Getting to Know the CEO Ties

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

PhotoMcKenzie 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 Photoby 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 department with emphasis on Wappacomo and Blue Ridge Halls. In addition

PhotoBill 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 interested 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 by Peggy Jackson PhotoPeggy by Sculpture by MalcomHarlow

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 Photoby 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. are no longer needed to develop the collection. Bill Young However, donations may be accepted under certain circumstances. Donated books have to be in pristine condi- tion with no markings, damage, or odor. Donat- ed books have to have sufficiently large type to be judged readable. Books should be of interest to residents. Donations are accepted with the understanding that the library may choose to add them to the collection or donate them to a charity. Westbury World Donations of no more than five books Published and distributed by should be placed in the donations basket. Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury 300 Westminster-Canterbury Drive Marcia Greene Winchester, VA 22603 - - - - - www.svwc.org Phones: 540-665-0156 800-492-9463 Co-Editors: Paul Arnold* — Text Carl Hess — Layout Staff Liaison: Sue McKenzie Work Group: Patricia Baldwin - Bill Cook - David Greene Marcia Greene - Bruce Jackson Peggy Jackson - Hartley Schearer - Bill Young * Contact Person Westbury World March 2020 Page 5

Chaplain’s Message Absent-minded Art Exhibit

As we enter the Lenten season, we are Doodles can be defined as scribbled figures beckoned to retreat into reflection and prayer. drawn while thinking about something else. As Jesus, after his baptism, did likewise in order to demonstrated by the current doodle exhibit in contemplate what might be next for him before the Bridge Gallery, some could even qualify as he set out on his ministry and living out his Fa- real art. ther’s will. Jesus’s time in the wilderness was The exhibit features the work of three doo- not to contemplate sinfulness or wretchedness, dlers. Resident Peter Gates (as shown below) and neither is our time of Lent. This is a time to has a colorful variety of “desktop” doodles, take stock of ourselves. It is a time to reflect on SVWC art instructor Gale Bowman-Harlow’s where we have been in our faith journey and to doodles were drawn during prayer, and her hus- weigh where Christ would have us go next. band Malcolm did his doodling on restaurant Our beginning point is God’s grace. By napkins. grace, God has brought us to faith. By grace, Art students’ doodles are fixed on the win- God forgives our failures. By grace, God loves dows of the art studio. us, redeems us, and frees us from the bondage Paul Arnold of sin. By grace, we are free to live as instruments of grace for others. In his book, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

depicts the struggle of a life lived in grace and justice. Jean Valjean, the main character, was a man whose life of hardship, desperation and imprisonment had left him hopeless, lost, and angry. Through an encounter with a wise and compassionate priest, he was offered the grace of God. From then on, Valjean sought to share that grace and hope with all whom he encoun- tered. Through selfless acts of grace for even those who sought his life, Valjean became a Jackson by Photo Peggy man of hope rather than despair, grace rather than vengeance, and justice rather than self- interest. By reflecting on what God has done for us, how might we be transformed in the ways we live out our lives with God and others? This DMV Visit time of Lent is our opportunity to embrace The DMV Connect mobile office will be in God’s grace in fresh ways in our own lives and the Activity Room on Monday, March 9, from to ponder who we want to be in the world and 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The mobile unit offers how we might be instruments of grace for oth- REAL ID, driver’s license, identification card, ers. May God renew our own experience of his disabled parking placard, vehicle title, address grace and transform our ability to offer that change, vehicle registration and more. grace to others. Elizabeth Lewis Survey Kick-off Mission Statement SVWC is conducting a confidential resi- Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury dent assessment survey this month and is is a not-for-profit, intimate, church-related con- holding a survey kick-off event on Monday, tinuing care retirement community that is com- March 16, in the Commons from 9 a.m. to 1 mitted to enabling residents to use their gifts p.m. Complete the survey at the kick-off event fully, live their lives richly, and enjoy with dignity and your name will be entered into a drawing the years God has given them. to win an Amazon gift card. Page 6 March 2020 Westbury World

SVWC’s Most Senior Resident 2019 History on Sale

On February 21, Jane Campbell reached The new 2019 History

her 104th birthday, making her SVWC’s lead- book will go on sale this ing centenarian. month. The title is Music She was born Fills the Air and will fea- near Chicago but ture the History of Music at

lived most of her SVWC, History of Chapel early years in Music, History of Music Kansas City, Therapy and 2019 Music MO. Jane is a Photo Gallery. Other arti- graduate of the cles include Resident and University of Photoby Jackson Peggy Staff Memories (2002- Kansas. Twice 2003), Residents involved with Nature, Resi- widowed, she dent Artists, Resident Activities, and Resident had three chil- and Staff Reports. Lots of pictures on 132 pag-

Photoby Zuckerman Kitty dren, one of es at the price of $10.00 per book. It will be sold whom has sur- at the Gift Shop, Coffee with Administration and vived. Her son various locations to be posted. is retired and lives in Mexico. Getting Ready for Gardening Jane was always been active in civic af- fairs, in volunteer work, and in supporting her Last year, the residents’ garden was sub- church. In 2006, she was named Citizen of the stantially improved with the construction of sev- Year in Clarke County, VA. eral new raised beds. The grounds crew recently In honor of her birthday, a collection of her upgraded the garden again by adding more watercolors is now on exhibit in the Wappaco- raised beds. As a result, more residents have mo Gallery near the chaplains’ offices. As a the opportunity to grow lovely flowers or deli- result of her mother’s teaching, Jane has been cious vegetables. painting all her life. Some of her watercolors

were shown at an exhibit in Richmond. Jane moved from Berryville, VA, to SVWC in 2008.

Photo by Bill by Cook Photo Bill

It is easy to get started as a gardener. All you need is enthusiasm. The garden shed has the rakes, hoes, and trowels you will need. Power tilling is available to prepare for planting.

Photoby Jackson Peggy A collection of wire tomato cages is stacked be- side the shed for anyone to use. Several faucets with long hoses are situated around the garden so you never have to haul water. A cart in the The Power of Words shed is perfect for carrying weeds to the com- Word of the Month post pile. If you are interested in a plot in the garden, Person-directed please contact Bill Cook, garden coordinator, at (instead of staff-directed, facility-directed 794. or hospital model) Bill Cook Westbury World March 2020 Page 7

Fireside Recitals to Present Nova Scotia. The Heimat Quartet The next recital on April 8 will feature the vo- cal students of Shenandoah Conservatory. Fireside Recitals will feature an evening of Mozart and Mendelssohn performed by The Heimat Quartet on Wednesday, March 11, at John Kirby Tribute Bistro Concert 7:30 p.m. in the Bistro. Quartet members Pat- rick Shaughnessy and Aubrey Holmes play the John Kirby, a Winchester-born jazzman, will violin, Ivan Mendoza plays the viola, and Bren- be celebrated in the second tribute Bistro Con- don Phelps plays the cello. cert on Friday, March 20. Kirby made significant contributions to the development of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Kirby deserves to be better known in Win- chester. He was born in 1908 not far from SVWC. When still a small child, he was adopted by a couple in their sixties who knew classical music as well as ragtime and southern Gos-

Publicity Publicity Photo pel. Young Kirby learned music from them, played trombone in high school, left Winchester, and landed in New York City taking up the double bass. Kirby soon began playing with some of the The foursome founded the quartet in Bos- top jazz musicians of the day. He displayed skill ton in 2014. They took the name “Heimat” in writing, arranging, and playing the latest from a German word meaning homeland. Ger- trends in jazz. By 1936, he had his own band. man philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder, who Before 1940, he hosted the first national radio was associated with the Enlightenment, is cred- show devoted to jazz. His early training in clas- ited with saying, “Heimat is where you don’t sical music led to his creation of “classical jazz” need to explain yourself.” which has recently been rediscovered and The Strad, a UK-based monthly classical praised by jazz historians. music magazine about string instruments, re- A sextet led by Bob Larson, chair of jazz viewed the quartet as “performing with a warm studies at Shenandoah Conservatory, will recre- sound and much joy… a quartet that both takes ate Kirby’s best-known group, the Onyx Club music seriously and enjoys it…sincere… Band. Larson will offer an appreciation of Kir- vivacious.” by’s role in American jazz. Quartet members live in Winchester and A CD recording of last year’s Tribute Con- are affiliated with Shenandoah Conservato- cert will be available for purchase for $10. Pro- ry. The quartet’s primary mentors have includ- ceeds will benefit a John Kirby Award to be of- ed members of the Audubon Quartet, the fered by Shenandoah Conservatory to assist a Shanghai Quartet, and the Miami String Quar- student who “follows in the pathways of John tet. Kirby.” Highlights from the 2018-2019 season in- The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission cluded the quartet’s Carnegie Hall debut, per- is $10 at the door. The proceeds help support formances of the Mendelssohn Octet with the the Fellowship Fund. Atlantic Union Bank spon- Shanghai Quartet, and the inaugural season sors the series. of The Heimat Chamber Series. In 2017, the The Bistro Concert on April 17 will feature quartet made their European debut in Ham- “Bridging the Gap,” featuring the Marine Corps burg, Germany, at the International Mendels- soloists, Peter Wilson (violin) and Aaron Clay sohn Festival, followed by participation at (double bass) in their fourth Bistro Concert ap- Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in pearance. Bob Sherwood

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Photoby Jackson Peggy

Card and Game Event

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