May 2013 Volume XX, Number 5

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association May 2013 Volume XX, Number 5

KatO 20th Anniversary: Primary Election Day Tuesday, May 7 Create, Participate, 6:30am -7:30pm - AUD Celebrate, Anticipate A reminder: Let’s leave the parking spaces around the circle in front of Things have really been hopping as we kick off celebrating the 20th Anniversary Heiser Center for Oberlin voters. We of Kendal at Oberlin. First was the fun and fantastic fashion show in April from ask that Kendal residents not park the House of RAFF. Hope you were able to be a part of that wonderful event. there during voting hours. Thank you! Then Dr. Dennis McCullough shared the importance of “Slow Medicine” and listened to each individual’s needs, thanks to a generous and anonymous donor. It Don’t forget! You must bring is affirming to know that Kendal represents the best in philosophy and support! ID with you to vote. Later in the month Director of Creative Arts Therapy Michele Tarsitano-Amato The Oberlin ballot for the 2013 Pri- and KORA President Don Reeves accepted the Bonner Center “Outstanding Com- mary election on May 7 will con- munity Partner of the Year Award” in recognition of the many years of sist of three Lorain County Issues partnership between Oberlin College and Kendal at Oberlin, acknowledging all that anyone regardless of party af- we do together under Michele’s leadership. filiation is allowed to vote on. The The Featured Founders window just outside of Admissions/Marketing has thus League of Women Voters of the far featured Ed and Ruth Schwaegerle, the Rooses, Becky Butler, Ramie Ybarra, Oberlin Area has placed a single page Frampie Ailey, Janet Hutchison, Bev Zimmerman and Molly Anderson. Cur- of information on these issues in the rently Judy Miller, Torie Young and Norma Daffin are being honored. What a Kendal library plus an excerpt from great foundation has been laid for us with their dedication and hard work! The Chronicle-Telegram (a longer version And you should be busily at work turning in your own pages for our 20th Anni- is available at LWVOberlinarea.org). versary Memory Book, being assembled lovingly by Jane Eddy. If you have any Issue 1: Lorain County Mental Retar- “Kendal Keepsakes” to lend for display in the open Heiser Lounge shelves, dation and Developmental Disabilities, please contact Harol Pesuit at 774-6080 or Donna Baznik at 774-2452. 1.69 mills replacement. Watch for a silly anniversary honor when the Kendal Precision Lawn Chair Drill Issue 2: Lorain County Transit, .04 Team performs in the Big Parade on May 4. And check out the beautiful ban- mills new. ners Priscilla Steinberg arranged to have made by Oberlin High School students Issue 3: Lorain County Drug Task with the able guidance of John Elder and Bob Baldwin. It’s a great time to wear Force, .08 mills new. th your 20 Anniversary T-shirt! Don’t forget to share your thoughts and ideas with -Dina Schoonmaker Bob Longsworth and Donna Baznik.

Oberlin’s Big Parade on May 4 COFFEE HOUR WITH Fun Fitness BARBARA THOMAS This wondrous not-to-be missed town Week WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 and gown spectacle has a different 9:30AM - LANGSTON June 17-21 route this year. It starts at Prospect Get ready, get set to participate in our School at 12:00 noon and goes along AFTERNOON 20th Anniversary version of Fun Fit- West College St. to Tappan Square. EXCHANGE ness Week! Save the dates and be pre- Kendal’s Precision Lawn Chair Drill TUESDAY, MAY 28 pared to have FUN. If you are new to Team will be marching in the parade 4:00PM - AUDITORIUM Kendal and would like more informa- for the last block and will perform in BARBARA THOMAS tion, contact Jerry Berner or Jill Connone. front of the Ben Franklin store. FROM KORA COUNCIL Register for Spring LifeLong Learning Course in Heiser The active participation by KORA Cambodia and Vietnam: Angkor Wat and Eight Days on the Mekong A Council members and residents at the travelogue featuring two countries that share much tragic history and are work- April 18 meeting came midway through a ing hard to improve infrastructure, education and health care. Includes Angkor significant week for KatO. Dr. Dennis Wat, with a its thousand temples, and villages alongside the Mekong or floating McCullough’s visit occupied the first two on it. Judy Riggle, Oberlin resident and world traveller with her Vietnamese- days including a meeting with Cleveland American friend Do Nguyen, who is doing projects in Vietnam with Ameri- Clinic leadership. Day three was de- can veterans and also a school project in Siam Reap. Thursday, 4:00 to voted to understanding the exterior 5:30pm, May 30 (1 session). Fee $10. (class #2020) changes planned for the Classic Cot- For more information, call The Center for LifeLong Learning at 366-4148; to tages. The pending bond offering was register by phone, call Lorain County Community College at 366-4067. discussed Thursday afternoon. Dr. McCullough’s “Slow Medicine” Such expanded, small group discus- 2013 Silent Auction: was a focal point both Monday even- sions would, of course, build on the Coming in June! ing and at Thursday’s KORA meeting. extensive experience and capabilities His own definition is instructive: now in place. As noted in the April The Staff Special Events Committee “Slow Medicine is a special commit- Kendalight KORA article, the Care and will again team up with the R>A>F to ment undertaken by families and Nurturing Committee already has an assess the donations to our popular health professionals working together impressive array of on-going activities: June Silent Auction that benefits the to achieve the very fullest understanding one of which, Supporting Friends, as Stephens Education Fund and the of aging loved ones and their complex, Margaret-Ann Ellis mentioned, needs Staff Emergency Fund. This will help ever-evolving needs.” new volunteers. At the same time new us include better-quality items, making Barbara Thomas observed that Cleve- ideas emerge almost serendipitously as it a more lucrative fundraising draw land Clinic leadership related most to with Jane Eddy’s email to John Elder for auction participants. The Auction’s Kendal’s emphasis on “We engage urging a program of volunteers to ac- success depends upon the variety and those we serve….” Since the Clinic’s company residents to the ER. quantity of desirable, gently used do- expertise is with acute and critical care, The Council endorsed by consensus nated items AND plenty of bidders to a visit is being planned to our campus Ruth Miller’s proposal for an ad hoc purchase them. All Auction donors re- to expand their understanding of the working group to explore and identify ceive letters, “gifts in kind,” for tax pur- needs of seniors and the nature of further ways residents and/or KORA poses, provided the donor’s name is KatO’s response. might incorporate additional “slow attached to the item(s). Auction dona- A panel of residents reflected on the medicine” concepts into our life here tions are welcome in Administra- “slow medicine” topic noting the need at Kendal. And in the ensuing discus- tion now through Monday, June 10. to educate ourselves and enlarge our sion, Barbara Thomas preliminarily All items will be accepted and either systems of support. One objective: sketched the evolving medical center placed in the Auction or passed to that those in transition never have to staffing plans, with an enhanced pro- R>A>F. Be assured that jewelry and be alone. Peer mentoring and ombuds- gram led by Dr. Georgia Newman. hand-crafted items will still be welcome man training programs will assist resi- Details will be forthcoming as the plan donations this year. dents in advocating for their needs. takes shape. The Silent Auction setup takes place This is in keeping with Dr. McCullough’s On a related, parallel track, the Kendal on Monday, June 10, in Heiser Lounge. observation that “slow medicine” be- 20th Anniversary Celebration will in- Bidding (in dollar increments only) be- gins with the patient, their family circle clude, in October, a symposium on gins once the setup is completed and and network of advocates. “The Future of Affordable Health continues until 3:00pm on Wednesday, Ruth Miller, building on an Eva Green- Care in an Aging Population.” Expect June 12. This is also the day of our berg model, proposed a series of lunches further specifics in due course. Annual CommUnity Picnic in front of to build on the enthusiasm and insights Reminder: May is the month resi- the Heiser entrance and side yards flowing from Dr. McCullough’s visit. dents consider gifts to our Staff from 11:30am to 1:30pm. We’ll have a For example, at one lite-lunch, residents Vacation Fund in lieu of gratuities that wonderful day! -Toni Merleno for the could form tables of six including a are prohibited at KatO. Watch for a Staff Special Events Committee medical staffer. At another, medical letter in your open mailbox and plan to staff could form tables of six includ- respond as generously as you are able. Call 775-9868 to hear announce- ing a resident. -Robert McClusky, KORA Vice-President ments and menus of the day.

PAGE 2 THE KENDALIGHT MAY 2013 MUSIC PROGRAMS Adrian Jewell, piano Tues., May 14 - 7:15pm - AUD LECTURES TRIPS Adrian, a senior dual major in Piano Performance and Neuroscience, will First Thursday Health Lecture: Miller Nature Preserve perform works by Debussy and “Modern Surgical Manage- and Conservatory, Avon Liszt. He is a student of Sanford ment of the Aging Spine” Wed., May 22 - 10:00am-3:00pm Margolis at Oberlin Conservatory. May 2 - 7:15pm - AUD Free bus trip provided by Lorain County Oberlin High School Choir Speaker: Dr. Louis Keppler, ortho- Metro Parks system will take us to this Mon., May 20 - 2:00pm - AUD pedic surgeon, co-director, The lovely preserve on 83 acres of wooded Spine and Orthopedic Institute at St. land. The Conservatory hosts seven Kendal resident Helen Taylor will Vincent Charity Medical Center, distinct plant collections: orchids; bonsai, accompany the choir. The director is Cleveland. palms, ferns and cycads; bromeliads; Rob Duer. All are invited! Third Thursday Lecture: desert plants; carnivorous plants; and a colorful seasonal collection. We can “Romantic Rajasthan” purchase a light lunch at the Orchid Oberlin Dance Company May 16 - 7:15pm - AUD Café, then visit another Metro Park. Fri., May 3 - 8:00pm - Hall Speaker: Kendal resident Jim Helm. Note: Admission to the Conservatory Oberlin Dance Company presents a See photos of the amazing architecture ($2.00) and lunch at your expense. continuum of dance-making, exploring of Rajasthan from Jim and Anne’s re- Bus leaves Heiser at 10:00am, return- humor and humanity. Quirky meets cent visit, with brief remarks on the ing about 3:00pm. Sign-up sheet will sensual as Bobby Wesner’s Neos Dance history and people of the area. be posted Monday, May 13. Theatre performs “Lickety-Split,” created by Hubbard Street choreographer Conversations with Community Newcomers’ Reception Alejandro Cerrudo. See two new works “Therapeutic Cannabis” Wednesday, May 8, 4:30pm by Wesner and Amy Miller (formerly Tues., May 28 - 7:15pm - AUD Heiser Lounge of GroundWorks) as well as the student original “Retorno.” Tickets: $11; John Pardee, president of the environ- Be sure to wear your name tag! seniors, $8. Call CTS: 775-8169. mental consulting firm JP Incorpor- Sign up for Kendal bus. ated, Amherst, OH, is the interim News & Views president of the Ohio Rights Group, Fri., May 3 - 10:30am - AUD Genealogy Group: The Saga activists who are working to change Kendal residents Fern and Jay Inger- of My Danish Ancestors Ohio law to allow patients to use can- soll will be the discussion leaders on Thurs., May 9 - 7:15pm - AUD nabis for therapeutic purposes. A Myanmar and Southeast Asia based family tragedy spurred him to investi- on the Foreign Policy Assn. briefing Marian Lott will relate her paternal gate the use and merits of medicinal book “Great Decisions.” They spent grandfather’s harrowing trip across the marijuana. many years in that part of the world. Atlantic and her paternal grandmother’s Sponsored by The Center for Life- emigration from Denmark, against her Join our Committee Long Learning at LCCC; there is no will, in order for her to “have a better to Plan Music for registration or fee. All are welcome. life.” All are welcome to attend. 20th Anniversary Anyone wishing to help with the plan- LifeCare Bus Trip: Birding at Crane Creek with the Orcutts ning of a music and entertainment Thursday, May 9 - 8:00am-4:00pm (Bring your own lunch) evening to celebrate Kendal’s 20th We’ll take the bus directly to the site west of Sandusky, a 90-min. drive. First a anniversary early next fall is invited to stop at the Interpretation Center, then to the ¾-mile-long boardwalk over the join Allen Huszti, Helen Taylor and wetland. Scott and Adie will help us locate the less obvious warblers and other Carol Longsworth to create a pro- migrating birds. Dress for the weather; we will go even if it rains modestly. gram of singing, skits and fun. We’ll lunch on the beach. Or on the bus. After lunch we may check out the Contact Carol Longsworth by email Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge there. Reserve your seat with a $20 check or telephone. payable to KORA, placed in Box #120.

MAY 2013 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 3 Sunday Movies Art Friends. Gallery - Artworks by four Whittier - 7:00pm Gallery Cleveland-area printmakers -- Barbara News Eisenberg, Rosalyn Gaier, Maria Kai- May 5 - Something the Lord Made ser, and Ruthe Stone -- will remain in (2004) - True story tells how Dr. Alfred Kendal Gallery - Part II of the Paul Arnold Retrospective Show runs from the gallery until after Commencement Blalock (Alan Rickman) and African- Weekend. -Robert Taylor and Ted Nowick American lab technician Vivien Thomas April 3 through May 27. We will then (Mos Def), working at Johns Hopkins, hang this year’s Kendal Collects in all Community Gallery - Dick Blount’s bucked tradition and racial prejudice three of our galleries -- Kendal, Com- photos will be displayed throught May to revolutionize the medical world in munity and Friends. 27. Vi Blount has graciously donated the American south in the 1940’s. PG. Once again in May the Allen Memo- many of Dick’s prints to the Cardinal rial Art Museum will mount in the Shop to be sold for $25 each with the May 12- A Big Hand for the Little Fox & Fell a display of its art work that proceeds going to RAF. The prints can Lady (1966) - When a poker player is available for loan to students. It will also be purchased by contacting Joe suffers a heart attack at the climax of hang through the summer. -Nina Love Luciano. -Joe Luciano a high-stakes game, his wife steps in to take his place. But can anybody teach Kendal Collects - Our biennial Kendal Collects show is the next treat in all her how to play poker? Fast? PG. three of our galleries -- Kendal, Community, and Friends -- going up on Thurs- May 19- Freedom Writers (2007) - day, May 30, and coming down on Monday, August 12. All residents are invited to A young teacher inspires her class of exhibit one or two original works of art (not created by you) from your collec- at-risk students to learn tolerance, ap- tion, with a limit of two per resident. You will receive an entry form in your ply themselves, and pursue education open box giving more information. If you need an additional form or have beyond high school. PG-13. any other questions, please call Robert Taylor, Lee Hefner, or Cathy Wilber. The deadline for entries, in Box #164, is Friday, May 10. Take this opportunity May 26- Lincoln (2012) - As the to share your favorite art works with us. Civil War rages, Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) struggles with continuing car- nage on the battlefield and fights with Opera DVD Night Paul Arnold at Work those inside his own cabinet on the de- Fri., May 3 - 7:15pm - AUD Fri., May 10 - 7:15pm - AUD cision to emancipate the slaves. PG-13. NOTE: Starts at 6:45pm. Cavalleria Rusticana - Pietro We’ll watch a DVD of Paul Arnold Mascagni’s opera is one of the great demonstrating wood block printing, Saturday Night Movie “verismo” Italian operas. The story is then look at several wood blocks fea- May 18 - 7:15pm - AUD a “slice of life” in its depiction of tured in Part II of Kendal’s Retrospec- On Golden Pond (1981) - Elderly true-life passions. The setting is a Sicil- tive Show of his work as well as the couple (Henry Fonda, Katherine Hep- ian village on Easter morning. This prints made from the blocks. burn) are joined by estranged daughter 1978 performance stars Tatiana (Jane Fonda) at their summer cottage Troyanos and Placido Domingo and is About our New Mural... for father’s last birhtday. PG. conducted by James Levine. Please stay at least 6 inches back from the new mural in the Fox and Fell Café Something New for Saturday Night - Donna Van Raaphorst is trying to protect our “herbs and spices.” something new for the Saturday Favorite Film night. Every other month, she will choose a thought-provoking documentary film and invite residents to take If It’s Spring ... It Must part in a discussion after the film. Peggy Gordon will continue to show foreign Be Time for the Plant Sale films on the alternate month. Let them know how you like this change of pace. Friday, May 3 - 7:30am to Saturday Documentary Film - May 11 - 7:15pm - AUD 5:00pm in the West Corridor Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - This 2007 Academy Award Winner for the between mailboxes and bank. best documentary is directed by Alex Gibney, who investigated the torture and killing of an innocent Afghan taxi driver. The film is a gripping probe into the reck- YOU are invited to CONVERSA- less abuses of government power. It incorporated rare, never-before-seen TION with other residents on images inside Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, and the yet- Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00am in Whit- to-be-closed Guantanamo Bay prison. The film exposes one aspect of the tier Lounge. We talk about whatever “global war on terror.” Join us for a group discussion after the film. we wish. It’s confidential. See you there!

PAGE 4 THE KENDALIGHT MAY 2012 RAFF Shop Talk Library Notes Where you find Reasonably Assessed Finery & Furnishings... • Two medical books have been added to our Reference shelf: April brought a great beginning of Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 22nd Edition (2013). As its name implies, Kendal at Oberlin’s 20th spring season it has more extensive information and more pictures than most dictionaries. with the RAFF Spring Style Show. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (2013) (CMDT2013) is the THANK YOU ALL for your great re- 52nd Edition of an annually updated book comparable to the Merck Manual. sponse to this new event for Kendal at CMDT2013 includes the ability to search the book online, and access five addi- Oberlin. You filled the Fox & Fell for tional (online-only) chapters. (After Russ Bimber printed two of the chapters, he the first show and had it nearly full for got a request to enter the email and password he registered with, or purchase the second show. We are delighted that access! (He phoned McGraw-Hill, and is waiting for a call back to clarify so many of you were able to enjoy the whether online access was meant to be included with purchase of the book!) show. For those of us who provided The Merck Manual began publication in 1899, but its most recent editions are the the show, the day became more and 17th (1999), 18th (2006) and 19th (2011). CMDT may replace the Merck Manual! more fun as we relaxed into the event, These were bought by Russ Bimber from the local Barnes and Noble, thanks to modeling everything from coats and a gift card from Barbara Harding (through Jean Heller). And we still have outfits to swimwear! After the show something left on the gift card! Thanks! your positive feedback kept rolling in, bringing back the excitement and • Also new to the library are 13 large-print books that Vi Blount and Peg Schultz warmth of the day. How could the bought from the town library book sale. They range from some interesting- event ever be more delightful!?! Thank looking mysteries to Barbara Walters’s autobiography and Bill Clinton’s “Giving.” you, one and all for all your support. Soon will come an interesting selection of more large print books they have We hope you continue to find the ordered from a catalog.. -Betty Weinstock, Russ Bimber things you seek at the RAFF Shop. Speaking of which, the way to keep on finding wonderful things in the Shop is “Slow Medicine” at KatO? Come Help Plan the 2013 for DONORS to continue “clearing Following KORA Council approval, Fourth of July Celebration the decks” at home and offering things small-group discussions of Dr. Dennis Jim and Anne Helm could use some to RAF for continuing enjoyment in McCullough’s book, “My Mother, Your help in planning the upcoming Inde- someone else’s life. Donate the way Mother,” are being planned for June. pendence Day celebration. Robert voting behavior is sometimes described: Everyone: Read the book in May, or Taylor already has the program well in early and often! review it if you have already read it! hand, but we could use some new ideas Receipts for the month of March Watch for more information about the for the parade and possibly other ac- 2013 were $2,388.50. To donors and June program. tivities for the day. Come to the Green buyers alike: Many Thanks! Ruth Miller and Ardith Hayes are co- Room at 10:00am on Friday, May 10, -Ruth Ann Clark, R>A>F Chair leaders of the planning process. and join in the festive planning! For the Vision Impaired First Thursday Evening Hours Low-Vision Support Group Tuesday Tea at AMAM at Allen Memorial Art Museum May 14 - 2:30pm “Crime Prevention and May 2 - 5:00-8:00pm Diana Navarette (OC ’13), a double Personal Safety for the Blind Audrey Flack, a pioneer of Photo- degree major in art history and reli- and Visually Impaired” realism and a nationally recognized gion, will present a talk, “Purgatory Thursday, May 9 painter and sculptor will give a lec- and Family: The Use of the Villani 4:00pm - Green Room ture titled “Women, the Passion and Altarpiece in Prayer,” focusing on the Sorrow” in conjunction with the our altar wing by Neri di Bicci on Reading of The Kendalight exhibition “Religion, Ritual and Per- view in the Renaissance exhibition. Wednesday, May 1, at 9:00am formance in Modern and Contem- The annual Senior Tuesday Tea se- in Whittier Lounge porary Art.” The talk at 5:30pm is lects graduating seniors via a call Marie Evans reads the parts of The rescheduled from November. All for papers to give the last tea talk Kendalight which are important to you. are welcome. of the school year. All are welcome. All Kendal residents are welcome!

MAY 2013 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 5 Highlights of Commencement Weekend in Oberlin 2/1/13 Friday, May 24 -- The Grand Piano Monday, May 27 -- At 9:30am the to Extravaganza, 8:30pm, Warner Academic Procession and Com- 4/12/13 Concert Hall ($20) -- Featuring the mencement Exercises begin in Nature Sightings at Kendal... Oberlin Conservatory piano faculty. Tappan Square. Tracy Chevalier Sign up for Kendal bus. ’84, the author of seven novels includ- 2-1 Pat Talbot: Red-bellied Woodpecker ing the bestselling book “Girl with a on suet feeder at #120; 2-3 S. Orcutt: Sunday, May 26 -- Campus Illu- Pearl Earring” (1999), will speak at Cooper’s and Red-Shouldered Hawks mination: Social on the Square, the commencement exercise. at Rock Pond; 2-4 Adie Orcutt: Same 7:00-10:00pm -- Enjoy ice cream and (?) Cooper’s pair in trees at Heiser music in a Tappan Square transformed Kendal at Oberlin will do its part to Pond; 2-5 Luciano: 10 Robins, two Jays by strings of colored Japanese lan- celebrate the weekend, holding open flew into the center of Pod I (Cottages terns. After the Commencement houses Friday, May 24 (1:00-4:30pm); 1-8); 2-13 Maureen: Two Red-Shoul- Concert at 9:30pm, Oberlin Steel and Saturday, May 25; Sunday, May dered Hawks on Wildflower Hill, one in Drum Band ends the evening on the 26; and Monday, May 27 (9:00am- a tree, one flying and calling; 2-22 steps of Finney Chapel. 4:30pm). Join us in welcoming visitors Maureen: Red-Headed Woodpecker Sign up for Kendal buses. and friends to our campus. working on suet; 2-24 Love: Brown Creeper (with Juncos, a Downy, Titm-  Fly a Kite for Cinco de Mayo ice, Chickadees, Nuthatches behind Transportation Talk #8; 2-25 Orcutt: Turkey Vulture soar- The Transportation Committee has Make, borrow, or purchase a kite in ing over Kendal. First of the year, developed a Ride Share Plan for Heiser Auditorium on Sunday, May 5, ~three weeks early; 2-25, 2-26 Lee Kendal residents who do not drive (or from 2:00-4:00pm H.: Three Red-Shouldered Hawks, have driving limitations) and those Then fly it on the field adjacent to Nuthatch, male and female Bluebirds who do drive and are willing to give Rock Pond and Kendal Mountain in New Russia Twp. and the Hefner another resident a ride. from 3:00-5:00pm or after dinner, as feeder.; 2/25 Anne M.: Song Sparrow For example, a resident may be driv- weather allows. Rain date is May 6. at Farmer’s Pond near the Troll Bridge: ing to Trader Joe’s or Don Mould’s Spectators welcomed and encouraged. 2-27 Orcutts: Redwing Blackbird at Plantation or a specific movie, and Questions? Ask Dan Reiber. edge of Rock Pond; Killdeer high over welcome passengers. That resident Kendal Dr. near Rock Pond shore; can post a blue Ride Offer card on Great Blue Heron in the edge of the Ride Share bulletin board, listing Upcoming Moves Phase III Pond. Reminder: Do NOT the destination, date, time of departure use screamer harassment in Phase II and return, number of passenger Andrew Frierson will move from areas! 3-3 A. Helm: Northern Goshawk seats available, and phone number. New York, NY, to a Kendal Cottage (not usual here) eating prey in a pine A resident who does not drive can post in mid-May. near Lot #6; 3-4 Grounds: 15 Trum- a yellow Ride Request card on the Laurence “Larry” and Marjorie peter Swans in New Russia Twp. Park! Ride Share bulletin board, listing the des- Porter will move from East Lansing, 3-4 Don Parker: 18 Trumpeter Swans tination for which he/she hopes to get a MI, to a Kendal Cottage in mid-May. in New Russia Twp. Park! 3-5 Helms: ride and the date (or possible dates -- Bluebird flew over the hill from Lot perhaps any time) desired. #6 into New Russia Twp Park; 3-6 Recent Moves We hope this new ride sharing plan will Maureen: Lesser Scaup, American help solve some transportation prob- Ron and Diana Kahn moved from Wigeons in New Russia Twp Park; lems for our nondrivers. -Diantha Paré Oberlin to a Kendal Cottage in early 3-11 A. Helm: Redwing Blackbird at April. Check at the Heiser Front Desk feeder at #82; 3-15 Weinstock/Ket- IN MEMORIAM for their land line and cell phone num- cham: female Mallard wandering in the bers and email addresses. Courtyard Garden, nesting. 3-17 Or- SUSAN KLINGAMAN cutts: Hooded Mergansers on Meadow APRIL 18, 2013 Transfers Pond; 3-19 & 3-20 Grounds: Blue- birds at Island Pond and Bald Eagle! BLANCHE DOHN Elizabeth “Betty” Marshall moved flying over campus; 3-23 & 3-25 APRIL 24, 2013 from her Apart.ment to Whittier in mid-April. Phone number is the same. Orcutts: 17 Scaup, Ring- (Continued p. 7)

PAGE 6 THE KENDALIGHT MAY 2013 March KatO Board Notes • New Debt of $16,752,359 + Debt Saturday Park Walks Kendal at Oberlin’s March Board of Service Reserve Fund + Cost of Is- Join us each Saturday to learn about Director’s meeting had a single purpose: suance = Total of $18,380.000. the wonderful Lorain County park system. The walks are at a leisurely pace, to present the Finance Committee’s TOTAL: (Existing) $16,752,359 + between 1.5 and 3 miles. We meet at recommendations regarding refinanc- (Master Plan and Capital Ex- the Heiser Desk at 9:00am to car pool. ing of existing debt, and authorization penses) $16,500,000 + (Debt May 4 - Big Parade in Oberlin -- we for new debt to support the ten-year Service Reserve Fund) $2,920,000 could walk to the starting place. Master Plan and three years of Capi- + (Cost of Issuance and Fees) May 11 - Vermilion River Reserva- tal Repair and Replacement needs. $760.000 = tion: Bacon Woods. Assisting were guests Tom Meyers, Grand Total $ 36,932,359 Ziegler Capital Markets; Tim Myers, May 18 - Indian Hollow Reservation. May 25 - Wellington Reservation. CFO, The Kendal Corporation; and The Fixed-Rate Bank Debt was ap- Try it; you’ll probably like it! Dayton Livingston, chair, Master proved to be arranged with Lorain Questions: Ask Jerry Berner. Planning Committee. The Board’s National Bank, chosen from 11 banks presentation was directed at a full un- that responded to a proposal. derstanding to do the following: In summary the Board was unani- Nature Sightings... (Cont’d from p. 6) Refinancing the Existing Debt of mous to approve a Board Resolu- $16,752,359 with Tax-Exempt tion authorizing: Necked Duck on Rock Pond; 3-27 L. Hefner: Two couples Redheads, Bonds at a fixed rate: • Refinance the Existing 1998 Series two couples Gadwalls, four couples • Existing Debt: Series 1998 A A Bonds; Wigeons, one couple Ruddy Ducks, $10,040,000 to be refinanced to Tax- • Refinance the Short-Term Debt many Scaup on Russia Twp Park, a Exempt Fixed-Rate Series 2013 Bonds with Lorain National Bank (previously Killdeer & Meadowlark! Pied-Billed for a proposed debt structure of the Series B&C Bonds); Grebe on Island Pond. 3-28 Maureen: $12,420,000. (This includes the Short- • Renegotiate the Bank-Qualified 34 Lesser Scaup on Rock Pond; 3-27 Term Bank Debt of $2,380,000); Bonds held by Lorain National Bank; Carol Ganzel: Four Greater Scaup on • Short-Term Bank Debt of • Issue New Debt of $10.5 Million Meadow Pond; 3-29 L. Hefner: Three $2,380,000 to be paid off; through the Lorain County Port Au- Tree Swallows, two Ruddy Ducks, Red- • Renegotiate the Terms of Series thority to fund the Master Planning Headed Woodpecker, Flicker; 3-31 2009 A & B Bank-Qualified Loan Project; Orcutts: Blue-Winged Teal pair on Rt. Agreement with Lorain National Bank; • Issue New Bank Debt of $6.0 Mil- 58 ponds; Hayes/Clark: Striped skunk • Existing Debt Series 2009A, lion through Lorain National Bank. and 22 turtles also on those ponds; $2,085,656; This was a significant board meeting 4-9 Maureen: Eastern Phoebe and • Series 2009 B, $2,246,703. for all board members, all of whom Chipping Sparrow singing at Lot #2; took part in extra meetings to prepare 4-8 Orcutt: Cowbird at Phase II; 4-12 Borrow Additional Debt of for this significant set of decisions tak- Marcia D.: Two Egrets on Island Pond. $10,500,000 of Tax-Exempt Fixed- ing into the next decade to assure a Not bad -- 36 species of birds in Rate Bonds to Fund a Portion of financially sound and competitive se- 2-1/2 months, and mostly winter the Master Plan. This needs to be nior living community. months at that. spent within three years. -Barbara Thomas Keep them coming! -Betty Weinstock

Borrow Additional Debt of $6,000,000, Synthetic Fixed-Rate Kendal Kryptogram #99 -by Nina Love Bank Debt to Fund three years of Capital Repair & Replacement Costs. ODD ROW GZ O ZEBQFAB AX BOY’Z

Total Debt Structure including Is- XOGDPWU OZ O FIGHTGHN OHGBOD. suance Costs: • Refunding of Existing Debt: ($16,752,359) + Debt Service Reserve -LAIH ZFUGHLUKC Fund + Cost of Issuance and Fees = Solution to Kendal Kryptogram #98: “There are no outdoor sports as Total of $18,552,359. graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.” -Ai Wei Wei

MAY 2013 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 7 Table Tennis: Tale of a Term Congratulations, Kendal Bridge Results The term “table tennis” turns up Dining Services Staff Graduates Mondays: March 25: 1st, Helen early in reports of the Kendal Sports Marcus Bailey, OHS, 2nd team All- Randel; 2nd, Cathy Fauver. Committee; the yearly tournament, County and 2nd team All-Pac Confer- April 1: 1st, Eileen Dettman; 2nd, for instance, was called the Table ence and Lorain County All-Star for Carol Ganzel. Tennis Tournament. Otherwise, Basketball, District and Conference April 8: 1st, Eileen Dettman; 2nd, “ping pong” seems to have been the Champions in 2012 and 2013, Honor- Nancy Beauchamp. term of popular choice. In the past able Mention for Football and Baseball, April 15: Canceled six years, though, nearly all of Ninde Scholar: to attend Hiram Col- April 22: 1st, Betty O’Connor; 2nd, Kendal has been cajoled, or cowed, lege to study Physical Therapy. Nancy Beauchamp. into adopting “table tennis” as the Christopher Becker, Midview/JVS: Wednesdays: April 3: 1st, Pete An- sole acceptable term for our year- to attend LCCC to study History. drews and Ed Schwaegerle; 2nd, Betty round sport. When “ping pong” slips Dorian Boye-Doe, OHS, Varsity Soc- O’Connor and Warren Wickes; 3rd, out, a gasp and then an apology fol- cer and Founder and President of Helen Randel and Connie Bimber; 4th, low fast. Lest such orthodoxy prove Minority Student League, Merit and Mary Lynne Grove and Robert Taylor. oppressive, however, all residents Honor Roll: to attend College of April 17: 1st, Cate and Paul Schwae- should feel free to use “ping pong” Wooster to study Psychiatry. gerle; 2nd, Ed Schwaegerle and Pete when the context warrants it. For in- Cheyanne Bray, Firelands/JVS, Serve Andrews; 3rd, Mary Beth McCalla and stance, when asking whether the Safe Certified: to attend LCCC for Eileen Dettman; 4th, Helen and Bob grandkids may join one of our Culinary Arts. Randel. thrice-weekly sessions “for some Sarah Burbridge, OHS, West Point ping pong”; or when assuring a fel- Leadership Award, HOBY Ambassador, First Church United Fellowship low player that being struck by a Honor Roll, Soccer Team Captain, Saturday, May 11 - AUD “little ping pong ball” will land no Indoor Track Team Captain: to at- 9:30am: Fellowship and food one in the care center. And the like. tend Oberlin College to study Business. 10:15am: Laura O’Connor, In 1901, J. Jaques & Son of England Lauren Colby, Firelands, Marching Director, Lorain County Deten- sold its trademarked brand name of Band, Concert Band, Pep Band, Concert “ping pong” to Parker Brothers in tion Home Choir: to attend LCCC, then Ohio All are welcome. the U.S. But when the ITTF was State University to study Zoology. founded in Berlin in 1926, “table Kenton DeBouter, OHS, National tennis” became, and has remained, The Kendalight Honor Society: to attend Kenyon Col- Monthly newsletter of the Kendal at Oberlin Residents the sport’s official name. Let’s ad- lege to study Political Science or vance from ping pong to table tennis Association, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin OH 44074 Economics. Consulting Editor: Robert Baldwin by playing at Kendal! Raquel Dominico, Firelands, Mus- Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich On May 4, our young friend Keith tangs All-Star Cheerleader, Track: to Proofreaders: Mary Ashbrook, Naomi Barnett, Pech will offer us two small-group Mary Simons attend LCCC to study Nursing. Immediate Past Editor: Betsy Thomas coaching sessions, one on the basic (Continued on p. 9) Photos: Eleanor Helper fore- and backhand, another on ad- Production: Don VanDyke vanced techniques (for intermediate Deadline for the June 2013 issue of beginners). If you’re interested, sign RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT KENDAL The Kendalight is May 15. The editors up, or just come and watch! regret that they cannot assume re- Episcopal Service -Sidney Rosenfeld, Sports and Recreation sponsibility for errors in content in Holy Communion material submitted for publication. UU Kendal Gathering Saturday, May 11, 11:00am, CAR Note: Please submit articles by Rev. Nancy Roth Wed., May 15 - 4:15pm - AUD email to our address: “The Migrant Trail: A Personal First Church Service [email protected] Journey on the Underground Sunday, May 19, 4:00pm, CAR If no email access, please type ar- Railway in 2008” Roman Catholic Mass ticle on separate sheet (NOT on Kendal resident Martin Davidoff took Friday, May 17, 10:00am, Crossroads room request form), sign and part in an unusual seminar on migra- place in Kendalight open mailbox. tion issues in summer 2008. He’ll tell Society of Friends All articles must carry a signature and us about his trip. All are welcome. Sundays, 10:00am, Whittier Lounge telephone number.

PAGE 8 THE KENDALIGHT MAY 2013 Dining Services Staff Graduates (Continued from p. 8) Dining and Nutrition Services Megan Dunham, OHS, Cheerleader, Marching Band, Ninde Scholar: to at- Sunday, May 12 • Please return rollaters for others to tend Edinboro University to study Mother’s Day Buffet use in dining rooms. There are two roll- Orthodontics. 12 noon and 2:00pm aters for Langston, two for Fox & Fell. John Fuquay, OHS/JVS, Wrestling, Fox & Fell Dining Room If you see these rollaters anywhere, Civil War Club: enlisted in Army to be Reservation forms for Fox & Fell will please get them back to a dining room. Combat Engineer or Infantryman. • Please help keep dining areas in order. Taiya George, OHS, National Honor be placed in mailboxes. When you move tables or chairs in the Society, Community Service Group for Notes from Ann Pilisy... Café, please move them back into top 20% of class, Tri-M Music Honor • If you are taking food home for an- place after your meeting. Society, National Achievement Com- • In answer to queries, our ice cream mended Student: to attend Oberlin other meal, please stop at the Lang- supplier, Country Parlour, says its fro- College to study Psychology. ston cash register to be charged for a zen yogurt does have active cultures. Rene Gonzalez, OHS/JVS, Tennis, grocery sale Concert Band, PAC 10 Honors Band, Food for Thought OMEA Large Group Contest March- Council, Volleyball: to attend University ing Band: to attend LCCC to study of Toledo to study Nursing. Meet Nick Elder... Culinary Management. Tasia Tanner, Firelands, National Poaching. Seasoning. Broiling. Nathan Horning, OHS, National Honor Society, Student Council, Of course, any chef Honor Society, Art Club, Student Cheerleader, Softball, Marching Band, like Nick would Council, Drama Club: to attend LCCC Select Choir, Dance Team: to attend comprehend and to study Business and Accounting, Ohio State University to study Vocal follow those direc- then apply to Law School. Music Education. tions. The question, Catlin Johnson, Elyria, National Honor Christina Taulbee, Midview/JVS, though, is why all Society four years, Varsity Cheerleader Certified for Bakery and Pastry Arts: to those words are two years: to attend Xavier University attend LCCC for Public Administration. present participles? to study Nursing. Cullien Whitesel, OHS, Yearbook The answer to the Gabrielle Morrow, Firelands, March- Club, Honor Roll; to attend Heidel- riddle is that Nick also holds a BA in ing Band, Concert Choir, Select Choir, berg University to study Physical English from Miami University in Ox- National Honor Society, Volleyball, Therapy or Sports Management. ford, OH, and a Master of Fine Arts in Girl Scouts, 4-H: to attend LCCC to Khalil Whitworth, OHS, Varsity Creative Writing from Cleveland State become Ultrasound Technician. Football and Basketball, Merit and University. When he is not working at Molly Norenberg, OHS, Softball, Honor Roll: to attend LCCC to study Kendal, he is teaching English classes Senior Class President, four years Stu- Fire Science, to become a Fire Fighter. at Cleveland State. dent Council: to attend University of His cooking credentials come from Kentucky for Business or Nursing. Solo Diners: Thursday, May 9, working in the kitchen at a Marriott Christina Reinhold, OHS/JVS, Soc- 5:30pm, The Den. We meet on Hotel while he was an undegraduate in cer: to attend LCCC. the second Thursday monthly and southwest Ohio. Here at Kendal, he Jack Richards, OHS/JVS, Baseball, invite new Kendal residents to join enjoys the work and the residents four Basketball, Marching Band, Army Na- us. Watch for our sign-up sheet. days a week. On the in-between days, tional Guard: to attend Bowling Green he enjoys his students. From his point State University to study Criminal Justice. Monday, May 13 of view, he has the best of both worlds. Kawren Scott, OHS, Softball, Volley- Ninde Scholars Reception In fact, he uses the word “passionate” ball, Student Council, Basketball Stats, Heiser Auditorium, 5:00pm about his interests in cooking, in writ- Honor and Merit Roll,: to attend Lin- The late Richard and Nan Ninde, long- ing fiction, in teaching, and in people. coln University, PA, possibly to study time Kendal residents, presented a chal- Nick is often out of sight in the kitchen, Biology. lenge grant of $450,000, asking the but if you spot him, you can tell him Kaitlynn Simmerman, Firelands, Na- community to match it dollar for dol- how passionate you are about his meals. tional Honor Society, Band, Track, Choir, lar. The resulting endowment sup- Naomi Barnett interviews one of our Din- Junior Class Officer, Teen Leadership ports the Ninde Scholars program ing Services staff each month.

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1 2 3 Plant Sale 4 Reading of 7:30am-5:00pm The Kendalight First Thursday West Corridor May 20132013 9:00am WHT Evening Hours Big Parade in News & Views CAR = Central Activities Rm Bold Face = at Kendal at AMAM Oberlin 12:00 pm Wed. Morning 5:00-8:00pm 10:30am AUD CCR = Crossroads Conf. Rm tx = Tickets needed Conversation Group Opera DVD: meets every Wed. Health Lecture WCH = Warner Concert Hall CTS: 440-775-8169 Dr. Louis Keppler, Cavalleria 10:00-11:00am WHT Rusticana WHT = Whittier Lounge  = Kendal Bus orthopedic surgeon 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD ○○○○ THANK YOU! To everyone who helped make ○○○○ Arts & Sciences Oberlin Dance the 2013 Spring Fling happen and to every- Pairs Bridge Orchestra  Company  one who came and enjoyed the evening! 7:00pm AUD 8:00pm Finney 8:00pm Hall (tx) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Quaker Worship Walk in the Park: Primary Election Birding with the Bacon Woods 10:00am WHT 6:30am - 7:30pm Orcutts at 9:00am Heiser Kite Making Heiser AUD Crane Creek Plan the July 2:00pm AUD 8:00am-4:00pm 4th Celebration! United Fellowship (LifeCare Bus) 10:00am AUD 9:30am AUD English Country Kendal Trio Dancing every Sun. Recital Newcomers’ Episcopal Serv. 7:15pm AUD 12 Noon Reception 11:00pm CAR 4:30pm - Heiser Tea at AMAM Low Vision Film: Something Documentary 2:30pm Support Group Film: Taxi to the the Lord Made 4:00pm Green Rm 7:15pm WHT Scrabble Dark Side 7:15pm CCR Solo Diners 7:15pm AUD Oberlin Musical 5:30pm Den Union, College Choir, Chamber  Oberlin DVD: Paul Oberlin Jazz Treble Ensemble Bridge Orchestra Orchestra  Genealogy Group Arnold at Work Ensemble 8:00pm Finney 7:00pm, AUD 8:00pm Finney 8:00pm Finney 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Walk in the Park: Quaker Worship Sounding Board Coffee Hour with Barbara Thomas Roman Indian Hollow 10:00am WHT 11:00am WHT 9:30am Langston KORA Council Catholic Mass 9:00am Heiser Reception for 10:00am AUD 10:00am CCR Mother’s Day Ninde Scholars Buffet - Fox & Fell 5:00pm - AUD UU Kendal 12 noon Gathering and 2:00pm Bridge “The Migrant Trail” Lecture: 7:00pm AUD Martin Davidoff 4:15pm AUD “Romantic Film: A Big Hand Opera Scenes Adrian Jewell, Rajasthan” Film: On Golden for the Little Lady Recital II  Piano Pairs Bridge Jim Helm Pond 7:15pm WHT 8:00pm Finney 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Walk in the Park: Quaker Worship TRIP: Miller Nature 10:00am WHT Wellington Res. Oberlin High Preserve and 9:00am Heiser First Chruch School Choir, Conservatory, Avon Service 2:00pm AUD 10:00am-3:00pm 4:00pm CAR (Metro Parks bus)

Film: Freedom Grand Piano Commencement Writers Bridge Scrabble Extravaganza (tx) Recital  7:15pm WHT 7:00pm AUD 7:15pm CCR 8:30pm WCH  8:00pm Finney 26 27 Memorial Day 28 29 30 31 Signed up Quaker Worship Afternoon for the 10:00am WHT Oberlin College Exchange Commencement Barbara Thomas Kendal bus? 9:30am - Tappan Sq. 4:00pm AUD Can’t go? Film: Lincoln Remember: 6:45pm WHT Conversations with Community Take your Illumination Night, “Therapeutic name off the 7:00-10:00pm Bridge Cannabis” sign-up sheet! Tappan Sq  7:00pm AUD 7:15pm AUD