The Newsletter of the Army Residence Community VolumeThe 32 Number 9 Eagle September 2018 Sichan Siv Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council will speak at September Eagle Luncheon Inside The Eagle Editor’s Notebook Please join with me in celebrating two of our September 2018: top writers: Mike Huebner, and Karen Wallace. 1 Front Cover: Ambassador Sichan Siv is For over two years now, Mike has submitted September Eagle Luncheon Speaker the absolute best historical descriptions of our 2 Contents & Editor’s Notebook: military history. Mike has brought us not only 3 Birthdays and Passings the who’s and what’s, but the why’s and the 4-5 Conversation with CEO therefore’s. 6 Healthcare Center Activities Coordinator, In the past two years Mike has covered the Nina Browan Punitive Expedition into Mexico, and serialized 7 The ARC Library the American Revolution, the Centennial of our 8 The Fall Golf Tournament participation in WWI, and captured the essence 8 Register to Vote, Update your Voter of 75 Years Ago: WWII. Month after month, Registration, Please, Do it Now the action is synchronized to the current month 9 Of Special Note, events which have caught of the Eagle. What you read in the Eagle, the Editor’s attention, perhaps yours too happened, either 75, 100, or 240 years ago, to 10 – 13 After the Battle, the Connection and the month. Continuation of Lives: Dan and Sherry Mendel, Bill and Gloria Wakeland Karen has continued one of The Eagle 14 The Straw at Saint Saens – World War II beloved features, that being resident profiles. Poetry, by WWII Veteran Chuck Stout Over the past two years we’ve been introduced 15 Wall Artist: Eldora Criswell to a Resident who witnessed a distant atomic 16 - 17 September Activities bomb explosion, another who joked around 18 Lakeside Theater Movies for September with Hollywood star Mickey Rooney, and who 19 September Eagle Luncheon: described the secret gardens of the ARC. Ambassador Sichan Siv 20 Let’s Celebrate ARCtoberfest! What happens when someone participates And The Eagle continues on the ARCNet! in, witnesses, and survives what historians call the largest and most decisive naval battle in Our great military history series, including the modern times? Especially the violent inferno of American Revolution, the Centennial of World surface naval combat. There are two fellow War I, and 75 Years Ago: WWII, continues in Residents who fit that description. Karen full color and unabridged. Also, this month is writes of Dan and Sherry Mendel, and Bill and our report from the fabulous Golden Diggers, Gloria, and we are introduced to couples who this time in the ARCNet edition. The ARCNet have been married over 70 years. People who Eagle is at armyresidence.net, with a trusted their own judgment and committed their password. lives accordingly. Their lives may have been filled with uncertainty, but they seemed always A current certain of themselves. resident of San Antonio is on the It is a privilege to be the Editor. – Kevin Scott front cover, former UN The Eagle is the monthly newsletter of the Army ambassador Residence Community, created by volunteer Residents Sichan Siv. and Staff. There is a monthly paper edition, a longer Please see page and full-color online edition (The ARCNet Eagle), and 19 for the Eagle a short, often weekly email edition (The Eagle Extra). Luncheon details. It is a committee of the Residents Council. The editor Another great is Kevin Scott, at 210-646-5820, mail slot #304 in the cover by Grace Mail Room, or [email protected]. He welcomes Newton! inquiries regarding content and distribution. 2 The Eagle September 2018 Make sure you’re getting all three: The Eagle Extra, the paper Eagle, the ARCNet Eagle BIRTHDAYS AND PASSINGS 05 Frances Weller SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 06 Helen Pohly 02 M. J. Thompson 07 Kay Templin 04 Bruce Creller 07 Helen Shackelford 04 Vernon Peterson 04 Virginia Sherrill PASSINGS SINCE LAST ISSUE 06 Richard Crane COL George Westover July 28 06 Charlotte Phillips COL Robert Metcalf July 28 07 Patricia Spencer LTC Jesse Kelsey July 29 07 Terumi Ballantyne COL Esther McNeil July 30 08 Thomas Jackson Mrs. Evelyn Osterndorf August 6 08 Roy Lockley Mrs. Dora Cash August 18 08 Marie Becker Mrs. Fran Robbins August 20 08 Art Nanos Mrs. Dolores Clapsaddle August 20 08 Victoria Summy Mrs. Marian Hugos August 21 09 Betty McSwain Dr. Cesar Lopez August 21 09 John Stokes Mrs. Margaret “Joanne”Hall August 27 11 Dorothy Crancer 11 Ralph Dresser 13 William (Mike) Cassidy 14 Anne Kautz 14 Jim Turley 14 Loretta Zimmerman 15 David Duttweiler 16 Janelle Tye 17 Terrie Grace 17 Dot Nanos 18 Dorothy Paul 18 Eugene Allen 18 Anne Jones The official date of the founding of the US 19 Beverly Goodlett Air Force is 18 September 1947. It was a 19 Karen Crumal momentous event that over six decades later 20 Mary Dee has demonstrated the achievement of an Air 21 Doris Hill Force second-to-none, yet the Air Force's 22 Elizabeth Peterson history and heritage goes back a lot further. 23 Joyce Bishop From the time that the US military purchased 23 David Garber its first aircraft in 1909 up to 1947, the US Air 23 Mort Bregman Force did not exist as a separate and 23 Barbara Hanna independent military service organization. It 23 Nancy Herbert went through a series of designations: 24 Bob Houlahan Aeronautical Section, Signal Corps (1909); 24 Edie Notbohm Aviation Section, Signal Corps (1914); United 24 Joseph Webb States Army Air Service (1918); United States 25 Barbara Maloy Army Air Corps (1926), United States Army Air 26 Lilley Herr Forces (1941). 26 Jan Johnson 27 Claudia Burnfield On Tuesday, 18 September, at 11:30 AM, a 27 Jane Mashburn Birthday Cake will be presented in the Front 30 Charlet Long Little Lobby. At 1:30 PM, Lakeside Theater, the film Strategic Air Command will be shown. At 7 PM BEGINNING OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS in the Auditorium, the San Antonio Marching 02 Jo Compton Band will present a musical tribute. Please see Resident Services, Room 305, to allow your birthday to be announced. September 2018 The Eagle 3 A Conversation with the CEO been very well received by both current and prospective residents and is also of good KS: Last month you commented on Management’s quality workmanship by the contractors and our evaluation of the system for the updating of cottages internal crews. We have several of these and apartments every 7-10 years. renovations in process as the results have been very positive for these enhanced SF: Yes. While not entirely finalized yet, we floorplans, so it’s a concept which we’ll have met and mapped out a strategy to continue or expand to offer a wider range of “refresh” a certain number of apartments and options within the legacy cottages. cottages annually based on a “tenured” approach. It includes input from each KS: Don’t you get tired from the number of meetings individual or couple to specify the extent of the you participate in? refresh along with which properties, which SF: No, quite the opposite. It’s energizing Residents occupying the property, and the because the meetings are educational and schedule of completing the work. The bottom very helpful. Reviewing our performance or line is we are focused on maintaining our any current issues with groups or individuals is residences in top notch condition and meeting like a driver checking the dashboard, or a pilot resident expectations. Frankly, we are blessed checking the instrument panel. That’s why I to have so many residents who have lived in encourage floor and street representatives to their current home many times over the 7 year invite me or our Directors to their meetings. It mark. has been a very productive time well spent. KS: Most of the properties on campus have been KS: Are there any general observations you’d like to reroofed now with a metal roof, from the insurance share? settlement after the April 2016 hailstorm. Is there any news regarding the solar panels on the High-Rise SF: I’d like to mention a recurring theme, and which had been heating water, which were also that is the generosity and sense of community damaged? our Residents have. SF: The majority of the roofing work has been Last week on a Friday morning I accompanied completed and the ARC team did a great job General Becker to a work site. There were with the insurance settlement on the hail about a dozen Residents assembling wooden damage claim. Former acting CEO David frames and landings which will be installed to Fulbright deserves the kudos here for the fine give home-bound wheelchair persons safe work he did in pursuing a fair settlement. The access to the outside. It’s called the Texas final settlement is still in legal proceedings and Ramp Project, and in Northeast San Antonio, we hope to finalize it favorably in the near General Becker was one of the driving forces future. We are also currently evaluating the several years ago to get it started. solar panels on the roof of the high rise, which I What I understood from this visit was that there understand are no longer serviceable or are several supporting, or interlocking pieces to functional, for the best next steps to take. this project. There’s a central office which determines the need and priority of work. KS: What’s been the experience with the updated There’s an engineer who surveys the home floorplans for legacy cottages? where the ramp is going to be installed.