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june 1 Lila Zimbauer Lila Zimbauer of Orofino celebrated her 90th birthday June 1. She was born June 1, 1921, on Central Ridge above Peck and has lived in the area all her life. She married Paul Baugh in 1941 and they reared three children. Her husband was later killed in a logging accident. She married Tim Zimbauer 10 years later, and he died several years ago. Lila likes working in her yard and garden but is slowed by failing health. Knee surgery has helped her mobility.
Herman (Sonny) Schillings Herman (Sonny) Schillings of Orofino celebrated his 91st birthday June 2. He was born June 2, 1920, in Dekalb, Ill. and moved to North Dakota in 1928. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936, which brought him to Idaho.
Carol Smith Carol Smith of Lewiston celebrated her 70th birthday June 5. She was born June 5, 1941, to Pete and Ellen Watkins in her grandparents’ house in Asotin. She attended schools in Asotin, Tammany, Webb Ridge, Lapwai and
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He married Annabell Pearsall in 1941. Sonny worked for the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. Later, he worked two jobs, driving a bus and a gas truck for 20 years. Sonny was president of the Clearwater Senior Citizens for many years and is still active in the organization.
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june 5 Nellie Chase Nellie Chase of Orofino celebrated her 82nd birthday June 5. She was born June 5, 1929, in Seminole, Okla. She married Levon Chase in 1950, and they reared three children. Nellie has lived in Idaho since 1930 and in Orofino since 1954. She
is a member of P.E.O chapter AW and the Area Aging Advisory Council. She volunteers at the Orofino Senior Center and Meal Site, the Clearwater County Senior Citizens and RSVP. Her husband died in 2008. In addition to her children, Nellie has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Corrie Shriver Corrie Shriver of Orofino will celebrate her 84th birthday June 7. She was born June 7,1927, in Orofino and grew up in Grangemont.
Asa Palmer Asa Palmer of Clarkston will celebrate his 80th june 7 birthday June 8. Elizabeth June National Bowling He was Berghammer (Ellis) tournaments. born She has been Elizabeth June June 8, on the top 10 Berghammer (Ellis) 1931, in bowler list at of Clarkston will Marmarth, Lancer Lanes celebrate her 80th N.D. His numerous times. birthday with an open family She enjoys house from 1 to 4 p.m. lived in Potlatch for the first gardening and June 11 at the Lewis two years of his life and the monthly Clark Saddle Club at moved to Clarkston in 1934. luncheon of the 13th and Pound Lane in He attended school there Clarkston High School class Clarkston. Her children will and graduated from Clarkston serve as hosts for the event. of 1949. June is a life-time member of the Lewis Clark No gifts, please. Saddle Club and ran the She was born June 7, cook shack for many years. 1931, in Moscow and has spent her entire life in the Pacific Northwest. From 1949 to 1950, she worked for Potlatch in the cafeteria at Headquarters and at Camp 61. There she met Ray Berghammer, and they married in 1950; they reared four children. 611 Bryden Ave., Lewiston In the early 1960s, June began working as a grocery Brand new INDEPENDENT LIVING RETIREMENT store clerk at The Heights Market, Midway Grocery RESIDENCE in the Lewiston Orchards! in Asotin, Seventh Street JUNE Grocery and Hay’s Produce SPECIAL! and retired in the mid Rates Lowered 1990s. Her favorite job was ! Call for details working in the flowers at . Hay’s. Some of the HIGHLIGHTS that we have to offer: June has participated • 11 Private “Bedroom” Units • Utilities provided • 2 Elevators in more than 25 Women’s • Meals provided by a professional cook • Large outdoor exercise pool & • Housekeeping • Handicap Accessible lounge area Complete and • Cable, TV, Internet & Phone available in each unit • Quiet setting and location compelling.
She married Wayne Shriver in 1947, and they celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1997. Corrie and Wayne have three children, 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
june 8 High School in 1949. Asa attended North Idaho College of Education and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January 1951. In June that year, he married Beverly in Mount Vernon, Wash., and they reared six children.
After his retirement from the Lewiston Post Office in 1986, he and Beverly volunteered in state and national parks and with the U.S. Forest Service for 15 years. Asa and Beverly now enjoy traveling and home life.
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birthdays june 8 Edmund G. Ricard Edmund G. Ricard of Lewiston will celebrate his 92nd birthday June 8. He was born June 8, 1919, on a farm north of Uniontown. He entered the U.S. Army and served in the Field Artillery. He saw combat in France, survived the Battle of the Bulge and met the Russians
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in Czechoslovakia. He was discharged as a staff sergeant. When he returned home to the farm, he married Cecelia Richard and they reared four children. One child died at age 7, and his wife died in 1989. Ed has an acre of garden and raises 200 dahlias.
june 8 Barbara Thomas Barbara Thomas of Orofino will celebrate her 82nd birthday June 8. She was born June 8, 1929, in Clarkston. She married Stanley
Cramer and they reared three children. Stanley died several years ago and Barbara later married Jim Thomas. She now has four stepchildren in her family.
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Arlene Elizabeth (McDole) Scott Arlene Elizabeth (McDole) Scott or Orofino will celebrate her 82nd birthday June 8. She was born June 8, 1929, in Eugene, Ore., the oldest of four children of Elroy McDole and Myrtle
(Brownlee) McDole. The family moved to Ontario, Ore., when Arlene was four and she attended 12 years of school there, graduating in 1947. She married Dale Scott in 1949, and they reared three children. Arlene worked
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june 8 Harvey M. Leachman Harvey M. Leachman of Craigmont will celebrate his 74th birthday June 8. He was born June 8, 1937, to Everett and Lucy Kole Leachman at Morrowtown near Craigmont. He was the fifth of eight children and grew up in the Lewiston Orchards. At an early age, Harvey worked in the green pea harvest and for farmers in
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Harvey’s greatest joy is spending time with family and friends. He has two grandchildren and seldom misses one of their sporting events or other activities. He enjoys woodworking, traveling, visiting, reading, having coffee with friends and walking several times a day, either outdoors or on his treadmill. Harvey is a member of the Craigmont Cemetery Board and a longtime member of the Winchester Community Church, where he has served on the board for several years.
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where she continued her interest in bowling, fishing, gardening and oil painting. Ron died in 2010. Lorraine is well known on the Camas Prairie for her landscape paintings, such as the one on the viaduct at Craigmont and of old homesteads, painted on canvas or old saw blades. She is an active volunteer and is known at the Idaho Veterans Home as the Popcorn Lady. In addition to her children, Lorraine has eight grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren (with twins due in December). She celebrated her birthday early with a trip to Virginia Beach, Va.
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The Idaho Music Educator’s Association recently inducted UI jazz choir founder Norm Logan into its Hall of Fame By Mary Tatko
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MOSCOW — When people think of music and the University of Idaho, they inevitably think of jazz. The renowned Lionel Hampton School of Music and annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival have put the university on the map, musically. But in 1967 when Norm Logan put together UI’s first jazz choir, the group had just 16 members and a director who had as much to learn as his students. Logan, 96, who taught voice, choir and choral music education at the University of Idaho for 30 years, started the jazz choir not because he was a jazz aficionado, but because he wanted to learn about the genre: He increasingly found himself being asked to work with jazz performers at events throughout the state. “If I was going to have to adjudicate it, I had to know what it was all about,” he said. His sons, Roger and Hal, helped him get started, Roger accompanying on guitar, Hal on drums. At one point early on, Logan threw up his hands in frustration; it just wasn’t working. “Dad, in this you’re supposed to lay back,” Roger told him. Up to then, all he knew about “laying back,” Logan said, had to do with sitting in a recliner. Over the years, he said, he had plenty of help from Roger, Hal and Dan Bukvich, who took over the program when Logan retired in 1977. “I had a pretty good
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Retired University of Idaho jazz choir director Norm Logan poses with a portrait of his beloved Margaret. choir before it was all over,” he said. “We had some good times.” Logan reminisced about those good times recently, on the heels of being inducted into the Idaho Music Educator’s Hall of Fame. Relaxing at his Moscow apart-
ment, he described the ceremony last month in Haddock Hall on the UI campus, where the jazz choir performed pieces Bukvich arranged for the occasion. “Oh, they were good,” Logan said. “Jeez, they can play.” Receiving the Hall of Fame
award was bittersweet for Logan, who ascribes his successes in music and life to his wife, Margaret, who died in 2004. “Without her I wouldn’t have been anything,” he said. “She was my inspiration for everything I did. She made me better
than I was.” A piano teacher, Margaret was every bit the music lover he was, Logan said. “The first thing we bought in our marriage was a piano.” She earned an education
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degree from UI and worked as a substitute teacher in addition to teaching piano lessons. Together they brought up three children, Roger, who plays the French horn with the Spokane Symphony; Cherie (Craig), a nurse in Clarkston; and Hal, who writes for theater productions in Portland, Ore., and plays with The Senders, a band that plays the Moscow area. Logan received a music specialist degree from the Southern Branch of the University of Idaho in Pocatello in 1938, then taught in Hamer, Idaho, for a year, Arco, Idaho, for two years and Ririe, Idaho, until he was drafted into the Navy. He and Margaret were married in August 1941. His Navy career began at Farragut Training Station near Sandpoint in 1943. Then, he played French horn in the band aboard the battleship USS Washington. He was discharged
in 1946 and in 1947 began teaching at UI, where he also earned two degrees. Logan isn’t eager to comment about how music has changed over the years. “Probably a student of music would have more to say about that,” he said. But he does allow there are basic changes a retired music educator can’t help but notice. “When I was teaching, there was melody in music,” he said. “And it’s hard to find melody now in a lot of what’s written.” It’s not the music so much as the people he came to know during his career that influence him today. “I think the best thing is there are several students I’ve kept track of, and they keep track of me,” he said. Logan directed Moscow’s United Methodist Church choir for 25 years, taught Sunday school there and at the Nazarene church where he’s a member, and frequently sang at weddings and funerals. “I can’t count how many,” he said. In one case, he sang at a wedding, then 25 years later at the bride’s funeral. Her widower, a former student, calls to check on Logan to this day. When he taught at UI, there
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LEFT: Logan shares a story in his Moscow apartment. ABOVE: Logan shows off his medal from the Idaho Music Educator’s Association. were as many as 250 students in each choir each semester. “I got acquainted with a lot of kids,” Logan said. So many, in fact, that he bumped into students and former students not just in Moscow, but everywhere he went. He was surprised to hear “Aren’t you Norm Logan?” on a visit to the San Diego Zoo with Margaret. It was a former University singer. The Logans had an active retirement, twice driving to the East Coast to visit friends and relatives and enjoying vacations to condos at ski areas in Utah and Colorado and on the Oregon coast. Today, he
remains connected to family and friends while staying closer to home. Not every nonagenarian embraces computers and cellphones, but Logan uses both. A year ago, he spent five weeks at the blind rehabilitation center at the V.A. center in Tacoma, “learning to live with poor eyesight.” One-onone instructors showed him how to operate voice-activated appliances, including a computer and microwave he uses each day now in his home. Another adaptation to failing eyesight, books on tape arrive regularly via mail from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. “I do
more reading than anything else now,” Logan said, listing Dick Francis, Tony Hillerman and Louis L’Amour among his favorites. It’s all for pleasure, he said: “At my age, that’s good enough.” His relationship with music is largely through memories, of teaching college students, directing church choirs, singing at weddings. And of Margaret, whose portrait he gestures toward as he recounts their story. “She sang beautifully,” he said. Tatko may be contacted at mtatko@lmtribune.com or at (208) 848-2244.
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John and Yesica make an unlikely pair of college buds Pilot program puts students and seniors together for a year By Vikki Ortiz Healy Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — When John Heflin dropped off some CTA schedules at the apartment of his new neighbor from California, it marked the beginning of a friendship similar to those college students make in residence halls every year — with a few notable exceptions. First, Heflin is 91 years old; at 24, his new friend, Yesica Sanchez could be his greatgranddaughter. And instead of a dorm, the unlikely pals met when Sanchez moved into the Oak Park Arms Retirement Community for a social work internship through Dominican University. School
administrators hoped the experience — a first for the college in River Forest, Ill., and, school officials believe, possibly in the Chicago area — would give Sanchez an intimate look at life and operations in a senior home at a time when young people’s interest in the field of geriatrics is waning. But as Sanchez wraps up the nine-month program and prepares to return home to Los Angeles with her master’s degree, she and Heflin are grateful that the experience gave them each something more. “I think people forget that companionship is very important. Don’t you think so, John?” “I think so,” Heflin said. Heflin had lived a long life before moving into a fifth-floor unit at the retirement home on Oak Park Avenue. Born in Alabama and raised in Kentucky, he joined the Army and spent
“I’ve lived in buildings where you live across the hall and your neighbors don’t speak to you and you don’t speak to them. It’s not like that here.” — JOHN HEFLIN two years overseas during World War II as a corporal engineer in England, France, Belgium and Germany. After the war, he followed relatives to Chicago, where he met his wife, Lorrain. The couple was married for 52 years and lived 30 of them in the same first-floor flat in a close-knit neighborhood in Douglas Park. When Heflin’s wife died in 2000, he got tired of caring for their six-room home by himself. A longtime neighbor and friend moved to the Oak Park senior home and encouraged Heflin to follow. Heflin, who uses a cane to walk but otherwise gets along just fine, appreciated the retire-
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ment community’s dining hall, organized social gatherings and, most of all, its friendly residents. So four years ago, he packed up his belongings and settled into an efficiency apartment in the complex. “I’ve lived in buildings where you live across the hall and your neighbors don’t speak to you and you don’t speak to them,” he said. “It’s not like that here.” Sanchez, meanwhile, had no idea what she was committing to when she agreed to Dominican’s pilot internship program. She had never been to Chicago, much less to Oak Park, Ill. Other than a year on the East Coast, where she studied social work for a year at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., she’d mostly lived in California, close to her family. But when Sanchez heard that Dominican offered a program that allowed students with a bachelor’s degree in social work to earn a master’s degree in one year, she thought it would be a great step toward her dream job as an administrator in a senior care setting. And when Jesse Munoz, assistant dean and director of
field education for Dominican’s Graduate School of Social Work, told her she’d be perfect for a new internship program administrators had planned, she began packing her bags. “We thought this was quite a unique opportunity,” Munoz said. “You have a student intern who’s going to be operating as a leader and living among the people one serves. She’s literally available to see their challenges, their interactions, their adjustments and to see the services develop.” Over the course of the internship, Sanchez spent time in each department of Oak Park Arms, from marketing to shadowing the executive director, to operating the community’s restaurant. She also took five traditional classes on the Dominican campus — about two miles from the Oak Park Arms. Her busy schedule was dizzying to Heflin, who was having a leisurely cup of coffee with friends in the first floor lounge when Sanchez first arrived at the retirement community with suitcases and boxes ready to move in. He tried to follow Sanchez’s stories about her classes and other modern responsibilities, but couldn’t always relate. “It doesn’t sink in much
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because everything is newer than when I went to school,� he said. “They do everything with a computer. We did everything with a pencil.� Instead, the friends passed their spare time together by visiting the center’s fitness center, where Sanchez would work out and Heflin would pretend to ride the exercise bike, just to appease her. They walked to nearby restaurants for lunch and took a dance class organized by the senior center. By late October, Heflin and Sanchez were so close that he invited her to his brotherin-law’s birthday party on Chicago’s South Side. Sanchez was nervous at first, checking with her supervisors to make sure it wasn’t breaking ethical code. They told her to go. Heflin’s family was so taken by his young friend, they invited her back for Thanksgiving. nnn Other residents at Oak Park Arms also grew attached to the 20-something down the hall. “I kept showing her one picture after another of my grandsons — and there are six,� said Gertrude Crowley, a 98-yearold resident. “She brightened the place up any time you were near her.� But it was Heflin who called Sanchez’s apartment at night — “Did the rain catch you?� — to make sure she made it home safely. And Heflin who raised his eyebrows when one of Sanchez’s male friends came to visit. nnn A few days before Sanchez’s graduation ceremony at Dominican University earlier this month, the residents of Oak Park Arms threw her a graduation party in their lounge, with
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John Heflin, 91, sits with his friend Yesica Sanchez, 24, in his room at the Oak Park Arms, a senior housing residence in Oak Park, Illinois. Instead of a dorm, the unlikely pals met when Sanchez moved into the Oak Park Arms Retirement Community for a social work internship through Dominican University. They were photographed May 4. wine, hors d’ouevres and cake. Sanchez prepared a speech to avoid breaking down in grateful tears. “It was a great learning experience. It was a great personal experience,� Sanchez said. “I don’t have the words to express how wonderful it was.� Munoz, the graduate school adviser, looked on proudly.
Several students have already expressed interest in the livein internship program for next year. Dressed in a crisp white shirt perfectly tucked into slacks and a belt, Heflin watched Sanchez from across the room as dozens of partygoers approached with congratulations. Heflin and Sanchez had said their goodbyes a day earlier, sitting on
asked. Sanchez’s answer was matter-of-fact. “You can just call me,� she said.
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june 11 After high school, Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served two tours in Korea. He came to Lewiston to look for a friend and ended up working for Potlatch Corp., retiring after 30 years because of a major heart attack. He and his first wife, Shirley Starr, reared five children; they later divorced. Bob married Alvine Katzenberger, who also had five children. He has many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Marvin Sieler Marvin Sieler of Orofino will celebrate his 80th birthday June 12. He was born June 12, 1931, in Plevna, Mont. He married Irene Dawson in 1952 in Billings, Mont., and they reared two daughters. Marvin was an Assembly of God minister for more than 40 years. In addition to his children, Marvin has six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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june 12 Bernadine E. Wessels Bernadine E. Wessels of Lewiston will celebrate her 85th birthday with family in Walla Walla June 12. She was born June 12, 1926, in Greencreek to Leo and Mary Schmidt Schumacher. She married Harold Wessels in Greencreek in 1947, and they reared 10 children, one of whom later died. Bernadine worked at Omark in Lewiston for 19 years, retiring in 1988. Her husband died in 2004. She is an active member of All Saints Parish in Lewiston and is a contributing volunteer for St. Vincent
de Paul. She enjoys gardening, crocheting, cooking and is famous for her cinnamon rolls. She is known as the Cookie Grandma. She is a wonderful cook who is always trying new recipes. She never misses an episode of “Dancing with the Stars.” Bernadine spent countless hours designing and sewing dresses, suits, formals and sportswear for her children. She makes arrangements from her flower garden and always sets a dinner table with a seasonal or themed centerpiece. In addition to her children, Bernadine has 21 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren. One grandchild has died.
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Robert Lee Woerman Robert Lee Woerman of Clarkston will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. June 11 at the Clarkston Gerontology Center. No gifts please. He was born June 11, 1931, to Anna and Otto Woerman in Turner, Mont. The family moved to Big Fork, Mont., 10 years later, and when he was 15 they moved again to Payette, Idaho.
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birthdays june 12 Soderburg in 1951. He served two year in the Army, from 1952 to 1954, and was discharged in Fairbanks, Alaska, where their son was born. They later returned to Grangeville, where their daughter was
born. Alvin farmed and worked in excavation and in a body shop until ill health forced him to retire.
june 12 Gertrude Hoss McCann Gertrude Hoss McCann will celebrate her 95th birthday June 12. She was born June 12, 1916, in her grandmother’s house on the outskirts of Craigmont to Ed and Mary Hoss. She grew up on the family farm and has fond memories of the Camas Prairie. She graduated from Craigmont High School in 1935 and from Lewiston Normal School with a teaching certificate in 1937. She taught school until 1941, when she married William V. McCann of Lewiston. Gertrude and Bill made their home in Lewiston, and she has worked as a house- and farm wife ever since. They reared two sons and she also raised cows, hogs, sheep, turkeys and more than 300 chickens. In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. — Charles De Gaulle Humor is reason gone mad. — Groucho Marx
Gertrude enjoys gardening, especially roses. She also enjoys traveling, playing bridge and her Simmental cattle. Although she no longer milks twice a day or sells cream and eggs, she still raises and sells beef to many area families. In addition to her sons, Gertrude has two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Birthday wishes may be sent to Gertrude c/o 1027 Bryden Ave., Lewiston, ID 83501.
Melba Hodges Melba Hodges of Clarkston will celebrate her 95th birthday June 16. She was born June 16, 1916, to Claud and Bessie Parsons at Cloverland. She attended elementary school at Cloverland, high school in Asotin and college at Seattle Pacific College and Lewis Clark Normal School. Melba taught all eight
grades of elementary school for one year at Arrow. She married John Hodges in Cloverland in 1937. They farmed and ranched in Cloverland and reared their three daugh-
ters there. They retired to Clarkston in 1991. John died in 1994. Melba enjoys spending time with her daughters and their families and reading on her Kindle. She enjoys the staff and other residents at Preferred Care and the many activities. In addition to her daughters, Melba has 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
june 17 Barbara O’Brien Barbara O’Brien of Lewiston will celebrate her 75th birthday June 17. She was born June 17, 1936, the first child of Bill and Maggie Hash of Potlatch. She attended elementary school in Harvard and Princeton and graduated from Potlatch High School. She attended Eastern Washington University and graduated from Lewis-Clark State College with a teaching degree. Barbara taught first and second grade in Lewiston for 12 years, which she dearly A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. — Mignon McLaughlin It takes a long time to grow an old friend. — John Leonard
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birthdays june 21 Virginia Katherine (Kitty) Bolen Gamet Virginia Katherine (Kitty) Bolen Gamet of Lewiston will celebrate her 95th birthday with family. She was born in Spalding June 21, 1915, the fifth of nine children to James Louie and Maude (Neil) Bolen. Her father came west by wagon train from Indiana, and her mother came west by train from West Virginia. Kitty married Raymond Gamet in 1934, and they
reared three children. One son later died. They moved to Portland to work in the shipyards during World War II, returning to Clarkston in 1946 to open RiverView Service and Grocery and operated it for 54 years. Ray died in 2000. In 2004, Asotin County bought the business for the right-of-way for the new exchange to Southway Bridge. Kitty and Ray owned a boat
in the 1950s and enjoyed time on the river and beaches. They owned several RVs and enjoyed traveling — including trips to square dancing jamborees. They danced together for 45 years and were charter members of the Twin City Twirlers and the Square Devils dance clubs. Kitty lives at Guardian Angel Homes and enjoys bingo, visiting, bus rides and reading the Tribune. In addition to her children, she has five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
june 30 Velma Louise Myers Allen Velma Louise Myers Allen of Lewiston will celebrate her 95th birthday June 30. She was born June 30, 1916, in Ilo to Carl E. and Alice McCorkell Bowles, As a young girl, she enjoyed playing baseball and swimming in the Clearwater and Snake rivers.
She married R. Earl Myers in 1936. Velma worked at the Weyerhauser box factory in the 1940s and then at C.C. Anderson’s department store. When Earl was transferred to Craigmont by McMonigle Chevrolet, she worked as a bookkeeper. They moved back to Lewiston in 1958 and Velma managed Hughes’ dress
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nificent blue plants in the movie ‘Avatar’ that disappeared when they were touched,” he says. When Clemons and wife Daisy moved into the house they built in the Benjamin Terrace neighborhood in 1996, he had all the trees removed so he could plant the trees he wanted and have sun and no root competition for the open lawn he likes. After grading topsoil to get a slight slope from the house to the street, Clemons amended the soil with 2-3 inches of Nutrigreen compost. He then raked in Kentucky 31 and Pennington grass seeds, followed by Titan grass seed. The result is a lush, thick lawn with no weeds. To keep the lawn looking its best year in, year out, Clemons waters with a 110-foot-deep well that’s connected to an irrigation system. Each spring, he aerates and reseeds early, usu-
ally the first of March. He fertilizes four times a year, putting down heavy-nitrogen applications in spring and summer and low-nitrogen applications in the fall with a high concentration of potash and potassium to stimulate root growth. “Titan seems to be tough, takes drought better and requires less water,” he says. Clemons says he never has to remove thatch, a buildup of living and dead stems, leaves and roots, because he bags his grass. The green of his grass against
the cream color on his house is accented with Knock Out roses and masses of pansies. Clemons manages to keep his pansies blooming 12 months a year, even during summer when they are supposed to melt and die
because he gives them limited water. Now that the lawn and his burgundy-red crape myrtles — he’s a Redskins fan — have matured, he has his lawn-care routine down pat: he edges,
Ligustrum for a side hedge. Bennett compacta holly for sculpting. Encore azaleas for repeat flowers. Knock Out roses for summer blooms. Pansies for continual color. blows and mows to keep everything picture perfect. “Each yard is different,” he says. “What works for me may not work next door. “I believe in ‘keep it simple,’ and I like it just the way it is.”
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If you play the piano and love old-time music, the Valley Singers would love for you to join them. Valley Singers perform at assisted living facilities every Monday and practice every Saturday. Call Adrienne at (208) 746-7787 to be put in touch with a Valley Singer. The Community Action Partnership Food Bank needs volunteers to act as back-ups during the summer months while regular volunteers vacation. There are warehouse positions (fun — it’s like shopping!), drivers and counter people. This is a great way to help your community help its people. Give Adrienne a call at (208) 746-7787 to learn more. Three new volunteers for the Idaho State Veteran’s Home Canteen are needed by the end of June. There is only one dedicated volunteer holding down the fort right now. A Canteen volunteer at the Veteran’s Home in Lewiston would be responsible for making sandwiches and selling snacks. Can you give a few hours a week to the residents, their visitors and the staff at the Vet’s Home? Call Adrienne at (208) 7467787 for more information. The Hells Canyon Visitor Bureau will be opening a new Visitor Information Center in Lewiston in the very near future. The new center will be in the front of the Lewiston Community Center at 1422 Main Street (next to Les Schwab, across from Waffles and More). They’re going to need some volunteers, and you can be the catalyst for great visitor experiences. Call Adrienne
at (208) 746-7787 for more information. What does a city celebrating 150 years want for its birthday? Volunteers, of course. The Lewiston Sesquicentennial Committee is seeking a few fine folks who can help at the various events. Adrienne can answer all your questions and get you plugged in. Call her at (208) 746-7787. If you have an abundance of yarn and would like to donate it to a good cause, Project Warm-up would be a grateful recipient. Project volunteers make hats, scarves, mittens and blankets for our area’s needy and vulnerable. Drop off donations at The WA-ID Volunteer Center, located in the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St., Lewiston. How about those Senior Games? Boy, could we use some volunteers. There are several events to choose from: 5K run/walk, pickleball, swimming, table tennis, tennis and track and field. Call Cathy at (208) 746-7787 to get signed up to volunteer. It’s fun. The Traveling Vietnam Memorial is coming to Lewiston in August. If you would like to volunteer in some capacity for that event, call Cathy at (208) 746-7787, and she will put your name on the list to call as opportunities arise. There is an immediate opening for meal delivery drivers in Lewiston. This is a great volunteer job if you’ve been looking for something meaningful to do and can commit to one day a week. You must be a licensed and insured driver and be able to use your own car. New volunteers will
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North Idaho Senior Games begin this week in Lewiston The North Idaho Senior Games are open to anyone over 50, and you don’t have to live in Idaho to compete in any of 17 events. Categories are divided by age. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in all age groups.
Thursday June 16th 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Horseshoes, LCSC Horseshoe Pits on 11th Ave. 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bowling, Lancer Lanes, Clarkston 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Racquetball, Adcope Athletic Club 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 5K Run/Walk, Gazebo at Kiwanis Park on the Levee
Event Schedule Thursday, June 9th 10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. All registered participants may pick up their participant packet (includes T-shirt) from the WA-ID Volunteer Center, located in the Lewiston Community Center 1424 Main Street. If unable to pickup in advance, participant will receive his packet at their first event. Monday June 13th 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Archery, Hells Gate State Park 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Billiards, Lancer Lanes, Clarkston Tuesday June 14th 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Table Tennis, Jennifer Jr. High School 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pinochle, Lewiston Community Center
Friday June 17th 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pickleball, Lewiston Tribune/Steve Hanks High School Tennis Courts In the 60-meter dash (from left), Bill 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Racquetball, Adcope Beutler, Cecil Williams and Brett John- Athletic Club son break from the starting line in the 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Swimming, Asotin 2010 North Idaho Senior Games. County Family Aquatic Center, Clarkston 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Cycling, meet at North Wednesday June 15th end of Red Wolf Bridge 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Target Shooting, Diamondback Shooting Range Saturday June 18th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tennis, LCSC Tennis 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pickleball, Lewiston Courts High School Tennis Courts 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bowling, Lancer Lanes, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Track & Field, Vollmer Clarkston Bowl, Lewiston High School 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pinochle, Lewiston 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Closing Ceremonies & Community Center Award Picnic, Lewiston Community Center
serving your community be partnered with existing volunteers to learn routes and may qualify for mileage reimbursement. Call Cathy at (208) 746-7787 or stop by our office at 1424 Main St. for more information. Now is the time to get moving. The Fit for Life Fall Prevention Program in Asotin County is seeking volunteer coach assistants to help guide participants in simple exercises in Fall Prevention Classes. Training is provided, and there are several days and locations to choose from as well. Call Marlena to learn more about this exciting new program at (208) 746-7787.
Volunteer hosts at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts and History support art and culture in our area while meeting visitors from all over the country. Museum hosts this month will be enjoying the Chinese Remembering Exhibition. Inquiries can be directed to Adrienne at (208) 746-7787. Volunteer from home!
“Be the change you would like to see in the world.” Ghandi
Project Warm Up volunteers make hats, scarves, mittens and lap robes, and our office distributes them to the local community. If you don’t know how to knit or crochet, come and check out the loom group
at the Lewiston Community Center from 2:30-4 p.m. on Tuesdays. They will teach you how to knit with a loom. Yarn is provided. Call (208) 7467787 and ask for Adrienne or Cathy for more information.
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The Habitat Store has been gaining in popularity and this success has enabled them to contribute more and more to build houses for our LC Valley
families in need. But to continue to be successful, we need volunteers! Especially needed are a donations coordinator, and someone willing to be trained in the pricing area. Stop by the store location on G Street to find out how you can help, or call Adrienne at the volunteer center at (208) 746-7787 for more information.
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We plant a seed of kindness And it grows. Heartfelt thoughts are beautiful. We plant a seed of hate and it grows — anger comes to stay. We plant a seed of love and it grows. Love is warm and tender — love stays forever. When you plant your seeds remember kindness and love is what you will reap with good seeds. When you plant seeds of hate and anger that too will grow and that is what you will reap. Plant your seeds with goodness, kindness and love and your garden will be amazingly beautiful. — Yvonne Carrie, Lewiston
When asked what about that vast land I would likely remember most, My response surprises many, with so Much else about Russia I could boast. Peter and Paul Cathedral is tempting, Where the Romanoffs are interred, Or the solon in Peterhof Palace where 14-karat walls left my vision blurred. Interesting were Lenin’s preserved body, Stalin’s memorial bust off Red Square, The Volga from Petersburg to Moscow, and the atomic subs queued up for repair. It is public weddings on busy corners, Moscow drivers yelling approval passing by; The bolshoi, clowns and dancing bears that I recall, yet not best recall — here’s why.
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After the tyrant decreed religion an opiate And had 2,000 orthodox churches razed “To cauterize this curse,� that’s when the Resentment weddings began to be staged. With centuries of faith solidly ingrained, The faithful flouted Stalin’s worship ban, Went like religious partisans underground, And blessed into action this ingenious plan. Thus in fields and vacant hilltops everywhere, You’ll find there erected of concrete or wood What I will ever respond as remembered best — A cross stands now where a church once stood. — Dan J. Williams, 80, Lewiston
Collections My very first bell came to help me call Mother to my sick-bed from down the hall. The high fever week was made less scary When I could ring the bell’s tone so merry. Comforting story of small china bell In mama’s soft voice helped make me well. Later she found me different new bells; Every one has a loving story it tells. Aunt Mamie brought a loud one from her school, Children there were learning the golden rule. Today I cradle each in my hand, Several brought from a far exotic land. Now granddaughters will hear their sweet stories, As I tell of travel and old glories. Perhaps they will enjoy a shelf display, And start a collection for future day. — Lucille Magnuson, 91, Moscow
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There are ways of helping friends, family members cope with dementia By KRISTEN GERENCHER MARKETWATCH
SAN FRANCISCO — Watching a loved one with dementia reach the final stages is heartbreaking. But you don’t have to give up on maintaining a meaningful connection with that person. Even when memory fails and abilities diminish, friends and relatives can find activities that engage the afflicted person by adapting favorite hobbies from the past or trying new ones such as listening to or playing music, doing art projects or going fishing together. The key is to keep trying to include the person in activities even if they’re rela-
tively simple or mundane, aging experts say. “People get afraid and think ’I don’t know what I’m going to say or do,’ ” says Beth Kallmyer, senior director of constituent services for the Alzheimer’s Association in Chicago. People with dementia may not react the way they did before they got sick, but they still need company and stimulation, she says. When Andrea Kay’s father started declining more rapidly in late 2008, she wanted to find a way to reach him and make the most of the remaining time they had left together. “When I would visit him, it would be increasingly more dif-
ficult to have a conversation with him,” she says. In early 2009, she started bringing her drawing pad and offered to draw him, which she had done earlier in her life. He agreed and a new ritual was born. She also wrote down comments he made as they talked and her father gently criticized her work, which she says was characteristic of his earlier self. She accumulated about 30 drawings documenting her father’s changing features and expression. After he died in August 2009, Kay turned her work into an art show and performance called Flutterby. The name comes from a conversation they had when
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