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n the past 35 years, Northwest Boomer and Senior News has seen some changes. Personnel come and go. Sometimes locations change. Even the business name changes. Such has been the case for Northwest Boomer and Senior News. Now, we’re about to undergo one of our biggest changes ever. Not only will we change our name, but we’ll look different. It’s time for an upgrade.
Our history
Senior News got its start in Lane County in the early
1980s. Over time, the publication expanded to reach a larger audience. Its name was changed to Northwest Senior News in 1999 and it stayed that way for quite some time. Eventually, the name was changed to Northwest Senior and Boomer News, and then several years ago, it was changed to its current name.
written material, but our purpose since we started was to provide locally-written articles about local people and programs. Except for a short break, when Northwest Senior News was bought out by another company and changed to “Get Up and Go,” we have not wavered from that commitment to bring you fresh, local content. Our purpose That goes the same for our There are many senior pub- advertising. We are a local lications across the United business, providing jobs – States, but much of the mate- from our office manager, writrial, while interesting, is ers and designers to the press “canned” and not written for a where we print more than local audience. See NEW page 2 There is a place for such
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your favorite publication. You understand that. It’s how you were raised. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Our advertisers understand that offering a multi-pronged 60,000 copies every month. approach to their marketing allows for full saturation. You get We also hire a professional sales force. They are committed to see their messages in our to seeking out local businesses, publication, online, and possibly on TV or heard on the radio. helping them be successful by We are able to offer all of putting their best message forward, and helping our readers to those options through print/digmake informed decisions about ital packages. how they spend their money to The future get exactly what they need. Just as the digital age has We’re not a publication filled with out-of-state offers that can’t changed almost everything we do, we now feel it’s time to upbe trusted. grade our look and feel. We want to help local businesses – big and small – to sucFirst, we will continue to offer ceed. We want to contribute to the same quality articles, photos, calendar listings and adverOregon’s economy in the best tising that you are seeking. way possible. We aim to make our product We pride ourselves on reaching out to generations that uninteresting, informative and enderstand and trust in the printed joyable to look at. word. To that end, this is the final The internet is quite useful for edition of our tabloid-size edimany things, and it offers a con- tion on newsprint. venience we’ve never before Starting with the January isknown. But it’s just not the same sue, Northwest Boomer and Seas sitting down and opening up nior News will have a new name — Northwest50Plus. We feel this name better reflects the attitudes and makeup of our readers. We don’t want to
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— don’t try a new Pepsi on me. I liked my old Pepsi, it tasted just fine. We know there will be readers who are going to miss holding our newspaper in their hands. Like we said, it’s how you grew up. Truth be told, we’ll miss it a little ourselves. It’s part of our history, our heritage. Newspapers in our country are really struggling to survive in this digital age. But whatever the format, we be pigeon-holed by labels liked are just as committed to sharing “boomer” and “senior.” We are interesting and informative artimuch more than this. And Northwest50Plus needs to cles and advertising. The medium may change, but be more than a newsprint not the mission, the purpose tabloid. and the enjoyment of it all. We have the opportunity to We want you to know how print a high-quality magazine on much we love putting out this a heatset press. Words and pictures will be sharper and easier quality product every month. to read. Finding editorial and advertising content that interests readThe size of Northwest50Plus ers in the Pacific Northwest is will be easier to read, flip and great fun. hold. It has a longer shelf life. We’d love to hear from you. You’ll want to read it at your leisure and share it with family Let’s all embrace a little change and friends. together. — Michelle Te, general manAdvertising will be easier to ager and editor see and respond to. And it will just look nicer. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there? We don’t think so! We’ve been planning this change for quite some time, and we’re so excited to bring you a new, updated magazine. Wherever you find Northwest Boomer and Senior News, you will find Northwest50Plus instead, starting with our January 2019 issue. Now, you might be thinking
Milestones
A brief history 1983
John V. Honey, Jr., acquires Senior News as a publication for older adults in Lane County.
1987
Senior News has three monthly editions in Lane County, MarionPolk counties, and Linn-Benton counties.
1992
Metro edition added to monthly publications.
1996
Age Wave Publications buys Senior News, changes name to Get Up and Go, and changes focus to include more entertainment news.
1999
Publisher Bob Schoenkopf and editor Trude McMillan approach Eagle Newspapers about buying Get Up and Go and resurrecting it as Northwest Senior News. Focus returns to local editorial and advertising content.
2005
To better reflect its readership, Northwest Senior News changes its name to Northwest Senior and Boomer News
2011
Another name change: This time it’s Northwest Boomer and Senior News.
2019
Northwest50Plus makes its debut as a glossy magazine.
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Living a legacy spire his former students. “He was one of our greatest influences,” says Sharon Eng, who plays viola. “He was the master teacher in Oregon. All professional musicians still alive today were his students for viola and violin.” She believes if he were alive today, he would be moved to tears by the efforts of Eng and three others who have formed a string quartet in his name and now play for, among others, medically-fragile patients. Eng plays viola, joined by By MAGGI WHITE Irene Gadeholt and Mary Ann Master music teacher Raphael Coggins Kaza on violin, and Gayle Budd O’Grady on cello. They Spiro died nearly 20 years ago, formed the Raphael Spiro String but his legend continues to in-
Raphael Spiro String Quartet is four career musicians paying homage to their late, great instructor
Quartet five years ago by happenstance. The four musicians had been chatting during a chamber music reunion and proposed the idea of playing together to honor Spiro’s legacy. It was being in the right place at the right Raphael Spiro time. Each performer, ranging in age from 60 to 73, has had a successful career as a musician, playing in symphonies and other
prestigious musical groups. They have studied with master teachers to perfect and hone their craft. Kaza, for example, won the coveted spot as first violinist for the Oregon Symphony, performing for more than 40 years under four conductors, and at such places as the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. She also performed alongside prestigious teachers and conductors, including Leonard Bernstein. She now has 40 students of her own. Gadeholt performed many seasons as a core member of the Oregon Symphony and has held the post of assistant
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concertmaster for many ensembles. She even played for opera singer Andrea Bocelli. She is actively performing in many local chamber groups while also mentoring young musicians through private teaching. Eng has received rave reviews at the United Nations in New York City, and played for national audiences in Seoul, Athens, Australia, China and the sultan’s family in Kuwait.
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underserved communities, and they express deep feelings about playing in children’s hospitals. When playing for the children, they bring costumes and other visual treats, and spend a little time explaining each piece of music they will play. For another project, the quartet recorded music for a high school website. Art students would listen to the music while working on their projects.
“Once you make an ensemble, it’s a job, a labor of love,” says O’Grady, who recently retired from the Oregon Symphony and is enjoying the freedom to do things with her children, attend concerts and other music programs at her church. Their funding comes from public agencies, individual patrons, corporations and foundations. They are looking for a sizable grant that would extend to
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playing at the highest level,” Eng says. They each have their favorite CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 composers and collaborate on their choices for concerts. ForO’Grady played cello for the mulating the next program is a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, challenging experience. has played in several Portland For their June concert, they groups, and also teaches “climbed Mount Everest,” by privately. performing monumental pieces Each musician brings her from Mozart, Bartok and Beethoven. They represented a unique talents to the quartet, complex treatment of a musical but they describe working together as “the joy of recreating a idea, and were pinnacle pieces composer’s music, making sure written toward the end of the the tone is beautiful, the intercomposers’ lives. pretation inspiring and finding As a string quartet, they have the magic that happens when received several grants that alwe play together well and all are low them to perform for
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more engagements. In the meantime, they enjoy pursuing their music, as well as some personal hobbies. Eng, for example, enjoys scuba diving, and wants to take her camper van to parks all across the nation. Kaza repairs instruments, recently dismantling and restoring a treasured violin for a New York composer. Visit raphaelspirostringquartet.org for more information. ■
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Real or fake? What type of Christmas tree do you like?
stuff up. I’m not going to do all that work just to enjoy it for a couple of weeks.” So this year, their trees — all eight of them — went up in mid-September, he says. “All of them have different themes, colors and decorations,” he says. “We also have a village By MARY OWEN over the fireplace, and Santa I’m dreaming of a faux Christ- clock and angel collections. mas — at least when it comes to We’ve been enjoying them.” the tree. The Machados may lay claim Many older adults who spent to the greatest number of trees, years putting up a real tree now but they aren’t the only ones to are opting to go with an artificial go faux. one. Their reasons vary, but con“My wife and I quit buying venience and longevity top the real Christmas trees a number list. of years ago,” says Larry George. In the Machado home, every- “The last time that we had a real thing is already Christmas, tree, we went out of town to visit Christmas, Christmas. family in Idaho. Even though we “We used to go to a cabin in had watered the tree before, Arizona before Thanksgiving when we came home the tree Day,” says Mike Machado. “By was totally dead. By the time I the time we got back, there was got it out of the house, there alno time to put the tree up so we most wasn’t a needle on it.” Forget the mess. George was could enjoy it for any length of more concerned about the neetime.” The Machados bought an arti- dle-free tree catching fire. ficial tree to put up prior to “I bought a new one recently Thanksgiving. They’ve never that is pre-lit,” he says. “We put looked back. a number of decorations out for “We normally put our tree up Christmas, but it was always my about the end of October or the job to string the lights on the beginning of November,” Mach- tree. Check that off the list of ado says. “We have almost 30 things I have to do this year.” bins of Christmas items. It takes Robin Saunders says she us a good week to put all this switched to an artificial tree
years ago. “I love that we don’t have to find time to trudge through the rain to cut it down,” she says, “as well as the fact I can put the tree up sooner and leave it up longer and not have to worry about the fire hazard a real tree becomes as it dries out.” Marianne DeStefano likes not having to get down on the floor to water every day, and she also likes to keep the tree up for a month. “Live trees don’t do very well in heated homes,” DeStefano says. “I do love the pine fragrance, though, and use candles to fake everybody out.” Patricia Krewson puts up an artificial tree, saying, “Once my kids were grown, laziness took over.” Jeannie Kelley’s artificial tree sits in a revolving tree stand. “Now my tree revolves with ornaments from my children’s childhood and my grandchildren,” Kelley says. “As I watch it each year, the memories never stop. Love it.” Carolyn Chastain opts for fiber optic, which is “beautiful, reusable, allergy-friendly and heavy on the lights without being gaudy.” Heather Tate prefers a real tree, so her cats can drink water from the stand.
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Mike Machado loves putting up Christmas decorations so much that he and his wife start their displays in September so they can enjoy them longer.
“They look forward to it every year,” she says. “I don’t know why. They get fresh ice water every day.” Other real tree enthusiasts include Ally Yoder who buys a
fir tree each year, Barbara Hammond who says, “a fresh tree is the smell of Christmas for me,” and Katie Evans who opts for the real thing because her neighbors are tree farmers. ■
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the train setup, the loading and unloading of cars, and the radio system of dispatching cars to their designated location, determined by a card system. “It was all built from scratch,” he says, “and took about five to six years. We are always rebuilding or rehabilitating the layout.” Mills remembers that when he was a very young child, he was always talking about trains with his mother. When he was 5, he received a Lionel train set as a gift. Later, he worked as a flyer in the U.S. Air Force, and retired as a safety engineer with Alaska Airlines. Simmons says most of the model engines are diesel. He
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Failing joints: Not just about age
Strength training is vital to the overall health of hips, knees By MARY OWEN The ultimate fix for aging joints is to “stay strong or get strong.” When it comes to joints, physical therapist Mike Studer, president and co-owner of Northwest Rehabilitation Associates, strongly believes strength is paramount to healthy aging. “People can improve, no matter what their age,” Studer says. “While it is true that age limits our ability to achieve our maximal strength, endurance and reaction speeds that we achieved at age 20, age does not limit our ability to improve from a point of weakness, from a stroke, or with Parkinson’s disease. Recent advances have proven that our limits that we ascribe to age are more self-imposed than they are truly physically impossible.” Studer often takes his own advice. The father of three is an active runner and tennis player. He says the most prevalent
lifestyle, some seniors experience imbalance problems and weakness in joints. The Centers for Disease Control reports that one in four people over age 65 in the United States falls at least once per year. “This is the single greatest predictor of the likelihood of falling again,” Studer says. “Most falls are related to disorders of balance that include limited reaction speeds, impaired strength, vision, and inner-ear function — or a combination.” Studer says hip joint stress can emerge from joint stiffness, requiring flexibility exercises; or weakness, requiring strengthening exercises. Suggested exercises include PHOTO BY NWBSN STAFF side lunges, performed with or Physical therapist Mike Studer (right) works with Lori Koho, who uses water without weights, to help strengthen and tone the thighs, therapy to increase her strength and balance. buttocks and hips; leg lifts, to problem older adults face with often convenient, it does not increase range of motion while the hips, knees and other joints address strength.” working muscle groups; squats, is weakness, hence striving to According to WebMD, tips to to move hip bones through flexion and extension ranges of moget and stay strong. maintaining healthy joints intion; stretching, for optimal “Weakness in the muscles sur- clude maintaining a healthy rounding the back of the hips weight, exercising regularly, function of hip muscles; and and knees is often preventable if building muscles to support cycling or walking, to improve addressed early enough,” he joints, helping joints with a mobility. says. “This weakness changes strong core, knowing your limWhen conservative measures its, perfecting your posture, pro- of strengthening are not possihow a person moves and can tecting joints by protecting the ble and not helping, and a thorlead to arthritic damage at the ough documented examination body, icing for healthy joints, hip and knee joints. with imaging shows severe de“Walking is a form of exercise and eating right to nourish generative joint changes, surjoints. that many people choose as gery should be considered, StudEven with strength training their only exercise,” Studer says. er says. and following a healthy, active “While it is inexpensive and
Retired teacher Kris Phillippay started having hip issues in her early 50s. She had her first hip replacement surgery in her early 60s and another one this year. “I did have physical therapy before my first and second surgeries,” says Phillippay, a married mother of two and grandmother of four. “The physical therapy helped strengthen the hip but did not take the pain away.” Phillippay started physical therapy about a week after surgery. “Therapy certainly helped with gaining strength and confidence as I healed,” she says. “They tailor the exercises to each person and certainly give you a little push to do more each week. My physical therapy lasted about six to eight weeks. For me, I would say that three or four months after surgery, I felt ‘normal.’” So, when is it time to see a specialist? “All medical professionals have different specialties,” Studer says. “The question ‘when to see a doctor’ might best be answered about hip or knee pain when the pain has started to limit quality of life, and choices to be active or to participate in events, hobbies or meaningful work. ■
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When the ‘season’ rolls around By GRACE PETERSON
A few months ago, I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale and a decorative sign caught my eye. No doubt this sign was a vintage-themed Christmas decoration given the weathered redand-green-colored letters that spelled out, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” The price was right and the sentiment, well, it was perfect. I paid the neighbor and brought my festive beacon home with the intention of hanging it outdoors on a patio wall. This may seem odd but you see, those words reflect my sentiments about something more than the winter holidays. Instead, I’m thinking of the spring gardening season, which is my “most wonderful time of the year.” So, I tacked those words right up where I celebrate the garden. I have to admit, however, that December is right up there with
Fortunately, my family doesn’t have to think too hard about what to get me for Christmas. They know I’ll appreciate anything garden-related. Even used trinkets with a few dents, chips or rusty spots are welcome gifts because they add character. And I know I’m not alone because almost every garden I visit has at least a few old-looking embellishments. Some happy gifts I’ve received include a birdhouse with chipped paint, a rusty wire trellis, an aged wooden ladder and a PHOTO BY GRACE PETERSON crusty cement urn. Conversely, gardeners are not While most of us associate this saying with the winter holidays, gardeners opposed to taking advantage of like Grace Peterson have their eye on another prize — springtime. the latest technology. What gardener wouldn’t love a string of my favorite times of the year. I frightful, do we? I mean, we’ve enjoy time spent with family, got at least a few chores nagging solar lights to illuminate the garden on summer evenings or a the special meals and gift giving. at us. And if we don’t venture And I certainly don’t want to outdoors, we’ll miss seeing (and floating solar fountain to add a rush too far ahead. Time flies sniffing) a few winter bloomers trickle to the birdbath? Or if you’re feeling extravagant and fast enough as it is. shyly hanging on despite winter’s harshness. (Winter’s flowyour budget allows, how about a As garden lovers, we don’t ers are some of the most digital weather station? I saw stop thinking about gardening fragrant.) them at Costco last Christmas just because the weather is
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A winter vacation in Montana By PAT SNIDER
Every afternoon, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder pulls out of Portland’s Union Station headed through the Columbia Gorge to Spokane where, in the wee hours of the morning, it hooks up to the train originating in Seattle. From here, the route heads eastward across the Idaho Panhandle, into the Rocky Mountains of Montana, skirting the south side of Glacier National Park, and then across the vast prairies of eastern Montana, North Dakota, through Minnesota and the Twin Cities, finally arriving at its destination in Chicago. Along the way, there are 42 intermediate stops, mostly midsize ranching and farm towns, with one interesting exception: Essex, Montana, population 76. There is absolutely nothing at this stop in the middle of the mountains except a brightly-lit platform and plenty of fir trees. However, a quarter mile away is the historic Izaak Walton Inn and the reason for this out-ofthe-way whistle stop. A courtesy shuttle meets the train to transport guests and baggage to this historic hostelry, named for the 17th-century British conservationist. It was built in 1939 to house Great Northern Railway workers, and today serves as a rustic,
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The Izaak Walton Inn is located on the south side of Glacier National Park. Guests can stay at the main lodge or in one of the restored, repurposed cabooses (below right).
29-room lodge welcoming guests year-round. Its idyllic setting is about halfway between the west and east entrances of Glacier National Park on Highway 2, making it a perfect spot to headquarter while visiting the park. In addition to the lodge rooms, there are a number of restored, repurposed cabooses outfitted with kitchens and baths, several log cabins in the woods, and a restored, luxury locomotive. The lodge itself has changed little since it first opened, and the decor features Great Northern Railway and other train memorabilia, making it popular with railroad fans. There’s a cozy lobby with a
large, stone fireplace, and downstairs is a bar and game room. The excellent restaurant features locally-sourced foods including elk, buffalo and trout, as well as huckleberry desserts. A hot tub and sauna add a modern touch much appreciated in winter months. In keeping with the historical ambiance, there are no televisions, air conditioning, elevators, coffee makers or other fancy room amenities. Wi-Fi and cell service are available in the common areas of the lodge, but at a level to be expected in a remote, mountainous area. While open year-round, the inn has become increasingly popular as a winter
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cross-country skiing and snow shoeing destination. Snow Country magazine chose it as one of the top 10 cross-country ski resorts in the Rockies. With more than 20 miles of groomed trails (some lit at night), there’s something for every skill level. Rentals of both skis and snow shoes are available at a nominal charge, as are lessons and guided tours. Car rentals are also available at the inn. Weather permitting, a drive to the west entrance of Glacier to the town of Apgar is a must. While the Going to the Sun Highway — the main route across the park — is closed from mid-October to mid-June (depending on snowfall), the road to Apgar is kept plowed. Apgar’s visitor center is open on the weekends in the winter, and park rangers offer guided snow shoe walks. The village is deserted and closed tightly with the exception of one very good gift shop, but the view of Lake McDonald with
a backdrop of the park’s snowcapped peaks makes it well worth the trip. Non-winter sports fans can cozy up with a book in front of the inn’s fireplace, enjoy a hot toddy in the bar, soak in the hot tub, or wave at all the passing trains. It should be noted that while there are only two Amtrak trains a day, there are probably two dozen BNSF freight trains rumbling by at all times of the day and night. They don’t blast their horns, but light sleepers might need ear plugs. Planning a winter vacation can be tricky. It is the season most influenced by weather when storms can turn airports into makeshift hotels and roads into ice skating rinks. However, heavy locomotives can push through all but the worst blizzards and long delays are uncommon, making the train a good option for winter travel. Learn more about this Montana destination at izaakwalton inn.com. ■
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during the past decade, overall donor retention rates have been Turn the tide “Tis the season” for supportTruthfully, most of us expect below 50 percent — and they ing our local nonprofit organiza- NPOs to reach out to us, rather continue to decline. The overall tions or, as I like to call them, than us reaching out to them. rate now stands at 45.5 percent. community service businesses. Yet when they do, we tend to see New donor retention is only Nonprofits are indisputably in them as “always begging for 23 percent, and repeat donor the business of community ser- money.” retention is a rather paltry 60 vice. We expect them to, in a Let’s turn the tide and see percent. According to nonprofit sense, perform miracles — while things differently. As potential expert Penelope Burk, “Donor at the same time we expect donors, we need to become attrition is the number one them to be very businesslike aware of nonprofits in our area, problem in fundraising today.” and cost-effective in their and reach out to them. Clearly, our nonprofits need operations. Consider this unsettling statis- us, as they have ever more tic from the Fundraising EffecBut think about it. NPOs are “community service” work to do mission-driven rather than prof- tiveness Project, which included on our behalf. However, while it-driven. So, they can be, unlike over 16,000 nonprofit organiza- we expect them to do more, we tions of generally small to mid- ourselves are doing less — we’re most for-profit businesses, uncomfortably unfamiliar with size in its study. going in the wrong direction. giving full focus to “the bottom “Comparing the first six Giving Tuesday line.” months of 2018 with those of Have you heard of Giving We all ought to do more to 2017, total donors were down Tuesday? It comes on the Tueshelp them. We have, as my re6.6 percent; new donors were port card in grade school used day after Thanksgiving and was down 9.2 percent; and new retained donors were down 18 to point out to my parents, set up to follow the shopping percent.” “room for improvement.” days known as Black Friday and Further, I’ve learned that Cyber Monday.
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How about if we “give thanks with money” to our local NPOs as part of our Thanksgiving celebration? If Giving Tuesday has already passed, that’s OK. You can still give to the nonprofit of your choice. Make a serious effort to contact your favorite nonprofits — as well as some you may not know as well. Ask them what they need and how you can help, whether it be with time, donated items and, especially, a financial donation. Visit givingtuesday.org for more information.
out of our control. When donors feel their gift has a direct impact on improving a situation, they’ll feel empowered.” Money can’t buy happiness — or can it? When we employ our assets to help create a better local community, we’re likely to experience an enhanced measure of personal joy and happiness. When we give, we receive. Renowned investor and philanthropist John Templeton said, “Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth. Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to othAct generously ers, we cannot stop it from comDid you know there’s a certain ing to us also. To get joy, we degree of personal empowermust give it, and to keep joy we ment that comes with interactmust scatter it.” ing generously with nonprofits? Let’s make “Giving Tuesday” I think we’re actually able to feel the launch date for a much higher level of individual and collecour acts of “doing good.” tive community giving than According to Network for Good, “So much in this world is we’ve ever had before. ■
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10606 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, OR 97219 503-244-9500 Fax: 503-244-1022 Lee Hess
No “Buy-In” Apartments Studio: 412 sq ft 1 BR: 491 sq ft 2 BR/1 B: 810 sq ft 2 BR/2 B: 1040 sq ft Income Limits Call for pricing
Apartments Studio, 1 BR - Lg or Sm, 2 BR - Lg or Sm, 2 BR Cottages
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Gracious retirement living in beautiful residential neighborhood. Three meals daily, served restaurant style incl. in month-to-month rent. All utilities incl. except telephone. 2 Bedroom rate includes second person. Kitchenettes w/ microwaves in each apt. Licensed assisted living services available. Two licensed RNs and tenured staff resulted in a deficiency-free State of Oregon survey.
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Our 6-acre parklike campus is located in a quiet neighborhood near medical services, shopping, and banks. Single-level courtyard apartments amidst beautifully landscaped grounds and walking paths. A full calendar of activities and outings, faith based services, amazing health/wellness program, and wonderful sense of community. Entrée choices galore, fresh salad bar & dedicated serve staff. Small pets welcome. 24-hr staff & daily well-being checks. Join me for a personal tour and complimentary lunch.
166 Units “No Buy-In” Studio: $3850-$3975 1 BR: $4250 2 BR: $5150 54 Units
No “Buy-In”
1825 NE 108th Ave. Portland, OR 97220 503-255-7160
Rent plus services as low as $1650 per month! 116 Retirement 63 Assisted
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Our non-profit organization offers very affordable housing. Amenities include optional meal program, housekeeping, laundry service, beauty shop, fitness center, art room, library, and a secured courtyard, 24-hr. security, secured entrance, emergency pull cords in each apartment. There are planned activities & weekly shopping trips at no cost. Call Lori to schedule your complimentary lunch and tour!
“No Buy-In”
Private pay rates starting at $820
The most affordable, all-inclusive retirement community (120 Units) in Portland! Gated secure access, 3 meals a day, housekeeping, transportation, activities & events, all utilities, free cable, free laundry facilities, community deck with putting green & shuffleboard, media room, library and computer lab. Happy hour every Friday!
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114 Units
Subsidized Studios & One Bedroom Apts.
AMENITIES
All-Inclusive - Enjoy freedom from cooking, cleaning, yard work & home maintenance! Walk to shopping, banks, post office, pharmacy & medical offices or use our scheduled transportation. Beautiful grounds & walking path, activities, 24-hr. staff & emergency call system. We have great food, great residents and great long term staff members! On-site health care agency should you need it. Reasonable rates.
Call for rate information.
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Laura Mathews
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Parkview Christian Retirement Community
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