1. health and fitness

MARCH 2015
Photos by Phil Nelson
Sunday Brunch – a Great Way to Start the Week
By Virginia Baldau, Piper staff
E
ggs Benedict . . . omelets to order . . . shrimp cocktail and smoked salmon . . . entrees of meat, chicken and
fish . . . roast beef carved to your liking . . . and a whole table of desserts. . . That’s Sunday brunch at The
Glenridge – and it’s being readied for you on the second Sunday of each month from October through May.
Sunday brunch is served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Reservations are required, and the charge is $14.00. The
buffet itself is set up in the formal dining room with seating in the informal dining room, and the bar is open.
Chef Tim Pheasant and Dining Room Manager Claire Pelletier make sure everything moves smoothly and is
beautifully presented. There is a “cold station” with assorted salads and (always) shrimp cocktail with sauce
and lemons and smoked salmon with chopped onions, capers and lemons. Since it is a buffet and we serve
ourselves, we can match the size of our servings to our appetites. (Continued on page 6)
T O U CH T OWN
By Jean V. Owen, Piper Staff
O
ur new member website, Touchtown, will be
ready to roll in a few weeks.
George Davis, who led the charge for a member
website, and a team of Glenridge beta-testers have
been looking for glitches and gaps. Whatever they
turn up passes on to Ben Turoff, Associate Director of
Member Life and to Touchtown. Touchtown makes
the fix.
I spent an hour with Betty Stewart recently looking
at the site — Betty is one of the nine resident betatesters of the new member website. Betty loves
Touchtown, and once we started playing with the
program, it’s easy to see why.
The Iconography problem
Luddites and techno-phobes among us,
Giner Pomeroy checks out Glenridge Resident Apps.
attention! No need to attack the technology or hide in
your room. Icons are nothing new. We may not know
our apps from our elbows, but we know icons.
Does the image of a book with a telephone on it
tell you anything? Does a big plus or a big minus
make you add or take away? Are you are a lady or
gentleman who never goes into the wrong bathroom?
You don’t need to be a whiz (Continued on page 5)
LettersTo The Editor:
To my Glenridge Family:
Thank you so much for all your cards, messages
and contributions. I am so blessed to live in The
Glenridge with so many thoughtful friends.
This is truly a wonderful place.
Phyllis Montmeat
I would like to thank the employees of the
Carroll Center for doing a wonderful job
caring for me during my three week stay in the
Carroll Center. Their coordinated teamwork,
professionalism, and cheerful attitude was
phenomenal. Each and every employee arrived on
time to accomplish their specific task, whether it
be administrating a medication, checking on vitals,
delivering a meal, cleaning the room, helping
me to the shower or just checking to see how I
was doing. The Physical Therapy team was at
my doorstep soon after my arrival at the Carroll
Center, and the Administration Staff made sure that
the necessary paperwork was prepared in a timely
and efficient manner. Thank you all!
Sincerely, Bill Cahill
By Jean Minneman, Piper Staff
The Art and Décor Committee thanks
everyone who helped to make The Big House
Tour a great success. It raised more than
$600 which will be divided evenly between
The Glenridge Employees’ Emergency Fund
and The Glenridge Benevolence Fund.
Piper Staff Mission:
To produce a quality newsletter that informs, entertains and celebrates the vitality of the Glenridge community.
THE PIPER MEMBER EDITORIAL BOARD
Letters to the Editor:
Publisher ........... Glenridge Board of Directors Letters will be reviewed for suitability.
Letters must be no longer than 250 words. The Editor
Editor ........................................George Measer may edit letters to save space, while preserving the
Editorial Staff:
Jean Owen
Virginia Baldau
Jean Minneman
Phil Nelson
Helen Kubik
Ken Bonwit
Production...............................Marcy Chapman
Piper Production Coordinator
basic substance. Letters must be signed and must not
defame or malign individuals or groups.
Submit to Member Life:
All submissions to the Piper are due
to Member Life by the 11th of the
month.
The Piper is available on our website at:
Design & Layout.......................Clint Chapman
www.theglenridge.com.
Graphic Designer
22
MARCH
MARCH 2015
2015`
Around the GLENRIDGE
By George Measer, Editor
Emergency Pendants Are A Life Saving Tool
“Help,” the lady screamed. “I've fallen and I can’t get up!”
M
any of our members
have seen this
advertisement on TV in which
an older lady is lying on the
floor, can’t move, and no one is
around to help her in this emergency.
This commercial makes a good case for a national
company that promotes their product … a pendant
to push to alarm a security service of help needed. It
stresses the fact that those of us in our “golden years”
might need a pendant not only for falling but for many
other types of unexpected emergencies.
Just ask Glenridge’s Wellness Nurse Lily Curry
how important it is for members to wear their
pendants. Everyone, when they moved into The
Glenridge, received a pendant to promote their safety.
“Our folks sometimes neglect to wear these lifesaving devices. We can’t help members in trouble
unless we know about the problem,” the nurse
explained.
"A security person as well as a nurse respond to all
pendant calls. The security office receives about 5060 calls per month,” according to Security Manager
Bob Goerke. The response team brings a first aid kit
and defibrillator to help administer aid whether for a
fall, heart attack or a severe laceration.
"Just because a pendant is activated, it doesn’t mean
that a person has to go to the hospital. Usually the
member stays at home unless the emergency team
members feel a hospital trip is necessary,” Goerke
stated.
Nurse Lily said there are four nurses on duty at
The Glenridge 24/7. The pendants are checked
automatically by the security team to ensure that they
are operational.
So wear your life saving pendant. Don’t be afraid
to give that device a click. It could save your life!
• ••
PS: Be proud of your name. Wear your
Glenridge name tag on the right side of your
clothing, then extend your right hand (or fist, for a
fist-bump) in greeting.
IN MEMORIAM
MARCH 2015`
3
To Your F I T N E S S
National Nutrition Month
– “Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle”
By Laura Manning, Fitness Center Manager
D
id you know that March is National Nutrition
Month?! Yeah, me neither.
However, next
to having an active and engaging lifestyle, eating
a whole-foods, plant-based diet is the next most
passionate thing to my heart. I am truly a believer in
the old saying, “You are what you eat.”
Over the years, I am sure you have seen your share
of fad diets, but eating the right foods shouldn’t be a
fad, it should be a lifestyle. Now that doesn’t mean
you can never have ice cream or warm apple pie again.
Let’s be realistic here. What it does mean is that the
majority of your meals should contain whole grains,
fruits and vegetables and some dairy and lean proteins.
Below you will find tips and tricks for eating that
more-whole-foods-plant-based diet I mentioned. The
most important thing to take away from this is to come
to the table with an open mind. Try something new
and don’t overeat. It takes 20 minutes for your belly to
send a signal to your brain telling it that you are full.
Slow down and sip some water, or even better, red
wine in between your bites.
Make half your plate fruits and vegetables
Eat a variety of vegetables, especially dark-green,
red and orange vegetables plus beans and peas.
Fresh, frozen and canned vegetables all count.
Choose “reduced sodium” or “no-salt-added” canned
vegetables.
Make at least half your grains whole
Choose 100% whole-grain breads, cereals, crackers,
pasta and brown rice. Also, keep your eye out for
hearty, protein-packed grains such as quinoa, barley
and millet. All delicious! Choose fiber-rich cereals
with low sugar to help you stay regular.
Vary your protein choices
Eat a variety of foods from the protein food group
each week, such as seafood, nuts, and beans and peas,
as well as lean meat, poultry and eggs.
When eating out, choose lower calorie menu
options
Choose dishes that include vegetables, fruits and
whole grains. When portions are large, share a meal or
take half home for later.
Enjoy your food but eat less
Most older adults need fewer calories than in
younger years. Avoid oversized portions. Try using a
smaller plate, bowl and glass.
And remember, every Friday night at The Glenridge
is prime rib night, so you don’t need to eat like it’s the
last prime rib you will ever have!
Cheers to your health!
Dance Party!
7-9 p.m. Tue., Mar. 24
Thistle Stop
Music by
Daniel Fugazzotto
Enjoy a free HUMMER courtesy of Mary Lou Ludwig from 7:30 to 8:30
4
MARCH 2015
T O U CH T OWN
at an iPad or a tablet or a laptop. If you understand
icons, and you do, you are ready for Touchtown.
Pick What You Want and Leave the Rest
Unlike our TV programming, you can zero in on
what you want. If you are waiting in front of the TV
for movie info, or the dinner menu for tonight, or the
time the foot doctor or the watch battery guy will be
here, or the time the shopping bus leaves, waiting for
the screen to scroll around to give you the information
is annoying. With Touchtown, hit the button and
instantly you get what you are looking for.
It’s So Easy
When the system is on line, every member will get a
user name and a password. When you see the line User
Name on the screen, you type your user name. Same
for password.
Now look over the 24 icons displayed, called
Member Apps. Want to check out the activities for
today? The app Activities button bears the day’s
date. Click on it and find out everything going on at
Glenridge today – in fact the entire upcoming month!
Want to plan your meal for the day or for the whole
week? Dining Menus lists the breakfast, lunch, and
dinner daily and weekly menus. If you are bored just
sitting around waiting for lunch or a meeting or a
course to begin, Touchtown gives you a game to play
to pass the time. Click on Home: Games. Choose
solitaire, Mahjong, Sudoku, Big Fish, or a puzzle.
Did someone recently tell you about a group you
might like to join? Click on Clubs and Organizations
to find out who, what, and when. Do you want to
reach the person you talked to at dinner last night?
Click on Member Directory. How about finding out
what employee can solve your problem or answer
your question? This has been a knotty problem in the
past, but now Staff Directory will send you to the right
person.
Trivia
Challenge
(Continued from page 1)
If You Can’t Read It
What about members with limited vision? No
change for them in the existing aids. If you depend
on the audio that goes with the Glenridge TV channel
for news and information, keep doing so. They will
still be there. If you use the telephone to make
reservations, and ask for service, and get information
on events, keep it up. But Touchtown users have
options to help the reader with difficulty: they can
enlarge the type size and can tailor each device to
accommodate low vision.
What Don’t You Know?
Two things amazed me as Betty and I traveled
Touchtown: the amount of information about
Glenridge operations, activities, and staff that we can
now access, and how well organized it all is. You
don’t have to go to the library to browse through old
minutes of the GAC or the Glenridge Board meetings;
you don’t need to scan old issues of the Piper or
communications from Praxeis over the years to look
for a rule, a regulation, or a recommendation. You
don’t have to pester long-time members for what they
remember about rules, regulations, procedures, and
customs. You don’t even have to burrow through the
storage area for your contract with Glenridge to check
some provision. And as you try icon after icon, you
find that there is a lot about Glenridge that you didn’t
know—and didn’t even know you didn’t know—
and really should know. You may want to save this
archeological excavation for a rainy day.
Easing into the Digital World
The new site is intended to be highly user-friendly.
The digital displays across from the mailboxes
in the main building will eventually replace the
bulletin board. For now, you will see one screen
showing the Glenridge channels and the daily menus
simultaneously; the other display will be interactive,
so that members can try out the new system.
Wednesday, March 11
AND
Wednesday, March 25
3:30 p.m.
in the Thistle Stop
MARCH 2015`
5
Sunday Brunch
(continued from page 1)
At the “hot station” there is even more choice: a
meat or chicken entrée and a fish entrée together
with bacon and sausage, corned beef hash, potatoes,
vegetables, even Belgian waffles. But the favorites,
according to Chef Tim and Claire, are the eggs
Benedict and the omelet station where we select our
favorite fillings for made-to-order omelets.
Beyond the hot dishes there is a
carving station where a roast, usually
beef, awaits, with the appropriate
sauces or condiments. And then
there are the desserts – a table of pies,
cakes, seasonal fruit or melon. Black
cherry pie has recently been very popular. Chef Tim
points out that at least one pie is always made with
“no sugar added” beyond the natural sugar in the fruit
itself.
Claire Pelletier manages the dining room with the
help of two staff “runners” who refill serving dishes
and bring other items as required. Claire says that
experience has taught them to operate on a “rule of
six.” When there are six pieces of chicken or fish left,
6
it is time to send a staff member to the
kitchen for more. This avoids bringing
food out too early and having it just sit
or bringing it out too late and making
residents wait. There is no “rule of
six” for the dessert table, however;
Claire says she watches the dessert
table herself. All
the dining room
staff focus on
keeping the buffet
attractive, so it
will be as inviting
for people who
come at 1:00 as it
was at 10:30.
So gather your friends, make your reservations
and come to Sunday brunch!Where else but at The
Glenridge can you find a brunch of this caliber for
$14.00? But those reservations are essential so that
Chef Tim knows how much special food to order and
prepare. Hope to see you in the dining room for the
next Sunday Brunch.
MARCH 2015
Caregivers support group
Meets Monthly
A
s a loved one’s cognitive, physical and
functional abilities decline, the task of
caregiving can become overwhelming. Support
groups are a great way to connect with other members,
talk through challenges, and share ways of coping. The Glenridge offers a “Family Support Group” for
those who are caregivers to their spouse or loved one. The Support Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every
month at 2:00pm in the Carroll Center Conference
Room. Please contact Jan Byers, Social Services, at
552-3590 or Alicia Gonzalez, Social Services
Liaison, at 552-5263 for more information.
LIBRARY NOTES
By Allene Hazeltine, Glenridge Library Committee Chair
O
ur Library shelves are bulging with books! New members
and the families of deceased members have been very
generous. It is particularly appreciated when you have called the
library chairman before bringing a stack of books to the library.
We welcome your donations of hard cover and paperback books
which are in like-new condition.
There is no longer room for “self-help” or “coffee table”
books. However, the following categories are appreciated: Non
Fiction (history, science, political, finance), Biography, Large
Print, Mystery and Fiction. We are delighted when a book that’s
considered to be a classic is added to your library.
Duplicates and books printed before 2005 are donated to
hospital libraries where they are read by patients and staff, or to
Goodwill or the Gulf Gate Library where the books are resold.
Harbour Lights Lighthouse Collection On Display in Kiltie Cafe
W
accurate and hand painted only — no mass production.
ally Smith says that becoming interested in
He settled on Harbour Lights lighthouses, a
lighthouses was a natural for him as he spent
small family owned business owned by Bill and
his career in the Coast Guard.
Nancy Younger that they began in 1991. All of their
Before lighthouses became automated they were
lighthouses are number limited and Smith chose to
maintained by Coast Guard lighthouse keepers.
focus on the low numbered ones that were out of
Although a lonely assignment there was usually
production and only available in the secondary market
quarters for the lighthouse keeper and his family
as these seemed to be the most sought after.
and in many ways responsibility was shared.
As his interest grew so did the numbers and
The large Fresnel lens (pronounced frenel)
at number thirty-six his wife, Pam, said enough
had to be periodically cleaned and polished
is enough — we are out of room! In 1995 Bill
to ensure brightness of the beacon and the
Younger held an event close to where they were
lighthouse grounds required upkeep.
living at the time and Wally was fortunate
The last officially manned lighthouse,
to have him personally autograph six of
Boston Light, was manned by the
Smith’s favorites, the North Carolina
Coast Guard until 1998 when it
lighthouses.
was decommissioned. Many of
Fast forward to the present where
the lighthouses today, although
many Glenridge members don't have
not in operation for mariners, are
the space for all those prized possessions
maintained by the National Park
acquired over the years. Enjoy
Service or funded through private
visiting the Kiltie Cafe
organizations.
and seeing Smith’s
Smith decided to begin
lighthouse collection
collecting lighthouse
on display.
replicas in the early
nineties but wanted
Wallace Smith holds lighthouses from his Harbour Lights lighthouse
Photo by Doug Elder
collection that he recently donated to The Glenridge.
details to be very
MARCH 2015`
7
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wedne
1
2
9:45 Catholic Mass 9 &10:15 Shopping Shuttle
5-6:30 Kiltie Sunday 10:30 The Italians
Supper
1 Beginning Acting
1:30 Harmonaires Rehearsal
3 10:30 Art & Lunch B
1:30 Off Campus Events Cmte
3 CHORAL FESTIVAL Featuring the Harmonaires
8 Movie: THE AGE OF
INNOCENCE
10:30 Social Cmte 1 T
1:30 Power Within
2:30 Rehab Roundt
5 Newcomers Happ
7:30 Steven Derfle
& the New Tes
8
9
10
11 9:30 Faceboo
10:30-1:45
9 &10:15 Shopping Shuttle
Sunday Brunch
10:30 The Italians
2 Bria Skonberg - 1 Beginning Acting
Jazz Trumpeter,
Singer, Songwriter
4:30 Vespers
15
9:45 Catholic Mass
2 Cynthia Sayer’s
16
9 &10:15 Shopping Shuttle
10:30 Green Team
12 Women’s Luncheon:
Hot Jazz Trio
Iain Webb, Sarasota Ballet
5 Sunday Dine-Around
1:30 Harmonaires Rehearsal
Bijou Café
3 Piper Staff
22
4:30 Vespers
23
9 &10:15 Shopping Shuttle
10:30 The Italians
10 Dining Committee
10:30 Art 7 Lunch B
1:30 Crescent & Cross II
2 Academy Committee
3 Singers Rehearsal
8 Movie: BIRDMAN
17
1:30 Crescent & Cross II
5-7 St. Paddy’s Day
8 Movie:
THE THEORY OF
EVERYTHING
Party
4 9:30 Facebook
10 Watercolor
1:30 Speaker Seri
3:30 Trivia Challe
5 Newcomers Hap
7:30 Steven Derfl
& the New Tes
18
9:30 Facebook
1 Grounds Comm
5 Newcomers Hap
7:30 Steven Derfl
& the New T
24 10:30 Communications Cmte 25
1 Target/Sarasota
10:30 Art & Lunch B
3:30 Trivia Challe
1:30 Crescent & Cross II
2 Club 90 - Dr. Margaret Towner 5 Newcomers Hap
7-9 Thistle Stop Dance Party Daniel Fugazzotto & Free Hummer
8 Movie: ST. VINCENT
29
30
31
SUNDAY FITNESS
9 Tennis Open
Scramble
MONDAY FITNESS
8 Tennis Open Scramble
8:30 Pilates/Yoga
9:30 Aqua Plus
9:30 Foundational Fitness (H)
10:15 Foundational Fitness
10:30 AquaLITE
TUESDAY FITNESS
9:15 Yoga Therapeutics
10:45 Foundational Fitness
1:45 Aqua Plus
2 Foundational Fitness
9 &10:15 Shopping Shuttle
3:30 Movie Committee
8 Movie: WHIPLASH
St. Paddy’s
WEDNESDAY FIT
8 Tennis Open Scr
9 Low Impact Aero
9:30 Aqua Plus
9:45 T’ai Chi (H)
10:30 Chair T’ai Ch
esday
10 Watercolor
Target/Sara Sq Mall
table
py Hour
er: Archaeology
stament
ok
ies
enge
ppy Hour
ler: Archaeology
estament
mittee
ppy Hour
ler: Archaeology
Testament
a Square Mall
enge
ppy Hour
Day Party
Tue, Mar 17
5-7pm
Thistle Stop
TNESS
ramble
obics
hi
Thursday
5 9:30 Google Apps
Friday
6
Saturday
7
1 Bridge
8 La Vie En Rouge:
10 All Media Painting
10 US Constitution
12:45 Duplicate Bridge
1 Stained Glass
3 GMAC Meeting
9&10:15 Shopping Shuttle
10:30 Foreign Affairs
1 iPad Apps
2:45 iPad Next Step B
3 Singers Rehearsal
12 9:30 Google Apps
13 9&10:15 Shopping Shuttle 14
Broadway’s Louise
Pitre
1 Bridge
8 Cynthia Sayer’s Hot
10 All Media Painting
10 US Constitution
10:30 & 1:30 Improving Your
Bridge Game
3 Singers Rehearsal
7:30 Wild Orchid Man
10:30 Foreign Affairs
1 iPad Apps
1:30 Health Services 101
2:45 iPad Next Step B
3:30 Glenridge Singers
19
20 9&10:15 Shopping Shuttle 21
9:30 Google Apps
10 US Constitution
12:45 Duplicate Bridge
Jazz Trio
in Concert
1 Bridge
10:30 Foreign Affairs
10:30 Art & Décor Committee 8 Sarasota Concert
1 iPad Apps
Band
2:45 iPad Next Step B
8 Dala - Canadian
Acoustic Folk Musicians
26
10 US Constitution
10:30 & 1:30 Improving Your
Bridge Game
1 Building Committee
1:30 Open House
3 Finance Committee
Fitness Center Hours:
Nautilus Room
Monday-Friday: 7:30am-3:30 pm
Saturday: 9am - 2pm
Sundays & Holidays: Closed
Pool & Tennis Courts
Open Daily 6am - 8pm
THURSDAY FITNESS
9 Tennis Open Scramble
9:15 Yoga Therapeutics
9:30 Aqua Plus
10:45 Foundational Fitness
2 Foundational Fitness
28
27
12:30 Tosca at
9&10:15 Shopping Shuttle
10:30 Foreign Affairs
Sarasota Opera
1 Health & Fitness Committee 1 Bridge
Academy Classes
Committee Meetings
Meetings & Events
Theatre
Times shown for offcampus events are
departure times.
Times and events
are subject to change.
Open Bridge Games
FRIDAY FITNESS
8:30 Pilates/Yoga
9:30 Aqua Plus
9:30 Foundational Fitness
10:15 Foundational Fitness
10:30 AquaLITE
1:45 Aqua Plus
SATURDAY FITNESS
8 Tennis Open
Scramble
9:15 Zumba
9:30 Ladies Open
Tennis Scramble
WELCOME .......... NEW MEMBERS
ByPhil Nelson, Piper Staff
Stew and Bev Peet
Apartment 3105
S
Mary Rainey
Apartment 1116
tew Peet was
born in Ann
Arbor, Michigan and
graduated from Eastern
Michigan University
with a BA in Business
in 1967. He enlisted
in the Air Force and
attended flight school at Williams AFB in Mesa,
Arizona. He was initially based in Charleston,
SC, flying C-141’s, and then went to Viet Nam
where he flew C-123 aerial spraying missions.
After active duty, he began flying for North Central
Airlines, the beginning of a thirty-two year career
as a commercial airline pilot. He remained with
the airline through mergers to Republic and finally
Northwest Airline, retiring as a senior 747 captain
flying Detroit to Tokyo. He also had a 21-year
Air Force career, the last 16 in the reserves, flying
C-130 search and rescue and air refueling missions
while based at Selfridge ANGB, MI. He retired as a
Lt. Col. in 1989.
Bev was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to an English
couple. Her mother was a fourth-generation
emigrant and her father, a Sherwood Forester from
Wolverhampton, based in Jamaica. He landed on
“Gold” beach during the Normandy invasion and
was killed in action six weeks later. Her mother
took her to Ann Arbor in the 1950s where Bev
completed her public school education and met
Stew in High School. Bev was a stewardess for
National Airlines in Miami and for Pan Am in
New York. She and Stew were married in 1966. In
1987 she earned her BA in communications and
public relations at Eastern Michigan University and
enjoyed a career, chiefly as a senior pharmaceutical
sales representative.
Stew and Bev moved from Ann Arbor to
Windermere, Florida, in 1990, and later retired.
They have a daughter and a son, both living in
Arizona, and three grandchildren.
Please welcome them to the Glenridge.
10
M
ary grew up in
Wilmette, Illinois.
She graduated from New
Trier High School in
Winnetka and earned her
BA at St. Mary’s College,
Indiana, in 1963. She
then joined the Peace
Corps, trained in Hawaii and taught ESL in Calapan,
Mindoro, Philippines.
In 1965 Mary enrolled at Michigan State University,
earning her MA and PhD in Comparative International
Education. Her initial job with the Asia Society in
NYC involved organizing seminars on development
issues in Southeast Asia. In 1972, Mary accepted a
two-year appointment at the University of Guam to
develop a bilingual teacher education project.
Returning to the States, she held positions
overseeing domestic and international contracts for
the American Home Economics Association and an
international literacy study for USAID.
Her long university career included faculty teaching
and administrative appointments in the College of
Education at Michigan State, the College of Home
Economics at Oklahoma State, and the School of
Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of
Akron. A one year internship with the President of
the University of Texas (Austin) convinced her that
her heart was in education and a sabbatical to study
Gerontology led to her final ten years as a professor in
Family Studies and Gerontology at Akron.
A move to Willow Bend in Osprey in 2004 inspired
a new civic volunteer career with the American Red
Cross. Her move coincided with a four-hurricane
season and her sense that she could assist in disaster relief. She is a key Red Cross volunteer and has
been involved in 19 national deployments, including
hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. She is a sought-after
resource in our five-county area. Mary has offered to
lead a group visit to our new Emergency Operations
Center. Count me in!
Please welcome Mary to the Glenridge family.
MARCH 2015
New Name, New Leaders, New Direction for GMAC
By Helen Kubik, Piper Staff
H
luck, team GMAC and
ave you heard?
don’t forget that FUN
The Glenridge
part!
Advisory Council,
There you have it.
GAC, as been renamed
Two seasoned members,
the Glenridge Member
one positive new
Association Council,
member, a member
GMAC. President
with a responsive
Robert Ackerman
attitude, and a gung ho
explains that the
President. All anxious
organization’s new
to contribute. New
name speaks to changes
GMAC members (standing L-R): Vince Little, John LoRusso, Eloise
in rules, procedures, and Unbekant, Stan Cohen, Bill Cahill, Marty Epstein, Bob Henderson; leadership, new Council,
guidelines.
(seated L-R): Mary Lou Ludwig, Ginny Tarika, Bunny Nesbit (Secretary), new ideas, new spirit
Bob has generated
Bob Ackerman (President), Mary DeSanto (Vice President), Anne and a new name. New
brooms with sweeping
excitement, a high level Sbarounis, Cynthia Cudworth. Not pictured: Art Kunberger
responsibilities doing
of interest, and a lot
some new jobs with creativity and vigor. Looks good!
of curiosity as he presents plans for restructuring, goal
Accolades, applause, and appreciation to President
setting, and a clear call for collaboration. The Council
exists, he says, “to aid, promote, and represent” — to aid Ackerman for providing the double-sided information
sheet concerning the revitalized Council. It is important
in communication between members and management,
that everyone review the new rationale and intents. After
to promote activities of interest to members, and to
represent the member body at forums where appropriate. all, we can’t talk it until we know it!
The following list of GMAC members and their
Informal chats with several new Council members
revealed a sense of optimism and a genuine commitment positions will help clarify who will be doing what.
The roster was compiled by Rennie Carter. Thank you,
to serve. For example, Virginia (Ginny) Tarika.
Although Ginny served on the GAC ten years ago, she is Rennie, for your responsiveness and accuracy. You
understood we needed a program to identify the players.
anxious to “keep up to date.” She says she “stressed the
importance of maintaining good communication then and It’s a new game, after all. Go team GMAC! I still stress good communication today.”
GMAC ROSTER 2015
Eloise Unbekant. Eloise muses, “I think things are
Affiliation
Council Member
great here: the people, the place, and all that goes on.
1
West
Aberdeen
F
Mary DeSanto, Vice President
I enjoy being a part of a group of people who want to
1 West - Dundee - G Bob Henderson
make things even better. I like being a part of it all.”
2 East - Edinburgh - H Bunny Nesbit, Secretary
John LoRusso. “There’s always room for new ideas
2 East - Glasgow - J Cynthia Cudworth
and I have a few of them. I think my background will
help. Right now, I’m listening to what my neighbors have 2 East - Inverness - K Art Kunberger
Oaks - L
John LoRusso
to say. They know I’ll get back to them.”
Cypress - M
Eloise Unbekant
Mary (Bunny) Nesbit. Bunny serves as Secretary of
Palm - N
Mary Lou Ludwig
the GMAC. She is a force that is destined to move the
East End CHs
Ginny Tarika
group forward. It is noted that this is Bunny’s sixth year
West End CHs
Stanley Cohen
on the Council. She is proud of President Ackerman
AT LARGE
Marty Epstein
and welcomes new direction. Bunny is an extraordinary
AT LARGE
Bob Ackerman, President
leader in her own right. She is phenomenal!
Dining Cmte Chair
Vince Little
Finally, President Ackerman and his team will strive
Finance Cmte Chair Bill Cahill
“to raise the level of GMAC membership, making it
H&F Cmte Chair
[Ginny Tarika]
more important, more useful, and more FUN!” Good
Social Cmte Chair
Anne Sbarounis
MARCH 2015`
11
Out and About
Sunday Dine-Around
March 15
Depart 5 p.m.
By Phil Nelson, Piper Staff
T
"Spanish Moss”
he Southeastern parts of the United States, Central
America and South America are home to a very
unusual member of the Bromeliad family, Tilandsia
usneoides, best known as “Spanish Moss,” named for its
striking similarity to Usnea Lichen.
We see it most commonly hanging in “beards” on Live
Oaks and Bald Cypress trees. Contrary to common lore
it is an epiphyte that lives on, but takes no nourishment
from, its host tree. While some consider it a pest others
actually buy it from Amazon and plant shops for
installation on their trees.
If the growth of T. usneoides is extremely thick it
can impede the host tree growth by blocking sunlight
from its leaves, and in hurricane season it may increase
the wind resistance of a tree and contribute to the
chance of toppling the host. But, for the most part, it
is ignored as a living plant and few people have seen
the flowers it produces. They are simply so small as
to be easily overlooked. Flowering and pollination is
not the only method of reproduction. The commonest
is fragmentation and wind-born transportation to an
adjoining branch or tree.
Ever since I saw my first flowering
“Spanish Moss,” I have made it a
point to examine specimens around
the Glenridge campus more carefully.
One, illustrated here, I found in a small
oak just North of 5411 Drum Castle
Parkway in April of 2012 (pictured in
my palm). With
it is one I took at
Selby Garden and
above a picture
of Bearded
Lichen from the internet, for comparison.
An amusing story about “Spanish Moss” involved
Henry Ford, who discovered it when he bought his
summer home in Fort Myers in the early 1900’s. Henry
thought it would make a cheap and comfortable stuffing
for his car seats so he ordered tons of it shipped north
and used for that purpose. What Henry Ford didn’t know,
and soon found out, is that T. usneoides is a favorite
environment for chiggers, those pesky little mites that
bite. Complaints poured into Ford headquarters about
itchy rashes on rider’s bottoms and the plan was scuttled.
12
Bijou Café
Discounted transportation charge of $10
RSVP Concierge 552-5315
Hair With Care Salon
Debbie O'Brien has served
Glenridge members at Hair With
Care for the past nine years.
With 23 years of experience, she
is committed to listening to her
clients, understanding their needs
and providing excellent service.
Debbie mastered her haircutting skills through
extended training at Chez Pierre and Spa Hollywood.
Her devotion to her clients over the years has
allowed her to develop a special bond with many.
She looks forward to meeting new Glenridge
members!
New clients enjoy a 20% discount with
Debbie on their first visit. Call today for your
appointment.
Monday through Saturday
9a.m. to 5p.m. ~ 552-5274
KILTIE CAFÉ
MARCH 2015
Breakfast ~Lunch
Gifts
Sundries
Ice Cream
Snacks
Coffee
To Your Health
Health Center Activities
By Melissa Mohammed, Activities Manager
H
ere at The Glenridge we aim to please with lots of fun
activities for the Carroll Center and Highlands! A visit
from Laughter Unlimited is scheduled for March 5 at 3:00 p.m.
Teresa, Marine, Brigitte, and Rob...from the
Our esteemed Art Talks with Judy will take place on March 14
Health Center Activities Department
at 10:30 a.m. in the Highlands Activity Room. On March 16 we
will introduce our Shimmy Shamrock show with Ritmo Del Mundo Productions, featuring great music and
entertainment. Our monthly outing for March will be to Walmart. Happy Hour will offer lots of fun with
Chuck Cobb entertaining on March 31 at 3:30 p.m.
Health Tidbits
s”
s
e
n
l
l
e
ily W
m
fro
Disposing of Needles, Syringes
and Lancets (Sharps)
“L
By Lily Curry, Wellness Nurse
Needles, syringes and lancets should NEVER be placed in the garbage or in a
recycling bin. Home-generated sharps must be placed in an approved container. If you are not supplied with a container, you can use a 1-gallon or smaller
hard-sided plastic container such as a bleach or laundry detergent container
with a secure lid.
What can I do to prevent needle stick injuries? Always use gloves; for extra
protection, use two pairs of gloves. Do not recap needles after use, and throw
away needles in a safe container.
What do I need to know about needle stick injuries?
Used needles may have blood or body fluids that carry HIV, the hepatitis B virus or the hepatitis C virus. The
virus can spread to a person who gets pricked by a needle used on an infected person.
What should I do if I have a needle stick injury?
Clean the area immediately. Wash the wound with soap and water. Contact your healthcare provider as soon
as possible. Be prepared for questions from your healthcare provider.
How are needle stick injuries treated?
Post Exposure Prophylaxis may be needed. PEP is treatment that may protect a person from infection after
exposure to another person’s body fluids.
Glenridge members can pick up their own sharps container from Eric Bouchard in the Health
Center. These are distributed free of charge to anyone who needs them. When yours fills up, all you
need to do is return it to the Health Center for a new empty one!
MARCH 2015`
13
Women‘s LUNCHEON
Sarasota ballet ~ a national star
Under Iain Webb, the Sarasota Ballet has become not just a hot local ticket
but a national star.
L
ast spring, the
Sarasota Ballet
attracted national
attention after New York
Times critic Alastair
Macaulay wrote rave
reviews of the company’s
performance of ballets by
the British choreographer
Frederick Ashton under
director Iain Webb,
calling them “uncannily
perfect.” “The Sarasota
Ballet's four-day festival
honoring the superlative
choreographer Frederick
Ashton,” Macaulay
wrote, “was a triumph of courage, enterprise,
enthusiasm, artistic importance, stylish dancing,
but, above all, choreographic felicity.” In
December, when
Mr. Macaulay
anointed the ten
best new dancers,
included on his
Iain Webb, Director,
Sarasota Ballet
14
list was Logan Learned for his performance as
the Blue Skater in Sarasota Ballet’s production of
“Les Patineurs.” Furthermore, our little hometown
gem was among those chosen to appear in Fall for
Dance this season at City Center in Manhattan.
We are pleased that Mr. Webb will be the guest
speaker at our March Women’s Luncheon on
Monday, March 16. Please call the Concierge to
sign up for the luncheon.
Women’s Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Iain Webb
Monday, March 16
12:00 noon — MacIntyre Room
$10pp — RSVP Concierge 552-5315
MARCH 2015
A Small Immigrant, A Tall Astronaut and Carole
By Helen Kubik, Piper Staff
W
hat if you are little, hungry, cold, and what’s
more, what if you are in school and can’t
understand a thing your teacher is saying? What are
you going to do, all day, day after day? Chances are
you would fiddle with everything and anything you
could touch. You would scratch and scribble on your
desk. You would kick the legs of your chair until your
ankles hurt. You would look at the clock, but since you
couldn’t tell time, it wouldn’t matter. In fact, nothing
mattered. You stopped caring. You started crying
and you really got angry. Why did your
teacher point at you and shake her head?
What did she want?
Then everything changed. In
one remarkable unexpected jawdropping moment, a new teacher
came to his classroom. She was
pretty. She smelled like hay and
roses. How could that be? She
looked at him, smiled and her
pink mouth formed the question,
“¿Cómo te llamas?”
The little boy was sweating, his
mouth felt filled with dry rocks
and his tongue wouldn’t move, not
a lick. He wanted to tell her. He had
to find a way. Finally, he showed her a
paper with the name of his bus and HIS
NAME. She said his name for him, “Felipe?”
she asked.
“Si!” the sound came from his head; his heart. “Me
nombre es Felipe.” Oh the relief! The teacher who
smelled of hay and roses offered her hand and they
walked together. As they explored the classroom
space, she named everything and he understood. She
laughed and he understood. She spoke as he spoke.
She spoke Spanish!
The teacher entered the very being of this boy.
She listened and she learned that he was a migrant
child whose parents worked the tomato fields. He
had no coat and it was getting colder. Soon the ice
would come. The beautiful teacher decided to find a
coat. One small coat -- and she did. When she gave
the small boy the small coat, she helped him put his
small arms into the small coat. It was at this point
that Glendridge resident Carole Culver decided, no…
actually vowed, that no migrant student would become
a no-one, a nothing, a nobody, again. Furthermore, a
Spanish speaking migrant worker would not be alone
with no one to talk to. She also vowed that no girl or
boy would be cold again. Thus, she quietly began her
“Coats for Kids” program.
She is a beautiful person. I wish I could tell you
more about Felipe and Carole. The last thing she did
tell me was that one day the boy didn’t show up in
school. He had slipped through the ice in a nearby
pond and had drowned. At least, she thought,
he was warm. Because it was too hard to
look at the boy’s empty chair each day,
the teacher left the school. She too
was empty. Read on if you can.
Carole eventually worked for Gus
Grissom at the Air Force base in
Dayton, Ohio. She was helping
him achieve a high level academic
degree. It wasn’t a surprise when
she was invited by the astronaut to
watch the Apollo 1 take off. And
so, she was there during a prelaunch
test when the cabin for the Apollo 1
exploded at the NASA Space Center
in Cape Kennedy. She exploded too.
It was incomprehensible, beyond her
understanding. As she prayed, her thoughts
rushing to comfort her friend through the flames,
she remembered Gus Grissom and she thought of
the small child, Felipe, and she simply couldn’t stop
crying and crying and crying, even now.
A note about Carole Culver - she was a poor little
person who lived on a farm and whose job it was to
gather eggs before leaving for school. There was no
electricity and she had no suitable clothing. She had
no coat to wear even when it was freezing cold.
Somehow the child grew to be a lovely, lovely
woman. She worked many jobs and scratched her way
to Ohio State University. One day, after Felipe and
after Gus Grissom, she met a handsome man named
John who married her and cares for her in the way that
angels and caring loving people deserve.
Carole Culver, one of the Glenridge Good People.
Inspirational! … to me and hopefully to you.
MARCH 2015`
may 2014
15
15
LOUISE PITRE
CYNTHIA SAYER
Broadway’s “Mamma”
in Mamma Mia!
Hot Jazz Trio
Saturday, March 7 at 8:00pm
Louise Pitre takes you from
Paris to New York, from Piaf to Broadway, and back
again! Red-hot passion in French and English. In a
career that spans theatre, television and concert stages
across North America and Europe, Canada’s first lady
of musical theatre, Louise Pitre, may well be best known
for her Tony-nominated performance in Mamma Mia!
on Broadway.
Sat., March 14 at 8:00pm
Sun., March 15 at 2pm
Due to popular demand, acclaimed jazz banjoist & vocalist
Cynthia Sayer will perform two
concerts this year! Fun, soulful,
and both contemporary and
classic, Sayer’s vocals are divine
and her banjo a force of nature, as she swings through an
eclectic repertoire of hot jazz, tango, virtuoso classics and
more.
March Movies
Compiled by Ken Bonwit
See Theatre bulletin board
and Channel 195/196 for
more information on each
movie.
Tues., THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993)
Tues., Mar. 3, 8:00 PM (Subtitles)
Drama/Romance; Rated PG for mild language; Run time: 138 min.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder and Geraldine Chaplin
BIRDMAN (2014)
Tues., Mar. 10, 8:00 PM (Subtitles)
Drama/Comedy; Rated R for language, sexual content; Run time: 119 min.
Michael Keaton, Lindsay Duncan, Zach Galifianakis and Edward Norton
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2014)
Tues., Mar. 17, 8:00 PM (Subtitles)
Drama/Biography; PG-13 for thematic and suggestive material; Run time: 123 min.
Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis, Emily Watson and Charlie Cox
ST. VINCENT (2014)
Tues., Mar. 24, 8:00 PM (Subtitles)
Comedy/Drama; PG-13, thematic material, sexual content; Run time: 102 min.
Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts and Jaeden Lieberher
WHIPLASH (2014)
Tues., Mar. 31, 8:00 PM (Subtitles)
Drama/Music; Rated R for language and sexual references; Run time: 106 min.
Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser and Austin Stowell
16
MARCH 2015