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Gazette Sunday, April 22, 2018 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311

PRIMARY ELECTIONS TUESDAY JUNE 12: Register to Vote or Request an

Absentee Ballot

You need to re-register if you have

moved or even just permanently

changed apartments within

Goodwin House since you last

voted.

In November, we will elect a U.S.

Senator, U.S. Representative, and

Alexandria Mayor, City Council,

and School Board.

Democratic and Republican parties

have primary elections on Tuesday,

June 12 to select candidates for

November’s General Election.

Democratic primaries are for

Alexandria Mayor and City

Council.

Republican primary is for U.S.

House of Representatives.

Deadline for registering to vote in a

primary is Monday, May 21.

Deadline to request an absentee

ballot is Tuesday, June 5.

Deadline for the Registrar to receive

an absentee ballot is 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 12.

Two ways to vote absentee: (1) by

mail and (2) at the Registrar’s

office, 132 N. Royal Street,

Alexandria.

You need a valid photo I.D. to vote

in person. You do not need an I.D.

to vote by mail, if you have voted

before in Virginia.

In Auditorium A on Tuesday May 1,

1:00-4:00pm, GHA Voting Aides,

Robin Barbee, Becky Davies, Laura

Lawson, Mary Jane Nugent, Jane

Ring, and Natalie Rooney will:

Register residents and staff,

Help with requests for absentee

ballots,

Answer questions about voting,

and

Give out nonpartisan election

information.

The Voting Aides also will be in the

Lobby of the Small Houses 7:30-8:30

am Wednesday May 2 and 10:30-11:30

pm Thursday May 3.

(to be continued on page 2.)

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The deadline for the weekly

Gazette is every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

Please submit articles of 150 words

or fewer via email to Jenny Wu:

cwu@goodwinhouse.org

If you need a transcriber to type

and submit the articles for you, please

contact Jenny, 703-824-1004.

REHABILITATION SERVICE Have you heard about our in-house

rehabilitation therapy department? Are

you having any difficulty walking?

Problems performing daily tasks such

as getting dressed or showering? Are

you having trouble communicating or

formulating thoughts? Coughing while

taking a drink?

Here at Goodwin House Alexandria,

our rehabilitation center offers services

that are tailored to meet your needs.

Interested in learning more? Please at-

tend our informational session on April

27 at 1:30 PM in the Auditor ium A.

During this session we will discuss the

indicators for therapy and differences

between the services. You will also get

a chance to meet your therapy team

and ask questions about the services

we offer. We look forward to seeing

you there!

Stephanie Reagan PT, DPT

POETRY REVIEW The scheduled speaker for the

Book Review — in the Auditorium at

3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24 —

has canceled because of illness. Merle

Thompson has volunteered to give us a

review of poetry instead. Merle will

bring some of her favorite poems from

30 years of teaching literature at

Northern Virginia Community

College. This might be a memory

journey for some of you. Come to be

reacquainted with those beloved

classics, or to meet some you’ve never

heard of. Handouts will be provided

so you can follow along.

Marilynn Eaton

(Continued from page 1.)

This is a

nonpartisan effort.

All Voting Aides

are certified by the

Commonwealth of

Virginia to assist

with voter

registration.

The Residents’ Business Office has

registration forms, absentee ballot

requests, and other information.

Candidate information also will be

there.

For more information, contact any of

the Voting Aides or call the Alexandria

Registrar’s Office at 703-746-4050.

Laura Lawson

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TRIPS IN MAY All sign-up sheets for May will

come out on Monday, April 30 at

10:00 am. Please sign-up by the

Front Desk.

On Thursday, May 3 and

Wednesday, May 16, we will go to

see the Nationals. If you signed up

several months ago, your tickets have

already been purchased. You will get

a reminder in your mailbox shortly.

On Friday, May 4, join us for lunch

at Hank’s Oyster Bar in Alexandria.

The bus will depart at 11:30 a.m. and

return around 1:30 p.m.

Transportation costs $5.00.

On Wednesday, May 9, come to

Green Spring Gardens as they

present Potomac Valley

Watercolorists “Inspired By Nature”

featuring our very own Gretchen

Thompson. You can also take some

time to enjoy the outdoor area. The

bus will depart at 1:00 p.m. and

return around 3:00 p.m.

Transportation is $5.00 and

admission is free.

On Thursday, May 17, explore the

Burning Man exhibit at the Renwick

Museum. No Spectators: The Art of

Burning Man brings the large-scale,

participatory work from this desert

gathering to the nation’s capital for the

first time. The exhibition takes over

the entire Renwick Gallery building

and surrounding neighborhood,

bringing alive the maker culture and

creative spirit of this cultural

movement. The bus will depart at

10:00 a.m. and return around 1:00 p.m.

Transportation is $15.00 and

admission is free.

On Friday, May 18, enjoy lunch at

the Peking Gourmet. The bus will

depart at 11:30 a.m. and return around

1:30 p.m. Transportation costs $5.00.

On Friday, June 1, enjoy a special

lunch at Chez Francois in Great Falls,

VA. Due to the distance, the bus will

depart at 11:00 a.m. and return around

3:00 p.m. Transportation is $15.00.

The meal is at a fixed price of $45.00.

Matt Schwartz

No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man

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ENOLA GAY AND BOEING B-29 PRESENTATION Col Willey will cover the story of

the development and use of the

technologically advanced Boeing B-29

bomber against Japanese targets in

World War II. He also will cover the

creation of the atomic bomb. The story

will focus on the mission to Hiroshima

on 6 August 1945 by the most famous

airplane of the war, Enola Gay, and the

aircraft’s subsequent history. Be

prepared to see a significant piece of

history that is on display at the

Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center

near Dulles Airport. The program will

be held in the Auditorium on Monday,

April 30 at 3:00 p.m.

Scott Willey

CARDS AND NOTEBOOK WORKSHOP April 26 at 10:00am AC

Turn your spirit paper and original

print into cards and notebook for the

Arts Festival, and repurpose old cards

into new and fresh images with tried-

and-true easy collage techniques.

Beth Kim

SAVE THE DATE: ARTS FESTIVAL FRIDAY: JUNE 15, 2018

This year’s theme is “Growing

Roots.” We will have food,

entertainment, live performances, and

arts exhibition. If you would like to

submit your art works for the festival,

please pick-up the art submission form

at the Front Desk.

Beth Kim

PET ETIQUETTE Fellow pet owners

A friendly reminder

Pets should be on leash

Please pick up after your dog

Please respect plantings

Frank Sullivan

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NOVA CONCERT A bus will be escorting residents to

the Schlesinger theater on Friday, April

27 for the Music From Around the

World concert featuring The Nova

Community Chorus, The Nova

Alexandria Band, and The Nighthawks

Jazz Band. The bus will depart at 7:20

p.m. and return around 10:00 p.m.

Admission is free and transportation is

$2.00. Please sign up at the Front

Desk. Eight people need to be signed

up for the bus to transport people.

Matt Schwartz

PHYSICIAN SERVICES Dr. Sam Hong recently began

providing medical care to Small House

residents. He is now expanding his

services to Residential Living residents

in the Clinic and in their apartments.

His Clinic hours will be from 10 am to

noon on Fridays and will be for

Assisted Living or Residential Living

residents. If you would like to be seen

in your apartment, Dr. Hong is able to

come to you. Please call the Clinic to

be placed on Dr. Hong’s schedule. He

will accept appointments for morning

or afternoon on Mondays and

Wednesdays. Friday afternoon is also

available for house calls. Please call

the Clinic at 703-824-1283 or

703-824-1003 with your request.

Cathy Farmer

CZECH FILM NEXT The next in the once monthly

Foreign Film Night will take place

Sunday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. The

film is Kolya, a Czech film which won

the Oscar and a Golden Globe for best

foreign language film in 1997. The

film takes place in Soviet-occupied

Czechoslovakia and is the humorous

story of a classical musician and

confirmed bachelor who has lost his

place in the state orchestra and, for

financial reasons, unhappily has to

take on the temporary oversight of a

small Russian boy. What ensues is not

what he expected.

Lee Lederer

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BE A FRIENDLY VISITOR TO A HOSPICE PATIENT Hospice volunteers offer comfort

and companionship to residents and

their families at a special time of life.

As a member of the hospice team,

you’ll receive training and ongoing

support while you visit hospice

patients. Volunteer tasks include

providing respite to family members

and visiting to provide companionship

and comfort.

Goodwin House Hospice volunteers

now have a choice to work at GHA,

GHBC, or in patients’ homes in the

community. Please consider working

in the community, where families have

particular needs for respite, running

errands, etc.

Join our hospice team for this

rewarding work! For more

information, contact Amy Conradt,

Hospice Volunteer Manager at

703-578-7108 or

aconradt@goodwinhouse.org.

Amy Conradt

REALITIES OF FIREARMS IN AMERICA

Residents will have an opportunity

to learn about the role of firearms in

our country from someone who knows

the topic well.

On Saturday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m.

David Chipman will speak in the

Auditorium. Mr. Chipman is Senior

Policy Advisor to Giffords, the

organization founded by former

Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and

her husband, Mark Kelly. He currently

also serves on the Firearms Committee

of the International Association of

Chiefs of Police. Previously, Mr.

Chipman served 25 years as a special

agent for the Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

(ATF) during which he disrupted

firearms trafficking conspiracies in

Virginia supplying illegal guns to New

York City. Mr. Chipman is a graduate

of the American University in

Washington, DC and received a

Masters Degree in Management from

the Johns Hopkins University in

Baltimore.

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GOOD FRIDAY OFFERING - THANK YOU! The offering received at our Good

Friday service totaled $614.00 and has

been sent through DFMS (Domestic

and Foreign Missionary Society) for

the ministries of the Episcopal/

Anglican Province of Jerusalem and

the Middle East ( The donations help 4

dioceses in 21 countries), assisting

people of all faiths in schools,

hospitals, clinics, senior housing, and

children with special needs. Thank

you!

Bruce Stewart

The 4 Dioceses:

Jerusalem

1. Palestine

& Israel

2. Lebanon

3. Syria

4. Jordan

Egypt & North

Africa 5. Algeria

6. Tunisia

7. Libya

8. Egypt

9. Eritrea

10. Ethiopia

11. Djibouti

12. Somalia

Iran

13. Iran

Cyprus & the

Gulf

14. Cyprus

15. Iraq

16. Kuwait

17. Bahrain

18. Qatar

19. United Arab

Emirates

20. Oman

21. Yemen

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Sunday, April 22, 2018

9:00: Holy Eucharist — CHP

10:30: Holy Eucharist — AUD-AB

1:30: Opera — CH 972

Les Contes D'hoffmann

2:15: Trip: Little Theater of Alexandria

— LBY

Monday, April 23, 2018

8:00: Morning Yoga — AUD-B

9:00: Fun & Fitness — AUD-B

9:30: Gentle Waves — Canceled

(Staff unavailable.)

9:30: NOVA Watercolor Class — AC

10:00: Catholic Communion — CHP

10:00: Trailblazers — Canceled

(Staff unavailable.)

10:00: Beginners Line Dancing —

AUD-A

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

11:30: Tai Chi — AUD-AB

1:00: Bus to Bailey's Shopping Center

— LBY

1:30: Monday Movie — CH 972

Lilies of the Field (1963), 1h 34min.

A traveling handyman becomes the

answer to the prayers of nuns who

wish to build a chapel in the desert.

The Weekly Schedule Sunday, April 22, 2018 — Sunday, April 29, 2018

(The room location key is at the end of this calendar.)

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(Monday, April 23, continued)

2:00: Drawing Class — AC

3:00: Art Film — AUD-A

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010),

1hr 25min. Filmmaker Thierry

Guetta's project to chronicle the

underground world of street art takes

a fascinating twist when he meets

elusive stencil artist Banksy, who

turns the project around to film

Guetta while he reinvents himself as

a street artist.

3:00: Support Services Committee —

RCR

3:15: Seated Meditation — GR

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

9:00: Morning Stretch Class —

AUD-B

9:00 - 11:00: Seamstress — 426

10:00: Painting Studio — AC

10:00: Library Shuttle — LBY

10:00: Sit and Be Fit — AUD-B

11:00: Wii Bowling — GR

11:00: Bible Study — CHP

1:00: Poker — GR

1:15: Core & Balance — AUD-B

2:00: Legacy Art — AC

3:00: Poetry Review — AUD-A (See

article on page 2.)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

8:00: Morning Yoga — AUD-B

9:00: Fun & Fitness — AUD-B

9:30: Gentle Waves — POOL

9:30: NOVA Watercolor Class — AC

9:30 -11:30: Market Place Accepts

Donations — MP

10:00: Vendor: Elegant Affordable

Jewelry — SOL

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

11:00: Teaching Company — AUD-A

Ep. 23 1759 Quebec—Battle for

North America

Ep. 24 1776 Trenton—The

Revolution’s Darkest Hour

1:30: Duplicate Bridge — LR

2:00: GHA Arts Festival Planning

Meeting — AC

2:00: Caregivers’ Support Group —

BR

2:00: Open Studio — AC

2:30: Market Place Special Sale —MP

For residents who use walkers.

3:00: Entertainment: Singer Ernie

Tolley — AUD-A

Thursday, April 26, 2018

9:00: Tai Chi Practice — AUD-A

9:00: Morning Stretch — AUD-B

9:30 - 11:30 & 2:30 - 3:30: Market

Place Sale — MP

10:00: Sit and Be Fit — AUD-B

10:00: Holy Eucharist — CHP

10:00: Trip: Newseum— LBY

10:00: Spirit Paper Card Workshop —

AC (See article on page 4.)

11:00: Wii Bowling — GR

11:00: Holy Eucharist — AUD-A

1:15: Core & Balance — AUD-B

1:30: Line Dancing 1 — AUD-A

2:00: Dining Committee — RCR

3:00: GHA Players — AC

7:15: Thursday Movie— AUD-A

All the Money in the World (2017),

2hrs 12min. This is about the

kidnapping of the grandson of

billionaire J. Paul Getty. Starring

Christopher Plummer, Mark

Wahlberg and Michelle Williams, it

is a morality tale about people being

bought by money.

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Saturday, April 28, 2018

9:00: Tai Chi Practice — LBY

(Special event at 10:00 am in the

Auditorium. We will meet in the

Lobby and decide where to hold

practice.)

9:00: Sit and Be Fit — CH 972

10:00: Documentary — Canceled

(Special event at 10:00 am in the

Auditorium.)

10:00: Realities of Firearms in

America: Special Presentation by

David Chipman — AUD-AB (See

article on page 6.)

1:00: GHA Popular Music — AUD-A

7:15: Saturday Movie — AUD-AB

Ladies in Lavender (2004), 1hr

44min. Two sisters befriend a

mysterious foreigner who washes up

on the beach of their 1930's Cornish

seaside village.

Friday, April 27, 2018

8:00: Morning Yoga — AUD-B

9:00: Fun & Fitness — AUD-B

9:30: Gentle Waves — POOL

10:00: Singing Seniors — AUD-A

10:00: AL Memory Café and

Community Studio — AC

10:00: Replay of Thursday Movie —

CH 972

10:15: Water Fit — POOL

11:30: Lunch Trip — LBY

1:00: Shanghai — LR

1:30: Rehabilitation/therapy Info

Session — AUD-A (See article on

page 2.)

2:00: Quilting Bees — RCR

Join this group of dedicated quilters

for conversation and a chance to

create projects for fellow residents.

7:20: NOVA Concert — LBY

See article on page 5. Eight people

need to be signed up for the bus to

transport people.

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Sunday, April 29, 2018

9:00: Holy Eucharist — CHP

10:30: Holy Eucharist — AUD-AB

1:30: Opera — CH 972

Marriage of Figaro

6:30: Foreign Film — AUD-A (See

article on page 4.)

Kolya (1996), 1h 45 min. Franta

Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-

occupied Czechoslovakia, a

confirmed bachelor and a lady's

man. Having lost his place in the

state orchestra, he must make ends

meet by playing at funerals and

painting tombstones. But he has run

up a large debt, and when his friend,

the grave-digger Mr. Broz, suggests

(426) = Apartment 426

(AC) = Arts Center

(ALAR) = Assisted Living

Activity Room

(AUD-A) = Auditorium A

(AUD-B) = Auditorium B

(AUD-AB) = Auditorium AB

(AUD-ABC) = Auditorium

ABC

(BR) = Bishops' Room

(CH 971) = Channel 971

(CH 972) = Channel 972

(CHP) = Chapel

(CL) = Clinic

(CR) = Computer Room

(GR) = Game Room

(GW) = Gallery Walk

(LBY) = Lobby

(LR) - Living Room

(MP) = Market Place on G-1

(RCR) = Residents’

Conference Room

(RF) = Roof Deck

(SH) = Small Houses

(SOL) = Solarium

ROOM KEY

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a scheme for making a lot of money

by marrying a Russian woman so that

she can get her Czech papers, he

reluctantly agrees. She takes

advantage of the situation to emigrate

to West Germany, to her lover; and

leaves her five-year-old son with his

grandmother; when the grandmother

dies, Kolya must come and live with

his stepfather - Louka.