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August 2021 Edition Associate Service Award Celebration On May 28, the social distancing and venue capacity restrictions were lifted. Hallelujah! That meant that WCBR could finally celebrate en masse, and celebrate we did! On June 30, associates and residents gathered together to recognize associates who had reached service milestones. This year, we celebrated 71 associates who had reached one of their five-year milestones, as well as those who had completed their first year at WCBR. We were fortunate to have Jan Trautman join us as resident speaker. She reviewed the unique and challenging year that residents and associates had experienced and, throughout her speech, thanked associates in every department for helping WCBR’s residents feel cared for and safe. The following page highlights associates who have reached ten or more years of service and who were personally recognized by their leaders. A special thank you goes to Bob Tucker, Chairman, WCBR Board of Trustees; Chaplain Elaine Tola; and all of the other associates and residents who helped to make this day special! Debbie Desmond VP, Human Resources & Org. Dev. WCBR associates recognized for 1 Year of service WCBR associates recognized for 5 Years of service page 2 August 2021 happenings 10 Years Lillie Durrette — Environmental Services Gaylon Hiter — Environmental Services 15 Years Alice Randolph — Health Services Diane Marsh — Dining Services Gary Selmeczi — Administration 20 Years Linda Bibb — Health Services 25 Years Clarise Toney — Catered Living Bobby Sipe — Facilities Services Jean Whindleton — Catered Living Fran Brown — Health Services Milton Anderson — Environmental Services Joe Williams, Jr. — Environmental Services Thank you HR Team for the excellent program! WCBR TOWN HALL Wednesday, September 8 Join us in the Rotunda Room at 2:00 p.m. The meeting may also be viewed on WCBR CH 972 or online at https://it.wc-br.org/live. Please submit any questions you may have to [email protected] or place them in the white Town Hall question ✻✻✻ 30 Years ✻✻✻ box in the Mailroom between Friday, August 20 and Friday, August 27. Sandy Campbell — Health Services happenings August 2021 page 3 Announcements Foreign Policy Discussions for All WCBR Residents, Old and New WCBR’s Foreign Policy Forum was established in 2015 by resident Don Nuechterlein, a August Birthday & recognized political scientist whose monthly Country of the Year columns on foreign policy issues appear in the Charlottesville Daily Progress. The Forum Celebration meets at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Blue Ridge Room for Thursday, August 26 at 4:30 p.m. a one-hour program. Upcoming topics are Rotunda and Blue Ridge Rooms Russia/Ukraine/NATO (8/10), Israel (9/14), Cyberwarfare/Ransomware (10/12), and China’s Objectives in Asia (11/9). These events are open to any WCBR resident who would enjoy attending a discussion of That’s right, it is not all fun and games; there is a serious side to this program as current foreign policy issues. At each well! After years of serving in the role, meeting, one or two residents present the Bettye Wall is stepping down as the BINGO day’s topic which is then followed by coordinator. For the program to continue, an a question and answer period. No prior enthusiastic resident volunteer is needed to knowledge of foreign policy is needed, and fill the position. no question is too basic. If you would like the Forum to address a particular foreign Please join us on in the Monticello Room policy issue, or if you would like to lead a on Monday, September 20 at 4:00 p.m. to discussion, please let us know. Our events are discuss whether a volunteer has been listed in happenings and on the Residents’ found to coordinate the program or, if not, Website. For more information, contact Jim whether BINGO night will be discontinued. Holden ([email protected] or x2858). Games are typically held each Monday at 7:00 p.m. Please call Bettye (x3121) if you B-I-N-G-O! would like more information. Everyone loves BINGO, The Poop You Scoop right? Is it because of (No Dumping Here!) the adrenaline rush we get each time a number is called? The Dear dog owners and dog walkers, huge pots of money to be won? The We have had many instances of dog waste fabulous prizes (new cars, trips to exotic being dumped inside our residential locations, yachts)? Or, is it the enjoyment buildings in common area trash bins. of having some good, healthy fun with Please, out of courtesy for others and your neighbors? Did you know that, aside for sanitary reasons, use the outdoor from the winner’s take, the money raised trash bins which are specifically designated by WCBR’s BINGO games goes to some for this purpose. very worthy causes: gifts for our annual Be a good neighbor Angel Tree, the Associates’ Christmas Fund, and/or dog walker the annual Nurse’s Day celebration, and and respect your a $50 donation to the WCBR Foundation fellow residents and whenever a BINGO player passes away? associates. page 4 August 2021 happenings WCBR Gallery Walk book donations is located in the Reading Room, to the left of the library entrance. This month, the Gallery Walk is This year ’s surplus book sale will be held highlighting Greece as WCBR’s on Monday, October 18, from 9:00 a.m. to “Country of the Year” and the 3:00 p.m. in the Monticello Room. Mark exhibit includes a wide variety your calendars! of items on loan from WCBR’s residents for your enjoyment. As you might expect, this month’s special display in the Reading Room focuses on Often referred to as the Cradle of WCBR’s “Country of the Year.” Don’t forget Western Civilization, Greece is the home to check it out (pun semi-intended). of remarkable ancient ruins such as the Louise Dudley Acropolis in Athens and the Palace of Knossos in Crete. It is also the site of the first Olympic Games. Beautiful landscapes, WCBR Book Groups friendly people, and delicious cuisine draw The next book group meetings travelers from around the world. will take place in the Piedmont Many of WCBR’s residents have been Room at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, inspired to visit Greece, bringing home August 12 and Friday, August 13. memorabilia such as paintings, tiles, The book to be discussed is plates, wall hangings, and more. Thanks Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. to the generosity of our residents, we are If you would like to attend, able to display these items for the entire please contact Jenny Gaden month. So, take a stroll through our (x3014) for the Thursday group Gallery Walk and immerse yourself in the and Nancy Bonner (x2777) for exhibition; perhaps some of your own fond the Friday group. September’s memories will come flooding back. book will be This is Happiness by Niall Williams. The Gallery Walk is located in front of the Rotunda Room and along the adjacent hallways. Aπολαμβάνω! (Enjoy!) Rosemarie Koch In Memory of Library Notes Robert McNergney You Can Help! January 18, 1947 – July 7, 2021 Need an idea for an indoor activity on Mary Elizabeth Snoddy these super-hot days of summer? Sort through your bookshelves and donate any December 19, 1932 – July 12, 2021 books you don’t want to WCBR’s library! Your donated books will be added to the Speed E. “Speedy” Larson collection, saved for the fall book sale, August 7, 1928 – July 14, 2021 offered free to WCBR’s Associates, or donated to the public library. A basket for Mary Beth Smyth March 20, 1925 – July 22, 2021 Albert J. Lechak July 18, 1932 – July 28, 2021 happenings August 2021 page 5 Peggy Harbert’s Gardening Tips Chaplain’s News Tomato Hornworms My friends, we are in the dog days of summer. It’s In midsummer, fat green too hot to do much outside worms up to 5” long with these days and when I am white stripes show up stuck inside, I like to read a on tomato plants. They good book. I am curious if chew on the leaves, any of you feel the same. consuming huge amounts Are you interested in joining a book group of foliage in a short time. facilitated by your chaplain? Our first book Pick off and destroy them! However, if the will be Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith worm is covered in white, rice-shaped of Others, by Barbara Brown Taylor. Here specks, leave it alone. The specks are the is a brief description: cocoons of braconid wasps. The parasitoid wasps lay eggs inside the worm. After The renowned and beloved New York hatching, the larvae devour the worm Times bestselling author Barbara Brown from within, then spin cocoons on its back. Taylor recounts her moving discoveries New wasps soon emerge of finding the sacred in unexpected to defeat other worms. places while teaching the world’s Blossom end rot on your religions to undergraduates in rural tomatoes is caused by a Georgia, revealing how God delights lack of calcium. In order in confounding our expectations. In for a plant to receive Holy Envy, Barbara Taylor contemplates calcium from soil, uniform soil moisture the myriad ways other people and must be maintained. Water deeply once a traditions encounter the Transcendent, week. Mulching helps. both by digging deeper into those traditions herself and by seeing them Peggy is happy to try to answer any through her students’ eyes as she questions residents may have. You may sets off with them on field trips to contact Peggy directly (x2416), or send monasteries, temples, and mosques.
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