Gazette. Sunday, August 27, Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA Gazette 8/27/2017 1

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1 Gazette Sunday, August 27, Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE This week is a historic time for Goodwin House and specifically for Goodwin House Alexandria. On August 25 th we celebrated our 50 th anniversary of serving the aging population in Northern Virginia. The remarkable residents and accomplishments of GHA since 1967 are a real hallmark. Residents, family members, friends, and staff have touched each other s lives. Happy Anniversary, Goodwin House Alexandria! Even the sun and the moon came together this week to celebrate our 50 th! Harry Baldwin BIG THANKS! Thanks to all those who helped make Thursday, August 17, so special with the visit of Bishop Johnston for the blessing of the new Health Care Center. The many contributors were ushers and greeters, readers and chalice bearers, altar guild, staff and resident transporters, Housekeeping and Dining Services, Jim Diehl and Peggy Moore leading our music, the tour by Josh Bagley, and most especially Jane Rosman, who orchestrated it all and coordinated scheduling with the Diocese and the lovely lunch for the Bishop with the Residents Council and Executive Staff. Thanks for everyone s assistance, attendance, and participation! Bruce Stewart BUDGET MEETING The budget presentation to the residents, originally scheduled for Monday, August 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, has been changed to Thursday, August 31 at 2:00 p.m. in Auditorium ABC. Gazette 8/27/2017 1

2 IF YOU ARE NEW If you are new to Goodwin House, you may not be familiar with our listserv or Google Group. Our group is called gharesidents. It exists to give GHA residents the opportunity to exchange information of mutual interest, to make timely announcements, to ask for and give advice, and to engage in other neighborly discourse (avoiding political and other advocacy). We often attach to our messages video clips or slide shows that we think will interest other residents. Who can be a member? Any GHA resident with access to a computer can join our Google Group. If you do not have your own computer, you can use any of the machines available to residents in the Computer Center located on G1, opposite the swimming pool. Getting started. Simply send an to Henry Lowenstern at hlowenstern@gmail.com or to Mike McCaffree at mikemccaffree@gmail.com. We will enroll you as a member with your address. Once you are a member, you can choose whether to receive all messages other residents send to gharesidents@googlegroups.com. You also will be able to use that same address to send messages and attachments to other members. The gharesidents website. If you prefer not to receive gharesidents s, you have the option to go to our website: groups.google.com/ group/gharesidents to read all messages and attachments, including comments about them submitted by other members. Henry Lowenstern BACK-TO-SCHOOL OUTREACH PROJECT The Memorial Chapel Outreach Committee Back-to-School Project for 2017 is supporting the work of the T. C. Williams High School International Academy in Alexandria. Checks should be made out to T.C. Williams High School International Academy (memo: GHA Back-to- School). Cash should be placed in envelopes marked back-to-school. TOTAL SO FAR: $1, as of 8/20/17 Please bring your donation to any Chapel service or leave it at the Front Desk marked for the Chaplain s office. Thank you! Bruce Stewart In Memoriam TIMOTHY ELLIOTT August 7, 2017 Gazette 8/27/2017 2

3 REUSABLE GREEN DINING CONTAINERS Several green dining containers have been found in trash cans! The green containers are reusable and are meant to be returned to Dining Services. There are several green recycling bins around Goodwin House where you may return them. We would greatly appreciate it if all green containers are returned to a designated recycling bin when you are done with them: Locations of Green Recycling Bins: Main Dining Room by both entrances Across from elevators 7 & 8 G1 across from entrance to Mixing Bowl (Employee Dining Room) Thank you! Dining Services Management Team UPGRADING KEYLESS LOCKS We are in the process of upgrading all residents doors keyless locksets with the latest in security-lock technology. Work has started in the Tower and will move to the Original Building once the Tower apartments are completed. Front Desk staff will notify residents beforehand so they know when to expect the technicians. The conversion process is relatively easy and not very time-consuming. Residents are not required to do anything to facilitate this process. The new locksets operate in the same manner as the old ones, and key cards now used by residents to enter their apartments will automatically work with the newly installed locksets. Your keycards also should give you access to the Small House via the courtyard. If your keycard does not work, please see Front Desk staff. Questions may be directed to Front Desk Manager Selam Belete or Administrator of Operations David Baker. David P. Baker The deadline for the weekly Gazette is every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. Please submit all articles via to Jenny Wu: cwu@goodwinhouse.org Gazette 8/27/2017 3

4 SEPTEMBER LUNCH TRIPS All the sign-up sheets for September will come out on Monday, August 28. Please sign up outside the Life Enrichment office. Enjoy lunch at Farmers and Distillers in D.C. on Friday, September 8. The bus will depart at 11:30 a.m. and return around 2:30 p.m. Transportation costs $ Come with us and have a picnic at Pohick Bay Regional Park on Wednesday, September 13. We will bring lunch and enjoy the warm weather under a reserved picnic shelter. The park has hiking trails and miniature golf to enjoy along with the scenic natural bay. Residents who wish to drive themselves are also welcome. The bus will depart at 11:00 a.m. and return at 3:00 p.m. Transportation costs $ We will go to Guapo s Mexican restaurant on Thursday, September 28. The bus will depart at 11:30 a.m. and return around 1:30 p.m. Transportation costs $5.00. Matt Schwartz EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RETURN Our shared discussion with students from Episcopal High School on Inauguration Day was such a rousing success for all involved that the school has asked to make such visits a regular part of the students lives. Episcopal High School students will be visiting Goodwin House on Wednesday, September 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel and Solarium. We will set up groups of students with at least one resident per group. Topics for discussion are still being considered. This group of students will also be trained as volunteers for GHA. You will see them serving here throughout their years of study at Episcopal High. Please sign up as a group conversationalist on the sheet outside Life Enrichment. IDENTIFICATION CARDS Residents who would like a GHA Identification Card for their wallet, please see Carol Opiela in Marketing. These cards identify that you are a resident of Goodwin House Alexandria. In an emergency outside of our community, they tell the responders to call our Front Desk staff to notify us of your location and what has happened. Carol Opiela Gazette 8/27/2017 4

5 SEPTEMBER CULTURAL TRIPS All the sign-up sheets for September will come out on Monday, August 28. Please sign up outside the Life Enrichment office. Explore the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Wednesday, September 6. See the American Visionary: John F. Kennedy s Life and Times exhibit. The bus will depart at 1:00 p.m. and return at 3:30 p.m. Transportation costs $15.00; admission is free. On Saturday, September 16 we will go to Mount Vernon to enjoy the annual Colonial Market & Fair. Colonial-attired artisans demonstrate 18th-century crafts and sell traditional wares such as baskets, woodcarvings, tin and ironwork, leather-workings, weavings, and furniture all on the beautiful grounds of Mount Vernon. Food and entertainment round out the celebration. A wonderful way to spend an early autumn day. The bus departs at 10:00 a.m. and returns at 2:00 p.m. Transportation cost is $15.00 and admission is $ On Wednesday, September 27, we will explore the Hirshhorn Musuem and see the Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn exhibition. The monumental installation portrays individuals from around the world whom the artist and various human rights groups consider to be activists, prisoners of conscience, and advocates of free speech. Each of these 176 portraits comprises thousands of plastic LEGO bricks. The bus will depart at 10:00 a.m. and return at 1:00 p.m. Transportation cost is $15.00 and admission is free. Matt Schwartz LIBRARY CLOSED The GHA Library has been successfully packed up and stored. The inventory is being safely stored in a climate-controlled facility awaiting relocation to its new home this fall. Please keep all checked-out books until the library re-opens. The periodical rack and the give one-take one paperback book cart are available for use and are now located in the seating area between the Living Room and the Small Houses. The public library shuttle will continue every Tuesday morning leaving GHA at 9:45 a.m. and returning by 11:00 a.m. There is no charge for this service. Gazette 8/27/2017 5

6 The Weekly Schedule Sunday, August 20, 2017 Sunday, August 27, 2017 (The room location key is at the end of this calendar.) Sunday, August 27, 2017 Monday, August 28, :00: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher CHP Please welcome The Rev. David Crosby as our guest preacher and presider for both services today. 10:30: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher AUD-AB 6:00: Foreign Film AUD-A Lemon Tree (2008), 1h 46min. In this foreign-language drama, Palestinian widow (Hiam Abbass) fights to keep her lemon grove from being uprooted when Israeli security forces declare it a threat to the Israeli defense minister (Doron Tavory) living next door. Teaming with a young lawyer (Ali Suliman), the widow takes her case to the Israeli Supreme Court. But in the process of seeking justice, she's forced to hide the forbidden bond growing between them. 9:00: Fun & Fitness AUD-B 9:30: Gentle Waves POOL 10:00: Catholic Communion CHP 10:00: Trailblazers: Green Springs LBY 10:00: Beginners Line Dancing LR 10:00: Neighborhood Studios AC 10:15: Water Fit POOL 11:30: Tai Chi AUD-AB 12:30: NVCC Class: Classical Music Appreciation AUD-A 1:00: Bus to Bailey's Shopping Center LBY 2:00: Drawing Class AC 2:00: FY 2018 Budget Meeting Rescheduled to Thursday, August 31 3:00: Art Film Canceled 3:00: Support Services Committee RCR 3:00: Social Monday - Salsa & Chips ALAR Gazette 8/27/2017 6

7 Tuesday, August 29, :00: Morning Stretch Class AUD-B 9:30: NVCC Class: Painting I AC 9:45: Library Shuttle LBY 10:00: Sit and Be Fit AUD-B 11:00: Wii Bowling AUD-B 11:00: Bible Study CHP 1:00: Poker LR 1:30: Core & Balance AUD-B 3:00: Tasty Tuesday - Auntie Anne's Pretzels ALAR Come and enjoy a nice warm pretzel with dipping sauce. 7:30: Tuesday Evening Entertainment: Song and Dance AUD-AB National touring artists Double Play will present Song and Dance. As the world s only full-time professional flute and tuba duo, their repertoire covers a span of 300 years! This husband and wife team has performed together for over 27 years, entertaining and educating audiences in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Mexico. Amy Ridings is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory; Patrick Sciannella holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Wednesday, August 30, :00: Fun & Fitness AUD-B 9:30: Gentle Waves POOL 9:30-11:30: Market Place Accepts Donations MP 10:00: Painting Studio AC 10:00: Spanish Conversation Group BR 10:15: Water Fit POOL 11:00: Teaching Company AUD-A Understanding Greek and Roman Technology: From Catapult to the Pantheon Ep. 5 From Temple to Basilica Timber Roof Systems Ep. 6 Construction Revolution Arches and Concrete 12:30: NVCC Class: Classical Music Appreciation LR Please note the temporary change of location. 2:00: Studio with Kate AC Gazette 8/27/2017 7

8 Thursday, August 31, :00: Morning Stretch Class AUD-B 9:00: Clothing Collection BR 9:30: NVCC Class: Painting I AC 10:00: Sit and Be Fit AUD-B 10:00: Holy Eucharist CHP 11:00: Wii Bowling AUD-B 11:00: Holy Eucharist AUD-A 12:00: Dining Thursday - Valentino's ALAR Come and join us for some good old New York style pizza. Reserve your place by contacting Nadine Martin at :30: Line Dancing 1 LR 1:30: Core & Balance SOL Please note the temporary change of location. 2:00: FY 2018 Budget Meeting AUD-ABC (See article on page 1.) 3:00: GHA Players AC 7:15: Thursday Movie AUD-AB Going in Style (2017), 1h 36min. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin play elderly bank robbers with restraint and taste in this easy-going comedy. Friday, September 1, :00: Fun & Fitness Canceled 9:30: Gentle Waves POOL 10:00: Core and Balance Express Canceled 10:00: Bradlee Shopping Center LBY 10:00: Singing Seniors AUD-A 10:00: Clay Class AC 10:00: Replay of Thursday Movie CH :15: Water Fit POOL 11:30: Friends in Grief BR 1:00-1:45: Seated Meditation AUD-B Seated Meditation is permanently moved to Auditorium from the Solarium. 2:00: Bridge Club LR 2:00: Quilting Bees AC Gazette 8/27/2017 8

9 Saturday, September 2, :00: GHA Popular Music AUD-A 7:15: Saturday Movie AUD-AB Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003), 1h 39min. Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson star in this exquisite story of how a scullery maid came to pose for one of Vermeer s most famous portraits. Sunday, September 3, :00: Holy Eucharist CHP 10:30: Holy Eucharist AUD-AB 6:00: Sunday Movie AUD-A Dave (1993), 1h 50min. To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance is put in his place. (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 ROOM KEY (AUD-ABC) = Auditorium ABC (BR) = Bishops' Room (CH 971) = Channel 971 (CH 972) = Channel 972 (CHP) = Chapel (CL) = Clinic (LBY) = Lobby (LR) = Living Room (MP) = Market Place on G-1 (RCR) = Residents Conference Room (RF) = Roof (SOL) = Solarium Gazette 8/27/2017 9