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Always in style Dawn Baby has an affinity for hairstyles of the 1940s

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Fourth generation hair stylist Dawn Baby, 55, sits in a vintage barber chair in her Eugene salon. She likes to wear vintage clothing and shoes, and decorates her salon in a similar fashion. 1-877-357-2430 • nwboomerandseniornews.com

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Four generations She isn’t sure why her family has four generations of hair stylists, although she thinks Beverley and Sally became beauticians because their mother was one. It seems significant now that they all became hairdressers but at the time it didn’t seem like something to talk about. Grandma Irene helped run a hotel in Colorado with a salon, and also had a salon in Riddle, Oregon. “The building still exists in Riddle and it still is a hair salon,” Baby says. Beverley had nine children, so Baby thinks she got into hair because she had so many kids that needed haircuts. “She would do all of our hair,” she says of her aunt. “It was like sewing or cooking, you’re saving your family money.” Baby’s father was in the military, so whenever he was gone they would go to her mother’s parents in Colorado. When he returned they would reconvene in California. She’s been in Eugene since 1971. Baby says Grandma Irene had the title of beautician, but she really wasn’t that good at haircuts. “It was all about the style then,” she says. “You would get your hair cut to have it styled and you would wear it that way for a week until you would come in and have it shampooed and set again.”

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Walk into just about any hair salon these days, ask for a shampoo set or victory rolls and most stylists will have no idea what you want. Walk into Dawn Baby Salon in downtown Eugene, however, and stylist/proprietor Dawn Baby will not only get right to work, she’ll most likely be looking the part in a 1940s or ’50s dress with her own hair in a vintage style to boot. Dawn Baby’s grandmother, Irene Thompson, was a beautician along with two aunts, Beverley and Sally. Dawn Baby’s daughter, Amelia Hart, is now the fourth generation in the family with a hair stylist license. “I’ve been a hair stylist since I was 17 years old,” Dawn Baby says, “and as soon as I was old enough to get my license — you have to be 18 to take your state boards — I’ve been cutting hair. I’m 55 now and I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Creating an identity Dawn Baby’s real first name is Dawn, but she wasn’t fond of what her name would be after getting married 17 years ago. “His last name was Lotz, and I didn’t want to be Dawn Lotz,” she says. “It was too much like ‘Don Knotts.’” Her husband pointed out that they could change their name to anything they wanted. “People have been calling me ‘Dawn Baby’ since I was 15 or 16 years old. We thought about being Rockefellers or Kennedys but I was like, ‘So many people call us ‘Baby,’ why don’t you be Mr. Baby and I’ll be Mrs. Baby.’” She’s gone by Dawn Baby ever since. Their son, Sterling, received a “normal” middle name, which he chose to use as a last name when he started getting teased for being Sterling Baby. In the 1970s, Baby got her license thanks to a work-training program that paid her minimum wage to attend beauty college. Baby’s daughter Amelia, 25, joined the salon five years ago after getting her license. Baby’s older daughter graduated from college with a lot of debt, and Baby encouraged her to get her hair license, at least until she could figure out something to do that would not result in the debt load of her older sister. Amelia grew up in Eugene, although she just relocated to Portland. She is a colorful figure, known to sport pink, orange or purple hair that may change by the week, and specializes in hair color and makeup. Baby, on the other hand, braids and pins her curly red hair, sometimes letting the bangs curl around her forehead while the rest is in a loose bun or ponytail. She opened her salon seven years ago after buying the shop from a barber named

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The building that houses Dawn Baby Salon was formerly Johnny’s Barber Shop. That spot has been a barber shop for 85 years, as long as the building’s been in existence. Johnny. “It was Johnny’s Barber Shop for 50 years,” Baby says. “It’s been a barber shop as long as the building’s been in existence, for 85 years.”

Service with a smile Baby provides hair styling services for men and women for special events such as fashion shows and weddings, where people want a fancier, vintage look. When she wasn’t working for a salon or driving to people’s home with her freelancer’s license, she worked with the Eugene Opera on hair and also worked with TV commercial and video production companies. “When I started I wanted to be a makeup artist and it turned out I was really good at hair cutting,” she says. “Everybody needs a haircut, not

everybody needs their makeup done.” She doesn’t have many older clients, unfortunately, she says, but she does have one man who “came with the building.” “I couldn’t even charge him how much I charge because Johnny had only been charging $10. I only raised the price a little bit because I didn’t want to break the bank with him or lose him,” she says. “He’s in his 80s. He trusts me to do his hair.” Even though cutting hair is a service, working with her clients is a bonding experience, and she gets to know them. “It’s made for some really awesome friendships,” she says. “Every six weeks you spend an hour with someone, after a while you get to know them. Sometimes you don’t even see your friends that often or that long.”

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Yearning for a different time She wishes that more people would come in and ask for vintage styles, but there’s not a huge market for it. “I wish I could do more of it,” she says about vintage styles. “I like that people used to put effort into the way they looked more than they do now. There were more rules. People wore hats and gloves. You would get dressed up to do stuff because you didn’t get to do much. You didn’t go out in your gym clothes.” Baby became attracted to vintage clothing and style when she was in beauty college and couldn’t afford new clothes. “I like the way old clothes look,” she says. “I like the way they fit and I think they’re beautiful and I like hair styling, so it all kind of goes together.” She enjoys watching old movies at home and practicing the hairstyles on her mannequin. For her, hair styling is creative, and she knows that people enjoy having their hair combed and styled. “And every day is different,” she says. “I really get attached to my clients. I had someone in here last week that I had been doing their hair for 25 years. He had dark hair when I started and now his hair is snowy white.” She appreciates that this job lets her be a part of the transitions of people’s lives while helping them feel and look good. “I’ll do it until I can’t do it anymore,” she says. ■

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of experience An Italian man’s language skills led him through court martial, many adventures By VANESSA SALVIA BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

The hardest thing about talking with Anthony Losco, or Tony, is deciding what to talk about. Each decade of his 81 years has brought with it a lifetime of experiences, from his upbringing in a traditional Italian family in New Jersey in the 1930s to facing a court martial in the 1950s to a nonprofit video production company he set up in his retirement. “Somehow a lot of things I’ve done and experienced became important,” he says. Losco’s Neapolitan parents, Antonio and Amalia, had two sons and a oneyear-old daughter in 1931, when they left their home in Paterson, New Jersey, with the children and returned to Italy by boat, so the grandparents in the old country could meet them. Their daughter developed an infection and died. “It really affected my mother,” he says. So much so that when Tony was born in 1933, his mother dressed him as a girl for his first three years, and even entered him in a beauty contest. “I came in second place,” he says. “I’m glad I didn’t win it.” After returning to New Jersey, Losco’s father formed a vaudeville theater

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troupe, and the family was conscripted to help out, with Amalia sewing costumes and the boys making and painting scenery and props. After that abruptly ended when Mussolini declared war, his parents opened a market in the Italian ghetto. They kept it stocked with salamis, cheese and coffee that Losco roasted each Monday after school. At home, he and his brothers weren’t allowed to speak English and Losco is still fluent in several Neapolitan, Sicilian and Southern Italian dialects. These factors seemed to set the foundation for what Losco’s life would become in the years that followed.

Growing up In the military he was granted topsecret clearance because of his language skills. After the military he became entertainment director for the Department of the Army, directing and producing shows with American military, and on one occasion, a large show with German and American soldiers together. After that he incorporated a company in Germany that won contracts to import goods for the Army, Navy and Air Force PX system. He’s been writing many of his experiences down as short stories, and he has a short memoir about his experience facing a court martial called “Five Bells to Hell.” These things might not have happened though, if he hadn’t been able to graduate from high school. At home and on the streets he did fine, but in school Losco barely participated, unsure how to construct phrases in English. By his junior year he was failing

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The first week (Domino’s ) had nine telephones to answer for orders and they sold so many pizza they ran out of everything ... They had to take the nine phones off the hook.” ~ Tony Losco,

about opening up the first Domino’s in the American sector of West Germany

every subject. At 16, Losco convinced his parents that he would be better off moving several miles away to a house his parents were building in the countryside. “It had a ceiling and a roof but the walls were bare,” he says. “It had water from a well.” The house was in a different school district, where almost from the first day, he says, a teacher told him that she would help him get into college. “She did,” Losco recalls. “And that changed my life. I had no idea about college. I thought I wouldn’t finish high school.”

Five bells In 1952, 20-year-old Losco joined the Army Enlisted Reserve at Fort Dix, New Jersey. After two years he volunteered. “It just happened that NATO had formed the year before and Italy had joined so they were looking for people who spoke Italian,” he says. He received a top-secret Italian language clearance and requested to be stationed in Italy. He was sent instead to 7th Army Headquarters in StuttgartVaihingen, which was the command center for all U.S. Army forces in Germany, where he was assigned to a top-secret communication station where coded messages would come in

from Army units stationed around the world. The messages were rated from one to five bells in order of importance. Five bells meant an attack was happening, and these messages had to be delivered into the hands of the commanding general within two minutes. Four-bell messages had to be delivered within 20 minutes. “We would receive messages day and night,” Losco says. “Most of them were routine messages coming in from every unit in the world. One day, five minutes before I am to be relieved, a message comes in from a unit stationed on a mountaintop in Turkey and it was ‘five bells.’” The message relayed that a squadron of unidentified fighter jets had flown overhead toward the Suez Canal. “I think, ‘Someone’s trying to pull a shrewdie here,” Losco says. “This doesn’t sound like five bells. The people on the mountain mislabled it as five bells but it’s really four bells.” The sergeant relieving him would have a better idea of what to do, Losco thought, so he just sat tight. “The sergeant delivers the message then comes back and tells me, ‘You’re to sit here and wait, you’re going to be court mar-

tialed.” Losco is reluctant to reveal the outcome, which he wrote about in “Five Bells to Hell,” because he’d like to encourage people to read the story for themselves. It’s full of memories from that time and, at 80 pages, is a quick read. He asserts that he never should have been given the message center assignment, because his top-secret clearance was for a special case that wasn’t noted in his files. After he made an understandable error, the chain of command then began a campaign to cover up its own mistakes in placing him in that assignment. “It’s an exciting story,” he says. “Was I punished? Yes. I was innocent, but punished.” “Five Bells to Hell” is available for download from Amazon for $3, and the proceeds benefit Losco’s nonprofit production company.

After the military After leaving the Army in 1959, Losco’s adventures hardly slowed down. During the 1960s he returned to his entertainment and vaudeville roots, producing shows and receiving USO entertainment shows for the Karlsberg, Mainz and Wiesbaden areas in Germany. He also had a film team and had done some work for the Wiesbaden air base, for whom he filmed a show which was part of The Ed Sullivan Show. It seemed that Losco was on the verge of being able to work on TV production when Sullivan’s show was cancelled. From 1964-66, he owned a restaurant in Venice, Italy, called Club Nabucco, which was very successful. “Princess Margaret, who was the Princess Diana of her day,” was spotted

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eating there,” Losco says. In the 1970s, he began selling new and used cars to people in the military and in 1978 was the first one to get an Esso gasoline station on military land under American jurisdiction. In the ’80s he started a business called Conusstan and traveled to England, India, Romania, Belgium and China to import fine rugs for the PXs. “I’m certain that there are thousands of people with Conusstan rugs still in their homes today,” he says. Within his warehouse full of goods in Kaiserslautern (the American sector of West Germany), Losco had space to spare. “I introduced Baskin-Robbins to Western Germany in 1983,” he says “I was the sole rep for them with three locations and it was going beautifully until I had an argument with the people that owned Baskin-Robbins in London.” A few years later he sold his locations to Haagen-Dazs. In 1987, he encouraged Domino’s Pizza to move from Düsseldorf in the British sector of West Germany to the American sector. “The people at Domino’s told me that they had set up in Düsseldorf because someone had thrown a dart and that’s where it landed,” Losco recalls. “I told them, ‘I’ve got a place in my building,” and talked to them about it for a year before they came.” They opened up next to the Baskin-Robbins locations in

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Kaiserslautern. “The first week they had nine telephones to answer for orders and they sold so many pizzas they ran out of everything before the week was up,” he says. They sold over $45,000 worth of pizzas that week. They had to take the nine phones off the hook.”

Actively retired After all of that, retirement seemed rather boring. He lived in Germany and HawaiI for six years, then in Italy for another four years. In 2004, he worked with students from California State University, Long Beach on a documentary of the Piedmont region before moving to Eugene to be near his two sons. Losco wanted to get back into video again, so he formed That’s Amore Productions in 2007. With University of Oregon students, he has documented the work of Sister Margaret Graziano, who taught art to Lane County inmates. He’s also done a story on a huge metal recycling machine now being installed at a Eugene scrap metal yard. Losco works daily to write down his stories and memories of what he experienced during his military career and work while living in Europe. Just sit down with him, ask him to tell you a story, and the next question will be, “How much time do you have?” ■

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Many people avoid obtaining professional legal advice because they worry it will cost too much, or they believe attorneys are only hired by those who find themselves in legal trouble. Nevertheless, there are several legal actions that actually make sound medical and financial sense and that are wise to put in place before we ever become unable to care for ourselves, either temporarily or long-term. The older we get, the more important it is to understand and establish the various legal processes available to us. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let legal costs stop you. The cost of an attorney should not deter seniors from obtaining the professional advice they need. This is where Lane County Legal Aidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Law Service can help because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s created specifically to provide free legal counsel for anyone aged 60 and older. Before he became a U.S. congressman, Ron Wyden was a law student in the 1970s at the University of Oregon. He formed SLS during his last year of school, says Jean Beachdel, who has directed the program for 40 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What (Wyden) did was he recruited a list of about 25 attorneys who agreed to staff the Kaufman Senior Center every Saturday morning,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He approached Legal Aid about taking over this program that he invented.â&#x20AC;? A 1973 study by Legal Aid demonstrated that not enough older people were coming in for legal services, Beachdel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the questions we would ask is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Have you ever used legal service before? Have you seen an attorney before?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And they would say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, no, I stay out of trouble.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I got that repeatedly. So that told me that seniors were a little bit leery of lawyers,â&#x20AC;? says Beachdel, adding the study also revealed seniors were skittish about the costs of hiring a lawyer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what Ron Wyden thought was if we could get the lawyers coming to the seniors at the Senior Center, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel more comfortable,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it was a good concept. It worked back then and it works today.â&#x20AC;? One of the legal matters essential to many seniors today is paying for long term care, either for themselves or a spouse who they can no longer care for on their own. In order to qualify for Medicaid, an

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attorney can help individuals create an income cap trust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An income cap trust is a special form of a trust,â&#x20AC;? Beachdel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its sole purpose is to qualify someone for Medicaid long term care services who would otherwise not be eligible because his income is more than $2,094 per month.â&#x20AC;? (oregonlawhelp.org) Other topics for which attorneys can offer advice are: â&#x2013; Wills â&#x2013; Advanced directives for health care â&#x2013; Guardianship â&#x2013; Laws that protect Social Security, veterans benefits and other public benefits from garnishment â&#x2013; Joint bank and credit union accounts â&#x2013; Power of attorney for financial affairs A power of attorney can serve as a useful document. However, there is the potential for it to be abused, something Beachdel has seen occur many times over the years. SLS has

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Call an outreach location directly in order to set up an appointment: Campbell Center, 541-682-5318 Willamalane, 541-736-4444 Petersen Barn, 541-682-5521 Viking Sal, 541-998-1556 Cottage Grove/Florence, 541-485-1017, ext 131. Get these numbers and more legal information at lclac.org/seniorlaw, or by calling 541-485-1017, ext. 131. developed a questionnaire which includes some of the important considerations when choosing to elect a power of attorney. An attorney can also offer guidance for revoking an existing power of attorney. Another important consideration is the need or validity of wills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to know whether they need a will or not,â&#x20AC;? Beachdel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need one. They need to know if the will that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve prepared themselves is going to be adequate. And they need to know if a will that they did 10 years ago needs to be redone.â&#x20AC;? Senior Law Services exists

Considering a power of attorney? Ask these important questions before choosing an agent: â&#x2013; Do I trust this person? â&#x2013; Will this person agree to take on the responsibility of being my agent? â&#x2013; Does this person make good financial decisions in his/her own life? â&#x2013; How organized is this person? â&#x2013; Does the person have the financial experience necessary to handle my financial affairs? â&#x2013; How busy is this person? Does this person have the time necessary to do the job well? â&#x2013; Does this person have a criminal record? If so, for what? â&#x2013; Does this person have any addiction issues such as drug or alcohol dependency or gambling? â&#x2013; Will this person do what the power of attorney says and refrain from doing anything not authorized by the power of attorney? â&#x2013; Are there any conflicts between this person and other members of the family? â&#x2013; Will this person expect to be paid for doing this job? â&#x2013; Will this person keep me informed and respond to my questions about actions taken? â&#x2013; Are there any alternatives to a power of attorney that would work better in my situation? â&#x2013;

to help seniors with these and many other civil issues, and only works because so many attorneys generously donate their time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Legal Aid took over the program Wyden had begun, the list of volunteer attorneys more than quadrupled,â&#x20AC;? Beachdel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Senior Center locations where free counsel was offered also increased.â&#x20AC;? Senior Law Services is partly funded through the Lane Council of Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Area Agency on Aging, under the Older Americans Act, and provides free advice on civil matters to anyone aged 60 and older.

While anyone can have an initial appointment, additional work is available only to those who are in the greatest economic or social need. Because resources are limited, the program relies on the volunteer time of both attorneys and staff members. Donations to Senior Law Services are welcomed and encouraged, either directly or as a designated recipient of an estate plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Older people have a lot of the same problems as younger people, but they have additional problems as well,â&#x20AC;? Beachdel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandparent visitation

is one of them; financing longterm care; securing or maintaining quality care at home or in a facility; designating substitute decision makers for finances and for health; coping with diminished capacity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it may be dementia, it may be a decline in memory, it could be overload due to stress; and abuse in later life, financial or other types.â&#x20AC;? Seniors need not navigate through these many crucial, life-impacting matters without professional legal counsel. Call one of the centers today and make an appointment. â&#x2013;

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basis. In terms of costs, a trip to urgent care is going to be a lot less expensive than a trip to the emergency department. Urgent care clinics help ease the patient load of overcrowded emergency departments, also. It is estimated that as many as 80 percent of the patients seen in emergency departments around the country could be treated in an urgent care clinic, with shorter wait times and significantly lower costs. For example, that hand wound needs medical attention but is not life-threatening and can be evaluated and treated in an urgent care. Urgent care clinics typically have providers including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. There are qualified nurses and support staff, plus imaging and lab capabilities. Urgent care clinics also operate on an extended schedule which includes

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OSU recruiting Master Food Preserver volunteers

The OSU Extension Service in Lane County is accepting applications for the 2015 Master Food Preserver Volunteer (MFP) Training Program. The program trains and certifies volunteers in all areas of food preservation including food safety. Volunteers selected into the program receive a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on training in food preservation, safety and food storage. In return for the training, volunteers commit to volunteering a minimum of 70 hours to the OSU Extension Service in Lane County in the year following the training helping others learn to preserve foods. The cost of the eight-week training program is $175 which includes the training, supplies and a resource notebook. Volunteer activities include staffing the summer statewide food preservation/ safety hotline, assist with public classes, testing pressure canner gauges, and staffing information booths at local fairs and events. Classes are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, April 13 to June 8, at the Community of Christ Church, 1485 Gilham Road, Eugene. For information go to extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/food -preservation. ■

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Albany’s Suzan Bellis feels the positive impact of her missions trips to Africa By JOY MASSEY BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

It’s an unusually beautiful and mild day in late February and Suzan Bellis has just returned from Kenya, having made her 26th mission trip. “Yes, Suzan with a ‘z’, she says, laughing, as she begins her conversation about these unique and life-fulfilling ventures. “When I was a young girl, I felt very strongly that God was calling me to missions, and I had a longing to go to Africa. But life comes along, and you do other things. I was 44 when I finally went on my first mission trip.” That was in 1988, when Ron Post, a former member of North Albany Community Church and founder of Northwest Medical Team (now Medical Teams International), called Bellis to be part of a surgical team. The team of doctors was going to Oaxaca, Mexico, to treat children with cleft lips and palates. “He asked me to go, and I didn’t want to go,” she says. “I had no medical background. He said to me, ‘I need you to go,’ so I went as a medical assistant. It was life changing.”

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Suzan Bellis (center) has made quite a few little friends during her many trips to Mji wa Huruma, Nairobi, Kenya, where she helped repair a school and improve teaching conditions. Bellis eventually made 16 trips to Oaxaca, bringing other teams of people along. Her husband went on five trips, and she took her son Paul when he was 17. She’s now taken all three of Paul’s daughters as well. “I think it’s important for young people to experience the world that

most people live in,” she says. “A large portion of the world lives in poverty. These trips help us to see what’s around us every day. It changes your perspective on who you are and what you can do. I’ve seen some real transformations.” The trips to Kenya were initiated by

the Gradin family, members of the church who had served as missionaries in Kenya for 10 years. After returning in 2004 from Kenya, the family invited others to go back with them. In 2005, seven North Albany church members traveled to Kenya, where

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they worked in a school located in Mji wa Huruma, a slum of 5,000 people. “The school building was in terrible disrepair,” she says, “the teachers weren’t paid, there was very little food. The children got one cup of porridge a day.” The humanitarian group put in water lines, built five latrines and taught some classes. When they returned home, they gathered donations from church members and outside sources, which allowed them to begin sending money to pay not only for food and teachers’ salaries, but also for books, uniforms, toilet paper and chalk. “We’ve now sent four teams from this church,” Bellis says. “We’ve renovated a school that was basically falling down. We have three paid teachers and a paid cook. The children have books, uniforms and shoes, and get two meals a day. We brought toys, puzzles, blocks, storybooks and dolls this February. The little girls had never had dolls, but they knew instinctually how to play with and care for them. Watching them with those dolls was very moving.” The Gradin family has since moved back to the Northwest, and the church now deals directly with Kenyans. “Hellen Wairimu is our in-country coordinator,” Bellis says of their Kenyan contact. “Hellen grew up in the Huruma Slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, she is one of eight children, and is taking care of her 80-year-old mother who has cancer. Hellen only had a fourth-grade education, but we count on her to make sure the school is maintained, the teachers and cook get paid, and the children have what they need to learn.” All donations go directly to help the children of the Mji wa Huruma school, Bellis says. Mission team members pay their own airfare and the church raises money through sponsors for other expenses. The school enrolls children from ages 3 ½ to 6, and from there they go to a local primary school. With a history of being a British colony, learning English is essential for being able to find work and succeed in Kenya. The students come to the school speaking Kikuyu, their native tribal dialect. They learn English as well as Swahili, their native tongue, so they leave primary school knowing three languages. “This little nursery school can really

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Classrooms are so small for these “pre-unit” students that they often must climb across a table just to move around the room.

“We brought toys, puzzles, blocks, storybooks and dolls this February. The little girls had never had dolls, but they knew instinctually how to play and care for them. Watching them with those dolls was very moving.” ~ Suzan Bellis educate the kids, and they can pass the national tests,” Bellis says. “The local primary school is overcrowded — 60 to 70 children per teacher. In the future, we’d like to look at that. We’re in the process of developing a nonprofit group that will allow more people to help. When people hear the story they want to contribute.” But what it’s done for Bellis herself is hard to measure. “I’ve seen these kids succeed, and

it’s absolutely amazing,” she says. “There was one young man who came up out of the slums, and someone offered to pay for his college education. He stepped aside and generously gave the scholarship to his brother, who in one more year will be a doctor, and is going back to work in his community. That’s world changing. If these kids grow up to be the teachers and leaders of their community, and if we can help bring them to the potential

that God meant them to be, then Kenya will be changed for good, and that will be the success of this ministry.” ■

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New organization highlights its important role in Oregon history

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When Dr. Darrell Millner started working at Portland State University 35 years ago, black history was an overlooked and neglected discipline. “A lot of people are surprised by the racial history Oregon has gone through,” says Millner, a professor in PSU’s Black Studies department. “You can’t understand the Oregon we live in without understanding its racial history and the policies that created it.” Millner shares his expertise as a special advisor to the Oregon Black Pioneers, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization based in Salem that works diligently to preserve the state’s black history. OBP shares that history by hosting presentations and lectures around the state in schools,

Oregon Black Pioneers created this postcard to highlight an exhibit at Oregon Historical Society Museum in downtown Portland. colleges, businesses and organizations. OBP was founded in 1993 to conduct research and educate Oregonians on the contributions of African-Americans to Oregon’s history. Incorporated a year later, the organization developed a resource booklet and study guide on Oregon’s black history, which

was distributed through the Salem-Keizer School District and Marion County Historical Society. These publications are no longer available, but OBP has for sale on its website and Amazon.com: “Perseverance: A History of African Americans in Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties” and “Images of America: African Americans

of Portland.” “It has been said that preserving and interpreting our national heritage is critical to our understanding both our past and present, as well as what the meaning holds for our future,” says Kim Moreland, OBP board member. “This holds true for preserving Oregon’s African-Ameri-

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Saving history Moreland says OBP strives to preserve this rich history via exhibitions, documentation, publications and saving history places. OBP’s third exhibit, “A Community on the Move,” follows Portland’s

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black history from the early 1940s through the late 1950s. “The exhibit traces how the WWII shipyards, migration from the south, Vanport flood, and devastating urban renewal projects affected Portland’s black families and business,” says Willie Richardson, OBP president and board member. According to Moreland, a series of community dialogues held throughout the city of Portland complements this exhibit, open through June 28 at the Oregon Historical Society Museum in downtown Portland. “In collaboration with the Salem Multicultural Institute and Oregon Electric Railway Association, we proudly present another exhibition, ‘Rails Through Salem: A Black History Connection,’” Moreland adds. A mini-version of OBP’s exhibit, “Perseverance,” is also showing at the Capitol Galleria, according to Richardson. “One of the most unique items in that exhibit is the cov-

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For more information on events/exhibits or how to donate (artifacts, photos, in-kind, financial, volunteer or services), visit oregonblackpioneers.org.

erlet given to Obed Dickinson by his mother prior to traveling to Oregon by boat,” says Richardson, a retired business owner who lives in Salem. “It is over 200 years old. Obed Dickinson was to become the pastor of the First Congregational Church on Marion Street in Salem, and played a significant role in the life of the black pioneers living in Salem.” She says Oregon’s history is inaccurate without including African-American contributions. “Preservation of it is equally as important to white people as it is to black people,” Richardson says. “The AfricanAmerican story is intertwined and a part of the fabric and threading of the story. Without it, those that paved the way will go unrecognized and his-

Willie Richardson — who loves to wear hats — says preservation of the African-American story is intertwined into the fabric of Oregon’s history. tory will go incomplete in its telling of the story.” Building on With this year’s exhibits in place, Richardson says OBP will continue to build a stronger infrastructure to further support its outreach, including adding a virtual online museum to its website.

The organization is also making plans to tour a few of the historical places significant to early black pioneers in Oregon, she adds. One such place is the Friends of the Pioneer Cemetery in Salem. In 2007, OBP presented the city of Salem with a stone marker for the cemetery to honor the memories more than 40 black pioneers buried there in both marked and unmarked graves. The gift to the city was accepted by then-mayor Janet Taylor at what the organization’s website describes as “a well-attended ceremony” that kicked off its “Salem’s Black

Voices” exhibit, sharing the stories of many of those pioneers. In partnership with the State Historic Preservation Office, Moreland says OBP is actively seeking information about historic places associated with African-American history. To submit information on places, cemetery burials and other items associated with black heritage, visit makeoregonhistory.org. Annually, OBP hosts fundraising events highlighting various aspects of black history and culture. Additionally, monetary donations can be made on the OBP website. “Increased funding will allow us to remain vigilant and diligent in continuing our research and other education projects,” Richardson says. Volunteers are also welcomed at OBP to help the organization expand its work statewide, bringing attention and honor to all of Oregon’s black pioneers. “Oregon Black Pioneers illuminates Oregon’s rich African-American history, a history that has been often overlooked or ignored,” says Mary Oberst, former First Lady of Oregon and special advisor to OBP. The organization, she adds, “accomplishes its work through the efforts of volunteers who create partnerships with individuals and institutions that also care about that history. Thus, the story of Oregon becomes the story we all know it to be.” ■

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Medical interpreters Eduardo Caballero (in bed) and Carmen Villa (right) pose as patient and interpreter with Salem Hospital nurse Donna Harris (center), to illustrate what might happen when a patients needs a language interpreter during a medical consultation.

Medical interpreters are your right — and your lifeline By MARY OWEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Medical interpreters put the “I understand” in medical visits, sometimes helping to save lives in the process. “I remember being in Labor and Delivery with a 16-yearold about to give birth,” says Jazmin Manjarrez, an independent contractor with 12 years of interpreting experience. “She was alone and scared. As the nurses prepared her for birth and doctors paraded in and out of the room, I was there interpreting everything. She thanked me and told me my presence meant a lot to her. I understood her cultural concerns and was able to explain them to the care team. And in the end, seeing new life come into this world, a life you had a small contribution in, makes all the difference.” Helen Eby, president of the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters, says interpreters like Manjarrez, an OSTI member, often act as cultural brokers. According to OSTI, as Oregon and the United States become more linguistically diverse, the use of professional, trained and certified healthcare interpreters in medical settings is more important than ever. “But it’s not easy to find people who are trained and

have passed a language proficiency test to do an interpreting assignment,” says Eby, a National Board certified interpreter who trains others via her company, Gaucha TI. The Aloha resident also writes a blog on her website, blog.gauchati.com. According to Eby, out of some 3,500 interpreters statewide, only about 140 are certified or qualified, yet the number of non-English speaking patients who need assistance continues to grow. “There is a big race to increase those numbers right now,” she says. “When someone speaks two languages, many think they can interpret. However, it’s more complicated than that. The meaning has to be transferred from one language to another. “It’s a little bit like playing the piano,” she adds. “Being able to play with one hand at a time is not that hard. Many people can get there with a little help. However, playing with two hands requires special training, especially when both hands are working somewhat independently. Transferring meaning from one language to another, whether orally or in writing, requires special training.” Her own training helped her learn “techniques, strategies, and ways to discuss things with my colleagues so that we could grow together,” she posts on her blog. “Certification didn’t make me better,” says Eby, who has an impressive list of interpreting proficiencies and career experiences. “It proved I had met a certain standard. I am still learning.” John Salinas got his start as an independent contractor and

now interprets for Kaiser Permanente in Salem. “One challenge is making sure that a non-English speaker is heard and understood, and that they can fully understand the interpreter,” says Salinas, who was born into a large Hispanic family that spoke Spanish at home. He says interpreters often times have to ask questions to clarify meaning, which may decrease the chances for medical mistakes to occur. “It’s very important to make sure that the patient and doctor fully understand each other,” he says. Eby says this can also happen with both patients and doctors. “In training, interpreters are taught to request clarification to solve these problems,” she says. “There are standard protocols for this – ‘the interpreter would like you to clarify what you mean by…,’ ‘the interpreter just asked the patient/ the doctor to clarify the meaning of xxx’ and on goes the interpretation. When interpreters follow this procedure, the participants continue to be connected to the main conversation and don’t wonder what is going on while the interpreter has a conversation with the other person.” For Carmen Villa, another medical interpreter, professionals like her face challenges daily. “The complexity and evolving nature of the language is only one of them,” Villa says. “Even people speaking the same language have difficulties understanding each other sometimes. Regionalisms, colloquial language, and giving meaning to proverbs or jokes from one culture to another is

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For more information on how to find a medical interpreter, ask your healthcare provider. Also, the Oregon Health Authority’s Care Interpreter Registry and related information can be found at oregon.gov/OHA/oei/ Pages/index.aspx. Other links include: the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters, ostiweb.org, and the Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association, ohcia.org. challenging.” Villa, who came to this country two years ago from Mexico, says she “saw the need and understood the vicissitudes that foreigners like myself face every day.” “Interpreting gives me the opportunity to serve people in my own community,” she says. Like Eby, Villa continues to learn the vast amount of information about different procedures, medications, conditions and diagnoses as well as updating language skills and learning ways to handling situations that are not always favorable. “There are times when interpreters might find themselves between abrasive conversations and keeping neutral,” Villa says. “Keeping neutral and repeating everything the way it has been said can become uncomfortable.” Delivering sad or unwelcome news is also difficult at

times, she says. “A professional interpreter should not let their personal beliefs interfere with their work, and sometimes it’s hard to keep your composure,” Villa says. “Being the voice informing family members about tragic events can make you feel awful, but also makes you evaluate your own life and appreciate those around you a little more.” Ultimately, Eby says when coupled with quality translation and community outreach, medical interpretation can lead to better outcomes in all fields. “As we help people connect with each other across language and cultural barriers, and they begin to understand each other, then our communities become stronger,” she says. “They can express themselves more freely and completely to find more in-depth solutions for their health care problems or educational issues, and maybe even find resources to connect better with our host communities.” Based on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, patients should not have to pay a penny for a medical interpreter, according to Eby. “If a provider is a recipient of federal funding, the language access is part of the service,” she says. “However, this means a whole lot of costcutting and ‘unfunded mandated’ issues.” Despite the challenges, these interpreters love what they are doing. “A highlight for me is doing a good job and knowing that everyone goes home happy,” Salinas says, “knowing I had a hand in the success of every encounter, and feeling good at the end of today.” ■

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SOMETHING OLD ... is new again This vintage clothing collection has got real style

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ocelyn Wagner runs her hands through the racks of her vintage fashion collection, picking out a beautiful silk dress from the 1920s. “History comes alive because of these clothes,” she says. “I can sense that someone had a wonderful time wearing this.” Wagner, who lives in Scio, has one of the largest and most unique vintage clothing collections in the area. It includes

casual dresses and formal wear dating as far back as the early 1900s, although a handful of pieces are even older. “I never really had an interest in history — it was so dry — until this collection came along, and now I just have such a feel for it,” she says. “I get excited seeing these, and I’ve done research about what life was like when people were wearing these. The music, the movies, the culture — it’s just fascinating.” Her face seems to light up as she rifles through the clothes — “gorgeous wedding dresses and bolero jackets, and exquisite brocade robes” — packed tightly on hangers. She eventually stops to hold up a long pink lace dress decorated with rhinestones. “This dress is one of my favorites,” she says. It’s from the ‘30s and it looks really pretty on.”

Another dress, this one long, slinky and black, was a “saloon dress,” which Wagner says is about 110 years old. “The ostrich pluming on it is not original, but even that is still at least 50 years old,” she says. “People in antique car clubs often like to dress in the era of the car, they go out on these drives and have a great time.” Yet another dress from the 1930s is a strapless satin, belted and cut on the bias, two features typical of that era, she says. “Many clothes in the 1930s were very stylish and elegant. Even though it was a difficult time in American history, Hollywood sought to distract people from their troubles, and those who could afford to followed suit, wearing glamorous clothes with a long, lean look.”

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pieces and then we found out that they were disassembling the clothes and using them to make other clothes. I got weak in the knees at the thought of it.” She shared her feelings about the collection with her husband, and he suggested she just buy the rest of the clothing. “There was no question in my mind,” Wagner says. “When he gave me his support, I knew I wanted it. It was a big investment, but I’ve never regretted it.”

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expensive, fine robe in its time,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look at how the brocade thread is woven into the robe belt.â&#x20AC;? Brocade, she explains, is a heavy jacquard type fabric with an all-over raised pattern or floral design. The term â&#x20AC;&#x153;jacquardâ&#x20AC;? refers to a loom attachment which allows the weaver control of each individual warp of yarn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of these pieces are made of fabric that we rarely see these days,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This 1940s party dress is Dotted-Swiss printed on tulle. This beautiful jade green gown is chiffon over taffeta. Lace, of course, has been used throughout the ages.â&#x20AC;? There are many kinds of lace, but each is divided into one of three basic types: needlepoint, bobbin and machine-made. The machinery that made lace has existed since 1818, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but handmade lace was still admired and more expensive,â&#x20AC;? she says. She picks up some bloomers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard of bloomers,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says, laughing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the early 1900s, Amelia Bloomer invented them so she could ride her bicycle while wearing a dress. Butterick made patterns for girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bloomers in the early 1900s. This was the more modest, subdued Victorian era.â&#x20AC;? The wilder styles of the 1920s grew from that, where a certain rebelliousness ruled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women felt freed from restrictive undergarments and hemlines inched up,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girls bobbed their hair, powdered their knees and older

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Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now hosted 10 vintage fashion shows of her own. Each includes a narrated history and popular music of the eras represented as models walk down the runway. The shows often are fundraisers and feature models who are members of the sponsoring group, local high school students and community members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had wonderful feedback from people who have come to the shows,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They generally end up telling their friends, and wanting to buy tickets for the next one.â&#x20AC;?

The collection Wagner has added to the collection over the years, buying some pieces and accepting donations from friends. The clothes are delicate because of their age, and many had to be repaired, cleaned or mended with utmost care. She ensures they also are protected from moisture, pests, too much light and handling. The clothes are stored in a temperature-regulated room; and the hats, shoes and gloves are stored in individually-labeled boxes, and recorded in notebooks that include some of her historical research on the various de-signers and materials. The collection includes shoes, gloves, jewelry, purses, and nearly 400 vintage hats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only thing that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely vintage is some of the shoes and costume jewelry,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to get some replicas to complete the outfits, so the models would have a complete outfit authentic to the era.â&#x20AC;? Two of the oldest pieces date back to the 1800s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This black satin dress could easily have been worn by someone during the Civil War,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says, holding up a beautiful long dress with intricate details. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has black glass buttons, called Jet Buttons. And this heavy wool waistcoat is also from that period. It has two linings, handsewn.â&#x20AC;? In the period of the 1890s, called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gay â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s,â&#x20AC;? clothes were lavish. But when World War I started in 1914, women no longer could justify using entire bolts of fabric and feathers from entire birds to create their sensations. Silk, including that used for lining in hats and jackets, became so scarce it just disappeared from clothing. Wagner also notes that clothing was not manufactured in large quantities for the public until after WWI. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of these donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have labels because people usually made their own clothes, or had them custom-made,â&#x20AC;? she says, holding up a navy blue tailored skirt and jacket with stylish ribbing on the collar and bodice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this one is unique, in that it is from the early 1900s and has a designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s label. The label says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lipman Wolfe Company, Portland, Oregon.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest dress is from the late 1800s and is decorated with peacock hurl. Most of the clothing in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection were made for women, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but there are some wonderful pieces that men wore, too,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some doublebreasted suits from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s, a few tuxedos from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s, and some hats that go back to the early 1900s.â&#x20AC;? She displays a heavy brocade robe from the early 1900s, beautifully patterned in dark blue, turquoise and gold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This would have been a very

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generations were shocked when girls not only wore lipstick, but applied it in public. Again, Wagner rifles through her collection and pulls out another dress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t this beautiful?â&#x20AC;? she says while holding a dropped waist dress from the 1920s that features beading popular at that time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are so fun. The models always love wearing these. You can just feel the new-found freedom of the time. I think World War I made people realize that life is short, and they wanted to enjoy it.â&#x20AC;? Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fashion research is indeed a history lesson. Her fashion show narratives recognize the effects of world events on popular culture and styles. The stock market crash of 1929 created great disparities between the rich and poor. Many Americans found themselves without work. Out of necessity, women made their own clothes, often adapting hand-me-downs from older siblings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the 1940s dominated by WWII, women found

themselves filling jobs previously held only by men,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rosie the Riveterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; became a patriotic figure. That may have been the reason that womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fashions of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;40s emphasized the feminine figure, with peplums, side zippers, tailored suits and glamorous evening gowns.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really love the dresses from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;40s, Wagner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very stylish era, and looking at these dresses, I can just imagine the people who wore them going out to dance to the big bands that were popular then, like Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. Movie stars influenced styles, too, and hats were really popular then, like the fedora worn by Ingrid Bergman in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Casablanca.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? But Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there. She has clothing from the 1950s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s and even the 1980s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of us donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to admit that those decades are considered vintage,â&#x20AC;? Wagner says. â&#x2013;

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazementâ&#x20AC;? by Amy Tan. Published by HarperCollins Publishers

into what she thinks is marriage to one of her patrons. What follows is a journey into the Chinese hinterlands, and a variety of adventures, including a trek into what seems to be the very valley depicted in the painting. What does not follow are many of the details of Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past, including puzzling mysteries about her mother, and the identity of her father. But these are cleared up as the book suddenly shifts gears, and the story of Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother and father unfolds. In some ways this literary tactic may compel the reader to go back and re-read the beginning of the book, giving the story of Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life different understanding with the blank spaces filled in. For this part of the book, we visit San Francisco at about the time of the great earthquake, and even journey to upstate New York. While â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazementâ&#x20AC;?

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Back 100 years ago, the city of Shanghai was already a vibrant place, with an overbearing international enclave that helped this major port city stand out from the rest of reclusive China during an era of rapid social and political change. This is the setting for the beginning of master storyteller Amy Tanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazement,â&#x20AC;? a large (600 pages) book that encompasses a plot spanning many decades and several continents. Into this mix we encounter major political upheavals and great social change as the world accelerates into the 20th century. The story begins with the plight of a young girl, half-Chinese, halfAmerican, who grows up in a high class courtesan house run by her mother, Lucia. Violet Minturn is an observant young person, learning the ways of the world by carefully watching as patrons come and go. But Violet perceives her mother as uncaring, giving more love and attention to the patrons (some of whom become her lovers), and less to this child who tries to fit in to one culture, but has a face that belies her dual origins. The story follows Violet as she grows and, through no fault of her own, becomes a high class courtesan herself, after her mother was duped into going to America without her. Into Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life comes a mysterious painting entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazement.â&#x20AC;? It is a piece of art that infuses her life as she herself is fooled

may on one level seem a light, entertaining diversion, the richness of Tanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writing and her talents in authentically depicting various aspects of human behavior broadens the scope of potential readers. A good example is her portrayal of Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambivalence and difficulties of being multi-racial in the world of the early 20th century. Another is the exploration of the tensions in relationships between mothers and daughters. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sense of authenticity Tan brings to the tale, which makes the book more than just a good read. In the acknowledgements, for example, she points to the extensive help received in researching everything from the courtesan culture in China to how life was in rural Chinese villages of that era. She also recounts the â&#x20AC;&#x153;countless hoursâ&#x20AC;? spent touring places in Shanghai that evoke the flavor of this unique Chinese city of a century ago. Another plus, perhaps more for older adult readers, is the reminder of how travel used to be. For example, before trans-global flights, it took a month to go by ship from America to China, and when the voyage was made, Chinese and American passengers were segregated by deck. And the trek taken by two of the characters to a remote Chinese village took weeks of daily slogging. In the end though, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazementâ&#x20AC;? is a work of fiction, providing a good read about a set of characters living in a time and setting when the world was emerging into what eventually became our modern era. Review by DAVID R. NEWMAN

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If the weather hasn’t been beautiful enough to lure us to our gardens, then one look at online nurseries ought to do it. Every spring I like to devote a column to new introductions by various nurseries and seed houses. It’s always fun to see what’s hitting the market and maybe even give one or two newbies a try. Although, my garden is mostly made up of ornamentals, it is nice to have a few edibles to add to the mix. This one really intrigues me. The Cook’s Garden website touts what looks like a bowl of tiny watermelons but the description for “Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber” is even more tantalizing. “Get ready for an extravaganza of tiny, sweet treats. Mini fruit’s sweet cucumber flavor is combined with a tangy sourness: as if pickled already. (Plants) yield a bounty of tiny cukes for salads, snacking and pickling. Gorgeous when cascading from a hanging basket or growing on a trellis.” Burpee is offering a new tomato plant appropriately titled “Cloudy Day.” It promises to deliver delicious fruits in cool weather. An indeterminate grower, it will produce disease-free fruits all summer and into the fall. You can purchase seed or plants. Also from Burpee, the perfect-forgrilling summer squash, “Green Eggs.”

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This new plant variety is being called “Ketchup and Fries” because of its ability to grow both tomatoes and potatoes on the same plant.

You’ve got to see these cute, squat zucchini-looking squashes. The high-yielding plants are compact, perfect for a container in full sun. How fun would it be to bite into a purple carrot and find a yellow center? This is what you’ll get when you plant Renee’s Garden’s “Purple Sun Rainbow Carrot.” Hailing from Holland, “Purple Sun” boasts great flavor, high yields and antioxidants. I was intrigued by Oregon’s own

Nichol’s Garden Nursery’s description of the “Winged Bean.” An open-pollinated heirloom, the plant produces a rare winged pod, but unlike other bean plants, this one is totally edible. Of course you’ve got the beans, but the leaves can be eaten like spinach and after frost, the root can be roasted, hence the common moniker, “Supermarket on a Vine.” “Potatoes and tomatoes harvested off the same blimey plant!” How’s that for an introduction? I do believe the prize for most ingenious new vegetable(s) goes to Territorial Seed Company’s TomTatos “Ketchup and Fries.” The catalog explains that because tomatoes and potatoes are from the same botanical family, horticulturists have successfully grafted a potato and a tomato resulting in one plant they’re cleverly calling, “Ketchup and Fries.” It will produce sweet, delicious cherry tomatoes above ground while beneath the surface, potatoes are plumping up. Territorial promises that no genetic modification has been undertaken. The plants are shipped via FedEx. ■ Here are the websites if you’re interested in learning more. cooksgarden.com burpee.com info.reneesgarden.com nicholsgardennursery.com territorialseed.com

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