RiverWalk & Talk June

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Edith—Reporter

Meet Our Residents… By Edith Fiebach

V OLUME 3 , ISSUE 6

JUN E 2012

RiverWalk & Talk INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Resident Spotlights 1

RW Happenings 2-3

Monthly Calendar 4-5

RW Happenings (cont.) 6

Resident Submissions 7

For Your Information 8

From The Director 8

LL Garden Market

Sun—Fri. 9—3

Closed 11—12and Holidays

ventures, Nat was an architectural

salesman for ALCOA.

A blind date with a lovely lady

named Mona, led to a 40 year marriage that began in 1962. Thecouple would go on to have two

sons, Ian and Steve. Steve and his

wife, Kate live near by with their six year old daughter, Hannah.

Nat and Mona divorced in 2002

and Nate moved to CoconutCreek, Florida once everything

was settled. He would call Florida

home for the next ten years. In2012 Nat decided to move back

to New York. We are so happy he

decided to make RiverWalk his

new home.

We wish him many long yearsand good health in his new home.

Shep Naches:

Fran Weisgrau’s granddaugh-ter, Hannah Goverman, recently

graduated from Smith College.

She has also secured a job withUMass’ Archeology Department.

Roz Schwartz’s son-in-law, Richard Hochman, was awarded

a Hertz Alumni Award from John

Hopkins University. Roz is also

thrilled that her daughter, Carol Hochman, has been appointed

chairman of the Board of Queens

College.

Six foot, six inch Nathan Kozak

was born in a Coney Island,

Brooklyn hospital. His father was

a dress operator and his mother was a house wife. In later years,

Nat’s mother would become a

sharp business woman in the fieldof real estate. She specialized in

apartment houses. Nat did well inhis classes at PS 165 and Samuel

Treden High School.

After graduation, Nate enlisted

in the Army Reserve Corps and he

was assigned to their Radio Shop.This assignment would later lead

to a posting at Missouri’s Camp

Crowder. When he was at CampCrowder he worked with The

United States Army Pigeon Ser-

vice, also know as The Signal Pi-

geon Corps. This was a unit of theUnited States Army during World

War I and World War II. Their as-

signment was the training and us-age of homing pigeons for commu-

nication and reconnaissance pur-

poses. Nat also spent time in thePacific Island’s Signal and Motor

Corps where he drove jeeps and

trailers.

After the war, Nat was on his

own. His various business activi-

ties included sulphur baths, several

soda fountains and candy stores aswell as real estate holdings in

Brooklyn. He also owned The

Comfort House in Sharon Springs.In addition to his personal business

Nathan



R IVER WALK & TAL K P AG E 3

The American painting galleries in the Metro-

politan Museum of Art opened in 1980 and

have been among the mu-

seum’s most popular attrac-tions. Except for an occasional

fresh lick of paint, they have

remained

largely

untouched

– until

recently.

After be-

ing closed for four yearswhile undergoing a complete

renovation, The American

Wing reopened on Jan. 16.

The suite of elegant new gal-

leries encompasses 30,000

square feet for the display of

the Museum's collection.

We visited the once drearygalleries and were impressed

with how light and airy they

now are. The new galleries are

organized both

chronologically and

thematically in a

way that tells the

story of American

art and in the proc-

ess American

history. The

centerpiece of

the new instal-

lation is one of

the best-known

works in all of

American art,

Emanuel Gottlieb

Leutze's 1851 paint-

ing Washington

Crossing the

Delaware. We

had a wonderful

time and are look-

ing forward to a

return trip.

Zentangle is an

easy to learn

method of creating

beautiful images from

repetitive patterns.

This fascinating new

art form is fun and

relaxing. It increases

focus and creativity.

Zentangle provides

artistic satisfaction and

an increased sense of

personal well being.

Zentangle is enjoyed

by a wide range of

skills and ages and is

used in many fields of interest. We were so

lucky to have Frances’ daughter, Roxanne,

give us a demon-

stration when she

visited for Pass-

over.

Estelle

Betty

Esther & Bertha

The “Gang”

Milton

Roz, Betty & Milton

Frances

Roxanne

Belle

Sara

Betty



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Information about the Month of June

children. Another theory is thatthe month was dedicated to the

Juniores, the word for the jun-ior or lower branch of the Ro-

man legislature.

In June we celebrated things

like perennial gardens, lemons,okra, pluot, camping, smiling

and the men of the world.

June’s birthstone is the Pearl,a symbol of longevity and

health and the flower is the

Rose.

The most popular theory of

the origin of June’s name is

that it honored the Roman god-dess Juno, special deity of

women and of marriage and

June is also the monthawareness is raised on Adopt-

a-shelter cat, migraines, theHeimlich Maneuver, cancer

free from the sun, child

health, world infertility, phar-

macist ’s battle against alco-holism and Antiphospholipid

Antibody syndrome.

Problem” were very educa-

tional. We are hoping Donald

will honor us with additional

lectures in the future.

Thank you again, Donald,for two wonderful lectures.Thank you Shirley for your

assistance in the lectures.We were so fortunate that

our fellow resident, Prof.

Donald Feldstein offered tohold two lectures for us re-

cently. His lectures on “Social

Security and its Future” and“Solving the Immigration

Resident Teachers

Prof. Donald Feldstein

Our residents are very tal-ented in many areas. On Sun-

day morning we alternate be-tween card making and bead-

ing classes.

The residents

are also offered

a Jewelry Mak-ing. This is a

more formal

i n s t r u c t i o n a l beading class.

The class starts

off with doubtthat they will be

able to follow along but eve-

ryone always leaves with a

beautiful, finished product.The ladies have received

many compliments on the

necklaces they have made.

RiverWalk Jewelry Makers

Miriam

Belle, Sara, Betty & Bertha

Francine

Elaine & Sylvia

Anna

Betty

Fran

Margot

Mollie

& Sue



R IVER WALK & TAL K P AG E 7

GET UP AND GO

By: Pete Seeger Submitted by Anna Goldenberg

How do I know my youth is all spent?

My get up and go has got up a went.

But in spite of it all, I’m able to grin

And think of the places my get up has been

Old age is golden, so I’ve heard said.

But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed

With my ears in a drawer and my teeth in in a cup.

My eyes on the table until I wake up

As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself,

“Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?”

But though nations are warring and business is

vexed

I’ll still stick around to see what happen next.


My get up and go has got up and went.



When I was young my slippers were red.

I could pick up my heels right over my head.

When I was older, my slippers were blue.But still I could dance the whole night through.

Now I’m older, my slippers are black.

I huff to the store, and I puff my way back.

But never you laugh; I don’t mind it at all

I’d rather be huffing than not puff at all.

I get up each morning and dust off my wits,

Open the paper and read the obitsIf I’m not there, I know I’m not dead

So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed


My get up and go has got up and went.



Lexiphiles

Submitted by Elaine Weintraub

• To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

• When fish are in schools they sometimes

take debate.

• A thief who stole a calendar got twelve

months.

• When the smog lifts in Los Angeles,

U.C.L.A.

• The batteries were given out free of

charge

• A dentist and a manicurist married. They

fought tooth and nail.

• If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get

repossessed.

• With her marriage, she got a new name

and a dress.

• Show me a piano falling down a mine-

shaft and I’ll show you A-flat miner.

• You are stuck with your debt if you can’t

budge it.

• A boiled egg is hard to beat.

• When you’ve seen one shopping centre

you have see a mall.

• A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s two tired.

Resident Submissions



A Note From The Director Dear Residents,

School may be out for some but RiverWalkUniversity will continue to offer interesting

classes for all to enjoy. Prof. Franco will beconducting art lectures on the Renaissance tothe Pre-Raphaelites.

The Thursday Afternoon Acting Classwith Sesame Street’s “Gina” will start work-ing on the material for their next show. If youever wanted to be an actor now is the time.The group meets at 4:00 on Thursdays and

they would love for you to join them.I would like to take this opportunity to wel-

come our new residents to RiverWalk and toour Dads, a very Happy Father’s Day.

Regina Wallace Director

If you would like an electronic copy of theNewsletter, please email

[email protected].

Created by Robyn DeLasho, Activity

Supervisor—RiverWalk. 718.581.1694

Coming Soon

Below are just a few items RiverWalk

will be offering you:

• NYC River Tour

• Joyce Theater Ballet

• Queens Museum of Art

• Empire Casino

• Coney Island

• “Can-Can” (Lunch & Show)

• Bronx Zoo

• Ellis Island

Educational Programs:

Current Events, Book Club, RiverWalk University for lifelong learning, Museum Art Lectures, Discussiongroups to share experiences, Horticulture classes, Fa-

mous American Trials, Judaic Museum Presentations

and Art Lectures, Acting and Computer Classes

Wellness Programs:

Fitness center, varied lively fitness workouts: cardio, TaiChi, Belly Dance, Flamenco Muscle Memory, strength

training, balance exercises, etc.

Cultural Programs:

Kabbalat Shabbat to welcome the Sabbath, Parsha of the

Week, Bible Study, Yiddish Songs and Stories, Cabaret

Series: Live music concerts

Just for the Fun:

Bingo, Trivia, Word Games, Scrabble, Bocce, LawnDarts, Lawn Dice, Shuffle Board, Monthly Birthday Par-

ties, Trips to various events, Arts & Crafts: tile work, beads, copper enameling, knitting, crocheting, painting

and card making

RiverWalk Program Offerings

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