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VOL. 18 NO. 3 APRIL 2018

My Sister & Tom Jones

…by Michelle Roedell

Would you like to gather with others to discuss topics of interest to the 50+ crowd? Look for this new feature in every issue of Northwest Prime Time, brought to you by AARP Washington and King County Library System. Each month we will feature an article about a “hot topic” of interest to older adults, along with suggested discussion points. The articles will also include resources and support for the topic at hand. This project is modeled after book discussion groups; we envision your gettogethers to be sociable, informative and fun. Perhaps you’re already part of a group or maybe you’d like to form a new one. Meetings can take place at libraries, senior centers, retirement communities, social clubs, churches, group member homes, your favorite local coffee shop or anywhere people may want to congregate on a regular basis. “AARP hopes these conversations will build on our sense of community by bringing people together to connect, share life experiences and speak about issues we all care about,” says AARP

Washington Outreach Director Amanda Frame. “Our goal with this project is to enrich the conversation and start a public dialogue about the future of aging across generations.” Wendy Pender, King County Library System’s Older Adults Program Coordinator, says, “KCLS’ Mission is to ‘inspire people to succeed through ideas, interaction and information’ and our Strategic Focus is ‘to create opportunities through meaningful connections.’ These discussion groups provide a container for those rich connections, the opportunity to sit down with our neighbors and have conversations about things that matter to us all. Each month we’ll highlight programs and services on the topic of the month available throughout KCLS libraries for FREE.” Upcoming discussion topics will be announced in the May issue of Northwest Prime Time. The first topic will explore the latest thinking on housing for older adults, along with a discussion of rising property taxes—and potential relief from the taxes.

streets, housing and transportation options, access to key services and opportunities for residents to participate in community activities. A growing number of Puget Sound area towns and cities are part of the Age-Friendly movement, which means they are actively working to improve their “age-friendliness.” Through the program, AARP works with local officials and partner organizations to focus on

My sister is something. It’s not only that she’s intelligent, funny and witty. It’s more than that she’s such a great mom, a characteristic that carried over into grandma territory. It’s not the fact that she grew up gracing movie-star good looks. Nor is it her unique creativity and style— including a talent for finding the most interesting, stylish articles of clothing ever discovered at the local second-hand stores. I don’t pin it on her fierce independence or riled emotions that can rise quickly. She quelled but never lost the trait that led her, at age twoand-a-half, to proclaim that our twinklyeyed Gramps was a ‘dummy-dope’ as she threw a shoe at him, all because her antics had him guffawing with uproarious good humor. Lately, the wonder that is my sister focuses on her ability to fully enjoy life in the moment…her love of laughter and the zingers she flings about…her deep appreciation for long, intimate discussions... her gift for embracing quirky, humorous and touching stories. It doesn’t hurt that she’s a great audience for my jokes, probably the only one in the world. I can tell her the same stories over and over and still expect a deep belly laugh and snorts of hilarity. My sister has Alzheimer’s. She was diagnosed several years ago at age 65. To me, deep-down she is still the sister I’ve always known even if that’s not quite true anymore. This is infinitely easier for me to say because I’m not the one fighting a daily battle with the disease. It’s not even my sister waging that war—she may or may not know that there is something terribly wrong with her. It’s her husband first and secondly her kids that take up the fight on her behalf. Sadly, it’s a battle they are losing just a little bit more every day. But I’ve got to say, it’s a battle worth fighting. My sister fully enjoys the moments of pleasure and fun that life still affords her. That’s what I focus on. I do help with her care, but not for extended periods. Add into the mix that I am not responsible for how to fund her care, manage her many medical problems, plan for her future and endure the pain, grief, heartbreak, uncertainty and the relentless, maddening frustration

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We want your feedback! We encourage groups to provide input on this ongoing project: • Snap a photo of your group and post it or any comments/questions on AARP Washington’s Facebook page at www. Facebook.com/AARPWA/groups ; or • email your comments and questions to editor@northwestprimetime.com; or • call Northwest Prime Time at 206824-8600; or • send us a note at Northwest Prime Time, PO Box 13647, Seattle WA 98198. PRIZES! • Each group that contacts Northwest Prime Time by email, phone or U.S. mail will be entered to win a $100 gift card to Starbucks so you can splurge on coffee and treats for your next discussion group meeting. • Your group will also be entered to win the grand prize (to be announced) at the end of the year. Each time your group contacts us, it will be entered to win the grand prize (no cost to participate). Limit: one entry per month per group.

What’s in a Name? Age Friendly Best Practices

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Older adults across the nation proudly wore buttons declaring themselves a “Senior Citizen” to demand respect and proclaim to the world that they were still relevant. New programs and services for “senior citizens” were springing up across the country, spurred by the Older Americans Act of 1965. In 1971, Seattle Mayor West Uhlman created a Division on Aging (now the Area Agency on Aging for Seattle and King County), one of the first cities in the country to do

so. He urged local older adults to flex their political muscles and show “a united front of senior power.” There have been many changes since the 1970s’ senior power movement. People are living longer; the numbers of older adults are rising rapidly. This brings challenges and opportunities. Enter a new revolution: AARP’s Network of Age-Friendly Communities. AARP is organizing towns, cities and counties across the nation to become great places for everyone to live easily, equitably and comfortably as they age. AgeFriendly Communities have walkable

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April 2018

The Great Piano Drop of 1968

From WWII to Stealth Bomber

How this local stunt has ties to Woodstock On April place a 28, 1968, 50 week earlier years ago this at Seattle’s month and Eagles more than a Auditorium year before – attendees Woodstock set with a the world on ticket stub fire, a stunt to from the benefit Seattle’s concert counter-culture had free newspaper entry to the the Helix Piano Drop, and publicor you supported radio could pay a station KRAB Country Joe and the Fish were headliners at the $1 cover fee Northwest's Great Piano Drop in 1968, as well took place in to view the as the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter than a field near spectacle. Air Fair a few months later. Sky River was a Duvall. There forerunner of Woodstock, where they also played Stan was rock music Stapp, by Country Joe and the Fish, but writer for the North Central what really captured the crowd’s Outlook, described that afternoon: imagination was the promise of “…as we approached Duvall, a piano being dropped out of a population 455, and witnessed helicopter and smashed on the probably the town’s first major ground. It was advertised as the traffic jam, completely blocking first piano drop in the United the long concrete bridge (the States (and perhaps the world!). one which has replaced the old Last year, Gabriel Spitzer of plank bridge that for many years KNKX public radio interviewed sounded like it was falling down Paul Dorpat, founder and editor of behind you as you drove along), the Helix, about the Great Piano I felt part of a friendly caravan of Drop. Dorpat collaborated on the hippies out on a Sunday lark… event and credits his friend Larry The overall scene was of several Van Over, better known as Jug, as thousand colorfully dressed coming up with the idea. people, in every conceivable outfit Van Over had heard someone from mini-skirts to Amish hats for destroying a piano with sledge the girls, and with men sporting a hammers over the radio. He thought wide variety of beards, long hair dropping a piano from a great height and curly hair.” would be much more satisfying and According to the article, the that his field near Duvall was the old upright piano to be dropped perfect place to do it. had been purchased at St. Vincent The idea was absurd, said de Paul’s for $25. Dorpat, but “we were doing all Dorpat recalls that the sides sorts of strange things. This is of a ravine, with a woodpile at part of what life was about then, the bottom of it that served as the arranging strange parties.” piano’s target, was crowded with The Piano Drop was an add-on 3,000 people. to a benefit rock concert that took The helicopter rose above the

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crowd and dropped the piano in a rather anticlimactic manner. Spectators heard only a mild whump, or, as Stapp described it, “a plomp, with nary a musical note of complaint.” But the crowd was far from disappointed. People took pieces of the debris as souvenirs. Dorpat said the piano’s harp survives to this day in a garage north of town. The Piano Drop was such a success, in fact, that organizers realized they could put together a much larger musical event. “By God, if 3,000 plus people will drive out on a two-lane country road to come to a piano drop in a place they don’t know, given 40 acres and latrines...” mused Dorpat. They knew they could pull it off. Just a few months later, over Labor Day weekend, the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter than Air Fare took place near Sultan. “It’s kind of a miracle that we could get so much done that quickly,” said Dorpat. The rock festival was a roaring success, with 13,000 paid ticketholders and thousands more who snuck in. The festival featured 30 to 40 local and nationally-known bands, including Country Joe and the Fish, Santana, The Grateful Dead, The Youngbloods and many more. Some bands from Sky River (including Country Joe and the Fish – the headliner at the Great Piano Drop) went on to play at Woodstock a year later. In a roundabout way, the Great Piano Drop, which led to Sky River, can probably take a little credit for Woodstock. “Sky River was a nationally important event…We do know that Woodstock organizers were aware of the Sky River Music Festival,” said Dorpat. He goes on to describe that time and that place as “alive, brilliant, charming, strange…it was imagination trying to express itself.” ❖

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Fred Gangl, a WWII veteran and five-year resident of retirement community Wesley Homes Lea Hill, is credited with helping to develop the B-2 Stealth Bomber. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gangl joined the Navy at age 18 and served in WWII. He spent two-and-a-half years in the South Pacific on the USS Blue Ridge, the Appalachian-class command ship of the United States Seventh Fleet and amphibious force. He operated as the quartermaster in assistance to the navigator on the bridge. Gangl was helmsman on the ship that took General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines in the Pacific theater during WWII and helped lead the invasion during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid and Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey were also onboard. By the end of the war, Gangl returned to his hometown of Cincinnati to earn his degree in aeronautical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He also returned to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, Bernadine. Although they went to different high schools, they kept in touch throughout his years in the service. Gangl asked Bernadine to teach him how to ice skate, and shortly after they married in 1946 and had two sons. The couple moved to Dayton, Ohio, where they both worked at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1951. Gangl became an analyst for Technical Intelligence, and his work involved studying Russian and Chinese aircraft activity. Meanwhile, continued on page 18

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Edna and Chris Berger …by Jan Hancock, RSVP Program Coordinator

Meet Edna and Chris Berger. They were married on January 23rd, 1948— or as Edna likes to put it—“on 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.” Edna and Chris Berger In the ensuing 70 years they not only raised their three sons but also fostered 20 children, all the while volunteering wherever there was a need. It is not an overreach to say that if they see something that needs to be done, they do it. In 1994 there was a need for an adult day program that would provide care and a safe place to be during the day for those experiencing dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms, while allowing for a few hours of respite for their caregivers. Edna stepped up and was instrumental in co-developing the program. 24 years on, Edna and Chris are major volunteers with this program, seen as “the glue that holds it together” according to their son, Jerry. The dedication and long hours they put in during the early days allowed it to grow and become what it is today; a thriving and valued social group program that both attendees and volunteers look

forward to participating in three days a week. Leslie Sylvetsky, Program Lead of Senior Social, has this to say; “Chris and Edna are extremely loyal and dependable and bring a super easygoing attitude. They are fun loving, joke-telling , informative and a big help for anything that needs doing. They have no limits on what they are willing to do to be helpful.”

While they ready the room for participants, it is easy to see that the Bergers are in their element. They joke that it, “Gives us a reason to wake up and somewhere to go.” But it is much more than that. Edna and Chris cannot hide the fact that they have a deep connection and commitment to Senior Social. And it is more than evident that the program is richer for their efforts. The Bergers have volunteered with RSVP for 30 years, together providing over 15,500 hours of service to their community and the Mercer Island Senior Social Program. Congratulations and thank you, Edna and Chris!❖ If you would like to fill a need by volunteering, contact RSVP at 206-69467t86 or rsvp@solid-ground.org

In the fall of 1911, the road to Bothell was widened and an asphalt pavement called “Warrenite,” which was invented in 1910 by a retired employee of the Warren Brothers, was laid on the roadbed. This road cost King County tax payers approximately $17,000.00 per mile, or approximately $1.76 per square yard.

Photograph made by Ambrose Kiehl while driving down the narrow dirt road to Bothell, May 26, 1901

Bothell Road paved with Warrenite, May 8, 1912. Photograph by Webster & Stevens.

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How To Wake Up Laughing …Florence Pertheram

One night while getting ready for bed, I noticed some rings I hadn’t worn lately. Idly slipping them on my fingers, an old childhood rhyme began to sing in my head…“with rings on Florence Pertheram her fingers, and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes.” Then I remembered small holiday bells in another drawer and thought, oh why not on my toes as well. The absurd act of “rings on my fingers and bells on my toes” sent me into a fit of giggling. I went to bed that way. When I’d turn over in bed and hear the jingle of bells on my toes, I’d start laughing again. It turned out to be a funny, laughing kind of night. And I woke up laughing, it felt so good. The rest of my day turned out to be unusually happy. I’d be doing some serious work and suddenly the image of bells on my toes would come to me and I’d burst out laughing all over again. I liked feeling that way, began thinking of something funny to wake up to each day. As a result, extraordinary things began to happen. I realized I was a happy person and could make myself happy every day. Work was easier and life didn’t seem quite as serious as it used to be. People would ask, “What are you so happy about?” Soon, I became curious about what would make other people wake up laughing and started asking friends. Some replied blankly, “I dunno.” Others, with a sly grin, said they’d have to think about it. One lady told me she’d wake up laughing if her husband tickled her toes, but she might laugh so hard she’d kick him in the head and

that would make her laugh more. After a little research, I discovered there are many laughing clubs around the world. Members get together in the morning and laugh to start the day. They tell jokes or act purposefully silly. There are doctors who use laughter as therapy for patients. They say, “If you laugh heartedly, you will be healthy, your mind and body will dance with joy and laughter.” For those who would like to wake up laughing, here are a few ideas: 1. When you wake up, your first sound must be a laugh, even a fake one. Not one word until you laugh. Even forced laughter will become real after you hear how crazy you sound. 2. Sleep with your favorite cartoon or joke under your pillow, one that makes you laugh every time. 3. Think of the funniest thing that has ever happened to you or someone else and tell it out loud to yourself the minute you wake up. 4. Wear something funny to bed, part of a costume, or something so totally ridiculous you’ll wake up laughing at how dumb you were to wear it to bed. 5. Have a funny hat to put on your pet when they wake you. 6. Ask your children to plan something funny for your morning laugh. They may love doing this and may surprise you with their creative humor. 7. Take turns with your mate causing each other to laugh upon awaking. This should add a little zest to your love life as well. 8. If you have a TV in your bedroom, have funny CDs cued up. 9. No TV in the bedroom? Have books on humor sitting by your bed waiting for you to wake up. 10. If none of that works, tie bells to your toes. Start your day laughing. It’s the best thing you can do for yourself. ❖

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Consumer Financial Relief …by Cathleen MacCaul, Advocacy Director, AARP Washington

Sixty days and more than 4,000 bills later, Washington State legislators closed this year’s 2018 session. Of the many bills AARP Cathleen MacCaul targeted and focused on, those that help put money back into the hands of consumers were standouts. Relief from some property tax levies, restoration of funding for hearing aids, more money for those living in care facilities, the elimination of credit freeze fees and the defeat of an attempt to reduce homeowner protections are now in the “win” column. Property Tax Progress The fallout of an economic boom and a mandate to fully fund basic education has resulted in an exponential increase in property taxes a scenario that has left many older homeowners on fixed incomes struggling to stay in their family homes. This situation spurred a slew of bills this session aimed at easing the cost burden for distressed homeowners. Many bills show promise, however finding funding to offset tax exemptions requires more investigation. A bill introduced by Representative Pat Sullivan (D-Covington) which addresses local property tax levies made it through this session. The bill is geared towards older adults and disabled persons and gives local jurisdictions the ability to exempt these populations from property tax levies by including tax exemption language in ballot measures. The new law will apply retroactively to King County’s Veterans, Seniors and Human Services levy, as well as any other levies that have been approved by voters in counties with populations more than 1.5 million people and future levies. Hearing Aid Funding Restored Since January 2011, Medicaid patients have had no recourse but to dip into their own pockets to purchase

expensive hearing aids at an average cost of $2,363 per device. Thanks to Senator Barbara Bailey’s (R- Oak Harbor) bill, that obligation ends on January 1, 2019. The legislature has agreed to devote more than $1 million to reinstate hearing aids for adults on Medicaid. In addition to the restored funding, coverage must include a new hearing device every five years including all medical appointments for assessment, fittings, adjustments and auditory training. The benefits of this bill go beyond basic hearing needs. People experiencing hearing loss have a higher risk of depression, social isolation, serious falls and an overall reduced quality of life. Boost in Monthly Personal Needs Allowance Beginning January 1, 2019, residents of care facilities – like a nursing home, adult family home or rehabilitation health center – will see a bump in the amount of money they receive monthly for clothing, personal items and other incidental expenses like a gift or newspaper subscription. Representative Derek Stanford (D- Bothell) helped spur a personal needs allowance makeover. We secured an increase in the monthly amount to $70, consolidated a two-tier allowance amount to only one-tier which pays the same amount across the board and implemented a yearly cost of living adjustment tied to the rate of inflation. Free Credit Freeze Last summer, when Equifax revealed a cyberattack may have affected 143 million people, consumers scrambled to protect their identity. However, proactive Washingtonians face fees up to $60 for that protection – $10 to each credit company and an additional $10 to unfreeze the account. Why should consumers have to pay for someone else’s mistake? Thanks to Senator Mark Mullet (D-Issaquah), SB 6018 and a supportive legislative body, by early

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summer these fees will be a thing of the past. In addition to removing the fee burden, the bill also directs the Office of Cybersecurity, Office of Privacy and Data Protection and the Attorney General’s office to study the impact these fees have on consumers and consumer reporting agencies. Tax Lien Foreclosure Fails In addition to proactive work to pass legislation, AARP Washington spent an equal amount of energy fighting against an attempt to reduce homeowner protections. Under existing law, only a homeowner can recover proceeds from a tax lien foreclosure sale. Senate Bill 6005, backed by banks and third party debt collectors, would have given lienholders the first right to recover proceeds from a tax lien sale, placing the real homeowner at the end of the line. The legislature’s own analysis said, “The bill removes the incentive for financers to come to the table with homeowners to prevent foreclosure. Existing law protects homeowners and the bill hurts those protections.” The bill, which failed in committee, almost was resurrected by placing SB 6005’s language as an amendment into another bill. Fortunately, the amendment was rejected by the legislature. ❖ AARP Washington’s efforts to advocate on behalf of older adults are strengthened by the voice of our members and our state’s older adults. Together we make a difference. Together we work to empower people to choose how they want to live as the age. Find out more about AARP’s work in Olympia and across the state at www.aarp.org/wa.

Dear Auntie, I am 75 and a few months ago, met an acquaintance from my business days. She asked me out for coffee when I mentioned that my wife had passed on and I was lonely. She is 77. We met for coffee and have been dating ever since. She is going to move in with me in a few weeks. Our grown children are driving us crazy. Two have been nasty, in fact. Are we nuts or is it the “kids” who are? -- Almost Happy Man Dear Almost Happy Man, Congratulations! You’re older... she’s older and you’re in LOVE! Auntie has just one concern. Did you sit down and discuss finances and money? Who is going to pay what? Are you planning on separate bank accounts? What about your bequests upon your departures? Do you really want your grown-up children to take each other to court to protest the leavings? If you can tell them that all is handled fairly, things might improve. Now, I am going to be nosy....have you traveled a weekend with each other? Who snores? Who doesn’t want to talk in the morning until they have had coffee? You’re in love. That’s wonderful. But Auntie says, “Discuss” and tell your families that you’ve done it! ❖ Practical, sensible advice with a dash of humor from Dear Auntie’s lifetime of experience. Readers can send their questions to “Dear Auntie” via Northwest Prime Time.

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The 6 Best Foods for Arthritis …by Suzy Cohen

If you have arthritis, you know what to expect every day when you get up in the morning, trying to find a comfortable way to sit, grocery shopping where it’s one painful step in front of the other, difficulty buttoning your shirt. But wouldn’t it be nice to be flexible? Eating certain foods reduces inflammation and pain. But first, here are three food groups you should avoid, since these harm your brain, joints and cartilage: * Anything with artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners. * Genetically modified (GMO) foods because they are so “hardy” they pierce the gut, leaching toxins into your body and poisoning your bloodstream. * Pesticides (organic is better) * Work to cut sugar, refined carbohydrates, alcohol, saturated and trans fats from your diet, and

increase Omega 3 fatty acids. Those sensitive to gluten should avoid it. Now, let’s look at six of the best foods to include in your diet if you have arthritis pain: 1. Organic ginger. Ginger is highly anti-inflammatory. Researchers found that ginger relieves pain in patients with osteoarthritis, helping 63 percent of participants. Another study found that ginger can block the manufacture of inflammatory cytokines in the body. Make tea or grate into meals. 2. Tart cherries. Like blueberries, cherries are rich in a compound called anthocyanin, which gives cherries their deep blue-red hue. A 2013 study found that patients who drink tart cherry juice had improved levels of pain and stiffness from arthritis. It’s known to help with gouty arthritis too. 3. Garlic. Garlic is good for so many health-promoting effects in

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Cherry Coconut Porridge Ingredients

Directions

1.5cups oats 4 tablespoons chia seed 3-4 cups of coconut drinking milk 3 tablepoons raw cacao pinch of stevia coconut shavings unsweetened tart cherries (fresh or frozen) chopped walnuts unsweetened dark chocolate shavings maple syrup

Combine oats, chia, coconut milk, cacao and stevia in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then simmer over lower heat until oats are cooked. Pour into a bowl and top with coconut shavings, cherries, walnuts, dark chocolate shavings and maple syrup to taste.

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Health Matters

www.NorthwestPrimeTime.com 7 Biodegradable sensor could help doctors monitor serious health conditions Scientists at the University of Connecticut are reporting they have created a biodegradable pressure sensor that could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain and other the technology used in this study potentially could be used with other medical conditions before dissolving solid tumors, such as breast, lung and harmlessly in a patient’s body. The small, flexible sensor is prostate cancer. made of medically safe materials Mediterranean Diet Beneficial already approved by the U.S. Food for Older Adults and Drug Administration for use A new analysis of published studies is suggesting that following in surgical sutures and medical implants. It is designed to replace the Mediterranean diet may existing implantable pressure reduce the risk of frailty in older sensors that have potentially toxic adults. The findings, which components. Those sensors must were published in The Journal of be removed after use, subjecting the American Geriatrics Society, patients to an additional invasive indicate that a diet emphasizing primarily plant-based foods, such as procedure, extending their recovery fruits and vegetables, whole grains, time and increasing the risk of infection. legumes and nuts, may help keep Because the new sensor emits a people healthy and independent as small electrical charge when pressure they age. is applied against it, the device also The researchers analyzed could be used to provide electrical evidence from all published studies stimulation for tissue regeneration, examining associations between according to the researchers. Other adherence to a Mediterranean diet potential applications include and development of frailty in older monitoring patients with glaucoma, individuals. Their analysis included heart disease and bladder cancer. 5,789 people in four studies. “We are very excited because “We found the evidence was this is the first time these very consistent that older people biocompatible materials have been who follow a Mediterranean diet used in this way,” said investigator had a lower risk of becoming frail,” Thanh Duc Nguyen, who is an said researcher Kate Walters, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical who is University College London, and biomedical engineering in in the UK. “People who followed a the Institute of Regenerative Mediterranean diet the most were Engineering at UConn Health. overall less than half as likely to The prototype sensor consists of become frail over a nearly four-year a thin polymer film five millimeters period compared with those who long, five millimeters wide and 200 followed it the least.” micrometers thick. The Mediterranean diet may “There are many applications for help older individuals maintain this sensor,” says Nguyen. ❖ muscle strength, activity, weight and energy levels, according to their findings. Walters said further studies John Schieszer is an award-winning national journalist and radio and are warranted to elucidate which parts of the Mediterranean diet may podcast broadcaster of The Medical be providing the biggest benefits and Minute. He can be reached at medicalminutes@gmail.com. what may be the optimal approach.

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New Blood Test for Detecting Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer A new study has found that a simple blood test can identify John Schieszer circulating tumor cells (CTCs) present in the bloodstream and detect colorectal cancer at an early stage. A preliminary study has found the new blood test has accuracy ranging from 84 to 88%. Most prior studies using CTCs have been able to detect late-stage colorectal cancer. However, this is one of the first clinical studies to show that CTCs can be useful for detecting early, more treatable stages of the cancer. CTCs break away from the primary tumor and travel into the bloodstream where they can form new tumors at distant locations. “Our study is important because there is still some reticence among patients to use stool-based tests or have an invasive exam like colonoscopy to detect colorectal cancer,” said lead study author Dr. Wen-Sy Tsai, who is an assistant professor, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. “Our results may point to a solution for people who are reluctant to get an initial screening colonoscopy or are not compliant in returning stoolbased test kits that they get from their doctors.” The authors are currently planning to validate the use of CTC testing in the general population in Taiwan and to conduct studies in the U.S. According to the authors,

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Chair Exercises …by Mark Bryant

This exercise program is for seniors who need to be seated while exercising. If Mark Bryant on the radio you’re using a cane, a walker or you have difficulty balancing, then chair exercises may be just the thing for you. Exercising while seated can be very beneficial, and both aerobics and strength training exercise can be conducted while seated in a chair. Aerobic chair exercises include marching in place while seated while raising the arms to the front, side or overhead. For upper body strength training while seated, include bicep curls, tricep extension and back exercises. Shoulder exercises consist of front raises, side raises and overhead presses. For the lower body, chair squats, leg extension, leg curls, and inner and outer thigh exercises strengthen the lower body. It is important to learn how to do these exercises correctly – join an exercise program for seniors! ❖ Mark Bryant is a Certified Senior Fitness Instructor and offers senior fitness classes at Columbia City Fitness. He’s certified by the American Council on Exercise as a specialist in orthopedic exercise, weight management and fitness nutrition. Mark is now the host of a new radio show, “Fitness Corner” – www. rainieravenueradio.world.

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It’s Easy to be Free …by Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe

I’m wearing jeans and my proletariat blue denim workshirt, as if I just came off the factory floor. My uniform is practical Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe because it’s cheap and conforms with that of most liberal arts students at the nearby University of California. It’s 1968 in Berkeley and I’m on Telegraph Ave, sitting in the smoky haze of The Caffee Mediterraneum. I prefer this roughed-up wooden table on the ground floor near the back because here I can observe my fellow patrons from beneath the overhang of the mezzanine. Tobacco smoke and the aromas of exotic coffees permeate conversations drifting around me. I’m not in The Med today just for the coffee: I’m hunting that elusive philosophical necessity, “The Meaning of Life.” Like all good liberal arts students of the era, I’m deep into reading existentialist novelists. This afternoon I have my nose in something slightly different, André Gide’s novel, The Immoralist. I deplore the protagonist’s activities, but one line glares at me. Gide’s character declares: “To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what do with one’s freedom.” There it is! Between rancid tobacco fumes and the bitter taste of coffee grounds in the bottom of my cup, I have discovered the truth. Freedom is easy, the only problem is what to do with that freedom. I’d broken loose from the social constraints of my strict southern California upbringing when I left for the U. C. campus at Davis, near Sacramento. A veterinary and

agricultural school, Davis was favored by my parents as a place “where a nice girl would meet a nice boy.” Instead, I spent most of my nonstudy time horseback riding for free. If you were a good rider and agreed to exercise the university mares regularly, you had your pick of the ponies for two-hour outings at least twice a week. I socialized a bit. I attended frat parties, and also tried alcohol, forbidden at home. Soon I discovered I disliked both alcohol and the immature frat boys. I continued horseback riding. Two years later I transferred to Berkeley. I thought the curriculum in my major, History, might be more academic there and my eventual degree more widely recognized. In doing so I broke with my dad, who disagreed with my decision largely on the grounds of the radicalism he felt was pervasive on campus. I said, “It’s my choice: if I must, I’ll pay for the rest of my college education by myself, but Berkeley is where I want to be.” In the end, Dad kicked in what he could afford, and we reconciled. Now I was technically free to make all my own decisions, but — as Gide was telling me — the difficult part was to make those choices wisely. Half a century later, do I believe Gide’s declaration still valid? Today I write this in another coffee shop, sipping a latté, contemplating the decisions facing me. My residence has evolved from the cocoon of student life at Berkeley into a cozy retirement. No longer do my parents try to tell me what to do. Now it’s the medical professionals who attempt to direct my life. But some days I resist or rebel. I proclaim my freedom to choose. “It’s my body, my life,” I protest. After a short battle, they shrug and say, “Okay, it’s up to you.” It is easy to be free, you see. The difficult thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom. ❖

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New director of the UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging …by Christine Fleming, University of Washington School of Nursing, de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging

Dr. Basia Belza, an expert in health promotion programs for older adults, has been named the next director of the UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. The de Tornyay Center serves Dr. Basia Belza as a catalyst for promoting healthy aging through its support of research and education. It is a resource for faculty teaching and conducting research in healthy aging, for students passionate about improving care of older adults, and for practicing professionals seeking continuing education and a community of scholars. “My vision for the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging is a vibrant community of faculty, students, alumni, visiting scholars and community members who collaborate on aging initiatives, conduct research, secure funding, train our next generation of leaders, and are welcoming those in and outside the School of Nursing with shared interests and passion,” said Belza. “Together, we can position the de Tornyay Center as a national center of excellence.” Dr. Belza has authored more than 100 scholarly publications

and developed the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) scale. The MAF scale has been translated into 45 languages and used as a fatigue measure in 102 published studies written by investigators from 17 countries. Additionally, she has developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses and served as a mentor for students and visiting scholars studying healthy aging. Dr. Belza joined the UW School of Nursing faculty in 1991. In addition to serving as the Aljoya Endowed Professor of Aging in the School of Nursing, she is also an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health. She has received research and training grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and other agencies. She has served as lead of two inaugural coordinating centers including the Healthy Aging Research Network and the Healthy Brain Research Network (HBRN). The HBRN is charged with developing a research and translation agenda and implementing actions in the Alzheimer’s Disease Road Map. ❖

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Quarterly Special Section

Retirement & Assisted Living Communities

Is it time to consider a move? Four times each year each year Northwest Prime Time brings you our Retirement & Assisted Living Communities Guide. As the experts say, even if you are healthy and active and don’t foresee a move anytime soon, planning ahead will maximize your options. See our featured retirement housing listings on pages 12-13

Worry-Free Housing …by Billy and Akaisha Kaderli

We have the best of both worlds. Billy and I often leave the U.S. for months at a time to visit exotic locations. We set up a home-base on the other side of the globe and settle into the local community. Then, due to visa restrictions or a desire to see family and friends once again, we return home to America. We are able to live this footloose life with comfort and ease, and without breaking the bank. Although our choice may not fit everyone’s idea of The Perfect Domicile, it works spectacularly well for us. We live in an active adult community. These culturally-rich, lowmaintenance enclaves are springing up all over our nation as well as in exotic locations such as Panama, Mexico and Thailand. There are many reasons why we choose this style of living: value

for money spent; lots of activities, amenities and neighborhood involvement; clean environment, manicured gardens; release from the burden of high property taxes; savings on home owners’ insurance; savings on transportation; no or low maintenance costs; safety. This arrangement frees us up to roam the world but maintain a homebase. We live in a 50+ manufactured home village, but there are lots of options in retirement housing from basic costs to spending a lot. Most communities have a long list of amenities, such as activity directors, organized social clubs, music and dancing, computer center with free WiFi, fitness rooms and classes, some offer spas, swimming pools and pickle ball or tennis courts. Add in billiard halls, card rooms, libraries, sewing rooms, libraries, opportunities for continuing

education and in-house performances. Some independent living communities offer full meal service and an upgrade to assisted living when you need it. We live close to both college and professional sports arenas, have world-class shopping nearby and an international airport for quick getaways. Living where we do gives us extraordinary value. We have chosen to buy our manufactured home but lease the land. Some challenge us: “Don’t you feel at the mercy of rent rising without your control?” An excellent question, but many people don’t realize how expensive it is to own a home. So much of the costs seem hidden or taken for granted: maintenance, rising property taxes, home-owners insurance to name just a few. Our lease has increased, but it is still a great value for all of the amenities included. For us, not owning the property itself loosens up thousands of dollars a year for other activities such as travel, gifts for the grandchildren or pursuing hobbies. The responsibility for maintaining

the property does not belong to us. We don’t worry if the pool heater breaks down, if a piece of equipment needs replacing or when to update the lounge chairs. We don’t maintain the gardens and trees—it’s all taken care of. Safety is an important factor. I don’t fret about my personal safety here. When Billy recently took a trip, I chose to stay at home. One morning I found myself awake at 3:30am. At 4, I decided to take an early morning walk. I felt completely safe, and it never crossed my mind to feel otherwise. In fact, I met other neighbors who were walking their dogs waiting to catch the sunrise. Having the familiarity of neighbors close by is comforting. Why not open your mind to the options that are available to you at this time in your life? The communities to choose from will certainly expand your social horizons. ❖ Billy and Akaisha Kaderli have written The Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement and Your Retirement Dream IS Possible.

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November 5, 2018. Applications must be submitted through AARP.org/ CommunityChallenge. Universal Design Universal Design creates space and products that all people at every stage in life and ability can use. Examples of Universal Design include threshold-free entry doors and showers (easy to enter, no stairs), grab bars in showers, wide doorways and hallways to accommodate wheelchairs, a drawer dishwasher (more easily accessed), handles on cupboards instead of knobs on cupboards (easier to use with limited dexterity), adequate task lighting. Outside doors have lever handles instead of door knobs. For additional information about Universal Design, visit www. universaldesign.com.

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Alternative Housing for Seniors ...by Kirk Vaux

It has recently been traditional housing. Local brought to my attention companies, like Carriage during one of my monthly Houses Northwest, offer presentations that traditional different house models retirement living might not to choose from, each be right for everybody. Many mounted on a heavy-duty of today’s seniors are more steel trailer. Base pricing free-spirited and are certain ranges starts at around to flourish in one of the non$37,000 and, depending traditional living situations on upgrades, can go well available for older adults. over $100,000. Check out These housing options are thetinylife.com/what-isstarting to gain a “toe hold’ the-tiny-house-movement in the minds of retirees in Quimper Village in Port Townsend is the region’s first 55+ co-housing for information on the Western Washington. While community, photo courtesy of the Port Townsend Leader Tiny House lifestyle. the alternatives described below Senior Co-Housing – Senior are certainly not for everyone, having Northwest, including five in Seattle co-housing is not your parents’ some knowledge on each will prepare and one currently being developed hippie commune! Typically, it is an in Bellevue. For more information: you for when the right time arrives to intentional community of private www.vtvnetwork.org downsize. homes clustered around shared Tiny Houses – This senior Virtual Village - A virtual space. Each home has traditional housing option amounts to living village is not a place, it’s a plan, a amenities, including a private in a small, semi-custom-made home community, a support system and kitchen, baths and bedrooms. that can be moved from location to an extended family. Seniors using Residents agree to participate in location (similar to an RV), or you this strategy will typically stay put in the management, maintenance and can find a permanent spot to “park” their current home. They will pay a cultivation of the community for a your home. Seniors participating yearly fee to a membership-driven, pre-determined number of hours per in the “tiny house movement” are grassroots non-profit organization month. This type of living cultivates doing so for many reasons, including to gain access to resources and a culture of sharing and caring while affordability. They’ve made a social connections that help them providing a balance of privacy and decision on what’s most important age in place, such as inclusion in community. The Northwest has to them and built their life and special events, rides to doctor’s several co-housing communities, but home to focus on those priorities. appointments and errands, household Quimper Village in Port Townsend By committing to this lifestyle, they task completion and technology is specifically a 55+ community. This eliminate a lot of obligations and assistance. There are numerous recently completed community of time-wasters that come with more virtual villages in the Pacific 28 homes is fully occupied. For more

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Good Housekeeping …by Dick Wolfsie

Mary Ellen was frantic. We were expecting a special guest, and I had never seen her so meticulous about tidying the house — not counting, of course, the days before Nettie, our housekeeper, comes. Actually, Nettie had just been here to clean two days earlier. Mary Ellen originally wanted her to come just a few hours before our important visitor arrived, but the timing didn’t work out. So when Nettie heard that our guest wasn’t due for almost 72 hours, she had a very fair question for Mary Ellen: “Is Dick going to a hotel for three days?” Mary Ellen thought that was pretty funny, and the two of them had a good time trading stories about my messiness: “How does he get so much toothpaste on his bathroom mirror?” asked Nettie. “Or potato chips under his pillow?” asked Mary Ellen, doubled over in pain, laughing. “I bet you’ve never seen that before!” “And silverware under the dresser?” added Nettie, almost in tears. For the next three days, I was not allowed to cook anything or walk in the house with my shoes on. I could take showers, but I had to squeegee the glass doors each time. Oh, and by the way, I still had no idea who was coming. It was a secret. “I feel like we are adopting a child and Social Services is coming to inspect us,” I said. “I don’t have time to discuss this,” Mary Ellen responded. “I need to decide what kind of songs to play while Brad is here.” She said to our Amazon Echo: “Alexa, play music to make the house look expensive.” Aha! So it was Brad, our real estate agent. He was coming to

determine how to market our home to sell it, and to give us a ballpark estimate of its value. The ballpark I’m talking about is probably more like a little league field than Yankee Stadium. “Now when Brad arrives, do not to refer to downstairs as the basement or the cellar: please call it our lower level,” Mary Ellen instructed. “And let’s get an appointment with an electrician. With the hall light switch, you have to push down to turn the lights on. Who would want to live in a house like that?” Then Mary Ellen asked me to remove some of the awards I have received over the years from the walls of my office. “It makes you look a little self-congratulatory. Not the image we want to present.” “But I’m pretty proud of those honors,” I reminded her. “Okay, you can keep a few up, but the one that says “Class Clown, Class of ’65” needs to go. Brad assessed the house and made a few suggestions to improve its appeal. As he was leaving, he gazed out the bay window that overlooks a densely wooded area. Just a few yards from our house was an entire family of deer. Brad snapped a picture, knowing this would be a great selling point for wildlife lovers. Mary Ellen grinned as Brad commented about the idyllic scene. Could my wife possibly have arranged that? I knew she was good, but who knew she was that good? ❖

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Consumer smartphone technology setup to continues to universal invade our remote-control lives. But programming. whether you’re It’s amazing simply trying how many to access your things in our email, set up a homes now wireless printer include a or store your computer chip photos on the and a screen – web, it’s not and that can Peel Tech’s team of technicians are familiar with the always as easy complicate needs of seniors as you’d hoped. things.” One local company is standing Peel Tech’s team of technicians by to help. are more familiar with the needs Peel Tech, founded by Seattle of seniors than other tech help native and CEO Brock Reed, businesses. In fact, Peel Tech is an in-home concierge-style has formed partnerships with a tech support company that helps number of Seattle-area retirement consumers manage the intensifying communities to help residents demands of technology, from the whenever they need it. seemingly simple to the most So where did the idea come from? complex. Customers can call, email “After a particularly intense but or send an inquiry to the company all too common round of calls from and receive a response within 30 family and friends with technologyminutes or less. And in many cases, related questions, I realized that I they’re able to have an in-home had become a de facto Information or remote web visit by a Peel Tech Technology guy,” comments Reed, technician to address the problem “with an impossibly long list of the same day. projects. Right then, I knew I’d This month, the company reached my limit and that there opened its first retail storefront were probably lots of other people where customers of any age can out there feeling overwhelmed by bring in their device or technology technology.” product to get immediate in-person And Peel Tech was born. support, a quick tech tip or one-onPeel Tech’s technicians can one classes. The store is located at address almost any consumer 1500 Westlake Avenue North in tech issue or project, but most Seattle, with plenty of parking. importantly, they do it with patience “We work with a lot of seniors and a smile. Reed prioritizes the who may have never sent an email, customer’s experience above all and so in addition to helping them else and expects his company’s solve problems we are looking to tech support to be as efficient and educate them so that they can pleasant as possible…and to give the enjoy their technology more,” gift of technology. ❖ explains Reed. “Our projects are all For more information, visit peel.tech or call across the map, from data storage 866-702-7335. to PC software updates and from

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The ongoing life-affirming adventures of Rose and Dawn

The Funny Side of Life

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Life Ruminations over Hummus Dip

…by Sy Rosen

…by Diana Couture

Okay I admit it; I read the obit section every morning. I want to see who I’m doing better than. And more importantly, I want to make sure I’m not in it. Sy Rosen The obits also do a good job describing and recounting the lives of the recently departed. I know this is going to sound strange, but it gives me a chance to know these people, who I never met in life, and say goodbye. Yeah, I’m getting a little weird but don’t worry, it gets worse. A week ago, I turned to the obits and there was nobody listed. Nobody in the city had died. This was amazing. I had never seen this before. Oh my gosh, I hoped this was a trend. It reminded me of that old movie On Borrowed Time. Gramps, played by Lionel Barrymore, traps Death (Mr. Brink) in an apple tree and nobody will die unless they touch the tree or Mr. Brink. However, Gramps eventually sets Death free. The whole thing got me thinking: First off, what was the matter, Gramps? Of course don’t let Death go – keep him in that tree. The fresh air will do him good. My second thought was that maybe Gramps knew what he was doing. Maybe there are both pros and cons to

perks of being

“Over the Hill” • There is nothing left anymore to learn the hard way. • Your investment in health insurance is finally paying off. • You can quit trying to hold in your stomach no matter who walks into the room. • You can sing along with elevator music. • Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the guy on the television.

Have it all, all in one day.

living forever. Anyway, here’s what I came up with: • If everyone lived forever the world will become overpopulated. People will be squeezed together, living on top of each other. Okay, I know that’s bad but with all that close contact my Cousin Sarah will finally meet a man good enough for her. • As I get older and older my turkey neck will have a turkey neck, my brown spots will have brown spots, my hair will disappear, and my body will sag and stoop. On a positive note, my eyesight will also be going so I won’t notice these things. • You will have to be 65,000 years old to get social security – which I think would make some politicians very happy. • I will finally be able to get tickets for Hamilton. • My bellbottoms, tinted glasses and Nehru jacket will finally be back in style. On the negative side, my bellbottoms, tinted glasses and Nehru jacket will be back in style. • I will have to go to thousands of family gatherings and will have to come up with thousands of excuses as to why I can’t lend my Cousin Murray any more money. • I will have to listen to 12,000 more Meryl Streep Oscar acceptance speeches. • I may finally finish Moby Dick and Ulysses. I’m not sure if that’s a pro or a con. • By the time I’m a thousand years old I will probably be going to the bathroom 400 times a night. • I will have great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren, which of course is fantastic but will also mean that I will be reading a lot of My Little Pony books. After considering all the pros and cons of living forever, the thought occurs to me that maybe there’s a point in your life when it’s time to leave this earth. You’ve seen enough. You’ve done enough. Maybe there’s something else beyond this life, something joyful and peaceful, and it’s better to move on… Nah, I’d still choose to live forever. ❖

Today we find Rose and Dawn having a lovely Greek lunch at Zorba’s in North Seattle. Both women are enjoying the spanikopita, the hummus dip and the view. Yes, the man of their dreams works behind the counter of the Greek deli. His long-ish white hair curls around his ears, his piercing green eyes occasionally scan the lunch crowd and a blinding, shining smile sometimes comes right towards Rose’s and Dawn’s table. The girls giggle nervously as they both grab for the same piece of pita bread. “Rose, I swear we turn into two high school girls when we come into this place. What is it about Zorba that makes us act this way?” Dawn asked while sneaking a glance at the handsome man bent over the skewer with a sharp knife. “It’s sex appeal, Dawnie. Simple as that. It’s what keeps the species going. If it weren’t for women appreciating the square jaw line of a handsome man or the slight curl of a full upper lip, there wouldn’t be much of a civilization, if you get my drift. “Oh, I get your drift, all right, Rose. But I think this conversation has just gotten a little ‘X’ rated.” Both of the girls began laughing; they had to put down their cutlery and grab a napkin to contain their laughter tears and their mouths full of pita. “I swear that food tastes better after a good laugh,” Rose offered. Dawn agreed and looked across at her friend expecting a smiling face, but noticing a bit of a worried-looking face. “Rose, is there something you’re wanting to tell me? I’ve noticed that you’ve had a furled brow all through this lunch, even through the funny parts.” Rose pushed her plate away and dabbed her lips with her napkin. She looked straight at Dawn and said, “Do you wake up in the middle of the night and listen to the creaks and moans that your house makes, Dawnie?” It was now Dawn’s turn to push away her dish, but not before the last bite of spanikopita. “What a strange thing to ask. But I guess if I think about it, I do that very thing. I wake up in the early hours long

before anyone in my household is awake and I listen to the noises. They’re quite comforting, now that you mention it.” Rose nodded and took a sip of water. “Dawnie, I think I’m ready to listen to some new noises in the middle of the night. I’ve decided that my house is just too big for me and I’m thinking about making a major change in my life.” Dawn nearly choked when her friend dropped this bomb. “Changes? What kind of changes? Nothing too drastic. They say a widow shouldn’t do anything too major in her life for the first few years after her husband’s death. Don’t be too hasty, Rose.” A smile crept on to Rose’s concerned face. “Dawn, John has been gone for more that 15 years. I think we could safely say that this decision is not coming from a grieving, recently widowed woman.” Both women sighed at the same time thinking about John and what a huge loss it had been for Rose when he died. “Well, what are you thinking?” Dawn posed as carefully as she could. “I think the term these days is ‘downsizing’. I’m thinking of downsizing.” Rose responded. “Maybe you could just sell a few of the things you have stored in the basement and call it good, huh? Nothing major about that,” Dawn replied. “Yes Dawn, I’ll be doing lots of that but, in addition, I think I should find a smaller living space, one with fewer steps and a smaller yard. Maybe even no yard at all!” “What about your roses, Rose? I mean really, they’re like prize-winning roses. Who will tend to them the way you do?” Dawn was holding in tears as she spoke those words. “Let a new generation of gardeners find joy in the flowers just as I have over the last 50 years. Maybe I could find a place that has a rose garden tended by someone else that I could overlook? That would be a wonderful reward for garden-tending for 50 years.” Rose said pointedly. Silence fell over the lunch table. Even when Zorba himself came to clear the dishes and offered a free piece of baklava, the girls could hardly muster a blush or a giggle. ❖ To Be Continued…

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Fun with Feathered Friends ...by Len Elliott

Across 1. “____ bird…” (cry upon sighting Superman): 2 wds. 5. Mas’ mates 8. Baltimore Oriole complement 12. Cuss word coverer 13. Got ____ deal (was cheated): 2 wds. 15. Spots in the ocean: Fr. 16. TV station, e.g. 17. “Portnoy’s Complaint” author 18. Predatory seabird (reversal of the plural of another seabird) 19. Red-breasted lawn boppers enjoyin’ the sun? 22. Ending for lemon or lime 23. Prompt, on stage 24. Breakfast side 27. Andean avian living unit? 31. Attended: 2 wds. 34. Close by 35. Louisville Cardinal student URL ending 36. One-time New York City cardinal 37. Harvest leftovers from the main harvest 39. Impudent one 40. Beach bum’s color 41. With little fat 42. Gawk at 43. University of Oregon bench warmers? 47. Innocent in the ways of the world

48. ____ generis (unique) 49. College student’s stat: abbr. 52. 1965 hit for the “Birds?” 56. Flyer to Israel: 2 wds. 59. To date: 2 wds. 60. Out, as at work: 2 wds. 61. Chaucer offering 62. Plastic building block 63. Wear away, gradually 64. Fired 65. Skylark or Falcon, e.g. 66. If this is your last entry, you are ____! Down 1. War work by Homer 2. Concise, as language 3. Search for 4. Peach-like fruit 5. Just missed making a birdie 6. Ending for buck 7. Choir voices acronym 8. Maxima maker 9. Sort 10. Unused: Ger. 11. Federal law that protects plants and animals: abbr. 12. Ali ____ (fabled woodcutter) 14. Poet Walt 20. Type of buoy 21. “The Maltese Falcon” film genre 25. Tuscan hill town 26. Henry VIII’s house 27. Fire 28. Upright: 2 wds. 29. “The Crying Game” actor Stephen

solution on page 18

30. Trumpet insert 31. Drys’ opponents 32. Once more 33. Mr. Claus 37. Rank above “bird” colonel 38. Fall behind 39. Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.: abbr. 41. Exist 42. Hurt one’s knee, in a way 44. Named, as a book 45. “I have no ____ it.” (unneeded): 2 wds.

46. Nasty mutt 49. ____ in years (age): 2 wds. 50. Group of lions 51. Singer Murray known for “Snowbird” 53. Brief period of time: abbr. 54. Frat party garment 55. Bull, in Bilbao 56. Pilot’s guess: abbr. 57. Not strict 58. The “A” in IPA

Bird of the Name ...by Len Elliott

Each of the clues leads to a person (real or fictitious) whose last name is that of a bird. Initials are given for each person as a hint. For example, Professional golfer now on the Champions Tour (TK): Tom Kite. 1. Architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London (CW). 2. Lawyer in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (AF). 3. Singer once engaged to Lance Armstrong (SC).

THE END OF THE HUNT They always hid so I chained them up; Peacefulness has filled my cup. They dangle now around my neckMy glasses at my call and beck. -- Pat D’Amico

4. Captain portrayed by Johnny Depp in many “Pirates” films (JS). 5. First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (JJ). 6. Character played by Jodie Foster in “The Silence of the Lambs” (CS). answers on page 14

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Scenes from Childhood

April 2018

Writing Corner

The Last Generation of True Kids

More about Reading

…by Gretchen Houser

Recently, a student mentioned that her teenaged granddaughter, who writes prolifically, does not read much. The grandmother was quite Ariele M. Huff concerned that the absence of reading would keep the girl from being a good writer. Since I just did a column on my voluminous reading in young years and how I feel that helped me to be a better editor and teacher, it seems likely that I’d agree with my friend. However, I do not. In fact, I relate to her sixteen-yearold grandchild because it was somewhere around her age (I married at 19) that I became far less able to read for pleasure. Yes, my career still keeps me reading a lot—client and student work, research and other informational materials. Certainly, all of that (which includes fiction and poetry, as well as what seems like thousands of pages about Medicare) and the rare recreational book or magazine does add to my writing awareness, infrequently brings some bit of new understanding. But I have known for many years that my novels, articles and poetry are even more influenced by other things. The list includes movies, television, radio, songs and commercials. Beyond

I’m not sure kids get to be real kids today, not like when I was growing up in the 50s with freedom to roam neighborhoods and explore the world to our heart’s content. Unafraid of germs and deadly bacteria, we shared popsicles and sometimes ate without washing our hands. I’m lucky that my grandchildren live in a home where imaginative play is encouraged. I’m such a kid The author’s grandkids know how to be kids myself that all this comes naturally. They’re also fortunate that they live in a wider world than I tried to suppress a smile, my heart most, having an Austrian father and an soaring. “Buckle your seat belts please.” Oma on the other side of the pond. They scuttled to their seats as I took One afternoon, I announced we my place in the first chair and barked were flying to Austria, and they accepted out instructions in my deep pilot voice. it as matter-of-fact gospel as if we were “We’re roaring down the runway, one simply setting off for the playground to minute until takeoff.” take a ride on a slide. The perfect plane: When I glanced back, their eyes four dining room chairs, lined up one were glued to the dining room window behind the other in front of a picture as though at any moment, the world window. would whiz past, fast. I bounced up and I was the ticket taker, the stewardess down on my chair, and they followed and the pilot, although there was some suit. Since they were holding onto the dispute about how I could be all three. backs of each other’s chairs, it honest to “Look,” I said as I goodness felt like we were pulled three official-looking about to take flight. documents from my All too soon, they cavernous purse. Before I wanted snacks and I was left home, I’d looted my prepared: banana slices, stash of junk mail for those peanut butter crackers, a few fake credit cards to be used carrot sticks and presto – as ID’s. The children were food service accomplished, impressed. as elegant as on a Concorde The youngest child jet. rushed to get her stuffed After a decent childThe grandchildren's other monkey, the middle boy sized interval, I sensed grandmother, "Oma," his toy car, the older one, it was time to land the from Austria unperturbed, needed plane. “Ten more miles nothing but this adventure to Vienna,” I said. “We’ll with Gammie. be taxiing down the runway in five “All aboard, all a-boooard,” I cried. minutes.” “Gammie,” the middle child “Maybe Oma made us stwudel,” one interrupted. “We’re not on a train, child wished aloud, and though I knew you don’t say all aboard on a plane. better I couldn’t help myself. I sniffed the And you’re ‘posed to take the tickets air as if for sure Oma stood waiting for us first. How do you know we’re weal in the terminal with a platter of sweets. passengers?” Who knows, maybe I’m not the last “Oh, I know you’re real alright.” generation of True Kids after all. ❖

…by Ariele M. Huff

Poetry Corner “If all you plant”

If all you plant are negative seeds, then all you’ll reap are negative weeds. For it is very true you know, that you shall reap just what you sow. Keep in mind good thoughts and you will find good thoughts are what you receive in kind, for people give back just what they receive and a good thought given is a good thought indeed. --Pat Freeberg

that: actual conversations I have or overhear, thinking, musing, fantasizing, daydreaming and staring off into the distance, preferably with an alluring view. Additionally: all my experiments with cooking, eating, health care, shopping, exercise, dance, people watching, relating to others, learning, changing and resolving emotional and intellectual conundrums. It turns out that all I do, say, see, hear, smell, taste, touch, think or feel, these are the most significant sources for my writing. Other people’s writing was particularly significant early on—while I was learning the basics of my craft. But, certainly by 20, other people’s writing had become a small part of what has informed me over a lengthy career as a journalist, tech writer, freelance writer, novelist and poet. My hope in sharing this is not to discourage those who still need to develop writing skill sets (from its mechanics to the subtle whisper of subtext, the aroma of the perfect setting, the strong heartbeat of a masterfully delivered theme and so many other word delicacies). Not at all. My hope is, rather, to suggest that reading is only a small part of living. And, living is the stuff of authentic and compelling written products. ❖ Join Ariele at Cascadia Community College on May 5th for her 4-hour workshop, the Writer’s Journey. Register at 425267-0150. For more information ariele@ comcast.net. LOVE IN THE SANDS OF TIME

Love isn’t written upon fluffy clouds awaiting a sunny invitation Junior High health teacher explained premarital inter-digitation For those that don’t know, that’s handholding before marriage Glancing across a room could make Superman push a carriage Long ago fashion, poodle skirt swaying on waxed gym floor sock hop Dance to Everly Brothers duet, before Checkers twist or jazzy bebop --April Ryan [Excerpt. See the full version in Sharing Stories on the LOCAL page of www.northwestprimetime.com]

BELLEVUE CHAMBER CHORUS presents:

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May 10-12, 7:30 p.m. May 12, 2:00 p.m. Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken

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COLLABORATION between Bellevue Chamber Chorus and City Cantabile Choir, this unique program features the stirring Misa por la Paz y la Justicia (Mass for Peace and Justice), a rarely-heard work by Argentine composer Ariel Ramirez inspired by traditional South American musical styles and instruments. The program also features rousing individual performances by both choirs and the amazing Andean band “Surllajta” (The People of the South). Don’t miss this excursion into the music and spirit of Latinoamérica! Tickets for this event are $18 presale, $22 at the door. For more information, please call the Chorus office at 425-522-3436, or visit www.bellevuechamberchorus.org.

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LET’S GO!

Senior Events

Wesley Des Moines Apr 5, 1:30pm, “Make Your Health Last as Long as Your Life” with Joe Piscatella, author and PBS host shares how to develop realistic and effective habits, Free! Terrace Auditorium, 816 S. 216th St, Des Moines, 1-855-445-8827, www. WesleyChoice.org Age Friendly City Apr 5, 6pm (doors open at 5:30pm) join the experts to learn about the “Age-Friendly Communities” movement, Central Seattle Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, FREE! Edmonds Senior Center Apr 9, 1-2:30pm “Diabetes Talk”; Apr 10, 1-2:30pm “Chronic Pain Workshop; Apr 23, 1-3pm “Advanced Care Planning”; Apr 24May 29 “Diabetes Workshop; Apr 24-May 29, 12:30-3pm “Living Well with Diabetes” RSVP to these events 425-774-5555; 220 Railroad Ave. Creative Aging at the Frye Apr 10, 2-4pm people with dementia and care partners enjoy music in a relaxed atmosphere, free, food available to order at café; many other programs available, 704 Terry Ave, Seattle, 206432-8208, www.fryemuseum.org Wisdom Cafés Free discussions for seniors, Apr 11, 1:30-3pm “Gratitude” Sammamish Library 825 228th Ave SE, 425-392-3130; Apr 17, 2-3:30pm, “Tapping into Gifts and Talents” Find an outlet for your talents! Richmond Beach Library, 19601 21st Ave NW, Shoreline, 206-546-3522; Apr 20, 1-2:30pm “Dealing with Difficult People” Issaquah Library 10 West Sunset 425-392-5430 Northshore Senior Center Apr 12, 10am lecture on North Creek Forest, free; Apr 26, 10am lecture on orca whales, free; May 4-5 art show featuring work by seniors; May 4-5 Craft & Jewelry Show, 10201 East Riverside Dr, Bothell, 425-487-2441. Des Moines Senior Center Apr 17, 7pm “Retirement, Now What?” recently retired from Microsoft, George Santino discusses techniques he used for successful career to building a successful retirement; Apr 24, 7pm “Volunteer Vacations that Make a Difference” Steve Swank discusses international volunteer projects; 2045 S. 216th St, 206-878-1642.

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Free Downsizing Seminar Apr 18, 11am-noon, coffee & conversation with Move Manager Christy Urdal, sharing share tips on sorting, packing and reducing “the stuff” Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle, free but RSVP at 206-914-9989 to reserve your seat. Free Downsizing Workshop Apr 20, 1:30-2:30pm, Kirk Vaux of Windermere and guest speaker present ins & outs of downsizing from long-time family home, tips on sorting, packing & liquidation of possessions, Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St. Free but RSVP 206-850-4570. My Aging Parents Need Help! Apr 24, 7-8:30pm, tips and strategies to help guide your parents’ safety and well-being, Lake Forest Park Library, 206-362-8860. Alzheimer’s Discovery Conference Apr 27, for dementia & aging professionals and individuals living with dementia and their care partners, WA Convention Ctr, Seattle, register 206-363-5500, www.alzwa.org AARP Free Tax Prep Set an appointment or find a location that accepts walk-ins: aarpfoundation.org/taxhelp or call 1-888-227-7669. Aging EXPO May 5, 8am-4pm, speakers include Wendy Lustbader (well-known author on aging & UW professor), Elder Law Attorney and radio host Rajiv Nagaichm US Congressman Denny Heck, break-out info sessions light breakfast provided, Pierce College Puyallup Campus Center, 1601 39th Ave SE, Puyallup, FREE! More info: 253864-7309 or jlhenry@aol.com. Free Dental Day May 5, 8am-1pm, free dental services, one dental service per patient, no appointments, first come, first served with or without insurance, offices in Puyallup, Olympia, University Place, www.lightdentalstudios.com/free-dental-day.html

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Tour Camano’s Historic Sites Apr 6-8, exhibits, live music, food, tour historic farm, school house, state park and more, camanohistoricsites.com.

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NW Folklife Fundraiser Apr 14, 7-10pm, live music, potluck snacks and ethnic costumers encouraged (Balkan and International Music featured), Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave W, Lynnwood, $10, 206-524-7360. Reverse Mortgage Seminar Apr 21, 1-2:30pm, Homewood Suites, Issaquah, free, for info or to RSVP 425-889-8989. Pacific Place Events Apr 21, 1-3pm, design and take home mini cactus garden, $40 RSVP 206-405-2665; Apr 21, 5-7pm free music fills the atrium 6th & Pine, Seattle www.pacificplaceseattle.com/events Robert Gates in Tacoma Apr 25, 7:30pm, U.S. secretary of defense under Presidents Bush & Obama, former CIA director speaks at University of Puget Sound, $20, 253-879-3100, tickets.pugetsound.edu Indie Bookstore Day Apr 28, pick up “passport” and have them stamped at Seattle indie bookstores for discounts, visit all 19 & receive 25% off at all participating stores for a year, www.indiebookstoreday.com Antique & Collectible Doll & Toy Sale Apr 28, 10am-3pm, Nile Golf & Country Club, 6601 244th St SW, Mountlake Terrace, $6, $3 evaluations by Antiques Roadshow Appraiser. Dragon Boat Festival Apr 28, races, cultural performances, food & more, Port Plaza on Budd Inlet (just north of Percival Landing, 701 Columbia St NW, Olympia), www.stmartin.edu/dragonboat Veteran Resource Fair Apr 28, 9am-3pm, community resources for Veterans including VA, legal, homeless, education, medical, dental, financial, disability, employment, Tacoma Dome

Seattle Repertory Theatre Thru Apr 22 “The Great Leap” intertwines basketball, China’s cultural revolution and San Francisco, 206-443-2224. www.seattlerep.org Black Box Theatre May 10-12, 7:30pm & May 12, 2pm, Broadway’s monster hit musical “Little Shop of Horrors” returns to Black Box at Edmonds Community College, 425-640-1448. www. BlackBoxEdCC.org Seattle Repertory Theatre 2018-2019 Season Announced – A New Journey Begins! “A Thousand Splendid Suns”; “A People’s History”; “In the Heights”; “Last of the Boys”; “The Woman in Black”; “A Doll’s House Part 2”; “Nina Simone: Four Women”; “Lydia and the Troll” subscribe today: 206-4432222. www.seattlerep.org Village Theatre 2018 - 2019 Season 2018-2019 Season, Inspiring theatre starts here - senior subscriptions available for all five shows! “The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes”; “Matilda the Musical”; “I Do! I Do”; “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”; “Million Dollar Quartet” Senior subscriptions available, 425-392-2202 Issaquah; 425-2578600 Everett, www.villagetheatre.org

Choral Music

Seattle Men’s & Women’s Chorus Apr 7-8, featuring soloist Randy Rainbow, $25$78, Seattle’s McCaw Hall, Annual FREE concert Apr 7 at 2pm, 206-388-1400. Silver Sounds Apr 15, 2pm 50+ singers mostly 50+ perform with rock band in period costumes & choreography, $15, Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, www.northwestassociatedarts. org or 206-246-6040. Bellevue Chamber Chorus May 5 & May 6, “Voces Latinas – Latin American Voices” collaboration between Bellevue Chamber Chorus & City Cantabile Choir, May 5. 7:30pm at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle; May 6, 3pm at St Luke’s Lutheran Church, Bellevue. Don’t miss this excursion into the music and spirit of Latinoamerica! $18-$22, 425-522-3436, www. bellevuechamberchorus.org.

Theater & Musicals

Rosie the Riveter Musical Apr 5, 6pm, the 5th Avenue Theatre’s touring company performs at the Museum of Flight, action takes place during WWII, Free admission to museum and musical, 9404 E. Marginal Way S, Seattle, 206-764-5720, museumofflight.org The Producers Apr 6-29, www.SeattleMusicalTheatre.org

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his wife worked at the air base as a medical secretary. She worked with Lt. Col. John Stapp, who was known as “the fastest man on earth” because of his research on the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on the human body. By using a rocket propelled sled, Stapp would personally test the effects of G-forces at speeds as high as 632 MPH. In 1981, the Gangls moved to Sir Tom Jones performs in Seattle on June 1 California, where he began work on My Sister and Sir Tom Jones the Stealth Bomber at the Northrop Corporation, the leading United ...continued from page 1 States aircraft manufacturer of its that living with Alzheimer’s means for time. Gangl joined the organization family caregivers. as a performance engineer during the My sister cannot be left alone. proposal stage of the project. It was She repeats the same questions and Gangl’s job to turn the plans into complaints over and over and over reality by figuring out how the plane again. She is stubborn and easily could actually work. agitated. She is completely helpless. As “The B-2 Stealth Bomber was you dress her, lead her to the bathroom, a challenge to build. We were wash her hands, direct her to the chair essentially building ‘a flying wing’,” and pat it so she knows where to sit, said Gangl. A “flying wing” is a guide her hand to the food in front of tailless, fixed-wing aircraft without her that she eats with her fingers since a conventional fuselage. The crew, she can no longer manage utensils…so payload, fuel and equipment are much has fallen away. housed inside or on top of the main But I try not to dwell on the wing structure. losses. Instead, I search for and revel in r moments of pure enjoyment with my mbe o B sister. ealth 2 St B We just want to have fun—it’s what we do. Gangl enjoyed developing the My sister has a full-bodied capacity stealth bomber. His work involved to feel the music. I mean, really feel predicting data and then wind tunnel it. Like many with Alzheimer’s, music tests. With a five-ton internal payload has the power to reach out and grab requirement, the plane had to be my sister, to connect her with hidden able to carry the same 10,000-pound feelings, long-lost memories and to the payload as the B-52 and yet have a outer world in a very real way. much smaller radar signature. Within the last few weeks, she has “Everything that produced heat developed quite a fan-crush on Tom signatures had to be on the top of the Jones—he of the deep, booming voice plane so they wouldn’t be detected as and sensual delivery. easily from the ground,” said Gangl. “He’s sexy,” she always declares For Gangl, the most interesting part when she hears his music. Certain of about the whole experience was his racier songs bring a broad grin and being required to work on the project devilish gleam to her eye. in complete secrecy for five years. He My sister and I go on regular dates couldn’t even talk to his wife about it. with Sir Tom as we drive around and Gangl is thankful for the career listen to songs from his album Reloaded. he’s had, but the time spent with his Tom doesn’t mind that we sing along wife Bernadine was the best thing to with him off-key and at the top of our have ever happened to him, he said. ❖ lungs until we’re hoarse with pleasure. It’s fun. Bird of the Name Yes, my sister’s world is getting Answers to questions on page 15 smaller and smaller; what little she can 1. Christopher Wren manage will diminish. But I intend to 2. Atticus Finch share with her as many instances of 3. Sheryl Crow joy, moment-to-moment pleasures, as 4. Jack Sparrow her life with Alzheimer’s allows. 5. John Jay p.s. When listening to Tom Jones, my sister asks the same questions: “How old is he? Where does he live?” Upon learning that he lives in England, she always sadly proclaims, “I’ll probably never meet him.” But miraculously, a few weeks after discovering her love of Tom Jones, I found out that he is performing at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on June 1. My sister will attend this concert. You can bet she will relish the experience, momentto-moment. And I will remember that night on my sister’s behalf for the rest of my life. ❖

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