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Former PSU president Judith Ramaley wants to see a big change in how students are educated

By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Every community has those who stand out from the crowd.

One such individual in Portland is Judith A. Ramaley. She was a dynamic voice for change as president of Portland State University in the 1990s, who left to lead Winona State University and now is back in the city she loves.

Ramaley says she’s here to make a difference, calling for a more collaborative approach to higher education, and concerned that fewer than half of Portland high school students are graduating.

She believes there are so many entrenched, unresolved issues that cannot be solved under an education system dating back to World War II. She defines those global challenges as: high school dropouts, drug and alcohol abuse, serious disruption from climate change, access to clean water, war, displaced populations and poverty, among many others.

Ramaley advocates for a learning environment that draws on the cultural wealth that exists not only on the college campus, but in the community that surrounds it, and one that involves older adults, whom she calls a “silver reservoir.”

“To prepare ourselves and our students we must learn to engage them — faculty, staff and community partners — and work with people we’ve never met who bring very different perspectives and expertise,” Ramaley says.

Education, she says, is more than just getting

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“Our lifespan is lengthening and the aging population is healthier when it has a passion it wants to pursue. Older adults give a lot and do best when they interact with all ages.”

Judith Ramaley, president emerita, PSU

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enough credits to graduate and get a job.

“The role of higher education is changing because the world itself is changing and complex problems confront us daily,” Ramaley says. “All our post-secondary institutions, regardless of mission, are exploring how we can educate our students to become the kind of citizen that we need in our nation today.”

Universities need to draw together different perspectives, she says. It’s something she sees happening at PSU and, for example, at Warner Pacific.

“We have to define our conceptions of what it means to be well-educated,” she says. “We need an educated population so that people can earn a decent level of income to support their families and be active members of the community. This requires a collective input, where groups of people with a variety of resources address problems.”

It also means being open to options in education, careers and social activism.

“Until 15 to 20 years ago, we were content with learning within our own discipline,”

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Judith Ramaley now is a distinguished professor of public service in PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, where she is able to mentor students, a position she calls “rich and wondrous.” she says. “Now we need to focus on what students can do with their education and how they can use it to find different ways to look at society’s problems.” That, she says, is grassroots activism at its best.

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the broadest sense must engage in a respectful, solution-oriented mode, Ramaley says. “I see the community involved in working relationships with PSU students and graduates that have a real benefit for the student and community.”

She envisions universities as a neutral gathering point where communities determine what matters most to them.

“We cannot continue to have individual agendas because problems are complex,” Ramaley says. “We can do something better together than we can do on our own.”

Not only that, the way students are educated must evolve to “make a dent” in the problems faced by a changing world,” she says. Students should learn to engage complex problems by interacting with authorities in different fields.

Through the Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS), for example, PSU spearheaded the sustainable neighborhoods initiative. In one instance, Living Cully focused on the social, economic and environmental concerns of the Cully neighborhood.

PSU invited neighborhoods to explore long-term working relationships with the universi-

ty that includes courses offered there. At Portland State, ISS acts as a catalyst to spark solutions to vexing problems with student involvement in the neighborhoods.

“This is a social movement about creating a better place to live for everyone,” Ramaley says. “We should care. People are starting to get active in building a better environment they can afford.”

Ramaley is an example of lifelong commitment and contribution. As a president emerita and distinguished professor of public service in PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, she is able to mentor many students, a position she calls “rich and wondrous.”

In addition, she is a senior scholar with the Association of American Colleges and Universities and is still teaching.

Ramaley was president at PSU from 1990 to 1997, and afterward was president of Winona State University in Minnesota before returning to Oregon.

As she looks across today’s college campuses nationwide, Ramaley notes that 40 percent of faculties are Generations X and Y. “It is beautiful to talk with them and hear what they care

about,” she says. “They want to connect education to real issues. This is a shift in the deeper culture guided by a sense of meaning in their work. They are looking for larger commitments that address the health of the community beyond their own ambition.”

An example is Citizen Alum, a national organization that works with graduates to create lifelong service to their communities.

“This includes alums well into their 80s,” Ramaley says.

“Our lifespan is lengthening and the aging population is healthier when it has a passion it wants to pursue. This demographic is not a social deficit, as some see it, but a social asset. Older adults give a lot and do best when they interact with all ages. Boomers can contribute immensely. There are now housing villages in Portland that intentionally include three generations living together and helping each other. They come from different levels of education, likes and cultures, and share experiences and purpose. This is healthy for the aging population.”

Ramaley includes herself among this group. “I’m always learning,” she says, “and meeting interesting people. I am an example of a role older adults can play. I care to leave the world in a better place than I found it. I feel obligated to do what I can to build a better community that thrives for all.”

Her plan is to develop committed, passionate people who not only care about the future but also act on it. “I love ‘thinking’ people but we must also contribute through informed, respectful collaboration that produces visible evidence of their impact,” Ramaley says. “Otherwise, I am not satisfied. I live through my protégés.”

Mentoring, she says, “keeps me on my toes,” and dinners with her grandson – a PSU student — includes listening to how the 20-something generation looks at life. She enjoys this interaction immensely.

At this point in her working life, she says, “I’ve gone to heaven without having to die first.” ■

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You don’t have to look far to find folks who would welcome a pay hike, especially if the pay they now receive is well below $15 an hour.

To be sure, there are plenty of folks in that category, from teens to seniors. There are also plenty of advocates who suggest that the quick and easy path to lighten the burden for workers is simply for employers to give their employees more money.

Then, as the argument goes, more money will be pumped into the economy and financially struggling workers will be much better prepared to take care of their personal needs.

Therein lies support for Oregon’s proposed $15 Minimum Wage Initiative which petitioners hope to get on the ballot later this year.

But hitting up employers to write bigger checks for their workers has several twists, not only for the adolescents flipping burgers, but especially for those focused on health care and health care facilities for older adults: nursing assistants, home health aides and personal care aides.

“I love my caregivers,” says Dan Ogle, CEO of Eugene-based New Horizons In-Home Care, “I want to give them every dime I can.

They are worth it. I pay everyone well above the current minimum wage.”

But with 1,100 caregivers on the payroll, Ogle adds, company survival is on the line. “My people, who are currently making $15 an hour,” he says, “are not going to be happy because all my new people will be making what they make. So I have to raise them up as well, then find new funding revenue sources.”

Revenue sources for companies like New Horizons typically come from clients, insurance companies and state Medicaid budgets.

Charging these sources more can, in turn, hike the cost of food, transportation, facility maintenance and services being provided to clients in need.

In Oregon, salaries for most of those in assisted living, retirement care, memory care and long term care start at the $9.25 minimum wage, almost the highest in the nation.

Federal statistics show that of the nation’s two million workers who provide inhome care for the elderly and disabled, one in four are immigrants, more than 90 percent are women, one in five are single mothers, and three out of five rely on public assistance. Their pay stubs frequently lag below the poverty level. At the same time, health care companies also feel the squeeze.

To our north, the Washington Health Care Association says that, among the factors driving up costs, is the Affordable Care Act, which requires employers to pay employee health insurance. Another factor, the association says, is the cost of retaining certified nursing aides in assisted living facilities, when those workers could potentially make more in hospitals and certified nursing homes. Of course, a higher minimum wage could drive costs still higher.

Hiking the minimum wage is a raging debate at the national level and is getting increased attention on the presidential campaign trail.

But localized proposals vary among cities and states where higher mandatory wage guidelines are being considered. Oregon’s proposal would raise the minimum wage from its current $9.25 an hour (the second-highest of any state except Washington’s $9.47) to $11.50 in 2017, $13.25 in 2018, and $15 in 2019. The federal minimum is now $7.25. Because Oregon’s minimum wage is pegged to the national inflation index, which was flat this year, there will be no state-mandated raise in 2016.

If approved, the $15 Minimum Wage Initiative in Oregon would phase in hikes that would give a half-time worker currently earning

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Top, Dan Ogle, CEO of New Horizons In-Home Care, says raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would have positive and negative results for his company. Above, In-home care companies would be forced to seek new avenues of revenue if the minimum wage was increased significantly. $9.25 an hour, an extra $115 in their weekly paycheck; $230 for a full-timer. That would give Oregon the highest minimum wage in the country. But considering inflation and other factors,

would that lift someone out of poverty? Would that solve the financial burden that many face today? Or could it, as some argue, exacerbate the problem? And what will that mean for health care and

health care facilities for older adults?

At New Horizons, Ogle says higher costs mean “wealthy people will pay for it. The people who can’t (afford it) will run out of money quickly and then depend on the government and welfare system to take care of them much earlier in life.”

He cautions lawmakers and voters alike against rushing to hike the minimum wage; preferring increments spread over five years. “If they put it in too fast,” he says, “we have to dramatically increase costs quickly. It will be a shock to our financial system that we are not prepared to handle.

It’s going to take down a lot of people.”

Finding a balance seems to be the key in this debate. If the minimum wage is to be raised, how much should it be raised? One Oregon group is pressing for a $13.50 minimum wage and also is mounting an initiative campaign.

However, lawmakers could step in before any initiatives make it to the ballot and take action on a plan of their own.

Perhaps an even bigger challenge facing the industry today is simply – as one professional says – “finding the people who have the heart and will and skills to be in the health care business – who are also willing to work for low-end wages.” Fortunately, many do the work, concerned less about the money than for the opportunity to make a positive contribution in the community.

As our population ages, home care work is among the fastest-growing occupations in the country. Yet, the turnover rate is a whopping 50 percent. Question is, will the uncertainties of a higher minimum wage really address the battle cries coming from both sides? ■

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Ice Age Floods Institute envisions a trail the details the cataclysmic impact of ancient floods

By BARRY FINNEMORE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

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Rick Thompson (right), charter member and president of the Ice Age Institute’s Lower Columbia chapter, points to erratics — rocks far from their source, displaced by floodwaters or icebergs. ing existing trails, waterways and other infrastructure.

For example, Washington’s Dry Falls, which at one time was the earth’s largest waterfall created by floods from ancient Glacier Lake Missoula, already features flood information. Also, the Tualatin Heritage Center, operated by the Tualatin Historical Society and owned by the city of Tualatin, has on permanent display a tusk and molars from a mastodon unearthed nearby whose skeleton location was connected to the floods. Erratics — rocks found in the area, far from their source, brought by floodwaters or icebergs — also are on view at the center.

Tualatin, in fact, has long embraced the ice age floods story, with both public and private entities featuring information about the ancient events. The city library displays a mastodon skeleton, mounted in front of an etchedglass mastodon image, and the Ice Age Floods Institute is located in the city.

Also, a three-quarter-of-a-mile segment that will fill a gap in the Tualatin River Greenway Trail is under construction. When open later this winter, it will interpret flood facts. Among other things, the trail segment will feature what Paul Hennon, the city’s community services director, calls a walk-

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If you’ve already traveled the Pacific Coast Trail and the Oregon Trail, get ready for a trail to knock your socks off.

The nonprofit Ice Age Floods Institute is one of many key entities working to establish a trail from Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Known as the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, they envision a network of trails that details the cataclysmic impact of the floods and the beauty it left behind.

We don’t often notice the impact of the massive, ice-age glacial floods in the Northwest, but they’re all around us — from gravel deposits stretching from Portland to Rocky Butte, and even the shaping of waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge.

Now, local, state and federal groups are working to raise greater public awareness about how these ancient floods affected the region’s geography, and the way we now live and travel.

Rick Thompson is a charter member and president of the Ice Age Institute’s Lower Columbia chapter, which covers a large area — not as big as the floods — but from the mouth of the Gorge to the Oregon Coast, north to Longview, Wash., and south to Eugene. Watching the trail come to fruition is a dream come true for Thompson, a retired greeting card artist.

His interest in the floods was sparked two decades ago, and led to writing “Gigaflood,” a book about the effects of the Lake Missoula flood. The

flood “propelled over 500 cubic miles of water, ice, rock and mud across eastern Washington, further cut the Columbia River Gorge, covered the Willamette Valley with up to 400 feet of water and left gravel bars miles long and hundreds of feet high,” he writes on a blog he runs with his wife, Sylvia.

“I can’t tell you how exciting it is,” Thompson says of the trail’s establishment. “This is a story that needs to be told. For me, it’s an interest that became a hobby that become an obsession. Now, it’s a life career.”

In fact, the Thompsons frequently visit schools, community groups and service organizations to share information about the Institute. They also lead field trips that highlight visible signs of the flooding.

Six years ago, the National Park Service received permission to establish a national geologic trail. It was a major milestone, but it came without funding because of the federal budget crisis.

However, the park service spearheaded a plan showing a trail route through Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, with “hubs” that will feature interpretive signs and locations to access the trails. The plan also outlines a marketing strategy.

While park service funds are available for trail maps, brochures and some signage, Thompson says federal support is slow to materialize. Therefore, the project largely will be implemented through partnerships between various federal, state and local governments, private organizations and companies, museums and other institutions utiliz-

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through geologic time, focusing on such things as the ice age floods, ancient peoples and megafauna.

The trail segment, part of a larger trail system in the area and an adjunct to the national trail, is an example of a project that connects people with nature while tapping into Tualatin’s history to create a “sense of community and community pride,” Hennon says.

Yvonne Addington, past president of the Tualatin Historical Society who recently assumed that role again for 2016, says efforts in Tualatin to incorporate ancient flood information and interpretive features into public spaces is “very exciting to me.”

Addington, who also served as Tualatin’s first city manager, has been helping to raise public awareness about the ancient floods’ impact and influence on the area after learning more about this aspect of Northwest history several years ago. “I found it fascinating,” she says. “I do think people are showing more interest in this.”

Thompson said the national trail’s development will reach another milestone this year, when the park service makes the project a part of the agency’s 100-year celebration.

The Ice Age Floods Institute, with 11 chapters and 765 members, has worked for two decades to bring the trail to fruition. Thompson says the scale of the floods continues to astound him. The information he shares with groups and individuals — including that Glacial Lake Missoula at its largest held as much water as Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined — often elicits stunned looks and comments such as, “I had no idea.”

Thompson notes that the research of the late geologist J. Harlen Bretz plays a pivotal role in the current understanding of the floods. He proposed

This map shows the tentative trail the Ice Age Institute would like to have marked. The trail starts in Montana and winds its way west through Idaho and along the Oregon/Washington border, before dropping down along the Interstate-5 corridor.

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in the early 1900s that only a sudden, cataclysmic flood could have resulted in the Columbia Basin’s huge and unique landforms. Fellow geologists scoffed at Bretz’ notion, but eventually his idea was born out by his and others’ research.

The institute notes on its website that between 18,000 and 13,000 years ago, an ice sheet moved into the Idaho

panhandle near what is now Lake Pend Oreille, creating Glacial Lake Missoula. The ice dam failed repeatedly, and when it did, tremendous amounts of water and ice raced across Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

Today, some things still remain up for debate, such as the number of large floods that occurred in the Northwest, Thompson notes. Regardless of the number, he likes to quote his wife’s take on the geologic events: “Destruction, but what became of it is

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“In five to 10 years, it will be a recognized national trail, like the Lewis and Clark trail,” Thompson says. “We are part of the beginning of something.” ■

Clark County Environmental Services is encouraging its residents to take the “Waste Busters” pledge in February.

By taking the pledge, residents commit to being more sustainable by reducing their waste impact in these three ways: Pledge to bring and use reusable bags when they shop.

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■ Tacoma museum celebrates cars in all their forms, ages

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Top, visitors to America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash., can take a “spin” in a vintage automobile and walk down memory lane in the “Route 66” exhibit (above).

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If you plan to visit in the summer, on certain days visitors can participate in Take a Spin, an opportunity to enjoy a brief, but fun ride around the show field in a vintage auto from the museum’s collection.

And what a collection.

With more than 250 automobiles covering over 100 years of motorized history plus an additional 100 from private collections, it’s the largest car museum in North America. Located next to the Tacoma Dome, the 165,000-square-foot building features four levels connected by a series of ramps, and its sleek, lowslung, gleaming appearance mimics many of the aerodynamically designed cars residing within.

The collection — including vintage motorcycles, trucks, as well as autos — is the happy result of Harold LeMay’s passion for all types of motorized vehicles.

As a young man, LeMay founded a successful and lucrative garbage service in the Tacoma area, and used his fortune to indulge his great love for automobiles.

His car collecting hobby yielded over 3,000 autos, motorcycles and trucks, making him the proud owner of the largest, privately-held collection in the country and earning him a spot in the “Guiness Book of World Records.” Undoubtedly, he is the only person

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inducted into both the Hall of Fame of the National Solid Waste Association as well as the Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame.

His vehicles were displayed in various venues around the Tacoma area, but it had always been a dream to find a permanent home for the collection. After LeMay’s death in 2000, the concept of a museum began to unfold and, in 2012, America’s Car Museum opened to the public.

The cars, displayed along the ramps between floors, offer something for everyone from early, vintage ModelTs, luxurious Pierce Arrows and the rare DeLoreans and Dusenbergs, to classic Caddies with flaring fins. Many of these are works of art featuring bold colors, interesting shapes and gleaming chrome. They are maintained in pristine condition. Even visitors who couldn’t care less about carburetors or cylinders will enjoy a taste of nostalgia while viewing the more mundane family cars from childhood including Studebakers, Ford Fairlanes, two-tone Chevy Belairs, and even a little Nash Metropolitan.

While the mix of cars is always changing as vehicles rotate in and out of display, the museum also hosts special exhibits. Current exhibits include “Route 66: Dreams of the Mother Road” with a collection of vintage station wagons and other memorabilia from America’s favorite highway; “Legends of Motorsports: The NASCAR Story”; “American Muscle Cars”; “British Invasion”; “Alternative Propulsion”; and a collection of trucks in the Ford F-Series.

There is an onsite cafe serving up burgers, salads and sandwiches; and the inevitable gift shop. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an admission charge of $14 for seniors (65+) and $16 for adults, plus an additional $5 for parking.

To learn more about the museum, check out special upcoming events, read its blog, and take a peep at some of the collection, visit americascarmuseum.org. ■

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By GRACE PETERSON MASTER GARDENER

I will always be a plant collector. I’m pretty sure it’s in my DNA because, from the time I was a little kid, I loved plants. For decades, one of my favorite pastimes has been visiting nurseries and bringing home new treasures to plant in my garden.

While I will undoubtedly be tempted by new offerings come April, I am grateful for the plants that performed beautifully in previous years. I thought I’d mention a few of last year’s favorites.

The winner for best new plant of 2015 is a pink-flowering Speedwell called Veronica First Love. What a stellar plant. All of the information I’ve read says it’s a summer bloomer — June through August. But my plant started blooming in May and was still pushing out bee-attracting flower spikes well into October. The plant itself grew to a little over a foot tall and wide, and looked great in the front of the border but could

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also do well in a container. I can think of two or three more spots in my garden where I’d like to have this plant so I’m going to be on the lookout for it this spring.

Another winning plant came to me in disguise while perusing a plant sale last spring. The label said it was a dwarf Lily of the Nile, (Agapanthus) but when the blossoms opened, I learned it was actually Allium nutans, a summer-blooming ornamental onion. It only gets about a foot tall and the honeybees went nuts over the month-long, lavender, orb-shaped blossoms.

I’ve had Lime Zinger Stonecrop (Sedum) for a few years now and can’t say enough good things about it. I have it creeping along the ground, over rocks and in containers. The plant boasts uniform, succulent, blue-green foliage with red edges. New

leaves look like rose petals as they emerge from the tips of the six-inch trailing stems. In late summer, the honeybees delight over the pink flower clusters. Lime Zinger is just one of the varieties in the fantastic SunSparkler Sedum series.

I’ve mentioned Coreopsis Big Bang Mercury Rising in past columns but the plant is such a winner, I can’t help touting its merits once more.

Thousands of deep, cherry-red flowers with specks of yellow adorn the two-foot tall plants from late spring through midfall. Deadheading will improve the plant’s performance but isn’t a requirement. I have several plants now growing in my sunny borders. It’s also worth mentioning that unlike the “Limerock” series of Coreopsis that were beautiful but never able to survive the winter, the vastly improved Big Bang series handles cold temperatures just fine.

Despite being a gardener for over 30 years, there are still plants that escape my radar.

Up until a few years ago, I had

Give your body time to adjust.

Think about a realistic goal, and start with half that much.

Under-doing it: If you start slowly but never increase the intensity of your exercises, you won’t see much progress.

Begin gently, but push yourself more as you feel stronger. improper technique: Doing certain exercises improperly can hamper your progress.

See a trainer if you can, or get some virtual training online to see how to do exercises correctly. boredom: You’ll never keep up an exercise program that bores you. Do activities you enjoy and get an exercise buddy. Exercising with a friend is fun and motivating, and makes you accountable for

showing up.

Unrealistic expectations: Expecting too much too quickly can set you up for disappointment. Don’t be discouraged when you don’t see immediate results. It took you years to get out of shape; it’s going to take a while to get in shape.

Missing the big picture: Exercise is more than shaping up. Try to appreciate the broader benefits of exercise: better sleep, a sharper mind, a healthier heart, greater energy, strength and agility, and a sense of achievement.

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erroneously assumed that perennial asters (also called Michaelmas Daisies) were strictly fall-blooming plants.

But seeing Aster x frikartii Monch all abloom in a friend’s July garden, I became fascinated with it. Two-inch lavender, bee-loving daisies appear on two- to three-foot

tall plants and keep coming until the fall blooming asters take over the show. Needless to say, I’ve now got several plants adorning my sunny borders.

Space doesn’t allow me to extol the virtues of the many plants that have won me over through the years: hydrangeas, fuchsias, clematis and phlox, not to mention the many foliage plants that complement all the blossoms. There is much to look forward to in the 2016 garden. And spring is right around the corner. Happy New Year. tips for January: If the weather is conducive, we can get outdoors to tidy up and prune fruit trees and everblooming raspberry canes. Be sure to check the soil for shrubs that grow under the eaves. If the soil is dry a good soaking is in order.

Be sure to check your birdbaths and feeders, keeping them clean and fresh for winter visitors.

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injury. strengthen multiple muscles: Push-ups work several muscle groups with one exercise. Start by doing them while standing, hands against a wall, body at an angle. Bend your arms and come slowly toward the wall, then push slowly back to the start position. When those become too easy, do modified push-ups on the floor, with knees on the ground, and eventually work your way into traditional pushups. strengthen upper arms: To strengthen saggy triceps, hold a can of soup in each hand, at about ear level, then slowly drop your elbows down and backward, then return to the start position and repeat. tone a spare tire: Many people do sit-ups wrong, straining the neck and back.

Do the plank instead. Grip the edge of a counter and lean into

it, keeping your body in a straight line. Hold the position for a while, rest and repeat. For more challenging planks, do the same thing on the ground, holding the plank position with your toes and forearms on the floor. burn fat: To feel more toned all over, trim body fat.

Get at least 30 minutes of aerobic activity — such as walking, swimming, bike riding or dancing — on most days of the week. Focus your diet on vegetables, whole grains and lean protein. And add yoga or other stretching exercises a couple days a week to improve balance and flexibility.

With time and dedication, you should notice a difference in how you look and feel.

Most importantly, when exercise is a part of your life, you are building a strong foundation for a healthy and independent future. ■

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Attitudes about online dating sites have come a long way, bringing older adults with them

By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Your body may not be what it once was, but your heart is forever young.

So it’s no mystery that single men and women are still dating and looking for love well past their 50s.

A documentary called “The Age of Love,” shown in the Portland metro area last summer, demonstrated that older adults are still interested in romance. Bodies and times change, but emotions do not, says director Steven Loring.

While the film focused on speed dating as one popular way for single men and women to meet, many others are turning to the Internet to find that special someone. It’s a way to find companionship and remove some of the daunting aspects of meeting another person.

Here are the stories of three couples who used the Internet to meet or to continue their relationships.

every date is an adventure Leslie Ann Butler is a former advertising copywriter and creative director who spent many hours following up on leads through online dating sites before finally

adopting the attitude that whether she was attracted to the man on her date, all people are interesting if you take the time to listen, and that some meetings result in unexpected friendships.

“Look at it as an opportunity to meet new people,” she says. “I decided I didn’t have to meet the love of my life. I don’t believe there are any accidents. I believe I am led to people for a reason and then see what happens.”

She met Ron Cox, who owns a software company, on Plentyoffish.com, then again on Match.com. They’ve now been in a relationship for two years.

Since his divorce a little over 10 years ago, Cox used several online match-making websites to find another partner. During that time, he raised his children, keeping his parenting and dating life separate.

Cox says that in today’s world, people are busy and don’t want to or have time to frequent bars, so connecting electronically is best. The couple agree that you have to withstand a lot of unsuccessful hookups and disappointments and, they admit, they both “gave up” on several occasions.

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Leslie Ann Butler and Ron Cox recently became engaged while on a trip to Paris. Both had used and were encouraged by Internet dating sites before meeting one another.

It was a learning process, Cox says, adding that he never walked out on any date, no matter how unappealing the person was. “It would have been rude.” However, he stopped suggesting dinner dates and confined them to briefer situations, like getting coffee.

Cox says he was attracted to Butler because she dresses nicely, stays fit and acts youthful. “I like a person who is willing to invest in themselves,” he says.

In return, Butler likes Cox because he is “bright and funny and in shape, and I loved the hair, even though his photo was dorky and blurry.”

Now, they live together and recently became engaged while on a trip to Paris, France.

“Ron and I go with the attitude that each date is an adventure and we have

adventures in everyday activities because we enjoy each other’s company so much,” Butler says.

But what about those first dates?

Butler says avoid talking about your health issues and past relationships, and it’s important to dress nicely.

“The most important thing is to wear something nice — clean, ironed and smelling good,” she says. “It is respectful to dress nicely to meet someone. Men have told me that a lot of women try to be too sexy and wear things too tight and too low.”

And while a smile makes any person look more attractive, Butler says it doesn’t hurt to get rid of the yellow teeth, saying they don’t “enhance a smile. I highly recommend bleaching — makes us look younger.”

She also offers her opinion about taking the relationship further.

“I found that a lot of men — even some women — have the ‘rule’ in their heads about the number of dates they go on before sex happens,” she says. “It is pervasive, even with older people. Some men will be lenient on that, but if you don’t hop in the sack by the fifth date, he is outta there.”

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couple has been intimate, everything changes. “Enter jealousy, possessiveness and cloudy thinking,” Butler says.

“You need to know someone before sex happens. It needs to mean something.”

role playing turns into reality Internet dating sites have successfully paired many couples, but can role-playing to Tolkien really ignite a relationship?

John and Elizabeth Price say they met playing the online game Elendor – he as Rhys and she as Gallia when they first signed on.

The online text-based, multi-use game is the oldest role-playing game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and was enough to introduce the couple.

They’ve now been married for 15 years and have had two daughters.

At the time they met, John was 52 and Elizabeth was 25.

They had personal introductions at an Elendor meet-up New Year’s party, and though attracted to one another, kept the relationship as friends.

Several months later, Elizabeth’s husband was put in prison and she realized her marriage could not be salvaged. John was divorced by th en, and th e tw o b egan a whirlwind, long-distance courtship.

They swept away their age differences, despite some “nasty comments” about it.

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John and Elizabeth Price now are happily married with two children, but they took an interesting route through courtship: an online game based on the works of Tolkien.

John wanted to have more children, a chance to “do it right this time.” Elizabeth was reluctant, but now they are thrilled with daughters Aeryn, 5, and Alexandra, 7 months.

Both say that first impressions do matter in starting a relationship. John was impressed by Elizabeth’s intelligence and the “quality of her ethics and ability to stay in character,” believing that portraying a fictional character

“says something about a person.”

Self-described computer geeks, the couple still play the game.

similar interests attract Match.com was the Internet site that resulted in a committed relationship for Karen Venable and Ken Bates.

They met online and now have been together for five years. While she had just four meet-ups in two months, he

say he had more than 50 before narrowing down his choices to three women, including Venable.

What clicked for them were their similar interests and education. Bates has a doctorate in applied physics and is a consultant for a medical technology company.

Venable is an attorney with a master’s in business administration and a website for older women looking for roommates. Additionally, they are

both from the American South and value family and friends.

He is attracted to strong, independent women, and they both appreciate each other’s work ethic.

On their second date, Bates was 40 minutes late to dinner, but found Venable sitting and waiting for him.

“I thought she was gracious,” he says. She had arrived early, but says, “I knew he was not the type to stand me up.”

All of the couples say it’s important to put yourself out there if you’re looking for companionship.

Elizabeth Price says the new relationship “changed our lives for the better,” even though they have some opposing traits. “I can be myself with him and he is very understanding.”

“Match-making websites open new doors,” Butler says.

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Statistics show that diabetes kills more Americans each year than AIDS and breast cancer combined, and recent estimates project as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050 unless steps are taken to stop the disease.

So why is diabetes growing to epidemic proportions in Oregon and across the nation?

“The simple answer is obesity and lack of exercise, resulting in Type 2 diabetes,” said Sondra Underberg, president of Diabetes Support Services. “A news article last week spoke of a 3-year-old child in Texas having been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, the youngest ever.

Children with diabetes generally have a diagnosis of Type 1.”

Based in Salem, Diabetes Support Services provides free support group meetings in Marion and Polk counties, among other services.

According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 398,554 people in Oregon, or 12.3 percent of the population, have diabetes.

Of these, ADA says an estimated 98,000 don’t know they have diabetes, greatly increasing their health risk.

Additionally, more than 1 million people in Oregon, 36.1 percent of the population, have prediabetes with blood sugar levels higher than

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Since her husband was diagnosed with diabetes several years ago, Sondra Underberg has learned all she can about the disease, and now runs a nonprofit in Salem to help educate others. normal, but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes, according to CDC statistics.

Every year an estimated 24,000 people in Oregon are diagnosed with diabetes, a disease that causes such complications as heart disease, stroke, amputation, end-stage kidney disease, blindness and even death,

the CDC reports.

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According to Andrea Bruno, executive director for the American Diabetes Association of Oregon, Southwest Washington and Idaho, seniors should watch for common symptoms of the disease.

According to the ADA, Type 2 symptoms include urinating often, feeling very thirsty or hungry, extreme fatigue, blurry vision, cuts/bruises that are slow to heal, and tingling, pain or numbness in the hands and feet. A diabetic risk test can be found at diabetes.org/ are-you-at-risk.

Key strategies are to focus on nutrition, get physically active, quit smoking, reduce high blood pressure, and lose excess weight, the ADA recommends.

“Maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle is one of the best things you can do for your long-term health,” she says. “Modifiable risk factors include being overweight, smoking, lack of physical activity, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol.

Since the prevalence of diabetes increases with age, schedule regular check-ups with your primary care provider and talk about your diabetes risk. Know your numbers: your hemoglobin A1C, fasting blood sugar, cholesterol levels, and body mass index number, and retest as recommended by your doctor.”

Rothenberger encourages seniors who are currently living with diabetes to find a support group.

“Connecting with others may make the transition toward effectively managing diabetes a little bit easier,” she says.

According to Bruno, diabetics have medical expenses approximately 2.3 times higher than those who do not have the disease. Statistically, direct medical expenses for diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, prediabetes and gestational diabetes is estimated at $3.1 billion, with another $1 billion spent on indirect costs from loss of productivi-

ty, totaling $4 billion in Oregon.

“Annually, diabetes and diabetes-related costs in the U.S. is estimated at $245 billion,” Bruno adds.

The American Diabetes Association advocates at the local, state and federal level for people with diabetes and prediabetes, Bruno says.

“We work hard to ensure people with diabetes have access to health care and the resources they need,” she says. “We also advocate locally and nationally to ensure the rights of people with diabetes are upheld.”

Last year in Oregon, Bruno says the ADA established the Oregon Diabetes Caucus in the state legislature, led by Sen. Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay). No legislation is pending at this time, she says.

“If you have been told you have prediabetes, you are not alone,” Goto adds. “Did you know up to seven times more people have prediabetes than diabetes? So if you are at risk and you don’t want to get the disease, you can call and get into our next National Diabetes Prevention class.”

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Additionally, the ADA offers a free 12-month Living with Type 2 Diabetes program that offers five informational packets throughout the year to help people learn how to live well with diabetes, healthy recipes, monthly enewsletter, six free issues of Diabetes Forecast, and an opportunity to receive personalized text messages from Care4Life to help with healthy eating habits, remembering medications and appointments, and staying motivated. The program is available in both English and Spanish.

To find out more about diabetes, risk factors, recipes and meal planning, and other information, visit: ADA Oregon, diabetes.org; public.health.oregon.gov; or sugarsmart.org.

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The Awesome Beaverton and Beyond trustees are looking for fund projects that will positively impact Washington County by awarding $1,000 grants.

The next application deadline is Jan. 12.

Four finalists will be invited to give a five-minute pitch to the trustees from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. The grant winner receives $1,000 at the public Awesome Hour, from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16. Both activities take place at the Java Lounge, 760 NW Dale Ave., Beaverton.

What is the Awesome Foundation?

“The definition of ‘awesome’ is intentionally left up to your imagination,” says Dawn Anderson, “dean of awesomeness,” and local coordinator. “The trustees are looking for amazing ideas that will make Washington County a bit more wonderful. Awesome projects cultivate community, foster fun, spread joy,

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High school senior Anirudh Jain is awarded the Fall 2015 Awesome Grant for his science mentoring and research tutoring project.

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The projects are innovative, original or experimental, and evoke sur-

book review

“being Mortal,” by atul gawande; published by Metropolitan books, henry holt & co.

For those with a New Year’s resolution to better understand aging and health care delivery issues, here is a book of potentially great assistance, or the makings of a big turn-off.

Authored by Atul Gawande, a physician and surgeon as well as prolific writer on the subject of health, “Being Mortal” can certainly help those willing to take a clear look at what goes on with the inevitable decline of aging bodies. In addition, Gawande presents an indictment of how we treat aging and dying in this country, exploring how the medical profession handles, or perhaps more accurately mishandles, the health care delivery process.

That’s one side. On the other hand, for the fainthearted or those who choose

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to remain in denial about the realities of getting old and even older, the book perhaps is best avoided, for the physician/author neither minces words nor paints a rosy picture.

As an example, here is a passage from the book’s introduction: “Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

prise and delight, she adds.

“Awesome sometimes challenges and often inspires,” Anderson says.

“The sky’s the limit – anything goes,

Lacking a coherent view of how people might live successfully all the way to their very end, we have allowed our fates to be controlled by the imperatives of medicine, technology, and strangers.”

Even more, Gawande provides a strong indictment of the way we are treated at the end of life: “The waning days of our lives are given over to treatments that addle our brains and sap our bodies for a sliver’s chance of benefit.

They are spent in institutions — nursing homes and intensive care units — where regimented, anonymous routines cut us off from all the things that matter to us in life.”

Expanding on these themes, Gawande draws on his own experience as a surgeon as well as providing personal anecdotes about members of his family, including his father. Indeed, one of the most moving parts of the book has to do with following the uncertain course of his father’s final days. Along the way, Gaw-

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as long as it makes a positive impact.

The trustees are particularly keen on funding projects where $1,000 could be creatively leveraged to produce a disproportionate amount of awesome.” Basically, they want to read an application that makes them say, “Now that would be awesome.”

Read more about projects funded by the Awesome Foundation at awesomefoundation.org/en.

Awesome Beaverton and Beyond trustees pool their money and quarterly award a no-strings-attached $1,000 micro-grant for the creation of a project that positively impacts Washington County. The group is a new, local chapter of the Awesome Foundation, which has more than 80 chapters worldwide that have donated over $1.8 million to fund awesome projects. Learn more about Awesome Beaverton and Beyond at: awesomefoundation. org/en/chapters/Beaverton. ■

ande also explores issues surrounding assisted suicide at life’s end. From his perspective, “suffering at the end of life is sometimes unavoidable and unbearable, and helping people end their misery may be necessary.”

The problems explored in the book were clear even when Gawande was just starting his practice as a young doctor, where he “encountered patients forced to face the realities of decline and mortality, and it did not take me long to realize how unready I was to help.” Even a decade into surgical practice, he still found that “neither I nor my patients find the surgical practice tolerable.”

The book is filled with anecdotes and insights that will resonate with older readers who each day face

navigating their way through the nation’s health care system.

Yet not all fault is with the system, for Gawande finds that patients themselves may not make the best choices: “Patients tend to be optimists, even if that makes them prefer doctors who are more likely to be wrong.”

The book puts into perspective the story of how medicine changed. “In the middle part of the 20th century, medicine was undergoing a rapid and historic transformation,” Gawande explains. Before that time, if you fell seriously ill, “doctors tended to treat you in your own bed.”

But the advent of better drugs meant more people could be cured, and hospitals proliferated, thus send-

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Oregon Symphony, Strauss’ Oboe Concerto, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. (also at 8 p.m.

Jan. 11). $23+. 503-228-1353.

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic with David Nelson, Nathan Tompkins, 7 p.m., Angst Gallery, 1015 Main St., Vancouver, Wash.

Information session for Legacy garden volunteers, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Good Samaritan and Emanuel hospitals. 503-413-7012.

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Oregon Symphony with Gregory Alan Isakov, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $20+.

503-228-1353.

Talking with Your Doctor, a VIEWS Conversation on Aging, noon to 1:30 p.m., Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard.

503-718-2517.

Full New Year gallery opening, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 SW Pine St. 503-625-4ART.

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Ellen Crauthers as 1860s schoolmarm Miss Eliot, in period costume, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Senior Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Free. HistoricBeaverton.org or 503-430-0106.

Lily Tomlin, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. $30+. Orsymphony.org or 503228-1353.

Garden Tour and Neighborhood Nature Walk, 10 to 11:30 a.m., starting at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Stenzel Healing Garden pavilion. thazen@lhs.org.

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Foreign Film Night: “The Chambermaid” (Germany), 7:30 p.m., Garden

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Mardi Gras All Stars, 2 p.m., Portland Dixieland Jazz Society, Milwaukie Elks, 13121 SE McLaughlin Blvd., Milwaukie. $10.

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Celebrating William Stafford’s Life and Literary Legacy, 3 p.m., Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego.

Holynamesheritagecenter.org.

Writers Mill, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.

Oregon Symphony, “Musical Zoo,” 2 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $10+. 503-228-1353.

AARP Smart Driver class, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Center, 5500 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. $15/$20. 503-629-6342.

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AARP Smart Driver class, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuality Health Education Center, 334 SE 8th Ave., Hillsboro. $15/$20. 503-848-6677.

Engaging with Adult Children, a VIEWS Conversation on Aging, noon to 1:30 p.m., Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd. 503-718-2517.

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Estate Planning Workshop, Garden Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.

Giving Up Your Keys, a VIEWS Conversation on Aging, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave. 503635-3758.

22 Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.

Oregon Symphony, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, 7:30 p.m. (also 2 p.m.

Jan. 24 and 8 p.m. Jan. 25), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $23+.

503-228-1353.

East County Community Orchestra, 3 p.m., David Douglas High School Horner Performing Arts Center, 1500 SE 130th Ave., Portland. Free, but donations welcome. Eccoorchestra.org.

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Learning from Grief and Loss, a VIEWS Conversation on Aging, noon to 1:30 p.m., Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.

503-718-2517.

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New writer’s group, 6:30 p.m., Garden Home Community Store, 7306 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-2459932.

Bridging Life Transitions, a VIEWS Conversation on Aging, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Salvation Army Rose Center for Seniors, 211 NE 18th Ave., Portland. 503-239-1221.

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(through Jan. 30) Compagnie Herve Koubi, 8 p.m., Lincoln Hall, Portland State University. Whitebird.org.

Owl Book Group: “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”

by Richard Flanagan, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503644-0043.

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(through Jan. 31) “’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism,” Winningstad Theatre, Portland. $39.50/$44.50.

Chris Botti/ Oregon Symphony, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $35+.

503-228-1353.

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Send your calendar items to: Calendar, 4159 Cherry Ave. NE, Keizer, OR 97303 or email mte@nwseniornews.com by the 6th of the month for the following month’s publication.

JANUARY 2016 • www.nwboomerandseniornews.com tion of nursing homes.

From there came the development of assisted living facilities, though through the years, the original idea and ideal of that concept evolved and changed to mean many different things today.

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ing more people to hospitals. Building on that framework, the widespread existence of poor houses evolved into the prolifera-

PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION In the end, Gawande has no specific answers to the ills that beset the way health care delivery and end-of-life issues are handled. As he puts it, “I have also found it unclear what the answers should be, or even whether any adequate

ones are possible.”

But from his perspective of being a doctor in the middle of the medical practice world, what he does is offer hope that change is possible. He writes, “I have the writer’s and scientist’s faith, however, that by

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pulling back the veil and peering in close, a person can make sense of what is most confusing or strange or disturbing.”

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Bethany has 8 condo cottages that are independent living with all the perks of living insde the community. Call today to schedule your tour!

Stop by Avamere at Berry Park today for a visit of our newly remodeled community.

We offer housekeeping, laundry, 3 meals/ day in our beautiful dining room, transportation services, movie theatre, billiards lounge and a variety of activities here and off-site. Signature Home Care services are available on-site at affordable monthly rate providing you the independence you want, but assistance that you need. We can’t wait to welcome you home!

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9 Vacation Rental LINCOLN CITY OCEAN FRONT, fantastic view, fireplace, TV/VCR/ DVD, 2 bdrms, kit/ dishwasher, no smoking, no pets. Very comfortable.

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10 Mfg. Home for Rent FOR LEASE, NICE & CLEAN 2006, 3bdrm, 2ba mobile home.

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HUD SUBISDIZED APARTMENTS for senior citizens, 62 or older.

We offer spacious one bedroom apartments with private balconies, on-site laundry facility, community room & a courtyard with a nice Koi pond. All in the heart of downtown Eugene! Call 541-343-0433 for more information!

Lawrence Court Apartments provides equal housing opportunities.

Emerald Property Management, 541-741-4676.

available at this time.

We are committed to providing equal housing opportunities. All utilities paid. Briarwood Manor, 643 Manbrin, Keizer, OR 97303, 503-9818614.

HUD SUBSIDIZED UNITS for senior citizens 62 or older, disabled and/or handicapped, available at this time.

We are committed to providing equal housing opportunities. All utilities paid. Glenwood Manor, 1687 NW Division St., HUD SUBSIDIZED UN- Corvallis. 541-753ITS for senior citizens 3408.

62 or older, disabled Help Wanted and/or handicapped, available at this time.

We are committed to LOOKING FOR A LIVEproviding equal hous- IN CAREGIVER. 5 days ing opportunities. All or 2 days. Call 1-877utilities paid. Surf- 735-7525, TTY, then wood Manor, 4545 5 4 1 - 9 3 5 - 0 7 0 4 .

SW Hwy 101, Lincoln Veneta, OR. Thanks, City, 541-996-3477. Maryanne.

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HUD SUBSIDIZED UNITS for senior citizens 62 or older, disabled and/or handicapped, available at this time.

We are committed to providing equal housing opportunities. All utilities paid. MillServices HUD SUBSIDIZED UNwood Manor, 2550 ITS for senior citizens 14th Ave SE, Albany. & 62 or older, disabled HOUSESITTING 541-928-2545. and/or handicapped, PETSITTING FOR SEN-

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Experienced, references.

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SUNSET HILLS MEMORIAL PARK, Good Shepherd, space 3 & 4, lot 324. $6000 includes transfer fees, obo. 503-843-3067.

29 Miscellaneous 33 Wanted SINGING HU TO CONQUER fears & open your Heart to Love, Joy & Spiritual freedom. Online: www. miraclesinyourlife.org.

Or: www.eckankaroregon.org.

OLD SPORTS CARS WANTED: 1948-1972.

Alfa, Austin Healey, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, MG, Porsche.

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or vintage. Please call WANTED 1960’S & 503-422-8478.

BACK, old car or pickup for grandfather/ MUSICAL INSTRU- grandson project. Or MENTS WANTED. parts. Call Bill at 971Portland Music Co. 263-1788. always buying! Reputable since 1927. Not enough room for all the great Free appraisals. 531 stuff you got for SE M.L.K. Blvd. Ask Christmas?

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BASEBALL & SPORTS Oregon MEMORABILIA want- NOTICE: state law (ORS 701) ed. Buying old cards, requires anyone who pennants, auto- contracts for congraphs, photographs, struction work to be tickets, programs, licensed with the ConPacific Coast League, Construction tractors Board. An etc. Alan, 503-481- active license means 0719. the contrctor is bon-

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CASH FOR PRE 1970 sport & non-sport gum or cigarette cards, model kits, comic books, old toys, old car or??

Private collector. 503- CASH for DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. Help 313-7538. those in need. Paying CASH FOR GOOD CON- up to $30 per box.

DITION reloading eq- Free pickup! Call Shauipment & supplies. ron, 503-679-3605.

541-905-5453.

TWO PREMIUM VIEW LOTS. Belcrest Memorial, lots 1 & 2.

Section 94, block 13.

Transfer fee included. $7000, obo. 503-8776897, 503-873-2291.

30+ YEARS TRUSTED, REPUTABLE ANTIQUES BUYER. ALWAYS BUYING: old photos, postcards, costume jewelry, most anything antique

30 For Sale THE GIFT THAT “Stands Up For Cats.”

Chocolate cookbook: cakes, candy, cookies, fruit, ice-cream, pies & treats. $24. Anne Ackley, 503-4287856.

ded and insured.

Verify the contractor’s CCB license through the CCB Consumer Website www.hirali censedcontractor.co m or call 503-378-4621.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowlingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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Beaverton Lodge 12900 SW 9th St. Beaverton, OR 97005 503-646-0635 www.beavertonlodge.com

Cornell Estates Retirement & Assisted Living

1005 NE 17th Hillsboro, OR 97124 503-640-2884 Charlene Torrey www.cornell-estates.com marketing@cornell-estates.com

Studio: $1765-$1825 1 BR: $2075-$2395 2 BR/1 BA: $2575-$2995 2 BR/2 BA: $2795-$2895 2nd Occ.: $395/mo.

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Knights of Pythias Retirement Center 3409 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98663 360-696-4375

Call Lori Fiorillo to schedule your personal tour with complimentary lunch

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Pacific Pointe Retirement Inn at King City 11777 SW Queen Elizabeth King City, OR 97224 503-684-1008 www.pacificpointe.net Call for FREE lunch & tour Come check us out!

Parkview Christian Retirement Community 1825 NE 108th Ave. Portland, OR 97220 503-255-7160 Linda Williams

Royalton Place

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Summerfield Retirement Estates An All-Inclusive Retirement Community 11205 SW Summerfield Drive Tigard, OR 97224 503-388-5418

568 sf, 1BR/1 BA + Lg storage closet 801 sf, 2 BR/1 BA + Lg storage closet 808 sf, 2 BR/2 BA + XL closet & pantry

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Some of the largest retirement apartments in the area. Pet-friendly, nonsmoking community. Two sets of onsite managers, front door video cameras - visible from residents’ TVs, indoor spa, mineral/saline pool, senior water aerobic classes, scheduled transportation, weekly shopping trips & excursions. Beautiful walking paths & raised bed gardens, satellite TV & much more.

You or your loved one deserves the best that life has to offer & that’s exactly what you’ll find at this active community on Portland’s Westside. Our residents love our affordable prices, safe & friendly environment, 24hour health care, & customizable care packages. Their familes praise our diverse music, art, educational events & programs, quick access to medical care, doctors, shopping, & the personal, long-term staff caring for their loved one. Recipient of the Pacific University 2013 Community Partner Award.

There’s “No Place Like Home.”

That’s why Creekside Village is where you’ll want to hang your hat.

We serve 3 fantastic home cooked meals a day by our seasoned chef. 24-hour onsite emergency response. A walk around our beautiful grounds with a greeting from our creek side ducks makes for a pleasant experience. Just blocks from the Elsie Sturh Senior Center, Beaverton Library, and Beaverton Farmers Market.

Our non-profit organization offers very affordable housing. Amenities include meal program, housekeeping, laundry service, beauty shop, fitness center, art room, library, and a secured courtyard, 24-hr. security, secured entrance, emergency pull cords in each apartment. There are planned activities & weekly shopping trips at no cost. Stop by for a tour and lunch any time!

All-Inclusive - Enjoy freedom from cooking, cleaning, yard work & home maintenance! Walk to shopping, banks, post office, pharmacy & medical offices or use our scheduled transportation. Beautiful grounds & walking path, activities, 24-hr. staff & emergency call system. Great food, staff & residents! Executive Director has been at Pacific Pointe for 20 years. On-site health care agency should you need it.

Reasonable rates.

Located in a quiet neighborhood near medical services, shopping & banks, our 6-acre parklike campus provides single-level courtyard apartments amidst landscaped walking paths. A full calendar of activities & outings, incl. faithbased services, promotes friendship & a sense of community. Entree choices galore, fresh salad bar & dedicated staff make meal time a joy. Stop by for a personal tour & complimentary lunch. Small pets welcome. 24-hr. staff.

Daily well-being checks.

“People Who Care...Caring for People”TM Our philosophy of service at Royalton Place Assisted Living encourages an active and independent senior lifestyle that supports residents’ privacy and dignity. Royalton Place provides Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Respite services. Our senior housing environment provides full-service senior living with resort-style amenities.

Our beautiful grounds are surrounded by quiet, quaint neighborhoods to provide peaceful and safe living. Living at Summerfield has it’s perks—including membership to the Summerfield Golf & Country Club! The golf course, clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, exercise equipment & library are all available to our residents. Onsite managers, 24/7/365; pullcords in every apartment.

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legacy hospital gardens need volunteers

Legacy’s Health gardens offer special opportunities for patients in their rehabilitation therapies and also serve as a restorative setting for patients, visitors and employees.

Volunteers are needed at all of Legacy’s gardens for a variety of projects and tasks, including garden maintenance, clerical work and assisting with events.

“These nearby nature settings benefit everyone,” says Theresia Hazen, coordinator,

Legacy Therapeutic Garden Program. “The gardens support healing and restoration for patients and their families.

Legacy’s garden program includes: ■ Good Samaritan Hospital Healing Garden and the Children’s Garden at Emanuel Medical Center, both opened in 1997.

■ The Oregon Burn Center Garden, dedicated in May 2004.

■ Behavioral Health Garden at Emanuel, dedicated in October 2008.

■ Mount Hood Medical Center Garden, dedicated in November 2009.

■ Meridian Park Medical Center Garden, dedicated in November 2010.

■ FBC-CVICU Garden, dedicated in April 2014.

■ Legacy Salmon Creek, currently in the fundraising stage, with plans to open in November 2016.

The gardens have received the following recognition: Oregon Burn Center and Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital received the Therapeutic Garden Award in June 2006 from the American Horticultural Therapy Association.

Good Samaritan Hospital Stenzel Healing Garden received the 1998 Therapeutic

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Garden Award for its horticultural therapy program and therapeutic garden.

Legacy gardens were featured, in August 2003, in Landscape Architecture Magazine’s American Society of Landscape Architects.

The gardens were featured in the Wall Street Journal in 2003 and 2010.

Oregon Burn Center was featured in the AHS American Gardener magazine in 2009.

Volunteer information sessions are scheduled monthly at Good Samaritan and Emanuel hospitals. Sessions includes site tours, information about the re-

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Individual appointments for interviews, volunteer applications, hospital volunteer training and program specific trainings will take place later.

Upcoming trainings: 3:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 2, 12:30 p.m. March 8, 4 p.m.

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