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November is National Diabetes Month. While it’s unfortunate that the disease is on the rise, treatment options continue to improve. In this issue, we’ll offer some background on the condition and then inspire you with stories of a few well-known diabetics who are living well. • Despite popular myth, diabetes is not caused by consuming too much sugar. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder – the body’s immune system destroys the pancreatic cells that create insulin, which regulates sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes (which constitutes 90% of diabetes cases in the U.S.) is a metabolic disorder that usually occurs later in life. It may be the result of heredity, lifestyle, or several other factors. • Excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle are key contributing factors for Type 2 diabetes. A healthy diet and regular exercise are important preventative measures, and regular doctor check-ups are important! • Diabetes is not a “modern” disease – it was first recorded some 3500 years ago. The papyrus notes of an Egyptian physician named Hesy-Ra described a condition that resulted in the “passing of too much urine.” • Actor Wilford Brimley has appeared in several TV commercials for diabetes testing supplies. He’s also been the subject of many Internet video parodies due to his deliberate pronunciation of the disease as “dy-uh-BEEtuss.” While some dictionaries list both pronunciations as correct, the more common “dy-ah-BEE-tees” rendition is widely considered to be the correct one. • Worldwide, one in 17 people is diabetic. What country has the largest number of diabetics per capita? No, not the United States. It’s India, with around 10 million. China is also experiencing what experts are calling a diabetic pandemic. In Western nations, obesity is a leading cause of Type 2 diabetes. But most of the rural Indians an (continued)

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• In 1989, Oscar winner Halle Barry collapsed on the set of her short-lived sitcom Living Dolls. Doctors diagnosed her with Type 1 diabetes and started her on a regiment of insulin. Barry has since revealed that she believes she has “cured” herself using diet and exercise. She even claims that she no longer needs to take insulin. But medical experts say that Barry was either misdiagnosed (and actually has Type 2), or is stretching the truth about her insulin use. Regardless,

TV show Leave It to Beaver, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1989. He’d packed on some pounds, and his doctor told him that losing weight would help his diabetes. Unfortunately, Mathers attempted a radical diet approach: skipping breakfast and lunch, then eating a large dinner. This only sent his blood sugar levels on a rollercoaster ride that worsened his condition. Today, he follows a sensible diet prescribed by his physician and has his disease well under control.

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Nov. 14 Lincoln City Pow Wow Native Comedy Jam featuring Jim Ruel, JR Redwater, Marc Yaffee, Vaughn Eaglebear and Williams & Ree at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. FMI 888-CHINOOK. *8PM Comedy on the Coast at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. FMI 888-CHINOOK. * Newport Chamber Luncheon 12-1 PM The Embarcadero Resort FMI 541-265-8801 Fees$10 Nov. 15 Lincoln City Soups and Stews at Pacific Coast Center for Culinary Arts. Learn to make several kinds of soups & stews during this class with the PCCCA’s new executive chef. Menu: a classic cream soup, a seafood stew, and a stick to your ribs lamb stew with root vegetables. We’ll also make an herb foccacia to go along with our creations. This handson four-hour class funs from 2-6 PM and costs $50 with a meal included. FMI please email sharonw@lincolncity.org *Lincoln City Geocaching on the Oregon Coast. FMI call Ivan at 541-996-1233. *Kernville Beth Willis at Kernville Steak and Seafood House. Show starts at 7PM until about 10PM. *Lincoln City Anniversary Celebration at Rejuvenation Massage & Spa. Open House from 1-4PM enjoy beverages and appetizers, drawings every 15 minutes - $1000 worth of prizes to be given out! * Nye Beach Writers Series 7-9 PM Newport Visual Arts Center http://www.writersontheedge.com FMI 541 265-ARTS *Newport 20th Anniversary Season: Newport Symphony Orchestra 7:30-9:30 PM Event: Conductor Adam Flat, Soloist: Hsing-ay Hsu, piano. Newport’s Performing Arts Center FMI 541-265-ARTS

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Blodgett: Blodgett Country Cafe Hwy 20 541-453-4433 Lincoln City: Tsunami Espresso 247 SW Hwy 101 near D River Newport: Fast Lane Coffee Co 610 N. Coast Hwy 541-574-0316 KundALini Espresso 121 N.E. 15th St. 541-270-8280 Newport Bay Coffee Co. 4852 N. Coast Highway 541-265-4090 Dutch Bros Coffee 822 SW Coast Hwy “Guaranteed to Satisfy” Otis: Dock’s Landing Mona at downtown Otis Seal Rock: Life Saver Espresso & Bakery 10841 Hwy 101 541-563-6622 Toledo: Milltown Coffee Stop W. Highway 20 541-336-2498 Toledo Coffee Depot 615 W Highway 20 541-336-5282 Waldport: Espresso 101 Mile marker 156 Hwy 101 541-563-3939 Looking for fun ... area, including the oyster wars, the influence of the Civil War and gold fever on settlement, the impact of the Rogue River wars and the Coast Reservation on bringing outsiders to the region, and the overall environment of the 1850s-1890s.

The celebration takes place at all four facilities of the Society: the Burrows House, Log Cabin museum, and The Carriage House all located at 545 SW 9th and the Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center on Newport’s Bayfront. A new exhibit, entertainment, refreshments, and authors’ book signing are among the events scheduled. Entrance to the museums and all activities are open to the public. FMI 541 265-7509 FREE Nov. 20, Newport Lincoln County League of Nov. 16, Newport Heritage Festival l1-4 PM Women Voters 12-1:30 PM meets on the 3rd Thurs. Event: includes opening a new exhibit to kickoff of the month. The McAfee Room Newport Public Library FMI Frances Van Wert 541-265-9312 FREE the 150th anniversary of Oregon becoming a state in 1859. Titled “A Sea of Opportunity: The Nov. 20, Lincoln City Thanksgiving Side Dishes Class at Pacific Coast Center for Culinary Arts.Chefs Era of Statehood on Oregon’s Central Coast,” Sharon Wiest (PCCCA) and Ken Henson (Pelican the exhibit features some of the oldest artifacts and photographs from the Society’s collection, Pub and Brewery) will lead you in an exploration of sides for the big meal from salad to vegetables to

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1920-2008 Will This Count?

Dear Ultimateuntourist, My grandmother lived from 1920-2008. When through her effects I found her diary. I always thought she was very happy but her diary is full of what ifs. After reading her diary I looked at my life and realized that I was not achieving what I wanted do you have any suggestions for me? Mary S. Bend, OR Mary, What Counts in your life? Does Your Life reflect what matters to you most? How much time do you spend on activities that matter to you? To use your time most wisely, don't get bogged down on unimportant activities. Spend most of your time on the specific activities that have the highest payoff for your time. Check your To Do List to see how many of today's items really deserve to be there.What activities help you to achieve what counts in your life. What items are you doing that is not as necessary as others? I have found that if I can maintain my focus on goal oriented activities I can achieve more which allows me more time to spend on my fun things in my life. When I evaluated how my time was spent, I found that I was spending a lot of time on things that were not important to me. I was shocked with how much of my time was spent with busy work. I needed to learn how to say "NO" It was really hard at first, but steadily I was able to achieve more just by eliminating time wasters in my life. (Continued)

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Christine Orchard writes real estate awareness features being promoted through the end of November. She has been in Oregon her whole life and in Newport 22 years and in Toledo for 12. Two of her four children attended school in Lincoln County and the youngest is a senior in Eddyville this year. Christine says, "I have been a mortgage lender for 17 years. I have an extensive amount of knowledge and experience about home ownership and financing. There are many loan programs that are meant to help each person acquire the home they want. It has been my pleasure to have helped many members of the community find financing that was perfect for them.. I believe it is important to have: • The ability to thrive in an industry that is constantly changing and has become quite technologically advanced. • A talent for understanding government programs; As well as the ever changing conventional lending. • The ability of being able to talk to people and educate them at their own pace about the programs and the process for getting a mortgage loan; My goal is to provide personal one on one attention and to answer the homeowner's questions and concerns; and to provide the best information and service to meet their particular purpose for home ownership. It is a dream of most people to own their own home and I am a person that can help accomplish that dream. There are many options for everyone. If you are not quite ready we work together to get your there. If you are at a point in your life where you are considering a second home or investing in property as a rental this is a time to get information. These changing times present their own opportunities and you want to be prepared to make an informed decision. I can offer you one on one professional attention with the latest information" “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”— Benjamin Franklin

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Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Have you decided whether you want to make changes to your Medicare Part D drug plan? We can begin making those changes on Nov. 15. Open enrollment for the drug plan will run through Dec. 31. If you’re already signed up with Medicare, you should have received your Annual Notice of Change. It will let you know about anything new that will take effect in January in your plan: a change in benefits, cost and service area, plus any changes to the formulary. Take a close look at it so you can decide if you want to stay with the same plan or make changes. If you’re going to change plans or are signing up for the first time, try to do it before Dec. 1. That will help to ensure that all goes well at the start of the year when your plan is to begin. Remember the Florida study that determined that the Medicare Web site isn’t easy to use? Unwieldy as the site is, I managed to find a certain drug and identify 72 plans in my state that have the drug in their formulary. So far, so good, but I was told there is a way to compare costs at a pharmacy versus having the drug sent by mail, and I couldn’t find it. I’ve decided there’s too much at stake here, so I’m going to use SHIPs -- State Health Insurance Assistance Programs -- for help in deciding about a new drug plan. To find one in your area, go to the Medicare site and put “SHIP contact” in the search box. Or call Medicare at 1-800-633-4227. If you want to try it yourself online, go to the Medicare plan finder at www.medicare.gov/MPDPF. Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. (c) 2008 King Features Synd., Inc.

Life for the Fun of It (Continued)

Quality life is yours to have and enjoy if you are proactive in your own life. My suggestion to you is to sit down and write out how you want your life, set your goals, take a good look at what your values are. Are you living them? It is hard to be happy at the end results if you are not living up to your own values. What don't you like in your life? Recognition is the first step to eliminating those life wasters out of your life. Remember you can either be your best friend or your own worst enemy. What accomplishment do you want to celebrate in your life the most? Focus on those things and go forth and do them UltimateUntourist reqrets that she cannot answer each letter personally, but address each email that she can through her articles. Write to her at LifeForTheFunOfIt@gmail.com

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Domiciliary RehaCaramel Corn • Cheese Corn • Coney Dogs • Hot Dogs • Baked Goods • Ice Cream • Malts • bilitation and Treatment pro- Sundaes • Shakes • Smoothies • Salt Water Taffy • Soft Drinks • Espresso • Coffee • Wraps gram is for veterans who can take care of their own daily self-care, but need treatment for medical, psy- The Sack Lunches I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat chiatric, vocational, educational or social dysfuncdown in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. tions because of substance abuse, mental illness or ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a homelessness. short nap,’ I thought. The VA says that the domiciliaries give care in a Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the “safe, secure, semi-structured homelike environaisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. ment.” The “community method” of integrated I decided to start a conversation. ‘Where are you headed?’ therapeutic programs is used by “interdisciplinary I asked the soldier seated nearest to me. ‘Chicago - to teams,” meaning that the care involves using all types Great Lakes Base. We’ll be there for two weeks for special of resources to bring about the needed changes. training, and then we’re being deployed to Iraq‘ After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that This is all well and good, but the Office of the Inspector General for the VA took a close look at basic sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be issues of safety, security and privacy, and uncovered several hours before we reached Chicago, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time. As I reached for problems. Then the IG went back and checked for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he planned compliance.Most of the facilities, 94 percent, had at to buy lunch. ‘No, that seems like a lot of money for just least one issue with security or safety. The audit con- a sack lunch. Probably wouldn’t be worth five bucks. I’ll cluded that three issues need to be addressed: wait till we get to Chicago ‘ His friend agreed. I looked 1. Procedures for unannounced room inspections, to around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I include checks for contraband and for controlled sub- walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attenstances that should be locked up. (Ninety-two percent dant a fifty dollar bill. ‘Take a lunch to all those soldiers.’ She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet of the patients have substance abuse issues.) 2. Additional safety and privacy for all the veterans, with tears, she thanked me. ‘My son was a soldi er in Iraq; but especially women (4 percent of the population). it’s almost like you are doing it for him.’ Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were The audit revealed that not all domiciliaries have seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, ‘Which do you locks on bedroom and bathroom doors for women. like best - beef or chicken?’ ‘Chicken,’ I replied, wonderIn two facilities, access into rooms could be made ing why she asked. She turned and went to the front of through ceilings. plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from 3. Some facilities are not reporting their progress in first class. ‘This is your thanks.’ After we finished eating, meeting guidelines, which makes it difficult to deter- I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest mine if corrective actions have indeed been taken. room. A man stopped me. ‘I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this.’ He handed me twenty-five dolEarlier this year, funds were provided to quickly lars. Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight implement key-card systems, but it wasn’t done in all facilities. As of now, there are 49 domiciles, with Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle plans to open four more next year. numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, an said, ‘I want (c) 2008 King Features Synd., Inc. to shake your hand.’ Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain’s hand. With a booming voice he said, ‘I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.’ I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers. Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm. When we landed in Chicago I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another twenty-five dollars! Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. ‘It will take you some time to re ach the base. It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless You.’ Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals. It seemed so little... A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check Made payable to ‘The United States of America ‘ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’ That is Honor, and there are way too many people in This country who no longer understand it.’ All too often we just send jokes, either off color or clean and we forget to send the ones that mean so much. God Bless.

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