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Tugboat Annie & Seattle’s Silver Screen The smash hit 1930s film was the first Hollywood movie to feature the Emerald City ...by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg

n this age of tech, we often forget that Seattle is a seaport. Our self-image was forged on the waterfront, from ferries to fishing boats, schooners to container ships, we have a Puget Sound maritime heritage all our own.

The first Hollywood movie ever shot in Seattle was Tugboat Annie, which turned into a movie series and a TV show celebrating a woman tugboat captain. It was a smash hit. Annie was a salty, formidable woman who was able to constantly outsmart her rivals. The 1933 hit film starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Berry premiered at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

In the midst of the Great Depression, she held her own — hauling lumber, towing ships and outfoxing her competitors. The rough-andtumble waterfront of the 1930s was a kind of last frontier for a maritime industry transitioning from sail to steam to diesel. Annie was a liveaboard entrepreneur who survived by her wits and nautical know-how, a kind of homesteader claiming a life at sea with the reality of Hooverville on the tide flats just a short swim away. Annie was the literary creation of a writer named Norman Reilly And one salty character spread Raine, a World War I veteran that image far and wide. She was turned writer who came to popular in print, on the silver screen Seattle in 1930 to teach short and TV. She was “hearty, humorous story writing at the University of and hard-boiled.” Meet Tugboat Washington. While here, he was Annie. inspired by the people and stories People of a certain age might remember Annie. She was tough, plus- on the waterfront, and he began sized and middle-aged, with a heart of publishing humorous stories about the plucky Tugboat Annie in the gold and a hearty appetite. She lived Saturday Evening Post, alongside and worked in the mythical town of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, P.G. Secoma on Puget Sound aboard her Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. working tugboat, The Narcissus. The context of the This article is courtesy of era was tailor-made for Knute Berger, Stephen a seagoing superheroine: Hegg and Crosscut. Seattle had recently Knute “Mossback” Berger is Crosscut’s elected its first female Editor-at-Large and mayor— and the first host of the Mossback’s of a major American Northwest TV series on KCTS 9 (knute. city—Bertha Knight berger@crosscut.com). Landes, who had fought Stephen is a senior video her way through the producer at Crosscut and KCTS 9 focused on man’s world of city arts and culture (shegg@ politics. Annie had kcts9.org). Crosscut is a service of Cascade Public Media, Bertha’s kind of grit. a nonprofit, public media organization. Visit crosscut.com/ In Tacoma, Raine membership to support independent journalism. Photo credit: became aware of Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut.

As Raine wrote his stories, the legendary Thea Foss, only he began to imagine the Oscarrecently deceased. She was a winning silent and Depression-era Norwegian immigrant who — film star Marie Dressler as Annie. starting with a humble rowboat MGM studios decided to make — had launched Foss Tugboat a movie company based on into the the Tugboat largest Annie tug and stories barge starring outfit on Dressler the West and Coast. Wallace Raine’s Beery Tugboat as her Annie drunk of a was a husband. tough, In the film, working A Foss tug stood in for Annie’s tugboat in the film. Tugboat Annie has class Annie may have been modeled after the legendary Thea Foss, to overcome woman, a Norwegian immigrant who – starting with a humble rowboat the trials of but she – launched Foss Tugboat company into the largest tug and barge outfit on the West Coast. the tugboat was more. trade She was and the burden of a marriage street-smart in the ways of the to a childish sot who makes waterfront. In story after story, everything more challenging. she outsmarted her unsavory MGM decided to film some competitors. Her main nemesis of the sequences on location in was Horatio Bullwinkle, a tugboat Seattle. They used a Foss tug, interloper from (where else?) now called the Arthur Foss, in California who used every dirty trick to put Annie out of business. the film, which was shot on Lake Union and Elliott Bay. They She usually prevailed, however, invited 5,000 Seattleites to create with her can-do attitude. As she says to Bullwinkle, “Ye may be an a crowd scene that was filmed at the Bell Street pier. Even the authority on what can’t be did, mayor, John Dore, showed up as but ye’re not one on what can an extra. In July 1933, the world be.” premiere of Tugboat Annie took She’s a bit like a female version on Popeye, but instead of place not in Hollywood, but at Seattle’s sold-out 5th Avenue eating spinach to gain strength, Theatre. The movie became she uses her wits to beat the one of the top box office hits of bullies. Like Thea Foss, she had a head on her shoulders for the business. continued on page 14

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The Folksy Legacy of Vivian Williams

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Family Heirloom Inspires Young Musician

...by Diana Mercedy Howell For the last 50 years, the Northwest Folklife Festival When I had to give up my treasured has brought music and folk piano, it felt like I was letting my father traditions to the heart of down. He grew up in rural Eastern Seattle. Living Legacies is a new Washington during an era when music podcast that celebrates Folklife. was just about the only way families had The first program features to entertain themselves. On Saturday festival co-founder, Vivian evenings, they gathered around the Williams, who is recognized as Vivian Williams, co-founder of the Folklife Festival, is a upright and everyone sang along. a master of Celtic, old-time and recognized master of the fiddle. She is featured on the first Soon after Dad and Mom moved bluegrass-style fiddling. Living Legacies podcast, which celebrates 50 years of Folklife. out of their honeymoon cottage and “I’m Vivian Williams and the Western part of the country. They into a house big enough, they bought a my late husband, Phil Williams, was baby grand piano. There were lessons one of the principal founders of Folklife. contacted Phil and the rest, as they say, is history. “We figured, okay, this is going for my older brother and sister, but they But I’ve played there just about every to be a flash in the pan, you know, two didn’t take to it. I was the ‘musical’ child. year since it was founded,” she told Dad left us in 1989 and when Mom Kelli Faryar, Folklife’s Executive Artistic or three for four or five years. And that will be it.” Fifty years later, Folklife is still passed away in 1995, the piano was Director. going strong. bequeathed to me. Vivian recounted a memory from “Phil came up with Folklife as Three years ago, I had to face reality. junior high that connected to her future sharing; no one gets paid and no one Downsizing, I no longer had room for career as a fiddler: The school’s orchestra pays to get in,” says Vivian. “After your it. I put an ad on Craigslist hoping to leader was also her violin teacher. “He performance, you give information find a good home. What happened next stopped the orchestra and points at me elicited this response from my brother — and says, ‘Vivian, stop tapping your foot. about how someone else can get into that activity.” This philosophy provides “Fantastic, beautiful, brought tears to my You look like some kind of old-time fiddler.’ And I was mortified, mortified,” opportunities to bring young people into eyes.” the folklife culture. Here is the story: she laughs. “But maybe it was some Vivian says it is important to pass One month after waving goodbye kind of cosmic thing.” At the time she on stories, songs, culture and traditions to the piano, I received an email from was studying classical music and didn’t to younger people. “That is just how the new owner, Chutz. Chutz is just as have any idea of what ‘fiddling’ meant. human beings are. That is what makes unique as her nickname. A grandmother “Fiddling was something you saw in a humans human.” ❖ with a “How hard can it be?” attitude Bugs Bunny cartoon...” had already taken the piano apart. Vivian later attended Reed College, The Living Legacies Podcast is brought to “For its age, this piano is in remarkable where on her very first day she met her you by Northwest Folklife and Jack Straw shape,” she wrote. “I’ve dusted the future husband. “Phil was thoroughly Cultural Center. Listen to Vivian’s interview action, re-lacquered the black keys, into the folk music revival,” she recalls at www.nwfolklife.org/blog/50yearsofnwflsanded, and reshaped the hammers.” and tells the story of how Pete Seeger vivianwilliams.html I shared the photos she sent to me had come to Reed, inspiring Phil to with my brother. We were immediately buy a banjo. “I both moved to tears. Who got sucked into that orbit,” decides to restore a 1920s she says. After college, vintage Drachmann piano to Vivian and Phil married and showroom perfection? Chutz, moved to Seattle. that’s who. “Meanwhile, we started In the middle of all this, going up to Darrington she blew out a knee. The because they didn’t have a emails stopped coming and I fiddler for their band. I wasn’t worried about her health more any good, but what the heck.” than the piano. Then, last She fondly describes the folks September, she emailed me there as hillbilly types and with astonishing news. She’d credits them for turning her finished the restore; stripped, musical life around. sanded and, with Sherwin At about the same People being interviewed in front of KING Radio and Television Williams’ help, chose a rich time, the National Park Center with boat advertising the KING boat safety contest, circa walnut stain. “I think you’ll be Service and National 1950s. Photo courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, submitted by Nicolette Bromberg, Special happy with my decisions on Festival Association wanted Collections Visual Materials Curator the piano,” she wrote. to encourage festivals in

When the author downsized and needed to find a new home for her beloved piano, the story of how it ended up with a talented young musician brought tears to her eyes

One day, an acquaintance was showing Chutz a video of her son, Nathaniel, playing at a recital. A light bulb went on. She decided to give the piano to this talented young musician who has performed with a full orchestra as part of the Orchestral Recital Series of Tacoma. (When Chutz learned of him), Nathaniel, nine-and-a-half years old, had been playing piano for only two-and-a-half years. His piano teacher, Phyllis Twedt, has noticed her talented student plays more expressively now and attributes that to the beautiful tone of the piano gifted to him. Nathaniel’s mother, Sara Gilfeather of University Place, plays piano, flute, and violin. She tells me, at two-years-old Nathaniel would bang the keys on their digital piano, turn around and declare, “I’m a music man!” Nathaniel is an exceptional thirdgrader, enrolled in a program for gifted students. He’s a regular kid too who loves s’mores, swimming, coding and playing with his three cats. A career in music for Nathaniel? Sara writes, “Our primary goal for him is to grow up to be a happy, well-rounded, kind person. He is well on his way in our opinion.” I think so, too. Sara says he had a huge smile when he heard his new piano for the first time. All along, Chutz wondered, “Why did I, one day out of the blue, decide to browse free musical instruments?” Chutz answered her own question the day it dawned on her—to give the restored piano to Nathaniel. ❖ sch

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INDEX ARTFUL AGING Tugboat Annie & Seattle’s Silver Screen.... 1 The Folksy Legacy of Vivian Williams......... 2 Looking Through the Window...................... 9 Writing & Poetry Corners............................ 12 Library Corner................................................15

COMMUNITY Family Heirloom Inspires Young Musician.2 Foster Grandparents Program...................... 3 Inspire Positive Aging Awards...................... 8

HEALTH MATTERS Medical Minutes............................................. 8 Exercise in Nature........................................... 8 Senior Fitness Tip............................................. 9 Vaccination Resource..................................... 9 Dementia Care Author Events....................13

HUMOR & PUZZLES The Funny Side of Life...................................10 The Adventures of Rose & Dawn...............10 Puzzles and Comics...............................10-11

LIFE PERSPECTIVES Scenes from Childhood............................... 12

MONEY MATTERS Free Tax Aide................................................... 7

RETIREMENT LIVING Your Penultimate Move.................................. 4 Retirement Community Resource Guide.8-9 The Sweetheart of Boulevard Park Place... 9

OUT & ABOUT Where in the Northwest................................. 3 LET’S GO! Calendar....................................13

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Qualifying low-income volunteers who meet income eligibility receive a non-taxable hourly stipend (which does not affect any benefits you may receive) Are you 55 or over? Do you have a smart phone, and mileage reimbursement. Foster computer or tablet and want to mentor a child online? Grandparents receive background checks, pre-service and ongoing training, as well as Be an online Foster Grandparent Mentor (55+) volunteering in recognition for their service. To become a King and Snohomish Counties. Foster Grandparent Volunteer, you must Provide extra attention and encouragement to children live in King or Snohomish County, be at at online schools. least 55 years old, be low income ($2147/ month or less for a single person household Eligible volunteers receive a small hourly stipend. 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Life Perspectives

Your Penultimate Move ...by Karen Telleen-Lawton

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Health Matters

Medical Minutes ...by John C. Schieszer

The Immunized Class: Those Over a Certain Age This is going to be a special St. Patrick’s Day for 76-year-old Julie Siderfin. She will John Schieszer be fully immunized against COVID-19 (14 days past her second shot) and so she plans on celebrating with her family and friends, something she couldn’t do last St. Paddy’s Day. “It pays to be old for once,” said Siderfin. As more and more adults over age 65 are becoming fully immunized, they are seeing a reversal of sorts. They are in a unique situation where they are in a better position to offer help to younger family members, neighbors and friends. “To the extent that schools have not fully reopened, (fully immunized) grandparents can contribute to the care and education of their grandchildren. They can also re-engage in volunteer activities and increase their church attendance,” said professor Eva Kahana of Case Western Reserve University. Some older adults had friends and neighbors shopping for them during the past year. Now vaccinated, they can return the favor. Normal life will return only gradually, as it will require that all age groups be immunized. Readjustment for older adults after the pandemic may be challenging for some individuals. Having lived for a year with the threat of lifethreatening illness, it may take time for many older adults to regain a sense of security. Some older adults may experience what is known as “survivor guilt.”

Life after Vaccination: How Safe is it? Being immunized is an important way to keep yourself safe, but vaccines do not allow you to drop all other public health precautions to prevent COVID-19. While full immunization should help prevent a person from developing severe illness or being hospitalized, transmitting the virus to others is still a concern. Social distancing, handwashing and mask-wearing are still required. “This is not only for your own health, but even more for the health of others,” said Bernard Davidson, associate professor at the Medical College of Georgia. “We are not sure about the transmission potentials of any variant forms of the virus that have mutated,” said Davidson. “Don’t think because you have been immunized that you can’t carry or transmit the virus. This advice is not intended to “spoil the party” but rather to remind all older adults there is more that can and needs to be done to help stop the spread of COVID. Many people may want to travel immediately and see their kids, grandkids, other relatives and friends they have missed this past year. “Rather than focusing on making up for the year you lost, I think it would be more helpful for you and yours to reflect on how grateful you are to have remained healthy and to look forward to getting closer to the time you can safely engage in activities,” he added. Can Fully Immunized Adults over Age 65 Have Dinner Parties? If all are fully immunized, it seems like it would be fine to have a dinner party with seven or eight friends. However, that may not be such a great idea, according to Dr. Mariah Robertson, who is with

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Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “While I wish that it were as simple as saying yes to this, but the vaccines aren’t perfect and it remains important to wait on the big gatherings until community spread and numbers are lower,” said Dr. Robertson. It should be okay to gather with three or four other fully vaccinated people for a meal, but you should avoid large numbers of people in an indoor space because that can increase the risk of COVID spread. “I think we will continue to learn more and our thoughts around this might change but this is what I am advising my patients for now,” said Dr. Robertson. For many older people, getting vaccinated allows for addressing longneglected personal needs. They can be more comfortable getting a dental cleaning, an annual mammogram, and an in-person visit to primary care physicians. The American Cancer Society is calling on all adults to resume cancer screening and treatment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer centers are taking multiple measures to protect patients and staff from COVID-19 and transmission within cancer centers is quite unusual. Dr. William G. Cance, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the American Cancer Society, said it is of the utmost importance that critical cancer screenings resume as soon as safely possible. It is important to feel some freedom in this time, so a hug with a friend who is also vaccinated is considered fine, a human connection in a way that has not been feasible up until now. Dr. Robertson said vaccinated older adults, can now feel more comfortable going out and doing activities like grocery store trips. “It isn’t a pass to go out in big gatherings, particularly with community rates as high as they are and the more infectious variants of the virus spreading, but it is a pass to liberalize a bit of the connecting that we have been starved of for the past year,” he added. ❖ John Schieszer is an award-winning national journalist and radio and podcast broadcaster of The Medical Minute. He can be reached at medicalminutes@gmail.com.

Healthy Aging

Exercise in Nature ...by Paige Bartlett, de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging, UW School of Nursing

Studies show that older adults receive several benefits from outdoor exercise programs

A stroll in the park isn’t just a simple pleasure. It can also be a powerful tool for our health. A 2019 study in the journal Nature surveyed almost 20,000 people. Individuals in the study who spent at least two hours in nature during the previous week were more likely to report better health and well-being. Other research has shown that nature can decrease stress, boost mood, improve the immune system and lower blood pressure, among many other health benefits. “More and more, we have things that keep us inside,” said Dr. Alexa Meins, recent alumni of the UW School of Nursing PhD program. Her field of research brings together the health benefits of nature and exercise, or ‘green exercise’ – “The green exercise literature says that being outside can not only have multiple health benefits but also increase people’s willingness to continue exercising.” For her dissertation, Meins studied what benefits older adults get from outdoor exercise

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March/April 2021 programs and what’s important to them in these programs. She partnered with Sound Steps, a Seattle Parks and Recreation Lifelong Recreation program that offers free weekly walking groups, interviewing participants in their indoor and outdoor walking groups. Meins presented her results at the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s 2020 virtual Ignite Aging Symposium. “The first question I wanted to answer, was green exercise beneficial,” said Meins. “The answer was a resounding yes.” Participants reported a range of benefits, including reduced anxiety, meeting friends and connecting with their spirituality by being in nature. By walking in a weekly group, participants felt safer and more accountable for showing up. When someone didn’t come one week, someone from the group would check in on them, even bringing them soup if they were sick. Some program features that were important to the participants included having a bathroom onsite and having a nearby parking lot, since many drove to the program to save their energy for the walk. When possible, some participants also preferred gravel and dirt walkways because the softer ground was easier on their joints. Meins’ work highlights some of the benefits older adults get by

www.NorthwestPrimeTime.com 7 walking outdoors and important considerations for creating similar walking programs. She hopes to see future research look at how to get more older adults involved in green exercise, including older adults who still work. Due to the pandemic, Sound Steps is canceled until further notice. Still, there are other ways to experience nature in the meantime. If you live close to local parks where you can walk safely, Meins recommends “trying to pick those that have a little wider path, so you can still get outside but maintain the proper distance between other park-goers.” If that’s not possible, you can “virtually” explore ten Seattle parks that have been extensively virtually mapped online through Google Maps, including the Seattle Japanese Garden, Volunteer Park and the Woodland Park Rose Garden. For individuals with memory loss and their partners, the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center offers online garden discovery walk videos, in partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation. You can find the videos on their website, depts.washington.edu/mbwc. Research shows that “even when you view green space, whether it is outside or even on a computer screen, you can still have some of those health benefits,” said Meins. ❖

Senior Fitness Tip

Staying Active ...by Mark Bryant

F.Y.I. Transparency in the Vaccination Process ...submitted by AARP Washington

We’re living in difficult times and staying healthy is vital. In addition to wearing a mask, washing your hands and keeping your place sanitized, Mark Bryant eating nutritious foods, getting plenty of rest and enough exercise are also important. When it comes to exercise, you can follow live exercise videos online—this way you won’t be exercising alone! Different senior fitness classes are offered online—one popular program is Sliver Sneakers. Another one is mine, “Fitness Corner.” To find it, visit www.Facebook.com/ RainierAvenueRadio.World and scroll until you see it. I offer Fitness Corner live every Friday from 11:30am-noon, or download it anytime. This way you can exercise with me! Those with balance issues can try the exercises while seated in a chair. Stay hydrated by drinking water. Remember, a little goes a long way. ❖ Mark Bryant is a Certified Senior Fitness Instructor

Older adults have expressed frustration, confusion and anxiety about how and where to obtain a vaccine. As we move forward with the real-time distribution of vaccines, we must ensure that our state’s plans are implemented smoothly and efficiently. The first weeks of vaccine distribution got off to an unsteady start in Washington and all across America. Every day, residents of Washington have questions about when and how they can get a vaccine. We need our federal government, state officials and the private sector to work together to be much clearer about when and how to sign up to be vaccinated and to efficiently manage the processes to administer the vaccines. To help our members and all Washingtonians, AARP has published a guide to Washington’s distribution plans, explaining how distribution will work, eligibility, the timeline, vaccination locations and other key details. The state guide is available at www.aarp.org/ wavaccine and will be updated throughout the year as new information is available. continued on page 14

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In 2021, we know how to interact with a screen. We can order products, pay our bills, and even talk online to folks staring back at us. But back in the 1950s and 1960s, that was just a dream. Then Winky Dink appeared. He and his dog Woofer were cartoon characters created by Harry W. Prichett and Edwin Brit Wyckoff. Winky’s adventures got him into lots of scrapes, but we kids could get him out. How? We could order a little plastic sheet – sorta like sandwich wrap – we could place on our TV screens. When Winky got into a jam, dots appeared on the screen. With our markers (as I remember, some sort of crayons), we drew on our screens to connect those dots to form a boat, a ladder, or whatever Winky needed to escape. Another feature of the show was a “secret message” which Winky revealed. Again, we’d connect the dots to uncover that mystery. Then, for the first time, we could not only watch the action, but influence what might happen next. Is that interactive TV, or what? For more little stories with interesting ideas, subscribe to my short blog. Here’s the link: www. quinnminute.com

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The Funny Side of Life

Living, Learning, Hoping

The ongoing life-affirming adventures of Rose and Dawn

Teach Some Manners …by Diana Couture

…by Sy Rosen

no two snowflakes are alike? Did someone study all the snowflakes and who was that person and did he wear an overcoat? And now for a surprisingly good thing that came out of this disaster—Wanda and I are communicating more. I once read an article that claimed that an average married couple talks about three minutes a day. I know it sounds crazy but think about it— Me: “How was your day?” Wanda: “Good.” Me: “What’s for dinner?” Wanda: “Spaghetti.” Me: “The spaghetti was good. What’s on TV?” Wanda: “Nothing good.” Me: “Let’s watch it.” Me: “That show wasn’t great.” Wanda: “Told you.” Me: “Good night.” Wanda: “Good night.” Now, because we’re alone and just have each other, we’ve expanded our conversations: Me: “I hate this pandemic.” Wanda: “I hate it, too.” Me: “Did you make dinner?” Wanda: “Yeah, spaghetti.” Me: “Wow this is delicious.” Wanda: “I added oregano.” Me: “The oregano is good.” Wanda: “Yeah, the oregano adds flavor.” Me: “So what’s on TV?” Wanda: “I think there’s a couple of cooking shows.” Me: “Maybe they’ll talk about oregano.” Wanda: “Maybe.” Me: “That cooking show made me hungry.” Wanda: “Let’s eat some more spaghetti.” Me: “The spaghetti was great.” Wanda: “Yeah it’s good to let the oregano sit and blend.” Me: “Good night.” Wanda: “Good night.” Me: “Love you.” Wanda: “Love you.” Me: “And I love your spaghetti, but not as much as I love you.” And finally, along the same lines of increased conversation, Wanda and I EXOTIC FANTASIES have learned to heed the Oh, how I miss Trader Joe’s And Safeway would make my heart swell. words of the late great I would love to peruse all the aisles Ruth Bader Of my local Home Depot as well. Ginsberg But since I am into my eighties, regarding These lavish forays I’ll forgo marriage… As I wait for the shot to release me “It helps From this son-of-a (bleep) status quo. sometimes -- Pat D’Amico to be a little deaf...” ❖

I’m writing this a few weeks after the vaccine has been approved. It’s not here yet for Wanda and me but hopefully it’s close. It’s Sy Rosen probably too soon to reflect on anything good that came out of this mess. And it’s particularly difficult for me because by nature I’m a pessimist. Actually, I’m a super pessimist. My glass is not only half empty, but there’s a leak in the bottom and a Bloody Mary is staining my shirt. Yes, I said Bloody Mary—this pandemic has driven me to drink. That said, I will look for some good that came from this whole terrible situation: I’ve learned to concentrate more—mostly about where I put my mask. I am constantly misplacing it. Luckily, I haven’t yet looked for my mask while wearing it (something I often do with my glasses). It has made me faster and kept me in shape because I now run in out of stores. I’ve improved my lung capacity. That’s because I often hold my breath when I pass someone. I don’t know if this does any good and of course I am wearing a mask so maybe I don’t need to do it. However, nothing is too extreme for a crazy person like me. I’ve learned to throw my voice and say, “Hey cover your nose with your mask,” and then look away as though someone else has said it. It has given me time for deep thoughts like, how do we know that

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Dawn was delighted to hear from her oldest granddaughter, Celeste. She was teaching at Saint Bernard’s High School and called to see if Dawn would come and be a “prop” in a novel way she was trying to teach young adults about traditional manners. “Come on Nonna Dawn,” Celeste pleaded, using the Italian nickname for her grandmother. “I promise nothing untoward will happen to you. You could even invite Auntie Rose, if you’d feel more secure in a pair. I want these 9th graders to know how to treat…uhm…well, the elderly. Sorry for the label.” “Hmmpf. So, I’m elderly, you say? Well, I guess I can hardly argue with that. Just what sort of activities would Rose and I have to take part in, in order to teach these ‘manner plebes’? We’re not going to have to talk about uhm…social morays of the past or the present, are we? I just don’t think either of us is up to facing that sort of questioning.” “Oh no, dear Nonna, nothing like that. You will be more involved in teaching through doing. That is, we’ll ask the kids to shake your hands or open doors for you. You know, the traditional stuff.” Dawn agreed that didn’t sound too bad and would check with Rose to see if she was interested in being a ‘prop’ for the best of reasons. She would phone Celeste with the answer. Rose was working in the garden of the condominium when she saw Dawn disembark from the number 23 bus. She was so surprised to see her friend arrive unannounced that she forgot which of the rose bushes she had just nourished. Oh well, someone might get a little more than their share, she thought as she walked to meet Dawn. “Dawnie girl. What a nice surprise. Come over here and sit in the sunshine while I finish feeding these roses.” The girls exchanged niceties and gossiped a little about the fete they had recently gone to at the Greenwood Senior Center before Dawn could work up the courage to present her request to Rose.

“You see, my Celeste wants us to come to her high school and teach 9th graders some traditional manners.” Rose looked puzzled. “You mean like boxing the ears of the boys if they say something sassy?” Both women laughed at the thought. “No, no. Just serving as two little old ladies being ‘mannered to’ by youngsters. You know, opening doors for us, carrying groceries and all of that.” Rose thought it was a splendid idea and said it would be good to connect with some young people. Dawn phoned Celeste and set the date. On the day of the class in manners, Rose and Dawn arrived at Saint Bernard’s High School and checked in at the front desk. They were escorted to Celeste’s room and introduced to a rowdy, noisy and active lot of 9th graders. With that, the lesson began. Dawn was asked to stand and walk to the door. One of the boys in the front row was nodded at by the teacher and stepped ahead in order to open the door for Dawn. He opened it but let it hit her in the backside when he let go of the handle too soon to scamper back to his desk. There was raucous laughter after this gaffe. The student was directed to try again and was careful to hold the door until Dawn was fully on the other side. Rose was then asked to shake hands with students that were lined up in front of her. They had to make eye contact and say how nice it is was to meet Mrs. Guyott. Some giggles were inevitable. But all went well, and these teens would know how to properly shake someone’s hand without all of that shyness and head-hanging that so often happens between elders and kids. The next drill moved outside so that grocery bags full of heavy, nonfood items could be carried from the car into the ‘front door’ of Dawn’s house, which was really the front door of the school. The students were directed to place the bags on a table in the hall making it convenient for the elderly ladies to reach the bags to unload. What a day of wonder and learning this was. The kids seemed engaged and happy. Rose and Dawn were treated like royalty and fun was had by all. ❖

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Across 1. Fiver, money-wise 4. The inept Corleone son 9. Printer producer 14. The loneliest number? 15. “____ Africa” (Streep/Redford film): 2 wds. 16. Hogwarts potions master 17. Describing an environment of love? 20. Spanish poet (anagram of CAROL) 21. Actress Farrow or soccer star Hamm 22. Grand Ole ____ 23. Assistant 26. Mop & ____ (floor cleaner) 28. What kept the composer of “Aida” and “Rigoletto” going? 36. Toyota ____4 (SUV) 37. Tom of old cowboy films 38. Prefix for faith or face 39. It’s placed in a 9-Across: abbr. 41. Shuts noisily, as a door 44. First Bond film: 2 wds. 45. “You,” in Yucatan 47. Cow call 48. Long list shortener: abbr. 49. Presley’s casual pants? 54. Tennis court barrier 55. Scrabble, e.g. 56. Beginning of an incantation used in magic 60. Syracuse setting in January: abbr. 62. Savage creature 66. Classroom paper by songwriter Cole? 70. Fend off

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The Sweetheart of Boulevard Park Place On February 3rd, Burien businesswoman Viola Mae Steinman took time away from helping to run Boulevard Park Place, an active retirement community in north Burien, to celebrate her 90th birthday. Residents stood on balconies and patios banging pots and pans while Vi passed by on a decorated cart. She was followed by the North Highline Fire Truck

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Des Moines Police Department headquarters and the Arlington Courthouse. Vi has been active in the Burien community for 50 years. She is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother—the matriarch of four generations who are still involved in the family businesses in varying capacities. She has also traveled extensively with friends and fellow members of the Elks and Emblem Clubs to which she has belonged for 60 years. At her 80th birthday, Vi said she may retire in another five years. But still going strong and leading by hard-working example, she may actually retire “in another five years.” ❖

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Writing Corner

Scenes from Childhood

Memoir from a Paperboy

Worry Books

...by Richard Strack

…by Ariele M. Huff

The other day as I picked up a newspaper in my neighbor’s driveway and walked it up to place it on his steps, vivid memories of my first job as a paperboy rushed into my head. I loaded the Ledger in the metal basket of my bicycle I called my tank. Balloon tires mobilized a heavy metal frame I had found on a curbside left for the junkman. Sanding off the rust, I repainted the frame red and black. In those days, the papers had to be left on the porches or the steps. Some customers requested I put them between the storm and the front wooden door. Of course, there were bad weather days when the cold shot right through my winter underwear, or wiping the water from my eyes on rainy days when the papers had to be folded and stuffed inside bread bags to keep them dry. Saturday was collection day. When I knocked on the door, I never knew what I was going to get. Old man Kusek shouted out of the back of his kitchen, “I’ll pay you next week.” I made note on his card that this was the fifth week in a row he had shouted those same words. I walked up the stairs of Mrs. Lishka’s house with my heart pounding in my chest. The kids on the block said she got away with murdering her husband and burning his body in the backyard drum barrel. Every week I dreaded collecting at Mr. Schaefer’s house. As soon as I took the first step up, two German Shepherds bolted against

the screen door so hard, I thought it was going to burst open. Barking, growling, and dripping saliva from their jowls pushed me one step back from the door. “Don’t worry. They won’t hurt you,” a voice shouted from inside the house as the dogs snarled. Mr. Shaefer came to the door to pay his bill with a dollar clenched between his teeth while he held each raging dog by their collar. I had to open the door and grab the money from his mouth. I turned and ran, thinking those savage beasts were going to break free and eat me alive. Every two weeks, Mr. Kloch from the Ledger would come to collect the money. After I paid the amount, the rest was mine. Counting the change and then shoving the coins in wrappers was the fun part to see how much money I made. My paperboy job taught me about managing money, serving customers, and accepting responsibility. I remember the time I was in a grocery store with my mother. A family approached us and their little kid pointed at me and shouted, “That’s our paperboy!” I felt proud that moment and I still do today. Paperboys have a significant place in the history of the American neighborhood. We were a nation of bike-riding, newsdelivering entrepreneurs and just like the US mail carriers, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stayed these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” ❖

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A good session with a worry book is a healthy practice during times of stress, or simply to keep daily stress at bay. However, Ariele M. Huff a couple of important rules have to be followed. To get the benefit of recording worries: 1. Set a limited time to record anxious thoughts that have come up during the day. Thirty minutes to an hour after dinner is good as it clears the head for better sleeping. During the rest of the day, remind yourself to save worrying for your set time. 2. Just record your worries rather than attempting to solve them or get rid of them. If you knew how to get rid of them, you’d have done that already. Also, your book should include worries you can’t fix: politics, death, global unrest, the climate, war, aging, illness, the cost of coffee or the availability of…whatever—toilet paper or avocadoes, etc. 3. If you are tempted to recycle blaming and complaining about yourself, life, God, your parents, your spouse, your kids, your dog, your car, your hair, your house… STOP. Repeating details of worries makes them MORE likely to stick around. The key is to take relief in unloading them onto a page without the responsibility of solving them OR the harmful habit of imbedding them more thoroughly in your subconscious. 4. The good news is that when/ if you can get your busy nervous mind out of the equation, solutions

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are far more likely to occur to you. 5. Let yourself enjoy the side benefits: more peaceful sleep, more relaxed relationships and extra time to take hot showers, go for a short walk or make yourself a fromscratch “big salad” or kitchen-sink soup. Some delicious Kitchen-Sink Soup ingredients: lightly pan-fried bok choy or celeriac, zucchini spirals, garlic-infused olive oil, some well-cooked yam, dry chives and some chopped scallion greens. My “big salad” today had arugula, lettuce, a chopped up dried apricot and a date, a crumbled white cheddar rice cake, a heart of palm, two olives chopped up, fat free feta, a tablespoon full of walnut bits, a squirt of mustard, fresh cilantro, 1/8 cup of leftover chicken bits, cucumber, radishes, ¼ cup of chopped apple, a splash of maple syrup. Some sweet, some savory, some salty. Raisins, grapes, nuts, pieces of avocado, mini chocolate chips and apple cider vinegar are good. Beyond that, write a piece for me about FUN—what you’ve done in the past that was fun, and I’m especially interested in knowing what you’re doing now that’s fun. Note that fun is defined as pleasant activities that make you feel lighthearted. No need to give up on the task as you haven’t been able to world travel recently. For example, tonight, I fed all my apples to what we are now calling our “herd” of deer (five). Totally fun. They’re tame enough now to wait while I go grab and cut apples, to let me pitch them out. They were NOT pleased by my “carrot experiment” however. Connect at ariele@comcast.net. ❖

SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL

A redwood spoke to me through my hand: Strength is only surviving the conditions that come… and not surviving them. You are the sum of all that you have survived, and not survived too.

SURRENDER

A tractor rusting relaxes deeper into mud— a nesting dove. When everything you’ve feared comes true, no body part or system spared… or friendship, romance, love. Then resting starts: thank the rusty parts. Poetry may be excerpted, edited, or used in Sharing Stories on Northwest Prime Time’s website. Send to ariele@comcast.net.

March/April 2021

LET’S GO! Museums Re-Opening! Many museums, including the Museum of Flight, the Seattle Art Museum and others have announced reopenings in early March - check with your favorite museums for details. Maude’s Award Applications open Mar 2 to recognize innovative care for those with dementia, awards $5000 to $25,000, 206-931-9939, www. MaudesAwards.org Author Series 3-part series of conversations with authors and pioneers in dementia care, including practical suggestions for evidence-based practice: Mar 11 at noon Lynn Casteel Harper; Apr 8 at noon Susan H. McFadden; May 13 at noon Anne Basting; these free Zoom discussions require pre-registration at https://fryemuseum.org/ program/creative_aging_workshops Scam Prevention Marh 11 at 6:30pm and Mar 13 at 9:30am, free online events to learn about current scams, how to recognize and respond to a scam, recovering and resources, presented by Pierce County Aging & Disability Services and the State of Washington Financial Education & Outreach, 253-798-4600. Blood Drive Mar 11, 10am-6pm, 1 pint can save 3 lives! Harbor Place & Cottesmore, 1016 29th St NW, Gig Harbor, 253-853-3354, schedule your appt at http://signup.com/go/crbs-Cottesmore Rain-Wise Gardening KCLS Kingsgate Library and RainWise are offering three webinars and Q&A sessions, Mar 16 from 6-7pm (register by Mar 15); Apr 20, 6-7pm (reg by Apr 19); May 4, 5-6:30pm (reg by May 3), visit kcls.org for info or call 425-821-7686. Quilters Anonymous Mar 12-May 1 Annual Show (virtual this year) with over 400 quilts, including antique quilts, video demonstrations, “virtual Mall March” qavqs.org.

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A Calendar of Places to Go, Do or See… Seattle Rep Mar 13, free fundraiser (donations encouraged) “Here Lies Love” rock musical cast reunites for online performance, seattlerep.org/gala Normal Aging or Dementia? Mar 18 at 6:30pm & Mar 20 at 9:30am, free virtual event presented by Pierce County Aging & Disability, register 253-215-8782. Crone of Puget Sound Mar 20, 1pm will discuss “technical/digital concerns” and “what Spring means to me” for info: Croneofpugetsound.org or call Moreah, 206-300-1657. Bellevue Chamber Chorus 2021 Online Season Mar 23 at 7:30pm, Lux Aeterna (in memoriam for those who have died from Covid 19). Apr 27 at 7:30PM, In the Night We Shall Go In. 425-522-3436, www.bellevuechamberchorus.org 5th Avenue Voices Thru Apr 1, 5th Avenue Theatre accepting submissions for draft musicals, http:// www.5thavenue.org/first-draft Inspire Positive Aging Awards Deadline Apr 2nd, nominate an inspiring individual age 60 and older who lives in King County, for info visit www.tfaforms. com/4715874 or call 206-727-6208. Legal Peace of Mind April 8, 15, 22, 29, free events sponsored by Pierce County Aging & Disability Service explore needed tools like Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives and Living Wills, Wills and Probate, Trusts and Trust Administration, for info call 253-215-8782. Silver Kite Workshops SilverKite uses the arts to promote creative engagement, partnering with local libraries to provide free intergenerational arts workshops: www.silverkite.us/online-workshops

Our 2020-2021 Online Season continues! Join us online for monthly virtual performance premieres on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm: Website: https://www.bellevuechamberchorus.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SingBellevue YouTube: Bellevue Chamber Chorus Official

March. 23, 2021: “Lux Aeterna” ~ Ēriks Ešenvalds (offered in memoriam for all those that have died due to COVID-19)

April 27, 2021: “In the Night We Shall Go In” ~ Imant Raminsh

(featuring cello and piano)

For monthly reminders about our virtual season join our mailing list at:

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Author Discussions

On Dementia: Care, Community and Creativity Conversations of hope, joy and better ways to care for and support individuals living with dementia and their care partners ...by Keri Pollock

Over 120,000 people age 65+ in Washington state live with Alzheimer’s disease, and 353,000 family members, friends and volunteers serve as care partners. Individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementias do not stop living because of a diagnosis. They are still people—needing and deserving engagement, community and purpose. And their care partners also benefit from this community support. So, how can others help to make an impact, address stigma and enable people living with dementia to become integral parts of their communities and create opportunities for inclusion? This spring, the University of Washington Memory and Brain Wellness Center, Frye Art Museum Creative Aging Program and Aging

Wisdom are collaborating on a threepart series of enriching conversations with pioneers in dementia care, support and community building, creative engagement, and artistic exploration. Each dementia care expert is also an author of engaging books that challenge—even disrupt—our assumptions about dementia, providing new perspectives and a deeper understanding of care, community and creativity. Their books also offer practical suggestions on how to continued on page 14

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Tugboat Annie and Seattle’s Silver Screen

The movies made Annie and Secoma — Seattle, Tacoma and Puget Sound — widely known, ...continued from page 1 and captured an aspect of the city the year. It was the first major that is still familiar. One passage Hollywood movie ever shot in from a story caught the atmosphere Seattle. perfectly: It’s hard to imagine, given today’s “Tugboat Annie sailed out of the standards, a hit film starring two room and down the stair to the street. aging, overweight actors competing Before her through the curtain of rain successfully against more glamorous were sprawled grimy warehouses, films featuring Clark Gable, Joan railroad sidings, freight sheds, and the Crawford, Gary Cooper or a new masts and funnels of shipping.… The spectacle by Cecil B. DeMille. But air, though murky and smelling of fog Tugboat Annie embodied the can-do and smoke, steam and tidewater and spirit of the Depression era, bluewet pavements, was laced with the collar devotion to work and family damp freshness of a sea wind.” that could redeem the working From such writing you know class and help America out of its that Norman Reilly Raine knew this economic morass — and do it all town. That murk and smell and sea with good humor. wind can still be inhaled today. The hit film spawned two Raine left Seattle and moved to sequels — the first in 1940 co-starred Hollywood and went on to become Ronald Reagan. Dressler herself an Oscar-winning screenwriter. died not long after the original Annie has fallen into obscurity, Annie film, and she was replaced by but she deserves rediscovery as others. Annie was also featured in a character who embodies an a syndicated Canadian TV series in independent, compassionate, working the late 1950s. That’s how I came to class woman making her way through know her, as a boomer in front of the hard times with humor, smarts and new boob tube. guts. Someone who can teach us to But Annie’s influence was felt beat the bullies of today. ❖ for generations. School kids made Listen to Knute Berger tell Tugboat a jump-rope rhyme out of her, the Annie’s story and see historic photos at Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary https://crosscut.com/video/mossbacksSnyder, who grew up in Lake City, northwest/how-tugboat-annie-pulledadmitted to being an avid Annie seattle-silver-screen fan when he was growing up.

buffeting blasts or gentle zephyrs ...by Len Elliott

Wind is associated with the month of March (although we had some very strong gusts in January). The answer to each clue below contains a form of the word “wind.” For example, 1956 hit for Gogi Grant – “The Wayward Wind” (“…is a restless wind/ a restless wind that yearns to wander…”) I hope this puzzle is a breeze for you. 1. 1936 tome about Tara. 2. Clarinets, bassoons, oboes, flutes and saxophones. 3. Kenneth Grahame book featuring Badger, Mole and Mr. Toad. 4. Aircraft manufacturer’s test facility 5. What Don Quixote did in futility. 6. Nickname for Chicago. answers in 4th column

On Dementia: Care, Community and Creativity ...continued from page 13

implement what they have put into evidence-based practice in support of individuals living with dementia, their care partners and those who support them. Each program is scheduled on a Thursday at 12 noon Pacific Time. March 11, 2021: Lynn Casteel Harper, On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear. Lynn Casteel Harper will expand our understanding of dementia beyond the typical fear-driven and tragedy narrative, On Vanishing provides encouragement and meaningful examples of better ways of caring for, and thinking about, our fellow beings.

May 13, 2021: Anne Basting, Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care. Anne Basting, PhD is a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient who pioneers a radical change in how we interact with people who struggle with dementia. Basting’s proven methods use storytelling and active listening to stimulate the brain and awaken imagination. Author discussions will be offered as virtual programs through Zoom. There is no fee, but pre-registration is required. To register, visit the Frye Art Museum at https://fryemuseum.org/program/ creative_aging_workshops ❖

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2. woodwinds 3. “The Wind in the Willows” 4. wind tunnel 5. tilted at windmills 6. “The Windy City”

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Transparency in the Vaccination Process

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March/April 2021

Transparency is critical to an effective vaccine plan to ensure our distribution systems are functioning like they should, to know what’s working and what’s not. We must ensure that every Washingtonian who wants a vaccine can receive one. Since March 2020, we have joined together to battle coronavirus and its health and economic consequences. We now have the hope of ending the pandemic through widespread vaccination but for it to work, our state must make and implement plans that are guided by the evidence. It’s time for full-scale mobilization. When we do that work well, we will finally get back to some semblance of normal. ❖

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more than one deserving adult. All nominees will be celebrated at a luncheon in June. This unique, festive tradition brings together hundreds of people from diverse communities throughout King County virtually and, if gathering limits permit, in person. This year, Sound Generations will recognize recipients in the following six categories: Advocacy + Activism; Community Service; Health + Wellness; Intergenerational Impact; Lifelong Learning; Defining Inspiration. Award recipients receive prizes that include a $200 Visa gift card and each individual who nominates one of the award recipients receives a $50 gift card. The deadline is April 2nd. Access the nomination for at www. tfaforms.com/4715874 or call 206727-6208. ❖

March/April 2021

Library Corner

Inspiration from the Library ...by Wendy Pender

As I write this, the vaccine is beginning to roll out and there is additional daylight each day. I feel encouraged and hope Wendy Pender you do too! We know Spring and Mother Nature can buoy our spirits.

www.NorthwestPrimeTime.com 15 One of the joys of the King County Library System (KCLS) is its endless sources of entertainment and delight. I love bringing home a huge stack of books each week (currently from contactless Curbside to Go!) and browsing them just as I would in a bookstore but in the comfort of my own home. For nonfiction, I read the front and back flaps, the Introduction, the Table of Contents and often the last chapter. That usually gives me enough of a taste and perhaps a “nugget of wisdom” or two, providing some context for the author. For fiction, I’ll read the first chapter and the last one. I used to criticize myself for this practice, but now I see it as an efficient way to have a broader exposure to more books. Why not?

If you need some inspiration, I invite you to explore your library resources. Even if the library buildings have yet to reopen to in-building use, there is so much you can enjoy from your computer screen or even your mobile phone. If streaming or other electronic options do not appeal to you and you prefer something to hold in your hands, most libraries have Curbside to Go service so you can pick up your holds. You can reserve materials either through the library app or by phoning and speaking to a library staff member. And for more fun, try our Surprise Bags filled with five titles from the genre you select! Another way to find something different is our annual “10 to Try” challenge, which invites you into new

realms of reading with these 2021 categories: · Makes you laugh · Non-human characters · About the future · Epistolary novel (written in letters, emails, etc.) · By a Black author · Published this year · About pop culture · Re-read an old favorite · Set where you were born · Recommended by staff Even in the dark days, lean into your library – we’re here for you! ❖ Wendy Pender, Older Adults Program Coordinator, King County Library System, wgpender@kcls.org

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There is exciting news afoot! Northwest Prime Time plans to enhance its website experience and hopes to entice you to visit. The current issue of Northwest Prime Time is always posted online so that anyone can read it—anytime, anywhere. But over the next weeks and months we will be adding special features only available to online readers. [Sorry to those readers who aren’t computer-users, but our enhanced website is directly tied to our hopes of continuing to publish our print edition.] Over time, our goal for the website is to provide exciting new features, such as: • Opportunities to interact with other readers • Additional stories and resource articles not found in the printed edition • A blog by Northwest Prime Time’s editor, with behind-the-scenes stories about the paper and our columnists. The blog will also detail the editor’s humorous adventures and misadventures as a novice senior newspaper publisher, along with the lessons she has learned over the years from our wonderful readers • A second photo contest with a $100 prize. We will continue to offer our $25 contest in the printed edition, but the new $100 online contest, Where in Washington, will only be open to readers who provide us with their email address. • Interactive online puzzles • Updated calendar items • Expanded senior resources • Senior-related podcasts, videos and photos • And much more!

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In the coming months, look for a new online feature—an additional photo contest: Where in Washington. We need your help! This contest will be cast To make this work, we need your help! Simply farther afield than our shoot an email to editor@northwestprimetime.com Where in the Northwest saying you are interested in receiving monthly contest (see page 3) and information about Northwest Prime Time. will include locations throughout the state How it will work: instead of only within • We will never share your email address with our readership area. The any other party locations may be a bit more • You can opt-out at any time obscure, but the rewards • Once a month, we will email you richer—a $100 prize announcements such as: instead of $25 ✓ when the new edition is on the (drawn at random A new and improved stands (and available for online viewing) from the correct NorthwestPrimeTime.com ✓ when we’ve posted the latest $100 submissions). Email Us Today! Where in Washington photo contest Look for more editor@northwestprimetime.com ✓ new blog entries from Northwest information in Prime Time’s editor and others our next edition— ✓ links to interesting features not found in May/June 2021. the printed edition ✓ for email subscribers who want it, we may also offer weekly updates on upcoming events

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