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HELPFUL TIPS By Angela Phinney, The Arc Lane County
10 Tips to Downsizing Helping a parent downsize for a move can be complicated. Where you see a houseful of stuff to sort and toss, your parent sees treasures, essentials and a lifetime of memories. 1- Organizing your efforts Use the new space as a guide for planning for the transition. Measure exactly how much closet and storage space is available in the new location. (Senior communities can provide this information if you ask) Mark the comparable space for your parent as a guide. 2- Keep sorting sessions short By that I mean two hours at most, and start with the simplest room first. Starting with the most complicated area means you may get discouraged, throw up your hands and quit. Starting with a simple room helps build the confidence to say, “I can do this.” 3- The “maybe” pile Only handle each item once. The more decisive you are about what to do with an item only increases anxiety and increases the risk of becoming attached. 4- Gifting Parting with legacy gifts while your parent is alive ensures that the item is bestowed to the person they most want to have it.
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5- To sell or not to sell Think twice before selling items on your own. Craigslist, eBay, and other self-selling options are time-consuming when you’re trying to process a houseful of goods. Be realistic about your time availability. 6- Research local charities Consider donating your items to a local charity. 7- Recycle or Toss? Weigh your loyalty to recycling against your available time. 8- You don’t have to haul it away yourself You can have a dumpster delivered to your parent’s residence. This will save time on trips to the dump. 9- Consider bringing in the pros Senior move managers specialize in helping older adults and are skilled at both the emotional and practical dimensions of late-life transitions. One local option to consider is Can the Clutter. 10-Investigate one-stop solutions Some local charities accept a variety of items ranging from clothes, household goods and electronics. The Arc Lane County can come to your location and help you get rid of your reusable items without leaving the driveway.
The Arc Lane County is a non-profit 501-3C who’s mission is to advocate to enhance the dignity, expand the opportunities, and protect the rights of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
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CELL PHONES By Dr. Garreth Macdonald DC
Distraction Driving — Some Statistics
Here’s some lifesaving advice:
Don’t • take your eyes off the road while talking • fiddle with the radio • fiddle with the iPod • talk on your phone • text while driving • even eating is a distraction! The hard facts about cell phones The National Safety Council estimates 1.6 million crashes are caused by cell phone use, and you are four times more likely to have a crash while talking on a cell phone. In 2011, 23% of auto collisions involved cell phone use, and of those, 21% involving people between ages 16 and 19 were fatal. A good website to check out WITH YOUR CHILDREN is www.textinganddrivingsafety.com. Texting while driving results in a minimum of five seconds of eyes off the road, which is equal to the length of a football field if you’re traveling at 55 mph. Is it worth risking an accident?
While talking on the phone increases your crash risk by
30%, texting increases your risk by 2,300%!
About one in seven drivers between ages 16-20 involved in car wrecks admit to texting or talking on their mobile devices at the time of the crash. Since 82% of Americans age 16-17 own cell phones, we need to train ourselves and our peers to use the phones responsibly. A third of these youths admit they text while driving; 52% say they talk on a cell phone while driving. Isn’t it amazing that 77% of young adults claim they are very or somewhat confident that they can safely text while driving! Parents lead by example About half of young drivers say they have seen their parents drive and talk on a cell phone, and 15% have seen them texting while driving-not a good example! One in four adults have sent or received text messages while driving and half of kids age 12-17 have been in a car while the driver was texting. These statistics are
ugly, but it’s amazing that they are supported by excuses. Justification? One in five drivers of ALL ages confess to surfing the web or texting while driving AND they “justify it” with excuses like “reading a text is safer than composing and sending one,” “the phone is held near the windshield for better visibility,” “I increase the following distance,” and “I text only at a stop sign or red light.” SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? Ten states in the U.S. prohibit ALL drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving and 32 states prohibit novice drivers from cell phone use. Thirty-nine states prohibit ALL drivers from text messaging. I suggest that we all use the AT&T “Drive Mode” App. It’s a FREE App for Android & Blackberry that prohibits texting while driving. Thankfully, more Apps are coming! The life you save could be your child (or YOU). •
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Dash N Dine Race January 25, 2015
Join in a 15K/5K race that crosses over the Autzen, Greenway and Kinckerbocker Bridges. Following the race, enjoy refreshments by Sporks A la Carte and local craft beer from Claim 52 Brewing at the Holiday Inn Express. $1 Dutch Bros. beverages for all participants too. Join us at Holiday Inn Express, 2117 Franklin Blvd in Eugene January 25 at 10am. For more info call 541.484.9883 or visit www.level32racing.com
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First, let us understand two terms. The word“Whiplash” encompasses the damage that occurs to the bony spine, particularly, the soft tissues of the neck. “Whiplash associated disorders” (WAD) encompass ALL the associated injuries and symptoms. For simplicity let’s talk about WAD. A typical auto accident There you are sitting at a red light when suddenly, wham, your car gets hit from behind. “What was that?” you say to yourself, slightly dazed and confused. You realize you’ve been hit. “Am I OK?” “Is everyone else OK?” Then you start thinking about your car. Later, perhaps hours or even into a few days later, it begins to sink in. Ever since the collision, you have not been feeling like your normal self. You’re experiencing obvious pains and symptoms like muscle stiffness and spasm, neck pain, headaches, numbness and tingling, mid back pain, low back pain, difficulty sleeping, irritability, memory loss, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and many other problems. You go to your doctor. He/ she concludes that your neck was hyperextended. He/she prescribes pills and says to come back in two
weeks if pain persists. After two weeks you go back in pain and get more pills. The cycle continues to repeat itself. Your quality of life is not improving. You worry about the cause of the pain AND a new problem, becoming addicted to pain pills. WHY do you hurt? What can you do? Back to the the accident During the accident, within 250 milliseconds, your neck went through abnormal motion causing it to flex and extend – At The Same Time! Your ligaments and soft tissue has been damaged. This is WHY you hurt. You are not suffering from a “whip” or a “lash” nor are you suffering from a “hyperextension/hyperflexion”injury. Now that you know what is causing your pain, treatment needs to focus on the injured tissues (the ligaments of the neck joints) and not just masking the pain with pills. Chiropractic is the primary treatment method for focusing on these damaged joints. While the joints are being fixed, it is also wise to include therapeutic exercises and simple stretches. Obviously the muscles are sore too, and massage therapy is beneficial. •
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UFF DA! By Nole Ness
Retired for Eight Years “When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.” ~R C Sherriff~ After I retired I stopped wearing a watch. What’s the point? I don’t have to be any where. Writing about a watch reminded me of alarm clocks. How many years have you woken up to the buzzing of an obnoxious alarm clock? My friends, it’s been 8-years since I retired and in all that time I’ve never set my alarm clock. I don’t even have an alarm clock. The day I retired I bought a brand new hammer and invited my chums over for an “Alarm Clock Smashing Party.” The coals on the grill were almost ready for burgers, beer was flowing and it was time. I hauled out my alarm clock picked up my new hammer and smashed that baby into a million pieces. Then I did the retirement dance of joy. What a sweet moment. My job was one endless pointless meeting. I was at a meeting at the Post office one day where a committee met to assist the United Way. The lady Post Master brought a coffee cup into the meeting. There was printing on it. It said “Not Another Meeting.” I’ve never forgotten that.
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I retired from the Department of Home Land Security on September 30, 2006. My 8-years of blessed retirement have flown by at the speed of sound. It feels like Chuck Yaeger is flying my retirement plane. Never in my wildest dreams did I think time could speed by that fast. My friends, who are about to retire, I’m trying to think of some words of wisdom to slow down time in your retirement journey. And I got nothing. Except to say
on Monday mornings at least you don’t have to get up for work and go to a meeting. Retired folks love Monday mornings. You will wake up with a smile on your relaxed face then turn over and catch a few more hours of sleep. You will dream. In your dream you will hover over your ex co-workers who are attending another mind numbing, extremely boring, soul sucking meeting. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, born February 13, 1923, is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Air
Force and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have traveled faster than sound, much like my retirement. Remember when we were young, I mean really young like seven or eight years old. Three months of summer vacation from school seemed like it stretched out forever like eternity. There were a lot of things I wanted to do in retirement that aren’t going to happen. I bet this happens to a lot of retirees. I had my heart set on being a Chippendale Dancer and taking a cruise to Bosnia. I also wanted to ride a camel through the Middle East dressed like Lawrence of Arabia and back pack through the Gaza Strip. But financial woes and physical aliments put those retirement dreams in the dumpster. I wept, wailed, gnashed my teeth and rent my garments. My friends, if you take away anything from my column this is it. Remember to save for retirement. A social security check just won’t cut it. $1,294 bucks is the average monthly benefit ($323.50 a week). That’s not going to keep the wolf away from the door. I read that 1/3rd of Americans haven’t saved for retirement! Yikes! Find a financial advisor who can advise you on how to achieve a secure and cozy retirement. Please don’t wait until it’s too late.
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By Finn J.D. John Oregon Gold-Country Legend: The Solid-Gold Snuff Can
The Cascade mountains of Oregon are gold country for sure — but the McKenzie River Valley area is not exactly its hottest area for prospectors. Which is why I tend to think the legend Don Churchill told me about may have some truth to it. Like many longtime Oregonians, Don is a consummate rockhound. He’s got a shed full of old lapidary equipment and slabs of stuff like volcanic hailstones, thundereggs and moss agate, which he’s collected over the years. And, of course, he’s spent some time looking for gold as well. Those of you who know your gold-country legends will probably recognize the story he told me. I’ve heard and read it about a couple other places as well — down Jacksonville way, for instance, or out in northeast Oregon. But this may be the original. The story dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, before World War II. The way Don tells it, for many years a Native American man was a regular visitor to the Deerhorn Ranch, up the McKenzie River. He would drive up the river in his old Ford Model T and spend the night there. The next morning, he would hike into the mountains. He’d be gone just until around dusk. But
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when he came back, he’d be carrying a snuff can — the round kind, like Copenhagen comes in — packed with gold dust. The next morning, back down Highway 126 he would go. The can of gold would last him usually two to three years; after that, he’d drive his Model T back up and do it again. Naturally, this attracted some attention from folks who would have liked to, to use a kindergartener’s euphemism, “share” the gold with him. Many times people tried to follow him into the mountains. Each time, he slipped away and came back with his can of gold. Then, without fanfare, he simply stopped coming. No one knew if he’d died, or depleted his cache of gold, or what. But no one ever figured out where the gold was coming from. In other places, there would be a very likely explanation: The Indian would have been an old miner, working in a commercial gold mine, who had managed to smuggle some dust out of the mine each day — perhaps in a special hollow spot in his pick, maybe in his shoes or underwear, or somewhere else — and had cached it someplace for later retrieval. The fact that it was
always gold dust — an eminently smuggle-able form of the stuff — supports this theory. But there were no working commercial gold-mining operations up the McKenzie. And if there were known sources of loose gold (dust) up there, I haven’t been able to learn about them. Another possibility would be that a prospector had struck it rich up there somewhere, and then — before he could bring his findings to market — something had happened to him. Perhaps then the Native American stumbled across his remains, along with his gold. Or perhaps this is just another gold-country legend, augmented with a few specific facts to make it play better around a campfire late at night. True or not, it’s a great story, and it’s fun to think about the possibilities. • (Source: Donald Churchill of Springfield, Ore.) Finn J.D. John is an instructor at Oregon State University and the author of “Wicked Portland,” a book about the dark side of Oregon’s metropolis in the 1890s. To contact him or suggest a topic: finn@ offbeatoregon.com, @OffbeatOregon (on Twitter), or 541-357-2222.
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Imagine being a child in foster care with a large cast of adults coming in and out of your life. While each counselor, therapist, and caseworker is interested in your success, you lack a steady adult to support you throughout the transitions you experience. This is the unfortunate reality for many youth in our foster care system, and it is just one of the reasons A Family For Every Child created their mentoring program. It is also one of the reasons Katrina Purdy became a mentor. Katrina has always loved having kids in her life, from those she baby sat to nieces and nephews. She also feels strongly about being involved in her community. So when she moved to Eugene several years ago, it was natural that she would get involved in community organizations where she could develop connections with youth. While Katrina volunteered with many great non-profits — and still does — it was through A Family For Every Child where she met Dominique. With “Dom,” Katrina has created a relationship which has changed lives. Many people are familiar with
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