The Newsletter of the Army Residence Community VolumeThe 32 Number 7 Eagle July 2018 A Reunion of Dustoff Pilots, 50 Years later Al Flory Pat Brady Inside The Eagle A Conversation with the CEO 2 – 3 A Conversation with the CEO You’ve been here a month. What’s your reaction to date? 4 Birthdays and Passings 5 New Resident Director, Board Member SF: I’m glad I began meeting Residents at floor and street meetings in April. There’s a lot of 6 – 7 A Conversation with Outgoing territory to cover, and Residents to meet. I also Resident Director Larry Luken attend the daily meetings in Health Care. It’s a great way to keep informed on changes in the 8 – 9 A Conversation with Pat Sewell, RN community. Written reports have their place, but in Director of Nursing a continuing care retirement community, one needs to see and hear what is occurring with those in our 9 Please Observe our current Dress Code care. 10 The ARC Library Any high points you’d care to mention? 11 Luncheon Remarks from DUSTOFF 55 th 12 Guy Huskerson: Still Serving SF: One is Monday, June 11 . I participated in my first Resident Council meeting. There is a real 13 World War II Poetry – Chuck Stout sense of teamwork and engagement here, both with the Residents, coworkers and leadership team. 14 - 15 Independence and Mobility: Ed and I feel positive about the process. There are both Janet Olson take a Ride on VIA success stories and problems to solve, but I’m very encouraged by the meeting. 16 Making Waves: Artist Joyce Ryan 17 – 18 July Activities This was a meeting convened on a Monday morning at 9 AM! The cultural stereotype for 19 July Movies at Lakeside Theater Monday morning is grumpy people just waking up and grousing about. But this meeting was focused 20 Luncheon Speaker: Mr. Aubrey David and energetic. My thanks to Col George McCall, Photo at top: Philippine Independence Observance, 11 his Executive Committee, the Representatives, Committee Chairs and Residents in attendance, it June (12 June in Manila). At the Health Care Dining Room, was impressive. CEO Steve Fuller (at center) thanks the festival dancers and Coworkers (from left to right), Angie Marshall, Racel Later that day I went to the Health Care Dining Knights, Rosa Gubio, Mira Pope, Lorrie Fassler, and Aizek Room to attend the Philippine Independence Day Nakila. observance. This was a cooperative effort of 2 The Eagle July 2018 The ‘Big Eagle’ contains three military history series by our ‘Resident Historian’ Mike Huebner. Residents and Staff. COL Frank Cheaney did an information to the residents, and work to build outstanding job as the Presiding Officer. His trusting relationships moving forward. remarks were concise and inclusive. I appreciate the sense of history in this community and the Have you made any “command decisions?” recognition of key historical events. It’s good to remember that the Philippines were once an I have been spending my first month listening to a American territory. wide group of residents, coworkers, family members, and vendors while assessing our The ceremony included several toasts, and I was operations. I did not want to come in and make happy to propose a toast, “To the Army Residence changes right off the bat before thoroughly Community, its Residents and its Employees, and evaluating what is working well and any potential for the deep affection and respect they have for course corrections we need to make. each other.” I’d like to mention that while in the Health Care Dining Room I had the opportunity to We were able to solidify two key director shake hands with COL Ray O’Neal, a D-Day positions, David Armand as the Healthcare veteran who is 99 years old, and Lt Cmdr Dan Administrator and Robert Gilley as Information Mendel, a veteran of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. I am Systems Director. I am confident both of these very sad to learn of COL O’Neal’s recent passing. leaders will contribute significantly to our future success at the ARC. Another important event was the “Blooms and Bonnets” garden party. That was an impressive After some discussion and review we changed introduction to the gardens in healthcare for me and the policy on security deposits for pets. The current a chance to thank the many Resident volunteers policy had the potential to be a barrier for involved in the restoration of that space. It was prospective residents, which we wanted to also a successful fundraiser - a fine job by the ARC eliminate. The new policy calls for a $500 Golden Diggers. “refundable” pet deposit versus the previous nonrefundable $1,500 amount. I understand that I also attended the ARC Angels appreciation approximately 20 residents paid the higher pet dinner on the 20th and enjoyed seeing the level of deposit. For those who paid the $1,500 previously, engagement and volunteerism among our the ARC will offer two choices, we will either refund residents. It is a diverse and dedicated group who the $1,000 difference OR I ask that residents give of themselves in service to others, an ARC consider donating the $1,000 difference to the ARC standard with which I am rapidly becoming familiar. to an area of their choice. Yet another high point was our healthcare team’s Our team is also working with a design agency work through some very challenging regulatory and groups of residents to create our new website. inspections. It is a very difficult operating The site will have enhanced features and will be environment, often referred to as the most highly very user-friendly, with more efficient update regulated field behind nuclear energy, but our capabilities, and inclusive of the many facets of dedicated coworkers in healthcare continue their ARC life and operations. It will also integrate the tireless efforts each and every day to maintain ARCNet via a resident-portal into the new site. Our compliance and provide the best in quality of care goal is to launch the new site in October. In the and services to our residents. meantime, efforts are being made to keep the current website and the ARCNet updated until we There has been an announcement of an can have the new site operational. increase in the rates. In closing I wish to send a hearty thanks to Al and SF: Yes, that was announced and explained in a Lynn Hoppe for coordinating and sponsoring the Resident Update on 18 June and then discussed in Jazz Protagonists performance on June 6th. It was a town hall meeting on 25 June. Although no one as very festive and toe-tapping occasion with some likes to hear of a rate increase we wanted to of the most talented jazz musicians in the city communicate the information clearly and performing in our ARC Auditorium. It was well transparently. While it is not necessarily a attended and an energizing evening of great music pleasurable experience to stand in front of our and a chance to reminisce. Stay tuned for more resident base discussing the need and rationale for upcoming musical performances that are in the the rate increases, we felt strongly that we needed works. to put ourselves out there, communicate the The ‘ARCNet Eagle’ is a full-color, unabridged edition at armyresidence.net. July 2018 The Eagle 3 It’s a customary to have ‘Happy Birthday’ sung to Residents on their birthdays. Here the tables are turned. Lawson Magruder reports: We surprised Joanne’s (Joanne Eichinger, see arrow) celebration in the Bistro with our granddaughter - Julia Ernst- singing two special songs. Julia is 16 and a wonderful opera and musical theater performer who just returned from Boston where she was a semifinalist in a nationwide competition in opera and musical theater. She lives in Mandeville, Louisiana. She performed for the Kiwanis Club on Wednesday, 30 May. JULY BIRTHDAYS 13 Glenna Solley 30 Deanna Haworth 15 Nancy Joseph 30 Ross Robinette 01 Gordon Shults 16 Gloria Magruder 31 Ann Hilton 02 Nancy Cheever 17 James Millikin 02 Jerry McCarthy 17 Eloise Pregler BEGINNING AUGUST 03 Earl Williams 18 Bill Steele BIRTHDAYS 04 Dan Baumgartner 19 Teri Rigali 04 Linda Sorber 19 Rosemarie Riggs 01 Silver Crim 05 Marvin Cole 19 Frances Taft 01 Julian Ann Tunnell 05 Polly Pearis 20 Harry Carpenter 03 Pamela Anderegg 07 Phyl Bethke 21 Carol Harris 04 Sue Bushey 08 Kathleen Charles 23 Celeste Cook 04 Al Flory 08 Ken Erickson 24 Dolly Dresser 06 Ben Moberley 09 Marjorie Green 24 Fran McCaffrey 10 Frank Garver 25 Judith Creller PASSINGS SINCE LAST ISSUE 10 Dottie Hilton 26 Robert Rogers 10 Ellen ‘Jane’ Irons 28 B. J. Hall Capt John L. Smith June 8 10 Kip Wooldridge 29 George Dodds Mrs. Opal Carmichael June 16 11 Sundra Boyd 29 Dorlyne Howard COL George R. “Ray” O’Neal June 2 12 Joseph Ecoppi 29 John Miller 3 13 Eldora Criswell 30 Jim Blunt 4 The Eagle July 2018 The ‘Big Eagle’ is a full-color, unabridged edition at armyresidence.net. ARC Board of Directors Votes on include the Defense Distinguished Service New Members and Board Officer Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Air by Grace Newton Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the At their regular Board Meeting on Monday, Army Achievement, the Purple Heart and the June 4, the ARC Board of Directors elected two Combat Infantryman Badge. In retirement, he new Board Members and gave thanks for the spends his time as Chair of the Executive Board service of retiring Board Members, COL (Ret) of the Midsouth Evangelical Covenant Church Jesse Brewer, Lt Col (Ret) Larry Luken, and Midsouth Conference with responsibilities that COL (Ret) CEM Maxwell.