July 2019
Volume 7 • Issue 6
Take caution when booking summer vacation home
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Restaurant built as grocery a century ago
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Doctor creates clinic with nontraditional setting, membership
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MONTHLY QUIZ
Kennewick was incorporated into what county? Answer, Page 12
Wildhorse expansion scheduled
Casino’s $85M plan to add bowling alley, more food, kids area BY SENIOR TIMES
An $85 million construction project at Wildhorse Resort and Casino near Pendleton will add a new 24-lane bowling alley, food court and larger arcade. Work began last month on the first phase of the project that includes the expansion of the Children’s Entertainment Center, a family-friendly wing filled with video games, jungle gym and karaoke, and Cineplex concession area. The project’s second phase — a new hotel tower with 214 rooms and bigger events center — is expected to begin in a few months. The whole project will add about 300,000 square feet to the existing facility. Wildhorse, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is about 75 miles southeast of the Tri-Cities in Oregon. Visitors to the resort will see changes in traffic flow for pedestrians and drivers, both inside and outside the main building as contractors move equipment on site and fence off areas for construction. Chief Executive Officer Gary George encouraged the uWILDHORSE, Page 2
Courtesy Jamie Ssenkubuge/Water from Wine Pat Tucker and his daughter Jamie Ssenkubuge stand outside their Paterson tasting room for their nonprofit Water from Wine, which donates wine sale profits to organizations working to bring clean water to communities around the world.
Water from wine
Sandpiper Farms creates nonprofit to fund clean water work BY ARIELLE DREHER for Senior Times
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n a way, the family behind the local nonprofit Water from Wine is bringing the first miracle of Jesus turning water into wine into a modern-day context, leveraging the rich wine-growing potential in the vineyard at Sandpiper Farms with the global need for clean drinking water. The nonprofit’s name, Water from Wine, is the eventual outcome of the organization’s process. Pat Tucker, the owner of Sandpiper Farms, came up with the model and idea, merging his work at the farm
with his desire to give back. Tucker grows grapes on the six-acre vineyard and then has local winemakers make the wine. The nonprofit sells the wine and donates proceeds to clean water charities working in communities around the world. The idea for Water from Wine, Tucker said, came from his involvement with his church’s mission in rural Honduras. A member of Hillspring Church in Richland, Tucker has been to Africa twice and said his trips exposed him to the global need for water. “It was very profound to me,” he said.
Tucker has been a farmer in the region for decades, starting Sandpiper Farms in 1974, and he sees Water from Wine as a part of God’s plans for him after being abducted and tortured by two former employees in 1996. Tucker survived and experienced a spiritual conversion that night. He credits his life and work today to that purpose. In 2014, he was struggling with the vineyard on his property and considering different options for it, from selling it to tearing it out. Then he got an idea. “It kind of just dawned on
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Health, finances top concerns
Council surveys 60-plus BY SENIOR TIMES
Seniors are most concerned by health and financial matters, with women and lower-income seniors particularly prone to worrying about financial security. That’s according to a recent survey of U.S. adults aged 60 and older from the National Council on Aging. When thinking about the future, two-
thirds of those surveyed (64 percent) report being very or somewhat worried about their physical health. Nearly six in 10 say they are worried about health care costs exceeding their retirement income (56 percent) and about losing their independence (54 percent). About half worry about outliving their savings (48 percent), becoming a burden to their family or others uCONCERNS, Page 3
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