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Past tragedies evoked past presidents’ inspiration

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ They came to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds by the thousands, just four days after a terrorist’s bomb ripped through a federal building in Downtown Oklahoma City.

This was April 23, 1995—not a pandemic with 100,000 dead but 168 murdered—and I was there as a columnist.

The Rev. Billy Graham spoke eloquently about the mysteries of God. “I’ve been asked why God allows it,” the pastor said.

“I don’t know. ... I have to confess that I never fully understand, even for my own satisfaction. I have to accept that God is a God of love and mercy and compassion even in the midst of suffering.”

Then President Bill Clinton rose and spoke to grieving—and with him rose America.

I never cared much for Clinton the man.

But Clinton the orator spoke with humility and grace. He leaned into a profound moment of national grief, and drew us with him. He quoted Proverbs 11:29, and it fit the moment perfectly.

“To all my fellow Americans beyond this hall, I say, one thing we owe those who have sacrificed is the duty to purge ourselves of the dark forces which gave rise to this evil. They are forces that threaten our common peace, our freedom, our way of life. Let us teach our children that the God of comfort is also the God of righteousness: Those who trouble their own house will inherit the wind. Justice will prevail.”

Once, we called moments like this “being presidential.” It was what presidents did when we suffered war, attack, mass death. You might remember such times, though now it’s a thing of the past.

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gether with their partner, the Do Nothing Democrats, are trying to spread a new narrative that President Trump was slow in reacting to Covid 19. Wrong, I was very fast, even doing the Ban on China long before anybody thought necessary!”

Classy.

I miss empathy and having a president who rises to the moment.

Like President Reagan after the Challenger exploded in 1986.

“I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen,” he told us. “It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.”

Like President Obama after a mass shooting in Tucson killed six and wounded 13.

“If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let’s make sure it’s worthy of those we have lost. Let’s make sure it’s not on the usual plane of politics and point scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next news cycle. The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better.”

Like President George W. Bush through a bullhorn at Ground Zero after 9/11. “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you! And the people—and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!”

Here’s Donald Trump, asked if he had a message for Americans who might be worried about the pandemic: “I say that you’re a terrible reporter. That’s what I say. I think it’s a very nasty question.”

Actually, in our most tragic moments, it’s exactly the question every president should answer.

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I have been married to my husband for 40 years. During those years, we both had successful careers and were still working when this virus sidelined both of us. I have to tell you that in many ways I never knew him until now! That is both bad and good.

The good is that we have to depend upon each other for our daily entertainment and we both have a good sense of humor! The bad: My husband is a meddler! He wants to know everyone I am talking to and what they said and why I said what I said. I have lots of friends and he has none—only acquaintances from work. So, I guess he is living vicariously through me. I find it very annoying! He has also become an expert on how laundry should be done, how dishes should be done and how beds should be made. This is also annoying. I think I need help.

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Dear Help: You are not alone. I hear this from my friends and see it on TV with celebrities! Too much togetherness can smother a relationship just as not enough time together can starve a relationship. I think the secret is in making “alone” time for each other. You need to go to your corner and rest, have private time, recuperate, have private phone conversations every day. I had a rule in my house that he who complains about how I cook, clean or whatever gets that chore to do. I got very few complaints! You can still go for a walk or ride, sit outside, several times a day. It will take an effort, but you can do it! Good luck.

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Dear Gabby Gayle: My grandson is getting married soon. They opted to have a backyard wedding and forgo the reception until this virus is over. Only immediate family and the bridal party will be there. My kids have left it up to me whether I will feel safe attending. I have been faithful to the quarantine because I am 80 years old and do not want to end my life gasping for air. I am close to this grand-

son, and part of me says go and another part says no. What would Gabby do?

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Dear Indecision: I feel your dilemma. Because the world is slowly opening up again, there are going to be many of us faced with the “coming out” decisions. If it were Gabby, she would probably choose family as the first act of stepping out again. However, your kids were smart in leaving it up to you. It is your life, and only you can make that move. If you are the type of person who would go there and be hyper-sensitive to anyone who gets near you, or if you would worry about it for the next two weeks afterward, I say stay home. If you can go and be proud of yourself for venturing out, then go. I wish you luck!

Signed, GG

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Dear Gabby Gayle: In the last seven years, I have lost 80 pounds. I was looking and feeling pretty good. Now in two months of isolation I have gained 10 pounds. I cannot stop eating. I am hungry all the time. I order groceries online, which helps keep my cost down, but I spend time looking up old recipes, comfort foods, baking bread. Eating is the highlight of my day.

If this goes on much longer, I won’t be able to go back to my exercise class. I may not be able to go anywhere!

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Dear Fatty: Once in a while I get a letter that describes me perfectly, and this one is it! I have exchanged my busy, active life for a life of eating! I don’t have an answer for you, so I asked my son, the doctor. He said, “Don’t be so hard on yourself. Try to eat healthier things and get on that exercise bike and work off the calories. This thing will be over, and you can get back to your busy life. You can probably scrap the bread!” Good luck to both of us!

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Sun Health Wellness offers online classes Sun Health Wellness is holding many of its regular classes via video conferencing technology at no cost. Registration is not required. To see a schedule of the upcoming online classes, go to SunHealthWellness.org and click on the banner at the top of the page for the latest information.

The following classes are available on demand, accessible at any time by visiting SunHealthWellness.org. The classes were pre-recorded and may be watched free of charge at any time.

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The Westernaires Chorus sets rehearsal schedule The 85-member mixed Westernaires Chorus will conduct its first fall rehearsal at 8 a.m. Thursday, September 3, in the “back 40” of the Stardust Theater. The Westernaires, one of the oldest chartered clubs in Sun City West, will present its winter shows at the Stardust Theater Friday, December 4, to Monday, December 7. SCW residents interested in singing and performing with the Westernaires may contact Director Sylvia Collins, 623-214-6112.

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The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the cancellation of Duet: Partners in Health & Aging’s annual Partners in Compassion luncheon, but it didn’t eliminate the need the organization has for this impactful annual fundraiser.

To prevent the crisis from continuing to impact the community Duet serves, the event was reimagined as a virtual experience.

Instead of a luncheon, Duet is hosting a virtual lunch that highlights its services and the people the organization helps on a daily basis. Viewers can make a virtual donation to Duet directly from duetaz.org.

“Proceeds from the luncheon are a critical source of Duet’s funding, especially as we move into the summer months, so our Capacity Building Team opted to pivot to a virtual-event format,” says Lori Appleby

Celebrating the Soroptimists are Jennifer Harris, Consuelo Pacheco, Primrose Dzenga, Melissa Doty, Caren Sandoval, Kat Montoya and Gail Shriner, of Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills. Winners Lois Bridges and Ana Medina are not pictured. (Photos courtesy Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills)

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Soroptimists host annual awards ceremony Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills handed out $11,000 in award money to 11 women and girls during its annual Live Your Dream ceremony.

The awards were established in 1972 and are available to women who are financial heads of household with dependents, demonstrate need and are motivated to achieve their education and career goals.

Jennifer Harris of Glendale was awarded $2,500. Harris has been attending Phoenix College and was recently accepted to ASU’s Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics to pursue a degree in sociology.

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Jennifer Harris, the Live Your Dream Award winner, and Gail Shriner, Live Your Dream award chairwoman.

examiner license, Harris has full-time care of two family members and three children.

She was selected as a finalist in the Golden West region of Soroptimist International of the Americas and will win an additional monetary award at the regional level.

This year, there were seven runners-up to the LYD award, each of whom received $1,000. The runners-up were Caren Sandoval, Ana Medina, Primrose Dzenga, Consuelo Pacheco, Kat Montoya, Lois Bridges and Melissa Doty.

Sandoval is a Navy reservist and is pursuing communications at ASU. Medina is studying accounting at Rio Salado Community College.

Dzenga is a student at Barrett, the Honors College at ASU. She is working toward a dual master’s degree in global studies and creative writing to assist her goal of improving the lives of rural women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Pacheco is pursuing a degree in accounting at Rio Salado Community College.

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Soroptimist Ruby Award winner Lee Anne Park and Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills presenter Ann Rice.

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ors women who have worked to improve the lives of women and girls through their profession and/or volunteer work. This year’s winner is Lee Anne Park, who leads the Extra Special Art program at the Sonoran Arts League.

Park ensures children with disabilities have the opportunity to communicate and express themselves through her adaptive art program. She realized years ago Jaclyn Russek was awarded $500 for her volunteer work. Here, that art can help special needs she’s with her sponsor, Barbara Hatch, and Betty Lou Olmsted of children develop self-confidence Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills. and self-esteem. program at Gateway Community College.

She has taught art to the special needs She’s also taking online classes at NAU. Her children of Cave Creek for more than 25 goal is to become a registered nurse. years. She said her reward is the outpourBridges is pursuing a Bachelor of Sci- ing of love she gets from the children with ence in psychology. whom she works.

Doty is a pre-med student who wants to Those in attendance include the presiwork as a full-time physician’s assistant. dent-elect of Soroptimist International of The Soroptimist “Young Women’s Ser- the Americas, one of five federations that vice” award recognizes young women comprise Soroptimist International. who make their community and world a CCUSD Superintendent Dr. Debbi Burbetter place through their volunteer ef- dick; Carefree Mayor Les Peterson and forts. This program honors girls between his wife, Mary; Carefree Vice Mayor John the ages of 14 and 18 who contribute their Crane; and Cave Creek Councilwomen Sutime and energy to volunteer projects in san Clancy and Kathryn Royer also attendtheir schools and community. ed.

Each girl was awarded $500 along with Soroptimist International is a global $100 to their charity. The award recipients women’s organization working together this year are Maya Ochoa, Jaclyn Russek to transform the lives of women and girls. and Emily Spencer.

It works at the local, national and internaOchoa volunteers at Veterans Heritage tional levels to improve lives through edProject and told the audience “what I have ucation leading to social and economic learned from the veterans I’ve worked empowerment. with has been life changing.”

Info: sisaguarofoothills.org Russek, who also volunteers for the Veterans Heritage Project, says she feels her Glendale Woman’s Club work with the charity has brought “new names executive board perspective to how she sees the world.”

The GFWC Glendale Woman’s Club held Spencer volunteers at Wild at Heart and its installation ceremony for the 2020-22 quotes Mahatma Gandhi, “The best way to executive board—Grace Kobojek, secfind yourself is to lose yourself in the ser- ond vice president; Naomi Buerkle, first vice of others.” vice president; Marilyn Prince, supplies The Soroptimist “Ruby” award hon- trustee; Barbara Lentz, correspondence secretary; Eileen Deer, building trustee; Cheryl Kappes, president and rental trustee; Maricruz Barker, treasurer; Linda Moran-Whittley, recording secretary; and Pat Kennedy, parliamentarian.

The public can watch the ceremony at youtu.be/wnnSVBL7xDU. To learn more about the club and its mission, visit clubhouse4rent.com.

Emily Spencer was honored for her work with Wild at Heart. She celebrated with her sponsor, Beth Edwards, and Betty Lou Olmsted of Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills.

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Maribeth Gallagher has spent her career understanding dementia

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Maribeth Gallagher has witnessed the power of music.

As a longtime professional singer, Gallagher moved audiences with her voice, warming up crowds for the likes of Donna Summer, the Beach Boys, Huey Lewis and the News, and Frankie Valli.

“I went to nursing school and moved to San Francisco, where I was offered a singing job, which was kind of bizarre,” says Gallagher, a Brooklyn native.

“I thought, ‘This will last six weeks.’”

Her career spanned 30 years.

“That led to me being in some places where maybe an American New York woman wouldn’t be received so warmly, shall we say,” she says.

“On the stage, you can feel the energy of the crowd. So, when I was in Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country, I noticed in about three songs that it was very, very different. Our differences started to melt away. Our similarity and connection would start to emerge just naturally. I started to appreciate early in my career that music was so much more than entertainment. It really was a powerful medium.”

Now she is taking that medium and improving the bonds between dementia patients. As the director of Hospice of the Valley’s dementia program, Gallagher encourages families to listen to music together.

She has seen those with dementia slowly begin to remember words to songs.

Gallagher saw one family sing Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” together.

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hands,’” she recalls. “‘We start out by listening to it, then she’ll start singing and then we’ll start singing and then we’ll sing together.’”

It’s the depth of that connection where words aren’t required, she explains.

“It gets the job done—the expression of spirit, the expression of personhood.”

New chapter Gallagher is about to enter a new chapter with Hospice of the Valley.

The organization broke ground earlier in the year for the Hospice of the Valley Dementia Care & Education Campus, 3811 N. 44th Street, in Phoenix’s Arcadia area. The comprehensive facility will transform the way the community sees dementia, treats those living with it, and supports caregivers who are struggling to cope with this incurable disease.

Many other buildings that house dementia programs are painted in dark tones. But, Gallagher says, there are moments of love and joy when caring for dementia patients.

“We’re building it from the ground up,” she says. “We’re able to use a lot of architectural principles that maximize the abilities and comfort levels of people living with dementia.

In addition to an assisted-living center and an inpatient-care home for those at all stages of dementia, the campus will provide an intergenerational connection by providing interaction between the adult and child centers. The cornerstone of the campus is an education center for medical professionals, caregivers, students and the community. The Dove

Hospice of the Valley’s Maribeth Gallagher was inspired to study dementia care after a relative was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

Café, which will be open to the public, will be a dementia-friendly space for family caregivers to share experiences.

For example, contrasting colors and appropriate lighting will help dementia patients become more comfortable in the new setting. Guests and residents can expect art and music to be a big part of the center.

“We love adult day care centers when they’re done well,” she says. “They need supportive environments where they can interact with others.”

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“They can sit in the shade and watch children play,” she says. “They could bring joy. We really love the idea of intergenerational enrichment.”

Dementia is the fourth-leading cause of death in Arizona, and the projections are alarming: a 43% increase by 2025.

Nearly a third of Hospice of the Valley patients have dementia—a disease that often lasts years and can be overwhelming for family caregivers who are seldom prepared for the challenges ahead.

Early inspiration Gallagher didn’t know anything about the journey of being a caregiver until a family member developed Alzheimer’s.

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She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees and became a nurse practitioner in psychiatry. Then, she found a job with Hospice of the Valley using some of the methods she had learned. She has since earned her doctorate.

She’s sharing her knowledge a lot these days to help families and dementia patients deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Gallagher says the key to it is “mindfulness.”

Gallagher teaches mindful-based dementia practices, which are even helpful to those who have a propensity to tense up.

“How do we calm ourselves?” she asks rhetorically. “We create a calm environment around us. At the education center, we’re learning about changes in the brain and how they impact the person.”

COVID-19 has made things like this difficult.

“The people with dementia who are enriched by walking outside every day and doing socially interactive things haven’t been able to do that,” she says. “Life has changed for them as they know it.

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Extra Support Alzheimer’s Foundation offers virtual resources to those impacted by COVID-19

BY KAMALA KIRK People with Alzheimer’s disease and their families are facing additional challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Individuals living with Alzheimer’s-related illnesses are more vulnerable to contracting the virus due to their age and underlying health conditions, while the people who care for them are experiencing increased levels of stress.

To help those affected by COVID-19, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering complimentary virtual resources to provide support to those in need, ensuring that they remain physically and mentally active during these times of social distancing and isolation.

“Our programs and services have been virtual since March 17,” says Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. “We have close to 65 different virtual programs. We’ve been sending out email blasts informing people about our offerings, and we’ve reached almost 200,000 people through our social

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. is the CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

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The website includes live chat and email options and can translate into 90 languages.

“We don’t want language or economics to be barriers to anyone who needs our support services,” Fuschillo says. “We’ve received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from individuals who tell us they need our services. The calls to our helpline have increased tenfold.”

AFA’s virtual therapeutic programs have been a huge hit and help participants stay physically and mentally active. These are offered daily in topics such as music, art, dance, yoga and exercise. They are held on Facebook Live, but the videos remain posted on AFA’s Facebook and YouTube channels, where they can be viewed any time. AFA’s website lists the full schedule of daily programs offered.

“We offer lots of fun classes and fitness activities that will energize anyone’s day,” Fuschillo says. “Some of our popular programs include mindful meditation, disco-funk chair fitness, and a concert where Broadway singers perform songs from famous shows. We also host webinars in various topics, like how to delay and prevent cognitive decline.”

AFA offers free weekly, telephone-based support groups that are facilitated by licensed social workers dedicated to help-

ing families during COVID-19. On Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (ET) there is a support for family members whose loved ones reside in a care setting and on Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (ET) AFA offers a therapeutic program on resolving conflicts in family interactions. Support groups for caregivers are offered on Mondays and Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m. (ET), offering a place to connect and share with one another.

“Reducing stress is very important for caregivers,” Fuschillo shares. “Don’t overload on the news, clear and refresh your mind with music or exercise, and be adaptive and positive to the change that is going on. We always encourage people to follow public health guidelines and prioritize self-care to avoid burnout.”

Another piece of advice Fuschillo has for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease is to maintain the same schedule they were on prior to the pandemic. Help them feel connected by setting up phone or video chats with loved ones and keep them active with different activities, including AFA’s virtual programs.

“We’re going to continue to be creative and innovative with our programs,” Fuschillo says. “We’re grateful to those that support us, and whenever someone makes a donation on our website, 88 cents goes to our programs and services; 100% of every donation designated for research goes exclusively towards finding a more effective treatment and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.”

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A Better Future IPCWell is advocating to improve patient outcomes in nursing facilities

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But even prior to the pandemic—for decades—nursing homes were severely lagging in infection-prevention standards. After working in hospital and health care settings for more than 20 years, Buff y Lloyd-Krejci founded IPCWell in 2017 to advocate for a better future for nursing homes and to reduce the rate of infections.

“This is my platform and mission,” she says.

“What the public doesn’t realize is that before the pandemic, approximately 1,000 nursing home residents were dying every day as a result of serious infections, such as pneumonia and UTIs. Nursing facilities have become coronavirus hotspots due to their density and close proximity between residents and workers. The biggest challenge is when workers go into the community and then return to the facility, bringing the virus in. Nursing homes also don’t have the supplies they need to care for these types of sicknesses.

It sets up an impossible situation.”

While working with more than 500 nursing homes in four states for a national pilot study in 2016 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Lloyd-Krejci discovered the infection-control practices in nursing homes were nearly nonexistent. This inspired her to start IPCWell to provide much-needed resources and support to these facilities.

“Since 2011, hospitals have been required to report their infections,” Lloyd-Krejci points out. “But there’s no federal mandate for nursing homes, so these infections go unreported. Just recently, the CDC and CMS started requiring nursing facilities to report COVID-19 infections, which is a step in the right direction. It is my hope that after the pandemic ends, these places will continue to make infection tracking and control a priority. Without proper tracking, measuring and reporting, we will not know the true extent of infections and how to solve the problem. A lot of these infections can be www.LovinLife.com

ship programs,” she says. “Once they begin to track infections, we’ll be able to monitor and see them go down based on the implementation of these practices.

Because hospitals report their public data, they’re forced to work on these issues in order to maintain a good reputation. As consumers, we make decisions based on how many infections a nursing home has—no one wants to go to a facility with a high infection rate.”

During COVID-19, IPCWell continues to offer support for clients and holds weekly calls for the nursing homes and critical access hospitals with which it works. In addition, it hosts free monthly national webinars that cover various infection-control topics Buff y Lloyd-Krejci founded IPCWell in 2017 to advocate for a better and has started offering weekfuture for nursing homes and to reduce the rate of infections. ly “Office Hours” on Thursdays (Photo courtesy Buff y Lloyd-Krejci) where it answers questions and prevented if better practices are imple- provides guidance for coronavirus-related challenges and solutions. It has also mented.”

IPCWell visits different health care set- launched a new advocacy group to suptings and nursing facilities to conduct an port health care settings that anyone can assessment of the infection control pro- sign up to join—even those not working grams that are in place, examining every- in health care.

“I’m passionate about helping and thing from the food and environmental services to hand hygiene. It helps bridge supporting those that don’t always have the gap and create solutions for bet- a voice,” she says. “I want to prevent unter infection-control practices, working necessary harm and death by creating with the facilities over time to train their change in this industry that will help supstaff, develop and implement policies as port our vulnerable patients and health well as antibiotic stewardship. Its clients care workers.”

For more information, visit ipcwell. include nursing homes, critical access hospitals, acute surgical centers for out- com. patients, and small hospitals in rural areas that lack resources.

“The places we work with tell us all the time that spending a day with us is like having a year’s worth of training,” Lloyd-Krejci shares.

The Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) has created measures that successfully reduce the number of infections in hospitals—and Lloyd-Krejci wants the same for nursing homes and other health care settings.

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Entertainment Carving Her Own Niche Cherie Currie introduces ‘miraculous’ new project

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI “Miraculous” is how Cherie Currie describes her new album, “Blvds of Splendor.”

In 2016, Currie was about to release “Blvds of Splendor” when she fell 12 feet while chainsaw carving on a hilltop scaffolding. The accident left Currie with partial facial paralysis and severe head trauma for more than 10 months.

“Something even more miraculous when you don’t believe it’s going to happen,” the effervescent Currie says.

“When I listened to the record for the first time after, maybe, nine or eight years, I could just see how good it really is. It’s a gift all over again. When you work so hard on something for so long, you lose sight of how great it is. I’m literally floored by how good the record is.”

The former singer of the 1970s Sunset Strip band the Runaways worked with a bevy of rock’s finest on the new album, including Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Slash and Duff from Guns N’ Roses, as well as Juliette Lewis, Brody Dalle and the Veronicas. Drummer Matt Sorum, of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, produced the set.

“Cherie hadn’t made a record in a long time,” Sorum says. “We needed to make some kind of statement. When you make albums, you have to remain true to yourself and sound fresh. I brought in some younger guys to play on the record because it’s a good injection.

“My job was to get in the room and make sure the songs were good and the tones were great. As a producer, you put a good team together. We’d work long hours, but it was like I was just vibing with some friends. The album is the icing on the cake.”

The key was to allow Currie to have a good time.

“Traditionally, when you make a record, you vibe around the studio,” Sorum adds.

“People can feel the energy in that. There were situations when I made records and there were tensions that made the record really difficult to make. Sometimes those

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don’t turn out as good—there’s a bad vibe and a bad energy. This record was different. It was really fun to make.”

Currie and Sorum began working on the album when Currie was promoting “The Runaways” movie with Dakota Fanning as the shy blonde and Kristen Stewart as the fiery Joan Jett.

“Working with Matt Sorum was just shock and awe,” Currie says. “He’s just such a top-notch musician and producer.

Then for him to bring in all of his friends— Slash, Duff, Billy Corgan, Juliette Lewis, Brody Dalle and the Veronicas—it was shocking, inspiring and extremely humbling.”

Currie admits she was awestruck, especially at the sight of Corgan. However, her fellow musicians had quite a different take.

“Do you find me threatening?” she asks rhetorically. “Juliette threw me out of my own studio. She was too nervous to sing in front of me. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as well. I don’t know what it is, because I think I’m pretty fun to be around, personally.

“There isn’t any negativity in my being, but for some reason she didn’t feel comfortable singing in front of me. I wasn’t wearing a devil mask or anything. Maybe I should? I don’t know.”

Currie is modest when asked about the project, saying it is Sorum’s “brainchild.”

“This is his creation,” she adds. “What he did was bring me because I had never worked with a producer who didn’t try to change me. He didn’t try to tell me that I wasn’t really delivering the way they want it to be or change my particular way of singing.

“The thing is, at my age, I have whatever is different from everyone else because it’s who I am. He didn’t try to squelch that.

He nurtured that, and he just made me a better artist.”

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Currie was planning on touring with her band, which includes her and actor Robert Hays’ son, musician Jake Hays. She’s looking forward to returning to the road, and there’s

a benefit to that—fans will know the words to her songs.

Currie has since returned to chainsaw carving, with very little fear. After all, she doesn’t remember it.

“I was knocked out,” she says with a laugh. “I opened my eyes and I saw, over my face, this retired trauma surgeon from Cedars-Sinai. I was actually carving a piece at his property.

“I have no recollection of the fear I must have felt.

I actually finished the carving and I did have to take time off. I stayed out of the public eye because I had some damage to my face and a lot of nerve damage.

That took a lot of time to heal. But, yeah, I enjoy carving as much as I have the last 20 years.”

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by example and just had a very quiet way about him.”

Not surprisingly, Kelly remembers her dad as being gracious with fans.

“I’ve had people come up to me and tell me they wrote him a letter when they were in high school and got a personal response back. He had a secretary helping him, of course, but he signed all the letters. I never saw him say ‘no’ to an autograph seeker, even when there were crowds of people. It was actually a kick to get that glimpse of dad’s fame.”

When Stewart’s wife died in 1994, Kelly remembers him retreating into great despair.

“I think he had just had enough of the world. Dad was the most stubborn person I’ve ever met and was going to do what he wanted—to hunker down inside his beloved home with his two dogs.

At the end, I believe he appreciated his wonderful life and knew he was loved.”

This interview for Father’s Day was condensed and edited from the author’s book, “Raised by the Stars.”

Kelly Stewart remembers dad, Jimmy Stewart

BY NICK THOMAS If you don’t think Jimmy Stewart put the classic in “classic movies,” consider these titles in which he starred: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “Rear Window,” “Vertigo,” “Harvey,” and the list goes on. No wonder Stewart appears near the top of just about every list of alltime most-popular classic film actors.

With such a resume, it’s hard to imagine the man didn’t develop an ego the size of the famous Hollywood Sign on Mount Lee in the Santa Monica Mountains. But according to his daughter, Kelly, the respectable, unpretentious, all-American guy he often portrayed on film was also the real Jimmy Stewart.

Married to his beloved Gloria for 45 years, the Stewarts had two sons (one killed in Vietnam) and twin daughters.

Like her siblings, Kelly never took up acting (she became an anthropologist).

“The life of an actor didn’t really look like that much fun to me,” she says. “We went to dad’s set a couple of times, (and) it looked very tedious to me—short takes, just a few minutes long, after which people come rushing up to you, touching up makeup and hair, hovering and fussing and looking. I remember thinking, ‘I could never do this.’”

Growing up, Kelly recalls her father preparing for roles at home.

Jimmy Stewart in “Harvey,” 1950.

(Publicity still, Universal Pictures)

“Dad sat in a big comfy armchair that had a matching footrest, and no one else ever sat in that chair when (he) was home. When he was working on a movie, he would sit with the script in his hands and his lips moving, saying his lines to himself. He never said anything out loud.

I have that image of him burned into my mind. We never read any of the lines with him. Except for that, he rarely brought his work home with him.”

His trademark slow drawl, Kelly says, was no act. “He loved to tell stories about his own experiences, and he had great timing. He just took a long time to come out with the punchline.”

Although not a traditional father in some ways, she still gives him high praise. “He wasn’t a handson dad. He didn’t Jimmy Stewart takes his high school daughters Judy, left, and Kelly, right, on a trip to British Columbia to look at colleges.

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Healed and Restored Cutting Crew reimagines songs with an orchestra

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI When Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Eede released the song “(I Just) Died in Your Arms,” he was frequently told he should perform it with an orchestra.

Thirty-five years later, the singer did just that.

With a sound that helped define the 1980s music scene, Cutting Crew returned with “Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven,” featuring the band’s songs recreated with a full philharmonic orchestra and longtime guitarist Gareth Moulton.

“Whenever we met any kind of producer or family member or anybody, they would say, ‘One day, your songs would work well with an orchestra,’” Van Eede says.

“You dream of those kinds of things happening, but I thought we would leave well enough alone. That’s been drummed into me by my long-departed father. To tackle something as big as ‘(I Just) Died in Your Arms,’ I enjoyed every minute of it.”

The Grammy-nominated rock band was formed in England in 1985 by Van Eede with original guitarist, writer and fellow conspirator from Canada Kevin MacMichael.

Within months, the band signed with

Siren Records/Virgin on the strength of its demos.

Cutting Crew, becoming a foursome in 1986, entered the studio the same year to record the multimillion-selling debut album “Broadcast,” one year before “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” exploded and made them stars at home and in the United States, where it hit No. 1.

The song has found its way into films and television like “Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Stranger Things” and “Ash vs.

Evil Dead.” “I’ve Been in Love Before” and

“One for the Mockingbird” also enjoyed massive worldwide radio play, reaching the Top 10 and Top 20 Billboard singles charts, respectively.

Throughout the years, Van Eede says his lyrics have changed meaning.

“Obviously, the lyrics can mean something at the time when you write them,” he says. “I’ve always been amazed by people who get in touch over the years.

“For me, to sing them again, that was amazing. There was a lot of tissue on the floor. I’ve lost my dad, my brother, Kevin

(MacMichael). Those lyrics, they take on a whole different tact. It was a privilege.

I was scared at first and nervous at first.

“My lyrics—love them or hate them— you can read into them what you will.

That’s great. We get a million versions of them.”

Van Eede, who’s planning to write a book, is pleased that Cutting Crew is getting a “lovely” reaction to his new music.

“Kevin wrote absolutely beautiful songs,” he says. “He would be proud of this album, because it’s all his music.”

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Dining Food as Therapy Glendale merchants ask, ‘What’s Cookin’?’

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Lorraine Zomok sees baking and cooking as therapy. When she was being treated for head and neck cancer, she wrapped herself in the warmth of cooking shows.

Throughout the pandemic, meticulously making meals got her through the day.

“Because of my particular cancer, I lost my ability to taste and my ability to swallow,” says Zomok, who is now cancer free after chemotherapy and radiation. “I’m still struggling, but I will prevail. Although I am unable to taste and enjoy food, I can absolutely enjoy the process of baking and cooking, and seeing those who enjoy the food around me warms my heart.”

The pandemic also inspired Zomok and the Historic Downtown Glendale Merchants Association to collect recipes for its “What’s Cookin’?” series. They’re looking for recipes from Downtown Glendale

business owners, “treasured” customers and fans of the city to submit for its website and social media platforms.

“During these unique times, we are all reconnecting with our kitchens and rediscovering our family’s favorite recipes.

We are excited to share our recipes with the community,” says Zomok, who is the association president and the owner of Memory Lane Trinkets and Treasures.

Recipes will be featured on the Historic Downtown Glendale Merchants Association Facebook, facebook.com/historicglendale, and Instagram, @historicdowntownglendale. Recipes can also be viewed and downloaded on Downtown’s website at visitdowntownglendale.com.

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“It’s an opportunity to share No-Knead Crusty recipes to a large audience on Artisan Bread social media and the website. It’s really soothing and comforting and a way able. The kids could add as many ingrefor us to really be connected through dients as they liked. They could spice it food. Even though we don’t have the op- up and I could involve the family in the portunity to sit across tables at our favor- assembly process. That’s what I rememite restaurants, we can still through social ber most about when the kids were little. media.”

“If they wanted cheese, OK. No olives?

Zomok’s recipe is the easy taco salad, That’s OK, too. We had a lot of laughs one of her family’s favorite dishes. when they’d say, ‘Taco salad again?’

“It’s something I’ve been making for They’d say that with a twinkle in their eye. nearly 40 years,” she says. “My children My precious daughter-in-law is making it ate it once a week when they were little. for my grandchildren. It’s standing the It’s inexpensive to make and customiz- test of time.”

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The Historic Downtown Glendale Merchants Association is collecting recipes for its “What’s Cookin’?” series. Here are a few highlights from the series.

No-Knead Crusty Artisan Bread (makes 1 loaf)

Ingredients:

bubble up and rise.

After dough is ready, preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place your Dutch oven, uncovered, into the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

While your Dutch oven preheats, turn dough onto a well-floured surface. With floured hands, form the dough into a ball. Cover dough loosely with plastic wrap and let rest.

After the 30 minutes are up, carefully remove Dutch oven. With floured hands, place the bread dough into it. (You can put a piece of parchment under the dough Directions: if your Dutch oven isn’t enamel coated.)

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt and Replace cover and bake for 30 minutes covered. yeast. Stir in water using a wooden spoon until the Carefully remove cover and bake for 7 to 15 minutes* mixture forms a shaggy but cohesive dough. Do not more, uncovered. overwork the dough. The less you “work” it, the more Carefully remove bread to a cutting board and slice soft, fluffy air pockets will form. with a bread knife.

Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let dough sit at room temperature for eight to 24 hours*. Dough will The No-Knead Crusty Artisan Bread recipe is from Danica Coral at Pink House Boutique, 7009 N. 58th Avenue, Glendale, pinkhouseboutique.com.

- 3 cups all-purpose flour - 2 teaspoons kosher salt (not table salt) - 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast (active dry or highly active dry work best) - 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water - Special cookware needed: Dutch oven or any large oven-safe dish/bowl and lid. Or deep dish covered with tin foil*.

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- Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Brown ground beef and drain off any excess fat.

Add in corn to heat through. Heat refried beans in a separate pan.

In a large bowl, toss shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, diced tomato, tortilla chips (trying not to break too many) and black olives. Add in the ground beef/ corn mixture. Garnish with sour cream and salsa to the side. Serves 4. Serve refried beans on the side.

Easy Taco Salad recipe is from Lorraine Zomok, Memory Lane Trinkets and Treasures, 5836 W. Palmaire Avenue, Glendale, memorylanetrinketsandtreasures.com.

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Big Daddy Burger

BY JAN D’ATRI

It’s backyard and burger season. So, this year for Father’s Day, how about making pop a big daddy burger?

I have some tips and tricks that make the burger better than ever and a special four-ingredient sauce that could rival any of your favorite fast-food burger stops.

We always like to think dad wants to grill something on his birthday. So, beat him to it, fire up the grill—or an indoor grill pan—and let him dive into deliciousness!

The first tip is to buy ground beef that has a little fat, because fat equals flavor.

An 80/20 blend is great; that’s 80% lean beef to 20% fat.

Also, you can cook nice, crispy bacon and chop it up into bacon bits.

Then, dice a sweet yellow onion; sauté it in a little of the bacon fat; and when the bacon and onion are cooled, add it to the

ground beef. It adds flavor and moisture.

The only other ingredients you need for a tasty burger are salt, pepper and maybe some garlic powder.

Now, you may have heard of the ice method of cooking a burger to keep it moist. It actually works! Form your beef patty, make a shallow indentation with your fingers in the middle of the burger and place an ice cube in the divot. (The ice cube should only be about an inch in diameter.) Place the patty on the grill, and as the burger heats up, the ice cube will melt into the ground beef. The divot helps keep the burger flat, and the ice adds moisture. Don’t keep flipping the burger. Once on each side should do it.

Then there’s the sauce. It’s a simple, four-ingredient sauce that’ll make this big daddy burger a Father’s Day favorite!

Big Daddy Burger (serves 4) Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (makes four 6-ounce patties) - 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp and chopped fine, reserve fat - 1 sweet yellow onion, chopped fine and sautéed in 2-3 tablespoons bacon fat - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon pepper - 1 teaspoon garlic powder - Ice cubes - Fixings: sliced cheese, sliced avocado, sliced tomatoes, lettuce

Directions:

In a bowl, combine ground beef, bacon bits, cooled sautéed onion, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Gently mix to combine. Form four 6-ounce patties. Press the center of each burger down with your fingers. Add one (1-inch) cube of ice to each patty.

Grease a grill pan or grill. Cook burgers on medium high for 3-4 minutes on each side. Only turn once.

For cheeseburger, add cheese after you’ve flipped the burgers. Toast the bun on the grill or in the hot grill

pan. Slather the special sauce over bun. Add fixings and burger. Enjoy!

For the Special Sauce: (for 4 burgers) Ingredients:

- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise - 4 tablespoons softened butter - 1/4 cup hot sauce (like Frank’s) - 1/3 cup brown sugar

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth and creamy.

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Lin Sue Cooney, Hospice of the Valley’s director of community engagement, shows off her latest designer White Dove Thrift Shoppe bargains—a mustard Diane Von Furstenberg blouse ($15), matching Donald J. Pliner studded sandals ($12), and a Coach bag (half off at $23). Total cost: $50. (Photo courtesy Hos-

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Few things are as satisfying as stumbling upon something unique, beautiful or charming—and then paying pennies on the dollar for it because you discovered it in a thrift store! I confess to being an avid thrift shopper who delights in finding one-of-a-kind bargains. It’s a thrill like no other! Those with the same sense of adventure will now have another place to hunt for treasures, because Hospice of the Valley is opening a new thrift shop in the Arcadia area this month.

Midtown White Dove, at 2711 E. Indian School Road, is a hip, new space to find excellent-quality resale furniture, housewares, art, one-of-a-kind fashion, designer shoes, purses and jewelry. The store

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This is Hospice of the Valley’s fifth thrift store in the Valley—and all of them support care for patients and families without insurance or financial means. What makes the stores extra special? There are only a few store employees. All the people who process donations, stage the displays and wait on customers are volunteers.

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welcome a whole new group of friendly and enthusiastic volunteers into our Hospice of the Valley family,” says Volunteer Coordinator JoEllen Feltham. “We’re looking for people who want to stay active, make new friends, have a ton of fun and give back.”

Volunteers are the heart of the White Dove Thrift Shoppes. More than 350 strong, many have personal stories about family members who were cared for by Hospice of the Valley.

“It’s my way of giving back,” says Fran Oberst. “I don’t know what I would have done without the wonderful care and understanding when my husband was so sick. I love supporting this beautiful mission so others can have that same care.”

In addition to using proceeds to fund charity care programs, the nonprofit agency can provide essentials like pajamas, bed linens and medical equipment to patients in need. When Hospice of the Valley social workers notice a hardship, they can also supply items like kitchen accessories or backpacks for children who

don’t have them for school.

“It’s a privilege to help our patients and families in need,” says Diana Murray, Hospice of the Valley’s vice president for facilities and purchasing. “And we’re thankful for the generous community that supports our thrift shops so we can be that safety net.”

Consistently ranked among the best thrift shops in Arizona, White Dove stores take furniture, appliances, clothing, accessories, housewares, collectibles, art, jewelry, electronics, sports equipment, vehicles and medical equipment. Donations are accepted during business hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 602-274-3683 for large-item pickup by the White Dove trucks.

Visit whitedovethrift.org to learn more about all five stores.

And if you’re interested in volunteering at the new Midtown White Dove Thrift Store, contact JoEllen at jfeltham@hov. org or call 602-530-6968.

Lin Sue Cooney is director of community engagement for Hospice of the Valley.

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