GToldenimes

A monthly magazine for the region’s retirees May 2, 2016 / Vol. 27, No. 5

Shinn Still ShineSAt 95, Marion Shinn remains a force

in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley / 10-13

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Birthday index:Page 6 .............................Arlie HillChuck MingusRobert DeanLouise LaVoieEthan WardPage 7 .............................Millie ChannelWanda Johnson HoskinsLouise GrantShirley VorousPage 8 .............................Raymond PlourdeDorothy Medalen

EDITOR: Julie BreslinOn the cover: At 95, Marion Shinn is still

a force in the L-C Valley / Pages 9-10Cover photo by: Steve Hanks

of The Lewiston TribuneGolden Times

P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501goldentimes@Lmtribune.com

(208) 848-2241

Submission deadline for the June issue is 5 p.m. May 23.

GOLDENTIMESINDEX:Birthdays .......................................Pages 6-8Briefs ................................................Page 13Centenarian boom as more reach 100 ... Page 16Crossword .........................................Page 14Crossword solution ...........................Page 19Housecall: Who’s your doctor? ...........Page 5Mall walking: Do it for your health .... Page 13Meeting calendar .............................. Page 13Meal site list ...................................... Page 5Feature: No secrets with Shinn ....... Page 10Reader poetry ................................... Page 18Social Security Q&A ...........................Page 8Sudoku ................................................Page 8Sudoku solution ................................Page 19Population boom at The Villages, Fla. .... Page 20Volunteer opportunities ...................... Page 9

WHO AM I?My birthday is May 31, 1930.I am a well-known actor and director for western and ac-

tion films. I have four Oscars. In those films I have played a gunslinger, detective and boxing trainer.

I married Maggie Johnson on Dec. 19, 1953, and was later divorced. I was then married to Dina Ruiz from 1996 to 2013.

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THE NEXT GOLDEN TIMES WILL PUBLISH JUNE 6The submission deadline for the June issue is 5 p.m. May 23.

Volunteer opportunities ......................

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May senior nutrition Menus

6 Hamburger/chips/salad bar/fruit

12 Pulled pork sand-wich/baked beans/cole-slaw/applesauce

Senior Round TableNutrition Program

serves hot lunchesat noon at the Valley

Community Center, 549Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston

and the Asotin UnitedMethodist Church,

313 Second St. Suggesteddonation is $4 for

seniors age 60 and older.Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

13 Corn chowder/saladbar/Texas toast/fruit10 Beef stroganoff/noo-

dles/winter mix veggies/Jell-O/Texas toast/juice

3 Meatloaf/mashed pota-toes/gravy/grean beans/peaches/roll/pudding

17 Chicken pot pie/peas-and-carrots/spicedapple rings/cookie

24 Lasagna casserole/winter mix veggies/sal-ad/peaches/Texas toast

26 Baked fish/potatowedges/corn/peach crisp

5 Chicken strips/jojos/peas-and-pearl onions/pears

20 Hot dog/chips/saladbar/fruit

19 Spaghetti/greensalad/breadstick/bananapoke cake

27 Chicken-and-wild-rice soup/salad bar/Texas toast/fruit

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYMEALSITE

Lewiston SeniorNutrition Programserves hot lunches atnoon at the Lewiston

Community Center, 1424Main St. and the UnitedMethodist Church, 1213Burrell Ave. Suggested

donation is $4 for seniorsage 60 and older. Cost is

$5 for nonseniors.

3 Spaghetti/veggie salad/carrots/fruit/garlic bread

4 MOTHER’S DAY BUFFET(starts at 11:30 a.m.)

17 Pineapple chicken/mashed potatoes/gravy/mixed veggies/fruit

18 BUFFET (starts at11:30 a.m.): Spaghetti

10 Swedish meatballs/mashed potatoes/pea salad/broccoli/fruit

24 Chop suey/coleslaw/broccoli/roll/fruit

9 Barbecue chicken/ricepilaf/fresh salad/corn/fruit

25 BUFFET (startsat 11:30 a.m.): Bakedchicken

23 Meatloaf/mashedspuds/coleslaw/peas/fruit

J-K Senior Mealsserves meals at noon

at 104 South SixthSt., Kendrick. Dessertis served both days.

Suggested donation is$3 for people age 60and older, and $5 for

those younger than 60;Children younger than

6 years eat for free.

4 Pineapple chicken/rice/California blendveggies

6 Turkey enchiladacasserole/green salad/tropical mixed fruit

11 Pork teriyaki/rice/peas/carrifruit salad

13 Baked fish/mini crabcakes/au gratin potatoes/green beans/peaches

18 Beef brisket/garlic-roasted potatoes/corn/green salad/pears

20 Pork chop/mixed veggies/mashed potatoes/applesauce

25 Chcken parmesan/rice pilaf/broccoli/peaches/iced pumpkinbars

2 Meatloaf/red potatoes/broccoli/cauliflower/pears

9 Beef fritters/mashedpotatoes/white gravy/broccoli/lime Jell-O

16 Chicken Tahitian/baked rice w/almonds/salads/chocolate cake

23 Goulash/choppedspinach/cherry crisp 27 Corned beef/cab-

bage/green beans/greensalad/ambrosia salad

2 Beef stroganoff/peasalad/broccoli/roll/fruit

11 BUFFET (starts at11:30 a.m.) Old-fashionedpot roast16 Baked fish/au gratin

potatoes/broccoli/coleslaw/fruit

17 Zucchini tomatocasserole/fruit/bread

3 Baked fish/rice pilaf/veggies

24 Sweet-n-sourchicken/rice/veggies

10 Pork Chinese stir fry/rice/bread

5 Beef potato pie/ice-berg lettuce wedge/fruitMoscow Senior

Nutrition Programserves lunch at noon inthe Great Room of the

1912 Center, 412 E. ThirdSt. Suggested donation is$4 for ages 60-plus. Cost

is $6 for nonseniors.Salad bar is available at11:30 a.m. Soup/dessertavailable at each service.

12 Oven-fried chicken/creamed potatoes andpeas/bread

19 Western ranch meat loaf/baked potato/veggies

26 Hamburgerstroganoff/noodles/veggies

30 Baked lime tilapia/rice/peas/coleslaw/fruit 31 Turkey noodle casse-

role/broccoli-and-carrots/fresh salad/roll/fruit

31 Hot open-face turkeysandwich/mashed pota-toes and gravy/veggies

30 Barbecue chicken/potato salad/veggies/orange sherbert

31 Roast pork/mashedpotatoes with gravy/car-rots/Texas toast

MAYMENU

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HOT: Chicken-fried steak/veggies

SACK: Salami-and-cheese/ baby carrotswith ranch dressing/banana or pear

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22HOT: Beef stro-ganoff/noodles/veggies

SACK: Roast beef-and-cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

HOT: Barbequepork loin/roastedpotatoes/veggies

SACK: Seafood-saladcroissant/green salad/cobbler

HOT: Chickencordon bleu/ricepilaf/veggies

SACK: Ham-and-cheese sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/fruit

HOT: Glazedham/scallopedpotatoes/

veggies

SACK: Chicken salad/pasta salad/brownie

HOT: Salisburysteak/mashedpotatoes/veggies

SACK: Pastrami-and-cheese sandwich/spin-ach salad/cookies

HOT: Chickenparmesan/buttered

pasta/veggies

SACK: Egg salad/relishplate/ranch/pudding

HOT: HOT: Mac & cheese with ham/veggies

SACK: Turkey-and-cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/peaches

HOT: Beef stro-ganoff/noodles/veggies

SACK: Roast beef-and-cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

HOT: Barbeque pork loin/roast-ed potatoes/

veggies

SACK: Seafood-saladcroissant/green salad/cobbler

HOT: Chickencordon bleu/rice pilaf/

veggies

SACK: Ham-and-cheese sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/fruit

HOT: Barbecue ribs/mac & cheese/veggies

SACK: Curried chickensalad/relish plate/pudding

HOT: Lasagna/veggies

SACK: Tunasandwich/marinatedcucumbers/Black For-est cake

HOT: Chickenalfredo/veggies

SACK: Ham-and-cheese sandwich/pasta salad/brownie

HOT: Meatloaf/potatoes/veggies

SACK: Chicken salad/carrot-raisin salad/cinnamon applesauce

HOT: Barbecue chicken/mac & cheese/veggies

SACK: Pastrami-and-cheese sandwich/cot-tage cheese/apricots

HOT: Pot roast/potatoes/veggies

SACK: Egg salad/greensalad/Jell-O

HOT: Maple mus-tard pork tender-loin/veggies

SACK: Roast beef-and-cheese sandwich/potato salad/cookies

HOT: Tuna-noodle casse-role/veggies

SACK: Ham-and-cheese sandwich/three-bean salad/brownie

HOT: Glazedham/scallopedpotatoes/

veggies

SACK: Chicken salad/pasta salad/brownie

HOT: Salisburysteak/mashedpotatoes/veggies

SACK: Pastrami-and-cheese sandwich/spinach salad/cookies

HOT: Chickenparmesan/but-tered pasta/

veggies

SACK: Egg salad/relish plate withranch dressing/pudding

HOT: Chickenbroccoli casse-role/veggies

SACK: Bologna-and-cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS — MAY MENUMeals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day. Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their

residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day. More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767. Menus are subject to change.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

HOT: Roastturkey/mashedpotatoes/

veggies

SACK: Krab salad sandwich/spinachsalad/cobbler

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HOT: Spaghettiwith meatsauce/veggies

SACK: Tuna saladsandwich/tomato-and-cucumber salad/ricecrispy treat

HOT: Beef brisket/roastedpotatoes/veggies

SACK: Bologna-and-cheese sandwich/pastasalad/cake

2 3 5 6 7

HOT: Teriyakichicken/steamedrice/veggies

SACK: Turkey-and-cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/fresh fruit cup

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29HOT: Beefbrisket/roast-ed potatoes/

veggies

SACK: Bologna-and-cheese sandwich/pastasalad/cake

HOT: Spaghettiwith meatsauce/veggies

SACK: Tuna saladsandwich/tomato-and-cucumber salad/ricecrispy treat

HOT: Chicken-fried steak/veggies

SACK: Salami andcheese/baby carrotswith ranch dressing/banana or pear

3130 Valley Meals on Wheels — May menuMeals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the

year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day. Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day.

More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767. Menus are subject to change.

WHO AM I?Clint Eastwood

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Thought for the month“Sometimes if

you want to see a change for the better, you have

to take things into your own hands.”

— Clint Eastwood

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The Elite Foundation invites you to A Celebration of LifeJoin the Elite Foundation for the first annual Celebration of Life! This community event is an opportunity for family and friends to come together to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones that we have lost. Our ceremony will include a time of remembrance with music, speakers, and a special butterfly release celebration.

Memorial Items to Purchase:A Memorial Butterfly: $5 each This Painted Lady butterfly is alive and comes in a breathable envelope with a Celebration of Life label.A Memorial Celebration package: $20 eachThis package comes with one memorial butterfly, a 2016 commemorative Butterfly ornament, a “Forget-me-Not” Butterfly plantable seed emblem, a Butterfly plant marker.

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To answer that ques-tion, let’s first go back to the future.

In the 1995 “Star Trek: Voyager” TV series, the crew is stranded 70,000 light-years from Earth and the only doctor they have aboard is actually not a doctor at all, but a computer program called the Emergency Medical Hologram. They just called him “The Doctor” because his programmer never bothered to name him. But it’s ok, he didn’t mind. He was programmed with the collective knowledge and mannerisms of all the previous Federation doctors. For their seven-year mission, he was able to treat all the crew’s conditions.

Imagine you are there: When you call for “The Doctor,” he shows up immediately in the privacy of your room at any time on any day. He knows your entire medical history. He is an expert in all medical fields and surgical skills. He never needs to refer you to a specialist. He never charges a penny. Sounds pretty good, huh … and maybe a little creepy?

You may be asking, “How far away are we from that kind of future?” If Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek is right, it will be around stardate 48315.6 which correlates to our 2371, or in 355 years.

That may sound like a long time, but the process has already begun — one computer chip at a time. The first chips in the

’80s were at the reception desk checking you in. In the ’90s, hospitals started using them to log vital signs (your height, weight, blood pressure, etc.), get lab results and see old records that were scanned in from paper charts. In the early 2000s, medi-cal clinics started to do the same thing. In this decade, the govern-ment gave incentives to adopt full electronic medical records, and now paper charting has been virtually eliminated. Every doc-tor and nurse has a laptop. And this is only the beginning.

Now patients are invited to log into a Patient Portal on the internet to see their information first hand. The best part is that you can log in from anywhere

— at home, at work, on a lap-top or even your smartphone.

Increasingly fitness trackers like Fitbit allow people to track their heart rate, activity and sleep patterns in real time and use social networks to encour-age them to meet their personal health goals. The Patient Portal allows you to see your labs and other health information as soon as it’s available.

Soon, smart programs will automatically remind you when you need another tetanus shot, colonoscopy or cholesterol check. Eventually we will have a credit card or some type of chip that has your entire medi-cal record on it, available to you wherever you are in the world. And if it’s not on a credit card, it will be available via the internet.

Gradually, the power over your health care will move more and more into your hands where it always should have been. It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen. And one day you will realize that you actually know the name of “The Doctor” — it’s your name.

Dr. Scott Leon works in Valley Medical Center’s Express Care Department primarily in the Lewiston facility, 2315 Eighth Street. Patients can now “Skip the Wait” in Express Care — just schedule a time that works best at www.valleymedicalcenter.

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Who’s your doctor?Deary Shared Council

401 Line St., Deary, (208) 8771717 Meals at noon on Tuesdays

Cottonwood Community Church510 Gilmore, Cottonwood, (208) 962-7762 Meals at noon on Tuesdays

Craigmountain Senior Center413 Nezperce St., Winchester, (208) 924-6581 Meals at noon on Wednes-days

Grangeville Senior Center108 Truck Route, Grang-eville, (208) 983-2033 Meals at noon on Mondays and Fridays

Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick, (208) 289-5031 Meals at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Kamiah Senior Center125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Lewiston Community Center1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Moscow Senior Center412 E. Third St., Moscow, (208) 882-1562Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Nezperce Senior Citizens501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465 Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Orchards United Methodist Church1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston,

(208) 743-9201 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Orofino Senior Center930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4328 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Palouse Senior Meals220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301 Meals at noon on Wednes-days

Pomeroy Senior Center695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Potlatch Senior CitizensIOOF/Rebekah Hall, Pine St., Potlatch, (208) 875-1071 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Pullman Senior Center325 S.E. Paradise St., Pull-man, (509) 338-3307 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays

Riggins Odd Fellows Building121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147 Meals at noon on Tuesdays

United Methodist Church313 Second St., Asotin, (509) 758-3816 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Valley Community Center549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 758-3816 Meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Weippe Hilltop Senior Citi-zens Center115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553 Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Pullman Meals on Wheels(509) 397-4305

Valley Meals on Wheels(208) 799-5767

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May 1

Wallace (arlie) HillWallace (Arlie) Hill of

Nezperce celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday with family.

Arlie was born May 1, 1926, in Mohler, Idaho, to Wallace E. and Lucy (Bacon) Hill. He has spent his entire life in the Nezperce area. He and Francie Jacobs were married March 31, 1951, in Spokane.

He began farming at the age of 14 when his father suffered a career-ending heart attack. Arlie graduated from Nezperce High School in 1944 and continued to farm until he was 85, when his health would no longer allow him to continue.

Arlie enjoyed inventing farm-related equip-ment. In 1964, he founded Hill’s Industries, a farm equipment manufacturing company that built his specialized transport carts. He started a commercial ground-spraying opera-tion that used his custom-built applicators and also helped introduce no-till farming on the Camas Prairie.

He served as secretary of the board of the Nezperce Rochdale Company, president of the Nezperce Lions Club, was a Clarkston Grain Terminal board member, and a lifetime mem-ber of the Grangeville Elks Lodge.

He and his wife have two sons, three daughters, 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

May 9

cHuck MingusChuck Mingus will celebrate

his 90th birthday May 9 with his family.

He was born May 9, 1926, in Palouse to Charlie and Mary Mingus. He graduated from Palouse High School in 1945.

He and Rowena Nagle were married Dec. 24, 1945, in Palouse, and they moved to Pullman where he worked at Washington State College (now Washington State University).

Chuck started as an oiler at the WSU Physical Plant and was promoted to the refrigeration unit and became manager. After 30 years, he retired and continued to manage rental proper-ties in Pullman until 1984.

The couple moved to Clarkston in 1984, where he kept busy with home improvement projects.

They enjoyed travel, mainly to Arizona and Nevada in the winter and Laughlin, Nev. Rowena died in 2008.

In his younger years, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking, and his yearly trip to the Blue Mountains to hunt elk. He enjoys taking occasional gambling trips to Nevada and meeting friends for coffee.

He is a member of the Clarkston Moose Lodge, Lewiston Elks and Clarkston Eagles.

He has three children: Connie (Wanke), Cindy (Woltering) and Monte Mingus; five grandchil-dren and 14 great-grandchildren. One grand-child died in 1971.

robert g. DeanRobert G. Dean of Lewiston will celebrate his

88th birthday May 9.He was born May 9, 1928, to Inez and

Richard Dean.He worked in heavy construction and has

lived in the area for 15 years.He is a life-member of the Disabled American

Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

He has four sons, two daughters and numer-ous grandchildren.

May 10

louise laVoieLouise LaVoie of Clarkston

will celebrate her 91st birthday this month.

She was born May 10, 1925, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston to Ralph and Madeline Largent. Her father started Largent’s appli-ance store in the 1930s, which is

now operated by two of her sons.Louise attended local public schools and after

high school went on to nursing school in Spokane, becoming a registered nurse.

She and George LaVoie were married Jan. 25, 1948, and together raised six sons. Her husband died Aug. 19, 2014.

Louise has been involved with the local Multiple Sclerosis group for 35 years and leads a twice-weekly exercise group at Valley Community Center in Clarkston. She has also been an active member of the Mary Ball Mother’s Club for 60 years, where the ladies now share stories about their great-grandchildren.

Her hobbies include birding and she has enjoyed birding with the Canyon Birders group since it began in 1995. She has put out the newsletter for the group for many years. She also enjoys Facebook, where she keeps up with the 20-some grand- and great-grandchildren whose photos “pop up” regularly.

May 11

etHan P. WarDEthan Paul Ward of Lewiston

will celebrate his 85th birthday this month.

Ethan was born May 11, 1931, in Slope County, North Dakota, to Ethan and Eunice Ward.

He moved to Harrison, Idaho, when he was 4 and went to the first grade and East Point School outside Harrison. He moved to Moscow and went to second grade at Russell School and finished at Aron, Idaho.

He joined the Army in July 1950 and went to basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. He served next at Orlando Air Force Base in Florida and went to Fort Benning Officer Candidate School and ended up a major.

He logged most of his life as a contractor for Potlatch and Idaho Veneer and built roads for Craig Hatley.

He lived most of his life in Deary and grew up with four sisters and three brothers.

He married Charlotte in 1952 in Orlando, they later divorced.

He is a member of the Orchards Baptist Church, National Rifle Association,

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legal and fi nancial planning

Tuesday, May 3 • 1-4pm“Th e Barn” at Guardian Angel Homes

2421 Vineyard Avenue • LewistonFREE & Open to the Public

No reservations necessary. Certifi cates of Attendance available for professionals: $15

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for alzheimer’s diseaseAn education program by the

Alzheimer’s AssociationIf you or someone you know is aff ected by Alzheimer’s or dementia, the time for legal and fi nancial planning is now. Legal and Financial Planning for Alzheimer’s Disease is a workshop, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, for anyone who would like to know more about what

legal and fi nancial issues to consider and how to put plans into place.

Presenter: Kate Monroe-Coyle, Certifi ed Elder Law Attorney

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BirthdaysAmerican Association of Retired Persons and Republican National Committee. He enjoys hunting, fishing, rock hounding and metal detecting.

He has five children, 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

May 16

Millie ChannelMildred N. Channel of

Lewiston will celebrate her 95th birthday May 16 with family.

Millie was born May 16, 1921, in Clarkston to Walter and Constance Preston.

She and Art Channel were married in the 1940s in Pineview, Idaho, near Yellowstone, Mont. They lived for 35 years in Missoula, Mont., where she worked as a cook in a sup-per club and also for 15 years at John R. Daily meat processing plant. The couple moved to Lewiston in 1984.

She enjoys spending time with family and entertaining friends at the home she shares with her daughter. She also likes to play cards, especially pinochle, at Valley Community Center in Clarkston. Her hobbies include caring for the flower beds and roses at her home. She is also a member of United Methodist Church in Clarkston.

Her husband died in 1986.She had four children: Douglas Channel

of Bellingham, Connie Lough of Lewiston, Pamela Crites (deceased) and Gene Channell of Missoula, Mont.; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Another daughter died in 1992.

May 17

Wanda Johnson hoskinsWanda Johnson Hoskins of

Culdesac will celebrate her 96th birthday with a family dinner at her home.

She was born on May 17, 1920, to Florence and John Johnson on American Ridge near Kendrick.

She and her late husband Wayne Hoskins were married Dec. 14, 1941, at Pinehurst, Idaho. Together they farmed and she was a homemaker. They raised five children while tending their dairy farm.

Wanda was a member of the Gifford Homemakers Club and is a charter member of Cottonwood Creek Community Church. Her interests have always been about her relationship with the Lord, her flowers and working together in their garden. She loves gospel music and sings songs often through-out the day as she finds need of strength and comfort.

Wanda lost her husband recently, they had been married 74 years.

She has 16 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

May 20louis e. GrantLouis E. Grant, of Grangeville, will turn 80

on May 20. He was born the youngest of 12 children on

May 20, 1936, to Louis and Elsie Grant of the Gifford area.

After completing his education he worked at the Syringa Hospital in Grangeville as the X-ray tech-nician for 40 years, retiring in 1999. During most of these years and well into retirement he also ran a janitorial service for professional buildings.

His son Kevin and daughter-in-law Sandra live in Clackamas, Ore.

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shirley VorousShirley Joan Vorous of Clarkston

will celebrate her 86th birthday with family on May 24.

She was born May 24, 1930, to Charles and Frieda Unkie in Clarkston. She has lived in the area all of her life.

Shirley worked for Washington Water Power in Clarkston and

later worked for Clarkston School District as a secretary at Lincoln Middle School and Parkway Elementary. She retired in 1995.

She has four sons and 10 grandchildren.She is an active volunteer at Tri-State Memorial

Hospital and is a member of the Retired Teachers Association in Clarkston and a greeter at Orchards Community Church. Shirley enjoys gardening, reading, taking care of dogs, walking and watch the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners.

Please call and wish her a happy birthday.

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RAYMOND PLOURDERaymond Plourde of Lewiston will celebrate his 85th birthday this month.He was born May 27, 1931, in Stambaugh, Mich., to Baptiste and Elsie Plourde.In 1950, he graduated from Stambaugh High School, where played foot-

ball as well as in the service. Ray served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954.

Ray married his high school sweetheart Janet Perkins on Oct. 13, 1951, in Gaastra, Mich. They had two daughters, Debbie and Donna, and will cel-ebrate their 65th anniversary.

From 1958 to 1961, he attended Humbolt State University and graduated with a bache-lor’s degree in forest management. They lived in St. Maries, Idaho, working for the Forest Service, moving up to unit manager at Potlatch Forests. They moved to Lewiston in 1962 and he retired in 1989.

After Ray retired, he and Janet spent 11 winters in Scottsdale, Ariz. They volunteered at the Community Center and Meals on Wheels for more than 10 years.

The joy of Ray’s life is running and he achieved 312 awards and medals throughout his races. He ran 430 races, and that included 38,391 miles of running, which shows in his 42 years of log books.

DOROTHY MEDALENDorothy Medalen of Orofi no will celebrate her 88th birthday on May 27.She was born in 1928 in Leland to Hazel and Jess Thornton.Dorothy graduated from Kendrick High School in 1947. She was a housewife

and her husband worked for the Clearwater County Courthouse.She and her Allen Medalen married in 1949 and will celebrate their 67th

anniversary on Aug. 2. They have two children, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. They moved to Orofi no in 1955.

Dorothy enjoys playing pinochle, cooking, cleaning and seeing family.

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

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The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in April:l The Cancer Resource

Center is looking for volun-teers with a desire to assist cancer patients and others in the community get informa-tion about resources avail-able. Training is provided.l A local food bank needs

a volunteer lead person to oversee groups of volunteers and facilitate productive and efficient volunteer projects. The person will work with food bank staff, provide ori-entation to volunteers and help manage a safe environ-ment during projects.l A local food bank is in

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Interlink Volunteers — Faith in Action in Clarkston offers volunteer opportuni-ties throughout the area. The office, located at 817

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St. Joseph Regional Medical Center has several volunteer opportunities.l The surgery lounge is in

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By MICHELLE SCHMIDTFOR GOLDEN TIMES

The trouble with telling 95-year-old Marion Shinn’s life story is not finding where to start, it’s deciding where to stop.

One-room schoolhouse teacher? Check. World War II veteran? Check. Chemistry teacher? Park Ranger? Check. Check. Launch a vocational school? Check. Travel to 70 countries? Check. Doctorate degree, mayor, author and edi-tor? Check, check, check and check.

Thanks to an impeccable memory and organizational skills, Shinn doesn’t forget certain parts of a tale or meander past them in conversation. He tells his story prepared with an outline highlight-

ing dates, names and accomplishments — a practice he credits to his years on the high school debate team.

The small-framed Shinn joined the team as a sophomore.

“I have a tendency to talk,” Shinn said with a grin.

Not only did he like to talk — he was good at it. The team won the state com-petition in 1938, the only time Lewiston was represented in high school debate at the national level. Shinn says debate taught him organization, how to put ideas in sequence and think a few steps ahead — skills he has used time and again throughout his life.

“Without that, I would not be what I am today,” Shinn said. “My whole life has been shaped by debate.”

Shinn still likes talking, and he’s still

good at it. An educator at heart, most peo-ple couldn’t listen to him for longer than 10 minutes without learning something — nor it is likely he’d stop talking at that point, given the option. But the endless list of friends, colleagues and former stu-dents he’s collected over the years is testi-mony to the fact that it’s easy listening.

• • •

How does someone of this caliber come to be? Where does this kind of person come from?

It might have been any place, but in Shinn’s case, it was in a farmhouse on Doumecq Plains, the high plateau that overlooks the confluence of the Salmon and Snake rivers. The year was 1921. He recounted how the doctor had to ride in

12 miles on horseback to deliver him. “I arrived before he did,” Shinn said

with a smile. “But that’s OK.”His father was a farmer. His mother,

who had been a teacher before she married and had children, was a postmaster. In those days, people in rural areas relied on “fourth-class postmasters” who converted a room of their home into a “post office.” Mail arrived three times a week, and everyone within a 10-mile radius would come by to pick up their mail. The community would also gather at the Shinn home to listen to the radio — for a time, they were one of only two families in the area who owned one.

After Shinn graduated from eighth grade in 1934, he joined his 16 year-old brother in Lewiston to continue his education through high school. The two lived alone in a rented apartment and ate

Tribune/Steve HanksMarion Shinn and his wife Lorena have traveled extensively and have photographic mementos of their travels on the walls of their Lewiston Orchards home.

Keep on keeping on

Cheery, connected and active, Marion Shinn at 95 isn’t much

different from teenage Marion Shinn

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food that was shipped from home. Shinn remembers wrapping ham in newspaper to store it under the bed; that was as good as refrigeration got for them.

After high school, the debate champ attended Lewiston State Normal School (now Lewis-Clark State College) to become a teacher. His mother had attended the school in 1903, his sister was graduating from there, and his aunts were also educators, so his reason for teaching was simple:

“I knew teaching and I knew farm-ing — and I knew I didn’t want to be a farmer,” Shinn said.

• • •

By the time he finished his two years of schooling, the Depression had hit and com-

munities that had once support-ed a school were no longer able. When a school opened up in Dixie — people who had lost work went there in search of what little gold they could find — Shinn imme-diately took the opportunity. It wasn’t an ideal situation. He was snowed in for four months, and of the 10 kids he taught, none who began the school year stayed long enough to finish it because families moved on to find other work.

After that school year, he returned to Lewiston to meet some friends, one of whom introduced him to Lorena Neumayer. The two hit it off and con-tinued their friendship during Shinn’s second teaching assignment in Melrose, a farming community near Peck.

The year was 1941, and Shinn was the one to bring news about the bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor to the small com-munity. As the area’s only government-paid employee, he was assigned to issue ration books. Anticipating the inevitable draft, he signed up for the Navy and trained to be a radar technician. The

field was still “secret” at the time, so he was called “radio technician.” He par-ticipated in five war patrols in the South Pacific as a submariner, which entailed two-month stretches without seeing the sun. He recounted his stories of that time in his first book, “Pacific Patrol,” which he published in 1993.

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Shinn corresponded with Lorena during the war — as best as he could from a submarine, anyway.

When Shinn was discharged from the Navy in 1945, he returned home and married her. That fall, he enrolled at Washington State College — now Washington State University — to earn his bachelor’s degree in produc-tion management. By this time, he had refined his focus as an educator: He wanted to teach people in industry.

Industry training might have been where he wanted to be, but with mil-lions of young men freshly discharged from the service and looking for work, a job was a job. Shinn had been in touch with Lewiston’s superintendent of schools, who had been the princi-pal when Shinn was a debater in high school. Shinn had been a favorite stu-dent of his, and the two had been in contact about teaching positions. When a job opened up to teach high school chemistry, Shinn skipped the application and interview process and was offered a teaching contract and a key to the building — based solely on what he had done in high school, Shinn said.

“I wasn’t a chemist, but no one knew that but he and I,” Shinn said. “He knew who I was and what I would do.”

The year was 1948, and Shinn earned $2,530 that first year of teaching, the same amount he had paid for the Kaiser automobile he’d bought for his young

family, which by now included a son, Phil, and later, a daughter, Donna. Despite his lack of expertise in chemis-try, teaching went well, he said, “because I was reading faster than the kids.”

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In the years following WWII, there was high demand for skilled craftsmen. In response,

legislation was passed that not only authorized vocational training, but appropriated funding for it. As a result, about a month after Shinn started teach-ing high school, an opportunity to teach apprentice electricians opened up. Shinn took the job, and the class was held in the cafeteria at what was then the Potlatch paper mill.

After a few months of vocational teaching, Shinn became the supervisor of the trade and technical education program in Lewiston. At the time, voca-tional training was administered through the superintendent’s office. Although his three jobs were different — teach-ing chemistry to high school students, electrical skills to men his own age (and even older) and supervising the voca-tional classes — he worked under the school superintendent for all of them.

Shinn oversaw all the vocational classes that were offered, including carpentry, sheet metal work, plumbing and others. He expanded the program as time went on, including the addition of a practical nursing class, the first full-time vocational class for adults, in conjunction with St. Joseph Hospital — now St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

Eventually he stopped teaching the electrical apprentice class to focus on his role as supervisor. With the little time that freed up, Shinn became the coach of the high school debate team.

Given all the hats he was wearing, his office could get interesting, Shinn said. He’d have debate students he was coaching, chemistry students who would need help and often someone who need-ed something in the vocational world.

During that time, Shinn began working on his master’s degree at Colorado A&M. The family would drive to Colorado to spend the summer while Shinn studied.

Shinn and his wife also built a house together in the Lewiston Orchards, work-ing side by side — she would work during the day and he would finish up at night. They had the home framed and plumbed, but everything else they did themselves.

Shinn was hanging the front door when he got a phone call: He could work that summer as a park ranger at Glacier National Park if he could be there by the end of the week. He fin-ished hanging the door and left, return-ing the next week to get the family. He and his family lived in the park every summer while he worked as a ranger from 1955-65. It might come as little surprise that his son eventually became the city forester in Lewiston.

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Two national events occurred around that time that affected both of Shinn’s educational are-

nas. In 1957, Sputnik was launched and Shinn said schools were blamed for the fact that Russia had gotten into space first. As a result, a flood of funding became available. Additionally, in the early 1960s, a number of anti-poverty federal programs were enacted that established numerous junior colleges and vocational training programs.

Shinn said it was a good era to be in education, whether you were on the

Marion Shinn has received more than 40 awards in the past 50 years, and an ongoing honor was named for him in 2007 — the Lewis-Clark State College Alumni Association’s Marion Shinn Lifetime Achievement Award. Shinn created and expanded the valley’s fi rst vocational/technical schools, which became part of the LCSC curriculum.

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The Great Wall in China is one of the many places Marion and Lorena Shinn have traveled across the globe.

academic side or the vocational side — he was in both.

In 1963, Idaho passed legis-lation to begin two vocational schools: one in Twin Falls and the other in Lewiston. Sam Glenn, the assistant state supervisor of trade and industrial education, asked Shinn if he wanted to start the vocational school. Shinn had reported to him all the years he supervised vocational classes. He took the job, leav-ing his teaching position at the high school.

There was little agreement, however, on the location of the vocational school. The presi-dent of Lewis-Clark Normal School (now LCSC) didn’t want vocational classes on the campus, Shinn said, so the pro-gram purchased property for a separate campus at what is now Modie Park. But Shinn said the State Board of Education didn’t approve: Operating one campus had been enough of a challenge (the school had been closed for four years beginning in 1950 and operated under the University of Idaho for eight years thereafter) and they didn’t want to try operating two. So the vocational school was moved to the college campus.

Shinn wrote grants for, designed and supervised the construction of the Mechanical Technical building, which was built in 1968. The college and vocational school were separate

entities; the vocational school worked through the college, but the college did not make deci-sions for the school.

During the 15 years that Shinn worked as director of the school, he expanded the voca-tional programing to include unique classes for logger train-ing and cre-ating native goods, including beading. He started Adult Basic Education (similar to a GED pro-gram) and expanded workforce training to five Idaho counties. During that time, he also earned his doctorate from the University of Idaho in 1972. He retired in 1981, after which the two separate schools became one.

The years he spent in voca-tional training were good ones, he said. Funding was at its peak: Shinn recalled a phone call he once got from a govern-ment agency looking to see if he could use $40,000. But those days were short-lived. By the time he left, funding had begun to drop and, as a

result, his successor was forced to close some of the programs Shinn had started.

• • •

Retirement ushered in a new era of interests for Shinn. His post-retire-

ment resume reads like something some-one else might hope to accomplish in a lifetime. He served on the city council and was mayor for two years. He got involved in many community organiza-tions, including the Nez Perce County Historical Society, where he still serves as an editor and member of the exec-utive committee. He published his second book, “Eyewitness to Idaho History,” in 2014.

Shinn has received more than 40 awards

in the past 50 years, the most meaningful to him being the Esto Perpetua award from the Idaho Historical Society, given to those who have made a major contribution to the preservation and promotion of Idaho’s his-tory. Another prestigious award is ongoing: In 2007, the LCSC Alumni Association established the Marion Shinn Lifetime

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Flora Yang is small, spry and not afraid to tell you her age: “90-some-thing.” She walks twice a week at Mazza Gallerie in Northwest Washington, D.C., and says mall walking keeps her young and fit.

Health officials are starting to notice that effect too and say more malls should open their doors to walkers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put out a guide saying the mall is a perfect place for seniors to get in their steps.

It’s no secret that getting up and moving makes people health-ier and reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. But unpredictable weather and unsafe streets sometimes get in the way, especially for seniors.

That’s where shopping malls come in.

Mall walking began decades ago, when heart doctors began recommending it to their patients, said Basia Belza, a professor at the University of Washington’s nursing school. She estimates hundreds of pro-grams exist around the country, but they aren’t widely known.

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The CDC’s resource guide, for malls, released last year, encour-ages malls to expand walking clubs and set up new ones. The guide, co-authored by Belza, said indoor shopping centers are ideal for walking because

their level surfaces make seniors less likely to slip and fall. Malls are also well-lit and have water fountains, restrooms and places to rest. And seniors can walk in malls regardless of the weather.

The surgeon general cited mall walking last year in a national call to action to improve the nation’s walkability and to get more people moving.

Mall walking clubs are often partnerships between a shopping center and providers, hospitals and community groups that serve seniors. They are typically free for walkers, and some include organized warm-up exercises, health screenings and lectures about healthy eating.

Sibley Memorial Hospital runs the walking club at Mazza Gallerie. In addition to helping seniors get exercise, participat-ing in the club reduces their isolation, said Marti Bailey, director of the hospital’s senior association. “It’s so much more than walking,” Bailey said. “It’s walking, talking, sharing life together in a real way. It’s the

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Achievement Award, which is given annually to recognize alumni who have shown long-term dedication and service to the college and their community.

But retirement wasn’t all work. Shinn set aside time and money for travel, using invest-ment income he and his wife earned from rental property pur-chased in 1972; Shinn knew then that travel was not something that could be done on a teacher’s salary. Even so, Shinn described he and his wife as “budget, fru-gal travelers” who skipped out on plush hotels, opting instead to see how people lived.

They traveled once or twice every year, generally on his wife’s birthday in February. They celebrated her birthday at the Taj Mahal, looking north toward South America, in Vietnam at a children’s orphan-age — she even had “Happy Birthday” sung to her in Swahili one year. The two rode camels in the Sahara and trekked through Nepal — they traveled to all inhabitable continents. Photos and trinkets from their travels cover two walls in their home.

“We had a ball,” Shinn said. His wife’s favorite place was Tanzania because of the animals, but he thinks the most exciting place they went was Borneo, where they spent the night in a village longhouse, up a long river far from civilization.

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w hen asked about his life as a whole, Shinn hints at a few

secrets to his success.“I just read in Reader’s

Digest that people who are positive and look forward to things have a chance of living seven years longer,” Shinn said. “We need to talk about what’s good, not what’s bad in the world.”

Besides adding length of life, Shinn said that people are attracted to those who are positive. Good relationships with friends, teachers, col-leagues and students served him well during his career and have brought enjoyment in his later years.

“I go to these class reunions — I go to one or two a year — and at every one of them, I have people who report to me what they have done. They say, ‘See? I did make something of myself.’ It’s a wonderful expe-rience,” Shinn said.

And finally?“I worked. I learned to

work when I was kid, and I never knew how to stop,” Shinn said.

Even at 95, he writes, edits and assembles the Golden Age journal; manages rental prop-erties; volunteers with senior meals; participates in other community organizations and keeps a garden — he estimated he shared a full ton of food from it last year.

“It’s been a good life,” Shinn said.

It would be hard to find many who could disagree.

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AARP offers driver trainingThe AARP Driver safety program will be

offering four classes in the area this month.The classes include: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday,

CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston. Call instructor Kay Gaines at (208) 816-3450 to register. 8:30 a.m. to noon May 10 and 11,

Good Samaritan Retirement Center, 403 Samaritan Lane, Moscow. Call Nancy Mitthof at (208) 596-9394 to register. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 17 and 18,

Pullman Senior Center, 325 SE Paradise St., Pullman. Call Arnie Lee at (208) 301-8844 to register. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with lunch

break at 12:30 p.m. May 24, Whitman County Public Service Building, 310 N. Main St., Colfax. Call Arnie Lee at (208) 301-8844 to register.

The cost for each class is $15 for AARP members and $20 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 driver’s licenses and/or insurance discounts.

For those unable to attend any of the listed classes and who have a reasonably high-speed Internet connection there is an online class offered through AARP at www.aarpdriversafety.org. The fee for AARP members to take the online class is $17.95; nonmembers fee is $21.95. Payment is required at time of starting online class and is payable by debit or credit card.

UI Extension Lunch and LearnMOSCOW — The University of Idaho

Extension is offering important information

for seniors through the Lunch and Learn series at Gritman Federal Building, here.

The weekly series is offered at noon every Tuesday in the conference room on the second floor of the Federal Building, 220 E. Fifth St. Tuesday, “Advertising and Marketing

a Small Business” presented by Fran McCully of Your Administrative Solutions. May 10, “Advanced Medical

Directives and Fire Wishes” presented by Arika Jensen of Gritman Medical Center. May 17, “Buying and Selling a

Home” presented by Jennifer O’Brien and Andrea Broenneke of O’Brien Real Estate and Platinum Home Mortgage. May 31, “Who Gets Grandma’s

Yellow Pie Plate?” presented by Karen Richel of the University of Idaho Extension.

All Lunch and Learn programs are free and bringing a sack lunch is encouraged. More information about the series is avail-able by calling Richel at (208) 883-2241.

BriefsSubmitting briefS

Groups and organizations can submit information, pertaining to seniors in the region, to be published for free in Golden Times monthly magazine. All submissions are subject to space avail-ability and editing.Submissions should be emailed to: goldentimes@lmtribune.comor mailed to:golden timesP.O. box 957Lewiston, iD 83501Information for June’s issue must be recieved by may 23 to be considered.More information is available by call-ing (208) 848-2241.

Lewiston Community CenterActivities offered include: Line dancing, 10 a.m., Mondays

and 9 a.m., Thursdays. Pinochle, 6:30 p.m.,

Wednesdays. Painting club, noon, Thursdays. Bridge, noon, Fridays.All activities are located at the

community center, 1424 Main St. in Lewiston. Registration is required for all activities and can be completed in person at the Parks and Rec office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. week-days, by calling (208) 746-2313 or online at www.cityoflewiston.org/parksandrec, where the summer pro-grams brochure can be downloaded.

Clarkston Community CenterActivities offered at the center

include: Fitness class, 10:15-11:15,

Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pinochle, 12:45-3 p.m., Tuesdays

and Fridays. Blood-pressure checks, 11:30

a.m., Wednesdays. Bridge, 12:30-4 p.m., Thursdays;

and 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Sons of Norway to meetThe Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge

No. 129 will have their meeting at noon May 21 at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

There will also be a covered-dish dinner for the meeting, which is the last before the summer break. The heri-tage program will be on Syttende Mai, Norway’s Constitution Day.

MAY 4: American Legion Stewart-Runyon Unit 27, post and auxiliary, pot-luck at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m., 3113 E. Main St, suite 101, Lewiston

MAY 4: Lewis Clark Valley League of Women Voters, 10 a.m., Lewiston City Li-brary, 411 D Street, Lew-iston.

MAY 11: American Legion Post 13 Auxiliary, 1 p.m., Ameri-can Legion Hall, 1127 Eighth Ave., Lewiston.

MAY 17: Sixth Street Senior Center, board and member-ship meeting, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

MAY 18: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.

MAY 21: Sons of Norway Elve-dalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 23: Seaport Quilters, 7 p.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

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By AndreA K. McdAnielsof The BalTimore Sun

BALTIMORE — Each Thursday, Dr. Walter Ehrlich can be found along busy 41st Street in Roland Park, surrounded by signs protesting excessive war and expressing concerns about climate

change. The 100-year-old regularly talks with family on Skype, sends emails and recently learned to use the Uber transportation app.

Ehrlich is among a record number of centenarians in the United States. The number of Americans who celebrated 100 years or more of life increased more than 43 percent from 2000 to nearly 72,200 in 2014, the latest year for which data is available, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Studies have shown common factors — such as Ehrlich’s active lifestyle and abil-ity to connect with the modern world — may increase a person’s chances of such a long life.

Many centenar-ians come from families who live a long time, indi-cating that there is a genetic com-ponent, research shows. Living a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise, balanced meals and no smok-ing also can increase the odds of a long life, studies have found.

Health experts say other factors in the rise of the number of 100-year-olds include safer workplaces — people aren’t working in as many dangerous jobs — and medical advancements against once-deadly infections and other illnesses. One of the most sig-nificant factors is that fewer people are dying from heart disease — the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S.

Jeremy Barron, medical director of the geriatric medicine outpatient office at Johns Hopkins, said treatment has improved so much that cancer is expected to eventually surpass heart disease as the leading killer of older people.

The trend also has consequences. An aging popu-lation puts added pressure on families, the health care system and other parts of society. Researchers and geriatrics specialists are working to better under-stand this impact.

“Having so many people grow too old at one time is entirely new to us, and we have a lot of learning left to do,” said Renee S. Fredericksen, a specialist on aging who sits on the executive coun-

cil of AARP Maryland.About 1,800 Maryland residents are 100 or older,

according to the Maryland Centenarians Committee Inc., which tracks that population using Social Security data. The group has held a celebration for centenarians every May since 1993.

The group also has asked these senior citizens about the keys to a long life. The responses varied: Some attributed their longevity to spirituality, while others said they remained single and avoided the stresses of marriage and raising children. Some ate healthfully, and others said they drank a glass of wine every day.

The graying of America has spurred the growth of industries to meet their needs. Senior travel groups and housing communities cater to the

elderly, and health care providers are tailoring services for them. This summer, St. Agnes Hospital became the second in the state to open a separate emergen-cy room catering to seniors. Holy Cross in Silver Spring opened what was consid-ered the nation’s first senior emer-gency care center in 2008.

The health con-ditions of cente-narians also vary; some need exten-sive care and suf-fer from chronic conditions, while

others live independently in their own homes or in retirement communities.

“I think the longevity explosion we are having is a double-edge sword,” said Carmel Roques, president and CEO of Keswick Multi-Care Center community for seniors. “We do everything we can to prolong people’s lives. But it also has a down-side, which is lots and lots of older adults with chronic illnesses.”

Some of these people end up in nursing homes, but others wind up under the care of relatives, including sons and daughters who also are them-selves elderly and dealing with declining health.

“We now have people in their 70s and 80s taking care of parents,” Fredericksen said. “It can be hard on families.”

“For the most part, the older we become, the more intense the need for care in our daily lives becomes — from help getting dressed, cleaning, eating and managing our finances,” Fredericksen said. “We slow down, we become frail, and medical incidents happen more frequently at an older age than a younger age.”

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“The hardest thing for most of them is that so many of the people who were in their lives are dead,” said Odessa D. Dorkins, the founder of the Maryland Centenarians Committee Inc. “It can be very lonesome for them to outlive their friends, out-live their family and outlive their spouse.”

At Roland Park Place retirement community, where Ehrlich and five other centenarians live, the staff tries to provide resi-dents “social interactions and the ability to make new friends and don’t feel lonely or isolated,” said Becki Bees, director of marketing for the facility.

Barron, of Johns Hopkins, said getting seniors more involved could benefit soci-ety as well.

“There are a lot of older people who would like to be engaged in the community and giving back in terms of working, volunteering or mentoring,” Barron said. “I think there is a lot of opportu-nity for older people to help society that we are not taking advantage of. When older people are involved in meaningful activity, it improves their quality of life.”

Ehrlich, a Czechoslovakian-born veteran who was wounded as a soldier and tank driver during World War II, half-jokes that he probably should have died many times before.

The retired medical doctor and physiologist says he has been lucky, but he recognizes he is slowing

down. He wears hearing aids and has to keep his legs propped up because of circulation problems. He suffers from macular degeneration and car-ries around a magnifying glass to read. A special machine magnifies the print of the several newspa-pers he reads each day.

Last month, he lost his second wife, who was 83.Ehrlich said there are still many things he enjoys

about life. He follows politics and looks forward to a mayoral debate that will be held at Roland Park Place soon. He goes to the theater and never misses his weekly protest. On his 100th birthday, he didn’t want a big party. Instead, his three children came over to spend time with him.

Ehrlich said he doesn’t mind aging, “as long as I can enjoy life and see my children.”

Jack Slaughter, 102 and also a resident of Roland Park Place, said he doesn’t

want to be a burden to his three children. His wife of 74 years died two years ago, and he has had to adjust to living by himself.

The Navy veteran and former real estate agent has outlived many of his friends. There are only three people alive from his Naval Academy class. He doesn’t think they’ll have a reunion.

He spends a lot of time on the computer and still cooks for himself — his specialty is fried eggs. He used to walk a couple of miles a day but now goes about a half-mile a day using a walker.

But his health is good. The only medication he takes is a diuretic for swelling in his legs.

“I think I’m doing OK for an old man,” he said.

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“The Road”How did it happen, where does it go?It is the road of life, sometimes it is full of strife.Sometimes it is hard to smile.I say just sit and try to smile, and in a while the days get brightey again.

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“Promise”Well I know you, Mr. SparrowFriend to mountain and to vale.There is not place upon this earthHid to you. Beyond your pale.You live within the cities’ hurry.Make your home in meadow green.Feed, it seems, on nature’s bountyWhich passes human eyes unseen.Spring finds you in a covered nestOn eggs of speck-led brown.A nest that last year served anotherWhich winter’s fury tore not down.Soon one by one the new birds wing.To their part in nature’s planYouth in sparrow kingdom carriesThe species’ hope to dwell with man.

— Bob Williams, 86, Clarkston

“My Brother”Why do we have to chooseBetween one life or another?One love for the other.Why do we have to say goodbye, to say hello.Surely our sadness must always show.

All the occasions we’d like to share.Unable to, and yet, we still care.Years cascade by. We laugh, we cry.Always conscious of days gone by.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Have golf cart, will travel. At least to The Villages.

The retirement community in central Florida famous for its souped-up golf carts once again was the nation’s fastest growing metro area, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

It was the third year in a row that the community of 119,000 residents had gotten the title of “fastest-growing” with a growth rate of 4.3 percent from July 2014 to July 2015.

“It’s exciting to hear we are No. 1 again,” said Sue Kelly, executive director of the Lady Lake Chamber Commerce in adjacent Lady Lake, Florida.

Most of the growth came from retirees moving to the communi-ty located northwest of Orlando, and 99 percent of the migration was from people who already live in the United States, accord-ing to the Census figures.

Kelly, who moved to the area in 1988, remembers when the

area didn’t even have a stop light, most people found jobs in other communities miles away and agriculture dominated the area. Now, the community has major chain restaurants, a hospital and locals can find work nearby. The area also has plenty of stop-lights now for cars and golf carts, which are a dominant form of transportation in the golf-course saturated The Villages.

“Every time we turn around, we have something new,” Kelly said. “We have become a community. We were always a community, but we were just a little village.”

Two other Florida metro areas were among the 10 fast-est-growing cities in the United States in the past year. Cape Coral-Fort Myers had a growth rate of 3.3 percent, and Punta Gorda grew by 2.8 percent.

More than an eighth of the growth from migration in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area came from outside the United States, and the rest came from domestic migration. The metro area now stands at 702,000 residents.

Ninety-five percent of the migration growth in Punta Gorda in the past year came from

domestic residents, and the rest came from people living outside the United States. Its population now stands at 173,000 residents.

Two Florida metro areas had among the nation’s the largest population gains in pure num-bers, not rates. South Florida grew by more than 75,000 resi-dents, and metro Orlando gained an extra 60,000 residents. They were respectfully the 7th and 10th biggest gains in the nation. In Orlando, more than a third of the migration growth came from out-side the United States. In South Florida, all the migration growth

came from outside the United States since the metro area actu-ally lost U.S.-born residents.

Census figures show that South Florida surpassed 6 million resi-dents for the first time. It’s the nation’s eighth biggest metro area.

Nancy Stroud, a Boca Raton lawyer whose practice focuses on land use, said the milestone strengthens the need for smart growth and protections for the environment in South Florida.

“That means better funding and respect for the value of planning and regulation, including from the state level,” Stroud said.

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The Villages, Fla., is fastest-growing metro area in U.S.

BRIEFLearn about legal and financial planning for Alzheimer’s patients

The Alzheimer’s Association will hold a free education workshop Tuesday, May 3, in Lewiston.

Certified elder law attor-ney Kate Monroe-Coyle will discuss legal and financial planning, and registered nurse P.J. Christo will also be on hand to answer questions.

Certificates of atten-dance are available for professionals for $15.

The program is 1 to 4 p.m. at “The Barn” at Guardian Angel Homes, 2421 Vineyard, Ave. Reservations aren’t required. More infor-mation is available by call-ing (208) 666 2996.

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