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Above, Jane Vogel of Portland has created Age and Gender in the Arts (AGE) to encourage professional live theater companies to further opportunities for women on the stage. Below, Vogel in “Beyond Therapy.” By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Jane Vogel readily admits that in a perfect world there would be no need for the AGE award, a monetary incentive for professional live theater companies to further opportunities for women on stage. But, says the president and founder of Age and Gender in the Arts (AGE), in the real world there is. This is the first year the award will be given to companies that demonstrate they offer acting parts to females over the age of 60, put women in leading roles and who also practice gender pay equity. Gender and age equality will also include playwrights and directors. Less than 20 percent of the plays currently produced are written by women. The AGE in the Arts awards between $5,000 and $20,000, and will be presented to a Portland theater
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company in June. Because Vogel is action and solution-oriented, the award will demonstrate integrating age and gender into theater. Judges will be independent reviewers from around the country. AGE was created with a mission to promote consciousness, dialogue and equal representation of women across the life span in the performing arts. It is unique in that its mission presents an action plan for change. By recognizing and awarding grants to theater groups committed to parity in programming, Vogel says AGE plays a role in advancing the cause of women in the arts. Vogel has already raised $65,000, even though she started AGE just a year ago. She volunteers her time, but has two paid part-time employees — an executive director and a director of operations.
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Vogel’s passion is that all generations, but especially women and girls, share in the opportunities of life and that the pilot awards here will create a template for other cities to do the same thing. “I would like to see the day when people are not objectified by age, color, gender, body type or wrinkles but by their skills and humanity,” Vogel says. “I believe we are
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Jane Vogel’s work as a psychologist has given her deep insight into the human dilemma, including her own family’s history in the Dutch East Indies.
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all filled with goodness but also filled with deep-seated fear and insecurity. Fear and insecurity put things in compartments and make things black and white. This is not coming from our goodness. It is a continual tug of war.” As a clinical psychologist from 1987 to 2015, Vogel specialized in child and adult trauma. Since 2005, she has also been an actor both in Eugene and Portland.
A family’s past affects its future Her work as a psychologist has given her deep insight into the human dilemma. Just as
important has been a history of trauma in her family. Through interracial marriages, her ancestors living in Indonesia kept their Dutch citizenship but were considered IndoEurasians. Their food and cultural sensibilities were largely Asian although they had the Dutch education and status. When the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia) during World War II, her father, grandfather and several uncles were drafted into the Dutch army and captured by the Japanese. Her father was part of the Death March and was a POW for nearly four years. Her grandfa-
ther and father were liberated in 1945. But during the invasion and when Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, took back the country, her father’s sister was among the passengers on a train to be raped and decapitated. Sukarno liberated Indonesia from the Dutch in 1949 and
ordered them to give up their citizenship or leave the country. Her father attempted to come to the United States, but when he was unable, he took his young family from Indonesia to the Netherlands in 1954. Vogel was 18 months old. A small church congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sponsored her family and an uncle’s family as part of a mission project in 1960. As refugees, they came over in a steamer tank and the church family helped her father and uncle get jobs, enroll in school, and took them to medical appointments until her parents could get on their feet. This family history of trauma led Vogel to a deep sensibility toward the disenfranchised. From early childhood she always knew she wanted to be an actor but when she revealed her desire her father urged her to place education first. That led to her master’s and doctorate in counseling psychology at the University of Oregon. She enjoyed her career, she says, but never lost her dream of being an actor.
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Northwest Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit features unique sights, sounds By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
At a very early age, the sound of a guitar called out to little Maria Olaya. Fortunately, it was very common to hear guitars and other stringed instruments at every celebration in her native Colombia. Today, she is a highlyregarded classical guitarist, performer and teacher, and will be one of the musicians gracing the stage of the 2016 Northwest Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit, April 30-May 1, at Marylhurst University. She performs at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. More than 80 artisans from Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Canada, will be showcasing their work, as well as suppliers of woods and tools for instrument making. Instruments include: classi-
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The Northwest Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit features dozens of instrument makers, like G.D. Armstrong, master of wood instruments.
cal, flamenco, steel, string, archtop, resonator, electric, violin, bows, ukulele, dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, cello, bass, flute, harp, trumpet, and replicas of medieval instruments. There’s also a special exhibit of instruments, from the unusual to the bizarre, called “The Venerables,” as well as videos and woodworking demonstrations. It was organized 41 years ago by guitarist Jeffrey R. Elliott and equally-prestigious Portland violinmaker John Schuback. Elliott, who made his first classical guitar as a teen-ager, has been doing com-
missions for handmade guitars for 50 years. Schuback has been making violins for just as long. Elliott has been commissioned by many well-known
guitarist to make their instruments. He works with his wife, Cyndy Burton, who specializes in French polishing with shellac, a tradition in the art. She is senior editor for the
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Guild of American Luthiers. Olaya says she fell in love with the beautiful, artesian, and hard-to-play Spanish guitar before she was able to walk or talk. Although her parents and sister were not musicians, they used to sing popular music at home. As a child, Olaya taught herself to accompany her sister. Every time she learned a new chord she would run through the neighborhood with her guitar so her amused friends could hear it. Having a guitar at home in Colombia is like having a piano at home in the United States, she says, and recalls not being allowed to play it, as punishment, if she didn’t finish her homework. “The instrument talked to me and to this day it amazes me,” Olaya says. “It moved me to the core and it still does. It is beyond words.” Olaya also composes guitar music, and is pleased when
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guests at her concerts request she play her own compositions. “Composing provides you with a new way of listening to music,” she says. “It comes from something genuine in you and reaches people.” However, she encourages her students to experiment with different arrangements because she wants to allow them to be free. “Everybody has a song inside,” Olaya says. “When you write music you don’t know where it comes from. It is not involved with the ego any longer. It comes from a
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Maria Olaya, who will be on stage at the exhibit, has been playing classical guitar since she was young.
profound need to manifest something.” She did not start her formal studies of the guitar until her last year in high school and had the fortune, she says, of studying with the late Colombian maestro Ramiro Isaza Mejia. He opened doors for her and the “pure joy and magic” is something she feels to this day. Olaya believes music unites people and communities, and results in human harmony. She has seen it work in Venezuela where music lessons and choirs were initiated among the poorest children who were able, through it, to transcend their situations. “For them, there was no trouble with drugs because through study they had a different focus of life,” she says. “That is a true revolution.” Through musical collaboration or performance everything else, like differences, loses importance, Olaya says; people become more in tune with other people for the right reasons in a powerful way. She has seen the way music connects people, from children to older adults. “Music has the power to change the world,” she says. “It has a way of embracing life.”
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In 2000, Olaya came to Oregon, where she worked as a literature and Spanish professor at OSU and Willamette University. She originally came to the United States on a scholarship as a way to escape the war in her own country. However, “I never left music when I was teaching and I decided to become a fulltime performer and instructor,” she says. She has found the “deepest joy of living” through her journey in music and spirituality. “I cannot separate them.” She’s looking forward to the handmade musical instrument show, which attracts hundreds and is unlike any other event at which she has appeared. ■
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I’m not a huge vegetable grower. Reasons for this are aplenty but foremost is the fact that I’m just not all that good at it. Using large containers has helped improve my successes and I will continue this method for tomatoes, kale and maybe peas or beans. The learning process has been all about evaluating and improving my methods where appropriate. I think all gardeners do this. We learn from our mistakes and continue to strive for a bountiful harvest without frustration. I’ve been intrigued by Territorial Seed Company. Last year they offered a few grafted vegetable plants with promises of increased production with fewer problems. Claims like that definitely get my attention. Here’s what they’re saying this year: “Revolutionizing home gardens with super-productive grafted vegetable plants, Territorial Seed Company is continuing to innovate these miraculous crops. Aside from increased yields and overall plant vigor, the grafted root stock contributes greatly to
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improve tolerance to environmental stresses, drought and diseases to the plant. By grafting popular home gardener veggie varieties to these
robust rootstocks, you can turn a delicious heirloom with typically stingy yields into one that produces its delectable fruit by the bushel.” Remember last year when I wrote about the “Ketchup ‘n Fries” plant that grows potatoes underground and tomatoes above? This year, Territorial has really expanded its grafted vegetable inventory. In addition to tomato plants, you can purchase grafted cucumber, melons, eggplant and pepper plants. And in some cases, like with the “Ketchup ‘n Fries” they’ve grafted two varieties onto one root stock. Wouldn’t it be fun to pick mouthfuls of Sungold and Sweet Million cherry tomatoes from the same plant? The one caveat is that they’re not inexpensive. Given that each plant is grafted by hand, I can understand that. Ranging from $7.95 to $8.95 per plant, plus shipping, the costs can add up quickly. But if the harvest is plentiful, one might be money ahead in the long run. I’m hoping that if any of you grow grafted vegetable plants, you’ll email me and let me know how they per-
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the bulb for next year’s bloom. If the soil is workable, summer bulbs such as dahlias and gladiolus can be planted. Gladiola bulbs planted at two-week intervals will provide continuous summer bloom. Make sure to site them in an area with full sun and well-draining soil. Peas, spinach and other cool-weather vegetables can also be planted. Now is also a good time to prune or deadhead shrubs such as Daphne and Camellia that have finished blooming. Continue to monitor for slugs especially around susceptible plants such as hosta, dahlia, delphinium and vegetable seedlings. Finally, pulling weeds while the soil is damp and before they go to seed will save you a huge headache later on. For more information, visit my website: gracepete. blogspot.com. ■
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How did Camas, Washougal get started?
By BARRY FINNEMORE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
The cities of Camas and Washougal basically grew up next to each other, but despite their close proximity, it was their early days of development that took the cities in very different directions. Washougal began more as a farming community, settled to a large degree by pioneers who worked the land and relied on the nearby Columbia River to transport crops to market. But Camas, meanwhile, assumed more of a commer-
cial feel in its early days, and grew larger and faster, thanks in part to businessman Henry Pittock who, with investors, built a paper mill in Camas to help supply his daily Oregonian newspaper in Portland. But it wasn’t long before industry came to Washougal in the form of a woolen mill. “That changed the face of Washougal, and it became a mill town as well,” says René Carroll, author of “Legendary Locals of Camas and Washougal,” and a longtime docent at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal. Her ancestors homesteaded in the Camas area in the 1800s. Here are just a few of the many notable pioneers of these river cities east of Vancouver, Wash., and their impact on the area: david Parker: In her book, Carroll describes Parker as
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one of the founding fathers of the Camas-Washougal area. Parker and his family came to the Northwest from Kentucky on the Oregon Trail, building a cabin along the northern bank of the Columbia in 1845. Five years later, he received the first Donation Land Claim of nearly 600 acres. He farmed and built a dock, known as Parker’s Landing, on the Columbia to ship crops to Portland, bring in supplies and serve riverboat travelers. According to the Washington Secretary of State’s website, Parker helped plat the town of Parkersville, which featured a house and a handful of businesses. Washougal later developed just east of where Parkersville once stood, but Parkersville is noted as the first American town on the north side of the
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Rene Carroll, who authored a book about the history of Camas and Washougal, is a longtime docent at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum, and has ancestors who homesteaded in the Camas area in the 1800s. lower Columbia. richard and Betsy ough: An English seaman who worked on Hudson’s Bay Company ships, Richard Ough was among the first homesteaders in the area that became Washougal. He fell in love with and wed a Native American known as Princess
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land for a mill to be built, something that became a concern at the time and helped change the face of Washougal. A portion of his landholdings were purchased by two other area pioneers, Joe Durgan and Lewis Love, to lay out Washougal and build a dock with year-round deep water. charlie farrell: Virginia Warren, 90, who moved to Camas as an infant with her family and today lives between Camas and Washougal, remembers Farrell as a kind man who always wore a suit and tie. One of 14 children, Farrell came to Camas in his early 20s and worked at the mill for a dozen years. He saved his money and bought a store in the early 1900s, selling groceries, clothes and other goods. Eventually, he replaced the building and leased the new space to a major retailer. “Mr. Farrell was very highly thought of,” says Warren, who has led historical tours of both cities. “Everyone loved him, and he did a lot for downtown Camas.” As a hat maker, Farrell’s wife Ursula (Rose) was among Camas’ first businesswomen. Her venture was so busy, Warren says, that Rose was joined by her sister, Anna Eddy. Charlie Farrell also developed a theater in Camas, where Warren watched Saturday matinees as a youngster and worked there as an usher during high school. “I ran down the hill from school, worked in the drugstore from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and walked to the theater, changed into my uniform, started the popcorn machine, studied, then helped people to their
seats,” Warren recalls. “It was a great place to grow up. Everyone knew everybody.” Today, Far- A historical photo of rell’s children Camas’ own the buildvery early ing, which is days. leased as a movie theater. Courtesy photo John roffler: Rose Farrell’s brother John was a “very talented” carpenter, Warren says, and that he started his career building furniture and boats. In her book, Carroll notes that Roffler “left a legacy of beautiful Queen Anne-style houses throughout the Camas area.” Among other projects, he helped build a home for Henry Pittock’s son Frederick, and his wife Leadbetter, on Bertha Lacamas Lake; and he built the Charles E. Farrell House, constructed for his sister Rose Roffler Farrell. John currie: Currie was among the area’s important lawyers, Carroll notes. In her book, she writes that he and his wife Alice moved to Camas in 1911, the same year he was elected city attorney. Currie saw Camas’ promise as a city near such amenities as rail and rivers. In addition, J.D. Currie Youth Camp, located on Lacamas Lake’s north shore, is among his legacies. The camp’s website notes that the site, for many years, was leased for just $1 a year from Crown Zellerbach, which had once owned the Camas paper mill. Currie established the camp to serve youth, motivated in part by his fondness for the outdoors and the loss of his young son, Carroll says. The camp continues to serve youth groups today. ■
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Sugar: Should you or shouldn’t you?
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Because I’m a dietitian, you might expect me to preach, “No sugar. No way.” But I’m actually a believer in moderation. I grew up with kids who were banned from sugar at home and the first thing they did with their lunch money was spend it on candy. Total deprivation can often backfire. On the other hand, overconsumption of sugar has been linked to some serious health problems. So where do you draw your line in the sugar? Here are a few things to consider. Sugar and your body Whether you’re eating the naturally-occurring sugar in fruit or the refined sugar in baked goods, your body breaks
it down into two simple sugar molecules: glucose and fructose. Glucose is absorbed immediately into your blood and moves into your cells, where it’s used for energy. fructose is converted in the liver into glycogen and stored for later use. If you get low on glucose, your liver quickly converts glycogen into glucose and releases it into your blood for extra fuel. If you take in more fructose than your liver can store as glycogen, it stores the rest as fat. Your body can convert that fat back into energy if you burn more calories than you eat. But if you eat more calories than you burn, your body hangs onto the fat. Though the body breaks them down the same, there’s a big difference between refined
and natural sugars. Refined sugars — including sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup — provide zero nutrition and usually come packaged in high-calorie drinks, sweets and commercially prepared foods. The natural sugars in fruits and vegetables, on the other h and , pr ov ide en ergy in a low-calorie, nutrient-rich package of healthful essential vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables can lower your risk of disease and obesity. It’s not the naturally occurring sugars in whole foods that we need to be worried about; it’s all the other sugars and syrups that are being added to our foods and drinks. Added sugars can subtract from good health Sugar overconsumption has
been linked to a large number of health problems, including heart disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, premature aging, liver damage, memory problems, tooth decay and chronic inflammation. The American Heart Association recommends no more than nine teaspoons a day for men, six teaspoons for women and three to six teaspoons for children. How does that compare to what we actually consume? Not so well. ■ The average adult consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar per day (130 pounds per year). ■ The average child consumes 32 teaspoons of sugar per day (189 pounds per year).
do you even need sugar? No. You could go the rest of your life without eating another grain of added sugar and you’d be fine. But if you
desire an occasional treat, just don’t overdo it. Moderation is the key.
five ways to shrink sugar intake ■ Cut back on sodas, juices and other sweetened beverages — they make up about 45 percent of the added sugars in our diet. ■ Limit obvious high-sugar foods such as baked goods, candy and ice cream. ■ Check ingredients for added sugars like agave nectar, high-fructose corn syrup and honey, even in seemingly healthy foods such as yogurt and breakfast bars. ■ Cook more meals at home. Studies find that people who cook at home eat less sugar. ■ Swap refined sugary treats for naturally sweet fruits and vegetables. ■
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When conservationists first became interested in creating a national park to protect the wilderness and mountain scenery of northern Montana, they turned to capitalist and railroad baron James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway to push the legislation through Congress. It wasn’t because Hill was a staunch environmentalist, but because, in 1891, he had an intense interest in putting passengers in his newlycompleted railroad connecting St. Paul, Minnesota, with Seattle, and coincidentally, running along the southern edge of the potential park. For years, wealthy Americans traveled to Europe to savor the mountain scenery of the Alps. But Hill’s son, Louis W., was convinced he could keep them here at home, instead visiting the newly-designated Glacier National Park in Montana. It would be a symbiotic relationship: The new park needed visitors and he needed passengers on his railway. To achieve that goal, the Hills instituted a massive tourism development in the park, building a series of luxury hotels, rustic chalets and tent camps connected by trails, roads and boats. Louis selected a Swiss chalet-style of architecture for the hotels in keeping with the American Alps theme. In 1913, Glacier Park Lodge was the first property constructed and was located, not surprisingly, within walking distance of the East Glacier train depot. Hill had visited the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, and was so impressed with the design of the Forestry Building he had his architect use it as a model for the hotel. The lobby is a three-story atrium defined by 60 48foot-high Douglas fir logs still wearing their bark. The massive log colonnade lines the lobby and is flanked on both sides by two tiers of balconies, providing the look of a forest cathedral. Visitors, arriving by train, would be greeted by appropriately-garbed Blackfeet natives and led to the lodge to begin their back-to-nature experience. The second hotel created by the Great Northern Railway in 1914 was Many Glacier Lodge, also on the eastern side of the park. Located on Swiftcurrent Lake and at the base of pyramid-shaped Mount Grinnell, it has one of the most spectacular hotel settings anywhere. The Swiss design is very much in evidence here with a series of chalet-like structures strung
out along the lakeshore. In addition, the railway built nine backcountry chalets and a series of tent camps connected by a network of horseback and hiking trails and boats to the main luxury lodges. In 1927, another lodge was built in Waterton Lakes National Park, across the border in Canada, but connected to Glacier by boat from Goat Haunt, Montana, or a road from the East Glacier Station. The Prince of Wales Hotel enjoys a commanding setting on a knoll above the lake, and it is speculated that Hill built the property (1926-27) to lure Americans north to Canada where Prohibition had already ended and the liquor flowed freely. Around that time, the railway acquired what is now the Lake McDonald Lodge, another lovely lakeside property built in the Swiss style on the western side of the park. But even with all these lovely hotels built, events beyond the park boundaries soon changed everything about this golden age of train and park travel. First came the stock market crash in 1929, followed by the years of the Great Depression and World War II. By 1948 — the year Louis Hill died — the American romance with the car was in full swing, and only 2 percent of visitors to Glacier were arriving by train.
Above, Many Glacier Lodge sits in a spectacular alpine setting. Left, the lobby of Lake McDonald Lodge was also built in the Swiss style of the other lodges. Photos by Pat Snider
Consequently, the backcountry chalets fell into disrepair and only two, Sperry and Granite Park, survived. Visitors preferred to drive over the Going-to-the-Sun Highway than travel by horseback over wilderness trails. While the lodges remained popular, they needed costly renovations, and the railroad finally divested itself of them in 1960. Today’s visitor will find the legacy of the Great Northern Railway throughout the park, and can somewhat replicate the experience of travelers in the 1920s by staying in the park lodges. Amtrak’s Empire Builder continues to stop twice daily in the summer at the East Glacier depot to discharge passengers into Louis Hill’s American Alps. ■
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“Gilead” by Marilynne robinson. originally published by farrar Straus Giroux and Picador, reprint edition In today’s book publishing world, where an avalanche of new fiction titles appear in print or electronically each year, previously published gems easily can be buried under the deluge, overlooked and forgotten. A prime example: “Gilead,” the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is particularly relevant to older adults looking for a good literate read. The book mainly has to do with the spiritual/religious/ philosophical perspective the author has given to the narrator, the Rev. John Ames. At age 77 and with a heart condition that means facing his own demise, Ames is given a voice that can easily resonate with readers who themselves have lived through a long
sweep of life, and are consciously or unconsciously mulling over their own mortality. For, while the narrator writes for his son, the author clearly means to address us all, with the sermon-like messages put simply, as they would when writing to a young boy, or preaching to a congregation. Some examples: “A little too much anger,
too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.” “I believe there is a dignity in sorrow simply because it is God’s pleasure that there should be.” Or this, about transgression: “There is never just one transgression. There is a wound in the flesh of human life that scars when it heals and often enough seems never to heal at all.” Set in 1956, in the little town of Gilead, Iowa, and written in the form of a letter (actually a series of musings) to his young, late-inlife 6-year-old son, Ames meanders far and wide, historically, in topics being discussed, but mostly philosophically. As part of this lyrical exploration of a life winding down, Ames takes us back in time, with memories of his grandfather. Himself a minister, the grandfather journeyed to the Midwest from Maine during Civil War
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days, mainly to help the cause of abolition of slavery. A firebrand, grandpa is portrayed as far different from his son — Ames’s father — who is also a preacher, but a confirmed pacifist. At one point, the two have such a conflict that the old one-eyed grandfather leaves town, and the estrangement prompts Ames to share this truth of family relationships: “A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.” Still, his leaving leads to one of the most memorable parts of the book, where Ames recounts how, as a young boy some 60 years earlier, he accompanied his father to find the grandfather’s final resting place. The two walked for weeks, finally finding the grave in a run-down rural field in another state. “That graveyard was about the loneliest place you could imagine,” Ames recalls. While other parts of the book remind us that this is
indeed a novel (as when Ames is concerned about the attention his young wife seems to be getting from the seemingly wayward son of an old friend) the more compelling draw of the book indeed again comes from the lyrical perceptions shared by Ames. He muses, for example, about the light he sees one afternoon. “There was the feeling of a weight of light – pressing the damp out of the grass and pressing the smell of sour old sap out of the boards on the porch floor and burdening even the trees a little as a late snow would do. It was the kind of light that rests on your shoulders the way a cat lies on your lap.” In short, here is a novel that helps us remember to pay closer attention to the world around us: the light, the small happenings, the arc of the past becoming the present and aiming toward tomorrow, and the religious/spiritual musings about how and why we are here on this earth. Reviewed by DAVID R. NEWMAN
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Bootsie is a strong, dominant 8year-old spayed female tiger cat with white boots. She is an aggressive hunter and would benefit from space to run or an outdoor enclosure of some kind. Bootsie is friendly to male cats, but would be happier as the only female. She loves people and will even climb on your shoulder to groom your hair. She talks and chatters and is very active. These kitties are available from Furry Friends in Vancouver. Adoption
fees include spay/neuter, microchip and vaccinations. See more kitties at furryfriendswa.org, call 360-9931097 or send an email to information@furryfriendswa.org. Some cats are on display at PetSmart, 316 NE 78th St., Vancouver.
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APRIL 2016 • www.nwboomerandseniornews.com Portland Mayoral Candidate Forum, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Doubletree Hilton, 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland. Sponsored by AARP. Puttin’ on the Ritz fundraising gala, Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 SW Pine St. 503-625-4ART for tickets. Northwest Honda Dealers 2016 Portland Women’s Expo, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oregon Convention Center, Portland. Pdxwomensexpo.org. (through April 23) Poem in Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644Your Pocket: Celebration 0043. National Poetry Month at Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite The History of Multnomah (It’s NOT a village), 7 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Senior 13, Portland. 503-644-0043. Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Cal Scott and Richard Moore with Donations accepted. Beth Wood, 7 p.m., O’Connor’s Vault, HistoricBeaverton.org. 7850 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Gallery opening: “Oregon Circlebethwood.brownpapertickets. Fresh Fibers,” 5 to 8 p.m., com. Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 Public Affairs SW Pine St. 503-625-4ART. Forum: ElizaOld Town Sherwood Spring Art beth Furse, “BecomWalk, 5 to 8 p.m. 503-625-4ART. ing Elected to Office (through May 15) “Church … Making a DifferBasement Ladies,” 7:30 p.m. ence,” 7 p.m., Cedar Thursday to Mill Library, 12505 Saturday, 2 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. p.m. Satur503-644-0043. day and Prime Timers Dining Club, 6 Sunday, p.m., Francis Xavier’s Restaurant, Broadway 1933 NE 181st Ave., Portland. 503Rose New 936-5861. Stage, 12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard. Sustainable Future: Food $30+. Broadwayrose.org. Security in Community Fifth Annual Inner City Development, 6 p.m. Clark County Blues Festival, “Healing the Historical Society, 1511 Main St., Healthcare Blues,” 6 p.m. to midnight, Vancouver, Wash. $4/$3. 360-993Eagle’s Lodge, 7611 N. Exeter Ave., 5679. Portland. $20/$25. TicketTomato.com. Art of the Story Festival: Val Spring Fling Dance, for 55+ singles Mallinson and Amy Theberge, 7 p.m., and couples, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Tualatin Public Library. Free. Summerfield Clubhouse, 10650 SW Patrick Ball, “The Wit and Summerfield Dr., Tigard. $8/$10. 971Wonder of Irish Storytelling,” 7 249-3907. p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Rose City Sing-Off, 6:30 to 9:15 p.m., Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503Imago Dei Community Church, 1302 644-0043. SE Ankeny St., Portland. 503-227“Grease,” a sing2681. along, 7 p.m., AARP Driver Safety, 9 a.m. to 4:30 Sherwood Center p.m., Mount Hood Medical Center for the Arts, 22689 Cascade Building, 24700 SE Stark St., SW Pine St. $3. Gresham. 503-286-0688. 503-625-4ART. Vine2Wine, 7 p.m., Tualatin Public Tualatin River Greenway Trail Library. $45. 503-691-3069. ribbon cutting, 1 p.m., Lady Sings the Blues: A Tribute to Barngrover Street near the Tualatin Billie Holiday,” 7 p.m., Alberta Rose Library. Tualatinoregon.gov. Theatre, Portland. $15. Genealogical Society of Summit Express Jazz Band, Washington County, “Using Social PDJS, 2 to 5 p.m., Milwaukie Media for Family History,” 10 a.m. to Elks, 13121 McLoughlin Blvd. $10. noon, Hillsboro Main Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-640Poetry prize winners celebrate 4431. National Poetry Month, 7 p.m., Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre, “The Names Drive, Lake Oswego. Jungle Book,” 2 p.m., Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 SW Pine St. Holynamesheritagecenter.org. $5. 503-625-4ART. (through April 12) AARP Driver Safety, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Neighborhood House, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. 503244-5204. (through April 14) Shen Yun, classical Chinese dance and music, Keller Auditorium, Summit Express Jazz Band Portland. April 17, 2:00-5:45 pm ShenYun.com. The Portland Dixieland Jazz Society meets at Song Circle, 6:30 p.m., Cedar the Milwaukie Elks, 13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Members $10, Non-members $15 Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell
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(also April 24) Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland, “Night. Too. Shall Be Beautiful,” 7:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. Sunday), The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., Portland. 503-488-3834. Cascade Harmony Chorus, 2 p.m., Tualatin Public Library. Free. 503-691-3069. “Amour Fou” 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503644-0043. Tea and Tangles, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503644-0043. History of the Rose Festival (living history characters), 6 p.m., Robison Jewish Health Center, 6125 SW Boundary, Portland. History of the Rose Festival, 10:30 a.m., Kamlu Vancouver, 1000 NE 82nd Ave., Vancouver, Wash. 360-695-9281. (also April 30) Semi-Annual Craft Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Parkview Christian Retirement Community, 1825 NE 108th Ave., Portland. Owl Book Group: “The Boys in the Boat” by David James Brown, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503644-0043. Oregon Symphony, “Star Wars” and More: The Music of John Williams, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. 503-228-1353. 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade, 9:30 a.m., starting at Eastport Plaza, 4000 SE 82nd Ave., Portland. (through May 1) 32nd Annual Spring Garden Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Clackamas County Event Center, 694 SE 4th Ave., Canby. 503-577-7493.
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Cupcakes are booming in Salem
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From a toddler’s birthday party to a fancy wedding reception, cupcakes have always had a place in the celebration. And while the trend may have peaked, the variety that cupcakes offer still attracts many a sweet tooth. “We offer about 25 to 30 different flavors of cupcakes,” says Dana Heuberger, owner of “Sugar.Sugar.” in downtown Salem. “A few to mention are butter toffee, chocolate peanut butter, s’mores, strawberry lemonade, orange cream and more. Vanilla, chocolate, red velvet and lemon coconut are the favorites.” Heuberger’s dream of owning a sweet shop came true when, while working as a waitress, she was randomly gifted money to open her store. The tip, she says, was extraordinary. “It took me a year to let it sink in that these people were seriously just kind-hearted people,” she says. “We are good friends now, and I believe they are a gift from God.” Sugar.Sugar. also offers candy, wedding cakes, French macaroons, cookies, bars and local honey, but it is the cupcakes that many customers crave. “Our customers tell us on a regular basis that our frosting is to die for and our shop is beautiful,” says Heuberger, who has been in business for four years. “Highlights are making people happy by accommodating them as best we can. Challenges are saying no when we can’t do something they want.” Like many bakeries, Heuberger offers options for those
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Jen Hernandez sell cupcakes out of Adam’s Rib Smoke House in Salem, and her own special pink truck.
with food allergies. “All of our frostings are gluten-free,” she says. “On special request, we can make a dairy-free chocolate cupcake or cake with dairy-free frosting. If you’re sensitive to food dyes, we can use white sprinkles or no sprinkles on top of the cupcake.” A search of local cupcake makers turns up other options: vegan, sugar-free, eggfree and nut free.
Debi Graham, who shares a kitchen with Sugar. Sugar., makes all sorts of cupcakes, cakes and cake pops under the business name All Things Sweet. Some of her products can be purchased at Roth’s Vista location, E Z Orchards, and The Gluten Free Place in Newport. “I was ‘that’ mom who brought treats to school functions, and invited teachers and staff to our home for spe-
cial occasions, basking in the opportunity to create beautiful dessert buffets as a way of showing my appreciation for all their dedication to my children,” she says. “I realized I had a talent for creating delicious and beautiful desserts. So I took a handful of my experience, mixed it with my blend of passions, and voila, out came All Things Sweet.” Without a storefront, Graham showcases her custom offerings on the All Things Sweet Dessert page on Facebook. “My desire is to have a place where people can bring friends and gather for delicious desserts and pastries,” she says, “a place that is comfortable and welcoming and filled with the smell of freshbaked goodies.” Graham will create orders to compliment color schemes, or customize dessert buffets for brides, office parties or other special occasions. She also offers a cupcake or brownie served in a small jelly jar, topped with a layer of chocolate ganache and mint buttercream frosting. “They are great for gift giving or to satisfy a chocolate craving,” she says. Her most popular flavors are chocolate with mocha butter cream frosting, vanilla with raspberry filling and one packed with coconut around the outside. “Another would be the orange Creamsicle,” she adds. “As for the cake pops, I’d have to say the chocolate peanut butter is very popular. I use the chocolate cake with peanut butter, roll it into a ball, dip in in chocolate and sprinkle it with chopped peanuts.” Graham says her customer feedback is superb, with such accolades as “so many choic-
es and so delicious” and “their gluten-free is the best.” “I am so blessed to be able to take my passion and creative flare and share delicious and beautiful treats,” she says, adding that her business has grown via “people telling people.” Heidi Olson has loved baking since she was 6 years old, a passion that turned into a full-time career. “As a child I used to enter desserts at the Oregon State Fair and had won many times,” says Olson, who spent two decades working for Fred Meyer, eight of which were as the bakery regional specialist in charge of the Oregon South region’s 21 bakeries. “Throughout my career with Fred Meyer and growing up, everyone had told me that I should open my own bakery,” she says. “In 2011, I took the leap and have loved every minute of it.” Olson’s Pure Decadence Pastries in south Salem offers cupcakes in 10 flavors, sizes mini, small and large. Glutenfree and vegan options are made by special order. “Our most popular cupcake would be a tie between chocolate with fudge icing and strawberry with cream cheese icing,” says Olson, who also offers cookies, scones, croissants and other delicacies. Customer satisfaction, Olson says, runs high. “You know when you are doing something right when your customers don’t ask for an item, but say, ‘I need one of those and I need six of those,’” she adds. Olson loves making children’s parties — and eventually their wedding receptions — special. “Customers including us and our products in some-
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one’s special event day is very rewarding and fills my passion even more,” she says, adding the reward of making someone happy makes all the time it takes to run her shop “well worth it.” Jen Hernandez sells specialty cupcakes out of her pink “cupcake truck,” 40 square feet of space inside a 1970 mail truck. “I have been in the food industry all my life working for my parents,” says Hernandez, who has a baking and pastry arts certificate from Oregon Culinary Institute and a diploma from the Wilton School of Cake Decorating. “I started my business, Jenuine Desserts, in 2012, selling specialty cakes and cupcakes for all occasions. In August 2015, I started my food/cupcake truck.” Hernandez offers a variety of cupcake flavors, and all her regular-size cupcakes are filled. The most popular, she says, are maple bacon, “chocoholic” and confetti. To her menu she has added espresso drinks, fruit hand
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Heidi Olson has loved baking since she was a young child, and now owns Pure Decadence in south Salem to showcase her talents.
pies and savory pies from Adam’s Rib Smoke House, where she also sells her cupcakes. Almost every customer comments on loving her “cute pink truck,” Hernandez says. “And once they try my cupcakes, they fall in love.” This spring, she has her pink truck on the road one or two times a week as well as at the events she attends. Like Sugar.Sugar., Aurora’s White Rabbit Bakery is a family-owned business that has maintained a storefront and serves fresh pastries daily. “We generally have two or three kinds of cupcakes on hand from our wide selection of flavors, including triple chocolate, raspberry lemon poppy seed, chocolate caramel cream and coconut lime,” Emily Arreola says. “All of our cupcakes are made from scratch and are typically filled with delicious custards, caramels, compotes and cream in addition to being frosted. None of our cakes, fillings or frostings is from a box, bucket or freezer. We make everything ourselves.” Most of what White Rabbit Bakery offers is gluten free, including pastries, quiche and sandwich/soup
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options, making it a popular stop for lunch or coffee and a cupcake, Arreola says of what is fast becoming a popular community hang-out. “We have been lucky enough to enjoy tremendous growth as word spread about our fresh pastries and gluten-free selection,” she says. “This year we were featured in the local news, in AAA’s ‘Via’ publication, and in The Oregonian, reviewed by Gerry Frank.” Media frenzy related to cupcakes has faded some since Sprinkles Cupcakes, known as “the world’s first cupcake shop,” opened its doors in Beverly Hills on April 13, 2005. At the peak of the cupcake craze, Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson helped judge other cupcake bakers from around the country on the oncepopular Food Network TV show, “Cupcake Wars.” Come spring, Sprinkles will open stores number 19 and 20 in Florida. Today, the cupcake industry has become multifaceted. Cupcakes can be purchased from stores, home kitchens, carts and vans, even online. Online is also the place to go for gourmet cupcake recipes. ■
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Courtyard Village at Raleigh Hills
4875 SW 78th Ave. Portland, OR 97225 503-297-5500 Joanie Ceballos joaniec@courtyardvillage.com web:courtyardvillage.com
Creekside Village Retirement Residence A “Family Felt” Environment 5450 SW Erickson Ave. Beaverton, OR 97005 503-643-9735 www.creekside-village.com
Knights of Pythias Retirement Center 3409 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98663 360-696-4375
Call Lori Fiorillo to schedule your personal tour with complimentary lunch
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Markham House
10606 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, OR 97219 503-244-9500 Fax: 503-244-1022 Lee Hess
Pacific Pointe Retirement Inn at King City
11777 SW Queen Elizabeth King City, OR 97224 503-684-1008 www.pacificpointe.net Call for FREE lunch & tour Come check us out!
Parkview Christian Retirement Community 1825 NE 108th Ave. Portland, OR 97220 503-255-7160 Linda Williams
Summerfield Retirement Estates An All-Inclusive Retirement Community 11205 SW Summerfield Drive Tigard, OR 97224 503-388-5418
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54 Units “No Buy-In” Apartments Studio, 1 BR - Lg or Sm, 2 BR - Lg or Sm, 2 BR Cottages Call for rate information.
525 N.W. 6th Avenue Estacada, OR 97023 503-630-6460 adavis@voaor.org www.voaor.org
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Our non-profit organization offers very affordable housing. Amenities include meal program, housekeeping, laundry service, beauty shop, fitness center, art room, library, and a secured courtyard, 24-hr. security, secured entrance, emergency pull cords in each apartment. There are planned activities & weekly shopping trips at no cost. Stop by for a tour and lunch any time!
Gracious retirement living in beautiful residential neighborhood. Three meals daily, served restaurant style incl. in month-to-month rent. All utilities incl. except telephone. 2 Bedroom rate includes second person. Kitchenettes w/microwaves in each apt. Licensed assisted living services available. Two licensed RNs and tenured staff resulted in a deficiency-free State of Oregon survey.
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There’s “No Place Like Home.” That’s why Creekside Village is where you’ll want to hang your hat. We serve 3 fantastic home cooked meals a day by our seasoned chef. 24-hour on-site emergency response. A walk around our beautiful grounds with a greeting from our creek side ducks makes for a pleasant experience. Just blocks from the Elsie Sturh Senior Center, Beaverton Library, and Beaverton Farmers Market.
Located in a quiet neighborhood near medical services, shopping & banks, our 6-acre parklike campus provides single-level courtyard apartments amidst landscaped walking paths. A full calendar of activities & outings, incl. faithbased services, promotes friendship & a sense of community. Entree choices galore, fresh salad bar & dedicated staff make meal time a joy. Stop by for a personal tour & complimentary lunch. Small pets welcome. 24-hr. staff. Daily well-being checks.
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Whispering Pines Senior Village
24-hour staffing. Optional meals, two lovely courtyards, full kitchens in each apartment. Conveniently located next to Fred Meyer. Scheduled transportation and weekly housekeeping included. Please call for a tour and complimentary lunch. Embrace the beauty of retirement.
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Our beautiful grounds are surrounded by quiet, quaint neighborhoods to provide peaceful and safe living. Living at Summerfield has it’s perks—including membership to the Summerfield Golf & Country Club! The golf course, clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, exercise equipment & library are all available to our residents. Onsite managers, 24/7/365; pullcords in every apartment.
Whispering Pines Senior Village, located on the beautiful Clackamas River, offers subsidized independent senior housing (62+); spacious community room with fireplace & kitchen facility, planned activities, landscaped grounds, garden areas available for residents, 24hour on-site laundry facility. Propertypaid utilities include water, sewer, trash & electric.
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oregon Symphony names new associate conductor
Norman Huynh has been named as the Oregon Symphony’s new Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor. He begins Aug. 1. Huynh leaves his position as assistant conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra in Portland, Maine. He will be the assistant conductor at the Spoleto Festival USA this summer and has previously served as assistant conductor at Opera Carolina, the Lyric Opera of Baltimore, the Peabody Opera Theatre, and the Peabody Singers. He made his international conducting debut with the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Bangkok and has conducted symphonies in Baltimore, Toledo, Charlotte, Virginia, and Macon, in addition to the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. He received his master’s degree in orchestral conducting at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Marin Alsop, Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, and Edward Polochick. He was the recipient of the 2015 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship to study intensively with the late Kurt Masur in Leipzig, Germany. Selected from a group of over 50 applicants from around the world, Huynh impressed the Oregon Symphony with his musicality and ability to communicate.
vancouver Pointe celebrates re-opening
Vancouver Pointe celebrated the completion of its remodel and rebranding with a ribbon cutting and gala on Feb. 25. The event was attended by nearly 300 chamber and community members. They enjoyed appetizers, drinks and live entertainment by the Webster Family Quartet and the string ensemble Due con Brio. Vancouver Pointe Senior Village is located at 4555 NE 66th Ave., Vancouver, Wash. It was formerly known as Courtyard Village. ■
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“I lament the fact that aging is considered a bad thing, that women over 60 are considered asexual, not interesting,” Vogel says. “I remember when I was told you couldn’t sell tickets to plays if you had blacks on stage or same-sex intimacy. Money cannot be the first criteria when we are talking about human rights. We should not be violating the
rights and dignity of any human being.”
fighting for equality Her goal with AGE is to make women an equal part of the stage. “We are looking toward new works that portray women as strong, autonomous, and accomplished,” Vogel says. “Slurs and derogatory references toward women perpetuate violence and aggression. Sexist and ageist language deserves the same level of dis-
SQUEAKER Squeaker is a 14-year-old fellow that came to us because his owner was evicted and was not able to keep him. This was the only home this 15-pound fellow has been in. He received lots of love but had not received regular vet treatment. Squeaker is ready to settle into a new home. He’s loaded with personality and is a sweet guy with an independent streak in him. Squeaker is a fan of gentle chin scratches on his own terms, but doesn’t love being carried around. Squeaker has lived with cats before and
cernment as racial slurs and hate speech.” She also believes language is a powerful medium in the performing arts, so AGE is striving to make sexist and ageist language non-normative. “The problem of equality in professional theater is real,” Vogel says. “I bring skills as an actor and in my work listening to life stories for 30 years. The arts are supposed to be progressive and forward-thinking but the fact
seemed to get along well with them. He has no experience with dogs or children. He likes getting gentle petting and ear scratches. He is friendly to visitors after a brief chance to get to know them and is an independent kitty that is playful, talkative and loves getting attention from his people. Squeaker may be happiest as the only kitty in an adult home. He is ready for a quieter home where he can lounge about and enjoy retirement. Visit Squeaker (shelter #184977) at the Oregon Humane Society, 1067 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland. See him online at oregonhumane.org or call 503-285-7722 for more information. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. His special senior adoption fee of $12 includes neuter, microchip ID, collar and OHS ID tag, initial vaccines, courtesy veterinarian exam, and plenty of post adoption support. Availability is subject to prior adoption. ■
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is that women actors are objectified. Physical looks are so important. As women get older their roles are demeaning and there is a dearth of opportunity. As a feminist in the ‘70s, I decided that someone had to do something about that. People urged me to form the nonprofit. I want action and money talks. That’s the reason behind raising funds as an incentive for professional live theater companies to work on solutions.” Among Vogel’s roles have
of note
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been recent appearances in “Portlandia” as Mrs. Armeson. Credits include roles in “Children’s Hour,” “Clean House,” “Precious Little,” “Last Days of Judas, Iscariot,” “Lend Me a Tenor,” “Steel Magnolias,” and more. ■
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