FOR ALL YOU DO! This issue is dedicated to all of our wonderful, caring, and professional health care providers. Your value is immeasurable. WCBR Associates Step Up As I wrote last month, this year’s annual Nurses Appreciation Day celebration had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus. This event has been the way residents have always honored our health care staff and thanked them for the care they give us. This year each associate in the care areas received a note of gratitude from a member of the Health Committee at the beginning of the week. In addition, a committee of associates planned events for the health care associates for every day of the week: Posters were put up in all areas, ice cream bars, pizza, subs, gift cards and gifts were all provided to all members of our valuable health care team. The Health Committee is very thankful for the many ways our health care associates were honored this year. Many thanks go to John Kovaleski, Colleen Little, Sandi Hall, David Barton, Jessica Chiarappa, Jason Treverton, and Debbie Desmond. Carolyn Lalley
Nurse’s Appreciation Week Activities Wednesday, May 6 Granola bars, muffins, yogurt and juice Were distributed along with cards from residents Thursday, May 7 Confetti cake pops (See photo) Friday, May 8 Ice cream sandwiches and fruit bars Saturday, May 9 Marcos Pizza Sunday, May 10 Jimmy John’s subs, chips, cookies, and drinks were provided by Dining Services Monday, May 11 Chick-fil-A gift cards with notes from nursing leadership The Daily Progress May 3, 2020 Tuesday, May 12 Cake flights and mini potted plants
page 2 June 2020 happenings Welcome Reese! Chaplain’s News
WCBR’s new Director of Nursing, Reese Chaplain’s Education Seminar Roper, RN, will be joining our community June 11 at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 972 on July 1. Journaling for Spiritual Growth Reese graduated from the University with Norvene Vest of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in Pre-Medicine/Biology, with an emphasis in Journaling can be one of the disciplines of Human Genetics. He began his medical our spiritual life, being intimately related career as a cytogenetic technician at the to prayer and Scripture. It emerges from University of Colorado a sense that the Holy One is actively Hospital in Denver. His present in our daily lives and our desire interest in providing to actively respond. We learn to claim and direct patient care led be more faithful to God’s presence in our him to nursing and he lives by writing regularly in a spiritual continued his education journal. Norvene will offer an introduction to become a Registered (or a reminder) of the basics of spiritual Nurse. In 2011, Reese journaling, and lead participants in several moved from Colorado “exercises” in reflection and writing. to Virginia where he worked as a clinical Please have paper and a writing tool RN at the University of Virginia Surgical/ handy for the seminar. Trauma/Burn ICU. Norvene Vest earned her Master of Arts in Reese transitioned to senior living as Adult Faith Formation from an Assistant Director of Nursing at the Fuller Seminary, and has Northstar Community after which he been teaching, writing (12 moved to King’s Daughters, where he books), and counseling on served as the Assistant Director of Nursing Christian Spirituality for over and then Director of Nursing. Reese was 30 years. She and her late at King’s Daughters for five years. Prior to husband, Rev. Doug Vest, accepting the Director of Nursing role at led 12 pilgrimage groups Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, to Britain, Italy and Turkey. Norvene is an Reese worked at Linden House Assisted oblate of the Order of St. Benedict.
Living at Branchlands. Reese’s experience includes long-term care, wound care, critical Vespers Leaders care, gerontology, and skilled nursing. Sundays at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 972 Reese and his family reside in Staunton, June 7: Father Henry Minich Virginia, and during his “downtime” he June 14: Rev. Jane Sigloh enjoys being a dad, making music, and June 21: Celtic Evening Prayer with snowboarding. Chaplains Tola and Windel Please join us in welcoming Reese to our WCBR family! June 28: Rev. Deacon Elaine Tola
The FY21 Budget Presentation
Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. WCBR in-house Channel 972 or via https://it.wc-br.org/live happenings June 2020 page 3
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group Foundation News The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group Many of you have sent generous donations will meet on Thursday, June 25 at 3:00 p.m. to the WCBR Foundation this spring, and we via computer video link or by calling in on thank you sincerely! Your gifts allow us your telephone. Details will be sent to group to continue to provide needed financial members the week of the meeting. If assistance to residents on Fellowship and you are interested in participating, but our associates facing unexpected crises. are unsure whether you are on the list of The pandemic has created an economic attendees, please contact Wendy Smith hardship for many individuals, and we are
([email protected] / x2336). grateful for your continued support during these uncertain times. Your Foundation is June Birthdays strong and able to carry out its mission For the safety and welfare of ALL, there because of you! will not be a birthday party this month. If you would like to make a contribution Dick Lalley June 2 to the Foundation before the end of this Fred Hertz June 2 fiscal year, there is still time. Please call Marj Gourley June 3 Erin Garvey (434-906-0419) or Erica Stein (x 2574) if we can be of any assistance. Jody Clements June 3 Don Wood June 6 Vitrine Request Susanne Williams June 6 Japan has been chosen as the Country of Jo Wendler June 6 the Year. Now is a good time for you Inez Carlisle June 10 to re-live that trip to Japan. Find those Jim Holden June 10 souvenirs and offer them for the August Walter Maeder June 11 Vitrine. Please contact: Ellen Pate June 13 Lila Mait ([email protected] /x2443) or Bob Nootbaar June 14 Mary Hamrick ([email protected] / x2452). We hope to hear from you! Betty Kobiashvili June 15 David Lewis June 16 Stan Henderson June 17 Jim Blake June 18 Bill Baskerville June 18 Dear Associates, Annette Hollo June 20 Thanks for the charming, varied talent Beverly Pawson June 20 show on May 8! You brought parts of C’ville Don Nuechterlein June 20 to us, and did so in ways that appealed to our many sides and interests. Bravissimo! David Whitcomb June 21 Dan Mohler June 22 The Breits Sara Fishback June 24 In Gratitude Zurab Kobiashvili June 25 I thank all of you who reached out to Peg DeMallie June 26 me after Bill’s death. The outpouring of Joyce Roberts June 27 condolences, memories and offers of help have been truly amazing. I deeply appreciate Nick Carter June 28 your thoughts and prayers. Nancy Bonner page 4 June 2020 happenings The WILL Team has scheduled five informative sessions for the month of June. We will continue to present the classes on Mondays at 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972, so put these dates on your calendar and plan to enjoy them from the comfort of your living room. will conclude with an analysis of whether Monday, June 1 machines are able to attain artificial general Steve Goldstein: Brew! intelligence (AGI). Fermentation has been used Monday, June 22 to produce beverages and foodstuffs since the Neolithic Barbara Fontaine: The Color Code, age. The process produces Popular Personality Sorting System lactic acid and is used for preservation of The Color Code sorts personalities by motive such sour foods as pickled cucumbers, and shows how to get along with people kimchi and yogurt. It is also used to produce who are driven by motives alcoholic beverages. Steve will discuss some other than yours. You have familiar and some intriguingly lesser-known a home box and can learn fermented products. from others to develop character. Are you a RED, Monday, June 8 YELLOW, WHITE, or BLUE? Horst Wallrabe: Watch and listen to learn Why Do We Age and about your box and how to Calorie Restriction understand people in other boxes. This presentation covers a number of related themes Monday, June 29 about why we age and what Horst Wallrabe: Bayer, How we can do to slow down a Dyestuffs Company Got Into the process of aging. One of the strategies Pharmaceutical Drug Development involves intermittent ‘caloric restrictions’ or Horst will present a very brief history of fasting. The molecular basis for the benefits this venerable German company founded in has been professionally researched based 1863, including their discovery of aspirin and initially on rodent models and then in background on the infectious diseases where humans. Major religions have annual fasting Bayer made original R&D contributions. With periods, leading one to wonder whether the 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical ancients came to the right conclusions industry, Horst will present a thumbnail through observation. Reviewing this subject sketch on general R&D efforts, all the way to the cell-biological basis is a the impact of generics and the fun and fascinating journey. importance of R&D for meeting the challenges of infectious Monday, June 15 diseases and healthy aging. Dudley Rochester:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Present a WILL Class This presentation provides an Many of you in the WCBR community have overview of Artificial Intelligence. had fascinating careers or have hobbies It includes the history, types and passions that you would like to share. and changes in AI between the Preparing and delivering a course enriches 1950s and 2010. Dudley will outline major the lives of both instructor and audience. applications of AI and discuss limitations of WILL would like to hear from any residents a few of them. A discussion of biological interested in offering courses on new topics. versus machine consciousness, and the Prospective instructors are encouraged to philosophical and moral issues involved in contact Mitch Sams (x3240) or Ross Thomas machine consciousness will follow. The talk (x2434) to discuss topics and dates. happenings June 2020 page 5 WCBR Musings Many of us have struggled with difficult feelings from being confined within our quarters during this pandemic. As a natural introvert, the early weeks of our quarantine felt comfortable for me, even cozy and relieving to have permission to be still and without responsibility. But as time has passed, especially with news of expected longer shutdowns, this period has begun to sometimes feel oppressive. Luckily, I have found expression of these feelings through
Guide to Happenings my art. This series of interiors all contain reflections of window panes on surfaces, This newsletter is published on or about depicting the bars of cages and the the first of each month. Printed copies repetition of routines. There is also a are distributed to the mailbox of every loneliness conveyed in each painting with the resident who has not chosen to receive theirs by email. Paper copies are also absence of relationship. But confinement available in the Health Center, Catered can be liberating in its challenge to us to Living, and Vista. Copies of all editions renew our appreciation of the interior of are permanently maintained in 3-ring our lives. binders located in the RIC and Second Randy Baskerville Floor Library. Electronic copies of the newsletter are posted on the residents’ "I LOVE TRASH” website and distributed by to members of the Compass Club and the That was what Oscar the Grouch sang WCBR Boards of Trustees. Residents who on "Sesame Street." would prefer to receive an email copy of Well, I DON'T love trash. happenings in lieu of a printed one may email their request to Sandy Streek. That’s why I collect it and put it in the trash can. All articles should be submitted by email to [email protected] in MSWord On my first walk around the perimeter, format. No obituaries, eulogies, gossip, I noticed a lot of trash. jokes, or serial articles will be accepted. It made me rather angry. All material is subject to editing and publication is not guaranteed. Only one solution: pick it up. Submittals should not exceed 200 words With tongs in one hand in length, less 46 words for each photo and plastic "mail bag” to be used. Photos should be in JPEG in the other, (.jpg) format with descriptive file names and may be inserted after the article’s I make my rounds text or attached to the email. almost daily. All articles and photographs are due no When you see me, you later than 5:00 p.m. on the 22nd day of thank me. Thank you. each month; however, if that day falls on What you must realize a weekend the deadline will be extended to the following Monday at 8:00 a.m. is that it Material received after the deadline will Gives me PURPOSE. not be be considered for the issue. Barbara Fontaine page 6 June 2020 happenings June Fitness Broadcast Schedule ✽ ✽ ✽ ✽ ✽ The Fitness team will continue streaming We would love to feature YOUR talents on 10 classes each week during the month Channel 972 during our Friday afternoon of June. We are hopeful that we will be entertainment. If you play an instrument, able to teach in-person classes soon, and sing, dance, or have any other talent that will announce our schedule for classes if you would like to share with the WCBR current restrictions are lifted. However, community, email [email protected] to when restrictions are lifted, we will initially find out how you can become a star on have to restrict class sizes. We also WCBR tv. understand that not all residents may feel comfortable coming to exercise in a Wellness Weeks group setting, so we will continue offering The WCBR Fitness and Wellness team will our classes on Channel 972 even after our continue to challenge you to delve into in-person offerings resume. The schedule your own physical, mental and community remains as follows: wellness. Each week, we have a separate Monday 9:00 a.m., Aerobics theme to motivate you (and prizes as 10:00 a.m., Strength Training well). Instructions for each Wellness Week Tuesday 9:00 a.m., Functional Moves will be shown on Channels 970 and 972, 10:00 a.m., Chair Yoga discussed during fitness classes and, when Wednesday 9:00 a.m., Tabata Intervals appropriate, sent to your homes. Here are 10:00 a.m., Strength Training the themes to look forward to: Thursday 9:00 a.m., Functional Moves June 1 – 5 I-Spy Scavenger Hunt 10:00 a.m., Chair Yoga June 8 – 12 Walk the Loop Challenge Friday 9:00 a.m., Aerobics June 15 – 19 Motivation Week 10:00 a.m., Strength Training June 22 – 26 Wellness Charts Wellness Broadcasts 2:30 p.m. on Channel 972 On Monday afternoons, WCBR residents will present WILL lectures on various topics In Memory of meant to educate and entertain. Edgar (Ed) Ansell Each Wednesday, members of the WCBR Memoirs Group will read from their vast June 18, 1932 – May 11, 2020 selection of stories filled with history, wisdom and humor. Daniel (Dan) Bourque On Friday afternoons, we will feature a November 29, 1948 - May 16, 2020 variety of performances and presentations for your enjoyment. Performances will be Neil Boger announced on Channel 970, Channel 972 February 17, 1927 – May 23, 2020 and the resident’s website. On Friday, June 26, our live broadcast will Jane Kruse feature an opportunity for WCBR residents October 4, 1923 – May 23, 2020 and associates to say “goodbye” and to “toast” Obie Sue Thomas, our outgoing Robert (Bob) Nathan Resident Services Director, through on-air messages and live calls as she prepares to May 26, 1929 – May 28, 2020 retire at the end of June. happenings June 2020 page 7 WCBR Show Times
Movies Will Be Broadcast on Channel 972
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Weekdays at 2:30 p.m.
6/5: Crocodile Dundee, 1986, 6/6: Dark Waters, 2019, 6/2 The Lavender Hill Mob,
PG-13, Action/Adventure/Comedy, PG-13, Biography/Drama/History, 1951, Starring Alec Guinness 97 min. An American reporter 126 min. A corporate defense and Stanley Holloway. goes to the Australian outback attorney takes on a lawsuit 6/9 Ship Ahoy, 1942, Starring to meet an eccentric crocodile against a chemical company Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton. poacher and invites him to New that exposes a lengthy history 6/11 Orchestra Wives, 1942, York City. Stars Linda Kozlowski of environmental pollution. Starring George Montgomery Paul Hogan and John Meillon. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins. and Ann Rutherford. 6/12: The Verdict, 1982, R, 6/16 Romance on the High Drama, 129 min. A lawyer 6/13: Bombshell, 2019, R, Seas, 1948, Stars Jack Carson sees the chance to salvage Biography/Drama, 109 min. and Janis Paige. his career and self-respect by A group of women take on taking a medical malpractice the head of Fox News and 6/18 Mr. Lucky, 1943, Stars case to trial rather than the toxic atmosphere he Cary Grant and Laraine Day. settling. Stars Paul Newman, presides over at the network. 6/23 Don’t Go Near the Charlotte Rampling and Jack Stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Water, 1957, Starring Glenn Warden. Kidman and Margot Robbie. Ford and Gia Scala. 6/19: Who Framed Roger 6/20: Ford vs. Ferrari, 2019, 6/25 The Naked Truth, 1957, Rabbit, 1988, PG, Animation/ PG-13, Action/Biography/Drama, Starring Terry Thomas and Adventure/Comedy, 164 min. 152 min. Battling corporate Peter Sellers. A toon-hating detective is a interference and the laws of 6/30 Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 1941, cartoon rabbit's only hope to physics, American car designer Starring Carole Lombard and prove his innocence when he Caroll Shelby and driver Ken Robert Montgomery. is accused of murder. Stars Miles build a revolutionary race Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd car for Ford in order to defeat and Joanna Cassidy. Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Starring Matt 6/26: Ordinary People, Damon, Christian Bale and 1980, R, Drama, 124 min. Jon Bernthal. The accidental death of the older son deeply strains the 6/27: Frankie, 2019, PG-13, relationships among the bitter Drama/Romance, 100 min. mother, good-natured father, During one day of a vacation and the guilt-ridden younger in Sintra, Portugal, a historic son. Stars Donald Sutherland, town known for its dense Mary Tyler Moore and Judd gardens with fairy-tale villas Hirsch. and palaces, three generations grapple with a life-changing
experience. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Sennia Nanua and Ariyon Bakare. page 8 June 2020 happenings JUNE AT A GLANCE Note: All events/activities will be broadcast on Channel 972 until further notice. Tune in Monday through Friday for exercise classes in the morning and livestream or video presentations, performances, or movies in the afternoon. Governor Northam’s COVID-19 briefings will follow WCBR afternoon programing on Channel 972. Additional programming information will be announced on Channel 972 as it becomes available. Remember to check Channel 970 for other announcements and Channel 971 for daily menu offerings. 1 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 16 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 10:00 TV Strength Training 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 2:30 TV WILL, Brew! 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 2 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Movie, Romance on High Seas 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 17 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Movie, Lavender Hill Mob 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 3 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 18 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 10:00 TV Strength Training 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 4 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Movie, Mr. Lucky 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 19 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV RA Annual Meeting 2:30 TV Performance/Presentation 5 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 7:30 TV Movie, Roger Rabbit 10:00 TV Strength Training 20 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Ford vs. Ferrari 2:30 TV Performance/Presentation 21 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Chaplains Tola 7:30 TV Movie, Crocodile Dundee and Windel 6 Sat 7:30 TV Movie: Dark Waters 22 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 7 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Fr. Henry Minich 10:00 TV Strength Training 8 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV WILL, The Color Code 10:00 TV Strength Training 23 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV WILL, Why Do We Age and 10:00 TV Chair Yoga Calorie Restriction 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 9 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 2:30 TV Movie, Don’t Go Near Water 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 24 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Movie, Ship Ahoy 25 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 10 Wed 9:00 TV Tabata Intervals 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 2:30 TV Memoirs Readings 2:30 TV Movie, The Naked Truth 11 Thu 9:00 TV Functional Moves 26 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 10:00 TV Strength Training 11:00 TV Chaplain’s Education Seminar 2:30 TV Goodbye Obie Sue Thomas 2:00 TV FY21 Budget Presentation 7:30 TV Movie, Ordinary People Movie, Orchestra Wives 2:30 TV 27 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Frankie 12 Fri 9:00 TV Aerobics 28 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Chaplain Tola 10:00 TV Strength Training 29 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:30 TV Performance/Presentation 10:00 TV Strength Training 7:30 TV Movie, The Verdict 2:30 TV WILL, Bayer 13 Sat 7:30 TV Movie, Bombshell 30 Tue 9:00 TV Functional Moves 14 Sun 4:00 TV Vespers, Rev. Jane Sigloh 10:00 TV Chair Yoga 15 Mon 9:00 TV Aerobics 2:00 TV COVID-19 Update 10:00 TV Strength Training 2:30 TV Movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith