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Volume 57 August 2018
The Frasier “Ballet”
T hose of us who watch what is going on in
the new IL building continually marvel at
the intricate coordination of this ongoing pro-
residential floors above the garage, and more
concrete was poured. The walls for two five-
story stairwell towers were framed, one floor
ject. It mimics a “Ballet.” at a time, and still more concrete was poured.
The opening curtain saw the demolition and Those towers give us a sense of how high the
removal of the old AL building. Then, front- finished building will be.
end loaders of various sizes Meanwhile, trenches beneath
created large piles of dirt, the future garage floor were
lowering and leveling the filled with utility pipes for
ground so footing walls could things like sewers and water,
be built. Excavating shovels and little front-end loaders
dug deeper foundation holes returned some of the dirt to
for the bases of stairwells bring the ground level up to
and elevators. the top of the now-finished
The first scene began in footings. Other machines
Prairies North. Forms for thumped that ground to be
the perimeter footings ap- sure the dirt was tightly
peared. Concurrently, drill- packed and level.
ing rigs created the holes for When you read this, a spe-
the caissons; they were cial steel mesh will have
promptly followed by a crane been laid on the dirt floor
that inserted the tall re-bar within the perimeter foot-
“cages” in each hole. Then came concrete trucks ings, and concrete for the floor of the ground-
and a third crane with a long hose to pump the level garage of Prairies North will have been
concrete into each caisson hole and the foot- poured.
ings. Those concrete trucks have a 90-minute The second and third scenes constitute a kind
window from the time they leave the concrete of round, like “row, row, row your boat…” as
plant until the hose empties the load, so timing all of the activities described for Prairies
is crucial. North are appearing in sequence in Prairies
More forms were created above the caissons to Central and South. The stairwell towers are
become pillars that will support the four-story (Continued on page 2)
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(Continued from page 1) the Prairies building walls. Other members of
just starting in Prairies Central, and the cais- the cast drive specialized vehicles of all kinds
sons, a few weeks behind, have just been com- and continually dance around the construction
pleted for Prairies South. activities to where they are needed.
All of this action is happening while the stage So far we are still in Act 1. The next Act be-
crew is distributing piles of pipe and re-bar gins when the residential floors above the gar-
where they will not get in the way. Excavators ages appear on stage. Keep watching and mar-
have created, and front-end loaders have filled, veling!! The Arts and Education building is
trenches for pipes and other utilities outside of another story.
Pete Palmer
Frasier Forward —All Systems are Go!
Tim Johnson, CEO
It’s been a hot summer, one filled with con- building. The concrete pour took place over
struction of our Master Plan, Frasier Forward. two-day period and used about 30 cement
I am happy to report that on June 6 the City of trucks, one huge pumper, and 275 cubic yards
Boulder issued a full permit to construct The of concrete!
Prairies, the apartment building of our new 98
independent living residences. This was an im- I’m pleased to share that with the “big pour”
portant milestone in Frasier Forward. While and completion of the north wing stair towers
permits were previously issued for utility, site and ALL 240 caissons, we are ON SCHED-
prep, and foundation work, the full building ULE! and are progressing as planned, with
permit allows us to continue construction on completion of The Prairies projected for De-
The Prairies. cember 2019.
Another construction milestone we met for The In addition to the great momentum of The
Prairies was the recent “big pour” of the grade Prairies, other Frasier Forward projects are
level slab of the north wing of the Prairies
(Continued on page 3)
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(Continued from page 2) I want to thank residents, family, staff, and
developing nicely. Currently, the Arts and Ed- the greater Boulder community for their pa-
ucation Center’s foundation work is in pro- tience, flexibility, and understanding as we
gress. The major refurbishment of the Sky undergo these significant improvements. It is
Lounge continues at a very nice clip with
with this support and the hard work of our
demo, utility work, and window replacement
prep completed. In addition the Frasier Li- building partner, Pinkard Construction, that
brary is very close to opening in its new loca- we have maintained our timeline and that all
tion, with beautiful, stunning millwork to systems are go, as we continue with the con-
showcase reading materials. struction at Frasier!
Bolder Boulder Frasierites
F rasier’s honor was upheld once again at the annual Bolder Boulder. Janet
(Jan) Grenda (93) finished first in her age group in under two hours on
two replaced knees. Warren Underwood (84) took a second place. Both Janet
and Warren have competed 15 or so years while Charlie Anderson (82) ran this
year for the first time placing 7th in his age category.
Molly Briggs, Director of Community Life, also ran as
did Elsa Berhanu of the Frasier Care Staff finishing
her 22nd run – Yay Elsa and Molly! Cheering them all
and handing out flags at the finish was Mary Jane
Hall disguised as a clown.
Louise Bradley
Mary Jane Hall (left)
and Elsa Berhanu
Molly Briggs (left),
Warren Underwood,
Janet Grenda and
Charlie Anderson.
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Shriner Band Concert On June 6
The Shriner band concert and ice Conductor Ted Worth, son of Frasier
cream social, a benefit in support of the resident Margie Worth, presided over a
Walk to End Alzheimer’s, has become a crowd-pleasing program of popular and
welcome annual June event at Frasier. patriotic numbers.
D-Day. The Assisted Living patio, although
reduced in space by major construction, ac-
commodated the event well. Delicious ice
cream and toppings, served by staff and vol-
unteers, con-
tributed to the
festive mood.
Blindingly
bright sunshine
followed by om-
inous clouds
and a double
rainbow added
In tribute to all those who served, the band a dramatic
played the rousing Armed Forces Salute, a touch to the
medley of the songs honoring each of the evening.
branches of the United States Military. It was
an appropriate salute on the anniversary of Alex Herzog
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In July
the Music Played On
Trumpet Jazz
Dixie Land A-Plenty
RollingTurtle-
Cavitt
Laughing Hands Trio
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The Woodworking Shop
F rasier has a well-equipped woodworking
shop on Garden Level north of the Surplus
Store, and we are happy to do repairs. Common
We also have assorted
supplies, lumber and
tools available for
problems are tables and chairs with loose glue loan. The shop is open
joints caused by our dry climate. Items that to all Frasier resi-
need repair can be left outside the shop door dents. If you are not
with a note, or you can call one of the “Shop familiar with any of
Guys”: Charlie Aumiller, Don Cote, Mike For- the tools and equip-
sythe, or Warren Underwood. ment, ask one of the
Shop Guys for help. If
you are an experi-
enced woodworker, it
would be best to con-
tact one of them be-
fore starting a project
to get acquainted with our equipment. Safety is
foremost. The shop is often noisy. To get the
attention of someone using one of the power
tools just flip the lights on and off rather than
startling him or her.
Visitors are also welcome; come in anytime
you see the lights on.
Charlie Aumiller ext. 8088
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Join Team Frasier! Whitney Garcia in Colombia:
T he Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s
largest event to raise awareness and funds
for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The F
an update
ormer Frasier Wellness Center Director
Whitney Garcia continues to explore and
Boulder Walk will be Saturday, August 11, on learn the culture in Bogota, Colombia, where
the campus of CU-Boulder and begins at 9 AM. she is currently teaching English. She is en-
If you’re interested in joining Team Frasier, joying her work and gaining increasing fluen-
sign up at the IL or AL front desks or go to cy in Spanish, has traveled a bit outside the
www.frasiermeadows.org/walk. All residents, city, shares an apartment with other young
family, friends, and staff are encouraged to foreigners, and has an “inherited” bicycle that
participate. If you’d like to donate to the Frasi- enables her to ride in a weekly Ciclova (city
er team and are writing a check, please remem- ride). For a more complete review of Whit-
ber to make the check out to the Alzheimer’s ney’s activities, visit her blog:
Association and include “Team Frasier” in the www.http://whitneygarcia.com.
memo line.
Anne Bliss
Julie Soltis
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70 Years of Rocky ern art that consisted of twelve pictures and
four handsome sculptures.
Mountain Rescue Group
The well-known photographer Edward Curtis
In late May, the Lyceum series presented a 70th is represented by a large picture of native
anniversary talk about Rocky Mountain Res- Americans. From Carl Cassler we have three
cue Group by Adam Fedor, chair of the Safety Western watercolors. Two colorful pieces are
Education Committee. RMRG is an all- from the Impressionist painter LeRoy Nie-
volunteer, non-profit search and rescue group, man, and three horse paintings are from Car-
the oldest in Colorado. It conducts search and rie Fell. The talented Aspen artist Linda Loe-
rescue missions in mountainous terrain, ex- chen displays humor in capturing the rear
treme weather, and other special circumstanc- view of seven cowboys leaning against a rail
es. fence. This watercolor is titled “A Fourteen
RMRG went on 118 field missions in 2015, and Bun Salute.”
has about 70 volunteers, with 15-20 on each Ninety-three pieces of art have been donated so
mission. The talk included many stories of far this year. A number of them can be viewed
missions and some about their equipment and in the current exhibit, which is the final show
technique innovations. RMRG’s annual budget before the gallery closes for the dining-room
is about $55,000, of which 40% is governmental remodel.
and 30% donations. Founded as a CU student
group in 1947 after several local mountain ac- Eight of the pieces have come from the Bob
cidents, it drew on the experience of the 10th Pardee family. The show opens with two of
Mountain Division and faculty and local their small pieces and concludes with a large
mountaineers. oil. Another large painting titled “Peace and
Sunshine” comes from Opal Telleen and fami-
In addition to field missions, RMRG carries ly. Gary and Susan Thomas have given a
out rigorous testing of rescue equipment, devel- unique petit-point embroidery from the Yuca-
ops innovative rescue techniques for special sit- tan.
uations, and does public education about
mountain safety. It now has a permanent home Both the Stengels and the LeSages donated
in Boulder with a 35’ tower for equipment test- photographs, and the Forsythes have contrib-
ing. uted a small oil painting and a carving. An-
other, of the Coronado Coast, comes from Jo-
Jeff Grove anne and Chuck Howe. Bill Wood is responsi-
ble for three reproductions with historic back-
grounds.
Donated Art But the most striking of all is a quilt sewn by
Diana Bunnell and given by Kevin Bunnell. A
Three different art displays of recently- study in black and white, it stands out for
donated works were scheduled for July. originality and verve.
We have Elaine Berg to thank for the next- Janet Grenda
most recent show. Some of us remember
Elaine, a Boulder resident who volunteered
here. When she decided to downsize, she of-
fered Frasier her delightful collection of West-
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People to People Pride This new acknowledgement comes with new
terms. A person who is not ‘cis gender’ i.e. one
Month Program whose gender matches the sex they were as-
signed at birth, may prefer a pronoun other
than “him” or “her” such as “they,” ”ze,” ”xem,”
or “xyr.” Terms change meaning with time and
intent: “gay” and “queer,” once considered of-
fensive slurs, may now be meaningful identity
descriptions if self-applied. “Gender-
confirming surgery” is currently preferred over
“sex change operation.”
P eople to People
committee selected
Michal Duffy, Educa-
How can we ill-informed elders avoid unin-
tended offense? Michal advised us to make a
sincere attempt to use the new name, term or
tion and Program Man- pronoun, apologize if we make a mistake and
ager for Out Boulder move on. They observed that although LGBT
County, to speak in are not always easily identified, gay people are
recognition of Pride everywhere; everyone has family and friends
Month. Michal has ed- who are gay. Caring people become “Allies”:
ited the following re- people who speak out, advocate or take action
port using gender neu- on behalf of the LGBTQ.
tral pronouns “they” Louise Bradley
and “their” in prefer-
ence to the gender spe-
cific pronouns “she”
and “her.”
Michal served us skillfully as interpreter and
guide into the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-
sexual, Transgender, Queer) world. Their ar-
ticulate empathy and enthusiasm gave added
meaning to their words. Michal stressed that a
person’s sexual orientation is not their total
identity. A person may be musician, teacher,
vegetarian and athlete as well as Gay or Lesbi- Achtung
an. Labeling a person solely in sexual terms is
to distort the meaning of that life. They also Sales Slips & Frasier Food Slips
emphasized that one’s sexuality has several as- are now Trash!
pects: the gender assigned at birth by a doctor; Eco-Cycle’s Deputy Director Marti Matsch in
the deeply held sense of one’s gender; the ex- a letter to us explained that China used to take
pression of gender identity through clothing or many of US recyclables, including Eco
hair style; and the romantic attraction to oth- Cycles’ output: No longer! US markets have
ers. These four facets may be the same or at tightened a lot and quality requirements have
odds. Gender identity may be definite or mixed. increased. Sales slips and Frasier Meadows
Sexuality is not binary but a continuum. Gen- food slips are no longer accepted and are now
der identity may be fixed or fluid. trash!
THE MIRROR August 2018 Page 9
Artful Denver Day
I t was only 105 degrees the day we visited the
new Art Hotel in Denver. Its modern art
ranges from a miniature of Claes Oldenburg
and Coosje van Bruggen’s “Big Sweep” to vinyl
hangings in the Fire restaurant by Larry Bell
—and much, much more. The multi-million-
dollar Hotel collection was well worth a visit.
Pro Musica String The sculpture of 22,000 lights at the hotel’s en-
Quartet Concert trance played patterns that took our breath
away.
O n June 7 Frasier residents were treated
to a concert by the Pro Musica String
Quartet, four musicians from the Pro Musica
Our primary visit was to the Kirkland Museum
of Fine and Decorative Art, also in Denver,
Colorado Chamber Orchestra. Their conduc- and one of the country’s richest collections. Put
tor, Cynthia Katsarelis, is a member of this together in “salon style,” each of the six rooms
group, along with Stacy Lesard, Mary Cowell, is arranged with paintings double-hung near
and Becky Kutz-Osterberg. They began the groupings of rugs and furniture that look like
program with a lively tango, then played the inviting living rooms. Nothing is on a pedestal.
Antonin Dvorak American String Quartet, a The collection ranges from Arts and Crafts
very popular piece that Dvorak wrote while through Postmodern, and what a treat it is.
he was living in Spillville, Iowa. Cynthia
gave us a short preview of elements to listen Our own Helen Davis has one of several of her
for, which enriched our enjoyment of the mu- pieces owned by the Kirkland on display: “In
sic. The program ended with another tan- the Beginning” is a witty construction in
go. The chamber orchestra will be presenting greyed-down gold and silver of a creature in
three concerts next season, with Sunday mat- the primordial soup. Sculpted points give the
inees at Mountain View Methodist illusion of water, and one large eye suggests an
Church. This will be very convenient for Fra- amoeba, or a fish.
sier residents; look for information on our
bulletin boards about their schedule. Each of the Kirkland’s rooms is arranged
Janet Klemperer roughly by decade, stretching from about 1875
to 1990. Visiting the rooms in chronological
Frasier Hats order provides a wondrous trip through the
history of modern art, craft and décor.
The Kirkland Museum is at 1201 Bannock St.
in Denver’s Golden Triangle. The Art Hotel is
at 1201 Broadway.
Nancy Tilly
Can you identify the
Hat Ladies in this Mirror?
See page 17
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size, it had a commodious back seat and at
Car Fun in the South least some luggage space in the rear.
Parking Lot John Harris has been known for his gray
Mercedes sport coupe —often parked out
T he special-interest car show comes to Fra-
sier’s south parking lot reliably in mid-
June of each year. It’s a festive time with lots
front. To my surprise John has traded in his
milk toast gray car for an amazing black Mer-
cedes convertible. Asked to put the apparent
hard top down, he pressed a button and
with a series of contorted, folding metal
parts, the whole top collapsed into a
space behind the rear seat and covered
itself up.
Those of us who are accustomed to seeing
Charlie Aumiller’s 1930 Model A Ford at
this show were disappointed. A couple of
nights before the show, the manual
transmission of his old car locked up just
as he was entering the North garage. We
encountered him struggling in the dark
to get the top off the Ford’s transmission.
of Frasier folk and tasty snacks The story of Charlie’s struggle with his Model
and drinks. Getting past the food,
one arrives at a show of invaria-
bly interesting vehicles. My eye
came to rest on a dark blue vin-
tage Chevy truck. Amazingly, it
had an automatic transmission
with all the necessary gears. The
flatbed had been restored with
wood panels between the metal
slider strips. And who did all
that restoring work? Frasier’s
own Dana Doner, steadfast recep-
tionist at Assisted Living did!
Other cars were a little bit intim-
idating — such as a very large
black Mustang convertible, and a bright red A was continuing at this writing. We can only
Dodge Charger with an immense supercharged hope that next June he will drive triumphant-
engine and a body that seemed to go on forever. ly into the south parking lot and maybe even
Of more modest proportions was a vintage give one or two of us a ride in his rumble seat.
Mini Cooper —a British contribution to the Kevin Bunnell
very-small-car market. In spite of its petiteTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 11
The View from Frasier Resident Council
Main (Street) Report
On June 27 the final Resident Council meeting
by Jim Wolf of the 2017-2018 program year was held. Pres-
ident Mary Axe called the meeting to order.
Molly Briggs gave us an update on Community
Memorials Life staff member Linda Keschl’s successful
treatment for cancer. Louise Bradley and Kar-
I t happens every year. After all, this is a re-
tirement community whose residents are re-
spectfully categorized as “senior citizens.” Un-
la Rikansrud reported on progress from the
focus group on Naming Strategy for the new
and renovated areas of Frasier. The proposed
like the population at large, because of our age, calendar for Floor and Resident Council meet-
we have fewer years to look forward to; I have ings for 2018-2019 was adopted, and a motion
often quipped, “We move in, and then we move to elect the new Resident Council officers for
on.” That is a rather easy way to sum up the 2018-2019 was seconded and passed.
inevitable, that we are all mortal and all good Mary thanked her Executive Board (Charles
things, life for instance, must come to an end. Anderson, Betty O’Brien, and Bruce Thomp-
son) for their service. JoAnn thanked Mary for
Understanding that truth is one thing, coming her leadership during the past two years and
to grips with it is entirely something else. announced an all-resident celebration party
When a resident passes away, she or he is me- for retiring officers and committee chairs on
morialized in a dignified announcement near 27 July.
our bulletin boards. Knowing most of our fel-
low residents, it is painful to acknowledge that Resident Council officers for 2018-2019
someone has permanently left our community. President - JoAnn Joselyn
Vice President - Don Cote
Every June a Memorial Service is held for all Secretary - Betty O’Brien
of the residents who have died; this year 38 Treasurer - Janet Brewer
were recognized. Seeing and remembering 38
friends and neighbors all at once was difficult, Floor officers (Leader, Deputy, Secretary)
because I knew so many of them so well. The Garden Level: Louise Bradley, Elaine
Service was dignified as it is every year; the Hiebert, Meelen Russell
music, the memorial sermon, and the act of Main Floor: Jim Wolf, Barbara Farhar,
lighting memorial candles were moving, a cele- Alex Herzog
bration of those we have lost. You can’t dis- Second Floor: Pat Troeltzsch, TBD, Pete
guise it; it is reality, but it does really hurt, Dawson
even though, I know, our vibrant Frasier com- Third Floor: Kathy Cook, Flodie Ander-
munity will be replenished with new genera- son, Mitch Stahl
tions of exciting, contributing residents. Fourth Floor: Gale Adair, Joyce Davies,
Bev Postmus
Jo Ann JoselynTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 12
Nancy Tilly Wrote a Book
I n early June, a
colorful group of
Nancy’s friends
THE MIRROR Monthly news of Frasier
Meadows Retirement Community, is pub-
lished by residents to provide in-house news
gathered in the Fire- and general information for current and
side lounge to cele- future residents.
brate publication of Publisher John Harris
her new book, Rebel
Assoc. Publisher Heinz Damberger
Belle: The Making
of a Narcissist. As Co-Editors: Louise Bradley
Nancy moved among Pete Palmer Nancy Tilly
her admiring Reporters:
friends, her mi-
Kevin Bunnell Janet Grenda
length white pleated
Jeff Grove Alex Herzog
skirt swung grace-
fully. Even half a poet could see the connection Heinz Damberger Tricia Judd
to a tiny piece by Elizabethan Robert Herrick. Janet Klemperer Pete Palmer
Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Bev Postmus
Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows
Columnists:
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Anne Bliss Jim Wolf
Nancy read two selections from her book —
one about her mother’s fishing adventure when Photographers:
the tide turned and carried her boat away. The Peter Dawson Alex Herzog
other was about an encounter with Zeke, a col- John Tracy Nurit Wolf
lege football star, that nearly ended in disaster. Proof Readers:
Those who have read the book through know Nancy Herzog Pete Palmer
that the two selections she read were among the Nancy Tilly John Tracy
tamest of the many chapters. Nancy had had a Phil Waggener
rough early life, a prisoner of the social norms
of the Atlanta of the 1940s and ‘50s. Her natu- Distribution:
ral intelligence and her talent for writing Irma Galusha Dick Leupold
finally overcame huge obstacles. The book is Don Moore Pete Palmer
clear that she finally found her way to a satis-
fying and productive literary life. Address email correspondence to:
Mirror@FrasierMeadows.org
Kevin Bunnell Address mail to: Mirror at 350 Ponca Place;
Boulder, Colorado 80303
The MIRROR staff will meet at 2:00 p.m.
Correction to June & July Mirror: on Monday, August 6th in the Private
Dining Room to plan the Sept. 2018 issue.
Bev Carrigan spells her name
with two “a’s.”THE MIRROR August 2018 Page 13
Musings
by Anne Bliss
T his column has been called “Looking
West” for a while, and it seems to the au-
thor that a better title would have something to
may also encourage a visit from one’s muse.
And, to garner the creative spirit, a new
product called MUSE has been developed. It’s
do with her muse, her “writer spirit,” who rolls a “brain sensing headband” that aims “to elevate
around in her brain until suddenly, out come the meditation experience” (http://
ideas and words about all sorts of things. Or, as www.choosemuse.com/), in the hope of gaining
Stephen King says in Bag of Bones, “The muses mental clarity.
are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.”
So, with this column we’ll begin to explore the
And so, with this column, since those “ghosts”
ways that muses work. We have a lot of words
seem to be doing their “thing,” they’ve given a
with muse as their root: amusing, amusement,
new name to this column: Musings.
musing/musings, and how about museum, a
The word MUSE is an interesting one, coming storehouse for treasures to amuse us. This col-
from Zeus and Mnemosyne, whose nine daugh- umn gives my muse a chance to take possession
ters, the mythological “muses,” presided over the and push this author to exercise creativity in
arts and sciences (https://www.etymonline.com/ order to amuse and delight you. Let’s give her a
word/muse). But ancient voices believed that chance!
the muse, though bringing forth creativity,
could also lead to a sort of madness. As Plato
says in Phaedo, “There is also a third kind of Frasier Hats
madness, which is possession by the Muses, en-
ters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there
inspiring frenzy, awakens lyric.” And that is a
bit how it feels when the muse shows up; she
(since those first muses were daughters, my
muse is likely to be a she) just takes over, and
there’s no recourse but to pay attention and
write, sing, paint, or make music.
A trio of Brits noticed this, and formed a well-
known rock band aptly named MUSE
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=R8OOWcsFj0U&list=PLJhmviD_-i_-
cQINoojICYq3kFsBdPtkH&index=2).
However, a little silence and quiet meditationTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 14
August Birthdays
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Bill Tucker ....................... 08.01
Charles Aumiller .............. 08.02
Patricia Anderson ............ 08.16
Joanne Heiple .................. 08.16
Linda Dixon ..................... 08.20
Nancy Smalley .................. 08.22
Jane Gilman ..................... 08.27
Ellen Cotts ........................ 08.29
Trish Judd ........................ 08.29
Ann Moore ........................ 08.29
Shirley Deeter .................. 08.30
Gale Chidlaw .................... 08.31
Hip, Hip for Hippos
H ip, hip, hurray for two seasoned collec-
tors, Dottie and Ray Imel. One of their
collections, a wonderful assembly of hippos, is
Sadly, the world’s population of hippos has
been decreasing as poachers have hunted them
for meat and ivory.
now on display in our lobby display case.
Mary Jane Hall, who ar-
They include ranged this delightful exhib-
specimens of it, has included a Hippo Cook
all sizes and Book in case you want to cook
shapes fash- a Hippopotamus burger. In
ioned from a the same amusing vein, she
variety of posted a few riddles.
materials:
1. How do you get a hippo to
do what you want?
2. What do you call a long
porcelain, wood, pewter, haired hippo?
fabric, wax, sandstone, 3. How do you inoculate a hippo?
tile and beads. 4. What do you call it when a hippo gets a
cold?
Did you know that hippos 5. What is better than a talking hippo?
are the third largest ani- (Answers on page 19)
mals in the world and are
related to dolphins and Janet Grenda
whales! The Imels’ hippos
all look warm and huggable, but hippos in
truth have an aggressive, dangerous nature.THE MIRROR August 2018 Page 15
Burma Situation
V oravit Suwanvanichkij (aka Dr. Vit), long-
time champion of human rights and doctor
of public health, currently practicing in various
B
locations along the Thai/Burma border, spoke to
ig changes are coming soon for our dining
a large, concerned audience about the current
room! Beginning on August 13, all meals
situation in Burma (Myanmar). Dr. Vit, a per-
will be served in the Grill, and the dining
sonal friend of residents Inge and Tad Sargent,
room upstairs will be remodeled. The goal is to
has visited Boulder repeatedly in the last 13
have that work done before Christmas.
years with reports on the situation, which can
only be described today as discouraging. The new arrangement will require some chang-
es. Dining Services is going to experiment with
having no nightly standing reserva-
tions. Instead, it will ask for reservations for
tables of six or more, or for residents who have
invited outside guests to have a meal
here. Jonah Cox will take over as Dining Ser-
vices Director while Lindsay Homewood is on
maternity leave, and Jeff Seawick will join the
staff from the Morrison Company to keep
things moving smoothly.
From August 13 to January 1 the small and
large private dining rooms will be unavailable.
You will have to make other arrang-
ments. Talk to the staff about space available
in any of our other three public rooms for the
Growing ultra-nationalism fostered by the mili- times that you need.
tary has led to human rights abuses, especially Frasier has begun to take part in a program
in the ethnic states rich in natural resources called Boulder Food Rescue, which has the
like Kachin, Shan and Karen. The Rohingyas, goal of reducing food waste. On Thursdays a
one of the many ethnic groups, were recently volunteer comes here on a bicycle with an insu-
particularly targeted with hate speech, mass lated cart to pick up food that has been chilled,
murder, torture, rape and destruction of villages to be delivered to one of many locations in
and houses of worship, resulting in a cata- Boulder. The program’s web site, boulderfood-
strophic refugee crisis. Dr. Vit reported that on- rescue.org, has more information.
ly 130,000 of an estimated 1.1 -1.3 million Roh-
ingyas remain in their homeland, the majority August will have these special dinners:
having fled into refugee camps in Bangladesh. 07 Italian Buffet
14 Summer Harvest
Hope in a new government headed by Aung San 21 Pajama Party, with a breakfast menu
Suu Kyi, recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace 28 Menu from residents’ recipes
Prize, has proven unfounded. She has no real 23 Feature dinner: kangaroo steaks (Really!)
power over the military, and perhaps she herself
Wednesday, August 15: Food Forum at 2:00 in
is an ultra-nationalist.
the Assembly Room. Share your questions and
Louise Bradley comments with the dining staff.THE MIRROR August 2018 Page 16
The Union Pacific
Steam Shop
In Loving
O ur summer solstice trip to Cheyenne, Wy-
oming took us to the Union Pacific Steam
Shop, the largest building in the Cheyenne Memory
railroad yard, yet only half the size it was in
the ’40s and ’50s, when it took 5,000 workers to
run the place. Much of today’s work has been
Lois Klamann
computerized and automated; only nine men Born . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 01, 1934
are needed now. Clint Heiple was a fount of in- Entered F.M.R.C. . Dec. 08, 2015
formation about the trains. Died . . . . . . . . . . . . July 12, 2018
There we saw restoration under way for two lo- Willy Bottema
comotives built in the 1940s and whose last rev- Born . . . . . . . . . . . . April 20, 1925
enue run was in 1961. The 844, a passenger lo- Entered F.M.R.C. . May 24, 2010
comotive, is now complete and already runs. Died . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25, 2018
The Big Boy is one of the eight remaining (of
25) largest freight locomotives ever built. It
will cost two million dollars to bring it back to
full working order, a public relations bargain
compared to the $3M cost of a 30-second Super
Bowl ad. This Big Boy came from a California
park, where good care and dry climate made it
Wellness, Fitness
the best candidate for restoration. Evaluations
Our guide, Ed Dickens, said British railroad The Wellness Center has decided to offer bi-
enthusiasts who end their tours at the Steam yearly fitness evaluations to all Wellness Cen-
Shop goggle at the locomotives. The speeds the ter members. These will be conducted by four
engines can achieve are inversely proportional of our staff who will each test you at various
to their wheel size: the 844 with 60-inch wheels fitness stations within a 15-minute time
can go 100 miles an hour, while the Big Boy block. You will be given your results and will
with 80-inch wheels can go only 80. be able to examine how you performed com-
pared to your last evaluation. We can then
When finished, the big trains will make their take this data to help you strengthen any are-
runs to a railroad museum at Provo, Utah. as of wellness in which you may want or need
Along the way, roads near the tracks will be improvement. Our next bi-yearly fitness eval-
thronged with spectators. uation will be held on Wednesday, August 22
Nancy Tilly from 8 to 11 AM. Be sure to either stop by the
Wellness Center to sign up or call in to sched-
ule your time block. We are here to help you
become the very best version of “you!”
Nicole BarabasTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 17
A Trip Up the Concentrating
Ionian Coast Solar Power
A large and appreciative audience enjoyed
Nurit and Jim Wolf’s presentation of the
first half of their cruise from Athens to the
O n June 27, the Sustainability series pre-
sented a talk by Mark Mehos of the Na-
tional Renewable Energy Laboratory (and
Dalmatian Coast. Nurit’s photographs showed Warren Underwood’s son-in-law).
us a wonderful amalgam of ocean views, land-
Concentrating solar power means reflecting
scapes, cityscapes, and ancient ruins, all inter-
an area of sunlight onto a small thermal col-
spersed with close-up views of patterns and
lector and heating a circulating fluid to a
wildflowers.
high temperature. This is then used to gener-
In Athens, Jim and Nurit climbed the highest ate steam to drive a generator. All compo-
hill in the city for a birds-eye view of the nents of solar concentration systems are un-
Acropolis. The famous ruins were impressive, dergoing active research, which is expected to
but even from a distance, as Jim pointed out, lead to costs approaching coal plants. There
one could see they were swarming with tourists. are several variations:
The collector may be either a point atop a
Leaving Athens, their ship sailed through the tower surrounded by a field of mirrors,
narrow Corinthian Canal. A relatively small or a field of pipes with linear-
boat, carrying only 50 passengers, it was able to parabolic mirrors below them, reflect-
visit places the much larger cruise ships could ing a band of sunlight onto a pipe
not reach. After stopping at Delphi to visit the above each mirror.
famous Temple of Apollo, next came the island The mirrors may either be stationary or
of Corfu, where Nurit showed us more ruins move to track the sun through the day.
and some lovely towns and beaches. The heated fluid may be used immediately
Leaving Greece for Albania, the ship docked at to generate steam, or be stored in large
Saranda and the passengers took a coach to insulated tanks for use 3 -15 hours lat-
Butrint. This national park has extensive ruins er.
from Greek, Roman, and Byzantine times, in- In all commercial plants, the heated fluid
cluding a 2,500-seat theater. As a bonus, the is oil. Molten salt is experimental.
tourist crowds of Greece were conspicuously ab- In terms of total world capacity of concen-
sent, and Nurit could photograph many of the trating solar power plants presently in opera-
lovely Mediterranean flowers and trees. tion, Spain leads with 47%, USA has 36% , and
The last stop of this first half of the tour was Morocco, India and South Africa combined
Kotor in Montenegro. A UNESCO World Her- have 12% . China, the Middle East, North Af-
itage site, the photogenic old town is surround- rica, and Chile are starting on this path, and
ed by Venetian fortifications, backed by high are planning to develop large capacities..
limestone cliffs, and abuts a beautiful sheltered Jeff Grove
bay.
The audience left eager to see and hear about The Hat Ladies’ id:
the rest of the trip, with promises of more his- p. 9 Kay Forsythe
tory, more scenery, and more cityscapes. p. 13 Jo Zender
p. 19 Rachel Bender
Charlie Anderson 109THE MIRROR August 2018 Page 18
Flood Mitigation Plans A Treat to Repeat :
“In 2013 we were lucky. We lost property, we
lost houses, we lost a great deal, but we didn’t
Music by Bill Wood
lose a life. We are going to be looking at an-
other four years of worry -- worry that it
and Linda Gore
might happen again” Thus Frasier resident
Jim Wolf testified at a joint meeting of
Boulder’s Water Resources Advisory Board
O n July 26, Frasier’s Assembly Hall was
filled with residents, guests, friends of
the musicians, and members of Tremble
and the Open Space Board of Trustees on June Clefs. The receptive audience was treated to a
25th, urging officials to solve the flooding prob-
lems of South Boulder Creek before another
wet event wreaks havoc on our campus and the
homes of our South Boulder neighbors.
An orange wave of t-shirt messages: “SAVE
our Neighborhoods”, “STOP flooding on South
Boulder Creek”, “Protect Us NOW” seconded
Jim’s message as did a parade of other speakers
that night.
captivating mix of eclectic, funny, serious,
original, and old familiar songs. Performing
and entertaining were resident Bill Wood,
his guitar “Cindy,” and Linda Gore, daughter
of resident Jean Gore. with her penny whis-
tle, dulcimer, and guitar.
Bill, a life-long scientist, now songwriter and
For the last five years Frasier residents and performer, began with songs he had written
friends have testified before many official just recently, including an amusing one
boards urging forward the engineering solu- about moving into Frasier, a few with a po-
tions and funding to put an end to the hazard. litical protest tinge, and some serious ones.
Jurisdiction of the area is shared by City, Linda, having entertained the arriving crowd
County, University and Department of Trans- on the pennywhistle, did a solo on the dulci-
portation, complicating the issue. We are told mer and then joined Bill on duets featuring
that even were the various boards to agree up- a mix of guitars and dulcimer.
on a solution, it could not be implemented for The music evoked enthusiastic responses
another four years. So we march on to other from the audience and loud requests for a re-
public meetings in our orange t-shirts — peat performance. When a Frasier audience
another critical one on 8/7 by City Council — forgoes asking questions in favor of hearing
and the Frasier Trustees continue to plan a pe- more songs, you know the musical program
rimeter flood wall around our buildings. was a rousing success.
Louise Bradley Alex HerzogTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 19
Donors Make Results Happen
Thank you all for demonstrating an apprecia- educational pursuits. The total is a 66 percent
tion for Frasier and our special culture! During increase over the amount given last year!
the 12 months ending 6/30/18, 185 donors gave Living Life to the Fullest supplements pro-
364 gifts to Frasier grams such as
totaling $321,394. spiritual life, up-
Three residents grading worship
who included Fra- space in the chap-
sier in their estate el, piano care and
plans passed away maintenance for
in this timeframe. Community Life
Those three estates and Hymn Sing
account for programs, small
$144,654 of the to- stipends for stu-
tal. The remaining dent musicians,
$176,740 includes a and Wellness
$50,000 planned ‘wish-list’ needs.
gift (an income-
producing Charitable Gift Annuity CGA). Your generosity impacts lives and is greatly
appreciated. Thank you!
Basic donations are nearly evenly distributed Karla Rikensrud
between Caring for Others (35%), Living Life to VP of Philanthropy and Social Responsibility
the Fullest. (33%) and Unrestricted (31%).
Caring for Others includes Em-
ployee Education Assistance
Program payouts totaling
$25,254. This amount was given
to 13 employees to assist in their
Frasier Hats
Saturday morning kaffee klatsch in South Courtyard
Answers to hippo riddles on page 14:
1. Try hippnotism
2. A hippy
3. Use a hippo dermic needle
4. Hippothermia
5. A spelling beeTHE MIRROR August 2018 Page 20
Silvine Farnell started an English-language college-prep
was born in Baltimore, school for American students, which they ran
christened Silvine Slingluff for about ten years. Many of those students are
Marbury. She majored in still her close friends. In 1975 she moved to
History at Bryn Mawr Col- Boulder where she worked at the Economics
lege and went on to grad Institute, a high-tech medical start-up, and
school in Medieval Studies StorageTek in administrative and database
at Yale, but dropped out support.
before the end of the first She enjoys many forms of dancing and for the
year and moved to New York City, to the Low- past fifteen years has worked closely with the
er East Side (60s!). She eventually discovered Avalon, Boulder’s “Best Place to Dance.” She
that her calling was to be an English profes- also enjoys classes in Tai Chi, Feldenkrais and
sor, turning students on to poetry. She got her Avita Yoga. She serves on the board of the
Ph.D. on 42nd Street, at the Graduate Center Alex Wilson Legacy Fund which funds inno-
of the City University of New York, and for six vative community programs in the arts. On Ju-
years taught at Dickinson College, then for 15 ly 16 Maggie moved into apartment 270 FC.
years at Maharishi International University in Her birthday is September 21. Her sponsor is
Iowa. There she met her husband, Stewart Far- Linda Dixon. Her new phone number is 720-
nell. In 1994 they moved to Boulder. She 562-8077. We welcome Maggie to Frasier!
taught for a couple of years in the Writing
Program at CU, then worked as a freelance Ruth Sachnoff
copyeditor, retiring in 2010. Stewart died in on July 25 moved into apart-
2012. ment 257 FC declaring “life is
good.” She was born and
All the while she has continued to pursue her
raised in Pittsburgh, PA, ob-
passion: performing poetry, and turning others
tained a teaching degree from
on to poetry by teaching them to perform it.
college and taught kindergar-
Since 2010 she has taught elementary-level
den for several years. In 1973
Montessori teachers how to turn kids on to po-
she moved to Boulder, with
etry. She enjoys giving poetry performing her husband Merle. They raised their two boys
workshops to adults and teachers and students. here. Through their school years she volun-
She is part of our local Poetry Study Group. teered in their schools, assisting teachers and
Silvine, arriving on June 15 from Lafayette, teaching English as a second language to high
has moved into apartment 236 FC. Her birth- school students. For several years she worked
day is November 6. Her sponsor is Patricia as a sales rep for Cool Gear, a company that
Geraghty. Her new phone number is 720-562- sold bicycling equipment and clothing. She got
8022. Welcome to Frasier, Silvine! around much of Colorado. When the company
was sold she went back to volunteering, cook-
Maggie Butler ing for the Boulder Shelter for nine years and
grew up in Richmond, Vir- more recently teaching English as a second
ginia and attended Bryn language to adults. She enjoys socializing,
Mawr College, PA. In 1958 walking, reading and doing needlework.
she married and moved to
Her sponsor is Phyllis Shushan. Her birthday
Mexico where she lived for
is May 17. Her new phone number is 720-562-
almost twenty years. In Gua-
8272. Welcome to Frasier, Ruth!
dalajara she and her husbandYou can also read
