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MODEL T FORD carried Marilyn and Wayne Thomas throughout Europe.

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Poker keeps you young, just ask engineering wiz George Epstein

By Suzan Filipek George Epstein has taught engineering courses at UCLA and for NASA, and he developed military defense systems for the Air Force, Navy and Army.

These days he's become a master at poker.

After giving a talk on the merits of the game, he was asked to teach at the Claude Pepper Senior Center in 2005.

“Gee, what a great idea,” he recalls thinking at the time.

“I had no idea it was going to work out like this. It’s just incredible,” the 86-year old area resident said of his classes' 250 membership.

"He's the pioneer behind all of this," recreation facility director Gregory Glenn said on a recent Friday afternoon

THIRD book on the game is in the works, says poker maestro George Epstein, left with assistants Pat Box and Shirley Tye.

when the center is packed with some serious players.

Studies have shown activity keeps you young. It keeps the

brain's synapses firing, Epstein explains, adding none of his poker students have developed Alzheimer’s.

He refains from playing with his students. Instead he travels to area casinos. He tested his luck recently at Texas Hold ‘em till 2 a.m. at Hustler.

“I couldn’t leave, I was winning,” he smiles.

He started playing cards as a child when he helped his dad deliver laundry in a Boston suburb. During World War II, stationed in Virginia on a destroyer, he played to pass the time.

He was also head of radar, and became a hero on the ship, when he found the cause of recurrent failures.

He finished his graduate studies at MIT, and in 1991 he retired from engineering management at The Aerospace Corp., when he considered a second career. Poker was in-

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teresting and challenging, so the answer was simple.

He wrote his first book, “Poker for Winners,” and, fol-

FRIDAY GAMES draw a crowd at Claude Pepper Center.

lowing some wrangling at the city, started teaching. Some people think it’s gambling, he explained.

Critical requirements It is a game of chance, but, like real estate hinges on “location, location, location,” poker’s “three critical requirements are patience, patience and patience.”

He takes notes and sizes up his opponents’ body language.

“It gives you an edge."

He wins 70 percent of the time, folding five out of six hands. Starting cards are key, as is the game’s algorhythm; he even wrote a book about it.

His third book is on the art of bluffing, inspired by his now 17-year old granddaughter.

A multi-award winner, his most recent honor was being named a fellow with the Society of Plastic Engineers. Last year he was elected to the Seniors Poker Hall of Fame, and he consulted on U.S. drones in the Middle East.

Early on he thought making $10,000 a year would be the key to happiness. As the years passed, and he eventually led a department with 100 physicists, chemists and lab assistants, he found money was not as important as giving back more than he received.

He started a scholarship program at Fairfax High in his and his late wife’s name, Irene, 17 years ago. “She believed every kid should have the opportunity for higher education.”

And, he plays his favorite game with war vets at the CalVet facility in West L.A. You can’t beat poker, he says.

Claude Pepper Senior Center is at 1762 S. La Cienega Blvd. George Epstein's poker classes are limited to 20 students and meet on Fridays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The next session is scheduled in the fall. Call 310-559-9677.

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Women can get fit, learn self defense at Circle 50 Club

By Laura Eversz Women 50 and older who enroll in a new program at the Moo Sool Won School can earn a black belt in kung fu after only two years.

Nece Strudwick, a white (or beginner) belt in the martial art, came up with the idea for the Circle 50 Club. “The 50s are a very important decade for us as women,” she said.

“The Black Belt Program will fulfill the fitness, emotional and spiritual needs of these woman.”

Teaching the class will be Grand Master Ari Moon, an 8th degree black belt, along with Master Beth Bueno, 65, who took up Kung Fu at age 54, and is now a 4th degree black belt in kung fu.

Bueno, who lives on Fourth Ave., believes the discipline is the key to youth and longevity.

“There’s no reason the body should go downhill with the right rest, proper nutrition, correct exercise and a good frame of mind.

“Being a part of Circle 50 will allow women to empower themselves by getting in good health—in mind, body and spirit—as well as teach them to defend themselves.”

The Korean classical and Chinese martial art using fluid movements of the hands and legs can prevent or eliminate problems often associated with aging, such as fatigue,

weakness, heart problems and liver dysfunction, said Bueno.

“The main reason I began kung fu was to handle the start of arthritis in my hands and wrists, as well as old ankle injuries,” said Bueno. “Kung fu targets the joints, making them very flexible.”

Today, Bueno says she is arthritis-free and has a healthy, flexible, 35-year-old body. “My mind is fast and clean. Spiritually, I am calm and at peace. I don’t need to worry about life and the future, as it will be great.”

An introductory class including a fitness test will be offered at an open house at the School at 1149 Crenshaw Blvd. on Sat., July 27 from 9 to 11 a.m.For more information, call 323-857-1234.

GRAND MASTER Ari Moon, left, demonstrated the eagle pose to attendees at a recent introductory class for women over 50 at the Moo Sool Won School. At center is class organizer Nece Strudwick; at right, Master Beth Bueno.

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The curriculum covers strength, flexibility, medication management, nutrition evaluation and memory training.

A teacher from the Arthritis Foundation is conducting exercises to reduce pain and stiffness.

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Widowhood: how to prepare and how to cope afterwards few decades of their marriage, her husband handled all the financial duties of the marriage.

“In the early days of our marriage, I would ask about what bills we paid, and his answer was ‘you don’t need to know.’

“I know he was trying to spare me from dealing with finances, but it’s wise to know what bills are to be paid, and to have cars’ pink slips, the

deed to the house, bank accounts and insurance in both your names,” she said. And know where these documents are, she added.

“We updated our will, and decided on funeral arrangements.”

It’s also necessary to know your spouse’s medical history in case he is unconscious or otherwise unable to talk when first brought to a hospital.

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“There is so much of the paper work involved, it can be overwhelming.”

Appreciated friends’ support Mary Wilson is a realist. She knows death comes to everyone, so she and her late husband Lloyd prepared for it.

Lloyd had been ill for more than a year, and died in 2010, a few months before their 53rd wedding anniversary.

“We had talked about final wishes for each other long before Lloyd was ill,” Mary said. discussed burial

“We plans—if we wanted religious services, how to dispose of possessions, who would be the executor and other related topics.”

In her job as a travel agent, she and Lloyd had traveled all over the globe. Mary had her friends scatter Lloyd’s ashes in 25 different locations around the world. “It’s a comfort to know he is in places where we shared wonderful memories.”

She joined a bereavement group soon after her husband’s death. “I think it’s important to share your feelings, and we

learn from each other.”

Mary was grateful for the kind gestures from her friends.

“It was very comforting.”

As a single, she is making a new life for herself. This included selling her Brookside house and moving to Park La Brea.

It also meant finding new activities such as painting.

She also is taking trips, mainly with Overseas Adventure Travel group.

Now that she’s alone, Mary said it’s important not to be afraid to ask for people’s help—even if it’s just to a change a light bulb.

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Requesting anonymity, she was emphatic that she and her husband have documents in both names.

She was able to prepare ahead, because her husband had been ill for five years since a stroke left him somewhat disabled.

She recalled that in the first

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Couple see the world from their touring Model T Ford New Zealand in 2009. There, they joined a touring club for an excursion of the north and south islands in 2009.

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Another time they stopped in front of what they thought was a café for a cup of coffee, only to learn it was part of the biggest ham packing plant in Spain. “They took us for a tour of the plant, and we took them for a ride in the car,” remem-

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The couple was hooked, and signed up for a month-long tour of Northern Italy in 2006.

A third trip, in 2008, included the Netherlands, Belgium Luxembourg, France and Germany.

“We picked up people for rides, got invited to castles.

That’s the kind of stuff that happens, and it’s really exciting,” said Marilyn.

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But the retired Windsor Square couple—she a teacher, he the owner of a package design business—did just that after joining the Model T Ford Club of Southern California.

Restoration of the car was complete in 2003, and the following year they joined several other Model T owners who shipped their cars to Europe for a four-week tour throughout Portugal and Spain.

Travelling in groups of about 20 cars, a back-up “trouble truck” carries parts and tires.

Because the cars only have 20 horsepower, “we avoided main roads and freeways and instead took side roads, mountain roads and cut through little towns,” said Wayne.

“We quickly learned that the driver had better well equip himself with sufficient tools and spare parts in order to stay on the road,” he added.

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trip was not deterred. “The weather was outstanding as were the sights, food and people,” he recalls.

And, don’t forget the cops, interjects Marilyn, who gleefully recounts an incident there. “We’re zooming along (Please turn to page 19)

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Bud Rice shares his D-Day experiences as pilot of a C-47 plane

By Jane Gilman It was 69 years ago that Julian “Bud” Rice was piloting a plane to drop paratroopers near the French town of

St. Mere Eglise as part of the D-Day invasion of France on June 7, 1944.

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France to unload the airmen. Rice recalled aged to deliver the personnel heavy fog, which made the and supplies, and who avoided trip even more harrowing. His mid-air collisions in the fog, mission was to descend to 117 anti-aircraft flak and machine feet to drop his passengers. gun fire.

To slow the C-47 plane, he re- The audience also heard leased the landing gear. lighter recollections, includ The Air Force veteran said ing buying lingerie in Paris the aerial invasion of Nor- on an unscheduled trip. Rice’s mandy was successful, and he talk was arranged by Perry credits the pilots, navigators, Bowers, Tom Lockett and and crews of C-47s and gliders Chuck Davis. The emcee was who, for the most part, man- Phil Bartenetti.

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By Chris McKenry Guest columnist Downsizing a home happens for many reasons and can be a positive experience. Over the years we are fortunate enough to acquire a lifetime of memories, and with those most often we have treasures associated with each memory.

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While going through the house, everything brought back so many memories.

The process moved swiftly as I kept a few items that had special meaning. I know family friends thought I must be crazy for moving so fast, but there was so much to do and I needed to get back to Los Angeles to both mourn and move forward.

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Less space means less room for furniture and storage. Give yourself permission to let go

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Freda Mohr Senior Center 330 N. Fairfax Ave. 323-937-5900 www.jfsla.org Operated by Jewish Family Service of L.A., the Freda Mohr Senior Center’s programs include case management, holocaust survivor support, hot lunches, home-delivered meals, transportation, the LIFE Program at Park La Brea and caregiver support groups.

Also available are classes on knitting and crochet, gait and balance, singing, theater and nutrition.

Movies are shown on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Wednesdays at 1:45 p.m. Bridge is played on Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

There is a Shabbat party every Friday at 1 p.m., and other programs include a Purim celebration, Passover seder, Hanukah swing dance and Roshshana senior program.

Hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hollywood Senior Center 1360 N. St. Andrews Pl. 323-957-3900 www.sbssla.org Now a part of St. Barnabas Senior Services, the center has redesigned its services and schedule. A library and computer lab are available, as well as classes on computer literacy and commercial acting.

Other activities are free movie matinees, an Hispanic club, chorus, bridge, bingo and poker. Seniors may also take advantage of free health screenings and hot lunches, which are served at eight satellite locations including Triangle Square at 1601 N. Irving and the Las Palmas Senior Center at 1820 N. Las Palmas.

Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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ST. BARNABAS has many activities including this cardmaking art class.

Bingo, hot lunches, art, crafts, card playing and a free computer lab are all available at the Pan Pacific Senior Activity Center. Exercise classes, ping-pong table and gym are also accessible.

The computer lab is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bingo is on Wednesdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Hours are Mon. through Fri., 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

St. Barnabas Senior Services 675 S. Carondelet St. 213-388-4444 www.sbssla.org Movies, art workshops, tai chi, zumba, Wii games, fall prevention, Korean ESL, evidenced-based workshops and other activities are on the calendar at St. Barnabas Senior Services. Also accessible is an adult daycare across the street as well as case management services, a library, hot lunches, transportation for shopping trips, medical visits and fun outings. A cyber café has computers programmed in more than 200 languages where seniors may access classes on computer literacy.

Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The adult day care hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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More than 100 pieces in the collection include leatherwork, basketry, textiles, ceramics, glass, metalwork, wood, jewelry and video.

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After making sure Wayne understood that the 60 was in kilometers, and that he was way over the speed limit, “they had a nice visit about the cars touring New Zealand,” said Marilyn.

Through touring clubs, “we have met some really fun, lowkey, adventurous people,” said Marilyn. “It’s very casual… it’s not ‘car-showing’ spiffed up au-

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So beautiful, in fact, that the Thomases—who have five children and eight grandchildren—used the cars for their daughters’ weddings.

Upcoming adventures are closer to home and include Yellowstone Park and Mt. Rushmore in September and a host of shorter-three-to-four day trips, said Wayne.

“We’re getting old, so we haven’t been to Europe lately,” adds Marilyn, who like her husband, is in her early 70s.

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Q: I’m older than many of my colleagues and not retiring anytime soon. How can I stay in the work force and still project a young energetic image?

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myself,” says Zirkelbach, who had spent so many nights the previous year at hospitals with her husband Ralph, who died not long after being diagnosed with leukemia. “I picked up the phone and there was no dial tone. If the phone was dead, Ralph’s voice would be gone forever.”

Through her panicked daze, after having sunk to the floor with her spirits, she realized the phone jack was unplugged. She plugged it in and heard his voice one more time through the answering machine. It would be the first thing she fixed around the house without Ralph’s help in decades.

“There were many moments like that in the year after his death. One of the things I had to learn was to find help from many people, whereas for most of my adult life I had the help of many in one man,” says Zirkelbach, author of “Stumbling Through the Dark,” a memoir about an interfaith couple facing one of life’s greatest spiritual challenges.

Loving couples wince at the thought of losing their spouse and may even deny the idea despite a terminal medical diagnosis, but accepting the possibility helps in preparing for the years that follow, says

Zirkelbach. She offers the following tips for doing that: Saying goodbye Consider the best way for all loved ones to say good-bye.

Ralph’s family comes from an evangelical Christian background, whereas Thelma is Jewish. Memorial services are designed for the surviving family and friends, and Zirkelbach held a service at her synagogue, which was filled with friends and colleagues. “Make sure you do all you can to best say goodbye in your own way, which may include your religion or some other ritual,” she says.

Take stock Take stock of the necessary services you’ll need to replace.

In many ways, Ralph was an old-fashioned Midwesterner who was a handyman around the house, moved heavy boxes, dispensed with unwanted critters like cockroaches, and acted as a one-man security system. He also provided smaller services in which a companion can help, such as fastening necklaces. Since Ralph’s death nearly eight years ago, Thelma has hired her current handyman, air conditioning technician, accountant, financial advisor and attorney.

Accept support No matter how independent you are, accept the fact that you may need emotional sup-

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“I have become ‘more Jewish’ during my widowhood,” said Zirkelbach. “When I was a child, Judaism was part of the background of my life, like the Muzak you hear in elevators but don’t really listen to.”

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Wii exercise games are on Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

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Attorney and religious leader Simone Campbell, organizer of “Nuns On The Bus” who delivered the unforgettable salvo on behalf of the Affordable Care Act at the 2012 Democratic Convention, wowed the sold-out event. Among the crowd who also dined on chicken breast and chocolate moose tortes were Catheryn Brockett, Barbara Marcus, Cynthia Comsky, Nicole Perkins, Cassie Nelson, Marion Plato, Pavlina Moskalykova, Michele McMullin, Jackie Kruse, Maria Botham, Cindy Chupack, Nancy Berlin, Alexandria House board chair Caroline Fitzgerald, and founder

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