Golden Times, December 2013

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

TIMES Dec. 2, 2013 / Vol. 23, No. 12

Energized Senior Mary Weis has dedicated more than six decades to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center / Page 12

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Senior lunch menus — Page 3

House Call — Page 18

Volunteers of the Month — Page 17

Senior Talk — Page 20

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INDEX: Social Security Q&A................... Page 4 Briefs .......................................... Page 5 Meeting calendar......................... Page 6 Birthdays .................................... Page 6 Reader poetry ............................. Page 10 Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 14

COORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden On the cover: Being almost 94 hasn’t slowed Mary Weis. She volunteers two days a week at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

Photo by: Steve Hanks of the Tribune

Sudoku solution ..........................Page 16 Crossword solution .....................Page 19 Sudoku ........................................Page 22 Crossword ...................................Page 23

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Thought for the month “Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.”

— Agnes Repplier

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

Cost is $5 for nonseniors.

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2 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/green beans/ salad/roll/cookie

3 Sweet and sour meatballs/rice/Jell-O salad/ mixed vegetables/biscuit

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

9 Chicken-fried steak/ potatoes/gravy/mixed vegetables/cabbage/ pineapple salad/biscuit

10 Hot-turkey sandwich/ mashed potatoes/green beans/salad/pudding

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

16 Spaghetti/salad/ carrots/breadsticks/fruit

17 Roast pork/potato/ gravy/corn/Jell-O salad/roll

18 BUFFET (starts at 11 a.m.): Christmas party

23 Chicken penne pasta/ green salad/carrots/roll/ cookie

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30 Baked ham/scalloped potatoes/applesauce/ peas/cornbread

31 Lasagna/salad/green beans/French bread/fruit

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

Cost is $6 for nonseniors.

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

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3 Green peppers/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

5 Barbecue pork ribs/ potatoes/vegetable

10 Salisbury steak/ potatoes/gravy/vegetable

12 Pork chops/potatoes/ gravy/vegetable

17 Grilled salmon/rice/ vegetable

19 Roast beef/baked potato/vegetable

24 Meat or cheese lasagna/vegetable

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31 Chicken cordon bleu/ rice/vegetable

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

Dessert is served both days.

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

4 Barbecue brisket/potato salad/corn/applesauce/Jell-O

6 Tuna casserole/green

11 Sweet and sour pork/ rice/oriental vegetables/ pineapple/egg custard

13 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/mixed vegetables/apricots/gingerbread

18 Pork chops/rice pilaf/ peas/green salad/cake

20 Baked ham/yams/ scalloped potatoes/fruit salad/pie

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3 Biscuits/gravy/ hashbrowns/beets/ Mandarin oranges

5 Sweet and sour chicken/ rice/oriental-blend vegetables/roll/fruit

6 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

Senior Round Table Nutrition Program

10 Hamburger/bun/pork and beans/salad/fruit

12 Turkey-noodle casserole/peas and carrots/roll/peach cobbler

13 Soup/roll/salad bar/fruit

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

Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

17 Meatballs/scalloped potatoes/mixed vegetables/ roll/fruit

19 Baked ham/sweet potatoes/green-bean casserole/ corn muffin/apple pie

20 Chicken nuggets/ french fries/salad bar/ fruit

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CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

27 Soup/roll/salad bar/fruit

31 Pork roast/mashed potatoes/gravy/winter-blend vegetables/roll/fruit juice/ cake/ice cream

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Contributions can be sent to: Christmas Connection, c/o: St. Vincent de Paul, 604 2nd St., Clarkston, WA 99403.

Table tennis club To give the name of a family in need or to get more being organized information about the proA table tennis club for gram call Sharon at (509) adults of all ages is being 751-7061. organized in the LewistonClarkston Valley.

Sons of Norway meeting The club will begin meeting as soon as at least eight will focus on Christmas people show interest in The Sons of Norway joining the group. Play will Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will take place at the Clarkston start its monthly meeting with Heights Grange Hall. There a potluck followed by singing will be two tables, paddles Christmas carols and assemand instruction for novices bling cookie plates to be diswill be available. A minimal tributed to public servants membership fee would be here in the Lewiston-Clarkston necessary to pay for use of Valley who have to work durthe hall and to purchase tour- ing the Christmas holiday. nament-type balls.

The meeting is at noon Dec. Anyone interested in 21 at the Valley Community the club can contact Bob Center, 549 Fifth St., Loeffelbein at (509) 758- Clarkston. The organization 3277. is for those of Scandinavian heritage or those interested in culture. More information Christmas Connection the about the organization and its is in need of donations meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) The Christmas Connection 743-2626. program is in need of monetary donations to help provide a community dinner for Free Christmas meal families. will be served at center There is also a need for The Sixth Street Senior grocery gift cards, and toys

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Center will serve a free Christmas dinner for the community at noon on Christmas day at the center, 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

The center is having a cleanup day at noon today and volunteers to help spiff up the center are needed.

The center will have foot care at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The board will meet at 9 a.m. Dec. 17. There will not be a pinochle game on Dec. 26 but will be played at the center at 1 p.m. Thursday and Dec. 12, and at 9 a.m.

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Dances will be held each Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 10. Cost is $4 per person. A New Year’s Eve dance will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight.

There will be a pancake feed at the center featuring Genesee sausage at 9:30 a.m. next Monday.

Did you know: The first national collegiate fraternity was Sigma Phi founded at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., in 1827.

It is the second oldest Greek fraternal society after Phi Beta Kappa.

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 January’s issue must be recieved by Dec. 23 to be considered.

Questions about submitting information can be sent via email or by calling (208) 848-2243.

Center will close for Christmas The Valley Community Center will be closed Dec. 25 and 26 for Christmas.

Foot care services will be offered by appointment today, Dec. 9, Dec. 16 and Dec. 18. Appointments can be made by calling (509) 758-2355.

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Monthly meeting calendar DEC. 9: Twin City Square and Round Dance Club, board meeting, 7 p.m., 2130 Fifth Ave., Clarkston.

DEC. 11: Valley Community Center, general board meeting, 9 a.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

DEC. 17: Sixth Street Senior Center, board meeting, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

DEC. 18: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.

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BIRTHDAYS

DEC. 21: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

DEC. 23: Seaport Quil-  Clarence Hardin ters, 6 p.m., 549 Fifth Clarence A. (Junior) Hardin of St., Clarkston.

Clarkston will be honored from 1  If you would like to have your group or club meetings included in this monthly calendar send complete information to goldentimes@Lmtribune. com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. More information is available by calling (208) 848-2243.

Dec. 5

He and Beverly I. Knocke were married Aug. 7, 1955, in Grangeville. They lived in Grangeville until moving to Clarkston in 1965. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lewiston Hardin was a self-employed backhoe Community Center. The occasion is his operator and dump truck driver. He 80th birthday. also worked for the Asotin County Road He was born to Clarence and Avo Department, Bennett Lumber Company, Hardin in Whitebird on Dec. 5, 1933. He DeAtley Corp., and was a U.S. mail was raised in Whitebird, Cottonwood contractor in Lewiston, Clarkston and and Grangeville, where he graduated Asotin. He retired in 2005. from high school in 1952.

He has four children, 14 grandchilHardin attended the College of Idaho dren and four great-grandchildren. before spending four years in the U.S. Navy as His hobbies include fishing, gardening, enjoya control tower operator and ground control ing his grandchildren, and visiting with friends approach radar operator. and family.

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 LOUISE TREGELLAS

1955, Alaska in 1977 and to  HAZEL EGGERS She taught for two years  RUTH ROOT in Kenai, Alaska, before marOrofino in 1990 where she H a z e l Louise Tregellas of Cavendish married Larry Tregellas.

Ruth Root of Orofino will rying George Root in 1960.

Eggers of celebrate her 84th birthday will celebrate her 82nd birthThey lived on his homestead The couple worked for the N e z p e r c e on Dec. 13. day Thursday. until they moved to a farm U.S. Forest Service.

Her huswill turn 80 She was born Dec. 5, 1931, She was born in 1929 in outside of Orofino in 1965. band died in 1994. on Dec. 10. Des Moines, Iowa. in Botivia, Ill. After her husband died she Tregellas enjoys sewing, She was Tregellas has three children Root graduated from Drake moved in to Orofino. born in 1933 painting, reading and espeand two grandchildren.

University in Des Moines with Root is a member of the to Thomas a bachelor’s degree in art She moved to Arizona in cially gardening at her home. and Elna education. She worked for Clearwater Art Association Wiggins in two years in Whittier, Alaska, and does volunteer work at DEC. 6 O r o f i n o . then went to Ohio State the Clearwater seniors meal Her family site.

The couple raised their chil- moved several times while University-Columbia where  JACK BREEN She enjoys playing pinochshe earned a master of fi ne dren in Kooskia while Breen she was growing up, followJack Breen of Kooskia will worked for Potlatch Forests ing her father’s career as a arts degree in ceramic arts. le with a group of friends. turn 80 Friday.

Inc. at the Kamiah conductor on the Milwaukee He was born into Complete and compelling. All the news you need. plant. After 32 years Railroad. a large family of 10 in the lumber indusShe married Franklin Eggers in St. Paul, Minn., on try he resigned and in 1953 and has lived on the a cold Dec. 6 day in purchased a business family farm since.

1933. in Colorado. from the Owl Home Medical Eggers is a licensed pracWhen he was 12 The family lived tical nurse and has worked Come in and Multi-color years old his family in Colorado for five taking care of others since see our Pretty Canes assortment of left Minnesota and years before return- her graduation in 1952.

Lift Chairs Dr. Comfort traveled to Kooskia ing to Kooskia where She has three children and Ladies Shoes where his eldest he went to work for five grandchildren.

Bucky Products brother owned a busithe school district for Her hobbies include playof Traveling Pillows, Bed ness. nine years. He retired ing bridge, and spending time Pillows and Slippers After World War II, jobs in 1997. with family and friends.

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DEC. 18  GEORGE LAVOIE George LaVoie of Clarkston will be honored at a family gathering for his 90th birthday.

He was born Dec. 18, 1923, in Lewiston to Alphonse and Amelia LaVoie. He grew up in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School.

LaVoie served two years in the U.S. Navy. He and Louise were married at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on Jan. 25, 1948.

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He worked as a line repairman for AT&T. He then worked installing floor coverings and delivering appliances for Largent’s Inc. In 1957, he later became a manager at Largent’s and retired in 1989.

LaVoie is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and serves on the board for the Boys and Girls Club. He also coaches.

His hobbies include being a retired golfer, tennis player, playing bridge and traveling.

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 FRANK HEUETT Frank Heuett of Lewiston will be honored from 5 to 8 p.m.

Dec. 20 at the Moose Lodge, 814 Sixth St., Clarkston. The occasion is his 80th birthday.

He was born Dec. 20, 1933, to June (Jacob) and Marie Heuett in Myrtle, Idaho. He graduated from Culdesac High School where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He worked for Stan Storey all through high school.

Heuett served two years in the military before starting his career laying brick. He

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helped build the bridge at Fish Creek.

He is very active in the Moose Lodge and has held membership for 60 years, during which time he has served many chairmanships at the lodge and in the legion of the Moose. He received his Pilgrim Degree in 1996. He also delivers for Meals on Wheels and enjoys visiting with the people.

Heuett’s hobbies keep him busy; they include golfing with his friend Sam and taking a very active part with his two grandchildren.

He has three children and two stepchildren.

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 GORDON MILLS Gordon (Gordy) Mills of Lewiston will turn 78 on Christmas day.

He was born Dec. 25, 1935, in Twin Falls.

M i l l s g r a d u ated from Wendell (Idaho) High School in May 1953.

He joined the U.S. M a r i n e Corps on Feb. 28, 1955, and served three years.

Mills joined the Idaho State Police on June 16, 1961, in Idaho Falls. He served for 30 years with the ISP, working in every district in the state.

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Dec. 27  Jimmie HIll Jimmie Hill of Lewiston will celebrate his 80th birthday Dec. 27.

He was born in Craigmont to Fern and Jewel Hill in 1933. He grew up and attended school in Craigmont.

At the age of 17, he went to work farming and doing mechanic work for Meacham Land and Cattle Co. on Middle Tom Beall Road in Lapwai.

It was at that time Hill met Loretta May Marshall and the couple were married Sept.

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for nearly 52 years before she died on Aug. 23, 2003.

Hill retired from farming for Meacham’s and Brammer’s after 52 years.

He has four children, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He is an active member of the Cranker’s Antique Car Club, which he joined in 1982, as well as the Elks and Moose lodges. He also enjoys going on speedster runs with his friend Alice.

Hill’s hobbies include golf, repairing and restoring cars, and making sure the grandkids’ cars all run.

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 Carl Day Carl Day will celebrate his 94th birthday Dec. 28.

He was born in 1919 to Carl and Orba Day. The family moved to Declo, Idaho, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Declo High School in 1937.

Day moved to Anderson, Calif., in 1942 and married Mary Thompson in 1945. The couple had two children and later divorced.

He worked for Kimberly Clark sawmill at Anderson for 32 years as shipping supervisor.

Day married Dorothy Meyers in 1965. The couple moved to Orofino in 2000 to be near his son.

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

Send poetry submissions to: Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501; Deadline for poetry to be included in January’s edition is Dec. 23.

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She was born in 1933 at Orofino and graduated from Orofino High School in 1952.

Head worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 25 years as postmaster in Peck.

She and John Apfelbeck were married in 1977.

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She retired in 1999 and enjoys staying home.

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My Little Old Man

But Santa knows the right number and he counts everyone, he has a list.

Good or bad, be glad children.

Santa knows you.

P.S. I want to be on Santa’s list, too.

He just says, “No, you’re much too old!

Sorry!

You’re out of luck, but these days, if you still have a buck, you’re lucky!

Count your blessings.”

Merry Christmas!

There was a young man, tall and strong Who had energy and strength all day long At 50, he used his brain more than his brawn Some of that energy and strength was gone At 70, he slowed down some more He’s not as tall or strong as he was before His mind is OK at 86 But his body is in a terrible fix That’s my little old man plugging away Keeping on, keeping on, day to day

MOND A Y, DE C EM B E R 2 , 2 0 1 3 Each day’s phone messages fly in from far away.

Calendar hours sing on wings of song for holiday.

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Wings Of Song Decorations fly out of closets at advent time.

Angel wings flutter as greeting cards arrive with rhyme.

Manger scenes include wings of a pure white dove.

Melody floats out over a scene of love and star above.

Old toys find their way far under the fresh tree.

Seasonal music flies up to a piano for singers to see.

Dan Stripe, 86, Lewiston

I Wonder Will Santa come on Christmas Eve I wonder?

He has so many places to go.

Lots of new faces.

So many children will wonder too.

Will Santa really come to bring them toys?

So many boys and girls, too many to count.

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You can see how she looks at me.

You really believe she’d harm a flea?

Think how nice she treats you.

Go ahead, tell me that’s not true.

Besides, who made you the judge?

You just like nursing a grudge.

So one neighbor moved away.

Is she the reason they didn’t stay?

You say, “anger management.”

Or rely on “child endangerment.”

But let’s put this growling to an end.

Except for you, I’ve no better friend.

Try explaining puppy love.

No one can.

Face it.

She adores me.

I’m her man.

You prefer your poodle.

That’s okay.

I’ll stick with my pit bull any day.

Dan J. Williams, 83, Lewiston

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Some senior citizens go hungry after recession, sequestration take budgetary bites

By Ana Veciana-Suarez The Miami Herald

MIAMI — When the bus that ferried him to a congregant lunch center for seniors lost its funding — a result of the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration — Wencelao Gonzalez of Miami lost something, too — almost 10 pounds in less than two months.

“If I’m left alone, I have to remember to prepare something,” said Gonzalez, a 78-year-old retired bakery plant worker. “I probably don’t eat so good.”

Gonzalez, who is diabetic and has Parkinson’s disease, now eats lunch at the federal hot meals program at the Olga Martinez Center in West Kendall, Fla., only when he can find a ride. The bus that carried him and about 25 other older adults to the center, one of 15 run by the Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Center, is not likely to be reinstated any time soon.

Stories like this one, senior advocates say, are all too common.

At a time when the stock market has reached record highs and housing has rebounded, research shows there are still plenty of people, many of them senior citizens, who are struggling. Some are going hungry.

“The idea of senior hunger surprises people, but it’s very much a reality,” said Peggy Ingraham, executive vice president of the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger in Alexandria, Va. “We call them the hidden hungry.”

Unlike other groups, she added, “Once they draw down their resources, they usually don’t have a way to get out.”

New reports show more older adults than previously thought are living in poverty and going hungry. Recent sequester cutbacks — a total of $85 billion that went into effect March 1 when Congress and the White House failed to reach a compromise on the budget — have exacerbated

the problem by hacking away at senior nutrition programs.

“We’re not keeping pace with the demographics or the need,” said Max Rothman, CEO at the Alliance for Aging, which covers Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida. “I’ve never seen anything like it. There’s no precedent for this, even during the cuts in the Reagan years.”

The number of food-insecure seniors, older than age 60, more than doubled to 4.8 million between 2001 and 2011, according to Spotlight on Senior Hunger 2011, released in May by the National Foundation to

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From nurse to volunteer: 60 years of service to St. Joes Retirement wasn’t for Mary Weis, so shortly after retiring from nursing she returned to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center as a volunteer

By Michelle Schmidt

attended class in the afternoons and went back to the hospital to work in the evenings. They were given room You could say Mary Weis ought to act her age. and board, and paid a nomiBut if you did, she’d likely dismiss it with a sideways nal monthly stipend to cover glance. uniform and book costs.

She doesn’t have time for nonsense. Not with all After three years, in 1941, she does to keep busy. Volunteering 16 hours a week Weis entered the workforce at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, as well as the as a fully trained nurse. She usual appointments, housekeeping, lunch dates and left the area for a time but the like. returned to the LewistonIt’s not the type of schedule most 93-year-olds Clarkston Valley in 1956, keep. when she and her husband Weis seems to defy her age in every sense. She looks years younger than her age — she turns 94 this Robert moved to Clarkston with their four children. month — and moves with grace. Her words — both At the time, there was one what she says and what she doesn’t say — reveal a sharp mind and realistic perspective of someone who nursing position open at the has nothing to prove. That might be why she has the hospital; the night shift on the surgery floor. respect of those around her.

She’d spend eight hours “Everyone who works with her admires her,” Bev caring for post-surgery Kight said. patients, go home in the Kight also volunteers at the hospital. She intromorning and sleep while the duced herself to Weis several years ago and through kids were at school. time the two struck up a friendship.

Though her hours stayed Weis isn’t just valued by her peers. She’s twice won the same, much changed awards for her work at the hospital: once in 2002 as around her at the hospital the Volunteer of the Year and the other in 1983 for through the years. her work as a nurse.

“There’s nothing the same That’s right — Weis has worked at St. Joseph as when I started working,” Regional Medical Center for more than 60 years in Weis said. “The hospital total. The first three years as a student in the nurshas changed, the rules have ing school at the hospital, then 32 years were spent changed.” training and working as a nurse on the surgery floor She has seen every remodand the last 28 years she has worked two days a week eling project done at the as a volunteer in the surgery lounge. hospital, Weis said, and when Weis grew up in Cottonwood and after graduatthere weren’t changes to the ing from St. Gertrude’s High School, she had to building structure, there were make her own way in the world. Fascinated by the knowledge of an older sister who had gone into nurs- slow shifts in roles as nurses took on more and more ing, Weis worked for a few months in the hospital Mary Weis’ graduation photo. She graduated from St. responsibilities. kitchen before being accepted into the nurse’s trainJoseph’s nursing school as a registered nurse in 1941.

“When we went in for ing program. nurse’s training, there was Together, the 11 young nursing students of the no such thing as an IV,” Weis time, studied, worked and slept — all on the hospiSo she worked from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. five days said. tal campus. They worked mornings at the hospital, a week until she retired in 1985. After six weeks of Even taking a patient’s blood pressure wasn’t retirement, she found herself back at the hospital, something nurses did, she said. Both were skills she this time working without pay. Sitting around at learned later. Work varied from night to night with home proved too difficult a task for Weis. different patients needing different things. As a rule “When you’ve been in public every day for they were busy. all those years, well ... ” she said before pausing.

Weis, though, isn’t just a workhorse — she also “Staying home wasn’t one of my things.” knows how to laugh.

Weis began volunteering a half-day. Then she added another half-day. Those half-days turned into “We had a lot of fun. When you have a bunch of — Mary Weis people that you like, that happens. We’d cut up once whole days and at present she estimates she’s put in in a while,” she said. nearly 15,500 hours during the last 28 years. That’s Target Publications

“There’s nothing the same as when I started working. The hospital has changed, the rules have changed.”

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Mary Weis is a familiar face at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, after walking the halls of the hospital for more than 60 years.

Weis is a volunteer in the surgery lounge two days a week, but worked as a nurse before retiring in the 1980s. almost another eight years of full-time work.

As an attendant in the surgery lounge, Weis is a liaison between medical personnel, and friends and family who are waiting for their loved ones to go into recovery following an operation.

Sometimes people are talkative — sometimes they just want to be left alone — she accommodates them with whatever the occasion seems to require.

“I don’t bother people. You don’t know how they’re feeling or what they’re thinking,” Weis said. “But if they want to talk, I visit.”

If they visit, the conversation is usually nonmedical, but Weis gets a lot of questions, too.

“People can go to her with questions and she will make them comfortable,” Kight said.

Weis agrees her nursing background puts her in a more experienced position than other volunteers, most of whom have not worked at a hospital before. She often knows things other volunteers couldn’t know. But she’s clear on her role as a volunteer and she directs people to those who are authorized to provide information.

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She handles her volunteer work with a high level of professionalism, both with those she serves and those with whom she works.

“If people were caught up with office politics, which there always are in a group, she never addressed it,” Kight said. “She didn’t have time for that. She’d rather do cross-stitch than listen to complaints.”

The walls of her home bear evidence of Kight’s — Bev Kight testimony: ornate Brazilian needlepoint is framed and hung on the walls of Weis’ home. Some steps of her needle work take deep concentration so Weis said she leaves that for home but other steps of the work are one way she keeps busy on slow days in the surgery lounge.

It’s all just one way to spend retirement, an approach which is best be summarized by Kight’s words about Weis: “She’s like the Energizer Bunny — she just keeps going.”

“She’s like the Energizer bunny — she just keeps going.”

 Schmidt can be reached at themichelleschmidt@gmail.com.

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Volunteer opportunities

l Mover volunteers are needed to help clients move.

There is a need for those with and also those without a truck, to help pack, load and move household items. l Yard work volunteers are needed to help with raking and picking up leaves, and other yard debris. Interlink will haul away. l Van — There is a continued need for a volunteer with a lift van, capable of transporting wheelchair-bound individuals.

Volunteers interested in any of these projects must complete an application. The application as well as more information about the organization and volunteer opportunities are available online at www.inter linkvolunteers.org.

should have meet-and-greet abilities, a friendly personality and be able to answer questions about the displays at the center. Some sales of merchandise may also be needed and training is provided. l Community Action Partnership Food Bank is in need of drivers and back-up drivers for regular routes. There is also a need for a helper to ride along on routes to help with loading and unloading. The ability to lift is needed for these positions. There are weekday and weekend times available. The food bank is also in need of volunteers to help at the front counter and in the warehouse.

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Volunteers must use their own tools. Materials are provided by Interlink. l Carpentry skills are needed for volunteer projects to help build entry steps and wheelchair ramps, and construct and place outdoor handrails. Volunteers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink. l Transportation volunteers are needed to drive clients to and from appointments Monday-Friday. This requires a valid driver’s license, insurance and their own vehicle. Mileage is reimbursed.

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The meal site is located at 125 Maple St., Kamiah. They can be reached at (208) 935-0244.

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

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

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

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Wencelao Gonzalez, 78, is just one of the many seniors who find the hot lunch served at Dr. Olga Martinez Center in Miami is a necessity for them.

The center’s programs are being pinched with the sequester budget cuts.

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At the Olga Martinez Center, coordinator Esperanza Rodriguez saw an initial drop of almost 50 percent in the money to fund meals.

In January, the center was serving 100 hot lunches. By late spring it was down to 59 meals. Now it’s back up to 80 meals. The loss of the bus — the same bus that picked up Gonzalez — has been especially harsh because some of the neediest seniors, those without transportation, were the ones most affected.

“For so many, this is the one hot meal they get that day,” Rodriguez said. “But it’s really beyond the food and getting fed. There’s a social aspect to coming here, too, and it’s very important to prevent social isolation among our elderly population.”

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When her organization uses a broader index to include seniors marginally at risk of hunger, the number of food-insecure seniors jumps to 8.3 million. “And there’s no reason to expect the trend to change,” Ingraham added.

The rate of senior hunger increased during the last decade mostly because of the Great Recession. The growth was most pronounced among those ages 60 to 69, according to the Spotlight report.

Experts speculate more seniors are retiring with a smaller nest egg and, if working, they experience longer periods of unemployment.

The Spotlight study also found seniors are most likely to be food insecure if they live in a southern state or with a grandchild. AfricanAmerican and Hispanic seniors are also almost twice as likely to go hungry, but food-insecure seniors live everywhere — in high-rises and in single-family houses, among the still-working and the just retired.

That’s because food insecurity is not always a matter of money.

“We are dealing with both an isolation issue and a pride issue,” said Margie Lee, field coordinator for the local AARP office. Studies by advocacy groups have shown as many as half of food-insecure seniors have the money to purchase food but don’t have the resources to access or prepare food because of disabilities, chronic ailments or lack of transportation. Wencelao Gonzalez is one such example.

In addition, older Americans are less inclined to sign up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, even as enrollment in SNAP has soared.

Less than 40 percent of eligible seniors participate in the food stamp program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the program.

AARP’s own study found among Americans 50 years and older food insecurity had soared by 79 percent to almost 9 million people between 2001 and 2009. This prompted the advocacy group to launch Drive to End Hunger in February 2011, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness and money as well as develop solutions to the hunger problem.

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Helen Wilks and Ellen Smith Helen Wilks, 62, and Ellen Smith, 64, both of Lewiston, are Golden Times’ Senior Volunteers of the Month for December.

Volunteer work: For about 30 years the sisters have worked to make Christmas a bit cheerier for residents of local assisted-living facilities. They start making calls to local failities in early November to ask activity directors to compile a list of residents and their Christmas wish list. Once the lists are done they pick them up and bring copies to the Tribune where they are published twice between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Tribune collects gifts for the seniors, and Wilks and Smith enlist the help of several elves days before Christmas to pick those gifts up at the Tribune and take them

families.

In the time they have been doing it Golden they have refined the process. TriTimes’ als and errors Volunteers through the years of the have taught them what to do and Month what not to do, like deciding to sort gifts at Smith’s house one year. They know now that is not a big enough space for sorting the numerous gifts.

The sisters give all the credit for the success of their endevor to the community for giving, the homes for organizing the lists, the many to another location where they elves who help them pick up, sort are sorted. Once the sisters have and deliever the gifts, and to the an idea of what gifts were given Tribune for publishing the lists they make a trip to local stores and collecting the gifts. to purchase items not received “Without all the help we to ensure each of the residents couldn’t do it,” Wilks said. get something. Wilks and Smith, Career: Smith has an in-home along with their many elves, then daycare. She has had the daycare deliver the gifts to the facilities in time for Christmas.

4 See Volunteers, The sisters wanted to do this page 22 for seniors living at retirement homes to “give back to our elders,” Wilks said.

“And, too, because I think everyone else was doing (gift drives) for the children,” Smith added.

Wilks began doing this with the Jaycettes, but once the group disbanded she, her sister and their families took over. Their children grew up helping with this project •All private apartments and now their grandchildren are with a private bath helping with it, which the sisters •24 hour personal care believe has helped teach the true meaning of Christmas to their nursing services and

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Battling the bulge is a tough fight for many Commentary

House Call Weight loss is certainly a popular topic in the health care setting.

Sometimes it is the primary focus for an office visit and other times it is discussed as part of the management strategy in the treatment of other conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and depression.

The majority of people agree weight loss is a very challenging objective.

Discussions that often take place in my office include understanding and conquering barriers that may create dif-

Kathy Morris ficulty for those trying to lose weight.

One weight loss barrier for people is our culture in general. Food is the focal point of most celebrations in our society. Many celebratory food items are high in fat and calories, and low in nutritional value. Essentially, over-indulging on these foods defines a form of celebration and reward.

Unfortunately, for many, this behavior of reward-type eating doesn’t end when the party is over. People develop unhealthy eating habits on a more routine or even daily basis, which inevita-

bly contributes to being overweight and obese.

In addition to cultural contributions, underlying depression and anxiety also create barriers to successful weight loss efforts. Eating can be a way people selfmedicate. Food can temporarily reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

This psychological dependence on food can become a very powerful influence on an individual’s eating habits, again, making weight loss more challenging.

Still another barrier is simply lack of basic knowledge and education.

How can someone achieve successful weight loss if they have absolutely no idea how many calories they are consuming on a daily basis and have no idea how many calories they need on a daily basis? I have found this lack of knowledge to be a common theme for almost every patient I counsel on weight loss.

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First, many erroneously believe exercise alone will melt away the pounds. Second, exercise routines are often begun in an overly aggressive and extreme manner. Sustaining a routine of this nature typically fails because it is not enjoyable.

With these barriers in mind, I provide tips for my patients who are “battling the bulge.” These include avoiding the use of food as a reward; seeking management of depression and anxiety instead of using food as the drug of choice; educating oneself as to how many calories they are consuming and how many calories are appropriate for healthy weight loss; and, lastly, planning an exercise routine that is reasonable, enjoyable and thus, sustainable.  Morris is a nurse practitioner at Valley Medical Center, 2315 Eighth St., Lewiston, (208) 746-1383.

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Thanks given to the volunteers who do so much recognition of those volunteers who have given 4,000-plus hours in service to their community. The 15 volunteers meeting this goal earned a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Many of the volunteers receiving this award have been written about in this publication. For instance, Sandy Blair of Lewiston was Commentary the Volunteer of the Month I recently had the opportunity for March, Ellen Dekan of to catch up with some of the wonClarkston was Volunteer of derful volunteers I have written the Month in April along with about at the WA-ID Volunteer her husband George. Jean Center’s Volunteer Recognition Kleinert of Lewiston was the lunch.

July Volunteer of the Month, It was wonderful to see so many and actually this wasn’t her first volunteers receive accolades for President’s Volunteer Service their service. There were 63 volunAward. I recall sitting at her dining room teers who earned a certificate for five years table and her showing me the certificates of service, 43 volunteers who earned 10and pins she has earned in the more than year certificates, 13 volunteers who earned 10 years she has been volunteering through certificates for 15 years of service, and another 15 volunteers who were recognized R.S.V.P. It was a coincidence that I sat across for 20 years or more of service. from Gerald (Jerry) Myers, who was receivAlso on tap at the lunch was the special

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It was a packed room for the 2013 WA-ID Volunteer recognition luncheon held at the Lewiston Community Center recently. ing a certificate for 10-years of service. He and his wife, Rita, who was unable to attend the lunch because of a prior commitment in Boise with one of her volunteer projects, were Volunteers of the Month in October 2012 for the many hours they have given to our community, many of which have been served at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

I was able to talk to Allon Barnes, who was Volunteer of the Month in June, and ask him about his wedding, which took place in July. I also got to catch up with Mary Ackerman of Clarkston, who was Volunteer of the Month in October.

There were many other familiar faces I didn’t

have the opportunity to check in with but was glad to see them at the lunch, like Kay Keskinen of Moscow, who was Volunteer of the Month in May 2012. She was there to receive a certificate for 10 years of service. I have regular contact with Keskinen, though: She also happens to be my contact for the senior nutrition meal site in Moscow and sends me the menu each month. She also keeps me abreast of what the seniors in Moscow are doing at the center.

For me it was like a holiday — seeing those I haven’t seen in a while, catching up with them and watching them be honored for all they do.

The WA-ID Volunteer Center covers five counties in our area: Garfield, Clearwater, Latah, Asotin and Nez Perce, and if you put

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Tribute of U.S. Army nurse killed in Vietnam mends family’s heartbreak

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Frank Alexander, right, and his wife, Susanne, unveil a memorial to Frank’s sister at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Museum in Holmdel. Capt. Eleanor Alexander of River Vale, N.J., was the only woman from the state to die in the line of duty in Vietnam.

women in combat. In reality, women frequently found themselves in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan; at the time of the January announcement, defense officials said 152 women in uniform died there in the last decade.

More than 100 guests, including Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, gathered next to the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center for the 15th anniversary of its opening near the memorial. A color guard’s salute started the short ceremony.

John Nugent, a center trustee who served in Vietnam, said it was fitting to have the plaque for Alexander in the Women

Veterans Meditation Garden.

“May we always pause to think and reflect,” he said, “before we commit the American military to wars in foreign lands.”

Eleanor Alexander was an operating room supervisor for cosmetic surgeries in Manhattan when she volunteered for service in Vietnam.

“She wanted to help,” her brother said. “She went in with a great deal of enthusiasm, and as her tenure progressed she became less enchanted.

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made his family “feel proud and humbled.”

Eleanor Alexander was among eight American women — all nurses — who lost their lives in the line of duty in Vietnam. Nicknamed “Rocky,” she was flying back to her hospital base in Qui Nhon when her plane crashed on Nov. 30, 1967. She had just turned 27. A fiance, a wedding dress and a cedar hope chest full of Fieldcrest towels were waiting for her at home.

She was buried in River Vale, N.J., where she lived with her mother before enlisting. A park in town bears her name.

The special recognition of Alexander’s sacrifice comes as women are taking on more roles on the battlefield: the Defense Department announced this year it was gradually lifting the military’s official ban on

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4 volunteers, continued from page 17 the entire time she has been doing the gifts for seniors and through the years some of the kids she has taken care of have helped with gift pick up, sorting and delivering. Wilks has been a stay-at-home mom and housewife through the years, and now she helps take care of grandchildren.

Family: Helen is married to Art Wilks. The couple have four children and 10 grandchildren. Ellen is married to Bill Smith, and they have two children and three grandchildren.

The sisters grew up in Pomeroy and moved the the LewistonClarkston Valley after marrying their husbands who were from the valley.

Hobbies: Smith enjoys sewing and makes as many lap quilts for the seniors as gifts as she can. Wilks enjoys gardening.

When asked their favorite part of volunteering, Smith said: “I think my favorite part is when we pull up and there’s someone new at the homes — a nurse, an aide, somebody — and we go to the door and tell them we’re here with the presents and they say ‘Oh, just bring them in and put them on my desk’ and they don’t realize how many we have.”

Wilks offered this advice to anyone who is looking to take on a project like the one she and her sister do: “You have to really respect the people that you’re giving to. You just need to contact someone who is in need.”

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a dollar amount on the hours volunteered in the area in the last year it totals about $2.5 million. As an exercise they break that amount down by county and write mock checks to county commissioners for the purpose of letting them know just what volunteers mean to their communities. The mock check made out to Garfield County was in the amount of $81,854; Latah County’s check was for $286,130; in Clearwater County the volunteers gave $378,283 worth of their time; in Asotin the total was $855,454 and in Nez Perce it was $974,894. When you break down those totals by hour it is amazing the number of hours given.

It was wonderful to be at the luncheon and give recognition to the invaluable people who give so much to our communities. It’s why I include the Volunteer of the Month in this publication — to honor those who do so much. Every one of the volunteers I have called about being Volunteer of the Month has told me they don’t do it for the pats on the back or to be recognized as doing anything extraordinary. They see themselves as being selfish because they love volunteering and the feeling it gives them.

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