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opinion Sound Off First I heard it was 10,000 refugees then 25,000, now 50,000 The writer mentions the Congress, then getting rid of the president. The Congress has control over this situation along with the State Dept. I don’t know what the president has to do with the refugee problem.

To the writer about student-athlete deaths: They were not killed but died.

More must be done to keep these kids safe. Not as much fun for the adult spectators but maybe some kind of less violent form of football. To the writer about Putin and the president: With all due respect, go to adult education and learn about our constitution. Congress declares war.

In the recent past congress has been duped into the war powers act. This bypasses the constitution. To the writer about Bridget and credit card calls: Get an answering machine to start. It works for me. Look into the do not call list. There are laws about repeated calls. If you do answer simply say do not call according to the

law. If they do, they can be fined.

Have caller ID to record the number for the FCC and the FTC. To the writer about being informed: The informed person looks at all the information presented and makes their decision. Be it Republican or Democrat. Think with your head and not your preconceived perception. To the writer about the Boston bombers: They were typical American teenagers, then young men. The older turned away from his secular feelings and went towards the radical side.

The younger admired his brother and he says he followed his lead. Both were on the radar. But like any combat or attack only the attacker knows the time and place. Radicalization came later, so a background check would probably not have shown any information that could be seen as a red flag. To the writer of an eye for an eye: Appeals are part of the justice system. If you don’t like that then look into changing the law. If you were in their place, I think you would want your lawyer to exhaust all the possibilities before sticking that needle in your arm. There are many on death row who indeed are innocent. Many have been saved by new evidence and methods. DNA for one. I read a very

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e’ve all experienced the death of someone close to us, and a time when family, friends and acquaintances congregate to observe the rituals of a funeral.

Beginning early on, I have attended countless final farewells, characterized by verbal condolences from respectful mourners who are usually at a loss for words for the bereaved and fall back on worn-out clichés.

The one I dislike most is that he or she “is in a better place.” Really? How do you know this? Yes, I understand the belief of Christians and members of other religions in an afterlife, a heavenly paradise. But when losing a family member or friend, the void left behind by the departed is too painful

for most people to be soon consoled by even an article of faith.

Then there’s “closure,” a word that should be stricken from the English language. How many times have we heard a news story about a missing person who is eventually discovered to have met a violent death, finally bringing closure to the distraught family?

Ridiculous. For those who had an emotional tie to the person who has died, especially violently or unexpectedly, there is no closure. Time can soften the sharp edges of grieving, time can bring an acceptance of the loss, but not closure.

“Life goes on” is another thing a grieving person doesn’t want to hear. Of course life goes on. But for

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a different woman, I don’t remember the name. It could have been Bridget.

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the newly widowed, realizing that the person they fell in love with and shared so much with is gone forever, life at that moment seems frozen in place and can’t possibly be seen as going on.

And let’s not hear this one: “It was God’s will.” Pretty smug, I think, for a mere mortal presuming to know God’s will.

Sometimes, someone says the right thing at the right time. When my wife and mother of our three children died, she was relatively young. After a threeyear battle with cancer, she was dead and I was left exhausted and numb. At her funeral, I repeatedly heard “my sympathies” and “my condolences” among other sincere but superficial phrases.

To this day, decades later, I still appreciate what one friend told me: “Try to remember not only what you have lost but what you still have remaining to you.”

I thought about that a lot, about my blessings, chiefly my children, and that

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one day I might see grandchildren.

That day came—six times. But it has been bittersweet. She who so looked forward to being a loving grandmother would never see her children’s children.

Thinking back to that dark December day, I recall sitting in a church pew in a mental fog as people filed by. One woman said to me, “I’m sorry.” I looked up at her and innocently replied, “Why do you say you’re sorry? It’s not your fault she died.”

Not remembering who the lady was, I never apologized. Still, my goofy reply does serve to remind me that even in the worst of times there’s room for a smile.

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

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I clicked the news today, oh boy :: by Michael Grady

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I don’t wake up easily. Like many men my age, my first waking moments are spent trying to convince myself I’m not dead. It’s a vulnerable time: your hair is abstract sculpture, your body aches, and you walk like you’re failing a roadside sobriety test. So it’s a little jarring to switch on the laptop, or the tablet, and here comes the news: howling like a banshee.

“Caitlyn Jenner’s angry!” It screams.

“And Kim Jong Il has an H-Bomb!”

It was not always thus.

The aggressive hysteria of modern news makes me nostalgic for the days of the printed newspaper. Yes, I know newspapers are still around, but I can feel them going the way of the passenger pigeon. Bloomberg News tells us that newspaper revenue has fallen by a third in the last 11 years. In 2014, we had fewer newspapers (1,331) than we did in 1940 (1,878). The ritual of the morning paper is dying away as the pace of daily life gathers speed. It isn’t hard to see where this is trending.

Journalism isn’t dead, of course.

Newspapers are moving wholly, or partially, over to the web. There, they look for a successful business model between the automatic commercials, the pop-up surveys, and the cursor-triggered sidebar ads that seize control of your screen … and shriek.

Personally, I would like to thank that dinosaur of the driveway that wrapped the whole world into four foldable sections and brought it to our feet. (Or rose bushes. Or garage roof, depending on the accuracy of your paperboy.)

I grew up delivering the Detroit Free Press.

In the dark of night, we’d cut the twine on bundled stacks off the truck and distribute headlines to the wider world. “Nixon Resigns”? I delivered that. “Jimmy Hoffa Reported Missing”? That was me, too.

There was something satisfying about walking around at the break of dawn and plop-plop-plopping down the focal point of everyone’s new day.

In its heyday, the newspaper was more than just an information device. It’s a shame to think that we are nearing a whole generation of adults who may

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never know the joy of hiding behind a wall of newsprint.

The newspaper was the sacred shield of the suburban male. By opening, folding and crisply snapping its pages, a person could blissfully detach himself from the world (and learn about it at the same time). My dad wielded his morning paper like a highly-skilled drill team. (I was 10 before I got a good look at his face.) In the days before morning cable cartoons, your newspaper was your only line of defense against the people you married or spawned.

Inside a newspaper’s crinkly fortress of solitude, readers can wade gently into the world on their own terms: some dive in worst-story-first, taking on the latest scare or outrage; others work their way in gradually, reading sports or entertainment before moving into deeper waters; some head straight for the comics and stay there until their mother calls them out of the basement or the attendant comes for their sponge bath.

Print newspapers provide news the way you want it—and precisely as much as you want—and then they go out with the trash or under the hamster. Today, news is a video-borne virus, shouting and scrolling and captioning at you with all the subtlety of a religious zealot on fire.

The proliferation of flat screens has made the news an attention-hog, pricking your attention span from workplace lobbies, restaurant walls, waiting rooms and airport gates.

Has it undermined our power to talk with strangers? I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to a stranger since 1995.

Although, completely against my will, I’m thoroughly briefed on who wore what to the Golden Globes.

That’s the other thing: while the Information Age has dramatically increased the tonnage of “news” we’re exposed to, the quality of it has declined dramatically. Gossip and opinion are routinely presented as news now. Picture stories, annotated lists and “charticles” jockey for our attention on websites; talking heads on television clash with text that scrolls and crawlers with continually “breaking news” all around them. It’s like nothing deserves our full attention, but

here’s a bunch of things you must know immediately.

It makes you wonder: who will cover the slow-burn stories? Who will spot the ugly threats and seismic developments like Watergate? Or the Catholic Church scandals that broke in Boston covered heroically by the Globe and chronicled in the movie “Spotlight”? These were all paper-trail stories, visible only through countless hours of research and door knocking. In the future, will those stories go untold, because the media couldn’t find a compelling video or a clickable graphic component? Will tomorrow’s Woodwards and Bernsteins get bumped for grainy footage of a drunken celebrity or a woman who dresses her cat like Lady Gaga?

I remember the beginning of the end for newspapers. In the mid ’90s, as a features reporter, my colleagues and I watched a futuristic video that prophesized the doom of print journalism. In it, cheery, good-looking people from the future (they’re always good looking in the future) woke up in a swell home, got their coffee from a robot and ‘logged on’ to news from a wireless ‘tablet’ about the size of a hardcover book.

The idea was so appealing, we did not contest our own demise.

“I think we’re toast,” one of my colleagues said.

“Yeah,” another added, “but I sure want one of those tablets.”

We’re now in that future. We’re not handsome, the houses look the same, and the robots are still Mr. Coffee. We did get the tablets, but I wish that video had warned us what would be on them.

“Donald Trump slurs Muslims!” the news screams. “And Kim Kardashian has a mole!”

The newspaper is a weekend thing for us now. I am one of legion of middle-aged, bow-legged men who quietly venture out to convenience stores in the morning.

We return with an icon from another age. We unfold it while our coffee steams and—between the three of us—we look for a story big and deep and captivating enough to crawl into for a while. When we do, we hold back the time—for the morning, at least.

If a housecat starts crossdressing, I’m sure the Internet will let me know.

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

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Aging Today It takes a village...

:: by Bob Roth Managing Partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions

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hen I joined my family’s business, Cypress HomeCare Solutions (Cypress) in December 2003, I quickly realized that many clients we served had a form of dementia and some received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. In over 12 years at the helm, I’ve watched this population base double at Cypress.

The statistics are overwhelming.

The toll of Alzheimer’s disease is reaching epidemic proportions. One in nine Americans over age 65 is living with Alzheimer’s at a cost of $226 billion annually. Someone receives a devastating Alzheimer’s diagnosis every 67 seconds. Currently Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death and by 2050, nearly as many as 16 million people in the U.S. will be battling the disease, and the cost to care for them will exceed $1.1 trillion.

From the time I started, I knew I wanted to make a difference. In early 2004 I volunteered to serve as the Memory Walk co-chair for the Alzheimer’s Association. I proudly served in this capacity for four years and met some amazing people and families. Shortly after my fourth tour duty as co-chair for this marquee event, I discovered the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI). I immediately fell in love with its mission and have been involved since 2007. In 2009 I joined the board of directors. The work at Banner is nothing short of phenomenal. BAI is helping to lead

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Recently BAI created the Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry in collaboration with partnering organizations as part of its mission to end Alzheimer’s without losing another generation. The Phoenix-based nonprofit organization is part of Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country.

As an engaged community of individuals and organizations united by this cause, the registry at www. endalznow.org is an online resource for those who want to stay abreast of the latest in Alzheimer’s news, scientific advances and overall brain health.

In turn, registry members become informed advocates for Alzheimer’s prevention.

With a goal of enrolling over a million people age 18 and older, with or without a family history of Alzheimer’s, the registry also supports participation in a variety of community-based Alzheimer’s prevention studies and gives members the opportunity to have a direct impact on the future of Alzheimer’s. “Studies often need to screen 10 to 15 times the number of people needed to enroll because most trials require specific criteria

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for participation. This registry allows us to get to answers faster,” said Dr. Jessica Langbaum, principal scientist at BAI and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative.

While participation in research studies is optional, the registry is the best effort to bring together those who share the belief that now is the time to end Alzheimer’s. It leverages the collective strengths of esteemed researchers and organizations and harnesses the power of a public willing to participate in the study process and make a meaningful difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s. “Only by working together can we find ways to prevent Alzheimer’s before we lose another generation,” said Dr. Eric M. Reiman, CEO of Banner Research and executive director of BAI. Planning for the future is paramount, and as a community, we will need to pull together if we are going to ever eradicate our world of this horrible disease.

Now it is time to act. When you have individuals who are united by a cause that is for the greater good of mankind

great things can happen. Come and join me in this movement to end Alzheimer’s. Sign up for the Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry at www.endalznow. org and make the difference in the lives of our future generations. It may take a village to raise a child; but in order for us to find a cure, it will take every bit of our village and many others too. We have developed some new innovative care solutions at Cypress HomeCare Solutions for families that are challenged with caring for a loved one with a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis and being able to keep their loved ones safe at home. Feel free to contact me and we can discuss some of the ways we may be able to assist.

Bob Roth is the managing partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions. He and his family have been providing caregiving and caregiving resources to the Maricopa County region since 1994. Roth also hosts a radio show, “Health Futures—Taking Stock in You,” found on KFNN Money Radio 1510 AM and 99.3 FM on Fridays at 12 p.m. He can be reached at bobroth@cypresshomecare.com or call him at (602) 264-8009.

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ear Gabby Gayle: A few months ago I joined an online dating service. I have had about 10 dates for coffee or lunch. The big “turn off ” for me is that every one of them kept touching me and talking about cuddling, etc. on the first date. Now, I am not a prude. But I don’t like that kind of touching and talking when I have just met a guy. I cuddle with men I feel affection for, and that requires getting to know them first! The other “turn-off ” is their neediness. I realize that many are starved for affection, but let’s please take one step at a time. When I explain this to the men, they seem hurt or embarrassed and don’t call again. Do you think I am being unreasonable? Signed, Slow Mover

on a ramp to the freeway, where it was not convenient to stop. He was shirtless and had a sign. It was very hot outside.

I would see him every few days, and he was becoming very sunburned. One morning I saw his photo in the paper, and an article that he had been rushed to the hospital where he died. I have never forgotten that man, and I wish I had listened to my heart. GG

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ear Slow Mover: I do not think you are being unreasonable. I understand that some are very lonely and need honest affection. One of the advantages of online dating is that you can be choosy and search for someone who thinks and acts like you want. So, keep on trying. You may have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.

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ear Gabby Gayle: The other day my friend and I came out of a restaurant and there was a homeless man near our car which was about a half block away. I gave him $5, and when we got in the car my friend started laughing at me, saying I “had just been taken for a ride.” I asked, “How do you know?” She said, “Some of those guys make more than you do, or they just want money to buy alcohol or drugs.” I did not know what to say. I don’t give to every one like that, but when they look authentic, and I have the money, I do. Am I wrong?

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ear Giver: This seems to be coming up more and more. Maybe we have more needy people. In my opinion it is not a matter of right or wrong. It is a matter of conscience—your conscience, not hers. Each of us has to behave in ways that are true to ourselves.

A few years ago, I kept seeing this man

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ear Gabby Gayle: Valentine’s Day is coming and I have a sweetheart. I don’t think she thinks of me as her sweetheart yet, but she is warming to the idea. I want to get her something for Valentine’s Day, but I don’t want to scare her off. What do you suggest?

Signed, Romantic ear Romantic: I suggest flowers... especially roses. You probably know her well enough to know if she enjoys flowers. Also, a special dinner in a nice restaurant is always appreciated.

Stay away from expensive gifts, perfume and jewelry...that might scare her away.

Good luck. I think she is a lucky gal. GG

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ear Gabby Gayle: I live in a retirement community. I love it here, but sometimes I get frustrated by some narrow-minded people. We have a few gay couples living here and some people look down on them and make jokes about them. I used to think that as people got older, they became more loving and tolerant. That is true about the majority, but these gossipmongers get to me. Is there anything I can do about them? Signed, Frustrated

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ear Frustrated: Verbalize to them what you said to me. Let them know that acceptance goes with spiritual aging. If they continue, avoid them! If you have read me for a while you may know that I believe you do not change as you grow older, you become more of what you were as a younger person. GG If you have a question for Gabby Gayle, please send it to: “Ask Gabby Gayle” in care of this newspaper, or email it to lagmancreswick@cox.net

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rior to leaving the workforce in 2014, I discussed the subject of retirement with quite a few retirees.

While most seemed truly acclimated to it and enjoying their post-working life, many did not. At that time, I surmised that the difference between those who embraced retirement and those who did not was primarily monetary.

I now believe I was wrong. The difference is more likely dependent on a sense of belonging...of community.

We are all a part of various communities. And just for the record, I think belonging to multiple communities is healthy and provides balance over merely a single communal involvement. I know I feel a part of my family uppermost, but I also feel involved in our municipal and state communities, as well as my religious community. But when I worked, that work community overshadowed all but my family. And it didn’t matter whether it was in the horse racing or radio industries or even the Anti-Defamation League.

I’m guessing many of you can relate to what I’m saying. Therefore, it only makes sense that when you drop that workplace community from your life, it leaves a tremendous void.

Belonging to a community gives one a chance to contribute, to work as a team with others in pursuit of goals and ultimately, an enhanced sense of value.

Immediately upon retiring, I decided to pursue acting. I had done some back in my younger years and absolutely loved it. But acting takes a great deal of time and dedication and children and career came first.

After a 34-year hiatus from the stage,

I now had the time. So I called Debra, a talented actress/writer/director friend of mine, to ask her to be “on the lookout” for any opportunities for me. She enthusiastically told me she had just finished writing a play for Theatre Artists Studio’s “summer shorts” production. The “summer shorts” is a collection of eight 10-minute plays presented at the end of each season. Debra’s play included a role she thought I would love, so I did it and I loved it.

I became more and more involved in the theatre, made quite a few new friends and was invited to join the board. I have become very involved in all the activities the studio provides: workshops, classes, discussion groups and of course, opportunities to act.

Theatre Artists Studio was founded, and is overseen, by Carol McLeod (wife of former Suns coach John McLeod). It’s a refreshing breath of theatre “fresh air” in a sometimes lacking arts community and I will always be grateful to have been introduced to it.

I want to end this by inviting you all to join our little community by simply attending any of our performances.

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Bill Straus is a retired native Phoenician.

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To help celebrate the two decades of excellence, the reater Phoenix ewish ilm estival is hosting a party at the Phoenix Art Museum at p.m. Thursday, eb.

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“We’re having a special party at the Phoenix Art Museum,” Segelbaum said.

“We’ll have hors d’oeuvres and drinks and a short presentation.

If there’s time, people can wander through the galleries.

Then at 7, we go into the theater and there’s a film Top: Eric Orman, Bill Doran and Kristin Coffma in 7-Day Gig. presentation called Bottom: Winston Story and Bill Doran in 7-Day Gig. ‘The Wandering fortunate that we’ve been able to Muse.’” years.

Whether it’s carry on the tradition for screening the We have a great group of people films, presenting working and we all look forward to the anniversary the successful festival.”

Marks hopes her film will move party or just audiences. seeing satisfied “I want people to recognize how film goers, he’s thrilled to be a beautiful tradition and culture is, part of the event. coming from the perspective of a “It’s a labor of person who doesn’t have it,” said the love,” he said. former theater actress. “I’m wanting “It’s a lot of this culture and tradition, even work. I’m like though I am no longer connected to an engineer on it.” or more information about the the train to make 7 or visit sure the train festival, call www.gpjff.org. stays on its tracks.

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“It’s a personal film for me,” Marks said. “I have the ewish ancestry, but I’m not ewish myself, even though it’s part of my background and heritage.

I felt the loss of that culture when I was grieving.”

The movie, which will be shown during the reater Phoenix ewish ilm estival, tells the story of a punk, an old man and a chicken who gather for a makeshift Shiva after ay a omanian uamanian atholic ew puts an ad on raigslist looking for mourners to join him.

In its th year, the reater Phoenix ewish ilm estival screens films in three locations Scottsdale Shea 1 , handler ashion and Arrowhead ountains 1 . According to Bob Segelbaum, the event’s executive director, the project is a labor of love.

Planning for the festival, which this year runs eb. 1 through eb. , begins 1 months prior and continues through to the day before the event.

“We start our screening process as soon as the festival is over,” Segelbaum said. “We have three screening committees West alley, handler and Scottsdale.

They all review the same film the same week and they rate them.

“Based on the rating, we decide which films will play at the festival. Kate Marks They screen all through the spring and summer and into the fall. We hopefully have

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HonorHealth Bariatric Center Support Group, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., repeats Feb. 17, Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Brady Conference Center, Scottsdale, (480) 882-7460, http:// honorhealth.com/bariatrics.

American Cancer Society: Look Good Feel Better, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 855-2224, www.ironwoodcrc.com.

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Ask the Expert: Diabetes, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Appaloosa Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Dr., Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (623) 580-5800, http:// honorhealth.com/events February 3 Wednesday The National Organization for Women Meeting, 1 p.m., Universal Unitarian Church, 17540 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise, call for charge, (623) 972-6273, www.aznow-scwv.org. Nancy Ash of Mercies New will speak about human sex trafficking.

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Ask the Expert: Heart Strong. The Benefits of Cardiac Rehab, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., HonorHealth Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Barb’s Conference Room, Phoenix, free, reservations required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Support Group, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

Yoga for Recovery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., repeats Feb. 10, Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, Deer Valley Medical Center, Medical Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave., Suite 400, Phoenix, call for cost, (623) 780-4673, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

Stroke Support Group, 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m., HonorHealth Outpatient Therapy Services, 3134 N. Civic Center Plaza, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 882-6821, http://honorhealth.com.

February 4 Thursday Movie and Popcorn: Hot Pursuit, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Meditation for Healing, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., repeats Feb. 18, Deer Valley Medical Center, Medical Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave., Suite 400, Phoenix, call for charge, (623) 780-4673, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

February 5 Friday Writers Connection: Choosing or Creating Your Own Critique Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd., Cave Creek, call for cost, registration required, (480) 488-2286.

With tips and techniques from 15 years of personal experience, founder and president of Southwest Society of Women Writers Patricia Brooks will guide you through the necessary steps to choose or start a critique group.

February 6 Saturday Sun City West Republican Club, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., SCW Foundations Building’s Quail Room, 14465 R.H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, $2, (623) 214-8010. The speaker will be Dr. Kelli Ward who is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Ward is a medical doctor having a private practice in Lake Havasu City and Kingman. As a state senator, she represented the people of Arizona’s fifth Legislative District.

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Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

February 7 Sunday Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

February 8 Monday The West Valley Genealogical Society and Library, 1:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, free, (623) 933-4945, www. azwvgs.org. In recognition of Black History Month, Mary E. Booth-Bowden will be the featured speaker. Booth-Bowden, together with Dr. Yuvonne Brooks, has researched and chronicled the life of her grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Booth, in a book titled “B.F. Booth: The Legacy.”

Charity Crafters/Quilting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., repeats Feb. 22, Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Sun Lakes Democratic Club, 7 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, donation of nonperishable food items, (480) 895-1162.

The LD 17 Democratic candidates will be the guest speakers at this meeting. Come hear and meet Jennifer Pawlik, candidate for the Arizona House, and Steve Weichert, candidate for the Arizona Senate, as well as other state and national candidates or their representatives.

Legislative District 18 Democrats, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Watershed Restaurant, 5250 S. Lakeshore Dr., Tempe, free and open to the public, www.ld18democrats. org/meetings, ld18demsinfo@gmail.com. Join us on the second Monday of the month to hear about local issues and meet fellow Democrats, including candidates, and elected officials. Meetings are outside on the patio, and a special dinner menu is available.

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February 9 Tuesday Heart Health Evaluation, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., repeats Feb. 18 and Feb. 23, Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Women’s Diagnostic Center, Scottsdale, $20, appointment required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events Breast Cancer Support Group, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., HonorHealth Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Suite 301, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/ cancer Grief Support Group, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., repeats Feb. 23, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Suite 301, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/cancer Pancreatic Cancer Support Group, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

Sun Lakes Republican Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s Arizona Room, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, free, (480) 802-0178, www. slgop.org. Guest speaker will be attorney Shane F. Krauser, who will discuss “The Presidential Candidates and the U.S. Constitution.”

The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs, 2 p.m., Ed Robson Branch Library, 9330 E. Riggs Rd., Sun Lakes, free, (602) 652-3000, pattydennehy@mcldaz.org, www.mcldaz.org. Author H. Alan Day talks about his book and his collaborative work to create a wild horse sanctuary in South Dakota.

February 10 Wednesday Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors, 7 p.m., Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, $59 to $3,500, (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster. com.

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

Matters of the Heart: Tips and Tools to Keep Your Heart Healthy, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Brady Conference Center, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events.

Why Does My Back Hurt, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., First Floor Auditorium, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events.

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HonorHealth Breast Cancer Support Group, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., repeats Feb. 25, HonorHealth Breast Cancer and Research Center, 19646 N. 27th Ave., Suite 205, Phoenix, (623) 780-4673, http://honorhealth. com/cancer.

February 12 Friday Desert Foothills Lutheran Church and PreSchool’s Ninth Annual Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., repeats 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 13 and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Feb. 14, Desert Foothills Lutheran Church and Pre-School, 29305 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, free admission, (480) 710-2403. Patrons will have thousands of books to choose from, including paperbacks, hardbacks, cookbooks, children’s books, audio books, videos and DVDs. On Sunday, it will offer its “fill a bag” for $10 clearance sale.

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Sun City Christian Women’s Club Brunch, 9 a.m., Sun City Country Club, 9433 N. 107th Ave., Sun City, $15, (623) 414-1451, mwholick@gail.com. Speaker is Madonna Dyson, an avid golfer who lives in Goodyear.

Music will be provided by Robin Davis and Karen Gilbert.

Bill Zacharias, owner of Z’s Fine Jewelry, is the featured guest.

Hearts and Follies’ “Love: Legends of Song and Dance,” 7 p.m., repeats Feb. 13, and 2 p.m. Feb. 14, Stardust Theatre, 14401 RH Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, $10, www.dancingarts.scwclubs.com. The Dancing Arts Club’s hula dancers (The Nani Komohana Tutus) will perform “White Sandy Beach of Hawai’i” for the revue.

February 13 Saturday VNSA Used Book Sale, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., repeats 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 14, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 1826 W. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, free admission, charge for parking, (602) 265-6805, www.vnsabooksale.org.

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Yarrow and Stookey bring rare concert to Mesa Arts Center ::by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski alling from his vacation home in Telluride, olorado, Peter arrow is raspy and recovering from a bad cold. e struggles to speak, but he’s very vocal about the state of the nation.

“The reason Peter, Paul and Mary stayed together was our sense of mission,” he said.

“We adopted the Pete Seeger mission to use the music to engage and enrich and create community.

“We also used it as a platform for advocacy. ou can feel that very strongly today as we’re facing a very strange world in which we have the powers that be are of the conservative Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey will perform music nature and are in a macabre of Peter, Paul and Mary at the Mesa Arts Center on dance of negativity and fear Thursday, March 17. antibullying effort,” he said. mongering and Nazi-fascist“But it’s broader than that. In Israel, tinged elements of reproach.” percent of schools to e added that, of course, he’s it’s used in referring to the epublican debates in diminish the post- aza War hatred, which there’s “so much venom and fear and fear that it has spiked. It’s basically focused on creating a caring community mongering.”

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Stookey is involved with ugworks, immigrants, fear of Muslims, statements of fear of Mexicans,” he which uses music to help children with special needs. Stookey’s spirituality has explained.

“I think, to a certain degree, a lot taken on a more prominent place in his of it driven by presidential candidate music and life, and he collaborates with onald Trump’s reality-show style his wife on multi-faith seminars and of obnoxiousness. e’s creating performances.

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“It’s not just academic thinking,” grateful that the music carries on.

“It’s really remarkable to see how he said. “ iving that is going to be much the music has permeated these horrific.” arrow is speaking with Lovin’ Life other generations. We have such intergenerational audience After 50 to promote his March 17 show an at the Mesa Arts enter with Peter, Paul grandparents will bring kids. It’s very and Mary cohort Noel Paul Stookey. moving and very wonderful.”

The show is a rarity, as the duo only perform about eight to 1 concerts per Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey perform year. the music of Peter, Paul and Mary at 7:30 “To a certain degree we’re both p.m. Thursday, March 17, at the Mesa Arts absorbed in our separate projects, Center, One E. Main St., Mesa. Tickets are which is Operation Respect, which is $40 to $55. For more information, call (480) an educational nonprofit known as an 644-6500 or visit www.mesaartscenter.com.

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February 17 Wednesday National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE) Chapter 1395 Luncheon, 11 a.m., Brothers Family Restaurant, 8466 W. Peoria Ave., Peoria, charge for lunch, (623) 935-4681, deb. at.NARFE@gmail.com. The tentative speaker will be Lenny Estrada from Area Agency on Aging with a presentation on scams, ID theft and health care fraud.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Palm Ridge Summit Hall, 13800 W. Deer Valley Dr., Sun City West, $6 members, $8 guests, (602) 679-4220, www. rocknroll.scwclubs.com. DJ Kort Kurdi will spin hits from the 1950s and 1960s.

Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

February 16 Tuesday First Manassas: Legends, Lies and History’s Revisions, 6:40 p.m., Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, free, (480) 699-5844, www.scottsdalecwrt.org. John Hennessy is the author of dozens of articles and four books on history and preservation, including his recently revised, updated, and rereleased “An End to Innocent: The First Battle of Manassas.” Scottsdale Civil War Round Table meets the third Tuesday of every month, except June, July and August.

Ask the Expert: Be Heart Smart. Ask a Cardiologist, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., HonorHealth Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Barb’s Conference Room, Phoenix, free, reservations required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events.

Organizing Your Photos Workshop, 1 p.m., Ed Robson Branch Library, 9330 E. Riggs Rd., Sun Lakes, free, (602) 652-3000, pattydennehy@mcldaz.org, www. mcldaz.org. Professional organizer Pam Fitzgibbons will teach patrons how to organize, select and save those family photos in both digital and hard copy format.

GYN Cancer Support Group, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

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Democrats and Donuts, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Denny’s Restaurant, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler, free and open to the public, (480) 592-0052, mariec9@q.com.

Democrats and Donuts is a monthly gathering sponsored by the Legislative District 18 Democrats that focuses on candidates and current issues. Breakfast may be purchased; order by 8 a.m.

Caregiver and Family Support Group, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Suite 301, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-1321, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

February 18 Thursday

Springfield Adult Community Communitywide Garage Sale, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 6495 S. St. Andrew’s Blvd., Chandler, free admission, (480) 802-3841, (480) 895-8756. The front and back gates will be open to the public during the sale. Highlighted maps with addresses of the participants will be handed out at both gates to those entering the community for their treasure buying. This garage sale will be in each participant’s own garage/driveway.

Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts Association Annual Spring Show and Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oakwood Country Club, 9645 E. EJ Robson Blvd., Sun Lakes, free, www.sunlakesartsandcraftsassociation.net. More than 80 vendors will showcase their unique handmade crafts and art work. Come early for the best selection of jewelry, gourds, beadwork, stained glass, ceramics, handmade cards, leather tooled items, quilting and stitchery, dichroic glass items, hand painted silk scarves and more.

Arizona State Button Society’s Annual Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., repeats 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21, Hilton Garden Inn, 11460 W. Hilton Way, Avondale, donation at the door, jubuttons@aol.com, perryva@gmail.com.

Antique, vintage and collectible clothing buttons will be on display and for sale.

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

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

February 20 Saturday Jewelry, Gem and Rock Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., repeats 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 21, Skyline High School Gymnasium, 845 S. Crismon Rd., $3, $1 for teenage students with ID, free for children younger than 12, (503) 705-3933, mmpdg16@msn.com. Dealers will be selling fine handmade jewelry, gems, beads, opals, cabochons, rock slabs, rocks and minerals, fossils, and jewelry-making supplies and equipment. Included are hourly door prizes, activities for kids, a free rock collection for kids, a raffle, a gem-tree-making activity for all ages, food service by the Skyline High School Band, and the best silent auction of rocks in Arizona.

Living with Lymphedema, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Suite 301, Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 3231100, option 5, http://honorhealth.com/cancer.

The Sun Cities Saddle Club, 9:30 a.m., Wooddale Village Retirement Community, 18616 N. 99th Ave., Sun City, free, (623) 584-5696, suncitiessaddleclub@gmail. com. Trail rides—using rental horses or personal horses—are held every Thursday at stables throughout the Valley.

Horse ownership is not required. Membership is open to all residents of Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand and Corte Bella.

February 23 Tuesday Heart Health Evaluation, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Women’s Diagnostic Center, Scottsdale, $20, appointment required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/ events.

Author Jana Bommersbach Talk, 1 p.m., Ed Robson Branch Library, 9330 E. Riggs Rd., Sun Lakes, free, (602) 652-3000, pattydennehy@mcldaz.org, www.mcldaz.org.

She discusses the mostly unknown history of Cattle Kate and her own novel on the historical figure.

SPOHNC—Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Support Group, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, free, reservations required, (480) 323-3214, http://honorhealth.com/ cancer.

Fifty Years of the Art of Fashion at the Phoenix Art Museum, 2 p.m., Ed Robson Branch Library, 9330 E. Riggs Rd., Sun Lakes, free, (602) 652-3000, pattydennehy@mcldaz.org, www.mcldaz.org. Learn how the changing fashions of the last 50 years have been both shaped by and influenced the times.

American Cancer Society: Look Good Feel Better (for Cancer Patients), 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, free, (480) 855-2224.

February 24 Wednesday

Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

February 21 Sunday Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

February 22 Monday Charity Crafters/Quilting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Healthy Cooking Demo: Heart-Healthy Recipes with Chef Madelyn Pryor, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

Is Your Plate Heart Healthy? 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

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February 25 Thursday The Catholic Daughters Court No. 2278 Rummage Sale, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., repeats 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 26 and Feb. 27, Our Lady of Lourdes’ Madonna Hall, 19002 N. 128th Ave., Sun City West, free admission, (623) 546-6235. The sale is renowned for its vast collection of furniture, clothing, housewares, electronics, craft items, tools, books, etc. Last year, the group was able to donate more than $20,000 to local, state, and national charities, using proceeds from this event. ...continues on page 22

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Calendar of events... from page 21 Cholesterol: Managing the Good and Bad, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

The Truth About Diets, 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., Humana Mesa Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.

The Quilters Point of View Quilt Show “Seasons of Color,” 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., ViewPoint RV and Golf Resort Ballroom, 8700 E. University Dr., Mesa, $1, (480) 373-2217. Quilted items of all kinds will be on display. Quilting demonstrations and bed-turning will occur throughout the festival, which coincides with the ViewPoint Arts and Crafts Festival.

February 26 Friday Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Palm Ridge Summit Hall, 13800 W. Deer Valley Dr., Sun City West, $6 members, $8 guests, (602) 679-4220, www. rocknroll.scwclubs.com. Host and DJ Kort Kurdi will spin hits from the rock ‘n’ roll era.

February 27 Saturday Spring Fling Boutique, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., El Mirage Clubhouse, 305 S. Val Vista, Mesa, free admission, (402) 340-4798. Great shopping and lunch will be available.

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February 28 Sunday Arizona Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends through March 27, and Feb. 15, Arizona Renaissance Festival Grounds, 12601 U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, $9 to $24, (520) 463-2600, www. royalfaires.com/Arizona. The Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 13-stage theater, a 30-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a Jousting Tournament and a feast, all rolled into one nonstop, daylong, family adventure.

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Heart to Heart

What started as a toothache turned into the need for a transplant ::by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

hen Greg Welsh had a toothache, he did what any reasonable person would do: He went to the dentist.

His dentist prescribed antibiotics to treat the perceived infection, with the intent of pulling the tooth the following week.

“But I still didn’t feel well. I had a cold.

I couldn’t lay down and breathe,” said Welsh, about the mid-January 2011 illness.

The antibiotics didn’t help either issue, so he went to an urgent care. Eventually, he ended up in Thunderbird Banner’s emergency room where his heart rate was 190 and he was in ventricular tachycardia.

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Transferred to Mayo Clinic, he didn’t wake up for several days and when he did, he was being kept alive by an artificial heart. e was in need of a heart transplant.

“I woke up with a total artificial heart,” he said. “They put it in on Jan. 18. I was like, ‘Oh, OK. My world has changed.

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“My daughter lost her mom when she was 9 in a car accident. Her mom was a donor. Now, 15 years later, I’m lying in a bed on a total artificial heart on a transplant list. I knew I needed to make it through that to be there for my daughter.”

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healthy enough for the transplant. I had pneumonia and a few complications after the surgery, but then in March they put me on the active transplant waiting list.”

After a month in the hospital, on Feb. 18, doctors implanted a then-experimental artificial heart device called the reedom Driver, that allowed him to return home.

“It has since gotten FDA approval,” he said. “It was a 13-pound backpack that I had to carry with me. It connected to the artificial heart.

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I was able to go home and I went to Broadway plays at Gammage. I walked around the mall. I just had to be close to an outlet within two hours because I had two hours of battery time. When the battery stopped, I stopped.”

In sticking with the “18” theme, he was transplant No. 100 at the Mayo Clinic on May 18, 2011. Since then, he hasn’t looked back.

“I’m back to work fulltime,” he said. “I do inspections at Chase Field for repair work that they’re doing. I climb the stairs there. I work the rest of the time in the office doing A drafting and computers.”

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Welsh still has the tooth and said the “dentist really missed the boat. He should have known that was angina.”

“I’m really lucky that I didn’t just keel over somewhere,” he said. “The week before I was in Vegas. I had no idea. No previous diagnosis. Obviously Greg Welsh something was wrong with it for a while. There were blockages in all four When he’s not working at Chase chambers. Only 20 percent of my heart Field, he’s active with Transplant Team was working.”

Arizona. He traveled to Houston for the Not only does he still have the tooth, national games in the summer of 2014. he has an extended family—that of the He competed in four events—bowling, young man who died and saved Welsh’s darts, Texas hold ‘em and Cornhole. life.

“I did all of the events that you could Fernando was killed in his bedroom do with a beer in your hand,” he said with at age 17 by stray bullets from the street. a laugh.

In that moment of unthinkable loss, his He also serves on the board of the mother Alejandra Rivera chose to donate New ife Society, a nonprofit that offers ernando’s organs. er son saved five lives transplant support and awareness. after his death, and she and Welsh were “They have dinner meetings,” he said. able to meet in person about a year later “We just had one at Chili’s where we met and have stayed very close to one another. and had dinner and talked about whatever “She always likes to put her head on was going on in our lives. You never know my chest,” Welsh said. “His grandmother what’s going to come up—change in does the same thing. They like to hear his meds, what the grandkids are doing. It can heart beat in me. have nothing to do with transplants.

“They had me over just before “It’s just a good comfortable place Christmas. She lives not very far from where other transplant patients can where I work. They made me dinner meet—transplants of any kind.” with special chiles from Mexico that you With all of his volunteering and his can only get in this part of Mexico. It was experiences, Welsh has one bit of advice amazing food. for patients awaiting a transplant.

“You don’t get this in any Mexican food “There are a lot of changes, but life gets restaurant. This was somebody’s house in better and it gets so much better than you Sonora kind of Mexican food.” can ever imagine.”

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Creature comforts... from page 30 “We don’t see this as a replacement for a pet, but we’ve tried to it make as lifelike as possible, with all the characteristics and the features we’ve put into it,” says Ted Fischer, Hasbro’s vice president of business development. “There’s a number of sensors that respond to touch and sound and light, so as you interact with it, different things will happen. At a certain point it gets very relaxed and will roll over in your lap, and if you pet its stomach, it’ll roll back over.” He adds, with a laugh, “Most people tell me the one thing we missed is this cat doesn’t look at you with disdain and ignore you.”

The Joy For All companion pet cat was just introduced in November, but already Fischer says the company’s seen a great response from the new target demographic. “The responses that we’ve gotten have been overwhelmingly positive,” he says. “And that’s really validated our findings that there’s a need out there for this.” Fischer, who says he’s personally been allergic to real cats his whole life, now works in an office full

of the robo-cats, and says he can see the benefits to having a mechanical substitute (they meow in unison when he turns on the light each morning).

“Obviously, going into this, we read all the research about pet therapy and how many hospitals and nursing facilities are doing that,” he says. “But the reality is not everyone can have a pet and take care of it. This fills that gap.”

Indeed, other research has recently been brought to light that suggests having live pets may not be as beneficial to older adults as we originally thought. A study by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) says that over 86,000 people are taken to emergency rooms each year because of falls caused by tripping over dogs and cats, with the the highest fracture rates occurring among persons aged 75 and older.

Is having pets really beneficial to older adults, and if so, can technology do the same job—or better—as our furry friends?

Fischer notes that the Joy For All tabby cats come with an “audio off ”

Joy For All companion pet cats were introduced in November and have already seen great response from the target market. option that can turn off the sound of the meowing “if noise sensitivity is an issue” and, more importantly, that all cats come declawed, to avoid any possible cat-scratch fever.

“There’s no scratching, no biting, no allergy-triggering cat dander—and also no litter box and no food required at mealtime,” he says. “So it’s got a lot of the benefits without all the drawbacks that might be the reasons why a person wouldn’t have a pet. For some people, it’s better.”

Big dog on campus At the Sunrise Senior Living community in Gilbert, a friendly 12-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Ginger is considered a “servant leader,” just like any human member of the care staff.

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if they move to Arizona for health lead to more medical problems for reasons and the rest of their family some people. But those reports seldom stays behind. And a pet can greatly make the news.” lessen the loneliness they may feel.

Herzog points out a number of Pets can also provide mental stimulation. We see elderly residents who get very involved with a pet and they’ll get books from the library or start researching the particular breed. And the sense of taking care of something other than yourself— feeding, nurturing and playing with an animal— that all adds to a senior’s sense of well-being.”

“Seniors benefit not just from having a pet as a companion but as someone to care for,” agrees Jackie Lusson, corporate director of sales for Sun Health Senior Living, which has communities in Sun City West, Sun City Grand and itchfield Park that offer independent and assisted living, skilled care, memory support, rehabilitation and shortstay programs. “To have that pet to actually get up for every day, to care for, to walk and feed, that Jim Jonagan walks Ginger, the community pet at Sunrise Senior can give an older person Living in Gilbert. living alone a real sense of purpose. That’s very important.” reputable studies that report some sobering, if largely ignored, statistics Over-rated and under foot about pet ownership. A study of 425 For all of the feel-good stories we heart attack victims, for example, found hear about loving four-legged friends pet owners were actually more likely healing the hearts, minds and bodies than non-pet owners to suffer remissions of their elderly owners, at least one within a year of experiencing their heart researcher contends companion pets attack. Additionally, people contract may not be the cure-alls they’ve been a variety of diseases from their pets, made out to be. from salmonella and E. coli poisoning “There’s a bias in the media toward to brucellosis, roundworm, skin mites ‘good news’ stories—especially when and other harmful contagions. And it comes to pets,” says Hal Herzog, a the impact of pets on psychological professor of psychology at Western well-being is even debatable: a 2011 Carolina University and an expert on study found that older adults who were anthrozoology whose book, “Some We highly attached to their dogs tended Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: to actually be more depressed than Why It’s So Hard To Think Straight individuals who were not as attached to About Animals,” examines the complex their companion animals.

“The point is the research shows a nature of human-animal relationships.

“The problem is, there are almost as much more mixed set of results than many studies that suggest pet owners we’ve been led to believe,” says Herzog.

Still, pet owners are reluctant to be are either no better off than non-pet owners or that having pets may actually swayed by the negative information, TIM SEALY

we also have a community pet, with a designated person who takes her out for walks during the day and a person designated for the feeding, grooming and veterinarian checkups.

“But Ginger also stays at the concierge desk,” she adds, “and residents can take turns having Ginger over at their place on different nights, where she’ll sleep at the foot of their beds. And we have several residents who’ll take turns walking Ginger. We have three ladies in particular who look forward every day to walking this animal, and I think it’s motivating, and gives them a sense of purpose. I truly don’t know what we will do when we do not have her,” Hall says, choking back emotions. “She’s precious.”

Hall has watched Ginger, a former service dog Sunrise rescued from the pound, comfort a dying resident named Marilyn. “This particular resident aged quickly, and it was hard for the entire community to see someone so vibrant take that turn for the worse so quickly.

And she was someone that Ginger just adored. She would stay in Marilyn’s room with her almost every night.

And we had long conversations about how Ginger would handle it when she passed.

“Ginger stayed with her until the end,” Hall adds. “And she was more than a dog to Marilyn; she was a companion. In Marilyn’s darkest hours, she knew that she was loved and had somebody right there with her. After we lost that resident, Ginger would walk past her room and she would put her nose in. And it was as if she just knew that she was no longer there.

Even before they came to get her body, Ginger stopped going into the room. I figured she knew her spirit left.”

Workers at other senior living facilities have noticed the power of pets in reducing residents’ feelings of isolation and depression. Kathy Kraushar of National Church Residences, which runs Mountain Trace Terrace in Tucson and three other affordable senior housing communities in the Phoenix area, says it’s common to see residents dramatically perk up in the presence of animals.

“Working and serving the senior population, we see the reduction in depression and feelings of loneliness among residents who live with pets,” she says. “As people age, they may suffer the loss of a spouse or become separated from their family, especially

even after experiencing harmful effects from their own pets.

“I gave a talk this morning to a group of seniors, and a woman told me about a miniature pinscher that she took for walks,” Herzog says. “That dog didn’t trip her, but it was constantly pulling her so that she had fallen twice walking the dog, once breaking her collarbone and once breaking her wrist. Nevertheless, she still had the dog and was still taking it for walks!”

Herzog stresses that he’s not a pet hater. “I’m not the Grinch on this thing,” he says. “I have pets myself, and I saw the impact of having pets on my parents as they got older. They had dogs, and the dogs really became the focus of their lives, in a very positive way. So I think pets can enhance peoples’ quality of life. But they don’t always.”

Herzog says he and his wife are empty nesters who inherited the dog they had originally gotten for their now grown children, and he says there are a lot of other older adults who end up in the same boat.

“A lot of people in my field assume that people are highly attached and love their pet, but that’s simply not true,” he says. “One of the things we don’t know much about are people who live with animals that they either don’t like or they’re afraid of. There are people who had gotten pets primarily for their kids, then the kids move out and leave the pet behind, and the parents find out they aren’t very attached to the pet. In some cases they’re keeping it around not because they really like the pet, but because it was just leftover from their kids.”

In such cases, a leftover pooch can actually have a negative effect on the older owners’ golden years. “The pet may keep a couple from traveling, or become a financial burden to them,” he says. “I know of one woman who spent $12,000 on cancer treatments for her golden retriever. She was happy to get a few more years with the dog, but the fact is pets can cost a substantial amount of money.”

In Herzog’s case, he and his wife finally gave up having a dog so that they could travel without the ethical unease of putting the dog in a kennel.

“We’ve now become cat people,” he says, with a laugh. “And if we go away for a day or two, our cat’s quite happy to stay by herself. That fits our lifestyle better.”

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he Palm Springs Desert Resorts and San Diego have long been vacation destinations for Arizonans.

Sure, one is a desert and the season can be a tad warm, but soon the landscape cools down into a perfect sweater weather in what is an authentic oasis in the desert. Plus the driving distance from Phoenix to Palm Springs is a mere four-hour drive. San Diego, the birthplace of California and known for its mild year-round climate, is less than five hours from Phoenix, where you’ll be greeted by extensive beaches and seemingly endless city attractions.

Both destinations feel like a trek into unknown places with new emotional and physical landscapes.

The Palm Springs Desert Resorts With over 110 18-hole golf courses, 600 tennis courts and more than 30,000 swimming pools, the Palm Springs Desert Resorts has long marketed itself as a recreational oasis in the middle of the Coachella Valley desert.

Spread over eight cities—Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage—it became a perfect getaway for Hollywood stars back in the contract system days with the “Two-Hour Rule,” where actors had to be available within twohours of the studio. With its secluded bungalows and tranquil atmosphere, it also provided the ideal location where celebrities could blend into the desert landscape, away from the jarring glare

of adoring fans. Palm Springs soon became just as famous for its celebrity patrons with single digit names— Elvis, Frank, Bob and Liberace—as its enchanting beauty.

Some celebrities opted for the extra 20-mile drive to the La Quinta Hotel (circa 1926), a legendary desert hideaway with the reputation for being the most secretive of all the resorts.

Garbo, perhaps the most reclusive of all Hollywood stars, slept here. So did Frank Capra. He also wrote on the premises “It’s A Wonderful Life,” “It Happened One Night” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Later he called La Quinta home.

Today the Spanish hacienda-style hotel—rechristened La Quinta Resort & Club—is spread over 45 manicured acres at the foot of the magical Santa Rosa Mountains. It is quite literally a city within a city, complete with 796 suites and casitas, 41 swimming pools, seven restaurants, tennis, shopping, five championship golf courses and the world-class Spa La Quinta, which features PGA WEST Golf Massage, open-air Celestial Showers, Sacred Stone Massage and more. (“More” would include my first mud bath .

The city of La Quinta— incorporated in 1984 and named after the resort—has done much to maintain its exclusivity and heritage, while still making it tourist-friendly with an infrastructure for room to grow. Water marks on the Santa Rosa Mountains— La Quinta was once under the waters of ancient Lake Cahuilla—can still be

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seen, with the city planners making sure that no views are obstructed. They even designated over 600 acres of the mountain for the Coachella Valley’s first archeological park. or a celebrity fix there is dining at Arnold Palmer’s Restaurant—Palmer is a part-time city resident—which is a virtual museum of golf, with photos and mementos from his career. There’s a putting green just off the courtyard patio, with views of the Santa Rosa Mountains. The menu features Arnie’s own favorite comfort foods such as slow roasted prime rib and filet mignon beef stroganoff. After a fulfilling dinner, a hike on one of the La Quinta Cove Trails was more than necessary. Ranked No. 5 of “Top 45 Hiking Locations in the West”

by Sunset magazine, it is one of the many reasons why I enjoy returning to La Quinta and the Palm Springs Desert Resorts. Driving distance from Phoenix to Palm Springs is four hours.

Info: www.laquintaresort.com; www. visitgreaterpalmsprings.com San Diego-America’s City Arriving in San Diego last spring, I discovered that I didn’t need a car or even want one. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Bus and Trolley allows you to be car-free in the city. The purchase of a three-day Day Tripper pass would transport me to all my favorite attractions: Old Town, the first permanent European settlement in California; Balboa Park, the nation’s largest urban cultural park; San Diego Zoo, a 100-acre sanctuary for over

a thousand animals; and Little Italy, a vibrant neighborhood of Italian restaurants, pubs, galleries, shops and Saturday farmer’s market.

A short trolley ride took me to the Hotel Indigo, in the heart of the vibrant East Village. Once a derelict warehouse district, the East Village redefined itself with the completion of PETCO Park baseball stadium. Now downtown’s hippest neighborhood, the area features luxury hotels, condominiums, residential/work lofts, restaurants and galleries. Who would have thought that unassuming San Diego would become a national role model for urban renewal?

The chic Hotel Indigo is a LEED certified green hotel. irtually all the building materials used were recycled products, with a design reflecting ibonacci numbers and plant spirals, creating a harmonious ambience. Creature comforts included spa-like baths, 7-inch flat panel HDTVs, designer furnishings, plush bedding, sleek hardwood floors and complimentary high-speed Internet access. The hotel’s Table 509 Bar and Kitchen offers healthy dining with an emphasis on local food products. Later, sitting at the Level 9 Rooftop Bar and Lounge, I gazed in wonder at PETCO Park’s field, even though there wasn’t a game in process. When I return in the summer, I will make sure it’s when the Padres are playing. Driving distance from Phoenix to San iego is fivehours. Info: www.hotelinsd.com; www. sandiego.org

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he ruts are long and narrow, some security and protection. “The strand measure nearly a foot in depth. As on the right is my mother,” he says. the driver swerves to avoid them, he “The one on the left is my father. And plows across a shallow river, causing the loop at the bottom, the strand that the van to list and my head to bang connects them, is the umbilical cord.

By joining together, against the door of they have created the four-wheel drive. me, the future I envision a muddy generation.” death.

Donovan grew My husband and up near Monument I are on an aptlyValley, a 30,000named Detours acre tribal park near expedition, one that the Arizona/Utah aims to explore not border. The land is only the scenic spots filled with stark rock but also the cultural heritage of Arizona. The Mittens, so called because they formations that are Our particular tour resemble the mitten-clad hands of a giant, familiar to most of focuses on the state’s are two of the most distinctive buttes in us from countless movies that depict native people, and Monument Valley. the American West. we’ve definitely But to the Navajo, lucked out. Our guide is Donovan Hanley, a member the sandstone rocks are more than a of the Towering House Clan of the filmmaker’s prop they reflect their Navajo, who sports a waist-length way of life and represent some of their braid, a broad smile and a striking deepest convictions.

We tour the Valley in an open-air turquoise necklace. He’s about as vehicle driven by a specially-licensed authentic as you can get.

“Yá’át’ééh abíní [good morning], ” he Navajo guide. In the distance I see says. “Welcome to Diné Bikéyah [The The Mittens, a pair of massive buttes that look like the hands of a gloved Navajo Nation].”

During the next four days, as we giant. “The giant is so big that he travel to some of the Navajos’ most can safeguard us,” says the guide. He sacred spots, he intersperses facts about continues past spots where medicine his people’s beliefs and customs with men pray, where prospectors have personal stories about his grandfather discovered silver, and where a tall, (a medicine man), his father (a sheep solitary spire resembles the fireplace herder), and his eight-year-old niece in the center of a traditional Navajo who still lives in the same town where hogan (home).

Before leaving the Valley, we stop at he grew up.

As for his necklace, he tells us that the a hogan to learn about the techniques turquoise stones symbolize creation. and beliefs surrounding crafts like Like the sky and water, they provide spinning and weaving. A weaver

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explains that authentic blankets and male rain—that pelts the ground off to baskets always have a “spirit line” that the right.

Donovan laughs when we thank him allows the artisan’s creativity to be used for arranging another authentically anew on subsequent projects.

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As the resident historian tells the says our driver—bathes the cottonwood trees with a soft sparkle and brightens story of a Yei rug, a small, woman with long gray hair the green that walks in, carrying a peeks out from the large, paper-wrapped rocks. We see the package. She is, farms that belong says the proprietor, to the 50 or 60 a master weaver, families who live in still practicing what the canyon today, threatens to become a study the dwellings lost art. Two women left by the ancients vie to purchase the and listen to rug; the visitor from our driver tell Director John Ford often used Monument Sweden wins. stories about his Valley as a setting for his films, and for As for me, I settle childhood, when many folks it has come to symbolize the for a simple souvenir he was raised by American West. that I find at a his grandmother nearby convenience and slept on a sheepskin tossed on the floor of her store. It’s a -inch doll outfitted with a necklace similar to Donovan’s. For hogan.

We’re admiring a Puebloan $8.95 I have security, protection and compound perched in a canyon alcove wonderful memories. far above us when the sky is split by For more about Arizona’s Native culture a flash of lightning. “No problem,” says the driver. “The rain will come and other Arizona attractions, see www. from the right. I will turn my van to Traveltizers.com. For more about Detours the left.” He careens along the bumpy guided tours, see www.detoursaz.com. road, outrunning the rain—the heavy

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Unlike the emergence of wrinkles and gray hair, what you can’t see as you get older is the impact aging has on your heart. This is why it’s important, especially once you are over 50 years of age, to take extra steps to care for your heart. With age comes an increased risk for heart disease and your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers tend to rise if you don’t take the proper precautions.

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fish preferably oily fish at least twice per week or take a fish oil supplement to decrease triglyceride levels), and try eating some meals without meat. If you choose to eat meat, select skinless, and the leanest cuts available. Most of the cholesterolraising saturated fat in the American diet comes from animal meat and full-fat dairy products.

Limit sugar, and this includes sweetened beverages. Unsweetened green tea is a great alternative. Eating more vegetarian fare may help lower your cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease. Remember, plant foods contain fiber and animal foods do not. On the other hand, animal foods contain cholesterol and plant foods do not. Try adding fresh garlic to your meals; it can also help lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

Be physically active on a regular basis Aim for minutes of exercise five days a week. Staying fit can improve your heart health in countless ways, such as helping to lower blood pressure, manage your weight, lower cholesterol, control your blood sugar and even reduce stress. I suggest finding a workout buddy, that way you’re more likely to be consistent.

Watch your weight Your body needs fewer calories as

you get older. Excess weight causes your heart to work harder and increases the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. Exercising regularly and eating smaller portions of nutrientrich foods may help you maintain a healthy weight. Carrying too much weight is a key risk factor for heart disease, and it affects the majority of Americans. Obesity also puts you at risk for other health problems related to heart disease, like stroke and diabetes. The magical thing is, when you lose the weight, that all starts to correct itself: Blood pressure comes down, glucose comes down and ‘good’ cholesterol levels go up. This can happen by losing just 15 pounds, depending on your body type.

Read labels Following a heart-healthy diet means watching your sodium, sugar and fat intake, since these are tied to heart disease risk factors like high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

In general, packaged foods aren’t as healthy or fresh, so it’s important to read food labels to really understand what you’re eating. I teach you how:

there is a lot of marketing language to read through these days (coming from a previous marketer). Many times the full-fat version of a food is actually better for you because the low-fat or nonfat versions often have a similar calorie level, but far more sugar.

In short, taking the above preventative measures, watching your numbers closely and managing any health problems that arise—along with the essential healthy eating and exercise—can help you live longer and better.

Take action for your heart today.

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4 tablespoons olive oil or butter 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped fine 3 cloves of garlic, chopped fine 1 package (approx 1 1/4 pound) ground turkey 2-3 large fresh mushrooms, shaved or grated 1 (8-ounce) package frozen spinach, drained well 1/4 cup pine nuts, chopped fine 1 egg salt and pepper to taste Sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar 12 sheets phyllo dough, thawed 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) melted Preheat oven to degrees.

In a small dry skillet, toast pine nuts until golden brown, 1- minutes. o not burn. In a large skillet, saut onion and garlic in oil or butter until soft and translucent. Add ground turkey and cook for about minutes or until no longer pink. Shave or

grate mushroom into turkey and mix well. hop pine nuts fine and stir to incorporate. Add drained spinach and egg mixing quickly to incorporate egg before the whites form. Add salt and pepper to taste. or added flavor, sprinkle a splash about teaspoons of sherry or red wine vinegar in the mixture and stir.

On a parchment-lined baking sheet the size of the parchment paper, lay out one sheet at a time, brushing each layer with melted butter. Spoon turkey mixture in the center of the phyllo dough layers. old short ends over the filling and brush with butter. old one long end over to cover filling, then roll to hide the seam.

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• Hearing Carry Over (HCO): HCO uses a TTY to type your side of the conversation, which is then relayed by the communications assistant to the person you are speaking with. You will hear their side of the conversation directly, while utilizing TTY to communication your part.

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Growth investments are purchased for capital appreciation. Usually these are stocks that pay little to no dividends. These companies reinvest all their profits back into the business. An income investment generates a monthly or quarterly payment of interest or dividends.

Pre-retirees usually invest primarily in growth investments. After all, they are still working and don’t need the income.

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Shifting gears can be difficult. emember the first time you drove a stick shift? I do. Our family station wagon was an automatic, but my dad had a Chevy pickup with a stick shift. Part of my driver’s education was learning to drive the stick. I remember the struggle and the nasty grinding noise as I attempted to put the truck in gear. I also remember more than once popping the clutch and killing the engine. I had to learn to drive in a whole different way.

The same thing goes with switching gears in retirement. It involves approaching investments differently.

Most people begin this transition from growth to income when they are about 5 years away from retirement. The reason is simple. On average, a market correction of 20 percent or more happens about every five to six years. The worst case scenario would be if you gave your notice and the market tanked—just as you were ready to begin pulling income out of your portfolio. It’s better to begin to downshift to the income mode before you quit your job.

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Stocks can be problematic because of the chance that you will have a large loss in your early retirement years. Therefore, retirees often look to more conservative investments for their income needs.

Traditionally, many retirees turned to CDs. After all, they are safe—FDIC insured. Just a few short years ago, when

you could lock in a 5 percent interest rate, a $500,000 portfolio would generate $25,000 a year in income. These days, if you are lucky enough to get a 1 percent CD, your income is now $5,000 per year.

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Bonds have also been used to generate income. However , if interest rates go up, the bond value decreases.

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These investments guarantee income for life (subject to the claims paying ability of the insurance company). The payout is typically higher than the rates on CDs and bonds and the growth of the account is protected from stock market losses.

The income benefit generally increases the longer you leave the money in the account, so they are great vehicles for pre-retirees who don’t need the income right away.

Choosing the right annuity depends on several factors and your answers to the following questions: 1. When will you need to begin drawing income?

2. Do you need income for a spouse as well as yourself ? . oes the income benefit increase . Is there a long term care benefit included?

Working with an independent adviser who can shop around for the best annuity to meet your needs will help you to “retire happily ever after!”

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Pickleball: The unofficial sport of RVers

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ver heard of pickleball? If you are retired, are a baby-boomer or drive an RV, chances are you have. With over 3,600 locations and 150,000 players, pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. In fact pickleball is so wildly popular, it has been adopted as the unofficial sport of ers everywhere.

Pickleball is a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton,

tennis and table tennis. It’s played with an oversized paddle and plastic ball. Pickleball is great exercise and perfect for every level of athleticism.

Donna Christiansen, president of the Pickleball Club in the Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort in Casa Grande, boasts pickleball is their largest membership. “We have 32 courts and over 800 players. It’s great for seniors,” says Christiansen. “It’s easy to learn, quick to pick up and

you can instantly play. Plus, it’s very social.”

How did pickleball, the backyard pastime created by two dads to entertain bored children, evolve into a sport with so many passionate followers and win the hearts of the RV community?

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100 years. Then, just 30 years later in 2014, it celebrated its 150th Representing the younger anniversary. A sesquicentennial logo people of America and the with a 150 in it was created. There younger generations, we want was a special 150-item display and a the rest of the world want to know celebration in Tucson. Zachary we’re sick and tired of all of you Ziegler, of Arizona Public Media, always waiting for America to do the published a Sept. 1, 2014, anniversary dirty work for you. Get a life. Do your story after interviewing the collection own dirty work. manager. The AHS itself published a special edition of the Journal of The flood plain along the Arizona History to commemorate its tracks in Gilbert, hasn’t been 150th birthday. How can this happen? flooded in over 7 years so the Shouldn’t a state historical society, government makes the flood plain that gets millions of dollars a year in bigger. Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t public funds, be capable of scheduling it? its own anniversaries correctly?— Dick Zimmerman, Tempe Oh boy, just what the youth of the world need to lead them—the egomaniacs It’s really very simple. You can only give what you have. Trump and Putin.

If you are full of fear, hate and anxiety, like the media, then that Pay attention. What a rip off. is all you can give to others. If you are Who knew there was a thirdfull of peace, love and happiness then party Democrat running for that is your gift. So look carefully at president and he was speaking the what you are allowing inside your truth. What a dirty, dirty trick TV and mind. Do you reject negativity, news people are playing. They forget welcome it, or seek it out? Do you say there’s a third party running on the “get thee behind me” or “come on Democratic ticket. And he sounds like in”? It’s really very simple. The an honest American. What a rip off to kingdom of heaven is within you or hide him. Shame on you. you have inner demons to share with the world. Which will help?

Do you suspect the drug dealers are losing money at last because now they are Here we go again. The reason so many crane operations pushing souped-up fruit drinks to get have accidents is they do not children started to being buzzed? God know their high school geometry. Stay help the next generations. in school. Get a better education. Get a better job.

I went to the Trump rally at Mesa’s Gateway Airport and I can’t begin to say how much Isn’t it wonderful all these strangers on television have I enjoyed it. And what a wonderful job all the answers to all the the Mesa Police Department did problems that should be solved in getting the thousands of people out of Congress. Why aren’t they in Congress the parking lot. This is a day this then, instead of the dummies we voted senior will remember forever. for that don’t know how to do anything? Just put the strangers on A recent poll showed that 33 TV in Washington, where they belong. percent of the people think Obama’s doing a good job.

Buy all the collector guns you Now, if they still had a literacy test in want—you just have to have a this country, where they tested your license to buy the ammunition. intelligence before you could vote,

they would not pass it. They would not be allowed to vote.

Hillary Clinton cannot keep her husband’s fly shut. ow do you think she can go ahead and run the entire United States of America? That’s my message.— Barbara I just wanted to warn everybody about a scam that is going on regarding Facebook and the Publisher’s Clearing

House. If you get a friend request from Publishers Cleaning House or any of the representatives from it, do not accept it. Do not respond. There’s a scam going on where they get you to believe that you have won $1 million and all they need is $199 or whatever amount they say to pay the taxes off before they pay the check. This is a scan. Publishers Clearing House will never friend request you or send a private message to you on Facebook.

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

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t’s bye bye birdies on Feb. 7, but there’s still time to help the Arizona Senior Olympics upgrade the software that is costly and driving up the cost of registration for the games.

There’s still time to “put your two cents in” by pledging 2 cents or more per birdie shot in the 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open. The average number of birdies is 1,500, so a 1-cent pledge would be a donation of $15 and a 2-cent pledge would be a donation of $30.

This year ASO will celebrate its 35th year of helping people older than 50 adopt and remain in a healthy active lifestyle.

We need your help.

We are sorely in need of up-to-date technology to help us deal with the thousands of seniors who take part in our games, workshops and clinics each year. Our goal is to ensure that all Arizona seniors remain independent, contributing members of our community

but we can’t do that without the tools that make it possible.

Birdies for Charity, offered by the Phoenix Thunderbirds and sponsored by Waste Management, puts the “fun” in fundraising through this great program. You can be sure that every penny will go toward helping seniors—not salaries.

Please help us reach our goal of $5,000 in pledges and Waste Management will add 10 percent!

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2016 golf tourney set for Palmbrook Country Club

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ne of the most beautiful facilities in the Valley will host the 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics Golf Tournament on Monday, Feb. 29.

Palmbrook has a reputation for excellent service, beautiful clubhouse and great food. It’s sure to be an enjoyable experience for all ASO golfers.

Scheduling the tournament this year has been a challenge as staff has tried to keep prices under control in a rising market. Delaying this announcement further was a disappointing experience with a course that canceled the ASO tournament after three weeks of positive

negotiations.

Palmbrook is a beautiful course. The slope ratings meet the requirements of the National Senior Games Association for qualification for the 17 Nationals to be held in Birmingham, Alabama.

The cost will be a rock-bottom $80 and will include a delicious lunch, cart, range balls, goodie bag and a discount on a practice round. Great value!

This will be a great tournament on a beautiful course but we need every ASO golfer to get to the word out and invite all their golfing friends. The more, the merrier!

Board chairman runs for National Senior Games governing body

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he longtime Arizona Senior Olympics chairman, Tom Stillwell, is running for a seat on the National Senior Games board.

NSGA staff encouraged Stillwell to run, based on his 35 years of experience with senior games. If elected, this will be a return to the board for Stillwell who, after several terms of service, “took a breather” from his national involvement to focus on the Arizona games.

If elected, Stillwell will bring to the NSGA board much-needed legal advice as the organization moves forward. He was prompted to once again serve because of NSGA’s need to have sound legal advice from someone

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steeped in service to the senior games movement. Stillwell’s platform for election is to strongly advocate for issues that will be of direct benefit to the state organizations.

Last time for Pecos Road?

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his year may be the last year the Arizona Senior Olympics uses Pecos Road for its 5K and 10K road races, and the 5K, 10K, 20K and 40K cycling races.

This beautiful divided highway, which is the last major road on the south side of Phoenix, may become the last link in the Loop 202.

For the last several years, ASO event planners have felt the work of ADOT breathing down their necks as plans for the freeway extension have moved forward.

“We really don’t know where we can go for our cycling events in the future,” said Irene Stillwell, executive director of ASO. “As Phoenix has grown, places to conduct a 40K competition have

disappeared and although we have searched extensively, we have yet to find an alternative location.”

Depending where your opinions lie, this kind of “progress” can be a friend or foe. Those who oppose the freeway cite the pollution, truck traffic and disruption of the Ahwatukee community as a reason to find an alternative route. Those who favor the freeway are interested in the commerce that it will bring to the area from south of the border. There are several lawsuits which may, or may not, delay or halt the building of the freeway.

Meanwhile, ASO cycling and road racing hang in the balance.

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On Her Mark coming to Senior Olympics

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n er Mark is a Phoenixbased business that promotes women’s sports by utilizing one of the best collections of vintage female sports cards in the world.

We do so by creating our own designs and by augmenting historic trading cards that feature female athletes. Our international trading card collection mostly comes from “tobacco cards” that were issued between the years of 1850 to 1 7 . Tobacco cards were pictures on cardboard inserts that were created to keep the cigarette pack stiff. A wide variety of images were placed on tobacco cards and sports figures became one of the most popular.

Our collection is nearing 1,100 cards, has taken 20 years to acquire, and is considered one of the best in the world.

A portion of it will be displayed at the Arizona Senior Olympics on Feb. 20.

These rarely seen cards tell the story of

former female athletes in a way that many people have never seen before. Trading cards were a collectible medium and one of the few paper sources that showed women in sports—outside of the scarce newspaper article or promotional poster.

Women in sports were often seen as a novelty, and it is interesting that female athletes were shown on cards at all. While there is an enormous variety of images on tobacco cards, when women were portrayed, they were usually featured as movie stars or “beauties.” It is our belief that trading cards were an important and inspirational visual medium for girls to see other female athletes. When seeing more than 1,000 cards, the pictures illustrate that the love for playing sports was stronger than the societal norm that did not encourage women to compete.

On Her Mark offers select products that honor these women’s accomplishments.

While these cards are not the only items

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On Her Mark can be found at select events and at www.onhermark.com.

Be sure to see this fantastic display of women in sports at the Active Lifestyles Fun Fair and opening ceremonies at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale.

ost of the sports included in the 2016 Arizona Senior Olympic Games are still open for registration, but athletes and friends are urged to register now so as not to miss the deadlines.

Those who use computers can visit www. seniorgames.org and click on “2016 Sports Information” to view deadlines and details for any of the games’ 32 sports.

Those without access to computers can call the office from a.m. to p.m.

Monday through Friday for information and deadlines. The number is 7 77 .

“Every year there are people who are disappointed because they wait too long and miss the deadline,” said Paul Harvey, registration manager. “This year it’s especially important because it’s a qualifying year for nationals.”

All Senior Olympians and former Senior Olympians are encouraged to register now.

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Plus a Huge Selection of Tropical Palms ~ Pigmy Date • Sago • Bamboo Palms • Cycads • Raphis & More!

YOUR CHOICE

$

799

ARIZONA’S LARGEST GROWER DIRECT PALM CO. DUG TO ORDER FROM OUR FARM SIZES TO 40’ TALL

199

$

PLANTED & GUARANTEED COMPARE AT $350

GIANT! !

36” Box Trees Up to 15’ Tall • Mesquite • Thornless Mesquite • Palo Verde • Acacia • Palobrea • Ironwood • Sissoo • Oak • Ash • Elms & More YOUR CHOICE

PLANTED & GUARANTEED COMPARE AT $1000

10 - 12’ TALL

Reg. $299

149

$

24” Box Trees

$

BIG PECAN TREES

NOW ONLY

HUGE!!

599

95

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

JUMBO 6-8’TALL

with Ad Only

YOUR CHOICE

49

$

9

95

• Thornless Mesquite • Museum Palo Verde • Desert Willow • Acacia

FRUITS - VINES - NUTS GRAPES FIGS & POMEGRANITE NOW ONLY BIG 15 Gallon $ 95 $ 95

14

NOW Reg. $19 $ 95

24” Box

• Tangerine

• Grapefruit

$

HIBISCUS

HUGE!!

• Lemon

BIG 5-6 YEAR OLD MANY WITH FRUIT!

Big 5 Gallon

with Ad Only

SHADE TREES

INSTANT SHADE MONSTER 48” BOX TREES • Ash • Elm • Mesquite • Palo Verde • Pistachio • Pines 1000’s to Choose From Up to 25’Tall

1250

$

PLANTED & GUARANTEED COMPARE AT $2500

WORTH THE DRIVE FROM ANYWHERE! VALLEYWIDE DELIVERY JUST $50!

MAIN TREE FARM 2647 E. Southern Ave. (Phx) 602-268-9096

EAST VALLEY Cooper (Stapley) & Guadalupe 480-892-2712

NORTH PHX /SCOTTSDALE 824 E. Glendale Ave. 602-944-8479

All offers limited to stock on hand. • No other discounts apply. • Not valid on previous sales. Multi trunk, jumbo size, and field dug trees slightly higher.

STORE HOURS: MON-SAT 8-5:30, SUN 10-4 • LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED • RESIDENTIAL - C-21 - 125878 • COMMERCIAL - A-21 - 125879

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