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Celebrating Area Artists

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From limestone sculptures and stained glass, to photos from as far away as the Galapagos, to paintings that detail faces old and young, to poems that evoke love and loss, more than 900 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and poems poured into the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts — our art competition for amateurs over 50. Not only was the number of entries impressive; the quality of the works was also outstanding. A selection of entries appears below. To see the

winning entries and read about their creators, as well as our panel of judges, look inside this issue for a special Celebration of the Arts pull-out section. You will also have an opportunity to see the artworks in person at gallery exhibitions later this year. Details are inside. Don’t forget to keep this special section and share it with your friends. We hope to see your artistic skills in the next competition!

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Winning photographers’ unique worldview Whether they’re exploring the world at large or right outside their window, the award-winning photographers of the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts see the world through a different lens — both literally and figuratively. Whether you’re inspired, entertained, enchanted or awe-struck, you will be sure to be touched by what they have seen and chosen to show us. The following winners were selected from among 208 entries.

First Place Vella Kendall, Monkton, Md. A r etir ed nurse who worked for many years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s dedicated HIV unit, Kendall’s development as a photographer was sparked one day when she was asked to take photos of her colleagues on the night shift. Since then, the 71-yearold has taken photography classes through the Community College of Baltimore County and Johns Hopkins’ Odyssey Program. But she says she is largely selftaught, “with help from my husband, who would have to change my lenses because I was afraid to!” “I found photography was a great stress reliever from my job. I would come home after my shift, and photograph flowers that my husband would plant for me,” Kendall said. “Then I noticed the little bugs on the flowers, and became fascinated with them, especially after enlarging [their images] on the computer.” When her husband put up bird feeders and Kendall bought a telephoto lens to pho-

tograph the birds from a distance, she found she fell in love with wildlife photography. She continues to hone her technique, using as subjects her dog, backyard birds, flowers and local wildlife at Conowingo Dam and the national wildlife refuges. Now, Kendall and her husband have a small trailer in which they travel around the country, photographing landscapes, birds and wildlife, as well as traveling abroad for culture and photographic opportunities. Kendall has traveled to Africa three times, and that’s where she took the image that won her first place in the Celebration. She was visiting a small, rather primitive village in the countryside that had no running water or electricity. The family would trek to the local well for water to wash clothes and to cook with on the open-fire outdoor stove. The woman whose face Kendall photographed was one of the family’s elders. “I felt [she] proudly showed her life on her face, and the depth of her soul in her eyes,” Kendall said. Kendall’s photography has won many other awards, including First Place in Photography at the 2015 Baltimore County Baby Boomer/Senior Expo Art Show and Second Place in the Open Category at the 2018 Maryland Photog r a p h i c A l l i a n c e S h o w. Kendall belongs to the Baltimore Camera Club (which is part of the Maryland Photographic Alliance) and to the Photographic Society of America.

Second Place Rich Isaacman, Edgewater, Md. Rich Isaacman, 65, spent most of his career at NASA as an astronomer which, he said, feeds directly into two other loves: travel and photography. “Astronomy, of course, is famous for its spectacular imagery. And astronomers also

tend to travel a lot, since observatories tend to be located in remote places,” he said. “Of course, now we have many [observatories] in orbit as well, but we don’t get to travel to them!” Isaacman attended graduate school in the Netherlands. After he earned his doctorate there in astrophysics, he spent three years doing a post doc in Hawaii. There he worked at an observatory at 13,800 feet atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island. “Living in that spectacular place really sparked my interest in photography, and it became an integral part of my travels,” Isaacman said. He began to become serious about photography in 2011, when a family event in Bangladesh made him especially appreciate the colors, people and rituals of such faraway places. Since his time in Hawaii, Isaacman has traveled to more than 50 countries.

“I try to capture the landscapes, ‘humanscapes,’ and street scenes that make such places exotic and special, and which often form our most crystalline memories of a trip,” he said. “In short, exotic travel and photography are very deeply intertwined for me.” In the past six months, Isaacman has become interested in augmenting his usual travel photos with drone photography. When circumstances allow, he now shoots

aerial landscapes in addition to his street scenes and ground-based landscapes. Isaacman also writes a monthly travel column, accompanied by his photos, for a local magazine, South River Living, as well as a travel blog featuring his travel journal and photos, at https://richandalice.wordpress.com. His blog has 500 followers in more than a dozen countries. He sells his photos at various local art exhibitions and online at https://rich-isaacman.pixels.com.

Third Place Richard Weiblinger, Laurel, Md. Richard Weiblinger, 70, has enjoyed a lengthy career in the sciences. A biologist, who also pursued graduate work at Johns Hopkins in public health, he has worked for decades at several government agencies in the area. He says he “will probably retire soon” and devote more time to his photography. Never having taken an art or photography course, Weiblinger picked up a cheap camera about six years ago and starting shooting images of wildlife.

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A lack of trust (fund) Two questions arise from a recent artiOne might object, and point out that this cle from the Associated Press that begins: additional $418 billion is actually coming out “An unexpected weakening of the Social Security and in the finances of Social SeMedicare “trust funds.” Those curity and Medicare...” are the funds that have been First, what’s unexpected “collecting” the Social Security about it? (Answer: it’s only and Medicare payroll taxes that unexpected if you haven’t have exceeded the annual costs been paying attention.) of the programs since the payAnd second, has this reroll rates were revised back durported “weakening” become ing the Reagan administration. such a common alarm from A trust fund sounds reassurthe annual report of the Soing, at first blush. If you or I cial Security and Medicare FROM THE were lucky enough to have one, Trustees that it seems like PUBLISHER we’d know we could draw on By Stuart P. Rosenthal the assets they contained and they are crying wolf? You tell me. I’ve written spend away. about the inevitable and growing problems But the government’s so-called trust with the programs frequently over the last funds are simply Treasury Bills owed to 15 years or so. But I still don’t see any ac- one branch of the government by another tion from Congress, or even hear any com- branch of the same government. plaints from members of the public. As I’ve explained in a number of prior Why should anyone complain? columns over the years, the excess payroll For one thing, according to this year’s taxes collected in those boom years were Trustee report, in 2018, Social Security and actually fully spent at the time, just as if Medicare — which were designed to be they were part of the government’s generpay-as-you-go programs, bringing in annual al taxpayer revenues. revenues sufficient to cover annual costs That’s because our government doesn’t — will require an additional $416 billion have a way to “put money aside” for a rainy from taxpayers or other government bor- day other than to issue promissory notes rowing. For comparison, last year’s entire that are IOUs to itself. federal budget deficit was $668 billion. Each year with a surplus, the govern-

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ment effectively said, “I’ll take this extra taxpayer money and use it to fund other programs (or to reduce this particular year’s deficit), and will promise myself to cover any shortfalls in future years to the extent I borrowed the money now.” Furthermore, since the surplus is held in the form of special Treasury bonds, they “earn interest,” meaning the government agrees to pay itself interest each year on what it owes to itself. Isn’t that nice? It not only obligates future generations to pay back the money spent in earlier years, but adds interest to the obligation. Of course, we fully expect the government to make good on these promises, and it no doubt will. But the only way to do so, as the Trustees’ June report says, is “through some combination of increased taxation, reductions in other government spending, or additional borrowing from the public.” Let’s think about that for a moment. This year, it means we need either to raise taxes (which of course Congress has just done the opposite of, lowering taxes through last year’s tax bill), reduce other government spending (also a joke, given the increases in defense and other spending that the administration and Congress have been calling for), or increase the fed-

eral debt by an additional $416 billion. Higher debt levels will most likely also be the outcome in each of the coming years that the trust funds are “tapped.” You might ask, how much money are we talking about? The four separate funds that constitute the Social Security and Medicare trust funds currently total $3.18 trillion. These obligations — and they are obligations — will be putting extreme pressure on annual budgets and future deficits for years and years to come. And even when those trust fund obligations are paid off, Social Security and Medicare will still not be in a position to pay all the benefits promised to future retirees. The Trustee’s report notes that Medicare’s “projected insolvency” will occur in 2026 (just 8 years away), and Social Security’s in 2034 (16 years). This all raises at least two more questions: Was this situation inevitable? (no) and What can or should we do about it now? Stay tuned. I’ll address these in my column next month. Please let your anger percolate in the meantime!

Letters to the editor Readers are encouraged to share their opinion on any matter addressed in the Beacon as well as on political and social issues of the day. Mail your Letter to the Editor to The Beacon, P.O. Box 2227, Silver Spring, MD 20915, or e-mail to barbara@thebeaconnewspapers.com. Please include your name, address and telephone number for verification. Dear Editor: Your August editorial (“A complex subject,” From the Publisher, August) calls for legislation “pausing” the tariffs NORPAC won at the ITC by showing Canada engaged in unfair trade practices because these tariffs have caused newsprint prices to increase 25%. Nobody “pauses” plant shutdowns when U.S. workers lose their jobs to unfair foreign competition. Free trade agreements are about balancing interests. Nobody gets everything they want in these agreements, so in exchange for allowing publishers access to foreign newsprint, protections for U.S. companies and their workers are built in, and have to be allowed to work without outside meddling, to keep the system fair. Otherwise, more people will see “free trade” as “rigged” and end it, as Pres. Trump flipped several industrial states by promising. What would happen, instead, if publications that use a lot of newsprint decided to express their ire at NORPAC by refusing to buy newsprint from it, even though they’d have to pay the tariff when buying Canadian newsprint. And, as word spread and more stopped buying newsprint from this company,

maybe it would think twice before insisting on asserting its legal rights at the ITC? Maybe affected parties and governments would come together and reach a settlement where the Canadian government which improperly subsidized Canadian paper manufacturers would compensate adversely impacted U.S. paper manufacturers such as NORPAC in exchange for “pausing” the tariff. Dino Drudi via email Dear Editor: There is a marketplace solution to the problem of below-market prices for newsprint from Canada. Subsidies the Canadian government gives to newsprint producers to make up for the true costs must be paid for by Canadian taxpayers in general. That punishes all Canadians for the benefit of the few newsprint producers. What American newsprint producers should do is to buy all the Canadian newsprint they can at below the prices they can produce it, and focus on reselling it at a profit through their presence in America. That will send a message to both the Canadian government and its citizens that subsidies do not pay in the long run. Gerald Schneider Kensington, Md.

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Innovations Simple gadgets that can help older drivers Dear Savvy Senior: Are there any specific auto gadgets you can recommend that can help older drivers? Both of my parents are in their 80s and still pretty good drivers, but due to arthritis and age they’re very stiff, which causes them some driving problems. — Researching Daughter Dear Researching: To help keep older drivers safe and prolong their driving years, there’s a plethora of inexpensive, aftermarket vehicle adaptions you can purchase that can easily be added to your parent’s vehicles to help with many different needs.

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Entry and exit aids To help arthritic/mobility-challenged drivers with getting into and out of their vehicle, there are a variety of portable support handles you can buy. These include the “Emson Car Cane Portable Handle” ($12), which inserts into the U-shaped striker plate on the doorframe, and the “Standers CarCaddie” ($13) nylon support handle that hooks around the top of the door window frame. Another useful product is the “DMI Deluxe Swivel Seat Cushion” ($22), which is a round, portable cushion that turns 360 degrees to help drivers and passengers ro-

tate their body into and out of their vehicle.

Enhanced rear vision To help those with limited upper body range of motion, which makes looking over their shoulder to back-up or merge into traffic difficult, there are special mirrors you can add as well as back-up cameras. For starters, to widen rear visibility, eliminate blind spots and even help with parallel parking, get an oversized rear view mirror like the “Allview Rearview Mirror” ($50) that clips on to the existing mirror. You should also purchase some “Ampper Blind Spot Mirrors” ($7.50), which are 2-inch adjustable convex mirrors that stick

to the corner of the side view mirrors. If your parents’ cars don’t already have built-in backup cameras, another helpful device is the “Auto-vox M1W Wireless Backup Camera Kit” ($110). This comes with a night vision camera that attaches to the rear license plate, and a small monitor that mounts to the dash or windshield. When the vehicle is in reverse, it sends live images wirelessly to the monitor so drivers can see what’s behind them.

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Links Helping you help others There are many online fundraising sites today, but CaringCrowd is distinctive because it is solely dedicated to raising money for global public health causes — from projects helping sick moms in Malawi, to repairing children’s hearts in India. More than $900,000 has been pledged to projects so far. Any nonprofit organization can submit a

campaign idea to CaringCrowd, but unlike other fundraising platforms, CaringCrowd has a set of experts who decide whether each campaign idea is a worthy cause. CaringCrowd works with academic institutions like Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health to get guidance on public health priorities. Once an idea is approved by the experts, it becomes an official project that can receive funding. The CaringCrowd website allows you to look through different projects and choose which one you want to fund. Johnson & Johnson is matching donations — up to $250 per person, per project. After you donate to a project, you can keep track of the project’s progress by checking what percentage of the project has been funded and how much the project has advanced through a detailed timeline that shows you what stages of the project’s goal have been completed. www.caringcrowd.org

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looking for treatment foster parents to open their hearts and homes to care for children in need. The center provides training, licensing, guidance and around the clock support services. For more information, contact Katherine Heinz at (410) 433-1000, x. 4130 or email kheinz@woodbourne.org.

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The Louvre, vicariously Opened in 1793, the Louvre — the most popular museum in the world — is home to well-known works like the Mona Lisa. But you don’t have to travel to Paris or brave the crowds to enjoy some of its holdings. A section of the museum’s website titled Selections offers virtual tours on various themes, including Napoleon, the French Revolution, the art of portraiture, and jewelry. Another feature, called A Closer Look, lets art enthusiasts explore multimedia presentations on specific works. www.louvre.fr/en/selections

Apps An app for those with Alzheimer’s MindMate offers a set of interactive games, daily exercises, music and more for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia or traumatic brain injury. In addition, users can store and share their memories and life story in the app, along with personal preferences, such as favorite food and music, and reminders of activities and medications. MindMate also provides physical exercises to try, as well as nutrition information

and healthy recipes. For entertainment, the app includes TV shows, movies and music from the 1940s through ‘80s to watch and listen to. Roger Arellano, one of the app’s three young cofounders, helped care for his grandfather, who had Alzheimer’s. The other founders volunteered in memory care centers, and wanted to develop a tool to improve the quality of life for those with dementia. MindMate is free for android and iPhones at Apple’s App store and Google Play

Yard sales galore Are you a bargain hunter who just can’t pass up hunting for Picasso in a pile of mediocre artwork, or acquiring toys for the grandkids at a fraction what they would have cost new? Apps can now help you locate upcoming yard sales, usually with a “near-me” map. Some can even build a favorites list for a given day and map a route, which lets hardcore shoppers hit multiple sales in one day. Here are a few yard sale titles to get you started: Yard Sale Treasure Map Garage Sales by Map Varage Sale (that is not a typo), and 5miles. Most apps are free and available at both the Apple App store and Google Play.

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products offered by Seat Belt Extender Pros. These include the “Seat Belt Grabber Handle” ($8), which is a rubber extension handle that attaches to the seat belt strap to make it easier to reach, and the “7inch Rigid Seat Belt Extender” ($20) that fits into the seat belt buckle receiver to add a few inches of length, making it easier to reach and fasten the buckle.

Gripping devices Safety and security A device that may help ensure your parents’ safety, and provide you and them peace of mind, would be an in-car medical alert system like “splitsecnd.” Offered through Bay Alarm Medical (BayAlarmMedical.com, $30/month), this small device plugs into the

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ing, along with your GPS location. The Raven can also summon emergency help, and provide alerts regarding fuel level, vehicle-related maintenance problems and service reminders, if your car offers onboard diagnostics. The Raven can be purchased on Amazon.com for $299. Service plans range from $8 to $32 a month depending on the amount of video and other services used. To learn more, see https://raven.is. Send your questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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If your parents have hand arthritis that makes gripping the steering wheel, turning the ignition key, or twisting open the gas cap difficult or painful, consider these products. The “SEG Direct Steering Wheel Cover” ($15) fits over the steering wheel to make it

vehicle’s cigarette lighter to provide 24/7 roadside and emergency assistance at the push of a button, automatic crash detection and response, and GPS vehicle location and monitoring capabilities. Another device, called the Raven dashcam, sits on top of your dashboard. It provides turn-by-turn GPS directions, but has many other features. Information can be sent to loved ones to let them know when you’re on the road and when you return home safely. A history of driving trips is also accessible via an app. Live video from both inside and outside your car can also be sent to family to let them see you and what you’re experienc-

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larger and easier to grip. The “Ableware Hole-In-One Key Holder” ($9) is a small plastic handle that attaches to the car key to provide additional leverage for turning the key in the ignition or door. And for help at the pump, the “Gas Cap & Oil Cap Opener by Gascapoff” ($12) is a long handled device that works like a wrench to loosen and tighten the gas cap. All of these products can be purchased online on Amazon.com. Just type the name of the products in the search bar to find them.

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WHAT ALOE CAN ALLEVIATE Aloe vera can help with dry skin, burns, bug bites, eczema and more FREE CHECK-INS Maryland is the first state to offer a free daily service to call older residents CHOW DOWN ON CHOWDER Try a recipe that combines fresh summer corn and sautéed salmon SECOND TIME AROUND Answering questions from readers considering a second marriage

Lower blood pressure may prevent dementia By Marilynn Marchione Lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended not only helps prevent heart problems, it also cuts the risk of mental decline that often leads to Alzheimer’s disease, a major study finds. It’s the first time a single step has been clearly shown to help prevent a dreaded condition that has had people trying crossword puzzles, diet supplements, and a host of other things in hope of keeping their mind sharp. In the study, people treated to lower their top blood pressure reading to 120 instead of 140 were 19 percent less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment. They also had fewer signs of damage on brain scans, and there was a possible trend toward fewer cases of dementia. “This is a big breakthrough,” said Dr. Jeff Williamson of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina. “It’s more important than ever to work with your physician to ensure that you have good blood pressure control.” He led the study and gave results in late July at the Alzheimer’s Association Inter-

national Conference in Chicago. They’re considered preliminary until published, expected later this year.

The brain-blood pressure link About 50 million people worldwide have dementia, and Alzheimer’s is the most common type. There is no cure — current medicines such as Aricept and Namenda just ease symptoms — so prevention is key. Roughly half of adults in the United States have high blood pressure under guidelines adopted last year that define it as a top number of 130 or more, rather than 140. Normal is under 120. High pressure can damage blood vessels and has long been linked to a higher risk for dementia. But it’s not been known if lowering pressure would reduce that risk or by how much. The federally funded study was designed to test this in the most rigorous way. The study involved more than 9,300 people with high pressure. Half got two medicines, on average, to get their top reading below 140. The rest got three drugs, on average, and aimed for 120. During the study, the top pressure averaged 121 in the intensive-

treatment group and 135 in the other group. The study was stopped in 2015, nearly two years early, when it became clear that lower pressure helped prevent heart problems and deaths. But tests of thinking skills continued for two more years, and these new results were revealed recently. Researchers saw a 19 percent lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, in the intensive-treatment group — 285 cases versus 348 in the higher pressure group. About half of people with MCI develop dementia over the next five years. “It’s really more important to prevent MCI than dementia in some ways. It’s like preventing high cholesterol rather than a heart attack,” Williamson said. There also were fewer dementia cases in the intensive-treatment group, but there were too few to say lower blood pressure was the reason. Dementia takes longer to develop than mild impairment does, so doctors think the difference may widen over time. MRI scans on 454 participants showed that those in the lower pressure group had less white matter lesions — areas of scarring or damage from injury, such as inade-

quate blood supply. “It matches” the other results on thinking skills, and bolsters the evidence that lowering blood pressure helps, said Laurie Ryan, a dementia scientist at the National Institute on Aging.

How low to go? This study’s previous results led to last fall’s guidelines change, setting high pressure at 130. Some doctors have criticized that as too aggressive. But the new results, showing benefits to the brain, “support and maybe even extend the guidelines,” Williamson said. “The goal of below 130 is extremely important.” The study did not test specific blood pressure drugs. Instead, each participant’s doctor chose which ones to use from the more than a dozen available. Getting to the lower level meant using one more medicine, and “90 percent of these are generic and cost less than a dollar a day,” Williamson said. “For a modest cost, this has a tremendously important health benefit for people.” — AP

Cracking knuckles, fighting forgetfulness Questions and answers from Harvard Medical School Q: People keep telling me to stop cracking my knuckles. Does it cause arthritis? A: Knuckle cracking is a common behavior enjoyed by many. It can become a habit or a way to deal with nervous energy; some describe it as a way to “release tension.” For some, it’s simply an annoying thing that other people do. Despite how common it is, there has been considerable debate regarding where the noise comes from. Fortunately — at least for those of us who are curious about it — knuckle cracking has been the subject of a fair amount of research. The “cracking” of knuckle cracking seems to be produced by increasing the space between finger joints. This causes gas bubbles in the joint fluid to collapse or burst. It’s a bit like blowing up a balloon and then stretching the walls of the balloon outward until it pops. The reason you can’t crack the same

knuckle or joint twice right away is that it takes some time for the gas bubbles to accumulate again in the joint. Cracking the knuckles is probably harmless. Although there have been occasional reports of dislocations or tendon injuries from overly vigorous knuckle cracking, such problems seem very much to be the exception and not the rule. One of the most convincing bits of evidence suggesting that knuckle cracking is harmless comes from a California physician who reported on an experiment he conducted on himself. Over his lifetime, he regularly cracked the knuckles of only one hand. He checked x-rays on himself after decades of this behavior and found no difference in arthritis between his hands. A larger study came to a similar conclusion. The origin of most joint noises, such as popping sounds or cracking of the knees when squatting, is uncertain. They may come from the kneecap rubbing on the bones below, or a tendon sliding across an irregular surface.

However, in the absence of pain, swelling or other joint symptoms, these sounds are probably nothing to be concerned about, and there is no reliable way to silence them. If you want to crack your knuckles, it’s unlikely to cause you harm. But if you want someone else to stop cracking their knuckles, you’ll need a better reason than telling them they’re ruining their joints. — Howard LeWine, M.D., Q: Why do people become more forgetful as they age? A: It’s common to have moments of forgetfulness about where we put the keys, why we walked into a room, or what an object is called. This reflects age-related changes in thinking skills. Over time we can expect a decline in all areas of brain function, with the exception of vocabulary. Memory involves three processes: encoding, recording and retrieval. The brain receives and encodes (takes in) new information; the brain then records (stores) the information; finally, the brain retrieves information when you need it.

Many brain regions are involved in this process. For example, the cerebral cortex — the large outer layer of the brain — acquires new information as input from our senses. The amygdala tags information as being worthy of storage. Nearby, the hippocampus stores memories. And the frontal lobes help us consciously retrieve information. Many people notice a difference in memory starting in their 50s. That’s when age-related chemical and structural changes can begin in brain regions involved with memory processing, such as the hippocampus or the frontal lobes. These changes may slow processing speed, making it hard to recall familiar names or words. Other factors may be at play as well. Working memory — a mental scratch pad that allows us to use important information throughout the day — is susceptible to depression, anxiety and stress. And a lack of sleep can affect the brain’s retention and use of information. See FORGETFULNESS, page 7

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How to know if you have food sensitivities By Esther L. Ellis., R.D. Food intolerances are on the rise. Today more than nine million adults suffer from food allergies. The Internet is rife with ads for “food sensitivity” testing kits, and some healthcare providers offer quick testing to find the foods that ail you. However, many tests can give false results, which may do more harm than good.

Food intolerances usually depend on the portion, meaning the risky food can typically be tolerated in small quantities. Although symptoms can be like those of a food allergy, the two are not the same. A food allergy is the result of an immune response: the body recognizes the food as a threat, which results in a range of symptoms, from mild ones like hives or itchy mouth, to serious ones like difficulty breathing or even death.

Food sensitivities defined There is no commonly accepted definition for food sensitivity. It’s often used interchangeably with food intolerance, which occurs when a food or ingredient is poorly absorbed in the digestive tract and results in an adverse reaction, such as bloating, diarrhea, skin rashes or hives. Occasionally, food intolerances can be caused by an enzyme deficiency, which can become more common with age.

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• Divide information into chunks. It’s easier to store little bits through working memory. For example, if you’re trying to memorize a speech, focus on getting only one sentence or idea down at a time, not the whole speech in one take. — Robert H. Shmerling, M.D. Howard LeWine, M.D., is an internist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Robert H. Shmerling, M.D., is associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and clinical chief of rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. For additional consumer health information, visit www.health.harvard.edu. © 2018 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights Reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

From page 6 Here are some tips to make the most of the way your memory works now. • Repeat what you hear out loud, such as someone’s name, an address or a new idea. Repetition increases the likelihood you’ll record the information and be able to retrieve it later. With each repetition, your brain has another opportunity to encode the information, so the connections between brain cells are reinforced. • Make notes to remind you of people you need to call, errands to run, and appointments to make/keep. We are much better at recognition than recall. With recognition, such as reading a list, you have additional hooks or hints that help you find the information you’re looking for.

A food intolerance can be difficult to diagnose because small amounts of the food may not cause adverse symptoms, and there are very few clinical tests that diagnose food intolerances. A popular test on the Internet and among naturopaths is serum immunoglobulin E (igE), which measures the amount of antibodies in the blood as a reaction to a

specific food substance. However, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) recommends against this test, as it has a high falsepositive rate, and dietary modification is not necessary if there are no signs or symptoms. The NIAID also recommends against basophil histamine release/activation, lymphocyte stimulation, hair analysis, allergen-specific IgG, cytotoxicity assays, electro-dermal test (Vega), and mediator release assay (LEAP diet) food sensitivity testing, because they lack scientific evidence. The best way to determine a food intolerance is to keep a food diary, tracking all foods eaten, portion sizes, and a list of

symptoms that occur afterwards. After two to four weeks, determine any patterns or connections between foods, portion sizes and symptoms. Then, eliminate all distrusted foods for a week and re-introduce them one at a time to examine your reaction. Consult a registered dietitian to guide the elimination process, ensure all nutrient needs are met, and assist in finding alternatives to replace banished foods. Reprinted with permission from Environmental Nutrition, a monthly publication of Belvoir Media Group, LLC. 800-829-5384. www.EnvironmentalNutrition.com. © 2018 Belvoir Media Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Aloe vera plant has many impressive uses Aloe vera made a couple of headlines recently. The first was when the actress Drew Barrymore dabbed some on a facial sore and it instantly took out the redness. The second was when Prop 65 regulations in California called out a known carcinogen in aloe vera called “aloin.” But don’t worry, aloe will never get banned! Not to be morbid from the get-go, but extracted compounds from this spiky succulent plant were used in the Middle East during ancient times to clean dead bodies and prepare them for burial. Plants of aloe give us two very different substances: one is called “gel” and the other is called “latex.” Both have medicinal value.

The gel is the clear part that comes from the center of the leaf. You know it well. It looks like jelly, and it’s what you put on your skin for cuts and minor burns. The aloe latex is visible just beneath the plant’s outer skin, and it’s yellow in color. This has a laxative effect on the body. Aloe is very useful for psoriasis, food sensitivities, diabetes, gastritis and gingivitis. If these topics interest you, I have a longer version of this article that I’ll email to you if you sign up to receive my free health newsletter at suzycohen.com. Right now, here are 10 things you can use your aloe plant for: 1. Moisturize yourself Mix some into your favorite lotion and put on your face or arms.

2. Heal bug bites people like this; others react poorly. Dab aloe gel directly onto painful or 9. Succulent facial itchy bug bites, or first comDo you want softer skin bine the aloe in the palm of and more radiance without your hand with some hydrospending a fortune on fancy cortisone cream. creams? Apply the gel to your 3. Cool off burns cheeks and forehead and rest Squeeze a dab of aloe vera for 15 minutes. Rinse and pat into traditional burn ointment dry. and use on superficial burns. 10. Soothe a sunburn 4. Soothe eczema itch Snap off a stalk from your You can buy any salt or sugar aloe plant and apply the clear scrub that feels good to you gel onto the sunburned area DEAR and just mix in aloe vera gel. for a natural cooling balm. It PHARMACIST 5. Ease dandruff helps with redness and inflamBy Suzy Cohen Find a selenium sulfidemation. based shampoo and add some These uses sound great, aloe vera gel to the shampoo, then mas- and they are for most people. Occasionsage into your scalp. ally with aloe, you hear of unexpected 6. Fix gingivitis problems such as diarrhea, skin or eye Squeeze some aloe vera gel onto your irritation, and possibly dehydration from toothbrush and brush like normal. the laxative effect. 7. Shave your legs This information is opinion only. It is not Instead of using expensive, perfumed intended to treat, cure or diagnose your conshaving cream on your legs, use aloe vera dition. Consult with your doctor before using gel. any new drug or supplement. 8. Get moving Suzy Cohen is a registered pharmacist There are commercially prepared prod- and the author of The 24-Hour Pharmacist ucts, marketed as dietary supplements, and Real Solutions from Head to Toe. To which might help with constipation. Some contact her, visit www.SuzyCohen.com.

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Health Shorts Free daily calls offered to seniors Maryland is the first state in the country to start a free service to check on older residents by telephone. Those who request the service will receive a call every day at a regularly scheduled time pre-selected by the participant. If the participant does not answer their first call, their number will be tried two more times. If those calls also go unanswered, calls will be made to notify an alternative person who is selected by the participant during

program enrollment. This could be a relative, neighbor or friend. The alternate will then be encouraged to check on the participant who did not respond to the day’s calls. Any Maryland resident who is 65 or older may participate using a land line or cell phone. They must choose a preferred time to be called, either between 8 and 10 a.m. or 2 and 4 p.m. To register to be part of the Senior Call Check Program, go to http://bit.ly/ CallCheck or call 1-800-243-3425.

FDA approves drug derived from marijuana U.S. health regulators recently ap-

proved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law, despite growing legalization for recreational and medical use. The Food and Drug Administration approved the medication, called Epidiolex, to treat two rare forms of epilepsy in patients 2 years and older. But it’s not quite medical marijuana. The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a chemical ingredient found in the cannabis plant — but not the one that gets users high. FDA officials said the drug reduced seizures when combined with older epilepsy drugs. It’s not yet clear why the ingredient, called cannabidiol, or CBD, reduces seizures in some people with epilepsy.

British drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals studied the drug in more than 500 children and adults with hard-to-treat seizures, overcoming numerous legal hurdles that have long stymied research into cannabis. FDA chief Scott Gottlieb said his agency had supported research on cannabis-derived products “for many years.” “This approval serves as a reminder that sound development programs that properly evaluate active ingredients contained in marijuana can lead to important medical therapies,” Gottlieb told reporters. The FDA has previously approved synthetic versions of another cannabis ingredient for medical use, including severe weight loss in patients with HIV. —AP

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Helping COPD patients take their medicine By Carol Sorgen Over 24 million people in the U.S. have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It is the third-leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability. COPD is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. It can cause coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and other symptoms. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD. Most people who have COPD smoke

or used to smoke. However, up to 25 percent of people with COPD never smoked. Longterm exposure to other lung irritants — such as air pollution, chemical fumes or dusts — also may contribute to COPD. COPD symptoms can lead to worse quality of life, more doctor visits, hospitalizations, and increased symptoms of depression and anxiety. There are many approved new medicines to help people with COPD manage

their symptoms. Despite this, many patients still have a difficult time breathing or have frequent exacerbations. One possible explanation for this is that people may not be taking their medicines as prescribed.

fect of medication adherence on COPD progression in a diverse group. This study is sponsored by the National Institutes for Health and is led Johns Hopkins doctors.

Taking part in the study Resisting medication Research studies show that only 25 percent of COPD patients take most of their prescribed medicines, while pharmacy data shows that COPD patients get refills of their medicines at lower rates than patients with other chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Not taking medicine for COPD as prescribed can lead to negative health outcomes in the long run for patients. There has been very little research looking at how patients take their COPD medicines. In order to create interventions to help patients, doctors need to know how COPD patients manage their symptoms on a day-to-day basis. Different COPD patients may need different interventions due to their disease, beliefs about illness, treatment plans, and presence of multiple chronic medical conditions. A new study has been designed to identify potential ideas for behavioral interventions in COPD. Known as the Medication Adherence Research in COPD study (MARC), it will be the first to look at the ef-

Johns Hopkins is now recruiting 360 COPD patients for the study, who will be compensated for their time. Patients may be considered for the MARC study if they are: • over the age of 40, • have been diagnosed with COPD, • and are currently prescribed a long term/daily medication for COPD. Potential participants will first visit Johns Hopkins Bayview campus for lung function testing to determine if they are eligible for the study. If eligible, patients will participate in the study for two years, visiting Johns Hopkins Bayview every six months to measure their lung function and other health indicators. Everyone in the study will be given electronic devices that dispense and monitor medication taken. In addition, participants will get telephone calls to talk to researchers about their health and medication adherence. To learn more or to volunteer, call (410) 550-1505 or (410) 550-1032.

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Fresh corn shines in salmon corn chowder By Katie Workman Certain foods just need to be made and eaten at least once a summer. Corn chowder (or chowdah, as my in-laws would say) is one. And if you are in a place where the ears of fresh sweet corn are piled high at the market (often for pennies an ear), then you must make it more than once. There are lots of ways to go — simple, seafood, creamy, chunky. This recipe is loaded with nuggets of sauteed salmon, and qualifies as a main course chowder, if you wish. If you have other kinds of fish or seafood, you can sub them in. Clams, scallops, cod — all delicious. Just make sure they are in soup-appropriate bite-size pieces. You can sauté them as directed in the recipe, but if they are left over from another summer meal, then you can skip that step.

Salmon Corn Chowder Servings: 8 Start to finish: 40 minutes 2 pounds skinless salmon fillets 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/3 cup minced shallots 6 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth 6 Yukon gold potatoes (about 2 pounds), scrubbed and cut into 1/2-inch dice 4 cups corn kernels (from about 8 ears) 1 cup half-and-half 3 tablespoons minced fresh dill Kosher or coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste For garnish (choose one or both): Sliced scallions Crumbled cooked bacon (optional) Minced fresh dill

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Visitors to the American Visionary Art Museum’s newest exhibition, “PARENTING: An Art Without a Manual,” will pass beneath an arch emblazoned with the comic warning, “Parenthood — the scariest ‘hood you’ll ever go through.” The nearly year-long exhibit will focus public attention on what might be humanity’s most essential performance art — the intuitive, transformative and complex art of parenting. The exhibition showcases works by 36 artists, created out of every conceivable medium, to best express their own personal life experience of parenting and being parented — be it good, bad, horrific, and/or sublime, alongside revelations from the latest scientific research, globally sourced wisdoms, and fun. The museum is located at 800 Key Hwy. For more information, call (410) 2441900 or visit www.avam.org.

Cut the salmon into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter. Add half the salmon and sauté just until the outside turns opaque, about 2 minutes. Remove from the skillet with a slotted spoon, melt the remaining tablespoon of butter, and repeat with the other half of the salmon. Over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil in a stockpot or very large saucepan. Add the shallots and sauté until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the broth, increase the heat to high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the potatoes. Partially cover the pot, keep the broth at a simmer, and cook until the potatoes are tender, 12 to 15 minutes. In a blender or food processor, combine 1 cup of the corn kernels with the half-andhalf. Use a slotted spoon to scoop out about 1/2 cup of cooked potatoes and add

those to the bender, and puree until smooth. Add the mixture along with the remaining corn kernels and the dill back into the pot, and return to just barely a simmer. Simmer gently for 2 minutes, add the partially cooked salmon, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for another 2 minutes until the salmon is just cooked through.

Taste and adjust seasonings as needed, and serve hot with whatever garnishes you like. Nutrition information per serving: 315 calories; 107 calories from fat; 12 g. fat (3 g. saturated; 0 g. trans fats); 53 mg. cholesterol; 331 mg. sodium; 32 g. carbohydrate; 3 g. fiber; 5 g. sugar; 23 g. protein. —AP

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BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS

To identify your unique body makeup and associated health risks, UM St. Joseph Medical Center will hold a free body composition analysis event on Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The Tanita SC-331S professional scale uses Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) to determine weight, body fat, BMI, total body water, muscle mass, metabolic rate and more. Appointment is required. To register or for more information, call (410) 337-1337 or visit www.umms.org/sjmc/community/eve

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Some challenges of second marriages Dear Solutions: very beautiful, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about to marry a widower (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m should give in. What do you think? divorced) who has a very â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Second Time Around large beautiful house. Dear Second: My fiancĂŠ lived there Be careful. Sounds like his with his wife and children â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cozy Cottageâ&#x20AC;? could become all through the years and your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Haunted Houseâ&#x20AC;?! even has an office there. A house is not a home unHe wants me to move into less you can make it yours. I the house, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ver y believe strongly that when two nervous about it. people are starting a new life I want him to sell it, and together they should start it in weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re beginning to argue a new place that will be theirs. SOLUTIONS about it. His wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furnishNot only do you feel like a By Helen Oxenberg, ings are everywhere, and I stranger in that house, but even MSW, ACSW feel her in every room. His if you refurnish, his sons, who sons definitely feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;theirâ&#x20AC;? house. lived there with their mother, may look at He insists that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practical to live you as an intruder and resent your presence. there, and jokingly calls it his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cozy Make it an exciting adventure to start Cottage.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tempting because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out together in a new environment. A new

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Winning photographers’ unique worldview By Carol Sorgen Whether they’re exploring the world at large or right outside their window, the award-winning photographers of the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts see the world through a different lens — both literally and figuratively. Whether you’re inspired, entertained, enchanted or awe-struck, you will be sure to be touched by what they have seen and chosen to show us. The following winners were selected from among 208 entries.

First Place Vella Kendall, Monkton, Md. A r etir ed nurse who worked for many years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s dedicated HIV unit, Kendall’s development as a photographer was sparked one day when she was asked to take photos of her colleagues on the night shift. Since then, the 71-yearold has taken photography classes through the Community College of Baltimore County and Johns Hopkins’ Odyssey Program. But she says she is largely selftaught, “with help from my husband, who would have to change my lenses because I was afraid to!” “I found photography was a great stress reliever from my job. I would come home after my shift and photograph flowers that my husband would plant for me,” Kendall said. “Then I noticed the little bugs on the flowers, and became fascinated with them, especially after enlarging [their images] on the computer.” When her husband put up bird feeders and Kendall bought a telephoto lens to pho-

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The first place, second place, third place and honorable mention winners in the Celebration of the Arts competition will be receiving their awards at the Beacon’s 50+Expos, which will take place in Springfield, Va., from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, and in Silver Spring, Md., from noon

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For an opportunity to view many of the winning artworks in person, mark your calendar to visit the Celebration of the Arts winners’ exhibit at the Edward A. Myerberg Center, 3101 Falstaff Rd., in Baltimore, Md. from Oct. 24 through Nov. 15, 2018. Hours: Mon-Thurs., 8 a.m. to

3 p.m. Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A larger exhibit of all winning entries will take place at the Pepco E Street Gallery, 702 8th St. NW, in Washington, D.C. from Nov. 28 through Dec. 19, 2018. The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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Members of the Celebration advisory board In addition to the jurors, profiled on page B8, a panel of advisors from a spectrum of organizations and companies helped shape and support the Celebration of the Arts. Members are: • Rosie AllenHerring, president and CEO of the United Way of the National Capital Area. Formerly, she was the Managing Director of the Community Investment and Engagement Division at Fannie Mae. AllenHerring holds key leadership roles with several business and civic organizations, including serving on the board of directors

for the Greater Washington Board of Trade, MedStar Health, Inc., District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Washington Area Women’s Foundation, and the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation’s Capital. • Yumi Hogan, who also judged the painting and drawing category of the competition. Hogan served as honorary chair of the board. Her bio can be found on page B8. • Linda Mathes, chief executive officer of American Red Cross of the National Capital Area. Mathes was recently named one of

Washingtonian magazine’s “100 Most Power ful Women.” She is also a member of the Emergency Preparedness Council of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Gover nments and a board member of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. • Jonathan Stevens, senior vice president for thought leadership

at AARP. He works on identifying, aggregating and elevating global leaders who are focusing on issues that concern the 50+ community. Working with both internal and external stakeholders, his team includes specialists in financial resilience, health and wellness, economics and international affairs. Previously, Stevens was the chief innovations officer for Family Matters of Greater Washington. • Joann Vaughan, executive director of Maryland Federation of Art, the artists’ organization that coordinated and hosted the entries in the competition. Vaughan has worked with the federation for the last 10 years. Previously, she created and ran the Annapolis Book Festival and was director of education and training for Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity.

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ence rooms and hotels throughout the country. Weiblinger said the process of photography allows him to transform everyday objects and images into art. “I use creative lighting to not only illuminate my subjects but also to give them a dream-like, surreal quality.” His images have included colorful flowers, unique still lifes, maritime images and landscapes, both as individual photos and themed series. “When people see my

work, I would like them to find a new appreciation of the world around them,” Weiblinger said. “My current goal is to build on my prior experience and to challenge myself by refining my personal artistic style and creative qualities...Each person will view my images a little differently, and that is as it should be.”

were awarded honorable mention: Beth Altman, Washington, D.C. Brad Balfour, Potomac, Md. Margaret Ann Chambers, Upper Marlboro, Md. Judith Ann Guenther, Springfield, Va. David Allen Harris, Washington, D.C. James Francis Hollan, Arnold, Md. Philip Kanter, Pikesville, Md. Addison Newton Likins, La Plata, Md. Rodney Errol Mathis, Oxon Hill, Md. Nan Thompson, Nottingham, Md.

From page B1 and moved into landscape and fine art images. “I’m totally self-taught, all seat-of-thepants learning,” he said. He’s traveled all over the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and maintains a website where he posts many of his favorite images. (See www.weiblingerphotography.smugmug.co m.). A number of his images have been purchased, and are hanging in offices, confer-

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Multi-dimensional artists show their skill By Robert Friedman Sculpture, jewelry, pottery, mixedmedia and more comprised the 172 entries in the Sculpture/Jewelry/Pottery/Mixed Media category of the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts. Here’s a look at the three top winners.

First place Nathalie Pouliquen, Bethesda, Md. “I intend to pay tribute to the reality of the world, to its beauty — apparent or hidden,” said painter-sculptor Nathalie Pouliquen, who won not just first place for one of her sculptures and an honorable mention for another, but whose oil-on-canvas won third place in the painting and drawing category. “All media interests me — watercolor, pastel, acrylic or oil in painting, and working with clay, wood or stone in sculpture,” said the 59-year-old, a onetime urban planner. Her first prize-winning sculpture, “The Embrace,” is a 10” x 21” x 7” limestone and wood statue of a couple entwined in each other’s arms. The work was “the result of a long creative process combining the taking into account of the physical constraints

of the material and my desire to celebrate the beauty of creation, the advent of life,” said the artist. Pouliquen said that she had no formal training before she began in 2003 “to translate my surroundings into two and three dimensions.” Since 2015, after some 30 years, she has gone back to school, studying Fine Arts at Montgomery College in Rockville, Md. “My first academic goal is to get an associate’s degree in fine arts, then, perhaps, to get a bachelor’s degree,” she said. Her long-term goal is “to work in the arts conservation field.” All this studying, she indicated, would not interfere with her creativity. “Gratitude at being alive is the purpose of my art work,” she said. “Life must be the expression of freedom in a continuous flow of exploring, learning, sharing.” Born in Provence, France — birthplace and adopted home of many great 19th and

20th century artists, such as Cezanne, Van Gogh and Picasso — Pouliquen is a graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris. Her degree was in geography. For the past 20 years, she has been an “expatriate,” living in Slovakia, the United Kingdom, China and, for the last six years, in the D.C. area. She currently lives in Bethesda. She is the mother of three. Despite her very evident talent, Pouliquen has not yet had a gallery or museum exhibition. “I have only managed to sell my artworks as an amateur, through shows organized with friends, at the French Embassy, the International Monetary Fund, World Bank or in private locations,” she said. Perhaps the publishing of her Celebration of the Arts wins, coupled with the display of three of her works at the Pepco Edison Street Gallery this fall, will help launch her career.

his wife, Megan, who was working in interior design, brought home an issue of Architectural Digest. It featured a home decorated in the Arts and Crafts movement style. “As soon as I saw this article, I said to myself: ‘This is me!’ The simplicity appealed to my pragmatic and functional nature,” he said. He took lessons through a woodworking club in Laurel, where the couple was living at the time, and made several pieces of furniture. “Along the way, I began to notice the copper work of the Arts and Crafts period,” Smith said. “I was attracted to the beauty of aged copper, and the way the metal smiths left the final series of hammer marks in the decoration. “I was especially attracted to the lighting from this period, which featured copper-framed shades with mica panels. The soft amber glow of the mica is reminiscent of the gas lights from the early 1900s.” Thus, his prize-winning lamp, and Smith’s dedication to metal-working. “It is deeply satisfying to make lamps and other items for our home and for gifts,” Smith said. “There is something very special about hand-made items.”

Third place Second place Michael Smith, Columbia, Md. When he is not working on new ways to predict floods and droughts at the National Weather Service, Michael Smith is spending time at home on his hobby as an arts and crafts metalsmith. Among other things, the 59-year-old research hydrologist crafts lamps, such as the “hand-wrought copper lamp with 4panel mica shade and four sockets” that earned him the second place prize in the contest. The desk-sized lamp is both sturdy in its brass base and stylish in its mica shade. Smith said he turned to metalworking “as a hobby” 17 years ago. Among other things, his goal was to work as the artisans did in the early 20th century when, as a reaction to ordinary machine-made objects, they began an Arts and Crafts movement that revived the guild crafts of earlier times. He recalled that, one day in the 1990s,

Victor Peter Dyni, Washington, D.C. Dyni, 84, was chief music librarian for the D.C. Public Libraries until he retired in 1996, and also performed as a “professional-amateur” pianist for 75 years. He now channels his creativity into stained glass, the medium that won him third place in the Celebration of the Arts. “Lady in Glass,” his 11” x 33” creation featuring a tall, slender woman in a long, multi-colored dress, is based on “no one in particular — just a figment of my imagination,” he said. The female figure came from a line drawing he made some months ago, “and I just thought this drawing would be good for stained glass,” he said. The piece was created in about 10 to 12 hours of work over several days, he said. “I just try the colors piece-by-piece, and I decide whether they go together or not. I work mostly in patterns, geometric designs. You could say my finished creation is by accident.” Dyni noted that stained glass designs “have attracted me all my life,” and he began working in the medium “as a hobby” some 20 years ago, after he was fully retired from his library service. See 3D ART, page B7

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Painters pick up a palette after long careers By Carol Sorgen The winners of the Painting and Drawing division of the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts competition prove the adage “it’s never too late.” Three winners and 12 honorable mentions were selected from among 418 entries in the competition. Most of these talented painters had long, fulfilling careers in other fields. Only after retirement did our top winners take up the art form as a pleasurable pursuit. For them, winning awards is just the icing on the cake.

First Place Clara Herner, Silver Spring, Md. Clara Herner is 86 and the mother of three “wonder ful” children and six grandchildren, who now call her Grandma Moses. For the last two years, Herner has taken art classes from Steve Hanks at the Holiday Park Senior Center. Her winning piece was created for a class project. “I always wanted to try my hand at art, but waited until I retired,” said Herner, who grew up in North Carolina, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and went to graduate school at Florida State University, where she met her husband. During her professional life, she worked as a social worker, pre-school director for the Montgomery County Chapter of the YWCA, and internal auditor for Montgomery College for 22 years. Herner, an avid gardener, enjoys painting flowers and landscapes, and uses her kitchen table as her studio. She is partial to watercolors. “I love the freedom to see how the paint can change by using various techniques, and the way the water moves with color.” But for her winning piece, she utilized materials and an approach that was entirely new to her. She etched several different photographs of her face into linoleum blocks and printed images from these using different colors of

acrylic paint. She then glued the images to a board “and pulled the whole picture together with acrylic paint.” It took her about six weeks of class time. Herner loves learning new techniques. “I want to explore as many different methods as I can,” she said. She’s taking drawing classes this summer and is working with pastels for the first time, and has been teaching herself encaustic painting (also called hot wax painting) through online videos. When she’s not painting, Herner loves to read, sing in her church choir, swim, attend Bible study and concerts, and get together with friends for lunch and conversation. When Holiday Park art classes resume in the fall, Herner will be back in school. “I don’t know enough about art. I’ve just started learning,” she said.

Capestany’s artwork is inspired primarily by the natural world. “The land, wildlife and objects that surround me at home, or that I come across in my travels, are a source of joy and curiosity,” she said. Like Clara Herner, Capestany is partial to watercoloring, which she calls the “most spontaneous medium.” It allows her to paint everyday scenes in a dreamy way if she chooses, but also to “capture the texture and patterns found in nature in a realistic and deliberate way.” Capestany is a member of the Potomac Valley Watercolorists Society, a juried organization of watercolor painters, and has exhibited at various venues. She is also a member of the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, where she shows her work, and where she recently received an “Honorable Mention” for her miniature painting, “Squirrel Study.”

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Cecilia Capestany, Alexandria, Va. Although Cecilia Capestany, 64, attended painting classes when she was a youngster, and took a number of art history classes in college, she ultimately decided to pursue graduate studies in

Nathalie Pouliquen, Bethesda, Md. Nathalie Pouliquen, the third place winner in Painting and Drawing, was also the first place winner in the Sculpture/Jewelry/Pottery/Mixed Media division. You can read about her in our article about that division’s winners, “Multi-dimensional artists show their skill,” on page B-4.

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Works from the following artists were awarded honorable mention: John Anderson, Beltsville, Md. Brenda Claiborne, Fort Washington, Md. Virginia Gordon, Cockeysville, Md. Roselyn Harding, Baltimore, Md. Benjamin A. Jackson, Silver Spring, Md. Karla Kombrink, Alexandria, Va. Loretta Lechlider, Silver Spring, Md. Mary Jane McKee, Potomac, Md. Perry Dale Skaggs, Mechanicsville, Va. Diana Ulanowicz, Elliott City, Md. Steven Marshall Waugh, Fallston, Md. Martha Weiss, Washington, D.C.

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Wide variety of creative poetry submitted By Rebekah Alcalde From children’s poems to narrativestyle storytelling, the poetry category of the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts saw many submissions from all types of poets, each with their unique style and themes. There were no restrictions on the genre of poetry, and poets did not disappoint with their creativity. The 124 entries were judged by Wendy R. Kaplan, poet laureate of the City of Alexandria, Va., who selected the following first, second and third place winners, as well as 12 honorable mentions.

First Place Liliana Dossola, McLean, Va. Since she was a little girl, Liliana Dossola has loved poetry. She gives credit to her mom, who often read to her poems by her favorite writers Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Federico García Lorca and Gabriela Mistral. She also recalls her Aunt Ophelia reciting poetry in theaters. The presence of poetry in her home inspired a deep love and respect for the art form — so much so that she often writes them in her head while doing daily tasks,

like driving or walking. In fact, her first place winning poem, “The Nest,” was composed recently based on her experience with a bird in her garage. The anecdotal poem follows her initial annoyance at finding a bird and her nest in the garage — it flies inside, making her duck for cover, and is noisy — and her eventual sadness when it is accidentally killed by her cat. As in “The Nest,” Dossola usually writes her poems directly from experience. “I lived it. I had feelings for it [the bird]. I was so sad that I wrote the poem,” she said. She makes particular use of imagery to evoke the range of feelings she experienced, and chose this one to submit based on the good reaction she’s received from friends and family. “It brings emotion, so I thought it would be a good one to send,” she explained. Though she’s had her poems published on several occasions, and even regularly performs at a poetry open mic every month, this is her first time to enter a poem in a competition. Interestingly, Dossola, now 76, who was born in Argentina, said that she prefers to write poetry in English, rather than her native Spanish, because English has the “exact words to say what I need to say.” She finds it’s especially helpful to have

those words to evoke certain emotions and convey sounds. Over the years, she estimates she’s written over 150 poems, both in English and in Spanish, and she has no intention of stopping. “There are some days I’m completely inspired; I just want to sit down and things flow so easily. Other days, no,” she laughed. Her favorite poets are Edna Vincent Millay and Pablo Naruda, who have influenced her own poetry on nature and love. For early drafts, she insists on handwriting her work. She only types them into a computer when she’s satisfied with the finished product.

Second Place Kathleen F. Powers, Springfield, Va. Kathleen Powers gr ew up in Pittsburgh, Pa., during the collapse of the U.S steel industry as it faced incr easing pressure from foreign competition. She noticed how the spouses at home suffered so much as the steel mills closed and their husbands could no longer find work. Their quiet strength and solidarity inspired her so much that she wrote a poem called “The Women Were Alone: A Poem About Pittsburgh,” which placed second in the competition. When notified of her selection, she could hardly believe it. “I’m so excited!” she exclaimed. “Honestly, I don’t even consider myself a writer, so I’m just so stunned.” The demise of the steel mills plunged western Pennsylvania into “deep depression,” Powers said. “I really wrote it out of memory of my mothers and aunts, growing up handling this situation.” After the mills closed, other businesses began to fail as well, and the community felt the harsh economic effects. Though the poem’s tone is somber, Powers hopes readers find a sense of “hope” at the end. The women may have

felt like they were alone through it all, silently taking it all in and doing their best. But they really had each other to lean on. “We women should stick together. Our strength can get us through very dark days,” she said. Powers’ career working as a school librarian fed her love for “all forms of literature and reading.” She retired in 2016. She especially enjoys reading works by naturalist author and poet Diane Ackerman. “I like how she deals with the natural world — a blend of literature, science and nature.” This intertwining of nature and writing has inspired her own work. Shortly after retiring, Powers joined a writing group, where she gained the courage to read from her own poems — and to enter this competition. “I belong to a poetry appreciation group at the Lifetime Learning Institute of Northern Virginia,” she explained. “I read the poem to them, and they encouraged me to submit it.” Now 62, Powers lives in Springfield, Va. with her husband and German shepherds, and enjoys reading voraciously. She wants to tell others that having no experience shouldn’t keep you from writing, seeing as she’s never written before and just won second place. “When I worked, I had a long commute and would think about things and write them down later,” she said. “You should just start writing down things. See where it goes.”

Third Place Thomas Stephens Corbit, Olney, Md. Thomas Stephens Corbit may have worked on a ballistic missile submarine in the past, but he showcases his sensitive side by writing poetry. He placed third for his children’s poem “Roarus Sing Saurus.” See POETRY, page B7

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Poetry From page B6 Corbit cites Dr. Seuss as an inspiration for this particular work, which he hopes appeals to both children and adults — with a “whimsical message to it.” Corbit, who is one-third Cherokee, grew up in Oklahoma and Wisconsin before joining the Navy. He served for six years before being honorably discharged in 1976. Eventually, he moved to Montgomery County and has since settled in Olney, Md., where he draws, paints, makes jewelry and writes poetry. He credits his mother’s position as a teacher with his early instruction to poetry, but thinks it was always inside him, “an inherent feeling,” he added. “I’ve always done it amateur, off and on when it strikes me, from an early age,” he said.

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Though Corbit has never entered a competition before, he regularly shares his work with others. “I get a lot of satisfaction out of [sharing my poems]. It really motivates me,” he said. As with most of his poetry, “Roarus Sing Saurus” is a rhyming poem, similar to that of Dr. Seuss or the rhyming works of Shel Silverstein. Corbit also appreciates classic works, such as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the lyric poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He said he chose to enter the Beacon’s competition after finding out it was aimed at older adults. “I liked the fact that it was appealing to seniors, for their ability and their capabilities, wanting to showcase what seniors can do.” Now 66, he encourages other older adults to try writing poetry. “Just sit down

and start writing. Write how you feel — what strikes your mood,” he suggested. Corbit also submitted some of his other artworks in the Sculpture/jewelry/pottery/mixed media category of the competition, including handmade sterling silver jewelry with gemstones. “I take a lot of inspiration from the Southwest — what the Navajo and plains Indians used to do. My goal is to fabricate and do that type of jewelry, using the same tools they used to use.” In the meantime, he’s very pleased he placed third in poetry, especially since he only has about nine completed poems to his name. He has no plans yet on dabbling with other writing genres, but he’s keeping his options open. “They say everybody has a book [in mind], but I haven’t written it yet,” he said.

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every day and giving piano recitals once a month at retirement homes in the area. Over the years, he has participated three times at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Texas, and at amateur piano festivals in Paris, Berlin and Vienna.

Jennifer L. Blake, Columbia, Md. Norman Frederick Estrin, Silver Spring, Md. Addison Newton Likins, La Plata, Md. Nathalie Pouliquen, Bethesda, Md. Sarah Lee Province, Silver Spring, Md. Christopher Ruch, Ebony, Va. Richard Starr, Crofton, Md. Sharon Lee Weinstein, Ellicott City, Md. Edward C. Wlodarczak, N. Potomac, Md. John J. Yeager, Perry Hall, Md.

From page B4 “I saw a sign in a store window in Kensington that said they give lessons in stained glass, and I enrolled in the classes,” he recalled. While you could say, as Dyni did, that he is “not into religion,” he still greatly admires the stained glass windows in many churches. “The National Cathedral has a number of beautiful windows,” he said He tries to work at his stained glass projects for “an hour or two” each day in the basement studio of his Washington, D.C. home, where he designs, cuts and solders together the glass pieces. He said he often finds himself “getting lost” in his work. “I’m working down there for what I think is about five minutes, then I look at my watch and see I’ve been at it for one or two hours.” Dyni also keeps busy practicing piano

Honorable mentions Works from the following artists were awarded honorable mention: Lorraine Arden, Washington, D.C. Donna J. Battle, Washington, D.C.

Poems from the following artists were awarded honorable mention: Rita Alston, Washington, D.C. Sidney Louise Brown, Alexandria, Va. Jack Calman, Silver Spring, Md. Henry E. Crawford, Silver Spring, Md. Karen Whitney Curry, Washington, D.C. Margarita Magdalena Dilone, Washington, D.C. Eugene C. Harter, Salisbury, Va. Addison Newton Likin, La Plata, Md. Kathleen Loverde, Baltimore, Md. Stephen G. Smith, Odenton, Md. Martha Wessells Steger, Midlothian, Va. Douglas C. Taylor, Silver Spring, Md.

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A tough job faced the Celebration’s jurors By Barbara Ruben With more than 900 paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures, poems and other works of art submitted to the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts, the four jurors had their work cut out for them. “It’s refreshing to see unique perspectives of how people view and document the world,” said Noe Todorovich, executive director of Exposed DC, who judged the more than 200 entries in the Photography category of the competition. The judges selected first, second and third place winners, as well as honorable mentions. The names and locations of the artists were not provided to the jurors. Entries in the Painting and Drawing division were judged by painter Yumi Hogan, whose photo is on page B3. Her artwork, created on traditional Hanji paper with Sumi ink and mixed media, has been featured in art shows and museums in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, South Korea and more, including an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. In addition to her work as an artist, Hogan has juried numerous art exhibitions, including statewide and national competitions for the Maryland Federation of Art. Hogan is also First Lady of Maryland,

married to Gov. Larry Hogan. As First Lady, Hogan has made it a priority to share her love of the arts with Marylanders of all ages through arts education. Since November 2015, she has served as the Honorary Chair of the Council for Arts and Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, working with the University and Baltimore City to promote the arts. Following Gov. Hogan’s diagnosis with Stage 3 nonHodgkin’s lymphoma in 2015, she has taught art classes to patients with cancer and people with disabilities, becoming a strong proponent of art therapy. Entries in the Sculpture/ Jewelry/Pottery/Mixed Media division were judged by Jereme Scott, who has served as Mixed-Media Resident Artist at the Howard County Arts Council since 2009. In 2014, Scott opened a small boutique/gallery called Cotton Duck Art & Apparel in Historic Ellicott City, where he showcases his artwork as well as his original graphics on clothing. His artwork is contemporary, and dramatic, with much of his work focusing on the use of everyday symbols arranged to

create dynamic, underlying narratives. By using bits of humor, social commentary, and dramatic lighting, his artworks tend to challenge the viewers’ sensibilities as well as hold their attention. His artwork has been displayed regionally and nationally, and his clothing designs have been featured at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott also teaches several arts courses at Howard Community College.

Photography Exposed DC, the nonprofit run by photography juror Todorovich, connects photographers of all levels with networking, mentoring and exhibition opportunities throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Todorovich is also a freelance photographer whose work has been featured in the Washington Post, Washington Life, Northern Virginia Magazine, Huffington Post and Capitol Romance. “In jurying the contest, I was looking for images with a strong composition, demonstration of skill in the art form, as well as images that capture or evoke emotion,” Todorovich said. “Photographs that grab and keep your at-

tention go beyond the technical aspects of photography, using the art form to also speak to us emotionally. I was seeking that sort of depth in the photos as well,” she added. The Poetry division winners were selected by Wendi R. Kaplan, poet laureate of the City of Alexandria, Va., who uses her post to bring poetry to people of all ages. [See “Making sense of the world,” the cover story of the April 2018 Greater Washington Beacon]. She enjoys teaching others to express themselves in writing, knowing that poetry gives people a voice, even when they feel they have none. Kaplan is also a clinical social worker and certified poetry therapist who has worked in community services. She has her own psychotherapy practice in the area. Kaplan also writes “Poetry Musings,” a quarterly column for the newsletter of the Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work. She has taught at American University and at George Washington University School of Medicine. “Poetry provides us perspective and possibility. It allows us to explore all of life from so many windows and doors, and opens us up to depth and breadth of life and living. It gives words so that voice can emerge and be heard,” she said.

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particularly important if the deceased person had multiple marriages and families. In addition, with a plan in place, you and your heirs will likely pay substantially less in taxes, fees and court costs, and avoid nasty family battles over your assets after you are gone. Here are four tasks you’ll need to complete to get started: 1. Make a current statement of net worth This is a complete list of all assets, debts and life insurance. Assets will range from houses and personal property, to retirement and bank accounts. Debts will include any loans — a mortgage, home equity, car or credit card debt. Include the approximate value of each asset, as well as the current owner(s) and any beneficiaries. For example, it’s likely that a married couple will jointly own their house. But when it comes to retirement accounts, 401(k)s or individual retirement accounts, most will be in the name of each individual.

It’s vital to account for every asset, even some of the smallest ones. For example, in a California case, two siblings spent almost 10 years in court and more than $750,000 on legal fees in a dispute over who should inherit their father’s surfboard. If the father had identified the heir in his will, they would have likely avoided financing an attorney’s vacation home! 2. Write a letter of intent and instruction After a person has died, disputes often arise. Even if a particular piece of property is given to one person, other heirs often will argue that “Mom and Dad really wanted me to have it.” Writing a letter that explains the reasons — and the intent — for choosing to give a particular asset to a person can forestall needless family strife and legal challenges. The letter should provide as many details as possible. For example, if you have decided to give an heirloom or other sentimental piece of property to only one person, state the reasons and intent behind this gift.

3. Choose the right decision-makers Several people may play key roles in enacting your estate plan, including the executor, as well as possibly a trustee and guardian. The executor, who will serve as your personal representative, often has a complex role. They will need to make important, time-sensitive decisions while the burden of losing a loved one weighs on their emotions. Because of this situation, it may be difficult for a spouse to carry out these duties. If the estate plan includes a trust, a trustee can be chosen to oversee it if your heirs may not have the financial ability to properly manage millions of dollars or other new assets. If you don’t know someone who can fill this role, consider a professional, such as a bank or corporate trustee. The guardian will have legal responsibility for any minor children. If you have minor children, this position requires the See ESTATE PLAN, page 15

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How to make the most of rising CD rates By Lisa Gerstner As the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, banks have been more generous in boosting yields on short-term certificates of deposit than on other types of deposit accounts. Even brick-and-mortar institutions — which lag Internet banks when it comes to pushing up rates on deposit accounts — are loosening the CD purse strings. Recently, with a $5,000 minimum deposit you could earn as much as 2.5 percent on a nationally available one-year CD,

compared with 2 percent on a money market deposit account. With a deposit of only $500, a one-year CD from Marcus by Goldman Sachs yields 2.2 percent. If the published rate on the Marcus CD rises within 10 days after you open an account, you’ll get the higher rate as long as you fund the CD in that period. But investing in a CD now locks in your money at today’s rate. As the year passes, rates on savings and money market accounts are bound to keep rising. (Kiplinger

expects the Fed to increase short-term rates by a quarter percentage point two more times this year and three or four times next year.) As a result, total earnings over a year with a top-yielding savings or money market account will likely be close to that of a high-yielding one-year CD, said Ken Tumin, of DepositAccounts.com. Still, you may favor the guaranteed yields that certificates of deposit provide — especially if you don’t plan to move your

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Estate plan From page 13 most forethought and consideration. The guardian will in many ways be stepping into the role as parent. If you would like your children to attend

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Are you obligated to support your parents? By Knight Kiplinger Question: My retired parents are having a hard time paying for their modest living expenses in Florida, and they might be facing home healthcare or nursing home costs soon. I think my siblings and I should all chip in, but my brother is balking. He says we have no moral obligation to help our parents, and that’s what government assistance is for. What do you think? Answer: I’m with you on this. I think filial responsibility is part of a social contract that’s a well-established tradition in many societies, such as China and India, but less so in western nations like the U.S. Assuming that your parents fulfilled their obligation as good parents — spending a lot of effort and money to get you to adulthood and launching you in life — you and your siblings owe them similar support in their old age (if they truly need it and you’re all able to afford a share). This assistance could mean inviting them to live with you and your siblings’ families in rotation (a common tradition in many societies, as well as in America’s past), helping to pay for assistance in their home, or sharing their nursing

home costs. If some siblings have more wherewithal than others, some can pay more and some can provide more care. This can be negotiated among the siblings, but no one should shirk the obligation to help in some way. A family heart-to-heart talk is called for — among the siblings first, then with Mom and Dad. I’m talking here about a moral obligation, not a legal mandate. On the other hand, 30 states — including California, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, but not New York, the District of Columbia, or your parents’ home state, Florida — have “filial responsibility” laws that require the support of indigent parents by children who can afford some degree of help. These laws are rarely enforced, but that could change as our population rapidly ages and retirement costs accelerate. Have a money-and-ethics question you’d like answered in this column? Write to editor in chief Knight Kiplinger at ethics@kiplinger.com. © 2018 The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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The challenges of aging in the workplace By Mary Kane Teresa Ghilarducci is an economics professor at the New School for Social Research in New York and the director of its Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. She has written extensively on money and retirement, including her newest book, Rescuing Retirement (Columbia University Press, $25) with Tony James, president of the Blackstone Group. In this lightly edited conversation with Associate Editor Mary Kane of Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, Ghilarducci discusses staying on the job as you age and facing uncertainty in your 401(k). Older workers often are encouraged to stay in the workforce, even past retirement age, to fund their retirements. But what is the workplace reality for older employees, and how should they handle it? It’s difficult to kind of stay in the game. Things get harder to do, and it takes longer to learn new things. Raise your hand when it comes to training. Being open and waiting for an opportunity is too passive. Seek ways to train yourself. It could be a weekend class, a weeklong seminar or a course. You build into your performance review that you want to learn new skills. If you weren’t that kind of person before, you ac-

tually have to change your strategy. How per vasive is age discrimination, and how can older workers, both women and men, deal with it? Looking for work is just one aspect of age discrimination. Even more important is how you are treated at work, the raises you might get, the promotions, your risk for layoffs. Data is showing women’s pay, even if they keep their jobs, falls faster than men’s. Inflation erodes it, and you might not get the extra hours or the promotion. Share your pay scale with your male and female colleagues. It will make for moments of awkwardness, but it will pay you back in pay fairness and pay raises. Men, too, face downward mobility at older ages. They are more likely to have to stay in the labor force longer if they have a sick partner. Generationally, the numbers of baby boomers in the workforce will make pay transparency and age discrimination more salient, but only if we stick together. Is it harder for older women to find jobs and to succeed at the office? I give this advice to my mother and to every other woman I know who needs a job: Never refer to your age in a joking manner. We have no idea what effect we are creating when we say things like, “I’m

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having a senior moment.” Don’t let yourself be called old. Don’t talk about your gray hair. I tell people I’m 60. I happen to be 60. And that’s it. Men start to have these same kind of characteristics when they feel they are slipping in their late 60s, but it’s usually 10 years later than women. What are some of the challenges older men face in staying in the workplace? There’s an old way of thinking about seniority and hierarchy at work. It was structured so the kind of knowledge older workers had was quite valuable, like managerial knowledge and the knowledge of how the machines worked. That kind of specific knowledge is not as important now. Technology has sped up and changed the process, and now the hierarchy is flipped. The younger workers may have the

knowledge and skills needed to stay in the game. I think that’s harder for older men than older women. They once had the hierarchy and status. Women never really had it, anyway. You describe 401(k) plans as part of a broken retirement system. Does the recent stock market volatility prove your point? It’s a hashtag 2008 moment again. The record-smashing highs of the stock market did not help people’s retirement accounts. What goes up, comes back down. People feel like their balances are high, but they need to be reminded they need other forms of retirement security. We still need to make Social Security and Medicare strong. And it really is political leaders who need to do that. © 2018 The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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For over 100 years, hardy tourists have chosen to ride mules down steep paths to the floor of the Grand Canyon.

Exploring the Grand Canyon’s grandeur rivers rush among mountain peaks, the Grand Canyon is incised into the elevated Kaibab Plateau. National Geographic calls it a “cross section of the Earth” in America’s Wonderlands. A visitor center poster elaborates: “It’s all about the layers.” Here, nature’s inexorable forces change the landscape oh so slowly. Wind, erosion and ice wear down the walls and pry rocks apart every day. The Colorado River’s sediments scrape the canyon walls like liquid sandpaper.

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By Glenda C. Booth As I stared at the multi-colored layers of the yawning abyss stretching across the horizon for miles, I was immobilized by this geologic layer cake a billion years in the making. It was a pinch-me moment. I first saw a picture-postcard image of the Grand Canyon in the third grade. Then, I could never imagine seeing it for real. But here I was standing 7,000 feet above sea level on the edge of a majestic, twisting, circuitous chasm — the Grand Canyon’s South Rim at Mather Point. I was totally mesmerized by the artistic interplay of natural light and shadow creeping over mammoth formations, orangey terraces and deep crevices, savoring a quiet unlike any other and only interrupted by a raven’s occasional croak. The sun sparkled on the rocky walls one moment and clouds bathed them in blue shadows the next, a shifting kaleidoscopic lightshow. The Grand Canyon is a geologist’s dream. The canyon’s layers — russet, brown, gold, orange, tan, gray, purple, blue and blends of all of the above — tell the history of the Earth during the last billion and a half years. A billion years? That’s hard to get your mind around. It means billions of years of land colliding and drifting apart, mountains forming and eroding, sea levels rising and falling, land freezing and thawing, and water crashing and trickling through. Unlike many canyons that are formed as

One of the seven wonders A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the seven “natural wonders of the world,” the Grand Canyon attracts over six million visitors a year. President Theodore Roosevelt designated it a national monument in 1908 and Congress made it a national park in 1919. It covers over 1.2 million acres from Lees Ferry on the Utah-Arizona border to Grand Wash Basin/cliffs in northwestern Arizona. It is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile deep in places. It has four climactic zones with marked differences. The climate is dry, so dry that it can take 40 years for a tree to grow one foot. For the non-scientific, it has three distinct regions: the Colorado River/canyon floor, the South Rim and the North Rim. The rims, or tops, are no more than 18 miles apart as the raven flies, but for moPHOTO BY GLENDA BOOTH

The Hopi House, a Pueblo-style building constructed in 1905 with local stone and wood, is modeled after Hopi Reservation villages. Today, native tribes sell arts and crafts here, in the Grand Canyon’s Historic Village District.

Visitors peer over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the most popular and accessible rim, which is open to tourists year round. The Canyon is up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep in places. Each year, up to six million tourists visit the massive chasm built by nature over a billion year period. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and national park.

torists, a 220-mile or five-hour drive.

The popular South Rim Ninety percent of visitors go to the South Rim. It has numerous viewpoints, several historic buildings and trail heads. The Grand Canyon Visitor Center at Mather Point offers a 22-minute, introductory video to the park and a geology exhibit. The South Rim has several hiking trails. The 13-mile Rim Trail is the only above-rim trail and the easiest. It parallels the shuttle route, offering the fatigued traveler optional rides en route. Bright Angel trail is the most popular route for rim-to-rim hikers. The steep, strenuous South Kaibab Trail plunges to the canyon floor. Hermit and Grandview Trails, unmaintained routes, offer more primitive hiking experiences. Park rangers caution hikers to be fit, well hydrated, sun protected and sensible. It takes twice the time to hike up and out of the canyon as it does in. Park officials rescue hundreds of hikers every year. Some adventurers prefer the Teddy Roosevelt mode, aboard a mule down winding switchbacks a mile into the depths. Since the late 1800s, people have explored the canyon on mules, the equines of choice because they are sure-footed and strong.

Mule ride enthusiasts say that this trek is not for the faint of heart, as the mules might walk very close to the narrow trail’s edge. Writing on “Trip Savvy,” Elizabeth Rose cautions, “The wranglers will tell you that if you are a regular rider, you will ache a lot less than the newbies, but after a fiveand-a-half- hour ride to the canyon floor, anyone will have a little trouble walking.” South Rim mule riders stay overnight on the canyon floor’s Phantom Ranch, a secluded getaway built in 1922 that serves homecooked meals. Riders must be over age nine, at least 57 inches tall, weigh less than 200 lbs. fully dressed, and be able to speak and understand English. For details, visit https://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/plan /mule-rides/. (Note: You can also get to Phantom Ranch on foot or via the river.) Other more “bottom-friendly” ways to explore the Grand Canyon are jeep tours and “flightseeing” by helicopter and airplane (but 75 percent of the park’s airspace is off-limits to aircraft). River trips by oared, paddle or motorized rafts and dories are popular. But enjoying the Grand Canyon does not require white-knuckle adventures. A contemplative walk along the Rim Trail See GRAND CANYON, page 20

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Be on the lookout for nine travel scams Travel scams will again be plentiful this you and offers, usually in pretty-good Engsummer, say the folks at Experian. Fraud lish, to be your “guide.” Of course, other increased by 16 percent in than speaking in English, you 2017, and there’s no reason to have no idea whether this perexpect that trend will reverse son has any useful knowledge any time soon. of the various attractions in Experian released its list of the vicinity. And you will likesix scams, but the list involves ly be dragged into a nearby some double-counting, and it store that offers the “best” also does not cover all the posprices on local specialties. sibilities. So here’s my list of Verification call. If you’ve nine to watch out for. just checked into a hotel and Free vacation or cruise. you get a call on the room The pitch usually starts out by TRAVEL TIPS phone from the front desk to saying, “You’ve been select- By Ed Perkins “verify” your credit card deed...” Yes, you’ve been selected all right; selected for a fleecing. Whether it’s extra fees, upgrades, substitutions, unavailability, or a seemingly endless high-pressure timeshare promotion, don’t buy. There’s no such thing as a “free” vacation, so just fuhgeddaboudit. Misrepresented accommodations. “Just steps from the beach” sounds alluring, but that could mean 3,425 steps. Whenever you’re dealing with a supplier you don’t know — especially on a vacation rental — check on as many of the claims as you can. Better still, deal only with known hotel chains or agencies. Buy immediately. “If you don’t buy right now, you’ll lose the deal.” In most pitches such as that, losing the deal is your best outcome. Legitimate offers seldom go away in minutes after they’re offered. Pay by cash or wire transfer. By now you should know that when you pay by cash or wire transfer you have zero chances of getting a refund if the deal goes south. Use a debit card if you must. But your best protection is to use a credit card — a payment system that leaves a trail and also offers some buyer protections that other systems do not. Street buying. When you buy an item from a street vendor, a locally produced handiwork might well be genuine or it might be made in Bangladesh, but either way, you probably aren’t out much money. When it comes to high-priced items like a “genuine” Rolex watch, however, walk away from the vendor. And if you can’t tell a genuine emerald from a piece of a broken wine bottle, don’t buy emeralds. Airport ATM thieves. That ATM you see when you arrive at a foreign airport may truthfully say “no fees,” but what it fails to add is “lousy exchange rate.” More and more foreign airports have succumbed to the lure of fat profits from awarding exclusive ATM location rights to retail exchange agencies. These guys can gouge you by as much as 10 to 15 percent on the exchange rate. Yes, your best way to get local cash is by using an ATM, but only if it’s operated by a legitimate bank and not by an exchange agency. Fake guides. You’ve probably had this happen: You’re walking near an important visitor center and someone approaches

tails, hang up. That “front desk” caller is likely in a boiler room somewhere recording your credit card details to run up a big bill. If you’re uncertain, go See TRAVEL SCAMS, page 21

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and nine properties on the National Register of Historic Places, including four buildings designed by architect Mary Colter between 1902 and 1948. Colter’s aesthetics drew on the landscape, incorporating local stone and earth tones. Grand Canyon’s Historic Village District has some of the most accessible views as well as multiple visitor services, including free shuttle buses. The historic, four-story, upscale El Tovar Hotel, built in 1905 of Oregon pine and native boulders, personified elegance in its day and still does. Note to movie junkies: Chevy Chase pulled up to this hotel in a pea-green station wagon in the 1983 movie Vacation and robbed the front desk clerk. The Hopi House, designed by Colter, is a Pueblo-style, 1905 building made of local stone and wood and modeled after Hopi Reservation villages. Today, native tribes sell arts and crafts like Navajo jewelry, Zuni fetishes, wood carvings and pottery here. The historic, limestone Lookout Studio, perched on the rim’s edge, appears to rise from the Earth. From here, visitors might spot California condors soaring on thermals. A few miles from Grand Canyon Village, the Tusayan Museum and Ruins, excavated in 1930, is an introduction to the Puebloans who built a village here around the year 1185. Sixteen to 20 people lived here and grew corn, beans and squash. The center of activity was a plaza and a kiva for ceremonies. Today’s visitors can explore outlines and ruins of former limestone and mud structures and, in the small museum, grinding stones, bone tools and pottery. The 70-foot, stone Desert View Watchtower at the South Rim’s highest point offers an 85-step climb up for a 360-degree view of the Colorado River, the Painted Desert and more canyon layers. Another 1932 Colter creation, the tower’s base blends into the rocks. It reflects the ancestral Puebloans of the southwest U.S. Four Corners region. Murals by Fred Kabotie represent the physical and spiritual origins of Hopi life.

More of nature’s wonders This great rocky chasm may seem lifeless at first, but its dramatic topography and climate ranges make for a rich diversity of living things — from purple lupine wildflowers, to ringtails, to bighorn sheep. The Grand Canyon has 1,750 types of vascular plants; 92 mammal species; 57 reptile and amphibian species; and 18 fish species. While the park has a rich human history, a visit is really about nature’s splendor, rocks and more. Because the canyon’s height is

over 5,000 vertical feet, there is much biological diversity. “A trip from the rim to the canyon’s bottom is a botanical journey equivalent to an expedition from Canada to Mexico,” notes a sign in a park museum. Three of the four North American deserts come together in the park at low elevations. These desert habitats support desert bighorn sheep. Dwarf forests of pinyon pine and juniper are home to mountain lions and pinyon jays. Squirrels live in the ponderosa pine habitats, but these are special squirrels. The South Rim’s Abert’s or tassel-eared squirrel is found in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, New Mexico and southwestern Colorado. The North Rim’s Kaibab squirrel is only found here. Each has distinct coloration. People have been in the Grand Canyon for thousands of years, no doubt captivated by its massiveness, mystery and constantly changing colors. At any time of day, it is sure to enrich the spirit, an experience that for our forebears made it a sacred land.

If you go Star t at https://www.nps.gov/grca/ index.htm for lodging options, attractions and overall planning. Book lodging and trips within the park well ahead. It’s not too early to start planning for a trip next summer. Rooms for next June range from $89 to $275 per night at the five lodges in the national park. Summer is the busiest time. Fall offers changing leaf colors and less congestion. The South Rim is open all year. The North Rim is closed from October 15 to May 15. To reach the South Rim, you can drive from Flagstaff, Ariz. (82 miles), Phoenix (225 miles) or Las Vegas (270 miles). The North Rim is a five-hour, 220-mile drive from the South Rim. There is no public transportation to the North Rim. TransCanyon Shuttle (www.trans-canyonshuttle.com) has daily trips between the South and North Rims lasting four to five hours from May to October. Amtrak provides service to Williams and Flagstaff, Arizona. Arizona Shuttle (www.arizonashuttle.com) has service from Phoenix and Flagstaff. Grand Canyon Shuttles (www.grandcanyonshuttles.com) offer service from Las Vegas, Phoenix and Flagstaff. Grand Canyon Railway (www.thetrain.com) has packages and operates restored locomotives from Williams, Arizona, to the South Rim, a twohour trip, prefaced by a Wild West show. Currently, American Airlines’ roundtrip flights from BWI to Phoenix or Las Vegas are around $386; from BWI to Flagstaff, $481.

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able than cash. If you can demand cash, either demand that cash or ask for vouchers with a face value of at least double — and only then if you’re sure you can use them. Take vouchers only if you have no other alternative. This is only a partial list. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Send e-mail to Ed Perkins at eperkins@ mind.net. Also, check out Ed’s new rail travel website at www.rail-guru.com. © 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Lodge’s “Hope Re-imagined: Night in Havana,” from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 15 at The Byzantium, 2747 Riva Rd., Annapolis, Md. Tickets are available at WhatsUpTix.com and cost $124 each/$240 per couple ($25/single, $40/couple ticket price is tax-deductible). The event includes a cocktail hour, dinner and dancing, auctions, casino de vino, and live entertainment. Attire is semi-formal. For more information, call Arundel Lodge Behavioral Health at (443) 433-5900.

Classifieds continued from page 23. Wanted FINE ANTIQUES, PAINTINGS AND QUALITY VINTAGE FURNISHINGS wanted by a serious, capable buyer. I am very well educated [law degree], knowledgeable [over 40 years in the antique business] and have the finances and wherewithal to handle virtually any situation. If you have a special item, collection or important estate, I would like to hear from you. I pay great prices for great things in all categories from Oriental rugs to Tiffany objects, from rare clocks to classic cars. If it is wonderful, I am interested. No phony promises or messy consignments. References gladly furnished. Please call Jake Lenihan, 301-279-8834. Thank you. CASH FOR ESTATES, PARTIAL ESTATES, DOWNSIZING. I buy a wide range of items. Buy-out/cleanup. Gary Roman, 301520-0755. MILITARY ITEMS WANTED: Collector seeks to purchase military uniforms; flight jackets, patches, insignia, medals, etc. from the Civil War through Vietnam. Especially seeking U.S. Army Air Corps, USMC, Airborne, and German/Japanese/Italian items from WWII. ALSO BUYING old Boy Scout, Airline Items, Toys, Lighters. Call Dan, 202841-3062.

Wanted BUYING VINYL RECORDS from 1950 through 1985. Jazz, Rock-n-Roll, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Reggae and Disco. 33 1/3 LPs, 45s or 78s, Larger collections of at least 100 items wanted. Please call John, 301-5966201. COLLECTOR BUYING MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, weapons, knives, swords, bayonets, web gear, uniforms, etc. from all wars and countries. Also Lionel Toy Trains, and coin operated machines. Will pay top prices for my personal collection. Discreet consultations. Call Fred, 301-910-0783. SEEKING FULL/SEALED BOTTLES of vintage Bourbon and Rye. Do you have full/sealed vintage bottles of bourbon or rye collecting dust in your cabinet? Do any of your bottles have an old red and green tax strip? Call Alex, 443-223-7669.

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