Golden Times, May 2017

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TIMES A monthly magazine for the region’s seniors

MAY 1, 2017 / VOL. 27, NO. 5

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EDITOR: Julie Breslin, (208) 848-2241 / jbreslin@lmtribune.com COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY: Brian Beesley GOLDEN TIMES P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501 goldentimes@Lmtribune.com SUBMISSION DEADLINE for the June issue is 5 p.m. May 15.

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Birthday index:

Birthdays ..................................................................... 6-7 Briefs ..................................................................... 8-9, 19 Crossword/solution ................................................ 10/20 Cryptofun ..................................................................... 19 Dementia: Early signs of Alzheimer’s disease ............... 7 Dementia: MIND diet helps ward off Alzheimer’s ...... 11 Dementia: How to talk to suffering loved ones ......12-15 Dementia: A playbook to plan for health declines ...... 16 Dementia: Computer use found to strengthen mind ...17 Dementia: Alzheimer’s films available online ............. 21 Housecall: Prevention and treatment of back pain ...... 3 Makeup guru: Former Oprah artist’s free makeovers ...20 Meal site list ................................................................. 24 Meeting calendar ......................................................... 24 Need a Hand | Lend a Hand ........................................... 4 Reader Essay: A perfect day remembered ...................... 5 Senior meals/Meals on Wheels menus ................... 23/24 Sudoku/solution .......................................................19/6 Word scramble ............................................................. 19 Word Search/solution ...............................................18/8

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Dona Baker Virginia Barkley Ruth Aram Teresa Uptmor Wanda Hoskins June Corrin Tommie Frazier Page 7 .............................

Marie Eier Fay Garges Dottie Mundhenk

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What is the difference between Tennis Elbow and Golfers Elbow?

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Tennis elbow, also called lateral epicondylitis, is an overuse injury causing pain on the outside of the elbow.

This condition is caused by repeat bending back (extension) Larry Ohman, PT, OCS and turning (rotation) of the forearm and wrist muscles.

Repeated and forceful activities such as turning a screw driver, chopping food, and swinging a tennis racquet, can lead to tennis elbow.

Golfers elbow, also called medial epicondylitis, is a common overuse injury that causes pain on the inside of your elbow. Muscles in the forearm that bend and rotate the wrist toward you attach to the inside of your elbow. These muscles, together called the flexor pronator group, allow you to curl your fingers and bend your wrist for gripping.

The lateral epicondyle is the part of the upper arm bone where forearm muscles attach. The medial epicondyle is on the inside of the elbow and serves as attachment for the other forearm muscles. Both may involve tiny tears in the tendons at their attachment to the elbow, resulting in irritation and pain. Symptoms include pain and burning at the outside/inside of the elbow, and this pain usually starts gradually and without an injury. Both medial and lateral epicondylitis can cause difficulty lifting or grasping objects, and pain with repeated movement of the wrist and elbow.

Physical Therapy can help prevent and treat tennis elbow and golfers elbow by teaching how to use proper technique and equipment, avoiding repeated movements when able, and including stretching and strengthening of the arms in your fitness routine. Pain relieving modalities and taping can also be helpful!

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Back pain in adults: Prevention and treatment

l Rest from aggravating activites, typically for 3 days maximum, may be beneficial after an injury.

Any longer than 3 days may cause muscle weakness, leading to a further delay in healing. l Alternating heat and ice therapy. Heat causes muscle relaxation and improves blood flow to the injured area. Ice, or cold therapy, decreases inflammation and helps

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back surgery is usually recommended.

l TENS unit. A transl Other treatment may cutaneous electrical include massage, yoga, nerve stimulator, preacupuncture, traction and viously available by medications such as antiprescription but now depressants to help with available over the counchronic pain. ter at most drug stores, Part 2: This is the second may be used installment in a twol Corsets to help pain. A part series on back pain. and braces are TENS unit sends Causes and treatment generally not stimulating l Skeletal-muscle rewas the focus of the last helpful in treatlaxants may also be indi- pulses across month’s House Call coling or preventing umn. It can be found online cated to help the muscles the surface of back pain. the skin and relax.

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Julie Breslin injuries, such as sprained stretching, such as walkIt is important to at jbreslin@ ankles or knees. take care of our l Injection ing, swimming, stationary lmtribune.com or backs and avoid bike, low-impact aerobics. of steroids (for (208) 848-2241. l Anti-inflammatories: injury. Not every inflammation) Aspirin, ibuprofen (the l Physical therapy (PT) and/or numbing medica- patient with back pain active ingredient in Adneeds to have imaging or referral to help develop a tion into the spine for vil or Motrin), naprosyn see a specialist — most formal exercise program. pain control is indicated (the active ingredient in some patients. They are patients with back pain PT referral is recomin Aleve) or prescriptypically administered at treat themselves. But if mended if back pain has tion medications (such back pain that doesn’t a pain or orthopedic or been present more than as meloxicam or Mobic) sports medicince clinic by respond to rest, ice/heat, four to six weeks, though may help both the pain anti-inflammatories and/ someone trained in this sometimes acute back and the inflammation in or stretching, an appointtechnique. pain (of only a few days the back structures. If ment with your primary duration) may also remedication is needed, care doctor may be needl Surgery may be spond to PT if an appointit is usually more effeced to discuss diagnosis ment is available quickly. indicated for back pain, tive to take a dose on a and management. depending on the cause regular basis for three to ——— of the pain. This usually l Manipulation is a five days rather than us- technique used by physi- requires evaluation by Todd, MD, FAAFP is a boarding the medication only imaging prior to surgery, certified family physician at cal therapists, chirowhen the pain becomes Moscow Medical at 213 N. Main with either plain films practors, osteopaths, unbearable.

St. in Moscow. A former Army (X-ray) or MRI or CT massage therapists and physician for 13 years and with others to treat acute and scanning. If back pain l Acetaminophen (the Providence for three years, she chronic low back pain. It is caused by a serious active ingredient in Tyle- involves moving a joint moved to the Palouse in the condition, a referral to a nol) may be used for pain, in the spinal column besummer of 2016. Her office may be neurosurgeon or orthoas well. It is not an antireached by calling (208) 882-7565. yond the normal range of pedist who specializes in

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l Rarely, narcotics may be indicated for acute back pain. Chronic back pain may also respond to narcotics, however, long-term narcotic use may lead to dependence, tolerance, altered mental status and confusion.

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ack pain is one of the most common complaints at the doctor’s office. Up to 84 percent of adults have back pain at some time in their lives, and more than 25 percent of U.S. adults report having back pain in past 3 months. Back pain has high costs, both direct and indirect, and it is a common reason for missed work.

There are four main regions of the back, including seven cervical vertebrae in the neck; 12 thoracic vertebrae in the upper back; five lumbar vertebrae in the lower back; and the sacrum and coccyx (or tailbone), which are fused bones found at the base of the spinal column.

Back pain may be acute (recent) or chronic (long term). It may result from an injury or may be a gradual development over time.

Management and treatment of low back pain often depends on the cause. Here are some common methods of alleviating pain:

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A valid driver’s license Need a hand? and auto insurance are Need a hand– Area residents with disrequired.

Lend a hand abilities who could l A local hospital has volwas formerly benefit from the services unteer positions available published as listed above are invited at the front lobby informaVolunteer to contact the Disability tion desk, in admissions, Opportunities.

Action Center-NW. day surgery waiting rooms This monthly Lend a hand and the hospital gift shop. feature is a free public service.

The Disability Action Centerl America Reads needs Its goal is to NW Inc. needs a volunreading tutors to help connect area teer receptionist in its students become proficient volunteers with Lewiston office to answer readers. Volunteers need folks in our phones, greet and direct to be able to commit to at communities visitors and perform least an hour a week for who need their various clerical duties. the school year. services.

Hours are flexible. l Disaster Action Team (DAT) member: first Lend a hand responders provide comfort and The WA-ID Volunteer Center, lodirect assistance to help those cated in the Lewiston Community affected by disaster as they begin Center at 1424 Main St., provides the recovery process. Training is individualized volunteer opportuprovided. nities for those wishing to serve l Pillowcase Project Presenter is a

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preparedness education program for the third through fifth grades that teaches students about personal and family preparedness and safety skills, local hazards and basic coping skills. Training is provided. l A food bank needs a team leader to oversee groups of volunteers.

The leader will work with food bank staff, provide orientation and supervise projects. l Project Warm-Up: Join a small group of volunteers to knit, crochet or weave from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The hats, scarves, mittens and lap robes created will be donated to more than 30 nonprofit agencies in the fall. Yarn is provided. l The volunteer center is looking for three people to help contact, train and recognize volunteers. l Food banks need help stocking shelves, staffing front counters, boxing and distributing food.

Current need is for Tuesdays and Thursdays. l A nonprofit organization needs a receptionist. General knowledge of computers and other office equipment is helpful, but not required. l A nonprofit thrift store needs people to work as cashiers and on the sales floor and do general cleaning, pricing and other tasks needed. l The Idaho State Veterans Home

needs people willing to read, play games. plan activities and/or just socialize with residents.

Lend a hand CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) is a national association in need of volunteers. CASA advocates help abused or neglected children who have been removed from their homes. Training is provided. The regional office can be contacted at jlouisecasa@gmail. com or (208) 746-3378.

Lend a hand Interlink provides volunteers to enable elders and those with disabilities to live independently in their own homes. The office is located at 817A Sixth St., Clarkston; office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Thursday. The phone number is (509) 751-9143.

Volunteer applications are online at www.interlinkvolunteers.org.

——— To submit Need a hand | Lend a Hand items: Golden Times publishes Lend-A-Hand volunteer opportunities in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley monthly as a free public service. Area agencies who wish to take part may send information to goldentimes@lmtribune or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501.

All submissions are edited for brevity and clarity, and will run as space allows. Questions may be directed to editor Julie Breslin at jbreslin@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2241.

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The morning quiet of this perfect day was shattered in a spectacular way

Reader Essays Readers are invited to share essays of 300 or fewer words on monthly themes. Staff will choose the best for publication.

The theme for June is “Sweet summer days” The deadline is 5 p.m. May 15.

A view of Green Mountain taken near the elk camp. BELOW: Connie Breckenridge rides Randy and ponies Rusty as Jenny looks on in this 1998 photo taken in the Wind River Mountains, Wyo. Tom Rinkes photos

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was mid-September, and my husband and I were at our elk camp in Wyoming. We were doing an archery hunt before rifle season opened, and we had the forest to ourselves.

We were up at 3:30, saddling the horses by lantern light in the 20-degree chill. We mounted the horses and headed to the small river, where we waded across using our headlamps for safety. Once across, the headlamps were turned off and only used for emergencies.

We scrambled up steep game trails for the next mile. It was a new moon with only the stars for light, but the Milky Way streaked a comforting glow across the sky. The horses knew this trail well, and we trusted them to pick the best path through the pines and pockets of sagebrush meadow.

We finally reached an old logging skid trail that had been closed to vehicles for many years, and we gave the horses a much-needed breather. Here the trail slowly contoured and climbed the mountain, but young trees were now encroach-

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trees. The horses would be content to patiently wait and rest from their workout while we continued the rest of the way without them.

We quietly shouldered our daypacks and gear and proceeded up the skid trail, which was now so choked with regrowth trees that it was difficult to walk through. Finding a good spot to ambush an elk, we sat and waited. We had an hour yet before sunrise, but it gave us time to relax a little and for things to “settle” in case we had been heard moving through the trees.

Suddenly the silence was broken by the clear, distinct sound of a bull elk bugling on the nearby ridge. A minute later another elk bugled from the ridge behind us. Then another elk bugled ing into the road, and in places, trees had from a third location. We realized we fallen across the trail, slowing our ascent. were surrounded by bull elk, courting us with their calls and grunts. We countWe rode in silence for another two ed more than 50 bugles from at least 12 miles, with only the occasional sounds bulls in just a half hour. It was magical of shod hooves striking stones comand surreal hearing the chorus of elk ing from us. The night was not silent, bugles echoing through the mountains though. Several great horned owls in the ghostly light of pre-dawn. whoo-whooed their conversations, and The horses are now gone and we have a porcupine shuffled in the brush as he made his escape from the night intrud- moved to town, but I will cherish the memory of the companionship of our ers. In the pitch dark, we breathed deeply the smell of pines and heard the horses and my husband, and the thrill of that morning — a perfect day. soft breeze rustle in the aspen leaves.

We eventually reached the edge of a — Submitted by Connie small clear-cut, where we dismounted Breckenridge, 63, Clarkston our horses and securely tied them to GOLDEN TIMES

Anyone 55 or older in the readership area may submit one essay per month. Electronic submissions are preferred at goldentimes@ lmtribune. com. Essays may also be directed to the Tribune office at 505 Capital St., Lewiston, ID 83501.

Entries must include the writer’s name, age, city of residence and contact information. Golden Times edits submissions for grammar, factual errors and to conform with Associated Press style.

Questions may be directed to Golden Times editor Julie Breslin at jbreslin @lmtribune. com or (208) 848-2241.

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Birthdays > May 2 Dona Baker, 85 Dona L. Baker of Clarkston was born in 1932 in Lewiston.

The following open letter was submitted by her children.

Dear Mom, Because of our hectic lives, we sometimes forget to tell you how important you are to us.

You raised eight children, welcomed their husbands and wives and held 12 grandkids, eight greatgrandkids and three greatgreat-grandkids close to your heart, teaching us all what grace and forgiveness are and how to forget as well as forgive.

You were always up for adventure — usually with friends, but no need for companions as you drove your little Chevy southward to California, east to Texas and home again.

At 83, you made one son’s longtime dream come true, riding with him from Daytona, Fla., to Montclair, Calif. — on the back of his motorcycle.

You’ve been willing to share secrets, wipe away tears and make each of us feel we are your “favorite.”

You’ve been generous with your time, talents, smiles and provided us with the foundations to be good friends and citizens.

We are making a difference in our worlds every day because you taught us how.

Thank you for being “Mom” and have a wonderful 85th birthday!

Love, Your family

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Virginia Barkley, 90

Teresa Uptmor, 90

June Corrin, 90

Virginia Lee Doty Barkley of Clarkston was born in 1927 in Coquille, Ore. She moved to the LewistonClarkston Valley when she was 12, graduated from Asotin High School in 1945, and married Jack D. Barkley in 1948.

They raised three children and farmed on the Anatone flat until retirement. Retirement years were spent in Yuma, a cabin above Anatone and their home on Asotin Creek.

Jack died in 2011. Virginia has seven grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren. Her children and their spouses will hold an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. May 7 at Evergreen Estates. Friends and family are invited to attend.

Teresa E. Uptmor of Keuterville was born in 1927, the oldest of 12 children born to Joseph and Lizzie (Engel) Enneking. After graduating from St. Gertrude’s Academy in Cottonwood, she married Ed Uptmor on Oct. 17, 1946.

Ed and Teresa were married 69 years and were blessed with 10 children, 29 grandchildren and 29 greatgrandchildren. Ed died in 2015.

Teresa belongs to Holy Cross Guild and St. Mary’s Parish. Her faith and family are important aspects of her daily life. She is well known for her skills in gardening, sewing, crocheting and cooking. Many locals have enjoyed her homemade rolls at the Holy Cross fundraiser dinners. Her favorite hobbies include square dancing, pinochle and genealogy.

Her family will honor her with an open house from noon to 2 p.m. May 21 at St. Mary’s Parish in Cottonwood.

June Adams Corrin of Lewiston was born in 1927 in a farm house near Weippe to Clara Makelson Adams and Charles F. Adams.

June graduated from Lewiston High School in 1949. She married Grenold Corrin in July 1949. They had three daughters, Jeannie Carson of Spokane, Juann Auger of Boise and Jan Dickinson, who died in 2014.

June is a member of the Orchards Nazarene Church. She was a leader of a Blue Bird group for three years and assitant leader for Camp Fire Girls for two years. She worked for Twin City Foods in Lewiston and also in Prosser.

Friends and family are invited to a celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. May 27 at the Orchards Nazarene Church, 347 Thain Road, Lewiston.

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Thomasine “Tommie” G. Frazier was born in 1930 in Ballentine, Mont., to Ruth Messer McCurry and Tom McCurry.

Tommie and her husband Kirk, deceased, had two daughters (Kathy and Toni) and four sons (Ron, Steve, Charles (deceased) Mark (deceased) and Jeff).

Tommie went back to school after her children were grown and received her high school diploma. She went on to receive her bachelor’s degree from Lewis-Clark State College, and she worked for many years as an accountant before her retirement.

Tommie is best known as the “pot holder lady.” For years she attended craft fairs, selling thousands of pot holders and other crafts as well as “the world’s best” salsa. Her crafts were purchased as gifts for people all over the United States and some overseas. Her John Deere-themed pot holders were featured on a tree at the Festival of Trees.

Tommie’s interests include crafts, yard sales, bingo, cards and reading.

Family will celebrate her special day with a luncheon and a rousing game of cards.

> May 12 Ruth Aram, 99 Ruth Aram of Lewiston was born in 1918 to Ben and Martha Lightfield of Cottonwood. After her graduation from Cottonwood High School, she attended the University of Idaho, graduating in 1944. She then enlisted in the Coast Guard and served at Coast Guard Headquarters in New York City. During that time, she often attended Yankees baseball games.

Ruth and James Aram were married in Lewiston on Nov. 24, 1946.

They owned Aram Realty, where Ruth managed the office. James died in 1995.

Ruth and Jim loved to travel and made trips to England, Scotland, Italy and Mexico. They had many friends and loved to socialize and play bridge.

During her younger years, Ruth was an active member of P.E.O., the Nez Perce County Republican Women’s Club and St. Stanislaus Church.

She loves to read, cook and watch sports on TV, especially the Seattle Seahawks, Gonzaga Bulldogs and the New York Yankees.

She has two sons, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She will celebrate her birthday with family.

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Wanda Hoskins, 97 Wanda Johnson Hoskins of Culdesac was born in 1920 to John and Florence Johnson in Kendrick.

She married Wayne Hoskins Dec. 14, 1941, in Lewiston.

Descendants include two sons, two daughters, 16 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and a greatgreat-grandchild.

Wanda was a housewife and dairy farmed with Wayne for more than 40 years. The couple retired from the dairy business in 1981 but continued raising beef cattle. They farmed the land until Wayne had a stroke in 2014; he died in 2016.

Wanda has always loved flowers and music, singing and playing piano.

She loves history and enjoys reading about it. She is very patriotic and prays for America and the country’s leaders daily.

Wanda belonged to Gifford Homakers Club in Gifford and has been very active at her church until recently. She is a lifetime member is Cottonwood Creek Community Church.

A family celebration is planned.

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Anna Marie Eier, 90

Dorothy “Dottie� Mundhenk, 87

Anna Marie (Whitehead) Eier of Lewiston was born in 1927 to J.B. and Opal Whitehead in Sandpoint, Idaho.

She graduated in 1944 in Sandpoint and from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Lewiston in 1947.

Marie married Frank Biddiscombe in 1948. Jeanette, John and Joan were born of this marriage, which ended in divorce in 1953. Marie worked for many years at St. Joseph Hospital, until Dr. John Braddock convinced her to work for him.

Doug Eier, a widower with four children, eventually convinced Marie to marry him.

He’d call for a golf game with his buddy Dr. Braddock, and Marie took his calls. He finally asked her to go to dinner, and they wed Sept. 1, 1962, at the CongregationalPresbyterian Church. She became mom to Douglas D., Janet L., Bob and Tom Eier.

The seven children gave them 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Marie is an ardent Republican. Her letters to the editor are usually printed above the fold of the Lewiston Tribune and bring her a lot of praise for her love of country and her wish for fair government.

A celebration is 1 to 3 p.m. May 20 at the Congregational-Presbyterian Church, 709 Sixth St., Lewiston.

Dottie Mundhenk was born in 1930, in Minneapolis, Minn. She attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and then the Minnesota School of Business. She also attended the MacPhail Center for Music.

Dottie was married to Harold Mundhenk. She has three children, two girls and a boy. Her family keeps growing: She has many grandchildren and just welcomed her fourth great-grandchild.

Dottie worked as a switchboard operator for the Service Parts Company.

In grade school, Dottie discovered a love of poetry and music. She enjoys writing poetry and songs, and she plays the organ and piano beautifully.

Other interests include cooking, baking and reading the Word of God. Dottie will be honored at a celebration at 2:30 p.m. May 22 at Wedgewood Terrace, 2114 Vineyard Ave., Lewiston. The public is welcome to attend; reservations are requested by calling (208) 743-4545. ——— To submit birthdays: Birthday announcements starting at age 70 and every year after will be accepted for free publication in the month of the birthday only. Length limit is 200 words. All submissions must include the name and phone number of the person submitting information.

Photos are welcome. To have photos returned, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Submissions may be sent to goldentimes@ lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. Questions may be directed to editor Julie Breslin at jbreslin@lmtribune. com or (208) 848-2241. Information for June birthdays must be received by 5 p.m. May 15.

> May 21 Fay Garges, 90 Fay Garges of Clarkston was born in 1927 in Pacific Junction, Iowa.

He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad, retiring in 1989 after 43 years of train service. He was a member of the United Transportation Union, working for about 20 years as a representative for yar and train service members.

Fay has one child, a grandchild, four great-grandchildren and six stepchildren with Patricia (Asplund) Garges.

Fay and Pat met in Mesa, Ariz., in 2002 and married Feb. 28, 2004, in Las Vegas.

A private birthday celebration is planned.

Don’t get burned June celebrants: Send your birthday information to Golden Times by 5 p.m. May 15.

Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

By Tammy Smith of The Sun Herald

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ou’re deep in a conversation with a friend, and suddenly you can’t remember an acquaintance’s name.

You can see her face.

That name is almost, almost there. But not quite.

Blushing, you laugh, call it “a senior moment� and move on. Five minutes later, that person’s name comes to you. You might overlook it; but then you might wonder, “Am I losing my memory? Should I be concerned?�

Probably not. We all have memory lapses every now and then, and with information overload on a daily basis, it’s no wonder.

But there are some signs of Alzheimer’s disease to look for as we get older.

The Alzheimer’s Association offers these 10 early signs and symptoms you might want to consider if an aging friend or loved one’s behavior has changed recently. They could signal Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. “Every individual may experience one or more of these signs in a different degree. If you notice any of them, please see a doctor,� according to alz.org.

1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life There’s forgetting that

name, and then there’s forgetting something you just learned or asking the same questions repeatedly.

New, extreme reliance on memory prompts, such as lists, is another sign.

2. Difficulty planning or solving problems A family member might have trouble following a recipe that has been a kitchen staple for 30 years or keeping track of monthly bills.

3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks This includes losing your way to the church you attend regularly or to a friend’s house, or forgetting the rules of SEC football when you’ve been a fan since your college days.

4. Time or place confusion In addition to forgetting where they are or how they got there, those possibly suffering from Alzheimer’s might forget what month or season of the year it is.

5. Trouble with spatial relationships This can adversely affect driving or walking. It includes trouble judging distance, color and contrast.

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Briefs of Armed Forces Day. The tour departs from the cenPampered Feet Foot Care ter at 11 a.m. and will reoffers its services in the turn about the same time Clearwater and Lewistonthe next day. Cost: $175 Clarkston valleys. covers transportation and Lloyd and Ellen Linan overnight stay at the gelbach run the business Northern Quest Casino, with the help of three but not meals. Registraregistered nurses trained tion deadline: May 2. in foot care, according to l Historic Wallace Muinformation supplied by seum and Mine Tour, June the Lingelbachs.

16. This is a walking tour of As an RN herself, Ellen the Sierra Silver Mine and Lingelbach said she dishistoric Wallace. Cost: $75 covered her true calling covers transportation and — foot care for the eltours, but not meals. The derly — after 40 years of tour departs from the cennursing experience. She ter at 11 a.m. Registration is a board certified foot deadline: June 2. care nurse.

Lloyd Lingelbach manAsotin County Library ages the business and aids his wife, who sufplans activities fered a debilitating foot The Asotin County Liinjury 10 years ago, as brary has a handful of free she helps clients. adult events planned for The Lingelbachs rethis month: tired to Kamiah in 2004 l From Cycling to Triand have been providathlon: Chris Raykovich ing foot care to the area shares how an overweight since 2005. cyclist became an IronPampered Feet can be reached at (208) 935-0030 man triathlete; 6 p.m.

May 1. for more information and l Foreign film: “Wonappointments. drous Boccaccioi,” 7 p.m.

May 8. This is a story of Sign-up deadlines loom love and trials set against the backdrop of a 14thfor Parks & Rec jaunts century, black plagueResidents 50 and older stricken Florence. Italian are eligible to take part with English subtitles. in trips being planned Not rated. by the Lewiston Parks l Foreign film: “My and Recreation DepartLove, Don’t Cross that ment. All trips begin at River,” 7 p.m. May 15. the Lewiston CommuThis the love story of nity Center, 1424 Main 100-year-old lovebirds, St. Cost doesn’t include Jo Byeong-man and Kang meals or wine tasting Kye-yeol, who have been fees. Registration is reinseparable companions quired and can be comfor 76 years, is Korea’s pleted at the Parks and all-time most successful Rec office between 8 a.m. film. Korean with English and 5 p.m. weekdays; by subtitles. Not rated. calling (208) 746-2313; l Foreign film: “Secrets or online at www.cityof of War,” 7 p.m. May 22. lewiston.org/parksandrec. This story puts both the Lunch and a Tour trip: danger and the humanity l Cinco de Mayo and of wartime friendships Basalt Cellars Winery Tour, squarely on the shoulders May 5: Lunch at Lewiston’s of three children who face El Sombrero, followed by extraordinary circuma tour and tasting at Basalt stances with a maturity Cellars in Clarkston. The far beyond their years. tour departs from the center Dutch with English subat 11 a.m. Cost: $25. Registitles. Not rated. tration deadline: May 1. l Valley Off Road BicyOther trips planned: cling Association: 6 p.m. l Lilac Festival, May 20 May 10 in the downtown liand 21 in Spokane, featur- brary annex. VORBA’s Eric ing a flower festival, car Justis will share highlights show and parade in honor of five off-road rides with

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an hour of the LewistonClarkston Valley. l Book Night @ your library: Discussion of “Before the Wind” by Jim Lynch, 7 p.m. May 25. l Color Yourself Happy is at 6:30 p.m. May 9. l The Job & Career Catalyst Center is available at 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Activities are at the Downtown Branch of the Asotin County Library at 417 Sycamore St., Clarkston, (509) 7585454. The Heights Branch is at 2036 Fourth Ave., Clarkston, (509) 758-4601; and the Asotin Branch is at 215 Second St., Asotin, (509) 243-6010.

AARP offers smart driver courses AARP is offering twoday driving safety classes in May in Lewiston and Pullman and in June in Moscow.

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The first session is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 9 and 10 at the Pullman Senior Center in the Pullman City Hall, 325 S.E. Paradise St. Registration is available by calling Dennis Griner at (509) 878-1420.

The second session is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18 and 19 at CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston. Registration is available by calling Kay Gaines at (208) 816-3450.

A session is planned 8:30 a.m.-noon June 12 and 13 at Good Samaritan Fairview Village, 403 Samaritan Lane, Moscow, with lunch provided Registration is available by calling Axel or Nancy Mitthof at (208) 596-9394.

Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Early registration is strongly recommended.

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Briefs Lewiston library invites seniors to activities The Lewiston City Library has a handful of free adult events planned for this month. l Local History: The Local History & Genealogy collection is available by appointment for perusal. l Coffee & Books: Read and discuss “A Robot in the Garden” by Deborah Install; 10-11 a.m. May 12. l Library board meeting: 5 p.m. May 17. l Friends of the Library Book Sale: fundraiser; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 20. l The library will be closed for Memorial Day May 29.

The library, 411 D St., www.lewistonlibrary.org, may be contacted at (208) 798-2525 or library@city oflewiston.org.

l Painting class: Noon to 3:30 p.m. Mondays l Line Dancing: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays l Fitness class: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays l Pinochle: 12:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays l Senior meals: Noon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at VCC and Asotin Methodist Church, 313 Second St., Asotin l Blood pressure checks: 11:30 a.m. Thursdays l Bridge: 12:30 to 4 p.m.

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home-delivery meal options are available seven days a week: (208) 743-6983.

All activities are held at the community center at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. Registration for activities and trips is required and can be completed at the Parks and Rec office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays; by calling (208) 7462313; or online at www.cityoflewiston. org/parksandrec.

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TO SUBMIT BRIEFS: Groups and organizations may submit Activities planned this event information pertaining month by the Lewiston to seniors in the region for Parks and Recreation free publication in the monthly Department include: Golden Times magazine. All l Line dancing: 10 submissions are subject to a.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. editing and space restraints Thursdays and must include the name and l Pinochle: 6:30 p.m. phone number of the person Wednesdays submitting the information.

Valley Community l Painting group: noon Questions may be directed Center offers activities Thursdays to editor Julie Breslin at l Bridge: noon Fridays jbreslin@lmtribune.com or Activities offered at the l Senior lunches: Noon (208) 848-2241. Submissions Valley Community Center, Mondays and Tuesdays, may be sent to goldentimes@ 549 Fifth St., Clarkston, and 11:30 a.m. Wedneslmtribune.com or Golden include: days. Suggested donaTimes, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, l Foot care: By appointtion: $4 per senior and $5 ID 83501. Information for ment Mondays, (509) 330-1857, and Wednesdays, per non-senior guest. Se- the June issue must be received by 5 p.m. May 15.

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of money to strangers, but more subtle signs include a marked decrease in grooming and sanitation.

9. Withdrawal from activities

This includes withdrawing from clubs, sports or One example is being in social gatherings that once the middle of a conversabrought enjoyment. The tion with friends and sudperson might have trouble denly being unable to confollowing the rules of the tinue in the conversation, perhaps unable to continue sport, or because they can a thought or to keep up with tell something is amiss, what others are saying. The they want to avoid others so the problems are less person may struggle with once-familiar words or call likely to be detected. things the wrong name.

7. Misplacing items, difficulty backtracking We all misplace things, but a person showing signs of the onset of Alzheimer’s might put them in unusual locations (car keys in the freezer, for example).

Once the item is misplaced, the person has difficulty retracing steps to locate it. The person might accuse others of stealing, and this problem can increase over time.

8. Poor judgment The scary incidents include giving large sums

10. Mood or personality changes Someone close to you may suddenly become confused; suspicious; depressed; fearful or anxious; or upset easily, especially when outside comfort zones. Noting these lapses may cause him or her to become touchy (see related story on Pages 11-15).

The Alzheimer’s Association advises scheduling an appointment with a doctor if these signs are apparent. The sooner they are addressed, the sooner help will be available.

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For brain-boosting eats, MIND your diet mins A, C and D as having a positive impact on the brain, though findings are sometimes inconsistent.

To help ward off Alzheimer’s, think before you eat

By Judith Graham

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For the most part, the Canadian and MIND diets concur on foods to be avoided or limited to once-a-week servings, especially saturated fats found in pastries, sweets, butter, red meat and fried and processed foods.

As for dairy products, “there’s no evidence one way or another. If you like your yogurt, keep eating it,” Morris said. Greenwood adds a caveat: Make sure you consume low-fat dairy products as opposed to whole-fat versions.

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iets designed to boost brain health, targeted largely at older adults, are a new, noteworthy development in the field of nutrition.

The latest version is the Canadian Brain Health Food Guide, created by scientists in Toronto. Another, the MIND diet, comes from experts at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Both diets draw from a growing body of research suggesting that certain nutrients — mostly found in plant-based foods, whole grains, beans, nuts, vegetable oils and fish — help protect cells in the brain while fighting harmful inflammation and oxidation.

Both have yielded preliminary, promising results in observational studies.

The Canadian version — similar to the Mediterranean diet but adapted to Western eating habits — is associated with a 36 percent reduction in the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The MIND diet — a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) — lowered the risk of Alzheimer’s by 53 percent.

Researchers responsible for both regimens will study them further in rigorous clinical trials being launched this year.

Still, the diets differ in several respects, reflecting varying interpretations of research regarding nutrition’s impact on the aging brain.

A few examples: The MIND diet recommends two servings of vegetables every day; the Canadian diet recommends five. The Canadian diet suggests that fish or seafood be eaten three times a week; the MIND diet says once is enough.

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OTHER HELPFUL DIETS Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that both the Mediterranean diet and the DASH B12 — found in animal diet have a positive impact products such as meat, eggs, cheese and fish — and on various aspects of cognition, although neither vitamin B9 (folate), found was created specifically in green leafy vegetables, for that purpose. grains, nuts and beans.

“At the end of the day, Because aging affects stomach acids that facilitate our (Canadian) diet, the MIND diet, the Mediterthe absorption of B12, “evranean diet and the DASH eryone who gets to middle diet are not that differage should have a doctor ent; they’re all likely to be check their B12 levels,” helpful,” Greenwood said.

Morris said. A deficiency of this vitamin can lead THE PATTERN COUNTS to confusion and memory Studies promoting problems, while folate dethe cognitive benefits of ficiency is associated with drinking tea or eating cognitive decline and an increased risk of dementia. blueberries have garnered headlines recently. But a Omega-3 fatty acids focus on individual foods found in fish and nuts oils, is misguided, both experts especially DHA (docosasuggested. What matters hexaenoic acid), are highly instead is dietary patterns concentrated in the brain, where they are incorporated and how components of in cell membranes and play various foods interact to a role in the transmission of promote brain health.

The bottom line: Consignals between cells. centrate on eating an as“A primary focus has to sortment of foods that are be maintaining healthy” good for you. “As long as blood vessels in the brain, Greenwood said. “So, heart people are eating a healthful diet, they shouldn’t health recommendations have to worry about indiare similar in many ways vidual nutrients,” Greento brain health recomwood said. mendations, with this ——— exception: The brain has Kaiser’s coverage related to aging higher levels of Omega-3s than any other tissue in the & improving care of older adults is body, making adequate lev- supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and its coverage of els even more essential.” aging and long-term care issues is Other studies point to supported by The SCAN Foundation. calcium, zinc and vitaDreamstime/TNS

What people eat appears to have an effect on brain cells and how they function. diet doesn’t make a specific recommendation. The Canadian diet calls for four servings of fruit each day; the MIND diet says that five half-cup portions of berries a week is all that is needed.

We asked Carol Greenwood, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto and a key force behind the Canadian diet, and Martha Clare Morris, a nutritional epidemiologist at Rush University Medical Center and originator of the MIND diet, to elaborate on research findings about nutrition and aging and their implications for older adults.

they function.

“I don’t think we know enough yet to say that nutrients in themselves support neurogenesis (the growth of neurons) and synaptogenesis (the growth of neural connections),” Greenwood said. “But pathways that are needed for these processes can be supported or impaired by someone’s nutritional status.”

ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS

“Several nutrients have been shown to have biological mechanisms related to neuropathology in the brain,” Morris said.

On that list is Vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant found NUTRITION AND THE BRAIN in oils, nuts, seeds, whole It’s not yet well undergrains and leafy green stood precisely how nutri- vegetables, which is assocition affects the brains of ated with slower cognitive older adults. Most studies decline, a lower risk of done to date have been in dementia, and reduced acanimals or younger adults. cumulation of beta-amyloid What is clear: A poor diet proteins — a key culprit in can increase the risk of de- Alzheimer’s disease. veloping hypertension, car“The brain is a site of diovascular disease, obesity great metabolic activity,” and diabetes, which in turn Morris said. “It uses an can end up compromising enormous amount of energy an individual’s cognitive and in doing so generates function. The corollary: A a high level of free radical good diet that reduces the molecules, which are unrisk of chronic illness is stable and destructive. Vitabeneficial to the brain. min E snatches up those Also, what people eat free radicals and protects appears to have an effect the brain from injury.” on brain cells and how Also on her list is vitamin golden times

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right time,” Garwood said. tart early.

Postponing that painful talk until a crisis occurs That’s the first thing the Alzheimer’s puts the individual — and others — at risk. It also Association recommends when it comes gives sufferers fewer options about their own care. to talking to loved ones about dementia.

While never easy, talking about things “Sooner is always better than later,” Garearly on can minimize the chance of a wood said. “You can avoid a crisis by taking crisis and gives the person a chance to be action in advance.” as involved as possible in the decisions Everyone is different, so there is no single right that will need to be made. or best way to have these conversations, Garwood In order to help in that diffisaid, but it’s best to have a cult process, the Alzheimer’s Association plan going in. Think about recently offered a workshop in Lewiston what you want to get out of and Moscow called “Dementia Converthe conversation and have a  Break the discussion down sations.” Amy Garwood, a registered into several smaller conversations. plan for introducing the topic nurse with Kindred Hospice, presented in a gentle way.  Be prepared to share your tips on how to have honest, caring con“It goes beyond honesty,” own feelings about the matter. versations regarding going to the doctor, Garwood said. “We need to  Use “I statements” — for deciding when to stop driving and makrecognize that it’s a difficult example, “I noticed the other day ing legal and financial plans. topic for this person.” that you didn’t use your blinker Dementia affects 11 percent of those Asking something like, when we were driving. Does that older than 65 in the United States. It brings happen often?” or “I sometimes “Would you want to know if I an increasing number of challenges to noticed changes in you?” can forget to use my blinker when I those living with it and to those close to open the door to future condrive; do you ever do that?” the individual. One of the early challenges versation. Most people want  Rehearse talking about the loved ones face is bringing the subject up to hear from a loved one in subject by yourself or roleplay with this case; but if an individual with the affected individual. someone else.

“These discussions are not easy to doesn’t want to know about  Find a time to talk when the have,” Garwood said. “There’s always a observed changes, it’s OK person is relaxed and comfortable. to ask why not. People who fear of hurting this person that we love.”  Focus on making them feel For that reason, people tend to put off aren’t open to discussion genloved and valued; avoid making the discussion. Whether it’s someone erally have fear about their them feel “cornered.” you’re caring for or someone you care future, Garwood said. about, people often talk themselves out More often than not, of having these conversations, Garwood said. They people in the beginning stages of dementia assume someone else is addressing it, and they don’t notice changes in themselves long before othwant to take away the individual’s sense of indepeners become aware of it, Garwood said, but fear dence. Other times they avoid the topic because the and embarrassment will keep them from talking dementia sufferer insists he or she doesn’t need help. about it. Be aware that sufferers may express reluctance, fear or anger about discussing the But waiting to address dementia helps no one. “ There’s never a good time, there’s never a subject and may be in denial about their health.

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“Suggesting a doctor visit is sometimes all that is needed to get the ball rolling.”

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hen you start noticing changes in behavior in an older individual, it’s important to document what you observe, Garwood said. This is helpful for yourself and can be useful at future medical appointments. Become familiar with the signs of dementia versus typical age-related memory changes. For example, it’s normal for aging adults to take longer in recalling names, Garwood said, but getting lost in familiar places or forgetting recent events may be a sign of dementia.

Dementia symptoms don’t necessarily mean a person has the disease; they can also be caused by a number of treatable health conditions, such as vitamin deficiency, depression or a brain tumor.

That’s why it’s important to see a doctor early on for a diagnosis. It can be helpful to communicate to the people exhibiting — GARWOOD dementia-like symptoms that you’re trying understand the cause of these changes so they can receive possible treatment.

“Suggesting a doctor visit is sometimes all that is needed to get the ball rolling,” Garwood said.

Saying something like “Let’s talk to the doctor about the trouble you’re having remembering appointments” is a much gentler approach than telling someone they should be checked for Alzheimer’s. Begin with going to the loved one’s primary

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“There’s never a good time, there’s never a right time (to discuss dementia symptoms). ... Sooner is always better than later.

You can avoid a crisis by taking action in advance.”

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care physician, Garwood said. Many general practitioners are equipped to care for those with dementia, while some may refer the individual to a specialist once a diagnosis is made.

If you’re noticing scrapes on the car or an Because privacy laws restrict doctors’ increase in traffic tickets or driving mistakes, freedom to speak to others about an individit’s time to have a conversation about when ual’s health, ask loved ones to sign a release it’s time to give up the car keys. that will allow “There’s no single indicator that staff to discuss a person needs to be done driving,” the individual’s Garwood said. “It’s usually a cumucondition and  Suggest making use of Medicare’s lation of events.” treatment with free Annual Wellness visit, which inHaving a talk about driving before you. cludes a mini mental status exam. it becomes a problem allows for the Before the  Pair the doctor visit with something opportunity to develop an agreeappointment, it enjoyable like lunch or some other outing. ment together about how to handle can be helpful  Make sure a family member or carethe situation. Asking loved ones how to prepare a list giver is present for the appointment. they’d like to be notified that it’s time of questions and  Submit questions and concerns to to stop driving introduces the subject concerns, which the doctor before the visit, as well as in a gentle way. Sometimes people can be submitthose other family members may have. will agree to sign a driving contract, ted to the docin which they promise to stop drivtor prior to the  For those reluctant to go, coning when a certain number of condiappointment. sider telling a “therapeutic fib” such tions are met. For example, a person This can help as: “The doctor needs to see you to might agree to stop driving when the doctor idenrenew your prescription.” family members agree that it is what tify problems an needs to happen or if a certain numexam might not ber of unsafe driving behaviors occur. catch or that are being deliberately hidden The conversation can be difficult, but it — people often cover up problems in the shows care. early stages of dementia, Garwood said.

“In hindsight, most caregivers regret alGiving the health care provider an early lowing a person to drive longer than it was heads-up also minimizes embarrassment. safe,” Garwood said.

When discussing driving, it’s important to suggest a plan with transportation alternatives, Garwood said. Whether it is making social connections, appointments or parhether before or after a diagticipating in hobbies, express that you want nosis, driving is another topic to help the individual maintain their same that will need to be discussed level of activity so as to minimize the sense with those suffering a decline of loss. Involve other family members and in mental ability. The freedom to drive is friends to help provide transportation. closely connected with a person’s identity “It’s important to reduce isolation in and sense of independence, Garwood said, those with dementia,” Garwood said, as it and transitioning away from it needs to be can worsen symptoms. handled with care.

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Tips for Talking about Driving  Show empathy. It’s easy to become punitive and controlling when individuals are putting themselves and others at risk, but handle the situation with the care and respect that you would want shown to you.  Show concern for their well being by saying something like “I noticed there are scrapes on the car and I’m worried. Can we talk about that?”  Appeal to the person’s sense of public safety.  Involve a doctor or other professional in the decision.  Frame it as “retiring from driving” — just as they may have retired from work or other activities.  If a person is a hazard to him or herself and others on the road and refuses to discuss the issue, write a letter to the state DMV detailing your concerns about the individual’s driving. Some states will send a letter requiring questionable drivers to retake the written and driving test in order to retain their license.

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ust because a person has a financial and legal plan in place doesn’t mean he or she is adequately prepared after a dementia diagnosis.

“Dementia throws it all off,” Garwood said.

As medical and long-term care costs rise, dementia dramatically increases the cost of living for a sufferer. By talking through legal and financial plans early on, problems can be avoided or minimized, and caregivers are able to proceed knowing they’re making the

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Important steps include finding out what documents are already in place and where they are kept and deciding together who should have copies. Legal and financial documents to identify or put in place include a will, power of attorney, deeds, pensions, Social Security information, stocks, bills and life insurance are all items to consider.

Discussing money and wills with a loved one can feel intrusive, disrespectful and uncomfortable, Garwood said. But it’s important to remember that helping them with these issues is the most kind and loving thing to do. It can also protect them, as dementia patients are vulnerable to those who might take advantage of them.

“There are so many things we avoid talking about, and then there’s a crisis and people end up wishing they had talked about it,” Garwood said. “These conversations go against cultural norms and represent a shift in family roles.”

Though uncomfortable, it can be reassuring to dementia patients to know they aren’t in this situation alone and that they have people to count on in the challenges ahead.

“It can be helpful to say something like, ‘I’m here for you, we’re doing this together, and these are the tools I need to make sure we can keep doing this together,’ ” Garwood said.

Planning early better enables loved ones to honor individuals’ preferences for quality of life as they age, Garwood said. “Talk now, talk often.”

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Those looking for deep dives Lindquist, chief of geriatrics into topics highlighted on the site at Northwestern University’s will have to look elsewhere. ReFeinberg School of Medicine, sources listed are spare and some wondered if people could become of the material presented — for better prepared for such emerinstance, how Medicare might gencies, and so she designed a cover various services — is overly research project to find out. simplified, noted Carol Levine, The result is a unique website, director of the United Hospital www.planyourlifespan.org, which Fund’s Families and Health Care helps older adults plan for preProject in New York City. dictable problems during what Her project has prepared a much Lindquist calls the “last quarter more detailed, comprehensive set of of life” — roughly, from age 75 on. guides for family caregivers about “Many people plan for retireMetro Graphics issues such as home care, doctors’ ment,” the energetic physician visits, emergency room care, rehaexplained in her office close to bilitation and what to expect during Lake Michigan. “They complete they wanted the material on the dementia, having a spouse fall ill and after a hospitalization. Those a will, assign powers of attorney, or die, and not being able to keep site to be practical and concrete. pick out a funeral home, and they up their homes.

The final version “forces people materials are full of useful advice and can flesh out issues raised on think they’re done.” to sit down and think about their Yet most participants hadn’t the Northwestern website.

What doesn’t get addressed is planned for these kinds of events. future in a very helpful and nonThose wanting to know more how older adults will continue living Investigators asked why. threatening way,” said Phyllis about falls can consult materials at home if health-related concerns Mitzen, 74, who worked on the Among the reasons seniors ofcompromise their independence. fered: I don’t know what to do, I’m project and is president of Skyline prepared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and “People don’t want to think Village in downtown Chicago, uncomfortable asking for help, the National Institutes of Health. about the last 10 or 15 years of I’m not at immediate risk of some- a community organization with For dementia, the Alzheimer’s their life, and how they’re going thing bad happening, my children about 100 older adult members. to manage,” Lindquist said.

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he Internet, Facebook, smartphones and other technology might be a challenging new frontier for many seniors, but there are benefits to learning and embracing the evolving technology.

A study at UCLA showed that simply using search engines such as Google triggered key centers in the brains of middle-aged and older adults, areas that control complex reasoning and decision-making, according to a press release at ucla.edu. Researchers involved said the results suggest that searching might help stimulate and possibly improve the function of the brain.

“The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults,” said principal investigator Dr. Gary Small, a professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA who holds UCLA’s Parlow-Solomon Chair on Aging. “Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function.”

You might be familiar with the posit that crosswords, word searches and other puzzles help keep the brain active, but as technology becomes more a part of our daily lives, the influence of computer use, including the internet, also helps keep the mind engaged and may help pre-

“The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults. Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function.”

Professor Gary Small serve cognitive ability.

Study volunteers were between the ages of 55 and 76; with half of them having search experience and half of them had no search experience. Gender, age and education level were kept similar between the two groups, which performed internet searches and book-reading tasks.

While all the partici-

prior internet experience,” said Small, who is also the director of UCLA’s Memory and Aging Research Center.

He said the minimal brain activation found in the less experienced internet group may be due to participants not quite grasping the strategies needed to successfully engage in an internet search, which is common while learning a new activity.

What does this mean? In addition to helping seniors Orlando Sentinel/Red Huber keep up with ever-develRosie Chapman works on Facebook at her Orlando, Fla., home. oping technology, being actively engaged with the pants showed significant control decision-making internet can help stimulate brain activity during and complex reasoning,” brain activity as we age. the book-reading task, the study revealed.

Those who haven’t eminternet searches were “Our most striking braced the internet might another matter. All the finding was that interconsider classes offered at participants showed the net searching appears to senior centers or other losame brain activity as in engage a greater extent of cations. Or there’s always the book-reading task, but neural circuitry that is not a computer-savvy grandthose familiar with online activated during reading child who might provide searches also showed — but only in those with an easy introduction. activity “in the frontal, temporal and cingulate areas of the brain, which

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It was in New York that he honed his craft working at a number of makeup counters before catching the eye of a fashion editor and eventually working with the likes of Glamour, Life and Harper’s Bazaar.

But it was his work with Essence — he did makeup for the model or celebrity on more than 100 covers — that resulted in his work with Winfrey and other major black female entertainers from the 1970s to today.

Wells rattles off celebrity stories — there seems to be an endless number of them — with ease.

He’s “beaten the face” — a positive term used to describe when an artist has applied flawless makeup — of Beyonce, Halle Berry and Michelle Obama.

He was Robin Givens’ makeup artist for important events such as her wedding to Mike Tyson and their now infamous interview with Barbara Walters. He did the makeup > See Makeover, page 22 MOND A Y, M A Y 1 , 2 0 1 7

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Aging boomers, lack of funding for Alzheimer’s may lead to ‘major social and economic crisis’ toll, it can cost tens of thousands of dollars to take care of someone with Alzheimer’s, making it one of he devastating impact of the most expensive diseases and Alzheimer’s disease on provoking some health experts to his own mother — and on predict that it will collapse both his father, who struggled Medicare and Medicaid — and the to care for her — first prompted finances of millions of people.

Gerry Richman to take a hard “This is a major wake-up call to look at the disease. the country about the need to find As vice president of national a cure and to support all efforts to productions at Twin Cities Public find a cure, or there will be a maTelevision, he was the mastermind jor social and economic crisis in behind a 2004 Emmy-winning doc- the United States,” Richman said. umentary called “The Forgetting: A call to action A Portrait of Alzheimer’s.” This year, Richman produced another Part of the problem is that for eye-opening film on the subject. too long, Alzheimer’s was not a “Alzheimer’s: Every Minute recognized disease.

Counts” — which aired across “It’s a weird thing because the country in January on PBS — it’s not physically obvious, but it chronicles the struggles of people causes strange behavior,” exliving with Alzheimer’s and the plained Elizabeth Arledge, writer, emotional and financial challeng- producer and director of both es it poses for their families.

“The Forgetting” and “Every It also forecasts, through inMinute Counts” documentaries. terviews with doctors and re“Only within the last 20 years have searchers, a looming crisis for the people realized that it’s a disease.” country as baby boomers enter Although Alzheimer’s can their senior years and their risk of strike people younger than 65, it developing Alzheimer’s increases. generally occurs in those much “A lot of the experts use the older. The risk of developing term ‘skyrocket,’ ” Richman said, the disease doubles every five referring to the potential deluge years after 65, according to the of Alzheimer’s cases.

National Institute on Aging. It The current numbers are scary becomes much more common enough. More than 5 million Amer- among people in their 80s and icans have Alzheimer’s — with one 90s. With longer life spans come new case identified every minute. greater numbers of people at risk Alzheimer’s is a neurological of Alzheimer’s. disease that robs a person’s mem“There hasn’t been a large ory and ability to care for oneself. population of 85-year-olds until There is no known cure, and it is this generation,” Arledge said. not reversible.

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amount of funding for medical Tips for prevention research dedicated to it. Over the Despite limited research past four years, federal fundfunds, some promising discoving for the disease has doubled eries have been made in recent to $991 million. But that amount years. One finding, discussed in still pales in comparison with the the film, is that sleep — particubillions the federal government larly deep sleep — may have a spends on research for heart disprotective effect on the brain and ease, cancer and HIV/AIDS. help ward off dementia.

Death rates for “Part of the thought those diseases have > Documentaries is that the proteins that dropped. Alzheimare abnormal in the available online er’s research adbrain that probably “The Forgetting: A vocates are hoping cause or contribute to Portrait of Alzheimer’s” for a similar outAlzheimer’s disease are can be viewed at https:// come if funding is continually being turned increased. Arledge over and metabolized,” www.youtube.com/ said that message Petersen explained. watch?v=YUfZP3vcEK4 comes through in “They get washed out in “Alzheimer’s: Every the documentary. the spinal fluid system, Minute Counts” can be “If there’s someand metabolized, and on viewed at http://www. thing that people pbs.org/show/alzheimers- their way. It turns out will come away that during sleep, there’s every-minute-counts/ with from the film, an important trafficking it would be that of this amyloid protein, things can change when people which is thought to be one of the mobilize,” she said. major culprits. And if you don’t get In the meantime, medical adequate sleep, the clearing of the researchers are in a race against protein may be impaired, and that time to develop new therapies to may contribute to some of the buildbetter treat Alzheimer’s sympup of the protein and the toxicity.” toms.

In addition to sleep, other “Do we cure cancer, heart dislifestyle behaviors may minimize ease or diabetes? No, but we can your risk of dementia-related illmake significant progress,” said nesses. Among them: Dr. Ron Petersen, director of the l Regular aerobic exercise, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s dissuch as brisk walking every day. ease Research Center. “So if I’m l Eating a Mediterranean diet. destined to develop Alzheimer’s l Connecting socially. “Avoid disease-related changes in the withdrawing and watching TV brain at age 75, and I can push all day when you’re retired,” that to age 78 or 80, that’s a big Petersen recommends. “Remain deal. That’s why I say delaying active in society. Those kinds of onset and slowing progression is a stimulating activities are genermore realistic goal than a cure.” ally good for the brain.”

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> Continued from Page 20 for Lauryn Hill’s neo-soul classic “Doo-Wop (That Thing)” video in 1998. He was also there for a number of Aretha Franklin photos — he calls her “ReRe.” His work was so good, he said the late Joan Rivers demanded to know how much plastic surgery his clients had done.

“I told her ‘Black people don’t get cut. I’m the doctor,’ as I took out my brush,” he recalled with a chuckle. “I think I shocked a lot of people.”

The women in his retirement community eat up every juicy detail.

“This is what we have to go through,” Lievers exclaimed with a laugh.

Wells started out during a time when there were no major cosmetic companies that catered to black women.

Wells had to customcreate his own makeup, concocting lipstick and eye shadow for his black clients with foundations and powders meant for white skin tones.

“Oprah never credited makeup companies in the beginning because we had to make it up. Oprah didn’t believe in lying,” he said. “I had to create all of the makeup. They just didn’t exist.”

It was Wells’ willingness to pioneer new makeup techniques for black women that caught Winfrey’s eye, according to Wells.

“I did contouring in 1981 before it became a clown’s look,” Wells said.

Wells remembers when he first completed the makeup on the budding media mogul’s skin for an Essence cover.

“She said, ‘I’ve never looked this good before.’ I told her that I could make her look that good every day,” he recalled of the 1986 encounter.

By 1990, Oprah relocated Wells to Chicago to be her full-time makeup artist.

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Dorothy Lievers, 65, gets a makeover from Reggie Wells.

“The lighting was not acceptable for black people,” he said, adding that he incorporated six spotlights, which were traditionally used in theaters, for studio tapings. “I told Oprah that I would never win an Emmy with this [old] lighting.”

Wells delivered. In 1995, he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup. He was nominated four additional times.

Wells is quick to attribute much of his success to his work with Winfrey.

“There’s no secret how Oprah is not afraid to show herself,” Wells said while swiveling between two chairs as he put the finishing touches on Lievers.

“You extend yourself and leave parts of yourself behind. If you don’t give, you don’t receive.”

Wells said he traveled the world with Winfrey during the rise and height of her career.

“I was available to her 24/7. I was at her beck and call,” he said with a laugh.

It was through these trips that Wells said he learned the meaning of giving back.

“Oprah is a genuine giver and an exciting woman who thinks that everything is possible,” he said.

Winfrey, who was traveling, could not be reached for comment for this story, according to a spokeswoman.

Meanwhile, Wells’ work for Essence and Winfrey garnered many fans.

Ursula Augustine, a professional makeup artist based in Philadelphia, said she collected each issue of Essence and studied Wells’ work while growing up in Philadelphia.

“Essence was my athome makeup course. It

was my beauty Bible,” said Augustine, who owns Ursula’s About Phace Rittenhouse Makeup Studio and whose celebrity clients have included Prince, James Taylor and Jesse Jackson.

It was Wells who inspired Augustine to become a makeup artist, she said, adding that she even took a master class with him at the annual International Beauty Show in New York City.

“To say that Reggie Wells is just a makeup artist is like saying the Grand Canyon is just a hole in the ground,” said Augustine.

Baltimore-based fashion historian Caprece JacksonGarrett is excited to have Wells back in the Baltimore area. She has admired his work for decades.

“He understands how to enhance a woman’s features,” she said. “He’s a real makeup artist for real women. I think that’s why he was with Oprah for as long as he was. He knew her face. It was a face that we loved. And he kept that face relatable.”

In addition to the makeovers, Wells has taught master makeup classes in the Baltimore area. He’s currently working on a memoir.

“You won’t be able to put it down,” he promised.

And he’s looking to pitch his signature makeup compact he calls the Clock pot on “Shark Tank.”

But in the meantime, he’s bringing smiles to the faces of Baltimore’s seniors.

“It’s been quite interesting knowing Reggie,” Marie Dingle, 79, joked as she waited for Wells to apply the last flicks of powder to solidify his work of art. “I feel great knowing that he did Oprah. That’s even better.”

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leWiSTon Senior nuTriTion Program — When: Noon, Mon./Tues./Wed. • Where: Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. and the United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors age 60 and older; $5 for nonseniors • note: Menu is subject to change tatoes/veggies/breadstick/fruit

2 Stuffed peppers/green beans/ coleslaw/whole wheat roll/fruit

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

8 Chili con carne/veggie salad/

9 Spaghetti/green beans/carrot

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

15 Taco pie/corn/refried beans/

16 Meat loaf/mashed potatoes/

22 Teriyaki chicken/rice/car-

23 Spaghetti/green beans/

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

30 Lasagna/gelatin salad/green

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

1 German sausage/mashed po-

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carrots/fruit/cornbread

spinach salad/fruit/cornbread

rots/coleslaw/fruit

29 Closed for memorial day

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salad/garlic bread/fruit

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Hungarian pork chops

17 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): gravygreen beans/pea salad/fruit Ham

garlic bread/fruit

beans/spinach with berries/fruit

Roast beef

Senior meal TH F menus for May

Pineapple chicken

Senior round Table nuTriTion Program — When: Noon, Tues./Thurs./Fri. • When: Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston; and the Asotin United Methodist Church, 313 Second St. • Cost: $4 suggested for seniors age 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors • note: Menu is subject to change 2 Chicken pot pie/mixed veggies/beets/

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fruit cocktail/pudding with wafer cookie 9 Baked chicken/stuffing/green beans/ veggie gelatin/peaches

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16 Meatloaf/mashed-potato casserole/

winter mix veggies/roll/apple crisp

4 Hot dog/mac-n-cheese/broccoli/

gelatin with fruit/juice

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Spanish rice

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11 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/ 12 Chicken-wild-rice soup/sal-

gravy/carrots/pears/roll

ad bar/Texas toast

18 Shepherd’s pie/cucumbers/

19 Italian wedding soup/salad

toes/gravy/corn/roll/peach cobbler

chocolate poke cake ** no Clarkston home delivery — asotin closed **

30 Roast pork/mashed potatoes/gravy/

25 Baked fish/french fries/peas/

23 Chicken-fried steak/mashed pota-

5 Taco bar/refried beans/

bar/Texas toast 26 Beef-and-barley soup/salad bar/Texas toast

carrots/pears

carrots/roll/juice/cake/ice cream

moSCoW Senior nuTriTion Program — When: Noon Tues./Thurs. • Where: Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. • Cost: $5 Suggested for seniors 60 and older; $7 for nonseniors. • details: Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m.; soup/dessert available at each service. • note: Menu is subject to change • online: http://users.moscow.com/srcenter

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2 Chicken teriyaki/fried rice/veggies

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9 Broccoli-cheese casserole/brown

rice/steamed carrots

16 Swiss steak with tomato sauce/

mashed potatoes/biscuit/veggies

23 Baked fish/au gratin potatoes/veggies

4 Pork chops/mashed potatoes/gravy/ veggies

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veggies/biscuit

18 Sweet-n-sour pork/butter noodles/

veggies

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25 Old-fashioned mini burgers with

30 Chicken salad-stuffed tomatoes/

lettuce, tomato and onion

mashed potatoes/biscuit/veggies

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11 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/gravy/

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valley meals on wheels — may menu Meals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day. Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day. More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767. Menus are subject to change.

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hot: Tortellini alfredo/veggies sack: Tunasalad sandwich/cottage cheese with paprika/ crisped rice treat

hot: Chicken parikash/rice/ veggies sack: Bologna-andcheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

hot: Beef stroganoff/veggies sack: Turkeyand-cheese sandwich/ tomato-cucumber salad/fresh fruit

hot: Roast turkey/mashed potatoes/veggies sack: Krab-salad sandwich/spinach salad/cobbler

hot: Glazed ham/au gratin potatoes/veggies sack: Curried chickensalad sandwich/relish plate/pudding

hot: Tunanoodle casserole/veggies sack: Ham-and-cheese sandwich/three-bean salad/brownie

hot: Apple cider chicken/ pasta/veggies sack: Roast beef-andcheese sandwich/ potato salad/cookies

hot: Lasagna/ veggies sack: Egg-salad sandwich/green salad/ gelatin

hot: Pot roast/ potatoes/veggies sack: Pastrami-and-cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/ mandarin oranges

hot: Teriyaki 10 chicken/rice/ veggies sack: Chicken-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/applesauce

hot: Barbecue ribs/beans/ veggies sack: Ham-andcheese sandwich/pasta salad/brownie

hot: Mac-andcheese with ham/veggies sack: Tuna-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/cake

hot: Mandarin orange chicken/ rice/veggies sack: Bologna-andcheese sandwich/ coleslaw/cookies

hot: Barbecue 14 pork loin/potatoes/veggies sack: Turkey-andcheese sandwich/cottage cheese/peaches

hot: Chicken alfredo/veggies sack: Eggsalad sandwich/relish plate with dressing/ pudding

hot: Spaghetti and meatballs/ veggies sack: Pastrami-andcheese sandwich/spinach salad/cookies

hot: Chicken cordon bleu/ rice/veggies sack: Chicken-salad sandwich/pasta salad/ brownie

hot: Chicken hot: Salisbury 19 parmesan/ steak/mashed pasta/veggies potatoes/veggies sack: Ham-and-cheese sack: Seafood-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin sandwich/green salad/ salad/apple or orange cobbler

hot: Barbecue hot: Tortellini 22 alfredo/veggies chicken/roasted reds/veggies sack: Tunasack: Egg-salad sandsalad sandwich/cottage wich/baby carrots with cheese with paprika/ dressing/banana or pear crisped rice treat

hot: Chicken parikash/rice/ veggies sack: Bologna-andcheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

hot: Beef stro24 ganoff/veggies sack: Turkeyand-cheese sandwich/ tomato-cucumber salad/fresh fruit

hot: Roast turkey/mashed potatoes/veggies sack: Krab-salad sandwich/spinach salad/cobbler

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hot: Chicken20 fried steak/ mashed potatoes/veggies sack: Beef-and-cheese sandwich/slaw/cookies

hot: Glazed hot: Tuna26 ham/au gratin 27 noodle cassepotatoes/veggies role/veggies sack: Curried chicken- sack: Ham-and-cheese salad sandwich/relish sandwich/three-bean plate/pudding salad/brownie

hot: Lasagna/ hot: Pot roast/ hot: Teriyaki 29 veggies 30 potatoes/veggies 31 chicken/rice/ veggies sack: Pastrasack: Egg-salad sandwich/green salad/ mi-and-cheese sandsack: Chicken-salad gelatin wich/cottage cheese/ sandwich/carrot-raisin mandarin oranges salad/applesauce

R eg i o n a l S en i or M e a l S i t es Deary Shared Council

days, Wednesdays and Fridays

401 Line St., Deary, (208) 877-1717, meals at noon on Tuesdays

Kamiah Senior Center

510 Gilmore St., Cottonwood, (208) 962-7762, meals at noon on Tuesdays

Lewiston Community Center

Cottonwood Community Church

Craigmountain Senior Center

413 Nezperce St., Winchester, (208) 924-6581, meals at noon on Wednesdays

Grangeville Senior Center 108 Truck Route, Grangeville, (208) 983-2033, meals at noon on Mondays and Fridays

Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center

104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick, (208) 289-5031, meals at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mon-

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125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983, meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Moscow Senior Center

412 E. Third St., Moscow, (208) 882-1562, meals at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Nezperce Senior Citizens

501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465, meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Orchards United Methodist Church

1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston, (208) 743-9201,

meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Orofino Senior Center

930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4328, meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Mondays and Fridays

Riggins Odd Fellows Building

121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147, meals at noon on Tuesdays

United Methodist Church

220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301, meals at noon on Wednesdays

313 Second St., Asotin, (509) 758-3816, meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308, meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 758-3816, meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Palouse Senior Meals

Pomeroy Senior Center

Potlatch Senior Citizens

IOOF/Rebekah Hall on Pine Street, Potlatch, (208) 875-1071, meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Pullman Senior Center

325 S.E. Paradise St., Pullman, (509) 338-3307, meals at 11:45 a.m. on golden times

Valley Community Center

Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center

115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553, meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Pullman Meals on Wheels (509) 397-4305

Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767

Meeting s C alenda r THURSDAYS: Weight Watchers, 5-7 p.m., Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston Fridays and Saturdays: Weight Watchers, 8-10 a.m., VCC May 17: Lewiston City Library board meeting, 5 p.m., library, 411 D St. May 20: Sons of Norway, 11:30 a.m., VCC May 22: Seaport Quilters, 7-9 p.m.., VCC

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