Golden Times, October 2013

GOLDEN A monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications

TIMES Oct. 7, 2013 / Vol. 23, No. 10

Life & Love Estelle Banks lived a life with twists and turns but found happiness in her journey

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Senior lunch menus — Page 3 House Call — Page 16

Volunteer of the Month — Page 20

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INDEX: Social Security Q&A................... Page 4 Briefs .......................................... Page 5 Monthly meeting calendar ........... Page 6

COORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden

Birthdays .................................... Page 6

On the cover: Estelle Banks talks about her career as a model and the path she followed to get there.

Reader poetry ............................. Page 12

Photo by: Steve Hanks of the Tribune

What ails baby boomers ..............Page 17

Golden Times P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501 goldentimes@Lmtribune.com (208) 848-2243

Volunteer opportunities ...............Page 21

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Sudoku ........................................Page 21 Sudoku solution ..........................Page 22

To advertise: contact your Tribune advertising sales representative at (208) 848-2292.

Crossword ...................................Page 23 Crossword solution .....................Page 24

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I portrayed the sidekick of Guy Madison’s character in movies and on TV. I also appeared numerous times on Jack Benny’s radio show between 1936 and 1942. I was known as a character actor and comedic cowboy sidekick.

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october MeNuS: Senior round table Nutrition Program serves hot lunches at noon at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston and the Asotin United Methodist Church, 313 Second St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older.

Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

Lewiston Senior Nutrition Program serves hot lunches at noon at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. and the United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older.

Cost is $5 for nonseniors.

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8 Tater-tot casserole/ green beans/beets/ muffin/fruit

10 French toast/sausage/ hashbrowns/juice/fruit

11 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

15 German sausage/ scalloped potatoes/peas and carrots/roll/apple crisp

17 Cook’s choice

18 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

22 Ham and cheese stuffed baked potato/ mixed vegetables/roll/fruit

24 Chicken-noodle casserole/capri-blend vegetables/roll/fruit/cookie

29 Beef roast/mashed potatoes/gravy/winter-blend vegetables/roll/cake/ice cream

31 Ghastly ghoulash/ creepy corn/mummy fingers/freaky fruit/dessert

(no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)

7 Spinach quiche/ hashbrowns/applesauce/ biscuit/mixed vegetables

8 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/carrots/ Jell-O salad/roll

9 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast pork

14 CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

15 Chicken-fried steak/ salad/mashed potatoes/ country gravy/peas/biscuit

16 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Chicken

21 Baked ham/scalloped potatoes/peas/applesauce/ cornbread/cookies

22 Beef stroganoff/ coleslaw/carrots/ pudding/roll

23 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast beef

28 Lasagna/salad/green beans/French bread

29 Sweet and sour pork/ rice/pea salad/carrots/roll

30 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Turkey

Moscow Senior Nutrition Program serves lunch at noon in the Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older.

Cost is $6 for nonseniors.

Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m. Soup and dessert is available at each service.

J-K Senior Meals serves meals at noon at 104 South Sixth St., Kendrick.

Dessert is served both days. Suggested donation is $3 for people age 60 and older, and $5 for those younger than 60; Children younger than 6 years eat for free.

8 Asian chicken wrap/ vegetable

10 Beef stroganoff/ noodles/vegetable

15 Pork chops/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

17 Spaghetti with meatballs/vegetable

22 Brunch/vegetable

24 Swai (white fish)/rice/ vegetable

29 Chicken cordon bleu/ mashed potatoes/gravy/ vegetable

31 Pizza (and/or spaghetti)/vegetable

25 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

9 Polish sausage/macaroni and cheese/green salad/ apple crisp

11 Tuna casserole/mixed

16 Chili/cornbread/onion rings/pears with cottage cheese/peanut butter cookie

18 Beef goulash/spinach/ carrot-raisin salad/roll/ egg custard

23 Roast pork/mashed potatoes/gravy/peas/hot oatmeal cake

25 Chicken enchiladas/ broccoli and cauliflower/ peaches/zucchini bread

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30 Spaghetti/green beans/salad/apricots/ cake

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Q: I’m trying to figure out the best time to retire based on my future earnings. How can I calculate my own retirement benefit estimate?

A: We suggest you use our Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Our Retirement Estimator produces estimates based on your actual Social Security earnings record, so it’s a personalized, instant picture of your future estimated benefit. Also, you can use it to test different retirement scenarios based on what age you decide to start benefits. For example, you can find out your estimated monthly payments if you retire at age 62, 70, or any age in between. ——— Q: I’ve been working for about 10 years and haven’t given much thought to the Social Security taxes I’ve been paying. How do I earn Social Security credits?

A: A “Social Security credit� (sometimes referred to as a “quarter of coverage�) is the basic unit for determining whether a worker is insured under the Social Security program. The amount needed for a credit increases automatically each year as average wages increase. For 2013, workers receive one cred-

it for each $1,160 of earnings. A worker can receive a maximum of four credits for any year. Generally, you need 40 credits to be eligible for retirement benefits. Learn more at www.socialsecurity.gov/ OACT/COLA/QC.html. ——— Q: I worked for the last 10 years and I now have my 40 credits. Does this mean that I get the maximum Social Security retirement benefit?

A: Probably not. The 40 credits are the minimum number you need to qualify for retirement benefits.

However, we do not base your benefit amount on those credits; it’s based on your earnings over a lifetime of work. To learn more about how you earn Social Security credits and how they work, read or listen to our publication How You Earn Credits, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. ——— Q: I’m applying online for disability benefits.

What is the difference between the disability application and the disability report? Do I have to complete both?

A: Yes, you will need to complete both when you apply for disability benefits. To receive Social Security disability benefits, you must file a disability application. A disability report provides information about your current physical or mental condition and we need this to process your disability application.

You should complete a disability application, a disability report and an authorization to release medical records to file a claim for disability benefits. To learn more and to apply online, visit www.social security.gov/applyfordisability. ——— Q: How do I know if I have worked long enough to qualify for Social Security disability benefits?

A: You must have worked long enough — and recently enough — under Social Security to qualify for disability benefits. Social Security work credits are based on your total yearly wages or self-employment income. You can earn up to four credits each year. The amount needed for a credit changes from year to year.

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The number of work credits you need to qualify for disability benefits depends on your age when you become disabled. Generally, you need 40 credits, 20 of which you earned in the last 10 years, ending with the year you become disabled. However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits.

To learn more, see our Disability Planner at www. socialsecurity.gov/dibplan/dqualify3.htm. ——— Q: I pay my monthly premium directly to my Medicare prescription drug plan provider. Why can’t I also pay my income-related monthly adjustment amount directly to my Medicare prescription drug plan provider?

A: By law, we must deduct your income-related monthly adjustment amount from your Social Security payments. If the amount you owe is more than the amount of your payment, or you don’t get monthly payments, you will get a separate bill from another federal agency, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the Railroad Retirement Board. Read our publication, Medicare Premiums: Rules for Higher-Income Beneficiaries, for an idea of what you can expect to pay. You’ll find it at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. ——— Q: I am applying for Extra Help with prescription drug costs. Can state agencies help with my Medicare costs?

A: Yes. When you file your application for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs, you also can start your application process for the Medicare Savings Programs — state programs that provide help with other Medicare costs. When you apply for Extra Help, Social Security will send information to your state, unless you tell us not to on the application.

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Free lunch for seniors

Free Medicare event planned

MOSCOW — Friendly Neighbors Senior Citizens Inc. will give a free lunch to anyone age 60 and older.

The event will begin with service of soup at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 31 in the Great Room of the 1912 Center located at 412 E. Third St. in Moscow.

Salad and dessert bars will be available at 11 a.m. and the main meal will begin being served at 11:30 a.m.

The center also offers home delivery of meals to Moscow-area seniors through the Area Agency on Aging.

More information about the free meal, meal delivery or other offerings of the senior center is available by calling (208) 882-1562.

The event is open to Washington and Idaho residents currently enrolled in Medicare as well as those who will become eligible in 2014.

The event will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Tri-State Memorial Hospital in rooms A and B at Clarkston.

John Espinoza from Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner will be at the event to explain Medicare options and help answer questions about the open-enrollment period.

“Many people are confused by ‘ACA’ or ‘Obamacare’ and we want them to know their coverage will not change.

The Affordable Care Act or ‘Obamacare’ is for those age 64 and under,” Espinoza said.

The goal is to answer questions and espouse any misconceptions about Medicare changing. Espinoza and volunteers will also help those who will be eligible for Medicare in 2014 understand the open enrollment, which begins on Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.

AARP Driver Safety class offered MOSCOW — A six-hour class will be offered here over two days.

The class will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. next Monday and Oct. 15 at Gritman Medical Center. To reserve a spot in this class call Dick Bull at (208) 882-2420.

The cost for each class is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on drivers licenses and/or insurance discounts.

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Center will have blood drive A blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Valley Community Center located at 549 Fifth St. in Clarkston.

There will be a free craft

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day at the center at 10 a.m.

Oct. 18. Foot care is offered at the center on Mondays by appointment. To schedule an appointment call (509) 7582355. Also offered on Mondays is a painting class from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Fitness classes are offered from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pinochle games are played from 12:45 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, and bridge is played from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays. There will not be a bridge game on Oct. 17.

NARFE will get a legislative update The program for the monthly meeting of National Active and Retired Federal Employees chapter 515 will be given by Rep. John Rus-

che, D-Lewiston.

Rusche will update the group on changes in Congress that could be of interest to members.

All current and retired federal employees are eligible to be members of the group.

The group meets the third Wednesday of each month for a no-host lunch and program. In October the group will meet at noon on Oct. 23 at Tomato Brothers on Bridge Street in Clarkston.

More information about the meeting and group is available by calling (509) 751-8791.

Sons of Norway talk on heritage The Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will begin their Oct. 19 meeting with a potluck meal followed by a business meeting and a program on heritage.

The group meets at noon at the Valley Community Center in Clarkston. The

group is open to all individuals of Scandinavian descent as well as those interested in the culture. More information about the group and its meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 743-2626.

Senior center will offer two meals The Sixth Street Senior Center will have its monthly pancake feed on Wednesday and the potluck with meat furnished by Emeritus at Juniper Meadows will be Oct. 23. Both meals are at noon at the Clarkston center. The cost for the pancake feed is $4 per person.

Dances are held at the center from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday with music provided by Heustis Kountry Band.

A weekly pinochle game is played at 1 p.m. each Thursday.

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BRIEFS Groups and organizations can submit information, pertaining to seniors in the region, to be published in Golden Times monthly magazine. All submissions are subject to space availability and editing.

Submissions should be emailed to: goldentimes@lmtribune.com or mailed to: Target Publications P.O. Box 957 Lewiston, ID 83501 Information for November’s issue must be recieved by Oct. 21 to be considered.

Questions about submitting information can be sent via email or by calling (208) 8482243.

OCT. 9: Valley Community Center, general board meeting, 9 a.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

OCT. 15: Sixth Street Senior Center, board meeting, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

OCT. 16: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.

OCT. 19: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

OCT. 23: National Active and Retired Federal Employees, noon, Tomato Brothers, 200 Bridge St., Clarkston.

OCT. 28: Seaport Quilters, 6 p.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.  If you would like to have your group or club meetings included in this monthly calendar send complete information to goldentimes@Lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501.

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John Apfelbeck of Peck turned 83 Sunday.

He was born Oct. 6, 1930, on a dairy farm near Colby, Wis., where he attended school until the eighth grade when he quit going to school to help on the farm.

Apfelbeck got his first job in Chicago for Zenith Radio where he worked for a while until he quit to help his father with summer crops.

In 1948, he came to Idaho to visit his brother and to find work. For two years he worked for Potlatch at Headquarters as a grease

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Apfelbeck joined the U.S. Navy in November 1950 and served four years with the Pacific fleet.

He received his general education development certificate and went to work in housing.

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In 1946, She and Leonard Barker were married and moved to Washington. The couple moved to Lewiston in 1948 where they raised their three children.

Barker worked at Grants until it closed. She then went to work for Burke’s Furniture until she retired in 1984.

Her retirement years have been spent quilting, reading, gardening, fishing and traveling with her husband in their RV to visit family in Arkansas, California and Washington state.

The couple have six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren.

Barker continues to enjoy “business meetings” each Friday at McDonald’s and pushing the buttons at her favorite establishment.

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 DALE H. SCOT

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Patti Seetin Williams of Lewiston will turn 75 on Thursday.

She was born Oct. 10, 1938, to Tom and Barbara Seetin in Lewiston.

She was the c o u p l e ’s eldest of five daughters.

Williams graduated from Lewiston High School in 1956 and enjoys weekly lunches with classmates.

In 2002, she retired as an office manager for John Pryor Co. in Salinas, Calif. Following her retirement she moved back to Lewiston.

Williams has three sons, five grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

She is a member of the Clarkston Country Club where she enjoys social activities. She is also a member of the Valley Art Center where she takes art classes.

Williams will celebrate her birthday with friends and family.

Dale Herbert Scot of Orofino will have his 89th birthday on Friday.

He was born Oct. 11, 1924, in La Grande, Ore. Scot graduated from high school in Ontario, Ore., in 1942.

He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1943 to 1946.

Following his service, Scot went to work for the Railway Express Agency in 1946 and then worked for the Union Pacific Railroad in Ontario.

He and Arline McDole were married Feb. 14, 1949. The couple moved to Orofino in 1953 and he went to work for Camas Prairie Railroad as a clerk. He retired in 1983 as the agent in Orofino.

The couple have three children, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several step-grandchildren.

Scot is a member of the Clearwater Valley Eagles and served as its secretary for several years.

Elsie McKeehan of Lewiston will turn 78 on Friday.

She was born the third child to Leonard and Leona Clark Sutton in Lewiston on Oct. 11, 1935.

McKeehan’s childhood was spent in Clarkston, graduating from high school there in 1954.

She became a Lewiston resident when she married Robert McKeehan on Sept. 23, 1955. The couple had two children and were married for 55 years.

McKeehan is a lifetime PTA member and a past mem-

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She played bunko for many years and also sewed little critters with the Pink Ladies at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

Throughout the years, she has sewn everything from snowmobile seats to bridesmaid’s dresses for family and friends.

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Birthdays starting at 70, and every year after, will be accepted for publication in Golden Times in the month of the birthday only.

The limit for each submission is 200 words. Photographs are welcome.

Birthday submissions must include the name and phone number of the person submitting information. If you would like your photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you have questions about submitting a birthday, please call (208) 848-2243.

Mailed information may be sent to: Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501; emailed submissions should be sent to goldentimes@ lmtribune.com.

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oct. 11  Phyllis L. Carlstrom Phyllis Lillian Johns Carlstrom of Juliaetta will celebrate her 85th birthday with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Center. Cake and refreshments will be served.

She was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Kendrick to Arthur and Alice Davis Johns. She grew up in the KendrickSouthwick area and graduated from Juliaetta High School in 1947.

Following graduation she moved to Lewiston and in 1948 she married LeRoy E. Carlstrom Jr. Carlstrom has three children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She lived in Lewiston until 1988 when she renovated her grandparents home and returned to Juliaetta.

Carlstrom worked for St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Northwest Children’s Home, Twin City Food and retired in 1992, after more than 23 years, from Potlatch Inc. Her hobbies include gardening, jigsaw puzzles, bird watching, reading, rock hounding and mushroom hunting. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

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 Irene Sieler

Mont.  Lee Rehder She and Marvin Sieler were Lee Rehder of Cottonwood will married May 3, 1952, in Billings, celebrate his 90th Mont. birthday from 2 to The couple have two daugh4 p.m. Saturday at ters, six grandchildren and eight the Cottonwood great-grandchildren.

Community Hall.

He was born in oct. 15 Cottonwood on Oct. 14, 1923, to Carl and Mamie Rehder.  Lucille Pepper Pepper were married. During Rehder served in Lucille Pepper of Lewiston will his career they lived in many the U.S. Navy from be honored by her family with an communities throughout the 1943 to 1946 on a open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. Northwest. The couple retired in mine sweeper in the South Pacific. His 20 at her daughter and Lewiston in 1994. crew was part of the invasions of Iwo son-in-law’s home, 113 Pepper’s hobbies Jima and Okinawa.

Prospect Ave., Lewiston. include gardening, travHe married Barbara Koepl in 1949 The occasion is her 75th eling, horse racing, and they have seven children, 32 birthday. attending LCSC bas- grandchildren and 32 great-grandchilShe was born Oct. ketball games, work- dren.

15, 1938, to Francis ing occasionally for the Rehder owned and operated a dairy and Gladys Johnson school district and help- farm for 57 years before retiring at the in Weippe. The family ing out at the Nez Perce age of 80. moved to Kooskia where County Fair.

He enjoys daily coffee with his she graduated from Her favorite pastime friends and continues to help on his high school in 1956. She is having fun with family son’s farm. He also enjoys watching the Mariners and Gonzaga’s men’s later attended Lewis-Clark State and friends.

College.

The couple have two children basketball team, as well as playing pinochle.

In May 1959, she and Earl and four grandchildren.

Irene Sieler of Orofino will celebrate her 80th birthday Sunday.

Sieler was born, Irene Dawson, on Oct. 13, 1933, in Musselshell,

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Bill V. Courtney of Clarkston will turn 90 on Oct. 16.

He was born in Troy, Ore., to Mick Courtney and Ada Mallory Courtney in 1923.

Courtney spent his formative years in Troy and G r o u s e Flat, Ore. O t h e r than the time he served in the U.S. Navy and two years working on the coast, the LewistonClarkston Valley has been his home.

Courtney sold insurance for 20 years, but was happiest in his career change to a Washington brand inspector.

He semi-retired in 1988 and then fully retired at age 70, but if you ask him, he’ll tell you he still hasn’t retired.

He and his wife of 52 years, Evelyn Green Courtney, still enjoy camping, gardening and traveling extensively to visit their children.

Nellie Fuhs of Lewiston will be honored at an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Troon Apartments, 2945 Juniper Drive in Lewiston. The occasion is her 90th birthday.

She was born Oct. 22, 1923, in Lead, S.D., to Dan and Irene Cool, and is the eldest of seven children.

Her and John Fuhs were married in Laramie, Wyo., on April 2, 1939. He died in November 1999 after 60 years of marriage.

Fuhs has three daughters, 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren. She also had a daughter who died in 1992.

She was active in the Moose and Eagles fraternal orders, and Good Sams.

Fuhs is an avid football fan, especially of the Seattle Seahawks.

Her family will host the open house.

Suzanne L. Streibick of Clarkston will be 86 on Oct. 23.

She was born in 1927 at Juliaetta to Lloyd F. Smith and Susie Wilson S m i t h .

Streibick g r a d u ated from Lewiston High School in 1945.

She married Wallen R. Streibick on June 16, 1946, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lewiston. The couple had one son. Streibick’s husband died in 2003.

Streibick began attending Lewis-Clark State College part time and graduated cum laude in 1986, earning her bachelor’s degree in social science at the age of 58.

She served on the Board of Adjustment in Clarkston for 14 years, on the Lewis-Clark Air Quality Advisory Commission for seven years, on the Bryden Canyon Task Force for two years and was elected to the Clarkston City Council in 1992.

Mildred Funke of Clarkston will turn 85 on Oct. 29.

She was born in 1928 at Greencreek to Harry and Tillie Wessels.

She and Bernard F u n k e were married Nov. 9, 1948, at Greencreek Catholic Church and will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this year.

The couple have four children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funke was a homemaker and helped her husband operate Funke Auto Renovation for more than 50 years before they retired.

She is a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and participates in many bridge clubs. She and her husband are members of the Twin City Twirlers as well.

Funke’s hobbies include playing bridge, reading and visiting with family.

Harold W. (Bill) Corwin of Clarkston will celebrate his 80th birthday on Halloween.

He was born Oct. 31, 1933, to Harold A. and Louella Corwin in Clarkston.

He attended every elementary school in the LewistonClarkston Valley at the time, as well as one in Tacoma.

Corwin married Pat in 1975. The first year of their marriage he built a 22-foot Starcraft inboard boat.

They have enjoyed boating and snowmobiling through the years.

He retired in 1994, and took up building and flying model airplanes. His biggest pride is a real jet engine. The couple spend just about every weekend spring through fall showing their cars and have many trophies to show for it. His latest project is a new six-car garage for the show cars.

For many years the couple volunteered to play music.

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A journey to true love, crossroads included The adventures, and misadventures, of one woman’s life

The walls of Estelle Banks’ apartment at Emeritus at Juniper Meadows in Lewiston are a black and white montage to her modeling days in California and New York.

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By Mary Stone

Lewiston Tribune

he’s given most of them away, but a few black and white photographs of Estelle Banks as a young woman grace the walls of her apartment at Emeritus at Juniper Meadows in the Lewiston Orchards.

“This is sort of my favorite because I’m smiling,” she said, gazing at an image of herself in her 20s. “I don’t like it because I’m holding a cigarette, but that’s the way it was. We all smoked, drank, raised hell ... .”

Her life is tamer now, at age 89, but it’s not hard to believe Banks raised some hell.

Her sculpted features and perfect brunette bob give her a youthful air — which she attributes to forgoing sugar-filled soda pop — and hint at the extraordinary life such beauty made possible.

Carol Broemeling, owner of Chic Impressions in the Lewiston Orchards, has used some of Banks’ old photos to decorate her salon.

Broemeling first knew Banks as a client but the two soon became friends.

Now Broemeling, 46, styles Banks’ hair every Friday before the two of them go out for lunch and shopping.

A volunteer for Interlink-Faith In Action, a Clarkston-based nonprofit organization, which offers transportation for elderly and disabled residents of the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, takes Banks to her appointment each week; Broemeling takes her home.

“We go shopping, we go to lunch, we just visit. She looks forward to Fridays and so do I,” Broemeling said. “I just mark out my whole day. I don’t take any appointments after hers.”

Among Banks’ favorite photos is a shot of them out having a glass of wine together.

“That is one of our favorite things to do; just dress to the nines and go out to dinner,” Broemeling said. “I do adore her.”

She said she learns something new about her friend every time they get together.

“We have great conversations about all sorts of different things,” Broemeling said. “It’s just amazing to listen to her stories.”

Long before “Dancing with the Stars,” for example, Banks competed in — and won — dance contests.

It’s been a while since she’s taken a spin on a dance floor, but with her trim figure and perfect posture, Banks looks like she could still compete.

“I’d love to go dancing again, I really would,” she said.

As it is, she satisfies herself with watching “DWTS,” which she loves.

“I’m kinaesthetic and when I see them dancing up there I’m right with them. I can feel it as plain as day,” she said.

Banks’ story starts with a childhood that involved so much moving around she often didn’t attend school.

Her stepfather was a coal mine inspector

M O N D A Y, O C T O B E R 7, 2 0 1 3 whose job took him throughout the South, including Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

She left home at 16 and hitchhiked from Arkansas to Long Beach, Calif., where she baby-sat for her brother and his wife.

“Everybody told me, You should be a model,” she said. “But I was shy, not outgoing. It took me a long time to make up my mind to go to modeling school.”

In the interim she worked as a waitress, often staying with friends.

“When I got old enough to get my work card, I worked in some honky tonks,” she said. “In those days, it was kind of bad but I had to make myself a living, because I was on my own.”

It was there, she said, she learned to dance.

About a year later, she returned to Louisiana, where a friend set her up with a man she thought would be a good match. It was love at first sight.

“We went out that night and got married the same night,” Banks said.

She was not quite 17 years old.

“He was handsome, he was tall, he was everything you would think of,” she said.

He was also, it turned out, “an inveterate gambler.”

Within two years she knew the marriage could not last.

By then, the United States had entered World War II. Propelled by patriotism and the desire to belong to something after her failed marriage, Banks decided to join the military.

“I was very patriotic, loved my country, worried about the fact we were going to speak Japanese or German,” she said.

She and some friends were set to join the U.S. Army, but the “Navy boys” changed their minds.

“They were better looking, so we joined the Navy,” she said, laughing.

Her service was cut short when, at boot camp, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

“I was so disappointed.”

Banks spent the next 27 months in a hospital, where she met the man who would be her second husband.

“He and I used to go under the fence and go dancing every night,” she said.

They were married eight years, but their romance was doomed, she said, by his alcoholism.

Meanwhile, Banks started listening to those who had encouraged her to try modeling.

After six months of school, she found work right away with Catalina Swimwear modeling bathing suits and sportswear, and other jobs soon followed.

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The next step for many models was Hollywood and Banks tested the waters there, too.

“I had put my application in to be a starlet at RKO (Pictures),” she said. “We learned how to be movie stars. They’d teach us the angles and where to speak and how to talk — the whole thing.

We’d sit on the back of cars — convertibles — and wave and smile and have pictures taken.”

After her marriage dissolved, she decided to try her luck in New York.

She went with about $200 in her pocket and found she’d arrived at the wrong time of year for modeling work.

After an unfortunate first job that never paid, she stumbled upon work modeling coats and suits.

“I finally had enough money to rent a small apartment, about like this one,” she said, looking around the space she shares today with her plump Yorkshire terrier, Babette.

Eventually, she said, she walked the runway at fashion shows for many of the elite houses of the day, including Christian Dior.

“They sent me to Europe on some of those jobs,” she said, listing London, Paris and Milan among the cities in which she worked.

As her career was blossoming, Banks once again met a man.

“He was wealthy, handsome,” she said, wistfully. “We moved into a gorgeous home in New Jersey, with a swimming pool, a beautiful Mark III car, tennis court — we had everything.

Just a dream.”

It was, as it turned out, too good to be true.

“I thought, here I am — I’m going to stay with this man for the rest of my life,” she said of her third husband, to whom she was married 10 years. “But he was a control freak. I couldn’t do anything without him right there.”

It took moving West again, to Clarkston where her mother was living, for Banks to meet the love of her life.

“I was trepidatious to a great degree,” she said, of meeting Bennie Banks. “But he turned out to be the most understanding, the sweetest, the greatest guy in the whole world.”

Her fourth husband “wasn’t handsome, wasn’t tall, wasn’t broad shouldered — he just was wonderful,” she said.

He was a horseback guide out of Joseph, Ore., where he had a ranch, Banks said, and he taught at LewisClark State College, where he helped start the vocational-technical program.

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Estelle Banks, of Lewiston, smiles brightly while talking about her life’s journey.

They lived in Joseph until his health — he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease — forced them to move into an assisted living facility in Lewiston.

He died three years ago, at age 95.

The biggest photo on her wall is of Bennie in the mountains on horseback, a green valley stretching out behind him.

She seems at peace talking about him, the true love she finally found

after a life of adventures and misadventures.

Broemeling said she never tires of hearing Banks talk about either.

“I just learn a lot about life,” Broemeling said. “She does just as much for me as I do for her.”  Stone can be reached at mstone@ lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2244.

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READER POETRY Golden Times prints original short poetry from seniors on a space-available basis. Submissions must include the name, age, address and phone number to be considered for publication.

Send poetry submissions to: Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501; Deadline for poetry to be included in November’s edition is Oct. 21.

Answer to WHO AM I?

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Halloween Spider or Anytime!

She sits in her web, and I sit down beside her on the porch.

And we have a nice talk as she waits in her web.

A fly comes by and lands beside me.

I swat it dead as it can be.

Then I pitch it in the spider’s web she sucks the juice out.

OH, so tender and sweet, she holds it in her feet.

She has waited for that wonderful treat.

I think she waits on me to kill a fly.

She hurries when I pitch the fly into her web.

Without me to kill the flies for her she might be dead.

So I hurry home to see the spider and kill a fly for her.

It’s nice to see her spring to her feet on the web.

She loves fly meat.

And I love to feed the spider she is a good friend until her end.

Then I will find another

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READER POETRY dear sweet spider.

She loves our talks and the flies I give her.

She listens well and thinks I’m swell.

I love her dance; she is fast on her feet, when I give her a treat!

Yvonne Carrie, 69, Lewiston

About A Bully

By all rights, my big fat ugly cousin Irene, should have been like us, a normal teen.

But she lisped like Sylvester Cat, let wind and spit stuttered and snorted in between.

When our bunch got to middle school, I’ll admit, our ragging her got pretty cruel.

Irene was pigeon-toed, wore saddle glasses,

and had icky zits.

I mean, totally uncool.

Yet most teachers saw her a model child, respectful and attentive, not one bit wild.

But homely to us was having messy pants.

When we let her know, Irene just smiled.

The change began at about grade eight, with contacts and loss of all that weight.

Up to then, no one looked at Irene’s face.

Now she had eyes, not crossed but straight.

As her form filled in, her chest popped out.

The change in Irene was all we talked about.

Yet I, who loved her, behaved the worst,

my blame and my shame without a doubt.

This poor girl now has all she’s been denied, The world has opened and invited her inside.

It is I, the bully, besmirched and much aware how it feels, having nearly caused a suicide.

Dan J. Williams, 83, Lewiston

Surprise

Long ago, before I could read, Mother showed me a big bright red “TEN” on her kitchen calendar.

She said it will be a new star.

Mother’s homemade games were fun, all the family helped it run.

They kept me busy counting ten, asking often what day and when?

Please be patient, please be still, the baby comes when e’r she will.

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Volunteer opportunities The WA-ID Volunteer Center in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St. provides individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. The phone number is (208) 746-7787.

The center can also be found online at www.waidvolunteer center.org.

The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in October. l America Reads is in need of tutors to help students with their reading skills. Volunteers for this program must be able to commit at least one hour, one day per week for the remainder of the school year. No teaching experience is necessary. l The Jack O’Connor Hunting Heritage and Education Center at Hells Gate State Park is in need of hosts on Mondays.

Individuals should have meet and greet abilities, friendly personality and be able to answer questions about the displays at the center. Some sales of merchandise may also be needed and training is provided. l Community Action Partnership Food Bank is in need of drivers and back-up drivers for regular routes. There is also a need for a helper to ride along on routes to help with loading and unloading. The ability to lift is needed for these positions. The food bank is also in need of volunteers to help at the front counter. This position requires some computer work. l The Hells Canyon Visitor Bureau is looking for volunteers to assist visitors to our area by answering questions and supplying literature about

available activities in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. This position requires the ability to get along with all types of personalities, acquire knowledge of area tourist attractions and events, put together welcome bags and help with the occasional mailer. l St. Vincent de Paul Social Services is in need of volunteers to assist families in need, help with food pantry, clothing, household items and furniture.

There is also a need for volunteers at both thrift stores to sort clothing. l The Palouse Choral Society is in need of volunteers to act as ushers and hosts during performances. Positions require a 3-4 hour commitment per performance. There is also a need for a marketing/public relations volunteer to help with getting word out about the choral and their performances. l The Idaho State Veterans Home has several volunteer opportunities available. There is a need for a special-event planner, help with gift wrapping, one-on-one reading and assistance in other daily activities.

For more information on any of these or other volunteer opportunities offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center call Cathy Robinson at (208) 7467787.

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MOND A Y, O C TO B E R 7, 2 0 1 3

New generation of implants adds mileage to worn-out knees

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The Orange County Register

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Denise Olson danced at her daughter’s wedding.

That might not sound like a profound accomplishment, but it was a moment she could only dream of a few months earlier. Arthritis had worn away so much of the cartilage in Olson’s right knee

it was just bone grinding on bone.

The pain had steadily worsened for two years, making it difficult for her to walk up the stairs of her home. She teaches first-grade in Irvine, Calif., and it’s tough to meet the all-day needs of 30 kids when you can barely rise from your chair.

On April 23, she had total knee replacement surgery. Four weeks later, she was back in class. On July 13, her daughter Lauren got

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Later, during the reception, when Denise and her husband, Chad, were sitting together, the DJ played “Come Away With Me”

by Norah Jones, which happens to be the couple’s song. He invited her onto the dance floor. She accepted.

“Just the two of us got up and danced on the floor. It was wonderful,” said Olson, who is 54. “I got to dance with my daughter and my son-in-law. And the party went on until the closing hours.”

Better implants, improved surgical techniques and a more indepth understanding of how to treat a patient’s pain during and after surgery have helped make toRegister/Jeff Harris (MCT) tal knee replacements available to Jerry Brooks takes a break from jogging in a wider patient base, from youngNewport Beach, Calif. er people like Olson to long-suffering seniors.

The evolution of the procedure replacements were performed in up their active lifestyles without a comes at a time of surging de- the United States last year, and that fight.

“I would say at least half of my mand: About 600,000 total knee number is expected to increase to 3.5 million a year by 2030. patient population is under 65,” “The need for surgery is ex- Caillouette said. “Twenty years ploding,” Dr. James T. Caillouette ago, that was not the case. But it’s said, surgeon in chief at Hoag Or- not unusual for me to see a patient thopedic Institute in Irvine. in their late 30s or 40s with endShorter hospital stays and fast- stage arthritis who needs surgery. er, less painful recovery periods We used to be very fearful of dohave made the operation popu- ing that, because we didn’t think lar among patients who are both the implants would last very long. older and younger than used to Now, with the new generation of be the norm for such candidates. designs and materials, they look Baby boomers are hitting the age like they’re going to last a very at which their knees are wearing long time, 20 to 30 years or lonout, and they’re not willing to give ger.”

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felt unstable as they tried to walk stairs, or that the gadgets simply felt strange inside them.

“The goal was, what’s it going to take to make it invisible?”

Caillouette said.

Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which opened in November 2010, has become one of the highestvolume orthopedic centers in the country. Nearly 1,500 knee replacements were performed there in 2012, a 28 percent increase over 2011. DePuy launched the Attune in March (Caillouette im-

planted the first one on the West Coast), and between that model and the others, the 70-bed hospital should become an even busier place.

Patients are usually kept for at least one night after undergoing the procedure, but the protocol for their treatment has changed vastly over the years.

Knee surgery hurts, a lot, and this used to be a deal-breaker for many patients. But Caillouette says patients receive different kinds of pain treatment: Gone are the days when only general anesthesia would be used, leaving the patient groggy and out of sorts upon awakening. Also, more care is taken to avoid cutting some soft tissue inside the knee.

“Now a patient will wake up from surgery without pain,” said Caillouette, who along with Gorab is a founding partner of the Hoag institute. “They don’t need IV narcotic pain medicine around the clock, because we’re giving them little doses of different things, as opposed to hitting them with a sledgehammer.”

Patients are now encouraged, by nurses and physical therapists, to begin walking within six hours.

Jerry Brooks of Newport Beach, Calif., got his arthritic right knee replaced in 2002 and his left knee in 2003. He says

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But even the boomers’ Greatest Generation parents are getting the implants in higher numbers.

Life expectancy keeps increasing, of course, but there’s also a greater awareness of how quickly health can decline if immobility leaves an elderly person homebound and isolated.

“A lot of the patients will come in and think they’re too old. And there’s nobody who’s too old for the operation anymore,” Dr. Jay R. Lieberman said, head of orthopedic surgery at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. “The major reason why we do these operations in patients in their 90s is for pain and because patients will literally say to you, ‘I don’t want to live if I can’t walk.’ Because it’s not much of a life for an elderly patient to be trapped inside.

They’re cut off from their family and their friends.

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Researchers studied how patients move and what deficiencies had hampered previous designs.

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High blood pressure a silent killer Have you ever been told your blood pressure was high and you should see a provider about it?

You wonder why. It’s not that bad, what’s the big deal? High blood pressure is a higher than normal pressure within the arteries that carry blood to your vital organs. When blood flows into these organs under this higher pressure, changes occur within the organs over time which weaken them and greatly increase the risk of complications such as heart attack and stroke.

What causes high blood pressure?

Many factors work together including genetic tendency, excessive intake of salt, alcoholic beverages, poor diet and lack of exercise leading to being overweight, chronic emotional distress, etc.

Other chronic diseases such as sleep apnea, thyroid disease and certain medications like anti-inflammatories also contribute.

High blood pressure is defined as greater than 140/90, but studies show even milder elevations or “prehypertension” are also significant and helping patients develop healthy habits during that phase can reduce their overall risks and help delay the need for medications. Most patients have no symptoms of high blood pressure at these lower levels, but the damage goes on, hence the term “silent killer.”

At least 30 percent of adult Americans have high blood pressure, yet only about 50 percent of those are adequately treated for this deadly disease.

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What ails baby boomers as they age?

As baby boomers march toward retirement at the rate of 10,000 a day, they are encountering unexpected ailments along the way. These are not diseases that will kill them but nuisances that remind them they are aging.

And aging is not something baby boomers take in stride, as evidenced by the popularity of Botox and Viagra.

Among the ailments being diagnosed in increasing numbers, as middle age attacks America’s most populous generation, are these five: shingles, vertigo, tinnitus, weakened depth perception and menopausal acne.

More people check into the doctor’s office with these afflictions because they’re living longer and discovering new issues, said Dr. Michael Link, a family practitioner in Kissimmee, Fla. “My practice has aged with me,” said Link, who opened his office 30 years ago.

Though doctors struggle to explain why the immune system takes a dip between ages 40 and 50, they suggest the best way to avoid these irritants is to practice a healthful lifestyle.

“The key to middle age is to stay active, eat healthy and don’t give up,” said Dr. Seth Johnson, a family practitioner in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Here are some ways to slow down and combat the five common baby-boomer ailments.

Shingles: This painful skin rash occurs when the virus that caused chickenpox during childhood returns

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Before age 50, the chance of developing shingles is just 1 percent to 2 percent. But after 50, the chance nearly doubles: 2 percent to 3 percent.

A vaccine can decrease the likelihood of contracting shingles, but Johnson doesn’t recommend it for patients younger than 50. The vaccine cuts the risk in half.

“If you have a pain you can’t explain for a day or two and then see a rash, contact your physician,” Johnson said.

If untreated, the virus can cause tender water blisters and worse.

“It can lead to nerve damage and pain for years to come,” said Dr. J. Matthew Knight, a dermatologist in Orlando, Fla. The most effective treatment is anti-viral medication used within 72 hours of an outbreak, he said.

Vertigo: A sensation of dizziness, benign vertigo is most likely caused by natural aging or a head trauma that lodges tiny crystals into the wrong area of the ear. This sends bad information to the brain and knocks off the sense of balance, said Dr. J. Daniel Mancini, Winter Park, Fla., internal-medicine practitioner.

Vertigo can happen to anyone of any age, but it is more common among patients aged 40 to 60.

“Every time they lie down or roll over, the whole room starts spinning for 10 to 30 seconds,” said Winter Park ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Jeffrey Baylor.

If you suspect you have vertigo, Baylor recommended being tested by an ear, nose and throat

specialist to rule out more-extreme causes such as a tumor or stroke.

If correctly diagnosed by a doctor, benign positional vertigo is treatable through the Epley maneuver, said Dr. Clifford Dubbin, an Orlando ENT specialist.

The Epley maneuver involves sequential movements of the head, staying in each of the four positions for 30 seconds.

“If you know you have it, you can save a week or two of misery and do the maneuver,” he said.

Dubbin also said benign vertigo can slowly disappear on its own over time.

Weakened depth perception: Reading glasses often become a necessity for aging eyes, but many Americans don’t realize depth perception can also become an issue, even creating a driving hazard.

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Do-si-do your way to good health MOSCOW — Promenading through your day is just another way to stay fit — in mind and body.

In 1994, Mayo Clinic physician Dr. Aaron Blackburn wrote a letter about the benefits of square dancing, noting it was not only good physical exercise but also a good way to keep your mind alert.

So often in today’s get-fit society people submerge themselves in fitness regimens and act like it’s torture.

I think it is great to find an exercise program that doesn’t feel like a workout and especially doesn’t feel like torture, unless you’re a kid that is.

Many of us learned to square dance in grade school at a time when we may not have wanted to touch the opposite sex. Gary and Karen Bloomfield, current presidents of the Palouse Promenaders Square and Round Dance Club in Moscow, think that may be what holds Commentary people back from square dancing as adults.

“They say they don’t like it, but they haven’t done it since they were kids, when they were made to in school,” Karen said.

I met up with the group recently at the Latah County Fair giving a demonstration of their talents. They meet on the first and third Saturdays from September through May at Lena Whitmore Elementary School. This is an all-inclusive club. They have had participants as old as 90 and as young as 12. Their goal is to get people to enter the square, bow to their partner and have a swinging good time.

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The group has both a caller and a cuer for their dances. Gary Potratz is the traditional square dance caller for the group and John Rich is the round dance cuer. Many of the members have been dancing for years. The newbies, who started about three years ago and are in their 40s, fit in with the members who have been dancing for 40 years as if they have known each other all their lives.

“We’re a family,” one member told me.

The group travels together and, during the summer break, several of them camp together.

The members gave me several reasons they enjoy dancing and being part of the group. Everything from the dresses to keeping their spouse happy

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Palouse Promenaders Square and Round Dance Club give a demonstration of square dance techniques during the Latah County Fair in September.

M O N D A Y, O C T O B E R 7, 2 0 1 3 was mentioned. There was also mention of the exercise and the ice cream they all go out for after meetings.

Watching them dance in the heat that day was enough to make me want to go home and nap. To think this was the first time they had danced since May made me believe the claim square dancing is good exercise, because it didn’t appear to me they had taken any time off at all from dancing.  Hayden can be contacted at phayden@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2243.

The Palouse Promenaders Square and Round Dance Club of Moscow is having a free community event.

The event is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lena Whitmore Elementary School, 110 S. Blaine St. in Moscow.

Members will be teaching square and round dance techniques to those interested in learning during the event.

More information about the event and the club is available by calling (208) 8354140, (208) 882-8366 or (509) 332-7781.

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Palouse Promenaders Square and Round Dance Club of Moscow promenade during a demonstration of square dancing at the Latah County Fair in September.

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Along with dulled depth perception, baby boomers might find they can’t see as well in dim light, which also affects their driving abilities.

Tinnitus: That ringing, buzzing, hissing, sizzling sound in your ears has a name — tinnitus. And it’s fairly common among baby boomers.

“A lot of us grew up listening to hard rock in the ’70s and ’80s, and it can take a toll,” Mancini said. The condition can last for a week to several years.

Tinnitus is related to high-frequency hearing loss, Baylor said, and is cumulative.

“Even when you’re not at the point of hearing loss, one thing you’ll start noticing is a high-pitched ring,” he said.

The ringing of the ears makes up for the absence of sound, and once you hear a ring, it’s likely to recur.

There isn’t a tried-and-true solution for tinnitus, but Baylor said for patients who have hearing loss and wear hearing aids, there’s a 50 percent to 70 percent chance of recovering from tinnitus.

To prevent the condition, wear earplugs to loud concerts and ear protection at a shooting range, he said.

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“You do see people who spent their whole adult life without acne” only to develop it at the onset of menopause, Knight said. “And it’s frustrating” for them.

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