Golden Times, May 2015

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

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olden imes May 4, 2015 / Vol. 26, No. 5

Family Ties Three generations share more than genes: they are all mothers and grandmothers, too / Page 12

E Senior lunch D menus I S — Page 3 & 4 IN

House Call — Page 18

Senior Talk — Page 20

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COORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden On the cover: Peggy Halloway, 101, and her great-great-granddaughter Dally, 1, share a special moment together. The two are bookends to five generations of the same family.

Photo by: Steve Hanks of Lewiston Tribune Golden Times P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501 goldentimes@Lmtribune.com (208) 848-2243 To advertise: contact your Tribune advertising sales representative at (208) 848-2292.

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WHO AM I?

INDEX: Social Security Q&A................... Page 5 Meal site list ............................... Page 6 Briefs .......................................... Page 7 Meeting calendar......................... Page 8 Birthdays .................................... Page 8 Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 15 Sudoku solution ..........................Page 16 Crossword solution .....................Page 16 Reader poetry ............................. Page 17 Sudoku ........................................Page 22 Crossword ...................................Page 23

I was born May 4, 1929, in Belgium and died at the age of 63 on Jan. 20, 1993, in Switzerland.

My first big role came in 1953, when I starred in Roman Holiday. My career spanned more than three decades, before I became a humanitarian in 1988.

I was married to Mel Ferrer from 1954 to 1968 and to Andrea Dotti from 1969 to 1982. Robert Wolders and I were companions until my death. I had a son with each of my husbands.

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Thought for the month “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the, more interested he is in her.”

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may senior nutrition menus

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.

monday

5 Beef fajitas/cucumber

6 BUFFET (starts at

11 Spaghetti with meat

12 Chili/green beans/

13 BUFFET (starts at

18 Chicken-fried steak/

19 Baked ham/

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

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26 Porcupine meatballs/ carrots/potato wedge/ coleslaw/fruit

27 BUFFET (starts at

broccoli/green salad/ fruit/breadstick

sauce/mixed vegetables/ green salad/fruit/ breadstick mashed potatoes/ carrots/fruit/roll

Closed for Memorial Day

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.

slices/mixed vegetables/ fruit/lemonade mousse salad/fruit/cornbread

potatoes au gratin/ mixed vegetables/green salad/applesauce

11:30 a.m.): Turkey

5 Meatloaf/mashed

7 French toast/German

8 Potato soup/salad

12 Chicken alfredo over

14 Pork chops/

15 Hot dog on a bun/

19 Chicken-fried steak/

21 Hamburger on a

22 Navy-bean soup/

sausage/hashbrowns/ pears/fruit juice

mushroom gravy/ scalloped potatoes/corn/ applesauce/roll/cookie bun/baked beans/tater tots/fruit

mashed potatoes/gravy/ peas/peaches/muffin

NK YOU !

friday

11:30 a.m.): Chicken

noodles/broccoli and cauliflower/Jell-O with fruit/roll/juice/cookie

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thursday

11:30 a.m.)

potatoes/gravy/green beans/apricots/pudding

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.

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. A dessert bar is available at each service.

wednesday

4 Chicken fettuccine/

senior round table nutrition Program

moscow senior nutrition Program

tuesday

bar/pineapple

salad bar/mandarin oranges

salad bar/roll/apricots

(no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)

26 Pork roast/potatoes/

28 Hot-turkey sandwich/ 29 baked breaded fish/

5 Chicken cordon bleu/

7 Tri-color tortellini with

12 Stuffed peppers/

rice/vegetables/soup

14 Spaghetti or pizza/ vegetables/soup

19 Meatballs in brown

21 Oven-baked chicken/

26 Breaded fish/french

28 Pit ham/mashed

gravy/carrots/cake/ice cream

mashed potatoes/gravy/ broccoli/pears/pudding/ cookie

scalloped potatoes/ vegetables/soup

salad bar/pineapple

alfredo sauce/prima vera vegetables/soup

gravy/mashed potatoes/ vegetables/soup

potatoes au gratin/ vegetables/soup

fries/vegetables/soup

potatoes/gravy/ vegetables/soup

6 Turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomato/green bean salad/baby carrots/ oranges

8 Baked fish/rice pilaf/

13 Salisbury steak/ orange glazed carrots/ parslied potatoes/lime fruit salad/salad

15 Spaghetti with meat sauce/garlic bread/green salad/fruit cup

20 Ground beef stroganoff/steamed broccoli and cauliflower/ orange wedges/ breadsticks/rainbow sherbert

22 German sausage/ potato/carrots/German coleslaw/breadsticks/ peaches

27 Swedish meatballs/ rice/creamy coleslaw/ canteloupe/chocolate ice cream

29 Chinese stirfry/rice/ cucumbers in vinegar/ apricots/peanut butter cookie

coleslaw/vanilla pudding with strawberries/ watermelon

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VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS MAY MENU Meals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day.

Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day.

More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767.

Menus are subject to change.

SUNDAY

MONDAY 4

HOT: Tunanoodle casserole/peas

SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/relish plate with ranch/pudding HOT: Pork loin/

TUESDAY HOT: Braised beef/mashed potatoes/ cauliflower SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

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broccoli SACK: Tuna-salad sandwich/ baby carrots with ranch/ banana or pear

HOT: ChickenHOT: Maccroni 12 and cheese with fried steak/ mixed vegetables ham/carrots SACK: Salami and cheese sandwich/ SACK: Bologna and tomato and cucumber cheese sandwich/pasta salad/Rice Krispi treat salad/cake

HOT: Spaghetti with meat sauce/ cauliflower SACK: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/ potato salad/cookies

HOT: Roast beef/roasted red potatoes/ carrots SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/ green salad/ Jell-O

10 rice pilaf/

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11

18

HOT: Ham/

HOT: Tuna-

24 mashed pota-

toes/carrots SACK: Turkey and cheese sandwich/ cottage cheese/sliced peaches

25 noodle

casserole/peas

SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/relish plate with ranch/pudding

HOT: Parmesan chicken/mashed potatoes/mixed vegetables SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/ cottage cheese/apricots

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HOT: Braised

26 beef/mashed

potatoes/ cauliflower SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

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THURSDAY

HOT: Spaghetti and meatballs/ broccoli

SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/brownie

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HOT: Salisbury steak/scalloped potatoes/corn

HOT: Teriyaki HOT: Roast 14 turkey/mashed chicken/roasted potatoes/ potatoes/corn cauliflower SACK: Turkey and SACK: Krab-salad cheese sandwich/ sandwich/spinach cottage cheese/fruit cup salad/cobbler HOT: Roasted

rice/peas SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/carrotraisin salad/cinnamon applesauce

HOT: Spaghetti

27 and meatballs/ broccoli

SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/brownie

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HOT: Lasagna/ carrots

SACK: Ham and cheese SACK: Seafood-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin croissant/green salad/ salad/apple or orange cobbler

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20 pork loin/brown

FRIDAY

HOT: Beef stroganoff/ buttered noodles/cauliflower SACK: Ham and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/ brownie

21

HOT: Salisbury

28 steak/scalloped potatoes/corn

HOT: Barbecue chicken/ macaroni and cheese/carrots SACK: Curried chickensalad/relish plate/ pudding

15

HOT: Chicken

22 alfredo

ravioli/carrots

SACK: Tuna sandwich/ Marinated cucumbers/ black forest cake HOT: Lasagna/

29 carrots

SACK: Ham and cheese SACK: Seafood-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin croissant/green salad/ salad/apple or orange cobbler

SATURDAY HOT: Meatloaf/ mashed potatoes/ cauliflower SACK: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/ coleslaw/cookies

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16

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

23

HOT: Meatloaf/

30 mashed

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

HOT: Pork loin/ rice pilaf/ broccoli SACK: Tuna-salad sandwich/ baby carrots with ranch/ banana or pear

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Q: Although I stopped working a few years ago, I had additional seasonal earnings after my retirement. Will my monthly Social Security retirement benefit increase?

A: Possibly. And you can get Social Security retirement or survivors benefits and work at the same time. Each year, we review the records for all working Social Security recipients to see if additional earnings may increase their monthly benefit amounts. If an increase is due, we calculate a new benefit amount and pay the increase retroactive to January following the year of earnings. You can learn more about how work affects your benefits by reading our publication, “How Work Affects Your Benefits” online.

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Social Security Q&A you’re ready to apply for Social Security retirement benefits, you can complete your application on the Social Security website listed at the end of this column. It is the fastest and easiest way to apply. For your convenience, you can always save your progress during your application and complete it later.

And thank you for your military service.

——— Q: I am very happy that I was just approved to receive disability benefits. How long will it be before I get my first payment?

A: If you’re eligible for Social Security disability benefits, there is a five-month waiting period before your benefits begin. We’ll pay your first benefit for the sixth full month after the date we find your disability began. For example, if your disability began on June 15, your first benefit would be paid for the month of December, the sixth full month of disability, and you would receive your first

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You can read more about the disability benefits approval process online.

——— Q: I’m applying for disability benefits, and I read about “substantial gainful activity.”

What is that?

A: The term “substantial gainful activity,” or SGA, is used to describe a level of work activity and earnings.

Work is “substantial” if it involves doing significant physical or mental activities or a combination of both.

If you are working and earn more than a certain amount, we generally consider that you are engaging in substantial gainful activity. In this case, you wouldn’t be eligible for disability benefits. You can read more about how we define substantial gainful activity online.

——— Q: I’ve been planning my retirement throughout my career, and I’m finally nearing the age when I can stop working. What is the earli-

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A: You can receive Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. Keep in mind that if you retire at age 62, we’ll reduce your benefits by as much as 30 percent of what you’d get if you wait until your full retirement age. If you wait until your full retirement age (66 for people born between 1943 and 1954), you’ll get your full benefit.

You can also wait until age 70 to start your benefits. Then, we’ll increase your benefit because you earned delayed retirement credits.

——— Q: I want to make sure I have enough credits to receive Social Security retirement benefits when I need them.

How can I get a record of my Social Security earnings?

A: The best way for you to check whether you have earned enough credits (40 total, equaling 10 years of work) is to open a free “My Social Security” account on

our website to review your Social Security Statement any time you want.

Once you create an account, you can: l Keep track of your earnings to make sure your benefit is calculated correctly.

The amount of your payment is based on your lifetime earnings. l Get an estimate of your future benefits if you are still working. l Get a replacement 1099 or 1042S. l Get a letter with proof of your benefits if you currently receive them. l Manage your benefits. l Change your address. l Start or change your direct deposit.

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Regional Senior Meal Sites Cottonwood Community Church 510 Gilmore, Cottonwood, (208) 962-7762 Meals at noon on Tuesdays Grangeville Senior Center 108 Truck Route, Grangeville, (208) 983-2033 Meals at noon on Mondays and Fridays Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center 104 S. Sixth, Kendrick, (208) 289-5031 Meals at noon on Wednesdays and Fridays Kamiah Senior Center 125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Lewiston Community Center 1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays Moscow Senior Center 412 Third St., Moscow, (208) 882-1562 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Nezperce Senior Citizens 501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465 Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays Orchards United Methodist Church 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston, (208) 743-9201 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays Orofino Senior Center 930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4328 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays Palouse Senior Meals 220 E. Main St., Palouse, (509) 878-2301 Meals at noon on Wednesdays Pomeroy Senior Center 695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Potlatch Senior Citizens IOOF/Rebekah Hall, Pine St., Potlatch, (208) 875-1071 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

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Pullman Senior Center 325 S.E. Paradise St., Pullman, (509) 338-3307 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays Riggins Odd Fellows Building 121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147 Meals at noon on Tuesdays United Methodist Church 313 Second St., Asotin, (509) 758-3816 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Valley Community Center 549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 758-3816 Meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center 115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553 Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays Winchester Senior Citizens Center Nez Perce Ave., Winchester, (208) 924-6581 Meals at noon on Wednesdays Pullman Meals on Wheels (509) 397-4305 Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767

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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 June’s issue must be recieved by MAY 18 to be considered.

More information is available by calling (208) 8482243.

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AARP offers 3 Smart Driver classes in May There are three eight-hour classes being given this month in the region. > From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday and Friday at CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston.

Registration for this class can be completed by calling Kay Gaines at (208) 816-3450. > From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 12-13 at the Pullman Senior Center, located inside Pullman City Hall, 325 SE Paradise St. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Arnie Lee at (208) 301-8844. > From 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break, May 19 in the lower level conference room at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, 1200 W Fairview St., Colfax. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Lee. Classes tend to fill up fast, so registering in advance is encouraged. Gains and Lee are also available to answer any questions about the classes or Smart Driver program.

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 time

Answer to WHO AM I? Audrey Hepburn

of starting online class and person, which includes transis payable by debit or credit portation and dinner. card.

The group will leave the community center at 1 p.m. return about 7 p.m.

An AARP Scam Jam andWeekly offerings through conference will be Parks and Rec for those age 50 and older include: held in Moscow > Line dancing at 10 a.m.

MOSCOW — The AARP Idaho on Mondays and 9 a.m. on Fraud Watch Network is offer- Thursdays. ing a Scam Jam from 8:30 > Pinochle at 6:30 p.m. on a.m. to 1:45 p.m. May 13 Wednesdays. at the 1912 Center, 412 East > Painting club at noon on Third St., here.

Thursdays.

Registration to attend the > Bridge at noon on conference is open through Fridays.

Friday and can be completed Registration for all activionline at www.aarp.org/id_ ties is required and can be scamjammoscow or by calling completed between 8 a.m.

(877) 926-8300. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the Check-in is from 8:30-9:30 Lewiston Community Center, a.m. with a complimentary by calling Parks and Rec at light breakfast.

(208) 746-2313 or online at Tom Trail, AARP Idaho volunteer state president and www.citylewiston.org/parks former state legislator, will andrec. give a welcome from 9:30Valley Community 9:40 a.m.

From 9:40 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Center will close there will be a program given

by Rep. Caroline Troy, Karen for Memorial Day Richel from the University The Valley Community of Idaho, Jessica Jans from Center will be closed May 25 Statewide Health Insurance for the Memorial Day holiday.

Benefits Advisors, Darren Duke The center has regularfrom Latah County Sheriff’s office and Sen. Dan Schmidt.

A complimentary lunch will be provided as well.

ly schedule activities that include: > Mondays: Noon to 3 p.m. painting class; Marcia’s foot care by appointment, which can be scheduled by calling (509) 330-1857. > Tuesdays: 10:15-11:15 a.m. fitness class; 12:45-3 p.m. pinochle. > Wednesdays: Dayna’s foot care by appointment, which can be scheduled by calling (208) 790-1548. > Thursdays: 10:15-11:15 a.m. fitness class; 11:30 a.m. blood pressure checks; 12:304 p.m. bridge. > Fridays: 12:45-3 p.m. pinochle. > Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. bridge.

Sons of Norway group will meet May 16 The final meeting before summer break for the Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 is at noon May 16 at the Valley Community Center.

There will be a potluck to start the meeting followed by a short business discussion.

The meeting will conclude with a program about Norway

The deadline to register for the day trip through Cavendish into Dworshak Park and concluding with dinner at the Clearwater River Casino is Friday.

The trip is being offered through the Lewiston Parks and Recreation Department on May 23. Cost is $65 per

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Sixth Street Senior Center raises the pancake feed price The Sixth Street Senior Center is raising the price for the monthly pancake feed to $5. This month’s feed is at noon next Monday.

Coffee and cookies are served every weekday morning from 10 a.m. to noon.

The twice-weekly dances are from 7-10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays with the Heustis Kountry Band providing music.

Cost to attend the all-ages dances is $5 per person.

The center will close for Memorial Day.

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Constitution Day. Meetings are open to visitors and the organization is open to all people of Scandinavian descent or those interested in the culture. More information about the group and its meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 7432626. The Valley Community Center is located at 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

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

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

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

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Monthly meeting calendar MAY 13: Valley Community Center, general board meeting, 9 a.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 16: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 18: Seaport Quilters, 6 p.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 19: Sixth Street Senior Center, board meeting, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

MAY 20: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.  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.

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THE PALOUSE | 2015

BIRTHDAYS May 3  Marie McGoldrick Marie McGoldrick of Orofino celebrated her 94th birthday Sunday.

She was born May 3, 1921, in Walla Walla.

On July 3, 1952, she and Brain McGoldrick were married.

McGoldrick moved to Orofino in 1955 where she and her husband raised their four sons.

She was a stay-at-home mom.

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Louise LaVoie of Clarkston will be honored during a reception from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Orchards Community Church in Lewiston. The occasion is her 90th birthday.

She was born to Ralph and Madeline Largent at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston on May 10, 1925. Her father started Largent’s appliance store in the 1930s, which is now operated by two of her sons.

LaVoie attended local public schools and after high school went on to nursing school in Spokane, becoming a registered nurse.

She and George LaVoie were married Jan. 25, 1948, and together raised six sons. Her husband died Aug. 19.

LaVoie has been involved with the local multiple sclerosis group for 35 years and leads a twice-weekly exercise group at Valley Community Center in Clarkston. She has also been an active member of the Mary Ball Mother’s Club for 60 years, where the ladies now share stories about their great-grandchildren.

Her hobbies include birding and she has enjoyed birding with the Canyon Birders group since it began in 1995. She has put out the newsletter for the group for many years.

She also enjoys Facebook, where she keeps up with the 20-some grandand great-grandchildren whose photos “pop up” regularly.

DaWayne Steiner of Clarkston is being honored during an open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Clarkston.

The occasion is his 80th birthday.

He was born May 13, 1935, to Verl and Blanch Steiner, and has lived his entire life in Clarkston.

Steiner married Janet Fisher in 1956 and they raised four children.

He also has six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife died in 2012.

While in high school, he was on the tennis and boxing teams, and played the violin. He has continued to play the violin.

During his career, Steiner worked at Willet Bro’s for 17 years. He owned and operated S&S Color Center from 1977 until retiring in 1995.

He has been active in community and school programs. He and his wife opened and operated the Clarkston branch of the Boys’ Club during the 1960s and ’70s. He also coached youth sports, was president of the Bantam Boosters and the Clarkston High School band parents, and he still attends most Bantam sporting events.

His hobbies have included fishing, bowling, painting and golf.

Steiner is a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church, serving as elder and deacon.

Darlene Nye of Lewiston will be honored during an open house celebration of her 80th birthday from 2-4 p.m. May 16 at Life Care Center in the Clearwater room, 325 Warner Drive, Lewiston.

She was born the eldest of three daughters to Gordon and Frances Peters on May 14, 1935, in Leland. She attended grade school in Leland until the school consolidated in 1948 with Kendrick. She graduated from Kendrick High School in 1953. She graduated from Kinman Business University in 1954.

In 1974, Nye went to work for Carla

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Nye also managed Circle Drive Mobile Home Park, where she lived for many years.

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Mildred Channel of Lewiston will celebrate her 94th birthday over the Memorial Day weekend with a family reunion.

She was born May 16, 1921, in Clarkston, to Walter and Connie Preston.

She attended Clarkston schools through the fifth grade and then moved to Idaho Falls, where she graduated from high school.

Channel worked as a cook for 15 years at John R. Daily’s and was a member of the butcher’s union in Missoula, Mont. She retired in 1982.

She and Arthur Channel were married Sept. 26, 1949, near Ashton, Idaho.

Channel has three children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1986 and a daughter died in 1992.

She attends United Methodist Church in Clarkston.

Channel plays pinochle three times each week at Valley Community Center and has been part of the exercise group at the center for 20 years.

Wanda Hoskins of Gifford will quietly celebrate her 95th birthday on May 17 with her family.

She was born and raised as the youngest of eight children at the family home on American Ridge above Kendrick.

Her parents are Florence and John Johnson.

She and Wayne Hoskins were married Dec. 14, 1941. The couple raised five children and numerous cattle on their dairy farm at Cottonwood Creek. They farmed the land for nearly 40 years.

Hoskins sang weekly with her sisters at a Lewiston nursing home for four decades.

Hoskins enjoys reading, singing and gardening, which have now mostly been postponed until she joins the rest of her family in heaven.

She and her husband will celebrate their 74th anniversary this year. They have 16 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.

James Thomas of Orofino will celebrate his 93rd birthday May 20.

He was born in 1922 in Kentucky.

Thomas married Barbara Cramer on April 8, 1995.

He moved to Idaho from California.

Thomas has children and grandchildren.

Bonnie Dickmore of Lewiston will be honored during an open house from 2-4 p.m. May 17 at Royal Plaza Retirement.

The occasion is her 90th birthday.

She was born May 21, 1925, in Clarkston to May and Gustav Dybvig.

Dickmore was married to John Tribitt for 18 years.

They planned and built two homes and enjoyed boating, camping and square dancing. He died in 1965. She and Don Dickmore were married in 1966. They enjoyed gardening, boating, and entertaining family and friends at their cabin on Lake Chatcolet.

She worked for Pacific Fruit as a bookkeeper soon after graduating from Lewiston High School with honors in 1943. Later, she worked for Woods & Sons Insurance and eventually became the first female insurance agent in Lewiston.

Dickmore sang with the Meister Singers, and was a proud member of Daughters of the Nile, where she made cherished friendships. She was also a member of the Orchards Methodist Church, where she worked with senior nutrition and sang on the praise team.

She has one daughter, four grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and numerous greatgreat-grandchildren. She had a son who died in 2014 and a grandson who died in 2012.

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MAY 27 Wayne Stickney of Lewiston will celebrate his 95th birthday with family on May 24.

He was born May 27, 1920, to Ralph and Mary Hibbs Stickney in Joseph, Ore. He grew up in the Joseph, Imnaha and Hells Canyon areas.

As a young man, Stickney worked for various ranchers and tended bands of sheep. It was at sheep camp one year that he met his future wife, a cute redhead named Maxine (Rusty) Howerton, who was assisting with the cooking. They married on July 7, 1945 and will

celebrate their 70th anniversary this year.

He graduated from Joseph High School but left before graduation to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His service included time aboard the USS Hazelwood as a ďŹ reman. He completed his service in 1945.

Stickney and his wife had three children. The couple lived in Stites before moving to a ranch on Tahoe Ridge, near Kooskia.

He worked as a sawyer for various logging operations in the Clearwater region. He retired in the 1980s after working as a woods boss for Pierson Logging.

Stickney enjoys ďŹ shing with friends and family. He takes his boat to the Clearwater River and Dworshak often.

MAY 31 ď ˇ LAROY KIDDER LaRoy Kidder of Lewiston will celebrate his 83rd birthday May 31.

He was born in 1932 and lived in Kamiah most of his life until three years ago when he moved to Lewiston.

Kidder still loves to dance at the Sixth Street Senior Center in Clarkston and at the Elks club in Lewiston.

During the summer, his garden is his pride and joy. He enjoys sharing the fruits and vegetables of his harvest with neighbors, family and friends.

Kidder has three children, one stepdaughter, seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

He and his wife Joan love taking a yearly cruise, and going ďŹ shing and hunting with family.

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She was born in 1928 in Leland to Hazel and Jess Thornton.

M e d a l e n graduated from Kendrick High School in 1947.

She and her husband Allen Medalen have been married for 65 years, and have two children, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. They moved to OroďŹ no in 1955.

Medalen enjoys playing pinochle and seeing family.

Gordon Kreisher of Clarkston will celebrate his 85th birthday on May 28 with family and friends.

He was born in 1930 at Elk River, the 10th of 11 children.

Kreisher graduated with the Elk River class of 1949 as valedictorian. He received a basketball scholarship to the University of Idaho and Lewiston Normal School, spending one year at each college. He later earned master’s degrees in education from UI and in science from Washington State University.

He served in the U.S. Navy-Air Force from 1952-56 and was honorably discharged as a 1st class petty ofďŹ cer.

Kreisher married Deanna on March 23, 1956, in Lewiston. They have three children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He taught history, math, science and trafďŹ c safety education in Touchet, Colville and Clarkston from 1952-92.

Kreisher volunteered for a stroke victim he had met at First Baptist Church.

In retirement, he enjoys hunting and ďŹ shing.

He and his wife of 57 years also enjoy traveling.

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A matriarch ties her family together Remembering time spent with grandma brings the generations together

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In the 101 years Peggy Holloway has been alive — she’s done a thing or two.

She ranched with her husband, Marvin, on the Snake River, survived the flood waters of Asotin Creek, operated a laundromat in Pomeroy and volunteered for the Asotin County Food Bank until she was 97, just to name a few.

But if asked what she was most proud of in life, she’ll tell you straight: “I’m proud of all my family.”

She has four children, 14 grandchil-

(Chad is Donna’s son).

The world Peggy grew up in was vastly different than the one her greatgreat-grandchild, Dally is growing up in. As Peggy moved from the kitchen of dren, 28 great-grandchildren and 19 her Clarkston home to the living room great-great-grandchildren — that’s 65 to visit, Dally pointed to the television, descendants. asking for Mickey Mouse — at least Five generations of the family curthat’s the interpretation her grandma rently live in the Lewiston-Clarkston Donna understood.

Valley, and three of the women — Dally carries around a spill-resistant along with a member of the fifth generplastic sippy cup and a snack container ation — gathered recently to celebrate filled with Goldfish crackers. When their collective memories as mothers, those became dull, she wandered over children and grandchildren. to the television remote to see how Peggy was joined by Virginia Earl, many buttons she could push before 77, the third of Peggy’s four children, she got caught. And then Donna and Donna Earl, 56, the oldest of Virginia’s children. The fifth generation turned on her phone and found a video to entertain the youngster. was represented by Dally Peer, 1 year old daughter of Chad and Layci Peer None of these things — the smart-

phones, sippy cups or televisions — were part of Peggy’s childhood. She grew up in the Enterprise, Ore.-area as part of a ranching family. She married when she was around 20 years old and ranched in the area with her husband — and soon four kids — until the family moved to Asotin in 1948. Virginia remembers the move well.

“Asotin was the biggest place I’d ever seen,” Virginia said.

The family bought a place up Asotin Creek, which later became home to Virginia and her family after Peggy and Marvin moved to Pomeroy in 1959.

There, Marvin worked for the U.S. Forest Service and they built a laundromat that Peggy operated.

During that time the dams along the Snake River were being built so work-

Peggy Holloway, 101, her great-greatgrandaughter, Dally, 1, Donna Earl, 56, and Virginia Earl, 77, are four generations of the same family.

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M O N D A Y, M A Y 4 , 2 0 1 5 ers brought their families and lived in trailers.

Without a place of their own to wash clothes, the women would gather at the laundromat not only to wash clothes but to socialize. The laundry convenience wasn’t only a treat for these women, it was also a convenience for Peggy.

She described her first washer, a gas-powered motorized machine she got sometime during the 1950s. Today, the machine would be considered a hassle. The motor agitated the clothes in soapy water and then each article of clothing had to be run through the wringer, also powered by the motor.

After the first run through the wringer, the clothes were put in rinse water and then run back through the wringer. Then everything was hung up to dry. As long and labor intensive as this procedure seems to people today, it was considered a big improvement to its pre-motorized options. The laundromat also provided Peggy with these modern conveniences and for the first time she got to use an electric dryer.

“From the time I was little, people didn’t have washers or dryers, or any of the electrical appliances,” Peggy said.

It was in Pomeroy that Peggy wove a tapestry of fun-filled family memories for her grandchildren.

Many of them lived in the valley, including Donna.

Her many memories of summers with grandma are rich.

During the summer, the grandchildren who were old enough and lived in the valley would take turns visiting Peggy for about a week at a time. The arrangement meant each child would receive oneon-one attention. Peggy said it was quite a lot easier than taking care of multiple grandkids all at the same time.

Donna remembered riding the Greyhound bus up to Pomeroy when it was her week to be with grandma. Mornings were generally spent working at the laundromat, where Peggy would clean up whatever mess had accumulated during the night. Donna and the other grandchildren would go with her to help.

“We used to go and roll quarters,” Donna said.

“That was our job. She would empty the quarters and dimes out of the machines and put them all in the back room and we would roll them for her. Any change we could find on the floor or behind the machines we got to keep.”

Besides the laundromat, the grandkids would listen to Peggy’s stories about her childhood, play in the flower garden and help out with the cleaning.

They also spent time in the mountains, where Peggy would join her husband while he worked and they would do plenty of fishing and camping near the Tucannon River.

Besides the week-long visits, there were other important rites of passage for each of Peggy’s grandchildren.

A memory Donna recalled involved Red Hots, the hot cinnamon candies that Peggy kept in her cupboard. Every day she would stir a couple into the applesauce she’d serve as dessert with oatmeal cookies after lunch. Donna and the others would sneak the candies one at a time from the cupboard, sometimes taking turns doing the dirty work of getting them.

“You’d sneak them and then they’d be gone and

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Layci, Chad and Dally Peer, Peggy Holloway, and Virginia and Donna Earl don Tshirts from a family reunion celebrated in 2014. The five generations of Holloway’s family all of whom live in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. then we’d have to figure out how we’re going to tell grandma that we ate them all,” Donna said.

If the grandkids thought their grandma was oblivious to the mischief, they were wrong. Peggy smiled and said she knew what was going on all along.

Another special memory came when Donna was around 8 years old and her family went to visit her grandparents. They had just left town to go back home when the engine began smoking and they had to pull off to the side of the road. Because Donna’s dad was working and unable to get them until the next day, Donna’s family got to have a surprise sleepover at her grandparents’ house. Staying there was exciting, but she remembered being worried about not having any pajamas to wear.

“We didn’t pack any clothes and I got to wear my granddad’s white undershirt and I felt so cool,”

Donna said. “To this day, I remember that moment.”

Donna and Virginia wouldn’t say if they had more fun with their children or their grandchildren.

“I loved my kids and I loved my grandkids,” Peggy said diplomatically.

Virginia attributes some of the differences in their experiences to changes in the world over time.

“With the kids growing up, we rode horses and we worked,” Virginia said. “We went with them to take care of the cows and the garden. We didn’t have electricity, we played games because we didn’t have TV.” But none of that was the case when Virginia had kids of her own.

“By the time her [Donna’s] grandkids came,”

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May 31 ď ˇ Ken Rinehart Rinehart worked for Atkinson Distribution, State Hospital North and finally retired from the U.S. Forest Service as an information officer in 2002.

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Weber, 95, told reporters gathered to witness the event that the flight qualifies him as the oldest active pilot. “I feel great,� the retired U.S. Air Force veteran said after landing and turning in the keys of the rental plane. “It was a short flight, but it met all the (Guinness) requirements.�

For the record: Weber was 95 years, 4 months and 23 days old at the time of the flight.

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who lived in Longmont, Colo., flew for the last time in 2007 at age 105. He died the same year.

Weber, who exchanged emails with Guinness over many weeks, said the record keepers have designated a new category: Oldest qualified pilot still licensed and flying solo.

Weber’s record attempt comes as most people his age

consider giving up driving a car, said Jessica Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Private pilots 40 and older are required to have medical exams every two years. The number of pilots 90 and older with valid medical clearances totaled 106 as of June 2013, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Pacific Division. “If somebody passes me up, I’ll call them up and congratulate them,� Weber said.

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Volunteer opportunities group meets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lewiston. Quilters would need to take a sack lunch.

The group is also in need of someone who loves going to yard sales to obtain gently used bed sheets or yardage of quilt backing. 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. There is also a need for volunteers at both thrift stores to help with several tasks. l There is a need for tutors with basic language and grammar skills to help with English as a second language and tutors with math skills to help with preparation for the general equivalency development tests. It is not necessary to be bilingual or have teaching experience. Those interested in this opportunity must be able to commit to three hours per week for at least six months to work one-on-one with students.

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Warriors of ’Nam

Still Tootin’

READER POETRY

They served! Fought! Died!

Left behind, youth!

Dreams! Limbs!

They killed, men, women!

Children!

Warriors of ’Nam. Their children bare the scars, of their father’s war!

Wives live with the Jekyll and Hyde personalities their husbands have become!

Unborn children carry agent orange’s tainted genes.

Their country put out the unwelcome mat!

Insensitive to their suffering.

Warriors of ’Nam. They were trained to kill, for God and Country.

A snap of a twig, meant to kill or be killed!

Death was in a small child’s laugh!

A mother’s pleading eyes.

He who hesitated, could lose life or limbs.

Warriors of ’Nam. They came home, stepping out of hell!

Carrying inside a trained assassin, restless, ready to strike!

They were trained well!

Oh so well!

Warriors of ’Nam. Now! They seek healing, peace.

A night without ghosts!

They try to speak about the unspeakable.

Forget the horrors of war!

Bury the faces.

Warriors of ’Nam.

What’s the best move I ever made?

Starting music in the sixth grade.

I tried the trombone, The way you treat people and makes quilting The Locust and found a good tone. is part of it. look like fun.

I could see me in a parade.

The locust’s the last Do unto others Placing patterns in each frame to leaf out in the spring.

After high school, as you wish for them no two quilts are just the same.

But her garb’s the most welcome I joined the Navy. to do to you.

A little work of all shades of green.

And, on the ship, Oh what a wonderful world each day she’ll do For when the locust leafs out it would be, things got wavy. a work of art for sure, spring is here. if everyone did just that.

But, to play in the band when all is through.

It’s the death knell of winter, Our world would change to a for the crew was grand.

The quilt for me winter, so drear. wonderful place.

I felt like my job was gravy.

When the limbs of the locust will always be Do bad things, And now, rise naked and bare bad things happen. upon my bed I’m in my senior years, and thrust ghostly fingers Do good for all to see. still playing with musical peers. into the air. and good things happen.

I feel real proud to be her friend Son of a gun, With the promise of life Be sure, and with this poem I’m sure having fun, hidden deep in the earth the seeds you plant are the best, my love I send. and doing what pleases the ears.

It’s with the leaves and your garden Rebecca Whited, 69, Clarkston Ken Taylor, 78, Clarkston of the locust will be filled with beauty, that spring’s given birth. and great joy.

And that’s why old-timers Bad seeds are full of thorns won’t plant ’til they’ve seen and thistles, the leaves on the locust, is that what you like? that sure sign of spring.

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Beyond the body mass index I met a patient recently who made an appointment because she was concerned about her body mass index (BMI).

As she pushed up her sleeve so I could take her blood pressure, I was impressed with her biceps.

“Nice guns,” I said.

“You think so?” she replied. “I work out with a trainer.”

As we looked at her body composition — measuring muscle mass and adipose (fat) tissue — a good percentage of her weight was muscle. I explained if she were to lose weight, I definitely would not want it to be from the muscle she had worked so hard to build.

In fact, I encouraged her to continue

with exercise in hopes of building more muscle. This would be especially important for her because she is in her 70s.

Sometimes it seems counter-intuitive when I ask my patients to do things that could cause them to gain weight, since most have the goal of losing weight and reducing BMI. However, I often ask patients to increase their muscle weight — especially patients 50 and older — because as we age we start losing muscle. Less muscle is not a good thing — even if it makes your BMI lower.

Interestingly, the BMI formula was originally developed in the 1950s as a tool for population research. It was never intended to be used to diagnose

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The problem with BMI is, in isolation, it provides limited information about how your body functions, how healthy you are, or even how you look.

BMI is a calculation based only on height and total scale weight. This is not to say it is completely useless. We simply have to understand the BMI has important limitations. It does not take into account sex, age, ethnicity, fluid retention, body fat and its distribution, or muscle mass.

Maintaining or increasing muscle mass and strength is important for many reasons. Daily activities become easier, like picking up grandchildren, getting out of a chair or car, carrying in groceries, getting up and down off of the ground in the garden, etc. Balance improves, as does mental wellbeing. More muscle helps you recover from illness and heal from surgery more quickly.

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As more seniors rely on reverse mortgages, troubles beckon for heirs

By Patricia Sabatini

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A new government report shows many seniors are taking out reverse mortgages on their homes without fully understanding the ramifications, leading to foreclosures among borrowers and a tangle of problems for heirs after the borrower dies.

“Consumer complaints tell us that the complex terms of reverse mortgages continue to be misunderstood,” said Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which last week released a report highlighting the top complaints the agency received about reverse mortgages over the last three years.

A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that allows homeowners age 62 and older to tap a portion of the equity in their homes. The money typically is paid out in a lump sum or in regular fixed payments, with fees and interest added to the balance each month. Unlike a home equity loan, the money does not have to be repaid until the borrower dies, moves out or sells the home.

The loans can be a life line for house-rich, cash-poor seniors struggling with daily living expenses. Reverse mortgages also have been used to help retirees improve their lifestyles, allowing them to buy the summer home they had always dreamed about, for example.

But problems and confusion

are expected to continue as more baby boomers retiring with little or no savings turn to the loans for help getting by.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cited a 2010 Federal Reserve report concluding in the 55-to-64 age group, 41 percent had no retirement savings. Even among those who had a nest egg, the average balance was only $103,200, the report said.

Many complaints the protection bureau received showed people were confused about the way reverse mortgages work.

“Many consumers struggle with understanding how quickly their loan balance will go up and their home equity will fall,” the report said. As a result, many borrowers who wanted to refinance their loans were frustrated because there wasn’t enough remaining equity in their homes.

One of the most common types of complaints involved the inability of a borrower’s family members to assume the loan in order to keep the house when the borrower died, according to the report.

Reverse mortgages prohibit loan assumptions because actuarial tables are used to help determine the loan amounts.

Adult children may keep the home only by paying off the loan or by paying 95 percent of the current appraised value of the house.

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The rule only applies to reverse mortgages originated through HUD’s program after Aug. 4, 2014.

The financial protection bureau also reported a number of complaints from borrowers who faced foreclosure or who lost their homes because they did not keep up with payments for property taxes and homeowners’ insurance, which under terms of a reverse mortgage must be kept current.

“Some consumers describe unsuccessful attempts to halt foreclosure proceedings by paying overdue taxes in full or through payment plans,” the

report said.

In an effort to stem such defaults, lenders making loans under HUD’s program after March 2 will be required to make certain financial assessments of a prospective borrower. Currently, loan qualifications primarily are a borrower’s age and the amount of equity in a home.

The financial protection bureau recommends three steps homeowners with reverse mortgages should take to protect their heirs. The advisory, “Three Steps You Should Take If You Have a Reverse Mortgage,” is available at consumerfinance. gov/blog.

The steps involve verifying who is on the loan, and planning ahead for the non-borrowing spouse and for any family members living in the home.

The advisory also has links to a consumer guide for people considering a reverse mortgage.

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Heirs also complained about what they believed were inflated appraisals that required them to pay more than they expected, the report said.

Another common complaint involved the shock of having to sell a home or face foreclosure when a spouse died because the surviving spouse’s name was not on the reverse mortgage. Some couples were advised to take a reverse mortgage in the older spouse’s name to qualify for a bigger loan.

“Some consumers report that their loan originator falsely assured them they would be able to add the other spouse to the loan at a later date,” the report said.

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Paying tribute to a man who made a difference We don’t always get the opportunity to let people know they’ve made a difference in our lives, especially those from our youth — teachers, coaches, the lunch lady who knew you hated peas so gave you less on your tray. You know, the ones who seemed to make a special effort to let you know someone was on your side.

That was the case for a few of Raymond Rooper’s students. He made a difference in their lives and while they may not have had the opportunity to tell him that while he was alive, they made it clear in tributes they left Target Publications/Peggy Hayden on a memorial website for Pat Rooper holds a book of photos, in him. Another former student her Lewiston home, commemorating of Mr. Rooper’s printed them and included them in a the lives of her and her late husband, out condolences card they sent to Ray Rooper. his wife.

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kid, these children in the Lewiston School that he once had as District for 17 years at students,” Pat Rooper McSorley and Camelot said. “I just sat there elementary schools. and bawled my head This is what some off.” of his former stuThe two of them dents wrote about Mr. were married Feb. Rooper in the card his 19, 1955, and had just wife received: celebrated their 60th wedBarbara Ann Cooper ding anniversary in Hawaii wrote: “Mr. Rooper taught a month before he died. His me many things. But it death, even though he was was those life lessons he 81, was a surprise to her. snuck in that really stuck.

“He was the healthiest I know how to cook a steak guy in the family,” she said. (two very hot cast iron “We had no suspicion really skillets …), how to survive that this was coming on.” in the jungle (eat what the Pat told me how Ray monkey eats …), how to would wake up every mornsurvive if you can’t find a ing at 3 a.m. and go for a water source (always carry 2-mile walk. He was given plastic wrap in your pocket a clean bill of health in when hiking). And the early February, she said, his hands on learning — trying commentary death just wasn’t something to build the tallest tower, that could have been pretrying to build the strondicted. There was no indigest bridge, measuring the cation and height of the flag pole. The I think that morning calisthenics under is why Pat the tree. He was an excelfought back lent teacher, and a kind tears the man …” entire time we spoke.

Natasha Angel Rush wrote: “This Rooper was a career was my 6th grade teacher and a BIG military man; that’s reason I became an educator. See what brought the you on the other side, Mr. Rooper.” couple to Lewiston.

Jessica Hiner wrote: “He was the He got stationed here absolute best. I tell my kids about as a U.S. Army adviser him all the time. The yardstick, the to the Idaho National most important person being the Guard in 1970. When garbage man, and Jim being taped he completed his serto his chair. The stories could go on vice in 1973, after 21 and on.” years, he decided to attend Lewis-Clark 4 See senior talk, State College and get a page 22 teaching degree. With that degree he taught

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Study explores new realities of retirement and homeownership

By Janet Kidd Stewart Chicago Tribune

Retirees, it turns out, are living large.

Among 50-plus retirees who have already moved in retirement, about half decamped to digs that were the same size or bigger, a new survey by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave reveals.

They are making room for adult children and grandchildren who visit, and they’re entertaining more, particularly in the healthy early retirement years that rising longevity has created, the survey found.

“More and more people are turning their empty nests into nurturing nests, a place where friends want to come and stay,” said Age Wave chief executive Ken Dychtwald.

Of course, by definition there is the other half of retirees who are downsizing, either by choice or necessity.

And then there are those who are shrinking their real estate footprint, but not necessarily spending less.

“I have one client who just sold his home and moved to a place with half the square footage, but it cost about 80 percent of what the previous home sold for, and now he’s picking up a vacation condo,” said Ben Jennings, director of financial life planning with SoundView Advisors in Olympia, Wash. He wasn’t involved with the study.

The survey of 3,638 U.S. adults seemingly debunks several other bits of conventional wisdom about retirees: l 64 percent of 50-plus retirees said they are likely to move in retirement, including 37 percent who said they already have.

The top reason for moving in retirement wasn’t about a change in health or marital status or wanting to cut costs, but about moving closer to family. l 30 percent of the retirees who reported already moving said they upsized to a larger home. l Among 65-plus people who said they moved, 83 percent stayed in the

same state. We aren’t all snowbirds, apparently.

For those who do have wanderlust, the study stayed pretty true to stereotypes: South Atlantic, Mountain and Pacific states got the most nods for desirability.

The study also revealed that older retirees, those 75 and up, have the greatest emotional attachment to their homes, perhaps suggesting that waiting until old age to downsize for financial reasons could be precisely the most difficult time.

“On many levels, this is the most important financial topic advisers can talk about with clients,” said David Tyrie, head of retirement and personal wealth solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He cautioned homeowners to balance the need to keep nesting with future priorities.

So how should those approaching retirement think about that?

A decade ago, Jennings told middle-class clients at retirement not to tie up more than about 20 percent of their total assets in a home.

Today, he uses computer modeling to project actual expenses into the future and can model alternatives to selling a house, such as a reverse mortgage.

Another way is to borrow a page from the wealthy, who tend to view second homes as a luxury they can dispense with if it begins to interfere with their core lifestyle, said Tim Noonan, managing director of capital markets insights with Russell Investments.

“It comes down to can you afford to live the same way after you’ve retired as before? People don’t explore that question for the same reason they don’t go to the doctor, because they fear they’re going to hear something they don’t want to hear,” Noonan said. “They should understand that where they live is their No. 1 day-to-day financial habit, and their habits interfere with their financial security far more than they are willing to admit.”

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Anne Clark Moss wrote: “I still remember the math lesson, where we had to determine the area of the dog house (his new home away from home) that needed painted. He had so many real life scenarios that made learning fun and interesting. I remember the taping incident and the can of pop that he wouldn’t open until retirement.”

Jared Cattron wrote: “This Vietnam veteran was the best teacher ever. I remember him bringing us outside every morning to start the day with push ups and jumping jacks. I also remember him telling us at the beginning of the year that he would teach us all the math and English we would see in 7th and 8th grade as well. He definitely did and junior high was a breeze because of him. He gave us his best to prepare us for future classes and life in general. Thank you Mr. Rooper.”

These were just a few of the tributes to a husband, father, veteran and teacher that were given after he died on March 27. And while he didn’t get to hear or see them, they have helped his wife during her time of grief.

“I feel so lucky,” Pat said while fighting back tears. “It’s been so much fun. He was always cuddling … and very affectionate.”

None of this will bring him back, but hopefully she will find peace in knowing that Ray’s legacy will carry on in Rush’s classroom, Hiner’s home and the hearts of Cooper, Moss and Cattron.  Hayden may be contacted at phayden@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2265.

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golden times crossword puzzle for may CLUES ACROSS

1. William the Conquerer’s birth city 5. Expired 9. Muslim greeting 11. Hangs cloth in loose folds 13. -__, denotes past 14. Jog 16. Ocean shore 17. Promotion of a product 18. The Constitution State 20. Russian space station 22. Paper mulberry bark cloth 23. Fiddler crabs 24. Drunkards 27. Domestic hog 28. Before 29. Papua New Guinea monetary unit 31. Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul 33. V.P. Quayle 34. Expression of surprise 35. Declares untrue 38. Corn dough 40. Ocean 41. Supply with men 42. Spring tides 44. Spooky month 45. To tie in Spanish 47. Possessed 49. Br. Architect Wren

54. Prosecutor for a district 55. Tribal chieftains 56. Fulfill a command 58. Location of White House 59. Happy facial gestures 60. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament 62. Over again 63. Inhabitants of ancient Media

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21. Decay 25. Crepe fern genus 26. Actor Connery 28. Wipe out recorded information 30. Imparts motion to 32. Compared to 35. Alight from train 36. N.H. 03832 37. 2 piece clothing

fastener 39. Express pleasure 40. A plan, outline or model 43. Give a spanking to 44. NY Times publisher Adolph Simon 46. 17th Greek letter 48. Small, stout cyprinid fish

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he passed the test to be an aviation cadet and started his flying career in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

During World War II, he flew P-38 fighters in the South Pacific, was an instrument flight instructor during the Korean War and flew an AC-130 gunship in Vietnam.

Weber, who began military service as a private, retired from the Air Force in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. Since then he has flown for fun.

“I like to fly,” he said. “I fly at least twice a month. I like to observe and take anybody up for a ride who wants to go.”

He said his good health, mental acuity and long life can be traced in part to his diet.

“My wife, Ruth, is a good cook,” he said. “We’ve been married 72 years. I was a cadet in primary flight training when we got married.”

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4 Matriarch, continued from page 13 Virginia continued. “We were living in a different age.”

Not only did technology and the way of life change, but expectations of mothers and grandmothers changed along with it.

Virginia worked at the Asotin post office for 30 years (20 of them as the postmaster), and she couldn’t take her grandchildren to work to roll quarters and sweep the floor as her mother, Peggy, had done. She had to find other ways to build memories.

It’s clear Peggy and Donna still share the special bond of a grandmother and grandchild.

They laugh together and add details to each other’s stories, with Peggy remembering as many, or more details, as Donna. Donna is quick to extol her grandma’s virtues and more than once Peggy told Donna how valued she was.

“I’m lucky,” Donna said.

“I was lucky to get you, too,” Peggy replied.  Schmidt can be contacted at themichelleschmidt@ gmail.com or at (208)3054578.

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More information about volunteering at the Clarkston Community Garden is available by calling Ken Roberts at (509) 758-6849.

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