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July 2017 | Tucson

Fit & Strong

Exploring Norway

A less painful exercise program

A trip to the top of the world

Alternative Medicine

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Naturopathic remedies that could improve your life

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8 A Dose of Alternative Medicine

Naturopathic physicians offer treatments for a range of ailments – but do they work?

Opinion 4 Straus’ Place 5 Ask Gabby Gayle

6 Sound Off 7 Celebrating Tucson

Features

10 Fit & Strong

A new program makes exercise easier on the joints.

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Centenarian Salute Albert Vargas stays sly at 102.

Entertainment

16 Tinseltown Talks

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Calendar of Events

18 Trivia Contest 19 Puzzles

Travel

26 Traveltizers

Scottsdale woman writes about finding lifelong love at the Playboy Club.

Broadway actress Susan Watson

Still Ruling

Tears for Fears proves on tour that success lingers

The spirit of Norway

27 Four Days In Portland,

20 Ed Boitano

Oregon

Three musical pilgrimages

Explore nature and art in PDX.

Dining 28 Fired Pie

Pizza place offers cool summer treats

Columns

28 What’s Cooking?

Jan D’Atri’s recipe for grilled salmon with garlic butter

29 Aging Today 29 Arizona Relay Services 30 Arizona Greenthumb

30 Legally Speaking 32 Ask the Expert 32 Lovin’ Tech After 50 34 Arizona Senior Olympics

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Editor’s Note In her pantry, my grandmother had a cure for everything. As a baby, when I was teething – and incessantly crying – she told my mom to give me a teaspoon of blackberry brandy. According to my mother, I stopped wailing and went to sleep. As a teenager, when I was cutting onions and my eyes watered like Niagara Falls, grandma said, “Put a piece of bread in your mouth.” The tears stopped streaming. I still don’t know how it works, but I still sometimes do it. As an adult, when I began to have joint pain in my elbows and knees from years of playing sports, my grandmother swore that if I swallowed two capsules filled with cod liver oil every day, it would reduce the aches over time. I don’t know if she was right about that one, because I couldn’t stand the taste of the cod liver oil, which would come back in little belches hours later. But according to a study recently conducted at Cardiff University, 86 percent of people who took 2,000 mg of cod liver oil daily reported suffering less pain than patients who got placebos.

That’s the thing about some so-called “old wives’ tales”/home remedies – sometimes some of them seem to work (and in the case of my nana’s suggestions, most things most of the time worked). Society may be more open-minded about alternative medicine than in previous generations, and there are scores of naturopathic and homeopathic

doctors trying to guide people to their “healer within” and encouraging avenues like acupuncture, yoga and herbal supplements. In this issue, we peek into this field and weigh different perceptions about its efficacy.

One of the focus areas of alternative medicine is preventive care, and one of the best ways to prevent health problems is to exercise regularly. Unfortunately, ailments like arthritis can make physical activity painful. In this issue, we also take a look at the Fit & Strong exercise program, designed specifically for people age 50 and older and those living with arthritis.

If she were still with us, I bet my grandma would approve of – or at least try – a few of the new “alternatives.” At the very least, she’d be bound to find something that tastes better than cod liver oil.

Corrections: Due to an error, we published the puzzle answers from May in our June issue. The correct answers to the June puzzles are included in this issue, on the same page as the July puzzle solutions. Also, the editor’s note in the June issue incorrectly referred to Rosalynn Carter as “late” First Lady. She is alive, 89 and the former First Lady. We regret the errors.

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I’m not crazy about very many career politicians. So it’s a bit ironic that one of the people I admired most in my life was one of them! Yep, it’s Barry Goldwater. I loved the man. Oh, I disagreed with him on many issues, but his honesty, integrity and love for Arizona won me over from the very first time we met.

I was approaching Christmas break during my freshman year at the University of Iowa in 1967 when the professor who taught a course called “The Presidency” gave us one of the most intriguing assignments I’d ever received. He wanted each of us to “interview” someone who had run for the presidency of the United States – winner or loser, living or dead. In retrospect, I’m guessing the assignment pivoted on two things: research and imagination. I mean, after all, how many of us in that class would have had access to a living person who had run for the highest office in the land? But I did.

I had met the senator through my parents, who were friends of his. I called him to hopefully set up an interview. I figured if he turned me down, I’d just do what I thought everyone else in the class would do… make it up. I asked him for an hour, which he happily agreed to.

The Goldwaters lived in the area of 40th Street and Lincoln Drive. In a fitting gesture, the statue of Senator Goldwater that stands at the corner of Tatum Boulevard and Lincoln Drive faces what used to be his home! Nice touch. The house itself wasn’t

ostentatious. But once I walked inside, I was blown away by the memorabilia filling every room. I remember dozens and dozens of Kachina dolls and hundreds – maybe even thousands – of photographs the senator had shot himself covering the walls and tables. Photography was one of his passions, as was his ham radio operation. He took me into his radio studio and proceeded to connect a soldier in Vietnam with his father in Columbus, Ohio. It was profoundly emotional. The senator told me he liked to do that at least once every day. We talked for hours. He told me how he and his very close friend John Kennedy had planned to cross the country by train in the 1964 campaign, debating at stops along the way. He called it a “reincarnation” of the Lincoln-Douglas debates a century earlier. Sadly, the plan never took place. I finally thanked him, said goodbye and went home to write my paper.

I must admit, it practically wrote itself.

I got an A+ on the paper. In the margin, my professor wrote about my “vibrant imagination” and that my paper was the “best he’d ever received for this particular assignment.” He added that he “actually believed I had met with Goldwater.” At the conclusion of the class, I approached the prof to tell him he was overestimating my imaginative skills and that I really had interviewed the senator. He looked at me, smiled and winked. To this day, that’s what he believes! And 26 years later, when I recounted the story to Senator Goldwater on the radio, he, too, winked.

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I am now understanding what he meant!

Tell your readers to do the same. If you are having a problem with anyone, ask them what it is. You may not like the answer, but it is a chance for self-improvement!

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I read with interest your info about romantic scams. It appears mostly women are scammed.

I consider it a scam when women on dating sites misrepresent themselves.

You meet them for coffee and there is little resemblance to the photo they publish. Why can’t people just be honest?

P.S. They especially lie about their weight.

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Thank you for writing. I am sure everyone has a person in their lives who talks too much and too long.

In fact, there is a word for it: loquacious.

It is difficult to tell someone this, and it is always difficult to hear that we have a fault we did not know about. Like you said, an opportunity to improve!

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You gave me good advice a few years ago, and I should have taken it. I’m the woman who wrote in and told you that I refused to grow old. I went out and had a tummy tuck, a face lift and a few other minor uplifts. I bought a red convertible and found a younger man.

You said I reminded you of one of those hamsters running around inside a ball, and you said to be careful what I wished for. My younger guy and I lived it up for a couple years. He liked my money and I liked feeling young again. Then one day I realized I was bored with him and that life, and I came to my senses. I’m sort of okay now with my age. Still think aging is

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I guess it goes both ways.

However, I have had five coffees with men from the dating site and all but one looked like their photos.

I find the most stretched statistic with men is height. They say they are 5-foot-6 and they are barely 5 feet! Tell the truth, readers! Remember, it will come out when and if you meet the person. By the way, if they do not want to meet, they are probably lying about something... delete them! Why do people lie? I remember reading this by some priest: “Why am I afraid to tell you who I am? Because it is all I’ve got, and how will I feel if it’s not enough?”

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Sound Off On May 15, Hillary Clinton announced a new political group called “Onward Together,” aimed at “advancing progressive causes by harnessing grassroots opposition to President Trump’s policies.” Also, ex-President Obama has established “Organizing for Action.” This group has lots of money and is working behind the scenes to set up what will effectively be a shadow government to not only protect Obama’s threatened legacy, but to sabotage the incoming

administration. Both groups are registered 501(c)(4) with the IRS, meaning they don’t have to disclose names of donors and can take unlimited donation amounts, which is considered “dark money” and is frowned upon. As a patriotic American who believes in honoring the legitimate election of our current president, I would call these actions sedition. And before all you liberals out there cry, “Russia hacked our election” (which still is only a charge and not proven), I ask: Then how did Hillary Clinton get the majority of the votes?

For people having trouble accepting Trump, change is hard. Trump sees himself as the CEO of the nation, and many of us are used to seeing a president who is the POTUS and acting in a traditional way to fill the role of president, but all of us crave novelty and we get tired of the same old thing, so we’ve had two presidents in a row now that promised us change.

Obama was the first and now Trump is really delivering on the change.

What he does is very different; he communicates on Twitter, he doesn’t like being edited or told how to speak, he’s not a speechmaker, he does speak rather openly to people, just like one person to another. People

have criticized the fact that he’s not a great orator, but then he speaks oneto-one with people who he makes real estate deals with; he’s a dealmaker and I think even leaders of other countries have trouble accepting the fact that here’s this real estate magnate who now represents America, trying to tell us things and making demands on us and his manner is different and hard to accept, possibly because of that.

But I’m surprised that so many senior citizens have accepted him, because usually senior citizens are the ones that complain about change and we like things to stay the same, we like the familiar, we like the tried and true.

People, remember that old saying: “Be careful what you wish for.”

I keep reading that there needs to be an easing up on negative remarks about the president.

But, really, he is deserving and brings much of it upon himself.

The man behaves very childishly and impulsively and in a manner unbecoming of someone holding this land’s highest office. He acts and communicates like a junior high school bully. The tweeting is ridiculous. He is pathetically lacking in knowledge of government and American history. He insults our closest allies. Is that smart? He certainly does not restrict

his criticism or negative remarks, and he has a habit of lying that should be disturbing to all. His rhetoric incites hate and racism and is very divisive. His base relates to this, the majority sharing his lack of sophistication and his bully mentality. Watching Trump at the NATO conference actually shoving aside the prime minister of Montenegro to get himself front and center for the cameras, then puff out his chest while displaying his most arrogant expression says it all.

G.W. Bush looked good in comparison to this mistake.

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I grew up on a farm over 50 years ago. My aunt used to take me into the small town that wasn’t so nearby and we would visit people there and hear all the news. We didn’t get it by reading a newspaper; we actually just got it by word of mouth, and then my aunt would come back to the farm and tell my uncle what was going on. I listened to all those stories, and my aunt always came up with the version she called “the truth” and I was old enough, finally, to ask her how she discounted some things that were said and some things that she took to be true, and she said she had been listening to these people for a long time and she could tell the difference between the truth and gossip. I’m just saying that maybe that still applies nowadays;

some things have not changed.

Just because you’re listening to the news on television or on some other electronic device or on the radio, you still have to figure out whether it’s true or not. It’s not that easy, but you have to follow the story and you have to decide for yourself; you can’t just let someone tell you what the truth is, like I did when I was a child. I would just finally ask, “Well, what was true, Aunt Vera? Whose story was true?” And she would tell me, but she was the one who was gathering the information and determining who was telling the truth because she knew these people.

So don’t be the 10-year-old child that I was, still asking who was telling the truth. Try to hear both sides of the story and make the decision yourself.

It will keep your brain alive.

How many lives (animal or human) will it take to take to get people to go to a supervised shooting range?

If 47,000 burned acres isn’t enough, what is? Over 400 shooters a week is over 400 too many. It’s a desert out there, folks.

Exploding targets? WTF. I picked up Lovin’ Life After 50 for the first time last week. I got to the Sound Off section and was appalled at the words being said by my fellow Americans. What I heard was a whole lot of bigotry, anger, selfishness and ignorance, just to name a few. I am disheartened and ashamed of the folks my age, 54, and older. You make us all sound so redneck, ignorant and uneducated. Just because you do not want to believe a fact does not make it untrue. Not all Democrats and Republicans are greedy, selfish, crooked people. However, MANY – too many – of them are. You throw insults about politics around like it means something.

It doesn’t. Most in power are crooked as can be, and if you think otherwise, you are being foolish. Those who call themselves “Christian” are in fact those who behave in the most un-Christ like ways. If you subscribe to anything short of treating people, ALL PEOPLE, with equal measure, then you are NOT a Christian. Jesus would take issue with your behavior and thinking. If you are a non-religious person, then what do you hope to gain by continuing to put forth into this world anything short of positive acceptance, to each their own, for your fellow humans? What do any of you hope to gain with your vitriolic hate speech? You pit yourselves against

This is for all the people who comment on politics and presidents: If you think you can do a better job, why don’t you run for office?

Other than that, stop bellyachin’.

your fellow man as if your life depends on it. You lose sight of the larger picture: Everything changes, whether we like it or not. Our young people look at you with disdain for your ignorant behaviors. I have heard them say they cannot wait for this older generation to just die off already. Instead of having them want us and what we have to offer, they can’t wait for us to drop dead! Thanks to your outdated way of thinking, you have made us obsolete to our young people. Shame on all of you! This world has enough challenges without you heaping on more. Our very existence as a free country is currently in grave jeopardy and you cannot see it. The limited resources this world has to offer are in serious peril! Your shortsightedness will be our downfall.

You have allowed those greedy, powerhungry politicians to separate us as a people, as a nation!! Based on what?

Political party?! You have left our younger generation apathetic. I have news for you: They do not want the good ol’ days; they like the modern ways. They are more open-minded and accepting of people different from themselves than in any previous generations. You old farts have lost so stop being hateful! Be gracious and stop trying to control everyone that is different from yourselves!!!

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Celebrating Tucson Nicola Hartmann helps homeless youth with YOTO

BY BARBARA RUSSEK Have you heard your first back-toschool commercial yet? Along with a new school year (first day in TUSD is August 3rd) comes new school necessities – everything from backpacks filled with school supplies to a couple of extra pairs of jeans. It’s all de rigueur for the returning student. But what if a student has no money for new school supplies or clothes – and even more significant – no place to live?

Nicola Hartmann, 51, CEO of the nonprofit Youth on Their Own (YOTO), has a mission to help students in need. Born on the island of Malta, she immigrated to Tucson with her family at age 12 and is now an American citizen. Since graduating from Eller College of Management at University of Arizona (she now also has a master’s degree), Hartmann’s professional focus has been on marketing. Her background includes work at Old Tucson Studios, Kartchner Caverns and San Miguel High School.

During her time at SMHS, Hartmann got to know students who did not have the same educational opportunities as their peers. “I became passionate about serving youth in our community,” she says. Appointed to her position as CEO of YOTO in May of 2016, this tireless worker puts in anywhere from 50 to more than 60 hours a week on a variety of projects for YOTO. She emphasizes, “I want our supporters to know that money they donate is being spent wisely to help homeless teens graduate high school.”

This married mother of two still manages to squeeze in time for fun, like playing on a women’s soccer team and spending time with family, which includes two dogs and three cats.

I wanted to know more about the important work Nicola Hartmann and her staff are doing for students at YOTO. Barbara Russek, a Tucson-based freelance writer, welcomes comments at Babette2@comcast.net

you give readers 4 What assistance a brief history of do you offer these Q1 Can Q YOTO? young people?

In 1986, Ann Young, a guidance counselor at Amphitheater High School, was concerned about an increasing number of homeless students and decided to take action.

Young’s compassion and initiative evolved into the Youth on Their Own of today.

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Since the program’s inception, how many young people have you served?

To date, YOTO has helped over 17,000 homeless youth.

To ensure that homeless youth have the resources to stay in school and graduate, we offer help in three areas: financial assistance, basic human needs and guidance.

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“Mary’s” father was incarcerated and her mother was never part of her life. She lived with grandparents, where she was a victim of sexual abuse. We are proud to say that she is now completing her freshman year at UofA, majoring in biology.

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Students must be under the age of 22, enrolled in a middle or high school and through no fault of their own not be in the physical custody of a parent or long-term legal guardian in a stable home.

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We need new backpacks, school supplies and dollars. These students are working hard to finish high school and appreciate our help. For further information, please contact YOTO at 545-0598 or yoto.org.

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Features

A Dose of

ALTERNATIVE

Medicine Naturopathic physicians offer treatments for a range of ailments – but do they work?

BY AMBER MILES In one of his many essays, Mark Twain wrote, “If another citizen preferred to toy with death, and buy death in small parcels, to bribe death with a sugar pill to stay away, or go to the grave with all the original sweeteners undrenched out of him, then the individual adopted the ‘like cures like’ system, and called in a homeopath physician as being a pleasant friend of death’s.”

The lauded American author’s assessment, written circa 1867, may seem harsh in a modern light, when the National Center for Complementary and Integrated Health estimates more than 38 percent of adults use some form of alternative medicine, and celebrities from Paul McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow to Mahatma Gandhi and Cindy Crawford have touted its benefits. But this field of holistic, nature-based care has long received mixed reviews: Some people regard naturopathy as an effective medical treatment; others consider it a placebo at best and a danger at worst.

Whatever the perception, alternative medicine has found a home in Arizona – one of 19 states with registration laws for naturopathic physicians, who are licensed through the state’s Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board.

“The Healer Within” Naturopathic medicine emphasizes providing natural treatment and preventive care while minimizing any potential harm, according to the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP). Practitioners say it’s

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all about maximizing an individual’s selfhealing abilities.

“The methods used are often the ones the patient is most receptive to,

genetic, environmental and spiritual.

The discipline includes a wide range of treatment options, including nutrition and diet, yoga, acupuncture and acupressure massage, herbal supplements, magnet therapy and auriculotherapy (stimulation of the external ear).

Most naturopathic physicians practice with a broad scope of tools and must be familiar with not only conventional pharmacotherapeutics but also botanical medicine, physical medicine, nutrition and acupuncture, says Dr. Ravi Chandiramani of Blue Door Therapeutics, an opioid addiction treatment clinic based in Scottsdale. Medical marijuana is among the alternative treatment options at Blue Door. When it comes to cannabis and other forms of naturopathic medicine, Chandiramani says, “Education really is key in having people understand.”

Pitching to Boomers Dr. YoungJu Lee says patients of all ages can benefit from naturopathic treatment, and adds that physicians may adjust their approaches depending on a patient’s age.

“As people age, the body becomes more depleted and imbalanced,” she explains. Because of this, older people require “a less aggressive approach that nourishes and harmonizes all aspects of the person, such as acupuncture, massage, constitutional hydrotherapy, diet and nutrition as well as relaxation techniques and mind-body medicine to

Dr. YoungJu Lee leads Sarang Natural Medicine in Mesa.

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as their greatest healer is within,” says Dr. YoungJu Lee of Mesa-based Sarang Natural Medicine, which provides services including acupuncture, botanical medicine and reiki (a Japanese technique that purportedly channels healing energy into patients).

Naturopaths believe treating the whole patient is important. When addressing a patient’s health concerns, naturopathic practitioners examine a variety of factors, including physical, mental, emotional,

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work through any underlying emotional issues.”

Naturopathic medicine is especially beneficial for people over the age of 50 because it can reduce their reliance on prescription medications, says Dr. Suneil Jain of Rejuvena, a naturopathic medical spa in Scottsdale.

To maintain good memory and cognition, Lee recommends reducing sugar intake, staying active, hydrating and consuming good fats such as fish oils. For pain management, Lee suggests acupuncture. Dietary adjustments and ozone therapy – a form of treatment that aims to increase the amount of oxygen in a person’s body – can also help, Jain adds.

Ultimately, however, Lee stresses the importance of preventive care to avoid conditions such as stroke, heart disease and diabetes later in life.

“The emphasis is on building health rather than on fighting disease,” Lee says.

However, she adds that naturopathic therapies can treat chronic conditions and non-emergency acute conditions, such as the flu.

Recognizing naturopathy’s limitations and referring a patient “to the appropriate healing force” is important, says Dr. David Arneson of the Source Naturopathic Medical Clinic in Phoenix. When it comes to emergency situations – such as motor vehicle accidents, conditions requiring surgeries, or life-threatening ailments – naturopathic medicine should not be a patient’s first step, the physicians agree.

“Certainly, if I broke my arm, I would not be going to a naturopathic physician;

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I would be going to an ER and getting a cast. If I needed surgery, there’s no question I would do that,” Chandiramani says.

A Shot of Skepticism Many patients say they turned to naturopathic medicine after not seeing desired results from traditional medicine – but naturopathy has its share of detractors, who don’t believe it’s an effective treatment avenue for any health conditions, and say there are no universally accepted, peer-reviewed scientific studies showing its overall efficacy.

“It is a myth that naturopathy can safely and effectively solve any acute or chronic health disease using homeopathic remedies, special diets, herbs, water, or any other naturopathic therapy,” says Britt Hermes, an outspoken critic of naturopathic medicine.

Hermes was a naturopathic physician in Tucson until 2014. She left the profession, she says, after discovering a colleague had been importing a non-FDA-approved drug. Since then, she has challenged the efficacy of naturopathy as well as the training naturopathic physicians receive.

According to the AANP, in order to receive a license to practice in Arizona, naturopathic physicians must graduate from an accredited four-year residential naturopathic medical school – such as Tempe-based Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine – and pass a postdoctoral board examination. SCNM’s four-year ND program includes courses in biology, anatomy and physiology, as well as courses in

Physician Ravi Chandiramani practices at Blue Door Therapeutics in Scottsdale.

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naturopathic treatments like botanical medicine and homeopathy. The program requires students to take at least two courses in pharmacotherapeutics – but that is not enough, according to Hermes.

She says naturopaths lack the appropriate training to safely practice conventional medicine or prescribe medications. Consequently, “patients with chronic diseases or who are taking prescription medications are at an elevated risk of harm under the care of a naturopath,” Hermes says.

“General lifestyle recommendations will contribute to an overall Botanicals and vitamins are a common component of naturopathic medicine. sense of well-being and may improve some health conditions,” she says, but “naturopathy “It just felt like we were trying so hard to opinion. Chandiramani points out there is does not offer effective medical care.” make ineffective treatments work,” Bishop “more than one path towards becoming a Naturopathic physicians make explains. “We could easily have gone way physician,” and there is more than one way promises they cannot keep, says former off the deep end with eliminating this or to approach medical care. naturopathic patient Deborah Davis, that food, to the point of doing harm, if I Source Naturopathic Medical Clinic’s who sought care for posttraumatic stress hadn’t gotten impatient with it.”

Dr. Arneson adds: “The beauty of holistic disorder stemming from military sexual Ultimately, it’s up to each individual medicine is that we understand and trauma. Davis went to a naturopathic to do their own research and form their believe that nothing works in a vacuum.” physician in her home city, San Diego, in 2012 after trying medication and therapy through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Davis tried different homeopathic remedies for two years but did not feel any better. “It was a total mess,” she says.

In fact, the experience exacerbated her anxiety. Naturopathic physicians “strike RIDE FREE & GET a note of fear into people,” Davis says, explaining her physicians would tell her distressing things about conventional medicine.

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Bishop says her care was expensive; even though insurance covered her visits to Hermes at the same rate it covered most doctors, it did not cover the herbs, vitamins or homeopathic treatments – none of which worked, Bishop says.

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Fit & Strong makes exercise easier on joints

BY GABRIELLA J. DEL RIO More than 27 million Americans suffer with osteoarthritis, a joint disease in which the cartilage between the bones breaks down and makes movements painful, rendering everyday activities, exercise and even walking more difficult.

An exercise program new to Arizona, Fit & Strong, aims to change the game for people with arthritis. Fit & Strong classes, which began June 1 at the Buckeye Community Center, are geared toward adults over age 50, or people with lower extremity osteoarthritis.

“The program includes gentle stretches, aerobic walking or low-impact aerobics, and exercises to improve lower extremity muscle strength,” says Philip Yabes, Buckeye Community Center manager.

Classes are designed to manage or prevent arthritis and decrease joint pain and stiffness through low-impact exercises. They also have the potential to re-

duce anxiety and depression, and help people develop healthy lifestyles.

One of the anonymous testimonials on the Fit & Strong website asserts, “It has really helped my arthritis and I have less pain. I feel like getting up and doing something. I like doing housework and view it now as a form of exercise.”

The program was developed by the Center for Research on Health and Aging, a national organization that focuses on ways for older adults to maintain their health and examines how the healthcare system can address the health needs of older adults.

The award-winning program was founded in Illinois and has been established in nine other states across the country: Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, Texas, and now Arizona.

Each Fit & Strong class includes 60 minutes of exercise, followed by a

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Participants in Fit & Strong classes report improvement in their ability to exercise. (Photos courtesy of the Fit & Strong Program)

30-minute group discussion on a variety of health topics.

“It is different from other exercise programs because it also includes a halfhour during which you will discuss your goals for exercise and managing your arthritis,” Yabes says. “This part of the program is very important because it provides information on how to exercise safely and how to manage other aspects of osteoarthritis.”

In 2006, the program received an honorable mention from the Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. According to the Fit & Strong website, the award “recognizes best practice models that have effectively linked academic theory with applied practice in the field of Public Health and Aging.” In 2008, Fit & Strong won the Healthcare and Aging Award,

with the review committee declaring that the field and practice of healthcare and health promotion is advanced by sharing Fit & Strong with others in the field.

“The program has added another level to our exercise programming at the Senior Center,” a Fit & Strong instructor wrote on the company’s website. “We are blessed to be able to implement an evidence-based program such as Fit & Strong that has proven to improve the quality of life.”

Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:45 to 10:15 a.m. at the Buckeye Community Center, 201 E. Centre Avenue in Buckeye. For more information, call 623-349-6600 or visit buckeyeaz.gov/parks-recreation/seniorprograms.

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Albert Vargas stays sly at 102 years old

BY BRENT RUFFNER For a guy who recently turned 102 years, Albert Vargas gets around.

Most mornings, the Mesa centenarian drives himself to his neighborhood McDonald’s at Southern Avenue and Greenfield Road to meet friends for a small cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito topped with heaps of hot sauce.

Recently, he returned from a cruise to the South Pacific.

And well into his 80s, Vargas tooled his Honda Twinstar motorcycle down “every dirt road in Arizona.”

Once, years into his retirement, he stayed overnight in Nevada after a motorcycle ride with a friend because they “lost track of time” during the trip and didn’t want to drive in the middle of the night.

When he’s not driving around, Vargas, who lives by himself, likes to play pinochle and bridge twice a week.

The quick-witted, humble man individually thanked each of about 35 friends who came to his birthday celebration May 4 at

his favorite McDonald’s. The group took over a third of the restaurant to celebrate the birthday of the former California tugboat skipper, who once traveled 2,225 nautical miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu in the 1934 Transpacific Yacht Race.

His 30-foot Sparkman and Stephens sailboat successfully made it without a hitch. “I was just out of high school and away I went,” says Vargas, who calls it one of the highlights of his long life.

Retired for more than three decades, Vargas worked as a tugboat skipper at Crowley Maritime Services, a transportation and logistics company that offers services from vessel management to emergency response.

He guided a tugboat for about 15 years and has been on the water most of his life in one form or another. He says he had to remember San Francisco’s “rough and terrific currents” before the days of global positioning systems.

He also had a good handle on navigating his vessel through all the Pacific Islands. “I’ve been to every island in the Pacific,” Vargas says. “I liked Fiji the best – for

Albert Vargas lives by himself, plays cards twice a week and competes in square-dancing competitions.

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the Bloody Marys.”

Vargas retired to Mesa because he grew to like Arizona from countless trips to the state with friends for square-dancing competitions. He has 50 years of square-dancing experience under his belt. But Vargas hasn’t slowed down.

He also owns a computer and a cell phone. “I keep very active,” Vargas says.

“Activity keeps the mind working. It’s so important as you get along in years.”

His friends seem to greatly appreciate his company. Several people who attend-

ed his party called him a ”true gentleman” as they wished him a happy birthday.

Vargas’ neighbor, Richard Stauder, says he gives Vargas a wakeup call every morning at 6:45 because the centenarian’s alarm clock isn’t loud enough to rouse him.

“I want you to be the master of ceremonies at our 50th wedding anniversary,” Stauder told Vargas, quickly adding, “In five years.”

Another friend, Rocky Emma of Mesa, 101, used a bullhorn to address Vargas. “How long have I known you?” Emma asked. “You don’t know? Either do I. But I’ve been trying to catch up with you ever since I met you.”

Vargas also gets the royal treatment from his other favorite establishments.

Gwen Shippy, who works at the Red Mountain Cafe in Mesa, knows Vargas from his regular visits to her restaurant. He often orders the minestrone. Shippy brought her customer a crown to wear during his party.

As the group sang “Happy Birthday,” the 102-year-old raised both arms in excitement in an area decorated with a banner and several balloons.

Vargas says he enjoys meeting people of different backgrounds and will share a story with anyone who asks.

“You ever been to up to Young, Arizona?”

Vargas asks. “Oh, man, you ain’t lived till you’ve been there. Take that dirt road up to Young. It’s a beautiful drive. They have the biggest hamburgers there.”

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Scottsdale woman writes about finding lifelong love at the Playboy Club

BY KENNETH LAFAVE

Photos courtesy of Barbara Walters

She was Bunny Bobbie for five years, and Mrs. Jules Rufoff for 30. But when she wanted to tell her story to the world, Barbara “Bobbie” Walters knew those five years would get peoples’ attention.

Walters’ memoir, Ageless (available at amazon.com), traces the history of a remarkable marriage back to her days as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in New York City during the halcyon era of the 1970s.

Despite the sexy hook, it’s more a book about love than it is about serving cocktails in skimpy outfits. But while true love lasts, it’s sex that sells. And the Playboy Club was all about sex.

“You had to serve drinks backwards in five-inch heels,” Walters recalls of her duties as a Playboy Bunny. “It was called the Bunny Dip.” It was demanding work that put her on the front lines of the sexual revolution.

But she loved being a cultural icon. “The Playboy Club was magical, a life unto itself,” Walters recalls. “When you walked into the club, you left yourself outside and became a Bunny. You were on display and everyone was there to see you. It was your show. I was on Cloud Nine.”

Barbara Walters and Jules Rufoff in 1973.

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For a year at New York’s sixstory Playboy Club, and for four years at the Miami location, Walters lived the dream of being the center of attention every time she walked onto the floor. Her very first night prepared her for the roller coaster to come: “The first time I went onto the floor, the girl training me didn’t show up. I didn’t care. I thought, ‘I’ll do it on my own.’

I was a gutsy kid,” says Walters, who was born Barbara Barbella. “I went to the floor going through the protocol in my head – ‘Good evening, I’m “Bunny Bobbie” during the 1970s. your bunny, Bobbie.’ I was set.”

Walters approached her first table and began to speak. “I from Sammy Davis Jr. to Elton John. didn’t get anything further From among the thousands of customthan, ‘Good evening, I’m your bun….”

She stopped as she stared at the cus- ers she waited on over the years, it was tomer in front of her. “You’re Johnny Car- not a celebrity, but a quiet older gentleman who made the ultimate difference in son!” she said.

He was. And the shock didn’t stop her life. “One night, Jules came in to the there. As Walters concluded her service to club with his wife. He was an older, marCarson’s table, the ried man but something about the way famed host of The we looked at each other was… well, you Tonight Show said could call it love at first sight. I’ve always to her, “Say, my been attracted to older men, because limo’s downstairs. they know how to treat a woman.”

Thinking there was nothing to be done Why don’t we go for a ride through about a married man, Walters put him Central Park when out of her mind. But he came back alone the next night, and soon the two of them you get off?”

Walters de- were secretly violating the Playboy Club’s clined, and found rule that Bunnies were not allowed to out later that Car- date members.

Two years later, Walters, 25, married son made a habit of hitting on every 65-year-old Jules Rufoff. The marriage new Bunny at the lasted 30 years, until Rufoff ’s death 11 club. Her encoun- years ago at the age of 95.

Walters has since remarried and lives ter with Carson prepared her to in North Scottsdale. At age 70, her Bunny deal with many costume still fits. celebrities over the years, ranging

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Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima.gov/ canoaranch, canoaranch@pima.gov, 724-5220. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters.

Visit the historic buildings and corrals and enjoy the special exhibits of the people of Canoa.

A Salute to America, 3 and 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

War/Tierra/Malo with Felipe Esparza and Paul Rodriguez, 7:30 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $25-$65, casinodelsol.com.

Bats in Flight, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Pima County Pantano River Park, 2500 S. Pantano Pkwy., free, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855.

Discover the fascinating lives of Mexican freetailed bats and watch as hundreds of bats emerge from their daytime roosts under the 22nd Street bridge over the Pantano Wash. Pima County naturalists and volunteers provide information and family-friendly activities.

Jimmy and the Jitterbugs, 6 p.m., Catalina State Park, 11570 N. Oracle Rd., $7 per vehicle, 628-5798, azstateparks.com. The evening concert at the trailhead is free with standard park admission.

Sponsored by the Friends of Catalina State Park.

July 2 Sunday

Hot August Night: A Neil Diamond Tribute, 6 to 9 p.m., Old Tucson, 201 S. Kinney Rd., $45-$55, oldtucson.com.

July 3 Monday

Old Tucson July 4th Celebration, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Old Tucson, 201 S. Kinney Rd., 883-0100, oldtucson. com, $18.95. Old Tucson’s events include a patriotic parade and flag ceremonies. Kids will have plenty to do: Play games for prizes and enjoy festive food. Adults can get in on the action, watching or competing in a pie-eating contest and testing their skills at games. Included with admission: Old Tucson’s signature live musical, stunt and comedy shows, living history presentations and site tours.

Also included are the train, antique cars and vintage carousel.

A Salute to America, 7 p.m. The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., $21.95, 886-9428, thegaslighttheatre.com.

July 4 Tuesday

Old Tucson July 4th Celebration, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Old Tucson, 201 S. Kinney Rd., 883-0100, oldtucson. com, $18.95. Old Tucson’s events include a patriotic parade and flag ceremonies. Kids will have plenty to do: Play games for prizes and enjoy festive food. Adults can get in on the action, watching or competing in a pie-eating contest and testing their skills at games. Included with admission: Old Tucson’s signature live musical, stunt and comedy shows, living history presentations and site tours.

Also included are the train, antique cars and vintage carousel.

July 6 Thursday

Birding Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free with membership, $5 nonmembers, online

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Calendar of Events Calendar...continued from page 12 registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@ pima.gov, 615-7855. Take a guided walk to look for summer birds of the Sonoran Desert such as warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, orioles, and vireos. Loaner binoculars available.

Tucson Cactus & Succulent Society Meeting, 7 to 9 p.m., Sky Islands Public High School, 6000 E. 14th St., free, holcombew@yahoo.com. Agave expert Gregg Starr will discuss where various agaves are found in their habitats. He is the author of Cool Plants for Hot Gardens and Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers.

Martina McBride, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress, $44 to $109, foxtucson.com/presents/.

July 7 Friday

Music for the Soul Dance Party, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $12.50, 5291000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 8 Saturday

Monsoon Nature Hike, 7 to 9 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free for members, $5 nonmembers, online registration required, pima. gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. During a guided nature hike, the group will explore a riparian area along Cienega Creek in search of native fish, toads and other wildlife visible during the monsoon.

Honky Tonk Sweethearts, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

Boney James, 8 p.m., Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment, 1100 W. Pima Mine Rd., Sahuarita, $15$30, 294-7777, ddcaz.com/Sahuarita/entertainment/.

July 9 Sunday

Full Moon Nature Walk, 7 to 9 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free for members, $5 nonmembers, online registration required, pima. gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855.

Run with the Roosters, 5:05 a.m., Old Tucson Studios, 201 Kinney Rd., costs vary, www.everyoneruns.net.

The run includes customized finisher tech shirts, free Mexican breakfast snow cones, cooling slip and slide, and its famous Rooster trophies.

Comedian Nick Swardson, 8 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort’s Conference Center, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $25-$45, casinodelsol.com.

Presto! An Afternoon of Magic, Comedy and Illusions, 3 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 10 Monday

Hot Blues Monday, 6 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $12.50, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

Super Songs of the ’60s, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., $21.95, 886-9428, thegaslighttheatre.com.

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Born Country: A Salute to the Music of Alabama, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima.gov/canoaranch, canoaranch@pima. gov, 724-5220. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters. Visit the historic buildings and corrals and enjoy the special exhibits of the people of Canoa.

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

July 13 Thursday

Birding Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free with membership, $5 nonmember, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 6157855. Take a guided walk to look for summer birds of the Sonoran Desert such as warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, orioles, and vireos. Loaner binoculars available.

Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 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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Bats in Flight, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Pima County Rillito River Park, 4200 N. Campbell Ave., free, pima.gov/ nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. Discover the fascinating lives of Mexican free-tailed bats and watch as hundreds of bats emerge from their daytime roosts under the Campbell Avenue Bridge over the Rillito River. Pima County naturalists and volunteers provide information and family-friendly activities.

July 15 Saturday

Birding Sweetwater Wetlands, 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., Sweetwater Wetlands, 2511 W. Sweetwater Dr., free, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. Roam this urban birding hotspot with a naturalist to look for wetland and desert birds as well as other wildlife.

Craig Morgan, 8 p.m., Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment, 1100 W. Pima Mine Rd., Sahuarita, $15$35, 294-7777, ddcaz.com/Sahuarita/entertainment/.

Peter, Paul & Mary Tribute with MacDougal Street, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima.gov/canoaranch, canoaranch@pima. gov, 724-5220. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters. Visit the historic buildings and corrals and enjoy the special exhibits of the people of Canoa.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, 8 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/ AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $31-$325, casinodelsol.com.

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International Boys & Men’s Choral Festival, 3 p.m., Crowder Hall, 1031 N. Olive Rd., $8-$15, 2966277, boyschorus.org. Boys and men’s choirs as well as individual male singers from around the world perform during the festival. The program features treble choir music, male choir music, and a grand finale of combined choirs.

Tears for Fears, 8 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/ AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $30-$65, casinodelsol.com.

July 21 Friday

The House Is Rockin’ Dance Party with East2West, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $12.50, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 22 Saturday

July 17 Monday

Hot Stuff: Desert Divas 1970s Show, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., $21.95, 8869428, thegaslighttheatre.com.

July 18 Tuesday

Birding Cienega Creek, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free for members, $5 nonmembers, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 6157855. Join Jeff Babson on this guided walk to observe the rich bird life in the diverse habitats of Cienega Creek Natural Preserve as the group searches for hawks, tanagers, warblers, sparrows, and many others.

Journey with Asia, 7 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/ AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $55-$175, casinodelsol.com.

Bugs and Blacklights, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free for children and members, $5 for nonmember adults, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. Celebrate National Moth Week and explore nighttime nature. Pima County naturalists set up a black light to see what moths, beetles and other animals do when they visit. Come and see the remarkable nocturnal insect diversity of the Sonoran Desert. Bring a headlamp or flashlight.

David Blaine Live, 8 p.m. Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress, $49.50-$344, livenation.com. The daring illusionist comes to Tucson to bring his show to the stage.

Neil Diamond Tribute with David Fanning, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 19 Wednesday

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

Binoculars are available for use or bring your own.

Society of Military Widows’ Luncheon and Meeting, noon, Ironwood Club at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2720 S. Craycroft Rd., charge for meal, reservations required, 721-1688.

July 20 Thursday

Birding Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free for members, $5 nonmembers, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 6157855. Take a guided walk to look for summer birds of the Sonoran Desert such as warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, orioles and vireos. Loaner binoculars available.

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July 23 Sunday

I Love the ’90s: The Party Continues, 7 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $37-$375, casinodelsol.com. Lineup includes TLC, Biz Markie, Coolio, C&C Music Factory with Freedom Williams and Snap.

July 24 Monday

Tribute to Neil Diamond, 3 and 7 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., $21.95, 886-9428, thegaslighttheatre.com.

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July 25 Tuesday

Water Walk, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free for members, $5 nonmember fee, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. Take a guided walk to discover how water moves through the landscape, beginning with the park’s namesake spring.

Birding Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, free for members, $5 nonmember fee, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. Join a local birding expert to explore the bountiful birdlife that inhabits the Arizona Uplands of Colossal Cave Mountain Park.

Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima.gov/canoaranch, canoaranch@pima. gov. 724-5220. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters. Visit the historic buildings and corrals and enjoy the special exhibits of the people of Canoa.

July 26 Wednesday

Restoration Tour, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima. gov/canoaranch, canoaranch@pima.gov, 724-5220.

From deteriorating ruins to functional buildings, take a behind-the-scenes tour with architectural preservationist Simon Herbert to examine the processes and materials used in the restoration of the structures at Historic Canoa Ranch. All ages welcome.

Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch, 9 to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free, online registration required, pima.gov/canoaranch, canoaranch@pima. gov, 724-5220. Learn about Col. Juan Bautista de Anza and the group of Spanish colonial settlers who made their first stop at Canoa Ranch, in 1775, as they began an epic 1,200-mile journey from Sonora, New Spain, to colonize the port of what is now San Francisco. A fivemile segment of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail extends through Historic Canoa Ranch.

July 27 Thursday

Birding Agua Caliente Park, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free for members, $5 nonmember fee, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 6157855. Take a guided walk to look for summer birds of the Sonoran Desert such as warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, orioles and vireos. Loaner binoculars available.

Dwight Yoakam with Brandy Clark and King Leg, 8 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort/AVA Amphitheatre, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $25-$175, casinodelsol.com.

July 28 Friday

Bugs and Blacklights, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tucson Mountain Park, Pima County Desert Discovery Center, 7798 W. Gates Pass Rd., free for children and members, $5 for nonmember adults, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 6157855. Celebrate National Moth Week and explore night time nature. Pima County naturalists set up a black light to see what moths, beetles, and other animals pay us a visit. Come and see the remarkable nocturnal insect diversity of the Sonoran Desert.

Bring a headlamp or flashlight.

Music for the Soul Dance Party with George Howard Motown, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $12.50, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 29 Saturday

Monsoon Mysteries, 2 to 3 p.m., Himmel Park Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave., free, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@ pima.gov, 615-7855. Explore the interesting events that occur during the monsoon, including weather and how plants and animals respond to this muchanticipated time of year. Speakers will also discuss the outlook for this year’s monsoon.

Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN, 4 p.m., Casino del Sol Resort’s Conference Center, 5655 W. Valencia Rd., $40-$120, casinodelsol.com.

Desert Night Shift, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Feliz Paseos Park, 1600 N. Camino de Oeste, free for children and adults with memberships, $5 for nonmember adults, online registration required, pima.gov/nrpr, eeducation@pima.gov, 615-7855. While most people are tucked in bed, the desert comes alive! Join Pima County naturalists on an easy hike to discover “who” is out and about in the desert at night. Learn why many animals, and even some plants, are nocturnal and how they manage life in the dark. Bring a headlamp or flashlight.

An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole with Joe Bourne, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, $25, 529-1000, gaslightmusichall.com.

July 31 Monday

Arman Dirtadian in Concert, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., $21.95, 886-9428, thegaslighttheatre.com.

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The music never ends for Broadway actress Susan Watson

BY NICK THOMAS Best known for her roles in musical theater, Tony-nominated actress and singer Susan Watson released a collection of 14 Broadway and jazz standards on her CD The Music Never Ends last fall.

“Some of these tracks I had sung earlier in my career, and others I had always heard and loved and just wanted to get them recorded,” Watson says from her home in Sherman Oaks, California.

As an added bonus, says Watson, six of the songwriters on the CD were women well into their 60s, 70s, and 80s.

“America remains a unique bastion of innovation and opportunity,” she says. “I’m 78 years old and am still having a lovely

time in show business and in life.”

Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by a father who played the piano and a mother who danced, young Susan performed in high school plays before heading to New York to major in singing and dancing at the Juilliard School. When the opportunity arose to move to London for a production of West Side Story, she grabbed it.

“I snuck away from classes one afternoon for auditions. By the time I got back to my apartment, I was offered a part.”

While her role was only the understudy for the leading lady, the experience was invaluable. Director/choreographer Gower Champion offered her the role of Kim

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MacAfee in the Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie, which opened in 1960.

When casting calls were made for the 1963 movie version, Watson traveled to L.A. for an audition. “I lost out to Ann-Margret, but that’s the way it goes,” she says. “I stayed in Hollywood for a while and appeared on TV shows like Dobie Gillis.”

She also had a chance to work with a larger-than-life Hollywood star.

“I did a sitcom pilot for a show called Maggie Brown with Ethel Merman, and I was to play her daughter. Ethel was a takecharge person, I can tell you, and didn’t need any instruction from the director.

She staged the opening song, ‘Mutual Admiration Society,’ that we sang together, and knowing I was a dancer suggested I should do a few kicks during the routine.

We were both disappointed when the show wasn’t picked up.”

Watson went on to appear in over half a dozen more Broadway shows, numerous off-Broadway plays, as well as in summer stock and other popular productions across the country.

Back on Broadway in the early ‘70s, Watson played Nanette in No, No, Nanette, which featured 1930s film star Ruby Keeler, returning to the stage in her 60s, after retiring from acting in the 1940s.

“She was a great hoofer, and we revered her,” Watson recalls. “She was very famous and sometimes you don’t feel comfortable trying to get close to someone like that, but she was always a dear to us.”

Watson is especially proud of her recent CD not only because it contains classic songs from legends such as Stephen Sondheim, the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin, but because it features works by veteran women songwriters including Phyllis Molinary, Gretchen Cryer, Michele Brourman, Amanda McBroom and Marilyn Bergman.

“These women have had long, successful careers,” Watson says. “I hope that in the CD’s production and content, it symbolizes that active, empowered, senior women are a resource that America can be proud of.”

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so we can play something.’ I know the album’s not due to be released until October, but it would be nice, in my opinion – and I’ve expressed my opinion on Twitter – if we played at least one song off the new album and release it to the public in some form so they don’t just have it on their phones.”

According to their spokeswoman, the tour will feature the hits.

Orzabal says he has played the album, whose title cannot yet be revealed, for a few people in the industry in England.

They described the release as “clubby.”

“Do you know what that means? Most of it is very danceable,” he says. “Most of it is uptempo. There are a few emotional songs, but most of all, they have crazy electronics. It’s very modern.

“I was quite surprised myself during the playback. I thought, ‘I think we may have accidentally made a great record.’”

Tears for Fears has been working on the album, its first in 13 years, for five years.

Last year, the band had to delay its work when Orzabal’s wife was treated for an undisclosed illness.

“That held everything up,” he says.

“So we had to cancel a tour. We stopped working on the record, and we started again at the end of last year.”

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Now that the project is “in the can,” Orzabal is focusing on the tour, which features songs like “Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Sowing the Seeds of Love,” “Mad World” and, in some cities, a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.”

“I count myself very lucky that our songs have resonated and held on,” Orzabal says. “I’m also very lucky that artists have chosen to reinvent the songs as well. It makes it more interesting for me, I must say. I feel very privileged in many ways.”

To keep current, Orzabal relies on the musical tastes of his 22-year-old son, who introduced him to Metronomy, Frank Ocean and “countless others” “I do listen to an awful lot of new stuff, but vicariously,” he says. “That’s how I keep it fresh.”

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Tears for Fears cofounder Roland Orzabal is thinking about his future.

Now middle-aged, the musician behind “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” wants to be sure that 2017 is a year to remember.

“I’m 55 and I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep doing this,” says Orzabal, who is joined in Tears for Fears by Curt Smith. “So I just want to make sure this year is a good year.”

Part of 2017 will be spent co-headlining a tour with Hall & Oates, a jaunt that comes to Gila River Arena in Glendale on Monday, July 17. The band travels south to headline Casino del Sol on Thursday, July 20. The run includes many days off in between gigs, something Orzabal isn’t used to.

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“I couldn’t believe it when our manager called us and told us about the days off,” he says with a laugh. “We’re used to zigzagging across America, creating this whole circle and ending up in the same place we were a week ago. Fingers crossed, in such words, it should be a walk in the park.”

Tears for Fears is slated to release its seventh full-length album in the fall on Warner Bros. Records. Orzabal calls it a “top-secret project,” one that collaborators like English pop band Bastille haven’t even heard. He’s not sure fans will experience the songs on tour, either.

“This is in discussion,” he says. “The first thing I said was, ‘For god’s sake, guys, we have to put out something (an album)

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BY KENNETH LAFAVE July is the month of revolution. America proclaimed its independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, while the French stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison, on July 14, 1789. It’s also “revolutionary” in the sense that in July, the year reaches its halfway point between the old year and the coming one.

This mid-point arrives midway through the 182nd day of the year – at noon, July 2.

The month is named after Julius Caesar, who was himself the victim of an attempted revolution when Brutus, Cassius, and some other close buds stabbed him to death outside the forum.

July dates in history include July 11, 1804, when Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton was at length vindicated

by having a musical written about him. Some July births: baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, July 7, 1906; Dutch master painter Rembrandt van Rijn, July 15, 1606; author Ernest Hemingway, July 21, 1899; Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, July 26, 1856; and automobile magnate Henry Ford, July 30, 1863.

July is National Ice Cream Month, a great excuse to try one new flavor every day for 31 days, as well as National Hot Dog Month, an opportunity to redirect your burger habit.

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Travel

Three musical pilgrimages:

Mozart, Grieg & Hendrix

BY ED BOITANO

The Jimi Hendrix exhibition at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (Photo by Brady Harvey/Museum of Pop Culture)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (Photo courtesy of Austrian Tourist Office)

Mozart – Geburtshaus; Salzburg, Austria

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) could read and compose music, plus play the violin and keyboard, when he was 5 years old. Born into a musical family in Salzburg, Austria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire), he had a unique ability for imitating music, which first became evident when he recited a musical piece by simply observing his father conducting a lesson to his older sister. This led to a childhood on the road, where the young prodigy performed

before many of the royal courts of Europe.

At 17, no longer a child prodigy, he returned to Salzburg and accepted a post as a court musician, but was frustrated with the poor salary and stifling opportunities. His early travels and uncanny memory, though, had provided him with a plethora of musical styles and experiences, which he used to create his own compositional language.

He eventually settled in Vienna, where he achieved fame, and is now considered one of music’s most influential and prolific composers. Mozart was never happy with his career in Salzburg, as he experienced little fame; however, the city today is a mecca for all things Amadeus. An essential stop is a visit to Mozart’s Geburtshaus (birthplace). This is the house his parents lived in for 26 years and where young Mozart was educated. Now a three-story museum, it is filled with original instruments – Mozart’s childhood violin, concert violin, clavichord and pianoforte – portraits, family letters and furniture, including Mozart’s cradle. I strongly recommend a private tour; guides are walking encyclopedias about his life.

I asked mine, Why were Mozart’s famous eyes so bulging? The answer: He didn’t eat his vegetables!

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Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). (Special to LLAF)

dreamed of retreats to his beloved Norwegian countryside – a pattern that continued after he became a world-renowned composer. Grieg and his wife built a home on Lake Nordås, on the edge of Bergen, which he called his best opus so far. Christened Troldhaugen, the Victorian villa featured a tower, flagpole and rooftop vegetable garden. It soon became a centerpiece for Bergen’s artistic community and visiting dignitaries. Grieg loved the attention, but he needed quiet to work and built a composer’s hut by the lake. Grieg died in 1907 of chronic exhaustion. But today his legacy lives on at Troldhaugen, a living museum consisting of the Edvard Grieg Museum, the villa, the composer’s hut, concert hall and Grieg’s tomb. For me, the high point of my visit to Troldhaugen was a recital at the concert hall, which is discreetly built right into the grounds, complete with sod roof. The floor-to-ceiling windows behind the stage overlook the composer’s hut where Grieg worked, superstitiously sitting on a stack

of sheet music by Beethoven so he could reach the piano. At the end of each day, he would leave a note: “If anyone should break in here, please leave the musical scores, since they have no value to anyone except Edvard Grieg.”

Jimi Hendrix – Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle (formerly EMP)

To this native Seattleite, the Emerald City’s most famous export is James Marshall Hendrix. Born in 1942, Hendrix had an unremarkable life in Seattle. A second cousin of mine discovered from an attendance record – nine years after the fact – that “Jimmy” actually had been one of his students at Garfield High School. Hendrix later dropped out of school and joined the Army, never looking back. A self-taught musician, the left-handed Hendrix played a restrung right-handed guitar upside down, creating a completely original sound. Discovered in New York by the Animals’ original bassist, Chas Chandler, Hendrix was relocated to London, where his name was changed, the Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed and his career blossomed. Once asked if he was from Seattle, Hendrix replied, “A thousand years ago.” Nonetheless, he was one of us, and it seemed fitting when Paul Allen created a museum for Hendrix at the Seattle Center almost 30 years after his death at 27. Famed architect Frank O. Gehry was commissioned to build the museum, which must be seen to be believed. Coined the Experience Music Project, the venue showcases the world’s largest collection of rare artifacts, handwritten lyrics, personal instruments and original photographs celebrating the music and history of Jimi Hendrix. I found the exhibit devoted to the early Northwest sound particularly riveting – local legends like the Wailers and Sonics would ravage the crowd at Tacoma’s iconic Spanish Castle Ballroom.

The then-unknown Hendrix would occasionally sit in (sometimes playing outside on the sidewalk) and later immortalized the club in his song “Spanish Castle Magic.”

For more information, visit mozarteum. at/en/museums/mozarts-birthplace.html, griegmuseum.no/en, and nopop.org.

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THE EVERGREEN LODGE – From its humble start in the early 1920’s, the Evergreen has matured into what Frommer’s calls “The classic Yosemite experience,” where you can escape to your very own comfy cabin in the woods.

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CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA — Nestled among towering pines and the shimmering sea on California’s Central Coast, Cambria is a picturesque village that unfolds along scenic Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Free of chain stores and brimming with charm, Cambria invites you to exit the beaten path and explore one of California’s truly unique destinations. Just six miles south of the famous historic landmark Hearst Castle, enjoy art galleries, antiques, unique shops, gourmet food and the rugged beauty of the Pacific Ocean. 805927-3624 or www.cambriachamber.org

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central plaza, tavern and various recreation areas. Everything here is thoughtfully maintained to provide a sense of connection to nature, wilderness, and history, while still affording you many modern creature comforts and respecting the surrounding natural resources. (209) 379-2606 orimage001.gifimage002. gifimage003.gifimage001.gifimage001.gif www.evergreenlodge.com GLORIETTA BAY INN – Nestled just one block from the beach in Coronado, California, the Glorietta Bay Inn combines old-world charm with modern amenities. The eleven-room historic mansion features 89 contemporary inn rooms and suites. Amenities include complimentary expanded continental breakfast, heated swimming pool and spa, flat screen TV, refrigerators, microwaves, complimentary WI-FI, plus afternoon refreshments and more. The Glorietta Bay Inn is just a short stroll to famous Hotel Del Coronado. Check out our August specials or call us at (800) 283-9383 or http://www.gloriettabayinn.com/internet-specials OAKDALE TOURISM & VISITORS BUREAU - FIND YOUR COUNTRY Whether you’re just passing through or are looking for a laid-back getaway to kick up your boots, you might try rustic Oakdale on for size. We’re the Cowboy Capital of the World, chock-full of farmland, fresh and artisan foods, hiking trails and handmade crafts. And, of course, top-of-the-line cowboy hats, horse riding lessons, and the Annual Western Festival (first weekend of October.) It doesn’t matter if you’re from the big city or a small town--Oakdale’s got something that folks from all around can enjoy. Now is the time to FIND YOUR COUNTRY! (209) 345-9264 or www.VisitOakdale.com

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PISMO COAST VILLAGE RV RESORT — Located right on the beach, this beautifully landscaped RV resort features 400 full hookup sites, each with complimentary Wi-Fi and cable TV, on 26 grassy, tree-lined acres. Enjoy general Store, children’s arcade, restaurant, Laundromat, heated pool, bicycle rentals and miniature golf course. The resort offers the ideal location for wineries, golf or Hearst Castle.

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THE VILLA CAPRI BY THE SEA is an intimate, charming boutique hotel with on site concierge management in the tradition of fine small European hotels. Nestled in Coronado, this historic

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RUSH CREEK LODGE AT YOSEMITE – Nestled on 20 woodland acres, just ½ mile from the Northwest entrance to Yosemite, this 143 roomlodge features fabulous dining, exciting adventures and easy-going fun.

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UTAH LOGAN, UTAH is a few degrees cooler in so many ways. This beautiful high mountain valley offers unparalleled access to world class performing arts on the edge of the great outdoors. It’s only a 10 minute drive from the downtown theater district to hiking, fishing, or picnicking in the Wasatch Cache National Forest. Explore Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway with its dramatic limestone cliffs and wildflowers. Our valley is famous for outdoor adventures, hands-on living history experiences, and fine arts. Just 90minutes north of Salt Lake City.

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ALASKA CORDOVA — Intentionally off the beaten path. Cordova, Alaska is an authentic commercial fishing town nestled in the heart of a spectacular wilderness, shaped by its dramatic natural setting, rich cultural heritage and colorful residents. In 2017, let Cordova become your base of operations for an unforgettable Alaskan adventure. Go hiking, fishing, birding, boating, kayaking, or travel to other parts of the state. (907) 424-7260 or www.cordovachamber.com

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COLORADO TRAILS RANCH — What you need is a week unwinding and exploring the wonders of our first class guest ranch. Colorado Trails Ranch is not far from Durango, in Southwest Colorado. Set in the spectacular panoramas of the San Juan Mountains, our dude ranch resort offers lifetime experiences for singles, groups and entire families. There isn’t one difficult activity in our perfectly personalized programs. The food is delicious, the comfort is wonderful and you’ll feel like a well cared member of the family. (800) 323-3833 or www.ColoradoTrails.com

HUNEWILL GUEST RANCH is located just northeast of Yosemite National Park in the beautiful Bridgeport Valley in California. Family owned and operated since 1861. Great horseback riding, gorgeous hiking trails, stream & lake fishing, evening activities, child friendly. Working cattle ranch. Relax while the amazing kitchen crew and friendly maid staff take care of the cooking and cleaning. Rates include Experience California’s Most Authentic meals, lodging, horseback riding, & all WESTERN RANCH VACATION activities. Suited to families, singles, Horseback Riding for all Levels More than 100 Well-trained Horses • Cozy Cabins & couples. Enjoy an exciting, friendly, Home Cooking • Cattle Work • Fly Fishing Children’s Riding Program fun vacation with home style meals, PO Box 368, Bridgeport, CA 93517 wide open space, great riding. Make 760-932-7710 lasting friendships. (760) 932-7710 www.HunewillRanch.com or www.hunewillranch.com

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The spirit of Norway A trip to the top of the world

The sun still brightens the sky during a midnight ride into one of Norway’s famous fjords, Trollfjord.

STORY BY ANDREA GROSS

PHOTOS BY IRV GREEN

Alesund, a small city along the coast, is filled with Art Nouveau buildings.

I stay up all night to babysit the sun. At midnight, its glow is faint, but the sky is still bright enough that I can read a newspaper without a flashlight and see the shore without squinting. By 2 a.m., the darkest part of the night has passed, and the light of the sky matches the white of the snow-covered mountains. The day that never ended has become the morning that has just begun.

I’m traveling up the coast of Norway on a mid-size cruise ship, the MS Polarlys, and early this morning, as we cruised past a stylized globe atop a small isle of rock, we officially entered the Arctic Circle. I am now in a place where winter days are cloaked with a polar night in which the sun never rises above the horizon, and summer nights glow with a midnight sun during which the

sun never drops below it. In other words, I’m headed to the top of the world.

To call the MS Polarlys – one of the recently refurbished ships owned by Hurtigruten Cruise Line – a cruise ship is to miss the point. It’s a lovely vessel, awash with sleek, handsome wood that has a distinctly Nordic sensibility, and it spoils its cruise passengers (at least those who like fish fresh from the sea and locally grown vegetables) with insanely good meals. But its real mission is to deliver goods ranging from food to furniture to remote villages, at the same time helping residents travel to other coastal towns. (Think FedEx blended with Greyhound Bus.) Although the company was founded in 1893, cruise passengers weren’t welcomed aboard until the 1980s, when the company saw tourism as a way to make full use of its ships.

Between never-ending hours of daylight and the slow speed of the ship – Hurtigruten ships can be outpaced by an average dog or reasonably fit cyclist The Sami people explain their culture to cruise passengers. – we have plenty of time to ogle the

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codfish and ochre was produced from iron oxide found in the soil.

On a typical seven-day cruise, a Hurtigruten vessel visits 34 ports, most for only a few minutes, but several for three or four hours. We disembark on the longer stops and, on occasion, treat ourselves to a shipsponsored excursion.

Thus we hear a concert of Nordic music, visit a cathedral honoring Viking king Olav Tryggvason and ride in a rubber boat to the edge of the world’s most powerful whirlpool.

But mostly we explore the villages on our own, engaging people in conversation and absorbing the rhythms of their life. In Skarsvåg, a gathering of 40 people that may well be one of the smallest communities north of the Arctic Circle, economic conditions caused fish-processing plants to close and young people to search for jobs in larger towns. As the town dwindled to one-third its former size, the women began knitting thick scarves and socks they hoped to sell to tourists if they could entice some to come their way. It will take a lot of scarves to save the village, but when you live in what they dubbed the “world’s northernmost fishing village,” resilience is bred in the bones — or, pardon the pun, knit into the fabric of your existence.

As we leave Skarsvåg clutching our bag of warm mittens, we see our first reindeer.

There are 100,000 reindeer in Norway – some roam free but most belong to the Sami, indigenous people who have traditionally worked as reindeer herders. We spend more than an hour with the Utsi family, who tell us about Sami traditions and offer us a cup of homemade reindeer broth.

On our way back to the ship, we see North Cape, the northernmost outpost in Europe. This obviously deserves a toast.

That night, with the sun still high in the sky, we go to the Panorama Lounge and, with our fellow passengers, cheer the fact that we’ve truly reached the top of the world. Skål!

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scenery. On our first night after entering the Arctic Circle, our captain takes us for a midnight ride into Trollfjord, a channel of water so narrow it’s off limits to larger ships. I forget to be tired as I gaze at the snow-capped cliffs towering above us, outlined by the dusky light of the midnight sun.

As we relax in the ship’s Panorama Lounge, we become hypnotized by the passing scenes of small villages.

Some are perched on rocky outcroppings, others are tucked into the hills and all are dotted with small houses, most of which are painted in tones of red and gold. The traditional colors date back to the time when red was made from the blood and oil of Folks in “The World’s Northernmost Fishing Village” want to attract tourists.

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Four Days In

Portland, Oregon

Twelve bridges span the Willamette River in Portland.

STORY & PHOTOS BY NIKI D’ANDREA Located on the Columbia and Willamette rivers with views of stratovolcano Mount Hood, Portland is the largest city in Oregon and home to growing cultural and culinary scenes. Nicknamed “PDX,” “Rose City,” and “Stumptown,” among other things, this is a city of plenty: Twelve bridges span the Willamette River, which flows north through downtown; according to oregoncraftbeer. org, there are 84 breweries in the Portland metro area; and quora.com lists more than 3,500 restaurants in the city. There’s enough to do to fill a few weeks, but if you’ve only got a few days, we have a distilled itinerary for you.

hops capital of the world, so perhaps it was inevitable Portland would have a booming craft beer scene. One way to discover a few of them – and see more of the city and hear a bit about its history – is with Pedal Bike Tours (pedalbiketours.com). Located across the street from Pine Street Market, Pedal Bike Tours provides bicycles, helmets and a threehour tour of microbreweries, which ends up at McMenamins Ringlers Pub, where you can try a ruby red grapefruit beer the tour guide says was the first fruit beer allowed in the U.S. If craft beer isn’t your thing, Pedal Bike Tours also gives three-hour history tours of the downtown area, a food cart crawl of three culinary “pods” containing around 50 food carts and even a “Portland Pot Tour”

Day 1: Explore downtown on foot and bike Downtown Portland is packed with places to get great food and drink, browse and buy one-of-a-kind items and catch cultural displays and performances. It’s compact and easy to navigate on foot and bike (augmented with a good public transportation system). One thing the compact core is not overflowing with is free places to park, making strolling and/or pedaling it even more appealing.

A good starting point is Pine Street Market (pinestreetpdx.com), a massive, multistall locavore food hall in the old Carriage & Baggage Building (constructed in 1886).

Nine vendors share the 10,000-square-foot space, including Kim Jong Smokehouse (Korean-style street food), James Beard Awardwinning baker Ken Folkish’s Trifecta Annex, and Wizbangbar, the new soft-serve dessert station by Salt & Straw (it’s all good, but the lemon and rhubarb-honey iterations are mind-blowing).

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that explores the new retail industry of recreational marijuana in the state.

Another offbeat adventure is the Beyond Bizarre Tour (portlandwalk ingtours.com), a pedestrian stroll through the streets of downtown, and even under some of them, to hear about Portland’s haunting history of police corruption, racism and drug smuggling, including anecdotes about the infamous “Shanghai Tunnels” that once ran underneath the city. The tunnels were walled off in the 1980s, but the remains are still visible in the basements of some buildings, including the subterranean space beneath the old Merchant Hotel building, where the tour begins and ends. One notable stop on the tour is the famous Voodoo Doughnut (voodoodoughnut.com), where the lines winding around the block are almost as notorious as the fun flavors and moxie-filled monikers (the “Old Dirty Bastard,” with Oreo cookies, peanut butter and chocolate frosting; the “Gay Bar,” filled with Bavarian crème and topped with Froot Loops organized in the colors of the rainbow). The best part about visiting Voodoo Doughnut as part of the Beyond Bizarre Tour? No waiting in line.

Day 2: Get out of town and chase waterfalls

Located less than a 40-minute drive from downtown Portland, majestic Multnomah Falls (oregon.com/attractions/multnomah_ falls) cascades 611 feet down forested mountains. The roaring sound and cooling mists are ubiquitous, and hikers who make the steep one-mile trek on the paved trail to the top are rewarded with verdant, vertiginous views of the Oregon wilderness.

This is scenic Columbia River Gorge country, and there are a handful of hot spots worth stopping at on the road trip to or from Multonomah Falls. They include Wahkeena Falls, a 242-foot waterfall meandering over moss-covered rocks; Rooster Rock State Park, with its namesake basalt obelisk; Lewis & Clark State Park, a water sport- and hiking trail-filled homage to the pioneering Pacific Northwest explorers; and Blue Lake State Park, a 64-acre body of water fed by underground springs.

Day 3: Go for the gardens and galleries

The Benson Footbridge at Multnomah Falls.

Urban Portland has many parks and places for people to relax in nature. One of the most popular is the Portland Japanese Garden (japanesegarden.org), which blooms across 12 acres with eight separate gardens encompassing a variety of styles (Japanese tea house also included). This lush location’s tranquil streams, paved pathways

The Voodoo Doll doughnut is filled with raspberry jelly.

and views of Mt. Hood make it a meditative treasure.

Once you’ve seen nature’s works of art, get an eyeful of creations by Portland-based and international artists at a few of the many galleries around the city. Visiting them all would take way more than a day, but if you’re staying in the Downtown Art Gallery District, must-peruses include contemporary Augen Gallery (augengallery.com), which will have prints and ceramics by Pablo Picasso on exhibit throughout July; the Mark Woolley Gallery (markwoolley.com); and Shaffer Fine Art Gallery (shafferfineart.com).

Conclude your creative sojourn at Portland Museum of Art (portlandmuseum. org), which hosts “Artist’s Choice” (photographs from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection) through July 23 and “A New American Sculpture” show featuring the works of Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman and Zorach through September 8.

Day 4: Shop

There’s no shortage of shops in Portland, but the best one-stop shop (and the best people watching) happens at Portland Saturday Market (portlandsaturdaymarket.com), held every Saturday and Sunday from March through Christmas. In addition to hosting hundreds of vendor stalls selling everything from local lavender and tie-dyed T-shirts to handmade jewelry and pet products, the market has a hoard of live entertainment, from marimba duos and didgeridoo players to old ragtime jams and smooth jazz.

Another retail icon of Portland, Powell’s City of Books (powells.com), is like The Louvre of literature – three floors full of books, organized by genre (and there’s probably not a genre you can think of that’s not amply represented here). Poke your head in the Rare Book Room to peep such precious tomes as a two-volume first edition of the Journals of Lewis and Clark, the most expensive book in Powell’s collection, which can be yours for a mere $350,000.

Before heading home, be sure to hit up any outlet of Made in Oregon (madeinoregon.com) for fine local chocolates, Oregon wines and, of course, Tillamook cheeses.

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Dining

What’s Cooking?

Grilled salmon with garlic lime butter

BY JAN D’ATRI

Summery salads make great starters or meals on their own. (Photo by Kris Mocny)

Fired Pie offers cool treats for summer

BY NIKI D’ANDREA

you can have it totally your way. Or you can try one of the restaurants’ creations, like the summery “Valley Field Greens” bowl of field greens, gorgonzola cheese, grilled chicken, red grapes, apples, cranberry raisins and candied walnuts, topped with a tart raspberry vinaigrette dressing.

When it comes to Fired Pie’s pizzas, you can go completely custom and choose everything from your crust and sauce (there’s a gluten-free crust option, and choice of seven sauces) to cheese (seven types, including a vegan “cheese”) and toppings (everything you’d expect and then some, like tortilla strips and Granny Smith apples).

But the restaurant’s menu of pizzas doesn’t disappoint, with half a dozen iterations including traditional margherita, Hawaiian barbecue, and veggie with plump olives, chunky tomato slices, mushrooms, green bell peppers and red onions (we added fresh basil to ours). Pizzas are cooked to thin, blistery-crust perfection and the ingredients stick to the cheese while the cheese adheres to the sauce with integrity – in other words, half your slice of pizza isn’t going to slide off the crust on its way to your mouth.

It’s all very filling and easy to finish off, but don’t forget to save room for dessert. The Pookie is why we’re here, after all.

Fired Pie is located at 350 E. Congress Street and 2645 E. Speedway Boulevard.

Visit firedpie.com for Fired Pie’s pizza, salad and beer make a fine flavor trinity. (Photo by Kris Mocny) more information.

Let’s buck tradition and start with dessert, because that’s really why we go to Fired Pie on a summer day.

There is one item on Fired Pie’s dessert menu – The Fired Pookie, a chocolate chip cookie topped with vanilla bean ice cream.

This doughy delight is perfectly chewy in the center, and with a crisp and crunchy ring around the outside of the cookie. (It’s also available with a macadamia nut dough.)

The vanilla bean ice cream is smooth and slightly buttery, and makes a magnificently melty topper. Though it may be hot outside and the Pookie’s warm, the ice cream keeps it chilly.

When it comes to cool drinks, beer is always refreshing when the mercury starts to climb, and Fired Pie offers a selection of domestic and craft beers usually including brews like Moose Drool Brown Ale from Big Sky Brewing in Montana and Arizona’s own Four Peaks Kilt Lifter.

Salads make sprightly starters for pizza, and Fired Pie’s build-your-own option means

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I found the dusty well-worn cookbook in an old antique store off the beaten path in Ogden, Iowa. In researching the author, I was thrilled that I had stumbled across a treasure. “The Gold Cook Book,” first published in 1947, was written by Louis P. De Gouy, the chef at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for 30 years. He was also one of the original founders of “Gourmet Magazine” and the author of 16 cookbooks. In “The Gold Cook Book” I found an entire chapter devoted to something you don’t find as a separate section in many cookbooks today: compounded butters.

My favorite line opening the chapter reads, “Compounded (creamed) butters in cookery are the finishing touch to food, be it a soup, fish, meat, sauce or vegetable as is powder and makeup to the face of a beautiful woman.” The chapter

Grilled salmon with garlic lime butter For the salmon – 4 (approx. 6 oz.) 1-inch thick salmon fillets, skin on – 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus – 1 tablespoon unsalted butter – 1 teaspoon lemon pepper – 1 teaspoon sea salt For the compounded garlic lime butter – 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened but firm – 1 clove garlic, minced fine – 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lime juice – 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

covered every compounded butter from anchovy to truffle butter, and I was struck by how simple these compounds are, often mixing together just two or three ingredients into the softened butter.

The great thing about compounded butters is that they can be made ahead, stored in a closed jar and refrigerated indefinitely for use. I chose a recipe for garlic butter. I love the idea of pairing it with a simple salmon fillet. Adding some freshly squeezed lime juice to the compound gave the salmon a bright, flavorful finish. Choose fresh, thick slices of salmon; cook them in a grill pan or skillet with a little salt and lemon pepper, and then drop a dollop of compounded garlic lime butter on top for a perfect light meal in minutes.

Directions: Prepare compounded garlic lime butter by combining 1/2 stick of unsalted butter, minced garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper.

Mix until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to use. Heat a grill pan or skillet to medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter to pan.

When hot, place salmon fillets in skillet, skin side down. Sprinkle fillets with lemon pepper and salt. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes depending on thickness of fillet. Turn fillets over and cook for another 4 to 5 minutes.

When done, place fillets on a plate or platter and spoon 1 teaspoon of compounded garlic lime butter on top of each fillet.

Garnish with lime wedges. Serves 4.

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The Sounds of Summer

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Be proactive about protecting your hearing

Aging Today

BY ARIZONA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF & The Hard of Hearing and Arizona Relay Service

Food for thought

Enjoying a day with friends and family and watching fireworks is priceless, and so is protecting your hearing. A recent study by the Acoustical Society of America states that every time we are exposed to loud noises without ear protection, we may be losing cochlear nerve fibers and increasing our degree of hearing impairment.

From the loud noises of fireworks to the music of an outdoor concert, there are many factors that can affect your hearing ability. And while the majority of problems can be avoided through proper care and prevention, such as using ear plugs, chances are you have been exposed to some levels of dangerous noise. In fact, there are thousands of individuals in Arizona living with hearing loss and they don’t even know it.

Here are some tips to safeguard your hearing over this festive holiday.

How do you protect your hearing and enjoy the fireworks and concerts? Use ear plugs. Carrying a pair of ear plugs to wear around loud noises is a great way to ensure the safety of your hearing. The plugs create a barrier between your ear and the noise, allowing you to enjoy your event at a safe noise level.

Hearing protectors are also a great option. Unlike ear plugs, hearing protectors can be custom-made to fit your ears comfortably. You can see a hearing healthcare professional, such as an audiologist, for more information on these protectors.

Also, sit at a comfortable distance from the display or speakers. The further you can sit from the source of the sound, the better. Or watch the fireworks from inside a home or car. You will be far enough away from the loud noise, and close enough to still enjoy the beautiful display.

Making sure to be proactive and taking precautions to protect your hearing is beneficial. Even though aging is the main contributor to hearing loss, noises such as fireworks, loud cars and music can take a toll over time and lead to accelerated hearing loss.

How do you know if you may be damaging your hearing? While you are out enjoying the fireworks and festivities, if you experience any of the following,

BY BOB ROTH

Managing Partner of Cypress Homecare Solutions

If you can finish this advertising jingle – “When it says Libby’s, Libby’s, Libby’s on the label, label, label. You will….” – you are most likely a Baby Boomer and can remember canned mush posing as vegetables that you could not even get the dog to eat. Who could have ever predicted trendy restaurateurs serving up creative cruciferous fare and proclaiming, “Let them eat kale”?

So while eating trendy vegetables feels kind of cool, have you ever considered eating a mostly plant-based diet? As a dyed in the leather carnivore, I can’t say it is something I have ever considered, but I can’t ignore this compelling information.

Nor could I not share it with you.

There is evidence that heart disease and diabetes can be preventable and even reversible with whole-foods, plantbased diets. Imagine how empowered we can become in a world of uncertainty, especially when it comes to our own health care and disease prevention.

Persuasive data to support this regimen is based on research by Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zone. Buettner set out to find the longest-lived people on Earth and learn the secrets of their lifestyle. He found distinct regions with the highest life expectancy, or with the highest proportions of people who reach age 100.

They are: • Barbagia region of Sardinia, Italy • Ikaria, Greece • Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica • Seventh Day Adventists: Loma Linda, California • Okinawa, Japan Buettner assembled a team of researchers to find common denominators among the regions. Eating a plant-based diet was one of the nine common denominators. People in those regions eat meat, but only as a condiment or for a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper. Overwhelmingly, daily beans and greens is what all the blue zone in-

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habitants ate in a variety of forms.

The whole-food, plant-based program follows two basic rules: • Eat whole foods instead of highly processed foods.

• Eat mostly plant foods (90 or more percent of calories).

If I am giving you food for thought (pun totally intended), you are probably wondering what constitutes a whole-food, plant-based diet. Based on The Whole Foods Diet by John Mackey; Alona Pulde, MD; and Matthew Lederman, MD; to be a skillful eater, there are eight essential food groups you should eat as often as you can and ideally, eat every day. They are: • Whole grains and starchy vegetables: yams, corn, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, quinoa, millet, amaranth, buckwheat • Beans and other legumes: dried or cooked beans, peas, lentils • Berries: every color and kind – cherries and grapes, currants, cranberries • Other fruits: apples, bananas, peaches, citrus, melons, mangoes, papayas, etc.

• Cruciferous vegetables: broccoli, radishes, cabbage, collard greens, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, artichokes • Leafy greens: watercress, Swiss chard, spinach, romaine • Non-starchy vegetables: zucchini, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, etc.

• Nuts and seeds: walnuts, cashews, flaxseeds, chia seeds Avocados and olives are technically fruits. The authors separate them from fruits because if weight loss is a goal, they should be eaten in moderation. Of course, there are many more examples that fall into the essential eight.

This list is just a start. There are no shortages of cookbooks for inspiration when embarking upon a plant-based life-

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it might be time to have your hearing checked:

Ringing or buzzing in the ears that lasts more than a few hours.

Slight muffling of sounds

Difficulty in understanding speech.

You can hear all the words, but you can’t understand them.

Difficulty in hearing conversation

in groups of people when there is background noise.

Make sure to be proactive this summer and take steps to ensure sound hearing for years to come. For any other questions or concerns you may have regarding hearing protection, especially during the Fourth of July, Arizona Relay Service and the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH) have a great deal of helpful information at their disposal.

For more information on the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, visit acdhh.org. For information on Arizona Relay Service, visit azrelay.org.

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Arizona Greenthumb

Lovely lemon tree How to grow citrus indoors

BY GLENDA STRICKBINE The lemon is thought to have migrated to China from Kashmir more than 3,000 years ago. The Dutch, Spaniards and Arabs all planted lemon trees on their trade routes to fend off scurvy. Citrus seeds were brought to the New World in the 1490s and in very short order, orchards were established.

Here in the Valley, we live in citrus heaven. If you want to grow oranges, lemons, grapefruits, etc. in your yard, you absolutely can, with effort and patience. But what if I told you that a citrus fruit tree can be grown indoors, up close and personal? Think giant bonsai. Fruit trees can be grown in containers, which allows you to bring the beauty of a fruit tree into your home. After all, there are dwarf varieties available. Fruit trees are not deciduous and if you’ve always wanted to live in a treehouse, this could be next best thing.

Start by selecting the tree you want to have as a house plant. You can choose a

Sunshine is the lifeblood of citrus, so if you have a window with full sun, that’s perfect.

lemon, lime, orange, tangerine – even a kumquat. There are dwarf trees that have been engineered for growth indoors and this can give you a big advantage when you are starting out; these include Meyer lemons, kaffir limes, calamondin oranges and tangerines. Don’t be tempted to plant a seed from your piece of fruit. It will grow, but that seed could easily take seven years to bloom.

Sunshine is the lifeblood of citrus, so if you have a window with full sun, that’s perfect. A southern exposure will supply this, but don’t be discouraged if you don’t have that available. Simply give the tree as much sun as possible, at least five to six

hours per day.

Choose a large container, 10 to 16 inches in diameter, with drainage holes in the bottom. Drainage is critical, so if you use a regular potting soil, you may want to mix it with some sand to keep the soil from compacting. Commercial fruit tree planting mix is also available. Make a small mound in the center and arrange the roots over the mound.

Cover the roots with soil and Some citrus trees, including lemon trees, come in dwarf varieties you then tamp the soil down can grow indoors. (Special to LLAF) carefully to eliminate air.

Pay close attention to waunder it can also help with humidity. tering and fertilizing your tree. OverwaterYou can now experience the fragrance ing can cause root rot, so knowing when of citrus blossoms in your house. This is to water is important. You can buy an in- a great way to witness the real beauty of expensive three-way garden meter, which a fruit tree and dwarf varieties can yield is invaluable. It gives you moisture, pH some hefty amounts of fruit. The trees content and a light reading all at a glance. more suited to container growing, like Be sure to check the soil’s moisture level Meyer lemons and kaffir limes, will defibefore watering – looks can be deceiving. nitely be the bigger producers.

Since your tree is limited to a container, As your indoor fruit trees grow, you may fertilizing is very necessary. During the decide to transplant them outdoors and plant’s active growing season in late win- start again with a younger tree. However, ter and in June and August, use an acidic you can learn ways to prune and keep fertilizer. The rest of the time, use a fertiliz- your tree a certain size using some bonsai er labeled 20-10-10 at each watering. Your techniques. Then your tree can reward you tree loves misting and a tray of pebbles with its beauty for many years to come.

Legally Speaking

Limit your liability as a rental property owner in Arizona

BY BECKY CHOLEWKA

Estate Planning Attorney

If you have a rental property in Arizona, you may want to be proactive about asset protection. For example, if the gas heater explodes at your rental property and people are injured, you will likely be sued. One way to limit your liability or your exposure from a lawsuit is to have your rental property owned by a limited liability company, or LLC. This will limit what creditors can reach to only the assets owned by the LLC, rather than all of your assets.

Here in Arizona, LLCs are fairly simple to set up and there is no annual reporting or annual fees. You must treat your LLC as a business, however, in order to get the benefit of asset protection. What does this mean? It means you must keep LLC money separate from your personal assets.

First, create an LLC. After it is approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission, go to irs.gov to obtain an EIN number

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for your LLC. You will now use this EIN to open a new business account at a bank of your choosing. Whenever you get rental money, you are going to deposit it into the LLC bank account. If you buy something for the rental property, use your LLC debit card, or submit the receipt to the LLC to be reimbursed by the LLC. You will also need to talk to your accountant about how to properly file tax returns relating to the LLC. Another way to help with asset protection is to make sure you have really good insurance, including an umbrella insurance policy. Talk to your insurance agent to ensure you are adequately insured! If something happens and you get sued, not only can your insurance policy cover the accident, but the insurance company can also help defend the lawsuit. That means you won’t have to pay for attorney fees out of your pocket.

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Additionally, register your rental property with the assessor’s office in the county in which the rental property is located.

This costs about $10 in Maricopa County and ensures you are covered under the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. If you are interested in talking about some legal strategies for asset protection, please feel free to call our office at 480-4973770 or check out our website for more information and educational videos at gilbertlawoffice.com

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Be heart healthy!

H

eart disease is one of the most common conditions affecting older Americans. Heart disease is defined as narrowing or blockage of the arteries which can lead to a heart attack.

Fortunately, there are many steps that you can take to prevent heart disease from occurring. Below are some ways that you can be heart healthy!

Eat healthy: A diet that consists of fruits, fiber, omega-3s, whole grains and vegetables can protect your heart. Omega-3s are a healthy source of fat that reduces your cholesterol. It is found in many fish, including salmon.

Eating foods that are high in fiber can help you feel full throughout the day. Examples of high-fiber food include beans, whole wheat foods and carrots.

There are certain types of food that you want to limit to ensure heart health. These foods include sodium (salt), sweets, canned foods, deep fried foods and alcohol. Limiting your salt intake will help decrease your risk for heart disease. Salt intake should be less than 3/4 of a teaspoonful per day for most individuals. If you do choose to drink alcoholic beverages limit your servings to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men.

Exercise: Exercising on a regular basis can help lower the risk for heart disease. By increasing your physical activity, you will decrease your risk for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes. The American Heart Association recommends exercising for 40 minute sessions, three to four times per week. It is important to slowly increase your activity levels until you feel like you can reach this goal. Try to find an activity that you enjoy. Whether it’s riding a bike, swimming or jogging make sure to get your heart pumping!

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diet and exercise can help lower your blood pressure as well. In addition, it is very important to take your medications for blood pressure, if you are on any. Make sure that you are aware of what blood pressure medications you are on, how often you are supposed to be taking them and your blood pressure goal. By

monitoring your blood pressure daily you can ensure that your readings are staying within goal.

In fact, Walgreens has a service where you can receive a blood pressure test and consultation from your pharmacist at no charge.

See your doctor regularly: It’s always better to prevent a

problem before it starts. Going to regular checkups ensures that you do not have any undiagnosed conditions. By getting the right health services, screenings and treatments, you are taking steps that help your chances for living a longer, healthier life. Try to see your doctor at least once a year for a checkup.

ON MEDICARE PART B AND HAVE DIABETES?

New Medicare changes may limit where you can get your diabetes testing supplies. The good news is that diabetes testing supplies are available at every Walgreens along with: • Easy, direct billing of Medicare Part B and most supplemental insurance • A wide selection of major national brands • Convenient 90-day supplies

It’s easy to switch!

Visit your local Walgreens or call 888-380-8051.

Walgreens is an accredited Medicare Part B supplier of diabetes testing supplies.

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Ask the Expert Summer swimming can be fun and safe for the family

Lovin’Tech After 50

BY JESSICA MITCHELL

BY JUSTIN FERRIS

Traffic lanes are empty, flip-flops are on every pair of feet, and thermometers are reading 105 in the shade – there is no mistaking summertime in Arizona, and for many kids, summertime means playing in the pool at grandma and grandpa’s house.

Amid the splashing and playing, it can be easy for grandparents and grandkids to forget safety rules. Child drowning is tragic but preventable. Taking the right precautions can help keep children safe and laughing and splashing during summer.

Safe Kids Pima County Coordinator Jessica Mitchell works with community partners to provide helpful tips and education to prevent child drowning.

My grandkids love playing in the pool – what are the things to watch out for?

When children are in or around water, it’s a must to provide active supervision without any distractions. If infants or toddlers are in the pool, an adult should be within arm’s reach at all times. Don’t rely on swimming aids such as water wings and pool noodles. They are fun, but may not prevent drowning.

When you are finished swimming, remove all toys from the pool. This can tempt children to go for the toys later, increasing the risk of them falling in and drowning. Barriers should be in place to keep children from entering the pool on their own. Alarms on doors and pool fences with self-closing gates also help to keep kids safe.

Tragedies have happened in just a few inches of water. Be sure those plastic kiddie pools are emptied after each use and stored upside down.

What swimming rules should I set for my grandkids?

If a child is an inexperienced swimmer, they should only enter the pool with an adult present. For experienced swimmers, they must always swim with a buddy. Make sure kids know whether the pool is deep enough for diving and remind them not to push or jump on each other in the pool.

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My grandkids have already taken swimming lessons, so I probably don’t need to watch them as much, right?

While we encourage swimming lessons, children should not be swimming alone even if they are good swimmers. It takes multiple lessons before a child learns how to swim effectively and even then, there should still be active supervision by an adult.

If I have limited mobility, what are the best ways to be prepared and safe?

Bring the pain... relief 3 technologies that turn ‘Ow’ to ‘Wow!’ Despite humanity’s breathtaking technological and medical advances, physical pain remains an unavoidable part of life. As Westley says to Buttercup in the classic movie The Princess Bride, “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

And we’re clearly willing to buy.

According to Transparent Market Research, in 2015, the revenue of the global therapeutics market topped $60 billion and could hit $83 billion in 2024. No wonder tech companies want a slice of the pie. Here are some of the pain-relieving tech products they hope can supplant drugs in the future.

Disclaimer: Before you buy into any of these, consult your doctor about your situation – in some cases, you will need a prescription anyway. Also, ring up your insurance provider to see if it covers any particular technology or device.

Another disclaimer: Some products will list FDA approval or clearance, which means the Food and Drug Administration believes the technology is “safe and effective.” Clinical trials are involved, but sometimes a gadget’s “effect” is much narrower than its advertising suggests.

com) makes a nice selection of quality models.

For a truly 21st-century option, U.S.based Pain Management Technology (paintechnology.com) offers the iTens ($89$99), which pairs up to a smartphone or tablet for better control and management.

It also looks like a futuristic butterfly.

You may see similar technology called Interferential Current (IFC). It does the same thing as TENS, but in a different way and is considered stronger. More expensive products, such as ones from Zynex Medical (zynexmed.com), can offer both TENS and IFC in a single unit.

Note that all these gadgets require you to buy replacement electrodes or gel pack refills. Be sure to factor that into the total lifetime cost before you buy.

There should be an adult or someone in the pool area that has the ability to rescue a child if needed. Always keep a phone nearby so you can call 911 in the case of an emergency.

How do I rescue a child I think might be drowning?

Take the child out of the water. If the child is not responsive, call 911 immediately. Place your ear near the child’s mouth and nose and see if you feel air on your cheek, then check to see if the child’s chest is moving.

If the child is not breathing, starting CPR immediately is the most important thing you can do. CPR certification is a must for anyone who routinely supervises children around water.

The certification courses are provided by many community organizations, including the American Red Cross.

It sounds like there is a lot to prepare for – can the pool still be safe and fun for my family?

Absolutely! Swimming can be great family fun when grandchildren come to visit. Make sure you take the necessary precautions, always supervise swimming children and make sure that someone in the family has taken CPR classes.

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The iTens pairs to a smartphone or tablet.

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iTENS

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), also known as electrotherapy, has been around for decades in chiropractic offices, but only recently made the jump to the nonprescription home market. Essentially, the gadget sends electrical signals into a specific area of the body to disrupt pain signals.

Effectiveness varies by person and type of pain. Some people find that relief lasts only as long as the device is active, and some experience longer-lasting pain relief. A number of clinical trials on the technology are still ongoing.

A quick search on Amazon turns up a flood of TENS manufacturers and units costing anywhere from $30 to $100.

Electronics firm Omron (omronhealthcare.

ActiPatch

The ActiPatch from U.S.-based BioElectronics (bielcorp.com) uses a fluctuating electromagnetic field around a localized area to confuse the pain nerves.

It can run continuously for 720 hours – 30 days – per charge.

A clinical trial of 5,000 users published in the journal Pain Management shows an effectiveness of 59 percent to 71 percent depending on pain type, and a 70 percent decrease in pain medication use.

The unit costs $29.95 and 720-hour refills are $24.95. You can give it a seven-day test for $9.95 through tryactipatch.com.

Infrared Light Therapy

Infrared light therapy takes the pain relief of heating pads and saunas to a new level.

Instead of just heating your skin’s exterior, infrared penetrates the skin several inches and heats the cells directly.

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DRAWER LL1619 Widower 69 ISO a Christian woman. Native American, Hispanic, any nationalityHandicapped or not 50-70, divorced or widowed. Will answer all.

DRAWER LL1271 I am in her 70's. Like to go to movies, dinner, day trips and have quiet evenings at home.

Let's get together. Lives in Tucson.

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DRAWER LL1567 Lady in her 70's looking for a man to enjoy outings, trips, companionship, with good sense of humor and a love for life.

DRAWER LL1615 WWF, 68 - very outgoing, patient, and fun to be with.

Would like to meet a nice gentleman for companionship and travel.

Please include phone number - no email.

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Food...continued from page 29 style. If this looks scary to you, I am with you. It’s new and very different from the way most Americans eat. The good news is you can start slow and without radically changing absolutely everything you know. You could try a plant-based meal, or start eating plant-based foods one or two days a week. Even if you just cut out the processed food, you would be doing something very positive for your health.

Experts agree it may take 30 to 90 days for your tastebuds to get used to eating real food compared with the sensory overload of candy bars, movie popcorn, hot dogs, etc. Junk food with its high content of fat, sugar, and salt light up the

pleasure receptors of the brain akin to opioids.

Many of our aging loved ones who resist are more likely the ones who need to clean up their diets the most. You can help by being a good role model. Rome wasn't built in a day. Easing into nutritional change is often a good strategy.

So just maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. I was the kid stuffing my vegetables into my napkin so I could go outside to play after dinner. Now, I’m eating Brussel sprouts. I am opening my mind to new possibilities, especially as I learn more about the health benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. Now if only there was a way to fend off the bacon police.

Anodynetherapy is the long-running provider of infrared tech-based pain relief. (Special to LLAF)

Relief...continued from page 32 This can increase cellular activity and circulation, and even accelerate healing of wounds.

A growing body of clinical studies shows plenty of promise for infrared, especially far infrared wavelengths.

Unfortunately, at this time, finding good home products will be hit or miss. There are typically no unbiased or authoritative reviews to be found; Consumer Reports, for example, hasn’t tackled this segment yet.

As it stands, these products make extravagant claims about health

benefits and provide few technical details for comparisons. That’s especially unfortunate as prices on infrared saunas, mats, garments and handhelds can top out at several thousand dollars.

One of the few exceptions would be the long-running – since 1994 – provider of pain-relief infrared medical technology, Anodyne Therapy (anodynetherapy. com). It provides clinically tested equipment to hundreds of medical offices, including dozens in Arizona.

You can try it out or purchase your own hardware on Amazon from $530 to $5,800, or call 800-521-6664.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness

Arizona Senior Olympians return from Birmingham The National Senior Games have come and gone and the memories will remain with those who experienced the games in Birmingham.

One hundred and twenty athletes represented Arizona. Many won medals and all had a wonderful time. New friendships were made, challenges were met and goals were achieved.

The City of Birmingham rolled out the red carpet for the athletes to make every athlete feel welcomed to Alabama. The famous singer Pat Boone was featured at the Celebration of Athletes but the real stars were the athletes themselves.

Be sure to check out our August issue of The Finish Line for a complete report of the accomplishments of our athletes.

We’re Here For You! Arizona Senior Olympics Summer Hours Tuesday through Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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The Real Independence Day AMERICAN FOUNDERS WRITE THE DECLARATION: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

– That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall

seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

Do you remember learning those words in school? They ring true as the core of American values today just as they did in the past.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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How happy are you?

Everyone wants to be happy. Books that claim to hold “The Secret of Happiness” fly off the shelves as people of all ages look for ways to be happy. Many say “ I’ll be happy when…” and then qualify it with something that they want, which can range from an object (like a car) to a person (like a friend).

Some tie it to age, the young thinking they’ll be happier when they are older and the old thinking they were happier when they were young.

New studies, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, show that older people tend to be happier with their lives and seem to grow steadily happier as they age.

We can all think of reasons this may be true: • Older people may not worry so much about things like peer pressure and popularity.

• Most older people are more in control of their emotions than the young.

• Age often increases the ability to make better decisions.

• Older people are past the time of worrying about their careers and raising a family.

Brain scans of older and younger people show that in older people, the amygdala – the brain region that responds to stress and negative experiences – is less active when presented with distressing images, which may show why older people may deal more calmly with negative events.

Here are some tips from the study that may help boost your happiness, no matter what your age: • Avoid judging yourself too harshly • Think positively • Focus on your strengths and abilities • Try something new!

• Engage in activities to make the world better • Strengthen your bonds with others • Take care of your health • Be resilient – bounce back.

• Enjoy each moment • Practice gratitude • Forgive yourself and others • Seek help for depression Information courtesy of the Massachusetts General Hospital Mind, Mood and Memory newsletter.

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