Golden Times, February 2017

HOUSE CALL: THE SKINNY ON WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATION / Page 3

BEST READER ESSAY: MY FIRST VALENTINE / Page 5

SENIOR MEAL MENUS / Page 23

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y h t e v o L golden ighbor e n TIMES A monthly magazine for the region’s seniors FEB. 6, 2017 / VOL. 28, NO. 2

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Besties met in Kindergarten; one was the teacher ..........6 Birthdays .................................................................. 17-19 Briefs ......................................................................... 9-10 Crossword / solution ................................................. 7/21 Housecall: Weighing in on weight-loss meds ................ 3 Life in the Rust Belt doesn’t pay for the aged ............. 24 Love Your Neighbor ................................................. 11-15 CASA volunteer helps kids navigate court system .... 12 Crew builds ramps for those in need ......................... 13 Volunteer driver gets folks where they need to go .... 14 Rest Home helper saw needs and filled ’em .............. 15 Meal site list ................................................................. 22 Meeting calendar ........................................................... 8 Need a Hand | Lend a Hand .......................................... 9 Pop the prenup question? Where’s the love? ............... 20 Reader Essay: Connie Breckenridge’s first Valentine .... 5 Senior Meals / Meals on Wheels menus ...................... 23 Social Security changes coming in 2017 ........................ 4 Social Security Q&A ...................................................... 4 Sudoku / solution ................................................... 22/21

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ver the past few years, the with intense marketing encourFood and Drug Administra- aging us to eat food we know tion (FDA) has approved isn’t good for us, patients often several new medications to help feel they are constantly swimpatients who are struggling with ming against the current. It can weight-related problems. Interfeel impossible to control cravestingly, most of them are not ings when tempting foods are in actually new at all. Most your environment much are medications that have of the time. Solving that been used for other probvery problem is the way lems and have the added most weight-loss medicabenefit of helping with tions actually work. They the underlying causes of decrease appetite and weight gain. Some are food cravings, which recombinations of existing duces non-hunger eating. medications. Examples More specifically, of these are Qsymia and House Call Qsymia is a combinaContrave. One, Saxenda, tion of topiramate and is simply a higher dose of phentermine, which have a medication already used been on the market for for blood sugar control. many years. Both act Belviq is a newer version in the area of the brain of a previous medication responsible for appetite that is no longer available. and cravings. Topiramate Making lasting change to has the added benefit of making nutritional patterns is one of the carbonated beverages taste flat biggest challenges my patients and unpleasant. This can make face when trying to lose weight.

Qsymia a good option for someIt generally requires more time one struggling with overeating, for planning, shopping and meal the inability to control cravings, preparation. Buying healthier or who feels addicted to soda. food can be more expensive Contrave is a combination of initially (though over time most bupropion and naltrexone. Again, patients actually save money as both of these medications have they eat out less and often need been used for other reasons for less medication). And, in our many years. Contrave reduces culture where we are bombarded hunger and craving neurotrans-

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Belviq acts to reduce feelings of The same is true for weight-loss hunger and desire to eat by affect- medications. But using the right ing serotonin function medication at the right in the brain. time in the right person Saxenda is a replica can be extremely helpof one of our own horful. Patients note this is mones, called GLP-1, particularly true when which makes us feel full. they are battling strong It also helps the pancrefood cravings, are doing as manufacture insulin, all the “right” things the hormone responsible but are still not losing for “pushing” sugar into weight or are working House Call is a cells, more normally. to get past plateaus. monthly column written by various Metformin is another Having a broader regional healthmedication that often selection of effective care providers. helps substantially with medications is a signifiMedical profesweight loss in people cant step forward in the sionals interested with insulin resistance, battle against weightin contributing to though it is not FDA related problems.

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was in the first grade in 1960 in rural Iowa, and I was looking forward to my first real Valentine’s Day at school. Several weeks before Valentine’s Day our teacher had shown us how to make a large envelope out of construction paper. We each carefully wrote our own name on our envelope and decorated it with red hearts and white paper doilies. Once decorated, the envelopes were hung around the classroom walls. We had several weeks to get Valentines and deposit them in each student’s envelope.

A week before Valentine’s Day I became very ill with a rash, fever and sore throat — scarlet fever. Scarlet fever is contagious and can cause serious problems, even death, if not treated.

Luckily, in those days antibiotics were just starting to be used to treat it. However, to be safe, health officials decided to quarantine me, my moth-

er and two younger siblings to prevent anyone else from catching it. My older brother and father were allowed to stay with my grandparents until I recovered. A big sign was put on our door telling people to stay away, and only the doctor was allowed to make house calls to check on me and my siblings. I was very upset that I was going to miss out on Valentine’s Day at school.

Late on Valentine’s Day, my school bus driver left a package on the doorstep. It was my Valentine’s Day envelope, stuffed with Valentines! I was so overjoyed and surprised. I may have missed the party at school, but I knew my friends had not forgotten me, and it meant a lot to me that my school bus driver brought it to me. A lot of years have come and gone, but I will never forget my first real Valentine’s Day. — Connie Breckenridge, 62, Clarkston

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The A-B-Cs of friendship A kindergarten student and her teacher become besties decades later

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OYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Evelyn Grapek and Jane Evers are besties, burning up their cell minutes talking almost every day, going out to lunch, sharing the depths of their hearts.

They live near each other in Boynton Beach, but they first met almost 65 years ago at the same Long Island, N.Y., elementary school.

That day, Evers, just starting kindergarten, took the wrong school bus home.

And Grapek was the one who had to call the police and inform Evers’ parents.

That’s because Grapek was Evers’ teacher.

Evers says people often are surprised when she tells them she’s best friends with her former kindergarten teacher.

“But we are,” said Evers.

Though they first met a lifetime ago, their friendship didn’t actually begin until 2000 when they reconnected through Evers’ mother. They had both been teachers in Long Island and had kept in touch.

The bond deepened when, after Evers’ mother died eight years ago, the two discovered they had similar values, attitudes about work and education — things they could not have known they had in common back when they were ages 4 and 23.

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More than 60 years ago, Jane Evers, left, was a kindergarten student and Evelyn Grapek was her teacher. Today, the two are best friends and live near each other in Palm Beach County. cent Friday, the two friends sat next to each other and laughed as they remembered their first meeting over the bus incident.

“It was my first day teaching, and I don’t know who was more nervous. But there was Janie, scared to death,” said Grapek, 88.

“I was not scared!” replied Evers, 69.

“Yes, you were!”

How a friendship begins and grows can be a mystery. Is it timing? Shared interests? Being totally opposite, or completely alike?

Evers and Grapek think their relationship is cemented by what they both think is important: being generous and authentic, trustworthy, able to navigate the delicate tightrope

of honesty and respect.

When describing their bond, they talk much more about what they mean to each other than about what activities they do together.

When Evers needs financial or relationship advice, she turns to her former teacher.

“Evelyn tells it like it is, even if it can be tough to hear it sometimes,” said Evers. A mother of two and a former Florida Atlantic University business professor, her spouse is comedian and playwright Steve Solomon of “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!”

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“What I have with Janie is unexplainable,” added Grapek, who is widowed.

“I wish I was 40, 50 years younger, so I could go back and [start the friendship] all over again. She’s there for me. I don’t feel alone.”

Grapek left Germany with her parents at age 10 and lost most of her relatives who stayed behind to the Holocaust, she said.

She thinks becoming a teacher was a way to build a different kind of family, although she does have three children.

The fact Evers was also from Long Island made it easier for

them to connect.

New retirees to south Florida often gravitate toward people from their old neighborhoods, said Laurie Intondi, vice president of senior services at Ruth and Norman Rales Jewish Family Services, based in Boca Raton. Although she agreed a kindergarten teacher-student pairing was “kind of unusual.”

“Florida is the land of reconnecting with people from the Northeast,” said Intondi, whose organization runs a 1,000-member senior center in Delray Beach. “We all know that to stay in shape as we get older, we need to stimulate our brains, exercise and socialize. I tell people to start making new connections by doing something where you feel comfortable.”

Making new friends when you’re a senior can be hard, as people no longer are building bonds through their workplaces or their children’s activities, she said.

Creating new friendships means “taking risks.

People get frightened and fear rejection,” Intondi said. “And the older you get, the more vulnerable you are to rejection.”

Evers and Grapek say they hope their story, of a small child and a young teacher who one day came to mean everything to each other, inspires other seniors to take a chance on friendship.

“It’s possible to make deep connections when you get older if you open yourself up to people,” Evers said.

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Idaho and Washington drivers Lewiston High School singers 55 and older who complete the are tuned up and ready to help course may be eligible for an inspread the love with their annual surance discount. Idaho drivers of fundraiser serenades. any age who complete the course Home health agency hangs Singing Valentine song choices may be eligible for a reduction in performed by the LHS Gold Voic- shingle in Lewiston their traffic law violation count. es or Grace Notes choirs include A two-day session is 9 a.m.

Omnia Health Services recently to 1 p.m. March 16 and 17 at “Let’s Fall In Love,” “You Are My Sunshine,” “Cute,” “Fly Me to the opened a Lewiston branch office CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 to offer residents of Nez Perce Moon” and “Happy Together.”

Powers Ave., Lewiston. A second and Latah couties skilled health Songs are delivered with a rose class will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March care services. and personalized card.

21 at the Whitman County Public Omnia is a family owned and Cost is $6 to $20 depending on Service building, 310 N. Main St., operated business that launched location and song choice. ValColfax. Cost is $15 for AARP memin Post Falls four years ago. entine delivery to the Lewiston bers and $20 for nonmembers.

Health services provided includOrchards, downtown Lewiston Early registration is strongly ed nursing, physical, occupational recommended by calling Kay and Clarkston is $20. Delivery and speech therapy. at Sacajawea and Jenifer junior Gaines in Lewiston at (208) 816The business expanded to highs, Lewiston elementary 3450 or Denis Griner in Colfax at serve Lewiston and Moscow area (509) 878-1420. schools and Tammany Alternaresidents in December. The new tive Center is $10. Valentines at LHS cost $6, or $8 for the popular branch is managed by Mickey Valley Community Center Hale, who has lived in Clarkston tune, “Cute.” offers activities Orders must be placed by Feb. 9 for almost five years.

The business specializes in with Julie Burke in the LHS music Activities offered at the Valley department, at jaburke@lewiston helping housebound clients Community Center, 549 Fifth St., rehabilitate in their homes, acschools.net or (208) 748-3137.

Clarkston, include: cording to information provided l Foot care: By appointment

by Hale, including residents Mondays, (509) 330-1857, and Ready to quit tobacco? Help is here of assisted living facilities and Wednesdays, (208) 743-1459; call adult homes. for cost Free group tobacco cessation The Lewiston office is at 3510 l Painting class: Noon to classes are planned from 12:15 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays 1:15 p.m. March 3, 9, 16 and 30 at 12th Ave..

More information is available l Line Dancing: 10:15 to the Nez Perce Recovery & Resource 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays Center, 714 Main St., in Lewiston. by calling the Omnia office at (208) 717-1920 or Hale at (509) l Fitness class: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.

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District’s Tobacco Treatment Tuesdays and Fridays Specialist Jennifer Liposchak. l Roundtable meals: Noon Participants may be eligible for AARP offers smart driver courses Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays free preventive oral health serAARP is offering driving safe- at VCC and Asotin Methodist vices and/or products from the Lewis-Clark State College Dental ty classes in March in Lewiston Church, 313 Second St., Asotin

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Sixth Street Senior Center plans activities Activities planned at the center, 832 Sixth St. in Clarkston, (509) 758-6872, include: l Coffee and cookies: 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday l Foot care: 9:30 a.m., by appointment (509) 552-0545 l Live music: 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Wednesdays l Dancing: 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, $5 l Board/membership meeting: 9 a.m., Feb. 21

Lewiston Parks & Rec plans jaunts Residents 50 and older are eligible to take part in trips being planned by the Lewiston Parks and Recreation. All trips begin at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. Cost doesn’t include meals or wine tasting fees. Registration 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.cityoflewiston. org/parksandrec.

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The Heights Branch is at 2036 Fourth Ave., Clarkston, (509) 758-4601; and the Asotin Branch is at 215 Second St., Asotin, (509) 243-6010.

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The Lewiston City Library has a handful of free adult events planned for this month. l Local History: The Local History & Genealogy collection is open to the public 3 to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. l Coffee & Books: Read and discuss “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie; 10 to 11 a.m.

Friday. l Adult DIY Night: “Treat Yourself!” with supplies provided for making spa products; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22. l Library Board meeting: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14. l Just Add Color: Coloring sheets and colored pencils are provided for a drop-in coloring session; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday. l The library will be closed Feb. 18 to 21 for construction.

The library, 411 D St., www.lewistonlibrary.org, may be contacted at (208) 798-2424 or library@ cityoflewiston.org.

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The Asotin County Library has a handful of free adult events planned for this month: l A Red Cross blood drive starts at 9 a.m. Friday. l Color Yourself Happy is at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14. l AARP tax-aides will be available at 9 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through April 12. l The Job & Career Catalyst Center is available at 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 1 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. l The library will be closed

Lewiston library invites seniors to activities

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Classes, events at the Parks & Rec

or light-soled slippers are recommended. No previous experience is required.

Classes are 11 a.m. to noon Fridays beginning March 10. Cost is $50 per person or $45 per person with a friend. Registration deadline is March 3.

Free regular activities include: l Line dancing: 10 a.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. Thursdays l Pinochle: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays l Painting club: 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 nonsenior guest. Senior Nutrition Program home-delivery meal options are available seven days a week: (208) 743-6983.

All activities are held at the community center at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St.

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l Matt’s Grill and a Trolley Tour of Lewiston, April 6: To Asotin for lunch at Matt’s Grill, then a trolley tour of Lewiston with historian Garry Bush. Cost: $40. Registration deadline: March 31. l Dining on the Edge and Dworshak Dam Tour, April 21: Trip to Orofino begins with lunch at Dining on the Edge, then a tour of Dworshak Dam. Cost: $25. Registration deadline: April 17. l Cinco de Mayo and Basalt Cellars Winery Tour, May 5: Lunch at Lewiston’s El Sombrero, followed by a tour and tasting at Basalt Cellars in Clarkston. Cost: $25. Registration deadline: May 1.

Other trips planned: l ABBA tribute musical “Mamma Mia,” March 22 in Spokane.

The trip departs from the center at 2:30 p.m. Cost: $130 for transportation, dinner and show. Registration deadline: March 1. l Lilac Festival May 20 and 21 in Spokane, featuring a flower festival, car show and parade in honor of Armed Forces Day. The tour departs from the center at 11 a.m. and will return about the same time the next day. Cost: $176 covers transportation and an overnight stay at the Northern Quest Casino, but not meals. Registration deadline: May 2.

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The WA-ID Volunteer Center, located in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St., provides individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. For more information and other volunteer openings, visit www.waidvolunteercenter.org or call (208) 746-7787. Pressing volunteer needs this month include: l Tax-Aide Counselors: Volunteers are provided with training to enable them to do basic individual tax returns using a computer program. l Local Hospital has volunteer positions available at the front lobby information desk, admissions, day surgery waiting rooms, and the gift shop. l Meal Sites need regular and substitute meal delivery drivers. Valid driver’s license and auto insurance required. l Food Banks need people to help stock shelves, man front counter, box, and from the services listed Wednesdays. The hats, distribute food. above are invited to conscarves, mittens and lap l Nonprofit needs a receptact the Disability Action robes that are made will tionist. General knowledge Center-NW. be donated to more than Answers: A. melted B. creamy C. dark D. tasty of computers and other of30 nonprofit agencies in Lend a hand fice equipment is helpful, the fall. Yarn is provided.

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ost of us take certain things for granted: Running to the store for groceries and preparing a meal afterwards. Driving to a doctor’s appointment. Walking up the steps into our home. Having stability and consistency in our homes and relationships, being treated with respect and consideration.

But not everyone is able to freely enjoy these freedoms and conveniences. That’s where volunteers come in. Volunteers are the foundation of myriad services available in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

Because of them, countless individuals are

able to live independently, benefit from legal advocacy, stay in their own homes, eat well and enjoy their relationships.

Volunteers can be found in almost any setting, working with kids and adults.

These often-unseen forces are found at schools and libraries, courts and medical facilities, community agencies and in the homes of older adults who need help remaining in their homes.

What do these volunteers do and why do they do it? What makes it work and how do they find their fit? We checked in with a few local volunteers to find out. Here, on the next few pages, are their stories.

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> CAN YOU HELP? Have time and energy to spare? Your help and skills are badly wanted. On Page 10 at left is a sampling of current local volunteer needs.

“It gives me a smaller place to focus, it makes me feel like I can change something. You have the sense of making a difference.”

Casa advocate Mary Lou Franzese, Lewiston

Walking them through CASA advocates give kids a voice, help them navigate the court system and supported by CASA staff. The intent pists, teachers, coaches, foster parents is to give a voice to children in the court and others, Franzese gets a “big picture system and to have another adult helping view” and walks with children through hen it comes to helping kids to meet their needs. the complexities of the system, advocatin the child protective sys“We serve as another set of eyes and ing for them along the way. tem, crayons and Play-Doh ears,” Franzese said.

In addition, Franzese monitors the are every bit as important When Franzese gets a new case, her child’s wellbeing and advocates for other to Mary Lou Franzese of Lewiston as the first task is to gather information needs that become apparent. For technical legal terms and so she can better understand the example, she might help develop procedures used in her situation. The child is the focus, an Individual Education Plan with role as a volunteer so it begins with building a relateachers. Once, a teen told her she with CASA. tionship by asking plenty of queswanted to go to prom, and FranzCASA — Court Ap- tions and spending time together. ese made sure she got a dress. pointed Special Advo“I love to get on the ground and CASA volunteers also document cates — is a nonprofit play — I feel good playing with what they learn and make recomorganization that kids. With teens it’s more about mendations based on what they provides advocates treating them with respect,” know of the child and the situation.

Mary Lou for kids in the Franzese said.

Although they are neither social Franzese child protective Though some kids take more workers or attorneys, volunteers system, Franz- coaxing than others, in the eight also write court reports and attend Love your hearings regarding the child. ese said. These years of volunteering with CASA, trained volshe has never had a kid who Writing a court report, atneighbor unteers are wouldn’t talk to her. tending hearings and speaking supervised Bonding through play up in court was entirely new to and conversation helps Franzese when she started. But Franzese provide it didn’t take her long to become focused, consistent support comfortable with all of it. to children.

Being a child advocate is not for ev“They’ve had so eryone, but it’s perfect for Franzese. The many adults disappear role, she said, is a great fit for long-term out of their lives,” learners such as herself who love kids Franzese said. and connect well with them.

Not all have been “It’s intriguing; it’s interesting,” Frannegligent. Some zese said. adults in kids’ lives CASA volunteers receive a minimum of are in roles where 30 hours of training before they begin. Afthey have to focus ter they start, CASA staff is there to supon more than just port them, answer questions and provide that one child ongoing training. The number of hours it — teachers or so- takes her to do her job varies from month cial workers, for to month. Most months, Franzese devotes example. Then a minimum of 8 to 10 hours — more if a there are adults child has something big going on. Fransuch as lawyers, zese admitted she volunteers more than who might not be the role requires because, being retired, tuned in to how she has the luxury of time. confusing the Sometimes the needs in the world are legal system can overwhelming, Franzese said. But volunbe to a child. By teering with CASA changes that. interacting with “It gives me a smaller place to focus, legal personnel, it makes me feel like I can change someparents, social thing,” she said. “You have the sense of workers, theramaking a difference.”

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> Can you help? l Anyone interested in volunteering with CASA may call (208) 746-3378. Training is provided. l If you have a volunteering story to share — whether yours or someone you know of — contact Schmidt at (208) 305-4578.

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“Some of these people are homebound, virtually trapped in their house until we build a ramp.”

Work crew member Bruce Devereaux

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Ramp-building group held together with more than nails and a hammer

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ver nearly a decade, one dedicated group has built nearly 80 wheelchair ramps around the valley.

It takes something special for a group of volunteers to stick together and accomplish that much over that length of time.

But when watching the group interact, it doesn’t take long to figure out the secret to their success: faith and laughter.

At 7 a.m. on the second Saturday of every month, rain or shine, the doors at First Presbyterian Church in Clarkston are open, and a hot breakfast waits inside.

There, men and women — and sometimes kids, too — gather and fuel up for a long day of work.

Usually it’s a ramp that needs to be built, but Interlink — with which the group has partnered — bases each work day’s task on requests received. The group also rakes leaves, cleans homes, paints fences, helps people move and more.

Everyone has a role. Bob Vallandigham is the coordinator. A former contractor, he scouts sites in advance, plans what needs to be done and gathers needed materials. He oversees construction projects and teaches newbies how to use power tools.

If Vallandigham’s role is to keep everyone in line, Doug Anderson’s role is to step out of it. If there’s someone cracking a joke, teasing a fellow volunteer or slyly blaming dripping paint on someone else, it’s probably him. His excuse?

As a former school principal, he says it’s finally his chance to misbehave.

Bill Mannschreck, 91, has earned the title of “Master Sander.” After a ramp is built

Four members of the ramp-building crew pause for a picture with the newly built project. and before it can be painted, he sands it down. He also pounds nails and digs post holes with the best of them. Between his ready hand and upbeat, encouraging spirit, Vallandigham calls him a “real inspiration.”

Lorraine Clein and Judy James prepare the breakfast, prepare a sack lunch and clean up afterward. They get ongoing requests for biscuits and gravy, but they make sure there are healthy meal options as well.

A core of about six workers is sometimes joined by others.

New volunteers learn the ropes alongside the veterans. Everyone pitches in, and a ramp pops up, allowing people to either leave their houses or return home from medical facilities.

The group remembered building a ramp that allowed the homeowner to come outside

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for the first time in two years.

“Some of these people are homebound, virtually trapped in their house until we build a ramp,” Bruce Devereaux said.

His wife, Lois, can typically be found on the work site as well.

The group interacts like a family, laughing together at longstanding jokes, adding thoughtful insights and sharing memories — both the heartwarming moments when they see tears of gratitude and the unpleasant ones, like the time the sewer line broke.

“The joy of this whole thing is the crew,” Vallandigham said. “Things wouldn’t happen without the camaraderie.”

The group started around nine years ago. At that time, the church had been on a threeyear rotation of doing international, national and then local missions projects. That year the local project fell through, Val-

landigham said, and Don Greggain suggested that in lieu of a one-time project, the group do work projects for Interlink one Saturday a month for the whole year. And they just kept going.

“We had so much fun, we couldn’t stop,” Mannschreck said.

Before the regular projects, people in the group knew each other, but they weren’t nearly as close as they are now.

Through all those days spent working side by side through the cold winters and hot summers, they’ve learned not just about each other, but about challenges in volunteering like graciously receiving thank-yous and doing work that doesn’t seem to be making a difference.

“This is an opportunity for us to show what we believe and how we want to live,” Anderson said. “We get more out of this than the people we’re helping.”

> Can you help? l Anyone interested in volunteering with Interlink may call (509) 751-9143. The agencies have numerous volunteer opportunities. l If you have a volunteering story to share — whether yours or someone you know of — contact Schmidt at (208) 305-4578.

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Good wheel ambassador

Interlink Volunteer drives folks to doctors’ appointments, grocery shopping & more a.m. That was simply the time the individual wanted to go in for the multi-hour procedure, so that’s when Oleson took hen it comes to volunteerhim. It later turned into a daily task. ing, Jerry Oleson of Clarkston Oleson admitted that getting up that doesn’t like to rake leaves, clean early every day was wearing at the end. gutters or do home repairs. Driving, But that’s not the toughest part though, he likes doing that. of what he does. Helping support So that’s what he has been doing a person toward the end of their with Interlink for the past 10 years life can be emotionally draining. or so. Most months, he racks up But getting attached — the hard 350 to 400 miles on his car, taking part about the job — is also what people to the grocery store, doctor keeps him doing it. and dentist appointments, chemo“It’s like family. You get to therapy and dialysis treatments — and know them and like them,” Oleson said. he knows where all the beauty shops are “I get close to people, and when they’re in town, too. hurting it bothers me.

“I’ve hauled people just about any “I don’t think I’ve met any person that place for anything,” Oleson said.

I haven’t liked.”

And he’s done it most any time of the Many riders reciprocate the sentiment. day. For a number of years, Oleson got “A lot of them ask for him, especially up at 3:30 a.m. three times a week so he the women,” said Gerry, Oleson’s wife. could take someone in for dialysis at 4 She speculates that is because he is

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I get close to people, and when they’re hurting it bothers me.

Jerry Oleson, Clarkston

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courteous, friendly and instinctively knows how to be helpful.

Many who can’t drive themselves around feel stuck inside, Jerry Oleson said. The service is provided free of charge through Interlink, which reimburses drivers’ mileage costs. Some people hate to impose, Oleson said, but “that’s what we’re here for.”

“It’s rewarding; I think it’s a great thing,” Oleson said, adding that his Christian faith also informs why he serves people like he does.

When he’s driving but not needed for a while, sometimes he’ll go back home or run errands. He has been known to head to Rosauers for coffee and doughnuts a time or two as well.

“Driving gives me something to do — I don’t want to sit around,” Oleson said.

Then he laughed.

“If I’m going to sit around, I want to have coffee and doughnuts.”

> Can you help? l Anyone interested in volunteering at Interlink may call (509) 751-9143. The agency has numerous volunteer openings. l If you have a volunteering story to share — whether your own or someone you know of — contact Schmidt at (208) 305-4578.

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January is the time of year when many of us want to be a little bit healthier. Regular exercise is a great way to improve your health in a number of ways such as weight loss, improved cardiovascular function, better muscle strength, improved posture, reduced blood pressure and lower cholesterol.

Here are a few tips to avoid unwanted injuries that can slow you Morgan Shattuck, Physical Therapist down from reaching your goals.

The most important step for injury prevention is a thorough Assistant warmup. It should be completed no matter what exercises you are doing. The goal of a warmup is to gently increase the heart and breathing rates as well as warm and stretch your muscles. Start with an exercise that will slowly increase your pulse, such as walking or a light jog and then follow this with stretching that takes the muscles through their full range.

Remember when starting a new type of activity or exercise program it is key to give your body the time to adapt to the new stresses being placed on it. Your body requires rest days between the days you are training, you don’t want to do too much too soon. Begin with exercises a little at a time and remember to listen to your body. If you are feeling stiff, tired or under the weather, don’t force yourself to exercise that day. It is also important not to push through pain. If you are experiencing muscle soreness from your activity, that is ok to work through, but if you are noticing a new pain that persists the next time you exercise, you might want to see a professional as soon as possible. Slow and steady is a safer method to reach your goals.

Another tip for those of you who get easily bored with doing the same thing over and over, mix it up! Don’t always do the same form of exercise. Cross training helps your body become well-rounded and stronger overall allowing you to work on multiple body parts for better fitness.

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Dee Baldwin’s volunteer work at Wedgewood Terrace led to a job answering phones and talking with residents.

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a volunteerturned-paid receptionist at Wedgewood Terrace, Dee Baldwin of Lewiston does more than answer the phones. But it’s not hard work.

“The easiest thing to do is treat someone as a human being,” she said.

That’s what Baldwin does between her clerical tasks, bringing coffee to residents conversing in the hallway, calling out Bingo numbers or inviting them to join in on the next activity.

They’re all things she can do even with the limited hand function and memory issues she has because of a car accident several years ago.

Her work at Wedgewood started a few years ago when her mother-in-law became a resident; her health care needs had become such that Baldwin and her husband were no longer able to care for her in their home. Baldwin would visit her a few times a week. Since she was already spending so much time at the facility, she eventually asked if they needed volunteers.

“Being here to volunteer was just a way to work in another day to see Edna (her

mother-in-law),” Baldwin said, laughing.

She started by volunteering twice a week, answering phones in the afternoons.

The clerical work only takes so much time, so she ended up doing what comes naturally to her: caring for those around her with warmth and respect, whether it’s answering a call button in a room or just visiting with residents.

Because of the time she’d spent interacting in the facility, residents and staff were familiar with her and trusted her. When someone was needed to ride with a resident to an appointment, Baldwin was willing to do so, and both the resident and staff members were comfortable with her taking on that role, too.

And it grew from there.

“Whatever it takes, is the thing. I’m so used to doing things for Edna, it doesn’t strike me as anything different,” Baldwin said.

Just recently, the volunteer position became a part-time job, one that doesn’t jeopardize the disability benefits she relies on. Even if it hadn’t turned into a job, Baldwin said she would still be doing what she does.

“Life is what you make of it,” Baldwin said. “You can stay home, or you can help people.”

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Baldwin visits with her mother-in-law Edna Hemphill a Wedgewood Terrace resident. Baldwin started volunteering at the home when Edna became a resident.

> Can you help? l Anyone interested in volunteering at Wedgewood Terrace may call (208) 743-4545. The retirement home has numerous volunteer openings, and positions can be tailored to volunteers’ abilities. l If you have a volunteering story to share — whether your own or someone you know of — contact Schmidt at (208) 305-4578.

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Shirrel Anne (Storey) Rudy was born in 1934 in Lewiston, where she still lives. > Feb. 5 For many of Shirrel’s years, she faithfully played her flute Matt Mathison, 85 in the church orchestra. She still sings many of the hymns Mahlon Bernard “Matt” she memorized as a child.

Mathison of Lewiston celShirrel has four children, eight grandchilebrated his 85th birthday Sundren and three great-grandchildren. day with his family. He was She has been married to her husband Arlie born in 1932 to Alvin “Suzy” Rudy since June 6, 1994. and Frances Nina (Peterson) Mathison in Potlatch, the closest hospital to Deary. > Feb. 11 Matt graduated from high school in Scappoose, Ore., and joined the U.S. Army in 1952, Gary Snyder, 80 serving in Korea.

Gary Wayne Snyder of LewisHe married Gwen Sartain (deceased in ton was born in 1937 and raised 1956) in Lewiston. They had three children, in Vincennes, Ind. Richard Alvin (deceased), Elaine Kay and During his growing-up years, Alice Marie. They later divorced. he worked many jobs and Matt worked at Potlatch Forest Industries fondly remembers working in a from 1956 to ’94. bakery with his brothers. Gary In 1982, he married Nugget Elaine Danials went to Los Angeles the summer of his junior Blane. She died Jan. 31, 2012. Elaine gifted year in high school and worked for surveyors; Matt with two step-sons, Milt and Danny he loved the work. After high school graduBlaine. ation, he went back to California to work in Matt has five grandchildren: Vicki surveying and engineering and to attend colCampbell Spooner, Tyler Mathison, lege. In 1959, Gary was asked to go to Hawaii Megan Mathison, Jesse James Oliver to work on Henry Kaiser’s Hawaii K project. (great-grandchildren Lucas James While there, he was drafted and served Oliver and Caden James Oliver) and 2½ years in the Army.

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While in Hawaii, he met Cara McCann.

After retiring, Matt and Elaine became They were married May 6, 1961. snowbirds, traveling to Arkansas and Texas, After working in the field of surveying and where Elaine’s sons and Matt’s daughter Elaine live. Alice lives in Sacramento with her engineering for 18 years, he came to Lewiston to become a farmer and rancher. In retirehusband, Ron, one great son-in-law. ment, his true joy is planning yard projects Matt enjoyed pinochle, country music, and enveloping them in color. camping, hunting, fishing, horses, motorGary is the father of three children, Debocycles and ATVing. His most recent hobby rah, Russell and Angela; and the grandfather has been clearing snow in his neighborhood to five grandchildren, Lauren, Andrew, Rosausing his ATV snowplow. Matt enjoys his lind, Emalene and Gwen. wonderful neighbors, friends and family.

Carl DeVault of Lewiston will celebrate his 93rd birthday Saturday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. at his son Carl’s home in Clarkston.

Carl was born to Carolyn and Sam DeVault in 1924

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He served in the Army from 1943-45 and was wounded in combat in France after landing on Normandy beach. He was transported to a hospital in England, where his leg had to be amputated. After his discharge, he returned to Lewiston, where he was trained as a shoemaker by Elmer Braden at the Orchard Shoe Shop.

In 1954, he moved his family to Pendleton, Ore., and worked for three years at the Dale Brown Shoe Company. He continued his shoemaking work at the Eastern Oregon State Hospital and later became an instructor in its rehabilitation shop.

In 1974, he and his wife, Barbara, moved back to Lewiston.

He enjoyed fishing, hunting and taking his three adopted Edmonson granddaughters to school. Carl has three sons, Carl Jr. (Jan); Allen (Nancy) in Woodburn, Ore.; and Jerry (Deena) in Lacey, Wash.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carl lives at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lewiston.

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After high school graduation, she attended college at Holy Names Academy in Spokane.

She married Ed Schmidt Sept. 29, 1956, in Clarkston. She and Ed farmed and ranched in Greencreek and Cottonwood, where they had three sons and four daughters. While raising a family, she also worked at the Greencreek Store and Arnzen Drug. Carole and James Toennis married March 1, 1997.

Carole’s hobbies include crocheting, sewing, gardening, baking, reading and playing cards with friends. She cochaired the Red Cross Blood Mobile for eight years and was a longtime volunteer at the Historical Museum of the Monastery of St. Gertrude. She is a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and the Greencreek Altar Society.

Throughout the years, she has enjoyed trips to Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Canada and Alaska, plus many other states in the North and Southwest.

Carole will be honored with a reception being hosted by her children from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Ferdinand gym.

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Ray Kunze, 92 Ray Kunze of Lewiston was born in 1926 in Abbotsford, Wis. He was one of six children.

Following high school graduation, he traveled with several Wisconsin friends to Idaho looking for adventure.

In the 1940s, Ray began working in the logging and construction industry for Potlatch Forests. He worked in logging and construction in Alaska for a number of years prior to returning to Idaho, where he drove truck, hauling grain, seed and logs for various companies. He finished his career in construction, retiring from DeAtley Corporation around 20 years ago.

In 1968, Ray met and married Peggy Howerton in Lewiston. The two loved traveling and made many trips abroad.

They toured the United States from border to border in their RV, and spent a number of years employed in Alaska.

Both belonged to the local Elks, and he holds a lifetime membership. As a cradle Catholic, Ray belongs to All Saints Catholic Church in the Orchards.

Peggy died five years ago, and Ray has lived in the Veterans Home for four years. His family includes three bonus children from his marriage to Peggy, eight grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. He also has nephews, nieces and several siblings in his home state.

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Birthdays > Feb. 16 Jean Peer, 92 Jean Peer of Lewiston was born to Ella Mae and Clarence Rugg in 1925 in Cabri Saskatchewan, Canada.

Jean grew up and attended school in Peck, finishing in the final graduating class in 1944. There were only three in her class (all the boys were in the service).

Jean married Jerome Peer Dec. 26, 1945, in Lewiston. They have two sons, two daughters, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren.

Jean has lived mostly in Winchester and Lewiston and has been a homemaker, farmer’s wife and mother. She formerly belonged to Beta Sigma Phi, Ladies of the Elks and Winchester Community Church. She is now a member of Congregational Presbyterian Church. She enjoys handiwork, gardening, traveling and spending time with her many friends.

Jean will celebrate her birthday at a private family gathering being planned by her children.

> Feb. 16 Bud Eisele, 80 This month, Bud Eisele of Lewiston joins the approximately 40 percent of men that attain their 80th birthday. Bud migrated to Lewiston with his family in the ’40s, when his dad worked at Hanford during the war.

After graduating from Lewiston High School in 1955 and serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, Bud attended college at Lewis-Clark State College and later graduated from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1974. Bud and Marge Sonnen were married June 26, 1971. They have six children — three boys and three girls — seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Bud still owns and operates a tax/ accounting office in the Lewiston Orchards that he opened in 1975 with Marge’s help.

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> Feb. 24 Laura Gehrke, 93

Laura Gehrke was born to Clarence and Alice Carpenter in 1924 in Moingona, Iowa.

She graduated from Rippey High School in 1942. She’s the oldest of her siblings. She married Earl Gehrke in Kirksville, Mo., in December 1942. They lived in Columbia, S.C., until he was sent overseas with the Army Air Corps. While Earl was in China, Laura moved to Weiser, Idaho, to work at a Mountain States Telephone as a long-distance operator. When Earl was discharged from the service in 1945, they moved back to Iowa.

They worked at Earl’s dad’s farm until 1948.

Laura has two children, Jenneva and Delmer, both of Lewiston. She has five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one greatgreat-grandson.

Earl died in 2015. Her parents and siblings are also deceased.

Laura was employed by the Owl Drug Idaho Department Store and Wasem’s Drug. She is a member of Eastern Star and Nile. Her hobbies are crocheting and knitting. Laura and Earl enjoyed traveling far and wide, seeing much of the United States. She even ventured on a Fiji vacation with her daughter and husband. Her most recent adventure was a 14-day cruise to the Panama Canal with her daughter Jean.

Bob F. Hyde, 87 Bob Hyde of Lewiston was born in 1930 in Memphis, Mo., the fourth of seven children.

He came to Idaho a year after graduating from high school, working for Potlatch Forests near Headquarters. Logging became a career. He was last employed by gypo logger Mick McLaughlin of Orofino, retiring at age 64.

Bob and Marlene Minden were married in 1957 and raised a son and three daughters in Weippe, their home for 41 years. In 2006, they relocated to the Orchards, where they attend Orchards United Methodist Church and keep busy with friends, family and volunteer work.

Gardening has been a lifelong passion for Bob, and he shares his bountiful produce with neighbors. He walks and works out on his Nordic Track — his third after wearing out two. He bakes bread nearly every day and is on his third bread maker as well. He also enjoys reading, crossword puzzles, sports, fishing and family gatherings.

He and Marlene toured Europe, the British Isles, Hawaii and Asia, and Mexico and Canada with grandchildren. They visit family in Missouri and Atlanta, Ga. His children are Shane, Lewiston; Sonya, Atlanta; Sheila, India; and Suzanne, Seattle. Bob and Marlene have seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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> Feb. 28 Robert Gushliah, 90 Robert Gushliah of Lewiston was born in 1927 at Potlatch to Mike and Lena Gushliah.

He graduated from Potlatch High School in 1944. He served two years in the U.S. Army and worked for Potlatch Forests for 42 years in Potlatch and Lewiston before retiring.

In his younger days, Robert enjoyed camping, snowmobiling and any outdoor activity.

He married Norma Riggers in October 1954. They have two children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Robert will celebrate his birthday with family and friends.

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FINANCIAL PLANNERS SAY PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS SHOULDN’T BE A DEAL BREAKER IN REMARRIAGES

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ITTSBURGH — Young couples going into their first marriage with barely enough money between them to pay the rent don’t usually have much to lose by combining their assets as they build a family and plan for the future.

But marriages can be more complicated when they occur later in life. That’s when both spouses may have children from past relationships as well as separate assets they’ve acquired over the years.

And, it could get more complicated if one spouse has significantly more assets than the other.

The question is, do couples in a second or third marriage throw all their assets into the same pot because they are in love and trust each other to do the right thing?

Or do they separate their assets and risk potential alienation by holding back?

Some financial planners say the phrase “prenuptial agreement” shouldn’t be a deal breaker.

“When you start out early and you have very little and you acquire your assets together, then justifiably, they should be shared. But that’s not true when you come to the marriage with assets,” said Robert Fragasso, chairman and CEO of Fragasso Financial Advisors in Pittsburgh.

“When you come to the marriage with assets, those assets that you come with should be held separately,” Fragasso said. “However, those assets built during the marriage should be put together.

That’s my feeling.”

The scenario comes up often in his work, he said. As a financial adviser he recommends keeping assets going into the marriage separate in order to protect the heirs of both spouses. One case he is familiar with, he said, is a perfect illustration of that point.

The couple remarried when the man was in his early 60s and the woman was in her late 50s. They combined their assets and neither took advantage of the other, so things worked fine. The man, who had substantial assets, died first and all of his assets went to his surviving wife. She lived for another decade and when she died, she left everything to her own children, leaving the man’s children in the cold.

“Most of that money was (the deceased husband’s) and it should have been shared among all of the children from both families,” Fragasso said.

An analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center in 2013 found four in 10 new marriages included at least one partner that had been married before.

Pew researchers concluded there are two reasons for the increase in remarriage. Divorce rates in the U.S. have climbed since 1960, which means more divorcees are on the market for remarriage.

Americans also are living longer, which gives divorcees, widowers and widows more time to get in and out of more marriages.

Joseph R. Williams, a partner at the Pollock Begg law firm in Pittsburgh, said he drafts a lot of prenuptial agreements, especially for people going into second and third marriages because they are more established and financially secure. A prenuptial agreement allows both parties to identify exactly what each of their assets are at the time of marriage, that way they can prove what they brought in if a divorce becomes necessary.

“The law says for a prenuptial agreement to be enforceable there needs to be a full and fair disclosure of all assets and liabilities, which means if one spouse has a Swiss bank account and it gets found out, it could invalidate the prenup,” said Williams, who specializes in family law. “Also there can be no duress, meaning you can’t ask someone to sign a prenup 10 minutes before the wedding and you can’t threaten them with violence if they don’t sign.

“As a matter of best practices when I’m drafting a prenuptial agreement I advise my client that his or her fiancee should receive independent legal advice, and in some cases I’ve even provided a list of other attorneys who can work with their fiancee on the

document I prepare.”

One of the benefits of a prenuptial agreement is that it often works hand in hand with an individual’s estate planning instruments, such as life insurance, wills, trusts, retirement plans and beneficiary designations.

When assets are kept separately in a marriage, the prenuptial agreement can protect surviving spouses as well as the heirs of the deceased spouse.

A spouse who comes into a second marriage with more assets than the other spouse can use a prenuptial agreement to set up a trust that will pay interest income to the surviving dependent spouse for as long as he or she lives. When the surviving spouse dies, the money from the trust is then distributed to the children of the first spouse who passed away, said Lisa Turbeville, a divorce financial analyst and owner of Watermark Financial in suburban Pittsburgh.

“This type of strategy is more commonly used with higher net worth couples where at least one of them have been married before,” Turbeville said.

The same type of strategy to provide protection to heirs can also be done through a will, Turbeville said. However, a will is restricted to death while a prenuptial agreement covers the

possibility of a divorce as well as estate planning.

“Prenuptial agreements have a negative connotation,” she said. “I try to approach prenuptial agreements as an estate planning tool rather than a divorce planning tool.

That makes it more palatable to people understanding the importance of it and agreeing to sign one, particularly in second marriages.”

Fragasso said he is aware of situations where a couple, both with substantial assets, put everything they have together and it worked out. But, from what he has personally seen over four decades of managing wealth, those are unique cases.

“More so,” he said. “I’ve seen it not work out.

“Prenuptial agreements have been accused of taking the romance out of a relationship,” he said. “But I’ll tell you what really takes the romance out is when somebody tries to take advantage of the other spouse who comes in with more assets.

I would say they are better off taking the risk of a little initial romance lost.”

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golden times

MOND A Y, F E B R U A R Y 6 , 2 0 1 7

Life in the Rust Belt doesn’t pay for older workers

By Suzanne Woolley of the Bloomberg News

NEW YORK — The Rust Belt’s transformation into the Trump Belt was a central element of the real estate magnate’s electoral victory. The economic component is well known: A recovery that followed the subprime collapse during President George W. Bush’s second term left the former industrial heartland behind. Once reliable Democratic supporters began turning away from a party that was seen, rightfully or not, as less responsive to their needs.

But just how bad things have become in four swing states Donald Trump won (though recount efforts are underway in three of them) is much clearer now, thanks to research illustrating the extent to which the crucial demographic of older workers in the nowred states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin is suffering.

The broad trend in wages for older workers outside the Rust Belt doesn’t look

bad. When you measure the level of pay in election years, you see a long upward trend in inflation-adjusted median wages since the early 1990s.

But separate out those four states and you see that pay for men who are between 55 and 64 in the Midwest has been stagnant and remains below its 1979 level, said economist and author Teresa Ghilarducci in “Since Reagan, Older Workers in Rust-Belt States Flipped from Economic Winners to Losers.�

Before the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, wages in the four states beat the median for the rest of the country. Older workers there earned $3,600 more than peers elsewhere. But by 2015, they were making $4,000 less than the average.

While the rest of the nation saw median real wages for older workers rise by 17 percent between 1979 and 2015, the figure was just 1 percent in those four states, according to Ghilarducci’s data. Pay for women in the Midwest

has even trended down in recent years.

Nationwide, older workers in low-wage jobs tend to be women (a low-wage job pays about $540 a week, or two-thirds the median wage). Overall, there’s a higher percentage of older men working than women, but women are the majority in seven of the top 10 low-wage jobs held by people over age 55, said Ghilarducci.

The rate of growth in weekly wages by gender showed a stark difference between 1995 and 2005.

Inflation-adjusted weekly earnings for men and women between the ages of 55 and 64 rose by 7.1 percent and 23.7 percent, respectively. From 2005 to 2015, though, the increase was just 2.5 percent for men and 1.1 percent for women.

And just in case you were trying to remember some good economic news from last week, Ghilarducci said it’s misleading. The news was that unemployment for workers 55 and older who actively sought jobs over the past month

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As a 55-plus worker herself, Ghilarducci says she’s in a good position thanks to her job as a tenured professor and a history of smart saving. But she’s far from sanguine about the costs that can hobble people in later life.

About 16 years ago, she decided to focus on getting into good physical shape, calling it “a pure money play� about what “I hope to save if I can avoid illnesses such as diabetes and osteoporosis.� Unlike the economy, Ghilarducci reasoned, that’s somewhere where we have much more control.

While one thing America learned about polls in this election is how sketchy they can be, CNN exit polling showed voters between the ages of 50 and 64 in Rust Belt states voting for Trump.

Ghilarducci said the slow rate of growth in weekly wages was not a result of fewer hours worked.

That’s the unemployment rate referred to as U-6; she calls her calculation U-7.

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was only 3.5 percent. “National statistics hide the realities of the labor market for older workers,� she explained. “We see senior citizens in low-paying service jobs all the time, but we want to believe they are there for the love of the job rather than the need for food or rent.�

By her calculation, the real unemployment rate for older Americans is more like 10 or 11 percent. She uses a broad unemployment measure that adds in people who looked for work in the past 12 months or who were part-timers but wanted to be full-timers ‌ . Then she includes those who would like a job but stopped looking more than a year ago.

Stagnant wages make it tough to save for retirement, said Ghilarducci, who heads up the Retirement Equity Lab at the The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. She also recently co-authored Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement