May 2020

WINDSOR

PRESIDENT’S

Dear, Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I am so very proud to live in a community of people who in a crisis have stepped up and done their part. For the last month I have seen and heard of people offering to help deliver meals or take people to doctor’s visits, calling to check on the welfare of others and cheering others with a greeting as we pass at a safe distance. Even the act of distancing and the act of wearing a mask show that you care for the well being of your neighbors. This is the community that I know and love.

Michele Compton, Board President

I am also so grateful for the staff who have made unbelievable adjustments, worked unbelievable hours and made sacrifices that we will probably never know to care for us and keep us safe to the best of their ability.

I have no idea where the rest of this year will take us, but I do know that I am traveling with the best people to successfully navigate whatever comes. Keep well, keep strong and keep hopeful. We will do this together.

Gratefully Yours,

Michele Compton

2020 Board Officers & Committees Association Contacts

OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

Executive Committee

y Michele Compton, President

y Dennis Knight, Vice President

y Mike Lopez, Treasurer

y Vacant, Secretary

Architectural Review

y Roni Reynolds, Chair

y Jane Doyle, Board

y BJ Barnes, Resident

y Carl Bruckman, Resident

y Joel Bulik, Resident

y Cleo Dioletis, Resident

y Sally Holloway, Resident

Auditing

y Dennis Knight, Board

y Mike Lopez, Board

y Sharon Holsapple, Resident

y Jeanne Lee, Resident

y Marilyn Tyler, Resident

Board Election

y Mike Lopez, Chair

y Dean Deverick, Resident

y Donna Sanford, Resident

Employee Relations/Safety

y Roni Reynolds, Board

y Debra Adams, Resident

y Ginny Cox, Resident

y Phyllis Davis, Resident

y Jan Sheppard, Resident

y David Clinkinbeard, Employee

y Shane Fair, Employee

y Jacob Pacheco, Employee

Finance

y Mike Lopez, Chair

y Dennis Knight, Board

y Bobbie Mays, Board

y Debra Adams, Resident

y Dean Deverick, Resident

y Hap Hansen, Resident

y Marilyn Tyler, Resident

Grievance

y Bobbie Mays, Chair

y Jane Doyle, Board

y Sue Freehling, Resident

y Dixie Holm, Resident

y Anne Price, Resident

y Gary Roll, Resident

y Jim Wright, Resident

Insurance

y Bobbie Mays, Chair

y Carol Brooks, Resident

y Barb Ellis, Resident

Long Range Planning / Operations

y Dennis Knight, Chair

y Mike Lopez, Board

y Bobbie Mays, Board

y Dick Gilmore, Resident

y Dean Holm, Resident

y Sharon Holsapple, Resident

y John Young, Resident

y Bill Walsh, Employee Policy/Governing Docs/Rentals

y Jane Doyle, Chair

y Dennis Knight, Board

y Dick Gilmore, Resident

y Anne Price, Resident

y Donna Sanford, Resident

y Jan Sheppard, Resident

y Gary Tucker, Resident

Underground Garage

y Roni Reynolds, Board

y Clint Allen, Resident

y Carl Bruckman, Resident

y Barbara Dey, Resident

y Reuel Hunt, Resident

y William Laub, Resident

COMMUNITY LIFE COMMITTEES

Building Representative Zone Committee (BRZC)

Roni Reynolds / Donna Sanford, Co-Chairs

Zone 1: Marilyn Tyler

Zone 2: Barb Penn

Zone 3: Kelli Schuttinga

Zone 4: Mary Carol Ooten

Zone 5: Lisa Davis

Zone 6: Ken DeHate

Zone 7: Jean McCoy

Activities

Mike Lopez, Board

Barb Ellis, Resident

Daryle Schneider, Resident

Foundation

Dennis Knight, Chair

Bobbie Mays, Board

Cathi Allen, Resident

Tom Friesen, Resident

Jim Hill, Resident

Reuel Hunt, Resident

Laura Quintano, Resident

Donna Sanford, Resident

John Young, Resident

Golf

Jane Doyle, Chair

Joan Stringfield, Resident

Beth Vaden, Resident

Jim Wright, Resident

Golf continued

Men’s League Pres.

Women’s League Pres.

Long Range Planning / Community

Life

Jane Doyle, Chair

Roni Reynolds, Board

Cathi Allen, Resident

Tom Friesen, Resident

Jim Hill, Resident

Monica McKenzie, Resident

Anne Price, Resident

Laura Quintano, Resident

Public Relations/Marketing

Dennis Knight, Chair

Jane Doyle, Board

Mark Bonsell, Resident

Nancy Delhay, Resident

Jeanne Lee, Resident

Alan Schneider, Resident

Kathy Young, Resident

Restaurant

Mike Lopez, Chair

Roni Reynolds, Board

Lanny Dick, Resident

Sue Freehling, Resident

Dixie Holm, Resident

Barb Nilan, Resident

Susan Schmidt, Resident

Joan Stringfield, Resident

Gary Tucker, Resident

Administration

303-364-7485

Office Hours 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

General Manager: Rebecca Zazueta, email: rzazueta@wgamail.com

Business Manager: Tammy Tafoya, email: ttafoya@wgamail.com

Community Administrator: Patricia Frawley, email: pfrawley@wgamail.com

Director of Community Response: Chris Scovil, email: cscovil@wgamail.com

Covenant Enforcement Admin. Asst.: Tina Patnode, email: tpatnode@wgamail.com

Front Office Manager: Liz Nickel, email: lnickel@wgamail.com

Receptionists: Katie Monasmith, email: kmonasmith@wgamail.com

Susan Hunt (part-time), email: shunt@wgamail.com

Office Project Coordinator: Melissa Masek, email: mmasek@wgamail.com

Accounting Manager: Debra Ford, email: dford@wgamail.com

Administrative Assistant: Karen Arellano, email: karellano@wgamail.com

Community Response

303-364-4924

Chief: Euell Santistevan, email: esantistevan@wgamail.com

Activities

303-364-9141

Activities Director: Cari Ervin, email: cervin@wgamail.com

Admin. Assistant: Renee Jennings, email: rjennings@wgamail.com

Golf Shop & Course

303-366-3133

Golf Pro: Doug Mallon, email: dmallon@wgamail.com

Facilities Maintenance

Manager: Bill Walsh, email: bwalsh@wgamail.com

Grounds Maintenance

Supervisor: Dana Cusack, email: dana@wgamail.com

Board Members

Email: board@wgamail.com

President: Michele Compton

Vice Pres.: Dennis Knight

Treasurer: Mike Lopez

Secretary:

Asst. Treasurer: Bobbie Mays

Asst. Secretary Jane Doyle

Director-at-Large: Roni Reynolds

Building Representative Zone Committee (BRZC)

Email: brzc@wgamail.com

Windsor Life: The News of Windsor Gardens

Editor: Lori Colvin WindsorLife@wgamail.com

Advertising: Karen Arellano, 303-364-7485, karellano@wgamail.com

Submissions due the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication.

Windsor Life is published by the Windsor Gardens Association Board of Directors for the benefit of Windsor Gardens residents and is dedicated to: fostering communication and collaboration among the residents, board of directors and staff; promoting Windsor Gardens numerous and diverse activities; and informing residents of community resources and issues. The Windsor Gardens Association, its board of directors and employees and the Windsor Life staff are not responsible or liable for any of the services or products advertised in the Windsor Life publication, nor do we endorse any advertisement, product or service. The Association recommends that you thoroughly research any product or service and check references prior to hiring any individual or company.

Windsor Gardens Association 595 South Clinton Street Denver, CO 80247 303-364-7485 www.windsorgardensdenver.org

The Windsor Gardens Association's Declaration (with amendments), bylaws and policies are available on the association's website at www.windsorgardensdenver.org.

Community Meetings

Windsor Gardens community facilities will continue to be closed through May 11, 2020, in response to the Department of Public Health and Environment order issued on March 18, 2020. In addition, all regularly scheduled committee and board meetings are also canceled through May 11, 2020. Please note that the fitness center door will remain unlocked for residents to reload their laundry cards. The association will send out a community update once we know what the plan is for after May 11.

In Remembrance

Evelyn Jocobsen

Evelyn Jacobsen passed on April 20, 2020, just one month short of being 102 years old. She, along with her husband, Jake, were longtime residents of Windsor Gardens until Jake passed in 2002, and Evelyn moved into assisted living in 2013. Evelyn never met a stranger, and anyone she knew will remember her vibrant personality and engaging teasing and joking. She was popular with the residents of Building 84 where she and Jake spent their last years in Windsor Gardens. Evelyn’s varied and interesting life began in Missouri Valley, Iowa, where she was born and raised. She loved to recall her years as a country school teacher in a one room school house. Her husband, Jake, served in Europe during World War II while she went to California to work in a factory. Once the war ended and the family reunited, Evelyn and their children followed Jake’s career, which took them from Pennsylvania to Montana to Denver where the family settled. Her favorite hobbies were crocheting (over 100 afghans), documenting her family history and watching golf on TV and at the Windsor Gardens golf course. Evelyn’s four children, Beverly, Betty, Ed and Mary Kay (who preceded her mother in death) all live locally in MetroDenver, two of whom chose Windsor Gardens as their home. Her life was further blessed with seven grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren – one of whom was born on Evelyn’s 100th birthday. She will be missed by the many who loved her.

Helen A. Etter

Helen A. Etter, longtime resident of Windsor Gardens who recently passed, was born in Eveleth, Minnesota, on a beautiful summer day on June 18, 1932.

Helen was a loving wife to Otis ( Clinton ) and loving mother to David Etter, Lori Etter-Harrison and Denise LaFleur. Grandmother to Zak and Conner Paine and a great-grandmother to Mia Paine. She loved to garden when they lived in Bear Valley, where they raised their children.

Helen enjoyed meeting many people, and she and her husband Clint enjoyed the Windsor Gardens family. Helen was a great listener, a wonderful lady. We will miss her.

Glen Nokes

Glen Nokes passed on April 12, 2020. He was born in Lamar, Colorado, the youngest of three children. During his childhood, his family moved to a farm near Meeker, then later to Newcastle, Colorado. When he turned 18, Glen served in the Navy as a radioman on a submarine. Following his years in the service, he met his wife Mary at the Montgomery Ward building on Broadway in Denver. She was skating around filling orders, and they literally bumped into each other! Then it was love for the next 60 years until she passed In 2009.

Glen was a painter and decorator working for Craftsman. He enjoyed square dancing and round dancing, and became a sought-after dance caller. He started up several dance clubs and a camping club which traveled around Colorado, as well as an annual trip to various destinations around the country where he would do his dance calling. He built a dance hall behind his house and taught many people how to square and round dance.

Glen also traveled throughout Europe and the Caribbean. After retirement, he spent 14 years traveling around in his big motor home, while still doing his dance calling on weekends.

Glen settled down in Windsor Gardens in 1995, where, in addition to playing bridge, he became an excellent golfer and served as vice president of the golf association for many years.

After his wife Mary passed, he became close to a lady named Johnnie, who was with him until the time of his passing on the evening of Easter Sunday.

Glen Nokes will be remembered as a well-liked man of high principles, always willing to help anyone in need. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Your Turn: Write a Letter

Letters submitted to Windsor Life are published at the discretion of the Windsor Gardens Board of Directors and the editors. Letters are subject to editing, including the length and grammar and are limited to 300 words in most cases. Letters containing obvious factual inaccuracies, unattributed facts and quotes or libelous statements will not be printed. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification purposes. Letters submitted by mail or dropped off at the association office also need a signature. The writer’s name will be included with those letters that are published.

E-mail to: WindsorLife@wgamail.com.

Mail to: Windsor Life, 595 S. Clinton St., Denver, CO 80247

Cover artwork: istockphoto.com

Community COVID-19 Notices and Updates

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS FOR WINDSOR GARDENS 4/10/2020

Individuals with serious chronic health conditions and older adults are most at risk for becoming very ill with respiratory illness caused by COVID-19, and your community may serve residents who are at this level of risk. Due to confirmed and/or probable COVID-19 being monitored in your community and the risk for ongoing transmission, the following control measures have been ordered to be implemented by DDPHE.

Together, We'll Get through This

Transition from Stay-at-Home to Safer-at-Home

The association is working with the City of Denver to help us transition smoothly from the Stay-at-Home order to the Safer-at-Home phase, which begins May 9, 2020. As we plan for the month ahead and begin to receive new information, we will update you.

In the meantime, we know that the Safer-at-Home phase advises older adults to stay home as much as possible and to follow the same guidance issued with the Stay-at-Home order. The month of May will look very similar to the month of April for the Windsor Gardens community. As a community, we all need to keep wearing our masks and limiting our movement to essential tasks only. This is our new normal.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases as of May 1, 2020

The association has been notified of two additional, confirmed COVID-19 cases as of May 1, 2020. The new cases are in Building 43, 690 South Alton Way. Both cases are from the same household.

• All residents are to wear face masks when leaving their units and keep face masks on while outside their unit. Residents shall ensure 6 feet separation from others.

• Residents with probable or confirmed COVID-19 illness shall isolate themselves in their units until all criteria below are met. This includes any resident with respiratory symptoms, cough, shortness of breath, and/or fever.

• The following criteria must be met before a resident is done with their isolation:

o Cough, shortness of breath and other respiratory symptoms have resolved; and

o Fever has been resolved for at least 72 hours (3 days); and

o At least 7 days have passed since the symptoms first began.

• All essential visitors are to wear face masks before entering community buildings. Visitors shall ensure 6 feet separation from others. Essential means to preserve the health and safety of the residents. All non-essential visitors will need to reschedule to enter the building after COVID-19 pandemic has subsided.

• Access to all non-essential communal areas used by residents, including spaces where residents may have free access to congregate shall be closed. Furniture may be removed or the space may be closed off in a way where residents physically cannot enter the area or access the furniture.

• The showings of units cannot occur at this time:

In Building 1 (605 S. Clinton St.) the total number of cases as of May 1, 2020, remains at two with no deaths. The most recent case was confirmed on April 23, 2020. All of the Building 1 cases are located on the 2nd floor.

In Building 41 (680 S. Alton Way) the total number of cases as of May 1, 2020, remains at 5 with the most recent confirmed on April 8, 2020. Total number of deaths is 1. All Building 41 cases located on the 3rd floor.

In Building 43 (690 S. Alton Way) the total number of cases as of May 1, 2020, is 2 with no deaths. The first case in Building 43 was confirmed on April 27, 2020. The cases are located on the 1st floor (same household).

Status of 9 Residents with Confirmed COVID-19

Confirmed Deaths: 1

Residents in Hospital: 1

Residents in Home Isolation: 4

Residents Recovered / Discharged: 3

o Public Health Order 20-24, issued pursuant to Executive Order D 2020 017, and amended by Executive Order D 2020 024, does not authorize real estate marketing services such as in-person showings or open houses. This is a statewide mandate, not just the City and County of Denver.

• Visitors should be limited to essential individuals to minimize contact in public places that could be contaminated with the COVID-19 virus. Use of gloves, masks, hand sanitizer and frequent hand washing is strongly encouraged. All visitors carry the risk of exposure, regardless of age. If the visit is not essential, skip it. Neighbors should not be visiting each other unless necessary.

DDPHE is asking you to do your part to stay at home except for essential tasks as well as follow the orders above.

COMMUNITY COVID-19 NOTICES continued from page 4

In This Together with Our Face Masks

Let’s all wear masks and support one another in the days ahead! Take a selfie with your mask on and post it on the association’s Facebook page. #WindsorGardensStrong. Or email your photo to windsorlife@wgamail.com and we will post it for you. Together we are making a difference!

If You Need a Mask

The association has a supply of donated, handmade masks, and we also received surgical masks from Colorado’s Emergency Operations Center. Please email Katie Monasmith at kmonasmith@wgamail.com or leave a voicemail at 720-862-1507 if you need a mask. When you contact the office, please indicate if you would like a disposable or reusable mask. Repeat requests for masks are not being filled at this time; however, you may go on a wait list if you need a replacement.

Reusable Masks are in High Demand

If you can donate handmade, reusable masks, please contact Katie at kmonasmith@wgamail.com or leave a voicemail at 720-862-1507.

Real Estate Showings

Windsor Gardens is classified as a community that is experiencing an active COVID-19 outbreak with confirmed cases still being found. Therefore, the community must abide by the public health order to cease all in-person showings and open houses through May 8, 2020. This public health order is stricter than the Stay-at-Home order in effect, and it is consistent with similar outbreak control orders for other properties in Denver. The intent is to prevent any excess traffic in and out of the residential buildings and to slow the spread of the virus. The association will be exploring some alternative options with DDPHE such as virtual or remote showings.

Two Additional Employees to be Tested for COVID

One of our Community Response officers reported illness late in April and has been in home isolation since April 28. Another officer reported illness in early May and is in home isolation also. Both officers will be tested for COVID-19. These are the third and fourth officers who will be tested: 1 negative, 1 positive and 2 pending.

As mentioned in a previous update, it is not unusual for health care workers to contract the virus. Also, the transmission risk to a resident or staff member is low because employees wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while on duty.

Employee Returns to Work after COVID Illness

We are very happy to report that the Community Response officer who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in April has made a full recovery and is authorized to return to work.

Golf Course and Community Gardens Scheduled to Re-Open on May 9 while Other Community Facilities will Remain Closed

The association has received authorization to plan for the re-opening of the golf course and community garden areas. Both are scheduled to re-open on May 9, 2020. Residents will need to follow all guidance issued by the association for these areas to be opened. Official details will be issued via Pilera, the association website and the WG Facebook page.

Further guidance from the City of Denver will need to be received before decisions can be made about other non-essential community facilities. We anticipate this additional information will be received before May 11, when the current order expires.

Moving In or Out of WG

The administrative office is providing Pilera notifications to residents when a move is scheduled to occur in their building. This new process allows residents to take extra precautions when there is activity in the common areas involving visitors or contractors. It also ensures that our janitorial staff is aware of the extra activity in the building so they can plan for cleaning and sanitizing after the move is complete. It is impossible for the office to monitor all movement that occurs in each building and it is likely that residents may do small moves, i.e., a new appliance, new flooring, a piece of furniture, donations items, etc., without notifications being sent. It is helpful if residents notify the office regardless of the size of move so that we can notify our janitorial company and they can plan for cleaning after the move is complete.

In the case of larger moves, it is very important for residents to call the office at 303-364-7485 to make the appropriate arrangements. Currently, we are only allowing one move per building, per day. All large moves will be charged a $60 cleaning fee which is due the day of the move. This extra fee ensures that all high touch surfaces are re-cleaned and sanitized after the move is complete. The basic criteria to help you determine if your move is subject to the $60 fee is noted below:

Elevator is used.

Move takes longer than one hour.

Multiple items are moved.

Less than 48-hour notice is given to the office.

If the answer is YES to any one of the above items, the $60 fee applies. This is a new process that the administrative office is working diligently to fine tune. The above criteria is subject to change.

As a reminder, each resident is responsible for their visitors and this includes any professional movers or contractors that are assisting with a move. All visitors are required to wear face coverings before entering community buildings and while inside of the building. This means your visitors should put on their face coverings as soon as they park and exit their vehicle to enter your building. The mask should always remain on while the move is in progress. Please advise your visitors in advance of the requirement to wear a mask.

Board in Motion

The WG Board of Directors approved the following motions during April 2020.

ƒ Motion to open the golf course once the Denver stay-at-home order is lifted on May 9, 2020.

ƒ Motion to open the community garden plots as soon as possible and to coordinate the opening with the staff and garden club members utilizing specific perimeters and guidelines.

ƒ Motion to transfer $348,764.08 to the capital reserve account.

ƒ Motion to transfer $204,200.42 to the tax reserve account.

ƒ Motion to transfer $136,419.19 to the capital reserve account. This transfer represents the April insurance loan payment from the operating account.

PERSONAL CONDO INSURANCE @ WG HO6 Policy

Each Windsor Gardens owner needs to purchase an HO6 policy, also known as a condominium policy. HO6 policies provide necessary coverage for Windsor Gardens residents to protect their personal assets and cover association deductibles.

An HO6 policy will have separate sections of coverage.

Section A

Covers items on the interior of the unit that are the responsibility of the homeowner which will include the value of any items that have been replaced since original construction.

Section B

Covers all personal property (furniture, clothing, etc.) of the owner.

Section C

Covers liability for the interior of the unit. When someone enters your unit, the liability is the owner’s. For example, if someone trips over the carpet in your unit and gets hurt, the liability for that is on the owner.

Section D

Loss assessment coverage. This applies to the owner being assessed for their portion of a claim that was not covered by insurance. For example, the association has a wind/hail deductible and also a property deductible which can be assessed to an owner. And damage to common areas caused by water overflowing from a tub, or water damage from a dishwasher or hose can be assessed to a unit owner.

Make sure your personal insurance will cover these potential deductibles and that the policy does not limit how much they will pay for that deductible

Renter’s Insurance

If you are renting your unit out, make sure your policy has an endorsement for your renting the unit or purchase a separate landlord policy. This policy should include loss of rents in the event your unit cannot be rented while it is being repaired.

ƒ Motion to approve the Good Faith Certification for the PPP Loan Application.

ƒ Motion to engage a professional contractor to perform deep cleaning and disinfecting in any building that has a new confirmed case of COVID-19. Thereafter, the association’s janitorial contract will increase the cleaning and disinfection of the building’s high touch surfaces to 3 times a day, 7 days per week, until it is deemed no longer necessary. Deep cleaning will not be repeated if subsequent cases occur in the building, unless specific orders are received from the health department, or other government agency, mandating additional deep cleaning.

From the Association's Insurance Agent

From Pat Wilderotter, WGA Insurance Agent

Annually your board of directors purchases insurance for the condominium association that covers the buildings, personal property of the association, general liability on the common areas, fidelity coverage and director’s and officer’s coverage. As unit owners, it is important that you maintain your own insurance to cover unit items that are your responsibility as detailed in Windsor Gardens Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration, your personal property, and liability exposures that are not covered under your association’s master insurance policy.

If there were a covered property loss at Windsor Gardens, the association’s master policy would rebuild the basic structure to original specifications minus applicable deductibles. Any improvements done to the interior of the units since original construction are the responsibility of the owner(s) to insure.

Also, under Section 1 (A) found in the association’s Insurance Deductible Policy, amended November 2011, the association’s basic property deductible of $25,000 can be assessed to an owner(s). In addition, your property policy has a 2% deductible of the building value for wind/hail. A buy-down policy to cover this deductible would be an excessive cost that would mandate raising the individual assessments of all owners. As a result, in the event of a total wind/hailstorm, owners could be assessed approximately $3,000. Each owner needs to make sure their individual HO6 (condominium owner’s policy) or their landlord’s policy (if they are renting the unit out) includes loss assessment coverage or property coverage to meet these deductibles. This coverage should cost minimum annually.

In accordance with Section 6.6 of the Windsor Gardens Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration, in the event that common elements need to be maintained, repaired or replaced due to an owner (or their guests etc.) negligence or willful act or omission, especially but not limited to water overflowing from a tub, or water damage from a dishwasher or hose, then the expenses incurred by the association shall be the personal obligation of such owner.

When obtaining an individual unit owner’s insurance policy, if living in the unit, you need to obtain an HO6 (Condominium owner’s) policy. The HO6 should include these four basic coverages: unit coverage, personal property coverage, liability coverage and loss assessment. The unit coverage should cover items specified in the Amended and Restated Declaration as the responsibility of the unit owner, including window treatments and any improvements/betterments made since original construction. Personal property coverage should include all furnishings and clothing. This coverage should be written on a replacement cost basis. The unit owner needs to purchase liability insurance for anything that occurs within their unit. When someone enters your unit, the liability

Down to Earth

From Dana Cusack, Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Spring is normally an exciting and very busy time of the year for the guys on the grounds crew. However, most of our grounds crew have not been part of the essential staff working in April. So, I thought I’d tell you what we had to skip or postpone doing in March and April and some plans that we have for the upcoming month of May.

We only finished pruning a third of our shrubs and perennials earlier this spring. We will hopefully be able to trim the rest later in the summer.

I had planned to treat our 168 ash trees for Emerald Ash bore in March and had hoped to do the treatments in house to save money, but we were unable to get that done. I now plan to treat the ash trees in September.

Even though the golf course has been closed, the greens needed to be groomed because the bent grass will burn significantly if left to grow too tall before mowing. We have been mowing the greens, tees and fairways on an asneeded basis. Our turf aeration program for the greens, fairways, tees and rough has been postponed until early September.

We normally mow the grounds at least once by mid-April and our weed control program would have been going strong by then as well. We will mow the tall grass in May as we can. At this point I do not

know what and how our summer mowing program will look. But we will adjust as the climate does while we work through all the details that accompany this virus.

After much thought and discussion about whether we would be able to plant the 49,000 annual flowers ordered in October 2019 for over 160 beds, we have decided to try. The summer color brings joy to everyone. We will begin planting in May. We normally bring in eight to ten temp workers, bringing our plant crew to nearly 30 people, and we can finish in a week. But with the need for physical distancing and the number of flowers, I hope to finish planting in just under a month. The flowers will require water, so I will be working on the sprinkler system on any warm days that we get from now on. It can take a solid month to activate our aging sprinkler system with a full crew, so I anticipate that we will only be able to refine the zones for the flower beds before we start planting the flowers.

I believe there will be a new normal as we merge back into work in the coming months, and my hopes are for everyone to come through this incredibly difficult and uncertain time in our history with their health and hopefully a positive attitude that we made it through together.

Windsor Wellness

Making the Best of a Difficult Situation

From Paul Reynolds, FNP-C and Monica Schonteich, FNP-C

Last week we were remembering a day last summer. We went to the art museum with a couple of friends – there were a lot of people there during one of the free-admission days. We decided to enjoy a movie in the early afternoon, and we finished the day at one of our favorite restaurants. Those opportunities seem so distant now.

During these last few weeks of isolation we have been surrounded by uncertainty, fear, anxiety and frustration and have been experiencing similar emotions. As health care providers we have been comforting those who come to us with concerns about their health and that of their families.

These emotions are not new, we have dealt with anxiety and stress most of our lives, and as we have explained in previous columns, our body is built to react to stress and physiologically adapt to it so we can go on with our lives.

Why does it seem that during the coronavirus (covid19) crisis, some of us are having a little more difficulty coping with the current situation? To answer this question, we can ask ourselves how we dealt with stress before the covid19 crisis. Some of us went to the gym. Well, now the gym is closed. Paul and Monica enjoyed trying different restaurants with friends at the end of a stressful week at work, but now restaurants are closed. You may have found relaxation while meeting with friends at your favorite coffee place, but the coffee places are closed.

As you can see, some of the activities we practiced before to deal with stress and anxiety are not available to us today. We are forced to isolate, and we are struggling. You are not alone in this. So, what can we do?

Here are some practical techniques you can apply to living in isolation:

• Accept and acknowledge the situation we are currently living. Do not fight it. The sooner you embrace it, the sooner you can adapt to it.

If you are thinking, I had a routine, but now it has been disrupted, this is an opportunity to create a new routine. This new one may turn out to be superior to the previous one you had. Keep an open mind.

• Stay in the present. Do not wonder too much about the future. We can try to predict it or forecast it, but in regard to the covid19 virus there are many things that we do not know. While the news tends to show the worst of the situation, maybe a solution is around the corner. Humanity has overcome greater crises in the past. Let’s stay positive in the present.

• Continue staying active. The fitness center is closed, but we can walk the WG loop while social distancing. And there are many exercise and movement videos online that can help you keep moving.

• Finish projects. Whether it is finishing that book you started last summer or completing a knitting project that’s been laying around for a while now or maybe getting your house plants ready for the summer, this is a good time to finish some things.

We believe that we will overcome this crisis, and when we get to the end of it, or at least control it, we hope you do not forget to appreciate yourself, your life, liberty and our country and its people in a more profound way. Let’s take this time to reevaluate who we are, what our gifts are and how to focus on making positive choices when we are all able to finally hit the ‘play’ button again. Be well and take good care,

Paul and Monica

Our Everyday Heroes

Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who are helping your neighbors at this time. We reached out to your building representatives and alternates and asked them to share with us the names of the unsung heroes in their buildings. We have an army of mask makers here at WG, some aboveand-beyond volunteer grocery shoppers, and folks who have donated toilet paper and gloves. And there are sanitizing warriors, a dedicated newspaper deliverer, a hall sing-a-long organizer and a pack of 8 p.m. howlers for first responders.

Thank you, dear everyday heroes. Together, we will get through this.

Mask Making & Donating

Katherine Benson

Michele Compton

Kerry Cordova

Mary Lynn DalSantoNowogrocki

Sue Jones

Jeanne Lee

Nancy Lowell

Bobbie Mays

Viola Medina

Tom Medina

Gay Ann Ost

Penny Sannes

Norma Springer

Betsy Stewart

Gloves Donations

Bob Cothran

Gayla Scheid

Other Donations

Denise Klindera (baked goods)

Pat Newell (toilet paper)

Grocery Shopping

Becki Ducharme

Bob Ficklin

Barbara Paulson’s daughters

Hall Sing Organizing

Chris Landry

Sanitizing

Kate Beck

Keren Coulter

Sanitizing

Tom Keller

Trish Stevens

Newspaper Delivering

Kathy Young

Photos by Jeanne Lee

"All the best heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary."

~Gerald Way

COP Shop @ WG

The Cop Shop is operated by volunteers who work with the Denver Police Department to assist with citizen complaints, accident reports and various other activities that would normally require a trip to the district station.

Look for future notices here for when The Cop Shop will return to their regular hours in CenterPoint.

Dear Cop Shop

Dear Cop Shop:

I got a phone call asking for my bank information so the government could send me a stimulus check. I just hung up, but now I’m wondering.

Wondering

Dear Wondering:

Isn’t it amazing how tragic circumstances can bring out both the best and worst in people? While being neighborly and concerned about friends and family is on the rise, scammers are out in full force. Hanging up was exactly the right thing to do. If you have your social security and/or tax refunds deposited directly into your bank, the government already has your account information. Otherwise eligible folks will get a paper check in the mail.

Also beware of calls, emails and ads about unproven virus cures or prevention items. You will most likely be wasting your money. The best advice to follow is from your own medical providers who know your history and situation.

We regret that circumstances don’t allow us to see you at CenterPoint right now; however, you can call or text us at 303-329-0500 or email us at leetsdalecopshop@hotmail.com As soon as it is safe for our volunteers and WG residents to meet face to face again, we will be back. In the meantime, like all of the city’s volunteers and civilian staff we are available remotely to help you sort through this challenging time. Please feel free to contact us with any questions and concerns. The Cop

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exposure becomes yours. Finally, loss assessment coverage applies if you are assessed by the association for an underinsured covered claim or the deductible portion of a claim. Most HO6 policies include one thousand dollars of loss assessment coverage; make sure this is not a sublimit for coverage available if paying a deductible. Please review this coverage with your agent and make sure your coverage is adequate.

Take Photos or Videos of the Inside of Your Home

We recommend that each unit owner take pictures or videos of the inside of your home and store them somewhere away from your home. In the event of a loss, this makes claims handling much easier.

Questions

If you have questions regarding the association’s insurance call the association’s insurance agent, Pat Wilderotter at 720-212-2065.

Certificate of Insurance

To request a certificate of insurance, please email your request to certificate@thinkccig.com or fax your request to 303-799-0156 attn: HOA Dept.

Denver Assistance Programs Application Delivery Program

Source: Denver Human Services, Facebook

Even though Denver government offices are currently closed, you can still apply for assistance programs and can have the application delivered to you.

Earlier this month Denver Human Services (DHS) launched a new document delivery program to ensure everyone who wants to apply for assistance during this unprecedented time is able to.

While DHS offices are temporarily closed, they are able to bring the paperwork to you! Call their special document delivery hotline, 720944-1520 (available 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday), and their document delivery team will leave an application at your door.

Once you have completed your application, please call back at 720944-1520; they will return at a later time to pick up the application in the provided, sealed envelope.

They are delivering paper applications for assistance with food (TANF/ SNAP/Medicaid), utilities (LEAP), and EBT cards.

If you do have access to the internet or phone, you can access services and transactions online by visiting: www.denvergov.org/…/d…/en/denver-human-services.html or

www.colorado.gov/PEAK

or

by calling 720-944-4DHS (4347) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Colorado Stores Offering Senior-Only Shopping Hours

Special hours for seniors at most retailers are expected to continue through May. Be sure to call or double check the hours at your specific store before heading out.

− Safeway, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

− King Soopers, the first two hours of shopping, 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

− Target, first hour every Tuesday and Wednesday

− Walgreens, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., every Tuesday

− Dollar General, 1st hour every day

− Whole Foods, one hour before opening every day

− Walmart, Opening one hour early every Tuesday

− Big Lots, 1st hour each day

− Costco, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday to Friday.

− Natural Grocers, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. every Sunday and 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. every Wednesday

− Sam's Club, every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

As an added safety measure, most stores have now implemented maximum occupancy limits. The limit is based on the physical size of the store and count both customers and employees.

Occupancy limits are usually displayed in the front window and monitored by store management. If the store is busy, you may have to wait in line to get into the store — standing six feet apart from other customers.

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Call in to a FREE virtual Active Minds program, “America’s Pastime: Baseball!” at 2 p.m.

Call 303502-5189 to participate. Callers will be muted as they join. Press ** to unmute to ask a question.

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Call a next door neighbor with the same window or lanai view as you and play “I spy”.

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Add to your autobiography.

Prompts:

What did your family do together?

What do you remember fondly?

Where have you traveled?

What was your favorite destination & why?

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Take time to continue your autobiography.

Prompts:

What is the best advice you have been given and would like to pass on? Why?

What are you most proud of?

What are your favorite pastimes?

MAY 2020

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Call a friend or neighbor & play “20 questions”

The rules are easy: The leader thinks of a noun (person, place or thing).

The asker asks a series of “yes or no” questions (limit: 20) to try & guess the leader’s noun.

27 Practice & master this tongue twister: “Betty bought a bit of butter. But the butter Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought a better butter, and it was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before.”

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Get moving: go for a 15-minute walk

*Remember to wear a mask when you are outside of your unit. Look for a uniquelyshaped rock for tomorrow’s activity.

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Find a rock and bring it home to paint. Paint a message on it, or turn it into a character or creature.

23 Make breakfast for dinner tonight!

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Spend 15 minutes in prayer, meditation, or silence. Write down any thoughts or reflections that come to mind.

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Do 15 minutes of exercise today. Check out Silver Sneakers’ Facebook Page for Livestream classes –current & previous.

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Dial 720-8652003, and you can hear a DPL staff member read aloud. Press 1 for a story or essay in English. Press 2 for a poem in English. Press 3 for a story or essay in Spanish. Press 4 for a poem in Spanish.

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Write a Haiku about your time in COVID-19 quarantine. Give the first line 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, and the third line 5.

Example haiku: Covid Quarantine

If we are what we consume We are Mac and Cheese.

31 Search Google for a live stream church service, an online spiritual community, or a mindfulness practice video.

Denver Public Library Virtual & Online Programs

JOIN A DPL DISCUSSION GROUP FROM YOUR HOME Short Story Happy Hour

Tuesday, May 12, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The story will be provided at the start with time to read, and we'll discuss when everyone has finished. Bring a cocktail or just yourself. Join us online at: https://meet.google.com/mzd-pfpt-tif

Join by phone ‪+1 650-466-0851 PIN: ‪748 652 711‬#

Virtual Social Justice Book

Club

Wednesday, May 27, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Are you passionate about social justice and want to connect with likeminded individuals? We will meet virtually over tea and have lively discussions on topics around injustice and inequality. This month we will be discussing “The Sympathizer” by Viet Than Nguyen.

Registration is required at: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/copy-virtual-rossbarnum-socialjustice-book-club

2020 DPL MAKER CHALLENGE

APRIL 3 - AUGUST 8

Now Open to Adults, Teens and Kids

What is the Maker Challenge?

Get creative! You can make a cooking video, record a song, show us your latest drawing or carpentry project. You can upload images, videos, or sound recordings of your projects. The sky's the limit!

How to participate?

Share what you're making at home with us and automatically enter to win a $50 gift card to an awesome local business! From April 3 through August 8, a winner from each Denver Public Library branch will be randomly selected and notified at the end of each month. Be sure to include email address if you'd like to be entered to win. We can’t wait to see what you share with us.

You can get started right now at denverlibraryadventures.org/ makerchallenge!

There are plenty of ways to enjoy the Denver Public Library during this time of social distancing and library closures. Many of their resources are available from home with a library card. Go to www.denverlibrary.org to learn more. If you’re new to the library, register online to take advantage of all they have to offer and continue to read, watch and learn.

Active Minds® Live: Connect Online or Call-In

RAILROADS: Thursday, May 21, 2 p.m.

This May marks the 150 year anniversary of the “Golden Spike” that completed the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Join Active Minds as we review the rich history of railroads in the United States. We will explore the role they played in building a young country as well as the industry titans that emerged to build and control them. We will bring the story all the way up to the present, discussing current freight and passenger train issues and opportunities. All aboard!

Class will be presented via Zoom online or you may connect by calling in on Thursday, May 21. You can connect at any point after 1:45 p.m. To connect via the Internet, go to: www.zoom.com.

Click “Join a meeting”

Enter this Meeting ID: 890 7219 8447

Click “Join”

Click OK if it asks to launch Zoom or something similar

Enter meeting password: 064216

Follow the prompts to join the meeting

To connect through your phone, dial any one of these numbers:

− 1-253-215-8782

− 1-301-715-8592

− 1-312-626-6799

− 1-346-248-7799

− 1-408-638-0968

− 1-646-558-8656

− 1-646-876-9923

− 1-669-900-6833

− 1-720-707-2699

− 1-929-205-6099

If a number is busy, just try the next one.

When prompted enter the Meeting ID: 890 7219 8447 then the # sign. Then press # again when it asks for participant number. Then enter the password: 064216 # and you will be connected to the meeting. Active Minds suggests that people start connecting to the meeting around 15 minutes before the start of the program, so that anybody who needs assistance can get it before the program starts.

This program is being brought to you by Windsor Gardens and Active Minds®. Expanding lives and minds with community-based educational programs.

Due to COVID-19, all Active Minds programs are being delivered as virtual (webinar) programs. To see a list of their many other free program offerings for May, go to www.activeminds.com/events_denver.html. Upcoming programs include "Artificial Intelligence," "Women of Denver History," "The Future of Bees," "North Korea," and "America's Pastime: Baseball!"

Looking for Some New Online Video Workouts?

AARP's Healthy Living Resource Center has several 10-minute workouts that can be done at home. Instructors include Denise Austin, Jorge Cruise, Lorraine Ladish, Bryant Johnson and Kathy Smith. They join you from their own homes. There is a stretch and tone workout, Zumba class, balance and energy workout, simple cardio workout and more.

Go to:

www.aarp.org/health/healthyliving/info-2020/exercising-athome

HASFit (Heart and Soul Fitness) has several free videos for seniors on their website. They have seated, standing and low mobility options. Go to: hasfit.com/workouts/seniors/

If you haven't done so yet, now might be a good time to check out our community's Facebook page. You can find it at www.facebook.com/WindsorGardensAssociation .Or just search for us in Facebook.

Our community Facebook page provides:

• notices and updates from the association;

• a window into our beautiful community;

• a place for our community members to connect and share; and

• content that informs, inspires or amuses our residents.

Just click the “Like” button under the Windsor Gardens cover photo and Windsor Gardens Association posts will be included in your Facebook newsfeed. And let us know which posts you appreciate by clicking “Like” under the individual post.

To send photos and other items of interest to the WG Facebook manager, email them to Lori at windsorlife@wgamail.com

If you'd like to learn how to post photos and other items yourself, send Lori an email and she will send you some instructions.

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Theme: Things I Do When There is Nothing to Do

What to Do When There Is Nothing to Do by Pam Jundt

Living in self insolation during a global pandemic is a lot like living out the movie Groundhog Day. Everyday is the same. I wake up with no appointments, no errands to run and no firm plans, just hours of endless possibilities. So far, my biggest accomplishment has been getting the stacks of paperwork that I have been blithely ignoring for two years in order. That felt pretty good, but it’s time to expand and learn something new.

My ambitions aren’t as lofty as Bill Murray’s desire to learn the piano and a foreign language; however, I’ve been wanting to teach myself to crochet. Two years ago I took up knitting again after a forty-year hiatus and have found it wonderfully relaxing. I saw a couple of Ted Talks (is now a good time to mention my YouTube addiction?) that explained how the rhythmic repetitive motions of doing fiber crafts, like knitting, crocheting, and weaving, are

good for the brain. Well, at my age, if I hear something is good for my brain I say “sign me up.” So after watching many hours of YouTube videos (of course) on the subject, I gave it a go. To be honest, my early attempts are nothing short of pitiful, but I’m seeing improvement. Maybe by the end of week I’ll have a mutilated dishcloth to call my own. However, for me, the fun isn’t in the finished product, it’s in the doing. While I’m concentrating on trying to make fabric with just an aluminum hook and some yarn, the threats of a deadly disease and overcrowded hospitals are gone. The worry for myself, friends and family has vanished. It’s a godsend. So if anyone is in need of a ragged-looking muffler, let me know. I might be able to have it to you by Christmas. Maybe I’ll work on it while listening to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe.”

Whiling Away the Time by CC Huffhines

There are times in my life when I find time on my hands … no official duty to perform, free time to enjoy myself without interruptions. These are the times I access my large CD collection of classical music, a collection that has taken my entire lifetime to create.

What selections are choices for the day? It might be any composer, together with a popular orchestra and performer. Beethoven is a standby that almost always fits my mood of the day. He never gets out of favor, even though I listen to his compositions more often than any other composer. Any one of his nine symphonies, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under von Karajan, always causes me to marvel at the overwhelming beauty of the music. Same goes for Beethoven’s string quartets, his Trios for piano, violin and cello, and his Concerto for Piano. I have a CD of this concerto performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and Leon Fleisher, pianist.

Occasionally, when I have the free time, I will go to YouTube on my computer for musical selections. I just watched Martha Argerich perform the Piano Concerto with the Detroit Symphony. It was fascinating to see the speed at which her fingers moved. The audience was also moved, with applause they rewarded her with four curtain calls!

I recently watched and listened on the computer to Argerich perform in Warsaw the Chopin piano concerto. It, too, was a satisfying way to while away the time. (I once, long ago, attended a concert by Argerich in Dallas, important to me.)

I speak of listening to this music as a way to kill time. It is way more important than that … my life would be empty without it.

Fighting Vainly the Old Ennui by

I am never bored. I proclaim it loudly. It’s not so much because I am a busy man, but because the last time I complained of boredom, some seven decades ago, I was promptly put to work at Mom’s own version of wax-on-wax-off. Since then, I may sometimes be idle, unoccupied, uninspired, disengaged and disinterested to death, but I am never bored.

A fancy word for boredom is “Ennui” (pronounced onwee). Say it a few times. Ennui, ennui, ennui. If I had had a better vocabulary when I was ten and dropped an ennui on Mom, I would have been spared the sponge and floor wax while she went off to find the family Webster’s.

You might be familiar with the word. Frank Sinatra fought vainly the old ennui in “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Ennui, ennui, how can such a musical word mean something so bland? But who cares? It makes me sound smart, and I can say it without being handed wax and a bucket.

Dennis Payton Knight

Our present pandemic creates the predicament of nowhere to go and nothing to do as we learn and practice the fine arts of social distancing and sheltering in place. Ennui. It is pervading people of all ages around our planet, from the equator north and south to both poles, from the International Date Line east and west to whatever it is they call its opposite on the other side. Maybe it’s the International Noon Line.

This morning I found myself in ennui up to my ears on the news and circumstances of our present pandemic, its cause and effects, its management and mismanagement. I thought of Mom and switched off the television, determined to put myself to work.

First, I made a nice big breakfast, dirtying up as many dishes as I could. No ennui there. Then, I planned, before I put the dishes in to be washed, to wash my dishwasher (and isn’t it ironic that they’ve never invented a dishwasher-washer?) After washing and rinsing

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and drying my dishwasher, outside and inside and outside again, I would take a moment to celebrate my clean dishwasher, then load my dishwasher, close my dishwasher, start my dishwasher, watch my dishwasher wash, watch my dishwasher rinse, watch my dishwasher dry, open my dishwasher, empty my dishwasher, close my dishwasher, now dirty again, fix lunch, have lunch, and repeat. What fun would that be?

But, upon review, my plans rang a bit uninteresting. So, instead I set about composing, in the most scintillating and entertaining words I could assemble, the foregoing essay. Fighting vainly the old ennui. Ho, hum.

Theme: A Pet Story

Poignant Cat Path by Eydie McDaniel

Molly Brown and I have bonded this Spring of 2020. This cat keenly sees me all the time. I really mean all the time. That’s not just because I’m always home now. Moments before I strain painful hips and legs in the night to safely get to my pit stop in time, I hear her commenting behind closed doors. I don’t know if I audibly talk in my sleep before I stir. I don’t think she installed a baby monitor. I know the dog boys almost always sleep right through my getup duty because I so often have to struggle over them a little bit to untangle myself and my phone from the covers. On nights of smarter slumber prep I can grab my phone off the table. I do that in case a mishap results in a need for responders. That cat has no phone, and the only mid-sleep sound from the boys is an occasional whimpering in Henry’s bad dreams. So how does she know?

After the passing of my Kitty Boy in the fall of 2018, I asked about getting Molly. I did this in response to well-grumbled annoyance about her from the previous owner. A year later getting a cat made no practical sense. But when approached I quickly brought her to my home and my heart. After all, my commitment to help an animal stood firm, and I still felt sad about Kitty Boy. She came to me in the fall weighing 17.5 pounds. I imposed a diet that fostered continual protests “feed me, feed me, feed me now,

meoooowww!!” The first few months she voiced that same script all day and through the night whenever I had to go to the bathroom. But with time her kitty heart found something else to tell me. Now, Molly Brown blesses my nights by joining me in the bathroom just to sweetly purr her affection to me. She made this our private time. Clearly this cat appreciates her gentler home with me and has grown to love the woman who picked her up without her permission and carried her grunting about her heaviness all the way down an upstairs hall and into the elevator. Did the fat, old, less than happy cat already sense that she was getting a happy, gentler home even though she smelled dogs in here?

For weeks Molly, now Molly Brown, seemed reluctant to trust me. I accepted that she might not render the healing I believed only a cat could deliver. Now she weighs 12 pounds. She climbs the ladder I made to her personal dining spot. All day Thursday, sadness and uneasiness covered me because Covid took someone close to my building. Molly Brown somehow knew that and never let me out of her sight. I believe she, like Kitty Boy, takes care of me. I do value human compassion. I am in awe of the other part of God we call cats.

My husband Randy and I grew up in a similar home where no pets were allowed. Both of our moms were from German ancestry. They believed pets were unclean to have in a household and cleanliness was next to Godliness.

One day my husband came across a small boy who had found a newborn squirrel which had fallen out of a tree. This small boy did not know how to care for the squirrel, and it was not doing well. Randy was a sophomore in a high school at the time and he felt he could save the squirrel. So, the boy accepted a quarter for the squirrel, and Randy became the owner.

The first thing that Randy did was name the squirrel Chippy. He began to feed Chippy with a milk-filled eyedropper. Randy and his dad built a cage made from chicken wire with a disposable cardboard floor. The weather was warm, and Randy was able to

keep the cage on the porch of their home. As Chippy grew he was able to eat nuts and various seeds.

Then one dreaded day Randy was told by his father that Chippy had outgrown his cage and cruel to keep him locked up. So reluctantly Randy had to release Chippy to the wild. Fortunately, Chippy made a home in the oak tree next to their home. Randy devised a system where he would rub a piece of bark against the tree. This would be a message for Chippy to come down and play. Randy always wore a white t-shirt and blue jeans. They would play a game where Chippy would jump on Randy’s back and perch on his shoulder for petting. Then Chippy would run down the front of his shirt and scurry away.

One day, Mrs. Newroth was out bent over in her garden wearing a white t-shirt. Yes, you guessed it. Chippy jumped on her back

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thinking it was Randy. Mrs. Newroth let out a blood curdling scream and Randy had to run to her rescue and explain the game with Chippy. Chippy was also very frightened and he did not appear for several days after that trauma.

Then there was another episode where Randy’s mom Mary was taking clothes out of the clothes basket. Out jumped Chippy from the basket. Again, another scream could be heard at Chippy’s expense. Chippy was very attached to Randy and would often follow Randy’s walk to school along the high wires. There were many days that Chippy would wait for school to be released and walk along the high wires while Randy walked back home.

One terrible day a horrible thunderstorm struck the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Lightening hit the oak tree which had been

Chippy’s home. The tree had been split in two and there was no sign of Chippy for several days. Then one day Randy saw Chippy on the branch of the oak tree. Randy rubbed the bark against the tree as a signal for Chippy to come down and play. The storm had frightened Chippy and his trust had been broken. He would never join Randy again in play.

Little did I know that a squirrel could become a man’s best friend. When I first met Randy 45 years ago, he told me the story of Chippy. My heart melted when I first heard this story. I was so glad to hear that at last Randy had his pet and for a time Chippy had a home and knew the love of a boy’s heart.

Theme: My Favorite '60s TV Sitcom(s)

Bottle, Bottle, Don’t Need My Bottle by Jeanne

The comedy and simple pleasures of the 1960s’ comedy shows will never be replicated. As I reminisce about several of those shows, I reflect on how they may have inadvertently affected my psyche.

The Andy Griffith Show with Aunt Bee always cooking and baking might have affected my subconscious more than I realized. With the stay-at-home order, I find myself baking and cooking … a lot. Fortunately, I can share some of the food with the neighbors on my floor. Though I have taken to walking the circle daily to appease my Fitbit, which reminds me I need to exercise, the scale seems to recognize the baked goods I bake and eat more than the walking. With two younger brothers (four and twelve years younger than I), I watched The Brady Bunch and marveled that they managed to stay alive within the confines of their home. I have chosen to give Alice the major part of the credit for keeping the family fed, the house clean and the opposing siblings in line.

The Beverly Hillbillies may have greatly influenced my ability to take on a southern twang in more than one production with the WG

Lee

Drama Class. When we first moved to Colorado, a neighbor boy asked my son if his mom was from the South. My son replied, “No, she just talks weird!” During my TDY in New Orleans for five months I really learned to “Y’all” with the best of them.

To this day I do not have a passport, so being ship wrecked on Gilligan’s Island may have frightened me away from travel. However, I have taken three cruises that, at the time, only required a birth certificate as proof of citizenship. I’ve often wondered if they ever got off that island and if the Professor and Maryann got together. Do you think the Captain could have performed a marriage ceremony?

The Queen of Comedy in the ‘60s has to be Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy. The Vitameatavegamin segment as well as the chocolate candy assembly line still bring laughter tears to my eyes.

While traveling through LaGuardia, I was surprised to learn that my ticket showed I had TSA Precheck. Hmmm, I hadn’t signed up for it, so how had that happened. I asked one of the TSA agents why I had Precheck. He said “Well….” I smiled and said, “Oh, it’s because I’m old!” He laughed and said, “Well, yes.” On my way back home, once I finally found the line and wound my way through, the TSA agent looked at my ticket and said, “If it isn’t I Dream of Jeannie.” I said, “Yes, and I didn’t bring my bottle with me because I knew you wouldn’t let me take it through security.” He laughed, stamped my ticket and I strolled off to the gate. Now at WG when someone asks my name, I tell them “I’m the Jeannie who came out of the bottle and I’m having too much fun to ever get back inside!”

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ALTERATIONS/MENDING Guaranteed. 40 years experience. Reasonable rates, Good turnaround time. By appointment, Clean clothes only. Cindy 720-859-7272.

MOBILE DOG GROOMER – Dirty Dawgs Done Dirt Cheap. Specializing in Service & Special needs dogs. Offering exceptional door to door service. 10% off first visit. Michael Sachs 720-215-7279.

IN-HOME MANICURES & PEDICURES –24 yrs exp. Licensed. Jeanine 303-886-4028.

SERVICES continued

DOG WALKING $10/15 min. $20/30 min. $35/hour. Windsor Gardens Resident 720-293-9903.

FEMALE DRIVER, CAREGIVER, COMPANION, light housekeeping. Martha 720-935-5526.

CLEANING! HAVE A CLEAN HOUSE! Breathe Free. No Chemicals. Joann 303-434-1688.

PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANING SERVICES – Eco friendly, dependable and trustworthy. Flexible availability. Shay 303-562-6368.

HOUSEKEEPING & PERSONAL CAREGIVER 720-400-1434 awelihannes86@gmail.com

NAILS BY CAROL SUE. I am a Windsor Gardens resident with 34 yrs experience. I am now offering mobile services within Windsor Gardens. Special training with diabetic feet. Manicures & Pedicures. Please call for apt. 720-363-6210.

25 YEARS CAREGIVER. Very reliable, also housecleaning, Good references 720-681-7147.

CAREGIVER! REASONABLE RATES –Cooking, Errands, Pet help, Personal care, housecleaning, 20 yrs. Exp., Licensed, Great References Maria 720-232-4371.

HANDY MANNY: Transportation to and from DIA, appointments, shopping, etc. Manny Viarrial 303-521-0063.

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER & Housecleaning. Very Reliable, Honest & Trusting. Good References. Call Loretta Wright 720-681-7147.

HANDYMAN I CAN HELP YOU – Transportation, shopping, travel companion, remodel, move, paint & repair. Reasonable & honest WG resident James 720-238-3264.

NOTARY SERVICES AVAILABLE. As a resident of Windsor Gardens, and a Notary I can provide convenience & neighborly assistance. If you need a document authenticated such as a Power of Attorney, medical document, business agreement, real estate document, bill of sale or Will. Please call Shirley at 720-441-4198 to schedule a time that’s convenient.

COOKING MADE EASY in your own home with Chef Richard. I will bring creative & healthy food to your kitchen & stay within your budget & teach you how to make your own meals using fresh ingredients, including a wide variety of tastes & dishes that are both healthy & easy to prepare. Call Chef Richard 720-483-2177 -- rmaglietto32@gmail.com.

IN-HOME HAIRCUTS. Men and Women. Windsor Gardens resident, with 30 years barbering experience. I will come to your home to provide haircuts. Contact Carolyn 937-559-3781 and leave a message.

I’M AVAILABLE TO STAY in your home to Pet-sit or House-sit. Text or call 970-481-2641.

LOVING EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER Transportation to shopping, appointments, errands, housecleaning, etc. Cindy 303-910-7405.

DECLUTTER; DAY PROCEDURE RIDE; Cat-teaser; Dog walker; Companion; Evee 303-548-6230 WG res.

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The Windsor Gardens Association, including its board of directors and employees and the Windsor Life staff, are not responsible or liable for any of the services or products advertised in the Windsor Life publication, nor do we endorse any advertisement, product or service. The Association recommends that you thoroughly research any product or service and check references prior to hiring any individual or company.

AIR CONDITIONING

Air Conditioner Sales & Service

Tom Grace

2443 S. University #211

303-755-2111 or tmmytomato@aol.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

A to Z Appliance Repair

In Home Service – Fully Guaranteed

Our Goal is your Satisfaction

Call Dave 303-371-4229

ATTORNEYS

Kirch, Rounds & Bowman PC

Estate Planning/Admin, Real Estate

Over 40 yrs combined legal experience www.dwkpc.net 303-671-7726

AUTO BUY & SELL

Automotive Search, Inc.

Find your New or Used Car or we will BUY yours. Oldest Auto Broker in Colo

Dave Nichols 720-641-2208 Hampden Ave

AUTO REPAIR & SERVICE

Gary’s Full Service Auto Repair

Done Fair, Done Honest, Done Right.

23 Years. 100% AAA Customer Approval

30 S. Havana #304R 303-364-8344

COMPUTERS

Affordable Computer Repairs, Etc.

Computers, laptops, i-Phones, i-Pads

Tablets, VCRs, Roku, Errands, Etc.

Monica 303-875-5837

Computer & Electronic Help by Stephen College student, grandpa lives in WG

Enjoys helping seniors, plus tutoring

Low fee 303-330-2272

In-Home Technology Assistance

Need help and the Grandkids are gone?

Computers, Cameras, Phones, TVs, Etc. 720-244-4166 Scott or Mike

ELECTRICAL

Matthew Master Electrician

WG References – WG Discounts

Licensed & Insured 303-619-2702

FLOORING

Sky Rise Carpet Cleaning, LLC

A Full Restorative Carpet Cleaning

Tile, Grout, Upholstery and Area Rugs

Adam Hursh 720-251-5194

GARAGE DOORS

GDO Dynamics

Garage Door Openers & Parts

Scot Sturgis

5017 S. Gibralter Way 303-693-6894

HAULING

Anything Anytime Anywhere

To Dump 30% Senior Discount

Estate Clean Out and Clean Up

Taddy 303-525-5421

Cut Rate Hauling

Providing Trash and Junk Removal Furniture, Appliances, Debris, Etc. Rueben 720-434-8042

Express Hauling Services

Appliances, Furniture. Total clean out Seniors/Veterans Discounts applied Vern 720-275-3709

HEALTHCARE

Kang, Ruth, DDS PC 496 S. Dayton St. Denver, CO 80247 303-360-5660

Understanding Your Medical Care, LLC

Our nurses clarify your medical needs And are by your side at appointments Call 303-578-6938 uymcadvocate.com

HOME CARE

Beth’s In-Home Care & Cleaning

Help with all aspects of daily living

Lovingly helping Seniors over 25 yrs

Beth 303-862-7136

Diamond Care, LLC

Personal Care Provider since 2004

Homemaker, Transportation

Amy 720-317-7251

Elderlink Home Care, Inc.

Quality Companion Care Since 1988

Help Is Just A Phone Call Away

303-734-0641

Elite Home Care Services

Loving care from the heart

12 years’ experience WG refs. Gloria w) 720-939-3848, c) 702-843-7815

Flexible and Reliable PC

Days or Overnight

25 Years’ Experience

Jenny 720-620-0055

In-Home Care Giving

Experienced Caregiver’s WG Refs

Daily living assistance

720-789-4767 720-394-6827

Joy Home Care & Cleaning, C N A

Experienced Nurse Aid

Daily living assistance

720-518-1409 or 720-982-2337

My Natural Calling Senior Services 38 yrs serving the Senior Community Consultation & Various Services avail 720-403-6697 www.cynthiahardiman.com

HOME CARE continued

Private Duty Caregiver

Very Affordable, Professional, Refs, Can assist or relieve your caregiver

Judy 720-261-8062 or 720-200-0222

HOME CLEANING SERVICES

Princess House Cleaning

Quality House cleaning

Reasonable rates-Refs. available

Princess Robe (720)469-9080

HOME REPAIR & REMODEL

ACH Home Improvements

Kitchen, Bath, Shower pans, Flooring

Tile, Dry wall, Paint, Work Guaranteed Free bids 720-692-3187

Affordable Home Repairs, LLC

Denver- Based Handyman, Electrical Plumbing, Painting, Window washing

Jason 719-271-1941

American Construction & Remodeling

A Full-service remodeling contractor

Lis. & Ins. When quality counts Call Vernie 720-692-3187

All Pro Construction Grow your equity with Quality Const.

Lanai doors, Kitchens, Baths, Free est. Call Al 720-569-4195

Best Home Improvements

Free Estimates, remodels, electrical Plumbing, carpentry, painting, hauling Call Steve 720-987-0292

Emerald Home Repair

Basic Home Repairs, Plumbing

Electrical, etc. Windsor References

Larry Dotterer 720-384-5806

Expert Drywall Repair & Texturing

Serving the Denver area for 30+ years

WG Resident, Free estimates

Gary 303-526-6859 relgar3600@gmail.com

JLV Contracting Kitchen & Bath Remodel

Licensed, Insurance & References

SeniorDiscounts-GuaranteedWorkmanship Jim @ 303-517-0439

Tom May Complete Remodel & Repairs

27 yrs at Windsor Gardens 303-229-0981 or 303-696-6259

INSURANCE

State Farm-Adam Bird Agent, CLU CHFC

Insurance and Financial Services

Windsor Commons Shopping Center 720-535-9009

INTERIOR DESIGN

Bulik Designs

Interior Design, Remodeling, also Staging and/or Updating Home to Sell

Joel Bulik @ 970-305-7347

LANAI ENCLOSURES

Grande Vista, Inc.

Enclosed Lanais, Windows & Doors

1550 Larimer St., #454, Denver 80202

Carlos Perez 303-777-4500

Wholesale Home Improvements

Enclosed Lanais, Windows and Doors

Kitchen and Bath Remodel

Larry 303-887-9960

MOVING SERVICES

PAINTING continued

The Master Painter

A professional painting services

Established since 1987, Free Estimates

Jeffrey States 720-628-2895

PET SERVICES

Love on a Leash Superior, experienced, Personalized dog grooming

303-360-0450

Silver Whiskers Pet Care

Dog Walking/Cat Care

Reliable, Insured, Windsor Resident New phone # 720-416-5926

PLUMBING

REAL ESTATE continued

Guzman, Carol , CNE, SRES

Your Castle Real Estate, Inc

“Exceptional Service-Superior Results”

303-929-3157 cj.guzman@comcast.net

Home Real Estate, Shirley Shideler

Windsor Gardens is My Home Too!

9355 E. Center Ave. #3-A, Denver, CO

303-503-0745 shideler3@gmail.com

Ingebritson, Carolyn, SRES, Realtor

Your Castle Real Estate

Tours Offered! 55+ Advisor

303-594-7696 cingebritson@gmail.com

Metro Brokers-Pete Withers

Living and working in Windsor Gardens

Get top dollar for your condo

303-881-7651 Call anytime

Life Caddie

Technology implementation/education

Home organizing/decluttering/packing

Call Amy at 720-419-9331

Retirement Home Movers

2 Men $100 per Hr. 3 Men $140 per Hr.

Open 7 Days a Week 8am-8pm

John 720-975-3966

Small World Movers

12 Yrs Experience-Licensed & Insured

Friendly, Dependable, Polite, Efficient 303-931-6135

PAINTING

Vertec Plumbing

Great Rates. Free Instant Quote

Plumbing and Drain Cleaning www.vertecservices.com 720-298-0880

Victor E. Plumbing & Tile

Plumbing, tile, lighting & hardware

Specializing in repairs & remodels

Call 405-426-5612 mobile

Wright, Wayne

Master Plumber Service and Repair

Kitchen+Bath, Balanced Shower Valves 303-344-2637

REAL ESTATE

Schoenecker & Co.

Knowledgeable and Experienced

Sell Fast for Top Dollar. WG Resident Mike 303-898-3963

WINDOW FASHION

Alfa Blinds, Blinds by Tomorrow

At Alfa Blinds we Make, Install Repair & Clean Blinds by Tomorrow

303-366-9266, 60 S. Havana St, #612

Master Blinds Services LLC

Sale, Repair, Clean 12445 E 39th Ave #306 303-518-4307

ABC Painting

We paint anything and everything

Sheetrock repair as required

Call Steve 720-987-0292

Fine Quality Coating LLC

Call today for free estimate

We can start right away!

Travis 720-237-6588

Handy Manny Painting

Also repair walls, prep, paint

Clean-up & organize with perfection

303-521-0063 – website: dancemanny.com

Kevin’s Painting

Moving in? Moving out?

Many WG References. Best rates

Kevin 720-789-9828 leave message

Barlow, Chad Colorado Home Finder Realty

ChadBarlowHomeFinder.com

720-422-1979

Braun, Dan Home Smart of Cherry Creek

Helping buy & sell in WG since 1993 303-883-5881

Bulik, Joel Colorado Home Finder Realty

Joel.Denver.ColoradoHomeFinder.com 970-305-7347 – WG Resident

Coldwell Banker, Cheryl Lohuis

Realtor & WG Owner, Your time 2 Buy! Have owned 3 homes here & Love It! 303-522-6161 AColoradohome4u.com

Grossman, Amy and Scott

See our Ad-Back Page of Windsor Life www.windsorgardensdreamhomes.com 303-941-9436

WINDOW INSTALLATION & REPAIR

American Windows & Doors

Lanai doors & windows, Interior doors

Frame down, closet openings Call Vernie 720-692-3187

Grande Vista, Inc.

Windows, Doors & Enclosed Lanais 1550 Larimer St., #454, Denver 80202 Carlos Perez 303-777-4500

WINDOW WASHING

Al’s Window Washing

Reliable and Reasonable Rates

10% Discount Windsor Gardens Residents Alan Stiegelmar 720-237-4041