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Gazette Sunday, June 25, 2017 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311

GAZETTE IMPROVEMENTS In the Fall of 2016, we promised to

review the Gazette in the Spring of

2017. At the end of April, we solicited

comments and received a number of

responses. On June 14, an Ad-Hoc

Communications Committee (residents

Pat Heenan and Laura Lawson and

staff Jane Rosman and Kate Waters)

met with Gazette editor Jenny Wu to

review the responses and make

recommendations.

Based on residents’ ideas, we are

making the following changes,

beginning with next week’s Gazette:

The Weekly Schedule format will be

in two columns, similar to the text.

There will be a small vertical line

between the columns. These changes

will make the Schedule easier to read,

especially for residents with low

vision.

The Weekly Schedule will have end

notes, such as “continued” and headers

such as “Tuesday, continued” to guide

readers when a day’s events run from

one page to the next.

Articles from Departments and

Residents will be solicited quite

actively by Jenny. There has been a

dearth of article submissions, so Jenny

will reach out to resident committees,

councils, the Foundation, and Dining

for more articles.

Proofreading will be beefed up.

There will be an additional, final

proofread by volunteers right before

printing on Thursday night.

The Weekly Menu will be sent out

electronically with the Gazette on

Fridays.

As always, we welcome your

feedback. If you have any comments

or suggestions for the Gazette please

send them in writing to Jenny Wu at

cwu@goodwinhouse.org or drop her a

note in Life Enrichment.

Ad-Hoc Communications Committee

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GUEST PREACHER: AMANDA KOTVAL We welcome Amanda Kotval,

Chaplain Intern in our GHI Clinical

Pastoral Education program, as the

guest preacher at both services on

Sunday, July 2:

9:00 a.m. in the

Memorial Chapel

and 10:30 a.m. in

Auditorium AB.

Chaplain Bruce

will be presiding.

All are welcome!

Bruce Stewart

2017 GHA ARTS FESTIVAL Upcoming on Friday, July 7 is the

annual Arts Festival, and this year’s

theme is “A Golden Sunrise.” We’re

celebrating with parties, performances,

exhibits, and a celebration of all that is

creative at GHA.

Highlights of the day include garden

boxes on display, artworks, the Joyful

Bells players, Singing Seniors, GHA

Players and more! We’ll have an Art

Mart with jewelry, scarves, cards, pins,

stuffed animals, tote bags, and more

for sale. All are handmade here in our

very own Arts Center. The new

Gallery Walk exhibit space in the

Health Care Center will be filled with

beautiful artwork and feature a fun 3D

interactive feature! The Arts Festival

will wrap up with an afternoon party to

celebrate a year of creative projects

and partnerships at GHA.

Stay tuned for more information.

Thank you to everyone for signing up

to help volunteer at the Festival and in

the gallery.

Kate Waters

BYE, HOONHEI Art Therapy intern Hoonhei Cho is

finishing her summer internship here

at GHA on Friday, June 30. We thank

her for her companionship and time in

the Arts Center and Health Care

Center. She thanks everyone at GHA

for a fulfilling and educational

experience that has added depth to her

Master’s level studies in Art Therapy.

Best wishes to Hoonhei on her future

Art Therapy career!

Kate Waters

In Memoriam

KATHERINE B. ANDERSON

June 17, 2017

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ATTENTION GAZETTE CONTRIBUTORS Tuesday, July 4 is a holiday,

therefore the next Gazette deadline is

Monday, July 3 at 4:00 p.m. Please

submit all articles via email to Jenny

Wu: cwu@goodwinhouse.org. Thank

you!

Jenny Wu

ADMINISTRATION UPDATE Appreciation is abundant to

residents and Dining Services staff for

the success in our “amended – interim

– abbreviated” dining venues since

50% of the dining area has been taken

over by the construction. Meals are

working exceptionally well due to

residents cooperation and use of the

reservation system. Dining in the

Employee Dining Room is exceeding

everyone’s expectations. Sterling

Lindsay, Chef Derek Campbell, Chef

Howard Henry, Manager Tonita Butler,

and Dave Baker extend their

appreciation to everyone for making

dining successful during this first

phase of the EBI. Well done, everyone

Harry W. Baldwin

WWII INTERVIEW: BARBARA CURRIE This week’s video features Barbara

Currie on Channel 971 at 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, June 27 and 2:00 p.m. on

Thursday, June 29.

Barbara was 13 years old when

Great Britain announced it was going

to war against Germany. The next day

Barbara’s parents presented her with

choices she had to make immediately:

Move to Northern England with her

boarding school; move to Ireland with

younger cousins; stay in London with

her parents. Barbara chose to stay.

This story is about how Barbara, her

parents, her brother, and her neighbors

coped with Germany’s mounting

aggression. Each person in the London

area had a “war job” in addition to a

regular job. Even 13-year-old Barbara

had a significant responsibility to care

for an elderly neighbor.

The video features a description of

Barbara’s brother’s “wartime job.” He

was a medical student in London.

When a major bombing happened, the

entire medical school would be taken

immediately to the site. Each student

provided help at the level of his

training. The immediacy of this aid

given to the wounded before they

could be moved to a hospital was

considered critical.

Joan Nugent

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JULY EVENTS Celebrate the Fourth of July with a

bang. Come to the Roof on Tuesday,

July 4 at 8:30 p.m. to view the

dynamic fireworks show on the

National Mall.

In July, the Birthday Party and

Happy Hour will be held on the Roof.

The Birthday Party is Monday, July 10

at 4:30 p.m.; Happy Hour is Friday,

July 21 at 4:30 p.m.

On Friday, July 28, at 1:00 p.m., join

us for an ice cream social in the

courtyard!

Jenny Wu

JULY ENTERTAINMENTS We have several entertainments

planned for you in July.

On Tuesday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. in

Auditorium AB, Old Dominon is here

to perform.

On Tuesday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. in

Auditorium AB, we will have pianist

Thomas Pandolfi.

On Tuesday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m. in

Auditorium AB, Jerry Roman is back.

Jenny Wu

JULY TRIPS There are many exciting trips

planned for July: Miller Farm County

Store, the 2 Silos Brewery, the Sackler

Gallery, concerts, and many more! The

sign up sheet for all trips, except for

the July 12th lunch cruise, will come

out on Saturday, July 1, outside the

Life Enrichment office.

On Wednesday, July 5, we will take

a trip out to Miller Farm County Store

in Clinton, MD. We depart at 10:00

a.m. and return around 12:30 p.m.

Transportation costs $15.00. Miller

Farm grows a wide array of fresh

fruits, crisp vegetables and much

more! In addition to their farm, they

have a bakery full of delicious home

baked goods and handmade ice cream,

a nursery abundant with beautiful

plants and flowers.

Enjoy a nice lunch cruise on the

Potomac with Nina’s Dandy on

Wednesday, July 12. You will be

served a three course meal during a

two-and-a-half-hour cruise. Lunch

costs $50.00 and transportation costs

$5.00. We will leave the Lobby at

11:00 a.m. Please sign up outside the

Life Enrichment office by Wednesday,

June 28.

On Thursday, July 13, we will go

see the Sacred Threads exhibition in

Herndon, VA. It is an exhibition of

quilts expressing life’s journeys: joy,

inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief

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and peace. Admission costs $5, and

transportation costs $15.00. We leave

the Lobby at 11:00 a.m. and return

around 2:00 p.m.

On Friday, July 14, the David Bach

Consort performs live at Rutherford

Park in Fairfax, VA. We leave the

Lobby at 6:30 p.m. and return around

8:30 p.m. Transportation costs $15.00

and admission is free.

Ted Garber brings Blues Americana

Rock to Mason District Park in

Annandale, VA on Wednesday,

July 19. We leave the Lobby at 6:30

p.m. and return around 8:30 p.m.

Transportation costs $5.00 and

admission is free.

If you love craft beers, you do not

want to miss this trip to the 2 Silos

Brewery in Manassas, VA on

Thursday, July 20. We depar t at

11:00 a.m. and return around 3:00 p.m.

Transportation costs $30.

On Friday, July 21, see what’s new

at the Sackler Gallery. Here are some

newly opened exhibitions: Turquoise

Mountain: Artists Transforming

Afghanistan; Body of Devotion: The

Cosmic Buddha in 3D; and The

Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions

in Cambodia. We depart at 2:00 p.m.,

from the Lobby, and return around

4:30 p.m. Transportation costs $15.00,

and admission is free.

On Wednesday, July 26, come enjoy

a lunchtime concert by Michael

Mulvaney in a beautiful amphitheater

setting along the Alexandria

waterfront. We will depart the Lobby

at 11:15 a.m. and return around 1:00

p.m. Transportation costs $5.00 and

admission is free.

Lee District Nights at the Lee

District Park Amphitheater in

Franconia, VA presents The

Nighthawks on Wednesday, July 26.

The Nighthawks have earned a

reputation as one of the best and

hardest-working bands around. Among

the first white-boy blues bands of its

generation, the group is noted for the

high energy of its phenomenal live

shows. We depart at 6:30 p.m. and

return around 8:30 p.m. Transportation

costs $5.00 and admission is free.

On Thursday, July 27, come enjoy

some seafood for lunch at the

Quarterdeck! We depart the Lobby at

11:30 a.m. and return around 1:30 p.m.

Transportation costs $5.00.

Jenny Wu

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THANK YOU, BUDDIES! THANK YOU, MOVERS AND SHAKERS! The moves to the new building were

smooth and pleasant, thanks to all the

Buddies who volunteered.

The Buddies provided an upbeat

mood and wonderful follow through

for residents making the big move to

the small houses. Everyone knew his/

her job and did it well. The whole

endeavor proves that we take care of

one another here at Goodwin House.

Please know that you have our deep

thanks and appreciation for your help.

Thanks to Caroline Abshire, John

Anderson, Sharon Atherton, Barbara

Bancroft, Donna Blackburn, Mary

Ann Coffland, Bob and Mary

Connolly, Lou Cook, Peggy Coyle,

Betty Cranwell, Judy Davis, Bill and

Shirley Dols, Peggy Errington,

Dorothy Evans, Linda Ferneyhough,

Debbie and Jerry Files, Benny Glenn,

Fenton Goodwin, Ruth Hanzlik, Bill

and Pat Heenan, Jennifer Hollings,

Betsy LaRoe, Gerrie Lavan, Lynn and

Mike McCaffree, Bill and Joan

McCulla, Robin McFarland, Grietje

Meiborg, Margaret Milburn, Bob

Nichols, Mary Jane Nugent, Sandy

O’Keefe, Jacqueline Phillips, Jane

Picot, Angela Raish, Josephine

Roberts, John and Rosie Robbins,

Natalie Rooney, Jane Russell, Dudley

Sadler, Laura Sells, Julie Slavik, John

Smucker, Pat Sullivan, Joan Vogel,

Frank Wade, Betty Wallace, Louise

Webb, and Faye and Fitz Woodrow.

Pat Heenan served on the Movers

and Shaker committee and made so

many insightful and practical

suggestions.

Goodwin House Employees who

volunteered as Movers and Shakers

were Barbara Bolin (Social Work),

Janean Wood (Marketing), Nadine

Martin (Life Enrichment), La’Shai

Johnson and Carol Opiela,

(Marketing), Mara Parrish and Jeanne

Hobbs, (Human Resources).

Barbara Bolin

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JUNE BOOK REVIEW Jay Warshawsky will review

Nutshell by Ian McEwan on Tuesday,

June 27, at 3:00 p.m. in the new

Auditorium.

Nutshell is a clever contemporary

version of William Shakespeare’s

Hamlet.

The protagonists are Trudy and her

lovers and brother-in-law, Claude.

The narrator of the tale is Hamlet,

Trudy’s unborn baby. Within Trudy’s

uterus Hamlet listens to podcasts and

the BBC with his

mother, and he

shares her interest

in wines. While

eavesdropping,

Hamlet becomes

privy to a scheme

hatched by Trudy

and Claude to kill

his father, Trudy’s

husband, and take

ownership of his father’s dilapidated

but valuable London house.

As the lovers plan what they hope

will be a perfect crime, Hamlet

schemes to thwart their actions from

his confined location within Trudy’s

body. The story does not follow

Shakespeare’s sequence, so the end of

Nutshell is something of a cliffhanger.

The plot and McEwan’s language keep

the reader engaged to the last page.

Jay, an electrical engineer, studied at

the Illinois Institute of Technology,

and Purdue and Northwestern. He has

performed research and development

for commercial and government

organizations. As a life-long fan of the

Chicago Cubs, he was delighted when

they ended a 108-year drought and

won the World Series in 2016.

All are welcome to hear this

interesting review.

Virginia Mittauer

SEMI-ANNUAL TOILETRIES DRIVE The Outreach Committee of the

Goodwin House Memorial Chapel’s

semi-annual toiletries drive helps

clients of the Culmore Clinic at

Bailey’s Crossroads. Bring your

unopened / unused toiletries (shampoo,

conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush,

floss, soap, lotion, body wash, comb,

hair brush) to the Game Room on

Thursday, June 29, from 9:00-11:30

a.m. (during the monthly clothing

drive). Please encourage friends and

family to participate! The Culmore

Clinic is now

open additional

hours, so your

contributions are

greatly

appreciated.

Bruce Stewart

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Sunday, June 25, 2017

9:00: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher — CHP

10:30: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher — AUD-AB

6:00: Sunday Movie: Macbeth — AUD-A

Macbeth (1971), 2h 20min, Biography, Drama, History.

Shakespeare's ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the

help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches. Director Roman Polanski

choses a younger pair of villains with Jon Finch in the title role and Francesca

Annis portraying Lady MacBeth. Themes of historic recurrence, greater

pessimism, and internal ugliness in physically beautiful characters are added

to Shakespeare's story of moral decline, presented in a more realistic style.

Monday, June 26, 2017

9:30: Fun & Fitness — AUD-B

9:30: Gentle Waves — POOL

10:00: Catholic Communion — CHP

10:00: Trailblazers: River Farm — LBY

River Farm serves as the headquarters of the American Horticultural

Society. Situated on 25 acres of landscaped gardens along the Potomac River .

10:00: Beginners’ Line Dancing — LR

10:00: Neighborhood Studio — Canceled

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

1:00: Bus to Bailey's Shopping Center — LBY

1:00 - 4:00: Technology Workshop with Matt — Canceled

The Weekly Schedule Sunday, June 25, 2017 — Sunday, July 2, 2017

(The room location key is at the end of this calendar.)

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2:00: Drawing Class — Canceled

2:00: Expressive Painting — ALAR

Come and relax listening to soft music while you paint. You do not need to

be an artist to paint. All are welcome.

3:00: Art Film — Canceled

There is an all employee meeting in the Auditorium this afternoon, so the

Art Film is canceled this week.

3:00: Support Services Committee — RCR

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

9:00: Morning Stretch Class — AUD-B

9:30: Summer Painting Class in Acrylics — AC

10:00: Sit and Be Fit — AUD-B

10:00: WWII Interview: Barbara Currie — CH 971 (See article on page 3.)

11:00: Wii Bowling — ALAR

11:00: Bible Study — CHP

1:00: Poker — LR

1:30: Total Body & Balance Video — AUD-B

2:00: Replay Town Hall & EBI Meeting — CH 971

Wednesday, June 21 Town Hall & EBI Meeting

3:00: Book Review — AUD-A (See article on page 7.)

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

9:00: Fun & Fitness — AUD-AB

9:30: Gentle Waves — POOL

9:30 -11:30: Market Place Accepts Donations — MP

10:00: Painting Studio — AC

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10:00: Spanish Conversation Group — BR

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

11:00: Teaching Company — AUD-A

The Guide to Essential Italy

Ep. 27 Arezzo, Perugia, and Assisi

Ep. 28 Venice: The Center of Power

1:30: Duplicate Bridge — LR

2:00: Caregivers Support Group — BR

2:00: Studio with Kate — AC

3:00: Wednesday Entertainment — AUD-AB

Guitarist and singer Ernie Tolley is here to perform.

3:00: Let's Make Watermelon Pops — ALAR

All are welcome.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

9:00: Morning Stretch Class — AUD-B

9:00: Clothing Collection & Semi-Annual Toiletries Drive — GR (See article on

page 7.)

9:30: Summer Painting Class in Acrylics — AC

10:00: Replay Town Hall & EBI Meeting — CH 971

Wednesday, June 21 Town Hall & EBI Meeting

10:00: Holy Eucharist — CHP

10:00: Sit and Be Fit — AUD-B

11:00: Wii Bowling — ALAR

11:00: Holy Eucharist — AUD-A

1:30: Line Dancing 1 — LR

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1:30: Total Body & Balance — AUD-B

2:00: WWII Interview: Barbara Currie — CH 971 (See article on page 3.)

2:00: Nationals Baseball Game — LBY

3:00: GHA Players — AC

7:15: Thursday Movie — AUD-AB

The Founder (2017), 1h 55min. “A fact-based tale about the sordid success

of McDonald’s mogul Ray Kroc.” Stars Michael Keaton in a performance that

is praised.

Friday, June 30, 2017

9:00: Zumba — AUD-B

9:30: Gentle Waves — POOL

10:00: Singing Seniors — AUD-A

10:00: Clay Class — AC

10:00: Replay of Thursday Movie — CH 972

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

1:00 - 1:45: Seated Meditation — SOL

2:00: Quilting Bees — AC

3:00: Pianist Bradford Gowen — AUD-A

Saturday, July 1, 2017

1:00: GHA Popular Music — AUD-A

7:15: Saturday Movie — AUD-AB

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), 1h 53 min. Brothers Jeff and Beau

Bridges play two brothers in a twin-piano nightclub act shaken by the addition

of a feisty and sexy singer who sparks changes, played by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Her steamy rendition of Making Whoopee is a classic.

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(AC) = Arts Center

(ALAR) = Assisted Living

Activity Room

(ALDR) = Assisted Living

Dining Room

(AUD-A) = Auditorium A

(AUD-B) = Auditorium B

(AUD-AB) = Auditorium AB

(AUD-BC) = Auditorium BC

(AUD-AC) = Auditorium AC

(AUD-ABC) = Auditorium

ABC

(BR) = Bishops' Room

(CAFE) = Fillmore Café

(CH 971) = Channel 971

(CH 972) = Channel 972

(CHP) = Chapel

(CL) = Clinic

(CR) = Computer Room

(FC) = Fitness Center

(GR) = Game Room

(LBY) = Lobby

(LR) = Living Room

(MDR) = Main Dining

Room

(MP) = Market Place on G-1

(ODR) = Orchard Dining

Room

(RCR) = Residents’

Conference Room

(SOL) = Solarium

ROOM KEY

Sunday, July 2, 2017

9:00: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher — CHP (See article on page 2.)

10:30: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher — AUD-AB (See article on page 2.)

6:00: Sunday Movie — AUD-AB

The Verdict (1982), 2h 9 min, Drama. David Mamet's screenplay is about

a boozing Boston lawyer (Paul Newman) who takes on a law-firm dean

(James Mason), the Archdiocese of Boston, and the system in general.

Paul Newman stars as Frank Galvin, the lawyer who tries to redeem his

personal and professional reputation by winning a difficult medical

malpractice case of a woman who has been left in a coma following an

operation in a large Catholic hospital. Helped by his assistant Mickey (Jack

Warden), he takes the case, hoping for a fast settlement. He is also assisted by

his new girlfriend, Laura (Charlotte Rampling).