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BY MARGARET PEARSON

This is always a happy gathering, although it’s a tossup as to who’s having a better time, the dogs or the people. It was the 9th annual event, and it was again held at Mitchell Park. A few of the hundreds who attended were:

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Is Government Really Bad? AGING ISSUES

By Tom Frazier

Recently, I read The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis.

The Quartet was George Washington, James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton. The second revolution

that they orchestrated was getting leaders of the 13 states to convene a Constitutional Convention to create a new constitution rather than what almost everyone else wanted which was just to amend the existing Articles of Con-

federation. Each of the four men had experiences that led them to believe that, even amended, a confederation would lead to disaster, and a federal government was required to effectively FRAZIER continued on page 3A

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Are you at risk for diabetes-related vision loss?

by Cheryl L. Dejewski "Of the more than 29 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes, up to 45% have some degree of diabetic retinopathy (damage to the sensitive retina in the back of the eye), which can lead to vision loss and blindness,” reports Mark Freedman, MD, senior partner at Eye Care Specialists, who has treated thousands of diabetic patients since 1988. “For some people, when a routine vision check-up uncovers signs of retinopathy, it is their first clue that they even have diabetes.”

Explanation Retina

Leakage & bleeding

If you or someone you know has diabetes, be aware. The disease does more than wreak havoc with blood sugar levels. Without taking proper precautions, it can rob a person of their sight. sent and progressing even if a person’s vision appears to be good. That’s why diabetes-related damage can only be diagnosed through a comprehensive eye exam. Pupil dilation (enlargement with drops) is necessary to best view inside the eye for early signs of retinopathy before noticeable vision loss occurs,” explains Brett Rhode, MD, an ophthalmologist who conducts continuing education programs for diabetes coordinators and doctors.

Treatment Damaged blood vessels

Diabetes can cause abnormal retinal blood vessel growth, leakage and bleeding that can lead to blurring, dark spots, and loss of vision.

With diabetes, high blood sugar levels can weaken blood vessels in the eye, prompting them to leak. This causes the retina to swell and form deposits that can lead to vision loss. Blood sugar fluctuations can also promote the growth of new, fragile blood vessels on the retina, which can sometimes leak blood into the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the eyeball). This retinal blood vessel damage, or “retinopathy,” can blur vision and lead to permanent sight impairment.

Symptoms Usually, none. Most people don't notice a problem until retinopathy is so far advanced that lost vision can't be restored. That’s why annual dilated eye exams are crucial. You should also call your doctor immediately if you notice recent vision changes (not associated with fluctuations in blood sugar), numerous floating spots (like spider webs), or a veil over your vision.

Detection “Blood sugar fluctuations can temporarily affect vision, making it difficult to know if a serious problem is developing.

Significant retinopathy may also be pre-

“We have been very pleased with the success of medications that can be painlessly injected into the eye to decrease blood vessel leakage and abnormal new growth—thus staving off progression of diabetic eye disease,” reports Daniel Ferguson, MD, a former engineer who is now one of Wisconsin’s leading eye surgeons. Daniel Paskowitz, MD, PhD, an

ophthalmologist with credentials from Harvard and Johns Hopkins, adds, “We evaluate each patient’s response individually to determine if and when (about every 4-12 weeks) they should receive injections. We have seen amazing results with Avastin, Eylea and Lucentis, including stabilization of vision and, in some cases, improvement in sight.”

Prevention “Diabetes-related sight loss is often preventable with good blood sugar control, yearly dilated eye exams and early intervention,” says David Scheidt, OD, a founding member of the Wisconsin Diabetes Advisory Group.

Should you be screened?

Do you have diabetes? Was your last eye exam more than a year ago?

If you can answer “Yes” to those two questions, then it’s time to have your vision checked. “Don’t hesitate. It’s an opportunity to ensure that you see life to the fullest—now and in the future. And, remember, EVERYONE should have their eyes checked at least every two years after age 40 for other conditions, like glaucoma, that can cause permanent vision loss without you even noticing it,” advises Freedman.

Incidence "Diabetic eye disease can appear as early as a year after the onset of diabetes.

All diabetics—type 1 or 2, insulin-dependent or not—are at risk, which increases with the number of years you are diabetic.

For example, patients with diabetes for less than five years have about a 15% incidence of retinopathy. This skyrockets, however, to 80% in people with diabetes for 15+ years,” says Michael Raciti, MD, an ophthalmologist at Eye Care Specialists.

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A sobering look beyond the election We have to be able to disagree in this country without tearing into and trying to destroy the opposition. The politics of demonization that characterizes this election will make it very hard for whoever wins office to govern well.

This campaign year has been full of twists and turns. We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone on November 8. So talking about what comes afterward seems premature. But it’s been on my mind a lot, because I’m worried.

This is not about who wins the presidency. I’m concerned about the aftermath of this campaign season and how hard it’s going to be for our next set of elected officials, from the President on down, to govern.

Let’s start with the belief expressed by a lot of people — including some candidates — that the system is “rigged.” This is a perilous way to treat the country’s political system; it sows distrust in future election results, de-legitimizes winners, and undermines the government’s credibility. If the charge takes hold, it will put political stability at risk.

We all have criticisms to make of the system. We know it doesn’t work perfectly and that there’s no shortage of challenges the nation needs to address.

But to convey the impression that the whole system is rigged is dangerous and risky. Without a basic foundation of trust, representative government FRAZIER continued from page 1A

deal with issues like foreign policy and taxation. Washington, in particular, experienced problems with the Articles of Confederation which almost led to the loss the Revolutionary War because financially supporting the army was optional on the part of states and many chose not to do so.

Now, we are faced with the most contentious election that most of us can remember and that contention is based largely on the idea that the federal government is not working or even that it is bad for many, if not most, people in the country. For the last eight years, politics has gotten so partisan and nasty that we have been told over and over that things are not just bad, but that they are a disaster, or horrible, or worse. I agree that this partisanship

ON CONGRESS

By Lee Hamilton crumbles.

Instead of taking aim at “the system,” we could instead focus our criticism on a more substantive target: politicians, including the two presidential candidates, who have failed to serve us well in their debate on the economy.

Much of the debate has revolved around immigration, trade, and other issues of the moment. These are not unimportant, but they’re not the heart of the matter. The real issue — the one that politicians have proffered few solutions for — is that the economy is not working for most people. True, there’s been some improvement in the lot of middle-income earners, but the fundamental issue that economists of all stripes have been warning us about remains. This is that we face significant structural problems, driven not so much by foreign competition and immigrant workers, but by advancing technology and globalization.

Our real economic challenge, in other words, is how to provide meanhas resulted in gridlock and I share the frustration with what is happening (or not happening) in this country. But, I do not believe that everything is “going to hell in a hand basket.” For example, our economy has mostly recovered from a very bad recession, foreign policy is being carried out, taxes are being collected, Social Security checks are being sent out on time, and Medicare continues to provide health care security for older people and people with disabilities. And when disasters happen, ever more frequently it seems, we all call on the federal government to step in and help alleviate the pain and suffering. I would argue that this is because, as The Quartet understood, only a federal government has the resources to deal with big problems.

Also, I would agree that not ev-

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ingful work and good wages to tens of millions of clerks, accountants, factory workers and service providers whose jobs are disappearing because of robots, machine learning, and other irreversible changes in how work is accomplished.

Politicians need to place much more emphasis on economic growth, which is the key that unlocks many doors and is the preferred course to ease the anxiety and cynicism abroad in the country. Growth should be the central aim of economic policy, and how to achieve it should be the focus of the policy debate.

The problem is, this election isn’t providing us with a substantial policy debate. We’ve heard plenty about personality, vision, and the alleged dirty dealing of people on the other side. Serious debate about policy approaches has been replaced by sound bites signifying... well, not very much.

Indeed, if anything characterizes this election, it’s the politics of personal destruction. Demonizing the opponent has become the central concern of many campaigns, up and down the political ladder. This approach is toxic for democratic institutions and political culture. We have to be able to disagree in this country on matters of great import and controversy without tearing into and trying to destroy the opposition.

We have always had — and should have — vigorous partisanship. But today, politicians prefer hunkering down with their fellow believers and party members and circling the wagons. This makes it very hard to get negotiations going, which is the only way to make the system work.

All of this — the attacks on the system, the lack of meaningful debate about improving Americans’ economic future, the generally substance-free nature of the campaign, the politics of demonization — will make it very hard for whoever wins office to govern well.

The anger, frustration, cynicism and outright pessimism that we’re seeing in this election cycle will not miraculously dissipate on Election Day. It used to be that when a president came into office, a substantial majority of the American people gave him the benefit of the doubt, and with it an extended period in which to get things done. I don’t believe that’s going to happen after this election. And all Americans will be worse off as a result.

Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

eryone has shared in the economic recovery, and that money and greed have way too much influence on politics, and should to be fixed at federal and state levels. But, how can it be fixed by elected officials many of whom keep declaring that government is the problem? If you worked for an employer that paid you a U.S. Senator’s salary of $174,000 a year, how long would you last if you continually complained that your employer was ineffective and inefficient? Being a member of Congress may be the only job a person can get by constantly attacking it.

We have fought a civil war and other wars so that “government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” So, in answer to my question, government is not really bad, but “we the people”

need to make it better, and I believe we do that by electing people who want to make it better instead of tearing it down. We are faced with this very issue in the upcoming presidential election when we vote on November 8th (or earlier if you take advantage of early voting). I urge you to vote as if your government of, by, and for the people depended on it. It just might.

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EDITORIALS

Surprising in education

Can you believe that a small private school in California was judged as the best-advanced learning center in the world for five straight years? However, it lost that title this year, according to those persons who track such in educational circles. The new top school is the UK’s University of Oxford. California I.T. finished second.

The remaining schools in the top 10 are as follows in their order of rank.

It Makes Me

Stanford, University of Cambridge (UK), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Princeton, Imperial College of London (UK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (SUI) with University of Chicago and University of California at Berkeley tied for 10th.

The largest consideration is based on the schools’ research impact followed by its global scholarship.

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What you think is basically what you are. If a person thinks good thoughts and aspires to great things, his character will show it. There may be no business like show business. A person does need a certain amount of per-

sistence as well as brainpower. This is why I often become a bit crabby when I view others absolutely wasting their brainpower on trivia. If only I had more of that, I would put solid foundations under my constructive ideas.

Thanksgiving Day is the crown jewel in the month of November’s ordinary crown.

There is something, perhaps more than one thing, that each of us has to be extremely thankful for. Not one of us has to be struck by a vehicle’s head-

light to brighten his/her memory of an event or a personal attribute that meant more than just a matter of fact passage.

Thanksgiving really should be a memorable time. Do your utmost to make it such this year.

Thanksgiving Americanism

My country tis of thee, how great you really be.

While the Milwaukee War Memorial Center activities honor the dead by service to the living, it annually presents awards for honorable activities.

Those who continue to nourish the ideals connected to Americanism have written of their privilege: Amer-

What we have

While this is the turkey month for many, it really should be a month in which we prepare to give thanks for all of the wonderful things that we enjoy.

The Thanksgiving holiday is a remarkable one. We, as a nation, have observed it in some way or another since our founding fathers shared the bounty of their first season’s plantings with the native inhabitants of this great country.

We may dream of numerous things, but what life brings us at times is stark reality. Now as winter is closing in on us and worse weather conditions are just over the horizon, we must prepare for what’s ahead. When such arrives,

icanism is an unfailing love of country and loyalty to its institutions and ideals, with an eagerness to defend against all enemies, while displaying undivided allegiance to the flag of the United States and a desire to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity.

it won’t be a surprise. But try to think back to the time of our founding fathers. Think of what they endured and still did not lose their optimism as they hoped for better things to come.

Our forefathers were not wrong.

Today, our roads through life are relatively smooth by comparison. As they struggled to persist, the mightiest of things we accomplish in this day and age are awaiting harvest since those who came and went ahead of us sowed those seeds.

Today’s comforts did not come easily.

Spiders and Snakes Can you explain why so many people are frightened of spiders and snakes? Most of us would walk far out of our way if we knew there was a snake on the path just ahead of us.

Whether we knew it had poisonous venom or not would be a possible added deterrent.

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Does our fear of snakes go all the way back to the story about the serpent in the Garden of Eden?

But what about spiders? Do they weave evil webs? When is the last time that you saw a spider that you could stamp out of life and you let it live?

DEAR THOMAS: I researched this a bit and I can tell you that the Environmental Protection Agency posts water quality reports every July. Go to epa.gov/safewater. If your home was built prior to 1986, I would further suggest that you contact the EPA at Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791. Also, you can attach a water filter to your system for perhaps $30 or less. A filter can make your water safer to drink.

Good luck, Senior Answer Man

Killing TIME WITH JIM MCLOONE Each morning it seems we get telephone requests to stand with this candidate for president or that one.

Frankly, I’d sit with either one, but that doesn’t mean voting for one or the other. v v v v Our congregation is beginning a multi-million dollar campaign to build a new church. Must a person die before finding out if he or she will get their money’s worth? Just try to not outlive your money. v v v v After the preacher talked about life being short in his homily Sunday, I decided to have pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream instead of oatmeal for breakfast. v v v v When the Green Bay Packers lost to the Minnesota Vikings a while back on a Sunday night, we recalled that half the joy of achievement is anticipation. We aren’t losing faith in the Packers, but at least that night, quarterback Rodgers looked more like a broken winged bird than the supposed star of the show. v v v v KILLING TIME continued on page 22A

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The inverted funnel: Watch out for it

Every now and then there is an unexpected moment that changes your life. You never know when that will happen as there is no warning, no fireworks in the sky and sometimes this moment of importance really surfaces hours or days after that moment passes.

Last night I was invited to a book signing. I wasn’t sure if I could make it but by chance an appointment changed and I was able to attend. That cancelled appointment changed my life. My good friend reserved a seat close to the author who was going to give a talk about his new book. I had heard many talks about the subject of this book. My mind was still on the day’s challenges and not truly in the moment. That was about to change!

This man began his talk by sharing a few stories of his past with humble humor. He had that gift of connecting with the audience in a way that was captivating. There were many jokes that grabbed me, but made a point at the same time. Then came the message; life can be an inverted funnel and when that happens what will you do, how

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

By Bruce Nemovitz will you react and what changes will you make as a spectator in the novel which is your life.

Martin Schreiber was our Governor of Wisconsin in the late 70’s. He was also our Lieutenant Governor and contributed in so many ways to the betterment of our state. His entire life was dedicated to service to others. His life would change in a direction that was not anticipated. A friend once told me we can make our plans but you can’t plan the results! Think about that for a minute. All of us have our idea of where we want our lives to go, how we want to retire and what that life after work will look like. That is human nature. But we also know that life can alter our path with challenges that were

never anticipated. This was Marty’s story. A story of intense challenges that rocked his life in a way he never imagined. This is a story of a love affair of over 60 years with his wife. Her name is Elaine. His book is called, “My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver.”

Dementia can come in many forms. It has no set course, comes with no instruction manual. It just is. How we deal with our loved ones with this disease is critical not only to the care for our loved one, but for the caregiver who must remain healthy and strong.

Elaine had entered into her new reality of dementia and rocked Marty’s life in a way he never expected.

For those entering this new way of life, the funnel becomes inverted.

Think about putting a funnel to your eye and looking through that prism with the small end at your eye. You will see the entire world in front of you as that funnel expands your view.

Now imagine looking through that funnel with the large end at your eye.

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world you see. One with dementia may see life with that large end of the funnel at his/her eye. It can become focused on thoughts and feelings that are difficult to understand, especially for the loved one who becomes the caregiver.

As Marty pointed out, caregivers are the unspoken heroes. Many times a caregiver’s health may deteriorate mentally and physically if attention is not paid to maintaining one’s body and mind by exercise and nutrition. Often, a caregiver may not outlive the person they are caring for. So it is critical to pay attention to what Marty had to say about his journey with Elaine as they experienced a life they never anticipated.

In order for Marty to be a caregiver for Elaine, he had to let the first Elaine go so he could honor and care for the second Elaine. It is hard to imagine this disconnect, but as Marty made this mind-shift, he found a new way to honor and love Elaine in a way he never imagined. By letting go of the Elaine he had known for most of his life, he was able to show his love from a differNEMOVITZ continued on page 21A

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Implementation of loop systems and hearing aid telecoils I always point out to patients I see, that even with the best pair of hearing aids in the world programmed absolutely perfectly to their needs and preferences, there will always be environments in which it is difficult to hear what we want to hear. If this is the case for someone with excellent hearing, how could it not also apply to someone with a hearing loss just because they are wearing hearing aids? Since room acoustics play an enormous role in the quality of sound we hear, large cavernous spaces can be the most challenging. Even if that space has a sound system installed. Depending on the sound system installed, it can actually make things harder to hear for those with a hearing loss.

Where one sits in such a room can have a dramatic effect on a listener’s quality of hearing, but the single most significant attribute a large room can have when it comes to assisting the hearing impaired is a hearing loop system. A hearing loop system is a loop wire installed in the room that sends an electromagnetic audio signal. Un-

HEARING MATTERS

By John Dykstra like a traditional sound system which bounces sound around the room from speakers, this technology sends that signal directly into a t-coil equipped device, eliminating the poor acoustics of the room. This may be a single person speaking at a presentation, or an entire orchestra performing their favorite symphony. T-coil technology has been around for decades, primarily found in houses of worship. However due to a strong push by the hearing impaired community and advocacy groups they are becoming increasingly common in other public spaces as well, such as libraries, theaters, assisted living facilities and train stations. With

the number of venues that have them installed increasing, the ability to use them in different environments will only increase as well.

Since the Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes hearing impairment to be a physical disability that requires accommodation just like any other, assistive listening systems such as hearing loops are now required to be installed in any public assembly area in which audible communication is integral to the use of the space if a sound system does not already exist.

Some hearing aids are equipped with a t-coil already installed and ready to be used. Some have the feature installed, but it needs to be activated by the hearing care practitioner before it can be used. Some do not have one at all. At Beltone, we even have small wireless microphones that among other things, can allow the user to pick up a hearing loop signal and send it to their Beltone hearing aids, even if those hearing aids, themselves, do not have this feature built in. Hopefully, all hearing care professionals are taking

this feature into account when making a recommendation to their patients as to which instruments and features would best serve them. The difference can be as life-changing as making the decision to get hearing aids in the first place.

I have experienced the benefit of hearing loops in some of these places myself, and the difference is astounding. If you currently use hearing aids and are unsure if you have a telecoil installed, please ask your hearing care practitioner if it does, and if so how you can utilize it. If you do not use hearing aids and suspect you may have a hearing loss, this is one more aspect of life you may be missing out on, and one more reason to make an appointment to have your hearing evaluated and find out all the ways hearing aids can help you live your life to the fullest.

I would love to open a dialog from the readership to ask me some questions about hearing aids. If you would like to send me a question, please email it to johnw@beltonewi.com

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November Poem November has arrived with many leaf-shedding trees.

Still, fruit not harvested attracts many buzzing bees.

There’s little outside work unless you are a farmer.

The new widow two doors down is a real charmer.

Garden cleaning and lawn raking are to be done.

The lady smiles and asks, “Won’t you help me, hun?”

A row of potatoes still in the garden are to be dug.

Is it true that big spuds don’t even attract a bug?

These days are quite dreary as we expect them to be.

Farmers’ Almanac wrote about it without even a fee.

Do you recall olden and happy times at a barn dance?

Mom and pop and friends did jig a bit and then prance.

These days tend to make many people quite melancholy.

Such can always be cured by holding tightly to your dolly.

Sunbeams stream to cheer and warm you and friend.

Write Thanksgiving cards so they’ll be ready to send.

Early Christmas shopping this month is a definite must.

Being slow to begin some days, I almost turn to rust.

Korean War over 66 years ago It was over 66 years ago that the Korean War began, with the first American casualties, almost 300 dead, occurring in the early summer of 1950 battles. But the worst was still to come in the 40 to 50 deadliest battles of the war.

The earliest singular battles of the war were the most deadly to the American soldiers; action on the Pusan Perimeter saw 3,651 killed and 9,326 wounded in action. Those battles went on through most of the month of August and into mid-September.

Second most deadly for our troops were the battles that raged at Kuni-ri, 1,653 dead and 1,571 wounded in those actions from Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 1950.

Who has not heard of the heavy fighting that occurred at the Chosin Reservoir? We lost 1,225 men there and 4,380 sustained injuries.

The last recorded heavy fighting was the Battle of Boulder City in which 112 were killed from July 24-26, 1953.

The United States military did not lack heroes during this war in the Far East. During the first year of fighting,

A friend just headed via death on his heavenly way.

Sadly, we will remember him in a prayer Thanksgiving Day.

Nov. 11 looms ahead; a time to visit an old soldier’s grave.

He died in a battle and many other soldiers’ lives did save.

Turkey time arrives soon with special dishes and trimming.

Dinner will be great. Even the gravy bowl will be brimming.

So following dinner, it again will be afternoon football time.

We won’t write more until December; then a new rhyme.

the Americans more than did their duty earning experience under fire in the fields of battle while fighting off the invading Communist forces, who kept the North Koreans in the battle until the truce came July 27, 1953. The current North Korean dictator has nullified this. His “state of war” while one-sided is only by mostly verbal and symbolic show of force at this time.

North Korean is estimated to have about twice the number of soldiers in uniform as has South Korea. The North Koreans have much artillery in

place near the demilitarized zone that reportedly could easily hit Seoul, 27 miles away, if fired. It also is working on nuclear bombs that could travel to the west coast of the United States as well as our ally, Japan.

The U.S. deploys both men and fighter-bombers in South Korea and, at times, demonstrates their capabilities.

Seventeen of the U.S. forces’ top 20 men in valor during the Korean War, by the way, were infantry soldiers.

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Little kids make big difference in St. Ann Center’s Alzheimer’s Care Children flock around Tanya like chicks to a mother hen in a sunny room at St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care. She reads them a poem about family. “My momma and daddy were from the South,” she tells the 3-yearolds. “They had strong hands that were always working. Can I see yours?”

Dozens of tiny hands reach upward.

Tanya, age 70, always looks forward to Literary Club at St. Ann Center. Alzheimer’s hasn’t stopped her from reading. It’s one of many activities that bring children and older adults together to get to know and learn from one another and even become friends—all under one caring roof.

Known worldwide for its innovative programs, St. Ann Center is among the first shared-site intergenerational day cares in the nation, with two Milwaukee locations—the Stein Campus, 2801 E. Morgan Ave., and the Bucyrus Campus, 2450 W. North Ave. “It’s like magic,” says Sr. Edna Lonergan, OSF, St. Ann Center founder and president. “When the children come in, the adults just light up. They’re eager to jump in and participate in activities when the little ones are around.

They remember their purpose…and how much they are needed.”

St. Ann Center has provided health and educational day services to adults of all ages and abilities and to children for over 30 years on Milwaukee’s south side. In September of 2015, it opened a second location, the Bucyrus Campus, on the city’s near north side. Caring for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia is among the cen-

ter’s specialties.

As the aging population booms, St. Ann Center continues to fundraise to finish a state-of-the-art Alzheimer’s and dementia unit at Bucyrus, with multiple rooms for clients in different stages of dementia. A focal point will be a circular path winding past large windows. Specifically designed for people who need to pace, it will offer life skills stations designed to jog sensory memories: a soil-filled planter to dig in, a tabletop with bowls and measuring cups to manipulate and a changing station with lifelike dolls to cuddle and rock.

A unique craft room will provide opportunities to sew, knit and crochet.

Mayo Clinic research shows crafting may slow dementia’s progress. “This will be a wonderful way for our older adults to teach these traditional skills to our children,” Sr. Edna says. An indoor swimming pool is also in the plan.

Outdoors, the 7.5-acre campus grounds will feature a wheelchair-friendly lighted walkway, a fruit tree orchard and a 350-seat open-air band shell for performances, fairs and worship services.

Currently, childcare youngsters, ages 6 weeks to 12 years, interact daily with the older adults for cooking, karaoke, games, computer classes and more. At monthly birthday parties, 1-year-olds and 91-year-olds sit sideby-side enjoying their personalized cupcakes.

Important as they are, St. Ann Center doesn’t rely solely on intergenerational activities in caring for people

with dementia. Staff and volunteers are trained in special programs designed to enrich each individual’s life and functioning.

Pat Hightower had never known her mother as an artist—until 71-yearold Lois started coming to St. Ann Center. Lois moved in with her daughter and grandchildren five years ago, after being diagnosed with dementia. “I

had to start child-proofing the house to keep her from getting into things,” Pat recalls. “My sociable mother, who’d always been so active, was bored.”

Now Lois participates in a daily Alzheimer’s Association art program, Memories in the Making, offered at Bucyrus. “What’s going on in her head flows right out of her paintbrush,” Pat ST. ANN continued on page 10A

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says. Her mother’s watercolors are often displayed at the center.

Clients nurture a knack for storytelling through TimeSlips, a program created by UW-Milwaukee theater professor Anne Basting, whose work centers around aging, memory and dementia. People with dementia can find the pressure to remember stressful and isolating, even as their ability to imagine can remain strong. At one recent session, the TimeSlips leader shared a photo of two dogs. Asking questions based on the photos—the dogs’ names, where they were going and more—she gathered fascinating pieces of the story from the animated participants.

“The goal of our adult services is to keep people active and engaged in life during the day—then, they return

to their homes and families for the evening,” Sr. Edna explains. Open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, the center benefits caregivers, too, she says, by letting them work or meet other obligations “knowing their loved one is in a beautiful place where they’ll be safe and wellcared-for.” Weekend care can also be arranged.

Both campuses provide comprehensive health and wellness services, including a medical clinic and dental hygiene; physical and occupational therapy; music, art, massage and aquatic therapies; whirlpool baths; hair styling and manicures….even regular visits from friendly pet volunteers.

Many of these services are also available to the community, not just clients in the adult day care.

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Learn about Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer’s, symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 5 million Americans may have Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, but recent estimates indicate that the disorder may rank third, just behind heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death for older people.

Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia among older adults.

Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and behavioral abilities to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Dementia ranges in severity from the mildest stage, when it is just beginning to affect a person’s functioning, to the most severe stage, when the person

must depend completely on others for basic activities of daily living.

The causes of dementia can vary, depending on the types of brain changes that may be taking place. Other dementias include Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal disorders, and vascular dementia. It is common for people to have mixed dementia—a combination of two or more disorders, at least one of which is dementia. For example, some people have both Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.

Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness. Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior.

After she died, he examined her brain and found many abnormal clumps (now called amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (now called neurofibrillary, or tau, tangles).

These plaques and tangles in the brain are still considered some of the main features of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Another feature is the loss of connections between nerve cells (neurons) in the brain. Neurons transmit messages between different parts of the brain, and from the brain to muscles and organs in the body.

CHANGES IN THE BRAIN Cross sections of the brain show atrophy, or shrinking, of brain tissue caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

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Cy Swiecichowski Elected to Senior Olympics Hall of Fame

BY JACK PEARSON

2016 Senior Hall of Fame inductees announced .

Cy probably endures more good-natured kidding about his 13-digit surname, Swiecichowski, not only how to spell it but how to pronounce it, than any noted sports figure in the area. “Hardly anyone is even close to getting it right,” he says with a chuckle. “So why fight it? It may be difficult to spell, but it’s actually easy to pronounce. ‘Switch-a-house-key’ he explained. “I feel sorry for that young fellow with the Milwaukee Bucks. He has the same problem; Greek, in his case, not Polish, as is mine, but still a headache.” Cy was referring to Giannis Antetokoumnko, the young and talented 6’ 11” forward with the Bucks.

“You know the ones who suffer are those radio and television announcers who have to pronounce his name quickly and repeatedly as the action is going on,” Cy said. “Of course I don’t have that problem. We’re small stuff.

What TV or radio station cares a whit about us old codgers? But we don’t care. Why should we? We have more fun than anyone.”

Now 82, Cy would be the first to say he’s never been the most outstanding athlete, winning softball batting championships and home run titles.

What he has done over the past six decades is to play for, manage, sponsor, and sometimes even originate teams and even on occasion run entire leagues, winning a batch of championships and honors along the way.

In addition to that sport, he has also been involved in a number of others, as well as in Wisconsin Senior Olympics competition. Besides softball, they include basketball, both the three on three games as well as the free throw competition, shuffleboard, lawn bowling and horseshoes, winning medals in all of them. It is typical of the man that his most cherished medal was last year when he won the Gold in the men’s 80 plus horseshoes, and his wife, Shirley, also won the Gold Medal in the women’s 80 plus in the same sport - it was the same age bracket of horseshoes in the same year.

To include all of the teams and leagues Cy has either played for and/ or managed over the years would take more space than we have here, but here are a few highlights: • He managed his first softball team in ’60. It was called Shorty’s Restaurant, and competed in the Milwaukee Muni League. At that time he also played for two other teams with the great names Wimpy’s and the Five and Dime.

• After moving to Jackson in 1972, he played on, managed and founded several teams.

• In Jackson in 1983, he took over operating the village’s summer softball program, serving as its commissioner for 15 years.

• In 2012, a qualifying year for the National Senior Olympics, his 70 plus team won the Wisconsin State Softball Championship. Then, a year later at the Nationals in Cleveland, his team won the Silver Medal.

• In 2015, he had three teams in the Nationals in Minnesota. The 65 plus team placed fourth, while the 70 plus and 75 plus teams took third place medals.

• Since 2006, his softball teams in the Wisconsin Senior Olympics have won nine championships and placed 2nd twice.

• For years he operated his own business, Champion Awards, which sold trophies and sportswear.

Cy loves to win; all top flight athletes do, it’s just natural. But there are other qualities in his makeup that give a better picture of the man. At a Senior Olympics a few years ago, Cy’s softball team had won all of its games on their way to the championship. Their opponent in that title game, however, had a problem. They did not have any subs, and two of their nine regulars had both suffered injuries in the semi-finals, and could not play. Tournament rules mandated that in order to compete, a team had to have a full team. Officials informed Cy’s opponent of this, and told them that they would have to forfeit. Such a forfeit, of course, would give the Gold Medal to Cy’s team. When he heard about all

Here are the two latest additions to the Wisconsin Senior Olympics Hall of Fame, Cy Swiecichowski, featured in the accompanying article, and Margaret Kaufman, whose story appeared in last month’s issue.

this, Cy said he wanted no part in it.

He then offered two players from his roster to the other team, so that they’d have a full squad and could compete.

League officials approved Cy’s offer, and they had a championship finale after all. But as you might expect, the other team won the game. It didn’t bother Cy. “Winning by a forfeit is not the same as winning competitively,” he said. “I don’t believe in benefitting from someone else’s misfortune, and no one on my team does either. We lost to a better team, and that’s all there is to say about it.”

Switching gears for a moment, I asked Cy if he had ever thought of changing or shortening his surname.

“Absolutely not,” he replied. “It was good enough for my grandfather, good enough for my dad and his six brothers, and good enough for me, too.

Concerning the name, Cy did

make one concession. On the license plate of his white Ford Astro, it says “Cy Ski.” Of course, the state only allows seven letters on a license plate, so he really didn’t have much of an option.

Cy and wife Shirley have three children, a girl and two boys, and now have nine grandchildren.

“Cy is just an exceptional human being,” said his longtime pal and sports legend himself, Pancho Palesse. “Everyone likes him. I can’t imagine anyone not liking him. He’s always thinking of others, he’s always cheerful and upbeat, he’s a terrific organizer and is always the hardest worker on any project he’s involved with. A one in a million, believe me.”

(Note: Due to the length of last month’s article, only part one ran, this was part 2 of Jack Pearson’s story)

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Affairs revealed that now shock lonely husbands

BY ANNIE LANE

DEAR ANNIE: My wife and I were married for 61 years. We had three sons. “Mary” passed away this year from complications of Parkinson’s and dementia.

Mary and her friend “John” had a relationship most of our married life.

She had gone to school with John and renewed their “friendship” soon after we were married in the 1950s. I only discovered all this about 10 years ago by finding John’s name on telephone calls he’d made to our home. I could not act on it then because my wife was having cognitive impairment, which soon developed into dementia.

In the past, I had thought something was wrong with our marriage and asked my wife several times whether she wanted out, but she just said no.

Maybe that was because in our generation, there was a stigma around getting divorced, or it could be that John’s wife refused to give him a divorce.

It has devastated me, as I always thought my wife loved me. Evidently, she loved another man. Therapy did

not help; I tried that. I cannot describe the hurt. My sons and their families do not know anything about this, and I cannot tell them, as they all loved my wife. -- Sleepless in Anywhere, USA

DEAR SLEEPLESS: I can’t imagine what you’re going through. My heart goes out to you. You’re right not to tell your sons about their mother’s affair, as that would benefit no one. Time is the only thing that will ease your pain.

And it might offer you some comfort to know you’re not alone. Just this week, I received the following letter.

DEAR ANNIE: My wife of 59 years passed away three weeks ago. While going through her things after her death, I came across her diaries. She kept these her whole life. The worst mistake I have ever made in my life was to read these diaries.

I thought we had a very satisfying married life. We continued having sex well into our 70s. Thirty years ago, while I was away on a business trip,

she and a friend went out barhopping.

She met a guy whom she described as “a very caring and sexual man.” She wrote, “He brought out feelings in me that I never thought I’d have.” This man swept her off her feet, and she proceeded to have sex with him multiple times over the next month. She raved about how good the sex was.

During this time, we also had sex with each other at our usual frequency.

At that time, she was 48 years old. She was beautiful. She could have passed for 28. She was an upstanding member of the community, was involved in various organizations and was a grandmother of two.

I cannot get over this affair. I cannot sleep or eat. I keep visualizing what they were doing. This knowledge, on top of my grieving for her, is leaving me sick. There is no one I can talk to about this. I don’t want the kids to know about it. I have always loved her deeply.

In my heart, I have forgiven her.

Annie, what would make a woman who seemed otherwise stable and satis-

fied do something like that? What can I do to ease my pain? I cannot get this out of my mind. -- Sick and Hurt DEAR SICK: I’m so sorry for your loss.

I don’t know why your wife did what she did. Perhaps it was a midlife crisis and she wanted to feel desirable and young. But what she described in those pages was infatuation, not love.

The terms might appear together in a Thesaurus, but they have little to do with each other where it really counts.

Infatuation is intense, passionate and superficial. Love is patient, strong and selfless. It is the most profound kind of friendship. Infatuation fades with time; love only grows deeper. Infatuation’s got nothing on love. Those few weeks several decades ago cannot negate the lifetime of happiness you shared. May your wife rest in peace. I wish you all the best.

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Sweepstakes scams Thanks to a grant from the Wisconsin Consumer Anti-fraud Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Interfaith Senior Programs of Waukesha County has researched senior frauds and scams and developed educational tools to share with the community. This month’s focus: Sweepstakes Scams.

Sweepstakes are a promotional scheme in which prizes are given to winners selected only by chance from the entries received. Sweepstakes do not require a purchase; otherwise they would be classified as lotteries, which require a license to operate. Common sweepstakes offer prizes like a fancy car, exotic getaway or large sum of money.

While there are reputable sweepstakes to enter, scam artists use the allure of winning a sweepstakes as a way to find new victims. There are red flags that help you know if you may be at risk of a sweepstakes scam. Are you asked to pay to claim your prize?

A sweepstakes may claim that you won a large sum of money and you now need to wire money to cover the taxes.

Remember, if you do win a large prize through a sweepstakes, you will receive a 1099 tax form in the mail – you do not pay taxes by wiring money! Another red flag is receiving a notice indicating that you won a sweepstakes, when you don’t remember entering in the first place. A third red flag is being told to act quickly to claim your prize.

Time pressure is a tried and true tactic of scam artists, forcing you to make a snap decision, instead of allowing you time to organize your thoughts and trust your gut.

Your senior neighbors, friends or relatives may be at risk for sweepstakes scams, but you can help them stay protected. A senior you know may be excited to have piles of giveaways from a lot of different companies, but this could be a sign of potential sweepstakes scams. This senior may be entering many sweepstakes to receive these small free gifts, but does it stop there?

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By Kathy Gale from being a victim of a sweepstakes scam. First: never pay to enter! Remember, sweepstakes require no purchase to enter. If you are paying to enter, that is considered a lottery, which requires a license to operate. Second: know something about the company operating the sweepstakes. To learn more about that company, contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP or at www.ftc.gov.

Lastly, never give out personal information like banking numbers or your social security number.

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Your money or your life: It is more than just a question

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This is followed by a long silence and cascading laughs that went on for two-and-one-half minutes, it is said. Many people still believe it to be the longest sustained laugh in entertainment history. Finally, the exasperated mugger breaks in and says: “Look bud, I said your money or your life!” To which Benny replies, “I’m thinking it over.”

I mention this famous routine, partly because Jack Benny was a most beloved figure of the 20th Century, a grand performer and worthy of remembrance. But mostly because the question “your money or your life?” presented as a choice completely removing the crime scenario, is today no laughing matter. We are constantly being faced with decisions both big and small that pit time against money. According to a GOBankingRates survey, the number one New Year’s resolution entering 2016 was to “Enjoy life to the fullest.” But what does that mean exactly?

A recent study published by San Francisco State University found that people who spent money on experiences rather than material items were happier and felt the money was better spent. But what if given the choice between more time or more money, which would you choose? Which choice do you feel would lead to greater happiness?

Psychologist Hal Hershfield, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, recently found himself faced with such a decision. The choice: take on a well paying opportunity to teach a weekend seminar out of state, or stay at home with his wife and new baby girl, born 12 weeks earlier. The value of the money was easy to quantify. What he found much harder was putting a tangible value on the time that would be

lost with his family.

While still in the horns of this dilemma, Hershfield, along with his colleague, Associate Professor Cassie Mogilner Holmes, decided to put this question to more than 4,000 Americans of different ages, income levels, occupations and marital and parental status. Their findings were recently published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

As detailed in a recent article in the New York Times Sunday Review, what they found was that most people valued money more than time in answer to the core question. Sixty-four percent of the 4,415 people that participated in the surveys chose money. So, there’s the answer. Or is it?

Also asked were the participants’ level of happiness and life satisfaction.

What the researchers additionally found was that the people who chose time were on average statistically happier and more satisfied with life than the people who chose money.

This led researchers to wonder; was money the wrong choice or did the result merely reflect that the people who chose money were somehow more financially constrained and therefore less happy by nature?

To check this, researchers asked respondents to report their annual household income along with the number of hours they work each week. What they discovered was that even when the amount of leisure time and money respondents had was consistent, along with other factors such as the extent to which they valued material possessions, the people who chose time over money still came out as happier.

Professors Hershfield and Holmes are not going so far as to say that their research shows conclusively that having more of either resource is better or worse for happiness. But they do believe their research shows that the value individuals place on these resources relative to each other is predictive of happiness. People in the study who chose time over money, for example, thought about the resources differently. They had different intentions for how they would spend the time or money gained.

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Maximizing strategy sometimes baffles SSA clerks

BY TOM MARGENAU

I’ve received more than a few emails recently from folks who are trying to employ the one remaining Social Security maximizing strategy known as “file and restrict.� These emails demonstrate to me something I’ve long suspected: Employees of the Social Security Administration do a bang up job when it comes to doing routine matters, such as filing a simple Social Security retirement claim. But when things get a little complex, sadly more than a few SSA agents fall down on the job, and sometimes even mislead people.

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my only option was to file for my own retirement benefits. I told her I didn’t want to do that. She said there was nothing else I could do and hung up. What should I do? : You should call them back and hope you get a more knowledgeable telephone rep! But when you call back, I’m going to recommend that you use different terminology. If you used the same language with the phone clerk as you did in your email to me, I can partly understand the confusion.

You said you want to “suspend� your benefits. Technically, that is not what you want to do. That probably implied to the Social Security agent that you wanted to file for your own Social Security benefits and then immediately suspend them. There are several reasons, not necessary to explain here, why people used to do that. But the ability to use that “file and suspend� strategy ended on April 30.

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1966 Was a Year to Remember, Especially for Packers Fans That question can be answered in four short words: The Green Bay Packers.

Not only did the Pack win their 10th NFL championship that year, more titles than any other team up until then, but they went on to win the first Super Bowl ever played. When you think of it, that’s something no other professional football team can ever say. The Green and Gold was the only (winning) game in town. And they were still (partially) a Milwaukee team then by playing three games a season in old County Stadium. 1966 was only one of nine super years under coach Vince Lombardi. Over a seven-year stretch, they won five NFL championships, a dominance never attained by any other team, before or since. In addition to his coaching accomplishments, Lombardi was also highly successful in transforming unheralded players into super stars.

Granted, the Packers had a few top-flight players when Lombardi took over. But why was it then that they lost 9 of 12 games in ’57 and 10 of 12 (with 1 tie) in ’58? It’s long forgotten now, but in those days, the Packers were the laughing stock of the NFL and there were talks of the team having to leave the league.

How did Lombardi do it? Start with Bart Starr, who had been little more than a backup with the team for the previous three years. Lombardi made him the team’s starting quarterback, and Starr became one of the

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By Jack Pearson greatest QBs in history, the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi traded for a couple of players, Willie Davis and Fuzzy Thurston, that other teams didn’t want and turned them into All-Pros. Paul Hornung had been used as a fullback and a quarterback to little success. Lombardi made him his starting halfback and he, too, became and All-Pro and Hall of Famer.

Willie Wood tried to get other teams to sign him out of college; everyone passed him by. Lombardi grabbed him and made him a starter, and yes, he’s in the NFL Hall of Fame, too. The same with Herb Adderley, who came to the Packers as a running back from Michigan State. Lombardi made him a defensive back; and he, too, became an All-Pro at an entirely new position and a Hall of Famer.

Talking about the NFL Hall of Fame, the Packers of 1966 had 10 players who eventually were inducted into it: Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Paul Hornung, Willie Davis, Henry Jordan, Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, Forest Gregg, Ray Nitschke and Dave Rob-

Action during the first Super Bowl, won by the Packer over the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Notice the blocking Starr is getting. Today Rodgers should be so lucky.

The cover of the 1966 Green Bay Packers Yearbook. That’s All-Pro defensive end Willie Davis, number 87. The player on the right is Ron Kostelnik. inson. No NFL team, other than the Packers, has ever had 10 players make it to the Hall of Fame. The Packers of 1961 actually had 11; Emlen Tunnell, the long-time star defensive back from the New York Giants, came to Green Bay to conclude his long career. His Hall of Fame status had already been attained, but he was still a great player.

Why did he come to Green Bay? Because Lombardi asked him to.

The Green Bay Packers of 1966 won 12 games and lost only 2, an excellent record, but not the best the Pack ever had in the NFL. In 1929, their record was 12-0-1; in 1936 it was 10-1-1, and in 1962, one of those Lombardi years, it was 13-1-0. But in ’66 it so very easily could have been better. They lost by one point to San Francisco and by three to Minnesota.

Had they come up with only six more points the ’66 team could have been the only unbeaten and untied Packer team in NFL history.

Another factor in the Packers’ and Lombardi’s successes had to do with the longevity of those players. Unlike today, players in those days stayed on with a team for all or most of their careers. Starr, for example, was with the Packers for 16 years. Nitschke for 15 and Forest Gregg for 14, and on and on. Today, since the advent of free agency, the average time a player stays with the same team is probably only about three or four seasons.

So back to 1966 and the Packers going to, and winning, the first ever Super Bowl. First of all, it wasn’t played in 1966. It was the culmination of the ’66 season, but was actually conducted on January 15, 1967, in the Los Ange-

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les Memorial Coliseum. Also, it hadn’t been given the name “Super Bowl” yet; the name didn’t come about until the next year. And finally, it hadn’t attained the fantastic image that it has today when tickets go for more than a thousand dollars and every Super Bowl is a complete sellout. At the ’67 game in LA, tickets were going for as little as $10 and at game time, there were more than 30,000 empty seats in the stadium.

Prior to that first Super Bowl there was a good deal of trepidation on the part of not only Packer fans but the entire NFL as well. At that time there were two completely separate leagues, the National Football League and the American Football League.

Fans of the latter were vocal in their belief that their league was not only younger, but was faster and tougher than the staid old NFL. They said their team, the Kansas City Chiefs, would stuff the Packers and send them home in disgrace. Chiefs’ defensive lineman Buck Buchanen, a noted loud mouth, personally guaranteed this, screaming he’d destroy any Packer player who got in his way. Added to this, Starr was

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still nursing some sore ribs. He had been hurt in the next to last game of the year against the Baltimore Colts and hadn’t even played in the season finale against the LA Rams. So NFL team owners and executives were calling Lombardi and imploring him to win and keep the prestige of the NFL intact. Lombardi needed no such urgings.

But then on the first offensive series, Packer end Boyd Dowler was injured. Dowler, as you may recall, was Starr’s favorite target. Did Lombardi sit and cry or stare down dumbly at his score sheet (as you see someone do now at every Packer game)? No, he quickly waved to the bench and told his old receiver, Max McGee, to get up and go in and take his place.

Unknown to Lombardi, or perhaps not, the fun loving McGee had been out on the town all night with a pair of his lady friends. He not only had no sleep, he was nursing a monumental hangover. Added to that, McGee had played very little that season and had caught only four passes all year. No matter. The irrepressible “Maxie the Taxi” pulled in seven pass-

Here’s the whole team, the NFL Champion and Super Bowl winner, the 1966 Green Bay Packers. There are 10 future Hall of Famers in the picture. es in the game, two for touchdowns.

One of those that Packer fans will never forget was the one in which he had to reach far behind him while running full speed and pull in an errant pass from Starr, then outdistancing the younger defenders, and dash 37 yards for the score. Starr was voted as the game MVP, but the honor very well could have gone to McGee.

The Packers won the game 35-10.

By the way, on one of the first plays of the game, a Packer lineman threw a vicious block into Buchanan, knocking him out of the game and naturally shutting him up as well.

Fifty years ago it was, but I can remember it as if it was just yesterday.

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: We are in our early 80s. We use excuses and often procrastinate when we are invited to participate in community activities. We used to be quite involved but have lost our motivation.

We are relatively healthy and financially comfortable, but we realize we are isolating ourselves. We do not have family or children to deal with.

I don’t know what I would do without my wife. What changes should we make? : You may be doing well, but there are some considerations you should think and talk about now. We all eventually face mortality, and life becomes a different reality after losing a partner. We stay involved with society because we need help navigating our loss.

We are not born to be alone. We need companions to talk and share our feelings with and know that others care for us. Your challenge now is to reset and make a commitment to regain your social connections.

A retirement community is ideal because you can connect with neighbors and friends more easily. In many cases, when we are left alone we find it difficult to care for ourselves. Friends can help by assisting you with your responsibilities and supporting your needs.

Share these thoughts with your spouse, and anticipate the future. Now is the time to rejoin the community and stay engaged and connected. You will appreciate the effort later. -- Doug

BEING ACTIVE WITH AGE

: I’ve always been very active and loved the outdoors. For me, the hardest thing about aging is that I find it harder and harder to exert myself physically. I have all the usual aches and pains, and it feels like they’re preventing me from fully living my life.

I’m wary of losing my ability to enjoy and experience the world. What should I do to prevent this? : You’ve already done the most important thing for keeping fit with age, which is having maintained your health consistently throughout your life. This puts you at a major advantage over many others your age and will allow you to remain active.

However, you must comply with your body’s changing needs, and that means an adjustment in your habits and routines. Pay attention to your aches and pains, and be kind to yourself. You may want to find an exercise companion, whose company you enjoy and who can help you stay healthy.

Be especially careful of the pitfalls of overexertion. If you don’t account for the way in which your physical needs and capabilities have changed, you will be extremely prone to injury.

Injuries affect us more with age, as our body heals more slowly and doesn’t always heal completely.

Additionally, it’s difficult to maintain your physique with injuries that prevent you from staying active. If you exert yourself while injured, you may aggravate your initial injuries and find yourself incapacitated.

For specific concerns, you might consider discussing your needs with a doctor. Vitamins and supplements can help with physical maintenance. And you could research and learn about beneficial exercise methods for your age. -- Emma, Doug’s granddaughter Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern California retirement community.

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ent prism. His funnel had also become narrowed, but after his mind shifted, the world opened up for both he and Elaine!

He went on to discuss ‘therapeutic fibbing’ which was a term new to many in the audience. When one has dementia, their reality can become altered where facts can become fiction and fiction can become fact. Many in the audience shared stories of arguments with their loved ones about past events in an attempt to bring them back to reality. There comes a time when we must let go and ask ourselves, does it really matter if we correct our loved one? It may become best to redirect and to probe into their new reality rather than prove a point of fact.

Marty’s loving story of his two Elaines resonated in a way I never expected. The lesson for me hit hard.

We live in a reality that can change in an instant. So often we wait for signs from above to direct us and to change us. But how many of us actually have a sound plan for a very unpredictable future. You should enjoy every moment you have. You worked hard to maintain your environment and you deserve the fruits of that labor. Enjoy each other if you are blessed to have your partner with you. But there may come a time when life hits hard and change becomes your neighbor. Try to think ahead and plan for that altered life by taking a good look at where you are today. Give your partner a hug and know that life will change as it has to by the laws of nature. Know that the perspective you share with those you love can be altered in an instant and that your reaction to change is the key to future happiness and success.

Our positive attitude is so critical to not only sustaining our own health

and it can help avoid missing out on moments of joy. Socialization, exercise and a glass of red wine can be the secret to keeping one’s health as a caregiver as well as the person who is cared for. Learning, coping, and surviving can become a way of life for those caring for others. It is critical to listen to the Martys of the world so that you can be ready to help your loved ones in a positive and healthy way. Marty’s two Elaines will forever be a part of my mindset. Most of us will know someone with a form of dementia and by educating ourselves, we can make sure that our view of life will have the small end of the funnel at our eye so we can see the beauty of the world in a way we never expected!

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I have noticed that people never seem to be as great as they should be until they are doing what they should be doing. v v v v Who ever knew, besides his family, that Noah Webster spent well over 30 years putting the words together for his dictionary? v v v v Regardless of what you may hear from others, the future belongs to those who do put their oars in the water and row with a forward motion. In the long run, inheriting a good work ethic is perhaps better than being given a million dollars. v v v v Would you believe there’s a community near to the booming metropolis of Woodland by the name of Iron Ridge? But it never has been mined. I understand its claim to fame is prime rib. v v v v I recall the days in winter when the delivered seed catalogs would share a person’s reading time with the Saturday Evening Post. Time does change reading habits. v v v v Don’t confuse a definite responsibility with a real problem. v v v v Isn’t it amazing how almost all people like to hear “Amazing Grace” sung? v v v v The Milwaukee Brewers lost their way to the league title early in the season. Some people claim when you don’t succeed, you should change activities. How would they have done at ping-pong? v v v v Having been a college graduate for 65 years, I feel I was adequately trained for my writing career. But I must admit the best college competition was being sure you weren’t the last one done in the chug-a-lugging at the local tavern. The last guy done gulping had to buy the next round of suds. v v v v Which of the presidential candidates, great speakers of words, will become, when elected, a better-than-average successful leader? What?

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While I recall the inconveniences of coal stoves, well water at the pump outside, kerosene lanterns, garbage that we hauled away ourselves, ice boxes that hardly kept food stuffs cold, party line telephones, and automobiles that very often would not start in winter, we did have to-the-door mail service, vendors who came to each home hawking their products and a help-each-other friendliness. Today who even knows the person who resides two doors away? Can you believe corncobs were among the heating fuels utilized at our church? v v v v Not having a taste for wine, I can almost honestly say that I haven’t enjoyed any wine since I was a church altar boy. v v v v Once the applause dies, most of the sporting achievements are stored in short-term memory banks. Just try to name three or four Heisman Trophy winners. v v v v Lee Schuff, a former American Legion Chaplain, says, “The people who make the most difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money or the most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most for you.” v v v v We believe that stupidity is a condition that not even education will always do away with. v v v v The John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation may not have money to burn, but it is an easy mark for some like the $625,000 award, no strings attached, that went to persons unique in their fields of endeavor for exemplary creativity. Would the maker of the original Pine Float (toothpick in water) have qualified? v v v v A Hebrew scroll was recently discovered that went through a fire 1,500 years ago. Now that it has cooled, it perhaps would no longer be a “hot” find. v v v v A headline in a daily newspaper referred to the boss at the Fed being at wit’s end. That is much better than being at money’s end.

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The second event of note for veterans will be the annual Veterans’ Day program at the War Memorial Center Nov. 11 beginning at 10:30 a.m.

A Veterans Banquet, beginning with a social time at 5 p.m. will be held that night at the War Memorial Center.

Veteran of the Year will be announced.

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VETERANS DAY BIG BAND SALUTE There will be a Veterans Day big band salute featuring Dick Strauss with the Many Happy Returns Orchestra with Valery Sarno & The Radio Rosies on November 12 at 7:30 pm at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, 929 N. Water Street in Milwaukee. This giant tribute will entail 35 local performers!

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NN NNN N ELDERCARE FOCUS GROUP OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN PRESENTS HONORING VETERANS FOR THEIR SACRIFICES Thursday, November 10, 10 am to noon at the New Berlin Library, 15105 Library Lane.

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his dad, said that he often thought about ways that he could make his daddy’s and his own work day shorter, but he says he was so tired at night after going to school, working at the farm and then doing assigned homework that he’d drop right into deep slumberland as soon as he hit the bed. Daddy, joking of course, told each of us that if we ever got thirsty during the night that there was a spring in the bed. For a long time, I was afraid that I might spill some of the water. If you don’t get what I am referring to let me tell you that we had pots next to our beds to use as the outhouse, also referred to at our house as the Half Moon Palace, was darned far away, especially during winter.

Getting back to dreaming, I know Henry often thinks about his milking cows by hand, pulling corn tassels in the hybrid fields and then going between two rows at a time picking the corn from the stalks that grew so high it was difficult to breathe while walking between them. Machines now do all three of these activities. The fellows who invented these and so many other machines to make farming easier and faster surely were using their noggins for more than, as daddy always called them, hat racks.

I must tell you, just in case you were wondering, about the pumpkin seed contest at the club just before Halloween. The contest was called off after the lady judge had counted 147 seeds from the first pumpkin and then was irately told she had missed about six that were

DEAR FOLKS, I am ready for a nice chat with you this month. Henry says just be nice and I don’t honestly believe that I ever have been anything but nice. You see, my aged mother - God bless her now Heavenly soul - told we girls - brother Freddy wouldn’t listen to her - that the secret to success in life was first of all minding our own business. Secondly, mom said that we had to learn how to be nice to everyone and, believe me, being nice to some people almost takes more than what the average person has in his or her heart.

Now, we all know that real life is certainly not a dream. We hope for all of us that it also is not a nightmare. You see, or at least I believe I do, that as we go through life we make every effort to turn our dreams into realities. You don’t want to put sour milk on you rice cereal any more than you want to take some unwanted and often not needed criticism from friend or foe.

My Henry exclaims that all successful people have to be dreamers. He says they think of things, keep hashing them around in their minds and then turn the dreams into success stories. There may be times, Henry says, when dreamers have lofty ideas, but never plant the seeds in these dreams for real growth.

Ideas must be developed and nurtured until the sunshine of the person’s mind shines brightly on them.

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stuck to the pumpkin’s top that had been carved away to get the seeds out.

Fellows at the next three tables claimed to have even more seeds. The judge admitted that she was becoming mighty thirsty and needed some of that Oktoberfest liquid to keep her spirits up. No one volunteered to take her job over so the Captain of our club declared the contest as null and void and awarded each contestant (all four of them) a free glass of suds and a macaroni and cheese

dinner. No free steaks were on that prize list. I guess we could not evolve any strategic plans from the chaos that occurred as there were pumpkin seeds scattered almost everywhere.

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We have enjoyed a number of Golden Ages right here in Wisconsin; such as the Golden Age of the Green Bay Packers under Coach Vince Lombardi; or the Golden Age of the brewing industry, when giant corporations such as Schlitz, Pabst, Blatz and Miller in Milwaukee ruled the roost.

Throughout the country and especially in our fair state, starting about

50 years ago, there was another Golden Age having to do with art, specifically wildlife art. The height of that Golden Age was from roughly 1965 to 1995, give or take a year or two. While it lasted, it was something.

Time out for a brief description of what was and is considered wildlife art.

As the name implies, it is about nature, scenes of pristine woodland areas, of lovely waterfalls and rivers, and also about wild animals. Except not all wild animals. No lions, tigers or elephants, no crocodiles, snakes or turtles. The creatures usually portrayed were all indigenous to the northern portion of the United States and Canada; wolves, coyotes, deer, elk and many varieties of

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And why had wildlife art become so popular around 1965, you might ask? It’s always been around, so why then?

The answer has to do with modern technology. Up until then successful artists who painted wildlife scenes earned an average of a few thousand dollars for their works. Some earned only a few hundred, some earned $10,000 and more. For purposes of this story, we’ll use an average of about $2,000. Then in the early `60s, a printing firm down south developed a process of duplication. They could take a painting and copy it so meticulously that their version looked virtually as good as the original. They reasoned, why not run off a certain number of them, say 800, and sell them? So they began, with the artist’s permission, of course, and ran off those 800 copies, and numbered them from 1 on up to 800. The prices varied, for this example we’ll say $195 each. They called their creations “Limited Edition Prints.”

There were different monetary arrangements as to how much of the total sales the artist, printer and gallery took.

We’ll say each took a third.

Under this new system, the artist could still sell his original, for let’s say $2,000. But if all the 800 prints were sold, at around $195, that would bring in a total of $156,000. A third of that, $52,000, went to the artist. For doing practically nothing more, he earned far, far more for his painting that if he had just sold the original. As noted, the printers and the galleries also earned their share. Everyone was happy.

It was also a terrific deal for the public. People who liked wildlife and nature scenes for their homes and business places, in the past had to fork over thousands of dollars for originals. Now, for less than a 20th of that, they could buy limited edition prints that looked every bit as good as the originals. Limited edition prints quickly became the hottest selling items in town.

At the time, there were probably only around ten artists in the country who were specializing in wildlife scenes. Most of them were painting only two or three pieces a year. Besides being good artists, all of them could

add and subtract, too. If an artist could take home more than $150,000 a year doing three paintings, why not increase the output? With such an earnings potential, it was only logical. Thus, most of these artists upped their work load from two to three a year on up to four to six and more. So figure the total output increase. It had been about ten artists creating about three paintings a year, which meant roughly 30 of them were made into prints. Then those same artists began producing an average of about six a year, or a total of 60 paintings. Multiply that times 800 and you get some 48,000 prints being sold across the country every year. Saturation was starting to rear its ugly head.

Around the country, other artists realized what was going on, and began specializing in wildlife, too. By the early `80s there were close to a hundred artists in the U.S. and in Canada churning out beautiful scenes of wildlife.

And most of them were producing 15 or more paintings a year. If you’re still with me, that’s a hundred times 15, or 1,500 times an average of 800 Limited Edition Prints meant 1.2 million prints were now being sold annually. What a gigantic increase! That alone could have caused an upheaval of the market, but it was only the beginning. Those involved wanted even more. Printers began increasing press runs of those limited editions from around 800 on up into the thousands, and then higher.

Would you believe one printer ran off an edition of 60,000, almost a hundred times the size of limited editions of the early years? When that staggering amount of prints is foisted off on the public, it wasn’t much different than ripping a nice picture out of a magazine and having it framed.

Rising edition totals were bad enough, but there were more flies in the ointment. In some cases, when a particular wildlife print limited edition was sold out, printers then introduced a brand new edition of the same print, calling it the “Blue Ribbon Edition” or something similar.

Another factor that contributed to the problem was the steady increase in what the prints were being sold for in the galleries. In the beginning of the era, most limited edition prints usual-

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gaining speed. Finally, the general public, naturally apprehensive and sick of the whole mess, stopped buying prints almost entirely. By now, the galleries could either ship back their inventories to the printers, if they’d accept them back, or sell them off for pennies on the dollar.

So it was a sad story, for all those artists, printers and galleries. They, however, had options. There were other forms of art that they could be involved with, other opportunities to explore.

Those who suffered the most, however, were the customers who had purchased multiple quantities of those wildlife prints on a speculative basis. A buyer who purchased say 50 prints at an average of $300 each had some $15,000 tied up in his venture. Now the best he could hope to get for them would be $50 a piece or less. Even if he did, and regained $2,500 of his investment, he’s still have lost $12,500. Similar scenarios occurred, many, many times.

Will there ever be a comeback?

Will Wildlife Art prints ever regain their higher value, and be saleable once again?

ly sold for less than $100. Then, with their popularity growing, those prices moved higher and higher, on up past $200, then past $300 on and on.

Buyers who had purchased prints in the early years congratulated themselves on their good fortune. They continued to purchase newly marketed editions at the higher prices, reasoning that they, too, would be worth far more in the future. Some buyers even purchased several copies of the same print.

With the value of wildlife prints going up so fast, they said to themselves, by the end of the century those same prints would be worth over a thousand dollars. What other investment could do so much for them?

Much the same kind of phenomenon was occurring down in the Sunbelt, especially in south Florida. Riding the boom of more and more retirees pouring into the area, developers began throwing up condo and apartment complexes in a wild frenzy. You know

what happened. The economy hit a snag, and those condos, many which had been selling for more than a million dollars, soon dropped to half that in value, and even lower. Soon no one was buying anything. Huge complexes were sitting there in the sun, empty.

Many developers went bankrupt. And things still haven’t recovered.

A downturn in the economy hit northern states like Wisconsin, too.

With money having become tighter, sales of wildlife art began to slow down, and eventually completely stall.

Art galleries had huge inventories and the income wasn’t there anymore. They had to do something. The first gallery that did; we’ll call it Gallery I, dropped its prices by 20 percent. Then Gallery II on the other side of town saw this, and reasoned that they had to do the same, but even more so. They dropped their prices by 40 percent. Soon other galleries dropped their’s, too, by more than half. The plunging snowball was

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I posed those very questions to a gentleman who was then and still is involved in the field of art, including art as an investment. I am sorry to say he did not feel that a recovery would happen, at least in this lifetime. There are still sales of similar nature oriented scenes, he pointed out, but they are no longer called Wildlife Art. And most sales in that area, he said, were in originals, paintings, carvings and sculptures. His advice to people who still owned a good number of those wildlife prints was simply to give them away to a non-profit agency; a church or a charity. In this way you might have a tax write-off, and thus recover some of your losses. If you are retired or have no need of a tax write-off, you could still give them away. It might do your heart good. Anyway, there isn’t much sense in keeping them stashed away in boxes or tubes, gathering dust.

In the above story, no artist, printer of gallery was identified. No one person or business was responsible for the death of the Wildlife Art Phenomenon.

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November 18, 12:30 pm FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT Spring Creek Church, N35 W22000 Capitol Drive, Pewaukee This month’s concert features Jack Forbes Wilson and Kay Stiffel both vocal and piano. There is also a pre-show lunch for an additional cost beginning at 11:30 am. Advance registration is required if attending the lunch. This beautiful venue is wheelchair and handicap accessible and there is convenient free parking. Please call 262-6952211 to purchase your ticket today!

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