Golden Times, December 2014

A monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications

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INDEX: Meals on Wheels menu ............... Page 4 Social Security Q&A.................... Page 5 Meeting calendar......................... Page 5 Meal site list ............................... Page 5 Briefs .......................................... Page 6 Birthdays .................................... Page 7 Reader poetry ............................. Page 14 Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 15 Sudoku solution ..........................Page 17 Crossword solution .....................Page 18 Sudoku ........................................Page 22 Crossword ...................................Page 23

The next Golden Times will publish Jan. 5

My birthday is Dec. 1, 1945.

I am an actress, singer-songwriter, comedian and author.

I am known for my song “The Rose,” which was also the name of my first film.

I married Martin von Haselberg Dec. 16, 1984, and we have one daughter.

COORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden

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On the cover: Popular toys from the 1930s and 1940s were much different than the ones asked for by children in 2014.

Thought for the month

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DECEMBER SENIOR NUTRITION MENUS monday

2 Baked ham/au gratin

8 Meatloaf/mashed

9 Lasagna/salad/French

15 Chicken-fried steak/

16 Barbecue pork ribs/ rice/carrots/coleslaw/ roll/fruit

17 BUFFET (starts at 11 a.m.): Christmas party

22 German sausage/

23 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Turkey

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29 Sweet and sour

30 Old-fashioned hamburger/potato salad/ baked beans/peas/fruit

31 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast beef

potatoes/gravy/tomato salad/peas and carrots/ biscuit

potatoes/country gravy/ green beans/salad/roll sauerkraut/potatoes/ carrots/salad/roll meatballs/rice/fruit salad/mixed vegetables/ roll

potatoes/applesauce/ mixed vegetables/ coleslaw/cornbread

11:30 a.m.): Chicken

10 BUFFET (starts at bread/mixed vegetables/ 11:30 a.m.): Roast pork pudding

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2 Spaghetti with meat

4 Breakfast casserole/

5 Potato-corn chowder/

9 Pork chops/mushroom

11 Turkey-noodle

12 Breaded baked fish/ salad bar/fruit

hashbrowns/spinach/ fruit

gravy/mashed potatoes/ broccoli florets/applerhubarb crisp

serves hot lunches at noon at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston and the Asotin United Methodist Church, 313 Second St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

casserole/beets/roll/ fruit

16 Hamburger on a bun/lettuce/onion/ tomato/jo-jo potatoes/ three-bean salad/fruit

18 Chicken strips/

macaroni and cheese/ mixed vegetables/ blueberry cobbler

23 Ham/mashed potatoes/gravy/sweet potatoes/green beans/ roll/apple pie

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serves lunch at noon in the Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $6 for nonseniors. Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m. A dessert bar is available at each service.

4 Meatloaf/mashed

9 Chicken cordon bleu/

scalloped potatoes/ vegetables

11 Cheese omelet/ sausage links/ hashbrowns/biscuits

16 Pork chops/creamy

18 Spaghetti with meat

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19 Chicken-noodle soup/roll/salad bar/fruit

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potatoes/gravy/ vegetables

rice/vegetables

sauce/vegetables

23 Prime rib/mashed

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potatoes/gravy/ vegetables

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valley meals on wheels December menu Meals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day.

Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day.

More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767.

Menus are subject to change.

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Monday

tuesday

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sack: ham-salad sandwich hot: Roast turkey/garlic mashed potatoes/broccoli sack: Bologna and american cheese sandwich

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8 beans

hot: Beef broccoli

sack: Egg-salad sandwich

21 peas

corn

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broccoli

sack: ham-salad sandwich

hot: Roast

beans

pilaf/green

sack: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

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30 mashed corn

potatoes/gravy/

sack: Egg-salad sandwich

hot: turkey/ mashed potatoes/ gravy/cauliflower

beans

sack: krab-salad sandwich

sack: Egg-salad sandwich

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hot: teriyaki

4

hot: Roast pork/roasted potatoes/green

friday

saturday

hot: Roast beef/mashed potatoes/ broccoli and carrots

hot: Baked ham/rice pilaf/mixed vegetables

sack: chicken-salad sandwich

sack: Roast beef and american cheese sandwich

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sack: chicken-salad sandwich

hot: Beef brisket/red potatoes/ cauliflower sack: turkey and cheddar cheese sandwich

sack: tuna sandwich

hot: chickenfried steak/ mashed potatoes/corn

hot: tunanoodle casserole/ carrots

hot: salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/ mixed vegetables

beans

sack: ham and swiss cheese sandwich

sack: tuna-salad sandwich

sack: Pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich

sack: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

10 chicken/fried rice/carrots

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hot: turkey/

24 mashed

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18

hot: Roast

25 pork/roasted

potatoes/ gravy/cauliflower

beans

sack: krab-salad sandwich

sack: Egg-salad sandwich

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potatoes/green

12

hot: ham macaroni and cheese/broccoli

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19

hot: Roast

26 beef/mashed

13

hot: Braised beef/mashed potatoes/corn

sack: Beef and cheddar cheese sandwich hot: stuffed

20 shells with meat sauce/green

hot: Baked

27 ham/rice

potatoes/ broccoli and carrots

pilaf/mixed vegetables

sack: chicken-salad sandwich

sack: Roast beef and american cheese sandwich

hot: teriyaki chicken/fried rice/carrots

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29 chicken/rice

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mashed potatoes/broccoli sack: Bologna and american cheese sandwich

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sack: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

hot: Beef brisket/roasted red potatoes/

sack: Roast beef and swiss cheese sandwich

hot: Barbecue chicken/rice pilaf/green

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Pomeroy Senior Center 695 Main St., Pomeroy (509) 843-3308 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Potlatch Senior Citizens IOOF/Rebekah Hall, Pine St., Potlatch (208) 875-1071 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays Pullman Senior Center 325 S.E. Paradise St., Pullman (509) 338-3307 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays Riggins Odd Fellows Building 121 S. Lodge St., Riggins (208) 628-4147 Meals at noon on Tuesdays United Methodist Church 313 Second St., Asotin (509) 758-3816 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Valley Community Center 549 Fifth St., Clarkston (509) 758-3816 Meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center 115 First St. W., Weippe (208) 435-4553 Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays Winchester Senior Citizens Center Nez Perce Ave., Winchester (208) 924-6581 Meals at noon on Wednesdays Pullman Meals on Wheels (509) 397-4305 Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767

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Social Security Q&A McClatchy-Tribune News Service (TNS)

Q: I want to apply for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs. Can state agencies also help with my Medicare costs?

A: When you file your application for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug (Medicare Part D) costs, you also can start your application process for the Medicare Savings Programs — state programs that provide help with other Medicare costs. When you apply for Extra Help, Social Security will send information to your state unless you tell us not to on the application.

Your state will contact you to help you apply for a Medicare Savings Program. To apply for Extra Help and learn more visit the Social Security website.

While we’re on the subject of open seasons, the open enrollment period for qualified health plans under the Affordable Care Act is Nov. 15 to Feb. 15. More information is available at www.healthcare. gov.

——— Q: Can I delay my retirement

benefits and receive benefits as a spouse only? How does that work?

A: It depends on your age. If you are between full retirement age and age 70, and your spouse is receiving Social Security benefits, you should apply for retirement benefits and request that the payments be suspended. Then, you can choose to receive benefits on your spouse’s Social Security record. By doing so, you will earn delayed retirement credits up to age 70, as long as you do not collect your benefits on your own earnings record. Later, when you do begin receiving benefits on your own record, those payments could be higher than they would have been otherwise because you earned delayed retirement credits.  This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. For fast answers to specific Social Security questions, contact Social Security toll-free at (800) 772-1213 or visit www.socialsecurity.gov.

DEC. 10: Valley Community Center, general board meeting, 9 a.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

DEC. 17: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.

DEC. 17: National Active and Retired Federal Employees, noon, Emerald Garden, 701 Sixth St., Clarkston.

DEC. 20: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

 If you would like to have your group or club meetings included in this monthly calendar send complete information to goldentimes@Lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. More information is available by calling (208) 848-2243.

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Submissions should be emailed to: goldentimes@Lmtribune. com or mailed to: Target Publications P.O. Box 957 Lewiston, ID 83501 Information for January’s issue must be recieved by Dec. 22 to be considered.

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Final Smart Driver class of 2014 planned

MOSCOW — The final AARP class teaching safe driving will take place over two days.

The class will be from 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Dec. 11-12 at Gritman Medical Center’s conference room at 700 S. Main St., here. This class will only satisfy Idaho state requirements for insurance reduction.

Registering for this class can be done by calling Elaine Broyles at (208) 8838612.

The cost for each class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on driver’s licenses and/or insurance discounts.

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its Christmas potluck meeting at noon Dec. 20 at Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

A short business meeting will follow the meal. The program will be on Norwegian folk tales and stories. The group will also be assembling cookie plates for public servants who will be working during the holidays.

The organization is open to all people of Scandinavian descent and those interested in the culture, and visitors are always welcome. More information about the group and its meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 7432626.

No Senior Roundtable Dec. 25-26

Valley Community Center will be closed for the Christmas holiday Dec. 25-26, which means there will be no meal service either day. The center will reopen Dec. 29 and will have Senior Roundtable that day at noon.

Foot care is available at the center on Mondays by appointment. To make an appointment call Marcia at (509) 3301857.

All regularly scheduled events will take Sons of Norway next place in December with the exception of meeting planned Thursday and Friday activities during the The Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will have holiday closure.

Regular activities include: painting

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classes from noon to 4 p.m. on Mondays; fitness classes from 10:15-11:15 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; pinochle from 12:45-3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays; blood-pressure checks at 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays; and bridge from 12:30-4 p.m. on Thursdays and from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Moscow American Legion is looking for donations MOSCOW — The American Legion Dudley Loomis Post No. 6 is working on replacing some of the older American flags flown in downtown Moscow during the Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4th and Veterans Day holidays. The group is also looking to expand the number of flags they are able to place in the downtown area.

Increasing the number of flags flown will also require more poles, mounting brackets, storage containers, etc. The group estimates the cost of this project to be around $3,700, to which the Lions Club has contributed but more money is needed.

Contributions to this project can be sent to Dudley Loomis Post 6, P.O. Box 8195, Moscow, ID 83843. For more information contact Christopher Bailey at (208) 882-6284 or via email at c.bailey@frontier.com.

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BIRTHDAYS Dec. 6

Dec. 12

 Elva Hewett

 Lawrence Wassmuth

Elva Hewett of Culdesac will celebrate her 95th birthday on Saturday.

She was born Dec. 6, 1919, in Seattle to Homer and Laura Eaton, the youngest of two children born to the couple. The family moved to the area when she was 3 years old.

Hewett attended schools in Cloverland, Asotin and Clarkston. She graduated from Mounce’s Beauty School in Lewiston.

She and Earl Hewett were married Aug. 27, 1938, in Lewiston. They celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary this year. The couple farmed in Culdesac and worked in construction throughout the Northwest for several years.

Hewett has two children, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She is a past-member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Garden Club, both in Culdesac. She is a current member of Culdesac Community Church.

In her younger years, Hewett enjoyed traveling and camping in their fifth-wheel camper trailer, fishing, square dancing, bowling and attending her grandchildren’s sports activities.

She enjoys visiting with family and friends, taking care of her flowers and watching baseball on television.

Lawrence Wassmuth of Grangeville will celebrate his 94th birthday on Dec. 12.

He was born in 1920 at home to Clement and Elizabeth Schmidt Wassmuth in Greencreek.

Wassmuth graduated from Greencreek High School in 1939. He and his six classmates were the first to graduate from the high school after attending the school all four years.

After serving in the U.S. Navy as a radar operator aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay, he worked 40 years as a sawyer in the sawmills in Grangeville.

In his entire career, he missed less than a week of work.

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On Dec. 29, 1948, Wassmuth and Dorothy Wilson were married at St. Anthony Church in Greencreek. She died July 19.

He has nine children, 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Wassmuth enjoys repairing small engines, growing tomatoes from saved seeds, watching his garden grow, and sharing the garden produce with family and friends.

He has been a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, and is a charter member of the Pine Tree Credit Union where he served on the board of directors for many years.

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Dec. 13

 Elaine M. Sparkman

 Earl Hewett

Elaine M. (Sparky) Sparkman of Pomeroy will celebrate her 90th birthday on Dec. 12.

She was born in 1924 at Spokane to Sinclair and Blanche E c h o Dawson Monroe, joining older brother Gerald.

Sparkman graduated from North Central High School in 1944.

She met John Sparkman Earl Hewett of Culdesac School. He loved and was and they were married on will celebrate his 96th birth- very active in sports, espeday on Dec. cially baseball.

March 17, 1946, in Spokane.

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Hewett married the love of The couple moved to John’s He was his life, Elva Eaton, in 1938 birthplace — Pomeroy — and born in and the couple celebrated lived for 64 years in the house 1918 to their 76th wedding anniverwhere he was raised. Her husH a r l e n sary this year. band died May 1, 2010. She and Bertha In 1943, the couple moved moved to Memory Manor on Hewett in to Culdesac where Earl operApril 20.

S o u t h w i c k ated the family farm for 25 Sparkman worked as a where he years and worked in road clerk, waitress, childcare progrew up. construction until his retirevider and gardener. She and The fam- ment in 1980. her husband enjoyed campily moved Hewett is a past member ing, golf, fishing and build- to Clarkston where he grad- of the Knights of Pythias, ing Forrest Grove around their uated from Clarkston High the 49er’s Saddle Club, and home with the help of their neighbor R.J. Weiland.

Dec. 15

 LuNetta Vaughn

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LuNetta W r i g h t Vaughn of Lewiston will reach her 80th birthday on Dec. 15.

She was born in 1934 on a

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She and Harold Vaughn were married Jan. 16, 2009.

The couple have made their home in the LewistonClarkston Valley.

Vaughn retired from selfemployment.

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the Elks and Eagles fraternal orders.

He enjoyed camping, fishing, and square dancing, bowling, playing town-team baseball in his younger years.

He currently enjoys cheering on his grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews at their sporting events. He also enjoys tending to his garden and lawn, as well as watching sports on television.

Hewett has two children, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

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Grandma’s Roundtable eases life challenges for lucky grandkids

By Gail Rosenblum Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — She’s a therapist and career coach, cheerleader and wise woman, secret keeper and borscht pusher.

Mostly, 85-year-old Gretta Freeman of Golden Valley, Minn., is chief executive officer of perhaps the most endearingly run support group in the Midwest, and likely beyond. Unfortunately for us, membership is closed.

For 18 years, Freeman has guided her seven grandchildren, now grown, through a myriad of life passages and challenges. She has done this through her Grandma’s Roundtable, a periodic gathering of grandmother and grandchildren, where food and wine are abundant, judgment is banned, and no question or concern is off-limits.

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She needn’t talk in past tense. The grands, spread out across the country, many of them married with kids, remain viscerally connected to her, and immeasurably grateful.

“I went to college more relaxed, more focused on what

I wanted and, above all, more confident I would be OK,” said Jenny Cukier, 35, the oldest of the bunch.

“Grandma’s Roundtable solved my quarterlife crisis,” said Jenny’s little brother, Zach, 30.

“We are so fortunate to have a grandma who can get real with us,” added cousin Rebeccca Lesure, 32.

Jenny recalls the roundtable began organically with just her and Freeman talking about what mattered to a high school senior. Jenny loved that Grandma was paying attention. “I remember being very candid with her,” Jenny said, “opening up and talking, talking, talking. I didn’t realize I had so much to say. She pulled it out of me. I remember leaving conversations feeling lighter and better.”

Soon, Jenny’s sister, Katie, joined in. The girl-fest met several times a year, often around holidays. Eventually, Zach joined them, then cousins Rebecca, Michael, Ben and Matthew.

Grandma’s Roundtable migrated from her dining room table to the backroom of the Lexington restaurant in St. Paul, where the two generations sat for hours talking themselves out over Szechuan green beans.

Parents were off-limits, but significant others were invited

— if they fit the criteria. “They had to be close to engaged,” Freeman said. “They had to be able to handle it.” It being conversations around drugs, drinking, sex, media, suicide, feminism, peer pressure, politics, religion and, “above all, love and relationships,” Jenny said.

The latter could have been trying and complicated to a woman born in 1929. But we’re talking about Grandma Gretta here.

Katie remembers breaking down at a roundtable after she began dating a man who was Mormon. No one in the immediate family had married outside the Jewish faith.

“I was scared what my

parents’ reaction would be,” Katie recalled. “How could we possibly build a life together and even think about raising a family? Grandma’s Roundtable was the first time I truly dealt with this relationship struggle.”

Grandma Gretta asked a lot of questions. She let Katie cry.

“The next thing I knew,” Katie said, “she was calling me to say she had talked to a rabbi, as well as a bishop from the Mormon church. It was not going to be easy, but she would be there to support us.” Katie and her Mormon boyfriend, Jake Giesting, got married six years ago and just welcomed their second daugh-

ter. “We could not be happier,” Katie said.

The dining room table of Freeman’s sunny condominium is elegantly set as she shares reflections, with an overflowing bowl of fresh fruit, coffee with cream in a tiny Lalique pitcher and three kinds of spreads for bagels, still warming.

“Not quite toasty enough,” she announces from the kitchen, where a sign over the sink reads, “What happens at grandma’s stays at grandma’s.” “It’s corny, but I love it,” she said.

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She wears a blush-colored vest and stylish scarf. The phone rings. “If it’s bad news,” she said, “I’m not going to answer. Omigod, my bagels!”

She grew up on the old North Side, a vibrant Minneapolis community of Jewish immigrants. Her father, Irv Rudick, was a newspaperman.

“Hubert Humphrey used to call him ‘Little Irv,’ ” she said. Her mother, Ann Rudick, was a St. Paul girl who modeled on occasion. Freeman has one brother, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz. They call him “Art, the little guy.”

Freeman, also as big as a minute, attended college for two years. In 1949, she married Earl Freeman, of St. Paul, who owned a business with his brothers manufac-

turing marine equipment.

They met on a blind date.

“Everybody got married by 20,” she said, “or something was wrong with you.”

She was 22 when her first son, Doug, was born. “That was the other rule,” she said. “Three children before 30.”

Sons Todd and Rich arrived soon afterward. Freeman volunteered with the National Council of Jewish Women and Head Start, and helped to form one of the first senior citizens groups in the country, at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center.

When Earl died at 82 in 2006, a grieving Freeman called together the roundtable for comfort. Then the tables turned in a big way. A year later, 78-yearold Freeman began dating widower Bobby Rubenstein, whom she’s known her whole life. “How do you date at

this age?” she asked them.

Jenny’s husband, Aaron, took her through it.

“First, you see each other on occasion. Then more frequently. Then you have the talk.” Everybody rolled their eyes at that.

“They were thrilled about Bobby,” Freeman said of her “constant companion,” who will be 92 in November.

“They love him. We are poster children for senior citizen romance.”

And she is proof of what generosity of spirit can foster. Freeman recently asked her grandchildren to reflect upon the heyday of Grandma’s Roundtable.

From across the country within days, loving letters flooded in. (Grandma Gretta does not have email.)

“After I got their stories, I just cried,” Freeman said.

“All you have are memories.

My footsteps are in the sand with my grandchildren.”

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By COLETTE M. JENKINS

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AKRON, Ohio — They call themselves “Seniors Riding with a Mission.”

Their mission is raising money — and awareness — for Haven of Rest Ministries in Akron.

“The idea of cycling for a cause is not mine. I have seen many events where people ride or race to raise money,” said Don Hutchison, 68. “A couple of years ago, there were four young guys who did a ride for a local charity and I thought if four young guys can do that, why can’t a group of old guys?”

Hutchison shared his idea with his Saturday bike riding group, which includes four other seniors from his home church, Community Church of Portage Lakes. His suggestion led to the first “Seniors Riding with a Mission” event last year that netted more than $16,000 for the private Christian social service agency that provides food, shelter, clothing and other services to the homeless.

Recently, the five men (ranging in age from 68 to 70) set out on their second three-day, 150-mile bicycling excursion near the Lake Erie Shoreline at Geneva State Park in Ashtabula County.

Their trek ended at Haven of Rest, where staff welcomed them and celebrated their accomplishment.

“The support and the turnout have been tremendous.

We are very blessed with

these guys and their heart for the ministry,” said the Rev. Jeffrey A. Kaiser, executive director. “It’s just exciting to see them take a hobby and use it to benefit others.

I’m just thankful.”

One of the five cyclists, the Rev. Ben Walker, is the retired executive director of Haven of Rest. His presence in the cycling group is the primary reason the social service agency was selected to receive the proceeds from the sponsorships of each cyclist. Walker, of Canal Fulton, still serves as an ambassador for Haven of Rest. He said that in addition to raising money, the group has helped educate people in Northeast Ohio about the work done by Haven of Rest.

“As we’re riding, we always run into people who are asking questions about what we are doing. That gives us a chance to share what Haven of Rest does to help people who are in need,” said Walker, 70. “For us, it’s a great time of fellowship and a chance to do something meaningful. Even though we ride to keep in shape, this is different because we know that every mile that we rode is to help somebody else.”

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Six ways to be a sexy grandma commentary

By Lois Joy Johnson AARP Media

Hold on to your Spanx, girlfriends. We’re going where no grandmother has gone before.

Role models like Jane Seymour, Carole Middleton, Kris Jenner, Goldie Hawn, Vanessa Williams and Suzanne Somers have reinvented grannyhood with attitude, extra love and nonstop sizzle. Skip the mom jeans and support hose, the buns and bifocals (unless they’re leopard readers). We new glam-mas bake kale, wear Lululemon and neon Nikes, dance like Beyonce, sing along to Katy Perry and Skype when we need a major grannie fix from far away.

Want to know how to be a sexy, contemporary grandma?

Here are a few tips:

Create balance Signing on as a grandmother does not mean you’re the designated babysitter, available at the first ping. Go on with your own life: Stay in shape mentally, physically and emotionally. Sign up for Zumba or swim at the Y, read your Kindle, shop for shoes, spend an hour on Facebook, audit a film or art class, volunteer at the local shelter, meet friends for lunch, garden or walk in the park.

Leave the guilt behind.

can control the impact on your appearance and attitude. Don’t bother trying to look like you’re 25.

Every day there will be a new diet pill, miracle cream, fitness craze and fashion trend to learn about and ignore. A glam-ma doesn’t need cosmetic surgery, fillers, a personal trainer, nutritionist, salon spray tan or designer wardrobe. She can DIY with body shapers, sunscreen, good skin and hair care, daily exercise and a healthy diet. Clean up your act.

Be a magnet for grandkids Get rid of frown lines, stained teeth and agespotted skin. These three things make us look angry, unapproachable, old and unhealthy. Botox your forehead crease or, for a cheaper alternative, cut camouflaging bangs, whiten your teeth with drugstore strips, and banish brown spots at the dermatologist. You can go lighter on foundation and your flawless hands will rock any shade of polish — even shimmery mermaid blue.

Be the permissive one

Grandies are allowed to be sneaky, impractical and even naughty. We smuggle in crunchy veggie chips, dark chocolate kisses and forbidden s’mores; buy complicated dresses (read non-machine Go beyond ‘good washable) with glitter, applifor your age’ que or sequin trims and ridicThere’s no stopping hor- ulous cashmere onesies for mones and genes, but you newborns to poop in. We get

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Be a nouveau tech wiz, but teach them chess and take them to museums. Know who’s singing on the Top-40 station, but turn on Chopin and jazz. Wear fitted clothes that show curves (granddaughters pay attention to body pride) and never fatshame, age-shame or gender-shame anyone — ever.

Redefine sexy It’s not just about looks, decolletage or your bedside manner, glam-ma. After 50, the combo of brains and beauty is crucial. Watch your weight, but bulk up your mind with current events, history and politics, as well as whatever’s new in books, films, the arts, science, food and technology. Your everyday conversation and appetite for life are what’s really super sexy. Plus, keeping your mind alive reduces depression, anxiety and the urge to blow your IRA on something crazy — like a face-lift, new porcelain veneers, a 30-yearyounger boyfriend or a house in Costa Rica.

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Hutchison, who serves as chairman of the mission board at Community Church, said the bike ride — which is expected to bring in about $20,000 this year — is considered a short term mission trip.

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Exercising the memory of Christmas past From shopping to gifts and decorations to treats the Christmas of yesteryear was celebrated differently than it is today

By MICHELLE SCHMIDT

Of Target Publications

Ask a group of people who grew up during the 1930s and 1940s about the Christmases of their childhood and you’re likely to get a different picture than the holiday we experience today. Everything has evolved through the years — toys, decorations, traditions — even the treats of the season.

It’s only the memories that remain unchanged, as evidenced by the stories of a handful of people at Congregational-Presbyterian Church in Lewiston.

Three times a week, a group of older adults meet for exercise and visiting in the church’s fellowship hall. It was over cookies that a few of them gathered around a table and shared some of their childhood memories of Christmas.

Simple toys bring memorable joy

The toys children received for Christmas in years past differ from today’s toys in one main way — none had batteries, screens or cords. They didn’t make sounds, except the ones children provided, and they didn’t fall apart by the third day of use.

“I must have been about 7 or 8,” Betty Thornton said. “My sister, who was 10 years older, was married and her husband took me to see ‘A Christmas Carol’ on Christmas Eve.” The outing was more than just a fun holiday experience — it was a ruse to get her out of the house while her parents put gifts under the tree.

“That was the year I got a great big Peter Pan book,” she said.

The big, heavy book was full of illustrations and lasted not only through her own childhood, but through her children’s childhoods, she said. In fact, she still has it today.

Some gifts, like the book, came ready to use — others required some creativity.

“The best Christmas gift I ever got was a rubber ball,” Cal Kautz said. “It was the best gift because then I could go out and play basketball with it. It wasn’t basketball size but it was rubber so it bounced pretty good.”

Of course, he didn’t have a typical basketball hoop either. He found a metal wastepaper basket that was wider at the top and narrowed at the bottom. He said he knocked out the bottom and nailed it to the woodshed. The not-quite basketball and not-quite basketball hoop provided hours and hours of entertainment, Cal remembered.

Dolls were another popular gift. The typical dolls had cloth bodies and porcelain extremities. Several

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Members of the senior exercise group at Congregational-Presbyterian Church in Lewiston (left to right) Sally Zimmerer, Betty Thornton, Donald Thornton, Norma Bradshaw and Dick Sherman gather to remember Christmases of their childhood. of the women gathered remembered getting a new doll each Christmas.

But finances didn’t always allow, Alice Baugher said.

She wanted a doll for Christmas, but a new one wasn’t in the family budget. Instead, her mother found an old doll that had belonged to her older sister. Its paint had faded and hair had worn off, so her mom repainted the porcelain and, with a touch of frugal ingenuity, replaced the doll’s hair with hair the neighbor had just cut off.

The main problem, she said, was the neighbor hadn’t washed her hair prior to cutting it.

“That hair stunk so bad,” Alice said, laughing at the memory. “I never liked that doll, it was awful.”

When new, store-bought dolls were under the Christmas tree, it was common for them to be accompanied by a homemade outfit or two. Connie Alford said she was particularly lucky this way. She had an aunt who spent her days at home caring for her bedridden husband.

“Every year Aunt Ina would call my mom and say, ‘What kind of doll are you getting Connie this year?’ ” Connie said.

On Christmas, Connie would receive a full layette of doll clothes, the result of the house-bound days her aunt spent caring for her uncle.

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Catalogues also play heavily into childhood Christmas memories for most in the group. Perusing

the goods in either the Sears, Roebuck and Co. or Montgomery Ward catalogues was a typical pre-holiday activity, they said.

“We’d look forward to going through the catalogue,” Alice said, “but we never got anything from it. I don’t know why my mom had us do that if she knew we weren’t going to get anything.”

Don Thornton remembered the lucky year he found a $5 bill on his way home from school.

“I took it home and we bought presents for the whole family,” he said. That $5 got three dresses and four pairs of good leather shoes, with a little left over. The dresses, he recalled, were 89 cents each and a pair of shoes was 35 cents.

On the family farm in South Dakota, Cal remembered always ordering from Montgomery Ward because they got better service, being based out of Denver. One Mackinaw coat from the catalogue stood out in his memory, he said, as “the best coat I ever had.”

But not everything came from the catalogues.

Norma Bradshaw, who grew up in the LewistonClarkston Valley, is among those in the group who remembered being given $1 to buy Christmas gifts for the family. She would go to Woolworth and other department stores to do her shopping.

And then, of course, were the bounty of homemade toys and gifts, like rubberband guns or homemade dresses, that were a regular part of the holiday giving.

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TOP LEFT: The selection of dolls that might have been included in letters to Santa by little girls were vast, as seen here in the pages of a 1937 catalogue.

BOTTOM LEFT: Pages from this 1938 Sears Roebuck fall catalogue show bicycles, a traditonal Christmas gift for children for many decades.

RIGHT: Boys liked to play with the type of machines dad used, as shown on this 1940s catalogue page.

Illustration by Peggy Hayden

“Gifts that were made were more important to people then,” Don said.

strips,” Jan Kautz said.

Her mother would then mix up a flour-and-water paste, she said, and they would create paper chains Simple and festive decorations by gluing the strips together.

Norma remembered doing the same thing, only One of Betty’s more distinct Christmas memories using red, green and white paper. Norma, along with was the aluminum tree her family got around 1936. others also strung popcorn together to decorate the She compared the shiny silver tree to the artificial trees available today, only it was aluminum instead of tree. Some in the group strung both cranberries and popcorn to hang on the tree. plastic. As she recalled, they only used the tree one year and she never saw one like it again.

Homemade treats “I guess people didn’t like them,” she said.

Living in the Idaho forest near Pierce and Weippe, Christmas is a time not only for festive decoraChristmas trees were always fresh cut for Don and tions, but also holiday food. Jan remembered the his family. days before Christmas were spent assembling fig pin“We used to go out and cut our trees and drag wheels. The fig filling took time to make, but once them back to the house,” he said. “It was always the pinwheels were finished, they served as gifts for something the family went out and did together.” neighbors, friends and others.

Whether artificial or fresh-cut, once inside the Betty’s favorite homemade Christmastime treat tree would be decorated. Typically with candles that was potato candy. The candy was made of mashed were clipped or tied to the tree boughs. Today people potatoes, sugar and other goodies (like cherries, will leave a tree’s electric lights on all day, but when raisins and nuts), which was then portioned out and candles were used, they were lit only for a short time. dipped into chocolate, she explained.

Several in the group had traditions related to lighting Sally Zimmerer married into a Swiss family who the candles, where the family would gather and sing were recent immigrants and retained most of their a few carols. After a song or two, the candles were traditions. One of those Christmastime traditions extinguished. was making springerle cookies. Sally described them Besides candles, trees were decorated with handas having a licorice flavor, thanks to the anise that made adornments. was added to the dough. The dough was rolled flat “For Christmas decorations, we would tear out the and then a cookie press, either blocks or etched dowcolored pages in the catalogues and cut them into els, would impress designs into the dough.

Snow, song and laughter

The days around Christmas in years past were not full of last-minute shopping and office parties.

Instead, Christmas caroling was the norm and people would gather a group of friends or church members to carol around the neighborhood. Carolers typically receiving bags of popcorn or other goodies from those they visited.

Having neighbors who lived far from each other in the rural Idaho woods, Don’s dad would hook the horses up to the sleigh — winters in the area would bring several feet of snow — and all the kids would pile into the sleigh and go caroling to the neighbors.

The plentiful snow also made for ideal sledding opportunities. Don remembered fashioning a homemade sled out of the bumper off of a Model A Ford and a couple planks of wood. The sled could steer and a dozen kids would pile on the contraption and race down the tracks left in the road by logging trucks.

“Man, that bobsled would really get going,” he laughed. He doesn’t remember anyone ever getting hurt, though he said he didn’t think kids today would fare as well.

“We did about everything wild we could think of.

We learned how to survive,” he said.

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4 christmas memories, continued from page 13 Growing up on a grain farm in the plains, Cal said, he too had a make-shift sled.

“We would grab one of those grain shovels — it’s got a big, curved scoop — we’d turn it around, stand in the shovel, get a hold of the handle and go,” he said with a laugh.

The 1930s and 1940s were not a time of economic abundance. Many in the group remembered living off what the garden and animals produced, with the sale of cream or other extras providing funds to buy what couldn’t be grown, like sugar and flour. Money was tight, but they never went hungry — “we didn’t know we were poor” was a sentiment echoed by many.

But holiday memories from this time reflect joy, not lacking. Christmas, after all, was a time of simple pleasures, meaningful traditions and togetherness.  Schmidt can be contacted at themichelleschmidt@gmail. com or at (208) 305-4578.

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READER POETRY It’s The Joy Of Christmas

As glorious burst of My little pal. light announces He’s such a blessing, Joyful news and hope to this old gal. for all mankind He keeps so clean and neat.

Bells ring carolers sing, His demeanor always sweet. it’s the joy of Christmas.

Lucille Magnuson, 94, Moscow Ready to play and bat a ball, Oh what a joy, Santa’s on his way Christmas day but loving his naps best of all!

Jesus’ Birth He’s always there and the children play.

A baby boy was born on to snuggle by Mom. Oh what a day, Christmas Day, Doing his part Christmas is here, he blessed the world as the comforting Tom. Christmas brings lots o’ cheer. in a special way.

It’s the joy of Christmas.

Part of his day he catches mice God’s only son After all this time (tells them he can’t Jesus was born to save.

Santa is still here. always be nice)!

Mary was blessed He waits all year the toys appear.

He has no friends but me, to be his mother, Children wait all year, as lonely as he can be. chosen by God, and all the girls and boys But he loves his yard, there could be no other. hope he will bring lots of toys. and his home.

A census was called.

It’s the joy of Christmas.

Eleven years and no wish to roam. Mary and Joseph traveled to Yvonne Carrie, 70, Lewiston God’s given me this loving cat.

Bethlehem We’re both content by the King’s demand. with where we’re at.

Going Home Tired and weary, When he calls me to my final rest, Home, my heart points me home. no room could they find.

I pray my kitty will find a nest!

Memories cause me You can use the stable the June Fowler, 94, Asotin to glow with anticipation.

Inn-keeper replied.

I long for unconditional caring.

Later in the evening a star was Light Of The World I welcome traditions, shining bright above, warmth, shelter.

Mary gave birth to Jesus; Crystal raindrops pierce she looks on him with love. the bank of fog The sound of Shepherds left their flocks, As sunbeam dares the paperboy’s squeaky bike. wisemen followed the star. to penetrate the gray The rattle of milk bottles.

And illuminates the humble shed All come to worship the baby, Aroma of bacon cooking! as on the hay he lay.

Where sound of Dad’s shaver buzzing.

Wisemen brought gifts they dainty dove wings is heard I’m going home! had traveled far.

Our fragile child Doreen Broyles, 76, Colfax Even the animals looked on lays on a bed of straw with praise beneath his future knowing My Friend, My Cat Awaitswhat the shining star. he brings He’s been my buddy, Sing our praises for our To a world whereof an angel sings Savior’s birth; He is our king of kings, born to rule the Earth.

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The center can also be found online at www. waidvolunteercenter.org.

The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in December: l America Reads has an immediate need for tutors to help students with their reading skills. Volunteers for this program must be able to commit at least one hour, one day per week for the remainder of the school year.

No teaching experience is necessary. Background check is required for this opportunity. l AARP Tax-Aide is in need of volunteers to become trained tax counselors for the program. All training is provided at the end of which volunteers will be able to help individuals file simple returns using Tax-Wise. Training is completed in January and tax preparation is Feb. 5 through April 15. Those interested in this opportunity will need to commit to three hours per day twice a week for the entire length of tax season. l Community Action Partnership Food Bank is in need of volunteers to work in the warehouse, help at the front counter and drivers for regular routes. Some lift-

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4 vol opps, continued from page 15 hands-on activities and assist with set up and clean up. l The Idaho Food Bank is looking for a volunteer to teach Cooking Matters classes. Volunteers for this opportunity will teach others how to prepare and cook nutritious meals on a budget. This opportunity is perfect for those with a background in nutrition who enjoy sharing that knowledge with others. l Moscow Mentors is in need of male volunteers to mentor schoolaged boys during school hours at one of the four elementary schools in Moscow. There is an orientation and background check necessary for this opportunity. Mentors are needed

immediately for the current school year.

More information on any of these or other volunteer opportunities offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center is available by calling Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

——— Interlink Volunteers — Faith in Action in Clarkston offers volunteer opportunities throughout the area.

The office, located at 817 Sixth St., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday-Thursday. The phone number is (509) 751-9143. l Handymen — volunteers able to do minor home maintenance such as installation of grab bars in bathrooms, repairing latches on screen doors and gutter cleaning. Volunteers must use their own tools. Materials are provided by Interlink. l Carpentry — volunteers with the

skills to help build entry steps and wheelchair ramps, and construct and place outdoor handrails are needed. Volunteers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink. l Transportation — volunteers are needed to drive clients to and from care appointments Monday through Friday. This requires a volunteer application to be completed, along with a copy of your valid driver’s license, insurance and own vehicle.

Mileage is reimbursed. l Movers — volunteers are needed to help clients move. There is a need for those with and also those without a truck, to help pack, load and move household items. l Painting — volunteers are needed to paint wheelchair ramps. All paint is provided but volunteers need their own brushes, rollers and rags.

MOND A Y, DE C EM B E R 1 , 2 0 1 4 l Yard work — volunteers are needed to help with anything from cleaning yard debris to shoveling snow or raking leaves, as needed.

Volunteers need their own shovels/ rakes and tools. l Van — There is a continued need for a volunteer with a lift van, capable of transporting wheelchair-bound individuals.

The volunteer application as well as more information about the organization and volunteer opportunities are available online at www.interlinkvolunteers.org.  Does your group or organization have a need for volunteers? Email the details of the need to goldentimes@Lmtribune.com to be included in Volunteer Opportunities.

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LOS ANGELES — Earlier this year, Gary Spivack and his sister Betsy Goodkin lost their mother to cancer.

Between her first diagnosis and her death in April, they said, their mother was determined to overcome her illness.

“She was a very stubborn and proud person who fought this and had a lot of support from immediate family and a lot of friends,” said Spivack, 49, a music industry executive who lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

“She was going to live out her final minutes as healthy and fighting it as much as she could,” added Goodkin, 51, who describes herself as a “fulltime mom” in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

But even as their mother fought to stay alive and healthy, her children said, she made her end-of-life wishes known: If death was imminent, she wanted no heroic measures taken to save her life. And she insisted on dying at home.

They said their mother passed away April 13 in just the manner she had hoped. She was

in her own bedroom with the lights low and the mood peaceful as she held hands with loved ones as she passed.

Dr. Neil Wenger, director of the University of California-Los Angeles Health Ethics Center,

said most patients would prefer to die that way, but few actually do. That’s because they fail to put their final request in writing, he saids.

Without advanced planning, he saids, most people die in

hospital intensive care units, actually happens? There are “in not the most dignified cir- many reasons.

A recent study published cumstances, in a way most said they don’t want to die.”

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I took a ride recently with Margaret Duncan, who is vice president of the Meals on Wheels board of directors, to deliver her Monday route service. in Lewiston. During our time That is especially true for all those vol- together the most important unteers who deliver meals to homebound individuthing Duncan did was reach out to each of the people she delivered a meal Pre-planning ensures that to.

Commentary “I try to provide your wishes are followed, service with a smile,” even after death. she said.

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After realizing the mistake, we circled back to pick up the meal that shouldn’t have been delivered and then once all of the other deliveries were made Duncan picked up a fresh meal for the person who was left off the list by mistake and delivered it on her way home.

It’s that kind of dedication that makes this organization work, from the board of directors, to the people who prepare the meals, to Hill and the drivers. And that was just one of the instances that displayed the level of dedication they all have to the process.

Each of the clients I met during my ride-along were so appreciative of Duncan and the others. “They’re terrific people,� Cindy Moore told me, and she wasn’t the only one to boast about the volunteers who deliver meals. “They are wonderful. They’re always so happy,� Lavern Target Publications/Peggy Hayden Crow said. “They’re beautiful people and I love them all.�

Margaret Duncan stands next to her It was obvious these weren’t just words of gratitude for SUV, which she uses to deliver meals the food. It was for the “service with a smile,� to say the for Valley Meals On Wheels. She has least.

There are six routes delivered by the organization’s volserved on the board of directors for six years, the last two as vice president. unteers each day, 365 days a year, to seniors and others, who for many reasons need a meal brought to their home.

She has been delivering meals on Mon- Some are temporarily homebound by a surgery or injury; days and Thursdays and sometimes some are permanently homebound. Either way weekends for approximately 16 years. the meal is really just a bonus. It’s the daily visit — someone checking in — that makes this such an important part of the person’s day. two clients shared the same first name and had similar last Duncan and I delivered meals to 17 people, names, which made the error understandable. The fact is which is just a drop in the bucket compared to that if not for the dedication and concern Duncan showed the number of meals delivered each month. On in both instances the error may not have been caught and average the program delivers 2,500 meals each

month in Lewiston and Clarkston.

The meals are prepared by the kitchen staff at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston and Hill distributes each route’s bags to the drivers at the dock, which as of late has been an interesting feat with the current construction taking place in that area of the hospital. But they’ve made do with the situation — not letting anything stop the meals from being delivered.

There is always room for more clients. Anyone in Lewiston or Clarkston, including the Clarkston Heights and Lewiston Orchards, needing a meal delivered can call the organization at (208) 799-5767. And of course there is always a need for drivers to volunteer to deliver the meals, which can also be inquired about by calling the number given. All inquiries can also be made in writing to Valley Meals On Wheels, P.O. Box 1711, Lewiston, ID 83501 or via email to valleymeals@aol.com.

Cost for a hot meal delivered daily is $3 per day; to have a sack lunch included is $1 more. There is also the option of having a pint of milk delivered with your meal for 25 cents. ď ˇ Hayden may be contacted at phayden@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2243.

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But let’s get down to what’s really important: What do I want the baby — my first grandchild — to call me?

Not Grandma. That moniker is quaint and oldfangled — and I am neither. No, in true boomer fashion I want my grandmother name to be fun, cool, inventive — or at the very least, not frumpy.

And I’m in good company.

Susan Sarandon said recently she wants her new granddaughter to call her Honey. “My hairstylist said it’s a Southern thing, and I thought, that’s kind of fabulous,” the actress told the

New York Times.

Blythe Danner, sexy grandma to Gwyneth Paltrow’s kids, goes by Lalo. And Goldie Hawn has reportedly been called both Glam-ma and Gogo by her grandkids.

I conducted an informal survey that confirmed the trend: Out of 20 current or prospective grandparents I polled, only three said Grandma and Grandpa are their go-to names. Others want to be called Granna, Nani, Bobo, G-Ma, GeeBee, Mimi, Meema, MorMor and (my personal favorite) MyTina. Male options include GrandDude, G-Dawg (no, I am not making this up), WillPa, FarFar, Poppy and Pappy. Can Sneezy and Grumpy be far behind?

Right now, I’m leaning toward Granny for my own nickname. It’s so old-fashioned it sounds fresh again, like naming a baby Henry or Nellie.

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24 4 own terms, continued from page 19 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that lack of awareness is the most common reason people cite for not having written instructions prepared in advance.

Denial is at play too.

“People go into a mode of thinking — and are encouraged to — that ‘if I just apply enough technology I will survive it,’ ” said Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Denver group Compassion & Choices. They even continue “In that mode of thinking when it’s perfectly obvious they are actively dying.”

Doctors also avoid such talks.

Some physicians incorrectly believe patients don’t want to discuss death. Others pass the buck, believing it’s some other doctor’s responsibility to have the discussion.

These talks take time and can be emotional. “Doctors are human and they bring to the table a lot of their own emo-

golden times tions about death and dying, and these can be very difficult conversations to have,” said Dr. Glenn Braunstein, vice president of clinical innovation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

A report by the Institute of Medicine stated medical and nursing education fails to orient health-care providers toward less aggressive forms of end-of-life care, and many providers simply lack the communication skills needed to have these conversations.

Also, the report noted, providers are still largely paid to deliver more services, rather than fewer — even when treatment is futile.

Experts offer recommendations for putting end-of-life plans in place and what needs to be considered. ● Open up the lines of communication: Frequent conversations about endof-life goals between doctors and patients are essential if unwanted treatment is to be avoided, experts say.

“When people fail to plan for the worst, often they find themselves in a struggle to avoid an imminent and inevitable death that ends up causing an enormous amount of suffering for them and for their family members,” Coombs Lee said. ● Insist on shared decisionmaking: End-of-life conversations should be part of shared decision-making between a patient and his or her doctor, Braunstein said. ● Talk about comfort care: Conversations should include discussions about your various treatment options, including palliative care, which emphasizes a patient’s physical and emotional comfort. Braunstein said palliative care should start well before a patient is terminally ill.

Also important is to talk about hospice care — treatment when you are no longer attempting to prolong your life but rather focusing on staying comfortable and managing pain in your final days.

MOND A Y, DE C EM B E R 1 , 2 0 1 4 Research suggests people who receive palliative and hospice care may live longer than ill patients who don’t. ● Select an agent: a family member or close friend to serve as your health-care agent. This should be the person you most trust to represent your best interests and who will make sure your wishes are respected and carried out. Your agent can’t be your doctor. ● Establish an advance care directive: These directives for your last days are legal documents. They allow patients to

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