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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. This social change marked a moment in history when women finally had the right to take control of their own lives. In many ways, the history of women’s suffrage is similar to the road to regenerative medicine advancements.

Much like women fighting for equality, patients have been fighting for a new way to treat their chronic lung disease. Now, with the advancement of stem cell therapy, sufferers of chronic lung disease are no longer limited to the confines of traditional medicine— which involve managing symptoms rather than the disease. Stem cell therapy, like women’s voting rights, helps people take control of their life by giving them a voice.

For years, people accepted the status quo, and for people suffering from chronic lung diseases like COPD, the status quo meant a constant struggle for oxygen. As an incurable disease, most sufferers felt that they didn’t have any options. But now, everything has changed.

One state-of-the-art clinic, the Lung Institute, developed an alternative.

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Today, lung disease can be treated with adult stem cells harvested from the patient’s own fat, blood or bone marrow to replace damaged lung cells with healthy ones. According to the clinic’s website, www.lunginsitute. com, this innovative procedure slows the progression of the disease, in addition to, restoring lung function and reducing inflammation. The result is the ability to breathe easier.

Similar to the fight for women’s rights, doctors and patients have been diligently looking for a new way to treat lung disease. Now, with the advance-

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As with any change, some physicians and patients may be slower to adopt new ideas while clinging to traditional approaches; however, just as social change made it possible for women to have a voice in the government, clinical advancements like stem cell therapy make it possible for patients to have a voice in their health care. If the fight

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contents

D-Backs broadcaster Bob Brenly on turning errors into hits, and comebacks into a career. page 24 opinion

6 Sound Off 6 The Curmudgeon 7 The Up Side 8 Straus’ Place 10 One Person...Six Questions 11 The Widow’s Corner 12 Your Finances 13 Ask the Expert 14 Ask Gabby Gayle entertainment

8 Trivia Contest 16 Calendar of Events 20 Arizona Casinos 21 Bingo Happenings 19 Johnny Mathis 19 Fun & Games Around Tucson 22 Tinseltown Talks home improvement

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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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rivia Contest

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ou could say we like to kick it old school.

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 months 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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Sound Off

... 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?

United States hang on with its $18 tril-

Why rush to take down the confederate flag and any sale of it? The flag did not murder those nine people in the church in South Carolina. It was a mentally unstable young man whose brain was destroyed by drugs.

Good morning. Have a happy day. Everywhere you look there’s a new law that opened another Pandora’s Box. Where do all these dummies come from who think they’re being helpful? It’s a big, big problem. Have a happy day anyway.

On the day the Supreme Court unconstitutionally declared that marriage is legal in all 50 states between same-sex couples, the White House was lit by rainbow lights. Millions of Americans do not agree with the ruling. How dare Obama spit in the face of those Americans by what he did?

Disgraceful.

It’s depressing. TV reporters express their ignorance more often with every occasion: What do you think was on the criminal’s

mind? Go back to school. I’m going to give up television and all the idiots who think they’re smarter than the rest of the world.

What is happening now in Greece is what will happen in our country unless we stop the insane spending. Our debt is too big and it has grown tremendously under Obama’s administration. Wise up America.

If every neighborhood required tile or metal roofs, maybe there wouldn’t be so many fires spreading throughout neighborhoods when there’s a wildfire. Protect your roof with fireproof material.

Another attack on Christians has occurred in Oklahoma—a 10 Commandments monument has been ordered taken down. How sad that a symbol of our Judeo Christian heritage is being taken away.

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ne person...Six questions” is a alleviating pain. Endodontics is a dencontinuing series of columns tal specialty that treats dental pulp; its about Tucson-area residents who have most common procedure is root canal made an impact on the community. therapy.

In addition to his 45This month, Lovin’ Life hour work week in TucAfter 50 focuses on Dr. son and Sierra Vista, Chris Douville, an endothis 51-year-old mardontist at Southern Ariried father of two young zona Endodontics since children does volunteer 2000. dental work with many A 20-year Tucson nonprofits, including St. resident, Douville hails Elizabeth Health Cenfrom Sacramento, Caliter, Hope Fest, Global fornia, and is a graduate Health Initiative, Flying of Creighton University Samaritans and St. VinSchool of Dentistry in cent de Paul Society.

Omaha, Nebraska. His Dr. Chris Douville is an Even with his busy interest in the field deschedule, Douville finds veloped during college, endodontist at Southern time to enjoy cooking, where science courses Arizona Endodontics. were of particular interest. Douville reading, hiking and traveling. Lovin’ Life said he feels that endodontics offers After 50 asked Douville about his most the opportunity to treat disease while memorable trips.

Lovin’ Life After 50: Why is travel important to you?

Travel is very meaningful to me because almost every contact and experience with another society involves exposure to a culture older than our own.

Wisdom and perspective are there to appreciate if one can be quiet and listen.

What are some of the more exotic places you’ve visited?

Vietnam, Australia and Haiti, to name a few.

What is one of your most memorable experiences?

I had an unforgettable two weeks in Vietnam. Proud citizens of a small country, they do not ruminate on the war with the U.S. as much as many Americans do. They have had conflicts with Cambodia and China since then and consider their right to live their lives without foreign intervention worth any sacrifice. One interesting fact is that most Vietnamese seem to appreciate the French influence on their culture.

The young dental students are eager

learners with a work ethic that would match that of any other country.

Do your children enjoy traveling?

Yes. They especially appreciate the animals they see for the first time.

Do you have any travel plans for the rest of the summer?

Yes. We will travel to California to attend my wife’s 25th college reunion.

Have you had any serendipitous experiences during your travels?

I don’t know if “serendipity” would describe a visit to Bavaria in l993, but after listening to a language I used to hear from my grandparents and visiting sites that I’d seen in pictures growing up, I felt a familiarity that some might describe as “coming home.”

Barbara Russek, a Tucson freelance writer, has been in love with language since the age of 2. She has been asking questions since she became a French teacher at age 22. She is fascinated with people and their lives. Russek welcomes comments at babette2@comcast.net.

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The Widow’s Corner Connecting the dots

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:: by Terry Ratner, RN, MFA

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 week ago, I emailed an architect, Tom, prohibited me from thinking beyond my in New Jersey, a grandson of your moth- own perceived injustices.

Because most of your aunts and uner’s sister, whom I found by tracking a 1930 census and Googling his mother’s cles are deceased, I now depend on the acuity and curiosity of their offspring. I (my cousin’s) obituary. searched Maxine Samelson Quirk, one Hi Tom, My name is Terry Ratner. I’m researching of your mother’s younger sisters. There family history. I’m not sure if the late Al- were at least 12 children born to your ice Anne Navin, daughter of Alexander and grandmother and I keep finding more.

When I came upon Maxine Quirk, is the 1930 census, I your mother. Please let found Maxine. She me know. I’m probing was married to a my father’s genealogy. banker from Ann He died at age 98 in Arbor. It listed the 2013. family, occupations Thanks for your asand children. sistance.

The next day, I Terry Ratner received Tom’s reI’ve spent most This photo circa 1949 includes ply. of my mornMaxine Quirk’s three children, Subject: Family ings searching for Buel “Spike” Quirk (still living), Connections clues—looking for Jennie Quirk Madden (deceased) I double-clicked, someone in our past and Alice Anne Ritchie Navin hoping he was rewho might answer (deceased). Maxine Quirk is the lated to us. questions.

Dursecond from the right.

Terry, ing my childhood, I would like to call you Friday morning.

I heard you say names like “Wagner,” Your grandmother and the rest of her siblings “Morgan” and “Samelson”—short sentences mentioning people without giv- is a mystery to my family. My grandmother, ing any backstory other than “nice” or Maxine, was the youngest, born after her father died. Her mother (our great-great grandmoth“sickly” and “dead.”

I don’t blame you for this vacuum of er) arranged through Hull House in Chicago information, this vast emptiness, a gap to have her placed with two women “maiden in your life and mine. It’s as if your early ladies” in Ann Arbor. Although Maxine kept years never existed. The fault lies with in touch with her family, the separation was me for not questioning you—for not try- exceptionally painful. She never spoke about ing to uncover who you were and what her family to my mother. This must have been circumstances contributed to what you heartbreaking for Maxine, and I believe it had a became in life. It’s ironic because we’re major impact upon her life.

I’ve attached a picture from c.1949, a visit both communicators, yet neither of us ever talked with one another about per- by Dorothy Samelson to see her sister. I believe Dorothy was younger than your grandmothsonal experiences.

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

Regards, with a plea of “not guilty” due to the Tom overwhelming task of learning to live in the world. My teenage years were not

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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he other day I was driving along with my daughter and she asked me if you have to sell a stock in order to make money. I replied, “Not if it pays a dividend.” I then told her how I explain it to my clients.

There are two reasons to invest in a stock.

The first one is based on the principal of buying low and selling high, which simply means that you believe that the stock price can appreciate in value at a future point and you can sell it for a profit.

The second one is to buy a stock that pays a dividend. A dividend is a payment made by a company on a regular basis (usually quarterly) to shareholders of its stock. I like to equate it to real estate investing. You can buy a piece of raw land, hold on to it until it appreciates and then sell it.

Or, you can buy a rental home, wait for it to appreciate and collect rent while you wait. My daughter said, “Wow dad, you’re really good at explaining things.” Who am I to argue?

I have always liked investing in stocks that pay a dividend because, along with the potential for stock prices to appreciate, there’s an opportunity for companies with dividends to outperform broader market averages. We have also seen over the last several years that interest rates have remained low, making it difficult to get an above-average return in safer investment options such as savings accounts or CDs. Please understand, I am not comparing dividend paying stocks to a savings account or CDs. Stocks are not FDIC insured and you can most definitely lose money.

Where does the dividend come from? A company’s board of directors will decide on the dividend and it will be paid out of the company’s reserves or earnings, preferably the latter. Why do some companies pay dividends and others don’t? There are several reasons a company will chose to pay a dividend (or not), but the main differentiator seems to be growth rate.

Companies that are rapidly growing usually chose to reinvest all available earnings into more growth believing growing the company is the best way to reward shareholders while companies that may have matured or are maturing and therefore not growing so fast, may pay a dividend.

Companies in slow growth industries like utilities also usually pay a dividend.

How should you choose a dividend paying stock? The first thing I look for is a dividend that yields more than the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond. Since a treasury bond is safe, because all Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, and if you hold it to maturity should (theoretically) protect your original investment. As a stock investor, I believe that you should be paid for the additional risk you are taking by owning a stock. It’s not all about yield. Many investors make the mistake of buying a stock with the highest dividend yield they can find. It is important to look at a company’s financial condition and dividend payment history to ensure it hasn’t had to delay or suspend dividend payments and that it is financially capable of making future payments. I also like to look for a company that has a long history of increasing its dividend yield. Lastly, I believe that you should make every effort to determine if the company is paying its dividend out of earnings and not its reserves. A good way to do this is to look at the dividend payout ratio. You can calculate this by dividing the yearly dividend per share by the yearly earnings per share.

Based on an individual’s risk tolerance, goals, tax situation, etc., dividend-paying stocks may or may not be a suitable investment choice. However, dividends can play a critical role in the long-term total returns of stocks and can provide a source of cash flow that may increase over time. Please keep in mind that dividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change at any time. Also, past investment performance does not guarantee future success.

This article is meant to be general in nature and should not be construed as investment or financial advice related to your personal situation. Please consult your financial adviser prior to making financial decisions. For additional information or questions contact Chad Winn, financial adviser with Waddell & Reed Inc. at 903-6807 or by email at cwinn@wradvisors.com. Investing involves risk and the potential to lose principal. Securities offered through Waddell & Reed Inc., Member SIPC

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Insomnia: Suppressing the sleep saboteurs ::by Rhonda Bodfield

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s a pharmacist, Eric Bergstrom is the last one to recommend sleeping pills as a solution for the estimated 50 percent of seniors who struggle with insomnia.

The long-term usage of sleeping pills can cause side effects, from constipation to confusion, and may even result in dependence on the drug to get to sleep, Bergstrom said.

“Medicating with a pill may seem the easy way out, but it can have long-term implications,” said Bergstrom, who has practiced at Tucson Medical Center for more than 22 years. “Before you turn to a pill, it’s important to first establish better sleep hygiene.”

Here are Bergstrom’s top tips to support more shut eye: Develop a routine. Go to bed at the same approximate time and wake up at the same time. Of course there will be exceptions—if you want to dance all night at your granddaughter’s wedding or watch the late show-

ing at the theater with your night-owl friends—but for the most part, wild swings throw off your body’s natural circadian rhythm.

Avoid daytime naps if possible.

Sleeping in the afternoon, even for a relatively short time, can interfere with your ability to get to sleep at night. If you are one of those people who believes strongly in the rejuvenating powers of a nap, it’s best to keep it to 30 minutes or less.

Watch your diet before bed. If you’re having a hard time getting to sleep, high-fat meals, caffeine and alcohol can all be culprits. There’s nothing wrong with wine at dinner, but a five-hour window before bed would be ideal.

Keep a steady heart rate. Exercising before bed elevates your heart rate and makes it harder to fall asleep.

Nicotine also raises the heart rate, so steer clear of cigarettes, patches and nicotine gum before bed.

you find a better time of day to take Set the right environment. Bright them. Diuretics, for example, may light stimulates the brain and may interrupt your sleep with more freinterfere with the body’s natural proquent trips to the bathroom, so taking duction of melatonin, which is useful them in the morning may be a better for good sleep. Dim the lights, set the option. Same with pills that make appropriate temperature and considyou groggy. If you do need to get up er setting “white noise” in the backat night, you don’t want ground to drown to be at greater risk for out ambient sounds. falls.

Minimizing televi“If you aren’t getsion in the bedroom, ting enough sleep, it’s as well as sensitive not just your beauty conversations with sleep that is suffering,” your spouse, can Bergstrom said. “It can better position you make you irritable, unfor sleep. You’ll have focused and depressed, more luck resetting but it can also lead to your biological sleep serious conditions such clock if you keep the as hypertension or heart bedroom as a place Eric Bergstrom of respite that is strictly for intimacy attacks. It’s important that we respect and relaxing activities, such as read- sleep as our body’s time to rest and regroup.” ing.

Ask your pharmacist or primary care provider to rule out mediEric Bergstrom graduated from the Univercation–related causes. All pills sity of Arizona College of Pharmacy in 1993 have side effects, so there may be with a doctorate of pharmacy degree. He comother options if sleeplessness is one pleted a one-year pharmacy residency program of them. If you have a chronic con- at Tucson Medical Center in 1994. Bergstrom dition that is managed with prescrip- works as the clinical lead pharmacist in the intion drugs, your provider may help patient pharmacy at Tucson Medical Center.

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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-

Ask Gabby Gayle :: 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.

While you’re there, check out more recipes and cooking tips at www.jandatri. com.

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

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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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:: by Gayle M. Lagman-Creswick 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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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.

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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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-

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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August 1 Saturday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, 724-5520, www. pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the fascinating stories of the people who lived and worked on the ranch.

Peach Mania, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., repeats Aug. 2, Aug. 8, Aug. 9, Aug. 15 and Aug. 16, Apple Annie’s, 2081 W. Hardy Rd., Willcox, free admission, 384-2084.

Enjoy all things peach, ranging from pancakes to the fruit-inspired crafts.

August 2 Sunday Elder Circles, 1 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Rd., call for cost, 405-1926. A safe, respectful place for harvesting your life; a project of the Center for Community Dialogue.

August 3 Monday Gonzalo Espinosa—Works on Display, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., repeats throughout the month, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500.

August 4 Tuesday Birding at Sweetwater Wetlands, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Sweetwater Wetlands, 2667 W. Sweetwater Dr., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@ pima.gov. Join a local birding expert on a guided walk to see the great variety of bird life that inhabits this urban birding hotspot.

August 5 Wednesday Nuts about Nature Preschool Hour, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov, eeducation@ pima.gov. Bring the grandkids for stories, crafts and games about nature.

August 6 Thursday Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Meeting, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Junior League, 2099 E. River Rd., call for charge, 256-2447 or www.tucsoncactus.org. Dr. James D. Mauseth will speak to the society about “The Biology of Cacti.”

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Wake Up with the Birds, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima. gov. Join this guided birding walk in the desert oasis of Agua Caliente Park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors.

August 7 Friday Lizards of Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima. gov. Join participants as they search for whiptail, spiny, ornate tree and other lizards that roam Agua Caliente Park.

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Dr. Claude Swanson will discuss “Chi, Subtle Energy and the New Physics.”

August 8 Saturday Outdoor Family Day: Experiencing Nature through the Senses, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov.

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Peach Mania, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., repeats Aug. 9, Aug. 15 and Aug. 16, Apple Annie’s, 2081 W. Hardy Rd., Willcox, free admission, 384-2084. Enjoy all things peach, ranging from pancakes to the fruit-inspired crafts.

August 9 Sunday Peach Mania, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., repeats Aug. 15 and Aug. 16, Apple Annie’s, 2081 W. Hardy Rd., Willcox, free admission, 384-2084. Enjoy all things peach, ranging from pancakes to the fruit-inspired crafts.

August 10 Monday Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Zuni Room, La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Ave., free, reservations required, 626-2901.

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Saturday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free, reservations required, 615-7855, www. pima.gov/nrpr, eeducaton@pima.gov.

August 11 Tuesday

Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $5, 398-2252, www.tubacpresidio.org. Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering.

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Dragons and Damsels of Agua Caliente Park, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov.

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August 12 Wednesday Elder Circles, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Tucson Seniors, El Dorado, 1400 N. Wilmot Rd., call for cost, 405-1926. A safe, respectful place for harvesting your life; a project of the Center for Community Dialogue.

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August 13 Thursday National Association of Retired and Veteran Rail Road Employees Inc., 11 a.m., The Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd St., $11, 288-8221, 296-4576. All veteran railroad employees—retired or still working—are invited.

Wake Up with the Birds, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima. gov. Join this guided birding walk in the desert oasis of Agua Caliente Park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors.

August 14 Friday Elder Circles, 10 a.m., St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Rd., call for cost, 405-1926. A safe, respectful

Gonzalo Espinosa—Works on Display, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., repeats throughout the month, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500.

August 18 Tuesday Butterflies of Agua Caliente Park, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/rpr, eeducation@ pima.gov.

August 19 Wednesday Elder Circles, 10:30 a.m., St. Philip’s in the Hills, 4440 N. Campbell Rd., Palo Verde Room, La Parroquia Building, call for cost, 405-1926. A safe, respectful place for harvesting your life; a project of the Center for Community Dialogue. ...continues on page 18

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August 20 Thursday Wake Up with the Birds, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima. gov. Join this guided birding walk in the desert oasis of Agua Caliente Park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors.

August 21 Friday Lizards of Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615=7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov.

August 22 Saturday Fashion Happy Conference, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hilton Tucson East, 7600 E. Broadway, $2 to $49, 304-1687, www.fashionhappyconsulting.com. Health beauty and fashion celebration with classes and workshops, boutique and retail shopping, mini spa services, lunch buffet and vendor drawings.

August 23 Sunday Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $5, 398-2252, www.tubacpresidio.org. Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering.

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Gonzalo Espinosa—Works on Display, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., repeats throughout the month, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500.

August 25 Tuesday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, 724-5520, www. pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into

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August 26 Wednesday Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the group to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park.

August 27 Thursday Wake Up with the Birds, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, www.pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima. gov. Join this guided birding walk in the desert oasis of Agua Caliente Park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors.

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August 30 Sunday Gonzalo Espinosa—Works on Display, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., repeats throughout the month, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., free, 594-5500.

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Chances are Mathis is still enjoying his career :: By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

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“I’ve been with the same “It’s kind of difficult berecord company for over 50 cause music changes and the years,” Mathis said of Colyrical content and melodies lumbia Records. “The record are different than what I’m company has been wonderful. accustomed to.”

They are planning to release He and Davis are “looking everything that I’ve ever done and scrounging” around for in the next few months. songs that are relevant and Born Sept. 30, 1935, Mathis take advantage of his singing signed with Columbia Reabilities. cords in 1956, first entering “I feel it’s going to take a the pop charts with his inaulong time to do it,” he said. gural Columbia single, “Won“That’s a project that’s forederful! Wonderful!” the folmost in my mind right now. lowing year.

I have so much fun and so The song peaked at No. 14 much enjoying singing nowaand laid the foundation for Johnny Mathis turns 80 in September, and that milestone days because I have so many a remarkable career, which includes perennials like “It’s will be honored with the release of “Johnny Mathis: The songs that are familiar to the general public.”

Not For Me To Say,” “Chanc- Singles.”

They are so familiar that the es Are,” “The Twelfth of Nevissued for the singles market, as er” and many others. well as those released exclusively on Grammys inducted three songs into its Hall of Fame—“Chances Are,” “Johnny Mathis: The Singles” compilations. brings together, for the first time, “That’ll be the good, the bad and “Misty” and “It’s Not For Me To every Mathis recording that was the ugly. Some of it is Say.” He also received the Grammy really, really good. I Lifetime Achievement Award in was amazing, consid- 2003.

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WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.

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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.”

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“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.”

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“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 visit its stores to offer customers beauty classic beauties to grace the big makeovers. screen throughout the ’40s and ’50s, “They are commonplace on many Arlene Dahl’s career exTV programs now,” tended beyond the reach she noted. “I also creof the camera. ated my own perfume “I’ve had many differfragrance—Dahlia— ent careers,” said Dahl, before anyone else. So I who turns 87 in August, started it all.” from her home in New Dahl said she can York. “I was a writer for trace her interest in per20 years with a beauty forming to Minneapolis column in the Chicago where, as a 5-year-old, SPECIALIZED MEMORY Tribune which was syndi- CARE she first experienced the IN TUCSON cated in 180 newspapers joy of an appreciative around the world.” audience during a famAs an author, Dahl has Publicity still of Arlene Dahl ily picnic at Minnehaha penned 14 books and is from the 1940s.

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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.

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

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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 strug-

gling—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. He knew Brenly from doing Cubs radio broadcasts with him in 1990.

Brenly began his affiliation with the team as a broadcaster, adding commentary between Brennaman’s calls during the D-Backs’ rough first season in 1998 and its

ups and downs during the second and third.

“I watched the birth of the organization and the growing pains early on,” said Brenly, who began his own colorful career as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants and later their coach—with a stint in between broadcasting for the Cubs (“My career has bounced all over the place,” he admitted).

But the team 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.

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“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 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.

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and Randy Johnson on the pitcher’s of baseball. But Brenly, 47 himself at mound; Matt Williams, Jay Bell and the time, saw that maturity as their edge.

“I think they all realized, this is probMark Grace on the infield; Luis Gonzalez and Reggie Sanders outfielding and ably our last hurrah,” he said. “This is the last best chance even a great bench we’re gonna have to in the form of Craig win a World Series.

Counsell, David DelAnd for me to inherit a lucci, Erubiel Durazo team like that, veteran and Greg Colbrunn. guys that were moti“The first meeting vated to win, it couldn’t I had with them in have been a better situspring training, I said, ation.”

‘Take a look around.

It would be the year The guy sitting beside the team would win its you is a world chamfirst (and to date only) pion. And people are World Series, beating going to call you that the New York Yankees at the end of the seain an emotionally inson.’” tense championship Some said the playbout delayed by the terers were getting old. rorist attacks of 9/11.

“True, they were get“A lot of people felt ting near their twi- Bob Brenly led the Diamondbacks light,” Brenly allows. to the 2001 World Series title in his that was the Yankees’ season to win, because “We had a lot of veter- first season as a manager. of the circumstances. an players. Matty, Jay and Gracie, all these guys were in their But we found out, in our travels, that we mid-30s. Our average age was 34”—se- had quite a groundswell of support that niors in the physically demanding game year. That was our season.”

Earned run The World Series win was also a victory for experience, as the seasoned 30-something players rode out a national wave of adoration on the shoulders of fans and parade floats.

“The line-up that we had—very veteran-laden, very experienced— they didn’t make all the stupid mistakes,” Brenly said. “There wasn’t a lot of uncertainty. And I just felt, as long as I get the guys in the right Bob Brenly broadcasting in Mexico with situation, they’re gonna come Steve Berthiaume. through more often than not.”

Things changed in the following years earlier was heralded as a hero, was seasons, when younger players were fired as manager. brought in to replace the retirees. “In “Ah, you know, it’s an old cliché in the a bizarre way I felt I did some of my game of baseball: Managers are hired to best managing in 2004,” he said. “We be fired,” he shrugs. Again, luck—along had a young inexperienced team; it was with another old friend—stepped in to a group that had a tough time getting steer Brenly to his next act. things to sink in. They would work very “I got fired before the team was schedhard—I mean, we were out here on uled to play in Chicago,” he said. “But I the field every day at 1 o’clock to work had already bought tickets for Blue Man on fundamentals. And then the game Group—I wanted to take my wife to see would start, they’d play the anthem and them there,” said the long-time music we would go out there—and make the fan and sometime guitarist. “So I called same mistakes we made the day before!” another guy I had stayed in touch with In the end, after dropping to a fifth- over the years, John McDonough, presiplace finish in 2004, Brenly, who three dent of the Cubs, and I said, ‘I know JORDAN MEGENHARDT

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single inning while filling in for injured third baseman Chris Brown.

“I was actually a pretty good third baseman at one point in my minor league career,” said Brenly, who usually functioned as the Giants’ catcher. “But it had been a long time since I played regularly in that position. About 10 minutes before game time, (manager) Roger Craig came out and said, ‘You’re gonna have to play third.’ So I took off my catcher’s gear and borrowed a third baseman’s glove from one of my teammates and went on down there.”

The Braves took advantage of his inexperience in the position. “In the fourth inning it seemed like the Braves hit every ball to me,” Brenly recalls. He missed a common groundball, made two errors on a single play by muffing a slow chopper then blowing a throw to home plate, and finally botched another grounder, single-handedly giving the Braves a 4-0 lead.

To the surprise of just about everybody watching, Craig kept the shellshocked Brenly in the game. “I wanted to just go hide in the clubhouse,” Brenly said. “But Craig said, ‘OK, you had a rough start, but we’ve got five more innings in this ballgame. Go out there and

do something.’”

That he did, switching to batter and immediately hitting a homer in the fifth inning, then a two-run single in the seventh. Finally, in the ninth inning with the score tied 6-6 and the Giants facing two outs Bob Brenly occasionally straps on a guitar to play with the local band and nobody Whiskey’s Quicker. on base, Brenly hit a curveball drilled in by Braves diately counter-balanced by a dazzling pitcher Paul Assenmacher down left recovery, usually aided by an old friend. field and over the fence, giving the Gi- He credits his good career karma to ants one last game-winning home run. an almost Godfather-like belief in the The San Francisco Chronicle summed up importance of paying back favors, a everyone’s astonishment over Brenly’s belief instilled in him by his parents, dramatic self-redemption with a quote hard-working Ohioans who always from teammate Mike Krukow: “That provided for Brenly and his five older wasn’t a ballgame,” he said. “That was sisters but let them know nothing came for free. a novel.”

“They made sure I had whatever I Brenly’s phenomenal bounce-back from goat to hero in that game set the needed,” he said. “But at the same time course for the rest of his career, where they made sure I knew that I was gonna ...continues on page 28 every setback would be almost immeJORDAN MEGENHARDT

you have Cubs charities, can you auction these tickets off?’ And we started talking and he asked, ‘Well, what are you gonna do now?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’ He said, ‘Don’t be surprised if I give you a call.’”

Soon after, McDonough called and offered Brenly a job in the Cubs’ TV broadcast booth, a franchise he had worked with before as a radio commentator following his retirement as a player in ‘89. That job, too, had come about after catching up on the phone with another old friend, college buddy Chuck Swirsky, who was working a sports programming director at WGN radio in Chicago while Brenly was finishing his last truncated season with the Giants.

“Once again, it was a case of just being at the right place at the right time, and staying in touch with the right people,” Brenly said. “That seems to have been my key.”

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Mr. Lucky ... from page 27 have to work for it. They’d say, ‘We’ll get you that new ball glove and those baseball shoes, but as soon as baseball season is over, you’re gonna mow every lawn in the neighborhood, every week.’

They taught me that when people give you things, they’re not just being nice to you, they’re going to want something back. There’s always a price and there’s expectations. And you better be willing to pay that price when the time comes.”

Brenly said the friend he’s owed the greatest debt to is Brennaman, who’s

repeatedly “dragged” Brenly along through every fortuitous door opened to him, beginning with his help in landing Brenly a job doing Cubs radio broadcasts with him and Ron Santo at the precise moment Brenly decided to give up playing.

“Just about every decision I’ve made in my life since then, he’s had something to do with it,” Brenly said. Does he still owe Thom some favors? “Oh, I think we’re good,” he said with a laugh. “It’s all evened out over the years.”

Home plate Brenly acknowledges he’s lived something of a charmed life. “I guess I’ve just been really lucky, in a lot of areas of my life.” But nowhere did he luck out more, he said, than in his 41-year marriage to his wife Joan. The two actually met in kindergarten, reunited in junior high after attending different elementary schools and got married their sophomore year in college. Since then, the couple has raised two children, son Michael (who played with the DoubleA minor league Portland Sea Dogs before taking a job as bullpen catcher for

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the Red Sox) and daughter Lacey, who worked in the hotel industry in Chicago before recently giving birth to the Brenlys’ first grandchild.

What’s the secret to staying together so long? “You’d have to ask Joan why she stuck around, that’s the real question!” he said, with a laugh. “But she’s my best friend and support mechanism.

In this game, and probably in any sport, you really have to have a strong mother in the house, because dad’s gone a lot.”

From the start, Brenly said, Joan understood and accommodated his lifelong infatuation with baseball. “When we first moved here in ‘97, we found a house we liked in a neighborhood we liked,” he said. “But my wife knew one of the reasons I picked this house was because it had a backyard where I could put a batting cage in and not have to clear it with the HOA. So we actually had the batting cage—the concrete was poured, the AstroTurf was down, the frame was up, the netting was in—before we had a kitchen table. We ate on TV trays, but my son could take batting practice every day. To me, at that time, that was more important.”

The Brenlys moved in upon Bob’s start with the Diamondbacks organization and have kept the same house, in the Cactus Corridor area of North Scottsdale, all through his job changes.

“When I went back to Chicago to do the WGN TV thing, we kept our home here and just rented a place in Chicago for the summer. And then at the end of the year, we’d sign off on the lease and jump in the car and drive back to Arizona for the winter.”

Now, however, Brenly is happy to call the Valley his permanent place of residence.

“We knew we wanted to come back here when my baseball days were over, and when I got the offer to come back with the Diamondbacks, it seemed like a good time to make the change,” he said. “As tough as it was to leave Chicago and all that entailed, it was good to come home.”

He hopes someday to witness another World Series win for the Diamondbacks, this time from the broadcast booth.

“If things fall the right way, you never know,” he said, looking out on the field from the dugout bench as the current crop of players take their turns at batting practice. “There could be another championship here in Arizona soon.”

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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 filled 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.

Hanoi’s Old Quarter is located in the heart of the original city, with its 36 streets named after the products for sale: Silver Street, Silk Street, etc. We were greeted with welcoming smiles from a populace that was just as interested in seeing us as we were in seeing them.

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.

The voyage offered the opportunity gift from the French era.

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.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness 2015 Senior Olympics Results EVENT Archery Competition Release Competition Release Competition Release Recurve Competition Release

AGE GROUP

NAME

CITY

55 - 59 65 - 69 70 - 74 60 - 64 60 - 64

Catherine Belzner Randy Spray Frank Pearson Richard McKinney Becky Pearson

Apache Junction Phoenix Saint David Gilbert Saint David

Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold

Badminton Doubles - Women Doubles - Women Singles - Men Doubles - Men Mixed Doubles Singles - Women Singles - Women Doubles - Women Doubles - Women Mixed Doubles

80 - 84 80 - 84 60 - 64 60 - 64 60 - 64 70 - 74 70 - 74 70 - 74 70 - 74 70 - 74

Peggy Jefferson Joan Kalfahs Michael Hilliard Michael Hilliard Michael Hilliard Margot Hurst Lorna Hunter Lorna Hunter Margot Hurst Lorna Hunter

Mesa Peoria Show Low Show Low Show Low Tucson Tucson Tucson Tucson Tucson

Silver Bronze Silver Gold Silver Gold Bronze Gold Gold Bronze

Basketball Men

70+ Div. 2

Triple Threat Performance

Tucson

Gold

Cycling 10K - Women 20K - Women

60 - 64 80 - 84

Kim Soule Sally Pace

Tucson Winslow

Silver Bronze

16:49.8 55:29.4

Golf Men Women Men Women Women

75 - 79 60 - 64 70 - 74 65 - 69 75 - 79

Marvin Selby Barbara Thomas Robert Payne Jeanne Osborn Sallie McCutcheon

Chandler Goodyear Maricopa Phoenix Phoenix

Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Silver

235 249 220.1 256 261

Pickleball Mixed Doubles Doubles - Women

80 - 84 65 - 69

Fred Eggen Linda Hoggatt

Florence Surprise

Bronze Gold

Racewalk 5000M 5000M 1500M

70 - 74 75 - 79 75 - 79

Ellie Kallal Lucy DiMarzio Lucy DiMarzio

Scottsdale Scottsdale Scottsdale

Bronze Silver Bronze

Racquetball Singles - Women

75 - 79

Ahuva Lynch

Sierra Vista

Bronze

Road Race 5K 5K

55 - 59 80 - 84

Gary Plank George Mathes

Flagstaff Green Valley

Gold Bronze

Shuffleboard Singles - Men Singles - Men Singles - Men Singles - Women Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles

70 - 74 70 - 74 75 - 79 70 - 74 55 - 59 65 - 69 65 - 69

Charles Crouse Dale Monday Thomas Wiehle Barbara Backhaus Richard Robinson Charles Crouse Janet Crouse

Mesa Mesa Mesa Mesa Mesa Mesa Mesa

Gold Bronze Bronze Silver Silver Gold Gold

Softball Men Women

65+ Div. 1 60+ Div. 1

ROX-AZ SkorMor

East Valley East Valley

Silver Bronze Results continue on page 38

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MEDAL/PLACE

TIME/DISTANCE/SCORE 1698 1738 1716 1666 1730

Arizona is 19th in 2015 Sponsors national medal count

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rizona Senior Olympic athletes won 31 gold, 38 silver and 38 bronze medals at the recent National Senior Games in the Minneapolis area.

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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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 37 EVENT AGE GROUP Swimming 50Y Backstroke 70 - 74 200Y Free 85 - 89 100Y IM 75 - 79 200Y Free 90 - 94 50Y Backstroke 80 - 84 50Y Backstroke 90 - 94 200Y Free 75 - 79 50Y Backstroke 75 - 79 200Y IM 75 - 79 100Y Free 85 - 89 200Y Backstroke 75 - 79 500Y Free 75 - 79 100Y Backstroke 75 - 79 100Y Free 80 - 84 100Y Free 90 - 94 50Y Free 90 - 94 200Y Backstroke 75 - 79 100Y Backstroke 75 - 79

NAME

CITY

Shimon Zilversmit Florence Floyd-Severson Beverly Linnihan Wilma Goldman Patsy Blinn Wilma Goldman Richard Leroy Richard Leroy Richard Leroy Florence Floyd-Severson Beverly Linnihan Beverly Linnihan Beverly Linnihan Patsy Blinn Wilma Goldman Wilma Goldman Richard Leroy Richard Leroy

Phoenix Sierra Vista Sun City Sun City West Sun City West Sun City West Surprise Surprise Surprise Sierra Vista Sun City Sun City Sun City Sun City West Sun City West Sun City West Surprise Surprise

Bronze Silver Bronze Silver Bronze Silver Silver Gold Silver Bronze Silver Gold Bronze Bronze Silver Gold Gold Gold

Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Singles - Women Mixed Doubles

60 - 64 60 - 64 60 - 64

James Tarkowski Yali Carpenter Yali Carpenter

Glendale Sun City Sun City

Bronze Bronze Gold

Track & Field 800M - Women 400M - Women 4x100M - Women Pole Vault - Men 1500M - Men 800M - Men 4x100M - Men Javelin - Women Hammer - Women

65 - 69 65 - 69 65 - 69 75 - 79 55 - 59 80 - 84 50 - 54 55 - 59 55 - 59

Betty Schaefer Betty Schaefer Betty Schaefer Bob Bergfeldt Gary Plank George Mathes Christopher Bayley Tamara Alegria Tamara Alegria

Buckeye Buckeye Buckeye Chandler Flagstaff Green Valley Phoenix Tucson Tucson

Silver Gold Gold Bronze Bronze Silver Silver Bronze 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

03:34.0

MEDAL/PLACE

TIME/DISTANCE/SCORE 00:45.9 06:31.0 01:56.9 05:53.4 00:55.7 01:28.3 02:51.3 00:39.4 03:30.9 03:02.4 04:06.5 09:48.6 01:55.9 01:47.5 02:49.7 01:13.6 03:20.6 01:28.2

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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Puzzle Answers ...from page 29 www.seniorgames.org

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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