November 2019 Volume XXIII Number 11

Published by Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury A Continuing Care Retirement Community

From the President/CEO

As I write my November article, we are hav-ing our first chilly, windy day of the season, a definite reminder that fall is here. November is a time to slow down and give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. We are blessed to be a part of this community. The relationships among our residents, staff, family members, and our Board members are what make this community truly special.

SVWC has spent a great deal of time this year positioning for the future. We purchased 22 acres adjacent to our campus and are in the process of building a team that will help us de-termine the next steps. SVWC recently hired Mathews Development Company from Char-lottesville, VA, to serve as our Owner’s Repre-sentative. As the project moves along, we will

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set up a communication area to share photos and milestones as it relates to developing the adjacent property.

We have also enhanced our dementia training for staff and residents through our rela-tionship with Positive Approach to Care. Eight of our PAC trainers and coaches will be travel-ing to Cary, NC, during the month to attend the inaugural PAC conference entitled Dementia is a State of Mind. SVWC is also in the process of training our staff to be Dementia Champions through the Dementia Friends program. This is a global movement developed by the Alzhei-mer’s Society to help communities (both inside and outside SVWC) understand and better support those living with the disease.

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Chaplain’s Final Message

“Thank you” seems to be the best way to start my final Westbury World article, but, at the same time, it seems inadequate. I am so grateful for all the opportunities I have had to be a part of this community for over 11 and a half years. There is no way I could write every name or every experience for which I am grateful, so just know how much spiritually and emotionally richer my life is for having shared these years together with you.

To the residents, I am truly honored to have walked with so many of you through the various joys and challenges you have encountered. Be-ing in a community of so many special people has been a true joy. In a few years, when I fully retire, I will carry with me the lessons I have learned from many of you about aging with grace and courage.

To my co-workers, thanks for sharing in the journey. The hard work and compassionate care which you provide every day is an awe-some thing to see, even in the midst of the vari-ous challenges we have faced. Thank you, Eliz-abeth, for all the compassionate care you pro-vide to this community. It has been great to share the chaplaincy work with you.

Please know that I am so grateful for this opportunity. My prayer for SVWC is this: That the love of Christ will draw this community to-gether in such a way that not only will your lives be blessed but also that many lives in the great-er community will be blessed as well. Thanks to you all.

Larry Lawhon

“Family Matters” Employee Gifts Campaign

At the staff’s Town Hall meeting on October 16, the 2019 Employee Gift Campaign, “Family Matters,” was launched. Staff can contribute to the Employee Emergency Fund, the Employee Scholarship Fund, the Cultural Arts Fund, or the residents’ Fellowship Fund.

The Foundation realizes the word “employee” can cause confusion. SVWC pro-motes the Employee Emergency Fund, the Em-ployee Appreciation Fund, and the Employee Gifts Campaign. Consequently, the peer-to-peer campaign will be known as the “Family Matters” campaign.

The campaign will run through the 18th of November. If staff match or exceed the $17,000 raised in 2018, an employee celebration will be held for all staff. Todd Lilley

I also want to say a special thanks to our incredible employees who go above and be-yond every day. I would like to share a portion of a letter that I received in September from a family, who had just lost their father. It reads: “…truly every single person, from the front desk to facilities/maintenance and from food service and CNAs, to health techs, every single one went out of their way to make things easy for all of us, but most important for Dad. The culture of caring you have there is wonderful. Thank you again.” Our employees are indeed one of the biggest blessings we have at SVWC.

As the year comes to an end, we will be busy preparing the campus for the holidays. November and December are such fun months. Lots of decorations and wonderful music will surround us. I want to wish everyone a blessed holiday season. Enjoy the time you have with those you love and cherish.

Jeannie Shiley

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Larry’s Farewell Reception

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Veterans Day Luncheon

The annual Veterans Day luncheon will oc-cur on November 11 in the Abbey at noon. Cur-rently, there are 100 veterans at SVWC. Each veteran will receive a separate invitation.

The program will feature two events. First, Boy Scouts from Troop 107 at Cross Junction will present a gift to all veterans in appreciation for their service. The second event involves honoring the 17 veterans who served during World War II. John Claybrook, George Lengau-er, Chuck Walters, and George White will inter-view these veterans and narrate their wartime experiences. The World War II veterans are Mayo Brown, Bill Clement, Bill Davis, Chauncey Dorsey, Warner Eliot, John Finley, Raymond Fowler, David Greene, Bill Jones, Ed McGrath, Wil Pieper, Paul Rittenhouse, Chuck Rodgers, Dwight Rollins, Don Stewart, Joe Wintersteen, and Charles Zuckerman.

The main dining room will be open around 1:15 p.m. for residents who wish to hear the sto-ries of the World War II veterans. Sound will al-so be available in the Commons. This segment of the program will also be available on the in-house TV channel starting around 1:15 p.m.

John Claybrook

Juke Box and Sock Hop Party

On Friday, November 15, a new social event, a juke box and sock hop party, will be held in the Abbey from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. The dance floor will be down and suggestions will be taken for songs to be played from the jukebox recently donated by Marge Toxopeus.

In addition, ice cream and fixings for sun-daes, floats, and malts will be provided. A lunch of hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, and fried pickles will be available for $4.50.

A sign-up sheet will be posted.

Laura Hager

Next Fireside Recital Presents Student Ensembles

The Fireside Recital at SVWC on November 6 at 7:30 p.m. will feature student ensembles under the direction of Professor Doris Lederer, Director of Chamber Music at the Shenandoah University Conservatory. Professor Lederer was awarded the 2015 Outstanding String Teacher by the Virginia Chapter of the Ameri-can String Teachers of America. As a member of the Audubon Quartet, she has performed ex-tensively throughout the world and given master classes in the U.S. and abroad.

The term “chamber ensemble” has tradi-tionally been used to describe string quar-tets, string trios, piano/string ensembles, wood-wind and brass quintets, and other mixed small ensembles. Shenandoah Conservatory’s Cham-ber Ensemble program provides instrumental music students the opportunity to explore, study, and perform works from the vast reper-toire of chamber music literature, spanning the 18th to 21st centuries.

Students perform in chamber music master classes and in designated chamber music recit-als each semester. Exceptional groups are se-lected by faculty to perform in the Honors Chamber Music Recitals and have the oppor-tunity to participate in community and outreach activities. Ensembles performing on November 6 will include two quintets, one quartet, and one trio.

The performers are Teddy Froelich, Ucee Nwachukwu, Devin Jones, Henri Gross, and Eoin Fleming; Tajai Shorter, Samuel Harris, and Madeline Bevins; Jonathan Toomer, Signe Mortensen, Jaylon Hayes-Keller, and John Keane; and Brenna Crowgey, Juliana Benson, Anita Williams, Carlos Figueroa, and Noah Alden Hardaway. They will play pieces by Franz Schubert, Darius Milhaud, Dimitri Shosta-kovich, and Antonin Dvorak. Rosalind Bovey

Welcome to Our New Neighbors

Lewis and Sallye Rinker moved into 415 Shenandoah Hall from Martinsburg, WV.

John Lown and Toya O'Hora moved into 107 Wineberry Dr. from Winchester, VA.

Shelby Yeakley moved into 295 Wap-pacomo Hall from Springfield, VA.

The Power of Words Word of the Month

Apartment instead of Room

Example: Health Care apartment

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Next Lawrence Gallery Exhibit

The students of SVWC art instructor Gale Bowman-Harlow will be presenting the next Lawrence Gallery exhibit, “Triumph from the Turret.” The 54 artists featured in the show in-clude SVWC residents and staff, as well as some outside students.

Gale’s innovative and encouraging ap-proach to teaching art will be evident throughout this extraordinary exhibit. Over 70 examples of creative artwork in watercolor, oil, acrylic, fiber art, drawings, and clay sculpture will fill the gal-lery.

The opening reception will be from 5:30 through 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 8. The Lawrence Gallery Art Committee invites all to enjoy this delightful exhibit, which will close on January 4, 2020.

Loretta Johnston

Fall Fashion Show and Shopping Opportunities

In addition to the monthly trip to Apple Blos-som Mall on November 7, there are several spe-cial shopping events scheduled during the month. On Tuesday, November 12, representa-tives from Taylor Marie will be in the Abbey starting at 11:00 a.m. to display their fall clothing line. At 1:00 p.m., they will host a fashion show. If any residents would like to model for the show, contact Laura Hager on x531.

On Thursday, November 14, Kimberly’s from downtown Winchester will stage its first shopping event at SVWC in the Abbey from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Housewares and vari-ous specialty items will be displayed.

On Thursday, November 21, there will be a bus trip to Tyson’s Corner for a day of shopping. Sign up in the activities book in the bulletin board area. Laura Hager

Thursday Night Programs

November 7. The Westbury Choristers, with audience participation, will present “Let’s Sing the Old Songs.” A special guest accompa-nying this concert will be local accordionist Ed Touchstone.

November 14. “Butterflies and Their Color-ful Colleagues: A Season of Discovery, Sum-mer 2019.” Resident Bill Young presents an exposition in photographs of a summer discov-ering the different kinds of butterflies, and a few of the other intriguing insects, that surround SVWC.

November 21. “Birding in Virginia.” Seri-ous birders Judy and Charles Hagan will pre-sent a program covering the citizen science, some local habitats and species diversity.

November 28. Thanksgiving, no pro-gram.

All programs are in the Abbey and begin at 7:30 p.m.

Resale Shop Christmas Sale

The Resale Shop will hold its annual Christ-mas sale on Tuesday, November 26, in the Ab-bey from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Residents and staff are requested to bring their Christmas-themed donations for the sale to the Abbey on Monday, November 25, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

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October 4 Blessing of the Animals Chaplain Larry Lawhon, Officiating

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Great Jazz returns to the Bistro

Caleb Nei’s gifted jazz quartet will bring great jazz to the Bistro again Friday evening, November 15, in its seventh performance here. Emma Hadiya will appear as guest vocalist.

Caleb is one of the area’s top jazz keyboard artists. He frequently plays leading local jazz venues. Adrien Re is known for his winning tenor sax performances here and across the country. Lydia Lewis’s sophisticated percus-sion interpretations are widely admired. Kevin Johnson is inventive, animated and solid on double bass.

Each musician has been associated with Shenandoah University Conservatory’s strong jazz program. Each is an accomplished jazz performer. The four have played together only in the Bistro Concert series.

Emma has sung with the quartet several times. While a student at James Wood Senior High, she served in the Main Dining Room. She starred in the 2014 Westminster’s Got Tal-ent program and gave her senior recital at a record-setting bonus Bistro Concert in 2017.

This will be comfortable, easy-listening jazz. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door. The series is sponsored by Atlantic Union Bank.

The Bistro Concert on December 13 will feature the dynamic classical pianist Thomas Pandolfi in a program of Shubert and Gershwin, his 11th performance in the series.

Bob Sherwood

Computer Password Do’s and Don’ts

Do the following:

Change passwords regularly. Pick a password or phrase you will remem-

ber. Use creativity. Use a mix of uppercase and lowercase

characters. Use punctuation marks and special charac-

ters such as #, $, %.

Do Not Do the Following:

Write down passwords. Share your passwords with anyone. Use key paths like (qwerty) or alphabet se-

quence (imnopq). Make obvious choices like your nickname,

birthdate, spouse name, pet name. Indicate all or part of your username, first

name, or last name. John Ferrulli

Art Bazaar Scheduled

The third annual Art Bazaar will be held in the Abbey on November 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents, future residents and staff may participate in the bazaar to sell their artwork. A contribution of 25 percent of sales will be expected as a donation to the Art Pro-gram at SVWC which supports the program for residents in Assisted Living, Health Care, and Blue Ridge. If interested, contact Cari Sher-wood, x257, for more information and to reserve a table no later than November 18.

Cari Sherwood

Jane Jolley is 100 Jane Jolley

turned 100 years old on October 30. Jane was born at the end of WWI in the old Winchester Me-morial Hospital. After graduating from Handley High School in 1932, she went to work for Wil-liam H. Lawrence at the Clearbrook Woolen Mill. Mr. Lawrence and his wife Nancy do-nated the land on which SVWC is built. She then worked at the Farmers & Merchants Bank for 42 years, first as secretary to the president and then eventually as vice presi-dent. While working, she attended Winches-ter College which no longer exists. She was married to Clark W. Jolley in 1941. After re-tiring, she and her husband enjoyed traveling to different countries. She and her husband moved into SVWC in 2007.

Sue McKenzie

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New Front Desk Receptionist

Cassandra “Cassie” Myers is a new full-time receptionist on the Front Desk. She joined SVWC in August 2017 and pre-viously worked as a die-tary aide in Assisted Liv-ing and Health Care. She is from Strasburg, and, after graduating from high school there, attended Lord Fairfax Com-munity College for two years. Her next educa-tional stop was Old Dominion University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management. She is also a certified event and wedding planner.

Hiking is one of Cassie’s favorite activities, and she also enjoys watching sports on TV, es-pecially the Redskins. An animal lover, she has two dogs and two cats.

Paul Arnold

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SVWC’s Electronic Monitoring Policy

Advancing technology and its associated benefits in our homes carries with it the dilemma and challenges of maintaining privacy. Many have purchased an Amazon Echo, Google Dot, or other home device without fully understand-ing the privacy limitations. SVWC’s insurance company and risk management committee have gathered legal advice and made recommenda-tions to create a greater awareness for those with the devices living and working at SVWC.

Our policy on electronic monitoring was re-cently revised to include Alexa-type home devic-es. It contains an agreement and signage for residents who have them in their apartments. The policy is to prohibit electronic monitoring devices on campus, with the exception of the Alexa-type devices. The devices operate on the community’s Wi-Fi or that of the residents in the cottages and are always “listening” for activation commands.

Therefore, following the communication at last month’s Coffee with Administration, copies of the agreement and laminated signs have been left with the Front Desk staff. The agree-ment needs to be completed and returned to the finance office to be placed in your respective file and the laminated sign displayed outside your apartment or in a conspicuous location inside. For further information or questions, please call x913.

Michael Williams

Garden Social The fall garden social on October 9 drew a similar turnout to the first one held in August. Dining

Service’s Octoberfest-type buffet offered just the right menu for the occasion. The popularity of events indicates they would be a welcome addition to SVWC’s annual social calendar.

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Boo! Annual Kids Halloween Party

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