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From pathology to the clarinet, Jules Elias finds a home
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His pathology days long behind him, Jules Elias has returned to playing the clarinet and founded a musical group called Mixed Medleys. They play classical, jazz, klezmer and ragtime, with his wife Renee acting as narrator. By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
When Jules Elias was a young man and wanted to focus on playing the clarinet, his mother admonished him to change his mind. “Go to school and learn something so you can feed your children, then you can play your clarinet as much as you please,” he remembers her saying to him. So he followed his mother’s advice, fulfilled her wish and, when he retired, rein-
vented himself as a musician. But not before carving out a distinguishing career as a pathologist, particularly as the head of histopathology at Health Sciences Center at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of more than 90 scientific, medical papers and six texts, including one considered a standard in pathology. He likes to say he was a doctor who never saw a patient. “I saw pieces of patients as a doctor’s doctor, a pathologist,” says Elias, now
81 and living in Portland. As a pathologist, he specialized in leukemia and breast cancer. “A lot of pathology includes a sixth sense of what bone marrow looks like since there are 17 different types and experience can determine treatment and outcome,” Elias says. “Each patient is unique and you have to get inside the bone marrow. Your intuition plays a major role and improves over time. I never dreamed this is where I would end up.”
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He says diagnoses are more accurate today and he foresees in the next generation specific, targeted treatment based on genes. Leukemia, Elias says, used to be a death sentence, but life has been extended for multiple myeloma because of newer drugs. Elias’ parents worked in the sweat shops of New York, and no one else in his family attended college. “My parents’ concept of a good life was learning a trade, meeting a nice girl, having a couple of
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kids and living close by,” he says. He credits his outstanding achievements, which has “gone beyond my wildest dreams,” to Renee, his wife of almost 60 years. He says her support has made him the man he is today. They met on a blind date when Jules was a 19-year-old soldier in army basic training during the Korean War. Renee, 17, continued their romance by writing to Jules three or four letters a week
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during the time he was stationed in Germany. Renee was an English major in college who saw the potential in her future husband to have a successful career when he returned to civilian life. “She facilitated my entrance back into school and helped me study,” he says. “She became my teacher. We took long walks and she edited my papers and never doubted my potential. My first love was botany. Through her my life went in a different direction, toward medicine, that I had never considered.” He says public schools in Brooklyn in those years provided an excellent education and college was free for those who applied themselves. “You had a free ride as long as you met regulations,” he says. Despite a successful career, Elias saw changes in the way medicine was practiced, even in his own field. As medicine became more evidence-based, Elias says it lost its appeal for him. So, at the age of 62, and encouraged by his wife, Elias retired and the couple moved to Portland so they could be near a daughter who lives in Vancouver, Washington. With his medical career behind him, Elias remembered the yearnings he had as
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While many people own a PT Cruiser, they don’t own one with a clarinet painted on the hood. Jules Elias’ grandson, Cooper Stites, 20, painted the clarinet for his grandfather.
a youth to be a musician. He looked to his role model, the late Norman Leyden, former conductor of the Oregon Pops Orchestra, who had played clarinet well into his 90s. “As a young man, I practiced four hours a day and was told I had a great future,” Elias says. “Now the clarinet has become my passport into another existence and it took me in a different path.” He even had been offered a college scholarship to play music, when he carefully considered the words of his mother and changed career
paths. So, again with some help from Renee, he was introduced to the Portland music scene. He played for three local orchestras and won three concerto competitions at the University of Portland. He became interested in chamber music and has performed at several venues. Additionally, he founded a musical group called Mixed Medleys, and the group members play classical, jazz, klezmer and ragtime all over the city. Renee acts as narrator for
their shows and, Elias says, “The audience response to her is as much as to the music.” After the performances, Jules and Renee take to the dance floor, entertaining the audience with their accomplished ballroom dance routines. “I had a woman come up to me and say it was obvious how much I love my wife,” Elias says. Elias’ musical groups have been hired to play on several cruises, meaning Jules and Renee have been able to take 27 cruises, playing music and
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dancing aboard ships all over the world. They’ve enjoyed it so much that they will celebrate their 60th anniversary next year by embarking on a fiveweek cruise around Hawaii, Bora Bora and French Polynesia. It’s an encore to their 50th anniversary, when they invited their whole family on an Alaskan cruise. “I could have bought a new Lexus but what I want are memories,” Elias says. “Instead, I have pictures all over my bedroom and I drive an old car.” His 2000 PT Cruiser is quite a sight to see, too, as one of his grandsons painted on the hood a picture of a clarinet surrounded by a piece of music by Mozart. Maintaining a strong marriage has been of utmost importance to the couple. Elias says many of their friends began divorcing in their 60s and 70s, but “we are very family committed. Our whole focus is our two daughters and son and grandchildren. In our worst moments my wife and I could not do without each other.” Besides family, the Elias’s give generously to non-sectarian charities. They belong to nine environmen tal groups, and donate to organizations ranging from the Oregon Food Bank to children’s hospitals and homeless missions. “I’m an ethical humanist,” Elias says. “It’s not what you believe in but what you do to make the world better that counts.” Both Jules and Renee come from Jewish families, he Sephardic (they spoke Spanish at home) and she of the Yiddish tradition from Romania, Turkey and Hungary. They dine on the mostly vegetarian Mediterranean diet, adding in some fish as Elias’ doctor urged him to add more protein in his diet as a way to prevent the atrophy of muscles that occurs from aging. He exercises daily, walks a lot and dances twice weekly with his wife. They even started a folk dancing group, teaching at OASIS for eight years. And Elias created a radio show called “Cancer Watch,” where he focused on important research in the field of cancer pathology. Yet, Elias is sure to always make time for his music. The clarinet, he says, “is my golf and my fishing. I practice every day and I will never be done.” ■
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Fighting inflammation with your diet By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
As a medical student, Jessica Black learned through research that inflammation is connected to all chronic illnesses. Now as a naturopathic physician, she focuses on how to reduce inflammation
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destruction, where the tissue starts to break down.” All our habits promote an inflammatory process, she says. “Everything we do, our sedentary lifestyle, environmental toxins like cleaning products, sprays, herbicides, and more. They all cause oxidated stress. We’re walking into it as soon as we’re born, and probably in the womb.” Through her books, patient visits and community educational lectures, Black is spreading the word about the need for healthier lifestyles. To reduce inflammation, for example, Black suggests eliminating many foods that cause it: sugar, dairy and gluten. “The center of our treatment is not pharmaceuticals,” she says. “It is changing diet and lifestyle. Even small
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changes give people a better chance of healthier lives.” In fact, she says, it can improve the quality of life during the aging process, rather than spending years with declining health issues. “You can make small steps,” Black says, “and we evaluate your willingness to change. It’s why we generally alter one thing at a time and then ramp it up.” There are anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Tylenol and ibuprofen, but Black says long-term use of these overthe-counter drugs can wreak significant damage to the kidneys and digestive system. “Long-term use is not appropriate and can do more harm than good,” she says. Additionally, she recommends 45 minutes of exercise every day. “Even less will have positive effects,” but it’s important to have a regular plan. Walking, with an alternating plan to walk fast and slow, triggers the metabolism to gear up. Doctors like Black use a variety of tests to check for both chronic and acute inflammation, such as hsCRP and ESR tests. Once she has accurate readings, Black can begin a treatment process that includes changes to diet and increasing the amount of exercise. Black understands many people are fighting their genes, the environment and foods they were given as children. “Many people have consumed huge amounts of sugar from the days they drank formula rather than mother’s milk,” she says. “Today, we have genetically-modified foods, radiated foods and pesticides and herbicides. All of these impact our general health.” It’s the gastro-intestinal tract that sets the balance of the immune system, Black says, adding that “we can do a lot to have the body function properly.” She advocates making vegetables and “clean meats” the primary source of food in your diet, and sticking to it. “It does no good if you do that for 30 days and go back to pizza and ice cream. You should eat tons of vegetables and everything else as a side dish.”
Wondering what to eat? Black suggests: Breakfast: A smoothie with two cups of greens (like spinach or kale), unsweetened almond milk, a raw egg and some frozen mangoes or peaches. Lunch: Salad with chicken or almonds. Midday snacks: A cup of celery and almond butter, nuts, seeds or avocado. Dinner: Some lean protein, vegetables and salad, brown rice or quinoa. “We eat a lot of vegetables, they are the key to health,”
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One of the highlights of Donald Appert’s career was the chance to conduct this orchestra in Japan playing one of his own pieces. He has actually guest conducted in several countries.
Donald Appert celebrates 25 years of teaching, conducting, writing music at Clark College
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"What a pity flowers can utter no sound!—A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!"
Musicians, friends and colleagues recently helped Donald Appert celebrate 25 years of teaching and conducting music at Clark College, where, among other numbers, the college orchestra premiered his “Piano Concert in Mi.” It was fitting that his composition was among the pieces performed at the June event and that it featured a guest artist – pianist Renato Fabbro – because Appert is known for providing the Clark College Orchestra with opportunities to perform works both from himself and other contemporary composers, and for inviting guest soloists and conductors to work with the group. On its website, the Vancou-
ver, Washington school noted Appert’s inventive programming and ability to draw guest performers and conductors to southwest Washington, saying he’s enhanced the college musicians’ artistic experience. Appert says he believes such opportunities are inspiring for the Clark orchestra, a community group whose members include college students, music educators and community members from various walks of life. “I think it’s exciting for the orchestra to work with artists at that high level,” he says. The Clark College Orchestra is one of three groups Appert conducts. He also is the music director and conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta, and artistic director and conductor of the Jewish Community Orchestra, both in Portland.
The award-winning conductor, composer and educator also has guest conducted youth and professional orchestras around the world, from Italy to Romania, Portugal to Macedonia. In all, he’s conducted orchestras in 13 countries. He is grateful for opportunities to travel abroad and to work with orchestras in different cultures. Groups often will perform Appert’s pieces or other compositions they aren’t familiar with, which gives him the chance to “shape” the music. Appert, who tries to learn a bit of the language native to the musicians he’s conducting, says it’s enjoyable and challenging to communicate musical ideas using few words. “Each orchestra brings its own personality to the music,
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and it’s exciting to see how they respond to it,” he says. “The challenge is to be able to convey what you want without talking a lot about it. The greatest sin of any conductor is to talk too much.” Appert believes his stints as a guest conductor have served Clark College well in that students have benefited from top musicians and conductors he’s met during his travels who have accepted invitations over the years to lead and perform with the Clark College Orchestra. He says he’s particularly proud of the increasing quality of the Clark College Orchestra performances over the years, and the growing strength of the school’s music department, where he teaches music theory and ear training. Appert grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, just outside New York City. He credits his mother, as well as a competitive relationship with his older brother, as the driving forces for his early interest in music. After his brother began taking piano lessons, Appert just had to as well, starting with piano at age 7, briefly playing the trumpet in middle school and then switching to trombone and
About director. halfway through college, he shifted gears, eventually earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in trombone music from the New England Conservatory of Music. He also earned a doctorate of musical arts in conorchestral ducting at the University of Kansas, after which he played with the Kansas City Symphony for five years. Prior to that, he earned a living as a trombonist for several years with orchestras in Virginia. During a Courtesy photo stint as a college teacher in Virginia, Donald Appert always knew he he decided to purwanted to be a professional sue conducting, musician, and he has been able to drawn to the bigmake that dream come true. picture aspect of it. He both plays and leads music. “As a player,
taking up double bass. During high school he knew he eventually wanted to be a professional musician. With his mother’s encouragement, he enrolled in college with the idea he would become a band
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you’re responsible for your part,” Appert says. “As a conductor, you’re responsible for the orchestra, and it’s much more in-depth. A lot of what conductors do is interpretive. You can hear the same orchestra play the same music, but it sounds different with different conductors. It’s exciting to work with musicians to create a performance.” When he arrived at Clark College, he hadn’t been composing much, but that changed with encouragement from musician friends in Japan, who enjoyed performing one of his pieces for strings so much that they asked if he had written anything else. “I said, ‘Maybe I’ll write you a piece,’” Appert recalls. He did just that, and about a year later the group invited him to Japan to conduct it. At dinner after the performance, they asked what he was working on next. Appert didn’t have anything in the hopper, but the exchange “got the juices flowing,” he says. “I have to give them credit for getting me back into composing. It’s
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Oregon’s Willamette Valley is home to some of the best agricultural land in the Northwest, a gift from our state to the north. During the last Ice Age of 10,000-15,000 years ago, an ice dam holding back the enormous waters of Lake Missoula repeatedly melted, sending rushing waters across eastern Washington and down the path of the Columbia River to the Pacific. A narrow choke point in the area of present-day Kalama, Wash., forced the water to back up into the flat lands
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The bakery counter at Willamette Pie Co., in Salem, offers tempting turnovers and slices of pie. It’s just one of several farm stores in the area. number one provider of blackberries, hazelnuts, loganberries, boysenberries and grass seed. Farm market stores are scattered throughout the area, but largely concentrated near the two major metropolitan areas of Portland and Salem. They are a great source of locally-grown fruits and vegetables, nursery stock, and most offer a wide range of special harvest events starting in late September and running through October. On the east side of Interstate-5, just south of Woodburn, off Oregon 99E, on Howell Prairie Road is the red barn of Bauman Farms (baumanfarms.com). If there is such a term as agri-destination, this place fits the bill. Not only is it a year-round farm stand, but a bakery, gourmet goodie shop, and nursery. Don’t miss a stroll through the greenhouses where aisles of hanging baskets and other floral displays fill the room with brilliant color. At harvest time, their festival is the area’s largest with a pumpkin patch,
mazes, animal barn, hayrides, apple tastings, cider-making demos and tons of fun activities for the grandkids. Now, continue south on Howell Prairie to Hazel Green Road and turn west towards Brooks. EZ Orchards (ezorchards.com), operated for years by the Zielinski family at the corner of Hazel Green and Cordon roads, also offers fresh produce, baked goods (including yummy donut samples as you walk in the front door), a good selection of packaged gourmet foods, and colorful gardens. Next to the main store is the Shortcake Stand with a menu of seasonal fruit desserts and ice cream treats and a pretty, shaded picnic area nearby. Like Bauman’s, they do a bang-up harvest festival with corn maze, petting zoo, pie-eating contest, pony rides, bluegrass music … a complete country experience for all ages. From here travel south on Cordon Road to Sunnyview and turn east to 82nd Ave. You can’t miss the big sign on the left side enquiring, “Got Pie?” The family-owned Willamette Pie Company (wvpie. com) was started by the Roths, third-generation berry farmers, when they purchased a local pie maker in 2001. They process about 12 million pounds of berries and
fruit each summer, and while most of the fruit is flash frozen, much of it ends up in the fillings of their delicious pies and cobblers. In the retail store, one side features windows providing a view of the pie “assembly line,” and the other side is a wall of freezers stuffed with a wide variety of pies, cobblers and bags of frozen fruit. There’s a small café offering bakery treats, coffee and ice cream, and both indoor and outdoor dining areas. If you prefer home-baked pies and goodies, check out Fordyce Farms (fordycefarm.com) on Sunnyview Road where you’ll also find produce, u-pick berries and currants; but if sweet corn is your thing, don’t miss a stop at Schlechter Farms (schlechterfarms.com) on 86th. Another popular farm stand on the west side of I-5 near the town of St. Paul is French Prairie Gardens (fpgardens.com) on French Prairie Road. In addition to having fruits and vegetables for sale, they offer a full range of events from monthly grilling dinners, barbecues, and an activity-filled fall festival. Be sure to check websites in advance for directions, hours, and event calendars; and enjoy the bounty of the Willamette Valley. ■
Sustainable landscaping
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Take a big step forward and save water, energy and money By JOY MASSEY BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Sustainable landscaping is a term we hear more and more often, a growing trend among homeowners. But what does it mean, and why is it important? The fact that the environmental resources of the planet are strained is not news. Nor are the damaging effects of the fossil-fuel based herbicides and pesticides, as well as the high energy demands and wasteful water use of traditional landscaping. Lawns alone account for a huge portion of wasted water and chemical runoff. There’s no excuse for using chemical herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers anymore. The organic horticulture community has come up with alternative solutions to almost every problem, whether it’s pests, diseases or weeds. Sustainable landscaping offers more efficient techniques that save water, energy and money. On top of that, it improves wildlife habitats, promotes home-based food production, lowers maintenance and labor requirements, and helps to clean up the environment by limiting or avoiding toxic products that simply aren’t necessary. Not to mention, it’s beautiful to look at. What’s not to like? Even a non-environmentalist likes to save money and spend less time working. Beneficial insects like ladybugs and lacewings help keep pests under control without chemicals. Products based on clove oil and vinegar are one example of less toxic ways to control weeds. There are cover plants that out-compete the weeds, and removing weeds from your yard before they go to seed is helpful; eventually it becomes less and less work until it only takes a few minutes a day. Landscape architect and author Owen Dell, of Owen Dell and Associates, has made sustainable landscaping his life’s work. Through big and small projects during a career that spans decades, Dell is an expert on the subject. His business, books and articles offer help to homeowners wanting to get on board, either on their own or through hiring a professional. “If you can make just three changes in your landscaping that really counted, one would be getting your watering under control, one would be the right plant for the right place, and
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Are you looking for a way to make your property easier to take care of? Landscape designers, like Owen Dell, recommend getting rid of that green lawn (inset) and replacing it with a variety of low-maintenance plants and hardscapes that provide interest and little effort once they are established. one would be to mulch,” Dell says. “If you do these three things, you’re going to be 80 percent of the way to sustainability.” Take control of your watering Inappropriate watering is one of the most common mistakes. Hand watering, done right, and drip irrigation are two effective ways of watering. “Most people water too much,” Dell says. “They see that the soil is dry on the top and they don’t realize that an inch down the soil is soaking wet. One thing you can do is get a water gauge. They cost about $8 and you just poke it in the soil, and it will tell you if it needs water.” Hand watering can be one of the most efficient watering methods, but it takes patience. A light sprinkle is a waste of water — it doesn’t get down to the plant roots. The best way is to go over it several times, and give it time to soak in. “Let it sit for an hour or two, and then go back and check. Make sure you’re not just watering the mulch so the moisture is just sitting on top.” Drip irrigation is one of the best methods of watering. The tubing has emitters every 12 to 18 inches, so the water drips very slowly, imitating rainfall. “It’s something you can do yourself,” Dell says. “You don’t have to hire a professional. The tubing goes right on top of the soil and you can cover it with mulch so you don’t even see it. It saves water, and the plants like it better.” Irrigation systems are often used with a controller, sometimes called a clock, but again, it’s a matter of knowing how to do it right. A conventional controller needs to be managed by re-programming it at least four or five times a year, as the weather
changes. “We just had a period of 90degree days when pots needed to be watered daily, or even twice a day,” Dell says. “When the temperature drops, the water requirements change.” He recommends using a smart controller. “They save 25 to 50 percent of your water use because they take weather conditions into account. It’s an amazing technology.” He adds that the best smart controllers should be bought from a professional irrigation supply house, and will cost a little more, but they perform better and last longer.
Right plant, right place Having the right plant in the right place is a huge factor in determining maintenance needs. Consider each plant’s relationship to the soil, to other plants, and to the amount of light available to create a living ecosystem where the forces are all in balance, a condition called homeostasis. “Most gardens are not created this way,” Dell says. “They’re just decorative, and homeowners have to work very hard to maintain them. I call it adversarial horticulture, where we’re constantly battling bad design.” Unfortunately, as people get older, they often move from a home they love because their landscaping demands more than what they can take care of. “That’s not necessary,” he says. “In a sustainable landscape there’s not as much need for intensive labor to maintain it. Constant mowing, pruning, fertilizing and watering shouldn’t be a reason to drive people away from their homes.” Plant size and proper placement is a huge source of gardening maintenance, when a plant is too big for a space in the first place. Making an
investment in a more sustainable design is worth it in the long run. When you have a shrub that has overgrown its space, you have to pay someone to trim it, then pay to have the waste hauled away. It can amount to huge costs over a 20-year period. Most sustainable landscaping designs also do away with, or cut back on, conventional lawns. It takes 60,000 gallons of water to irrigate a 2,000square-foot lawn. There are 31 million acres of lawn in this country, and they use 800 millions of gasoline every year to mow. The amount of water it takes to water that amount of lawn could grow 81 million acres of food. One way to remove sections of lawn is called sheet mulching, layering cardboard and wood chips to smother the unwanted grass. For those who want to keep some lawn, there are still alternatives — drought tolerant grasses and ground covers, and low-mowing grass varieties that you can introduce into your lawn gradually, reducing the need for watering, mowing and fertilizing.
Feed yourself In the case of emergencies, many homeowners are woefully unprepared, and put too much energy into growing ornamentals rather than food, Dell says. “The movement to convert lawns into food production is tremendously popular,” he says. “In a conventional farm, we’re putting up to 10 calories of fossil-fuels into growing one calorie of food. That’s unconscionable.” Home-based food production, Dell says, can use as little as one calorie of energy to produce 10 calories of food. “If you were to look at it as a stock option, fossil-fuelbased food production is not a very good investment, and it’s
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not sustainable,” he says. “Sustainable landscaping leads to a sustainable neighborhood which leads to a sustainable city.” He offers Cuba as an example of putting resourcefulness to work. “Look at what happened when the Soviet Union cut off all support to Cuba,” Dell says. “Cuba had nothing, no imported food and no fossil fuels, and they started growing food in every nook and cranny. They now produce a huge amount of food. They set up their own farmer’s markets, and their health vastly improved. Of course, they have other problems, but they’ve done amazing things. Here, we’re doing it not out of necessity but out of what’s right. More and more people all the time are creating neighborhoods where they grow and share food.”
Cover your ground Dell’s third recommendation to homeowners is to mulch. “Mulching makes a huge difference, cutting way back on the amount of water needed,” he says. “Wood chips are one of the best mulches, but bark is good too.” Even leaves make a good mulch because they break down and add nutrients and organic matters to the soil, while keeping weeds down and saving water, Dell says. Sustainable landscaping shouldn’t be an afterthought, but rather a new mindset. “It’s so important to the future that we do this,” Dell says. “Even if you hate the environment, you should still adopt sustainable landscaping practices, because you’ll save money.” ■
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Try planting berries in your garden
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DIGGIN’ IT! By GRACE PETERSON
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I love early morning walks in the garden when the air is cool and the birds are singing. Breathing in the fresh scent of roses and honeysuckle makes me smile and as I walk over to my raspberry plants, I can’t help but pluck a few in my mouth. It’s moments like these that make all the toiling and sore muscles worth it. Although I’m not much of a vegetable gardener, I love my fruits. Compared to vegetables, I have found that berries are much easier to grow. For instance, they don’t seem as susceptible to bug infestations and they really don’t take up much room in my garden. And once they’re established, they come back year after year, reliably producing abundant crops. Years ago I relegated two raised beds for my raspberries, one raised bed for blueberry plants and several containers for my strawberries. This has worked really well for me. Berry plants require rich, friable, well-draining soil to grow their best.
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And they need as much sun as you can provide for them. Although they can tolerate short periods of drought, I’ve found that they’re much happier with consistently moist soil, so watering regularly is a must. I like to give them a drink of liquid fish fertilizer and organic all-purpose food once a month or so during the growing season. Several inches of organic mulch
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topdressing keep the soil moist and keep all the soil microbes happy, which in turn feed the plants. Although pruning blueberries and strawberries is a fairly straightforward process, raspberry plants can be a little tricky and require good observation skills. In winter, I take note of the dead and living canes. The dead canes are cut at ground level. Canes with green centers are alive so I cut them two feet or so above ground and they will be next year’s early crop — berries in June. The canes that develop from the ground the following spring and summer will bear the later crop — August until hard frost. There is never a huge yield all at once but enough for daily munching. Raspberries are self-fertile meaning only a single variety is required to produce fruit. It seems plant breeders are constantly introducing improved varieties and now you can even get dwarf varieties to grow in containers. This way, even those without garden space can have home-grown fruit. There are several everbearing or “day-neutral” strawberries on the
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market. Currently, the two most popular varieties are “Seascape” and “TriStar.” Because strawberry plants are very shallow-rooted, providing several inches of organic topdressing is really important for keeping the soil moist which will increase yields. Blueberries produce higher yields when at least two different varieties are planted a few feet apart. Fortunately it’s easy to find early, mid-season and late varieties to extend the harvest season. I’ve got an early variety, “Duke,” a mid-season variety, “Sunshine Blue,” and a late variety called “Chandler” although this year Chandler finished before Sunshine Blue. These little idiosyncrasies are what make gardening fun.
Tips for September: Watering, deadheading and harvesting fruits and vegetables are the garden chores of this month. Watering in morning or evening is best and aiming the nozzle at ground-level to make sure the water penetrates the soil down to the roots is vital. ■
Aging Mastery program preps for future needs Two local senior centers have been selected for a new, innovative wellness program called Aging Mastery, with classes starting this month. The program, created by the National Council on Aging, selected only eight centers in the Western states for expansion of the program. In Oregon, those locations are the Hollywood Senior Center in Portland and the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. Both centers currently are recruiting older adults to complete the 10-week, cutting-edge wellness program. It’s designed to be a fun opportunity for older adults to build the skills needed to navigate the “bonus years” that many are enjoying due to increased lifespans. Aging Mastery aims to empower participants aged 55 and older to make and maintain small, but impactful changes in their behavior that will enhance the later stages of their lives — a stage of life that has become significantly longer
in the past 50 years. “But most people generally are not prepared for this increased longevity,” according to press materials from the National Council on Aging. The classes explore navigating longer lives, physical activity, sleep, healthy eating and hydration, financial fitness, medication management, advance planning, healthy relationships, fall prevention, and community engagement. They provide educational materials from highly trusted sources, expert speakers, a checklist of action steps, and a system to track behaviors. Participants can opt to track points for rewards. The Aging Mastery program begins at noon Sept. 2 at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. It starts at 10 a.m. Sept. 21 at the Hollywood Senior Center. Registration is open at both centers, and is limited to the first 30 participants. Call the Lake Oswego center at 503-635-3758, or the Hollywood center at 503-288-8303. ■
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Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, 7 p.m., Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave., Portland. 503-2284391.
Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-2459932.
Music on Main 2 Street: Jujuba, 5 to 7 p.m., between
Chelatchie 19 Prairie Railroad Steam Evening
SW Broadway and Park avenues, Portland. Free.
Prime Timers Dining Club, 6 p.m., Heidi’s Restaurant, 1230 NE Cleveland Ave., Gresham. 503-936-5861. The 3 Waterfront Concert, with
the Oregon Symphony and others, 1 p.m., Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 1020 Naito Pkwy., Portland. Free.
Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History, 7 p.m., 2215 SE Harrison St., Milwaukie.
(through Sept. 26) “Oklahoma!” 4 7:30 p.m. (3 p.m. matinee), Gallery Theater, 210 NE Ford St., McMinnville.
$15/$17. 503-472-2227.
(also Sept. 6) Chelatchie Prairie 5 Railroad Labor Day weekend runs, 2:30 p.m., 207 N. Railroad Ave., Yacolt. $9-$16. 360-686-3559 or bycx.com.
Crossroads Doll and Bear Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, 909 N. Hayden Island Dr., Portland. $4$9. Free parking.
(through Sept. 10) Auditions by 6 appointment for “White Christmas” at
Gallery Theater, 210 NE Ford St., McMinnville. Show dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 19. Gallerytheater.org.
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Paulann Petersen and contributors to the “2015 Honoring Our Rivers Anthology,” 7 p.m., Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego.
“Throw away every8 thing about ordinary marketing and start
fresh,” with Valia Eskandari, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tualatin Public Library, 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave. $5/$10. NWPA, 503-913-6006.
Song Circle, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Book Group: “The End of Eve” by Ariel Gore, 7 p.m., Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.
Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, 7:30 9 National p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. Orsymphony.org.
(also 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11) YAH! Young at Heart 10 Senior Theater Club, “Still Cruisin’
Along … A Tropical Holiday Tour,” 6:30 p.m., Luepke Senior Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver, Wash. $5. 360-487-7055. A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown, St. Helens Public Library, 7 p.m., 375 S. 18th St. 503-397-4544. Talking about Dying, 7 p.m., Newberg Public Library, 503 E. Hancock St. 503554-7733.
Wine Run, 5 p.m., Moulton Falls Winery, 31101 NE Railroad Ave., Yacolt. Bycx.com or 360-686-3559.
The Music of Pink Floyd, 7:30 p.m., with the Oregon Symphony, 7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. 503-228-1353 or orsymphony.org.
Writers Mill, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill 20 Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043. Tea and Tangles, 6:30 p.m., 22 Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503644-0043.
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Highway Home and Jackalopes, 7 p.m., Freedom Four Square Church, 660 SE 160th, Portland. 503307-2993.
Genealogical Society of Washington County, “Researching in Family Search” with Sue LeBlanc, 10 a.m. to noon, downstairs community room, Hillsboro Main Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-6404431. Senior Studies Institute open house, 10 a.m. to noon, Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave. $30/year for lectures, current events, play readings, social activities. AIDS Walk Portland, 11 a.m., The Fields Park, NW 11th and Overton streets. Aidswalkportland.org.
Living his14 tory presentation of an
1860s one-room schoolhouse, 7 p.m., Beaverton Activity Center, 12500 SW Allen Blvd. Donations taken. HistoricBeaverton.org.
Life After War: Photography and 15 Oral Histories of Coming Home by James Lommasson, 6:30 p.m., West Linn Public Library, 1595 Burns St. 503656-7853.
Meet the Author: Andra Watkins, “Not Without My Father,” 7 p.m., Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.
(also Sept. 19) Painters Showcase 18 42nd Annual Art
Exhibit and Sale, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club, 4805 SW 229th Ave., Aloha. Free. Painters-showcase.com.
Keeping Tabs on America: Surveillance and You, 6 p.m., Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave., Portland. (also Sept. 21, West Slope Community Library, 3678 SW 78th Ave., Portland.) Foreign Film Night: “Traitors” (Morocco), 7 p.m., Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.
Think and Drink with Genevieve Bell, 7 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., Portland. $10.
Owl Book 25 Group: “A Spool of Blue Thread”
by Anne Tyler, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-6440043.
Voices in Verse open mic poetry, 26 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. 503-644-0043.
The Power of Play: Promoting Health and Creativity, 6 p.m., Cornelius Public Library, 1355 N. Barlow. 503-357-4093.
“Aztec Eagles 29 – Hispanic Heroes of World
War II,” 7 p.m., Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland. 503-245-9932.
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Awesome Beaverton needs trustees, project ideas
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Now that the Awesome Beaverton and Beyond organization has awarded its first grant, a deadline approaches for the next round. The winner of the first $1,000 grant went to Hillsboro Tuesday Night Teen Market. Students Sirena Hepburn of Hillsboro High School and Dario Aguilar of Glencoe High School, and Lisa Klingsporn, director of the School to Work at the Hillsboro Chamber, pitched an idea for loans for the teens participating in the teen market. The $1,000 will be used to establish a start-up fund and students can apply for loans to use for needed supplies and equipment to start their business. The teens are expected to pay back the loan if sales at the Tuesday market allow them to do so. They also will be encouraged to “pay it forward” on the items that can be re-used or repurposed for future students. Thirty-three people attended the first Awesome Beaverton and Beyond pitch party at the Java Lounge in Cedar Mill in June. “The evening was filled with ideas and inspiration,” says Dawn Anderson, group leader, who thanked all those involved, including the trustees, finalists and the audience. Each quarter, a $1,000 grant is awarded for the creation of a project that positively impacts the community. “We want to inspire and support ideas that will make Washington County an even better place to live, work and play,” Anderson says. There currently are nine trustees and Anderson is hoping to have 15 to 20. Learn more at awesomebeaverton.weebly.co m/about.html. Potential trustees and volunteers are invited to attend the next meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Java Lounge in Cedar Mill. The next application deadline is Sept. 8. Four finalists will be invited to give a five minute pitch to the trustees at the Sept. 22 meeting. The grant winner will be announced on Oct. 20. For help in organizing a proposal, visit awesomebeaverton.weebly.com. ■
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AMENITIES 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. Not-for-profit, faith based, continuum of care community on a beautiful 12-acre campus w/convenient, affordable 1- & 2 bedroom cottages, spacious lodge apartments, licensed in-home care agency for skilled and rehab care. Amenities: meals & housekeeping options, daily activities, transportation, beauty & barber salon, 24hr. emergency response, library, walking paths, guest rooms & dog park. Call to schedule a tour and have lunch.
Enjoy country club style living. Active 55+ community with controlled access building, shuttle service, new clubhouse and fitness center, business center, on-site management, on Max line, close to Gresham shops, services and activities.
Located on 15 park-like acres with paved walkways/courtyards and a Studios greenhouse. Transportation to/from 1 Bedrooms Dr. appointments and an errands shut2 Bedrooms tle. Exercise/game/craft/theatre/den● ● ● ● ● ● ● tist/ beauty shop, and Bistro. Flexible 75 Retirement Units meal plans w/restaurant-style dining. 129 Assisted Living We are an independent, non-profit Units community, and have served our resi10 Memory Care Units dents well for 93 years. “No Buy-In”
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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.
The perfect balance of independence & support can be found here. In addition to spacious private apartments, we offer a full menu of personal support services, 24-hr. friendly care-giving staff & a full time RN & LPN nursing team. A variety of activities, outings, fitness, wellness & faith-based services, all promote friendship & a sense of community. Call today for a personal tour & complimentary lunch.
BOOK REVIEW ‘Highway Blues’
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“Highway Blues” By Carl Falsgraf (Available at Amazon. com in paperback and Kindle editions, and at Tsunami, Black Sun and J Michaels bookstores in Eugene; The Book Nest in Springfield; Mari’s in Yachats)
At the solid boomer age of 55, Carl Falsgraf left his long standing “dream job” at the University of Oregon in Eugene, grabbed a guitar, hopped in his newly-bought used pickup and took off on a month-plus journey across backroads America. Then, as a beginning author, he wrote “Highway Blues” as a memoir for his “great-grandchildren” about where he went, and what happened along the way. For the holder of a doctoral degree with 30-plus years of experience as an educator and administrator of a program he created, the precipitous break with a long routine and taking off with “no destination, no companion, and no plan to speak of” was a major challenge. It is a transition he generously shares in the book, and explaining the reason for doing what he did can resonate with boomer readers: “Hitting the road after 30 years of professional striving seemed like a good way to jump-start the last third of my life.” This was a minimalist adventure to be sure. Taking along no companion (his wife did not want to go, plus “she knew this was my journey, and so did I”), nor cooking gear, his truck simply con-
tained a raised sleeping platform beneath its canopy. Falsgraf did take along his guitar, continuing a musical love affair with the blues that accompanied him through life and dates back to a Boston jazz club where, as an 18-yearold, he heard B.B. King and later other Blues greats. As a nod to readers, he provides links to his website, booksnblues.com, so readers can hear the songs he both played and composed along the road. Falsgraf explains that two songs in the latter category, “Poor Boy” and “Dark Road,” are the ones that evoke “the journey’s smells, sounds, and emotional landscape.” And so the book follows Falsgraf and his guitar through nights of restaurant finding, camping and guitar playing in places as disparate as Wal-Mart parking lots and desolate Nevada desert sites. Then there are dinners in Chinese restaurants (“They are often the only place serving vegetables, at least vegetables that have been in the ground recently”), and breakfasts in roadside diners, sharing space with sometimes grumpy and suspicious regulars, and served by the usual-suspect waitresses. There are the surprises that can be met on such a journey, such as finding an independent bookstore tucked away in an otherwise down-and-out small Nevada town.
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He also chronicles the indeed down-and-out conditions he finds in many of the tiny towns through which he travels. Also along the way: Some spiritual/philosophical nibblings (Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Martin Buber) present themselves as Falsgraf has only himself to confront when things go very right, or marginally wrong. As he finds, traveling alone indeed makes it easier to philosophize about the second-by-second unfolding of life experienced along the way. Then there is the business of having to go into town now and then. Wandering into civilization after a few days on lonely roads, he feels “unplugged, disoriented, wandering.” In Vermont, having come there across the continent, he comes to realize what the trip was all about: “I now understood that the journey was fundamentally internal, the changing external landscape a backdrop to the main story unfolding within.” Having reached the Atlantic Ocean, Falsgraf turns around, and at a much quicker pace travels back across the country to his Pacific Northwest home in Eugene, having put 11,273 miles on the truck. Arriving at the end of his 49day journey, Falsgraf faces the next part of his life with “no job, no plan, no place in the world.” Yet still he has a wife and a house, a place he knew would be “where I would sleep and eat tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. Forever.” Reviewed by DAVID R. NEWMAN
“Flash Fiction International, Very Short Stories From Around the World” edited by James Thomas, Robert Shapard and Christopher Merrill (WW Norton) If you like to read but fall asleep when you do or have a short attention span this is the book for you — 86 stories from around the globe by well-known writers. Very short stories are gaining popularity around the globe, probably because we’re too glued to our high-tech instruments. These stories prove that often less is more.
“Becoming Steve Jobs, The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader” by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli (Crown Business) Previous biographies have attempted to categorize Steve Jobs as an intemperate genius. These two authors with a deep connection to the tech world are said to have written the definitive history. The result is a fresh, in-depth portrait of one of the most interesting men in this century. This compelling narrative comes straight from the people who knew Jobs best: His family and former inner-circle executives and top colleagues. Fascinating read.
“The Anticancer Diet, Reduce Cancer Risk Through the Foods You Eat” by David Khayat, MD (WW Norton) This is a straightforward and easy-to-read summary of cancer, foods and recommendations. He ex-
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AMENITIES 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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READ CONTINUED FROM P. 14 plains in simple and conversational tone how people can adjust their diets to help prevent this widespread killer. The French oncologist led France’s war on cancer and the book is a bestseller on the other side of the Atlantic. You can then shop with knowledge. Handy charts distill information. Best and worst foods, habits and cooking methods. Dr. Khayat is head of medical oncology at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and teaches part-time at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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“Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition” by Jim Furnish (Oregon State University Press) Furnish joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1965, enthusiastic and naïve, proud to be a part of a storied agency. Nothing prepared him for the crisis that would soon rock the agency as a burgeoning environmental movement challenged the Forest Service’s legacy. This memoir offers an insider’s view of this tumultuous time. It addresses the fundamental drive to gain sustenance from and protect the earth.
“Words Without Music,” memoir by Philip Glass (Liveright Publishing) Aspiring musicians and artists will learn much from Glass, as will general readers, musical or not, in this very readable memoir by an iconic composer and writer. No living composer of classical music is as widely known as Philip Glass, who is as busy and in demand at the age of 77 as he was as a younger man. He has written hundreds of sonatas and short music pieces, two symphonies, innumerable film scores, and nearly a dozen boundary pushing operas.
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“Elon Musk, How the Billion-aire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping Our Future” by Ashlee Vance (Virgin Books) Whether he is the new Steve Jobs is not known but I wouldn’t bet against it after reading this fascinating biography of the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla. He wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space to form a colony on Mars. The personal tale of his life and drama is interesting. An intelligent narrative. Reviewed by MAGGI WHITE
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According to an investigation by WHTR –TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, senior citizens are being targeted by harassing phone calls from companies trying to sell medical devices. The Federal Communications Commission is considering new rules as U.S. senators focus on ways to address concerns with how companies use the federal Do Not Call list. The Senate’s Special Committee on Aging focused on a number of issues related to the federal Do Not Call list and the increase in complaints about harassing calls. Myrtle Harper, 84, says she gets calls day after day from companies trying to get her to order back braces and knee braces she does not need. Even
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though she declines the equipment, Harper’s doctor says he gets order forms from various medical device companies saying Myrtle ordered the devices. At the hearing on Capitol Hill, Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) sits on the committee and told the group such calls have to stop. “We’ve heard about these calls from seniors’ organizations, physicians, from folks in Indiana who’ve been on the receiving end of harassing phone calls from medical equipment companies offering equipment like back braces that they neither want nor need, and the suppliers use aggressive tactics to persuade seniors into ordering unnecessary items at Medicare’s expense,”
Donnelly says. “We have an obligation to protect the privacy seniors have and to protect taxpayer dollars.” Sen. Claire McCaskill (DMo.) related her family’s experience. “I watched my mother get victimized when she thought she was being called by Medicare, and it was really a company called Medicare,” she said. Senators heard testimony from consumers and technical experts saying the nation’s Do Not Call list has not kept up with technology, allowing scammers to repeatedly call consumers who thought they would no longer receive solicitations. The committee is pledging to study new strategies and technology to help consumers fight back, and senators are
now proposing legislation that puts more pressure on phone companies to stop scam artists that make harassing phone calls. “We have to stay on this issue because spammers, spoofers and robocallers will continue to use whatever tools are available to them to defraud American consumers and America’s seniors. We must give them the flexibility to fight the fraudsters,” McCaskill told the committee. The Federal Trade Commission also appeared during the hearing, and urged the approval of new rules that will give consumers more options to block harassing phone calls. The Federal Communications Commission will vote on that proposal. ■
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If you or a loved one has been getting harassing calls from companies or scam artists, here are several resources. ■ Senior Medicare Patrol in Oregon: Contact the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) of Oregon, 855-673-2372. ■ FTC Do Not Call List Complaint: donotcall.gov ■ Oregon Department of Justice Salem: 503-378-4320 Portland: 503-229-5576 Toll-free: 877-877-9392 Email: help@oregonconsumer.gov U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging: aging.senate.gov/fraudhotline, 855-303-9470
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