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6 Sound Off 6 The Curmudgeon 7 The Up Side 8 Six Questions, One Person 9 Straus’ Place 12 Aging Today 13 Ask Gabby Gayle 13 Your Finances

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opinion Sound Off I’m answering the person who is questioning my claim in October’s Sound Off that FOX News viewers are the most uninformed people around. I’m laughing at his/her statement that FOX News viewers are the most informed, intelligent Americans. Informed and intelligent should never be used to describe most FOX News junkies! For this reader’s information, I do tune in to FOX News now and then to catch their side of events, talking points and to listen to some of their experts give commentaries. One FOX expert that comes to mind is Wayne Simmons, their former resident CIA affairs expert. He reportedly had previously worked for the CIA and had led some “deep cover intel ops,” etc. He was discovered to have never worked for the CIA and was finally fired after being exposed and arrested. But, to answer the Sound Off reader’s question, I did a quick search on Google, typing in the words “uninformed FOX News viewers.” I

stopped counting at 100 articles. There is page after page with articles citing various polls that showed FOX News viewers being less informed. Some of the polls I saw listed were Gallup, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NPR, Pew Research Center, University of Maryland and worldpublicopinion. org. There were others. So, FOX viewer, I suggest you learn to use Google or other search engines to check out some of the “stuff ” you hear on FOX. As we remember our grandparents saying all through the 1940s. it’s the Russians that exacerbate the problems. The Russians have not moved on since the 1940s. It’s Putin’s fault. Shame on Putin. Shame on Russians who do not speak up. It’s the same old, same old. Shame on Russia. Hillary Clinton’s top aid warned in an email to a state department staffer that Hillary is often confused. Why would anyone vote for this woman who has had a head injury, who is under investigation for her emails, and lying to the American people and the families of the four dead Americans that the

The Curmudgeon

Only one Curmuddy Award for 2015 :: by Drew Alexander

n every January issue of this column since its inception, I have awarded my mud-pie statuette called a “Curmuddy” to those individuals and groups who have said or done some especially outrageous, absurd or downright stupid thing during the previous year. For the most part, these awards have been purposely blithe, focusing on the frailties of the human condition that at one time or another result in each of us saying or doing something ridiculous. While there was no shortage of fodder for the foibles committed by the planet’s human inhabitants in 2015, deadly serious world events the past year have caused me to rethink my multiple annual awards this time

by having only one major, and far from whimsical, Curmuddy. It goes to President Barack Obama. In October, I wrote: “The United States may be the most powerful nation on earth, but being too timid to employ that power when and where it should place us next to a window of vulnerability.” I went on to say that President Obama’s global image of the proverbial 99-pound weakling has emboldened our enemies, distressed our allies, and places the nation at high risk for the duration of his term of office. It’s a horrific thing to witness that the president of the United States is not up to the task of being commander in chief—the most crucial presidential duty. Obama’s reticence in even

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attack as caused by a video. Why anyone would vote for that woman is beyond me. Barack Obama’s strategy for fighting ISIS is going to Paris for the global conference on global warning. This will send a severe rebuke to the terrorists. I believe this president is certifiably insane. See and listen to the tapes of the Flagstaff brouhaha. Then listen to the prosecutor demand $2 million bond. Shame on

him, hot head. Listen to what really happened in Flagstaff. There is no such justice in a court like that. It’s already decided. Prosecutor needs to be prosecuted himself. Fifty million people are supposed to be watching the Macy’s parade around the world What do you think Americans do when they’re threatened by people like ISIS? They have a parade and not a sign of a military weapon in it. They’re singing and dancing and ...continues on page 14

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identifying the barbaric enemy as radical Islamic terrorists is troublesome, and more so that he refuses to unleash overwhelming military, economic and technical force against a growing foe that seeks to destroy each and every one of us. Before Obama, it would have been difficult to imagine an American president flippantly equating terrorist murderers with a junior varsity basketball team, or that he would circumvent Congress and enter into an atrocious deal that allows fascist Iran to continue to develop nuclear weapons, or that he would fall for the hoax of manmade climate change and consider it more of a menace to his country than lunatic jihadists. Before Obama, it would have been difficult to imagine an American president so out of touch with reality, so disconnected from the flaming world around him, and so lacking in leadership initiative as to make him nearly a caricature of a chief executive. Until Obama, my faith that America and its leadership—regardless of

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political affiliation—could always meet any challenge and that we, the nation’s citizenry, would be reasonably secure in our homes and communities. But not today. Barack Hussein Obama and his inept and scandal-ridden administration scares the hell out of me. But I’m not alone in my apprehension. Historian and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that Obama is “the greatest security threat to ever occupy the White House.” A recent New York Times/CBS News poll reveals that the fear level of Americans is the highest since Sept. 11, 2001. Seventy-nine percent of the respondents believe that a terrorist attack on the homeland is likely within less than a year. 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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The Up Side

The road to Damascus— or Chipotle :: by Michael Grady

have two grandkids I treasure. Both boys. When my wife and I come over to babysit, I will drive the 8-year-old to Chipotle so the 2-year-old has free reign to destroy the house. It’s a good system. We buy lunch for everybody, and by the time we return, my wife has a keener appreciation for both me and the Zone defense. (She plays man-on-man defense with the 2-year-old when they’re alone. And the 2-year-old, frankly, owns her.) Then, the four of us sit and eat burritos in the smoking wreckage of my daughter’s home. I love these drives with the 8-yearold, because we get to talk. He’s a great conversationalist. Kids that age tell lies so whopping big that even FOX News wouldn’t run most of them. So, I get into the car prepared for anything. That said, he still surprised me not too long ago. “Did you know about God?” he asked. “I, uh—what?” I glanced in the rearview, to make sure he wasn’t wearing a white shirt and skinny tie. “Do you know about God?” He said. “Do you know who God is?” “Do you have a pamphlet for me?” But I couldn’t joke my way out of this. It was on his mind—in that laserfocused way 8-year-olds have before they transition to something moments later—and God was such a big, allencompassing concept, I didn’t know where to start. But I didn’t have to. Because he began telling me. “God is, like, this old man who lives in the sky?” He began. “And He’s got a big white beard, like Santa? But he’s not like Santa. Because he’s more powerful than Santa, or Spiderman or the Hulk (we often use superheroes as reference points.) And if God doesn’t like you? He can kill you.” Two things suddenly struck me: 1) Everyone, eventually, must answer a youngster’s questions about life and death and whatever meaning is wedged between the two; and 2) If you don’t answer them, the mouthiest, most evangelical child on the playground will answer them for you.

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There are so many things we’re supposed to talk to little ones about: putting strange objects in your mouth, bolting out into traffic, stranger danger; (the list grows as they mature: violent movies and video games, bullies, booze, marijuana, drugs, handguns, texting, online behavior...) Every one of those things should be discussed. But in our effort to protect kids from the world’s ills, we can’t bury the lead. We owe them our thoughts about why we’re here, what’s important, and why we’re all driving to Chipotle in the first place. I grew up in a religious community, where God was on the job and right and wrong were clearly defined. (Looking too long at the substitute teacher was a matter of concern, as I recall, while raising your voice to a parent was the Express Train to Hell.) Some of my childhood friends still see life that way. Many have opened their ideas on God up the way jazz musicians improvise on a melody. But we all had a clear picture of the world to start with—and an understanding that what we did in it mattered. Church folk don’t hold a monopoly on this. I know plenty of atheists and agnostics with strong values. The important thing is to communicate your ideas to kids. We’re often shy about life’s big questions, including and especially the nature of God. Even among religious families, there’s a tendency to let the weekly church service do all the talking. My mom mentioned God all the time. And yes, a lot of it was “God, will you ever learn to pick up your socks?” But her beliefs also danced around the edges of the advice and encouragement she gave me. My dad saved God and faith issues for funeral homes and emergency rooms. But it was instructive and comforting to see how their beliefs helped them manage the world. I think it benefits young people to see adults weighing God and faith and purpose in their daily lives. Even if they don’t understand your beliefs completely. Even if you don’t understand your beliefs completely. Let

kids see that understanding their place in the cosmos is an idea worth working on. Which brings us back to the road to Chipotle. “You know,” I began, “I don’t think God is some angry guy with a beard who kills people.” “He can, though.” I shrugged that off. (I didn’t want another “Yes he can”/“No he can’t” standoff.) “This is what I know...” I continued. “...I judge someone by what they do. So what has God done? Gave us an awesome family, and a great life. That doesn’t sound like the work of an angry, bearded guy who walks atop the clouds like Charlton Heston, right?” “Who is Charlton Heston?” “Someone who is also not God.” “Who do you think God is?” “I think … God is love.” Which, when I said it, sounded like a ‘70s refrigerator magnet. “You know the feeling you get when you’re kind to someone? Or that feeling when you miss your mom or dad, and they come back? I think that feeling is a little spark of God in us, and that’s what makes us more than talking piles of meat.”

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He was all questions, then: would God kill people if they did this? Could God bring you back from the dead? Is God more powerful than this, that or the other? “I don’t know,” I told him. “I’m still figuring it out. And I think you spend your whole life looking for God, and figuring out the answers for yourself. I do know that anyone—especially an 8-year-old anyone—who claims to know it all, doesn’t.” There was a long silence. “There’s something I have to tell you,” my grandson said. Oh God, I thought, he joined some cult. “So, tell me.” “...I’m a spy.” He said. “OK.” “I’m a spy with super powers.” He can fly, apparently. And the government uses him to keep the country safe. He wanted to tell me earlier, but it’s secret and very complicated. So he’ll only tell me as much as I can handle, and then a little more on a need-toknow basis. We both agreed this was a good plan. Michael Grady is a local playwright, reporter and the author of “Death Calls a Meeting.”

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ne person, six questions” is a Freeze, which provides emergency shelter continuing series of columns to people experiencing homelessness. Outside of work, Rothschild enjoys about Tucson-area residents who have traveling, exercising and made an impact on the watching sports, especially community. This month, Lovin’ baseball. He even squeezes Life After 50 focuses on Tucson in a little time for reading, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, nonfiction in particular. age 60. Two of Rothschild’s most He puts in a 12-hour day but memorable experiences were still loves his job and the people his meetings with President of Tucson. Elected more than Obama: the first time at the four years ago, Rothschild is a White House shortly after he lifelong Tucson resident who was first elected mayor and only moved away to attend Mayor Jonathan Rothschild the second when the president university and law school. visited Phoenix. Rothschild He worked as a lawyer for 30 years, primarily in the areas of business added, “My wife Karen and I also met Michelle Obama when she visited Tucson. law and estate planning. In addition to his work as a lawyer, The first lady was extremely gracious marrying and raising now-adult three while talking about such diverse topics children, Rothschild makes time for as Tucson’s economy and our common volunteer work. At various times, he served experience raising teenage daughters.” Lovin Life After 50 recently spoke to as board president of Casa de los Ninos and as site coordinator for Operation Deep Rothschild about his work as mayor.

hy did you want to be our mayor? I love Tucson, my hometown, and I believed I had the vision, skills and energy to help move our city forward.

challenges is keeping the city on a sound financial footing, as Tucson and many other cities face ballooning public safety pension obligations.

hen did you become mayor? I was sworn in for my first term on Dec. 5, 2011, and for my second term on Dec. 7, 2015.

hat do you hope for Tucson’s growth and development in 2016? I’m going to continue focusing on the five T’s of our economy: technology, trade, transportation, tourism and teaching.

an you brieﬂy tell Lovin’ Life After 50 readers what a typical day is like for you? I get up at 5 a.m., usually arrive at City Hall around 6:30 then have some time to answer emails before my first appointment or meeting at 7:30 or 8. Then I have meetings or events all day and usually an event or two in the evening. I try to be in bed by 9:30 p.m., but it doesn’t always work out that way—my work day usually lasts 12 to 14 hours.

o you think 2016 is going to be a good year for Tucson on the job front? Tucson’s job growth over the past year was at 2 percent with growth in professional and business services at 5.6 percent. So, yes, I think 2016 is going to continue in a positive direction. The mayor added that his New Year wishes for Tucson include: health, happiness and economic security for our residents.

Barbara Russek, a Tucson freelance writer, has been in love with language since the age of 2 and has been asking questions since she became a French teacher at age 22. She continues to be fascinated by people and their lives. Russek welcomes comments at babette2@comcast.net

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I remember debates—real ones :: by Bill Straus

remember debates. Real, honestto-goodness, hard-hitting debates where cases and positions were established and someone won and someone lost. I remember them, but I don’t have the pleasure of witnessing them anymore—at least not very often. I’m afraid we’ve lost the art of debate as I knew it. The dictionary defines debate as a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. Synonyms: discussion, discourse, parley, dialogue. What we call “debates” in the current election cycle cannot possibly be considered such. Oh, they have the appearance of “a formal discussion” and “opposing arguments are put forward.” But these are not debates! They are merely presentations or exhibitions, if you will. Take a look at those synonyms for debate. Do you see any of those concepts in what we call our “presidential debates?” Discourse? Dialogue? I mean, come on! The candidates come to the stage with a preset list of points they intend to make, regardless of the questions they are asked. In fact, it’s quite commonplace to see them avoid questions almost completely in order to squeeze those pre-prioritized points into the “debate.” Oh, it gets better when it’s down to two candidates, but the current format is simply too scripted and choreographed to provide any significant enlightenment. In the first place, for debates to be meaningful, we have to be willing to accept certain premises as facts. But in today’s world, it seems that even facts are—please pardon the pun— debatable. Candidates throw their facts out and then, even in the face of

wholesale contradiction and refutation, refuse to back down and accept the truth. It happens on both sides but, in all honesty, is far more prevalent on the Republican front. Thus far this time around, Donald Trump’s claim that he watched “thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating the fall of the World Trade Center on 9/11” presents the best example of this. The claim was immediately refuted, but Trump held fast. As I write this—a full two weeks after he made the remark—he has yet to present any evidence of this whatsoever, but admits “his people” are looking for verification. So are the debates in their current form useful? Do we learn anything? I admit we do, but think of how much more could be gleaned by a more traditional debate format. I’d like a format where candidates could address and respond to each other. Here’s another suggested improvement: Let each and every participant respond to each and every question. All too often, we see an issue explored by a few of the candidates, while the others are left dangling, awaiting a different question. Improving the debates is not brain surgery. We have examples of classic debates in this country, most notably, of course, the Lincoln/Douglas debates of 1860. But even the Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960 were miles ahead of the current form. This is just one more example of my longing for the past, something with which I’m becoming more and more familiar all the time. 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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Aging Today

Aging in place—What are my options?

:: by Bob Roth Cypress HomeCare Solutions

he long-accepted practice of sending older adults off to an institution once their abilities begin to decline is gradually being replaced by a kinder, more holistic approach to growing old known as “aging in place.” Aging in place allows seniors to remain close to families and communities as opposed to digging up roots and facing the unknown alone. With the help of friends, family and in-home care agencies, older adults who “age in place” are rewarded with a wide array of benefits. There are many emotional reasons an elderly loved one may want to age in place: • The home is a gathering place for friends and family. • Pride in property ownership and ties to the community. • The home is a source of stability

during the volatile aging process. • There are also many practical reasons: • Living at home limits exposure to multidrug resistant organisms. • There is no “relocation stress” or “transfer trauma” (when older adults age in place and receive at-home care, they greatly reduce the risks of sleep disturbance, confusion, withdrawal, depression and even death) • Living at home preserves brain function by encouraging regular daily activities such as laundry, gardening, pet care, paying bills or riding the bus (even if seniors receive help from a family member or home care worker, the benefits remain) • Aging in place allows seniors to maintain social networks and family ties, which contributes to

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“environmental complexity”—a factor that provides stimulation and contributes to a longer lifespan. • Due to the growing number of aging adults, health care costs for seniors is on the rise—aging in place is less expensive over time. • There are, however, some costs associated with aging in place: • Housing modifications • Assistive technology • Hiring staff from private in-home care agency. With aging in place, the goal is to establish a balance between aging adults’ evolving needs with the right combination of support, stimulation and care. This way, seniors can continue to a live a life full of cherished activities and relationships without the risk of isolation and premature cognitive decline. So when you are considering “aging in place” as an option, the greatest challenge facing our older adults is their ability to take care of their “activities of daily living (ADLs).” These ADLs include activities that people tend do every day without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence. When ADLs become difficult for our aging loved ones, then there are several options available to them that they should consider. The type and amount of in-home senior care your elderly loved one needs will greatly depend on the dayto-day activities he or she is able to do independently, but it also depends how much help you and other family caregivers are able to provide. In-home care can typically be broken down into three levels of care: Monitoring, homemaking and personal care. The best way to determine which type of care your loved one needs is through a needs assessment, but here’s a guide for what each level of care can provide: Monitoring Monitoring is the lowest level of care. Older adults who are pretty

independent but could use help with more difficult tasks like running errands and transportation to appointments are the right candidates for monitoring. Monitoring can also offer companionship to seniors, giving them someone to talk to for a few hours a week. Homemaking Older adults that need some help around the house should consider homemaking care. The home care services that are included on this level can be anything from making meals to housekeeping duties. Personal care Personal care for elderly people is often around-theclock because it’s the highest level of care. Personal care providers take care of monitoring and homemaking responsibilities, but they also help with personal tasks like bathing, dressing and feeding. There are a number of ways that care can be delivered to assist our loved ones’ ability to “age in place.” Typically, care is delivered by; family members, friends, neighbors and professional employer-based in-home care caregiver agencies. In addition, some older adults prefer to move to a senior living community for the social activities and the programming that is available. Sometimes it is for the food. So as we age there are many options available to us. If you have any questions or you feel like you need some assistance in navigating the various options feel free to contact me, it would be my pleasure to assist you. Bob Roth is the managing partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions. He and his family have been providing caregiving and caregiving resources to the Maricopa County region since 1994. Roth also hosts a radio show, “Health Futures—Taking Stock in You,” found on KFNN Money Radio 1510 AM and 99.3 FM on Fridays at 12 p.m. He can be reached at bobroth@cypresshomecare.com or call him at (602) 264-8009.

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Ask Gabby Gayle Advice for the over-50 crowd

:: by Gayle M. Lagman-Creswick

ear Gabby: I was wondering if you could help me. I am recently widowed, and I was married for 45 years. I am having a hard time getting on with my life. Do you know anybody who is in my same situation that I could write to? I don’t know anything about computers and I don’t drive, so it is hard for me. Please if you know anyone give them my address. Thank you, A.F.

ear A.F.: I think there are others in your same boat. I cannot connect you to them, sorry. Many couples are very close and dependent upon each other. When one is gone they feel lost. Often they do not drive, etc. Here are my suggestions: 1. Place a Friendship Ad in Lovin’ Life After 50, asking for a pen pal. Do not give out your address. Use your box number. 2. Study the transportation for seniors in your area. There are many sources. You can call The Area Agency on Aging, Region One at (602) 264-2255, Phoenix, and ask for their help. My readers tell me this agency has helped them many times. 3. Churches are great sources for meeting people, and some even offer transportation to services. 4. Do you know your neighbors, and have any offered to help with transportation? 5. You did not let me know your financial situation. If you can possibly afford it, move yourself to a retirement community where you will have transportation, friends, interesting things to do, fun, meals. If your finances are low, the Area Agency can recommend some that are low cost. 6. Use every bit of your creativity to get yourself out into the community. 7. If you did not go to a grief support group, I highly recommend it. You will meet others in the same situation. Good luck, GG

ear Gabby: (This letter is from a man or woman? who is telling me his/ her response to the reader, whom I told that sex without a relationship is like “eating dry toast”): I think you have this backward, Gabby. A relationship without sex would be like eating dry toast. Signed, Nevada.

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ear Nevada: I think I should write a book from the education my readers are giving me on “Sex and the Senior.” I thought I was pretty savvy, but I have learned from the many readers who have written. First, I learned that this is a hot topic. No other topic generated so many emails. Second, I learned that my ethic is not prevalent among the seniors who wrote! I feel downright old-fashioned. Yikes! Now read the letter below. Signed, GG

ear Gabby: For the last 10 years of my husband’s life we had no sex. My husband had treatment for advanced prostate cancer, and he could not perform. I want to tell your readers that there is an intimacy that is deeper than sex could ever be. We became closer than ever. Glad in each other and glad he was still alive. When I read these letters from people who treat sex as if it is the last supper, I cringe. Please tell them. Signed, Wiser

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ear Wiser: You just told them. Thank you. Signed, GG

ear Gabby: My aunt is dating a multimillionaire. She is not a millionaire, but she is OK financially. My objection is that this guy divides everything down the middle with her paying her half of all entertainment, etc. They are planning to move in together and he is outlining her half of the rent, utilities, etc. I think he is a cheapskate, what do you think? Signed, Loving Niece

ear Niece: I’m thinking that is probably how he got so rich. Sometimes acceptance is the better part of loving. And she better be able to accept it or leave it, because it is doubtful that he will change. Signed, GG

If you have a question for Gabby Gayle, please send it to: Ask Gabby Gayle c/o Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Rd., Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 or lagmancreswick@cox.net.

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... from page 6 having a good time. We’re not afraid of coming from people who have your crazy people. You shouldn’t be Alzheimer’s, dementia or are incapable afraid of them other. Have a parade. of expressing themselves. They also sound like senior citizens. Can you Throw flowers, not bullets. please not publish things from senior I’ll bet there aren’t many senior citizens to make them seem like all citizens who know Black Friday dementia patients? means the color of ink business How many more Americans people want to see on their end-of-theneed to be murdered by year books. Red means loss, black needs Islamic terrorists before profit. Obama will admit that they have declared war on us and the free world. The press is finally What is the matter with this man? It’s understanding it’s the just further proof that he sides with ammunition not the guns that Islam. He will not say “Islamic the politicians need to take care of. Get terrorists.” The mass killing in San Bernardino was not workplace to work or get out of office. violence. It was a terrorist attack by People can complain about Islamics. Trump being rude and ignorant, but the rudest people Right now being shown on TV on television are the McLaughlin group are reporters going through [political pundits on PBS]. They are so the apartment of the people unbelievably bad mannered. It’s hard to involved in the killings in California. believe they’re all experts. It’s just Talk about invasive press. Why is this disgusting, never mind disturbing. being allowed by the FBI? They’re handling moving, identifying and going How disappointing to see the through personal objects. Where are final assault on channel 8 when the police to drag these reporters out privileged money can now by of this apartment that should be sealed the sixth season of “Downton Abbey” How crazy can the press get to be. that so many people followed. The rest of the fans will politely wait for the Congress finally voted to fix sequel to end. It’s just another sign of America’s roads and bridges America’s loss of once better matters and it credits itself so for better business. Sorry channel 8. Republicans can be voted into the We’ll be crossing you off our list. White House. Get there, blame the president for spending all that money. All day long, crazy people are Do they really think the Americans demanding answers for don’t see the duplicity? unanswerable crimes that people can commit. Holy moly what’s Well, the military brains in going wrong with America, except Washington have finally thank goodness you can change to decided women are necessary another station. You can see and hear in the military. Women have different Christmas carols and the tree being lit attitudes about things. Now the at Rockefeller Center. America’s OK. congressman need to get off the gun It’s the crazy people who are not. issue and start licensing the ammunition. This comes from a Question: what’s wrong with woman, believe it or not. 94 percent of the normal public doing about the 6 percent of I’m hesitant to talk about this. NRA believers? Why aren’t they I don’t want to give anyone annoying these few people to destroy ideas, but there are two parts the piece of America. Ninety-four to this Syrian refugee problem. One is percent of you are saying nothing about to be humane. We should listen to these gun control. Are you voting for peace? people. Some are really just refugees and need a new country to live in. Increasingly, the Sound Off There’s another part of me that realizes contributions made over the the extreme danger we could be in. I’m phone, which are verbatim, are not just talking about shootings or

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suicide bombers. I’m talking about our electrical grid. At this point it’s very vulnerable. Several things that can take it down. They learn how to fly without landing. For all of the smart people on TV who are complaining that the president talked to the nation like they were children. Boohoo. It’s probably because they needed it that way because that’s the way they were they’re acting—like petulant children and daddy can’t ever do anything right, of course. When President Obama spoke from the Oval Office, it was a total waste of time. He did nothing to assure the American people that he intends to destroy ISIS and protect us. He and Loretta Lynch are more interested in protecting the Muslims than they are protecting the American people. Obama is a very weak person who is over his head. He has no idea how to be a strong leader. I’m a woman and a longtime legal assistant. I’m very familiar with all the laws. I settled in Tucson in the ‘70s and it was a very nice town there. Now I wake up to terrible crimes. There are tons of drugs coming over the border every day. You can’t feel secure in malls or in church anymore. The Muslims coming in are being helped financially to the tune of $925 for the family. This was all recorded in Sunday paper. I have a disabled friend who lives on $16 a month for food. They raised her rent. She must pay utility, medical expenses and prescription and food for a month on $800. I am also a concealed gun owner. It goes everywhere with me—same with pepper spray. If anyone gets it on them, they’re marked so the police can identify them. If I found myself in a Muslim terror attack, I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot them in the chest or head. I think some of these social services and senior centers in South Scottsdale need to pay attention. Sometimes the seniors just

need someone to listen to them about day-to-day problems. Just sitting there listening to somebody might make the difference. Are they too busy that they can’t listen to a senior every once in a while. I think they should pay attention. Give them a little more time. Pay attention all you social workers in South Scottsdale. As an over-50 citizen, are you beginning to notice the medical profession has become more of a ford assembly line? As a Christian, I totally agree with Donald Trump and all those critics of him? Don’t pay attention to what they’re saying. He’s protecting the citizens of America. Rubio says they can’t profile people based on their religion. Yes, you can if their religion wants you to eliminate all people in the world who are Christian and Jews. The president wants to bring 250,000 refugee over here. I’m with Donald Trump and every Christian in America and in the world, all the Jewish people in the world: We should all think the same way he’s thinking because that’s what I’m thinking. To the writer on the Iran treaty. This is not unilateral but with five other countries. Not the best deal, granted, but the only deal at this point. I can only say what I know from the liberal media this was not a giveaway. The deal all but shuts down the nuclear program. Yes, money will be restored but hope that money goes to the starving population and not arms or exported terrorism. Yes, they chant “death to America” as so many others do. We know next to nothing about Islam or the Mideast countries. We need allies since we need their oil. To the independent writer. I feel pretty much the same about Hillary. A little more substance than a giggling school girl. I was in electronic intel in the military and what she did was very dangerous. Especially today that is so easy to break [hack] into emails and the like. Ask the NSA. Yes, all lives matter but abortion is legal.

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ne of my wife’s favorite movies is “The Wizard of Oz.” The flying monkeys still scare me to death, if we’re being completely honest! In any event, one of Dorothy’s most famous lines is, “There’s no place like home.” I couldn’t agree more. I love being at home. Resting, working, cooking, cleaning, by myself or with friends and family, there is something so comforting about “home.” But, as you head into and through retirement, your housing needs or desires may change or you may even need to find a way to use the SPECIALIZED equity in yourMEMORY home to CARE help pay for IN TUCSON your retirement. As you get older and the kids move out, sometimes things that were once fun become a little bit more of a chore. I’m thinking specifically of swimming pools and lots of square feet under a roof that requires cleaning, heating and cooling. Sometimes the big yard

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you had for the kids to play in just seems like a place you spend money watering and picking endless crops of weeds. Even though my kids are still at home, I’ve already been lobbying my wife hard to move to a townhouse or condo. I haven’t made much headway with her to date, but a guy can dream! My point is, sometimes downsizing makes sense as a great way to reduce stress and save time. Sometimes the decision to downsize is purely financial. Many times, when I begin to work with a new client, I find their assets are concentrated in two places: a 401(k) or other retirement plan, and their house. As we work our way through the retirement planning process together, we sometimes find there may not be enough money in the retirement account, coupled with Social Security, to get the client all the way through their retirement in the

manner they envisioned. Even if the investment shortfall won’t become apparent for years to come, it may be a good idea to open up a discussion on how the equity in their home may be utilized down the road. As mentioned, downsizing is a common choice. You can also research a home equity loan, line of credit or reverse mortgage as a way to utilize the equity in your home. Any of these may have financial and emotional pros and cons which should be researched and considered thoroughly. I’ll leave you with two thoughts. First, there is no right or wrong answer to where you live in retirement. Some people will want to stay put, some will hit the road in an RV, others may consider a retirement community and even a brave few might consider moving in with their kids. Secondly, whatever you decide and wherever you end up will just be a roof, a floor and some walls. You are what makes it a home and there is “No Place like Home.” Happy New Year!

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Walking Tour of Old Tubac, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., repeats Jan. 16, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $10, 398-2252, www.tubacpresid.org. Guided by Connie Stevens, the tour features fascinating facts about the town’s early adobe buildings.

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Chocolate! 1,000 Years and Counting, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., repeats Jan. 22, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $2 to $5, 398-2252, www. tubacpresidio.org. Taste a cacao bean, earn how the Mayans and pre-Columbian Native Americans prepared their chocolate, and sample the energy drink that fueled the 1774 and 1775 Anza expeditions from Tubac to Alta California.

January 5 Tuesday Cienega Creek Birding Walk, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., $5, registration required, wwwpima.gov/nrpr. Join Jeff Babson on this guided walk to observe the rich bird life in the diverse habitats of Cienega Creek Natural Preserve. January 6 Wednesday Nuts About Nature, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., $5 per family, online registration required, www.pima.gov/nrpr. Bring the grandkids, ages 3 to 5, to learn about nature through stories, crafts and games. Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library,

January 9 Saturday Mochitsuki, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pima Community College Downtown Campus, 1255 N. Stone Ave., $5, 744-7250, www.southernazjapan.org, wayne@ southernazjapan.org. Learn about the Japanese New Year’s rice-pounding tradition. January 10 Sunday Southern AZ Author Series, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco, Classroom 3, free, 322-0832, www.unitytucson.

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594-5275. The topic is “Celebrating Women Artists.” The talk is sponsored by the Kirk-Bear Canyon Library. January 14 Thursday National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad Employees Inc. Meeting, 11 a.m., The Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd St., $11, 288-8221, 2964576. All veteran railroad employees—retired or still working—are invited. Ron Granillo is the guest speaker. Lifestyle 360 Lecture, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free, reservations required, 325-4800. “Heart Math”—a stress relief system— is discussed Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Zuni Room, La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Ave., free, reservations required, 626-2901. Facilitated by Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, and supported by Banner-University Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

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The Society of Military Widows Meeting and Luncheon, 12 p.m., Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2720 S. Craycroft Rd., charge for meals, reservations required, 574-6628.

Geology of the Rincon Mountains, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., $5, registration required, www.pima.gov/nrpr. University of Arizona Geosciences Professor George Davis describes the geology of the Rincon Mountains and how the understanding of this “patch” of geology led to the discovery of a new type of mountain system, globally.

January 17 Sunday Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St., free, 615-7855. Local children share their view of the natural world in this exhibition of award-winning poetry and mixed-media art. January 18 Monday Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St., free, 615-7855. Local children share their view of the natural world in this exhibition of award-winning poetry and mixed-media art. January 19 Tuesday Tucson Organic Gardeners Meeting, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. Third St., free, 749-9429. This month’s program is “A Year in the Desert Container Garden” with TOB board member Mohyeddin Abdulaziz. January 20 Wednesday Nuts About Nature, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., $5 per family, online registration required, www.pima.gov/nrpr. Bring the grandkids, ages 3 to 5, to learn about nature through stories, crafts and games. January 21 Thursday Ringing in Your Ears (Living with Tinnitus), 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Community Performance and Art Center, 1250 W. Continental Rd., Green Valley, free, 399-7633. Arizona Hearing Specialists discuss how treatment and coping strategies can help. January 22 Friday Winter Tea and Open House, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free, reservations required, 325-4800. Enjoy The Forum’s signature brews and chef’s freshly baked hors d’oeuvres. A harpist will provide the music. January 23 Saturday

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Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, registration required, www.pima.gov/nrpr. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the stories of the people who lived and worked on the ranch.

January 25 Monday Better Breathers’ Club, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free, reservations required, 325-4800. Anyone with breathing issues will benefit from this support group. January 26 Tuesday Bridge to Rediscovery Lecture, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free, reservations required, 325-4800. Karene Bennett, an interfaith minister with Soulistic Hospice, will discuss “Dispelling the Hospice Myth.” January 27 Wednesday Heritage Area Structures Rehabilitation Tour, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, free, registration required, www.pima.gov/nrpr. Architectural preservationalist Simon Herbert discusses the processes and materials used in the rehabilitation of the structures at historic Hacienda de la Canoa. January 28 Thursday Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St., free, 615-7855. Local children share their view of the natural world in this exhibition of award-winning poetry and mixed-media art. January 29 Friday Guided Tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burrel St., Tubac, $10, reservations required, 398-2252, info@ tubacpresidio.org. January 30 Saturday Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St., free, 615-7855. Local children share their view of the natural world in this exhibition of award-winning poetry and mixed-media art. January 31 Sunday Living River of Words Youth Poetry and Arts, various times through Feb. 8, Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St., free, 615-7855. Local children share their view of the natural world in this exhibition of award-winning poetry and mixed-media art.

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rammy-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra (formerly Tucson Chamber Artists) will join with Cantus’ nine-member vocal ensemble for a concert of a cappella magic Friday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 24, as part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival. Acclaimed as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States,” Cantus is known worldwide for its trademark warmth and versatility, and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Cantus and True Concord, separately and together, will take audiences on a musical odyssey through “The Four Loves,” as described by the ancient Greeks. The program will look at this unquantifiable emotion from all sides, with music from Monteverdi and Brahms, to Eric Whitacre and Bobby McFerrin. Cantus will also perform four new commissioned works of David Lang, Roger Treece, Joseph Gregoria and Ysaye Barnwell. Tucson concerts are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr., and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St.. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, the performance will be held at Desert Hills Lutheran Church, 2150 S. Camino del Sol, in Green Valley. Tickets are $25 general seating and $40 premium seating in Tucson venues. All seats in Green Valley are $30, with discounted tickets offered through the Green Valley/Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce. Student tickets are available for $5, with proper ID presented at the door. For more information, visit www. trueconcord.org, or call 401-2651. True Concord Voices & Orchestra was among the 2016 Grammy nominees.

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Fun & Games Around Tucson January 2016 Willie Nelson With a six-decade career and 200-plus albums, this iconic Texan has delivered seven new releases in six years. Two of them received Grammy nominations. WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Rd., Sahuarita COST: $35 to $85 INFO: ddcaz.com/sahuarita/entertainment/ Bob Kay The singing drummer-DJ plays oldies but goodies at this nonsmoking dance. His dances are the first Wednesdays of each month. WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Grand Luxe Hotel and Resort, 1365 W. Grant Rd. COST: $2 cover, includes finger food potluck INFO: 488-2994 Jack Hanna: Into the Wild Live Jack Hanna brings his two-time Emmy Award-winning TV series to the live stage. WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 7, at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $27 to $77 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucson.com Jimmy Heath and The Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Band Guest of honor Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant saxophonist and a magnificent composer and arranger. WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $24 to $45 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucson.com Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Hear renowned hits like “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe.” WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $27 to $77 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucson.com Poncho Sanchez Percussionist Poncho Sanchez plays Afro-Cuban jazz rooted in the rich Chicano music of Cal Tjader, Machito and Tito Puente. ...continues on page 23

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ith her 65th birthday just weeks away, Joan Green admitted she’s still having a little trouble embracing the whole retirement thing. “My family is always grousing around that I don’t know what retirement is all about,” she said, with a laugh. “Well, what is it all about? Just sitting home and doing nothing? That’s not me!” Green said she did try retiring, at least momentarily, about five years ago. “I had been in the corporate world for years and finally decided I had had enough,” said the Tucson woman. “But then I was looking through a copy of Entrepreneur Magazine”—probably her first mistake, as a fledgling retiree— “and I came across some information about Seniors Helping Seniors. And I

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thought, ‘Oh, this might be something I could do.’” Initially she thought she’d just sign on as a “helper” with the 18-year-old home care services franchise, which matches active seniors who want to provide compassionate help with notso-active seniors who are in need of some nonmedical in-home help. “You know, drive people to appointments, maybe make a meal, do some light housekeeping for them.” Unfortunately, she discovered Tucson didn’t have a Seniors Helping Seniors center. “So I became it!” Green opened the doors to her franchise in June 2011, and she’s been loving her second act as an entrepreneur. “I enjoy meeting the seniors in the community, especially

the ones that we’re providing services to. And I enjoy hiring seniors to do the work. They’re people with the heart to want to help others, but they’re also supplementing their incomes by doing it. And I think it’s easier for our clients to relate to fellow seniors. We understand what they’re going through.” Joan Green is part of a growing population group: adults aged 65 or older who are choosing to delay retirement from work—and new studies show they may be healthier for it. Researchers studying data from a 15-year-long National Health Interview Survey found employed older adults had better health status than retired older adults, both ...continues on page 32

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mentally and physically, with those in physically demanding occupations actually the healthiest. Working seniors are a rapidly expanding group—they’re projected to make up approximately 22 percent of the nation’s workforce by 2022. And employers are gradually recognizing the benefits of hiring older workers. The same study shows older workers are, on average, just as productive as their younger counterparts, but are also more careful and emotionally stable and, surprisingly, have lower rates of absenteeism. For Green, hiring older workers also ensures a more passionate and engaged workforce. “I hear what my colleagues in home care go through with younger caregivers,” she said, relating tales of young women glued to their smartphones instead of tending to their client’s needs. “They’re there, but they’re not there, you know? They always have some drama going on in their own lives and to them, this is just a job. They give off this persona that they couldn’t care less.” For older workers, the jobs they

choose to dedicate their time to are often more purpose-driven than their earlier career choices. “I had enjoyed my previous job up to a certain point,” said Green. “But around age 60 I kind of hit the wall. I felt, I’m not enjoying this anymore because I didn’t feel like I was contributing anything.” Now she’s feeling great. “Working keeps your mental faculties in check. And it’s great just to feel useful, in some way. For me, honestly, even if I were to give up this business tomorrow, I would find something else to do. I just can’t see myself not working at something.” Valued workers Dora Goble works at the Arizona Science Center, performing a variety of different jobs from day to day. “Sometimes I’m taking tickets at the dinosaurs exhibit, some days I’m downstairs helping the dishwashers wash glasses. I never know what I’m going to be doing. I just do whatever they need me to do.” Goble has been doing this at the Science Center for nine years. She’s 83 now, and still loves coming to work,

Dora Goble became a volunteer at the Arizona Science Center nine years ago. She sometimes gets ack from her friends for not grasping the concept of retirement. even though now it’s sometimes only one or two days a week. “I like everything about this job!” she said. “I like kids, I enjoy meeting different people, and I just enjoy workin’, whatever I’m doing.” She, too, gets the comments from other friends criticizing her grasp of the word “retired.” She said she’s got friends younger than her who have already retired, and her insistence on continuing to work makes them feel, well—lazy, even at 65.

“They say, ‘Why are you still working?’ I’ll say, ‘Cause I enjoy it! And I’m not gonna let age bother me.’” Michele Meyer, the Arizona Science Center’s marketing manager, said the heart and enthusiasm Dora brings to any task she performs at the museum is highly valued, and somewhat infectious. “She’s kind of like the mother of all of us, no matter what age we are,” she said. “A lot of the kids, when she’s up at the Dinosaurs in Motion exhibit,

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will come out and tell her what they’ve tremendous corporate careers and seen, and she’s always as excited as they may want to work at some place now that’s more purpose-driven. We have are.” Meyer said the center has many opportunities to really gain from that volunteers in their 50s to 80s who just corporate business experience, but want to keep active, and many bring we have to offer them some flexibility. Because we can’t afford to pay them deep skill sets the museum values. “A lot of times they’ve been engineers the salaries they once had.” or scientists, and they just want to work at something that they really love,” she Time off for pickleball “We call them ‘seasoned employees,’” said. “They bring knowledge, plus, like Dora, they can teach our younger said Ryan Naylor, founder and president team members things like how to be of LocalWork.com, an employment more social, while they teach her about resource for jobseekers headquartered computers. They bring a different across from Kierland Commons. “The hardest thing to accept for older experience.” Tom Egan, CEO of the Foundation people getting back into the workforce is that they may for Senior Living, a nothave to settle for for profit organization compensation that that develops doesn’t necessarily affordable housing and match their level provides communityof expertise. The based healthcare to candidate feels that help Arizona seniors they’re deserving age in place, said they of the same salary hire a lot of older they got during workers, partly because their prime. And it fits their mission of it can keep them helping seniors. from getting in the “For some of them, door and making a the decision to keep splash in a company. working is financial,” I advise them to be he said. “With social willing to accept a security being roughly $1300 a month, if you om gan is the of the ounda- position a level or don’t have a nest egg— tion for enior iving, an organi ation two lower than where they were before, go which a lot of us now that specializes in helping Arizona in with that humble, don’t—you kind of seniors age in place. tenacious attitude have to keep working. “But what I hear most is they they’ve had their whole career, and continue working because they want to prove the value that they offer. That’s be an active part of the community, or going to get them back to the top in they like that camaraderie of the office. short order.” Naylor also tells older job seekers Some just miss the social aspect.” Egan feels the corporate world needs one thing he never tells their younger to make more room for older workers, counterparts. “For this age group, I say particularly as people continue to live don t follow your passion. Follow your biggest skill set and strength. A lot of and work longer. “We as employers have to do a times we’ll say to younger, entry-level better job of being flexible to meet the workers: ‘Figure out what you like to changing workforce demographic,” he do and follow your passion.’ However, said. “Older workers have a tremendous for this demographic, time is of the amount of experience to offer, but they essence. If you need to get back to may not want to work full time, or work, follow what you’re best at, do the may want to work seasonally because best job you can do, and set yourself up they don’t want to be in Arizona in the for retirement.” The Age Discrimination in summer.” Creating eight-month-a-year positions Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) for snowbirds may not appeal to most protects applicants 40 years of age and companies, but Egan contends the older older from discrimination on the basis of age, but Naylor acknowledges it still workforce is worth accommodating. “ specially in the nonprofits, we happens. “Subconsciously, employers see a lot of people who have had ...continues on page 34

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Seasoned staff... from page 33 may feel an older applicant is slower, or doesn’t understand the technology needed in the workplace.” To be fair, older workers can sometimes require a special kind of patience to manage, particularly if they’re working as volunteers or are not motivated by a paycheck. “They’re harder than managing younger employees, because they’re here of their own free will — they don’t have to be here,” said Sue Slezak, retail manager at the Sun Health Resale Shops in Sun City and Sun City West, which employs a volunteer staff of mostly men and women in their 70s to 90s, including one 101-year-old woman who drives herself in to work every Friday morning, which she’s been doing since her 80s. “Some of them are coming off of having worked for 50 years already, and it just takes a little more finesse to deal with them,” said Slezak, who’s been in management for over 20 years herself. “Getting them to come in sometimes can be like herding cats. We do get a lot of people calling in sick, and we have a lot who only want to work

seasonally. We lose about 50 percent of our workforce between April and September.” Unlike millennial or Gen-X employees, older workers may take less time off to recover from weekend partying. But they do have their own disruptive priorities. “Sometimes,” Slezak said, “it can be hard to work around their pickleball schedules.” Busy bodies Wally Campbell likes making time for pickleball, but for her, surveying the eight pickleball courts at the Pebble Creek Resort Community in Goodyear is also part of her job. Campbell, 73, serves as one of six councilmembers on the nonpartisan Goodyear City Council, the city’s only form of government, which earns her a meager $9,200 annual salary but keeps her closely connected to the city’s community. “I love it,” said Campbell, who previously worked as a senior staffer at the California State Legislature before moving to Arizona with her husband in 2000. “Every day is a new adventure,

Many other older adults are working because you’re talking with people in different neighborhoods and trying to but doing it from home. 84-year-old Jay solve problems or assist them in getting Horne is a retired newspaper theater needed city resources. And I really critic who recently discovered the world of self-publishing, enjoy it because landing his own author I can go and talk page on Amazon. Last with folks outside of summer he authored his Pebble Creek.” first book, “The Love of Campbell said My Life,” chronicling that while Pebble his own personal sixCreek is a retirement decade-long love affair community, there with his late wife, are plenty of other Vivian, who passed people her age and away around two years older living there ago. Horne said the who are still actively work was good therapy. employed. He’s already penned “We have a lot of two more books and is folks who are still working on another. working full-time. I His advice to other think a lot of times people retire early retirees? “Do not ay orne, a retired newspaper theater here and then they vegetate. Get off critic, discovered how to self publish his don’t know what to your behind. Become writings. is first book chronicles his do with themselves, involved in something. year love affair with his late wife. so they get busy Be amongst people. in the community volunteering. Because when you vegetate, the walls Goodyear is known for that: last year will close in on you. And that’s not a residents volunteered over 25,000 pretty thing.” hours combined.”

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ooking back, we remember a time when women didn’t have the rights that they do now. Prior to 1919, women didn’t have any way to express their thoughts and desires through public policy. Thanks to first wave feminists questioning the status quo, 92 marked the first year that women could vote. This social change marked a moment in history when women finally had the right to take control of their lives. In many ways, the history of women’s suffrage is similar to the road to regenerative medicine advancements. Much like women fighting for equality, patients have been fighting for a new way to treat their chronic lung disease. Now, with the advancement of stem cell therapy, sufferers of chronic lung disease are no longer limited to the confines of traditional medicine—which involve managing symptoms rather than the disease. Stem cell therapy, like women’s voting rights, helps people take control of their life by giving them a voice. For years, people accepted the status quo, and for people suffering from chronic lung diseases like COPD, the status quo meant a constant struggle for oxygen. As an incurable disease, most sufferers felt that they didn’t have any options. But now, everything has changed. One state-of-the-art clinic, the Lung Institute, developed an alternative. Stem cell therapy helps sufferers finally breathe easier. People are no longer forced to accept the fate of continual disease progression or an

invasive lung procedure. Stem cell therapy harnesses the healing power of a patient’s own stem cells to help promote healing in the lungs. Today, lung disease can be treated with adult stem cells harvested from the patient’s own fat, blood or bone marrow. According to the clinic’s website, www.lunginstitute.com, this innovative procedure can potentially slow the progression of the disease,

in addition to restoring lung function and reducing inflammation. Similar to the fight for women’s rights, doctors and patients have been diligently looking for a new way to treat lung disease. Now, with the advancement of stem cell therapy, patients can finally combat disease progression. As with any change, some physicians and patients may be slower to adopt new ideas while clinging to

traditional approaches; however, just as social change made it possible for women to have a voice in the government, clinical advancements like stem cell therapy make it possible for patients to have a voice in their health care. If the fight for equality is any sign of the future of stem cell therapy, there is no doubt that stem cells will become the status quo for treating lung disease.

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am frequently asked by our readers, “What is on your bucket list?” It’s funny because when I’m asked that question I’ll often give annoying answers like, “The next destination around the corner.” But when push comes to shove, I must confess that what was on my bucket list for most of my life was finally realized a few years ago. And I was not disappointed. With its jagged mountain peaks that jolt vertically from the sea, stunning waterways, cascading waterfalls, tiny fishing villages and mountain farmhouses, the fjords of Norway would be my pick for the most beautiful place on the planet. I’m not going out on a limb when I say this. Two of Norway’s most famous fjords, the Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord, are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To understand the fjords is to understand the Norwegian character, whose national identity has been formed by its passionate bond with nature. When a Norwegian goes on vacation—an average of five weeks a year—the destination of choice is usually the Norwegian countryside. Nestled on the western coast of Norway, the fjords were carved out in a succession of ice ages. When glaciers retreated approximately 10,000 years ago, plants soon appeared, animals thrived and humankind eventually

made their way into this spectacular, but remote, heaven on Earth. Small fishing villages were established and tiny sod-roofed farmhouses dotted the landscape, some situated on mountains so steep that they required a ladder to ascend the terrain. Once tax collectors realized there were people living in this isolated region, they made annual treks to the farms, only to find that many of the ladders had mysteriously disappeared. When the first tourists arrived, coming to fish in this untouched paradise, they were guaranteed all the fish they could carry. Word spread, and the fjords became the sportsperson’s paradise. Soon the rest of the world heard about them. Hurtigruten ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Voyage’ In 1893 Norwegian Coastal Voyage (now Hurtigruten) established a daily, year-round boat service along the western coast of Norway, with Bergen at the southern terminus and the Russian border at the north. With 34 ports of call, the coastal trek became a lifeline along the west coast of Norway, carrying cargo to isolated villages and farming communities. Tourism quickly became an important component of the voyages, making Norwegian Coastal Voyage one of Europe’s biggest attractions.

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Bergen: Gateway to the Fjords. Your journey will begin in Hanseatic Bergen, but before you hop Life on the Lofoten Islands revolves around on board the boat, ﬁshing. it is essential that you spend at least two days in this is home to the world’s most northern World Heritage City. Bergen boasts university and cathedral. Less than a endless tourist attractions, and the century ago, visitors were surprised to Bergen Tourist Card is an important find culture and intellectual activity component for your tour of this historic in a city so far to the north. Of all the destinations on my journey, I found harbor town. Tromsø’s residents to be the friendliest Trondheim: Two millenniums ago, in all of Norway. Viking King Olav Tryggvason sailed up the Trondheim fjord and established The Sami: Scandinavia’s Aborigines. this city. Trondheim’s most important In Tromsø, I encountered the Sami, tourist attraction is Nidarosdomen the nomadic reindeer herders, who Church, built on the site of St. Olav’s have their own dress, language (they grave. Numerous kings of the middle have 60 words for snow) and separate ages have found their final resting place national identity. Once called Lapps, in Trondheim, and the city has gained now regarded as politically incorrect, popularity as one of Europe’s most the Sami live in a horizontal world important medieval pilgrimage centers. that crosses the northern borders of Scandinavia. Many Sami continue The Lofoten Islands consist of their nomadic lifestyle, living in tents stunning mountain peaks that seem to and following reindeer to new grazing bolt right out of the sea, and sheltered pastures. The Tromsø Museum houses inlets populated with little fishing more than 2,000 Sami artifacts, and villages. or centuries, fishing has been offers the ideal opportunity to learn the very foundation of life on the islands. about their way of life. For further information, logon Tromsø is the largest city in the Nordic to www.Hurtigruten.us or www. countries north of the Arctic Circle and VisitNorway.com/us.

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was looking for cows when I saw my first barn quilt. It happened like this: My husband and I were fresh off a tour of Oregon’s Tillamook Cheese Factory when we decided we wanted to photograph some of the venerable cows that, according to our tour guide, were the secret behind the famous cheese. So there we were, moseying the back roads looking for a picturesque cow when we spotted a cowless but extremely picturesque barn. On the white siding below its green gambrel roof it had a huge geometric painting that looked just like one of the squares that make up old-fashioned quilts. We snapped a picture and drove on. A minute later, we spotted another barn adorned with another brightly colored square. We drove back into town. This time we saw what we’d missed before: there was a painted quilt square on the steepled white church that anchored the downtown area. As we soon learned, we’d stumbled onto the Tillamook County Barn Quilt Trail, part of an informal network of delightfully decorated farm buildings, homes and shops that have sprung up across the country, brightening rural roads and enlivening rural communities. The first quilt square was painted in 2001 on an old tobacco barn in southern Ohio. Donna Sue Groves and her mother wanted to spruce up their weathered barn, and adorning it with the lively colors and patterns of an old quilt seemed the perfect way to do so, a way of honoring their Appalachian heritage. One thing led to another. Neighbors liked the idea; they began decorating their barns as well. Soon, travelers who

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inny chaum incorporated her family history into a fabric uilt that depicts barns on ew ork s choharie ounty uilt rail. normally would have stayed on the Interstate that bypassed Adams County exited so they could see the folk-art barns. Some of them stayed and had lunch or purchased locally made crafts. Other communities took note. In many cases, various service organizations, art guilds or ad-hoc groups became involved. They published brochures that helped visitors explore the back roads and introduced them not only to mom-and-pop shops and eateries but also to history and culture. Donna Sue Groves had, quite accidentally, founded a movement. Today there are more than 7,000 quilt squares throughout the United States and Canada, forming a trail of barn quilts that goes from coast to coast. For the small towns, the trails bring much needed and much appreciated, customers. For travelers, they are a way to see a part of America that is truly off the beaten track. This is our type of travel—different, unpredictable, and most of all,

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personal—and finding barn quilts has become an integral part of our tripplanning process. First we go to Barn Quilt Info (www.barnquiltinfo.com), the website put up by Suzi Parron, a former English teacher who became so enamored with barn quilts that she now spends most of her time promoting the movement. Then we click onto the states we’ll be visiting, identify the counties that have the most developed quilt trails, and tweak our itinerary so we can visit at least one, often two. Sometimes we call or email in advance to get tips from a local resident. Ginny Schaum, who works with the barn quilt trail in Schoharie, New York, advised us to eat at the town’s Apple Barrel Café, where every sandwich has a slice of apple. Great idea. A woman associated with Georgia’s Southern Quilt Trail helped us map a route that would take past the most historically interesting barns. More great ideas. Other times, we just drop by the local visitor center and ask for suggestions. We had no trouble picking up a brochure at the Fort Morgan, Colorado Chamber of Commerce, but despite the map, we got lost twice on our way to Nancy Lauck’s barn, which was

n unusual roo ine inspired a barn owner in organ ounty, olorado to create a clothesline of uilts. almost hidden by the tall brush. Finally, our perseverance paid off. Nancy’s barn has a long, shallow roof that won’t accommodate a large square, so she has created a “clothesline” of 16 squares that parade across the upper roofline. But most of the time we depend on serendipity to guide us, as when we stopped to admire a barn, fell into a conversation with its owner and ended up accompanying him for a day of spectacular birding. And sometimes we just get purposely lost. It’s the best way we’ve found to see, and better understand, the country beyond the freeways. or more facts and photos about barn uilts, see the eatured pecial section of the ravelti ers website www.travelti ers.com

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he term “health coach” conveys the position as a motivating, supportive, action oriented and ongoing ally to clients. As the health care system advances, the integrative health coach title is gaining increasing recognition by the public, the media and the world of health and wellness. There is a health crisis in America. Americans are getting fatter, sicker and older. The current sick care model is ill-equipped, and in many cases, the medicine prescribed causes the patient more problems, in which even more prescription drugs are given, creating a vicious cycle. See where I’m going here? We live in a society that is heavily medicated, with chronically ill people revolving through the disease care system of inflated costs. It’s up to us to take action against the current health crisis. Today, the issue is chronic illness such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and digestive diseases. While good dietary nutrition helps build the foundation for wellness, it’s not the only pillar. Good health depends upon a healthy diet, mindset, relationships, activities and spirituality. And as such, learning and understanding these five basic concepts is a large part of integrative health coaching. A core principle in my practice from IIN (Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Integrative Nutrition Inc.) is that nutrition extends far beyond food; nutrition comprises all the things that nourish the body. Integrative health coaches are trained to help clients nourish themselves with the primary foods of life, including spirituality, career, physical activity and relationships. Research continues to support the use of lifestyle change involving exercise, spiritual practice, diet and other behaviors for conditions such as chronic stress, weight loss, migraine headaches, constipation, arthritis, and many others. The United States is facing a health care crisis as the current system fails to address the epidemic of chronic disease crippling its citizens and economy. Our

nation is plagued with preventable epidemics like type 2 diabetes from which one-third of all children today will eventually suffer. If over 80 percent of preventable disease risk factors are influenced by behaviors like smoking, chronic stress, poor diet or lack of exercise, why are we so unsuccessful at changing these behaviors? The standard American diet is spreading throughout the world, and bringing with it the chronic diseases it causes. Integrative health coaches serve a unique function that fills this void to help promote core, foundational health concepts to individuals all over the world and to support them in making sustainable lifestyle changes. There is a strong focus on behavioral choices along with the basic understanding of dietary patterns and overall health. Integrative health coaches do not directly compete with other health care providers; rather they complement all health professionals—including dietitians, nutritionists, nurses, doctors and mental health professionals. Integrative health coaches help clients develop targeted goals and a viable plan for carrying out regimens prescribed by their medical professionals, as well as enacting basic, health-supportive modifications and habits. By supporting real-world lifestyle and behavioral changes, integrative health coaches play a crucial part in health maintenance, disease prevention, and even disease reversal—to increase health and quality of life. So to answer the question, “Who needs a health coach?” is: anyone who wants to make health a priority to live a longer, healthy, happy life. rystal arvie is an integrative health coach for ealth tyles ou. he focuses not only on nutrition but also on relationships, physical activity, career and spirituality and how those five things are connected to your health and vitality. he ll help you take your health to the ne t level. rystal can be reached at cbaus healthstyles you.com, or www.healthstyles you. com. o schedule a free initial health evaluation, call .

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Healthy hearing resolutions for the New Year ::by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and Arizona Relay Service

he holidays are behind us and we’re ready for the New Year and the promise of what lies ahead, which includes making (and hopefully, keeping) those New Year’s resolutions. This year don’t forget to add hearing health to your list! Why? Because 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. Studies show that people are being diagnosed with hearing damage at a younger and younger age and, according to the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), the primary causes of hearing loss are aging and previous exposure to loud noise or noiseinduced 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, or listening to MP players. Whether you’re in the habit of scheduling your hearing check-up or this is your first time, please make hearing health a priority this year by following these helpful tips: Get your hearing checked regularly Statistics indicate many people who suspect they have a hearing loss wait an average of five or more years before having their hearing tested. If you or a loved one is having difficulty hearing, set a resolution to get hearing tested right away! Pay attention to noise Have you ever thought about the different noises you encounter in a

day? From everyday appliances such as your blender or hairdryer to traffic noise and even your television, these all can lead to significant and additional hearing loss if not careful. As you head into the New Year, keep in mind that 85 decibels (dB) is the threshold for noises that can be harmful and irreversible for your ears. Get to know your hearing aid If you are a hearing aid user, make it a priority to work closely with your hearing aid provider to learn the features of your instrument. Many digital hearing aids have new functions that can help improve quality of life if used properly. Share hearing health tips And of course, it’s never too early to start talking to other family members and young kids about protecting their hearing. Share your knowledge about hearing healthy with loved ones.

Here are a couple things to share: • Remind your family members to lower the volume. If you have to yell to be heard while watching your favorite TV show, it’s too loud. Discuss the importance of keeping the volume on TVs, radios and music devices at a reasonable level to avoid any damage to hearing. • Remind your family members that it’s OK to give your ears a break. Because in today’s busy world we are constantly around noise. After being exposed to high noise volumes hours on end, it is important to find a quiet space to give your ears a break. With these simple strategies, you and your loved ones will be well on your way to better hearing health in the New Year and your ears will thank you. For more information about other tools to simplify your life, visit www. acdhh.org or www.azrelay.org.

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series of three photo workshops on improving nature, landscape and travel photography will be open to interested photo enthusiasts who want to elevate their pictures from boring to beautiful by learning simple tips and techniques that can be used with almost any camera. The workshops are sponsored in conjunction with an exhibit of fine art photography titled “Lensmasters: Life and Landscapes of the Southwest,” which is on display at the Ranch House Art Gallery at Agua Caliente Park from Wednesday, eb. , through Tuesday, March 2. The exhibit and the workshops are sponsored by Club Camera Tucson. Each workshop will run from two to two and a half hours and will include classroom instruction and hands-on demonstration of techniques in the field, taking advantage of the natural setting at the 101-acre Agua Caliente Park. The workshops are: etter ackyard ird Photography (9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10). Learn effective techniques for taking better photos of the many

beautiful birds that visit our backyards and parks. Presented by Club Camera Tucson nature and landscape photographer James Capo. Shoot Better Landscapes! (10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18). This workshop describes how to take landscape photos that dramatically capture the beauty of a scene, and are worthy of hanging on your wall. Basic technical tips and easy secrets of composition and light are covered in this workshop by Club Camera Tucson nature and landscape photographer James Capo. Top Tips for etter Travel Photos (10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24). Turn average snapshots from your vacation trips into stunning images like those that appear in the travel magazines. Learn the tips and tricks to make your travel photos truly memorable. Presented by Club Camera Tucson president Steve Dell. Each of the workshops will be held at the Roy P. Drachman Agua Caliente Regional Park, 2 25 . Roger Rd. They are free to those who hold a Pima County atural Resources Parks and Recreation ( RPR) annual pass for

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outdoor tours and activities, and $5 for nonpass holders. Registration is required in advance, and can be made through the website at www.pima.gov. Entrance to the park and the gallery are free. Agua Caliente’s main pond is fed by a perennial spring and supports diverse wildlife, fish and bird populations, affording nature photographers fine opportunities to capture beautiful images. An excellent place for a picnic or day hike, Agua Caliente was once the site of a ranch and health resort, and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ranch house has been restored to depict the home as it appeared in the 1920s. It now houses a gift shop, historic photos of the ranch, and the Ranch House Art Gallery which exhibits art by local artists on a rotating basis. “Lensmasters: Life and Landscapes of the Southwest” is an exhibit by members of Club Camera Tucson, an active local club of more than 100 persons which meets twice a month for a variety of activities, including friendly photo critiques, competitions and a diverse set of educational programs

featuring outside speakers. In addition to regular meetings, the club has special interest groups and takes field trips ranging from day trips to nearby locations of photographic interest, to multiday excursions. Members are photo enthusiasts of all skill levels, from beginners to professional. The fine art photos on exhibit include images that have won recognition in numerous club competitions. A special “Meet the Artists” reception is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the gallery. The reception is open to the public, and attendees receive a free chance to win a piece of fine art which will be raffled off at the reception. The Ranch House Art Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. “Happy Hands,” an ancient petroglyph from the Paria Canyon of northern Arizona, is one of the featured images at “Lensmasters: Life and Landscapes of the Southwest,” an exhibit of fine art photography which runs from Friday, Feb. 5, through Wednesday, March 2, at the Ranch House Art Gallery in Agua Caliente Park.

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eart disease is one of the most common conditions affecting older Americans. Heart disease is defined as narrowing or blockage of the arteries which can lead to a heart attack. Fortunately, there are many steps that you can take to prevent heart disease from occurring. elow are some ways that you can be heart healthy Eat Healthy: A diet that consists of fruits, fiber, omega s, whole grains and vegetables can protect your heart. Omega s are a healthy source of fat that reduces your cholesterol. It is found in many fish, including salmon. ating foods that are high in fiber can help you feel full throughout the day. xamples of high fiber food include beans, whole wheat foods and carrots. There are certain types of food that you want to limit to ensure heart health. These foods include sodium (salt), sweets, canned foods, deep fried foods and alcohol. Limiting your salt intake will help decrease your risk for heart disease. Salt intake should be less than of a teaspoonful per day for most individuals. If you do choose to drink alcoholic beverages limit your servings to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. Exercise: xercising on a regular basis can help lower the risk for heart disease. y increasing your physical activity, you will decrease your risk for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes. The American Heart Association recommends exercising for minute sessions, three to four times per week. It is important to slowly increase your activity levels until you feel like you can reach this goal. Try to find an activity that you enjoy. Whether it’s riding a bike, swimming or jogging make sure to get your heart pumping Lower blood pressure: The above recommendations for diet and exercise can help lower your blood pressure as well. In addition, it is very important to take your medications for blood pressure, if you are on any. Make sure that you are aware of what blood pressure medications you are on, how often you are supposed to be taking them and your blood pressure goal. y monitoring your blood pressure daily you can ensure that your readings are staying within goal. In fact, Walgreens has a service where you can receive a blood pressure test and consultation from your pharmacist at no charge.

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See your doctor regularly: It’s always better to prevent a problem before it starts. oing to regular checkups ensures that you do not have any undiagnosed conditions. By getting the right health services, screenings and treatments, you are taking steps that help your chances for living a longer, healthier life. Try to see your doctor at least once a year for a checkup. or more information on how you can reduce the risk of heart disease talk to your Walgreens pharmacist today

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ASO announces partnership with Powell Metabolic Program What is the Powell Metabolic Program? How it can help clients achieve a better quality of life?

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It’s 2016! Now is the time to make resolutions!

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