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By Elaine Kielman, Director of

Volunteer Services, WHCC

O n June 24, residents and staff of the Health Care Center

boarded the Wilson bus to deliver 250 sandwiches to the site of Extreme Makeover, Home Edition in Poolesville, Maryland. How did their sand-wiches end up in the hands of the cast and crew of this very popular television show.

July/August 2008Volume 15 Number 7

Residents, Associates, Families & Friends www.asburymethodistvillage.org

A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE

The Rosborough Cultural Arts and Well-

ness Center is home to an ever-changing gallery of arts and

handiwork created by our resi-dents. Stop by and see what’s new.

With 12 display cases to look at, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Here’s this

month’s sampling of art.

This Month in the Gallery

Lois Bowker, MundWatercolor

Carmenza Curcio, VillasCross-stitching, Crochet,

and more

C arnegie Mellon has named a first-year residence hall in honor of Asbury Methodist

Village resident H. Guyford Stever, the university’s fifth president. At the school’s 1967 commencement, it was Stever who announced the formation of Carnegie Mellon University as a result of a merger between the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Insti-tute of Research.

Some 41 years later, Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon told the Class of 2008 that New House, the nation’s first “green”

dormitory, would become Ste-ver House. “Carnegie Mellon and the nation owe President Stever an enormous debt of gratitude,” Cohon said, referencing Stever’s accomplishments in both science and academics. “President Stever oversaw the complex transition to Carnegie Mellon University with his characteristic thoughtfulness and effectiveness, setting the stage for the university’s growth and achievement ever since.”

Stever also led the creation of the Department (now School) of

By Virginia Williams, Trott

The Jefferson Café® is both an event and a con-cept. It is a grass roots

discussion circle that focuses on American topics and the role of the United States in the global community. The Café is named after Thomas Jefferson, one of our most intellectual presidents. He found delight in stimulating and provoking conversation. The discussion is based on ask-

ing and exploring questions. No definitive answers are given.

The Jefferson Café® began in May 2004. It was started by Dr. Francis Jamin, the director of the Paul Pech Institution for Ameri-can Culture and Engagement. David Kosow, an Asbury resi-dent, introduced the program to Asbury in 2007. The program reflects the diversity, not only of Asbury, of the entire country.

Carnegie Mellon Names “Green” Dorm In Honor Of Its Fifth President, H. Guyford Stever

H. Guyford Stever, the fifth President of Carnegie Mel-

lon University and resident of Asbury. Continued on page 11

Extreme Makeover, Home Edition Gets Help From Asbury Services

Photo: Joon Kim

Continued on page 15

The Jefferson Café® at Asbury

David Kosow introduced The Jefferson Café® to Asbury.


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VILLAGELIFEVillage Life

Linda Williams AberCommunications ManagerAsbury Methodist Village

201 Russell AvenueGaithersburg, MD 20877

[email protected] information: 301-330-3000

Resident EditorsPosition Open, MundMarilyn Gaut, Trott

Norma Barr, DiamondGordon Allen, Wallace

Position Open, Edwards-FisherAl Tholen, Park View

Homé Reitwiesner, Kindley

Resident StaffWallace: Keith Steele, Bob Bernero, Mary Waldron, Genevieve Wimsatt

and Mike Hua.

Diamond: Ed Caffery, Martin Moon, Marshall Grotenhuis, Harry Lowery

and Edith Isacke

Edwards-Fisher: Joan Dunlop, Eleanor Cunningham,

Dorothy Welch, Paula Strain, Martha Hunt, Rosemary Pasek, Alice Furlong, and a big hello

to Betty Goen!

Mund: Judy Weaver, Jim Porter, Bettina Curtis, and Rod Mills,

reporter and copy editor

Trott: Jeanne North, Lois Lord, Marjorie Brugger, Virginia Williams

and Hal Gaut

Park View: Duane McKenna and Tom McIlrath

Villas: Reg Westlake, Marj McGuire, Mary Anstead, Dan Muller,

Jean Hubbell, Bob Hoff, and Annabel Liebelt

Design/Layout:Mina Rempe @ Electronic Ink

Printing: Chesapeake Publishing Corp.

Village Life is published by Asbury Methodist Village

Communications Department

“The mission of Village Life is to provide timely, interesting and entertaining news about the lives, concerns and activi-ties of the people who reside, work and volunteer at Asbury Methodist Village.”

Letter to the Editor

I think we have a very serious one and I offer some ideas for con-sideration. We should all consider the skyrocketing price of food. We certainly should consider the integ-rity of our fellow diners who we believe have high moral standards and even reflect on the possibility that our food service may be forced to discontinue our wonderful buf-fet dinner. We have been advised by management, in very under-standable terms, that when buffet dinners are served we should feel free to take home our soup and

the usual piece of fruit. That trans-lates to “Take your soup and one piece of fruit only.” Why is that so hard to understand?? Then why do we see a number of carry-in bags containing plastic containers and later observe those contain-ers being filled with oversize serv-ings of the main entrees, fruit and other salad bar items, and ( espe-cially on Sunday) the wonderful rolls, scones etc. When a resident requests a box, the wait staff is put in a difficult position. They are told to please the members

which is commendable, but why should they help the greedy take food home when the rules state otherwise? A nice smile and “ I’m sorry but boxes are not provided at buffet meals,” or perhaps some other pleasant remark should take care of this. If that brews trouble for the staff then the dining room manager should be summoned for an explanation. I suggest we all try to follow the rules, help our great cooks and control the future price of meals.

—Erma Lordeman, Trott

Problem at Crawford Dining Room?

Foundation’s 2008 Caring Classic Golf Tournament

The Asbury Foundation hosted the Caring Classic Golf Tournament on June 17, 2008 at the Members Club at Four Streams.

The Foundation was thrilled with the support received from various AMV vendors including Sodexo, CCRX, Donohoe, Russell Investments, Flagship Rehab and Family Nursing and is grateful for the contin-ued support of HRH, the tournament sponsor. Over $55,000 was raised to support Benevolent Care across all Asbury communities.

Golfers enjoyed a buffet lunch, 18 holes of golf, and a dinner reception. AMV residents Landy Altman, Sam Barrow, Charles Benjamin and Sam Finley participated in a foursome, with Mr. Altman winning Closest to the Pin! Residents Dick and Jackie Hall, Tom and Betty Lewis and Emily Womach joined the group for din-ner. The Foundation was delighted to have residents involved with the Tournament.

President and CEO of Asbury Communities Ed Thomas welcomed golfers and guests to the dinner. Doug Leidig, President and CEO of The Asbury Group, participated in the Tournament along with many other associates.

The Foundation would like to extend our thanks to all of the tournament sponsors as well as those who generously volunteered their time, including residents Susie Altman and Peggy Barrow, and associates Sharon Alvarez and Wanda Jones.

2008 Chairman’s Dinner The 14th Annual Asbury Foundation Chairman’s

Dinner was held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD on June 19th. This event recognized individuals who had generously supported the Asbury Foundation’s mission of helping our residents in need in 2007.

Over 130 were in attendance, including residents from AMV, Springhill and Asbury~Solomons. Guests enjoyed the music of the Strolling Strings Associates and the magnificent views from the terrace overlook-ing the Congressional golf course.

David Denton, AMV Executive Director presented AMV resident Rev. Ken Jones with the 2008 Robert H. Parker Award which recognizes individuals who dem-onstrate dedicated service to assist in the develop-ment of Asbury’s Benevolent Care Endowment Fund and Capital Fund through a charitable gift contribu-tion, benefiting residents in need. Bobby and Gordon Osborn from Springhill were honored with the 2008 President’s Award which recognizes individuals who demonstrate dedicated service to, and support of, the mission of Asbury. Through contributions and support of the Springhill Memory Support Program, Bobby and Gordon Osborn have shown their devotion to Asbury residents. Foundation President Doug Myers made the presentation.

Asbury Foundation is grateful for the continued sup-port of all our donors. Thank you for making 2007 a

L-R: Dick and Jackie Hall, Tom Lewis, Emily Wom-ach, Ed Thomas, President and CEO, AComm and

Betty Lewis.


Foundation President, Doug Meyers; Robert H. Parker Award recipient, Ken Jones; AMV Executive Director, David Denton are all smiles at the Foun-

dation Chairman’s Dinner.

Village life July/August 2008 3

Verla Cook, librarian for 15 years of the Diamond library, was honored at the Diamond Council meeting June 5th, for her service in managing the library for so many years. Among Verla’s accomplish-ments are the ever-increasing number of large print books and a shelf reserved for books writ-ten by Asbury residents.

On behalf of the Council, Mac McCullough, Chair, presented Verla with a bouquet of flowers amidst applause of apprication. Before retiring, Verla contacted resident Ginny Wood, who agreed to carry on. Thank you, Verla, for a job well done!

Christmas in June??? Yes, this photo was taken the first week of June 2008. Unbelievable! How-ever, two Diamond 10th floor residents will verify they saw it with their own eyes, i.e. Mari-lyn Watson and Mary Ungles-bee. Rocky and Ken Jones, Diamond, brought the lovely poinsettia home from church in December!

Jean Young, Villas, recently spent a week in Winnetka, IL visiting their son and family and attended grandson Matthew’s high school graduation. Matthew will attend Bucknell University this fall studying biomedical engi-neering. Grandson Thomas will enter his junior year at Lehigh this fall studying English and Political Science.

Betty Goen, former Edwards-Fisher resident, came back for a visit and a special appearance in the Clown Ministry Worship Ser-vice on July 17, 2008. One of the original Asbury Clowns and Toe Tapping Tootsie, Betty flew all the way from Tampa, Florida to be

with her dear Asbury friends for the service before taking off for a trip to Chautauqua with Ginny Hawke, Edwards-Fish-er. As we all know, everybody loves some Betty some time!

Janet and David Lingrell, Park View are part of a National Mature Media Silver Award-

winning team! The Lingrells starred in a video called

“Dining Nightmares and Dreams,” a train-ing film made by the Asbury Associ-ates’ World Class Customer Service Mission Possible

Team. You can see the video running

on the televisions sta-tioned outside the AVTV

studios.

2 LT Kevin S. Kirby, graduate of West Point 2007, has just com-pleted The Sapper Leader Course in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. The Sapper Course is the premier leadership course for the Engi-neer Regiment preparing compe-tent leaders to thoroughly plan and aggressively execute com-bat engineer missions. Before Lt. Kirby began his military career, he probably served you lunch or dinner in the Hefner Dining Room where he worked during his junior year of high school. Kirby is the grandson of Asbury resident Mary Ann Dimond, Diamond and son of Christine Kirby, one of the piano players for the Catholic Sunday Mass at the Wilson Health Care Center, and occasional backup player for the Guild Memorial Chapel ser-vices. Mary Ann Dimond has 8 children and 19 grandchildren, two of whom are currently serv-ing in our military.

AMV hosts the Baltimore-Washington Conference

School of Christian MissionOn Thursday evening, July

24th, AMV hosted a dinner for 65 attendees of the Baltimore-Washington Conference School of Christian Mission held at the Rosborough Center to acquaint them with all the amenities of Residential Living, Assisted Liv-ing, and Skilled Nursing care here. Andrew Morgan will also give an update of our campus’s future residential plans. During the meal Asbury resident attendees Jean Hubbell, Villas, Rose Melton, Park View, Jo Yount,Villas, Rosamond Steere, Mund and Liz Van Billiard, Edwards-Fisher will assist the Marketing Team in sharing more about all that Asbury offers.

Village Life Bits and Pieces

Would you like to see your news listed in Bits and Pieces? Keep it short, sweet, and neat.

Simply write/type it and send it via Campus Mail to Linda Aber Village Life or by e-mail to:

[email protected]

Photo: Harry Lowery

l. to r.: Rosemary Ross, Vice Chair Diamond Council; Verla Cook, Librarian; Mac McCullough, Chair Diamond Council.

Commissioner Ben Overbey recognizes Unit Commisioner and Diamond resident, Marshall Grotenhuis, on his golden anni-

versary—fifty years of service to youth through Scouting. In a letter from Rick Cronk, President of Boy Scouts of America, and Robert

M. Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive, this was written: “Through your activities in Scouting, youth have been inspired to be better citi-

zens and to do their duty to God and country. Your determination to succeed, your enthusiasm for life, your interest and concern, and your guidance and leadership of others, are cornerstones upon which the youth of today will build tomorrow’s world.”

Photo: Ken Jones

Christmas in June—this poinsettia thinks so!

2 LT Kevin S. Kirby


When I was younger, most of my life narrative sen-tences ended with a

period. Oh, there were occasions when an exclamation point or a question mark was used but, by and large, the sentences ended with a period. As I have grown older, I find my life narrative sentences ending with commas, Oh, there are the occasional exclamation points and question marks but, by and large, the sentences now end with a comma,

The change, I think, is having learned that the world is much big-ger than me and my experiences… and having learned to appreciate (or at least not be threatened by) the perspectives of those whose life narratives are different from my own,

Theoretically, an individual’s life narrative does not end until she or he dies, I’m not dead yet, so there is more to learn, There is more growing to do, Periods suggest completeness… end of thought… move on to the next

sentence, Commas suggest there may be more to be said or done on the subject, Move on, yes, but be willing come back and revisit,

[Editor’s note: No letters, please! We know sentences shouldn’t end in a comma.]

Martha A. Brown, Director of Pastoral Care

Inspiration Point

Status of E-Mail at AsburyBy Dan Muller, Co-Chair, Communications PAC, Guest Columnist

In an effort to also find out how useful communications via e-mail would be to our specific Asbury population, on June 20th, the Communications PAC sent a memo to all the Asbury

residents transmitting an iPAC survey form (the first time that the iPAC form was used at Asbury) about the use of e-mail on cam-pus.

The specific survey questions were intended to determine:

n Who was using e-mail,

n How many of these users would like to improve their e-mail skills through classes, training or one-on-one help,

n How many were not using e-mail and,

n How many among these non-users would like to use e-mail in the future if they were given some help.

The interim results as of mid-July are as follows:

n Of the approximately 757 living units on the campus, 290 completed survey forms were received. That’s a 38% response.

n Of these 290 forms received, 203 (70%) reported that they were using e-mail. A few qualified their answer with “only sporadically” or, they were using the computers in Rosbor-ough. Of course, that encouraging 70% response should not be considered as the “real” percentage of e-mail use, as more than likely the great majority of those who did not respond at all have no interest in e-mail. For comparison, a review of last year’s Asbury Directory (August 2007) indicated that of the 757 living units, only 190 (25%) had their e-mail address listed.

n Of these 203 users, 100 (34%) said they would like to have additional help to improve their use of e-mail. They indicated interest in computer class, one-on-one training or, other means of training. The Communications PAC will pursue means to provide this training with the Computer Club. Charlie Fullerton has suggested that there are training options available now including a training class on “E-mail Basics”. See: http://www.amvresidents.org/smithey-july.html.

n There were 87 responses (30%) from people who were not using e-mail. Of these, 62 (21%) indicated it was too costly, they were too old, had vision problems, and mostly because they were computer illiterate or had no computer.

n But, 25 non-users said that with some help and encour-agement they would like to consider using e-mail in the future.

To summarize the interim responses as of 7-7-2008:

As a result of this survey, the Communications PAC is encour-aging the development of an e-mail training program for Asbury residents. Our purpose is to educate.

Peek the PACsat

By Mary Anstead, Villas

How do you celebrate a significant birthday? At our ages every birthday

is significant just because we are here and contributing to the fab-ric of life. Sometimes, though, we need to celebrate in a significant way! For me, that was this year’s celebration. My son, his wife, and two of our grandchildren joined my husband and me on a trip to Paris, France. Having lived in Paris for three years, the opportunity to share its wonders with my grand-children was a huge birthday gift to me.

The lure of the top of the Eiffel

Tower overcame their exhaustion from the overseas flight and they ascended that landmark in the City of Lights. After making up for the lack of sleep on the flight, I kept them busy exploring many of the places of note in which I thought they would be interested. The “Gates of Hell” in the Rodin Garden became more than a passing inter-est on the way to another site. The personal meanings of the sculp-ture expressed by these 12- and 15- year-olds were very revealing. The ‘wow’ and ‘I’m really in Paris’ on the first view of Notre Dame

Type of response Number of responses Percent of responses

“Yes” using e-mail 203 70%

“Not Interested” in e-mail

62 21%

Not using e-mail, but would consider in the

future

25 9%

Anniversaire Magnifique



Quilts to the Hilt—Asbury’s First Quilt Show

By Marilyn Gaut, Trott

“Athing of beauty is a joy forever.” I do not think Keats was visualizing a quilt, but it would certainly fit. Our Rosborough Community rooms were filled with beauty

and joy June 6 and 7. Close to 25 beautiful quilts were hung for the joy of all the viewers who took advantage of this great exhibit co-sponsored by the Gaithersburg Museum and the Asbury Historical Society. Gaithersburg’s Mayor Sidney Katz joined in the ribbon-cut-

ting ceremony. Each quilt

tells its own story. Here are just a few of them. There was a T-shirt quilt made by Lau-ren Kingsland (Ruthie Swain’s daughter, who has a quilt busi-ness studio in the Kentlands Arts Barn). Michelle

McGleish, who is soon to be mar-ried, discovered

her fiancé had saved his T-shirts and sweatshirts “for a memory quilt to be made some day.” Michelle got the boxes of shirts from Chuck’s parents and took them to Lauren. She was so pleased with the quilt she told Lauren she was going to give it to Chuck as a wedding gift. When Chuck saw the tee shirt quilt he said, “These look like my shirts.” Michelle replied, “Honey, those are your shirts.”

Also at the exhibit was a mystery quilt that had become a part of the Asbury Methodist Village Williamsburg Lane Collection. All that was known was that it was made by Mount Pleasant Method-ist Sunday School and Epworth League November 16, 1938. One hundred and thirty names, including the names of two ministers, are embroidered on the patches. Asbury’s historical society includ-ed this quilt in the exhibit with the hope that someone would recognize a name and be able to tell what Mt. Pleasant church this was. They got their wish! Mrs. Wilma Ryan Parker of Kindley came to the exhibit with her niece and was able to identify it. It comes from a place six miles outside of Cumberland. Keith Steele said we could quote him when he told us, “This made the whole thing worthwhile.”

There were also quilts made by many of our Asbury residents: two of Anne Connery’s Baltimore quilts, two by Marjorie Mills, two by Sally Gilbert, three by Judy Bankson. There were two quilts by Lynne Hines, wife of Asbury Director of Maintenance, Lenny Hines. Owners of quilts on display were Dolly (Protective Services) and Allen Swoyer, Edith and John Stedman, and Milton and Frances Stickles.

There was a silent auction for a quilt made by Lynne Hines. This went to Alexis McKenzie. Asbury Historical Society and Canine Companions for Independence divided the proceeds. Canine Companions is the organization that trained Lonn, beloved dog of Elaine Kielman, Director of Volunteer Services, Wilson Health Care Center, and Asbury Historical Society.

Co-Chairs of this wonderful event were Harriet Renison, Keith and Genevieve Steele, and Wendy Woodland (Gaithersburg Muse-um). Members of the planning committee were Judy Bankson, Eleanor Cunningham, Mary Elliott, Lynne Hines, Jo Hott, Alexis McKenzie, Jeanne North, Natalya Parris, Betty Roth, Judy Shapiro and Mary Waldron.

By Marilyn Grotenhuis

In 2002 the Post Office issued a 5-cent stamp with an Ameri-can Toleware coffee pot on it.

These stamps went unnoticed until 2006 when a strip of five were in a bag of stamps donated to the stamp collection program at Asbury. Russ Weber happened to notice this particular strip as being somewhat different. Upon close inspection he discovered that the strip had no perforations, which made it an imperfect strip. In addition it was not canceled.

Russ took the next step and sent it to the American Philatelic Soci-ety for examination. Their Expert-izing Service declared it to be an imperfect strip of 5, not canceled and genuine.

Following this declaration, the next step was to get the strip of stamps listed in The Standard Cat-alogue for United States Stamps and they agreed to list it. Since it was too late to include in the 2007 Edition it would have to wait to be in the 2008 catalog.

The next step in the path of the strip of stamps was to send it to auction. This took place and in January 2008 the set of 5 stamps

was sold for $2300 for a net of $2070. A check was issued for the Asbury Foundation for the Benevo-lent Fund.

Russ has been collecting stamps for 75 years and this was a new experience for him. If ever there was a time to be excited it was finding this stamp strip. In the field of stamps, this is like discovering a new plant or new medicine. Mis-takes like this rarely happen in postal printings. Since Russ’ discov-ery one more strip has appeared, and since they were a large print-ing, more could be found in the future. We are fortunate to have Russ and his wife Phyllis in charge of the stamp collection. They spend many hours clipping and sorting stamps for the Benevolent fund. Please keep collecting your stamps and put them in the boxes sup-plied for them.

The following article appeared in the Asbury Village News (AVAN Vol X111 # 3, March 1992, p. 4.)

The new residents of 415 Rus-sell Avenue who attended the Valentine party given by

Edwards-Fisher in their honor on February 14 have asked us to con-vey their thanks to the E-F people for their hospitality, and we are glad to do so. We understand that many features contributed to a wonder-

ful evening, and the fellowship was the best part of all.

John Mclaughlin’s remarks, based on the format of a certain famous speech, made quite a hit, and we share part of it:

“Three score and several years ago, thoughtful people brought forth on this campus an idea con-ceived in deep concern and dedi-cated to the proposition that older adults might have a place to spend

Photo: Hal Gaut

T-shirt quilt: Lauren Kingsland, Nick, Chuck and Michelle McGleish

The Path of Five Stamps

Russ Weber, A Philatelic Phellow

From the Archives…By Marshall Grotenhuis, Diamond

Marshall Grotenhuis is the author of Asbury Methodist Village: The United Methodist Church’s Response to Aging and Asbury Meth-odist Village Revisited. Keeping the Asbury archives up to date has been labor of love and a labor loved by all those who appreciate knowing more about the place where they now live.

How Sweet It Was!



It’s A Guy Thing

Idle ThoughtsBy Reg Westlake, Villas

In this spot you shall find a variety of ponderings from a man who hails from the other side of the “pond.”

We’re glad he’s on this side of the pond now!

Thou Shalt Not Open

“Thou shalt not open” is not a commandment to be found in the Bible but is one that seems to be followed by some mak-ers of the things we buy. Pride of place, although perhaps

that is not the appropriate expression, goes to corned beef. The can has a key to twist around to open it. It invariably fails. As the

can seems to be armour-plated a can opener has a very tough job and does not always prevail.

So out come the pliers and screwdrivers to gouge the contents out of the can in a shapeless mass totally unlike the smooth block that ought to be delivered.

Then come all those accessories that are encased in impregnable plastic which

is hermetically sealed to a card. Wherever is the point of attack? And what implement

to use? And of course the childproof containers for our prescriptions. Many the damaged shoulder

and painful wrist after struggling with these things.The daily newspaper. Why won’t the pages fold back neatly when you

try to open them?Lids of preserve jars seem determined to preserve their contents intact,

especially for older people without strong wrists.The perpetrators should do something about this or else they will find,

in the words of the Prayer Book, “that we have left undone those things which we ought to have done.”

By Dan Muller, Villas

Years ago, before the age of com-puters, most of

us owned cars. Gener-ally they ran OK, but if not, most of us could diagnose the problem and fix it, which usual-ly involved a trip to an auto parts store, install-ing a new part, and some greasy hands.

About twenty or so years ago we began to deal with comput-ers. To me, computers were things of mystery when it came to figur-ing out what was wrong when the darn thing didn’t work. Unlike cars, which when they’re not happy, make unusual noises or just don’t feel right, computers, if something is wrong, just sit there quietly like a sphinx and refuse to give any hint about what’s wrong. Or if they

do deign to tell you, the message is totally incomprehensible, like “configuration error”.

Now back to cars. Most of the newer cars are essentially run with the help of a comput-er, and when there’s a problem, it often just sits there without giv-ing you even a hint of what’s wrong, just like a computer. Finally, you

take it to a mechanic who immedi-ately plugs a diagnostic computer into the car, tells what’s wrong, and the cost to fix it. It’s easy; but we’re no longer in a world of do-it-yourselfers.

Guys, I sort of miss when I could fix most things on my own. On the other hand I don’t miss the greasy hands; but I do miss Joan’s words of encouragement.

Stormy Experiences

By Jean Hubbell, Villas

Recently several Villa ladies had the opportunity to attend a luncheon at which

our neighbor Jean Young was an invited speaker. Jean is well known by many on our campus for her prize-winning needlework, especially counted thread work. But the neighbors who heard her speak on “Needlework Is My Pas-sion” were caught up in the history behind her interest.

When growing up, Jean’s sum-mers were spent with her grand-mother in upper New York State. One summer when she was ten and recuperating from serious ear sur-gery, Jean’s mother furnished her with a stamped piece to embroider. That was the beginning, but there was a long hiatus between l936 and l951 when the last stamped piece was done. After that it was all counted thread, a technique that came to America with Ginnie Thompson, who taught a class at Woodlawn Plantation in Virginia. Jean attended one of her classes and has done only counted thread work since. There are many kinds of counted thread work and many devices to help in doing it. Jean has a very powerful lighted floor stand magnifying glass as well as a variety of lap frames which can be adjusted in a variety of ways for proper tension and size of pieces.

In l986 Jean was working at Asbury as Secretary to then Chap-lain Julian Tavenner, head of Pastoral Care. The “new home” at 211 Rus-sell Avenue housed some enthusias-

tic needleworkers including Helen Clayton, who is now well known at Kindley AL. Helen saw a piece of Jean’s work involving gobelin and pulled thread embroidery which Jean had learned through a corre-spondence course offered by the Embroiderers’ Guild. Helen was greatly impressed and urged Jean to enter it in the County Fair. Final-ly Helen insisted that at least Jean could bring her the piece and she would enter it for her. Imagine Jean’s surprise of seeing not only a blue ribbon but Best of Show and Grand Champion rosettes as well. Jean hasn’t missed a Fair since then and consistently wins prizes. Her three-award feat was repeated in 2000.

With the County Fair soon to be here, be sure to visit the nee-dlework display to see what Jean, along with the many other excel-lent needle workers and Asbury artists, have produced this year.


One of the recent violent storms that raged through

the campus brought Villa neighbors out to assess damage, if any, and for lots of discussion. Other neigh-bors on the way home from wherever stopped to see what was going on, and so the group grew in size and shared experiences. It reminded me so much of the Rockville neighbor-hood I lived in before coming to Asbury. Usually the women were the ones who congregated on the sidewalk to discuss whatever was of current interest. It was rare to

see a cluster of men gather-ing, but one evening there was

a particularly loud crash when lightning struck a transformer

on the power pole in front of my house. The noise was horrific and of course, the power was gone. As soon as the storm had passed over, at least six of the men gath-ered on the sidewalk discussing the situation – for all the world like the women usually did. But the women this time were gathered in their own little cluster highly amused at what it took to get their men together. Is having fellows come out in a situation like this what you call a “guy thing”?

Photo: Jean Hubbell

Jean Young’s prize-winning piece.

Needlework Is Her Passion

Guys, Cars, and Computers


By Rod Mills, Mund

It started in the spring of 1942, and lasted between 1-1/2 and 3 years for most of the people involved. Except

on the Pacific Coast, most Ameri-cans didn’t know anything about it till years later. “It” was the forced evacuation of 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, from their homes on or near the Pacific Coast, to inland “relocation” camps where by and large the living conditions were, in a word, dreadful. Today we don’t like to think or talk much about it, but for Japanese Americans it is still a painful memory.

Here at Asbury, Kyoko Ikari, who lives with her husband Norman in the Mund Apartments, lived in one of those camps with her parents and younger sister, as did Norman’s parents and brothers. Norman himself was drafted, volunteered for combat duty with a Japanese-American infantry unit, and was wounded in the fighting in Italy, an event of which he still feels the effects.

In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack the FBI arrested over 2,000 Japanese aliens (non-citizens) who were suspected of being danger-ous, and placed them in intern-ment camps. But the government feared that there might be other members of the Japanese Ameri-can community who would try to sabotage our war effort. Thus it was that 120,000 other Japanese Ameri-cans, citizens and aliens alike, who lived in California, western Wash-ington, western Oregon, and south-ern Arizona, were sent off –with very little advance notice--to “relo-cation” camps scattered over the American West between Arkansas and California. Some of them were released as early as 1943, but many others did not leave the camps until the war was almost over.

Kyoko Ishiyama (for that was her name before marriage) was a junior high school student, living in San Gabriel, California with her parents and sister, when the war started. Having been born in this country she was automatically a citizen. (Her parents were denied citizenship by the U.S. “Oriental exclusion” laws.) Because of her young age at the time, Kyoko does not remember some things about the evacuation that only adults were concerned with, such as how they sold their car and disposed of other property before leaving, or if the evacuees could freely use bank accounts after arriving

at the camps. She does remember that they rented, not owned, their home, which was a lucky thing since, given so little advance notice, many evacuees had to sell their homes in a great hurry and hence at ruinously low prices.

Getting to the camps was a two-stage process. Because of the time needed to find the land and build the camps, evacuees were first sent to temporary “assembly centers,” which were usually fairgrounds or racetracks with flimsy barracks put up practically overnight. Kyoko remembers they went by train to an assembly center at Tulare in south-central California, with all their worldly goods in hand, to live for a few weeks in a barracks on a fairground that also had a racetrack and the lingering pervasive smell of horse manure. Then it was on, by train and then bus, to their per-manent camp at Gila River in west-central Arizona. At its peak popula-tion of 13,300 residents the Gila River camp, second-largest of the total of 10 relocation camps, was larger than almost every town in Arizona except Phoenix and Tuc-son.

It is not easy to convey in a few paragraphs how trying were the living conditions in the camps and the innumerable ways the evacu-ees found to make them easier to cope with. The Gila River camp had close on to 1,000 barracks, divided into nearly 60 blocks of 16 bar-racks each. Each block had its own mess hall, laundry, shower rooms, and latrines in separate small build-ings. The barracks were of wooden frames sheathed with fiberboard known as “beaverboard” and cov-ered with tar paper. They were ter-ribly hot much of the year, and not “tight” enough to keep out the sand brought by frequent sandstorms that blew in from the desert-like terrain around the camp. Each bar-

racks was divided into rooms of 20’x16’, 20’x20’, and 20’x24’, to which occupants were allocated by size of family unit. Thus a family of four lived in a room not much bigger than the average American living room. The thinness of the walls and the fact that they did not extend all the way to the ceiling meant that sounds from each room might well be heard all over the building, a condition hardly condu-cive to sleep or quiet relaxation.

When the evacuees arrived they found that their room had only the following furnishings: army cots, mattresses, blankets, and a single light bulb suspended from the ceiling. There were no chairs, nor tables, nor chests of drawers nor storage space of any kind. Kyoko recalls that for a long time she and her family literally lived out of suit-cases. Fortunately there were sub-stantial quantities of lumber and scrap wood lying around, from which the more adept could fash-ion rudimentary pieces of furni-ture. Just where they got the nec-essary tools is not clear, but the evacuees could and did make tre-mendous use of the Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward catalogues to have every kind of merchan-dise sent to them by mail. A cer-tain amount of intra-room privacy could be got by hanging up pieces of fabric.

Kyoko remembers that the latrines and shower rooms were a particularly difficult part of her experience. There were no toilet partitions even in the women’s latrines, and the shower room was just one large room for all the showerheads. The shower room and laundry were bedeviled by frequent absences of hot water. In the laundry room clothes were washed with tubs and washboards, not washing machines. There was one favorable factor: clothes on the

clotheslines dried quickly in the arid Arizona air.

The evacuees themselves pro-vided most of the labor needed for a number of services. There were beauty parlors, barber shops, clean-ers, and canteens selling snacks and things like toilet articles. Evacuees also provided the labor for the kitchens and mess halls. The pay was the princely sum of $12 to $19 per month depending on the work. While radios and cameras were banned, many recreational activi-ties were allowed such as dancing and talent shows in the recreation halls and a lot of outdoor sports. One thing in abundance was open space around the camps, so there was plenty of room for baseball and football fields and for gardens. Vegetable crops were grown and a dairy farm was operated at Gila River; these provided important supplements to the camp food sup-ply, which was limited by rationing in the same degree as for the “out-side” population. The camp admin-istration had to provide for such basic services as medical facilities, schooling, religious services, polic-ing and refuse collection, but evac-uees supplied much of the man-power. Kyoko remembers that her school had hardly any textbooks but she learned enough so that her education was not seriously slowed down, a great credit to her teachers.

American policy toward the evacuees began to change as early as 1943. The great majority were judged to be loyal to the U.S. And throughout the country there was a labor shortage. Healthy evacu-ees of employment age would be much more usefully occupied working at jobs on the “outside.” So, if they could prove they had a job waiting for them, they could leave the camp. Thus the great exodus began. Some others deemed loyal could volunteer for the armed forc-es and did so. Evacuees of school or college age could leave not only with family but also on their own if they had non-family persons to live with. So it was that in the fall of 1943 Kyoko was allowed to go to Creston, Iowa to live with the Perry family and attend the local high school for her sophomore and junior years. By the last few months of the war the camp popu-lations were pretty much confined to the elderly, very young, and sick or disabled. Kyoko and her fam-ily moved to the Washington, DC area in 1946, where Kyoko had her

“Relocation”: A Sad Recollection

Photo: Jim Porter

Kyoko and Norman Ikari


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By Al Tholen, Park View

What do you have when you combine a Hawaiian Luau with the Summer

Solstice? You have the Asbury Sum-mer Solstice and New Garden Cel-ebration of Friday June 20th. And it was a Celebration with a capital “C”! Jointly planned by AMV management and Sodexo, the bash was fun from beginning to end. On arrival at the locale of the Celebration behind Wal-lace, one came on a scene that could only be replicated by a Hollywood set designer. Brought to mind were parties thrown by a Donald Trump or other jet setters in the Hamptons or Palm Beach. There was the main

tent in all of its whiteness, its open sides revealing multiple tables adorned with colorful fruit platters, tasty snacks, and artistic arrange-ments of flowers. The view seemed to say, come into the tent and enjoy the spread. For those who wanted to sit around and nibble and chat, tables and chairs were there for comfort, shaded from the bright evening sun.

Adding to the festivities were several other attractions, unan-ticipated perhaps, which brought so much gaiety and entertainment to the celebrants. Upon arrival, each

guest was presented with a multicol-ored lei (thus the first suggestion of a Luau). Many of these leis enhanced a plethora of Hawaiian shirts and blouses worn to the party by both men and women. Then, appearing outside the tent, was a seeming mul-titude of parrots performing in front of a tropical backdrop. This “feast for the eyes” was provided by the Brian Wilson Parrot Foundation which is dedicated to rescuing parrots in dis-tress, rehabilitating them and return-

ing them to happy new owners. At the offing, any guest could be pho-tographed surrounded by parrots or holding one or more of them. Several residents and associates were seen holding as many as five of these brightly hued birds.

Meandering around the grounds was a man on stilts who was trailed by some of the children in the throng. And, at the edge of the tent, a few party goers were sitting to be sketched by a portrait art-ist. Between the tent and the

new Asbury gardens, a juggler performed to small groups. Occa-sionally, a resident would take a stab at juggling that usually resulted in a bit of frustration and laughter. Just beyond the jugglers were the widely acclaimed “new gardens.” A few of the gardeners were on hand to proudly conduct personal tours among the plots, many of which were already blooming with gor-

geous flowers and the begin-nings of vegetable crops.After drifting around to enjoy all of these activities, many returned to the tent to get some caloric fortification and quench a thirst. Coffee, tea, water, and Frutazza (wonderful fruit punch) were there for the taking. A highlight, attracting those looking for some-thing sweet, was the Chocolate Fountain. Nearby was a tiered service of fresh fruit just waiting to be speared and coated in that overflowing fountain. Nearby, an artful ice sculpture of the AMV logo brought ohs and ahs from the passersby. The refreshments

were ingested while the Rock and Roll Revue serenaded us on a raised platform at the far side of the tent. In front of the band was a sizable dance floor that accommodated a con-tinually changing group of dancers. Those not dancing were often seen tapping their feet to the beat. The unexpected range of entertainment coupled with the beautiful weather steadily built a sense of enjoyment and relaxation that permeated the entire scene.

As the evening moved toward the “bewitching hour” of 8:30, most were reluctant to leave. With the leave taking, one sensed that the evening was something very special. Perhaps a precedent has been set to be emu-lated in future years when summer solstice rolls around again. Aloha and enjoy the summer.

Through the Seasons in Asbury Gardens—Day Lilies for flower-lovers and tomatoes for the

veggie fans among us! Photos: Hal Gaut


In years gone by, the time off from school was a good three months from late June to late September, a golden opportunity for fam-

ily adventuring for those who could get away. Our family was among those who could, and we embarked on an ambitious program of getting our three children into all fifty states before they graduated from high school. Trips to see family members, friends and/or attend special meetings were carefully planned by different routes taking advantage of state and national parks, historic sites, whatever we could for each of those adven-tures which ranged from three to eight weeks.

The most ambitious one was surely the six-week trip in 1969 to Alaska. Back then this trip involved 3500 miles to reach Milepost Zero at Dawson Creek, B.C., then 1523 miles of the famous Alaska Highway, carved out of the wil-derness as a necessity in WWII. Of those miles, 1200 were dirt and 600 of those filled with unavoidable potholes making speeds of more than 35mph very dangerous. The final 300 miles from the Alaska border to Fairbanks were paved and a welcome relief after plodding along at 300 miles a day which took twelve hours to complete. After that it was set up camp -- pitch the tent (RV’s were just barely making the scene then), fix din-ner using the tailgate of our International Trave-lall as a table, feed a hungry family, and eventually prepare the Travelall for sleeping for all five of us. The children then ranged in age from 11 down to almost 6. Camping is a wonderful experience when traveling great distances cooped up in a vehicle. The children had a chance to run around and stretch their legs and explore a bit. They also got rewarded each day, if their behavior was good, with some little prize like a set of colored pencils and paper or a book or some other small thing. The prizes were eagerly awaited each day and surely contributed to more pleasant traveling during the day.

At that time it was necessary to equip cars with spare tires, bug screens (for the car, not people), all sorts of spare parts that might be needed and

all that in addition to the camping equipment. Every 25 miles there was some sort of modest dwelling with food service, overnight accom-modations, and help with cars if needed. Such places were all identified by the milepost number so if helped were needed, the tow truck would know just where to go. That trip included fly-ing from Fairbanks to Barrow, the farthest north community in Alaska. There was not yet a pipe-line and no roads up there. Another unforgettable experience was celebrating Wendy’s sixth birth-day at Wonder Lake at McKinley National Park (not yet known as Denali) where we camped in literally freezing temperatures. We had barely sung ‘Happy Birthday” when a “knock” on the tent door startled us. It was a park ranger asking how soon we could be packed as a storm had iced over the mountain pass and an icebreaker was leading a convoy of the campers out. This was August 8. We were ready in no more than an hour and the convoy assembled. We reached the visitor center to discover many people had spent the night on the floor there, not being able to go farther. We had no idea it was that bad but were glad to get out safely.

We did get the children into all fifty states. Then they all grew up and our family trips ended. Fast forward to 2007 and a road trip to Michigan with now grown-up Shelton and Wendy, her hus-band and daughter Vanessa, 5 years old. Now seat belts are required, making movement in the car difficult for a young child. But for this trip, I was in the back seat with granddaughter Vanessa and left the driving to the men in the front. Vanessa had been provided with a portable DVD player and games to play in the car. Frequent stops to stretch legs and see whatever was around helped. Motels with swimming pools ended the days. Shelton, remembering those days of travel in his youth, planned stops in Michigan and Ohio to explore the capitol buildings. Also in Ohio was a children’s park close by with Aesop’s Fables animal sculptures and stories, and on the Ohio River a pirate ship. Now this September I hope to fly to Seattle and join Shelton’s family for a wedding and then once again see the beauties of Washington State and surroundings, just like the “good old days” except I’ll be the passenger with Shelton and Dottie up front. Wonder if they will have any good behavior prizes for me....

Date Event Contact

August 14 Allenberry Playhouse, Otto (5299) Boiling Springs, PA “Thoroughly Modern Millie”August 23 Olney Theatre Allen (6660) “Rabbit Hole”Sept. 6-14 Copper Canyon, Mexico Otto (5299)Oct. 5-11 Hudson River Cruise Otto (5299)Oct. 11 Olney Theatre Allen(6660) “The Underpants”Dec. 1-4 Biltmore, NC, Gatlinburg, TN Otto (5299)Dec. 6 Olney Theatre Allen (6660) “Peter Pan”Dec. 29-Jan 2 Rose Parade Otto (5299) Los, Angeles, CA

Travel and Theater Committee

Trips and ToursIncludIng All Asbury FrIends

The Hubbells huddled in Barrow on an ice floe.

SUMMER FAMILY ADVENTURING — Then and Now

A Summer Solstice Extravaganza

Photo: Joon Kim

The Chocolate Fountain was a popular stop!

Photo: Joon Kim

This Summer Solstice is for the birds!

Photo: Hal Gaut

Executive Director David Denton and Mickey Martin think the ice sculpture

behind them is pretty cool!

Below, Emma Michaels and Glory have a portrait done.

Photo: Joon Kim

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By Reg Westlake, Villas

After Murray Schulman and his wife came to live at Asbury Villas in

December 2006 he lost no time in joining the volun-teer ranks. Having seen and admired Asbury from the out-side he wanted to learn more about how it operated and in order to do that he requested membership the following month and became a mem-ber of the Marketing PAC in April. Since then the posi-tion of Resident Vice Chair has been created for 2009 to assist the Resident Co-Chair of the PAC and Murray will serve in that capacity.

Back in the Villas Murray soon learnt that once you are known as a volunteer other jobs come your way. And so he found himself invited to MC one of the Villas potluck dinners. Thus having come under notice the next thing was to be asked to serve as Secretary to the Villa Resident Council and he now does.

Murray and his wife lived only two miles away before coming to Asbury and he still keeps up with the volunteer activities in which

he was engaged there. One of his interests was and is attending and serving on an Advisory Committee for the Jewish Community Cen-

ter’s extensive daytime pro-gram of Adult Seminars. Thus Asbury’s Keese School of Continuing Education imme-diately claimed his attention and he became a member of its Curriculum Commit-tee. With his knowledge of the lecturing circuit he was able to help the recent year’s Keese program with the inclusion of four lectures. Furthermore, when the posi-tion of Assistant Dean was vacated in April of this year Murray was appointed to fill it.

Thus Murray’s wish to become knowledgeable about Asbury and its work-ings has certainly been fulfilled by the scope of what he does since coming here - incoming Resident Vice-Chair of the Marketing PAC, Secretary of the Villa Resident Council, Assistant Dean of the Keese School. And he has his pre-Asbury volunteer activities as well. As time depletes the ranks of Asbury’s older volunteers it is

necessary that new residents take their place and Murray Schulman is certainly a great example.

Asbury Volunteers

Mac and Zil

JAGOE’S Brain JoggersBy Armiger Jagoe, author of You Are Next in Line,

Everyone’s Guide for Writing your Autobiography

1. Who was the actor who was born Raymond Wallace Bul-cao and played the part of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz?

2. In 1964, who was the Republican presidential candidate who was defeated by Lyndon Johnson?

3. Who was the Swedish-born Canadian who, in 1913, invent-ed the modern zipper?

4. In 1955, what was the name of the first restaurant in Des Plaines, IL, started by Ray A. Kroc?

5. Who was the popular musician and orchestra leader who had four wives, and in 1942, his second wife was Betty Grable?

Answers

1. Ray Bolger

2. Barry Goldwater

3. Gideon Sundback

4. McDonald’s

5. Harry James

Thursday Morning Videos at

Gathering Place

Every Thursday at 10 a.m. a travel video is shown in the Purple Circle, lower level

of 417. So far we have traveled to China, Japan, New Zealand, Iceland, Scotland, Vietnam, Ancient Egypt, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Hawaii, Spain, Maryland, Antarctica and Canada.

The videos last about an hour, and we have a discussion after-wards. Residents who have visited these exciting place and those who are eager to learn more enjoy these films. Our videos are loaned by resi-dents and AVTV. All are welcome to join us. If you have videos you would like to loan, please contact Eileen Rabson in Diamond, x6844.

Last year the topics ranged from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergun” to “Political Ethics in an Age of Ter-ror.” Two of the upcoming discus-sions will be about “Capitalism and Democracy” and “Limited Govern-ment.”

The Keese School catalog comes out in August. Watch for “The Jef-ferson Café®” and sign up! You will gain another set of eyes (maybe more) in viewing the world.

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Murray Schulman is Quick to Volunteer

Murray is on the run again!


How can you help control medical costs?Some estimates suggest that 50% of surgeries, tests and procedures

are not backed by scientific evidence.

Consider the following to help control everyone’s medical costs:n Be sure your primary care doctor explains your diagnoses for you

and how they should be treated.n Be sure your doctor has the results of procedures, tests and drugs

ordered by all other doctors that you consult. n If your condition seems not to be improving, ask for a second opin-

ion from the appropriate specialist. Most primary care physicians welcome such requests.

n Ask the purpose of any procedure, test or medicine that is suggest-ed. Ask what the doctor expects to learn from the test and whether it will result in a change in treatment. What is likely to happen if the test is deferred? Not every ache or pain calls for a scan or X-ray.

n CT scans provide more information than plain X-rays, but result in 100X the radiation exposure of plain X-rays. Most headaches without other neurological symptoms are not indication of a brain

tumor.n If surgery is proposed, ask what will happen if you decide not

to do it, or if there is alternative non-surgical treatment. Be sure you are truly informed about the risks and benefits of a particular treatment or test. Do not undergo the procedure if you have not received sufficient information to make an informed decision.

n Many new procedures and surgeries are introduced without suffi-cient testing to determine accurate and reliable risks and benefits. Don’t be among the first to participate unless you are enrolling in a research study.

n Widespread use of scanning procedures of asymptomatic individu-als who have no apparent illness results primarily in a profit for the entity conducting the scan. Often, “positive” results lead to further studies. These seldom confirm unsuspected conditions. Negative scan results are not a guarantee that no abnormality exists. Insur-ance companies understandably will not pay for such “screening” tests.

n ALWAYS carry information on your person detailing the medicines and treatments you take (including complementary and alternative therapy), substances to which you are allergic, immunizations you have received, and contact information to reach your primary care physician in case of an emergency. This will help assure prompt accurate emergency treatment and avoid unnecessary tests and procedures.

More information available at http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_07_06_2008

Bob Hartman, MD – retired family practice and geriatric physician.

Ask Dr. Bob

It’s a wild life here at AMV in the villas! The morning or evening parade of deer are a delight no matter how often we see them. Recently, fawns, about the size of a dog, have been seen romping

behind their mother. A mangy fox has given way to a healthy one and her two kits, recently seen trying to stare down a resident’s dog. A large owl perched in a tree in a front yard before spreading its large wings and tak-ing flight. Many colorful birds nibble at various residents’ feeders. Then on a storm-threatened Saturday morning, a bird was sighted pecking at a five foot black snake, which eventually slithered away across the street to another yard. (In fact, the next day our friendly landscape crew gently removed the snake, unharmed.

(We residents in the villas might group ourselves in various animal catagories. Certainly, we are “DEARS” and “WISE OLE OWLS.” Sometimes we can be foxy fellows, but hardly ever would we be called slimy snakes!) —Jean Hubbell

Computer Science and the School of Urban and Public Affairs (now the H. John Heinz III School of Pub-lic Policy and Management), two programs significant to Carnegie Mellon’s core.

Stever House is notable for being the first dormitory in the nation to be certified for its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the U.S. Green Building Council. It has a “silver” LEED desig-nation because of its low environ-mental impact in both construction and function.

“The naming of Stever House came as a huge surprise to me and my family. It is a tremendous honor

and something we are all very proud to be a part of,” said Kasey Stever, who accepted the honor on behalf of her grandfather and their fam-ily during commencement on May 18. A member of Carnegie Mellon’s Class of 2008, Kasey Stever earned an industrial design degree.

In addition to serving seven years as president of Carnegie Mel-lon, Stever was the director of the National Science Foundation, was the Presidential Science Advisor to Gerald Ford, and was a leader in the development of the nation’s space program. Stever also is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. He won the National Medal of Sci-ence in 1991 and the Vannevar Bush Award in 1997, which are among the nation’s highest honors for sci-entific work in public service.

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senior year of high school and then went on to graduate from George Washington University before a career in physical therapy.

Norman Ikari’s Army combat unit was the 442nd Regimental Com-bat Team composed of Japanese-American volunteers. They arrived in Naples, Italy in May 1944. A few months later Norman was wounded in both legs fighting outside Pisa and was hospitalized for four months.

After the war he earned a B.S. from UCLA, an M.S. from George Wash-ington, and a Ph.D. from George-town in microbiology/immunology before his career as a research sci-entist and administrator at NIH and the University of Maryland. He and Kyoko met in the Washington area and have been here ever since; they came to Asbury last year.

On September 22, Norman is scheduled to be one of three speak-ers at a Keese School lecture, telling about the experiences of Japanese Americans in WWII.

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Oh dear, a deer!


Welcome New ResidentsBea Drissel Lewis

Diamond 117, x5070After living 54 years

in the same house in Bethesda, Bea moved to Asbury on April 9, 2008. She was the 4th person to move from “our block” to Asbury in the past 18 months and she and her friends are still working on more former neigh-bors. She chose Asbury because she felt she wanted to really retire and enjoy life more. She had heard good things about Asbury from vari-ous sources. She thinks

it is wonderful what Asbury does to make its residents comfortable and happy, safe and healthy, and fulfilled with interesting things to participate in.

Bea was born in Washington, DC and graduated from Strayer Business School in Washington. She was employed at the American Institute of Architects in Washington and the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda. For the last 30 years she was employed at brokerage firms in Bethesda. Bea has a son Jay living in Derwood and a daughter Jean liv-ing in Bethesda. She has four grandchildren, Angela, Danny, Michael and Eli.

Bea’s hobbies and interests include music and playing her piano. She also enjoys bridge, reading, art, gardening/landscaping and photography. She is a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Bethesda, where she played the piano for Sunday school. Prior to that she was very active in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C.

Jim and Bernie Bass moved to Asbury on May 9, 2008 from their home in McLean, VA where they had lived for 43 years. They chose Asbury because it was highly recom-mended and they have a son Mitch liv-ing in Gaithersburg. Their two other sons, Mel and Mart, live in Georgetown and Charlottesville. They also have four grandchildren.

Jim was born in Gainesville, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas. Career highlights include working for the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Freight Traffic Department in Ft. Wayne, St. Louis and Chicago. In 1944 he joined American Airlines and had manage-ment positions in Dallas, San Antonio, Nashville and Washington. In 1983, after 39 years with American Airlines, he retired as Vice President of Govern-ment Affairs. Jim was also active in community affairs. He was president of the San Antonio Rotary Club, and president of the Aero Club of Washing-ton. His interests include tennis, read-

ing and family. After retirement Jim and Bernie were active at the Institute for Learning in Retirement ( ILR) at American University. They attended a number of Elder hostels.

Bernie was born in Mineola, Texas and graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She worked for American Airlines in Ft. Worth before marrying Jim in 1946. Her interests center mainly on her sons and grandchildren and she enjoys read-ing. She and Jim traveled extensively around the world visiting countries in all continents except Antarctica.

—Edith Isacke, Diamond

Mr. & Mrs. James Bass (Bernice) Diamond 606, x6562

Bob and Thelma left their home in Wheaton, MD to move to Asbury on May 20, 2008. They have a son Bob and grandson Adam liv-ing in Albuquer-que, New Mexico, a grandson, Bob in Colorado Springs, and granddaughter Lara in Phoenix, Ari-zona. Their daughter Karen lives in Ster-ling, Virginia.

Bob was born in Ashland, Kentucky and attended college at Ameri-can University. He spent 27 years with the CIA on assignments in Japan, Okinawa and Vietnam. Bob’s hobbies and interests include golf, fishing, reading, and computer/ flight simulation.

Thelma was born in Essex County, Virginia and after high school attended the Strayer Busi-

ness School. She was a secre-tary in the Navy Department and a homemaker. Her hobbies include sewing, knitting, cross-word puzzles, reading and bridge. In Wheaton, she was a volunteer for “Meals on Wheels”. Both she and her husband are members of the Hughes United Methodist Church.


Mr. & Mrs. Robert Staten (Thelma)

Diamond 106, x6829

Eva Dougherty Trott 102 x6857

Eva became an army wife when she married John Dougherty at the close of WWII. Moving and travel-ing became the pattern of the cou-ple’s life and then that of their two daughters.

Eva was born in Monte Vita, Colo-rado and graduated from the high school there. She agreed to join her sister, who was working in Wash-ington, D.C. Soon she obtained a secretarial position in the Pentagon, working for the Department of Defense. After her marriage she con-tinued as a secretary while John decided to continue with his army career in Japan. They lived in D.C. when the first daughter was born. The second daughter was born in Japan. They also lived on bases in Richmond, VA, Atlanta, Fort Mead, MD, and other bases overseas.

While overseas, they enjoyed traveling in Denmark, Spain, Switzer-land and Germany. John retired after 20 years in the U.S. Army and then worked for the U.S. Government. He died in 1976.

Eva was always a golfing and bowling enthusiast. She golfed daily while living at Ft. Mead. Two years ago she had to give up her favorite sports, and now enjoys walking and reading.

After living in Bowie, MD until 2002, she moved to Germantown before coming to Asbury in May. Her younger daughter lives in Gaith-ersburg. Eva is delighted to be the grandmother of three granddaugh-ters. As a Catholic, she has been attending mass on the Asbury cam-pus. —Lois Lord, Trott

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Elnora Russell Mund 516, x6791

Elnora moved into the Mund build-ing in April, 2008, coming from Sil-ver Spring, where she had lived since 1971. She chose Asbury because her sister-in-law was one of the first to move into Diamond, so she was famil-iar with Asbury from having visited her here, and Elnora’s daughter lives just 10 minutes away.

Raton, in northern New Mexico, was her birthplace and where she attended high school. Having graduat-ed, she first worked at the telephone company in Raton, and then moved

to Washington, D.C. to care for children of relatives. She eventually took a job at the National Bureau of Standards, where she met her husband, Raymond Russell, and they were married in August of 1949. Their first home was a basement apartment in the District.

Elnora continued to work at the Bureau of Standards even after her daughter was born, but three years later when her son was born, she gave up her job to raise the children. Her husband attended Strayer Col-lege to learn accounting and took a job with the General Accounting Office, where he stayed until his retirement.

Elnora loves to play bridge, and has already found several people with whom she plays. She and her husband enjoyed traveling to California, New Mexico, Hawaii and Bermuda, and spent many summer vacations at Rehoboth Beach.

Her two children are Diane and Raymond and she has two granddaugh-ters and a grandson. Welcome to Asbury, Elnora!

—Anne Porter, Mund

Welcome New Residents

Mrs. Louise Hallenbeck

Trott 301, x5907Louise Hallenbeck’s arrival June 4

was a welcome addition to the Trott family. She has been living in this area (Derwood) for some time and knows it well. (Two sons attended Candle-wood Elementary.)

Louise was born and grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She and her husband met while they both worked for a legislative commission in Har-risburg. She began as a secretary and later became an editor for the series of reports published. Her husband was a research assistant. Later he was with the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Their first son was born in Harrisburg and their second son was born in Alexandria, Virginia. One is now living in Frederick, MD and the other is in Texas. Two grandchildren are also in Texas. The grandson recently married, and the granddaughter is soon to be married.

Louise is a super volunteer, having volunteered many years at Candle-wood Elementary School, St. Martin’s Soup Kitchen, Gaithersburg HELP, and the thrift shop at Epworth Church. She began attending Epworth Methodist Church after her husband died and is still volunteering there.

She and her husband traveled to many states here in the U.S. After his death she and friends visited England, France, and Spain. Louise likes crossword puzzles and acrostics. She is hoping to begin learning about computers.

—Marilyn Gaut, Trott

Kristina L. Kuntz Edwards-Fisher 715

In May, Kristina Kuntz moved into apartment 715 of the Edwards-Fisher Building and brought with her a won-derful touch of youthful enthusiasm. Many of us are young in spirit, but she revives in us the energy we once had and is a true inspiration. Born in Seattle, Washington, she received her BA from Carleton College in Minnesota and is a candidate for an MS at the Uni-versity of North Texas in the field of Applied Gerentology.

She is training at the Wilson Health Care Center to become a licensed skilled nursing facility administrator.

Her hobbies include baseball, softball (a member of the Asbury Spirits slow pitch team), racquetball and in fact “any sport with balls”. She enjoys hiking, playing card games (is inter-ested in learning bridge), reading and using Google, but Kristina’s favor-ite thing is meeting new people. Her volunteer interests have included working at her church’s food bank, Habitat for Humanity, and helping out at nursing homes.

While still single, she is in a relationship with “a wonderful guy from Texas.” She chose Asbury because it is a fantastic organization – a leader in the country. With so many highly talented staff members it offers a great learning opportunity.

—Joan Dunlop, Edwards-Fisher

Frances Royalty Trott 705, x6532

Frances moved into Trott on June 25th. After having suffered a broken disk, she was persuaded to move here on H.A. Deck’s rec-ommendation.

Frances was born and grew up in Columbus, Ohio. She attended Capital University in Bexley, Ohio and came to Washington, D.C. when she was seventeen. When World War II came along she stayed and worked for the Navy. She met her husband, Henry Roy-alty, who was working for the government and who joined the Army in 1943. They were married in 1943 and soon after, Frances returned to Columbus where she worked for a community newspaper.

Frances and “Hank” got into square dancing with a group led by Trott’s own “Decko.” The group traveled to Europe six times and also went to New Zealand, Australia and the Fiji Islands.

Frances was a library volunteer at the U.S. Veterans Hospital when it was located on Wisconsin Avenue and also at its newer location in North-east D.C.

She has one son, three grandchildren, and two great grands. Her reli-gious affiliation is Catholic.

—Virginia Williams,Trott

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Stephen and Marjorie met on a tennis court in 1977, married in 1978, and continued playing ten-nis with their friends until 1995 when they reluc-tantly limped off the courts with two fake knees and multiple aching joints. April 1, 2008 they chose to move to Asbury because a few years earlier Mar-jorie had taught a database course at the Rosbor-ough Computer classroom and was very impressed with the campus, facilities, and opportunities avail-able to the residents.

Stephen was born in New York City, and served in the U.S. Air Force 1943-45 in the Southwest Pacific where he was awarded the Air Medal. He was graduated from City College of New York with a BA degree in 1946 and served in the Foreign Ser-vice 1946-1952 in Greece, Germany and Italy. His career in New York and Washington includes being a reporter for Aviation Week Magazine, Editor of Missiles and Rockets Magazine, Assistant Publisher of Air Force Magazine, President of Shirey and Rynas Advertising Agency and freelance writing. His inter-ests and hobbies include reading, travel and bridge. He has four grandchildren, one son in North Caro-lina and two daughters in California.

Marjorie was born in Sidney, New York, was grad-uated from Central City Business Institute, Syracuse, NY in 1935 and received a BA degree from the University of Rochester in 1942. During World War II she worked at several army bases before coming to Washington, D.C. During her career in Washing-ton, Rockville, and Bethesda, she created Lawyers’ Service Bureau with a weekly newsletter, served as Executive Secretary of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, and for over 20 years did freelance research for authors. She has three grand-

children, a son living in California and a daughter in Bethesda. Her interests and hobbies include teach-ing seniors at JCA Computer Centers for 10 years, and forming a tennis group, which included month-ly parties and yearly trips. She also enjoys cooking, bridge, reading, travel, and serving on committees in the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church.


Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Rynas (Marjorie)

Diamond #1111, x5436

Sarah C. Young Diamond 1102, x5216After the death of her Mother,

Phyllis Kindley, Sarah decided to keep her Mother’s apartment and still maintain a home in Wal-nut Creek, CA. She chose Asbury because she felt it would offer the kind of supportive services that she might need later in life. From visit-ing here since 1991 and directly observing the planning and imple-

mentation of her Mother’s care, she had an opportunity to see how care was provided to residents. She also had an opportunity to make friends here on her own. Because of her Mother’s long time commit-ment to Asbury, she now feels it is time for her to continue some support to Asbury in her future life. She plans on visiting here several times a year.

Sarah was born in Salem, Indi-ana. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washing-ton, D.C. She received a BS degree from Duke University and a MA in Education and Human Develop-ment from Holy Names University in Oakland, CA.

Sarah’s career highlights include the following:

n Worked as an RN Case Manag-er and Liaison Nurse for two home health care agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

n Staff assistant to a Contra Costa County Supervisor

n Served in appointed positions representing Contra Costa Coun-ty and the City of Pleasant Hill as related to health care concerns

n Designated “Citizen of the Year” for City of Pleasant Hill, CA and designated a Lifetime Citizen of that city

n President of Pleasant Hill His-torical Society

n Member, Advisory Board Salva-tion Army in Concord, CA

n Founder and Board member, Friends of Rodgers Ranch, Pleasant Hill, CA

n Founder and Board member, Monument Crisis Center, Concord, CA

Sarah’s hobbies and interests include gardening, theater, reading, and historical preservation. As a volunteer she chaired a City Coun-cil committee on community needs in Pleasant Hill; edited Newsletters for AAUW and a Nursing Regional Association; organized professional conferences for local community and professional organizations; and provided case management for a 102 ½ year-old great aunt in South-ern CA. Locally, Sarah is a 50-year member of the Metropolitan Memo-rial United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.


Lunamae Blackburn Mund 410, x5716

Lunamae joined the Mund family on April 15, 2008, having moved here from Beaumont, Texas, where she had lived most of her life. She was familiar with this area, how-ever, because she and her husband had visited relatives here almost every year. She has a sister-in-law, Lela Wagner, who lives in the Dia-mond building.

Lunamae was born in Sulphur, Louisiana, but her family moved to Beaumont when she was quite small. She attended high school in Beaumont, graduating in 1940, and went to Bowden Business Col-lege there. She took a position as a Marketing Representative at South-western Bell Telephone Company after she graduated and her career there lasted from March, 1946 to March 1982, when she retired.

Her marriage to Henry Black-burn in 1947 lasted for 45 years until he passed away in January, 1992. While they were together they loved to travel. They went to New York twice a year to visit her brother, and he took them on a tour of the fall color in New Eng-land every year. But they also trav-eled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.

In addition to travel, Lunamae collected dolls. She had 150 when she began to plan what to bring here to Asbury, and decided she would keep only ten, one of which is a much loved Patsy doll from her childhood. She had her refur-bished with a new dress and shoes and the doll is on display in her living room.

Her volunteer work was with a soup kitchen in Beaumont which was sponsored by her Methodist church in cooperation with several other churches in the area .

We welcome you, Lunamae; we hope you will be very happy here!

—Anne Porter, Mund


Resident Facility Date of DeathHarry Reed WHCC 05-18-08Neal Potter Diamond 05-27-08Margaret Wiley WHCC 05-27-08Dorothy Gaunt WHCC/Kindley/Trott 05-30-08Lois Meidenbauer Diamond/Mund 05-31-08Iva Driessen WHCC/Edwards-Fisher 05-31-08Louise Cook WHCC 05-31-08Donald Chapman Kindley 05-31-08Louise Morris WHCC 06-01-08Josephine Witczak Edwards-Fisher 06-02-08Edna Robinson Kindley/Home/Edwards-Fisher 06-04-08Santiago Astrain Wallace/Diamond 06-04-08Vera Forde WHCC 06-05-08Marion Towns WHCC/Trott 06-05-08Sara Ensor WHCC/Mund 06-07-08Jean Hatzenbuehler Diamond 06-08-08Margaret Lehan WHCC/Diamond 06-11-08Mildred Miller WHCC/Kindley 06-16-08Virginia Hagen WHCC 06-20-08Donna Larsen WHCC, Kindley, Trott 06-25-08Mervena Olsen WHCC, Kindley 06-26-08Virginia Milkey WHCC, Kindley, Diamond 07-02-08Virginia Jenkins WHCC, Kindley, Diamond 07-03-08Doris Reichard WHCC 07-04-08Robert Grimes WHCC 07-07-08William Gooding WHCC, Kindley 07-07-08Letitia Pfanz Diamond 07-14-08Willa Morgan WHCC, Kindley, Asbury Home 07-16-08Mary Kate Tews Park View 07-17-08

In Memoriam

great year. You can make a commemora-

tive gift to celebrate Asbury Meth-odist Village all year long.

Honor or remember your friends

and loved ones with a gift that assures residents in our commu-nity will be surrounded by friends and loving care for a lifetime.

Commemorate important mile-stones, honor an entire lifetime, or

celebrate a special anniversary or holiday with an honor or memo-rial gift to the Asbury Methodist Village Benevolent Care Fund. Or, if a friend or family member has passed away, you can request dona-tions in lieu of flowers be made to the Benevolent Care Fund. This will create an everlasting memorial

in the name of the honored or departed loved one to which friends and rela-tives may donate at any time.

Upon receipt of each dona-tion, The Asbury Foundation at Asbury Method-ist Village will notify the honor-ee or the family member/friend

of the loved one. For more infor-mation, please contact the Asbury Foundation at (301) 216-4050 or email Tasha Museles at [email protected]

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It’s all in who you know and who knows about YOU!

It all started when, on Sunday, June 22nd, producers of Extreme Home Makeover notified Felicia Jackson, a single mother, who is raising her four children and her 10 nieces and nephews, that they were going to build her a brand new home. The family was sent on an all-expense-paid vacation to Florida while their old home was bulldozed and a new home built from scratch.

The residents of Wilson Health Care have been making peanut but-ter and jelly sandwiches weekly for over a year for the homeless of

Montgomery County. The Coun-ty made the connection between Asbury and Extreme Makeover Home Edition, so on Tuesday, June 24, residents made sandwiches for the people working on the Jackson home.

While delivering the sandwiches our team met some of the design team. Each resident and associate received an Extreme Makeover T-shirt. The team leader Ty Penning-ton and designers Ed Sanders, Edu-ardo Xoi, Michael Maloney, Paige Hemmis, Didiayer Snyder and Paul DiMeo were all on site and were seen throughout our visit. Extreme Makeover, Home Edition is aired on ABC on Sunday night at 8PM. Look for this particular episode early in the fall season.

MAKEOVERContinued from page 1

was exciting and personally fulfill-ing for me after all the weeks of planning. The varied impressions gained from observing the people, the sights, and the sounds, as we descended the Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre, were almost overwhelm-ing. My granddaughter was par-ticularly impressed by the golden statue of Jeanne d’Arc on the Rue de Rivoli. She had studied about Napoleon during the past school year and was impressed by the ‘lit-tle Arc’(which fits under the bigger Arc de Triomphe) at the end of the Tuileries Gardens. Along the way, my grandson enjoyed McDonald’s, croissants, ice cream and chocolate crepes. Believe it or not, the crypts at Sacré Coeur were a marvel to these young teenagers. Another

treat was an invitation to visit a friend of mine in her apartment. The kids (and the rest of us) were treated to all kinds of French good-ies. We also observed a parade of veterans up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe where a wreath was placed.

It’s a wonder that there was tread left on their shoes after all the walk-ing at Versailles, especially in “the back yard”! A train trip to Lourdes, baths in COLD water and hikes to a fort absorbed the last three days. The excitement continued when the plane landed at Dulles airport on our return — someone had been smoking in a lavatory. Firemen and police came on the plane before people were allowed to deplane. The culprit was arrested!

Significant birthday? Definitely memorable! Each grandchild kept a diary and gave it to me on the way back from Dulles.

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their later years in an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation and where the spirit of friendliness, compas-sion, and Christian love prevailed.

“We are met on this campus tonight to welcome our newest neighbors that they may join with us in keeping that idea, so con-ceived and so dedicated, alive –to join our todays with those worthy yesterdays to form an endless line of service into someone’s bright tomorrows.

“It has been truly said that the torch of the spirit loses its bright-ness if it be not passed from group

to group, and the dream dies at the end of the day if it is not shared. There, it is for us the living to so dedicate our time, our talents, our substance, and our prayers to the life at Asbury—its programs and its general welfare—to the end that the spirit of oneness and caring, bequeathed to us, shall not per-ish from this campus or from the earth.”

Coming from John McLaughlin, a trustee, CCAVA Chairman, and all-around leader of the residents in the Village, it was a significant state-ment of the spirit that built Asbury and an indication that the spirit was alive and well.

Editor’s note: And it’s still alive and well today!

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On July 17, 2008 the Asbury Clowns gathered for a Clown Ministry Worship Service. Clowns include: Dorothy Beltz, Katie Buyunkunsal, Theresa Dern, Dottie Farrall, Bob Hartman, Ginny Hawke, Cathy Hugh, Phyllis Laumaillet, Nadine Maddox, Ruth Sylvester, Ginny Williams,

Marjorie Withers, Erwin Vogel, and visiting clown Betty Goen.

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