Boulderites Running Wild

THE MIRROR
June, 2014
Volume 53
June 2014
Boulderites Running Wild
IN THIS ISSUE:
Ground Breaking p. 2
Classical - Broadway p. 2
Sustainability
p. 3
Oral History
p. 3
Nobel Circle
p. 3
Flood Tours
p. 4
History Corner
p. 5
Art Thru the Ages p. 6
Historic Boulder
p. 7
Dining Services
p. 8
Young Chautauquan p. 8
Assisted Liv. News p. 9
A.L. Concept Plans p. 10
Judicial System
p. 11
Medical Loan Closet p. 11
Electronic Charting p. 11
Nutrition Class
p. 12
Lake Walk
p. 13
Social Hour Redux p. 13
Birthdays
p. 14
Sustainability
p. 15
Hand Weaving
p. 16
Mystery Book Club p. 16
Kitchen Garden
p. 17
Maureen Beith
p. 18
Teaching Daze
p. 19
Nutrition 101
p. 20
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From right to left: runners/walkers Walt Duncan, Joan DeGraaf, Bruce Mackenzie , and Gary Langer; Pat Troeltzsch, going to cheer for family and friends; and
Mary Jane Hall, JoAnne Joselyn, and Jim Bender, who volunteered to hand out
lunches and flags to finishers.
T
he BolderBoulder in the third largest race in the United States
at the distance of 10 kilometers (about 6 and a quarter miles).
The 2014 race was held on Memorial Day, May 26. Some 52,000 runners and wheelchair athletes participated in making it the fifth largest timed race in the world. The event is of importance not only to
runners, but is of equal importance to the people of Boulder. Citizens line the streets to see the best female and male runners in the world in the professional category, but they also come to see their friends and neighbors pound the pavements of Boulder.
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Assisted Living Ground Breaking
I
am pleased to invite you to the groundbreaking ceremony for our new Assisted
Living Community, to be held on Friday,
June 20th, 2014, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. in
the Frasier Courtyard. The ceremony will
begin at 3:00 and refreshments will be provided. As we break ground on our new assisted living apartments, we can begin to
celebrate what Frasier will be in the future
rather than focus only on what was lost as
a result of the flood. With the new
Memory Care Assisted Living, in addition
to our Classic Assisted Living, Frasier will
be able to continue to offer our residents,
as well as other Boulder seniors, the
premier services we are known for. Please
join us for this celebration as Frasier continues to reshape the future of services to
seniors!
Tim Johnson CEO
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Starting at Walnut and 29th Street the horde
heads north to Valmont, Hawthorne, Vista,
Cedar, Spruce and Pearl. However the fun is
just beginning with the run through the town.
The runners make their individual grand entrances into Folsom Field to the cheers of the
thousands who have come to the stadium. The
icing on the cake for the BolderBoulder is a
Memorial Day tribute with parachuters waving flags from each branch of the military and
a flyover by 10 smoke-traling aircraft.
Frasier was ably represented by both staff
members and residents. Here are 10 kilometer
times for the residents: Janet Grenda
(1:51:36), Joan DeGraaff (1:54:40), Bruce Mackenzie (1:58:09), Gary Langer (3:02:43), Walt
Duncan (time not available).
Ted Grenda
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From Classical to Broadway
S
oprano (and Frasier resident) Janet Brewer and her collaborative pianist Susan
Olenwine gave a fine program of art songs and
show tunes (classical to Broadway) in the Assembly Room on April 30.
The classical art song
uses a poem chosen and
set to music by the
song's composer. Janet
began with a set of early
twentieth century
French art songs, one by
Susan Olenwine
Debussy, others by
& Janet Brewer
Faure. The two musicians then turned to the
German art song, with examples from nineteenth century Schubert and Schumann and
early twentieth century Hugo Wolf. A third
group introduced twentieth century American
song, with settings by Aaron Copeland of four
poems of Emily Dickinson. That closed a cycle
in the recital: Nadia Boulanger, an important
teacher of Copeland, was herself a student of
Faure.
The transition to Broadway was made by Susan's playing a transcription for solo piano of
the "Waltz" from "Carousel" by Richard Rogers.
In the musical theater songs are usually collaborations between tunesmiths and wordsmiths, and songs by the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hammerstein showed how the words
and music worked together. Other Broadway
pieces by Marvin Hamlisch and Harvey
Schmidt concluded with "Try to Remember"
from "The Fantasticks."
The enthusiasm of the audience was a clear request to Janet and Susan: in the words of another Gershwin song, "Do It Again!"
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Maria Rogers
Sustainability Seminar
Oral History Program
Wed., June 25, 7:30, Assembly Room
W
e are fortunate to have as our wrap-up
program for this spring a highly acclaimed program by Dave Sutherland of the
City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain
Parks titled “After the flood: Open Space and
Mountain Parks.” September’s storm dropped
a huge amount of rainfall onto the city's Open
Space system. Water surging down creeks and
hillsides washed away trails, changed ecosystems, and wrote a new chapter in the area's geology. Dave has put together a superbly illustrated slideshow about the flood's effects on
the landscape and infrastructure of Open
Space and will discuss some of the post-flood
recovery efforts. This fine program will complement the earlier presentations we have had
about the sources of the part of the flood that
created so much damage here, and the excellent flood-damage field trips run by Bruce
Thompson.
T
he Oral History Project at Carnegie
Branch Library for Local History was the
topic of the season’s final “Kaleidoscope” talk
on May 8. Susan Becker, the Director of the
program, suffered through an unwelcome technical glitch to explain the purpose and result
of the project which was founded by Maria
Rogers in 1985. Since then thousands of residents of Boulder County have been interviewed
on tape and now disc, about their life stories or
specific moments in the history of our area.
The Nobel Circle
The 35 or more project volunteers collect oral
and video interviews, catalog and edit them so
that current events today can become historical
records tomorrow. The project mission is to
preserve the history of the City and of the
County of Boulder through the collection of
oral history interviews with Boulder County
Residents. Susan, who has been director of the
project for 15 years, treated the audience to examples of a minute or more of several interviews including retired Judge Jean Dubofsky,
former Boulder Mayor Janet Roberts, our own
Joyce Davies, and several other interesting residents of Boulder Valley.
oulder is the home of five winners of the
Nobel Prize! Remarkable for such a small
community. A project has been started to erect
a monument in honor of the Nobel Laureates
(as well as the future local honorees) perhaps
to be located on the Pearl Street Mall or elsewhere in a central location. Don McDonald
spoke briefly on May 8 explaining the project
in greater detail. More information can be obtained from Don, who can be contacted at
Don@NobelCircle.org, or at 303-494-0544.
The project has collections of many fields, including mining, farming, business, education,
minorities, the Depression era, politics, and
many other aspects of life in our community.
Interviews can be viewed by contacting the
project at Carnegie, on podcasts, on the library
YouTube Channel, or by checking out a DVD.
Many are also available on-line at oralhistory.boulderlibrary.org or by contacting Carnegie Branch Library at 303-441-1981. Carnegie
Library is located at 1125 Pine Street.
Pete Palmer
B
Karl Anuta
Karl Anuta
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Flood Tours Arouse Emotions and Stun the Senses
M
ost of us came from places where water is
scarce and carefully husbanded or plentiful and taken for granted. We knew the word
flood, but, in a whole lifetime we may never
have experienced one. That all changed last
September when:
She tumbled and crashed
Into the heart of us—
Doing a devil’s dance—
Flinging her dark arms.
Smashing us with mud and stones—
For some of us who saw those dark waters and
tended the frightened and homeless, ideas
about water will never be the same.
At first, thinking and speaking about the angry
waters were deeply emotional. But time passed
and we came to view the devastation more objectively. Finally we were ready to look the
“devil dancer” in the face and to view the damage in all its detail.
That’s when a leader emerged--Bruce Thompson-- wise, dispassionate and deeply well informed about that flood. Thoroughly familiar
with many of the areas worst hit, Bruce offered
to lead expeditions by van through the damaged
temporary roads, the sand-infested yards and
hillsides, and the blasted rock harvested from
cliff sides to buttress roads from future floods.
A typical trip ascended into the foothills along
Left Hand Creek. The road leads to devastated
Jamestown and Ward off the Peak to Peak
highway. Reconstructed temporarily without
guard rails, that road is an avatar for roads all
over the County. They consist of sagging compressed dirt, without guard rails, alarmingly
close to the already fast-running water. At the
same time, they show how government contractors worked the miracle of making miles and
miles of destroyed road quickly and efficiently
drivable again.
Bruce arranged a stop at St Malo on the Peak
to Peak where we could disembark and feel
the mud and stones through the soles of our
shoes and trace the course of the uncontrolled
waters as they charged down the mountain.
And we marveled at the immunity of the old
stone church against all the thrusts of the water.
Then began the tortuous transition down the
North Saint Vrain toward Lyons. There the
damage was initiated by the river that simply
ate up that endlessly curving road. This time a
temporary fix of the road would not suffice.
Mustering all available financial resources the
County is undertaking a massive rerouting of
the road. Whole mountainsides are being
blasted into boulders which can be pushed over
the side of the canyon to form a barrier
against future floods. The new road will have
far fewer sharp curves and run farther from
the river.
A stop along the way revealed devastation
among riverside homes and the carnage of
rock that is being blasted from nearby cliffs.
A picture from that stop shows a colorful, but
serious group of travelers who appear reluctant to get far from their van for fear they
could be left in this no mans land.
And of course there was Lyons. Cut in half
by the St. Vrain, the south half was all sand
and ruins of small vulnerable homes. Some
houses hung out over now empty new water
courses cut by an angry river. The north half,
including main street, seemed less affected.
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and deaconesses who had given their lives to
active Methodist service. Wives of pastors and
even pastors might fill the gap. But such modifications were not acceptable, and the missionary apartments remained unfilled.
The recruitment problem was pinpointed by the
impending fate of the "missionary apartments."
At the beginnings of Frasier there had been no
difficulty in filling these when they became vacant. But in the 1980’s vacancies had gone unfilled, and a vigorous effort to recruit replacements by tapping traditional Methodist sources
produced meager results. Proposals were presented to the Methodist Women organization to
expand the pool of eligible candidates, which up
to this time had been restricted to missionaries
The declining pool of recruits for the missionary apartments seemed to reflect a wider problem of the decline in the available numbers of
Methodists seeking a retirement home and
called for a major shift in Manor recruiting
efforts. Frasier established a permanent marketing department. It was headed by Lynn Foley who established a new direction in Manor
marketing efforts and shaped its policies successfully for more than twenty years. New
marketing efforts were directed at the Boulder
community rather than Methodists; this established an increasingly firm connection between
Frasier and a growing Boulder clientele that
gave rise to a self-sustaining marketing effort
in which the major factor was the way in
which friends of residents already here became
potential recruits.
The Search for New Residents
y the early 1970’s Frasier’s promotion efforts had created a “wait list” that led its
leaders to feel comfortable about their ability to
fill apartments in the future. But a decade later, in the early 1980’s the situation had reversed;
the wait list was going down and the future appeared to be more problematic. The pool of
Methodist retirees no longer seemed to be readily available and new recruitment efforts were
called for.
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As we headed out of town we saw that the everpresent sand and stones had spread their arms
wide, encompassing carefully grassed yards and
mature trees. As we turned south toward Boulder we knew that the destruction had continued
down river toward Longmont.
Bruce Thompson is a civil engineer. He is currently volunteering to supervise the reconstruction of a road that leads off the Peak to Peak
near a cabin he and family have enjoyed for 60
years. He knows personally what it takes to
put an errant stream back on course and to
move the mounds of earth required to reestablish even that primitive side road.
Bruce shared his vast knowledge generously
with us. Obviously he had traversed our route
many times informing himself intimately
about the damaged places and what it will take
to bring them back into service again. Beyond
that, Bruce understands the feelings that are
evoked by seeing and being informed about the
catastrophe that struck us eight months ago.
Kevin Bunnell
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June, 2014
Art Through The Ages
F
or most art shows it is the opening that is
exciting, but for the art show at Frasier
during April and May it is the closing day of
the show that everyone looks forward to. That
Germain showed impressive photographs; Betty Meyring and Maggie Vall displayed an interesting collage; and watercolor paintings
were done by Carlen Penfold, Phyllis Shushan, Rachael Bender and
Flower Hund. The oil and
acrylic paintings had labels
identifying them, as the
work of Marilyn Russell,
Jane Crabtree and Jan Grenda.
All the participants gathered with Congressman Polis
is because Frasier was home to a very special
exhibit: the third annual Congressional Senior
Art Show and Competition. At the closing reception on Saturday, May 17, our Representative in the Congress, Jared Polis, was again
present to announce the names of the first and
second place winners.
Jared Polis is the son of a poet mother and artist father, and is committed to supporting the
arts and all their expressions. He is delighted
to sponsor an exhibit to recognize senior artists
in our Second Congressional District.
The 2014 show exhibited about eighty pieces of
art from local artists, including a number of
Frasier residents. Nurit Wolf and Nancy St.
After waiting with bated
breath since one o'clock we
received the announcement
of their winners: Bob
Vrooman's lovely oil painting entitled "Powder River
in Fall" took first place,
while an impressive water
color called "Aspen Joy," a
work by Neil Mellor, was
awarded the second place ribbon.
Jan Grenda
Frasier is sponsoring a blood drive
for the Bonfils Blood Center this coming Monday, June 2. Blood supplies are critically low
right now.
The blood drive will be held in the Frasier Sky
Lounge from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on June
2nd. If you would like to donate you can sign
up at the Independent Living front
desk. There will be refreshments after you donate!!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Terri Macey
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June, 2014
Joyce Davies Honored
Frasier resident Joyce Davies is well-known in
Boulder as a passionate defender of Boulder's
history and historic structures. She was a
leader in the formation of the Historic Boulder organization, and has demonstrated continuing leadership of Historic Boulder since
its founding.
of organizations in Boulder which gave the
town character, beauty, and an unusual sense
of place.
"In addition to his contributions of informing
the public about preservation activities , we all
So it is most appropriate that it is Joyce's name
that characteristises Historic Boulder's newest
award, the Lifetime Stewardship Award. Her
own example of lifetime stewardship stands as
a challenge to all.
Well done, Joyce! To learn about the first recipient of the Award, continue reading:
Catherine Long-Gates
Joyce Davies
Laurie Paddock
Laurie Paddock Honored
know the great love Laurie had for the Boulder Historical Society, an organization started
by his father, and his interest in promoting the
work of the Carnegie Library with his gifts of
Camera photographs and printed materials to
that repository.
I
n early May our own Laurie Paddock was
honored at the annual meeting of Historic
Boulder with the award of the first Joyce Davies Lifetime Stewardship Award. Here are
some excerpts from the award citation:
"Laurence Paddock, better known as Laurie
Paddock, is a home-grown Boulder citizen.
Laurie is the son and grandson of a family
which has made Boulder history as well as recorded it in the family-owned newspaper, The
Boulder Daily Camera. Steeped in the Paddock family interests of being involved in all
things Boulder, Laurie joined the Camera
staff as janitor while attending Boulder High
School during World War II. From the bottom
up Laurie became familiar with all aspects of
life at the Camera and in the town. Tonight we
honor Laurie for his caring for the well being
"We in Historic Boulder will be forever grateful for the positive, expansive articles which
he printed in the Camera when we were in our
formative years. His name also added luster to
our first Board of Directors."
Joyce Davies
Puns to Ponder
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused
Novocain during a root-canal? His goal:
transcend dental medication.
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Young Chautauquans
Reenact Historical Characters
T
H
alented youngsters from the Boulder
Young Chautauqua program captivated
ere are dining events to enjoy in June:
Monday, June 16: wellness-focus lunch
for eight people on the Wellness Center patio
from 11:30 to 12:30. Stephanie Wilner will
host this lunch, with an opportunity to talk
about food choices and nutrition. We hope to
schedule this lunch monthly. Sign up at the
front desk.

Tuesday, June 17: Caribbean dinner. See
the bulletin boards for the special menu.

Wednesday, June 18: Food Forum at 3:00
in the Assembly Room. This is a good opportunity to get dining news and to ask
questions of the staff.
When you make reservations for dinner,
please be sure of the number of residents at the
table and let the staff know if there is a
change – especially if you will be needing a
larger table. It is useful to tell the staff who
will be at your table, so that there will not be
an accidental double-booking.
You will see menu changes beginning about
the end of July. We have had requests for
chilled soups for summer, and protein-rich
smoothies available for breakfast and lunch.
Puns to Ponder
A backward poet writes inverse.
Salome Castro as Beryl Markham;
Dariya Zavorotny as Rosalind Franklin;
Rishi Hancock as Linus Pauling.
Frasier residents on May 7 with their dramatic
portrayals of three inspirational 20th century
personalities they have researched: Linus Pauling, who received a Nobel prize for his seminal work on chemical bonding; Beryl Markham, who grew up with a native tribe in Kenya
and went on to be successful race horse trainer
and later a record-setting pilot; and Rosalind
Franklin, whose work in x-ray crystallography
revealed the structure of DNA. After each
monolog the presenter remained in character
to answer questions and then, with a spin,
went out of character to answer questions
about their research, why they chose the subjects they did, and what they learned in the
process.
The goals of the Young Chautauqua program
are to raise student interest in and knowledge
of history and to help them develop selfconfidence, presentation skills, and critical
thinking.
Phil Waggener
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New Assisted Living News
by Kevin Bunnell
P
rogress: News about move-ins and those
who must wait until new space is availa-
ble.
The Golden West Tower is close to being empty
of Frasier residents. Sam and Bobbi Hays
came back to Frasier last month. Wil and Lorna Bernthal arrived at a refurbished Frasier
apartment in mid-May. That leaves in the
Tower Leonard Tulin and Jack James. According to Tim Johnson those two men will be
offered apartments back at Frasier by midJune.
That will clear out the Tower and leave just
six Frasier folk in the Terrace, Golden West’s
assisted living studio apartments. They are
Mary Sorgel, Jean Loeffler, Marge Hellebust,
Tucker Wood, Barbara Perrault, and Ralph
Burns. These people need more care and better
living space than Frasier can now provide. So
Frasier and Golden West staff will continue to
provide needed services, some sharing their
time between Frasier and Golden West.
Progress in Rebuilding
1. Before anyone can move into the new Assisted Living space at Frasier, structures must
be in place to protect residents from future
floods. And that isn’t so simple.
FEMA will only pay to protect what they have
paid to refurbish. And that is just the flooded
parts of Health Care. But we need protection
along Sioux Drive and Thunderbird. Hence-much going back and forth with FEMA. Ne-
gotiations continue, but, in the end, Frasier
will probably have to pay part of the cost of
adequate flood protection for all of our residents.
2. How the State and Feds get involved and
delay construction. While the ground floor of
the Health Care building will serve Assisted
Living, the second floor of the new addition
will serve Health Care—which involves Medicare and Medicaid. These are state and federal
programs, and they require their standards of
construction to be met. They will inspect and
approve. And that takes extra time. They
won’t be hurried.
If we had to meet only Boulder City standards, we could be finished and ready for Assisted Living occupancy weeks and maybe a
couple of months sooner. In spite of these delays, Tim Johnson said recently that residents
might be moving into the new Assisted Living
space as soon as this December.
3. The other big news is that there was a
showing for residents of the plans for the new
Assisted Living and Memory Care spaces. Architects for the project came to Frasier with
floor plans, furniture samples, examples of
wall coverings and paint colors and landscape
designs. They spent a total of five hours explaining the plans and answering questions.
Many residents welcomed the chance to study
the drawings, talk with the architects and interior designers, and give them their reactions
to their work so far.
(see the next page for Assisted Living
architectural plans)
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Concept Plans for the new Assisted Living
Looking at the new Assisted Living plan from the northwest in the north courtyard, showing the
entrance in the center with the new two-story additions with a new living room area to the left in
the Memory Care wings and a dining area to the right in the Assisted Living wings.
N
Floor plan for the 19 regular Assisted Living
units that include 9 one-room units starting at
270 sq. ft. and 10 two-room units as large as 480
sq. ft. each. This drawing also shows the common entry and living room area that serves all
four wings A, B, C, and D and a satellite kitchen.
Floor plan of the 19 Memory Care Assisted
Living units that include 9 one room units
starting at 290 sq. ft. to 10 two room units as
large as 420 sq. ft. each.
Legend: Light blue (or light gray)= Public Area; Light purple (or dark gray) = Living units;
Tan (or dark gray) = Support areas
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June, 2014
Politics and Our
Judicial System
Little-Known Medical Loan
Closet Serves Frasier Residents
R
ehind a little-seen door on fourth floor central is a treasure trove of medical equipment. Such items as wheeled walkers, batterypowered chairs, wheelchairs, shower stools, bedside commodes, and so on, are available for use
by residents. Other small items are also on hand
such as crutches, aluminum walkers, and bed
rails.
etired Colorado Supreme Court Judge Jean
Dubofsky spoke as part of the Lyceum series on May 21.
Starting first with the Federal system and the
U.S. Supreme Court she noted how the political
divide of the country and congress is reflected in
the Court
and its decisions. Some
may suggest
that the U.S.
Supreme
Court is
above politics, and that
may have
been someJudge Jean Dubofsky
what true in
past years.
However as the approval process has gotten more
divisive, so have the Court’s decisions. Jean noted that decades ago the Senate confirmation
hearings seldom if ever inquired about specific
issues which might be expected to come before
the Court but rather focused on legal knowledge,
temperament and other qualifications. In the
most recent hearings Justice Sotomayor spent
much her time attempting to avoid political
questions about issues she might face.
At the lower level, judges in the Federal District
Circuit courts are nominated and “approved” by
members of Congress from the relevant district.
Neither the persons seeking appointment nor the
members of Congress are above politics.
Colorado, on the other hand, has a selection and
retention system which is the envy of most other
states. Our judges are selected by a commission
with bipartisan representation which nominates
3 persons for each position. The Governor then
selects from the 3 nominees. Voters have the opportunity to retain or reject new judges after the
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Three months is the usual the time of a loan.
But people with continuing need can often be
accommodated.
This service is offered by volunteers Keith
Kohnen, leader of the group, Ann Garstang,
Phil Waggener, Crif Crawford and Kevin Bunnell. These folks take turns being on call to respond to requests. The Front Desk knows who is
on call at a given time and can refer requests to
the appropriate person.
Start by calling the Front Desk at 303-499-4888.
Service is usually provided within 24 hours and
often sooner.
Kevin Bunnell
first 2 years and periodically thereafter. Even
this system, however, can be perverted by partisan politics. Organizations such as “Clear the
Bench” may spend considerable sums attempting
to defeat a judge who decided a controversial
case. As a result judges may find other reasons to
reach a decision instead of carefully looking at
only the law and the facts. Constant citizen vigilance is required in a democracy.
Judge Dubofsky answered many questions. Those
in attendance were pleased with her presentation.
Karl Anuta
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The Bauman College
Wellness Program
Nutrition Class at Frasier
Health Care Electronic Charting
F
rasier’s Health Care Center began the process
last year of converting from hand-written
care documentation to an electronic system. The
Certified Nursing Assistants were the first to use
a touch screen for entering information about
each HCC resident. It took a while for employees to become confident in the new setup, and the
software, Answers on Demand, has gradually
been fine-tuned to become more specific to Frasier’s needs. Now the nurses’ stations have laptops that allow increased input and access to patient information, and the employees seem to be
happy with the changes.
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auman College is a local non-profit educational institution devoted to the promotion of health and wellness through holistic
nutrition with whole, seasonal, organic, unrefined, and local foods. For four weeks starting
in June, Frasier residents and employees can
participate in a free nutrition course focusing
on the avoidance of illness and the promotion
of optimal health through nutrition consultation with supervised advanced student interns.
The classes will be held from 3:00 – 4:00 on
Mondays, June 23rd, and 30th; and July 14th
and 21st.
From left, front row: Linda Giles, Wendy
Larsen, Arricka Stone. Back row: Kim Archibal, Jackie Vargas, Tara Hannon
During the week of May 27 to 30, the AOD software company has led on-site training to update
the staff, and beginning in June even more data
will be recorded electronically, including patient
medication records and doctors’ orders. During
power outages in Health Care, data stored will
not be lost, but access to the electronic system
will be limited. We hope that staff will not have
to go back to paper-and-pencil entries very often!
Janet Klemperer
There is also the opportunity for a few individuals to get individualized nutrition counseling for 6 weeks (one-hour sessions). Be inspired to expand healthy changes in your life
patterns, and to learn the foundations of nutrition to renew energy, allergy control, weight
management and sustainable eating habits.
Please sign up at the Front Desk or see Molly
Briggs for more information (ext. 4339 or
mbriggs@frasiermeadows.org). This program
is open to both residents and employees.
Molly Briggs
Biblical information, allegedly written by
schoolchildren on examinations.
Sampson was a strongman who let himself be
led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah.
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June, 2014
Wonderland Lake Walk Attracts a Crowd
T
he Wellness Center’s early May walk to
Wonderland Lake attracted such a large
crowd that the Frasier bus was full to overflowing. Several participants were glad to drive
their cars to the lake to join the group. One
member happily rode his motorcycle.
Group leaders Mackenzie King (Wellness intern from CU), and Whitney Garcia McCain
discovered that participants naturally divided
into two groups: those who wanted the shorter
walk that circled the lake, and others who accompanied the group halfway around the lake,
then veered off on an easy gravel path that
traversed the incline on a longer route to Four
Mile Creek. That distance, Whitney estimated,
was perhaps two miles. The terrain for both
walks was mainly level, though the Four-Mile
group easily met the challenge of a slight incline.
The Wellness Center had planned to sponsor
two hikes a month during the summertime. But
the walkers had so much fun that they asked if
more frequent hikes could be planned. Whitney
said yes and scheduled a second hike for Wed.,
May 28th, which has already happened to
Teller Farm in east Boulder. The sign-up list
filled immediately! It was suggested that one
hike a week would not be too many for such enthusiastic walkers. One of the hikes planned
for June will be in Superior, on the MayhofferSingle Tree trail. The second hike location has
not yet been determined. Sometime in the summer they hope to lead a walk to and from the
63rd St Farm which would include a handmade pizza dinner.
The Wellness Staff will plan two hikes per
month through the fall. If you have any suggestions or requests, they would love to hear
them! We live in a beautiful area with many
trails that are calling our names to come enjoy
them.
You can sign up for the hikes during the regular Sign-Up Day. If there are any spots still
left, find them in the Trip Book at the Front
Desk. Coach fare is usually $3. These trips
are mostly for the purpose of getting outside
and exercising, though sometimes a lunch or
treat-stop may be attached at the end.
Nancy Tilly
T
“Social Hour” Redux
he social hour is now the Happy Hour. Instead of gathering on the main floor near
the lobby, we now meet in a more festive space
on the second floor
near the bar and the
piano in the Club
Room. And we want
you to join us. Forget your troubles,
come on be happy….so goes the song
and so goes the hour
between four and five every Thursday, which is
especially happy when new people join us.
Your chief responsibility is to bring your valued
self and whatever you want to drink. The staff
furnishes a non-alcoholic drink, ice water, ice,
and simple nibbles. Sometimes someone voluntarily brings a surprise hors d’oeuvre (chips, dip,
fruit, tiny quiches, etc.) which is enthusiastically welcomed. Sometimes Kevin Bunnell makes
popcorn. But treats are not required for admission, only your willingness to put your troubles
aside for a while and enjoy. Sometimes we have
a topic suggested (last week it was your worst
driving experience); sometimes not. (This being
a Frasier occasion, the topic is often ignored !)
Join us and see for yourself………
Trish Judd
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June, 2014
ASSISTED LIVING
Jean Loeffler ..................... 6.07
Bobbi Hays ........................ 6.11
Wilmar Bernthal .............. 6.16
HEALTH CARE
Les French.......................... 6.24
Biblical information, allegedly written by
schoolchildren on examinations.
The first commandments was when eve told
Adam to eat the apple.
June Birthdays
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Herbert Swords................... 6.02
Crif Crawford ..................... 6.03
Barbara Meier .................... 6.03
Brad Beeler ....................... 6.08
Nancy Tilley ....................... 6.08
Mary Dickerson.................. 6.10
Louise Dudley .................... 6.11
Betty O’Brien ..................... 6.12
Tad Sargent......................... 6.12
Herbert Plews..................... 6.14
Laura Fischer..................... 6.15
Bernice Mock .................... 6.15
Fay Tracy ............................ 6.23
Hetty McGinnis.................. 6.24
Daphne Lewin .................... 6.26
George Peters ..................... 6.28
Lin Rosen ........................... 6.29
THE MIRROR: Monthly news of Frasier
Meadows Retirement Community, Boulder,
CO, is published monthly by residents to provide in-house news and general information
for residents.
PUBLISHER:
John Harris
EDITOR:
Ted Manning
PROOF READER:
John Tracy
REPORTERS:
Kevin Bunnell
Laura Fischer
Ted Grenda
Tricia Judd
Janet Klemperer Al LeBlang
Nancy Tilly
Phil Waggener
COLUMNISTS:
Diana Bunnell
Sam Hays
Pete Palmer
DISTRIBUTION:
Dick Leupold
Bob Pardee
Gail Rowe
Justin Smalley
Email address correspondence to:
Mirror@FrasierMeadows.org
The MIRROR staff will meet at 2:00 p.m. on Monday June 2nd in the Private Dining Room to plan
the July 2014 issue.
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June, 2014
Sustainability Seminar,
Wednesday, June 25, 7:30,
Assembly Room
W
e are fortunate to have as our wrap-up
program for this spring a highly acclaimed program by Dave Sutherland of the
City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain
Parks titled, “After the flood: Open Space and
Mountain Parks.”
Last September’s storm dropped a huge amount
of rainfall onto the city's Open Space system.
Water surging down creeks and hillsides
washed away trails, changed ecosystems and
wrote a new chapter in the area's geology.
Dave has put together a superbly illustrated
slideshow about the flood's effects on the landscape and infrastructure of Open Space and
will discuss some of the post-flood recovery efforts.
This fine program will complement both the
earlier presentations we have had about the
sources of the part of the flood that created so
much damage here, and the excellent flooddamage field trips run by Bruce Thompson.
Pete Palmer
In Loving Memory
Helen Emery
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 22, 1922
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . . Jul. 15, 2004
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 30, 2014
Elmer O'Brien
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 08, 1932
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . . Mar. 11, 1996
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 02, 2014
Leo Hill
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . .
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dec. 17, 1923
Jul. 29, 2004
May 04, 2014
Myrtle Heuston
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . .
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jun. 16, 1922
Apr. 04, 2007
May 16, 2014
Nancy Kraushaar
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . .
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Apr. 17, 1925
Oct. 29, 2010
May 17, 2014
From a collection of biblical information,
allegedly written by schoolchildren on
Examinations:
The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals.
Samson slayed the philistines with the axe of
the apostles.
Puns to Ponder
In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In
feudalism it's your count that votes.
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June, 2014
Dev Carlson Hand Weaving
D
ev Carlson had a passion for weaving on
a loom. He and his late wife, Mary,
shared this love and wove on a large 42” loom
that they had in their home. Dev and Mary
wove baby blankets and placemats, and all
sorts of wonderful items. Their final accomplishment was suiting for an outfit for Mary
which eventually was chosen by May D&F in
Denver to be
displayed
along with
other hand
weavers’
works in the
Denver show
windows.
Mary and
Dev designed
the fabric
and Mary
constructed a
2-piece suit
for herself!
It was a
wonderful
accomplishHelen Davis, Linda Keschl, ment.
Louise Bradley, Catherine Jacks
with Dev Carlson
Recently,
Dev was able
to rekindle his passion for weaving with the
help of a few friends! With the aid of Catherine Jacks, he found that weaving on a table
loom in the art room was still possible for
him, even though he has lost most of his vision.
Thus began the search for a loom for Dev to
have in Health Care, so he could weave on it
daily. Helen Davis came to the rescue. She
hand-delivered a 24" floor loom from the
Handweavers Guild of Boulder! It was the
perfect fit for Dev, as it was very similar to
one he used to own and was perfect for a man
with low vision. Louise Bradley, a skilled
weaver with many years of experience,
was gracious enough to procure all of the materials needed. She warped the loom and got it
ready for him. Louise and Linda Keschl were
there by his side, helping him to relearn his
craft. Dev knew what to do, but had to relearn by only using his sense of touch. He is
now working on a beautiful table runner as
his first project and absolutely loving it. Dev
is now able to operate the loom with minimal
assistance from his sighted friends. Come and
visit him at the loom in the HCC hallway, sitting outside of the Edelweiss Hall. Dev will
be there enjoying his re-found craft, among
the materials and tools that his friends have
gathered.
Linda Keschl
The Cuckoo's Calling
C
ome join the Mystery Book Club for discussion on Monday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Fireside Lounge. The book of the
month is John Galbreath's new mystery novel,
"Cuckoo's Crossing." You may know Galbreath
better under her real name of J. K. Rowling.
That's right, she's the author of the Harry
Potter books. Answer the cuckoo's call.
Lyn Rosen
If seven people meet each other and
each shakes hands only once with each
of the others, how many handshakes
will there have been?
Answer on page 17
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June, 2014
Kitchen Garden Thriving
T
he vegetable, herb, and flower garden
south of the Town Grille kitchen is off to
a good start this spring.
Linda Wilkinson, who has tended Frasier’s
public garden areas for the past 10 years has
been cleaning up and tending the kitchen garden and has enhanced the stone-edged path
through the garden and resident and staff volunteers have begun seeding and planting.
Johanna Swords, Kathryn Aronson, and Joan
DeGraaf planting seeds in the raised bed.
It has come a long way from its origins in
2009, when the site was little more than hardpan, rocky earth left over from construction of
the grille. Wellness Center massage therapist
Lynne Duguay led a team of volunteers who
enriched the soil naturally using permaculture
techniques that shun chemicals, avoid tilling,
and attract earthworms. Kathryn Aronson,
Enrichment and Community Life manager,
assisted with this project and had the vision to
see the site as a garden outside the kitchen.
Now, moving away from it being a permaculture design area, it is a kitchen garden that
benefits from its permaculture beginnings.
Linda Wilkinson preparing to add new plants
There are jobs for additional volunteers. Anyone interested in sharing the fun and satisfaction of helping the garden thrive should call
Kathryn at 4320. Also, check the Enrichment
and Community Life calendar for times to help
in the garden.
Phil Waggener
Puns to Ponder
Answer:
Answer: 21
A shakes 6 others; B already shook A
so shakes 5 others; C shakes 4 others;
D shakes 3 others; E shakes 2 others;
F shakes 1 others; G already shook
with everyone.
There was the person who sent ten puns to
friends, with the hope that at least one of the
puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.
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June, 2014
M
aureen Beith -- "Mo" to all of us -- is
examples to me in each of these areas.
leaving her position as Frasier's Vice
President for OperaNot long after I came
tions to take the duhere, it was JoAnne
ties of CEO at Mount
Howe’s turn to share
San Antonio Retirethe reflection at the
ment Community in
monthly Resident
Claremont, CaliforCouncil meeting. It
nia, east of Los Angestruck some deep
les. Mo's three years
chord in me, so I
at Frasier have been
asked JoAnne for a
marked by vigorous
copy, and have kept it
changes and improvein sight on my desk
ments, and even the
ever since. It is a poeffects of the Septemem called Youth by
ber 2013 flood were
Samuel Ullman, and
overcome with
was a favorite of
smooth skill, serving
General Douglas
Mo Beith
Ann Evans
Hugh Evans
as testimony to FrasiMacArthur:
er's effective operations leadership and staff. A farewell party
Youth
was held for Mo on May 30.
By Samuel Ullman
As I Leave…
T
hose of us who work in senior living are
often inundated with messages of the
changing desires of people as they consider a
retirement community, the need for a plethora
of amenities to suit every whim, and the mantra that “The Baby Boomers are coming!” so we
better be ready. It would, of course, be unwise
to turn a completely deaf ear to this cacophony
of voices. But I often find myself thinking that
there are certain timeless, enduring aspects of
life that really have nothing to do with the
signs of the times. And these are the qualities
that I have experienced richly at Frasier: deep
friendship and companionship, the desire for
work and other activities that matter (a reason
to get up in the morning!) and pursuit of meaning, however one comes to define that. Those
who live and work at Frasier have indeed been
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind.
It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees;
It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of
the emotions.
It is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means the predominance of courage over timidity, of
adventure over the love of ease.
This often exists in a man of sixty (or eighty!) more than in a boy
of twenty.
Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by
deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles
the soul.
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear, and despair—
These bow the heart and turn the spirit back to dust.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;
As young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;
As young as your hopes, as old as your despair.
In the spirit of this poem, there exists incredible “youthfulness” at Frasier, and I will miss
you all more than I can express.
With love and gratitude,
Mo
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June, 2014
Nancy St. Germain's Teaching Daze
T
he April Women's Luncheon was in our
sun-lit dining room with the magnificent
Flatirons looking through the windows. Nancy
St. Germain, Frasier's multi-talented poet, artist and photographer, gave a personal presentation about "My Teaching Daze." Her salient
message, written on an impressive hand-out
program, was "There's Joy in Learning -- Every Step of the
Way." Could
there be a better
way to emphasize joy in
learning than to
show your
granddaughter
learning to
walk, waving
her arms, wobbling, laughing
and trying to
reach her mother, your daughter? Ask Nancy.
Nancy was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She
was graduated from the College of William and
Mary, majoring in English. She married Gene
St. Germain, a Marine Engineer, Nancy's husband died in 1998. Nancy came to Frasier in
June of 2006. She has three grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
At college Nancy took no teacher-preparation
courses, becoming certified while her daughters
were in school. Her first teaching assignment
was at an experimental school for troubled and
angry children. She lamented that the next step
for these kids was reform school if they didn't
adhere to rules. It was here that Nancy learned
the value of listening and reacting to where
students were coming from.
After a year Nancy transferred to Langley
High School in Fairfax County, Virginia,
where the expected stop after graduation was
an Ivy League School, not the reform school.
Langley was attended largely by children of
well-educated parents, including members of
the Congress and of the diplomatic corps, including, for example, Dan Quayle's son and
the nephew of Dan Rather. Nancy had great
success teaching English and creative writing,
using journal writing and poetry for motivation. Nancy's strategy of "Think Before Writing" (meaning five minutes of silence before
writing anything down) prepared students for
thoughtful expression. Nancy distributed a
packet of information showing examples of
outstanding student work. Ask her for a copy.
Nancy involved the whole school in her passion for poetry and culture. She put together
an unusual Poetry/Jazz Assembly. On one occasion Garth Tate, a performing poet in the
area, presented his readings, and Nancy's student teacher (who also was a jazz singer) performed with other professional musicians, including the jazz band from Langley Air Force
Base.
Nancy brought with her to Frasier her love of
humanity, aestheticism, creative teaching, the
value of meditation and her remarkable generosity in sharing her talents and values with
residents. Thank you, Nancy, for your personal
insights into teaching, and your other past,
present, and future amazing contributions to
the Frasier community. We are most grateful!
Laura Fischer
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June, 2014
Saturday June Movies (7:00 p.m.)
June 7
Frozen
(2013)
Disney's cool animation comedy-adventure with great songs
and characters. Frozen is hot.
June 14
Captain Phillips
(2013)
Tom Hanks is Captain Richard Phillips, whose merchant
ship is hijacked by Somali pirates. Based on the book by the
real Captain Phillips.
June 21
Kim
(1950)
Dean Stockwell is Kim, an Irish boy who wanders through
colonial India disguised as a native. Errol Flynn is a horse
trader who is actually a British secret agent. It all made
sense when Rudyard Kipling put it together many years ago.
A classic.
June 28
Lorenzo's Oil
(1992)
Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte star is a story of a husband
and wife whose son Lorenzo is diagnosed with an incurable
and fatal disease. But they find a treatment. Based on a
true story.
New Wellness Program - Nutrition 101 Luncheon
H
ealthy! Lowfat! Sugar free! Most of us are
familiar with these terms, and with many
others that are associated with balanced nutrition and a healthy diet. How might you better
assess your food choices both here at Frasier
Meadows and when you dine out? The Wellness Center will be hosting a new program, Nutrition 101, which will be an informal lunch to
discuss options for more nutritious meals. Our
first meal will be on Monday, June 16 from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. We will dine on the
patio outside of the Wellness Center -- weather
permitting.. Otherwise we will meet in the
Grille. We will order from the Grille menu
and you will be charged accordingly. Please
sign up at the Front Desk. We will call and
confirm the location the morning of the luncheon. Because of space limitations we must limit the group to eight participants.
Stephanie Willner