Golden Times, June 2013

GOLDENTIMESA monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications

June 3, 2013 / Vol. 23, No. 6

Happy Birthday

Friendly Neighbors in Moscow is celebrating

40 years of serving area seniors / Page 10

INSIDEINSIDE Senior lunch

menus— Page 3

Senior Talk

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Volunteer of the Month

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HouseCall

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EDITOR: Mary TatkoCOORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden

Golden Times is inserted in the Tribunethe first Monday of every month.

On the cover: Moscow area senior citizens have lunch in the great room of the 1912 Center. It’s just one of the services offered through the Friendly Neighbors senior center. Friendly Neighbors

has been providing meals for 40 years.Photo by: Barry Kough of the Tribune

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GOLDENTIMESINDEX:

Social Security Q&A ................... Page 4

Briefs .......................................... Page 5

Birthdays .................................... Page 6

Crossword solution ..................... Page 9

Reader poetry ............................. Page 11

Volunteer opportunities ...............Page 13

Many delaying retirement ...........Page 13

Sudoku ........................................Page 17

Builders focus on seniors ............Page 18

Sudoku solution ..........................Page 18

Crossword ...................................Page 19

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J-K Senior Mealsserves meals at noon Wednesdays and Fridays at 104 South Sixth St., Kendrick. Dessert is served both days. Suggested donation is $3 for people age 60 and older, and $5 for those younger than 60; Children younger than 6 years eat for free.

Senior Round Table Nutrition Program

serves hot lunches at Pautler Senior Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston; and Tuesdays and Thursdays (except the 3rd Thursday each month) in Asotin. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

Moscow Senior Nutrition Program

serves lunch at noon in the Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $6 for nonseniors. Salad bar is avail-able at 11:30 a.m. Soup is served year-round and a des-sert bar is available at each service.

Lewiston Senior Nutrition Program

serves hot lunchs at noon at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. and the United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $5 for nonseniors.

MoNday TueSday wedNeSday ThuRSday fRiday4 Spanish rice with ground beef/peas and carrots/pears/corn muffin

6 Pork chops/mushroom gravy/mashed potatoes/Scan-dinavian vegetables/fruit/roll

7 Salad bar deluxe/fruit

11 Salmon fillet/oven-roasted potatoes/broccoli/mandarin oranges/biscuit

13 Beef stroganoff/noodles/green beans/beets/berry cobbler


18 Spaghetti with meat sauce/Italian vegetables/breadsticks/peaches/pudding

20 Turkey chow mein/rice/Oriental vegetables/roll/fruit (no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)


25 Roast beef/mashed potatoes/gravy/carrots/roll/cake/ice cream

27 Barbecue chicken/pasta/green beans/applesauce/cookie

3 Lasagna/salad/green beans/breadsticks/cookie

4 Pepper steak/mashed po-tatoes/carrots and peas/to-mato-and-cucmber salad/roll

5 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Barbecue chicken

10 Baked ham/scalloped potatoes/green beans/applesauce/cornbread

11 Spaghetti/salad/mixed vegetables/French bread/fruit

12 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Meatloaf

17 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/mixed vegetables/salad/roll

18 Roast pork/potato/gravy/green beans/coleslaw/muffin

19 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Szechwan chicken

24 Ham and cheese quiche/hashbrowns/carrots/coleslaw/biscuit

25 German sausage/kraut/potatoes/corn/salad/roll

26 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast beef

11 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

6 Stuffed cabbage/mashed potatoes/vegetable

13 Swai (white fish)/garden rice/vegetable

18 Pork chops/mashed potatoes/gravy

20 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/vegetable

25 Turkey/dressing/potatoes/gravy/vegetable

27 Barbecue riblet/baked beans/vegetable

5 Swiss steak/egg noodles with spanish sauce/peas/fruit

7 Sweet and sour pork/rice/mandarin oranges

12 Meatloaf/buttered potatoes/carrot-raisin salad/fruit

14 Baked fish/potato wedges/coleslaw/fruit

19 Roast beef/mashed potatoes/gravy/buttered carrots/fruit

21 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/green salad/fruit

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A: No, SSI payments are not subject to federal taxes. We will not send you an annual form SSA-1099 to report your benefits to the Internal Revenue Service. However, Social Security beneficiaries may have to pay income tax. If so, you may ask Social Security to withhold your federal taxes from your Social Security benefit payments. For more in-formation, visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov.

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Also, use Social Security’s online retirement planner and our online retirement estimator. These will give you estimates of your future Social Securi-ty retirement benefits. They also provide important

information on factors affecting retirement benefits, such as military service, household earnings and federal employment. You can access our retirement planner at www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2 and the estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator.

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to be eligible. You can earn up to four credits per year. In most cases, you need at least 10 years to be eligible for retirement. During your working years, you earn credits based on earnings. The amount of earnings needed to earn one credit rises as average earnings levels rise. In 2012 and 2013, you receive one credit for each $1,160 of earnings, up to the maximum of four credits per year.

If you become disabled or die before age 62, the number of credits you need depends on your age at the time you become disabled or die. You must have a minimum of six credits, regardless of your age. Complete retirement information is available online at www.socialsecurity.gov.

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retirement benefits?A: The earliest age you can begin receiving So-

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Lewis-Clark Senior Games happening this month

The 15th annual Senior Games will take place June 19-22 at locations throughout the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

There are 14 events taking place this year. They are: archery, bowling, cycling, pickle-ball, racquetball, shuffl eboard, swimming, table tennis, target shooting, tennis, track and fi eld, coed three-on-three volleyball, a 5K run/walk and the Idaho State Veterans Home walk and roll.

A full list of event times and locations can be found at lewisclarkseniorgames.org. More information about the games is also avail-able by calling Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

Class offered to seniors, realizing independence

Aging and Long Term Care/Aging and Disability Resource Center is offering a free class to the public. “CHERISH” (Classes to Help Elderly Realize Independence and Stay Home) is an opportunity for caregivers and seniors to learn how to keep independence. The class will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 26 in the conference room at Columbia Bank, 303 Bridge St., Clarkston.

Speakers for the class will be Sue Ban-croft and Karen Henson. The presentation, “How to Manage a Chronic Condition,” will include information on managing diabetes, congestive heart failure, COPD, mental ill-

ness, arthritis, chronic pain and more.More information about the class is avail-

able by calling the Aging and Long Term Care offi ce at (509) 758-2355.

Blood drive being held at senior center

Pautler Senior Center will have a blood drive for the American Red Cross from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

There will not be a foot care clinic at the center on June 19, but appointments can be made for every Monday and all other Wednes-days in June by calling (509) 758-2355. The Pautler Senior Center board will meet at 9 a.m. June 12.

Bridge is played at the center from 1 to 4 p.m. each Thursday, and pinochle is played from 12:45 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fri-days.

Seniors can have their blood pressure checked at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays for free. A fi tness class is offered at the center from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday, and a painting class is offered from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Mondays.

Drivers safety class being offered

In June, there is only one AARP Drivers Safety class being offered.

The class is a one-day, eight-hour class held from 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m. June 22 in conference room C at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewis-ton. There will be a one-hour lunch break.

Registration is encour-aged and can be complet-

ed by calling Arnold Lee at (208) 301-8844.The cost for each class is $12 for AARP

members and $14 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on drivers licenses and/or insurance discounts.

Free barbecue for seniors at Moscow Village

MOSCOW — In celebration of National Older American’s Month the Good Samaritan Society Moscow Village will have a barbecue from 4 to 6 p.m. June 20. Moscow Village is located at 640 N. Eisenhower St., here.

More information about the barbecue is available by calling Jan Ahles at (208) 882-6560.

Senior center is looking for pinochle players

The Sixth Street Senior Center has room for more players at its weekly pinochle game. The game is played at 1 p.m. each Thursday at the center.

The Heustis Kountry Band will perform from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday for the center’s dances. Admission is $4 per person.

Meals are served at the center three times each month. This month’s meals include a

pancake feed June 12; soup and sandwiches on June 19; and a potluck will be held June 26 with Emeritus at Juniper Meadows supplying the meat. The pancake feed, and soup and sandwich meals cost $4 per person.

Foot care by Dayna is at 9 a.m. Wednesday and the Sixth Street Senior Center board will meet at 9 a.m. June 18.

The center’s singers practice from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday.

The 1912 Center will close for fl oor maintenance

MOSCOW — Friendly Neighbors Se-nior Center will remain closed during the maintenance on the center’s fl oors.

The closure will take place beginning June 29 and continue through July 8 with the center reopening on July 9.

During the closure the senior meal site will move to the Latah County Fair-grounds.

Senior fair is next weekMOSCOW — The annual Palouse Se-

nior Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. June 11 at the Palouse Mall.

The event will include numerous in-formation booths, vendors, games and workshops for area senior citizens. Door prizes will be given throughout the day.

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Fay Graham of Lewiston turned 76 Sunday.

She was born June 2, 1937.

She and Ed Graham were married Nov. 13, 1959. The couple have four sons and seven grandchildren.

Graham served in the U.S. Navy as a librarian. She worked for Happy Day Corp. for 10 years.

PAT STIPEPat Stipe of

Lewiston cel-ebrated her 80th birthday Sunday with friends and family.

She was born June 2, 1933, in Bozeman, Mont.

Stipe moved to Lewiston in 1965 and worked as the welcome hostess for 30 years welcoming newcomers to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. She founded the Newcomers Club, which is still an active group.

She and Dan Stipe were married in 1974. Her family includes three sons, four step-children, eight grandchildren and fi ve great-grandchildren with more on the way.

Stipe’s hobbies include trav-eling, playing bridge, doing crosswords, playing games of all kinds and staying in touch with old friends.


BRIEFSGroups and organizations can submit informa-tion, pertaining to seniors in the region, to be published in Golden Times monthly magazine. All submissions are subject to space availability and editing.Submissions should be emailed to:[email protected] mailed to:Target PublicationsP.O. Box 957Lewiston, ID 83501Information for July’s issue must be recieved by June 17 to be considered.Questions about submitting information can be sent via email or by calling (208) 848-2243.

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The limit for each submission is 200 words. Photographs are welcome.

Birthday submissions must include the name and phone number of the person submitting information. If you would like your photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you have questions about submitting a birthday, please call (208) 848-2243.

Mailed information may be sent to:Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501; emailed submissions should be sent [email protected].

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ARLENE E. SCOTTArlene Elizabeth McDole

Scott of Orofi no will turn 84 on Saturday.

She was born June 8, 1929, in Eugene, Ore. She was the eldest of four children born to Elroy McDole and Myrtle Brownlee McDole.

When Scott was 4years old, her family moved to Ontario, Ore., where she attended school. She graduated in 1947.

She and Dale Scott were mar-ried on Feb. 14, 1949. The cou-ple made their home in Orofi no. They have three children, fi ve grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Scott worked at Watkins Dry Goods. Her hobbies are quilting, baking cookies and taking care of her husband.

EDMUND RICARDEdmund Ricard of

Lewiston will celebrate his 94th birthday Saturday.

He was born June 8, 1919, on a farm north of Uniontown and grew up there.

Ricard served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Upon his return from the military, he and Cecilia were married. The couple moved to Lewiston where they raised their four children. They enjoyed gardening and grew many different kinds of fruits and vegeta-bles. They especially loved growing dahl-ias.

Ricard’s wife and a daughter died of cancer.

He continues to grow dahlias and is known to many as the “Dahlia Man.” His fl owers and garden treasures can be seen each year at the Nez Perce County Fair.

IZOLA FORSMANNIzola Forsmann of

Clarkston was hon-ored Sunday by her friends and family for her 95th birthday.

She was born June 4, 1918, to George and Alzada Dexter in Braddock, N.D.

Forsmann enjoys living in Sonary Crest Mobile Home Park where she likes playing cards and bingo with her neighbors weekly. She attends exercise classes and meals at Pautler Senior Center in Clarkston. Forsmann is also an active member of the Clarkston United Methodist Church and United Methodist women’s group activities.

She has six living children, 15 grand-children and 24 great-grandchildren with additions expected.


JUNE 4 JUNE 5NELLIE CHASENellie Chase of Orofi no will

celebrate her 84th birthday Wednesday.

She was born June 5, 1929, at Seminole, Okla. Chase moved to Idaho in 1930.

She married Levon Chase on June 4, 1950. The couple moved to Orofi no in 1954 where they had three children. Her husband died Dec. 21, 2008.

Chase is a member of the P.E.O. Chapter AW and serves on the Area Agency on Aging advi-sory council. She also volunteers at the Orofi no Senior Center and meal site, as well as volunteer-ing for the Clearwater Senior Citizens and the WA-ID Volunteer Center’s RSVP program.

She has four grandchildren and fi ve great-grandchildren.

JUNE 7

CORRIE SHRIVERCorrie Shriver of Orofi no will turn 86 Friday.She was born June 7, 1927, in Orofi no and grew up in Grangemont.She and Wayne Shriver were married in 1947. Her husband died in

2012.Shriver has three children, 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchil-

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OMER J. HARVEYOmer Jesse Harvey

of Lewiston will be honored at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. June 22 at Royal Plaza in Lewiston. The occa-sion is his 98th birth-day.

He was born June 20, 1915, in Harrisburg, near Kamiah, to Ora and Lillie Harvey.

As a teenager he played bas-ketball for Kamiah High School, where he graduated in 1933. He worked at a pole yard during high school.

Harvey worked in a logging camp and helped fi ght forest fi res in the Weippe area as a young man. In 1945, he moved to Lewiston and worked in motor freight and as a truck

driver for Richfi eld Oil Company. He worked as a custodian for the Lewiston School District for eight years, retiring in 1980.

He married Ruby Johnson in February 1939 and reared two sons, one of whom died at age 12. His

wife died in 1975.Harvey married Eileen

English in June 1978 and gained a daughter. His second wife died in 2001.

He found another dance partner in Rose Davidson. She died in 2012.

Harvey enjoys playing pinoch-le and watching the Seattle Mariners.

He also has four grandchil-dren and fi ve great-grandchil-dren, with another due in July.

DERRILL L. EDGARDerrill Lewis Edgar

of Lewiston will be honored at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in the Lewiston Orchards. The occasion is his 80th birthday.

He was born June 11, 1933, in Denver and was raised in Troy where he graduated from high school.

After high school, Edgar worked for Potlatch Corp. until he retired.

He has lived in Craigmont and Lewiston.

Edgar enjoys gar-dening, growing toma-toes, peppers, onion and garlic. He also enjoys making and canning salsa and tomato juice, which he shares with family

and friends. In the fall, Edgar enjoys hunting on Mason Butte with his family and friends.

He has two children, fi ve grandchildren and is expect-ing his fi rst great-grandchild in September.


BARBARA THOMASBarbara Thomas of Orofi no will be 84 Saturday.She was born June 8, 1929, in Clarkston.She and Stanley Cramer got married and had three chil-

dren. He died several years ago.She later married Jim Thomas and added four stepchildren

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JUNE 10GORDON THIESSENGordon Thiessen of Orofi no

will celebrate his 88th birth-day next Monday.

He was born June 10, 1925, in Tillamook, Ore.

Thiessen married Lillie Snyder and they have two daughters. Their son died while serving in the U.S. Airforce in Germany. They also have eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He loves working in the yard and growing fl owers.

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MARVIN SIELERMarvin Sieler will turn 82 on

June 12. He was born in 1931 at Plevna, Mont.

Sieler married Irene Dawson on May 3, 1952, in Billings, Mont. The Sielers have two daughters, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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Wenatchee to Roy and Mae Loeffelbein.

Loeffelbein had his fi rst byline in the Wenatchee World at age 12, which earned him the Boy Scout’s Golden Quill Award.

He graduated from Lewiston State Normal School in 1943.

He served with the U.S. Navy dur-ing World War II with the Amphibious Landing Forces delivering troops to Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Tokyo Bay. He also served during the Korean Confl ict.

After the military, he obtained his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Washington State University in Pullman; was a graduate assis-tant instructor at Stanford (Calif.); received a bachelor’s degree in

health, physical education and recreation from Central Washington University in Ellensburg; earned a master’s degree in recreation man-agement from the University of Oregon in Eugene; was a graduate assistant at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; studied for his doctorate

degree at the University of Maryland in College Park; was an assistant pro-fessor and assistant dean of men for the University of the Seven Seas (a shipboard college sail-ing around the world); and was an assistant professor and director of public information at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

He has traveled the world and lived in numerous places.

ED GRAHAMEd Graham

of Lewiston will cel-ebrate his 75th birth-day on June 22.

He was born in 1938.

He and Fay were married on Nov. 13, 1959. The couple have four sons and seven grandchildren.

Graham served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He worked for the Lewiston School District for 27 years as a custodian. He also worked for 10 years at the U.S. Forest Service as Smokey Bear’s helper during school tours, parades and at the rodeo in Lewiston, before retiring.


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MoscoW — near the sign-in desk at the meal site in the 1912 center is a small table covered with rows of name badges — one for each of the more than 100 members of Friendly neighbors senior citizens inc.

on a recent Tuesday, Donna Debolt was already wearing her badge as she approached the salad bar in the center’s great room.

Debolt, 74, has lived in Moscow for 20 years but only recently joined Friendly neighbors.

Her late husband was an executive for chrysler corp. and they moved frequently during his career.

“We lived from san Francisco to new York, cincinnati, Milwaukee …” she said.

one place they hadn’t lived was idaho, but Debolt and her husband were so won over by Moscow after visiting their daughter, who had settled here after college, they bought a house and put down roots.

“she did a job on us,” Debolt said, recalling her daughter’s invitation for them to visit Moscow. “she said, ‘You have to come here, it’s the best place in the world to live.’ ”

it has proved to be a good place to spend her senior years, Debolt said as she navigated the salad bar — and dis-covering Friendly neighbors has made it even more so.

“They really are friendly, you know,” she said. “We have a good time to-gether.”

“look how early it is,” Friendly neighbors Treasurer Kay Keskinen said, looking around the high-ceilinged great room, which at 11:30 a.m. had attracted a sizeable crowd for the noon lunch. “They’re here — this is their outing.”

This year, Keskinen, 64, president bill Terrio, 73, and other volunteers are helping Friendly neighbors cel-ebrate four decades of serving Moscow retirees.

“We’re 40 years old,” Keskinen said of the organization which began as an informal meal program in 1973. “We’re not quite seniors yet.”

To mark the 40-year milestone, Friendly neighbors will offer a free lunch to the public at noon aug. 1 with entertainment by guitarist brian gill. The menu is tentatively planned as a choice of salmon fillet or chicken cordon bleu, Keskinen said.

Though not many of the volunteers who were involved at the start are liv-ing today, at least one is still around:

It began as a meal site, but after four decades it’s a whole lot more


Friendly Neighbors has really grown up in the last 40 years

Tribune/Barry Kough

ABOVE LEFT: Seniors utilize the game room in the 1912 Center to play card games, use computers, put together puzzles and read books. RIGHT: Donna DeBolt, a Moscow transplant, enjoys the meals and the camaraderie at the

Friendly Neighbors senior center.


Ernie Bunch, who helped lead the ef-fort to make the program a nonprofit organization in 1978, is still a member, Keskinen said.

Through the years, the meal site oper-ated out of different locations, includ-ing the old post office building.

It was the work of the late Scotte Hecht, a for-mer Friendly Neighbors president, that got the program into the 1912 Center, Keskinen said.

“He knew how to write feasibility studies and assessments,” she said. “And he convinced the city that the seniors needed to have more than a meal site — we actually needed a senior center. Scotte was instru-mental in getting grants to get us there.”

Friendly Neighbors moved into the 1912 building in 2002.

“Before that, we were just the meal site,” Keskinen said.

Today, a drop-in senior center — where seniors can play bridge or pinochle, get computer help, work jigsaw puzzles, watch TV, browse the library and attend support groups — operates from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

“And no senior center is complete without bingo,” Keskinen said, noting it’s on the schedule for Friday mornings.

Lunch is served at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Officially Friendly Neighbors Senior Citizens Inc., the organization is known simply as Friendly Neighbors to most of its members, many of whom also volunteer.

“Bill and I both started as volunteers in the senior center,” Keskinen said.

Terrio, originally from Massachusetts, moved to Moscow just two years ago.

“See, that’s how fast we get ’em,” Keski-

nen said, as Terrio laughed.“It is rewarding,” Keskinen said. “We

all volunteer our time — the only paid people we have are our cook staff and, believe me, we don’t overpay them. All of us volunteer through the Washington-

Idaho Volunteer Center in Lewiston.”

“And our cook even donates half her time,” Terrio said. “She only gets paid for half the time she works.”

Helen Roskovich, who operated Gambino’s Italian Restaurant in Moscow with her husband Don, heads up the Friendly Neighbors’ kitchen.

“We’re really lucky, because we have some-one who really knows how to run a professional kitchen,” Keskinen said.

“I’ve got them flim-flammed,” Roskovich said, stopping by the

table where Keskinen and Terrio were singing her praises.

“She really watches the pennies, too,” Terrio said.

“I do,” Roskovich said. “My hero as a kid was Scrooge McDuck.”

There are three goals, Keskinen said, that guide the efforts of the Friendly Neighbors board and volunteers: Deliver-ing meals to homebound seniors, serving meals at the meal site and providing a social setting, through the drop-in center, for senior activities.

“Our top priority is to deliver meals to seniors who cannot get out to shop and cook for themselves,” she said.

“And that’s really, really important because there is no Meals on Wheels any longer in Moscow,” Roskovich added.

The program currently has four volunteer drivers, plus a few back-ups, delivering to about a dozen seniors in the Moscow area. Roskovich said she hopes

to see that number grow, because she knows there are more seniors in Moscow who could benefit from meal delivery.

“Our contract is with Community Ac-tion Partnership, CAP, from Lewiston,” Keskinen said. “(Through CAP) we work through the Area Agency on Aging, so the home deliveries have to be referrals from the Area Agency on Aging. They’ll get a hot meal on Tuesday/Thursdays, and then they’ll get frozens to hold them through ’til we deliver again.”

The meal site averages between 50 and 65 attendees, Terrio said. During a snow storm last winter, they thought about cancelling lunch but were glad they decided not to, he said, when 70 people showed up to eat that day.

Seniors 60 and older are asked to con-tribute $4 per meal, but Terrio said no one should stay away because of inability to pay.

“We’ll take whatever they can afford,” he said.

In addition to a small reimbursement for each meal through the Community Action Partnership, funding comes from grants, donations, Moscow/Latah County United Way, Latah County and local businesses, Keskinen said.

The dining area continued to fill with people and also with light as the great room’s tall windows let in the sun. Someone approached Terrio to see about opening a door — the day was turning into a warm one and it seemed a little fresh air would be welcomed.

As that was being taken care of, Keski-nen pointed out another detail adding to the ambience that day: A mix of big band, old-time country and soft instrumental music played in the background, ema-nating from a member-donated stereo strategically placed above the kitchen on the room’s second level.

The recording playing just then, she said, was of a performance by one of the Friendly Neighbors members.

Lou Stevens, 90, was sitting near the front of the room, waiting for the an-nouncements and invocation. Stevens plays piano and sings with the Old Time Fiddlers, performing about 10 times a month, she said, as Terrio approached the podium.

When the music stopped he welcomed everyone, and lunch began.

Tatko can be reached at [email protected] or (208) 848-2244.

Friendly Neighbors Senior Citizens Inc. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow,

(208) 882-1562.Membership for those 55 and older is $2 per year.The drop-in senior center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.Lunch is served at noon each Tuesday and Thursday — for those 60

and older, the suggested cost is $4 (no one is turned away for inabil-ity to pay); for those younger than 60, the cost is $6.

Seniors can be referred to the Friendly Neighbors meal delivery program by calling Area Agency on Aging at (800) 877-3206.

More information about volunteering is available through the WA-ID Volunteer Center at (208) 746-7787.

Tribune/Barry Kough

Lou Stevens sometimes entertains the lunch bunch with a CD of her own music.

Bill Terrio


Where Did You Get That Hat?I told my wife

I was going to buy a new hat,for mine looks old and dingy.

You know how I hate that.I drove to town

to try to find one exactly like the one I had in mind.

Walking down the street,I saw some hats

displayed for all to see.I wondered if they would have

just the hat for me.Walking down one aisle

I spied a dark brown fedora.I asked the clerk to please take it down.

It was just the type I wanted with a three-colored braid

around the band and a pretty pheasant feather

there to see.I knew at once,

my search for a hat had been found.

So I bought the hat,put it on

and went out on the street.I walked proudly along for someone to meet,I heard a voice asking

“I say, old man, where did you get that hat?

Please tell me where you got that hat,

for I want one just like that.”Happily I drove home to show it to my wife.

And as I walked toward her to show her my new hat,

she looked at me and in a horrified voice she said,“Husband, where did you get

that hat?”Claribel Rugg, 88, Lewiston

Just OneI’m half a duet.What can I do?I am just one,a duet is two.

I feel like a bird,who’s broken a wing.

I want to fly!I want to sing!

We were a couple,and now I am one.

I am a single.One is not fun.

No one to talk to.I have something to say.

I’d like to go,but I guess,I will stay.

Janet Azbill, 76, Lewiston

Grandma’s KitchenBeing in Grandma’s kitchen,

it’s the place I want to be.On her old wood stove,something good to eat was always simmering.

She would sit in her old rocker,and share stories of old to me.

Her oven gave forth smells of cinnamon rolls,

we enjoy with tea.Blue and white checkered curtains

at the windows.Their calico cat

resting on the sill,looking in to see

what he could see.Beau, the collie,

lay outside the door,hoping for a nice long nap

before time to do the chores.Grandpa would come in

to join Grandma and me,said we’d go fishing,

plenty of them in the creek.Grandma would fry them crisp

and brown with biscuits tasty and light.

Sure satisfied our big appetites.I love Grandma’s kitchen,time there was precious.

They shared so many happy memories

that will always be special to me.Eva Herring, 83, Lewiston

Wedding BouquetFlowers grown

with loving touchesSpecial thoughts

that come in bunchesTouched in joyful preparationFor this precious celebration

Each blossom delicate and bright

A blessing for this wedding night

Anticipated years of blissAll captured in a single kiss

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Volunteer opportunities

The WA-ID Volunteer Center in the Lewiston Com-munity Center at 1424 Main St. provides individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. The phone number is (208) 746-7787.

The center can also be found online at www.waidvol unteercenter.org.

The following are a few of the volunteer opportuni-ties available in June.l The Lewis-Clark Senior Games is looking for vol-

unteers to assist in any of the 14 sporting events that are held throughout the valley. The event is June 19-22. Volunteer positions include, but are not limited to, tim-ing, score keeping, hydration support, traffic flow, ball retrieval and flyer distribution.l The Lewiston Community Center is looking for

volunteers to keep coffee made, wipe down counters and keep the senior lounge picked up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.l Idaho Legal Aid is looking for a few good volun-

teers to help in the office with reception duties. Office attire and a professional demeanor are needed, as well as the ability to answer phones efficiently. Confidentiality is mandatory.l Community Action food bank is in need of a vol-

unteer driver to be a backup on regular routes as well as a helper to ride with a driver on Fridays. Both positions require the ability to do some lifting. There is also a need for a volunteer at the front counter. This position does require some computer skills.l The Hells Canyon Visitor Bureau is looking for

volunteers to assist visitors by answering questions and supplying literature about all the activities available in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. The ability to get along with various personalities, acquire knowledge of area

tourist attractions and events, put together welcome bags and help with an occasional mailer is needed.l The National Guard is in need of a civilian volun-

teer to lead and build up the youth program. Qualifica-tions include event planning, organizational skills, and the ability to communicate and work with children.l The American Red Cross is looking for an instruc-

tor for the Reconnection Workshops, which are dedicat-ed to military personnel and their families. The program goal is to support and ease the transition home by focus-ing on individual and small-group discussion that en-hances a positive reconnection among family members and into civilian life. A degree in social work is required and training is provided.l The Idaho State Veterans Home has many volun-

teer opportunities available. There is a need for a spe-cial-events planner, help with gift wrapping, one-on-one reading and other activity assistance.l The Disability Action Center in Lewis-

ton is seeking one or two volunteers to help with receptionist duties, mailings, phones, shredding papers, etc. Volunteers can set their own hours.

For more information on any of these or other volunteer opportunities offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center call Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

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Clarkston offers volunteer opportunities throughout the area. The office, located at 817 Sixth St., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday. They can be reached at (509) 751-9143.l Handymen are needed for a variety of volunteer

projects, including: installation of grab bars in bath-rooms, gutter cleaning and minor roof repairs. Volun-teers must use their own tools. Materials are provided by Interlink.l Volunteers with some carpentry skills are needed to

help build entry steps and wheelchair ramps, and con-struct and place outdoor handrails. Volunteers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink.l Volunteers are needed to provide transportation to

and from appointments Monday through Friday. This requires a verifiable valid drivers license, insurance and own vehicle. Mileage is reimbursed. There is a need for a volunteer with a van that has a lift to transport wheel-chair-bound individuals.

Volunteers determine their own schedules. Volunteers interested in any of these projects must complete an application. More information about the organization, volunteer opportunities and the application is available online at www.interlinkvolunteers.org.

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On average, those surveyed expect to leave work at age 68. However, the report points out, that doesn’t jibe with reality. The mean age of those already retired is 59, the study said. An increasing number of people figure they’ll simply work longer to make up for inadequate nest-egg savings these days, not re-alizing how layoffs, poor health or other forces pushed their forebears out of the workforce far sooner than they wanted.

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I am proud to say we here in the Lewis-Clark region take care of our se-niors. We have numerous programs and activities for them throughout the year to keep them active and participating in the community.

This all became very clear to me while I was in Colo-rado for my mother’s 80th birthday. My mom is an active, go-get ’em kind of 80-year-old. She spends a great deal of

time in her yard and has all these gadgets she has created to do things like knock snow and ice off her roof. She isn’t the sit-in-the-house-and-grow-old type.

Doing what I do and having so much knowledge about the dif-ferent opportunities and services offered to seniors here, I assumed in a place like Fort Collins, Colo., there would be even more orga-nizations geared toward helping

seniors stay active as well as getting simple chores done around their homes — things that seniors may be able to do but for safety reasons perhaps shouldn’t do — like knocking snow and ice off their roofs.

I was amazed at just how little help there is in that town and even more astonished to find that with a population of almost 144,000 (ac-cording to the 2010 census) there is one se-nior center. Yes, that’s what I said — one. In Clarkston alone there are two senior centers and throughout the region there are numerous locations for seniors to gather.

There are a great number of activities of-fered to seniors in this area, many at no cost. Where my mom lives the one senior center charges $3.25 per day to get through the door. There are monthly and annual rates but for many seniors, like my mom, the cost is more than they can afford.

So, you may be asking yourself, why is she telling us this, we already know our commu-nity is great and we have a lot of options.

I am telling you this because just before I left for vacation I was contacted by Cathy Robinson at the WA-ID Volunteer Center about a story idea. She emailed me to let me know the Lewiston Parks and Recreation Department would like to hear from seniors about what kinds of classes they would like to see offered. I was originally going to write

a brief article about this and call it good, but after visiting my mom I decided that wasn’t enough, so I sat down with recreation program coordinator Lynn Welch.

There are two main reasons this deserves more than just a short article. For one, in the 10 years the Lewis-ton Parks and Recreation Department has been offering classes to seniors they have tried many things, actively trying to offer classes they believed people, young and old alike, would be interested in taking. A few classes are what I would call staples. They include fit and fall proof, yoga and t’ai chi. Many of the classes offered are taken off the list because of a lack of interest, which brings me to the second reason for this column.

The people at the parks and rec department want your input. Welch believes if people have a say in what types of classes and activities are offered, those classes and activities will have a better turnout. Welch would also like to hear from seniors who have an interesting hobby or tal-ent they would like to teach to others in the community. It doesn’t have to be geared toward seniors; the department offers classes to all ages. The important thing is to get people using the Lewiston Community Center and to offer classes through the department that people want to take.

“We’re looking for feedback. What do they want? We’ve tried different things and nobody signs up so it’s obvious we need to get in touch with our population,” Welch told me. She said they would like to know what people are interested in doing through the department and community center. Even those people who want to teach a class but don’t know how to go about it or get the word out can contact Welch and she will work with them.

Welch wants people to know the community center is there and the parks and rec department wants to be in tune with its community.

“There are the people like me,” Welch said. “I’m 57 and I don’t want to admit that I’m a senior. I want to know what the newly retired, active seniors want to do.”

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Allon BarnesAllon Barnes, 68, of Lewiston,

is the June Senior Volunteer of the Month for the WA-ID Vol-unteer Center.

Volunteer work: Barnes start-ed volunteering in the late 1990s and has increased the number of hours he volunteers through-out the years. For him it all be-gan with delivering Meals on Wheels in Kooskia. In the Lew-iston-Clarkston Valley he volun-teers for the Lewis-Clark Senior Games each year (taking place June 19-22 this year), helping out

with such events as swimming, track and field, and the bike race, basically wherever he is needed and fits into his schedule. Barnes also volunteers at least 20 hours per week at the Community Action Partnership food bank, where he drives a van picking up and delivering donations. During theater season, he gives his time as an usher at the Lewiston Civic Theater as well, and still finds time to volunteer at the soup kitchen in the Roxy Theater and help out at his church.

Career: He actually still works

part time doing mainte-nance for three mini-

malls in the valley, but he did “retire” due to health problems at the end of 2008. He began his work-ing life in the U.S.

Navy where he served for 20 years,

then in 1981 he retired from military service and began working retail. Barnes said he worked at some

gas stations, as well as Walmart and K-Mart before becoming a school-bus driver for Kooskia, Culdesac, Asotin and Clarkston. He then became a bus driver commercially for Wheat-land Express. In 2008, Barnes was diagnosed with bladder can-cer and stopped working to deal with the illness. He is currently cancer free and said the illness gave him the motivation to give more of his time to help in the community.

Family: Barnes was born in Great Falls, Mont., and spent much of his youth in Kalispell,

Mont. He is currently engaged to Tracy Haselip. The couple will be married on July 13. He has three children and seven grandchil-dren.

Hobbies: He enjoys driving and keeping track of all the plac-es in the world he has visited, but his favorite hobby is cooking. He enjoys making dinners for his fiancee and family. He passed along his love for cooking to one of his sons, who is a chef in Salt Lake City. Barnes said he just en-joys doing whatever keeps him moving.

Barnes said he always had a

volunteering spirit but his desire to help people increased when he got diagnosed with and beat cancer.

When asked his favorite part of volunteering, Barnes replied: “Keeping busy and talking to the people and socializing. … At the food bank and the soup kitchen down there at the Roxy Theater, seeing the faces of the people you know. You’ll stand there and watch them and they’ll say ‘Oh I’d like to have that bag of salad,’ and you hand it to them and their eyes get all big. It gives you a good feeling.”


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when we neglect our vehicles. But so many people don’t take time for their own screen-ing and maintenance. So often I have heard patients state: “I feel fine so I don’t need to come in to the clinic regularly.”

Unfortunately, this is not a very reli-able method for managing health care. It is important to understand “feeling fine” is not always an accurate reflection of what is going on inside the body.

There are several disease processes that may be present without any obvious symptoms. For example, very common diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol may not cause noticeable symptoms but can lead to serious health consequences.

Routine physical examinations and blood work can reveal these problems. Remedies can be initi-ated, thereby reducing an individual’s health risks.

It is my intention to help readers understand the importance of health maintenance and feel by comparing the human body to a vehicle it may be more relatable.

The life of an over-inflated car tire, for example, will be decreased due to damage caused by the excessive pressure. Similarly, elevated blood pressure or hypertension

can cause damage to the lining inside of a person’s blood vessels. This “excessive pressure” can place an individual at higher risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney damage and other serious consequences. This can eas-ily be discovered during a routine health visit.

Also, as most people know, neglecting routine oil changes is not healthy for a vehicle. The quality of the oil declines over time and does not keep things running smoothly. This vital fluid can be compared to blood in the human body. Conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol cause an unhealthy state of a person’s vital fluid. Therefore, routine blood work is similar to routine oil inspections and can provide valuable health information.

In many aspects, health care maintenance is similar to that of your vehicle maintenance. Preventive mea-sures can detect problems before they cause harm. The above-mentioned health problems are common condi-tions, but often provide no obvious clues or symptoms and can go on undetected.

So, before you start “knocking, smoking or com-pletely break down” schedule your “tuneup” with your health care provider.

Morris is a nurse practitioner at Valley Medical Center, 2315 Eighth St., Lewiston, (208) 746-1383.


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Seniors who have been itching to trade the old home place for some new digs may get the chance now that the housing market is recovering.

At least that’s what builders hope.They are ready to build a new generation of

housing aimed at seniors and aging baby boomers — not the huge retirement golf course develop-ments of yesteryear, but smaller, age-restricted suburban subdivisions.

During the economic crash, many of these po-tential buyers put their plans on hold when their houses wouldn’t sell or they lost equity.

But with housing values on the rebound, home-builders are sharpening their marketing efforts aimed at buyers 55 and older.

“We think this is the housing segment that is going to lead us out of recession,” Don Whyte, a

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“We are seeing the traffic from these buyers is up and shoppers are coming around looking at houses again,” he said.

The National Association of Home Builders is predicting an almost 25 percent increase in home starts this year for properties targeted at 55-plus buyers. And next year, construction for this mar-ket will jump almost a third.

“This is a growing share of the market, just in terms of the underlying demographics,” said Paul Emrath, an economics researcher with the build-ers association.

Currently, about 42 percent of U.S. households are made up of 55-plus residents. By 2020, that number is forecast to grow to almost 47 percent.

John Sheleimer, a housing researcher from Northern California, said there are 79 million U.S. baby boomers, and almost 80 percent already own a home.

“We are the wealthiest consumer segment in the housing market,” Sheleimer said. “We have money to buy homes if we can sell our home at what we think it is worth and that is also improving.”

“We are starting to see the home equities come back,” he said. “We are starting to see people feel they can sell their home and move equity to buy a new home.”

Home starts for 55-plus buyers should total about 150,000 units this year, the builders predict.

The recession froze sales of homes to seniors in many areas of the country, builders and economists say, and there is pent-up demand.

“We have had a delay of several years where boomers and seniors didn’t move,” said Bob Karen, a Maryland builder. “In our sales of-fices, we now see an absolute change in this consumer’s behavior.”

“They are coming in with lots more optimism and not as depressed about selling the homes they have,” Karen said.

Now that older buyers are think-ing about moving again, builders are trying to figure out what type of housing they want.

New research shows most still want to live in the suburbs, with few opting for central city locations.

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Instead, the 55-plus buyers are looking at smaller age-restricted subdivisions close to traditional hous-ing.

Most of those buyers aren’t interested in drastically downscaled housing, Sheleimer said.

“Many 50-plus buyers do not want to downsize to 1,500-square-foot or 1,200-square-foot homes,” he said. “We have lots of stuff.”

While aging buyers may not want golf courses, that doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in community amenities.

Developers are building walking trails, fi tness cen-ters, swimming pools and clubhouses in most of the successful projects.

“The exterior amenities are just as important as the interior,” said Andrew Wong of Pulte Homes, one of the country’s largest builders of homes for 55-plus buyers.

Wong said Pulte’s homes aimed at boomers and se-niors are as large as 3,000 square feet.

“These buyers might still be working or they could be retired,” he said.

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how long people expect to work, and how fi nancially prepared they feel to live long lives, dramatically underscores how far behind people feel in their fi nancial planning,” Greg Oberland, Northwestern Mu-tual executive vice president, said in a statement.

“We’re seeing the average retire-ment age being pushed further out, due, in large part, to widespread feelings of long-term fi nancial inse-curity,” Oberland said. “That adds up to people feeling squeezed dur-ing a period of their lives when their fi nancial obligations really should be easing.”

Overall, 51 percent of Americans say they’re less fi nancially secure than they thought they’d be at this point in their lives. Only 6 percent think they can retire before age 60.


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