Published by Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury A Continuing Care Retirement Community Volume XXIV Number 3 March 2020 Getting to Know the CEO ties. She also holds quarterly meetings with la- dies’ and gentlemen’s groups and also meets In December 2007, Jeannie Shiley became periodically with Residents Association officers. President/CEO of SVWC. She started working Her open-door policy extends to the halls of at SVWC in1999 as Director of Accounting and SWVC, where she often converses with resi- was promoted to Nursing Home Administrator in dents, staff, family members, and visitors. 2003. Jeannie was born in Hamilton, VA. In 1988, Any way you measure it, the position of after receiving a degree in accounting from President/CEO of SVWC is a formidable one. Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, WV, she The major responsibilities start with the over- worked for 10 years as an accountant for a man- sight of 380 residents and 320 staff, the admin- ufacturing concern in Hagerstown, MD, and then istration of a lofty budget, the monitoring of multi for a year for a local Winchester firm. A member million dollar expansion and renovation projects, of LeadingAge Virginia, Jeannie is serving as and the maintenance of a close working relation- chair of its board. ship with the Board of Trustees. Then there are In 2012, Jeannie and her family moved to an the myriad daily requirements--the many meet- old (1797) farm in Bunker Hill, WV. Ted, her ings, personnel problems, social activities, out- husband of 33 years, works in Macy’s mainte- side travel commitments, and so on. nance department in Martinsburg and takes care In successfully carrying out these tasks, of the farm’s 40 beef cattle. They have two Jeannie’s leadership has been marked by a pol- grown sons, two grandsons, a granddaughter, icy of openness and two-way communication. and another en route. Jeannie is an avid reader Her weekly Coffee with Administration meetings and is plugged into the Hallmark channel. with all residents, where program and service When asked what she likes best about her information is shared and residents can voice job, Jeannie said it is the people--residents and their concerns, may not be unique, but probably staff—at SVWC. The hardest part is losing are rarely found in other retirement communi- some of them. Paul Arnold Photo McKenzie by Sue Page 2 March 2020 Westbury World Timber RIdge School Teams with SVWC Firewood Project On Saturday, February 15, boys from the Timber Ridge School pitched in with residents Bill Huehn and Tom Horton on the preparation of firewood for donation to needy families. For many years, Bill Huehn and his team have delivered firewood cut and split from fallen Photo by Bill Cook trees and other available timber from around SVWC to the Congregational Community Action Project for distribution. About three-dozen pickup truck loads are donated every year, although this year there may be up to 50. Once a year, as a community service pro- Football fans at Super Bowl Party ject, students from the school help with the work. The school, located in Cross Junction, VA, serves emotionally disturbed and behavior- ally disordered adolescent boys between the New Assistant Director of ages of 10 and 21 and in grades 6 to post- Health Services secondary, with a goal of reuniting them with their families and communities. This year, five Muriel Mullins joined boys and their supervisor helped with moving SVWC’s clinical leader- and stacking wood for splitting, with a break for ship team on February lunch in the Bistro. 24 as Assistant Director Bill Young of Health Services. She will support Michelle Thomas with the overall management of the Health Services depart- ment with emphasis on Wappacomo and Blue Ridge Halls. In addition Photo Bill Young by to offering leadership support to the clinical team, she will help coordinate resident services with Stephanie Campbell, Health Care Coordi- Bill Huehn, on right, and Tom Horton, second nator. from right, supervise and assist the Timber Muriel started out as a Certified Nursing As- Ridge team in splitting firewood. sistant at the Lynn Care Center in Front Royal. She worked at Winchester Medical Center after obtaining her RN license, as well as with a local Card and Game Party Results home health agency, where she started taking The Fellowship Committee for Special on more leadership responsibilities. Events sponsored its Card and Game Party on Muriel’s passion brought her back to senior Thursday, February 27. Approximately 80 par- living, where she worked in leadership capaci- ticipants filled the Commons, Abbey, Activities ties at nursing communities in Warrenton and Room, and Private Dining Room playing bridge, Martinsburg before accepting the position at mah jongg, dominoes, chess, and Shanghai SVWC. rummy. The event raised just over $1,900 from Michael Williams ticket sales and donations. All proceeds bene- fitted the Fellowship Fund. Westbury World March 2020 Page 3 Next Exhibit Highlights Resident’s Candidates Needed for Residents Photography Association Elections The coming exhibit in Lawrence Gallery will The Residents Association annual elections feature the amazing photography of graphic art- will be held in May. There are several positions ist Charles R. Thorne. open which offer an opportunity for residents to Charlie grew up in the small village of Fish- become involved and help guide our community. ers Hill, VA, where he drew on windows, walls, The secretary and treasurer are finishing their floors, and sometimes paper ever since he was two-year terms, and we also need to elect four old enough to hold a crayon. After Art School at members-at-large. In addition, we need four the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., he nominees for Board of Trustee committee posi- was drafted and assigned as combat illustrator tions. The Nominating Committee is working to for the 11th Airborne Division. identify residents who would like to serve. Leaving the Army and searching several Although the president and vice president are cities on the East Coast for a good place to set- both incumbents and willing to serve another tle down, he chose the Shenandoah Valley. He year, there is no prohibition on others running took a job with Winchester Printers as a graphic for those positions. designer and illustrator. Later, he opened his The Board of Trustees committee positions own industrial design and illustration studio, are nominated by the Nominating Committee but which he ran for over 30 years. elected by the RA Executive Committee: Charlie’s photographs are “slices” of the Two Property and Planning representa- Valley, but are not normal snapshots. The origi- tives to the Board of Trustees, one of nal digital photos are taken from various posi- whom agrees to chair the RA committee tions such as lying on the ground or standing on of Buildings and Grounds. a truck. Each are shot from various angles, One Finance Committee representative, times of day, and atmospheric conditions. The who also chairs the RA committee of the final limited-edition print is an image on canvas Finance Committee. that resembles an oil painting with an extra cre- One Representative of Winchester Hall to ative touch that makes this exhibit, “One Inch the Interiors subcommittee. Beyond Reality.” The opening reception will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13. There has to be at least one candidate for The exhibit will remain open until May 10. each position. The by-laws (available at the front desk upon request or on the portal) outline the Loretta Johnston responsibilities for each position. If you are inter- ested in serving, contact Nominating Committee Chair Sam Worsley or a committee member (Ruth Carter, Barbara Dunn, Bill Young or Frank Brauch) by email or written notice. Cari Sherwood Photo by Charles by Photo Thorne Photo Jackson Peggy by Sculpture by Malcom Harlow If Girl Scouts are selling cookies, can Spring be far behind? Page 4 March 2020 Westbury World SVWC’s Mighty Wurlitzer Thanks to the generosity of resident Marga- ret Toxopeus, the Canterbury Café now fea- Library News — March Acquisitions tures a magnificent Wurlitzer jukebox. She acquired the FICTION jukebox in 1990. It A Long Petal of the Sea (LP) Isabel Allende was originally config- Lady Clementine Marie Benedict ured for 45 rpm rec- Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins ords, but she had it Katarina Bivald reconfigured so that American Dirt Jeanine Cummins it now holds 100 The Wives Tarryn Fisher CDs, with a vast in- Long Bright River Liz Moore ventory of classic Under Occupation (LP) Alan Furst rock and roll and oth- The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell er great sounds from Photo by Bill Young Lost (LP) James Patterson the past. It used to Dear Edward Ann Napolitano reside in a room Such a Fun Age (LP) Kiley Reid above her garage, Moral Compass (LP) Danielle Steel where it was a center- Treason Stuart Woods piece of parties. A visit to Charlottesville for repairs and the NON-FICTION installation of new speakers prepared the Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Wurlitzer for its new home in the café. With the Specialized World David Epstein special addition of two discs of dance music along with its existing inventory, it has already been featured at a sock hop here at SVWC. A New Library Policy on Donations complete catalog of the music it contains, along with instructions on how to operate the jukebox, The Library Committee has adopted a new will be available in the café for anyone hanker- policy on donations. Thanks to a legacy, the li- ing to shake a leg, or just listen to some old fa- brary is able to buy new books, and donations vorites.