Golden Gazette April 2019

Volume 31, Number 4

In April & Inside 1st – April Fool’s Day 4th – Watercolor exhibit opens...page.13 9th – AWC Celebrity Luncheon...........page.22 12th – Uncorked.............page.2 12th-14th – Gigantic garage sale.........page.7 13th – Ranch Day...........page.8 13th – Annie’s Chat & Chew....page.19 13th – Balance problems............page.13 13th -14th – Lubbock Arts Festival.......page.1 14th – Palm Sunday 15th – Income Tax Day 19th – Good Friday 21st – Easter 22nd – Earth Day 27th – Shoulder pain...page.13 Sign up for LBKAlert.........................page.5 Grassroots effort for Texas Tech Vet School........page.22

April 2019

24 Pages

Lubbock, Texas 79401

‘Superheroes!’ at the Lubbock Arts Festival, April 13-14 The 41st Annual Lubbock Arts Festival is set for April 13-14, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac Davis Lane. This two-day celebration is the largest fine art, fine craft event in West Texas.

Hours are Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m.to 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, noon to 5 p.m.

Admission is $4 for adults, and with a paid, accompanying adult.

The 2019 theme is Superheroes! children 12 and under admitted free

Blacksmiths Daniel Dean and Lewis Neeley volunteer their time to supervise young visitors at the blacksmith shop during Ranch Day at the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St. Ranch Day is set for April 13.

(See.49th Annual Ranch Day,.Page.8.)

- a celebration of American comic books and the iconic superheroes and supervillains that have influenced popular culture.

A special exhibit will feature today’s most celebrated comic book artists including Alex Ross, Adam Hughes, Stanley Lau, and Phil Noto with familiar characters such as Batman, Wonder Woman, Black Panther, and Supergirl.

Other special features of the event include a 1,000 comic book giveaway and photo opportunities with professional cosplayers. Cosplayers are those who dress up as characters from a work of fiction, such as a comic book, video game, or television show.

The Lubbock Arts Festival will feature more than 150 visual artists from around the nation displaying and selling original work in the mediums of painting, drawing, pottery, fiber, leather, jewelry, glass, wood, and sculpture. A juried gallery of professional work will be available for viewing along with artwork from area school children.

Various performing stages will spotlight the very best local and re(See Superheroes!, Page11)

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Rainwater harvesting workshops

Lubbock Uncorked set for April 12 The Lubbock Uncorked wine event is set for 4 to 9 p.m. April 12 at the American Windmill Museum, 1701 Canyon Lake Drive in Lubbock.

Advanced tickets are available through April 11 at the Lubbock Chamber office and lubbockuncorked.com.

Through April 11, tickets may also be purchased at all Lubbock United Supermarkets, Market Streets and Amigos locations. The purchase receipts will serve as tickets for admission.

Tickets purchased in advance are $30, at the door, $40. A limited number of

VIP tickets are also for sale for $70, which includes additional food, tastings, and accommodations.

Attendees will be tasting wine made from High Plains grapes and will feature only Texas wine.

With wine, food and music, Uncorked promises to be barrels of fun. In case you’re not a wine drinker, craft beers are available.

The event helps celebrate the culture of grape-growing and wine-making in the Lubbock area.

New this year are wine classes “Wine 101” and “Wine ‘n’ Dine.”

Gigantic Garage Sale!

High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) will host its annual rainwater harvesting workshops in April and May. The free workshops will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at these locations: ▪ April 11 - Mallet Event Center & Arena, 2320 U.S. Highway 385, Levelland.

▪ April 25 - Cole Community Center, 300 N.16th Street, Canyon.

▪ May 2 - HPWD office, 2930 Ave. Q, Lubbock.

“As heavier downpours and longer periods between rainfall events become more frequent, we want to share information with the public about larger capacity rainwater catchment systems.

This workshop is a great opportunity to hear from those who have hands-on experience with rainwater harvesting,” said Katherine

Drury, HPWD education and outreach coordinator.

Drawings for 25 Ivy rainwater harvesting barrels will be held at each workshop.

The barrels hold 50 gallons of harvested rainwater.

People should register at rsvp.hpwd.org or call the HPWD office at 806-7620181.

This is the sixth year that HPWD has hosted the workshops.

‘Healthy Aging Report Card’ Spring Forum set for May 3 A free seminar for those 55 and over is set for May 3 at Monterey Church of Christ, 6111 82nd St. “Healthy Aging Report Card” will be the annual Spring Forum hosted by RSVP, the Retired Senior and Volunteer Program.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sessions will begin

at 9 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. A light breakfast and full lunch will be served.

Some of the topics will include physical activity, movement, nutrition, managing health during the aging process, and emergency medical services information.

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The event is free, but reservations are required. To reserve your place, call 7437787 by April 26 or email rsvp@ttuhsc.edu.

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A state of mind: being happy or just wanting to You have been around people who are negative. I’m not talking about making an observation about the way things are. It is a perspective that is often all encompassing. No positive words about life or people come out of their mouths. You wait for them to say something positive, but people are creatures of habit.

Being negative is like putting blinders on. Negative people only see the things that are bad.

Good things are happening, too, but their focus is on the bad. A negative person seems to prefer to see only the negative instead of seeing the many positive things that are also in front of them. We pick and choose what we see and what we talk about. You know what I mean, don’t you?

Do you limit your time around negative people? I have to because they can bring me down. You know how negative people make you feel. I leave feeling exhausted - just wiped out.

Your attitude is one of the most important things in life. In so many ways, it will determine your life. In large part, that is what coaching is about. When the football coach asks someone to give a pep talk to his team, he is wanting the speaker to fire

the team up. “We are the champions.” Right? “You can do it!” Right?

One day I was talking to a patient of mine about her son, who is married and has three children. I’ve always loved him. His mom admitted to me, “He is so negative.” I said I was sad to hear that. The biggest problem is how he is affecting his children. He is their model.

They will grow up and be

like him. The seed is sown during childhood. Let’s sew positive seeds.

But those days are gone!

Right? You are a senior.

You don’t have children at home. I have talked with so many people about their personal lives. I can’t count how many people have said, “My grandmother saved my life!”

They were not talking about pulling them out of a swimming pool before they drowned. They were talking about their grandparents seeing them and loving them in ways their parents could not.

This topic is relevant to everyone no matter what age you are. I remember an email that went around some years ago about a man who had lost his wife. At some

point the man had to go to a care center of some kind. He was in a wheelchair and was at the entrance where he was met by a staff person who said, “I hope you will like this place.”

The man said, “I know I will like it.”

The staff person said, “How do you know. You haven’t even seen it yet.”

The man said, “I’ve already decided I will like it.”

He needed to make a change and instead of being mad or sad or upset about it, he chose to come to a place of acceptance and gratitude. I’m not saying he did that overnight. And I am not saying it was easy to get to that place. It usually requires working with yourself internally.

Acceptance of the way things are is the foundation of being happy. How can we be happy if we are always wishing things were different? What does it take to be thankful and grateful for our life? I think it is acceptance.

It is basically the serenity prayer that is so well known in the 12 step programs.

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No bare knees, please; Lawrence wouldn’t have it

To “hip” teenagers of the 1950s, his old-style dance music was strictly from Squaresville. But to the generations who grew up on big band music, he offered a musical oasis—a brief respite from that annoying “rock ‘n’ roll” noise—to millions of TV viewers every Saturday night.

The sixth of nine children, Lawrence Welk, was born in 1903 to immigrant parents in German-speaking Strasberg, North Dakota. He loved music and learned to play the accordion from his father.

Welk left school after the 4th grade and promised to

stay and work on the family farm until he turned 21—if, in return, his parents would buy him a new mailorder accordion.

They agreed to his terms, and Lawrence rolled up his sleeves and went to work.

As a result, he learned little English before he grew up and left home.

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until 1924, when he moved TV as a replacement for to Bismark, North Dakota, “The Saturday Night Fights.”

The stubborn-as-a-mule and put together a danceWelk always insisted on controlling every aspect of his career. When sponsors suggested adding chorus girls or a racy comedian, he threatmusic group called the Hotsy ened to walk out. He was Totsy Boys. Later, he earned always tuned into his viewa regular slot on radio station ing audience and thoroughly WNAX in Yankton, South studied all his fan mail.

Dakota, where he became a When one lady complained of being offended by the local music sensation.

Welk eventually hit the maestro’s knees—he had apnational tour road with peared in lederhosen on one America’s Biggest Little show—Welk never again Band, his newest assemblage exposed them.

No position on his TV that included a musician show was more exalted than who played two trumpets at once and a trombonist who that of the Champagne Lady, worked the slide with his an attractive female sideright foot. Eventually, the outfit morphed into the more dignified-sounding Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music Makers. Welk had created the name after noticing a Miller High Life billboard that proclaimed the drink to be “the Champagne of Bottled Beers.”

He and his troupe moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and became regulars at the Aragon Ballroom in nearby Venice Beach. He was soon performing on KTLA, an independent Los Angeles TV station. Four years later, “The Lawrence Welk Show” debuted nationally on ABC-

kick who sang and danced onstage with Welk. Hired in 1955, Alice Lon reigned as the Champagne Lady until one fateful day in 1959 when she sat onstage, crossed her legs and revealed a bare knee to the TV camera. “Cheesecake does not fit our show,” Welk grumbled afterwards as he showed her the door.

When ABC-TV dropped his weekly show in 1971, he arranged a syndication deal that kept him on the air until 1982. That, along with real estate and music-publishing investments, made Lawrence Welk one of the wealthiest entertainers in American history.

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

- C.S. Lewis

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Being thankful & grateful (Continued from Page 3)

dividually, have problems. That is life.

And yet, on a day to day basis, I get to choose my attitude.

It doesn’t have to do with having problems.

The world has always had problems and will always have problems.

With problems being a given, how do you get up every morning and face your day?

How do you relate to life? Is it a blessing to be here? Are you thankful for each day you get to live?

Our thoughts and our moods affect our physiology and affect our ability to heal physically as well as psychologically. Thoughts and moods are a large part of attitude.

Life has its ups and downs. Those ups and downs aren’t as high or low when we can accept the way things are, instead of always wanting life to be different than it is. It is the difference in being happy and wanting to be happy. They aren’t the same thing at all.

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Maintenance work on I-27 A $2.88 million maintenance and rehabilitation project to make improvements to several bridges in Lubbock and Hale counties began in March.

Motorists traveling on I-27 over the next 12 months can expect traffic to be reduced to one lane and other main lane closures as rehab work takes place on the bridges located at FM 369 and FM 54, and the overpass on Main Street in Abernathy.

“The lane closures will give work crews the space needed to make repairs to bridge decks, joints, rails and place a new road surface on the bridge structures,” said Mike Wittie, P.E., TxDOT’s Lubbock Area engineer.

“Work is planned to take place concurrently when possible, minimizing traffic disruptions and allowing the most efficient use of the contractor’s manpower.”

Motorists can also anticipate other various closures and detours on FM 54, FM 369 and Main Street, and speed limits through the active work zone will be reduced by 10 mph.

“Drivers should anticipate slower moving traffic, delays and are urged to use caution and avoid distractions for their own safety and the safety of the workers,” Wittie added.

Work on the bridges is scheduled to be completed in spring 2020.

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Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In: The Fifth Dimension When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars The Fifth Dimension would never have made their best-known record if not for a wallet inadvertently left behind in a taxicab.

The quintet started as a mid-1960s Los Angeles pop/ soul outfit called the Versatiles. When they signed with Johnny Rivers’s nascent Soul City label, Rivers demanded that they update their name; thus was born the coolerthan-cool title Fifth Dimension.

Fast-forward to the fall of 1968. The outfit, by then hit-making headliners, were

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performing at New York’s Americana Hotel. Group member Billy Daniels, Jr., took a cab to do some shopping one afternoon before the evening’s show and forgot his wallet on the taxi’s back seat. The next person to enter the cab was one of the producers of the groundbreaking Broadway rock opera “Hair,” which had been playing to packed houses since April.

Before long, Daniels’s phone rang with the good

news that his wallet had been found and that the caller wanted to return it.

The relieved Daniels invited the producer and his wife to see the Fifth Dimension in concert; the producer, in turn, invited Daniels’s group to see “Hair.”

At the show, the Fifth Dimension members were so taken with the music that they declared “Aquarius,” the musical’s uplifting opening number, to be a work that they absolutely must record.

But their L.A.based producer, “Bones” Howe, felt otherwise, as he was concerned about a possible overexposure of the song. The original Broadway cast album had been out for a while and had soared to the top of the Billboard LP charts, where it had stayed for 13 weeks.

H o w e h a rbored another issue, as well.

“I said [that] it’s

half a song,” he recalled.

“It’s an introduction. It needs something on the back end.”

He jetted to New York to evaluate the 33-tune musical for himself and decided that the last three bars of the show’s closing (and decidedly anti-war) tune “The Flesh Failures” would make a perfect ending, especially after witnessing the audience joyfully singing along with the line “Let the sunshine in” over and over.

The single’s instrumental tracks were recorded in Los Angeles when the Fifth Dimension were opening shows for Frank Sinatra at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. At a primitive Sin City recording studio where trains rumbling by would stop recording sessions mid-song, Howe cut the group’s soonto-be-signature tune using two microphones for the five singers.

“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” ran long, so Howe edited it to under five minutes—a better fit for radio playlists of the time. As the Fifth Dimension’s eighth Top 40 single, it spent six weeks at #1 on the charts and sold 3 million copies.

In 1968, the Fifth Dimension had earned a Grammy for Record of the Year for their hit “Up, Up and Away.”

“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” brought them that same coveted honor two years later.

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Gigantic Garage Sale, April 12-14 Cameras to assist with traffic management

“Butterflies and Second Chances” Garage Sale is set for April 12-14 at the Spears Furniture Building, 7004 Salem (just behind Sugarbakers Café and west of the Stein Mart shopping center).

This gigantic garage sale will feature all types of clothing for women, men, and children along with jewelry, shoes, housewares, home and holiday décor, luggage, books, electronics, tools, indoor and outdoor furniture, and baby and children’s items.

The majority of the donations for the sale came from members of the Lubbock Women’s Club. Pam Tipton, president, said the club holds a garage sale every three years with proceeds benefitting the LWC Historical Foundation which provides for the maintenance and upkeep of the building.

The Lubbock Women’s Club Garage Sale will be open to the public April 1213, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on April 14, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Work on a $721,754 Texas Department of Transportation project to install traffic cameras on east and north Loop 289 began in late March.

The project is part of TxDOT’s overall Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and is expected to assist in providing real-time information to drivers, said

Motorists traveling I-27 in Lubbock and Hale counties over the next several months can anticipate construction crews working near the main lanes as the Texas Department of Transportation begins a $1.68 million project to update the lighting along the interstate.

Project limits are from FM 2641 in Lubbock County to East 1st Street in Hale Center.

Contractor American Lighting and Signalization, LLC, of Dallas, began work in March to replace the underground conduits, drill

shafts, pour concrete for the new light pole foundations, and update the lighting.

While the majority of the work will take place off the main lanes, drivers should anticipate possible main lane shoulder, ramp and frontage road closures.

Motorists are urged to stay alert and minimize distractions when entering the work zone for their safety and the safety of the workers.

Work will take place weather permitting. The project is scheduled to wrap up in late-September 2019.

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Jeremy Dearing, P.E., Lubbock District director of transportation operations.

“The system allows TxDOT to communicate important road conditions and situations to the driving public throughout the area,” Dearing said. “The cameras play a vital role in providing information to the Traffic Management Center operated by the city, especially during times of inclement weather or traffic incidents.”

New cameras will be placed at the major intersections along east and north Loop 289.

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More than 5,000 visitors are expected for a day of fun at the ranch during the 49th Annual Ranch Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 at the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St. The center is wheelchair and stroller accessible.

The annual event attracts both the young and youngat-heart as chuck wagons, horses, cowboys, cattle, ranch wildlife, a “snake oil” magic show, and an authentic Comanche tepee greet visitors.

Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5 per family. Cash sale of hot dogs, hamburgers, kettle

korn, and lemonade will be available for those who want to eat while they visit.

Ranch Hosts dressed in pioneer clothing will be among the more than 150 volunteers who help with Ranch Day. Ranch Hosts will greet visitors and provide historical information about the 50 ranching structures that have been relocated and restored at the center. The structures date from 1790 to the 1950s.

Ranch Day visitors can see an old-time “snake oil” magic show by magician Barry Moffitt at 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. in the 1909 Four Sixes Barn followed by an afternoon of branding

demonstrations by Ranching Heritage Association members.

“Hands-on activities and demonstrations will focus on ranch skills and the history and science of ranching,” said Julie Hodges, Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Director of Education. “Children will have an opportunity to churn butter, ride a horse, make a rope, and learn about wind energy, beef science, entomology, anthropology, forensic science, archery, ranch wildlife, and more.”

A safe shooting environment will be there for children to shoot BB guns at targets placed inside an

Historic ranching structures such as the 1838 El Capote log cabin will attract both the young and young at heart during Ranch Day at the National Ranching Heritage Center Saturday, April 13. Admission to the 19-acre historic park is free.

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The Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Team will help children with horseback rides while the Lubbock County 4-H Club will run a stick horse rodeo that will include roping and a bucking chute.

Hodges said children also can become ranch hands and receive work cards to earn wages for a hard day’s work.

Ranch hands who complete six “work” activities can go to the 1880 Matador Office to spend their wages (reproduction of 1869 currency) on special items at the 1870s Waggoner Ranch Commissary.

Ranch Day will emphasize contemporary ranching issues through hands-on ranch science demonstrations by the High Plains Water District, Quail Tech Alliance, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and other ranchrelated organizations.

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By James K. White

Perhaps you have noticed an occasional boss or politician that seemed “strange” or even “not brilliant.” Imagine the dilemma French citizenry faced dealing with Charles VI (ruled 1380-1422).

Initially, he was quite popular as a monarch and was known as Charles the Beloved. Then there was a wedding (not his) celebration in January 1393 wherein The Beloved was hosting.

A prank involving honored guests went very bad very quickly.

More than a few guests donned brightly colored costumes that were extremely flammable. The inflammable (somehow means the same as flammable) clothing became almost instantly ablaze.

The ballroom became a raging inferno. Many of the unfortunates died quickly.

Other guests lingered for days prior to succumbing.

Several survivors were disfigured for life.

Charles VI was unharmed physically, but the horrible incident apparently drove him insane. He became known as Charles la Fou or Charles the Mad. He became unfit to rule or even take walks unattended. Fortuitously, a committee reigned until Charles’ death in 1422.

Committees always seem to make fine decisions.

During the American Civil War, approximately 180,000 black men enlisted in the Union Army.

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The first recorded public prize fight between two women took place March 16, 1876 in New York City. Miss Nell Saunders defeated Miss Rose Harland. The prize was a butter dish.

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You know how important it is to plan for your retirement, but where do you begin? One of your first steps should be to estimate how much income you’ll need to fund your retirement.

That’s not easy because retirement planning is not an exact science. Your specific needs depend on your goals and many other factors.

Use your current income as a starting point

It’s common to discuss desired annual retirement income as a percentage of your current income. That percentage could be anywhere from 60% to 90%, or even more. The appeal of this approach lies in its simplicity, and the fact that

there’s a fairly common-sense analysis underlying it: Your current income sustains your present lifestyle, so taking that income and reducing it by a specific percentage to reflect the fact that there will be certain expenses you’ll no longer have, will, theoretically, allow you to sustain your current lifestyle.

But this approach doesn’t account for your specific situation. If you intend to travel extensively in retirement, you might easily need 100% (or more) of your current income.

It’s fine to use a percentage of your current income as a benchmark, but it’s worth going through all of your current expenses in detail, and really

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thinking about how those ex- • Miscellaneous: Personal penses will change as you tran- grooming, pets, club memberships sition into retirement.

Build a comfortable cushion Projecting expenses Your annual income during into your estimates. Have a retirement should be enough to financial professional help you meet your retirement expenses, with our estimates. so estimating those expenses Decide when you’ll retire is a big piece of the planning To determine your total repuzzle. You may have a hard tirement needs, estimate how time identifying your expenses long you’ll be retired. The lonand projecting how much you’ll ger your retirement, the more be spending, especially if retire- years of income you’ll need. ment is still far off. Here are Remember that retiring at 50 some common retirement ex- will end up costing you a lot penses: more than retiring at 65.

• Food and clothing Estimate life expectancy • Housing: Rent or mortgage The age at which you retire payments, taxes, homeowners isn’t the only factor that deinsurance, upkeep and repairs termines how long you’ll be • Utilities: Gas, electric, water, retired. The other important telephone, cable TV factor is your lifespan. Esti• Transportation: Car pay- mate your life expectancy. You ments, insurance, gas, mainte- can use government statistics, nance, repairs, public transpor- life insurance tables, or a life tation expectancy calculator to get a • Insurance: Medical, dental, reasonable estimate of how long life, disability, long-term care you’ll live.

• Health-care costs not covered Experts base these estimates by insurance: Deductibles, co- on your age, gender, race, payments, drugs health, lifestyle, occupation, • Taxes: Federal and state in- and family history. With life excome tax, capital gains tax pectancies on the rise, it’s best • Debts: Personal loans, busi- to assume you’ll live longer ness loans, credit cards than you expect.

• Education: Children’s or Identify sources of grandchildren’s college retirement income • Gifts: Charitable or personal Once you have an idea of • Savings and investments: your retirement income needs, Contributions to IRAs, annui- assess how prepared you are to ties, other investment accounts meet those needs. What sources • Recreation: Travel, dining of retirement income will be out, hobbies, leisure activities available to you – pension, So• Care for yourself, your par- cial Security, 401(k), IRAs, anents, or others: costs of nursing nuities, and other investments. home, home health aide, or If you plan to work during reother type of assisted living

tirement, your job earnings will be another source of income.

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If you’re lucky, your expected income sources will be more than enough to fund even a lengthy retirement.

But what if it looks like you’ll come up short? Don’t panic – there are probably steps you can take to bridge the gap.

A financial professional can help you figure out the best ways to do that, but here are a few suggestions: • Cut current expenses to save for retirement • Shift assets to investments that have the potential to substantially outpace inflation • Lower your expectations for retirement so you won’t need as much money • Work part-time during retirement for extra income • Delay retirement for a few years (or longer) Provided by Zach Holtzman, financial advisor, 806-701-4083

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‘Superheroes!’ at the Lubbock Arts Festival (Continued from Page 1)

gional talent singing, dancing, acting, and playing instruments.

Demonstrations by artists creating their work will take place along with 10 “Kid Stops” providing free art related to activities for children.

Other free performances include theatrical group Storybook Theatre of Texas, and Youth Orchestras of Lubbock.

For more information about the Lubbock Arts Festival contact the Lubbock Arts Alliance, www.lubbockartsfestival.org, 806-744-ARTS (2787).

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There are many serious causes of chest pain including heart attacks, blood clots and aneurysms. If you are experiencing chest pain – come see the specialists at the only certified Chest Pain Center in Lubbock.

Together, we’ll help ensure you’re enjoying every moment with a full heart.

To learn more and take an online risk assessment, visit covenanthealth.org/heart.

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Children of the Greatest Generation – ‘ The Last Ones’ Born between 1925 and 1945, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the Silent Generation.

We are the smallest number of children born since the early 1900s. We are the “last ones.”

We are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war which rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.

We are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.

We saved tin foil and poured fat into tin cans.

We saw cars up on blocks because tires weren’t available.

We can remember milk being delivered to our house early in the morning and

placed in the milk box on the porch.

We are the last to see the gold stars in the front windows of our grieving neighbors whose sons died in the war.

We saw the ‘boys’ home from the war, build their little houses.

We are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, we imagined what we heard on the radio.

As we all like to brag, with no TV, we spent our childhood playing outside.

We did play outside, and we did play on our own.

The lack of television in our early years meant, for most of us, that we had little real understanding of what the world was like.

On Saturday afternoons, the movies, gave us news-

reels of the war sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.

Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines), and hung on the wall.

Computers were called calculators; they only added and were hand cranked.

Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon.

The internet and Google were words that did not exist.

Newspapers and magazines were written for adults, and the news was broadcast on the table radio in the evening by Gabriel Heatter.

The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow.

VA loans fanned a housing boom.

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Demand coupled with new installment payment plans put factories to work.

The veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.

The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands of stations.

Our parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.

We weren’t neglected, but we weren’t today’s allconsuming family focus.

They were glad we played by ourselves until the street lights came on.

They were busy discovering the post war world.

We entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where we were welcomed.

We enjoyed a luxury; we felt secure in our future.

Depression poverty was deep rooted. Polio was still a crippler.

The Korean War was a dark presage in the early 50s and by mid-decade, school children were ducking under desks for air-raid training.

Russia built the Iron Curtain and China became Red China.

Eisenhower sent the first advisers to Vietnam.

Castro set up camp in Cuba, and Khrushchev came to power.

We are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.

We came of age in the 1940s and 1950s The war was over, and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with unease.

Only our generation can remember both a time of great war, and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.

We grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better not worse.

We are the Silent Generation - “The Last Ones.”

More than 99 % of us are either retired or deceased, and we feel privileged to have lived in the best of times.

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Watercolor Society Exhibit set to open April 4 The West Texas Watercolor Society Spring 2019 Show will open April 4 with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center, 4215 University Ave. The West Texas Watercolor Society Exhibit is composed of approximately 100 water media artists primarily from the West Texas area.

These talented artists utilize watercolor and acrylic media in a variety of styles to cre-

ate beautiful art works from the abstract to photorealistic.

The exhibit will be judged by Shawn Kennedy.

The exhibit is free and open to the public from April 4-25.

For more information on the Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center, call 806-767-3724, email pgriffith@mylubbock.us, visit www.lubbockgac.org, or come by 4215 University Ave.

Shoulder pain or soreness?

Learn to manage your shoulder pain or soreness.

Physical Therapy Today is hosting a free workshop on rotator cuff pain and soreness at 10 a.m. April 27 inside Wellness Today, 2431 S. Loop 289. For directions, or to make a reservation, call 806-771-8010.

This free workshop is for you if you are suffering with shoulder pain and are

looking to feel normal again and heal naturally without medications, injections, and surgery.

A physical therapist will discuss the biggest mistake that people living with shoulder pain do that could lead to surgery. Discover the causes of rotator cuff injuries. Find out what the 3 most common shoulder issues leading to shoulder pain are.

Balance problems or dizziness?

Learn to manage your balance and dizziness.

Physical Therapy Today is hosting free workshop on balance and dizziness at 10 a.m. April 13, inside Wellness Today, 2431 S. Loop 289.

This workshop is for you if you’ve missed work, missed out on family activities, worried about balance and dizziness more than living life, or you’ve tried everything to no avail.

Come listen to a physical therapist discuss the biggest mistake that people who suffer from balance problems and dizziness make that usually results in them trying multiple different remedies. Learn the 3 most common causes of balance problems and dizziness, and how to prevent falls.

For directions, or to make a reservation, call 806-7718010.

Campaign for Texas Tech veterinary school in Amarillo

The Texas Tech Alumni Association is supporting the proposed Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine that will be located in Amarillo. Amarillo Matters launched a statewide grassroots effort and campaign in support of the Vet School at Texas Tech.

The website www.unmetvetdemand.com

provides an opportunity for alumni, friends and supporters to join the grassroots movement and support the vet school.

If you sign the petition, you are letting decision makers know that you support the establishment of the School of Veterinary Medicine.

- Source: texastechalumni.org

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Fat & Happy or Fat & Confused?

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The physical problems and internal issues that threaten anyone carrying extra weight should be strong enough warning signs to motivate you to take control of your health.

But what if your weight, specifically belly fat, lead to cognitive impairment as well? Would the risk of dementia spur you into a healthier lifestyle?

cessive fat around the stomach and abdomen. Only 16% of men and 26% of women in this category report having a normal BMI (body mass index).

A high BMI and obesity have always been linked to cardiovascular problems, but in this study, researchers explored the inflammatory properties of belly fat.

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SeniorCare 101

Learn how to take care of your mental health and deal with everyday issues, such as how to manage stress and more through interactive games and events held

by Chuck Giles. 9-11 a.m.

Knipling Education Center Conference - Room C/D. April 2 - Children’s Book Day

Gem & Mineral Society

7 p.m. Forest Heights UMC, 3007 33rd St. www.LubbockGemAndMineral.org.

10 on Tuesday

Remove 10 pieces of litter every Tuesday. Keep Lubbock Beautiful.

April 3 - World Party Day April 4 - School Librarian Day April 5 - Walk to Work Day

First Friday Art Trail

Free public art happening held mainly in the Lubbock Cultural District. 6-9 p.m., rain or shine. Explore the trail on your own, or jump aboard one of the free First

Friday Trolleys and ride to the galleries along the downtown route.

April 6 - New Beer’s Eve

Fiber Arts Society

Crochet and knit at the Garden & Arts Center, 4215 University, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call 401-6441 for more info.

Roundtable Luncheon

11 a.m. -1 p.m., Hillcrest Country Club, 4011 N. Boston Ave. Jim Brett Campbell, executive director.

“What’s Happening at the National Ranching Heritage Center,” $15 per person, limited menu includes dessert and beverage.

April 7 - World Health Day

First Presbyterian Church

10:30 a.m., where you can have a place and a voice; 3814 130th St., 763-0401 FPBLubbock.org.

April 8 - Zoo Lover’s Day

UMC Better Breathers Club Quilters Guild

A support group for people The Chaparral Quilters with chronic lung disease Guild, 7 p.m. Garden & Arts such as COPD, asthma, Center, 4215 S. University. pulmonary fibrosis and lung For more info, 788-0856. cancer. Joining is free. Learn Meets the 2nd Tuesday each to manage your lung disease month. and live better. Meets the Amputee Support Group second Monday of every Lubbock Area Amputee month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Support Group -- Furrs’ the UMC Activities Center Cafeteria, 6001 Slide Road, at 5217 82nd Street, 82nd 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Red & Slide in Rockridge Plaza.

Raider Room; purchase April 9 - Name Yourself Day your own meal (or you do not have to eat); call 806Celebrity Luncheon 748-5870 for more info.

Celebrating Lubbock, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Civic Center, 10 on Tuesday 1501 Mac Davis Lane, $75 Remove 10 pieces of litter individual tickets, www. every Tuesday. Keep LubAWCLubbock.org or call bock Beautiful.

806-632-3440.

April 10 - Siblings Day Stroke & Brain Injury April 11 - Submarine Day Support Group – 4 to 5 p.m. Caregiver Support Group at Trustpoint Rehabilitation, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 2nd Thurs4302 Princeton St. For surday each month. Raider vivors, family members, and Ranch, 6806 43rd St. Free caregivers. 749-2222. but RSVP to 368-6565.

April 12 - Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

Lubbock Uncorked

Lubbock Uncorked wine event - 4 to 9 p.m. at the American Windmill Museum, 1701 Canyon Lake Drive in Lubbock. Advance tickets are $30, at the door, $40. VIP tickets for $70 include additional food, tastings, and accommodations.

Garage Sale

“Butterflies and Second Chances” Garage Sale - at the Spears Furniture Building, 7004 Salem, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. benefitting the Lubbock Women’s Club.

April 13 - Peach Cobbler Day

Lubbock Arts Festival

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac Davis

Lane. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., $4 for adults, and children 12 and under admitted free with a paid, accompanying adult.

Theme is Superheroes! - a celebration of American comic books and the iconic superheroes and supervillains that have influenced popular culture.

Balance & dizziness

10 a.m. free workshop, inside Wellness Today, 2431 S. Loop 289, 806-771-8010.

Garage Sale

“Butterflies and Second Chances” Garage Sale - at the Spears Furniture Building, 7004 Salem, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. benefitting the Lubbock Women’s Club.

Annie’s Chat ‘n’ Chew

Great catfish lunch for a $10 donation benefitting Lubbock Meals on Wheels. at the Mae Simmons Center.

49th Annual Ranch Day

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St. Wheelchair and stroller accessible. Free with suggested donation of $5 per family. Hot dogs, hamburgers, kettle korn and lemonade for sale.

Roundtable Luncheon

11 a.m. -1 p.m., Hillcrest Country Club, 4011 N. Boston Ave. Sam Segran, IT department at Texas Tech, “Cybersecurity: Are We There Yet?” $15 per person, limited menu includes dessert and beverage.

April 14 – Palm Sunday

First Presbyterian Church

10:30 a.m., where you can have a place and a voice; 3814 130th St., 763-0401 FPBLubbock.org.

Lubbock Arts Festival

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac Davis

(See Enriching Lives, Page 19)

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Yes, folks, this month I’m critiquing P.F. Chiang Restaurant. They are located at 2906 W. Loop 289 in the West End Center. Their delivery service has teamed up with Doordash which is a real convenience for those of us with busy schedules or find is difficult to leave the house.

The extensive menu is categorized as follows: 5 main entrees, with many selections including vegetarian, several sushi items, soups and salads, gluten-free listings, market sides, desserts, beverages, kid’s menu, a lunch category and “street fare.”

Say what? This particular menu item is “inspired by the greatest Asian Street Food Cities.” Also, several of the entrees use original Chiang Family recipes and are so noted. Add to all of the above your choice of sauces, including their “Signature Trio Sauce.”

Since it would be impossible for me to comment on the endless combinations on this menu, I will tell you what our family has chosen as favorites.

First, the honey glazed shrimp is the most delicious shrimp entrée ever! Next on our lists are the “chicken lettuce wraps” which happen to be one of their special family recipes and is so, so, so deli-

cious. We have also ordered the “house-made” vegetable spring rolls. These are large enough to be considered a satisfying meal as served, and they come with several dipping sauces. Other spring rolls can also be ordered with your choice of meat. Another favorite is either the egg drop soup or wonton soup.

Both are delicious and the egg drop includes julienned carrots and green onions in a velvety-type broth. You can’t go wrong with either choice.

The “Market Sides” on the menu include several tempura-prepared vegetables. We have not tried any from that list; however, our next order will include the tempura cauliflower. This sounds wonderful to me.

Several times we have ordered the asparagus which is prepared with sliced onions in a yummy Sichuan Sauce.

If you like asparagus, you will love this one.

Not mentioned is the generous amount of delicious fried rice included with every order, and those great fortune cookies that our great-grandkids love to get.

Another category you may be interested in ordering, are the several noodle items on the menu. They are listed with the entrees and bowls.

For the diet conscious, all calories are listed under each

The will of God never takes you to where the grace of God will not protect you.

menu item. In the beverage list there are zero calorie items: freshly brewed mango and black iced tea, some soft drinks, vitamin water, freshly brewed sweet tea” and of course, bottled water.

P.F. Chiang Restaurants are an international franchise, and every kitchen is a “scratch kitchen.” Nothing is ever frozen, and all food is made fresh, even the sauces.

The newer locations serve up “Family Style” with the larger quantities shared. This July, the Lubbock location will celebrate its 2nd year in business.

They do catering and have an entire section on their own catering packages and have an entire staff devoted

Lubbock and select your to the caterings clientele.

For more info, call 806- restaurant of choice. Until 507-7020 or go online to next time, Happy Easter to all, P.F. Chiang, Lubbock, or for Cathy Easter delivery, go to Doordash,

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1. Back part of the foot 5. Headland 9. Before 14. Sea eagle 15. Toward the mouth 16. Pivotal 17. Large stone 18. Jumble 20. Room within a harem 21. Diminished 22. Lament 24. Plunger for churning butter 28. Securely confined 29. Prophet 31. Metal-bearing mineral 32. Cease 33. French painter 34. Golfer’s mound 35. Having little hair 36. Wild rose 37. Pack of cards 38. 7th letter of the Greek alphabet 39. Noise

By Margaret Merrell When the last “cold spell” has passed, we can almost feel the earth give a sigh of relief. Those first days of spring listed on the March calendar, can tempt a few buds here and there on trees and certain plants.

That first morning in April is when the sun seems to announce to the world with its strong and beautiful sunshine, “Spring is here.” The world seems to come to life

4 0. Rhythmic swing 41. Small domesticated carnivore 42. Roundish projection 43. Flat circular plate 44. Indonesian cigarette 46. Genuine 49. Augment 52. Organ of hearing 53. Like a corpse 56. Capital of Western Samoa 57. Isolated 58. Showing unusual talent 59. To a smaller extent 60. Measures 61. Cotton seed pod 62. Woody plant 1. Biblical king 2. Become eroded 3. Summarize 4. Monetary unit of Albania 5. Hold fast

6. Got up

7. Cushions 8. Verge 9. Becomes visible 10. Nourishment 11. Advanced in years 12. Worthless piece of cloth 13. Before 19. Make beloved 21. Attic 23. Put down 25. Hotelier 26. Upright 27. Unpleasant smell 29. Fishing net 30. Mild oath 32. Emirate on the Persian Gulf 33. Thrash 35. Summon 36. Bookmaker 37. Flat circular plate 39. Arm coverings 40. Waterfall 43. Fuel oil 45. Baron

4 6. Timber prop in a mine 47. Elevate 48. Efface 50. Roster 51. Tramp 53. Eccentric shaft

5 4. Malt beverage 55. Speck 56. High-pitched

at that moment with the multitude of little creatures appearing in the air and on the earth. Each group, working as one, immediately starts building nests and homes from the warm earth to the trees. It is amazing to watch the team work and how quickly they develop their unique homesteads. If we keep a close watch, we might follow the hatching of baby birds or fiesty baby rabbits and such.

Not many days pass, and as if overnight the many bulbs and seeds planted last fall are displaying the beautiful flowers filling their beds.

There are so many living creatures, large and small that grab and hold our attention.

A bonus gift for the world, and especially for early morning coffee sippers like myself, is the wonderous singing of the choir, made up of different wild birds.

Strangely enough, as we listen to the repeated tweets, whistles and warbles, it all seems to come together in one beautiful presentation, as if they all were using the same song book. It’s a most pleasant and inspirational way to open our souls and hearts for another day.

At evening time, the choir or maybe a new group will gather at dusk to rest from their day of laboring and give us the gift of listening to

their evening songs.

City dwellers are lucky that nature shares so many beautiful and exciting times with us from the busiest season of the year. May we all enjoy these special pleasures and be blessed like “all creatures, great and small.”

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What does love mean?

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.

– Mary Ann, age 4

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Lane. noon to 5 p.m., $4 for adults, and children 12 and under admitted free with a paid, accompanying adult.

Theme is Superheroes!

First Presbyterian Church

Garage Sale

10:30 a.m., where you can have a place and a voice; 3814 130th St., 763-0401 FPBLubbock.org.

April 22 - Earth Day April 23 - Zucchini Bread Day

Friends of the Library

Remove 10 pieces of litter every Tuesday. Keep Lubbock Beautiful.

April 24 - Pig in a Blanket Day April 25 - Take Your Daughter to Work

“Butterflies and Second Chances” Garage Sale - at the Spears Furniture Building, 7004 Salem, 1 to 3 p.m. benefitting the Lubbock Women’s Club.

Annual Meeting - business meeting at 2:30, guest speaker Karin McCay at 3.

April 15 - World Art Day April 16 - Stress Awareness Day

10 on Tuesday

Remove 10 pieces of litter every Tuesday.

Managing Medicare 101

Better Living Breakfast Club, 10 a.m., Knipling center at Covenant. 806725-0094.

April 17 - Blah,Blah,Blah Day April 18 – High Five Day

SeniorCare 101

SeniorCare Brunches held everything third Thursday of the month from 9–10 a.m. at the Knipling Education Center Conference Room #1. Learn about the SeniorCare program and pick up your membership card.

April 19 - Good Friday April 20 - Husband Appreciation Day

Craft Fair

Wolfforth Once-a-month Craft Fair - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wolfforth Library Meeting Room, 508 E. Hwy 62/82 in Wolfforth; Free admission; Handmade items / baked goods / direct sales.

April 21 - Easter Sunday

10 on Tuesday

Retired Teachers

Meeting – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., $15, Lubbock Women’s Club, 2020 Broadway, RSVP required - navrkal@ swbell.net or 786-8800.

Lubbock Lights

Celebrating the musical heritage of the South Plains, 8 p.m. Allen Theatre, Student Union building on Texas Tech campus; $23, featuring Bob Livingston, Lloyd Maines, Gary P. Nunn, selectaseatlubbock. com, lubbocklights.ttu.edu, 806-770-2000.

April 26 - Pretzel Day April 27 - Tell a Story Day

Gun & Blade Show

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, guns, knives, ammo, holsters, accessories, coins, jewelry, collectibles. $7 adults, under 12 free.

Rotator cuff pain & soreness Free workshop, 10 a.m., inside Wellness Today, 2431 S. Loop 289, 806-771-8010.

Kidsfish - 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. free, 806-252-2052, kidsfishlubbock.com

Roundtable Luncheon

11 a.m. -1 p.m., Hillcrest Country Club, 4011 N. Boston Ave. Kody Besent,

Plains Cotton Growers, “Cotton Trade and Status With China.” $15 per person, limited menu includes dessert and beverage.

April 28 - Kiss Your Mate

First Presbyterian Church

10:30 a.m., where you can have a place and a voice; 3814 130th St., 763-0401 FPBLubbock.org.

Gun & Blade Show

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, guns, knives, ammo, holsters, accessories, coins, jewelry, collectibles. $7 adults, under 12 free.

April 29 - Shrimp Scampi Day April 30 - Honesty Day

10 on Tuesday

Remove 10 pieces of litter every Tuesday.

Coming in May:

“Orphan Train”

May 2,4,&5, LHUCA, 511 Ave. K. $20 through Will of the Wind Productions, 806-241-7778. www.

WilloftheWind.org

Healthy Aging Report Card

Free seminar for 55 and over; Monterey Church of Christ, 6111 82nd St., 8:30 a.m. registration; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. forum; May 3; reservations required. RSVP to 806-743-7787 or rsvp@ ttuhsc.edu.

Spring Book Sale

Friends of the Library Book Sale, May 3-4 in the basement of the Mahon Library, 1306 9th St.

Note:

To add an event, delete an event, or make changes, email maedwards@wordpub.com or call 7442220 by the 20th of the month for the following month’s publication.

Annie’s Chat & Chew set for April 13 For more than 27 years, Annie’s Chat and Chew has raised money for Lubbock Meals on Wheels.

This year’s Chat & Chew will be held at the Mae Simmons Center, 2004 Oak, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 13.

For a donation of $10, guests will enjoy some of the best fried catfish and other homemade dishes in town. Come on out, visit with old friends, make new ones, and remember a very special woman.

All donations benefit Lubbock Meals on Wheels, helping people remain at home, well fed, and independent.

Annie Sanders began volunteering for Lubbock Meals on Wheels in 1985. Over the years, she supported Lubbock Meals on Wheels in many ways.

Annie served on the board, she was a driver, and she became an integral fundraiser.

Annie coordinated a group of fellow church members who picked up a weekly route. The church continues to deliver to this day. In addition to all of her other activities, Annie found time each Friday to assist with preparing the donated flowers to be delivered on all the routes.

In 1991, Annie began an annual fundraiser that is held each spring. With the exception of 2001, the event has taken place every year. Eventually the event was named in her honor. It is now known as Annie’s Chat & Chew.

Annie’s Chat & Chew began as a party for friends and neighbors that Annie held in her home.

Annie asked for donations for Lubbock Meals on Wheels. Once the fundraiser outgrew her home, it was relocated to the Mae Simmons Center.

It was a unique way for Annie to involve her neighborhood in Lubbock Meals on Wheels’ mission and programs. Even during her lengthy illness, Annie remained involved with Lubbock Meals on Wheels and telephoned periodically to inquire about the needs.

Annie truly knew how to take care of her community and give back. During her lifetime, she taught many valuable lessons.

Thank you, Annie. We still honor you!

Page 20 • April 2019 • Golden Gazette Garrison Institute on Aging

TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

By The Garrison Institute on Aging will present the monthly Healthy Aging Lecture Series at 3 p.m., April 24. Allison Childress Ph.D. from Texas Tech is an assistant professor in the nutritional sciences department. Her topic is on healthy aging at Carillon Windsong, 4002 16th St. Parking is available next to the building. The event is free and open to the public. Snacks are provided.

Call 743-7821 for more information.

The Spring Medication Cleanout will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

April 27. The drive through at the TTUHSC Physician’s Pavilion will be available to drop off any unused medications - prescriptions and overthe-counter medications. Medications should be in their original containers with labels on. All identifiers will be removed to maintain your

privacy. Items that cannot be accepted are IV fluid bags, oxygen tanks, nebulizer or glucometer machines.

Once Upon a Time is the second annual Silver Senior Prom set from 5:30 to 8 p.m. April 25 at the Scottish Temple, 1101 70th St. Live music and dinner are provided. Registration is required. For reservations or information contact Leslie Manning at 806-577-7287.

RSVP will host the annual Spring Health Forum on May 3, at Monterey Church of Christ, 6111 82nd St. The event is free and open to the public. A light breakfast and lunch are provided. Registration is at 8:30, and programs begin at 9 a.m. and will end at 2 p.m. Reservations are required; call 806-743-7787.

RSVP Volunteer Opportunities - If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, we can help you. We coordinate with more than 60 organizations that can use your assistance. Volunteer assignments can Human greatness does not vary in time, talent and responsibility. The lie in wealth or power, but in right place is waiting for you. For details, character and goodness.

- Anne Frank contact the RSVP office at 806-743-7787.

Grace Medical receives 5-Star rating The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded Grace Medical Center with 5-stars for overall hospital quality.

Grace Medical Center was one of 293 hospitals in the U.S. awarded with 5-stars and was the only hospital in west Texas to receive this level of achievement.

“Our physicians and caregivers at Grace are honored to be recognized for their hard work and dedication to treating patients,” Grace Health System CEO Vanessa Reasoner said. “At Grace, we have been committed to providing our community with highquality health care at a reasonable cost. We built our health system with

a focus on the patient experience. I am so proud that the efforts of our entire team are being recognized.”

CMS compares more than 4,500 non-specialty hospitals nationwide and includes measures of mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness of care.

The ratings are provided by CMS to help “empower patients, families and stakeholders with important information they need to compare hospitals and make informed health care decisions” according to the CMS website.

Grace Medical Center is a part of the Covenant Health System.

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April 9th 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane

Celebrating Lubbock & you’re invited!

To purchase tickets, visit AWCLubbock.org or call 806.632.3440

Headliner Honorees ● Covenant Health – Centennial Campaign ● Patrick Mahomes II ● Joshua Shaw ● Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute

@TTU College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources

● The Barber Shop Blood Pressure Group ● Ultimate Cheer Lubbock Supremacy Gold Medalists ● Generals Harber, Huffman, Mittemeyer & Murphy: VA Superclinic ● National Charity League, Inc., Lubbock ● Cory S. Powell ● Dr. Annette Sobel ● United Future Leaders Louise Allen Award ● Carpet Tech Mary Ann Edwards Professional Communicator Award

● Burle Pettit

Presenting Sponsors:

Amarillo Matters announced today a grassroots effort aimed at building support for the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo.

“There is so much support for this project, and we felt it was important to give all of the supporters a voice, a way for them to say we support this project and our state needs it.”

Amarillo Matters President Jason Herrick said.

The effort will include a digital and social media campaign with opportunities to stay engaged and share support for the Texas Tech veterinary school. Amarillo Matters is also working to assemble a broad coalition of supporters, communities, and organizations who believe in the vision of Texas Tech’s veterinary school.

Numerous agricultural organizations and businesses throughout Texas are supporting the establishment of Texas Tech’s School of Veterinary Medicine.

This statewide support includes chambers of commerce, regional communities, cattle feeders, dairymen and ranchers, along with rural veterinary practitioners.

“Texas is home to more than 240,000 farms and ranches and leads the nation in cattle production, yet we’re importing the majority of our veterinarians,” Herrick said.

Statistics show that less than 25 percent of the state’s newly licensed veterinary workforce graduate from the state’s only veterinary program.

“Our state also leads the nation in population growth,” Herrick added. “Over the years we’ve added law schools, medical schools, and nursing programs and now it’s time to add a second veterinary school to help meet both the educational demands and the needs of the ag industry.”

Supporters can learn more about the efforts and sign a petition to voice their support www.unmetvetdemand.com.

Golden Gazette • April 2019 • Page 23

Orphan Trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless children.

“Orphan Train,” a new play by Sylvia Ashby, is set for May 2, 4, and 5 at the Firehouse Theatre at LHUCA, 511 Ave. K. The May 2 performance is at 7:30 p.m.; May 4 has two performances, one at 2 p.m., one at 7:30 p.m.; and the Sunday performance is at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available for $15 and $20 through Will of the Wind Productions, 806-241-7778. Information is available online at WilloftheWind.org In the late 1890s, the Orphan Train arrives in a small town in North Central Texas, its last stop on this Western trip. On board are three leftovers. These young teens, New York City waifs, were not among the several dozen orphans already selected during the train’s earlier stops. Katrinka Pavelka and brother Anton are European immigrant orphans who desperately want to remain together; Mike Macys is a newsboy who lived on the

streets of the city.

Curious townsfolk arrive at the station to check out the Orphan Train, including a teacher, an elderly widow, an old bachelor cowboy, a Sylvia Ashby farm couple, and grammar school students. Will these Train Riders find homes in Plainsville? Will they be treasured-or exploited--or abused?

Will they be accepted into the community? Can they adjust to a new life on the lonesome prairie? Inspired

by U.S. history—with humor and heart—“Orphan Train” provides answers.

Ashby said she wrote most of the first draft last summer when she was 89 and finished after her 90th birthday bash in the fall. Richard Privitt directs the play.

The Orphan Train Move-

ment was a welfare program that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded eastern cities of the United States to foster homes in mainly rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless children.

The Children’s Aid Society, established 1853 by Charles Loring Brace, and later, the New York Foundling Hospital, were the chief charitable institutions endeavoring to help.

Supported by wealthy donors and operated by professional staff, they transported children to their new homes on trains labeled “orphan trains” or “baby trains.” This relocation of children ended in the 1920s with the beginning of the foster care system in America.

Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than they spend thinking.

City of Lubbock facilities

‘Orphan Train’ sets 4 performances

Burgess-Rushing Tennis Center 3030 66th St. • 767-3727 Hodges Community Center 4011 University • 767-3706 Lubbock Memorial Arboretum 4111 University • 797-4520 Lubbock Adult Activity Center 2001 19th St. • 767-2710 Maxey Community Center 4020 30th St. • 767-3796 Rawlings Community Center 213 40th St. • 767-2704 Safety City 46th & Avenue U • 767-2712 Simmons Community & Activity Centers 2004 Oak Ave. • 767-2708 Trejo Supercenter 3200 Amherst • 767-2705

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Storm Drain Art Project winners announced The City of Lubbock Stormwater Compliance Department and Civic Lubbock, Inc. announced six winning artists for the Storm Drain Art Project.

In no particular order, the winners are - Chris Marin - Francisco Luna III - Gabi Walter - Kaysha Byrd - Mary Elizabeth Burt - Reynali Tupaz The project received more than 70 submissions, and seven jurors unanimously chose each of the winning artist’s work as a stand-out piece.

The six selected artists will paint their murals live during the First Friday Art Trail on April 5, and upon completion, will receive an award of $500 sponsored by Civic Lubbock, Inc.

Each person has a place at the table Spring Book and a voice worth hearing Sale, May 3-4 A tradition to Stand On Blended Music with Choir

First Presbyterian Church 3814 130th Street 763-0401 FPCLubbock.org

10:30 a.m. Worship

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale is set for May 3-4 in the basement of the Mahon Library, 1306 9th St. Many items are available including new and used donated books, audio books, music, movies, puzzles and art available in every category.

Free Sunday Admission!

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center 1501 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, Texas

HOURS Saturday, April 13: 10am – 7pm Sunday, April 14: Noon – 5 pm ACTIVITIES • CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES with hands-on art projects, face painter, Kids Karaoke • OVER 150 BOOTHS with visual artists from around the nation selling their work • GALLERIES of original art • PERFORMANCE STAGES with singers, dancers, actors and musicians • SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK ART • Storybook Theatre of Texas performing “TWO PIGS & T.H.E. WOLF” Lubbock Arts Alliance n 806. 744. 2787 www.lubbockartsfestival.org This free admission is provided by:

Valid only Noon - 5pm Sunday, April 14, 2019 when presented at the door.