newsletter_july2009

VOLUME TWENTY THREE, NUMBER FIVE

JULY 2009

New trash hauler for Beaumont Mascaro starts in September

By Brock Nichols When, as Director of Housekeeping, I was assigned the task of analyzing and recommending an appropriate waste removal company back in March of ’09, I thought to myself, “This should take only a few hours.”

I was wrong. When a contract was signed with J.P. Mascaro & Sons at about 1:15 p.m. on June 2, it had involved many hours and the efforts of most of the Green Committee as well as members of the administration to reach a decision.

We initially approached four vendors. The current

Beaumont’s Brock Nichols called J. P. Mascaro’s Pioneer Crossing Landfill in Birdsboro “the crème de la crème of landfills.” Of course, appearance was not the only consideration that guided Beaumont’s choice of a supplier of waste removal services. Hard work preceded the unanimous recommendation of Beaumont’s Green Committee, from left, members Cynthia Drayton, Brock, Chairman Ann Louise Strong, continued on page 5 and Cecily Clark. Mascaro Site Engineer Ryan Itch is at right.

High school set for completion 2011

By Richard C. Maass Many Beaumonters have expressed curiosity as to when construction will be over with across the street.

Dick Maass volunteered to find out. His report: Harriton High School needs about two more years to achieve completion of the current project. According

to Pat Guinnane, Director of Operations, Lower Merion School District, however, there will be intermediate steps toward that goal.

Mr. Guinnane said the new building will be occupied Sept. 8 when the new school year begins. Asbestos removal from the old building will begin at the same time, followed a month later by demolition which is expected to be completed in December. Interestingly, the demolition debris will be recycled. The debris will continued on page 7

Favorite rooms harbor fond memories

By Barbara O’Brien

I have been re-reading my paperbacks since I moved to Beaumont last year, in an attempt to create more space on my bookshelves. One of my favorite “popular” authors is the English writer Rosamund Pilcher, and when I am not in the mood to struggle with a classic, or a self-pitying memoir of cruel treatment typical of so much current fiction, I turn to Pilcher’s mixture of common sense and romance. Her stories usually take place in Scotland or Cornwall, lovingly and intimately observed, and in the rooms of old houses, usually spacious rooms which mix old and new and represent comforting settings in which Pilcher’s characters live their lives. Her characters are usually interesting, if not intellectual; I doubt if anyone has a copy of Kafka on the bedroom table. Re-reading Ms. Pilcher has made me think back to several of the most important rooms in my life.

The first room I remember clearly was the living room of a New York apartment where I lived from the time I was about 6 until I was in my 20s. It was a large room, painted yellow, with windows over Central Park, filled with light even when it was raining. There was a grand piano which had been a rather wishful gift from my grandfather to his daughter. But, although my mother knew how to make chords to accompany her children, and stumble through minor Mozart, the piano—except for my excruciating lessons—remained largely silent. There were various comfortable reproduction sofas in the early Altman’s style, and a beautiful old Oriental rug. The walls were clustered with early paintings by a great uncle, Charles Hopkinson, who later supported his family with portraits of college presidents and a famous one of Justice Holmes.

There was a fine old peeling rococo mirror, which my mother had found in an antique store “for nothing;” a mirror which reflected the hall so that my father, sitting in “his” chair by the radio, could spot reedy boys deciding whether they dared come into the room before going out with me or my sister. There was a fireplace which crackled comfortably most of the winter. This room was both inviting and harmonious in any season, always filled with a view of the weather and a fluctuating light.

The counterpart of this room was in the old farmhouse my parents bought in the late ‘20s and “Williamsburged,” as my mother liked to put it, tearing down walls and inserting heating and electric systems. My grandmother’s Empire sofa of about 1810, inviting to look at but actually hard horsehair, gave the room its keynote. The room was a light greenish blue.

Old tables in various states of decrepitude stood

about, usually with feeble legs re-glued. My mother was fond of making country rounds with an antique dealer friend, and “real steals” were always coming to join our furniture. Elegant but fragile small chairs in the Greek klismos style were routinely broken each summer by my father, coming in from mowing and sinking down with a sigh. There was another crackling fireplace. The floor was covered with colorful old hooked rugs. The walls were filled with real Audubon prints found by my father at Macy’s for $200 each.

Many, although we did not know this, had been folded or cut long before they were recognized as desirable.

Unlike the vaguely English gentry look of the New York living room, the total effect in the country was of an American “parlor.” Again, the room was harmonious and welcoming. The mixture of old and new, the blend of colors, and the sense of ease and affection drew visitors into the room and made them feel at home.

Now that I and my furniture have settled into our last home, this sense of harmony has eluded me. My furniture is definitely grumpy, if resigned. I can hear one table complaining, “I used to have the hall to myself;” another fussing about the loss of its beautiful mirror; another cross about being pushed so close to the sofa that “no one will see me!” All the tables mutter that their surfaces have far too many family pictures.

The rugs complain by wrinkling; they miss their hardwood floors. Where is the fireplace? Although I have filled the available walls with interesting paintings and prints, there are hurt cries from the storage room where I have put all the work not chosen.

So I have a perhaps elusive goal, to harmonize my fractious pieces in such a way that Ms. Pilcher would enjoy coming to tea.

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Mary Graff Christine Johnson-Hall Louise Guthrie Bea Goldstein Dr. Jay MacMoran Dr. Herbert Diamond Louise Hughes Kim Norrett

Catching up at the Coffee Bar Coffee Bar regulars Sen. Richard Tilghman (left) and Carolyn Langfitt enjoy the shine recently restored to the furniture by Dr. Dean Snyder and his son, Dean Jr. Residents who time their coffee-and-pastry breaks right are sometimes lucky enough to catch Sen. Tilghman in story-telling mode. A much-decorated Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he spent 35 years in the Pennsylvania State Senate and remembers “when you bought a suit in Harrisburg you got two pairs of pants.”

The Coffee Bar is open every day from about 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.; from 5 to 7:30 p.m. (except Sunday), the bar opens again for cocktails.

Sanna Steigerwalt (bottom, right) savors a hot cup recently. Among the stories she could tell— while gardening in late May, she made a warm, fuzzy, 5-tailed discovery. See photo next page.

—Liz Dornberger Photos by Louise Hughes

Putting around at Shannondell our team did not stay for what I was told was a nice lunch at the Chadwick Restaurant (run by Shannondell’s corporation). This meant that we did not find out definitively how our teams finished. Rumor has it that the men’s team finished third, highlighted by two holes in one by our guiding light, Bud Cox. A little more solid evidence exists that the ladies finished fifth. The fact that Shannondell won both contests, fielding teams culled from some 2,500 residents, did not come as a surprise.

On the men’s team were Messrs. Aller, Annesley, Boyer, Cox and McAdoo. The ladies were Mmes. Bole, Kirk, Murphy, Simpson and Starr. Jane Lillie was standby. Other communities represented were Bellingham, Dunwoody, Lima Estates, Riddle Village, Waverly and Wellington.

Think about joining us next year!

By Frank Boyer Let me say right away that Beaumont did not rank high on the winners’ list at the end of the third annual putting competition May 11 and 19 at the Shannondell Club course on Egypt Road in Audubon. The point of participating was to have fun, and once we get over the chagrin of missing that 16-inch putt, we’ll remember the day in that way.

Shannondell’s practice green was once the 9th hole of the George Washington Country Club.

Eight retirement communities each fielded two fivemember teams, one for men and one for ladies. Each team member putted one round of nine holes. Scores reflected the team total. Let’s just say that the weather was quite nice, for the men on May 11 as well for the ladies on the 19th.

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Hatching a plan to attract butterflies

By Dr. Dean Snyder

Down the shore? Certainly phase. Monarch caterpillars, not. Down the garden? Yes! you see, feed only on milkThe place to be seen at weed. Not having any experiBeaumont in the summertime ence, said person was is down at the community challenged to grow the buttergarden, where the wellfly milkweed from seed and to defined beds are bursting with locate and transplant the vigorous tomato plants, common milkweed from a peppers, and annual cutting source yet to be discovered. flowers. On the way there, garMr. Anonymous located a deners are treated to a row of From egg to larva, to caterpillar, to pupa, to chrysalis, to adult, large stand of common milkimmaculate gardens fronting these photos show the tender progression of the monarch weed in a field in Fogelsville, the villas. Beyond the villas butterfly.

Lehigh County.

The lies the pond, hosting large transplants did not take kindly beds of water lilies all to being disturbed, and they surrounded by a vegetative were only just able, valiantly, riparian sprinkled with the with the help of a daily highbrilliant bee balm, joe pye pressure water bath, to defy all weed and other native flora. odds and survive a large This critter-proofed oasis, attack of very persistent recently named Nalle Gardens aphids. But they did not bloom after the late Dick Nalle, is that season and therefore relatively free of predators attracted no butterflies. On the other than aphids or slugs. other hand, the butterfly weed Occasionally squirrels may did flourish and bloom, visit the fenced-in enclosure, attracting monarchs which in and at least two species of snake—worm and garter— turn deposited eggs on the leaves. are permanent residents. The earthworms provide for As summer turned to autumn, SCHAZAM! One the worm snake while almost anything small and bright morning a quick glance at the butterfly weed moving may become supper for the garter. stopped Mr. A. cold. THERE WERE SEVEN One year a certain resident, with the help of Mark MONARCH BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS happily Hritz, Director of Grounds, elected to deviate from the chomping their way through the patch. The next day, normal and plant weeds. Yes, weeds, two kinds, both alas, there were only three. The next day there was but the common and the butterfly milkweed, for the one. The next day . . . WOWWEE! A pupa was found purpose of attracting monarch butterflies and following attached to the underside of a butterfly weed leaf. And the monarch’s metamorphosis from egg to larva, to thus began the development of a monarch butterfly. caterpillar, to pupa, to chrysalis, to adult.

All interested parties look forward to another season The trick, of course, was food for the caterpillar and more caterpillars.

Furry finds Sanna Steigerwalt was watering her garden at 64 Middle Road May 21 when she spied a tiny, round, furry bottom under some bushes. She thought at first it was a baby rabbit, but then stood transfixed as Pat Nardizzi of Grounds, arriving to help, pulled out one kitten after another until there were five in all, three gray and two buff, all with blue eyes. Dr. Dean Snyder, summoned to exercise his veterinary skills, responded swiftly and pronounced all five healthy. Since the mother was believed to be a feral gray cat being sought to face deportation, adoptions were sought. All five found homes. —Mary Graff Photo by Louise Hughes

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How green is our Beaumont those at Waverly and 30 Beaumont residents use the gardens. The size of a plot is roughly the same as at Waverly but the areas are defined with railroad ties.

The woods are carefully maintained and easily available to the residents. The paths are covered with wood chips and there is a good balance between wildness and suburban sprawl.

Two comments from members of other CCRCs on the tour were particularly relevant: ■ At Martin’s Run, 85 percent of their packaging is done with containers made from sugar cane fiber. They find that this has increased their costs by 30 percent.

■ At Crosslands the residents cooperated to save enough electricity to make a 5 percent reduction in the amount billed. This was done by asking the residents to conserve electrical energy during the three hours of peak demand. –Sam Crothers

Tour highlights sustainability initiatives The author, a resident of Waverly Heights, was part of a recent “Going Green” tour of Beaumont for members of the Association of Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Reprinted with permission from The Waverly Window.

The tour was led by Ann Louise Strong, the chair of Beaumont’s Green Committee.

Ann started by defining Beaumont’s idea of “green” as “sustainability.” The Committee’s efforts are supported by the residents and management. The areas where these efforts are focused are briefly covered by the following descriptions.

The indoor pool now maintains safe water by mixing salt with the pool water at the same time that it is receiving a low voltage electrical charge. This creates chlorine in the water, but with less odor, which makes for a more pleasant swim.

A geo-thermal heating and cooling system was installed 20 years ago. This produces heating and cooling by extracting heat from the ground water (which has a constant temperature of 51 degrees) in the winter and using the same water as a heat sink for cooling in the summer.

This year Beaumont is doubling the size of its composting corral and adding the kitchen vegetable waste as a major source of material. Compost is used by residents and the grounds crew.

The residents’ community gardens are larger than

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At resident-owned Beaumont, the monthly fee includes electricity. Beaumont’s Green Committee recommends that residents save electricity primarily by turning off lights and other electrical appliances when not using them and by switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) where appropriate.

Although initially more expensive than incandescent bulbs, they last 10 times as long. Disposal is tricky, so call Maintenance to take them away (along with dead batteries). Find out more about CFLs by going to the websites for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG); also EnergyStar.gov. –Anne Godfrey

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along with their environmental stewardship, made them a front-runner in the quest for a waste removal contract.

Next came the financial analysis, with the results mentioned above, and the Green Committee unanimously endorsed the proposal to select Mascaro. A three-year contract approved by the administration is to begin Sept. 1.

Brock Nichols joined the Beaumont staff as Director of Housekeeping and Laundry Aug. 18, 2008

vendor, Republic Waste Services (formerly Allied Waste and before that BFI), proposed an increase in fees. A competing vendor’s information was difficult to obtain and their bid was high. A third vendor turned out not to provide commercial service in this area.

Mascaro, a local, family-owned and operated company, and the first to bid, provided in-depth information and offered us significant savings for the same or better service. How much savings we won’t know until some actual figures are in, but the figures their representatives forecast were impressive.

Next, members of the Green Committee (including myself) visited the local landfill owned by Mascaro located in Birdsboro, PA. This is by far the crème de la crème of landfills. It is reminiscent of a scene from The Sound of Music, when Julie Andrews belts out “The hills are alive . . .”

The scenery was beautiful, the air was fresh, and the energy generated was as “green” as “green” could be. Mascaro’s record for governmental compliance,

IN MEMORIAM

Katherine Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 2009 Thomas Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2, 2009 Betty Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3, 2009 Adm. James Calvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3, 2009 Patricia Reimel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 19, 2009 Members of the Beaumont Community extend deepest sympathy to their families and friends.

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Is bottled water trend on way out?

By Audrey Walsh, Marketing Director

of bottled water is bottled tap water (and by some accounts, as much as 40 percent is derived from tap water)—sometimes with additional treatment, sometimes not.”

LighterFootstep.com reports, “Even though there is a demand by recyclers for this type of plastic, 80 percent of the bottles are just thrown away. The amount of plastic waste generated by these bottles averages up to 1.5 million tons.” It takes a very long time for a bottle to go away. It can take as long as 450 years.

On the Life.Gaiam.com web site I found an article titled, “Are plastic water bottles a health hazard?”

Studies have shown, the article said, “that repeated re-use of the bottles—which get dinged up through normal wear and tear and while being washed—will increase the chance of chemicals being leaked out into the water.” The chemicals that would leak are known carcinogens.

The studies said that a small amount of the chemicals consumed might not do damage; however, it is feared that long-term use will cause problems eventually.

Another health risk would be the bacteria that can grow in damp or partially full bottles that have been opened. The bacteria usually come from hands, mouth or dirt touching the mouth of the bottle. The bottle is even more likely to have bacterial and fungal growth if the original beverage contained sugar.

After doing the research and reading the reasons to choose between bottled water and tap water, it has become apparent to me that it might be wise to change.

Memories go through a person’s mind of children at the playground running around and having so much fun. Soon the kids would be parched from all that play and then they would take turns slurping from the water fountain that was just their size. After a much-needed break they would be rejuvenated for lots more play.

Today busy moms take the kids to the park loaded down with backpacks full of snacks and disposable plastic water bottles. Runners go by perspiring profusely and lifting to their lips the disposable water bottle.

The results of a Gallup Organization survey sponsored by the EPA, as reported by the group Think Outside the Bottle, were amazing: “Seventy-four percent of Americans drink bottled water, and one in five drinks only bottled water.”

Don’t people realize what is happening to the world with the use of the plastic water bottle? Money is being spent on bottled water every day because people believe it is better than plain old tap water. Only a certain percentage of plastic bottles are recycled. Last and certainly not least, the health of the consumer may be in jeopardy.

Planetgreen.com reported on a study by the Environmental Working Group showing that bottled water is just as polluted as tap water. Tap water‘s standards are set by the EPA, while bottled water standards are set by the FDA. The EPA tests the water for contaminants hundreds of times a month. The FDA will test bottled water only once a week.

The same article reported that “according to government and industry estimates, about one fourth

Beaumont at the Movies The film RACHEL GETTING MARRIED introduces us to an extended family during the days preceding a wedding. First we meet Kym, the troubled sister of the bride, as she is on her way to the family home, on a temporary pass from rehab.

We accompany her return to the family after a 10-year absence and meet Rachel, the bride, and other family members as we wander through the house, sit through the rehearsal dinner, and attend the interracial wedding itself. This is an ensemble story with many shifting moods, despite its focus on the self-obsessed, troubled, multi-addicted Kym. A turning point in the story reveals and addresses the underlying family tragedy, which then moves the story’s theme from Kym’s dependency toward her recovery and redemption. The musicians and the music accompanying the wedding festivities fill this film, giving it exuberance and vitality while showing a multicultural society of family members, friends, and musicians (many of whom are friends) that feels comfortable with itself.

Through the marvelous cast, including Oscar-nominated Ann Hathaway as Kym and Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel, the outstanding work of director Jonathan Demme, and excellent, innovative music and photography, feelings of genuine love illuminate this slice-of-life film, which is itself full of life. This was a resident-requested movie, and there is now a resident request for a repeat showing, providing it would include subtitles, missing from the first showing at Ballam Theater. —Rena Burstein * * * DUPLICITY - Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are corporate spies with money and romance on their minds in this risky, overly intricate gamble from Michael Clayton and writer/director Tony Gilroy. Swanky locales from Dubai to Zurich, but little suspense. A little hard to follow. (Profanity; adult themes.) —Barbara Murphy and Catherine Ogden

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Praise for girls in back room

By Mary Schnabel

If we could take the roof off the main building at Beaumont and look at us from above, we might resemble a giant human beehive. Just think, we usually have as many as 500 or 600 people moving through our public spaces every day.

Many workers in this hive are very visible: April Miszler at her desk in the Ross Lobby, and Jackie Holness at hers in the Health Center, both of them answering phones, fielding questions, and giving directions, making it easy for residents and visitors to see pretty clearly their particular functions. But there are others, just as important, who labor mostly unseen and unsung. Three of these busy bees who toil behind the scenes are the ones I call “The Girls in the Back Room.”

If you are in the Business Office, go past the desk where Marketing Assistant Louise Hughes sits and peek around the corner to your right. There you will find three cubicles, each with a nice big window and each occupied by a woman who plays a very important part in Beaumont’s, and therefore our, financial lives.

First you encounter Rachel Debus. Most of us know Rachel because she is the one who sends us our monthly statements. “Ask Rachel” is what we hear if we have a question about our bill . . . or about a lot of other things, I’m sure. (Since she has been here for 19 years, many residents expect her to know everything . . . and she usually does!) In addition to tallying our regular fees, Rachel has to gather all the extra charges that many of us accumulate during the month: special trips and events, private parties, flowers, beauty shop, bar bills, and what have you. Each department has to be sure that our expenses are reported to Rachel before the end of each month. Most of these figures are delivered by computer; some are collected

Sue Kendra

Rachel Debus

Stacey Zampogna

a couple of times a month by Rachel in person. She is here, on the spot, Tuesday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

In the next cubicle is Stacey Zampogna, who told me she is responsible for accounts payable. Stacey could tell I hadn’t a clue what that meant, so she explained that in a nutshell, she pays all the bills that keep Beaumont running. Bills from all the vendors come to her. She looks at them, decides which department placed the order, and sends it along to the department head for verification. For example, she said, “If Dining Services orders a package of 50 chicken breasts, I will receive the bill from the vendor. I send it on to Dining Services and, after they check it for accuracy, they send it back to me with an okay to cut the check—or I might get a memo back from them saying the order was short and contained only 30 chicken pieces. In that case, I notify the vendor and either hold up the check until the order is complete or pay for only the number actually received.” Stacey has been a worker bee here for three years, and is back there in her office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In the last space sits Sue Kendra, our accountant.

Sue cuts a lot of checks too, but hers are to our employees. She says 50 percent of her job is doing the payroll for Beaumont workers. Now this may sound easy, but when Sue begins to talk about all that is involved, it makes the head spin. Each and every check is different not only as to pay but also as to deductions, benefits, taxes, and so forth. Sue also helps David Mustin, Vice President for Finance and the big boss of them all, with some of his work. She takes the minutes for the Finance Committee, and like both of the other women, plays a role in compiling information for the monthly financial statement that goes to each department. Sue has been at Beaumont 2-1/2 years and is on duty Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

P.S. Stacey was a little hesitant about my idea for a headline on this piece. “I just think it sounds like we might be a gambling den or a bordello back here,” she said. Sorry, Stacey, I think it looks a lot more like a beehive.

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be separated onsite into steel, concrete rubble, and other materials and hauled elsewhere for re-use.

Landscaping will begin by reusing a large pile of fill retained earlier on the site. It will be used to achieve the proper grades on the Ithan Avenue side.

Plans include installing various kinds of trees and bushes. The bulk of the landscaping is to be installed in the fall of 2010. Student parking lot, tennis courts, and playing fields are also planned as part of the development fronting Ithan Avenue.

Finally, the current student parking lot on the north side will be removed and a baseball field re-installed there by the spring of 2011.

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Who’s who on the committees Everyone at Beaumont knows that our community is owned and mostly run by its residents, but sometimes it’s hard to keep track of who is in charge of what and on which committee. This list was taken from the administration’s 2010 budget schedule. Budgets will be in various stages of preparation and review between now and Nov. 5, when the results are to be presented to the membership and resident community.

Joe Fortenbaugh, as President, is in charge of Admissions and Resident Review; Kim Norrett, as Director of Resident Services, is in charge of same; and Kristen Drames, as Assistant Director of Resident Services, has numerous and varied duties, including preparing the budget for Bingo. Otherwise, the

residents – assisted by staff managers –hold the reins.

Here they are: Dining Services, Mary Schnabel; Finance, Bruce Mainwaring; Grounds, Lea Bolling; Health Care, Pauline Foster (Ph.D.); House, Susan Dahme; Marketing, Hank Hallowell; Safety and Security, Jack Baird. Also, Arts, Mary Page; Bridge, Marion Snyder; Flower, Tony Starr; Green, Ann Louise Strong; Library, Marietta Homeier and Carole Morgan; Organ, George Nofer; Woodshop, nobody has the title of chairman but almost anyone will tell you to ask Dean Snyder.

The names of Board members are posted on a bulletin board in the Mansion. –Mary Graff

Whit and Stan change plans

does not doubt the charge. After all, how was he to know that his bride-to-be after 60 years would remember every word spoken by a lovesick whimpering pup who just could not wait for the fateful day of taking a wife.

The point here is that Whit is smarter and wiser than Stanley. Whit is keeping a promise he made to his spouse 15 years ago. Stanley on the other hand ain’t smart at all. Stanley is a stubborn fool who is not willing to admit to anything he does not remember. So Stanley and the Mrs. do a lot of shouting. Not dialogue, just shouting, and guess who ain’t going on a cross-country bicycle ride this summer. But remembering the words of Martha Washington when asked about her husband’s extended absences in service to his country, Stanley is still determined to be cheerful and happy. He too has learned that “the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”

Stanley will not attempt the cross-country bike ride this summer. But taking Martha’s advice, he will keep smiling.

By Dr. Dean Snyder

The cross-country pedal bike ride by Whit and Stanley will not take place this year! Up until the last moment Stanley was hanging in there and had begun a training program. Whit had completed the bathroom project on time and he was ready. But he overlooked one small matter.

Whit is married to a French speaking, naturalized U.S. citizen. Unlike his bride, Whit does not speak or write French. Little did he realize that in a wedding vow 15 years ago he had pledged a willingness to learn to speak French. (Wives seem to remember everything.)

After 15 years Mrs. Whit’s patience has worn thin. The time has come. After nine weeks of seven-hour days spent studying in a small town on the west coast of southern France this very summer, Whit will learn French! So endeth all plans for a summer of bike riding

by Whit.

Sixty years ago, Stanley, unlike Whit, made no such Readers who may not have recognized the author of promises at his wedding. But according to Mrs. Stanley “On the road with Whit and Stanley” in the June issue there were promises. Unkept promises! Stanley will have gathered by now that Stanley is Dr. Dean steadfastly denies everything, but at the same time Snyder. Whit is his son, Dean L. Snyder, Jr. The Beaumont News takes a summer break, along with many Beaumont residents. Stories are welcome any time throughout the summer, and the last-minute deadline for the October 2009 issue of the Beaumont News is September 10. Please e-mail your story to Mary Graff at graffs@msn.com. The Beaumont News team is interested in your summer adventures as well as items about residents, services, and activities at Beaumont. It is the responsibility of the editors to correct and edit copy in keeping with Beaumont News standards.

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