Golden Times, August 2018

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TIMES A monthly magazine for the region’s seniors

MONDAY, AUG. 6, 2018 / VOL. 28, NO. 8

Clarkston’s Ruth Bosserman is dedicating money from sales of her painful memoir to Northwest Children’s Home PAGES 10-13

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Polio survivor still relies on his iron lung ....................................... 4-5 Reader Essay: Helen Jonutz recalls a breakthrough day .................. 3

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Reader Essay: A good day At the end of the day, I told her I’d be back, and that he responded to Helen Jonutz worked for decades as a music. I spent many days with Dancertified nurse assistant and home health ny. On certain days, there were “proaide in California. She changed names and grammersâ€? there, and he screamed case details in her essay to endlessly as they worked on him. protect patient privacy. She He didn’t rock back and forth quite has an associate degree in as much, for the programmers used English and a bachelor’s manual techniques to break the degree in general educacycle of the rocking. During those tion and humanities from weeks, he spoke one or two words Lewis-Clark State College. that I heard. She was a Boy Scout leader One day when I was alone with for 61 years and is a repeat Danny, I took him by the hand and Helen Jonutz Senior Games medalist, walked outside. There, we found a big winning Athlete of the Year flower garden filled with many varietin 2014. Regarding her work as a health aide, ies of colorful blooms. Jonutz writes: “I like to get into the heart of the “Danny,â€? I told him, “Say ‘purple individual, the psychology, the comfort a truly pansy.’ â€? loving caregiver ‌ can bring to persons suffer“Purple pansy,â€? he echoed. ing from cancer, stroke, AIDS, emphesema, etc. “Yellow daffodil,â€? I said. He again She’ll be 92 Thursday. repeated what I said. We continued naming all the flowers and their colors that we saw in the garden. the rocking chair singing little primaFor the rest of the day, Danny and ry songs to him. This had a calming I worked on recognizing the flowers effect. I used music the rest of the day and their colors. Danny even learned in various ways. to say them all by himself. Each time As Danny and I took a walk, I sang he did it correctly, I grabbed him, silly little songs about the butterfly raining hugs and kisses on him. We or the baby frog. All the while, I hung were both very excited and happy. onto his hand, having been cautioned I could hardly wait for his mother to by his mom not to let him out of my come home. We ran to greet her, dragsight for a second. ging her to the back yard. She was “These children have no sense of speechless at first. Then a big smile danger and will run right into the lit up her face. This young woman had middle of traffic and stand there endured so much, trying to find help unafraid,â€? she explained. “He doesn’t for Danny. I think she was grateful to speak or bond with anyone, so don’t know someone cared about her son. feel bad when he doesn’t recognize I went home exhausted, but I reyou the next time you come. I do hope member thinking this had been a very you’ll come again. I must tell you good day. truthfully that we’ve had several oth— Helen Jonutz, 91, Lewiston ers, and they couldn’t take it.â€?

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ust beyond Placerville, Calif., there is an area of mines and roads named for Jim Bridger, the noted explorer who carved trails and roads through the wilderness. Roads with names such as Fort Jim and Jim Dandy lead to an area where houses have a bit of acreage. One pretty blueand-white farm house-style home was where Danny lived. My first opportunity of observing an autistic child was quite a shock. My grandma’s heart warmed to the dark curly hair and those big blue eyes. As his mother and I spoke, I observed Danny positioning his body with his left foot behind him, and the right foot directly in front of the left. His knees were locked straight, his legs stiff as boards. He then began to rock back and forth endlessly to some internal beat only he could hear. “He does that all day long,� Danny’s mother said, “hour after hour. I have found very little help, and there are so many autistic kids out there. “Our other son is totally normal,� she added. “One thing the doctors have said is that it has nothing to do with what I ate or drank during pregnancy. They just don’t know (what causes autism). But I’m really grateful for this respite care. I’m using this time to talk to anyone who might know anything at all about this disease. Some of the mothers of autistic children are working together to research every source so we can find help.� It was my job to spend the next eight hours caring for Danny. When his rocking became too much, I picked him up in my arms and sat in

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Polio survivor is one of few people left in U.S. using an iron lung

immunization division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ALLAS — The maFor every one person who chine is what people contracted paralytic polio, see first. The submaanother 200 might display rinelike metal cylfew or no symptoms. inder dominates the room, “It was a disease that rhythmically humming and terrorized a community,� pulsating as it helps keep Cochi said. Its most faPaul Alexander alive. mous victim was President It is simple but effective: Franklin D. Roosevelt. A big tube, a motor, a movUntil 1955, when Jonas ing arm. As the paralyzed Salk became a hero by deDallas lawyer lays inside, veloping the vaccine that his head protrudes from a would largely eradicate velvety, airtight closure at the disease globally, polio one end, propped on a pillow reached pandemic levels. on a height-adjusted table. The worst year was 1952, Alexander has spent Dallas Morning News/Smiley N. Pool according to PolioToday. much of his life in a can, a Paul Alexander chats with caregiver and friend Kathryn org, with nearly 58,000 rechildhood victim of a once- Gaines as he drinks coffee and she eats breakfast beside his ported cases causing 3,100 epidemic disease that men- iron lung in April at his home in Dallas. deaths and leaving more aced the nation and now than 21,000 in varying leaves him at the mercy of an iron lung. I had polio as a time when fears of the stages of paralysis. a mechanical respirator. a kid.� crippling, infectious disThat summer, on a hot Though unable to move Then, some would ask: ease gripped the country and rainy day, 6-year-old from the neck down, he “What’s polio?� and parents kept kids away Paul Alexander was playing refused to be limited by his ——— from playmates, pools and outside his Pleasant Grove metal prison, finding sucNo one makes iron lungs birthday parties for so home, when he suddenly cess in both the classroom anymore. Barely a handful much as a sniffle. felt like going back inside. and the courtroom. of people still use the hulk“Polio was the horror of As he walked in, dripping At the University of Texas ing respirators, which apply the day,� Alexander says, and muddy, he said, he let at Austin, where he earned negative pressure to enable his speech punctuated the screen door slam — an his bachelor’s and law breathing for those unable with clicks, wheezes and act that would normally degrees, students crowded to do so on their own. silent breaks as he pauses draw scolding from his his open dorm door and Alexander, 72, is among to gulp in air. “It was like mom, who was mopping gawked. Later, clients visit- the few. The semi-retired the Black Plague.� the kitchen. ing his home waited awhile bankruptcy lawyer has The disease destroys Instead, she saw him before they ultimately been using one since he was nerve cells in the spinal and her face froze. asked: “What is that thing 6, his lungs and muscles cord. It spread silently, She told Paul to run out you’re in? Is it a sauna?� ravaged by paralytic polio. explained Steve Cochi, se- and get his shoes. When he “No,� he would say. “It’s He’s a living reminder of nior adviser at the global came back in, she cleaned By Marc Ramirez

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out emails or answering and hanging up the phone. It’s been about 30 years since his longtime caretaker, Kathryn Gaines, answered Alexander’s newspaper ad: “Disabled professional seeking parttime help.” When other caretakers flaked, she stepped up. Eventually, she moved in. For 15 years they lived together, then Gaines moved next door, and now she lives down the block. “We just kind of get along,” she says. “I haven’t killed him yet.” One typical morning, she showed up at 7, Alexander’s human alarm clock, and gathered the implements of his morning routine, starting with a toothbrush, a metal bowl and a glass of water. Gaines brushed his front teeth, then let Alexander take over as he worked the brush around his back teeth with practiced movements. She put the straw to his mouth; he took a swig from the glass and swirled before ejecting the wash back through the straw into the metal bowl. Similar routines followed as she rubbed his face with a wet towel and lathered him up for a shave, the two reading each other’s body language. Like an old married couple, they’ve had their moments, but Gaines has proved reliable where others haven’t. “People need people,”

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——— As young Paul’s polio set in, his back and neck stiffened and pain shot through his limbs; by the next day, he said, he was hallucinating, with a high fever. By week’s end, he was too weak to sit on the toilet. “My hands were gone,” he says. “I couldn’t color.” The family had kept Paul home after their doctor suggested he’d be better off recovering there than at a hospital teeming with sick kids. But when the practically immobile boy had trouble breathing, it seemed he wouldn’t be among the lucky ones whose symptoms eventually passed. He was rushed to the hospital, where he underwent a tracheotomy and woke up in a plastic, steam-filled tent. By then, he was already in an iron lung, with no idea what was happening. “I figured I’d gone to hell,” he says. Doctors tried to get him to breathe on his own, but their sink-or-swim methods were terrifying to him and unsuccessful. It would be 18 months before he went home, paralyzed from the neck down. With the help of a physical therapist, Paul gradually overcame fears of breathing on his own and learned to gulp for air — “kind of like a fish,” he says. “I was using my throat muscles and my tongue to gulp in breath and swallow it into my lungs.”

Motivated by the prospect of a puppy, he learned to breathe for three minutes at a time, and eventually for much of his waking day. “It’s exhausting,” he says. “People think I’m chewing gum. I’ve developed it into an art.” But for a boy who wanted nothing more than to go to school, it was a turning point. “I knew that was the road to a future,” he says. “To become something.” ——— Iron lungs haven’t been mass-produced for half a century, and insurance stopped covering Alexander’s repairs long ago. His chest muscles too damaged to use the portable ventilators that have become common for others with breathing issues, he’s dependent on a nearly obsolete machine. When his iron lung began to leak air several years ago and he found it hard to breathe, he didn’t know whom to call. Around the same time, Brady Richard, whose boyhood how-does-thiswork curiosity led him to launch Environmental Testing Laboratory in northwest Dallas, was trying to cobble together a working iron lung from the shells of others abandoned in a nearby workshop. “I like old stuff, so I read up on it,” he says, not knowing who might need it. About a month later, a

woman came into Richard’s business, which tests machinery and technology under simulated weather and seismic conditions, and asked if he had any iron lungs. A guy she knew named Paul Alexander really needed one. Alexander’s existing machine was “flat worn out,” Richard says. Using existing parts and a few he crafted himself, Richard eventually replaced it with another. The key was figuring out how the machine worked, its bellows moving back and forth to create a vacuum that makes the user’s chest expand. He’s tried it himself. “It’s a weird feeling,” he says. He’s fascinated by the machine’s beautiful simplicity. “It’s basic and bulletproof,” he says. “There’s no chips, no electronics. It’s built to run forever.” But for Alexander, its purpose is singularly crucial. Without it, he’d eventually run out of breath. In 2008, a Tennessee woman who’d used an iron lung for 60 years died after a power failure deactivated her machine. Earlier this year, Alexander’s own electricity went out temporarily. “That’s how close I walk the line between life and death,” he says. ——— One of Dallas ISD’s first homeschooled students, Alexander learned to memorize instead of taking notes.

He graduated second in his class from W.W. Samuell High in 1967 — “The only reason I didn’t get first,” he said, “is because I couldn’t do the biology lab.” Next came Southern Methodist University, where he got around with the help of volunteers from Alpha Phi Omega fraternity before transferring to UT, along with his iron lung. There, he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1978, then his law degree in 1984. He spent his career practicing family law and helping people filing for bankruptcy fight off creditors. He was more flexible then. His 125-pound body has since stiffened, and he’s unable to use a wheelchair as he once did, a situation he hopes to correct with surgery. He admits to one great love, who he says he couldn’t commit to because it didn’t feel fair. “You like to dance,” he told her. “But I can’t dance with you.” To this day, the words he recalls her saying make him emotional: “When I’m dancing with others,” she said, “in my head I’m dancing with you.” That’s among the tales he wants to share in a book he hopes to self-publish — an autobiography, but also a plea to Americans to make sure polio never returns. In the two years before Salk’s vaccine was widely

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B r i ef s Department include: l Line dancing: 10 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays l Pinochle: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays l Painting group: noon Thursdays l Bridge: noon Fridays l Senior lunches: Noon Mondays and Tuesdays, and 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Suggested donation: $4 per senior and $5 per non-senior guest. Senior Nutrition Program homedelivery meal options are available seven days a week: (208) 743-6983. All activities are open to Lewiston-Clarkston

residents 50 and older and are held at the community center at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. Registration for activities and trips is required and can be completed at the Parks and Rec office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays; by calling (208) 746-2313; or online at www.cityoflewis ton.org/parksandrec.

Lewiston library invites seniors to activities The Lewiston City Library has a handful of free adult events planned

for this month. l Closures: Aug. 24 and Sept. 3 for Labor Day. l Tabletop adventures: Game night at 5 p.m. Aug. 15. l Craft & Create: 5 p.m. Aug. 21 in the Makery. l Library board meeting: 5 p.m. Aug. 2. l Local History: The Idaho and Local History Room is open 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and by appointment. The library, 411 D St., www.lewistonlibrary.org, is normally open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Information is available by calling (208) 798-2525 or library@city oflewiston.org.

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Birthdays > Aug. 3 Hazel Germer, 87 Hazel Germer of Lewiston was born in 1931 to Walter and Pearl Skiens in Burns, Ore. She met Elwin (Speed) Germer on St. Patrick’s Day in 1950, and they married three months later. They celebrated 68 years of marriage June 10. They raised five children in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and are blessed with nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Hazel’s daughters planned a family celebration to honor her on her special day.

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Vicki Cole of Lewiston celebrated four decades of this adventure called life Saturday. Vicki was born in 1938 to a barnstorming pilot, Jack Rose and her cosmetologist mother, Josephine Crooks, in Kansas City, Mo. Vicki’s father died before her first birthday, and Josephine moved them to her hometown of White Bird. Much of Vicki’s early education was at Saint Joseph’s in Cottonwood, progressed to Holy Names in Spokane and culminated with an art degree from Seattle University. In 1960, Vicki’s adventure continued when she married Wayne Cole, a handsome farmer. They built their farm in Grangeville and welcomed four daughters in five years — Tauna, Jo Ann, Trish and Tracy. Life was characterized by bridge club parties, art projects, New Year’s ski trips to McCall and numerous sporting events. Vicki was a member of Grangeville Country Club, an avid golfer and a member of the Philanthropic Educational Organization. Wayne died in 2016. After 56 years on the farm in Grangeville, Vicki moved to Lewiston. An open house celebration was planned.

Mildred “Millie� E. Jones of Lewiston was born in 1921 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Michelbach in Bynum, Mont. Millie enjoyed farm life with sisters Loraine, Barbara and Hilda. She attended high school in Choteau, Mont., working for room and board. In 1940, Millie moved to Lewiston to live with Barbara, working for C.C. Anderson Company and Washington Water Power. She married Ronald Jones on Jan. 10, 1943, in Portland, Ore. He worked for Camas Prairie Railroad Company for 42 years in Headquarters, Grangeville and Lewiston, retiring in 1980. Ron was mayor of Lewiston from 1970-74. Millie worked for the school district for 21 years, retiring in 1980. They built their dream home, where they still live today. Family includes a daughter and three sons. After retirement, Millie and Ron visited her family in England and toured Europe. They also spent many winters down south as “snowbirds.� Her community service included being past president of Chapter BL of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, and a member of Daughters of The Nile, Malac Temple No. 55, Tsceminicium Club and Congregational Presbyterian Church. Millie is an avid bridge player and golfer and enjoys fishing, camping, traveling and visiting with friends and family.

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Vernon Bingman was born in 1928 in the original Pomeroy hospital. He graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1946. He and Sandy returned to Pomeroy in 1989 for semi-retirement. They explored the 50 states and Canada, including a month of island-hopping in the Hawaiians and two months fishing through Alaska. Vernon loves farming and the outdoors. He worked on area ranches and farms beginning at 14, custom harvesting with his uncle, Clarence Petersen. He actively farmed until 75, more than half those years with Johnson Ag at Connell, Wash. He earned his pilot license at 18, flying spray planes, then his Piper Cherokee for 50 years. Another love is ocean fishing out of Westport, Wash., for 67 years and counting. Produce from huge gardens is freely shared, along with shop tools and fix-it abilities. Vernon celebrated his diamond jubilee three years ago at Pomeroy Christian Church, where he attends. He volunteered at fire departments in Asotin and Adams counties for more than 40 years. He enjoys serving on the board of a college scholarship program. Vernon’s fourth decade in a secure and loving marriage to Sandy is his greatest joy. They have six children, 15 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Darlene Fern Hill of Lewiston, was born in 1932 to Eugene and May Heye in Sharon Springs, Kan., and was raised in Troy. Darlene married Wilton E. Hill on Nov. 19, 1949. He died in 1995. She still lives in the home they built in 1976 in the Orchards. Family includes three children, seven grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and numerous greatgreat grandchildren. Darlene is known as “Granma Great.� Darlene worked for Potlatch Corp. in Lewiston from 1958 until retirement in 1994. She is a member of the Lewis-Clark Union Retirees, Take Off Pounds Sensibly and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She loves summertime, growing a small garden and lots of flowers. ——— To submit birthdays: Birthday announcements starting at age 70 and every year after will be accepted for free publication in the month of the birthday only. Length limit is 200 words. All submissions must include the name and contact information of the person submitting information. Recent photos are welcome — please no dated pictures. To have photos returned, please include a stamped, selfaddressed envelope. Submissions may be sent to goldentimes@ lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. Questions may be directed to editor Julie Breslin at jbreslin@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2241. September birthday announcements must be received by 5 p.m. Aug. 15.

available, the average number of U.S. polio cases topped 45,000. By 1962, it had fallen to 910. Today, the CDC’s Cochi says, polio is nearly gone: Only eight cases, all thought to be connected, have been reported in 2018, in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. But until it’s fully wiped out, he says, “this disease can come back with a vengeance. As long as there’s polio virus circulating in the world, everyone is at risk.� That’s a prospect that horrifies Alexander as growing numbers of U.S. parents refrain from vaccinating their kids. What if just one affected person makes it into the country? ——— When he was younger, some tried to discourage Alexander from imagining he could accomplish what he’s done, and occasionally, he’s faced those demons himself. “Why did God let this happen to me?� he’s wondered. “I would get so angry with him. I won’t accept for a single moment that Paul Alexander is not good enough to stand before God and ask, ‘Why? What’d you do this for?’ � Faith powers him onward, and he credits his motivation to succeed to a spirit of defiance and, most of all, to his late parents, whom he describes as “extraordinary souls. Magical.� “They just loved me,� he says. “They said, ‘You can do anything.’ And I believed it.�

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> WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK Ruth Bosserman’s book “The Tenth Child,” can be purchased at the Northwest Children’s Home, 419 22nd Ave., Lewiston. All proceeds from the book go to the home. Anyone who was once housed at the home, formerly the North Idaho Children’s Home, may request their records. The offer also is open to next of kin of former wards of the home who are deceased.

Ruth Bosserman is shown at right with friend Rose Marie Cone standing on a truck and at age 6 (top photo), the year she was adopted.

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urprise. That’s what Ruth Bosserman feels when contemplating how she and her 11 siblings survived their turbulent childhood. Born in November 1928 on a farm near Princeton, Bosserman grew up during the Great Depression. Her father, Alfred Gilliam, refused to work, leaving the children and their mother to fend for themselves. A few hours after the birth of the family’s last child, Bosserman’s mother, Mayme Amelia Merryman Gilliam, died. Her death certificate indicated she died of starvation. “If we had been a dysfunctional family before her death, we surely became an even worse one now,” Bosserman, 89, of Clarkston, wrote in a book she recently published. “She was the strength that held us all together. The power to sustain us was no longer there.” • • • • •

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Having fallen sick with allowed to talk to one another. pneumonia after her mother’s “They didn’t want us to have death, Bosserman, then age any attachments,” Bosserman 4, went to stay with neighbors said. “It was so impersonal, Lena and Louie Cone. She and I felt neglected.” fondly recalls the time she But Bosserman formed a spent on the Cone farm. She friendship with two girls at Write Here runs had children to play with and the home — Ida Mae Curtis periodically, remained very close to her and Edna. highlighting the older brother, Harold. “Without their companwork of regional Their father eventually ionship guiding me, I don’t writers. Those was imprisoned for incest, know how I would have felt,” interested in contributing and then the state of Idaho Bosserman said. “As hard as excerpts from stepped in. Some of the chilit was, I thought I’d die withtheir published dren were old enough to be on out them.” book(s) may their own; others were cared contact Golden for by relatives or were even• • • • • Times editor tually adopted by other famiJulie Breslin at lies. As for Bosserman, her osserman remained (208) 848-2241 or jbreslin@ pleasant time with the Cones at the home for about lmtribune.com. suddenly one year. changed At age 6, she was adopted as the by an older couple, Bettie and state placed the Henry True. They changed her name younger kids at from Nancy Irene to Nancy Ruth, and the North Idaho she became known as “Ruth” from Children’s Home then on. It was a turning point. The in Lewiston. Trues provided her the loving enviWith little explaronment she needed to flourish, and nation, 5-year-old were supportive when she eventually Bosserman had regained her first family. to get used to her When she was in the fourth grade, new surroundings. Bosserman reconnected with her Other siblings also brother, Harold, and his wife and had been placed children. Slowly, she began to find in the home, but more and more of her siblings. When they were kept separate and weren’t Continued on Page 12

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“Without their companionship guiding me, I don’t know how I would have felt. As hard as it was, I thought I’d die without them.” Ruth Bosserman, recalling how she bonded with two friends at the North Idaho Children’s Home in Lewiston, where she wasn’t allowed to interact with her sisters and brothers

Ruth Bosserman talks about her experience as a ward at the North Idaho Children’s Home during an interview last month at the Northwest Children’s Home in Lewiston. Tribune/ Pete Caster

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Ruth Bosserman poses for a portrait with her daughter, June Litchfield, last month at the Northwest Children’s Home in Lewiston. Both won awards for Bosserman’s book, “The Tenth Child,” which chronicled the struggles Bosserman endured as a young child. Litchfield’s award was for designing the book.

Continued from Page 10 she was 18, she met “her baby sister.” Her early years were “filled with hardship and deprivation,” Hy’D Andrews, the director of development at the Northwest Children’s Home, said. But Bosserman said the transition period led to the fulfilling life she now lives. She went on to marry her husband, Lloyd, in 1950. He died in 2010, leaving three daughters. Bosserman pursued her dream job, working for 18 years at Parkway Elementary School in Clarkston. She taught first grade for the majority of her career. Her sister, Marlene, now 91, is her only surviving sibling. The experiences she endured, she said, made her into the strong woman she is today. GOLDEN TIMES

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It wasn’t until last year when smoke encompassed the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley that she finally set aside time to detail her life in writing. “My kids wanted me to write it down, and I had always loved to write,” Bosserman said. She had many of her memories jotted throughout notebooks but needed to compile the pieces and patch any gaps. The end result is her 36-page book, “The Tenth Child.” Her daughter, graphic designer June Litchfield, won a Gold Hermes Creative Award for the book and cover design, while Bosserman took a gold for her writing. For Litchfield, the story of her mother’s upbringing tugs on the heartstrings. “My sisters and I were raised by loving parents and had a normal family M O N D A Y, A U G U S T 6 , 2 0 1 8

life,” Litchfield said. “I can’t imagine the sorrow and uncertainty she endured as a child. I’m so proud of her for triumphing over such adversity and tragic loss.” Now Bosserman is turning that pain into something good, giving all the proceeds raised from her book sales to benefit the Northwest Children’s Home. Located on 22 acres, the home cares for children ages 10 to 18, preparing them for the foster system and life beyond. Many of the kids come from backgrounds of abuse or neglect, and the children’s home teaches them skills they need to transition into life outside of agency. Bosserman said it’s important for a child in need to have a place to take them in. And the Northwest Children’s Home does just that, she said. So far, about $900 has been raised. ——— Tomtas is the education reporter for the Lewiston Tribune. She may be reached at (208) 848-2294 or at jtomtas@lmtribune.com.

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To submit Volunteer Opportunity items: Golden Times publishes Volunteer Opportunities in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley monthly as a free public service. Area agencies who wish to take part may send information to goldentimes@lmtribune or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. All submissions are edited for brevity and clarity, and will run as space allows. Questions may be directed to editor Julie Breslin at jbreslin@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2241. Deadline for the September edition is 5 p.m. August 15.

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> Think you’ve been taken? It’s a good idea to pay attention to details on bills and other financial transactions; discrepancies can be a red flag for identity theft. But many fraudulent schemes currently circulating are sophisticated and able to trick even the most savvy. Anyone who believes they’ve been contacted by a scam artist and/or fallen victim to a fraudulent scheme may ‌ l Report it to local police at (208) 746-0171 in Lewiston, (509) 758-2331 in Clarkston, (208) 883-7054 in Moscow or (509) 334-0802 in Pullman. Police can alert the community to new scams and help victims take steps to minimize damage and protect themselves. l Report it to their bank or credit institution if money was taken or information was shared. l Report it to the business or organization involved. l Report it to the Better Business Bureau at www.bbb.org/scamtracker/us. l Report it to the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint or by calling (877) FTC-HELP. l Find a list of current known scams and more information on avoiding scams, at www. consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alert. l Find information on scams circulating locally on the Lewiston Police Department’s Facebook page, where citizens also may sign up for news alerts. l Ask door-to-door solicitors to show their licenses, and call the police if they don’t.

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Senior round Table nuTriTion Program — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs./Fri. • When: Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston; and the Asotin United Methodist Church, 313 Second St. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors age 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors • note: Menu is subject to change 7 Pronto Pups/mac-n-cheese/mixed

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1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983, meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Pullman Senior Center

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125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Potlatch Senior Citizens

BASEBALL

108 Truck Route, Grangeville, (208) 983-2033, meals at noon on Mondays and Fridays

Moscow Senior Center

NEWSPAPERS: (Hint: 2 = E)

STARGAZING

Pomeroy Senior Center

Grangeville Senior Center

Lewiston Community Center

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220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301, meals at noon on Wednesdays 695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick, (208) 289-5031, meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays CAMPING: (Hint: 21 = T)

Palouse Senior Meals

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BASEBALL

NEWSPAPERS

413 Nezperce St., Winchester, (208) 924-6581, meals at noon on Wednesdays

930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4238, meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

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Orofino Senior Center

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