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June 2026 … by Kathie Morgan One-Armed Angler of Lois Dies James “Jim” Royal died on March 16 after a brief illness. Born in Missouri, he attended school at Heald College. A dis gured arm made him ineligible for military service. He had a career as a draftsman. Married twice, he had two sons, Dave and Dale.

He lived on Lois Ave for about 30 years.

He loved shing and the centerpiece of his living room was an enormous (13-14 lb) black bass that he caught from the banks at Lake Folsom.

He was a wonderful man, a good friend, and a great storyteller. We will miss hm.

Inspiration Art is life seeking itself. It is our intractable expression of love for the beauties, ideas and epiphanies we regularly nd.

– Vincent van Gogh

Senior Jeopardy: Ad Slogans Name the products/services with these advertising slogans– 1. The ultimate driving machine. a. BMW, b. Craftsman cordless drill, c. Volkswagen 2. What’ll you have …? a. Blue Ribbon Classics ice cream, b. Blue Ribbon cleaning service, c. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer Write Your Story 3. The world's greatest artists are on a.

Have you always wanted to write a Hallmark Cards, b. Sistine Chapel, c. Victor memoir? Fortunately we have a memoir- Red Seal records. writing group for seniors that meets in our 4. ___ will clean your whole house and clubhouse every Thursday from 10 am to ever ything that’s in it. a. Luz House noon. Please call to join.

Cleaning, b. Mr Clean. c. Pine-Sol Edna Fogarty, 707/303-517 Senior Jeopardy: Men in Song 1. In a poem by Edward Lear, who eloped with Pussycat in a beautiful pea-green boat?

2. Who ghts to the nitch ‘cause he eats his spinach?

3. Who called the feather in his cap “macaroni”?

4. Where was the king in Mother Goose counting out his money?

Crafts in the Clubhouse Crafting continues at the clubhouse on Sundays.

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clocks were striking thirteen. each to buy a copy of the group picture. ― George Orwell, 1984 “Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, “There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,” or “That's Michael, Quotable Quotes He's a doctor.”

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics A small voice at the back of the room show that the people who have the most rang out, “And there's the teacher. She’s birthdays live the longest.” - Larry dead.”

Lorenzon "I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything A teacher was giving a lesson on the until noon. Then it’s time for my nap." - Bob circulation of the blood. Trying to make the Hope matter clearer, she said, “Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood would run into Child’s Play it, and I would turn red in the face.”

One day a little girl was watching her “Yes,” the class said. mother wash the dishes at the kitchen sink, 'Then why is it that while I am standing when she noticed that her mother had upright, the blood doesn't run into my feet?' several strands of white hair sticking out in A little fellow shouted, “Cause your feet contrast on her brunette head. ain't empty.”

She asked, “Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?” Fair Play Her mother replied, “Well, every time Bill and his wife Blanche went to the state that you do something wrong and make me fair every year, cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.”

And every year Bill would say, “Blanche, The little girl thought about this I'd like to ride in that helicopter.” revelation for a while and then said, Blanche always replied, “I know, Bill, but “Mummy, how come ALL of Grandma's hairs that helicopter ride is fty bucks. And fty are white?” bucks is fty bucks!”

One year Bill and Blanche went to the The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them fair, and Bill said, "Blanche, I'm 85 years old.

If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.”

To this, Blanche replied, "Bill, that helicopter ride is fty bucks, and fty bucks is fty bucks " The pilot overheard the couple and said, "Folks, I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny!

“But if you say one word it's fty dollars."

Bill and Blanche agreed and up they went.

The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.

He did his daredevil tricks over and over

Classmates?

I was sitting in the waiting room for my rst appointment with a new dentist, when I noticed his diploma, which had his full name.

Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on way back then?

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Analy High school.

“Yes. Yes, I did,” he gleamed with pride.

“When did you graduate?” I asked.

“In 1967. Why do you ask?”

“You were in my class!” I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely. Then that ugly, old, bald, wrinkled, fat, gray-haired man asked, “What did you teach?”

Listen for Help “The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.” ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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When they landed, the pilot turned to Bill and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't.

I'm impressed!"

Bill replied, "Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Blanche fell out. But you know, fty bucks is fty bucks!”

– From the les of Claudine Ridenour

vacation, visit by loved ones or any other news, or an announcement, a joke, a poem or a riddle, please get in touch with me, your park reporter Kathie Morgan.

Call me at 707/483-0986, drop it o at the o ce, or e-mail me at shrap@sonic.net on or before the 10th of each month. Or drop me something when you drop o your rent check. I cannot do this without your contributions.

Bob's your uncle It's a catch phrase dating back to 1887, when, in a blatant case of favoritism, British Prime Minister Robert Cecil (a.k.a. Lord Salisbury) decided to appoint his nephew Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive post of Chief Secretary for Ireland.

So "Bob's your uncle" is another way of saying "your success is guaranteed."

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Hat’s O to Otto!

“He was stationed at CG Stationeries Diamond Head.” Thus was a Coast Guard hero and Pearl Harbor Survivor transformed into a clerk in a stationery store. I actually saw that I had typed “he was stationed at CG Station Diamond Head,” but I saw a swirl and then Otto typed Stationeries while I watched, fascinated, like Belshazzar watched the “Writing on the Wall.”

Yesterday Otto (Otto Korrect, my email monitor) inserted himself into a brief note: “I wish I had known that they were at the Otto of the page,” swapping in Otto for bottom. The nerve!

For some time now I have saved my favorite korrections to share with you.

Number One in my book: Go nd a lace topiary. Go nd a place to park is what I intended.

So I have selected some of my most bewildering and set them into paragraphs. Keep in mind that they are not a story, and they are not even om the same emails. What I intended to send appears in order below that.

1Welcome anode! You are a piece!

1Welcome aboard! You are a prince!

2Is some one pulling oarless?

2Is some one pu ing our legs?

3I don’t know if you heard Justin Bond when he washers.

3 I don’t know if you heard Justin Bond when he was here.

4 Clearly he had never seen me refrain his life.

4 Clearly he had never seen me before in his life.

5 I asked Dan if he has a list outhouse with special needs.

5 I asked Dan if he has a list of those with special needs.

6 Who sent me that about a montage?

6 Who sent me that about a month ago?

Senior Jeopardy: Ad Slogans The products/ser vices with these advertising slogans were – 1. The ultimate driving machine. a.

BMW 2. What’ll you have …? c. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer 3. The world's greatest artists are on c.

Victor Red Seal records.

4. ___ will clean your whole house and everything that’s in it. b. Mr Clean Senior Jeopardy: Men in Song 1. The owl eloped with Pussycat in a beautiful pea-green boat, taking some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a vepound note.

2. Popeye the sailor man ghts to the nitch ‘cause he eats his spinach. The show’s theme song, “Popeye the Sailor Man,” was written by Sammy Lerner in 1933.

3. Yankee Doodle called the feather in his cap “macaroni,” which was the term used at that time for fancy overdressing.

4. The king in Mother Goose counted out his money in the counting house.

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1. “Welcome” site 4. ___ Today 7. “___ la la!”

8. Heirloom location 10. Bruin legend Bobby 11. Bridget Fonda, to Jane 12. Colossus 14. Highest points 17. Livestock pen in southern Africa 18. Norse goddess of love 21. Kind of feeling 23. Billiards bounce 24. “Fantasy Island” prop 25. Tax expert for short 26. Feminine suffix

Down 1. Jersey call 2. Blood carrier 3. Thunderflies 4. Colorado Indian 5. As written

6. Trick taker, often 8. Type of word play 9. Skin problem 13. ___ Rose 15. American symbol 16. Veers 18. TV monitor?

19. Bad-mouth 20. Baseball stat 22. “___ the The headline is a clue to the season ...” answer in the diagonal.

June Sudoku How to solve sudoku puzzles No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.

Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9.

Similarly, each number can only

appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.

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Movies Rated "G"

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Elon Musk

1. What was the name of the girl group led by Rizzo in the musical Grease? aGolden Girls, b-Thunder Chicks, c-Pink Ladies, d-Zip-Gun Angels.

We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars.

Buzz Aldrin

2. Who played scientist Niko Tatopoulos in the 1998 American remake of Godzilla? a-Matthew Broderick, b-Ben Kingsley, c-George Clooney, d-John Cusick.

3. Which actor suffered a fatal heart attack during the filming of Gladiator? a-Oliver Reed, b-William Frawley, c-Tom Baker, d-Redd Foxx.

4. Which actor made his film debut opposite Barbara Stanwyick in the movie Golden Boy? a-Burt Lancaster, b-William Holden, c-Kirk Douglas, d-Victor Mature.

5. What is the longest film to win a Best Picture Oscar? a-Gandhi, b-Giant, c-Gone With the Wind, d-The Greatest Show on Earth.

6. In the movies Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, and Gidget Goes To Rome, three different actresses played the title character. What actor remained true to each, playing Moondoggie? a-Bobby Darin, b-Bobby Sherman, c-Frankie Avalon, d-James Darren.

7. What was the name of the Korean assassin who used his bowler hat as a weapon in the James Bond movie Goldfinger? a-Jaws, b-Short Round, c-Lone Wolf, d-Odd Job. 8. Who played an unhinged mobster named Tommy DeVito in the movie GoodFellas? a-Joe Pesci, b-Ray Liotta, c-Joe Piscopo, d-Anthony Perkins.

9. In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray keeps reliving the same day over and over. What song plays every morning on his radio-alarm clock? a-Little Town Flirt, b-Rock Around the Clock, c-Last Train to Clarksville, d-I Got You, Babe.

10. Who played the husky-voiced best friend of Thora Birch in Ghost World? a-Annette Bening, b-Scarlett Johansson, c-Melanie Griffith, d-Mena Suvari.

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.

Christa McAuliffe There's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.

That's something that is almost part of being human.

Sally Ride It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Jim Rohn Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

Denis Waitley If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think of something appropriate and do it.

Edgar Watson Howe Many of our fears are paper-thin and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

Brendan Francis Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

Ruth E. Renkel Joy is what happens when we realize how good things really are.

Marianne Williamson Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"

Brian Tracy

The Lighter Side

Life's little truths

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you have never tried before.

My idea of housework: Sweep the room with a glance.

Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

Experience is wonderful. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it.

By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.

Answers to Movies Rated "G" 1-c, Pink Ladies 2-a, Matthew Broderick 3-a, Oliver Reed 4-b, William Holden 5-c, Gone With the Wind 6-d, James Darren 7-d, Odd Job 8-a, Joe Pesci 9-d, "I Got You, Babe" 10-b, Scarlet Johansson

June 2026 Calendar

ADOPT-A-SHELTER-CAT MONTH. Web: aspca.org ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH. Web: alz.org.

CATARACT AWARENESS MONTH DEMENTIA CARE PROFESSIONALS MONTH. Web: alzfdn.org.

FIREWORKS SAFETY MONTHS. June 1-July 4. Web: preventblindness.org.

JUNE DAIRY MONTH. Web: nfraweb.org.

NATIONAL OCEAN MONTH NATIONAL POLLINATOR MONTH. NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH. Web: nsc.org.

NATIONAL ZOO AND AQUARIUM MONTH. Web: aza.org PERENNIAL GARDENING MONTH. Web: perennialplant.org

EVENTS

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7, BOONE DAY. Kentucky, celebrating the day in 1769 when frontiersman Daniel Boone first sighted the land that would become Kentucky.

7-13, BED BUG AWARENESS WEEK. Web: pestworld.org.

7-13, NATIONAL BUSINESS ETIQUETTE WEEK. Web: psow.edu.

10, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS FOUNDED: ANNIVERSARY. June 10, 1935. 91st anniversary.

10, MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL. New York, NY. Web: museummilefestival.org.

4-7, WHEEL JAM. South Dakota State Fairgrounds, Huron, SD. Web: wheeljam. com.

11, KING KAMEHAMEHA I DAY. Designated state holiday in Hawaii honors memory of Hawaiian monarch (1737-1819).

4-7, CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL. Millennium Park, Chicago, IL. Since 1984. Web: chicago. gov.

11-14, BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. Manchester, TN. Web: bonnaroo. com.

5, AIDS FIRST NOTED: ANNIVERSARY. June 5, 1981. The CDC described a new illness striking gay men in a newsletter. The virus that causes AIDS was identified in 1983.

More than 700,000 Americans have died of AIDS. Worldwide, more than 40 million have died of AIDS.

14, FLAG DAY

6, NATIONAL TRAILS DAY. First Saturday in June. To encourage hiking and riding. Web: americanhiking.org 6, NATIONAL YO-YO DAY, held on the birth anniversary of Donald F. Duncan (1892-1971), founder of the Duncan Toys Company.

6, BELMONT STAKES. Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY. Since 1867. Web:

20, LONGEST DAM RACE. Fort Peck, MT. A 5K run across Fort Peck Dam. 20, THE MERMAID PARADE. Coney Island, New York, NY. 44th annual. Since 1983.

Web: coneyisland.com.

21, FATHER'S DAY.

8, WORLD OCEAN DAY. Web: worldoceanday.org

4, CORPUS CHRISTI. Roman Catholic festival since 1246 AD.

5-7, CENTRALIA ANCHOR FESTIVAL. City Square, Centralia, MO. Web: centraliamochamber.com.

19-21, NEWPORT FLOWER SHOW. Rosecliff, Newport, RI. 30th anniversary. Theme: "Pearls of Newport." Web: newportmansions.org.

14-20, NATIONAL FLAG WEEK

21, SUMMER SOLSTICE. 21-Sept 22, SUMMER. 21-27, LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. 21-27, WINDJAMMER DAYS. Boothbay Harbor, ME. Web: boothbayharborwindjammerdays.org.

25-28, LITTLE BIGHORN DAYS/CROW NATIVE DAYS. Hardin, MT. Web: thehardinchamber. com.

25-29, SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL. National Mall, Washington, DC. Free admission. Web: festival.si.edu.

26-27, GRANTSVILLE DAYS. Grantsville Park, Grantsville, MD.

15, NATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP DAY. 28, LOG CABIN DAY. Throughout Michigan.

18-21, US OPEN (GOLF) CHAMPIONSHIP. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, NY. Since 1895.

19, JUNETEENTH. Federal holiday. Commemorates the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger proclaimed the slaves of Texas free.

19, WORLD SICKLE CELL AWARENESS DAY. Web: sicklecellsociety.org 19, DALESBURG MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL. Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Vermillion, SD. Celebration of Scandinavian and rural heritage. Web: dalesburg.org.

28, INTERNATIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY DAY. 28-JULY 4, FIREWORKS SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK 29, STRAWBERRY MOON.

Sleep and the senior years: what actually helps

EDITOR'S QUESTION BOX: A question you can ask your readers

Do you remember your first color TV?

In the mid-1950s, NBC began broadcasting in color and introduced the world to a new symbol: a peacock spreading its brilliant feathers across the screen. The network started tacking on an announcement to programs: "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC." For most American families, color television arrived in the late 1960s. It changed everything. Saturday morning cartoons, which children had been watching in black and white, suddenly became vivid and magical. The first time a child saw a color set was an event they never forgot.

Ask your readers: Do you remember the first time you saw a color television? Where were you? What were you watching?

A blood test for Alzheimer's For decades, diagnosing Alzheimer's disease required expensive PET brain scans or a spinal tap. In May 2025, that changed.

The FDA cleared the first blood test for Alzheimer's disease, a simple lab draw that detects amyloid plaques in the brain, the hallmark indicator of the disease. A second approved test can be administered right in a primary care office.

The test is said to be more than 91 percent accurate.

This test is not a treatment. It tells doctors and patients what they are dealing with earlier.

If you are sleeping less than you used to, you are not alone and you are not necessarily doing anything wrong.

According to the National Institute on Aging, sleep changes with age in predictable, biological ways. The deep sleep phases that restore the body become shorter. The internal clock shifts earlier, so seniors tend to feel tired sooner in the evening and wake earlier in the morning. Sleep becomes lighter and more fragmented.

These are normal changes, not signs of disease. The challenge is that the body still needs roughly the same amount of sleep it always did, around seven to eight hours, according to the National Sleep Foundation. The need doesn't shrink, but the ability to get there does.

What helps may surprise you.

Research published in Scientific Reports found that physical activity and social engagement each improve sleep quality in older adults.

The key finding is that both are needed. High activity levels with low social contact, or a rich social life without physical movement, produced weaker results. The combination is what works.

According to research from the NIH, social isolation is one of the strongest predictors of fragmented, poor-quality sleep in seniors.

The practical takeaway is that seniors who sleep best tend to be those moving bodies, and staying connected.

Worrying about sleep is among the least effective ways to get more of it.

You have seen five revolutions!

If you’re around 70, you haven’t just “seen a lot of change.” You’ve basically ridden five revolutions in one lifetime.

First came personal computers. In the early 80s, those beige boxes crept into offices and spare bedrooms, turning typing pools and paper files into screens, and disks. (But who didn't like the IBM Selectric typewriter better than any keyboard?)

Then the internet and the Web arrived in the 90s and quietly blew the walls off the library. Suddenly you could look up anything, email anyone, and fall down rabbit holes without leaving your chair.

Next up: social media. By the mid‑2000s, classmates you hadn’t seen since 1968 were sending you friend requests, your grandkids were posting selfies, and everyone had an opinion about everything, all the time.

Smartphones pulled it all into your pocket. That little rectangle became your camera, map, newspaper, and

photo album. Even people who “don’t like technology” now tap screens dozens of times a day.

And now AI. Artificial Intelligence tools can chat, summarize, brainstorm, and sometimes sound remarkably human.

Compared to earlier eras, that’s a lot. The Industrial Revolution changed where people worked and how stuff was made, but it unfolded over several generations. We’ve had multiple industrial‑scale shifts compressed into a single lifespan. No wonder it feels like history’s been on fast‑forward. We have been here for it all.

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