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Is there anyone else out there who is fed up with the noise from aftermarket mufflers on these little cars running through the neighborhood at all hours of the night and morning? Well, if so, use this venue and others as much as you can to have your voices heard and let’s call for the police to get them off the streets.
Senate Bill 1440 transfers all assets of the once top-rated Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society to the Arizona Geological Survey. The AHS gained control of the museum in 2010 and then locked the doors in 2011 for unknown reasons. Since then, 40,000 children per year have been deprived of a lifetime learning experience. The Arizona Geological Survey, an extraordinarily efficient and effective state agency, will reopen the museum and restore the K-12 education programs if SB 1440 becomes law. Senators and representatives should vote yes on
WhenSB 1440, and the governor should sign it.—Dick Zimmerman
I think cellphones are a good thing and a bad thing. I hate seeing people at restaurants glancing at their phones and not even barely talking to each other! Can anyone go out and just enjoy face-toface time with their family anymore? Our society is becoming a bunch of slaves to technology. I’m not liking it one bit! And no, I do not have a cellphone. I have two landlines in my house—and that is it. I am still able to exist! o figure!
British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama are good friends and saving the rest of the world—at least until November. What are we going to do after you-know-who becomes president?
Oh boy, another chance to thank all the wonderful developers of the Valley of the Sun. our out of five railroad accidents are their faults for pushing to be just like back east. Oh boy do we hate these developers, who ruin more than they develop. Blame the railroads, of course.
The Curmudgeon
Not the Democrats I used to know
:: by Drew Alexander
I was 10, I learned of a neighborhood man who was paying a nickel a name for registered voters who would sign a nominating petition for a Democrat running for an elective office.
After two weeks of door knocking, I had 100 signatures and collected the tidy sum of $5. This kept me in comic books and Eskimo Pies for a good long time, and feeling good about Democrats, whatever the heck they were.
I was a young adult the next time I worked for a Democrat, Ernest W. McFarland.
As a U.S. senator from Arizona, governor of Ari ona, and finally sitting as chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, McFarland was the only man to
No, blame the developers and don’t ever forget it. Now they’re taking their water.
Imagine this, if America elects Hillary in 2016, how high will the misery index get when you have Hillary, Bill and Obama serving as president for four more years. Whoa. Lord have mercy.
Just a follow-up: So, you don’t agree with the crabby old lady’s comment about the ignorant people on TV. Remember,
this is the trash that’s being taught to your children. You’re as dumb as they are. Poor kids. No wonder they’re fighting for survival.
Well, it looks like some of the criminals are solving the gun problems. They’re switching to knives. They’re a little harder to trace that way.
Where are you? Stupid system.
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serve in the highest office of all three branches of state government.
In Congress, he was instrumental in securing major water rights for Arizona and was known as one of the “fathers” of the G.I. Bill, providing for a college education for returning World War II veterans.
In the mid-1950s, McFarland founded Phoenix TV station KTVK, Channel , then an ABC network affiliate. resh out of college and a newlywed, I was thrilled to get my big break in television as a copywriter and continuity director. McFarland, whom we all addressed as “governor,” had his office at the station. Although not directly involved in running the operation, he was always wanting to learn how things were done within the then fledgling medium.
John Michael “Mike” Morris was a Phoenix native and a lifelong Democrat who didn’t preach consumer issues, he actually worked at them, vigorously and intelligently advocating for any citizen being shortchanged in some way by a collusion of business and government insiders.
A successful real estate broker and Civil Air Patrol pilot, Morris was a tireless volunteer in a number of community organizations. He was personally invited to the inauguration of President Harry S. Truman in January 1949, and in 1960 Morris was responsible for the logistics involved with presidential candidate John F. Kennedy’s visit to Phoenix.
The late McFarland and Morris— and those Democrats of that era I didn’t personally know—were not rabid ideologues. While being party stalwarts, the best interests of their respective families, community and country took precedent over political doctrine.
Gone, too, from the Democratic ranks is anyone resembling Morris Udall, the late Arizona congressman who could fire off a funny one liner or tell a hilarious homespun story with equal ease.
Quipping during the 1980 presidential race, Udall said, “If nominated, I will run to Mexico; if elected, I will fight extradition.”
New York’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan was described by Time magazine as an “elegant egghead.” The Democrat senator’s intellect and quick wit were legendary, a likable author-scholardiplomat who served four successive presidents of both parties.
The likes of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are nothing like the Democrats I admired and respected.
Today’s Democrat Party has shifted so far to the socialist-communist left, that it would be unrecognizable by its bygone members and might just as well be headquartered in Cuba.
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Don’t ever move!
:: by Michael Grady
ast weekend, we finally found buyers for our sofa and loveseat. We were so excited! Friends of friends of friends came over—and lo and behold, they wanted our other sofa, too! We were so glad to check these things off our to-do list, we obligingly helped them tie down all our worldly goods to their flatbed and they wobbled away, “Grapes of Wrath”-like, into the far beyond.
“What a relief!” I said, as we waved our furniture goodbye. “We don’t have to worry about that anymore.”
“...We have nowhere to sit now,” my wife said. “We’ll have to take turns on the coffee table.”
Don’t ever move. Just don’t do it. This column is supposed to be about what I’ve learned from our current move. Know what Lesson No. 1 is? Don’t move. Mobility is overrated. It is the stuff of gypsies, drifters and flim flam men. I’m sure, you think you have your reasons to move: Closet space. Better school district. Business opportunity. Death squads. Whatever. It isn’t worth the decathlon of closet scraping, paper shredding, dust-inhaling, documentsigning stress that comes with a change of address.
Stay put. Follow tradition. Order in. Die there.
You’ll thank me.
Our little dog is not thanking me at the moment. Crotchety even at the best of times, Bella slipped once on our wood floor and henceforth avoids it like it’s a treacherous brown sea. So with every throw rug we pack or give away, her habitat shrinks. And she has taken to barking at us, bitterly, from carpeted areas as my wife and I wave to her from atop the coffee table we share.
If you insist on moving, please remember that it is a two-step process: 1. Systematically stripping every furnishing, knickknack, wall hanging, accent piece and nuance from your existing domicile until it loses its warmth and resembles an abandoned warehouse.
2. Schlepping the aforementioned items to your new domicile, where they inevitably don’t fit, clash horribly,
violate your HOA agreement or break in the transition.
If I seem unduly negative, it’s because I’ve been misled by those cable househunting shows that romanticize the process. They show couples holding hands, walking through pristine rooms and gushing excitedly about breakfast nooks and natural light. Then they jump-cut, past the actual move, and show the couple and their children bristling with joy in their new environment. Lies.
Jump-cutting past the move is like fast-forwarding through the birthing process. (“I wish we had a baby—and here he is!”) It skips the days or weeks you spend trying to make the packing tape dispenser work; squinting at the minutiae of offers and counter offers; scraping the walls of your outgoing home with the legs of the furniture you’re carrying out, then trying to erase the marks with saliva before your wife turns the corner.
Along the way, you learn certain things about yourself:
• You’re a hoarder: If you live in the Western Hemisphere, and you’re not a Bedouin or a boxcar hobo, you have way more stuff than you need. Moving is the archeology of discovering this. Closets and cubbies—nooks that you thought held “a thing or two”—are actually labyrinthine tunnels into your past lives, where you apparently spent a lot of time purchasing heavy, dusty items of no obvious value.
• You both have used storage as an avoidance tactic: I have written, in the past, about how I store stuff to avoid dealing with it. Apparently, my wife has the same problem. While I use storage to avoid my past, she uses it to avoid throwing away dried flower and foliage arrangements. Now we have to find a way to fit an entire, desiccated rainforest into a U-Haul van.
• You have things that defy description: I found a beautiful, sepia-toned photograph of my late mother on her wedding day. I don’t
know how or when I acquired this. The problem is it’s the size of a houseboat. We have nowhere to put it! But I can’t throw it away, because it’s my mom! That’s when you realize:
• You will face some very tough decisions: Which Christmas decorations—which happy Santas or whimsical elves—do we keep and which ones do we consign to the furnace? That’s a good day! And, of course...
• Your dog is barking again: OK, maybe that’s just me, but apparently she’s trapped on a bath mat that broke loose in the brown sea, and I have to go rescue her. Again.
The worst part of any move, I think, is the middle part: you live in two places, each place echoes, neither one looks like home, and you’re paying a mortgage on both of them. Ideally, you’d turn to your spouse for comfort. But one look across the coffee table tells you your spouse is not in a warmand-fuzzy place. Well, she is fuzzy— from the dust bunny and dog hair tumbleweeds that jump on you from forgotten cabinets and shelves—but warmth is not on the menu, now. She looks like you tape flecked, hollow eyed and sleep-deprived; lurching her way down the to-do list. If you handed every zombie in “The Walking Dead” a U-Haul box, it would look like your standard suburban move.
What do you do, then, when your back aches, your brain is fried and your
comfort one just left on a flatbed You remember back to that romantic, house-hunter-show moment when all of this was just a lovely idea; when you sat in your house-to-be, imagining your favorite furniture around you and a new chapter ahead. You break the rest of the journey up into tiny, doable steps. Mark each one with a pylon. Beer bottles work nicely.
I think I’m like my little dog: adrift on a shrinking comfort zone, barking at change. No one (except perhaps penitentiary inmates) likes change. If you’re constantly changing, for change’s sake, you’re not grounded enough to engage the world. But if you avoid change—simply because it is change—that’s what makes you old. “You’re not too old to make a big life change,” a friend told me, “you’re just too old to do it without complaining about it. So go ahead, complain. Then do what has to be done.”
The important thing—“What are you doing?”
It’s my wife, speaking beneath layers of dust and packing tape.
I tell her I’m contemplating the irony of change. She tells me she has fresh garbage to dump, three plant stands to stuff in the car, and the dog sounds like she’s marooned on a beach towel somewhere.
It’s time to get off the coffee table.
Michael Grady is a local playwright, reporter and the author of “Death Calls a Meeting.”
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WAging Today Technology challenged?
:: by Bob Roth, Managing Partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions
hile attending the National Association of Home Care and Hospice’s annual meeting in 2009, I had the great privilege to attend a session led by the inspirational former Secretary of State and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell.
Powell recalled a time when extended families lived in the same neighborhoods during a time when community members looked after one another. He reminisced and joked about his childhood growing up in the Bronx during the 1940s and the deterrent that kept the kids in line was referred to as, “The Auntie-Net.” He told the audience that he had more aunts and uncles than his mom and dad had sisters and brothers living on the same street.
Calling family friends Mr. or Mrs. was far too formal and referring to them by first names was too informal, so like many families from this era, they referred to close friends of the parents as aunts and uncles. This network of aunts would sit by the front windows of their homes or out on the steps in front of the house keeping an eye on the children playing in the streets. The aunties would be ready and if needed to make sure the children stayed in line, and if not, they would report back to parents.
Powell said if you think the Internet is an information superhighway, there is no faster way of relaying
information than the “Auntie-Net.”
The bad news about one of us getting out of line would travel faster down the street than any of us kids could ever run. Powell’s central message was that we have no greater obligation than to take care of our fellow human beings.
I reflected on his speech when I began to think of how we can help our older adult population adapt to the digital age. For every kid who owns an iPhone, I wonder how many aging adults are trying to figure out how to use their smartphone. For every kid easily navigating iTunes, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, I wonder how many aging adults are frustrated when instructed to download forms from their doctor’s office. I have witnessed the frustration of aging seniors in the digital age and it occurred to me that we should tap one of our communities’ most valuable resources: grandchildren.
My wife, Susie, and I are parents to three daughters and often say jokingly, just go to the millennial school of technology, push every button and you will figure it out. The kids today are not intimidated by computers, tablets or smartphones. They are not afraid they will break something or lose something or not be able to get out of something. Computers today are much more user friendly. Let’s engage the children to forge this friendship. I can’t think of
a better way to get a stubborn old dog to learn a few new tricks than to spend an afternoon with a grandchild. Community centers, churches and synagogues are ideal places to pair those who live in different cities from their own families.
ow about a field trip to the Apple genius bar or an IT class to take with a grandparent? Have you seen the kids today? Chances are you may have only seen them from the eyes up. The rest of their face is covered by their smartphone. Let’s get them from behind their phone and in front of grandpa. For the grandparents who are reading this and nodding your heads in agreement, pass this along to your children and ask for some help.
Using websites to research ancestry and create a family tree is a great way to introduce computer literacy. How about making Grandma a song playlist, “Granny’s Favorite Songs of All Time?” Music is such a powerful emotional tool and the perfect anecdote to relieve frustration. Try searching for recipes, great moments
in sports, all the presidents in Grandpa’s lifetime. Many children of today have actively involved parents who sometimes walk a tightrope between helicopter and concierge. We love our kids and cannot do enough for them. I think the time has come to return the love and task our children and grandchildren with helping their grandparents. The younger generations have the tools and knowledge to share with their grandparents and the result all around is one great big win. The possibilities are endless and the time spent bridging generations is truly priceless.
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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The TV needs to start bleeping out all the foul language that’s allowed today. It’s not funny when 2-year-olds learn to say “F you” to adults. “It’s so cute.” No it’s not. It’s ignorant and it’s bleeding this nation of intelligence. Clean up your crummy thoughts as well. The crummy nudity. Shame on all of you people.
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication needs to go back to teaching spelling and grammar to those who do not know the difference between picture and pitcher. Ban the word “got” while we’re at it!
Before voting on Proposition 123, which will fund public schools, voters, please investigate who is pushing this bill. Always follow the money. Find out what people and what organizations are encouraging the “Yes” vote on this. Find out what they have coming to them after voting on this bill. Don’t believe the propaganda on television and in the newspaper.
During a recent interview with Chris Wallace, Obama stated that nobody is above the law. This comes from a guy who has consistently violated the Constitution of the United States.
When is someone of power going to do something about this annoying credit card company and Beverly and her daily calls that annoy people to death. You’re waking up children. You’re waking up grandma. Stop calling this number. You have been told over and over again. There’s got to be something done with these people.
Beware of the scam of ripping off grandma by saying her grandchildren have been arrested. I think they must have a rotating file. That’s the second time grandma has been called. They’re good actors and they’re begging for money. Just call the police and report it. Don’t let it go. I think they come with the snowbirds and it’s really sad.
Does anyone know if there are any decent radio stations with good old enjoyable American music of the 1940s through 1960s? There’s nothing on commercial TV,
either, except for Channel 8, thank goodness. Radio is even worse with the noise and jumping jazz. Even good old western American classics, they’re not on TV anymore. There’s nothing but junk on TV and radio. What’s happened to the best of America?
The world is changing and much of it has us in some form of consternation. When mail delivery was invented, people probably said the same, “Johnny used to go see his friends, now he just mails them.” Same with the telephone. Somehow we didn’t instill our values in our kids, etc. So someone is to blame.
If the phone was not invented, they would be knocking on your door. Get an answering machine and mute the ringer. I can’t mute the ringer so set it for two rings. Guess what? They hang up.
Upset with your representatives? Then vote them out. Cleaning up Washington is the voter’s responsibility. Maybe someone woke up and realized it was a lost cause. It was better to fund everything and avoid another shutdown. I guess some think it is better to do harm to a philosophy than deal with the problem.
To the writer about ammunition: I have a more aggressive stance on that. I think not selling or making it illegal to possess manufactured ammunition is the key. If you want to limit ammo, then have the gun owner load their own. If you read about the frontiersman, they melted lead into balls and used a powder horn to load their guns. I feel the same about cigarettes. Stop making them. If smokers want to smoke they can roll their own. Give them a bag or can of tobacco and rolling papers, no machines, and have them go at it.
It’s really very simple. The subconscious is very impressionable and it will accept whatever you or another puts into it. What thoughts are in your mind? Are they thoughts of fear, hate, anger and violence? Whose thoughts are they? How did they get in your mind? It’s really very simple. The subconscious will accept what you accept. Whose word do you accept?
TAsk Gabby Gayle
Advice for the over-50 crowd
:: by Gayle M. Lagman-Creswick
his is in response to the several-month exchange we had on sexuality and seniors...in which I got educated!
Dear
Gabby Gayle: I do not think you are old-fashioned. I know plenty of people of all ages who feel sex is richer when it is part of a meaningful relationship. Sex can feel great, but when it is over, it is over. Love fills and enriches your life, and not just for the moment. Love stays with you forever, even after the person passes away. I so agree with your reader, “Wiser: “I learned that my ethic is not prevalent among the seniors who wrote:” That’s because the rest of us, who I believe are the majority, agreed with you and therefore, had no reason to write. Signed, Also Wiser
Dear
Also Wiser: I hope you are right...after going over the many emails I got on the subject, I was beginning to wonder if I didn’t grasp this senior sexual revolution, especially among women. Not that I would change my mind, but it did open my eyes! Thank you for your letter. Signed, GG
Dear
Gabby Gayle: I am a 60-year-old woman with an 87-year-old mother in independent living. Mom also suggested living with us—and she did for six months, when her house flooded beyond repair. We knew it could not last, and it created undue stress for all of us. Mom spoke to me, my husband and sister daily. While she sometimes struggles with this life transition, she knows this is better in the long term. In her mind, she’s still 25—and quite sharp! Aging is not easy and the elder are not children, but rather adults who held jobs, responsibilities, raised children, fought in wars and made their own
decisions and life mistakes. As adult children of our aging parents, we must find ways to respect, understand and negotiate their life stage transitions. Thanks, VM
Dear
VM: Well-written and wellsaid! If you have been reading me for a while, you may remember that one of my greatest fears is that my children will begin treating me like I am their child. When I told them this, my daughter-in-law said, “What if you begin to act as a child like my mother is acting now.” I don’t really know the answer to that, but I would just say, “Try to remember the mother inside her that you used to know, and love her accordingly.” I know this won’t be easy, but it will help, if you constantly remind yourself of the strong person she was. Thanks for writing such a thoughtful letter. Signed, GG
Dear Gabby Gayle: I would like to join the others who have complained about loneliness. My husband died three years ago, and he was the event planner. Since he has been gone, I just sit here and read or watch TV. I don’t know where to start. Help. Signed, Lonely
Dear
Lonely: You are going to have to buck up and get some starch in your backbone. In this day and age there is no reason to be lonely unless you want to.
I will repeat these suggestions:
1. Volunteer.
2. Go to church and meet people.
3. Find a good friend.
4. Go to support groups for widows.
5. Run a friendship ad for a friend.
6. Go to the senior center. Each city has a senior center with all kinds of activities and trips. Most of all: Reach out! Good luck! Signed, GG
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:: by Bill Straus
hen I hosted my first radio talk show in 1992, I was aware of one cardinal rule of broadcasting: No dead air.
I’m guessing that broadcasters always felt that even a moment of silence might lead listeners to believe their radio had stopped working, or even worse, that the station had gone off the air. It didn’t take me long to break that rule—and I was quickly confronted by my program director about it. I defended my dead air thusly: I wanted my program to be conversational, and I felt strongly that to engender a truly productive conversation, dead air is a necessity. After all, conversation consists of two parts, talking and listening.
I quickly discovered that to host the kind of dialogue I desired, I needed time to digest what callers said before I could respond effectively. I needed to become a better listener than I had ever been before, or risk sounding like a fool when responding to something a caller had said. And I hoped the callers would act correspondingly with me. I concluded that there is a place for dead air in radio—and the same holds true for our personal conversations as well.
Moments of dead air are every bit as important in conversation as the words that are spoken. That’s much like the world of music, where professional musicians will tell you that moments of dead air in any musical piece are as significant as the notes that precede and follow them.
WITH A STROKE,
WITH
Unfortunately, dead air is lacking in our conversations these days. We interrupt each other before a thought is even fully expressed. Our dialogues consist of mere snippets of thought rather than complete ones. I suppose it’s always been that way. I’m just more conscious of it these days because I find myself interrupting others and being interrupted myself on a more regular basis all the time, particularly if the conversation is political or in any way heated. Here’s a little test: When you’re on the phone with someone and you make a statement, followed by a moment of silence, what’s your immediate reaction? Mine is to ask, “Are you still there?” We are so used to “run-on-dialogues,” that any moment of dead air is interpreted as a problem. So, what’s the answer to this problem? It’s simple: We all need to become better listeners. I do know that awareness is the key. When I become aware of my own tendency to interrupt someone, I become a better listener. Oh, I can always improve on that, but only if I continually work at it. You can help. If we’re ever talking and I interrupt you, I hope you’ll call my attention to it...and I’ll do the same for you.
If we all did that...
Bill Straus is a retired native Phoenician. He spent 21 years in the radio business and the last 13 years of his career as the Arizona director of the Anti-Defamation League. He can be reached at strausplace@cox.net.
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Lookin’ Back
Michael McDonald will play the hits, but look forward at Celebrity show ::by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
Michael McDonald is expected to plow through a set full of hits when he performs at the Celebrity Theatre on Tuesday, June 7. But there’s at least one song with which fans will not be familiar.
“If You Wanted to Hurt Me” is one of a handful of tracks that may be included on a forthcoming new collection. He has drummer Shannon Forrest to thank for the project. The two co-opt a studio in Nashville.
“It’s a different kind of record,” says McDonald, calling from New Orleans. “It’s original music. I haven’t done a record of all-original music in quite some time. I’ve recently done the Motown records.
“But this came about in an odd way because it’s stuff that I had been
recording as far back as before the Motown records, eight or nine years ago.”
The multiple Grammy winner had old demos lying around and Forrest encouraged the former Doobie Brothers singer to improve them and put them on an album.
“Oddly enough, we reassembled the tracks around those early vocals,” he adds. “In many cases, we hadn’t replaced these tracks because they sounded great with these original vocals for one reason or another.
“This project would never be but for we had this relationship and we were just kind of co-existing under the same roof in the studio there.”
McDonald just needs to record one more song for the album. The next task
is to find a label to release it.
For now, he’s concentrating on his tour that comes to the Celebrity Theatre on Tuesday, June 7.
“I’m hoping to go back and rework some older songs, some obscure songs,” McDonald says about the setlist.
“But we thought, ‘What the hell. We’ll just go ahead and play at least this one song from the new record that we thought might work live.’ We try to cover what we think people will want to hear though and something extra that they might not expect.”
Michael McDonald performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Tickets are $50 to $275. For more information, call (602) 267-1600 or visit www.celebritytheatre.com.
May 1 Sunday
Concert Series at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., the park, 7301 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale, free, www.therailroadpark.com. The Groove Merchants are slated to perform.
May 2 Monday
Wellness Station Computer Class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
Adult Coloring, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 3 Tuesday
Sun Lakes Democratic Club, 7 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s Navajo Room, 25601 Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, free, (480) 895-1162. This month’s speakers are Jodi Liggett, director of Arizona Planned Parenthood, as well as Geoff Esposito and Morgan Abraham, who will discuss Prop 123.
May 4
Stroke Support Group, 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m., HonorHealth Outpatient Therapy Services, 3134 N. Civic Center Plaza, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (480) 882-6821, http://honorhealth.com/events.
Stroke Check Screenings, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Auditorium A/B, 14502 W. Meeker Blvd., Sun City West, free, appointments necessary, (602) 230-2273. The screening includes a completion of a written stroke assessment, blood pressure and pulse screen, cholesterol/glucose screen (a four-hour fast is recommended) and review of results by a clinician.
iPad 101, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
iPad 201, 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
Michael McDonald is expected to perform a new song, “If You Wanted to Hurt Me,” on Tuesday, June 7, at the Celebrity Theatre.
May 5 Thursday
Bone Density Screening, 10 a.m. to 1 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.
Movie and Popcorn: A Royal Night Out, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 6 Friday
Dance Extraordinaire Show, 6:30 p.m., Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa, $5, (480) 832-9003. The show features Jana Moore’s Young Troupe and Timeless Tappers.
Valley Engineering, Science and Technology Club, 11:30 a.m., Briarwood Country Club, 20800 N. 135th Ave., Sun City West, $18, reservations required, (623) 544-0942. The luncheon will be followed by a technical presentation called “Collaborative Consumption: How Technology is Enabling the New Marketplace Economy” by Joe Dunnigan, CEO of +Swappow.
Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market, various times through May 8, WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, $8 to $20, www.junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com. The shopping adventure features more than 180 handpicked items from Arizona and California artists and vendors that feature all things chippy, rusty, vintage and handmade.
Mother’s Day Celebration, 1 p.m., Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale, $5 to $7, registration required, (480) 312-1700.
May 7 Saturday
Free Stroke Screening, 7 a.m. to noon, Grayhawk Medical Plaza, 20401 N. 73rd St., Suite 135, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http:// honorhealth.com/events.
Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market, various times through May 8, WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, $8 to $20, www.junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com. The shopping adventure features more than 180 handpicked items from Arizona and California artists and vendors that feature all things chippy, rusty, vintage and handmade.
Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You? 10 a.m. to noon, repeats May 21, Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Brady Conference Center, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http:// honorhealth.com/events.
May 8 Sunday
Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market, various times through May 8, WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, $8 to $20, www.junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com. The shopping adventure features more than 180 handpicked items from Arizona and California artists and vendors that feature all things chippy, rusty, vintage and handmade.
May 9 Monday
Legislative District 18 Democrats, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Watershed Restaurant, 5250 S. Lakeshore Dr., Tempe, free, www.ld18democrats.org/meetings, ld18demsinfo@ gmail.com. Join the group on the second Monday of each month to hear about local issues and to meet Democratic neighbors.
Breast Cancer Support Group, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Prostate Cancer Support Group (USTOO), 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Wellness Station Computer Class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
Quilting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
Adult Coloring, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 10 Tuesday
Look Good...Feel Better, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Breast Health and Research Center, 19646 N. 27th Ave., Suite 205, Phoenix, free, registration required, (623) 5805800, http://honorhealth.com/events.
Head and Neck Cancer Support Group, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 5810 W. Beverly Ln., Glendale, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 3686 S. Rome St., Gilbert, free, registration required, (480) 855-2224.
Coloring ... Take Me Away, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., repeats May 24, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
May 11 Wednesday
Overview of Diabetes and Prevention of Side Effects, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., HonorHealth Medical Group, 6320 W. Union Hills Dr., Suite 2200, Glendale, free, registration required, (623) 561-3103, http://honorhealth. com.
MAY IS BETTER HEARING MONTH
Choose Right, Live Well, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Vision screenings are performed annually.
Dental check-ups occur every six months.
What about HEARING?
Adults 55 years of age and older should have their hearing checked on an annual basis.
It’s time to make sure annual hearing screenings are just as much a norm as dental check-ups and vision screenings
About 20 percent of adults in the United States - an estimated 48 million - report some degree of hearing loss. How many more haven’t reported any loss or don’t know what they can’t hear?
We’re here to provide diagnostics and hearing health treatment for all patients especially those age 55 and older.
Call to make an appointment for your FREE HEARING SCREENING
iPad 101 Facebook, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
iPad 201 Facebook, 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
May 12 Thursday
Ask the Expert: Minutes Matter—Understand Stroke, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., First Floor Auditorium, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth. com/events.
Lymphoma Support Group, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., repeats May 19 and May 26, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave., Scottsdale, free, registration required, (480) 855-2224.
Movie and Popcorn: Brooklyn, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 13 Friday
CinePark May Movie Series, 8 p.m., Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Rd., Chandler, free, (480) 7822735, www.chandleraz.gov/cinepark. Take the grandkids to watch “Goosebumps.”
May 14 Saturday
Life-Changing Weight Loss, No Surgery Required, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Brady Conference Center, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth. com/events.
May 15 Sunday
Wellness Station Computer Class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
Caps for the Cure Knitting/Crocheting Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
Adult Coloring, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 17 Tuesday
Marty Berk, 6:30 p.m., Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa, $4 in advance, (480) 8329003. The comedian performs at the ice cream social.
Tai Chi with Roxanne Reynolds, 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. repeats May 31, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Rd., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 855-2224.
May 18 Wednesday
Ask the Expert: Hereditary Cancer Genetics 101, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., First Floor Conference Room, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth. com/events.
Democrats and Donuts, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Denny’s Restaurant, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler, free, (480) 592-0052, mariec9@q.com. Democrats and Donuts is a monthly gathering sponsored by the Legislative District 18 Democrats. Order food by 8 a.m.
May 19 Thursday
Free Stroke Screening, 7 a.m. to noon, Deer Valley Medical Center, Medical Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave., Suite 400, Phoenix, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth.com/events.
La Forza Chamber Orchestra’s “Iberian Adventure,” 3 p.m., Camelback Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5902 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, free, www. laforzaorchestra.org. The orchestra will be led by music director Frank Darmiento.
May 16 Monday
Menopause Support and Education Group, noon to 1 p.m., Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Large Administrative Conference Room, Scottsdale, free, registration required, (623) 580-5800, http://honorhealth. com/events.
Head and Neck Cancer Support Group, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
West Valley Genealogical Society Special Research Evening, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., West Valley Genealogical Society and library, 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, $3.50, (623) 933-4945, www.azwvgs.org. This is an opportunity to visit with others interested in family history research.
Analyzing and Citing Sources: It’s a Necessity, Not an Option, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., West Valley Genealogical Society and Library, 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, free, (623) 933-4945, www.azwvgs.org. This class will cover the importance of properly analyzing sources as well as why and how to cite sources.
Skip the misunderstandings, not the moment. With a captioned phone, you can hear and read your phone calls on a bright, easy-to-read screen. No asking to repeat. No “can you speak up?” Just the simple joy of conversation.
1 HOUR Massage • 1 HOUR Facial with Hand & Foot Scrub and Microdermabrasion
Movie and Popcorn: My All American, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 20 Friday
Novice Genealogy, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., West Valley Genealogical Society and Library, 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, free, (623) 933-4945, www.azwvgs.org. This class is for anyone who’s curious about their ancestors.
Birthday Celebration and Ice Cream Social, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 21 Saturday
Block Party, 8 a.m. to noon, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, 10460 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, free, registration required after May 2, (623) 580-5800, http:// honorhealth.com/events. Free skin cancer and oral cancer screenings available.
Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 685 S. Dobson Dr., Chandler, free, registration required, (480) 340-4013.
Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, registration required, (480) 325-4707.
May 25 Wednesday
Diabetes: Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., HonorHealth Medical Group, 6320 W. Union Hills Dr., Suite 2200, Glendale, free, registration required, (623) 561-3103, http://honorhealth. com.
Stroke Check Screenings, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., Banner Desert Medical Center, Saguaro Auditorium, 1400 S. Dobson Rd., Mesa, free, appointments necessary, (602) 230-2273. The screening includes a completion of a written stroke assessment, blood pressure and pulse screen, cholesterol/ glucose screen (a four-hour fast is recommended) and review of results by a clinician.
Carbs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
Healthy Cooking Demo, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 26 Thursday
Kristin Chenoweth, various times through May 22, Symphony Hall, 75 N. Second St., Phoenix, starts at $33, (602) 495-1999, http://phoenixsymphony.org. The actress and singer makes her debut with the Phoenix Symphony to close the 2015-2016 APS Pops Series.
May 22 Sunday
Get a Better Night’s Sleep, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 27 Friday
Kristin Chenoweth, various times through May 22, Symphony Hall, 75 N. Second St., Phoenix, starts at $33, (602) 495-1999, http://phoenixsymphony.org. The actress and singer makes her debut with the Phoenix Symphony to close the 2015-2016 APS Pops Series.
Music in the Garden Spring Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix, $20 to $25, www.dbg.org/events/music-garden. Delphine Cortez and Jazz Alive perform.
May 28 Saturday
May 23
Monday
Bill Harrison, 6:15 p.m., Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa, $4 in advance, (480) 8329003. Bill Harrison, the summer dessert speaker, will present “Fred Harvey and the Harvey Hotels of the Great Southwest.”
West Valley Genealogical Society/Library Tour, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., West Valley Genealogical Society/ Library, 12222 N. 111th Ave., Youngtown, free, registration required, (623) 933-4945, www.azwvgs.org.
Memorial Day Remembrance Event, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Mesa Humana Guidance Center, 5943 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, free, (480) 325-4707.
May 24 Tuesday
What’s a Smartphone?, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Mesa
Cave Creek Balloon Festival, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Rancho Mañana Golf Club, 5734 E. Rancho Manana Blvd., Cave Creek, $8.38 to $80.12, www. cavecreekballoonfestival.com.
May 29 Sunday
Phoenix Mercury vs. Washington Mystics, 3 p.m., Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, starts at $10, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com.
May 30 Monday
Happy Memorial Day!
May 31 Tuesday
Phoenix Mercury vs. Connecticut Sun, 7 p.m., Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, starts at $10, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com.
Entertainment
Tinseltown Talks
Peter Mark Richman: The pharmacist-turned-actor
:: by Nick Thomas
Recognized for hundreds of television roles dating back to the 1950s, Peter Mark Richman broke into film alongside Gary Cooper in the Civil War western, “Friendly Persuasion,” in 1956.
“But I’m not only an actor, I’m also a playwright,” noted Richman, who turned 89 in April, from his home in Los Angeles. “‘A Medal for Murray’ just finished a two-year run in Israel and it toured Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa.”
Richman was doing a scene from his play in Los Angeles several years ago with Sean Penn’s mother, Eileen Ryan. Afterward, he was approached by noted Israeli actress Efrat Lavie during her visit to the United States.
“She loved the play but was heading back to Israel and wanted to take a copy of the script back home with her,” said Richman. “The next thing I knew, it was translated into Hebrew and became a smash hit over there.”
Studio before finding his way onto the East Coast stages in the early 1950s.
“I was touring in a play called ‘The Rainmaker’ with Eva Marie Saint in New England when my agent called to say producer/director William Wyler wanted me to do a screen test for ‘Friendly Persuasion.’ I caught a private plane out west and got the role.”
Peter Mark Richman with John Ritter on the set of “Three’s Company.”
But years before he entered the world of arts and entertainment, a family member almost pressed young Richman down a different career path.
“My father died when I was 16 and my brother was kind of a surrogate father,” Richman recalled. “He was a pharmacist and I worked in his store as a teenager. He thought I should get a real education so I ended up reluctantly going to pharmacy school. I expected to flunk out after six weeks but stuck it out, graduated, and became a licensed pharmacist in two states.”
However, the attraction of the stage proved more enticing than dispensing penicillin.
“I managed a drugstore for a year, but always wanted to act,” said Richman, who studied at New York’s Actors
Molten White Light.’”
But he continues to be visible as a frequent character on cable TV through reruns of dozens of classic TV shows such as “Matlock,” “Murder She Wrote” and “Three’s Company.”
“I appeared in over 500 TV episodes,”
he said. “I played a lot of doctors, but never did play a pharmacist!”
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns and interviews for over 600 magazines and newspapers.
Richman said working with Cooper, a living legend in 1956, was a joy. “He was just terrific, a hell of a guy, and very learned—far from the ‘yup’ character he is often depicted as in some films. When exchanging dialogue, he really digested what you said before replying—there was a thinking process going on rather than just reciting lines.”
In addition to acting and writing plays, novels and short stories, Richman is also a prolific artist (see www.petermarkrichman.com) and enjoys painting figurative expressionist portraits, holding numerous one-man shows over the years.
“I’m a real painter, not a celebrity artist,” he stressed. “I began painting in oils when I was 12 and have a good background in the mechanics of faces and figures.”
Richman has a major writing project in the works, too. “I also finished my autobiography and have high hopes for its publication. It’s called ‘I Saw a
Peter Mark Richman, left, meets Gary Cooper in “Friendly Persuasion” (1956) along with Anthony Perkins, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis Love.
Peter Mark Richman early and current publicity photos.
Bingo Happenings-May 2016
Fort McDowell Casino
Experience bingo in Fort McDowell Casino’s state-of-the-art and award-winning 1,700-seat bingo hall.
WHEN: Seven days a week, various times
WHERE: Fort McDowell Casino, 10424 N. Fort McDowell Rd., Fort McDowell
COST: Charge for cards
INFO: (800) THE-FORT, ext. 4380, or www. fortmcdowellcasino.com/bingo.php
Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino
Gamers who stop by Bingo Park enjoy picturesque National Park views in the state-of-the-art, 550-seat bingo hall.
WHEN: Seven days a week, various times
WHERE: Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino, 15091 S. Komatke Ln., Laveen
COST: $2 to $32
INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 1942, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/vq-vee-quiva-hotel-casino/gaming/ bingo-park
Lone Butte Casino
The state-of-the-art and spacious bingo hall features 850 seats and has morning, matinee and evening sessions. The morning sessions include five regular games and two specials, with three for $10 and $1 specials. WHEN: Seven days a week, various times
WHERE: Lone Butte Casino, 1077 S. Kyrene Rd., Chandler COST: $2 to $32
INFO: (800) 946-4452, ext. 8928, or www.wingilariver. com/index.php/lone-butte/gaming/bingo
Sunland Village East
Prize money will vary during the year based on attendance.
WHEN: Sundays, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Sunland Village East Auditorium, 8026 E. Lakeview Ave., Mesa
COST: Charge for cards varies to number purchase INFO: (480) 986-9822 or (480) 313-7033
Beuf Senior Center
Moneyball, 10 regular games plus double action. WHEN: Mondays and Thursdays, sales start at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Beuf Senior Center, 3435 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Phoenix
COST: Starts at $4/pack, City of Phoenix Membership card or $5 guest
INFO: (602) 534-9743
Chandler Senior Center
Bring a friend or make some new ones while enjoying some fun, laughter and prizes.
WHEN: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
WHERE: Chandler Senior Center, 202 E. Boston St., Chandler
COST: 50 cents per card. No limit on cards purchased. INFO: (480) 782-2720 or www.chandleraz.gov/senioradults
Mesa Adult Center
Twenty-one games, win up to $500 in losers’ bingo, social bingo and big game bingo.
WHEN: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Mesa Adult Center, 247 N. Macdonald St., Mesa
COST: Various costs, call for pricing INFO: (480) 962-5612 or http://mesa.evadultresources. org/
Social Bingo
Join others during social bingo.
WHEN: Mondays, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Apache Junction Active Adult Center, 1035 N. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction
COST: 25 cents per card
INFO: (480) 474-5262 or http://aj.evadultresources.org/
Brentwood Southern
There is a money ball; 17 games include three that are percentage payout.
WHEN: Mondays, hall opens at 4:30 p.m., sale starts at 5:15 p.m. and bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Brentwood Southern, 8103 E. Southern Ave., Mesa
COST: Varies according to games and number purchased INFO: (480) 306-4569
Earl E. Mitchell Post No. 29
Guaranteed coverall jackpot; no regular games under $100. Play all the games for $21, or the money ball for $1.
WHEN: Mondays and Thursdays, at 6:30 p.m., and Wednesdays, at 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Earl E. Mitchell Post No. 29, 6821 N. 58th Ave., Glendale
COST: Various costs, call for pricing INFO: (623) 930-9313 or www.azlegionpost29.org/ content.php?id=52
Granite Reef Senior Center
Everyone welcome. Enjoy 20 games of bingo with prizes.
WHEN: Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Granite Reef Senior Center 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale
COST: $1 per card; three-card minimum. No limit on cards purchased.
INFO: (480) 312-1700 or www.Scottsdaleaz.gov
Devonshire Senior Center
Devonshire Senior Center provides money ball, 10 regular games plus progressive coverall. Split-the-pot games are early birds and double action.
WHEN: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, sales start at 12:15 p.m.
WHERE: Devonshire Senior Center, 2802 E. Devonshire, Phoenix
COST: Starts at $2; must have City of Phoenix parks and recreation membership card to be eligible to play.
INFO: (602) 256-3130
Red Mountain Active Adult Center
Bingo seating begins at 12:50 p.m.
WHEN: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Red Mountain Active Adult Center, 7550 E. Adobe Rd., Mesa
COST: Tuesdays there are various prices; Thursdays the cards are 25 cents
INFO: (480) 218-2221 or http://rm.evadultresources. org/
Peoria Community Center
Prize money will vary based on attendance.
WHEN: Tuesdays and Fridays, at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Peoria Community Center, 8335 W. Jefferson, Peoria
COST: 25 cents per card; 50 cents for overall INFO: (623) 979-3570
Community Bingo
The 200-seat bingo hall open Wednesdays through Sundays in Goodyear. The building—new and well-lit— features Ana’s dinners and desserts.
WHEN: Wednesdays through Sundays, at 6:30 p.m.; Fridays, at 10:30 p.m.; and Sundays, at 2 p.m.
WHERE: Community Bingo, 3690 S Estrella Pkwy., Suite 108, Goodyear
COST: $21 (includes progressive) for 18 games; $14, late
night and matinee for 13 games.
INFO: (623) 512-8878
Sun Lakes VFW Post 8053
The organization holds bingo for up to 230 people. Payouts are based on sales; total may reach $900. All proceeds go to veteran needs, including homeless veterans, disabled veterans and military families.
WHEN: Wednesdays, at 7 p.m. Sales start at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes
COST: $7 minimum for play of all 19 games INFO: (480) 895-9270
Sunland Village
Auditorium doors open at 4:30 p.m., cards are sold at 6 p.m. and play begins at 7 p.m. There’s a $900 progressive pot.
WHEN: Thursdays in May
WHERE: Sunland Village Auditorium, 4601 E. Dolphin Ave., Mesa
COST: Charge for cards varies according to number purchased INFO: (480) 832-9003
Palmas del Sol
Come join the group to play Bingo weekly. Bingo doors and snack bar open at 5:15 p.m.
WHEN: Thursdays, at 6:30 pm.
WHERE; Palmas del Sol, 6209 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa COST: Charge for cards varies according to number purchased. INFO: (480) 528-4689
Sunrise Village
Join the group to play bingo weekly. The cards start selling at 5:45 p.m., early bird at 6:45 p.m., and regular bingo at 7 p.m.
WHEN: Fridays, at 5:45 p.m.
WHERE: Sunrise Village, 5402 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa COST: $13 minimum buy in INFO: (480) 985-0548
Stem cells break 25-year stalemate in COPD options for Arizonians
::by David Ebner
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, even though the death rate has dropped more than 35% since 1990. Similarly, the cancer death rate has dropped about 9%. However, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has risen from the fifth leading cause of death to the third, and its mortality rate has increased by over 30%.
According to the American Lung Association, 11 million Americans have COPD, and an estimated 300,000 are Arizonians.
Jim D., whose last name is abbreviated for medical privacy, is a patient of a clinic called the Lung Institute (lunginstitute. com) and has been since 2014. Jim believes COPD “hasn’t seen the news media awareness campaigns needed to stimulate research funding.”
The Lung Institute treats patients with their own stem cells because stem cells
act as the body’s healing system. The body alerts these cells, and they flow to the area that needs repair. However, stem cells are slow to react, and in someone who is chronically ill, they’re even slower. Realizing this, the physicians at the Lung Institute developed a procedure to help the stem cells do their job more efficiently.
While the mortality rates for heart disease and cancer are on the decline, lung disease deaths have seen a sharp increase in the last 20 years.
The physicians extract a patient’s stem cells from blood or bone marrow tissue, separate them and return them intravenously. The cells then travel through the heart and straight to the lungs where they are trapped. Once there, the cells can promote healing of the lungs, potentially improving lung function.
The company operates an affiliate clinic
in Scottsdale as well as Tampa, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Dallas. During the past three years, the Lung Institute has treated over 2,000 patients. A recent study produced by the clinic indicated that 82% of patients report an increase in quality of life after stem cell treatment, and 60% of those who took a pulmonary function test reported an increase in lung function.
For the 300,000 Arizonians with COPD, the mortality ranking of COPD isn’t as significant as their struggle to breathe and live their lives. After 25 years of the growing COPD diagnosis rate and little medical advancement, it seems like there is hope on the horizon with clinics like the Lung Institute and stem cell therapy.
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EVEN EXCHANGE
by Donna Pettman
Each numbered row contains two clues and two answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from M A STER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.
SUDOKU TIME
Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.
DIFFICULTY THIS MONTH H H
H Moderate HH Challenging
HHH HOO BOY! HHHH Put on your helmet!
SCRAMBLERS
Across 1. “Hamlet” has five of them
5. Like many attics
10. Talks one’s ear off
14. Sneaker or loafer
15. Make tough (Var.)
16. Sevilla stewpot
17. What pitchers do
18. Capacity
19. Very excited
20. Emndangered fish that can be seen in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Musuem
23. Graceful white bird
24. Unmatched
25. Supplemental component
28. Coffee allure
31. Half of it is better than none
32. Bored states
34. Word of disapproval
37. New additions to Phoenix roads
40. Essence of some rock bands
41. Separate, as chain parts
42. Quiet exercise
43. Prepare to beg for mercy
44. Real stunner
45. Nattily dressed
47. Eschew spontaneity
49. Phoenix attraction
55. Solicit customers
56. Kind of game that’s a pitcher’s dream
57. Sharks or Jets, e.g.
59. Property unit
60. ‘’The Terminator’’ heroine
61. Sword at the Olympics
62. “Back in the ___”
63. U.S. air base site in Greenland
64. Christmas number
CROSSWORD
Down
1. Volcano emission
2. Empty a glass fast
3. Melodious Amos
4. Gets rid of, as stock
5. Triangular formation
6. Bargaining group
7. __ pump: waste disposal device
8. Barber’s touchup
9. Bigfoot’s kin
10. Monitor lizard or encouragement for Paquin
11. Computer language
12. Like a gale
13. React to gravity
21. Grass bristle
22. Chinese menu notice
25. What’s more
26. This one is no idler
27. Hill partner
28. Smithy’s block
29. Archaeologist’s site
30. Hog call
32. High flier at sea
33. Pharaohs’ river
34. Southwestern resort community
35. Encourage forcefully
36. Leader until 1917
38. One with a conical cap
39. Toxic gas
43. You don’t want to be out of this
44. Seasoned seaman
45. Candies to a Brit
46. Pay-stub figure
47. Medicine bottle
48. River in Hades
50. Coll. or university, abbr.
51. Biblical boat builder
52. Like some streets
53. Bar placed across a guitar fingerboard
54. Oft-skinned joint
55. Greek letter T
58. Firm up, in a way
Unscramble the letters within each rectangle to form four ordinary words. Then rearrange the boxed letters to form the mystery word, which will complete the gag!
Entertainment Trivia
If April showers bring May flowers, what does May bring? Answer: Hot weather. May is the beginning of summer holidays like Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, the Kentucky Derby and National Burger Day (look it up!), so it’s comes as no surprise that the weather starts to warm up in preparation for all of these seasonal celebrations.
The hottest temperature in the Valley during the month of May was recorded at 114 degrees, only 44 degrees off from the temperature needed to fry to an egg on the sidewalk.
Speaking of the sun, May is also Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and living in a state with 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s not something we should ignore. According to skincancer.org, we should always seek shade during the hotter hours, prevent burns with sunscreen, avoid tanning and see your physician every year.
In the ancient Northern Hemisphere, the first of May was known as “May Day,” a celebration of the return of spring, with activities like garland weaving and dancing. It was a common belief that washing your skin with the dew from May 1 would give you beautiful skin throughout the year.
Month of May Questions
1 The Temptations sang about the month of May in their hit tune “My Girl.” What year did this catchy tune become a No. 1 hit?
2 May was named after the Greek Goddess of fertility, Maia. Who is her famous son?
3 Emerald is the official birthstone of May, and is one of the four recognized gemstones. What are the other three?
4 The Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931. How many stories does this historical building have?
5 National Burger Day is on May 28. The first fastfood restaurant sold burgers for the first time in 1921. How much did they cost?
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Last Month’s Answers
1
In Europe, a popular April Fools’ Day joke is to stick a paper fish on someone’s back.
2 “April in Paris” is the “April” song that contains the name of a European city.
3 The years 1862-1872—also known as “the Civil War and reconstruction”—served as prototype of the present levy on income.
4 The word “April” may come from the Latin word “Aperire,” which means “to open.”
5 In 1955, the deadline for filing income tax refunds was moved to April 15.
You can ‘Like’ but you better not comment! Learning the rules to interacting with grandkids on social media can be a challenging and often rewarding—lesson in making short but meaningful connections.
By Jimmy Magahern
Dr.
Lisa Strohman worries our youngest generation and our oldest generation are drifting apart, becoming more and more separated by technology.
In her practice as a clinical psychologist and founder of the Technology Wellness Center, a Scottsdale clinic that specializes in helping children and adolescents kick “technology overuse,” Strohman often sees kids who can’t find the time or “bandwidth,” as the most tech obsessed put it to call grandma or grandpa and actually talk on the phone.
“They don’t like to call,” says Strohman, a something mom herself with two elementary school aged children in the house who are adept at using every gizmo on their mobile devices except the phone app. “And some grandparents can be intimidated by new technology. As a result, I think that we have the greatest generational gap, technologically, that we’ve ever had. The biggest challenge I see facing grandparents is, how do you learn how to communicate with your grandchildren on their terms?”
That can be especially challenging, Strohman notes, when the preferred method of communication for young people changes with each new social media phenomenon. randparents who finally learned how to text to keep up with their grandkids who belong to the millennial generation may now have to learn how to navigate Snapchat, Vine and Instagram to stay in touch with the young ‘uns from Generation Z, the name given to the kids born after the millennials.
“The millennial generation were easier in the sense that they would use a lot of text messaging, which many grandparents have actually become pretty savvy with,” she says. “The younger kids coming up those in th or th grade, or junior high school they kind of live on Skype or one of the other video platforms, and they’ll be on it for seven hours a night, mostly with their peer groups. But that time excludes the grandparents, because that age group doesn’t want to ‘waste time’ on talking with parents or grandparents, since the peer group becomes so central to them at that stage.”
It’s not surprising, then, that some grandparents can come to resent the little digital devices their grandkids become so glued to.
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“Grandparents, particularly those on their first grandkids, will enjoy a lot of face to face time with the kids when they’re little and will become super connected with them,” Strohman observes. “And then when the kids go off to elementary school and start to use technology more, all of a sudden their grandparents become obsolete and unimportant. It’s almost as if this castaway action occurs, and that can create an unspoken resentment between the grandparents and the technology. They can begin to feel very purposeless, like they no longer have a role in their grandchildren’s lives because they’ve been replaced.”
Or...they can embrace the technology the grandkids use, and actually begin to enjoy staying connected through tweets, posts, pictures and videos.
“I feel like social media was invented for grandparents!” counters Sun City Grand resident Cleo Ness, 79, whose
seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren all live far away from her in Texas. “What I like is that they video everything. One of them might be having a birthday party, and I can’t be there. But they’ll video it and I can watch it here on my iPhone, just a few minutes later.”
Ness says she uploads her own share of videos, some starring her dog, Lilly Pearl, dressed up in various costumes.
In return, she sees almost daily videos from her grandkids.
“I get to see them jumping on the trampoline or going fishing or whatever. It makes me feel like they’re not so far away.”
Roger Borland, 87, a retired clergyman and one of Ness’ neighbors at The Colonnade retirement community, likes using the Hangouts app on his smartphone to do live video chatting
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with his six grandkids, who are spread out around the country from California to Wisconsin to Massachusetts.
“I like the instanta neous connection,” he says. “The kids aren’t oriented toward talking on the telephone any more like we were in my day. But they’ll do the video calling which is even better, because you can both see each other on the screen.”
Borland admits it took him a little while to get up to speed on things like Hangout and Facebook Messenger, which most of his grandkids use to chat. But now he says he hears from his three sons and their kids more than he ever did back in the days when only the telephone connected family members.
Cleo Ness
“It’s a really a good way of keeping in touch,” he says. “It’s like the kids
and grandkids are never further away than your pocket.”
Rules of engagement
Peggy Moore says she never been hesitant about jumping into social media.
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“I was into it right from the start,” says the Colonnade resident, who often helps out in the monthly iPhone and iPad classes led by Sun Health Senior Living manager Paula Sikes. “As soon as cellphones got texting capabilities, I couldn’t wait to do that!”
Moore acknowledges that some of her peers in the retirement community feel intimidated by the new technologies. “They’re scared of it,” she says. “I remember one day a lady here was nervous about getting a new phone, and so me and another resident who had an iPhone did a FaceTime video call sitting right across from each other at lunch. And she was sold on it immediately. She went right out and got an iPhone and started FaceTiming with her family. Once you see how it’s done and you try it, it’s easy.”
Learning the rules of communicating with the grandkids through social media can be another matter. Moore says as a grandma on Facebook, she’s learned not to butt into comment threads between her grandkids and their friends to stay in her lane, so to speak. “Oh yeah, they can put you out of that really fast!” she says, laughing.
“They’ll say, ‘No Facebook, Grandma!’ And you’d better listen!”
Strohman says there’s even a delicate psychology behind timing your “likes” on your grandchildren’s Facebook or Twitter pages. “If a kid is anywhere from high school age to their 20s, and they post something and somebody doesn’t like’ it within the first five minutes, they get stressed,” she says. “But if you’re the only one who ‘likes’ it and nobody else clicks that button, that could impact their feelings, too.”
Moore is enough of a power user that she figured out how to start an invitation only family Facebook page, and recommends the practice to other grandparents. “That keeps us up on family things, and only our family can get into it,” she says. “It’s great for the things your grandkids don’t want shared on their pages.”
She and her husband learned to group message, too, which now becomes their center of entertainment whenever a big sports event comes on TV. “My husband will be watching a hockey game with our sons, one in Michigan and one in Boston, and they’ll go back and forth, round and round in the messages, one joke after another,” she says.
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Julie Treinen, who directs the kinship program at Arizona’s Children Association in Tucson that facilitates grandparents caring for their grandchildren, says there are some steadfast rules for grandparents diving into social media relationships with their grands.
“On Facebook, you can’t comment on stuff if you’re grandma, you can only ‘Like’ stuff!” says Treinen, reciting the line virtually all grandparents hear from their teenaged granddaughter soon after starting an account. “If you have a comment, you have to put that in a private message. So there are relational rules to how you’re allowed to respond. And the grandchildren are real open to teaching you!”
Moore says her grandkids will happily shout out specific photo usage rights whenever she snaps a photo of something potentially embarrassing.
“It’s made it a lot more fun than waiting on that Sunday afternoon phone call.”
Going viral
If that “castaway” grandparent feeling replaced by technology had a face, it would probably belong to Oklahoma’s Kenny Harmon, or “Sad Papaw,” as he quickly became known on Twitter.
In a post by Harmon’s granddaughter Kelsey effectively throwing shade on all her siblings, the Northeastern State University student tweeted a photo of her grandfather looking sadly at a home cooked burger and a small plate of fries with the caption, “Dinner with Papaw tonight. He made 12 burgers for all six grandkids and I’m the only one who showed. Love him,” she closed, with a crying emoji.
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Peggy Moore
Connecting with grandkids...
The tweet went viral (2,000 retweets within the first minutes), “Sad Papaw” became an Internet meme, and in the end Harmon won the attention of all his grandkids not to mention thousands of their en and millennial peers by ironically becoming an accidental star on the little screens they’d come to prefer watching over him across a dinner table. His next barbecue was announced on Twitter and hundreds of people showed up, along with his suddenly appreciative grandkids.
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immediately get on SnapChat or Instagram so that they remain relevant to their grandchildren’s generation. Because, quite frankly, no kids want to see that!” says Strohman, with a laugh. “But they do have to learn how to communicate using social media. Because that’s where their grandchildren are.”
have to learn how to communicate using social media. Because that’s where their grandchildren are.
-Dr.
Lisa Strohman
The lesson? If you want to get on your grandkids’ bandwidth, you’ve got to become a bit of an internet sensation.
“I don’t expect grandparents to
Tucson’s Treinen says there are some hidden benefits to grandparents learning the new technology from their grandchildren, beyond just increasing communications.
“The good thing is, there’s research that shows that if you’re constantly learning complex things, you’re staving off dementia,” she says. “That’s what I see in the inter generational work that I do. I’ve got grandchildren that are keeping
grandparents very young and alive. They’re constantly teaching them new stuff, and they enjoy it, it gives them a real sense of competency. And the grandparents are open to it. It’s really nice to watch.”
Treinen says those purposeful interactions between the generations in learning the new ways to stay connected can cement a stronger bond than that weekly check in on the phone.
“If the grandparents’ generation is not resistant to learning, and the younger generation is open to teaching, that gives such a perfect opportunity to grow the relationship that the grandparents crave so much. While having the grandchildren stopping by and visiting may be what grandma wants, this provides constant contact.
“The grandchildren share everything that’s going on in their lives on their phones,” she adds. “And grandma gets to ‘Like!’”
Dr. Lisa Strohman
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My (formerly) favorite things
: : by Teresa Bear
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things —“My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music
Living in this great country, I feel blessed every day that I have plenty of money to buy the necessities of life with funds left over. As a result, I have accumulated lots of “stuff” during my lifetime that I treasure, but as I age, I begin to feel as if my things own me rather than the other way around.
If we use Maria’s list as an example, here in Arizona we don’t have much need for warm woolen mittens and if we want to make a cup of tea we’re more likely to use the microwave than a copper kettle. So what do we do with our formerly favorite things?
The internet has given us lots of new ways to downsize our possessions beyond having a garage sale or donating to charity. Here are a few.
Let’s assume you wish to sell your copper kettle. eBay might be the place to start as it is the largest online auction house. You will need to create an account on both eBay.com and PayPal. com (to process the payment that you will receive). ext you create a listing for your item and upload pictures. It’s often helpful to check out the competition to see what information you may wish to add to your listing to make it more compelling.
If you believe that an item that you own is valuable, a great place to begin your research is Google images. To utilize this function, in the search bar for Google Images, do the following:
• Click on the camera icon pload the picture file
• Google will then display the images that match ou may just find that your old copper kettle is a valuable antique!
If you are hoping to dispose of old books, Amazon is a great place to go. It’s easy to create a seller central listing just look up the ISBN number and you can add your book to the listing. Amazon and eBay also have a handy feature that allows for you to print out a postage paid
shipping label. They deduct the postage from the proceeds that you receive. If you don’t want to sell online, you may want to trade in your books at a local used bookstore like Changing Hands or Bookman’s. If all else fails, you can donate to the VSNA Book Sale. Check out VSNABookSale.org for information on donating.
Craigslist.org is also a terrific place to sell your old stuff and you don’t have to worry about shipping costs. Plus, it’s free to advertise. This works really well for larger items like furniture and less valuable items that you don’t want to ship. I’ve also advertised in their “free stuff” category for unusual items that might languish in a thrift store.
As you go about the process of uncluttering your “stuff,” it also may be time to consider simplifying your financial life. The necessity of managing numerous bank, retirement and brokerage accounts can be as burdensome as cleaning, storing and maintaining our physical treasures. Now may be the time to cash in savings bonds, close unused bank accounts and consolidate investment accounts. After all, retirement should be your time for doing what you love whether it’s traveling, spending time with family or pursing a long neglected hobby.
Teresa Bear, CFP, CPA (www.TeresaBear. com) specializes in retirement planning and asset preservation for retirees and those about to retire. Bear is the author of the book “She Retired Happily Ever After.” Send questions to Teresa@TeresaBear. com or call (480) 503-0050.
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Protect your ears for Better Hearing and Speech Month
Make your hearing health a priority by understanding what causes hearing loss ::by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and Arizona Relay Service
With more than 1 million people in Arizona experiencing some degree of hearing loss, many of us can relate to or know someone who is deaf or hard of hearing. This month, Better Hearing and Speech Month, is the perfect time to remind people of the importance of hearing health, the signs of hearing loss and resources available.
So what causes hearing loss?
According to the Better Hearing Institute (B I) the primary causes of hearing loss are aging and previous exposure to loud noise, or noise induced hearing loss. This can be due to different types of occupational and recreational noise exposure: military service, construction workers, bartenders, dentists, landscapers or even things like attending concerts, riding motorcycles, and listening to music through headphones.
People often dismiss signs of hearing loss as “no big deal.” In reality, hearing loss is a very big deal. Hearing loss can affect anyone at any time in all the areas of your life, including your relationships, your health and your safety.
How is hearing loss identified?
If hearing loss goes undiagnosed, one might encounter more misunderstandings in their relationships; earn less money at work and experience other health issues, such as dementia. Making phone calls becomes more challenging and isolation and depression are common, especially in the senior population.
Some major indicators that you may be losing your hearing include:
• Frequently ask people to repeat themselves;
• Often turn your ear toward a sound to hear it better;
• Understand people better when you wear your glasses or look directly at their faces;
• Have trouble following group conversations;
• Keep the volume on your radio or TV at a level that others say is too loud;
• Have pain or ringing in your ears.
For some, hearing loss may be inevitable. However, for most people hearing loss is completely preventable. Here are some tips on how to protect your hearing:
• Keep the volume on televisions, music, radios and cellphones turned down to a moderate level.
• Smoking toxins can negatively affect a person’s hearing ability. Don’t smoke.
• Wear ear plugs and other protective gear when operating noisy equipment.
• Take regular breaks from loud noise at least a minute break every hour.
• Avoid unhealthy eating. A poor diet increases the chances of being diagnosed with diabetes and thus puts an individual at a greater risk of developing hearing loss.
If you are experiencing any of
the signs above or if you think you have hearing loss, see your doctor or a licensed audiologist to assess the degree of hearing loss, to treat it and to determine a plan to prevent further loss. There are many assistive technologies, available through Arizona Relay Service or the Arizona Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program, that can help sharpen your hearing, keeping you connected to your surroundings.
For more information on the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing visit www.acdhh.org/ or Arizona Relay Service visit www. azrelay.org/.
Established in 1977 to improve the quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing residents, Arizona Commission for the Deaf and
the Hard of Hearing serves as a statewide information referral center for issues related to people with hearing loss and aspires to be a national leader in communication access, support services and community empowerment throughout the state. The purpose of the organization, and its commissioners, is to ensure, in partnership with the public and private sector, accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing to improve their quality of life.
Arizona Relay Service (AZRS), is a public service provided by the State of Arizona and administered by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). AZRS makes communication by telephone easy, accessible, reliable and convenient for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or have difficulty speaking.
English Trifle (Zuppa Inglese)
:: by Jan D’Atri
Icall this dish my “made for T dessert.”
I’m sharing one of my own family’s recipes that’s one of the simplest, most beautiful desserts you can present to the table. It is the sensational English trifle or “ uppa Inglese,” a favorite in the D’Atri family for decades. What I really love about it is it looks like a “bowl of extravagance,” yet it’s literally a piece of cake to put together. From the top, our nglish trifle looks like a giant bowl of whipped cream finished off with fresh fruit. But from the sides you can see all the layers of cake, vanilla pudding and sliced strawberries, kiwi
and boysenberries. Sometimes what you don’t see is the best part a subtle brushing of Grand Marnier over the cake layers.
By the way, how did the English Trifle get an Italian nickname
The stories are as varied as the recipes you’ll find for this elegant dessert. But I’m sure it came about because when you dive your spoon into the layers, the consistency of the trifle is more like a sweet, rich soup or “zuppa.”
This is our “Sunday Brunch on the patio” time of year and the English Trifle is the perfect edible center piece.
English Trifle (Zuppa Inglese)
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 box of pudding and pie filling (do not use instant)
2-3 pints of ripe strawberries
1/4 cup granulated sugar
6-8 fresh ripe kiwi, peeled and sliced
2 pints of fresh blueberries or boysenberries
1 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup Grand Marnier
Bake cake mix as directed and pour into three inch pie tins. If you only have one pie pan, bake each for about minutes or until done. Prepare vanilla pudding as directed, and set aside. Chop one pint of strawberries and combine with granulated sugar. Slice second pint of strawberries thin. Slice kiwi fruit. Place the first cake disc in a trifle or clear glass bowl. Brush on one third of the Grand Marnier. Around the edge of the trifle bowl, alternate slices of kiwi and strawberries, laying fruit flat against the bowl. With a spoon, spread strawberries and sugar combination over cake layer. Drop spoonfuls of one half of the pudding over strawberry mixture.
Add second cake disc and brush with Grand Marnier. Line the edge of the bowl with fresh blueberries or boysenberries. Add third cake
disc. Brush with liquor and spoon strawberry mixture and pudding over cake. Combine whipped cream, vanilla and powdered sugar, beating until stiff. Spread whipped cream over pudding and decorate with sliced fruit. or the final touch, spoon some whipped cream into a piping bag and create a mound in the middle of the cake and top with a fresh strawberry. Refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight. Spoon into clear dessert bowls or parfait glasses. Serves approximately 8.
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Here She Comes
Ms. Senior Arizona Jeanne Martin to represent state in national pageant
::by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
WhenJeanne Martin, the Ms. Senior Ari ona winner, strides into a meet and greet with her court, all heads turn. Martin is a vision in her snug cobalt blue sequined dress.
Despite her beauty, Martin had never participated in a pageant, but this one inspired her.
“I just got to a point in my life, where I said, ‘I’m really tired. I’m not going to be a couch potato. I’m not going to let go of life.’
“When this came as an opportunity, I thought why not? I’m going to step out of the box and have fun.”
Martin will travel to Atlantic City in October to represent Arizona as she competes for the Ms. Senior America title. Her court includes Ava Genung from Scottsdale as first runner up Nancy Howe from Scottsdale as second runner up; Linda Allbright of Sun City as third runner up and Gena Soileau from Prescott as fourth runner up.
The 21 contestants presented an array of talent that included singing, dancing, comedy monologues and, for the first time, a tai chi demonstration.
Held annually in March, the pageant is a program of the Cameo oundation, a (c)( ) charity that benefits women and children of abuse.
Celebrating its 27th year, the pageant is open to seniors statewide. (For more information on entering the 2017 pageant, call ( ) .) irst and foremost, the pageant honors the “age of elegance.” The contestants, all of whom are ages or older, compete in
four categories: philosophy of life, interview with the judges, evening gown presentation, and talent.
Martin’s talent was singing and yodeling.
“I’ve been doing music for years,” she said. “My husband and I have been doing music most of that time. I’m self taught. I just listen to tapes and CDs of other people and worked that into what we do.”
Martin was able to uit her full time job as a neonatal nurse in to pursue music full time. A resident of Cottonwood, Martin moved west in from Livonia, Michigan, where her mother taught her the finer points of being a lady.
“I was raised by a mother who was clearly a lady of elegance,” Martin said. “I was very blessed. She was always an educator, reading and teaching. She supported me in just about anything I
wanted to do: where the forks go, how to set the table, how to sit in the chair properly as a lady. All of those things are important to her. At the time, I probably didn’t appreciate it. I probably rebelled a little. I’m really glad I have those things on board.”
She wants to share those feelings with younger women as she tours the state as Ms. Senior Arizona.
“I just want to let everybody know that the senior contingent is made up of people who are wise and have so much to share,” she said. “I want to pass onto the younger generation the importance of morals and of being classy and of sharing and educating.
“There are so many beautiful ladies out there. Being a lady is always something you can use, especially when you go into a job. Classiness and elegance definitely push you forward.”
Cameo Foundation aids domestic violence shelters
::by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
WhenHerme Sherry was named Ms. Senior Arizona in 2004, she was asked what she planned to do during her reigning year.
“I said, ‘I want to help somebody,’” Sherry said. “So I’d like to start a black tie ball.”
She, in turn, created the Cameo oundation, the beneficiary of the Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant. The Cameo Foundation originally raised funds for Alzheimer’s disease associations, but Sherry has since changed her focus to domestic violence shelters because, she said, the need is greater there.
“We felt that cancer and heart disease and Alzheimer’s get national help, but domestic violence does not,” Sherry said.
Sherry said now is the time to start talking openly about domestic violence.
“When I grew up, it was a secret,” she said. “You didn’t talk about it. It still is, to a certain degree. Ladies need to know that they do have an option. They don’t have to stay. The children are frozen in fear. The shelters are struggling for funds to keep the doors open.”
The Cameo Foundation holds fundraisers throughout the year to raise monies for those shelters. The fifth annual Dancing Musical Fashion Show is scheduled for ov. , while the date of the Cameo Ball is to be determined.
Next year’s Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant is on March 19. For more information about the organization or its events, visit www.cameofoundation.org.
Ms. Senior Arizona Jeanne Martin attended a meet and greet with other pageant winners—some from other states.
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Hot Springs, a town where all is possible
::by Andrea Gross | :: photos by Irv Green
Icome to Hot Springs, Arkansas, with an agenda. I want to relax in the curative waters, find a diamond and go home refreshed and rich.
After all, one of the world’s greatest baseball players as well as many of the world’s most notorious gangsters have found the waters restorative, and as for diamonds, just last year a man found a 6.19-carat jewel in a nearby park. Here, I figure, all is possible.
Of course, there’s a close relationship between possibility and luck, and Hot Springs is undeniably lucky. Located on the eastern edge of Ouachita National Forest, 50 miles from Little Rock, it’s surrounded by such natural beauty that in 1832 Andrew Jackson designated it a “special reservation.” As a result, Hot Springs claims the title of the country’s oldest national park.
water into its fountains, and indirectly fill its coffers as well. This is the real source of the town’s luck.
It’s also the smallest, only seven times the size of New York City’s Central Park. To see how this compares to the larger countryside, we climb 306 steps to the third level of the Hot Springs Tower. There, below us, is a smattering of buildings surrounded by miles and miles of green forest and sparkling lakes. The town is special—and small.
But while many places are surrounded by beauty, Hot Springs is also home to 47 springs that send 700,000 gallons a day of mineral-rich
During its heyday in the twenties and thirties, bathhouses promising therapeutic soaks that could cure ills from bunions to syphilis attracted the rich, the famous and the infamous. They came for the baths, but they stayed for the fun.
Gambling and prostitution became major industries. Sports stars like Babe Ruth frequented the casinos and bars at night and sought hangover relief in the baths in the morning. Gangsters like Al Capone made deals with bootleggers who had stills in the nearby forests. By the time the feds cracked down in the ’60s, Hot Springs had the largest
The hot springs originate in the nearby Ouachita Mountain Range.
President Bill Clinton lived in Hot Springs from 1954 to 1961. The home is now a private residence.
Top: Babe Ruth and other baseball greats worked out in the Arlington Hotel gym when they were in town for Spring Training.
Right: Clinton’s favorite meal at McClard’s is a beef sandwich accompanied by a side of beans.
illegal gambling operation in the United States.
We stop at the Arlington Hotel to see the room where Ruth worked out when he wasn’t sweating out and where Capone stayed when he was hanging out. A stop at the Gangster Museum, which is filled with an old roulette table, vintage slot machines and other tools of the trade, provides us with gossipy tidbits on Capone and his fellow mobsters, including Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Frank Costello, and Owney “The Killer” Madden. A quote by Mae West, who The Killer bankrolled, protected and romanced, tells us he was really a sweet guy but could be “oh so vicious.”
I’m not sure if Ruth and Capone bathed at the Arlington or at the Buckstaff, which is the only one of the eight original bathhouses that is still operational, but my husband isn’t interested in following the footsteps of Capone anyway. Thus, I opt for the Buckstaff, which is right across the street.
The attendant asks me what kind of treatment I’d like. “I’ll have what Mae had,” I say. She tells me to disrobe. Nudity isn’t on my agenda, but I meekly follow her instructions, and she spends the next 90 minutes making sure that I’m thoroughly rubbed, pummeled and pampered. A long soak in 100-degree water is followed by a loofah rub, hot blanket wrap, sitz bath, vapor cabinet experience and needle shower. I emerge feeling more like a survivor than a star.
A great big diamond might help me feel, or at least look, more like a star, so we head to Crater of the Diamonds State Park. More than
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75,000 diamonds have been found in this field since , when the first one was discovered. Best of all, what you find, you get to keep.
The rules state that visitors can walk around and hope they spot a glittering rock, rent a small tool and search through the loose surface soil, or use special equipment and dig deep, an activity that is best for those who have previous experience.
Because we have no previous experience, I stroll and search, my husband digs and hopes, and after an hour we both come up empty-handed, dusty and in need of cleansing, if not restorative, baths.
En route back to our motel, we stop at McClard’s, the local barbecue joint that Bill Clinton, who grew up in Hot Springs, claims is one of the best restaurants in the world.
The waitress tells us that Bill favored the chopped beef sandwich with a side of beans. “Even when he was a devout vegan, he’d come in and sneak a bite of our barbecued beef,” she said. Bill’s beef-and-beans sets us each back $10.13, including tax.
It’s true. In Hot Springs, all things are possible. We can have a worldclass meal even if we didn’t find any diamonds. For more information visit www.hotsprings.org
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A voyage on the Star Clipper
:: by Ed Boitano | Photos by Deb Roskamp
In Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey,” the mythical Greek character Odysseus builds a raft and attempts to return to his home island of Ithaca. But Odysseus’ enemy, Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, unleashes a storm and the raft is destroyed. Odysseus washes ashore on the island of Corfu. He staggers into an olive grove and collapses. My arrival on Corfu was slightly less dramatic. Poseidon must have been smiling for the seas were calm and shimmering. My mode of transportation was the 360-feet luxury sailing vessel the Star Clipper, whose Tropical Bar was always open.
Star Clipper
The tall ship Star Clipper is one of the largest and fastest-sailing ships on the sea. Like the Star Clipper’s fleet of two other vessels, the Star Flyer and the Royal Clipper, it is modeled after the iconic clipper ships of the past, which seamlessly blend the best traditions of that legendary era with the state-of-the-art amenities. It’s easy to get to know fellow traveling companions as the Star Clipper, because it’s the smallest vessel of the fleet, with a maximum of just 170 guests. Accommodations are spacious and life aboard is relaxed. Morning begins with the hoisting of the sails to the accompaniment of the
title theme from the film “Master and Commander.” It is a moment that most passengers don’t miss. Passengers can climb the mast to one of the crow’s nests for panoramic views, or quite literally hang on one of the two widow’s nets, a blanket-like braided net that hangs over the side of the vessel. Creature comforts include an elegant dining room, tropical and piano bar, and swimming pools. If you’ve already sailed on all three vessels, stay tuned for another Star Clipper ship is in the works.
Ports of Call Venice
The embarkation city for the Star Clipper, Venice was sweltering and frenzied, similar to that of Disneyland on opening day. But who was I to complain? After all, I was a tourist too, and Venice belongs to the world. Highlights included San Marco; the Rialto Bridge; the Bridge of Sighs, the bridge where convicts would get their last glimpse of Venice on their way to prison; the palace of the Doge, the chief-of-state ruler when Venice was a republic the morning fish market a Vaporetto water taxi ride down the Grand Canal; a sampling of Venice’s famed seafood and risotto; and, of course, a romantic gondola tour of the city’s pristine canals. Yes, it is touristic. But after all, it is Venice.
An Eastern Mediterranean odyssey
Mali Lošinj, Croatia
The first stop of my day odyssey was the island of Mali Lošinj. The most low-key of all the ports, it was a good place to stretch your legs and take a swim among local Croat families and feel like a local.
Hvar, Croatia
The idyllic island of Hvar is an oasis of lavender fields and ancient olive trees, once a getaway for the Romans. My guide said it’s still popular for the rich and famous, with some American computer billionaire named Bill recently vacationing there.
Boka Fjord, Montenegro
Charming villages rested along the shore as we sailed deep into the heart of Boka Fjord, the largest fjord of the Mediterranean Sea. Four hours were not enough for the medieval town of Kotor, but long enough for me to know that I will return. Montenegro means “black mountain.”
Corfu, Greece
port of Sparta, where mythical Paris and elen of Troy fled to gypt, to the Byzantine frescoes of the 14th century churches of Mystra—but well worth the journey. As we passed through Sparta, once a dominant military city-state in ancient reece, I was surprised to find that most of the ancient structures are buried a mile or so beneath an array of tacky souvenir shops and restaurants.
Santorini, Greece
Santorini is rife with villages built on tall cliffs, white-washed churches and cobblestone streets leading to charming tavernas. Santorini is the archetypical Greek picture-postcard island. In 1500 B.C., a volcanic eruption destroyed the center of the island, leaving a crescent-shaped rim of cliffs around the harbor. It is one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world.
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The bus ride was long from the ancient
Someone on the vessel had clearly upset Poseidon, for the trip to Mykonos was canceled due to rough seas. Many were disappointed, but we had been warned that this was the price one might pay when sailing a smaller vessel. The good news was, however, that I was able to spend another day with my new friends. I think I read where Odysseus made a few friends on his odyssey, too. For further information, visit www. starclippers.com/us-dom
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Tall, attractive, WWF that is tired of game players and liars. There must be a 75 plus gentleman that is honest, caring, positive and romantic that would appreciate the same qualities in a special LADY in the SE Valley. Many interests. NS/ND. I’m a good cook and often cook with wine. Sometimes, I even put it in the food! The wine is chilling; let me know when to pour!
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SWM 63 (semi-retired) young looking Christian gentleman in NE/Scottsdale area who is fit & attractive, likes dining out, movies, music/concerts, short hikes/walks, sightseeing, travel/day trips, exploring new places, quiet romantic nights & more. Seeking female 55-65 with same interests for LTR.
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Needed- I would like to meet a nice widowed lady for intimate relationship. I promise her she will be my Queen and will be treated nice. I’ll treat her the way I like to be treated. I did this to my wife of 53 years. The woman should be 65 years up to 75 years old. Please let me find the perfect lady.
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70’s+ Lesbian ISO same for walks, Mercury, plays, concerts, use rail bus for travel, will share your interests as well. Be healthy, happy, laugh lots.
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WWF, attractive, petite widow, young 70’s, on the go person. From the Mid-West, now in the East Valley. Sincerely looking for an attractive, dependable, honest gentleman, 6575 with a sense of humor for some fun and friendship. My interests include sight-seeing, music, dancing, bowling, board and card games, stargazing etc. Have married friends, but tired of being a tag-a-long. If you are my new friend, please write with your phone number.
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BDM, 71, like 50, have a brain, handsome, 5’10”, 195lbs, drive, live downtown Phoenix. Love to laugh & have fun. Recently out of retirement, beginning Piano. Seeking nice lady, important friend, laughs, good conversation. Race open. If you think you are the one, write letting me know your hopes and dreams.
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5 tips to beat the heat this summer
Summer is right around the corner, and Walgreens wants you to be well through the warm weather. Here are a few tips to help you be happy and healthy this summer:
Don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink
Hydration is important during the summer, because heat causes us to sweat and lose electrolytes. Sweating helps to cool our bodies, but it also makes us lose lots of fluids. Losing too much fluid can lead to dehydration. That is why we need to stay hydrated throughout the summer. Certain medications also cause us to lose fluids and electrolytes. Lastly, as we age, our sense of thirst is not as keen as it used to be. Hence sweating, medications and poor sense of thirst are major factors that can lead to dehydration and heatrelated illnesses. Therefore, it is very important to drink water even when we are not thirsty.
The Institute of Medicine recommends drinking about 3 liters (or around 100 ounces) of water daily, unless your doctor has specified otherwise. Lowcalorie sports drinks contain electrolytes that can help you stay hydrated. Stop by your local Walgreens and stock up our wide variety of water and sports drinks this summer!
Schedule outdoor activities carefully
Summertime is near, and we know you want to stay physically active. However, do not let the heat prevent you from staying fit or going outdoors. Start your day early and exercise before it becomes too hot. Consider walking in the evening when it is cooler if that is more convenient. Most importantly, try to stay indoors during peak temperatures of the day, as your risk for dehydration and heat-related illnesses are the highest. Also, be sure to bring plenty of water with you whenever you are outdoors or exercising.
Wear light clothing
Heavy clothing tends to trap body heat, causing you to sweat and become dehydrated. Consider wearing lightweight, loose and comfortable clothing to stay cool this summer.
Use a buddy system
Heat-related illnesses, like dehydration, can cause a person to become confused or unconscious. If you live alone, ask a loved one or a friend to call and check
in with you at least twice a day to make sure you are doing well. This is especially important when there is a heat wave expected to pass through your area.
Protect yourself with sunscreen
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun are harmful to the skin and can cause skin cancer. Wearing sunscreen whenever
you are outdoors protects you from UV rays and lowers your risk for skin cancer. Consider using a sunscreen that contains a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or greater. Also, make sure the sunscreen you use contains both ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B (UVA/ UVB) protection, because these are the two main types of UV rays that affect our skin. UVA/UVB can also be marketed as “broad spectrum.” Certain
medications that treat blood pressure or infections can cause the skin to be more sensitive to sunlight. In other words, these medications can cause our skin to burn quicker than normal. Therefore, it is important to wear sunscreen whenever you are outdoors. Stop by your local Walgreens to see our wide selection of sunscreens, and feel free to ask our friendly beauty advisers, pharmacists and staff any questions that you have.
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Thank you to ASO
Arizona Senior Olympics would not exist without the dedicated service of hundreds of volunteers. Thanks to those who served to make the 2016 games a success. The people listed below are those who have volunteered “above and beyond” by giving hundreds of hours of their time and effort to ASO. To them we also offer our heartfelt thanks.
UPS (unpaid staff)
Roxie Allen
Paul Harvey
Robin Stillwell-Harvey
fi e assistants and ga es anage ent tea
Debera German
Ellie Kallal
Nancy Jackson
Gloria Tolaro
Phil Hershkowitz
ort o issioners and i e o issioners
Richard Alexander
Bruce Alleman
Ray Bierner
Sharon Billeter
Dee Borendame
Tony Cheung
Chuck Crouse
Michael Cullumber
Charles Eckman
Robert Elston
Lynda Fleischer
Judy Gillies
John Hardy
Paul Harvey
Dianne Henrickson
Kay Hussar
Tom Jackson
Dennis Johnson
Sam Ortega
Robert Oyster
Kenny Perez
Dina Perez
Don Plante
Eric Prosnier
Ed Prudhomme
Rob Robinson
Michael Sanderfer
Tom Stillwell
Lenny Russo
Renold Schilke
Di Tormanen
Larry Welton
Marci Welton
2017 National Senior Games will be a winner
Birmingham, Alabama, is ready for the 2017 National Senior Games. Even though the games are still in the planning stages, the city is ready to welcome thousands of seniors on June 2, 2017.
Starting with this month, The Finish Line will feature shorts about Birmingham. It’s a city rich in history, landmarks, great Southern food and friendly people.
This month, we focus on the Alabama Theatre, which was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pageant and the weekly Mickey Mouse Club.
In 1998, the theater underwent a complete restoration by EverGreene Studios in New York City. In eight
months, the theater went from its look of faded grandeur to a sparkling 1927 landmark, down to the gold leaf paint. In addition to the restoration, new carpet was installed in the ladies lounge and new drapes were hung on stage and in the organ chambers.
While you’re in town for the games, enjoy a tour of the historic Alabama Theatre that begins in the ticket lobby. Patrons walk up to the balcony and the tour concludes in the auditorium with a demonstration of Big Bertha, the
Alabama’s prized Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.
The tour lasts approximately one hour and costs $10. The Alabama Theatre does not have an elevator and stairs are involved in this tour.
ASO featured in Phoenix Magazine
In the April “Top Docs” issue of Phoenix Magazine, four Arizona Senior Olympians were dubbed “Super Seniors” who exemplify the active lifestyle even in the fact of some of life’s greatest challenges.
The four Senior Olympians whose stories are told are champion powerlifter Gayle Clawson, runner Jorge Magana, swimmer Dan Tajajcak and cyclist Ann Chadwick.
“Arizona Senior Olympics is proud of our athletes and these four are representative of the spirit and courage that we see in all of our senior athletes,” said Irene Stillwell, ASO executive director.
Positioned on pages 212 through 215, the article is a major promotion for Arizona Senior Olympics.
Harvard Medical says ‘exercise’
In a recent blog by Dr. Robert Schmerling, faculty editor of the Harvard Health Publications, the importance of exercise was linked to a list of benefits that everyone should strive to gain.
“If exercise were a medication, it would be a blockbuster,” Schmerling stated.
Here are the improvements you can make in your health by exercising:
• Loss of excess weight
• Improved energy and stamina
• Increased bone strength
• A lower risk of certain cancers
• Improved mood and sleep
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• Lower cholesterol and blood pressure
• Lower average blood sugar
• Increased muscle mass, strength and balance
The cost benefit ratio of exercise is amazing because exercise does not have to cost a cent and the benefits are significant.
Volunteers sought for 2017 ASO games
Planning has begun for the 2017 Arizona Senior Olympic Games and you can be a part of the excitement!
The games are scheduled for Feb. 18 to March 12 and help is needed on the games management team.
We are looking for volunteers who can serve as liaisons between the sports planners and the sports commissioners. GMT members are responsible for helping with all aspects of planning the event and assisting with their implementation.
Anyone who’s interested in volunteering for this position can call (602) 274-7742.
Missed qualifying? Take a trip!
If you missed out on qualifying for the National Senior Games at the 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics, don’t worry! You may still be able to qualify at one of the other states’ senior games listed below.
Every state on the list is open to outof-state athletes except New Mexico and North Carolina.
For detailed information about the games go to www.nationalseniorgames. com.
Alabama: April 13 to May 4
Alaska: Aug. 12 to Aug. 21
Arizona: Feb. 18 to March 12, 2017
Arkansas: Sept. 28 to Oct. 2
California: May 27 to June 26
Colorado: June 8 to June 12
Connecticut: May 14 to May 15
Delaware: August through November
Florida: Dec. 3 to Dec. 11
Georgia: Sept. 21 to Sept. 24
Hawaii: November
Idaho: Aug. 6 to Aug. 28
Illinois: Sept. 17 to Sept. 26
Indiana: May 19 to May 27
Iowa: June 8 to June 12
Kansas: Sept. 8 to Sept. 18
Kentucky: September
Louisiana: August to November
Maine: June to October
Maryland: August to September
Massachusetts: June 1 to Sept. 30
Michigan: Aug. 12 to Aug. 21
Minnesota: May 19 to May 22
Mississippi: April 9 to May 22
Missouri: June 9 to June 12
Montana: June 16 to June 18
Nebraska: Aug. 4 to Aug. 7
Nevada: April 7 to April 17
New Hampshire: July 31 to Sept. 5
New Jersey: Sept. 9 to Sept. 11
New Mexico: Aug. 19 to Sept. 11
New York: June 13 to June 18
North Carolina: Sept. 26 to Oct. 2
North Dakota: No games
Ohio: June 10 to June 26
Oklahoma: No games
Oregon: June 9 to June 12
Pennsylvania: July 27 to July 31
Rhode Island: June
South Carolina: May 18 to May 21
South Dakota: Aug. 25 to Aug. 28
Tennessee: June 24 to June 30
Texas: April 7 to April 17
Utah: Oct. 2 to Oct. 15
Vermont: February and March
Virginia: May 17 to May 21
Washington: July 20 to July 24
Washington, D.C.: May 2 to May 13
West Virginia: July 7 to July 9
Wisconsin: Aug. 19 to Sept. 11
Wyoming: Aug. 3 to Aug. 6
Snapshots of the 2016 Arizona Games
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These shooters also receive medals in their re ective event
These participants in the shooting events ile after receiving their edal
A Senior Olympian sets himself up for a edal- inning hot ut
