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October 2009Volume 16 Number 8

Residents, Associates, Families & Friends www.asburymethodistvillage.org

A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE

By Rod Mills, Mund

Judy Bankson started quilting some-what later in life than most quilters—it happened at just about the time

she became a newly minted grandmother in the very early 1990s. But oh brother, has this Park View resi-dent ever set a torrid pace once she got going! In a bit under 20 years she has turned out about 135 quilts, or around seven per year. This has not come at the expense of artistry; other

quilters will tell you that Judy’s workman-ship is superb. The appearances of her quilts in national and regional shows tell the same thing.

Judy’s prior experience with embroi-dery and other needlework eased her introduction to quilting. It was while she was taking an introductory course spon-sored by G Street Fabrics in Rockville that she and her classmates were shown an especially beautiful quilt made by Anne Connery, also a teacher at G Street Fabrics. Judy and many others flocked to Anne’s classes, which gave them a big boost on

their way to quilting expertise. By a happy coincidence, Anne is also an Asbury res-ident now, living in the Edwards-Fisher Apartments since 2003. Judy also studied under several nationally known quilters including Elly Sinkiewicz (pronounced Sin-KAY-vich), a quilting icon living in this area, as well as Judy Severson, Ami Simms, and Sharon Schamber.

While her likes in quilting are pretty eclectic, Judy has her preferences and her work naturally reflects these. For one thing, she especially enjoys making repli-cas or interpretations of quilts that are in museums or other permanent displays, and whose patterns, colors or other fea-tures she particularly admires. She also has a predilection for “appliqué” (French for “applied”, or “sewn on” in a quilting context), which is one of the two ways used for making the “blocks” that, when sewn together, constitute the quilt top. Appliqué calls for a block-size piece of fabric on which are sewn the various smaller pieces, cut from other fabrics, that go to make up the pattern. By con-trast, the other technique for making the blocks, called “piecing,” uses small pieces of various fabrics that are cut into geo-metrical shapes and then sewn together (virtually edge-to-edge, so to speak) with a ¼-inch seam, in the way required to make the pattern chosen. Of the patterns employed in appliqué, Judy is especial-ly partial to the Baltimore album quilt, a popular pattern dating to the 1840s,

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Judy Bankson

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Linda Williams Aber

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Asbury Methodist Village

201 Russell Avenue

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

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Resident Editors

Rod Mills, Mund, Copy Editor

and Reporter

Marilyn Gaut, Trott

Norma Barr, Diamond

Gladys Sillcox, Edwards-Fisher

Al Tholen, Park View

Homé Reitwiesner, Kindley

Resident Staff

Wallace: Keith Steele, Bob Bernero,

Mary Waldron and Mike Hua.

Diamond: Ed Caffery, Martin Moon,

Marshall Grotenhuis, Harry Lowery

and Edith Isacke

Edwards-Fisher: Joan Dunlop,

Rosemary Pasek, Luella LaVee and a

Halloween BOO! to, Betty Goen.

Mund: Gil Snyder and Judy Weaver

Trott: Jeanne North, Marjorie Brugger

and Hal Gaut

Park View: Duane McKenna

and Tom McIlrath.

Villas: Reg Westlake, Carol Dennis,

Mary Anstead, Bob Hoff, Bob Yount,

Dan Muller and Marolyn Hatch

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Gaithersburg, MD – Two new locations have been approved for enforcement efforts under the City of Gaithersburg’s Safe Speed pro-gram. The newest locations are on Northbound South Frederick Avenue prior to Education Boule-vard and Southbound South Freder-ick Avenue prior to South Summit Avenue. The posted speed limits in these locations are 30 miles per hour for southbound South Fred-erick and 35 miles per hour for Northbound South Frederick. The cameras will become operational on October 1, 2009. A grace period during which only warnings will be

issued to motorists who exceed the posted speed limit by 12 miles per hour or more will begin on October 1 and end on October 16, 2009.

Jurisdictions within Montgomery County were granted the author-ity to operate the cameras in 2006. Conducted in conjunction with the City of Rockville, the Town of Chevy Chase and Montgomery County, Gaithersburg’s Safe Speed program authorizes the use of the cameras in residential and school zones with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less.

The Gaithersburg Police Depart-ment conducted traffic surveys to

determine locations most in need of speed reduction efforts. Existing enforcement areas include Diamond Drive, Marquis Drive, North Summit Avenue, Quince Orchard Boulevard, Quince Orchard Road, Watkins Mill Road, and West Deer Park Road.

The goal of the Safe Speed pro-gram is to reduce speeding on residential streets and streets near schools in an effort to prevent inju-ries and fatalities among pedestrians and motorists. Since the program became operational in July of 2007, Gaithersburg Police have observed a reduction in the number of cita-tions issued.

COMCASTic Newsn Comcast will be on campus for two weeks begin-

ning on October 12th to install free Digital Transport Adapters (DTA).

n The technicians will be going door to door. n The DTA’s that they will install will be in addition

to the free digital box you have already received.

n They will install up to two(2) free DTA’s per apart-ment on TVs that do not have a box connected to it. (Con-nected directly to the cable.)

n You do not have to wait for them to come to your apartment or villa. If you are not home when they arrive, they will leave a tag on your door with the technician’s

phone number, so you can call him directly and set up a time for him to come back and install the DTA.

n They will not be going in any particular building order, so please don’t call Asbury’s Call Center to find out what day they are coming to your building.

n If you are going away on vacation during this time please call Comcast at 301-920-9951 and arrange a

time for the DTA’s after your return.

n The reason this work is being done is because Comcast plans to shift a lot of channels to a digital for-mat around the Thanksgiving holiday, and they don’t want you to lose any channels you currently enjoy. They plan to shift the remaining channels by January 4, 2010.

By Scott Brewer, Diamond

Asbury residents are partic-ularly proud of the gener-ous giving for the Christ-

mas Fund for 2008. A sum of over $180,000 was raised and distributed last December to all AMV associates whose pay is below a certain level.

You have received the colorful new announcement of the Asbury Christmas Gift Fund for this year from Warren Ebinger, Chair of the AMV Coordinating Council. and Bob McDonough, Coordinator, Christ-mas Gift Fund.

It was Harold Lanman, the Chair-man for almost 20 years, who advised last year that residents had contributed from $25 to $1,000 for the effort the previous year. The average gift came to over $400.

The environment for both resi-dents and associates has changed

substantially from last year. There has been a serious effort by manage-ment to keep expenses in line. In short, associates working full time were hit hard by a substantial reduc-tion in pay for the latter part of this year. This effort will help to show appreciation to the associates who have made these sacrifices. Gener-ous contributions will be needed to come close to the total gifts for last year.

Our building treasurers receive all gifts. These gifts are to be made out to CCAV and delivered to the trea-surers as follows:Diamond: John Stedman, D-319Edwards-Fisher: Merritt Techter,

EF-205Kindley: Collection Box at recep-

tion desk, Lynne BraggMund: Jim Porter, Mund-204Park View: George Gilbreath, PV- 45

Trott: Jim Lordeman, Trott-505Villas: Joan Muller, Villa 554Wallace: Jim Robertson, W-306Wilson: Barbara Whiting Rowe,

301 Russell Ave.The success of this effort this year

is largely up to the residents. The treasurers are beginning to receive checks. These treasurers are confi-dent this will be another year when the AMV employees will go home to their families at Christmas in a mood of thanksgiving. The trea-surers have the experience to be advisors for any resident who has a question concerning the Christmas Gift Fund. Each resident is asked to assist these treasurers in their work by responding as soon as possible. You will be posted by them as to the progress being made. They will thank you for helping them at this time.

Gaithersburg Adds New Locations to Safe Speed Enforcement Program

The Asbury Christmas Gift Fund

Photo: Jo and Bob Yount

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Breakfast at IHOPFor the first of their monthly meetings

of the season, 10 members of the Asbury Low-Vision Group, along with an equal num-ber from Kindley, were treated to a bus ride to the nearby IHOP for a breakfast of their choosing. (Bus was courtesy of Asbury; mem-bers paid for their own breakfasts.) Hey, let’s do this again! (Photo at top right).

Keeping the Train on Track: Who Doesn’t Enjoy a Parade?Labor Day always brings out the best and the

brightest. Our very own Gaithersburg High School Band was there (along with others), and Mayor Katz, Maryland State Senator Jennie Forehand, and Maryland State Delegate Luiz Simmons were among those who marched (or rode) past the gates of Asbury on Russell Avenue and in some cases came back from Odendhal Avenue to hobnob with Asbury resi-dents sitting near the Villas entrance. As color guards and flags passed by, Mund Resident Luke Belsito honored them with a smart mili-tary-style salute. (Photo at right).

A Hawaiian Ukulele, Chocolates and B I N G O

Appropriately, for the gathering of gamblers at the Bingo session on September 18, one of the songs that Jane Coughlin (at right) strummed on her Hawaiian ukulele was “I’m looking over a four-leafed clover...” The good luck said to fall to the finder of a four-leaf clo-ver, went on that evening to all 28 participants in the game, thanks to the winner of the first round, Mary Lou Luff, who shared with the group some of the 80 pounds of chocolates delivered mistakenly to her door. Caller Ernie Jackman (below left) kept the pace of the calls lively. Typically, proceeds of the evening go to the participants, with a small remainder destined to the Benevolent Fund.

Let’s Hear It for the Guild!All the bigwigs were there: Guild President

Mary Ebinger, Guild Vice-President Martha Bar-tholow, officers, Guild committee chairs, build-ing representatives, Asbury Foundation CEO Doug Myers, AMV CEO David Denton: what more could you ask for? Oh yes, Birthday Party Committee Chair Dorothy Beltz (shown in photo, far right) and Elves Day Coordinators Susie Reiter and Sue Dingess, and of course Bargain Mart Czar Ned Hopper. These are the folks who do the heavy lifting, bringing smiles and a gift to Wilson residents who seldom see such gifts. Topping off the celebration, Key-note Speaker Maryland State Senator Jennie Forehand brought a “Message of Dreams and Hope” to an enthusiastic crowd.

The Unreliable SourceBy Jeanne North, Trott

Photos: Jeanne North


Do you find yourself with time on your hands? Would you like to find

out if there are any organizations which could match your partic-ular interests? Would you wish to meet other residents with the same interests as you have? How about signing up to just have a lot of fun? Get out your calendar and circle Friday, October 30th between 10 a.m. and noon so that you do not miss our annual Pac Fair and Open House.

The Community Rooms in Ros-borough will be resplendent with individual booths manned by rep-resentatives of the Partnership Advisory Committees (PACs), as well as the many clubs and special committees on the Campus.

PACS: As a refresher, we have 9 PACs:

Communications, Buildings and Grounds, Dining & Nutrition, Foun-dation, Future Projects, Health & Wellness, Marketing, Spiritual Life, and Security, Reception, and Trans-portation. Find out what each one does in representing you and your neighbors with Asbury Manage-ment. Perhaps you will find one of enough personal interest for you to sign up and become a member.

CLUBS: CLUBS & OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Come and check out the many clubs, entertainment, hobby, musi-cal, service, arts, sports, and well-ness opportunities available.

INFORMATION OFFERED: Most of the displays will provide

the following information for each activity:

• Schedule• History• Accomplishments• Goals and objectives• Pictures, Charts and Display

items• How to participate• Interest forms for use in

applicationYou can get an advanced and

abbreviated description of most of these activities by going to the resi-dents WEB Site: www.amresidents.org. By doing that, you can come to the Pac Fair and Open House prepared to focus on those activi-ties that interest you the most.

GET IN THE ACTION: Remember the date. Mark your

calendar. Resolve to broaden your activities. JOIN THE FUN. PLAN TO COME.

Peek the PACsatBy Al Tholen, Park View

PAC FAIR AND OPEN HOUSEFriday, October 30th

By Mary Anstead, Villas

Greenability – the ability to be green

We beings who have been green bein’s are going the way of

the summer green bean plants – finished! But each of us has the ability to be green. So meet the evolution of Greenability, a new commitment of the green team to sustain and improve our planet earth through conserva-tion.

In a Handbook on Conserva-tion for Retirement Communi-ties, nine dimensions for achiev-ing conservation of our fragile earth are suggested. Following these suggestions we can leave a legacy of a more inhabitable earth to our children and grand-children. A study of the nine dimensions — education, ener-gy, waste management, purchas-ing, transportation, construction, landscaping, housekeeping, and heath conservation — assures that everyone at AMV will need to do his/her part to have the ability to share a healthy life on

campus. The PACs will have a leading part, especially building and grounds, future projects, and dining and nutrition. The efforts to engage in Green-ability need to be shared by associates and residents in Wilson, Kindley, the apart-ments, villas, Rosborough, and administration. It’s a team effort! The web site — www.grayisgreen.org — outlines numerous resources available on the Internet.

For residents who feel that conserv-ing water and energy is unnecessary since they pay a flat fee each month: remember the size of your monthly fee is partially dependent on energy use or conservation. Turn off unused lights; wash clothes in cold water; lower the heat setting (grab a sweater in the winter); take a ‘navy’ shower. Drive smoothly — fewer quick

accelerations and abrupt stops. [Did you turn in your clunk-er for a vehicle with good gas mileage?] Walk instead! Coordinate your errands to conserve gas. Turn off the engine instead of long idles. Use ecofriendly cleansers and paper. Reuse gro-cery bags, or buy a cloth tote for shopping. Avoid

excessive commer-cialism — save for that rainy day!

Notice the ‘green’ cleaners that

housekeeping uses. Avoid food wastes in the dining rooms. Encourage maintenance to set more reasonable temperatures

in common areas — perhaps 78 for air conditioning and 70 for heat. Dim electric lights on

bright sunny days; use motion sensors or light sensitive bulbs; check water leakage in fau-cets and toilets. Residents, wash clothes before 8 am or after 5pm. Continue to recycle — it’s even

easier now since we don’t have to separate paper from recycla-ble glass, metal, and plastic. Set up boxes to collect old eyeglass-es and batteries. Put a collection box in each building to collect wire hangers. Stop junk mail by going to the web site: www.newdream.org/junkmail/#more or call 1-888 690-2252. Purchase recycled notepaper. Encourage associates/residents to print two notices to a sheet of paper. Use biodegradable containers for ‘take outs’ in the dining rooms.

To enhance Healthability, be aware of the health issues within your building/apartment/villa. There are potentially toxic products lurking in the home environment — consider the synthetic musk fragrances incor-porated in perfumes and other scents.

Look for the Handbook on Conservation for Retirement Communities in your library or check with your building chair-person. There are so many ways to engage everyone on campus to commit to each person’s abil-ity to be green.

It’s Easy BEIng grEEn

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By Luella LaVee, Edwards-Fisher

Asbury is a friendly place — a place where we frequently see an act of uncommon courtesy or kindness that makes us smile.

Let’s spread the smiles around! With that goal in mind, we thus begin this regular feature in “Village Life” where you can salute the people who bring about those smiles.

What are some examples?I nominate Wally Jobusch, a neighbor

in Edwards Fisher, who held open the heavy door to the trash room when he saw me struggling to enter with my walker to deposit my trash. (People in similar circumstances will know how grateful I was!)

I further nominate Linda Aber who regularly distributes shawls to shiver-ing movie watchers at the often-too-cool Rosborough theater. It isn’t part of her job; it’s just her way of spreading warmth.

Your “angel” may be a longtime friend or someone whose name you don’t know who appeared out of the blue when you needed help. It will make us all a little happier if you share the incident that happened to you.

Send your nominations to us through the campus mail to: Village Life, ATT: Smile Editor.

New Meaning For “Ecumenical”

1. Have a hobby – acquire pursuits that absorb your interests

2. Develop a philosophy – adapt yourself to social and spiritual surroundings

3. Share your thoughts – cultivate companionship

4. Face your fears – daylight dismisses ghosts

5. Balance fantasy with fact – Dream but also “do”

6. Beware of alluring escapes – alcohol and opiates are faith-less friends

7. Exercise – muscles need activity8. Love – and love wisely9. Don’t worry – call early for help10. Trust in time – be patient and

hopeful

Martha A. Brown, Director of Pastoral Care

Inspiration Point

Mental Health Rules

WHAT’S COMING

Smiles

Grins and GrimacesBy Gil Snyder, Mund

By Keith Steele, Wallace

When the Chapel reopened a Protestant group and a Catholic

group were both vying for the pre-ferred times for a Sunday morn-ing service. Based on the schedules of the Asbury chaplains and the Catholic priest it was determined that the Protestant group would meet at 9:30 am and the Catholics at 10:45 (later changed to 11:00 am). Admittedly there was a little friction when the Protestant ser-vice ran a little late especially on Communion Sunday or if Martha preached a little too long. Things seem to be working well now. How-ever we would only see people from the other group in passing when one group was coming out and the other entering the Chapel.

In an attempt to remedy this, the

Protestant group decided to invite the Catholic Group to join them for our ice cream social on August 16, 2008. It was held in the Club Room of Park View on that Sunday afternoon. It was a terrific success. There were about 60 of us attend-ing, split about evenly between the two groups. Rev. Martha Brown and Father Val were also there. It was strictly a social affair and a great time for fellowship and a chance to establish new friendships. We all agreed that there would be similar events in the future. Someone from the Catholic congregation made a statement to the effect that a few years ago the Protestant group would not have invited the Catho-lic group and if they had the Catho-lic group would not have come. Here at Asbury we’ve come a long way.

As I was sitting scanning the latest AVTV movie listings for the month of August, I

found that I was becoming very frustrated awaiting a news story promised early in one of the TV network’s morning shows; it had been close to an hour already and the story had not been on.

I first became aware of previews or coming attractions at an early age when I started to attend mov-ies on a regular basis. At that time, one might see what was coming for perhaps a couple of weeks in the future. Now when one goes to the movies, you see what’s coming for up to several months and some-times even a year.

In the late 1940’s the area where I lived in west-central Pennsylvania was able to receive a TV signal for the first time. To receive a signal, a TV antenna on a mast several hun-dred feet in height was required, so only the very well to do and associations such as the American Legion installed these masts. Of course, stores which sold TVs also had antennas and it was watching TV in the window of one of these stores where I was first exposed to TV. TV stations did not broad-cast programming 24 hours a day, filling in a lot of the time with test patterns. Most stations trans-mitted a test pattern that had an

American Native in full feathered head dress as a major part. It was also watching TV through the win-dow where I was exposed first to “TO BE ANNOUNCED” in a pro-gramming schedule; even though the statement might appear several times in the on-screen schedule, I thought that this was actually the name of a program for a long time, probably longer than I would care to admit.

Returning to my lead-in para-graph, news shows, national or local, over the air or on cable, are replete with such statements as “coming up”, “up next”, “right after”, “in the next segment”, “on the 5 p.m. news”, etc. Just what is truly meant by these is really baffling to me because they don’t seem to match my concept of the words; e.g., “on the 5 p.m. news” could mean anytime between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

My last related thoughts are: Can you tell me how a story can be “breaking” for a very long period of time when no new information is provided over the course of several minutes, hours or even from one news show to another? Just how long is a moment; this morning a moment on a daily show stretched into at least seven minutes, time enough to brush one’s teeth and shave.

ROADS ARE FOR CARS

AND OTHER VEHICLES

NOT PEDESTRIANS


By Marolyn Hatch, Villas

Before young children “graduate” to play with guns, they seem to have a natural inclination to pick

up a stick and use it in sword play to ward off evil or perhaps their little sis-ter. While guns may become the back-yard weapon of choice among the grade school set, as they move into their teens, they are at least entertained by the theat-rical presentations of movie sword fights. And as adults they continue to rate films with pirates (and maidens) and wizards (and more maidens) highly.

While few of the earlier swashbuckling films were meant to be authentic repro-ductions of fencing, they were wildly popular. Errol Flynn and The Three Mus-keteers gave us the phrase “all for one and one for all.” Such adventures as Rob Roy, Excalibur, Gladiator, El Cid, and Zorro illustrate the universality of appeal of the art of swordsmanship. Although today’s heroes no longer wear wigs, hose and heels, modern computer-enhanced films such as Star Wars with light sabers , Crouching Tiger with aerial duels, and Lord of the Rings with hairy-toed duelists have thrust fencing into the modern world.

So why isn’t fencing a live sport that we go to see?

David Kosow, Wallace resident and Asbury’s own, d’Artagnan, chuckles when asked that question.

“It’s simple,” he says. “A competitive round can last as few as 10 minutes, 3-5 of them actu-ally fencing and depending on the weapon; that’s hardly time to settle in to watch. And a hit or touché is now recorded electronically, stopping the otherwise rapid action momen-tarily. Protective clothing including a plas-tic breastplate and two jackets prevent the movie scenes of blood letting and pirate gore that we unfortunately still associate with the sword. In other words, it has become a com-petitive sport, indeed, an Olympic sport with

rules. Yes, there is a red card for ‘brutality’ that can be as simple as toppling an opponent with a hearty thrust, and at least one com-petitor died of an accidental thrust through the mask to the eye.”

It is this sport that David at age 70 contin-ues to enjoy and compete in. While working in a co-op job as an undergraduate at Antioch College, David was introduced to fencing. Since those years, he has competed frequent-

ly. Having recently won first place in saber in the 70+ division of the World Veteran’s Summer National Champion-ship, he competed in the World Cham-pionship this September in Moscow. His weapon of choice was the saber, a heavier piece than the foil, with which he also is quite handy.

And did you know that the groove in the blade is not, as one might think, to channel any blood away? David says that early on when the weapons were used in settling disagreements or in battle, it was added to foils, sabers, and epées in order for the blade to be withdrawn from the victim’s body. No groove, no retrieval, no second swipe.

Ben Humphrey, a fencing writer, states that fencing is often referred to as phys-ical chess because “it demands focus, strategy, tactical execution, and incred-

ible forethought... [as well as] power, flex-ibility and speed.” Doesn’t sound like any of us could do it? Well, think again of David, who continues to fence against his 90-year-old mentor. True, at ninety the advantage is against the mentor, but David says that it is a man’s speed not his skill, that gives him the edge.

While none of us was able to watch David compete in Russia, we do hope someone took a video and are willing to share it with us. In the meantime David recommends a few movies that demonstrate the sport somewhat authentically: The Four Musketeers, a 1974 follow on of the successful and lighter Three Musketeers; and The Duelists, 1977. The lat-ter film’s dueling scenes are stunningly cho-reographed and photographed.

For any who might be interested in a good work-out and a great dinner conversation hobby, David recommends joining the Fenc-ing Academy in Rockville where the next gen-eration of Johnny Depps or Luke Skywalkers are taking up the blade. And as David proves, age is no excuse for not trying.

By Bob McDonough,Trott

Some years ago, while living in New Jersey, my wife and I would venture in to the big

city a few times each season, to the Metropolitan Opera. Since moving to Maryland, that has become too long an excursion (and too big an expense). But we miss it.

We do watch opera on PBS, when available, and always “make the scene” for the opera movies in the Rosborough Center. But, somehow, the old “zip” isn’t there.

I have known for some time that “The Met” was presenting some performances on the big screen in some local movie theaters across

the country. But, until this summer, we had never tried it out. While on vacation then, we went with friends to see “The Magic Flute” at a movie house in Vermont.

Wow! What a difference. Five minutes into the show, we were back in the old ambiance of a live production. Except we seemed to be sitting on stage, and almost inter-acting with the singers. The sound quality was top-notch. And, even as an electrical engineer, I can’t guess how the picture resolution and quality could be so good.

This season again, The Met is broadcasting nine of the Saturday matinee performances. Since the broadcasts are live, the timing is great: From one PM Saturday until the end of the performance. Bonus: During intermission in New York, back stage features and interviews

with the singers are broadcast. Locally, the theater is the Regal

Germantown 14. Tickets are $20, perhaps making the event some-what of a special treat. Advance purchase can be done at www.ncm.com. The schedule this season is:

Oct 10 - ToscaOct 24 - AidaNov 7 - TurandotDec 19 - Tales of HoffmannJan 9 - Der RosenkavalierJan 16 - CarmenFeb 6 - Simon BoccanegraMarch 27 - HamletMay 1 - Armida (Rossini)

Enjoy!

Opera On The Big Screen! Right Here In River City!

Photo credit: Marolyn Hatch

Having recently won first place in saber in the 70+ division of the Summer National Championship,

David Kosow competed in the World Championship this September in Moscow.

Don’t Fence Him In


By Joe Feinberg, Villas

For all of those resi-dents who follow colle-giate football and Navy

football in particular, here is something which should be of interest. Although the Mid-dies lost their first game this year to nationally ranked Ohio State (31-27), its near upset of this perennially strong football powerhouse bodes well for a very successful ’09 season. It may also serve as a reminder of one of Navy’s most famous teams of yesteryear, the 1945 eleven, which was the coun-try’s second best to the Army team which featured all-time greats Glen Davis and Felix “Doc” Blanchard.

It may come as a surprise to AMV’s football fans to know that one of Asbury’s own resi-dents was on that all-time great ’45 Navy team. Charlie

“Chuck” Kiser, of the Villas, was a starting lineman who played among the football greats of the day on such other formidable teams as Notre Dame. From the accompany-ing photo, Charlie’s football career at the Naval Academy becomes even more surpris-ing since he was one of the smallest team members. Most often playing tackle and run-ning guard, his speed had him paving the way for Navy’s run-ning backs. Even more remark-able, as a two- way ball player, he also played on defense.

Charlie went on to a suc-cessful Navy career as a pilot flying off of aircraft carriers while serving in two of the country’s wars. His is but one example of many residents whose hidden careers, as they come to light, make residing at Asbury an adventure in living history.

By Reg Westlake, Villas

The book of Genesis does not sound like the source for a musical, but “Children

of Eden”, which will be the November presentation at Rosborough by Mont-gomery Playhouse, is a two-act musical play loosely based on the story of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood. The Playhouse describes it as a frank, heartfelt, humorous and human examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah, and “Father” who created them, deal with the headstrong actions of their respective children. The show sends the message that

the hardest part of love is “letting go”. The energetic score is a mix of musical styles and choral elements.

The music is by the composer of ‘God-spell’ and the play by the playwright

for ‘Les Miserables’.P e r f o r m a n c e s will be on Fridays

November 6, 13 and 20, Satur-days 7, 14 and 21, and Sundays

8, 15 and 22; Fri-days and Satur-

days at 8 pm and Sunday matinees at 2 pm. Admis-sion is free for residents although a small donation at the door would be welcome. For non-residents admis-sion is $16, but $14 for seniors and students.

By Marjorie Brugger, Trott

No, we are not some exotic tribe of natives that National Geo-

graphic or Smithsonian so graphically portrays from time to time. You know, like those who may do body piercings

and other traditional things to achieve standards of

beauty we do not always compre-

hend. There are the e x p a n d e d lower lip

ladies of the tropics, the long-eared natives of our own Northwest, the small feet women of the Far East and the tall neck women of—oh, I’ve forgotten where.

But, we are the conscientious people of Asbury who are coughing and sneez-ing into our sleeves or elbows to pro-tect our friends and neighbors against our

current worst enemy—H1N1.

P r o b l e m —which direc-tion do we aim for? Are there rules of etiquette—left or right like on escalators? Now, I lean toward the left, or maybe I’m “ambi.” Who knows? I will try to con-form if you’ll just tell me.

And this thing about sleeves. For women, especially, it does present a problem. There are sleeve-less dresses, cap sleeves, elbow-length, wrist-length and halfway over the hand.

Sort of a dilemma, isn’t it? But keep tuned for further direction. In the meantime, carry on with those crooked elbows catching your coughs!

OK Football Fans, Here’s a Story on One of Your Own

The heart of Navy’s 1945 team that turned in a fine 7-1-1 record and just missed winning the national championship (front row, from left) were: John

“Bo” Coppedge, Jim Carrington, Dick Scott and Bob Kelly: (middle row) Clyde Scott, Oscar Hagberg (head coach), Dick Duden (captain), and Bob Hoernschmeyer; and (back row) Bill Barron, Jim Pettit, George Sundheim,

CHUCK KISER, Leon Bramlett and Ed Deramee.

“Children of Eden”, a musical, is Montgomery Playhouse’s November

presentation at Rosborough

The Crooked-Elbow People of Asbury

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Frances Winston, DiamondEmbroidery

William Olson, DiamondWatercolors

The Rosborough Cultur-al Arts and Wellness Center

is home to an ever-changing gallery of arts and handiwork

created by our residents. Stop by and see what’s new.

With 12 display cases to look at, there’s something for

everyone to enjoy. Here’s this month’s sampling of art.

This Month in the Gallery

Idle ThoughtsBy Reg Westlake, Villas

In this spot you shall find a variety of ponderings from a man who hails from the other side of the “pond.”

We’re glad he’s on this side of the pond now!

Fun?

When people, particularly sportsmen, are interviewed and asked about whatever it is they are engaged in, one never hears them use the word ‘enjoy’. Instead they are always ‘having

fun’. Fun hardly seems to describe the ordeal or the feelings of a quar-terback, for example, who is faced with several very large and heavy men, all with the intent of getting hold of him if they can and knock-

ing him to the ground and perhaps making him unable to continue playing. Then there is the golfer being interviewed before a tournament, where a single missed stroke can cost him a lot of money. It’s a nerve wracking game and ’fun’ would hardly seem to describe his feelings at that moment.

Not that ‘fun’ is the only misapplied term nowa-days. Hitherto rarely used terms ‘toxic’ and ‘iconic’

keep cropping up in all sorts of contexts. ‘Toxic’ means poisonous, an icon is a sacred relic, and ‘iconic’ is perhaps an overly effu-sive description by a columnist of the political poster which he was writ-ing about. At least, however, they are English words. Not so the prefix “über” — as in “über-lobbyist” — which journalists are commonly using nowadays. Why import a German word to describe someone whom the writer considers superior to others?

Perhaps it’s time for these writers to bring out their thesaurus again.

I need to tell a bit about my mother. She started work-ing at OSS around 1941 or

‘42 as a telephone operator. She was a super-grade when she retired from the CIA. Obvious-ly, a very capable lady. Mother spent most of the war in Lon-don and survived the blitz and the food shortages. In London she married her third husband, Cornell (the second died in Cal-cutta in January of ’44). Cornell was a Commercial Attaché with

the Embassy in Lon-don and a pretty neat guy who liked to go first-class. I think it was ’47 when Mother and Cornell came back to the States and took up residence on Mead-owbrook Lane. The first time Cornell and my wife, Jo, met he took us out to a fancy dinner, pheasant under glass.

Of course by this time, my

aunt and her husband who had been taking care of the house while Mother was in England, relocated to their own house. That left Mother, Cornell and me liv-ing in the house. There was a problem, there was only one bath. Do you remember the baths that had a pull handle to cause the water to come out of the shower instead of directly into the tub? Well, that is what we had. Whenever that little handle hadn’t been pushed into the tub position, I got into trouble. When that han-dle was up and you bent over the tub to turn on the water you got a head full of water.

Many times I heard the water start to run which was immediately followed by, “Damn Bob.” Whoever left that handle up, it was always my fault. One day in ’48 Cornell turned the water on and then yelled. “Damn Bob.”

Mother pointed out to him that I had been in Isra-el for several months.

Wasted on the YoungBy Bob Yount, Villas

The Villas Indoor Picnic At Park View On A Rainy Saturday Evening

Asbury Treasure Comes to LightBy Frances Stambaugh, Trott

These people here at Asbury continue to amaze me. One evening at dinner I must have

mentioned that I had a woolen Marine uniform from WWI that had been my father-in-law, Samuel Grover Stam-baugh’s. Bonnie Schneider, dining with me that evening, contacted the Cura-tor at the Marine Museum in Quantico, VA. She was pleased because he was so excited that he would drive up to get it. He needed to know if it was in good condition, wanted pictures of it and asked if the Marine had served in France. She alerted me to what she had done. I brought it up from my storage cage in the basement, also finding a box of his letters, snapshots and docu-ments, with his military discharge and service awards. Bonnie contacted Hal Gaut, another Trott resident, who does fabulous camera work. Within an hour Hal called and came with his digital camera. With enthusiasm he took pic-tures of the Marine dress-blues uniform, close-ups of the emblem on one sleeve,

the five-button fly, and the brass but-tons on the jacket with the Marines’ seal and the silver-colored ones on the trousers with the words, “U.S. Marine Corps.”

We arranged the five woolen veter-an’s caps on the coffee table. After tak-ing a picture of one side of them, Hal turned them over and took a picture of the other side. They represented mem-bership in:

Marine Corps League, Nat’l Capital Det. Wash. D.C. (bright red)

Disabled American Veterans, REA Chapter 5, Dist. of Columbia

Veteran, World War I, U.S.A.Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW 127,

Post Commander, 1964-65, Dist. of Columbia, with metal pins

attached for ’66 and ‘67U.S.A. Veterans of World War I, Color

BearerHal then e-mailed the pictures to the

Quantico Museum representative.Later, Bonnie gave me the telephone

number and I called the Curator with the information regarding Samuel’s serving in two battles in France before

being wounded June 10, 1918 at Belleau Wood, where U.S. troops stopped a Ger-man advance on Paris. That information generated more interest because the museum is planning a special emphasis this fall on the battle at Balleau Wood. He said that more Marines died there than at any engagement since, even at Iwo Jima. He was interested in the fact that Samuel was 29 years old when he enlisted because that was typical in WWI. Marines are much younger when they enlist today.

The wounds prevented Samuel from returning to his earlier career, so he began working as a guard and guide at the Lincoln Memorial and the Washing-ton Monument under the auspices of the U.S. Department of the Interior. His knowledge of history and his enthu-siasm won a letter of commendation from the then Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He lived to be 97, maintaining that ramrod straight car-riage learned as a Marine. He would be proud to be represented in the Marine Museum at Quantico.

WWI Marine uniform in perfect condition and belong-ing to Asbury resident attracted the attention of the Curator at the Marine Museum in Quantico, Virginia.

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By Marj McGuire and Barbara Rowling, Villas

Social Committee Chair Barbara Rolling with well-known Asbury clown, Tap Dancer, and

Guild volunteer, Cathy Hugh.

Arts PAC Chair Jo Yount chatting with Villas Council Chair Mary Anstead.

J.C. Curcio and Jerry Dennis discussing some very important matter.

Barbara Patterson, Coordinator of the guest list for this event.

Ladling up the good stuff on our dessert sundaes!

One of the first Villa move-ins, Naval Officer, Croquet Master, etc. etc. Charlie Kiser.


A Note from Vivian Otto, Dia-mond: Wanting to learn more about the facts of Medicaid and Benevolent Care, I talked with Susan Nailor, Henry Moehring, Doug Myers and Lynne Bragg. As a result, Lynne graciously took the time and wrote the fol-lowing:

What programs are available to help pay the cost of living at Asbury Methodist Village? There are two main programs available to residents and they are very similar to each other. Which one you apply for will depend on where you are living when you have a financial need.

Maryland Medicaid is a program available through the Federal gov-ernment and administered by the State of Maryland. It is available on the AMV campus only to residents who are permanent residents of the Wilson Health Care Center. Susan Nailor is the current administrator of that program.

Benevolent Care is the program funded by the Asbury Foundation and it is currently available to any AMV resident who has outlived his or her financial resources through

no fault of their own. Current residents of Park View, Diamond, Wallace, the Villas, Edwards-Fisher, Mund, Trott or Kindley Assisted Liv-ing are eligible to apply for assis-tance through Benevolent Care.

What do these programs provide? The programs provide assistance with your rent and food expenses, medical care, medica-tions, and health and prescription insurance. Benevolent Care can also provide assistance with dental care, eyeglasses and hearing aids. Medicaid does not cover these addi-tional expenses.

How do I qualify for these programs? Both programs have similar qualifying requirements. The resident must first utilize his own income and assets to pay for his own expenses. A resident may retain a one-time amount of $2,500 to be used for his or her future needs, such as clothing, visits to family, etc. Then, assets must be liquidated and all income must go towards pay-ing your own expenses. Expenses beyond what is covered by your income will be paid by the Benevo-lent Care Fund. The third require-ment is that, prior to the time of application, your income and assets

must be used in a financially conser-vative manner while you are living at Asbury Methodist Village. Partici-pants may retain a modest amount of their income every month for personal expenses.

What else do you need to know about these programs? The application process is very sim-ilar for both programs. You will be asked to complete an application and to supply three years of finan-cial documentation, including tax returns, bank and brokerage state-ments and check registers. If you do not currently have health insurance and prescription drug coverage, you will be asked to enroll in these programs. If you are approved for the program, you will need to liqui-date any remaining financial assets, including life insurance, and spend them down to the $2,500 program limit.

What if I have a refundable entrance fee? Residents who are eligible for a refund of their entrance fee must spend that down prior to being eligible for Benevolent Care.

Who can I talk to if I need more information about these programs? In the Wilson Health Care Center, Susan Nailor is the coor-dinator for the Medicaid program. She can be reached at 717-591-8015. Medicaid information is also avail-able at the Billing Office by calling

301-216-4306. Information about the Benevolent Care program is available from Lynne Bragg, Program Coordinator, Kindley Assisted Living at 301-987-6102. Henry Moehring, Associate Executive Director for Asbury Methodist Village, is respon-sible for both programs on the AMV campus.

Who is helped by the Benevo-lent Care program? Funds raised by the Asbury Foundation for Benev-olent Care are spent exclusively on the AMV campus for the benefit of our residents. Last year, 19 residents received assistance on a regular basis from Benevolent Care. That assistance totaled over $2.5 million dollars and covered everything from room and board, to help with insur-ance premiums and dental bills.

What can we all do to con-serve our resources now and in the future so that the funds are available for those who truly have a need? Everyone can help by monitoring their individual expenditures and conserving when possible. Purchase health care insur-ance and prescription insurance, as indicated in your residency agree-ments. Don’t make gifts to others or take expensive vacations if you will need the resources for yourself. You can’t give away all your money, and then expect Benevolent Care to help you.JAGOE’S Brain Joggers

By Armiger Jagoe, author of You Are Next in Line, Everyone’s Guide for Writing your Autobiography

www.armigerjagoe.com

1. What was the name of the first satellite the Russians put into space?

2. In 1965 a new TV special written by Charles Schulz was rated the best on the air. What was the show?

3. What was the product advertised on radio as “Good to the last drop”?

4. In 1955, Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer began an advice column in the Chicago Sun-Times that is still popular. What was her pen name?

5. Who said, “Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out or spread out”?

Answers

1. Sputnik; 2. “A Charlie Brown Christmas”; 3. Maxwell House

Coffee; 4. Ann Landers; 5. Phyllis Diller

Financial Help Is Available For Residents of Asbury Methodist Village

Friday, October 9: A Far Off Place (107 minutes) with Reese Witherspoon

Monday, October 12: Mamma Mia! (108 minutes) A musical with Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce BrosnanFriday, October 16: The DaVinci Code (149 minutes) based on Dan Brown’s best-seller; with Tom Hanks

Monday, October 19: Cold Mountain with Nicole Kidman and Renee Zell-weger

Friday, October 23: The Mouse That Roared (83 minutes) with Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg

Monday, October 26: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (102 minutes) with Jane Powell and Howard Keel

Friday October 30: Frankenstein (Made in 1931—85 minutes) with Boris Karloff –Happy Halloween!

All movies are shown with captions unless otherwis announced on AVTV.

Afternoon at the Movies

OCTOBER 2009


ChIt ChattErFrom the AMV Historical Society

By Carol Dennis, Villas

OK, those of you who took music lessons as a child, raise your hands. Please

keep your hands raised! How many of you continued lessons through high school? Now, how many of you still practice daily? You may put your hands down. As you may have noticed, not too many hands were raised on that question about daily practicing. Talent is one thing; the ability to play at performance level is another. It takes some seri-ous dedication to find time in our busy lives to practice, practice, practice – to say nothing of the toll age takes on us. Although it is hard for adults, it can also be taxing for young people. Then how impor-tant are music lessons? They are important because they instill in us some very special gifts.

Let’s take as examples two of my piano students, Anna Clayton and Vincent Hsaio. Anna was born in Washington, D.C., is 15 years old, lives in Barnesville and goes to Poolesville High School. She is part of the Gifted and Talented educational program and attended our local magnet school, Roberto Clemente Middle School. This means, among other things, taking advanced classes and having plenty of extra homework. Her favorite sport is swimming, and she is on the high school swim team. She has sung in the youth choir at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Pooles-ville, since second grade. During vacation, she is an aide at St. Peter’s Vacation Bible School. Recently, she has begun to assist the music director by playing the piano at some of the Sunday services. She did not always like to practice, but in recent years, she has discov-ered that she really loves music and playing the classics. Anna has played in a number of recitals here

at Asbury.Vincent was born in Pennsylvania,

is 13 years old, lives in Montgomery Village and goes to Roberto Clem-ente Middle School. He is also a part of the Gifted and Talented edu-cational program in Montgomery County. Vincent is fascinated with computers and even creates his own computer games. He recent-ly won First Place in the Mont-gomery Village Art Show for his acrylic painting. In addition to his advanced school work, he attends Chinese school on Sunday after-noons and joins other students in playing the piano every other week at various retirement communities around the metropolitan area. Sev-eral years ago when he prepared to play on one of Asbury’s grand pia-nos, he was much more interested in the inner workings of the piano

than actually play-ing it! He does not always like to practice, but he really loves music and works hard to prepare for his recitals at Asbury. In addition, both Vincent and Anna are studying piano accompaniment by collaborating with Jack Ahalt on his vocal solos. (You remember Our Jack in an ear-

lier issue of Village Life.) In other words, Vincent and Anna are just two of the wonderful, all-American teenagers who are our hope for the future. Thanks to the effort they put into their study of the piano, they will take some very special gifts with them into adulthood.

What are these special gifts? Stud-ies have shown that music lessons develop poise (performing in front of others), coordination (decipher-ing those little black dots with your eyes so that you can play them with your hands), reasoning ability (the mathematics of pitch, duration and rhythm), self- discipline (yes, you have to practice) and a lifetime of musical pleasure. As Plato said, “Rhythm and music find their way into the inner reaches of the soul.”

Certainly the study of music is benefiting Anna and Vincent as they develop these special gifts. Now that you recognize the importance of these special gifts, aren’t you glad you took those music lessons? Raise your hands!

By Keith Steele, Wallace

Iwas reading in the paper the other day about the U.S. Post Offices which are slated to be

closed. What with e-mail, blogs, Twit-ter, online banking etc. we can see why the volume of mail handled by the U.S.P.S. is steadily declining. The post office I used before coming to Asbury (Derwood) is on the list to possibly be closed.

Most of our residents at one time or the other have been to Williams-burg Lane in the Administration Building and have seen the old mail boxes in the area across from the Clothes Closet. Yes, at one time Asbury had its own Post Office. I have recently heard people asking if we couldn’t have a post office like we did at one time. Of course with the way things are now that is not going to happen.

There was a piece in the Wash-ington Evening Star on the 28th.of July 1962 titled “Methodist Aged Home ‘Adventure’ in Living” which included a picture of Asbury’s Post Office in action. Wording from the article reads as follows; Not far from the lake where residents

swim, for instance is Times Square. On the square is the Asbury Post Office. ‘It’s not just a place where sorting mail is sorted’, Mr. Wilson explained.’ It’s a bona fide United States Post Office.’ The article went on to say that Asbury had its own Postmistress, Miss Sarah May Whit-taker, who was on the Federal pay-roll and received $1.00 a year for her services. (They use to call the pond a lake and apparently residents did at one time swim in it. I have never heard of the area around the Post Office being called “Times Square” before I saw this article.) The post office had its own postmark and the Historical Society would love to have an envelope which showed that mark.

The following appeared in the January 1965 Chit Chat. “The Post-mistress and her staff were very busy assisting Santa: In her depart-ment 16,616 pieces of incoming mail, 6823 pieces of outgoing mail were taken care of, and 60,000 4ct.and 6200 5ct, stamps were sold.”

The Post Office opened in 1948 and closed some time after the New Home opened in 1984.

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IN FRONT OF OR IN BACK

OF IDLING VEHICLES

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By Marolyn Hatch, Villas

One of the blessings and sorrows of life is that the longer we live the more

likely we are to have had a number of pets and sadly to have outlived most of them.

Without question people seem to need some kind of creature to bestow on us and on which to bestow undivided love and atten-tion. Perhaps cats are a bit aloof, but even they bless their house-mates with the occasional rasp-like tongue kiss or mark us as special by twining around our ankles.

My family pet experiences seemed to stretch the boundar-ies sometimes. My daughter’s first encounter with the joy of stroking a pet was when she discovered a bright green inch worm when we lived in Kodiak, Alaska. How would a 4-year-old know that such love was doomed however careful she was to stroke lightly? Her remorse was softened by an island pilot who flew in a pair of red-eared small turtles armored against the likelihood of too much petting.

These little fellows reminded me of my own turtle farm that I’m sure many of you also had as a child. Quarter-sized, Army-green, bug-eyed reptiles that my father bought for 25 cents from a vendor on a New York City street corner. Who worried then about salmonella, and who at even a young age would ever think of putting either one of these odiferous creatures or the fingers that played with them into one’s mouth! No, they were just for fun as they swam in their aquarium with the plastic palm tree to give it authenticity. And what gratitude

they displayed when offered a freshly killed house fly for dinner.

My mother, like many of yours, greatly admired the bright yellow, singing canaries. It was only in the 60s that someone told me that the Secaucus landfill was a huge marijuana field because, during that time, Hartz Mountain canary food contained...you guessed it, pot seeds. And the landfill was the repository of all those canary cage liners. Supposedly, when Hartz was “outed” the canary market declined and canaries no longer sang their

hearts out for their Hartz suppers.Later, rabbits, a clam and a vari-

ety of fish joined my family. Their quirkiness reminds me of a Wash-ington Post news report a few years back of a couple whose pet of choice was a python. They thought so much of this creature that they shared their bed with it. As the couple slept in each other’s arms, the python sought to emulate this affection and entwined the couple with its armless body. Fortunately, the man had his arm outside the blanket and was able to call an

incredulous 911 operator. No com-ment on how they encouraged the “loving” python to let go, but it does call attention to the extent some folks will go to for a hug.

And now several pets later we find ourselves at Asbury. But where at Asbury does one get a lick when things aren’t going quite as planned? Where does one find a pair of ears that need scratching or into which one can pour one’s thoughts with-out fear of being laughed at or of secrets being shared?

Asbury’s Resident Pet, Lonn, can be found at WHCC dispens-ing unconditional love through his most soulful eyes and kisses. This gentle yellow giant is a Canine Companion, well-educated and absolutely devoted to his job, which can include giving one a tis-sue, retrieving a fallen item, helping one take off slippers, picking up the telephone and, of course, being the giver and recipient of love.

Elaine Kielman, Director of Ther-apeutic Activities and Volunteers, is Lonn’s Human Companion groom-ing him and brushing his teeth daily so that Lonn’s close encounters are welcome ones. Lonn’s value as a skilled companion is $60,000. No, Asbury didn’t pay that for him. He was, in fact, donated to Asbury in recognition of the benefit of pets to us in our later years. Elaine sees this benefit daily as Lonn strolls the halls and visits the WHCC resi-dents. She encourages all of us in need of a woof or a wag to stop in and be nuzzled. Lonn meets our basic needs and my guess is that we meet his—a fine symbiotic rela-tionship.

Best Friends Great and Small

Photo: Marolyn Hatch

Asbury’s resident service dog, Lonn, serves as a comfortable reminder of why a dog is man’s (and woman’s) best friend.

allegedly created by quilters using Lovely Lane Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland for meetings or bees. The quilt top, backing, and the batting in between them can be sewn together by machine or by hand-sewn stitches. Judy does almost all hers by hand.

Reflecting the interest that both of them had in appliqué, Judy and Anne Connery became members of the Baltimore Appliqué Society, a very large group that meets in Bal-timore. But they grew tired of driv-

ing into Baltimore for meetings, so around 1997-98 they founded their own appliqué group, the Chesa-peake and Potomac Appliqué Quil-ters Guild, which meets in Gaithers-burg and has recently had as many as 30-40 members. Another group that Judy belongs to is Nimble Fin-gers, a large group that meets in Potomac, Maryland.

Judy’s quilts have been hung in national shows sponsored by the American Quilters Society and held in Paducah, Kentucky (where their museum and headquarters are located) as well as Lancaster, Penn-sylvania. Her quilts have also been seen at, among others, the Mid-

Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia; the Quilt Odyssey Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania; the Pennsyl-vania National Show, held at various locations in that state; and a one-time show at the National Botanic Gardens in Washington. These are all “juried” shows, where a panel of experts chooses which of the quilts submitted will be accepted. Judy’s work has been written up, and her quilts photographed, in Quilters Newsletter Magazine and other publications.

Born in Bethesda, Judy graduated from the University of Maryland and also earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Catholic U. She

had a career in social work and also her own full-time psychotherapy practice. She and her husband John Bankson (Yale ’52 and Harvard Law ’55) moved to Park View in 2005. Judy has three children, and John two children, each by a previous marriage. Judy has been, and is now, on the Park View Resident Council Executive Committee. She has also been on the Security, Reception, and Transportation PAC, the Future Projects PAC, and the advisory committee on moving the gardens. Where did she find all that time to quilt?

QUILTContinued from page 1


By Barbara Tenenbaum, Mund

When you enter the gates at Lakeside, Ohio, “The Small

Chautauqua on Lake Erie,” you pass from a busy, fast-paced world and step backwards into a time of your childhood, a time of quiet neighborhoods and friend-ly neighbors, who not only know your name, your parents’ and sib-lings’ names, but the names of your grandparents and in some cases those of your great grand-parents. It’s a place of laughter, love and reflection, a place to sit on your screened-in porch in comfortable chairs to accom-modate the many friends who stop by for a visit. It’s a place of culture when the symphony and ballet are performing or the artists’ paintings and the won-derful photography are being exhibited.

Although it is summers that are spent in Lakeside, Ohio, the memories of the ice cream socials at the lakefront, a brass band playing, the weddings almost every weekend held at the gazebo in the park with Lake Erie as a background, and of course the seminars during the week at which one can listen to a lecture on the “Hot Spots in Politics Today,” “A Foreign Affairs Forum,” “Global Malnutrition,”

“Managing Your Nest-egg,” or learn about the great lakes and the civil war.

If you are a nature lover, there are all kinds of bird watching walks, garden walks, historical and architectural walks. The architecture is varied and some very historical. Lakeside is on the list of historical sites in Ohio.

There is quiet time to sit and do nothing, but for those who wish to participate, one can learn how to paint, knit, quilt, do ori-gami, and create stained glass art, write, or paint a rock. Lakeside has hotels, bed and breakfasts and cottages with names such as “My Blue Heaven, “Same Time Next Year,” “Safe Harbor,” “Simple Blessings,” and “Suchasitis.”

Like “Brigadoon,” the little town that comes awake once every hundred years, this little town of Lakeside comes awake every year from May through October. It is right on the shores of Lake Erie and it is a retreat and ref-uge from the outside world. It’s a place you cannot imagine until you’ve been there and experi-enced all the tastes, smell, and feelings. You will find the place so endearing that you will not only want to return, but you defi-nitely will return time and time again. Only nine months until I do exactly that!

Mac and Zil

It’s Not Too Late for the Asbury Wildlife Calendar!

By Anita Taylor, Park View

There’s still time to order your 2010 Asbury Wildlife Calendars for yourself and for gift-giving. Each month features an Asbury scene that fits the season. All of the photos were taken by residents and

associates and feature plants and animals from around our campus. Samples can be viewed and all of the subjects prove that a pic-ture is worth a thousand words.

Samples can be viewed in all campus buildings. The calendar was produced with “upfront financ-ing” from the Asbury Foundation and the earnings from sales will go to the AMV Benevolent Care Fund and toward the work of the Wildlife Habitat Project.

Residents may purchase one or more copies of this first ever AMV trea-sure, at $10 each. Ordering information is at the apartment center and at bulletin boards, on reception desks or in mail rooms of other buildings as well.

Now you can have a small piece of visual evidence to support those statements so many of us made: “We moved here in large part because of the campus, a treasure not equaled in our area.” Order yours today by sending a check for $10 times the number you’d like to have to Lydia Page at Park View 34. If you have questions, call her at 3134.

The Small Chautauqua on Lake Erie

Sharing Life’s Lessons1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

5. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

6. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

7. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

8. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

9. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

10. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

11. Growing old beats the alternative—dying young.

12. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

13. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

14. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

15. The best is yet to come.

—Submitted by Anne Porter, Mund


Welcome New Residents

There is a constant parade of moving vans unloading at Edwards-Fisher during this excit-ing time and the Mulroney’s, Lenore and Wil-liam, are an important part of it. They moved into apartment 816 on August 11, 2009.

New Castle, Pennsylvania, is Lenore’s birth-place and she holds a Masters of Music degree from Ohio Wesleyan University. Bill was born in Lakewood, Ohio and with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan University he went on to earn a Masters and PhD from Santa Barbara.

Lenore taught music at Ohio Wesleyan and was program manager for a Cincinnati, Ohio radio station. Her multi-faceted career includ-ed working with Bell Telephone in Opera-tions and at the National Institutes of Health in cancer research. She was also an Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. Bill retired from the United States Army as a Colonel and became a Civil Servant before he moved on to TRW, Sperry Univac, Info Systems Labs, and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He spent two years with Iran Electronic Ind. and ISIRAN.

Music has been a big part of Lenore’s life and she has taught piano privately. She enjoys playing bridge and loves to swim. While sail-boating is Bill’s favorite sport, he also plays golf and tennis. He has been a part of Radio

Amateur for 55 years and still finds time to play bridge. As active Methodists, the church was the center for Lenore and Bill’s volunteer work.

Married for 62 years, the Mulroney’s have two daughters and four grandchildren. After doing extensive research on area retirement

centers, Lenore and Bill had no question that Asbury Methodist Village would be their new home. The additional advantages of having a daughter nearby and a building full of wel-coming Edwards-Fisher friends validated their decision.

—Joan Dunlop, Reporter

Photo credit: Rosemary Pasek

Lenore and William Mulroney Edwards-Fisher 816, x5746

Knowing several couples who had chosen to move to Asbury, Marolyn and John (Jay) Hatch were well aware of the advan-tages that the Village offered retir-ees. Still, it took six years before they moved up the wait list and were offered a Villa they couldn’t turn down. They call their place Deck House as it was the exten-sion of their deck that most of their neighbors came to identify them by.

Moving from Arlington, Virginia, wouldn’t seem to be much of a problem, but the Hatches moved in over Memorial Day weekend that brought up to 10 inches of rain to the area and affected the delivery of four different ship-ments. It was also during the time that Marolyn was editing online the Arlington Learning in Retire-ment course catalog so the initial reluctance of Comcast to hook up their internet was a serious issue. Fortunately, AMV staff came to the rescue by working with them and Comcast to bring the Hatches online in time.

Jay continues to work for the Agency for International Devel-opment and commutes daily by

metro into DC. The hour-long trip is far longer than he has been used to, but Jay is planning to retire in March so there is a hori-

zon to his Red Line adventures.Jay also left in mid-July for six

weeks of work in Tanzania and Indonesia. Marolyn has found

many ways to be occupied, from taking care of a neighbor’s veg-etable garden to volunteering for the Bargain Mart and Montgom-ery County’s literacy program. She

reports that the Villa residents have been most supportive of her in her “grass widow” status.

Jay served in the Peace Corps and has worked for international, educational development first in Africa and then worldwide since they moved to Arlington 25 years ago. Marolyn used her writing skills and education background to manage programs for the Mid-dle East, be the GED English lan-guage editor, and finally joined the government under Clinton-Gore to become both FEMA’s and FAA’s strategic planner.

Both have enjoyed designing their own trips to all continents and look forward to continuing exploration of other cultures and histories. They enjoy gardening and community service, and Jay likes sailing and to play squash.

—Bob Hoff, reporter

Jay And Marolyn Hatch Villa 596, X4875


Mary Jane Gartner

Edwards-Fisher 809, x5647

Mary Jane moved to Asbury on August 28. With the help of her daughters she was soon organized and ready to participate in Asbury activities. A native of Gaithersburg, Mary Jane graduated from Gaithersburg High School then went on to receive her degree from Randolph Macon Woman’s Col-lege. Prior to marriage and motherhood, she was a Statistical Clerk for the United States Public Health Service. She has four children, one grandson and one great granddaughter. When her husband of 61 years died, she chose Asbury to remain in Gaithersburg and to be near her family. Her hobbies are traveling, pho-tography, china painting and bridge. She is member of Grace Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school worker.

—Rosemary Pasek, Reporter

Resident Facility Date of Death

Frances Royalty Trott 08-23-09

Marion Hickey WHCC/Kindley 09-01-09

Florence Waclowski WHCC 09-05-09

Elizabeth Wallace-Pratt WHCC/E-F 09-07-09

James Palmer WHCC 09-08-09

Alberta Gross WHCC 09-09-09

Elizabeth Dietrich WHCC/Kindley/E-F 09-15-09

In Memoriam

It was a sunny afternoon in September when I called on Jean and Frank Mann in their pleasant new first-floor apartment in Edwards-Fisher. Only residents of Asbury a scant few weeks, they looked well-established and happy with their choice of a new place to live.

“We checked out similar facilities, but found Asbury definitely preferable,” Frank said. They both were lavish in their praise of the Tran-sitional Assistance and Design service pro-vided by Asbury to help them downsize and move from their Rockville home. “They even helped us plan where to put the furniture and hung our pictures,” chimed in Jean.

Frank and Jean were introduced by mutual friends and were married in 1940. Frank, a native of Reardan, Washington, worked as a civilian employee of the Department of the Army for 35 years, retiring as a Program Man-ager in 1972. Jean, born in Lilly, Pennsylvania was with the Visa Office of the State Depart-ment for 28 years before taking early retire-ment. After retiring, both worked for volun-teer organizations.

But they had a lot of fun, too. They had a 33-foot cabin cruiser and enjoyed cruising and fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. They also traveled extensively in the United States and abroad.

Although they can no longer participate in their lifelong pursuits of golfing and square dancing, they do plan to be active at Asbury.

They’ve already joined a bridge group and have begun exercising at the Fitness Center.

Much of their free time is devoted to visit-ing with their daughter, Janean, retired from

Foreign Service in the State Department, and a resident of D.C.

—Luella LeVee, Reporter

Photo: Rosemary Pasek

Frank and Jean Mann Edwards-Fisher 104, ext 5807

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