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by Robert Mumby

Do you ever get an Inconvenient Craving?  An overwhelming desire for a snack when the cupboard is bare and all of the venues that serve or sell food are closed?  If so, fear not — all of the main buildings have vending machines tucked away somewhere so that people can find a candy bar or soft drink or packet of Cheesie Crunchies when the need arises.  Since residents may not be familiar with their locations, pictures and directions are given below.

Above: Machines near the Terrace Resident Storage area.

 

Terrace directions:  Go in the clinic entrance or take the elevator down to the lower level.  Immediately next to the elevator on the West side of the hall is a door labeled Resident Storage.  Go in and go straight ahead.  When you reach a T-intersection, turn right.  The machines (both snack and beverage) will be on your right as you walk North down the hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manor directions:  Take the main elevator to the ground floor.  Turn left out of the elevator, left again into the hall, and left once more through the double doors at the end of the row of resident mailboxes.  Snack, beverage, and ice machines are along  the left wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manor ground floor, laundry & loading dock

 

Plaza Directions:  Go to the south end of the first floor, then through the unmarked double doors to the left of the Rogue Room entry.  The freight elevator will be to your right; take it down one floor. The beverage machine will be visible outside the ground floor elevator door.

 

To access the snack machine, go through the door to the loading dock, cross the back end of the loading doick eastward, then turn right to the Employee Break Room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plaza ground floor by the freight elevator

Snack Vending Machine in Plaza employee break room at NE corner of loading dock

Golf Course Beverage Machine: On the east side of Rogue Valley Manor Drive, just north of unit 2418 and the intersection of RVM Drive and lower
Quail Point Circle, there is a row of golf cart garages.  At the east end of that row, near the 4th hole, are restrooms and a beverage machine.

Drink vending machine and restrooms next to the golf course.

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NIT WIT NEWZ

 

(Nit Wit Newz is an unauthorized, often unreliable, on-line news source designed to keep Manor residents abreast of the inconsequential, trifling, and superficial events that dramatically shape and inform our everyday lives at Rogue Valley Manor)

 

MANOR MAN FOUND SEMI-CONSCIENCE IN FRONT OF OWN COTTAGE

 

 Responding to distressed Life Alert alarm, Manor Security rushes to village site of recently-arrived Manor resident.

Experience difficulties reaching suspected victim. Front lawn area recently converted into labyrinth of mature six-foot high cannabis plants.

Dense maize stalls rescue efforts. Dead-ends abound in thicket.

Mercy Flight chopper called to aid search. Spots victim. Guides on-ground responders to key path leading to center of labyrinth.

Responders find supine victim lying in patch of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Area fawn licking resident’s face. Victim roused. Speaks haltingly.

Claims late-in-life recurring bouts of despondency. Finds solace in labyrinth meditation and mushroom-induced out-of-body experience. Responders suspect overdose likely cause of temporary unconscious spell.

Victim waves off additional help. Re-enters cottage under own unsteady power.

Nit Wit Newz investigative reporter, Sally Forth, at recovery scene. Senses deeper backstory.

Uncovers victim bio info.

Name: Sully Waters. Retired, single male, loner. Born, raised in North Carolina. Vocation: decades-long civilian job at nearby military installation.  Avocation: shuffleboard. Three-time state champion in sport.  Waters life wrapped up in career and shuffleboard.

Sudden departure of Waters from east coast. Decision followed abrupt severance of long-time employment. Was Water Commissioner at North Carolina Marine Base.  Charged with malfeasance. Bitter over dismissal. Despondency follows.

Reporter Forth wheedles interview with reclusive Waters.  Reveals to reporter: Sought major change after job discharge. Left east coast. Searched senior communities in west. Tabs Rogue Valley Manor last September: Liked leafy, wooded campus. Liked RVM cottage accommodations with yard to grow serenity-providing, despondency-soothing labyrinth. Manor Summer Game offered opportunity to indulge lifelong competitive passion—shuffleboard.

Shocks soon follows.

Discovered that among thirty events included in Summer Games— no shuffleboard!

Worse.  Discovered that though Manor had tennis courts, golf course, croquet court, lawn bowling court, horseshoe pit, pickleball and badminton courts, swimming pool, pool tables, ping pong, bocce ball and a court for corn bag tossing—there was no shuffleboard court at Rogue Valley Manor!

Waters decries, “RVM only senior community in U.S. without a shuffleboard court.”

First, career loss, now, shuffleboard skills scuttled.  Despondency morphs into deep despair.

Tells reporter Forth, realization of facing a shuffleboard-less life prompted his retreat to labyrinth and mushroom overdose on day of front yard incident.

Forth, submits Sully Waters plight to authorities.

Rogue Valley Manor administration responds.

Enlists Wellness Department aid.

Waters, eager to move past life of quiet desperation, begins intensive rehab program.

(Readers: fast forward several weeks to present, early November)

Marked improvement evident.  Waters despondency wanes.

Credits daily regimen of Zumba dancing, Tai Chi, Pilates, and Aqua Conditioning for improved physical well-being.  Competitive spirit re-ignited due to comprehensive instruction in the Corn Bag Toss. (Claims he’ll be serious contender in event at 2023 Summer Games).

Reveals to reporter Forth, major force in his rehabilitation was new-found friend. Shares silent bonding moments in labyrinth each morning with Manor faun.

Tranquility returns to Rogue Valley Manor.

 

—A. Looney

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Show and Tell and Survive…

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by Bob Buddemeier

The recent Opportunity Faire provided a unique opportunity for many resident organizations to show what they do, and what other residents could do if they joined.  It also provided a unique opportunity for the Residents Preparedness Group (RPG) to show what residents could do for themselves and for the community — and why they should do it.  RPG’s mission is to assist and support RVM in preparing for and responding to an emergency situation.

A major part of this is educating residents about what they need to be able to do when disaster or emergency strikes — and helping them acquire the necessary knowledge and supplies.  The Opportunity Faire was just that — an opportunity to advertise and inform about Preparedness.   A team headed by Channing Penna and consisting of Ann Rizzolo, Julie Mahoney, Vicki Gorrell, Margie Berger, and Bob Buddemeier set up displays and organized giveaways and a lottery to attract interest and attention.

In the picture at right, Ann Rizzolo and Julie Mahoney point out to Tina Vasavada the suggested contents of a light-weight Go-Bag.  The plastic pails shown are one of the giveaway supply items, provided by Eric Eisenberg from recycled kitchen supplies. In front of Ann is a display of the equipment carried by the RPG coordinators when they are activated to help deal with an emergency situation.

A major draw for the display was the abundance of goodies available — the freebies included the plastic pails, informational bookmarks, and wrist lanyards so that people who need two hands in the dark don’t have to hold their flashlights in their mouths.

Even more impressive were the lottery items donated by Jens Larsen, RVM Security and Emergency Preparedness Director.  The lottery was organized by Vicki Gorrell, who is shown at left.  On the table in front of her are the survival kits, water filter straws, emergency radio, and information handouts.

Seventy residents entered the drawing, and the winners are…

Water filter straws: Sol Blechman, Don & Linda DeWald, Jill Engledow, Jordan Mo, and Bob Mondi.

Emergency radio: Winnie Wilson.

American Red Cross one-person, three-day survival kit: Pat Carter.

First My Family family survival kit: Mary Gillespie.

Congratulations, winners!

All in all, the RPG team felt that this was a very successful effort, introducing more people to RPG and to preparedness needs and opportunities.  The displays were a big help, both in gaining attention and in explanations.  One lesson learned was that the amount of material could be a bit overwhelming for novices; we will work on providing more focused displays and explanations in the future.

Interested in more information?  The MyRVM Emergency Preparedness page (item 1 in the list above) contains a number of general and RVM-specific information documents, and a link to the RPG page that is under development on MyRVM.  The RPG page is particularly useful in providing information about the network of RPG coordinators, and emergency radio communication.

A Preparedness Manual is posted at https://thecomplement.info/2022/08/07/rpg-manual-resident-preparedness-2/, and provides information on a variety of resident preparedness needs.

Dan Wagner — An Appreciation

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This notice was recently distributed to members and associates of the Residents Preparedness Group (RPG).  We publish it here because we feel it is relevant to the larger RVM Community

 

Dan Wagner has been a major force in the development of RPG since its beginning.  During his Residents Council presidency (2019-2020) he provided encouragement, support and RVM liaison to what was then a small group of people trying to figure out what to do to encourage resident preparedness.  His patience, tolerance, and continuously encouraging participation contributed greatly to RPG’s formation and growth.

Once out of office, he continued to serve RPG as a Back-up Area Coordinator for Area 10, as a member of internal advisory groups and committees, and personally as a reviewer and advisor.

His most recent major contribution involves assembling the RPG Data project and maintaining a clear direction of what needed to be accomplished. He worked with RVM Administration and with RPG to design and help produce a data structure that can meet emergency response needs within RVM communication requirements.

With that task accomplished, Dan has indicated that it is time for a well-deserved rest.  We thank Dan for his efforts on behalf of RPG and the RVM community, and wish him all of the best for the future.

Bob Berger
Dan Curtis
Bob Buddemeier

Be Ready to Shiver and Shake!

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by Bob Buddemeier

The week containing the third Thursday in October is designated Preparedness Week by RVM Emergency Management and the Residents’ Preparedness Group

What for, and why then?  The what for is to GET AND KEEP all of us ready to deal with emergencies or disasters.  It’s challenging enough to get people to learn what to do to protect themselves and their neighbors, but the effort can’t end there.  Over time, food goes out of date, batteries discharge – and it’s not just your supplies, it’s your knowledge and reflexes that fade as well. Needed:  refreshers, reminders, stimulation, examples, and a modicum of nagging.   So we try to do this every 6 months – October and April.

The Short Term Sure Thing  Part of the choice of times is based on the change of seasons.  Both hazards and necessary responses shift over the course of the year.  This is the time to think about being ready for the usually (but not always) moderate problems and inconveniences that are often related to seasonal characteristics

For the next several months, it will be dark a lot, pretty cold sometimes, possibly wet, and with some storms.  Plus, we can expect things like power outages and travel disruptions, both local and at a broader scale.  Are you ready?

Sorry, knowing how to find the light switch, the thermostat, and the dining room is not an adequate answer.  If you have just forgotten a lot of the details and techniques, telling you again probably won’t implant the necessary information into your head.  So, here is your take-home exam—and remember, some combination of Nature and Fate will give you your final grade.

Think of all of the ramifications of not having electricity  —

No light for 26-27 hours/day.

No heat (gas furnaces and water heaters don’t light themselves)

No information and limited communication (TV, internet, maybe landlines off).

Do you know what you need to have?  Do you have it?  Does it work?  Can you use it?  And in case you expect to be taken care of, let’s assume this is all due to a major storm that keeps RVM employees from getting in to work to pamper and protect you.  It’s not so much that Fortune favors the prepared as that she discriminates actively and sometimes viciously against the unprepared.

The Longer Term Long Shot  The other reason for preparedness review in mid-late October is The Great Shakeout.  You didn’t know?  Oh dear.  It is an international celebration of preparation for a serious earthquake – which we will definitely have here in Oregon at some time (exact date uncertain).  Usually the “Duck, Cover, and Hold” exercise is held on that third Thursday, but this year the earthquake gods have graciously ceded the date to the Opportunity Fair (see article elsewhere in this issue).

Now preparing for a major earthquake is a bigger deal than being ready for a few days of power outage, but we don’t have to overcomplicate the preparation exercise.  To the No-No-No sequence for electricity, just add the following:

No running water

No emergency services

No transportation (including highways and streets that are passable)

No stores, financial transactions, or transport of supplies.

Then, imagine those conditions continuing for 1-2 weeks.  NOW, do you know what you need to have?  Do you have it?  Does it work?  Can you use it?

 

For information on preparedness, consult https://thecomplement.info/2022/08/07/rpg-manual-resident-preparedness-2/ or the emergency Preparedness Tab on the MyRVM main menu.

 

Medford Information

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Aaron M. Ott Aaron.Ott@cityofmedford.org
Thu, Jul 21, 2:11 PM (4 days ago)

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to me, dbcurtis@gmail.com, mbberger1@comcast.net, davidachurchman@aol.com, Jens

I wanted to thank you all for the opportunity to meet last week. I have included several resources below and documents within this email. Again I would recommend the continuing partnership with Jens Larsen and his team to help facilitate monthly safety/preparedness tips and information.

Resources

o   Site is specific in providing information for seniors. A good one page hand out is available at this website

o   Site is specific to provide guidance for hearing impaired, blind and/or deaf

o   There are several videos and handouts available

o   Site is from the CDC specific for informing seniors on how and what to prepare for

o   This is Medford’s Emergency Management site that provides emergency preparedness tips, how to sign up for Citizen Alert, City of Medford evacuation zones and other resources.

o   This is a site created by both Jackson and Josephine County Emergency Management. Lots of information here as well

Handouts

I have included some handouts that we have used, created or would be a good starting point.

  • Family Emergency Prep Handbook was created for Jackson and Josephine County residents
  • 901-F1- Emergency Response Plan was created for Medford staff
  • DOC Employee Handbook is a flipchart created for Beaverton staff

 

Thanks

 

Aaron Ott  | Emergency Management

City of Medford, Oregon | Medford Fire Department

541-774-2322 Office

About RPG

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While the RPG Manual is being developed, this page will provide interim access to information about RPG, as well as guidance documents describing the roles of volunteers.

 

RPG Mission and Goals Statement 

View/Download PDF

Due to privacy concerns, Coordinator contact information is available only on MyRVM.  To find your coordinatos or to get a table of all coordinators, make sure that you are logged in to MyRVM, then CLICK HERE.  Use your browser back-arrow to return.

 

Coordinator Network Information (incl. links to cottage Area maps)

RPG Coordinator Networks  View/Download PDF
Summary description of structure, function and coordinator activities
(Background and Overview document, Final Review 02/23/22)

Neighborhood and Floor Coordinator Responsibilities   View/Download PDF
Summary description of activities expected of local coordinators
(primary document, Final Review 02/23/22)

Coordinator Qualifications    View/Download PDF
List of abilities considered necessary for coordinators to function effectively
(secondary document, Final Review 02/23/22)

Coordinator Backups    View/Download PDF
Discussion of need for personnel backups and approaches to obtaining them
(secondary document, Final Review  02/23/22)

 To go to the issue contents page (“What’s New”)  CLICK HERE

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Emergency Preparedness – Food-1

Summary

  • Residents should have food and water for at least 3 days per person, but…
  • If possible, a 2-week supply per person is recommended
  • For information on water supply (1 gallon per day per person) (Click Here)

 

Why do I need food? 

In an emergency, it will take responders, including RVM staff, many hours to a few days to assemble, set up operations, and begin addressing problems.  In a major disaster with regional damage, such as an earthquake, staffing shortages may be permanent, and supplies unavailable or limited for weeks.

How and What? 

There are 2 major approaches to emergency food storage: Get It and Forget It and Ongoing Management.  They can be combined.

  1. Get it and Forget it: Buy freeze-dried or dehydrated food and store it.

Advantages:

  • It has a very long shelf life – up to 25 years or longer.
  • It does NOT require cooking – room temperature soaking works
  • It does NOT require extra water storage – your gallon per day includes enough.
  • It is durable in storage – room temperature is best but hot or cold does not reduce safety or nutrition.

Disadvantages:

  • There is a one-time expense to stocking up.
  • You need to pay attention to product descriptions – there is no standard definition of a “serving” for example, or of a “meal.”
  • For more detail, including suggested sources, see Food-2 (in prep)
  1. Ongoing Management: If you usually keep and prepare food at home, you may be able to adjust the amount and nature of what you store to create a back-up supply.

Food requirements:

  • Should be edible without cooking.
  • Non-perishable, with a relatively long shelf life.
  • Consistent with your standards for taste and nutrition.
  • Include food, water and other supplies for pets.

Notes and Considerations:

  1. For short-term use; some perishable items count – refrigerated and frozen items do not spoil instantly when the power goes out, and items not requiring cooking can be eaten over a period of a few days.
  2. Not sure how much you need? Count calories from the labels: 2,000 calories per day is considered a normal amount.
  3. Expiration and “best by” dates are very conservative. Most canned goods remain safe to eat long after those dates, but discard any cans that are rusted or bulging.

How to do it:

  1. The Charity approach – get and keep a large stock of suitable things that you use (example: canned fish or meat, nut butters), buying new inventory regularly and donating the older items to a food bank as their expiration dates approach.
  2. The Ongoing Use approach – similar to the charity approach, but with attention to balancing food lifetime and your use so that you can keep a reserve without having to give or throw very much away. This requires the most effort and attention.

Whatever your primary method, remember to have some portable items in your car or available to take with you if you have to evacuate.

[To return to the contents page of the Residents Preparedness section, CLICK HERE]

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RVM Preparedness Upgrades

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by Bob Buddemeier

With the waning of the pandemic two preparedness programs in the Facilities Services Department are expected to pick up speed again.

Repair and adjustment of cottage garage door openers was begun after experience with the Almeda Fire evacuation showed that many garage doors were extremely difficult to open with the power off.  Good progress was made initially, but the pandemic interfered with the availability of both parts and labor.

Drew Gilliland, Facility Services Director, said that the project is about 50% completed.  Most of the South Village has been done, but the area around the lakes and the entire North Village is still awaiting parts.  “We are looking into changing suppliers in hopes of getting better service,” Drew said, but added that in the worst case it might take another year for completion.

What should residents do?  If your garage door has been serviced, make sure you can open it without electricity – that means disconnecting the drive chain, opening and closing the door manually, and reconnecting the chain.  If you don’t know how to do that, enlist a friend or neighbor who does, contact your RPG Coordinator, or see the link below.

If your door has not yet been upgraded, we have published a work-around that can make opening the door possible, if not easy   Go to https://thecomplement.info/2021/02/15/tips-tricks-hacks-hints-2/#garage

The other upgrade program in progress is installation of automatic earthquake shutoff valves in the gas lines to the cottages.  Previously this was done when cottages were renovated between occupants, but Drew said that they have shifted over to doing batch replacements in groups of cottages to speed the process.  Once the valve is installed, residents do not need to remember — and take the time — to shut off the gas line manually in case of an earthquake.

Red earthquake shut-off valve in gas line

How do you know?  if your gas line looks like the one with the red dome in the picture, you have the earthquake shutoff installed.  How do you find your gas line to check?  Gas supply lines and meters are either on the outside of one end units of the cottage building, or in a separate outdoor closet next to the garbage closet of one of the units (for a triplex, usually the middle one.  Meters are labeled with unit numbers.

Both projects make the cottage residents safer in an emergency, and demonstrate RVM’s commitment to preparedness.

 

To go to the issue contents page (“What’s New”)  CLICK HERE