Golden Times Jan 2011

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Q: I didn’t enroll in Medicare Part B back when my Part A started a few years ago. Can I enroll now?

A: Yes — but if you want to do it this year, you’ll have to act soon. The general enroll-

ment period for Medicare Part B medical insurance began Jan. 1 and runs through March 31.

Keep in mind that although Part A is free, there will be a premium for your Part B. And in most cases, that premium goes up each 12-month period you were eligible for it and elected not to enroll.

To find out more about Medicare, visit the Medicare Web site at www.medicare.gov or see Social Security’s online page of resources by visiting www.socialsecurity.gov and selecting the “Medicare� link.

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A: If you receive an SSI payment on the first of the month, and the first of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, your payment should arrive on the previous banking day. For more information, visit our Schedule of Social Security Benefit Payments at www.social security.gov/pubs/calendar.htm.

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Clarkston meals are served Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Pautler Senior Center.

Asotin meals are served Tuesday and Thursday. No salad bar on Tuesday. Salad bar starts at 11:30 a.m.

Suggested donation is $3 for those 60 and older. For those younger than 60, the cost is $6. Home-delivered meals are available by calling 758-3816.

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Tuesday, JAN. 18

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WEd., JAN. 12

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Monday, JAN. 17

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Tuesday, JAN. 18

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Tuesday, JAN. 25

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Tuesday, JAN. 18

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Thursday, JAN. 20

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Monday, JAN. 10

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Tuesday, FEB. 1

Sweet and sour meatballs / rice / veg. / soup / salad bar / dessert bar

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briefly Asotin County residents can get help with chronic conditions Asotin County residents age 55 and older with conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and auto-immune disorders are eligible to attend a series of workshops. The first workshop will begin Jan. 5.

The “Living Well with Chronic Conditions” workshops, designed to help individuals gain self-confidence and take control of their health, run in sessions of 2½ hours, one day per week for six weeks.

They are funded through federal and state grants and are sponsored in Asotin County by Aging and Long Term Care and Community Health Association of Spokane.

The workshops, first offered here in 2010, are based on the Chronic Disease SelfManagement Program developed by Stanford University Research Center. This program

has been tested and evaluated throughout the United States and Canada and is now being used internationally. In several studies there were fewer emergency room visits, fewer hospitalizations and fewer days in the hospital.

Self-management programs help individuals gain self-confidence in their ability to control symptoms and manage the progression of their illness, according to Aging and Long Term Care.

There will be at least five workshops during 2011. The workshops are free but space is limited. A $10 deposit for materials is requested and will be refunded at the completion of the program. Scholarships are available.

More information is available by calling Sue Bancroft at (509) 751-0433 or Karen Henson at (509) 758-9455.

AARP offers driver safety class in Lewiston An eight-hour driver safety class is set for 1 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 3 and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St. The course is designed for those 50 and older, but drivers of all ages are welcome. Cost

is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members.

Students who complete the course may be entitled to a reduction in auto insurance premiums.

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The local AARP chapter will meet at noon Jan. 5 at the Pautler Senior Center at 549 Fifth St. in Clarkston.

The lunch menu is bean soup, half an egg sandwich, ice cream and a cookie.

Entertainment is by pianist  Ellen Gimlin Keatts Cameron Layes, and Tom Kurdy Ellen Gimlin Keatts of will talk about the American Clarkston celCancer Society. ebrated her For more information or for 90th birthday reservations, call Ruth at (509) Jan. 1. She 758-2448. was born Jan. 1, 1921, and grew up Therapist to address diabetic support group on the family dairy farm in Linda McGrale, a local reha- Lewiston.

Skamokawa, All diabetics, family members bilitative therapist, will speak to the Valley Diabetic Support Group and anyone interested is welcome. Wash. She enjoyed fishing on More information is available the Columbia River with her on “Exercise and the Diabetic” at by calling Arlene Mansfield at father and little sister.

7 p.m. Jan. 10 at Trinity Lutheran Ellen graduated from Church at 920 Eighth Ave. in (208) 743-6676.

Washington State University with a degree in home economics and taught for a CPA to address retired federal employees time before marrying Kendry Gimlin in 1943 in Pullman.

Certified Public Accountant Main St. in Lewiston.

Lynn Pemberton will address Pemberton will talk about chang- They reared three children Chapter 515 of the National Active es to the federal income tax laws. and lived on the family and Retired Federal Employees at All current and retired federal farm before moving to the its January luncheon meeting. The employees are invited.

Lewiston area. She devoted meeting will begin at noon Jan. 26 More information is available many hours to 4-H and the at Macullen’s Restaurant at 1516 by calling (509) 758-8791.

Cow-Belles. She worked at Spencer Livestock Market as a clerk and weight master.

Seniors can dance twice in Clarkston Kendry died in 1983 after 40 years of marriage.

Dancers can cut a rug to they can dance to the Heustis Ellen married Wayne Moore Country from 7 to 10 Band.

Keatts in 1986. They enjoyed p.m. every Tuesday at Asotin TheAsotin County Gerontology large vegetable and rose County Gerontology Center. On Center is at 832 Sixth St. in gardens before they moved Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Clarkston. to Royal Plaza Assisted Living in 2006. Wayne died in 2010 after 23 years of marriage.

Sons of Norway to install officers In addition to her children, Ellen also has one The Sons of Norway Elvedalen Sons of Norway is a non-profit Lodge No. 129 will install officers organization open to all people stepson, six grandchildren, in January. of Scandinavian descent or those one stepgrandson, eight The meeting will begin with a interested in Scandinavian culture. great-grandchildren and one no-host lunch at noon Jan. 15 at the More information is available by stepgreat-grandson.

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BIRTHDAYS

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 Virginia Ellsworth She met Jesse Ellsworth while she was in Boise and they married in 1958. They reared Virginia Ellsworth of Orofino will celfour children. They moved to Lewiston in ebrate her 71st birthday Jan. 8.

She was JAN. 2 1968 and then to Orofino in 1992. born Jan. 8, 1940, in Keeline, Wyo. She In addition to her children, Virginia has moved to Pocatello when she was in the  Fay Gilkey 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchilthird grade and to Boise when she was in Fay Gilkey of Orofino celebrated her 88th birthday Jan. 2. the 10th grade. dren.

She was born Jan. 2, 1923, not far from Orofino. She grew up on a farm on Gilbert Ridge. Fay married Don Gilkey in 1940, and they reared two children.

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JAN. 4  Charlotte Babcock Charlotte Babcock of Clarkston will celebrate her 94th birthday Jan. 4. She was born Jan. 4, 1917, in Omaha, Neb., to Henry Lloyd Lewis and Clarabelle Lobaugh.

Charlotte read from the Bible at 4 and graduated from the 8th grade at 10.

She graduated from high

school at 14; she repeated her senior year to give her something to do, and then entered college. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service and was an assistant branch chief before she retired.

She enjoys reading, music, crafts and her family. She is a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Charlotte has two living daughters, nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

 Chloe McCulley Chloe McCulley of Grangeville will celebrate her 85th birthday Jan. 10. She was born Jan. 10, 1926, in White Bird, the youngest child of Ernest and Eunice Bentley.

She grew up in the family home on the Doumecq Plains.

After World War II, Chloe married her childhood neighbor Marshall McCulley, and they reared four children.

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JAN. 4  Jesse Ellsworth Jesse Ellsworth of Orofino will celebrate his 71st birthday Jan. 4. He was born Jan. 4, 1940, in Winchester and has lived all his life in Idaho. He grew up in Boise.

Jesse married Virginia in 1958. They moved to Lewiston in 1968 and then to Orofino in 1992.

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Chloe is an avid Gonzaga University fan.

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birthdays jan. 11  Marie Vanderpool Marie Vanderpool of Orofino will celebrate her 85th birthday Jan. 11. She was born in Weippe Jan. 11, 1926, to Sylvia and Denver Snyder. She attended her first two grades at the Wilson School on the Weippe Prairie, and the next two grades in Weippe. She lived with an older sister and attended fifth grade in Spokane after her parents died.

She then moved back to Weippe and graduated from Weippe High School in 1943.

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She married Floyd Vanderpool, who was stationed in Chico, Calif., in the U.S. Air Force. They reared two daughters.

Marie went to work for First Security Bank of Idaho in 1969 and became manager in 1980. She retired in 1986. She served as the first treasurer for the City of Weippe after it was incorporated.

Marie and Floyd lived in Pierce for 31 years; after he died, she moved to Orofino. She later married Dean Arndt and they lived in Seattle until his death in 2004. She then returned to Orofino.

In addition to her daughters, Marie has four grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. — A.A. Milne Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. — Christine Bovee

 Peggy (Margaret) Kammers Morbeck Peggy (Margaret) Kammers Morbeck of Lewiston will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house after the 5 p.m. mass Jan. 8 at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall in Lewiston.

She was born Jan. 12, 1931, the only child of Winnie and Miriam Wayne in

the Winchester hospital and graduated from Craigmont High School in 1949.

She married Jack Kammers in 1949. They moved to Clarkston in 1955 and reared eight children.

Peggy worked for Albertsons for many years and with Jack in the family business, Valley Housekeepers, until his retirement in 1989. She also worked in sales at Lady J’s and at Lee Morris. Jack died in 1997.

She married John Morbeck in 2000 and gained two

grown children.

Peggy is an active member of All Saints Parish at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

She enjoys trailer camping in summer. She also enjoys making calendars, cards and scrapbooking on her computer.

Her hobbies are hand crafts, quilting, sewing, painting, cooking, puzzles, reading, playing piano, guitar and singing in the choir.

In addition to her children, Peggy has more than 44 grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and others.

jan. 14  Blanche M. Weber Blanche M. Weber of Lewiston will celebrate her 85th birthday with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Lewiston Eagles.

All are invited. She was born Jan. 14, 1926, in Butte,

Mont.

She reared three children and two stepdaughters. She considers the Lewiston Eagles her second family. Blanche enjoys playing cards, bowling, reading, camping, fishing, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and holding her animal companion, Tami.

jan. 20  Chris Rugg Chris Rugg of Lewiston will celebrate her 80th birthday Jan. 20. She was born Jan. 20, 1931, in Ferdinand, one of nine children of Frank and Fredonia Steiger. The family moved to Lewiston in 1948.

Chris married Clarence (Ki) Rugg in 1952, and they reared two daughters.

They joined the VFW and made many lifelong friends. They lived in

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Washington for a time, and Ki died in 1980.

Chris returned to Lewiston in 1994 to be near family and friends.

She became active in VFW again and began volunteering at the Idaho Veterans Home, where she met her dear friend Jack Trail. They go on outings and serve veterans in the canteen. Chris and Jack have volunteered thousands of hours at the Veterans Home and enjoy visiting and playing cards with the residents.

In addition to her daughters, Chris has six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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Sunday school for more than 40 years.

With her sisters, she entertains at area nursing homes and churches as part of the musical group The Singing Zs. She is an avid writer, and she enjoys needlework, playing the piano and singing and being the family historian.

In addition to her daughters, Jeanne has seven grandchildren and one great-grandson and another great-grandchild due in March.

jan. 22 Hank enjoyed golfing, painting, camping and travelling in his motor home.

He is a member of the CongregationalPresbyterian Church and the Lewiston Elks Lodge.

Hankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family includes two stepchildren, three stepgrandchildren, four great-grandchildren and an adopted daughter and her family living in the midwest.

29. She was born Jan. 29, 1932, in Fruitland to Ernest and Elsie Howe Ringer. She attended school in Payette.

She married Lester E. Nelson in Payette in 1948, and they reared two children.

Esther worked as a bookkeeper and in restaurants.

ď ˇ Lester Eugene Nelson Lester Eugene Nelson of Grangeville will celebrate his 85th birthday Jan. 29. He was born Jan. 29, 1926, in Payette to Burton and Mary Nelson. He attended school in Payette.

Lester married Edith L. Ringer in Payette in 1948, and they reared two children. He worked in lumber mills in Payette and Grangeville.

He is a member of the First Christian Church and the VFW, both in Grangeville, and he enjoys camping and family dinners.

In addition to his children, Lester has six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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She is a member of the First Christian Church and the VFW Auxiliary, both in Grangeville. She enjoys knitting, camping and spending time with her family.

In addition to her children, Esther has six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

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ď ˇ Henry (Hank) Wahl Henry (Hank) Wahl will celebrate his 90th birthday Jan. 22. He was born Jan. 22, 1921, to Henry F.W. Wahl and Alma Marie Wahl in New York City. He spent his early childhood on his grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm in upstate New York, but the family later moved back to the city and settled on Long Island, where he graduated from Hempstead High School.

Following graduation, Henry worked for Grumman Aircraft until he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as an operating room attendant.

After he left the Army, he spent the next 25 years as an airplane mechanic for American Airlines and Eastern Airlines.

In 1971, he moved to Spokane and worked for Columbia Lighting until his retirement.

He married Mary Knutson in 1975, and they moved to Lewiston in 1987.

ď ˇ Esther Louise (Ringer) Nelson Esther Louise (Ringer) Nelson of Grangeville will celebrate her 79th birthday Jan.

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jan. 21 ď ˇ Jeanne Anne Zellerhoff-Schrempp Jeanne Anne Zellerhoff-Schrempp of Lewiston will celebrate her 83rd birthday Jan. 21.

She was born Jan. 21, 1928, in Colton to Henry and Agnes Zellerhoff.

She married Jerome Schrempp in Colton in 1950 and they reared four daughters.

Jeanne has been a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Lewiston, and in addition to being a homemaker, she has taught

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BIRTHDAYS jan. 31

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 Edith M. Leachman Edith M. Leachman of Craigmont will celebrate her 70th birthday Jan. 31. She was born Jan. 31, 1941, to Evertt and Thelma Farmer and raised in Nezperce. She was the youngest of four.

She married Harvey M. Leachman in 1956, and they lived in Kamiah, Lewiston, Winchester and a chicken ranch between Lenore and Gifford before settling in Craigmont in 1963.

Edith’s greatest joy is being with family and close friends. She enjoys visiting relatives. She is especially close to her two daughters

 Ken Peterson Ken Peterson of Orofino will celebrate his 82nd birthday Jan. 29. He was born Jan. 29, 1929, in Lackawanna, NY. He married Claire and they moved to Orofino eight years ago.

Ken has four children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

jan. 31  Brian McGoldrick Brian McGoldrick of Orofino will celebrate his 91st birthday Jan. 31. He was born Jan. 31, 1920, in Fallon, Nev. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in England.

He married Marie in 1951, and they reared two boys.

Brian and Marie owned and operated a heating and sheet metal shop in Orofino for 29 years.

He enjoys music, dancing, bowling and fishing.

and son in law and her grandchildren.

She seldom misses her grandchildren’s games and performances.

Edith was a Camp Fire Girl leader, a 4-H leader and helper and a room mother while her daughters were in school. She enjoys family genealogy. She has dedicated countless hours to the Winchester Community Church, the Craigmont Art Association and the IloVollmer Historical Society.

Edith enjoys painting, sewing, crafts, crocheting, home projects, vacations with her grandchildren and writing letters.

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Birthdays starting at 70 and every year after that will be published in Golden Times. Photos will be published starting at 70. Please limit information to 200 words.

Birthday information should be submitted before the 20th of the month preceding publication and should include the name and phone number of the person to contact for more information. If you would like your photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you have questions on submitting a birthday, please call Golden Times at (208) 848-2243.

Send information to: Golden Times P.O. Box 957 Lewiston, ID 83501 The deadline to submit February birthdays is Jan. 20.

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The WA-ID Volunteer Center is on the Internet at www.handsonidaho.org or www.waidvolunteercenter.org, www.myspace. com/yourvolunteercenter, twitter.com/wa_id_volunteer or www.facebook.com/pages/WAID-Volunteer-Center-Inc. Following are a few of the numerous volunteer opportunities available in January.  Do you like to help people? Come join the AARP Tax Aide program and have fun helping people. The program will provide volunteers with training to prepare basic individual returns using the TaxWise computer program.

Federal and Idaho State income taxes for low-tomiddle income and senior citizens will be prepared.

All material and training will be provided at no cost. A five-day training session will occur this month. For more information, call Camille Holley at (509) 758-4309.  Are you someone with a passion for cooking? The Moscow Friendly Neighbors Senior Nutrition site in the historic 1912 Building is in need of a new cook.

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 Pamper a pooch! Dogs at Lewis Clark Animal Shelter count on volunteers like you to come in and bathe them. It helps them feel great and make them more adoptable. Call Adrienne at 746-7787 for more information.  Remember how nice it was to come home after school to a fresh snack your mom made? Now you can share that love by making grilled cheese sandwiches for hungry kids after school at the Clarkston Boy’s and Girl’s Club. Volunteers cook only — the staff serves and does the dishes. The commitment is one hour twice a month. Call Adrienne at (208) 746-7787 to sign up.  A driver’s license, a car and a smile is all you need to qualify for one of the most rewarding volunteer activities available today. Shut-ins count on the kindness of volunteers to bring them their meals.

Double the fun by driving with a friend or family member. Meal delivery volunteers receive route training and may qualify for mileage reimbursement.

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l e w i s t on t r i b un e  Thanks to you, the store is growing. Customers have discovered the great bargains on surplus building materials, doors, windows, furnishings and other items at the Habitat Store in Lewiston. The proceeds from sales go to help build houses for our LC Valley families in need. But to continue to be successful, we need volunteers. Call (208) 746-7787 for more information.  Did you make a resolution to exercise more this year? Here’s a great way to help others while ensuring you make that resolution stick. The new Fit for Life Fall Prevention Program in Asotin County is seeking volunteer coaches to guide participants in simple exercises in Fall Prevention Classes. Training provided.

Several days and locations to choose from as well. Call Marlena at (208) 746-7787 to learn more about this exciting new program.  LCSC International Students need to practice their English. Would you be willing to talk with them an hour a week this semester?

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 Is organizing parties and events a talent you’d like to utilize in volunteering? If so, the American Red Cross Disaster Services might be a good place for you to shine. Call Adrienne at (208) 746-7787 today.  People persons are encouraged to call Adrienne today at (208) 746-7787 to learn more about how your people skills can be used help the American Red Cross Disaster Services with public relations, the reception area of the office, scheduling trainings and more.  For about two hours a week, you can be a Girl Scouts volunteer leader and help girls age 5-17 build strong values, social conscience, self-esteem and conviction about their own

potential and self-worth that will serve them all their lives. Call Adrienne at (208) 746-7787 to learn more about this opportunity or other ways you can support your local Girl Scouts.  Disability Action Center offices in Lewiston and Moscow have receptionist positions available; they encourage folks with disabilities to apply. Call (208) 746-7787 and ask Cathy for more information.  Volunteer from home.

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Short’s Funeral Chapel We Believe that Every Life is Worthy of a Celebration Celebration of Life Options Traditional Celebration A Traditional Celebration brings people together so that family and friends have the opportunity to express their love.

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The Community Celebration provides an avenue for the community to celebrate a life lived.

We all touch our community in different ways, and our friends in the community are important to everyone. This Celebration of Life package offers a community memorial gathering and private family viewing.

MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERS HEALTHY FOOD 365 DAYS A YEAR! Your meals are delivered seven days a week or as requested.

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Interlink Executive Director Ray Rosch plays Christmas carols during the recent Royal Plaza Care Center Christmas party.

Accentuate the positive Interlink Executive Director Ray Rosch lives his faith

Editor’s note: What better time than now to sit down with a friend like Ray Rosch to get some perspective on having a positive attitude? Perhaps your New Year’s resolution is to be happier. Or to better serve others. I can’t think of anyone

who does either better than Rosch. He radiates joy because he serves others. A few years ago, then-Clarkston Chamber of Commerce President Doug Barton asked Rosch to share a positive thought at the end of each chamber meeting.

Rosch’s “Rayisms” became a regular contribution. I visited him recently at the offices of Interlink Volunteers, where he is executive director, and asked him to share a few “Rayisms.”

I came away expecting “blessings beyond measure,” aspiring to have “grace sufficient for the time,” and reminded that “it’s easy.” I just have to make the effort. — MT

By Mary Tatko

Of Target Publications

One snowy morning in December, Ray Rosch was sitting down for breakfast when he heard a noise in his garage.

“There’s someone in there,” he said to his wife, Nancy. Sure enough, it was a neighbor getting ready to shovel the Rosch’s walk.

When Rosch arrived at work in downtown Clarkston, where he is executive director of Interlink Volunteers, the sidewalk in front of the office already had been shoveled.

Examples, certainly, of the kindness of others. But, even more so, Rosch said, of how

we must not overlook or take that kindness for granted. He calls it “seeking the good,” and it’s a mind-set he consciously cultivates.

Embracing a gift like a snowfree sidewalk, he explained, can have a positive influence on his entire day, if he’ll let it. “I have to be open to see that,” he said.

“You look for good stuff and if you look for it, you see it,”

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Agency Spotlight: Interlink Inc. Location: 817 A Sixth St., Clarkston Staff: Ray Rosch, executive director Services: Volunteers provide long-distance and in-town transportation to medical appointments, social outings and shopping for elderly and disabled clients; perform one-time services such as small plumbing and electrical projects, leaf raking

and roof repair; and build wheelchair ramps at homes and apartments to help residents remain in their homes when access becomes an issue.

Phone: (509) 7519143 Website: www. interlinkvolunteers. clearwire.net or on Facebook, search for Interlink Volunteers — Faith in Action

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“You look for good stuff and if you look for it, you see it. And a lot of people don’t.”

he said. “And a lot of people don’t.”

As he’s gotten older, he said, he’s gotten better about “paying attention to God.” The age-old questions of why we’re here and what we’re supposed to be doing have simple answers when you listen to God, Rosch said: “He tells you.”

Some days it’s easy to feel frustrated. The phone rings too much — or not enough. It’s in those moments Rosch said he inevitably finds direction from the Lord: “We’re not here about you, Ray. We’re here about living the Gospel, helping your neighbor.”

Hearing that message gets him out of a rut and puts his focus back where he said it belongs: on seeing the good around him. “We need to celebrate all the goodness that we have,” he said.

For Rosch, Interlink’s volunteers and clients are a daily

reminder of that goodness.

Interlink, which was founded 27 years ago in February, matches volunteers with elderly valley residents who need a bit of help to remain independent. Rosch has been director of the program since 2004, when he retired as business manager of Tribune Publishing Co. Lewiston resident John Hendrickson met Rosch about five years ago.

“I think I may have just walked by his office there and happened to see what he calls his Monday list, his list of things to do for the week,” Hendrickson said, recalling his introduction to Interlink and its director.

Interlink was a nonprofit his church supported, so he had no qualms about getting involved.

“I knew it was a good organization,” he said.

Hendrickson retired in 2002 from a career in real estate appraisal. “I found that I

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couldn’t go fishing every day, so I decided to volunteer through Interlink,” he said.

His volunteer jobs include driving patients, particularly veterans, to medical appointments in the valley and as far away as Walla Walla and Coeur d’Alene.

Because he has a pickup and is willing to do some physical work, Hendrickson is Rosch’s go-to volunteer for hauling junk to the dump and yard waste to EKO — and for helping clients move from one house or apartment to another.

When a client calls Interlink about a move, Rosch inspects the situation before sending volunteers.

“We don’t like to do 2,000 lb. pianos,” Hendrickson said.

When a job is too big for his volunteers, Rosch advises the client about options, such as hiring a moving company or gathering friends and family capable of handling unusually

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In whatever he does, Rosch has a bright attitude that is unavoidably infectious. large objects.

The moving projects usually require a group of volunteers, and Rosch coordinates everything. “When he needs me, he calls me,” Hendrickson said. “We all work pretty well together.”

For Hendrickson, working with Rosch brings one word in particular to mind: positive.

“Everyone I know that uses Interlink, they speak very highly of him,” he said. “He’s a real positive fellow, of course.

“He’s supposed to call me this afternoon with some more jobs. I’m looking forward to his call.”

Spending an hour or so at Interlink’s offices offers a glimpse at how Rosch’s energy and enthusiasm have his volunteers coming back for more work.

During that amount of time one recent day, a brief phone call ended with an ecstatic “God bless you,” from Rosch, shortly followed by a drop-in visit from an acquaintance who noticed Rosch sitting near the office window. Jimmie Meyer shook Rosch’s hand, embraced him and exclaimed, “Boy, what a joy

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Study: Decision-making needn’t suffer with age

By ILANA YURKIEWICZ

OF THE NEWS & OBSERVER RALEIGH, N.C..

When it comes to decisionmaking among seniors, this may be the best advice: keep it simple.

Older people make better

decisions using their intuition — their “gut” reactions — than using analysis, particularly when forced to plow through an array of information where the right choice isn’t obvious, North Carolina State researchers report.

Yet even when analyzing,

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The findings were drawn from a study published in June in Psychology and Aging, an American Psychology Association journal that publishes original articles on adult development and aging.

“None of this means that old people are bad at making decisions,” said Tara Queen, a psychology Ph.D. student and lead author of the study. “We just need to be more sensitive about how to present information to optimize decision making.”

When faced with a choice, people reach into their mental toolboxes for two instruments of decision-making: intuition and analysis, also known as deliberation. An intuitive decision involves scanning the big picture and then going with your instinct. A deliberative one, in contrast, requires filtering rel-

ing their older peers in both types of tasks.

However, this difference became much smaller when the researchers looked at other factors.

Seniors did much better when using their intuition than when relying on deliberation. They also did better if they had higher education levels — and this applied to both deliberative and intuitive thinking tasks.

The bottom line, the authors say, is that getting older doesn’t necessarily mean getting worse at decision-making.

“Age is not the only factor at play,” agreed Dr. Daniel Kaufer, a neurology professor at the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill who was not involved in the study. “Educational level, individual personality differences, and the complexity of the decision all may influence the ultimate choice.”

The findings suggest that society should rethink how it pitches decisions to its older residents.

Queen points to the array of Food Bank choices thrust upon seniors in Give thanks for helping hands at the food bank rooms recent Medicare plans as a perfect example of overwhelming Where hours are donated and hunger looms. their deliberative ability.

Mothers with shivering children wait in line “The government presented Smiling when bread and cheese are free and fine. people with some 50-plus plans, No longer can I wait on folks and fill bags, with a lot of detail,” she said. “It But sharing food can help when energy lags. was information overload.”

Loaves and fishes multiply when many send Dr. Scott Huettel, a psycholTo food banks, where helping hands they lend. ogy professor at Duke, agreed.

Each empty tummy can respond with joy, “It’s now a challenge for polWhen warm food goes to starving girl and boy. icy makers, scientists and others to try to identify what ways to — Lucille Magnuson, 90, Moscow present information,” he said.

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you are!”

The two spent a minute or two catching up, then Meyer was on his way. It had been a couple of years since he’d seen him, Rosch said, marveling at how well his friend looked.

Meyer, he said, is homeless and hasn’t always been in such good

evant from irrelevant information and then calling upon logic to make your pick.

Queen and senior author Dr. Thomas Hess, professor of psychology, simulated the decisionmaking processes through two fictional scenarios: choosing an apartment and a bank.

Study participants were given background information such as “you and your spouse are physically active,” and “prefer to have plenty of storage space” and then asked to make a decision from four answer choices.

To mimic a deliberative task, the researchers cluttered the answer choices with useful but extraneous information. The intuitive option was set up so that the best choice stood out in a quick once-over of the information as a whole.

Younger participants were between the ages of 17 and 28, while the older ones ranged from 60 to 86.

When the results were tallied, researchers noticed an overall trend of young folks outperform-

health.

Having Meyer stop by to greet him was a gift, he said. A perfect example of the goodness about which he’d been speaking.

It’s appreciating moments like that and people like Meyer that fill Rosch’s cup each day.

“These blessings just … they’re there,” he said. “No good, better, best. Just goodness.”

Finding goodness in the everyday isn’t difficult, he said.

But it takes effort. Giving, he

has found, is the best way to start. “You give away, you get back,” he said.

It’s about “doing something,” he said. “Little things.”

He said he sees others who give days, hours. As for himself, he said, “I give minutes.”

Sometimes that’s all it takes.  Tatko may be reached at (208) 848-2244 or at mtatko@lmtribune.com.

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The inspiration for the firm was Kassikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience with her own mother, who moved into Kassikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly remodeled home in Casselberry, Fla., while recovering from foot surgery in 2002. Thinking the visit would last only a few months, Kassik installed her mother in the master suite while she moved into the tiny guest bedroom. But it soon became apparent her mother would not be able to live alone again.

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My mother has complete access to anywhere inside and outside the house, and we both have our privacy,â&#x20AC;? said Kassik. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going through that experience brought to light how many

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Bellingham woman is the glad hatter For 90-year-old woman, helping soldiers is simply part of life

By Sam Taylor

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Wash

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Margaret Hardy seems to have a quip for everything. After all, the 90-year-old just had to point out that her daughter-in-law had been waiting years to bury her.

Under crocheted hats, that is.

Hardy has donated thousands of hats over the years to soldiers abroad and to local charities. On Dec. 13, she was honored by the Republican Women of Whatcom County, Wash.

Her daughter-in-law and others were busy piling the hats Hardy makes on top of her as she posed for a photo the local GOP women can save for posterity.

“I just hang around to get even with some of these people.”

— Margaret Hardy, on being honored by the Republican Women of Whatcom County

The laser-engraved award given to Hardy was presented to her by Bellingham, Wash., resident and Staff Sgt. Candido Villalobos of the Washington National Guard’s 81st Brigade, which drills in Bremerton, Wash.

Villalobos, a former Marine, told Hardy that her donation to troops in places like Afghanistan and Iraq meant a lot, especially in cold winter months when they can wear them under their helmets.

“A lot of boys don’t have any-

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Margaret Hardy crochets a hat in her home in Bellingham, Wash. Hardy makes about three hats per day and donates them to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. She was working on her hats Dec. 13.

body that sends them anything,” cheting, watching Fox News and he told her as she sat in a leather sipping on a can of root beer.

Hardy wasn’t so sure she chair in the room where she spends much of her days cro- deserved the award, but said she felt honored.

“I just hang around to get even with some of these people,” she said, motioning around the room as onlookers laughed.

Hardy’s husband, Ed, died about two decades ago, but she still has lots of stories about the former soldier and certified public accountant. Mostly, she

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notes, he golfed a lot.

She spent time painting — she started doing paint-by-number and then realized she had a knack for it — and gardening.

Ed Hardy was in charge of supply inventory in Casablanca at one point in his soldier career, and he served in World War II. He’d tell people: “Hitler left when he heard I was coming,” said Jan Biederstadt, a neighbor of the Hardys.

The couple was staunch supporters of the Republican Party, and Margaret’s mother was big into Republican Party politics in Ohio. Now, Hardy mostly watches information about her party on television.

As for President Obama, she said he’s “probably a nice enough fella,” but not presidential material. She says the same of former Republican vice presidential contender Sarah Palin.

She also likes Ellen Degeneres, too, though that’s not politics, of course.

Mainly, Hardy said that crocheting in her spare room has simply become an automatic extension for her. The muscle memory keeps her going, and she completes two to three hats a day.

“It keeps me out of trouble,” she said.

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The pen is mightier than the Wall “I hope your family is well and lives without cares or misery. Please tell me more about your life in America.”

mystery the letters presented.

She offered a startling proposal for her sister-in-law: “Let’s find him.”

May had long assumed Gerhard was dead after that last — East German teen Gerhard Boch in 1951

By Lisa Black gloomy letter, but was willing Of the Chicago Tribune delicious chocolate and the fine me more about your life in to try. Old memories suddenly pencil with the Indian rubber.”

America.” began to come back into focus, CHICAGO — Nearly 60 He wrote again in 1950, sayThen came the letter with years had passed since the final like how it had all started back ing he was studying German, a fabricated return address. in 1949. ominous letter arrived on Sept.

English, Russian and Latin.

Conditions were deteriorating It was four years after World 4, 1953, signed only by “Your in East Germany, he wrote.

German friend” and sent using a War II ended, and she was a 10- Gerhard enjoyed camping, swimming and riding his bike The Stasi was reading mail and year-old named Caryl Koepke. fake return address.

Her teacher started a pen pal into the hills that surround his bugging phones. The letters The East German secret program with a counterpart hometown. He was upset that stopped. police, the Stasi, had banned in Germany, and Caryl and his little dog died. In another Nearly six decades later, as American movies, quashed Gerhard began to exchange letter, he wrote that the famMay and Youngman began to worker protests with bloody letters in English. They also ily had acquired a new puppy, look for answers, Youngman beatings and arrested citizens swapped photos and small gifts, named Bobby. But he made no contacted a German history who spoke freely, the young some of which Caryl packaged mention of the political turmoil teacher she had met at the comman wrote. He described his for safekeeping. in Germany, where he had munity college in Grayslake. hope for a reunified Germany At the time, she had recently lived under the Nazis until the “I had to see what happened,” “but not for a Russian Germany moved from Chicago to a rural Soviets took over in 1945.

Youngman said. of misery and oppression.” north suburb and was having By late summer 1951, he “It is an amazing story,” she Caryl May, 71, of Grayslake trouble fitting in at her new suggested in a letter that it was said. “It was looking through had given little thought to her school. The farm kids made difficult for him to obtain “pre- that period of history through childhood pen pal until she fun of the dresses she wore and cious things” in East Germany. that young boy’s eyes.” came across the packet of britassumed, falsely, that her family In 1953, he began revealing his At first, the teacher, Anette tle, yellowed letters stashed in a was rich because they moved Isaacs, a German native who desk. One day last summer, she into a large house near the one- unhappiness with Soviet rule, stating that American movies lives in Evanston, thought it passed them to her visiting sisclassroom Grange Hall School were banned. would be impossible to locate ter-in-law, Patricia Youngman, she attended.

“I hope your family is well Boch.

86.

Boch was three years older, and lives without cares and “The man is 74. I thought, Thumbing through each letand lived across the Atlantic misery,” he wrote. “Please tell ’Maybe he’s not alive anyter, Youngman was entranced. in occupied East Germany.

She had just taken a class on He’d lost two older brothers modern Germany at the College in the war, but seemed largely of Lake County and knew about unaware of the political tension the violent upheavals that had — at first. wracked East Germany during He wrote in neat flowing the Soviet occupation. She won- cursive about his hometown, dered what had happened to the Reichenbach. At 13, he would boy, Gerhard Boch. soon be heading off to classes “I couldn’t put it aside,” said at oberschule. He thanked Caryl for “the pretty photo Andrea and the Goldentimes the Full life/ Youngman, 289096 / 2transfixed x 2.5 r by / 12-06-10 / proof to Tami/

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more?”’ Isaacs said. “The other problem is he was born in East Germany. Now we have the reunification. Do they still have in East Germany in their archives? Did he flee when the Berlin Wall was created?”

Germany requires all citizens to report where they live, and so Isaacs learned from the mayor’s office that Boch had left Reichenbach in 1956 to study in Leipzig. He fled East Germany in 1960 — a year before the wall went up — taking only two suitcases.

Isaacs found him — or someone she thought could be him — in Heidenheim, a town in southern Germany on the border of Bavaria. This man was married, had raised two sons and enjoyed a successful career as a pharmaceutical company executive. Boch did not recall having had an American pen pal named Caryl Koepke.

Then Isaacs copied one of his letters and mailed it to him.

“Everything came back to him,” Isaacs said.

She dashed off an e-mail to Youngman and May: “I found

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“All letters to West Germany and to the free world were controlled by the Stasi, From page 15 and one had to fear restrictions such as not being allowed to enter university or him!”

Next came a flurry of exciteven to be imprisoned. So I was forced ed correspondence — with to wipe out all thoughts about Caryl and assistance from Isaacs, as the USA.” — Gerhard Boch Boch had forgotten much of his English. He was delighted and moved to hear from his long-lost pen pal.

When Boch left East Germany, he was forced to leave behind his parents, friends and most personal belongings, including his pen pal letters and photos. He was thrilled when Youngman e-mailed him some of his childhood photos that he hadn’t seen in 60 years. Young Gerhard is pictured in one photo, wearing a jacket, shorts and knee-high socks as he stands in front of a German

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Caryl May later taught preschool and worked behind the counter at a Libertyville camera store. She never forgot her pen pal.

As it turned out, Boch traveled to America at least 20 times and was in Chicago twice.

Next year, he and his wife plan to visit May’s family in Grayslake.

“We’ve been that close,” May said, “and never knew it.”

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In return, he mailed Youngman a CD of German music, “Wiener Walzer,” after she told him she thought of him when she heard the “Blue Danube Waltz” on the radio.

He wrote: “You like Johann Strauss. We also.”

Boch, responding to questions posed by the Tribune, wrote in an e-mail that his life roiled with change during those early years.

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Happy Birthday

Rain drop, clinging to a spear Of grass. Trembling in fear That it might now be seen, Like a tear that has been Caught in a child’s lashes.

We gather together all who may To celebrate this special day with food aplenty and gifts galore And wrappers lying all over the floor The reason for all this joy It’s the birthday of a very special baby boy Out in the stable where everyone nearly froze The baby warmly wrapped in swaddling clothes Very close by stood a beast staring at a star that hung in the east The shepherds and wise men from afar Came to Bethlehem, right under that star They brought gifts and stood in a ring For they were there to honor the newborn King As he grew up and became a man He was out to give help to all he can

Rain, washing down the window pane.

A tempest suddenly insane As a flood of youthful rage, Banner of defiant age Flaunted on a child’s face.

Rain, soaked up by thirsty earth.

Heralding anew the birth Of hope, thought and dawning reason Known by every age and season.

Tracings on a child’s cheek.

Out in the desert sand, with all that heat With nothing but sandals to cover his feet He healed the sick and gave sight to the blind And left nothing but a trail of goodness behind But jealousy and greed were at hand And they crucified this very special man They put him in a tomb on that very day And rolled a huge stone to block the way Two days later, when the family returned, They found that the stone had been turned The followers stood and wondered why And then saw Jesus rise into the sky Our savior always gives and forgives And in many ways we know he still lives Now all of us in every way Say to Jesus, Happy Birthday — Don Powe, Lewiston

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Bedtime stories can travel around the world

By Heidi Stevens

Of the Chicago Tribune

Grandpa might live 1,000 miles away, but the brood can still gather to hear him read “ ’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” thanks to a new line of recordable books.

Record a Story books let you record yourself reading a story page by page, so your voice can be present where your body can not.

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You can have the whole family do it.”

The books also allow family members deployed overseas to lend their voice to story time, says Sieczkowski, whose company donated several thousand of the books to United Through Reading

Butterfly Dream To be like a dainty fairy and float above

the yard.

Might let me fly with butterflies on my

credit card.

I would purchase rainbow colors in

ferns, And lilies white for huge blue glass

urns.

Wildflowers would beckon me to buy

them, Instead I’d swoop faster to glide by

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Butterflies might urge me to find a sale

(unitedthroughreading.org), a military program that records video of deployed parents reading books aloud and sends a DVD to the service members’ children.

Service members at eight USO centers recently were videotaped reading Record a Story books, so in addition to a DVD of their parent reading to them, children will receive the book read in their parents’ voice. The packages were shipped in time for Christmas.

Some families opt for recording a child

Where blossoms are bright and never

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Buy now, pay later, sounds like easy way, Dear butterfly, you are free to play all

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CLUES DOWN 1. Commoner 2. One of the Athapaskan 3. Hypothetical life force 4. V, scoop or crew 5. Trivial nonsense 6. Register formally 7. Read superficially 8. Cellophane or magic 9. Dowdy 10. Magnitude relations 11. Having essential likeness 12. To cause to merge 13. Economic search engine tool employed

by Google 21. Belong to us 22. 2010 Angelina Jolie film 25. Accumulate 26. Donation recipient 27. A woman of refinement 28. Bullfighting maneuvers (Span.)

29. Brews 30. Moses’ elder brother 31. “The Divine Comedy” author 32. Used of posture 34. One with unusual powers of foresight 37. Mental infirmity in old age 40. Placed in a particular relation 43. Hawaiian cliff 46. Visualized 47. Cut through meat 48. Bluegrass genus

50. Butterfly palm 51. Consequently 52. Festive occasion 53. South Dravidian 54. Active Phased Array Radar (abbr.)

55. 9th Greek letter 56. Slovenly person 57. Supernatural force 58. Seaman

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