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Vaccines and stem cells: Weapons against lung disease ::by David Ebner

very fall, the billboards and TV commercials urging you to get a flu shot start appearing. Many people have reservations about the flu vaccine. However, the statistics strongly support the flu vaccination over trying to tough it out, especially for the elderly. The CDC estimates that, in people over 50, there is a 77 percent reduction in hospitalization for flu symptoms when vaccinated. Why not give yourself the best chance to be healthy? The benefits are even more compelling for those with a lung disease. The coughing, shortness of breath and fatigue that come along with the flu are everyday symptoms of lung disease, and contracting the flu can turn these already harsh symptoms into something fatal. That’s why the CDC—and most pulmonologists— recommends that people with these conditions get the flu shot yearly. Now, patients are asking about other options to protect and improve their lung function. If a shot can vaccinate them from the flu, what can be done about lung disease? New options have emerged, and some have discovered stem cells as the answer. Just like the flu vaccine, stem cell therapy offers the possibility of improving lives through treatment of debilitating conditions. 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.

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Technological Assistance From helping with managing diabetes to training at the gym, new apps for the 50-plus set are taking off. page 22 opinion

6 Sound Off 6 The Curmudgeon 7 The Up Side 8 Straus’ Place 10 Ask Gabby Gayle 11 The Widow’s Corner 12 Your Finances entertainment

8 Trivia contest 13 Calendar of events 16 Tucson Prunes 16 Fun & games around Tucson 17 Bingo happenings 18 Tinseltown Talks 20 Puzzles 21 Arizona Casinos home improvement

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opinion Sound Off

My mom, who’s a notch baby, read the response to Mr. Pete Davies in the March 2015 issue. Upon 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 95 in July. Thanking you for any assistance you may be able to provide. Respectfully, 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 Off claiming and I quote, “People like former U.S. ambassador Susan Rice appear to be the only woman unscrambling the mixed message so the American people can understand.” Is this the same Susan

Rice who went on five Sunday shows, claiming that the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans was caused by a video, which was proven to be a lie? The same Susan Rice who claims Bowe Bergdahl served his country with honor? This is the biggest liar in Obama’s administration. You really think she is credible? Are you kidding me? Even liberal former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta says Iran cannot ever be trusted. John Bolton, conservative former U.N. rep for the United States, has recently pointed out that Iran should have had its nuclear bomb capabilities destroyed five or six years ago. The Obama 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. Unleash the Israelis, with our full public support to do the job that this president and his pathetic minions are failing to do. Wow! Grandma 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 Ford and everybody else sues them for this one. How greedy can these people become? Pay attention to your mail, grandma said. Dear Terry (Ratner): First, 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

:: by Drew Alexander

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 Earth 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 30) see a somewhat slow-moving gray-haired guy like me with my 3-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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America’s lost treasure

hope others will read your article and that someone starts a group in Green Valley. I would like to know where I can get a copy of your last speaker’s topic “Choose Your Foods Like Your 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 Generation 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 12, 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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The Up Side

Lessons from an old-school social network

:: by Michael Grady

tread lightly if I visit Willie Lussier before noon. It isn’t because I’m not wanted— “You’re welcome anytime! You know that!”—and it isn’t because he’ll ever complain. But 11:45 to 12 is when elaborately coiffed ingénues of “The Young and the Restless” 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. “Oh, 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? Oh, 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 Revco Drug Store at Mill and University. In its day, it was the Hollywood and Vine of Tempe. And in an era where people connect through Facebook, 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 35 years. “You 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 1991, at ASU’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 aﬃliated with the church at the time. “You knew what you were doin’,” he said. “No,” I told him. “I really didn’t.” “Oh. 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 Vieja, about 15 years ago. “You tell your boss that Willie’s here,” he said to the hostess as he shuﬄed past. I thought he was grandstanding. But 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. “Your father offered me a job, once upon a time.” “You should have taken it,” Monti told him. But Willie shook his head. “I’d be talking to everybody. No one would get to eat.” Back in the ‘70s, when he won the Kiwanis Man of the Year 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. Be nice. Be honest. Be fair. That’s why Gabelyn Watson, a young ASU Music student he befriended 30 years ago, still calls him from Chicago once a week. He was nice when actor Tony Randall, performing next door at Gammage, came in asking for a referral to an ear, nose and throat doctor. “We weren’t supposed to recommend doctors,” Willie recalled. “But I gave him the name of a good one nearby.” “Because 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 Born” was filming near ASU’s campus, Barbra Streisand came in for a quick purchase. “You’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. Balance and vision issues had limited his range. So instead of Monti’s, we’d hit the IHOP near his house. “Tell your boss that Willie’s here,” he told the greeter. This time, I thought: “Now he’s grandstanding.” But within minutes, two IHOP 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 waﬄe 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 20s. 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. “You can call me, ‘Willie,’ or ‘Uncle 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 Gay and Paula, 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; Revco 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. “You missed the last party,” he tells me, at a commercial break. “Gabelyn was here.” Gabelyn Watson, the ASU 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 Revco counter. “She even sang for us,” Willie says, “did I tell you?” “What did she sing?” I asked. “You’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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rivia Contest

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. Even youngsters struggle with troubleshooting and mastering new technology—and even the old ones. (If you don’t believe us, just park yourself to any oﬃce 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. But to reminisce, we took a stroll down memory lane to rediscover the old technology we knew and loved.

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The cassette tape uses what kind of tape to record audio? What precursor to the DVD was considered a failure after its early ‘80s debut?

The Ditto Machine was an early predecessor of what common technology?

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:: by Bill Straus

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. Quantity 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. You 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. But 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. Even 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! But 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 L8?” 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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... from page 6 activities. Will we now be hearing an I’m not married. I don’t want to date apology from the president? Don’t hold and I’m very content. All your readers your breath. This president has never have a nice life. I’m getting rich while admitted he was wrong about any- I’m talking on the phone. I’ll leave you thing. This is just another case of him the next stock tip in a week or so. Have a beautiful day. prejudging before the facts are in. Beware when the security company calls to give you a free security system just for the privilege of putting a sign in your yard. It’s a rip-off. When you ask them for their phone number and they hang up, you know you’re a target. I just turned 62 on March 18 and last week I bought UWTI 1,000 shares at $1.90. It’s an EPS and I get that oil would go up and I’m very happy. To all the other people whining about politics and who’s getting killed and all that: I’m very happy making money. I just lay in the sun. I’m very content. Everybody who makes these political comments are just “Monday night quarterbacks.” Get a life and play the stock market. Your broker never told you about UWTI and I’m a stock market pro. My name is Robert.

Lest we forget, because a vast majority of Americans agree with what then-Sen. Obama said in 2006, Obama should have followed his own recommendation: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the United States government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government’s reckless financial policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘The buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of ‘bad choices’ today on the ‘backs’ of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve

better.”—U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, March 2006. Note: When Obama took over “leadership” as president, our debt was $10 trillion. In six years under his leadership, it increased to $18 trillion. That’s an 80-percent increase on the “backs of our children and grandchildren,” and climbing!— Charles Dragovich Human nature is its own worst enemy. Once everyone understands the family resentments passed on from Civil War days to the undereducated ignorant are just plain weak-minded. Wake up—you’re all the same brothers. Interesting. The phone con artists must be getting desperate. Today I got an order from Paul saying he’s going to send my medical prescriptions that I haven’t even ordered. Get out and get a decent job. Islamic terrorists in Kenya attacked a college and murdered Christians. This is going on in many nations. When they are done there, they are coming here to do the same thing. They’re going to keep do-

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Ask Gabby Gayle Advice for the over-50 crowd

:: by Gayle M. Lagman-Creswick

ear Gabby Gayle: From time to time I read in your column about well-meaning children worried about their parents living alone, falling, getting scammed and a host of other worries. They all think their parents should move into a supportive community of some kind. I want to go on record as saying that might be good for some, but not everyone. Some of us would like to stay put where we are. It is true we might fall. We might not eat right. We are at risk for getting scammed. We might have a break-in and even get injured or killed. My logic tells me that can happen to anyone at any age, right? I like to think that I have earned the right to age in the way that I choose. Manage my money if you want. Bring me goodies to eat. Visit me. Don’t nag at me to move. Just love me where I choose to be. In the words of Frank Sinatra: “I Did it My Way.” There, it is off my chest! Signed, Dad

ear Perplexed: It sounds as if your kids have not adjusted to your aging. They still think of you as being 50 or 60. If you read me, you know I am going to tell you to “Do it Your Way!” I think your kids will come around. You gave them a bit of a shock. Invite them to go with you to look at a couple places. But please do not let them take control of your decision to do what you want to do. You sound like a forward thinker to me. Good luck! Signed, GG

ear Dad: You said it so well, I have no comment. Thanks for writing. Note the letter below. Signed, GG

ear Gabby Gayle: I am a 75-year-old widower. I am retired. I go to a local coffee place a couple times a week and read my book as I am sipping my coffee. Several times I have seen a woman, who looks to be my age, who has coffee at a nearby table. I would like to meet her, but I haven’t the foggiest notion how to do it. Whenever I think about getting up and going over there, I feel as if my feet are planted in cement. This is the first person I have wanted to meet since my wife died five years ago. You are good at solutions. Give me one! Signed, Out of Practice

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 81 years old and lonely. Pretty soon I may not be able to drive. One 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, “You are not ready for that!” What do I do now? Signed, Perplexed

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ear Out of Practice: When faced with that kind of dilemma, I always say to myself: “What is the worst thing that could happen if I go over there?” Then I go through them: She could throw her coffee in my face. She could laugh at me. She could say something snotty like “Mind your own business.” She could get up and leave. Once I have horrified myself with those thoughts, I realize the likelihood of them happening is pretty small, and if it does happen, I can handle it. Then I get my feet out of the cement and do it. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Introduce yourself and ask if she would like to join you for coffee. 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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The Widow’s Corner Saying goodbye—my way

:: by Terry Ratner, RN, MFA My friend, Lisa Bonchek Adams, died today. During the year I knew her, I learned everything about her, as if we had known each other since childhood. She was a Connecticut mother of three, her youngest, Tristan, was born with congenital abnormalities. She married Clarke, a devoted husband, whom she met in 1991 at a ForemanHolyfield fight. She confided in me—her thoughts about life, favorite flowers, parents, in-laws, and even her deepest beliefs about death. We were introduced on Feb. 19, 2014, by way of the Internet. Lisa had an ongoing blog about living with breast cancer. She shared her story in more than 176,000 tweets and frequent posts. I immediately signed up for her blog and looked forward to reading each update. Lisa frequently mentioned her treatment center, Sloan-Kettering in New York City, and how it felt to be a cancer patient. “I gather up my pump cords, release myself from the wall’s grip,” Adams wrote in a post typical for its grit and intimacy. “I walk, counterclockwise around the nurse’s station with a vengeance, trying to push the pain and discomfort away.” She was 36 years old when she received the diagnosis of widespread ductal carcinoma in situ which, after a series of surgeries and pathology reports, turned quickly into invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) with lymph node involvement and, by October 2012, her scan showed metastasis to her bones. I was a widow recently diagnosed with IDC en route to my first radiation appointment when I discovered my new friend. Although there were obvious differences in our diagnosis, there were significant similarities in our beliefs. Neither one of us were fond of the Susan G. Komen organization. Pink anything made us sick to our stomachs. We had written our grievances concerning putting a happy face on breast cancer. We both loved to write and help others through the cancer maze—and we both had hope for the future. As time went on, some of her posts

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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. But 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)

who loved her, but never met her. She wrote so that others would know they were not alone or without value. Farewell, my friend, rest in peace.

became diﬃcult to read, but I struggled through them, selfishly identifying myTerry Ratner, a registered nurse and freeself in her blogs and thinking “What if lance writer, is working on a memoir featurthis was me?” How would I feel? What ing 22 essays dealing with issues of family, would I write? identity, and loss. Send comments to info@ For months I followed her deepest terryratner.com. thoughts and complicated treatments, even though sometimes I’d think, “This is TMI.” And note—I’m a nurse. Other times, I’d struggle reading about the severity of her “treatments of choice” and wonder, “Why is this happening? Why doesn’t she just stop the torture and live out her life without additional pain and suffering?” In hindsight, my reactions to her SPECIALIZED MEMORY CARE IN TUCSON descriptive medical narratives were evoked by memories of living with someone who suffered in a similar manner. It stirred up the past—recollections of watching my late husband die a slow and painful death. When Lisa had a good day, I’d relwww.coppercanyon.com 866-780-2813 ish her poems about children, gardening and family. During the last months of her life, her subject matter changed Visit Us Online at and so did her prognosis. No more remissions—her diagnosis went from bad www.pacificatucson.com to worse. But instead of retreating, she chronicled her latest medical findings Pacifica Senior Living features the explaining in-depth lab results, treatments and tests. Her updates, describrespected and innovative Legacy™ ing her complicated procedures, someProgram, a specialized memory care times made it impossible to read them program developed by Pacifica Senior in their entirety. I’d begin one and say, “Lisa isn’t going to last much longer. Living. This program was developed Her cancer is going crazy.” Or I’d start to help residents rediscover and enjoy reading a post and then skim the last their remaining abilities. half of it. She’d end with, “It’s getting harder to find the strength to continue. • Professional 24-hour staffing • Legacy Program I’m sorry.” Yes, she’d apologize about • Loyalty Pricing - or - Customized Pricing • Respite available her inability to blog, or perhaps she was TOUR TODAY! apologizing for her helplessness against • Group residents of similar ability levels in “cottage” environments a disease that was consuming her. CALL • Accomodate the needs of difficult behaviors • Recently renovated I began wondering what my blog (520) 320-7505 • Beautiful walking paths • Ambassador Program might be like under similar circumstances. I’d write about my deepest feelings, about life, and what I wanted to leave behind as a legacy. My reactions to metastasis would follow a different route, perhaps shorter, because Tucson I wouldn’t try everything possible to 2675 North Wyatt Drive • Tucson, AZ 85712 keep going. I’m not a follower of conventional cancer protocols. I’ve seen Call (520)314-9167 too many bad outcomes. www.pacificaseniorliving.com If my disease progressed, I’d be an-

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:: by Chad Winn, CRPC

’m not ashamed to say I’m a little envious of my father-in-law. When he comes to visit, he enjoys a certain amount of conversation, but when he’s done, he’s done. He has absolutely no problem hunkering down on the couch, turning his hearing aids off and zoning out on a football game. Man, he looks peaceful! I’m jealous. Getting older certainly comes with its little rewards, but there may be many challenges as well. One of the greatest challenges faced by some people as they age is knowing when and how to ask for help. Talking to loved ones about health and financial issues can be an uncomfortable and diﬃcult task. Really “hearing” each other may be even harder. Like the decision some face to give up their car keys, asking for help with their finances or other activities of daily living may be wrought with emotion. It can possibly feel like they’re giving up their freedom or independence. But, with proper planning, loved ones may be able to carry out their relatives’ wishes. Like anything, it is better for everyone to have a plan before they need it, than need it and not have a plan. The earlier families discuss their wishes, the better. Married couples should get on the same page before talking with other family members, but also involve assigned personal representatives or successor trustees as early in the planning process as possible. Some of the things that should be discussed with families or designees are budgets, financial plans, estate plans, how and when to pay the bills, and where important documents are stored. This all sounds obvious but the more topics that are covered before something is needed, the less stress and scrambling is involved if the need arises down the road. Not everyone has family to turn to. Some may have made the decision not to involve them in their health and financial matters. If this is the case, they may want to involve a professional fiduciary. A fiduciary can help them with their finances and some may be qualified to advocate for them regarding their health care as well. A good source for a referral to a fiduciary is a financial adviser, estate planning attorney or tax professional.

With all this planning, how can anything possibly go wrong bringing kids or other family members into financial lives? Based on years of professional experience and life events involving my own family, a frank discussion of expectations is a wise and often overlooked step in the planning process. Family members should also establish ground rules for how they wish to be approached as they age. I have found adult kids love to “help.” They can smother their parents with their good intentions. For example, if adult children find their parents don’t have eggs in their fridge— heaven forbid—the frantic calls to out-oftown siblings begin. “I don’t think mom and dad can take care of themselves anymore...they’re not eating...we need to help them!” Parents should remind their kids often: It’s their lives and they are making these plans and including them “now” because they want to ensure “later” that their wishes are carried out. Parents should agree not to be overbearing. For this to work, they should be open to observations and ideas they may have. Families should have permission to bring up changes they may see in their parents’ behavior over the years. Kids may say something like, “Remember when we talked about your financial issues and you asked me to keep an eye out for changes in your behavior? Well I recently noticed...Can we talk about it?” Planning and communication are the cornerstones to bringing some help into your life as you age. Keep an open heart, open mind and don’t be afraid to ask for help. This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the sale of any financial product or service or as a determination that any investment strategy is suitable for a specific investor. Investors should seek financial advice regarding the suitability of any investment strategy based on their objectives, financial situations, and particular needs. Waddell & Reed does not provide tax or legal advice. For additional information or questions contact Chad Winn, financial adviser with Waddell & Reed Inc. at 903-6807 or by email at cwinn@wradvisors.com. Investing involves risk and the potential to lose principal. Securities offered through Waddell & Reed Inc., Member SIPC.

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IONS Tucson Presents Catherine Yunt, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco, $5 suggested donation, 577-1478, www.ionstucson.org. In “Cosmic Conversation with the ‘Spirit’ of Cooperation,” Catherine Yunt will reveal the benefits of connecting and collaborating with “the other side.”

Molino Basin Plant Walk, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Molino Basin on Catalina Highway, free, reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join botanist Meg Quinn to explore the oak grassland vegetation at Molino Basin on the Catalina Highway. Meet at the carpool at Catalina Highway and Tanque Verde Road.

Cienega Creek Nature Hike, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free, reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Explore the shaded trails at the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve during this guided morning nature hike.

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May 2 Saturday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, 724-5520, CanoaRanch@pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the fascinating stories of the people who lived and worked on the ranch. The Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games’ Welsh Festival and Pet Food Drive, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Flanagan’s Celtic Corner, 2719 E. Broadway Blvd., $2 suggested donation, 909-7299, tucsoncelticfestival@hotmail.com. This “eisteddfod” (Welsh for “party”) honors St. Melangell, the patron saint of small animals, and celebrates the deep history and tradition of Wales. May 3 Sunday Seed Library Open House, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500. Get an informal introduction to the Seed Library of the Pima County Public Library. Customers can browse for seeds in person or request that seeds be put on hold to be picked up. May 4 Monday Lexi Coburn-Lithography on Display, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500. May 5 Tuesday Butterflies of Agua Caliente Park, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Discover the fantastic world of butterflies at Agua Caliente Park. Take a guided walk with naturalist Jeff Babson to look for butterflies, caterpillars and their food plants.

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Wake Up with the Birds, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join this guided birding walk in the desert oasis of Agua Caliente Park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors. Binoculars are available for use. May 8 Friday Cactus Hike, 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Tucson Mountain Park, Camino de Oeste Trailhead, 400 N. Camino de Oeste, free, reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Enjoy the showy flowers of Tucson’s cacti and learn about their ecology and uses. A Night with the Stars, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. May 9 Saturday Tucson-Area Iris Society Meeting, 1:30 p.m., Eckstrom Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St., free, 594-5285. Hector Campoy will present “TAIS and Master Gardeners: Assisting Each Other’s Mission.” A general business meeting will follow. Music and Memories Concert and Silent Auction, 6:15 p.m., Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St., free, 722-4581, www.cancerhealth.org. The event benefits the Academy for Cancer Wellness’ Under-Insured Cancer Patients Endowment Fund. The program will feature more than two dozen musicians, including members of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, performing music by a variety of composers including Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Boccherini. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Tucson-Branch’s Recognition Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Caruso’s, 434 N. Fourth Ave., $22, 622-0905. The group will honor special members and introduce the 2015-2016 board of directors. ...continues on page 14

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Join TMC Chest Pain and A-fib Coordinator, Jill Mausert, RN, for this educational session that includes latest research and information on warning signs, what you can do to act fast, and more importantly – what steps to take to prevent heart attack. Blood pressure screening will be available at the end of the session.

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Tucson Community Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Cafeteria Dining Room C, 1501 N Campbell Ave., free, registration 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.

find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other. May 15 Friday The Tucson Botanical Gardens’ Weird Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., repeats May 16, Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, free admission, 3269686. The Weird Plant Sale focuses on rare or downright strange cacti and succulents. A selection of offbeat, locally hand-made pottery is also featured. May 16 Saturday Society of Military Widows Meeting, 12 p.m., Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s Mirage Club, 2720 S. Craycroft Rd., call for cost, reservations required, 774-6628. Many Hands Artist Cooperative, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Many Hands Courtyard, 3054 N. First Ave., free, 331-2908, mhartistCoop@gmail.com. This month’s third Saturday is moving to evening to avoid the heat. Art vendors in the courtyard and neat shops are open. There will be music, beverages and food for sale. May 17 Sunday

May 12 Tuesday The Gardeners of Tucson (TGOT) Meeting, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Ward 6 City Council Office, 3202 E. First St., free, 622-0905. Brandon Merchant, Victory Gardens’ owner, talk about how to plan a garden, with an emphasis on the rotation of plants. Dragons and Damsels, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Explore the world of dragonflies and damselflies at Agua Caliente Park. Join naturalist Jeff Babson for a close-up look at these insects and learn about their identification, biology and conservation. May 13 Wednesday Cactus Hike, 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Sweetwater Preserve, 4000 N. Tortolita Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Enjoy the showy flowers of Tucson’s cacti and learn about their ecology and uses. May 14 Thursday National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, 11 a.m., The Golden Corral, 22nd St., $11, 288-8221, 296-4576. All veteran railroad employees, retired or still working, are invited. 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

Southern Arizona Author Series, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco, Classroom 3, donations accepted, 322-0832, robinpeelmarketingpr@gmail.com. Visual artist, actor, singer and teacher Diane Waybright discusses and reads from “The Burping Bottle Discourses,” a book that emerged from learning to listen to her own inner guidance. May 18 Monday National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1874 Meeting, 11:30 a.m., The Golden Corral, 6865 N. Thornydale Dr., $7.95, 400-3456. The topic of the month is solar energy. May 19 Tuesday Reading Partners, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500. Reading Partners brings adult volunteers and children together to share their love of reading. May 20 Wednesday Nuts about Nature Preschool Hour, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Bring the grandkids, ages 3 through 5, for child-friendly fun as participants learn about nature through stories, crafts and games. May 21 Thursday Communication Strategies: It’s a Two-Way Street, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Community Performance and Art Center, 1250 W. Continental Rd., Green Valley, free, reservations required, 399-7633. Arizona Hearing Special-

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May 26 Tuesday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, 724-5520, canoaranch@ pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the stories of the people that lived and worked on the ranch. May 27 Wednesday Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free, reservations required, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park. Work may require hiking and pulling buffelgrass on steep slopes. Meeting locations change frequently.

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Tucson Prunes prove there’s no withering after age 50 ommitment” is a word that resonates with the members of the musical revue Tucson Prunes. The nonproﬁt group’s performers practice four hours a week. They set up their own dressing rooms and entrance drapes at shows. Most of the duties are done in-house, ranging from costumes to marketing to choreography. But more importantly, there’s a social connection; all of the members are committed to each other as good friends. When they speak, they laugh and ﬁnish each other’s sentences. They have inside jokes, and they know their innermost thoughts. “The key word here is ‘commitment,’” said JoAnn Gentry, a group member. “It’s a real important ingredient in being a Prune.” Besides Gentry, the members are Anita Barkley, Anne Tatum, Beverly Elzweig, Eleanor Malchus, Jake and Amber Jacobsen, Joan Meyer, Judi Breault, Judy Murray, Nancy Ostlund, Nancy Thomas, Tracy Holsinger, Cindy Keen, Marlene Spencer-Hayden, Suzanne McCullough and Valerie Gentry. The choreographer is Beth Floress. The Tucson Prunes formed in 2004, when performers known as the Prune Juice Follies disbanded. “When that disbanded, a bunch of us got together and decided we didn’t want to let go of the dancing,” Ostlund said? The group received a state grant that enabled it to keep performing. The Tucson Prunes entertain at RV parks, retirement homes, nursing homes, hotels that have conventions in town. “Anybody who will have us,” Ostlund said. “We danced on two cruise ships. We danced on the American Queen Riverboat on the Mississippi River.” The group has a myriad of topical dances—holidays, Route 66, military

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Gregg Allman plays at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Friday, May 1. Gregg Allman The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient will bring his Hammond B3 and soulful voice to town. WHEN: Friday, May 1, at 8 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $40 to $100 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucsontheatre.org Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus Pops Concert Under the direction of Dr. Julian Ackerley, the program will feature all of the boys chorus’ groups, including the Touring Chorus, TowneSingers, Training Chorus and the new Cadet Choir performing lighter music. WHEN: Saturday, May 2, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr., Catalina Foothills COST: $10 to $20 INFO: 296-6277 or www.boyschorus.org Home Free The season four champions of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” Home Free peppers its shows with quit-witted humor that meshes Nashville standards with pop hits. WHEN: Wednesday, May 6, at 8 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $30 to $100 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucsontheatre.org ...continues on page 17

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nly a handful of acto do more television tresses danced in feaor a movie,” she emture films with Gene Kelly phasized. and Fred Astaire. One was Shortly before her Leslie Caron. birthday last year, at Although her last feathe age of 82, Caron ture film was a decade ago, even tackled a deshe hasn’t been exactly idle manding stage role. since. “I traveled to Cali“I won an Emmy in 2007 fornia for a play—‘Six for a guest role on ‘Law & Dance Lessons in Six Order: Special Victims Weeks’ at the Laguna Unit’ which was a grand Playhouse—which moment for me,” said was one of the best Caron from London, where Leslie Caron at the Emmys in parts I’ve ever had,” she moved in 2013 from her 2007. she said. “It was a native France to be near family. two-character play with six dance Her autobiography, “Thank Heav- numbers and seven costume changes. en,” was published in 2010, and in A person of 50 would have found it a 2013 she appeared in an episode of bit difficult. I would love to have conthe French TV crime series “Jo.” tinued with it to Broadway, but that “So I’m not retired and would love would have been too strenuous.”

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Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in “An American in Paris.” “I wasn’t used to dancing in ballet Trained as a dancer, Caron’s film career took off after Kelly discovered shoes for six to eight hours a day,” she the teenager performing in the Ballets said. “And when I arrived in America des Champs-Elysees in Paris in the late I had mononucleosis and was undernourished having lived through World 1940s. “The husband of a dancer I shared War II and food shortages. So I was my dressing room with somehow knew very anemic.” Throughout the ‘50s, Caron apGene, who had seen me and wanted me to do a screen test for a movie,” she peared in other musicals, including “Daddy Long Legs” with Astaire. recalled. “Fred and Gene came from different The film turned out to be “An Amereras,” she noted. “Fred danced on his ican in Paris” and rehearsals were toes and barely touched the ground— tough. an elegant, fluid dancer. Gene’s dancing was very athletic.” Astaire’s wife—ill from lung cancer—died during production. “He would bury his head in a towel and cry,” Caron remembered. “Fred NOW OPEN loved the film which had a lot of youth and joy, so I think it helped him our Senior Intensive Outpatient Program through a very bad time.” Caron continued to work in film and • Mature patients can recover in a television into the ‘90s but said, “I was comfortable group therapy setting. hitting 60 and beginning to think my • Clinicians understand the sensitivities career was over, so embarked on a new of mature adults. venture.” Proving you are never too old to start Our therapy focuses on changing a new chapter in life, she purchased harmful behaviors and helps identify and renovated an old building, by the positive thought patterns river just outside Paris, turning it into a successful bed and breakfast. Palo Verde Behavioral Health accepts most major insurance plans, including Medicare. “I managed it for about 15 years until the economy crashed.” Today, Caron hopes for more roles, but remains realistic. “I’m not aiming for any Academy Awards. It just gives me a great deal of pleasure to keep working.”

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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

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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 14, in Miami Beach, 15 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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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 interpretation 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.

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“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. “I went into sales and marketing,” Klebanow explained. “I founded Startel Marketing. We help small businesses increase their sales by making appointments for them to solicit their services—here, in California, New York, Wisconsin, everywhere. “It’s hard for a small business to do everything. So we make appointments for the owner or sometimes the salesperson to go out there. They need someone on the outside to solicit for them.” It was her daughter who persuaded Klebanow and her husband to move to Arizona. “She said, ‘You’re not doing anything in Florida that’s especially exciting,’” Klebanow said. “Why don’t you move?’ I said, ‘Arizona? That’s so far away.’” Klebanow was introduced to the Ms. Senior Arizona pageant—for which Lovin’ Life After 50 is the presenting sponsor—by her husband, who asked for an application. Klebanow put it away but the subject was brought up again this year. “I couldn’t say no,” she said with a laugh. “I was the last one to send it in.” She immediately chose her talent. “I just started singing again after not really performing for over 35 years,” she said. “I was trained in voice in New

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Jessica Klebanow, 2015 Ms. Senior Arizona, has lived in many places around the world including Paris and Africa. York, but I was dormant for many years. You know, life happens—children, work. I would sing on cruises occasionally. “Then I went to Show Low for the summer. My husband said, ‘You don’t golf. You don’t swim. You don’t play mahjongg.’ So I did a show up there. I did a show in Mesa and it evolved from there.” The Ms. Senior Arizona program also lists jewelry design—a longtime 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 to Neighbors Who Care, the fire department, who’s here all the time, and if one of the communities need something, we give them money.” For the next year, she will help raise money for domestic violence charities, the causes of choice for the Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant. Klebanow will also have to get used to the public’s affection. “I am so taken back with how many people are happy for me,” she said. “They hug me. They don’t even know me, but they kiss me. That’s when I realized, ‘Oh my goodness. This is real. I’m representing Arizona.’”

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United by passion: Baltimore’s unique museums ::by Andrea Gross/Photos by Irv Green

ne minute I’m outside the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, gazing at a 55-foot-tall whirligig. It spins. It whirls. It catches light and splatters it onto a nearby wall covered with fragments of mirror and tile. Inside the museum there’s a giant “Bra Ball,” created from the bras of nearly 2,000 breast cancer survivors. As you can tell, the AVAM is an extremely unusual place, one that celebrates the intuition and ingenuity of self-taught artists. A few hours later I’m at the Baltimore Museum of Art, reveling in the bright colors and exuberant style of paintings by French artist Henri Matisse. In addition to an internationally acclaimed collection of art, the BMA is the proud owner of the world’s largest holding of Matisse paintings. Finally, I find myself in front of the Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum, staring at a giant glass replica of the banner that inspired our national anthem. Behind it is the home of the woman who stitched the original flag, now a National Historic Landmark. Here, an overview of three truly unique museums in Baltimore, none of which would exist were it not for the passion and dedication of some extraordinary folks. An Idealist’s Determination: The American Visionary Art Museum It took Rebecca Hoffberger 10 years to open a museum honoring “outsider art,” a term that’s often used by those on the inside to describe works that they don’t understand. This is art that owes nothing to tradition (as does folk art) and little to the surrounding environment (as does most art). Rather it seems to burst forth from the creator’s soul—thoroughly original, often quixotic or quirky. In short, visionary. Most works—like the haunting figure carved by a tuberculosis patient—are accompanied by a story, bringing voice to the oft-anonymous and usually uncelebrated artist. Some elicit tears; others bring laughs, all provoke thought.

The Flag Museum features a life-size glass rendition of the giant ﬂag sewn by Mary Pickersgill and her helpers. works by some of the greatArt at the AVAM ranges from a most unusual auto to a est late 19th and early 20th giant ball created from the bras of breast cancer survivors. century artists, from Matisse and Picasso to Cézanne, Today the museum, which has been Gauguin and van Gogh. designated America’s “oﬃcial national Over the years, their collection education center, repository and mu- reached approximately 3,000 objects, seum for self-taught, intuitive artistry,” and in 1949 it was donated to the is spread over 1-plus acres that contain BMA, a gift that catapulted the already three buildings as well a several out- excellent museum to even higher levdoor exhibition areas. Yet despite its els. newfound respectability, it is, said HoffThere’s no way we can see everyberger, “a most un-museumy place”— thing at the BMA in one visit. We feast and this is just the way she likes it. on the works of Matisse and then go For information, visit www.avam.org. outside to the sculpture gardens, where more than 30 works by acclaimed artThe Sisters’ Fervor: Baltimore ists such as Auguste Rodin and AlexMuseum of Art (BMA) ander Calder are spread across nearly The building that houses the BMA 3 acres. is replete with a portico and classical Visit www.artbma.org for information. Greek columns, just the sort of place where you’d expect to find 90,000 pieces of art and artifacts that span continents as well as centuries. But it’s the Cone collection that has brought worldwide fame to the museum. Claribel and Etta Cone were Golden Girls from the Gilded Age, rich socialites with an eye for art and the money to indulge. They A photo at the Baltimore Art Museum shows the Cone sisters traveled the world, and with their friend, Gertrude Stein. Pictured, from left, are Claribel their “souvenirs” were Cone, Gertrude Stein and Etta Cone in 1903.

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The Patriots’ Passion: The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum When Cmdr. George Armistead asked seamstress Mary Pickersgill to create a flag to fly above Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, she may have gulped, but she didn’t hesitate. Instead she enlisted the help of five women and together, working nearly around-the-clock, they produced a large garrison flag that could be seen for miles around as well as a smaller flag that could be used in inclement weather. As the British pummeled the fort during the Battle of Baltimore, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key watched from aboard a small ship. The following morning, “in the dawn’s early light,” he saw the giant flag and knew that Baltimore was safe. Thus inspired, he wrote the poem that later became the national anthem of the United States, and the giant flag that Pickersgill and her helpers had made became known as the Star-Spangled Banner. We visit Pickersgill’s home and the adjacent Flag Museum. The museum is filled with exhibits relating to the War of 1812, but it’s Pickersgill’s home that gives me a tingly feeling. This is where history was made, one stitch at a time. Visit www.flaghouse.org for information.

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heart disease or use tobacco products. Individuals ages 19 to 64 should obtain two doses of the vaccine separated by five years if they have a damaged spleen, sickle cell disease, HIV or any other immunocompromising condition. Therefore, anywhere from one to three doses of Pneumovax 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.

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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.

Paradise found on the north shore of Oahu :: by Ed Boitano |Photos by Deb Roskamp

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 Polynesia. 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 Pacific Ocean known as the Polynesian Triangle. The triangle consists of New Zealand at the

southwest, Easter Island at the southeast and Hawaii at the northern apex, with the Marquesas, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga in the middle. Fiji, though technically part of Melanesia, is included due to a strong Polynesian influence. All of the island cultures share similar traditions, language, arts and religion. There is no definitive answer to the origin of these fascinating people, though everyone seems to offer an opinion. Many believe the Polynesian cultures descended from a single protoculture established in the South Pacific by migrant Malayo-Polynesian people, while others point to the Easter Islands. Everyone seems to agree that these ingenious explorers were ultra-sophisticated sailors and used a highly complex navigational system based on the observation of the stars, ocean swells and flight patterns of birds. Their primary vessel was a 50- to 60-foot canoe consisting of two hulls connected by lashed crossbeams. A precursor to the modern catamaran, the sails were made of matting drove. Long steering paddles enabled the mariners to keep it sailing on course. The canoes could accommodate roughly two dozen people, food supplies, livestock and planting materials essential for the long expeditions and the eventual founding of new island colonies. Like athletes, sailors would go into vigorous training prior

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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-

lifetime opportunity to learn about the lifestyles, habitats, entertainment and hospitality of seven Polynesian villages—all in one location. The purchase of tickets, food, shows and souvenirs helps fund the educational/work objectives. I visited all seven villages and saw islanders re-enact wedding ceremonies, wield fire knives, conduct cooking demonstrations, carve tiki figures and even climb 40-foot coconut trees. Visitors are invited to participate with drum playing, dancing, chanting, canoe trekking and creating fire by rubbing two sticks together. It became painfully obvious to me that I would never make it as a cast member on “Survivor.” Special events include an IMAX theater, the world’s largest Polynesian night show and an authentic Hawaiian luau complete with Kalua pig (cooked whole in an “imu” underground oven), mahi mahi, Lomi Lomi salmon (cold diced salmon, tomatoes and onion), sweet potatoes, poke (generally fresh cubes of ahi tuna), taro dinner rolls, haupia (a coconut-flavored dessert) and, of course, poi (a thick, purplecolored paste made by pounding taro and used to absorb the saltiness in some dishes). It’s easy to see why the Polynesian Cultural Center is the No. 1 paid attraction in Hawaii. For more information, visit to www. polynesia.com.

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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 Better 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; • Keep the volume on your radio or TV 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: Keep 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 Relay Service or the Arizona Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program that can help sharpen your hearing, keeping you connected to your surroundings. For 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.

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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, hard of hearing, deaf-blind or have difficulty speaking.

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Everyone has the option to report violations that are not in compliance with the City of Mesa code. If the renter does not maintain his property, then the owner is responsible. (If there’s) failure to comply, the City will take care of the problem and bill the owner. As far as noise: There are rules regarding excessive noise whether it be music, barking dogs or neighbors having a very loud disagreement. For this infraction, call the Mesa police (nonemergency) phone number. Complaining to each other solves nothing. The City only knows there is a problem only if someone reports it. Your taxes pay for these services. The number for code compliance is (480) 644-2061; Mesa police nonemergency is (480) 6442211. On your calendar, mark the date, time, who you spoke to and ask for the name of the district’s inspector’s name. Change whatever is needed to have it appear as a complaint. I’ve been dealing with these problems. Squeak! Squeak! Ah! A little grease, at last! Punishment for the Boston Marathon bomber should be to put him in a locked room with a bomb set to go off at a time he does not know. This way he would suffer the same horrible death as the 8-year-old boy that he put a bomb next to. Even if this terrorist is given the death penalty, he will sit on death row for 20, 25 years until it’s actually activated. He deserves the same horrible death as his victims. I’ve just summarized the 27 responses in the April opinion part of Lovin’ Life. The results seem to indicate 19 opinions (70 percent) tend to be conservative and only eight (30 percent) tend to be liberal. Hooray for Arizona and America! America was founded on conservative principles, and liberalism is anti-American. One liberal response in particular was way “off base” when it stated, “President Obama has wisely taken action.” How utterly false! Obama is not wise. He is not a leader. He lies too much and he is tearing our country apart. To get factual information, look to Fox and Rush (Limbaugh) and not to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC or George Soros. In closing, may I say that trying to debate a liberal is like petting a skunk. They both stink. So never vote for liberal Democrats.—A Tucson Tea Party patriot.

Muslim students at several of our colleges have protested campus screening of “American Sniper.” Chris Kyle 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. I’m not only after 50, but I remember when (a website) was the gold standard in corporate excellence. This is, I believe, outside the normal in-house complaint process at (the website). It is my humble opinion, an intentional deceptive business practice. When detected, the company is more than ready to “correct” the situation. My spouse and I have separate accounts which “share” one credit card number. As one surfs through the site, several “offers” are extended to the customer. One offer entails a free trial for a membership with enhanced benefits called (plan’s name withheld). I elected to give it a try. At the end of the trial one would be charged an annual fee, $99 plus tax or $105 in Arizona, for one year, unless canceled in advance. I was alert enough (rare) to cancel the trial in advance avoiding any subsequent charge—or so I thought. My spouse who has a separate account, did not enroll in (the program) nor can I understand why another family member would enroll? I received my credit card bill, and a membership charge was included. In talking to (the website), I discovered that (it) bills the card number (times the number of accounts using the card number), not necessarily the account holder who enrolled. The charge on the card was not mine, but my spouse’s, who never asked for, or accepted a membership. We fondly reminisced about our decision not to have more children. Am I unique, or is (the website) doing this to all families, because one member tried (the program) and they share a credit card number? As I said, they were quick to correct the charge. There was no argument that my spouse had not cancelled the trial. Respectfully, I think this is a serious matter that borders on intentionally deceptive business practice, and is nationwide, if not worldwide. To whoever wrote that millions of Americans favor the Keystone Pipeline, you must have your brain tuned to FOX News. It will cost Canada millions of dollars to upgrade its refineries to process shale oil,

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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. By the way, the Republican Koch 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. For that, we take our refineries offline 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 Koch 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. 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 officer in the Air Force and I just read this article about the “General’s treason warning about A-10 draws rebuke.” He told me that the warthog, which is also the A-10, 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-130 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. 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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Pink grapefruit pound cake

:: by Jan D’Atri

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

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.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT POUND CAKE

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 2 cups ﬂour 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

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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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