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Gardening is used in treatment plans, employee wellness By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

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Lou Anne and Bruce Henriques of Portland used gardening as a therapy tool in helping them deal with the loss of several relatives and close friends. It was a way of dealing with their emotions.

Gardening is good for your health. Just ask your 18-century counterparts who spent much of their day on farms and in gardens, raising their own food. But gardening now is seen as therapy, helping to reduce stress and improve mental clarity. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gardening is a moderate-intensity level activity that, if done two to three hours a week, can reduce the risk for many chronic illnesses and premature death. Communing with nature has long been recognized for its healing benefits. Now, new fields of eco-therapists are taking their counseling sessions outdoors, headed for trips to the coast, mountains and parks. Even hospitals are turning to gardens to aid not only in patient recuperation but to provide stress relief for the families and staff members who must work long hours. You don’t have to convince Lou Anne Henriques who, with her husband Bruce, felt

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the loss of 20 deaths among relatives and close friends in just over a year’s time. They can attest to the healing properties of gardening. “Gardening gave me focus, a physical outlet and a spiritual connection,” says Lou Anne, who first attended grief counseling sessions to deal with the emotional devastation. She became withdrawn and didn’t want to leave her house or go to work because of her emotional state. Bruce also experienced depression. But gardening helped the couple deal with those emotions. Lou Anne had gained an interest in gardening as a child while visiting her Portuguese grandparents’ ranch near San Jose, California. Little did she realize how it would benefit her in a time of need. “I feel peace, joy and love when I am in the garden,” she says. When her sister was on hospice, dying from cancer, Lou Anne tended her sister’s garden for her. “Gardening shows respect for the earth and brings me closer to God. It is spiritual.” She has planted items in her garden to remind her of close friends and family – a yellow rose because her father’s favorite color was yellow and her mother loved roses; Shasta daisies because her mother carried them in her wedding bouquet. The flowers help her feel connected to her parents. Touching the plants, feeling the soil all help soothe her spirit. “I like the feel and texture of the plants, the soil, the roots, the scents,” Lou Anne says. “I even like wedding. I sometimes like to lie down on the Corsican mint ground cover and feel its coolness and marvel at how delicate yet sturdy it is with its very small flowers.” She takes photographs of her garden and shares them with family, and has made new friends through gardening after some friends withdrew, unable to deal with chronic disease and death. The Henriques visit gardens throughout Portland,

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considering them spiritual places. “I couldn’t live any other way,” Lou Anne says.

Hospital gardens Teresia M. Hazen understands this completely. She is a registered horticultural therapist, coordinator of therapeutic gardens at Legacy Health and project manager for Legacy’s garden research project. To her, gardens are an important piece of medicine. Legacy’s 11 therapeutic gardens are an oasis for the community, patients, patient families, nurses, healthcare staff and wildlife, she says. Studies have shown that hospital gardens increase job satisfaction, and may help with recruitment and retention because they provide places for restorative breaks for hospital staff. They actually got their start as part of psychiatric therapy after World War II for the benefit of veterans in veterans’ hospitals. But the real push for hospital gardens came during the 1990s, Hazen says, because they promote therapy for physical, cognitive, social, spiritual and emotional needs. “All of us have a need to be part of nature,” she says. “In gardens we can work on recovery, rehabilitation and restoration.” Legacy has been a leader across the country for its efforts to put gardens into hospital environments. They can be used for mothers awaiting the birth of their children, for stressed-out patient families and as a retreat for nurses. And they are a nice place to socialize. Occupational therapists see their benefits in reaching, stretching, pinching, smelling and feeling. Physical therapists see the opportunity to work on balance and standing. Dr. Roger Ulrich is a key driver of the still-limited body of scientific research on how exposure to gardens and nature in health care settings can reduce pain and stress. A $560,000 grant from the TKF Foundation’s Nature Sacred Initiative has launched three new research studies centered on Legacy’s Terrace Garden, located outside Emanuel’s family birth center and cardiovascular intensive units. Legacy Research Institute manages the studies. The key to the research is how gardens provide measurable benefits in patients with specific medical conditions. Research centers on birthing, stress among patients’ families and how access to gardens can benefit healthcare workers. Hazen, a member of the American Horticultural Therapy Association, foresees access to nature added to employee wellness in the next 10 to 20 years. She anticipates garden tours, nature

walks and music in hospital gardens as well as group discussions in future employee health programs. “Gardens are a 24-7 respite,” she says. “Nurses work three shifts, some work 12hour shifts. We are leaders in creating a new model for employee well-being. The Affordable Health Care Act and Care Transformation are driving this. It is a change from chronic care to prevent-

PORTLAND-METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION able care and personal responsibility for health choices.” She credits Dr. Minot Cleveland, vice president of employee health at Legacy, as a leader in this concept. She also recognizes Dr. Gene Brown, a retired brigadier general at Legacy, in leading the care transformation goals. “He is a visionary in this regard,” Hazen says. In her role as a horticultural therapist, Hazen counsels a balanced life that includes work, rest and play. “If someone says, ‘I just spent seven hours in the garden and now I hurt,’ that’s not a good choice,” she says. “A garden should be easy to maintain and a place of leisure. One should have proper body mechanics and pace themselves.” As for her own garden, Hazen says it’s “my kingdom for restoration, my leisure.” ■

Far left, Teresia Hazen. Left, a healing garden attached to Legacy Oregon Burn Center on the Emanuel Medical Center campus. Photos courtesy of Legacy Health

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Dr. Jonathan Buchanan of Legacy Medical Group/Cornell in Beaverton believes planks are one of the best exercises to strengthen the back muscles. Here, he demonstrates a modified plank exercise. By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

The problem with back pain is that our culture favors sitting for long periods of time — in the classroom, the office or watching TV. We drive long distance and sit in movie theaters. None of that is doing any favors for our backs. If Dr. Jonathan Buchanan

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writer John Canzano on his radio program, “The Game.” “Our culture is unaccustomed to standing, it makes us uncomfortable,” says Buchanan, a father of young children who bikes to work, participates in triathlons and does strength training three times a week. Europeans like to sit, too, he says, although not as much. They walk and bike more than Americans do. Most back pain is the result of an imbalance in muscles and slumping is a killer. “We did not evolve as sitting individuals,” Buchanan says. “Our ancestors were either squatting to eat or standing to fight off prey. Our muscles did not develop in a way conducive to sitting for hours.” Yet back pain – often debilitating — continues to be a problem for many Americans. Buchanan recommends more mobility, fewer drugs and less surgery, as ways to alleviate the problem. “I do not believe in injecting spines with drugs,” he says. “I see it as a short-term fix along with narcotics. They create dependencies. My goal is to tell you, you don’t need this. It’s hard to do battle with people who want these treatments for immediate relief, however.” He only favors surgery when the nerves are being pinched by the bone. “Then surgery can help,” he says. But problems like degenerate disc disease, for example,

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Dr. Buchanan bikes to work daily. He also uses a “standing desk” while meeting with patients.

mean there has been a weakening of the muscles. He favors nonsurgical treatment. “We recommend a program working on muscles to strengthen them to stabilize the spine,” Buchanan says, adding that strengthening the hip muscles stabilizes the spine. It’s not uncommon, when experiencing back pain, to think it’s best to lie down and rest. But Buchanan warns against this, advocating for supervised exercises to correct how people move their bodies,

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such as the proper way to lift items, and other causes of back strain. “A walking program is best because in shifting one leg to the next you are strengthening muscles a little at a time,” he says. “This has just as much impact to your bones as going to the gym. A nice gait is all you need.” It’s the deeper muscles in our back that not only strengthen our spine, but degenerate quickly from sedentary lifestyles. Buchanan’s advice: Fire them up. “Yoga is great for strengthening the core,” he says. Other suggestions: If watching TV for hours is your thing, then either stand up while watching or get up during commercial breaks and walk around the room. Even five minutes of walking around every 20 minutes can be helpful. Find ways to encourage straighter posture. “I moved my rear view mirror up in my car so I have to sit up to look through it and it reminds me to sit up,” Buchanan says. Use alternative methods of exercise. Walking in swimming pools is a helpful exercise, he says, “because it moves the spine in a comfortable way.” If you work in a cubicle, do as he does and get a sit/stand desk. “I think better on my feet,” he says. For inflammation, Buchanan advocates taking extra vitamin D and omega-3 on a daily basis. For arthritis, he recommends Echinacea and tart cherry juice. He’s a strong believer that high school students need more time to get up and move around, and no meeting should last for hours without walk breaks. Establish a fitness routine as early in life as possible. Buchanan says he has seen 90year-olds who run because they established a routine working with a trainer when they were much younger. However, he doesn’t support starting a running program after your 40s.

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He does advocate for strength training with the guidance of an athletic trainer or physical therapist who has a certificate specifically for strength and conditioning. Buchanan believes the best exercise to strengthen a back is planking — resting on your elbows and toes with the back straight and feeling a burn through the back. “No sitting up crunches,” he says. “They can injure your back.” This doctor does his planks face down and on each side, working up to holding the position five minutes more each week. Side leg lifts and squats also are helpful, if the back is straight and the core muscles are tight. “Frankly, you would be bet-

ter off just going out in the open air and walking,” he admits. Of special interest to Buchanan is the growing number of children with concussions as sports competitions become more aggressive. Young, developing brains don’t recover as quickly or as well as adult brains. He has been seeing many youth with concussions, and advises no heading with the ball or head butting until children are at least 18 years of age. “There is a proper way to play football,” he says. “They should be taught to hold their heads up while tackling and no hitting heads. It’s how you play the game, not the game itself.” ■

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A new, local chapter of the Awesome Foundation is looking to award quarterly grants to individuals and teams with great ideas. Awesome Beaverton and Beyond, a local chapter of the Awesome Foundation, is forming and looking for individuals who want to be part of a micro-grant program that supports local projects. A meeting on May 16 at the Java Lounge in Beaverton aims to find individuals who want to be part of this organization. “I’m so excited about this,” says Dawn Anderson, a Bethany resident who is bringing Awesome Beaverton and Beyond to Washington County. “I believe our community has many artists, inventors, leaders and dreamers with creative, fun, community-building ideas that will make Washington County an even better place to live, work and play. And I know there are people who want to make a difference and are willing to join me by vol-

unteering or becoming a trustee — and having so much fun doing it.” The Awesome foundation model is unlike most traditional grant-making bodies. There is minimal paperwork and red tape. Ten trustees each donate $100 quarterly and determine the finalists who will compete to receive the collective $1,000 in grant funds. “Our chapter is simply a few folks passing on some cash to encourage another person to pursue their awesome idea,” Anderson says. “No hassle. No fuss. Just lots of

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Dark chocolate. Dark chocolate — preferably with more than 70 percent cocoa content — contains flavanols which have antioxidant qualities. Eating a few ounces of dark chocolate can help diminish skin roughness and protect against sun damage by reducing sun sensitivity. How sweet is that? Canned tuna. Hello, selenium. Tuna is loaded with this mineral that preserves elastin, whose job (as it sounds) is to maintain skin’s elasticity. Selenium also helps reduce damage from the sun, and may even help prevent skin cancer. Sweet potatoes. They’re loaded with vitamin C, which stimulates production of collagen, which in turn gives your skin its bounce and texture.

When collagen breaks down, so does your skin, causing it to sag and wrinkle. Sweet potatoes also are rich in beta carotene and vitamin A — essential for skin cell production. Carrots, mangoes and apricots (dried or fresh) are also rich in vitamin C. Blueberries. With dual skin-saving properties of vitamin C to boost collagen pro-

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It’s not for everyone, but the mindful practice carries weight By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

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Meditation and yoga instructor Paul Terrell demonstrates an Uplithiti pose in the upper floor of his studio, Yoga on Yamhill, that he plans to open soon in downtown Portland.

mostly with surfing and socializing. He dropped out of high school and joined the army, “aimless, looking for excitement, not responsibility. That changed the day we got to boot camp and reality set in.” As an infantry soldier in Iraq, he earned a Bronze Star, but suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after his release. “I didn’t know my mind was so busy,” he says. “It affected everything I knew and everything I talked about.” He started attending college and earned top grades, but quit

school to open Computer Club in Portland, Tigard and Beaverton. “It was wonderfully successful,” Terrell says. In 1998, he sold the business and moved to Los Angeles to work for an Internet company. He also took an interest in yoga. Success was seductive, as Terrell started and sold several software companies – and made a lot of money. Despite his success, all was not right. “That lifestyle was fastmoving, stressful, never ending, always changing,” he

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Paul Terrell Jr., was going like gangbusters in the high tech world, addicted to a fast lifestyle that ranged from his Army experiences to starting and selling software companies. Then, he discovered meditation and the world he knew began to change. It not only rid him of the overwhelmed emotional state that competitive people thrive on, but led to a life purpose he finds more meaningful. But that journey meant shedding a lot of baggage. The son of divorced parents, a young Terrell found himself shuffling back and forth from one parent to the other and to relatives as well. His father owned the Byte Shop in California and was the first retailer of the original Apple computer, so Terrell’s exposure to technology was fast and early. By sixth grade, he had already programmed a computer. But his family’s dysfunction proved to be too much. “I was a terrible kid,” he admits, concerning himself

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changes within him. One of his teachers told him that the asanas, or poses, were just the physical aspect, that the root of yoga was founded in meditation. “I didn’t know what he meant,” Terrell says, but opted to pursue meditation and its philosophies. Within three years, he was meditating regularly. He also began to train as a yoga instructor and was encouraged to attend a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation. He found it gave him clear

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insight into who he was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized I had never taken the time to decide what I like to do, to think,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never slowed down. I let busy thoughts distract me from the real issues of life. In that 10 days my insight into myself surfaced.â&#x20AC;? It was transforming and Terrell realized he wanted to help others receive the same benefits. His first teacher encouraged him to study all forms of yoga, so he spent years learning about ashtanga, yin and other yoga approaches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My first teacher said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It is so vast, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only taught you what I know. Find out what works for you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Five years ago, Terrell sold his California business, moved home to Portland and opened a donation-only yoga studio called Yoga on Yamhill. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now in his fourth year as a meditation instructor at Portland State University, where his classes have a strong following of students, including boomers and seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meditation helps you to recognize how much baggage you carry around and you can put it aside,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our lives are so busy we never take the opportunity to address things that are important to us. We tell ourselves weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get around to it, but small issues become a priority, like the laundry and dishes.â&#x20AC;? Our minds, Terrell continues, convince us the small issues are more important than dealing with relationships, family and friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such as, what is the purpose of life? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a basic idea, but for some reason we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get around to it,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meditation creates clarity about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important. As we get older, we have more stories to dwell on and it is harder to take time to reflect. We all have crazy lives.â&#x20AC;? Yet, meditation is your life, Terrell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your entire life is meditation. It changed my life. I had never taken the time to decide what I want to do. Once you become aware of suffering you can see it in other people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very subtle. Everyone on the planet is suffering. Most people have no idea, they convince themselves otherwise.â&#x20AC;? He gives advice to students who personally approach him, explaining how to make changes in their lives and what resources might help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of our thoughts are negative, we lie to ourselves, we are judgmental to ourselves, we are critical to ourselves,â&#x20AC;? Terrell says, contending that most people hold a mask against themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The busy mind ignores the truth that is you,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do it unconsciously.â&#x20AC;? Terrell relates the story of one of his students, a man judged to be over 50 years old, who had a stroke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told me that doing meditation helped him be aware of his body, that

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized I had never taken the time to decide what I like to do, to think. I had never slowed down. I let busy thoughts distract me from the real issues of life.â&#x20AC;? ~ Paul Terrell, Jr. after a 10-day silent meditation retreat the stroke was happening and, instead of panicking, he kept himself together and got the help he needed.â&#x20AC;? As he remembers the story, Terrell begins to get emotional. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told me I saved him.â&#x20AC;? Finding quiet time to practice meditation on a consistent basis is the key to getting control of your life, Terrell says. There are no rules. If five minutes is all you have, commit to it as many days as possible. If sitting on a cushion is uncomfortable, use a chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you make it daunting, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never do it,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schedule it in your days. Do it at whatever time of day you know you can wind down. Become aware of your excuses.â&#x20AC;? The key, Terrell says, is consistency, so that intention to meditate becomes a reality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine my life without it,â&#x20AC;? he says.

into the workplace, and Oken foresees the practice used in the public school system as an effective method for helping young students reduce stress levels. Some healthcare provi-

ders are using meditation in their practices and Oken sees more psychologists trained in this field. A clinical study showed that dementia caregivers, for instance, had reduced stress levels when practicing meditation. Meditation helps people control their reactions to stress and age with less emotional and physical discomfort when they have health issues. Meditation has been used for veterans who are experiencing PTSD, and it is helpful for depression and other health issues. Because not everyone is comfortable in a group setting, Oken says there needs to be different delivery options â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including over the Internet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From a scientific basis, we are studying biological markers for improved cognitive function and to see how meditation benefits the immune system or cortisol levels,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we need is a device to measure how meditation affects the brain that will improve how we teach meditation so people can learn more

quickly. It is not clear that everyone benefits so we need to determine who most likely benefits and spend resources on those who do so that meditation can be incorporated into the healthcare system.â&#x20AC;? Oken, who has been doing yoga for many years, says yoga and meditation have similar roots and some people, like veterans, may benefit more from yoga because it has similar brain effects through the mind-body connection. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga and meditation are not considered alternative anymore,â&#x20AC;? Oken says. According to a sleep study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, meditators slept better and had better results in related issues such as depression. Whether it is a long-term solution to sleep problems is yet to be determined. Previous research showed that movement-based meditations like Tai Chi could help with the quality of older peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep. â&#x2013;

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A spirit of survival By PAT SNIDER BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

The familiar real estate adage about location being everything has certainly proved to be true in the case of the little country of Estonia. It has a terrible location. Positioned in northeastern Europe with the Baltic Sea to the west and Gulf of Finland to the north, its strategic site has long captured the interest of neighboring, historical powerhouses of Russia, Germany, and Scandinavia. As a result, Estonia was occupied by foreign countries for over 700 years. The Danes were the first to

arrive in the 13th century followed by German lords who incorporated Tallinn (Estonia’s largest city and capital) into the Hanseatic League, a trading association. By the 17th century, the country had fallen under Swedish influence until its defeat by the Russians in the Great Northern War in 1720. For almost 200 years, Estonia was occupied by Tsarist Russia until World War I saw a return of the Germans. After the war, Estonia took advantage of the unstable situation in Russia with the fall of the tsar, declaring independence in 1920. It didn’t last long with World War II bringing a return of the Germans yet

again. At the end of the war, Estonia and its Baltic neighbors fell behind the Iron Curtain, and for five decades were part of the U.S.S.R. Since history has a tendency to repeat, it was only a matter of time before the Russian

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Bear became restless and, in 1985, with the arrival of Gorbachev and perestroika, cracks appeared in Communist Europe. As the Berlin Wall fell and countries began to peel away, Estonia joined in with what is known now as the Singing Revolution as they sang themselves free from Soviet occupation. Throughout the years of foreign domination, Estonians had always taken great pride in preserving and celebrating their language, folk traditions, and culture, especially singing. Every five years, since 1869, they have held a Song Festival and tens of thousands of Estonians turn out to sing together. For the festival in 1989 over 300,000, nearly one-third of the population, gathered to sing national hymns and traditional folk songs forbidden by the Soviets. This spontaneous burst of nationalism initiated a chain of events that led to Estonia’s independence. Today, the country is an active member of the European Union and recognized internationally as a leader in technology. Most visitors to Estonia spend all their time in the capital city of Tallinn, an Old World gem filled with gates, towers, merchant houses, and cobblestoned passageways, considered by many to be the best preserved example of medieval architecture in north-

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Above, this grandiose Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral is a constant reminder of Estonia’s past. Below, the stunning modernist Kumu Art Museum holds a collection of 18th to 21st century Estonian art.

ern Europe. The Old Town is divided into two sections, a lower one situated around the Market Square and an upper, higher one known as Toompea Hill. The Market Square, surrounded by a wonderful mix of medieval buildings including a 14th century Gothic Town Hall, has long served as the central marketplace, and now is home to many special events. Narrow lanes lead off in every direction, inviting visitors to explore more. Those

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JUNE 2015 • www.nwboomerandseniornews.com May 29 Portland Metro Concert Band, 7:30 p.m., Horner Performing Arts Center, 1400 SE 130th Ave., Portland. Free. May 30 SAGE Pancake Breakfast fundraiser, 9 a.m. to noon, Friendly House, Portland. $5/$10. May 31 Newberg Community Band and McMinnville’s Second Winds Band Concert, 2:30 p.m., Bauman Auditorium, George Fox University, Newberg. Newbergcommunityband.com. “The Sea That Feeds Us,” a photo contest of Oregon’s five marine reserves. Deadline: Oct. 15. Oregonmarinereserves.org. Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, 7 p.m., O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. $12/$15. Katestevepdx.brownpapertickets.com. Annual Student Show open house, 5 to 8 p.m., Sequoia Gallery and Studios, 136 SE Third Ave., Hillsboro. Caleb Klauder Country Band, 9 p.m., Spare Room, 4830 NE 42nd Ave., Portland. $12. Folk Dancing Club, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Marshall Center, Vancouver, Wash. 360-828-5031. Mixed Medleys, sack lunch concert, noon, The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., Portland. (also June 6) “The Bicycle Men,” 7:30 p.m., Winningstad Theatre, Portland. $27.25/$32.25. Prime Timers Dining Club, 6 p.m. social time, 6:30 p.m. dinner, Heidi’s Restaurant, 1230 NE Cleveland Ave., Gresham. 503-667-4200. John Yeon and the Shire Landscape Architectural Reserve, 7 p.m., Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. $2-$4. 360993-5679. Adult Summer Reading Kickoff with Portland Taiko, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland.

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and 2:30 p.m., Yacolt, Wash. $13-$20. Bycx.com or 360-686-3559. Strawberry Festival dinner, auction and raffle, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Beavercreek UCC, 23345 S. Beavercreek Road. $8/$12. 503-632-4553. Writer’s Mill, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Oregon Zoo concert: Chicago, 7 p.m. $45-$79.50. June 27: The B-52s. zooconcerts.com. Tea and Tangles, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Film Club: “Traitors,” (Morocco) 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 15th Annual Tour and Faire, “Gardens are Treasures,” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10. Mcminnvillegardenclub.org. (through July 4) Choosing Conscious Elderhood, Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center, Detroit. Ron@centerforconsciouseldering.com or 415233-3243. Creative Writing for Adults and Teens, 6:30 to 8 p.m., TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland. $12 per class or $60 for six weeks. ljdferguson@gmail.com. Change Your Energy, Change Your Life, an introduction to pranic healing, 6 to 8 p.m., People’s Food Coop, 3029 SE 21st Ave., Portland. Heart-to-hearthealing.com.

(also June 8) Auditions for “Oklahoma” at Gallery Theater, 210 NE Ford St., by appointment. Email kellymejanssen@aol.com. Song Circle, acoustic folk music of the 1960s and ‘70s, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. The Advertising Recipe for Book Promotions, with Barbara Grover, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tualatin Public Library, 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave. $5/$10. 503-913-6006. Genealogical Society of Washington County, “Newspaper Research,” 7 to 9 p.m., upstairs event room, Hillsboro Main Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-640-4431. Start the New Year Right – with SuperBrain Yoga, 1 to 3 p.m., West Linn Adult Community Center, 1180 Rosemont Road. Heart-to-heart-healing.com. East County Community Orchestra Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m., David Douglas High School Horner Performing Arts Center, 1500 SE 130th Ave. Free, but donations taken. Eccoorchestra.org. Actor Mike Farrell speaks at Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty banquet, 5 p.m., Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road. $40. 503990-7060. (through June 14) Newport Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Newport. Ncfhg.com.

Rubies and Roses fundraiser, 6 to 9:30 p.m., Chehalem Cultural Center Ballroom, 415 E. Sheridan St., Newberg. $45. Cyfs.net or 503-901-3665. Junior Symphony of Vancouver, 3 p.m., Northside Baptist Church, 5201 NE Minnehaha St., Vancouver, Wash. $10. (through June 21) Oregon Garden Brewfest, noon to 11 p.m., Silverton. Kathleen Buck, watercolor, 5 to 8 p.m., Currents Gallery, 532 NE Third St., McMinnville. Show open through July 14. Author Jayanthi Raman with Indian classical dance, 2 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Smart Driver Class by AARP, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Cascade Building, 24700 SE Stark St., Gresham. 503-2869688. Celebrating Summer dance, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Summerfield Clubhouse, 10650 SW Summerfield Dr., Tigard. $8/$10. 503-816-8563. Stress Relief for the Busy Professional using pranic healing, 10 a.m. to noon, Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave., Portland. $7/$9. Heart-toheart-healing.com. (also June 21) Father’s Day Steam Train Weekend with Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, noon

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sons of history are not lost for the Estonians. As Russia’s next door neighbor and home to over 300,000 ethnic Russians, little Estonia fears it may be next on Putin’s wanted list after Crimea and the Ukraine. Let’s hope recent events will not lead to another test of the country’s spirit of survival. ■

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that head uphill end in Toompea Park at the pretty-inpink, Baroque castle that serves as the Estonian parliament building. Across from it, as a constant reminder of the past, is the grandiose Russian Orthodox Church with its colorful façade and domes. Not to be out done, the Lutherans have their own large cathedral only a few blocks away. Several viewpoints in the area offer grand vistas of the redroofed old town below as well as the harbor. The green, open space seen in the distance near the city center is the popular Kadriorg Park. Along with a lake, gardens, a grand summer palace built by Tsar Peter the Great, is the stunning, modernist Kumu Art Museum, housing Estonia’s art collection. Another interesting museum associated with Estonia’s past is the Museum of Occupation covering World War II and the Soviet years following the war. Built with a generous donation by an Estonian-American refugee, it features fascinating artifacts and a Photos by Pat Snider large collection of Social Realism poster art. Above left, Kadriorg Park is a popular spot to hang out in Estonia, a country often occupied but Despite their 25 years of independence now an active member of the European Union. Above right, The Museum of Occupation, covering after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the les- World War II and the Soviet years, features a large collection of Social Realism poster art.

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This is the season we gardeners live for. Everything is growing and blossoming and it’s a thrill to walk the garden paths and visit our plant treasures. Sure there are issues and still lots of digging and pruning to do but it is all part of a gardener’s life and it’s so enjoyable. Garden centers and nurseries are chock full of blooming plants. I always find inspiration while perusing the aisles, observing new plants and maybe, if I’m lucky, finding something reasonably priced to fill a pot or that bare spot in my garden. I’ve been growing long-blooming perennials in several of my containers. My rationale is quite simple. It saves me money. After all, once the shorter, cooler days of fall arrive, annuals give up the ghost and are relegated to the compost or yard debris can. Although long-blooming perennials will also decline in fall, it’s because they’re

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For a container placed in shade, Oxalis crassipes is a reliable bloomer. going dormant, not dying — big difference. The following spring, that reliable perennial will break dormancy and be a bigger, more robust plant. It can then be planted in the ground, allowed to continue growing in a pot or divided

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so it can do both — two plants for the price of one. There are several long-blooming perennials that work perfectly in containers. Here are three of my favorites. geranium “rozanne” — This is not the geranium of our grandparent’s era but a frost-hardy perennial with twoinch blue flowers that bloom from late spring to frost on a low-growing plant. Sometimes called “Cranesbill” because of how similar the buds look to a crane’s bill, Rozanne likes full sun or part shade and doesn’t require constant watering. Her cousin “Patricia” is taller with magenta blossoms and equally gorgeous. I’ve grown both of these plants for years and divided them many times. Now I’ve got several growing in my borders and pots. Coreopsis “Mercury rising” is a newer plant on the market but has proven its worth in my garden. Deep red flowers with golden centers rise from a low-growing plant from early summer until frost. Deadheading keeps

it tidy and produces more blossoms. This has become one of my very favorite plants because it has everything going for it. Like the Geranium, Coreopsis doesn’t require tons of water and blooms in either full sun or with a bit of shade. It looks great in a border or container either alone or with a spiller plant draped over the pot’s sides. For a container placed in shade, my favorite reliable bloomer is oxalis crassipes. This is a type of clover but not an invasive nightmare like its weedy cousins. It clumps up nicely with typical clover leaves and rich, pink, star-shaped flowers that bloom from spring through autumn. Years ago I bought a hanging basket of Oxalis. Since then, I’ve divided it many times and now it lines several shady borders in my garden and I’ve still got it growing in a few containers. For more information or to see more photos of blooming perennials please feel free to visit my website, gracepete. blogspot.com. ■

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emit Ward: A lifetime of hard work, persistence

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He documented his medical efforts during World War II By BARRY FINNEMORE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

When Emit Ward turned 65, he retired. Better put, he thought he was ready to retire. At that point, his working life was bookended by jobs in sales (with a manufacturer of farm tractors) and service (a morning paper route for the Cincinnati Enquirer when he was just 10). But retirement didn’t exactly take. Seeking to stay active and continue to earn a bit of money, Ward worked full time in security for an electronics plant in Beaverton. He also volunteered with the American Heart Association, driving patients to doctor’s appointments. And, as a hobby, he went back to school to learn clock repair, even buying the specialized equipment needed for the intricate work. Ward also took on a writing project in his later years. Easing open a drawer in his room at a Vancouver, Wash., care facility, Ward produces a bound volume titled “A History: 193rd General Hospital, 1944-1946.” The book, which he co-wrote with Julius A. Morris, tells the story of the outfit in which they served during World War II. Ward, who was trained in the army as a surgical technician and worked as a quartermaster supply specialist, served in several locations in the United States and Europe during the war, including at hospitals in France. A decorated member of the army, he supported soldiers fighting with Patton’s 3rd Army as they pushed across France. When asked about his motivations to write the book, Ward says he hoped it would shine a light on the contributions of the military’s medical service members. “We patched them up so they could go back to duty,” he says, acknowledging with a simple nod that he and his fellow medical personnel also cared for soldiers so that they could return to their family and friends after their service. When it’s pointed out that his life has been filled with hard work, Ward, who will turn 95 in July, is matter of fact. “If you want to live better than you did in the past, you put your nose to the grindstone,” he says. Born in 1920, Ward was raised by a father who worked as a machinist and salesman, and a stay-at-home mother who, after Ward graduated from high school, worked as a school cook. When he was just a toddler, his family moved from Cincinnati to suburban Loveland to shorten his father’s commute. Ward says his most vivid childhood memory is of rising at 4:30 a.m. each day to deliver 35 papers, then walking

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Top, Emit Ward, who now lives in Vancouver, Wash., co-wrote this book with Julius A. Morris, which tells the story of the outfit in which they served during World War II. Above, members of Ward’s 1938 graduating class. He helped organize reunions for 30 years. seven miles to get to school by 8:15 a.m. In 1930, he attended a Cincinnati Reds game after winning a subscription-selling contest. “I still follow them closely to this day,” he says. After high school, Ward worked at a grocery store and, after his father bought a restaurant supply company, he helped him make deliveries by truck. Some six months after the Pearl Harbor attack, Ward tried to enlist in the military, but balked when he was

denied the chance to choose his branch of service. A few months later, he was drafted into the Army. He did his basic training in Arkansas, trained at a hospital in Denver and saw his first patients — soldiers who had fought the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands — at a new Army hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. After an assignment at a Texas hospital, Ward was transferred to a camp outside Boston and loaded onto a ship bound for Great Britain.

Eventually, he was stationed at a hospital in Verdun, France, where he cared for patients until the war’s end. He recalls how nervous he was to treat his first patient there, to whom he was supposed to give an injection, and how incredibly busy he and hospital staff were, given that the facility was designed for some 1,200 patients but at times treated double that number. He served a brief time at another general hospital in France, then returned home. During a second stint in Walla Walla prior to his discharge, he met his first wife, Dorothy. Ward says he felt “accomplishment and relief” upon returning from Europe. Fresh out of the Army, he took a job in home appliance sales and installation with a Chicago department store. In 1950, the army came calling again, but Ward put in for a deferment because his wife, who had recently given birth, was experiencing a difficult recovery. He was shipped to several posts around the country, eventually being assigned to an amphibious engineer unit in Port Townsend, Wash. In July 1951, he was discharged. Jobs in farm equipment sales followed, and Ward found himself traveling a great deal of the time serving vast territories. The work fit his personality. “I consider myself a people person,” he says. His time on the road also allowed him to see the sights, and his second wife, Virginia, was often able to join him on work trips because their two sons were grown. During his life, Ward was married five times. At his care facility in Vancouver, he points out a collage of photos on a wall above his bed where he keeps photos of the women he shared his life with. Sadly, he outlived all of them. He also lost a son, Jeffrey, who died in 1994. Also on the wall is a Ward family coat of arms. In retirement, Ward traced his family tree back 11 generations. Another frame holds a picture of his 1938 high school class, with whom he helped organize reunions – the first of which was held in 1978 and the most recent in 2008. He’s the only guy living from his high school class, and he still keeps in touch with three of the women, with whom Ward exchanges birthday and Christmas cards. One of them lives in Longview, and they get together for lunch a few times a year. Ward says they talked about holding a 75th reunion, but their health precluded it. These days, Ward, grandfather to three and great-grandfather to another three, enjoys crossword puzzles, mystery books and legal thrillers. Right now, he’s reading Philip Friedman’s “Inadmissible Evidence.” His mobility is limited, but he regularly attends a Vancouver church with his son, Michael, and his wife. When his interview ends, Ward rises from his chair and uses a walker to accompany his visitor to the front door, offering a warm goodbye. He’s a people person, to the end. ■

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