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Stem cells have become a buzzword in the news. However, few people are talking about the adult stem cells that are present in our own bodies. These cells live in blood, bone marrow and fat tissue. They naturally respond to injury or illness, yet because stem cells don’t move quickly, our bodies don’t instantly heal. Stem cell therapy can expedite this natural healing process. A clinic called the Lung Institute (www.lunginstitute.com) treats lung diseases with stem cells from the patient’s own body. Doctors extract cells through a minimally invasive procedure, isolate them and reintroduce them to the lungs after giving the patient natural growth factors that promote cell replication. This quickens healing by directing the cells toward the diseased area. Although this doesn’t cure the disease, it acts like the annual flu vaccine by slowing further degeneration and bringing a normal life back within reach. We are in the midst of a fight to eradicate the flu. In the past, when the medical field banded together, they were able to develop a vaccine. With the medical advancements today, the question of whether this can be done for lung disease is forthcoming, and by the looks of it, stem cells could play a starring role.

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My mom, who’s a notch baby, read the response to Mr. ete Davies in the March 0 5 issue. pon further research this bill hasn’t been approved by Congress or the president. Where did you get your information? I would love to settle this before mom isn’t here anymore. She’ll be 5 in July. Thanking you for any assistance you may be able to provide. espectfully, Ms. Lee Heck Misinformed is my polite way of describing most of your conservative commentaries and their ridiculous assertions. It gives the elderly no credibility with some of the commentary that your publication puts forth. They need to fact check before they put out this crap. Someone called in a Sound ﬀ claiming and I quote, eople like former .S. ambassador Susan ice appear to be the only woman unscrambling the mixed message so the American people can understand. Is this the same Susan

ice who went on five Sunday shows, claiming that the enghazi attack that killed four Americans was caused by a video, which was proven to be a lie? The same Susan ice who claims owe ergdahl served his country with honor? This is the biggest liar in bama’s administration. ou really think she is credible? Are you kidding me? ven liberal former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon anetta says Iran cannot ever be trusted. John olton, conservative former .N. rep for the nited States, has recently pointed out that Iran should have had its nuclear bomb capabilities destroyed five or six years ago. The bama administration is failing once again on this issue. It is time for everyone who reads this to contact their senators and congresspersons in D.C. to demand an aggressive and effective destruction of Iran’s nuclear bomb-making capabilities. Time is short. Danger lurks. nleash the Israelis, with our full public support to do the job that this president and his pathetic minions are failing to do. Wow randma just got the latest mail from the most imaginative rip-off artist in Ameri-

ca. A reliable car must need more insurance just in case the manufacturers did a crummy job in constructing it. I sure hope ord and everybody else sues them for this one. How greedy can these people become? ay attention to your mail, grandma said. Dear Terry ( atner) irst, thank you for all your articles. I learn something every time I read them. Thank you for holding a support group that I am sure helps many. I live south of Tucson, so distance prohibits me from attending. I

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hen education is discussed, it invariably focuses on the need for more money and the shortage of teachers. What is ignored by the public education establishment on every level is a special and plentiful learning resource. The value of this treasure is incalculable, yet our schools and younger individuals fail to appreciate and beneﬁt from the immense reservoir of knowledge and experience possessed by the nation’s older population. Anyone who has been on arth for ﬁve, six, seven or more decades has accumulated a vast amount of expertise in his or her chosen career and a vantage point on life that comes only with the passing of years. Some of the elderly have even reached the very pinnacle of learning the acquisition of wisdom.

It’s myopic of our society to not utilize the millions of men and women who could be teaching what they know to younger generations. Whether appearing as guest lecturers in schools, or even hired as full- or part-time staff teachers, or being at more informal group meetings, or as one-on-one mentors, what these retired and semi-retired citizens have to offer young minds cannot be gained from a textbook. A barrier to tapping the senior fountain of knowledge comes from those who could benefit most the young. Today’s technology worshipping kids (to me, anyone under 0) see a somewhat slow-moving gray-haired guy like me with my -year-old flip cellphone as a remnant of the Stone Age. While they can run circles around me within their digitized universe,

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hope others will read your article and that someone starts a group in reen alley. I would like to know where I can get a copy of your last speaker’s topic Choose our oods Like our Life Depends on Them.

these kids don’t even come near to what I know about language, history, business, travel, relationships and scores of other topics. It’s not that I’m that smart it’s that they have so little curiosity. And that’s the wall that separates us. The Millennial eneration views the past as having no inﬂuence on their lives, so they’re not at all curious about anything or anyone older than they are, and in so doing miss what history might reveal about their own future. They just don’t comprehend how right Mr. Shakespeare was in saying, What’s past is prologue. Maybe it’s because I had to grow up in a hurry that I assign a premium on maturity. When I was , my father died and my mother and I had to operate dad’s sizable ice cream and sandwich shop. Mom had no business experience, and mine was limited to those few summer months I worked

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at the store, so I sought out adult businessmen to learn from them. I have to wonder how fuller and richer the life of today’s youth will be if they absorb as much as they can from their parents, grandparents and all the other living elders who are a veritable storehouse of professional and personal knowledge, down to those interesting little personal anecdotes. Sadly, though, there is no concerted eﬀort to inspire the young to learn from the old, to cross the age gap bridge so that one generation can uniquely beneﬁt from the preceding ones. This is truly America’s lost treasure. Drew Alexander, also known as “The Curmudgeon,” is a monthly columnist writing about political issues. Send comments to drewalexander@cox.net or to Drew Alexander, in care of Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Road, Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

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tread lightly if I visit Willie Lussier before noon. It isn’t because I’m not wanted ou’re welcome anytime ou know that and it isn’t because he’ll ever complain. ut 5 to is when elaborately coiffed ing nues of The oung and the estless lather up to their cliff-hanger disclosures. And if Willie stops to fuss over me, he’ll be a pregnancy, a hostile takeover, or a hitand-run behind. What is she so upset about? I’ll point to a character. h, she’s always upset, he waves a hand. Always cryin’ about something. We’ll watch awhile. Isn’t she talking to the woman ? ...who always causes trouble? h, yeah And she wonders why she’s always crying. He shrugs. These characters don’t talk to him. Which is a shame, because Willie could teach them a lot about people. Long before the actors we watch were young (let alone restless), Willie anchored the counter at the evco Drug Store at Mill and niversity. In its day, it was the Hollywood and ine of Tempe. And in an era where people connect through acebook, Twitter or other social media, Willie did it the oldfashioned way a smile, a greeting, a friendly Can I help you? one person at a time, for 5 years. ou have to be nice to people when they come in to a pharmacy, he’d tell me. They wouldn’t be there if there wasn’t something wrong with em. Maybe they have a cold, or their baby’s sick. If you say, Hello, be pleasant and helpful, you may be the best part of their day. I met Willie in , at AS ’s Newman Catholic Student Center. I was standing in the church foyer, fretting over how to blend, when an elderly fellow walked up and stabbed me with something wicker. Here, he said, and walked away. It was a basket. So I had parishioners fill it with money, then I brought it back to him. That was our first nine encounters, actually he’d stab me with a wicker basket, then I’d

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give him money. I wasn’t completely sure he was a liated with the church at the time. ou knew what you were doin’, he said. No, I told him. I really didn’t. h. Well, I knew what you were doin’. Willie knows an astonishing number of people. He was already almost 70 when we first went to lunch at Monti’s La Casa ieja, about 5 years ago. ou tell your boss that Willie’s here, he said to the hostess as he shu ed past. I thought he was grandstanding. ut within minutes, here’s the owner, Michael Monti, sitting in the booth with us. I remember when you were a baby and Leonard first showed you off in the restaurant, Willie told him. Then Willie would tell stories of Leonard Monti, Michael’s father, and the restaurant’s early days big events and crazy cooks and tales of people now pictures on a wall. our father offered me a job, once upon a time. ou should have taken it, Monti told him. ut Willie shook his head. I’d be talking to everybody. No one would get to eat. ack in the 70s, when he won the iwanis Man of the ear award, Willie was asked about his talent with people. I never ask about their politics, or their underwear, he said. The truth runs a little deeper. e nice. e honest. e fair. That’s why abelyn Watson, a young AS Music student he befriended 0 years ago, still calls him from Chicago once a week. He was nice when actor Tony andall, performing next door at ammage, came in asking for a referral to an ear, nose and throat doctor. We weren’t supposed to recommend doctors, Willie recalled. ut I gave him the name of a good one nearby. ecause he was famous? I asked. No, Willie said, because he was sick, and new in town. Willie always treated everyone equally. When A Star is orn was filming near AS ’s campus, arbra Streisand came in for a quick purchase. ou’ll have to wait in line, Willie said.

I’m in a hurry, Streisand told him. Willie nodded. So are all these other people in line. My work took me out of state, and I lost touch with Willie for a few years. When we moved back, I looked him up. alance and vision issues had limited his range. So instead of Monti’s, we’d hit the IH near his house. Tell your boss that Willie’s here, he told the greeter. This time, I thought Now he’s grandstanding. ut within minutes, two IH waitresses are arguing about whose station Willie gets to sit in, while he asks them, How are your classes going? and Where are those photos of your adorable daughter? A strawberry wa e appears, between wallet pictures and class updates. Willie is told the manager is busy right now ...so you can’t leave until he’s free. We write our own biographies. We choose what our lives are about. Willie could easily have made his life about the hardship of being an orphan or the misfortune of losing a lung to cancer in his 0s. Instead, Willie made his life about reaching out to every person who crossed his path. He’s older now, and frail...and still doing it. Don’t you dare call me, Sir,’ Willie tells the home health care worker who has come to check in on him. ou can call me, Willie,’ or ncle Willie,’ but I am nobody’s sir.’ Now, what’s your name again? Willie seldom strays from his apartment these days. He gets by with generous help from his neighbor, Steve, and ay and aula, two ladies he knows from church. I feared, once Willie became homebound, that the world he so embraced would shut him out. I was wrong again. Willie’s world embraces back. His door always seems to be knocking with a cavalcade of players from every act of his life neighbors, past and present parishioners from the Newman Center evco alumni, co-workers and customers, and every priest who ever lit a candle in Tempe seems to make a pilgrimage to Willie’s whenever they are back in town.

His birthday parties routinely spill out into the yard of his apartment building. If my funeral draws half as well as his birthdays, I’ll consider my life well-lived. ou missed the last party, he tells me, at a commercial break. abelyn was here. abelyn Watson, the AS Music student Willie befriended, became a sought-after soprano, performing in opera houses all over the world. Now a vocal teacher in Chicago, she made the pilgrimage to Willie’s house to honor the fellow who reached out from behind the evco counter. She even sang for us, Willie says, did I tell you? What did she sing? I asked. ou’ll Never Walk Alone. That sounds about right. Michael Grady is a Valley-based writer. His eBook, “Death Calls a Meeting,” is available on Amazon.

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echnology has changed an impossible amount since we’ve been alive. We’ve gone from the common household television with three channels to high-deﬁnition Hollywood movies on-demand at the point of a mouse. And we’re not the only age group completely confused by it. ven youngsters struggle with troubleshooting and mastering new technology and even the old ones. (If you don’t believe us, just park yourself to any o ce copy machine and watch as frustrations rise.) Sometimes newer isn’t always better. We tend to favor the simplicity of the old, even if the convenience of the new is undeniable. ut to reminisce, we took a stroll down memory lane to rediscover the old technology we knew and loved.

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he very moment I found out that this issue of Lovin’ Life After 50 would feature the theme better communication, I knew what I would write. After all, I am if nothing else a communicator. Always have been. And that’s why I am going to devote this column to the current state of communication interpersonal communication to be precise. It stinks. uantity is not the problem. We’ve never had more communication than we do today. There are literally hundreds of thousands of social networking websites devoted to improving communication. And despite the overwhelming options to get in touch with each other, we are so, so very bad at it...and getting worse. The problem is in the quality of our communication, and having watched that quality nosedive so dramatically just within my lifetime is something that alarms me...a lot. The irony of ironies is that the cell phone the single greatest advance in communication technology in my lifetime is perhaps the major culprit in eroding our ability to communicate with each other. We’ve all seen it. So many of us simply choose to focus on our phone rather than each other, sometimes even while engaging in conversation. Here’s my attempt to explain in just a few hundred words what’s wrong, and I’m pretty sure it’s not news to you Communication is far more than words. The highest quality communication is face-to-face conversation. ou see the humanity behind the words, the twinkle in the eyes, the arching of an eyebrow, the fear expressed in a slight tremor. There is a communication of words and emotions. There is texture. When you relegate a conversation to the telephone, you lose so much of that texture. ut you still hear a voice, a voice that often conveys emotion and nuance to the words being spo-

ken. Take away the face and the voice and what’s left? The written word, and most often, texting I only got into the habit of texting because it was the only way I could contact my kids. ven when I explained how much I enjoyed speaking with them, they were clear in expressing their preference Speed and brevity over quality style over substance. I would even go so far as to assert that there is more emotion conveyed by writing something by hand rather than typing it ut alas, handwriting is taught at the third-grade level (if at all ) and then pretty much a forgotten art for the rest of our lives. It’s not just the new platforms of communication that contribute to this disintegration of our ability to communicate. Now we even have to deal with language aberrations that accompany those new platforms. Are you running late? becomes r u L ? Do we really need to add an lol or ) every time someone sends a joke? Some of the texts I receive look more like long threads of personalized license plates than messages I’ve got to admit, it drives me a little crazy. So, in rereading this, I know I sound like a cranky old guy longing for the good old days. I am. I really feel that our deteriorating ability to communicate with each other is evident throughout our daily lives and getting worse. Who knows, maybe there’s something in this issue that will help ease my pain. And even though I didn’t get to complain to you face-to-face, I, at least, got the opportunity to tell you in some form. Sometimes I must admit, one’s options are limited. Bill Straus is a retired native Phoenician. He spent 21 years in the radio business and the last 13 years of his career as the Arizona director of the Anti-Defamation League. He can be reached at strausplace@cox.net.

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ear Gabby Gayle: My husband died three years ago. I think I got through his death in a healthy way. I have been looking at retirement and assisted living communities for about the last six months... not because I need it, but because it seems to make sense to me. I am years old and lonely. retty soon I may not be able to drive. ne never knows when your health could take a turn for the worse. My neighbor had one fall that landed her in a nursing home. I believe I am ready for this change. Sunday I bounced it oﬀ my kids. I was totally unprepared for their reaction. They were horriﬁed that I should be thinking of selling the house and moving. They jumped on me and said, ou are not ready for that What do I do now? Signed, Perplexed

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gry and have to vent about it in my writing without destroying hope for others. Not an easy task. I’m not even sure if I’d be able to continue writing or if depression would take over and consume my every thought. ut I do know this that my friend, Lisa Adams, was a strong and caring woman, who kept going for her family and her many friends (myself included)

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Monday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Outlets at Anthem, 4250 W. Anthem Way, Phoenix, free admission, (623) 465-9500. May 25 Monday Memorial Day Service, 9 a.m., West Resthaven Cemetery and Funeral Home, 6450 W. Northern Ave., Glendale, free, (623) 939-8394. The service will bring together community leaders and veterans organizations to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Guest speakers include members of the American Legion Post No. 29, active duty naval personnel and a guest with the Wounded Warrior Project. Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale at the Outlets at Anthem, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Saturday as well as Monday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Outlets at Anthem, 4250 W. Anthem Way, Phoenix, free admission, (623) 465-9500. May 26 Tuesday East Valley JCC Terrific Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Rd., Chandler, $3, (480) 897-0588, info@evjcc.org. The event features weekly speakers and activities for active adults. May 27 Wednesday Bunco Tournament, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Clubhouse, 550 W. Champagne Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 895-7275. May 28 Thursday Free Stroke Check, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Phoenix Baptist Hospital, 2000 W. Bethany Home Rd., Phoenix, free, registration required, (855) 292-9355, www.abrazohealth. com/strokecheck. Abrazo Health is teaming up with the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association to provide community education and health screenings, including glucose checks. “Phantom of the Opera,” through June 7, ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, $35 to $125, (480) 965-3434, www.asugammage.com. May 29 Friday “Phantom of the Opera,” through June 7, ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, $35 to $125, (480) 965-3434, www.asugammage.com. May 30 Saturday “Phantom of the Opera,” through June 7, ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, $35 to $125, (480) 965-3434, www.asugammage.com. May 31 Sunday “Phantom of the Opera,” through June 7, ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, $35 to $125, (480) 965-3434, www.asugammage.com.

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REO Speedwagon caters to fans’ every whim EO Speedwagon vocalist Kevin Cronin knows his band is “required” to play certain songs during its set or else the musicians are bound to meet an angry mob outside of their tour bus. But 1980s hits like “Take It on the Run,” “Keep on Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” aren’t exactly tough for REO Speedwagon to jam on stage. “Luckily for us, the most popular songs are songs we like to play,” said the 63-year-old Cronin, calling from his California home. “We’re really fortunate that we’re a ‘writer band,’” Cronin elaborated. “We don’t do covers or outside songs that someone wrote for us and we have to play. These are all songs that one of us wrote.” That’s a pretty big selection. Forming in the late 1960s, REO Speedwagon built its following throughout the 70s, but found gold in Hi Inﬁdelity,” which spawned four U.S. Top 40 hits. The collection sold more than 10 million copies. To date, Cronin and Co. have moved over 50 million records and charted 13 Top 40 hits. Even still, REO Speedwagon has a personal connection with all of the songs. It’s just a bonus, Cronin said, that they were hits. “It’s much more than playing a big hit,” he said. “It’s playing a song that happens to become a big hit. For me, it’s a song that’s extremely personal and a time in my life that’s very emotional. “I get to relive that emotion on stage, and relive it from a diﬀerent perspective as my life goes on. I consider that a privilege. I enjoy sharing those new perspectives on the song with the audience every night.” Cronin explains that it’s touching to hear and see so many of his fans singing REO Speedwagon songs nightly.

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REO Speedwagon love performing its most famous songs for their loyal fans. These fans have taken REO Speedwagon’s songs into their lives and made them a part of their lives. “It’s a pretty awesome experience to be the guy up there doing it,” he said. “I feel there’s a real communal spirit between the band and the audience. I try as a frontman, I work to make that bond stronger.” To further entice and entertain his fans, Cronin jokes between songs or tells the crowd what inspired the songs. That’s something he’s relied on since the band was formed. “A lot of people say they had their ﬁrst kiss to that song or it was in their wedding,” he said. “Whatever it is that brings the people into the theater we want to exceed their expectations and it’s really fun. We see it happen every night.” When asked how he keeps the songs fresh, he’s quick to compare his songs to his children.

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“When you see your children grow up, you don’t get sick of them growing up,” he said matter of fact. “My daughter just turned 18 and is a senior in high school. When she’s walking into the kitchen all dressed up—she’s a beautiful young girl—I see the little baby I used to hold in my arms and cuddle. I see the totality of her life. “It’s the way I look at these songs as well.” REO Speedwagon performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at The Pool at Talking Stick Resort, 9800 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale. Tickets are $57. For more information, call (480) 850-7734 or visit www.talkingstickresort.com.

DSB: An American Journey The Journey tribute band hits the East Valley to play the band’s greatest hits. WHEN: Friday, May 1, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: The Eastmark Great Park, 10100 E. Ray Rd., Mesa COST: Free INFO: www.eastmark.com Michael McDonald Well known for his rich and soulfully deep voice, Michael McDonald was an integral member of The Doobie Brothers. In 1982, McDonald released his first solo album, “If That’s What it Takes,” and his career took off. WHEN: Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. WHERE: Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino’s Ovations Live!, 5040 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler COST: $50 to $109 INFO: www.wingilariver.com/wild-horse-pass The Moody Blues This English rock band got its start in the mid-1960s before really making a name for itself with its album “Days of Future Passed.” The act has since sold 55 million records worldwide. That includes 18 platinum and gold records. WHEN: Friday, May 8, at 8 p.m. WHERE: The Pool at Talking Stick Resort and Casino, 9800 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale COST: $30 to $150 INFO: (480) 850-7734 or www.talkingstickresort.com ...continues on page 17

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Entertainment Fun & Games Around the Valley Bella Donna: A Tribute to Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac Come hear the music of the mystical Stevie Nicks and the band Fleetwood Mac. WHEN: Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. WHERE: The Showroom at Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale COST: $15 INFO: (480) 850-7734 or www.casinoarizona.com/ entertainment

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D’Agnolo (aka OttoD) who began his music career in grade school on trumpet. Eventually moving to electric guitar and bass, he spent his teen years playing in bar bands based out of Peoria, Illinois. WHEN: Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m. WHERE: Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, 5040 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler COST: $27 to $70 INFO: www.wingilariver.com/wild-horse-pass Aeromyth This quintet will pay tribute to the Boston rockers a month ahead of the classic rockers’ date at Gila River Arena. WHEN: Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: The Showroom at Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale COST: $15 INFO: (480) 850-7734 or www.casinoarizona.com/ entertainment/

ABC’s “Nashville” in Concert Following a highly successful tour in 2014, stars of ABC’s “Nashville” have hit the road once again. Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten, Aubrey Peeples and Lennon & Maisy will hit the Comerica Theatre stage. WHEN: Sunday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix COST: $28.50 to $58 INFO: (800) 745-3000 or www.comericatheatre.com Eddie Money The American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter has a string of Top 40 hits, including “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.” In 1986, Money dueted with Ronnie Spector on the Grammy-nominated “Take Me Home Tonight.” WHEN: Friday, May 15, at 8 p.m. WHERE: Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, 5040 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler COST: $27 to $70 INFO: www.wingilariver.com/wild-horse-pass Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon Working Class Hero has been developed as a tribute to the music and spirit of John Lennon. Cast as John in the show is music producer and recording engineer Otto

Chris Young and Thompson Square “Nashville Star” winner Chris Young has decorated his nearly decade-long career with hits like “Drinkin’ Me Lonely,” “Aw Naw” and “Lonely Eyes.” He is joined at the summer concert series by Thompson Square, the country music duo comprised of husband and wife Keifer and Shawna Thompson. WHEN: Friday, May 29, at 8 p.m. WHERE: The Pool at Talking Stick Resort and Casino, 9800 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale COST: $58.50 INFO: (480) 850-7734 or www.talkingstickresort.com

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and their neighbors feel the whole project is worthwhile. Abby Loza, ICM’s director of volunteers and outreach, said the partnership bodes well for both entities. Loza sends volunteers to the garden and then they return with produce. The Beatitudes residents and ICM volunteers work together. “We all seed together,” he said. “We do the harvesting together. We have no problems getting volunteers. “It’s been wonderful. We love doing it. It’s nice to see the volunteers in a different setting, not just at the food bank.

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Entertainment Bingo Happenings-May 2015 Fort McDowell Casino Experience bingo in Fort McDowell Casino’s state-of-the-art and award-winning 1,700-seat bingo hall. WHEN: Seven days a week, various times WHERE: Fort McDowell Casino, 10424 N. Fort McDowell Rd., Fort McDowell COST: Charge for cards INFO: (800) THE-FORT, ext. 4380, or www.fortmcdowellcasino.com/bingo.php Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino Gamers who stop by Bingo Park enjoy picturesque National Park views in the state-of-the-art, 550-seat bingo hall. WHEN: Seven days a week, various times WHERE: Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino, 15091 S. Komatke Ln., Laveen COST: $2 to $32 INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 1942, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/vq-vee-quiva-hotel-casino/gaming/bingopark Lone Butte Casino The state-of-the-art and spacious bingo hall features 850 seats and has morning, matinee and evening sessions. The morning sessions include five regular games and two specials, with three for $10 and $1 specials. WHEN: Seven days a week, various times WHERE: Lone Butte Casino, 1077 S. Kyrene Rd., Chandler COST: $2 to $32 INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 8928, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/lone-butte/gaming/bingo Sunland Village East Prize money will vary during the year based on attendance. WHEN: Sundays, at 6 p.m. WHERE: Sunland Village East Auditorium, 8026 E. Lakeview Ave., Mesa COST: Charge for cards varies to number purchase INFO: (480) 986-9822 or (480) 313-7033 Chandler Senior Center Bring a friend or make some new ones while enjoying some fun, laughter and prizes. WHEN: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. WHERE: Chandler Senior Center, 202 E. Boston St., Chandler COST: 50 cents per card. No limit on cards purchased. INFO: (480) 782-2720 or www.chandleraz.gov/senioradults Mesa Adult Center Twenty-one games, win up to $500 in losers bingo, social bingo and big game bingo.

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a l c A i ssista g o l o n nc h c e e T From helping with hearing and managing diabetes to training at the gym or in the kitchen, new apps for the 50-plus set are taking off. By Jimmy Magahern

urtis Humphries has relied on or teens use to listen to music wirehearing aids in both ears since lessly, Humphries actually blends in the age of 3, up until about 13 years with every other tech-tethered adult on the streets. And he’s ago when he had a cousing his iPhone with chlear implant surgicalthat Bluetooth earbud, ly implanted in his left too, only to interact with ear and kept a hearing his health apps instead aid in his right. Bottom of just jamming to Beline, he’s used to lookyoncé—which he also ing hearing impaired, occasionally does (he’s a thanks to the bulky asbig music fan). sistive devices he’s long “The Bluetooth allows had to carry in his ears. you to do away with acBut now, sporting cessories like the neck a Bluetooth-enabled loop or headsets,” said hearing aid that doesn’t Chris Humphries uses a Humphries, who works look a lot diﬀerent than Bluetooth-enabled hearing the wireless earpieces aid that looks like any other as a business manager for the Arizona Telemany executives use wireless earpiece. for speaking on their smartphones communications Equipment Distri-

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bution Program (AZTEDP), which provides free specialized telephone equipment to the state’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community. “And it’s smaller than a regular hearing aid, too, because you don’t have to have all that ampliﬁcation. It doesn’t look any diﬀerent than a regular Bluetooth earphone.” With that earphone, Humphries can access apps that provide a variety of invaluable services for the hearing impaired. He can save custom hearing aid settings for his favorite restaurant, boosting the spoken words of those at his table while minimizing the background noise, and have those pre-sets automatically load when his phone’s GPS navigation system detects he’s arrived at that restaurant.

Using automated dictation software, he can get a rough transcription of the words another person is speaking and see them displayed on his phone in real time. For more accuracy, he can have his handheld device do the job that used to require a bulky TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) teleprinter, displaying on the screen streamlined captioning, still entered by a remote human relay operator (a job he performs at AZTEDP), but with a shorter delay than ever before. “As we are on this call now, I actually have a captioning app set up where I can read what’s being said as well as hear you,” he said. The fact that all these things can be ...continues on page 24

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Apps for seniors ... from page 22 done on Humphries’ iPhone instead of a cumbersome array of assistive devices makes an important diﬀerence, said Vicki Thompson, AZTEDP program planner. “If you can do this on a smartphone, it’s helping you, but you look like everybody else,” she said, with a laugh. “It’s very normalized; the vanity factor is gone.”

Hot market Apps for assisting those with hearing loss is just one category of the do-it-yourself health care technologies that are being innovated for the key 50-and-older demographic. At this month’s fourth annual AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch, to be held Thursday, May , in Miami each, 5 ﬁnalist start-up companies in the 50-plus health technology sector will present their products to top venture capitalists and angel investors in a kind of “Shark Tank” format, to see which of their cutting-edge apps are given further funding. Some of the more innovative concepts, a few of which are already available, include:

• A diabetes management solution from Medella Health that will use “smart” contact lenses to continuously and noninvasively monitor glucose levels and transmit that information to a smartphone, allowing patients to manage their diabetes without the need for glucometers and painful ﬁnger pricks • Constant Therapy, an app that uses personalized brain exercises and data analytics to help people regain normal brain functions following a stroke or an episode of dementia; • A mobile medication management platform called MediSafe that reminds patients to take their medications—and sends family, friends and caregivers a notiﬁcation if they miss a dose and another called CareSync that invites collaboration from those caregivers to record observations, appointments, medications and document questions for the doctor; • AlzhUp, an app that aims to keep Alzheimer’s patients a step ahead of dementia by providing tools to easily store important moments and experiences in a “Personal Bank of Memories” using an algorithm that simulates

the way the brain naturally stores • The Nike+ Running app does the usual things expected of a modern memories, and integrating that with fitness watch users can track the distherapies and collaboration from famtance, duration and pace of a run— ily and care team members; and with some added social features. You • An app called First Derm that lets uscan get a “cheer” from friends when ers take a picture of a skin problem, they’re alerted you’re out send it to the system’s exercising and a leaderboard-certified dermaboard score that ranks your tologists and receive run among your friends. feedback within 24 hours • A few workout apps, like identifying the condition, Biceps and Gymaholic, offering a possible diagturn your watch and smartnosis or recommending phone into a gym trainer, a dermatologist (because telling you when to do sets, the app lets the user send reminding you of the interphotos anonymously, vals to do and telling you the website Techcrunch when to rest. Like many said that roughly 70 perWatch-linked apps, they cent of the photos sent Vicki Thompson is the through First Derm are, AZTEDP program planner. will create a summary of your workout and autoahem, “genital-related”). matically store it in Apple’s Glances Health care apps for the 50-and-older feature. market are a hot field, and the April introduction of the Apple Watch, which • Green Kitchen guides you through cooking healthy meals by following a has the built-in ability to monitor heart recipe on your iPhone and controlling rate through optical sensors on the back the timer for various steps on your and track movement through an acwatch. Lifesum, meanwhile, will track celerometer, is predicted to provide anwhat you eat and offer helpful feedother major influx of personal health back on the meal you just had—like, monitoring apps. Here are a few that were released upon the Watch’s launch: ...continues on page 26

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for instance, a healthier portion to try next time. • A couple of apps, Aqua Pura and WaterMinder, keep track of how much water you consume throughout the day and remind you to drink more if needed to maintain your target intake. Tabb, on the other hand, will monitor how much alcohol you’ve consumed and send an alert to your watch when you’ve had too much to drive. • There are a few apps to help you “gamify” your life by tracking your activity and assigning scores. Attivo tracks runners’ time, distance, pace and heart rate but then also shows a map of where they went that day and a scoreboard showing how many points they earned for each activity. • Hello Heart is an app that pulls your lab data out of all those digitally stored medical records the Aﬀordable Care Act has helped doctors maintain and aggregates it on your cellphone and watch, which can also sync your current heart rate data back to your records. • On the dark side, Deadline taps into all that health data synced to your phone to

provide the ultimate health “gamifying” feature: predicting how long you’ll live. Follow the app’s suggestions, like increasing your workouts or quitting smoking, and your lifespan goes up. Whew!

Young, old connect One of the more heartening aspects of the 50-plus app market is that, by and large, the apps are being created by young developers to meet the mounting health care needs of their own parents and grandparents. “We’re kind of at a place right now where the younger generation is helping the older generation and embracing it,” said Thompson. “We have this popular perception that technology isolates people—you know, people go out to dinner and everyone’s looking down at their phones. But this is an example where it’s connecting people where they normally wouldn’t be connected.” Alfredo Moreno has seen personally examples of young millennials helping the older generation understand and use mobile technology in positive, life-enhancing ways. As digital applications specialist for the Town of Gilbert, Moreno helps lead

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its new SPARK App League, co-sponsored by ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Intel and Google, which brings in members of its own team to work directly with students from high schools throughout Arizona to learn mobile application development coding and design. Each year, SPARK (Schools Par- The all-girl winning SPARK team focused on ticipate in App Resource and Knowl- making an easy-to-use app to summon Gilbert’s edge) holds a contest challenging Fire and Rescue Department. Arizona high school students to build the best mobile app for a selected city they haven’t already. resource. 2015’s winners were an all-girl “Many seniors avoid telephone conteam from Centennial High School in versations because they can’t hear well. Peoria who built an app for Gilbert’s And that impacts their relationship with Fire and Rescue Department. While it their grandkids, because they don’t talk wasn’t speciﬁcally an app for seniors, to them on a regular basis.” Moreno liked how the girls focused on Ironically, the ones least welcoming of usability to make it an easy-to-use re- grandpa’s new comfort level with smartsource for summoning emergency ser- phones may be the grandkids, whose vices, something of particular use to the generation overwhelmingly prefers tex50-and-older demographic. ting over talking on the phone today. “Some of these kids have amazing But Humphries is OK with that. ideas,” Moreno said. “And a lot of them “I used to only do texting and email come from designing solutions to prob- because I couldn’t hear on my phone,” lems their own friends and family face.” he said. “That changed with Bluetooth Humphries acknowledges that some technology. For a grandparent to be able older adults have a fear of new technol- to talk to their grandkids on a regular ogy but encourages them to take the basis, let me tell you: that can be a lifeleap from ﬂip-phone to smartphone if changing experience.”

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rowned in late March, Jessica Klebanow has yet to wrap her head around the title “Ms. Senior Arizona.” Well-wishers express their excitement about Klebanow’s win at the 26th annual event dubbed “The Age of Elegance.” But she’s willing to take on the responsibility. “It was a big shock to win,” said the 68-year-old Klebanow, who lives with her husband in Sun Lakes. She said she believes it was her honesty and her talent that earned her the title. “I think that I’m a pretty much an honest person,” she said. “When you’re being judged, people see that. I have no pretense. Certainly being a queen doesn’t change me.” For her talent, she sang Melissa Manchester’s song “Come in From the Rain.” “I love that song,” she explained. “I love the words. People think it’s ‘Coming in From the Rain.’ My interpreta-

tion is not coming in from the rain.” She hears the tune as a person singing a song of support to a loved one. “‘If you’re sad and unhappy, I’m here for you. If you’re happy, I’m here for you anyway.’ It’s about reaching out to that person, whether they need you or not. “But the person on the other side is very stubborn. They like to do their own thing.” Spanning the globe Klebanow has lived around the world—literally—thanks to her parents who were diplomats. “I went to boarding school in England. I lived in Paris,” she recalled. “My parents worked for UNESCO. I lived in Africa. I came to the United States, went to high school and college.” She earned a bachelor’s degree in gerontology and attended New York Medical College to study public health. Her heart wasn’t in it, however.

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Pageant contestants from around the nation came together for the event’s post party. love of hers—and fundraising as her special interests. “In Sun Lakes, where I live, it’s a pretty big community and a lot of the people there move back with their children as they get older or they pass on or move into nursing homes,” she said. So they or their families donate to the Sun Lakes Women’s Association. The group, in turn, gives clothing to veterans and other organizations. The household goods are stored until November, when the Sun Lakes Women’s Association hosts a “humungous sale.” “The money goes back into the community,” she said. “We give some

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Nation of Tonga dancers perform the Ma’ulu’ulu at the Polynesian Cultural Center as part of the Rainbows of Paradise canoe pageant.

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he drums pounded and so did my heart. Five Maori warriors moved in unison to the pulsating beat of the Haka war dance as their vessel glided down the tropical river. The tattooed men were powerful; not tall, but compactly built and intimidating. If I were an NFL quarterback, I would want them on my oﬀensive line. As the war dance subsided, the audience on the shore applauded in awe. Next down the river was the display from Hawaii. Grass-skirted women moved in harmony to the gentle rhythms of the Hula Kahiko, the ancient Hawaiian dance that predates the arrival of the Europeans, who introduced lyrics and string instrumentation. I stood in wonder, as the Rainbows of Paradise canoe pageant continued at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Hawaii’s North Shore of Oahu. I had often dreamed of visiting all the island cultures of olynesia. And now, with the warm Hawaiian sun on my back and palm trees swaying in the wind, my senses told me that I was experiencing my own paradise found. Back story Polynesia (many islands) covers a geographical area of the aciﬁc cean known as the Polynesian Triangle. The triangle consists of New Zealand at the

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Climbing a 40-foot coconut tree is part of the fun at the Samoan village.

to voyages, even conditioning their bodies to deal with less food and water. The Polynesian Cultural Center In the mid 1800s, the village of Laie on the North Shore of Oahu became a place of refuge for villagers who had broken the laws of the king of Hawaii. The lifeblood of the community was the Hukilau, a form of net ﬁshing invented by the ancient Hawaiians. This evolved into a festival, open to all who wished to participate. In 1865, the LDS Church purchased the land, making it a “gathering place” for all the people of Polynesia. Soon other people of Polynesian cultures poured into the area, bringing their own unique island traditions. A church and relief society was created, where inhabitants grew food and made handicrafts. In 1963, the LDS Church and University established the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) to keep alive the rich history and traditions of the indigenous island cultures of Polynesia. The center also helped defray educational expenses and provide practical work experience for its students at the university next door. Today, approximately 700 Brigham Young University-Hawaii students work at the PCC, all of them anxious to share their history with visitors. Located a one-hour drive from Honolulu, the center oﬀers a once-in-a-

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elicious, juicy pink grapefruit is in season from October through May, so this is a great month to try a sweet treat with a sensational citrus twist—the Pink Grapefruit Pound Cake. First about the cake. It really should have been called a 4-pound cake, because back in the 1700s, when someone baked up this invention, the original pound cake called for 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and ﬂour. Since then, the pound cake has slimmed down in ingredients and in size, and fresh citrus is often added to the basic mixture. While lemon is the darling of citrus when it comes to desserts, there is a sweet alternative in abundance right now in your store’s produce department. Pink grapefruit is juicy, sweet, inexpensive and

PINK GRAPEFRUIT POUND 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter 1 small package (8 ounce) cream cheese 2 cups sugar 3 large eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 heaping tablespoon grapefruit rind (pink skin only, no white pith) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup milk or cream cups our 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Icing: 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice, strained 1 cups powdered sugar Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5 inch loaf pan or a 9-inch spring form round pan. In a mixing bowl combine butter, cream cheese and sugar. Beat on high until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, blending after each addition. Add oil, grapefruit rind, vanilla and milk or cream, mixing well. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add to wet

large, which is why this recipe for Pink Grapefruit Pound Cake is so perfect. While you’re enjoying the juicy fruit inside as a snack, the outside skin can be zested and blended into a moist, rich and dense cake. Then, you’ll take a few wedges, juice them up and add that to powdered sugar for a zesty citrus drizzle over top of the cake. I made one big mistake on my ﬁrst go-around. I got a bit of the white pith under the outer skin in my zesting and it made my cake slightly bitter, so make sure that you grate only the pink peel. You can drizzle as much or as little of the icing as you like. Just double the icing ingredients for more sweetness on top. The second mistake I made was cutting into the cake before it cooled and set up. Patience has never been my virtue, but in this case waiting a bit promises the perfect slices.

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mixture, just to combine. Pour into baking pan and cook for 1 hour or until toothpick comes up clean. Do not overbake. Let cake cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile make icing. In a medium bowl, combine grapefruit juice and powdered sugar, mixing well. If too thick, add more grapefruit juice, drops at a time. Transfer cooled cake to serving plate and drizzle with icing. Can be stored in refrigerator or at room temperature, wrapped well in plastic wrap, for several days.

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... from page 9 Guess what grandma just found He lies too much and he is tearing our out: If you’re a senior and you country apart. To get factual informaneed to call a taxi, don’t let them tion, look to Fox and Rush (Limbaugh) know you’re on Medicare pay if you’re and not to A C, C S, N C, MSN C coming from the doctor’s o ce. ou’re or George Soros. In closing, may I say going to have to wait twice as long as the that trying to debate a liberal is like petone who pays with cash or card. It’s an ting a skunk. They both stink. So never interesting new world, isn’t it? vote for liberal Democrats. A Tucson Tea Party patriot. Everyone has the option to report violations that are not in I’m not only after 50, but I recompliance with the City of member when (a website) was Mesa code. If the renter does not mainthe gold standard in corporate tain his property, then the owner is re- excellence. This is, I believe, outside the sponsible. (If there’s) failure to comply, normal in-house complaint process at the City will take care of the problem (the website). It is my humble opinion, an and bill the owner. As far as noise There intentional deceptive business practice. are rules regarding excessive noise When detected, the company is more whether it be music, barking dogs or than ready to correct the situation. neighbors having a very loud disagree- My spouse and I have separate accounts ment. For this infraction, call the Mesa which share one credit card number. police (nonemergency) phone number. As one surfs through the site, several ofComplaining to each other solves noth- fers are extended to the customer. ne ing. The City only knows there is a prob- offer entails a free trial for a membership lem only if someone reports it. Your with enhanced benefits called (plan’s name taxes pay for these services. The number withheld). I elected to give it a try. At the for code compliance is (480) 644-2061; end of the trial one would be charged Mesa police nonemergency is (480) 644- an annual fee, $99 plus tax or $105 in 2211. On your calendar, mark the date, Arizona, for one year, unless canceled time, who you spoke to and ask for the in advance. I was alert enough (rare) to name of the district’s inspector’s name. cancel the trial in advance avoiding any Change whatever is needed to have it subsequent charge—or so I thought. My appear as a complaint. I’ve been dealing spouse who has a separate account, did with these problems. Squeak! Squeak! not enroll in (the program) nor can I unAh A little grease, at last derstand why another family member would enroll? I received my credit card Punishment for the Boston bill, and a membership charge was inMarathon bomber should be to cluded. In talking to (the website), I discovput him in a locked room with a ered that (it) bills the card number (times bomb set to go off at a time he does not the number of accounts using the card know. This way he would suffer the same number), not necessarily the account horrible death as the 8-year-old boy that holder who enrolled. The charge on the he put a bomb next to. Even if this ter- card was not mine, but my spouse’s, who rorist is given the death penalty, he will never asked for, or accepted a membersit on death row for 20, 25 years until it’s ship. We fondly reminisced about our actually activated. He deserves the same decision not to have more children. Am I unique, or is (the website) doing this to horrible death as his victims. all families, because one member tried I’ve just summarized the 27 (the program) and they share a credit card responses in the April opinion number? As I said, they were quick to part of Lovin’ Life. The results correct the charge. There was no arguseem to indicate 19 opinions (70 percent) ment that my spouse had not cancelled tend to be conservative and only eight the trial. Respectfully, I think this is a se(30 percent) tend to be liberal. Hooray rious matter that borders on intentionfor Arizona and America America was ally deceptive business practice, and is founded on conservative principles, and nationwide, if not worldwide. liberalism is anti-American. ne liberal response in particular was way off base To whoever wrote that millions when it stated, “President Obama has of Americans favor the eywisely taken action. How utterly false stone Pipeline, you must have Obama is not wise. He is not a leader. your brain tuned to FOX News. It will

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cost Canada millions of dollars to upgrade its refineries to process shale oil, so it wants to send it to the United States so we have to upgrade ours to process their oil, which they will then make a tidy profit by selling it to China. y the way, the epublican och brothers will make a large profit, too. That is why they are backing it. The only jobs we will sustain after it is built is about 30 people. or that, we take our refineries o ine to refine our oil and put them on line to refine Canadian oil. This oil is so dirty that the refineries have to stop and clean equipment twice as much. Then we are left with a pile of contaminated coal sludge that cannot be used in the United States, which we must find a place to dispose of. How about dumping it in the och brothers’ backyard or yours? How can Republicans be so dumb! This does not even touch on the possible damage to our environment if there is an oil leak. I attended the meeting with the Mesa Police Department at Mesa Community College regarding the shooting in March at the motel on Main Street. How very professional they all were and the deputy chief even came over and talked to me. He was so informative. What a great team. What’s going on? We suddenly get mail from both Republicans and Democrats and both of them say they’re going to keep Social Security. Republicans keeping Social Security and giving us a raise? That doesn’t sound right. It sounds more sneaky that Republicans will keep Medicare and Social Security and give them a raise. I don’t trust that Republicans’ mail at all, do you? Just plain pitiful. These poor young politicians don’t know right from wrong—especially the one who said he’s proud his wife can carry a gun to keep herself safe. What’s he been doing? Shame on him. Maybe she’ll use it on him. He won’t be so proud then. I was married to an o cer in the Air orce and I just read this article about the “General’s treason warning about A- 0 draws rebuke. He told me that the warthog, which is also the A- 0, was way before its time and the things it can do. This new F-35, doesn’t compare to it. They want to get rid of the warthog. That would be one

of the worst things for our security. My husband had two engineering degrees. He was connected with the CIA. He did photography for the U.S. government. He told me a lot of things, especially about the airplanes. Now when I see one go over I can identify it because of what he told me about them, like the C- 0 is one of the biggest planes. After he retired, he was a tram driver at the air museum. Anyway, it just made me sick when I read that article that the man was telling everyone if they talk to Congress, they would be (taken) out of the service. Hillary Clinton claims that every day Americans need a champion and she is the champion. Are you kidding me? This woman has nothing to do with every day Americans. She cannot be trusted. She has done nothing in all her years of being secretary of state, except travel a million miles. She has not answered questions about Benghazi. She has destroyed emails. Her husband was a liar. We do not want these Clintons in the White House. Tell old timers that whatever they do when they see a doctor today they should not discuss their opinion about anything. It can cause a chain reaction—refusal to take care of them; you wouldn’t believe. It’s the new way of life today. Get in line. Shut your mouth and do what you’re told. Nobody wants your opinion on anything, believe it or not. Muslim students at several of our colleges have protested campus screening of American Sniper. Chris yle was an American hero. If the Muslims students don’t like the ﬁlm, let the go back to their Muslim countries. Stop trying to change America. Hillary Clinton has stated that her goal is to topple the 1 percent of rich people in America. What a hypocrite. This is the same woman when she gives a speech or her husband gives a speech, they demand over $300,000. This is the same couple whose daughter is negotiating to buy a $10 million home in New York City. We can’t believe anything that this woman says. She will say anything to get votes. Unfortunately, we have dumb people who believe her.

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his year’s flu season just finished, but did you know that there are still many other vaccine preventable illnesses to be concerned about? Listed below are two very important non-flu vaccines and information about who should receive them. Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine Measles has gained attention in recent months as there have been outbreaks along the West Coast which spread from an amusement park in California. The disease initially starts with symptoms of fever, cough, runny nose and sore throat, but eventually progresses into a rash that covers the entire body. Mumps is characterized by fever, muscle pain and swollen glands. Mumps can have severe complications including loss of hearing and development of an infection of the brain or spinal cord. ubella, also known as erman measles, can cause rash and fever. MM , a combination vaccine, can protect you against all three illnesses. Adults born before 57 are considered immune to all three diseases and do not have to obtain this vaccine. All adults born after 57 should obtain at least one dose of the MM vaccine unless they can show they have been vaccinated or have documented diagnoses of all three diseases. A second dose of MM is recommended for individuals who are students in postsecondary institutions work in a health care facility or who plan to travel internationally. Pneumococcal Vaccines neumococcal disease can include infection of the lungs, blood and membranes of the brain or spinal cord. Although antibiotics are available for treatment, in recent years bacteria have become more resistant to the medications available. There are two types of pneumonia vaccines neumococcal conjugate vaccine ( C ) and neumococcal polysaccharide vaccine ( S ) also referred to as revnar and neumovax, respectively. revnar protects against different types of pneumonia strains while neumovax protects against types of pneumococcal bacteria. While some of the coverage overlaps, they do provide protection against different types of bacteria.

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revnar should be given to every individual older than age 5 and to adults between the ages of to with conditions that suppress the immune system such as Hodgkin’s disease, lymphoma and kidney failure. An individual only needs to receive one dose of revnar as an adult. ne dose of neumovax is also recommended for everyone older than age 5. In addition, it is recommended for individuals ages to that have C D, asthma, liver disease, diabetes,

heart disease or use tobacco products. Individuals ages to should obtain two doses of the vaccine separated by ﬁve years if they have a damaged spleen, sickle cell disease, HI or any other immunocompromising condition. Therefore, anywhere from one to three doses of neumovax are recommended as an adult. These recommendations may seem confusing so it is always best to check with your pharmacist to see which pneumonia vaccinations you need.

Thanks to the successful immunization programs in the nited States the incidence of many illnesses have signiﬁcantly decreased. It is important to make sure that each and every adult has the proper immunizations to ensure that the incidence of these diseases remains low. These are just two of the many immunizations available at your local Walgreens pharmacy. To ﬁnd out more information about what additional immunizations you may be eligible for, ask your Walgreens pharmacist today.

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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month Protect your hearing this month—and all year long

::by The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and Arizona Relay Service

ost of us know someone who has hearing loss. Some of you may have a hearing loss yourself. In fact, more than 48 million people in the United States currently experience some degree of hearing loss and in Arizona, more than a million people are hard of hearing. Because May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, we want to remind people of the importance of hearing health, the signs of hearing loss and resources available. So what causes hearing loss? According to the etter Hearing Institute (BHI) the primary causes of hearing loss are aging and previous exposure to loud noise, or noise-induced hearing loss. This can be due to diﬀerent types of occupational and recreational noise exposure: military service, construction workers, bartenders, dentists, landscapers or even things like attending concerts, riding motorcycles, and or listening to MP3 players. Oftentimes people dismiss signs of hearing loss as no big deal. In reality, hearing loss is a very big deal. Hearing loss can aﬀect anyone at any time and can impact all the areas of your life, including your relationships, your health and your safety. How? If hearing loss goes undiagnosed, one might encounter more misunderstandings in their relationships; earn less money at work, and experience other health issues, such as dementia. Making phone calls becomes more challenging and isolation and depression are common, especially in the senior population. So, how do you know if you have a hearing loss? Do you: • Frequently ask people to repeat themselves; • Often turn your ear toward a sound to hear it better; • Understand people better when you wear your glasses or look directly at their faces; • Have trouble following group conversations; eep the volume on your radio or T at a level that others say is too loud;

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• Have pain or ringing in your ears. For some, hearing loss may be inevitable. But for most, it’s completely preventable. Here are some tips on how to protect your hearing: eep the volume on televisions, music, radios and cellphones turned down to a moderate level. Smoking toxins can negatively aﬀect a person’s hearing ability. Don’t smoke. Wear ear plugs and other protective gear when operating noisy equipment. Take regular breaks from loud noise— at least a 10-minute break every hour. Avoid unhealthy eating. A poor diet increases the chances of being diagnosed with diabetes and thus puts an individual at a greater risk of developing hearing loss. If you are experiencing any of the signs above or if you think you have hearing loss, see your doctor or a licensed audiologist to assess the degree of hearing loss, to treat it and to determine a plan to prevent further loss. There are many assistive technologies, available through Arizona elay Service or the Arizona Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program that can help sharpen your hearing, keeping you connected to your surroundings. or more information on the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing visit www.acdhh.org or Arizona Relay Service visit www.azrelay.org. About the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing: Established in 1977 to improve the quality of life for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents, ACDHH serves as a statewide information referral center for issues related to people with hearing loss and aspires to be a national leader in communication access, support services and community empowerment throughout the state. The purpose of the organization, and its commissioners, is to ensure, in partnership with the public and private sector, accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing to improve their quality of life. About Arizona Relay Service: Arizona Relay Service (AZRS) is a public service provided by the State of Arizona and administered by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). AZRS makes communication by telephone easy, accessible, reliable and convenient for people who are deaf,

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness ASO triathlon a triumph

etting up at 4 a.m. is no picnic. But that’s what triathletes do. Bikes in the rack by 6, races starting shortly thereafter. It takes dedication to your sport. It takes weeks, if not months, of training. They are ready for their 425-yard swim, 12-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. They know that there will be times when they want to

stop, when they are tempted to quit. But these are not quitters. They are people who persist in order to ﬁnish. They go on, pressing toward the goal of the ﬁnish line. The 2015 triathlon is a generationspanning event ranging from teens to octogenarians. The awards are by age group, but the camaraderie is ageless.

One only has to see the mutual congratulations at the ﬁnish line to know that these athletes share a common passion: to see how well they can perform while challenging their abilities. Young and old both know that the main goal is to ﬁnish. Winning an award is icing on the cake.

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here’s no way around it. We need to be active to feel great and stay healthy, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. Here’s a quick guide to get your fitness on track. Step 1. Get in gear Lightweight, loose-fitting clothing is best, especially during the hotter months. Useful gear includes: A towel Water bottle Moisture-resistant gym bag Step 2. Find the right shoes As we get older our shoe sizes can change, so remember to get refitted. Choose your shoes based on the activity. Walking shoes tend to be stiffer, running shoes are more flexible and cross-trainers work well for gym workouts, according to WebMD. Leave about a thumb’s width between the front of your big toe and the tip of the shoe. The heel should be fairly snug to prevent blisters, WebMD reported. Step 3. Choose your location If you prefer group exercise classes or using weight-training equipment, Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness

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Are you the ‘ideal?’

n November 2013 the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology published new guidelines for the management of blood cholesterol. These guidelines look not only at cholesterol, but also at a person’s overall risk of heart disease and stroke. Because cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, the “ideal” American makes it a point to “know the numbers.” If someone asked you, What are your cholesterol numbers?” could you answer accurately? What are

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the “ideal” numbers? Blood pressure: 120/80 Fasting blood sugar: Less than 100 BMI: Less than 25 (height/ weight radio) Total cholesterol: 200 HDL: 60-plus Triglycerides: Less than 150 Want to be the ideal ? Here’s how: eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and dairy products, poultry, ﬁsh and nuts. Limit red meats, sodium and sugary foods and beverages. Eat well and start 30 minutes of walking three times a week and it will start you out on the road to being “ideal.”

“I’ll get in shape for my son’s wedding” or I’ll get ﬁt for the summer, might seem like reasonable goals, but once they’re over, it’s hard to stay committed. Instead, think in terms of longterm yet achievable goals.

you did and how you felt once you finished. This can be a great source of motivation down the road. Step 8. Reward yourself Celebrate successes along the way to stay motivated. Think of fun ways to reward yourself, like hosting a healthy dinner with friends or buying a new pair of shoes. nce you begin your fitness program, the hardest part is over. You can then start to enjoy the endless benefits of a more active life including more energy, better rest, a faster metabolism, lower blood pressure and so much more.

Step 6. Keep your nutrition on track To eliminate temptation, a general rule of thumb is to shop along the border of your grocery store. This is typically where you can ﬁnd the healthiest foods. Mayo Clinic recommends ﬁve servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Staying hydrated is also important. The Institute of Medicine determined that women should drink about nine cups of water a day, while men should drink about 13 cups. On n Remember to drink more and older water based on the weather and your activity level, acn cording to the Mayo Clinic.

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National Senior Games announces track and field change for July

he National Senior Games has announced that there is a change in the venues for the track and ﬁeld events at the National Senior Games. We originally had three ﬁeld events scheduled at Concordia University,” said Susan Hlavacek, director of events and programs. Working closely with the 2015 LOC and the University of

St. Thomas, we were able to come up with additional space to host all track and field events at the niversity of St. Thomas. This will definitely benefit the athlete experience.” Athletes who are planning their accommodations should take note of the change so as to secure lodging near the venues where they will be competing.

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Be a friend, help us fund ASO Yes, I would like to be a friend of Arizona Senior Olympics Send your tax-deductible contribution by check, money order, credit card or go online to www.seniorgames.org. oun n o d I am paying by Check/Money Order Visa Mastercard Discover American Express. You will be charged by Senior Games Payment Services if paying by credit card. If paying by check, please make it out to the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation. Credit Card. #: xpiration Date digit code on back of card Name as it appears on your credit card: Address: City/State/Zip: Signature: Email address:

Mail to: Arizona Lifelong Fitness Association P.O. Box 33278, Phoenix, AZ 85067-3278

Cherry anyone? Don’t miss the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

f you’re going to the National Senior Games in Minneapolis this summer, you’re in for a treat! The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is a place you won’t want to miss. “Spoonbridge and Cherry” is the centerpiece of the garden and is the iconic symbol for the city of Minneapolis. The carefully crafted garden surrounding the sculptures is reminiscent of the gardens of Versailles, outside of Paris. Yet another reason to go to Nationals!

Be sure to let us know at the ASO o ce or you can also go into your account on FUSESPORT and change it there. That way you’ll be ready for the 2016 Games. If you’re changing your email address, please let us know that as well so that we can be sure you continue to get The Finish Line throughout the summer.

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