2013 June Frasier Mirror

THE MIRROR
June, 2013
Volume 52
IN THIS ISSUE:
Strategic Planning p. 1
Battle of the Bulge p. 2
Memorial Service p. 3
History Corner
p. 4
Bolder Boulder
p. 5
Wellness at Frasier p. 6
Chautauquans
p. 7
Hannah Barker
p. 8
Spring Fling
p. 9
Chicago Fair
p. 10
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June 2013
Strategic Planning Initiative –
Social Responsibility
C
ontinuing with my description of the new Frasier Strategic
Plan initiative, the fourth strategic priority for Frasier is Social
Responsibility. We want to be an asset to the community which
gives us so much. Our strategic goals are to create opportunities
for economic diversity among those Frasier serves, give back to the
community, ensure Frasier remains environmentally responsible,
and establish Frasier as a resource within the community.
We are looking at some of the following questions: Are there ways
that Frasier could serve seniors with limited economic resources?
Could we work with organizations serving moderate income seniors to support or enhance the services they provide? These are issues we will continue to explore.
We give back to the Boulder community in many ways. We house
CareLink, an adult day program serving seniors, and provide office
space for Care Connect, which provides support such as grocery
shopping, home repair, and transportation to seniors. We make our
meeting spaces available at no charge to dozens of non-profit organizations throughout the county. This saves these organizations a considerable amount of
money, making it possible for them to spend those dollars providing services to their clients.
We know that being environmentally responsible is important to many of our residents and is
one of the goals in our Strategic Plan. We actively encourage residents and staff to take advantage of the recycling opportunities we provide, which include not only paper and household
waste but also small and large electronics. In addition, we have established a “Green Committee” composed of residents and staff to develop and implement sustainable initiatives.
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No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne
A
special evening program on May 19 by
military records, he and his co-author have
Don Cygan, co-author of the book
been able to accurately reconstruct the details
above, gave us all insights into how a historiof that critical battle and put that story toan approaches the issue of conflicting docugether for the book, a copy of which is now
ments and remembrances of historical events.
in our library.
Bastogne was a key crossroads in Belgium
that would have given the German army acThe lecture was almost entirely about the
cess to the coastal city of Antprocess of gathering and assemwerp. The town was surrounded
bling information about the battle
by the German army in Decem- . . . in what has rather than the gory details. Thus
ber of 1944 as it burst westward become known it did not intentionally stir up perthrough Allied positions in what
haps unpleasant memories for
as
the
Battle
of
has become known as the Battle
members of the audience who
of the Bulge. It was being demight have served in the European
the Bulge
fended by elements of the nowTheater of Operations. We
st
trapped 101 Airborne Division
learned how a more accurate story
of the U.S. Army and a small anti-tank briof such an event can benefit from the pergade, and had Allied air support. The Gerspective of time and the memories and recmans assumed that success would give them
ords of all parties concerned. Our thanks to
a port for supplies and split the Allied forces.
Bruce and Lois Thompson, new residents
On Christmas eve the Germans unsuccessfuland former neighbors of Don’s father, for arly attempted to eliminate the trapped Allied
ranging this informative presentation.
forces. Their failure was a turning point in
the Battle of the Bulge. It became the last
Pete Palmer
major gasp of the German Army, as the war
ended a few months later.
Don, who is a history teacher with a special
interest in WWII history, found that published accounts of the battle for Bastogne by
Allied and German sources were not always
in agreement about details. He set out about
5 years ago to try to get the true story of what
went on there. He interviewed surviving
members of the Allied forces and the German
panzer divisions as well as citizens of Bastogne at that time. By integrating elements
of these interviews, often with lower-ranking
troops on both sides who had no reputations
to preserve, visits on the ground, and existing
Two boys were walking home
from Sunday school
After hearing a strong preaching
on the devil.
One said to the other, “What do you
think about all this Satan stuff?”
The other boy replied, “Well, you know
how Santa Claus turned out.
It's probably just your Dad.”
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June, 2013
2013 Memorial Service
T
his year’s annual Memorial Service will
be held on Tuesday, June 18th at 7:00
p.m. in Phillips Chapel. Frasier Chaplain Bob
Ritzen will be the speaker for the event. Rabbi
Marc Soloway will lead a prayer and there
will be a special music program. We will remember our residents and community members who have passed away during the last
year.
The Memorial Service, which we have held
annually for over 30 years, is an important
time to remember our friends and family
members and perhaps make an offering in
their memory. We are particularly grateful for
those families who have established Named
Memorials in memory of their loved ones.
This year these include the families of Helen
Briggs, Ida Cummings, Cathy Frank, Pearl
Prawer, Jim Russell, and Mary Ann Wahrer.
We are grateful to those families who direct
gifts to Frasier in their loved one’s memory.
Of course, no gift is necessary to attend the
annual Memorial Service. It is an important
time to gather and remember friends and loved
ones. A dessert reception will follow the service. We look forward to gathering with you
to remember the lives of those we love and
miss.
Kathy Pollicita
PUNS TO PONDER
A rubber-band pistol was confiscated
from an Algebra class, because it was a
weapon of Math disruption.
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Finally, we want to be sure that Frasier is a
resource to other non-profit agencies in the
community, especially those serving seniors.
Frasier has experts who are knowledgeable
about so many issues affecting seniors from
health, to economics, to social and political
policy. Making this expertise available to the
community is another way we can give back.
We are exploring possible ways to make our
knowledge more available within the broader
community.
Success isn't just a reward; it's a responsibility. Frasier’s success gives us the opportunity
to take what we have achieved and use it to
improve the lives of other people. That’s
what Frasier is about.
Tim Johnson,
Frasier President and CEO
Sustainability Seminar,
Wednesday, June 26,7:30 PM
A
t the Conference on World Affairs, some
of us saw a powerful Emmy-award winning documentary Journey of the Universe
and we have obtained a DVD to show it
here. This film is the story of emergences -from the Big Bang to our current level of humanness -- with outstanding images and challenging text. It’s a great way to end the first
part of 2013 and then take a summertime
break. It can make a great Christmas gift, so
enjoy.
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THE HISTORY CORNER — Financial Realities
A
t the same time as these administrative
changes were taking place, leaders of
the Rocky Mountain Methodist Homes were
reluctantly coming to understand their difficult, almost impossible, financial situation,
and especially the limited Conference support of their enterprise. In its application to
the Internal Revenue Service for tax exemption it had described its anticipated income
to include, among other sources, “the Colorado Conference of the Methodist Church,”
but income from the Conference had never
been more than meager.
The problematic support of Frasier by the
churches in the Conference was evident
even in the early days. In 1960 the General
Conference established the position in each
church of a “steward of hospitals and
homes,” a position which Frasier expected
would strengthen its connection with the
churches and lead especially to their financial support. Since Frasier was the only
such institution in the Conference the proposal clearly was focused on its support.
Local elected stewards were placed on Frasier’s mailing list and invitations were is(Continued on page 10)
Channel 54 Movies for June
June 4, 5, 6: Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Sentimental, slow, schmaltzy, and very satisfying, The Bridges of
Madison County finds Clint Eastwood adapting a bestseller with
heft, wit, and grace.
June 11, 12, 13: Pat and Mike (1952)
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy take competition to a romantic and comic highpoint in this elegantly sports comedy directed by George Cukor.
June 18, 19, 20: Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a
young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (Hermione
Gingold and Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young
Gaston (Louis Jourdan). It's not that simple, and Maurice Chevalier plays an aging boulevardier who tells the story and sings (of
course) the song "Gigi."
June 25, 26, 27: The Notebook (2004) J ames Gar ner
plays a regular visitor to a resident (played by Gena Rowlands) of
an area nursing home. Garner reads to her from an old, faded
notebook that contains . . . better watch and find out.
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Frasierites Excel at Bolder Boulder
T
he thirty-fifth running of the Bolder Boulder was enhanced by the inclusion of five
Frasier Meadows residents: Joan De Graaff,
Walter Duncan, Janet Grenda, Chuck Howe
and Gary Langer. These five stalwarts represented Frasier Meadows in this annual six and
one quarter mile test of
endurance that is now
an annual highlight of
the Memorial Day
weekend.
der and is already looking forward to next
year's competition. She felt that her first effort
was a worthy one, but believes that her next
effort will be much better.
Gary Langer, a ser ious veter an of the exer -
Chuck Howe in his r eview of the race was
pleased to say that his
30th effort at this event
was a clear indication
that the 10,000 meter
distance has a capacity
for getting longer each
year. He did however
say, "I plan to be at the
starting line next year."
Janet Grenda was
pleased that her finishing time was very close
to her previous times at Joan De Graaff
Chuck Howe
Janet Grenda
this event. She was parWalter Duncan
Gary Langer
ticularly surprised at the
reception she received from the spectators at
cise wars, also added to the Frasier reputation.
the race. She was also grateful for the frequent
Gary is a multi-year Bolder Boulder runner,
number of hoses that were part of the cooling
and is already planning his assault on the 2014
process at this venue.
race.
Walter Duncan was sur pr ised at the numAll of us at Frasier Meadows should salute our
ber of comments he received from the bystandrepresentatives, and more of us should give
ers for his Frasier "Older is Boulder" tee shirt,
serious thought to entering the Bolder Boulder
a shirt that was provided to the Frasier competnext year.
itors by the Activities Office.
Ted Grenda
Joan De Graaff r an in her fir st Bolder Boul-
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Collage - Continuing the Journey of Wellness at Frasier
W
hat is Wellness? It is more than exercise and good health. Wellness encompasses the whole person: our minds (intellect,
emotions), bodies (physical health and medical
care), our spirit, social lives, community connection and sense of purpose. What makes any
one of us feel at our best is a unique combination of these aspects of Wellness. In the spirit
of Frasier’s commitment to Whole-Person
Wellness our Wellness Department, in collaboration with Independent Living staff, are being trained and will implement a program
called Collage.
What is Collage? Collage is a senior coaching
and assessment process that uses art and science to promote wellness. Collage is a national
consortium of more than 60 non-profit senior
services agencies. Collage provides a voluntary assessment and coaching system where
residents, with the help of staff “coaches,”
have an opportunity to engage in a reflective
and conversational process that results in an
overview of the resident’s current wellness. At
the end of this process the resident might develop one or more wellness goals with the help
of the coach. The staff coach will then check
in quarterly with the resident to provide support and encouragement and reformulate goals
as needed.
The data collected during the Collage process
is confidential and extremely useful. This data
will eventually allow our community to understand more about who our residents are and
design programming that meets the needs of
our unique community. The Collage database
also provides information about seniors
throughout the consortium. This will help Frasier better understand the issues and trends in
senior communities around the country.
Lyn McQueen and Linda Tuber attended a
Collage training last fall and have been learning this tool. We gathered six residents who
agreed to participate in the Collage process.
The feedback from the residents who participated was unanimously positive.
We are presently about to embark on training
some of Frasier Independent Living staff to
become Collage coaches.
Look for future informational sessions to
learn more about Collage before we begin this
process at Frasier. Please contact Lyn McQueen 720-562-4317, lmcqueen@frasier
meadows.org or Linda Tuber 720-562-4372,
[email protected] with questions.
Linda Tuber
Crystal with her son Max
C
rystal Gordillo brought 13-month-old
Maximilliano (Max for short) to the
Grille on May 28 so his “other family” here
could see how he has grown since his first visit last summer.
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Young Chautauquans Portray Historical Figures
T
hree historical figures were brought to
life in the Assembly Room on May 8 by
talented
youngsters
from the
Boulder
Young
Chautauquans program who
presented
dramatic
monologs
they had
researched
and written
themselves.
Trine Jensen as
SixteenAlexandra Romanov year-old
Trine Jensen portrayed Empress Alexandra Romanov in
1918, recounting her tragic life as wife of Tsar
Nicholas; 14-year-old Melanie Rosenberg became Abbie Burgess Grant, a teenage girl
who, in
1875,
heroically
kept a
lighthouse
on the
rocky
Maine
coast
operating
Melanie Rosenberg as Abbie Grant
throughout a fierce storm and rescued a sailor
during her father’s absence; and 8-year-old
Casey Rosenberg, with her blonde hair pulled
back, amazingly took on the persona of Bruce
Lee, the iconic martial arts champion, actor,
and film maker of the 1960s and 1970s.
After each
monolog the
presenter,
still in character, answered
questions
from the audience and
then, going
out of character, told
why she
chose the
person she
portrayed,
what she
Casey Rosenberg as Bruce Lee learned in
the process,
and what her ambitions are.
The goals of the Y oung Chautauquan program are to raise student interest in and
knowledge of American history and to encourage self-confidence, presentation skills,
critical thinking, and good life choices. Judging by the performances and personalities of
these remarkable young people, it is succeeding.
Phil Waggener
PUNS TO PONDER
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
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Hannah Barker Portrayed by Susan Osborne
oulder history was successfully mirrored
again when Kaleidoscope presented in
May their last
lecture of a ninemonth series. Susan Osborne, a
former Boulder
city council
member and
mayor from 2009
-2011, donned a
different hat and
portrayed pioneer
Hannah Barker.
Elegantly dressed
in the attire of an
nineteenth century pioneer woman, and wearing a
large hat with
bright plumage
and flowers, Susan dramatically
characterized the life of Hannah Barker, who
is listed by The Women of the West as one of
the most significant pioneer women of Colorado.
B
riage, leaving Hannah his extensive landholdings and the beautiful Barker home she
lived in for 41 years.
Hannah was an astute businesswoman,
civic leader and
philanthropist. She
was a director of the
Boulder National
Bank, co-founder of
the Boulder Creamery, a financial supporter of Chautauqua
and the Congregational Church. She
donated land at 15th
and Spruce which
later became a Day
Nursery and Barker
Park. Barker Reservoir near Nederland
was built on a meadow owned by Hannah, who fought the construction but lost the
battle. Historic Boulder is currently raising
funding to restore the Barker house at 800
Arapahoe.
Susan began when Hannah Connell was 23
and emigrated from Ireland to Massachusetts
in 1852. She then crossed the wild middle
west with her life-long friend Mary Davidson, for whom Davidson Mesa is named.
Arriving in Colorado, Hannah taught school
at Ward in one of the first one-room school
houses, "civilizing the children of local miners." In 1869 she moved to Boulder to become one of the first female school teachers,
and then married Ezra Barker, a wealthy realtor who had strong mining and ranching interests. Ezra died within six years of mar-
It is a fitting tribute to Hannah Barker that
Susan Osborne portrayed Hannah. Susan
served as neighborhood and historic preservation planner for the city of Boulder from
1977 until her retirement in 1999. Both Susan and Hannah made our community a better place to live. Hats off to Susan and Hannah for their very important contributions.
Thank you Kaleidoscope for planning this
remarkable presentation.
Laura Fischer
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Spring Fling
S
pring was flung (or is that Sprung was flinged?) in the Assembly Room on April 25 when
Jessma Blockwick presided over residents and staff members who provided entertainment
for a packed house. From music from the Frasier Singers to mangled Spoonerisms from Clint
Heiple, the range was large, the presentations polished, the audience appreciative.
The pictures tell the story. If you want to recall the memories you should begin with singing
again the last song, "When It's Springtime in the Rockies." Or perhaps not.
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“Second Friday” Book Discussion
A Hundred and Twenty Years Ago the U.S.
Was Flaunting its Arrival at the Apex of
the Industrial Revolution.
C
hicago was the center of that great celebration, the 1893 Columbian World’s
Fair. Ostensibly the Fair was celebrating the
400 years since Christopher Columbus arrived on American shores. But the real purpose was to shout out to the whole world
that America had survived a devastating
Civil War and, with unparalleled inventiveness, had arrived on the scene as a major
world power.
The Chicago World’s Fair waved America’s
Industrial Flag for just six months. Ten
years later Teddy Roosevelt flaunted the
same message for two years by sending the
“Great White Fleet” of steel battle ships
around the world.
Frasier’s “Second Friday” book discussion
group for June will focus on this period of
our history, concentrating on the spellbinding story of the planning and production of
the Chicago Columbian World’s Fair—
sometimes called the Great White City.
Erik Larson is the author of “The Devil in
the White City.” The book is an example of
a modern style of history writing that “... relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to
give a nonfiction book the dramatic effect
of a novel.”
The “devil” in the story gives spice to the
narrative in a way that only those who attend the book discussion on Friday June 14th
at 2:30 PM in the Assembly Room will
learn.
The discussion will be led by members of a
group who have already reviewed the book.
They will include Louise Lindsey, Alicelee
Ewan, Marilyn Russell, Diana Bunnell,
Betty Meyring, Betty Hill, and Sally Brissenden.
Kevin Burnell
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sued for them to visit the Manor. But success was slow in coming and as early as
1964 Frasier issued a special financial appeal. A letter on April 8, 1964 to ministers
of the Conference from Frasier's Ben
Christner noted that “the amount contributed by the churches is down 30% compared
to the giving of last year for Rocky Mountain Methodist Homes.”
Yet the RMMH Board had voted to underwrite any Manor construction deficits and
to subsidize operating deficits. In 1975
guaranteed payment of principal and interest in obligations incurred in the construction of the health care facility. Where
would these monies come from?
Sam Hayes
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THE MIRROR Images of Frasier Meadows
Retirement Community, Boulder, CO is
published monthly by residents to provide
in-house news and general information for
residents.
June Birthdays
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Herbert Swords ................. 6. 02
Crif Crawford ................... 6. 03
Barbara Meier ................... 6. 03
Brad Beeler ...................... 6. 08
Nancy Tilly....................... 6. 08
Mary Dickerson ................ 6. 10
Louise Dudley .................. 6. 11
Betty O’Brien .................. 6. 12
Tad Sargent ...................... 6. 12
Herbert Plews ................... 6. 14
Laura Fischer .................... 6. 15
Bernice Mock .................. 6. 15
Fay Tracy ......................... 6. 23
Daphne Lewin .................. 6. 26
Lin Rosen ......................... 6. 29
ASSISTED LIVING
Jean Loeffler .................... 6. 07
Bobbi Hays ...................... 6. 11
Wilmar Bernthal .............. 6. 16
Myrtle Heuston ................ 6. 16
HEALTH CARE
Les French ........................ 6. 24
PUBLISHER EMERITUS:
Ed Putzier
PUBLISHER:
John Harris
EDITOR:
Ted Manning
PROOF READER:
Wil Bernthal
REPORTERS:
Kevin Bunnell, Laura Fischer,
Ted Grenda,
Tricia Judd
Janet Klemperer, Phil Waggener
COLUMNISTS:
DISTRIBUTION:
Disorder in the American Courts
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your
husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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Memories In The Making
E
xperts and observers say that familiar
music will often evoke a response in an
otherwise uncommunicative Alzheimer’s patient, sometimes even prompting join-along
singing. So, too, with art, judging from the
artwork displayed in the Memories-in-theMaking Reception and Art Exhibit in the
Health Care Center on May 10th. Some essence of the identity of the art-creating patient seems to be expressed in the paintings.
Two paintings from the exhibit, by Health
Care residents Ellen Leupold and Myrtle
Heuston, have been selected as entries in the
large annual fund-raising auction sponsored
by the Alzheimer’s Society in Denver.
For Ellen Leupold, holding a paintbrush was
nothing new. In her earlier life she was an accomplished and recognized painter, especially after her retirement from a career in computer programming. Her husband, Dick, says
he was impressed with drawings Ellen had
made in a sketchbook before she even started
school. He went on to say that Ellen would
probably say that her proudest moments were
achieving Signature Member status in the
Colorado Watercolor Society, which allowed
her to put the coveted CWS next to her signature on her paintings. The other achievement
was having a painting accepted, from among
thousands of entries, in the top 100 in the National Arts for the Parks competition. The
paintings subsequently went on tour around
the country. Ellen had been a representational
painter, largely of scenery; her entry in the
Alzheimer’s competition is abstract.
In contrast to Ellen, Myrtle Heuston’s introduction to painting occurred only six years
ago when she timidly tried her hand in the art
workshop offered in Assisted Living. Myrtle
experimented slowly with all the materials
available and eventually developed the skill
manifested in her winning entry. Her family
wasn’t surprised to witness this budding talent because Myrtle had demonstrated her
artistry and sense of style during a lifetime
of sewing all her daughters’ clothes (from
“the new look” to mini-skirts), working with
paint and fabric to create warmth and comfort in the many homes the family occupied
Alison McQueen with
Myrtle Heuston & Dick & Ellen Leupold
during Myrtle’s husband’s navy service, and
creating lovely gardens in the natural settings she loved. Her painting is a startling,
somewhat whimsical, rendition of a bird
with an unpronounceable name.
According to Assisted Living Activities Director Alison McQueen, this experiment in
art, begun in 1986 in Assisted Living and
Health Care, has been enormously popular
and successful, not only in the therapeutic
sense but also in the production of delightful
work such as that on display in the Health
Care Center’s lobby.
Trish Judd
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Good weather, bad weather….
B
ill Gail, President-Elect of the American
Meteorological Society, educated us at
the May Sustainability Seminar. Bill began
by reviewing how weather forecasting has
improved over the past several decades, from
barely reliable 3-day forecasts to reasonably
good forecasts 10 to 12 days out. All of this
courtesy of weather satellites and computer
power. His company, Global Weather Corporation, now provides accurate forecasts (he
calls it pinpoint weather), refined from the
data used by TV forecasters. He can forecast
wind conditions for individual wind farms
(and sometimes windmills) for Xcel, road
conditions almost by the mile for CDOT, and
other specialty weather information needed
by governments, businesses or other organizations. The U.S. has one big handicap
when it comes to accurate forecasting. The
funding available for computer power in order to process the complex weather models is
the lowest in the developed world. Also
some of our crucial weather satellites are getting old and cranky and new ones are not in
the pipeline. We rely on weather models
from other industrialized countries to complement ours. The future is potentially bright
for increasing the quality of local forecasts
BUT…
On the downside, Bill pointed out 5 major
risks in our weather future: 1). Hidden heat.
The continental areas of the planet have not
been warming as fast as people feared.
However, less well publicized is that the
oceans are currently taking up the excess
heat and warming rapidly. Warmer oceans
will ultimately provide the energy for more
severe weather over the continents, even as
the continents also warm. 2). The unusual
becomes the norm, often referred to as the
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“black swan” effect. Hurricane Sandy took a
course that no other hurricane in the last several centuries has taken. The British forecasters got it right, which saved some lives,
but it cost insurers a bundle. 3). The jet
stream tracks are shifting northward, with
unclear consequences. 4) Underfunded modeling, mentioned above, will delay forecasting refinements, and 5). Fewer weather satellites, as old ones wear out, could limit our
“eyes” in critical areas. A key east-coast observation satellite developed problems almost as Bill spoke. We may still be partly
“blinded” until another satellite (ours or
somebody else’s) can take up the slack.
He concluded by noting that, in the current
political and economic climate, we are leaving our children 1) tremendous technology;
2) economic and political challenges reflecting ignorance, indifference, or skewed priorities at the highest levels; and 3) climate
change, a wild card with which we have had
no previous experience.
The ball is in our court, but we have not yet
found a feasible way to deliver a winner.
Pete Palmer
Disorder in the American Courts
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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Memorial Day Observed in Assisted Living
F
rasier Care’s Simon Kyeyune led a singalong of patriotic songs and other favorite tunes during an observance of Memorial
Day on the patio outside Assisted Living. The
evening event concluded with toasting of
marshmallows around a “campfire” tended by
Bill Sabin.
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Margaux Laughlin Farewell
A
pril 30 saw a farewell party for Margaux
Laughlin. Margaux has been Activities
Director for the Health Care Center, and is
leaving to move to her husband's new job in
Idaho. She's planning to spend her first
months being a new Mom. To help her out her
colleagues and friends made her farewell party
into a baby shower.
Margaux has been a valued participant in campus-wide Frasier events. To give readers a picture to remind them of Margaux, the Mirror
shows her in this year's Spring Fling as the foil
to Brad Beeler's story about a lady who should
have known better.
Words of Wisdom
As you journey down life's highway
Let this be your goal:
Keep your eye on the doughnut
And not on the hole.
-- Told to the Editor by an old man (he
must have been at least sixty) on the street
in Colorado Springs about 1939.
Margaux Laughlin
with her replacement Bertina Gonzales
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New Residents
M
oving from their home in Chapel Hill,
NC and arriving in FMRC apartment #
003-FS are Eben and Nancy Tilley. Both
Eben and Nancy were born in Cincinnati, OH,
Nancy on June 8th and Eben on May 11th.
They have a son, John, in Boulder. Nancy
worked as a teacher and writer. Eben worked
as a group travel coordinator. Eben’s interests
are model boats. Their new phone number is
720-562-8041. We welcome Eben and Nancy
to our community!
M
oving from their home in Lafayette, CO
and arriving in FMRC apartment # 073FC (temporary) then 379-FC (permanent) are
Edmond (Jim) and Rachel Bender. J im was
born in Laramie, WY on November 20th and
Rachel was born in Gardner, MA on January
7th. Both Jim and Rachel were teachers. They
have three sons Phillip, Clark and Bruce, all
in Colorado. Eben’s interests are cycling and
travel and Rachel’s interests are water color
painting and travel. Their new phone number
is 720-562-8031. We welcome Jim and Rachel to our community!
M
oving from her home in Boulder and
arriving at FMRC apartment # 031-FC
is Mary Axe. Mary was born in Lakewood,
OH on October 6th. She worked as administrator at the Univ. of Colorado Research Institute. Her interests include knitting, reading,
films, hiking and cultural activities. Her new
phone number is 720-562-8259. We welcome
Mary to our community!
In Loving Memory
Mary (Eleanor) Shulls
Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . .
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 13, 1922
Nov. 30, 2002
May 26, 2013
M
oving from their Boulder home and arriving at FMRC apartment # 006-FS are
Robert and Louise Dudley. Robert was bor n
in Kodaikanal, India on May 7th. Louise was
born in Syracuse, NY on June 11th. Both Robert and Louise were international civil servants
with the Atomic Energy Agency. They have a
son Stephen in Colorado. Their interests include outdoor activities and cultural events.
Their new phone number is 720-562-8173. We
welcome Robert and Louise to our community!
Disorder in the American Courts
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the
autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient
was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my
desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still
been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have
been alive and practicing law.
THE MIRROR
June, 2013
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Saturday June Movies (7:30pm)
June 1: Lincoln (2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this "witty, dignified portrait" that both entertains and informs.
June 8: Mrs. Brown (1997)
"A witty, thoughtful script" that allows Judy Dench and her fellow
actors to provide a semi-fictional historical account of a relationship.
June 15: Shane (1953)
A classic Western about a Wyoming range war. Alan Ladd, Van Heflin starred, George Stevens directed.
June 22: Marvin’s Room (1996)
The family is disfunctional, but the cast is superb: Meryl Streep, Diane
Keaton, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
June 29: Quartet (2013)
Beecham House isn't Frasier, but it could be . . . three members and
friends confront the arrival of a new resident, who turns out to be their
former fourth who left under a cloud.
Life’s journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body
but rather to skid sideways, totally worn out, shouting
“Holy Cow, What a Ride.”
(So on the way enjoy a Frasier-made beer)