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Americans are going crazy. So Bruce Jenner went public with a private problem. So what? The newshounds all go crazy. Which ones are the nutty ones? I have sympathy for one and disgust for the other and it wasn’t Bruce Jenner. We don’t need to know these kinds of things. It’s none of our business. Newshounds are eating it up like it’s free food.

I’m calling regarding the $815 million bond issue. I have been in Tucson since ’70 and watched the City Council promise what the money will be used for. A lot is wasted on things that aren’t really important, like our deteriorating roads. They didn’t need to spend all this money on the street cars that cause the University of Arizona students who ride bikes to school to get injured when their bikes are caught in the tracks. The street cars have not benefited all of Tucson—just the City Council’s desire for their grand downtown restoration. I, for one, will not vote for it, as I’ve been seeing what’s been happening since the ‘70s. I hope people in general

wake up regarding this boondoggle of a City Council.

Where is the National Guard if the thugs are taking over certain cities? Are you going to let these stupid people burn and wreck the entire community or is the National Guard going to take control?

There is no justice because of press collaboration with Democrats similar to the political situations in most banana republics. Objective “journalists” should be placed on the endangered species list. I read staff reporters’ articles in the Wall Street Journal regularly and toady journalism applies to the majority of them.

It’s happening again. The thugs in Baltimore are rioting, attacking police and looting businesses. What else can you expect when the black mayor states they are giving space to those who wish to destroy? Policemen just stood by not stopping the looters. She denies saying it, but you cannot deny what is on video.

The liberal left keeps bashing the Koch brothers for supporting the conservative candidates.

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ou’ve seen the horrific images— the shooting, decapitating and burning alive of men, women and children because they are Christians. The slaughter as well as the dispossessing of Christians by the barbarians of the Islamic State (ISIS) goes on unabated.

Virtually ignored by the media was the appearance before Congress on May 13 of an Iraqi nun, Sister Diana Momek, who told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the brutal ISIS plan is to “evacuate the land of Christians and wipe the earth clean of any evidence that we ever existed.”

The nun described how ISIS forces in Iraq overran city after city, telling Christians to convert to Islam, pay a tribute to them, or leave their homes and communities with only their clothes.

She added that since 2014 “more that 120,000 people found themselves displaced and homeless in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.”

Ironically, in the Middle East, where Jesus was born and where numerous sacred Christian sites are located, Christians are in the minority and targets of persecution not only in Iraq, but in such countries as Egypt, Syria, Libya, Lebanon and Nigeria. “The world is witnessing a slow-motion genocide of Christians in the Middle East,” says Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In Egypt alone, where Coptic Christians constitute 10 percent of the total population of 85 million, the Muslim Brotherhood has kidnapped or raped countless women and young girls,

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George Soros has been supporting liberal left-wing candidates for years. What is the difference?

Although he may not be aware of it, when Gov. Ducey vetoed Senate Bill 1200 he enabled the Arizona Historical Society to continue defying Arizona law. When the AHS was given control of the state mineral museum to prepare for the centennial celebration, Arizona Revised Statutes Title 41.827 established a clear responsibility to continue operating the mineral museum and education programs in a

portion of the building. The subsequent failure of their centennial project did not relieve them of the responsibility to continue operating the mineral museum. However, in knowing defiance of the statute, they locked the doors in April 2011 as students were still arriving for school field trips. Then, even though they were funded to operate the museum every year since, they emptied the building, scattering its contents across the state. In an attempt to correct the situation, the Legislature passed SB 1200 (mineral museum restoration) with a ...continues on page 9

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killed or maimed hundreds of men, looted and destroyed more than 80 churches, and raided an untold number of Christian-owned businesses.

But the ill-treatment of Christians is nothing new. Longtime U.S. government ally Turkey, which is 99 percent Muslim, has a sordid and rarely discussed record of anti-Christian behavior as a matter of national policy.

The Eastern Orthodox Church, which has an unbroken succession of its bishops dating back to the apostles, has its patriarchate—the equivalent of the Roman Catholic Vatican—in Istanbul, the former Constantinople.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox faithful worldwide “We (Orthodox Christians) are treated as second-class citizens,” said the patriarch, during a CBS “60 Minutes” interview in 2009. He noted that the Orthodox Church was founded in Constantinople long before the country of Turkey came into existence. “We feel that our mission is here, as it has been for 17 centuries.”

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The Turkish government has arbitrarily confiscated Orthodox churches, schools, monasteries, and other properties—squeezing down the patriarchate to a complex of nine buildings within less than 1 acre of land.

Closer to home, the antipathy toward Christians in America is growing. In a survey by the Family Research Council and Liberty Institute in 2013, there were 1,200 cases of open hostility toward Christians, such as a Texas federal judge who threatened to jail a high school valedictorian if she did not remove references to Jesus from her graduation speech.

It’s increasingly tougher everywhere being a Christian of any denomination. President Obama’s reaction and that of other politicians, and far too many religious leaders as well, is a collective ho-hum.

Drew Alexander, also known as “The Curmudgeon,” is a monthly columnist writing about political issues. Send comments to drewalexander@cox.net or to Drew Alexander, in care of Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Road, Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

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The Up Side Yes, you can have too many friends

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:: by Michael Grady

t starts innocently enough.

You click on a television show— maybe it’s a show people are raving about at work. Or a series you remember from way-back-when. You’re curious or nostalgic. You watch an episode.

Gosh, what fun!

What’s this? Another episode!

Tucked in smartly behind the credits of the first, and eager to please. You revel in the convenience of modern television: spring-loaded to entertain you for as long as you want to be entertained.

A third episode? Don’t mind if I do!

This is the slippery slope that will leave you a wrinkled, bleary-eyed catch-all of cracker crusts and beverage stains, craning around the dog who grazes on your shirt to see if Don Draper can score a third time in a single “Mad Men” episode.

Binge watching has been a thing for a while, now. Netflix and websites like Hulu have made it possible to watch every episode of your favorite series, free from commercial interruption, back-to-back-to-back-to-back until the end of time.

Addictive stories are not new. Long before announcers ever said, “Tune in next week...” Charles Dickens’ fans would clamor on the docks of Boston and New York for the latest monthly installment of “David Copperfield.”

Binging was more dignified then.

People had geographic barriers, illiteracy, social injustice, the Industrial Revolution and the occasional epidemic to pass the time between installments.

Now, we can get our favorite entertainment, as much as we want, whenever we want it. It’s a horrible thing.

Episodic television never was meant to be consumed this way. A television series is meant to be like a dessert: a periodic treat, thickened with commercials so it isn’t too sweet, offered every seven days or so. Netflix weaponizes television. It cuts out the commercials, cooks down each episode to 20- or 40-minute hits, then fires them at you, one after another. It’s like throwing you into a vat of chocolate mousse and shouting: “consume responsibly.”

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us. When we took cable television out of our home, we thought of ourselves as kind of modern-day hippies. And I expected it would usher in a new era of personal creativity, tie-dyeing and whittling and such. I was going to be a Boomer-era Grizzly Adams. (If you don’t know who Grizzly Adams is, I think it’s on Netflix.)

But television, like love or trouble, always finds a way. In our case, it was over the wireless router. I’m home alone.

Nothing to do. All of a sudden, Netflix is offering me every episode of “The Walking Dead.” I had never seen “The Walking Dead.” The title intrigued me: They’re walking, yet they’re dead.

I thought that only happened at work.

A critical component of bingewatching is the passive aggressive transitioning mechanism. Each episode ends with a preview panel of the next episode and the clock already counting down from 20. Saying, in effect, “Would you like to watch the next one?

Or will you leave Rick cornered under a tank by zombies for an indefinite period of time?”

I didn’t think it was a problem at first. My wife doesn’t like “The Walking Dead”—she frowns, for some reason, on programs where guest stars are eaten—but with us working different shifts, and all those episodes available, I became kind of co-dependent.

Wife: (Entering) I’m home.

Me: Hi. Wife: What happened? What’s wrong?

Me: “The Walking Dead” was kind of sad tonight.

Wife: Michael, it’s called “The Walking Dead.” They’re all going to be sad. Are you waiting for a Christmas episode?

In the end, it wasn’t fair to my marriage to binge-watch like that. So, we decided to binge-watch as a couple.

(Marriage is wonderful that way: you always have someone to blame.) We learned, pretty quickly, not to bingewatch “The X-Files.” Some of those episodes are brilliant television, rife with conspiracies, subterfuge and extraterrestrial intrigue. But many feature people whose skulls explode right

before the opening credits, leaving you and your spaghetti marinara in an awkward position.

Binge-watching is actually preferable to traditional television, which has become a sprawling yard sale of reality shows. It insulates you from reality TV’s tacky extroverts, who crowd the camera lens with catty gossip or half-baked thoughts to share. We started re-watching “Friends,” which was a funny show, and because it takes place in the ‘90s, it makes us feel 20 years younger. And it strengthens a marriage when you have common interests to discuss in the morning: Wife: Can you pick up dog food on the way home? Because we’re out.

Me: Yes. Is Ross starting to annoy you?

Wife: Yes! Oh my God, what is wrong with him?

The problem, of course, is balance.

If you’re doing two or three episodes at a pop, “Friends” kind of become “relatives,” with all the obligations and grating quirks of family. Suddenly, I’m trading “be patient” glances with my wife whenever Monica goes into a controlling rant or cat-calling Chandler for his inexplicable weight gain between

seasons six and seven. Eventually, it becomes preferable to return to your flesh-and-blood friends—who are also charming, grating and quirky—though their lines are less quippy and they pay no heed to the mute button.

My wife and I have developed ground rules, now: a two episode per sitting cap; never neglect real friends for scripted ones; never duck phone calls for a “Friends” episode—unless the call is a telemarketer, or the episode features Joey at an audition.

The experience has been a lot of fun, but we’ll be glad when the series concludes and we can finally show our “Friends” the door. They’re nice people, but they seem perpetually trapped in their 20s, and I can’t keep watching them cycle through doomed relationships while my yard is slowly strangled by unpulled weeds.

And that theme song, played over and over, can really make you want to hurt someone.

Michael Grady is a Valley-based writer. His eBook, “Death Calls a Meeting,” is available on Amazon.

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nce upon a time, Arizona was awash with hysteria over illegal immigration.

Actually, it was only five years ago.

And the repercussions from that time are still resounding, primarily in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Murray Snow. That’s where Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the last of the folks who led our state into that hysteria who’s still standing, appears to be meeting his Armageddon. It might be a good time to review the scorecard of the others who led us through that embarrassing, damaging period: Russell Pearce, former president of the Arizona Senate and author of the now-eviscerated SB 1070, was the first state senator ever recalled. His efforts to re-enter politics failed dismally.

Andrew Thomas, who was elected in 2004 and narrowly in 2008 as Maricopa County attorney, was subsequently disbarred in 2012 from practicing law for ethical misconduct.

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minutemen, is awaiting trial on multiple charges of child molestation of two 8-year-old girls. The Minutemen no longer exist.

J.T. Ready, a neo-Nazi activist and founder of the Arizona Border Guard, shot and killed four people (including a 5-month-old) before turning the gun on himself. Ready was a friend and accomplice of Pearce, a former Republican precinct committeeman and ran for Mesa City Council and Pinal County sheriff.

Tom Horne, former Arizona attorney general, was defeated in his effort to hold onto his office. At the time of his defeat, he was embroiled in several scandals.

SB 1070 was all but defanged in a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court a mere two years after its passage.

And now we have Arpaio, along with his top deputy Jerry Sheridan, facing

civil contempt charges. Poor, pathetic Joe, who has already admitted his failure to follow the judge’s court order in the Melendres racial profiling case in an apparent effort to avoid further charges of criminal contempt, which could indeed land the County’s top law enforcement official in the hoosegow. And the irony of his predicament is that the prosecutors have depended mightily on Joe’s own words in making their case against him.

Keep in mind, Joe is the same guy who once, when asked by a reporter at one of his numerous press conferences how his deputies knew who to stop, responded, “We look for people who look like or sound like they came from Mexico.” Now, that’s pretty compelling language for one who has been charged with racial profiling, don’t you think? In fact, I was debating Jerry Sheridan on TV one evening and I referenced that line. Sheridan immediately challenged me, noting I was “taking that quote out of context.” I responded that I have viewed the entire press conference and that line was totally in context to the proceedings. I couldn’t then, nor can I now, think of a context in which that quote would be appropriate.

I don’t know how this case is going to conclude. I do know, however, that Joe Arpaio has cost our county tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits and settlements (and still counting), has abused the power of his office through unprecedented attacks on those who have stood up to him and has deeply scarred the public image of Arizona.

And I also know he is just about through.

Bill Straus is a retired native Phoenician.

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... from page 6 nearly unanimous vote. All mineral mu- Baltimore is a city with the majority of seum assets would have been transferred blacks and is run by blacks. They drove to the Arizona Geological Survey, a state most of the white people out like they agency willing and able to restore and did in Detroit. operate the minerals museum. Unfortunately, the governor’s veto enables the A 25-year-old police officer in AHS to continue its unethical and illegal New York City is shot in the face pursuits. Their lobbyists are promoting by a black thug. Where is the conversion of the building into a recep- outrage? Where is Al Sharpton? Hey Al: tion and event center for politicians and Police lives matter, too—not just black lobbyists. The AHS, a state agency, is ac- lives. tually supporting the interests of lobbyists over the interests of children.—Dick Attorney General Loretta Zimmerman, Tempe Lynch went to Baltimore to visit the family of Freddie Gray. Will President Obama sent three she now go to New York City to grieve representatives from the White with the family of the white, 25-year-old House for Freddie Gray’s fu- police officer who was shot and killed? neral. Freddie Gray was a criminal. Did Obama send any representatives for Again, an activist judge has American hero Chris Kyle or to Margagranted rights to illegals. Why should dreamers get in-state turet Thatcher’s funeral? No, only if you’re a black criminal will Obama send rep- ition when children of American citizens resentatives. I resent my taxpayer money from other states have to pay out-of-state going to honor criminals. tuition? When will this insanity stop?

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It’s happened again. Two Mississippi police officers have been murdered by black thugs.

Where’s the march led by Al Sharpton?

Where’s the investigation from the Justice Department by Loretta Lynch? Only when a black is murdered is there outrage. What is going on in this country?

Regarding my letter about “Notch Babies” (Sound Off April 2015) and Lee Heck’s response (Sound Off May 2015): Unfortu-

nately, the date (Oct. 12, 2044) which was intended to show the reader that the letter was fanciful, was not printed in Sound Off April 2015. Consequently, Lee Heck and probably some other readers did not detect the irony in statements like my age (124) and (there are only 17 “Notch Babies” still alive) which we intended to offer further clues to the irony of the letter.

In plain English, the purpose of my letter was to bring attention to the solution offered by Congress to solve the “Notch Baby” problem which is to wait until all the “Notch Babies” are dead before passing the bill.—Pete Davies How can you tell when Hillary Clinton is lying? Her lips are moving.

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ear Gabby Gayle: Last month I went to my doctor complaining of achy muscles. They were so painful I was having trouble sleeping.

The doctor thought I would benefit from taking a tepid bath before bed. I scheduled a nice bath with bubbles and all. It felt so good, I wondered why I had not thought of it myself. After 45 minutes of soaking I was getting sleepy and decided to get out and go to bed.

Alas! I could not get out of that darned tub. I am not a small person, and as I struggled I kept sliding around. I felt like a beached whale. At first it was a bit funny. After a while it became serious. I had no phone. No way to call for help (I live alone). I had to figure this out. I let the water out so I would not drown. I grabbed every bath towel I could reach and finally was able to turn over and get up on my knees and get out. Luckily I did not fall. I am writ-

ear Gabby Gayle: I think I have finally figured out that my granddaughter is gay. I’m sure her parents have known this, but have never actually told me. Don’t you think they should share this information with grandparents? I feel left out of the loop. I hope I have not said anything inappropriate that might have hurt my granddaughter’s feelings. Signed, Last to Know ear Last: I imagine your children have had their own challenges finding out their daughter was gay, if she is. Some families share everything, and some families keep their stuff to themselves. I do not believe this news should change anything between you and your children or between you and granddaughter. She is the same granddaughter you have always known and loved. Her sexual preference should not matter to you. Remember to accept what you cannot change, change the things you can, and know the difference between the two. You cannot change this. Be supportive. Good luck, Signed, GG

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he last time I wished my father dead, I meant it. I was on a plane home to Phoenix after visiting him in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where he was in his final stage of life.

As a nurse, I knew when I first saw him and noticed his left facial droop and partially closed eye that he had suffered several minor strokes. I tended to be kept out of the loop, as far as getting information about his medical needs. His wife, Sue, 35 years his junior who he married shortly after my mother’s death, didn’t like to share him with his children.

Father sat on a couch staring into space while Sue watched a golf tournament on a large-screen TV, using terms like “backspin and bananaball,” cheering for the golfers as if she knew each one personally. I sat uneasy next to father, touching him gently, wondering if this might be the last time I’d ever see him. His eyes looked empty as though he was looking through me. His behavior wasn’t entirely new, because he had treated me in a distant manner for years. But this separation between us was no longer intentional—it was due to aging. Father had just turned 98.

I asked Sue, “What’s the update on father’s health?”

“Just fine,” she said.

“Has he recently seen a doctor?”

“Yes,” she answered.

In less than two years, father had gone from being a tall and lanky, selfmade man who in his prime resembled Richard Deacon (Lumpy’s dad on “Leave It to Beaver”), and an entertainer with the dry humor of Bob Hope, to a shut-eyed, unresponsive, forgetful man with fingers now balled in arthritic pain.

He knew who I was, but couldn’t carry on a discussion without long silences between words and then giving up before he finished a thought.

There wasn’t much dialogue during my visit, except for the sports announcer on TV and Sue interjecting “good shot” now and then.

This wasn’t surprising because I had talked with him weekly, sometimes twice a week. The one positive

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to surface during his decline lay in our closing conversations—words I seldom heard from him. “I love you.”

Father used to be a man of energy.

He practiced law for 54 years, stayed in the military reserves for 40 years, until he became a lieutenant colonel.

He played golf on weekends, bridge on Tuesdays, poker on Thursdays, and read two newspapers on Sunday.

His intense love for me as a young child was like a wool blanket in July; he wanted me to be his little brown pigtailed girl forever.

“If only I could keep you at age 4 or 5.” He’d been saying that since I was 6.

I never lived up to his high expectations. I felt he set me up for failure with his demanding perfection. But when I didn’t act like his idealized image of me, the eruption of his wrath could cause after-shocks in an otherwise peaceful home. So over the years I tried to shove those other versions of me—creative writer, dreamer, poet, Democrat, free spirit—out of sight to make sure I’d never lose his love, which was my first addiction. My second was writing.

After graduate school, father asked me in his usual teasing manner, “Just what is creative nonfiction? Is it made-up, a kind of fiction, or the real thing?” I tried to explain it on many occasions, but he’d just laugh and say, “I don’t get it.

It wasn’t until I hugged him goodbye after my last visit, and he clamped my forearm in a vise grip, that I realized how much he loved me and how he didn’t want me to leave him. I think he knew it might be the last time we’d see each other.

Father died on Christmas Day, “peacefully in his sleep,” is the way Sue announced it two days later on Dec. 27. Father’s military funeral was set for Jan. 15. I wondered why it wasn’t immediate, but I never did find out.

I was wrong about his death. It didn’t set me free of his love. I’ll never be, nor do I want to be. But his death liberated me—it gave me license to write about our relationship, to look

at it, gain new perspectives, and understand and accept it for all it represents.

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American Cancer Society: Look Good, Feel Better, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 8552224, www.ironwoodcrc.com. This is a group for cancer patients.

Tai Chi Class, 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Thursdays, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

Caps for the Cure Knitting and Crocheting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Parkinson’s Disease Microdose Therapy GoToMeeting Treatment Discussion, 10 a.m. Mondays in June, Helen Foundation, 105 S. Delaware Dr., Suite 8, Apache Junction, free, reservations required, (480) 389-5431, ernestogallegos01@ gmail.com.

Tai Chi Class, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. first and fourth Tuesdays of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 855-2224, www. ironwoodcrc.com.

Men’s Bible Study, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays in June, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 10233 W. Peoria Ave., Sun City, free, (623) 972-1109, office@stchristophers-az.org. Men meet to read lessons from the Bible and discuss how they might apply to everyday life.

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Movie and Popcorn: “Unbroken,” 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

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Chair Yoga Class, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., repeats June 19, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

The Valley Engineering Science and Technology Club, 11:30 a.m., Briarwood Country Club, 20800 N. 135th Ave., Sun City West, $18, reservations required, (623) 544-0942. Clint Hickman will discuss the history of Hickman’s Egg Ranch.

Arthritis/Neuropathy Microdose Therapy GoToMeeting Treatment Discussion, 2 p.m. Fridays in June, Helen Foundation, 105 S. Delaware Dr., Suite 8, Apache Junction, free, reservations required, (480) 389-5431, ernestogallegos01@ gmail.com.

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the first Saturday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com. This is a support group for caregivers of people with cancer.

The Sun City West Republican Club, 8 a.m., Sun City West Foundations Building, Quail Room, 14465 RH Johnson Blvd., Sun City, $2, (602) 421-8877. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will be the guest speaker.

Bargains Galore and Bookstore, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Saturdays in June, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 10233 W. Peoria Ave., Sun City, free, (623) 972-1109, office@ stchristophers-az.org. The store is stocked with clothing, toys, kitchen and other household items. The bookstore offers paperback books (including large print), videotapes and CDs.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

June 7 Sunday Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

June 8 Monday Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., second Monday of each month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

American Cancer Society: Look Good, Feel Better, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, registration required, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com. This support group is for cancer patients.

Sun Lakes Democratic Club, 7 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s Navajo Room, 25601 Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, free, (480) 895-1162. Superintendent Camille Casteel and Chief Financial Officer Joel Wirth of the Chandler Unified School District No. 80 are the guest speakers.

Legislative District 18 Democrats, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Watershed Restaurant, 5250 S. Lakeshore Dr., Tempe, free, www.ld18democrats.org/meetings, ld18demsinfo@gmail.com.

Join us on the second Monday of the month to hear the issues and meet nearby Democrats and elected officials.

Breast Cancer Support Group, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. second Monday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 340-4013, www. ironwoodcrc.com.

Movie and Popcorn: “Unbroken,” 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

June 9 Tuesday Tai Chi Class, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., the second Tuesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 6111 E. Arbor Ave., Mesa, free, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

Chair Yoga Class, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome St., Gilbert, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

June 10 Wednesday East Valley Michigan Club, 2 p.m., repeats 9 a.m. June 24, Golden Corral, 1868 N. Power Rd., Mesa, charge for meal, (480) 610-9864, jilanctot@cox.net. When they meet, they eat and talk about everything Michigan.

Canasta, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

June 11 Thursday Movie and Popcorn: “Interstellar,” 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Beginner Line Dance Lessons, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Canasta, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

June 12 Friday Chair Yoga Class, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., repeats June 26, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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June 13 Saturday Sunland Village Karaoke Nights, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., repeats June 27, Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa, $2 donation, (480) 832-9003.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

Caregiving Forum: Living with Dementia: Empowering Caregivers with Tools for Everyday Life, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dayspring United Methodist Church, 1365 E. Elliot Rd., Tempe, reservations required, (480) 634-4312, sgrosse@ evadultresources.org. The morning-long event visits all areas of caregiving.

June 14 Sunday Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

June 15 Monday Head and Neck Cancer Support Group, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the third Monday each month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome St., Gilbert, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.Head & Hearing Screening, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Vista Del Rio Activity Room, 13619 N. 94th Dr., Peoria, free, reservations required, (623) 977-0506.

June 16 Tuesday Tai Chi Class, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome St., Gilbert, free, (480) 8552224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE) Chapter 1395, 11 a.m., Brothers Family Restaurant, 8466 W. Peoria Ave., Peoria, charge for meal, (623) 935-4681, deb.at.NARFE@gmail.com. The tentative speaker is Fran Ryan from Respect after Loss Consultants. All current and retired federal employees and spouses are invited.

Daytimers Chapter of FHSA, 1 p.m., Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Rd., Scottsdale, free, (480) 990-2348, www.fhsa.org. Those interested in genealogy are invited to hear Steve Packer discuss immigration patterns.

Healthy U: Senior Safety, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips, Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707

American Cancer Society: Look Good Feel Better, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, free, registration required, (480) 8552224, www.ironwoodcrc.com. Group for cancer patients.

Movie and Popcorn: “Annie,” 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

June 23 Tuesday Intermediate Line Dance Lessons, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

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June 24 Wednesday

Cancer Support Group/Lecture Series, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Donovan’s, 3101 E. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, free, reservations required, (602) 527-3776. Guest speaker is Dr. Thomas Lodi, member of American Society of Clinical Oncology, founder and chief physician at An Oasis of Healing in Mesa. The topic is “It’s not difficult to get rid of cancer. The hard part is keeping it gone: The role of genetics, environment and nutrition in preventing and healing cancer.”

Men’s Nutrition, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Cancer Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., third Saturday of each month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com. Support group for caregivers of people with cancer.

June 26 Friday

Movie and Popcorn: “The Soloist,” 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

June 19 Friday Birthday Party: Ice Cream Social, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

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June 25 Thursday Beginner Line Dance Lessons, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Canasta, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

June 27 Saturday Metastatic Cancer Support Group, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., fourth Wednesday of each month, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 340-4013, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

June 28 Sunday

Boogie Nights Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Palm Ridge Summit Hall, 13800 W. Deer Valley Dr., Sun City West, $6 members, $8 guests, (602) 679-4220, www.scwdanceforhealth. com. DJ Kort Kurdi spins hits from the 1970s and 1980s.

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June 21 Sunday

Caps for the Cure Knitting and Crocheting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Marketplace Swap Meet, 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 380-5572, www.mesamarket.com/hours/. Discover treasures at the swap meet.

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fter 48 years in Three Dog Night, Danny Hutton knows what he likes when it comes to music. He’s quick to dole out advice to burgeoning bands as well as veterans.

“I personally don’t like it when I go see a band—especially a younger band—and they say, ‘We’re hip and we’re not going to cop out and do the hits. We’re going to do all new stuff,” says Hutton during a recent phone interview.

“I want to say, ‘Come on kid. We’ve been together almost 48 years. We’ve seen it all.’”

That said, Three Dog Night is known for doing the hits like “Joy to the World” and “Shambala” during performances, which includes a Friday, June 26, gig at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler. Tickets will be honored for the original date in December that was postponed due to a family emergency.

“We’re going to do the hits—and sound like the record,” Hutton says.

“We’re going to do a couple deep album cuts and a couple of new songs.

Those are the songs where people can go to the bathroom. It’s funny. It happens even with (Paul) McCartney.”

The new song to which he’s referring is the popular a cappella number “Prayer of the Children.”

“It’s all six of us,” he says. “You gotta concentrate on that one, boy.”

Three Dog Night’s music has stayed relevant thanks to horror movies by Rob Zombie, as well as the films “Forrest Gump,” “The Big Chill” and “Boogie Nights.” With his band the Danny Hutton Hitters, he contributed the song “Wouldn’t It Be Good” to the “Pretty in Pink” soundtrack.

Hutton has imparted his knowledge on his sons, namely Dash, the drummer for the pop group Haim. His other son, Tim, worked with reggae singer Jimmy Cliff on the album “Rebirth.”

Hutton also loves to share stories about his band’s career.

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The Gipsy Kings The Gipsy Kings feature Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix COST: $48 to $75 INFO: (602) 379-2800 or www.comericatheatre.com

Danny Hutton, center, is one of three singers in Three Dog Night.

“When we first played England, we did small clubs,” he shares. “I played in a club and I’d met a songwriter. They didn’t want to give us a lot of people for the guest list, so we snuck him in as one of our roadies. He was Elton John or Reggie Dwight. We snuck in Reg.” Born in Ireland, Hutton has no sign of an accent. Spending time in England as well, he was friends with Harry Nilsson.

“The apartment below him had a maid service and all that stuff,” he says. “Harry was crazy. I liked Harry a lot. I didn’t realize that Keith Moon died in his apartment and Cass (Elliot) died in his apartment. He traveled a lot so people used to use it. Steve Marriott was downstairs. I was friends with Marc Bolan, too. Marc used to come over. It was crazy.”

Hutton explains that music hasn’t changed over the years, despite what others may say. The delivery of it has evolved, however.

“I get a kick out of looking at the charts at the back of Rolling Stone where they show No. 10, for example, just moved into the charts with 28,000 units sold,” he says.

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have a hallway full of gold and platinum records. You had to sell a million, at least, to get those. But the reason I bring that up is you can still survive and do well doing live shows. The records are a calling card just so people can come and see you. If you’re a good live act, you’re going to do well.”

These days, Three Dog Night performs mostly one-nighters at venues that range in size from 1,500-seat former vaudeville theaters to outdoor summer festivals that attract around 35,000 fans.

“It’s different every night,” Hutton says. “I love doing the hits though.

I’ve got to tell you. Even if we go back to a city and it’s been a long time, 80 percent of the people are new. Just knowing that we’re going to get the reaction we’re going to get, it brings back a lot of good memories. I’d rather do that than do new songs every night watching people say, ‘What the hell?’”

Three Dog Night performs at 8 p.m. Friday, June 26, at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler. Tickets are $35 to $79. For more information, call (800) WIN-GILA or visit www.wingilariver.com.

OneGunn, One Love OneGunn, One Love is a tribute to Bob Marley.

WHEN: Friday, June 5, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Ovations LIVE! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler COST: $10 INFO: (877) 840-0457 or www.wingilariver.com Wynonna Wynonna, an American country music singer, will perform with Leaving Austin.

WHEN: Friday, June 5, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix COST: $46 to $71 INFO: (602) 267-1600 or http://celebritytheatre.com Robin Trower Robin Trower plays straight up rock and blues to soaring orchestral arrangements.

WHEN: Thursday, June 11, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: The Showroom at Talking Stick Resort, 9800 Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale COST: $25 to $65 INFO: (480) 850-7734 or www.talkingstickresort.com Motley Crue’D The tribute band embodies the heavy metal spirit of Motley Crue in its prime.

WHEN: Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m.

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WHEN: Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Showroom at Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale COST: $15 INFO: (480) 850-7777 or www.casinoarizona.com Hannibal Buress Hannibal Buress was the 2012 winner of Comedy Central’s award for Best Club Comic.

WHEN: Saturday, June 13, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Ovations LIVE! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler COST: $37.50 to $47.50 INFO: (877) 840-0457 or www.wingilariver.com

Sean Mireau The Caribbean steel drummer performs during the Sunland Village ice cream social.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa COST: $4 includes build-your-own sundae and show INFO: (480) 832-9003 Tears for Fears featuring Carina Round Tears for Fears topped the charts in the ‘80s with such hits as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World and “Sowing the Seeds of Love.”

WHEN: Friday, June 19, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Ovations LIVE! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler COST: $65 to $119 INFO: (877) 840-0457 or www.wingilariver.com

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WHEN: Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m.

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er father commanded a spaceship the money to get the store started.” in a popular 1960s television se“She was always the kid wearing ries. Two decades later, in 1988, Mela- smart clothes,” recalled Bill Shatner, nie Shatner was featured from his home in Stualongside her dad in an dio City. “She just knew Oldsmobile TV comabout style. Her sisters mercial revealing her own and all the other kids desire to zoom around in used to ask her for fashsomething “space age.” ion advice.”

But it wouldn’t be the last Although growing up time father and daughter with a busy, famous faacted together. ther had its drawbacks, The pair shared some Melanie gives her dad on-screen time the folhigh marks as a parent. lowing year when “Star “Ever since I was born Trek V: The Final Fronhe’s been on television tier” was released. Di- Melanie and Bill Shatner on and his office was a movrected by her father, Wil- Star Trek V The Final Frontier. ie or television set. When liam Shatner, also known we were younger, he’d as Capt. Kirk on “Star Trek,” Melanie take one sister at a time away on locacan be seen wandering the Enterprise’s tion for a whole week. We all have such bridge throughout the film. great memories of getting to hang out “I actually auditioned for another with him and watching him work.” part, but was completely wrong for Shatner and his first wife were diit,” recalled Melanie—now Melanie vorced in 1969, but Melanie said she Shatner Gretsch after marrying actor and her two older sisters—Lisbeth and Joel Gretsch in 1999. “My dad called Leslie—remained close with their faand said I didn’t get the part but there ther. was another small role for the captain’s “We spent the weekdays with my yeoman if I wanted it, and I said, ‘of mother and the weekends with him. He course.’” would do whatever it took to get home to It launched her somewhat short adult see us, even if it meant driving all night. acting career, which included two doz- I think that illustrates what a wonderful, en movie and TV roles over the next committed father he was and is.”

10 years.

“All divorces are traumatic,” added “I didn’t fully enjoy acting,” she ad- Shatner. “But the girls have turned out mitted. “I made a living acting for a to be wonderful, smart women. Each is while, but wanted to be successful in talented in some area—Melanie with other ways.”

Dari’s, Lisabeth is a lawyer, and Leslie That success was soon seen on Ven- works in advertising. We get together oftura Boulevard, in Studio City, Cali- ten as a family.” fornia, in the form of Dari Boutique The Shatner clan expanded in 2005 (see www.shopdari.com) which Mela- when Andy Clement married Melanie opened 16 years ago. Stocked with nie’s sister, Lisabeth, and said he was cutting-edge fashions, Dari quickly be- a little surprised when told who her facame a popular destination for trendy ther was. shoppers.

“But the first time I had dinner with Melanie said her dad wasn’t too dis- them all, he welcomed me into the appointed when she abandoned a ca- family even though Liz and I hadn’t reer in entertainment for retail sales. been dating long,” recalled Andy, who “He was probably relieved because founded Creative Character Engineeracting can be a brutal profession. But ing in Van Nuys (see www.creativecharreally, anything I wanted to do was OK acter.com). “It was incredible to see by him. He even helped by loaning me someone so attached to his kids.”

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Top: Screenshot of Bill and Melanie Shatner for a 1988 Oldsmobile commercial.

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Clement, whose recent movie work includes special effects for “Interstellar,” saids he is also amazed by his father-inlaw’s inventive, restless mind.

“He really is a dynamo and his mind just never stops working. He always wants to get involved with a production to make it better. So many actors just turn it on when the cameras are rolling, but he’s always cranking.”

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is what keeps him young, excited, and creative. You’ve got to give him points for always trying something new.”

And if there’s a lesson Bill Shatner has learned in more than 50 years as an actor, it’s one he willingly shares as a father.

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Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino Gamers who stop by Bingo Park enjoy picturesque National Park views in the state-of-the-art, 550-seat bingo hall.

WHEN: Seven days a week, various times WHERE: Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino, 15091 S. Komatke Ln., Laveen COST: $2 to $32 INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 1942, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/vq-vee-quiva-hotel-casino/gaming/ bingo-park Lone Butte Casino The state-of-the-art and spacious bingo hall features 850 seats and has morning, matinee and evening sessions.

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WHEN: Seven days a week, various times WHERE: Lone Butte Casino, 1077 S. Kyrene Rd., Chandler COST: $2 to $32 INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 8928, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/lone-butte/gaming/bingo

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

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WHEN: Thursdays in June, at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa

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Community Bingo The 200-seat bingo hall open Wednesdays through Sundays in Goodyear. The building—new and well-lit—features Ana’s dinners and desserts.

WHEN: Wednesdays through Sundays, 6:30 p.m.; Fridays, 10:30 p.m.; and Sundays, at 2 p.m.

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he “ideal” place for older adults to live may change over time. While remaining in one’s own home is often the most desirable housing option, it may not be the final, nor the best, residence in the long run.

The decision to move or stay in one’s home can be based on a combination of factors including income, location, health, safety, availability of help, social and recreational activities, transportation and personal preferences.

What Independent and Assisted-Living Retirement Communities Offer Typically, each resident or couple has a private apartment or suite with outdoor or garage parking available. Often, they include a community dining room, gathering spaces (i.e., game rooms, chapels, exercise and spa centers, movie theaters, etc.), scheduled and private transportation, recreation both inside and outside, and assistance with daily living and possible medical needs. Payment may be on a rental basis or units may be purchased, similar to a condominium.

Retirement communities are increasing, as are the amount of amenities they offer, as more people see the advantages of making a move while they have many years to enjoy social and recreational activities. Retirement communities are attractive because they offer freedom from the responsibilities of home ownership as well as peace of mind for possible future medical needs.

Advantages of Living in an Independent or Assisted Living Retirement Community The primary advantage of a retirement community is security. Knowing that you can continue to enjoy independent living in an attractive, safe environment offers peace of mind to many people.

Consider the following reasons when deciding whether a retirement community might be right for you: • Freedom from home maintenance and repair becomes more attractive during senior years.

• Downsizing offers an opportunity to consider which possessions are really important to you, rather than leaving this task to adult children at a point when you may be unable to do so.

• Social connections are vital to personal well-being and become more so as seniors leave careers.

Many homes specialize in restaurant-style dining options. Plans can include one, two or three meals a day. Private apartments include kitchens or kitchenettes for those times you want to cook, entertain or just be alone.

• Recreational activities are often available. These include exercise programs, social gatherings and planned outings. Many retirement communities employ trained activity directors. Because seniors are learning the value of physical activity, these residences are offering pools, walking trails and wellequipped gyms.

• Mental stimulation is readily available. Informal game tables are commonplace and movie nights are fun attractions. Speakers, classes and seminars are scheduled, as well as adult senior education opportunities through local colleges.

• Transportation is often available for trips to the store and medical needs.

A variety of professional services, including housekeeping and laundry service, a beauty salon and visiting medical personnel are often available.

• Assisted living services for those who need help with activities of daily living, medical security or possible memory care needs are provided at some homes.

• The choice of privacy or social interaction most hours of the day in a setting of security is one of the overall benefits of living in a retirement community.

Many people entering their retirement years proclaim they “will never leave their homes” and for many, that will be the right decision. But at least considering the benefits of an independent or assisted-living retirement community should be a part of planning for a long and fulfilling retirement.

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he man in room B359 is making plans. “As soon as I get better, we should go on a road trip to Havasu,” he said. “I’ll drive!”

His buddies—friends since high school, most of them—laugh it up, recalling wild times on earlier road trips, mostly to Las Vegas or Laughlin, as well as some crazy Saturday nights cruising Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix. The man in the hospital bed clutches his ribs as he laughs, a painful reminder of where his cancer first struck him, at a young and seemingly healthy 58.

He struggles to raise his arm for a series of high-fives, and the friends dutifully promise to visit frequently after he’s discharged in a few days.

But inwardly, each knows his beloved buddy will be spending more time now with new friends. Physical

Caring for aging boomers can be more like playing the role of a roommate—just don’t call them caregivers.

therapists, support specialists and, perhaps most crucial of all, a caregiver who can tend to the needs his old friends can’t.

That’s the daunting role caregivers step into once an ailing older adult concedes to their care. At its most basic, the job of the caregiver is to provide personal assistance and nonmedical health care to people who require help with their everyday lives.

“We do light housekeeping, we prepare meals, we’ll drive people to the doctor, we’ll do personal care,” said Elaine Poker-Yount with Visiting Angels in Mesa, part of a national franchise of senior care agencies that matches experienced caregivers with clients who need personal care and assistance.

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nence, if they’re bed-bound, we’ll er-Yount said. “After 20 to 25 minhelp them shower. We’ll do their utes they may begin talking to you, laundry, we’ll help them change the and engaging in the conversation.”

The first few visits are all about sheets on the bed. Changing sheets making the client on a king-size bed can comfortable with havbe ridiculously exhausting a stranger in their ing for anybody who’s home—usually the bigstruggling with any kind gest obstacle to getting a of health or age issue.” friendly relationship goBut in many cases, ing. “The first couple of caregivers are also steptimes a caregiver comes, ping in for the close they don’t do a whole friends and family lot of work,” Pokermembers who can no Yount admitted. “They longer be there as often just sit and visit for sevas needed. Sometimes Elaine Poker-Yount works eral hours. They’ll play filling the shoes of those old buddies can seem for Visiting Angels, a na- cards or help the client with a small task. Do like an insurmountable tional senior care agency. task. “Often it may take a person 10 something together so that they reto 15 minutes before they even start alize, ‘This is a really nice person. I ...continues on page 26 having eye contact with you,” Pok-

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To ease the client into the relationship, sometimes the caregiver will initially appear in a kind of disguise.

More than friends Stacey Goulet of Tucson’s Senior Helpers said her agency has its own way of introducing caregivers.

“Our caregivers don’t wear scrubs,” she said. “They just wear regular clothes. So that way when they’re visiting, they don’t look like medical professionals, there’s not that stigma attached of having a caregiver.”

Lately, some aging adults have been opting for an arrangement that looks even less like traditional caregiving.

Called “homesharing,” “aging in community” or simply “retired with a roommate,” more than 1 million older Americans are living in shared housing with nonrelatives, according to a recent AARP report—most times with one or more persons similar in age. This arrangement is most popular with women, the research said, who are desiring a kind of “Golden Girls” (or at least “Hot in Cleveland”) situation of older

gal-pals all taking care of each other. Goulet said, is that eventually all of the There’s even an online matching site, older roommates may need physical launched last June, called the Golden assistance they can’t provide each other, and then they may Girls Network, primarneed an entourage of ily designed for older qualified caregivers in women looking for the home to take care roommates close in age. of all those well-pastBut men, too—parcollege roomies. ticularly the first wave “There are a lot of Baby Boomers, who of things that go into came of age during the caregiving that you era when communal don’t think about unliving was embraced by less you’ve experienced the counterculture— it,” she said. “You are accepting the senior have to know how to roommates concept take blood pressure, almost as wholeheartyou have to know how edly, if only to save on to transfer somebody the cost of aging in from a bed to a wheelplace without moving Stacey Goulet of Tucson’s Senior chair and vice-versa. to a smaller house or Helpers said there is a lot more to You have to know how assisted living commucaregiving than most people realize, to change a bed with nity. In homesharing, including transferring patients from somebody still in it, aging Baby Boomers a bed to a wheelchair and bathing and how to properly pay rent to co-house tothem properly. bathe people.” gether, sharing cooking Poker-Yount said the aging boomer and cleaning duties and taking care of population has been the most stubborn each other when one is sick.

The problem with this arrangement, about admitting it needs help. “People

are wanting to stay in their homes longer, but they can’t get past the idea that they need help,” she said. “As a result, people are waiting longer to get help.

And because they wait so long, they need so much more help than they do when they engage services earlier.

We’re going into much more serious situations, where we’re doing much more care for people. It’s still nonmedical care, but the clients are more medically infirm.”

Changing the job Because of this, industry observers said, we’re heading into a crisis situation where there may not be enough caregivers to service the glut of Baby Boomers heading into old age.

“There’s a very interesting AARP study that looks at what it calls ‘The Aging of the Baby Boom and the Growing Care Gap,’” said Michael Sumner, CEO of the Mesa-based Beech Home Care and member of the board of directors for the Arizona In-Home Care Association (AZNHA), which sets credentialing standards for the state’s caregiver industry. “And what it said

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Caregivers at Senior Helpers dress in casual clothes, so there is no perceived “stigma” for clients.

Here they are sporting red noses in a lighter moment. is that for every person in the United States who needs care today, there are seven potential caregivers. They’ve been tracking trends and they say that by 2050, that 7-to-1 ratio is going to drop to 3-to-1. So what we’re going to see is this massive flattening of the labor force that will accelerate over the next decades.”

Fundamentally, caregiving needs to become a more attractive field, said Sumner. Fortunately a couple of recent legislative developments have helped to that end. Sumner points to a recent Arizona bill, SB1401, signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey in March and set to go into effect on July 15, that requires all businesses that provide in-home care services in the state to disclose more information about who they hire, including whether or not employees have had criminal background checks performed and a description of any mandatory training they’ve received. “We see this as a massive win for the consumer and also for the industry,” he said, “because it allows the industry to move those bad apples out of the bunch.”

An even bigger, national win for the caregiver industry has been the repeal of the so-called “companionship exemption,” which basically exempted what the Fair Labor Standards Act called “companionship services” to the elderly or disabled from the federal minimum wage and overtime protections.

“The thinking was that a lot of caregivers might be working in the home but they weren’t working all the time—maybe they were socializing or

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watching television or playing dominos with the client—so claiming overtime wasn’t viable,” Sumner said. “Now caregiving has changed, far more of the role is high-demanding, and most in-home care companies believe caregivers should receive overtime. They just don’t know how to fund it.”

They’ll soon need to find a way. In December 2011 the Obama administration proposed a regulation amending the companionship exemption that would grant minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers, and in September 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor adopted it, putting it into effect this past January. The issue has since gone into appeals and a final ruling is expected in June, but if the amendment stands, Sumner said, it may result in companies hiring more workers to minimize overtime and offering fairer living wages for caregivers.

“We need to move away from selling care by the hour and providing care by a case-management model — looking at somebody’s whole needs as opposed to how many hours of care can we sell them,” he said. “And I think we’ll move away from packages where the caregiver is with the client for four or five hours straight to maybe much shorter-term visits spread out over the day — maybe drop in a half hour in the morning, a half hour at lunchtime and a half hour in the evening.

“The thing is, that will impact the socialization aspect,” Sumner said. “And maybe not in a positive way. That relationship that you build up with your caregiver will definitely change.”

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From the loud noises of outdoor celebrations to ear infections caused by excess water in the ear canal, there are many environmental factors that can affect your ability to hear. And while the majority of problems can be avoided through proper prevention, such as ear plugs, disinfecting drops and regular check-ups with a physician, chances are you have been exposed to some activity that may cause a hearing loss.

In fact, there are tens of thousands of individuals in Arizona living with hearing loss and they don’t even know it.

Not recognizing your own degree of hearing loss can be harmful for a number of reasons. It can be easy to brush-off fading hearing until it interferes with day-to-day activities, but you

can actually put yourself more at risk by not addressing hearing loss early on.

For example, you may continue to expose yourself to further damage by not being aware of harmful volume levels.

Because not all sounds register the same way in the ear, hearing loss can be tricky to identify. As organizations that work with technology designed specifically for the deaf, hard of hearing or those who have difficulty speaking, we see every day how different one’s perception of their own abilities can vary.

Some major indicators that you may be losing your hearing include: • Frequently asking people to repeat themselves; • Often turning your ear toward a sound to hear it better; • Losing your place in group conversations (which can lead to isolation, depression) • Keeping the volume on your radio or television at a level that others say is too loud; • Having pain or ringing in your ears; • Noticing that some sounds remain

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In addition, if you are experiencing hearing loss, there are some simple actions you can take that may help decrease any future deterioration. Discuss possible treatment options to find out if assistive equipment like hearing aids and personal listening systems are for you.

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The purpose of the organization, and its commissioners, is to ensure, in partnership with the public and private sector, accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing to improve their quality of life.

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The southwest coast of Wales reveals its splendor.

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“Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not And death shall have no dominion” —Dylan Thomas

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ales loves its artists. That’s easy to say with the likes of actors Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen all hailing from the southwest coast of Wales, near Swansea. No artist, however, commands a deeper place in a Welsh’s heart than poet and writer, Dylan Thomas.

Thomas was born in a middle-class home in Swansea on Oct. 27, 1914. His father, a failed poet and school teacher, insisted that the family only speak English around the house and that Thomas have access to his grand library.

Thus his education began. Adolescent Thomas wrote prolifically, and enjoyed early success with his first poem published in his school magazine.

Visitors can get entrenched in the experience by touring the circa 1914 middle-class Welsh home.

Thomas moved often in his young life, with his work conveying a unique bond with the people and places on the southwest coast of Wales. Swansea, Ceredigion, and Carmarthenshire were among the places he lived, as well as the converted boathouse in Laugharne,

where he spent the last four years of his life with his wife, Caitlin, and their three children.

It was in Laugharne where he wrote his famous play for voices, “Under Milk Wood.” Dylan’s most popular poems include “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”—a prelude to his own father’s death—and “Death Shall Have No Dominion,” “Fern Hill,” “The Hunchback in the Park” and “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.” His work took many forms, including scripts for radio broadcasts and plays, short stories and films—although he is clearly best known for poetry. Unlike most poets, Thomas was internationally famous in his own lifetime. This led to speaking engagements—four in New York—with the readings of his works and of others.

Many recordings of these readings still exist, where you can quite literally hear the sounds of the hills, valleys and shorelines of southwest Wales in his voice. Hordes of female admirers would send invitations to meet him.

To avoid their disappointment upon seeing him, the 5 foot 4 inch Thomas felt it necessary to reply back, explaining his unique appearance. The letters would often state: “I am 5 foot 6 and...”

There has been much speculation about his private life. Was he a drunk-

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offers a permanent exhibition of his life and work.

The theater is located in the heart of the Maritime Cultural Quarter. Look for his statue in the adjacent plaza.

Laugharne: Thomas’ boathouse and adjacent cliff-side writing shed overlooks the picturesque River Taf Estuary, where he penned many of his Thomas was buried in this simple plot in Swansea. major works. Stop for a ard, a hopeless debtor, an undiagnosed pint at the Browns Hotel and Public diabetic or an eternal adolescent, who House. Dylan did once a day. relied on the support of friends, family The Dylan Thomas Trail: Spread and strangers? He still remains an enig- across Southwest Wales, the Wales ma. Dylan collapsed outside the White Coast Path showcases quaint small Horse Tavern in New York after he towns, and the remarkable land and completed a reading across the street. seascapes that inspired Dylan. The He had 18 glasses of whiskey. He died Gower Peninsula features the fishing shortly after at a local hospital on Nov. village of Mumbles and the stunning 9, 1953. His death was mourned by beach of Rhossili, where Dylan would the world’s literary community. His fi- camp and often walk the Gower cliffs. nal resting place is marked by a simple Two of his best loved short stories, “Exwhite cross in Laugharne’s cemetery. traordinary Little Cough” and “Who Years later when Richard Burton died, Do You Wish Was With Us?” are set in he was buried with a copy of Thomas’ ethereal Rhossili. If you’d like to hike farther, the 870-mile Wales Coast Path “Collected Poems” on his chest. spans the length of the Welsh coastline.

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If Mr. Cur“mud”geon wanted to hold people liable for crimes committed, he could look no further than the biggest criminal in our land, George W. Bush, who along with his cronies, lied, deceived and attacked an innocent country. The most recent reports state that over a million lives were lost or affected by these warlords. The flagdraped caskets, our crippled and maimed soldiers, the Iraqi women and children who suffered and died leave a picture of the heinous crimes of murder and pillage.

As an American, crying out “Where is the justice?,” it seems “Mr. Mud” would put this debacle at the top of his list for crimes by the perpetrators left unpunished.— Char Monahan The Boy Scouts have banned water guns and water balloons because they are not kind. This is just a continuation of the sissifying of American boys. Meanwhile, the Islamics are teaching their youth to hate and to murder. Wake up America.

When are these ego maniacs in Washington going to get over themselves and the past and start dealing with the future? You poor dummies. You’re living in the past and it won’t make you any more infamous than you are.

During the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy, President Obama told the graduates that climate change is a serious threat to global security. This man is living on another planet. ISIS is in nine countries. They’re taking over more and more countries. They are here in the United States. Obama puts all of us in danger.

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Johnny’s Friendship Bread

:: by Jan D’Atri

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y bread starter is 8 years old this month. It’s been sitting on my kitchen counter—loved, stirred and fed every five days since June 24, 2007.

From this sweet, delicious and unique starter, I have made and given away hundreds of loaves of Amish Friendship Bread, the most well-known and beloved recipe for sweet bread starters. But for eight years, I have also made indescribably delicious bread starter pancakes every Sunday as well as coffee cakes, scones and cobblers for snacking.

Many people have bread starters, either sweet or sourdough, and some have been passed along for 100 years or more! I hope to pass along mine, too, because it’s very, very special.

I created this bread starter in honor of my sweet brother who passed away eight years ago. My family cherished the idea that we could not only have a living reminder of our loved one, but that we could do what my brother, Johnny, loved to do—make people smile by making something with love and then giving it away. It was his gift.

This starter needs no refrigeration, just a daily stir and a lot of love.

If you ever decide to create a bread starter of your own, here is your feeding schedule and recipe for the most incredible Amish Friendship Bread ever!

Starter: Day 1: Mix together: 1 cup of flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk (Use glass or plastic bowl and wooden spoon.

No metals.)

Day 2: Stir for about 15 seconds and cover loosely with parchment and kitchen towel.

Day 3: Stir and cover.

Day 4: Stir and cover.

Day 5: Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk. Stir until blended.

Day 6: Stir and cover.

Day 7: Stir and cover.

Day 8: Stir and cover.

Day 9: Stir and cover.

Day 10: Add 1 cup each flour, sugar and milk. Stir and remove 1 cup for yourself to start again. Use the remaining starter to make bread, freeze or give away in 1-cup increments. Begin process over again. note: After a few years, I cut the milk, flour and sugar in half, which makes one loaf instead of two.

JOHNNY’S SWEET FRIENDSHIP BREAD This bread starter was born on June 24, 2007, in honor of John Anthony D’Atri. His sweet friendship touched countless lives in his short time on earth. This starter now lives in the kitchens of those who loved John, in the places we gather to break bread together and honor those who have gone before us. Please pass it along and enjoy the starter with those you love!

Ingredients: 1 cup starter 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups flour

3 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 box instant vanilla pudding 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon, mixed together (for coating pan and topping) Butter for coating Mix together all ingredients except butter and sugar/cinnamon mixture for topping.

Grease two bread loaf pans and dust with sugar and cinnamon. Pour batter into loaves and coat with butter and remaining sugar and cinnamon.

Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes or until golden brown.

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here’s a reason why you see people of all ages at your local pool. Swimming is considered one of the few lifetime sports. It’s low impact, easy on your joints and a refreshing way to get in your daily workout. More than that, swimming helps older adults prevent and manage a long list of chronic conditions.

Improve heart health When Peter Eisenklam was diagnosed with a cardiac virus eight years ago, his doctor told him that his recovery should involve plenty of rest. Peter used this conversation as motivation to prove to his doctor that he was capable of much more. Through his Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness membership, available to him through his health plan, he enrolled at his local YMCA and started swimming again, according to Healthways Fit. 2015.

“I’m not a quitter. This was something that has been a passion for me for a long time, and I wasn’t about to quit on it,” he explained.

One of the main benefits of swimming is its ability to improve your heart health. Hirofumi Tanaka, the director of Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, told The New York Times’ Gretchen Reynolds that swimming “is very effective at reducing blood pressure and improving vascular function.”

Tanaka contends this in his 2009 report

“Swimming exercise: Impact of aquatic exercise on cardiovascular health.”

skeleton to support your body weight. It also avoids the bouncing associated with running, aerobics and other cardiovascular exercises. That means less stress on your bones and joints, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Low-impact exercises, such as swimming, work well for people who aren’t conditioned to exercise and those who experience arthritis pain. So if jogging hurts your joints and cycling is a little too intense, exercise in the water might be the answer.

If you’re ready to add swimming into your fitness routine, checking to see if you’re eligible for SilverSneakers is a great place to start. Your membership is included in many health plan benefits and gives you access to more than 13,000 fitness locations nationwide. You can enroll at as many SilverSneakers locations as you like, at any time.

Visit www.silversneakers.com/tools/eligibility to find out if you’re eligible for a SilverSneakers Fitness membership at no extra cost.

Reduce the risk of falls When you think of improving your balance and avoiding falls, swimming probably doesn’t come to mind. But research suggests swimming might be the best balance exercise of all.

An Australian study compared 1,700 active men age 70 and older for four years. The group included golfers, cyclists, runners, swimmers and more.

The 88 swimmers were 33 percent less likely to fall than the other participants.

That doesn’t mean other forms of activity don’t help build balance, but swimming appeared to be significantly more effective, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Health Benefits of Water-based Exercise.”

“Swimmers are required to create their own base of support and...produce a coordinated movement of both upper and lower extremities,” study author Dafna Merom told The Washington Post.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF SWIMMING: If you recently have fallen Improve balance or have a fear of falling, swimDecrease pain from osteoarthritis ming can be a great way to Improve cardio endurance build balance without the risk Increase muscle strength of injury, Healthways reports.

Improve bone and joint health Swimming doesn’t force your

Improve your mood Decrease anxiety and depression You should always talk to your doctor before starting any exercise program.

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Fly the flag on June 14 Dedicated to every veteran of every American war

Hats off!

Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off!

The flag is passing by!

But more than the flag is passing by.

Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great, Fought to make and to save the State: Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying lips; Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land’s swift increase; Equal justice, right and law, Stately honor and reverend awe;

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Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.

Hats off!

The colors before us fly;

The meaning of medals

Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong: Pride and glory and honor—all Live in the colors to stand or fall.

Hats off!

Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums; And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off!

The flag is passing by!

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n athletic events, there are many kinds of awards—trophies, plaques, ribbons, money, rings and others. In the Olympics, the chosen award has always been the medal.

Since its founding in 1982, the Arizona Senior Olympics has presented medals to the winners of the various events in every sport. They are given in five-year age increments so that the competition is fair.

The goal has always been to present the medals in a ceremonious way that would have meaning to the athletes. If they have trained and practiced their sport for a year and then succeeded in winning their competition, their effort and achievement is worthy of true recognition and reward.

The way the athletes receive their medals and the value they put upon it is often in direct proportion to the effort that they have put into winning it.

Too often there are athletes at events who do not respect and value the efforts of their fellow athletes.

Ideally, athletes who have not won their competition will stay for the

awards ceremony out of respect for their fellow athletes who will receive medals. It is sad that in Senior Olympics that is not always the case. Many athletes leave before there is time to calculate the results, knowing they have not won. Even some winners leave before the medals presentation and often ask that their award simply be handed to them.

Could you imagine that happening at the International Olympic Games?

There are people who don’t take the Senior Olympic Games seriously.

They believe it’s just “fun and games” for seniors.

As director of ASO for 33 years, I find that opinion disappointing because I have known so many athletes who work hard at their sport and take their competition very seriously. These are the true Senior Olympians.

I would like to call upon every person who participates in the Arizona Senior Olympics to become a true Olympian and show respect for the Games, the awards, the ceremonies and their fellow athletes.

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etabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions—increased blood pressure, a high blood sugar level, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels—that occur together, and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Don’t know if you have it? Here are the indicators: • Waist size 40-plus inch waist for men, or 35-plus for women • Triglycerides 150 or higher • HDL (good) 50 or less in women, or 40 or less in men • Blood pressure 130/85 or higher • Blood sugar 110 or more.

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4. Get seven and a half to eight hours of sleep every night.

5. Walk for an hour three times a week.

These behaviors can cut your risk of metabolic syndrome by 35 percent to 66 percent and lessens the possibility of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

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