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1 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 1 WEST WINDS NEWSLETTER FOR GOODWIN HOUSE BAILEY S CROSSROADS 3440 S. Jefferson Street, Falls Church, VA Volume 28, Number 46 November 6, 2017 Inside this Issue Community Updates Films for the Week Inside the Art Center Community Corner HCC/AL Programs Weekly Calendar Annual Christmas Card Sale The annual Christmas card sale will be held on Wednesday, November 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Rotunda. Single cards are priced at 10 cents per card with boxed cards priced according to the number of cards in the box. Also available, will be a limited selection of gift bags, wrapping paper, gift tags, bows and ribbon. We have a limited number of small, uniquely decorated gift boxes priced according to size. Cards will not be available at the Christmas Bazaar so this is your opportunity to stock up now! MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY! Every year residents of GHBC provide the food for a bountiful Thanksgiving Dinner at the Fairfax Baileys Crossroads Shelter. While we are enjoying our Thanksgiving feast, we can be thankful that we have made it possible for homeless folks at the Shelter to enjoy their feast. Members of the Community Services Committee will have a table in the Rotunda from November to accept your donation. Our dining services department buys the food and delivers it to the Shelter. Thank you for your support. Visit our table November between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY BAZAAR! It Takes a Christmas Village!!! Our fabulous Holiday/Christmas Bazaar on December 6, will take a GHBC village full of folks to work to set up, serve, and clean up. Watch for our grand sign up poster in the Rotunda to see what you can do to help staff this event that benefits our own Foundation. Your Red Hat Committee and the wonderful What Not Shop ladies have been at work all year preparing for this event and soon it will be your turn to lend a hand. You might be the one to unpack a real Christmas Village! We will need assistance on both December 5th and 6th. Remember to drop by our Card Sale on November 8th! THE JOY OF MOVIES Join Eddie Eisen on Thursday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. in the Media Room for the Joy of Movies featuring On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando, Eve Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb and Karl Maldan directed by Elia Kazan. Don t miss this exciting new program!

2 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 2 VOTING IN THE AUDITORIUM Virginia s election for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and The House of Delegates is on Tuesday, November 7. GHBC residents can vote that day in the Auditorium from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. VETERANS BREAKFAST The annual Veterans Breakfast will be held at 9:00 a.m. in the Jefferson Dining Room on Saturday, November 11. This special buffet breakfast will be prepared and served by our dedicated Dining Services staff. There will be a guest speaker, and the Jefferson Street String Band will provide music. Reservation sheets will be sent out to all known veterans and widows/widowers of deceased veterans. Please make your reservations promptly. Please contact Bill Rockey with any questions. HAVE YOU WATCHED THE EMPLOYEE SLIDESHOW? Each Friday of the 2017 Employee Gift Fund a new video of staff will be shown on the large screens outside the Mailroom and near the Pointe elevators. We hope that you are enjoying these extraordinary photos of our GHBC staff. Not every staff member pictured is eligible to receive one of our gift checks, but each of our nearly 500 employees does her/his best to help us thrive. We felt they all deserved to be showcased in this way. The videos are also shown on the Coming Events page of the Resident Website, but without identifying names or locales. We have resident Peg Bethany to thank for 400 hours of work over three months (while she is still gainfully employed at the Virginia Hospital Center) taking pictures of as many of our day, evening, and night staff as she could find and who agreed to be photographed. Contributions to the Fund are accepted all year, but the 2017 gift checks will be based on money collected no later than November 26. Follow the footprints in the Mailroom to deposit checks made out to Employee Gift Fund in the designated, be-flowered box in the mailroom. NOVEMBER IN THE CHAPEL: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Special Wednesday Service in November! On Wednesday, November 22 (Thanksgiving Eve), we will have our annual Thanksgiving Service with Holy Eucharist (with music). Also, the Season of the Sundays after Pentecost ends December 2, and we will usher in Advent on Sunday, December 3. Reminder about Sunday and Wednesday Chapel Offerings and other GHBC Chapel Donations: All Chapel offerings (unless otherwise designated) are used for defraying the costs of the Chapel services (organist, flowers and related expenses). Donations to the Goodwin House Foundation, designated GHBC Chapel Fund on the GHF envelope, help pay the honorariums and other costs for organ recitals, Senior Quest speakers, and other expenses involving the spiritual life of the GHBC community. All donations via check or the special Chapel or GHF envelopes will be acknowledged at the end of the year for your taxfiling purposes. For more information about either type of contribution, see Chaplain Theresa Brion. On the information table at the Chapel entrance, you also will find a brief description of the funds and how to write out any checks to assure that they are directed as you wish. Thank you for your generous gifts that make these activities possible.

3 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 3 GHBC RESIDENT ART EXHIBITION The GHBC Resident Exhibition dates are November 13, 2017 through January 15, Residents can drop off two pieces of art on Monday, November 13 between 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Contact Art Center Coordinator Anthony Brock to set up an alternative drop-off time if necessary. POINTE PARKING REMINDER When accessing the Pointe Garage, please do not follow behind other vehicles. The blinking red light indicates that the garage door is closed. Please allow seconds for the light to turn blue. Once the light turns blue, the garage door is open and you may proceed down the ramp. If there are multiple cars waiting to enter the garage, wait until the light returns to red and then to blue. The garage door is designed to close after one vehicle passes into the garage and will close on vehicles following. In the event the garage door does not open in a timely manner or closes before you pass into the garage, please press the intercom button and identify yourself to the receptionist on the end of the line. REMINDERS FROM THE GREEN TEAM WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS Expired or no-longer-needed medications, when tossed in the trash or flushed down the toilet, become hazardous waste - toxic in ground water and rivers. Please bring all expired meds to the Clinic Desk for safe disposal. TWO RECYCLING REMINDERS Recycling at GHBC has evolved over the years, based on regulations from Fairfax County and the company, Republic Services, which picks up our recyclable items and our trash. The items we dispose of fall into three basic categories: recyclable items, hazardous waste, and genuine trash. Watch West Winds for more details about how and where each of these items are handled here. Can we recycle plastic bags and metal clothes hangers? Yes. Take clean plastic bags to the receptacle on the left as you enter Giant, and drop off metal clothes hangers at your dry cleaners. The What Not Shop is happy to receive your paper and plastic bags with handles.

4 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 4 Jane Coughran, with her elderly cat Callie, moved into Crossroads apartment 618 from Old Town, Alexandria, on September 20. Except for a brief time in DC during WWII, she grew up in California, where she graduated from Berkeley High School in 1956, and from Stanford University in She spent her junior year in Spain at the University of Madrid. Although she had a degree in Hispanic-American Studies, she was offered a job in Rome with an Italian bank and later worked there for an American company that was building listening sites along the Iron Curtain. In 1964, she returned to the U.S. to work for Olivetti in New York, developing marketing exhibits for their business machines and traveling around the country to set up the exhibits. When Olivetti phased out its American subsidiary, she joined Time Life Books as an historical researcher. Again her job involved much exciting travel. In 1976, the company relocated to Alexandria, and Jane came with them as a picture editor and writer of illustrated histories until Time-Life Books closed in She then worked as a contract writer and volunteered as a docent at Carlyle House. She is a member of the Armenia Sister City Committee and a volunteer with THIS for Diplomats (The Hospitality and Information Service), an organization that welcomes foreign diplomats posted in Washington, DC. Jane is quite familiar with GHBC, as her parents lived here. She is interested in our various activities, especially the Fitness Center, the pool, the game room, and internationally oriented seminars. She enjoys shooting pool and playing ping pong, although she claims to be an expert at neither. She would like to become involved in an Italian-speaking lunch group. She loves classical and Latin music, musical theater, and books. She is a big fan of Stanford football! Margaret and Wayne Kelley moved into Apartment 777 in the Pointe on October 3. They came from Holmes Beach, Florida, where they had lived for a few years. They had lived in Alexandria since Margaret grew up in Duluth, where she graduated from East High School in She went on to the University of Minnesota, Duluth, interrupting her studies there to go to Finland on a scholarship. After that program she traveled around Europe eventually settling in Paris where she worked as an au pair for a French family and studied French language at the Sorbonne for 18 months. Back in Duluth, she completed her degree in English and French and also obtained teaching credentials. She worked in New York for Oxford University Press and then went to London to teach French. Returning to New York, she taught in Mamaroneck, New York, and met Wayne. They followed Wayne s job to Atlanta and then to DC. Margaret taught for several years in DC, then worked for a trade association reporting on congressional hearings. In retirement she became a photographer and exhibited her pictures of birds in an Anna Maria Island art gallery. She has also done extensive genealogy research and has mentored young students in reading. Wayne was born in Rochester, New York and grew up in Coral Gables, Florida, where he graduated from high school in He graduated from Vanderbilt University in He was drafted near the end of the Korean War and was assigned to counter-intelligence. When he got out of the army, he went to work for the Atlanta Journal as City Desk clerk and then as Federal Court reporter. He moved to the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle where he was City Editor and later State Capital reporter. In 1963, he was chosen for a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism at Harvard. He returned to the Atlanta Journal in 1965, where he covered state politics and the civil rights movement. The Journal made him their Washington correspondent in 1968, and the family moved to Virginia. He was hired by Congressional Quarterly Inc. in 1969, as a political reporter and worked his way up to publisher. In 1991, he was appointed Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office. In retirement he enjoys tennis and reading, especially American history and mystery novels.

5 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 5 NOTES FOR THE WEEK Botanic Gardens Trip- Sign up in the Resident Business center for a trip to the Botanic Gardens on Wednesday, November 8. The bus departs at 9:30 a.m. with a $15 transportation fee. The Book Group will meet on Thursday, November 9, at 10:30 a.m. in the Top of the West. The book to be discussed this month is My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout. If you have a copy that you checked out from the Group at the last meeting, please be sure to bring it to turn in. All are welcome. The WhatNot Shop will be open on Thursday, November 9, for a 50% off sale on everything except furniture. Come on down for the bargains you don t want to miss. Shop hours are 12:30 until 3:00 p.m. Gratitude and reasons to be thankful are subjects for our November poetry meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, in the Smith Study. Pick out a poem (or two or three) and join us for a lively session. Everyone is welcome. Spiritual Companions will meet on Thursday, November 9, at 3:30 p.m. in the Formal Parlor. We will be discussing the chapters on Fear and Meaning from our book, "The Gift of Years" by Joan Chittister. This is an excellent book that speaks directly to us here in GHBC. All are welcome, come and check us out. On Tuesday, November 14, at 3:30 p.m., the Health Care Center will be hosting a Tea w/ Friends Social and a Hat Parade. if you have a fun hat that you would like to donate to Therapeutic Recreation please drop it off in the recreation office on the 2nd floor or contact Vy Tran at Vtran@goodwinhouse.org. Remembrance Day Celebration - Please mark your calendar for the annual Remembrance Day Celebration on Friday, November 17, at 3:00 p.m. in the Goodwin House Bailey s Crossroads Auditorium. This is the time that we honor all of the residents who have died during the past year. UPCOMING FILMS TUESDAY MOVIE: EYE OF THE LEOPARD - In this National Geographic program shot over the course of three years, filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert track the fascinating life of a young leopard named Legadema, capturing the cub's childhood in the forests of Botswana via flashback and following her through to adulthood. Segments focus on important learned behaviors that prepare the once defenseless leopard for life on her own, including the proper way to hunt and kill large game. Tuesday, November 7, at 2:00 p.m. Media Room. 1 hour 30 min, WEDNESDAY GREAT COURSES- HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: The 48 lectures of History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective take you on a multidisciplinary journey that ranges across not only the traditional domains of politics and war that are normally the province of history courses, but also those of religion, philosophy, architecture and the visual arts, literature, and science and technology, to name but a few. Wednesday, November 8, at 3:00 p.m. in the Media Room. SATURDAY EVENING MOVIE: THE BIG SICK - After meeting at a stand-up comedy show, funnyman Kumail and graduate student Emily embark on a romance. But as the expectations of his strict Muslim family create conflict between the couple, their relationship begins to crumble. Saturday, November 11, at 7:15 p.m. in the Media Room. Rated R (graphic language), 2017, 1 hours 59 min. Please note location change!

6 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 6 Monday, November 6 10:00 a.m. Watercolor Botanicals Create a series of botanical watercolor paintings inspired by floral photographs from the Art Center Library! We will use a variety of watercolor papers including yuppo paper. 1:00 p.m. Art Film The Universe of Keith Haring-Part 2 This documentary covers the life and art of pop artist icon Keith Haring. Haring s career started when he painted in subways and on walls of buildings in New York City. His work later was included in the world s most prestigious galleries and collections. Tuesday, November 7 10:00 a.m. Middle Eastern Ceramic Tiles Create tiles inspired from the ancient tradition of the Middle East. Examine and study examples of these tiles to create your own unique tile! 1:00 p.m. Watercolor Botanicals Abstracted Create an exaggerated abstraction based on one of the watercolor botanicals from the previous class. Wednesday, November 8 1:00 p.m. Watercolor Painting Thursday, November 9 2:00 p.m. Wood Carving Join Joel and Mike our master wood carvers! Friday, November 10 9:30 a.m. Drawing with Color Instructor Rula Brock returns to the Art Center for this six- week class on drawing. Graphite and colored pencils are combined to create drawings. This class is open to all skill levels, and the instructor has requested that residents who sign-up for the class attend at least five out of the six classes. COMMUNITY CORNER Everyone agrees that our GHBC 30 th Anniversary celebration was a HUGE SUCCESS! Our heartfelt thanks go to all the members of the staff of Dining and Resident Services! Planning took place over a period of three months. Tiffany Proctor, Lori Simpson, Peter Moutsos, Chief Chef Allyson Lara, Robin Norman and Ghizlane Aiad spent this time discussing and testing recipes, choosing table china and cutlery, interviewing bands for the evening entertainment, and discussing setup and decorations. Once a menu was selected, work began on its presentation and it was spectacular! Mussels, scallops and shrimp were beautifully displayed and available upon entry to the dining room. Out of this world Lobster Bisque was served, followed by a salad which was an artistic masterpiece (nobody was able to figure out how they put it together). The entrees were each a thing of beauty (You could have framed! them!). As for the desserts, they were not only attractive, they were delicious! Did you ever see a Granny Smith apple so delightfully halved, hollowed out and put back together open wide to hold an assortment of fresh fruit? What an outstanding banquet our Dining staff created! Let s not forget the outstanding accomplishment of the Resident Services staff. As the 26 th of October drew near, Vy Tran and a team of staff orchestrated and handled distribution of the beautiful rose center pieces. Everyone worked on the decorations for the dining areas (including the 2 nd and 3 rd floors). Hors d oeuvres and cocktails (in which alcohol prevailed) were served in the Rotunda. Last, but certainly not least, Kudos go to Geraldine and her crew. They not only had to arrange the Rotunda for the cocktail hour, they also had to set up the Auditorium dance floor, tables, and the chairs that were in the Rotunda earlier. What a staff we have! Let them know at every opportunity how much we appreciate them! Dottie Moser, Resident

7 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 7 ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS November 6- November 12, 2017 Monday November 6 10:45 Exercise with Joann 11:15 Chaplain Visits 12:30 Conversation Starters 2:30 Bulls Eye Trivia 3:30 Room Visits: Games on the Go Tuesday November 7 10:45 Exercise with Joann 1:00 Veterans Committee (TOTW) 2:30 The Price is Right 3:30 Daily News with Hot Apple Cider Wednesday November 8 10:45 Exercise with Joann 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Perspectives on the News (SS) 4:00 Sudoku with Brittany (HCC) 4:00 Music with Bob & Anne Thursday November 9 8:30 Ladies & Gents Breakfast 10:30 Service project for Arlington Bank (HCC 10:45 Exercise with Leslie 12:00 Thanksgiving themed Table Trivia 2:00 1:1 with Kim and Amanda 3:00 Finish the lyrics and snacks 4:00 The Tate Family (HCC) 4:45 Piano with Dot Friday November 10 10:45 Exercise with Leslie 1:30 Afternoon Movie (Community Room) 2:30 Activity Cart games and Puzzles Saturday November 11 9:00 Veterans Breakfast (Jefferson Dining Room) 11:00 Activity Cart 11:15 PALS Pet Visitors 1:00 Saturday at the Opera (MR)) 2:30 Afternoon snacks with Vilma 3:00 Afternoon Movie in the Community Room 7:15 Movie: The Big Sick (Media Room) Sunday November 12 10:00 Catholic Communion (TOTW) 10:30 Holy Eucharist (CH) 10:45 AM UUCA Fellowship (Board Room) 11:15 AM UUCA Service (Board Room) 1:15 Sunday Service (HCC) HEALTH CARE CENTER PROGRAMS Monday, November 6 10:30 Bible Study 11:00 Chair Exercise 2:30 Small Art Group 4:00 Giant Crossword Puzzles Tuesday, November 7 10:30 November Monthly Gazette 11:00 Chair Zumba! 2:00 Afternoon Friendly Visits Pet Visits w/ Charley the Dog 2:30 The Price is Right (AL) 3:30 Food Fun Facts! Wednesday, November 8 10:30-11:30 Morning Art Therapy Group 3:30 Afternoon Social in Households 4:00 Sodoku Group w/ Amanda Thursday, November 9 8:30 Ladies & Gents Breakfast Group in the Bistro 10:30 Food for Others Service Project 11:15 Coffee & Chat 2:00 Afternoon Snacks: Apple Crisps 4:00 Violin & Cello Concert w/ the Tate Family in Lavender Friday, November 10 10:30 Puzzles and Games in Households 11:00 Balloon Toss in Households 4:00 Refreshments and Music in Households Saturday, November 11 10:30 PALS Pet Visiting Group 11:00 Chair Exercise 3:30 Afternoon Movie & Coffee Sunday, November 12 10:30 Daily Chronicle 1:15 HCC Sunday Service 3:30 Puzzles & Games

8 WEST WINDS November 6, 2017 Page 8 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Total Body, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. Total Body, Aerobics Room, 9:00 a.m. Aqua Jam and Tone, Pool, 10:00 a.m. Watercolor Botanicals, Art Center, 10:00 a.m. Chair Yoga, Aerobics Room, 10:00 a.m. Memoirs, Smith Study, 11:00 a.m. Brain-Body-Balance $, 11:15 a.m. Chair Fit, Fitness Center, 11:30 a.m. Art Film: Keith Haring, Media Room, 1:00 p.m. Scrabble, Game Room, 2:00 p.m. Bible Study, Top of the West, 3:30 p.m. Mexican Dominoes, Game Room, 7:00 p.m. Duplicate Bridge, Card Room, 7:00 p.m. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 *Voting, Auditorium, 6:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. Get Started, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. Water Balance, Pool, 10:00 a.m. Middle Eastern Ceramic Tiles, Art Center, 10:00 a.m. Pilates Video, 10:00 a.m. SAIL Review, Fitness Center, 10:00 a.m. Tai Chi, Aerobics Room, 11:30 a.m. Shopping Shuttle, Departs at 11:30 a.m. Veterans Committee, Top of the West, 1:00 p.m. Watercolor Botanicals Abstracted, Art Center, 1:00 p.m. Knit for Kids, Art Center, 1:30 p.m. Line Dance Class, Aerobics Room, 2:00 p.m. Wii Bowling, Aerobics Room, 3:00 p.m. Matinee: Eye of the Leopard, Media Room, 2:00 p.m. Newcomers et al., Formal Parlor, 4:00 p.m. Poker Game, Game Room, 7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Total Body Express, Aerobics Room, 8:15 a.m. Total Body, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. Total Body, Aerobics Room, 9:00 a.m. Botanic Gardens Trip, Departs at 9:30 a.m. Christmas Card Sale, Rotunda, 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Chapel, 10:00 a.m. H2O Fitness, Pool, 10:00 a.m. Brain-Body-Balance $, 10:00 a.m. Contemplative Worship, Smith Study, 11:00 a.m. Music Committee, Formal Parlor, 11:15 a.m. Watercolor Painting, Art Center, 1:00 p.m. Perspectives on the News, Smith Study, 2:00 p.m. Great Courses: Ancient World, Med. Room, 3:00 p.m. BINGO, Top of the West, 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Get Started, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. Pilates, Aerobics Room, Video, 10:00 a.m. BOM COM, Board Room, 10:00 a.m. The Book Group, Top of the West, 10:30 a.m. ABC Fitness, Aerobics Room, 11:00 a.m. Chair Fit, Fitness Center, 11:30 a.m. Rosary Group, Chapel, 12:30 p.m. WhatNot Shop Open, 12:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m. PWR Moves, Aerobics Room, 1:15 p.m. Rummikub! Game Room, 1:30 p.m. Line Dance Class, Aerobics Room, 2:00 p.m. Joy of Movies, Media Room, 2:00 p.m. Wood Carving, Art Center, 2:00 p.m. The Poetry Group, Smith Study, 2:00 p.m. Community Service Com., Top of the West, 3:00 p.m. Spiritual Companions, Formal Parlor, 3:30 p.m. Contemplative Worship, Chapel, 4:30 p.m. NSO Trip, Departs at 6:00 p.m. Scrabble, Top of the West, 7:00 p.m. Duplicate Bridge, Card Room, 7:00 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Total Body, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. Total Body, Aerobics Room, 9:00 a.m. Drawing with Color, Art Center, 9:30 a.m. Aqua Jam and Tone, Pool, 10:00 a.m. Brain Body Balance $, 10:00 a.m. Grief Support Group, Smith Study, 11:00 a.m. Giant Shuttle, Departs at 11:30 a.m. Encore Chorale, Auditorium, 1:00 p.m. Grounds Committee, Staff Conference Room, 3:00 p.m. Happy Hour, BC Lounge, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Poker Game, Game Room, 7:00 p.m. Mah Jongg, Card Room, 7:15 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Veterans Breakfast, JDR, 9:00 a.m. -Must RSVP Shabbat, Formal Parlor, 9:30 a.m. Croquet, Front Yard, 11:00 a.m. Opera Afternoon, Media Room, 1:00 p.m. Rummikub! Game Room, 2:00 p.m. Movie: The Big Sick, Media Room, 7:15 p.m. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Community Coffee Hour, 10:00 a.m. Catholic Communion, Top of the West, 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Chapel, 10:30 a.m. UUCA Fellowship, Board Room, 10:45 a.m. UUCA Service, Board Room, 11:15 a.m. Compline Service, Chapel, 7:30 p.m.