July/August 2015 Village News

In collaboration with the Townhomes on Capitol Hill Sixth and G Streets SE, the Village Wellness Cafés launched on June 17 with Liza Kahn from Home Care Assistance, discussing advanced directives. See page 4 for coverage of this event as well as upcoming Wellness Cafés. Molly Singer Named Executive Intergenerational Life Director The Capitol Hill Village Board of Planning Course Slated Directors has selected Molly Singer Capitol Hill Village is planning a or $200 for the series. Tentative dates to serve as the permanent Executive nine-part series on life planning for for the course are: September 10, 17, Director of the organization, effective community members interested in 24; October 1, 8, 15, 29; and November July 1. Molly has been a Capitol Hill learning how families can be prepared 5 and 12. resident for 13 years and has a breadth for successful aging. The series is divided into three of organizational management and The courses will be free for Capitol parts: The Legal Aspects of Aging, leadership experience including work Hill Village Members. Individual the Financial Aspects of Aging, in the community and with local sessions will be $25 for non-members Household Management and Aging. government and national partners. Specifically the topics are: “Molly served as the Interim Executive Contents Director and she proved to have the Legal Aspects of Aging 2 Monthly CHV Calendar of Events great combination of skills, leadership, strategic thinking, engagement with 3 From the Legal document needs, dos and don’ts: members and volunteers all of which 4 Summer School You Want to Attend; Will, living trust, estate planning, was complemented with a strong Wellness Café Opens with Five Wishes planned giving citywide network that will guide 5 From the President(s) Power of Attorney for legal and the organization to the next level of 6 Balance Class; FREE Fall Risk Assessments financial matters service,” said Mary Procter, incoming 7 Second Wind; News You Can Use Power of Attorney for medical Board Chair. “We are so pleased to be 8 Ask Edna matters, medical directives working with her.” 9 Trip “I feel as though many paths have led 10 More Transportation Options Financial Aspects of Aging me to this place and I am honored 12 George Hawkins Salon Event Managing and communicating to be selected as the next Executive 13 Mayor Tony Williams Salon Event finances. Director to serve Capitol Hill Village 14 Gardens Inside Capitol Hill Blocks Assembling assets, sharing members,” said Singer. 17 Musings from Leo Orleans information with decision makers 18 Upcoming July–August Events  continued on page 6 July–August Events. For more information about any event, or to RSVP for an event, call the CHV office at 202.543.1778 during regular office hours (weekdays, 9 am to 5 pm) or email [email protected]. Check the CHV website for programs that may be added or changed: www.capitolhillvillage.org. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday JULY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Book Pickup, starting 9 Hazardous RSVP by 3 pm for: RSVP by 3 pm for: Cinephiles, 6 pm, p. 16 am , p. 16 Waste Pickup, July 10 Dinner July 9 Cinephiles; Social Bridge, 1 pm, Brethren Volunteer starting 9 am, Party at The July 11 Book Pickup; and p. 18 Opportunity, 10 am – p. 17 Monocle; and July 10 July 11 Hazmat Pickup 2:30 pm , p. 16 Brethren Volunteer Dinner Party at the Opportunity Monocle, 6:30 pm, p. 16 RSVP by 3 pm for July 13 Travel Club 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Travel Club Summer Village Wellness Café: Games & Puzzles Happy Hour, 5 pm, Hip and Knees Aches & Group, 1–3 pm, p. 21 p. 17 Pains, 12 pm, pp. 4 & 17 RSVP by 3 pm for July 15 Wellness Café 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Balance Class, Caregiver Support Literary Club, 6 pm, Social Bridge, 1 pm, 12:30–1:30 pm, pp. 18 Group, 6:30 pm, p. 20 p. 18 p. 18 RSVP by 3 pm for July 21 Literary Club 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST 1 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 RSVP by 3 pm for Hazardous RSVP by 3 pm for August 5 Lunch Party at Waste Pickup, August 1 Hazmat Pickup Zest American Bistro starting 9 am, p. 18 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 RSVP by 3 pm for Lunch Party at Zest Games & Puzzles August 19 Food & Bistro, 12:30 pm, p. 18 Group, 2–4 pm Friends Volunteer Opportunity 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Brethren Volunteer Potluck Dinner, RSVP by 3 pm for RSVP by 3 pm Village Wellness Café: Cinephiles, 6 pm, p. 16 Opportunity, 10 am – 6 pm, p. 20 August 12 Wellness for August 14 Nutrition and the Role of Social Bridge, 1 pm, 2:30 pm , p. 16 Café Brethren Volunteer the GP in Serious Illness, p. 18 Opportunity; 12 pm, pp. 4 & 19 RSVP by 3 pm for RSVP by 3 pm for August 15 Potluck August 13 Cinephiles Dinner 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Caregiver Support Literary Club, 6 pm, Food & Friends Volunteer Games & Puzzles Group, 6:30 pm, p. 20 p. 20 Opportunity, 9 am–12 Group, 2–4 pm RSVP by 3 pm for Noon pm , p. 20 Aug. 18 Literary Club 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Petanque, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Mahjong, 3 pm, p. 22 Qigong, 10 am, p. 22 Balance Class, Social Bridge, 1 pm, 12:30–1:30 pm, pp. 21 p. 18

2 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News From the Executive Director… Capitol Hill Village To reach us: Gay Marriage Paves a Path 202.543.1778 (M–F, 9 am–5 pm) for Dignified Aging [email protected] Like many of you, I was moved to tears I believe our community has some www.capitolhillvillage.org of joy this week by the Supreme Court’s unique qualities that can make us a decision on gay marriage. It strikes leader in the charge for a new era of Capitol Hill Village me that the issue stagnated for years, awareness and actions around aging, 725 8th Street SE, 2nd Flr. North making only incremental progress until elder care, and elder engagement. , DC 20003 a half-dozen years ago, when it started We have members of the Greatest Connect with CHV at: to gain momentum with state actions Generation, who fought in WWII. on marriage. Then it seemed in the past We have the activists who helped usher two years something crystallized: not in the Civil Rights Act. We have the only political and policy actions around hippies who protested for peace in To unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to equitable treatment of LGBTQ citizens, Vietnam. Members of our community [email protected] but social acceptance of same sex have not only been a part of national marriage became widespread. At that movements, but have also been a To become a member, go to www. capitolhillvillage.org and click on “Join.” point, LGBTQ rights was no longer an part of building layers of networks Dues can be paid online through PayPal, “issue of the gays,” nor was it for those that include excellent schools, youth or call the office at 202.543.1778. LGBTQ citizens and their small circle of programs, community gardens, and friends or family that had the courage other accomplishments, small and To support the Village, go to www. to speak out. It became a civil rights large. It’s more than the people capitolhillvillage.org and click on issue that the general public understood, though – we also have the social, “Support/Donate.” Capitol Hill Village is internalized, and acted upon. technological, and community a 501(c)3 charitable institution, and your resources to make this happen. gift is tax deductible. All donations are This makes me wonder—what can welcome! create that kind of momentum for issues I believe Capitol Hill Village can—as a of aging and the rights of elders to live small community based organization— with grace and dignity? I believe we start the movement right here for a more can muster our individual experiences, just and more sensible post-retirement our passion for justice, and our breadth model of living. of expertise to shine the light on the We can use our resources to change many issues around aging that are the conversation about aging, to shine under-discussed, under-funded, under- the light on the benefits that seniors recognized, and under-researched. I bring to the community, and start to witness my own family and friends, of the National Capital Area re-frame what Aging in Community CHV #55474 the community at large, and my looks like. We will become the model government hiding under the rock of that government and non-profit Capitol Hill Village Leaders ignorance, politeness, and apathy. There organizations look to. And this is as it Mary Procter, President of the Board is a kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell” quality should be. Capitol Hill has long been the Molly Singer, Executive Director to aging issues. How does the brain and center of much of our nation’s history. Tamara Coln, Programs & Services body change in the decades after 60? We can make the Village the center of Coordinator How do I analyze my parents’ finances the dialogue about the next chapter of Pam Weiss, Office Manager to help them figure out their financial our history. Melissa Zimmerman, Care Coordinator time horizon? How do I help my mother realize she’s not safe at home? We are There are, of course, myriad challenges Capitol Hill Village News Team timid because of our lack of experience ahead, and we will be navigating the Editor: Karen Stuck and a fear of what we may reveal when course ourselves, without a roadmap or guide. But I know the rewards will be Copy Editors: Susanne Allen, we ask. The issues are complex and Eileen Leahy, Diane Brockett impacting us individually, societally, rich and the outcomes will be historic and life-changing for our community. Web Site: Neal Mann and economically. Yet, we are paralyzed to really take these issues on and fight We have seen history made in our for change. neighborhood this week. Let us make some more in our Village.

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 3 This is Summer School You Want to Attend! By Mary Procter Upcoming Village Wellness Café Stay Tuned for Fall Programs programs, at the Townhomes, include: Capitol Hill Village is assembling a A Fall Symposium (tentatively series of health and wellness events Aches and Pains in Knee and Hip, scheduled for October) will focus on to build on the success of the May Wednesday July 15, 12:00 to 1:30 care-giving, with a detailed look at Women’s Health Day event and pm; Dr. E. Anthony Rankin, an care for individuals with dementia. help members become healthier. orthopedic surgeon at Providence Planned topics include: (1) Overview Good News—men are welcome all Hospital, will discuss hip and knee of care-giving in America; (2) Special summer long. aches and pains and strategies to needs for persons with dementia; These brown bag style luncheons, reduce or avoid them. (3) Panel of CHV members on the organized by Mary Procter, Julia Nutrition and the Role of the GP daily life of a family care-giver; (4) Quinn, and Melissa Zimmerman, will in Serious Illness, Wednesday, Preventive steps to reduce the impact be informative and interactive with August 12, 12:00 to 1:30 pm; of dementia; (5) Stories about living lots of question and answer time. Dr. Marcy Oppenheim, a lead with persons impacted by dementia; (6) ABCs of advocacy for oneself In collaboration with the Townhomes physician in Providence Hospital’s or another; and (6) New faces of on Capitol Hill, Sixth and G Streets SE, Family Medicine Center, will care-giving, the Village Wellness Cafés launched discuss nutrition and the role of on June 17 with Liza Kahn from Home the general practitioner in serious Also possible for the Fall is another Care Assistance, discussing advanced illness. collaboration with Washington directives. (See below for coverage of Register for these events through the Hospital Center around palliative care this event.) Capitol Hill Village website or by for chronic illness. calling the office at 202.543.1778. Village Wellness Café Opens with Five Wishes The Village Wellness Café series Five Wishes is well respected, it is only opened with a program on The honored if it is completed. In order Five Wishes on June 17. With 20 for the document to be completed participants and health care experts, you must first think about it, second we were able to take an in-depth talk about it with your family and look at the Five Wishes and how the friends, and finally write it down. document can be helpful to you and A completed Five Wishes covers all your loved ones. three steps. The discussion started “I encourage you to enjoy with a survey, “Raise your this process,” said Liza Kahn hand if you have heard from Home Care Assistance. of The Five Wishes.” The “Filling out The Five Wishes Liza Kahn, Business Development Manager at crowd responded with is an opportunity to celebrate Home Care Assistance, led the discussion. almost a full house of your life.” hands high in the air. CHV is an excellent resource * * * * * With the next question, to help navigate the process. If The next Village Wellness Café will “Raise your hand if you you have questions or would be Wednesday, July 15 from 12 to 1:30 have filled out The Five Wishes,” not a like a copy of The Five Wishes, contact pm at the Townhomes on Capitol single hand went up. Melissa Zimmerman at 202-543-1778. Hill, 750 Sixth St. SE. The Five Wishes is a tool to facilitate The Townhomes on Capitol Hill and Dr. E. Anthony Rankin from thinking and discussion around Home Care Assistance partnered Providence Hospital will be the end-of-life choices. Understanding with CHV for this event, and their speaker on “Aches and Pains in Knee the concept is easy but putting in the participation and support helped and Hip.” Register for this event effort to self-reflect and take action is make it successful. through the Capitol Hill Village challenging for everyone. While The website or by calling the office.

4 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News FROM The OUTGOING President and the incoming President There is a season—Turn, turn, turn By Mary Procter and Enrique Gomez We are excited to co-author this I am deeply grateful to Enrique for the way he column as we transition from one Board President to another. Enrique, has worked with each of us on the Board as we while remaining on the Board, stepped navigated our way through changes in leadership. down as Board President at the end of June. Mary will serve as President for He has promised to be a very active “Immediate Past one year beginning July 1. President” over the next year and we will all benefit. The coming year is a time of critical staff transitions. Both a new Executive privilege, and a wonderful experience Director and a new Director of for me. I am stepping down because Volunteer and Community Services my partner, Gene, is retiring and we will join the CHV staff. The Board are planning to ‘travel the world.’ decided it would be important to keep I am also stepping down because some continuity in Board leadership the appointment of a new Executive during this time. Director is a great opportunity for From her seven years on the Board, the Board and staff to find renewed including four as Board President, energy in the mission and function of Mary has deep knowledge of Capitol the Village. Hill Village and skills for managing It has been fascinating to get a deeper the CHV Board role, especially understanding of the value of the the critical relationship between Village model and the challenges the Board and the CHV Executive facing all of us who would like to age Director and staff. Mary had in place. I have learned much about significant executive experience as the critical role of non-profit boards the Chief of Staff (number two) for and have loved working side-by-side the multi-campus Friendship charter with the talented and hard-working school system and from positions in members of the Village Board and strategic and financial management staff. My life has been permanently who care about deepening our own in the Federal government. enriched by the dozens of new understanding of what lies ahead and Each of us will have our say in this friends I have made during my time in shaping that future. column. First, you will hear from as President. The Village is very Becoming Board President again Enrique: important to me and I look forward for this transition year is an exciting to supporting our new President challenge. I love this organization and Mary Procter and new Vice-President want it to prosper, and believe that this Jim Hardin.” transition will enrich our commitment And now, it’s Mary’s turn: to our mission of helping all of us stay in this community as long as possible. “Dear Friends: It has been a pleasure to work for the Village in many ways I am deeply grateful to Enrique for since 2007 when I joined the Board. the way he has worked with each of Over the past two years, I have been us on the Board as we navigated our particularly active in designing and way through changes in leadership. leading two symposiums, one on He has promised to be a very active ‘Successful Aging’ and a second on ‘Immediate Past President’ over the ‘Hard Choices’ that we will all have to next year and we will all benefit.” “Dear Capitol Hill Village Members make as we age. In the process I have and Friends: Serving as Board worked closely with others on the Hill President has been an honor, a

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 5 Intergenerational Life Planning Course continued from page 1 Costs and decisions around long- Managing the artifacts, records, content around issues, developing term care coverage. Understanding files, materials of your life their own tactics and next steps, health insurance, Medi-gap, “My experience is that families and working with each other to benefits, billing, etc. that discuss these important topics engage in the technical and often Estimating time horizon costs: how sooner rather than later are so better personal aspects of such planning. to budget between resources and prepared and able to respond to the Upon hearing about the series, one potential long-term needs opportunities and issues around aging registrant’s response was: “This is to improve the process for family perfect. I am working with my parents Household Management members rather than pretend that it on our family’s readiness around these Thinking through aging in place/ is never going to happen,” said Bill issues. I look forward to learning from retro-fitting, moving to a more Phillips, one of the course designers. experts and working with community accessible space, moving to “We all know the reality of aging, so members as we walk down this path.” progressive care or assisted living the sooner we address these issues, the For more details about the course, Managing electronic resources, less we have to worry about them.” contact: Molly Singer, msinger@ files, email, etc. The course will be interactive with capitolhillvillage.org. To register, call students learning information and the CHV office at 202-543-1778.

Please Join Us! Get Safe – While You Are Still Nimble! From Alyssa Wolf, co-director of The DC Office on Aging is offering free in-home assessments Physiotherapy Associates of Capitol of your risk of falls! Hill, partner with CHV for the monthly balance class: Everyone age 60 or older should with implementation of the take advantage of this offer, recommendations. Physiotherapy Associates has been either to prove that you are ultra a proud member of the Capitol Hill nimble and your house is safe OR A second FREE follow up visit is Community since 2004. We have to find out how you can become conducted to determine if the had the pleasure of working with more nimble and make your recommendations were helpful CHV’s balance class since 2010. home safer. and to provide additional training or information. Our therapists love having the What happens? opportunity to go out into the To initiate the FREE process community, meet local seniors, A licensed Occupational contact the DC Aging and and teach people about what we Therapist (who lives on Capitol Disability Resource Center (ADRC) do and how we can help you be Hill) will come to your home to at 202-724-5626. safe and strong in your home and assess your: neighborhood. Once the ADRC has processed •• Balance the intake information, an People of all ages can benefit from •• Strength Occupational Therapist will balance and strength training, and •• Vision contact the individual to set up we want to keep this community •• Home safety an appointment. (Psst — the and healthy and happy as possible. •• Two other risk categories for falls occupational therapist lives on Come join us the 4th Friday of every The FREE assessment takes Capitol Hill and is a HUGE fan of month from 12:30-1:30 pm at the the Village.) Southeast Neighborhood Library, about hours to complete. You Seventh and D Streets SE. will receive a full report with Why would anyone NOT recommendations, referrals, take advantage of this FREE The next Balance Class is Friday, and help with resources July 24. offer? Call today!

6 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News Second Wind: The Joy of Singing By Shirley Rosenfeld Do you enjoy singing….to yourself…. to your family? Have you ever sung in a chorus or wondered if you’d like to? Second Wind invites you to join them. You may already know many Second Wind members: Marsha Holliday, Judy Canning, Mary Procter, Bill Matuszeski, Joe and Andrea Kerr, Ellen Coughlin, Gene Larkin, Bill Driscoll, Frank Allen, Trudy Peterson, Claire Kincannon, Shirley Rosenfeld. They meet on Wednesdays, from 1:30-3:00 pm at the Capitol Hill Second Wind usually performs twice The Second Wind after finishing a recent Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. SE. a year at CHAW. This year they have performance at CHAW. They are taking the summer off, and sung everything from a Verdi chorus rehearsals resume Sept. 9. in the opera “Nabucco” (in Italian, love. When we get it right, it’s a sense The group is diverse in both thanks to the coaching and leadership of joy and pleasure at the sound. It’s experience and musical talent. All of Director, Michael Jacko) to the also a great workout for the brain— levels of singing and experience rollicking Jerry Lee Lewis number learning new notes, new rhythms, and participate, yet everyone contributes “Great Balls of Fire.” Steven Schwarz new lyrics. to the shared sound. No auditions are provides piano accompaniment, and required and everyone is welcome. It group members share in compensating If you would like to let your voice helps to be able to read music, but a him and the musical director. be heard, you are invited to check out Second Wind. Call Marsha willingness to participate in rehearsals Second Wind members love the joy Holliday at 202-544-2629 or ask any and to listen and learn new music is of learning. Working on the pitch, of the neighbors in the chorus that equally valuable. the rhythm, the dynamics and the you know. articulation of a piece is a labor of

News You Can Use… Passages… Leonardo Neher, a Livability Survey the opening of “Nats at 10,” an career foreign service Give voice to your opinions. The exhibit exploring 10 of the most officer and former DC Office on Aging is conducting memorable media moments from U.S. Ambassador to a city-wide survey of older residents the ’ first Upper Volta (now to assess opinions about housing, decade in Washington. While there, Burkina Faso), health and safety, technology, you can also see three recently- was an inveterate traveler, insatiable and other issues. Please take a opened exhibitions: Reporting learner, linguist, and committed few minutes to offer your input Vietnam, President Lincoln is Dead, rationalist. His obituary in the and Civil Rights at 50. Through for the sake of our community. Washington Post noted “his passing Link to the survey at: https:// Labor Day, kids 18 and under get diminishes by some small measure www.surveymonkey.com/r/ in free with a paying adult. The mankind’s quest to improve the world AFDCLivability Newseum is at 555 Pennsylvania by individual effort and personal Ave. NW. See http://www.newseum. example.” His daughter Jo Jo, a Capitol Discounts at the Newseum org/exhibits/upcoming/nats-at-10. Hill Village member and volunteer and The Newseum is offering $10 adult her father’s long-time care-giver, died and senior tickets (50 percent off last August. regular price) Aug. 1-2 to celebrate

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 7 Ask Edna …a regular feature that responds to questions and posts ideas from members

gov/programs/ocs/programs/liheap) go somewhere that is air-conditioned, helps keep families safe and healthy such as a shopping mall, library, or through initiatives that assist with movie theatre. Fans can’t provide energy costs such as home energy bills, enough cooling if the temperature is energy crises (like you need a new air in the 90’s or higher. Stay out of the conditioner) and weatherization and sun—our days of sun worship are over. Fretting about Flowers… energy-related minor home repairs. And wear loose, light-colored clothes Dear Edna: I am needing to get out Please look into this—and understand and a lightweight, broad-brimmed hat of town something desperate, but I that they will help you out any season of when you must go out. When you do go am fretting about leaving my lovely the year. Likewise, Washington DC has out, please use sunscreen with SPF 15 petunias behind. Last summer I took a similar program; more information or higher. Drink lots—of water that is. a week at the beach and returned to a at: http://green.dc.gov/service/ Cut back on alcohol and caffeine—and dehydrated garden. And, someone had energy-assistance-and-weatherization double up on the water. Take cool mussed with the garbage cans in the showers or baths. And if you feel hot, back of my house . . . what to do? Too much heat is serious sponge yourself with a cold, wet cloth. Esther at Eastern Market business… Edna really appreciates your Dear Edna: I am busy and have neighbors’ concern for you because Dear Esther: Pack your bags and go! things to do, but my neighbors are all these heat things can really sneak up But first . . . call Capitol Hill Village aflitter when they see me out in this on you. Below are some heat induced (202-543-1778) and request a volunteer terrible heat. I do appreciate them, but health issues and ways to address to water your garden. Likewise, honestly, sometimes they are worse them. Short answer, put your feet up CHV can have a volunteer watch the than my own kids! Advice about and take a long drink of water. perimeter of your home, take in your cooling the jets of my pesky neighbors. Dehydration garbage cans, etc. No more parched petunias for you! p.s. send a postcard Sincerely, WARNING SIGNS: Weakness, to us here at CHV—725 Eighth St SE, Sizzling in Southeast headache, muscle cramps, dizziness, confusion, and passing out. If you WDC 20003. Dear Sizzling: I hear you with lots find yourself grouchy for a silly In need of Cool… to do and places to go. It’s what keeps reason—think of it as a warning sign you and me active and engaged in our for dehydration. Dear Edna: It’s hot and my air community. However, it’s true that WHAT TO DO: Call your health- conditioner went Kapoot! I cannot our internal thermostats don’t work care provider or 911. Meanwhile, possibly afford a new system or even as well as they used to and we might drink plenty of water and, if possible, window units. What am I to do? I’m not recognize when we are getting “sports drinks” such as Gatorade, not a worry wart, but the little voice in overheated. Here are some tips to follow which contain important electrolytes the back of my head is telling me to do to strike a happy medium between that play a key role in regulating your something. activity and keeping cool. A quick check heartbeat Sincerely, for me to know if I am being undone Sweating on Seward Place by the heat is a change in my mood. If Heat stroke: I find myself crankier than usual, short WHAT IT IS: A very dangerous rise of patience—I know that is the first sign Dear SSP: Please turn up the volume in your body temperature. It can be that I need to re-hydrate and rest. on that little voice and listen. Don’t deadly. mess with this heat. Good news, But to maintain my independence WARNING SIGNS: A body there is a program to help those of and protect my health, this is what I temperature of 103 F. or higher; us with little income maintain our do. Get busy in the morning or after red, hot, and dry skin; a fast pulse; cool in the summer. The Low Income sundown, for your most demanding headache; dizziness; nausea or Home Energy Assistance Program activities like walking, gardening, etc. vomiting; confusion; and passing out. (information at: http://www.acf.hhs. If you don’t have an air conditioner,  continued on page 9

8 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the River They didn’t get to Memphis or New Orleans, but a group of Village members did get a view of the city that many people may not know exists when they took a boat ride down the Anacostia River on part of the Anacostia Water Trail. The Trail stretches nine miles from Bladensburg to the river’s juncture with the Potomac River. The Water Trail is part of both the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail and the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. Lee Cain (right), Recreation Director at the Anacostia Watershed Society, started by describing to Tours are part of the educational Village members the Anacostia Watershed and the history of the river. At one time, the Bladensburg program of the Anacostia Watershed Marina, where the boat was docked, was one of the largest ports on the East Coast. However, by the Society (AWS), which has helped 1800’s it was filled by soil eroding from upriver agricultural fields. upgrade the condition of the river It’s a view you’d never and provide an outlook for a cleaner expect to see in the and healthier river. AWS is involved middle of the city. Cain with advocacy, restoration, education, said there is evidence that and recreation activities. For more the river is getting better with the emergence of information on its programs and ways aquatic vegetation and to volunteer or contribute see www. reduction of trash. During anacostiaws.org. the two-hour ride, the Villagers saw great blue If you missed this boat tour, you can herons, turtles, ducklings, sign up for a future guided tour at ospreys, Canadian geese, the AWS web site. The next tour is a bald eagle, and a great on Thursday, July 18, 2013 from 9:45 white egret. am–12:00 pm.

Ask Edna continued from page 8 WHAT TO DO: Call 911 immediately. WARNING SIGNS: Heavy sweating Heat syncope: Move to a cool, shady place, take off or no sweating, muscle cramps, WHAT IT IS: Fainting caused by or loosen heavy clothes. If possible, tiredness, weakness, paleness, cold high temperatures. douse yourself with cool water, or put or clammy skin, dizziness, headache, WARNING SIGNS: Dizziness cloths soaked with cool water on your nausea or vomiting, fast and weak or fainting. wrists, ankles, armpits, and neck to pulse, fainting. WHAT TO DO: Lie down and put lower your temperature. Try and see if WHAT TO DO: Without delay, move your feet up, and drink plenty of water you can safely swallow water or drinks to a cool, shady place, and drink and cool fluids such as Gatorade. such as Gatorade. plenty of cool fluids, such as water or Gatorade. Call 911 without delay if * * * * * Heat exhaustion: you have high blood pressure or heart If you have questions, opinions, WHAT IT IS: A serious health problems, or if you don’t feel better thoughts on services, ideas, and advice problem caused by too much heat and quickly after moving to the shade and on issues of interest to CHV, please dehydration. If not treated, it may lead drinking liquids. submit them to askednachv@gmail. to heat stroke (see above). com. Selected submissions will appear in this column.

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 9 More Transportation Options for Village Members By L. Marie Guillory and Julia Quinn How to obtain MetroAccess. It is In May, the DC Taxicab Commission Transportation options are an important to note that individuals initiated a pilot program called important part of helping CHV do not qualify for MetroAccess Transport DC. The program allows members maintain independence. automatically just because they have District residents who are registered The June Village News discussed a a disability or on the basis of age. MetroAccess users to get door-to- range of transportation challenges and Eligibility is based on a person’s door or curbside taxis (a wheelchair opportunities. In this second article, functional limitations. The process for accessible one if needed) for a mere we look beyond Metro and Capitol Hill MetroAccess enrollment is described at one-way $5 fare. volunteers and discuss four specialized http://www.wmata.com/accessibility/ Service is provided by Capitol Cab and transportation services that can be used metroaccesseligibility.cfm. Yellow Cab, but you can book a ride for medical appointments, or, if the trip Fill out a MetroAccess application with either company by calling one qualifies, to just get around town. (can be found at http://washear.org/ number, 1-844-322-7732. Customers metroaccess) or you can request a copy can pay with cash or credit or debit Metrobus and Metrorail from Capitol Hill Village. You complete card. Up to two companions can ride Senior SmarTrip Card Part A: Applicant Information and for free with the eligible passenger. Seniors (65+) are entitled to a Metrorail Release and your doctor completes Part Passengers can be picked up or dropped and Metrobus discount with the Senior B: Health Care Provider Certification. off anywhere in the city. SmarTrip card. Traveling with a Senior When the application is complete, call Unlike MetroAccess, which involves SmarTrip card costs less than paying 202-962-2033 to schedule a time for an shared rides and a schedule tied to with cash or coins and you only pay half assessment. MetroAccess will pick you Metro bus routes and schedules, the price each trip! up and take you to 600 Fifth St. NW Transport DC operates 7 days a week, for this assessment. Your eligibility is 24 hours a day. Also, MetroAccess Where do I get it? Users must physically determined at this assessment. go to the Metro Center sales office, 12th reservations must be made at least a day and F Streets, NW between 8 am and 6 Blue vs. White MetroAccess Card: in advance while Transport DC allows pm from Monday-Friday. You must have There are two MetroAccess cards reservations to be made with just a one- a valid photo ID to purchase a card. and it is important to understand the hour notice. difference between them. The blue Cost? The cost of the card it $2, and you The pilot program is aimed at increasing MetroAccess card is for individuals the number of wheel chair accessible can add money at Metro kiosks using who are unable to ride the Metrorail or cash or a credit card cars available to the public. It is a Metrobus due to a physical disability good deal for the consumer and DC Once you have a card there are great as documented by the physician. taxpayers. Consumers pay less than discounts. Card holders pay only Therefore, the individual would only MetroAccess fares, get their own taxi, one-half the fare price during peak use MetroAccess van transportation and have more scheduling options and off-peak hours. Users also receive services. If the individual decides to ride under the pilot. Taxpayers benefit free Metrobus to Metrobus transfers the Metrobus or Metrotrain they have to because the city pays the cab companies within 2 hours as well as a 50-cent pay the full cost of the ride. a per ride fee that is far less than the fare reduction when transferring from The White MetroAccess card is for $51 average it pays to subsidize each Metrorail to Metrobus or vice versa. individuals who would benefit from MetroAccess van ride. MetroAccess Service MetroAccess services, but are able Village members who are MetroAccess to ride the Metrorail or Metrobus customers are encouraged to use the What is MetroAccess? MetroAccess independently or with some support. new service and let us know how it is is door-to-door, shared-ride public The benefit of having a MetroAccess working for them. More information paratransit service for people whose white card is that the individual can on Transport DC can be found at http:// disability prevents them from using ride the Metrorail and Metrobus for dctaxi.dc.gov/page/transport-dc regular accessible Metrobus and free, and the door-to-door service costs Metrorail public transportation for some $4.00-$6.50. Seabury Connector or all of their public transportation. MetroAccess operates throughout the Transport DC Taxi Service The Seabury Connector provides rides to medical facilities and social service metropolitan area where there is a What is Transport DC? This service regular bus and/or rail service. Door- offices for Washington DC residents age offers $5 accessible taxi rides for 60 and older under a contract between to-door MetroAccess costs between MetroAccess users $4-6.50 per trip.  continued on page 11

10 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News More Transportation Options continued from page 10 the District of Columbia Office on Aging and Seabury Resources for Aging. There is no charge for the service, and Become Even More Public tipping is not permitted. The service was called Washington Handicapped Elderly Transportation Savvy! Transportation Services (WHETS) until Would you like to learn the tools to help you use DC public it was taken over by Seabury in 2012. transportation? Would you like to get where you need to go using With the hiring of additional drivers the Metrobus and Metrorail system? and the purchase of new vans following the takeover, the service improved WMATA’s staff members are dedicated to helping you get around town on significantly. As a result, there is a high public transportation. You can schedule an appointment and get a guided, demand for the service. one-on-one session that will help you through all aspects of navigating Metrorail and Metrobuses and even help you get to the trickiest parts of Residents can use the shared service the city. Julia Quinn learned how to confidently get from Eastern Market to for medical appointments, including dialysis and cancer treatment and visits Washington Hospital Center using Metrorail and Metrobus. to social service agencies that assist with WMATA offers a free Travel Training Program to DC residents. gaining access to various public benefits. To schedule your Travel Training class, call 202-962-2780 or email The Connector is a curb-to-curb [email protected] service. Van drivers pick up and Members may also contact Julia Quinn at CHV who can help coordinate discharge passengers at the curb or a Travel Training class for up to four CHV members at a time. driveway in front of their home or (Phone: 202-543-1178 or email: [email protected].) destination. They provide assistance to riders as they enter and exit the vehicle. They do not assist or escort passengers Call ‘N’ Ride/Connector being lifted or carried. There are no to or from their door. Card Program income eligibility requirements for the How to get a Seabury Connector service, which is provided by Home ride? At present, rides for medical Call ‘N’ Ride, another service designed Care Partners under a grant from appointments are filled on a first come, for persons 60 or older, provides a the DC Office on Aging and other first served basis. Customers can enroll subsidized debit card that can be used supporters. for the service by calling the Connector for ground transportation services to Clients make their own transportation Service Center at 202-727-7771. Riders any destination of the user’s choice via arrangements and pay for the aide’s are advised to reserve by no later than cab or Metro. The amount of subsidy transportation unless the carrier 1:00 pm the day before a ride is needed provided through the card is scaled is a Transport DC cab or Seabury and preferably at least three days before on the basis of income. Seabury also Connector. Aides accompany the a trip. operates this small program under a grant from the DC Office on Aging. passenger on medical appointments, When riders have completed their Information is available from the Call help them prepare for the appointment, appointment, they call the Seabury ‘N’ Ride Connector Card Program and help them navigate to and from Connector Dispatcher at 202-715-7649 Office at 2601 18th St NE.; phone the vehicle to their home. Service is to arrange a return trip home. Seabury 202-478-5869. based on availability and provided on a says its goal is to pick up riders for the first-come first-served basis. Requests trip home within 45 minutes of their Caregivers Respite Escort for services should be made at least call to the dispatcher. However, don’t Service for Transportation five days in advance, but Home Care be surprised if you are told that you can (CREST) Partners states that other requests will get a ride to your doctor but not back be accommodated if possible. Requests to your home after your appointment is CREST is a little known free service for services can only be made by phone over. More information on the Seabury that provides an aide to escort to the Home Care Partners CREST Connector can be found at http://www. cognitively- and mobility-impaired program at 202-638-0736. seaburyresources.org/community_ clients to medical or other health care services/transportation/index.html. appointments inside the Washington Beltway. Only DC residents age 60 or older are eligible, and clients must be able to get out of their homes without

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 11 CHV Gala Salon Event George Hawkins: Re-invigorating DC Water & Sewer By Bruce Brennan of pipe to take away the sewage and Mother always told us there are some companion pipes to take the surging topics that “just aren’t suitable for the storm water. If those storm-water dinner table, dear.” Raw sewage and pipes got full in a deluge, they just its overflow into our rivers (or even overflowed into the sewer pipes— our own basements!) is definitely such carrying the combined mess into our a topic. rivers, of course. Simple, efficient— and still creating a mess today. But that’s precisely the topic covered by an enthused, energetic, and fact-filled Now, Hawkins explained, there’s George Hawkins, General Manager of a new public works program well the DC Water and Sewer Authority, underway that’s designed to catch before an enthralled CHV Salon and store storm-water overflows Dinner audience at the home of Bill in three huge tunnels underneath Matuszeski and Mary Procter. And he our streets—keeping them separate George Hawkins (lower left) and guests Peter Engle, Collie Agle and Bruce Brennan did it ever so engagingly and ever so from the sewage. Huge tunnels, politely, carefully using euphemisms he explained—his arms stretching expensive tunneling will be needed. such as “biosolids,” “enriched water,” seemingly from wall to wall of the In fact, by adding more green roofs, and even “cake.” Even the Dowager living room, creating a vision of a bioswales, porous pavement, and Countess of Downton Abbey would’ve deep, dark, rather forbidding tunnel. rain-gardens around the District, enjoyed the evening with nary a “tut- Tunnels so big, so expensive, so Hawkins expects to be able to tut” or a blush. complexly engineered, he told us, that substantially shrink the diameter of each has a name (Nannie, Lady Bird, two of the tunnels. The evening began quite genteelly as and Lucy.) guests gathered in the host’s lovely And just as he hopes to stop the garden. But the show really began Twitter accounts report on their combined sewer overflows, Hawkins once back inside, seated at tables ready daily progress, and special 23-foot is onto other innovations to deal to enjoy our dinner and learn about high blades dig them out (again the more directly with sewage treatment sewage—or rather just how well Mr. arms stretch beyond their limits). itself—like capturing methane gas Hawkins and crew were taking care of All at $3 million each digging day! created from the “digestions” of the it for us. Plus, to transport workers and sewage to generate energy. Saving visiting dignitaries down, down, Hawkins took the living room stage money for the rate-payers! And by down to where blade drills out rock improving the quality of the resulting with a bound and, like the “flow” (he makes us feel the rumble he is paid to manage, never stopped “cake” of biosolids, he’ll turn our cake deep into the tunnel). Hawkins from Grade B to grade A quality—by moving: pacing and gesticulating as seemed as familiar with each of his he first gave a history lesson on the curing it longer and better in giant tunnels as Jean Valjean must’ve been metal eggs (Ah—there go the arms District’s early pioneering sewage with the sewers of Paris. And, just treatment efforts and then revealed again: really, really giant eggs.). The as Victor Hugo brought along his almost bacteria-free result is then current efforts to bring the system readers, Hawkins made us feel we into the 21st Century. sold as fertilizer, branded as Bloom. were down there with him. You can be sure it’ll be better, more Seems the District has a state of But Hawkins saved the best for last efficient, and less expensive than the art combined water and sewer with an announcement that history now, and that George Hawkins will system—or what passed for one in was again being made that very day! be excited to tell you all about it when 1870, anyway. When the mustachioed Under a new consent decree signed he’s done! City Fathers of Boss Shepherd’s era by the District, Department of Justice realized that those open sewers along That young Hawkins fellow seems a and EPA, the District will add a host most excellent chap don’t you think? Constitution Avenue were not just of green infrastructure to the effort unsightly but actually unhealthy, they So energetic, so entertaining, so to fight, divert, or slow storm-water visionary, really. Now, please excuse buried the problem in what was then surges—enough so that less of the the most modern way: with a series me, but which way to the WC?

12 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News CHV Gala Salon Event Former DC Mayor Tony Williams Still Active DC Fan By Diane Brockett However, Williams continued, Tony Williams, Washington’s mayor “there are big challenges in front of from 1999-2007, still considers District us. We need to work hard to diversify issues to be the main items on his daily our economy.” working plate. Tourism is an obvious expansion area However, he also thinks he is in a for the District, he suggested. Major much more desirable chair now, as changes also are needed to move the executive director of the influential city forward as a “Financial Capitol, a Federal City Council. heavily regulated area here now.” The DC mayor must focus on all Recent analysis shows that the District issues—large and small—facing the of Columbia rates in the middle of city, while the FCC can select major cities in creating technology startups, ones to focus on, Williams explained an area where District energies in speaking to Capitol Hill Village could create a large growth in jobs, members at a recent salon dinner. he said. In addition to technology diversification, Williams suggested Former DC Mayor Tony Williams While the DC Chamber of Commerce cyber-security and health care are and the Greater Washington Board areas “pushing for diversification. 100 schools over 10 years (both of Trade are business focused, he There are lots of opportunities there public and charter). I know we can continued, the Federal City Council for increased jobs.” move the needle.” “focuses on civic improvement.” The Anacostia is one of Williams’ The Anacostia is one of Williams’ special areas of special areas of concern. “We need to address the Anacostia River. An concern. “We need to address the Anacostia River. would help make area residents stakeholders in the area,” as An Anacostia Park would help make area both Central Park (in New York City) residents stakeholders in the area.” and the have done. “Have you read the recent New York Times lead story—poor people The FCC’s current interest list includes Williams credits , moving out of poverty?” he said. But the Anacostia River, education reform, who succeeded him as mayor, with the real issue is “bringing people job creation, and city transportation. hiring capable talents—“no hacks”— into the world of work.” Cities and The District of Columbia has among new DC employees. Now, he suburbs need to work jointly on improved in recent years, Williams continued, “the city needs political some issues, such as housing and said, noting that “a lot of help” has order to get stuff moving.” transportation, because they are been focused on DC and “lots has been Williams supported the election of regional issues, he added. accomplished.” Many DC residents Washington’s new mayor, Muriel Responding to another question, and observers credit Williams with Bowser, to tackle the next steps. having turned the District around Williams said many towns and cities during a growing fiscal crisis, first “Housing is a challenge for us, the aren’t ready for the coming growth of while serving as chief financial officer problem being gentrification. We older citizens, aging-in place issues, under the DC Control Board and later need to see a mixture of incomes in the impact on the medical system, on during his two terms as mayor. neighborhoods and to bring people making townhouses accessible, on back to living in the city to pay taxes.” needs for assisted living. A primary example of his success was that he steered DC finances toward The city also needs to increase “our “This is a huge issue that cities must financial recovery, moving from a commitment to education,” Williams start thinking about.” $355 million deficit in 1995 to a $185 continued, noting one goal being million surplus in 1997. discussed is “providing change for

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 13 Enjoy the Gardens Inside Capitol Hill Blocks By Margaret Missiaen At a recent tea for CHV member Jan Silver, the conversation turned to green spaces on Capitol Hill— community gardens that are often tucked away in alleys, invisible to most Hill residents. I had visited some of them and promised to plan a walk to see these hidden gems. There are four community gardens located between 13th and 18th Streets SE—a walkable distance on a hot day. We met at the park and garden at 13th and C Streets SE. (Note this is south of South Carolina Ave.). This former empty concrete lot, owned by the DC Housing Authority on the plot. Today, King’s Court has (DCHA), opened in 2011 following 32 raised garden sites, ranging in size four years of community work from 20 by 4 feet to 40 by 4 feet. Pat with DCHA. The space includes Taylor met us at the garden, showed raised beds, benches, native plants, us her plots, and explained the a picnic table, and a fountain. It is watering system. run by a nonprofit volunteer board Then it was on to view the garden and maintained by the community located between 17th and 18th, C and around it. Residents of Kentucky D Streets SE. The Hill East Garden has Courts Apartments and surrounding 36 12-by-4-feet raised beds with wood neighbors share the garden plots, chip walkways between. Opened in which are assigned through an 2004, Hill East provides wheelbarrows, application and waiting list process. tools, and watering cans. There is no All of the DC gardens maintain running water on the site, but board waiting lists for garden plots. Yet it members take turns filling the system is not hopeless to add your name, as of connected 55-gallon drums with residents do move and others find water from hoses run across the alley. that the hot summer days on Capitol Garden membership dues help offset Hill cause many of us to want to the cost of the water. Top: Margaret Missiaen discusses the 13th stay indoors. The last garden visited was Green Street Park and Garden with Village members. The second stop on the garden tour Seed Garden, the newest member of Above: CHV member Pat Taylor in the King’s was King’s Court in the 200 block of the Capitol Hill Community Garden Court Garden which she founded and where 14th Street SE. The garden is in the Land Trust, opening in 2009. CHV she has a plot. block’s interior between 14th and 15th member Fran Zaniello lives near the the recipient of the $10,000 Arnold F. Streets and has been there since 1997. garden, and she provided details about Keller Jr. award from the Capitol Hill It was the first member of the Capitol this garden, which is bounded by 17th, Community Foundation in 2015. This Hill Community Garden Land Trust. 18th, D and E Streets SE. grant completed the purchase of the This nonprofit was founded by Pat It has more than 70 plots, each land for the garden. Taylor (a Capitol Hill Village member) 12-by-4-feet, built in raised beds. The A website at vcresidential.com/farms to facilitate the transfer of title to the garden offers a shed with communal lists most of the community gardens land. A developer who owned the tools as well as benches, patio in the District of Columbia and property donated it to the Trust. At furniture, and play equipment for provides the location and size of each. that time, DC law prohibited building children. The Green Seed Garden was

14 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News Musings from Leo Orleans Crossing Into Old Age—Chronology Versus Reality

I don’t know about you, but this is my experiencing is that they are probably first experience with old age, and I normal for my age and, therefore, have found it much more challenging don’t require medical intervention. than, let’s say, moving, changing jobs, Eventually, as normal people would re-marrying, and other major life- expect, I end up with a physician who style changes. bawls me out for waiting too long. The problem starts with the most When I have a memory stumble basic of questions. Just when, exactly, (frequently) nice people of any age does one officially become old? immediately try to put me at ease with Since chronological age is no longer some version of “me too.” Thanks, a valid criterion, it would help a lot but twaddle. I constantly struggle not if Congress approved, the President only with names of closest friends but signed, and the Supreme Court even with names of relatives on both thought and thereby relieve me of risky favorably adjudicated a law that would sides of our families. Obviously this is sleeping pills. And second, it would require a federal agency to write us a frequent old-age handicap that make a greater effort to produce a cure letters that would identify the specific would not be overlooked by computer for PUR (post-urinary-residual), which date on which we convert from old age specialists. is troublesome to many males. age based on birthdays to old age The one person within the medical Happily or ruefully (depending on based on medical evidence. With our profession who gives me a heads up 21st Century computer technology it your perspective) I must also admit on my condition and places me into that when it comes to attractive should be a snap. Just feed—I mean the advanced old-age category is input—all the factors that converge members of the opposite sex, I have my pharmacist. Why else would he had a lifetime habit of ogling (a word I to determine real old age and, voila, provide me with warnings that would the computer will efficiently spit out learned from crossword puzzles). Must make fully cognizant elders snicker. As I quit when I cross into old age? Or, names of people who are on the verge it is, he warns me that my sleeping pills of this undesirable forward move. maybe if I “look” instead of “ogle” it “may cause drowsiness,” that some would be okay to admire the attractive Had I received such a notification from pills “may cause either constipation ladies and exercise my still active Washington I could have prepared or diarrhea” and to “take them with imagination. I certainly don’t want myself by talking to a few friends who water.“ It’s nice to know that he cares. to embarrass myself or my family. It have already reached this status and Pharmacists, however, could learn would therefore be most helpful if the by listening to or viewing appropriate something worthy from weather official old-age notification would tapes on the subject. Most important, predictors who tell us the likelihood include some guidelines for this if we had such a law on the books there of rain, snow, or some other weather sensitive quandary. would undoubtedly be professional phenomenon followed by the “old age preparers” (ala tax preparers) I know how difficult and tricky percentage of likelihood. Not likely. it would be to add an additional who would—what else?—help us Sometimes even doctors go astray. prepare for the next phase of our life. responsibility for our government. For example, my neurologist keeps In this case, however, the President, As it is, this old age thing seems to telling me that I am suffering from Congress, and members of the have snuck up on me without any “essential tremor.” Does he think Supreme Court should realize that a warning or formal notification. that old age has turned me into a little compassion would be valuable During my pre-old age days I would nincompoop? I know for a fact that to everyone, no matter their political complain about my aches, pains, my tremor is in no sense essential. outlook. I therefore feel sure that if and other physical problems to my And I hope you don’t mind that, while we try hard enough we will be able wife—my live-in medic—who would on the subject of pharmacists and to achieve our goal: to fully utilize nag (oops, urge) me to “make an doctors, I stray to mention a personal our booming technology by creating appointment,” making me eventually wish. First, I hope that sometime in the a Bureau of Old-Age Notification succumb to her wisdom. Now that near future the medical establishment under the Department of Health and I am really old my first reaction will produce a “nothinkatal” pill that Human Services. to whatever discomforts I may be I know would relieve me of night-time Or should I turn to AARP?

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 15 Upcoming CHV Events for July–August 2015 Check the CHV website for programs that may be added: www.capitolhillvillage.org

Thursday, July 9, 6–7:30 pm Please RSVP to all events, and let the CHV office know Member Home if you need a ride, by calling 202.543.1778 during regular office hours (9 am to 5 pm) or by e-mailing Cinephiles [email protected] NOTE: Signup deadline is 12 pm Wednesday, July 8 The next meeting of the Cinephiles film discussion group Friday, July, 10–2:30 pm will be Thursday, July 9, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Each month, participants in this film discussion group view one or more Church of the Brethren 337 North Carolina Avenue of the films listed before the scheduled meeting. At the Southeast, Washington, DC 20003 meeting we discuss the films already viewed and select the Church of the Brethren Volunteer Opportunity next month’s choices. NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Tuesday, July 7 Participants should call the CHV office by noon on Wednesday, July 8, to register their attendance and learn the Join CHV and other volunteers to assist with serving, address of the meeting. One or more of the following five cooking and cleaning during the lunch service, usually films are to be viewed before the meeting: every 2nd Friday of the month. If you would like to participate please call the CHV Office or email info@ “Testament of Youth,” capitolhillvillage.org. Please inform office staff how long “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” you would like to assist. “Ex Machina,” “Spy,” and “Love and Mercy.” Friday, July 10, 6:30 pm Members & Social Members. The Monocle | 107 D Street, NE | Several steps down to main dining room; restrooms up a flight of stairs. Friday, July 10, Starting at 9:00 am Dinner Party at The Monocle Your Home NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Tuesday, July 7 Used Book, DVD, and CD Pickup Join our July dinner NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Wednesday, July 8 party at The Monocle, an iconic Capitol Hill Books, CD’s, videos or DVD’s dining destination are picked up monthly for over 50 years. At from members’ homes for tables of no more than donation to the Friends of six, we will enjoy a the Southeast Neighborhood dinner that includes Library. If you have extra choices between: two books, CD’s, videos or DVD’s appetizers; two entrees; that you would like to donate, and two desserts. please call the office to let CHV know the quantity of The cost of this three-course “tasting” meal (European- items you have and to receive sized portions) will be $25, including taxes and gratuities. instructions for the pickup. Alcoholic beverages will be charged to the individual (Please place items in a visible area outside your home, consumer. CASH ONLY. Reservation required. If you labeled so volunteers can identify.) reserve and cannot attend, please call the office promptly to cancel. On-street parking available beginning at 6:30 pm. NOTE: Please DO NOT include any of the following for pick-up: travel books more than 5 years old, any books in Members, Social Members, Volunteers, and Guests poor condition (old, mold, discolored, worn or torn), or out- of-date business, economics and technical books. Members Only  continued on page 17

16 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News CHV Events for July–August 2015 continued from page 16 Check the CHV website for programs that may be added: www.capitolhillvillage.org

Saturday, July 11, Starting at 9 am Wednesday, July 15, 12–1:30 pm Your Home Townhomes on Capitol Hill Community Center, 6th and I Hazardous Waste and Shredding Pickup Streets SE. NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Wednesday, July 8 Village Wellness Cafe This is the day for pickup of hazardous materials and NOTE: Signup deadline is 3:00 pm Monday, July 13 personal papers from CHV members’ homes for delivery Dr. E. Anthony Rankin, to the District’s safe disposal site. Personal papers (medical an orthopedic surgeon at records or financial files) will be shredded at the drop-off Providence Hospital, will site, viewed by the CHV delivery team to ensure they are discuss hip and knee aches securely destroyed. and pains and strategies to Hazardous wastes for pickup include paint, house cleaners, reduce or avoid them. batteries, televisions, computers and their accessories, Join fellow members for a video equipment, and other items listed on DPW’s website. light lunch. Feel free to copy and paste this link for a list of appropriate Members and Social items: http://dpw.dc.gov/node/466802. Members Capitol Hill Village recommends that you remove your hard drive from computers you are leaving for pick-up. If you need assistance doing so, call the Village office and we can send a volunteer. Call 202.543.1778 or e-mail [email protected] to request a pickup or for Thursday, July 16, 2:00-4:00 pm assistance with the hard-drive, or to volunteer to complete Labyrinth Games & Puzzles, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE the pickup. We are always looking for volunteers to help provide this important member service. Games and Puzzles Group Members only. Join other CHV members and their friends for two hours of brain-stretching, bantering fun. Owner Kathleen and her colleagues will introduce you to new games that they like, Monday, July 13, 5–6:00 pm and teach you to play them. Tunnicliff’s Tavern, 722 7th St. SE | Fully Accessible Open to All Travel Club Summer Happy Hour Monday, July 20, 6:30–8:00 pm NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Friday, July 10 Northeast Library, 330 Seventh St. NE Travel Club members and their guests will get together Caregiver Support Group for a summer Happy Hour Capitol Hill Village and Iona Senior Services are partnering at this local landmark. to offer a support group for individuals who are care-giving CHV members and guests for an older family member or friend with memory loss. The group, led by professionals from Iona, is free and open to all thanks to the generous support of The Residences at Thomas Circle. Interested individuals should contact the CHV at 202-543-1778 or [email protected] for more information and to sign up. Please RSVP to all events, and let the CHV office know Open to all if you need a ride, by calling 202.543.1778 during regular office hours (9 am to 5 pm) or by e-mailing [email protected]  continued on page 18

July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News • 17 CHV Events for July–August 2015 continued from page 17 Check the CHV website for programs that may be added: www.capitolhillvillage.org

Tuesday, July 21, 6:00–7:30 pm Please RSVP to all events, and let the CHV office know Private Home, 10 steps if you need a ride, by calling 202.543.1778 during Literary Club regular office hours (9 am to 5 pm) or by e-mailing [email protected] Note: Signup deadline is 3:00 pm, Monday, July 20

Travel to southern France with contemporary British writer love having the opportunity to go into the community, Rose Tremain. You may never have heard of Tremain, but meet local seniors, and teach people about what we do and “Trespass: A Novel” (2010, 253 pp) will send you scurrying how we can help you be safe and strong in your home and back to the library for another Tremain book. Set during neighborhood. Reservations required. the economic downturn of the last decade, the book’s main character is an aging London antiques dealer seeking to Members, Social Members, Volunteers, and Guests buy property in France where his sister lives with her lover. This is a novel about property rights—both human and Saturday, August 1, 9:00 am material—and the tale that Tremain spins is intense and suspenseful. A New York Times reviewer called the book Your Home a “precision-tooled novel,” “dark and unflinching.” Note: Hazardous Waste Pickup Don’t confuse this novel with another (by Valerie Martin) also called “Trespass.” NOTE: Signup deadline is 3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 5 The Club alternates fiction and non-fiction with an annual Hazardous materials and personal papers will be picked up play reading and poetry night. Newcomers always welcome! from CHV members’ homes for delivery to the District’s safe disposal site. Personal papers (medical records or Members and Social Members financial files) will be shredded at the drop-off site, viewed by the CHV delivery team to ensure they are destroyed. Thursday, July 23, 1:00 pm Hazardous wastes for pickup include paint, house cleaners, Private Home batteries, televisions, computers and their accessories, video equipment, and other items listed on DPW’s website: http:// Social Bridge Group dpw.dc.gov/node/466802. Do you know how to play bridge, or would you like to learn/ Capitol Hill Village recommends that you remove your hard relearn? We hope to have fun playing bridge while trying drive from computers you are disposing in the pick up. If to reach consensus about how to bid. No master points you need assistance doing so, call the Village office at 202- involved. Come join us! Please RSVP by calling the CHV 543-1778 or e-mail [email protected] to request a office at 202-543-1778 or e-mail [email protected]. pickup or to arrange for a volunteer to assist with the drive. Members and Social Members Members Only

Friday, July 24, 12:30–1:30 pm Wednesday, August 5, 12:15 pm Southeast Neighborhood Library, 7th and D Streets SE. Zest Bistro, 735 Eighth St. SE (Accessible entrance on D St.) Village Lunch Party Balance Class NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Friday July 31 People of all ages can benefit from balance and strength Lunch at this popular training. Join other members in this monthly balance class, bistro includes choices which will help you recognize that strength and agility are between: soup or the best defenses against falls. Practice skills that will keep salad; and one of six you on your feet. The class is taught by a volunteer physical sandwiches (some therapist from Physiotherapy Associates, a proud member hot, some vegetarian), of the Capitol Hill community since 2004. Our therapists  continued on page 19

18 • July/August 2015 Capitol Hill Village News CHV Events for July–August 2015 continued from page 18 Check the CHV website for programs that may be added: www.capitolhillvillage.org served with either salad or French fries. The $21 fixed price for these two courses includes soft drinks, taxes and NOTE: These groups will resume monthly meetings gratuities. Alcoholic beverages and dessert are charged to in September: Village Urban Walkers; History and the individual consumer. Cash only. Biography Book Group; Village Opera Society; Theater Group; Meet, Walk, View and Eat; and Second Wind. Members, Social Members, Volunteers, and Guests

Thursday, August 6, 2:00–4:00 pm Please RSVP to all events, and let the CHV office know Labyrinth Games & Puzzles, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE if you need a ride, by calling 202.543.1778 during regular office hours (9 am to 5 pm) or by e-mailing Games and Puzzles Group [email protected] Join other CHV members and their friends for two hours of brain-stretching, bantering fun. Owner Kathleen and her Thursday, August 13, 6–7:30 pm colleagues will introduce you to new games that they like, and teach you to play them. Private Home Open to All Cinephiles NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm, Wednesday, August 12 Wednesday, August 12, 12–1:30 pm Each month participants in this film discussion group view Townhomes on Capitol Hill Community Center, Sixth and I one or more of the films listed before the scheduled meeting. Streets SE At the meeting we discuss the films already viewed and select the next month’s choices. Village Wellness Cafe Participants should call the CHV office to register their NOTE: Signup deadline is 3:00 attendance, learn of the address and learn of the films to be pm Monday, August 10 discussed. Dr. Marcy Oppenheim, a lead Members and Social Members physician in Providence Hospital’s Family Medicine Center, will discuss nutrition and the role of Friday, August 14, 10 am–2:30 pm the general practitioner in serious 337 North Carolina Ave. SE illness. Church of the Brethren Volunteer Opportunity Members and Social Members NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm, Tuesday, August 11 Join CHV and other volunteers to assist with serving, cooking, and cleaning during the lunch service. Thursday, August 13, 1:00 pm Reservations required. If you would like to participate, call Private Home the CHV Office or e-mail [email protected]. Please inform the office how long you will be able to assist. Social Bridge Group Members, Social Members, Volunteers Do you know how to play bridge, or would you like to learn/ relearn? We hope to have fun playing bridge while trying to reach consensus about how to bid. No master points involved. Come join us! Please RSVP by calling the CHV office at 202-543-1778 or e-mail [email protected]. Members and Social Members

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NOTE: These groups will resume monthly meetings Wednesday, August 19, 9 am–12 pm in September: Village Urban Walkers; History and Biography Book Group; Village Opera Society; Theater Volunteer at Food and Friends Group; Meet, Walk, View and Eat; and Second Wind. NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm. Monday, August 3 Founded in 1988, Food & Friends began in the basement Saturday, August 15, 6:00 pm of the Westminster Presbyterian Church and has now Private Home moved to a state-of-the-art kitchen and pantry facility and has initiated new programs to meet the changing needs Potluck Dinner of people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life- NOTE: Signup deadline is 3 pm Thursday, August 13 challenging illnesses in the Washington, DC metropolitan community. Join CHV staff and volunteers to prepare Judy and Mike Canning are hosting a potluck dinner for food packages to be delivered to the clients they serve. The members at their home. They will prepare a meat main dish. core tasks involve standing for the entire time. Please bring an appetizer, vegetarian dish, a vegetable, salad, Food and Friends has the following volunteer or dessert. Wine, sparkling water, and bread are always requirements: welcome. If weather (and mosquitoes) permit, there will be outdoor seating in the garden as well as indoors. This is an 1. Appropriate Attire (in order to ensure that the meals excellent time to meet fellow members. Call the CHV office are safe for their clients, who have extremely fragile at 543-1778 to sign up and indicate what you will bring. immune systems): •• Closed-toe shoes ONLY (no sandals or flip-flops) Members •• Shirts with sleeves that cover the armpit completely (no tank tops, sleeveless shirts, or capped sleeves) Monday, August 17, 6:30–8:00 pm •• Plain wedding bands are acceptable (no jeweled rings, earrings of any kind, watches, bracelets, or necklaces) Northeast Library, 330 Seventh St. NE 2. Volunteer Arrival & Check-In Caregiver Support Group Upon arrival, each CHV member should announce that Capitol Hill Village and Iona Senior Services are partnering they are volunteering as a part of DEBORAH SPEARS to offer a support group for individuals who are care-giving GROUP. If a volunteer arrives late, they will first need to for an older family member or friend with memory loss. check in with a volunteer coordinator before joining their The group, led by professionals from Iona, is free and open organization. to all thanks to the generous support of The Residences at 3. Volunteer Agreement: Each adult 18 or older is to Thomas Circle. Interested individuals should contact the complete the Food and Friends Volunteer Agreement and CHV at 202-543-1778 or [email protected] for bring it with them on their day of service. more information and to sign up. 4. Illness: Anyone who is not feeling well should stay Open to all home. Their clients have extremely fragile immune systems and are highly vulnerable to getting seriously ill from exposure to illnesses such as colds and the flu. Tuesday, August 18, 6:00–7:30 pm 5. Valuables: Do not bring valuables to the facility. Lockers Private Home are available, but Food and Friends does not provide locks Literary Club and cannot be responsible for personal items. Note: Signup deadline is 3:00 pm, Monday, August 17 Call the CHV Office at 202-543-1778 to learn the location At this meeting, the club will discuss The Sixth Extinction: and to let them know if you have any special needs. Food An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert (2014, 269 pp. and Friends provides van transportation from the Ft. Totten Metro station to the location. non-fiction). The Club alternates fiction and non-fiction with an annual play reading and poetry night. Newcomers Members, Social Members, Volunteers always welcome! Members and Social Members  continued on page 21

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Thursday, August 20, 2:00–4:00 pm Friday, August 28, 12:30–1:30 pm Labyrinth Games & Puzzles, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Southeast Neighborhood Library, 7th and D Streets SE. Games and Puzzles Group (Accessible entrance on D St.) Join other CHV members and their friends for two hours of Balance Class brain-stretching, bantering fun. Owner Kathleen and her People of all ages can benefit from balance and strength colleagues will introduce you to new games that they like, training. Join other members in this monthly balance class, and teach you to play them. which will help you recognize that strength and agility are the best defenses against falls. Practice skills that will keep Open to All you on your feet. The class is taught by a volunteer physical therapist from Physiotherapy Associates, a proud member Thursday, August 27, 1:00 pm of the Capitol Hill community since 2004. Our therapists love having the opportunity to go into the community, Private Home meet local seniors, and teach people about what we do and Social Bridge Group how we can help you be safe and strong in your home and neighborhood. Reservations required. Do you know how to play bridge, or would you like to learn/ relearn? We hope to have fun playing bridge while trying Members, Social Members, Volunteers, and Guests to reach consensus about how to bid. No master points involved. Come join us! Please RSVP by calling the CHV office at 202-543-1778 or e-mail [email protected].

Continuing Weekly CHV Events NOTE: You do NOT need to RSVP for continuing events, but please confirm events by calling the office at 202.543.1778 or by e-mailing [email protected]

Mondays • 3:00 pm strength and balance have improved remarkably, and she Garfield Park, South Carolina Ave. at 2nd Street SE credits the activity with helping her as a 30-year patient with multiple sclerosis. Free for CHV members. Petanque Members and Social Members Join a group of Capitol Hill game enthusiasts each Monday for a friendly game of Petanque, the French game of boule Wednesdays • 3:00–5:00 pm that is similar to the Italian game of bocce. Paul Cromwell Private home provides instruction for beginners. For further information call Paul at 543-7530. (See the article on page 12 of the Mahjong December 2014 News for further information.) Mahjong is a game that originated in . Similar to the Open to All Western card game Rummy, Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a certain degree of Tuesdays and Thursdays • 10:00 am chance. Join a group of members and volunteers who meet to play together. To sign up for this group and learn of the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church 4th Street & Independence meeting location, call the CHV Office at 202-543-1778. (See Avenue SE the article on page 10 of the March 2015 News for further Qigong information.) The gentle, powerful Chinese movement exercise known as Members and Social Members qigong (pronounced chee gong) is offered by CHV member Joni Bell, who has practiced this discipline for 10 years. Her

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