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Mr. Lucky

D-Backs broadcaster Bob Brenly on turning errors into hits, and comebacks into a career. page 22 opinion

6 Sound Off 6 The Curmudgeon 7 The Up Side 8 Straus’ Place 10 Ask Gabby Gayle 11 The Widow’s Corner entertainment

8 Trivia Contest 12 Calendar of Events 18 Johnny Mathis 18 Fun & Games Around the Valley 20 Tinseltown Talks 21 Bingo Happenings 26 Puzzles

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opinion Sound Off

Why does the Diamondbacks’ player Welington Castillo keep getting hit by pitches? Is it the way he bats? Is there a hit on him?

Wake up America. Hillary has called for the following changes to our voting laws—automatic registration at age 18; a 20-day early voting period and a 30-minute maximum wait period to vote. Under Hillary’s proposals, any 18 or older male or female could vote at any polling place without registering. Any of these young people could vote even if they are in our country for one day and have a criminal record. These are all part of an unconstitutional plan which would ensure Hillary would be president and the Democrats would take back the house and the senate and win state and local elections. If any or all of Hillary’s proposals are enacted, it would basically be the end of the Republican and Independent parties, and yet both parties have been mute. We must respond now.

Call or write your congressmen, senators, and state and local elected officials.

Don’t delay—time is on Hillary’s side if we don’t respond now.

there’s Spain and Great Britain. Do you ever forgive anyone?

I’m a native of Tucson I have attended school and worked here my entire life. In this time, I have only dealt with, talked to and seen one race—the human. There are some whom believe they are different or above others. America hasn’t changed.

It’s still a nation of racist, arrogant closed-minded people. I know this from reading the comments in this paper.

God help us. Obama was elected to the presidency twice, so stop it already and find something else to do. He will in January 2017.

In the July 2015 issue Sound Off, there was a comment saying that all Independent voters should vote for the bachelor for President to avoid the cost of a first lady, who they claim has cost billions of taxpayer dollar on travel. I suppose they meant the previous first lady, who is the one who took 46 foreign trips, visited 73 countries (on taxpayer dollars) and spent a total of 212 days on these trips.

Compare that to the current first lady

RE: the letter from the person objecting to vets buying cars made in other countries simply because we were once at war with them.

I am a proud Navy veteran and own a couple cars from these nations. I’m also old enough to have lived through World War II, although too young to take part in it. Have I missed something, or hasn’t that war been over for nearly 70 nears?

And come to think of it, weren’t we once at war with Dixie? Applying your logic a bit further, should we continue to ostracize the South as well? And how about the war with Mexico? Then

The Curmudgeon

How to transform a country :: by Drew Alexander

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et’s say that I do not believe in American exceptionalism, and that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are not worthy of preserving and protecting as the extraordinary founding documents for an extraordinary form of self-government.

And let’s say that I had the power to transform America from a unique democratic republic into something considerably different. This would be my plan: Perpetuate governmental deficit spending and mounting national debt in the trillions of dollars, with zero accountability and zero transparency.

Discourage individual initiative and entrepreneurship through high taxes and bureaucratic regulations. Set forth

through legislation and executive fiat programs of enforced wealth redistribution in the name of fairness and equality. Expand the size and reach of the federal government. Take over one-sixth of the economy by forcing the country to accept government-controlled health care.

Make public schools and institutions of higher learning places where young minds are drastically misinformed and propagandized against the true character and past of their nation—or do not teach them anything at all about American history. Producing generations of low-information individuals makes them malleable citizens who will easily bend to the will of the ruling class.

Exploit every high-profile community crisis by spreading incendiary com-

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who from 2009-2013 who went on 14 foreign trips, visited 25 countries and spent a total of 72 days on these trips.

This is referring to the person who wrote that there were so many foreign cars on the road.

I’ve been wracking my brain on what American car is totally made in America? I have asked friends and they don’t know. I know some parts are made here but not the entire car. If that person knows which car is made here, I’d sure like to know! Thanks. ...continues on page 9

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ments and taking actions that dilute the mission and authority of local police to maintain order. No matter what the facts may be in any given situation, always paint the police and other law enforcement personnel as mean-spirited bullies.

Ignore immigration laws. Allow the illegal entry into the United States of millions of men, women and children, regardless of health status and any criminal backgrounds. Provide them with food, shelter, medical treatment and education at the expense of American taxpayers.

Attack such long-standing institutions as capitalism and religious organizations—Christian and Jewish in particular. Allow for a tiny minority of the population to overrule the majority and to redefine through the courts that marriage is no longer exclusively a union of one adult male and one adult female and that anything goes.

Install in the highest offices of the land ideologues that grow their transformation agenda by causing widespread division and acrimony. Pit one race against another and promote class

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envy by demonizing anyone considered rich. Vilify and attempt to silence those who disagree with fundamentally changing America.

In foreign policy, apologize for America’s past mistakes and minimize its virtues and accomplishments. In dealing with the nation’s enemies, mollify them through diplomatic negotiations, no matter how questionable the terms.

Demonstrate good intentions by making concessions, curtailing American military power, and reducing the size of the armed forces.

Influence public discourse by reshaping language to conform to the transformation objective of not offending anyone. “Illegal immigrants,” for example, should simply be called “immigrants.” The term “terrorist” is to be replaced by “insurgents” or “freedom fighters.” A pet “owner” must be referred to as a pet “guardian.” And “Christmas” is stricken in favor of the more generic “holiday season.”

There you have it, my plan to drastically make over America. Of course, this could never happen.

Could it?

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The Up Side

Atticus Finch in the age of sequels

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:: by Michael Grady

was not overly impressive as a youth.

I was neither handsome nor athletic, nor especially talented in any way. The two advantages I had going for me were my intellect and my ability to be a smart ass.

It wasn’t surprising, then, that at an age where we look for role models, I found two: Hawkeye Pierce, from the TV series “M*A*S*H;” and Atticus Finch, from “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

It wasn’t until I was 17 that someone pointed out, “You realize those are both fictional characters, right?”

OK, so maybe my intellect wasn’t that much of an advantage.

Nevertheless, Hawkeye and Atticus were my stars to steer by. Both were highly regarded men, doing important things with their lives. And in an era that celebrated violence, fisticuffs and gunplay, both accomplished remarkable things without raising a hand or raising their voice.

I was not alone in this. Many guys my age will tell you they preferred “Baretta” or “Starsky & Hutch” or David Carradine from “Kung Fu.” My more literate friends admired Holden Caulfield of “Catcher in the Rye.” But realistically, which of these guys could you actually be at the end of the day?

I think the fact that “M*A*S*H” ran three times longer than the war it portrayed, and “Mockingbird” is still selling, attest that Hawkeye and Atticus each had cult followings among young men like me.

So it was strange to discover, last year, that “Mockingbird” author Harper Lee had another book up her sleeve. It was weirder yet to see a sequel, “Go Set a Watchman,” out in stores some 55 years after the original.

And it was downright surreal to hear the book depicts Atticus Finch as an aging racist, attending a Klan meeting and condemning integration in the 1950s South.

I hope this is not a trend.

I don’t want to hear of Margaret Mitchell’s undiscovered sequel “Even More Wind,” where Rhett Butler returns. “Wait, Scarlett, I do give a damn,” he exclaims. “Let’s go buy you

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some petticoats!” Or Charles Dickens’ “Tale of One More City,” where Sydney Carton reconsiders martyrdom: “It is a far, far better thing I do,” he says, “to skip the whole beheading thing.”

What kind of crazy world do we live in, when even the fictional characters change?

Many of my friends and fellow writers regard “Watchman” as a scheme, concocted by scoundrels, to spin an ancient Harper Lee manuscript into a “new work” for easy cash. The book has only been out a day as I write this, and the early reviews are not kind. My Facebook feed is filled with Atticus purists who simply refuse to acknowledge the work.

I don’t want to tarnish my old hero, either. But I’m also curious as to how and why Atticus Finch might have become less tolerant...and what that might say to us.

Racial tolerance is not a one-anddone proposition. I learned this, in a humbling way, some years ago. Late one night, I was headed to my car in a parking garage, when I spotted a young African-American man headed my way. I let prejudice get the best of me, and became a paranoid nervous twitch. The young man, when he passed, turned out to be a mirror image of me, except for darker skin and an eye roll that suggested this had happened to him before.

“You had black neighbors,” I scolded myself afterward. “You grew up with black friends. What happened to you?”

I ended up writing a play around it.

The play, “White Picket Fence,” dealt with the hurdles an African-American family faced moving into a white neighborhood in the late 1960s. It tells, in flashback, how two 9-year-old boys of different races bonded while watching the Apollo moonshots. The main story ends with their families watching Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk together— then, as an epilogue, it flashes forward to that awkward, distrustful encounter in the parking garage years later.

Audiences who saw the play fell into two groups: the first group (largely white) saw the show as a fond period

piece with a weird parking garage ending; the second group (largely not white) thought the ending was logical.

It was an education for me. How two groups, bringing different life experiences, could see the same event in such different ways.

“I’m just glad we’re over all that racial stuff,” an audience member told me after a performance. Her happy, well-meant declaration drew many interested glances from African-American audience members, to whom this was news.

I even had a director try to cut the epilogue altogether. I took her out for a beer after the rehearsal and said, “I can’t help wondering where the rest of my play is.”

“Oh, you mean that parking garage bit?” She asked. “Yeah, I cut it because it was a downer. You got the two families, watching the moon landing. Why do you want to kill a feel-good moment with an ending like that?”

“I don’t know.” I said, “...reality?” I made her put it back in.

This was the late 1990s—the Rodney King riots were long in the rearview, and many of us were tempted to believe our country’s race issues were solved.

Those of us in the majority, who don’t have to navigate racial politics every day, might want to believe that tolerance is something we find. And once we find it, it remains found forevermore.

But it doesn’t work like that. Only “Where’s Waldo?” works like that.

Trayvon Martin and the Ferguson and Baltimore riots remind us that tolerance is a mindset that must be maintained. Tolerance tests us every day. It’s annoying, really. It’s always finding different colors, ethnicities, gender preferences and lifestyles to pose the same problems to us. To make us re-explore and recalibrate our sense of fairness.

It’s our duty to keep an open mind in an ever-changing world. It can be exhausting. Everyone can backslide.

Even Atticus Finch.

In my life, I have heard many people express admiration for the soft-spoken moral courage of Harper Lee’s character. Admiring Atticus became kind of a Tolerance Merit Badge, but it is no substitute for applying tolerance to your everyday life. I am absolutely certain I admired Atticus Finch the night I stepped into that parking garage and judged another man by the color of his skin.

As a great believer in the synchronicity of things, I wonder if Atticus Finch has returned to be an example once again. If an icon of racial tolerance can backslide into prejudice, perhaps we all need to be more vigilant.

At any rate, I’m going to read the book.

Michael Grady is a local playwright, reporter and the author of “Death Calls a Meeting.”

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In fact, we don’t really have an option these days. With technology changing faster than we can keep up with, in comparison to the way our grandchildren are being educated, our school experiences are definitely “old” now.

As our children and grandchildren go back to school, it’s easy to reminisce about our own experiences, strapping on our book bag filled with sharp No.2 pencils and notebook paper for the new school year.

Sometimes “old” just means classic, so we decided to take a look back on the old methods of doing things in school. Can you remember? Study up and take part in this month’s too-coolfor-school trivia contest!

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Commonly referred to as “lead,” what material actually lies in the center of pencils?

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The loose-leaf binder popularized in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s and held closed by Velcro was called what?

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What was the first pop culture character to be licensed for lunch boxes?

Why are modern chalkboards green?

Nearly 100-year-old chalkboard drawings were found behind chalkboards that were being replaced in June. In what state were the drawings found?

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The longest putt on record was 375 feet and hit by Fergus Muir in 2001.

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:: by Bill Straus

’m guessing you’ve never heard of Nicholas Winton, but I intend to change that.

In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a 29-year-old London stockbroker who seemingly had the world by the tail.

But the winds of war were swirling on the horizon. Many of Winton’s Jewish friends and business associates in Czechoslovakia clearly perceived the threat that Hitler’s burgeoning power posed for them. Hitler had annexed their country and had ominous plans for those whom he deemed “expendable.” They were nervous and scared, primarily for their children. So what did this great man do?

He canceled a planned vacation to Switzerland and went to Czechoslovakia, instead. He then devoted the next few years to saving the lives of children otherwise destined for the concentration camps. He did so by arranging transportation to England and finding foster families for the children. It was an amazing feat, to say the least. He met—and conquered— every bureaucratic barrier...and there were plenty in Czechoslovakia and England. On Sept. 1, 1939, the biggest transport of children was to take place, but on that day Hitler invaded Poland, and all borders controlled by Germany were closed. Thus ended Winton’s heroic rescue operation. By the time his angelic work was done, he had saved 669 children from extermination. Almost all of the parents and siblings of those children were killed by the Nazis.

But that’s far from the end of the tale.

For almost 50 years after that, he never discussed his overwhelmingly humane efforts, not even with his wife, Grete. But one day in 1988, as she was cleaning, Grete stumbled upon a trunk filled with hundreds of letters, passports and photos of young chil-

dren. She confronted Nicholas and he told her the whole story. In almost no time, the story became a legend.

Nicholas was an unqualified hero, first locally and then nationally. The world discovered him later that year when he was the surprise “star” of the BBC television program, “That’s Life,” the British equivalent of our “This Is Your Life.” He had been invited merely as a guest, but soon the focus of the program turned on his valiant efforts. Toward the end of the broadcast, the host showed Nicholas a picture of a pretty, young girl and explained that she was but one of those saved by his efforts. She then told him that the elegant woman sitting immediately to his left was, in fact, that girl.

There was a momentary outpouring of emotion before the host wondered aloud if there was anyone else in the audience who owed their life to Nicholas Winton.

Several dozen people then rose in a collective salute to this great man.

If you care to view that magical moment, here is the link: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nFuJAF5F0 Winton was knighted by the queen in 2003 and died recently at the age of 106. He died, fittingly, on the anniversary of the departure of a train in 1939 carrying the largest number of children—241. He was lauded by hundreds of British, Czech and Jewish leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron.

So there’s the story. Great guy? You decide. But now you can’t say you never heard of him.

Bill Straus is a retired native Phoenician.

He spent 21 years in the radio business and the last 13 years of his career as the Arizona director of the Anti-Defamation League. He can be reached at strausplace@cox.net.

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... from page 6 There wasn’t much in the Sound lion debt, much of that held by countries Off today so I guess I’ll bring which have already gone bankrupt? The up the big problem we all face: three remaining sound economies in the how much longer can we expect to go on world are China, Russia and India. Alrunning into trillions of dollars of debt though strong, none of them have the each year? Many financial experts are financial strength nor the political desire predicting the year, month or day that to bail out the United States. All the bully it will all come due. Some of these dates tactics we have used as “policeman of are frighteningly close. One which has the world” come home to roost. Friendan all too realistic scenario bases it on less and broke, we enter a depression era the sequence of failure of various coun- which may last a decade or more. Watch tries based on their financial condition at the headlines because the deadline for the present time. First to go, of course, is the United States to begin to fail, in the Greece which is going through the finan- scenario described above is Sept. 13, cial death throes as I write. Next come 2015.—Pete Davies Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Italy. This time or shortly thereafter comes Japan Attorney General Carmen Orwith a national debt equal to twice the tiz speaking after the sentencing Gross National Product. The loss of four of the Boston bomber claimed or more European countries destroys the that the attack was not religiously moothers still depending upon the Euro and tivated and that Islam is a religion of brings them down, also. Although Great peace. The World Trade Center attack, Britain foresaw this disaster and tried to the Fort Hood shooter, the beheading of avert it by giving up the Euro, they still an Oklahoma mother, were all commithad too many financial ties across the ted by Muslims. What is it going to take channel and shortly after Europe col- to make our government leaders face relapses, so will Great Britain. That leaves ality and admit that Islam has declared the question: How much longer can the war on our country?

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Note to Readers: I received a very thoughtful letter from one of our readers. Because I cannot tackle the three items she mentioned in one column, I will cover her first concern here today.

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ear Gabby Gayle: I have not seen anyone do a column on a few important things we oldsters (actually everyone) needs to know: Please inform folks that the universal sign for choking is to place your right hand to your throat.—Signed, P.H.

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ear P.H.: (PH had a recent experience with her husband choking in a restaurant.) Choking is one of the scariest things a person or a bystander can experience. If the obstruction is complete, you will not be able to make a sound.

If you are choking, use the hand sign and do whatever you have to do to get someone’s attention, because they will not hear you. Do not offer them water.

Begin the Heimlich maneuver. This can be done if the person is seated or standing by placing your arms around them from the back, above the navel. Place your fist, thumb side in, and grab the fist tightly with your other hand. Pull your fist abruptly upward and inward to increase airway pressure behind the obstruction and force it from the windpipe.

You may need to repeat this procedure several times before object is dislodged.

I suggest before you do this maneuver, you ask someone to call 9-1-1, in case you are unable to dislodge the object.

This maneuver has saved countless lives.

When I was working in long-term care I saw many people choke on hot dogs or brats. The first rule is to chew well, take small bites, and don’t talk or laugh with your mouth full! For more information please Google Heimlich maneuver.

Thank you, PH. We will cover the other items later.—Signed GG

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ear Gabby Gayle: My mother, a widow of four years, announced that she is getting married. All of us five are happy for her, except my youngest sister, who says she will not attend the wedding or the reception. It is a small affair with just families invited. This will create a void which will be noticed

by all. Mom doesn’t know yet, and we don’t want to put a cloud on her happy day. What shall we do? P.S. My sister was very close to our dad. Signed, Frustrated

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ear Frustrated: I can see how this would trouble you. If I were your mom, I would want you to tell me so I could talk to my daughter. Your mom knows her well and would be the one to influence her, if anyone can. You did not say how old your sister is, so I’m assuming she is an adult. It is often a challenge for children to understand how mom could love anyone other than their dad. They often feel they are putting a seal of approval on the marriage, being unfaithful to their dad. Maybe she won’t come around to my way of thinking, but four out of five is pretty solid!

Thanks for writing and good luck!— Signed GG

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ear Gabby Gayle: This may sound petty to you, but every Sunday I get upset when I see this woman sitting in church. She is my neighbor and the biggest gossip in seven states.

She watches everyone and reports daily.

So and so paid $50,000 for their car, and so and so has bed bugs, and on and on it goes. Most of us hide when we see her coming. Even when you tell her you do not want to hear about others, she doesn’t shut up. Then when Sunday comes she is sitting right there up front like the perfect person. What could stop this woman from gossiping? Signed, Fed Up

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ear Fed Up: I’m not sure what the problem is. Is it her gossiping that has you upset? Or is it the fact that she goes to church? In my upbringing I learned that Christ calls the sinners. Be glad that she goes to church. Pray for her and pray you will not let her upset you! Signed, GG If you have a question for Gabby Gayle, please send it to: Ask Gabby Gayle c/o Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Rd., Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 or lagmancreswick@ cox.net.

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conducive to dialogues between us beear father, I’m now a part-time researcher cause of the volatility of our relationand genealogist. For three weeks, I’ve ship, and my adult years exempt me on searched out relatives I never knew we the grounds that we didn’t know how had. Today, I had a breakthrough. A to talk with one another. Pent up anger prohibited me week ago, I emailed from thinking bean architect, Tom, yond my own perin New Jersey, a ceived injustices. grandson of your Because most of mother’s sister, your aunts and unwhom I found by cles are deceased, tracking a 1930 cenI now depend on sus and Googling the acuity and cuhis mother’s (my riosity of their offcousin’s) obituary.

This photo circa 1949 includes spring.

I searched Hi Tom, Maxine Quirk’s three children, My name is Terry Buel “Spike” Quirk (still living), Maxine Samelson Ratner. I’m research- Jennie Quirk Madden (deceased) Quirk, one of your mother’s younger ing family history. I’m and Alice Anne Ritchie Navin sisters. There were not sure if the late Alice (deceased). Maxine Quirk is the at least 12 children Anne Navin, daughter second from the right. born to your grandof Alexander and Maxine Quirk, is your mother. Please let me know. mother and I keep finding more. When I’m probing my father’s genealogy. He died at I came upon the 1930 census, I found Maxine. She was married to a banker age 98 in 2013. from Ann Arbor. It listed the family, ocThanks for your assistance. cupations and children.

Terry Ratner The next day, I received Tom’s reply.

I’ve spent most of my mornings Subject: Family Connections searching for clues—looking for someI double-clicked, hoping he was reone in our past who might answer questions. During my childhood, I heard lated to us.

Terry, you say names like “Wagner,” “MorI would like to call you Friday morning. gan” and “Samelson”—short sentences Your grandmother and the rest of her siblings mentioning people without giving any backstory other than “nice” or “sickly” is a mystery to my family. My grandmother, Maxine, was the youngest, born after her father and “dead.”

I don’t blame you for this vacuum of died. Her mother (our great-great grandmothinformation, this vast emptiness, a gap er) arranged through Hull House in Chicago in your life and mine. It’s as if your early to have her placed with two women “maiden years never existed. The fault lies with ladies” in Ann Arbor. Although Maxine kept me for not questioning you—for not try- in touch with her family, the separation was ing to uncover who you were and what exceptionally painful. She never spoke about circumstances contributed to what you her family to my mother. This must have been became in life. It’s ironic because we’re heartbreaking for Maxine, and I believe it had a both communicators, yet neither of us major impact upon her life.

I’ve attached a picture from c.1949, a visit ever talked with one another about perby Dorothy Samelson to see her sister. I believe sonal experiences.

I’m not sure why I never cross exam- Dorothy was younger than your grandmothined you, after all I was schooled by the er, and closest in age to Maxine. Included in best lawyer, having learned your lexicon the picture are Maxine’s three children, Buel early on. I’ve excused myself for not be- (Spike)—still living, Jennie (deceased) and Aling curious during my childhood years ice Anne (deceased). Maxine is the second from with a plea of “not guilty” due to the the right and a real beauty.

Regards, overwhelming task of learning to live in the world. My teenage years were not Tom

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Two clicks and I’m staring at a family I never knew. I immediately saw a resemblance in the four females—long slender arms and legs, narrow face, fair complexions, a small gap between their front teeth, and veins protruding from their dainty hands. The young boy, around 12, looks like you dad, with dark hair, pursed lips and a gangly body.

I felt an explosion of tears—not a sob, but more of a soft cry, a whimper that took me by surprise. The experience became overwhelming when I saw part of you in the photo—part of us.

Writing this letter is a way of sharing

my discoveries with you; a chance to feel close to you. Why do I feel this compulsion? Why do I search out answers when most of my witnesses are dead? And why is this powerful urge to unravel the past so consuming and torturous?

Is it grief I’m suffering disguised as curiosity?

I miss you.

Terry Ratner, a registered nurse and freelance writer, is working on a memoir featuring 22 essays dealing with issues of family, identity and loss. Send comments to info@terryratner.com

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August 5 Wednesday Dementia Caregiver Support Group, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., repeats Aug. 19, Grandview Terrace, Third Floor Admin Conference Room, 14515 W. Granite Valley Dr., Sun City West, free, (623) 455-5633.

Chair Yoga, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, call for charge, (480) 340-4013, www. ironwoodcrc.com.

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August 7 Friday Chair Yoga, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, call for charge, (602) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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Staying Hydrated, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., La Loma Village Health and Rehabilitation Center, Community Education Room, 14260 Denny Blvd., Litchfield Park, free, registration required, (623) 455-5633, www. sunhealthwellbeing.org/education.

Terry Goddard, 7 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s Navajo Room, 25601 Sun Lake Blvd., Sun Lakes, free, donations of nonperishable food requested, (480) 8951162. The Sun Lakes Democratic Club welcomes the former Arizona attorney general.

August 11 Tuesday Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 6111 E. Arbor Ave., Mesa, free, (480) 855-2224, www. ironwoodcrc.com.

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August 9 Sunday Sunday Morning Cruise-In, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Beyond Donuts, 8110 W. Union Hills Dr., Suite 208, Glendale, free, www.arizonaautoscene.com.

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August 12 Wednesday Tai Chi with Frank Sasso, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., repeats Aug. 26, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, call for charge, (602) 588-4367, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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Lung Cancer Support Group, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, call for charge, (602) 588-4367.

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Rheumatology Basics, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., La Loma Village Health and Rehabilitation Center, Community Education Room, 14260 Denny Blvd., Litchfield Park, free, registration required, (623) 455-5633, www. sunhealthwellbeing.org/education. A rheumatologist will discuss gout, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and rotator cuff injuries.

August 18 Tuesday Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome St., Gilbert, call for charge, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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Chair Yoga, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., repeats Aug. 28, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, call for charge, (602) 588-4367.

Diabetes Connection Support Group, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sun Health Center for Health and Wellbeing, Community Room, 14719 W. Grand Ave., Surprise, free, (623) 455-5633, www.sunhealthwellbeing.org.

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Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, call for charge, (480) 340-4013, www. ironwoodcrc.com.

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August 22 Saturday Lions Summer of Sight, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Mesa Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 644-3100. A representative from the Mesa Fountain of the Sun Lions Club will be on hand to help with the selection of free reading glasses, nonprescription sunglasses and glass cases. The club will also accept eyewear donations.

August 23 Sunday Sunday Morning Cruise-In, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Beyond Donuts, 8110 W. Union Hills Dr., Suite 208, Glendale, free, www.arizonaautoscene.com.

August 27 Thursday Lyme Disease: Unraveling the Mystery, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Civic Center Auditorium, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., lower level, Scottsdale, free, (623) 580-5800, www.honorhealth.com/events.

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August 24 Monday American Cancer Society: Look Good Feel Better, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, call for charge, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

August 25 Tuesday Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 695 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, call for charge, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

Healthy Habits for a Healthier You, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert, free, (602) 528-0545, www.alz.org/dsw.

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What is Peripheral Neuropathy?

Think of peripheral neuropathy like static on a telephone line, both interrupt the sending of information. Peripheral neuropathy is the result of nerve damage to the peripheral nervous system; causing a disruption of information from the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy include muscle weakness, numbness, tingling sensations, loss of sensation, and pain in the hands and feet, and other parts of the body.

Symptoms vary depending on the type of neuropathy, symptoms can include: - Gradual numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, which can spread through the body - Burning pain in the hands and feet - Sharp, jabbing, or electric pain - Extreme sensitivity to touch - Changes in skin, hair, or nails - Lack of coordination - Muscle weakness, or paralysis - Heat intolerance - Bowel, bladder, or digestive problems - Change in blood pressure, causing dizziness or lightheadedness

Common Treatments for Peripheral Neuropathy There are no medical treatments that cure peripheral neuropathy, but there are many treatments that can control and limit the pain of peripheral neuropathy.

Controlling the underlying cause of your peripheral neuropathy is one goal of treatment. Often if the underlying cause is corrected the peripheral neuropathy improves on its own. The other goal of treatment is relieving the painful symptoms.

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Boston with special guest Dennis DeYoung American rock band Boston performs hits from its success in 1970s and 1980s. They are joined by Dennis DeYoung, founding member of the rock band Styx.

WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m.

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WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

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Clive Davis and he are workn honor of his 80th birthing on an album of present-day day, Johnny Mathis will see covers. the Sept. 25 release of “Johnny “It’s kind of difficult because Mathis: The Singles,” a fourmusic changes and the lyrical disc anthology. Mathis said he content and melodies are difsometimes cringes when he ferent than what I’m accusthinks about his music being tomed to.” re-released.

He and Davis are “looking “I’ve been with the same and scrounging” around for record company for over 50 songs that are relevant and take years,” Mathis said of Columadvantage of his singing abilibia Records. “The record comties. pany has been wonderful. They “I feel it’s going to take a long are planning to release everytime to do it,” he said. “That’s thing that I’ve ever done in the a project that’s foremost in my next few months. mind right now. I have so much Born Sept. 30, 1935, a thenun and so much enjoying singteenaged Mathis signed with ing nowadays because I have so Columbia Records in 1956, many songs that are familiar to first entering the pop charts the general public.” with his inaugural Columbia They are so familiar that single, “Wonderful! Wonderthe Grammys inducted three ful!” the following year. songs into its Hall of Fame— The song peaked at No. 14 “Chances Are,” “Misty” and and laid the foundation for a remarkable career, which in- Johnny Mathis turns 80 in September, and that milestone “It’s Not For Me To Say.” He cludes perennials like “It’s Not will be honored with the release of “Johnny Mathis: The also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in For Me To Say,” “Chances Singles.”

2003.

Are,” “The Twelfth of Never” released exclusively on compilations.

He said he is tickled when the and many others.

“That’ll be the good, the bad and “Johnny Mathis: The Singles” the ugly. Some of it is really, really crowds start applauding at the beginbrings together, for the first time, ev- good. I was amazing, considering I ning of each song.

“I’m really happy about it,” he said. ery Mathis recording that was issues was so young. I did such a good job for the singles market, as well as those with a lot of it. But I think a lot of “That’s a gratification and enjoyment it is woefully inadequate. I that I get day after day, which is the cringe, ‘Oh now why did best way to live your life. You don’t I do that? I think people know what’s going to happen in the realize it’s a learning pro- future.” cess.”

Johnny Mathis and Gary Mule Deer Mathis will celebrate 60 years in music in 2016, perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at the but the milestone doesn’t Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoeaffect him. The art form nix. Tickets are $39 to $133. For more feels as fresh and new as information, call (602) 267-1600 or visit www.celebritytheatre.com. it did the day he started.

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Top: Still from “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” 1959. From left, Peter Ronson, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl and James Mason.

Right: Recent photo of Arlene Dahl and Marc Rosen.

At 17, she was discovered by Jack Warner who spotted her singing and dancing on Broadway during the 1945 opening of “Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston.”

“He came back stage and invited me to Hollywood to make a screen test, but I declined,” said Dahl, who expected the play to extend into a long run.

“He said, ‘Give it two or three weeks and you’ll call me, here’s my card.’ He was right. I was soon out of a job.”

Moving to Hollywood, the cameras loved Dahl and audiences fell for her flaming red hair and trademark beauty spot. She went on to appear in over 30 films. Initially handed romantic comedies, Dahl eventually tackled more dramatic roles such as 1959’s subterranean adventure “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” with James Mason and Pat Boone.

The first day’s shooting with Mason was tense, however. “He didn’t want me for the part. I found this out two days before I went to New Mexico to shoot the cave scenes at Carlsbad Caverns.”

But her professionalism impressed Mason.

“He came to my dressing room after our first scene to tell me I had done well. That was like an Academy Award from James Mason, and everything was OK after that.”

Everything, except the hazards on the set.

“I almost died in the underground ocean scene where the boat was going round in circles and waves were rocking it,” recalled Dahl. “Giant water bal-

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enerally regarded as one of the classic beauties to grace the big screen throughout the ’40s and ’50s, Arlene Dahl’s career extended beyond the reach of the camera.

“I’ve had many different careers,” said Dahl, who turns 87 in August, from her home in New York. “I was a writer for 20 years with a beauty column in the Chicago Tribune which was syndicated in 180 newspapers around the world.”

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loons were supposed to hit our backs but they hit me in the face, knocking me out. I woke up in the hospital with James and Pat holding my hand.”

Between 1952 and 1976, that hand was given in marriage to several suitors, including to well-known actors Lex Barker and Fernando Lamas—father of heartthrob actor Lorenzo Lamas. Today, Dahl is happily married to Marc Rosen, founder of Marc Rosen Associates, a New York firm specializing in the design and packaging of luxury cosmetic products.

“I was working at Revlon and a friend suggested meeting Arlene and I ended up designing the bottle and packaging for her Dahlia perfume,” explained Rosen. “We became great friends and despite our 18 years age difference, were married. People said it wouldn’t last.

Well, we just celebrated our 30th anniversary and proved them wrong.”

“I’ve lived a very full and happy life, although there have been ups and downs,” said Dahl. “Many people don’t know about some of my experiences, but they’ll be in my autobiography. You have no idea the stories I can tell...and will.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns and interviews for more than 550 magazines and newspapers.

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WHEN: Mondays, hall opens at 4:30 p.m., sale starts at 5:15 p.m. and bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Brentwood Southern, 8103 E. Southern Ave., Mesa COST: Varies according to games and number purchased INFO: (480) 306-4569 Earl E. Mitchell Post No. 29 Guaranteed coverall jackpot; no regular games under $100. Play all the games for $21, or the money ball for $1.

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WHEN: Thursdays, at 7 p.m.

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f it’s a summer night and the Diamondbacks are in town, there’s only one place you’ll find Bob Brenly: pacing around the dugout at Chase Field, talking with old friends from every position in baseball he’s held, from player to manager to sportscaster.

“I know a lot of the players, coaches and managers, and I know the broadcasters, too,” said Brenly, the former Arizona Diamondbacks manager who serves as color commentator for D-Backs broadcasts. He also worked for eight years with the Chicago Cubs.

“We’ll talk before a game and I tell them everything I know about our team—who’s hot and who’s not, who’s good and who’s struggling—

and they do the same for me. Cuts down on the research.”

At 61, still sporting an athlete’s build and his trademark mustache (“I joke that I’ve had it since sixth grade; I could buy beer!”), Brenly is a familiar face around D-Backs games, both in and out of the broadcast booth. He was brought in by long-time friend Thom Brennaman, who started with the Diamondbacks as the team’s first play-by-play announcer. Brennaman knew Brenly from doing Cubs radio broadcasts with him in 1990.

Brenly began his affiliation with the team as a broadcaster during the D-Backs’ rough first season in 1998, and its ups and downs during the next two.

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organization and the growing pains,” said Brenly, who began his own colorful career as a catcher, and later as coach, for the San Francisco Giants.

The D-Backs started showing real championship potential in 2000, only to be sidelined by injuries and tired pitching from an overworked Curt Schilling.

“They just kind of limped to the finish line in 2000,” Brenly said.

“But I knew from sitting upstairs and watching them every night that this was the team that was going to win the World Series.”

As luck—another recurring friend in Brenly’s life—would have it, Brenly was offered the job as

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manager during that off-season.

“Jerry [Colangelo, the team’s owner from 1998 to 2004] decided he wanted to make a change, and fortunately I was the guy he picked,” he said, with a wide grin.

Brenly recognized the talent he had to work with: Schilling and Randy Johnson on the pitcher’s mound; Matt Williams, Jay Bell and Mark Grace on the infield; Luis Gonzalez and Reggie Sanders outfielding, and even a great bench in the form of Craig Counsell, David Dellucci, Erubiel Durazo and Greg Colbrunn. ...continues on page 24

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“The first meeting I had with them in spring training, I said, ‘Take a look around. The guy sitting beside you is a world champion. And people are going to call you that at the end of the season.’”

Some said the players were getting old.

“True, we had a lot of veteran players,” Brenly allows. “Matty, Jay and Gracie, all these guys were in their mid-30s. Our average age was 34”—seniors in the physically demanding game of baseball.

But Brenly, 47 himself at the time, saw that maturity as their edge.

“I think they all realized, ‘This is the last best chance we’re gonna have to win a World Series.’ And for me to inherit a team like that, veteran guys that were motivated to win, it couldn’t have been a better situation.”

It turned out to be the year the team won its first (and to date only) World Series, beating the New York Yankees in an emotionally intense championship bout delayed by the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Earned run The World Series win was a victory

for experience.

“The line-up that we had—very veteran-laden, very experienced—they didn’t make all the stupid mistakes,” Brenly said.

Things changed in the following seasons, when younger players were brought in to replace the retirees. “In a bizarre way, I felt I did some of my best managing in 2004,” he said. “We had a young, inexperienced team. They would work very hard. And then the game would start and we would go out there and make the same mistakes we made the day before!”

After dropping to a fifth-place finish in 2004, Brenly, three years earlier heralded as a hero, was fired as manager.

“Ah, you know, it’s an old cliché in the game of baseball: Managers are hired to be fired,” he shrugs. Again, luck—along with another old friend—stepped in to steer Brenly to his next act.

“I got fired before the team was scheduled to play in Chicago,” he said.

“But I had already bought tickets for Blue Man Group—I wanted to take my wife to see them there,” said the long-

time music fan and sometime guitarist. on Sept. 14, 1986, as the comeback “So I called another guy I had stayed kid of Candlestick Park, miraculously in touch with over the years, John rescuing himself and his team, the San McDonough, president of the Cubs, and Francisco Giants, from what looked I said, ‘I know you have like a sure loss to the Cubs charities. Can you Atlanta Braves after auction these tickets making a humiliating off?’ And we started four errors in a talking and he asked, single inning while ‘Well, what are you filling in for injured gonna do now?’ I said, third baseman Chris ‘I don’t know.’ He said, Brown.

‘Don’t be surprised if I “I was actually a give you a call.’” pretty good third Soon after, baseman at one McDonough called and point in my minor offered Brenly a job in league career,” said the Cubs’ TV broadcast Brenly, who usually booth, a franchise he functioned as the had worked with before Giants’ catcher. “But as a radio commentator it had been a long time following his retirement since I played regularly Bob Brenly led the Diamondbacks as a player in ’89. in that position. About “Once again, it was a to the 2001 World Series title in his 10 minutes before case of just being at the first season as a manager. game time, (manager) right place at the right Roger Craig came out time, and staying in touch with the right and said, ‘You’re gonna have to play people,” Brenly said. third.’ So I took off my catcher’s gear and borrowed a third baseman’s glove from one of my teammates and went on Comeback king Brenly made his first splash in baseball down there.”

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The Braves took advantage of his something of a charmed life. “I guess inexperience in the position. “In the I’ve just been really lucky, in a lot of fourth inning it seemed like the Braves areas of my life.” But nowhere did he hit every ball to me,” Brenly recalls. He luck out more, he said, than in his 41missed a common groundball, made two year marriage to his wife Joan. The errors on a single play by muffing a slow two met in kindergarten, reunited in chopper and then blowing a throw to junior high after attending different home plate, and finally botched another elementary schools, and got married their sophomore year in grounder single: : by Brian Koenig college. Since then, the handedly, giving the a bill the far-reaching couple hasto double raised two Braves a 4-0 lead. report published who co-sponsored lifespan of federal grazing permits that by the Washington Post last month children, son Michael To the surprise of as her husband, has put forth a rather damning ranchers, such(who played with lean the just about everybody on to feed and nurture their cattle. revelation, one that implicates 73 Double-A minor league watching, Craig kept Mike Kelly members of Congress for sponsoring Furthermore, Rep. Portland Sea (R-Pa.) Dogs the shell-shocked gas legislation or co-sponsoring legislation to prop up supported natural before taking a right job at as Brenly in the game.

“I formulated businesses or industries bullpenMobil catcher for the wanted to just go hide in which either the time that Exxon Bob Brenly broadcasting a deal that doled outSox) millions dollars they or their relatives are invested.

Red and ofdaughter in the clubhouse,” in Mexico with Steve for his wife’s shares in two natural Congressional ethics rules have Lacey, who workedgas in Brenly said. “But Berthiaume. companies. abetted the practice, granting the hotel industry in Craig said, ‘OK, you The problem with this legalbirth form lawmakers thestart, ability support before recently giving to had a rough buttowe’ve got bills five Chicago of corruption, of course, is Congress’ that benefi t themselves or family more innings in this ballgame. Go out the Brenlys’ first grandchild. decades-old rules members except when they are the refusal What’stotheamend secret to staying together there and do something.’” authorize to use their lone benefi ciaries.

The to practice has that so long?

“You’d lawmakers have to ask Joan why she That he did, switching batter and congressional power to bolster them been so fl agrant that between 2007 immediately hitting a homer in the stuck around, that’s the real question!” theirwith relatives’ nancial and alone, for the House he said, a laugh.fi“But she’sinterests my best fifth 2011 inning, thenlawyers a two-run single in or through legislative kickbacks. and Senate ethics committees have the seventh. Finally, in the ninth inning friend and support mechanism. In this Whenand Congress first its fiyou rst written to lawmakers, probably in drafted any sport, with the2,800 score opinions tied 6-6 and the Giants game, series of modern ethics rules in the dispatched some 6,500 emails, and facing two outs and nobody on base, really have to have a strong mother in in the wakedad’s of the offered advice over thedown phoneleftabout the house, because goneWatergate a lot.”

Brenly hit a curveball field 1970s, scandal, it explicitly prohibited 40,000 times.

From the start, Brenly said, Joan and over the fence, giving the Giants fromand pursuing legislation that Kicking off the report, the The Post members understood accommodated his one last, game-winning home run. t them.

Naturally, chronicled a Chronicle number of “crony” lifelongbenefi infatuation with baseball.though, “When San Francisco summed up would chambers quickly incorporated congressional efforts, including one both we first moved here in ‘97, we found aa everyone’s astonishment over Brenly’s series of exemptions to the rule. where Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.) dramatic self-redemption with a quote house we liked in a neighborhood we The he most helped procure tax breaks for racehorse said. gainful “But myprovision wife knew was one from teammate Mike Krukow: “That liked,” offered to members whose business owners, and then bought seven horses was wasn’t a ballgame,” he said. “That was of the reasons I picked this house withwhere prominent for himself shortly after the new rules interests because itoverlapped had a backyard I could a novel.” industries within their home states. kicked in. put a batting cage in and not have to Brenly’s phenomenal bounce-back “If a dairy farmer represented a Specifi cally, Cardoza succeeded in from goat to hero in that game set clear it with the HOA. So we actually farming the Senate, anda incorporating stipulation 2008 dairy had the battingstate cagein before we had the course fora the rest of into his acareer, introduced, worked for, and voted for farm bill to alter the method in which where every setback would be almost kitchen table. We ate on TV trays, but legislation to raise or maintain price equine investments are calculated at tax immediately counter-balanced by a my son could take batting practice every for at dairy time.

Within only weeks of aided passage, day. To me, thatproducers, time, that he waswould more dazzling recovery, usually by the an supports not fall under the strictures of this law funneled out a lavish benefi t to the old friend. He credits his good career important.”

Senate ethics industry—a tax almost depreciation schedule rule,” Thethe Brenlys have kept manual the samenotes. house, karma to an Godfather-like Ted DeHaven of TownHall.com granting owners the ability to recover in the Cactus Corridor area of North belief in the importance of paying back summed up the chamber’s arbitrary the costs of their assets in an average of favors, a belief instilled in him by his Scottsdale, all through his job changes. in back a succinct butto do quite three years rather than seven.

“When I went to Chicago the parents, hard-working Ohioans who position accurate statement: “In other words, Moreover, just last year, when a always provided for Brenly and his five WGN TV thing, we kept our home here for members to group of Republicans proposed a cut in it’s anda-OK just rented a place of in Congress Chicago for older sisters, but let them know nothing help themselves to the Treasury’s vault funding for public broadcasting, Rep. the summer.” came for free. long as who they now intend to share the loot William Owens (D-N.Y.) calls the Valley his Brenly said the friend he’sexcoriated owed the so Brenly, with the special interests back home.” the legislation, striking vigilantly to greatest debt to is Brennaman, who’s permanent home, hopes someday to Consequently, it’s no Series surprise safeguard funding for public another World winthat for repeatedly federal “dragged” Brenly along witness ethics experts have so virulently radio and television.

Not surprisingly, through every fortuitous door opened the Diamondbacks, this time from the reform the congressman’s wife his is help a top broadcast booth.to this largely corrupt to him, beginning with in favored system, which millions executive at one of nine public TV and “If things fallhas thesquandered right way, you never landing Brenly a job doing Cubs radio in taxpayer dollars to massage the radio outlets that cater to his district in broadcasts at the precise moment Brenly know,” he said, looking out on the field fi nancial interests of lawmakers, their Upstate New York. from the dugout bench, as the current decided to give up playing. and batting special interests Among other lawmakers highlighted family crop ofmembers, players took practice. in congressional members’ home in Home the Post’s damning investigation “There could be another championship plate states. was Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.), Brenly acknowledges he’s lived here in Arizona soon.”

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Challenging the status quo with stem cells ::by Cara Tompot

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ooking back, we remember a time when women didn’t have the rights that they do now. Prior to 1919, women didn’t have any way to express their thoughts and desires through public policy. Thanks to first-wave feminists questioning the status quo, 1920 marked the first year that women could vote.

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A taste of adventure in Vietnam :: by Ed Boitano |Photos by Deb Roskamp

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ff the coast of northeastern Vietnam, our wooden vessel glided along the jade green waters of Ha Long Bay, its stunning 620 square miles of seascape one of the country’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Hundreds of towering karsts dotted the horizon. Vendors in little skiffs tapped on the sides of our vessel, selling unfamiliar exotic fruits—mangosteen, rambutan (a.k.a. Harry Cherry), longan, star and jack fruits.

This trip was becoming a genuine adventure, though researching it had been a daunting chore. Numerous tour groups offered land packages but, as someone not immune to creature comforts, I chose instead a cruise ship experience that included land visits along with relaxing days at sea. There were planned itineraries to Ha Long Bay, Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City, destinations that I’d dreamed of visiting. I booked my trip through CruiseOne, departing from Hong Kong and disembarking in Singapore.

After touring Ha Long Bay, our next visit was Hanoi. In preparation for our landings, a guest speaker on board conducted seminars on what to expect.

Today, Vietnam is a communist nation with a free-market economy, and is considered one of the safest nations in the world.

With a population of more than 84 million people, it is one of Southeast Asia’s vibrant Little Tiger economies.

A number of Vietnam War veterans were on the vessel, many returning for closure from the war (1959 to 1975), others bringing family members to share with them an important piece of their personal history. I later found that for most Vietnamese people, the war is past tense, and a “let bygonesbe-bygones” sentiment prevails.

As we took the 2.5-hour bus ride from the vessel to the capital city, there was an intensity of traffic—bicycles, motorcycles, scooters and little cars chocked the bumpy road. I noticed that virtually all the women wore scarves (khau trang) covering their faces. When I asked if this was to protect from pollution, I was informed that Vietnamese women prefer pale complexions.

The county’s pristine beaches are often empty until 5 p.m., with locals waiting for the sun to die down.

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Bargaining was essential. The French Quarter—a remnant of France’s 100 years of dominance—featured wide boulevards of tree-lined streets. Monuments to former President Ho Chi Minh (1890 to 1969)—whose idol was George Washington—were seemingly

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A woman strolls along the wall at Hue, The Forbidden City.

everywhere. His body rests in a mauso- top tourist attractions are the War leum where it has been embalmed for Remnants Museum, Reunification Palviewings. We also got a look at the for- ace and the underground world of the mer palace, which Ho turned into an Chu Chi Tunnels, with many of the administrative building, preferring to tours conducted by former residents of live in the simple servant’s quarters in the tunnels. Later we saw the remnants back. The day featured regional food of the towers and temples of the now delicacies such as pho, spring rolls, extinct, Indian-influenced Kingdom of green papaya salad and baguettes, a Champa. gift from the French era.

The voyage offered the opportunity Next destination: Hue. Located on to get a glimpse of some of Vietnam’s the central coast, Hue is the origi- spectacular destinations. It gave me nal imperial capital, with many of its insight as to which places I would like century-old pagodas, architectural rel- to explore in more depth on a revisit. ics and the Forbidden Purple City. The The country’s natural beauty, its hislatter was modeled after China’s For- tory and, most of all, its gentle people bidden City which was still standing, and delicious cuisine were enchanting. despite heavy U.S. bombings. The first I will be back. site in Vietnam ever listed in the World For further information, visit www.

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Aging Today

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Truly, I have always been drawn to the generations who paved the way for us. Their tragedies and triumphs are our blueprints and lesson plans for the future if we recognize the value and wisdom of their experiences. Truth be told, my enthusiasm for visiting the grandparents most certainly sealed the deal when I was dating my then-future wife, Susie. Family dinners always centered around my granny and was a weekly occurrence and a fabric of my being.

Families in the past cared for one another, with up to three generations living under one roof. With the advent of technology and travel, the nuclear

family has faded and many elderly are left to cope with the infirmities of aging on their own. In the last part of the last century children typically left home as soon as they were old enough to start families on their own. Finding ways to assist our aging adults in their ability to stay independent without the assistance of family members has become a huge challenge for us as a society. We owe it to them to find ways for them to accomplish this, and one of the ways is to help our fellow neighbor.

In countries across the globe, old age is honored and celebrated, and respect for elders is central to the family. Unfortunately this has not been the case for the aging adult population of our culture.

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’d love to tell you that I’m fond of salmon, or fish of any kind. The truth is, unless it’s fresh Rocky Point shrimp or a big bowl of Cioppino, I tend to pass on fish in lieu of ribs, chicken or a tasty hanger steak. So, when I come across a recipe that reintroduces the wonderful flavor and texture of salmon, it goes right into my “go-to” file.

This gorgeous, award-winning baked salmon dish is slathered with a mixture of sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, herbs and olive oil. You’ll want to make a little extra for leftovers, because the second recipe I’m sharing is for a beer and balsamic dressing that gets poured over a chilled salmon salad.

The salmon recipe is from Canadian barbecue champion David Veljacic, who had been barbecuing competitively for eight years and capturing awards in-

:: by Jan D’Atri ternationally for his salmon dish before taking the granddaddy of all barbecue prizes from the Kansas City Barbecue Society. The recipe is fantastic, with fresh salmon either grilled or baked in the oven.

The second recipe is a beer and balsamic dressing I found in the “Cooking with Alaskan Beer Cookbook.” For years, the Alaskan Brewery in Juneau has been winning honors for its beer, and it finally decided to compile a cookbook featuring their favorite recipes that pair great food with their gold medal brews.

Both recipes make great light meals that we’re all craving this time of year.

If you have a fish recipe that you think our readers would love to try, email me.

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Grilled Salmon 8 large cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley 2 tablespoons minced sun-dried tomatoes 1/4 cup olive oil 1 1/2 pounds salmon fillet, boned Sprinkle the garlic and salt in a shallow dish. Mash the garlic with the blade of a knife. (Jan’s Note: I simply chopped the garlic on a cutting board, added the salt into the garlic and continued to chop until garlic and salt was incorporated and minced.)

In a small bowl, combine mashed garlic, parsley, tomatoes and oil, mixing well. Cover and refrigerate for eight hours or overnight.

When ready to barbecue, cut two lengthwise slits in the salmon fillet with a sharp knife, dividing the surface of the fish into thirds. (Cut to the skin but not through it.) Spread half the garlic mixture over the fillet and into the slits. Place the salmon, skin side down, on a greased grill rack. Cover the grill and cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Spread

the remaining garlic mixture on the fish.

Continue cooking, with the lid down, over medium heat for 15 minutes, or until fish flakes easily. Remove from the grill by inserting spatulas between the skin and the flesh, lifting the fillet, and leaving the skin on the grill.

Serve the skinless, boneless fillet on a bed of fresh greens. Yields 4 servings.

Beer and Balsamic Salad Dressing 1/4 cup medium full-bodied beer, like Amber Ale, room temperature 2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon fresh chopped basil, or dried 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper 1/8 teaspoon salt Place all ingredients in a mini blender, jar or salad cruet with a tight-fitting lid. Shake until well blended. Delicious when served over salad with chilled poached, grilled or baked salmon.

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Immunizations

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ugust is National Immunization Awareness Month.

Immunizations (also called vaccines) are necessary throughout the lifespan. Below is an overview of selected Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended immunizations.

Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Vaccination The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness and, at times, can lead to death. On average, each year, 5 percent to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu; more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications; and up to 49,000 people die from flu-related causes. Although the flu season cannot be exactly predicted, it generally starts in October and can continue up until late May. Hence, flu season is fast approaching.

Because the vaccine can take about two weeks to take full effect, getting the vaccine as soon as it becomes available is advisable.

Who should get this vaccine? Everyone 6 months of age and older.

FDA approved for people 50 years of age and older.

Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination Tdap is a combination vaccine that provides protection against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

Tetanus is a serious condition that leads to death in 20 percent of cases due to muscle stiffening which limits breathing. People can be infected with tetanus after getting cut or scraped by an object with the bacte-

Pneumococcal Vaccination Pneumococcal disease is a severe infection. Most people are only familiar with this infection as pneumonia. However, it also causes infections in the blood stream and brain. Pneumococcal disease leads to death in 1 out of 20 people with pneumonia; 1 in 5 people with a blood stream infection; and 1 in 3 people with an infection in the brain. According to the CDC, this disease is the most preventable cause of death out of all the infections we can vaccinate against.

Who should get this vaccine? Everyone 65 years of age and older should get two distinct pneumococcal vaccines. Other people who should get the vaccine include those younger than the age of 65 who smoke or have diabetes, lung disease, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease or a weakened immune system.

Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccination Herpes Zoster is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person gets chickenpox the virus stays in the body and can eventually reappear in the form of shingles. Shingles causes a painful skin rash, described as “intense burning,” lasting anywhere from two to four weeks.

Who should get this vaccine? The vaccine is

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ria. After getting infected, it may take one day to several months for a person to show signs of infection.

Pertussis, also known as “whooping cough,” causes severe coughing spells that can lead to hospitalizations and sometimes even death. Although this infection is more of a concern in children, it is important for all adults to receive the vaccine to prevent the spread to infants.

Diphtheria is an infection that causes a thick covering over the back of the throat, making it difficult to breathe. It can also

lead to other serious problems, such as heart failure, paralysis and even death.

Who should get this vaccine? All adults should receive a single dose of Tdap, then a Td booster (containing only tetanus and diphtheria) every 10 years. Pregnant women, however, should receive a Tdap dose with every pregnancy.

To know if you qualify for any of these vaccines, stop by your local Walgreens pharmacy today. Many insurance plans, including Medicare, cover vaccines as part of your health benefits.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness 2015 Senior Olympics Results EVENT AGE GROUP NAME CITY MEDAL/PLACE TIME/DISTANCE/SCORE Archery Competition Release 55 - 59 Catherine Belzner Apache Junction Gold 1698 Competition Release 65 - 69 Randy Spray Phoenix Gold 1738 Competition Release 70 - 74 Frank Pearson Saint David Gold 1716 Recurve 60 - 64 Richard McKinney Gilbert Gold 1666 Competition Release 60 - 64 Becky Pearson Saint David Gold 1730 Badminton Doubles - Women 80 - 84 Peggy Jefferson Mesa Silver Doubles - Women 80 - 84 Joan Kalfahs Peoria Bronze Singles - Men 60 - 64 Michael Hilliard Show Low Silver Doubles - Men 60 - 64 Michael Hilliard Show Low Gold Mixed Doubles 60 - 64 Michael Hilliard Show Low Silver Singles - Women 70 - 74 Margot Hurst Tucson Gold Singles - Women 70 - 74 Lorna Hunter Tucson Bronze Doubles - Women 70 - 74 Lorna Hunter Tucson Gold Doubles - Women 70 - 74 Margot Hurst Tucson Gold Mixed Doubles 70 - 74 Lorna Hunter Tucson Bronze Basketball Men 70+ Div. 2 Triple Threat Performance Tucson Gold Cycling 10K - Women 60 - 64 Kim Soule Tucson Silver 20K - Women 80 - 84 Sally Pace Winslow Bronze

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Golf Men 75 - 79 Marvin Selby Chandler Bronze Women 60 - 64 Barbara Thomas Goodyear Gold Men 70 - 74 Robert Payne Maricopa Silver Women 65 - 69 Jeanne Osborn Phoenix Bronze Women 75 - 79 Sallie McCutcheon Phoenix Silver

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Congratulations to the 175 athletes who represented Arizona in their blue shirts and white uniforms. They did us proud! The returning athletes had positive comments about the cities, the great competition and the excitement of meeting people from around the United States.

By the time you read this, the National Senior Games will be a very happy memory in the minds of attendees, but, for the Senior Olympics movement, it is another step forward in shattering the stereotypes that people older than the age of 50 are “over the hill.”

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Pickleball Mixed Doubles 80 - 84 Fred Eggen Florence Bronze Doubles - Women 65 - 69 Linda Hoggatt Surprise Gold Racewalk 5000M 70 - 74 Ellie Kallal Scottsdale Bronze 5000M 75 - 79 Lucy DiMarzio Scottsdale Silver 1500M 75 - 79 Lucy DiMarzio Scottsdale Bronze

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Racquetball Singles - Women 75 - 79 Ahuva Lynch Sierra Vista Bronze Road Race 5K 55 - 59 Gary Plank Flagstaff Gold 5K 80 - 84 George Mathes Green Valley Bronze

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Shuffleboard Singles - Men 70 - 74 Charles Crouse Mesa Gold Singles - Men 70 - 74 Dale Monday Mesa Bronze Singles - Men 75 - 79 Thomas Wiehle Mesa Bronze Singles - Women 70 - 74 Barbara Backhaus Mesa Silver Mixed Doubles 55 - 59 Richard Robinson Mesa Silver Mixed Doubles 65 - 69 Charles Crouse Mesa Gold Mixed Doubles 65 - 69 Janet Crouse Mesa Gold Softball Men 65+ Div. 1 ROX-AZ East Valley Silve Women 60+ Div. 1 SkorMor East Valley Bronze Results continue on page 42

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Time to train for 2016 games

B

ut it’s summer! It’s hot in Phoenix! We’re traveling and taking vacations!

There are so many excuses and so many reasons to “take it easy” in the summer. Believe it or not, there are a number of senior athletes who feel that it’s OK to “lay off” during the summer months. Instead, they begin to train a few months— or a couple weeks—before the games in February.

It’s understandable that softball players would not want to play outside in the summer, as it’s very hot. However, training for the games does not necessarily mean just practicing the sport. Simple exercises will enhance any athlete’s ability.

Here are some ideas that will help you improve your general physical fitness.

General aerobic fitness Walking has long been acknowledged as an ideal general exercise that not only improves aerobic capacity, but also strengthens the large muscles of the body. Many shopping centers welcome “mall walkers” who take advantage of these air-conditioned spaces to stay in shape. Go do some “window shopping” and stay fit as well!

You can also find treadmills in many senior centers around the Valley.

Some even have gym equipment that can be used for a small fee.

Muscle strength “But I don’t have the equipment!”

There’s a simple answer for that.

Soup cans come in a variety of sizes

and weight. Start with small cans.

Set your goal for a moderate number of repetitions and increase it a little each week. Then move up to heavier cans and do the same.

Sturdy, straight chairs can also serve as exercise equipment. Sit down and stand up. Repeat until you’re tired.

Set a number of stand-ups as your goal and increase a few each week.

It’s free!

Have an appointment in a secondstory building? Take the stairs. Going to the market? Park the farthest from the door.

There are several ways to increase your fitness in the summer and, when you faithfully practice them throughout the summer, you’ll be more ready to practice your sport in the fall.

No more excuses. Start training now to be more fit and better prepared for the Arizona Senior Olympic Games in February.

Need more ideas and help? The National Institutes of Health has an excellent website with exercise ideas for seniors.

Visit 1.usa.gov/1Dcz86C .

The 32nd annual games will be the best ever • Great new goodie bags for every athlete!

• Fitness Fair returns, with more booths!

• A gala opening ceremony you won’t want to miss!

• A new “bring-a-friend” opportunity

for registration discounts!

• New events that you will love!

Plan now to be a part of the Arizona Senior Olympic games Feb. 20 through March 13.

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Continued from page 41 EVENT AGE GROUP NAME CITY MEDAL/PLACE TIME/DISTANCE/SCORE Swimming 50Y Backstroke 70 - 74 Shimon Zilversmit Phoenix Bronze 00:45.9 200Y Free 85 - 89 Florence Floyd-Severson Sierra Vista Silver 06:31.0 100Y IM 75 - 79 Beverly Linnihan Sun City Bronze 01:56.9 200Y Free 90 - 94 Wilma Goldman Sun City West Silver 05:53.4 50Y Backstroke 80 - 84 Patsy Blinn Sun City West Bronze 00:55.7 50Y Backstroke 90 - 94 Wilma Goldman Sun City West Silver 01:28.3 200Y Free 75 - 79 Richard Leroy Surprise Silver 02:51.3 50Y Backstroke 75 - 79 Richard Leroy Surprise Gold 00:39.4 200Y IM 75 - 79 Richard Leroy Surprise Silver 03:30.9 100Y Free 85 - 89 Florence Floyd-Severson Sierra Vista Bronze 03:02.4 200Y Backstroke 75 - 79 Beverly Linnihan Sun City Silver 04:06.5 500Y Free 75 - 79 Beverly Linnihan Sun City Gold 09:48.6 100Y Backstroke 75 - 79 Beverly Linnihan Sun City Bronze 01:55.9 100Y Free 80 - 84 Patsy Blinn Sun City West Bronze 01:47.5 100Y Free 90 - 94 Wilma Goldman Sun City West Silver 02:49.7 50Y Free 90 - 94 Wilma Goldman Sun City West Gold 01:13.6 200Y Backstroke 75 - 79 Richard Leroy Surprise Gold 03:20.6 100Y Backstroke 75 - 79 Richard Leroy Surprise Gold 01:28.2 Table Tennis Mixed Doubles 60 - 64 James Tarkowski Glendale Bronze Singles - Women 60 - 64 Yali Carpenter Sun City Bronze Mixed Doubles 60 - 64 Yali Carpenter Sun City Gold Track & Field 800M - Women 65 - 69 Betty Schaefer Buckeye Silver 400M - Women 65 - 69 Betty Schaefer Buckeye Gold 4x100M - Women 65 - 69 Betty Schaefer Buckeye Gold Pole Vault - Men 75 - 79 Bob Bergfeldt Chandler Bronze 1500M - Men 55 - 59 Gary Plank Flagstaff Bronze 800M - Men 80 - 84 George Mathes Green Valley Silver 4x100M - Men 50 - 54 Christopher Bayley Phoenix Silver Javelin - Women 55 - 59 Tamara Alegria Tucson Bronze Hammer - Women 55 - 59 Tamara Alegria Tucson Gold

03:13.3 01:21.1 01:10.9 2.26m 04:43.4 03:39.6 49.98 27.38m 36.43m

Triathlon Men 50 - 54 Mark Van Meter Chandler Silver

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FAQs and figures

::by Irene Stillwell, Executive Director Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation

W

e all know that “FAQ” refers to the phrase “Frequently Asked Questions” and is a part of many documents, especially on the Internet. Some questions are asked so often that the publishers include an FAQ page so the reader can instantly get answers.

This saves the staff time and is a convenient way for people to get the information they—and others—need.

This month we are starting a column in The Finish Line to give answers to frequently asked questions and to provide information about the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation and the Arizona Senior Olympics. Although we will be

using the frequently asked questions that we have accumulated, we welcome questions from our readers.

Send your questions by email to arizonagames@gmail.com and write FINISH L I N E in the subject line. You can also go to our website, www. seniorgames.org, select Contact Us at the bottom of the index, and start your comments with FINISH LINE.

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Charles Eckman (second from right) was chosen as the new volleyball commissioner for the Arizona Senior Olympics.

Eckman named volleyball commissioner

V

olleyball changed Charles Eckman’s life. He was newly single and interested in learning about the sport, so he joined a junior college volleyball class.

There, an attractive collegiate star taught him about the game and helped him develop his skills. He fell in love and married Danelle. They played together for 19 years before, sadly, Danelle died. Charles carries on the legacy and still plays.

The magical thing about the sport is the sense of community and family gained through playing. When Danelle was ill, he always had someone to whom he could turn. Other players stepped forward to help. He now sponsors teams and, when he has the team shirts made up, he puts her initials on the left sleeve. It’s his way of acknowledging her playing and honoring her memory.

Eckman plays on a variety of teams. He belongs to two weekly city recreation leagues and enjoys open hoop and gym time games at Kingdom Courts in Phoenix. (Kingdom Courts are at 19th Avenue and Peoria in Phoenix: (602) 944-1219.)

He also participates in senior tournaments in Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson and California. This will be his first year at the National Senior Games.

Eckman is the new volleyball commissioner for Arizona Senior Olympics. He said he hopes to learn what other states and the NSGA do to put on successful tournaments.

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Eckman also yearns to develop the sport locally.

He wants to help seniors find a way to join in the fun of volleyball.

Those who are interested can call their local Charles Eckman recreation center and inquire about senior teams. Volleyball may have a scheduled program with teams, or there may be open gym times with casual, unscheduled games.

Baby Boomer athletes may have problems trying to find senior teams. As players age, they often find themselves the oldest person on the team. Many people in their 30s and early 40s want to play, but they tend to drop out as they get older. Eckman hopes to find a way to set up a network of players throughout the Valley who could serve as referral squad. For example, if a senior in the East Valley wants to find a team, they could call a network member who would know of teams in his or her area.

Eckman shows fitness is fun and provides a social network from which any senior can benefit.

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