MARCH 2010

Life Fulfilling Community®For all life can besm

The Second Time Around Is a First for the Glenridge TheaterThe Second Time Around, a comedy writ-

ten by Henry Denker, marks the first

professional theatrical production to be pro-

duced by the Glenridge Performing Arts

Center! Our own talented Ben Turoff,

Theater Manager, serves as producer.

Four adult children go laughably crazy when their recently

widowed parents meet, fall in love and announce they are

“shacking up” instead of getting married. What follows is a

hilarious journey into the generation gap. Real life husband and

wife acting team Don Walker and Jenny Aldrich will play the

lovebirds for director Garry Allan Breul.

The Glenridge Players production team, led by Dick

Montmeat, will be assisting the staff with scenery, properties

and set design. It is a wonderful coming together of both thespi-

ans and theater patrons with diverse talents. Rehearsals have

been underway since mid-February.

“People of all ages will find this play very funny! Invite your

friends and family!” recommends Kat Mathews, Director of

Member Services.

Performances are scheduled for 8 pm Wednesday through

Saturday, March 10–13, with a 2 pm matinee on Saturday.

Jenny Aldrich and Don Walker head the cast of “TheSecond Time Around.” Don is currently in “The Life ofGalileo” at the Asolo Rep and Jenny has performed inmany shows at the Golden Apple, The Players,Theatreworks and Florida Studio Theater.

Glenridge members’ 4th annual

art show will be mounted

Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and

19, in the MacIntyre Rooms.

Members new to The Glenridge

are especially encouraged to enter

original works and to enjoy meet-

ing their artistic neighbors.

Art pieces will be received

Friday, April 17, between noon

and 3:00 p.m. Artists will retrieve

their objects after 2:00 p.m.,

Sunday, April 19.

All objects displayed must be

the artist’s own original fine art

and not have been exhibited in

prior Glenridge shows. Examples

would be paintings of any medium

such as oil, acrylic, watercolor,

pastel, ink, pencil, etc.; sculptures

of metal, marble, clay, etc., jewel-

ry, pottery, weaving, needlework.

Objects of original fine art are

most welcome. Artists must trans-

port their own works.

If the artist wishes, works may

be sold; 15% of the purchase price

must be paid to Glenridge’s Art

and Décor Advisory Committee.

Artists intending to display one

or more pieces or those with ques-

tions should contact the show’s

director, Jane Dye, at 924-0626.

Calling All Artists: 4th Annual Art Show Announcedby Jean Minneman

Call the Box Office to reserve your seats, 552-5325.

Our sales and marketing efforts

have witnessed a new lease on life over

the past several months. It is evident

that the economy, if not rebounding

substantially, is at least at the bottom

and holding steady. Homes are begin-

ning to sell once again and while not at

previously expected prices, at least there is some move-

ment. That movement is energized measurably by the

efforts of our ambassadors and I can never express suf-

ficiently my own appreciation for their efforts.

That having been said, a combination of factors has

added to our increased activity. The open houses, our

new speaker series, “The Art of Living Well,” and the

new advertisements on local TV and in the Sarasota

Herald Tribune have all received great reviews. We’re

getting people’s attention which is what it’s all about.

Kudos to all who have participated in this endeavor!

This should be a good year.

The cold snap clobbered us in ways unexpected.

Every year witnesses some cold days but this year

trumped them all. One can look around our beautiful

campus and see the effects of this harsh weather.

Patience is the order of the day and we’ll be doing what

we can at the appropriate time to trim off the dead

limbs, clean out the gardens and recover as quickly as

possible. Planting cold resistant shrubs and flowers is

the most cost effective approach to dealing with this

phenomenon since there is no way we can predict the

weather from year to year. Technically, we are just

inside the sub-tropical zone with a winter freeze poten-

tial ever present. This year we took a beating.

Those of you who attended our Quarterly Meeting on

February 11th will recall that we talked about the

Glenridge Crunch Time which occurs each evening from

5:30 to 7:00 pm. My point in bringing that to your atten-

tion was to ask for your understanding and patience

regarding our meal delivery, member transportation and

take-out dinner distribution all coming at the same time.

While we work at being responsive, you can well imagine

that those hours present the biggest challenge. I hope you

know that we will get your food to you as hot as possible

given the distance it must travel, and get a vehicle to take

you to dinner and back as quickly as possible. Please, in

return, be patient with our drivers and make a reservation

if you plan to dine in the Heather or Hawthorne dining

rooms. That will help us keep from running out of the

daily special earlier than planned.

Finally I hope you will join me in welcoming Ms.

Susanne Wise, president of Take Care Sarasota with

whom we have signed a contract for non-Medicare home

health services. This is one of the most reputable home

health agencies in the area and we are very happy to

announce our relationship and their designation as our

preferred provider. While any member may choose

his/her own agency and/or continue with the one present-

ly in use, we encourage you to give serious consideration

to this company. Incidentally, 10% of all revenue realized

by Take Care Sarasota from Glenridge members will be

donated to the Glenridge Benevolence Fund.

We are about to enter a season normally called

spring. Floridians are not accustomed to recognizing the

transitions since our seasons usually blend together with

little demarcation from one to the other. However,

something seems to be different this year and most of us

are tired of the unusually chilly weather of winter. El

Nino’s effect has been real so I’ll join you in welcoming

the warmer months ahead. Here’s to all with wishes for

good fortune, good health and warm weather.

Cheers, Howard

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must be no longer than 250 words. The Editor may condense letters to save

space, while preserving the basic substance. Letters must be signed and must not

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All submissions to the Piper are due to Member Services by the 15th of the month.

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MARCH 2010

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Home Health Care is Added Glenridge Serviceby Howard Crowell, CEO

Glenridge CNN Connection Offers Update on Haiti and Food for the Poor

Agency Dedicated to Relief, Lasting Improvements for Haitiby Moni Basu

3MARCH 2010

Editor’s Note: Moni Basu is theNewsdesk Editor for CNN Wire. She justreturned from a two-week reportingassignment in Haiti for CNN. She is thedaughter-in-law of Glenridge membersEd and Jean Duffy. In the followingarticle written for the Piper, she relatesher compelling experience with Food

for the Poor, the agency to which Glenridge membershave donated funds for Haitian relief. We are postpon-ing our regular “Around the Glenridge” column sothat we can bring you thisimportant story.

Bernard Chauvet came to

meet us on a balmy Tuesday,

just days after the devastating

January 12 earthquake in

Haiti. He is the coordinator

of the fishing program for

Food for the Poor in Haiti.

On this day, Chauvet had

arranged a fishing boat to

take me and CNN correspon-

dent Ivan Watson out to La

Gonave, the big island off

Haiti’s mainland that is one of the poorest places in

Haiti. We stood on a lonely pier as Chauvet filled us

in on what to expect.

Then, as the fishing boat sped over blue waters of

the Caribbean, as we left behind the devastation of

mainland Haiti, I thought of Chauvet’s words, his

work.

He has been working with Food for the Poor for a

while, developing a program in coastal villages,

including communities on La Gonave, that promotes

fishing as a way of life.

“Accessible only by a two-hour boat ride, the

island is isolated and many are left to die because

they are trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty,”

Chauvet writes about his fishing program on the Web

site for Food for the Poor.

“Those that have the skills, turn to the ocean for

food. However, without proper boats, tools, and train-

ing, the fishermen cannot go into the deeper waters

where the larger fish are located. Instead, they have to

remain close to the coast and cast their nets in areas

that are already over fished.”

Chauvet was teeming with ideas on how to help

the fisherman boost their catch.

On the way to La Gonave, we stopped amid a pod

of dolphins and watched flying fish dart over the

frothy waves. I pondered what Haiti could be in the

future – a tropical paradise. If it is ever to steer

toward the right path, it might just be due to the

efforts of Chauvet.

And another man – Daniel

Rouzier, also affiliated with

Food for the Poor in Haiti.

Rouzier owns a car dealership

in Port-au-Prince. I met him

at a place that no one should

ever experience. After watch-

ing a CNN report on

earthquake victims’ bodies

being dumped unceremoni-

ously and uncovered in the

valleys of the village of

Titanyen, Rouzier felt com-

pelled to do something.

He arranged for bulldozers to dig mass graves. He

asked the bishop of Port-au-Prince and an American

priest to sprinkle holy water atop the graves and say

prayers.

I met him as the stench of rotting bodies tainted

the air. I could see arms, legs, entire bodies intact

hurling through the air to their final resting place.

Rouzier held a pair of latex gloves and his rosaries in

his left hand.

These are the kind of people who are involved

with Food for the Poor. I think it’s organizations like

this that will make a difference in Haiti’s future.

It’s important that Haitians are involved in rebuild-

ing of their country. Unlike some other aid agencies

which do good work but lack the local involvement,

Food for the Poor has strong roots in the community.

After all, Haitians have the most at stake.

Read my stories about Daniel Rouzier, La Gonave

and other related topics at:http://www.cnn.com

Moni Basu

Daniel Rouzier at the site of the mass burial in TitanyenPhoto by Moni Basu

4 MARCH 2010

The Glenridge Benevolence Fundby John DeSanto

The Glenridge Benevolence

Fund was established to provide

financial aid to those Glenridge

members who become unable to

pay their required monthly service

fees through no fault of their own.

As of January 31, 2010, the fund

totaled $152,500.00. The fund is

currently administered by the

Community Foundation of

Sarasota County, which invests

our funds and provides The

Glenridge with quarterly reports

on our account.

Approval of member requests

for financial assistance lies with

the Glenridge Board of Directors.

To date, no member has requested

such assistance.

Depending on future circum-

stances, it seems possible that as

our members age there will even-

tually be requests for financial

help. Even a relatively few

requests would deplete our present

fund. Now is the time to increase

member contributions and to

improve the fund’s finances.

There are four ways for mem-

bers to increase fund resources:

1. Contribute directly to the

fund. Some of our members

have arranged to donate

monthly to the fund, which

is simply added to their

monthly service fee.

2. Include a bequest to the fund

in your will or trust.

3. Include in your obituary

notice that “in lieu of flowers

please make a donation to

the Glenridge Benevolence

Fund.”

4. Establish a charitable gift

annuity through the

Community Foundation of

Sarasota County.

The charitable gift annuity

requires further explanation. In

exchange for your investment, the

Community Foundation will give

you an annuity contract which

guarantees a fixed income for the

rest of your life. Your age deter-

mines the percentage income you

receive. The older you are, the

higher the interest rate. You will

also be asked to select your annu-

ity beneficiaries and you may

choose to leave all or part of your

annuity to the Glenridge

Benevolence Fund at the time of

your death. For further informa-

tion on charitable gift annuities,

contact Mr. Tom Waters at the

Community Foundation at 955-

3000.

Remember, your donations to

the fund go to help your friends

and neighbors. These gifts also

qualify as charitable deductions

which you can discuss with your

financial advisor.

Call Christina Sarver at 552-

5312 for further information on

the Glenridge Benevolence Fund.

The Travel Committee is very excited to offer an

excursion to Tampa Bay Downs for live thoroughbred

racing on Sunday, March 21! Glenridge members will

enjoy the races and a

deluxe Sunday brunch in

the elegant Skye Terrace

Dining Room of the

Clubhouse, which provides

breathtaking panoramic

views of racing action in a

smoke-free, indoor envi-

ronment. Betting windows

are available in the Dining

Room.

One of the races will be

named for The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, and our

group will go to the Winner’s Circle to present the

trophy!

We are limited to 32 people (the capacity of the

chartered motorcoach), so

don’t wait to sign up for

this fun outing! The cost is

$27.95, which includes

deluxe brunch, Tampa Bay

Downs admission and rac-

ing program, plus

transportation (estimated at

$16.00 per person, round

trip to Tampa). Call a

friend and sign up with the

Concierge NOW for some-

thing different and FUN!

Travel Committee Offers New Adventure

5MARCH 2010

Health Center Springs Forwardby Karen Radcliffe, Activities Manager

The Oscars are not just for Hollywood! We will be

having our 2nd Annual Award Ceremonies on March

4 in the Isle of Skye (Memory Unit) and March 8 in

the Carroll Center & Highlands. Last year, we had

several people walk the red carpet and receive

awards.

When you think of spring, what comes to mind?

We thought it would be great fun to fly a kite. We

will be making kites on the Isle of Skye on March

10. We are looking forward to taking them on a test

flight soon after.

We will be having a St. Patrick’s Carnival on

March 11 (Isle of Skye) and March 17 (Carroll

Center & Highlands). Among the many events will

be a Lucky Coin Toss where the winner gets to enjoy

all the chocolate coins.

Our Family Nights return on the 11th with a St.

Patrick’s Day theme (Isle of Skye) and the 25th with

a spring theme (Carroll Center & Highlands). We

continue with our exercise programs. Our goal is to

get around the world by November 30th!

Music, crafts and mind stimulating programs con-

tinue to be a big part of our programming in the

New Fire Station Serves The Glenridge

Sarasota County Fire Station 15

is open for business.

Serving the Palmer Ranch area,

the new station is located one mile

south of the Glenridge facility on

Honore. Station 15 is manned 24

hours a days, seven days a week. It

includes a kitchen, lounge area,

workout room, beds and showers.

According to Gerardo Rogazy

and Jared Emmore, both cross-

trained as firemen and para-

medics, the station receives, on

average, 6 to 8 calls per day.

“We keep very busy, respond-

ing to all types of emergencies,”

Emmore stated. Rogazy added

that besides the rescue truck, a

1250 gallons-per-minute pumper

is stationed there.

A lieutenant and four firefight-

ers are assigned to the station.

Each apparatus carries two fire-

men plus the lieutenant. The

firefighters switch vehicles each

day. “And the guys on the pumper

are the ones that do the cooking,”

said Emmore with a smile.

Health Center! Have a great month and don’t forget

to turn your clocks back! Daylight Savings Time

begins on March 14. (Here’s a trivia question for

you: Who developed Daylight Savings Time?)

Don’t forget!

SPRING FORWARD

before retiring

Saturday, March 13

MARCH 20106

Remember Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers

singing “It Started All Over Again”? That’s the theme

for the Glenridge Players in 2010.

The starting point for this season is the new drama

class offered by the Glenridge Academy and ACEC

(the Adult & Community Education Center). This

class, Dramatic Expressions, features the instruction

of Seva Anthony, a talented professional actor, chore-

ographer, director and educator. It opens up workshop

opportunities for current and aspiring Glenridge

Players to learn and sharpen their performing skills

and at the same time audition for parts in upcoming

productions.

Some of those planned productions might include

a GPAC vaudeville show in April, a Play Readers

Café in May, the 2010 Follies in November, a Second

Stage production next February, plus a Carroll Center

puppet show, video productions, and an encore by

The Supplementals.

Based on the enthusiastic response to Dramatic

Expressions, the Players are looking forward to a

return of the class for the spring semester.

If you are looking for enrichment and enliven-

ment, whether on stage or off, come join the

Glenridge Players on Mondays in the Theatre! Or talk

to one of the Players Committee members: Dick

Montmeat, President; Bob Anderson, Vice President;

Kristin Collevechio, Treasurer; and Tom Fox,

Secretary.

Seva Anthony

Drama Class Enlivens Glenridge Playersby Dick Montmeat

The Second Time Around8pm Wednesday - Saturday, March 10 – 13

Special matinee 2pm Saturday, March 13

Tickets $10.00 for members and $17.50 for guests.

Box Office 552-5325

Dramatic Expressions class in the Theatre. Players officers (L-R): BobAnderson, Tom Fox, Kristin

Collevechio and Dick Montmeat.

7MARCH 2010

The Art of Living Well: An Educational Series

March Speakers

March 16, 2010 — 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.Taking Stock of the Markets

Robert Stovall, a Chartered Financial Analyst, beganhis career on Wall Street as a messenger for Reynolds& Company. He was a regular panelist on Wall $treet

Week with Louis Rukeyser, the PBS television pro-gram of investing, since 1976 and was elected to the

program’s “Hall of Fame” in 1995.

March 30, 2010 — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Why NORMAL Isn’t HEALTHY: Finding Heart,Meaning, Passion and Humor on the Road Most

Traveled

After seeing thousands of people as a physician,Bowen White, M.D., discovered that what we consid-er normal isn’t necessarily healthy. Now he conductsseminars, consults for business, and speaks to organi-

zations around the world, sharing insights in anentertaining way.

FREE! RSVP RequiredPlease call the Box Office at 552-5325

Vespers CommitteeHonors Art Kuehn

The Vespers

Committee held a din-

ner recently to

commemorate Art

Kuehn’s retirement as

chair of the committee

and to thank him for

his service. Roy

Walters has taken over

the chairmanship.

Vespers services are

held the 2nd and 4th

Sundays of each month

at 4:30 p.m. in the

MacIntyre Room.

Glenridge members of

all faiths are welcome

to attend the services.

Helen and Art Kuehn

MARCH 20108

End-of-Year Financials Are Cause for Optimismby Joyce Morrison

The Glenridge enters 2010

meeting nearly all of its financial

covenants and seeing the plans for

growth become possible as the

economic downturn slowly

recedes, CEO Howard Crowell

told members at the Quarterly/End

of Year review February 10 in the

Theater.

Some of the proposals are

already underway, with plans for

additions to the Carroll Center

completed and submitted. “We

should hear whether we are

approved by March 19,” the CEO

said, adding that the two new

wings would add 20 new units to

the Center.

Other innovations include sign-

ing a preferred provider contract

with Take Care Sarasota to provide

private duty home health care serv-

ices at The Glenridge. “Those who

already have arrangements or those

who prefer another agency may, of

course, proceed as they wish,”

General Crowell said, “but this out-

standing agency will be available to

our members,” he said. Agency rep-

resentatives will be on campus in a

few weeks, he added.

Now being completed is a fur-

nished model unit which will be

available for short-term rental so

prospective members may experi-

ence the Glenridge lifestyle.

The Glenridge has introduced

two Lifestyle contracts which limit

or eliminate the health care provi-

sions while at the same time offer

lower entry fees, Gen. Crowell

announced. “As we talked with

prospective members, we realized

we needed to provide a wider

selection in health care,” the CEO

said, “so two new contracts were

added.” The Lifestyle II contract,

otherwise known as a Type B con-

tract, offers some health care, but

not the whole package, and the

Lifestyle I contract, known as a

Type C contract, offers no health

care at all. Each of these is offered

at a reduced entry fee. This means

there are now five contracts, offer-

ing a full range of health plans, he

said.

The CEO reviewed the finan-

cial status of the institution,

calling it solid in great part due to

the efforts of the Ambassadors and

the “greatest staff of any CCRC

anywhere.”

Occupancy stands at 282, over

the 281 requirement, with occu-

pancy at 92.2%, over the 91.8%

requirement. Debt service cover-

age, which had dropped in the

fourth quarter, just meets the

requirements as does the operating

ratio. The reserve ratio is very

close to the requirements.

Operating revenues were below

budget due to the lower independ-

ent residency and the fact that

there was greater than anticipated

use of the health services by mem-

bers, limiting outside higher

revenue. “We were saved by our

under-budget operating expenses,”

the CEO pointed out.

Improvements, including new

Members enjoyed the opening reception for an exhibit of originalwatercolors by Sue Anderson, on display in the Living Room and

front hallway. The artist is second from left.

please turn to page 9

9MARCH 2010

hot water solar panels, housekeep-

ing equipment, a new jeep for

security, a new shuttle and the fit-

ness center lobby makeover are all

in use. The hip roof replacements

over the garages will soon be fin-

ished and will be paid for by the

builder who did the original work,

General Crowell said. His favorite

item, the new boom lift, has

already done yeoman service, and

the CEO is delighted with the pur-

chase. Still being worked on is the

new safety access area at the

Fitness Center.

Chairs and rugs in the Heather

dining room will be redone and an

acoustic tile ceiling will help with

the noise factor in the Hawthorne

dining room. Thirty-seven sliding

doors are being replaced in the

main building due to leakage, and

the Theatre sound system is due

for an upgrade, he noted.

Other actions included presen-

tation of a clock to George Davis,

honoring his two years of service

as President of the Glenridge

Advisory Council. Then a “living

organizational chart” brought all

Glenridge staff leaders to the stage

to the applause of members.

A “pictorial review of the year”

presented slides of many of the

events and people of The

Glenridge, from the new board

election, the Ambassadors,

Glenridge Singers, the Players,

Glenridge Academy, Employee

Appreciation Day, and the

Aquarium renovation (with mer-

maid).

This cheerful overview from the

Glenridge CEO took into account

that CCRCs in general are suffer-

ing in this current economy.

However, “we are doing better than

most and the banks say we are

viable. With 282 units occupied

and our increased sales of 27 units

this year and with our active mar-

keting program, we are moving.”

End-of-Year Financials…continued from page 8

A jovial crowd enjoyed the friends, food anddancing at the Mardi Gras party, which was

sponsored by the Social Committee. Kay Pezzillo samples the cajun cuisineat the party.

Lynn Overstake gets into the spirit ofMardi Gras.

MARCH 201010

11MARCH 2010

12 MARCH 2010

The Glenridge Women’s Club

is honored to welcome Gwen M.

MacKenzie as the speaker for its

March 22 luncheon.

Ms. MacKenzie is President

and CEO of Sarasota Memorial

Health Care System, a regional

medical center consisting of an

806-bed hospital and a network

of specialized medical campuses and clinics that

include a rehabilitation center, home health, psychi-

atric hospital, walk-in medical centers and outpatient

care centers.

The only public hospital and the only not-for-prof-

it hospital remaining in the 4-county Southwest

Florida region, Sarasota Memorial has more than

3,000 employees, 1,000 volunteers and 750 physi-

cians. It is Florida’s second largest acute care public

hospital, and Sarasota County’s second largest

employer.

Despite the challenges of being the county’s only

hospital for the uninsured and underinsured, Sarasota

Memorial repeatedly ranks among “America’s 50

Best Hospitals” in U.S. News and World Report and

remains the only hospital in this region with

“Magnet” status – the nation’s highest honor for

excellence in nursing.

Since joining Sarasota Memorial in May 2005,

Ms. MacKenzie has successfully opened a number of

new outpatient facilities while streamlining internal

operations. Trained as an oncology nurse, Ms.

MacKenzie worked for 25 years at the nine-hospital

Detroit Medical Center, the largest health care

provider in southeast Michigan. Starting as an

advanced practice nurse practitioner, she worked her

way from bedside care and clinical management to

executive vice president and chief operating officer at

DMC. Ms. MacKenzie received a Bachelor of

Science and a Master’s in health services administra-

tion from the University of Michigan. She also

received a Master’s from the University of

California, Los Angeles.

Call the Concierge now at 552-5315 to sign up for

the luncheon to be held at noon on Monday, March 22.

WOMEN’S LUNCHEON

Hospital CEO to Address Women’s Club

Gwen M. MacKenzie

More Learning Opportunities Offered at The Glenridge

Documentary Films Chronicling

Jewish History, People, Places &

Events

Instructor: Dr. Samuel Gross

8-week course, Mondays 10am-

11:20am, beginning March 8

Glenridge Theater

$65 per person; register at

Lifelong Learning Academy (941)

359-4296 or online at

www.thelifelonglearningacademy.

com.

In March, the Glenridge Academy and the Lifelong Learning Academy of USF – Sarasota Manatee are

offering a documentary film course and two events in their ongoing speaker series for Glenridge members:

Glenridge Academy Special EventScience’s BIG Picture: New

Scientific Breakthroughs ~ New

Planets, DNA Sequencing,

Climate Science, Biology and

More

Speaker: Jeff Rodgers, Director of

Education for the South Florida

Museum and Director of the

Bishop Planetarium

Thursday, March 11, 10:30am

Glenridge Theater

Glenridge Academy Special EventThe Nobel Prize: Concept,

History, Politics

Speaker, Jan Skalny, PhD

Thursday, March 25, 10:30am

Glenridge Theater

The two Academy Special Eventsare FREE. Call 552-5325 forreservations.

Mark your calendar!2010 HEALTH FAIR – Tuesday, October 19

MARCH 2010 13

IN MEMORIAM

“What a beautiful difference one single life can make.”

Margaret “Peggy”

Ambrose

Did you know…you have a

taste of Scotland here at The

Glenridge? Your first clue is

Scotland Way. This street comes

through the main gate and around

by the front door.

CULZEAN DRIVE (Cul-AIN):

Culzean castle was built for the

10th Earl of Cassillis in the 1780s,

atop a high cliff overlooking the

Firth of Clyde. The top floor suite

was used as a lifetime residence

by Gen. Eisenhower in gratitude

for his leadership to the Allied

cause. Today the apartment is run

as a small hotel.

DAIRSIE COURT (DARE-say):

Dairsie castle was built in the 18th

Century on the River Eden and

was the private home to the

Bishops of St. Andrews. It fell into

ruin and in the 1990s was re-built.

It is not open to the public.

KILMORY WAY (Kil-MUR-ry):

Kilmory castle is in Argyll and is

used by the local council. Its

1770s gardens include 100 vari-

eties of rhododendron.

TANTALLON COURT (Tan-

TAL-len): Tantallon castle is near

North Berwick. Built of East

Lothian stone, it dates from the

14th Century.

DUNROBIN DRIVE: Dunrobin

Castle dates from the 1300s. It

contains 189 rooms and is one of

the most northern continuously

inhabited houses. Elizabeth

Janson, Countess of Sutherland,

opens Dunrobin Castle to the

public six months of the year.

DRUM CASTLE PARKWAY:

Drum castle is a 13th Century

tower house in pink and gray gran-

ite. It has a 70' tower with 12' thick

walls. The castle remained in the

Wm de Irwin family for 6½ cen-

turies. It is the oldest occupied

castle in Scotland.

BRODIE COURT: Brodie castle

lies on the coast east of Inverness.

In 1645 it was damaged by fire

and rebuilt with ornate corbelled

battlements. It is furnished with

French antiques, Chinese porce-

lain, Japanese artifacts and

European paintings.

ARMADALE AVENUE:

Armadale castle is more of a

mansion than a castle and is

located on the Isle of Skye. In

1971, the gardens and castle were

restored creating the Museum of

the Isles and study center.

Enjoy walking around our

campus and think of all these

wonderful castles.

Did you know?

Glenridge Streets Are Named for Castlesby Cynthia Cudworth

LOW VISION GROUPWellness Seminar

Thursday, March 18

2:00 – 3:30pm ~ Mac I

Living With Low Vision

Guest Speaker: Michele Vandendooren

Ms. Vandendooren is a low vision specialist and founder

of “Low Vision Works,” a rehabilitation practice serving the

visually impaired throughout Southwest Florida since 2001.

She has earned the support of over 400 physicians in the eye

care community.

NOTE: The LOW VISION GROUP will attend the

Wellness Seminar in lieu of their regular meeting.

Health Services Helps Members Live Life to the Fullest

Pam Overton, RN, NHA

Director of Health Services

As the Director of Health

Services I am proud to say that I

am surrounded by a very qualified

and compassionate staff who

make it very easy for me to do my

job.

Managing the Health Services

department is a very challenging role. You have prob-

ably heard the analogy before: “The long term care

industry is the most regulated industry next to the

nuclear power industry.” So you can imagine making

sure we meet all of those regulations while we are

still trying to provide quality personalized care to our

residents and members can truly be difficult.

In all three of our Health Services areas we strive

to keep our members as independent as possible. Our

goal has been to introduce “Culture Change” into our

units. This is the new buzz word for trying to de-insti-

tutionalize long term care facilities. So we allow

members to personalize their rooms, we work around

their schedules, and we let them tell us when they

want to get up, when they want to bathe and when

and where they want to eat. Our hope is to make this

a more homelike environment while providing the

highest quality of nursing care available. We want our

residents to feel that coming to the Carroll Center or

the Highlands or The Isle of Skye is not a place to

come to wither and die but a place to leave their

everyday worries behind and allow us to help them

enjoy and live their lives to the fullest with a loving

and caring family surrounding them.

I am very happy to say that I have been here at the

Glenridge for over 5 years. I am a registered nurse

and a licensed nursing home administrator. I discov-

ered over 30 years ago that my calling in life was to

care for the elderly. However I have recently devel-

oped a second calling and that is to be a loving

grandma (or “Rah Rah”) to my 2- year-old grand-

daughter Madeline. I have been married to my

husband John (who happens to be the CEO and

President of the Pines of Sarasota) for 38 years. I

have a daughter Melissa who is an Occupational

Therapist at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta

and a son-in-law, Ryan, who is a computer whiz kid

for a firm in Atlanta. My joys in life are my wonder-

ful family, spending time at my cabin in the

mountains, traveling and taking my 2 cocker spaniels

for long walks. I feel very blessed to be an almost 4-

year breast cancer survivor and I try to enjoy and live

each day with as much gusto as I can.

Inez Vasquez, RN

Wellness Center

The Wellness Center at

Glenridge provides the members

early access to non-urgent nursing

assistance. Our goal is to keep

you well, safe and out of the hos-

pital. We provide emergency

response for sudden chest pain,

shortness of breath or TIA and first aid for falls and

injuries. We also monitor your hospital stay and help

coordinate a possible post-discharge admission to

The Carroll Center or respite care.

With your written doctor’s order we can:

• Organize medications into a pill organizer

• Administer B12 injections

• Administer allergy shots

• Administer Procrit/Levolox injections

• Administer the shingles vaccine (member must pur-

chase the vaccine)

• Provide wound care and daily dressing changes

• Instill eye drops

• Remove sutures

• Remove staples

Other nursing services offered include a PPD test

if you are a Glenridge volunteer, annual flu vaccines,

a Coumadin Clinic, routine blood work, blood pres-

sure monitoring and assistance with finding home

health care.

Inez studied and trained in New York where she

attained a Baccalaureate Degree in Science and a

MARCH 201014

In our ongoing series on Glenridge services, The Piper presents an overview of Health Services. In thisissue we feature Pam Overton, Inez Vasquez, and Michael Sarmiento.

Please turn to page 15

Pam Overton

Inez Vasquez

MARCH 2010 15

Health Services…continued from page 14

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. She began her clin-

ical experience in orthopedic nursing at New York

University Medical Center.

Her interests in cardiac monitoring led her to seek

a position in a cardiac intensive care unit. After five

years in the ICU she was recruited by a physician to

an outpatient cardiac stress testing facility.

She came to The Glenridge after 10 years of occu-

pational nursing at New York’s Grand Central

Terminal. She credits her emergency nursing skills to

the diverse experiences obtained in occupational out-

patient settings as well as the hospital in-patient

experience.

Michael Sarmiento, PT

Aegis Rehabilitation Therapies

Aegis Therapies is one of the

leading providers of contract

rehabilitation therapy in the U.S.

Our therapists currently provide

quality therapy services in over

1,000 facilities across 37 states

and we continue to grow. At

Aegis Therapies, we draw on decades of experience

providing physical, occupational and speech thera-

pies, including some programs unique to Aegis.

Our rehabilitation team is managed by Michael

Sarmiento PT, with 21 years experience, along with

Roger Nishioka PTA, David Graber OTR, and Linda

Murillo SLP. Aegis Therapies has a diversified team

skilled at providing a wide variety of treatments

through our core programs: complex disease manage-

ment (such as cardiac, pulmonary and

neurological/stroke/CVA), falls and balance (such as

orthopedics, vestibular disorder and Parkinson's),

dementia management (such as Alzheimer's, brain

injury and organic brain disorder), pain management

(neck, back and painful joints) and dysphasia and

swallowing disorder.

Our service extends from the Carroll Center to the

Highlands and Independent Living for out-patient

and home health. We work hand in hand with the

Wellness Center and Fitness Center to meet the needs

of Glenridge members who require rehabilitative.

Michael Sarmiento

Guest Rooms Undergoing Upgrade

A Smidge of Bridgeby Jean Minneman

West leads the

spade 7. Which spade

should be played? And,

regardless of which

one, East plays the Q.

What should declarer

play? And then, how to

make 9 tricks?

Play this one out

prior to looking.

Solution, page 17.

We’ve

received a

number of

suggestions

from mem-

bers that

the guest

rooms be

upgraded.

That’s

exactly

what we’re

doing! Kat

Mathews, Director of Member Services, is working

with Linda Bishop, Options Coordinator, to refurbish

the three rooms. Management of the guest rooms is in

Kat’s bailiwick.

Guest Room #1 has been significantly improved

thanks to a member’s donation of a beautiful bed-

room suite, including a 4-poster king bed, armoire

and night stands. All rooms will receive new linens

and window treatments, and all will be painted, so

please “excuse our dust” while we remodel.

The guest rooms are popular for overnight stays

by members’ visiting family and friends. For reserva-

tions, please call the Concierge at 552-5315.

Part of the donated bedroom suite in Guest Room 1.

Welcome New Membersby Jane Goehrig

Leon and GraceGreene

Leon and Grace Greene are

now settled in Apartment 2203.

They lived in Turtle Rock for 10

years, and before that they lived

in Center Gate.

Grace grew up in Scarsdale,

NY, and Lee in Rochester, NY.

They met at Denison University in Granville, Ohio,

and will attend their 60th reunion there in June. They

are also planning to attend a meeting of Florida

Denison grads in Naples in the spring.

Lee received his doctorate from The University of

Pennsylvania. He was vice president of R&D for

Glaxo Smith Kline. He travelled all over the world

monitoring clinical trials of new medicines. He head-

ed the development team for Tagamet when the

project was awarded the Nobel Prize. Lee has

authored some 50+ scientific publications.

Grace does beautiful stained glass work and will be

teaching a class here. She also enjoys sewing, knitting,

flower arranging and other creative work. Lee is inter-

ested in ornamental gardening. Both like to swim and

both volunteer as tutors at the Church of the Palms.

The Greenes have three children: a daughter in La

Grange, Georgia, and sons in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania and Medford, New Jersey. They also

have five grandchildren.

We are happy to have the Greenes at The

Glenridge and wish them joy in their new home.

Dorothy JosephIt was a short move for

Dorothy Joseph from Prestancia

to Apartment 2323 at The

Glenridge.

Dottie grew up in Cincinnati.

She attended school there and is

a graduate of the University of

Cincinnati. After her marriage, she moved to

Appleton, Wisconsin, and later lived in New Canaan,

Connecticut.

Raising five children was a full-time career for

Dottie. She had four boys and one girl. Her daughter

and her husband are now living in Sarasota. She has a

son in Wisconsin, a son in Chicago and a son in

Weston, Massachusetts. Sadly, she has lost one son.

Dottie likes reading, bridge and tennis. When liv-

ing in Prestancia, she was a golfer. She particularly

likes people and is looking forward to a happy life at

The Glenridge. And we are very happy to welcome

her to The Glenridge.

Jack and NancySheldon

Apartment 2308 is the new

home of Jack and Nancy

Sheldon. When Jack retired from

The Ford Motor Company in

Bloomfield, Michigan, they

moved to The Plantation in

Venice, then to Durham, NC , and

then to Lakewood Ranch.

Nancy grew up in Newark, NJ, and Jack grew up

in Fremont, Ohio, down the street from President

Hayes’ home, where the former President is buried

next to his horse. Nancy and Jack met when they both

attended Ohio State University at the end of World

War II. They have been married for sixty years.

The Sheldons have four children, three girls and

one boy. One daughter is in Oakville, Canada, one in

Grand Rapids, Michigan, one in Naperville, Illinois,

and their son is in Park City, Utah. They also have

seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Nancy was a stay-at-home mother who did a lot of

volunteer work and was very involved with her

church. She enjoys needlepoint, rug hooking and

reading. Jack‘s hobbies are art work and wood work-

ing. Both love to travel. Welcome to The Glenridge,

Nancy and Jack.

Dina WhitneyDina Whitney now resides in Apartment 1204. She

came to The Glenridge from The Meadows, where

she had lived for eight years. Actually she has lived in

Sarasota for thirty years, having previously lived on

Sarasota Bay near the Ringling Museum.

Dina was an “army brat.” She was born in New

York City and lived on army bases, mostly in the

Midwest except for a tour in Hawaii. She is a gradu-

ate of Butler University. Her northern home was

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. She was managing editor

Leon and GraceGreene

Dorothy Joseph

Jack and NancySheldon

MARCH 201016Please turn to page 15

MARCH 2010 17

Palmer Ranch President to Speak at March Men’s Club Meeting

What is

“Palmer

Ranch”? Who

governs

Palmer Ranch?

What area

makes up

Palmer Ranch?

Answers to

these questions and more will be

given to the men of Glenridge at

the March 15 luncheon meeting of

the Glenridge Men’s Club. Rick

Barth, Community Manager and

President of the Palmer Ranch

Master Property Owners

Association, will speak at the

March Men’s Club meeting.

With over 30 years experience

in community management, Barth

has been part of the Palmer Ranch

Master Association management

team for 10 years, focusing on the

continual cost-efficient improve-

ment of entrances and landscaping

in the Master Association areas.

Recently, the Palmer Ranch

Master Association has been rec-

ognized as the only entity in the

State of Florida to have developed

Rick Barth

unique environmentally-friendly

grounds fertility practices.

Barth’s early background

includes surveying, construction,

commercial and residential property

management both in the

Sarasota/Manatee area and Las

Vegas, Nevada. He is a graduate of

Riverview High School of Sarasota

and the University of South Florida.

Following graduation he served in

the U. S. Air Force.

Call the Concierge (552-5315)

for luncheon reservations.

Welcome New Memberscontinued from page 14

of the medical book department at Harper and Row

publisher, which was just across the state line in

Hagerstown, Maryland. She has been in two movies,

the better known one was “Picnic.” She presently

works with the County Election Board.

The mother of five daughters – two in Sarasota,

one in San Antonio, one in New York and one in

Philadelphia – Dina has six grandchildren and three

greats. The youngest was just born in January. Her

hobbies are photography, bridge, travel, writing, read-

ing and painting. She is also interested in language

groups, especially Spanish and French.

Welcome to The Glenridge, Dina.

Hors d’oeuvre of the Monthby Mary Manegold

Chicken Liver Pate

2 oz. onions, finely chopped

4 pats butter

8 oz. chicken livers

1 tsp. garlic salt

thyme, minced

parsley, minced

Sauté onions in 1 ounce of butter until softened.

Add chicken livers and garlic salt and cook until

pink or to taste. Melt remaining butter and pour

into Cuisinart with parsley and thyme and cooked

chicken livers. Puree until smooth and refrigerate.

Buen Provecho!

Bon Appetit!

Bridge Solutionfrom page 15

First, defi-

nitely play the

J in case West

holds both the

K and Q.

Then, unless

the J holds,

play your Ace

and take your

9 tricks.

It’s crucial

to take the A

on trick one

because if E

gains the lead

and pushes

through a dia-

mond, the

contract is

doomed.

Assuming

the clubs are no worse than 3-1, it’s easy! Careful!

Did you unblock the 9 and 7 and 6 of clubs in

dummy? If not, Declarer cannot return to his hand

for the 5th club. With the unblock, that wonderful

club 4 will take dummy’s club 3.

Wow!

MARCH 201018

Giving Comes Full Circleby Bruce Jackson

Editor’s Note: The followingstory is excerpted from emailsfrom Glenridge member BruceJackson to Glenridge Director ofLife Planning Lisa Snyder.

I have been seeing emails about

the Ambassadors and other

Glenridge folks taking an interest

in marketing. I hope this energy is

helpful.

Here in Crested Butte,

Colorado, I've been busy training

to work as a volunteer at Adaptive

Sports,

which is an

organiza-

tion that

helps peo-

ple with

disabilities

participate

in sports

and in par-

ticular the

outdoor environment here in

Colorado. In the winter, the effort

is mostly skiing. Not long ago

someone congratulated me for

working at this endeavor, in spite

of my advanced age. Well, I was

polite, but I delivered an impas-

sioned description of life at The

Glenridge. You would have been

proud of me.

Our marketing emphasizes how

active Glenridge members are, and

these pictures speak to that. As a

volunteer at Adaptive, I accompa-

ny an instructor and a student

during a ski lesson. If the student

is a paraplegic or quadriplegic,

they must learn to ski in a sit-

down ski. We volunteers have to

learn how to assist in loading and

unloading the sit-down skier on

and off the chair lift. As a part of

that training, we take a few les-

sons in sit-down skiing ourselves

– just for understanding.

In the first picture, the smiles on

both faces (the instructor and me)

tell a story of joy for which you do

not need my words. The second

picture shows me actually negotiat-

ing a turn, with ski edges tipped.

One of the activities at

Adaptive Sports is sled hockey.

The player sits on a sled with low

back support and holds two short

hockey sticks. The blade end of

the stick is for hitting the puck.

The other end of the stick has a

serrated metal edge with which

the player can stab the ice to pro-

pel his sled. A person with a low-

or mid-spinal cord injury is a

powerful sled hockey player

because of his or her well-devel-

oped upper body strength.

However, one of the players,

Henry (shown in the third photo),

has muscular dystrophy, with

weakness in all of his muscles.

For him, propelling the sled was

nearly impossible. To level the

playing field, I pushed his sled.

Henry

and I had

an inter-

esting

problem.

Whenever

we came

to a full

stop, I

was

unable to

get us moving again, because my

feet could not get enough traction

on the ice to move two men and a

sled. Henry therefore stabbed both

hockey sticks into the ice to pro-

pel us forward – slowly and

weakly pulling him, the sled and

me. Once we were moving, I was

able to get enough traction to

accelerate us to full speed. What a

wonderful

metaphor

for giving:

Henry

pulled me

so that I

could

push him.

It was

unseason-

ably cold

that

evening, with a temperature of

minus 5° at the beginning of the

match and minus 11° at game's

end. Playing as hard as we were,

we were very warm – that is, all

except Henry, whose physical

activity was less than ours because

he was being pushed. Not surpris-

ingly, Henry was getting cold and

took a break in the warming hut.

Because he was cold and tired, he

elected to enter the warming hut

crawling on all fours, rather than

expending the incredible effort

required for him to stand up. A

young family in the warming hut

watched Henry as he entered. The

man brought his dog over to

Henry's lap to provide heat. He

told Henry to pet the dog in order

to warm his hands. The puppy was

bursting with joy at the attention

from Henry. Once again, the eter-

nal circle of giving: the pup gave

Henry warmth, and Henry gave

the pup his love.

I felt compelled to tell you this

story, because the richness I expe-

rienced that evening reminds me

of the spirit of my Glenridge

neighbors.

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Glenridge Committees 2010

Ambassadors*

Dick Fleming, Chair

Art & Décor Advisory Committee*

George Davis, Chair

3rd Fri., 10a, Art Room

Building Maintenance Committee**

Floyd Gammon, Liaison

Alan Hochman, Chair

4th Thur., 2p Art Room

Communications Committee**

Dick Fleming, Liaison

Barbara Stephenson, Chair

Saundra Overstake, Sec.

1st Mon., 10a Cypress

Dining Committee**

Dick Schranz, Liaison

Cynthia Cudworth, Chair

2nd Tue., 10a Admin

Finance Committee**

Betty Stewart, Liaison

Ed Duffy, Chair

Bob Henderson, VP

Colleen Darby, Sec.

4th Wed., 3p Art Room

Glenridge Academy*

Bunny Nesbit, Liaison/Dean

Allen Cudworth VP

2nd Mon., 10a TV Room

GPAC Committee*

Bunny Nesbit, Liaison

Marvin Gross, Chair (GPR Board)

Quarterly, 2p Admin. Conf.

Glenridge Players*

Dick Montmeat, Chair

3rd Mon., 1p Art Room

Play Readers

Grounds Committee**

Art Wittmer, Liaison

Suzie Kinder, Chair

3rd Wed., 2:30p Art Room

Health & Fitness Committee**

John DeSanto, Liaison

Paula Spitalny, Chair

4th Fri., 1:30 Art Room

Low Vision – Suzie Hedstrom

2nd Fri., 1:30p Art Room

Library Committee*

Shirley Williams, Liaison

Joy Leahy, Chair

Movie Committee

Shirley Williams, Liaison

Maje Wasch, Chair

1st Wed., 10:30a TV Room

Piper Staff

George Measer, Editor

4th Mon, 3p Art Room

Social Committee*

Bunny Nesbit, Chair

1st Wed., 10a Card Room

Travel Committee*

Shirley Gilbert, Chair

1st Tue., 3p Art Room

Cruise Society – Bunny Nesbit

Tennis Committee*

John Redgrave, President

Vespers Committee

Roy Walters, Chair

Welcome Committee*

Barbara Dearborn, Chair

* GAC Committee

** Standing GAC Committee

MARCH 2010

GPAC MOVIES FOR MARCHby Ken Bonwit

Tues., Mar. 2, 8pm: BRASSED OFF (1996)Comedy/Drama/Romance/Music; Rated R for language; Run time: 107 min.Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson & Jim CarterThe future of a Yorkshire mining town is bleak with the possible closing of the mine. Themen enter their brass band into a competition with little hope of winning until flugelhornplayer Gloria (Fitzgerald) arrives. First mocked, she becomes their only chance. But whoseside is she on?

Tues., Mar. 16, 8pm: THE HURT LOCKER (2008)Action/Drama/Thriller/War; Rated R for war violence and language; Run time: 131 min.Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes & David MorseIn this intense portrayal of urban combat, Bravo Company bomb disposal unit has 39 daysleft on its tour in Iraq when Sgt. James (Renner) arrives. James drives by-the-book Sanborn(Mackie) and insecure Eldridge (Geraghty) to the edge as chaos explodes. They face inter-nal issues as they disarm bombs.

Tues., Mar. 23, 8pm: THE INFORMANT (2009)Comedy/Crime/Drama/Thriller; Rated R for language; Run time: 108 min.Matt Damon, Lucas Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Craig Ricci Shaynak &Tom PapaMark Whitacre (Damon) has worked for the giant company ADM for many years and isnow in upper management. He is unwillingly pressured into becoming an informant onADM’s illegal price fixing and soon feels that he is a real secret agent. However his worldcrashes as a result of his incessant lies.

Sun., Mar. 28, 3pm: THE DUCHESS (2008)Biography/Drama/History/Romance; PG-13, sexual and thematic content, nudity; Runtime: 110 min.Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper & Hayley Atwell Georgiana (Knightley) marries the Duke of Devonshire (Fiennes). Her only duty is to pro-vide a male heir. The Duke soon begins a lifelong affair with Bess (Atwell). Georgianafalls in love with politician Charles (Cooper), but the Duke threatens to take her children.

Tues., Mar. 30, 8pm: AMELIA (2009)Biography/Drama; PG for sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking; Run time:111 min.Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson &Cherry JonesAmelia Earhart (Swank) discovered aviation at the age of 23; at 35 she won theDistinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to fly a plane solo across the AtlanticOcean. At age 39 she set out to fly around the world. Her story tells how she became anaviation legend.

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