A monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications
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Senior lunch menus — Page 3 & 4 Volunteer of the Month — Page 16 House Call — Page 17 Senior Talk — Page 18
Safe Travels Arnold Lee of Moscow does his part to keep the region’s roads safe, teaching AARP classes / Page 10
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INDEX: Social Security Q&A................... Page 5 Briefs .......................................... Page 6 Birthdays .................................... Page 8 Reader poetry ............................. Page 14
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Thought for the month “Spring is shoving up the front windows and resting your elbows on the sill, the sun burning your nose a little.� — Ruth Wolff
WHO AM I? Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 15 Crossword ...................................Page 19 Crossword solution .....................Page 20
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On the cover: Arnold Lee of Moscow was recently named Idaho Volunteer of the Year for his many hours volunteering as an instructor of AARP Driver Safety classes. Photo by: Barry Kough of the Tribune
My birthday is April 1, 1932. I was seen in such ďŹ lms as “Singing in the Rainâ€? and “The Rat Race.â€? In 1955, I married Eddie Fisher. We have two children. In my ďŹ lms the dancing was me but often my singing was dubbed over.
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Lewiston Senior Nutrition Program serves hot lunchs 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.
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 is served year-round. A dessert bar is available at each service.
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Q: How does a blind or visually impaired person sign up for or change a special notice option? A: To sign up or change options, you can: Call us toll-free at (800) 772-1213 (TTY [800] 325-0778); Visit your local Social Security ofďŹ ce; or Contact the U.S. Embassy or consulate if you live outside of the U.S. For more information about your choices for receiving information from Social Security, go to www. socialsecurity.gov/notices. ——— Q: What are the beneďŹ ts of using direct deposit or electronic payments? A: It’s safe, it’s secure, it’s convenient, your checks will not get lost in the mail, you choose the account where your payment is deposited and you will get your beneďŹ ts on time, even if you’re out of town or unable to get to the bank. With few exceptions, nowadays, if you sign up for beneďŹ ts, you must get your payments electronically. And if you are getting paper checks, the deadline to switch to electronic payments was March 1. If you don’t have a bank account, you can use the Direct Express prepaid debit card to get Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments deposited directly into your account. Go to www.godirect.org. ——— Q: I’m 65, not ready to retire, but I want to apply for my Medicare coverage. How can I do that? A: The easiest and most convenient way is to apply online. Use our online application to sign up for Medicare. It takes less than 10 minutes. In most cases, once your application is submitted electronically, you’re done. There are no forms to sign and usually no documentation is required. Social Security will process your application and contact you if we need more information. Otherwise you’ll receive your Medicare card in the
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Group will learn a Norwegian art form
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 May’s issue must be recieved by April 22 to be considered. Questions about submitting information can be sent via email or by calling (208) 848-2243.
The heritage program during the monthly Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will be about rosemaling. The meeting will begin at noon April 20 at the Pautler Senior Center, 549 Fifth St. in Clarkston. There will be a potluck lunch followed by a short business meeting. The group will then learn about rosemaling, a form of decorative folk art that originated in the rural valleys of Norway, as well as make their own rosemaling art. The group is open to those of Norwegian descent and those interested in the culture. Visitors are welcome to all meetings. More information about the group and its meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 743-2626.
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Memory care unit opens at Brookside
OROFINO — Brookside Landing in Orofino has added a Memory Care Unit to the facility. The unit specializes in advanced Alzheimers and dementia care. A secure environment will be offered with the same care offered in the assisted living and independent living apartments. Specialized activities as well as assistance with dressing, mobility, eating and any medications needed, will be offered to residents of this unit. Jill Woolsey, executive director or the center, is available to answer NARFE will hear questions about the center and the about safe driving Memory Care Unit. Brookside The National Active and Re- Landing is located at 431 Johnson tired Federal Employees Chapter Ave., Orofino and can be reached 15 will meet at noon April 24 at by phone at (208) 476-2000. Macullen’s restaurant, 1516 Main Driver safety classes St., Lewiston. The program will be on safe offered by AARP driving practices and habits, presented by a Lewiston police ofThere are four AARP Driver ficer. Safety classes being offered in More information about the April.
MOSCOW — 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., April 15 and 16, at Gritman Medical Center, 700 S. Main St. Register for this class by calling Elaine Broyles at (208) 883-8612. CLARKSTON — 1 to 5 p.m. April 19 and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 20, at Tri-State Memorial Hospital, 1221 Highland Ave. Register for this class by calling Arnold Lee at (208) 301-8844. 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 is open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on drivers licenses and/or insurance discounts.
Diabetes awareness event planned KAMIAH — Seventy-oneyear-old Sonny Nummi will have his third annual weight-lifting marathon on Saturday to raise youth diabetes awareness , here. The Kamiah man’s goal is to meet or top his total weight lifted last year. Last year he lifted 1,492,740 pounds in a 24-hour period at Valley Fitness Center in Kamiah. Donations made to this event will benefit the Idaho Diabetes Youth Program’s Camp Hodi. His goal is to raise $3,000. Nummi, who will turn 72 on Saturday, is a competitive weight lifter who controls his diabetes
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The center is looking for help from the public to find local seniors in need of a nutritious meal to help them meet the goal. Anyone in need of, or knowing a senior in need of, a nutritious meal is asked to call Juniper Meadows at (208) 746-8676. through diet and excerise. Meals will be delivered to recipients. Individuals delivering the Donations can be made and more information is available on- meals will visit with the senior to determine if the recipient’s nutritional line at www.hodia.org, by calling (208) 891-1023 or checks can be needs are being met on a daily basis. If necessary they may make other mailed, along with a note mentioning Sunny Nummi, to Idaho Diarecommendations to ensure seniors in the community are having their betes Youth Programs, 1701 N. 12th St., Boise, ID 83702. needs met.
Early Cinco de Mayo meal planned
The Sixth Street Senior Center in Clarkston will have a Cinco de Mayo meal at noon April 17 at the center. Cost for the meal is $4 per person. There will also be a pancake feed with sausage at noon April 10. Cost for this meal is $4 per person, also. The monthly potluck, with meat furnished by Emeritus Juniper Meadows, will take place at noon April 24. A foot-care clinic will be held at the center beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday. A membership meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 9 and the board will meet at 9 a.m. April 16. The twice-weekly dances will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday of April. Cost is $4 per person. The center’s singers will perform at 10:30 this morning at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Lewiston; at 2:30 p.m. next Monday at Evergreen Estates in Clarkston; at 2:45 p.m. April 12 at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lewiston (formerly Lewiston Rehabilitation and Care Center); and at 2:30 p.m. April 22 at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation Center in Clarkston (formerly Clarkston Care Center). The center is open for a social time with coffee and tea at 10 a.m. weekdays.
Pautler center plans blood drive A blood drive for the American Red Cross will be held at Pautler Senior Center in Clarkston from 1 to 6 p.m. April 10. The center’s board will meet at 9 a.m. April 10. There will not be a foot-care clinic April 17. Appointments for foot care can be made by calling (509) 758-2355 and clinics are held most Mondays and Wednesdays at the center. Pinochle is played from 12:45 to 3 p.m. each Tuesday and Friday, and bridge games are held from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays. Other activities for April include fitness classes from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday, painting classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. each Monday and blood-pressure checks at 11:30 a.m. each Thursday.
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” — Anatole France
Emeritus is looking for help from the community Emeritus at Juniper Meadows has set a goal of delivering 10,000 meals in 60 days as part of National Nutrition Month.
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APRIL 1 RAY ROSCH Ray Rosch of Lewiston will be honored for his 70th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, 731 Eighth St., Lewiston. He was born April 1, 1943, in Albany, N.Y., to Frank and Ann Rosch. He was the oldest
of six boys. He moved to Moscow in October 1975 to take a job at the Appaloosa Horse Club.
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Bennie Wolfe of Orofino is turning 95 today. He was born April 1, 1918, in Glenwood, Idaho. He and his late wife Edna White have three children. The couple lived in Weippe until moving to Orofino.
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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. May birthdays must be received by 5 p.m. April 22.
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He later worked for the Tribune Publishing Company for more than 25 years. Presently he is the director of Interlink — Faith In Action. He and Nancy Jennings Menke were married in 1980. They have two children and two grandsons. He is active in his church, volunteering for many of the outreach activities. He has played piano since he was 6 years old and enjoys playing at Royal Plaza Care Center every Thursday afternoon.
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Gloria L. Anderson of Lewiston will be honored at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at 1341 Ripon Ave., Lewiston. The occasion is her 90th birthday. She was born April 3, 1923, to Arjie and Minnie Allenspach Heckman on the Flatiron, near Waha, where she was raised. She attended the Flatiron School through the eighth grade and attended Lewiston High School. She and Elbert E. Anderson were married in 1943 and they lived in Sacramento, Calif., while her husband was stationed there for the U.S. Army. Following his discharge, they made their home on the Flatiron. In 1957, they moved to the Lewiston Orchards where they raised their family of three children. They have five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 2006. She spent her life being a devoted rancher’s wife and loving mother. She now enjoys her independence, raising roses, doing word puzzles and spending time with her family.
W i l m a (Wright) Hunt of Lewiston will be honored from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Timber Creek Buffet in Lewiston. The occasion is her 80th birthday. No purchase is required to attend. She was born April 3, 1933, in Lewiston, to Leonard and Vivian Madson. She and Malcolm Hunt were married Sept. 18, 2005. She has three children, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. She worked as a secretary at Orchards Community Church and was a bus driver for the Lewiston School District, as well as a wife and mother. She is a member of the Gideons Auxiliary, the Orchards Community Church Missionary Society and many other church activities. She has also been part of several musical groups. Her hobbies include playing the piano and other musical activities, and traveling.
Palmer Chase of Orofino will celebrate his 88th birthday Friday. He was born, the third of four sons, April 5, 1925, to Charles Irvin and Agnes Joanne Chase. After his father became ill the family moved to the Lewiston Orchards. He attended the old Orchards school through the eighth grade and graduated from Lewiston High School. He served in the U.S. Navy and Army during World War II. After he retruned from his military service he attended what is now Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Idaho in Moscow. He retired from teaching and administration in 1988. His wife, Betty, is also a retired teacher. He has two daughters and two stepsons.
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Volunteer of the Year keeps Idaho roads safe Arnold Lee was recently honored for his contributions to the AARP Driver Safety program in Idaho By Mary Tatko
sions and expert speakers, Shepard said. “He kind of has set the pace.” In addition to teaching in Moscow resident Arnold both Idaho and Washington, (Arnie) Lee, 78, has been Lee coordinates area classes driving for almost 65 years, and instructors and maintains but he’s constantly learning Idaho’s statewide database. something new. “He’s an absolutely terrific As an instructor for AARP’s person, ” Shepard said. “I’m just Driver Safety classes, Lee stays fortunate to have someone like abreast of the latest studies, him to work closely with both sharing facts and statistics for district and state with his pupils on the things.” Palouse and in the While Shepard is Lewiston-Clarkston full of praise for his Valley. work, Lee is interestMostly, though, ed only in promoting what he learns comes the program. from the students Shepard described themselves. how Lee turned “Every class I learn the awards gatherprobably more from ing, at which he was the people than they presented with his Linda learn from me,” he volunteer of the year said. “We’re in this Shepard, plaque, into a district together. I’m an older AARP Driver meeting. person, and it has Safety district “We sat down and been a real help to an informal diacoordinator had me. I really believe logue, ” she said. “Bein it.” cause it’s not about us Last month, Lee, a as individuals, it really is about retired IBM systems engineer, was honored as 2012 volunteer the program.” True to form, Lee arrived of the year in Idaho for his for an interview at the Lewiscontributions to the program, after being named volunteer of ton Tribune carrying enough Driver Safety course materithe month in December. als to make an expert out of a “He really didn’t want any novice, ready to talk about the acknowledgement,” AARP program but reluctant to toot Driver Safety District Coordihis own horn. nator Linda Shepard said. Run almost entirely by Shepard, of Moscow, said volunteers, the program relies she appreciates Lee’s dedicaon insurance agencies, law tion to offering high-quality enforcement agencies, driver’s classes. license offices, veterans orga“It’s really hard to quantify nizations, senior centers and it, but he just really goes over community centers whose coand above what the rest of us operation makes local classes do to make things happen for possible, he said. the course,” she said. “The bottom line as far as Since he became an instrucour course is concerned is to tor in 2009, Lee has earned help people be smarter, safer a reputation for conducting drivers and to be able to do it interesting, accessible classes known for lively group discus- as long as possible as safely as Target Publications
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Arnie Lee of Moscow shares specific ideas about how to stay safe while driving, like the distance you need to stay behind the car you’re following. possible,” he said. “The course was designed particularly for people over 50 — although anybody can come to the class.” The program, founded in
1979, was known as 55 Alive until 2000, when it became the AARP Driver Safety Program, which later was shortened to AARP Driver Safety.
“The national office is actually going through a revision of the course — we do that about every four to six years — to kind of bring it up to date
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lent among elderly drivers as with discount, then continuing because younger drivers, cellphone use is of their appreciation for what they among the newer topics addressed in learned — Lee decided he’d like to try Those interested in Lee’s classes. teaching. “Because with cellphone use, “It’s a way of sharing my passion taking a class, schedul- with statistically, especially if it’s handheld other people,” he said. but even with hands-free, the risk of His wife participates in the classes, ing a speaker or becrashing is approximately equal to a greeting students, helping distribute coming a volunteer can materials and setting out refreshblood-alcohol content of .08, which is the legal limit,” Lee said. ments. call Lee at (208) 301Seniors, he said, are “probably a lot Though Idaho recently approved 8844, Linda Shepard less likely to do texting, but we do talk a six-hour version of the class, Lee about texting and that certainly has and other local instructors continue at (208) 883-1002 or become a part of our presentation. to offer the eight-hour class required One study indicated that people are by Washington since attendees come the national AARP 25 times more likely to crash texting.” from both states. Driver Safety toll-free Distractions of any kind are danBecause the class is designed for gerous for drivers of any age, he said. seniors, the delicate issue of when a line at (888) 227-7669. person must “We talk a lot about distractions stop driving is adbecause it’s one of the biggest probdressed. Included in that discussion, lems for drivers today. In fact, the though, are ways to become a better National Traffic Safety Administradriver in spite of age-related chaltion, in conjunction with the Virginia Tech Transportalenges. tion Institute, did some studies, and they have said that “We know that every one of us is coming to the point 80 percent of the crashes and 65 percent of near crashes someday we’ll have to hang up the keys, but before that, if are due to some kind of distraction for the driver.” we are having difficulty driving, there are ways of evaluatCiting statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease ing driving strategies so that we can become safer,” Lee Control and Prevention, Lee tells his students 15 people said. “Because it’s important in an area like this where a day, more than 5,500 a year, are killed because of a lot of people live in outlying areas where transportadistracted drivers, and as many as 1,200 people a day are tion isn’t necessarily real great, so they need to be able to injured. continue to drive.” “Which of course is totally avoidable,” he said. “So Something as simple as learning stretching exercises that’s one of our objectives is hopefully by the time to improve flexibility can help an older person be a better people leave the class they feel that (driving) is a full-time driver, Lee said. If that’s not enough, sometimes profesjob.” sional assistance, such as occupational therapy, can give Initially, Lee said, many attendees sign up because of drivers the mobility they need to navigate safely. the possibility of getting an insurance discount for taking Learning about the limitations aging can cause and the class. identifying options to address those limitations — such “That’s what brings most of them in,” he said. “And I as adjusting side-view mirrors to help cover blind spots address that myself at the very beginning of the class, and and designing routes that include fewer left turns — can I say ‘I hope that by the time you are finished today that help senior drivers stay behind the wheel longer. the discount is frosting on the cake, but what we really “Another thing that Arnold does in his classes is, withget out of this is that we’re going to be smarter drivers, out even knowing it, he creates a great atmosphere that’s safer drivers — and that’s a good thing for everybody.’ ” not judgmental,” Marilea said. “So people, I think, are Though the insurance discount in both Washington more comfortable maybe admitting — not out loud but and Idaho is for those 55 and older, Lee said because the at least to themselves — that, ‘Yeah, I’m having a problem cost of the class is so low — $12 for AARP members, $14 with this.’ ” for nonmembers — he promotes it as a good refresher “I love to have discussions, to get the class involved for all drivers. in discussions, telling a story that bears on whatever “I would love it if people even younger than 50 would we’re talking about at the moment,” Lee said. “Those are think it was a good idea to come to the class,” he said. always instructive — they give us an opportunity to really “We spend some time talking about the effects of aging discuss a real-life situation.” on our driving abilities, such as vision and hearing, depth For all the statistics and techniques he shares, there’s perception, reaction time, that kind of thing. But we don’t one simple piece of advice Lee said is just as important: spend a lot of time talking about them. We talk about Follow the Golden Rule. No matter what your age, he safety strategies, which can help us deal with some of said, safe driving can be as simple as driving the way you those effects of aging, but they’re good for everybody, any want those around you to drive. age.” In addition to teaching classes, Lee and other local Lee and his wife, Marilea, moved to Moscow in 2007 instructors are available to speak to community organizaafter having lived in their RV for several years following tions, such as veterans groups. retirement. Tatko can be reached at mtatko@lmtribune.com After taking the class together several times through or (208) 848-2244. the years — having started because of the insurance
“I would love it if people even younger than 50 would think it’s a good idea to come to the class.”
— Arnold (Arnie) Lee
Arnold Lee of Moscow received a Volunteer of the Year plaque recently for his work with the AARP Driver Safety program. Photo courtesy of Linda Shepard
Why take a Driver Safety class? By taking a driver safety course you’ll learn the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques, and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment. You’ll learn how you can manage and accommodate common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. In addition, you’ll learn: 4 How to minimize the effects of dangerous blind spots 4 How to maintain the proper following distance behind another car 4 The safest ways to change lanes and make turns at busy intersections 4 Proper use of safety belts, air bags, antilock brakes, and new technologies used in cars 4 Ways to monitor your own and others’ driving skills and capabilities 4 The effects of medications on driving 4 The importance of eliminating distractions, such as eating, smoking, and cell-phone use After completing the course, you will have a greater appreciation of driving challenges and of how you can avoid potential collisions and injuries to yourself and others. ——— — Content taken from AARP website: www.aarp.org/home-garden/transportation/driver_safety/
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ď ˇ John W. Jesse
Force as a captain. John married Grace Chapman in John W. Jesse of Lewiston will be 1954 and they had three children. honored at an open house from 1 to He began a banking career with 4 p.m. Saturday in the Parish of St. First Security Bank in 1957 and was Stanislaus Church. The occasion is there for 40 years, during which time his 80th birthday. he worked at branches in Kellogg, He was born April 7, 1933, to Leo Mountain Home and Pocatello, Idaho. W. and Evelyn Jesse, in Lewiston. In 1977, he returned to Lewiston as He got his education at Holy the senior vice president and direcFamily School in Clarkston and gradtor of all the north Idaho branches. In uated from Clarkston High School in 1981, he began working at St. Joseph 1951. He graduated from Washington State Regional Medical Center as a risk manager. He College in 1955 with a degree in business and was commissioned as a 1st lieutenant in worked there for 11 years. In Lewiston, he was active in the Jaycees, the U.S. Air Force. He retired from the Air chamber of commerce and WSU Alumni Association. Peace of mind... His hobbies include reading Uncompromising quality of care. the paper and watching sports on TV.
ď ˇ Iris Mallory Iris Fordice Mallory of Troy, Ore., was honored during the Troy Easter Picnic Sunday for her 90th birthday. She was born April 8, 1923, to James and Tilly Fordice. She grew up in Lost Prairie, Ore., with her five older brothers. She received her education at Lost Prairie and Wallowa, Ore. She and her brothers grew up playing outdoors and riding horses. She married Willard Mallory in 1939, and they spent much of their marriage ranching, raising cattle and packing hunters at Troy. The couple have five children and also raised a nephew. The family also spent a few years in Anatone where they ranched on the Grande Ronde and operated the Anatone Cafe and Locker Plant. She still has her horse, Trixie, and enjoys gardening and raising chickens. She is still a â&#x20AC;&#x153;country galâ&#x20AC;? at 90.
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were married Dec. 27, ď ˇ Mel Willis 1947, in Clarkston. Mel Willis Naomi May Hall of Prior to getting of Grangeville Lewiston will be honmarried she worked will be honored following the for Pacific Northwest ored at an 9:45 a.m. Sunday serBell, but gave that up open house vice at the Wesleyan to be a homemaker. from 2 to 4 Church in Clarkston She has two chilp.m. April with a potluck lunch. dren and four grand13 at the The occasion is her children. Grangeville 90th birthday. Her husband died Senior Center. She was born in 2000. The occasion April 10, 1923, in Big Fall, She is a member of the is his 90th birthday. Minn., to Ernest and Laura Wesleyan Church. He was born April 11, 1923. Himmelright. His children will be hosts Her hobbies include readShe and E. Eugene Hall ing, walking and sewing. for the event.
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They had two children. He died in 1960. Elizabeth Krueger She continued operof Lapwai will celeating the farm and in brate her 92nd birth1965 she married Ed day April 14. Krueger. He died in She was born in 1998. 1921 at Winchester She credits her 92 to George and Pearl youthful years to hard Dill. She attended a work and country livsmall country school ing. and worked on the She has eight chilfamily farm until she dren and numerous grand-, married Ray Lutes. The couple farmed and great-grand-, and great-greatraised cattle near Lapwai. grandchildren.
April 29 Ronald Thrall
at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord, Calif. He married Verla Mehl on Dec. 29, 1954. The couple have four children, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Following his military service, he worked for General Tire in Lewiston. In 1955, he retired from Jaype Mill in Pierce, after 27 years. In retirement, he has spent several summers working as a security guard for Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska in Skagway and Juneau. He is an active member of Faith Lutheran Church in Pierce and will be honored for his birthday following the 10 a.m. Sunday service on April 28.
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April 22 Irma ABell Irma Jean Abell of Lewiston will celebrate her 90th birthday April 22 with her family. She was born, the third of six children, to Eugene and Bertha Tweedy in 1923 near Kooskia. She graduated from Kooskia High School in 1941. In 1942, she and Philip Abell were married. The couple raised four children. The family lived in Portland, Ore., Bremerton, Wash., Headquarters and Clarkston before settling in the Lewiston Orchards in 1967. She worked at Tri-State Memorial Hospital for a time and her husband worked at Potlatch Corp., until they retired in 1984. The couple enjoyed traveling, spending time with family and four-wheeling. Her husband died in 2011.
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Ronald Thrall of Pierce will be honored during a dutch-oven celebration at 1 p.m. April 27 at Pierce Play Park, where friends and family are invited to share a favorite dish and learn from his expertise. The occasion is his 80th birthday. He was born April 29, 1933, in Weiser, Idaho, to Orville and Violet Thrall. The family moved to Orofino when he was 9 years old and later settled in Grangemont. After attending school in Grangemont, he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, during the atomic bomb tests of 1954. He also spent time
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READER POETRY West Wind Whirl on, gusty wind, raise my kite. Your strength keeps it in sight. In from the ocean expanse, you offer the breezy dance. Trees sway in reaching poses, you bring rain on saving high clouds. Thanks for drenching my roses.
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waiting for their mother who feeds and gives them care. A cat came creeping in search of a meal, circles the tree a few times, and up the trunk he went. Headed for the babies looking so content, in flew mother and father bird, flogged the cat scattering his fur as down the trunk he went. Out through the garden up over the fence, haven’t seen that mean old cat creeping around here since. Eva L. Herring, 83, Lewiston
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He walked into his study with a broken heart. His head was in a daze. She had walked right out and left him with two teenage girls to raise. I need to go to bed and try to get some sleep, I have to get up early and go to work, right now I’m dead on my feet. Who’s taking the girls to school in the morning? If they walk all that way, will they be late? Will they come right home and start us something to eat? Is there ball practice that night? If I can’t get home in time to take them, that will start a big fight. Oh dear, do they have any clean clothes to wear for school? Oh my, what’s that laying on the stairs? Oh God, how could you do this to me? Stay with me God and show me the way. Look what I’ve gotten myself into. I’ve been a good father and don’t deserve all this. And that way, I have to stay.
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Junk mail, junk mail, it comes every day. What I don’t use, I throw it away. Catalogs when I can’t buy. Sweepstakes that I won’t even try. Cards, labels, writing pads by the score. I don’t pay and they keep mailing more. People need money, I know, but I just don’t have it to go. Credit card offers when I can’t use. Scam literature, which I refuse. I have an answer for this junk mailed. My burning barrel has never failed. Betty Smith, 78, Moscow
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Street in Lewiston and helped move it to its current location. Through her experience at the pregnancy center she saw a need at St. Vincent and determined she could help more people through its program, so she joined the board of directors. She helped open the doors of St. Vincent’s social services building located on Second Street in Clarkston. Since its opening, she has worked with those in need to get the services that will help them. Through a list of available resources in the area and the services St. Vincent has to offer, she is able to assist people with everything from food and clothing to getting them in touch with an organization that can help with lodging and other needs. “One of the reasons I’m here is because there was a time I needed these things and now I can give back,” Ellen Dekan said. “I feel good about being able to really give the people who come in something. We can’t pay their rent or utility bill but we can help them with budgetary items like hygiene, clothes and food.” In 2011, George Dekan joined his wife at St. Vincent, using his business degree to help with the thrift stores. He worked to get a forklift and bailing machine to use for recycling clothing. He works with recycling compaEllen and George Dekan nies to get the clothes sent to Africa. The money made Ellen and George Dekan of Clarkston are from recycling these items and the proceeds from the the April Senior Volunteers of the Month thrift stores in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley stay here for the WA-ID Volunteer Center. and are used by the social services program to help peoVolunteer work: The couple spend about ple locally. He also helped to construct the Hells Gate 30 hours a week volunteering with social State Park archery range and volunteers for the archery services of St. Vincent de Paul in Clarkston. competition held during the Senior Games here in the She began volunteering at what is now Life valley. Choices Clinic when it was located on G “We retired fairly early and after a while you begin to feel like your useful life is over, but to be able to come to a place You have our Promise like this and be useful, it makes Best price on simple us feel good and we have got to meet so many great people,” cremation. George Dekan said. Career: Ellen Dekan was a stay-at-home mom when she could be but also worked as a bookkeeper at Potlatch Corp. and Idaho Health and Welfare in Lewiston. She has devoted much Jerry Bartlow of her adult life to helping others, 208-743-9464 and was volunteering even while working. George Dekan worked for 32 years at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. The couple “retired” in 2002. He then started a company writing drinking water reports for small communities. She works as the bookkeeper for the business. Family: They were married in 1988 and between them have six children. Hobbies: Even with all the volunteer work the couple does they find time to spend a few months each winter in Arizona, where they enjoy playing ten743-2471 nis. He also enjoys “puttering around” with the rental properties the couple owns, going to garage sales and doing yard 1-800-900-2471 work. Her hobbies include readAll work done by professional memorialists in our own local plant. ing, knitting, crocheting and 1603 Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho 83501 scrapbooking.
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I start my column with this Italian proverb because it captured perfectly the relationships of those attending the spaghetti lunch I ate recently at Orchards United Methodist Church. The lunch is served at the church as part of the Senior Nutrition Program in Lewiston on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week. I was running late on this particular day. Well, late for me anyway. I made it to the church in plenty of time for the meal, but I try to show up at least a half hour prior to the meal when I go to any of the senior meal sites. This gives me time to talk to some of the people who volunteer their time to make these meals possible as well as meet more of the seniors. But on this day I arrived just 10 minutes before the meal, so I paid for my lunch and chose a table at which to sit. My lunch companions were three women, Juanita Reece,
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4 Senior Talk, continued from page 18 “You know, I bet if you check, virtually 100 percent of us read Golden Times. I’m not too much on the reading, but I do look at the pictures,” Niswander joked. Reece moved to the Orchards about 10 years ago from Cavendish and has been coming to the meals since then. “It’s a nice, friendly place to come,” she said. “Sometimes if you don’t care for the food you come anyhow for the social part.”
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This, as I’ve said before in these columns, is one of the most important parts about these senior nutrition programs. The food is important — many of the seniors need the nutrition — but the camaraderie is what keeps them coming to a particular meal site. Reece’s widower brother-in-law, Harold Silflow, comes to the lunches, too. After her sister died in December, she encouraged him to start coming with her. He was sitting at a table full of women on this day and I asked him about it: “I like to sit with women,” he said. “If you sit with men they talk about all the old stuff I know but if you sit with
women they teach me,” he said. Reece talked about her morning routine and how the Tribune was a big part of it. “I read it from cover to cover. My friends always say ‘Well how do you know that?’ Well if you read everything you might find out,” she said. Sometimes, she said, she thinks to herself “Why am I reading this?” But she keeps reading the story anyway. Hayden can be reached at phayden@lmtribune. com or (208) 848-2243.
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