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zucchini we’ve ever grown. A small thing, about 30 inches tall and wide, it produced just enough dark and glossy, 5-inch zucchini squashes for our family. T’S APRIL AND THAT MEANS And because the leaves don’t get so big, it’s time to start the vegetable there were no hidden zucchini monsters garden, if you haven’t already. to discover. We’ll be growing it again I’m kind of jealous of those of you this year, only from seed this time. Both who have a large, flat piece of ground Territorial Seeds and Renee’s Garden that you can rototill and mound up in have seeds for sale now. perfect rows for onions and green beans I discovered a new-to-me seed company called Adaptive Seeds, located near and corn. The vegetable garden has its Sweet Home. They offer a very nice selecown kind of allure and beauty that I tion of vegetable and flower seeds that do really miss. Still, not wanting to miss well here in the Pacific Northwest. out on the delight and gratification that My mouth was watering while readcomes from growing your own, I use ing about Sweet Freckles melon. On the large containers in a sunny section on the south, side yard for a few things, such inside it looks similar to a cantaloupe, but the outside has a unique pear shape as tomatoes and strawberries. with a green freckled husk. Sweet Last spring while at a plant sale, my Freckles is a vigorous, early Crenshaw daughter found a zucchini seedling type melon with delicious, juicy meat. If called Astia. The tag said it was compact and good for container culture, only I had the space to grow this. so I bought it. It proved to be the best Adaptive Seeds also carries an
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Art restoration By M A RY OW E N
MANY OF OUR ART PIECES SERVE AS PRECIOUS MEMORIES
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O PRESERVE HISTORY THROUGH ART IS important, but what happens when the artwork is damaged by fire or water?
No one expects to lose valuable art to these elements, and a major step in preserving the pieces is to get immediate help to prevent any further damage from smoke, mold and toxins. Most art restoration experts, including Ruth Graham, advise taking damaged pieces to a professional soon after the damage occurs. “I have owned and operated a custom picture framing business and have been cleaning and restoring art for the past 48 years, the last 40 of those years in Salem,” says Graham, who grew up in Southern California. She was raised in an artistic family and began experimenting with oil paints on canvas at a very early age. After studying at Los Angeles Art Center, she opened her framing business in 1971 in Long Beach, Calif. “Shortly after opening, a former art professor engaged my help in the cleaning of a large art collection consisting primarily of oil paintings,” she says. “Under his expert tutelage I learned a great deal about the art of cleaning and restoring oil and acrylic paintings. Through the years I have worked with water and fire mitigation companies and countless individual clients cleaning and refurbishing all types of damaged and deteriorated works of art.” Some of Graham’s most challenging jobs are paintings in which the Right, Ruth Graham. Next page, before and after restoration.
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canvas is cut or torn. “If the tear is too large to be patched, the canvas must be relined with new canvas,” she says. “This is also necessary if the old original canvas is cracked, has rotted from neglect or the original substrata was improperly grounded.” Graham finds pleasure in giving the painting a new life, returning it to the “grateful owner who cannot find where the repair was made,” she says. “Even difficult and tedious repairs are so worthwhile when the client is amazed and grateful for the saving of their valuable piece of art or family treasure.” Graham’s business remains primarily custom picture framing of art on paper, canvas or wood panel and includes shadowbox object framing, needlework and textile art. “We always use archival materials and conservation methods,” she says of what she believes is the best advice she can give to anyone who owns works of art on paper. “Use archival materials to back and mat the art and use conservation glass which is 99 percent UV filtering. All types of art should be hung or stored in an area that doesn’t have wide fluctuations in temperature or humidity.” Graham also advises varnishing oils after they are completely dry to protect them from oxidation of the paint pigments. “And a surface that is protected and can be easily cleaned,” she says. Most experts agree that soot and smoke damage to photographs, paintings, statues, and other types of art can cause a lot of work. Most requires experience and professional-grade tools to fully clean and restore contents to their original quality. Salem resident Mark Falby lost his works to a devastating house fire, including paintings, sculptures, etchings, serigraphs, watercolors, pottery, art glass and photography. He also lost a cherished oil painting of the church that his father pastored and his own paintings. “It was the most painful thing about losing my house,” says Falby, who earned a bachelor’s in painting
B E FO R E from the University of Oregon and a master’s in fine arts education from Western Oregon University. He taught art to handicap learners for four years in the Salem-Keizer School District before becoming a graphic designer for the state. “Although the fire burned so hot it melted glass and metal into nothing, there were closets that I had packed all my artwork in,” he says. “They were stored so tightly together that some images survived but are water-damaged and all the frames are ruined.” Falby says he plans to restore those pieces. “I have an oil painting which survived and will most likely have it restored by a professional,” he says. “I don’t have the tools or expertise they have. They will know the best way in which to clean a piece that has gone through extreme heat and then water damage.” Falby tells of a friend whose mother passed away, leaving a collection of paintings that were stored in an out-building. “My friend went through them and mice and birds had defecated on them,” Falby says. “He found it so repulsive that he threw all of her artwork away. It’s so important to store your artwork in a safe environment.”
AFTER Much of Falby’s artwork was from personal friends, some of whom have died. Losing their art was like losing the friends again, he says. “The images were one of a kind,” he says. “Treat your artworks as you would a family member. You can’t replace them. Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever.” Falby believes original art, especially those of the masters, elicits emotions that are quite different from looking at the image on prints or postcards. “If you own an original, cherish it,” he says. “The person who made it cared enough to create it.” Both Graham and Falby recommend storing items in a dry, safe environment. “If you have artwork that has been matted on unarchived matting or a cardboard backing, redo it,” he says. “The acid will discolor the piece and eat it away. If you are creating artwork, do the same thing. Make sure you use media suited to the task that will stand the test of time. “Above all enjoy your artwork,” he says. “It is the ‘child’ of the artist.” ☸
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HERE IS NO CURE FOR DIABETES, but “game changing” technology and breakthrough medications are altering the treatment of this disease that affects nearly one-third of all older adults. Every year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes. Overall, it affects 9 percent of the population and is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. Now, new treatments are eliminating discomforts and making it easier to manage the disease, says Dr. Jessica Castle, an associate professor of medicine who divides her time between treating patients at the Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center and conducting research at OHSU. A new treatment for Type 1 diabetes allows the user to wear a glucose sensor that inserts a very thin wire into the abdomen tissue that automates insulin delivery. The wire sends a signal to the insulin pump every five minutes and calculates the required amount of insulin into the body, just as a healthy pancreas would do. Castle says the sensor is the first of its kind, is available without a prescription and is
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continually being refined. For those with Type 2 diabetes, there is a new medication that needs to be taken only once a week, and Castle foresees new medications on the horizon that would only need to be taken once a month. Dr. Jessica She says the treatments for Castle Type 2 diabetes have evolved over the years, and multiple breakthroughs have led to better medications. An oral medication, for example, helps control blood sugar and blood pressure, and aids in weight loss. It reduces the risk of dying from heart problems. “We can help you not only reduce the risk of getting diabetes, but we can reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack,” Castle says. “That is a huge change in diabetes management. Heart attacks and/or stroke are very common causes of death in people with diabetes.” Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way our bodies regulate blood sugar, or glucose. Type 1 diabetes means a person doesn’t produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes means the body doesn’t respond to insulin as well as it should and as the disease progresses, the body often won’t make enough insulin on its own. Both types can lead to chronically high blood sugar levels, thus increasing the risk of complications that can be serious and life threatening.
To combat these external forces, Castle says it’s important to have a strong support system when you’re creating a healthy While diabetes cannot be cured, it can be managed without habits plan. medications through weight control and healthy lifestyles, “We all need support and accountability,” she says. “Checking combining exercise with good nutrition. However, it requires in with friends, family or a health care team helps when you strong motivation and self-discipline to change long-held tell others about your specific goals.” habits. Castle is encouraged when she sees her patients making Castle believes up to 56 percent of Americans have pre-dia- healthier choices, like cutting out fast food or drinks. betes and could avoid Type 2 diabetes by changing their eating “One had been drinking a lot of Tropicana orange juice, habits. and stopped with favorable results.,” she says. “My job is to “There is no vacation from chronic conditions,” Castle says. be there for my patients. They are not there for me. I need “As a health care provider, we work closely with diabetes to align with my patient’s goals, not my goals. We work educators and behavioral health specialists. People know what together.” they should do but find it hard to change. It’s true for anybody She strongly advocates for more physical activity. and particularly for chronic conditions. I recommend making “Physical inactivity is another big one,” she says. “People a concrete plan for what you want to change. Be very specific, sit and watch TV in the evening but even a small amount of like what, when and where you will make the changes.” activity could have positive results. Thirty minutes a day can be She notes the absence of public service announcements that broken up, so you can do it in two bits. I walk up seven flights could influence Americans to change their unhealthy lifestyles. every day. I track my activity on my Apple watch. It adds up More money should be spent on imaginative ads, like what to over time. Parking farther away is another choice.” buy in the grocery store, instead of the prevalence of drug ads. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you slip up, she says. “We all “Like ‘Sesame Street’ that made it fun to learn your ABCs,” she stop sometimes, so think about all the times you didn’t stop, says. not when you did stop. For me, I have to get to the seventh floor She’s also concerned about dollar stores moving into non-ur- where I work, so it was a small choice. I can’t get to the gym ban cities. These stores often provide only processed items as during the day, but I have an exercise bike at home. Figure out food choices. what’s doable.” ☸
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Gardening: Don’t hurt yourself By K I M Z . M I L L E R
Forearm stretches alleviate hand cramping. Keep your arms straight.
Side stretches loosen the lower back and open space between the ribs and vertebrae.
Quadricep stretches loosen the muscles in the front of the thighs used in much Chest stretches counteract all the time of the squatting and weight-bearing spent looking down. Squeeze elbows work of gardening. and lift eyes upward. 12 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS MARION POLK | APRIL 2020
Upper back stretches relieve tension between the shoulder blades. Amplify the stretch by pretending to pull your fingers apart.
Calf stretches relieve lower-leg cramps. Make feet parallel like train tracks and not in-line like a tightrope.
legs. Avoid twisting motions by turning your toes the direction you intend to move and step into the movement. This will ease tension in your back. If something like a large rock is too heavy to safely lift on your own, you can ask for help or let it be and exchange your veggie patch for a rock garden.
FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE TIPS SO YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR GARDEN ALL SEASON LONG
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IME AND TIME AGAIN, EAGER GARDENERS step into their gardens at the first sign of spring and step out of them with an achy wrist, an injured back and sore knees.
But with a few simple precautions and some before-and-after stretches, you can keep coaxing a healthy harvest out of the soil all season long.
Kim Miller
USE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB — The right gear can make all the difference. Helpful equipment to prevent common injuries include knee pads to protect your joints, tools with long handles to lessen the need to bend, wheelbarrows or wagons for transporting supplies and, of course, a good pair of gloves, which every gardener needs. There are lots of options for easy-to-grip tools or ones with larger handles that can make the work easier on your hands. And if it’s a big job, don’t be afraid to bring out the motorized tools for a little added muscle.
KEEPING THINGS BALANCED — Balance the work between both sides of your body by alternating hands for weeding or switching sides while digging. Using your non-dominant side may seem awkward and inefficient at first, but it will help you be more conscious of your actions and may even help boost creativity. Break up your gardening into smaller jobs, take breaks and switch up your activity every 15 to 20 minutes. This will help you get more work in before fatigue sends you to the shower.
COVERING THE BASICS — Don’t forget the simple things like staying well-hydrated, and wearing sun protection like a hat, long sleeves and sunscreen. Avoiding peak sun exposure and the hotter times of the day by working in the morning can also help. No one wants sunburned shoulders or a peeling nose to keep them out of the garden.
MAKE POSTURE A PRIORITY — Keeping good posture and avoiding hunching and overreaching are key to keeping yourself injury-free while in the garden. When you are lifting, remember to get as close to the object as you can, use a wide (shoulder-width) stance, bend your knees and lift with your
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY — Don’t let those first few days of nice weather entice you into overdoing it. A day in the garden shouldn’t sideline you for the week to follow. Spending just a few minutes to warm up and stretch before any physical activity is a worthy investment in injury prevention. ☸ Kimberly Z. Miller, director of Health and Wellness and Healthy Living for the Eugene Family YMCA, is a 16-year veteran of fitness programming with an expertise in personal training and group exercise.
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a fight for homes their By M I C H E L L E T E
sion meant attention to her home and family. Life after has been a process of grief and anger. She’s not alone. Residents of The Patrician fought for several months to oppose the park owner’s application to rezone the property from low-density OR JO MANNING, THERE’S residential to mixed-use. The owner, life before Oct. 21, 2019 — Richard Boyles, has stated he would like and life after. to develop the property into a new conIt was on this date last fall vention center and hotel. that the Springfield City Council voted When the residents heard the city to approve a rezoning application — council’s decision, most retreated back against the recommendation of its plan- into their homes, salving the open ning commission — that could mean a emotional wounds sustained in their certain end to a mobile home park where fight against government, development, Manning lives. tourism dollars and lack of affordable Two years ago, Manning, 67, and her housing. husband Bob bought a home in The “I didn’t have the energy to do anything Patrician, a park of 81 during the holidays,” Manning manufactured homes says. “I don’t sleep for residents 55 well. I have and older in the nightmares. My Gateway area of Springfield. Life before the council’s deci-
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anxiety is tilting, and I had to get anti-anxiety meds. I cried a lot. But I’m still hoping there will be some kind of resolution.” Susan Stoltenborg, 69, bought her home in the mobile home park only months before the park owner sent out a letter to park residents notifying them of the rezoning proposal. “My home was bought for $47,000 on a 20-year mortgage,” she says. “I will have 14 years left on a mortgage for a home that doesn’t exist. Can you imagine what it’s like to walk away and abandon your home?” An amendment to their lease states the park owner cannot force out residents until at least January 2023, giving them approximately three years to sell or move their homes, and find another place to live. However, nine mobile home parks have closed in Lane County in the past 15 years, according to a May 24, 2019 article in the Eugene Register-Guard. Patrician residents say there are very few to no options for finding the same affordable housing they have now.
Real accomplishments
Despite the troublesome situation, these residents look back on their organizational efforts and feel proud of what they accomplished. When they were first notified by letter of the rezoning proposal in March 2019, Patrician residents Joelle Sherman (and her dog Derby), Jo Manning and Susan Stoltenborg share a light moment with Laurie Hauber, an attorney who volunteered her expertise to help the mobile home park residents advocate against a rezoning proposal to the Springfield Planning Commission.
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for the commission to recommend When the park eventually closes, against the rezoning proposal. Oregon law mandates that each homeowner receives a cash payout — $6,000 “It was a real testament to their activism and outreach,” Moman says, “to see for a single-wide, $7,000 for a double-wide and $9,000 for a triple. There’s the number of people who showed up to the planning commission meetings. It also a $5,000 tax credit. But moving a manufactured home — if was standing room only every time there it can be moved — costs approximately was a meeting. They made moving and $20,000, Stoltenborg says. “And that’s eloquent speeches and they showed up not the cost of moving your things or 1,000 percent.” finding a place to move it to.” These residents believe that if they had Sue Stoltenborg (left) discusses the Hauber says the homes are too old to said or done little, the planning commispast several months of activism sion would have quickly recommended be moved. “People just have to walk away with attorneys Laurie Hauber and the zoning change and passed it along from their investment,” she says. Judith Moman. to the city council. Instead, the commisFor now, Patrician residents are lookManning took her concerns to a neighsion scheduled more meetings, asked for ing into new housing options throughout borhood potluck and talked to the others more information and eventually voted the Willamette Valley, and looking after about some possible solutions. to recommend against the proposal. one another. ☸ “I wrote up a sample letter that people could hand out,” she says. “I told them, ‘Tell your story.’” We decided we needed to do something. We were all in shock.” They also contacted local print and broadcast media, and Manning went to the Senior Law Clinic in Eugene for some much needed advice. “She came in with her letter, I read it, and I said, ‘I’m afraid you don’t have any legal recourse, the law isn’t going to save you here,’” says attorney Judith Serving Marion, Polk & Lincoln Counties Moman, who volunteers at the clinic. “I told her she would need political movement. I told them they needed to let the council know there would be no rezoning without a long-term plan in place that reserves the tenants’ rights and needs.” 780 Commercial SE, Suite 201 | Salem, OR 97301 Soon after, they met attorney Laurie Hauber, who works at Oregon Law Center, Lane County Legal Aid. Although they did not officially represent the Patrician residents, both attorneys Complete Funeral Services in One Location actively followed the situation and advocated for the residents. • Cremation Services “There was nothing illegal about what • Traditional Services the owner was attempting to do with • Memorial Services his property,” Hauber says. “But it was • Ground Burial gut-wrenching to watch.” As the weeks progressed, more residents joined the political fight. They wrote petitions and gathered more than 700 signatures. They held a yard sale to raise more funds. They packed the Springfield Planning Commission meeting, emotionally testifying about their situation and pleading
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HAT IS THE BEST THING a woman can do to battle cancer? Go running in the mud with dozens of enthusiastic supporters, of course.
That is exactly what my sister Brenda Farris did at my suggestion. Along with supplements, Brenda is fighting metastatic breast cancer with diet and exercise. She thought it would be an impressive display of her determination to beat it by participating in the Warrior Dash in Canby, a decision she made in January 2018. In May of that year, along with 42 other runners wearing hot pink T-shirts, they ran the race and ended up covered in mud. This bold, courageous plan attracted the attention of KGW’s Tracy Barry who produced a feature story for a Channel 8 news program that aired in March 2018. To view the story, visit HelpTeamBrenda. com/About me. As Brenda was flying home to Mesa, Arizona after the Warrior Dash, I realized her story to stay alive had inspired others to fight their own fight, for their own reasons. That’s why I formed HelpTeamBrenda, a business designed to promote cancer awareness, provide education on how to proactively prevent cancer, and raise funds for local warriors in the fight. Above, Baron Robison and his sister Brenda Farris.
Brenda returned to Oregon later that summer for a Spartan race and held a fundraiser for a co-worker of mine who was also dealing with breast cancer. She came back again in October for another fundraiser to assist a family whose father had died of brain cancer. Finally, in December 2018, HelpTeamBrenda partnered with MOD Pizza locations in Salem, Sherwood, Lake Oswego and Milwaukie to raise funds for Marissa Leigh in her struggle with breast cancer. After the success of these fundraisers, I created “WeAreTheSolution — United to Prevent,” also known as the “Kickin’ Cancer” movement, a domestic nonprofit corporation in Oregon. Our mission is to empower individuals to take control of their own bodies so
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Gift may be transferred, or substituted except that Company gift ofCupromotion equal ifany itrodeems itoorm necessary. card class 24 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS MARION POLK | APRIL 2020 04/30/20. 04/30/20. LeafGuard LeafGuard operates operates as as LeafGuard LeafGuard of Oregon of Oregon in Oregon inunder Oregon OR LIC under # 223377 OR 773LIC 322 ## 223377 IL RO rednu nogerO ni nogerO fo drauGfaeL sa setarepo drauGfaeL .02/03/40 United States Mail within 21 days of receipt of promotion form. Not valid in conjunction with any other promotion or discount of any kind. Offer is subject to change without notice prior to reservation. Expires 04/30/20. LeafGuard operates as LeafGuard of Oregon in Oregon under OR LIC # 223377