation ments and menus of the day. turn. But Doyle will teach us how. April 8 - Black River/Steel Mill That’s why we line up for him. April 15 - Amherst Beaver Creek -Sidney Rosenfeld April 22 - New Russia Township Nature Preserve The Kendalight April 29 - Bike Path/Butternut UU Kendal Gathering Monthly newsletter of the Kendal at Oberlin Residents Ridge Association, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin OH 44074 Film: “Where to Invade Next” Consulting Editor: Robert Baldwin Wed., April 19 - 3:15pm - AUD Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich (Note Earlier Start Time) Proofreaders: Kathy Reichard, Mary Simons Photos: Lyn Cope, Eleanor Helper, Sally Director Michael Moore playfully visits RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT KENDAL Nelson-Olin, Gary Olin Production: Don VanDyke various nations in Europe and Africa as Episcopal Service Deadline for the May 2017 issue of a one-man “invader” to capture their Sat., April 8, 11:00am, The Kendalight is April 15. The editors ideas and practices and bring them Gathering Rm., Rev. Brian Wilbert regret that they cannot assume re- back to the U. S. This non-confronta- Easter Eve Service sponsibility for errors in content in tional collection of factual interviews Sat., April 15, 4:00pm, material submitted for publication. from seven different countries shows Gathering Rm., Rev. Nancy Roth what we can learn from the rest of the Note: Please submit articles by world. Come enjoy a film that em- First Church Service email to our address: braces our Unitarian Universalist Sun., April 16, 4:00pm, Gathering Rm. [email protected] principles and traditions. All are wel- Roman Catholic Mass If no email access, please type ar- come. Film was originally to be Fri., April 21, 10:00am, Crossroads ticle on separate sheet, sign and place in Kendalight open mailbox. shown in January but was delayed Society of Friends due to technical problems. All articles must carry a signature and Sun., 10:30am, Education Center telephone number.

PAGE 12 THE KENDALIGHT APRIL 2017 Intergenerational Events Dining and Nutrition Services Thurs., April 20, 3:15pm, Lang- ston. Celebrate International Sing Out Day (and a few other fun days -- Saturday, April 22 - Tues., April 11 - 4:10pm - National Jelly Bean Day and Na- Heiser Lounge - Home Opener Reception for Kendal High tional Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day)! Game on TV: Cleveland School Staff, Sing Out Day is celebrated around the Indians vs. Chicago White Sox Class of 2017 - Heiser globe with an aim to discover the hid- Lounge - 4:00-5:00pm den talents in the field of singing. Make Sunday, April 16 Come wish our staff well as they it a memorable day for the singers! Easter Dinner prepare to graduate and begin col- -Lisa Wilken, Langston Dining Manager 12 noon and 2:00pm lege careers. Fox and Fell Dining Room Coming in August: Two seatings for reserved service. Watch for Sign-up Sheets: “The Kendal Queen” Murder Langston: Open from 7:30 to Solo Diners: Thursday, April 13, Mystery Dinner Theater 9:30am for breakfast only on Easter 5:30pm, The Den (meets on second and for overflow seating for the mid-day Thursday). Kendal night staff Angie Church and meal. Box lunches may be ordered and Belinda Varner are planning a muder picked up in Langston on Easter before SPINACH (Senior Persons Inter- mystery dinner. Their goal is to pro- 3:00pm. ested in Nutrition and Community vide an opportunite for an infomal Health): Wednesday, April 26, engaging opportunity for the Kendal Friends Corner Dining Room: 5:15pm, William Penn Dining Room night staff to interact with the Kendal Normal serving hours for all meals. (meets on fourth Wednesday). community. Many of the night staff will participate. The event will take place on Sunday, Urgent Request: Horticulture News August 13, at 5:00pm in the William We Need More Caps Penn Room. • On Friday, May 12, the Horticulture Mark it on your calendar now! and Lids for our Bench! Committee will present a Kendal tradi- And watch for the sign-up sheet in tion, the ever-popular annual plant June. Seats will be limited! We are on our way in our caps/lids sale. More details will be forthcoming. collection project. We have collected 150.6 pounds (as of 3/20/17)! For a • For a community garden plot to Southwark Society Dinner 4-foot bench with back, we will need grow your vegetables, fruit or flowers The Southwark Society will celebrate 200 pounds of caps. For a 6-foot this summer, you may arrange a tour the 12th anniversary of its founding bench with back, we will need 400 by calling Melissa Reed at 984-8130 at 6:00pm on Saturday, April 1 with a pounds of caps. or by leaving a note in open mailbox dinner in Langston. Limited seating. We still have a way to go! #94. Most plots are 10×10 feet. First come, first to sit down. PLEASE bring your plastic caps -Melissa Reed -Founders Board and lids to the Langston napkin return, the Employee Lounge or the Early Learning Center as soon as possible. Meet, Greet, Eat Returns on Monday, April 24 The complete list of acceptable items Sign-up sheets will be posted below the open mailboxes on Monday, April 17. is posted at the napkin return in Lang- Deadline for sign up is Saturday noon, April 22 -- reserve your place early! Then ston and copies of the list are there, come to the Fox and Fell around 5:30pm on April 24 wearing your name tag, and too. For more information (and pic- enjoy a meal with new (or old) friends. Each dining table is assigned a number; you tures) log on to greentreeplastics.com. Or draw a number to find your table. Get your meals as you usually do, either by or- contact Jeni Hoover (Early Learning dering from the menu or going to the buffet.The usual dining options in Langston Center), Lisa Wilken (Dining Services), and the Fox and Fell will be available for those who do not want to participate in Jerry Berner or any member of the Meet, Greet and Eat. Environmental Concerns Committee. -Sheila Eckstein, Sharon Furrow, Gaye Laurell, Kay Rider, Priscilla Steinberg

APRIL 2017 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 13 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 ATTENTION, CYCLISTS! Walk in Park: Tuesday, April 11 -- Bike/Trike/Recumbent 9:00am Heiser Tune-Ups and Repairs by Joe from April 20172017 Reading SWERVE Parking Lots #9/10 CCR = Crossroads of Kendalight WHT = Whittier Lounge about 10:15am to noon 11:00am WHT GaRm = Gathering Rm Bold Face = at Kendal HL = Heiser Lounge English Country Dancing every Contemporary tx = Tickets needed Sunday - 7:15pm AUD Music Ensemble * WCH = Warner Concert Hall * = Kendal Bus 8:00pm WCH 2 3 4 5 6 7 Quakers 8 Walk in Park: Episcopal News & Views: 9:00am Heiser 10:30am Ed Ctr CWG Workshop: CWG Workshop: Bible Study Foreign Family Promise every Monday 10:00am Ed Ctr 10:00am Ed Ctr First Church Morning Dis- 10:30am AUD Benefit Concert 10:00am Green cussion Group United Fellowship 3:00pm every Wednesday 9:30am AUD First Church * Meet & Greet: 10:00am WHT Nurse Practioner Episcopal Serv. Film: Temple Laura Gienke 11:00am GaRm Grandin 4:00-5:00pm HL AMAM Artist’s Reception 7:00pm WHT Sheila Eckstein Bridge open until 8:00pm; Film: The Last of program 5:30pm 4:30pm HL the Mohicans OC Convocation: 7:00pm CCR 7:15pm AUD Daniel Radosh, Ed Helms “Wright Sister” Health Lecture Chamber Orchestra 7:30pm Finney * 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney * 9 10 11 12 Silent Auction 13 14 Coffee Hour: 15 Silent Auction in HL 8:00am-5:00pm 8:00am-2:00pm HL Barbara Thomas Walk in the Park: Quaker Worship 9:30am Langston 10:30am Ed Ctr Tea at AMAM 9:00am Heiser 2:30pm - car-pool Lunch Bunch: “Constitution in Blue Sky, Amherst * Low Vision Group ARS: Richard Health Care American Politics” Suggestions and 11:30am-2:00pm 4:00pm Green Rm Goode, piano * Concerns Directives - Kims 9:30am-12:30pm Easter Eve 4:00pm Finney (tx) 2:00pm CCR 3:00-4:30pm AUD Solo Diners King 306 * Episcopal Serv. Indians Home 5:30pm Den 4:00pm GaRm Opener 4:10pm HL Oberlin Film: My Big Fat Song Swap with “For colored Community Film: The King’s Greek Wedding Bridge “Panama Birding” Judy Cook girls...” * Music School Speech 7:00pm WHT 7:00pm CCR 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm AUD 7:30pm Hall (tx) 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD

16 Easter 17 18 19 20 KORA Council 21 22 Quaker Worship 10:00am AUD Walk in the Park 10:30am Ed Ctr Monday Night Talking with 9:00am Heiser Movie - sign up* UU Gathering: Brain Boosting Roman Easter Buffet the Kims Film: “Where to 3:00pm AUD Catholic Mass for Kendal bus Noon - Den Met Opera HD: 12 noon; 2:00pm Invade Next” Sing Out Day 10:00am Eugene Onegin Fox&Fell Bridge Windmill Meeting 3:15pm AUD Langston 3:15pm Crossroads 12:55pm First Church Serv. 7:00pm CCR 4:00am Ed Ctr NOTE TIME * 4:00pm - GaRM Third Thursday Reception for David Dionque Recital on Baroque “100-yr. Cleve- ARS: Cleveland Kendal HS Staff Film: Easter Parade in Senegal Instruments K. S. Lee, violin land Orchestra” Orchestra 4:00pm HL 7:00pm WHT 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney * (tx) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Quaker Worship News & Views: Arbor Day: Walk in the Park 10:30am Ed Ctr Aft. Exchange Domestic Alan Siewert 9:00am Heiser 4:00pm AUD KELC Ice Cream 10:30am AUD 10:00am - AUD Film: Midsummer Social Barbara Thomas OC Day of Giving 1:00pm - Walk Big Parade Night’s Dream 3:00pm AUD grounds 7:00pm WHT 12:30-6:30pm AUD Downtown Meet, Greet and KatO 2:30pm - Debrief- Oberlin HealthForum ing with Alan Eat (sign up) Ann O’Malley 11:00am-4:00pm 4:00pm AUD in Ed Center 30 Quakers 5:30pm Fox&Fell “RAF Facts” 4:00pm Ed Ctr 10:30am Ed Ctr Bridge Len Garver’s SPINACH Trolley Run 5:15pm Penn Spring Fling A&S Orchestra/MU 7:00pm CCR Tex-Mex Bicycling 5:30pm HL 7:00-10:00pm 8:00pm Finney 7:15pm AUD * Film: Racing Song Swap with Collegium Heiser AUD and Film: Stowaway Extinction Judy Cook College Choir Musicum * Lounge, Fox & 7:00pm WHT 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm AUD 8:00pm Finney * 8:00pm Fairchild Fell