LONGVIEW NEWS

June Events:

June 2020 Edition

Virtual Music with the Fortnight Singers • 6:30 p.m.Donut Day at Afternoon tea! • 3 p.m.D-DayVirtual Cornell Companions Pet Therapy Visits • 10 a.m.Flag Day craft • 10:30 a.m.June Birthday Card deliveries! Flag Day Trivia & History • 10 a.m. Flag DayCoffee Talk with Mark • 10:30 a.m.IC Virtual Speaker: Stumbling Into Empathy, poetry reading • 10:45 a.m.Virtual Music with the Fortnight Singers • 6:30 p.m.Gathering of Veterans • 10:30 a.m.Summer Begins!Virtual Cornell Companions Pet Therapy Visits • 10 a.m.Happy Father’s DayClassic Movie Matinee

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Welcome Home New Residents & Tenants Ginger Cohen 327, Betty Covert 427,

Veronica “Ronnie” Seyd and June Layton 125, Roger Smith 103, and Diane Williams 451.

Shopping Trips:

All shopping trips have been suspended, but we’ll do your shopping! Look for flyers on our Longview Shopper service!

• Exercises Mon – Fri will be held at 9:30 AND 10 a.m. with a limit of 10 participants per class.• Please contact Recreation if you’d like to video chat with a family member, friend or student!

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Recreation NewsBy Bree Nash

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June is busting out all over! Longview’s grounds are full of colorful flowers waiting to be seen. Take a walk, explore and breathe in the fresh summer air! If you’re walking on the trails, we encourage you to bring a friend for companionship and safety.

Please note: all programming will be limited to 10 participants.

Video Chat, FaceTime, Zoom Video Conferencing, Skype – these are all ways to stay virtually connected with your friends and family members outside of Longview! If you’re not sure how video conferencing works, that’s OK, we’re happy to make an account with you and walk you through the process! On a weekly basis the Recreation Department staff is scheduled to help keep you connected and solve any problems that pop up along the way. Family members and friends: if you’d like to connect to someone at Longview, email bnash@longviewithaca.org or cblumberg@longviewithaca.org and we can schedule a time.

Ithaca College students are home for the summer! Students will return for the fall semester on October 5. Stay tuned for more information if you’re interested in taking classes this fall.

Brain Crunches and Coloring Packets are available every Monday in the Craft Room on the 3rd floor. Grab a packet, sign it out and have fun! Chris Porgorzala has been sending us Be Sharp! Stay Sharp! packets which will substitute the Brain Crunches packet for the week.

Looking for ways to keep your mind active?

Recreation staff will be providing packets weekly, full of word games, trivia and more

throughout the next few months! Grab one in the craft room and enjoy!

(Coloring packets are also available with colored pencils/markers.)

Longview Shopper Update (4/20/20)Longview shopping trips into the community continue to be suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Don’t fret – we’ll do your shopping for you! The Longview Shopper program is a complimentary service provided by Longview’s Recreation Department for items to be purchased from Tops.

This service is also extended to Patio Homes’ tenants. Please call the Recreation Department at (607) 375-6335 by Tuesday afternoon to let us know that you’re interested. A Longview staff member will pick up your completed envelope on Tuesday afternoon.

On the outside of a blank envelope, write:· Your name· Apartment number / Patio Home number· Amount of money you’ve included in the envelope. If you do not include enough money to purchase your items, we will not purchase the last item listed.

· List up to 10 items in total on the list provided by the Recreation Department. List what you’d like purchased from Tops Market (please be as specific as possible and write legibly/clearly). NEW SHOPPING LISTS are available in the clear folder on Bree Nash’s door in the Recreation Department.

· Place your sealed envelope in the Business Office mailbox located across from the central elevators by Tuesday evening. There is a green arrow indicating Longview Shopper. We will shop Wednesday morning and bring your groceries to you by the afternoon.

Please note: we cannot accept reusable bags. For $0.05 we will purchase a Tops paper bag for your order, or more depending on the number of groceries purchased.

Independence Day Celebration: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we will be unable to have our annual Independence Day Celebration in July. It is our hope to be able to gather with family and friends towards the end of the summer, or early fall, but we will have to assess the situation down the road.

Best,Bree, Cammy, Sarah, Laurie, Eryn, Soni, Vera and Cora

Recreation News By Bree Nash

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Neighbor’s Corner By Marisol Fontanez

Marisol Fontanez submitted the poem below which was written by a friend of hers, Olivia Armstrong. With her submission, Marisol described Olivia as “my friend, ex-co-worker and a reverend.” She believes her friend’s poem was inspired by the following quote.

“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – a famous quote, often attributed to C.S. Lewis.

Never Too Old

You’re never too old To have a goal…

You’re never too old To want to live

You’re never too old To want to give

You can make a choice and do with that positive voice…

You can still make a difference in this world.

Helping someone in need, is a great deed.

Still have a purpose Help keep a dream alive

You can still make a difference

If you believe You’re Never Too Old…

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Ithaca College Partnership Events By Jessica Valdez Taves

Ithaca College has announced that the fall semester will commence on October 5, 2020. A committee has been formed to assess and plan for the return of students for a full academic semester, with the later start date. We are excited for students to return to our classes, labs and LONGVIEW!

For the time being, all Ithaca College courses, audits, programs and performances remain closed. Ithaca College will resume “remote teaching” throughout the summer sessions.

While we are saddened to not be able to see and work directly with the students, we are looking for innovative ways to stay connected during this time.

Longview Speaker Series: “Stumbling Into Empathy.” A Live Poetry Reading with Award Winning Poet and Professor Jerry Mirskin Professor Mirskin will read selections of his original poetry from three of his published collections and answer questions during and after the read-ing. Join us for our first ever ZOOM Speaker Series on Wednesday, June 16 at 10:45 a.m. in the auditorium.

Memoir Class with Professor Feltrin-Morris at Longview

Marella Feltrin-Morris, an Associate Professor of Italian at Ithaca College, who has taught or co-taught a short course in memoir writing at Longview for the past six years, will be doing so again this summer. This class offers tenants and residents the opportunity to work together to write your own story.

This class is ideally run in-person and as a small group. Professor Feltrin-Morris would like to encourage anyone who is interested in this memoir class to sign up and to indicate if you are able to take the class online (online class may be offered as an alternate). The hope is that visitation restrictions will be lifted and Professor Feltrin-Morris will be able to teach this class in-person later in the summer. In the event that in-person teaching is not possible, she is also considering offering this class as an online option.

If you are interested in signing up for the Memoir Class, please contact Bree Nash at Longview (bnash@longviewithaca.org / 375-6335) or Jessica Valdez Taves at Ithaca College (jtaves@ithaca.edu by June 3. Please check the IC bulletin board for updates on the Memoir Class and for a start date.

Take Home Programs Designed by Ithaca College Students

Students in Jessica Taves’ Health and Aging course offered through the Gerontology Depart-ment have created mini workshops and tip sheets for LV tenants and residents to explore dur-ing the quarantine. Topics available are: Accessing books, ebooks and audio books; Creative Arts and Exploring National Museums; Music; Food Delivery Options; Steps to Set Up Email & YouTube; Brain Games and Activities; Religious and Spiritual Connections in Ithaca; Sleep Tips; and How to Stay Socially Engaged during a Quarantine.

More on next page

Ithaca College Partnership Events By Jessica Valdez Taves

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Ithaca College Partnership Events By Jessica Valdez Taves

Check out www.longviewithaca.org/mylongview to view weekly schedules, newsletters, menus and updated Facebook feed.

Please see a Recreation staff member for either a print out or an electronic link to any of the above topics. Enjoy!

“Stay Connected” Calls & Visits with Students

Students will be matched with LV tenants and residents to stay connected. The LV comput-er has the following apps available: Zoom, Skype and email. LV iPads can FaceTime, Skype and Zoom. Please reach out to LV Recreation staff for assistance with applications on your personal devices. Please fill out the form on next page or pick up one in Recreation on the 3rd floor or email Jessica at jtaves@ithaca.edu if you are interested in having a student to connect with.

Ithaca College Update: Summer courses through Ithaca College will continue to be of-fered ONLY online for students only and students will not be returning to IC for summer sessions. Students will resume remote learning.

Fall Courses Audit: Drop in office hours will be set up for later in the summer as Ithaca College devises plans for students to return to campus. Please check bulletin boards and future newsletters on updates of on-campus audits for the fall of 2020.

The Ithaca College Gerontology Department has put together resources for the Ithaca Ag-ing Community. Soon we will be uploading projects that students have designed to help us traverse through this difficult time. https://www.ithaca.edu/gerontology-institute/covid-19-resources-teaching-learning-and-community-support

Please feel free to reach out to Jessica Taves, IC & LV Coordinator with ideas & suggestions.

Please stay safe, check on your neighbors, share and connect with a student and wash your hands!

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Ithaca College Partnership events By Jessica Valdez Taves

IC Students reach out to say “hi” to Longview!

Winki Hohwald has been nominated for the Good Neighbor Award! She was nominated by Ruth Rothschild.

Ruth states no matter who Winki is with, her kindness shines through.

“Winki is the “lift” I need, and that’s a gift,” said Ruth.

Thank you, Winki for being a bright spot in the day for so many! Congrats on being a good neighbor!

Good Neighbor Award

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Winki Hohwald

A Special Thank You! There is a new edition in the Interfaith Chapel! You may have already noticed a new elec-tronic piano and bench resting in the corner of the Chapel and wondered where it came from. The piano was generously gifted to Longview by a new tenant, Dick Tabor in loving

memory of his late wife, Reverend Eunice Tabor. Eunice was a long-time spiritual volunteer here at Longview.

Thank you, Dick for your gift to Longview!

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Dear Longview community,

It’s hard to believe, but we are once again ap-proaching the summer solstice, the day of longest light in the northern hemisphere. In so many ways, it has been a very strange spring. Despite the spring equinox occurring at its earliest point in 124 years on March 19, the season of spring seemed to reflect the state of suspended animation we’ve inhabited over these last months during this pan-demic – much more an extension of winter’s hiber-nation than a springing forth of warmth and new life. The Farmer’s Almanac predicted a lingering winter across the Midwest, Great Lakes and New England back before the pandemic – and, indeed, record low temperatures, were recorded all over the northeastern United States, with frost reported as far south as the Caroli-nas over Mother’s Day weekend. A raw chill seemed to hang on and on in our part of the world, delaying trees from leafing out and slowing the growth of grass, as if the blooms, the blossoms, and the Earth herself were reflecting the general malaise, ambivalence, and unease of her inhabitants. And yet, finally, suddenly, here we are: the grass is green, at last, the soil is warming, and the flowers are blooming and fragrant. The leaves – so tightly furled for so long – are truly unfolding, and once again, the world around us has, miracu-lously, sprung to life, greening and filling with color day by day. By the time this ‘goes to press,’ I expect the lilacs will be casting their perfume upon the wind. And so, incredibly, the longest day approaches. Summer is almost here.

One of the blessings of the agonizingly slow, quarantine spring for my family has been the opportunity to watch what are known as the ‘spring ephemerals’ – the wild native plants –arrive: the May Apples, the Trilliums, the Trout Lilies and the Ramps have been so slow to emerge, and there have been so few other leaves, that it’s been possible to really notice each separate emergence and every slow creeping step from spring equinox to summer solstice over these last months. There’s a wisdom in that kind of forced Sabbath from the rush elders – such as all of you who make Longview your home – have to teach the world. Stopping, noticing, and paying attention: these are meditative, spiritual practices with po-tent possibility for this uneasy time. Many traditions have versions of this kind of practice. It’s often called ‘Mindfulness,’ and anyone can cultivate it as a skill, a habit of mind, and a quality of daily being. I have heard it said that love is the practice of paying attention, and this pandemic time has seemed to be a worldwide invitation to stop, to notice what is here with us, wherever we are, and to give it our attention – our love.

A dear friend of mine reflected recently on the aging process, on the way that he simply cannot make his body do the things it used to be able to effortlessly do. There was sadness in his voice, for the lost abilities of his body’s youth. He spoke of the difficult practice of having to sit still for long periods, to watch the weeds in his garden grow rather than pull them, to see all the tasks and chores that he once was able to rush through with compe-tence just go undone. He acknowledged his grief and frustration. After a time of sitting still and noticing that excruciating grief and frustration, he also grudgingly noted that perhaps he was building new skills that have something to do with endurance, patience, acceptance, resilience, resourcefulness, new ways of being himself, and new ways of relat-ing to the world. Surely these are wise skills that the world dearly needs.

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It remains unclear how long our forced Sabbath will continue. As the wayward spring turns toward summer, the greening world is welcoming its people back into the stores and shops, the malls and parks. What wisdom will have come to us through this season? What wisdom will we carry with us into the next? One thing is certain: we have become terrifyingly aware of our microscopic connectivity, so perhaps one way we can be mindful and wise together is to continue to be aware of our inter-relatedness.

Such global astronomic events as the coming solstice can remind us of that profound and literal inter-connection, as the entire planet will experience this event at the same time. Since prehistory, the summer solstice has been seen as a significant time of year in many temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere, and has been marked by festivals and rituals. Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol – sun -- and sistere -- to stand still or stop. On this solstice, the sun does appear to pause in the sky when it reaches its north-ernmost point, which will occur on June 20. That day, the Earth’s North Pole will have

its maximum tilt toward the sun, so the sun will reach its highest position in the sky with respect to the equa-tor. Within the Arctic Circle there will be continuous daylight, while the rest of the hemisphere will experi-ence the day with the longest period of daylight. Mean-while, the Southern hemisphere will experience the day of shortest length, and the Antarctic Circle will be in continuous darkness. Throughout time and across the globe, the ancients and the spiritual ancestors from tra-ditions as varied as the Vikings, the Chinese, the Native Americans, the Greeks, and the Celts have celebrated the summer solstice with gratitude for the fertile Earth, for the life-giving warmth of the sun, for agricultural

plenty and food, and for fire, among other observances. In our uneasy postmodern time, amidst great changes and uncertainties, let us be mind-ful of what connects us to each other, to what has come before us and to what will come after. May the wisdom we build together in this Sabbath turn us as one with gratitude toward all that is life-giving here and now. Spiritual Life Schedule for June

The past several months have been trying ones. We have mourned the passing of a num-ber of Longview friends and neighbors. Because we cannot gather in a large group for a formal celebration of their lives as is our custom, we will adapt to the circumstances in which we find ourselves, and find a new way to honor those who have passed. Begin-ning the week of June 15 until the end of the month, Remembrance Boards will be posted in the Auditorium for each of the people we remember and celebrate. Everyone in the Longview community is encouraged and welcomed to take some time to read through the posted eulogies and to add your own reflection as you feel led. Look for more information and posters as the month progresses.

Meanwhile, our modified Spiritual Life Schedule will continue in June. Our regular offer-ings include:

Spiritual Life By Rebecca Schillenback

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*Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., Auditorium, Great Course lectures related to a topic of spirituality*Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m., Chapel, Praying the Rosary*Thursdays at 4 p.m., Auditorium, Hymn Sing, with Shirley Johnston on piano and Rebecca leading.*Sundays at 1:45 p.m., Auditorium, ecumenical Christian worship. Please make note of this new earlier time!

The tentative Sunday worship schedule for June is as follows:June 7: recorded service from First Congregational Church, IthacaJune 14: live service, offered by RebeccaJune 21: Father’s Day: live service, offered by RebeccaJune 28: recorded service from St. Paul’s or Lansing United Methodist Church, or Zoom service

This schedule is subject to change. The upcoming Sunday service will be posted by Thursday each week. Please note that the current Great Course lecture series, ‘Great Churches of the World’, will conclude by June 17. The next lecture series will be ‘Science and Religion,’ exploring such topics as: Faith and Reason, God and Na-ture, Galileo, Natural Theology, Darwin and Evolution, Fundamentalism and Creation-ism.

Social distancing guidelines will continue to be observed for all gatherings, as will adherence to a 10-person attendance limit. As a reminder, Friday Shab-bat services are suspended for the time being, but if you would like to be added to the list of people who receive a weekly parsha summary and reflection from the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, please reach out to Rebecca.

Remember that the Longview Interfaith Chapel is always open as a place of quiet sanc-tuary. You can find devotional materials from a variety of faiths, including a house-made Prayer Book, on the top of the hymnal bookshelf at the front of the chapel. Please feel most welcome to stop in for a moment of peaceful contemplation or prayer at any time. When you are there, add a prayer of gratitude if you are so moved, to our new Longview neighbor, Dick Tabor! Dick generously donated the beautiful electric piano to our chapel in honor of his late wife, the beloved Eunice Tabor. Thank you Dick!

Summer solstice blessings to all, Rebecca

#WeAreAllInThisTogether

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Visit www.longviewithaca.org to view current recreation schedules, menus, newsletters, etc.

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VISIT OR RE-VISIT THE THREE DISPLAY CASESThere are lounges for resting when you make your travel plans.

There are wrong items in each Display.Can you find them?

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO?

ANTIQUE BOYS TOYS BY JOHN STERLINGIN GARDEN DINING ROOM PLEASE, MID-AFTERNOON

ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTION BY ROSE BISCHIN GARDEN HALLWAY

HIPPO COLLECTION BY DORRI NORRIS AND ROY THALYERAT GARDEN MAIN ENTRANCE

TAKE A LONGVIEW WALK INTO THE GARDEN Level

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If you can find all three displaced treasures, you are a GENIUS! If you find two displaced treasures, you are a NOBLE PRIZE WINNER!If you can find one displaced treasure, you are TO BE ADMIRED BY ALL! If you look and just cannot find any wrong treasures, THAT'S OK!

Neighbor’s Corner By B.J. Goetz

Longview Happenings

Do you have a photo you’d like featured? Email Kathleen Burke your

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Car Pride of Ithaca - Car Parade, thank you Kim & Anthony for arranging this!

Joan King knitted & donated 50 hats for infants!

Jeff Golden, of Ithaca College won the “Heart of a Hero” award from Visions FCU and used the funds to make 1,000 protective masks and 200 face shields for Longview! Thank you to Jeff and his team at IC & VFCU!

Peg Congdon video chatting with her fam!

Visit us on Facebook & Twitter!

Good Neighbor Award

We’re lucky to have so many good neighbors here at Longview. You might know someone who waters your plants for you when you’re away, or delivers packages to your door, or checks in on you when you’re not feeling well. Our Good Neighbor award aims to shine a light on those residents or tenants who go above and beyond.

No deed is too small! Nominate someone who has done something to make someone else’s life a little easier or brighter. Fill out the form below and return it to the box outside the Business office on the 3rd floor by 5 p.m. on June 22. Staff will determine this month’s Good Neighbor from the submitted nominations. The Good Neighbor will be notified in advance of the story that will appear in the Longview News. Questions? Call Kathleen in the DCR office at 375-6315, email kburke@longviewthaca.org or submit nominations outside the 3rd floor Business office.

Nominate a Good Neighbor

I nominate ________________________________________ (resident/tenant name) for

the Good Neighbor award for the following reasons/actions:____________________________________________________________________

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____________________________________________________________________(Please use specific examples if possible. Attach an additional sheet of paper if necessary.)

My name: ___________________________________________________ ____ I wish to remain anonymous. ____ You may print my name.

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Editor:Kathleen Burke

Contributors:Marisol Fontanez

B.J. GoetzBree Nash

Rebecca Schillenback Jessica Valdez Taves

Liz Yale

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