Senior Times - September 2022

DELIVERING NEWS TO MID-COLUMBIA SENIORS SINCE 1982

September 2022

Vol. 10 | Issue 9

Pasco is poised to build long-awaited animal shelter

By Wendy Culverwell editor@tcjournal.biz

The city is Pasco is preparing to replace the aging building that houses Tri-Cities Animal Shelter and Control Service on its Columbia River waterfront.

The city has submitted plans for a 10,000-square-foot facility for review under the State Environmental Protection Act, or SEPA, years after it first collaborated with the cities of Kennewick and Richland to build a new shelter.

The $6 million project is jointly funded by all three, which signed off on the need for a replacement in 2016.

At the time, the project was supposed to open as early as 2018.

Later, construction was supposed to begin in 2020 but was delayed again while the program underwent a series of new managers and a redesign that added 2,000 square feet.

The city identified completing the shelter as a top priority in its 2021-22

Photo by Wendy Culverwell Darcy Sherman, operations manager for Tri-Cities Animal Shelter and Control Service, plays with Quinto, an unchipped stray who is good with cats and ready for adoption, at the Pasco animal shelter. Pasco expects to break ground in November on new quarters for the animal control service.

budget.

The program serves the three cities, with Pasco as leading partner and manager.

It typically contacts with a third party to manage the program.

It fired the most recent operator, Neo’s Nation Animal Foundation, over

allegations it mistreated the animals in its care and that its principals embezzled funds, including a $500,000 donation. The debacle triggered a series of criminal and civic actions.

It has, to say the least, been a period of rapid change for animal control.

Neo’s Nation succeeded Chicle Animal Foundation in 2021, which in turn took over in 2019 after Angela Zilar, the longtime manager and shelter champion, retired. The need for a new shelter predates all of it.

During a 2016 tour, Zilar said water and sewer lines were difficult to access and a shell around the building created an environment that let rodents thrive.

She could, she said, smell mice in the building, to the detriment of the health of the humans and animals inside.

The Benton-Franklin Humane Society stepped in to care for the animals after the abrupt departure of Neo’s Nation. It began transitioning out of the role on July 15 and the city tranuANIMAL SHELTER, Page 11

All Senior Picnic returns after two-year hiatus

By Senior Times staff

Seniors can button up their favorite Hawaiian shirt or slip into their favorite summery dress to celebrate the return of the All Senior Picnic on Thursday, Sept.

15.

The Hawaiian-themed event features food, entertainment and prizes.

The 27th annual All Senior Picnic returns to Howard Amon Park in Richland this year after taking a two-year hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event runs from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the park behind the Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Drive, weather permitting.

Participants are encouraged to dress in Hawaiian-themed attire.

Each participant will receive a Hawaiian lei at check-in.

Lunch, which is included in the $5 admission cost, features a pulled pork sandwich, potato salad skewer, vegetable and a small scone from Columbia Industries’ Opportunity Kitchen. Beverages include Pepsi sodas (Pepsi, Diet and Sierra Mist), coffee or water.

Entertainment

Music and a variety of performances are planned to entertain seniors, including Gary Malner, singer and accordionist; Gabe Knutzen, ukulele; and Keith

Ramsay, with his Fired Up Magic show.

Brittany Schoch, a fitness specialist with Greater Group Fitness, will offer a post-lunch presentation on exercise for seniors.

Seniors also can get a “shot for a shot.” They’ll receive a free flu shot, provided by Rx Pharmacy, along with a non-alcoholic shot.

Seniors can use the Hawaiian-themed backdrop for selfie photos and sip nonalcoholic drinks at the Blue Hawaiian Tiki Bar. A dunk tank also is planned, including the opportunity to douse David Everett, outgoing Richland Senior Association president. Dunk tank donations

benefit Meals on Wheels.

Seniors also can visit vendors from senior-related businesses and nonprofit tables offering services benefiting seniors.

Event parking and transit

Handicapped parking and limited public parking will be available in front of the community center.

Two additional parking areas with shuttle service to the center also will be available.

The parking lot north-adjacent to the Howard Amon Park fingernail stage will be serviced by Benton-Franklin uSENIOR PICNIC, Page 2

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

When Kennedy and Nixon came to Hanford, eight years apart

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MONTHLY QUIZ

First aid – and 911 – can save someone you love

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During Hanford construction, eight mess halls served 50 to 60 tons of food at one meal to meet the appetites of construction workers.

How many people could be served at one meal?

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By Senior Times staff

Dr. Amy Person, longtime health officer of the Benton-Franklin Health District, is stepping down to serve as a regional medical officer for the state Department of Health.

Jason Zaccaria, district administrator for the health district, said Person is “a shining example” of how public health can change the lives of people, from easing those who are in pain to implementing policies to improve the lives of families.

“She leaves a legacy that will never be forgotten, and we look forward to continuing our relationship as she embraces her new role and continues to create positive change,” he said.

Her last day was Aug. 31. Person said leaving the health district was a difficult decision.

“Navigating the challenges of the pandemic over the last 2 1/2 years, I have been reminded every day of the commitment of BFHD staff to preserving the health of the community and it has been a privilege to lead these dedi-

cated professionals.

“I am grateful as well for the countless community members who were willing and able to look beyond Dr. Amy Person themselves to care for and about their fellow residents through these difficult times. With this new role, I look forward to joining an organization that values the skills that I can bring to the job,” she said.

She plans to remain in the Tri-Cities in her new role.

Dr. Larry Jecha, the district’s health officer for 23 years who preceded Person, has been hired as interim health officer until a permanent replacement is found.

Jecha has filled similar roles around the region for years, including at the Yakima Health District, Walla Walla County Department of Community Health and health districts in Garfield and Columbia counties.

The BFHD job has been posted and is budgeted for 32 hours to 40 hours per week and offers a flexible schedule with an opportunity for hybrid remote work.

The role of a health officer is to identify community health needs and offer programs to meet those needs, and to enforce state public health statutes and all local health regulations within the district, with an emphasis on communicable disease control and environmental health.

Person started her position as the health officer for BFHD in October 2011. She has a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, a master’s degree in health care informatics and a certificate in geographic information systems from the University of Wisconsin. She is board-certified in pediatrics.

Prior to joining the health district, Person provided clinical pediatric care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for 18 years, primarily addressing the health care needs of underserved adolescents and children.

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County Sheriff Posse volunteers using four-person golf carts. An ADA-friendly Benton Franklin Transit van will offer shuttle rides from the Columbia Point Marina Park parking lot, 660 Columbia Point Drive in Richland.

Participants also can use Ben Franklin Transit to attend. Transportation from your home can be arranged using the BFT planner at bft.org. For more information on using BFT services, call 509-735-5100.

Many local businesses are contributing to the event, including title sponsors Regency Pacific communities Parkview Estates Kennewick and Sun Terrace Prosser; platinum sponsor Atomic Home Health Richland; and gold sponsors Brookdale Communities, HAPO, Columbia Basin Hearing Center and Densow’s Medical Supplies.

Community sponsors are the cities of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, the

Senior Times file photo Admission buttons are on sale for this year’s All Senior Picnic at Howard Amon Park. The popular annual event returns on Thursday, Sept. 15 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Richland Senior Association and Active 4 Life.

How to buy a button

Admission buttons are on sale for $5 at these locations: • Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Drive, Richland.

• Pasco Parks & Recreation, 525 N.

Third Ave., Pasco.

• Southridge Events & Sports Complex, 2901 Southridge Blvd., Kennewick.

Each button will have a number that will be used for prize drawings throughout the day.

For more information, call 509-7139495.

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Estate liquidation professionals help Tri-Citians clear out clutter

By Laura Kostad for Senior Times

Have unwanted stuff hanging around? Perhaps a whole houseful?

Tri-City estate liquidators can help, offering a variety of selling formats including traditional tag sales, auctions and direct purchases.

Estate sales aren’t just for the elderly, or even estates.

Rick Craig, owner of Craig Estate Sales, has been running in-home tag sales throughout the Columbia Basin for 28 years. In addition to the estates of people who have passed away or need to downsize before moving into assisted living or a nursing home, many clients are simply moving out of state.

“Mainly Hanford workers,” he said. “Nuclear families are like military families: they come and go.

They don’t know how long sometimes, so they’ll sell everything and buy new when they get there because moving is so expensive.”

Craig runs at least one sale per week.

On Monday, he and his team arrive and begin sorting.

Tuesday and Wednesday they organize the items and take pictures to post on Thursday on their website to advertise. Friday is the first day of the sale and everything is priced as marked.

Saturday everything is half off and Sunday is make-an-offer.

“We always open at 8 o’clock sharp. People say we’re the most expensive in town, but we’re trying to make the most money for our clients first. We do really well,” Craig said.

After it’s over, all unsold items are sorted and taken to charities, thrift store donation centers or the dump accordingly.

Craig Estate Sales charges 25% to 40% of the total sale in fees depending on size, condition, value of the estate and how much work is involved in cleaning and preparation.

Craig’s wife, Linda, a Realtor with EXP Realty - The Phipps Team, will represent the house if needed and orchestrate carpet cleaning and other basic tasks to prepare the home for sale, making it a full package deal.

Linda and Rick Craig

Craig started running estate sales as a side gig for a banker friend who was later promoted to the trust division of his institution. The company saw the estate sales as a conflict of interest, so Craig took over.

“I had gone to a couple of other estate sales and it was horrible. If it was my grandma or dad, I would have been really upset. So, I decided to help senior citizens in the worst time in their lives,” Craig said.

Business took off and the retired Marine made estate sales his fulltime job.

Courtesy ET Estate Sales

Not your grandma’s estate sale

Musser Bros. Auctions and Real Estate decided to throw its hat into the estate liquidation arena when, during the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a family friend was dealing with an estate.

The house needed to be sold, but also colossal collections of baseball cards, tools and coins. The friend knew they were valuable but wasn’t sure how to proceed.

“Scott (Musser has) been in the business for 40-some years … but he’s never really dealt with the estate side of it because it’s a lot of pots and pans and small stuff,” said his wife, Teresa Musser. “But at the time, all the usual places to sell collectibles were closed.

We decided to just take it on.”

They predicted they’d make $3,000 to $4,000 at auction for everything.

It brought in $25,000.

“There was something there,” Teresa said.

She and her daughter, Jacqueline Musser Gering, decided to develop the concept.

And so, Musser’s newest brand, Estate Details, was born.

How it works: The items in an estate are sorted, split into lots, photographed and uploaded to the Estate Details website.

Anyone can browse the lots, create a free account and bid on items until the lots close.

Estate Details also holds monthly consignment auctions where anyone can bring in items to auction. Some smaller estates are rolled into these.

Additional marketing for listings is available for a cost.

Overall cost for handling an entire estate varies based on complexity.

Teresa Musser and Jacqueline Musser Gering

All items are also subject to a 15% buyer’s premium as well as sales tax.

After winning an item, buyers sign up for a pickup slot and collect their items at either Musser Bros.’ Pasco office or the house where the estate is located. Shipping is also available. uESTATE SALES, Page 10

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SENIOR TIMES • SEPTEMBER 2022

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPT. 8

• HAPO Live @ 5 summer concert series: 5 p.m., John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland. Free.

• Historic Downtown Kennewick Farmers Market: 4-7 p.m., 204 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick.

SEPT. 9-11

• Benton City Daze: 6-10 p.m.

Sept. 9; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 10; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 11, 513 Ninth St., Benton City. Street dance, parade, vendors, contests, beer and wine garden, entertainment, junior fair and contests. Information and schedule: Bentoncitychamber.org.

Peanuts Park, 109 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco.

• Pasco Farmers Market: 8 a.m.1 p.m., 101 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco.

SEPT. 11

• Mid-Columbia Symphony Concert, “Nevertheless, She Persisted”: 3 p.m., Richland High School Auditorium, 930 Long Ave., Richland. Go to: midcolumbiasymphony.org.

SEPT. 13

• Richland Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., roundabout at Lee Boulevard and The Parkway in Richland.

• Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease: 1-2:30 p.m., virtual event.

Call 509-943-8455 or register online at kadlec.org/KNRC. • Webinar: Journey with Water: from Creating New Technologies to Exploring Life in Outer Space: 5 p.m. webinar from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Zoom. Details at pnnl.gov/events.

SEPT. 10

SEPT. 15

SEPT. 9

• Harvest Festival: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Flat Top Park, 4749 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland. Vendors, kids’ games, food.

• Corvettes on the Columbia: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Columbia Park.

Details at 3riverscorvetteclub.net.

• Fiery Foods Festival: 3-9 p.m.,

• 27th annual All Senior Picnic: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Howard Amon Park, 500 Amon Drive, Richland. Cost: $5.

Buy tickets at Pasco Parks & Recreation, 525 N. Third Ave., Pasco; Southridge Events & Sports Complex, 2901 Southridge Blvd., Kennewick; Richland Community

See you at

27 th Annual All Senior Picnic

Thurs., Sept. 15 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Howard Amon Park 500 Amon Park Drive, Richland

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• HAPO Live @ 5 summer concert series: 5 p.m., John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland. Free.

• Historic Downtown Kennewick Farmers Market: 4-7 p.m., 204 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick.

SEPT. 22

SEPT. 16-17

SEPT. 23

• Healthy Ages virtual program foot & ankle care: 1-2 p.m., virtual event. Call 509-943-8455 or register online at kadlec.org/KNRC. • Historic Downtown Kennewick Farmers Market: 4-7 p.m., 204 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick.

• Christ the King Sausage Fest: 5-11:30 p.m., 111 Stevens Drive.

Richland. Details at cksausagefest. org.

• Richland Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., roundabout at Lee Boulevard and The Parkway in Richland.

SEPT. 16

SEPT. 23-25

• Richland Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., roundabout at Lee Boulevard and The Parkway in Richland.

SEPT. 17

• Pasco Farmers Market: 8 a.m.1 p.m., 101 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco.

SEPT. 19

• A Night with Pasco Aviation: 6 p.m., Bergstrom Aircraft, 4102 N. Stearman Ave., Pasco. Experience local aviation history in fun and educational class. Cost: $30. Buy tickets at kennewick.coursestorm.com or call 509-222-6977.

• Heritage Days: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sept. 23; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 24; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sept. 25, Sacajawea State Park, 2503 Sacajawea Park Road, Pasco. Event features a Lewis and Clark living history encampment, mountain man camps, Native American dancing and cultural displays, vintage steam engines and more. Free admission Sept. 23-24.

Sept. 25 admission requires a Discover Pass ($30) or day pass ($10).

• Time of Remembrance: Hosted by the West Richland Chamber of Commerce, annual event honors fallen soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Call 509-967-0521 for details and schedule.

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When Kennedy and Nixon came to Hanford, eight years apart

By Gale Metcalf for Senior Times

Two American presidents, two major nuclear energy announcements, and one specific calendar day in September blended into two major historical visits at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

The date was Sept. 26.

On that day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, helicoptered to Hanford and addressed thousands while dedicating the N Reactor.

Eight years later, in 1971, Richard M. Nixon, 37th president of the United States, helicoptered to Hanford, also addressing thousands on nuclear energy.

This month we observe those two major occasions in the history of Hanford, one nearly 60 years ago and the other more than half a century ago.

John F. Kennedy Sept. 26, 1963

Hanford officials learned Kennedy would be dedicating the N Reactor only three weeks in advance.

For the occasion, the public was allowed on the Hanford site for the first time. A 130-acre tract was cleared of sagebrush and weeds, fenced and a paved landing pad placed for the presidential helicopter.

The president was set to touch down at 3 p.m. In the hours leading up to his arrival, cars and buses poured in, stretching nearly 15 miles. Temperatures were in the high 80s and by the time the president arrived, 30,000 people were waiting for him, standing, sitting in folding chairs, some under umbrellas.

About 70 needed medical treatment for the heat.

Some 1,500 dignitaries filled their own reserved area. Richland,

Kennewick, Pasco and Prosser high school bands entertained.

Construction on the N Reactor began in 1959 as the first dualpurpose reactor capable of producing plutonium for atomic weapons, and equally capable of generating electricity for peaceful commercial and domestic purposes.

With Kennedy’s visit, plutonium production started and construction began on its power-generating component.

The N Reactor, the ninth reactor built at Courtesy U.S. Department of Energy Hanford, operated until President Kennedy used an atomic pointer to 1987. The president praised the initiative in start an automated 60-foot crane that broke ground on Sept. 26, 1963, for construction by a 12-minute speech. the Washington Public Power Supply System of “I am glad to come an 800,000 electrical kilowatt generating plant here today because we which will use byproduct steam from the AEC’s begin work on the larg- New Production Reactor at the Hanford works est nuclear reactor for in Washington. peaceful purposes in responsibilities as citizens, and I the world, and I take think this is going to be an extraorthe greatest satisfaction in the dinary development.”

United States being second to none,” Kennedy said. “This is a Owen Hurd was head of the partnership in a very real sense Washington Public Power Supply between the national government System, now Energy Northwest, and the local community for the which hosted Kennedy’s visit. It benefit of our country.” named a meeting room for his visit Tri-City leaders and members of and keeps the podium Kennedy Washington’s congressional delegaused there. tion fought five years for approval Glenn Lee was publisher of the of a dual purpose reactor. Kennedy noted the electric generating capability was a breakthrough contributing to “peace of the world.”

He praised state and local officials, and citizens.

“So, Gov. (Albert D.) Rosellini, Owen Hurd, Glenn Lee, Don Pugnetti, and the others, I want to tell you that you have fulfilled your

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Richard M. Nixon Sept. 26, 1971

President Nixon’s speech took place in more developed surroundings than experienced by visitors greeting President Kennedy eight years earlier.

Nixon came to announce goahead for a fuel-efficient breeder reactor, possibly at Hanford.

“Now don’t ask me what a breeder reactor is, ask Dr. Schlesinger,” the president said.

“But what I do know is that we have the potentiality of a whole new breakthrough in the development of power for peace.”

James Schlesinger was at the time chairman of the then Atomic Energy Commission who would go on to serve as director of the CIA, Secretary of Defense and eventually, the first Energy Secretary.

Nixon said he purposely selected Hanford to announce authorizing a second experimental breeder reactor plant. He heavily implied but did not commit to it being at Hanford.

“This area has so much in terms of brains, it has so much resources in terms of experience, it has a role to play in the future in the development of our power,” the president said.

The announcement proved futile. No breeder reactor, first or second, was ever built in the United States. uPRESIDENTS, Page 11

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uBRIEFS Register now for free Grandparents Day event

Tri-City grandparents and their grandchildren are invited to attend the Lupe Kuhn Memorial Grandparents Day celebration from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Columbia Point Marina Park in Richland.

The event is free for up to 300 grandparents and grandchildren, so early sign-up is encouraged.

This Richland Senior Association-hosted event celebrates and honors the memory of Kuhn, who died Jan. 11, 2021. She served as a director for the senior group. Her love of and concern for the well-being children are the inspiration for the event.

Each registered child will receive a goody bag. The day will include interactive activities and games for grandparents and grandkids to do together.

A firetruck staffed by the Richland Fire Department will be on scene. Activities will include a paper airplane contest; egg relay race; a washer-in-sawdust search game; bean bag toss; and more.

Prizes will be awarded.

Entertainment includes Big Top The Clown and professional face

painter Rio Hayes from New Creations Face Painting LLC. Register online via Eventbrite at bit.ly/TriCitiesGrandparentDay2022, or call the RSA at 800-595-4070.

The registration deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 8. The event is weather permitting.

Tickets on sale for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’

The Academy of Children’s Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

Popularized by the 1999 Donny Osmond film, this rock-opera musical is based on the story of Joseph from the Bible’s book of Genesis. Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, this upbeat production celebrates many musical genres, themes and icons.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. Oct. 7-8 and Oct. 14-15 and 3 p.m. Oct. 9 and Oct. 16 at the Windermere Children’s Theatre, 213 Wellsian Way, Richland.

Tickets are $13 for seniors and available at the ACT website: AcademyofChildrensTheatre.org ACT’s cast of 55 boast youth, teens and adults with students as young as second grade.

MEALS ON WHEELS MENU Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels senior dining sites serve hot meals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday (Tuesday through Friday in Connell). Meals are free for seniors age 60 and older.

Seniors must make reservations 24 business hours in advance by calling 509-735-1911.

Wednesday, Sept. 7: Chef salad, ranch dressing, wheat roll, chilled pineapple.

Thursday, Sept. 8: Barbecue chicken, roasted carrots, potato salad, cornbread, fruit.

Friday, Sept. 9: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, broccoli Normandy, fruit.

Monday, Sept. 12: Turkey tetrazzini, green peas, tossed salad, fruit.

Tuesday, Sept. 13: Cranberry chicken, confetti rice, garden vegetables, fruit.

Wednesday, Sept. 14: Sloppy Joes, mixed vegetables, apple cabbage slaw, fruit.

Thursday, Sept. 15: Roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, Italian vegetables, wheat roll, fruit, ice cream.

Friday, Sept. 16: Chicken salad, sandwich, broccoli salad, fruit.

Monday, Sept. 19: Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, breadstick, fruit.

Tuesday, Sept. 20: Tuna noodle casserole, peas and onions, fruit, milk.

Wednesday, Sept. 21: Chicken chop salad, salad greens, fruit.

Thursday, Sept. 22: Three bean chili, chuckwagon corn, cornbread, fruit.

2022 Tuesday, October 18, 2021 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Southridge Sports & Events Complex 2901 Southridge Blvd., Kennewick

Free admission Visit booths to learn about products, services and ideas for better senior living.

For more information, call (509) 737-8778 or visit srtimes.com.

Friday, Sept. 23: Roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, garden vegetables, wheat roll, fruit.

Monday, Sept. 26: Sweet and sour chicken, fluffy rice, Asian vegetables, raspberry sherbet, fruit.

Tuesday, Sept. 27: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, fruit.

Wednesday, Sept. 28: Scrambled eggs with peppers, sausage patty, chuck wagon potatoes, bran muffin, fruit.

Thursday, Sept. 29: Hamburger, baked beans, apple cabbage slaw, lettuce, tomato, onion.

Friday, Sept. 30: Chicken Caesar salad, breadstick, cottage cheese and pineapple.

Dining site locations: • Kennewick Community Center, 500 S. Auburn St. • Pasco First Avenue Center, 505 N. First Ave. • Pasco Ray Pfleuger Center, 253 W. Margaret St. • Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Road North.

• Benton City Desert Rose Facility, 510 14th St. • Prosser Senior Center, 1231 Dudley Ave. • Connell Community Center, 211 E. Elm St. • Meals on Wheels Café, 1834 Fowler St., Richland. No reservations required at this site.

SENIOR TIMES • SEPTEMBER 2022

Aha! Airlines, Pasco’s connection to Reno, shuts down

By Senior Times staff

Aha! Airlines, which launched service from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport to small markets such as the Tri-Cities last fall, shut down abruptly Aug. 22 as its Atlanta-based parent filed for protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware.

The startup airline provided a weekly flight between the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco and Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Its inaugural flight to Pasco on Oct. 24, 2021, was greeted with much fanfare and a water cannon salute when it arrived.

It was the smallest of the six airlines serving the Tri-Cities, carrying 1,296 passengers in the first six months of the year, according to statistics maintained by the Port of Pasco, which owns and operates the regional airport.

By comparison, Delta Airlines carried more than 75,500 passengers, Alaska Airlines carried 56,550, United Airlines carried 22,850, Allegiant Air carried 18,950 and Avelo Airlines carried 9,600.

ExpressJet Airlines listed between $10 million and $50 million in both debts and assets in its bankruptcy petition.

Its largest debts included a $10 million Paycheck Protection Program loan

from the U.S. Small Business Administration and a $4 million CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act loan from the U.S. Treasury. Both programs offer loan forgiveness. The bankruptcy petition did not address the potential for its loans to be forgiven.

ExpressJet filed under Chapter 11, which typically suggests a bankrupt company intends to reorganize and continue to operate. However, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the company said it intended to liquidate.

In a statement to customers, Aha! advised passengers to contact their credit card companies to obtain refunds for tickets for travel after Aug. 22. It offered no assistance with booking new travel arrangements.

Aha! catered to leisure travelers in small markets with a model that included hotel packages.

In addition to Pasco, it served Bakersfield, California; MedfordAshland, Oregon; Eugene-Springfield, Oregon; Ontario, California; Redmond-Bend, Oregon; EurekaArcata, California; and FresnoYosemite, California.

It announced the addition of Idaho Falls on Aug. 11.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Pasco First Avenue Center 505 N. First Ave., Pasco 509-545-3459 pascoparksandrec.com

• Billiards: 9 a.m.-noon. Mondays; 1:30-4 p.m. Wednesdays; 9 a.m.noon, 1:30-4 p.m. Fridays.

• Mexican train dominoes: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Mondays.

• Pinochle: 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesdays.

• China Painting: 9 a.m.-noon.

Wednesdays.

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• Bunco: 1-3 p.m. Fridays. Cost: $1 per day.

• Bridge: 12:30-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Cost: $1 per day.

• Mahjong: 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays.

Cost: $1 per day.

• Dominoes: 12:30-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. Cost: $1 per day.

• Pinochle: 12:30-4 p.m. Mondays,

Wednesdays and Thursdays. Cost: $1 per day.

• Creative palette art: 9 a.m.noon Tuesdays.

• Sewing: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays.

• Woodcarving: 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays. Cost: $1 per day. 9 a.m.-noon Fridays. Bring supplies or borrow from the class.

• Billiards: Daily. $2 per day or $20 monthly pass.

Richland Community Center

500 Amon Park Drive, Richland 509-942-7529 ci.richland.wa.us

• Fitness room: 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays.

Location: Fitness room. Cost: $2 per day or $8 per month.

• Billiards: Daily. $2 per day.

• Greeting card recycling: 1-3 a.m. Tuesdays. Cost: free.

• Pinochle players: 6-8:30 p.m.

Fridays. Location: game room.

Cost: $1.

• Party bridge: 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays. Location: game room. Cost: $1.

• Senior duplicate bridge: 12:303:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Location: game room.

• Table tennis: 6:30-8:45 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:303:45 p.m. Sundays.

Prosser Senior Community Center

1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser 509-786-2915 cityofprosser.com

• Pool: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. MondaysFridays. Cost: free. Location: pool room, membership is required.

• Mahjong: 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays Location: living room. Membership is required.

• Daytime bingo: 9 a.m.

Wednesdays. Location: dining room Cost: 3 cards/$1.

• Evening bingo: First Friday of every month. 6 p.m. Cost: $10.

Location: dining room • Foot care: Second Wednesday of

each month: Appointments can be made by calling 509-790-1905.

• Pinochle: 1 p.m. Thursdays.

Location: living room, membership is required.

• Crafts: 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays.

Register by calling 509-786-2915.

• Bunco: Third Friday of month.

6 p.m. Cost is $2 per person.

Location: dining room.

• Tai chi quan: 6 p.m. Mondays.

Contact Kraig Stephens at 509-4301304.

• All you can eat community breakfast: Last Sunday every month, 8-11:30 a.m. Location: dining room. Cost: Suggested donation $7 per person and $4 per child, 8 and under.

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• Bunco potluck: noon, first Wednesday and third Friday of the month.

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ESTATE SALES, From page 3

Additional fees apply for items held beyond pickup day.

“What makes us different than the tag sales is that, with us, we sell almost 100% of what’s there,” Jacqueline said.

“Tag sales often get negotiated. At an auction, the price never goes down, it always goes up.”

Of course, the caveat is that unless a reserve price has been set, which must be met for the item to sell, one runs the risk that items might not fetch the price one was hoping for. It all depends on the right buyers showing up to bid.

This is true, too, of tag sales.

“Some people don’t want it at their home,” Teresa pointed out as one advantage to the online auction format.

Estate sale flip

Another option for people who don’t want to hold a sale at their house is to simply sell their entire estate or a selection of items to a single buyer.

Liz Thompson, owner of ET Estate Sales in Kennewick, buys items, partial and whole estates, then resells the items in her retail shop at Liz Thompson 422 E. Columbia Drive.

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The 18,000-square-foot store is open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays.

Thompson said her bread and butter is the fast-turning two to three truckloads of furniture she gets each week.

But ET features a little bit of everything from antiques to jewelry, housewares, collectibles and more, depending on what she and her team run across during the week.

People with items to sell give Thompson a call. She then views items by appointment on Mondays and decides if she wants to make an offer. If her offer is accepted, her team comes with a truck Tuesday or Wednesday.

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“What clients like about us is the privacy part of not having people come through their house and they know exactly what (price) they’re getting,” she said.

Thompson and her husband have been in business for 17 years, at their present location the past nine.

She said her grandfather’s passion for collecting inspired her.

“Collecting has always kind of been in my blood and then my husband collects antique marbles … When we first met, he had a jar of them on his table, and now we have this big store.”

Thompson has an affinity for perfume bottles.

She said the “matchmaking” of items

to new owners is the best part of the job.

“I get goosebumps sometimes.”

When asked about the strangest items they’ve run across, Craig took the cake with a World War II 15 mm mortar round found in a trunk in the basement of a Richland rental – pin in. Military personnel arrived from Yakima to disarm it.

Thompson’s favorite item was a press kit for John F. Kennedy’s 1963 visit to Hanford. (See story on page 5).

Hidden cash is a real thing when it comes to estates.

Thompson and Craig have found $20,000 and $15,000, respectively, in furniture pieces. They returned the money to the families.

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TRI-CITY BOOK CLUBS • 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive, HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance.

THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE

by Fiona Davis is the Oct. 17 book.

The group meets the third Monday of the month. Contact: Sue Spencer, sue_spencer_england@hotmail.com or 509-5724295.

Courtesy East Benton County History Museum President Nixon said he purposely selected Hanford to announce authorizing a second experimental breeder reactor plant. The announcement on Sept. 26, 1971, proved futile. No breeder reactor, first or second, was ever built in the U.S.

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Similar to Kennedy, Nixon said nuclear power should be thought of for peaceful purposes as well as national defense.

“Everybody in the United States has heard of Hanford and what it means in terms of the nuclear power it has created,” Nixon said.

“Everybody knows that it is still important in terms of nuclear weaponry, which is essential as an instrument for keeping peace in the world, as a deterrent to war.

“But today we must think not only in that respect, but we must think far beyond, of what that nuclear power can do in terms of peace.,” he added.

ANIMAL SHELTER , From page 1

sitioned in. As of Aug. 5, Pasco is the sole operator.

The city praised the Humane Society for its assistance and said it has taken steps to improve the operation, including partnering with veterinary hospitals and making it easier for the public to adopt animals by ensuring they are spayed or neutered before the adoption takes place.

It advertised for a new animal control operator in June, with an Aug. 5 deadline to submit proposals.

In the interim, it is ready to build a facility with capacity to house offices and up to 60 dogs and 90 cats at 1311 S. 18th Ave., near the existing animal shelter behind the Pasco Youth Baseball Complex.

Nixon’s entourage on his Hanford visit included First Lady Pat Nixon. Washington Gov. Dan Evans and Washington state’s first lady, Nancy Evans, Schlesinger, Henry Kissinger, adviser to the president for National Security Affairs, and Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior.

Search East Benton County History Museum: 205 W. Keewaydin Drive in Kennewick; 509-582-7704; ebchs.org. Gale Metcalf of Kennewick is a lifelong Tri-Citian, retired Tri-City Herald employee and volunteer for the East Benton County History Museum. He writes the monthly history column.

The city still needs a building permit and other approvals before it can begin. It advertised for contractors in early August.

Construction will take place from November 2022 to August 2023, according to an application submitted by Zach Ratkai, Pasco’s director of administrative and community services.

The existing animal shelter, which is 70 years old, is notorious for dank conditions and inadequate room for the animals that come into the facility.

The new building will have offices and a fenced area for animals as well as a meet-and-greet area for animal adoptions. The site borders the Sacagawea Heritage Trail, where volunteers regularly walk shelter dogs.

Go to animalsheltertc.com.

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• 1:30 p.m. Sept. 15, Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive, THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn.

MISS BENSON’S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce is the Oct. 20 book.

The group meets the third Thursday of the month but takes summers off.

Contact: Evelyn Painter, ec_painter@yahoo.com or 509420-4811.

• 1 p.m. Sept. 21, Mid-Columbia Libraries, Pasco branch, 1320 W. Hopkins St., Pasco, CRYING AT THE H MART by Michelle Zauner.

ALL THAT SHE CARRIED by Tiya Miles is the Oct. 19 book.

The group typically meets the third Wednesday of the month.

Contact Susan Koenig at 509302-9878 or SMKoenig@ymail. com.

• 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Mid-Columbia Libraries, Benton City branch, 810 Horne Drive, TALKING TO STRANGERS: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE DON’T KNOW by Malcolm Gladwell.

THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES by Agatha Christie is the Oct. 25 book.

• 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive, Read the Rainbow, a LGBTQIA+ & Allies book club, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou.

Bring a book you are reading or have read recently to discuss for the Oct. 25 meeting at MidColumbia Libraries, West Pasco branch, 7525 Wrigley Drive.

• 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28, MidColumbia Libraries, Prosser branch, 902 Seventh St., WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens.

• 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month, Caterpillar Café at Adventures Underground, 227 Symons St., Richland.

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Neuroplasticity may hold key to stroke recovery Neuroplasticity is the great hope for those of us who have suffered a stroke.

The idea of neuroplasticity is that our brain changes daily. In my case, my stroke affected the right side of my brain, leaving the left side of my body weak.

My fingers don’t move. I walk with a cane. I rely on my right side to do all of the work.

Think of neuroplasticity as pouring a bucket of water at the beach.

It will create a channel that heads toward the water. Each additional bucket makes the channel a bit longer. Eventually, it will reach all the way to the ocean.

My greatest hope for recovery is to do thousands of motions that will rewire my brain, like the additional buckets lengthening the channel. The neurons will recruit nearby undamaged neurons to ultimately help in recovering function.

I have experienced several incidents of neuroplasticity that give me hope for recovery.

About 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. It required six aggressive chemotherapy treatments, which left me cancer-free. One unfortunate side

effect was a bit of brain damage that left me unable to smell a very specific aroma.

As a longAndy Perdue time wine GUEST COLUMN judge, I learned to pick out flaws in wine. One is called TCA, for trichloroanisole. It occurs when a wood product comes in contact with wine. It results in a musty aroma that can be described as a wet dog sleeping on cardboard in a basement. Corks are made from the bark of a tree, so this compound occurs in approximately 3% of wine.

Before the cancer, I was easily able to sniff out TCA. After chemotherapy, I could no longer smell it.

After my first big stroke in 2016, I landed in Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s rehab wing for a couple of months, receiving daily multiple therapy appointments.

Upon release, I continued to judge wine. Much to my amazement, I could once again pick up the smell of TCA again. Apparently, enough

neurons reconnected to heal that part of my brain.

When I was a little kid, I went to Sunday School, and I was able to memorize all the books of the Bible. After my stroke, I could no longer remember them. One day I went to vision therapy in Richland.

When I had my last stroke, two years ago on Christmas Day in the middle of the new “Star Wars” movie, I couldn’t remember much about the movie. I was back at Kadlec that night.

I lost part of my eyesight. My right eye had no peripheral vision; it was now more a grayish black.

I didn’t realize vision therapy would affect my recovery. It started to work on my damaged brain. One day after a session, those memories of the books of the Bible suddenly popped back into my mind.

I started to think about what happened that day of therapy, and I recall my therapist had me doing multiple things at once. I had to identify a picture that flashed up for a split second, while a metronome tick-tocked in the background and she read a book that I needed to pay attention to. I had to tell her about the book after we were done.

Soon, I was finding brain games, such as listing cities in Washington or wine grapes alphabetically to challenge my brain and make it work better.

When I was in high school, I read a book on memory. I used the method to memorize all 50 states in alphabetical order. After the stroke, I couldn’t remember them. One day, they popped back into my head.

These examples of my brain’s neuroplasticity helped me realize that with hard work and days of focused therapy, I can someday make a recovery. Andy Perdue lives in Richland with his wife and daughter. He is a co-founder of Great Northwest Wine and continues to write The Wine Knows column and serve as an occasional wine tasting judge.

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First aid – and 911 – can save someone you love The older we get, the greater the risk we will suffer a serious or even lifethreatening illness or injury.

That’s why seniors and their caregivers should know the basics of first aid, have the tools on hand to apply that knowledge and be prepared to help in an emergency.

In the August edition, this column explained where to go for first aid training and what supplies you’ll need at home to deal with the medical issues seniors are most likely to experience.

This column explains how to respond in a medical emergency.

The expert source for both columns is Megan Elliott, Red Cross training services account manager for Washington state.

She is a key manager in the Red Cross arm that teaches first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED). Such courses are widely available from the Red Cross, both virtual and face-to-face. Find classes at redcross.org/take-a-class.

Seniors and their caregivers both benefit from Red Cross training.

Ideally, seniors and their caregivers take classes together. Classes cost $50 to $70 and run around three hours.

The sooner you apply care, the less the risk of the incident turning into something catastrophic. Three hours spent in a Red Cross first aid class could make the difference between life or death to someone important to you.

As the Red Cross puts it, “The life you save with CPR is most likely to be someone you love.”

You also can lend a hand if you haven’t had formal training. Elliott points to the Red Cross first aid application for smartphones, which is free at the Apple store and Google Play.

Once you have downloaded and installed the app, it will guide you through almost any medical emergency.

“It can help in an emergency whether it is a heart attack, an allergic reaction, heat stroke or a broken bone,” Elliott said.

As an example of how you might help in an emergency, assume a senior has been cut, or taken a fall, or shows signs that he or she has suffered a stroke.

If not treated quickly, any of these could quickly turn life-threatening.

There is no substitute for skilled help on the scene, so call 911 as quickly as possible. Elliott says that what you do until help arrives depends on how long it will take help to arrive.

“You need to provide care for as long as it will be needed,” she said. If there is a firehouse three minutes away, the only thing you need to do is make

sure responders can find your house. You may have to do a great deal more if the nearest help is 30 minutes Gordon Williams away.

American Red Cross Be as comGUEST COLUMN plete and precise as you can be with the emergency dispatcher.

Stay on the 911 call until help arrives.

The dispatcher can offer advice.

Whatever you tell the dispatcher is being relayed to the responding ambulance crew. Make sure you know how to put your phone in speaker mode so you can continue applying first aid while talking to 911.

Here is how Red Cross training can be put to life-saving assistance in the situations you are most likely to encounter with someone older:

Bleeding

Let’s say the person cut themself and is bleeding heavily. Heavy bleeding can kill within five minutes, so you must get it under control. Do that by applying compression to the wound by pressing cloth or wads of gauze against the wound until the flow of blood slows.

“Don’t remove the cloth even if it soaks through with blood,” Elliott said.

“Add more cloth or gauze and keep up the compression.”

Breathing

If someone is not breathing or is otherwise non-responsive, you want professional help on scene as quickly as possible. Until help arrives use your CPR skills to restart their breathing.

CPR can keep blood flowing to the brain.

The Red Cross says to place the person on their back on a firm, flat surface.

Center two hands on the chest with your shoulders directly over your hands and your elbows locked. Apply 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute, each one two inches deep. Keep doing that until help arrives or the person resumes breathing.

Use a defibrillator (AED) if available and you have been trained to use it.

If you feel comfortable, add rescue breathing to your routine.

Pinch the person’s nostrils shut and breathe directly into the person’s mouth. Each breath should last a second and be deep enough to make the person’s chest move up and down. If this isn’t possible, continue with hands-only CPR until trained respond-

ers take over.

Stroke

In trying to determine if someone has had a stroke, think of the acronym FAST: Face dropping. One side of the person’s face looks dropped or numb, creating a lopsided look when they try to smile.

Arm weakness. One arm is weak or numb. If the person can’t raise both arms without one drifting down, it could be a stroke.

Speech. The person’s speech is slurred or they can’t speak or it’s difficult to understand what they are saying.

Time to call 911: Call right away if the person shows any of the above symptoms, even if they go away over time.

Falls

As a recent column in this space pointed out, falls are all too common in seniors.

“Older people shuffle as they walk,” Elliott said, “and they don’t always notice a loose carpet or that a robe is so long it drags on the floor.”

If you are the one who has fallen, stay on the floor for a time to gather your strength before trying to get up.

When you do get up, do it slowly.

Try to get upon one knee and prop yourself up with your lower arm. Next try to get up on both knees. If possible, hold onto a chair or another piece of furniture as you stand. Sit on the chair for a time until you feel calm and collected.

If you are caring for someone who has fallen, make them warm and comfortable and check for injuries. Don’t move them.

If you think a limb may be broken, put a pillow under the limb for support.

Don’t try to straighten the injured limb.

Keep the person from putting any weight on it. Trying to move the person on your own could worsen the injury or send the person into shock.

“Never put anyone to bed who has bumped their head,” Elliott said. If something is swollen, apply ice wrapped in cloth to reduce the swelling.

Elliott warns that seniors who appear disoriented or in shock may have fallen, even if they are not still on the floor.

Are there any obvious signs of injury? Does the person appear confused or disoriented? Look for a carpet that may have skidded out of place or a slipper that has been kicked off. Treat for a fall even if you only suspect it.

“Never hesitate to call 911,” Elliott said.

Paramedics prefer to find everyone

in good shape than finding someone died because help wasn’t called in time.

Burns

Treat immediately, no matter what the cause.

Wash the burn under cool water for 10 minutes to reduce pain, swelling and the risk of scarring. Do not apply ointments.

Finally, remember the three C’s of emergency care: checking, calling, care Checking: Check to determine the condition of the patient.

Are they breathing and responsive?

Are they bleeding? Are they stabilized to prevent risk of further injury? If it was a burn from something cooking in the kitchen, be sure the stove is off. If it was a fall on a loose carpet, move the carpet aside.

Calling: Call 911 immediately. Your assistance can save a life, but paramedics are trained and experienced.

Care: Do all you can to help the patient until help arrives.

As the Red Cross puts it, “Give care based on the condition found and your level of training.” Gordon Williams is a volunteer with the American Red Cross’ Northwest Region Communications Team.

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PACT Act includes $36M for new VA clinic in Tri-Cities

By Senior Times staff

The Department of Veterans Affairs will expand and update services in the Tri-Cities with funding from Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act, aka the PACT Act. The controversial bill expands coverage for veterans sickened by toxic pit waste while serving the military.

The bill was initially blocked by Senate Republicans but eventually passed.

President Joe Biden signed it on Aug. 8.

The clinic will reduce strain on the Walla Walla facility, according to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, who included a provision for $36 million for the Tri-Cities investment in the bill.

The added funding will replace and expand services offered through the Richland Outpatient Clinic, 825 Jadwin Ave., Suite 250. It was not clear if the clinic will remain at Jadwin or move somewhere else in the Tri-Cities.

The expanded clinic will offer primary, specialty and mental health services to local military veterans who have long complained about the challenge of traveling to the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, according to Murray’s office.

“I believe strongly that no veteran should be driving hours to get the care they’ve earned. Building a new VA clinic in the Tri-Cities is going to help reduce strain on the VA in Walla Walla and really make a difference in the quality of care for our veterans right here in Central Washington,” she

said in a press announcement about the TriCities clinic.

Murray will face Tiffany Smiley, a Pasco Republican, in Patty Murray the November general election. Smiley is running as an advocate for veterans after her husband, Scotty, was severely injured by a suicide bomber while serving in Iraq.

Smiley tweeted support for the PACT Act in late July, calling the Republican decision to block it “unnecessary partisan maneuvering.”

In addition to funding new clinics such as the one in Richland, the PACT Act will: • Expand VA health care eligibility to more than 3.5 million toxic-exposed post-9/11 combat veterans.

• Make it easier for veterans to be treated for toxic exposure.

• Add 23 burn pit and toxic exposure-related conditions to VA’s list of service presumptions, including hypertension.

• Expand presumptions related to Agent Orange exposure.

• Add Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll to locations recognized for Agent Orange exposure.

• Strengthen federal research on toxic exposure.

• Improve VA’s resources and training for toxic-exposed veterans and claims processing, workforce and facilities.

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Bob Ferguson, nuclear pioneer, dies at age 89

By Senior Times staff

A prominent Tri-City energy executive, philanthropist and business leader died Aug. 12 at the age of 89.

Robert L. “Bob” Ferguson, a longtime resident of Richland, died after suffering a stroke in August 2021 in north Idaho. He was most recently living in the Chicago area in an assisted care facility to be close to his family.

C. Mark Smith, who collaborated with Ferguson on a 2019 book, “Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford and the B Reactor,” called Ferguson one of the most important figures in the history of Hanford and the Tri-Cities for his leadership roles within the Hanford site, the U.S. Department of Energy and Energy Northwest.

Ferguson was born in Dover, Idaho, and studied physics at Gonzaga Uni-

uBRIEFS Richland Community Center closes for renovations

The Richland Community Center is planning to be closed from Sept. 26 to Oct. 13 for renovation work.

The center is at 500 Amon Park Drive at Howard Amon Park.

Stay updated about the project and operating schedule by checking the city of Richland’s Parks and Recreation website at richlandparksandrec.com or by calling 509-942-7529.

Port celebrates latest at Columbia Gardens wine park

The Port of Kennewick celebrates the completion of the second phase of its Columbia Gardens Urban Wine & Artisan Village near the cable bridge with a ribbon-cutting at 2 p.m. Sept.

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The event was rescheduled after being canceled in July because of extreme heat.

The second phase added a new building with room for two wineries and a food truck plaza. Gordon Estate Winery and Muret-Gaston Winery opened tasting rooms, joining Bartholomew and Monarcha wineries, which moved into the first phase prior to the pandemic.

Columbia Gardens, 313 E. Columbia Gardens Way, is across from Zip’s on East Columbia Drive.

The food truck plaza is home to a regular lineup of vendors: Culture Shock Bistro, Ann’s Best Creole & Soul Food, Taste of Wok, Only Tacos, Bobalastic, Rollin Ice Cream and Swampy’s BBQ. The second phase added six readyto-build parcels, which are available for private development. Swampy’s

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versity before being commissioned as an officer in the Army in 1956. His late wife, Catherine “Katie” Crosby, was the niece of another Gonzaga alumni: Bing

Crosby.

While in uniform, Ferguson served in the Army Ordinance Corps, including posts at the Pentagon and in Australia for guided missile testing.

He would spend 60 years working in the nuclear industry. He was the first deputy assistant secretary for DOE’s Nuclear Energy Programs, serving from 1978-90 under President Jimmy Carter. He also served as chief executive officer for Energy Northwest, then known as the Washington Public Powhas closed a deal to build a permanent kitchen at the site.

Columbia Gardens is zoned urban mixed-use and is in a federally designated Opportunity Zone.

RSVP via email to ColumbiaGardens@PortofKennewick. org.

Social Security accelerates decisions for people with severe disabilities

A dozen new conditions have been added to Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances program.

The program aims to quickly identify claims where the applicant’s condition or disease clearly meets Social Security’s standards for disability.

The conditions are angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, microvillus inclusion disease – child, Mowat-Wilson syndrome, myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts, nut carcinoma, Pfeiffer syndrome – types II and III, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, posterior cortical atrophy, renal amyloidosis – AL type, and sarcomatoid mesothelioma.

Due to the severe nature of many of these conditions, claims are often allowed based on medical confirmation of the diagnosis alone.

To date, more than 800,000 people with severe disabilities have been approved through this accelerated, policy-compliant disability process, which has grown to a total of 266 conditions.

For more information about the program, including a list of all qualifying conditions, go to socialsecurity.gov/ compassionateallowances.

er Supply System. He stepped in after the infamous WPPS bond default.

In retirement, he wrote several books and was co-founder of Clean Up Hanford Now, a nonprofit that is currently advocating for cleanup of the Hanford reservation and promoting a clean energy mission for the site.

He joined Gonzaga’s Board of Regents in the early 1980s and received its Distinguished Alumni Merit Award in 1981.

At home in the Tri-Cities, he was a generous philanthropist.

In 2020, he was the lead donor for the Ferguson Education Center, a Montessori school at Christ the King Catholic School in Richland. The project honored the memory of his late wife, who taught at Christ the King and was its first lay principal. She died in 2018.

In 2021, he provided $500,000 to endow a faculty position in energy and

environment at Washington State University Tri-Cities. At the time, he told the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business the Tri-Cities had always been a strong candidate to lead the energy industry thanks to its past, present and future focus on nuclear energy coupled with abundant solar, wind and hydro power.

“This community has such potential,” he said.

WSU Tri-Cities posted a full news obituary at bit.ly/WSUTCBobFerguson.

Ferguson is survived by two daughters, numerous grandchildren and other relatives.

A Mass was celebrated in August at St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church in Wheaton, Illinois.

Memorials are suggested to the Ferguson Education Center, Christ the King School, Richland.

Braver Angels bring civility training to Richland

working alliance and helps people develop skills to listen and understand without arguing, to build trust, clarify disagreements and find common ground.

The local event is organized by Sandy Westin and will include a brief presentation as well as Q&A session.

Registration is required. Go to braverangels.org/events.

Braver Angels, a nationwide movement to depolarize America, will hold an introductory event from 1-3 p.m.

Sept. 10 at Shalom United Church of Christ, 505 McMurray St. The nonprofit works to bring conservative and liberal citizens into a

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uBRIEFS Vintners Village plans block party and ribbon-cutting

Vintners Village in Prosser will hold a block party and ribbon-cutting from 3-5 p.m. Sept. 15 at 236 Port Ave. The program welcomes two tasting rooms and a boutique and bakery that opened in the Port of Benton-owned property during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new businesses are Corks and Taps, owned by Jason Domanico, Sister to Sister on the Ave, owned by M’Liss Bierlink, and Wautoma Springs, a collaboration between winemaker Jessica Munnell, vineyard

owner Tom Merle and tasting room manager Rachel Mercer.

The port constructed the second phase of Vintners Village in 2018. The newcomers join the Prosser Economic Development Association and 12 other local businesses. Go to vintnersvillage. com.

2022 apple crop will be smaller

Washington’s celebrated apple industry is projected to produce 108.7 million 40-pound boxes in 2022, an 11.1% decrease from 2021’s 122.3 million boxes.

The Washington State Tree Fruit Association said it is pleased with the

harvest given the long, cold spring.

“Growing seasons are never the same and currently many WSTFA members are still evaluating the impact of prolonged cold weather,” said Jon DeVaney, president.

The top five varieties comprise the majority of the harvest, with Gala leading production at 20%, followed

by Red Delicious and Honeycrisp each at 14%, Granny Smith at 13.4% and Fuji at 12.7%.

Cosmic Crisp, the newest offering from Washington, represents 4.6% of the harvest, up from 3.2% in 2021.

Washington apples are sold in 40 countries and are the state’s leading agricultural product.

Harvest estimates are based on a survey of WSTFA members.

Inslee issues monkeypox directive

The Washington state Department of Health will expand its outreach efforts to prevent and control the spread of the monkeypox virus under a directive issued in August by Gov. Jay Inslee.

The virus has spread to all 50 states, including more than 390 people in Washington.

Though rarely fatal, it can be painful and scarring.

The directive orders the health department to conduct comprehensive public outreach and education, prioritize equitable distribution of treatments, educate providers, monitor case counts and demographic data, hold roundtables with lawmakers and stakeholders, work with local health jurisdictions and maintain testing capacity.

“Public health is at stake and we must continue to protect Washingtonians and do what we can to help control the spread of monkeypox,” Inslee said in an announcement.

Gala supports Junior Achievement

The 2022 Hearts are Wild Gala benefiting Junior Achievement in Southeastern Washington begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.

The program includes a champagne reception, appetizers, beer and wine, a silent auction and casino-style games.

All proceeds support Junior Achievement. Tickets are $125 each, or $1,000 for a table of eight.

Contact Tara at tamram@jawashington.org or go to bit.ly/HeartsWildGala.

Cancer Center plans Autumn Affair

The Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation holds its 22nd annual Autumn Affair from 5:30 p.m.-midnight Nov. 12 at the HAPO Center in Pasco.

The event has a Mardi Gras theme and will include dinner, wine pairings, silent and live auctions and entertainment. Participants must be 21 or older to attend.

Single tickets are $125.

Call Lori Lott at 509-737-3373.

Wishing Star Foundation plans fundraiser

Wishes & Wine, an annual event that benefits the Wishing Star Foundation, will be held from 6-10 p.m. Sept. 10 at Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery in Richland.

General admission tickets are $125, or $1,500 for a table for eight.

The event features wine, dinner, music, dancing, an auction and more.

It benefits Wishing Star, which grants wishes for children ages 3-21 with terminal or life-threatening illnesses.

Go to wishingstar.org or call Cindy Guthrie Tripp, 509-744-3411.

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