Golden Times, September 2015

A monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications Sept. 7, 2015 / Vol. 26, No. 9

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olden imes Helping Seniors

DE I S IN Senior lunch menus — Page 3&4 Senior Talk — Page 19 House Call — Page 20

Personal stories about what Friendship Corps and Project Grace do for seniors in the region, page 12

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INDEX: Social Security Q&A..................... Page 5 Meal site list................................. Page 5 Briefs............................................ Page 6 Birthdays...................................... Page 8 Reader poetry.............................. Page 15 Volunteer opportunities................Page 16 Sudoku solution...........................Page 18 Crossword solution......................Page 21 Sudoku.........................................Page 22 Crossword....................................Page 23 Meeting calendar..........................Page 24

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Birthday index: Anthony Wassmuth......Page 8 Cleone Gunn................Page 8 Nars Desautel...............Page 9 Lee Taylor....................Page 9 Marjorie Whitinger.......Page 9 Geneva Elsensohn........Page 9 Barbara Rehder...........Page 10 Guy Jurgens................Page 10 Edith Vannoy...............Page 10 The next Golden Times will publish Oct. 5

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September senior nutrition menus mealSiTe:

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.

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 are available at each service.

moNday

TueSday

8 Swedish meatballs/

9 BUFFET (starts at

14 Chinese stir fry/rice/

15 Beef stroganoff/pea

16 BUFFET (starts at

21 Tater-tot casserole/

22 German sausage/

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

28 Beef stew/salad/roll/

29 Teriyaki chicken/rice/ carrots/Jell-O salad/fruit

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Closed for Labor Day

cucumber and tomato salad/fruit salad/fruit

fruit

mashed potatoes/ broccoli/roll/fruit

salad/broccoli/roll/fruit

steamed potatoes/ carrots/breadstick/fruit

fRiday

11:30 a.m.) Baked ham

11:30 a.m.): Roast beef

11:30 a.m.): Spaghetti

10 Hawaiian pork/

15 Barbecue riblet/

mashed potatoes/ vegetables

17 Hamburger steak/ mashed potatoes/ vegetables

22 Baked chicken/

24 Tilapia/rice/

lasagna/vegetables

potatoes au gratin/ vegetables

scalloped potatoes/ vegetables

vegetables

29 Omelet/mini

pancakes/sausage

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.

9 Sweet and sour pork/ rice/oriental vegetables/ mandarin oranges/ice cream

11 Meatloaf/potato/peas

16 Swedish meatballs/ mashed potatoes/ broccoli/pickled beets/ breadsticks/peaches

18 German sausage/red potatoes/carrots/German coleslaw/peaches/ sherbert

23 Baked ham/cauliflower/ corn/green salad/roll/ plums/raspberry sherbert

25 Fried chicken/ creamed peas and carrots/baby carrots/ biscuit/pears

and carrots/coleslaw/ baked apple

30 Stuffed peppers/fresh vegetables/blueberry muffin/watermelon 8 Baked chicken/mashed

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.

ThuRSday

8 Meat or cheese

J-K Senior meals

Senior Round Table Nutrition Program

wedNeSday

potatoes/gravy/corn/ cinnamon applesauce/ biscuit

15 Pork chops/mashed

potatoes/mushroom gravy/zucchini casserole/ Jell-O with fruit 22 Chicken strips/jo-jo potatoes/corn/apricots/ pudding with wafers 29 Roast pork/mashed

potatoes/gravy/carrots/ peaches/texas toast/ cake/ice cream

10 German sausage on

a bun/sauerkraut/peas with pearl onions/ peaches/applesauce cake 17 Spaghetti/green beans/apple crisp/garlic bread

11 Salad bar

18 Salad bar

(no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed) 24 Meatloaf/gravy/

potatoes au gratin/green beans/spiced apple rings/texas toast

25 Salad bar

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valley meals on wheels sEPTEMBER 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.

sunday

Monday

tuesday

hot: Macaroni hot: Chicken8 and cheese with fried steak/ ham/carrots mashed potatoes/ mixed vegetables sack: Salami and cheese sack: Bologna and cheese sandwich/pasta sandwich/tomato and salad/cake cucumber salad/dessert

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hot: Spaghetti with meat sauce/ cauliflower

13

sack: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/ potato salad/cookies hot: Ham/

20 mashed

potatoes/carrots sack: Turkey and cheese sandwich/ cottage cheese/sliced peaches hot: Pork loin/

27 rice pilaf/ broccoli

sack: Tuna-salad sandwich/baby carrots with ranch/fruit

hot: Roast

14 beef/roasted

red potatoes/ carrots sack: Egg-salad sandwich/green salad/ Jell-O

21

hot: Tunanoodle casserole/peas

sack: Egg salad sandwich/relish plate with ranch/pudding hot: Chicken-

28 fried steak/

hot: Parmesan chicken/mashed potatoes/mixed vegetables sack: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/ cottage cheese/apricots

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hot: Braised

22 beef/mashed

potatoes/ cauliflower sack: Pastrami and cheese/spinach salad/ cookies hot: Macaroni

29 and cheese with

mashed potatoes/ ham/carrots mixed vegetables sack: Salami and cheese sack: Bologna and sandwich/tomato and cheese sandwich/pasta cucumber salad/dessert salad/cake

wednesday

thursday

friday

hot: Roasted

hot: Barbecue chicken/macaroni and cheese/

hot: Teriyaki chicken/roasted potatoes/ cauliflower sack: Turkey and cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/fruit cup

sack: Krab-salad sandwich/spinach salad/cobbler

hot: Roasted pork loin/brown rice/peas sack: Chicken-salad sandwich/carrotraisin salad/cinnamon applesauce

hot: Beef hot: Chicken 18 alfredo stroganoff/ buttered ravioli/carrots noodles/cauliflower sack: Ham and cheese sack: Tuna sandwich/ sandwich/pasta salad/ marinated cucumbers/ brownie black forest cake

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16

23

hot: Spaghetti with meatballs/ broccoli

sack: Chicken-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/brownie

10 turkey/mashed potatoes/corn

carrots sack: Curried-chicken salad/relish plate/ pudding

17

hot: Salisbury

hot: Lasagna/

24 steak/

25 carrots

scalloped potatoes/corn sack: Ham and cheese sack: Seafood-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin croissant/green salad/ salad/apple or orange cobbler

hot: Teriyaki

30 chicken/roasted

potatoes/ cauliflower sack: Turkey and cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/fruit cup

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hot: Roasted turkey/mashed potatoes/corn

sack: Krab-salad sandwich/spinach salad/cobbler

2

hot: Barbecue chicken/macaroni and cheese/

carrots sack: Curried-chicken salad/relish plate/ pudding

saturday 12

hot: Chicken pot pie/peas

sack: Ham and cheese sandwich/three-bean salad/brownie hot: Barbecue beef/red potatoes/ broccoli sack: Bologna and cheese sandwich/ coleslaw/cookies

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hot: Meatloaf/

26 mashed

potatoes/ cauliflower sack: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/ coleslaw/cookies

3

hot: Chicken pot pie/peas

sack: Ham and cheese sandwich/three-bean salad/brownie

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I was born on this day in 1936 and died tragically at the age of 22.

There have been many movies made depicting me as a music icon who died too early.

My stage name is a combination of a nickname given to me by my mom when I was a boy and a misspelling of my last name.

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I was never married and didn’t have any children, but my legacy has been carried through time by the popularity of my music.

I was best known for my singing, but played guitar, piano, violin and banjo as well.

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Smart driver classes being offered There will be two AARP Smart Driver classes taught in the region this month.

The first class is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 17-18 at CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston.

This class will be taught by Kay Gaines and advanced registration is encouraged. Registration can be completed and more information obtained by calling Gaines at (208) 816-3450.

The second regional class will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 22-23 at the Pullman Senior Center, located in city

golden times hall at 325 SE Paradise St. This class will be taught by Arnie Lee and advanced registration is encouraged. Registration can be completed and more information obtained by calling Lee at (208) 301-8844.

The cost for each class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on driver’s licenses and/or insurance discounts.

For those unable to attend any of the listed classes and who have a reasonably high-speed Internet connection there is an online class offered through AARP at www.aarpdriversafety. org. The fee for AARP members to take the online class is $17.95; nonmembers fee is $21.95. Payment is required at

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time of starting online class and Registration for fall trips has is payable by debit or credit already begun and sign-up can card. be completed in person at the senior center, by calling the Parks and Recreation Pullman Senior Center Pullman Department at (509) 338-3227 or is closed for holiday online at PullmanParksandRec. PULLMAN — The Pullman com.

Trips being offered include: Senior Center will be closed > Spokane Interstate Fair, today for Labor Day. 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sept. 14.

A time to share hobbies is being offered at the cen- Cost is $10 for residents and $12 ter from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 for nonresidents. Registration p.m. Sept. 21, at the center. deadline is Friday. > Rockin’ B Ranch cowboy Paintings, crafts and hobbies should be taken to the center supper show, 3:30-11:30 p.m., the morning of the event prior Sept. 26, Stateline, Idaho. Cost to the 11:30 a.m. share time. is $56 for residents and $58 Items cannot be sold during for nonresidents. Registration deadline is Friday. this event. > Northern Quest Casino, 9 Threshold Choir of the Palouse will perform at the a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 29, Airway center at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Heights, Wash. Cost is $12 for The women’s choir was estab- residents and $14 for nonresilished in 2013 by Marsha Olsen. dents. Registration deadline is Today, there are Threshold Sept. 18. > Steve’s Mystery Trip, 8:30 Choirs across the U.S. The group provides a soothing calm a.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 1. Cost is environment, with their voices, $30 for residents and $32 for for individuals who are dying, nonresidents. Deadline to regas well as their families and ister is Friday. caregivers.

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Alzheimer’s fundraiser held at Wedgewood Wedgewood Terrace will have a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association in honor of National Alzheimer’s month.

The Wine Walk will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at New Bridges Community Church, 2101 Eighth St. Tickets for the event are $15 and tickets can be reserved or purchased at Wedgewood Terrace at (208) 743-4545. Light refreshments will be served.

Wedgewood is also accepting donations of wine for the event and cash donations for Alzheimer’s research.

Attendees will walk around a numbered path during musical interludes and when the music stops, a number will be drawn. Whoever is standing on that square will win a bottle of wine. Keith Havens will be master of ceremonies and DJ for the event.

Sixth Street Senior Center closed today The Sixth Street Senior Center will be closed today for Labor Day. A biscuits and gravy lunch will be held at noon next Monday.

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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 October’s issue must be recieved by Sept. 21 to be considered.

More information is available by calling (208) 8482243.

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4 Briefs, continued from page 6 Cost is $4 per person. There will be a chicken lunch served at noon Sept. 21. Cost for this meal is $5 per person. The monthly potluck will take place at noon on Sept. 28.

Coffee is served from 10 a.m. to noon weekdays and dances are held each Tuesday and Thursday from 7-10 p.m.

Cost to attend dances is $5 per person.

Local Sons of Norway group will meet The Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will begin meeting again.

The first meeting is at noon Sept. 19 at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston. There will be a potluck followed by a business meeting and the program will be about Lee’s trip to Israel.

The organization is open to all people of Scandinavian descent or those interested in the culture. Visitors are welcome.

More information is available by calling (208) 798-8617 and (208) 743-2626.

Community Center will close for cleaning The community center is closed today for Labor Day and will close again Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 for cleaning.

Senior Nutrition meals will be served at the center during the

cleaning closure but there will be no meal service today.

There are two trips planned.

The first trip is to Green Bluff — Apple Festival on Sept. 19.

The group taking this trip will meet at the community center at 8 a.m. where a continental breakfast will be served. Green Bluff is just north of Spokane and features multiple farms with a variety of fruits and vegetables for purchase. Lunch will be at Harvest House, a restaurant and bakery at one of the farms. On the trip back, the group will stop at Arbor Crest Winery for a tasting. There is a tasting fee, which is not included in the $55 per person trip fee. Deadline to register for this trip is Friday.

The second trip is to Spokane INB Center to see Riverdance on Oct. 25. The cost for this trip is $135 per person and deadline to register is Oct. 5.

Parks and Rec in conjunction with the WA-ID Volunteer Center is offering a six-week pickleball clinic. Clinics will be from 9-11 a.m. starting Sept. 23 at the new pickleball courts at Sunset Park on 11th Avenue in Lewiston. The clinic is designed for those age 40 or older and cost is $40. Registration for the clinic can be completed at the volunteer center located in the community center or by calling (208) 746-7787.

A 10-week fit and fall proof class will begin Sept. 21 and meet twice a week from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays at the community center. Cost for the class

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is $20 per person. Registration should be completed prior to the start of the first class.

The class is offered through the Parks and Recreation Department’s 50+ and Active program. Regular daily activities are also offered. A list of activities can be found online at www.cityoflewiston.org.

All activities are located at the community center, 1424 Main St. in Lewiston. Senior Nutrition meals are also served at 11:30 a.m. at the center each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

A free caregiver class being offered Powerful Tools for Caregivers class will begin Oct. 20 and continue for six weeks.

The class will meet from 13:30 p.m. at Columbia Bank, 233 Bridge St., Clarkston. The class size is limited to 15 participants. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Aging and Long Term Care in Clarkston at (509) 758-2355

or Area Agency on Aging in Lewiston at (208) 743-5580.

The class is designed to provide caregivers self-care tools to help reduce stress.

It also teaches caregivers to communicate more effectively in challenging situations, deal with difficult feelings, make tough decisions and express their needs.

Clarkston center is closed for Labor Day Clarkston Community Center is closed for the holiday today and will reopen Tuesday.

Painting class will resume meeting next Monday at noon. Foot care is offered on Mondays and Wednesdays by appointment. To schedule an appointment for a Monday call Marcia Dasenbrock at (509) 552-0545 and to schedule a Wednesday appointment call Dayna Weatherly at (208) 7901548.

Other activities offered at the center include: > Fitness class, 10:15-11:15,

Tuesdays and Thursdays. > Pinochle, 12:45-3 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays. > Blood pressure checks, 11:30 a.m., Wednesdays. > Bridge, 12:30-4 p.m., Thursdays; and 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Assisted Living Week being celebrated Royal Plaza Retirement Center in Lewiston will hold daily activities during National Assisted Living Week Sept. 1319.

During the week there will be a concert by Jon and Mark, which will be open to the public. The concert is at 3 p.m. Sept. 17. There will also be a barbecue for Royal Plaza residents and their families before the concert at noon.

Throughout the week, residents at the retirement center will also enjoy antique fire engine rides, bingo and casino night, a pie social, sundaes and a mystery picture contest.

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BIRTHDAYS ď ˇ Birthday submissions

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.

Sept. 9 ď ˇ Anthony N. Wassmuth Anthony N. “Tonyâ€?

Wassmuth of Grangeville will celebrate his 90th birthday Wednesday.

He was born Sept. 9, 1925, at Greencreek to Clemens and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Wassmuth.

Wassmuth grew up on a farm in Greencreek and graduated in 1943 from Greencreek High School.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944 and was stationed in Korea until his

discharge in 1947.

Following his service, Wassmuth returned to the Grangeville area, where he worked several jobs before he went to work at the Chevron Bulk plant in 1955 as a fuel truck driver. He retired from there in 1984.

He enjoys steelhead fishing, hunting, watching the Seattle Mariners, gardening, spending time with his family and his dog Felix.

Wassmuth and his late wife, Eileen, raised seven children. He also has 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and nine great-greatgrandchildren.

Sept. 16 ď ˇ Cleone Gunn Cleone Gunn of Lewiston will be honored during a birthday celebration at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at Wedgewood Terrace with other residents. The occasion is her 93rd birthday. The public is invited to attend the event by reserving a spot at (208) 743-4545.

She was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Plentywood, Mont. While growing up, she lived in

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many small towns throughout Montana as her family moved for her father’s work as a butcher.

Gunn worked for 25 years at Holsum Bakery and retired from there in 1987.

Her first husband was Bill Siler and later she married Arnold Gunn.

Gunn has two children and had two children who died.

She and her second husband moved to Coeur d’Alene Lake, near Worley, Idaho, after retiring. She returned to Lewiston following his death in 1996.

Gunn enjoys reading, playing cards and bingo, listening to country western music, dancing, and she loves dogs and cats.

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ď ˇ Lee Taylor in 1920 and moved to Idaho in 1957.

Desautel worked for Potlatch Corp. until retiring in 1982. He then went to work for the U.S. Forest Service on the North Fork of the Clearwater River. He retired from the U.S. Forest Service in 2007.

He enjoys camping with family and friends.

Lee Taylor of Lewiston will He was born Sept. 19, 1925, be honored in Carnation, Wash., and gradduring a uated from Mead High School, b i r t h d a y near Spokane. celebration Taylor and his wife, Betty, at 2:30 p.m. were married more than 70 Sept. 28 at years ago, on Dec. 18, 1944, Wedgewood in Spokane.

Te r r a c e He was employed as an with other equipment salesman and r e s i d e n t s . manager for International The occa- Harvester Co. in Spokane sion is his until his transfer to Lewiston Sept. 21 90th birth- in 1952. He worked for the day. The public is invited to company from 1946 until his ď ˇ Marjorie Whitinger Marjorie Glenny Whitinger Whitinger worked for attend the event by reserving retirement in 1976. He was also employed by Dokken of Clarkston Hanford in Benton County, a spot at (208) 743-4545. will be Wash., and Los Angeles Sept. 22 h o n o r e d General Hospital, each for a during an brief time during World War II. open house Once she returned to the area, ď ˇ Geneva Elsensohn Geneva She was born in 1913 to from 2-4 she worked for J.C. Penney in p.m. Sept. Lewiston and for the Clarkston “ N e v a â€? William Mills and Nancy Veal 20 at the Methodist Church.

M i l l s Mills in Sunset, Wash.

Clarkston Elsensohn Elsensohn married She and James Whitinger U n i t e d of Lewiston Raymond Gill and had three were married Feb. 3, 2004, in Methodist will cel- daughters. In 1953, she and Reno, Nev. Church.

Besides her two daughters, e b r a t e Richard Elsensohn were marShe was her 102nd ried. He died in 1991. born Sept. 21, 1925, to Cloyd Whitinger also has two stepbirthday She worked at the North and Lottie Belle Smith. daughters and six grandchilShe has lived in the area dren.

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Potlatch mill, was a hostess Her hobbies include genealalmost her entire life.

She married Robert Glenny ogy, shopping, collecting and on April 5, 1947, in Coeur travel. “Life is a long lesson in humility.�

She is a member of the d’Alene. The couple raised two daughters together. He P.E.O. and the United Methodist Church. died in 1989.

Implement in Nezperce.

Taylor is a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge, a former member of the Shrine and the Masons and a Little League sponsor. He and his wife are longtime members of Congregational-Presbyterian Church.

In his younger years he enjoyed golfing, camping in the Buffalo Hump area, flyfishing, going four-wheeling, flying planes and gardening.

The couple have three daughters.

at the Bollinger Hotel and then worked for Dr. Donald McRoberts for 25 years before retiring.

Elsensohn has nine grandchildren, numerous greatgrandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

She enjoys doing crafts with her daughters.

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Barbara Koepl Rehder of Cottonwood will celebrate her 88th birthday on Sept 27.

She was born in 1927 at Nezperce.

Rehder attended St. Gertrude’s Academy for one year and graduated from Nezperce High School.

She and Lee Rehder were married on June 21, 1949.

The couple operated a dairy and farmed near Cottonwood Butte.

Rehder also worked at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cottonwood for 25 years before retiring in 2003.

She has never known a stranger and enjoys spending time with her seven children, 30 grandchildren, 36 greatgrandchildren, extended family and many friends.

Rehder also enjoys her ladies’ club, church activities, ministering to the sick and homebound, playing pinochle, and is an avid Seattle Mariner and Gonzaga fan.

Edith Vannoy will celebrate becoming a centenarian with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Orchards Methodist Church in Lewiston.

She was born Sept. 30, 1915, in Reubens, to Ernest

Sept. 29  Guy L. Jurgens Guy L. Jurgens of Orofino will celebrate his 80th birthday Sept. 29.

He was born in 1935 at Lewiston.

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Jurgens and his wife, Mabel were married in Eureka, Calif.

He is a member of the Orofino Senior Center.

Jurgens enjoys hunting, fishing and camping.

He has three children, five grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

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Following high school graduation, Vannoy worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Orofino.

She and Allie “Al” Vannoy were married on Nov. 23, 1938. The couple farmed in Cavendish for many years, where they raised their three children.

During retirement, Vannoy and her husband were snowbirds, traveling to Arizona, where they made many friends, each year. The couple also enjoyed fishing on

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In 2003, the couple moved to Lewiston. They were married for 76 years when Al died Jan. 26.

Vannoy was active in the Cavendish Methodist Church, serving as treasurer, teaching Sunday school and playing the piano for many services.

Her hobbies include doll making and collecting, researching genealogy and reading.

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Once enrolled, PACE seniors are assigned a geriatrician who oversees their medical care.

The physicians also are part of a care team that includes nurses, therapists and social workers, who regularly meet with participants and their caregivers. The program also provides home health workers and sends contractors to make a participant’s home safer and more accessible.

PACE started in 1973 as a trial program at an adult day center in San Francisco.

Today, the PACE network includes 106 programs in 31 states.

To enter PACE, participants must be age 55 or older and be certified by the state as being at-risk for being placed in a nursing home — meaning they usually have severe chronic medical conditions and are unable to do tasks like prepare meals or bathe themselves.

“They are a difficult population to care for. Our goal is to keep them as healthy as we can,” said Cliff Bauer, senior vice president and COO of Miami Jewish Health, which started Florida’s first PACE program in 2003.

The majority of people in Florida’s PACE programs are on Medicare and Medicaid, the state and federal health care program for the poor, which pay MorseLife and Miami Jewish Health a per capita rate to cover care expenses.

Seniors on Medicare alone can sign up for PACE but must pay some costs on their own.

While PACE can place someone in a nursing home if their health deteriorates, only three out of 454 participants in the Miami Jewish Health program and one out of 121 in the MorseLife program now are living in a skilled care facility. The majority live at home.

One of them is Celia Williams, 67. Formerly a nurse, she spent much of her career helping others who could not walk or care for

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Three days a week, she rides the MorseLife van to the program’s West Palm Beach PACE center, where she has been going since 2013.

Williams said she has made friends there, taken computer classes, studied Italian and joined a book club.

The physical therapists at the center also created an exercise program that increased her upper body strength, Williams said, so she can get herself in and out of bed, or into the bathroom — critical skills for staying independent. Rosemarie Goffe, a certified home health aide with PACE, stops by to help her bathe and with housekeeping tasks.

Without PACE, Williams said she would be in a nursing home.

“If it had to be, I would endure, but I prefer to stay here at home,” she said. “It shows that I am competent.”

Despite PACE’s reputation, MorseLife and Miami Jewish Health officials said enrollment is not as high as it could be because many seniors don’t know about the program.

Experts said PACE faces other potential barriers: Participants have to give up their primary care physician and use a PACE doctor. Those who are not on Medicaid may face high out-of-pocket costs.

Also, depending on where they live, seniors might have to travel far to get to a PACE center.

Bauer said he would like to find ways to expand PACE,

Celia Williams is wheelchair bound, but is able to continue living in her home in The Acreage at West Palm Beach, Fla., with help from the MorseLife PACE program.

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Programs help seniors stay connected to their community Area Agency on Aging offers programs to assist seniors in the region

By PEGGY HAYDEN

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The North Central Idaho Area Agency on Aging in Lewiston offers an array of services to seniors in the region. Its goal is to help seniors live in a safe environment without poverty of any kind by providing them with all the resources the agency has at its disposal.

It serves Idaho, Clearwater, Lewis, Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho and Asotin County in Washington.

Project GRACE (Generational Resources and Assistance through Community Engagement), is one of the services offered for free. This program helps seniors with strong support groups by using volunteers who have been trained to look for needs the senior might have and connect them to other services and resources available. Each Project GRACE volunteer receives 40 hours of training per year to help them know how to look for the needs of clients and to stay on top of new resources available to the seniors.

The program came to the area in 2012 and is facilitated through AmeriCorps Vista. It is a hospital or longterm care to home transition program coordinated by Linda Jackson, a Sandi Jackson retired registered nurse and AmeriCorps Vista volunteer.

Project GRACE helps seniors who have a home they want to stay in or return to. It gathers as many people as possible in a support group so the senior can stay safely, free from poverty of relationship and poverty of food, Jackson said.

The goal is to provide a support group for seniors who otherwise don’t have one or to strengthen their support group by adding volunteers who have the Terri Erickson knowledge to connect them to resources they need.

“We want the community to own (Project Grace),” Jackson said. “We want to give it away to them. We want to say to them, ‘This

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Viola Oedewaldt, 92, of Clarkston, is a retired licensed practical nurse who until recently had no problem living independently. But when her health deteriorated, Project Grace helped her grown children make sure she would be able to continue living in her own home. is something you need to support, because we’re all going to be there someday.’ And Medicare might not last if we don’t do something about it now.”

Through the program, each senior gets a care transition coach. This coach can go into the home and evaluate the needs of each individual by determining what they are lacking that would help them remain at home safely and then tap into resources in the community to stave off repeated hospital visits.

“It also facilitates them following their medical plan and physician follow up,” said Terri Erickson, a

Project Grace advisory council member.

But, Erickson said, the program is not being used to its full potential right now.

“We seem to be having a disconnect of the referrals coming out of skilled facilities,” she said.

One of the things volunteers use to help seniors is the Home Med program, a skill used to interview a client about their medications. The information obtained is put through a system of checks that is reviewed by a pharmacist. This medication reconciliation program ensures a person is not taking

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Viola Oedewaldt smiles at her daughter, Grace Dyson, who is her full time caregiver now. The two live in Clarkston and are part of the Project Grace program offered through the Area Agency on Aging in Lewiston. medications they are not supposed to still be taking or that may have negative interactions with another medication they have been given.

It also alerts the pharmacist if the medication prescribed Eve Skinner doesn’t fit the diagnosis. If needed the pharmacist will then consult with the prescribing doctor. This helps seniors get the medication they need when they need it and to control exactly what they are taking.

Project GRACE is meant to help caregivers and seniors fill needs by exposing gaps and finding resources to fill them. It does this by gathering a large network around the senior to ensure they are always being watched after and taken care of, Jackson said.

“We want to provoke the community to take care of their neighbors,” she said. “And to care about what’s happening around their neighborhoods.”

Another free program offered through the Area Agency on Aging and

facilitated by AmeriCorps Vista in this region is Friendship Corps.

Through this program, volunteers conduct friendly visits and provide independent living support for homebound seniors, their families and caregivers. Volunteers go through an orientation where they are introduced to the numerous resources available through the agency and participate in twice-monthly training to provide them with the latest information and lessons on what to look for in the aging population.

The volunteers provide objective information, advice and assistance.

They also provide seniors with as much information as possible so they can make informed decisions, all while forming wonderful friendships.

Friendship Corps works with aged people, who maybe don’t have family, Jackson said, or perhaps they live with a working daughter, and don’t have other close ties in the community and they are lonely. This program provides them with a companion as well as any other available resources.

Project GRACE in action

Clarkston resident Viola Oedewaldt has lived in her house since the 1950s.

But at age 92, her husband is deceased, and her two grown children were living out of the area when her health began

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Gladys Hoffman is a 95-year-old resident at Preferred Care in Clarkston. She is part of the Friendship Corps program offered through the Area Agency on Aging. The program provides a volunteer who checks in regularly with Hoffman to provide her companionship and an extra set of eyes and ears to ensure her well-being. to deteriorate. Her son, Mike Angelo, a pharmacist in De Smet, Idaho, started checking into services available to help his mom stay in her home. She not only wasn’t really a candidate for longterm care, but being a retired licensed practical nurse, she had no interest in ever living in an assisted-living situation. The nurses at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center’s hospice care told him about Project GRACE and he called Jackson to see if this was something that could help his mom. Oedewaldt’s daughter, Grace Dyson, lived in Spokane at the time.

“We both wanted some eyes and ears down here,” Dyson said.

Jackson got Oedewaldt set up with a volunteer, Eve Skinner of Lewiston.

Skinner is a retired teacher who has known Jackson for many years, so when Jackson got started with Project GRACE she enlisted Skinner to be a volunteer.

Jackson also referred them to an inhome care agency, Meals on Wheels, and delivery of prescription packs through Wassem’s Drug in Clarkston.

Skinner began visiting Oedewaldt at her home two to three times per week, making sure she was eating and keeping up with her medications. When Oedewaldt had a problem she could call on Skinner to help resolve it. This gave Dyson and Angelo a peace of mind they otherwise would not have had.

Starting in January, Oedewaldt was having nutrition issues, so Meals on Wheels helped with that, Dyson said, but even after that there were hydration issues. Then when Oedewaldt had an accident and broke her wrist, Dyson took a leave from her job to come stay with her mom. When Jackson recommended

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4 pROGRAMS hELP, continued from page 13 Oedewaldt not be home alone, Dyson made the move permanent.

“I always dreaded having to go to a nursing home,” Oedewaldt said.

“My brother and I promised her she wouldn’t have to,” Dyson said. And it worked out well for her to move down here.

“There are hard parts about it,” she said. “But I felt this commitment was more important than anything else. Mom is number one.”

Oedewalt didn’t like that Dyson was giving up her job, but Dyson said her mom is a priority.

When something comes up, Dyson looks to Project GRACE for resources, and she said Skinner is really a joy for both she and her mother.

“We love to see Eve come,” Dyson said. “She asks Mom and I about what we’ve been doing and shares with us what she’s been doing.”

Oedewaldt is doing better since Dyson came to live with her, Skinner said.

“Yes, I do much better,” Oedewaldt said. “She does the cooking and I do the eating.”

The thing Dyson and Angelo appreciate the most about Project GRACE is that they are hands-on, Dyson said. They don’t just give out phone numbers, they are involved.

“When children are out of town, to have someone in town who actually do hands-on — it’s just a blessing for everybody,” Dyson said. “You can have confidence in what they say. For Mom it’s a comfort too. To know she has somebody else who is watching over her.”

if we get skunked.”

She is a breast cancer survivor and has diabetes. She also has trouble with one of her knees. But she is very able-minded and outgoing.

“The Lord’s been good to me,” Huffman said.

“I’ve kept my marbles and I’ve kept my hearTarget Publications/Peggy Hayden ing.”

She is exactly the kind of person RIGHT: Gladys Huffman holds a picture book, given to her by her first Friendship Corps volFriendship Corps was designed unteer, Joanne Perkins, documenting their for: someone who may get a bit lonely; an elderly person who time together. Perkins is now living in Alaska could use a little company now but the two remain in contact. LEFT: One of and again. the photos in the picture book is of Perkins at “I needed someone to help me the tea party she put together for Huffman. do little things that I couldn’t do for myself,” Huffman said. the things they did. They were together about a year The first Friendship Corps volunteer and when Perkins left, she made a photo book of she had was Joanne Perkins. The two their time together, which Huffman looked at fondly of them became fast friends and had as she described the scene in each photo. adventures together.

Friendship Corps at work What they built in that year was a lifelong friend“We clicked right away,” Huffman ship.

Gladys Huffman is a 95-year-old who said. “She was such a nice lady.”

Huffman has a new volunteer now. Her name is Lorene Ellis lives at Preferred Care in Clarkston. Her Perkins moved back to Alaska, but she Lorene Ellis and she is very different from Huffman’s stays in contact with Huffman. husband has an apartment on the retired“We stay in touch,” Huffman said. “We last Friendship Corps volunteer. Ellis is quiet and living side at Royal Plaza in Lewiston. reserved. A bit shy you might say. text each other. And she educates me about Alaska.

Two of her four daughters are deceased, one lives “She is very different from Joanne,” Huffman said.

She sends me wonderful things.” in Joseph, Ore., and the other lives in the area. She “She’s a very quiet lady. But I really enjoy Lorene. I And when Perkins is in town for a visit, she makes also has grandsons who live in the area and spend enjoy seeing her lighten up.” time to see Huffman. time with her. One of whom is a are member of the “I’m more of an introvert,” Ellis said. “Doing this During their time together, they had high tea, American Legion with her and they attend the meetwas out of my comfort zone, but Gladys made it easy. would go to lunch together, and even toured ings together.

I think she helps me more than I help her.”

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Huffman’s daughter, She was a member of the Royal Air Force durThe two of them share having fought breast ing World War II, but the Legion accepted her as a the late Julie Matthews, worked at the school from cancer. They also were each recipients of Project member, she said. She also has two other grandsons the time it had opened until she died. The library is GRACE while they were going through treatments who visit and play cribbage with her. dedicated to Matthews. for the cancer. So while they have different personShe and her husband get together twice a week.

Huffman and Perkins also made a trip to Costco alities, there are still enough similarities to help them One visit is to have lunch and the other is to play for “Super Sampler Saturday” and went antiquing at forge a relationship. cribbage. the Hanger Mall.

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Dark against the sky you soar in silent circles Motionless, yet tied to heaven, you ride the gentle wind. he is our safety zone.

Evil is in the movies we see.

Wings in seeming mortis set, The Binding When our life on Earth is over, It’s in the music we hear. tips toward the sun — Les Taylor, 78, Clarkston A part of your soul he will gather up his own.

We should know better, Beat not, rises to the day We will spend eternity singing however we are caught. but soar on and gravity rescind.

To be encircled praises before his heavenly throne.

We hear God’s word, Dreams Until with well sung gift of by the ranks of humanity ‌ We will see the smile but then ever sight given you Ghosts from the past, Fashion well this tiny universe, on his precious face; so slowly it is changed From on high in mid-course plague my mind.

Be a teacher now. we will know we are home. into whatever the fools say to motion shows a quarry Give a network of knowledge; Phantoms lurking in front.

At his side we see our Savior, fit their behavior or lifestyle.

Then silently your wings fold Explore all learning’s roads ~ Jesus, God’s only Son. God’s words cannot be changed Behind! until a blend Provide a bridge He gave his life as a sacrifice to fit your style.

They surface when least expected Of sight and sound at once Bringing him close to all that’s true. from our transgressions Or to bring you fame. strikes on the unwary.

Forcing me to face my inner fears.

Make known to this marvel he makes us free.

All of these things are true.

Death comes from the sky Veils of consciousness, A part of you ~ With joy and love we accept It’s our new world. as a shadow across the sun. lift one by one.

The treasure of truths.

God help us! the price Jesus paid for me.

And leaves behind Revealing time of desolation.

Teach the value of wisdom the small drops of red — Yvonne Carrie, 71, Lewiston — Eva Herring, 85, Lewiston Helplessness.

Transcending all life’s illusions. to mark the spot Fun! where once an earth bound — Rebecca Whited, 69, Clarkston Clarkston Pride Our New World creature lived and roamed I reach to destroy Our new world is full of tricks, Took another walk this morning That ventured forth alive the veils of horror God’s Own Down main of our little town, be careful what you pick. and then was not.

So they can’t return In these troubled times My spirit within swelled with pride Hawk, you hunter of the creatures For it will remain within you. to haunt tomorrow. shall we worry and fret?

For this is what I found on my mountain Whatever you choose My mind’s a stage, No! Jesus is with us yet.

Whose patterned flight is Every business was closed will forever own you. actors out of control. pierced with cries of “Screeee� Should we go through the day Our new world is full of fools, Flags waved gently in the breeze, Everything distorted. not knowing what to do?

Whose shadow mimics currents The flag who choose evil over goodness. in the heavens Depend on God’s word under which I had served Haunting.

They even sell their souls What do your soaring circles his promises are true.

And others died to keep us free for great fame.

Capsulized. mean to me?

God’s Son is the light, Took a break from my walk What a shame.

My life relived Dark against the sky ’tis God’s gift to me and you.

Just to sit and watch the flags We are in the middle behind my eyes you soar in silent circles.

He knows our every need, And give honor to our veterans of a strong demonic power As I sleep.

Motionless, through his love he will lead.

For whom we love to brag more than ever, Dream. yet tied to heaven, He is with us in the good times; With flags in front of every store and they think they you ride the gentle wind. he is with us in the bad.

And we rest from our labor — Doreen Broyles, 77, Colfax are really clever.

Wings, in seeming mortis set, Wake up to each day in his love, It makes me shudder tips toward the sun we can be glad! at what they do for fame.

Beat not, Be strong as we walk life’s road, Shame, shame on them. but soar on and gravity rescind. we never walk alone.

It’s our new world, — Bob Williams, 86, Clarkston God keeps us in his care it’s upon us full of hate and lies.

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

The center can also be found online at www.waid volunteercenter.org.

The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in September: l There is a need for volunteers to help out at a local theater with concessions during shows. Volunteers will need to be able to stand for a few hours, handle money, and be available ThursdaySaturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

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Volunteer opportunities l Volunteers are needed for the State Health Insurance Benefit Advisors program to help with Medicare questions.

Training and resources are provided. l There is a need for volunteers who knit and/or crochet to make hats, scarves, mittens and laprobes to be given to the needy. A group meets each Wednesday to complete projects with donated yarn. l There is a need for volunteer kitchen helpers to portion out, bag and seal food for meal delivery, as well as adding place settings for cafeteria diners. A weekly scheduled commitment is needed. The hours are 7-9:30 a.m. MondayWednesday and volunteers can

choose to help all three days or one day a week. Volunteers get one free meal on the day they help. l Volunteers are needed at local food banks to pack boxes. There is also a need for a regularly scheduled driver to pick up food donations from area businesses. Some lifting is required for the preceding positions. Volunteers are also needed in the warehouse and at the front counter. Some computer work is required for the front counter. Hours for warehouse and box packing volunteers are flexible. l A Clarkston-based social services agency is in need of volunteers to help in the social services department.

Volunteers will assist families in need, help with food pantry, clothing, household items and furniture. l There is a need for volunteers to work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays at the snack counter serving residents, staff and visitors. Duties include operating a cash register, selling food items and keeping the area clean. Training is provided. l Quilters are needed to help tie quilts. The quilters group meets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lewiston. Quilters would need to bring along a sack lunch. The group is also in need of gently used bed sheets or yardage of quilt backing.

More information on these or other volunteer opportunities offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center is available by calling Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

——— Interlink Volunteers — Faith in Action in Clarkston offers volunteer opportunities throughout the area. The office, located at 817 Sixth St., is open from 9 a.m. to

4 p.m. Monday-Thursday. The phone number is (509) 7519143. l Volunteers able to do minor home maintenance such as installation of grab bars in bathrooms, repairing latches on screen doors and gutter cleaning are needed.

Volunteers must use their own tools. Materials are provided

by Interlink. l There is a need for volunteers with the skills to help build entry steps and wheelchair ramps, and construct and place outdoor handrails as needed. Volunteers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink. l Volunteers are needed to drive clients to and from appointments. This requires a volunteer application to be completed, along with a copy of your valid driver’s license, insurance and own vehicle.

Mileage is reimbursed. l 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.

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——— St. Joseph Regional Medical Center has several different volunteer opportunities. l The surgery lounge is in need of volunteers who have a caring, calming personality to assist families and friends waiting for patients to come out of surgery. There are fillin and permanent positions available for this opportunity. l The gift shop is in need of volunteers who can use a cash register, display products, stock shelves and deliver flowers. Experience is helpful but training is provided.

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That goes especially for the appliances in my house, which have conspired to drive me even crazier than I already am.

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Earlier this year, he sold us a dryer.

This was necessitated by the sad and expensive fact that all three of the old appliances conked out within months of each other. And recently, Sue and I have been the victims of more appliance mayhem.

In the span of about two weeks, we had trouble with the microwave, the toaster and the coffee maker, none of which Leo sold us, though he did have some words of wisdom about these and all other appliances: “You have to talk to them,” he said.

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4 Zezima, continued from page 17 because they think you don’t like them.”

Leo loves appliances. He has been selling them for 60 years, the past 40 at P.C. Richard, an East Coast chain founded in 1909.

“I can’t wait to come to work every day,” Leo told me.

“Aren’t you going to retire?” I asked.

“I’ll retire when the Jets win the Super Bowl,” Leo said of his favorite football team.

“You may be working forever,” I remarked.

Leo nodded and said, “That’s OK. I love my job. It’s challenging because you have to be like a doctor and keep up with the latest technology. When I started, there were ice boxes and black-and-white TVs. Now you have washers and dryers that look like they came out of ’Star Trek.’ The ones you and your wife bought are like that.”

“They even play a little tune when the wash is done,” I said.

“It was catchy at first, but now I

can’t get that stupid song out of my head. I’m sure it’s part of the appliance conspiracy against me.”

“It’s like in the James Patterson book ’Zoo,’ with the rebellion of the animals,” Leo said. “This could be the rebellion of the appliances.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised,” I said, telling Leo about the mind games the microwave played on me. “I was making popcorn when the fan went on and wouldn’t go off. We had to call in a technician, who was totally baffled. The day after he left, the fan went off and the microwave started working again.”

Then there was the toaster.

“We had a brand-new one and it just stopped working,” I recalled.

“Maybe it’s because I put in a slice of bread and pressed the ’bagel’ button, just to be cute. I mean, how would it know?”

“They know when you try to fool them,” said Leo. “And the coffee maker was so bad that the coffee was lukewarm,” I said. “We had to heat it up in the microwave. When the fan was on, we couldn’t have coffee at all.”

“Not a good way to start the day,” Leo said.

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as a dial-a-ride bus enjoyed over the years and one of him, shook his hand — said driver in Moscow. goodbye to, not only the man the things they will miss.

Now, he is giving behind the wheel of the bus, but My favorite share was from a up the life he has rider named Chris: “I just wanted to a friend. built here to return Driving bus isn’t the only everyone to know that I think home this month just Chad is a really good bus driver. contribution Schnatz has made short of 15 years as a Steve — Steve is good at honkin his time in Idaho. He has also bus driver. served as the assistant chief of ing his horn. Pulls up and honks “They tried to talk four times every morning. … I’ve the Wheatland Fire Protection me into staying until loved riding around with him — I District.

(October),” Schnatz “I’ve been a fireman since I mean he’s no Chad — but Steve said. “But there’s only is alright.” was 16 years old. My dad and I one problem with both were,” he said. “And when I that — in October moved out here I never dreamt in His last day from here to Ohio my wildest dreams I’d ever be a I took the opportunity to meet fireman again.” how much snow am I up with Schnatz on his last day going to run into?”

But he couldn’t say no when as a SMART Transit driver so I had a chance to asked by a friend to help get the I could experience some of his fire district started, and he’s been Target Publications/Peggy Hayden chat with Ken Powell, “antics” firsthand. Schnatz has a one of Schnatz’s helping every since.

Commentary Steve Schnatz lowers the chair frequent riders and lot of stories from when he was As the day drew ever lift for a passenger on his last friend, at the retire- back in Ohio. Cop stories, fire closer to his final passenger day driving a dial-a-ride bus in ment party. He told stories and ambulance stories. I heard at least one of each during 4 See sENIOR TALK, Moscow. Schnatz drove bus for me about some of the tricks Schnatz ride-along and each was just page 21 the transit service for almost has played on other my as intriguing as the last.

15 years. riders.

The first person we picked up “One time on April after I got on the bus was a develMOSCOW — It was almost 15 Fool’s (Day) he had a opmentally delayed man whose years ago that Steve Schnatz rode bunch on there and he got them first words were “I’m gonna miss off into the sunset. down to the corner and shut the you man,” which was a sentiment He had been a 27-year cop, bus off and said he couldn’t go so shared by every rider who got on firefighter, ambulance driver, they would have to walk to where the bus that day. They hugged father and husband in Ohio, but they were going,” Powell told me. when his desire to help people “When they all got off the bus he cost him his family, he came out started it again and yelled ‘April West to rebuild his life.

Fools’ to them.”

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risk factors. Some, however, advocate starting at age 40. There are also varying opinions as to what age it is no longer beneficial to get an annual mammogram.

The majority of breast cancers begin in the lining of the breast ducts. The ducts carry milk from the lobules, where it is made, to the nipple. Very early in the process, the cells lining the ducts begin to appear abnormal and disorderly. As they progress to appear more and more abnormal, a diagnosis of intraductal carcinoma is made. At this point, the cancer is contained within the duct and there is very little chance it has spread. When theses abnormal cells break through the wall of the duct, it becomes invasive ductal carcinoma. At this point, there is risk that the cancer has “started to spread.” Tumors may also develop in the lobules, but it is much less common.

DIAGNOSIS

Ideally, breast cancer is diagnosed at an early stage by a screening mammogram. At this point, the woman is unlikely to have any symptoms. This is the best time to find the cancer so it is important that women not “put off” getting a mammogram because they have not noticed anything abnormal. If a worrisome area is detected on a mammogram, additional views of the breast and an ultrasound evaluation may be ordered. If the area

still appears worrisome on these additional tests, a biopsy will likely be recommended. In the past, this usually meant a surgical procedure to remove the area. Now, in most cases, a needle is used to remove some of the worrisome area for examination.

Some signs that may indicate the presence of a breast cancer are a mass, drainage from the nipple, and changes in the skin on the breast so it is still important that women continue to examine their breasts on a regular basis. It is important that men who develop any of these signs also be checked out since 1 percent of breast cancers occur in men.

TREATMENT

Unless the tumor is large when cancer is diagnosed, the initial treatment is surgery. The surgical options are broadly divided into lumpectomy or mastectomy. In the case of lumpectomy, just the tumor and some of the surrounding tissue is removed, leaving the breast in place. Although there are exceptions, it is usually recommended that the remaining breast tissue be radiated after surgery to decrease the chance of the cancer returning. During a mastectomy, all of the breast tissue is removed and radiation is usually not necessary. After mastectomy, a woman may elect to have a breast reconstruction to return as much of a natural appearance as possible.

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If the tumor has progressed to invasive carcinoma, it is necessary to examine the lymph nodes under the arm to see if the tumor has begun to spread. Lymph nodes are often referred to as “glands” and are located throughout the body. They act as filters to remove bacteria, viruses, and tumor cells that may be circulating. This is another area that has changed dramatically. Now, instead of removing all of the lymph nodes, we only remove the first few lymph nodes “in the chain”. Prior to surgery, a radioactive tracer is injected near the tumor. This tracer is then picked up by the lymphatic system and filtered out by the first lymph nodes under the arm. An instrument similar to a Geiger counter is used to find these lymph nodes so they can be removed and examined. The idea is that if no cancer cells are detected in these lymph nodes, it is very unlikely any of the other lymph nodes will contain cancer cells. By only removing a few of the lymph nodes, women are much less likely to get swelling in the arm or have difficultly moving the arm after surgery.

After the tumor and lymph nodes have been removed, they are examined and the information obtained is used to determine the stage of the cancer. A number of other studies may be done on the tumor to help determine if further treatment is needed. After all this information has been assembled, a discussion is held with the patient regarding what other treatment is recommended.

Recommendations may include nothing further, hormonal treatment or chemotherapy.

All too often, I hear women say they do not get mammograms because they do not want to know if they have cancer. It is important to realize that at some point you will find out and the sooner the better!  Hoffmann practices at Valley Medical Center, 2315 Eighth St., Lewiston, (208) 746-1383, valleymedicalcenter.com.

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Riders from Opportunities Unlimited in Moscow made signs for Steve Schnatzs retirement party at the 1912 Center in Moscow. Many were in attendence at the party.

4 Senior Talk, continued from page 19 drop off he got a bit quiet. A little melancholy, you might say.

“It’s gonna be different,” is all Schnatz could say.

The two things that came up over and over in my two days with Schnatz is how much his riders love his stories and the pranks he plays. All of the riders on Schnatz’s bus, who I came

in contact with over the two days, are very fond of him. I overheard Powell say he wasn’t going to ride the bus anymore. Whether he does or not, one thing is for sure — it will be a different ride without Schnatz behind the wheel.

So in a few short days Schnatz will head off in the other direction — toward the sunrise.  Hayden may be contacted at phayden@ lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2265.

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