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Essential legal documents all seniors should haveDear Savvy Senior:

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Every adult – especially seniors – should have at least three essential legal docu-ments to protect them and their family. These documents will make sure your wishes regarding your estate are legal and clear, and will help minimize any conflicts and confusion with your family and your health care providers if you be-come seriously illness or when you die. Here are the key documents you need, along with some tips to help you create them

A will: This document lets you spell out your wishes of how you’d like your property and assets distributed after you die, whether it’s to family, friends or a charity. It also allows you to designate an executor to ensure your wishes are carried out, and allows you to name guardians if you have minor or depen-dent children.

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Durable Power of Attorney: This allows you to designate someone you trust to make financial, tax and legal de-cisions on your behalf if you lose your decision-making capacity.

Advanced Health Care Directive: This includes two documents that spell out your wishes regarding your end-of-life medical treatment. The two docu-ments are a “living will” which tells your doctor what kind of care you want to receive if you become incapacitated,

and a “health care power of attorney” which names a person you authorize to make medical decisions on your behalf if you become unable to.

Do-It-YourselfIf you have a simple estate and an un-complicated family situation, there are several good do-it-yourself guides that can help you create all these documents for very little money.

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Or, if you only need to create an advance directive you can do it for free at caring-info.org (or call 800-658-8898), where you can get state-specific forms with in-structions. Or for only $5, an even bet-ter tool is the Five Wishes document (agingwithdignity.org, 888-594-7437), which is valid in 42 states and will help you create a customized advance direc-tive.

Get HelpIf, however, you want or need assistance or if you have a complicated financial situation, blended family or have con-siderable assets, you should hire an at-torney. An experienced lawyer can make sure you cover all your bases – especial-ly when writing a will or living trust – which can help avoid family confusion and squabbles after you’re gone.

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What can i expect from this medication?

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or drowsiness, but knowing what to expect will help you handle any potential side effects. Also, knowing what to expect could keep you from blaming any new, unrelated symptoms on your medication.”

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By Joni SHavlik 50 Plus correspondent

During an artisan residency in Beaver Dam, potter and artisan David Martin found himself addressing some 400 sixth graders about his love of “throwing” clay.

Throwing clay means to spin it on a potter’s wheel, taking a lump of uninteresting clay and turning it into something beautiful and useful. He gave the youth good instruction in the art of making pots, but more importantly he told them to, “follow that voice in your head. If you like to study bugs, then go study bugs! If you like trees, then learn all you can about them!”

david martin works an agate piece on the pottery wheel inside his studio at martin pottery Studio & gallery in manitowoc. david martin pose with a glazed piece by the kilns inside his studio. Handmade coffee mugs on display in the gallery at martin pottery Studio & gallery in manitowoc. photos by Sue pischke/50 plus

CLEAR VISION Local potter continues to follow his dream

Martin, 56, has always had a clear vision of what he loves to do since he first used a potter’s kick wheel in eighth grade.

It was in an eighth-grade art class at Bad-ger Middle School in West Bend where Martin literally “threw clay!”

“You really have to throw it hard to make it stick, and it has to have just the right amount of moisture,” Martin jested.

Yes, they did throw clay in that class, but they also learned the proper way! And somewhere in the fun and the instruction something “stuck” with Martin, because he’s been seeking opportunities to foster his passion for throwing clay ever since.

As a freshman in high school he was able to use an electric wheel instead of the kick wheel and fell in love with clay.

“I remember clearly thinking in high school, ‘I will be a pottery studio owner in my 50s,’” he said.

While a college student at UW Stevens Point, Martin started teaching pottery classes at the student union while earn-ing his degree in psychology and art. Following college he worked in sales and marketing. While enjoying success in the corporate world, he never lost sight of his goal to own a pottery studio.

He likens his craft to playing an instru-ment.

“There are certain things that have to be done to make it work: practice, ex-perimentation, and having just the right touch,” he said.

There were certain things he needed to do to keep his high school dream alive, and besides working full time, he audited classes in pottery at a local university in Illinois.

Years later in Milwaukee, he rented space

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and continued experimenting with clay. Then in 1988, he and his wife bought an old schoolhouse in Horicon. They lived in half of the building and Martin had his pottery studio in the other half.

Six years later, the first of two sons were born. His setup made it possible for him to be a potter and at-home dad. He made pots and traveled to art shows.

The tourist traffic in Horicon is good during the bird migration in the spring and fall. Birders came to town to visit the marsh and many of those same folks also came to his studio. Martin’s inspira-tion from the Horicon Marsh inspired his painting of cattails and marsh grasses on many pieces. Now near the shores of Lake Michigan, his painted glazed pat-terns have evolved to include shoreline grasses.

Just a familiar glide of the paint brush up the side of a lamp base depicts the flow-ing grasses found on the shores, but Mar-

tin doesn’t see himself as an artist.

“I could never draw. I was called an artist in high school and college, but I’m a pot-ter,” he said.

In 1998 they sold the schoolhouse in Horicon and moved to Manitowoc. With the arrival of their second son, Martin’s main focus became the boys, while he continued to produce pottery from his garage and plan for his next studio.

He opened his current shop at 1304 Me-morial Drive in 2008.

“Fortunately people responded right away,” says Martin.

There is plenty of tourist traffic in the warmer months and steady local busi-ness throughout the year. As a board member of the Visitor Information Cen-ter, and through support of local groups like Friends of the Mariners Trail and Lakeshore Artists Guild, Martin is grate-ful to be part of Manitowoc’s lakefront scene. His workspace affords him an un-obstructed view of Lake Michigan.

“Friends have invited me to golf or what

not, and occasionally I’ve actually cho-sen to stay here and throw. Why would I want to be anywhere else?”

He takes his time enjoying the creative flow of starting and finishing each piece, taking it from soft clay to stoneware. The shop supports itself and has since the day he opened it.

“I want it to be manageable,” he said. “I don’t want to feel like I have to rush to produce pieces for an art show or gal-lery opening. I don’t want to be a slave to this.”

Looking through his studio one can see the graceful curves of a vase, or the beau-tiful blending of different colors of clay in a bowl, plus the perfect use of glaze to finish the piece.

Martin has put in the time, the study, and has done the work researching the histo-ry of his chosen craft, but he said the true artistry comes from really loving what you do, having the passion.

“The more I’ve gotten into pottery, the more I’m intrigued by the history and

science of it all,” he said. “The first pot-ter’s wheel is 8,000-plus years old! And the first clay objects were said to be Venus figurines, round, maternal figures dated at 25,000 years old. So for me to look at 2,000-year-old Greek Amphoras, Roman pottery with Olympians in sgraffito, or to look at Ming Dynasty porcelain and Celadons glaze, I feel that after 45 years doing this that I’m just scratching the sur-face!”

Martin is eager to try a new glazing tech-nique, which makes the glaze form crys-tals, much like frost forms on a cold win-dow pane. It can be produced in stunning colors. The new glazing will be an excit-ing addition to his shop in the near future and he is looking forward to experiment-ing with it.

Now at age 56, Martin is enjoying what he’s always known he has wanted to do.

“It’s what I hope for the people around me, to find what they love doing and go do it,” he said. “We only have so many days on this Earth.”

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Manitowoc’s only not-for-profit citizen directed care facility.1235 South 24th Street • Manitowoc, WI • www.shadylaneinc.com • 920-682-8254

When Shady Lane, Inc. was founded in 1951, its goal was to serve our community with arange of care at a reasonable cost under the direction of community leaders.

Community leaders envisioned a not-for-profit organization dedicated to offering best carepractices. Today, our board of directors is drawn from community leaders. We serve without

stock-holders, only stake-holders who are dedicated to the needs of our community.

A Smarter Approach to RehabThe day you plan your stay at Rehab at Shady Lane is the day webegin preparing for you to leave us. Your team – including yoursurgeon, your medical facility, and our staff – optimizes resources andplans the best way for you to recover. Because our rehab unit isseparate from other units, you are surrounded by people who shareyour objective of going home. Add to this a healing diet, a cuisine of“power foods” designed to encourage healing.

Designed for LivingIt’s a little like living at a resort . . . no shopping, no cooking, nocleaning! Bring your own furnishings and make yourself at home.You’ll find the security of having the help you need when you need itand the privacy you want. Offering accommodations from a singlebedroom to a 2-bedroom apartment.

Short Term Stays Available!Planning surgery but feeling uncomfortable going home? We can help.Come and stay for a few days until you’re comfortable on your own.

You Deserve A Place Of Your OwnWhen you’ve worked your entire life, you deserve a place to call yourown. All of our rooms are private rooms with bathrooms and we offersome suites which include a living room, bedroom and private bath.Our attentive nursing staff is dedicated to compassionate and loving care.• Private Rooms & Suites • Hospice Care • Medicare & Medicaid Certified

• Dining • Housekeeping Services • Laundry Room • On-site Clinic • Beautiful Gardens • Social Services • Parking • Beauty & Barber Shop • Activities• Therapy available through HFM Rehab Services of Holy Family Memorial

Since 1951Find out more...Theresa Patrick

Director ofCommunity Relations

920-682-8254for a private tour

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