Winter Solstice: It’s About TIME!as well as the familiar “Syncopated Clock,” “All Beautiful the March of Days,” and a carol entitled “Past Three O’Clock.” The choir

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association December 2019 Volume XXVI, Number 12

Fri., Dec. 6, 9:00am, Heiser Lounge

Residents and staff are invited to get

into the holiday spirit and hang an or-nament or two or three on the Christ-

mas tree. Enjoy hot chocolate while

decorating the tree!

Fri., Dec. 6, 3:00pm, Langston, The

Lights and Stars of Christmas and

Hanukkah - In the tradition of our

annual intergenerational Hanukkah tea,

come sip tea, munch on cookies, and

be entertained with games, songs, and

stories. Everyone is welcome!

Tues., Dec. 10, 3:00pm, Langston

Welcome Santa Claus as he greets the

Kendal Early Learning Center children,

residents, and staff. Sing holiday songs,

enjoy hot chocolate, and tell Santa what

you want for Christmas. Santa will visit

Stephens Care Center, too, to spread

good cheer.

Wed., Dec. 11, 9:00-11:00am, The

Café - Kendal Early Learning Center

children will shop for presents at the

Twigbee Shop outside the Fox and

Fell. Kendal resident helpers will stock

the tables and help choose and wrap

the gifts. Stop by to watch the fun!

Tues., Dec. 17, 6:00pm, AUD

Listen to Kendal Early Learning Center

children sing some of their favorite

holiday songs. Bring a dozen cookies to

share afterward with fellow residents,

staff, and KELC families.

Tues., Dec. 24, 7:15pm, Heiser

Lounge - Celebrate Christmas Eve

with us! Gather around the piano in the

Lounge with other residents and

friends to sing carols, perhaps with

other musical accompaniment. Enjoy

punch and cookies around the fire.

Grover Zinn will share thoughts of the

season – and you may hear some well-

loved poetry and prose.We all have our

favorites. Bring cookies to share!

Wed., Dec. 25, 4:00pm, Heiser

Lounge - Judi Bachrach continues a

Kendal tradition with the reading of

“A Child’s Christmas in Wales.”

Tues., Dec. 31, 7:15pm, Heiser

Lounge and Auditorium - New

Year’s Eve at the Movies with pop-

corn, a sing-along at the piano – and

the annual Ball Drop! Bring your best

munchies to go with our punch.

Kendal Holiday Events

When something finally excites us, we

may burst forth, “It’s about time!”

That’s the theme of the annual Kendal

winter solstice event this year. Clocks,

days, years, seasons, all elements of

time invite our attention.

Ted Nowick’s decorations will wel-

come us as nature photographs and

messages reflecting the seasons, pro-

vided by Rebecca Cardozo and Judi

Bachrach, are shown on the screen.

The indomitable Robert Taylor, Mas-

ter of Ceremonies, will preside, bring-

Winter Solstice: It’s About TIME!

Thursday, December 19, 7:15pm

Heiser Auditorium and Lounge

Refreshments in the Fox and Fell

ing poetic and thoughtful readings

about Time and will organize the pro-

gram from Sunset to Sunrise.

Accompanied by Dianne Haley at

the piano and led by Carol Long-

sworth, the Solstice Singers will sing

Benjamin Britten’s songs about Time,

as well as the familiar “Syncopated

Clock,” “All Beautiful the March of

Days,” and a carol entitled “Past Three

O’Clock.” The choir and folk song

artist Judy Cook will lead the audience

in a few songs of the ’60s: “Sunrise,

Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof, “For

Everything There Is a Season,”

“Turn,Turn,Turn” and original Kendal

lyrics to the tune of “As Time Goes

By.” Also, eight Kendal string players

and a guest cellist will perform an ar-

rangement of the second movement

from Haydn’s “Clock Symphony.”

“Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” the de-

lightful song from Annie, ends the pro-

gram and sends us to the timely recep-

tion in Fox and Fell. Reception Chair

Barbara Whitehouse invites residents to

bring to the event a sample of their

favorite time-honored seasonal snacks

to share at the reception in the Fox &

Fell. And don’t forget vegan and gluten-

and sugar-free goodies!

THE KENDALIGHT DECEMBER 2019

MORNING EXCHANGE: BARBARA THOMAS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 - 10:00AM - AUDITORIUM

9:30AM - REFRESHMENTS IN HEISER LOUNGE

Want to Sponsor a Program at Kendal?

Like to Share Your Latest Journey? Or Adventure?

Here’s the procedure:

• Contact the Program Committee by placing a note in Box #121 giving details of your planned program.

• The Program Committee Chair reviews your proposed program with the Committee, which meets on the second Monday of each month.

• The Program Committee Chair directs you to the appropriate Committee member to help you: Third Thursday lecture; First Thursday lecture; Conver-sations with the Community; Music Committee; Film Committee; LifeLong Learning.

• The Committee member works with you to find available calendar space and to fill out the appropriate forms (for example, a blue reservation form). The form requests everything you should need for your program, such as AV needs, publicity, and set-up of the space. Be sure to put enough information in the description area to help with posters and announcements.

• Submit the form to the receptionist at the Heiser Reception Desk, who will place your program on the official Kendal calendar and the kaores website cal-endar.

Thank you for helping to provide the kind of programming that continues to

entertain, inspire, and educate all our fellow residents. ~Anne Elder, Program Chair, Box #121

$mart Giving!

This year KORA has a new logo. It is

the creative work of our own Jean

Slonneger. Our Council enthusiastically

adopted this new logo with apprecia-

tion for Jean’s effort.

The logo communicates much about

our association, as Jean herself says:

“Many symbols lie behind and within

the KORA logo just adopted. Some

should be evident, but others are per-

haps not so obvious. Here are a few of

the ideas that inspired it.

“First and foremost, KORA is Peo-

ple. Hopefully, people are readily seen

in the design. The many colors repre-

sent the diversity that is such a funda-

mental part of our community. The

circle, standing in so prominently for

the letter “O” in KORA, has many

meanings: continuity, cycles (such as

the seasons, the years, relationships, the

life cycle itself), cooperation, motion,

community.

“The overlap of the letter R is meant

to convey closeness, a coming together.

Consensus.

“Each individual will see something a

little different in this logo. For example,

the idea of ball bearings in a wheel has

been suggested. A great thought! Ball

bearings make the wheel turn smoothly,

and in this case they are one and the

same as the ‘people.’ You are invited to

see what you like in the KORA logo. It

is hoped that it will describe and serve

our residents association for many

years to come.”

Thank you, Jean, for this good gift to

KORA. ~Gary Olin, KORA President

We make a living by what we

get, we make a life by what we

give.~Attributed to Winston Churchill

Next KORA Council Meeting

Thurs., Dec. 12

10:00am - AUD

Come to our

meeting, and

ask someone

to join you!

KatO November Board

Meeting Highlights

At its November meeting, the Board

approved the officers for 2020 includ-

ing Liz Burgess as Chair, Joan Villar-

real as Vice-Chair, Dominique Hughes-

Stecker as 2nd Vice-Chair, Barb Benja-

min as Secretary, and Jack Southworth

as Treasurer.

Two new members were approved:

Dan Styer, a long-standing Oberlinian

and Quaker who has been a physics

professor at Oberlin College for over

30 years, and Marianne Riley, an Elyria

resident and retired licensed social

worker who worked for more than 25

years for the Lorain County Board of

Mental Health, where she specialized in

children’s services.

Gary Olin will continue in 2020 as

the elected KatO resident representa-

tive from KORA.

Liz thanked outgoing board mem-

bers Ruth Ann Clark (six years of ser-

vice) and Vance DeBouter (nine years

of service) for their extraordinary

commitment to Kendal. Each has

made significant contributions with

their leadership.

As a wrap-up to the meeting, those

board members and staff who attend-

ed the LeadingAge Annual Meeting in

San Diego in October each shared

their impressions and one highlight of

an education session.

~Barbara Thomas, CEO

DECEMBER 2019 THE KENDALIGHT PAGE 3

♫–Music at Kendal–♫

News & Views: Foreign Affairs

Fri., Dec. 6 - 10:30am - AUD

Gordon Evans, Kendal resident and

veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service,

will speak on State of the State De-

partment and Diplomacy.

During the Trump administration

the usual ways of conducting diplo-

macy have been upended. Many posi-

tions in the State Department have

never been filled and meetings with

foreign leaders such as Kim Jong-un

and Vladimir Putin have been con-

ducted with little advance planning.

What effect are these changes having

now and how will they affect ongoing

relationships between the United

States and its allies and adversaries?

No registration or fee. All are wel-

come.

OPPORTUNITY

Interested in becoming the coordina-

tor of the News & Views–Foreign

Affairs program?

Contact Harol Pesuit, chair, Life-

Long Learning Committee.

NEOS Dance Theatre Thurs., Dec. 5 - 7:15pm - AUD

The region’s best dancers preview their winter/Christmas show, “Home for the Holidays, a Big Band Christmas,” featuring singer Kelly Knowlton in an evening of song and dance that harkens back to America’s favorite variety shows. For more information, contact neosdancetheatre.org.

Empty Mugs Holiday Brass & Organ Spectacular

Friday, December 13 - 7:00pm - First Church in Oberlin

Bring your family and friends this holiday season to enjoy the brilliant sounds of

organ and brass. Oberlin Conservatory and First Church collaborate to present

familiar songs of the season. Potters from the Oberlin Pottery Co-op and Ken-

dal at Oberlin bring mugs, bowls, and handcrafted art objects for sale. The Spec-

tacular is free, but funds from the sale of pottery and auction items go directly to

Oberlin Community Services, serving local people who need emergency assis-

tance. This year’s food service will be donated by Slow Train and The Feve.

Sign up for Kendal bus.

Genealogy/History Group

Tomas Maseryk Goes Home Tues., Dec. 3 - 7:15pm - AUD

Betsy Young will tell a story about a treasured lithograph of the first Czecho-

slovakian President that went home to

Czechoslovakia after 51 years in Ober-

lin. All are welcome.

Note: Kendal residents who have a

family story are encouraged to schedule

a time to tell it to an appreciative audi-

ence. Contact Betsy Young.

Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin;

Peter Takács, piano Fri., Dec. 13 - 4:00 - AUD

Oberlin Conservatory faculty members

play sonatinas for piano and violin by

Franz Schubert.

First Thursday Health Lecture No lecture on December 5.

Third Thursday Lecture No lecture on December 19.

The Marimbas Are Back! Sun., Dec. 15 - Noon - HL

Once again, Oberlin Conservatory

percussion students will present

“Marimba Christmas,” after eating

brunch with us at 11:30am in the Fox

and Fell.

Lunch Bunch

The Lunch Bunch trip for Wednesday,

December 11, has been canceled. But

the Lunch Bunch will be traveling again

on Wednesday, January 8. Join us then!

Kendal’s CommUnity

Holiday Luncheon Mon., Dec. 9

11:30am-1:00pm

Fox & Fell

Get into the spirit of the

season at Kendal with

our Annual CommUnity

Holiday Lunch! This is a wonderful

opportunity for residents and staff to

enjoy a delicious meal, terrific fellow-

ship, and holiday music.

Dining services will provide the

meal. We encourage all staff and resi-

dents to bring a holiday dessert, or any

specialty to share.

~Staff Special Events Committee

2020 KatO Directories

Coming Soon!

The 2020 Kendal at Oberlin telephone directory will be in your open mailbox

toward the end of January. ~Nina Love

Sunday Afternoon

Chamber Music Fun Sun., Dec. 1 - 4:00-5:00pm - HL

Stop by and listen to this informal

presentation by Kendal residents. It’s

not a formal concert, but a read-through

(or rehearsal) for all to enjoy!

Health Services Forum

Thurs., Dec. 5 - 4:00pm - AUD

• Home Health in the Continuum of Care.

• Health and Wellness Clinic Services (some known and some unknown).

• Thoughts on Updating the Stephens Care Center.

~Stacy Terrell, KatO Chief

Health Services Officer


Art

Gallery

News

Saturday Foreign Film Dec. 7 - 7:15pm - AUD

Becoming Astrid (2018) Sweden.

Teenaged Astrid Lindgren (Alba Au-

gust), who later went on to write the

Pippi Longstocking series, leads a care-

free life with her family in rural Swe-

den. Restless and eager to break free

from her conservative upbringing, she

accepts an internship at a local newspa-

per where she attracts the attention of

its married editor. ~Dwight Call

Sunday Movies in

Jameson House at 7:00pm

Dec. 1 - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) gets a

job as Macy’s Santa Claus and then has

to prove he really is Santa to a skeptical

little girl (Natalie Wood) and a judge.

Dec. 8 - The Bishop’s Wife (1947) A

suave angel (Cary Grant) helps a wom-

an (Loretta Young) and her Episcopal

bishop husband (David Niven) deal

with spiritual doubt and marital woes.

Dec. 15 - Christmas in Connecticut

(1945) A magazine columnist (Barbara

Stanwyck) is totally devoid of the

homemaking talents espoused in her

column. But she needs to acquire those

skills, fast, when her boss invites him-

self and a recently returned war hero

(Dennis Morgan) to her home for a

traditional family Christmas.

Dec. 22 - The Polar Express (2004)

This Oscar-nominated film is based on

the children’s book by Chris Van

Allsburg. Wonderful animation brings

the artwork to life in this tale of a

young boy who boards a train on

Christmas Eve and ends up in a magical

place. G.

Dec. 29 - An Affair to Remember

(1957) A couple (Cary Grant, Deborah

Kerr), both engaged to be married to

others, fall in love on an ocean voyage,

then part but agree to meet in six

months at the Empire State Building.

Saturday Night Film Dec. 14 - 7:15pm - AUD

The Fall (2006) A hospitalized 5-year

old girl strikes up an unlikely friendship

with a Hollywood stuntman shattered

by a near-fatal movie set accident. He

tells her the story of Governor Odious

and the five heroes determined to de-

feat him. The line between reality and

fantasy begins to dissolve. The film was

shot over a period of four years and

incorporates footage from more than

20 countries. ~Dwight Call

Kendal Bus to Crocker Park

Thursday, December 5

11:00am-3:00pm. Cost: $18.

KatO Artists’ Works

Featured in FAVA Show

Twelve Kendal residents and a KatO

staff member are among the artists ex-

hibiting in the 40th Annual Members’

Holiday Show of the Firelands Associa-

tion for the Visual Arts.

Kendal artists on exhibit are: Janet

Bolland, Katie Brown, Kathy Caldwell,

John Dixon Elder, Charlotte Elsner,

Linda Grashoff, Ruth Green, Amanda

Hooley, Thomas Van Nortwick, Ted

Nowick, Dina Schoonmaker, Vicki

Shafarman, and Grover Zinn.

The show runs through Sunday, De-

cember 8.

Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11:00am-

5:00pm; Sun., 1:00-5:00pm. Free and

open to the public.

The Kendal Gallery’s exhibit “Sus-

tained: Hanji Artwork by Aimee

Lee” continues until December 9. It

extends down the adjacent corridor to

the Green Room as well as to the Mar-

keting Showcase All are created out of

paper she has made, using predomi-

nantly fibers from milkweed plants. At

the November reception, Aimee Lee

showed many images of her papermak-

ing process. Samples of the plant mate-

rial she uses as well as samples of her

paper and string and small objects she

had made were displayed. We found

them surprisingly soft and sturdy!

Prior to her talk, Aimee was awarded

the 2019 Ohio Heritage Fellowship by

Kathy Signorino, director of the Ohio

Arts Council Artists Program.

“The Processes of Printmaking,”

a collaboration with the Artists Ar-

chives of the Western Reserve, goes up

on December 10. It includes prints by a

number of archived artists, along with

the materials from which the prints

were created.

The Friends Gallery has an exhibi-

tion of photographs taken by David

Miraldi on his travels in Jordan and

Israel. His uncanny ability to capture

candid photographs of people in their

daily lives makes his work especially

riveting. David often photographs in

early morning or early evening light

which lends his pictures a softness.

This show, his fifth at Kendal, will be

up until December 9.

The photography of Nancy Lom-

bardi continues in the Community

Gallery until December 12. Her de-

lightful close-up abstractions and de-

tails of dew and frost on foliage in

nature by the perimeter path around

Kendal are the result of her discerning

eye. A reception was held for her on

November 6.

James Peake’s origami sculptures

and creations will come to the Com-

munity Gallery on December 13. His

reception will be on Fri., Jan. 10, at

10:30am in Heiser Lounge.

“Tiny Treasures,” miniatures

from Peru and other Latin American

countries, are now arranged in the

Curio Cabinet. These tiny boxes and

egg shells from the collection of Mon-

ica Fuquay contain tiny figures depict-

ing scenes of the Nativity.


Get Menus and Kendalight on Our Website!

Menus for several days are on our KORA website. Just display the home page

(kaores.kendal.org) and click on the Menus button. (See the Dining Matters Nug-

get on page 11 for how to see nutritional information.)

You can see the color version of The Kendalight (and print it, if you like) by

clicking on the Kendalight button.

Community Conversations

“Life After Guantanamo” Mon., Dec. 23 - 7:15pm - AUD

Katie Taylor (Tom and Shirley Taylor’s

daughter) will talk about her work with

Reprieve, an international human

rights NGO that provides free interna-

tional legal and investigative support to

those facing execution or victimized by

states’ abusive counter-terror policies.

Katie coordinates Reprieve’s Abuse of

Counter-Terrorism initiative and spe-

cifically the Life After Guantanamo

project. She and her team of lawyers

and investigators have worked to se-

cure the release of Guantanamo men

who are held without charge or cleared

for release but still detained. She has

traveled to North Africa, the Middle

East, and Eastern Europe to work

with families of detainees and the men

who have been released as well as their

host governments. Learn more about

Reprieve at reprieve.org.uk.

Cleveland Museum of Art BIG BUS - Tues., Dec. 3

If you have signed up for this trip on the big bus, please check in at the Heiser Front Desk by 9:15am for our 9:30am departure.

Three Fundamentals from the Front Desk

1. If you would like to receive notices and announcements via email instead

of your open mailbox, please notify the Front Desk or JoDee Palmer. Your

name will then be added to an electronic Resident Email Distribution Group.

Even if your email address is listed in the directory, you will need to be added

to this electronic group list or you will continue to get paper notices. If you

are already part of this distribution group, remember to let us know if your

email address changes so that your information can be updated.

2. Don’t forget to reserve your group’s meeting space for 2020 and fill out

the appropriate room reservation form.

3. Check the poster on the Administration bulletin board for holiday mailing

deadlines for USPS, FedEx, and UPS. The Oberlin UPS store was una-

ble to set up shop in Heiser Lounge this year.

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Sun., Dec. 15 - 4:00pm

If you have signed up for this trip on the Kendal bus to Bay Village, we will leave at 3:00pm, returning around 6:30pm.

Oberlin Heritage Center:

Oberlin’s Historic Links

to Faith Healing Tues., Dec. 10 - 7:15pm - AUD

Historian Matthew Hintz highlights

Oberlin residents’ connections to faith

healing, a religious movement that was

particularly prevalent in the late 1800s

and early 1900s, noting their impact on

its regional organizational structure

and revivals.

A native of Elyria, Matt received a

Frederick B. Artz Summer Scholar

Research Grant to do research at the

Oberlin College Archives in 2017. He

is completing doctoral work at the

University of North Carolina, Greens-

boro, examining faith healing and alter-

native medicine at the turn of the-

century. Free and open to the public.

From Oberlin to Cleveland, from Phone Apps to Climate Action:

What’s New with the Environmental Dashboard? Thurs., Dec. 12 - 1:15pm - AUD

The Kendal community is familiar with Environmental Dashboard digital signs

installed in our lobby and 19 other locations throughout Oberlin to promote

environmental awareness and action. You might not know that this communica-

tions technology, first developed in Oberlin, is now being adopted by other

communities and that several new features are being developed, such as a phone

app that allows viewers to control each screen.

Dr. John Petersen’s Oberlin College Environmental Communications class

will tell us about Cleveland’s new Environmental Dashboard exhibit at the Great

Lakes Science Center as well as an initiative to promote Oberlin’s revised Cli-

mate Action Plan. ~Sponsored by the Environmental Concerns Committee

Remember! Wear your name tag

so newcomers (and old-timers)

can tie your name to that face!


Recent Move-ins

Dick and Kathy Hazelton, from

Shaker Heights, OH, to a Kendal cot-

tage in late November.

Jack Mosher, from Jackson Heights,

NY, to a Kendal cottage in late No-

vember.

Andy Unger, from Alexandria, VA, to

a Kendal cottage in early November.

More About Kendal Residents

Caroline and John

Brandenberger

Connie Bimber, from an apartment to

Patterson in early November.

Betsy Mathias, from a Kendal cottage

to Jameson House in early November.

Jane Moore, from a Kendal cottage to

Whittier in mid-November.

Recent Transfers

Caroline:

In a sense, my move this summer to

Ohio is a return to my paternal grand-

father’s roots. He grew up near Toledo

and later became a Lutheran minister

in Philadelphia. I grew up in Had-

donfield, a small Quaker town in New

Jersey.

I hoped to follow my mother to Yale

School of Music or my brother to Yale

College, but came of college age just

when undergraduate women were ad-

missible to neither. I attended Brown

University majoring in music history

and traveling to New England Con-

servatory for violin lessons.

At Brown I met John, a physics

graduate student, who attended many

of our concerts and brought me home-

baked treats. After my graduation and

our marriage, John taught physics at

the College of Wooster, and I took

music education courses.

In 1968, we moved to Appleton, WI,

and Lawrence University where we

lived and taught for 50 years. I was

asked to develop the Lawrence Acade-

my of Music, a community music

school affiliated with the Lawrence

Conservatory of Music. We collaborat-

ed with the nascent Fox Valley Sym-

phony to hire excellent teachers/

performers. Both organizations grew in

size and professionalism: The Acade-

my from 50 to 1,700 students and the

Symphony to urban orchestra size

mostly with professional players.

I taught violin at the Academy,

coached youth orchestra string section-

als, played in area orchestras and in

outreach string quartets.

John’s sabbaticals took us to delight-

ful years in Oxford, England, and twice

to Cambridge, MA. Our two sons par-

ticularly enjoyed England and our Eu-

ropean travels during the Oxford year.

Our love of travel continues. This

spring we will travel to Belgium, where

I will participate in a string quartet

workshop.

We look forward to the Kendal

phase of our lives: the wonderful peo-

ple we have already and are yet to

meet, and the opportunities yet to be

discovered.

John:

I grew up in Danville, IL, where I at-

tended public schools, peddled excess

produce from my father’s vegetable

garden, played tennis, and edited the

school newspaper. I considered be-

coming an engineer but followed my

sister to Carleton College and discov-

ered physics.

In 1961 I began graduate work in

physics at Brown where I met violinist

Caroline Melhorn. Following our wed-

ding in 1964, I accepted a two-year

appointment at The College of

Wooster. Upon my return to Brown, I

completed a precision measurement

of the 2P fine structure in atomic

hydrogen.

In 1968 we moved to Wisconsin to

begin our 50-year careers in music and

physics at Lawrence University. As

both educator and practicing physicist,

I developed an experimental atomic

research program in which I involved

over 100 physics majors. Mentoring

these students and remaining in touch

with them over the years has provided

immense satisfaction.

I also helped develop new foci in

physics at Lawrence including laser

physics and a major facility which the

college president named Laser Palace.

My colleagues and I worked to expand

our physics program so that it might be

seen as one of the stronger small pro-

grams in the country. Late in my career

I developed a project-based course

featuring innovation.

Caroline and I have two sons: Philip,

a computer scientist who works on

Wall Street, and David, a Russian his-

torian who teaches Russian history at

the University of Richmond. We also

have three grandchildren.

We spent sabbaticals at Harvard,

Oxford, MIT, Reading, and Amster-

dam, and we enjoy traveling in Europe.

A high point of one trip was attending

the performance of the Last Night of

the Proms.

During the past decade I assembled

an O-gauge train layout equipped with

a replica of the Simplon Orient Ex-

press, a train that we hope to ride some

day.


Coming Move-ins

Vince Santone and Ann Halteman,

from Medford, MA, to an apartment in

early December.

Helene Aarons, from Santa Fe, NM, to an apartment in late December.

Kendal Kryptogram #177 - By Nina Love

BTNUPG ZONAGP BOYP BP MPOANHKAR,

MAN KONUPG NHBP MPON NUP

YOWRHXUNC TAN TK BP.

~PRETTY LONGHSF

Solution to Kryptogram #176: “Age does not protect you from love, but

love, to some extent, does protect you from age.” ~Jeanne Moreau

Join the Kendal Karolers in Downtown Oberlin Sat., Dec. 14 - 12:30pm - Gather at The Hotel at Oberlin

“Sing high, sing low, Round town we’ll go

To let everyone know, We’ve great spirit to show!”

Join your voice with Mary Lee Orr’s recorder and Don Parker’s harmonicas in a

merry caroling walk. We’ll sing out of carol books and spread some cheer for

shoppers visiting downtown stores and restaurants.

Questions? Contact Mary Louise VanDyke.

scape plans for Parking Lots 4 and 5.

A new resident’s expertise in out-

door lighting prompted the formation

of a sub-committee to gather data

about our lighting with the aim of

improving safety and establishing a

dark sky campus.

The December 11 presentation will

provide an update. A finalized printed

copy of the Master Landscape Plan

will be available in our library soon.

An amazing process has led to a

good document to guide us into the

future.

~Anne Helm for the Arboretum Committee

Looking for Someone Special?

You’ll find biographies of all resi-

dents, newcomers and old-timers,

in “Who’s Here” on the library

center bookcase.

Don’t Forget to Count Your

2019 Volunteer Hours!

In early January you will receive a form

in your open mailbox asking you to list

the number of hours you volunteered

in 2019.

Check the Volunteer Bulletin Board

for volunteer reminders. Did you sit at

the Heiser Front Desk, escort a Ste-

phens Care Center resident to a medi-

cal appointment, plant flowers in front

of Heiser, shelve books in the library,

hang an art show at Kendal, serve on a

non-profit agency board or City of

Oberlin Committee? Get the idea? All

these volunteer efforts count toward

fulfilling the Kendal mission.

We will ask you to report your 2019

volunteer hours by Fri., Jan. 31, 2020.

Thank you for all you offer.

Questions? Place them in Box #121.

~Volunteer Clearinghouse Committee

From The John Bartram Arboretum:

Progress toward the

Master Landscape Plan Wed., Dec. 11 - 4:00pm - AUD

Environmental Design Group (EDG),

the consultants helping us develop the

Master Landscape Plan for our Kendal

at Oberlin campus of some 110 acres,

will lead discussion of the document

designed to set forth a vision for the

next five to 20 years.

Work started with a look at our val-

ues and the principles of sustainability –

essential foundations for the plan. Dur-

ing the summer each and every resident

was asked to respond to a survey re-

garding concerns and wishes for our

landscape.

With broad concepts and individual

desires known, EDG looked at invento-

ries and analyses supplied by Kendal

and did further site work themselves,

reporting back to the broad committee

for discussion. Topics considered in-

clude soils, storm-water management

and drainage, invasive species manage-

ment and ecological restoration, shade

trees, conversion of some turf grass to

meadow, and signage and way-finding.

The resulting master plan incorpo-

rates the basics of the Sustainable Ur-

ban Forest Management Plan of the

John Bartram Arboretum adopted earli-

er by the Kendal at Oberlin Board of

Directors.

By invitation, EDG designed land-

Staff Holiday Fund Gifts

Due by Mon., Dec. 2, gifts are to be

made out to Kendal at Oberlin, with

Staff Holiday Fund in the memo line,

and placed in the box at the Heiser

Front Desk. ~Gary Olin, KORA President


Kendal Resale Shop Talk

Benefitting Kendal Residents Assistance

Fund and Community Charities

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Check out the holiday displays in the

Kendal Resale Shop. You will find dec-

orations, seasonal clothing, wrapping

paper, cards, and more. Come on down

to the KRS!

On Wednesday, December 11, 9:00-

11:00am, in the Café outside the Fox &

Fell, our KRS team will host the stu-

dents of the Kendal Early Learning

Center (KELC) at our sixth annual

Twigbee Shop, named after a popular

holiday program at the former Higbee’s

department store on Public Square in

downtown Cleveland.

For this shop, we gather and display

small items such as knickknacks, ties,

and scarves for the KELC students to

select and purchase for members of

their families. KELC staff bring the

students to the Twigbee in small

groups. For $2 to KRS, each student

can select two items. Volunteers help

the children select and wrap their gifts.

It’s fun for the students, staff, and vol-

unteers, as well as onlookers. Everyone

is welcome to stop by and watch!

Resale Shop deposits to the Residents

Assistance Fund totaled $2,466.75 for

October and $29,412.35 year to date

through October.

And a friendly reminder – if you do-

nate clothing to the KRS, please be sure

that it is clean and ready to wear.

~Shirley Taylor for the KRS

OCS Says “Thank You”

for Kendal’s

Souper Supper Support

Margie Flood, Oberlin Community Ser-

vices Executive Director (and daughter

of residents Carol and Bob Long-

sworth), has sent her thanks for our

October “Souper Supper” donation,

the combined contribution of Kendal

residents, staff, and Kendal Dining

Services.

Margie says, “OCS very much appre-

ciates the many ways Kendal supports

our programs. I am especially grateful

at this time for your recent generosity

through the Souper Supper. This year

you raised more than $7,600 – that’s an

increase of 40% over last year, and, I

think, a record!

“These funds will be used to provide

food and other emergency assistance to

people who are struggling to make ends

meet. Thank you all for your thoughtful

generosity and caring.”

Annual Stephens Care Center Holiday Craft Sale

Fri., Dec. 6 - 10:00am to 2:00pm - West Corridor

The Art Studio group is hosting its annual Holiday Sale! This year we have a

selection ranging from hanging succulent planters to string art. Come get your

stocking stuffers and support the SCC Art Studio group.

About Vaccinations for Pets Fri., Dec. 13 - 1:30pm - AUD

Dr. Joe Urig, DVM, Fox Veterinary

Hospital, Elyria, will discuss the use of

vaccinations for cats and dogs, review

local laws that set the guidelines in Lo-

rain county, and present updates on

new issues including frequency of vac-

cinations, minimal vaccination proto-

col, and titer testing (to measure the

level of antibodies against a particular

disease in a sample of blood).

~Kathy Caldwell

Resource Guide Available

Pet Projects Special Interest Group has put together a resource guide for pet services in the area. Copies can be ob-tained from Shirley Taylor. Additions or changes to this list can be submitted to Shirley.

New THC Well-Being Workshops Forming

After Indira Palekar’s presentation about well-being in October, Thoughtful Health Conversations hosted four workshops, exploring the concept of well-being and joy. Two of those workshops are continuing their discussions on their own schedule.

New workshops are forming to discuss the nature of well-being and its com-

ponent parts. If you are interested, sign up in front of the open mailboxes.

• Fri., Dec. 6, 10:30am, Green Room • Wed., Dec. 11, 10:00am, Education Center Conference Room Questions? Please contact Elizabeth Hole.

Whither Thou, Oh Cardinal Shop?

The Cardinal Shop is relocating (we don’t yet know

where) so we are having a December HALF-OFF

SALE of all merchandise, beginning Monday,

December 2. The shop closes the last day of the year!

We need your feedback on what you would like to

see in the shop whenever we are able to reopen.

Kendal 2019 Directory

Additions and Corrections

Terry McGowan - phone number is

listed incorrectly only in the Kendal

PDF Directory.

Pet

Projects


I have a friend who lives in Stephens Care Center. Remembering her during the holidays is especially important. We

have an annual holiday tradition to visit the resale shop and buy something special. My friend picked

out an ornament to hang on her door. STAY CONNECTED

Monthly Dementia-Friendly

Discussion Group No meeting in December. Next meet-

ing is on Thurs., Jan. 23, 2020, at

10:30am in the Green Room.

Allen After Hours Thurs., Dec. 5 - 5:30-7:30pm

Christina Sharpe, professor in the

Department of Humanities, York Uni-

versity, Toronto, has focused her re-

search on Black visual, queer, and dias-

pora studies. She will lecture on

“Black.Still.Life.” The program, co-

sponsored by the Art History Baldwin

Lectures Endowment, will be held in

the Sculpture Court, followed by a

reception. Galleries are open until

7:30pm.

Tuesday Tea at Allen

Memorial Art Museum Dec. 10 - 3:00pm

Hannah Wirta Kinney, AMAM’s new

assistant curator of academic pro-

grams, will discuss “A Perfect Museum

of Reproductions”: Plaster Casts and

Object-Based Learning. Tea and light

refreshments will follow her talk in the

East Gallery. All are welcome.

Mark Your Calendar

for our Annual

Robert Burns Dinner

The popular Robert Burns Dinner has

been held in January nearly every year

since Kendal began.

We celebrate the anni-

versary of the Scottish

poet’s birth (January

25, 1759) with music,

stories, haggis, lager,

tartans, the skirl of the

piper, and lots of tasty

food. Chef Scott

Stonestreet prepares

our traditional menu.

The annual Robert

Burns Dinner will be

held on Friday, January 24, so dust off

your tartan! All are welcome to share

the food, the bagpipes, poems, music,

and stories. If you have Scottish items

to add atmosphere, please call or email

Carl and Barbara Whitehouse.

In January, look for the sign-up sheet

and more news in The Kendalight.

Library

Notes

Watching a DVD is a great way to

spend long winter nights and we have

an interesting selection from which to

choose. DVDs are often selected by

residents casually browsing the shelves.

However, there is a card catalog file

drawer labeled DVD which has the

titles of all DVDs in the collection

listed alphabetically.

For the holidays we have Holiday

Inn, Christmas Lights in Pilaf (a local

Ohio story), The Dog Who Saved the

Holidays, and Radio City Christmas

Spectacular. There are also Christmas

stories in some of the collections we

have like Ann of Green Gables and in

the Sherlock Holmes collections.

Historical DVDs are available. Some

examples are America’s Railroads, Al-

exander Hamilton, The King’s

Speech, Elizabeth – the Golden Age,

Lewis and Clark – the Great Journey

West, and the series Victory at Sea.

Armchair journeys may be taken by

watching DVDs of some National

Parks: Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand

Canyon, and Mesa Verde. Other trav-

el DVDs include Australia, Bhutan,

Visions of Ireland, and 30 years of

Nation Geographic specials.

For bird lovers there are Winged

Migration, March of the Penguins,

and World of Birds. For music lovers

we have many DVDs listed by con-

ductor, composer, or title. Leonard

Bernstein, The Tenors, Verdi, Peter

and the Wolf, Best of Big Bands, and

Monterey Jazz Festival are just a few

examples. There are DVDs connected

with aging and fitness, such as Brain

Fitness, Mining Treasures of Later

Life, and Easy Yoga.

The collection has great movie clas-

sics such as Rear Window, Arsenic

and Old Lace, Cary Grant and Buster

Keaton movies, Animal Crackers,

Casablanca, and many more. There

are comedies like Hair Spray, Legally

Blonde, and Bird Cage. There are fa-

vorite TV series – Northern Expo-

sure, Doc Martin, and NUM3ers, to

name a few. There are romances like

Sleepless in Seattle, action movies like

Men in Black, and popular series like

Harry Potter.

Our library DVD collection is a

wonderful resource for residents to

enjoy, thanks to generous donations

by other residents. ~Barbara Green

What’s New in the

Cardinal Shop?

Our HALF-OFF

sale begins Mon., Dec. 2.

We have holiday gifts to keep you

warm: woven scarves, socks, ear-

bands, gloves. And an array of jewelry

and other gift items! Stop by!

When BORROWING pillows to

sit on at Heiser Auditorium

events, please return them to

their location in Heiser Lounge. ~House Committee

Pillows Don’t Fly!

But sometimes they

seem to walk off...


RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT KENDAL

Ecumenical Church Service

Sun., Dec. 15, 4:00pm, Gathering Rm.

Episcopal Service

Christmas Eve Service

Tues., Dec. 24, 4:00pm, Gathering Rm.

Society of Friends Sundays, 10:30am, Education Center.

Bridge

Results

Table Tennis Update

After the first three weeks of Novem-ber, we averaged 17 players at eight sessions. That marked a high for the year, topping the October average of 15. In all, we took 133 turns at the ta-ble, and twice we matched our all-time record of 23 players at a single session.

One player, new to table tennis, re-

marked: “I came into this not knowing

what to expect or whether I’d stick

with it. Now I’m getting better at the

sport and enjoying it more and more

from one time to the next.”

Give it a try! ~Sidney Rosenfeld

Social Services

Lunch with the Kims Tues., Dec. 17 - 12:00pm - Den

What are your holiday traditions?

Join your Kendal Social Services part-

ners, Kim Preston and Kim Peters, to

explore this topic. Bring your lunch or

purchase it at Langston. The Kims

meet for lunch with residents monthly

on the third Tuesday in the Den.

All are welcome.

UU Kendal Gathering will not meet on December 18.

Join us again on January 15, 2020, in

the Education Center.

Check Out the Winter

Home for Oberlin Market!

Many of your favorite vendors from

the outdoor Oberlin Farmer’s Market

can now be found on Saturdays from

10:30am to 1:30pm at the Oberlin

Early Childhood Center, 317 E.

College St. Vendors supply locally

grown produce and meats, hydroponic

greens, honey, jams, baked goods,

handcrafts, cards, art, and more. Listen

to local musicians play while you shop!

Woodshop Services

Available to Residents

Need a lamp repaired? Chair rickety?

Bring it to the Woodshop! Woodshop

Committee members are always happy

to help out when they can.

Bring any easily carried item to the

cart across from the Woodshop door,

fill out a form found just under the top

of the cart, and place it in the box.

Our charge is low: $15 per hour plus

materials; if you need an estimate, we

can provide one.

If in doubt, consult us. If the item is

too large, we might be able to pay a

house call. (We don’t, however, do

furniture refinishing.)

Service with a smile!

~Woodshop Committee

Nov. 4: 1st, Rebecca Cardozo; 2nd,

Rachel Fordyce.

Nov. 11: 1st, Charlotte McGowan;

2nd, MaryBeth McCalla; 3rd, Rachel

Fordyce.

Nov. 18: 1st, Tomo Ijiri; 2nd, Eileen

Dettman.

Nov. 25: 1st, Joe Colucci; 2nd, Enid

Cleary; 3rd, Jan Van Doren.

Honoring Lives

Lived

On the third Friday of the month our

Social Services staff coordinates a gath-

ering to honor and remember residents

who have died in the last 12 months.

Join us Fri., Dec. 20, 10:30-11:00am,

Whittier Lounge. All are welcome.

Saturday Walks

From now through March, those desir-

ing to walk off the Kendal campus

should meet at the Heiser Reception

Desk at 9:00am every Saturday. We will

decide whether to walk that day (wea-

ther permitting) and carpool to the des-

tination. The walks are 1-3 miles and

are leisurely. Come join us!

Questions? Contact Phil Pritchett.

Kendal United Fellowship Sat., Dec. 14 - AUD

9:30am: Food and Fellowship

10:15am: Announcements

10:25am: Holiday Music

Thanks to our musicians Caroline

Brandenberger, Prudy Hall, and

Dianne Haley. All are welcome.

Winter’s Here!

Volunteers Needed for

KatO Meal Delivery

With the cold winter months upon us,

Dining Services is again asking for resi-

dent volunteers to help with meal de-

livery. Please contact Lisa Wilken to be

added to the volunteer list.

The Kendalight Monthly newsletter of the

Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin, OH 44074

Managing Editor: Elizabeth Aldrich Associate Editor: Suzanne McDougal Proofreaders: Kathy Reichard, Mary

Simons Photos: Sally Nelson-Olin, Gary Olin Production: Don VanDyke

• Deadline for the January 2020 issue of The Kendalight is December 15.

• Editors regret that they cannot assume responsibility for errors in content in material submitted for publication.

• Note: Please submit articles by email to our address: [email protected]

• If no email access, please type article on separate sheet, sign, and place in The Kendalight open mailbox.

• All articles must carry a signature and telephone number.


Dining and Nutrition Services

Intergenerational Gathering

Fri., Dec. 6, 3:00pm, Langston

The Lights and Stars of Christmas

and Hanukkah

In the tradition of our annual inter-

generational Hanukkah tea, come sip

tea, munch on cookies, and be enter-

tained with games, songs, and stories.

Everyone is welcome.

Solo Diners, Thurs., Dec. 12,

5:30pm, Den Our group meets on the

2nd Thursday of month.

Christmas Day Dinner

Tues., Dec. 25, Fox & Fell

11:45am to 2:00pm seatings

Reservation forms will be placed in

open mailboxes or sent by email. Lang-

ston will be open for breakfast and

overflow seating for midday meal only.

Fox & Fell and Langston will be closed

for evening meal; service will be availa-

ble in Friends Corner only. Bagged

lunches can be ordered and picked

up before 2:00pm on Christmas.

Oberlin Community

Services Needs Our

“Holiday Helping Hands”

The OCS’ Holiday Helping Hands

Outreach turns again to our Kendal

community for help supplying needy

children in the Oberlin area with gifts

of toys and much-needed clothing this

holiday season.

Kendal staff and residents are asked

to join in making 20 area children from

seven families smile happily after

opening their gifts.

This is how we do it:

• Check the bulletin board in the Heiser hallway near the Kendal Early Learning Center to select a family or families and purchase the gifts that are listed there.

• Bring your wrapped and labeled gifts to the Heiser Lounge and leave them by 10:00am on Mon., Dec. 16, on the tables placed by the front windows. Staff will transport them to OCS for distribution to families.

We have participated in this program

for several years and have made Christ-

mas a much brighter holiday for Ober-

lin area families facing financial chal-

lenges. Thank you!

~Toni Merleno, Director of Human Resources & Operational Services

DINING MATTERS

Check out the KORA resident website (www.kaores.kendal.org) for nutritional information

on all menu items. Click on the Menus button, then (depending on your device) either hover over the item or click on the Details button. The Plan button provides the total nutritional values for the menu items you select.

NUGGET

Take Action! with LWVOA Wed., Dec. 11 - 1:30-3:00pm

Green Room

Last month, we sent off over 50

postcards to federal and state repre-

sentatives on the federal issues of

ending gun violence and on such state

issues as ending state takeovers of

school districts and supporting auto-

mated voter registration.

Come join us this month! Stay for all

or part of the time and help us make an

impact on our legislators.

~Mary Van Nortwick

No Third Friday Vegan Dinner in December

There will not be a Third Friday Vegan Dinner in December. But join us again

for a plant-based special dinner on Fri., Jan. 17, 2020!

Kendal’s Quiet Room

A reminder: Our Quiet Room is now

available for rest, thought, and reflec-

tion. Small groups of people can gather

in this comfortable space for uninter-

rupted discussions. Or if someone

wishes to shed solitary tears, it can be

done here, too. Residents, staff, fami-

lies, and friends are welcome to use the

room, near the Patterson exit door that

leads to the Education Building.

Initiated by KORA with the support

of Barbara Thomas, the Quiet Room

project was pursued over several years

through the persistent efforts of Mar-

garet-Ann Ellis and Janet Smith, who

were joined by Kim Peters, Judi Bach-

rach, Mary Behm, Sheila Eckstein,

Ann Francis, and Janet Wanyek. Kim

Leek, clinical education coordinator,

gave up her office to provide a room

with a window. A sign beside the door

indicates when the Quiet Room is in

use, and passersby in the Patterson

hallway can then lower their voices.

Drop by the Quiet Room and enjoy

the result of our labor. ~Milt Ellis

For the

Vision-Impaired

Low-Vision Support Group:

Audio: “Reclaiming Inde-

pendence: Staying in the

Driver’s Seat When You No

Longer Drive”

Thursday, December 12 4:00pm - Green Room

Did You Know?

You can call 775-9868 to hear

announcements and menus of

the day.

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

Film: Becoming Astrid 7:15pm AUD

Bridge 6:45pm Green

Film: Christmas in CT 7:00pm Jameson

Suggestions & Concerns 2:00pm Crossroads

BIG BUS to Cleveland Museum of Art Check in at Front Desk by 9:15am (tx)

Low-Vision Group 4:00pm Green Room

Film: The Bishop’s Wife 7:00pm Jameson

Film: Miracle on 34th St. 7:00pm Jameson

Apollo Movie Night Sign up for bus

Bridge 6:45pm Green

Bridge 6:45pm Green

Kendal United Fellowship 9:30am AUD

Solo Diners 5:30pm The Den

Film: An Affair to Remember 7:00pm Jameson

Allen After Hours Program 5:30pm

Tuesday Tea at AMAM 3:00pm

Morning Exchange Barbara Thomas 10:00am AUD (9:30am Reception)

NEOS Preview 7:15pm AUD

Film: The Fall 7:15pm AUD

Lunch with the Kims Noon Den

Remembering Len Garver: Rod Knight runs Len’s trolley 4:30pm HL

Environmental Dashboard 1:15pm AUD

KORA Council 10:00am AUD

Christmas

Hanukkah Begins

Collegium Musicum 7:30pm Fairchild

S. Bernhardsson, Peter Takács, 4:00pm AUD

Sinfonietta Concert 7:30pm WCH

Musical Union, et al. 3:00pm Finney

ARS: Marilyn Horne, Voice Master Class 7:30pm Finney (tx)

Oberlin Orchestra 7:30pm Finney

Empty Mugs Holiday Brass & Organ 7:00pm First Church

Walk in Park 9:00am Heiser




Quaker Worship 10:30am Ed Ctr





English Country Dancing every Sunday, 7:15pm AUD

Bible Study every Mon., 10:00am Crossroads

Dinner: 11:45am- 2:00pm seatings Fox & Fell Reservation forms will be in mailboxes.

December 2019

CCR = Crossroads Room

GaRm = Gathering Room

HL = Heiser Lounge

WCH = Warner Concert Hall

WHT = Whittier Lounge

Bold = at Kendal

tx = Tickets needed

= Kendal Bus

Kwanzaa Begins

New Year’s Eve Celebration 7:15pm HL & AUD

Christmas Eve Gathering 7:15pm HL

Episcopal Service 4:00pm GaRm

Winter Solstice

Celebration 7:15pm HL & AUD

No Unitarian Univ. Gathering

No Health Lecture

CommUnity Holiday Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm F&F

No Lunch Bunch

KELC Christmas 6:00pm AUD

Lights and Stars of Christmas and Hanukkah 3:00pm Langston

Marimba Christmas Noon HL

News & Views: 10:30am AUD

“Life After Guantanamo” 7:15pm AUD

Film: The Polar Express 7:00pm Jameson

No Dementia-Friendly Group

Grief Support Group 10:30am WHT

No Third Thurs-day Lecture

Christmas Eve

Reading by Judi Bachrach 4:00pm HL

Bus to Crocker Park 11:00am lv. Heiser 3:00pm return. $18

Boxing Day

Square Dancing every Monday 4:00-5:30pm AUD

Mexican Train most Mondays 7:15pm F&F Café

SCC Holiday Craft Sale 10:00am-2:00pm West Corridor

Chamber Music Fun 4:00pm HL

A&S Orchestra 7:30pm Finney

Health Serv. Forum 4:00pm AUD

Genealogy/History Group 7:15pm AUD

OHC: Faith Healing in Oberlin 7:15pm AUD

Song Swap with Judy Cook 7:00pm AUD

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (tx) Bus leaves 3:00 pm

KatO Master Land-scape Plan, 4:00pm AUD Kendal Karolers

Gather at The Hotel at 12:30pm

Pet Vaccs Info 1:30pm AUD

THC Workshop 10:30am Green Room

THC Workshop 10:00am Ed Ctr Conf.

Honoring Lives Lived 10:30am WHL

Ecumenical Serv. 4:00pm GaRm

No Vegan Dinner

Grief Support Group 10:30am to Noon WHT

Grief Support Group 10:30am WHT

Tree Trimming 9:00-11:00am HL

Santa Visits! 3:00pm Langston

Documents

Winter Solstice: It’s About TIME!as well as the familiar “Syncopated Clock,” “All Beautiful the March of Days,” and a carol entitled “Past Three O’Clock.” The choir