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TELEMEDICINE By MARY OWEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Although not in the traditional sense, Ronald Paapke’s doctor was with him all the way through his recent health emergency. “It was as if the doctor was actually in the room with me,” says Paapke, 54, who suffered a stroke on Sept. 19. “As I moved, the telecom screen was following me. Where I went, the doctor went. It was pretty amazing.” Call it telehealth, telestroke or telemedicine, the technology that connects hospital to hospital, and doctors to patients, is what helped save Paapke’s life. By the time he arrived by ambulance to Columbia Memorial, OHSU neurologist Dr. Stewart Weber was already on-
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screen, working alongside the Astoria man’s team of doctors. Using a secure two-way video and audio communication, Weber was able to help evaluate Paapke and assist with treatment plans, including using a clot-busting drug. The onscreen interaction helped stabilized Paapke until he could be transferred to OHSU for further treatment. When Paapke arrived by helicopter, Weber was actually in the operating room with fellow neurologist Hormozd Bozorgchami, who performed the surgery to remove the blood blot. “I recognized Dr. Weber immediately since I saw him on the video linkup from Astoria,” Paapke told OHSU staff. Following surgery, Paapke remained in the hospital a few days and then was able to go home. Today he is recuperating with no side effects. His tasks now are to change his lifestyle and to go onscreen one more time for a follow-up appointment. “I am very grateful,” Paapke says of his ordeal. “I’m fabulous, actually.” Dr. Miles Ellenby is the medical director of the OHSU Telemedicine Network, a pediatric intensivist at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and an associate professor of pediatrics in the OHSU School of Medicine.
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Dr. Miles Ellenby (onscreen), a pediatric intensivist, consults with a patient via the OHSU Telemedicine Network. Ellenby directs the OHSU program. “Patients love the increased interaction,” Ellenby says. “It is cost saving, time saving, and people are much more engaged in their care when they have a more tangible feedback mech-
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anism. They are more accountable and timely in reporting issues.” OSHU has three main arms to its telemedicine program: acute care medical consultations to hospitals in the network and their emergency rooms; ambulatory outpatient specialty care, especially for those with chronic diseases; and, in its infancy, remote patient monitoring. About 1,700 patients currently use the telemedicine system, Ellenby says. “Telemedicine helps doctors make better decisions with the local team,” says Ellenby. “It’s a different way to practice medicine, but in the end, it increases efficiency.”
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Most telemedicine consultations are covered by Medicare and some health insurance plans, he says. Salem Health goes onscreen with OHSU for its youngest patients. “The pediatric unit can receive consultations from pediatric intensivists,” says Lisa Ketchum, director of Women’s and Children’s Services. “When a consult is needed, staff will bring the device to the patient’s bedside and then place a call to OHSU to activate.” Telemedicine started at Salem Hospital in 2011, and the pediatric unit currently uses the network for one or two patients per month.
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“The amazing thing about telemedicine is that the provider who is consulting can do a physical exam on the patient,” says Andrea Bell, nurse manager of the Pediatric Unit. “They can listen to the patient’s heart and lungs, and can view imaging studies. They can move the robot around the room and zoom in to look at the patient closer. They can view the patient so closely that they can assess their pupils and look at abnormalities on their skin, such as a rash.” Doctors can also speak directly to the patient and the family, as well as the care team, she says. “Telemedicine is not only used in emergencies, but also to help a family feel more comfortable when transporting to OHSU,” Bell says. “The patient and family can meet the team who will be caring for them when they arrive —they can meet their nurse at OHSU before leaving Salem Health.” Salem Health hopes to add endocrinology, gastroenterology and other sub-specialty services as resources to care for children “who would then not need to transport to Portland for short-term care,” Bell says. “The OHSU Telemedicine Network highlights the importance of collaboration and quality care for the children of our communities,” says Dr. Jill Pearson, medical director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. “The national trend of moving rounds from outside the patient room to the patient’s bedside allows the healthcare team to
Mari Beth Senn uses her cell phone to communicate with her doctor over a telehealth network. Senn was able to share her concerns about a possible blood clot, saving herself from at least one doctor’s office visit. Courtesy photo
embrace the input of the family. Telemedicine takes the benefits of this practice to the next level.” Santiam Hospital in Stayton uses the OHSU telemedicine option for neonatal, pediatrics and stroke patients. “We are able to call OHSU and the appropriate providers on their end come across the screen,” says Erika Lentz, a registered nurse and nurse manager for the Family Birth Unit. “It’s amazing technology that has allowed us to provide a tertiary level consultation without transferring our patients unnecessarily. Specifically for our stroke patients, this is a great thing. When determining treatment for strokes, time is a major factor for certain therapies.” “The providers at OHSU are
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able to view all imaging done here at Santiam Hospital, participate in the assessment, and help to guide treatment,” she says. But telemedicine is not just for stroke patients. Meri Beth Senn, 63, is a Kaiser Permanente patient who has had multiple surgeries in the past few years. Recently, Senn logged on to the KP Telehealth Network to talk to her doctor about symptoms in her leg that made her suspect she might have a blood clot. Her doctor recommended she go for an ultrasound that ruled out a blood clot, but she was able to save herself one visit to the doctor’s office. “By seeing your care provider virtually, you don’t have to pay for gas or public transportation to get to the doc-
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tor’s office or make arrangements for things like childcare,” says Dr. Deborah Sailler, who practices family medicine in Salem and is KP Northwest’s primary care director of operations. “One of my patients moved about 50 miles away from KP’s Keizer Station medical office, and was pleased to learn that he could meet with me in a video appointment and save himself a trip to Salem.” Sailler’s patient, Claudio Lima, says the option of a virtual visit is “fantastic.” Prior to his appointment, Lima, 72, talked with an IT professional from Kaiser Permanente who helped him get his home computer ready for his video visit. “Having someone walk you through what to do and expect before your first video visit
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helps things go smoothly,” Sailler says. “Video visits can be done over computers, tablets and smartphones. You just need a high-speed connection and video capabilities. Think of it as the old-fashioned house call with modern technology.” In 2016, Sailler says all primary care physicians in Kaiser’s Northwest region were trained to conduct video visits. So far, she says, 32 different departments have used video appointments. “We’re on track to double the number of video visits over the previous year, with nearly 7,000 visits completed in the first eight months of 2017,” she says. ■
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Carol Lindauer calls herself a “Harley chick.� It’s hard to put into words what she enjoys most about riding a motorcycle, but “fun and freedom� come to mind. Lindauer, now 73, is petite and slender. Several years ago, she was used to riding on the back of her husband’s motorcycle, but then decided she wanted to learn to ride one herself. Not only did she have to conquer her own fears, it took persistence in convincing her husband to teach her. After two years, he relented. At age 56, Lindauer bought her first bike, a Buell. It was small enough that her feet could touch the ground. “I had seen girls driving in on their Harley Davidson bikes, and I knew that was what I wanted to do,� she says. After her husband died, Lindauer never thought she would marry again, or find someone who would enjoy riding as much as she did. That is, until she met Dan Logan, the father of one of her co-workers at Urban Plastix in Tualatin.
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Carol Lindauer conquered her own fears and learned how to ride a Harley. Her first bike was a Buell, but she recently purchased a red, three-wheel Can Am Spyder because “it handles better.� On their second date, they took a motorcycle ride together, and “he never left.� They’ve now been married
nine years. Logan is a retired engineer who began customizing Harleys for his new wife.
He rebuilt her 883 Harley Sportster to a 1200. He changed out the cams, pistons and cylinders to boost the
horsepower and torque. He boosted the compression with Weisco pistons and put in the most radical Andrews cams you can run on the street. When Lindauer entered it in an Easy Rider Bike Show, she won fourth place in modified stock. “I was so proud,� she says. “I was the only woman on the stage.� Logan, 74, says bikers often buy starter kits to make the bikes their own. “They put on lots of chrome,� he says. “Chrome is a woman’s best friend.� He has been riding bikes for more than 60 years. While Lindauer rides Harleys, Logan prefers to ride BMW bikes, and owns more than 100 bikes. He keeps them stored in a custom-built garage next to their home. Lindauer owns several Harleys, recently purchasing a red, three-wheel Can Am Spyder because of her age. “It handles better,� she says. “But it’s like giving up your car.� The couple loves taking rides together. They choose a direction and stop at garage sales, bookstores and museums in little towns along their ride. Logan enjoys anything
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Carol Lindauer may love her Harleys, but she also loves doll clothes. She has more than 100 dolls, and she sews all of their clothing.
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Carol Lindauer has been a tomboy all her life, beating the boys in basketball and baseball. Now she wears her Harley ring, watch and clothes from head to foot. But there’s a girly side to her, too. She makes and sells doll clothes as the owner of Carol’s Dolly Duds. It started when her daughter Patty Sargent asked her to make clothes for Lindauer’s granddaughter’s American Girl dolls. Now, Lindauer has collected more than 100 dolls herself and has made almost every fash-
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historical, and both are attracted to the scenery. Recently, they took Lindauer’s grandson Nathan on a two-day motorcycle ride to Eugene before he headed off to college in Washington. One of their most interesting rides was to Sturgis, S.D., in 2004. Half a million bikers show up for the annual rally, which shuts down the town of 6,000. People rent their houses, Lindauer says, as bikers converge to talk bikes, racing, camping and more.
Don’t believe the hype, she says. “Only 1 percent of the bikers are rowdy. You see thousands of bikes, all different. Anyone who rides goes there at least once. We’ve gone twice.” There’s a bonus to riding bikes, they both say. “People are attracted to bikers and they all have to come over and talk to you,” Lindauer says. “We enjoy meeting interesting people.” Logan says many men tell him their wives won’t allow them to ride. He understands, telling them he was married to two women like that. His advice to them: “Go for it.” ■
ion style using recycled or reclaimed fabric. Every time she gets an idea, she buys a doll to be dressed. Her designs include athletic clothes, prairie dresses, school dresses, party clothes and ethnic attire — she’s created some 2,500 outfits in nine years. One of the ways she presents and sells the doll clothes is through doll fashion shows. She and her husband Dan Logan take the dolls to bazaars, where they put on the fashion shows. At a fashion show at the Clark County Fair, for example, the dolls came out from behind a curtain and were walked down an 8-foot runway that Logan built. The dolls were turned around, and taken back behind the curtain. In all, they showed 62 dolls. “And I wondered what I would be doing when I retired,” Logan says.
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Changing our culture
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â– The Northwest puts the brakes on electronic gadgets By DAN CHRISTOPHER
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You’re cruising along Interstate-5 and suddenly the last morsel from your bag of Cheetos slips through your fingertips and tumbles to the floorboard of your car. Though you know full well it’s a bit risky, you nevertheless reach down and start pawing around your feet to retrieve the golden munchie. You even glance down once or twice. In an instant, your tasty treat has become a driving distraction. Yet, there are no actual laws banning Cheetos. Similarly, there are few if any precise laws against driving with a burning object, like a cigarette, in your hands. However, because of a rising trend in highway fatalities, there are new and tougher laws in Oregon and Washington that have been expanded to prohibit drivers from manipulating popular electronic gadgets like cell phones, iPads, tablets and laptops, as well as navigation and mes-
saging devices, and video games. The new laws permit only minimal, hands-free use, such as simply using a finger to activate or deactivate a device. Some might consider these laws an unnecessary invasion
of our privacy. Others may argue that lawmakers and law officers are going too far. After all, these e-gadgets are solidly integrated into the fabric of society. Yet, consider some staggering statistics that add a life and
death perspective to the debate. “We kill as many people on our roads every week (in this country) as if a 747 was crashing,� says Shelly Baldwin of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. “If a 747 was
dropping from the sky every week, we would ground air traffic, figure it out and fix it.�
Changing our culture So how do we fix the problem here in the Northwest?
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PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION ing that “these technologies distract our brains long after you’ve used them.” A study by AAA draws the same conclusion that “the use of hands-free devices and voice-activated systems are just as distracting as the use of a hand-held cell phone.”
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Electronic devices not only distract, they sometimes become killers. The immediate answer has come in the form of laws designed to alter our entire driving culture, by making it taboo to use electronics while driving. Just as beefed-up laws in the past motivated motorists to buckle up or limit the amount of alcohol before driving, today’s new laws are meant to encourage distraction-free motoring. Or pay the price.
Price to pay In Washington state, besides a $136 traffic citation for Driving Under the Influence of Electronics (DUIE), the state will also notify the offending driver’s insurance company. In Oregon, violators may get clobbered with a maximum fine of $1,000, up from $500. First-time offenders may get a reprieve from the court if they take a Distracted Driving Avoidance Course. However, subsequent fines climb up to $2,000 and cannot be waived. After a decade-long decline in highway fatalities in Oregon, the number of deaths climbed significantly in the past few years, up to 495 in 2016 — despite safer cars, better seat belt use, and no significant increase in driving under the influence.
Who’s to blame? Therefore, the rise in deaths and injuries on our roads is likely attributable to drivers being distracted by electronic devices, according to David House, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT reports that every three hours someone is injured by distracted driving in Oregon. One in four crashes reportedly involves cell phone use just prior to the crash. In fact, House says, “We are certain that this (mobile electronics) is one of the most under-reported factors in crashes, because if drivers were using their phones at the time of the accidents, they typically don’t want to admit that. So, we think this (DUIE) is highly under-reported.” House also reminds us that electronic device use is also prohibited even in stopped
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An article in the October issue of NW Boomer and Senior News titled “Sharp-dressed man” indicated that Joseph Carroll took style advice from his wife. Instead, the advice came from his boss and his boss’s wife. We strive for accuracy in all our reporting, and regret the error.
Dangerously distracted As states continue to strengthen laws to combat distracting electronics on our highways — for example, Alaska violators can be fined up to $10,000 along with a year in jail — motorists are also cautioned about what are known as Dangerously Distracted Laws. They apply to things like putting on make-up or shaving while driving, eating, puffing on a cigarette, and yes, even searching for a lost Cheeto — if they are part of the problem. You probably won’t get pulled over for these infractions, but they could add to a fine if they contributed to the problem. Washington State Patrol
traffic and at stop lights. “You’re sitting at an intersection and the light turns green and the car in front of you doesn’t move,” he says. “That’s because they’re on their phone.” A car needs to be parked and the engine off be-
fore officers won’t cite. The National Safety Council identifies cell phone use as the top distraction while driving. The council also disputes states like Oregon and Washington that permit hands-free technology, argu-
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Sgt. James Prouty says, “If I’m driving down the road and I reach over to grab my soda and swerve out of my lane and come back in, that swerving is a violation. If we find that the soda was a distraction in conjunction with you swerving, you can also receive a $99 Dangerously Distracted citation.” A survey of some 900 motorists by State Farm Insurance showed that use of mobile web services actually decreased slightly for drivers from ages 18 to 29, but increased for drivers overall. Fact is, it doesn’t take a major study to find examples of distracted drivers. We’ve all seen the infractions. Just today, I glanced at the driver of a car traveling in the lane next to mine. The fingers of her left hand were laced around the steering wheel while also holding a lit cigarette. In the other hand, she was dialing a number on the cell phone. She was not looking at the road. ■
HEALTHY Vibes
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NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS • NOVEMBER 2017
Finding success on a plant-based diet By DR. ANDREA FERREIRO
Leafy spinach. Quinoa. Black beans. They’re all great plant-based options and may already be a part of your diet. But have you wondered if eating a completely plantbased diet might be right for you? Though switching to a diet like this may seem like a big change, for many, it’s a major step toward health. Take Norman Baird for example. At age 72, he had just beat cancer but was still struggling with diabetes when he went in for a follow-up visit with his oncologist at Kaiser Permanente. It was then that his doctor suggested he try a plant-based diet. “I saw him for a follow-up visit and he said, ‘Cancer isn’t the problem anymore, let’s talk about diet,’” Baird recalls. Baird had struggled with his weight his entire life and was injecting insulin twice a day as well as taking an oral medication twice daily. He was open to a change, though, and transitioned to a plant-based diet in February 2016. Since then he dropped 63 pounds by cutting out animal
products and processed foods and instead ate a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and some nuts and seeds. He also went off his medications and controlled his blood-sugar levels naturally with a combination of diet and exercise. “I don’t like poking that needle into myself,” he says. “So, it was nice not to have to inject the insulin anymore.” Prior to making the switch to a plant-based diet, Baird says that he tried just about every diet — but none were successful in helping him reach his goal weight. He was also taking a fistful of medication on a daily basis to control not just his diabetes but also address congestive heart failure. The plant-based lifestyle
also improved his heart health, boosted his energy levels and has become a natural alternative to his medications. Baird is a great example of why, at Kaiser Permanente, we advocate eating a plantbased diet as the most powerful medicine we have to prevent and even to reverse disease, and help our patients
stay as healthy as possible. For those considering a plant-based diet, you can start by making small changes and including more fruits, veggies and whole grains in your diet, which can make a difference in how you feel and your overall health. Interested in learning more? To find out how to get started
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1. Make starches and fruit the basis of your diet. Many people immediately think of broccoli or kale when they hear the words “plant-based diet.” Although it’s beneficial to eat leafy vegetables in abundance, they simply do not have enough calories to fuel you and satisfy your appetite (a full pound of kale, for example, has only 223 calories). To succeed on this diet, it’s important that you eat enough healthy calories. This means making starches or fruit the center of your meal plate. 2. Eat the foods you enjoy and don’t worry about individual nutrients. Many people view food as a nutritional balancing act, and they go through their day trying to make sure to get just the right amount of the countless number of nutrients out there. On a plant-based diet, such precision isn’t necessary and the worry that comes with it can hinder your ability to stay the course. Simply
choose your foods from the categories of whole fruits, vegetables, tubers, whole grains, and legumes; eat a variety across these categories over time, and eat until comfortably satiated. The most important key to success is to find or make the greatest meals you can. Nothing will help you stay on the plan more than a killer sweet-potato lasagna. 3. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Focus on the big changes like switching from meat, milk, and eggs to whole-plant foods. Such changes dramatically improve the nutritional composition of the foods you are eating, so this is where you will find the most noticeable and measurable improvements in your health. Since choosing whole plants is the most important thing you can do for both your health and the world around us, be sure that priority is well taken care of before seeking loftier goals. (Courtesy: Forksoverknives.com)
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He’s keeping with his tradition
NOVEMBER 2017 • nwboomerandseniornews.com
PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
■ Gerardo Calderón is a professional Latin American guitarist By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Gerardo Calderón has brought his love of folk music from Mexico to Oregon and, in so doing, has brought pleasure to people of all ages. He’s performed in schools, at the Portland International Airport, in auditoriums and at elder care facilities — one of his favorites. These days, this in-demand professional guitarist also studies music therapy at Marylhurst University, gives private guitar lessons, performs with Grupo Condor, and works in his recording studio. His success is a combination of a love of learning, the joy of playing music, luck and diligence. “This is what I do, this is what I love,” he says. Calderón grew up in Mexico and was drawn to his country’s traditional sounds. He taught himself to play the guitar, then formed a band with his brothers, playing in small towns throughout Mexico. They played in coffee houses where poetry, readings and music were combined. He played around Mexico City, then traveled to Puerta Vallarta “for fun,” playing in restaurants near the beach. After returning home, he was asked to come back to the resort city
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If this face looks familiar, it’s because you might have seen Gerardo Calderón playing at the Portland International Airport.
“This is what I do, this is what I love.” Gerardo Calderón Musician
for paying gigs. “That was when I knew that music would be my path,” Calderón says. Eventually, he was invited to perform in Boston, “and I’ve been doing it ever since.” In 1994, he joined Young Audiences and began performing in schools as part of music education. “I still do assemblies, workshops and residences,” he says, where he focuses on Latin American music. His touring has included
workshops in schools and libraries, universities and museums. The Oregon World Affairs Council asked him to teach teachers how to incorporate music in school curriculums. And for six years he toured the United States, Europe and Mexico, playing in concert halls 300 days a year. Calderón has a large collection of traditional instruments that represent the many musical styles of Latin America, thus his concerts and school programs focus on a blend of
Spanish, African and Native American influences. They create a truly multicultural art form. His band, Grupo Condor, combines music and history into its shows. It’s high-energy entertainment with an educational and multicultural dimension. Some of the instruments they use include the guitar, charango and ronroco, all stringed instruments of Spanish influence; quenas, zamponas and antaras, all flute instruments of American influence; and the bombo leguero, chaj chas, palo de lluvia and tambor de aqua, all percussions with both African and American influences. Each musician — including Samuel Becerra and Nelda Reyes — plays different instruments and tells stories about the origin of the music. The group stresses the importance of each culture’s contribution. “Europe introduced string instruments and we made them our own,” Calderón says. “History and real instruments go hand in hand. Audiences are amazed at all the instruments and become engaged right away.” Each chapter of his life has led to new music because Calderón has an unquenchable appetite for learning. He’s currently studying music therapy at Marylhurst and plans to apply music therapy into the lives of others. “I’m going to focus on the educational system, refugees, immigrants and undocumented people,” he says, adding that he also wants to spend six months touring South America to learn about other music traditions. He has his own recording studio, where his partner Nelda writes the script and he provides the music.
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Visit grupo-condor.com for more information and upcoming concert dates.
“One of my dreams is to play in my country,” Calderón says. “I have not done that in years. When I am through at Marylhurst in another year I want to travel for six months in South America, study, teach, meet with musicologists and share my music. But, if it doesn’t happen in this life, it can happen in another life.” Calderón likes the fact that music helps with relaxation. For the past 11 years, he has been playing in the mornings at Portland International Airport. He sits just past the security gates, alternating terminals Tuesdays to Thursdays, and Saturdays. He likes the airport gig because it allows him afternoons to do other performances, teach or attend college. The tips he earns from one day’s performance can provide funds for a month’s needs. Some days he earns nothing but he has also earned $1,000 in one day and one traveler bought 30 of his CDs. “Money is not the driving force,” Calderón says. “Playing music is a personal benefit. At the airport people from all over the world buy my CDs and I don’t have to advertise. I also collaborate with other musicians, I compose music, I do documentaries and short films.” He also does sound design for theaters, and enjoys collaborating with choirs. He’s affiliated with the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Historical Society’s folklife program. “I am not rich, but I am having rich experiences,” he says. ■
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Oct. 28 “Night at the Museum” Halloween, 6 to 9 p.m., Yamhill Valley Heritage Center Museum, 11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville. $5 per vehicle. 503-472-2842.
November
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Prime Timers Dining Club, 6 p.m., Heidi’s Restaurant, 1230 NE Cleveland Ave., Gresham. 503-9365861.
Lakewood in City Lights fundraiser, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., The Sentinel Hotel, Portland. $100. Lakewood-Center.org.
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Seasoned Adult Enrichment: League of Women Voters, 9:30 a.m., Room H320, Harmony East, Harmony Community Campus, Milwaukie. $3.
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(also Nov. 9, 16 and 30) NaNoWriMo Write In, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Persistence for Survival – Chinook People Past and Present, 7 p.m., Clark County Historical Society, 1511 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. $5/$4. 360993-5679. (through Nov. 12) “Exodo,” a Day of the Dead spectacular, 7:30 p.m., Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St., Portland. $27/$25. 503236-7253.
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“The Owyhee River Journals” with Bonnie Olin, 6:30 p.m., Hillsboro Public Library. Free.
Keys to Building a Successful Solo Business, 9 a.m. to noon, The Encorepreneur Café, 1548 NE 15th Ave., Portland. $30.
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Crafternoon Tea, 2 to 4 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Bring your own handcraft project.
Seasoned Adult Enrichment: Journey through South Africa, 9:30 a.m., Room H320, Harmony East, Harmony Community Campus, Milwaukie. $3.
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Poet Shane McCrae, 7:30 p.m., Belluschi Pavilion, Marylhurst University.
(through Nov. 4) Olive Street Boutiques, a unique bazaar, 3:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 2, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3-4, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St., Portland.
“The Owyhee River Journals” with Bonnie Olin, 6 p.m., Clackamas County Library-Oak Lodge. Free.
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Chris Arellano and Nuevo Americana, 7:30 p.m., Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro. $12/$16. 503-6153485. Hearts of the Dulcimer with Patricia Delich and Wayne Jiang, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-6440043. Opportunities for Gift Shopping/Brunch, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Royal Oaks Country Club, 8917 NE Fourth Plain Road, Vancouver, Wash. $21. 360-892-5523.
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Workshop: Introduction to Meditation, 10 to 11 a.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Free. Genealogical Society of Washington County, “Researching Military Records,” 10 a.m. to noon, Hillsboro Brookwood Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. Free. 503-640-4431.
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Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults, 6:30 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. International Folk Dance Club, 2:30 p.m., Marshall Center exercise room, Vancouver, Wash. $2. 360-216-6264. “The Owyhee River Journals” with Bonnie Olin, 7 p.m., St. Helens Public Library. Free.
(through Nov. 18) Northwest Senior Theatre, “It’s Christmas Time,” Alpenrose Opera House, 6149 SW Shattuck Road, Portland. $5. 503-2272003. Seasoned Adult Enrichment: Sock it to Me, 9:30 a.m., Room H320, Harmony East, Harmony Community Campus, Milwaukie. $3.
(also Nov. 11) Veterans Day Display, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Yamhill Valley Heritage Center Museum, 11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville. Donations taken. 503-472-2842.
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(also Nov. 12) Patriots Weekend Special, noon and 2:30 p.m., Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, 207 N. Railroad Ave., Yacolt, Wash. $16/$15. Bycx.com. Portland Youth Philharmonic, Beethoven’s 5th, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. Portlandyouthphil.org.
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Currents Gallery holiday sale, 532 NE Third St., McMinnville. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 18.
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The Story of Abigail Scott Duniway, 7 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Donations taken for Beaverton Historical Society. 503-430-0106.
“The Owyhee River Journals,” with Bonnie Olin, 2 p.m., Tigard Public Library. Free.
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CALM: Coloring and Listening Moments for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. NatGeo Live: Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice, 7:30 p.m., Newmark Theatre, Portland. $25+. 800-273-1530.
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Seasoned Adult Enrichment: Dave’s Killer Bread, 9:30 a.m., Room H320, Harmony East, Harmony Community Campus, Milwaukie. $3.
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“The Last Waltz” film and potluck, 6 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland.
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Newberg Community Band season opener, 7:30 p.m., Bauman Auditorium, George Fox University. Free. (also Nov. 17) AARP Smart Driver, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Mount Hood Medical Center Cascade Building, 24700 SE Stark St., Gresham. 503-663-2228.
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Friday Film Night: “The Big Sleep,” 7 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland.
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Linn County Philatelic Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Phoenix Inn, 3410 Spicer Dr., Albany. Free.
Owl Book Group: “John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire,” by Kim Heacox, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-644-0043.
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Antiques Appraisal and Auction, by Tualatin Historical Society, 2 p.m., Marquis Community Center, 19805 SW Boones Ferry Road. $5 admission, $3 per item. 503885-1926.
Excerpts from “Willamette Valley Wineries,” “Paradise Wild” and “What We Love Will Save Us,” 3 p.m., Stickman’s Lake Oswego Pub, 40 N. State St. 503-344-4449.
(through Dec. 10) “Belfast Girls,” Shaking the Tree Theatre, 823 SE Grant St., Portland. Corribtheatre.org.
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Totally Gospel II Saturday Night Concerts, with free dinner, 6 p.m., Northeast Baptist Church, 6701 NE Prescott St., Portland. 503-281-7656.
AARP Smart Driver, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Legacy Emanuel Hospital, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave., Portland. 503286-9688.
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Rhythm/Drum Circle, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Author Talk with Rabbi Eve Posen, 7:30 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Seasoned Adult Enrichment: Medicare Scams and Fraud, 9:30 a.m., Room H320, Harmony East, Harmony Community Campus, Milwaukie. $3.
Send your calendar items to: Calendar, 4120 River Road N., Keizer, OR 97303 or email mte@nwseniornews.com by the 6th of the month for the following month’s publication.
Oregon Fossil Guy
12 PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS • NOVEMBER 2017
A childhood hobby has turned into Guy DiTorrice’s lifelong passion
By CAROL ROSEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
It isn’t often that a child’s activity turns into an adult hobby, but that’s exactly Guy DiTorrice’s experience. He began collecting things such as fossils, rocks, leaves, snails and insects when he was 7 years old in Illinois. When his family moved to Colorado’s dinosaur country, he began looking into finding and collecting their bones and fossils. “It became a hobby when I found snails inside limestone near my home in Illinois in the 1960s,” DiTorrice says of his collections. His curiosity has allowed him to keep the hobby going throughout his life. He likes meeting with various organizations and schools to talk about his collection, hoping to influence them to start their own collections. About 20 years ago, he was approached by Oregon State Parks to offer educational seminars. They tried to call him the “Fossil Guy,” but then found out “there’s a guy in North Carolina who is a well-respected ‘Fossil Guy’ and I didn’t want to take away from him, so I became the Oregon Fossil Guy,” he says. “It’s an offshoot of my hobby. The rangers suggested it and encouraged me to talk about it.” He’s done at least 60 talks per year since 2005. His collection encompasses about eight states and Alberta, Canada, with some of the dinosaur material from cultural exchanges. Before he retired last spring, he managed to do tours and talks to groups. “I have a friend in the senior retirement business and he encouraged me to do presentations for those residents,” DiTorrice says. “Before that it was strictly state park presentations from Warrenton to
Brookings. I did one a couple of months ago on a Sunday in Florence. It was standing room only with 730 people.” He also speaks to church groups and Lincoln County elementary and middle school students. It’s great to see their small hands on the rocks, he says. “It’s fun to watch the people during the talks. I see their eyes light up especially after the talk when they get to visit the rocks. Every fossil has a story to go with it.” His Brownsville garage — and the room above it — are chock-full of rocks, some being polished, and others in stages where the fossils or the geodes are being opened up. One particular rock was a dirty gray with small spots on the outside, but when he pulled it apart, it showed both sides of a fossilized clamshell. “When I first started I went hunting with a guy from Ashland,” DiTorrice says. “We’d go up to the top of the Siskiyou Summit by (Interstate) 5 where we found shrimp fossils at the top of the mountain.” His collection of rocks is estimated at 20 to 30 million. He studies each of them, writes down their first and last name, and what it is. But he doesn’t stop there; he studies what they are, researches botany and zoology books, rock magazines and other books on the topic. For example, he found a palm leaf sample on the beach. By researching botany books and internet sites, he discovered the leaf sample is 110 million years old and from Colorado during the time of the Inland Sea. His wife has a photo of him in a ditch next to a road where he found petrified wood. “When I find something, it’s really exciting not just because I found it but I get to research and find what it is and
Photos by Carol Rosen
Guy DiTorrice of Brownsville holds a fossilized clamshell. It’s one of the millions of rocks and fossils he has collected since he was young. He has spent 20 years sharing his findings and passion through presentations with Oregon State Parks. This dinosaur arm bone (below) is just one of DiTorrice’s many prized findings. He encourages his audiences to become their own fossil collectors.
how it got there,” he says. DiTorrice notes that the fossils near Brownsville are quite different than those on the Oregon Coast where there are miles of sandstone bluffs filled with fossils that often fall off. “I had to learn geology to know that there are sandstone wedges on top and buried under lava rock,” he says. I’ve also had to relearn the geology of Willamette Valley.” While he doesn’t post each find, he does publish sites where people can go to find a specific rock or fossil. When traveling the state, he digs through ditches and sometimes finds new items. “Sometimes it takes three or four months to find out what it is,” DiTorrice says. “Once, I found three different snails (fossils) in the same site.” Among the places he works are tide pools and riverbeds. These sites can be anywhere, especially in sandstone or silt deposits and material including sandy beaches and bends with gravel bars. But he cautions that there are a number of things to con-
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DiTorrice will lead beach fossil tours at noon Nov. 11 and Dec. 30, Beverly Beach State Park, Newport. Call 720-326-3573 or send an email to oregonfossilguy@hotmail.com.
sider and rules to follow. “First you need to follow the rules,” he says. “This is a hobby that is self-destructive. You need to find out where you can use a pick, shovel, chisel and rock hammer. Most places allow casual collecting, but you don’t get to cut down a tree and you can’t sell anything you collect.” Most beaches allow onground collecting, but people aren’t allowed to hammer a wall or do any mining. Those fossils also can’t be sold; they actually belong to the state. In addition, federal rules are different from state and local marine preserve rules, DiTorrice says. In protected federal areas,
people are allowed to draw pictures. It’s illegal to take verifiable fossilized animals such as clams, snails and petrified wood. On the Oregon Coast, collectors are allowed one gallon of material per day or a total of three gallons per year. “We aren’t allowed to collect at any protected areas,” DiTorrice says. “That includes wildlife refuges or Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.” He suggests collectors research gathering areas ahead of time. Resources are really important, he says, because they can tell you whether it’s legal to collect, and to note safety considerations. “Collectors need a resource guide as well as maps, cell phones and a compass,” he says. “They also should research cell phone service in case of problems. Go where you can legally go and be safe.” Oregon Fossil Guy also notes that tools should be based on ages. Children should have cotton gloves and tools specifically based on their age. For example, younger kids should have a plastic shovel along with brushes, magnifying glasses and waterproof canvas bags. Adults can bring items such as a geology pick, a shovel, chisel, safety goggles, five-gallon buckets and cotton gloves. ■
a history of
NOVEMBER 2017 • nwboomerandseniornews.com
PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
POSTCARDS By ARTHUR J. SUMMERS WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM
Almost everyone taking a vacation today uses their own camera or phone to capture memories of places they’ve been and things they’ve seen. But a century ago, few people had their own camera and, when they went on a trip, they would typically buy a postcard view of the place they were visiting. They might mail the postcard back to a friend or relative. Or, they would carry it back home and put it in a postcard album. Then, they could share memories of their trip with their family and neighbors. One hundred years ago, collecting postcards was one of the top three hobbies. People might collect coins, stamps, postcards, or all three, and millions of postcards have survived the passage of time. If you see a vintage postcard that had been mailed, but is missing a stamp, it’s a good indication that a stamp collector removed the stamp for their stamp collection.
The evolution of the postcard Postcards evolved from being solely an official form of government correspondence to a means of transmitting beautiful lithographed subject matter and real black-and-white images of landscapes, buildings and people. Postcards started out as an official product of the U.S. Postal System. One side of the postcard was reserved for an address and the other side was for correspondence. Illustrations were eventually placed on both government and privately printed cards. The Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago is generally seen as the catalyst for encouraging private publishers to expand their efforts in printing the postcards illustrated. Responding to lobbying by both private publishers and the general public, an act of Congress in 1898 allowed private printers to print and sell cards that bore the inscription “Private Mailing Card.” A dozen or more printers started producing postcards with a view on one side. The other side of the postcard was still reserved for the address. Printers often left a wide margin around the view allowing people to write a message on the card. In 1901, the federal government granted permission to private printers to replace “Private Mailing Card” with the shorter term “Post Card” on their product. Originally, postcard views were lithographed images, with Germany printing the most lithographed postcards. With the beginning of World War I in 1914, printing shifted to the United States and England. As smaller, better cameras became more available, real images were printed on postcard stock. These photograph-based postcards became known as “Real Photo Post Cards.” Writing was still not permitted on the address side yet. In 1907, a dividing line was permitted on the address side of postcards. On one side of the dividing line was space for the address and the other side had room for a note to the recipient of the postcard.
Exponential growth The boom in placing black and white photographs on postcards and having an authorized place to write notes were two factors ushering in a golden age of postcard production and collection. Postcard collecting even came to have its own official designation as deltiology. By 1910, postcard collecting became a favorite
hobby of people around the world. To provide an idea of how quickly postcard collecting caught on with the general public, the U.S. Post Office processed over 5 billion pieces of mail of all kinds in 1895. By 1905, the volume of processed mail doubled to 10 billion pieces. By 1913, the volume had increased to 18.5 billion pieces of mail moving through the postal system. The large majority of that increase was due to people mailing postcards. A card typically cost a penny and it only took a penny stamp to mail the card.
Picture perfect There are two major categories of postcard types. There are “topics” which can have almost any subject matter. There are postcards of clowns, the circus, the military services, movie theaters, trains, automobiles, animals in costumes, etc. The other major category is “view” cards. These are cards showing landscapes, buildings, and streets in communities around the world. This second category is the source of images for many visual history books. Arcadia Publishing is famous for printing visual history books of communities across the United States. The authors of over 8,000 Arcadia titles often use RPPC images to illustrate each community’s history. There are events where postcard dealers set out boxes and boxes of postcards for potential buyers to browse through looking for an old lithograph postcard of a favorite topic. They might also be looking for a unique view of their hometown from 100 years ago. A black and white image on a vintage postcard might be the only surviving record of a building that no longer exists. Another source for acquiring old postcards is eBay. If your family comes from a small town in New York or Kansas or Colorado, you can go onto eBay here in Oregon and search by simply typing the town of your ancestor in the search field. The Washington County Museum’s Archives and Research Center, located at the Portland Community College (Rock Creek Campus), has a large collection of both lithograph and real black and white photograph postcards. The three Arcadia Publishing books on Hillsboro, for example, contain images that the authors of those books obtained from the Archives. Many of those images are from old postcards. Public institutions like historical societies, archives and museums strive to preserve and protect their collections. Postcards are paper and need to be protected from moisture, sunlight and creasing. There are soft acid-free plastic sleeves designed specifically to hold a single postcard. There are acid-free paper envelopes, which can be used to store postcards as well. Collectors will use both the soft plastic sleeve for individual cards, but they also use a specially designed fourpocket plastic protector which holds four postcards. That style of protector can be placed in a three-ring binder for storage and easy access and recovery. If you have a postcard collection, take steps to preserve it or donate it to your local archive, so they can take care of it for you and make it available for research and education. You may have the only image that exists. ■
(This article, written by Arthur J. Sommers, is courtesy of the Washington County Museum. Sommers volunteers in the museum archives. Postcard photos courtesy of the museum as well.)
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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on your holiday plate?
14 PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION
NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS â&#x20AC;˘ NOVEMBER 2017
Keep it healthy this holiday season
India. Understanding Ayurveda, which bases itself on three doshas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; vata, pitta and kapka â&#x20AC;&#x201C; helps a person determine which foods and spices are best for each dosha during different seasons. Take an online quiz at ayurvedaacademy.com/academy/resources/doshaevaluation. Back here in Oregon, Diestra focuses on local produce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here at Clarklewis, where we are so close to farmers, the focus is on seasonal vegetables and fresh salads,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a person orders steak, we serve it without sauce and use sauces with our vegetables.â&#x20AC;? For the holidays, he recommends organic turkey marinated overnight with sage, oregano, thyme, garlic shallots and olive oil. For either turkey or prime rib, he recommends cranberry sauce with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;light kickâ&#x20AC;? using chili flakes, wine vinegar and orange zest. With that he suggests root vegetables such as turnips and rutabagas seasoned with salt and pepper, and a good olive oil tossed and finished with lemon juice. For those who love mashed potatoes, he would switch to roasted potatoes with herbs (such as thyme and oregano) with some lemon juice and finished with red onions. Diestra believes adding lemon juice adds acid to food
By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
What will be on your dinner table when you dine with your nearest and dearest for the holidays? Thanksgiving (especially) and Christmas are often an open invitation to overeating and drinking too much. Consuming becomes a measure of a successful holiday. Others look forward to socializing but their experiences have led them toward â&#x20AC;&#x153;eating healthy.â&#x20AC;? For Alex Diestra, changing his eating habits is reflected in what is on the menu at Clarklewis, one of Portlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere restaurants. As executive chef, his key goals are organic, simplicity and farm fresh. Bhakti Foster-Purvine of St. Johns says her family will sit down to a dinner following ancient Ayurveda principles
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Bhakti Foster-Purvine implements ancient Ayurveda principles into everything she does, from her yoga studio to her dinner table. for establishing balance and harmony in the belief that â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are what you digest.â&#x20AC;? Could this be the year you try something new? When Diestra started working out with a personal trainer two years ago, he changed his eating habits. Instead of snacking all day
(thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what happens when you work in a kitchen), he now chooses vegetables or fruit to curb his appetite during 15-hour days. The result, for him, was a loss of more than 15 pounds, better energy and sense of wellbeing. Foster-Purvine is an owner
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and teacher at Shanti Om, a yoga studio. She and her husband Jay, a psychotherapist, will adhere to genuine Ayurveda practices that are used to treat everything from sciatica to cancer in India. In fact, she has traveled to India for 10 of the past 12 years, including this year, with the goal of becoming a teacher of Ayurveda lifestyles. That includes taking classes at Kerala Institute and mandatory internships in two hospitals in
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VANCOUVER POINTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LECTURE SERIES: Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Get You Where You Belong THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 TH 2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Port OF VANCOUVER, USA
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Alex Diestra recently showed his niece some cooking techniques, including this vegetable/noodle dish.
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Foster-Purvine conducts tours when she travels to India and this year she brought two nurses. The group will spend seven days in Coimbatore in South India where there is an orphanage for severely disabled children.
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(from “Quick and Easy Indian Cooking” by Madhur Jaffrey. This simple carrot dish can be served with most Indian meals, and leftover can be added to salads.) 5 medium carrots (about 12 oz.) 1 teaspoon olive or peanut oil ½ teaspoon urad dal ½ teaspoon whole brown mustard seeds 2 dried hot red chilies, broken in half 1 teaspoon peeled and finely grated fresh ginger ½ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons finely grated fresh coconut, or defrosted frozen coconut 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh cilantro 1. Peel the carrots and cut them in 1/3-inch rounds. Large pieces from the top of the carrots should be halved. 2. Put the oil in a frying plan, wok, or karhai set over medium heat. 3. When hot, add the urad dal. As soon as it begins to change color, add the mustard seeds and chilies. When the mustard seeds pop and the chilies darken (a matter of seconds), add the carrots, ginger and salt. Mix well, and then add 4 tablespoons of water. Cover and cook on low heat for 3-4 minutes or until the carrots are tender. Add the coconut and cilantro and mix well. Serves 3-4.
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A century of good memories
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Clark County wants to keep the past alive By BARRY FINNEMORE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
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In the 1960s, the historical society, Robert Hidden, Hermine Decker, the city of Vancouver, and many others came together to save the Slocum House by moving it to Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, from its original location one block south.
significant exhibits, Richardson points to “I am Clark County,” which opened this past spring. Developed by public history students from Washington State University Vancouver, the exhibit featured stories of place, community and identity, including people with long family histories in the county as well as more recent arrivals of varied ancestry. Richardson describes those involved in the museum and its projects over the years as passionate and central to the organization’s success during the past century. “It’s not easy to get to 100 as an organization,” he says. “This is something that is community driven, something people are passionate about. It’s been a project where people have dedicated time, effort and energy. To be around this long shows how the community values our story and our past.”
Pat Jollota, a Vancouver historian and former city council member who has written six books on area history and is working on a seventh, spent 22 years with the museum, in part as curator of education. She says the museum has helped Vancouver and its surroundings remain an “absolute treasure.” “I find people like to know, want to know, about their history – the good and the bad,” she says. “They want to pass it on to other people and pass on that ownership. You’ve got to have an ownership in the place you live, and the way to get that is to learn about it. When you know it, you love it and you want to take care of it and nurture it.” Jollota remembers the day years ago when she became acutely interested in history. Her family was living in Los Angeles, and one of her sons had a third-grade teacher who got him interested in the
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history of the southern California city, including an historic battle. Jollota took her son to see a cemetery site connected to the event, but it had been made into a parking lot. Her son’s intense disappointment that the site wasn’t preserved sparked action, and Jollota took classes in preservation and history. “It changed my whole life that one afternoon,” she says. When she and her husband were ready to retire, Vancouver was among the cities where they considered relocating and ultimately did so because it met one of their key criteria: A respect for, and interest in preserving, its history. Jollota says one of the museum’s many impactful offerings over the years was an exhibit on women who helped build the area, such as pioneer Esther Short – for whom Vancouver’s venerable downtown park is named – and Eva Santee, who helped expand the area’s public library system with her motto, “Library service for all.” The exhibit also focused on Ella Wintler, a teacher who went into politics. As a state representative, she supported schools in Vancouver for sight- and hearing-impaired students and worked to improve treatment of patients with mental health challenges, among other priorities. “That started a conversa-
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This Sublimity farm has been in the family for 150 years By MARY OWEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
At a time when most seniors are enjoying their retirement, Guy and Mary Ann Scott still run a 400-acre farm about 10 miles northeast of Sublimity. “We’re very busy,” Mary Ann says. “We have a big garden and big yard to take care of and other daily chores.” What makes this unusual is that Guy is 87, and Mary Ann is 86. The couple has been working on farms just about all of their lives. “We get up about 7 a.m. and eat dinner about 8 at night,” Mary Ann says. “We go to bed pretty early.” The Scott family’s maternal greatgreat-grandfather, John King, settled the land in 1849, just six years after the great Oregon Trail migration began. Ulysses S. Grant signed the deed on Sept. 27, 1850. Today, the Scott farm, one of 14 to gain sesquicentennial status, is highlighted on Oregon Blue Book’s Century Farms and Ranches Web Exhibit. Seventy acres of their farm is leased to McKenzie Farms and the rest of the acreage is leased to Silver Mountain Farm and two neighbors. McKenzie Farms grows wholesale Christmas trees and Silver Mountain Farm is a crop farm. “We planted seven acres of timber up where we used to pasture horses,” Mary Ann says. “We take care of the weeds, cleaning brush and planting trees after felling every four years or so. Guy still likes to run the tractor.” The horses numbered up to 175 when the Scotts ran a rodeo string, Mary Ann says. “We did everything from providing the horses to getting the entertainment,” she adds. “We did it for 12 years.” As well as the horses, Guy, a bronc
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Mary Ann and Guy Scott have been working on farms most of their lives, including this “Century Farm” outside Sublimity. rider in his teens, and Mary Ann, also had 35 bulls. The couple held rodeos at county fairs all over the state. “It would have been a lot of fun it we hadn’t been working so hard,” he says, chuckling. Both Guy and Mary Ann were born at the Historic Brown House in Stayton when it was a hospital back in the day. They met in the 1950s in a strawberry patch when they were teenagers. “Guy worked for Henry Hansen, and my dad was building a house for Hansen,” Mary Ann says of the reason for picking strawberries at the same berry patch. “We saw each other every day.” Their relationship grew and, eventually, they married and had two daughters, Connie and Judy. The family helped on the Scott farm and then started a contracting business hauling hay in the summer for growers in east-
ern Oregon — Burns, French Glen, Riley, Juntura and Seneca. “The girls helped rake and bale hay,” Mary Ann says. “We were living in an army tent to start with, and then a trailer. Of course, the farm was always our home base. “Guy drove truck from when he was 18 until he turned 75,” she adds, recalling the trucking business they had on the side, hauling “cattle, hay, lumber, machinery — you name it.” “My first truck was a ’49 Ford,” Guy says. “I bought it right out of high school with $2,900 I had saved up.” When Guy’s parents passed away, the couple took on the farm duties full time. Despite the call of hard, physical work every day, the Scotts love being their own boss. “Of course, you have your priorities,” Mary Ann says. “You have to clean messes, clear roads, repair buildings and fences.” “It’s not the years that count,” Guy adds. “It’s the mileage.” When Guy’s father, Verny Scott, is your retirement filled with built the original farmhouse, neither good friends, good food indoor plumbing nor and fun adventures? electricity was availif not, maybe it’s time to discover able until 1929 and
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1935, respectively. His mother Vera remembered Verny’s sister commenting on the family’s first refrigerator, saying, “We might use it to put milk in it, but I don’t know what else we’d use it for.” The original farmhouse is gone now, and the original fireplace was built around the patio of the “new” house. The barn is gone, and the house is equipped with solar heat. And of course, bath water now goes down the drain instead of being hauled outside when a week’s worth of dirt and grime filled the tub in the kitchen on a Saturday night. Physical labor has abated since the days of laboring in the fields with horsepowered threshing machines, but it still takes a lot of hard work for these octogenarians to run their farm. “We get by,” Mary Ann says. “We get to come and go when we want. We took the grandkids to Disneyland, Disney World and the Seattle Space Needle, and we went to Hawaii once.” When asked if other trips are in their future, Mary Ann says, “I’m not sure where we’d go — and there’s the farm.” Mary Ann and Guy agree, farming is their calling and is what their life centers around. “And there’s our orchard, garden and friends,” Mary Ann says. “There’s something going on all the time.” ■
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The 1960s were one of the most creative and tumultuous periods in American history. Whether it was due to the youth-fueled cultural movement encouraging “free love” and “mind expansion” with drugs, or the growing anger over the Vietnam War, the 1960s was an overwhelming decade. The assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., stunned the country. The civil rights movement made a lot progress, and in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, making it illegal to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. At the same time, the political scene was heating up due to the public’s divided views of the Vietnam conflict. College campuses were the scene of many heated protests demanding that the United States withdraw from Vietnam. TV shows in the early 1960s were mostly in black and white. But color began to catch on in the mid-’60s and by 1967 every show was broadcast in color. “Bewitched,” “Andy Griffith,” the “Dick Van Dyke Show,” and “Bonanza” were among the top
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TV shows as were “Peyton Place,” “Hogan’s Heroes,” “Green Acres” and “Get Smart.” The music scene in America changed when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. The “British Invasion” continued with groups like the Rolling Stones and the Dave Clark 5 bringing their unique brand of rock ‘n roll to TV and radio audiences. Fashions in the early ‘60s were classic and conservative for both men and women. By the end of the decade it was a completely different look. Bright, swirling colors, hip-hugging bellbottom pants and long-fringed vests were the rage. Psychedelic, tie-dye shirts, mini skirts, platform shoes, peace symbols, long hair and beards were commonplace. Fast-food restaurants were popping up all over. Pizza parlors and casual family-style buffet dining became part of American daily life as more and more women sought work outside the home to help support their families. The 1960s was a decade that brought many changes for America — some good, some not so good, but change keeps us moving forward.
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Inner peace Jeffrey Kelly found an early interest in Chinese healing and now teaches qi gong By CAROL ROSEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Jeffrey Kelly is a teacher, Chinese medical practitioner and martial arts specialist, who at the ripe age of 14 became interested in martial arts. After college, and before Kelly became a police officer and 911 dispatcher, he spent two years in China soaking up that country’s centuries-old martial arts and medicine. Kelly grew up on the East Coast, but it was during his college years that he became more interested in China. During that time, he took a Chinese language arts class and received a teaching certificate from Wake Forest University. He also graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina with a major in his-
tory and theater. In the late 1980s, he went to China and spent two years teaching English at a technical university, and learning Chinese, martial arts, meditation and Chinese medicine. “I lived in an ancestral village in the middle of nowhere for a month studying tai chi,” he says. “The buildings were made of mud bricks. There were no showers, no heat and no rice; we had noodles, but not much food and there were lots of mosquitoes. I ate a lot of bok choy and eggs.” Once, he was invited to a family’s home. They knew he was a vegetarian, but they weren’t sure how to cook that way so they made eggs. “They provided at least a dozen different types of egg dishes,” Kelly says. “We had scrambled, sugar, salt, 100year old, duck eggs and (very) hot pepper eggs among others. In Chinese culture, if the dishes become low, the host makes more, and there was no way out. Almost everyone in China keeps chickens so there are always eggs. Outside the village, especially in the cities, there’s plenty to eat.” Early on, he says, he lived
pretty much a solo existence, but that changed when he found a flier describing qi gong (pronounced chee-gong) classes at a local hospital. Qi gong covers all the Chinese martial arts including tai chi, he says. Nearby was the Shaolin temple, which he called “sort of the origin of Zen Buddhism, where martial arts were developed.” At one point, one of Kelly’s Chinese friends persuaded the abbot of the temple to take Kelly on as a student. Shi took only a few disciples on and was leery of taking on a foreigner. But he did and learned to respect Kelly as the student who worked hard to show his teacher his eagerness to learn and understand. Shi had been through a lot, Kelly explains, to become one of the best martial arts practitioners in the Shaolin Temple.
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On his return to the United States, Kelly spent a year living in Seattle and then moved to a Buddhist monastery in northern California where he spent two years teaching English at the private school there. In 2005, he began attending Five Branches University in San Jose, California, where he earned a master's degree in traditional Chinese medicine. He also completed a 322-hour program that earned him a specialty certificate that allows him to treat patients with medical qi gong. “When treating a patient, I examine the patient's vital energy or ‘qi,’ Kelly says. “When I feel a problem such as a deficiency or stagnation, I am able to treat it using my own qi. I use certain techniques to purge or remove the negative or stagnant qi and then nourish the area that I just purged. I then regulate the flow of it in their body which will return them to a state of good health.” It’s not really a religion, he says. It is based on the Chinese theory of qi as the foun-
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Here we are again — fall — that harbinger of winter, when thermostats and overcoats, ignored for the last six months, become a regular order of business. Brrr! For many people, fall is their favorite time of the year. For me, not so much. Sure, I love the colorful trees and shrubs, especially when they’re backlit by a crystal-clear blue sky. But the mess those leaves make when they float down and litter my garden can be downright discouraging. But leaves are organic matter and are excellent for feeding soil-dwelling microorganisms who then feed my plants. They also serve as a winter blanket, providing a layer of protective insulation for the soil and plants’ roots. The truth is, nature is a very sacred and fascinating symbiosis and we gardeners must appreciate how that system works. So, I tell myself that this
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If you haven’t planted bulbs yet, it’s a great way to look ahead with optimism to spring. Ugly bulbs mean beautiful spring flowers.
time of year it’s wise to not get too caught up in keeping the garden looking “perfect,” but rather to embrace the change. Of course, there are things that can be done to keep the garden from getting too chaotic. Raking leaves off pathways and lawns is a good idea. Disposing of them in a pile in
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dation of life. “We all have qi, unless we are dead,” Kelly says. “It’s not magic, but a proven concept that has been used thousands of years in China. As a form of treatment, medical qi gong is effective for treating many types of illness and disease. It is very safe. At its best, it will cure the patient, and at its very worst, it will do nothing.” While at the monastery, Kelly met and married his wife Margaret, a fencing master teaching at San Jose State University.
“I was studying fencing in Ukiah, and San Jose State had a fencing program — every weekend we’d drive to San Jose to study fencing,” he says. “It’s one of the weapons arts that Bruce Lee recommended.” Today Kelly works as a doctor who makes house calls and teaches a variety of qi gong classes in the Corvallis area. For more information, contact Kelly at docneedlestcm @gmail.com. ■
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