50 Plus News Magazine

June 2013 Vol 26 No. 6COMPLIMENTARY

POMMER:A Stash of Cashpage 8A

seniorfestFun for all at annual event, June 12

2013 Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame Inductees

hALL Of fAME continued on page 12A

flag day sportsBob never struck out at this old ball game

livingThe story of John

page 2A page 20A

By Matt Pommer

STATE CAPITOLCOMMENT

MOVING IN THERIGHT DIRECTIONBy Bruce Nemovitz

AGINGISSUES

By Tom Frazier

PLANTING TOMORROW’SDREAMS TODAY

EDITORIALS

KILLING TIME with Jim McLoone

SENIORAnswer Man

IT MAKES MECRABBY

HERMAN WHITE WRITES

ARTS ENTERTAINMENTcalendar

TRAVEL

APRONSTRINGS

By Aunt Emma

Emma

By Jack PearsonSports PlusSPORTS By Jack Pearson

SPORTS

the WRIGHTSIDE of

By Enis Wright 60

By Brad Olson

MONEY SENSEBy Karen Ellenbecker

& Julie Ellenbecker-Lipsky

Tribute at Marcus Centerpage 23A

ELLENBECKER:Free Meetings for Youpage 5A

APARtMENt & CONdO dIRECtORYImagine Your New Life in Your New Placepage 2B

vETERANs continued on page 24A

Are you a veteran or a single surviving spouse of a veteran? Are you aware of all the benefits you are eligible to receive? According to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) census, it is estimated that there are approximately 13 million American veterans and their single surviving spouses age 65 and older.

Older adult veterans or their surviving spouses are to receive benefits as a part of their service to their country. Typically, they receive cash income from four programs

Five Milwaukee County residents joined the ranks of highly esteemed se-nior citizens on Friday, May 24, as they became members of the Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame. The impressive 16th annual ceremo-ny was held at the Italian Community Center and was followed by a special

luncheon for the honorees, their fami-lies and the numerous county dignitar-ies who attended the event.

Jill Knight, coordinator of the Area Agency on Aging, a division of the Milwaukee County Department on Aging, said, “This award ceremony does more than just honor these older

adults who have done so much for their communities, it signifies that the peo-ple of Milwaukee County do appreci-ate everything they do to make lives both easier and better. Each of these five people is a wonderful person. The world of Milwaukee County definite-ly has been touched by their particular

ways of dedication. They modestly may consider themselves as just ordi-nary people, but to those who they so efficiently and heartfelt serve, they’re real world beaters.”

The honorees that received en-graved plaques as well as citations

veteran robert Ciesielczyk participated recently in a walk at Zablocki, va Medical Center.

Aging Veterans to Their Benefits”

“Connecting

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Event June 24 at Milwaukee County War Memorial

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The “problems” with Social Security

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I always thought that the problem for people who wanted to privatize and cut Social Security benefits was that too many other people knew too many facts about the program to be hoodwinked by clever sound bites, such as “entitlement reform”, “Ponzi scheme”, “bankrupt”, and “worthless IOUs”. I am worried, however, about the recent attempts by anti-Social Se-curity types who claim that Social Security contributes to the country’s deficit and debt. It seems that they are so hell bent on cutting Social Securi-ty that they will resort to any means to accomplish what they want. Even President Obama has included a cut in Social Security benefits (Chained-CPI) as a political compromise to get revenue increases as a part of a bar-gain to reduce the deficit.

Let’s take the easy one first. Ac-cording to the Economic Policy Insti-tute, Social Security is prevented by law from borrowing so it cannot con-tribute to the national debt. It can only draw on savings in the Trust Fund to meet its obligations to pay benefits. The deficit is a bit more complicat-

ed. The 2012 Social Security Trustees report states that there is almost $2.7 trillion in the Trust Fund, a $69 billion increase over 2011, and that income is expected to exceed expenses until 2020. But, some people argue, that since Social Security had to use some of its revenues from interest on Trea-sury bonds to pay benefits, that there is really a cash flow deficit.

Section 201 (d) of the Social Se-curity Act says that “Each obligation issued for purchase by the Trust Funds shall be evidenced by a bond, note, or certificate of indebtedness setting forth the principal amount, date of maturity, and interest rate of the obligation and stating on its face that the obligation shall be supported by the full faith and

credit of the United States, and that the United States is pledged to the pay-ment of the obligation with respect to both principal and interest.” So, Social Security is required to buy U.S. Trea-sury bonds, and interest is required to be paid on those bonds, but if interest revenue is used to pay benefits then it somehow contributes to the deficit (By the way, I don’t hear the same people attacking China and Japan for adding to our deficit by buying U.S. bonds and expecting to be paid interest on them). Obviously, from a Social Se-curity Trust Fund perspective, revenue exceeds expenses so there is a surplus, not a deficit. Even from a unified bud-get perspective, the interest expense to the U.S. would have to show up as an offset on the revenue side of the led-ger.

Since Social Security really doesn’t contribute to the debt or defi-cit, why is the Chained-CPI, i.e. cut-ting the Cost of Living Adjustment, even being considered, especially since it hurts those who can least af-ford it? It is more tortured logic to claim that the Social Security COLA

overstates inflation since older people pay so much more for health care than other age groups. For example, the 2012 Medicare Trustees report states that 24% of the average senior’s So-cial Security check will be consumed by Medicare out-of-pocket expenses, and that will increase to 44% by 2086.

Another assumption made to fit the desired outcome is that Social Security benefits go to wealthy older persons. The average Social Security check for a retiree is around $15,000 a year, and Social Security benefits are already taxed for higher income beneficiaries (a single person with an income of over $25,000 pays taxes on 50% of Social Security income, and 85% if income is over $34,000. The comparable numbers for a couple are $32,000 and $44,000). So it seems quite obvious that a cut in the COLA will hurt lower income people more than “wealthier” older people. If the concern was really about wealthier individuals, why not propose to tax 100% of Social Security benefits over a specified level of income?

By Matt Pommer



AGINGISSUES

By Tom Frazier


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The 2013 calendar pages are turning from May to June.This month kindness and love become the tune.Happy times will begin with chirping of various birds.Oh, if only their songs could be placed into words.All nature arises to greet great warmth of the sun.We hope it stays that way until work is said and done.Landscapers do busily rake, mow, seed and prune.While on area lakes there appears the first loon.Farmers planting time turns to grow-ing of the crops.Now, what’s needed are an abun-dance of raindrops.Hustling here and there, this seems to be today’s life.But too much hurrying about could bring with it strife.Wedding bells can be heard every-where ringing.Men and women join to form a cho-rus for singing.

While mother’s appreciative day now is past.We’re especially saluting fathers; raise the mast!The old man, pop, Mr. Smarts are names for dad.But being wonderfully dad-like can-not be any fad.Who else could have such wisdom, energy and love?Gosh! I almost forgot about dad’s turtledove.Giving credit, follow dad down the right path.You don’t need a slide rule to do the math.Stepping in dad’s footsteps might most people tire.Sometimes it is as though he’s on a high wire.Dad is steady, even walking on a slippery cable.If you believe him not for real, that’s a fable.Dads stand tall, sheltering others as they’re strong.Saluting even the least of the bunch could not be wrong.

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Benefits increased in 2013 for people who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. According to Karyl Richson, Social Security Public Af-fairs Specialist, a 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) was applied to all Social Security and SSI payments. The average monthly Social Security benefit for a retired worker in 2013 is $1,261 (up from $1,240 in 2012) and the average monthly Social Security benefit for a disabled worker in 2013 is $1,132 (up from $1,113 in 2012). These changes were reflected in SSI pay-

ments dated December 31, 2012 and Social Security payments dated in January 2013. OThER ChANgEs

Another change in 2013 is that a worker will pay Social Security tax on up to $113,700 of annual income (up from $110,100 in 2012). If you are collecting retirement benefits and your age is less than the full re-tirement age, you may earn $15,120 in 2013 (up from $14,640) without any benefits being withheld.ACCEssINg YOuR RETIREMENT EsTIMATEs

You may have noticed you no longer receive your statement via mail. Due to budget cuts, the infor-mation is now only available online. To access your statement, you must

first create an account at https://secure.ssa.gov/RIL/SiView.do. To create an account, you will provide certain personal information about yourself and answer questions that only you are likely to know. Next you will create a username and pass-word. This process protects you and keeps your Social Security informa-tion private.

The online statement is easy to use and provides estimates you can consider in planning for your retire-ment. The Retirement Estimator al-lows you to get an estimate of your future retirement benefits using dif-ferent retirement ages and scenari-os. Visit the Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Be sure to print your information, and bring it with you to your next meeting with us.

To learn more about these and other changes for 2013, visit the Social Security website at www.so-cialsecurity.gov.

If you would you like to learn more about Social Security, feel free to attend a complimentary sem-

inar at the Ellenbecker Investment Group Education Center in Pewau-kee. These seminars will guide you through what you need to know about Social Security – choose one of the following sessions, June 20 at 6:00 p.m., June 25 at 1:00 p.m. and July 11 at 6:00 p.m. Call (262) 691-3200 or email [email protected] to reserve a seat.

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Social Security data, free seminars are availableBy Matt Pommer



AGINGISSUES

By Tom Frazier


EDITORIALS


SENIORAnswer Man

IT MAKES MECRABBY

HERMAN WHITE WRITES


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By Aunt Emma

Emma


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By Enis Wright 60

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AGINGISSUES

By Tom Frazier


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IT MAKES MECRABBY

HERMAN WHITE WRITES


TRAVEL

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By Aunt Emma

Emma


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By Enis Wright 60

By Brad Olson



The Story of John: Could it be of you, too?Men are in many cases much more

reluctant to make a necessary move. I believe men are a bit territorial and find it difficult to give up the cherished private areas of their home. A base-ment workroom, a garden in the yard and a garage with electrical outlets and even space heaters can be difficult to leave.

I first met John after a phone call from his very frustrated wife. Julie had called asking me for help as to how to begin the process of downsiz-ing a large home and moving to a local senior community. I answered many questions, but noted the frustration in her voice. I decided to wait until my appointment later that week to get past some of the surface layers of upset and get to the real issue Julie was facing.

As I entered their three-bedroom ranch home, I noticed her husband, John. He was bent over at a 90-degree angle and was avoiding my gaze. He seemed frail and sad.

Julie gave me a great tour of their home and then we sat down at their dinner table to talk. John proceeded to

let me know that his wife was “push-ing him out” of their long-time home. He told me to deal with his wife and he will “go along” with any decision she makes.

Moving forward, we downsized and sold John and Julie’s home and they moved into a senior community near their home. I had not heard from them for some time after and was curi-ous as to how John was doing.

One day while working out at a local YMCA, I was reading my daily newspaper and sitting on an exercise bike when I noticed an elderly man in his early 80’s on the walking path, which is just in front of where I sat on my bike. He was moving at a rather fast pace for his age and it caught my

attention. He looked familiar. After his third orbit on the track to my surprise this was John! I was in disbelief. This frail man bent over just a year ago was briskly walking with a smile. “John, it’s me…Bruce.”

John recognized me and pulled over to talk with me. He first apolo-gized for his attitude during his “exile from his home.”

I asked him what triggered this transformation from a sad and frail man to the one standing tall with a smile. He said, “It was difficult for me to give up my privacy and my home. I knew the neighborhood had changed where all of our friends had moved away. The stairs were killing me, and I rarely talked to anyone. But I had my workroom with all of my tools in the basement. I hadn’t used that room in years, but those were my memories. My garden was unattended for many years, but that was my territory, my patch belonging to me. My health was deteriorating and my back was caus-ing incredible pain. Then we moved.

“About two months into my new

apartment, I noticed my back pain was dissipating. I was standing straighter. I was also eating three healthy meals a day and I felt more energy. My attitude was improving and I met some old friends, who to my surprise, moved to this same community. Eating a meal with others as opposed to sporadic sit down dinners in my old home added to my attitude adjustment.

“Now feeling better, I joined an exercise class at the community cen-ter. My health plan included a free membership to the YMCA so I decid-ed to take advantage. I began to walk for 30 minutes a day and now I am up to 50 minutes!

“I feel better than I have felt in many years. I am enjoying every day and my wife has a new husband. I apologized to her for my reluctance to move and my poor attitude. I let her know that her husband was back and ready to live again.”

I thanked John for his story and asked if I could share his transforma-tion with others. The story of John is not an isolated experience. I have seen

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We read much about the home-less veterans and believe such to be a shame. Why couldn’t a place like the 134,000 sq. ft. Old Main building on the VA grounds be turned into a home-less veterans’ shelter?

qqqqMotor vehicle crashes total costs

approach $50 billion. Will the driver-less car – projected to be available by 2025 – take the place of the inattentive driver or the little 90-year-old lady who can barely see above the steer-ing wheel? We welcome driver assist-ed technologies, but fear we (at least some of us) won’t be around to enjoy them in 2025. Onboard computers perhaps will aid even the guy who so willingly says the computer age hasn’t caught up to him.

qqqqAt the time of this writing, Tim

Tebow is on the loose again. The

25-year-old Heisman winning for-mer college football star, who has had short-lived gridiron careers in the NFL with Denver and NY Jets, may have located with another team by publi-cation time. I wonder if he wasn’t so deeply religious if he would have a starting job as an NFL quarterback?

qqqqWe house husbands got a break

this year. Spring-cleaning was delayed so long due to inclement weather that by late May we just opened the win-dows to air out any foul odors of win-ter.

qqqqThe gold and silver market values

are going down from an all-time high a year ago. A friend has decided the time now is not right to sell the gold in his teeth.

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The AARP Magazine recently published the results of a survey that asked people of all ages persons they trusted the least. Those in the United States in the over age 50 brackets, not surprisingly, trust what a used car sales person says the least, five percent.

Surprisingly, the next least be-lieved people are our elected leaders in congress, 12 percent.

We must be becoming a “Doubt-

ing Thomas” type of country as the surveyors found that people over age 50, on average, believe the mouthings of their religious leaders only 57 per-cent.

What about your neighbor? If he or she is a high-pressure type sales person, do you believe what he or she says when in a conversation that involves other topics other than busi-ness?

Whom do you trust the least?

Who would believe that of 17 countries – those in Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and the Unit-ed States that we would rank as either having the shortest men’s or second to last for women’s longevity? Men, on average, live 75.6 years, while wom-en live to 80.7 years. If you are much over these years, applaud your ances-tors and also your own personal good lifestyle habits.

Problems that seem to be among the weightiest factors in our shortened

lives are drugs, alcohol, obesity, dia-betes, heart disease and lung prob-lems. Perhaps, many of us quit smok-ing cigarettes many years ago, but still chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has caught up with us in our advancing years. We won’t even put gun violence and not wearing our seat belts when in moving vehicles into the equation.

Are we really a more morbid so-ciety? Obviously, the undertakers and statisticians believe so.

Our shorter longevity

Going paperlessBeing encouraged to go paper-

less doesn’t necessarily mean that you must quit reading your newspaper or magazine. But going paperless to some degree could save our govern-ment, according to its own calcula-tions, $1 billion over 10 years. What we’re referring to are government checks, Social Security, VA benefits and paper correspondence from other

government programs. Add to these, the correspondence that comes from financial institutions and credit card companies among many others. What great savings!

Now if we could just figure out how many trees would be saved?

Will the next generation even be afforded the opportunity of financial paper usage?

There are many among us – vet-erans included – who know little or nothing about The High Ground, which had its groundwork laid in 1985 and was dedicated in 1988 as the Wis-consin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park, four miles west of Neillsville along Highway 10.

Volunteers and contributors are the heart of The High Ground. The idea for it came from and was fostered by Tom Miller, a Vietnam War veteran, who vowed that the mortally wounded soldier in his arms on a Vietnam bat-

tleground would never be forgotten.The World War II Veterans’ Trib-

ute was installed in 1993.The National Native Americans

Vietnam Veterans tribute was dedicat-ed in 1995.

A Korean War tribute was dedicat-ed there in 2007. The first tribute stone was placed among the rice paddies.

For further information about The High Ground Veterans Memorial Park, call (715) 743-4224 or visit www.the highground.org. The park is open dai-ly from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

High ground

Doctors have patients, but even patients more often than not need pa-tience. Having been at a doctor recent-ly, I tapped my toes and counted to 10 about one hundred times as my pa-tience was tested in the waiting room. Yes, I know that doctors could have emergencies, but I will ask why they schedule people as they do?

A friend says he has the answer to the waiting room anger. If his appoint-ment is at 10 a.m., he just shows up at about 10:20. The last time he did this,

the receptionist was indignant because he was late for his appointment. He sat down and still waited about 15 min-utes.

Are some doctors intentionally building patience among their pa-tients? It is almost enough to make a person crabby.

I say, “Accept the inconvenience or find a doctor, who’s not so popular.”

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Large reserve funds held at Uni-versity of Wisconsin System campus-es are embarrassing the Republican- controlled state government.

Auditors and the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau last month reported $648 million in reserve funds across UW System campuses, includ-ing more than $400 million from stu-dent-tuition and fee accounts.

Legislators swiftly rushed to promise that tuition levels would be frozen for the next two years. But they were clearly miffed at being surprised by the large numbers. Two years ago, the Legislature, then also controlled by Republicans, and Gov. Scott Walker had given the university its long-wanted financial flexibility.

Senate President Mike Ellis of Neenah demanded answers to ques-tions that almost sounded like they had been borrowed from the Water-gate fiasco 40 years ago. Who made the decisions? Who knew about them? When did they occur?

It’s not the first financial mix-up for the administration. Walker’s new economic development agency lost track of $56 million of loans. Then, the administration was late recently in

delivering revenue numbers to federal officials. That resulted in a federal re-port that was unflattering to Wiscon-sin.

The huge UWS reserve funds cast doubts on Walker’s plan to provide an additional $131 million in taxpayer funds to the system with much of it targeted for attempts to improve the state’s economy.

Walker hinted some of the money might be rerouted to help the state’s public elementary and secondary schools. Advocates had argued Walk-er seemed more interested in promot-ing private-school voucher programs than in helping public schools.

His initial school-aid plan for the next two years threatened to hurt pub-lic schools in rural Wisconsin where enrollments have generally become flat or declining. Many of those rural

areas are represented in the Legisla-ture by Republicans.

Dramatically expanding Wiscon-sin’ school voucher plans could help Walker’s chances to be a member of the 2016 Republican presidential tick-et.

Republican lawmakers sounded like they were looking for a scapegoat over the university surpluses. Budgets are developed by individual campus-es across the state and UW-Extension with overall planning guidance from UW System Administration (UWSA) in Madison. Campuses respond, and provide their tentative budgets for the next biennium back to UWSA officers in Madison who pull the information together into a system-wide budget proposal. This work is overseen by System President Kevin Reilly and his cabinet; from there, Reilly pres-ents the system-wide budget to the 18-member Board of Regents for final approval.

Did any of the regents question the financial reserve policies or num-bers? Did the university explain the potential uses of the reserves to the regents? That may never be clear. It appears the reporters who cover the

university system did not attend the committee meetings reviewing the policies and numbers.

Or, if they had attended the busi-ness committee session, they missed a great story.

There is some irony in a furor of having large reserves. Wisconsin state government itself is often criti-cized for not having sufficient “rainy day” funds to buffet against eco-nomic downturns. Are the university reserves too big for its billion dollar operation? The university flap shows reserves can also be too big.

Finally there is the question of whether UW System President Kev-in Reilly can survive the furor. For-ty-three years ago, Fred Harvey Har-rington resigned as UW president following criticism of student riots against the Vietnam War. Harrington had neither started the war nor the protests.

A prominent Republican-appoint-ed regent publicly told Harrington the state was “damn sick and tired” of what was happening on the campuses. Harrington had become a scapegoat. He resigned before spring ended.

Embarrassing numbers may see u$$ rerouted

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What does the date June 6, 1945 mean to you? Think about it.

To the world the day of June 6, 1945 meant much. What occurred that day certainly is not forgotten, just unremembered.

It was the morning of June 6, 1945 on which the tables of World War II took a dramatic turn in favor of the Allies. It was on that day that the invasion of German-held France had begun. Yes, it was the Norman-dy Invasion.

The end of World War II would not occur for months. But Norman-dy proved to be the beginning of the end for the Nazi troops.

A celebration by thousands of grateful French people occurs each June 6, honoring the soldiers from the United States, Canada and other entities of the United Kingdom who stormed ashore that day to liberate, first of all, the French village of Ste Mere-Emglise.

What about June 6?

More than a thousand candles for these ageless area bowlersBy Jack pearsonThis article is about 11 area bowl-

ers, but it does not concern any high averages they may have attained over this past season, or championships they may have won. Rather it is about something else they have achieved that you’d be hard-pressed to find in any other similarly sized group of keglers, anywhere: more than a thou-sand years of life.

Here’s a little math to explain. Five of the bowlers have passed their 90th birthday, three have passed their 91st; one is 92, and two are now in their 94th year. Total all their ages and it comes to 1,003 years, and that is true longevity. We’ll need a good-sized cake to hold all those thousand and three candles.

The ageless bunch, ladies listed first, are: Alma Hogan, 90, of Wauwa-tosa, bowling with the Triple Trouble team at the AMF Bolero; Doris Rein-ke, 91, of Wauwatosa, with the Orig-

inals, also at the AMF Bolero; Louise Bracey, 90, of Milwaukee, and Al-ice Devine, 90, of Brown Deer, both bowling with the Wednesday Seniors at the Brown Deer Lanes; and Elaine Stumpf, 91, of Brookfield, bowling with the Belles and Pals team at the New Berlin Bowl.

Theodore Gurzynski, 91, of Mil-waukee, and Wilbert Meyer, 92, of Oak Creek, both with the Friday Se-niors at the Classic Lanes in Green-field; DeLacey Williams, 90, of Mil-waukee, at the Wednesday Morning Mixed League at the Court Lanes North; Andrew Kanalec, 94, of Mil-waukee, with The Wednesday Morn-ing Handicap League at the Riviera Lanes; William Smith, 94, of Wauke-sha, bowling in the Wednesday Mixed Classic at the Root River Center; and Paul Bruno, 90, of New Berlin, with the Wednesday St. Peter’s Handicap at the Wiseguys Bowling Center.

Eleven people who like to bowl;

not a major news item perhaps, but still a pretty good yarn. The reason being, most people who once were steady bowlers and who are now past 65 years of age have given up the sport. It takes too much energy, they say, it keeps them up late, and worst

of all, even if they tried, they couldn’t bowl as well as they did previously. I say, “Excuses, excuses.” You know, they have a motto over at the VMP – Manor Park, “You’re Never Too Old To Play.” It’s a good one, and more of us should take it to heart.

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By: tom MargenauHere is an email from Phil: “I

think the Social Security disability program is a complete rip off. I know lots of people getting disability checks who don’t deserve them. It seems like anyone can get on disability. Simply get a doctor to sign statement saying you are disabled, and the checks start rolling in. What can we do to stop this scam?”

Here is an email from Kathy: “I have been trying to get on Social Se-curity disability for two years now with no luck. I am in constant pain and take enough medications every day to choke a horse. No one will hire me because of my medical history and my age. I’ve been told that everyone is turned down for disability the first time. But I have applied three times now and I still can’t get benefits. I have statements from two different doctors saying that I am disabled. Do you have any suggestions?”

Here is an email from Dave: “This country is going to pot. And one big reason is because there are millions of undeserving people mooching welfare benefits off of the Supplemental Secu-rity Income program. They sit around doing nothing each month waiting for their SSI checks and their food stamps to roll in, and then they spend their food stamps on beer and cigarettes, or they gamble away their SSI check. This is the very definition of waste, fraud and abuse!”

Here is an email from Ellen: “I get a small Social Security widow’s check. It’s only $1,100 per month. That’s my only income. With that money, I have to pay my rent and buy groceries. I tried to get SSI, but I was

turned down. They said my income is too high. Can you believe that? I get a small food stamp allotment, but it’s hardly enough to get me through the month. Is there anything extra I can get from Social Security or SSI?”

Welcome to my email inbox. Ev-ery single day, I get letters similar to these with people expressing diametri-cally opposite viewpoints. I find them so fascinating. And in the case of folks like Phil and Dave who gripe about al-leged government largess, I find them so misinformed and so sad. Gosh how I wish that Phil could walk a mile in Kathy’s shoes. And I would love it if Dave could sit down with Ellen and find out what it’s really like to try to get SSI benefits in this country.

I know from my 40 years of ex-perience working with disability and Supplemental Security Income that Kathy’s and Ellen’s real life views of these programs are much closer to the truth than the rants expressed by Phil and Dave.

To qualify for Social Security dis-ability benefits, the law says your im-pairment must be so severe that it will keep you from working for at least a year. Or, you must have a condition that is terminal. Phil is simply dead wrong when he says all you need is a statement from a doctor indicating you are disabled and “the checks start roll-ing in!” Someone applying for disabil-ity benefits must provide medically documented proof of their condition. Frequently, they are sent to a “Social Security doctor” for further review.

About 65 percent of all first-time claims for disability benefits are de-nied. (Of course, that means that 35 percent are approved, belying the ru-

mor that Kathy heard that all initial disability claims are automatically de-nied.)

The 65 percent denial rate is high, but that’s because many people file for disability benefits out of desperation. They’ve been laid off, they can’t find work, so they figure it can’t hurt to file for Social Security disability benefits, citing whatever relatively minor ail-ments that might be afflicting them as their disability.

Unfortunately, there isn’t too much I can suggest to Kathy to help her. If she’d been denied for Social Se-curity disability once, I would tell her to file an appeal. If she’d been denied twice, I’d tell her to consider hiring a

lawyer. But Kathy said she’s filed and been denied three times. She might simply have to accept the fact that her condition simply doesn’t meet the le-gal definition of disability. Or maybe she should talk to Phil. He must know the secret because he seems to think it’s so easy to qualify for Social Secu-rity disability.

The Supplemental Security In-come program is our country’s major welfare program for the elderly and disabled poor in this country. SSI is managed by the Social Security Ad-ministration, but it is NOT a Social Security benefit and it is NOT paid for out of Social Security taxes. It is fund-ed by general tax revenues.

Both sides can’t be right regarding SSI payments

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By: dr. david lipschitzI believe that too much sun expo-

sure accounts for the increasing inci-dence of malignant melanoma.

While I was a teenager, not a summer went by without at least one severe and painful sunburn, which significantly increased my risk of melanoma, the most dangerous of all skin cancers. Fortunately, I have been spared, but my sister and mother were not so lucky. Each had a change in a mole that was recognized early enough to only require removal.

The volume of ozone in Earth’s stratosphere — the ozone layer — appears to be declining every year. Meanwhile, the incidence of mela-

noma has increased. From 1970 to 2009, melanomas increased by 800 percent in women and 400 percent in men. The American Cancer Society estimates that 76,690 new cases of in-vasive melanoma will be diagnosed in 2013 and 9,480 people will die of the disease.

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, estimates that Americans de-veloped more than 2 million new cas-es of non-melanoma skin cancer in 2012 (basal cell and squamous cell cancers), but these cancers caused fewer than 1,000 deaths. By compar-ison, the institute estimates that in 2013, melanoma will be diagnosed

in 76,690 Americans and it will cause 9,480 deaths. Despite accounting for only 5 percent of all skin cancers, this disease causes more than 90 percent of skin cancer deaths.

Although it seems unlikely, of the seven most common cancers in the United States, melanoma is the only one whose incidence is increasing. Between 2000 and 2009, incidence climbed 1.9 percent annually. New evidence published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that rates of mel-anoma are significantly increasing in children.

If melanoma is diagnosed when limited to the most superficial layers of the skin, the cure rate is 98 percent. If, however, it has spread to distant organs, the chance of surviving more than five years after diagnosis is only 15 percent.

The lighter the skin and the more frequent the sunburn, the greater the risk of melanoma. Anyone at high risk must be vigilant and have their skin examined by a physician frequently. A melanoma should be considered if a change in the size, shape or color of a mole has occurred or if a mole is more than one color, has irregular margins or starts bleeding or forms an ulcer. A newly pigmented spot or one under the nails, between the toes or on the genitalia is suspicious and should never be ignored.

Once the diagnosis is made, the melanoma can be excised surgically. The entire cancer is removed with a wide margin of normal tissue around it. The extent of the incision depends on the size of the melanoma and whether it has spread to tissue beneath the surface of the skin. In some cases, the incision may be so large that a skin graft is required. Deep growths usual-ly require further testing to assure that cancer has not spread to lymph nodes and distant tissues. If it has, surgery to remove those lymph nodes and che-motherapy may be needed.

To prevent melanoma as well as the far more common basal and squa-mous cell skin cancers, and to avoid ugly blotches, wrinkles and skin le-sions that can be precancerous, derma-tologists advise us to avoid sunburns and wear sunscreen. Most importantly is sun avoidance during the heat of the

day. Exposure to dangerous UVA and UVB rays occur whether the sky is cloudy or clear.

The Food and Drug Administra-tion allows sunscreens that protect against UVA and UVB rays to claim they are broad spectrum. The strength of a sunscreen is determined by the SPF value. While many offer values of 70 or more, there is no evidence than an SPF of greater than 30 offers any more protection. Under new labeling rules that took effect in summer 2012, only broad-spectrum products with an SPF value of 15 or higher can claim to reduce the risk of skin cancer and ear-ly skin aging, if used as directed with other sun protection measures.

Sunscreen should be applied to chest, back and all sun-exposed areas even if you wear a shirt all day. The average T-shirt provides only SPF 7 protection. A non-oily, water-resistant spray is the best way to provide liber-al coverage to all areas including the scalp. (Under FDA rules, sunscreens must not claim to be “waterproof” or “sweat-proof “ because all products eventually will wash off and thus should be reapplied routinely.) During the summer, apply every two hours if outdoors, and continue use during the winter. Stay in the shade during the heat of a day and wear a hat whenever possible.

Despite compelling evidence that sun avoidance and sunscreens prevent melanoma, research presented at the American Association of Cancer Re-search Society meeting showed that 25 percent of melanoma survivors did not use sunscreen and 2 percent re-ported using tanning beds.

Sun damage and all skin cancers are preventable. Lying in the sun and tanning beds can be relaxing, but they are taboo. If you absolutely have to look tanned to feel healthy, consider a spray tan; it is harmless, and it can look quite natural these days.

Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of the book “Breaking the Rules of Aging.”

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LYNNE REEvEsLynne is a

person you can depend upon 100 percent. She takes her service in her church seriously at Our Lady of Good Hope. In addition to singing in the church choir, she serves communion during masses, works at the annual auc-tion, assists in baking 380 fruit cakes each Christmas season and works very hard at the annual picnic and church festival. She is also a member of the Bereavement group, which serves re-freshments after funerals, and has as-sisted in the distribution of newsletters over the last 12 years for the parish. She is a faithful worker assisting in the “Trash for Cash” program during the events at the St. Patrick’s Day picnic.

Lynne is a member of the Elks Club where she is treasurer of the Women’s Club. She has also assisted with blood drives for 18 years, donated her time working at bingo games at the Eisenhower Center for employees that have Multiple Sclerosis and is a ded-icated worker at St. Paul’s meal site serving and cleaning. But she does not stop there, throughout the year she is busy collecting food for at least three families in the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons as a member of the Brown Deer Seniors Club.

“Lynne does not know the mean-ing of the word “NO” and if anyone needs a helping hand, she is that extra hand.”

shIRLEY BROwNEWhen you meet Shirley Browne

you’ve met a person who is ageless, caring and compassionate. Dubbed “indefatigable” by Father Michael of Saint Francis of As-sisi, Shirley’s unre-lenting drive, ener-gy and dedication unquestionably fit the adjective.

A devoted wife, incredible mother and grandmother, Shirley not only ex-cellently fulfills her duties at home, but also extends her reach to helping her community at large.

Shirley thrives on spending most of her volunteer time brightening someone’s day; especially seniors, sparked by the tender loving care she gives her mother. It is no surprise her volunteerism encompasses her moth-er’s senior residence at Hadley Ter-race or spreads to touch lives through-out Milwaukee County. Benefactors of her tireless devotion also include her parish, St. Francis of Assisi, The Adult Learning Center, City of Mil-waukee Voter Registration, Interfaith Older Adult Program’s Inc., Milwau-kee Bucks Seniorgees’ Dance Team (Co-Captain since 2006) and the jazzy Jewels Dance Troupe as a star leader and performer.

Shirley captures the essence of joy with her contagious smile and friendly disposition when performing, fund-raising, and being an advocate for a driving a senior to the doctor. A phe-nomenal woman with a huge heart, she gives selflessly to everyone, there are no strangers in Shirley’s world. A 2005 Catholic Herald Newspaper arti-cle about this extraordinary volunteer describes Shirley Browne as being, “guided by faith in every facet of her life.”

ChERI MCgRAThCheri is a wom-

an who has put her stamp on Mil-waukee. She has volunteered 2,173 hours over the last two years, donat-ing blood to help save lives, being a tireless advocate for public transit, representing the Milwaukee County Commission for Persons with disabilities as a com-missioner as well as proofreading and assembling Braille books at Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement, Inc (ABLE).

Cheri has served with distinction on Milwaukee County’s Transit Plus Advisory Council, and also serves on the Transit Service Advisory Council, a group representing all bus riders. She is currently part of the Milwaukee

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County Transit’s New Freedom Pro-gram conducting trainings for new bus operators on how and when to assist individuals with disabilities. Addition-ally, she appears in transit training vid-eos and local television commercials to promote riding the bus.

As the ABLE board president and a director for a combined 12 years, Cheri has been crucial in helping the organization thrive as a small nonprof-it during times when many other small organizations have not been able to survive. Furthermore, this year, Cheri is celebrating 23 years of donating blood with the Blood Center of Wis-consin. She donated 120 units of whole blood, potentially saving 357 lives.

Cheri is busy, providing over two decades and thousands of hours of vol-unteerism. It’s quite unbelievable the time expended on top of the diversity of volunteerism. One can easily see why Cheri received the “Women Put-ting Their Stamp on Metro Milwau-kee” award for Abilities Awareness in 2011.

TOM ChvALA“Tom’s character and friendly per-

sonality make him a great role model for others.” Tom has been an active participant of the Wisconsin Senior Olympics (WSO) for over ten years and has proudly served on the WSO Board of Directors for nine years. Tom is committed to volunteering his ser-vice at Miller Park in the concession

stands during Mil-waukee Brewers baseball games. “Tom demonstrat-ed his dedication by attending over 75 percent of the scheduled work days during this

four year time period. His dependable service was essential to the fundraising efforts of the organization.”

In 2007, Tom was chosen as the representative from Wisconsin to carry the banner/flag at the National Senior Games Opening Ceremonies in Louis-ville, Kentucky. This exclusive honor is awarded to Wisconsin Senior Olym-pic participants that have demonstrated significant dedication to the organiza-tion and can represent Wisconsin Se-nior Olympics in a dignified manner.

Tom also volunteers his time help-ing others have a better quality of life at St. Alphonsus Parish, St. Benedict the Moor Community Meal Program, St. Vincent DePaul Bread Run, Bad-gerland Striders and the Greendale Li-ons Club. He contributes time, energy and spirit serving these community or-ganizations.

Chvala is a very humble man. He is loyal and is often the first to ask if he can be of assistance. Tom’s story is very remarkable having recovered from being in a coma for six weeks af-ter he had been struck by a car while running back in 1989. This demonstra-tion of his resiliency and passion for improving his quality of life can also be seen in his volunteer efforts.

gARRY hENNINg“Garry Henning shows every se-

nior that no matter who you are, where you live or what your background is – it’s never too late to make a difference in the lives of others. Garry didn’t join an established organization to make his mark. He created a rich legacy out of the ashes of tragedy.”

Garry is the founder and execu-tive director of the Quadrevion Hen-ning Foundation, which was named after his 12-year-old grandson, who

he tragically lost to a drowning. Garry transformed him-self into a forceful advocate helping families of missing children and serv-ing the needs of youth in the com-munity by advocating and educating safety awareness, civic engagement and moral development.

“Mr. Henning is truly a gem to our city and nation.” He had received nu-merous awards from local, state and national organizations including the Milwaukee Police Citizen Leadership

Award, Wisconsin Attorney General – Wisconsin Clearing House for Miss-ing and Exploited Children and Adults Community Award and the FBI Direc-tor’s Community Leadership Award. Garry is also a veteran of the United States Army 101st Airborne.

“Garry is a true role model, and Wisconsin is fortunate to have such an outstanding leader and advocate, al-ways compassionate and ever willing to undertake this unique work, so de-manding and emotionally fraught. He is admired and highly respected for his work, and recognition of his efforts is well deserved.

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whY ExERCIsE?Like muscle, bone is living tis-

sue that responds to exercise by becoming stronger. Young wom-en and men who exercise regularly generally achieve greater peak bone mass (maximum bone density and strength) than those who do not. For most people, bone mass peaks

during the third decade of life. After that time, we can begin to lose bone. Women and men older than age 20 can help prevent bone loss with reg-ular exercise. Exercising allows us to maintain muscle strength, coor-dination, and balance, which in turn helps to prevent falls and related fractures. This is especially import-ant for older adults and people who have been diagnosed with osteopo-rosis.

ThE BEsT BONE BuILdINg ExERCIsE

The best exercise for your bones is the weight-bearing kind, which forces you to work against gravity.

Some examples of weight-bearing exercises include weight training, walking, hiking, jogging, climb-ing stairs, tennis, and dancing. Ex-amples of exercises that are not weight-bearing include swimming and bicycling. Although these activ-ities help build and maintain strong muscles and have excellent cardio-vascular benefits, they are not the best way to exercise your bones.

ExERCIsE TIPsIf you have health problems –

such as heart trouble, high blood pressure, diabetes, or obesity – or if you are age 40 or older, check with your doctor before you begin a reg-

ular exercise program.According to the Surgeon Gen-

eral, the optimal goal is at least 30 minutes of physical activity on most days, preferably daily.

Listen to your body. When start-ing an exercise routine, you may have some muscle soreness and dis-comfort at the beginning, but this should not be painful or last more than 48 hours. If it does, you may be working too hard and need to ease up. Stop exercising if you have any chest pain or discomfort, and see your doctor before your next exer-cise session.

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Questions to Ask Your Doctor• Are there any other pain relief options for me that could work as well as joint replacement?• If I have joint replacement, how much will it relieve my pain?• How is the procedure done?• What do you do to manage the pain after the surgery?• What are the risks or complications of joint replacement?• How long will I be in the hospital, and how soon after having the procedure can I get back to my normal daily activities?• Is joint replacement covered by my insurance?• After the procedure, will I see you or my regular doctor for follow-up care?• If I decide to have joint replacement, which company’s product do you think will be best for me? Why? • If I have joint replacement, will you perform my surgery? • How many of these procedures have you performed?• What kind of activities will I be able to participate in after joint replacement?

Questions Your Doctor May Ask You

• Where is your pain located? Does more than one joint hurt?• When did the pain first begin? What caused it (if known)?• Rank your pain on a scale of 1 to 5• Has the pain gotten worse recently? If so, is it more severe, does it occur more often, or both?• Does your pain get worse, or occur more often, when you do weight-bearing activities (Example: walking), at rest, or at night?• Are you taking any medications for the pain? (Make a list of both prescription and non-prescription medications.)• Are you taking any dietary supplement? (Make a list of vitamins or other “pills” for arthritis, such as chondroitin or glucosamine.)• How far can you walk without support? With support?• Can you climb stairs comfortably without help? So you need to go very slowly and carefully?• How physically active are you?• What tests have previously been done to evaluate your joint pain?

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Total knee replacement is intended for use in individuals with joint disease resulting from degenerative, rheumatoid, and post-traumatic arthritis, and for moderate deformity of the knee.

As with any surgery, knee replacement surgery has serious risks which include, but are not limited to, blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and death. Implant related risks which may lead to a revision include dislocation, loosening, fracture, nerve damage, heterotopic bone formation (abnormal bone growth in tissue), wear of the implant, metal sensitivity, soft tissue imbalance, osteolysis (localized progressive bone loss), and reaction to particle debris.

The information presented is for educational purposes only. Knee implants may not provide the same feel or performance characteristics experienced with a normal healthy joint.

Speak to your doctor to decide if joint replacement surgery is appropriate for you. Individual results vary and not all patients will return to the same activity level. The lifetime of any device is limited and depends on several factors like weight and activity level. Your doctor will help counsel you about strategies to potentially prolong the lifetime of the device, including avoiding high-impact activities, such as running, as well as maintaining a healthy weight. Ask your doctor if the GetAroundKnee is right for you.

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Rehabilitation and therapy ser-vices are essential to your recovery after a hip or knee replacement. Therapy can help with controlling pain and swelling, and it improves joint range of motion so you can resume daily activities. Therapy involves strengthening and balance activities to improve safety and your ability to perform daily tasks. Therapists can also provide an as-sessment for specialized equipment to assist you in your transition back to your home.

VMP is a faith-based organiza-tion with almost 90 years of experi-ence in caring for older adults. Our qualified and caring staff will guide you through the rehabilitation pro-cess. Our therapists, board-certi-fied physicians and interdisciplin-ary teams work together to deliver a person-centered approach with

the goal of seeing you go back home quickly and safely, resulting in shorter healing time. VMP ther-apists can also go to your house to make an assessment to ensure that your return home is successful. VMP is unique in the fact that we have our own full-time discharge planner who delivers a plan of care tailored to meet your needs so your return home is safe and timely and you remain independent.

VMP accepts most private in-surance and Medicare. If you plan to have a hip or knee replacement or related surgery in the future, you can call us in advance to ver-ify insurance and schedule a tour. Call Joe at the Admission hotline at 414-607-4195. See our ad on page 18A for locations in West Allis and Brown Deer.

What are the advantages for doing rehab after hip or knee surgery and is it covered by insurance?

If you have osteoporosis, ask your doctor which activities are safe for you. If you have low bone mass, experts recommend that you protect your spine by avoiding ex-ercises or activities that flex, bend, or twist it. Furthermore, you should avoid high-impact exercise to low-er the risk of breaking a bone. You

also might want to consult with an exercise specialist to learn the prop-er progression of activity, how to stretch and strengthen muscles safe-ly, and how to correct poor posture habits. An exercise specialist should have a degree in exercise physiol-ogy, physical education, physical therapy, or a similar specialty. Be sure to ask if he or she is familiar

with the special needs of people with osteoporosis.

A COMPLETE OsTEOPOROsIs PROgRAM

Remember, exercise is only one part of an osteoporosis prevention or treatment program. Like a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, exercise helps strengthen bones at any age. But proper exercise and diet may not be enough to stop bone loss caused by medical conditions, menopause,

or lifestyle choices such as tobacco use and excessive alcohol consump-tion. It is important to speak with your doctor about your bone health. Discuss whether you might be a candidate for a bone mineral density test. If you are diagnosed with low bone mass, ask what medications might help keep your bones strong.

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Did you know that summer-time is the working burglar’s peak season? Most criminals operate during summer, fully aware that their chances of happening upon a vacant home during this time of year are greater. While installing a bur-glar alarm will keep your home safe from unwanted entry, there are plen-ty of other hazards that could take place in your absence. Once you’ve gone through your standard packing checklist , it’s time to take some ad-ditional steps to protect your home from some of the dangers that lurk within and without its four walls.

Lock all windows and doors. This is something you should do even if you’re only going to be gone for a few hours. If your away time will exceed this by a few days, it’s imperative to secure all doors and windows to prevent someone from gaining easy entry.

Turn off the main water valve to your home. Do this only if you’re going to be away for an extend-ed period of time. If an emergency

takes place while you’re gone and a water line breaks, you could suffer thousands of dollars of damage.

Disconnect all nonessential ap-pliances, with the exception of your freezer and refrigerator. This can help minimize the risk of electrical fires that could, in a worst case sce-nario, leave you without a home to return to at the end of your vacation.

Buy and install some house lighting timers. These work by turn-ing on certain lights throughout your home at designated times, to give an otherwise vacant home the ap-pearance of being occupied. While a burglar alarm can work wonders, sometimes a well timed light can be enough to ward off curious crimi-nals.

Place all important papers in a well hidden, fire proof safe. This will ensure that irreplaceable be-longings will weather any eventu-ality -- whether that’s a break-in, a natural disaster, or a fire.

Don’t leave your computers connected to the internet. Leaving your computer up and connected can leave you wide open to identi-ty theft from crafty hackers. It can also expose your computer to seri-ous damage in the event of a pow-er surge that could wipe your hard drive clean of vital information.

Have someone collect your dai-ly mail and newspapers and keep them for you until your return. If you’re going to be gone for a long time, consider contacting the Post Office and putting a hold on delivery of your mail. The sight of an over-stuffed mailbox is sometimes seen as a “Welcome” sign in the eyes of would-be burglars. If you have the paper delivered, call and ask that de-livery be suspended until you return.

Empty your backyard of any expensive tools or equipment. Just because you’ve got a fence doesn’t mean that prying eyes won’t find their way into your backyard and to a potentially lucrative treasure trove of equipment someone wouldn’t even have to break into your home to steal.

By adding these precautions to your things-to-do list, you can avoid having a nasty surprise awaiting you when you return from vacation -- whether that’s a broken water pipe or a home completely emptied of its valuables. Now that you’ve taken these precautions, you can go forth and enjoy your vacation with peace of mind.

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With the heat wave affecting most of the U.S. this summer, it’s time to get away for vacation! Preferably go-ing to an affordable out of the way place where you can relax and recoup.

Let’s take a look at five standout places to go for a cheap vacation start-ing in California and working our way toward the East coast.CRYsTAL COvE BEACh COTTAgEs ANd CRYsTAL COvE sTATE PARk, CALIfORNIA

Right on the ocean, these cottages represent the earliest attempt to turn California’s coastline into a vacation paradise. They were all built in the 1920’s and 1930’s. They’re on the national historic register and have been restored for public use. Cottage #13 was used in the making of the movie “Beaches” with Bette Middler. They’re chock full of history, a bit funky and lots of fun. Here’s a short video and here is a link to their web-site. Rates run from just $69 per night up to around $200 per night for the larger cabins which sleep up to eight people.

gLENwOOd sPRINgs, COLORAdOIt’s home to the Four Mile Creek

Bed and Breakfast in Roaring Forks Valley, and just a short ride to area attractions. You can rest your body and soul at the awesome Glenwood Hot Springs Pool. Choose between the therapeutic pool or the wild water tube rides. If you’re up for exploring, visit the Fairy Caves, Hanging Lake or any of dozens of area attractions.

sT. LOuIs, MIssOuRIIt’s chock full of free attractions.

Start with the zoo -- it’s free except for a parking charge. Move on to the arch for a free tour or pay a few dol-lars and ride 630 feet to the top. It’ll give you a superb view of the Gate-way City. Then, visit the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, tour the An-heuser-Busch Brewery or take in a St. Louis Cardinals ballgame at the new Busch Stadium. Scores of low cost hotels and motels are available throughout the city.

wILMINgTON, NORTh CAROLINAHollywood producers make so

many movies and TV shows here they’ve started calling it “Wilmy-wood.” Check out the Battleship North Carolina, take a stroll along the gorgeous Cape Fear River Walk, enjoy a great meal at the Front Street Brewery or hit one of the many beach-es. There’s so much to see and do in the Wilmington area.

BAR hARBOR, MAINEJust across the Bay of Fundy from

Nova Scotia, Canada, Bar Harbor is a fantastic summer getaway. While most of us spend our days avoiding traffic and suffering with 90+ degree days, it’s a comfortable 70 in Bar Har-bor. Choose among whale watching, music festivals, nightlife, shopping or 18 holes at the Kebo Valley Golf Club. Bar Harbor is a getaway you’ll enjoy and remember for years to come.

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By Tom Frazier


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IT MAKES MECRABBY

HERMAN WHITE WRITES


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By Aunt Emma

Emma


SPORTS

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By Enis Wright 60

By Brad Olson



Whenever you’ve been at a ball game and heard the National Anthem sung, have you ever wondered who the man or woman singing was? Do you think you could do it? I know I couldn’t, not in a thousand years. It’s one thing to yodel away by yourself in the shower, but out there on the playing field, alone and with more than 30,000 people looking down at you, no musical accompaniment and no teleprompter to help you remem-ber the words, yikes! You really have to give these anthem singers credit. (They have to be given credit; they don’t get paid a cent.)

Most of the people who sing the anthem at Milwaukee Brewers games in Miller Park volunteer their services. They write or call in for an audition or they send in a taped recording. Only the best are chosen.

Surprisingly, the Brewers receive far more offers to sing than they could possibly use during the course of the 81-game home season. But if they ever have the need for someone on short notice, such as if the scheduled singer becomes ill or can’t make it for any reason, they have an excellent singer to pinch hit, if you’ll pardon the pun, right there in the stadium. His name is Bob Kozlowski, and he’s been with the Brewers’ Guest Relations for the past 12 years, the last two as a su-pervisor.

The Brewers don’t ask Bob to fill

in simply because he is right there and handy, he is also an excellent singer. In his younger days, he was a featured vocalist for a number of big band or-chestras. He was also a radio announc-er for three different area radio stations over a 20-year period.

“I’ve always loved big band mu-sic,” Bob, now 68, said, “such as those of Glenn Miller, the Dorsey brothers, Artie Shaw or Harry James. My favor-ite vocalists were Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Tony Bennett and Vic Damone.

I didn’t try to sound like them, rather I studied their mannerisms and stage

presence, their vocal control and the way they interpreted a song. They were wonderful role models and, as

far as I’m concerned, there aren’t any singers today to compare to them.”

One of the big bands Bob sang with was the Airmen of Swing orches-tra, which was very popular in this area from 1989 to 2011, when it dis-banded. (That Airmen of Swing band and their founder-leader, Dan Math-son of Brookfield, were featured in this publication in 2010).

Bob’s involvement in music be-gan well before those big band days. As a student at South Division High School in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, he had his own small group in which he served as its vocalist, and he was also part of a singing trio.

At one of the trio’s performanc-es, Tony Wirth, director of the Al-len-Bradley Orchestra and Chorus, was in the audience and liked them so much he offered each of them spots with his band. “That was great and we really enjoyed it,” Bob recalled.

“Only it didn’t last very long, as soon after that I went into the Air Force.” In his four years in the service, he rose to the rank of sergeant, and continued his singing with service bands.

When he completed his service, Bob attended the old Milwaukee School of Broadcasting on 35th and Clybourn. After that, he went into an-nouncing, first at WRIT, then WOKY and finally at WEZW. During much of this time, he also worked for the Kle-ment Sausage Company of Milwau-kee. Not many of his listeners then, if any, knew him by his real name, Ko-zlowski. This is because he never used it while on the air. In the early years of his radio career, he used the name Bob

Singing and baseball are a good combo with Bob Kozlowski

Bob Kozlowski, a member of the Brewers’ Guest Relations staff, often is called upon to sing the national anthem prior to a game in Miller park.

During his younger days, Bob sang with the popular big band Airmen of Swing. That’s him, far left in the back row. Band founder and director dan Mathson is third from the left in the same row.

During all of the Brewers’ home games you can always find Bob in the Guest Relations booth near the main entrance to Miller park.

hIsTORY ON OuR NATIONAL ANThEMDid you know that when we sing The Star Spangled Ban-

ner, also known as the National Anthem, at ball games and other events we only sing the first stanza of the song? There are actually four stanzas. The last three stanzas are never sung and rarely appear anywhere, but if you look in a good history text or an almanac, you can find them. The piece was written by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort Henry in Baltimore on September 13 and 14, 1814. This next year, will be the celebration of our National Anthem’s 200th birthday.

June 2013 • 50PLus • 21ABradley. Then, after he was hired at WOKY, the station manager told him that the name Bradley was too similar to that of the popular announcer Bob Barry, and so he had to come up with another alias. So Bob chose the name Bruce Kellogg.

During that time, Bob was fea-tured in a couple of stories in the Mil-waukee Journal. Both stories included his picture and identified him as Bruce Kellogg. “It made for a little confusion at home,” he recalled. “My children saw the stories and wanted to know if their last name was Kellogg or Kozlo-wski.”

In addition for his affinity to sing-ing and radio work, Bob has always had a love of baseball. So early in the year 2001, he applied for work with the Milwaukee Brewers in their new Miller Park Stadium. “At my first day on the job, they put me to work out in the parking lot, directing traffic,” Bob said. “As it so happened, it was a wet, very cold day, and I wasn’t real-

ly dressed properly. I got soaked, and was half frozen. I was so discouraged that when I came in after the game, I promptly told them that I was quitting. But fortunately, there was a woman there from Guest Relations and she asked if I’d rather work inside and for them. Anything was better than being out in the freezing rain, I thought, and so I accepted the offer. And I’ve been here ever since.”

Guest Relations at Miller plays a major role. If, for example, you’re a newcomer to Miller Park, Bob ex-plained, and you’re not quite sure where your seats are located, or where you can find certain food items to buy, or view displays or whatever, the Guest Relations people will help you. If you’ve lost something, such as a wallet, a purse, some clothing item, or perhaps some field glasses or any-thing, Guest Relations is the lost and found headquarters. If you need a pocket Brewers’ schedule or any other printed material, you can pick them up

there. If you have a youngster who has wandered off and you can’t find him or her, chances are that one of the ush-ers has spotted the little runaway and brought him or her to Guest Relations for safekeeping.

There are two Guest Relations booths in Miller Park. The primary one, and where you’ll usually find Bob, is near the main entrance, on the right side of the right field concourse. The other is located on the Loge Level above it. Both open 90 minutes prior to the game’s start, and remain open at least a half hour after the game ends.

Aside from his regular duties in Guest Relations, as noted, Bob has often filled in as the featured National Anthem singer. At last count, he has sung 15 times, which includes the first two games played at Miller Park this year and the two spring training exhi-bitions prior to Opening Day. He also sang God Bless America at one of the early home games.

As alluded to earlier, National An-

them singers can sometimes be awed when out there on the playing field all alone and before such a huge crowd; and because of this, they can some-times have a mental lapse or choke up and forget a word or two. This is why most of them, when they are stand-ing near home plate, face away from the stands and toward the giant center field scoreboard, where all the words to the National Anthem are on display.

Bob is one of the few who faces the grandstand, where the words can’t be seen. “When I’m singing,” Bob said, “I like to face the people I’m singing to, and at the same time, I want them to see my face, not the back of my head. That’s probably my big band singing experience. Can you imagine a band singer getting up there on the stage and then facing the orchestra and not the audience?”

Bob is married and has two daughters, Kim and Kellie, and a son, Shawn, and two grandchildren, Zoe and Nicholas.

Taking care of GrandchildrenBy Joanne Webb, director of little lambs

academy in new BerlinMany grandparents today take

care of their grandchildren either part-time or full-time. This is a win-win scenario for many families. For one, parents are often much more comfort-able, in many cases, entrusting their little ones to grandparents who have a loving interest in their proper care. Secondly, grandparents have a great resume, loaded with experience. Af-ter all, they raised their own children, right? Plus, the care is often either free or much less expensive than a daycare alternative. Finally, grandparents take care of their grandchildren at home. That means a lot less sickness, which is often associated with daycare.

If you take care of your grand-children, you know just what I’m referring too. It is both a joy and a privilege. And what a tremendous re-sponsibility!

Read, read, read: And then read some more. Most children love it and should be read to. Studies show that children who are read to on a daily basis perform better in school than those who live in a book-starved en-vironment. Look at and talk about picture books together; read chapter books, playing on the suspense of

what will come next; read informa-tion books; read stories of fiction and non-fiction. Read about what excites your grandchild. If you don’t have children’s books at your house, go to the library. The library is among the most intriguing places you can go with your grandchild. If you instill in them a love of reading, you will instill in them a love of learning. And that is a gift of a lifetime.

Go on outings: when you read about Curious George’s visit to the zoo, go to the zoo yourselves. When you read about construction trucks, find a nearby construction site and watch for a while, talking about the trucks and workers. When you read about a farm, take a quick drive just outside town and look at the horses and the cows. When you watch an ep-isode of Caillou on TV, and they go to the museum, you can go to one, too. Go on a picnic; go to the park; go to the grocery store; go to the cof-fee shop. Then, as a way to spice up the learning, help your grandchildren label everything they see to build vo-cabulary. You can even make a game out of naming things by playing “I Spy with My Little Eye”.

Bake and cook: Children as young as one year old can enjoy time in the

kitchen. Start small with letting them help stir. Then move up to gathering ingredients. Finally, children are able

to participate in measuring, counting, dumping and mixing by about two or three years old.

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A Maryland church is feeding stray cats. It is kind of like starting a new revolution now that colonialism, slavery, indentured servitude and in-equality at the ballot box all have been eliminated for the human race. While on the subject of animals, a North Car-olina politician suggested developing a system of background checks for owners of such as pit bulls. Does he really believe that decent people don’t own any of the obviously easily agitat-ed breeds?

qqqqThe Humane Society is promoting

meatless meals. There’s now a meat-less Monday program at work in 1,124 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. How about having a big bowl of beans or rice for lunch? Get a free copy of the humane soci-ety’s recommended meatless meals at humanesocietry.org/meatfree.

qqqqThe weather outside is finally de-

lightful. For most of this year, we real-ly should be describing it as frightful.

qqqqIf you are a veteran who may

someday be looking for a place where you will be cared for as well as able to call home, you may be interested in the American Legion Wisconsin Veterans Home annual King Day on Sunday, June 16. King is just outside Waupaca. It is much nicer than some might expect.

qqqqMuch of the inner city is reported

to be balancing on the poverty line or below it. How can this wonderful com-munity score this low? This is what we

must first and foremost ask our political leaders? Obviously, county board members really are planning on sacrificing financially. They’re plan-ning to lower pay for their part-time jobs to $40,000, such great sacrifice.

qqqqYou know you are aging when

you average attendance at two or three funerals weekly.

qqqqThe way to set things right has not

been lost. While a woman was inside a store shopping, another woman driver struck her car. This woman immediate-ly left the scene and parked elsewhere in the large parking lot. A man, park-ing nearby, saw the incident occur. He waited for the woman whose car was struck, told her about the other driver and where she was now parked along with the guilty person’s license plate number. The police were summoned. The woman who drove away will now appear in court for creating a hit and run incident. Thanks, mister, for doing the right thing.

qqqqI read recently that you should

never argue with an idiot. Chances are good that he or she will drag you down to his or her level.

qqqqWith Father’s Day just ahead,

I must admit that most families are like candy. They are mostly sweet, occasionally difficult to swallow and sometimes a nut appears here and there. But if you think about it, you’ll realize that the happiest times of our lives are spent with our families.

qqqq dEAR sAM: I am an older woman and I must admit that I worry all the time about my precious papers, etc. being stolen. Worse, could someone really steal my account information? I will appreciate any advice you may have for me.

gRATEfuLLY, ALICE IssACuOIN

dEAR ALICE:The number one way you can cut

your risk of identity theft is via shred-ding of old paid bills, receipts when no longer needed, documents that have any of your vital information like Social Security number, bank account number, unneeded tax forms, cashed

checks, bank statements and any-thing with a password, PIN and ex-pired or no longer used credit cards, identification cards and expired driv-er’s licenses.

If you do not have a shredder and don’t wish to buy one, ask the people at your bank for their aid.

Extra security is important. If you ever shop online, I’d be wary of whom you give your information to.

Also, when you are alone in your vehicle, buckle up and keep the doors locked.

If a stranger seems to need help, call 911.

BEsT Of LuCk TO YOu,sENIOR ANswER MAN

The downtown Milwaukee con-vention center will soon be name-less as Delta Airlines bows out of its $500,000 branding effort. How about proudly referring to it as the Milwau-kee Convention Center?

Certainly, the Wisconsin Cen-ter District does not wish to lose the $500,000 its charges for naming rights. But let us be honest about this. Who needs their name across that building? We can picture a can of Miller beer and accompanying logo there. Or even a Harley somehow attached to the

building. For these, it could be consid-ered as real advertising. But for nam-ing rights for non-Milwaukee entities, it has to be considered as a gift.

Why not Milwaukee’s Finest or some type of name the downtown’s most successful businesses could con-tribute to?

Delta’s bowing out should come as no real surprise.

Bless BMO Harris for its action at the Bradley Center. We suspect that may not have happened if it had not been so new to the community.

Delta bows out

Public broadcast supportAs we moved our financial belts

inward a few more notches in this ten-uously emerging economy, questions arise about our federal government’s support for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and NPR.

Failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney had said, to the effect, that when we must borrow money from China to pay our bills, how can we continue to justify the expense of $144 million for national public radio and television? This annual amount dramatically adds to the debt that our children will inherit.

Yes, we were appalled when our net incomes, collectively, had dropped almost precipitously in the last few

years, but during this time of financial turmoil, the amount the federal gov-ernment spent on public radio gifting went up 11 percent. We question if the voluntary contributors, might not fill that monetary gap if they really wish such broadcasting to continue unin-terrupted by commercial advertising. Also, we are not entirely sold on the idea that public broadcasting is entire-ly unbiased. But this is beyond the pre-vailing question.

With much of the entertaining portions of public broadcasting seem-ingly coming from England, we might guess that American taxpayers are helping support that industry as well as Chinese financiers.



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This celebration and appreciation of our freedom in the United States will begin with presentation of the flag followed by the National Anthem, an invocation by a Vietnam veteran, the Rev. Ray Stubbe. There then will be few moments of silence in honor of those killed and those who were pris-oners of war led by a Vietnam warrior, Joseph Campbell of Wauwatosa.

Master of ceremonies for the Flag Day event will be John Malan, now a veteran weather forecaster, but also a Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart honoree.

Miss Astha Berry, Franklin High School, will be introduced as the state

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Special music for the occasion will be provided by the VA Jam Band under the leadership of Shep Crum-rine.

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provided through the VA. Two of the programs are paid to veterans or their surviving spouses who are non-ser-vice-connected disabled. These are referred to as Pension and Death Pen-sion. The other two programs are paid to veterans or surviving spouses due to disability or death from service. These are referred to as Disability Compen-sation and DIC (Dependents Indemni-ty Compensation).

In 2013, the VA estimates only 13 percent of eligible veterans age 65 and older will have benefits processed. “This low percentage is due to a lack of awareness aging veterans have re-lated to their benefits,” said Jim Duff, Director of Milwaukee County Veter-ans Service Office. Often the focus is placed on Pension and Death Pension, however, aging veterans could benefit from knowing more about Compensa-tion and DIC. In an effort to provide aging veterans and their single sur-viving spouses with more awareness of and register them for eligible ben-efits, the Milwaukee County’s Veteran Services Office and the Milwaukee County Department on Aging will be offering a one-day event, Connect-ing Aging Veterans to Their Benefits. “It’s important to reach out to our ag-ing veterans and explain the resources and benefits that are available to them and, in many cases, to their surviving spouse,” Milwaukee County Execu-tive Chris Abele said.

This benefits-specific event will feature representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration, VA Veterans Health Administration, various VA claims agencies, Wiscon-sin Department of Veterans Affairs Military Funeral Honors, American Legion Claims Office, Veterans of Foreign Wars Claims Office, Military Funeral Honors, Union Grove Veter-ans’ Home and Cemetery, Wisconsin Funeral Directors’ Association and the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clin-ic. Other community service organi-zations available at the June 24 event include: Hunger Task Force, Social Development Commission, Interfaith Older Adult Programs, Legal Action, AARP, Arthritis Foundation and the Wisconsin Parkinson’s Association.

Stephanie Sue Stein, director of the Milwaukee County Department on

Aging, urges, “If you or your parent or grandparent are an aging veteran or a single surviving spouse of a veteran, please do not miss this event. This is a unique opportunity to have veterans’ benefits professionals and community resource representatives all together under one roof to serve our aging vet-erans.”

Connecting Aging Veterans to Their Benefits is being promoted by AARP and 50Plus News Magazine. The free event will be held on Mon-day, June 24th from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Milwaukee County War Memorial, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. Free parking will be provided in the O’Donnell Parking Structure located just west of the Milwaukee County War Memorial, or in the lot north of the Milwaukee County War Memorial. Anyone interested in at-tending Connecting Aging Veterans to Their Benefits should pre-register by calling (414) 289- 6640 or emailing your name and the number of persons attending to [email protected]

At the Connecting Aging Veter-ans to Their Benefits event, veterans and/or their spouses will be able to sit down with veterans’ benefits represen-tatives and community service staff for an individual one-on-one consultation, sign-up for benefits and ask situational specific questions, all while enjoying free refreshments and learning about available resources.

The event will kick off with a wel-come from the Milwaukee County Ex-ecutive’s office and a presentation on eligible benefits for veterans provided by the VA. If you cannot make the 9:00 a.m. ceremony, the information will be provided again at 11:00 a.m. The opportunity to learn about bene-fits, services and how to register for benefits and services will be available from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

ThE BENEfITs IN dETAIL Pension and Death Pension are

generally called “aid and attendance.” They provide cash payments to vet-erans who served during a period of war or to their single surviving spous-es. Pension payments can help cover the cost of home care, assisted living and nursing home services. Pension is also available to veterans or surviving spouses with very low income who do not have long-term care costs. Cash

income payments from Pension range from about $700 - $2,000 a month de-pending on the type of claim and the medical rating involved. Most people are not aware of this benefit. There are about 16 different monetary levels of aid and attendance or housebound allowances available with non-ser-vice-connected and service-connect-ed disability programs for veterans or their surviving spouses.

Disability Compensation is a tax-free benefit paid to a veteran for a service-connected disability that happened as a result of active duty, active duty for training, inactive duty training or injury from VA healthcare. Cash income payments for Com-pensation, range from about $130 to approximately $8,000 per month. Special benefits like grants for new automobiles or modifying existing au-tomobiles, grants for constructing or modifying homes, clothing allowanc-es and so on are payable for severe ser-vice-connected disabilities. A veteran cannot receive Pension and Compen-sation at the same time and a surviving spouse cannot receive Death Pension and DIC at the same time. A choice must be made as to which benefit the beneficiary wants to receive. An aide and attendance or housebound assis-tance allowance in the form of Spe-cial Monthly Compensation (SMC) is available to the veteran who is 100 percent disabled. A veteran rated for 100 percent disability will receive a check for about $2,816 - $3,505 a month in 2013 and if the veteran has a spouse the amount is $2,974 - $3,662 a month.

Of particular note for Disabili-ty Compensation are Agent Orange claims for each and every veteran who was stationed in Vietnam and who developed presumptive health condi-tions such as certain forms of cancer, type II diabetes, ischemic heart dis-ease and Parkinson’s disease. Veterans with service-connected hearing loss can also make claims and receive free hearing aids. This hearing disability rating will also get veterans into the health care system. Many veterans do not know about Agent Orange claims or that they might be eligible for ser-vice-connected disability for hearing loss.

The VA health care system is the largest single provider of health care in

the United States. Not all veterans can receive care in the system. Eligibili-ty requires either service-connected disability, receipt of Pension, special service recognition such as prisoner of war or Purple Heart or low income and less than $80,000 in assets. For all ben-eficiaries, not to include those who are means tested (means tested relates to certain levels of income), all services are free and medications are $8.00 per month per medication regardless of what it is. Means tested veterans must pay a co-pay for services. There are no other out-of-pocket costs such as health care premiums. Help can also be provided with disability-required home renovation grants of $2,000 or $6,800, orthotics, prosthetics and, in certain cases, hearing aids. VA outpa-tient clinics are available in most com-munities.

Dependents Indemnity Compen-sation (DIC) - also called Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - is pay-able to eligible survivors of a military service member who died on active duty or whose death after service re-sulted from a service-connected injury or disease. It is also available due to improper treatment of the deceased veteran from VA healthcare or reha-bilitation services. DIC is automati-cally granted to a surviving spouse for a veteran who was permanently and totally disabled for 10 years or more. DIC pays $1,215 a month in 2013 to a surviving spouse.

Money is available for burial costs for veterans who were service dis-abled, receiving Pension or died under VA care. If the death was a result of service-connected disability, $2,000 is available. If the death was non-service related, and the veteran was receiving Pension or Compensation or was en-titled to either of these, up to $700 is available for plot allowance and buri-al/funeral expenses. All veterans also receive free burial in State and Federal VA cemeteries. Under certain condi-tions, spouses and other family mem-bers can receive free burial in State and Federal VA cemeteries. All vet-erans are eligible for a grave marker (or equivalent monetary allowance), a flag for the coffin, a graveside honor guard and a letter from the President of the United States.

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By Enis Wright 60

By Brad Olson


& Julie Ellenbecker-LipskyEmma finds all, but a friend to be in bloom

Dear Folks:Here we are again. It is already

June and this year is close to being one-half over. Where, oh where, has the time gone?

The flowers are in bloom, the early veggies are almost ready to eat, the rhubarb is just about past its prime and, as my Henry says with such enthusiasm, it is this time of year when we regain our strength spent from dealing with the harsh winter. We have new determination to meet the challenges that we each may face every day while we resultantly achieve the happiness that we each deserve. Believe me, as we do grow older, we certainly seem to need more inspiration. Referring to inspiration, where is that apron?

Now, with my “thinking apron” in place and complete with the splotches from yesterday’s rhubarb muffins, we can get started.

As hubby Henry says, (He does say a lot, doesn’t he?) before we can really get started, meaning to move forward, we first must recognize where we have been. I guess what he really means is that we build a better picture of where we’re going by rec-ognizing our past, what it has meant and where it has brought us. I guess our main issue in life is to be healthy in mind, body and spirit. In fact, I told the girls at coffee this morning that we must be wearing our thinking caps (besides my apron) at all times as we view the goings-on in the world today. I should have added that we also need a sharp focus.

We girls spent a few minutes this morning in quiet time in honor of a just deceased neighbor, Sally Saltsa-vere. Sally never was active in our women’s groups. She was what we refer to as a loner. We considered that Sally never wanted much to do with the neighbor ladies as she went to one of those different-than-us churches. We weren’t ever sure if she just was a meditating holy lady or whether she had a bout with depression. Joining in the fun that we have monthly at the girls’ Bunco party would have been the last item on her agenda.

Sally really took her Pierre’s death about 12 to 14 months ago to heart. I recall her as stone-faced at the funeral

and that way from then on. What none of us suspected was that Sally had a bad heart; that it often skipped a few beats. One of her sons, George, said that this scared her half to death. Well, it was a while later that it did more than just scare her, it took her into the Heavenly circle.

I might guess that Sally was about as ready for it as anyone. We found out at the funeral that Sally had left a note that if she ever went into a coma or stopped breathing that no special efforts should be made to keep her alive. Was she just interested in seeing her Maker, or did she believe life here was just that bad? I wonder.

I guess that is more than enough about Sally. Who wishes to read more woeful words when the world around us is so full of problems?

Henry, who normally is burst-ing with almost boundless energy and excitement, was wearing one of those wry smiles when he got home from work last night. I could tell that he was mightily and rightly proud of himself. Before I could even ask what it was what, Henry said that we were going to celebrate as he’d climbed the mountain at the factory earlier in the day. I thought this more than a bit strange since Henry sits most of the time in front of a dark blue colored machine that keeps spitting out hot chunks of metal. I may be a house-wife, who never has been to college, but I do know all about life from at-tending the School of Hard Knocks so I figured that mountain was merely a metaphor; that it was a troublesome task that Henry, via his brains and ex-pertise, had solved or should I have said, accomplished?

Anyhow, Henry could hardly wait to tell me that he had been the go-to-guy in sort of a confluence of ideas that were melded into a new position at the factory for finishing some thing-amajigs that are now being sent out to

another company for the buffing and packaging. I guess Henry and anoth-er fellow, a guy from management, devised this machine that will do this work now right at the end of the line.

The union steward even congrat-ulated Henry, as it will add a man or two to the payroll and more union dues.

We had a wonderful Mother’s Day. Sonny, Doris and the kids came to the house and Henry grilled steaks on the backyard grill.

Father’s Day is just ahead this month. I must get Sonny to help me plan for Henry’s big day. He’s certain-ly what you could call one proud papa. Just what could we do for him? He has

wisdom, is generous with his time and talents and is recognized as having the courage to stand for what he believes in and the determination to see what-ever it is through to its conclusion. I guess one thing I’ll give Henry is a great and thankful hug. Maybe, I’ll make him an apron. He gets kind of sloppy when he’s at the grill and slath-ering a big bratwurst with sauerkraut, mustard and pickle relish. Yes, he munches while he cooks.

I hope we can get together again next month. I also look forward to those nice parades be held again this year in honor of our country’s inde-pendence.

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Retired educators are strong force in stateMilwaukee area members of

the 15,000-plus strong Wiscon-sin Retired Educators Association (WREA) recently attended the an-nual state convention in Stevens Point at which the case for the future of public schools and the welfare of WREA members were the highlights of two days of informational and discussion meetings.

Among the items of interest was the revelation that of 150,570 WRS retired employees, over 86 percent of them have remained in Wiscon-sin. Other states to which many have moved include Florida, 4,099; Min-nesota, 2,374; Arizona, 2,335.

WRS retirees are said to be liv-ing longer. The average life span for males is just under age 81 and, for females, 83-plus years. The average retirement age is 60.5 years.

At the time of writing, original WRS annuitants who reached at least the age of 100 numbered 180.

JACk NORMANThe convention keynote speak-

er, Jack Norman, a writer and pol-icy analyst in Milwaukee, spoke on “Will your grandchildren’s children attend public schools?” The former research director at the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future, said attendees should be concerned and to get oth-ers concerned, too, about privatiza-tion and what lies in the future for the K-12 school systems of Wis-consin. He expressed concern over the planned expansion of voucher schools, their curricula and the lack of state supervision of them.

PREs. CAROL LAMP.Pres. Carol Lamp said, “We

must learn from the past, but contin-ue to move forward.” She expressed the need to increase WREA mem-bership by communicating with new retirees and showing them how WREA’s interests are in their inter-est. She continued by saying, “As we have learned, you can get what-ever you want if you help others get what they want. We need your help

in building our bases in all of our communities.”

Lamp also said that at WREA, “We know who we are, what we are and what we stand for. And we know how we can be of help to educators while focusing on good teachers, great public schools and academi-cally achieving students.”

Effective October 1, the regular dues will be $50 yearly and lifetime membership will go from $550 to $625. WREA encourages all of us to join in the battle to preserve public education.

Pres. Lamp decried the lack of supervision of voucher schools, lack of accountability, truancy therein, growing tax credits, lack of abili-ties for special needs students. She said that the legislators are more in-clined to listen to the parents than to the teachers. Get your parents con-cerned about the dollars.

Dave Bennett just celebrated his first anniversary as executive, and he is very enthused to be working

with retired educators. He says he has come full circle in the education arena.

Bennett is a graduate of Miami (Ohio) University where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in En-glish and Journalism. He also has a Master of Arts Degree in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Education and Mass Communication from the University of Oklahoma.

He was a high school English and journalism teacher and coached various sports. Bennett was also an Associate Professor in Journalism at Northern Arizona University. Be-fore coming to WREA. Other work experiences included being exec-utive director for two other state-wide associations, newspaper work and starting his own company as a contract lobbyist. He lives in Madi-son with his wife, Beth, who is Ex-ecutive Director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

100-year-olds: “I did it my way”By Chris abbottFor a moment, imagine what it

would be like to live your life with absolutely no regrets. If this is dif-ficult to envision now, just give it some time – maybe even a few de-cades. According to new research, many of the longest-living Ameri-cans wouldn’t change a thing about how they lived their lives.

In May, to celebrate Older Americans Month, UnitedHealth-care released the results of its eighth annual 100@100 survey, which ex-amines the lives and lifestyles of centenarians. Half of the 100-year-olds polled this year said they would not change a single thing about the way they lived their lives.

Baby boomers approaching tra-ditional retirement ages weren’t nearly as content with their past. Of the 300 60- to 65-year-olds who were surveyed to provide a compar-ison to the centenarians, less than one in three said they could look back without wishing they could

make some changes in how they’ve lived. More than a quarter of them said they wish they had saved more money; only six percent of the cen-tenarians said the same.

Of course, no one knows exact-ly what it takes to live to age 100, but with the centenarian population in the United States projected to in-crease from 53,000 in 2013 to more than 600,000 in 2050 as boomers reach their century milestone, in-creased attention is being paid to the secrets of our most “senior” seniors.

Year after year, the 100@100 survey shows centenarians are not taking their health for granted: Ma-jorities are exercising every week and making healthful choices when it comes to their diet. But this year’s findings put fresh emphasis on the emotional and mental components of health. A senior who can reflect on his or her life without regret has peace in the present, the kind that enhances one’s sense of well being and can make for a more satisfying

life…maybe even a longer one.It is no secret that we can all

learn a thing or two about how to at-tain this peace from the centenarians and other older adults in our lives. And according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 1,179 centenarians in Wisconsin. If you are lucky enough to know one of them (or someone approaching 100), re-

member to reach out to them. Their perspective may be just the remind-er you need of what’s most import-ant for a healthy, happy life.

Chris Abbott is the regional vice president of UnitedHealthcare in Milwaukee-Racine. To learn more about the 100@100 survey, visit www.uhc.com/newsroom.

Holy Hill CelebrationHoly Hill, 30 miles northwest

of downtown Milwaukee, is the highest peak in a glacier chain of hills that rise 1,349 ft. above sea level. The Catholic Church at the top of that hill is dedicated to Mary, Help of Christians. First founded by a Black Robe chief (Indian lore) in the 1600s, Holy Hill, a Marian shrine, was dedicated in 1906 to the care of the Discalced Carmelites and is now known as The Basili-ca of the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Holy Hill. The 150th anniversary of the friars be-

ing the leaders of worship there was celebrated in late May.

The original 40 acres were purchased in 1855 for $50 from the federal government. The first church was a simple log chapel. The church as it stands today, with some renovations since, was constructed beginning in 1926. The dedication of the expansive and impressive up-per church was in 1931.

Over 3,000,000 people visit Holy Hill annually.

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We Saw You At 50 Plus FestCalled the Milwaukee area’s largest indoor event for seniors, the 22nd An-

nual 50 Plus Fest & Retirement Show was again conducted at Center Court in Mayfair Mall. It was sponsored and conducted by 50 Plus News Magazine, in conjunction with VMP (the Village at Manor Park), Mayfair Mall and the Cherry Creek Mortgage Company. Entertainment was also provided by: singer David Skinner and the Rosettes, singer Robin Adkins, the Golden Idols, and the Am-bassadors of Harmony. Also featured were Rick Kellow and Gus Gnorski, who spoke on the value of reverse mortgages.

Alice and Chipman of Brookfield, with Jim McLoone of Hartland in the middle.

Ken and Arlene Steib of Brookfield.Mary Lesniak of Greenfield, Shirley Zabler of Milwaukee and Carole Chwala of Greenfield.

rosie and Ken Krzykowski of Milwaukee.

radio and television personality gus gnorski.

richard and sue pershon of pewaukee.the rosette dancers and singer david skinner.

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AGINGISSUES

By Tom Frazier


EDITORIALS


SENIORAnswer Man

IT MAKES MECRABBY

HERMAN WHITE WRITES


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By Aunt Emma

Emma


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By Brad Olson



By Jack PearsonThe cartoons depicted herewith

might be considered by some to be politically insensitive. We ask their in-dulgence. The reason for the artwork is that it is key to the following story about a joyful, albeit forgotten era in lo-cal sports.

Sixty years ago this spring, the city of Milwaukee and the whole state of Wisconsin had gone wild over the new Milwaukee Braves baseball team. Transplanted here from Boston by its owner, Lou Perini, it was the first Major League franchise to be relocat-ed from one city to another in more than a half century. Coincidentally, the only other move also involved a Mil-waukee baseball team. It was in 1901 and the team was called the Brewers

(the same as today’s), and was here for only one season before moving to St. Louis, Missouri, where its name was changed to the Browns.

So for 52 long years, quite a long hiatus when you think about it, Mil-waukee’s only tie to Major League professional sports was courtesy of the

Green Bay Packers, who from the ‘30s into the ‘90s played a cou-

ple of football games here annually. The Bucks had

not come into being. Thus, when Major

League baseball returned here in 1953, it was t u m u l t u o u s l y embraced, to the extent that from that year on for sever-al seasons, the Braves led both

major leagues in attendance.

TV was in its infancy in those

days, and games were not televised as they

are today. Therefore, the first time fans who were not

at the games found out wheth-er the team won or lost or whatever was when they picked up the morning Sentinel and looked at the front page. There it was, every day of the week a small drawing that immediately re-vealed what happened. The image was of a lively Indian character wearing a feathered headdress, smiling and joyfully waving his arms if the team won, sulking under a black cloud if it had lost, sadly hiding in a teepee if the game had been rained out, and so on. There were more than 20 pos-es of Homer, for all different circum-stances. For example, there were a lot of doubleheaders in those days, and if the Braves won both games, there would be two Homers, both smiling

and happy; if the Braves won the first game and lost the second, the draw-ing would also be of two Homers, one in a happy pose, the other sad. There were drawings depicting games called because of rain, versions for games called because of cold, and still others when there wasn’t a game scheduled.

In those days, sports cartoons were very popular. Virtually every major newspaper in the country utilized the art form. Willard Mullin, the featured cartoonist for both the New York World Telegram and the Sporting News, was the best known of the lot. In Milwau-kee, both the Journal and the Sentinel had their own cartoonists, Al Rainovic for the former, Frank Marasco for the latter. Most people who saw the Ho-mer the Brave cartoon characters on Page 1 of the Sentinel assumed they were drawn by Marasco. They were not. They were conceived and drawn by a member of the Sentinel’s adver-tising department, Roger Rex.

All of the Homer the Brave draw-ings shown here as well as much of the information for this story was provid-ed by Dan Wildt of Greenfield. Wildt, who was all of eight years old when the Braves came to town, was taken to many of the games in Milwaukee by his father, and he quickly became an enthusiastic fan. He also especially liked the Homer drawings, and col-lected all of them.

By the way, Wildt has had a busy career himself. He worked for the Mil-waukee County Sheriff’s Department for more than 35 years, primarily as the Clerical Supervisor at the County Jail. He also served in the Milwau-kee Public Schools system at sporting events, as a timer, as a statistician and as a public address announcer. And fi-nally, he worked as a foreman in park-ing operations at Milwaukee County Stadium.

“Homer the Brave” Was part of the good old days

homer the brave continued on page 22b

Roger Rex today. In 1953, working in the Milwaukee Sentinel’s advertising department, Rex created the Homer the Brave cartoons.

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Burlington- Francis Meadows: (262) 210-8501

Cudahy- Cottonwood Trails: (414) 254-8490

Delafield- Hillside Woods I & II: (262) 370-2662

Franklin- Clare Meadows I & II: (414) 421-8499

Greenfield- Crestview: (414) 541-3333- High Grove (Ages 62+): (414) 541-3333- Hill Crest: (414) 541-3333- Prairie Hill: (414) 541-3333- White Oaks: (414) 282-1188

Menomonee Falls- Alta Mira II: (262) 719-3884Milwaukee- Southeast Clare Heights: (414) 254-8410- Northwest Granville Heights: (414) 333-4465

Wauwatosa- Cedar Glen: (262) 719-3884

June 2013 • 50plus • 3b

BurnHAM VillAge 5202 W. Burnham Street,

West MilwaukeeContact Person: Ken Becker

262-240-9406www.beckerpropertyservices.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Tenants pay 30% of income for rent. Gas heat and hot water included.

On-site management. Building also includes community room. Cable TV

available, but not included. City setting.

CedAr glen1661 River’s Bend, Wauwatosa


www.horizonseniorhousing.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

For seniors 55 and better in quiet-residential city setting.

Includes one heated underground parking stall, water, heat, and

garbage removal, monthly planned activities, club room for social gatherings, and much more.

CedAr lAke VillAge HoMeS

5595 County Road Z, West BendContact Person: Jill Pink

262-338-4626www.cedarcommunity.org

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Spacious homes nestled on 245 acres on Big Cedar Lake.

Clubhouse, activities, access to Cedar Ridge restaurant, pool and

more!

CedAr lAnding At elkHArt lAke

101 Cedar Lane, Elkhart LakeContact Person: Monica Smith

920-876-4050

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

www.cedarlanding.orgPart of Cedar Community.

New side-by-side homes with center park, gazebo, pond,

clubhouse and assisted living on site. In the heart of Elkhart Lake

resort community.

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Available homes in a wide array of floor plans. Free high-speed internet access, and one heated underground parking space is

included. Located in Menomonee Falls, near churches, shopping

and downtown.


N53 W35168 Lighthouse LaneOconomowoc

Contact Person: Patti Kunkel262-567-1478

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Bielinski.comQuiet-residential, ranch duplex condominiums with waterfront

views with exposures, hardwood flooring, granite countertops,

sunroom, covered outdoor living area & full basement.

Breezewood VillAge

450 Sunnyslope Dr., HartlandContact Person: Cathrine Boerschinger

262-367-2868Breezewood-village.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Breezewood Village is located

in a park-like setting with a meal site next door.

Brookfield HigHlAndS

20825 George Hunt Circle, Brookfield

Contact Person: Trish Driver262-798-9898

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

HighlandsCommunities.comSpacious, remodeled one and two bedroom apartments in a park-like setting. No entrance or endowment fee. Community room, guest suite, beauty/barber shop, garden area,


262.542.9494 | bielinski.com

Family owned and operated since 1960

RANCH DUPLEX CONDOS STARTING AT $159,900

CONDOMINIUM OPEN HOURS | 12-5PM | MON. TUE. FRI. SAT. SUN.

ADDITIONAL CONDOMINIUMS

Elkhorn | Harvest Pointe $179,900 | 262.743.1340 I-43, Hwy 12 west, Hwy 67 south, left on Harvest Way.

Waukesha | River’s Crossing Starting at $238,900 | 262.650.9917 I-94, Hwy 18 west, Hwy 164 south, continue on Hwy 59, Hwy X south, Hwy H east, right on River Valley Rd, left on Portage Cir.

Oconomowoc | Bay Pointe Starting at $327,900 | 262.567.1478 I-94, Hwy 16 west, Hwy P north, right on W. Lake Dr, left on Nelson Rd, right on Bay Pointe Blvd, right on Lighthouse Ln.

Watertown | Steeplechase $99,900 | 920.206.1107

Slinger | Farmstead Creek $159,900 | 262.644.4000

Waterford | Woodfield $169,900 | 262.514.3955

Apartment &

4b • 50plus • June 2013

Burnham VillageWest Milwaukee

Cifaldi SquareCudahy

Gonzaga VillageWest Allis

Oak WestWest Allis

Sunset HeightsWaukesha

Valentino SquareWest Allis

Willow Brook Court Senior Apartments

Ease of living and convenience are yours to enjoy in comfort and quiet. One and two bedroom apartments are available with multiple floorplan options.

We also offer:• 24 hr. Emergency Maintenance

• Beauty Salon• Library • Movie Theater

• Underground Parking • Chapel• Exercise Room• Planned Activities

• Pets Welcome (restrictions apply)

• Alarm System • Elevators • Laundry Facilities

17285 W. River Birch Dr. Brookfi eld, WI

Senior-Only Living in Beautiful Brookfield

Call Today 262-780-1000

CedAr ridge ApArtMentS

113 Cedar Ridge Drive, West Bend

Contact Person: Betty Christen262-338-2811

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

www.cedarcommunity.orgRestaurant, country store, activities, wellness nurse,

woodwork shop, 2-hole golf course, college courses, business

& shipping center all available on site.

ClAre HeigHtS717 W. Holt Avenue, MilwaukeeContact Person: Christine Slock

414-254-8410

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Located on the southern edge of a residential neighborhood, offering income eligible and market rate apartments. The

convenient location is near bus lines, neighborhood shopping centers, restaurants and parks.

ClAre MeAdowS7700 S. 51st Street, FranklinContact Person: Beth Nacker

414-421-8499

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Offers luxurious, income-eligible or market-rate senior apartment homes. Floor plans are available in one or two-bedroom layouts. Located in the peaceful country

setting of Franklin.

CleMent MAnor retirement Community

9405 W. Howard AvenueContact Person: Kim

414-321-1800www.clementmanor.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Sponsored by the School Sisters of St. Francis; full-time Pastoral

Care, Life-Long Learning Courses; short-term rehab

services.

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Rents Start at $670

Foxbrook or Capitol Hill Senior Apartments

1 & 2 Bedroom Units Available • 55 & Over • Income Restrictions ApplyFree Weekly Shuttle to Shopping and other events

(Foxbrook within walking distance to shopping)

Chapel • Underground Parking • Library • Beauty Salon • Exercise, Movie & Game Rooms

For more information and a tour call Monday-Friday, 9:30-4 pmFoxbrook Senior Apartments

18915 Thomson Drive, BrookfieldCarolyn 262-790-0033

Capitol Hill Senior Apartments17390 Crest Hill Drive, Brookfield

Chistine 262-790-1845

Voluntary morning check-in system available

Enjoy Easy Living atCOURTYARD

SENIOR APARTMENTSoffering

• Apartments for persons 55 or Better • Convenient access to Interstate • In a beautiful, quiet, residential neighborhood on bus line

• 24-hour on-call maintenance • Air conditioning • Underground parking • Heat & water included in rent.*

11505 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis 414-479-0660414-479-0660Professionally Managed by Oakbrook Corporation *Income Limits May Apply

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CedAr ridge ApArtMentS

113 Cedar Ridge Drive, West Bend

Contact Person: Betty Christen262-338-2811

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

www.cedarcommunity.orgRestaurant, country store, activities, wellness nurse,

woodwork shop, 2-hole golf course, college courses, business

& shipping center all available on site.

ClAre HeigHtS717 W. Holt Avenue, MilwaukeeContact Person: Christine Slock

414-254-8410

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Located on the southern edge of a residential neighborhood, offering income eligible and market rate apartments. The

convenient location is near bus lines, neighborhood shopping centers, restaurants and parks.

ClAre MeAdowS7700 S. 51st Street, FranklinContact Person: Beth Nacker

414-421-8499

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Offers luxurious, income-eligible or market-rate senior apartment homes. Floor plans are available in one or two-bedroom layouts. Located in the peaceful country

setting of Franklin.

CleMent MAnor retirement Community

9405 W. Howard AvenueContact Person: Kim

414-321-1800www.clementmanor.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Sponsored by the School Sisters of St. Francis; full-time Pastoral

Care, Life-Long Learning Courses; short-term rehab

services.

Cottonwood trAilS4600 S. Nicholson Ave.,

CudahyContact Person: Deb Geisler

414-254-8490

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Offers income eligible apartments. Cottonwood Trails offers a non-smoking environment for those

interested in independent living. Located near the bus route, stores, restaurants, and a shopping center.

CourtyArd Senior ApArtMentS

11505 W Greenfield Ave.West Allis

Contact Person: Rebekah Steenbock 414-479-0660

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

courtyardseniorapartments.comQuiet-residential, small city living,

big city convenience. Affordable and spacious apartment homes. Heat and

water included in rent!

CreStView of woodlAnd ridge

3904 S. Prairie Hill Lane, Greenfield

Contact Person: Brandon Froom414-541-3333

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Offers income eligible apartments. Walk-in closets and laundry hook-ups are available. Within the community there is an exercise room, hair salon, media room with internet access, and spacious common area with fireplace.

eASt terrrACe 801 N. East Ave., Waukesha

Contact Person: Renee Hammen262-544-9757

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Beauty salon, free parking,

community room, resale shop, library, exercise area, puzzle

area. Located in a city setting.

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a brand new life at

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Harbour Village Independent Living Assisted Living | Memory Care5700 Mockingbird Lane Greendale, WI 53129

www.seniorlifestyle.com

In July 2004, Judy did not think twice about Independent Living at Harbour Village for her new home. Shortly thereafter, Betty, Judy’s mom, moved in to enjoy the good life in Assisted Living. You will rarely find Judy in her apartment, because she’s always on the go, enjoying the things she has always loved–theatre, museums and so much more. Judy loves life because she feels energized, safe and cared for by her new family and friends.

fArMSteAd Creek CondoMiniuMS

644 Farmstead Court, SlingerContact Person: Julie Koehler

262-644-4000

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Bielinski.com

Quiet-residential ranch duplex condominiums with full

basements.

foreStHill HigHlAndS

8930 West Highland Park Ave., Franklin

Contact Person: Lori Woodie414-425-6611

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

HighlandsCommunities.comSpacious one and two bedroom apartments located in a park-like setting. No entrance or endow-

ment fee. Community room, fitness center, library, social

activities and more!

forest ridge, a wimmer Community

Senior residence11077 W. Forest Home Ave.,

Hales CornersContact Person: Mary Zurowski

414-425-1148

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

www.WimmerCommunities.comSenior and Assisted Living, dining,

in-house MD clinic, transportation to shopping and activities, bank, fitness center, chapel, store, beauty salon, computer center, bank all located in

a quiet-residential location.

foxBrook & CApitol Hill Senior AptS

Contact Person: Carolyn & Christine

262-790-0033/262-790-1845

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

[email protected]@vkdevelopment.com

Foxbrook is located in a quiet-residential park-like setting within walking distance to shop-ping and restaurants. Capitol Hill is a park-like setting and quiet.

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frAnCiS MeAdowS2209 Browns Lake Dr.,

BurlingtonContact Person: Stan Janowski

262-210-8501www.horizonseniorhousing.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Apartment homes for seniors 55 and better in a country setting offering

a mix of income eligible and market rate homes. Includes heat and water,

24 hour emergency maintenance, a smoke free community, planned monthly activities and much more.

gonzAgA VillAge1415 S. 92nd St., West AllisContact Person: Ken Becker

262-240-9406www.beckerpropertyservices.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Tenants pay 30% of income for rent. Gas heat and hot water

included. On-site management. Building also includes community

room. Cable TV available, but not included. City setting.

grAnVille HeigHtS6840 W. Granville Circle,

MilwaukeeContact Person: Nichelle Primm


3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Apartment homes for seniors 55 and better in city setting. Includes heat

and water, club room for social gath-erings, planned monthly activities,

deck or patio on all homes, an option for heated underground parking and

much more.

greenBrook4955 S. Greenbrook Terrace

Contact Person: Karin Strubel414-282-5020

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Greenbrook is located in a park-like setting.

HArBour VillAge5700 Mockingbird Lane,

GreendaleContact Person: Nancy Verlinde-Meyer

414-421-9600www.seniorlifestyle.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Additional amenities offered are 24-hour emergency response, concierge

services, wellness center, convenience store and coffee shop. The monthly fee includes a flexible meal program, weekly housekeeping, transportation services, appliances and all utilities.

HArVeSt pointe CondoMiniuMS 856 Sweetbriar, Elkhorn

Contact Person: Jeff Petersen262-743-1340Bielinski.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Quiet-residential ranch duplex

condominiums with full basements.

HeritAge lAke ApArtMentS

5020 South 55th Street, Greenfield

Contact Person: Ruby Thiel414-282-0506

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Heritage Lake Apartments are located in a park-like setting.

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Offering luxurious market rate apartments for adults 62 &

better. Apartments range from 707 sf. to 1310 sf. Located in Greenfield, on the maturely

wooded campus of Woodland Ridge.

HigHlAndS At riVerwAlk

10954 N. Cedarburg Rd., Mequon262-243-8888

www.HighlandsCommunities.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Opening August 2013. Kitchens feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and plank flooring. Other on-site amenities include a guest suite, library, media room,

sunroom and walking path located in a park-like setting.

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644 Farmstead Court, SlingerContact Person: Julie Koehler

262-644-4000

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Bielinski.com

Quiet-residential ranch duplex condominiums with full

basements.

foreStHill HigHlAndS

8930 West Highland Park Ave., Franklin

Contact Person: Lori Woodie414-425-6611

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

HighlandsCommunities.comSpacious one and two bedroom apartments located in a park-like setting. No entrance or endow-

ment fee. Community room, fitness center, library, social

activities and more!

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Senior residence11077 W. Forest Home Ave.,

Hales CornersContact Person: Mary Zurowski

414-425-1148

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

www.WimmerCommunities.comSenior and Assisted Living, dining,

in-house MD clinic, transportation to shopping and activities, bank, fitness center, chapel, store, beauty salon, computer center, bank all located in

a quiet-residential location.


Contact Person: Carolyn & Christine

262-790-0033/262-790-1845

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

[email protected]@vkdevelopment.com

Foxbrook is located in a quiet-residential park-like setting within walking distance to shop-ping and restaurants. Capitol Hill is a park-like setting and quiet.


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HigHlAndS At wildwood lAkeN77 W17700 Lake Park Dr.,

Menomonee FallsContact Person: Kelly Duncan

262-251-9999

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

HighlandsCommunities.comSpacious one and two bedroom

apartments, located in a part-like setting. No entrance or endowment fee. Community room, guest suite, fitness center, beauty/barber shop,


Hill CreSt3993 S. Prairie Hill Lane,

GreenfieldContact Person: Brandon Froom


3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Apartment homes for those 55 and better in park-like setting. Includes heat and water, community room for social gatherings, planned monthly

activities, 24 hour emergency mainte-nance, smoke free community and

much more.

HillSide woodS i3280 Hillside Dr., DelafieldContact Person: Tori Bean

262-370-2662

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Quiet residential setting.

HillSide woodS ii3270 Hillside Dr., DelafieldContact Person: Tori Bean

262-370-2662

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Quiet residential setting.

Jackson Crossings retirement CommunityN168 W22022 Main St., Jackson

Contact Person: Amy Lloyd262-993-2838

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Apartments with Lake View Balconies, 24 hr. staff, house-

keeping, linen service, recreation and professional entertainment, meal service, assisted living also

available. Park-like setting.

MArquette MAnor2409 10th Ave. South Milwaukee, WI 53172

Contact Person: Candace414-764-7997

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Marquette Manor is located in a quiet-residential city setting.

Heat and storage included with rent.

MeetingHouSe10901 W. Donna Dr.,

MilwaukeeContact Person: Lisa Storheim

414-357-8596www.meetinghousemilwaukee.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Amenities such as underground heated parking, community room, computer room, chapel, workout room, gazebo, scenic pathway,

patio/balcony, in-unit washer/dry-er and spacious living areas all in a quiet-residential neighborhood.

pArkwood HigHlAndS

13800 Park Central Blvd., New Berlin

Contact Person: Julie Mattes262-821-5106

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

HighlandsCommunities.comSpacious one and two bedroom

apartments and townhomes located in a quiet-residential setting. No en-trance or endowment fee. Community

room, fitness center, library, social activities and more!

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We offer professional site manager, inside mailboxes,

elevator, clubroom with activities, beauty and barber shop, media room, chapel, van for shopping, smoke-free and meal program.

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50 Plus June 2013 4.75 x 7.3 Run Date: June 2013 Deadline: 5-17-13

*On select units. Some apartments reserved for moderate income seniors at select locations

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SPRING RENT SPECIAL: For a limited time only, sign a 12 month lease and receive:

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MEQUON OPENING IN AUGUST 2013 262-243-8888

11077 W. Forest Home Ave., Hales Corners(414) 425-1148

Hometown Senior Living at a Great Value in Hales Corners!

Personal Tours Daily

Monday - FridaySaturday & SundayOr by appointment

www.WimmerCommunities.com

Let us give you a one-on-one tour of our beautiful campus & private apartments.

From just $910 per month!

Assisted Living starting at $2,460 per month.

“It’s OK to change your mind! I’m glad I did.”

Call 262.338.8377 to schedule a visit or receive VIP event invitations.

Independent living for adults age 55 and better. cedarcommunity.org

“�ey say when you get older you get wiser and, well, I guess I wised up. Between the lawn, the repairs, my friends and neighbors moving away … the

idea of staying in that house the rest of my life lost its appeal. I decided Cedar Ridge might be worth checking out. I got to choose my own décor, have plenty of room, met so many interesting people who share my interests.

Now I’m free to enjoy my retirement years.

Ten years ago Isaid I’d nevermove to a senior community.

I lied.

Affordable Housing for 55+ and 62+

Pay only 30% of gross income in rent!

One-bedroom apartments located in Milwaukee, Butler and Racine

Call Reilly-Joseph Company today for an Application

414-271-4116Ask about immediate openings

tHe regenCy200 Southtowne Dr., South

MilwaukeeContact Person: Ruby Thiel

414-764-5335

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 The Regency is located in a park-like setting.

regency Brookfield Senior living Community777 N Brookfield Rd., BrookfieldContact person: Terry Sommers

262-780-0321www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com

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Regency-Brookfield, situated on a 23-acre conservancy, park-like setting, offers a range of health and lifestyle activities for today’s senior. Nine different floor plans, includes

underground parking, scheduled transportation and an optional dining program make Regency a great place to live! For information, contact

[email protected].

regency Muskego Senior living CommunityW181 S8540 Lodge Blvd., Muskego

Contact Person: Judy Sorce262-679-0888

www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com

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55 and above community with con-tinuum of care located in a beautiful park-like setting. Private lake with

patios and balconies. Clubhouse with many extras. Close to shopping with

free transportation.

regency new Berlin Senior living Community

13750 W. National Ave., New BerlinContact Person: Arleen Houssaye

262-789-1699www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com

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Regency-New Berlin offers health & fitness areas, a computer lab, mini-mar-

ket, plus numerous recreational and leisure programs every month, with access

to select health services. Affordable chef-prepared meals are also available.

Located in a city setting.

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Steeple View Deluxe Apartment Homes For Seniors 55 & Better

12455 W. Janesville Road New Berlin, WI

414.525.5500 www.steepleview.org Office hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00 am - Noon

Secure, Carefree Independent Living for Active Seniors in a Supportive Christian Atmosphere Spacious 1, 2 and 2 bedroom plus den apartments homes

Heated Parking/Car Wash Individual Heat & A/C In-Unit Washer/Dryer Generous Closet Space

OPEN HOUSE June 7th & 8th (10 am – 3:00 pm)

Please call 414.525.5500 or email [email protected] to reserve your tour time

Call today for more information:

GREENBROOK APTS414.282.5020

4955 S. Greenbrook TerraceGreenfield, WI 53220If these sound like things you enjoy then your new home is waiting...

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RIDGEDALEQuiet Senior Community

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• Affordable Income Based Rent

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Facilities• Convenient to Shopping


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Here’s what our residents have to say about life at Regency!

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REGENCYBROOKFIELD777 N. Brookfield Rd.

262-780-0321

REGENCYNEW BERLIN

13750 W. National Ave. 262-789-1699

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3.5 mi. S of I-43 on Racine Ave. 262-679-0888

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“We even have our own sports pub here at Regency. We’ll get ‘em next year, green and gold!” - Rudy

“I get all the help I need at Regency. Now

I can just enjoy my daughter’s

company.” - Betty Jean

“I do my painting out in the atrium. The light is perfect and I can chat with my neighbors.” - Dorothy

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Find You New Home At . . .

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Located conveniently in South Milwaukee

2409 10th Ave.

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reilly Joseph Company

Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Butler, Racine414-271-4116

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Several different locations in quiet, residential city settings. Affordable 1-BR for 55+ and 62+. Rent based on 30% of gross income. Laundry & on-site management. Ask about

immediate openings.

ridgedale Apartments7740 West Grange Ave.,

Greendale, WI 53129Contact Person: Sarah Timmerman

414-421-9314

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Ridgedale Apartments is located

in a park-like setting.

riverfront Condominiums at river’s Crossing

2724 Portage Circle, WaukeshaContact Person: Jackie Johnson

262-650-9917Bielinski.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Quiet-residential ranch duplex

condominium featuring sunroom, covered outdoor living area and full

basement.

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555 Veterans Ave., West BendContact Person: Dave

262-483-9150

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Rivershores Regency is in a qui-et-residential setting. Beautiful community room, w/full kitchen and planned activities, laundry

in each unit, salon, library, game room, 2 br/2 bath available.

SAn CAMillo10200 W. Blue Mound Rd.

Wauwatosa, WI 53226Contact Person: Catrina Keane

414-259-6310www.stcam.com

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

San Camillo is located across the street from the Milwaukee

County Zoo in a quiet-residential city setting. Residents have the security of continuum of care St. Camillus

offers.

Steeple View12455 W. Janesville Rd.,

MuskegoContact Person: Ron Spear

414-525-5500www.steepleview.org

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

On site chapel, beauty/barbershop, bank, car wash,

all appliances included, heated underground parking, building

security.

SunriSe VillAge2500 10th Ave

South Milwaukee, WI 53172Contact Person: Candace

414-764-7997

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Sunrise Village is located in a

quiet-residential city setting. Heat & storage included with rent.

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3120 E. Norwich Ave.St. Francis, WI 53235

Contact Person: Sheila Crabb414-769-9240

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Quiet-residential setting. Community room, library, game

room, garden area, 24 hour maintenance, elevator, resident

activities.

VillAS At tHe StAtion8935 S. Wood Creek Dr.

Oak Creek, WI 53154Contact Person: Audrey Miller

414-788-0242

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Villas at the Station is locatedin a quiet-residential setting.

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8621 W. Beloit Road, MilwaukeeContact Person: Tamara

414-607-4322www.vmpcares.com

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On-site senior center, medical clinic, rehab center, chapel, bank,

beauty shop/barber, transpor-tation, wellness center, library, emergency response system, on-site store, and gardening. Quiet-residential city setting.

VMp trinity7300 W. Dean Road,

MilwaukeeContact Person: Peggy

414-371-7316www.vmpcares.com

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Activity room, bank, beauty shop & barber, emergency response,

library, on-site store, medical clinic, rehab center, chapel, transportation, wellness center, housekeeping. Qui-

et-residential park-like setting.

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Apartment homes for seniors 55 and better in quiet-residential park-like

setting featuring a community room for social gathering, 24 hour emergency

maintenance, heat and water included, deck or patio on all homes and an

option for heated underground parking.

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wildwood HigHlAndSN78 W17445 Wildwood Dr.,

Menomonee FallsContact Person: Joyce Block

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Spacious one and two bedroom apartments and townhomes in

a park-like setting. No entrance or endowment fee. Community

room, fitness center, beauty/bar-ber shop, social activities

and more!

willow Brook Court17285 W. River Birch Dr.,

BrookfieldContact Person: Patti Bednarski

262-780-1000

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Park like setting, close to church-es and theater. On site 24/hour staff, activities director, billiards room, elevators, movie theater, chapel, onsite senior cab avail-

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Quiet-Residential. Your rent includes underground parking & laundry. Oth-

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Connecting Aging Veterans To Their Benefits

The Milwaukee County’s Veteran Services Office and the Department on Aging delivering benefits

to veterans and surviving spouses of veterans

Monday, June 24, 2013 9:00am - 1:00pm

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Special Welcome and Benefits Presentation at 9:00am & 11:00am

Gain awareness of the benefits you are eligible for Ask questions about your benefits On-site benefit and pension registration Additional information and registration about community services will be pro-vided (foodshare, energy assistance, home repair, and legal action) Free Refreshments Please pre-register by calling (414)289-6640 or by email [email protected]

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Free parking available in the O’Donnell Parking Structure and in the lot north of the

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Milwaukee County Department on Aging 1220 W. Vliet Street , Milwaukee WI, 414-289-5973 www.county.milwaukee.gov/aging Milwaukee County Veterans Services Office, 6419 W. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI http://county.milwaukee.gov/VeteransAffairs7757.htm, 414-266-1235

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June 1 & 2Free Fishing WeekendFish anywhere in Wisconsin without a license or trout stamp, this includes all inland waters on Wisconsin’s side of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. Fish-ing rules apply, limits on number and size of fish and more. Visit dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing for more information.

June 2summer arts seriesCarroll UniversityThe Plaza, WaukeshaChildren’s Choir of Waukesha, 5 p.m. Event is free and open to the public. For more events visit: http://www.carrollu.edu/events/summerartseries.asp.

June 4music by Nightingales at Jackson Crossings Retirement CommunityN168 W22026 Main St., JacksonEvent is open to the public and free of charge, (Lakeshore build-ing) 6 p.m. For details call (262) 677-8864.

June 5badgerland Water ski showFrame Park, WaukeshaFree show every Wednesday 7 p.m. through Labor Day.

June 6Jazz in the parkCathedral Square ParkEnjoy free music from 6– 9 p.m. each Thursday in June. For more information visit easttown.com.

June 6 – 13Downtown Dining WeekBe sure to visit at least one of the restaurants in the area and try something new! For listings visit www.milwaukeedowntown.com/

categories/12-diningweek.

June 6pewaukee lake Water ski showLakefront Park, PewaukeeFree weekly event starting at 6:45, weather permitting. Visit plwsc.org for more details.

June 7 – 9Cedar valley hostsWatercolor Workshop5249 County Rd. D, West BendLearn how to layer your washes, creating contrast and increase your understanding of the essen-tials of values, color and composi-tion. Limited space; call (262) 629-9202 for price and registration. Visit cedar-valley.org for more activities for the public.

June 8 – 9maxwell street DaysMukwonago Field ParkHwy 83 & NN, MukwonagoFree admission with parking avail-able in field across Hwy NN for easy access to the event, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. Call (262) 363-1501 for details.

June 12 – July 7WickedMarcus Center for the Performing Arts Back by “Popular” demand, one of Broadway’s biggest blockbuster’s Marcus Center Box Office, (414) 273-7206.

June 12Wednesday live Concert seriesState Fair ParkBudweiser Pavilion640 S. 84th St., West AllisFree concert series this summer featuring some of the top bands in the Milwaukee area. Indoor

and outdoor seating with music starting at 6:30. Parking fee on grounds.

June 12music by alan Graveen, elvis Impersonator Jackson Crossings Retirement CommunityN168 W22026 Main St., JacksonEvent is open to the public and free of charge, (Lakeshore build-ing) 6 p.m. For more, call (262) 677-8864.

June 15treasures of oZ 2013 tourForest Beach Migratory Preserve 4970 Country Club Rd., Belgium Visit treasuresofoz.org and down-load your event passport to 8 different locations throughout Ozaukee County. Event is free and open to the public. For details, call (262) 375-2070.

June 16Wishing all Father’s a Great Day!

June 16milwaukee County ZooDads get in free on their day! For information, call (414) 771-3040. Parking fee remains.

June 16 – 17pioneer village open house 4880 County Hwy I, SaukvilleFree admission days, 12- 5 p.m. Take a tour of 24 historic struc-tures, see heritage demonstrations and enjoy the Ice Cream Social. For details, call (262) 377-4510.

June 21 – 23Fiesta WaukeshaFrame Park, WaukeshaThe festival is free to the public and offers entertainment, Latin American cuisine, amusement rides, children’s area and much more. Friday 4 – 11 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.

June 21 – 22annual lake Country Clean Water FestivalPewaukee Lake FrontFood, music, education, fishing clinic, pontoon rides and more. For more details visit: http://cleanwaterfestival.com/pages/ac-tivities.html.

June 22 - 23Cedarburg strawberry FestivalFestival in downtown Cedarburg from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday. Enjoy live music, unique shop-ping, contests, children’s activities, demonstrations and much more.

June 29music by randy roeder at Jackson Crossings Retirement CommunityN168 W22026 Main St., JacksonEvent is open to the public and free of charge, (Lakeshore build-ing) 6 p.m. For details, (262) 677-8864.

Future eventsAugust 1 – 11Wisconsin state FairSave 50% now through June 30 on State Fair deals, visit wistatefair.com. Buy $5 State Fair admission at all Wisconsin Bank Mutual Bank Offices, participating Wis-consin Sentry Food (vouchers right at check out), WIStateFair.com (service fee applies) or at Fair Ticket Office, 7722 W. Greenfield Ave.

summer OngOing eventsJune 2, 9 and 23summer art seriesCarroll University At 5 p.m. – outdoors, at The Plaza, and June 23, main lawn, bring blankets, picnic baskets and non-alcoholic beverages. Free and open to the public. Visit: http//www.carrollu.edu/events/sum-merartsseries.asp for changes and latest information.

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One day, Wildt saw a story in the Sentinel about Homer that said its creator was Rex. “That’s when I dis-covered who the Homer artist was,” Wildt said. “But oddly enough, I didn’t manage to get in touch with him until many years later, in the fall of 2010, in fact. I learned he had retired and had moved to Sarasota, Florida. It was then that I obtained his address and wrote to him.”

Rex wrote back to Wildt, thank-ing him for his interest and explained a bit of how the drawings had come into being. He recalled that it had been early in the ’53 season, and how virtually everyone was talking

about the Braves. He said that the Sentinel’s advertising art depart-ment then consisted of four copy-writers and four artists, of which he was one. One of the copywriters, a lady named Gretchen Greiner, had previously worked in Cleveland, Ohio, for a paper known as the Plain Dealer. “She told me about a car-toon character the newspaper had used involving the Cleveland Indi-ans baseball team,” Rex said. “We discussed it and thought the same concept could be used here. I drew a few sketches and took them to the promotion manager, Andy Her-tel, who, in turn, took them to the Sentinel’s publisher, Frank Taylor. He liked them so much he ordered

that they be used on the front page, which was very unusual in that Page 1 was sacrosanct and never used for promotion. The reason was the Sen-tinel had a high percentage of street box sales then, and the thought was to quickly illustrate whether the Braves had won or lost right on the front page so that it would generate a purchase by the viewer to read the whole story inside.”

Rex actually drew more than 30 versions of the Homer the Brave cartoons, only a few of which are seen here, in just one day. From that point on, little input from him was necessary, as the drawings were used over and over again. “The only time I had to draw a new one was for special occasions, such as when the team won several games in a row or were playing in the World Series,” Rex said.

Three years after Homer’s de-but, Rex left the Sentinel to go into advertising agency work. He was the Milwaukee Art Studio doing graphic design for a few years, and then was given an offer to become the art di-rector for DCI Marketing, a nation-ally known advertising company. He was with them for 28 years, even-tually becoming its creative director

and finally, in 1984, its president and CEO. He retired in 1987 and moved to Sarasota, Florida. Since then, he and his wife, Mary, have returned to Wisconsin every summer to spend time in Door County.

As for the Homer the Brave era, it was only 12 years after coming here that the Braves team pulled up anchor again and departed for Atlan-ta. That was in 1965, and of course, little Homer disappeared from view. Other things were changing, too. After a few more years, the Senti-nel also disappeared, as it was pur-chased by the Milwaukee Journal (they called it a merger). And across America, throughout the newspaper industry, it was determined that car-toon art on sport pages was passé.

Time marches on, and some-times it stumbles.

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