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Free event set to celebrate caregivers BOOMER PRIMER. YOU know the drill by now. Last week, I went on about Medicare — well, OK, health insurance — well, OK, health! Or some eclectic combination thereof. Stick with the “health” part, for a minute. In addition to the multitude of unkind characterizations that have been heaped upon boomers virtually from inception (or conception, or whatever), do you know what else an awful lot of boomers are? Caregivers. Which means what? Right: I define a caregiver as “somebody who is taking care of somebody who needs to be taken care of, whether they like it or not.” Sound familiar? I thought so. AARP estimates there are 40 million caregivers in the good ole US of A. I think they’re wrong. I think there are a whole lot more than that, but who am I to quibble with an organization that has a pronounceable, if somewhat gastric, acronym? Forty million it is. It all has to do with the fact that a lot of folks are living a whole lot longer and surviving things that would have put them in the ground not all that long ago,
is to take care of you. Here’s a chance to do that. On Saturday, Oct. 1, from 8:45 am to so there are a Mark 3:30 p.m. at Quimper Unitarian lot more folks Universalist Fellowship (2333 San Harvey who need care. Juan Ave.) in Port Townsend will Good. be “A Day for You” (“you” being a But we care- caregiver). The whole day will be giver-types pay about taking care of you. a price in terms It will not teach you how to lift of lost wages, for or transfer or change catheters. It sure, and lost won’t teach you about skin care or time with our tube feeding, and it won’t get into own families/ physical therapy or range of lives/interests, motion. It will be about you, carebut don’t forget giver — all day long. the other prices we pay in terms of increased depression, social isolation and our Free, free, free own medical issues. Free. Free morning beverages, In other words, in the name of snacks and lunch. taking care of somebody we care Free. Liz Taylor, journalist, colabout (more or less most of the umnist, speaker and founder of time), we often become “patients” Aging Well Consortium, will proourselves. That’s the “health” part vide the keynote. I threatened you with. And there will be a lot of other And what was last week’s basic stuff — info, vendors, sessions — premise? (You in the back and a whole room full of people . . .) who do what you do. Think about Right! The less we use health that. insurance, the better off we’ll all Free. be, and the best way to do that is I know: If you’re a “caregiver,” to be as healthy as possible as that means you’re taking care of much as possible, so if you are a somebody who needs to be taken “caregiver,” the best way to do that care of, so how do you get away to
Birthday Rita Cygonowski Port Angeles resident Rita Cygonowski celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends. She was born Sept. 19, 1921, in Norwich, Conn., and met her future husband, Henry Mrs. “Chick” Cygonowski Cygon owski, while working at Penama Mill, a spinning and weaving factory. Mr. Cygonowski came to the West Coast working for his brother-in-law, who put a mill on his property, also known as Falls Creek Resort. Mrs. Cygonowski, with their five children, joined him in 1950.
become smarter about being a caregiver? I get it. And I’m not going to pretend to have an easy, pat answer. I don’t. But I hope you’ll find a way. We’d love to have you for the whole day, but if that’s not possible, then just come for as long as you can and leave when you need to. We understand. What do you do? Well, since seating isn’t infinite, you can register by phoning 360-385-2552 (800801-0050) or emailing Heaven Gregg at gregghm@dshs.wa.gov, then just show up and be who you are. Free. Also, in last week’s column, I referenced the “Affordable Care Act” (aka “Health Care Reform,” “ObamaCare,” whatever you choose to call it) as something that is changing the face of health insurance/health care and will continue to change it, depending on what does or doesn’t happen, so would you like a chance to learn a bit more about what is actually in the Affordable Care Act without being screamed at? I, for one, have a hard time learning in the midst of artificially
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She began working parttime at Peoples department store by 1953. When in 1955 they moved to Indian Valley with one more addition to family, Mrs. Cygonowski was already working full-time. In 1960, they moved to West Sixth Street with another addition to the family, making the total seven children. Mrs. Cygonowski was working at Willi-Lou’s, staying active in the Queen of Angels Church, St. Jude’s Guild and volunteering at St. Vincent’s. She is known for her pie baking skills, which kept the church’s bingo profitable.
Janet Lunderville Port Angeles resident Janet Lunderville will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orchards on Fourteenth clubhouse (N Street to
induced hysteria. OK: Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Linkletter Hall at Olympic Medical Center (that’s in the basement), 939 Caroline St., Port Angeles, a forum on the Affordable Care Act, sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Straight facts, no politics. Reference info will be provided, presentations and a specific interlude for questions and answers. It is, of course, free. Despite what zealots on both ends of the political spectrum want us to believe, it is highly unlikely that anybody will take care of us, except us. And if we’re taking care of somebody else, then we especially need to take care of us. In my opinion, ignorance is not, nor has it ever been, bliss.
_________ Mark Harvey is director of Clallam/Jefferson Information & Assistance, which operates through the Olympic Area Agency on Aging. He can be reached at 360-452-3221 (Port Angeles-Sequim), 360-385-2552 (Jefferson County) or 360374-9496 (West End); or by emailing harvemb@dshs.wa.gov. The agency can be found on Facebook at Olympic Area Agency on Aging-Information & Assistance.
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14th Street, west to Orchard Avenue and Plum Court.) Friends are invited to come and share memories — no Mrs. gifts please. Lunderville She was born Sept. 17, 1921, in Grand Rapids, Mich., and attended Thomas Aquinas College and the University of Detroit. She came to Port Angeles in 1946 in response to a teacher agency listing and taught first grade at Lincoln School for 11⁄2 years. She then met the love of her life, Leland Lunderville, and they were married June 10, 1947. After taking a “timeout” to raise six children, Mrs. Lunderville resumed her teaching career at Helen Haller School in
Sequim, retiring in 1983. Dear to her heart was teaching children to read. After retirement, the Lundervilles became snowbirds, continuing to this day. They met many new friends and traveled with old and new to Alaska and around the country — the fifthwheel entourage! Mrs. Lunderville belongs to Queen of Angels Church and was active in Port Angeles Veterans of Foreign Wars and Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club. She started Cub Scouts in the Fairview area and taught religious education. Mrs. Lunderville is also an excellent seamstress and enjoys painting graduation boxes and Christmas ornaments for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her family includes husband Lee; sons and daughters-in-law Thomas and Diane of Sequim, Jon and Kathy of Moses Lake, and Ron and Erica of Roy;
daughter and son-in-law Terry Ann and Jeff Norberg of Port Angeles; and daughters Margaret Baker of Port Angeles and Kathy (deceased).
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Peninsula Daily News’ 3rdAge says “happy birthday” in its own way to North Olympic Peninsula residents 70 or older who will be celebrating a milestone. People celebrating a 70th, 75th, 80th or greater birthday can have their photos published free of charge in the weekly Birthday Corner. Along with the recent photo, please send the celebrant’s name, town of residence, a short biographical synopsis and news of any birthday celebration at least two weeks before the birthday to: Birthday Corner Peninsula Daily News P.O. Box 1330 Port Angeles, WA 98362 Photos will be returned. The sender’s name and telephone number must accompany the information.
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