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Opinion Leibo At Large

By their hateful words, you will know them

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Recently, a work acquaintance of mine used the word “Jews” in a sentence and promptly apologized to me in a panic.

His explanation: “I’m not sure if we’re allowed to use that word anymore. Like, is it still politically correct to say? Because I don’t want to offend anyone.”

As someone who fancies himself not especially politically correct, I responded as I believe most so-called normal people would in such a situation. I made fun of him.

“My understanding is, the World Language Police have developed a threepronged test on this subject,” I explained.

“One, are you using the word ‘Jew’ as a verb? It’s not allowed. Two, does the sentence include positive sentiments about Adolf Hitler or Nazi Germany? It’s off-limits. Three, are you saying the Jews in question control Hollywood, the media, Wall Street or all the world’s money? If so, stay away from that, too.”

For a moment, he looked like he might pull out a notebook and write down the rules. “I’m kidding,” I told him. He laughed and drank half his iced tea.

“You really had me worried there for a second,” he admitted.

As someone who works with words for a living, I’m also worried.

Back in the day, words were used to construct sentences, which put forth ideas and enabled us to connect with and better understand one another.

In 2020, each word seems to be like a small explosive charge, linguistic TNT, liable to detonate at any moment and maim not only the speaker but everyone within hearing distance.

Last week, for example, UN Women, the United Nations “global champion for women and girls worldwide” tweeted to its 1.7 million Twitter followers to “use your language to fight gender bias with gender-neutral expressions!”

Their recommendations: Say “chair,” not “chairman.” Say “partner,” not “boyfriend” or “girlfriend.” Say “humankind,”

not “mankind.” Say “owner,” not “landlord.”

To me, if the biggest problem in your relationship is what to call your, uh, “better half,” then you two are doing just peachy.

Meanwhile, the folks over at PETA have taken aim at the word “pet” as derogatory and demeaning to animals. Their term of choice? “Animal companions.”

“How we say things governs how we think about them, so a tweak in our language when we talk about the animals in our homes is needed,” said Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA, in an interview with the British media outlet Metro.

“A pet is a commodity, but animals should not be things on shelves or in boxes. Hopefully, the time is passing for this kind of attitude.”

Here’s a thought. When dogs and cats can buy their own food, open their own can of Purina and feed themselves dinner, I’ll start referring to them as equals.

Until then—or until I start scooting on the kitchen floor as a sanitary practice—I’m sticking with the word “pet.”

Besides, Newkirk and many members of the language police have it backward.

They believe the words we use govern how we think. I believe our thoughts govern the words we use.

Think about it: Is a member of the Ku Klux Klan smart enough to avoid using racial slurs in public any less racist? Of course not.

Is the person who laughs and says, “Let’s just steal this parking space marked for ‘people with disabilities,’” any less rude? Hardly.

Personally, I’d rather racists, bigots, sexists, anti-Semites and the rest of the world’s haters speak out at the top of their lungs, using the most offensive language they can muster.

To me, it makes it easier to separate the blithering morons from the rest of us.

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Ask Gabby Gayle

Doing nothing isn’t a bad thing

BY GAYLE LAGMAN-CRESWICK

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Dear Gabby Gayle: The article signed by Happy Girl about doing nothing in retirement struck home with me. After I fully retired in June 2019, I would get all kinds of advice from people on what I should be doing in retirement.

When I told them, “I’m doing absolutely nothing and loving it,” they would say, “You just can’t do nothing.” My pat answer was this: “This is my retirement and I’ve never been happier!” Everyone is wired a bit differently. It’s nice not having to answer a 5 a.m. alarm or be expected to be at a place at a certain time. I knew for years this is the kind of retirement I wanted.

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I read your headline in the January issue and read the letter from “lost,” along with your advice to her. I have another suggestion: St. Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in thee.” Translation: Do some of God’s work and you will find purpose and happiness. What does that mean? Find a charitable cause that uses your talents and try it out. There are literally thousands of charities that would love to have help. Unlike work, you can choose which hours you volunteer. There are three sources of joy you get from charity work—enjoyable people to work with, recipients who are usually grateful, and you will feel a joyful self-satisfaction from helping those in need. I have always felt I got more joy out of helping people than the recipients of my effort. I guarantee you can find purpose, peace and joy.

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Dear Gabby Gayle: Your recent columns where you were discussing how to get off the health care merrygo-round made me stop and think. I don’t think most of us really think about that. We just go merrily along and go to the doctor when something is wrong and let them tell us what to do. Then we end up in the last lap of life, spending hundreds of thousands of Medicare money on treatment we did not want in the first place. Thank you for making me think about what I really want this home stretch to be like!

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The ‘heavy hitters of Alzheimer’s’ set speaking dates The Valley of the Sun is home base for internationally renowned researchers who are stepping up to the mound to strike out Alzheimer’s disease. This Spring Training season, learn from these heavy hitters at Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Banner Sun Health Research Institute.

Dr. David Weidman, Stead Family Memory Center associate director, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, will talk from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 3, at North Baptist Church, 5757 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix.

On Thursday, March 12, Dr. Alireza Atri will talk about Alzheimer’s disease from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Grace Bible Church, 19280 N. 99th Avenue, Sun City.

Banner Alzheimer’s Institute Director Dr. Pierre Tariot will appear at Valley Presbyterian Church, 6947 E. McDonald Drive, Paradise Valley, from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, March 19.

Admission is free; register at 602-230-2273.

Local artists highlighted at Birt’s Bistro show Birt’s Bistro on the Benevilla Surprise campus will host a show with local artists in the restaurant through March 4.

The art ranges from watercolors and pastel landscapes to fun giclées and mixed-media works. The artists include Jules Gissler (books, prints, giclées, cards and original paintings); Lorraine Lukes (pastel landscapes); Mary Wolke (watercolors); Jackie Young (oil paintings); Billie Ryan (abstract naturalism); Ronda Miller (mixed-media art); Gary Beck (clay art) and Peggy Juneau (mixed-media art).

Proceeds from the sale of any art piece directly benefits the Benevilla Creative Aging Programs. Birt’s Bistro is a social enterprise where every purchase helps fund Benevilla programs and services. Birt’s is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call 623584-0065 for more details.

Desert Valley Orchid Society hosting show and sale The Desert Valley Orchid Society will host its annual show and sale Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, at Berridge Nurseries, 4647 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. Admission is free.

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A make-and-take hands-on Kokedama class is 2 p.m. Sunday; purchase required.

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Roaring 2020 party celebrates The Forum at Desert Harbor Peoria’s The Forum at Desert Harbor toasted its third decade with a Roaring 2020s party.

Fashionably, Forum residents and staff donned fringed sequin flapper dresses, feather headbands, and satin gloves in Great Gatsby style.

Partygoers at the snazzy affair were treated to the jazzy music of the We3 trio. Pianist Nicole Pesce tickled the ivories (and Forum fans) with a delightful medley of timeless tunes featuring vocalist Renee Grant Patrick and violinist Suzanne Lansford.

The Forum at Desert Harbor’s longstanding employees share a kinship in relation to their sentiments about the sweet rewards of working at the senior living community.

“I began my 27-year senior services career at the age of 16 as a dining room server here,” Executive Director Kelly Bojorquez says.

Her 14-year tenure with The Forum, combined with a variety of related supervisory roles, gives her a unique perspective in leadership. “My favorite part about being here is that I consider our residents and team members as an extension of my family.”

Presented with a wrist corsage in recognition of three decades of employment since the community opened in 1990, Accounts Payable Coordinator Carol Maxhimer says, “The residents and people I work with have always made The Forum special.”

“The Forum has a warm inviting atmosphere,” says Jan Mahoney, the director of sales and marketing, who has spent decades at the facility. “Being here for 21-plus years, I consider our residents my second family.”

For a personal tour of The Forum at Desert Harbor, call community relations at 623-9720995. The Forum at Desert Harbor is located at 13840 N. Desert Harbor Drive, north of Thunderbird Road at 91st Avenue, in Peoria.

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toon boat rides, water fitness classes in the lakeside swimming pool, and picnics around the fire pit. The independent private residences, assisted living apartments and onsite health care center make life easier for residents year-round.

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by FVE Managers Inc., a subsidiary of Five Star Senior Living Inc. To learn more about The Forum at Desert Harbor, visit theforumatdesertharbor.com or Five Star Senior Living’s website at fivestarseniorliving.com.

Our Lady’s Guild keeping busy Our Lady’s Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes/ Vistancia and Our Lady’s Guild of Prince of Peace are hosting a fashion show at noon Saturday, April 4, at St. Michael’s Hall, Prince of Peace, 14818 W. Deer Valley Drive, Sun City West.

Sher’s will provide the fashions. Tickets are $20. There will be chances on theme baskets, a silent auction, a quilt raffle and 50/50 drawing and a money tree. The fashion show is themed “Mary’s Flower Garden.”

For tickets, call Jean Green at 623-824-9817.

A new treatment option for common painful condition The Pain Center has had what it calls impressive outcomes from a new procedure to treat pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis.

Persistent leg and back pain can be the result of a condition called lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal The Sun City West Broadcast Club and 103.1 KSCW happily donated grocery store gift cards to residents of the Ronald McDonald House, that causes constriction on the which Joel Piaskowski called a “safe place to land.” Piaskowski is the nerves. Lumbar spinal stenosis director of underwriting for the Broadcast Club and KSCW. Piaskowski is pictured here with Kerry Schulman, CEO of Ronald McDonald House is a fairly common condition in Charities. (Photo courtesy KSCW) adults older than 60. The Pain Center is seeing an impressive 103.1 KSCW supports success rate with a new, minimally invaRonald McDonald House sive treatment option which utilizes a small Through the sponsorship of the Jazzy Lit- implant that creates a space for nerves by tle Christmas concert in December, and oth- supporting the existing anatomy. This proer fundraising functions, the Sun City West cedure takes about a half-hour, requires no Broadcast Club and 103.1 KSCW donated general anesthesia and is performed in an $800 in grocery store gift cards to the Ronald out-patient surgery center.

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Building a ‘Mayberry’ Robson Resort Communities strives to perfect the ‘golden years’

BY CONNOR DZIAWURA Robson Communities is always looking to improve its model to satisfy what the company’s Brian Boylan sees is a growing aging population.

Founded in 1972, the builder of master-planned retirement communities for active adults has expanded its reaches throughout Arizona and even into Texas over the past nearly five decades, attracting tens of thousands of residents and garnering numerous accolades along the way.

“There’s no rock unturned of what we’re looking to try to do better—and be better than the next,” explains Boylan, Robson’s senior vice president of sales. He says the company even takes resident input into mind as it progresses.

Robson Communities was recently named Builder of the Year for the 55-and-older market at the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas.

Robson raked up numerous honors at the show, also including 19 gold or silver recognitions for some of its individual model homes, communal spaces, lifestyle programs, marketing campaigns and more.

Boylan calls reception of the awards part of a “continuing effort.” NAHB has regularly honored Robson since at least 1993, according to the builder’s website, which also lists a plethora of commendations from other organizations.

“We offer these big communities that have all sorts of amenities and activities

Robson Communities amenities vary by location, and can include golf courses, fitness centers and pools.

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for you, and the home is just a vehicle to get there,” Boylan says.

As it has expanded over the past five decades, Robson has aimed to make its residents’ “golden years” the best they can be, with communities such as PebbleCreek in Goodyear; Robson Ranch Arizona in Eloy; The Preserve, Quail Creek, SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch in the Tucson area; and Robson Ranch Texas in the Dallas/Forth Worth area. A Sun Lakes community—Robson’s “flagship” one—is sold out of new homes.

“We want to extend your happiness and your life,” Boylan says. “People come to us All locations are built with the “luxury lifestyle” in mind. (Photo courtesy Robson Communities)

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and they’ve been working their whole lives, they may not have been in shape, they may not have done ‘this,’ and we offer all sorts of classes and activities that they can just come and extend their life and live life happily, luxuriously, whatever you want, at a given price. It’s affordable and it’s not too expensive for everybody.”

Depending on location and floor plan, homes range from the $200,000s to upward of $1 million. “(If) you’re a school teacher and you live right across the street from a CEO, we don’t care. They’re just here to have a great lifestyle,” Boylan adds. “Everybody’s got a common denominator, and we’re here to have fun and enjoy the rest of our life.” www.LovinLife.com

Amenities, which can vary by location, include golf courses and other sports facilities, clubhouses, creative arts centers, fitness centers, pools and restaurants.

“Each community takes on its own agenda, once we’re in there, of what’s happening,” Boylan says, adding that each is designed to pair with the surrounding area.

This can come in the form of actual design—some feature desert trails, while others incorporate traditional sidewalks—or even in terms of programming.

Activities—in realms including fitness/ wellness, performing arts and creative arts—are paramount to Robson. A community such as Quail Creek, for example, implements bird watching due to its close proximity to Madera Canyon, according to Boylan.

“It just depends on where we’re at,” he says.

Nevertheless, Robson sets out on a mission to build all its communities with a “luxury lifestyle” in mind. Boylan likens it to The Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons, or even “a cruise ship on land,” but with minimal-yet-inclusive HOA fees. Homes are built to be energy efficient, and a “sense

Robson Communities was recently named Builder of the Year for the 55-and-older market at the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show. (Photo courtesy Robson Communities)

of community” is fostered between neighbors, Boylan feels.

“What we like to do and tout is we know you may not be coming from the metro area where you know everybody, or you’re coming from Washington, or you’re coming from Florida, you’re coming from somewhere,” he says. “Everybody here is from somewhere else, too,

and they’re out to look and meet other people. They’re not using the same doctors they have for 30 years; they’re not using the banker or whatever.

“It’s almost like we are building a Mayberry,” he adds with a laugh. “We’re not going back in time, but it’s just a friendly place where you don’t lock your front door, you walk outside, and you wave

to somebody when you get your mail. I mean, it’s pretty spectacular to watch it happen.”

Looking forward, Boylan says Robson could have a number of years of development left at any given community in its canon. When the builder develops a project, it sets out on a 20- to 40-year journey, he explains.

“Even PebbleCreek, which started in ’94, we’ve probably got seven years left there. Casa Grande (Robson Ranch Arizona), we may have 20 to 30 years left there.

We’re looking at new dirt in Texas right now, as to do a whole ’nother development in North Texas. And, in fact, we were out there (in January) looking at land,” he explains.

“These big master plans, we’re kind of the last guys to do them as big as we do.

And, I mean, we have probably 50, 60, 70 years of inventory currently, right now, and are still looking for more. It’s crazy.

And then there’s a succession plan with the family. We continue to be privately owned. That’s the only way we plan to move forward, too.”

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The ‘Age of Elegance’ Ms. Senior Arizona contestants revving up for 2020 pageant

BY ANNIKA TOMLIN The comradery and support that comes with pageant life has no expiration date.

This is the case for the 18 women about to perform in the 31st Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant Saturday, March 21, at Valley Vista Performing Arts Center in Surprise. The pageant showcases women who have reached their “Age of Elegance”—60 and older.

“It was an experience I never thought I would have at the age of 69,” 2019 winner Ava Genung says.

Executive Director Herme Sherry is in the middle of rehearsal with the 18 contestants. She’s getting everything in order for the show, sponsored by Lovin’ Life After 50.

“I’m going like a wild woman right

now,” Sherry says.

The women have five weeks to rehearse for the four sections—judges’ interview, inner beauty (Philosophy of Life), evening gown and talent.

“We have contestants who are very stage savvy. They’ve been on a stage before and they are very experienced,” Sherry says. “Then we have a ton of them who have stepped out of their comfort zone totally and decided that they’d like to do this.”

Sherry stepped out of her own comfort zone and won Ms. Senior Arizona in 2004. After her win, she stayed with the organization and became the executive director in 2012.

The pageant begins the night before, when the contestants are quizzed by the judges.

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2019 Ms. Senior Arizona winner Ava Genung.

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“I’m really very particular with the judges,” Sherry says. “The judges don’t know each other until Friday night, when they arrive there to do the judges interviews.”

On Saturday, the contestants present their inner beauty by sharing their “Philosophy of Life” in 35 seconds or less. This is intended to show the judges how the contestant wishes to share her wisdom with the younger generation.

“They have to tell us how they live and what do they believe, not tell somebody else how they should live their life,” Sherry says.

The evening gown portion follows inner beauty. Women are judged on their poise and grace.

The talent show is toward the end of the evening. It sets out to prove that talent does not diminish with age and should continue to be shared. The talent is to last no longer than 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

“The talent is going to be really strong this year,” Sherry says.

The 18 women will showcase talents that range from singing to hula dancing and even a comedy bit.

At the end, the judges adds their scores and crown the new Ms. Senior Arizona.

“Nobody wants to leave until you crown the winner,” Sherry says about the audience.

The winner reigns for a year, taking part in various events around the United States. In October, she participates in the National Ms. Senior America Pageant.

“The best part of nationals was the women I met,” Genung says. “I made a

new tribe of sisters.”

Arizona has yet to have a winner at Nationals in Atlantic City but has had several runners up.

“Don’t enter to win. Enter to grow and challenge yourself,” Genung says. “It gives you the chance to do something you never thought you will ever do again.

What have you got to lose?”

Once the pageant is over, contestants can join the Cameo Club, a group of past contestants who perform around the Valley.

“We have a luncheon, then we have two groups—one on the East and one on the West—that perform,” Sherry says. “They perform in the assisted-living homes for the residents and go out to the veterans hospitals to perform as well.”

Proceeds from the pageant go to survivors of domestic violence.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Two Chandler establishments run by Colorado-based Spectrum Retirement Communities LLC have received awards from North America’s largest website that rates senior care facilities.

SeniorAdvisor.com gave its sixth annual Assisted Living Awards to The Enclave at Chandler and Gardens at Ocotillo senior care facilities.

SeniorAdvisor.com is in its sixth year of hosting the Best of Senior Living Awards.

Spectrum is a leading developer, owner and operator of retirement/independent, assisted living and memory care communities.

The awards are based on online reviews written by seniors and their families and are given to the top 1% of senior care providers across the United States and Canada.

The site bases the awards on 240,000 family-created reviews. Of nearly 45,000 communities listed on SeniorAdvisor. com, about 950 are recognized with the awards.

Spectrum says the Enclave “regularly receives exceptionally positive reviews

from their senior customers and their families like this one.”

It cited one that commended the facility for a friendly staff, good meals, full service and location.

“Everything that is needed is available within the building—beauty salon, theater, library and dining room, etc.,” one reviewer says, praising the wide “number of activities offered, ranging from card games to exercise classes and road trips.”

Similarly, a review of the Gardens at Ocotillo praised its “outstanding service.”

“They call all residents and family by their first names. The meals are good.

The activities are outstanding,” the reviewer says.

To qualify for the award, providers must maintain an average overall rating of at least 4.5 stars and receive at least five in a year’s time.

The website also provides information on senior care decisions and advice from community residents and their loved ones. For more information, visit spectrumretirement.com.

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Full-Serve Real Estate Savanah Lamey helps seniors transition to new homes

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Savanah Lamey understands she’s more than a Realtor to her senior customers.

With Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Lamey offers a transitioning service, helping seniors figure out their next step, whether it’s assisted or independent living, or downsizing and “aging in place.”

Her company doesn’t just help seniors buy and sell homes. This is full service.

“We like to help them transition more smoothly,” she says. “We offer everything from consultation to lifestyle needs and helping figure out what’s important to them,” says Lamey, who was inspired to perform this service after the death of a “father figure.”

“We ask them if they like to golf. Can they still drive? Do they need to be near public transportation? We really try to focus on areas that are going to be good for their lifestyle. After that, obviously, we do work with a home placement agent.

We can also help them start searching for a home if they are downsizing and need help with the move.”

“We offer white-glove service,” she says. “The movers will come out and do everything.

We send a small army to your house so you don’t have to lift a finger. When you have a home full of memories, it’s hard.

They help organize, pare things down—what you’re going to keep and what you’re going to give away.”

The company also helps with estate sales and auctions. The movers will pack up everything, unpack it and hang up artwork.

“It’s full service,” Lamey says. “They don’t have to do anything if they don’t want to. We don’t have to be that extreme for every client. We will tailor a package to fit the client’s needs.”

Lamey—whose Hurley and Lamey Real Estate is a division of Savanah Lamey PLLC, powered by Berkshire Hathaway— was licensed in 2008 and initially focused on property management. In 2018, she signed up with Berkshire Hathaway.

Based in North Scottsdale, Lamey takes an out-of-the-box approach to selling and adapts to changing market trends.

Their understanding of current technology, encompassing social media, apps and the latest target platforms is what sets them apart. She’s taken the common, everyday practice of real estate and reimagined it to maximize exposure and create demand that has results.

Hurley and Lamey Real Estate also offers Jeep Realtor Home Tours for clients moving from out of state or those who don’t know the area or ecosystem well.

“We take them on an adventure during the home-buying process,” she says. “We bring fun back into home buying. It’s a less stressful, fun transaction. While we’re out looking at homes, we venture off pavement and we take them into nature.

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Entertainment Defying Discouragement ‘Three baby boomer women’ organizing art exhibit

Vivian Stearns-Kohler, Susan Hanch Paige and Sheryl Stradling. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

BY CONNOR DZIAWURA Mesa artist Susan Hanch Paige says it’s unusual for someone to have an extended art career like her.

“I think artists get discouraged,” Paige says.

Now 65, Paige has been successful for years. After earning a bachelor’s degree in art from Northern Illinois University, she moved to Arizona and became heavily involved in the Valley’s then-blossoming art scene in the early 1980s.

That includes, over the years, work in art galleries and with the Mesa Art League, while perfecting her own work all the while.

“What I find is most of the women my age just started doing it. It’s like, ‘Oh, I’m retired and I’m going to paint.’ And they go take art classes.”

For Paige and two of her contemporaries, Vivian Stearns-Kohler and Sheryl Stradling, who are each just a few years older than Paige, the opposite is the case.

So, Paige has organized an exhibit—just featuring the three of them.

“Three Baby Boomer Women Abstract Artists” will launch with an opening reception from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the OneOhOne art gallery, 101 W. Main Street, Mesa. There will be hors d’oeuvres, and all three artists will be present.

Normal viewing hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday until March 31.

Combating the aforementioned “discouragement” artists face requires dedication, according to Paige.

“It’s tough to be tenacious and stick with it that long because there’s a lot of rejection,” she says. “You enter shows and you don’t always get juried in, but we just kept plugging along all these years.”

Luckily for Paige, she has broader stakes in the art world. In addition to creating at a studio off the OneOhOne gallery with her husband, Lt. Col. Barry Rosenblatt, who also took up art after retirement, she has long liked the business element—organizing shows and promoting other artists.

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“I think because I had that aspect—I wasn’t just always in the studio depending on just the sales of my art—that’s kept me going all these years,” she explains.

Paige, Stearns-Kohler and Stradling have known, worked and exhibited together for “a couple years,” according to the former, so these three baby boomer women wanted to celebrate their womanhood and experience with the upcoming exhibit. Paige says they met through the Mesa Art League.

“We all have been doing abstract art for quite a long time and I thought, ‘Well, let’s—the three of us—get together and let’s put out there that we’re baby boomers, we’re older in life and here we are, professional artists making art and doing it abstractly,’” she explains.

“Abstract” is a key word, as it’s a style she feels often takes the back burner to realism. Paintings will comprise “Three Baby Boomer Women Abstract Artists.”

“The three of us are all what’s called ‘nonobjective abstract artists,’ which means it’s in our heads,” Paige explains.

“We’re not pulling it from something in nature or whatever; we just kind of come up with the idea in our head and then we try to translate what we’re trying to say on the canvas.

“I also do abstract from nature,” she adds. “I do both.”

There will be an approximate 40 pieces, from small to large creations, on the gallery walls.

“All of us happen to do a style that brings in an Asian influence, whether we use the Asian calligraphy or images from Asia, and so we thought that was interesting,” Paige continues. “We all are working in that vein.”

Paige wants art enthusiasts to leave the gallery with a sense of positivity after having viewed the three boomers’ creations.

“We’ve had a lot of experiences, and so I think that comes through of our art,” she suggests. “I think in general people are going to be very uplifted by it, because we all work in a very uplifting, fun way but we also have a lot to share in our experiences and what we’ve experienced in life.

So, some of the pieces will portray some of our trials and tribulations through life.”

She adds, “It’s so subjective; it touches people in different ways. The cool thing about abstract art is it’s not realism. You don’t sit in front of it and go, ‘Oh, it’s a tree. It’s a cup. It’s a flower.’ It helps people reflect and think, and people see so many different things in abstract art that maybe we don’t even see. So they’re taking away something that touches them in some way, either mentally or emotionally.

“That’s the cool thing about abstract art,” she concludes. “It really is in the eye of the beholder.”

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Calendar of Events SUNDAY, MARCH 1

North Dakota Community Foundation Picnic, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Red Mountain Park, 7745 E. Brown Road, Mesa, $5, 701-222-8349, christi@ndcf.net, ndcf.net/picnic.

The event is a gathering of anyone with North Dakota ties living permanently or part time in Arizona. It features polka and oldies music, classic cars on display and a variety of vendors. Food will be available for purchase.

MONDAY, MARCH 2

Wonderful Wildflowers, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Holland Center, Black Mountain Campus, 34250 N. 60th Street, Building B, Scottsdale, free, registration required, azfcf.org.

A Look at Mental Health: Foods That Boost Your Mood, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $15 members, $20 guests, vosjcc.org.

Join nutritionist Liz Sims, a registered dietician with a master’s in clinical nutrition, as she dives into how nutrients can play a role in altering mood, improving focus/concentration, and overall keeping your brain healthy.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

Drums, Rhythm and Relaxation, 6 to 7 p.m., the first Tuesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-3146660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Tai Chi, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Heavy Hitters of Alzheimer’s Research, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., North Baptist Church, 5757 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, free, registration required, 602-230-2273. Dr. David Weidman, Stead Family Memory Center associate director, will speak.

Bingo, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, price depends on number of cards purchased, 480-832-3844.

The Hidden Secrets of the Book of Esther, 6 to 7 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $10 members, $15 guests, vosjcc.org. Join Cindy Landesman as she helps the group delve into the significance of specific letters and numbers found in Megillat Esther. Learn how seemingly insignificant details actually reveal layers of meaning found within the text.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

Violinist Tim Kliphuis and guitarist Jimmy Grant concert, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 13800 W. Deer Valley Drive, Sun City West, $20, 623-5560398, scwbclub@gmail.com.

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Breast Cancer Support Group, 6 to 8 p.m., first Wednesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-3146660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Chair Yoga, 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Tai Chi, 1 to 2 p.m., the first and third Wednesdays of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

The National Organization for Women SC/ WV Chapter Meeting, 1 p.m., UU Church, 17540 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise, free, 623-972-6273, aznow-scwv.org.

The speaker will be James Aragon, Planned Parenthood, cultural affairs.

The Beach Boys, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Valle Del Oro, 1452 E. Ellsworth Road, Mesa, $70-$90, 480-984-1146.

Learn It—Mobile Devices: Smartphones and Tablets, 1 to 3 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $10 members, $15 guests, vosjcc.org.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Carriage Manor Resort Health & Wellness Expo, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Carriage Manor Resort, 7750 E. Broadway, Mesa, free admission, registration required, https://form. jotform.com/81965392784170.

Heartfulness Meditation, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc. com.

Tai Chi, 3 to 3:45 p.m. Thursdays, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Bingo, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, charge depends on number of cards purchased, 480832-9003.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Caregiver Connect, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bellevue Heights Church, 9440 W. Hutton Drive, Sun City, free, registration required, 623-584-4999, benevilla.org. This free, educational event provides family caregivers with support and guidance to assist them on their caregiving journey. Dr. Maribeth Gallagher of Hospice of the Valley will discuss “The Language of Distress,” and Lori Nisson will give a second presentation titled “Ambiguous Loss: Living with Uncertainty.”

Chair Yoga, 1 to 2 p.m., the first and third Fridays of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Spirituality Group with Circle of Hope Cancer Ministry, 10 to 11:30 a.m., the first Friday of the

month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Chair Yoga, 1 to 2 p.m. Fridays, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Film Historian Julian Reveles, 1 p.m. for seven weeks on Fridays, JFCS Center for Senior Enrichment, The Palazzo, 6250 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, free, 602-943-2198. Reveles presents the seven-week series on “Hollywood Kids We Remember.”

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Sunland Village Arts and Crafts Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, free admission, 480-832-9003. The event features more than 100 vendors, food, music and wine tasting.

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MONDAY, MARCH 9

Sun Lake Democratic Club Meeting, 7 p.m. Sun Lakes Country Club’s Navajo Room, 25601 E. Sun Lakes Boulevard North, Sun Lakes, free admission, craftidoll1@gmail.com. Aaron Connor, the Democratic candidate for Maricopa County assessor, will speak, as well as O.D. Harris, who is running for Chandler City Council.

Jennifer Pawlik, the LD 17 Arizona House representative, will provide a legislative update.

The Good Shepard of the Hills Episcopal Church’s Maitland Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, azarchsoc.wildapricot.org/ desertfoothills. Andy Seagle will discuss “Tim’s Cave: The Discovery and The Story.”

General Cancer Support Group, 4 to 6 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Garth Guy: A Garth Brooks Tribute Concert, 7 p.m., Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 480-832-3844.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

Wisconsin Club of Arizona Picnic, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun Bowl, 10220 N. 107th Avenue, Sun City, $8, http://bit. ly/31BA0Ak. The picnic includes beer and soda; brats and hot dogs; beans and chips; entertainment by Zweifel Brothers; prizes; silent auction; drawings. Alumni associations from various UW campuses will also attend.

Westbrook Village Players’ “Mama Won’t Fly,” 7 p.m., repeats March 13 and March 14, and 2 p.m. March 15, Vistas Recreation Center Auditorium, 18825 N. Country Club Parkway, Peoria, $12-$17, 623-566-6178, 623-237-3037, westbrookvillagepac.com.

Prostate Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m., Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 700 W. Warner Road, Chandler, free, 480-3146660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Keep Calm and Play Mahjongg, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $10 members, $15 guests, vosjcc.org. Bring your Mahjongg card, if you have one, or purchase one the night of the event for $8.

General Cancer Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, the second Monday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Heavy Hitters of Alzheimer’s Research, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Grace Bible Church, 19280 N. 99th Avenue, Sun City, free, registration required, 602-230-2273. Dr. Alireza Atri, Banner Sun Health Research Institute director, will talk.

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Sun Lakes Republican Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s 25601 S. Sun Lakes Boulevard, Sun Lakes, free, 480-802-0178, slgop.org. Bestselling author Dr. Larry Schweikart will discuss “Reagan: The American President.” State Rep. Jeff Weninger will update the group on the current Arizona legislative session.

Purim Celebration, 10:30 a.m. to noon, JFCS Center for Senior Enrichment, The Palazzo, 6250 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, free, 602-943-2198.

The League of Women Voters of Northwest Maricopa County Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 17540 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise, free. The topic is “America’s Choices for the Future of Health Care: Facts vs.

Myths.” Men are welcome.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeology Society Meeting, 7:30 to 9 p.m.,

Westbrook Village Players’ “Mama Won’t Fly,” 7 p.m., repeats March 14, and 2 p.m. March 15, Vistas Recreation Center Auditorium, 18825 N. Country Club Parkway, Peoria, $12-$17, 623-566-6178, 623-237-3037, westbrookvillagepac.com.

The Clairvoyants, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Valle Del Oro, 1452 E. Ellsworth Road, Mesa, $40-$60, 480-984-1146.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

Westbrook Village Players’ “Mama Won’t Fly,” 7 p.m., repeats 2 p.m. March 15, Vistas Recreation Center Auditorium, 18825 N. Country Club Parkway, Peoria, $12-$17, 623566-6178, 623-237-3037, westbrookvillagepac.com.

Breast Cancer Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, the second Saturday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

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Pancake Breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m., Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, $5 at the door, 480-832-9003.

Communitywide Garage Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, free admission, 480-832-9003.

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Westbrook Village Players’ “Mama Won’t Fly,” 2 p.m., Vistas Recreation Center Auditorium, 18825 N. Country Club Parkway, Peoria, $12-$17, 623-566-6178, 623-2373037, westbrookvillagepac.com.

MONDAY, MARCH 16

Drums, Rhythm and Relaxation, 6 to 7 p.m., the third Monday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Dave and Daphne Show, 7 p.m., Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, $18, 480-832-9003.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

Cervical, Ovarian and Breast Cancer Support Group, 5 to 7 p.m., Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

What is Dementia, Anyway,” 11 a.m. to noon, Holland Center, Black Mountain Campus, 34250 N. 60th Street, Building B, Scottsdale, free, registration required, azfcf.org.

Begged and Borrowed Concert, 1 p.m., JFCS Center for Senior Enrichment, The Palazzo, 6250 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, free, 602-943-2198. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this Celtic music duo.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

Spice of Life Senior Variety Show, 2 p.m. repeats 7 p.m. March 19, Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, $8, 480-782-2730, chandleraz.gov/senior-adults.

General Cancer Support Group, 5 to 6:30 p.m., the third Wednesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 6111 E. Arbor Avenue, Mesa, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

Spice of Life Senior Variety Show, 7 p.m., Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, $8, 480-782-2730, chandleraz.gov/senior-adults.

Heavy Hitters of Alzheimer’s, 9 to 11 a.m., Valley Presbyterian Church, 6947 E. McDonald Drive, Paradise Valley, free, registration required, 602-230-2273. Dr. Pierre Tariot, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute director, speaks.

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It’s International Day of Happiness!

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

Trilogy Quilt and Car Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Trilogy at Power Ranch Ballroom, 4969 E. Village Parkway, Gilbert, free

Swap Meet, 7 a.m., United Methodist Church of Sun City, 9849 N. 105th Avenue, Sun City, free admission, 623-974-3631.

Cancer Survivors Celebration Breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m., Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome Street, Gilbert, free, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com. This free pancake breakfast features vendors, demos, screenings and family-friendly fun.

Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, the third Saturday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-3146660, ironwoodcrc.com.

Spring Arts and Crafts Fair, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., R.H. Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Boulevard, Sun City West, free admission, 623-544-6135, suncitywest.com.

Sunland Village Songsters Spring Concert, 7 p.m., repeats 2 p.m. March 22, Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, $7, 480-832-9003.

SUNDAY, MARCH 22

The Sun City West Broadcast Club’s Happy Days Sock Hop, 6 p.m., Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 13800 W. Deer Valley Drive, Sun City West, $10, checks only, 602-538-1031, scwbclub@gmail.com. KSCW and the Automotive Restoration Club are co-sponsoring a “Happy Days Sock Hop” dance with the Rhythm Edition Band and Elvis.

“S.T.A.R.S.: Survivors Take a Real Stage,” 2 p.m., Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second Street, Scottsdale, $22, 480-499-8587, scottsdaleperformingarts. org. The event features eight Arizona women who have faced a terrifying diagnosis and are using their gifts of life and experience to give back to the greater good in their second acts.

Catherine Hildenbrand will demonstrate and explain all the basic and essential beading and jewelry-making techniques to make beaded wire-wrapped earrings. All materials included.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

Sound Bowl Meditation, 6 to 7 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

The Connection Between the 10 Plagues and the 10 Commandments, noon to 1 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $10 members, $15 guests, vosjcc.org. Learn from Cindy Landesman how there’s more than meets the eye in the purpose of the plagues that were unleashed in Egypt.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

Metastatic Support Group, 3 to 4:30 p.m., the fourth Wednesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-3146660, ironwoodcrc.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves, 7:10 p.m., Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, ticket prices vary, 602-514-8400, mlb.com/dbacks. It’s opening day!

The Oregon Wine Trail Tasting, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $25 members, $36 guests, vosjcc.org. The group will taste a diverse and dynamic range of wines from the Willamette Valley, including pinot noir, pinot gris and (unoaked) chardonnay. It’s led by sommelier “Yogi Somm” Nadia Mustafa.

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Warrior in the Kitchen: Tacos from Around the World, 10 a.m. to noon, Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $45 members, $55 guests, vosjcc.org.

Although Mexico claims to be its birthplace, the taco has taken a trip around the world. From Indian to Moroccan to Chinese, the group will explore the influence of other cultures on this versatile dish.

MONDAY MARCH 30

“Eva: A-7063: An Auschwitz Survivor’s Fight to Heal the World,” 6 to 8 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $10 members, $15 guests, vosjcc.org. As a 10-year-old “Mengele Twin,” Eva Kor suffered some of the worst of the Holocaust. At 50, she launched the biggest manhunt in history. In her 80s, she circled the globe to promote the lesson her journey taught: healing through forgiveness. Narrated by Ed Asner, “Eva: A-7063” tells the full, astonishing story of this historic figure for the first time, tracking her from Auschwitz to Israel to the United States.

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Sunland Village Dance with Reign n Country, 7 to 10 p.m., Sunland Village, 4601 E. Dolphin Avenue, Mesa, $7 in advance, $8 at the door, 480-832-9003.

The Sun Cities Saddle Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m., SCW Christian Church, 20803 N. 151st Avenue, Sun City West, free admission, 319-560-1768, suncitiessaddleclub@gmail.com, suncitiessaddleclub.com. This trail riding and social club for seniors who love horses meets the fourth Monday of the month from September to March. Prospective members are welcome to attend any meeting. Membership is open to all residents of Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand, Corte Bella and local area.

Bling Series 102, 10 to 11 a.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $15 members, $25 guests, vosjcc.org. In this beginner jewelry class, Desert Moon & Gem owner

U.P. Club of Michigan Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., Tivoli Gardens, 12555 W. Bell Road, Surprise, $12.50, 623-977-2002, 619559-3036. Cash bar available. Guests and new members welcome.

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Cancer Survivors Support Group, 6 to 7:30 p.m., fourth Monday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-314-6660, ironwoodcrc.com.

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Pat Priest’s ‘Munster’ memories

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“I was devastated not to be in the film,” Priest says from her home near Boise, Idaho. “We were on the set filming the end of the season and the producers sent one of their guys down to tell me.

I was 29 and my contract was up for renewal, so I think they wanted a younger actress and didn’t want to pay me more.”

Priest says fellow cast members Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) and Al Lewis (Grandpa) “went to bat for me” but “that’s just the way it goes in this business.”

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sters” series was often small, Priest has always been upbeat about the experience.

“Occasionally, there was a show built around me, but I usually didn’t have a lot of lines and I just accepted that,” she says. “On a positive note, I could learn my three or four lines on the freeway on my way to the studio.”

Nevertheless, Priest still has fond memories of working on the show, although there was a brief early encounter with Yvonne De Carlo (Lily Munster).

“She was a major movie star from the ’40s and ’50s,” Priest explains. “My first day on the set, the two of us were in a scene together and the director asked me to move forward into the light.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Larry the Cable Guy is always “on.”

He answers the phone, “Please hold for Larry the Cable Guy,” and quickly returns.

“Ah, this was me all along,” he says with a hearty laugh.

Born Daniel Whitney, Larry the Cable Guy is known for his line “Get-R-Done,” and his travels on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He’s coming to Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino in Chandler on Friday, March 20.

“I love those casinos,” he says. “They’re good places to stay. They have good golf.”

He says he’s an “OK” golfer, as he got into it about 10 years ago. He’s trying to improve his scores, though.

“I started out horribly, but I’ve been working hard at it. I have a 14 or 15 handicap,” he says.

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“I’ve always been athletic, believe it or not. I love competition. I’m too old to play sports anymore. I’m fat. I got out of shape. I can’t bend down to get a ground ball. Golf still keeps me competitive and it challenges myself. Every time I get on stage, I challenge myself to be funnier, to write better jokes.”

As for his show, he calls it “PG-13” and filled with one liners, the latter of which is a rarity these days. He says he enjoys jokes—how they’re written, the setup and the timing. As for comics who focus on politics or long, drawn-out stories, not so much.

“I think everybody thinks they’re smarter than everybody else,” he says. “When I read Steve Martin’s book, back in the ’70s, Vietnam was going on. They were having protests and all these comics were coming up.

“Everybody was political. Steve Martin said he was going to be goofy, in the other direction—and that’s what he did.

He went a completely different direction than the other guys were doing. Regardless, funny is funny. There are comedians who I don’t like personally, but if they’re funny, I like their comedy. I’ve never not went out to see anybody because I didn’t like their politics.”

The avid Atlanta Braves fan—who loves its legendary player Dale Murphy— has slowed down these days. Instead of touring incessantly, Larry the Cable Guy performs 30 dates a year.

“I don’t want to miss my kids growing up,” he says of his 12- and 13-year-old

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For Kofi Baker, playing the music of Cream is bittersweet.

His father, Ginger Baker, was the backbeat of Cream before dying October 6, 2019.

“When he passed away, I was in England with The Music of Cream,” he says.

“It’s a different thing for me now. I feel like it’s my responsibility to keep this music going.”

Formed in London in 1966, Cream featured bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. It’s considered one of the world’s first supergroups.

The Music of Cream began in 2017 with a handful of concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Cream in Australia and New Zealand. For 2020 and beyond, The Music of Cream will hit the road with a new show and lineup. Honoring the original band’s landmark 1967 recording of “Disraeli Gears,” often considered Cream’s crowning achievement, concerts will feature the album performed in its entirety, followed by ‘Clapton Classics’ including hits like “Cocaine,” “Layla” “Crossroads” and “Wonderful Tonight” along with other Cream hits and rarities.

The Music of Cream is Baker on drums and Will Johns (Clapton’s nephew and son of Zeppelin/Stones engineer Andy) on guitar and vocals. They’re paired with musicians Sean McNabb and Chris Shutters.

Baker’s mission is to expose younger fans to Cream’s music. He argues that today’s music “really sucks.”

“That period (of Cream) was the best,” he says. “The musicians really knew how to play. I want to bring this musicianship and good songs back to the music business.

“The thing is today, when you go see your band, there’s a big show with all of these dancers and the music is just crap.

You didn’t have to have all the stimulation. It’s all the same, too.”

Baker says the Cream song “Blue Condition” is the most challenging on the tour.

“I have to sing the melody and play it,” he says. “The most challenging part is making the jams musical, the improv parts really musical, and (making) them go somewhere.

The Music of Cream is Kofi Baker on drums and Will Johns (Eric Clapton’s nephew and son of Zeppelin/Stones engineer Andy) on guitar and vocals. They’re paired with musicians Sean McNabb and Chris Shutters. (Photo courtesy SRO)

“Everything else is really comfortable.

I’ve been a drummer most of my life.”

Baker grew up playing original jazz and fusion music. He served as Steve Marriott’s drummer in Humble Pie, and fronted his own band, Kofi Baker’s Psychedelic Trip. Playing Cream’s music, however, is comfortable.

“My dad pretty much played it the way he felt it,” he says. “It’s like playing my family’s music. It feels very nice, especially because my dad’s dead now. It feels great keeping my legacy going. It’s a good feeling all around for me.”

What isn’t a good feeling is the drama Baker has endured since his father died.

“He never really talked to me once he married his fourth wife,” he says of Kudzai Machokoto. “She kept my dad away from us all. She was a very bad influence. She told my dad we all hated them. When I went to him in hospital before he died, I found out it was his wife. He was nice to me.”

He bequeathed his drums to his son, but Machokoto, he says, has refused to hand them over.

“She won’t give me the drums,” he says.

“I want to send them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They don’t pay you for it.

I want to get his drums there. She even said to me in hospital, ‘Dad wants you to have the kit.’ Now she’s saying the opposite. It’s really sad that these people come into these people’s lives at the end and take over. That’s a hardship to deal with.”

Ginger was known for his fiery temper.

When Baker spoke to his dad in the hospital, he was surprised at his temperament.

“I was blown away that my dad wasn’t the person I thought he was the last 10 years,” he says.

“When my dad’s fourth wife did all that stuff, she wanted to have everything. She emailed my sister and said, ‘You’re out of the will.’ She’s not very smart to put it in writing. She’s not a very smart person. My sister really wants to fight it, but it’s not about the money. She’s so nasty.”

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Travel Charlie Chaplin: His Personal Life, Part 2

BY ED BOITANO Well, it’s been a week. And once again I find myself sitting on the park bench in Vevey, Switzerland, next to the statue of Charlie Chaplin, with whom I share the panorama of shimmering Lake Geneva and the pristine snowcapped Alps.

I’ve covered a lot of tracks: indulging in the region’s world-class wines and scrumptious Swiss-French cuisine, wandering Lausanne’s cobblestone streets, and seeing the former home of Audrey Hepburn in Tolochenaz, near Lausanne, and the current home studio of Jean-Luc Godard, also near Lausanne. I tried to make sense of Huguenot, John Calvin’s Gestapo-like control of Geneva, and laid victim to the region’s steep prices. A simple café au lait and a buttery croissant set me back $20 U.S. But it was time to return to the centerpiece of my trip, an exploration of the life of Sir Charles Spencer Chapin. He chose Manoir de Ban, a neoclassical mansion in Corsier-sur-Vevey, to live his remaining 25 years, which, according to his family, constituted his “happy years.” I reserved my

final day to visit the Manoir, now rechristened Chaplin’s World, which has been repurposed and expanded as a museum that showcases Chaplin’s work and life as a family man in Switzerland.

Personal life Chaplin enjoyed what had appeared to be a fun-filled period during his time in Hollywood. Privately, he led a lonely life, filled with scandal and haunted memories of his impoverished youth.

His home in Beverly Hills’ Pickfair neighborhood—named after the mansion of married couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks—was designed by himself and built by studio carpenters, not known for building structures that lasted.

It began to slowly fall apart and was affectionately coined “The Breakaway House.” The guests loved it, and it became a place of merriment and refuge from Hollywood’s bright lights. Chaplin would entertain his guests by playing a pipe organ, inventing new gags and organizing swimming parties and games of tennis, where even the elusive Greta Garbo was a frequent player.

Sadly, defamation was also part of his life. During World War I, the British press labeled Chaplin as a self-absorbed coward whose loyalty to his home country of England was questioned for never serving in the military, despite aggressively selling war bonds and transferring large amounts of his substantial income to the British government.

Nevertheless, cutouts of the Tramp were propped up by British soldiers in the trenches “so the Germans would die laughing,” and his movies were projectSir Charles and Lady Oona Chaplin are buried side by side in a simple gravesite at Corsier-sur-Vevey.

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Chaplin, Oona and kids departing on a vessel back to the United States. (Photo courtesy Pinterest)

ed on the ceilings of military hospitals where wounded warriors could enjoy morale-raising laughs from their beds.

Another scandal occurred when Chaplin briefly dated 22-year-old Joan Barry, who later reappeared in his life, claiming that Chaplin was her baby’s father, and filed a paternity suit.

The public trial was so intense that Chaplin’s hair literally turned gray overnight. Blood tests proved Chaplin was not the father, but, at the time, blood tests were inadmissible evidence and he was ordered to pay $75 a week until the child turned 21.

Matrimony was also a problem for Chaplin: marrying three times to younger women with striking resemblances to his mother, Hannah.

The wives club included Mildred Harris, age 17; Lita Grey, age 16; and actress Paulette Goddard, age 28, who costarred with Chaplin in “Modern Times” and “The Great Dictator.”

His life took a blissful turnaround upon meeting the luminous Oona O’Neill in 1943, daughter of American playwright Eugene O’Neill. Chaplin was looking for a lead actress for his next (unrealized) project, and discovered the mesmerizing 17-year-old O’Neill.

He was overwhelmed by her captivating beauty, and their meeting led to a life-long romance. A month after O’Neill turned 18, they eloped and married in a secret civil service in Carpentaria, California.

Her father immediately disowned her upon learning of her marriage to Chaplin,

who was the same age as him. He refused all future attempts at reconciliation. Chaplin’s final marriage lasted until his death, producing eight children. Although Oona stayed in the background—she was happy to focus on their home and children— she spent time at the studios when Chaplin was working, offering her opinion about his various projects.

During the 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee’s witch hunts—a disturbing period in U.S. history where Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion—were in full swing. The committee used various charges of communism, communist sympathies and disloyalty to attack a number of individuals, which included many left-leaning Hollywood personalities.

Chaplin was considered dangerously progressive and amoral. FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover and HUAC mistakenly believed he was injecting communist propaganda into his films. It was also revealed he never bothered to become a U.S. citizen. When Chaplin and his family were departing back by vessel to Hollywood from a European vacation, Chaplin was informed that he would have to submit to an interview concerning his political views and moral behavior in order to re-enter the United States. Rather than fight a pending investigation by immigration services, Chaplin decided not to return to Hollywood at all. The Chaplin family, though, needed a new address in Europe. His older half-brother, Sydney www.LovinLife.com

Chaplin, suggested they visit Switzerland’s Lake Geneva region. Chaplin set his eyes on the enchanting town of Vevey, nestled along the lake. He was taken by its enticing tranquility, not to mention Switzerland’s attractive tax laws.

Manoir de Ban He purchased the vacant Manoir de Ban, a neoclassical mansion in Corsier-sur-Vevey, in a resplendent country-like setting near the banks of Lake Geneva. This is where he chose to live his remaining years with his family, from 1952 until his death in 1977. It was the most joyful and contented period of his life, where he would take strolls in the spacious grounds, plant flowers in his radiant gardens, play with his children and host friends from around the globe.

He also spent a large percentage of his time working on the screenplays for his films “A King in New York” and “A Countess from Hong Kong,” as well as adding music to his silent feature films, which he composed at the family piano.

Chaplin’s health was in slow decline after suffering a series of minor strokes in the late 1960s. Despite the setbacks, he was soon writing a new film script, “The Freak,” which he intended as a starring vehicle for his daughter, Victoria. His fragile health prevented the project from being realized. His speech, hearing and sight worsened, and he was later confined to a wheelchair.

After a 10-year absence, Chaplin returned to the United States to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1972 Oscar ceremonies. (The same year, “Limelight” was finally released in the United States and he won an Oscar for best original score the next year.) The applause was 12 minutes long—a record for the Academy Awards.

In 1975, Chaplin was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. He was 85 at the time. He hoped to be called “Sir Charles” (as opposed to “Sir Charlie”).

On Christmas Day in 1977, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin died peacefully in his sleep with most of his family at his bedside.

Lady Chaplin said, “All the presents were under the tree. Charlie gave so much happiness and, although he had been ill for a long time, it is so sad that he should have passed away on Christmas Day.” Family doctor Henri Perrier ascribed his death to old age. Funeral services in www.LovinLife.com

Vevey were private and restricted to the immediate family. Sir Charles and Lady Oona were buried side-by-side in a simple gravesite at Corsier-sur-Vevein. When I told son Eugene Chaplin that I visited the gravesite, he smiled briefly with British understatement, and said James Mason was buried there, too.

Chaplin’s World – Manoir de Ban On April 17, 2016, Chaplin’s former home and expansive grounds were officially opened to the public. Rechristened Chaplin’s World – Manoir de Ban, it was repurposed and expanded as a museum that showcases Chaplin’s work and life as a family man in Switzerland. The goal was to allow visitors to discover the man behind the movies. The centerpiece of the museum is the three-story, richly decorated manoir, and a newly constructed studio.

In Chaplin’s World – Manoir de Ban, visitors are introduced to the family. The home has been restaged with a number of its original furnishings, personal items, photographs and family mementos. Each room focuses on a particular period of Chaplin’s personal life, while the dining room pays homage to the family’s everyday routines and the Hollywood celebrity visitors.

Chaplin the artist is remembered in an interactive studio, which begins with a montage of clips from his half-century of writing, directing, producing, scoring and acting in movies.

The interactive studio is followed by an exhibition of recreated scenes and sets from many of his most famous films, along with wax figures of Chaplin’s famous co-stars.

It’s almost like a theme park where guests can enter the iconic cabin, while in the middle of a simulated blizzard from “The Gold Rush;” sit in the famous barber’s chair from “The Great Dictator;” or negotiate the cogs of the industrial revolution machine from the madcap scene in “Modern Times.”

A stroll in the Manoir’s 10-acres green grounds is mandatory, with the reward of stunning views of the Swiss Alps and Lake Geneva. This is where Chaplin lived and what he saw and what he loved.

The world misses you, Sir Charles—but your legacy lives on.

For further information about Chaplin in Vevey, visit chaplinsworld.com/en; My Switzerland, myswitzerland.com/en-us or travelingboy.com.

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Dining

The Chop & Chick features two eggs and a skillet-seared Iowa pork rib chop served with toast and a choice of potatoes.

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One Big Breakfast Matt Pool brings his fresh eats to North Scottsdale

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Matt Pool has always had his hand in the restaurant business. He worked his way through ASU by delivering room service at the Phoenix Airport Hilton.

Naturally, he met his wife, Erenia, at a restaurant. But when he and Erenia were working opposite shifts, they bet on Pool’s whim—opening his own place in a red brick building he happened to drive by in Downtown Phoenix.

“When our child (Christopher) was 2, we thought we needed to get a new career,” Pool recalls. “I was working nights and she was working days. It wasn’t conducive to family life. I missed his first two Halloweens.”

Matt’s Big Breakfast has been a breakfast, lunch and brunch staple since 2004, when Pool set up shop in Phoenix. He has since expanded his operation to additional cities and states. He owes his success to his opposition to microwaves and freezers.

“I tell people I think we have great food, great ingredients and we make everything from scratch,” Pool says. “People come to breakfast for different reasons—our service, we’re friendly.

We built our business by word of mouth. For the most part, we built our customer base one customer at a time.”

Recently, Pool opened a locaThe hickory burger is an 8-ounce, hand-pressed Niman Ranch tion near the Scottsdale Airpark at ground chuck topped with griddled Canadian bacon, shredded 13610 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 1. Wisconsin cheddar, diced sweet onion and Matt’s Big Break“We’ve been open for more fast’s signature barbecue sauce. (Photo courtesy Matt’s Big Breakfast) than 15 years,” he says. “We’ve had peo- cial areas. That area has tons of neighborple come to our other restaurants from hoods, 360 degrees. We’re a family busiCarefree and Cave Creek, and they always ness. So far, it’s worked out.” asked us to someday open a North ScottLike Pool’s other locations, guests flock sdale restaurant. We don’t really grow to Matt’s Big Breakfast for its bacon, that fast, but we had it in the back of our which he purchases from The Pork Shop heads. in San Tan Valley.

“We just needed the right space and “They make amazing bacon,” says the right neighborhood. We like that area Pool, 51. “That’s been our staple item. because it’s nice to be next to commer- Next we’re known for our griddle cakes or waffles. We make them from scratch.

We don’t use a mixer or mix. It’s a simple recipe—flour, real butter, milk and sugar and we whisk it by hand.”

Next up are stores at 75th Avenue and Rose Garden Lane in Glendale, and in a year and a half Matt’s Big Breakfast

will open its doors in Epicenter, Joe Johnston’s latest endeavor at Higley and Ray roads in Gilbert.

“We’re really excited about that,” Pool says. “It’s an underserved market. There are so many people who live out there.

There are more restaurants than there used to be, but it can’t catch up.”

Pool is grateful to have spent the last 18 years with his son on his terms. They have plenty of time to catch up.

“It was really nice to be in control of our own schedule throughout our child’s life,” he says. “We were busier when we were smaller because we had less help.

We never missed a thing, though—anything school related or extracurricular related. It was perfect.”

Matt’s Big Breakfast 13610 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 1, Scottsdale 480-590-0096, mattsbigbreakfast.com

Left: Matt Pool opened Matt’s Big Breakfast so he and his wife could spend more time together. (Photo by Andrew Cebulka). Above: The Skinny is four egg whites scrambled with gruyere cheese, local organic baby spinach and chicken apple sausage cooked in olive oil and served with Matt’s Big Breakfast’s Simple Little Salad.

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Soft Cinnamon Roll Cookies

BY JAN D’ATRI Simply irresistible.

That’s about the only way to describe this cookie. It’s kind of like the favorite cousin to the cinnamon roll. In fact, these soft cinnamon roll cookies have all of the same flavors, but a lot less dough.

Try them with either the simple glaze or cream cheese frosting!

Soft Cinnamon Roll Cookies Cookie dough ingredients: - 1 cup granulated sugar - 2 tablespoons butter, softened - 2 tablespoons butter-flavored Crisco shortening - 1 large egg - 1/4 cup buttermilk (*See note in directions to make homemade buttermilk) - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 2 cups all-purpose flour - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda - 1/8 teaspoon salt Cinnamon sugar ingredients: - 1/2 cup brown sugar - 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon - 2 tablespoons butter, melted Cream cheese frosting ingedients: - 2 oz. cream cheese, room temperature - 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature - 1/2 cup powdered sugar - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla - 2 to 3 teaspoons milk, or more for thinner consistency Alternate Glaze Ingredients: - 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar - 2 to 3 tablespoons milk (may need more to thin out glaze enough to drizzle) Directions: For the cookie dough, cream together sugar, butter and shortening. Add egg, buttermilk and vanilla, mixing well to combine. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, mixing well until soft dough forms. Place dough in a plastic bag, flatten and freeze for 30 minutes.

In a small bowl, mix together cinnamon and

sugar. Set aside.

When dough is firm, combine 2 tablespoons of flour and 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Generously flour a work surface. (If you don’t have powdered sugar, just use flour.) Working quickly, remove dough from bag and roll out into a 12-by-9 rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick, with a floured rolling pin. Brush the surface of dough with melted butter. Sprinkle brown sugar cinnamon mixture over dough and press down slightly. Flour your hands and then quickly roll dough lengthwise into a tight log.

Wrap log up in plastic wrap; twist the edges to seal and place on a tray. Freeze for 30 minutes or until the roll is firm enough to cut into pinwheel slices 1/2-inch thick. Place cookies on parchment paper or silicone mat about 2 inches apart. Return to fridge for 15 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cookies should be slightly underdone. While cookies are baking, make the cream cheese frosting or the sugar glaze.

For the cream cheese frosting, combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.

For the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and milk until desired consistency is achieved. When cookies are done and still warm, spread either the cream cheese frosting over cookies or drizzle with glaze. Place cookies in an airtight container to store.

Note: * To make homemade buttermilk, combine 1/3 cup milk and 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice. Stir for 10 seconds then let sit for 15 minutes.

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We’ve all felt that glow in our hearts when we’ve done something to make life better for someone in need.

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Check out Hospice of the Valley’s signature fundraising event—AAHA! an art, food and wine experience on Saturday, March 14, at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn in Scottsdale.

AAHA! features a seated din- Hospice of the Valley will honor Mark Tarbell, legendary Arizona ner and silent and live auctions chef, restaurateur, food show host and “Iron Chef America” winner, at its gala. (Photo courtesy Hospice of the Valley) of collectible art, fabulous wines, nights in Santorini. exceptional trips and one-of-a-kind ex• A VIP Triple Creek Ranch Experience (for periences. four): Three nights in a two-bedroom Join us in toasting 2020 honoree Mark luxury cabin with all amenities Tarbell, legendary Arizona chef, restauincluded. Air transportation is by rateur, food show host and “Iron Chef private jet; ground transportation to America” winner. For the live auction, the Ranch also is included. the longtime and generous supporter Silent Auction bidders can choose from of Hospice of the Valley is donating his wildly popular Tarbell’s Table One—din- nine categories: beauty and well-being; ner for eight, including wine pairings by children; culinary; culture; fashion; jewelry and marketplace.

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“Auctiontainer” Letitia Frye is a forThe exciting live auction will feature mer Hospice of the Valley volunteer who bucket-list trips like: brings her heart and passion to support • Riches of the Mekong (for two): Three our mission. nights in Siem Reap, Cambodia; seven AAHA! supports charity care programs nights on a Mekong river cruise; for our patients and families and our inand two nights in Ho Chi Minh City, novative Dementia Care & Education Vietnam.

• Best of Greece (for two): Three nights in Campus, now under construction in Phoenix. As a not-for-profit, Hospice of Athens, three nights in Crete and two the Valley has never turned anyone away in its 43 years of serving our community.

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5402 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale Cost: $350; $300 for those 40 Lin Sue Cooney is director of community engagement at not-for-profit Hospice of the Valley. For more information and younger about hospice, palliative and dementia care, visit hov.org Info: 602-530-6992, hov.org/events or call 602-530-6900. www.LovinLife.com

How to maintain your home throughout your retirement

BY BARBARA MASON

Executive Director of Sun Health at Home

Keeping up with your home can be a labor of love. We want our home to be a cozy and comforting place. Things such as clutter, renovations and safety hazards can make it difficult to relax. As we get older, there are certain things we should be aware of and maintain to ensure we can spend more healthy and happy years in our home.

It is a good idea to conduct a yearly inspection of your home and property and plan ahead for maintenance and repairs. This can be something you do yourself, or you can have a friend or family member do it for you.

Here are a few areas that you should examine during your yearly inspection:

Interior of your home

Exterior of your home

Appliances

Conduct a yearly walk-through of your property and home exterior and check the following: • Siding or exterior paint: Check for splits, cracks or gaps.

• Retaining walls, cinderblock fencing or chain-link fencing: Check for holes, loose parts or torn links.

• Chimney, gutters and downspouts: Check for debris, animals and any general dilapidation that will need repairs as these structures age.

• Foundation: Check for cracks and bulges and look at any exterior wood for signs of termite damage or rot.

• Roof: Check for missing tiles, cracks or crumbling pieces.

• Sidewalks and driveways: Look for overgrown tree roots interrupting the concrete and any additional cracks or fissures that could be a tripping hazard.

• Outdoor landscaping: Check for tree branches and roots that can damage your roof and housing foundation.

This also includes yearly palm tree maintenance!

Doors and windows

Doors and windows can be very costly to replace, and if a replacement isn’t within your budget, do what you can now to conserve and protect your doors and windows, so they last longer. In a yearly inspection, you should have someone look for: • Loose hinges or doorknobs.

• Holes, snags or interruptions in weather stripping and window screens.

• Cracks around windowpanes and in shutters.

• Peeling paint or other signs of water damage.

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The interior of your home is where you likely spend a lot of your time. While decorations and furnishings make a home feel extra cozy, it can be a rough wake-up call if you don’t check the following: • Loose bits and popped nails in your flooring.

• Stains on the ceiling, which may indicate a leak.

• Cracks above doorways, which may be a sign your house’s foundation has shifted.

• Scorches or burns in your breaker box, which may mean you have a loose or sparking wire.

Appliances can be a hassle to replace, and an even bigger woe if you’re on a budget. Maintaining your appliances can be easy to overlook, but you can follow these tips to keep everything in good working order: • Drain your water heater to remove any sediment that has collected in the bottom.

• Wiggle around the base of your toilet to see if it rocks or sways. This may be a sign that a leak has damaged the surrounding floor tiles.

• If you have a septic tank, make sure it is emptied regularly.

• Check around radiators for leaks or signs of damage and examine vent covers for missing screws.

• Turn on all your stove burners and check for functionality, sparks or flame bursts.

• Regularly change your air and water filters.

• Check your smoke and CO2 detectors every month. Batteries should be changed annually, and detectors replaced if more than 10 years old.

If you have a membership with a life care at home program such as Sun Health at Home, you have access to a Vetted Vendor list, which assists in hiring a reputable outside company or handyman to help. To learn more about programs like Sun Health at Home that help you to continue to live independently in your own home, visit sunhealthathome.org.

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Barbara Mason is the executive director of Sun Health at Home (SHAH). As director, she oversees the team as well as all programming and presentations for prospective members. She has more than 20 years in the health care industry and is also a member of SHAH.

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