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THE MIRROR August, 2014

Volume 53 August 2014

No Time To Say Good-bye

E arly on a Saturday morn-ing in mid-July Ted Man-

ning sat down with his friends at the “Men’s Table,” ready for a hearty breakfast. He was his usual avuncular self—ready with a wise word or a funny an-ecdote. Suddenly, with no warning, he was launched into a new existence. There were the usual efforts to bring him back. But he was already under full sail on a new voyage. There was no time to say good-bye.

Among residents and staff there were more than the usual expressions of disbelief and sadness. No wonder of it. His deep involvement in resident and Board affairs, his leadership in commu-nity matters, and his unique sense of humor left love and admiration in his wake. From Colorado College Ted made the unusual leap to a PhD in physics at Yale. After ten years of teaching at Oberlin College, he was promoted to Provost. Thus the pattern of his life emerged. He was to advance from one important administrative position to another. His repu-tation at Oberlin took him to the University of Colorado as Vice President and Dean of the Fac-ulties. Later he was attracted to the North Central Association—the nineteen-state body responsible for accrediting the colleges and universities in about a third of the country. Still later Ted was

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Words From Tim p. 2

Recycle p. 3

Jamboree p. 5

New Trustees p. 7

Water Geyser p. 9

Assisted Liv. Update p. 10

Gift Annuities p. 11

Colorado Day p. 12

Birthdays p. 13

Activities For Aug. p. 14

Dining Services p. 14

Loving Memory p. 14

Drainage Improve. p. 15

Lord Thou Knowest p. 16

Movies p. 16

Ted Manning —March 30, 1926—July 19, 2014


Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

Answer on page 10

selected to be President of the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation, an amalgam of all accreditation bodies in the U.S. Back in Boulder and in retirement, Ted began a new career in support of local institutions. He devoted himself to Rotary, the Boulder Bach Festival, the Colorado Music Festival, and Via, which provides mobility for impaired Boulderites. In the days following that sad Saturday morn-ing, pages of tribute to Ted will be recorded. But inches of type won’t add up to the measure of the man. Those who knew him well under-stand that he was possessed of a complex and deep persona. It was composed of elements of wisdom, humor, and good fellowship. His abil-ity to put words on paper or to launch them in speech was far beyond the ordinary. He was a man for all seasons. Kevin Bunnell

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Words From Tim

O nce again, Frasier has much to celebrate. Our Groundbreaking ceremony for our

new Assisted Living community was a great success. Boulder’s Mayor, Matt Applebaum, made a guest appearance and we had well over 250 people in attendance. It was a wonderful way to celebrate as Frasier moves into the fu-ture. The Resident Satisfaction Survey conducted by Holleran Senior Living has been completed. Since this is the second year that Holleran has conducted our survey, we are able to use our benchmarks from last year’s survey to assess

this year’s performance. We are pleased that residents’ overall satisfaction with Frasier re-mains very high, and we will use the survey results to address areas where we can improve. In addition, since Holleran is a national com-pany with local connections, we are able to compare our results with those of CCRCs across the country. We will release the full results of the survey as soon as they are available. Finally, as you know, the Board of Trustees has been hard at work developing our new Master Plan, which they expedited in response to last fall’s flood damage. During the next two months we will be doing financial and marketing analyses for the feasibility of the different components of the plan. These will be reviewed at the September Board meeting. We are grateful to the Board members, resi-dents and community members who have been part of the master planning process and have committed their time and talents to Frasier. I hope you continue to enjoy this warm sum-mer weather and are having a chance to spend time with family and loved ones! Tim Johnson, CEO


N ew Wall Displays In Recycle Rooms

The first Recycle Room wall display was creat-ed in Frasier South, Garden Level, in early September, 2013 (figures below and next page.) Plans to add it to other rooms were interrupted by THE FLOOD, which created a hiatus of 7 months. In April we resumed the project and on the 20th we completed the display in Frasier South. Work went quickly in that wing because the walls accepted thumbtacks. Central and North have hard walls ---- usually cinder

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

blocks or plasterboard ---- both immune to thumbtacks. A search led us to Homosote, a firm paperboard often used in bulletin boards. Panels of Homosote were screwed into the walls in North on May 20 and Central on May 29, ready to accept the new wall displays that quickly followed. We have received gratifying feedback that the displays are a more effective aid in recycling than reading instructions or looking at charts. Happy recycling! Bill Bradley & Pete Palmer

A Composting , Recycle, and 2 Trash containers , with Bill Bradley; designer


“Recycle” detail (top ) “Compost” detail (bottom)


J essma Blockwick again defied her 92 years by delivering a professional performance as

emcee of Frasier’s June Jamboree. Jessma told jokes and kept up a running patter while Kathryn, Cynthia and Molly took care of the myriad details involved in changing scenes. Jessma also underlined a phenomenon that may make Frasier unique: “Frasier is probably the only retirement center in the country where there’s no line drawn between staff and residents.” Indeed, one and all stood up before a packed house to deliver their performances. The Frasier Singing Group began the evening’s revelries with two lovely songs, followed by Maria Weed who played Scandinavian melo-dies, one a bridal march, one an antique Scan-dinavian nykelharpa that sounded much like a cello. Crowd favorite Simon Kyeyune, just re-turned from a visit home to Uganda, sang a stirring duet with Doe Kelly from The Phan-tom of the Opera. After that, Dottie and Ray Imel provided comic relief with a series of jokes.

Jamboree Ushers In Summertime Jean Wainright impressively performed “That Old Refrain” on the marimba, accompanied by musician-of-all-trades Janet Klemperer on the piano. Their duet preceded CEO Tim Johnson’s soulful baritone rendition of two Celtic Thun-der songs, “Take Me Home” and “I’d Be Lost Without You.” The program’s first half ended with Simon directing The Frasier Gang of Kathryn, Cynthia, and Molly along with Jim Wolf in “Above the Plain” and “Hark! I Hear the Birds.” Clint Heiple began the evening’s second half with a hilarious reading of “Rindercella and Her Steply Ug-sisters.” Jim Wolf, ably accom-panied by Janet Klemperer at the piano, sang a song from Finian’s Rainbow, “When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love, I Love the Girl I’m Near,” followed by a rousing bout of drumming

and belly-dancing by Tabla Drums, an ensem-ble led by Joseph Dabit of Frasier Care. James Bowers and Mark Venzke then entertained us with a guitar duet against a background of


Simon leading Frasier Academy singers

Tabla Drums - A Place to be Tribal Misfits


changing California scenes. To take us into the homestretch, Bob Ritzen told Sven and Ole stories in his inimitable Swe-dish accent, Simon sang a medley of American songs, “Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Be In Carolina,” “Chicago,” and “Way Down Yonder In New Orleans,” Ed Putzier amused us with “It’s Hard To Be Humble When You’re Perfect


Dancing to rhythms of Tabla Drums

Bob Ritzen telling Ollie stories

Frasier Singers photos by Al LeBlang and Phil Waggener

in Every Way,” and Rosie Briggs and Jim Wolf sang an affecting “Do You Love Me?” The program closed with Ted Manning lead-ing the assembled group in an enthusiastic sing-along of “In The Good Old Summertime,” which was a fine ending to the evening’s fun—and a prelude to the Colorado summer ahead.

Nancy Tilly


Ellen Cotts, Stephanie Kidwell, Dick Leupold, and Kay Howe

New Frasier Trustees 2014

S tephanie Kidwell joined the Frasier

Board of Trustees in July 2014. She has been the Senior Pastor at Longs Peak United Methodist Church in Longmont since 2012. She is active in the Rocky Mountain Confer-ence of the United Methodist Church, serving as the Assistant Director of Congregational Development, as a member of their Board of Trustees, and as chairperson of the Legacy Fund Standing Committee.

Reverend Kidwell grew up in Indianapolis. She earned her B.A. degree from Purdue Uni-versity and her law degree from Indiana Uni-


E llen Cotts was appointed to the Frasier

Board of Trustees in July 2014. Ellen graduated from the University of North Caro-lina with a degree in Economics. She later earned her MBA at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, Ellen worked for Conrail as a Manager of Economic Analysis. Upon retirement, Ellen and her husband Ron became Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya. El-len taught finance in the Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology, a post-secondary



K aye Howe joined the Frasier Board of

Trustees in July 2014. She served as Ex-ecutive Director of the National Science Digi-tal Library at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research from 2001 to 2013.

Kaye joined the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1981, where she served as chair of the graduate program in compara-tive literature before becoming the university's Vice Chancellor for Academic Services. From 1990 to 1996 she served as president of Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. After leaving Western State, she returned to Boulder and was president of Jones International Uni-versity, a regionally accredited distance learn-ing organization. In 2004, she was honored with the YWCA of Boulder County Woman of the Year award and has received the Daily Camera’s Pacesetter Award for Community Service.

Dr. Howe received both her B.A. and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Wash-ington University in St. Louis. She has served on the National Council of the National En-dowment for the Humanities and the board of the Association of American Colleges and Uni-versities. She has also served on the boards of Boulder Community Hospital, the I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County, the Boulder Valley YWCA, Boulder County Unit-ed Way, and numerous other boards.

D ick Leupold became a Resident Trustee

in July 2014. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up working in his father’s hard-ware store. Dick graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and later earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State. Dick worked for IBM until his re-tirement in 1987. Dick has lived at Frasier since 2009 and has served on the Spiritual Life Committee. His wife, Ellen, received care in the Frasier Health Care Center before she passed away in 2013. Dick believes that his experience with the Health Care Center has given him some in-sight into what is important to its residents and staff. As a board member he sees his role as a bridge between the Board, the administra-tion, staff and residents. Dick enjoys travelling and has visited all 50 states and most of the Canadian provinces as well as Central America and Indonesia. He is an avid amateur astronomer and has been an active member of several church choirs. He currently sings in the choir at Mountain View United Methodist Church.

versity School of Law. She received her Mas-ter of Divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology in Denver.

Reverend Kidwell is married to her high school sweetheart, Kevin Kidwell, and has two adult children. In her spare time she and Kev-in enjoy mountain drives in their Triumph TR6, relaxing at their mountain cabin, and traveling when they have the opportunity.


technical vocational school. After completing her Peace Corps volunteer service, Ellen was hired as a Peace Corps staff member in Kyrgy-stan. She was later transferred to Ukraine. Ellen continued to work for the Peace Corps as a trouble shooter, traveling to several countries each year. Ellen has been active at Frasier, organizing the 2011 Thanksgiving Fund for staff and is currently serving as Chair of the Lyceum Com-mittee.



Water main break sends geyser skyward

A contractor installing new underground fiber optic communication cables along

the Frasier easement on Ponca Place on the morning of July 21 accidentally cracked open a city water main 5 feet below ground, sending a roaring geyser of water, dirt, and gravel into the air near the front entrance. Police and Fire Department teams responded quickly and closed off the street, but it took over an hour for the water valve to be shut off. Meanwhile, the geyser continued, and water surged down the gutters along Ponca and Thun-derbird, an eerie reminder of our devastating flood just 10 months ago. A repair crew showed up soon after the water was shut off, and by 9 p.m. the broken section of the water line had been replaced. Fortunately, this water line mostly serves Frasier’s fire sprinkler system, and there was minimal impact on our drinking water supply. The nearby rose garden took a bashing, but our gardener Linda Wilkinson re-ports that it should survive without serious damage. Phil Waggener

The DitchWitch boring a long hole for the fiberoptic cable— the source of the problem

The geyser in full bloom

The broken water line after the drill head broke through it.


Answer: Mount Everest (was still the tallest even though it hadn’t been discovered.)

New Residents

M oving from her home in

Boulder and arriving in FMRC apartment # 445-FC is Margaret Picher. Margaret was born in New York City on June 10th. She has three children, Allison in Boulder, Oliver in Philadelphia, PA and Katherine in Livermore, CA. Margaret was a scholar and fund-raiser. Her interests are writing, history, music, art, nature, and lan-guages. Her new phone number is 720-562-8216. We welcome Margaret to our communi-ty!

M oving from her home in Long-

mont, CO and arriv-ing in FMRC apart-ment # 375-FC is Marie Johnson. Marie was born in Marlboro, MA on June 28th. She has four children, Edward in Denver, CO, Elaine in Longmont, CO, Kathleen in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and Kevin in Ra-leigh, NC. Marie was a nurse—R.N. Her in-terests are music, painting, and cooking. Her new phone number is 720-562-8078. We wel-come Marie to our community!

I t is my task, with the support of our staff and residents, to create the community that

once was Assisted Living at Frasier. It is my hope that together we can not only re-create our amazing community, we can re-imagine it.

In last month’s Mirror, I said that in our new Assisted Living “We aspire to create a welcom-ing, engaging environment where everyone feels welcome.” This environment, once real-ized, will be incredible, but I need your help.

Belonging is about finding your place. I invite you to find your place in Assisted Living, per-haps as a patron of musical performances, a guest on our monthly trips or special events or at any of our myriad programs. You could very well be a volunteer. I welcome you to Assisted Living and I invite you to make yourself known.

If you are staff anywhere on campus, I wel-come you to Assisted Living too. I invite you to stop by, step in, and connect.

Whether you are a member of the staff or a resident, I challenge you to ask yourself, “What do I want from my Continuing Care Community?” and, “What am I willing to put into it?” Tell me how I can facilitate the com-munity we all crave. It’s up to you and me to build this community.

Let’s get to it. Isabelle Kessler Enrichment & Community Life Coordinator Frasier Assisted Living "We can never get a re-creation of community

and heal our society without giving our

citizens a sense of belonging."

-- Patch Adams

Assisted Living Preparation

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/adams-patch.htm


Charitable Gift Annuities – How they can benefit you and Frasier

T hroughout the history of Frasier, charita-ble gift annuities have been a popular way

for donors to support Frasier. A charitable gift annuity provides you with a yearly payment for the rest of your life. When you make a gift of $10,000 or more to Frasier to establish a charitable gift annuity, Frasier promises to pay you (or up to two people) an income at a fixed annual rate. This rate, based on your age(s), is established at the time of your gift and never changes. Your income from this gift is guaranteed for life. Your gift may be designated to a program of your choice and can truly make a difference in the life of Frasier. Some of the previous gift annuities have supported our chaplaincy pro-gram and employee education, and we always appreciate gifts to our unrestricted fund. Leo Hill, a past trustee and dedicated resident who passed away in the spring, created an unre-stricted charitable gift annuity which benefit-ed him and Frasier. Leo often made unre-stricted gifts because he trusted that the Board of Trustees would determine where the greatest needs were for his gifts. Frasier currently follows the American Coun-cil on Gift Annuity rates which are updated annually. Benefits of establishing a charitable gift annu-ity include: Receiving an income tax deduction and po-tential eliminations of gift and estate taxes. Avoiding or reducing capital gains tax if appreciated property is used to make a gift. Designating how the remainder of your gift will benefit Frasier. Here are some examples for your review:

Example 1: Mr. Jones, age 75, transfers $50,000 on January 1, 2012 to a charitable or-ganization in exchange for a single life imme-diate charitable gift annuity. The suggested ACGA annuity rate corresponding to his age is 6.3%. Mr. Jones will receive $3,150.00 per year. He is eligible for a $18,868.50 charitable de-duction. Example 2: Mr. and Mrs. Jones, age 80 and 75 respectively, transfer $50,000 on January 1, 2012 to a charitable organization in exchange for a joint and survivor life immediate chari-table gift annuity. The suggested ACGA annu-ity rate corresponding to his age is 5.8%. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will receive $2,900.00 per year. They are eligible for a $15,699.00 charitable deduction. To learn more about how you can establish a charitable gift annuity, contact Kathy Pollic-ita, Vice President for Mission Advancement, at 720-562-4322. Once you establish a charita-ble gift annuity or another planned gift such as a bequest to Frasier, you become a member of the Frasier Heritable Club which honors donors for planned gifts. We will confiden-tially answer your questions about giving and work closely with your legal, tax, and other ad-visers to come up with an integrated plan that meets each of your personal goals. Kathy Pollicita Vice President for Mission Advancement


Colorado Day

O n August 1, 138

years ago, Ulys-ses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, pro-claimed that the Territory of Colorado had successfully completed the requirements specified by the U.S. Congress to be admitted to the Union as an official state. For the benefit of those of us who have never seen the critical document that created the State of Colora-do, it is here-with repro-duced with all of its glorious legalistic language.


THE MIRROR Monthly news of Frasier Meadows Retirement Community, Boulder, CO, is published monthly by residents to pro-vide in-house news and general information for residents.

PUBLISHER: John Harris EDITOR: (acting) Pete Palmer PROOF READER: John Tracy REPORTERS: Kevin Bunnell Laura Fischer Ted Grenda Tricia Judd Janet Klemperer Al LeBlang Nancy Tilly Phil Waggener COLUMNISTS:

DISTRIBUTION:

August Birthdays

INDEPENDENT LIVING Charles Aumiller ………… 8.02 Bob Troeltzsch …………….. 8.08 Betty Hill …………………… 8.09 Libby Kohnen …………….. 8.09 Joanne Heiple …………….. 8.16 Laurie Paddock ………….. 8.17 Linda Dixon ………………. 8.20 Nancy Smalley …………... 8.22 William Stengel …………. 8.27 Jane Gilman ………………. 8.27 Ellen Cotts …………………. 8.29 Trish Judd …………………. 8.29 Ann Moore …………………. 8.29 Trudi Peper ……………….. 8.30 Shirley Deeter ……………. 8.30

Gale Chidlaw ……………... 8.31

ASSISTED LIVING Barbara Perrault ………… 8.10

HEALTH CARE CENTER Thelma Haydon ………….. 8.03 Eleanor Payne ……………. 8.15

Puns to Ponder

The midget fortune-teller who escaped from

prison was a small medium at large.


In Loving Memory

Fern Levin

Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 26, 1929

Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . . Jan. 27, 2006

Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 07, 2014

“Ted” (Thurston E.) Manning

Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar 30, 1926

Entered FMR.C. . . . . . . . . Oct. 29, 2007

Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 19, 2014

Dining Service Update

T he Dining Service Department is pleased to announce the addition of a new sous

chef to our culinary team. Chef Charlotte D’U-va has accepted a position with Morrison Sen-ior Living, and will be joining our Frasier Meadows team in early August. Chef D’Uva has extensive experience cooking for retire-ment communities, and has functioned as a personal nutrition health coach, specializing in holistic nutrition and wellness. On August 19, our Travel the World promotion continues with an “African Safari Dinner.” We will be featuring dishes highlighting sev-eral African cuisines that evening. Come join us, and bring your Frasier Passport to be stamped!! * Andy Gabriele * We may need to do a little web searching to find out what piri piri chicken, Moroccan lamb tagine and Kenyan irio are!

Community Activities for August

C ome join us in our special community events for August.

On Monday, August 4, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., you, your family and friends are invited to the 13th Annual Boulder Concert Band Performance. This is an Ice Cream Social and a benefit to raise funds and food donations for Community Food Share’s Elder Share Program which serves low-income seniors in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Community Food Share distributed 7,821,660 meals (valued at $13,218,605) to all recipients in 2013. Among them were 379 elder share members who re-ceived 21,146 meals. The food was distributed free of charge, through 50 member agencies and by direct distribution. At this year’s performance, we are asking for financial gifts to Community Food Share as well as gifts of food. Please consider a gift of the following items: canned meat (tuna, etc.), pasta and pasta sauce, 100% fruit juice, cereal, canned meals (chili, stew), peanut butter, and/or canned vegetables. This is your chance to make a difference in the community. Frasier was proud to be the founding sponsor for Boulder County Senior Law in its 5th year. Come join us on Saturday, August 9th in Boul-der at Calvary Baptist Church (note new loca-tion). This event has grown to serve over 500 seniors and their families annually in Boulder County. Kym Hansler, Frasier’s Administrator in Assisted Living, will be speaking with Amy Miller, a representative from the Alzheimer’s Association, on “Now what? Options for those living with dementia." There will be over 25 seminars available from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with lunch provided for all attendees. Consider inviting a friend to join you for the day.


T his new work by Tori Landscaping re-stores the flood-damaged drainage area

on the east side of Frasier and made it more attractive and efficient than ever. The work consisted of clearing out the "wetland" type plants and bringing in new stone and sod. The water flow to the outlet at the north is much improved, and the area can now be mowed by Tori th make it look attractive. The improvements should also greatly reduce mosquitoes and other bug problems that we had in this area. It is work like this that keeps FMRC looking great and our residents healthy. If you have not seen this new work I high-ly recommend you take a walk to the back of the Health Care area just to the right of the Frasier Central garage. Thank you Chuck Wellman for this wonderful project. Al LeBlang

Thunderbird Drainage Improvement


Saturday August Movies (7:00 p.m.)

August 2 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Danny Kaye is a milquetoast who dreams of manly glory. Lots of fun and some good patter songs in this lightweight comedy. August 9 Juno (2007) An exceptional Oscar-winning screenplay about a 16-year-old girl who gets pregnant and decides to choose the couple who will adopt her baby. It gets warmer at every turn and leads us in surprising directions. August 16 Duck Soup (1933) Another classic from Ted Manning’s favorites. The Marx Brothers’ most sustained bit of insanity, which is now con-sidered a satiric masterpiece. August 23 Lost in Translation (2003) A wistful and often very funny film about two lonely people, far from home in Tokyo, who find solace in each other’s company and are bumbling their way through Japanese cul-ture. August 30 The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) Oscar Wilde’s peerless comedy of manners set in Victorian England is given admirable treatment.

Lord, thou knowest better than I know myself, that I am growing older. Keep me from becoming talkative, and from the habit of thinking that I must say something

on every occasion. Release me from the craving to straighten out other people's affairs. Keep my mind free from endless detail, give me wings to get to the point. Give me grace to listen to the recital of others' tribulations. Help me to endure with patience. Seal my lips against my own aches and pains. They are increasing. and thou knowest my love

of rehearsing them is becoming pleasanter as the years go by. Teach me that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. Give me an awareness of the lim-

its of my own store of wisdom. It seems a pity not to use it all, but thou knowest Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Amen Author Unknown

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