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Finally, a solution? Homer Williams’ proposal for a homeless facility just may be the answer Portland needs
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Homer Williams wants Portland to be on the side of angels. He’s committed to fixing the homeless situation and restoring the lives of those living under miserable conditions by building support for a $100 million homeless campus at the Port of Portland. And now, with a green light from the city of Portland, he can move forward. With his business partner Dike Dame of Williams and Dame Development Inc., he hopes to give 1,400 desperate people shelter and onsite assistance from an estimated 45 nonprofit organizations. The development will be patterned after a similar facility in San Antonio, Texas, that the ever-curious Williams read about in a local newspaper while visiting the city on a business trip. Through an acquaintance, he was able to visit the campus and learn first-hand how it operates. “This is a solution,” Williams says. “Three hot meals and a bed. It changes the dynamics of the police who have, in the past, picked up the homeless and taken them to jail.
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Or they transport them to the ER and often have to sit with them for five or six hours before the person gets treatment. Now they can take homeless people to get help.” Since his initial visit to the homeless campus in San Antonio, Williams has returned several times to see how it works and evaluate the outcomes. He’s also taken some of Portland’s key decision-makers to tour the development. In Portland, Williams hopes to build a campus on 14 acres of Terminal 1 of the Port of Portland. He envisions 700 people sleeping in shelter space and 700 people in transitional dormitory-style housing. He acknowledges hearing resistance from some critical government officials, but Williams, 71, downplays these hurdles. He totally
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believes in this project. “It simply requires a lot of work,” he says. “We need to find solutions. Right now, all we’re doing is pointing fingers, the business community is upset, and so are people who live near where the homeless hang out.” He believes his idea could rid the city of its current state of affairs: men, women, children and couples sleeping all over the city on sidewalks, underpasses, parks, storefronts and downtown church steps, at bus stops and train stations, in the Pearl, and on sidewalks, creating unsightly spectacles that include significant debris. It’s also dangerous for the homeless who have been the victims of attacks. “Most people think the homeless are lazy and they bum off of people,” Williams says. “They are at the lowest point you can get in life. No one wants to be there. Many have mental health problems. If they stick to the program, the outcome is very good. If we don’t have a program, they will continue to recycle and the problem will grow.” He has researched the subject extensively, including talking to the directors of agencies in Portland who deal with the homeless. “They all agree that this issue is complex, but taking homeless people to jail or the ER is not the answer,” Williams says, adding that it costs far more to house a person in jail than to restore them to society. He and Dame have detractors who disagree with their new concept, but don’t underestimate this duo. These are “high-flying” developers who have been responsible for creating an upscale, lively Pearl District and the slick high-rise neighborhood called South Waterfront, as well as the sprawling Forest Heights subdivision in Portland’s West Hills.
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Business partners and developers Dike Dame and Homer Williams have had a profound influence on the Portland landscape. Now, they turn their eyes toward helping the homeless. As a temporary housing solution, Williams says his plan to use a covered warehouse at Pier 1 has city and county support, and he hopes to have the 100,000-squarefoot building ready for occupancy by October. “Ten percent of the homeless population consumes 50 percent of all homeless costs,” he says, lamenting the lack of affordable housing for the other 90 percent. “My plan is just one piece of the puzzle.” Just providing housing isn’t enough, Williams says. “Right now they are just living on the street and scrounging. They are scared at night and the way women are being preyed upon is horrible … just horrible.” Speaking of the San Antonio facility, Williams says “the people who run that
facility are on the side of the angels.” He comments on watching the homeless come into the facility, blank-eyed and disheveled, depressed and forlorn. But when they leave, they look just the opposite. “They come there in the ultimate depth of misery and once they go through the program, they look like you and me,” he says. His inspiring anecdotes include mothers who were able to keep their children, graduate from high school and get better jobs. The Texas program costs $15 million a year to operate and there are almost 400 volunteers who work there. “At the San Antonio complex, the agencies work together so that a homeless person only
has to sign in once to have access to resources,” Williams says. “This is just a piece of a complex puzzle. We are not warehousing people in this setup. This plan offers treatment for people to prepare them to enter a productive life in society.” More than 700 homeless people come to the San Antonio shelter every night, where they are provided with showers, lockers, toilet facilities, washing machines and 24-hour medical care. Another 750 go through programs dealing with mental health, alcohol and drug issues. “This development gives them a safe, secure way to be inside,” Williams says. There is separate housing for mothers with children, and couples. The average stay is nine months for those undergoing treatment, of which 92 percent eventually find their own housing and don’t return. Williams is soliciting donations for “Oregon Trail to Hope” from businesses and foundations, already securing commitments for millions of dollars. He has a lot more work to do, but the gleam in his eye tells you he sees a light at the end of the tunnel. He’d like to see it fully operational in less than three years. “This is a very compassionate city,” Williams says. “We can solve this as a community. A society as rich as we are should not let something like this happen. As a community we should do everything we can to help these people.” All projects need a “nuts and bolts” person to handle all the details of going from an idea to completion. Williams has hired Don Mazziotti as managing director, who has a long history working in public administration. ■
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Deanna DeLong uses water, food preservation to promote good health around the world By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
It was dried apricot rolls at a family reunion that led to Deanna DeLong’s lifelong volunteer efforts to teach food dehydration and proper food handling in developing countries. The family reunion occurred while DeLong was attending Brigham Young University in Utah. Blessed with a curious mind, she asked a family relative how the apricots were dried, to which she thought, “There is more to this than meets the eye.” Her curiosity led to two years of experimenting on food drying, as she could not find any well-written consumer books on the subject. She even built her first food dryer out of wood. After finishing college, DeLong returned to Oregon, where her husband entered
dental school, and she added food dehydration to the home economics classes she taught at local community colleges. After three years of teaching, she decided to write her own book about food dehydration, as the only ones she could find were pamphlets written by George York, a professor at University of California-Davis. With youthful spunk, DeLong went to UC-Davis and met with York, explaining that she wanted to write a science-based book about food dehydration. He agreed to be her technical consultant. After three years of research, “How to Dry Foods” was published in 1979. For DeLong, it was life-changing, as food editors and other professionals received her book with enthusiasm. The book, now available on Amazon, has since sold 3.5 million copies and is in its fifth printing. An international effort But DeLong’s story really only begins there. Her knowledge of food drying, combined with a long history of volunteer work, has taken her around the world. It began as an International Farm Youth exchange stu-
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dent, living with farm families in India and teaching home economics. There, she learned about food preservation methods in developing countries. DeLong says she had no fear of traveling to foreign countries because of a twoyear stint as a flight attendant, a job that took her around the world. Since that first trip to India, DeLong has volunteered 17 times. In 2004, she volunteered in the Republic of Georgia, assisting farmers in dehydrat-
ing persimmons. She worked with the Georgian AgroTeach coordinator to write, direct and produce two videos. They were shown on national television, and also were used in rural areas on how to dry persimmons and other fruits. “I knew absolutely nothing about movie production,” says DeLong, who always has had a fierce determination to overcome challenges. “I’d be so frustrated that I would get down on my knees and pray. I
knew nothing about lighting and sound.” Four years ago, she went back to Georgia, where she spent three weeks teaching how to dry individual fruits and other basics. She also taught workers at an apple drying plant how to market individually-wrapped products for sale, rather than only out of large bins. “I decided I had to teach marketing and packaging and I had brought along small
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packages of dried fruit as examples,� she says. “I had to make a more professional Power Point presentation. I had taught myself how to do a Power Point in Armenia as I had never done one before. I worked on it until morning.� The presentation included packaging and marketing, theory of fruit dehydration, sanitation and how to make a good end product. “I dressed it up enormously from a smaller presentation I had done in the Republic of Georgia,� she says. As a result, DeLong says, “they had a value-added product. They were selling apples for 50 cents. By making individual packages of different dried fruits they could sell them for $1.� Dried fruit tastes more like fresh fruit because the flavor is concentrated. She also convinced farmers selling fruit seeds in bulk to Russia that they should sell individual packages, an effort that led to increased profits. Last October, she was asked to participate in a Farm-to-Farm project in Armenia. Her goal was to conduct seminars for farmers and dried fruit processors in improving their sanitation, production, packaging and marketing. She knew the country did not have the right infrastructure, and special equipment she needed to give instruction was not available. “But I told my husband, David, ‘Let’s do it,’� she says. For the first time, he came along. Before they left, she put out the word that she needed supplies; they received enthusiastic donations of a food dryer, commercial blender, cutting boards, paring knives and more. “There were no tools in the country,� DeLong says. “But
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Deanna DeLong has been studying and practicing food dehydration for decades. we had kind people helping us.� And thankfully so. When they arrived, the couple believed they would be helping eight farmers. At the presentation, 42 farmers showed up. Among her topics, DeLong taught sanitation practices. She discovered, for example, that farmers had been drying their foods in the sun, and the food often was covered in flies. She also noted that the farmers would handle their mobile phones and the food, without washing their hands in between. She tried to encourage the workers to wear hairnets, but laughs as she remembers that the women used the smallest size possible so it
What she’s gained Since those college days, DeLong’s volunteer work has taken her to Poland, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and other countries, some several times. What brings her back to volunteer for various sponsors who seek her out is the warmth of strangers as well as helping them improve their health and make money to care for their families. “Their reaction is so loving and appreciative that I would take time away from my life in America,â€? she says. “I give them everything I’ve got. I never do anything half way. The people are so thoughtful, so intelligent.â€? DeLong’s current passion is safe drinking water. Through most of her life, she says she drank very little water. “In 1998, when I began drinking 10-plus glasses of water a day, I had some major changes in my health,â€? she says. She’s now written a book and produced a DVD on the benefits of drinking more water. When she travels, she brings her own water purifier, a product she also sells. In fact, DeLong says she is the company’s number one distributor. “Every project I have had has had miracles,â€? she says. “I have been astounded by this mission in life that the Lord gave me to do.â€? She describes experiences where she had no access to practical devices for her work, but somehow she would find answers, whether it was an interpreter in Mozambique or writing a 20-page manual in Portuguese without knowing the language. “I have been blessed with knowledge,â€? DeLong says. “I have never worked in a commercial food dehydration plant. But I researched to find answers. My real passion is helping people get healthier.â€? â–
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It took him 85 years, but even tycoon Warren Buffett finally decided it was time to defy his own aversion to investing in high technology. He took a risk by scooping up 10 million sagging shares of Apple, Inc., earlier this year. And it may be a lesson for the rest of us. Buffett had previously been quoted as saying, “I know about as much about semiconductors or integrated circuits as I do of the mating habits of the chrzaszcz (Polish word for beetle).” Therefore, Buffett’s massive fortune was instead accumulated in his familiar territory, away from the realm of electronic media. Many of us can relate. We reside blissfully in the suburbs of computer innovation, looking quite nervously from the outside-in at social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, preferring to snuggle in our own comfort zones and reluctant to take a risk. We are the folks who prefer newspapers that you hold in your hands. And we consider mail to be something written on paper and stuffed into a stamped envelope. It’s true that many of us have at least sniffed around the vagaries of modern e-places like Facebook and Twitter. But that’s about it. So, is it finally our time to take a risk on social media? First of all, let’s give credit where credit is due. A good many seniors have, in fact, enthusiastically and admirably embraced today’s electronic wizardry. However, as a group we typically lag well behind the younger crowd. (PEW Research: 89 percent of 18-29 year olds use the internet. Forty-nine percent of those over 65 use the internet.) For those of us who may be electronically challenged — as our grandchildren are wont to remind us — we might do ourselves a favor to at least explore the benefits of expanding our social media horizons. “That willingness to dive in and try something new is one of the key elements,” says Karen Travillion, who organizes social media seminars for seniors at Portland’s Cedar Mill Community Library. “The rewards are helping you stay connected.” In the interest of clarity, let’s define social media — ala Webster — as “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information,
ideas, personal messages, photos, and other content, such as videos.” Got that? Bottom line, it’s a fun way to stay in touch online. Now let’s narrow the field of discussion to those online media most commonly used by boomers and seniors: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. FACEBOOK: Great way to keep in touch with family, friends and even total strangers. It’s the world’s largest social network with more than a billion users. At no cost it allows those who register to electronically publish personal profiles, photos, and messages. We get to snoop on others and let them keep an eye on us. TWITTER: A no-cost service which allows the user to publish online posts called tweets, just so long as they are no longer than 140 characters. If you like a tweet from someone else, you can re-tweet it to share it with others. It’s not as social as Facebook, but it’s newsier and lets you stay up to date with a broad range of topics, people and organizations that interest you. For example, keep track of what the Portland Trailblazers are saying or what your favorite actor
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is up to. PINTEREST: Allows you to “pin” a piece of information about a subject that has your “interest” onto your personal electronic bulletin board. Let’s say you want a recipe for meatloaf. You register online for free with Pinterest and create a “board” which you decide to call Favorite Recipes. You search Pinterest for a meatloaf recipe and, poof, you find one that sounds delicious. Now, you tell Pinterest to “pin” (attach) the recipe to your Favorite Recipes board so you can retrieve it as often as you wish. Groovy. You can actually have a bunch of boards for all sorts of stuff, such as Organizing My Office, Photos of Our Family Reunion, Videos of the Grandkids, Making Pottery, etc. You can organize and share ideas that others have posted and they can see and comment on your ideas. If you especially like someone else’s board, simply click “Follow All” to have all their posts show up in your account. INSTAGRAM: Owned by Facebook, Instagram lets you upload, edit and share photos on the Instagram website as well as on email and social media sites such as Twitter and
Facebook. It can be very geeky for those who want that sort of thing. But it’s also user friendly for those who simply want to publicly share photos or restrict access to them through an invitation-only application. Those who are a tad over-
whelmed can limit what they learn to one byte at a time, especially at local libraries that offer beginner classes. Even if you don’t have a computer at home, libraries often have computers you can use there. ■
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Dr. Mark Anderson loves everything about boats, a passion that likely goes back to the first time he rode in a sailboat as a newborn. His hobbies also include making musical instruments and photography, but boating has weathered every storm in his life. The 64-year-old Vancouver physician remembers that at about age 7, he acquired a sailboat not even 5 feet long. He would sail it downwind in the shallows along a protected beach in California. Using his neighbor’s 19-foot sailboat as a guide, Anderson began adding the same type of hardware and rigging to his own boat. Over the years, his love of boats has swelled. Today, his main project is building a 40foot cruising ketch, something he’s been working on for more than 20 years. His goal is to retire and move to Port Townsend, Washington, in a
couple years with his wife Sarah, where they will have the boat ready to launch. Anderson says his interest in boat building and restoration can be summed up in the words of English author and journalist Arthur Ransome, “The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.” “It’s the satisfaction of it,” Anderson says. “I think of boats as living creatures, with personalities, and changes they go through. It’s not like a fixed object. You’re building your own world, something that will be used by others many decades after I’m gone.” He credits his parents for his curiosity about the world, building things and making music. That boat in which he rode as an infant was built by his father, a mechanical engineer. His mother inspired him to learn music. As a boy, Anderson read a book on sailing, and his neighbors where the family lived in
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moment photography,” making candid images of everyday life as well as shooting landscapes. He’s sold some of his work, and had a few photos published, but spends time behind the camera “mostly for myself,” he says. One photo he took, of a sailboat at a wooden boat festival in Washington, graced the cover of Western Mariner Magazine. He also plays music — mostly the guitar and banjo — but also dabbles in harmonica and concertina. He learned to read music at a young age, taking piano lessons for a couple of years. He played the trumpet for a time, then challenged himself to learn French horn because someone told him it was a difficult instrument to play. Several years ago he stumbled upon a book about making instruments out of gourds. His creations include drums and other percussion instruments, as well as a guitar. He has his eye on repairing an antique mandolin and making guitars out of cigar boxes. “Hopefully, I’ll have time in retirement or when the big boat is done to make an archtop guitar,” Anderson says. He stopped playing music about 10 years ago, but picked it up again recently. As with his other hobbies, Anderson is inspired by learning. Though he reads music, his emphasis is improvisation. “A few years ago a friend gave me tapes of blues music, and I saw it as a way to become more spontaneous,” he says. “I developed an interest in that and wanted to learn more about music theory and jazz.” ■
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Busyness may protect cognitive function By PROVIDENCE MEDICAL GROUP
Want to maintain a sharp mind as you age? Get busy. New research shows that adults who are 50-plus years old and have a busy lifestyle tend to do better on cognitive function tests than those who don’t fill their time with activities. The research is part of the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study at the Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas. Investigators at the center are trying to understand what a healthy brain looks like and how it functions at each decade of life from age 20 through 90. Researchers surveyed 330 healthy men and women between ages 50 and 89. The participants were asked questions about their daily busyness — how often they had too many things to do each day to actually get them all done, or how often they went to bed
later than usual because they had so much to do. The participants also took part in a long series of neuropsychological tests to measure their cognitive performance. The results and what they may, or may not, mean The researchers found that across all education levels, people who are busy have superior brain processing speed, working memory, reasoning skills and vocabulary. Busy people were especially good at remembering past events, what is known as episodic memory. The researchers cautioned that their work isn’t enough to say conclusively that busyness is responsible for better cognitive function. They said people with better cognitive function may actually seek out a busy lifestyle. They also noted that busy people have more opportunities to learn because they are exposed to more information and life
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How to take care of your brain The National Institute on Aging says we should all take the following steps to take care of our brains and our overall health as well. ■ Control risk factors for chronic disease such as heart disease and diabetes. ■ Exercise regularly and get physical activity. ■ Eat a healthy diet that includes fruits and vegetables. ■ Engage in intellectually stimulating activities and maintain close social ties with family, friends and community. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists these indicators as
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Silver Falls State Park is known as the “crown jewel” of the Oregon State Parks system, and once you visit, you’ll know why. The 9,200-acre park lies about 20 miles east of Salem on Highway 214, a wonderland that must be added to your bucket list. Where else can you take in 10 waterfalls, and even walk behind four of them? “We don’t have the tallest waterfalls, we don’t have the widest waterfalls, but we have the highest density of waterfalls in the nation,” says Katharine (Kit) Kittinger, a park specialist who has worked at Silver Falls for five years. “We’re actually the largest in the state of Oregon.” Despite its size, there are times this popular place can be teeming with visitors. Kittinger recommends making your visit midweek to avoid some of the weekend crowds, which can increase 20-fold as visitors look to swim, picnic, bike and hike the many trails. But if you’re visiting Silver Falls for the hikes, follow these other tips from Kittinger: “I always recommend people to go clockwise (on the hiking trail loops) because the majority of traffic is going clockwise,” she says. “So if you’re all traveling in the same direction then you’re not going to be passing a lot of people and it won’t feel like a lot of people. But if you go counterclockwise, you’re going to feel like it’s Disneyland.” The park offers a wide
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Lower South Falls flows over a straight ledge of basalt, dropping 93 feet. Though it has a narrower path carved into the rock than the other three go-behind falls, it still provides a roaring, awe-inspiring experience. range of hiking experiences. There is a viewpoint over the top of South Falls just a few hundred feet from the South Falls Day-Use Area. At the other end of the waterfall viewing spectrum is the 7.2mile Trail of Ten Falls loop, named so because it takes in
all 10 falls. “We do have about 800-feet of elevation change,” Kittinger says of the Trail of Ten Falls loop. “It’s labeled as a moderate hike due to its length. It’s not that strenuous; it’s a long trek.” However, there are shorter
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options, she says. “There’s a great five-mile loop in which you see seven of the waterfalls. And there’s a pretty arduous two and a half-mile loop, that’s basically straight down and straight back up, but you go in behind South Falls, down to Lower South Falls and just back up again.” If you’ve seen all the waterfalls and just want to enjoy a walk in the woods, Kittinger says there’s another 25 miles of hiking trails that most park visitors don’t know about. For those intending to hike the waterfall loops, Kittinger advises leaving your pets at home. “With hiking, there is inherent risk associated,” she says. “When you have thousands of people on the trail with steep drop-offs, leashes, toddlers and elderly people, they just don’t get along. So, we have to draw the line somewhere.” There is one pet-friendly hike to Upper North Falls, which is accessed from the North Falls parking area and trailhead. However, Kittinger says this parking area does fill up quickly. Pets are also allowed on the Rim Trail, Perimeter Trail and Bike Path, although there are no falls along these trails.
Her personal favorite is hiking the 25 miles of dog-friendly back trails where she regularly takes her canine companion for long, peaceful walks. “We’ll do miles and miles of trails and never see anyone,” she says. A trail guide showing all 30 miles of trails can be found on the park website, which Kittinger recommends viewing before your visit. Visit oregonstateparks.org, scroll down the alphabetical listing of all parks and click on Silver Falls State Park. Trail guides also are offered onsite at kiosks. “And we have friendly volunteers in the lodge who hand out maps and answer questions,” Kittinger says. Located at the South Falls Day-Use Area, the lodge and café are open daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day. Outside of that, the lodge and café are open only on weekends. “We have overnight accommodations from as little as a tent site to as big as group facilities for up to 250,” says Kittinger of the facilities that range from rustic to “significantly less rustic.” Overnight reservations are required and can be made by calling 800452-5687. If traveling to the park in groups, she recommends preplanning your meeting place because of questionable cell phone service. Kittinger also advises visiting the park’s blog to access a calendar of special events and guided tours. “The Tuesday walks with Earl are pretty great,” she says. “They’re a walk through history.” But that’s just the nature of Silver Falls. “There’s a lot of history here,” she says. “The park has been open since the ‘30s, but there’s buildings onsite that have been around since the 1800s. We also have guided hikes. We used to be a logging town. Most of the trees had been logged, so we were denied our national park status. But since then, the trees have grown and we’ve become a park. “The later in the summer, the drier it gets and the smaller the waterfalls get. Come in the summer and we definitely still have water, but if it is a drought like last year, it’s going to be less spectacular. So if there is a drought warning, come in September, October – come later when it starts raining.” The park is open year-round with each season holding its unique splendor. So, visit the park any time of year – you won’t be disappointed. ■
He’s Mr. Oktoberfest
SEPTEMBER 2016 • www.nwboomerandseniornews.com
PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
■ Jerry Lauzon can’t seem to get the German festival out of his blood
By MARY OWEN
BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Living in Mount Angel made it impossible for a retired U.S. Army colonel to ignore Oktoberfest. “I was impressed, and I wanted to be a part of it,” says Jerry Lauzon, who began his military service in 1955 and retired in December 1990. “When we moved to Mount Angel in 1989, I got actively involved as a festival volunteer and stayed involved for the next 25 years. As a retired board member and citizen of Mount Angel, I am still involved.” In fact, Lauzon is so involved that he has earned the moniker, Mr. Oktoberfest. During his 35-year Army tenure, Lauzon was stationed in Germany where he and his family got to know and appreciate the German people and their culture. “I truly loved the folk festivals that abounded in communities large and small,” he says. “These events ranged from the mega Oktoberfest in Munich down to the very small village festivals celebrating everything from harvest, to colorful historic events, music, and even the centuries-old dedication of a village church. All of these events had a number of things in common — lots of great music, dancing, wonderful foods and libations, appreciation of local culture, and the total involvement of the community in producing an event that supported the common goodness of the people.” Lauzon visited Oktoberfest in Munich once, but says, “It was so large and hectic that I could not really enjoy it. I much prefer the smaller community folk festivals, like Mount Angel Oktoberfest.” Lauzon’s first big volunteer job in 1990 and ‘91 was organizing and running St. Mary Parish’s food booth in the Weingarten. “We had a couple of exceedingly great years,” says Lauzon, who then was elected to the Oktoberfest board of directors, serving as a member of the directorate from 1992 to 2012. “Through all 20 of those years, I was the director of publicity and publications. For eight years, 1993-2001, I was the entertainment director, and for eight wonderful years, 1998-2006, served as Oktoberfest’s longest serving president.” Additionally, Lauzon served on the Mount Angel City Council for eight years and continues to this day as a sacristan of St. Mary Parish Church. He is Germany’s unofficial Ambassador of Good Will, and in 2008, was honored with the Federal Republic of Germany’s Friendship
Award. “With the energetic and hard-working support of the directors and many other volunteers, our most important and lasting accomplishment is that we continue to grow as the best-loved festival in all of Oregon, a festival where everyone feels welcomed and safe,” says Lauzon, who also served as president of the Oregon Festival and Events Association as well as the Wm. Annen Family Foundation. Lauzon helped bring worldrenowned musicians and folk artists to provide guests with “lots of great music and dancing.” Their volunteer nonprofit food booths expanded menus and made available a wide array of German and other festive food, he says. “We expanded our offering of great German beers and superbly crafted micro-brews and a wide selection of German, Oregon and Northwest wines. We increased cultural offerings such as free concerts at St. Mary Church, an all-free kindergarten, beautifully costumed folk dancing groups, and our greatest joy, the nearly 100 school children and young adults in our various dance programs. “All of this, along with the total community support worked together to make Mount Angel Oktoberfest a ‘world-class’ folk festival recognized as such throughout the Northwest and around the world,” Lauzon adds. “What community would not be exceedingly proud of such a great accomplishment?” He likes to paraphrase Shakespeare, who said the world is a stage, and we are called to act upon it. “In our village, that means large numbers of our people dress in Bavarian garb to put on a great show that is just about as German as it gets this side of Munich,” he says. “During the four days of Oktoberfest in Mount Angel, everyone is German.” Oktoberfest provided Lauzon with interesting and challenging opportunities that served him well after his retirement at a relatively young age, he says. “Since retiring, I have been very satisfied and fulfilled in my involvement with Oktoberfest and my beloved community,” he says. “My wife came from this part of Oregon and found me in Germany. We lived in many places around the world. I am so glad she dragged me here to Oregon for our senior years. I can think of no place that I would rather live than where I am now.” Lauzon married the former Connie Beard of Aurora, in the Keilligkreűtzmunster in Schwäbisch Gműnd, Ger-
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After retiring from the military, Jerry Lauzon found himself drawn to Mount Angel and the ever-popular Oktoberfest, where he handled publicity for several years, and also served as its president.
many, in 1966. They still reside in Mount Angel where both are active in church, civic, veteran and youth organizations. They have two grown children, son Mark and daughter Julie, and four grandchildren. “We plan on living out our remaining time here in this wonderful village staying useful and involved every passing day,” he says. “Mount Angel promotes its heritage year-round, and enjoys sharing with visitors. St. Mary Parish Church, Mount Angel
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Abbey, the Glockenspiel Clock Tower with its historical figures and music, the Oktoberfest Joy Fountain, the Doll Museum, our flower baskets and window boxes add a Bavarian charm to the year-round.” This year’s 51st annual Oktoberfest runs Sept. 15-18 and features a kick-off party, military vehicle display, weiner dog races, the Oktoberfest race, traditional dancers and dancing in the venues, live music in five locations beginning at noon
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each day, a golf tournament, and the Cruz’n Car Show Saturday and Sun-day. Venues at the festival include a Biergarten, Weingarten, Alpinegarten, Prostgarden and Kindergarten as well as a bandstand and local attractions. Thursday is Senior Day at Oktoberfest. Entry to the entertainment venues is only $5 for the whole day if purchased before 5 p.m. All venues are handicap-accessible, including many toilet facilities. Across from the bandstand is the Elder Care Facility operated by the Providence Benedictine Nursing Center, which has wheelchairs and facilities available to help seniors in need. Tickets cost $30 for all-festival; $8 for Thursday night; $7 for Friday early-bird; $12 for Friday night; $10 for Saturday early bird; $15 for Saturday night; and $10 for Sunday. Visit oktoberfest.com for a link to purchase tickets. A full schedule of events and more information is also onsite. “If the four days of Oktoberfest seems a little short for you, you can celebrate that Bavarian feeling by visiting our restaurants and pubs, our stores and our shops,” Lauzon says. Mount Angel celebrates its German/Bavarian heritage year-round, and welcomes visitors between Oktoberfests. Check out the “attractions” button on the Oktoberfest website for ways to explore the town’s offerings. Upcom-ing Dec. 3-4 is the Hazelnut Fest and German Holiday Market, featuring regional arts and crafts with visits from Sankt Nikolaus. For more information, visit hazelnutfest.com. ■
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Hillsboro. 503-848-6677.
Seventh Annual Fiber Arts Show open house, during Art and Wine Walk, 5 to 8 p.m., 532 NE Third St., McMinnville.
Oregon Symphony’s Waterfront Concert, 12:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 1020 Naito Pkwy., Portland. Free.
CALM: Coloring and Listening Moments for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Jason Phelps, artist’s reception, Angst Gallery, 1015 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. Artist Talk, 6 p.m. Sept. 16.
(also Sept. 7) AARP Smart Driver 6Steward course, 9 a.m. to noon, Marjorie Senior Center, 21907 SW
CCHM Pop-Up Museum: Peace and Justice History, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Wash. Bring your own historical items to display. 360-993-5679.
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Banjo pioneer, author and Americana composer Dick Weissman, 7 p.m., Music Millennium, 3158 E. Burnside St., Portland.
Genealogical Society of Washington County celebrates 25 years with an open house, door prizes and refreshments, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hillsboro Main Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-648-6538.
Author Andra Watkins, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Artist’s reception, 5 to 8 p.m., Sequoia Gallery and Studios, 136 SE Third Ave., Hillsboro.
Furry Friends offers microchipping and cat adoption, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Peace and Justice Fair, Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Wash.
(also Sept. 8) Auditions for Northwest Senior Theatre’s holiday show, 10:30 a.m., Alpenrose Dairy Opera House, 6149 SW Shattuck Road, Portland. Bring music. 503-227-2003. Nerd Night — Trivia for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Garden Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland.
Catio Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., hosted by the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon and Audubon Society of Portland. $10. Feralcats.com.
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“Yesterday Once More,” 6:30 p.m., Luepke Center Community Room, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver, Wash. Also at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9. $5.
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Red Green, “I’m Not Old, I’m Ripe,” 7 p.m., Newmark Theatre, Portland. $49.50. Portland5.com.
Scrapbook Club with Sage Mashru, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Author Dan Strawn, 2 to 4 p.m., Vintage Books, Vancouver, Wash.
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Song Circle: Folk songs of the 1960s and ‘70s, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-6440043. Book Group: “The Accidental Empress” by Allison Pataki, 7 p.m., Garden Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland.
Board Game Night, 6 to 9 p.m., Garden Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland.
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Take a virtual tour of the Japanese Garden, 7 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Senior Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Info@historicbeaverton.org.
(through Oct. 23) “Fly by 22 Night, a musical fable,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 2 p.m.
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Foreign Film Night: “Sea Fog” 16 (South Korea), 7:30 p.m., Garden Home Community Store, 7306 “Equanimity, Serenity and 17 Water: The Heart of a SW Oleson Road, Portland.
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shops, Dengerink Art Supply, 1015 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. $125. Dengerinkart@ gmail.com.
Food Bank Fresh, a free distribution of fresh produce, 1 to 2:30 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 11005 NE Hwy. 99, Vancouver, Wash. Stjohnlc.com.
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Voices in Verse: Open mic poetry, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Owl Book 30 Group: “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
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Paving the way SEPTEMBER 2016 • www.nwboomerandseniornews.com
PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
■ What was once the ‘sardine capital’ now hosts vacationers
By PAT SNIDER
BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
First came the fish — billions and billions of sardines enjoying the nutrient-rich waters of Monterey Bay, California. Then the canneries followed, nearly two dozen of them employing 8,000 people. Finally, the railroad arrived to service the canneries; 3 billion sardines were shipped from Monterey in 1939 alone. Then the boom went bust, and everything disappeared in the same order they arrived. The sardine population collapsed in the 1950s as a result of overfishing and changes in ocean conditions; the canneries closed, and the trains quit running through town. Today, Monterey’s sardine history is still in evidence, although now seen through the perspective of tourism. Remaining canneries have been repurposed and filled with shops, restaurants, galleries and museums. The railroad tracks have been pulled up and replaced with a walking/bicycling path called the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail. The pathway begins in Castroville and stretches 18 miles around the bay’s perimeter to Pacific Grove, following the abandoned right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Of greatest interest to visitors is the section from Mon-
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A trail that once led workers to the sardine factories has been turned into a winding scenic path that passes an assortment of popular attractions and beautiful vistas. Bicycles are welcome along the path, including this path through Pacific Grove. terey’s Fisherman’s Wharf to Lovers Point Park. Along the way, pedestrians and bicyclists pass an assortment of popular attractions, all accompanied by beautiful vistas of the bay and wildlife viewings of sea lions, harbor seals and cormorants drying their wings. It’s a wonderful way to tour Monterey, avoiding cars and traffic. Bicycles and canopied quadricycles are readily available for rent near
the wharf. From the Custom House Plaza near downtown, there is easy access to the neighboring historic sites of Old Monterey, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Coastal Trail. The wharf has been transformed from a working pier servicing the local fishing fleet and freighters to a collection of chowder restaurants, tourist shops and whale-watching boat concessionaires. It is also home to a
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raft of barking sea lions easily found by following their raucous noise. From here, the trail passes a scenic, boat-filled section along the harbor before arriving at the Cannery District, a bustling center for more shopping and eating. At one time, there were nearly two dozen canneries processing hundreds of thousands of tons of sardines during the heyday between the two
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World Wars. A statue of author John Steinbeck acknowledges his literary connection to the area’s history in his famed title “Cannery Row.” The old Hovden Cannery is now occupied by The Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the top ranking aquariums in the world. While the $50 entrance fee ($40 for seniors 65+) might seem a bit daunting, the jellyfish exhibit alone is worth the price, A darkened room with back-lighted displays showcases these amorphous, undulating wonders of the sea. (You can watch them on a live web cam at montereybayaquarium.org/animals-andexperiences/live-web-cams/ jelly-cam). Other exhibits include a three-story kelp forest tank, sea otters, open sea aquarium, shore birds and puffins, penguins, and a giant octopus. There are scheduled daily feedings to observe, numerous educational shows, and opportunities for handson experiences at the Touch Pool. It is easy to spend an entire day here. The final stretch of the Coastal Trail from the aquarium to Lovers Point Park, a distance of about one mile, is by far the most attractive and offers separate paths for walkers and bicycles. It hugs the edge of a bluff above the crashing waves and meanders through a carpet of pretty
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Senior Studies Institute hosts 25th anniversary event PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
Senior Studies Institute marks its 25th anniversary with a celebration from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 10, at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave., Lake Oswego. A light lunch will be served, and guests will hear from former Gov. Barbara Roberts, as well as others who will tell the story of the Senior Studies Institute at Portland Community College. All are invited to hear more about SSI and meet some of its members. “SSI is a group unique to Portland and a wonderful example of how active seniors, almost all retired from busy careers, are still participating in the world,” says Peggy Keonjian. “We learn from each other and we never stop learning” means SSI’s more than 340 members in the greater Port-
land area come to any of its eight location to hear lectures, discuss current events, or do readings of plays and poetry. Each term, more than 35 lectures are given as one-time presentations (except the Great Courses DVD series) of approximately two hours, including discussion. The fall, lectures will include “History of the English Landscape,” “Death with Dignity,” “Greek Theater” and “The Columbus Day Storm.” Additionally, current events discussions take place weekly at several locations, while play reading is centralized weekly at one location. Membership is a yearly fee of $30, with some parking fees at two locations. “Attend as few or as many events as a member as you like,” Keonjian says, “no tests, no grades, no college experience necessary. Do join us.” ■
The Awesome Beaverton and Beyond trustees are looking to fund small, interesting projects driven by a few passionate contributors that have the possibility of a big impact in Washington County. The next application deadline is Sept. 13. Four finalists will be invited to give a five-
minute pitch to the trustees on Sept. 27. The grant winner will receive $1,000 at the public Awesome Hour, 7 p.m. Oct. 18. Both activities take place at the Market of Choice, 250 NW Lost Springs Terrace, Cedar Mill. Learn more at awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/Be averton. ■
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flowers and blooming shrubs. Lovers Point is a community park with the usual park facilities but its most photographed features are its wind-sculpted cypress trees and dramatic rock outcroppings. The trail is part of the California Coastal Trail, an ongoing effort that will someday connect the entire 1,200 miles of coastline from the Oregon border to Mexico. Today, about 50 percent is completed and open to the public. ■
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Growing delicious tomatoes
By GRACE PETERSON MASTER GARDENER
Remember years ago when a heat wave occurred once or maybe twice a summer and wouldn’t last for more than a few days? Remember when we who live on the western side of the state could expect a comfortable, sunny summer from July 4th through the end of September? As of this writing, with comparatively few days over 90 degrees, it appears the old days have returned, at least for 2016. Isn’t it wonderful? But while the mild temperatures are ideal for humans, they’re not so peachy for the tomato crop. Those of us who’ve been gardening since the 1970s also remember when it was a challenge to get ripe tomatoes before fall. Plant breeders responded by working tirelessly to market early-ripening varieties such as “Oregon Spring” and “Early Girl.” In more recent years, with our hot summers, it’s been relatively easy to grow delicious
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Photo by Grace Peterson
Tomatoes love the hot weather, but even with our more mild summer, you can still get the results you want from this year’s harvest. tomatoes since the plants thrive on heat. And contrarily, with the absence of that heat, cultivating the perfect tomato can be a bit more challenging. So here are a few tips.
The best time to harvest tomatoes is when the outside temperature is between 70 and 90 degrees F. Temperatures above this will accelerate softening and retard color devel-
opment. If the unripe tomato shows spots of pink or red the fruit can be picked and brought indoors to a cool environment to finish ripening and retain its sweetness. Placing unripe tomatoes on your windowsill is not recommended since sunlight will overheat the fruit and cause it to ripen unevenly. Once ripe, tomatoes are best when stored at room temperature for a day or two. Beyond this, refrigerate in an area with good airflow. The blossom-end of the fruit is where ripening starts. Some varieties, especially large heirloom types, ripen before they reach full color. They should be picked when the skin is smooth and waxy even if the top hasn’t turned its mature color. “Long keeper” varieties, bred to resist spoilage, will ripen more slowly and are not as flavorful. How the tomato plant is cared for can make a big difference in fruit sweetness. A full day of sunlight is best. When inching closer to harvest, continue watering but
decrease the amount, perhaps just keeping the soil slightly damp by applying mulch to hold the moisture. Excessive water will stress the plants, causing fruit drop. One month before the average hard frost date, remove all new flower clusters. This will redirect the plant’s energy to ripening the existing tomatoes rather than producing new ones that won’t have time to mature. Harvest can be extended through light frosts by covering the plants with an old blanket at night. When hard frost threatens, pick the remaining fruit and allow them to ripen in a cool, dry place with good airflow, checking often and removing any fruits with mold. If you want to speed up ripening, place tomatoes in a paper bag with a banana or apple. The ethylene gas given off by the fruit will work to ripen the tomato. Another option is allow the fruit to ripen on the vine by uprooting the entire plant and hanging it upside down in a cool, dry place. ■
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NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2016
■ Promoting concerts is a labor of love for Portland’s Matt Miner
By VANESSA SALVIA BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Back in 2005, Matt Miner started promoting house concerts, even though he’d never been to one. “I’d heard of them,” he says with a laugh. “I found some friends who were musicians and figured it out on my own.” A house concert is, most literally, a concert in a house. Generally speaking, someone who is a fan of music opens up their home for a performance by an individual or small band. The audience is usually small enough in number to fit inside a living room or possibly a basement or backyard. After figuring out that his musician friends were willing to share the experience, Miner and his wife, Sasha Kaplan, started putting on shows in their home. “We did 50 in 6 1/2 years,” he says. Their format didn’t just involve music. They combined a buffet dinner with the con-
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Matt Miner had never heard of house concerts when he started promoting them, but he learned quickly and enjoys the close familiarity and intimate setting they provide. cert and, Miner says, tickets sold quickly each time they promoted an event. “Very quickly we started getting emails and phone calls from people touring the country saying, ‘Can we come play in your living room?’” Miner recalls.
These house concerts aren’t loud amplified rock bands, though. Typically, they are almost all singer songwriters — men or women with just a guitar for accompaniment. “It’s the James Taylors and Carly Simons of the world who didn’t get the big breaks
and still go from town to town driving their own cars and selling CDs out of the trunk,” Miner says. “They’re equally talented, creative musicians as the top stars but they didn’t get the big breaks and they don’t have the big record deal. “There are people like that in every city in every country who make a living touring around. They don’t have limos and private jets but they still have fans and they make music wherever they go.” In 2011, Miner and Kaplan decided they didn’t want to hold the concerts in their house anymore, so he started booking shows exclusively at different Portland venues. At the same time, he says, two friends said they wanted to do a bimonthly show where they would sing their own songs and bring in a guest each time. “We’ve been doing that at O’Connor’s in Multnomah Village for five years now,” he says. “We sell out almost every time and the audience is almost exclusively people over 50 and there are people in their 80s who come to these shows.” Former Gov. Barbara Roberts is a regular audience member, Miner says. O’Connor’s is a Portland restaurant and bar with a room exclusively for music and other events that holds about 60 people. Those events are
held the first Monday of every other month. Cal Scott and Richard Moore are the anchor performers, and Beth Wood is the guest who has performed with them most often — five times so far. “I love playing for Matt’s audience because they are engaged and generous listeners, and they’re there to have a good time,” she says. “Matt’s audience appreciates the artform of writing and performing songs, so it is an absolute pleasure to share with them.” Miner, who is 65 and has played drums throughout his life, says older audiences appreciate the concerts because they offer music they can relate to. “Not all of it is original music but it’s something they might remember from the era of the Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. It’s the music I remember and that’s what I want to promote and be involved with.” Other guest members have been Jack McMahon, Marv and Rindy Ross from Quarterflash, and Stephanie Schneiderman. It’s not just about nostalgia though. The audience has a good time, and Wood says the regular performers, Moore and Scott, create a spirit of playfulness that the audience picks up on. “They’re right
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MUSIC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 there laughing with us, and they’re right there with us in the moment in each song,” Wood says. While technically Miner does make money on his concerts, he doesn’t call it a commercial enterprise because when the many hours are added up it becomes a labor of love. Recently, Miner engaged a sponsor for his concerts, to help with promotion. Turns out, people who are interested in hearing are also interested in music — Your Hearing Health, a Portland company offering hearing aid services, has chipped in money to pay performers.
Oregon members. Healthcare professionals will earn 10.5 continuing education credits. Winningham is a past chairman of the Behavioral Sciences Division at Western Oregon, where he managed the psychology and gerontology departments. He has trained thousands of individuals in cognitive stimulation and therapy programs, and has helped develop a certification program for professionals. Anyone who works with seniors will benefit from taking this workshop: from helping Mom or Dad at home to setting up classes in a senior living community. To register call Mary Reitan, 503-502-4509 or marycreitan@gmail.com. Visit willametteview.org or robwinningham.com, for more information on the venue and presenter. ■
Of note
Beth Wood, bethwoodmusic.com After taking some of the summer off, Matt’s concerts will resume in October with a performance by Ginny Reilly and David Maloney on their farewell tour. www.mattminermusic.com O’Connor’s, oconnorsportland.com Your Hearing Health, yourhearinghealth.com “The owner has been very enthusiastic about promotion,” Miner says. “It’s made a huge difference in terms of being able to pay people what they deserve for these kinds of shows and I’m very appreciative.” ■
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