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Gary Wetzel

here is an old saying that people develop wisdom teeth after they’ve bitten off more than they can chew. Well, Gary George Wetzel, Oak Creek, really was not 12 ft. tall when he got out of the U.S. Army after serving so bravely and effectively during the Vietnam War. People just talk this highly about him. Nor did the modest Gary get all choked up about his conspicuous gallantry as he did bite off more than most soldiers could chew. This true American hero did what he did when he did because it was the right thing to do. For this action, detailed below, the comSTATE CAPITOL munity salutes you, former Sp4c Wetzel.

COMMENT Born Sept. 29, 1947, Wetzel enlisted in the U.S. Army at

By Matt Pommer age 18 and after basic training, he was assigned to the 173rd.

Assault Helicopter Company. He was not infatuated with killing the enemy, but was in the army to help win the war.

Wetzel is said to have never even considered sidestepping a duty, although as a kid, friends never knew Gary Wetzel to beMONEY SENSE

By Karen Ellenbecker extremely adventurous. He was quiet and thoughtful. When & Julie Ellenbecker -Lipsky the occasion called for being considerate, he was in the “little guy’s” corner. To this day, his focus is mostly on doing what must be done while following MOVING IN THE the rules of the game. That RIGHT DIRECTION game where Gary Wetzel first made his mark was war and it

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I bet that you didn’t know that spending for Medicare is projected to be $1,200 lower per person in 2014 than was estimated in 2009, and $2,400 less per person in 2019 versus 2014. In dollar terms, that is $126 billion

less spending in 2014 compared to what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected in 2009. The gap between projected and actual spending is reflected in all parts of the Medicare proFRAZIER continued on page 3A

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Community policing: Is it a good policy?

A protest group wants to end community policing in Madison to help cut in half the number of poor and black people who get arrested. It’s a local spin growing out of incidents across the nation between police and black citizens.

The group, called the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, said police have become an “occupying force” in neighborhoods of minority residents.

“The relationship we desire to have with the police is simple: no interaction,” the group said in an open letter.“Our people need opportunities for self-determination, not policing,” the group added.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval, who is white, blistered the criticism, defending his officers who participate in community policing to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods and create better relationships. Drugs and guns are major issues. Community policing efforts allow officers to help, rather than just focus on making arrests.

“People in our neighborhoods rely on our assistance and hope that our

influence will make these challenged neighborhoods safer,” Koval responded. “Are you really advocating the police abdicate their responsibilities to these folks?” he asked rhetorically.

Unsaid was that older citizens in the challenged neighborhoods may THE not agree with the MOVING idea of IN removing RIGHT DIRECTION officers from theirBystreets and playBruce Nemovitz grounds. Koval said he hears from neighborhood residents who like the added presence of his officers.

Community policing is growing in America. In Madison, it is a decentralized approach in which officers work with other city departments to help provide services to challenged AGINGneighISSUESpolice borhoods. Incidents between

By Tom Frazier in and African-American residents

Missouri and New York City have triggered protest activities in many areas, including Madison. The demonstrations have included rallies at City Hall and people lying down in shopping malls. The group also has opposed expanding the Dane County Jail, saying the $8 million should be used to help poor people.

Koval said it was time for the protesters “to look a lot closer at issues besetting our people of color and stop pandering to theMONEY ‘blameSENSE game’ of throwing my department to the

By Karen Ellenbecker & Julie Ellenbecker wolves.’’

-Lipsky The chief said the Wisconsin Legislature could make changes in laws that would reduce any racial bias in law enforcement. Possible changes include ending the practice of trying APRON Emma as adults, using “restor17-year-olds STRINGS ative justice” courts to keep people

By Aunt Emma from quickly ending up in the state justice system, and changing drug possession laws.

It’s doubtful elected state officials would tackle that agenda. They could face criticism in the media that they are “soft on crime.”

FRAZIER continued from page 1A gram, Part A (Hospital), Part B (Physician), and Part D (Rx Drugs).

There are 54 million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. with total Medicare benefit payments in 2013 of $583 billion. The largest payments include 25 percent to Medicare Advantage insurance plans, 24 percent for hospital inpatient services, 12 percent to physicians, and 11 percent for Rx drugs. Medicare represents 14 percent of the federal budget while Social Security is 23 percent, Defense is 18 percent, and nondefense discretionary spending is 17 percent of federal outlays. Medicare is funded primarily from three sources: general revenues (41 percent), payroll tax contributions (38 percent), and beneficiary premiums (13 percent). Several other payments make up the total funding.

According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the source for most data quoted in this article, and a great resource for anything about health care-only, about two-thirds of the decrease in Medicare spending can be explained. The Affordable Care Act

(ACA) has likely had the most impact with reductions to the growth of Medicare provider payment rates and reductions to Medicare Advantage plans which are the two biggest factors (it is interesting to note that despite cuts in PLANTING payments to MedicareTOMORROW’S Advantage inDREAMShave TODAY surance plans the savings been By actual Brad Olson offset to some extent by growth in the number of people enrolled in these plans (from 11million to 16 million). The CBO expected the net effect of the ACA on Medicare spending in 2014 would be a reduction of $54 billion.

The so-called Budget Control Act SPORTSreason of 2011 is the second biggest By Jack Pearson for the reduction in Medicare spending. The BCA included across-theboard cuts known as “sequestration” that were implemented in March 2013.

This resulted in 2 percent across-theboard cuts to Medicare plans and providers that CBO estimated to reduce Medicare spending by $11 billion in 2014. Other factors that may have influenced the lower than expected spending include lower growth in Rx drug costs, lower hospital readmission

rates, and the recession.

Even though all the reductions in Medicare spending cannot be explained, whatever the causes may be, it is good news for Medicare, the federal budget, and for beneficiaries.

Lower costs lead to lower Medicare premiums and cost sharing, and lower costs help improve the balance sheet for the Medicare Part A Trust Fund.

In 2014, the trustees projected that the Part A Trust Fund will not be depleted until 2030, four years later than was projected in 2013. In addition, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which was authorized by the ACA, is required to recommend Medicare spending reductions to Congress if projected growth exceeds specified target levels. The IPAB process was scheduled to begin in 2013, but the CBO has estimated spending reBy Enisthat Wright ductions will not be triggered for several years because Medicare spending growth is expected to be below the target growth rate during the next decade.

Despite the good news, everything is not rosy for Medicare beneficiaries.

First, 50 percent of all Medicare bene-

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Last April, 65 percent of Dane County voters said “yes” to an advisory ballot question on whether the state should legalize marijuana. But the issue has lots of twists and turns.

In December, the Dane County board rejected a federal grant from the Cannabis Enforcement and Suppression Effort program. In previous years, the county had received tens of thousands of dollars from the federal program.

The grant provides money to fight heroin, other drugs and gun traffic. Supervisors who opposed accepting the money said they wanted to send a signal about racial disparity in drug-related arrests.

The drug issues have attracted more attention with a substantial increase in the number of heroin deaths.

In 2013, Dane County saw a 350 percent increase in heroin deaths – the majority were white citizens.

Turning down federal money to make a point is familiar to Wisconsin citizens. Gov. Scott Walker has rejected hundreds of millions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid.

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ficiaries have less than $23,500 in income on a per person basis. Second, in 2010, Medicare beneficiaries spent $4,734 out of their own pockets for health care which was a 44 percent increase over the $3,293 out-of-pocket spending in 2000. Premiums for Medicare and supplemental insurance accounted for 42 percent of out-ofpocket spending and 58 percent was spent on services. The largest amount of out-of-pocket spending for services was for long-term care facility costs, followed by Medical providers and supplies, Rx Drugs, and Dental. Longterm care and dental services are not covered by Medicare.

As Drew Altman, president and chief executive officer of the Kaiser Family Foundation said, “Perhaps the best news from the 2014 trustees’ report is that the country has a bit more time to hope for a more functional Congress that can figure out how best to finance Medicare for an aging population. It is almost impossible to envision the current Congress and administration working together on these long-term challenges.”

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The top three causes for suicide are substance abuse, 36 percent, depression, 29 percent and PTSD and anxiety, 24 percent. Yearly, 1.1 million people will attempt suicide and more than 38,000 will succeed.

Active duty personnel committing suicide in 2013 numbered 245.

This was a drop from 2012 of 105 such suicidal deaths.

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When I was married (God rest DEAR SAM: I am a bit dismayed at the manner my poor wife’s soul) on our first anniin which my daughter-in-law treats versary, I bought her a very expensive our son. She seems to think that he’s set of fine china dishware. I appreciMONEY SENSE

By Karen much Ellenbecker not capable of doing around the ated the fact that she took such great & Julie Ellenbecker -Lipsky house. She says, just get out of my care of those dishes. She would never way. I have this or that to do. Should I let me wash or dry them as I am kind of a klutz. In regard to some other say something to her about this? household activities, I wasn’t so forQUESTIONING MY JUDGMENT, tunate.

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There’s a certain quality to life that is just enhanced by advancing age.

As one example, we’re told that the beautiful song, Ave Maria, was composed by Verdi when he was age 85.

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By Bruce Nemovitz was a nickel and children’s tickets to the movie theater were 10 cents, except for the 5 cent Saturday matinée?

These movies perhaps featured such as Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and later, Roy Rogers. Would the characters of Amos and Andy and the Kingfish be allowed today or might they be AGING considered ISSUES racist? Those nickels and dimes were By Tom Frazier as difficult to come by then as finding a bar of Lava soap might be today in the cosmetic department of the drug store.

TTTTT Yes, it may be February, but it still is wintertime. There’s snow on the ground, frost permeating the soil and PLANTING chilly winds from both the northwest and lakeside. In fact, weTOMORROW’S wonder whoDREAMS TODAY ever taught those winds By to whistle?

Brad Olson TTTTT If you wish to see sunshine in February, you’d better be out and about during the midday hours. Sunny takes a long nap by mid-afternoon.

TTTTT As we continue to age, we ask ourselves why we have not learned more in 80 plus years? SPORTS TTTTT

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By Karen Ellenbecker We begin with Milwaukee& County Julie Ellenbecker -Lipsky Executive Chris Abele. Being Abele, why doesn’t he do more? Next comes Mayor Tom Barrett, who is looking for a streetcar ride. He’s followed by Police Chief Ed Flynn, who has done his best to see that Milwaukee’s morning dawns are bright and not hazy Emma with gun smoke. We have noticed that

By Aunt Emma Sheriff David Clarke has switched from his nice broad brimmed white hat to a black one. Does this mean darker times ahead for law enforcement? None needs a wooden soap box to stand on while speaking. Will Alderman Donovan be the only one campaigning at the wintertime church suppers? Our apologies to the county chair person, who failed to lead the parade to what might have been the Northwestern Mutual garage open to all-comers after business hours.

Why not attach some Burma Shave ad signs now to the O’Donnell structure for some added income?

TTTTT Times do change. Times once were when every person in the class got a nice valentine on Feb. 14. Today, the penny valentines are nowhere to be found and the $10 variety might be for the lad to buy who is tired of doing his own laundry and eating TV dinners. We hope the romantic men know the nuts and bolts of life in a three bedroom house down the block from mom and dad’s and are prepared

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Being in the moment…A good strategy unless…

How many times have you been advised to live in the moment and not waste time worrying about the future as much of what you fear will never come to pass? When life becomes overwhelming, we have a need to ease our emotional burden and narrow our vision. We focus on the next moment so that we can just get through to the next life event. In doing so, we can miss some important and telling signs which are right in front of our noses.

Imagine you are driving your car and you decide to focus on the immediate road 3 feet in front of your car.

You are able to navigate successfully in your designated car lane and can stay on that course for quite some time. However, just ahead in the intersection a car is about to cross directly into your path. You don’t see it coming as you are focused on the road immediately in front of you. Disaster is moments away and you are feeling secure in your ability to stay just where you were taught to drive. Out comes the car and you can picture the result. You were in the moment, but without the

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focus on what is just ahead, down the road.

Life is short. Life is a gift. Life is complicated and sometimes messy.

How do we maintain a balance between being in the moment and feelAGING ing every second we are ISSUES given and at Tom eye Frazier the same time keepingByyour a bit down the road to avoid a collision with adversity that could have been avoided had we kept our eye a bit further down the road while enjoying the view?

Know thyself. That is an axiom we can all learn from. By understanding our strengths and weaknesses we PLANTING can predict what our TOMORROW’S needs may be DREAMS TODAY a just around the corner.

I showed

By Brad Olson condominium the other day to a 30 something single buyer. There were

16 stairs just to get into the unit with MONEY SENSE no elevator. She was ecstatic and so

By Karen Ellenbecker thrilled about the exercise she would & Julie Ellenbecker -Lipsky get just by entering her unit! This unit would work perfectly for her lifestyle as her age and condition meshed perfectly with the pyramid of stairs.

Would this same unit work for someAPRON one in their 60’s? The answer may be Emma STRINGS yes today, but what about 5-10 years Aunt Emma from now. Knees tend toBywear, and the desire to exercise to enter one’s home would wear thin over time!

You can see where I am going with the car analogy. We should enjoy every moment we are given, but at the same time assess our current needs both physical and emotional.

How many years of excellent health may we expect when we are 60 versus 30. We want to make the most of each moment in our limited time so do we need the acre lot and the laundry in the basement? Yes change is difficult, but starting at the road without looking to the intersection can lead to crisis management, which is totally reactive without the luxury of time to make the

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It’s time to be in the moment by taking a good look at where you are, who you are and where you intend to be. While it is overwhelming to think about downsizing, packing, preparing your home and finding your new home, if done with forethought and looking a bit ahead, it can be the best choice you have ever made. Do you want to be closer to your grandchildren? Do you want to be in a ranch with your living space on one level and no stairs? Do you want to relocate to a warmer climate? Do you want to feel safer and more secure? Take some time to truly remember who you truly are and what has provided happiness and comfort throughout your life. Now see if your current situation matches who you are today. If a change is needed, take a moment to look at the sign ahead which may say, “stop”, “yield”, or “sharp turn ahead”. Be honest with your loved ones and discuss your life in terms of not where you are right now but where you truly want to be in the NEMOVITZ continued on page 7A

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BY TOM MARGENAU : I am 62 years old and really worried. My whole life, I’ve always paid the maximum into Social Security.

But now these last several years before I retire, I don’t think I will quite earn a high enough salary to reach the maximum payment. I am concerned what this will do to my Social Security check. What happens if I don’t get the maximum payout? : I guess what they say is true: Men really do worry about the size of things whereas women usually don’t. In the 17 years I’ve been writing this column, I have probably heard from a thousand men worried that they won’t get the maximum Social Security benefit. But I have never once heard from a woman with the same concerns.

Every year, the Social Security Administration announces the socalled “maximum” Social Security retirement benefit. There is nothing special about it. The agency’s press office puts out the number only because the media cries for it. I guess that little snippet of information makes for a good news story.

That maximum benefit is $2,663 in 2015. That means that if someone is turning age 66 this year and has paid taxes on maximum Social Security-covered earnings for each of the last 35 years, he or she will get $2,663 monthly effective with age 66.

But there is nothing special about getting that maximum benefit. It’s not like you get a bonus from the government if you pay the maximum Social Security tax each year. Your retirement benefit will be based on your highest 35 years of earnings. And as I just said, if you have 35 years of maximum earnings, you will get a maximum Social Security benefit. If you don’t, you won’t quite get the maximum, but so what?

If you have a few years of less than maximum earnings, you’ll get something darn close to that maximum rate. Your Social Security check might not be as big as the one paid to guy next door who had maximum earnings, but I must repeat: So what?

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And I must make one more important point about all this maximum benefit business. I just said that the maximum Social Security benefit this year is $2,663. But there are many people getting more than that. How can that be?

Again, that is the maximum amount payable to someone turning age 66 and retiring in 2015. But there are many people who work beyond their Social Security retirement age.

And if they do so, their benefit will usually continue to grow because of all the additional earnings added to their Social Security record. How that works is explained in the answer to the next question. : I took my Social Security last month at age 66. But I continue to work. I was surprised to learn that they are still withholding Social Security taxes from my paycheck. Isn’t it true that once you go on Social Security, you no longer have to pay into the system?

And if I must continue to pay, will my Social Security benefits go up because of the extra taxes I’m forced to pay? : Everyone who works at a job covered by Social Security must have Social Security payroll taxes deducted from his or her paycheck. And you pay those taxes whether you are 20 years old or 120 years old!

To understand whether or not the earnings you have, and the taxes you pay, after you start getting Social Security will increase your benefits, you have to understand how Social Security retirement benefits are figured in the first place.

Simply stated, your Social Security retirement benefit is based on your average monthly income, indexed for inflation, using a 35-year base of earnings. So, when you initially filed for Social Security, the Social Security Administration looked at your entire earnings history. Then they adjusted each year of earnings for inflation.

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Become scam free by being careful

Scammers are constantly devising new tricks and refining old ones. But no matter what cons emerge in 2015 and beyond, keeping these tried and true resolutions will go a long way towards keeping you safe.

1. KEEP YOUR COMPUTER PROGRAMS UP-TO-DATE: Those reminders to update your Internet browser, operating system and other software are annoying, but don’t ignore them.

Keeping your programs current is a great defense against malware. Software manufacturers continually update their programs to protect against the latest viruses.

2. SET TOUGH PASSWORDS. To create strong passwords, combine lowercase and capital letters with a mix of numbers and symbols. Go ahead and write your passwords down, but don’t store this cheat sheet on your computer.

3. KEEP YOUR SMARTPHONE SAFE. Take the same precautions on your mobile device as you do on your computer. Protect your phone with a passcode, keep your software up-to-date and watch out for malware disguised as apps.

MEN’S SIZE continued from page 6A After SSA indexes each year of earnings for inflation, they pull out your highest 35 years and add them up. Then they divide the total by 420 -- that’s the number of months in 35 years -- to get your average monthly inflation-adjusted income. Your Social Security benefit is a percentage of that amount. The percentage used depends on a variety of factors too complex to explain here. But for now, suffice it to say that for most people, their Social Security retirement benefit represents roughly 40 percent of their average inflation-adjusted monthly income.

So when you are working and paying Social Security taxes after you start receiving Social Security benefits, those additional taxes you are paying will increase your monthly Social Security check if your current earnings increase your average monthly income. In other words, if your current annual income is higher than the lowest inflation-adjusted year

of earnings used in your most recent Social Security computation, SSA will drop out that low year, add in the new higher year, recalculate your average monthly income, and then refigure your Social Security benefit.

Monthly benefit increases can be as little as $5, or as much as $50 or more. But on average, a year of earnings will increase your Social Security benefit by about $20 per month.

SSA has a software program that automatically tracks the earnings of working Social Security beneficiaries and refigures their benefits to see if any increase is due. The increase shows up automatically (you don’t have to file for it) in the following year. So, for example, you will get an increase for your 2015 earnings sometime in 2016.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer.

Contact him at thomas.margenau@ comcast.net.

NEMOVITZ continued from page 5A near future. It is at that moment you will have a better sense of the life your want to lead and increase the odds of a safe and secure lifestyle to enjoy the precious moments you are given. You can be in the moment and at the same time formulate a plan that will complement your strengths and move you towards the happiness you seek. Now make sure you put on that seatbelt and look ahead as the sun shines brightly ahead. Oh, and wear some sunglasses!

Bruce Nemovitz is a Senior Real Estate Specialist, as well as Certified Senior Advisor. Bruce has sold residential homes in the four county Milwaukee-Metro areas for 35 years. He works with his wife, Jeanne, at Realty Executives Integrity. Visit www.brucesteam.com or call 262-242-6177 with any real estate questions.

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And be skeptical of any communications riddled with typos and poor grammar. If it looks like a scam, it probably is.

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“In this way, a wife’s poor health may affect how she assesses her marital quality, but a husband’s poor health doesn’t hurt his view of marriage,” Liu explained in a university news release.

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creasing frailty as people age, the researchers speculated.

Women would more likely suffer poor heart health due to a bad marriage. One possible explanation: Women tend to internalize negative feelings, making them more likely to develop depression and heart problems, according to lead investigator Hui Liu, an associate professor of sociology.

The researchers also found that heart disease seems to lead to a decline in marriage quality for women, but not men. This finding is consistent with the widely held belief that wives are more likely to provide support and care to sick husbands, while husbands are less likely to do so for wives, the study authors said.

lished online Nov. 19 in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, demonstrate the need for marriage counseling and support for older couples.

“Marriage counseling is focused largely on younger couples. But these results show that marital quality is just as important at older ages, even when the couple has been married 40 or 50 years,” she said.

The study was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.

More information The American Heart Association has more about heart health.

SOURCE: Michigan State University, news release, Nov. 19, 2014 -- Robert Preidt Last Updated: Nov 20, 2014 Copyright © 2014 HealthDay. All rights reserved

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How to help out your community

By Anica Wong For many, retirement is a time to relax and catch up on all of the books that you didn’t have time to read between your job and raising kids. Retirement is for cruises and beach vacations, time spent with friends and cribbage. But your golden years can also be a great time for volunteering, especially if you haven’t done so before.

“Senior volunteers make a significant impact in volunteering because they are able to impart their lifetime of skills and experiences to benefit our communities’ pressing needs,” says Ursula Walsh, OneOC’s director of volunteer services.

OneOC, a full-service nonprofit resource center located in Orange County, California, is one of many organizations around the country that works alongside the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, or RSVP. This program is one of the largest volunteer networks for people 55 or older, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service, its parent organization. RSVP helps seniors become active in their community, connecting them with others and developing their skills.

OneOC was on board with RSVP because of the area’s growing population of seniors. Walsh says there are currently 387,600 seniors living in Orange County. This number will increase to 800,000 by 2025. And Orange County is not alone in an aging population. According to the Administration on Aging, those 65 or older were 13 percent of the overall population in 2010. That number will jump to 16.1 percent in 2020 and will hit almost 20 percent by 2030.

With more people in this demographic, there are so many opportunities for them to retain a sense of purpose and give back to their communities through volunteering. “Research shows that individuals giving time and talent are protecting their overall health twice as much as aspirin protects against heart disease,” says Walsh. “In older adults, volunteering has been shown to reduce their

mortality rate by 44 percent.”

But if you have never volunteered before (and want the health benefits and the glow that come with giving your time and talent), how do you find the right spot for you? Walsh suggests looking to see whether there is a local RSVP chapter that can help you find a good match.

If you’re out of range of RSVP, decide what you are passionate about and seek out organizations that are aligned with the causes you support.

If you like four-legged friends, check in with your local animal shelter and see if they need dog walkers (remember to choose tasks that are physically comfortable for you). If you would rather work with kids, see whether your area elementary school needs someone to tidy up the library or read to students.

Churches, parks and police stations typically have structured volunteer opportunities for seniors. If you have access to the Internet, VolunteerMatch.com is a great database of volunteer activities in your area. Simply type in your location and the types of causes you care about, and the website will pull up all of the relevant opportunities. It even lets you search by date, if you have a specific timeframe that you are available to volunteer.

In 2013, RSVP volunteers in Orange County gave 191,000 hours in community service, totally over $4.7 million to their local community, according to Walsh. Volunteering is the gift that keeps on giving, no matter your age.

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Like resveratrol, many compounds have been shown to prolong life in animals. But of all the approaches to prolonging life, the most successful has been calorie restriction. In the nematode, flies, mice, rats and even monkeys restricting calorie intake by 30 percent prolongs average and maximum life expectancy by as much as 30 percent. These animals remain healthy, do not suffer from many age-related illnesses and almost always the cause of death is “old age.”

In other words, an autopsy fails to find any significant disease.

And excitingly, scientists have identified a number of so-called “longevity genes” that can be sophisticatly manipulated to create a long-lived species. Increased production of these genes can lead to strains of species that have substantially longer life expectancies. This approach offers the potential of manipulating female eggs or sperm in a way that guarantees longer and more disease-free life.

Each of these breakthroughs in prolonging life has, so far, only been confirmed in laboratory animals, whose lives are remarkably different from man. They are very inbred, are all identical to each other, live in sterile, highly controlled environments at a constant temperature, always eat the same food, and every aspect of their

existence is rigidly controlled.

Not so for man. We live in the wild. Our genetic profiles vary significantly, making each of us uniquely different from each other. In man, the best predictor of longevity is having long-lived parents. And how we age depends on a complex interaction between the individual with his environment over time. In other words, our genetic composition can predict our life expectancy and susceptibility to disease. But this is substantially modified by our diet, the stressors in our lives and our ability to cope, whether we smoke, our socioeconomic status, environmental pollution, the level of public health programs and sanitation.

While we cannot choose our parents, we all have the capacity to live healthier lives. Eat right, exercise and learn how to cope with stress and a longer and better life will be assured.

But these benefits are small compared to the dramatic prolongation of life seen in calorically restricted mice.

While some studies have shown that restricted food intake and proper exercise leads to positive changes in a series of blood tests that are associated with a longer and healthier life, no strategy in man currently offers the prediction of living to 120 years or more.

The more we learn about the aging process and the better we understand the fundamental mechanisms leading to the common diseases afflicting us, the more likely that a time will come when the fountain of youth becomes a reality. We may well find a magic pill that offers the hope of greater longevity and, who knows, even immortality. Life teaches us that nothing is ever impossible.

To find out more about David Lipschitz and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page atwww.creators.com.

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WETZEL continued from page 1A was a helluva game in Vietnam; one in which his courageous valor rose to the occasion. What this one man did is incredible.

By way of recent history, Gary G. Wetzel was acclaimed as the Milwaukee County Veteran of the Year in 2014.

His lovely and caring wife, Kathy, is generally at Gary’s side for emotional support and a bit of nudging now and then to more or less get her modest husband to utilize his outgoing skills. He’s nice, he’s helpful. If you don’t know him well enough to realize his loyalty, you soon will as you read the Congressional citation included below. He is the very picture of well-intentioned motivation.

Gary Wetzel is a Medal of Honor recipient. This is the highest military award that can be conferred on anyone in the United States armed forces.

It is awarded only for acts of extreme valor during combat, in other words, above and beyond the call of duty.

This hometown hero, Gary G. Wetzel will be honored at special ceremonies on National Medal of Honor Day March 25 with a ceremony and program, at the War Memorial Center in downtown Milwaukee. A section of Mason Street in front of the War Memorial Center, which leads to the Vietnam Memorial in Veterans’ Park, will be renamed and dedicated as of that day as the Gary. G. Wetzel Medal of Honor Way. There also will be a Medal of Honor exhibit at the center.

Gifts and donations to the Gary G. Wetzel tribute campaign, if desired, can be sent to the Milwaukee County War Memorial, Inc. at 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202.

This true American hero did what he did when he did because it was the right thing to do.

intolerable pain of his injuries, Sp4c.

Wetzel remained at his position until he had eliminated the automatic weapons emplacement that had been inflicting heavy casualties on the American troops and preventing them from moving against the strong enemy force. Refusing to attend his own extensive wounds, he attempted to return to the aid of his aircraft commander, but passed out from the loss of blood. Regaining consciousness, he persisted in his efforts to drag himself to the aid of his fellow crewman.

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commander to the safety of a nearby dike. Unswerving in his devotion to his fellow man, Sp4c. Wetzel assisted his crew chief even though he lost consciousness once again during this action. Sp4c. Wetzel displayed extraordinary heroism in his efforts to aid his fellow crewmen. His gallant actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of his country.”

Members of the tribute committee are Tim Baranzyk, Joe Campbell, Denise Dietsche, Dave Drent, Jim Duff, Dale Schalf and Greg. Williams.

This hometown hero, Gary G. Wetzel will be honored at special ceremonies on National Medal of Honor Day March 25 with a ceremony and program, at the War Memorial Center in downtown Milwaukee. A section of Mason Street in front of the War Memorial Center, which leads to the Vietnam Memorial in Veterans’ Park, will be renamed and dedicated as of that day as the Gary. G. Wetzel Medal of Honor Way. The citation presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Nov. 19, 1968, to the then 21-year-old Wetzel reads as follows; “Sp4c. Wetzel, 173rd Assault Helicopter Company, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4c Wetzel was serving as a door gunner aboard a helicopter, which was part of an insertion force trapped in a landing zone by intense and deadly hostile fire. Sp4c. Wetzel was going to the aid of his aircraft commander when he was blown into a rice paddy and critically wounded by two enemy rockets that exploded just inches from his location. Although bleeding profusely due to the loss of his left arm and severe wounds to his right arm, chest and left leg, Sp4c. Wetzel staggered back to his original position in his gun well and took the enemy forces under fire. His machine gun was the only weapon placing effective fire on the enemy at that time. Through a resolve that overcame the shock and

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How inflamed is your diet?

BY CHARLYN FARGO There is now a dietary index of inflammatory foods that can predict how your diet links to inflammation-related health risks.

Research has found chronic inflammation is linked to increased risk for many cancers and other disorders.

Scientists have developed a tool to evaluate an individual’s diet for its potential to increase or decrease inflammation.

New research presented recently at the American Institute for Cancer Research Annual Research Conference found that diets high in fiber, spices, healthy fats and carotenoids all contribute to an anti-inflammatory effect that links to reduced risk of colorectal cancer.

In addition to many cancers, chronic inflammation appears to play a key role in the development of metabolic syndrome and its related diseases “We know inflammation is important in carcinogenesis because experimental data support this mechanism and the use of anti-inflamma-

tory drugs is protective,” said Susan Steck, Ph.D., MPH, RD, University of South Carolina Associate Professor and co-author of the new studies.

“Now we’re starting to see that diet influences inflammation and that the inflammatory potential of the diet is associated with colorectal cancer.”

The dietary inflammatory index includes 45 foods, nutrients and phytochemicals. It was first developed five years ago using a global literature review of studies investigating the role of foods on one or more of six inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein. At that time, the index based its inflammatory ranking on almost 1,000 studies.

Last year, researchers updated and strengthened the inflammatory index by including 1,943 studies published through December 2010. Saturated fat and trans fat rank among the top nutrients on the proinflammatory list; fiber, carotenoids, turmeric, ginger and flavonoids at the bottom.

The recent study scored the inflammatory potential of 34,703 wom-

en’s diets that were part of the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Women were ages 55 to 69 and cancer free when they reported their dietary intake. By the end of 2010, 1,636 of the women were diagnosed with colorectal cancers, including 1,329 colon and 325 rectal cancers.

Women who consumed the most proinflammatory diets were at 20 percent increased risk of colorectal cancer compared with women who consumed more anti-inflammatory diets, the study concluded.

Green leafy vegetables, fish, fruit, nuts and whole grains were among the top foods more commonly consumed among the anti-inflammatory diet group. Food groups that were similar between the proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory groups include refined grains, high-fat dairy and chocolate.

The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention.

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Hard white wheat is not new -- Australia and China grow lots of it. It has all the fiber, vitamins and minerals of regular whole wheat, but is slightly different in chemical composition and has a milder taste. If you’re buying bread or crackers check the ingredients. Whole Q&A continued on page 13A

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for all our adult years and, by golly, we aren’t going to change our tactics today. No way. No sir!

We suspect that what we need is more of an open mind, a thinking mechanism that can and will accept change. This cannot be a passive attitude or a shrugging of the shoulders.

Regardless of our age and degree of frailty, there’s always room for improvement in the ways we see and accomplish things. If you personally don’t like something, explore a different option. Just don’t admit defeat.

That’s the easy way out. It is an undesirable experience; possibly one that you won’t be able to shrug off.

Q&A continued from page 12A wheat is the best choice, whether it is white or regular whole wheat. It should be 100 percent whole wheat, or else whole wheat mixed with other whole grains, such as oats. Don’t be confused by “enriched wheat flour,” which is always refined wheat.

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jalapeno pepper 8 (6-inch) corn tortillas 1 cup packaged angel hair coleslaw 3 tablespoons Mexican crema Place chicken in a skillet, and cover with water; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil 1 minute.

Remove pan from heat; cover and let stand 15 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from pan; cool slightly. Tear chicken into strips. Combine 2 tablespoons juice, oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl Add chicken; toss to coat. Combine mango, tomato, cilantro and jalapeno in a small bowl.

Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon juice and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat tortillas over medium-high heat directly on the eye of a burner or in a skillet for about 15 seconds on each side or until lightly charred. Top tortillas evenly with chicken mixture, coleslaw and mango mixture. Top each taco with about 1 teaspoon crema. Serves 4 (serving size: 2 tacos) Per serving: 284 calories, 22 g protein 30 g carbohydrate, 9.1 g fat, 61 mg cholesterol, 4 g fiber, 415 mg sodium.

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Mom taught me survival cooking.

I learned to scramble eggs, fry hamburgers, make a Jell-O salad, wash and store the dishes, and vacuum. That was often my responsibility. Hands-on experiences such as learning to grow vegetables, how to fish, take care of livestock, milk a cow, gather eggs and ride horseback are not available to city kids. Spend time discussing how money, saving, education and careers really work. Talk to him about how you have learned, earned and handled making spending money. Admit to your mistakes and options for his future. Is it time to open a savings account for him?

Do not worry about his bringing his electronic gear to keep in touch with his buddies. He will. The flip side of that is if you are not computer literate, ask him to help get you online, and then keep in touch via email! -- DOUG LOVE DOES MAKE THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND! . As a loving family, we are becoming more and more stressed out as we do our best to help out my par-

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ents’ aging. They own and live in the home they built 40 years ago, which is nearby. Maintaining this home has become a challenge for them. They are not feeling well and are lonely, so we have become responsible for them and are on duty.

We have two energetic teenagers and both of us work, but we squeeze in their daily calls and decision-making questions. Just maintaining and monitoring their medications requires our close attention. We carry food over, share time, help sign their bills, monitor their doctors’ appointments and other details. Often they are confused and unable to respond to our recommendations. Between their savings and Social Security, they could afford help, but will not do so because it is “too expensive.” We believe the real reason is they fear losing control and would rather be supervised by us -- not strangers.

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Their children will hopefully do the same for them. That is how we define LOVE! -- Betty Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern California Retirement community. Contact him at deardoug@msn.com. Betty is a friend of Doug Mayberry, whom she helps write this column.

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Februarypoem Yes, do believe it already is February of the year 2015 The older folks are settled in, but excited is the teen.

We paid our way; yes, but cities and schools still need money.

Services come right after education for Mary, Mavis and Sonny.

Just 14 days away is time for St. Valentine’s annual day.

Romantic greeting cards may arrive from people far away.

Yes, we’re older; were you here when the Dead Sea was only ill?

This may ache; that’s a real stretch; many find life today thru a pill.

The poor mail carrier has a bag full of professed love.

Handsome Henry sends his best to many a turtle dove.

As we advance in age, the years become short and days so long.

But don’t complain as dear old Harry is already so long gone.

As we age with each passing year, there’s contentment.

We’re no longer seeking pleasure or on fun times bent.

So as we move along today on our not-so-busy ways of life, We wish everyone well. Let us put an end to unnecessary strife.

Living peacefully, we save enough to pay the month’s rent.

Being in winter time warmth is better than in a chilly tent.

Sleep well, if not long and do eat well, but not of sweets too much.

And remember to recall that your car keys are placed in the hutch.

As we look to the calendar, tearing off the month of January.

We realize we still have much to do and should not tarry.

The first month’s energy bulging billing already is in hand.

How nice if we could just go out and bury it in the sand.

By now, we know we didn’t get any Nobel Peace Prize.

Also, for free wearable attire, we’re just the wrong size.

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TTTTT I have heard this before, but the other day a man told me that he’ll never be able to retire. He says that as soon as he appears to be getting to a point where the goal posts are in sight, someone moves them.

TTTTT When we really wish to go green, must we recycle most of the politicians?

TTTTT There is nothing quite like work to really make a man be a man. Some people can stand by and watch it being done all day long. Some others are disillusioned by the effort it requires.

But the fellow who digs right in too enthusiastically just could find himself digging an early grave.

TTTTT A still smoking friend pays almost 30 cents each for cigarettes. This writer quit the habit when they cost about 1.8 cents each or 35 cents a package of 20. Even then, that was blowing too much money up in smoke.

TTTTT How about those neon colored elastic shoe laces? Put those on kids’ shoes and that is just one other activity they’ll never learn to do.

TTTTT We recently saw an advertisement for the world’s best coffee cake. At $37.00 it had better be made out of some substance other than just flour.

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Drunken driving killed 10,322 in 2012 motor vehicle accidents. Over 13 percent of people surveyed said they have driven while at least somewhat under the influence.

TTTTT The GOP swept into control in Congress in the fall. However, they may need more than vacuum cleaners to get rid of the mess.

TTTTT A Chinese company recently purchased the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City for about $2 billion. At such a bargain (?) price, they should serve dinner in the rooms as well as having a breakfast buffet. When is the last time you stayed at a roadside hotel that did not have a free breakfast?

TTTTT The shiniest of apples isn’t in the produce section of your supermarket.

It has to be the Apple Company with a market cap of $700 billion. That’s about $3 billion ahead of its closest money making giant, Exxon Mobil.

TTTTT They could have a new game at the senior center, Pin the Toupee on the Bald Guy. TTTTT Twice recently, we had the privilege of being at the Catholic Mass in Hartland when Bishop Mark Seitz presided. Seitz, bishop of the El Paso, Texas, diocese, was a friend of a son when they were kids in Hartland. How that skinny little kid with the big smile and all that black hair grew into bishop’s status does prove the theory that where there is a will, there’s a way.

TTTTT A Five O’ Clock Club regular says there’s little doubt that it is better to be seen than to be viewed.

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DEAR FOLKS: RIGHT DIRECTION I guess we have allByheard about the Bruce Nemovitz Minnesota Viking who gave his kid a whipping and has been sanctioned by the NFL for it. Well, I do expect that not a blessed or even evil thing will occur to Packers’ coach McCarthy for his play calling in the loss to the Seahawks. About the only people who AGING would sanction him might ISSUES be the guys who lost millions on the game and

By Tom Frazier also, the Seahawk fans who left the game early thinking, for certain, it was a lost cause. If only it had been!

Perhaps, instead of Gov. Scott Walker wanting to be president, we should run coach McCarthy for the job. He’d probably do almost as good PLANTING TOMORROW’S a job as Pres. Obama and we wouldn’t DREAMS TODAY have to pay him as much.

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determine if it would be okay to violate the protected end zone.

My darling hubby is having a tough time and I do hope it will end with a Patriots’ win on Sunday. Henry says he feels like he should be an oyster and not come out of his shell. But then I told Henry that oysters are best during the cold weather months. Possibly, he’d do better as a crab.

Henry did say when he came home the other afternoon from work that one of the fellows says that the best thing a person can do when he really doesn’t know what he’s talking about is to keep quiet. But Henry then asked him if he was so smart as to what he’d do when it was first down within yards of paydirt and he had a talented quarterback. The fellow didn’t hesitate, saying he’d trade him then for a hard plunging fullback who would eat dirt

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as a gift, they could have been arrested for theft. As it was, we gave them a gift. Coach McCarthy wrapped it in field goals instead of tissue paper and red ribbons.

Henry says he has noticed this last season that Green Bay coaches really liked the idea of field goals. I guess they must have figured out in one of their brain busting sessions that a field goal gives a team a lead until the other one makes a touchdown. Getting them to decide to try for a touchdown when they’re possibly two or three yards from the end zone might be like first calling in a team of psychologists to

all day if he had to.

Henry said one of the non-smoking men got so excitedly nervous about the game that he even asked a buddy for a cigarette. Thank goodness, the friend had left all those in the shelf at the checkout counter.

Both Henry and I do hope that the Seahawks can’t steal any more games without at the very least leaving a ransom note.

Yes, time does march on and many of us will just stumble forward with it.

May the sunshine of life be on our paths as we go forward forgetting this football defeat. May we meet and greet only cheerful Packer backers and if, by chance, we should find a Seahawk fan in our way, may we recognize him by the smirk on his face.

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Before we get to the ride, we’ll inform you about the where and the what.

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Membership is open to anyone.

The phone numbers there are 1-608522-4261 or 1-800-930-1385.

While trains are scheduled to run daily during summer and on about five weekends in other seasons, we’re focusing in this travel story on the Snow Train that will run Feb. 14-15 and that will include first class dining service served by a uniformed staff.

This train will depart at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14, with the cost of $85 and reservations a necessity. The dinner train ride, which also will be available Mother’s Day, lasts up to three hours in time.

Coach-only rides for seniors age 62 and up are $20 and regular adult fares in coach are $21.

Don’t be concerned about the cold. The passenger cars either are heated by steam or coal-fired stoves.

First class service will be available these two days at the 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures. These trips last just under an hour, cost $40 and reservations are required. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be available in the elegant cars dating to 1914 and 1929.

The trains, however, are diesel-engined.

In addition to the trains mentioned, special events trains, like this one, will be offered for autumn color, also a Pumpkin Special and the Santa Express The museum and gift shop are in the original 1894-built depot plus the train shed holds lots of equipment and displays.

The parking is free and, in better weather, there’s even picnic availability.

If you’re interested in reliving some of the times Grandma has told you about on her trips to and from college or when Grandpa was on an open-windowed troop train traveling across the country via the rails, Mid-Continent Railway at North Freedom, WI could be your chance to ride back in time.

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Tom, Terry and Pals, and 3 on 3 basketball Are you familiar with three on three basketball? As the title implies, it’s three players on one side against three on the other. There are a number of differences though, between that version and the traditional five players to a team game that’s been played for more than a century.

To begin with, it’s played on a half court, and thus there is much less running back and forth from one end of the floor to the other every time a basket is made. And, because the games are much shorter in duration, only 10 to 12 minutes a half, it is far less demanding for seniors who don’t have the wind or endurance they had as young bucks. This is not to imply that the game is for seniors only; anyone can play it, women as well as men. It is a sport like golf or bowling that people of all ages can enjoy. There are different rules, too, and different strategies in both offense and defense.

This column is about that game and also about a local three on three seniors basketball team that is, truly, one of the best in the entire United States. It’s also about two of the stalwarts of the squad—Tom Keenan and Terry Fredenberg. Both are 68 years of age, but both play the game with all the vim, vigor and (most of) the skills they had in college years ago. Tom, who now lives in New Berlin, was the one who formed the team eight years ago and who has served as its captain ever since. Terry, the former UW-M football and basketball star who lives in Wauwatosa, is the man who acquainted me with the three on three game.

Over the past few years, commentary was about the nearly two dozen sports competed every fall in the Wisconsin Senior Olympics that has appeared in this column, with a different sport featured every year. Three years ago, it was archery; last year pickleball; and this year, the triathlon. Basketball was never covered as I believe the sport had abundant coverage elsewhere. What I didn’t take into consideration was that the Senior Olympics game of basketball was not the regular form of the game with five players to a team, but was three on three, and as such was comparatively unknown and thus would make an interesting story.

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different age groups, the Milwaukee Shooters have won championships for the past seven consecutive years. It isn’t that they have little competition.

There are regularly dozens of three on three basketball teams participating in the Wisconsin Senior Olympics, many of them very good. So winning just once or twice would be quite an achievement. But seven in a row?

Shades of the Boston Celtics of years ago!

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there had more entries than any other age group. Finishing second is not like winning the championship, of course, but look at it this way: Of all the hundreds of three on three 65-69 basketball teams in the United States, there was only one that did better than the Milwaukee team. (That didn’t get much coverage by our local media, but you must know that subjects such as the Senior Olympics are not regarded as important as news about million dollar salaries, steroids or spousal abuse, which too often fill sport pages today.

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The Milwaukee Shooters today; from left to right, captain Tom Keenan, Terry Fredenberg, Jerry Javorski, Todd Fredenberg and Bob Korol Allis in honor of longtime area athlete and Coach Pancho Palesse. I learned from Terry that the team he was on was called “The Milwaukee Shooters.” In addition to participating in the Wisconsin Senior Olympics every fall, during summers, they also competed in several tournaments, one called the “Hoop It Hoop,” the other was the Gus Macher. To stay in shape, they practice regularly, all year long. They are quite an exceptional group, to say the least.

The Wisconsin Senior Olympics competition now involves 22 different sport’s competitions. The three on three basketball event is one of them.

As with all of the others, each has different five-year age classifications, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64 and up. In two

different major U.S. city. Three years ago, in the Championships in Houston, Texas, where the Milwaukee Shooters went up against the top senior three on three basketball teams in their age group from all over the country, they took a very respectable fourth place award. Not bad, when you consider that Wisconsin’s population is not large, only about 21st in rank in the U.S. States such as California, Texas and Florida all have several times more senior basketball players than little old Wisconsin can come up with.

Moving forward a couple of years to 2013, the Milwaukee Shooters traveled to Cleveland, where they nearly won it all, finishing second. As Terry pointed out, the 65-69 age category

three game which make for different playing procedures. Here’s one, keeping in mind that the game is played on a half court. Whenever a shot is taken by a player on Team A, if that shot is missed and is rebounded by a player on Team B, the ball must be taken out past the three-point line by the rebounder, or thrown to a teammate who is outside the line. The ball handler can then shoot or move about, or toss the ball to one of the other two players on his team. What often happens is that when the first player rebounds the ball, he quickly throws it out to a teammate outside the three-point line, who then just as quickly tosses it back to him under the basket for an uncontested layup. Since the games are far

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shorter in length than the traditional five-man game, only two 12-minute halves, every point becomes critical.

Considering the aspect of three players to a team instead of the customary five, here’s something about the game few people know. Back in 1891, after Dr. James Naismith concocted the sport, it was played with seven players to a team, and later eight and even nine. Also in the early years, there were three periods of 20 minutes each, and teams had a “designated” free throw shooter who took all the free tosses, no matter who was fouled.

Dr. Naismith’s original purpose in devising the game was to create a form of exercise for his physical education classes at a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA, where he was the athletic director. He also felt that in the primary sport of that era, football, that running and tackling and smashing into one another made for too many injuries.

So for his new sport, he had his players bounce the ball (the word dribble got a new meaning) up and down the court.

So enough of history, and back to three on three basketball today.

Even though the Milwaukee Shooters have been champions of their age group in the Senior Olympics for seven years in a row, an almost unheard of achievement, and have fought their way in the Nationals all the way up to second place in the whole country, they are still comparatively unknown.

Perhaps this column can rectify that a little, at least in this area. Besides Tom Keenan and Terry Fredenberg, the team includes Terry’s brother, Todd, Jerry Javoroski and Bob Korol. Three more have been added for the future, Earl Thompson, Fred Maas and Dan Graf.

Remember watching high school and college basketball back in days of yore; in the ‘50s and ‘60s, for example? Players 6’4” tall and more were the exception to the rule. Few giants as you see today existed then, and the ones who did were usually so gangly and poorly coordinated that they were seldom the stars of the team.

That description didn’t apply, though, to Tom, who was 6’4” and who lived over in Minnesota as a youth. In high school in Mankato, Tom was the team’s high scorer and most surely was not gangly or poor-

ly coordinated. He also starred on the football team and track squad. Basketball was his favorite though, and in it he earned All-State honors twice.

Later at St. Mary’s College in Winona (it’s St. Mary’s University now) he again was a standout basketball player, pouring in more than 1,300 points in his career there, one of the highest in the school’s history. He has since been elected to the Athletic Hall of Fame at St. Mary’s.

Over the five decades since, he never lost his love of the game. “Then, about eight years ago, I decided to get involved with the Senior Olympics,” he said. “But instead of just joining a team, I thought I’d put one together myself. I called Terry and a couple others, and that’s how it all started. I don’t recall how the name ‘Milwaukee Shooters’ came about; it’s as good as any, I suppose.”

It’s one thing to gather a bunch of your old pals together, all well past retirement age, and to put together a basketball team. But what Tom and Terry and company have accomplished is mind boggling. I asked Tom what was the secret of their success?

“Well, a number of things,” he said. “To begin with, most of our guys were pretty good players not only in high school, but in college as well.

Other teams, at least here in Wisconsin, sometimes have one or two with college experience, some have none.

Competitive college experience is very important. Also, most of our players are 6’2” or more in height, so we don’t have to rely on one big man as many of the other teams do. Another key is that we stress defense; we make our opponents really work for every point they make. Conversely, all of our players can shoot and score; our opponents can’t concentrate on one man.

We all stay in shape, too, year around.

Our guys are not just good basketball players; they’re good athletes as well.

Terry, for example, was a great football player. A lot of the teams are filled with guys who compete just for something to do; we compete to win.”

If someone in his family or one of his friends was going to send Terry Fredenberg a birthday card, they wouldn’t have any problem remembering the date. He was born on New Year’s Eve, 1946. You see him today, especially out on the basketball court

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playing, and it’s hard to believe he’s almost 68 years old. He’s 6’3” in height, and still weighs close to what he tipped the scales at in college, about 195. In sports, he attained his greatest success in, football, you might say he was a late bloomer. He didn’t play the game until his senior year in high school at Washington. He was on the cross country team at the school, and one day one of the football coaches saw him running, and impressed by his speed, coerced him into coming out for the team. He not only made the squad, he earned All-Conference honors. Then in college, at UW-Milwaukee, he was on the varsity for four years and for two of Back more than 40 years, Terry Fredenberg in action them was ranked in the during a UW-M Panthers’ game. He also starred in top ten in the entire counfootball at the school try in pass receptions. He holds the school’s all time to Milwaukee and began teaching, and records in many football categories, and is in the UW-M Athlet- did just that for the next 30 years.”

Terry taught in the Milwaukee Public ic Hall of Fame.

That performance earned bids School System, at Nathan Hale High from both the Green Bay Packers and School in West Allis, and at St. John’s the Baltimore Colts. “I was on top of Military Academy. He also served on the world then,” he recalled. “If you the coaching staffs, at one time or anrecall, the quarterbacks for those two other in basketball, football, track and teams were Bart Starr for the Pack- field and swimming. At St. John’s, he ers and Johnny Unitas for the Colts. I was the head football coach for two thought how tremendous it would be seasons.

I wish I could go into details about to be on the receiving end of passes the others on the team as well, but as thrown by either of those two.” Except usual, I’m running out of space. Terit didn’t work out quite that way. ry’s brother, Todd, also had an outHe took the Packers’ offer, and played with the team all through the standing athletic career at UW-M, in summer and early fall of 1969. “I made his case in basketball. In that sport, he it up the depth chart to be the team’s lettered for four years and finished in number four receiver,” he said, “but the top ten in scoring, all time. Jerry unfortunately they kept only three re- Javoroski is originally from Iron Rivceivers for the regular season.” About er, Michigan, and Bob Korol played the same thing happened the next year basketball at Custer High School in in 1970. “Again I was number four, Milwaukee.

The National Senior Olympics and again they kept only three. So I will be held during the first two weeks sat down and thought it over. Playing football was fun, and being with of July in Minneapolis. The Milwauall those super star players was great, kee Shooters will be there, representbut what I really had always wanted to ing Wisconsin in the 65-69 age divido was to teach. So I decided to turn sion. They will be, if you’ll pardon the away from the Packers. I came back pun, shooting for the gold.

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By Margaret Pearson The Milwaukee County Parks Music Under Glass night was exciting. The weather outside may have been a bit nippy, but within the spacious confines of the Mitchell Park Domes, it was just perfect. The January 15th feature attraction was the Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys. Some of the happy patrons included:

Pat Roberts and Barb Martzahl of Port Washington.

Larry and Ann Gorman of Iowa City, Iowa.

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Answer Man

IT MAKES ME

AGING ISSUES

By Tom Frazier

HERMAN WHITE WRITES

AQUINE JACKSON, PLANTING TOMORROW’S DREAMS TODAY

By Brad Olson

CRABBY

the star athlete who became an honored educator

SPORTS

By Jack Pearson

ARTS

By Jack Pearson Superb athletic ability combined with academic accomplishment; sort of like water and oil, the two don’t often mix. Well, maybe, and then maybe not; there are exceptions. One of these exceptions is a gentleman I met and talked to the other day by the name of Aquine Jackson.

Mr. Jackson recently retired after serving in a number of academic Wright posts for more thanBy46Enis years with the Milwaukee Public School system. For the past 10 years, he was the Director of the MPS Office of Academic Excellence. Prior to that, he also served as the Administrator of the Summer and Evening Programs for the system; as its Director of the Student Services Division; as the Director of the Office of Neighborhood Schools; and as the Chief Officer of the MPS School and Community Support System. He also taught and served as a principal after earning a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin; a Master of Science Degree from the UW-Milwaukee; and then a doctorate from Wisconsin.

Quite an impressive resume, wouldn’t you say? The man must truly be dedicated to academics.

But on the other side of the coin, the good Mr. Jackson also was an outstanding athlete as a youth, quite possibly the fastest runner the state

the WRIGHT SIDE of

That’s Aquine Jackson in the middle, winning the Big Ten 100 yard dash Championship in 1967.

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of Wisconsin ever produced.

As a teenager, Jackson was not particularly big or tall and had no aspirations to be involved in any of the competitive sports at his high school, the old Milwaukee Boys’ Tech. Because of that, none of the coaches at the school paid any attention to him.

What they didn’t know was that young Aquine could run like the wind.

When he was only in grade school he was beating all the older kids in playground races. “I don’t know why I was so fast,” he told me. “It was a gift from above. I just loved to run.

Our home was a couple of blocks away from school, and I’d always dash to class in the morning as fast as I could, especially in the winter when it was so cold, and then again after school was dismissed in the afternoon, back home again. One day the Boys’ Tech football coach, Jimmy Richardson, saw me and asked who I was? (Richardson was a legend in himself, by the way. He starred for Marquette football in the ‘40s, and later as a high school coach, he won

12 City Championships.) He invited me to practice. I really didn’t want to; I knew very little about football and couldn’t imagine myself out there on the field competing with experienced players. But Coach Richardson was quite persuasive, and I sort of reluctantly agreed. It was kind of funny in the beginning. I soon found out I was faster than anyone on the squad, but I didn’t know anything about team play, blocking or tackling, even how to catch a ball. And that was the key, right there, being able to haul in and hold on to a ball thrown at you at such velocity, because Coach said I was going to be a pass receiver. To my surprise, I enjoyed learning, and after a while, with help from him and all the other players, I managed to grasp how to play the game of football. What I never really learned was to like being tackled and bashed into by opposing defensive players. Which, in a way, made me even faster. No one could hit me if they couldn’t catch me.”

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5595 County Road Z, West Bend, 262-306-4299 cedarcommunity.org 101 Cedar Lane, Elkhart Lake, 920-876-4050 cedarlanding.org A division of Cedar Community, the nation’s 86th largest not-for-profit continuum of care provider, Cedar Bay Assisted Living provides an ideal home for those who need some assistance with activities of daily living.

A unique service plan is created for each resident to ensure every person receives the services he or she needs while still being able to maintain his or her current lifestyle and personal privacy. Cedar Bay Assisted Living in both West Bend and Elkhart Lake offer on-site awake nursing staff 24 hours per day, seven days per week; three delicious restaurant-style meals; medication assistance; weekly housekeeping; a vibrant program of social and recreational activities; emergency call system; reception services including transportation; and much more! Respite and rehab stays are also available. Natural settings, a bias toward the healing aspects of autonomy and activity, and a not-for-profit mission all help make Cedar Bay a decision the whole family can feel good about.

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Community Assisted Living 9339 W. Howard Ave., Greenfield 414-546-7000 • www.clementmanor.com Enjoy a continuum of health and well-being where personal growth and intellectual stimulation are available regardless of physical limitation. Our spacious apartments feature all the necessary amenities and are just a few steps away from the on-site chapel, bank and gift shop. Breakfast and dinner are included daily and lunch is available casually in the cafeteria or restaurant-style in the dining room. Weekly housekeeping and linen service are included so you can spend more time at the Center for Enrichment enjoying classes, Bible study, field trips, yoga or swimming in our warm water pool. Sponsored by School Sisters of St. Francis.

CREATIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, LLC

(Five Homes throughout Milwaukee & Waukesha) 4926 W. Washington Blvd., Milwaukee Contact Person: Laurie Hintz 414-258-9955 • www.cle-ccls.com Creative Living Environments, LLC in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties is an assisted living company consisting of five gracious neighborhood homes and our NEW assisted living center that opened in the fall of 2014, Haven at Sweet Applewood, promote physical and emotional well-being, self-worth and independence. Our staff is uniquely skilled in assisting and supporting seniors. Each home is a state licensed Community Based Residential Facility (CBRF). We work together with residents and their families to enhance our residents’ quality and enjoyment of life.

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Sweet Applewood, a 24 bed facility, will be our new addition to our family of homes in Milwaukee County, and will excel in supporting seniors with mobility needs and those who must rely on caregivers to assist them, as well as seniors with complex medical, physical frailties and memory care needs. Monthly rent ranges from $3150 to $3800 depending on private or shared room and level of care.

FOREST RIDGE, A WIMMER COMMUNITY SENIOR RESIDENCE

11077 W. Forest Home Ave – Hales Corners, WI 53130 Patti Frost – Administrator Mary Zurowski – Resident Services Coordinator 414-425-1148 Forest Ridge, a Wimmer Senior Community Residence, is your affordable hometown senior community and a proud recipient of SeniorAdvisor’s 2013 Excellence Award for “having received consistently high ratings from residents and their families.” Forest Ridge feature 208 residences with 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms with 2 bath, and 1 bedroom with den apartments, many with patio or balcony. If you join our community as an independent resident and your needs change, you may stay in your same apartment

while accessing the services of our Assisted Living Program. Rents start at $849 with an optional and flexible meal plan available at a modest additional cost. Our community offers an expansive array of recreational and lifestyle opportunities. Our resident social calendar includes a variety of activities, special events, tours and trips. For your convenience, we offer a daily dining program, enclosed parking, a full service bank, country store and a beauty salon/barber shop, all within the facility. In addition to our on-site Wheaton Franciscan Medical office, scheduled transportation is available for, shopping, special events, tours and trips. Health staff consists of RN, LPN’s and Certified Nurses Aides. At Forest Ridge, we make a very special lifestyle possible. You will find the affordable retirement you want with the services you may need to assist you through the years.

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HERITAGE AT DEER CREEK

Faith is the Heart of Our Home Assisted living • Skilled nursing Short-term rehab • Memory care • Respite care SPONSORED BY THE SISTERS OF THE DIVINE SAVIOR

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3800 N. 92nd Street • Milwaukee, WI 53222 • info@stannessc.org

3585 S. 147th St., New Berlin Contact Person: Ben Peterson 262-432-0222 Assisted Living and Memory Care residence. Within Heritage at Deer Creek you will find a warm and compassionate community where daily assistance is provided with love and utmost respect for personal integrity of our residents. Our compassionate staff is trained to serve with an open heart and friendly smile. Living arrangements: Assisted Living – 43 apts., studios, 3 sizes/1 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms/2 baths, walk-in showers, individually controlled heat and air, kitchenette. Pets welcome. All utilities except telephone included. Memory Care – 33 private suites with bathrooms, most with walk-in showers. Monthly rent: Assisted Living – start at $2,955; Memory Care – start at $3,800. In house physician, podiatrist, coordination of therapies and lab services. Activities: lunch outings, movies, cards, bingo, happy hour and more. Affiliations: Lexington Heritage, Heritage Court, Heritage West Allis, Heritage Elm Grove and Heritage Court Waukesha.

HERITAGE COURT

N48 W14250 Hampton Ave., Menomonee Falls Contact Person: Wendy Kempf 262-442-1540 This is a 34 unit, secure Memory Care residence. When you enter the doors of Heritage Court you will find a warm and compassionate community with a very home-like atmosphere. We have caring, dedicated caregivers on staff 24 hours a day to provide our residents with love, respect and dignity. With an enclosed outdoor garden, residents can enjoy the outdoors in a safe and secure area. We provide three home-cooked meals a day and snacks and have an array of activities for everyone to enjoy. All private suites with private bath. Activities: outings, movies, cards, daily events and more. Affiliations: Lexington Heritage, Heritage at Deer Creek, Heritage Court Waukesha, Heritage West Allis and Heritage Elm Grove.

HERITAGE COURT WAUKESHA

1831 Meadow Lane, Pewaukee Contact Person: David Moeller 262-542-3434 www.heritagesenior.com A 36 unit, 38 bed for profit facility with no enrollment/endowment fee.

Choose from 34 studios 255 – 320 sq. ft. and 2 -1 BR – 490 sq. ft. rooms.

Spouses may share the 1 BR units only. Monthly rent starts at $4,800 - $5, 500 with 3 meals per day included in fee. Recreation programs include Music and Memory Program, Walking Club, Memory Training Centers of America, stretching, physical and cognitive exercises, arts and crafts, cooking and baking club, outings, live entertainment and pet therapy.

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has a well-trained thoughtful staff that will meet the care and needs of our residents 24 hours a day. Peace of mind knowing that our residents can maintain their independence and individuality in a safe, nurturing environment. The brand new Heritage Waukesha offers a whirlpool spa, on-site beauty salon, patio and courtyard, multi-sensory Snoezelen room, therapy room and a community area with a private dining room. Affiliations: Heritage Elm Grove, Heritage Court, Heritage at Deer Creek, Heritage West Allis and Lexington Heritage.

HERITAGE ELM GROVE

800 Wall Street, Elm Grove Contact Person: Becky Rintelmann 262-786-5800 www.heritagesenior.com A 40 unit Assisted Living residence for profit. Choose from 18 enhanced assisted living, 36 memory care units, studios and one and two bedroom apartments. Spouses may share one and two bedroom apartments. There is no enrollment/endowment fee with the monthly rent for Assisted Living $3,850-$5,200, Enhanced Assistant $4,550-$5,800 and Memory Care $4,400-$5,400 along with three meals per day included. Recreation and

programs provided include Music and Memory Program, Walking Club, Memory Training Centers of America, stretching, physical and cognitive exercises, arts and crafts, Cooking and Baking Club, outings, live entertainment and pet therapy. On staff there is a full-time RN, 24 hour nurse on call and full time LPN. We provided a well-trained thoughtful staff that will meet the care and needs of our residents 24 hours a day. Peace of mind knowing that our residents can maintain their independence and individuality in a safe nurturing environment. The brand new Heritage Elm Grove offers a community pub, Movie Theater, whirlpool spa, on-site beauty salon, patios and courtyards, multi-sensory Snoezelen room, therapy room, and community room with private dining room. Affiliations: Heritage Court, Heritage at Deer Creek, Heritage West Allis, Lexington Heritage and Heritage Court Waukesha.

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rom wellness opportunities to lifestyle activities and chef prepared meals, all our assisted living programs are designed to address the “whole person.”

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herever you or your loved one are on life’s journey, we invite you to call or stop in to discuss your situation and needs with our professional consultants.

Offering multiple levels of care and providing the lifestyles and environments that allow people to live to their greatest potential.

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Assisted Living For those seeking a bit of help with life’s daily tasks such as bathing, dressing and medication management.

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S77 W12929 McShane Drive, Muskego, WI 53150

Tudor Oaks is owned and operated by American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, a not-for-profit provider of senior health care since 1930.

7901 W. National Avenue, West Allis, WI 53214 Contact Person: Chris Kohn 414-302-9700 Heritage West Allis offers an elegant, Assisted Living and Memory Care community where daily assistance is provided with love and the utmost respect for personal integrity of our residents. Choose from studio, one and two bedroom apartments with no entrance or endowment fee. Within each apartment is a kitchenette, private bath with walk-in-shower, spacious closets and a reassuring personalized emergency call pendant.

Amenities include: community pub, beauty shop, fitness center, community room and library. Professional care giving staff is available 24 hours a day to assist you with anything from bathing to medication administration. Heritage Memory Care Neighborhood specializes in care for residents with Alzheimer’s or other related Dementias. Our two 20-suite communities offer residents an uncomplicated design with home-like private accommodations. 40 residents will reside in private suites with bath and walk-in showers. A beautiful secure interior courtyard will provide safe access to the outdoors. Our activity program is designed to stimulate and engage the residents remaining cognitive strengths. Affiliates: Heritage at Deer Creek, Lexington Heritage, Heritage Court, Heritage Court Waukesha and Heritage Elm Grove.

LEXINGTON HERITAGE

5020 S. 107th St., Greenfield Contact Person: Wendy Kempf 262-422-1540 A 20 unit Assisted Living residence. When you enter the doors of Lexington Heritage you will find a small and comfortable facility with a very home-like atmosphere. Throughout the days many enjoy sitting in our sunroom viewing the beauty of our private patio. We have caring, dedicated caregivers on staff 24 hours a day to provide our residents with love, respect and dignity. We provide three home-cooked meals a day and have an array of activities for everyone to enjoy. Studio, large and small/ bedrooms with private bathrooms. 2 bedroom/2 baths. All units have microwave and refrigerator. There is no enrollment/endowment fee. Activities: musical entertainment, trivia, crossword puzzles, church services, Pokeno, crafts and van for transportation. Affiliations: Heritage at Deer Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care, Heritage Court Memory Care, Heritage Eau Claire, Heritage West Allis, Heritage Court Waukesha and Heritage Elm Grove.

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Discover What Sets Saint John’s Apart...

Our residents receive outstanding person-centered care and service excellence at Saint John’s On The Lake!

All residents are invited to enjoy the exceptional amenities throughout our campus including: two restaurants, a pool and our LifeStreams Wellness Program - plus much more.

Come see our newly remodeled Assisted Living Center.

Our most recent State Survey was deeciency-free!

Call us or visit our web site www.SaintJohnsMilw.org to learn about our continuum of care and see what sets Saint John’s apart!

414-272-2022 1840 North Prospect Avenue www.SaintJohnsMilw.org

777 N. Brookfield Rd. Brookfield Contact: Terry Sommers Director of Community Services 262-780-0321 www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com Regency’s Assisted Living offers seniors the privacy and independence they want with the individualized support services they may need. We provide two levels of care to residents as their needs change, reducing the need for a future move. Residents will also appreciate the convenience of the newly opened on-site Nurse Practitioner Office. And as part of the ProHealth Care family, we also offer free transportation to ProHealth Care medical appointments. We have 94 studio and one-bedroom apartments ranging from $2,730 - $5,160 a month. Our rent includes a meal plan, nursing services, and many social and recreational opportunities such as cards, excursions, baking, exercise programs and worship services. Our staff includes an RN, LPNs and CNAs.

PROHEALTH CARE REGENCY SENIOR COMMUNITIES – MUSKEGO

W181 S8540 Lodge Blvd., Muskego Contact Person: Judy Sorce, Director of Community Services 262-679-0888 www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com Regency-Muskego’s Assisted Living programs provide several levels of care to meet the changing needs of our residents. Our 96 one bedroom apartments offer residents the privacy, independence, and comfort they want with the excellent care, compassion and respect they need, all for one affordable monthly fee of $3,499 - $5,025 per month. Besides offering PROHEALTH CARE-MUSKEGO continued on page 11B

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three chef prepared meals daily, our residents enjoy hundreds of different types of activities including trips, socials, fitness, educational, recreational and spiritual programming. Around the clock care is provided by our staff of Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants. Our Attended Care Program is a better alternative to a nursing home, allowing people with higher physical or memory needs the privacy of their own apartments and excellent care at an affordable price. Free transportation to ProHealth Care clinics and hospitals is also available.

PROHEALTH CARE REGENCY SENIOR COMMUNITIES – NEW BERLIN

13750 W. National Avenue, New Berlin Contact Person: Stacey Cheney, Director of Community Services 262-789-1699 www.RegencySeniorCommunities.com At the Regency New Berlin Assisted Living, we have 88 one bedroom and studio apartments. We also offer assisted living services in our independent one and two bedroom catered care apartments. As part of the ProHealth Care Family, we provide various levels of care for your changing health care needs, which enables many residents to avoid future moves to other facilities. Assisted Living rents range from $3,350 to $4,995 depending on the level of care and apartment size. Rent includes 3-meals a day, basic utilities, housekeeping, bed-linen change, and personal care services. We also provide recreation and activities including free musical entertainment, exercise classes, crafts, book and card clubs, bingo, day outings and church services. Free transportation is provided for group events. All apartments are equipped with an emergency call system, and we have on-site nurses available 8 hours a day, seven days a week, and on-call 24/7. Certified nursing assistants are on-site 24/7 for personal care services and emergencies.

SAINT JOHN’S ON THE LAKE

1840 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee 414-272-2022 www.saintjohnsmilw.org Saint John’s was founded by Episcopal women in 1868. A capacity of 24 Assisted Living units, non profit. Private suites with private bathrooms, some with walk-in showers and private balconies. Spouses may share only when two suites are combined. Monthly rent is $5,370 - $7,000 with a meal plan that is mandatory and has flexible dining options. All campus amenities: two restaurants, warm water pool, fitness center, salon & spa, 200 events – concerts, lectures, movies and more each month. Wellstocked library. Lake and city views. Medical personnel consist of RN’s, LPN’s, CNA’s - 11 on staff. The advantages of assisted living will be to continue thriving our expert caring staff provides assistance with daily living activities like bathing, dressing, personal care and medication management especially with memory loss. Saint John’s On The Lake facility offers all campus amenities, dine in two restaurants, movies, lectures, concerts, gallery, library. Vibrant city and lake views

New State-of-the-Art facility specializing in dementia care and individuals needing physical and medical concerns. Call or email today for more information!

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MAINTAIN YOUR INDEPENDENCE WHILE RECEIVING THE CARE YOU NEED!

OUR ASSISTED-LIVING APARTMENTS Include Meals, Housekeeping and Laundry Service

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Your new lifestyle is waiting for you at CLEMENT MANOR! • Stay fit in mind, body and spirit • Feel safe and secure • Take a tour of our handsome, newly remodeled apartments

WE’RE READY FOR YOU! For more information and to schedule a tour, contact Kim at 414.546.7000 or e-mail info@clementmanor.com.

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Cedar Bay Assisted Living! . Improved quality of life for your loved one . Vibrant and engaging activities program . Peace of mind for the whole family

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SHOREHAVEN TOWER ASSISTED LIVING

1305 W. Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc WI 53066 Contact: Sue Pooler at 262 567-8341 or spooler@lho.org www.shorehavenliving.org/ Shorehaven Tower offers freedom of choice in a beautiful residential setting. Part of the Shorehaven Campus, Shorehaven Tower consists of 75 apartments, including studio, one and two bedrooms with no enrollment fee. Monthly rates range from $2,286 to $4,530 and from 325 to 975 square feet. Two meals a day are included in the fee. Activities, trips, weekly housekeeping and linens change, wellness clinic and health monitoring, satellite TV/Wi-Fi, transportation arrangements, all utilities, free use of washers and dryers, emergency response system, computer use and flu shot clinic on site. We have trained staff on duty 24/7 with two full-time nurses on staff. Spouses may share apartments. Assisted living provides friendship, menu choices, mental stimulation, access to services and freedom, all within a safe living environment. Shorehaven Tower residents enjoy their choice of services, menus, activities and amenities on a convenient, price-friendly a la carte basis. Also, there is access to the public Café LaBelle for breakfast or lunch, and the Center for Life Enrichment for classes and events. Continuum of care, lake access, pontoon rides on beautiful Lac La Belle, banking and beauty and barber shop on site. Also, lab, podiatry, dental and eye services available on site. Shorehaven is the trusted, faith-based resource of choice for community seniors. Its mission is, “Reflecting Christ’s love, we provide homes and resources for seniors.”

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Silverado communities enrich the lives of individuals and families affected by memory loss through exceptional care, a highly skilled staff and unmatched service.

Call to schedule a visit and see why Silverado is the choice for memory care in Wisconsin.

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1105 Davidson Rd., Brookfield Contact Person: Debbie Bayee 262-641-9020 • silveradocare.com Beautiful, 95 capacity facility that is for profit, sunny, private and companion rooms with attractive views of courtyard and beautiful neighborhood. Cost of enrollment/endowment fee of $4,000 monthly rent $198/ day - $250/day, ($5,940 – $7,500 monthly) with the meal plan included.

Recreation and programs include age appropriate engagements that build self-esteem, maintain dignity and offer opportunities for growth and creativity. The advantages of assisted living include strong clinical program, licensed nurses around the clock, specialized caregiver training, enriching programs and gourmet food. Our facility offers access anytime (no visiting hours), pets and children create a homelike atmosphere, gardens, walking paths and putting green in secured courtyard.

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SILVERADO OAK VILLAGE

W128 N6900 Northfield Drive, Menomonee Falls Contact Person: Christine Denton 262-532-0800 • silveradocare.com Beautiful facility with a capacity of 50, for profit with sunny, private, companion rooms with vaulted ceilings, small kitchenettes, private bathroom and showers. Cost of enrollment/endowment fee, $4,000 with monthly rent of $198-$250 per day, meal plan included. Recreation and programs include age appropriate engagement that builds self-esteem, maintains dignity and offers opportunities for growth and creativity. Advantages of assisted living at Silverado Oak Village include a home-like environment that offers around the clock, on-site nurses, restaurant style meals and tailored engagement provides a safe and quality of life style. Advantages also include strong clinical programs with Physician Medical Director. Access anytime (no visiting hours), pets that live in our community, strong multigenerational program with children.

nursing, rehabilitation therapy, home care and hospice. Our Assisted Living and Memory Care Programs are designed to carefully monitor and provide support around the clock. The 24-hour a day availability of staff to regularly assess any changing health needs provides greater assurance to residents and family. Our caring team of nurses and residential aides blend residents’ independence and daily support. Our recreational therapy team offers varied opportunities for meaningful social, physical and spiritual activities. St. Camillus Assisted Living offers one bedroom apartments and studios. St. Camillus offers an on-site medical clinic, massage therapy, podiatrist and pharmacy services. Additional on-site services include transportation, banking, beauty salon, country store, library and chapels. St. Camillus is a faith based, not for profit, organization sponsored by the Catholic Order of St. Camillus and has served the Milwaukee area for more than 75 years.

ST. ANNE’S SALVATORIAN CAMPUS

3800 N. 92nd St., Milwaukee Contact Person: Jill Hogan 414-463-7570 x401 St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus is affiliated with the Sisters of the Divine Savior and is a non-profit facility. St. Anne’s capacity includes 43 assisted living and 51 enhanced assisted living apartments. Assisted living apartments are studios, one bedroom and two bedrooms; enhanced assisted living apartments are spacious studios; and all apartments include private bathrooms and kitchenettes. Spouses may share apartments. There is a non-refundable enrollment/endowment fee for assisted living, and the fees for enhanced assisted living are refundable in six months. Monthly rent starts at $3,840 - $5,990 for assisted living; $4,500 - $5,500 for enhanced assisted living; and all include a meal plan. Our recreation/programs include exercise and yoga classes, scripture studies, bus outings, social clubs, art and music, book club, table games, cooking and baking, and pet visitors. Medical personnel on staff include an RN director, LPNs and CNAs. Residents have the comfort of their own private apartment and support and services they need, while continuing to be as independent and active as possible. St. Anne’s also offers short–term rehab, memory care, a beautiful park with walking paths and pond, worship services and much more.

ST. CAMILLUS ASSISTED LIVING

10101 W. Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 414-259-6310 St. Camillus Assisted Living is a network of service programs designed to meet different levels of need in a safe, wellness-oriented and serene setting. These service programs provide four levels of care to meet the diverse needs experienced by seniors. St. Camillus Assisted Living is integrated within a full continuum of care that includes independent living, skilled

Exceptional Independent & Assisted Living on Milwaukee’s South Side • Friendly, well-trained staff • 24/7 Care staff at the assisted living • Beautiful 1 & 2 bedroom apartments • Organized activities, social outings and trips • Exceptional supportive services • On-site restaurant, coffee shop, hair salon, fitness center, library and gardening areas

The Polonaise The Chopin Assisted Living Independent Living 1500 W. Sonata Drive 1400 W. Sonata Drive Milwaukee, WI 53221 Milwaukee, WI 53221 (414) 281-3400 (414) 281-2450 www.CapriCommunities.com

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TUDOR OAKS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

S77 W12929 McShane DR., Muskego Contact: Marketing 414-525-6500 Tudor Oaks Retirement Community is affiliated with American Baptist Homes of the Midwest and is non-profit. Capacity of the facility includes 36 RCAC and 22 CBRF Memory. CBRF rooms include a studio with private bathroom and shower. RCAC rooms - an alcove with separate bedroom, living and tea kitchen with private bath. Enrollment/endowment fee is only for Independent Living. Spouses may share room/apt. Refundable based on contract selected and monthly rent based on care level. Meal plan included with monthly fee. Our recreation/programs include fitness classes, swimming, music, games, spiritual programs, bus trips and entertainment. Medical personnel on staff include a CNA 24/7 on the floor, and RN 24/7 on campus. Assisted living helps residents stay as independent as possible while providing for their needs. Residents enjoy social opportunities while living in a safe and happy community. All housing is under one roof from independent to assisted to skilled with rehab care. Long term staff provides caring and compassionate assistance.

VMP MANOR PARK

3023 S. 84th Street, West Allis, WI 53227 Contact Christy at 414-607-4100 and

VMP TRINITY

7300 W. Dean Road, Milwaukee, WI 53223 Contact Peggy at 414-371-7300 www.VMPcares.com VMP Senior Care is a private, non-profit provider of senior housing and healthcare, in operation since 1925. VMP provides a full continuum of care at two locations, with independent living rentals, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and ventilator care. Rates vary by size of room and number of occupants.

VMP Manor Park: Assisted Living (CBRF): Single rooms or apartments with kitchenettes. Three meals per day, whirlpool bath, housekeeping, laundry, exercise, transportation, music and recreation therapy, memory activities. 24/7 nursing care and medication administration.

VMP Trinity Assisted Living (RCAC): Studio, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with 1 & 1 ½ baths. Transition from independent living without moving in select units. Three meals per day, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, medication administration and social activities. Onsite RN Clinical Coordinator, 24/7 nursing care. We accept Family Care.

VMP also offers short-term rehabilitation services and an active Senior Community Club, open to residents and community. On-site chapel and medical clinic.

WILSON COMMONS INDEPENDENT & ASSISTED LIVING

1400 & 1500 W. Sonata Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53221 Contact Person: Monique Knodl Independent Living: 414-281-2450 Contact Person: Michelle Heth Assisted Living: 414 281-3400 www.capricommunities.com mknodl@capricommunities.com mheth@capricommunities.com Wilson Commons, the finest Senior Living on Milwaukee’s South Side!

Wilson Commons Senior Living Campus offers independent and assisted living options for seniors. Located on Milwaukee’s South Side, Wilson Commons is tucked away on seven acres of beautifully landscaped grounds just south of scenic Wilson Park. Wilson Commons combines all of the comforts and conveniences of home along with the choice of many supportive services.

The Chopin Independent Senior Living in Milwaukee encourages an active lifestyle balanced with the carefree living you desire, and the comfort and security you expect. Choose from a variety of apartment styles with unique and well-designed features. Several apartment styles include patios, balconies, and washer/dryer connections. The Chopin Independent Living Senior Apartments hold the opportunity to make new friends and enjoy an amenity rich lifestyle.

The Polonaise Assisted Living Community offers you a lifestyle of excitement and wellness along with the supportive services you request or require to help you remain as independent as possible. Our spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartments are sure to make you feel right at home. Each apartment features a full kitchen and private bathroom with a walk-in shower.

Each resident receives a flexible, customized care plan which includes 3 delicious meals each day. Our exceptional services include assistance with personal cares, a state-of-the-art emergency call system, medication management, linen and laundry service and housekeeping

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16B • 50PLUS • FEBRUARY 2015 JACKSON continued from page 1B As it turned out, Richardson was right on target with his assessment of the young Jackson. Keep in mind that Boys’ Tech competed in the Milwaukee City Conference, then the strongest high school football league in Wisconsin. Playing against top flight competition, against players much bigger and stronger than he was, Aquine soon became the most feared pass receiver in the city, leading the league in touchdown catches and receptions, despite his lack of height and bulk.

“I remember Aquine very well,” mused Ken Werner of Mukwonago (featured in this column last November). “At the time my parents lived in Milwaukee and I attended Washington High School. I was a defensive back on the football team. We played Boys’ Tech a number of times. And it seems now in my memory that nearly all of that human rocket’s routes were into my coverage area. He drove me nuts.

Our coach had warned us, ‘Don’t let that little guy get behind you. You do and you’re dead.’ Well, he knew what he was talking about, that’s for sure.

He was close to impossible to cover.

The only thing that would work was to try to trip him as he went by. But I’ll tell you, everyone liked him. He was no showboat or big mouth. He was quiet and always smiling, especially after he caught all those damn touchdown passes. He drove you nuts, but you still liked and admired him.”

Aquine’s astonishing speed on the gridiron soon became known to the Boys’ Tech sprint coach on the track team, Carl Deblitz. Since the football and track seasons didn’t overlap, Deblitz was able to convince young Aquine to join his team. Size didn’t make as much difference in track and field as it did in football, unless one was a shot putter, so Aquine felt more at home there. Because of his great running speed, he was added to the 100 yard and 220 yard teams and the relay squads. He did a lot more than just make the team. In ’62, ’63 and ’64 he became the conference and state champion in both events. As a senior, he flashed in a 9.5 seconds time in the 100 to win the title, the fastest 100 time in state history. Same thing in the 220, with his record time of 21.4.

Think of all that. In the 119 years of high school track and field competition, involving hundreds of thousands of athletes, no one has ever run the 100 or 220 yard dashes as fast as Aquine Jackson. And, since high schools in Wisconsin and the whole country have now switched over to the metric system, and those races are now 100 and 200 meters in length, and 100 and 220 yard events are no longer run, Aquine’s records will never be broken.

His exceptional feats on the football field and running track earned him a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin in Madison. There, in order to devote sufficient time to his studies, he decided to give up one of his sports. He opted to stick with track and field. This was the right decision for him, but it was unfortunate for the football team. Wisconsin football was at a low ebb in that era, and the team most assuredly could have used Aquine’s speed as a receiver.

By the way, running for the Wisconsin track squad, Aquine won many racing events, including the Big Ten Championship in the 100 in 1967.

I must more fully explain the significance of that 9.5 time Aquine posted in winning the 100 yard dash in the 1964 Wisconsin High School Track Championship. It was and still is one of the most remarkable achievements by any athlete in any sport in this state, ever. Yet today, hardly anyone is aware of it. Equally shameful, Aquine has never been inducted, hasn’t even been considered, for inclusion into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

You might point out that after all, it was only a high school event, here in little old Wisconsin, so why all of the effusive praise? To put it into perspective, I’ll compare it to Olympic records, which are achieved by the greatest athletes in the entire world.

As noted earlier, Olympic times and distances are measured on the metric scale, which makes it a bit difficult to make accurate comparisons.

But it’s possible.

One hundred meters is equivalent to 109 yards and one foot. So any athlete running a 100 yard race would have to run almost 10 yards more, taking about eight tenths of a second to do so, to finish a 100 meter

event. Thus a 9.5 second time in the 100 yarder would compute out to 10.3 seconds in a 100 meter race.

In 1936, in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, with Adolf Hitler and his Nazi pals looking on, Jesse Owens won four gold medals, including one for the 100 meter championship. What was his winning time? You guessed it; 10.3 seconds. It was an achievement hailed all over the world.

And yet his winning time was roughly the same as the time Aquine posted in the high school championships in Milwaukee in 1964.

Another point: the Modern Day Olympics began in 1896. Between then and year 1960, covering 14 different Olympic Games, no runner ever bettered that 10.3 mark; most were much slower. Remember the movie, “Chariots of Fire?” In it British runner Harold Abrahams won the 1924 Games in Paris in 10.6 seconds.

Aquine’s time would have beaten him by at least three yards.

To switch subjects a bit, that metric system American high schools converted to in 1980 was highly unpopular when it was implemented and still is. It is not, thankfully, used in major league sports such as football, baseball or basketball, or in colleges.

It’s incomprehensible to most Americans. Example: do you know your height and weight in metric terms?

Golfers are proud to be able to hit a ball 300 yards. Football fields are exactly 100 yards long. Can you imagine the consternation if all measurements were converted to metric?

Still on the topic of Olympics, Jackson said the one low point of his career was in the months leading up to the Olympic trials in 1968 when he suffered a severe leg strain, which prevented him from qualifying. When the next Olympics came around four years later, he was well into his academic career.

Jackson also asked if I’d mention the names of three other top flight dash men in the Milwaukee area back in the ‘60s: Josh McReady from North Division; Thurman Durrett of Milwaukee Lincoln and Al Vance of Riverside. “Those fellows were all top class runners,” Jackson said. As fast as you? “Well, almost,” he said with a grin.

We won’t go into any more of Aquine’s exceptional career in the Milwaukee Public Schools. To do it justice I’d need something the size of a book. Besides, this is a sports column.

Today, happily in retirement, Aquine lives on the south side of Milwaukee with his wife, Mari. He has two daughters, Kimberly (Foxworth) and Kathryn, by a previous marriage.

His main hobbies now are his beloved Harley motorcycle and his Corvette, which he tools around the countryside whenever weather permits. He is also an avid tennis player. He and Mari are planning to relocate to the Phoenix, Arizona area, and will probably be there by the time this column is printed.

As we concluded our interview, I remembered one last question to put to him. “Aquine, how did you ever get that name?” I asked. “I’ve never heard anyone called that before.” He chuckled. “It’s sort of a goofy story,” he said, looking up on a wall at a picture of his parents. “Years ago, when my mother was expecting, she thought the new baby would be a daughter. She had a name all picked out, ‘Jacqueline,’ and would call the little girl ‘Jackie.’ Well, she had that daughter, but she also had a son, me. We were twins. Because of my unexpected entry into the picture, she had to come up with another name. And with the twin aspect, she wanted a name that would rhyme with ‘Jackie.’ So somehow she thought of the ‘Aquine,’ which she shortened to ‘Ackie.’ And ‘Ackie’ thus became the name everyone called me, at least in my younger years. Some of my old friends still call me that.”

I checked dictionaries and other texts to see if I could find an ‘Aquine’ anywhere. I could not. The closest I could come was ‘Aquinas,’ who was Saint Thomas Aquinas, the famous Italian philosopher and theologian of the 13th century. The write-up on old Thomas Aquinas, however, didn’t have anything on whether he had any running ability, or could catch a football.