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First loves reunite after decades apart

By Jessica Yadegaran

Of the Contra Costa Times

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.

— Sept. 15, 1951. It was the day Phil Aker peeked over his fence in Arizona and saw five sisters moving in next door. His

eyes landed on the oldest, a 12year-old redhead named Jeanine Fetterly. “She’s cute,” he told his younger brother. “I’ll take her.”

Before long, they were inseparable. They’d meet in the alley between their houses. They’d sneak out in the dead of night to

go skinny dipping. Fetterly and Aker dated for three years until Fetterly ended the relationship.

She thought he wasn’t romantic enough.

Weeks later, she met the guy who would become her husband.

Aker moved on, too. They each

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had children. And grandchildren.

Eventually, they both divorced.

But they always thought of each other. Fetterly often flipped through diaries from her schoolgirl days, marveling at how Aker was on almost every page.

Seven years ago, Aker, who

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lives in Los Angeles, was coming to the San Francisco Bay area for a conference. So he tracked her down and they had dinner. Save for a brief encounter two years before, Fetterly and Aker hadn’t seen each other

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hey days

Marriage of 28 years is still full of surprises Sitting eyeball to eyeball with death is as scary a situation — darned tootin’ scary — that life can deal to man, woman or bambino.

Listen. It’s the voice of experience speaking. Several times I’ve encountered difficulty in swallowing food for various reasons, maybe because of a

cold, or a grip of gristle blocking my windpipe or what have you.

Providentially, I’ve overcome these assaults, mostly by ferocious coughing and utilizing outsize intakes of breath.

This time, it’s not so uncomplicated. I produce a hard, hack of a cough, then a deep, futile

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inhale, sounding like a wheezing piece of machinery, but this old clunker ain’t ready yet for the junkyard, thanks.

Here’s the deal. My wife and I are completing our meal in a popular eatery. One of its employees, an old friend, stops by. The conversation is merry.

And look. I’m choking.

In a spurt of seconds my wife, who bears the bravura smarts of a nurse, is aware of my plight, and is on top of the situation — literally.

She’s behind me, arms all over me. Patrons are beginning to take note. Naturally it bothers me that we’re disturbing their peace, but shamelessly I submit that this isn’t my major dilemma of the moment.

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Ed Hayes ver in action.

As you know, or should, the Heimlich is a series of underthe-diaphragm abdominal thrusts, which Good Samaritans hope will lift victims’ diaphragms and force sufficient air from the lungs to expel obstructing, alien bodies.

My wife has never taken any instruction in this maneuver, but she’s heard and read enough about it. No time for second thoughts. Her Edward is in grave trouble. And tomorrow’s our 28th wedding anniversary.

I’m frenzied, grasping for air.

Even so, I’m unafraid. Either that or there’s not any room in my psyche or heart to pon-

der that my life dangles in the mercy of my spouse’s hands.

Now, those hands, forming into an unlikely fist, glide into the pocket above my navel, harden and drive in, powerfully, and again.

Suddenly, ever so suddenly and gloriously, this restaurant is chosen as the scene of a miracle — yes, a darned-tootin’ miracle. I actually feel a food clot, or whatever the bugaboo is, dislodge gently, and admit a heavenly hiss of oxygen.

I want to fall to my knees, thank God, and also the 90year-old American doctor, Henry Heimlich, for that magnificent maneuver of his.

And, absolutely, thank my irreplaceable mate, to whom, tradition insists, I’m now committed to protect for life. Such a happy ending. She showed me moves I didn’t know she had.  Retired Sentinel staffer Ed Hayes, 85, welcomes your views and suggestions. Write to him in care of the Orlando Sentinel, MP-72, P.O. Box 2833, Orlando, FL 32802-2833.

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june 7  Dallas Groseclose Dallas Groseclose celebrated his 70th birthday June 6 with family and friends at the Latah Fairgrounds. He was born to Dal and Grace Groseclose June 7, 1940, in Juliaetta and attended schools in Juliaetta and Kendrick. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1961.

He married Connie Duff in 1961, and they reared two

children.

Dallas worked for Darrell Kirby for two years before going to work for Potlatch Corp. in the research department.

He also attended classes at

IN BRIEF Seniors can dance twice at Asotin Gerontology Dancers can cut a rug to Moore Country from 7 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday at Asotin County Gerontology Center. On Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30

p.m., they can dance to the Heustis Band.

The Asotin County Gerontology Center is at 832 Sixth St. in Clarkston.

Diabetic support group sets annual picnic The Valley Diabetic Support Group’s annual picnic is set for 6 p.m. July 12 at Beachview Park in Clarkston.

Diabetics, family and friends are invited. Those who attend are

asked to bring food suitable for diabetics. Sugar-free ice cream and drinks will be provided.

More information is available by calling Arlene Mansfield at (208) 743-6676.

AARP sets driver safety class in Grangeville An AARP driver safety course will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 24 at the Soltman Center, 600 Main St., in Grangeville. There will be a one hour break for lunch.

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

The course is sponsored by

AARP and the Syringa EMTs. The instructor is Will Seaver; he may be contacted at (208) 983-1772.

Pre-registration is required, and checks should be made payable to AARP. They can be mailed to 314 Nez Perce St., Grangeville, ID 83530.

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He moved to Moscow in 1974 to work at Washington State University and to pastor at Full Gospel Lighthouse in Moscow.

He retired from WSU after 28 years, but he still pastors at the church.

In addition to their children, Dallas and Connie have four grandchildren.

He enjoys flying and working on airplanes, cars, tractors and driving his Jeep.

This birthday is being rerun because of Golden Times errors.

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july 1 ď ˇ Nannie Kelly Carrico Nannie Kelly Carrico of Orofino celebrated her 91st birthday July 1. She was born July 1, 1919, in Nobility, Texas, to Marshall and Nanny Gentry Kelly.

The family moved to Idaho in 1925, and she attended Orofino schools. She married Fred Carrico in 1937, and they reared eight children.

Fred died in 1991.

Nannie enjoys listening to country music and playing

bingo. She’s been a member of the Rebekah Lodge for more than 30 years; she’s been Noble Grand twice and is a member of the past Noble Grand club.

She is also a member of the Clearwater Valley Eagles.

She attends the Tabernacle Church. She goes to the Senior’s meal site twice a week to visit with her many friends. In addition to her children, Nannie has 11 grandchildren and 25 greatgrandchildren.

ď ˇ Don Polumsky Don Polumsky of Clarkston celebrated his 79th birthday July 2. He was born July 2, 1931, in Peola, the youngest of 13 children of William and Lena Polumsky.

He graduated from Clarkston High School in 1950. He married Maxine Berlinghoff in 1952 and then entered the U.S. Marines.

After his tour with the Marines, Don farmed for eight years in Wallowa County, Ore., then returned to the family farm in 1964 and has farmed there since.

Don and Maxine reared three sons, and they now have eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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ď ˇ Ralph E. Nichols Ralph E. Nichols of Lewiston celebrated his 95th I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. — Claude Monet birthday July 2 with family.

He was born July 2, 1915, Gardening requires lots of water — most of it in the form of on Craig Mountain to George perspiration. — Lou Erickson and Irene Nichols, the youngest of four. His family moved to the Lewiston Orchards when he was 1, and he has lived there ever since. He graduated from Lewiston High School in Wedgewood Terrace Assisted Living is so 1933 and graduated from much more than what the name says! We offer Lewiston State Normal School in 1936. that extra “Helping Hand� when you need as-

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He developed an outstanding herd of Hereford cattle and was a leader in purebred shows and sales for many years. He was director and president of the Nez Perce County Cattlemen’s Association, the Nez Perce County Wheat Growers Association and the Lewiston Grain Growers Inc. He was a member of the Nez Perce County Zoning Commission for six years.

Ralph retired from farming in 1984. Bonnie died in 1989.

He has three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son died in 2002.

Ralph enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching sports, doing crossword puzzles and staying abreast of world events.

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july 7  Paul Olson Paul Olson of Clarkston will celebrate his 95th birthday July 10 with family at his daughter’s home in Lewiston.

He was born July 7, 1915, in Nezperce, and grew up on the family farm with his four siblings.

Paul graduated from Nezperce High School in 1934 and from Lewiston Business College in 1935. He married Mildred Ann Bashore in 1938, and they reared two children.

The family moved to Kellogg in 1942, and he worked as a miner at Bunker Hill for three years and then

spent four years at the Sullivan Zinc Plant.

They moved to Clarkston in 1948 and Paul went to work at Potlatch Corp. He retired in 1977 after 28 years. He enjoyed working with livestock on his mini-farm in the Clarkston Heights. He enjoyed fishing and camping on Dworshak Reservoir.

He now enjoys watching “Bonanza” re-runs, game shows and playing cards with his family.

Mildred died in 2005 after 67 years of marriage.

In addition to his children, Paul has six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

 Orville Eugene Flerchinger Orville Eugene Flerchinger of Clarkston will celebrate his 105th birthday July 18.

He was born July 18, 1905, in Pomeroy to Michael Flerchinger and Floella Hardin. He attended schools in Pataha, Pomeroy and the Lewiston Business College.

Orville farmed the family place in Pomeroy, which is now a Century Farm, first with horses and mules, and finally with self-propelled harvesters that cut a 30foot-swath.

He married Alice Hooley, and they enjoyed fishing for steelhead. One winter when Orville was in his 70s, he and a friend swamped their 12-foot-boat in the

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After Orville and Alice retired from the farm, they toured America. Alice died in 1980 at 73.

Orville lives at Evergreen Estates and dances weekly at Asotin County Gerontology Center. He also plays cards with his friends and takes daily walks around the Tri-State Medical Campus, or, if the weather is poor, around Evergreen Estates.

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 Maxine Mary Larson Maxine Larson will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m.

July 18 at Asotin County Gerontology Center, 832 Sixth St. in Clarkston. Her children and their families will serve as hosts for the event.

She was born July 12, 1930, to Walter and Georgia Mulalley in Genesee, the fourth of six children.

Maxine retired from Washington State University in 1992.

She married Harold Larson in 2002, and they moved from Juliaetta to the Lewiston Orchards in 2003.

Maxine loves music and started writing songs a

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He enjoyed hunting and still hunts with his grandchildren, although he has quit carrying his rifle. He was known for

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july 20  Vivian Daniels Lambert Vivian Daniels Lambert will celebrate her 89th birthday July 20.

She was born July 20, 1921, to Fred and Anna Daniels in Cavendish.

She married Charles Lambert in 1941, and they reared two children.

Vivian is a member of the Congregational-Presbyterian

Church and the Eagles, both in Lewiston, and the Moose Lodge in Clarkston. She spent 20 years in law enforcement and 17 years with Nez Perce County before retiring in 1984.

In addition to her children, Vivian has five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren.

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july 21  Rodger A. MacDonald Rodger A. MacDonald of Lewiston will celebrate his 75th birthday July 21.

He was born July 21, 1935, in Deer River, Minn. He attended high school and college in Deer River, Coeur d’Alene and

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 Gertrude Stachofsky Gertrude Stachofsky of Clarkston will celebrate her 95th birthday July 23. She was born July 23, 1915, in Rice, Wash., to Viola and Maynard McReynolds. She was the eldest of six.

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 Lorraine Young Lorraine Young of Lewiston will celebrate her 80th birthday July 30.

She was born July 30, 1930, to Rudolph and Eva Herzog in Ferdinand, the eldest of 12.

She graduated from high school in 1948. july 30 Lorraine met Norris Young at a dance in Fenn in 1952.  James O. Guard at 20 and She began nurses trainWiggins served five years as ing in Cottonwood in early a motor machinist 1953, and she and Norris James O. Wiggins mate first class. married that same year will celebrate his James mar90th birthday with ried Marguerite an open house from McAredle in 1943 3:30 to 6 p.m. at and they reared 823 Preston Ave. in 11 children.

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They moved to He was born July Kellogg, where 30, 1920, to Evelyn James worked in the Page Rose Bouley in Cambridge, Mine and then moved to Mass. The family later Lewiston in 1952, where he moved to Philadelphia and worked for Potlatch Forests then to Ogden, Utah.

Industries. He started workJames moved to the ing at the U.S. Post Office area and attended school in 1963 and retired in 1989. in Culdesac. He joined the James enjoys tending his Civilian Conservation Corps flowers and tomatoes. In at 17 and helped build addition to their children, roads and other projects James and Marguerite have along the main Salmon 26 grandchildren and 37 River and French Creek.

He joined the U.S. Coast great-grandchildren.  Margaret Herndon Margaret Herndon of Lewiston will celebrate her 90th birthday July 27.

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Picking his own way Jim Aasen of Clarkston plays for residents at Royal Plaza in Lewiston during a recent visit.

Jim Aasen has always followed music’s road, but he’s never let it keep him from his family

By Mary Tatko

Of Target Publications

Jim Aasen doesn’t expect anything miraculous to happen when he picks up his guitar and starts to sing at Royal Plaza Care Center in Lewiston.

But he knows anything is pos-

sible.

In the mid 1990s, Aasen’s mother had a stroke that left her unable to speak. A couple of years later, at a family reunion, everyone was gathered around the table when Jim began the first few lines of “You Are My Sunshine,” and something amazing happened.

“All of the sudden, my mother started singing,” Aasen recalls.

She finished the song, smiling and laughing as she realized what she was doing. It was a remarkable example, Aasen said, of the power of music.

He often thinks of that moment when he plays for residents of local nursing homes.

The folks he plays for, he said, might not even acknowledge his presence at first, but ultimately he always gets a reaction. Sometimes it’s the tapping of a foot, sometimes just a single tear.

He typically plays for an hour, which gives him time to tell stories and visit with the audience throughout the set.

“Jim’s got a very easy way about himself on stage,” his wife, Linda, said.

“I kinda BS with them a little bit,” he admitted.

“He’s very humble about it,” family friend Sharon Farris said of Aasen’s performing.

But to many of the nursing home residents he plays for, Aasen, 67, is a star. “They just love him,” Farris said. “They think he’s just a hunka hunka burning love.”

Erika Mee, activities director for Royal Plaza Care Center and Retirement Center, agreed.

“He has his own little fan club when he comes over here,” Mee said.

Aasen started playing at Royal Plaza about four years ago at the suggestion of local music studio owner Bodie Dominguez. Since then, he has added regular gigs at Juniper Meadows, Guardian Angel Homes and the Veterans Home.

He has long felt a connection with the older generation of music lovers. “I used to play for old folks wherever old folks happened to hang out,” he said.

The music he plays, traditional country and western, has special

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appeal for those who grew up in the first half of the 20th century.

Audience members at retirement centers often sing along to the cowboy tunes he covers, songs younger audiences might be hearing for the first time.

While mainstream country music has taken a turn toward pop in the past few decades, Aasen stays closer to the genre’s roots, focusing on the storytelling and poetry of traditional country and western music. He’s a member of the Cowboy Poets of Idaho, Western Music Association, Academy of Western Artists and Palouse Country Cowboy Poets Association, traveling throughout the West to cowboy gatherings and contests.

Music and travel always have been part of Aasen’s life.

The oldest of 10 children, he grew up with a guitar-playing father and several musically inclined siblings, though they never performed as a family.

His first love was the guitar, then when he was about 12 years old his father insisted he start singing.

“I wanted to play lead guitar in the worst way,” Aasen remembers. But he came to realize there were others with more talent for playing; his gift was his voice.

His first “pay for play” was in Bemidgi, Minn., when he was 14 years old, in a bar inside a dairy barn. “I would have liked to have heard what we sounded like when I was 14 years old,” he said.

His family had moved from Montana to Minnesota when he was a child, but Aasen never stopped missing his home state, and when he was 16 or 17 years old he got on a train with a little electric guitar and returned to Montana, where he lived with an uncle who also was a musician.

He was still in Montana, getting by playing at local watering holes, when a brother two years his junior convinced him to try bronc riding.

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LEFT: Aasen pauses to tell a story between songs during a performance at Royal Plaza. fun, but rodeo did afford him the opportunity to meet some interesting people, not the least of whom was cowboy humorist and cartoonist Ace Reid.

After hearing him play, Reid invited Aasen to fly back to Texas with him. There was a group of promising young musicians getting started in the western music scene there, Reid told him, and he guaranteed him he’d introduce him to all the right people, that he’d fit right in.

Aasen shakes his head when he recounts the names of the artists Reid was talking about: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe and Jerry Jeff Walker.

He’ll never know what life might have held had he accepted Reid’s invitation to fly to Texas and be introduced to these men who would become country music superstars. But

he can look back at that moment content with the life he’s lived since, a life graced with love and family, touched by heartbreak and loss — and filled, always, with music.

Aasen continued to sing and play guitar, but he found another career in construction.

Or, as he put it: “To supplement my music income, I worked iron.”

He traveled all over the Midwest, the West Coast and into Canada, finally settling in Clarkston where he joined the Iron Workers Local 14 in 1974, retiring in 1999.

He and Linda have eight children between them, a blended family that came about after the death of Aasen’s first wife, Charlotte, in 1987. They travel frequently to see their children and grandchildren and Aasen’s family back in Minnesota.

In the mid 1980s, he had quit

seeking jobs with bands and mostly played just “for family and fun.”

But in 2003, he was playing at what is now known as the Lee Earl Memorial Scholarship Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Lewiston when he and a friend were invited to perform at the event’s Friday night show.

That experience kicked off a new era in his music career.

He was asked to provide a demo compact disc of his work, has since recorded two CDs at Dominguez’s Twin River Recording Studio and is working on a third. He sells the CDs at the 10 to 12 shows he plays each year in Idaho, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Northern California and as far away as Arizona, where three years ago he played at the Crystal Palace in Tombstone.

“You meet so many neat people,” Linda said.

In April at the Columbia

River Cowboy Gathering in Kennewick, where Aasen won second place in the Cowboy Idol competition, he met Jimmy Fortune, formerly of the Statler Bros., who invited him to perform with him on the event’s main stage.

Though he usually performs solo, Aasen has done a few shows with local singer Shiloh Sharrard who, along with Dominguez, has partnered with him to put on an annual concert for the residents at Royal Plaza.

And, brushes with celebrity included, those performances at Royal Plaza and other retirement homes clearly are what music is all about for Aasen.

“We’re very fortunate to have somebody like Jim who can share what he does with the folks here at Royal Plaza,” Mee said. “He’s got a pretty big heart, and we appreciate it.”

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By Judith Graham

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medical bills. Vicki Gottlich, an attorney at The Center for Medicare Advocacy (medicareadvocacy.org), described the new developments. Her remarks have been edited.

Important changes to Medicare supplemental policies — also known as Medigap plans — took effect in June.

Millions of older Americans buy Q: What are Medigap plans the plans each year to help pay and how do they work?

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For instance, this year Medicare charges a $1,100 deductible for hospital care and a $96.40 monthly premium for physicians’ services. (Wealthier seniors pay a higher premium.)

Medigap kicks in only when a service is authorized by Medicare. These plans don’t cover expenses associated with Medicare drug plans or HMOstyle Medicare Advantage plans.

About 17 percent of Medicare’s 46 million members have Medigap plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Q: The government took strong steps to regulate Medigap plans in the 1990s.

Can you explain what happened then?

A: After numerous problems surfaced, the government decided to certify policies, establish enrollment periods and create standard benefit packages.

Originally, there were 10 standard Medigap plans but that expanded over time. The plans are identified by letter. Plan A has a basic set of benefits; other plans include those core benefits but add extra benefits and offer different fee structures.

Standardizing plans made it

easier for seniors to understand what they were buying and shop for policies that best met their needs.

dropped have been “at home recovery” benefits, which were offered by selected plans but rarely used.

Q: What changes to Medigap plans are now being implemented?

A: As of June 1, four standard plans (H, I, J and E) have been eliminated. The plans provided benefits now available under Medicare’s prescription drug program or became outdated because of other changes.

Meanwhile, two new standard plans — M and N — are now available. Both require seniors to pay more when they seek medical care but offer lower premiums.

Plan M covers 50 percent of Medicare’s deductible for hospital care; Plan N covers 100 percent. Under Plan N, members will pay up to $20 each time they see a doctor and up to $50 for every visit to the emergency room. Neither plan covers deductibles associated with physicians’ services.

Altogether, 10 Medigap plans are now available, compared with 12 previously.

Q: Will this affect people who already have a Medigap plan? Can they keep the plan they have?

A: Yes, people with Medigap can keep their coverage. As long as you pay your premiums, these policies must be renewed by your insurer. The benefits will remain unchanged and policies no longer available after June 1 will remain in force.

If you have an existing Medigap plan but shift to a new plan, medical underwriting may apply in certain circumstances.

Insurance agents can sell you a new policy only if it replaces the existing one.

Q: What else has changed?

A: A new benefit for people who receive hospice or respite care has been added to all Medigap plans as of June 1.

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Consider the company offering the policy: Is it reliable? Does it have good customer relations?

Q: Is it easy to compare Medigap plans?

A: It’s very easy. Medicare publishes charts that show what is covered under each plan, and states generally publish information about the policies sold in their areas. People with computer access can go to medicare.gov. Enter “Medigap”

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Entrepreneurs find seniors tough to sell on health services OF THE RECORD HACKENSACK N.J.

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Entrepreneurs with an eye on the aging demographic are starting up businesses to capitalize on the growing senior citizen population.

The need for services is clear from their own experiences, government statistics and in their own neighborhoods. However, finding customers remains a challenge.

“I know the road that the families go down,” said Patricia O’Hora, a registered nurse. In December, she opened a seniorfocused day care center, Senior Connections LLC in Waldwick, N.J., after spending three years as a home health caregiver in nearby towns. “People are really in a crisis of what to do with

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Q: What if I have more questions?

A: Medicare has a very good publication titled “2010: Choosing a Medigap Policy.”

It’s available at medicare.gov or by calling 800-Medicare (800633-4227).

Each state has a State Health Insurance Assistance Program that can provide information as well; find contact informa-

their elderly family member,” she said.

A crisis that will likely worsen. In 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau reported 12.5 percent of America’s population was 65 and older. By 2030, that is expected to jump to 19.6 percent.

Many start-up companies that have been launched in the past two years are in demand because older parents need regular help.

Their children, often parents themselves, are trying to avoid using nursing homes.

Census statistics and situations of adult children have motivated entrepreneurs to buy franchises that provide home health care aides. Six franchises of Gurnee, Ill.-based BrightStar Healthcare opened in northern New Jersey, where the elderly population is steadily growing, since 2009.

A franchisee’s initial investment ranges from $102,483 to tion at shiptalk.org or by calling 800-Medicare. Your state insurance department also is a source of information about companies that sell Medigap policies.

Q: I can’t afford a Medigap plan. Do I have options?

A: So-called Medicare Savings Programs provide assistance to people with limited incomes and resources. The programs pay the Part B premium for physicians’ services, and one also pays cost-sharing fees under Medicare. People deemed eligible also automatically qualify for low-income subsidies for Medicare’s drug program. Ask your state health insurance assistance program for more information.

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“You’re asking for business here as well but it’s not quite as straightforward,” said Heit.

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Jerry Heit and his wife, Renee, opened a home health-care franchise, ComForcare Home Care, in Hackensack, N.J., in February 2009 mainly based on their reading of census data. Howard Sislin opened his franchise in Wayne, N.J., in September for the same reason.

“It reinforced that folks who are staying at home are an older population,” said Heit. “And we believe the need for this kind of service has grown and is growing.”

O’Hora opened her business after seeing the needs as a home health caregiver.

“These people don’t have any socialization, no stimulation,” said O’Hora.

Amy Fuchs, a licensed clinical social worker, had seen such an increase of younger senior patients who had fallen at home coming into the rehabilitation center she worked at in Manhattan. She started The

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centers, hospital staff who recommend home health-care agencies and assisted-living facilities.

Other sources include elder-care attorneys and doctors.

A tactic Sislin has begun is co-sponsoring continuing education seminars for social workers to earn credits to help him start relationships.

John Salomone has just started tapping potential customers for when he opens Caring Transitions of North Central New Jersey later this month in Morristown, N.J., to help seniors reduce their belongings before moving.

He participated in a business-to-business event at Cedar Crest’s continuing care complex in Pequannock to build referral

sources among management and residents because buyers have to pare before moving in.

“If you’re dealing with seniors in a community structure, they talk to one another and form their own alliances,” said Salomone, otherwise, he said, “you’re not going to get their cooperation.”

The independent start-ups are finding they have to learn the ropes themselves and be creative.

Kate McLaughlin started a senior-centered driving service, BandWagon LLC in Franklin Lakes, N.J., last December, after hearing from town officials and church members that the elderly needed rides to local places.

She has 20 regular customers and does five to eight rides a day, but believes she’s not serving enough people. What’s worked best has been a complementary arrangement driving clients to and from O’Hora’s center.

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Entrepreneurs say after finding referral sources, the next challenge is to cultivate their trust.

Patricia Preztunik, who opened BrightStar-Bergen County in September 2009 in River Edge, N.J., is sponsoring an upcoming Alzheimer’s Walk and sits on the boards for health-related organizations in Bergen County.

“Local reputation in this case matters more than anything, so you have to be engaged locally,” said Preztunik. “When people see how you actually work, part of the judgment they form is whether they will give your name out as a referral.”

Many of the start-up owners were caretakers and/or decision-makers themselves such as BrightStar Skylands franchisee Bob Bongiorno and O’Hora, who both had relatives afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. They believe that will help them gain trust.

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GIG HARBOR, WASH — Retirement communities are nothing like they used to be. The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing in Gig Harbor looks more like a vacation resort than a hospicestyle facility from the past.

The large entryway features a grand staircase, plenty of woodwork and a fire burning in a massive stone fireplace. The lodge is adorned with the dark forest green and brown tones of the Pacific Northwest, the walls display classy artwork, and soothing classical music fills the air.

Executive Director Mike Swanson said the relaxing atmosphere is what the community, managed by Frontier Management, wants to portray.

“We want it to be comfortable and warm,” Swanson said.

“The kind of place that makes you think, ‘Gee, I want to sit down and read a book by the fireplace.’ ” Swanson said he’s happy with the interest the lodge has generated since it opened May 1. The lodge offers the option of independent-living cottages aside from assisted-living apartments within a hotel-like structure.

Each unit is paid for on a monthto-month basis, with no buy-ins.

The cottages have fully equipped kitchens with washers and dryers and attached garages. The monthly rent includes housekeeping, maintenance, utilities and high-definition TV. “This is geared toward the retiree who is tired of yard work

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MIKE SWANSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and maintenance and just wants to relax and enjoy the rest of their life,” Swanson said. “Our Olympic dining room is open 7 to 7 and serves a restaurant-style breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

Swanson is particularly proud of the lodge’s food service, which he believes is an important element for retirement living. Residents can enjoy one free meal a day cooked by the lodge’s resident chef, Craig Haslebacher, who recently won an award when he beat chef Bobby Flay at his own game on the Food Network’s “Iron Chef.”

The assisted-living guests can enjoy an around-the-clock licensed nurse in their residence, a fitness center, card room, total diabetic management and glucose monitoring, and scheduled transportation to outings, doctors’ appointments and grocery stores.

Swanson cited studies that have shown that seniors who live alone, isolated from family and friends, experience a more rapid decline in their health than those who are social. He said the community’s open dining room,

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Fetterly and Aker don’t have a perfect relationship, Fetterly says. But she loves that she doesn’t have to prove anything to Aker. “He still looks at me like that 13-year-old trying to get to sneak out on an adventure,� she says. “It’s warm and comforting to be back in the arms of the first boy I ever kissed.�

Not every reunion is an instant fairy tale. The past is a good place to look for love as long as you remember that caution, friendliness and nostalgia are your best tools when approaching an old flame, says Pepper Schwartz, a relationship expert with Perfectmatch.com. “Even if they’re single, don’t assume you know what’s going on in their life, or that their memories are the same as yours,� she says. “Maybe you forgot that there was a nasty breakup.�

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To Youth — a Lilac Tree Not long ago on a fine spring day I heard a rather young man say “Where has it gone, my childhood, And all the things I once held good?

Where is the dell, to me so dear, With the frisking squirrel full of cheer?

It was there, when lonely and sad, I cried.

It was there that something inside me died When first I learned the bitterness Of other playmates’ selfishness.

I sat there for hours gazing far The day my dog was killed by a car, And pondered long on the quirks and curls — Just why it was that I liked girls.

I cannot go back. I’ll never return Even though the yearning will burn Forever deep within. For I know That never again will the squirrel show Its bright black eyes and whisking tail.

The dell would be ugly and I would fail To see its beauty. Disgust would grow Within me. Where, oh where did it go?”

And then, as only maturity can, I longed to give him his Talisman.

My dell where I went when my time was free Was between the house and the lilac tree.

Oh, how swiftly the hours go Lost in the tale of Ivanho.

It was there that I nursed a well-skinned knee And plied my six dollies with cake and tea.

I pretended the Dragon Lady to be — Beloved idol of young Terry Lee. It was there that something inside me died

When first I learned omnipotent Dad Had not all the knowledge there was to be had.

I found that his feet were as easily broken As my immature heart, or some clay token!

I could not go back, no, never return Even though the yearning would burn Forever deep within. For the lilac’s scent Would be like a fabric, the warp soiled and rent.

Where had it gone, my childhood, And all the things I once held good?

And then I grew older, as people do.

The truths that were dear I met anew.

I found them in faith in that supreme power Which made this Earth and brought it to flower.

In every wondrous and varying hue Of leafy green trees against a sky of blue.

It was there in my first-born’s innocent face As he looked on a spider’s maze of lace Glistening with dew in the sun’s first ray.

Heralding anew the bright coming of day.

Chopin said it in each piece he wrote, In every measure, each bar and each note.

No matter how lost or despairing the cries That pure tone of hope rises to the skies.

A crescendo to Christ on a cross of dogwood.

It comes to me now, my lilac tree was good.

And so I say this, for I know it is true.

That dell is still there — safe inside of you.

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My cupboards are full, my closets are full, there is not an inch to spare; I have no place to put my things, there’s just not anywhere.

My shop is so full I can’t get in I organize but I still can’t win.

I’ll have to rent a storage shed, I’m going crazy in my head.

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What will they do when I die?

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From sister cities, each the other’s twin, Come summer boaters of peach-brown skin.

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Spread before us is the gold they missed.

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I doubt there can be another seat so blest As the scene observed from this lofty crest.

Surely earth presents no higher degree Of what earthly beauty was meant to be.

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Red Sunset Brightest red bathes my big front doorway As sunset glow reflects this winter day.

No seaside view is mine to contemplate, Just homes across the street, old and sedate.

Each polished window looks like sweet red wine.

High pink clouds float above crimson skyline.

Children have gone home from nearby playground, Leaving bright toys for sunset to surround.

Long shadows soon come creeping over town, As brilliant sunset fades and closes down.

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