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THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 1
Volume 57 October 1, 2018
Frasier “Ballet” Act. 2, scene 2
L ast month tions, more or
ended with less like upside
completion of -down rain
the steel frame- gutters, with
work for the flat tops about
first floor in a foot wide and
the Prairies 8-inch sloping
North building. sides, now span
As this month’s the 30-foot-
issue goes to wide areas be-
press, the con- tween outer-
crete is being edge girders
poured for that and those
floor. To get to flanking each
that point, we side of the
have added new planned cen-
cast members, a tral hallway.
large chorus, Their ends and
and some elabo- bottom edges
rate choreogra- rest on flanges
phy. inside the gird-
ers so that the
New cast mem- flat tops are
bers came from level with the
Canada as engi- girder tops.
neers for Com- The long lower
slab, the company that has created the floor. edges of the inverted “gutters” have been fas-
The technique is new for Pinkard. The engi- tened to their neighbors to provide a kind of
neers wanted to be sure their product works large corrugated surface above the entire floor
and Pinkard wanted to learn from their expe- of the parking garage.
rience. Long, light-weight steel flooring sec-
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THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 2
Clay and Cloth,
a Show of Contrasts
A sign by Linda
Keschl at the en-
trance of our 2nd floor
art gallery introduces
Elli Cox’s pottery piec-
es next to Louise Brad-
ley’s weavings in this
show of women’s work
at the highest level.
All of Elli’s pots are
hand-formed—and el- large commercial looms, and each piece she
egant. She produces a treated as a puzzle, whether of texture, pattern
variety of colors, shapes and finishes. One of or stitching. She found her unconscious solved
the most unusual pots is the problems. Many of Louise’s articles came
dark gray with a double out in Interweave Press, with directions for
opening finished in weavers. Her designer pieces here exemplify
pure silver. Another is half a lifetime of devotion to her original art.
pale orange with three
egg-shaped indentations. A rag vest with name tags came about when
A white pot has a frag- Louise found herself with leftovers from 1,000
ment of ceramic beehive tags. Plaited twill patterns make up a red
at its lip, and two others jacket with square buttons, while knotted rags
display a difficult black are the basis for another vest inspired by mat-
-on-black finish. On the tress ticking stripes. A Christmas jacket com-
daises are small smooth bines muted reds and greens, and African,
stones, used to polish South American and Nepali motifs suggested
several more.
There is even a Bauhaus jacket. Kate Bacus,
the pots, and clay who taught weaving at Indiana University for
leaves, once part of twenty years, calls Bradley’s work among the
Boulder’s Dairy finest she’s seen, “her technique impeccable,”
Art Center’s Cele- and “color sense amazing.”
bration of Trees. “The whole show is varied and comprehen-
Louise began weav- sive,” says Helen Davis, the exhibit designer,
ing on a sabbatical “and is inspirational to other artists.”
in Australia and Nancy Tilly
calls husband Bill
her patron. She Footnote: The exhibit serves also a memorial
concentrated on to Elli who died in Frasier Health Care Cen-
original patterns ter one week after the show opened.
impossible for
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The Chinese Scrolls Islam 101
W e recently had another surprise in our
Art Gallery – a series of impressive Chi-
nese hanging scrolls. This treasure came to us
P eople to People invited
Imam Jodeh of Denver to
talk to Frasierites about the
from Frasier resident, Mila Kalish. Mila and Muslim religion; they couldn’t
her husband lived in Taiwan in the 1980‘s and have chosen a better teacher.
they were able to travel throughout other Asian Ms. Jodeh is a first generation
areas. Palestinian -American, educated
in Colorado, based in Denver
Chinese scrolls working to foster positive rela-
represent years tions between the United States
of Asian tradi- and the Middle East. Her presentation, aug-
tion – one of the mented by a series of slides and videos, was di-
oldest in exist- rect and informative, embellished with person-
ence. The oldest al and familial stories.
scrolls were de- Stating that Islam is the most misunderstood
veloped from silk religion in the United States, she began by ex-
banners and date plaining that the root of “Islam” is the word for
back to the Han “peace.” Although most of what we hear and
Dynasty. They read about Islam is in the Middle East, it is a
are hung verti- religion of 1.8 billion people worldwide. The
cally with inter- principal foundation of Islam is the concept of
esting mounting one God. Wherever Islam is practiced, the Ko-
techniques. The ran, delivered by an angel to Mohamed in the
top edge of the
sixth century in Arabic, is never altered. Every
piece is provided Muslim is expected to live by its precepts and
with a stave and by the later “Articles of Faith.” Deviations oc-
hanging cord cur, but they are due to various national and
and the bottom cultural factors.
edge has a roller
that gives addi- Ms. Jodeh stressed several contemporary as-
tional weight so pects of Islam: that God gave humans free will
that it hangs so that each person will be judged on his or her
properly. The roller also helps ease the rolling actions; that Islam, more than a religion, is a
of the scroll for storage. Small red squares way of life, not an imposition; and that women
stamped on each piece tell us who the previous and men are equally valued, albeit with differ-
owners were and add a bit of history to the ent responsibilities. She briefly touched on the
hanging. distinction between Sunni and Shia Islam,
based on how the successors to Mohamed
Mila explained that the ten scrolls are just a should be chosen. Of course, there was much
sample of her collection. We thank her for more for us to know about the practice of Islam
sharing this delightful art with all of Frasier! today, and a return by Iman Jodeh to talk
about it would be a pleasure.
Janet Grenda Jim Wolf
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The Amputation Story Jaipur Literature
Festival
T he monthly Women’s Lunch on September
T
11 featured Judy Kellum, whose topic was he Jaipur Literature Festival is an annual
“My amputation: the hard, happy and humor- literary event that takes place in the Indi-
ous.” She addressed a large audience in the As- an city of Jaipur each January. It was found-
sembly Room, which had been converted to a ed in 2006 and has since expanded to cities all
banquet room by the creative Dining Services over the world. The fourth Boulder Festival
staff. Judy and her husband Don moved to was held last month at the Boulder Public Li-
Frasier in January, 2016. brary.
Seven and a half
On September 5, we were introduced to Marcia
years ago, Judy
Douglas, Associate Professor of English/
had knee surgery,
Creative Writing at CU and a featured author
then foot surgery
at this year’s local festival. She reviewed for us
that left tissue
her 2018 book The Marvellous Equations of
that would not
heal. Osteomyeli- the Dread. The story centered in Jamaica,
where Marcia was raised, tells of reincarnated
tis - a severe in-
fection of the bone - had invaded her heel bone ancestors, including Bob Marley, in a mythical
reworking of Rastafarian history.
and had to be removed before it spread up her
leg any further. Amputation of her left leg be- Ras means “head” and Tafari is “one respected.”
low the knee was the only solution. It describes a religious/social movement in Ja-
Judy spoke of the complications that followed, maica, the Rastafarians, that emerged in the
beginning with in-patient physical and occupa- 1930’s. Marijuana is important to the move-
tional therapy: five hours per day for 3 weeks. ment. It helped to keep away the memories of
Prior to the amputation, she and Don traveled the Spanish slave traders and also was a reac-
once a week on a “date” to a wound-healing tion against the British rule that came later.
clinic in Denver. She gave great credit to Don, Returning to Africa was the goal of the Rasta
her support system throughout her long ordeal. people. Their motto was “Look to Africa for
Their deep religious conviction has sustained the crowning of a Black King. He shall be the
them, as has a philosophy of “wait, hope, and Redeemer.” Their assumed redeemer was
trust.” Even though Judy had to wait for six Haile Selassie, 1892-1975, whose words, “The
months before she could use a prosthesis, she preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of
was determined to do as much for herself as man’s basic freedoms and rights require cour-
possible, and to try to find humor in some of age and eternal vigilance.”
her predicaments. Her description of a rescue Bob Marley, the Rastaman, sings “Zion train,
at home one winter morning when she called Zion train, oh children --- Get ready to meet
911 after a fall was wonderful: five handsome Jah and the train to glory/heaven/everlasting
firemen appeared like magic. They not only life.”
took care of her but also shoveled the drive-
way! They were rewarded with homemade Susan Thomas
chocolate chip cookies that afternoon. are many, and finished with a message that
Judy’s words were an inspiration to us all. She life has blessings and challenges for us all.
stressed the positive aspects of her life, which
Janet Klemperer
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Michele McCarthy Welcome to Frasier,
Receptionist Jenny Houghtailing
M ichele’s patient
gentle smile J enny is our new vice president for human
relations. She comes with much experi-
ence: in hotel management at Keystone resort
puts us all at ease as
we approach the re- initially, later with Erickson Living in Balti-
ception desks (IL or more and most recently at Denver’s Spectrum
AL) where she works Retirement Communities. She clearly has the
on weekends. It is ob- enthusiastic energy necessary to meet the chal-
vious that she likes lenges ahead as employees are added to accom-
the job. She particu- modate the needs of 150 additional IL resi-
larly enjoys getting dents. Jenny is one of those wonderfully opti-
to know residents mistic people who translates “problems” into
and so encourages us “opportunities.” She is preparing for the need
to stop and chat a minute. to recruit more staff with a thoughtful plan of
monetary and insurance benefits. Her goal is
Michele lives in Westminster with her hus- to train and orient that staff in time to be
band Mike whom she met when they were stu- ready for the arrival of the Prairie folks. And
dents at Ft. Lewis College in Durango. Michele further, to retain
finds her part-time work here the best of staff by striving to
worlds: an interesting job among interesting make employees
people which gives her time to enjoy her gar- feel valued and re-
den of flowers and vegetables, to walk in the spected. We are op-
foothills and to listen to music. timistic that she
Michele has a remarkable background. She was will carry forward
adopted into a Denver family via Catholic the spirit of caring
Community Services in 1955. Ten years ago she family which
made happy contact with her birth family in makes life here so
Indiana. She discovered her parents had mar- special.
ried two years after her birth and that she has Jenny’s back-
five full sisters and a surviving 90-year-old ground? She is
mother. Imagine the years of catching up to from a military
do! family, her father
Two landmarks make this coming year one of in the Marines. Her hometown? Everywhere,
great anticipation for Michele. Although she but Hawaii most notably. She understands
spent a year in Adelaide, Australia, on a Rota- our history because she and her husband Paul
ry scholarship as a student, she has never seen intended to be married at Planet Bluegrass in
Europe. This autumn she will visit Italy and Lyons until the flood – remember Sept. 13,
France with friends. The other big one? The 2013 ? — interrupted their plans. They live
birth of her first grandchild. We look forward now in Erie with Abbie, a 1st grader at Mead-
to her pictures of both events because Michele ow Lark School.
is also a keen photographer. And how is Jenny’s last name pronounced?
Louise Bradley “Huff” tailing will do.
Louise Bradley
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Dinner with
Osama In Loving
I t’s a treat to hear resident Marilyn Krysl
read, and Harry Reed’s introduction made
her evening reading more special on September
Memory
18. Some of us learned for the first time that
Marilyn has published in the Atlantic, the Na- Elbe Geer
tion, the New Yorker, and she has won the Born . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 5, 1918
Pushcart Prize, a summit for writers of fiction.
Entered F.M.R.C. . Nov. 12, 2000
Marilyn claims the catchy title of her short Died . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 30, 2018
story collection, “Dinner with Osama,” is what
garnered the Pushcart, but her modesty doesn’t
do justice to the finely honed craft that makes Carolyn Cohen
her short stories complicated vehicles for social Born . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 27, 1933
and political comment. She lures us into this Entered F.M.R.C. . Oct. 20, 2003
tale with Sheila, awaiting an herbal wrap on Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep. 1, 2018
the Boulder mall, who is struck with an idea:
“Why not ask Bin Laden over for a glass of
Chardonnay and something upscale?” Perhaps Jean Johnson
it’s the juxtaposition of Osama and Chardon- Born . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 15, 1918
nay that helps the listener so easily suspend Entered F.M.R.C. . Nov. 30, 2005
disbelief. The invitation is dispatched via Shei- Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep. 6, 2018
la’s pal who sells gyros. And soon Osama is
pushing his American-invented-and-produced
dialysis machine past Sheila’s quarreling Pal- Wilmar (Wil) Bernthal
estinian and Israeli neighbors and signing au- Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 16, 1920
tographs for their children as he approaches Entered F.M.R.C. . . . Nov. 7, 2000
Sheila’s door.
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep. 9, 2018
How Marilyn manages to carry off with assur-
ance and panache Osama’s hearty consumption Jo Egan
of Absolut and Alaskan Salmon a la Tetsuya, Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 11, 1918
as well as the topical jockeying with Sheila of Entered F.M.R.C. . . . Nov. 18, 1995
political promises and bargains before tanks
arrive, is a puzzle whose solution was great fun Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep. 13, 2018
to hear. Readers of this story will end feeling
satisfied that they’ve heard an adult fairy tale Elli Cox
well told. Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 14, 1938
Entered F.M.R.C. . . . March 6, 2017
Nancy Tilly
Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep. 16, 2018
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Musings
by Anne Bliss
Color and Psychology: ciated with black varies between elegance and
grief, and if you visit the interesting
Orange and Black www.colorpsychology.org webpage, you can
take a little test to see how you relate to
H olidays are associated with colors: Valen-
tine’s Day (red: hearts and hot blood!),
Christmas (red and green: trees, Santa), and
black…with both positive (formal, mysterious,
sophisticated) and negative (depressing, sad,
deadly, needing power and control) aspects.
Easter (pastels: spring blossoms). Halloween is
no exception: orange and black are derigueur. Cultures hold different meanings for black.
American Indians painted faces black for vic-
Orange at Halloween echoes the colors of au- tory, with black war paint symbolizing aggres-
tumn, and that favorite Halloween fruit, the sion and power. In world cultures, although
pumpkin. Fruit? Yes, pumpkins are produced black symbolizes formality and sophistication,
by flowering, seed-bearing vines (think grapes), the more important and frequently felt cultur-
have endosperm (the flesh), and bear seeds; al meanings of black relate to death, evil,
technically they are fruits. Vegetables include mourning, bad luck, and sickness (the Black
plants’ greens, stems, roots, etc., but because Plague. Black is dangerous and secretive, and
pumpkins are not very sweet, we usually associ- nearly impossible to see in the dark (viz. a
ate them with vegetables. Orange is the only panther).
color in the spectrum (colors of the rainbow)
that comes from an object, the orange, and is So, although we use orange and black for Hal-
typically associated with being lively, energet- loween, it’s important to consider their cultur-
ic, and healthy. Currently, we are even associ- al and psychological meanings, since colors
ating shades of orange with high fashion. tend to prejudice us, to make us feel and react
Black is another story, however, and is associ- in certain ways. Being aware of how certain
ated with ghouls and monsters of Halloween colors influence our emotions and actions
because it’s a symbol of the dead, of evil, of helps us live happily…or not.
darkness and destruction. The psychology asso-
A note from Whitney Garcia, rived from the US for a two-week visit, during
which they explored the city and some coun-
former Wellness Center Director, tryside, playing “touristas” all the while.
by Anne Bliss As Whitney reports, they saw the city as
“diverse, interesting, international, and gritty”
Whitney reports that she’s still having an ad- and had a great time together. For more infor-
venture teaching her English classes in Bogota, mation and photos visit
Colombia. And, on August 7, her parents ar- www. http://whitneygarcia.com.
THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 8
Newfoundland with
Charlie and Pat
C harlie Anderson’s
easy knowledge of
flora and fauna com-
bined with Pat Car-
ney’s luminous paint-
ings give us two views
of this windy and sea-
drenched place. Deep
blue bays, inlets and
harbors are unspoiled
October Birthdays
and as beautiful as they INDEPENDENT LIVING
were a thousand years ago. Pat has captured Lyal Quinby ..................... 10.02
the beauty of coastal mists as well as sailboats Margot Pepper .................. 10.03
on ramps, brightly colored houses, and lights at Roger Dennett .................. 10.05
night reflecting on water. Michael Forsythe ............. 10.05
JoAnn Joselyn .................. 10.05
Newfoundland is sparsely inhabited, we Mary Axe .......................... 10.06
learned, but its people are friendly and hospi- Jane Crabtree .................... 10.11
table. The island was heavily glaciated so there Ralph Fisher .................... 10.12
is little soil for crops. The sides of roadbeds are Phyllis Shushan ............... 10.14
cultivated on a never-violated honor system, for Harriett Vogel .................. 10.16
which the punishment would be ostracism. As Charles Hadley ................. 10.17
Dean Boal ........................ 10.20
Charlie learned, “No one wants to be alone in a Dorothy Rupert ................ 10.20
Newfoundland winter.” Many plants are insec- Mary Holecek ................... 10.22
tivorous. You might see a tree six inches high Louise Bradley ................. 10.24
that’s 100 years old. The Grand Banks have Alice Wallace ................... 10.24
been fished out, so many Newfoundlanders fly Gary Thomas .................... 10.25
to Alberta and British Columbia to work in Ted Grenda ....................... 10.26
mines or on oil rigs for three weeks, then fly Priscilla Scholten ............ 10.27
back. ASSISTED LIVING
In central Newfoundland we can see the tecton- Jan Stengel ....................... 10.12
ic collision that added North America to Pan- Llyn Lankford ................. 10.31
gaea, a single ur-continent from which the ones HEALTH CARE
we now know parted. We can also see a rare Chuck Warden ................. 10.30
occurrence of deep mantle rock, whose modern
dirt has strange chemicals that will grow hard- ters tundra, mosses and mushrooms ranging
ly anything. It sits next to normal soil and veg- from less than an inch to almost a foot in size
etation. that succor a variety of snails.
Puffins galore, black-backed woodpeckers, Charlie’s sunsets are equally varied, some in
ruffed grouse, and one of the world’s largest subtle shades of russet, gold and brown, and he
colonies of northern gannets are among New- ended with a sky in pinks and rusty reds that
foundland’s birds. The cold humid climate fos- drew gasps of pleasure.
Nancy Tilly
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The View from
Main (Street)
by Jim Wolf
O ur Community prepares for the great 2020
move-in to the new IL buildings. T here has been discussion about the Sun-
day noon and evening buffet menu, with
a number of residents favoring a more elabo-
It was moving day for the Frasier library, and I rate brunch. On October 7th, you will have a
saw a team of residents taking cart loads of chance to try the new menu from 10 a.m. un-
books from the old library to their new loca- til 2:00. The meal will be more expensive,
tion. That’s just the first of the major moving and the evening buffet will have just soup
days ahead when we prepare for the changes in and salad. Please let the staff know your
restaurant locations, meeting rooms, and most opinion of this new option, to see if we
dramatic of all, the new independent living should continue it.
complex with its 98 new apartments.
Our administration has been preparing for the Another new trial feature will be to offer
addition of up to 160 new residents for well weeklong seafood specials at dinner during
over a year, and estimates a move-in date begin- October. The planned schedule is to offer
ning in January 2020. Nearly every couple or these items: mussels from the 1st to the 6th,
individual who has chosen an apartment in one fish and chips 7th – 13th, seared tuna 14th –
of the three towers has been asked to select car- 20th, Colorado trout 21st – 27th, and fried oys-
pet and wall colorings, bathroom and kitchen ters 28th – 31st. See the bulletin boards for
counter-top patterns. The physical mechanics details.
of the move-ins have been anticipated and
planned. The Tuesday evening buffets for October will
be Sustainable Seafood on the 2nd, Greek
But Frasier is more than a physical campus; it Night the 9th, Pumpkin Dinner the 16th, and
is a community of active seniors. The staff of San Francisco Dinner the 23rd. The month’s
the Community Life office who provide a wide feature dinner will be FANCY salmon on
variety of activities for residents, the Director 10/25, and we will have a festive Halloween
of Hospitality, and the Dining Services team Buffet on the 31st. The Food Forum on
are all planning ahead to accommodate the Wednesday, 10/17 at 2:00 will include a dis-
needs of the new residents. cussion of “Sustainability: seafood and other-
wise.”
The current residents are looking forward to
welcoming and integrating our new neighbors
into this unique community. Under the auspi- Many of us were concerned that the new li-
ces of the Resident Council, several committees brary space would be inadequate for our collec-
are trying to anticipate the expansion both in tion. Now that the move has taken place suc-
the physical and in the social aspects of the cessfully, our concerns have been resolved.
move-in. We cannot anticipate all of the dis- Let’s hope, as we work toward a smooth tran-
ruptions so large a transfer of population to sition of residents in the first three months of
Frasier will cause, but we look forward to eas- 2020, that it will have an equally successful
ing the move for our new residents. outcome.
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Thank you Kathryn
T he room over-
flowed with
appreciation and
reflection of all she
has given us with-
out reservation. We
affection for anticipate many fu-
Kathryn as we cel- ture years enjoying
ebrated her 20 Kathryn, her tal-
years at Frasier. ents, her joyous
Hugs, tributes, spirit, her big heart
songs and laughter and her surprising
marked the occa- wardrobe.
sion. It was a
Your devoted fansTHE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 11
The Thanks-Giving Fund
THE MIRROR Monthly news of Frasier
E ach October, the Resident Council sponsors
creation of the Thanks-Giving Fund. This
recognizes all of our hourly employees such as
Meadows Retirement Community, is pub-
lished by residents to provide in-house news
and general information for current and
those in Dining, Health Care, Assisted Living, future residents.
Home Care, Housekeeping, Activities and
Maintenance. We benefit from their services in Publisher John Harris
many ways and this is our way to give them Assoc. Publisher Heinz Damberger
something meaningful as a pre-Christmas bo- Co-Editors: Louise Bradley
nus. A more detailed explanation about the
Pete Palmer Nancy Tilly
Fund will appear (or may already have ap-
peared) on your hallway shelves. Our gifts will Reporters:
be distributed to them during the festive Fund Kevin Bunnell Janet Grenda
party which will be held on Friday, November Jeff Grove Alex Herzog
16, from 2:30 to 4:00 in the Grille. Please mark Heinz Damberger Tricia Judd
your calendar. Janet Klemperer Pete Palmer
Bev Postmus Susan Thomas
Irma Galusha
Columnists:
Anne Bliss Jim Wolf
Another Way to Give Photographers:
J ane Crabtree is generous with her time and Peter Dawson Alex Herzog
photographs. This month her subject is Nor- John Tracy Nurit Wolf
wegian Female Impressionist Painters. Resi- Proof Readers:
dents have also enjoyed her photo talks on Nancy Herzog Pete Palmer
French, Russian and Scottish Impressionists as
Nancy Tilly John Tracy
she combines her interest in acrylic and water-
Phil Waggener
color painting with her extensive travels.
Distribution:
Her canal trip in France, her visits to Cuba, a Irma Galusha Dick Leupold
cruise on the Volga, a voyage up the Norwegian Don Moore Pete Palmer
coast and her experience living near the Wyeth
Museum in PA have all inspired her illustrat- Address email correspondence to:
ed talks. A former teacher, she clearly enjoys Mirror@FrasierMeadows.org
the research involved and is not daunted by the Address mail to: Mirror at 350 Ponca Place;
challenges of Power Point presentations. Her Boulder, Colorado 80303
entertaining gift has been shared throughout The MIRROR staff will meet at 2:00 p.m.
this campus so residents in Health Care as well
on Monday, October 1st in the Fireside
as those in Independent Living have benefited.
Lounge of Frasier South to plan the issue of
Jane has found a way to give – pleasure to
November 1, 2018.
others.
Louise BradleyTHE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 12
Disaster Preparedness 1 National Active Aging Week
F rasier has an internal Emergency Prepar-
edness Plan that is intended to provide a
D id you know that every year in the U.S.
during the 4th week of September older
adults across the nation are celebrated in re-
single, comprehensive framework to manage tirement communities, senior centers, church-
disasters and emergencies that threaten our fa- es, and wellness centers in a week-long event
cility and our residents. The plan provides the entitled “National Active Aging Week”? This
structure for coordinating response activities was first initiated in 2003 by the International
among Frasier departments and assigns tasks Council on Active Aging® (ICAA). The pur-
and responsibilities to department personnel. pose of this event is to celebrate the positivity
It also defines responsibilities and roles during of aging today, and to showcase and challenge
a disaster or emergency that threatens our fa- society’s diminishing expectations about adults
cility. 50 and over being able to live full and thriving
While Frasier has had a plan in place for lives which encompass all dimensions of whole
many years, the decision was made last year to -person centered wellness.
review and update the plan. In 2017 Frasier Each day during that week we featured a dif-
contracted with a Disaster Preparedness expert ferent aspect of wellness including the spiritu-
and began a series of meetings with a small al, emotional, physical, cognitive, vocational
team of leaders to accomplish this work. and social. The Wellness and Community Life
departments teamed-up to collaborate on
The first step in the process was to perform our shared daily activities to enrich the lives of our
own internal Hazard Analysis assessment, residents.
identifying those hazards most likely to impact
Frasier. A Hazard Analysis is an in-depth ex- These included: “Giggles Galore” – a hilarious
amination of all potential disasters, both natu- interactive laughter class; the inner peace that
ral and man-made, that may affect a given was felt during the “Tibetan Singing Bowls”
community and the potential impacts of those class; the “Navigating Life’s Transitions”
disasters. Working with our consultant, Frasi- group where individuals explored the chal-
er utilized a Hazard Analysis tool developed by lenges of the various seasons of life that we all
Kaiser Permanente and identified the follow- face from time to time; “Songs and Stories in
ing as our top five most likely events, in rank Movement” held in Assisted Living; the “Brain
order: Seasonal Influenza, Inclement Weather, Gym and Blitz” class that was held to chal-
Communication/Telephone Failures, External lenge and stretch your thinking, as well as
Flood, Temperature Extremes, Internal Flood. your body; a fantastic Volunteer Fair where
people explored a variety of options for sharing
Following this analysis, Frasier began the their talents at Frasier; and celebrating life as
work of identifying our policies and practices a community during our “Progressive Happy
that need to be in place to mitigate the risk of Hour” which began on Friday afternoon in the
these events. In addition, Frasier began a pro- Health Care Center, moved to Assisted Living
cess to implement an Incident Command ap- and finished in Independent Living. Wow…
proach to disaster preparedness. We will talk what a great week we shared together celebrat-
more about that in Part 2 of this series. ing all of the amazing lives, talents, and con-
tinued contributions of our exceptional resi-
Lesley Radocy dents at this place called “Frasier!”
VP of Wellness and
Community Services Nicole Barabas
Director of WellnessTHE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 13
An Evening with the
Marimba Band
The Chapungu Marim-
ba Band played for an
enthusiastic audience
on August 29. The
pleasant evening and
the lively music of Af-
rican origin and steady
drum beat inspired resi-
dents and staff members
to join in by dancing on the
walks and the grass on the As-
sisted Living patio.THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 14
Harvest Festival
Bright sunshine, the cloudless sky, and
agreeable temperatures made the day
especially pleasant. At this year’s har-
vest festival, on September 7, a festive
and relaxed morning crowd from all
over Frasier took in free pie, popcorn,
and lemonade, shopped for vegetables
and flowers at
several farm-
ers’ market
stands, lis-
tened to singer
-songwriter
Mark Cormi-
can, and en-
joyed rides on a big wagon
pulled by two enormous horses.
Linda Keschl, making a wel-
come brief return to Frasier,
produced some exquisite face
paintings.THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 15
Intercambio, Provider of Hiking, Biking and
Cultural and Language In- Kayaking in Norway
struction to Many
T he primary purpose of Intercambio is to
help adult speakers of other languages in
the Boulder region learn the English language
and local culture. With their training program
and extensive teaching manuals, the group has
also become a model for many such organiza-
tions in nearly all states of the Union. In fact,
some of its revenues stem from the sale of such
materials. The other primary source of income
is individual donors.
Intercambio trains hundreds of volunteers to
provide its services to thousands of people.
Classes in English (and American culture) are
taught in homes in Boulder, and in a large
complex in Longmont. Adult volunteers spend
several hours receiving training, and students
spend a few hours of instruction each week.
Impressive numbers demonstrate Intercambio’s
effective work. In its 17 years, the organization
has trained 5,000 volunteers, taught 10,000 stu-
dents, produced a 12-volume curriculum, and
in 40 states sold 250,000 books and other print-
ed resources.
Residents who attended Lee Shalis’s presenta-
tion on September 12 discussed how Intercam-
bio might work here at Frasier. Clearly, volun-
teers have been and can be recruited from here.
However, we cannot apply the full Intercambio
model to our modest-scale but effective pro-
A
gram in which residents provide English in- nother treat to repeat was Clint Heiple’s
struction to some of our employees. nicely narrated and pictorially well docu-
mented presentation on September 7 of a Roads
Alex and Nancy Herzog Scholar trip he took to Norway. His excellent
photos showed landscapes, people, large and
small cruise ships, museums, architecture, a
few fjords and gorgeous waterfalls.THE MIRROR October 1, 2018 Page 16
New Resident (Continued from page 1)
Then, the choreography gets complicated. Be-
Betty Baal low, the garage area has become a forest of
temporary scaffolding, built by a chorus of
comes to us from workmen. These will provide rows of alumi-
nearby Louisville num I-beam supports at right angles beneath
and on September 4 the bottoms of the long flooring sections so
settled into her new they won’t sag when they are
home here at Frasier, filled with wet concrete.
apartment 487 FN. They will stay in place for a
She grew up on a couple of weeks until the
farm in Iowa, with concrete cures.
six older brothers. Above, a plumber has pre-
Her birthday is on cisely located the positions
April 9. She attended of holes that will be cut in
nurses training in the flat tops of the inverted
Cedar Rapids, Iowa and moved to Colorado to “gutters.” Those holes will
complete her nursing degree at CU. contain protective vertical
“sleeves” to allow eventual insertion, through
She worked for several years as a stewardess for the poured concrete, of pipes for sinks, toilets,
United Airlines, then as a school nurse in Den- etc. So, the layout of bathroom and kitchen
ver and later in the Boulder Valley School Dis- plumbing, as well as “sleeves” for electrical
trict. wiring will truly be “fixed in concrete.” Heavy
She married Alvin (Bud) Baal who was a me- re-bars now extend along
chanical engineer for Public Service Company. the channels in the cor-
They had two daughters, Jennifer who lives in rugated surface and a
Alexandria, VA and Cheryl who lives in Wig- further grid of re-bars
gins, CO. They lived in Broomfield for 52 now covers the corrugated
years. They were married for 51 years when he surface an inch or two
passed away. above the flat flooring
tops across the entire ar-
Betty likes to be active. For many years she ea. The concrete will fill
volunteered as a court-appointed special advo- the corrugated surface and extend upward 2
cate (CASA). Recently she started fostering res- inches above the re-bar gridwork.
cue dogs. She is an active member of the Moun- Inserted into the wet concrete at about 10-foot
tain View United Methodist Church. She still intervals around the perimeter of the building
likes to travel and last year took her daughters and along the sides of the central corridor
to Australia and New Zealand. She has partici- there will be steel plates flush with the final
pated in 13 Bolder Boulder races. In her spare concrete surface. Scene 3 will then commence.
time she likes to take a hike and do yoga. Forty-foot vertical steel pillars will be welded
to each plate. Attached to them will be the
Her sponsor is Jean Wainwright, her new
steel frameworks for the upper floors. Stay
phone number 720-562-8079.
tuned.
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