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There are often smiles and laughter as members of the New Horizons Band go through weekly rehearsals, which also intently focus on the music. No auditions or training in music are required to join.
New Horizons Band brings together retired players who just enjoy an opportunity to play music again
By DENISE RUTTAN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
“Oh good, you guys are really listening to each other now,” exhorts conductor Jane Gilman to her congregated musicians. Smiles and laughter spread throughout the group. The rehearsal for the New Horizons Band is peppered with similar words of encouragement and gentle feedback. There’s the feeling right away that this concert band isn’t the typical stiff and formal philharmonic. No auditions and no training in music are required to join. In fact, members range in musical experience from 84year-old flutist Edith Madden, who’s
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been a member for the last 20 years, to tuba player Terry Bang, 72, who picked up his instrument for the first time two and a half years ago. “I used to play French horn,” Bang says. “When I started high school, I had to choose between French horn or tuba, both of which my band needed. I took the city bus to school back then and no way was I going to take a sousaphone on a city bus, so I went with the French horn.” Now this band’s only tuba player prefers the bass clef. There are not only newbies here. Retired band directors and music teachers also count themselves as part of this motley group, which numbers
approximately 24 players. “I saw the Pittsburgh Symphony in concert once,” says Paul Doellinger, a 72-year-old clarinetist. “They’re like the NFL. We’re like a sandlot team, an amateur pickup group that gets together after work and throws the ball around.” Gracewinds Music currently sponsors and started up the band. The Corvallis chapter is part of an international nonprofit that was initially started to give adults older than age 50 a place to play music, even if they have little to no musical experience. Members can now be of any age. Tuition is $80 per quarter to remain a
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member of the band. But the band does not turn away anyone for inability to pay, and scholarships are available, says president Tricia Martin. Left and right, the members of this warm, friendly group are case in point that you really can teach an old dog new tricks. Martin herself, a clarinetist, just bought an oboe and has graduated from a single reed to a double reed for the first time. She tried out the instrument first by renting it at Gracewinds Music. “You can start from nothing and really progress,” Martin says. The band plays musical pieces ranges from blues and the Best of the Beatles, to the theme from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” she says. “We like to mix it up and
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For more information and to join the band, call Paul Doellinger at 503838-4884 or Tricia Martin at 541-207-5231. Visit corvallisnewhorizonsband.org for more information.
we’re always looking for new music. It’s not only marches,” Martin says. The musical experience also gives band members, especially the retired ones, a social avenue as well as a way to keep themselves mentally active. Doellinger, the clarinetist, lives in Monmouth and came here to study at Oregon State University for his Ph.D. But after graduation, retirement didn’t suit him so well. “I was driving my wife nuts,” Doellinger says. “I needed something to do. My wife got her grandpa’s old Photo by Denise Ruttan
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Edith Madden, 84, has been playing the flute with New Horizons for the past 20 years. clarinet and I found this group. I put the reed in my mouth for the first time on my first rehearsal here and got a sound out of it. Now I’m first clarinet.” In 2010, though, when he joined, he was a rookie to this sandlot team. “At that time we rehearsed at Sheldon Grade
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School,” Doellinger says. “The first time I came I went to the very back of the school and was wandering around. I turned a corner and ran into Tricia Martin. She says, ‘Are you with the band?’ We’ve sat next to each other ever since.” That’s how quickly it took Doellinger to feel at home here. “When we make mistakes we laugh with each other and not at each other,” Doellinger says. In short order, the band has given Doellinger a completely new direction in his retirement, he says. And this supportive group has formed friendships beyond the band. Every year they get together for Christmas parties and social gatherings.
Through the broader nonprofit, members also can participate in conferences and camps in other states. Doellinger once went to such a camp in Olympia, Washington, and dined at a restaurant with a table full of band members. “The server asked us, ‘Are you here for a conference?’ We says, ‘No, we’re here for band camp.’ Without missing a beat, the server says, ‘What grade are you going to be in next year?’“ The band rehearses together at 6:15 p.m. Thursdays and performs about three concerts per year, in addition to a performance at the Corvallis Farmers Market. ■
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By GRACE PETERSON MASTER GARDENER
I will always be a plant collector. I’m pretty sure it’s in my DNA because, from the time I was a little kid, I loved plants. For decades, one of my favorite pastimes has been visiting nurseries and bringing home new treasures to plant in my garden. While I will undoubtedly be tempted by new offerings come April, I am grateful for the plants that performed beautifully in previous years. I thought I’d mention a few of last year’s favorites. The winner for best new plant of 2015 is a pink-flowering Speedwell called Veronica First Love. What a stellar plant. All of the information I’ve read says it’s a summer bloomer — June through August. But my plant started blooming in May and was still pushing out beeattracting flower spikes well into October. The plant itself grew to a little over a foot tall and wide, and looked great in the front of the border but could also do well in a con-
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The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library systems invites patrons to participate in the inaugural Winter Break Reading Challenge, a program for teens and adults. Those who complete the mini-bingo card and return it by Jan. 5 are eligible to win prizes, including $50 gift certificates to Grass Roots Books. Cards may be picked up at the following library locations: Alsea, Corvallis, Monroe and Philomath, as well as the Corvallis library location. Or, fill out a card online at cbcpubliclibrary. net/winterbreakreading. Those who complete the card may return it to any service desk at the library or submit it via email to askalibrarian@corvallisoregon.gov. For more information, contact Bonnie Brzozowski, reference librarian, 541-7666965 or send an email to bonnie.brzozowski@corvallisoregon.gov. ■
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Winner for the best new plant of 2015 is Veronica First Love. tainer. I can think of two or three more spots in my garden where I’d like to have this plant so I’m going to be on the lookout for it this spring. Another winning plant came to me in disguise while perusing a plant sale last spring. The label said it was a dwarf Lily of the Nile, (Agapanthus) but when the blossoms opened, I learned it was actually Allium nutans, a
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summer-blooming ornamental onion. It only gets about a foot tall and the honeybees went nuts over the monthlong, lavender, orb-shaped blossoms. I’ve had Lime Zinger Stonecrop (Sedum) for a few years now and can’t say enough good things about it. I have it creeping along the ground, over rocks and in containers. The plant boasts uniform, succulent, bluegreen foliage with red edges. New leaves look like rose petals as they emerge from the tips of the six-inch trailing stems. In late summer, the honeybees delight over the pink flower clusters. Lime Zinger is just one of the varieties in the fantastic SunSparkler Sedum series. I’ve mentioned Coreopsis Big Bang Mercury Rising in past columns but the plant is such a winner, I can’t help touting its merits once more. Thousands of deep, cherryred flowers with specks of yellow adorn the two-foot tall plants from late spring through mid-fall. Deadheading will improve the plant’s performance but isn’t a
requirement. I have several plants now growing in my sunny borders. It’s also worth mentioning that unlike the “Limerock” series of Coreopsis that were beautiful but never able to survive the winter, the vastly improved Big Bang series handles cold temperatures just fine. Despite being a gardener for over 30 years, there are still plants that escape my radar. Up until a few years ago, I had erroneously assumed that perennial Asters (also called Michaelmas Daisies) were strictly fallblooming plants. But seeing Aster x frikartii Monch all abloom in a friend’s July garden, I became fascinated with it. Two-inch lavender, beeloving daisies appear on twoto three-foot tall plants and keep coming until the fall blooming asters take over the show. Needless to say, I’ve now got several plants adorning my sunny borders.
Space doesn’t allow me to extol the virtues of the many plants that have won me over through the years: hydrangeas, fuchsias, clematis, phlox, not to mention the many foliage plants that complement all the blossoms. There is much to look forward to in the 2016 garden. And spring is right around the corner. Happy New Year.
Tips for January: If the weather is conducive, we can get outdoors to tidy up and prune fruit trees and everblooming raspberry canes. Be sure to check the soil for shrubs that grow under the eaves. If the soil is dry a good soaking is in order. Be sure to check your birdbaths and feeders, keeping them clean and fresh for winter visitors. Please visit my garden blog more gardening ideas and photos: gracepete.blogspot.com ■
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Pure oxygen works as a healing tool
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is technology that has been used for decades, starting with the military to help scuba divers recover from resurfacing too quickly, and pilots who were flying at too high of an altitude. The therapy is also used in
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Majestic Playwright’s Lab, 8:30 p.m., Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd St., Corvallis. Scripts must be submitted a week prior to the meeting.
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ESL Conversation Class, 10 a.m., Corvallis-Benton County Library, conference room. Free.
Movie day: “Boulevard,” 1:30 p.m., Chintimini Senior and Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave., Corvallis. $2.
Movie day: “Mr. Holmes,” 1:30 p.m., Chintimini Senior and Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave., Corvallis. $2.
(also Jan. 17) Hoolyeh Folkdance, 7 to 9 p.m., First Congregational Church, Gatton Hall, 4515 SW West Hills Road, Corvallis.
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High Steppin’ Country Dance, 7 p.m. to midnight, Elks Lodge, 1400 NW 9th St., Corvallis. $5.
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Memory Loss Support Group, 1:30 p.m., Chintimini Senior and Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave., Corvallis.
Chintimini Senior Center trip: Newport Crab Krack, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. $94/ $117.50.
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Can we afford bigger salaries, especially for senior helpers?
By DAN CHRISTOPHER BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
You don’t have to look far to find folks who would welcome a pay hike, especially if the pay they now receive is well below $15 an hour. To be sure, there are plenty of folks in that category, from teens to seniors. There are also plenty of advocates who suggest that the quick and easy path to lighten the burden for workers is simply for employers to give their employees more money. Then, as the argument goes, more money will be pumped into the economy and financially struggling workers will be much better
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prepared to take care of their personal needs. Therein lies support for Oregon’s proposed $15 Minimum Wage Initiative which petitioners hope to get on the ballot later this year. But hitting up employers to write bigger checks for their workers has several twists, not only for the adolescents flipping burgers, but especially for those focused on health care and health care facilities for older adults: nursing assistants, home health aides and personal care aides. “I love my caregivers,” says Dan Ogle, CEO of Eugenebased New Horizons In-Home Care, “I want to give them every dime I can. They are worth it. I pay everyone well above the current minimum wage.” But with 1,100 caregivers on the payroll, Ogle adds, company survival is on the line. “My people, who are currently making $15 an hour,” he says, “are not going to be happy because all my new people will be making what they make. So I have to raise them up as well, then find new
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Dan Ogle, CEO of New Horizons In-Home Care, says raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would have positive and negative results for his company. funding revenue sources.” Revenue sources for companies like New Horizons typically come from clients, insurance companies and state Medicaid budgets. Charging these sources more can, in turn, hike the cost of food,
transportation, facility maintenance and services being provided to clients in need. In Oregon, salaries for most of those in assisted living, retirement care, memory care and long term care start at the $9.25 minimum wage, almost
the highest in the nation. Federal statistics show that of the nation’s two million workers who provide in-home care for the elderly and disabled, one in four are immigrants, more than 90 percent are women, one in five are single mothers, and three out of five rely on public assistance. Their pay stubs frequently lag below the poverty level. At the same time, health care companies also feel the squeeze. To our north, the Washington Health Care Association says that, among the factors driving up costs, is the Affordable Care Act, which requires employers to pay employee health insurance. Another factor, the association says, is the cost of retaining certified nursing aides in assisted living facilities, when those workers could potentially make more in hospitals and certified nursing homes. Of course, a higher minimum wage could drive costs still higher. Hiking the minimum wage is a raging debate at the national level and is getting
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Are you a Christmas caroler looking for someone to help you sing your songs? Meet Sebastian. This handsome, chatty 8-year-old domestic shorthair is a champion lap sitter. He loves people, is great with kids and other cats, but is declawed and would therefore do best as an indoor-only cat in a home with no dogs. Think Sebastian is the cat for you? Come meet him and all our other adoptable animals at SafeHaven Humane Society, 32220 Old Hwy 34, Tangent. SafeHaven is open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday
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through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday to Monday. Can’t make it to the shelter? See all our adoptable pets online at safehavenhumane. org. SafeHaven is a nonprofit full adoption humane society that does not euthanize animals for population support. Not ready to adopt but want to make a difference in the lives of the animals? Call 541-928-2789 for more information about volunteer opportunities, becoming a foster parent, making a donation and more. ■
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available at this time. We are committed to providing equal housing opportunities. All utilities paid. Briarwood Manor, 643 Manbrin, Keizer, OR 97303, 503-9818614.
HUD SUBSIDIZED UNITS for senior citizens 62 or older, disabled and/or handicapped, available at this time. We are committed to providing equal housing opportunities. All utilities paid. Glenwood Manor, 1687 NW Division St., HUD SUBSIDIZED UN- Corvallis. 541-753ITS for senior citizens 3408. 62 or older, disabled Help Wanted and/or handicapped, available at this time. We are committed to LOOKING FOR A LIVEproviding equal hous- IN CAREGIVER. 5 days ing opportunities. All or 2 days. Call 1-877utilities paid. Surf- 735-7525, TTY, then wood Manor, 4545 5 4 1 - 9 3 5 - 0 7 0 4 . SW Hwy 101, Lincoln Veneta, OR. Thanks, City, 541-996-3477. Maryanne.
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increased attention on the presidential campaign trail. But localized proposals vary among cities and states where higher mandatory wage guidelines are being considered. Oregon’s proposal would raise the minimum wage from its current $9.25 an hour (the second-highest of any state except Washington’s $9.47) to $11.50 in 2017, $13.25 in 2018, and $15 in 2019. The federal minimum is now $7.25. Because Oregon’s
minimum wage is pegged to the national inflation index, which was flat this year, there will be no state-mandated raise in 2016. If approved, the $15 Minimum Wage Initiative in Oregon would phase in hikes that would give a half-time worker currently earning $9.25 an hour, an extra $115 in their weekly paycheck; $230 for a full-timer. That would give Oregon the highest minimum wage in the country. But considering inflation and other factors, would that lift someone out of poverty? Would that solve the financial burden that
NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS • JANUARY 2016 many face today? Or could it, as some argue, exacerbate the problem? And what will that mean for health care and health care facilities for older adults? At New Horizons, Ogle says higher costs mean “wealthy people will pay for it. The people who can’t (afford it) will run out of money quickly and then depend on the government and welfare system to take care of them much earlier in life.” He cautions lawmakers and voters alike against rushing to hike the minimum wage; preferring increments spread over Courtesy photo
In-home care companies will be forced to seek new avenues of revenue if the minimum wage is increased significantly.
five years. “If they put it in too fast,” he says, “we have to dramatically increase costs quickly. It will be a shock to our financial system that we are not prepared to handle. It’s going to take down a lot of people.” Finding a balance seems to be the key in this debate. If the minimum wage is to be raised, how much should it be raised? One Oregon group is pressing for a $13.50 minimum wage and also is mounting an initiative campaign. However, lawmakers could step in before any initiatives make it to the ballot and take action on a plan of their own. Perhaps an even bigger challenge facing the industry
today is simply — as one professional says — “finding the people who have the heart and will and skills to be in the health care business — who are also willing to work for low-end wages.” Fortunately, many do the work, concerned less about the money than for the opportunity to make a positive contribution in the community. As our population ages, home care work is among the fastest-growing occupations in the country. Yet, the turnover rate is a whopping 50 percent. Question is, will the uncertainties of a higher minimum wage really address the battle cries coming from both sides? ■
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