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August 2016 Number 416
The first time Larry and I laid eyes on PVN was in April 2014, the month PVN announced its grand expansion. On a
whim during a visit to Dallas we made an appointment to check out the CCRC. What we found was a place that
couldn’t better suit our desires and expectations. We wanted to be proactive about our future while we ourselves were
still very active. We signed up on the spot.
“Nancy and I were both excited and anxious about moving from our home in Fredericksburg, TX to PVN,” said
Larry Miller. “We had a wonderful life there and would not have chosen to leave except that it made sense at this time
in our lives. Between us we have four kids who are scattered and we enjoy travel. Being in Dallas will make traveling
easier. PVN is conveniently located for us to enjoy activities we like such as live theater, the arts, dining out and
more.”
Some months after our first visit to the Village we returned to gather with fellow depositors. Instead of a
beautifully landscaped campus, we saw chain link fences, limited parking, and a mountain of dirt. We wondered what
in the world the current residents must have thought about us—newcomers who, though inadvertently,
inconvenienced their pleasant lifestyle. We soon found out. They welcomed us graciously, applauded our foresight,
and helped us feel excited about our future.
We both had been widowed for some years when we married twelve years ago after meeting on a cruise in Alaska.
Larry was a retired division manager and I a freelance journalist. Along with travel, we both enjoy reading and
following the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. We root for each other’s team except when they play each
other. Larry is a photographer and founded Fredericksburg’s first photography club the year he arrived there. I enjoy
creating collage cards and playing mah jongg. We have volunteered in several different areas. We know we’ll find
kindred spirits at PVN.
Our marriage began a new step in our life journey, and moving to PVN is the next. We expect a smooth transition,
one where we build new relationships and enjoy different experiences in this active, interesting community.
Submitted by Nancy Miller
OBSERVATIONS OF NEWCOMERS TO PVN
Nancy and Larry Miller
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THE VILLAGE BUGLE Presbyterian Village North
8600 Skyline Drive, Dallas, Texas 75243
Ron Kelly, Executive Director
Noel Pittman, Village Council President
THE VILLAGE BUGLE STAFF
Editorial Board: Joyce Forney, Frank LaCava, Noel Pittman, Bill
Schilling, Mark Schweinfurth, Jim & Sally Wiley
Copy Editor: Sally Wiley
Assistant Copy Editor: Jim Wiley
Photography Editor: Joe Brockette
Reporters: Barbara Baker , Bill Branson, Al Cloud, Joyce
Forney, Ann Gilliland, Kathleen Gleason, Marion Goodrich,
Frank LaCava, Mel Larkin, Craig Millis, Judy Morris, Noel
Pittman, Betty Rogers, Kathy Rotto, Ingram Schwahn, Mark
Schweinfurth, Audrey Slate, Christi Thompson, Tom
Wilbanks, Jim Wiley
Typists:….…...............................................Dor is Anschuetz
Photographers: Barbara Baker , Joe Brockette, Joy
Upton
Desktop Publisher:……………..………...…Letty Valdez
Proofreaders: Ruth Dunlap, Patr icia Johnson, Wilma
Malhiot, Joan McClure, Noel Pittman, Bill Schilling, Jean
Vohtz, Sally Wiley
Meetings:………………………….………Doris Anschuetz
Distribution: Chester Bentley, Betsy Green, Hazel Risch,
Irma Sendelbach, Martha Wetheimer
Archivist:..…………………………….…….....Pat Pittman
PVN FOUNDATION FACTS
Residents are eagerly awaiting the completion of
the Lifestyle Fitness Center. New exercise
equipment and facilities such as the pool will
inspire us to attain our fitness goals. The PVN
Foundation is pleased to have contributed a total of
just under three million dollars toward the total
wellness project. Its name will honor former
residents Jim and Bess Blanchette whose support
of the Foundation contributed greatly in time,
talent, and treasure to making this grant possible.
We look forward to seeing you for informal
meals at The Café, which is also part of the
Lifestyle Fitness project. Grants such as these are
possible only through your continued support of
your PVN Foundation.
Margaret Ann Thetford,
Foundation Trustee
Council Corner
2016: The Year of the Volunteer at PVN
The PVN Pantry is open Monday through
Friday to serve residents, staff, and occasional
visitors. Volunteers stand at the counter to register
sales, and they stock the shelves with food and
drinks, gifts, and selected toiletries. Customers are
greeted with warm smiles by these volunteers:
Sandra Sanders, Christina Chen, Karen Stotts,
Lucy Thomas, Mary Bonno, Pat Pittman,
Esther Laufer, Barbara Baker, Elisabeth Bilan,
Grayce Herring, Martha Binion, and Irma
Sendelbach. We’re looking for more volunteers
now—one for a Friday afternoon shift and others
on standby. If you are interested, please call Letty
Valdez (214-355-9023) or Lisa Englander (214-
355-9033). Stop by the Pantry and give the
volunteer working at the counter a hearty Thank
You! And collect that warm smile.
Welcome to our new neighbors in Martins
Landing! We’ve been waiting to meet you for
some moons. Now that you’re here, you’re one
with us—true Villagers. And you became members
of the Village Council of Presbyterian Village
North the day you moved in, entitled to vote in
affairs of the Council. We meet in McGowan
Auditorium at one o’clock on the first Tuesday of
the month. As an inducement, an ice cream social
always follows. See you at the next meet! Shannon
Radford, Wellness Director , and Brandi
McBride, Rehab Manager , will talk about the
new and exciting programming that is planned
when the Lifestyle Fitness Center opens!
Noel Pittman
Left: Sandra Sanders and Right: Elisabeth Bilan
READ & TALK BOOK GROUP
Books for Sept. 21 and Nov. 16 meetings
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
By Irin Cameron and Shana Knizhnik—Dey Street
Books 2015
Death Comes for the Archbishop
By Willa Cather—Vintage Classics 1927
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What would a service of worship be without
music! That was the thought of Peggy Barbee
who joined the PVN staff in Fall 2000 as an
assistant in the Chaplain’s Office. First known
simply as “The Choir,” Village Singers under
Peggy’s direction began their musical ministry
caroling in the Health Center at Christmas that
year. Providing music at Sunday Vespers,
accompanied by Mary Bonno, soon followed.
And just like today, those singers performed in the
Grey Fox Follies.
Peggy, who had been attending Perkins School
of Theology at SMU during her tenure at PVN,
completed her studies and left in early 2004. We
were fortunate that Margaret Bell and her husband,
Elmo, moved to PVN. Margaret, with her
degree in Music Education from Texas Woman’s
U. and years of experience as a public-school
music teacher, was the perfect person to assume
the position of director of The Choir. Margaret
faithfully fulfilled this volunteer position for five
years; however, in 2009 she decided it was time to
hang up her director’s baton. The search was now
on to find a replacement!
A past resident who had appreciated the music
in our Vesper services had given generously to
Spiritual Life to fund the music ministry, allowing
the hiring of a professional. The search for a new
music director led to Jordan Elizabeth Stewart, a
candidate for a Master of Sacred Music degree at
SMU. Jordan suggested the Choir needed a new
name to reflect the group’s performance at more
than Sunday Vesper services. After several
suggestions, a vote was taken and The Village
Singers was chosen. Under Jordan’s capable
direction the group presented Christmas and Easter
cantatas for the first time, bringing these musical
programs not only to Vesper services in McGowan
Auditorium, but to Joyce Hall as well.
When Jordan graduated, the hunt for a music
director was on again. The position was soon
filled by the very talented and capable John
Hendricks, grandson of The Village Singers
accompanist, Martha Binion. John has challenged
and stretched our singers as we have had fun
learning new music. After a much-deserved
summer rest, The Singers will begin rehearsals in
mid-August in preparation for the dedication of the
Blair & Cyndy Monie Chapel.
THE VILLAGE SINGERS—A HISTORY
GOOSY GOOSY GANDER
By Guest Writer, Cris Oliver
In January two majestic Canada geese, handsome
in their black hoods and white chinstraps, arrived
on the PVN campus. They chose our new lake for
their breeding ground, and breeding season occurs
from January until April. About April 17 our Lady
Goose began laying her eggs, one egg a day, until
there were five. She chose a nesting site near the
lake edge in the grass, stomped out a bowl-like
depression, and then lined it with grass, leaves,
and down. Jerry Busby reported that from the
clutch of five eggs two goslings hatched.
During their gestation period of some twenty-
eight days, the gander stood ever vigilant with
neck high and head constantly scanning the
landscape for predators. The young goslings
emerged from their shells on or about May 22, and
in two days headed to the water where they began
learning to scavenge for food in the grass and mud.
Both sexes are the same color and look alike,
but sexes, age, and groups of family members can
be distinguished by behaviors, vocalizations, and
size. The gander has a slower, low-pitched
“hronk,” while the goose’s voice is a much quicker
and higher-pitched “hink” or “ka-ronk.” In an
aggressive stance, they lower the neck and hiss.
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If you like to sing (please note, we did not say
“can sing”) then why not join this lively group that
enjoys singing praise to the Lord and bringing a
special kind of joy to the Vesper services and other
activities. However you keep up with the time…if
it’s 4:00 PM on Thursday, it’s time for The Village
Singers. Join us as we “Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord!” Ps.100:1.
Barbara Baker
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When they drop by for cracked corn, only the
gander makes a low hissing sound with his tongue
lolling out of his beak. They allow the goslings to
eat first, next mama, lastly papa. One of the
goslings always sits in the middle of his corn mash
and enjoys eating around himself. One morning I
was reading the paper when I heard a very loud
noise. It was the “General” knocking persistently
with his beak on the glass door, demanding food.
His wife and kids were patiently waiting.
The pairs mate for life with only an occasional
divorce. They do not fly during nesting or
parenting season. Molting also occurs during this
period, which makes for a no-fly time for the
parents. In August when the goslings have grown
their feathers and learned to fly, they may leave or
choose to stay. It might also depend on the status
of our lake. We shall see. Migration patterns in the
fall and spring have altered considerably with
agricultural and climate change, so some geese
become year-round residents.
Everyone on campus has enjoyed their
presence, often with cameras clicking. If
perchance these birds become part of your
conversation sometime, please remember that they
are Canada geese, not Canadian geese.
MY OTHER LIFE, AWAY FROM PVN
This is what I do in My Other Life: Recently, my
parents’ home was infested by a swarm of bees. In
the garage, in the attic, in the walls, and other
unlikely places. Since I am the only member of
my family that is not highly sensitive to bee stings,
I was selected to assist the professional Bee
Keeper to remove all those critters. Do you know
who I am? (See page 6 for answer)
Marion Goodrich
Hillcrest Residents Celebrating 4th of July with a
sing-a-long
Life Enrichment and Dining Teams celebrating
4th of July
1940’s USO Show
L to R:Marty Ruiz, Anne Hinson, and Steve Summers
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Wedding Anniversary
Barbara and Charles Baker
August 12, 1967
Carroll and Howard Wahl
August 16, 1958
Happy Birthday!
`Frances Cason 08/02
`Joe Nall 08/02
`Wilma Malhiot 08/05
~Virginia Thompson 08/06
`Mable Reeves 08/08
~Clara Bacallao 08/09
~Billie Ferguson 08/11
`Aileen Rutherford 08/11
`Ellen Shambaugh 08/11
`Mary Bonno 08/17
`Don Powers 08/19
~Kathy Smith 08/22
`Jim Clutts 08/29
`Ruth Walton 08/29
In Memoriam
-Charlene Toerck 06/22
-Shirley Stahl 06/22
-Cleo Ruhnke 06/27
-Pedro Longoria 06/30
-Katherine Allen 07/01
`Nancy Dolph 07/12
-Florence Wortman 07/15
-Nora Ray 07/16
-Healthcare
~Assisted Living
`Independent Living
Residents visit Federal Reserve Bank
THE DOG DAYS ARE A SIRIUS MATTER
The Dog Days of Summer—is it that time when
the heat is so oppressive that our canine friends lie
panting in any shady place they can find? No, it
has nothing to do with dogs at all! The term was
coined in ancient times by the Greeks and referred
to that sultry time when the Dog Star—or Sirius—
was no longer visible along the Mediterranean
coast, a period of twenty days before the
disappearance of Sirius till twenty days after its
reappearance. Of course, we realize now that the
star didn’t “fall out of the sky”. During this period,
Sirius simply rises and sets with the sun, thus
rendering it invisible to the naked eye during
daylight hours. The phrase “dog days” was
translated into our language by the Anglo Saxons
some five hundred years ago, referring to the
oppressive heat of summer. So while we may
associate the “dog days of summer” with our
Texas heat, at PVN the phrase conjures up the
delight called our Fourth of July Pooch Parade.
Barbara Baker
HEALTHCARE SUMMER SOCIAL
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WELCOME TO JOYCE HALL
EvaLee (Lee) Miller (Unit 5211) moved from
PVN's Independent Living area in late June. A
member of First Presbyterian Church Dallas, Lee
enjoys Bridge, tennis, the arts, and classical music.
She also loves being with her three children.
Clara and Jose (Pepe) Bacallao (Unit 5305)
moved to PVN soon after the Fourth of July. Clara
was born in France but was moved to Cuba when
she was only forty days old. She was educated in
Cuba and married Pepe there. In 1960 they moved
to Chicago, where Pepe finished his medical
residency. They settled in Centralia, Illinois, where
he practiced as an internist and she managed the
office. They are parents of three daughters. When
they retired in 1994, Biscayne, Florida, became
their home because they both loved the beach. The
need to be close to a daughter brought Clara and
Pepe to Dallas, thence to PVN.
A very warm welcome to all of you.
Marion Goodrich
PVN BOOK REVIEW CLUB
Dear Residents:
I would like to inform you of a wonderful
opportunity to enjoy yourselves, and, if you wish,
to repay obligations by bringing a guest.
The PVN Book Review Club meets eight times
a year, from September through May (no meeting
in December). We convene on the fourth Tuesday
of each month. If you choose to join, a fee of $35
will be billed on your October statement. There
will be a charge of $5 each time you bring a guest
from outside of PVN, and PVN residents may
come once for $5 to see if they like it.
We have different reviewers each month, and
they are the best in Dallas. For more information,
Pat Tharp, the club leader , can be reached at
214-348-3875, or [email protected]; or you can find
Lisa Englander in the Life Enr ichment Office.
Submitted by Doris Anschuetz
MARKETING AND MASTER PLAN UPDATE Residents have begun moving into Martins Landing, and the
consensus is an overwhelming thumbs up The residents this reporter
has spoken to are more than happy with their apartments.
A reception for independent living residents was held on July 1 in
the Martins Landing Commons area. It featured the club room, the
lobby, lounge and the outdoor areas.
New residents will continue moving in during the month of
August and into the fall. Very few residences are left in Martins
Landing as of this date.
The Villas are slated to open sometime this Fall. Residents who
will move to the Villas will receive a sixty- day move-in notice by
late summer.
When the new community buildings (the Fitness Center and the
Café) are almost complete, another open house will be held for
residents, projected for late summer or early fall. The Chapel will
have its own opening celebration.
The Terrace at Joyce Hall received a Certificate of Occupancy,
and is now or soon will be home to seventy additional residents.
Floors one and two are assisted living with Memory Care, with enhanced care Assisted Living occupying the
third floor. Bridging Time, a new memory care program, is enjoying great success in its beginning stages.
Musicians from SMU have been on campus to assist with this program, provided through a generous grant
from the PVN Foundation.
New residents who want to move into existing patio homes will have special incentives if they plan to
move before December 2016. We will be welcoming many new residents in the coming weeks and months
while the amenities that we all enjoy will continue with exciting new additions in physical, mental, spiritual
and emotional health for all.
Judy Morris
Heather Ashby is our resident bee keeper
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