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From singing in the chorus to acting as ambassadors, older adults are important to the opera’s success

By VANESSA SALVIA BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

The Eugene Opera formed in 1977, right in the middle of a fruitful period in the development of Eugene’s arts and entertainment scene. Consider this chain of events: In 1966, the Eugene Symphony lauded its first season. Helmuth Rilling founded the Oregon Bach Festival in 1970. The Eugene Concert Choir was founded in 1974. Eugene Ballet Company started dancing for audiences in 1978, and the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, which was founded under the original name Oregon Festival of American Music, began in 1991. The gem of Eugene’s performing arts scene, the Hult Center, enjoyed its grand opening in 1982. Over the decades, numerous seniors from the Eugene area have helped make the opera’s productions possible, particularly by singing in the chorus. Unlike a choir, which simply stands and sings, a chorus often has choreography or things to say and do, all of which contribute to the progression of the story. “We have many seniors participating in the opera in many ways,” says Katie Curtis, Eugene Opera’s former office manager, who recently left the opera for another job. “The largest group are those that sing in our chorus for our main stage operas held on New Year’s Eve and in March. For our seasons we can have 10 to 15 seniors involved in one or both productions.” For the 2015-16 season, Eugene Opera has expanded into presenting four operas: Two grand operas and two chamber operas. Christie “Chris” Lamb is 62 and has been with the

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Senior members of the Eugene Opera’s production, “Orpheus in the Underworld,” run through a dress rehearsal.

opera’s chorus for 32 years. “My kids grew up coming to watch me perform starting when they were 3 and 4 years old,” she says. Lamb had recently moved to Eugene from Portland and saw an ad in the RegisterGuard for auditions. “I had never sung opera but I had been in every musical group through college. I sang in jazz choirs in high school and I sang in madrigal groups and in big choirs accompanied by piano. I did everything else, even in grade school.” So she auditioned for the opera and, by her own admission, it was “horrible” because of her nerves, but the musical director looked at her history of performing and knew she would be fine. They asked her to join and she’s passed every audition since then. “It’s so much fun,” Lamb says. “First, there’s the love of the music and the challenge of learning new lyrics and sometimes in different languages. But I think the most fun is the camaraderie

that we have in the chorus.” They’re so tight, she says, that for the past 10 years she and a group of friends have had a camp-out every summer. Also fun is the opportunity to play dress up, with fabulous gowns and wigs, to become the characters in the production. “It’s really fun becoming somebody that you’re not,” she says.” Curtis says there’s always room for more seniors to participate. “Those with a musical background and training will find the Eugene Opera Chorus to be a great way to be creative and enjoy some great singing and music,” Curtis says. “Not to mention dressing in beautiful costumes and sharing the stage with professional opera stars.” Eugene Opera offers a program called Ambassadors, which is always accepting new members. Its monthly meetings focus on opera, in general, as well as the Eugene Opera specifically, and discuss it with other fans. Ambassadors get to participate in educational, cultural

“... I think the most fun is the camaraderie we have in the chorus.” Chris Lamb

Eugene Opera chorus member

and social programs, do volunteer work and assist with fundraising. “Our Eugene Opera Ambassadors are made up of several seniors, although there are members of all ages,” Curtis says. “Our Ambassadors and volunteers benefit from having seniors on the team because of their career and life skills. Many volunteers are retired and have more time to help support the opera.”

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Curtis says many seniorchorus members like that the opera has been a part of the community for so long, with several of them involved since its inception. “Also, senior opera lovers have a passion for supporting the opera and helping our organization educate younger generations about why it’s such a great art form,” Curtis says. “Having seniors in the chorus is valuable because their experience in the arts is often more extensive than that of our younger singers. They can provide insight from having sung in many productions both with Eugene Opera and other companies all over the country.” It’s also nice that the singers receive a payment of $100 per performance, although they don’t get paid for rehearsals. Roy Lisi, 69, sung classical music for 25 years, starting with the Eugene Concert Choir and then singing with the Eugene Symphony chorus since 1998. He joined the Eugene Opera chorus just

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CONTINUED FROM P. 2 over 10 years ago. He’s also done some solos with the opera’s artist mentor program, which provides musical outreach opportunities. “I have a lifelong love of singing and music in general, but singing especially, he says. It was in 2004 that a friend told Lisi that the opera was looking for a tenor, so he showed up at a rehearsal. “John Jantzi was the chorus master,” he recalls. “He told me to sit in and see what I could do and I’ve been singing with them since.” Lisi must have musical genes because his grandfather sang in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s chorus. He says he never got to hear his grandfather sing, although chances are he was good. Lisi also plays trombone, and performs with Eugene’s One More Time Marching Band and New Horizons Band, which does concert band arrangements of a variety of music such as pops and show tunes. “I hadn’t played trombone in 50 years up until about three years ago,” says Lisi, “but the singing is something I’ve always done. My earliest memories are of me singing and just making up my own songs.” Originally from western Massachusetts, Lisi has been in Eugene since 1972. He will name a couple of productions that he enjoys, such as the Puccini opera, “The Girl of the Golden West,” because the chorus doesn’t have songs per se in that production but instead responds to what other people are saying. “That makes it hard as a singer to understand your place in the opera,” he says, “but it’s a fun opera and it’s one of the only ones where the woman not only doesn’t die at the end, she rescues the man.” He says “Nixon in China” was also wonderful, although it was a difficult piece of music to learn. Lisi really likes every production the best, though. He printed up T-shirts with a saying by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore, who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for literature, that reads, “God respects me when I work but loves me when I sing.” “That’s the way I feel about it,” Lisi says. “There are few greater joys. Singing by myself is

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Cast members show their antics during a dress rehearsal at the Eugene opera. fun but singing in a group where your voice is matching up with the others and producing this combined sound is just magical.” In addition to the community outreach programs that seniors can participate in, the Eugene Opera Academy gives high school students with an interest in set design, costuming and makeup, lighting, music, performance or marketing an “all access pass” to the process of production. The students can attend rehearsals and matinee performances, go backstage, meet with the techni-

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cians, the musicians, the chorus and the stars. For the 2014-15 Academy, students attended 18 activities related to Eugene Opera’s productions of Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love” and Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” “They get a chance to observe and chat with our seasoned opera members,” Curtis says. “In addition, one Academy student per year is awarded a $500 college scholarship by one of our long-time chorus members and education committee members, Colleen Gaskill.” She says opera has existed for centuries because it is exciting, beautiful and timeless. “It is an art form that requires skill, passion and training to be performed, but anyone can enjoy it from the audience,” she says. “Our senior opera lovers have known that for their entire lives, and been involved for decades. Now, they are part of the force that is educating younger generations to see the excitement, comedy, beauty and fierce passion that goes with opera. It is truly an art that is handed down generation to generation.” ■

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Genealogy is a stage for lifelong learning about yourself and your family

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Linda Aubrey jokes that she can trace her ancestry back to Joseph and Mary. John Pratt follows that up with the fact that his ancestors are Adam and Eve. They both start laughing. Aubrey, 63, and Pratt, 80, are members of the Oregon Genealogical Society (OGS). Aubrey’s relatives are not quite as famous as that other pair of Joseph and Mary — their names were Joseph Aubrey and Mary Shoemaker, her paternal great-great-grandparents. For Pratt, his pair is Adam Derryberry and Eve Liget, his great-great-greatgreat-grandparents from the 1600s. While it’s unlikely that anyone can trace their ancestry back to the biblical Adam and Eve, it is fun to see how far back you can go, and that’s a big part of the appeal of genealogy. Pratt’s interest was kindled nearly 30 years ago when he found himself wanting to

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Linda Aubrey and John Pratt are members of Oregon Genealogical Society in Eugene. Here, they stand in front of some of the shelves of books the society has as a reference, in researching your family tree.

know more about his family. “How can you know who you are if you don’t know where you came from?” he says. “My father died when I was very young and I hadn’t even seen a picture of him. I wanted to see what I could find out.” Pratt and his wife, Carol, 75, are lifetime members of the Oregon Genealogical Society. Carol is also interested in genealogy and edits the

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OGS newsletter. Her grandmother was a genealogist who left a large file of documents that she had accumulated in her lifetime, and was able to trace the family line back to the 1800s when they immigrated to this country from England and Wales. “Sometimes you can find out who your ancestors were, what they did, where they lived,” she says. “Sometimes you can find

out through their letters what their interests were and you can often find out what they did for a living. It’s incredibly interesting to do and you get deeply embedded into history. You find out what was happening at the time they lived and what sorts of things impacted them and their children.” When research uncovers something like the survey registration for their property or

the deed of sale, which can tell you who they bought their property from, it adds depth to everything you know about your past. “People really enjoy finding out who their antecedents were because it tells them a bit about themselves, where their family came from and what they had to go through in their life,” she says. Aubrey inherited a stack of research that someone else in her family had done. “I felt like I needed to do something with it, to keep it going,” she says. “So I took classes because I needed to know how to understand the information that I had.” After becoming involved, Aubrey joined the OGS board and has been active since 2000. “I got hooked,” she says. Aubrey is an OGS past president and vice president who also heads up the Research Roundtable, a free troubleshooting resource for researchers, including nonmembers, that meets on the first Sunday of each month. Most people who enjoy genealogy will say it’s addictive. “It’s one of those hobbies that reaches out and grabs you and pulls the tie tight,” Carol says. It can also be time consuming. An OGS research team will take queries at a rate of $15 per hour plus expenses to

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Spending a day in Newport’s Historic Nye Beach is much more than just gazing on a beautiful beach. It can encompass the classic beachfront activities as well as the unusual and unique art, shopping and dining.

Since it’s a given that Oregon coast weather is unpredictable, Nye Beach fortunately has opportunities for both sunny days and inclement weather. In fact, this popular historic community has attracted beachgoers to its wide sandy shores for many decades. Originally named for John Nye in the 1880s, he sold his property to Sam Irwin, and by the turn of the century Nye Beach was already a popular vacation destination. Over the years, the community has

developed into a friendly neighborhood of shops, cafes, and classic beachfront homes, hotels, and bed-and-breakfasts. If you are a writer, reader, artist or art lover, or if you enjoy good food and drink, Nye Beach is the perfect destination. The fact that it has

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some of the easiest beach access on the coast is an added bonus. There is some parking at the Nye Beach turnaround, where visitors can walk right onto the beach. Follow the well-marked signs on Highway 101 into Newport. The beach is wide, flat and easy for walking. And there’s a spectacular view of the Yaquina Head lighthouse at the north end. Two wonderful galleries are situated right near the beach. The Newport Visual Arts Center’s Runyan Gallery features new exhibits every four to six weeks, with the photographs of 1930s farmworkers by Dorothea Lange proving so popular the exhibit has been held over until Sept. 27. Following that exhibit, the gallery will feature the work of Earl Newman, a well-known silkscreen artist. Above the gallery, on the second floor, the Yaquina Art Association holds workshops and classes in a room with large tables and an ocean view. Two other rooms offer additional exhibits featuring artists using a variety of mediums in their work. Just past the Visual Arts Center is the Yaquina Art Association gallery, which features the work of more than 100 local artists. This historic building was once known as the Bath House, and was not

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Above, the main street, as well side streets of the Nye Beach community, are lined with bookstores, pubs, cafes and galleries all catering to artistic and culinary tastes. Above left, the entrance to one of Nye Beach’s cafes. Bottom left, the Sylvia Beach Hotel.

used for bathing, but rather for changing into bathing suits. Proper ladies of the 1930s did not appear anywhere except the beach in their modest bathing attire. Half the fun of exploring

Historic Nye Beach is discovering unexpected sculptures, street musicians, quaint beach cottages and unique shops. Several bookshops offer a warm comfy escape on stormy days, where friendly booksellers feature books by local authors, as well as new and used treasures. Visitors may want to go wine tasting at the Nye Beach Wine Cellar, sample gourmet foods and treats at one of the neighborhood eateries, or

browse for the perfect unique gift in one of Nye Beach’s fun gift shops. Most of the cafes are locally owned and offer a variety of cuisines from homemade Italian pasta to a popular Irish pub, from chowders and seafood to steaks, salads and gourmet chocolates. This is one place where you can leave your car parked and spend the day on foot, with the beach itself always close by. One of Nye Beach’s oldest buildings is the Sylvia Beach

Hotel. Originally called the New Cliff House, and then the Hotel Gilmore, the hotel now features rooms decorated in the theme of various authors, like the Ernest Hemingway room, the Amy Tan room, and the Dr. Seuss room. The gift shop by the front desk features historical photos of the building from its original days. The Table of Contents restaurant offers family-style, ocean-front dining. (Call for reservations.) ■

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The Eugene Concert Choir has received a $24,449 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust in support of its “Remembrances” choral masterwork commission project. Of the 84 grants awarded to cultural organizations, the award to the concert choir was one of the largest of those for performing arts recipients and will contribute to the project supported by the $125,000 two-year grant that the choir received from the Oregon

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Alzheimer’s, Retallack possesses an intimate understanding of this debilitating affliction and a desire to create this artistic work with beauty, sensitivity and dignity. “I believe in the transformative power of music, and in particular choral music,” she says. “This subject is deeply personal and affects so many … my hope is for this beautiful choral orchestral work to provide catharsis not only for those involved, but to all who listen.” Statewide cultural organizations will receive a record $2.6 million in grants from the Oregon Cultural Trust in fiscal year 2015-16, up a full 30 percent over last year and surpassing $2 million for the first time. The dramatic increase in funding results from a record fundraising year and a new distribution formula approved by the Oregon legislature.

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Breaking down the mystery about the oils we consume

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The various types of fats in our diets have been in the news for decades, often with confusing and contradictory recommendations. With some fats, the results are conclusive, while others are a little more complicated and difficult to make sense of. If it was only as easy as knowing which bottle of oil to reach for. Unfortunately there’s a lot more to consider, for example, how much fat or oil you’re eating, your specific health condition, your lifestyle and overall diet, and reading ingredient labels, where the “bad fats” can sneak into your diet through tricky marketing and vague labeling laws. But all fats aren’t bad. In fact, fats are essential to provide energy and calories. “In the ‘80s, dietary fats were demonized, the clear and strong message for best health was to get all of the fat out of

If you cook with oils, how do you know which one is healthiest for you? Experts say it depends on your specific health conditions, lifestyle and overall diet. your diet,” says Neilann Horner, clinical assistant professor and director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at Oregon State University. “We’ve moved far from that. The evolution of nutrition education has moved away from isolating certain nutrients. Long term studies and large scale trials have shown that overall dietary patterns seem to be more important in deter-

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mining health outcomes than isolating any one nutrient.” Horner’s recommendations back up those by the American Heart Association for dietary fats to be primarily liquid vegetable oil. “There’s still some controversy over which fats are good and which are not, but we’re still going with the gauge of ‘if it’s left at room temperature will it be liquid as opposed to solid.’ But it’s not

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just a matter of which fats, but how much fat you’re eating. The error made in demonizing fats is that people shifted to carbohydrates, and a lot of those are refined and high in calories, even though low in fat.” Dietary proportions are a good way for consumers to determine a healthy balance, without having to figure out grams and percentages of fats. F O R

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“Your plate should be at least two-thirds full of plant-based foods, like whole grains and fruits and vegetables,” Horner advises. “The other third should be a low-fat dairy product and a lean meat. The current recommendation is for seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day, and three servings of high calcium, low-

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fat dairy.” In addition, learning to modify your eating habits to incorporate mono and poly unsaturated fats without completely giving up the foods you love is helpful. Replacing bad fats with good is where most of the benefits occur. “Most healthy people can have that piece of chocolate cake now and then,” Horner says. “It’s not about saying absolutely not, or never. But start to change your food choices so that most of the time you choose the unsaturated fat options.” If you love butter, you can use a little of it in your diet, but try to minimize its use, and replace some with a more healthful option. In baking you can sometimes substitute

the butter with something like applesauce. “Old style margarines used to contain a lot of trans fats,” Horner says. “Now some of the butter substitutes, like Smart Balance or Benecol, have zero trans fats and contain plant stanols that have been proven in studies to lower LDL levels.” But the most benefit, she says, is seen in replacing the bad fats, not just adding beneficial fats to your existing diet. “The amount of food you eat is important as well,” Horner says. “If you eat just a little bit of butter, and you are basically healthy and exercise, it probably won’t hurt you. But if you lead a sedentary life, or have existing health conditions that are challenging, and you eat large quantities, that butter will have a more negative

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“There’s a lot of attention in the media right now about coconut oil ... Food marketers tend to overexploit claims of benefits and the jury is still out on the benefits of specific saturated fatty acids.” ~ Neilann Horner, OSU clinical assistant professor impact on your health than it would on an active person who eats just a little in moderation with a balanced diet.” Moving from Crisco, butter, or any solid fat to a liquid oil, would be a good step toward better health, Horner says.

By now, we all know, or should know, that trans fats are the worst. They offer no health benefits, and are associated with heart disease, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. Yet, trans fats are often in the obvious junk foods we know we shouldn’t eat — fast food, fried foods,

cookies, pastries, chips, etc. Because of laws ruling the labeling of processed foods, trans fats can sneak into our diets without our knowing it. For example, a food can be labeled “zero grams trans fats” if the serving size contains less than .5 grams of trans fats, so if a food contains .49999 grams, it can be labeled “trans fat free,” which, when we then eat several servings of, thinking we’re not getting the “bad fats,” we instead end up eating harmful amounts. Horner says the key is the word “hydrogenated.” Even if the product says “zero grams trans fats” in big bold letters on the front, if you read the ingredients and find “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” oils, (usually coconut or palm oil) the product does contain trans fats.

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Consider spaghetti sauce, for example. While tomatoes obviously donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contain trans fats, a spaghetti sauce variety that adds sausage contributes more than just flavor, but a dose of the bad fats as well. Track down a lot of the bad fats in your diet just by reading labels. Polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats have been shown to have some benefits, in moderation and in

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balance with a healthy diet and active lifestyle. Poly- and monounsaturated fats are preferable to saturated, in general. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a murky topic,â&#x20AC;? Horner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our bodies need some fats, but the basic definition still holds true â&#x20AC;&#x201D; choose fats that stay liquid at room temperature. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about making good choices than trying to avoid fats altogether.â&#x20AC;? Oils like olive, canola, safflower, avocado, walnut, sunflower and sesame are thought to have health bene-

fits. They contain antioxidants and phytochemicals and have been studied a lot, but there is still controversy as to whether these characteristics explain the health benefits of these oils entirely. As a consumer, the main differences between these oils are taste, price and personal preference. Cottonseed oil is about 30 percent saturated fat but is still an oil at room temperature. Palm kernel oil is about 40 percent saturated fat. Both of these are naturally saturated, and can be hydrogenated

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products â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 percent or less â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can drop blood pressure. Of course, skim milk wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give you that rich taste youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to if you grew up on a dairy farm, and it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give you that rich creamy sauce that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re accustomed to having in your favorite recipes so, on most days, choose low-fat, and the rest of the time, follow a healthy eating pattern and get regular exercise. For most healthy people, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine to indulge just a little now and then, but keep most of your fat intake to vegetable-based, liquid oils. However, if you are under the direct care of a doctor, always run any dietary questions by them. After all, they know your specific condition and health requirements. If you see a cardiologist, follow that doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specific recommendations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can no longer talk about just sugars and fats,â&#x20AC;? Horner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all works together. Less processed, less sugar, less saturated fat. Get back to basics.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013;

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do the research for you if you can’t do it yourself. Genealogy often involves spending hours in libraries poring over old newspapers or records on microfilm, visits to county courthouses for census records or traipsing through cemeteries looking for grave markers. While some records now are available online, many are not, and John Pratt points out that it’s difficult to trust Internet information unless you can also find a collaborating source. “You have to go back to the source, like the county courthouse, to know for sure,” he says. Some records are available online, such as Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com. The Eugene Public Library offers access to these services at no charge, because the library pays the fees to use them. Both resources have millions of records from all over the world. People who have a subscription card to Heritage Quest can use it from home, but Ancestry.com must be accessed from the library. A couple of times a year the library offers a class called “Mobile Genealogy.” Taught by an instructor with experience in genealogy, the class offers information about using the resources that are available for tablets or smart phones to both find information and store it so researchers can always have easy access to their information when they’re traveling or out researching. The library also offers other classes on genealogy, including a basic getting started class and a next-level class. Most classes are held in the spring and fall. Reeva Kimble is president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Willamette Valley Oregon (JGSWVO) and has been involved since the organization started in 1998. Her genealogical journey began because she wanted to find out the original names of her grandparents. “So that one day if I had grandchildren I could tell them,” she says. “I didn’t know their names and I didn’t know where they came from.” She’s since been able to trace her roots back to the 1770s in Poland and the Ukraine for three of her grandparents, but the fourth remains elusive. Several years ago Kimble found a box of photographs that belonged to her grandfather, Joseph Jacobson. He lived in Mir, Belarus, before moving to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1884 at age 14. She posted her trove of photos online and that turned into a large website with about 150 pages devoted to the history of Mir for the past 500 years, including photos and a listing of residents, business owners, letters and other memorabilia. “I discovered an incredible history,” she says. The JGSWVO currently has about 35 members and membership is only $10 per year, but meetings are open to any-

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family Search Familysearch.org Family History Center 3500 W. 18th Ave., Eugene; 541-343-3741 eugenefamilyhistory.org

International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists ibssg.org/blacksheep Jewish Genealogical Society of Willamette Valley Oregon nwfam.com/jgswvo.html

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Diligent research often pays off in photographs, such as these: Top, the town of Mir, Belarus, from the 1920s. Reeva Kimble traced her family history to Mir with the help of a box of old photos. Middle, children in Lomza, Poland, in 1897. Above, The Hutkin siblings in Mir in 1920.

one. “Our members don’t have to be Jewish but if they’re looking for Jewish ancestors then our group would be relevant,” she says. “We also do a lot to learn about Jewish history.” For example, the September meeting program was about Yiddish as a language, “because it’s one of the languages that our ancestors spoke,” Kimble says. The JGSWVO website lists its meetings for the rest of the year and also provides such information as recipes, including old world and new world variations. The group has books and maps available, subscribes to a Jewish genealogy journal and has the last 10 years of that available for use. “It’s full of scholarly articles about every aspect of Jewish genealogy,” Kimble says. “At meetings we talk about searching and

search engines and how to use them and how to use genealogy software to keep track of what we’ve found. People used to keep track of everything with index cards and big charts on the wall but now it’s all on computer.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ genealogical organization, Family Search, has the largest repository of ancestral family records in the world.FamilySearch.org offers free access and is one of the most heavily used resources. Researchers can get personal assistance at any of the church’s Family History Centers, like the one in Eugene on 18th Street. Patrick Briggs, 55, is a member of the LDS Church and also mentors local Boy Scout troops as they try to earn a genealogy merit badge. Mormons care deeply about

their ancestry and their religion holds ancestors as important in many ways. “There are a wide variety of resources available at the Family History Centers in terms of folks who lived in our region who you might be able to tie into a family line,” Briggs says, “along with resources from the rest of the U.S. and North America and even around the world. It’s open to anybody, you don’t have to be LDS to go. “Like people with a Christian belief we believe that we are descendants of Adam and Eve so we are working diligently to discover our ancestry and fill in the spots between us and back to them so we can learn about our ancestors, where they lived, what they did for employment,” Briggs says. “That’s the part that’s really exciting.” Briggs was a Boy Scout as a youngster but then moved from the Eugene area to Sacramento, California, with his family, and lost touch with the organization. Later, as an adult, he was asked to serve as a Scoutmaster, so he rekindled his love for scouting. He’s one of several men and women in the Eugene area who mentor scouts seeking to achieve the merit badge. Scouts must complete nine different requirements to earn the badge, including interviewing relatives, contacting a record repository, putting together a pedigree chart or family group record and research some aspects of genealogy. Eugene’s Troop 100 sponsors a genealogy merit badge event, usually held in January or February at the LDS Church which is collocated with the genealogy library. “I get so much satisfaction out of helping the scouts do this,” Briggs says. “It helps keep me young, helps me focus on my own life and at the same time I’m helping train a rising generation of leaders. It’s so much fun to work with young people.” Long before the current craze of ancestry television shows, Mormons were documenting family histories throughout the world. Now that the TV shows have

exposed the general public to the joys and challenges of genealogical research, more people are joining in. Some may be pleased to discover that there is a “black sheep” in their family, such as a pirate or horse thief. In fact, there’s an organization called the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists which requires members to submit proof that a direct family member was involved in something nefarious. “People love to find the black sheep in their family,” says Carol Pratt. “It wouldn’t have been fun at the time of course, but it is now. We have members trying to prove that they have black sheep in their family so they can join the group.” Not everyone feels that way though. The actor Ben Affleck faced criticism when he asked producers of the PBS television series “Finding Your Roots” to edit out the fact that his research uncovered a slave-owning ancestor. “Some people are aghast at what their ancestors did but my feeling is that I’m only responsible for myself,” says Linda Aubrey. “It was a different world back then and most of us had someone in their family who did something we would think was bad. A slaveowning ancestor doesn’t reflect on what we are doing with our life now.” The other criticism about the television shows is that they make it look easy. They somehow manage to condense hours, months or even years of research into a convenient half-hour package. It’s not like that in real life, but most genealogists will say that they’re pleased the shows are getting a new generation interested in the topic. “The TV programs have helped a lot to keep people interested and bring new people in,” Aubrey says. Carol Pratt says genealogical research is a doorway to lifelong learning. “One very soon becomes interested in all things historical touching on one’s family,” she says. “Geography, research techniques, language, and oftentimes, government. It grows by leaps and bounds.” ■

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CUBA Cuba’s heart may be murmuring, but his voice is loud

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and you’ve got a placid abode and a carefree agenda, visit 1st Avenue Shelter and ask to be taken to Cuba. 1st Avenue Shelter is open for adoptions and visits from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 3970 W. 1st Ave., Eugene. Call 541-844-1777 or visit green-hill.org. ■

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We all know the feeling of spring fever, when gray clouds part and sunshine streams down, wooing us outdoors. Discovering little bits of fresh green plant growth fuels our desire to get our hands dirty, tidying up the garden and anticipating a lavish season of growing things. Retailers know this and plan accordingly. Who can resist those brightly-colored primrose and pansy flowers adorning the entrance to our favorite market? From earliest February on there is a push to buy. Unfortunately many of those same retailers ignore “the second spring” — autumn. There are many reasons why fall is a better time than spring to be working in the garden. One big reason: To right the wrongs. October is the perfect time to remedy problem areas of the garden. Unlike in the spring when eyesores have had months to slither away to the back of our consciousness, in October they’re still fresh on our mind, fueling us to “never make that mistake again.” In fall, the temperatures are cooler, making it easier to dig and haul without immediately breaking into a sweat. And not only more pleasant for the gardener, the mild temperatures are less stressful on the plants, too. Hopefully there have been a few good rain storms to soften the stillwarm soil which makes it easier to dig and allows transplants time to recover and settle in before going dormant for the winter. And they have a head start on spring growth as well.

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Fall is actually a better time than spring to be working in the garden. The biggest reasons: To right the wrongs and remedy problem areas of the garden. Fall is a good time to bargain hunt. Many nurseries prefer to sell off their inventory rather than hold it over through the winter months. This is a win for the gardener. Last fall, my garden buddy Carol and I really hit the jackpot at a nearby nursery. Among my other purchases, I got a huge hydrangea for five bucks. Had I purchased it earlier that spring it would have been $30. Getting it planted was easy thanks to soft, friable soil and I was able to rely on the seasonal rains to take care of the watering. And as an added psychological bonus, rather than insist on instant gratification, I had the privilege of looking forward to pretty hydrangea blooms in my garden this year. Another chore that goes against the conventional springtime tradition is seed sowing. As I’ve been learn-

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Sustainable landscaping is a term we hear more and more often, a growing trend amongst homeowners. But what does it mean, and why is it important? The fact that the environmental resources of the planet are strained is not news. Nor are the damaging effects of the fossil-fuel based herbicides and pesticides, as well as the high energy demands and wasteful water use of traditional landscaping. Lawns alone account for a huge portion of wasted water and chemical runoff. There’s no excuse for using chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers anymore. The organic horticulture community has come up with alternative solutions to almost every

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spend less time working. Beneficial insects like ladybugs and lacewings help keep pests under control without chemicals. Products based on clove oil and vinegar are one example of less toxic ways to control weeds. There are cover plants that out-compete the weeds, and removing weeds from your yard before they go to seed is helpful; eventually it becomes less and less work until it only takes a few minutes a day. Landscape architect and author Owen Dell, of Owen Dell and Associates, has made sustainable landscaping his life’s work. Through big and small projects during a career that spans decades, Dell is an expert on the subject. His business, books and articles offer help to the homeowner wanting to get on board, either on their own or through hiring a professional. “If you can make just three changes in your landscaping that really counted, one would be getting your watering under control, one would be the right plant for the right place, and one would be to mulch,” Dell says. “If you do these three things, you’re going to be 80 percent of the way to sustainability.” Take control of your watering Inappropriate watering is one of the most common mis-

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Top, Owen Dell enjoys helping homeowners choose the right plants for the right space, including (above) this fall sowing of crimson clover, which adds nitrogen and organic matter to the soil.

takes. Hand watering, done right, and drip irrigation are two effective ways of watering. “Most people water too much,” Dell says. “They see that the soil is dry on the top and they don’t realize that an inch down the soil is soaking wet. One thing you can do is get a water gauge. They cost about $8 and you just poke it in the soil, and it will tell you if it needs water.” Hand watering can be one of the most efficient watering methods, but it takes patience. A light sprinkle is a waste of water — it doesn’t get down to the plant roots. The best way is to go over it several times, and give it time to soak in. “Let it sit for an hour or two, and then go back and check. Make sure you’re not just watering the mulch so the moisture is just sitting on top.” Drip irrigation is one of the best methods of watering. The tubing has emitters every 12 to 18 inches, so the water drips very slowly, imitating rainfall. “It’s something you can do yourself,” Dell says. “You don’t have to hire a professional. The tubing goes right on top of the soil and you can cover it with mulch so you don’t even see it. It saves water, and the plants like it better.” Irrigation systems are often used with a controller, sometimes called a clock, but again, it’s a matter of knowing how to do it right. A conventional controller needs to be managed by re-programming it at least four

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or five times a year, as the weather changes. “We just had a period of 90degree days when pots needed to be watered daily, or even twice a day,” Dell says. “When the temperature drops, the water requirements change.” He recommends using a smart controller. “They save 25 to 50 percent of your water use because they take weather conditions into account. It’s an amazing technology.” He adds that the best smart controllers should be bought from a professional irrigation supply house, and will cost a little more, but they perform better and last longer.

Right plant, right place Having the right plant in the right place is a huge factor in determining maintenance needs. Consider each plant’s relationship to the soil, to other plants, and to the amount of light available to create a living ecosystem where the forces are all in balance, a condition called homeostasis. “Most gardens are not created this way,” Dell says. “They’re just decorative, and homeowners have to work very hard to maintain them. I call it adversarial horticulture, where we’re constantly battling bad design.” Unfortunately, as people get older, they often move from a home they love because their landscaping demands more than what they can take care of. “That’s not necessary,” he says. “In a sustainable land-

scape there’s not as much need for intensive labor to maintain it. Constant mowing, pruning, fertilizing, and watering shouldn’t be a reason to drive people away from their homes.” Plant size and proper placement is a huge source of gardening maintenance, when a plant is too big for a space in the first place. Making an investment in a more sustainable design is worth it in the long run. When you have a shrub that has overgrown its space, you have to pay someone to trim it, then pay to have the waste hauled away. It can amount to huge costs over a 20-year period. Most sustainable landscaping designs also do away with, or cut back on, conventional lawns. It takes 60,000 gallons of water to irrigate a 2,000square-foot lawn. There are 31 million acres of lawn in this country, and they use 800 millions of gasoline every year to mow. The amount of water it takes to water that amount of lawn could grow 81 million acres of food. One way to remove sections of lawn is called sheet mulching, layering cardboard and wood chips to smother the unwanted grass. For those who want to keep some lawn, there are still alternatives — drought tolerant grasses and ground covers, and low-mowing grass varieties that you can introduce into your lawn gradually, reducing the need for watering, mowing and fertilizing. ■

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The Eye Center John H. Haines, MD Kent A. Karren, MD Lee Azpioz, OD 1550 Oak St., Ste. 3, Eugene 775 SW 9th St., Ste. A, Newport 2002 Hwy. 101 N, Florence 541-683-2020

www.oregoneyecenter.com

The Oregon Dental Care Plan Oregon Dental Care 1800 Valley River Drive, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401

541-790-2922 Oregondentalcare.com Oregondentalcareplan.com Oregondentalcare@mail.com

SERVICES OFFERED Interactive Caregiving is a holistic way of delivering care that encompasses physical activity, mental stimulation, social engagement and emotional health that can genuinely change a person’s life. There is significant data that supports that when care is delivered holistically, it can reduce the risk of depression and improve physical health. Call us today for an assessment of your loved one.

A history of caring, Good Samaritan Society Eugene Village provides: • Rehabilitation / skilled care • Inpatient / Outpatient therapy • Senior living apartments • Home healthcare services • Hospice • Menu choices for dining • Now offering Private Rehab Rooms We are Medicare and Medicaid Certified. Open Enrollment for Medicare and Health Insurance is now upon us. We are an independent insurance agency specializing in health insurance, where the client’s needs are always first. Our approach to health insurance is through education, making sure that you understand and know what options are available to you. We have over 75 years of combined experience in the industry and our services are ALWAYS FREE to you. Find out what thousands of others have by calling us today or go online to receive a free quote. We have the best options for you. What is an OCT machine? With a conventional eye exam, a doctor will use a microscope and a magnified lens to get a 2-dimensional view of the retina. With this technique, it is very difficult to obtain an accurate view of existing pathology. With an OCT machine, however, a doctor gets a 3-dimensional, high-resolution, cross-sectional image of the retina, retinal nerve fiber layer and the optic nerve head - down to one micron! This dramatically improves a doctor’s ability to provide the most advance care possible. At The Eye Center, OCT scans are a part of our uncompromising standard of care. Come in and see for yourself. Dental Coverage for just $4/month! All services are covered. Compare to other plans and see the difference! Call us or visit our website to find out why the Oregon Dental Care Plan is better! Oregon Dental Care is the largest Dental Practice in Lane County and accepts most insurance.

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NW BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS • OCTOBER 2015