Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association February 2015 Volume XXII, Number 2

Celebrate our Honorees Kendal at Oberlin Celebration for Black History Month for Asian New Year (Year of the Wooden Ram) Your Diversity Awareness Com- Starting at 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 24, in Heiser Lounge. mittee continues Featuring traditional Japanese dancer - Pam Souza! to promote learn- Followed by our Resident Dragon Parade through our ing about famous dining rooms, then Asian Specials for dinner. African Americans during February Remember: Wearing red brings good luck! Black History Month. If you would like to be a part of the Dragon, sign the sheet on the shelf Please notice the special cards on opposite the open mailboxes. Space is limited, so sign up soon! every dining table in all our din- ing rooms, in the Kendal Library and in the Heiser Lounge. Kendal’s Silent Auction Silent Auction donations will be accepted from March 2 through Each week in February a new card Returns in March March 20. will be exchanged for the previous Last year the Special Events Commit- Please begin to set aside the treasured one so while you eat your meals you tee decided to separate our annual Silent items you intend to donate to raise can read all about Carter Woodson Auction from our annual CommUnity money for these two important Ken- (Week 1), Sojourner Truth (Week 2), Picnic. It moved the Auction to Fall dal at Oberlin staff funds. Walter White (Week 3) and Joan to assure a greater participation and We are looking for items of good Southgate (Week 4). The cards con- fundraising result. However, construc- quality and condition to place in the Si- tain a picture of each honoree, a tion delayed us and the event was lent Auction. We will be establishing a synoptic biography and an internet postponed to March. higher minimum bid in order to up- link to additional information on how The Silent Auction will be held grade our Auction’s fundraising results. these individuals contributed to the Monday, March 23, through Wed- -Special Events Committee advancement of Black Americans. nesday, March 25, in the Heiser -Diversity Awareness Committee Please Note: The Silent Auction Lounge and Penn Dining Room. Committee reserves the right to assess The annual event’s proceeds are split the quality and condition of each do- between the Stephens Education Fund Come join the Diversity Aware- nated item. Any item(s) deemed in- and the Staff Emergency Fund. ness Committee! We meet on the appropriate for the Auction may be We are making some changes to im- third Friday every other month at returned if possible; or if found to be prove the Auction donation process. A 9:00am in the Den. unreturnable to the donor, discarded; form will be available for all who wish Our next meeting is March 20. or given to a charity, to have their Auction donations recog- nized as tax deductions. The form need not be completed by donors who Tired of Snow and Cold? Think Spring Fling! do not wish to claim their donations as Every Spring Kendal folks welcome the season with a festival -- Spring Fling! tax deductions. The forms may be The 2015 Spring Fling will be held on Saturday, April 18. obtained at the Heiser Front Desk be- Plans are beginning to percolate, but we need YOUR ideas. Come, talk and ginning mid-February. bring suggestions on Tuesday, February 3 at 4:00pm in the Fox and Fell Café. KNOW YOUR formal process of amendment is re- ship, rose to the challenge of “snow KORA quired, but Council is posting the day” care (in this case, “cold day” care) COUNCIL notice for your information and com- for children of our staff members who ments should you have any. You can were off from school. I have recently I once watched, over the course of a speak to Margaret-Ann Ellis, Chair of received references from several of you week, the construction of an overhead Suggestions & Concerns Committee. who mine the Internet for articles perti- network of interconnected diodes. To return to the opening metaphor, nent to our community life. The purpose was revealed on a night flashing diodes are all over our com- Keep on looking up! and around! To- of light shows -- “nuit blanc” -- when munity -- not just in committees (al- gether we light up our sky. visitors were free to roam about un- though Thoughtful Medicine is a -Ardith Hayes, President of KORA der the web and delight in how their bright star that is seriously coming into movements caused corresponding di- ascendance in our sky.) Council heard odes to light up above their heads. a comprehensive report from Grace COFFEE WITH Picture KORA, our residents’ associa- Tompos on behalf of herself and Jim BARBARA THOMAS tion, similarly. At any one time, we Helm, our resident liaisons to the con- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 find different centers in our intercon- struction process. We owe them a huge nected web of programs and relation- “thank you” for their calm, responsive 9:30AM IN LANGSTON ships lighting up, generating ideas, car- handling of the many issues we as in- rying out tasks. This column calls your dividuals have brought to them. AFTERNOON EXCHANGE attention to some of them in our own Grace indicated that more neighbor- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Kendal version of “nuit blanc.” hood gatherings will be held in con- 4:00PM - AUDITORIUM On January 15, KORA Council re- nection with the next “wave” of cot- BARBARA THOMAS ceived reports from the Transporta- tage renovation. Last month several tion Commission, the Suggestions and residents, with Donna Baznik’s leader- Concerns Committee and the RAF Resale Shop Committee. Be sure to read the separate articles from each Register Now for LifeLong Learning Classes in Heiser Auditorium of these groups in this issue of The News & Views: Foreign Affairs. Discussion leaders present a major foreign Kendalight. Do speak to their members if affairs topic from the latest Foreign Policy Assn. “Great Decisions” briefing you have input for them or questions. book. Feb., Terry Carlton, Privacy in the Digital Age (see p. 7); Mar., Dwight Priscilla Steinberg reported for the Call, U.S. Policy toward Africa. Fri., 10:30am to noon, Feb. 6 and Mar. 6 group planning four fairs on balance (2 sessions). No fee or registration. and movement for seniors under the banner “Keep On Moving Oberlin.” Opera Preview: La finta giardiniera (The pretend garden-girl), by W. A. As noted in her report in the January Mozart. This rarely performed comic opera features disguises, imagined Greek issue, volunteers are needed. Let Pris- gods and unrequited love set to dazzling melodies. Oberlin Opera Theater stu- cilla know of your interest. dents will join Director Jonathon Field in presenting this preview. (Performances A note about Suggestions and Con- in Hall Auditorium: 8:00pm, March 11, 13 and 14, and 2:00pm, March 15. cerns: The description of this commit- Tickets must be purchased for opera; call 775-8169). Thur. Mar. 5 (1 session) tee and its function is posted on the 4:00-5:00pm. No fee or registration. KORA section of the bulletin board Enjoying Contemporary American Poetry. Close reading and discussion of opposite the mailboxes with the pro- nine 20th and 21st Century verse and prose poems (texts will be distributed). Ses- posed elimination of the term “Sound- sion 1: Confessional and Testimonial Poetry. One example of intimate self- ing Board” indicated. Council agreed disclosure; one of African-American protest; and one of Hispanic-American with the committee members that protest. Session 2: Visionary Poetry. Two examples of secular visionary experi- “sounding board” did not accurately ence and one of Orthodox Catholic experience. Session 3: Playful Poetry. reflect their function, and this consen- Humorous parodies of: lyrical devices; use of “voice” in poetry; the creative sus will be confirmed at our February process itself. Tues., 10:00-11:30am, Mar. 10, 17 and 24 (3 sessions). Larry Por- 19 meeting. The term appears only ter, Prof. Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Michigan State in “Purpose of KORA Committees Univ.; Affiliate Scholar, Oberlin College. Fee: $20. (Class # 4631) and Groups,” a document compiled For more information, call Center for Lifelong Learning, Lorain County by the Coordination Committee. No Community College at 366-4148; to register by phone, call 366-4067.

PAGE 2 KENDALIGHT FEBRUARY 2015 MUSIC Two Student Quartets PROGRAMS Mon., Feb. 2 - 7:15pm - AUD The first ensemble will play Mozart’s LECTURES TRIPS String Quartet in C Major, K.465; the First Wednesday Health Lecture: Lunch Bunch: second will play Schumann’s Piano “Ouch! What Do I Do for This Moosehead Grill, Amherst Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47. Pain? Newest Methods in Pain Wednesday, February 11 Geoff Kaufman, folk singer Management” The grill is well known to barbeque Mon., Feb. 9 - 7:15pm - AUD February 4 - 7:15pm - AUD lovers for its ribs, pulled pork, beef Songs of the sea, songs of the earth, Note Change in Day for This Month brisket, and more. But salads and songs of the heart and the spirit, hu- sandwiches, as well as seafood, chicken Dr. Georgia Newman, Kendal at morous glimpses of human foibles, and steak, are on the menu, too. Oberlin’s Medical Director, will be and insights into history -- all of these Bus leaves Heiser at 11:30am, return- sharing current methods useful for pain are likely to be woven into one of ing about 2:00pm. Bus charge: $5.00. control and management. She will be Geoff’s concerts. Geoff has a rich Place check to KORA for $5.00 in joined by Nurse Practitioner Molly tenor voice and exuberant love of Box #89 by Monday, February 9. Singletary who has had additional singing. And part of that love is to en- Lunch at your expense. Sign-up sheet training in symptom management. tice audiences to sing along. will be posted Monday, February 2. Third Thursday Lecture: Piano Recital: Jie Song “Looking Elsewhere: BUS: Architecture and Orchids and Juhee Lee American Wars of the 21st Wed., Feb. 25, 9:00am-4:30pm Thurs., Feb. 12 - 7:15pm - AUD Century and the Challenges of A smaller group is essential for archi- Jie Song and Juhee Lee will play Ethical Spectatorship” tecture tours, so we will head to Univer- music of Bach, Beethoven, Ravel February 19 - 7:15pm - AUD sity Circle in the small Life Care Bus. and Chopin. We will tour two structures devoted to Speaker Wendy Kozol, Professor of music, Severance Hall and the Cleve- Comparative American Studies at Ober- land Institute of Music, then explore lin College, published “Distant Wars Oberlin College Musical the two greenhouses at the Cleveland Visible: The Ambivalence of Witness- Theater: “Dessa Rose” Botanical Gardens. ing” in 2014. It examines a range of Thurs., Feb. 5 - 7:30pm - Hall A docent will conduct an hour-long visual cultures that depict 21st Century tour of Severance. Then the Life Care Sun., Feb. 8 - 2:00pm - Hall U.S. military conflicts to consider the Bus will take us down the street to the Young slave Dessa Rose and white, politics of spectatorship and empathy Cleveland Institute of Music for an well-born Ruth forge an unlikely alli- shaping visual witnessing practices. hour-long tour that will include the ance. It ultimately leads to friendship new Mixon Hall with its floor to ceil- Oberlin College Convocation: and admiration as they struggle to ing glass wall and “tunable acoustics.” overcome boundaries of race and Dr. Regina Benjamin Next stop will be across the street at gender in pre-Civil War America. Wed., Feb. 25 - 7:30pm - Finney the Botanical Gardens. You will be on Joyous, harrowing, and soul stirring, A former U. S. Surgeon General, Dr. your own to explore the two magnifi- their story explores emotions un- Regina Benjamin is the NOLA.com/ cent greenhouses. matched by most other musicals. Times Picayune Endowed Chair in Pub- A sign-up sheet will be posted at the Based on the novel by Sherley Ann lic Health Sciences at Xavier University bulletin board. Only your reservation Williams. Music and lyrics by Lynn of Louisiana. She specializes in preven- check for $25, payable to KORA and Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Di- tive care with a special interest in rural placed in Box #120, will ensure you a rected by Caroline Jackson Smith, health care, health disparities among seat on the bus. Seats will be assigned Associate Professor of Theater and socioeconomic groups, and mental in the order of check receipt. You will Afrikana Studies. health. She received a MacArthur be billed for the remainder of the cost Tickets $8.00. Contact Central Ticket Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2008. after the trip has been completed Service at 775-8169. Free. No ticket needed. Questions? Ask Pat Talbot. Sign up for Kendal bus.

FEBRUARY 2015 KENDALIGHT PAGE 3 Sunday Movies in ings and drawings of Greg Cross, Whittier at 7:00pm Art Oberlin resident and teacher at FAVA. Gallery In mid-February, the bird photogra- Feb. 1 - Watch Super Bowl XLIX at News phy of Maureen Bailey, an avid bird 6:30pm in Whittier, Patterson watcher and a Kendal Housekeeping and Jameson Lounges. Our Kendal Gallery show features staff member, will go on display in the works created from handmade pa- Community Gallery until April 1. Feb. 8 - Rebel Without a Cause per by Aimee Lee, the leading practi- The current Curio Cabinet display of (1955) - A rebellious young man tioner and researcher in the United Arlene and Larry Dunn’s small trea- (James Dean) with a troubled past States of hanji, the traditional art of sures will show through mid-February. comes to a new town, finding friends Korean papermaking. Her show will A selection of bells from Janet Smith’s and enemies. PG-13. be in the gallery until March 16. She treasured collection will follow. will discuss some of what she has Feb. 15 - The Lake House (2006) - learned about this fascinating tradition If you have an interesting collection of An architect (Keanu Reeves) moves in an illustrated talk at 4:30pm on small objects we could show in the Cu- into an unusual lakeside home and be- Friday, Feb. 6, in Heiser Audito- rio Cabinet, let Darlene Krato, Nancy gins exchanging love letters with its rium. She will explain the process by McClusky or Nina Love know. We are former owner, a lonely doctor (Sandra which she grows and harvests her own always looking for new possibilities! Bullock). Then the two begin to realize plants, turns them into paper, and then they are living two years apart. PG. uses that paper to create two-dimen- Do you no longer have the room to Feb. 22 - The Maltese Falcon sional wall pieces and three-dimensional display a painting or print in good con- (1941) - A private detective (Humphrey vessels and other shapes. dition? Why not donate it to the grow- Bogart) takes on a case that involves In the Friends Gallery the paint- ing Kendal Art Collection so that oth- three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar ings by Ana Linger and the ori- ers can enjoy it in our public rooms and the quest for a priceless statuette. gami creations of James Peake will and hallways. For more information, hang through mid-February. Their please call Jean Slonneger. Saturday Night Movie show will be followed by the paint- February 14 -7:15pm - AUD Wadjda (2012) English subtitles - For Valentine’s Day this is a cute love story Saturday Foreign Film Genealogy/History Group about an enterprising Saudi girl who February 28 -7:15pm - AUD “Tracing the Kelsey Kindred” signs on for her school’s Koran recita- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... Tues., Feb. 10 - 7:15pm - AUD tion competition as a way to raise the and Spring (2004) - This exquisitely Janet Kelsey Werner will tell the story remaining funds she needs in order to filmed drama directed by Korean film of her Puritan ancestor William Kelsey, buy the green bicycle that has captured maker Ki-duk Kim is entirely set on tracing his descendants down to the her interest. The first feature-length and around a tree-lined lake. A tiny present day. All meetings of the Group movie produced in Saudi Arabia dem- Buddhist monastery floats amidst are open to those interested in family onstrates the country’s unique gender breathtaking landscape. Through the and community history. Contact the role expectations. Because of restric- seasons, the child monk, under the vigi- Hultquists to suggest possible future tions placed on women in Saudi Arabia, lant eyes of an old monk, learns the programs -- short or long. director Haifaa Al-Mansour was not lessons with each season representing allowed to interact with her mostly male a stage of his life. It is a magical and Oberlin Heritage Center: crew, but had to direct street scenes mystical film, a Buddhist fable that leads “On the Home Front” from a nearby van, watching through one through the cycle of life, with se- Thurs., Feb. 5 - 7:15pm - AUD a monitor and giving instructions via renity and hope, not omitting the walkie-talkie. PG. -Dwight Call harsh reality of life. R. -Peggy Gordon Join us for an eye-witness view from the Civil War’s rural midwest home front with family letters, songs and im- Saturday Opera DVD - February 21 - 7:15pm - AUD ages presented by folksinger/author Fidelio - Beethoven’s only opera tells of the rescue by Leonora (disguised as Judy Cook, accompanied by her hus- Fidelio) of her husband Florestan, who has been falsely imprisoned by the tyrant band Dennis Cook. Focus is on the Don Pizzaro. This Metropolitan Opera production from 2000 is conducted by letters of Judy’s great-great-grandpar- James Levine and stars soprano Karita Mattila and tenor Ben Heppner. -Allen Huszti ents, Gilbert and Esther Claflin. Free.

PAGE 4 KENDALIGHT FEBRUARY 2015 Transportation Commission Report Need a Second KatO Directory Kendal Resale Shop Talk The Transportation Commission met 2015? Put $1.00 in Box #8 with Benefiting Kendal Resident Assistance for the first time on January 16, 2015. YOUR name and YOUR unit number Fund and Community Charities In addition to the members designated by and one will be delivered to you. Welcome to the new dedicated space KORA Council in establishing the of Kendal Resale Shop! With an open- Commission, Ardith Hayes and Bar- First Thursday Evening Hours ing on January 30, 2015, we have com- bara Thomas are members ex officio at Allen Memorial Art Museum pleted a 20-year journey, from the and Kim Blair, Kathy Bodde and Ryan south hallway of Heiser to the east Stalzkowski were appointed by the February 5 - open until 8:00pm side of Heiser (when we were in Kendal at Oberlin Administration. The Lecture begins at 5:30pm #155, #257 and #280), and back Commission’s charge is comprehensive: Allen Art Bldg., Classroom 1 again, this time a few steps outside of “To lead a discussion on the unmet A talk titled “Bringing Home the Five- the south entrance of Heiser Com- transportation needs of KatO residents; Legged Cow: Sherman E. Lee’s munity Center! What goes around to prioritize these; explore possible so- Collecting of Chinese Painting” by comes around! This time, however, lutions; and bring forth action proposals Noelle Giuffrida, assistant professor we have a beautiful new space for for consideration and adoption.” of East Asian Art at Case Western sales and for the work area preparing Two Task Forces were established: One Reserve University, focuses on the donations for the sales room. to deal with the issue of transportation former Cleveland Museum of Art THANK YOU! to medical appointments outside Lorain director’s ways of collecting Asian Thank you to residents who for 20 County and the other to consider issues paintings during the 1950s and ’60s. years have supported our mission to regarding public transportation within All are welcome. benefit the Resident Assistance Fund the county, including connections to Tuesday Tea at by making donations and buying other transit in Cuyahoga County. The Med- donations. Thank you to the staff ical Transportation Task Force will be Allen Memorial Art Museum who are among our most frequent chaired by Ed Long; the Public Trans- February 10 - 2:30pm shoppers. Thank you to the Facility portation Task force will be chaired by Hayley Larson (OC ’14), curatorial Services staff who provide the real Barbara Barna. Several members of assistant in the Office of Academic muscle and skill for moving furniture the Commission will also serve on one Programs, discusses the documenta- and large items. Thank you to the or the other task force along with those tion of performance art and its place Administration for finding the funding residents who have already indicated in the museum setting. Focus is on and planning the new community their interests in serving and others who works in the AMAM collection, such spaces, with one for Kendal Resale might contribute to their deliberations. as Ana Mendieta’s 1974 series of Shop for years to come. Thank you Donna Smith has been designated by photographs titled “Body Tracks,” and to the Board of Directors for approv- the Administration to serve on the documents from the Oberlin College ing the community space additions Medical Transportation Task Force. Archives. All are welcome. and many other improvements. And The Commission is to report on pro- Meet at Heiser Reception Desk at thank you always to the many, many gress at least quarterly and bring its rec- 2:10pm to car pool. volunteers who have worked for our ommendations for discussion with the mission these 20 years! Kendal Community within 18 months. For the Vision Impaired In the new shop we have a “great room” The Commission at its first meeting Low-Vision Support Group design. Now you will find areas of in- agreed: “Using a Cane: terest as in a cozy apartment setting. • All proposals for plans of action shall Is It Right for Me?” And you will find a dressing room! come to the Commission for discussion; Thursday, February 12 We ask you to try on clothes while you • Possible amendment or referral shall 4:00pm in Green Room are in the shop rather than taking go to the Task Force; and them home to do so. Remember: the • Final recommendations shall come Reading of The Kendalight honor system is our preferred way. from the Commission. Monday, February 2, at In January the shop was closed. Our The matters involved are complex and 11:00am in Whittier Lounge work was to move and get settled in. deserve careful consideration and Now, please come for a visit! Bring timely action. Please wish us all good NOTE TIME! Jane Blodgett will your friends. Hours: 8:00am-7:00pm luck in our endeavors. -Ira Steinberg, read the current issue of Kendal’s every day. -Ruth Ann Clark, Chair, Transportation Commission Chair newsletter. All are welcome! Kendal Resale Shop Keep it moving!

FEBRUARY 2015 KENDALIGHT PAGE 5 Let’s Talk about Carports Welcome Kendal’s New Residents We have many new residents moving in during the spring and summer months and those carports that appear to be unused may soon have new occupants. Piara Lal Arora of having been the Please be sure that your personal items Medical Director are not overflowing into your neighbor’s at Kendal at Ober- space. lin (1995-2010, ex- Since Spring is just around the corner, cept for a couple of this is a good time to clean out your car- years in between). port. Please take the time to review I was born in what is now Pakistan. I have two children what you have stored there and purge My father worked for the railways. and five grandchil- the items that are no longer needed. Being a Hindu, he was transferred to dren. They live in The Kendal Resale Shop team and the India at the time of the Partition in Avon Lake and Westerville, OH. Silent Auction Committee will cheerfully 1947. I consider my present years at Kendal accept donations. -JoDee Palmer, Marketing My family and I followed him and as a resident, as Sanyas, the last chapter fortunately escaped all the bloodshed in man’s life. I hope it will be a smooth Kendal at Oberlin Quarterly that happened at that time. I did all transition with the help of many good my undergraduate and graduate medi- friends here. Wish me a peaceful and a Health Services Forum cal education in India. joyful life at Kendal. Wed., Feb. 4 - 4:00pm - AUD In the early 1960s, foreign medical The health-related questions or topic graduates were being invited to the Recent Move-Ins suggestions submitted by Kendal resi- United States for further training and Gary Olin and Sally Nelson Olin - dents last month will be answered. for filling the position of interns and -Stacy Terrell, Chief Health Services Officer residents in U. S. hospitals. They would From Lakeside, OH, to a Kendal Cot- tage in mid-January. provide care to the patients after their Conversations with Community: own physicians were done with the Randy Wagner - From Erie, PA, to “Taxes Applicable to daily visits. a Kendal Cottage in early January. Kendal Residents” I arrived in Pittsburgh, PA, with my Mon., Feb. 16 - 4:00pm - AUD newlywed wife on a snowy day in De- Recent Transfers cember 1963. Joe Palmieri, District Coordinator for I have worked in hospitals in Pennsyl- Larry and Arlene Dunn - From the AARP Tax Aide Program, will vania, West Virginia, and then in Ohio. one Kendal Cottage to another Cot- speak about federal, state, school, and I have received training in internal tage in late January. Phone numbers local taxes as they apply to Kendal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and and email addresses remain the same. residents. He will comment on the tax then in geriatrics. I am board-certified implications of the Affordable Care in the three specialties. Over the years Recent Moves Act. He will have tax material for you. I have practiced internal medicine, Alverta Schneider - From a Kendal pulmonary diseases, and since 1995 I Cottage to Whittier in early January. French for Beginners have practiced only geriatrics. Phone number remains the same. Mondays, 3:00pm, WHT I came to Lorain in 1977, and I was February 2 - May 4 the only board-certified pulmonologist Nona Boren - From Whittier to Pat- This interactive class, beginning this in the entire county at that time. I have terson in early January. Phone num- week, introduces you to French conver- served as medical director of a num- ber remains the same. sational skills, vocabulary and grammar. ber of long-term care facilities in Mary Zinn - From a Kendal Cottage Lorain County. But I am most proud to Jameson in early January. A Recycling Reminder In order to be reycled, shredded paper Looking for Someone? should be placed in a totally closed (so Find biographies of all residents, newcomers and old timers, in nothing can fly out) paper or clear “Who’s Here” on the library center bookcase. plastic bag and then deposited in a pa- per recylcing bin. -Dina Schoonmaker,

PAGE 6 KENDALIGHT FEBRUARY 2015 Take a Look at the News & Views: Foreign Affairs Transportation Talk Fri., Feb. 6 - 10:30am - AUD NEW Creative Arts Room! • The Transportation Committee re- After two years of planning and antici- Privacy in the Digital Age. Pre- grets that distribution of the question- pation, a lovely new space for creating senter Terry Carlton discusses the signi- naire regarding transportation needs visual arts has come to Kendal at ficant privacy protections granted in of Kendal residents mentioned in the Oberlin. We look forward to having our Constitution to protect citizens from December Kendalight has been delayed. classes for learning new artistic skills British intrusions. Now, the tables have The survey is currently being reviewed (when leaders/enablers have been turned and some of us are concerned by the newly formed KORA Trans- identified) and space for group about the unwarranted privacy intru- portation Commission. projects, such as decorating for Spring sions from our own government. More- • Just a reminder to pick up the new Fling. The room is bright, inviting and over, other nations have reacted to this green brochure entitled “Planning made to accommodate groups up to intrusion by revamping their own pri- Your Transportation.” Brochures are 10-15 people in classes and/or 6-8 in- vacy protections. Legislation at home available under the bulletin boards dividuals working on their own art pieces. and abroad hasn’t kept up with tech- across from the mailboxes and pro- The room is equipped for creating nology. Is privacy, as we know it, long vide important information to help various types of two-dimensional art dead? Discussion will follow. A Life- residents schedule medical appoint- as well as three-dimensional work, such Long Learning class from Lorain ments. Information on shopping trips as sculpting and pottery, with an en- County Community College. No regis- and stores visited is also included in closed kiln room. Guidelines for using tration or fee. All are welcome. the brochure. -Barbara Barna, Chair the art room have been developed to Volunteer Committee Hard at allow as many people as possible to use Update on Seating the facilities and have time limits for Work Counting Those Hours In Heiser Auditorium long-term projects that would tie up The Volunteer Committee is busily To assure safety and access for all, we storage and project space. A Log and counting the survey results for 2014 have been trying out a new seating ar- Schedule Book will be used to acquaint received from Kendal volunteers. rangement in the Heiser Auditorium, people with the room and its care and It is always amazing to reflect on the reserving seats for rollator users and to sign up for classes or individual space. number and variety of volunteer hours their companion and for persons who Watch for announcements on the Ac- given by both residents and staff, not must keep their rollators with them. tivities Bulletin Board or in The Kendalight only here at Kendal but also at many After thoughtful re-evaluation, some for classes and group activities. We places in the wider Oberlin and Lorain changes are being made. hope that many people will add to their County area. The RESERVED signs now being quality of life by using the room for Next month The Kendalight will feature used will only be placed in the front artistic purposes. We want this to be a the final total. Check the Volunteer Bul- row of the Auditorium, with an addi- welcoming place and we are excited letin Board for a preview in early Feb- tional two signs in the second row. about the ways it can serve the Kendal ruary. And check that board each month, RESERVED signs will be removed community. Come on in, look around, where we offer different Volunteer 5 min. before the program begins. or stay a while! Opportunities. Some you may know Wheelchairs will still be accommo- The planning group for the Creative well, but others may be new to you! dated on the south side of the Audi- Arts Room is: Don and Joyce Parker, -Volunteer Clearinghouse Committee torium. Thanks for your cooperation! Lee Hefner, Bob Cothran, Anne Wardwell, John Elder, Peggy Gordon Kendal Kryptogram #120 -by Nina Love and Beverly Fordyce. (Hint: Think Groundhog Day!)

T’N H DEBOMY, MEY H NOYOEDESEJTLY. IN MEMORIAM

JOHN GORDON -RVMWLVYHXMOZ RATS JANUARY 8, 2015 Solution to Kendal Kryptogram #119: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin

FEBRUARY 2015 KENDALIGHT PAGE 7 “Years of Living Dangerously” Table Tennis News Bridge Documentary shown Mondays at The 2015 tournament kicked off on 4:00pm in Whittier Lounge January 12, with a field of 7 women Results Watch the next four episodes of “Years and 5 men. In the men’s final, Terry Mondays: Dec. 29: 1st, Russ Bim- of Living Dangerously,” a 2014 docu- Carlton topped Sidney Rosenfeld for ber (one table). mentary focusing on climate change first place. As of this writing, the wo- Jan. 5: 1st, Carol Ganzel; 2nd, Betty which won an Emmy Award as Out- men’s side was still playing a series of O’Connor; 3rd, Bill Schreiner. standing Documentary or Nonfiction lively matches. A tight finish lies ahead. Jan. 12: 1st, Helen Randel; 2nd, Carol Series. The Environmental Concerns Thanks to generous donors, the table Ganzel; 3rd, Harvey (the invisible Committee is sponsoring this series tennis group acquired its second JOOLA rabbit). which continues through March 9. SC 3000 table. Among tournament- Jan. 19: 1st, Bill Schreiner; 2nd, Helen The weekly episodes feature investigators grade tables this one is top-notch. More Randel; 3rd, Betty O’Connor. who have a background in environmental than ever, Kendal can pride itself on Wednesdays: Jan. 7: Canceled. reportage and have traveled to areas its fine table tennis program. We invite Jan. 21: 1st, Helen and Bob Randel; around the world to interview experts all new residents to join our sessions. 2nd, Mary Beth McCalla and Eileen as well as ordinary people affected by You just may get sold on table tennis, Dettman. global warming. as a half-dozen recent arrivals, all starters, already have. -Sidney Rosenfeld Feb. 2: Ice & Brimstone UU Kendal Gathering Daughter of an Evangelical preacher Wed., Feb. 18 - 3:45pm - AUD tries to persuade her father (and oth- Have questions or need help with (Note earlier start time) ers) to join the fight against global warm- equipment in the Exercise Equip- ing and to shut down a coal-fired plant ment Room? Jill Connone will be “Islam, Empire of Faith - III: in North Carolina; effects of global there on Fridays, February 6, 13, 27 The Ottomans” warming on sea levels in the Arctic; and from 2:30-3:30pm to help you. This PBS documentary tells the story rush to develop gas and oil reserves. of the great sweep of Islamic power Feb. 9: True Colors and faith. We’ll watch the third in this absorbing three-part series, then resi- Ocean acidification and proposed new First Church United Fellowship dent Lynn Killean will lead a discussion. West Coast coal export terminals; post- Saturday, February 14 - AUD All are welcome. Hurricane Sandy rebuilding efforts 9:30am: Festive Treats and measures being taken to prepare 10:15am: A Valentine’s Day the East Coast for storms and surges. Celebration The Kendalight Feb. 16: Winds of Change We'll start with festive Valentine treats Monthly newsletter of the Kendal at Oberlin Residents Public policy support of wind and so- and fun visiting with each other. Then Association, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin OH 44074 Consulting Editor: Robert Baldwin lar power in Kentucky contrasted with string students from the Erwin Studio Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich oil and gas industry opposition; effects will perform for us. All are welcome. Proofreaders: Joanne Busiel, Mary Simons of fracking on the environment. Photos: Eleanor Helper RELIGIOUS SERVICES Production: Don VanDyke Feb. 23: Revolt, Rebuild, AT KENDAL Deadline for the March 2015 issue of Renew The Kendalight is February 15. The edi- Episcopal Service Economic costs of global warming tors regret that they cannot assume Saturday, February 14, 11:00am, including greater conflicts in the Mid- responsibility for errors in content in ma- Gathering Room. dle East and elsewhere; effects of terial submitted for publication. Hurricane Sandy on economically vul- First Church Service Note: Please submit articles by nerable people in Far Rockaway, NY. Sunday, February 15, 4:00pm, Gath- email to our address: ering Room. [email protected] Saturday Walks If no email access, please type ar- Roman Catholic Mass The Saturday Walking Group will con- ticle on separate sheet (NOT on Friday, February 20, 10:00am, Cross- tinue meeting every Saturday at the room request form), sign and roads Room Heiser Reception Desk at 9:00am. place in Kendalight open mailbox. The group will decide each week Society of Friends All articles must carry a signature and where to go. -Jerry Berner Sundays, 10:30am, Whittier Lounge telephone number.

PAGE 8 KENDALIGHT FEBRUARY 2015 Dining and Dining Notes From Ann Pilisy: • Please practice safe knife han- Nutrition Services dling in dining rooms. When you walk to your table with a steak knife, Watch for Sign-up Sheets for These Dining Groups: carry it with the knife tip pointed Solo Diners: Thurs., Feb. 12, 5:30pm, ested in Nutrition and Commu- down. Do not carry it with the knife The Den (meets on second Thursday nity Health): Wed., Feb. 25, 5:15pm, tip pointing straight out. of the month). William Penn Room (meets on fourth • Please do not put soiled trays on SPINACH (Senior Persons Inter- Wednesday of the month). the stack of clean trays on the tray stand near the dessert buffet in Fox & Fell. Give the tray to your server to News from the Suggestions them in writing to assist our memo- remove. and Concerns Committee ries, and to be sure we understand correctly. The members of the com- • Never reach directly into foods The Suggestions and Concerns Com- mittee are: Barbara Bruer, Marcia with bare hands. Always use pro- mittee is considering changing the name Deist, Bob Longsworth, and Chair vided utensils. Some residents have of its monthly meeting from “Sound- Margaret-Ann Ellis. been observed reaching into croutons ing Board” to “Suggestions and Con- or breads with bare hands. If you see cerns.” This idea was presented to the Documentary: “Fed Up” this happening, please offer a gentle KORA Council on January 15 and will Wed., Feb. 25 -4:00pm - AUD reminder to the resident, then ask be acted upon next month. We felt staff to discard and replace any possi- Katie Couric narrates this film which this made clear the purpose of our bly contaminated foods. reveals the 30-year campaign by the meeting. The best way to explain our • Check to see if you have any duties is to quote from the supple- food industry to mislead and confuse the public about the hidden sources Dining supplies in your home, ment to the KORA bylaws. “…[The such as dishes, silverware, green plas- Suggestions and Concerns Commit- and amounts of sugar in our manu- factured foods. Sponsored by Senior tic to-go containers, etc. Please return tee]… listens to suggestions and con- items to Langston conveyor belt to be cerns of residents and takes appropri- Persons Interested in Nutrition and Community Health (SPINACH). washed and sanitized. Help us avoid ate steps to see they are responded to having to purchase replacement sup- within a reasonable time. The Com- plies; we’ll save money for everyone. mittee is available to listen, offer Horticulture News assistance, conduct inquiries and/or Garden Plots - If you'd like a com- Wine and Beer Policy refer the resident to the appropriate munity garden plot to grow vegetables, Kendal welcomes residents to bring party. These concerns may be pre- fruit or flowers this summer, please wine or beer to the Fox & Fell. Since sented in person at the Committee’s arrange a tour by calling Melissa Reed we have many underage Dining staff, monthly meeting or may be written, or leaving a note in her open mailbox. we ask residents to follow guidelines: signed, and dated and placed in the Most plots are 10 ft. x 10 ft. • Please contact Dining staff in ad- Committee’s open mailbox. All in- Starting Plants from Seed - The vance so glasses may be provided; quiries are confidential to the Sugges- Horticulture Committee is accepting • Bring wine in a wine tote; tions and Concerns Committee.” requests for growing space in our • Bring beer in glass bottles only and Usually there are several issues pre- lighted plant stands. drink from glasses provided; and sented at each meeting, and we try to We’re now located in the newly built • Please remove all alcoholic beverage respond as expeditiously as we can. Horticulture Room adjacent to the bottles from dining room at conclu- All members of the Committee are new Resale Shop. For information, sion of meal. willing to receive suggestions or con- call Don Reeves or leave a note in There are certain holidays and special cerns in person, but please present his open mailbox. occasions when reservations are at peak levels in Fox & Fell. On these Additions and Corrections for Kendal at Oberlin Directory 2015 days only, wine and beer are per- Hole, Bill & Elizabeth: Check with Front Desk for Cottage phone number. mitted in Langston. Bill: Check with Front Desk for his cell phone number. Elizabeth: Check with Front Desk for her cell phone number. Call 775-9868 to hear announce- Detmann, Eileen: Check with Front Desk for her email address. ments and menus of the day. David, Martin (Tin): Check with Front Desk for his email address

FEBRUARY 2015 KENDALIGHT PAGE 9 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT CCR = Crossroads WHT = Whittier Lounge GaRm = Gathering Rm Bold Face = at Kendal February 2015 HL = Heiser Lounge tx = Tickets needed WCH = Warner Concert Hall * = Kendal Bus 1 Quakers 2 3 4 5 6 7 10:30am WHT Read K’light Quarterly Evening Hours Jehovah’s Witness 11:00am WHT Health Forum Super Bowl in at AMAM Bible Study 4:00pm AUD 5:00-8:00pm WHT, Patter- Film: Ice & Every Friday son, Jameson 2015 Spring Pairs Bridge Lecture: 5:30pm 10:00am WHT Brimstone Fling Planning Lounges 6:30pm 4:00pm WHT 7:00pm CCR 4:00pm OHC: “On the News & Views English Country Bridge Fox & Fell Café Health Lecture: Home Front” 10:30am AUD Dancing Every 7:00pm CCR 7:15pm AUD 7:15pm AUD Aimee Lee Sunday J. Moyer, organ “Dessa Rose” “Hanji Tradition” 7:15pm AUD Student Quartets * 4:30pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney * 7:30pm Hall (tx) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 LUNCH BUNCH: Quaker Worship Suggestions & KELC Kids United Fellowship Moosehead Grill, Valentine’s Day 9:30am AUD 10:30am WHT Concerns Tea at AMAM Amherst 2:00pm WHT 10:00am AUD 2:30pm 11:30am-1:30pm* Episcopal Serv. Low Vision Group 11:00am GaRm “Dessa Rose” Film: True Song Swap with Colors 4:00pm Green Rm 2:00pm Hall (tx)* Judy Cook - Heiser Met Opera HD at 4:00pm WHT Genealogy/ History Interest Lounge 6:00pm Solo Diners Apollo: Iolanta; Bluebeard’s Castle* Bridge Group Scrabble 5:30pm The Den 7:15pm - AUD lv. Heiser 12:00pm 7:00pm CCR 7:15pm CCR (Sign up) Film: Rebel Geoff Kaufman, ARS: Garrick Faculty/Guest Jie Song, Juhee Danenberg Honors Without a Cause folk singer Ohlsson, piano * Recital * Lee , piano Recital * Film: Wadjda 7:00pm WHT 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney (tx) 8:00pm WCH 7:15pm AUD 7:00pm WCH 7:15pm AUD

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Quaker Worship Coffee Hour with Barbara Thomas Roman 10:30am WHT 9:30am Langston Catholic Mass KORA Council 10:00am “Taxes” Crossroads 10:00am AUD First Church Serv. 4:00p AUD 4:00pm - GaRm Film: Winds UU Gathering: 3rd Thurs. Lecture: of Change Film: Islam, Em- 4:00pm WHT “Looking Else- pire of Faith - III where: American Monday Night The Ottomans Wars of 21st Cen- Movie at Apollo (tx)* 3:45pm AUD tury and Chal- Sign up for bus lenges of Ethical Film: The Lake Spectatorship” ARS: St. Lawrence Opera DVD: House Bridge Pairs Bridge Prof. Wendy Kozol String Quartet Fidelio 7:00pm WHT 7:00pm AUD 7:00pm AUD 7:15pm AUD 8:00pm Finney *(tx) 7:15pm AUD

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Quaker Worship BUS: Architecture 10:30am WHT and Orchids 9:00am-4:30pm

Film: Fed Up Afternoon 4:00pm AUD Exchange Barbara Thomas Film: Revolt, SPINACH 4:00pm AUD Rebuild, 5:15pm Penn Rm. Film: Spring, Renew Asian New Year (Sign up) Summer, Fall, 4:00pm WHT Celebration with Winter ... and Pam Souza, tradi- Scrabble Spring tional Japanese 7:15pm CCR 7:15pm AUD dancer OC Convocation: 5:00pm Heiser Film:The Dr. Regina Lounge Oberlin Chamber ARS: Bang on a Maltese Falcon Bridge Benjamin * Orchestra Can All-Stars * 7:00pm WHT 7:00pm AUD 7:30pm Finney 8:00pm Finney* 8:00pm Finney (tx)