Senior Times - November 2010

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November 2010

Veteran enjoysvariety of pastimes inRoseburg retirement

Veteran enjoysvariety of pastimes inRoseburg retirement

The fruitsof his labor

The fruitsof his labor

of Douglas County

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ON THE COVERPage 2The News-Review, Senior Times Roseburg Oregon, Monday, November 1, 2010

DALE GREENLEY For The Senior Times

L ong, expressive eyebrows archedhigh on his forehead as Joe Vialpan-do reared his head and roared withlaughter. That was a common occurrenceduring an interview with him and his wife,Connie, at their residence in Garden Val-ley. The only son of a coal mining and log-ging father, Vialpando grew up in the

1940s in Weston, Colo., near the NewMexico border. Here he roamed the moun-tains on horseback and discovered highmountain beaver ponds filled with pink-fleshed brook trout. He learned to fly-fishand 60 years later, it is still his favoritefishing method.

After graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force and served his firsttour of duty at Adair Air Station in Corval-lis, where he met and married Connie, anative of Coos Bay. They have been mar-ried 47 years and have three sons.

Vialpando served 22 years in the Air

Force, stationed in Germany, Alabama,Vietnam, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, andfinally at Cheyenne, Wyo. During histours, Vialpando twice served as liaison tothe Civil Air Patrol. After retiring inCheyenne, he joined the CAP and workedhis way up to wing commander, retiring asa colonel. In retirement, he worked for theBureau of Land Management for 17 years,dealing with oil and gas leasing.

After his years of moving from one dutyassignment to another with the Air Force,and his years with the BLM, his retirementdream was to settle down, plant a tree andwatch it grow. He was well on his way tohis goal, his apple trees planted and thriv

ing, when Connies aging parents inCoos Bay began to need assistance. In2002, the Vialpandos made the decision topull up roots in Cheyenne and move toOregon. Complications from Joe Vialpan-dos exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnamrequired regular medical assistance fromthe VA hospital system. They thereforeelected to move to Roseburg.

Vialpando likes to reminisce about hiseventful life and spin yarns about thoseexperiences. While in Germany, he servedwith an ordnance disposal unit. He partici-pated in bomb defusing and detonations.On one occasion the detonation of a largebomb caused the military police to investi-gate. Unknown to the detonation squad,the concussion broke windows nearby.That had not happened previously, butthere was a heavy cloud cover that day andthey reasoned that reflected much of theconcussion back to earth. We decided inthe future, bomb detonation was a sunny-

day activity, he said.His tour of duty in Vietnam was filledwith stress and frustration, he said. AtBien Hoa, the Air Base was the target of frequent rocket attacks. It was no fun, hesaid, but it was harder on Connie. Shewas in Denver with my parents and suf-fered through each radio and televisionreport of the rocket attacks, wonderingwhen the uniformed officer would comeknocking at the door.

The frustrating part of the Vietnam tour

was the political influences that preventedthem from adequately defending them-selves from the rocket attacks, he said.One day after a particularly bad rocketattack, a C-47 airplane armed with a minicannon spotted the attacking rocket squadin the process of dismantling their rocketlaunchers. The crew requested permissionto open fire on them, but permission wasdenied. All they could do was circlearound and watch the enemy disappearinto the jungle.

Vialpando said a highlight to living inRoseburg is taking my neighbor, LaBrie

Richie, to breakfast at Caseys everyWednesday morning.Two aspects he appreciates about the

town are the friendly people and the mildclimate with its long growing season. Hehas four gardens that he and Connie tendat their Garden Valley home including alarge plot for growing different varieties of peppers, from small hot Thai peppers tolarge, mild Anaheims.

Perhaps he is most proud of his chick-ens. The Vialpandos sell the eggs and take

pride in providing real eggs to their cus-tomers. He also volunteers at the St.Joseph Community Kitchen in Roseburgand the St. Francis Community Kitchen inSutherlin. On a regular basis, he makes therounds of the Cleveland Rapids area, pick-ing up trash.

Reflecting on his many years of serviceto the country, he is confident that patriot-ism is alive and well in America, despitewhat others may say. When the need aris-es, he maintains that we will have enoughwarriors to accomplish the mission.

Im no hawk, he states. War is a ter-

rible waste of people, but I do believeThomas Jefferson was right when he said,The price of freedom is eternal vigi-lance.

Confident that our country can take careof itself, Vialpando is now ready to sitback, enjoy the fruits of his labor, andwatch his trees grow.

Dale Greenley is a freelance writerworking on a book about fly-fishing onOregons rivers .

MICHAEL SULLIVAN/The News-Review

Joe Vialpando of Roseburg counts raising chickens as one of several hobbies that keeps him busy.

Veteran enjoysvariety of

pastimes in Roseburg

retirement

The fruits of his labor


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Its flu-shot season, and health authori-ties are urging nearly everyone to get

vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older.This year, a record vaccine supply is

expected. Theres an all-in-one inoculationthat now promises protection against thatswine flu strain plus two other kinds of influenza.

Influenza is serious, and anyone,including healthy people, can get the fluand spread the flu, said Dr. AnneSchuchat of the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention. Flu vaccines are thebest way to protect yourself and thosearound you.

The CD said the new high-dose versionfor seniors was developed because the

immune system weakens with age, so itdoesnt respond as actively to a flu shot.

Sanofi Pasteurs Fluzone High-Dosequadruples the standard dose for people 65and older. This winter, scientists will trackif that translates into less illness.

Dr. Marvin Bittner of the VeteransAffairs Medical Center in Omaha esti-mates the new shot might benefit one infour seniors. Anyone 50 or older, anyonewith chronic medical conditions such asasthma or heart disease, pregnant womenshould be vaccinated. Also, health workersand caregivers should seek flu shots aswell.

The Associated Press contributed to thisstory.

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LOIS TSCHETTER HJELMSTADFor The Senior Times

Ihad a lumpectomy with the diagnosisof multifocal breast cancer on April 20.Seventeen days later a surgeon

removed my left breast. Shortly thereaftera friend told me that a mutual friend hadasked him how I was doing, then added, Isent her a note and she hasnt responded.Doesnt she know the etiquette?

A year earlier another of my friends, suf-fering a recurrence of breast cancer,refused to open her cards and gifts becauseshe felt too ill to make a proper response.My heart ached as I watched unopenedmail, full of l ove, caring and memories,pile up mail that could have broughtsmiles, tears, and helping hands. And

because she couldnt do her part, my frienddied and left three grocery bags full of mail on her kitchen floor.

But there I sat with my own pile of cardsand gifts, my recovery slowed by chronicfatigue syndrome and five weeks of radia-tion therapy. I managed thank-you notesfor the presents, but then simply had tochoose between getting stronger andacknowledging every kindness.

What is the etiquette of an illness?It is extremely poor form to surprise

people with your illness. If at all possible,try to hint early on that you are ill. Thephraseology should be carefully designedto convey the seriousness of the situationwithout unduly upsetting the recipients. It

should at all times communicate that youare in top fighting form both in body

and in spirit.It is also important that your doctors and

nurses not become discouraged. Accom-plish this by putting on a happy smile,developing your wit through gallowshumor, pulling a flower from the vase tostick behind your ear, and writing poemsto pin on the curtain.

No matter how you feel or how seriousthe situation is, etiquette demands that youprop yourself up, offer seating to yourguests, and direct the conversation even if you dont feel up to participating in it .

It is difficult to be in touch with theniceties of civilized life at a time when youcan barely comb your hair. People who areill need to concentrate on getting well. If

that is not possible, perhaps they can focuson their survival without worrying

about etiquette.The rest of us should mind our manners

being as thoughtful and considerate aswe know how to be, reassuring our s ickfriends and family that no response orthanks are necessary.

Call before you visit and keep your visitshort, even if the patient urges you to stay.

Try to sense the mood of the patient andfollow her lead. Offer to acknowledge let-ters or gifts for the patient.

Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad of Englewood,Colo., is the author of books FacingCancer, Fear and Loneliness, The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother, Moving

Beyond Regret, and her most recent book,

This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60Years of Marriage.

The social graces of dealing with breast cancer

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R emember back when our parentsused to take us for Sunday drives?Even as a fidgety child I enjoyedrolling downthe back-seatwindow, feel-ing the breezeblowing myblond locksand watchingthe country-side go by.These dayswe jump inthe car, presson the accelerator and off we go, usually ina rush.

Last week I decided to make a change well, at least for a day. I was set to meetfriends for lunch out at the LighthouseCenter Bakery Caf and Store in Umpqua.It was a sunny day, so I decided I wasgoing to walk.

Walk? you say. Yes, it is 12 milesfrom my house to the caf. But I like towalk, so I packed up my backpack with anenergy bar and water bottle and off I went.

It is amazing what you see when youarent in a hurry. You might imagine thatspeeding cars would have run me off theroad, but to my surprise, motorists veered

away from me, many waving and calling

out encouragement. My first stop was atthe Garden Valley Fire Station. The fire-fighters seemed happy to have a visitor.They let me use their restroom and said if anyone ever wanted to park their car there

while out for a country ramble, it would

be fine.All along the way folks working in their

fields or splitting wood hollered a hello.The air was crisp and clean, the leaveswere starting to change color and the cows

relaxed in the sun.I have driven that road many times andnever before noticed a huge barn with LaBries Grass & Cloverseed painted on thefront. It looks like something out of a Nor-man Rockwell painting. I was sorry I did-nt have my camera with me.

Along Garden Valley Road there arethree or four signs offering brown eggs forsale. I read somewhere that brown eggsarent any healthier than white eggs, butsomehow I believe a brown egg from areal country chicken has to taste better.

So I strolled down Morning Glory Lane,was warmly greeted by Joe Vialpando, (thesubject of the cover story in todays SeniorTimes, at my suggestion). Hes a Vietnamveteran, retired from the Bureau of LandManagement, who decided to become anegg farmer. He has 30 chickens; his eggs

cost $2.50 a dozen. I bought a dozen andyes, brown eggs from a real countrychicken do taste better.

Farther down the road on the right Isaw a large vegetable garden with aprominent scarecrow. I stopped to chatwith John and Pat Miner because I wascurious as to why the scarecrow has reg-ular wardrobe changes. John winked andsaid he had no idea; mysterious visitorshave dressed it in everything from a bluedress with a purse to a Halloween cos-tume.

Not too much farther down the road isthe pristinely manicured Norris blueber-ry farm. What began as a little familyproject turned into a mega-industry thatsends Umpqua Valley berries worldwideand provides summer work for dozens of local youth.

If walking that distance isnt your ideaof fun, how about riding a bike? Thereare wide shoulders on the road and not alot of traffic. Now, I am not suggestingyou have to walk or ride a bike to enjoythe beauty of our own countryside herein the land of the Umpqua. But I urge

you to take a mini-vacation and drive outGarden Valley Road.

Go very slowly, 25 miles per hour. Rolldown the window, smell the fresh air, and

look at the scenery. Consider making somestops and visit wi th the locals. You willmake some great new friends. When youhave worked up an appetite, stop at theLighthouse Center Bakery Caf and Store.You will be in for a tasty treat not readilyfound anywhere else in the area.

All menu items are vegetarian, home-made, delicious, filling and served bysome of the most delightful people youwill ever meet. The caf is open from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturdayand from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 6461Ft. McKay Road, Umpqua.

Gloria Johnson is director of Carefree50 travel club. Normally she is travelingthe world. In this column she found adven-ture in her on backyard.

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G eorge Burns, the beloved andunusually active senior comedian,worked until shortly before hisdeath at age 100. His view on retirement

was simple.Retire-ment at 65 isridiculous.When I was65 I still hadpimples,Burns said.

As hous-ing pricesfall andretirementinvestments are shrinking, the new retire-ment generation is facing a different kind

of golden years.The growing number of workers olderthan 55 is five times that of the overallwork force. For the first time, senioremployment surpasses youth employment a ripple effect of a horrible economy,according to Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Devel-opment at Rutgers University.

Older workers are being laid off orforced into retirement, their 401(k)s arelosing value and theyre forced to takepost-retirement jobs to feed their fami-lies, he said.

As the largest, healthiest generation in

American history, how will we spend thesecond half of our lives? We neverplanned on living through a 30-yearretirement and the challenges of SocialSecurity and Medicare have left policymakers with difficult choices.

Marc Freedman of the Washington Postcoined the term encore careers. He seesthis shift in the aging population as ameans to reinvest the baby boomers hugepool of human capital into areas wherethe need is great. With 10,000 Americansturning 60 each day, it is time to take adip into the pool. This is the good newsfor a society facing labor shortages inareas such as teachers and health careworkers.

Ernest Hemingway said that retirement

was the ugliest word in the language. Avision for longer working lives needs toreplace the golden years dream of earliergenerations. Trading the ideal of the free-dom from work for a new ideal of thefreedom to work can give way to newideas, new attitudes, new challenges. Butpoliticians need to change policies thatcurrently present obstacles that penalizeindividuals for their continuing contribu-tions as seniors.

Retirement can mean finding newopportunities for entrepreneurships. But itmay also mean working in part-time jobs

for less money. With a growing number of

retirees heading back to work, the bene-fits of s taying active and mentally healthyare playing a major role in this decision,as well as the primary response theneed for money. In the latest survey bythe AARP, half of the respondents saidthey planned to work into their 70s andbeyond. This will mean that meagerretirement investments will last longerand can possibly gain traction in the com-ing years. With changes in the law, olderworkers can claim full benefits even if working part time.

Working in retirement creates commu-nity and family for seniors. Increasingmental activity in learning new things andcontributing to society also benefit thesenior worker. Changing direction in stag-

nant careers offers new challenges andexciting possibilities for older workerswho no longer have the consideration of family, but who recognize the benefit of extra cash for vacations without dippinginto savings.

This new boom is not without itschallenges. Age discrimination still existswith some employers who have concernsabout the ability of seniors to get up tospeed. Before choosing to return to work,older workers should check with their for-mer employers regarding penalties orrules preventing access to pension funds.

Also, Social Security benefits may be

subject to income taxes, depending on theincrease of income.

Bernard Baruch, an American financier,stock market speculator, statesman andpolitical consultant to U.S. PresidentsWoodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roo-sevelt, said that age is only a number, acipher for the records. A man cant retirehis experience. He must use it. My ownparents, now in their 80s, have set the bar.They are still working as journalists. Mymother also works as a court interpreter.They both volunteer in the Roseburgcommunity.

As the boomer generation finds itself facing early retirement due to unexpectedlayoffs and as dwindling funds from s tockmarket declines, boomers find that those

circumstances can be an asset. Living onless can offer the opportunity of workingin a field in which one is more creative,productive or making a difference in thecommunity.

As we, the next elder generation, beginour journey, lets embrace our young atti-tude and our work ethic and change ourgolden years to platinum. Thats what awise grandma would do.

Eularee Smith is a freelance writer from Eugene and the grandmother of six. She isexecutive director of UpStartCrow the-

ater, a childrens theater in Eugene.

How will you spend the second half of your life?

Eularee SmithWise Grandma


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T he South Point Family History Cen-ter is housed in the mens facility of the Utah State Prison. In August thecenter celebrated its 20th anniversary.About 600 prisoners do their own genealo-gy here or extract and index records forother genealogists to use worldwide.

Volunteer Edward Lunt, along with hiswife, Penny, coordinates 58 volunteers

who come to the prison to supervise andassist inmates in the family history center.Lunt reports that prisoner-patrons spendclose to 10,000 hours per month in thecenter.

While many of the men work only onthe indexing project, there are others whohave researched their own history, someexperiencing the joy of connecting with

family for the first time in their lives. Luntexplains, The vast majority of the guyscome here from broken families. Withsome, theymight knowtheir dadsname andthats it.From littlebits of infor-mation, theycan start dig-ging and findout a little bitabout Dad,who he was and where he came from, andthen Grandma and Grandpa.

Tom, a lifer, said he began going to thecenter about seven years ago because of the recommendation of a fellow inmate.His research into his African-American

heritage held special challenges. I justhappened to find a whole pocket of fami-ly, he said. With what he learned he wasable to teach research techniques to otherinmates.

I love doing the research and findingpeople and helping people find people, he

said. For most of us, family is everything,because as a prisoner you spend a greatdeal of time by yourself.

Dan, also an inmate, learned so muchthat he was offered a job with a profession-al genealogist upon his release.

While the center is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.seven days a week, Internet access is limit-ed. Non-inmate volunteers must be presentat all times the center is open.

This limitation does hamper the work abit, making it hard for the men to do someof the research, says one program volun-teer.

While in maximum security in 2000,George received a family tree from hisuncle. It did not mean much to him at thetime, but he later brought it to the familyhistory center. Through some sourcesshown to him, a connection was made withhis family.

These prisoners are not just doingtime. They are serving time while givingsomething back to the worldwidegenealogical society.

Beverly Wellington is director of theFamily History Center in Roseburg.


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A recent article in this column dis-cussed the subject of people whohave moved into our area fromother states

and wish tohave theirestate plan-ning docu-mentsreviewed tomake surethey complywith Oregonlaw. This is arelativelystraightforward task, which attorneys per-form often.

From time to time questions have also

arisen regarding common law or infor-mal marriages, which are recognized insome other states. (It is important to notehere that we are referring to marriages,

which although not formally solemnized,are fully recognized by such states as mar-riages. This discussion does not extend todomestic partnerships, or other arrange-ments not constituting marriage.)

Common-law marriages have not beenrecognized as valid in Oregon since 1925.However, a valid common-law marriagelegally entered into and recognized inanother state will be recognized as valid inOregon, unless it violates a specific prohi-bition in Oregon law. This principle of rec-ognizing the law of other states is also theapproach that is used regarding holograph-ic (handwritten) wills. Although Oregon

requires wills made in Oregon to be for-mally executed and witnessed, some otherstates allow holographic wills under cer-tain circumstances. Oregon also then rec-

ognizes such holographic wills if they metthe legal requirements of the state wherethey were made.

Common-law marriages are, or havebeen until recently, recognized in a limitednumber of other states, including Col-orado, Montana, Utah and Texas. Therequirements for entering into a common-law marriage in these other states general-ly include the making of an agreem--entbetween the parties to live as husband andwife, and then actually living together andholding themselves out to the public ashusband and wife for a specified minimumtime period.

It would seem that there would be a sub-stantial number of people who could moveto Oregon who have valid common-lawmarriages from other states and who could

potentially have such marriages recog-nized as valid in Oregon. However, thismay be more theoretical than real, since inorder to establish the recognition of themarriage, the parties would need to clearlyshow that they met the necessary require-ments during the requisite period whileliving in the other state. Such evidencemay be difficult to provide after t he fact,particularly if the parties are in disagree-ment.

Bruce R. Coalwell is a Roseburg attor-ney who writes on elder law for The SeniorTimes.

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ByAlan EdwardsFor The News-Review

H ave you ever considered a visitabroad? Or maybe youre planningto live overseas for an extendedperiod of time. Whether youre outside thecountry for a week or a decade, you maybe unaware of how to reach Social Securi-ty in the event that you need to conductbusiness with us while youre away. Fortu-nately, in most corners of the world youcan get help from a federal benefit officeror other trained personnel.

The Department of State embassies andAmerican consulates abroad have person-nel who are specially trained to provide afull range of Social Security services,including taking applications for all typesof benefits, processing applications fornew or replacement Social Security cards,and an array of other Social Security busi-ness.

Americans in American Samoa, BritishVirgin Islands, Canada, and Puerto Ricomay obtain services directly from SocialSecurity field offices located there. Inother territories or countries, contact yourlocal embassy or consulate to find outwhich office to visit for your Social Secu-rity needs.

But before visiting or moving abroad,remember that the most convenient officemay be in your own home. Social Securi-tys website is a valuable resource forinformation. There are a number of servic-es and forms offered to people li ving out-side the United States on our international

operations site. You can find it atwww.socialsecurity.gov/foreign. Whileyoure online, you can read more aboutour international services. Another helpfulreference on moving out of the country isthe online publication Your PaymentsWhile You Are Outside the United States,which is available atwww.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10137.html.

You also may want to visit our Interna-tional Programs website, where you canlearn about International Agreements

between Social Security systems, pay-ments while you are outside the UnitedStates, and the Social Security systems of other nations. Go towww.socialsecurity.gov/international.

If you dont have a computer or prefer todo business over the phone, youre alwayswelcome to call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). If youare in a foreign country, you will need topay for the call because we do not offertoll-free service for calls from outside theU.S. If you call, please do so during nor-mal business hours for U.S. Eastern Stan-

dard time.Fortunately, in most corners of the worldyou can get help from a federal benefitofficer or other specially trained personnel.If youre leaving the United States for anyperiod of time, dont think youll have toleave Social Security behind too. SocialSecurity will travel with you.

Alan Edwards is a Social Security publicaffairs specialist in Oregon.

W hatever happened to those Kino-ki Foot Pads, the stickers wewere instructed to apply to thesoles of ourfeet and thatwere supposedto (while weslept) removetoxins andmetabolicwastes fromour bodies?

Oh, dontroll your eyes someonemust have bought them or the FederalTrade Commission wouldnt have become

involved. And involved they did become,recently charging the products marketerswith deceptive advertising and seeking tostop their further promotion, as well asrecouping monetary redress, i.e., gettingthe buyers money back.

The Federal Trade Commission investi-

gates complaints of what might be theuntruthful and deceptive advertising of foods, nonprescription drugs, cosmetics,and medical devices and services. Theirgoal is to protect us from quackery andhealth fraud. Quackery is the over-promo-tion of products and methods that have notbeen scientifically tested. Quackerybecomes fraud when the sponsor deliber-ately deceives rather than merely oversells.The FTC can act independently but oftenworks in concert with the Food and DrugAdministration, the United States PostOffice, the Department of Justice, and con-sumer protection agencies of individualstates.

If you bought the foot pads and foundthem beneficial for any of the long list of health problems they were said to address,its not for the FTC (or for me) to deter-mine if you experienced a physiologicalresult or a psychological one. If youbelieve they worked, they worked. Theyarent expensive and to my knowledge,they dont cause any harm.

But the cost and the safety of healthproducts are only two of the concerns of health care professionals and protectivegovernment agencies. There is also theissue of whether or not the advertisinghoodwinks and misleads the chronicallyill, or desperate buyer, giving false hopeand actually causing the buyer to delay if not forego altogether seeing a doctor foradvice and treatment.

While we may appreciate the govern-ments attempts to protect us, lets befrank: The number of quackery and healthfrauds in print, on television, and on theInternet far outnumbers the watchdogresources of all the agencies combined.The ultimate responsibility for makingwise health care decisions does not belongwith the government, but with each of us.

Be skeptical of health-related claims thattout:

Scientific breakthroughs, amazingresults, miracle cures, ancient remedies,revolutionary innovations, or secretingredients.

Quick, easy, effortless solutions toproblems your common sense tells you arenot quickly, easily, or effortlessly resolved,or they wouldnt exist anymore.

Personal testimonials of success thatare not supported by evidence-based scien-tific research.

One magic bullet product that can curea wide range of maladies.

Limited availability products, a ploythat encourages rush-rush buying.

No-risk, money-back guarantees.To learn whether the FTC has taken any

action against the promoter of a productyou may have considered buying, go towww.ftc.gov and type in the name of theproduct in the search box.

Remember, a healthy dose of skepticismmay be your best medicine.

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Studies consistently show that whenit comes to mathematics, Americanstudents dont come close to the

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I took threebooks of Draw Plus

Math to Lookingglass ElementarySchool recently and worked with the sec-ond-grade class taught by Sheryl Nash.The class consisted of 27 students, so theextra books came in handy when wedivided the class into three different s ec-tions.

I taught the more or less concept inthe book and also lesson 17, in which wedivided pizza and pies into halves, thirds

and fourths. Mrs. Nash guided her stu-dents through lesson 11 about symmetri-cal problems. The children learned whatthis big word was and were amazed tolearn they were symmetrical.

Teacher Tonya Davey chose lesson 2,which was about odd and even numberswith creatures to draw. All the studentswere excited during the hour we spentwith them using the creative lessons fromthe Draw Plus Math books.

The teachers also felt it was a verygood experience for the different groupsand said the instruction from the bookmade the lessons fun. The childrenunderstood the directions and did theirproblems with no difficulty. The book iseasy to understand, educational and fun.This book is designed to help all studentslearn math in a new and fun way throughart activities and exercises. Adding andsubtraction, shapes, symmetry, patterns,sorting, fractions are just a few of thesometimes frightening and challengingsubjects that the author turns into fungames and good learning skills. I cantsay enough about this book. Its truly amust for homes and schools.

Levin has illustrated picture books,readers, workbooks, greeting cards, andgame boards. She is the author/illustratorof an award-winning series called 1-2-3-Draw.

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I interpreted the music by imaginingmyself twirling on the stage expressingthe musical moods. I never heard mymother or any individual sing at home.Each December I joined other childrensinging carols during the Christmas pag-eant.

At age 9, I was encouraged to singwith two sisters as a trio in front of thechurch audience. With the mother of thetwo girls sitting on the front row andfrowning during our performance, I sur-mised I was the one singing in the wrongkey.

I decided there was to be no more

singing in public unless my voice meld-ed into a group.

Alas, I did sign up for girls glee clubin high school, being hopeful my voicewould blend in with those of myfriends. But the day the teacher steppedclose to me in the second row, I knew Ihad been detected.

In the meantime, I was told a pianowas being moved into our dining roombecause someone needed storage space.Saturday afternoon piano lessons fol-lowed. Practicing every day I soon real-ized I had no natural talent and there wasmuch memorizing of notes, timing andfinger placement. I was l6 when mymother informed me that I was to be thepiano accompanist for the Thursdayevening church adult prayer meetings.That was a volunteer duty I continuedfor more than a year, keeping this reluc-tant activity a secret from my peers.

My piano playing days ended, but lis-tening and moving to the rhythms hascontinued. Today, do not ask me to singunless I can hide my voice in a groupsing-along.

Laura Kruse shares her musing about her 90 years of life experiences with thereaders of The Senior Times.

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L ately I have been seeing a lot of advertisements for flat-belly reme-dies. There are even diet books tout-ing the effectiveness of their food r ecom-mendations to flatten bellies. Unfortunate-ly, there are nomagic foodsthat make bel-lies flat.

Accumulatedfat on our bod-ies is fromexcess caloriesthat we eat,calories thatdo not getused for ener-gy. Where andhow we storethose extra calories is primarily deter-mined by genetics. Check out your parentsand grandparents. Chances are that youwill store fat on your body in a similar pat-tern to theirs.

Fat stores increase when our metabolismslows down which happens as we age,as we decrease our exercise, and as welose muscle mass (from decreased exer-cise). Menopausal women are particularlyvulnerable to added weight, particularlyaround the waist.

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approach the age of menopause, their rateof physical activity tended to decline. Aslower metabolism, combined with gettingless exercise, is the perfect combinationfor weight gain. No wonder all the flatbelly fuss is so attractive to us.

Some foods get blamed for excess bellyfat, while others are praised as flat-bellydefenders. Heres an overview of some of these views:

High-fructose corn syrup is controver-sial. There has been an explosion of use of this sweetener in everything from soda tocommercial pastries. Ive even seen it inlunch meat and breakfast cereals. Thissweetener is sweeter than regular sugar, somanufacturers can use less to achieve theirdesired sweetness level.

Surprisingly, regular sugar and cornsyrup are composed of the same simple

sugars: fructose and glucose. Regularsugar is 50 percent fructose and 50 percentglucose. There are different blends of cornsyrup, such as a 55-45 blend of fructose-glucose. Contrary to the popular belief,however, with the increase of high-fruc-tose corn syrup consumption, the totalfructose intake has not dramaticallychanged. There is little evidence that cornsyrup is to blame for our belly fat. Excesscalories from high intake of simple sugarfoods are the more likely culprits.

Avocados, olives, olive oil, and nutshave been hailed as miracle foods thatreduce belly fat. These foods are all highin monounsaturated fats, which have beenassociated with heart health. Includingthese in your daily diet may help you feelmore satisfied and therefore may decreaseyour tendency to overeat. Theres no evi-dence that they will burn the fat aroundyour middle.

Heres sensible advice on how todecrease body fat, in your belly and else-where. Watch your caloric intake. Mostadults need between 1,500 and 2,500 calo-ries each day, depending on height andactivity level. Remember that fat storesincrease when you eat more food than isneeded to fuel yourself through the day.

A great way to limit your calories is tobecome very familiar with portion size.

Look on food labels, get a lit tle pocketcalorie book, or familiarize yourself withwebsites that tell you the calorie level of various foods (www.nutritiondata.com isone). Limit yourself to one plate of foodper meal. And make that plate 9 inches indiameter, not 12 inches.

Limit saturated fats, found in most cutsof beef, cheese, cream, butter, and pastries.Foods such as fish, olive oil, avocado, andnuts are great sources of unsaturated fats,which are heart-healthy and associatedwith good management of diabetes.

And be sure to exercise. Exercise can

help you use more calories and thereforeburn off those fat stores.

Nancy Goodale-Graham is a registered dietitian at the Oregon Health and Vascu-lar Institute in Springfield.

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SUTHERLIN When the men went off to foreign battlefields in World

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used in posters to encourage women to join the work force. These womenwent to work in manufacturing plants, and, in fact, many were riveters in thebuilding of ships and aircraft.

Bette Gulliford, who grew up in Pasadena in Southern California, wasntlooking to be a poster girl in 1941, she was just looking for a job. After grad-uating from high school in June 1941, she and four girlfriends went to workat Monitor Products in her hometown on Dec. 5 of that year. The five madecrystals for walkie-talkies that would be used by the U.S. military.

Two days later the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the girls productionbecame even more important.

It made me feel really proud to be able to contribute by being involvedin one of the manufacturing projects, said Gulliford, now 87 and living inSutherlin.

She recalled receiving a letter from a sailor she had met at a dance in LosAngeles who wrote that he had a walkie-talkie with one of Monitors radiocrystals. The letter was an inspiration to the girls back home.

The Rosie movement resulted in about 20 million women working in man-ufacturing from 1940 to 1944.

To remember these women and their stories, a national Rosie the RiveterAssociation was formed. A chapter for the Roseburg area was started fiveyears ago and now has 12 members. Gulliford is the chapter president.

The main purpose for the chapter is t o work together to get our storiesinto a book, then get those into libraries and schools so students can learnwhat was going on at home during World War II, said Gulliford. We lovetelling our stories.

In recent years, members of the local chapter have talked to history classesat Roseburg High School and at Umpqua Community College. Theyve also be guestsat Newcomer Club and Southern Oregon Warbirds events. A tree, in memory of thosewho embodied the Rosie the Riveter spirit, was planted by chapter members in Rose-burgs Riverside Park.

Rosie members have contributed items to the American Legion monthly sale inRoseburg, donated money, dog food and handmade animal quilts to the Saving GraceAnimal Adoption Center, and donated to Project Literacy and to the homeless throughSt. Vincent De Paul. The Sew and Sew group, of which Gulliford is a member, havealso gone through the Rosie chapter to donate items theyve stitched.

Rosie women have also been featured in the July 4th parade in Yoncalla the pastcouple of years.

Gulliford said these women are proud that they were able to fill an important need

as young adults and that many of t hem are continuing to give even in their olderyears. It gives them opportunities to continue to share their stories on how they helpedtheir country.

You can reach Features Editor Craig Reed at 541-957-4210 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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Photo courtesy of Bette Gulliford

Pauline Clark, left, Clara Ross, Kitty Murphy, Jerri Gilliam, Bette Gulliford and Opal Nelsonshow off the trophy they won after appearing as Rosie the Riveters representatives in lastyears Yoncalla Fourth of July Parade.The six women worked in factories during World WarII to help support the war effort.


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important to start out at a low level of effort and work your way up slowly. Also,if you are at high risk for any chronic dis-eases such as heart disease or diabetes, orif you smoke or are obese, you shouldcheck first with your doctor before becom-ing more physically active.

Other reasons to check with your doctorbefore you exercise include:

any new, undiagnosed symptom chest pain irregular, rapid, or fluttery heart beat severe shortness of breath

Check with your doctor if you have: ongoing, significant, and undiagnosed

weight loss infections, like pneumonia, accompa-

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an acute blood clot a hernia that is causing symptoms such

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Check with your doctor if you have: foot or ankle sores that won't heal persistent pain or problems walking

after a fall -- you might have a fracture andnot know it

eye conditions such as bleeding in theretina or a detached retina. Also consultyour doctor after a cataract removal or lensimplant, or after laser treatment or othereye surgery.

Check with your doctor if you have: a weakening in the wall of the heart's

major outgoing blood vessel called anabdominal aortic aneurysm

a narrowing of one of the heart's valvescalled critical aortic stenosis

joint swelling.

If you have had hip repair or replace-ment:

check with your doctor before doinglower-body exercises.

don't cross yourlegs.

don't bend yourhips farther than a 90-degree angle.

avoid locking the joints in your legs intoa strained position.

Your activity level isan important topic todiscuss with your doc-tor as part of yourongoing preventivehealth care. Talk aboutexercise at least once ayear if your health is

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When you exercise, it is important to doit safely. Follow these tips to avoid injury:

When starting an exercise program,begin slowly with low-intensity exercises.

Wait at least 2 hours after eating alarge meal before doing strenuous exer-cise.

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The Sutherlin Family Caregivers Sup-port Group will meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 11at the Sutherlin Senior Center, 202 E.Central Ave., Sutherlin. The Sutherlingroup meets the second Thursday of eachmonth.

The South County Family CaregiverSupport Group will meet at 2 p.m. Nov.

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The Winston Family Caregivers Sup-port Group will meet at 2 p.m. Nov. 24in the Wooley Board Room of the Win-ston Community Center, 440 GrapeStreet, Winston. The Winston groupmeets on the fourth Wednesday of eachmonth.


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Memory Care Support Group will meetat 5 p.m. Nov. 3 in Room 3 of the MercyCommunity Education Center, 2459Stewart Parkway, Roseburg. The groupmeets the first Wednesday of each month.Information: 541-464 5600.

Acquired Brain Injury Support/Educa-tional Group will meet at noon Nov. 9 atthe Umpqua Valley disAbilities Network,736 S.E. Jackson St., Roseburg. Thegroup meets the second Tuesday of eachmonth. Information: call 541-672-6336,ext. 205.

The Alzheimers Support Group willmeet on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m.,

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The Bereavement Support Group Lun-cheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 10a.m. at Karens Coffee Cup, 2445 N.E.Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg. Thegroup meets the second Wednesday of each month. Information: 541-677 2384.

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G eorge Burns, the beloved andunusually active senior comedian,worked until shortly before hisdeath at age 100. His view on retirementwas simple.

Retire-ment at 65 isridiculous.When I was65 I still hadpimples,Burns said.

As hous-ing pricesfall andretirementinvestments are shrinking, the new retire-ment generation is facing a different kindof golden years.

The growing number of workers olderthan 55 is five times that of the overallwork force. For the first time, senioremployment surpasses youth employment a ripple effect of a horrible economy,according to Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Devel-opment at Rutgers University.

Older workers are being laid off orforced into retirement, their 401(k)s arelosing value and theyre forced to takepost-retirement jobs to feed their fami-lies, he said.

As the largest, healthiest generation in

American history, how will we spend thesecond half of our lives? We neverplanned on living through a 30-yearretirement and the challenges of SocialSecurity and Medicare have left policymakers with difficult choices.

Marc Freedman of the Washington Postcoined the term encore careers. He seesthis shift in the aging population as ameans to reinvest the baby boomers hugepool of human capital into areas wherethe need is great. With 10,000 Americansturning 60 each day, it is time to take adip into the pool. This is the good newsfor a society facing labor shortages inareas such as teachers and health careworkers.

Ernest Hemingway said that retirementwas the ugliest word in the language. Avision for longer working lives needs toreplace the golden years dream of earliergenerations. Trading the ideal of the free-dom from work for a new ideal of thefreedom to work can give way to newideas, new attitudes, new challenges. Butpoliticians need to change policies thatcurrently present obstacles that penalizeindividuals for their continuing contribu-tions as seniors.

Retirement can mean finding newopportunities for entrepreneurships. But itmay also mean working in part-time jobsfor less money. With a growing number of

retirees heading back to work, the bene-fits of s taying active and mentally healthyare playing a major role in this decision,as well as the primary response theneed for money. In the latest survey bythe AARP, half of the respondents saidthey planned to work into their 70s andbeyond. This will mean that meagerretirement investments will last longerand can possibly gain traction in the com-ing years. With changes in the law, olderworkers can claim full benefits even if working part time.

Working in retirement creates commu-nity and family for seniors. Increasingmental activity in learning new things andcontributing to society also benefit thesenior worker. Changing direction in stag-nant careers offers new challenges andexciting possibilities for older workerswho no longer have the consideration of family, but who recognize the benefit of extra cash for vacations without dippinginto savings.

This new boom is not without itschallenges. Age discrimination still existswith some employers who have concernsabout the ability of seniors to get up tospeed. Before choosing to return to work,older workers should check with their for-mer employers regarding penalties orrules preventing access to pension funds.Also, Social Security benefits may be

subject to income taxes, depending on theincrease of income.

Bernard Baruch, an American financier,stock market speculator, statesman andpolitical consultant to U.S. PresidentsWoodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roo-sevelt, said that age is only a number, acipher for the records. A man cant retirehis experience. He must use it. My ownparents, now in their 80s, have set the bar.They are still working as journalists. Mymother also works as a court interpreter.They both volunteer in the Roseburgcommunity.

As the boomer generation finds itself facing early retirement due to unexpectedlayoffs and as dwindling funds from s tockmarket declines, boomers find that thosecircumstances can be an asset. Living onless can offer the opportunity of workingin a field in which one is more creative,productive or making a difference in thecommunity.

As we, the next elder generation, beginour journey, lets embrace our young atti-tude and our work ethic and change ourgolden years to platinum. Thats what awise grandma would do.

Eularee Smith is a freelance writer from Eugene and the grandmother of six. She isexecutive director of UpStartCrow the-ater, a childrens theater in Eugene.

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assigned me to write about what I woulddo to prepare our house for winter or theyard, I was tempted to say I would turn the ther-mostat down to 55 degrees, lock all of the doorsand take the 3:10flight to Yuma untilnext spring. ExceptI have never been toYuma.

But on secondthought, wintershere arent so bad.In the 43 years Ihave been living inMyrtle Creek, therehave only been sixtimes the tempera-ture has reached zero, and that was only for one ortwo days. Snow is practically nonexistent, exceptfor the time in 1969 when it snowed 3 feet ormore.

The temperature hovers around the low 30s andgets up to the higher 40s. It is mild, like EasternOregon where I grew up.

What do I do to make the house ready for win-ter weather? We dont need storm windows, theyare built-in. The air conditioner needs to be stored

away in the garage.

We have electric heat so it needs to be turnedup. The house is all-electric, so there is little to do.After my stroke, I hired Todd Snyder to do my

lawn. He starts about mid-March and ends some-time in November. The lawn has never lookedbetter.

Last spring I planted marigolds in front andsprayed with a product to deter browsing deer.After two weeks, the deer found them and ate allof the buds. They have been at it ever since.

Lately I have been pulling up the plants and get-ting ready for next year. I will show them a thingor two. The deer also attacked our hanging bas-kets. They get up on there hind legs and munch on

the blossoms. Awhite rabbit, which belongs toneighbors, joined the deer in devouring our annu-als.

So, John, other than relocating the air condition-er and moving the patio furniture in, we are set forthe winter. But I sometimes wonder if Yuma hasall this wildlife?

Even so, in final analysis Douglas County is apretty good place to live. Even the deer li ke ithere.

Ronald K. Culbertson is the retired CEO of Umpqua Bank.

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H eres a surprising reason not to settle for subpar vision: Eyeexams are good for your brain.Yep, getting your eyes examined regularly and correcting visionproblems could help to significantly reduce your odds of memory-stealing dementia down the road. Compared with people whobelieved their vision was poor, people who rated their own vision asbeing very good or better were 63 percent less likely to developdementia over a nine-year study period. And although the partici-pants showed no signs of dementia or cognitive decline at the startof the study, the researchers found those with worse vision who had-nt bothered going to an eye doctor were 9.5 times more likely todevelop Alzheimers disease. On the other hand, the risk of cogni-tive decline was not significantly higher in people whose vision wasinitially not so great but who had problems professionally corrected.

Its not totally clear how the health of our eyes may be connectedto brain function. But other studies have found similar links betweendeclines in eyesight and waning cognitive ability. It may be that dif-ficulty seeing makes it harder to keep up the good lifestyle habitsknown to curb dementia risk, such as exercising regularly and doingmentally stimulating activities.

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D ear Reader,Wearing an apron makes me feelcozy, and people extend a warm-hearted smile whenever they see me in myapron. I realize it might actually be awarm-heart-ed, sympathysmile indi-cating,Look at thatnice woman,shes proba-bly lost partof her mindand thatswhy shewears anapron to the supermarket. But she doeslook sweet. And so they smile.

Its practically impossible to think badthoughts about someone when Im wearingan apron. Instead Im surrounded by thesmells of a warm apple pie right out of theoven, and Im biting into pieces of leftovercrust Grandma Hale sprinkled with a littlesugar and cinnamon before she baked. OrIm basking in the sun its summertime,no school, my parents are at work and fortwo hours I can do anything I want, beanybody I want to be. When Im wearing

an apron, those are the memories I visit.Most of the aprons I own were worn by

someone else. And most of the somebod-

ies were people I never knew. A lightstain on an old apron doesnt bother me abit. Its character. Its history. Its a chancefor me to imagine who used to own theapron. Of course, only great cooks, lovingmothers, and writers used to own theaprons I wear today.

With the holiday season coming up, Iwould expect aprons will be in vogue allaround the country.

Writers wearing aprons? Yes. Not onlydo aprons inspire me to cook, they inspireme to write, too. When I was working onmy book Muffins and Mayhem, myfavorite flowered, bib apron was my inspi-ration I wore it almost every day.

Thanks for reading with me. Its so goodto read with friends.

Suzanne Beecher provides the onlinebook club for the Douglas County Library,sponsored by The Senior Times in cooper-ation with the Douglas County Friends of the Library. Readers can reach Suzanne at [email protected] or sign up

for the online book club by checking withthe nearest library.

This simple garment bringspleasant memories to the wearer

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Walking in a winter wonderlandthese days? Make your lungs happywith this small equipment addition: ascarf.

Tina Vindum, author of Outdoor Fit-ness, recommends covering yourmouth and nose with a scarf beforeheading out for cold-weather exercise.This simple piece of gear helps warmand moisturize air before it hits yourtender lungs.

Besides being a shock to the system,cold, arid air can dry out and irritatebronchial passages. But if you wear a

scarf or face mask over your mouth andnose, heat and water will be trapped inthe material every time you breathe out.

A good thing, because then that mois-ture and heat are available to warm andhumidify your next breath on the wayin. And thats much easier on your res-piratory bits.

Healthy cold-weather exerciserequires some attention to wardrobe,too. The key, Vindum says, is layering.On your bottommost layer, use light-weight, breathable fabrics that wicksweat and keep you dry. Your next layershould provide insulation leggingsand a fleece top usually do the trick. Ontop, your coat or jacket should offerprotection against wind, rain, and snow.To keep feet dry, choose socks made of

a moisture-wicking material such aswool or polypropylene.

How to heat up yourcold-weather walks

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