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Clarkston meals are served Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Pautler Senior Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F. Asotin meals are served Tuesday

and Thursday. There is a salad bar at 11:30 a.m. Fridays only. Suggested donation is $3 for those 60

and older. Cost is $6 for those younger than 60.

Senior Round Table Nutrition Program

The Lewiston meal sites for the Senior Nutrition Program serve hot lunch at noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. and the United Methodist Church,

1213 Burrell Ave. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. There is a charge of $5

for those younger than 60.

Parks & Recreation Senior Nutrition Program

Meatloaf / mashed potatoes / veggie salad / green beans / roll

Chicken-fried steak / rice pilaf / mixed vegetables / coleslaw / roll

Roast pork / potatoes / carrots / Jell-O salad / muffin / dessert

Beef stroganoff / broccoli and carrots / coleslaw / roll / fruit

Senior Christmas party RSVP at (208) 743-6983

Baked ham / scalloped potatoes / mixed vegetables / applesauce / roll / dessert

Fried chicken / mashed potatoes / veggie salad / carrots / biscuit / cookie

Swiss steak / rice / spinach / fruit salad / roll

Turkey / potatoes / stuffing / cranberry sauce / green beans / roll / dessert

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Roast beef / Jell-O salad / mashed potatoes / carrots / roll / dessert

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Chicken-fried steak / mashed potatoes and gravy / peas / juice / bread / chocolate pudding

Barbecue pork on bun / cook’s choice salad / potato patty / peaches

Meatloaf with gravy / mashed potatoes / cheese broccoli / biscuit / peach crisp

Spaghetti with meat sauce / peas and carrots / vegetable Jell-O / French bread / fruit cocktail

Clam chowder / crackers / cook’s choice salad / mandarin oranges

Pork chops / mashed potatoes and gravy / spinach / bread / applesauce

Ham with pineapple / sweet potatoes / green beans / rolls / apple pie

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Moscow meals are served at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Great Room of the 1912 Center,

412 East Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for people age 60 and older, and $6 for those young-

er than 60. Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m.

Moscow Friendly Neighbors Nutrition Program

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R.S.V.P.The WA-ID Volunteer Center

in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St. pro-vides individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and

the Orofino area. The phone number is (208) 746-7787 or toll free at (888) 546-7787.

The WA-ID Volunteer Center is on the Internet at www.hand sonidaho.org, www.waidvolu nteercenter.org, www.myspace.

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The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in December.

America Reads Team: Help empower youth by becoming a reading buddy — sit with stu-dents who struggle to read and help them improve their read-ing skills. No teaching experi-ence is necessary.

Medicare assistance: Many local seniors rely on trained vol-unteers to help with Medicare questions. The center will pro-vide the training and resources, including an office, required to help seniors with Medicare open enrollment, which began Oct. 15.

The Literacy Council: The council is seeking tutors for English as a second language and math students. Volunteers need to be available for three

hours a week for at least six months to work one-on-one with a student. The students need basic skill building in math and basic English skills so they will be able to pass the general education development or U.S. citizenship tests.

Valley Singers: If you play the piano and love old-time music, the Valley Singers would love for you to join them. Valley Singers perform at assisted liv-ing facilities every Monday and practice every Saturday.

Jack O’Connor Hunting and Heritage Center: The center is seeking volunteers to act as greeters and museum guides. This opportunity offers flexible hours and days to meet your volunteer schedule. Training is provided.

Head Start: This program has several opportunities to meet interest, skill level and time availability. Volunteers are needed to answer phones, greet visitors, and provide adminis-trative, kitchen and classroom help.

Project Warm Up: Donations of yarn are being sought as well as volunteers to work from home making hats, scarves, mittens and lap robes for the WA-ID office to distribute in the local community. If you don’t know how to knit or cro-chet, the loom group can teach you. They meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays at the Lewiston Community Center and have yarn to use.

Meal delivery drivers: There is an immediate opening for meal delivery drivers in Lewiston and Clarkston for Meals-on-Wheels, the Senior Nutrition Program and the Pautler Senior Center. This opportunity requires some-one who can commit to one day a month or more, has a license and auto insurance, and can use their own car. New volunteers will be partnered with existing volunteers to learn routes.

Community Action Partnership Food Bank: Volunteers are needed for dona-tion pick-ups, food box deliver-ies and warehouse help.

Habitat For Humanity store: The store is extending its hours and volunteers are needed to join the team. People are need-ed for pricing, merchandising, cleaning, cashiering, customer service and more. Stop by the store location on G Street to find out how you can help.

Afterschool program: Volunteers are needed to assist first- through third-graders in danger of falling behind their peers in learning skills for two hours per week in the after-noons. Volunteers will help students with flash cards, reading and other educational activities.

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Meeting will include entertainment

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Chapter 515 will have its lun-cheon meeting at noon Dec. 21 at Macullen’s, 1516 Main St., Lewiston.

The group will be entertained by the Sweet Adelines in place of a regular program. The discus-sion about the status of retire-ment benefits will continue. More information is available by calling (509) 758-8791.

Seniors are focus of AARP poverty study

A new report compiled by the AARP Public Policy Institute detailing housing trends for those age 50 and older found recent-ly that Idaho ranks seventh in the nation for the percentage of reverse mortgages being taken out by the age group. It also found that Idaho has the third-highest poverty rate in the nation for this age group.

“Idaho’s 50-plus continue to face very difficult economic times;

many have even been forced to borrow against their homes sim-ply to make ends meet,” said Jim Wordelman, state director for AARP. “Housing costs continue to eat up a significant amount of Idaho’s 50-plus household incomes, and with soaring utility bills and health care costs, it can be an unhealthy combination for many.”

Some of the key findings of the report were:l Idaho saw a 93 percent

increase in the past nine years in the number of the 50-plus age group who have taken out reverse mortgages.l Roughly 6.5 percent of hom-

eowners and 23 percent of renters in the age group live in poverty.l 42 percent of homeowners

age 65 and older spend one-third or more of their income on their mortgage, while 23 percent spend roughly half of their income on mortgage payments.l 53 percent of renters age 65

and older spend at least one-third of their income on housing.

And while this age group’s economic reality is bleak, there is still an increasing number of grandchildren moving in with their grandparents, Wordelman said.

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Senior center is open for Christmas

The Sixth Street Senior Center will serve dinner at 1 p.m. Christmas Day.

The center will also have a pancake feed at noon Dec. 14 and a covered-dish dinner at noon Dec. 28, with meat being supplied by Juniper Meadows.

As always, seniors are invited to kick up their heels to the sounds of The Heustis Kountry Band from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday evening at the center. Cost of admission is $4. There will also be a New Year’s Eve Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31 at the center.

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More information about the center and its activities is available by calling (509) 758-6872.

Local AARP chapter will meet for lunch

The December meeting of the local AARP chapter is at noon Wednesday at the Pautler Senior Center in Clarkston. The meal will include ham, scal-loped potatoes, relish sticks and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Cost for lunch is $6 per person.

Entertainment will be pro-vided by Holy Family students and the program will be on longterm care and the Area Agency on Aging.

Reservations for the meeting can be made by calling (509) 758-2448 and all area seniors are welcome to attend.

Pullman seniors celebrate all month

The Pullman Senior Citizens’ Associtation has an array of cel-ebrations planned for December.

At 2 p.m. Saturday there will be a bunko and wassail party at the center. The event will include

lunch.The Avalon Care Center will

present the “Holiday Harmonics” at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 16. Vocalist Brianne Lindsay will be joined by harpist Danielle Clark and trom-bonist Bryan Lindsay.

A Christmas covered-dish din-ner and gift exchange will be held at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 22 and New Year’s Eve brunch will be served at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 29. Both events are being held at the center.

Bridge players will meet Mondays and Fridays after lunch, and Thursday mornings at 9.

Bingo day is at noon Friday at the senior center and is free to play.

The movie of the month is

“Prancer” at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 21. The center will be closed Dec. 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Meeting will include Christmas cookies

Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will have its monthly meeting at noon Dec. 17 at the Pautler Senior Center in Clarkston.

The meeting will include a Christmas covered-dish lunch, a short business meeting and the assembling of cookie plates for public servants.

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In the 16 years Connie Granbois has managed the Community Action Partnership Food Bank, she has seen the program’s numbers climb and plateau, climb and plateau.

With the economic troubles of the past few years, it’s been no surprise to see need grow — and grow it has — not least among senior citizens.

From October to October, the number of seniors served has gone up 12 percent from last year, Granbois said. Overall, food boxes are up 7 percent. “It’s just increasing all the time.”

She’s seen more of the “new hungry,” people who had never used a food bank before, Granbois said, and many of those people are seniors. A new medical problem can take up food money, she said, and pre-scriptions can easily add up to hundreds of dollars, wiping out a senior’s budget.

“It’s hard to put pride aside and ask for help,” Granbois said. But her message is “if anyone needs assistance with food to not

feel embarrassed or feel bad.”Just getting to the food bank

can be a challenge with fuel prices so high, she said. “We are seeing more families come together in cars,” she said. “They catch rides with neighbors.”

The food bank stocks its shelves with donations from food drives, church groups, businesses and individuals, and with food pur-chased with monetary donations, including a yearly allocation from Twin County United Way.

Every donation is needed and appreciated, Granbois said, though an area of particular need is sugar-free foods appropriate for people with diabetes.

The food bank also gladly accepts non-food items such as diapers, shampoo, deodorant and bathroom tissue. There’s tre-mendous need for personal-care items, she explained, because they are expensive and can’t be purchased with food stamps.

Volunteer Christine Craig said she’s noticed increased demand at the food bank over the past year. “This time of year there’s always need,” she said, but noted the number of participants has been up for months.

Craig, 66, of Lenore, has been a volunteer for about eight years, since retiring from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Every Monday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., she helps distribute food and enters participants’ informa-tion into a computer system. “I try to make people feel wel-come,” she said. “Everybody needs help at some point in their lives.”

Craig’s experiences at the food bank have been both heart wrenching and heartwarming. “It makes you take a step back-ward,” she said. “And count your own blessings.”

She recalled needing time to compose herself after meeting a woman who was living out of her car with several chil-dren after her husband left them. “You want to help in some way,” Craig said.

Tribune/Steve HanksVolunteers work to fill boxes with food to be given away at the Commu-

nity Action Food Bank in Lewiston.

Feeding the hungry — one box at a timeIn good times and especially in hard, the Community Action Partnership Food Bank is there to help fill the need of those without enough food

Agency Spotlight: Community Action Partnership Food BankLocation: 124 New 6th St., Lewiston; also, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), managed by the CAP Food Bank, distributes govern-ment commodities at 18 sites in Nez Perce, Latah, Clearwater, Idaho and Lewis counties

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Friday

Staff: Connie Granbois, manager; Jeff Shows, ware-house inventory; about 40 volunteers each week

Services: Food boxes are available to participants every three months; perishable foods are available weekly.

Contact: (208) 798-4210

Connie Granbois, manager of the Community Action Partner-ship Food Bank in Lewiston, works with vol-unteers to help meet the grow-ing need for food.

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CAP Food Bank ABCs

CLEARINGHOUSE PROGRAM

Perishable food items such as breads, deli items, salads, dairy products, pastries, fruits and vegetables are available once a week through this program designed to help participants stretch their money and/or food stamps. The food bank served an average of 2,550 households, impacting 7,087 individuals, monthly during 2010.

BACK YARD HARVESTThrough this seasonal pro-

gram, local gardeners donate fresh produce and gleaners pick fresh fruit from local trees to be distributed through the Clearinghouse Program.

FOOD BOX PROGRAMFood boxes are available

for individuals and families in need of food assistance. A food box contains about a week’s worth of groceries to make three meals a day. These non-perishable food items are donated through food drives, from groups, individuals, churches, and purchased with donated money.

The food bank also purchas-es milk, eggs and meat to sup-ply a complete nutritional food box when funds are available. Separate homeless food boxes are available.

The food bank distributed an average of 391boxes monthly throughout 2010.

TEFAP COMMODITIESThe Emergency Food As-

sistance Program is managed by Community Action Partner-

ship Food Bank. Commodities are supplied to food pantries in all the counties the food bank serves.

In 2010, the food pantries distributed an average of 1,081 food boxes monthly.

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PROGRAMFood and toiletries aren’t the

only commodities offered at the food bank. Working with local agencies, the food bank provides worksite training for people who are placed there to build job skills and gain experience.

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Community Action Part-nership Food Bank relies on volunteers to help with its daily operation.

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BIRTHDAYSDec. 1

Denny Jain

Denny Jain of Moscow turned 80 on Thursday.

He was

born in

Lewiston Dec. 1, 1931, and was raised in Genesee.

He graduated from Genesee High School in 1950.

After attending the University of Idaho in Moscow for two years, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during the Korean conflict. He was a disciplinary bar-racks guard and spent most

of his time at Camp Crowder in Missouri.

Upon completion of his military service, he returned to Genesee and worked on the family farm.

He and Agnes were married Oct. 2, 1955, in Lewiston. In 1960, they moved their fam-ily to Bovill, where he and his father operated a cedar

shake business.The couple moved to

Moscow after he retired. They have four children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

His hobbies include bird hunting, bowling and playing cards.

He is a member of the Latah Wildlife Association and the Deary Whitepine Lions Club.

Dec. 3

Carole Kirpes

Carole Kirpes of Colton cel-ebrated her 75th birth-day with her husband, Larry Kirpes, who turned 75 in November, and family and friends earlier this year.

She was born Dec. 3, 1936, and is a Uniontown native.

Her first husband died in the 1990s, and she and Larry were married in 2000. They have nine children between them.

The couple enjoy going to car shows, camping, traveling to visit family and making sausage in the fall. She also enjoys quilt-ing and her yard.

Wilma FiFer HeinemeyerWilma Fifer Heinemeyer

of Lewiston celebrated her 85th birthday with family and friends Saturday.

She was born Dec. 3, 1926, in Bancroft, Kan.

After the death of her parents, she lived with a couple until 1935, when she was sent to live with family in Idaho. During World War II, she moved to San Diego to live with her sister and finish high school.

She worked as a welder in the shipyards at Portland, Ore., for one summer during high school.

She married “her sailor” Emery (Joe) Heinemeyer April 1, 1944, in San Diego. In 1955, the couple moved to Lewiston.

She has four children and five grandchildren.

She worked for 34 years, first at Valley Real Estate and then at Coldwell Banker Town and Country Realtors, where she retired in 2002.

Her hobbies include movies, books, her dogs and watching birds. In her younger years she and her husband enjoyed danc-ing.

She is a past member of the Hells Canyon Boat Club and the SnoDrifters snowmobile club. She is a member of the Red Hat Society and the Ladies of the Evening Widows’ group.

Her husband died in 2002.

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BIRTHDAYSDec. 4

Lee NibLock

Lee Niblock of Lewiston celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday with a covered-dish dinner at the Orchards Church of the Nazarene.

He was born Dec. 4, 1931, in Kansas on the family farm. He is one of nine children born to Nellie and Samuel Niblock.

He and Ramona Thompson were married May 24, 1963, in Rapid City, S.D. The couple have five children, 11 grand-children and 12 great-grand-children.

He was an ironworker for many years.

He enjoys welding things in his shop. This past summer he enjoyed raising two steer in his yard.

He and his wife are mem-bers of the Orchards Church of the Nazarene, and he is also a member of the Ironworkers Union.

Dec. 5Louise TregeLLasLouise Tregellas of Orofino

turns 80 today.She was born Dec. 5, 1931,

in Batavia, Ill.She moved to Arizona in

1955 and to Alaska in 1977.In 1990, she moved to

Orofino and married Larry Tregellas.

She worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Her husband died in 1994.

She has three children and two grandchildren.

Her hobbies include sew-ing, painting, reading, gar-dening, and dancing and traveling with her fiance, Tom Reilly.

Dec. 13ruTh rooTRuth Darrah Root of Orofino

will celebrate her 82nd birth-day Dec. 13.

She was born Dec. 13, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa.

She received a bachelor of fine arts in art education from Drake University at Des Moines.

She taught in Whittier, Alaska, for two years and then received a master of fine arts in ceramic arts from Ohio State University at Columbus. She then taught for two years in Kenai, Alaska, before she mar-ried George Root in 1960.

They lived on his homestead until 1965 when they moved to a farm just outside of Orofino. After her husband died she moved into Orofino.

She is a member of the Clearwater Art Association.

Dec. 19cLara

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Wilson of Lewiston will celebrate her 95th birthday Dec. 19

She was born Dec. 19, 1916,

in Heron, Mont., to Joseph A. and Martha Pearl Graybill. Her father followed the logging industry and because of that she attended school in numer-ous places, finishing her educa-tion in Kingston, Idaho.

She and Clarence F. Wilson were married June 16, 1934. They have four childrenas well as numerous grand, great- and great-great-grandchildren.

While her children were growing up she did the cooking and some of the care giving at a care facility in St. Maries that she and her husband owned.

They sold the facility in the 1960s and she cooked at a cou-ple restaurants in the St. Maries area and for the Forest Service in Clarkia, Idaho.

When the couple retired in 1975 they moved to Lewiston. They enjoy traveling to Florida and Georgia to spend time with relatives.

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Dec. 19Lura

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Nelson Butler of Lewiston and formerly of Juliaetta will cel-ebrate her 94th birth-day Dec. 19.

She was born Lura Verniece Groseclose Dec. 19, 1917, to Edward and Dixie Groseclose, six miles south of Juliaetta. She is the eldest of five children.

She attended school at Teagan and Agatha, Idaho, as well as Juliaetta where she graduated as the valedictorian of the class of 1933.

She and Clifford Nelson were married at Orofino in 1935 and had one daughter. He died in 1948.

She worked as the first school cook at Juliaetta after the consolidation of the Juliaetta-Kendrick schools. She also worked as a grocery clerk for Howell’s Grocery and later Nobel’s Grocery for nearly 30 years.

She was a member of the Juliaetta Community Church for most of her life and enjoyed several Bible study groups of the Nazarene and Lutheran churches.

She and Ray Butler were married in the 1970s and he died in 1996.

She moved to Lewiston Rehabilitation Center in the spring.

Her hobbies include keep-ing scrapbooks of local history, photography, raising flowers, yard work, making quilts and sending greeting cards.

She has four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Dec. 23HaroLd

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Kluss of Lewiston will cel-ebrate his 87th birth-day Dec. 23.

He was born Dec. 23, 1924, in Genesee to Rudolph and Emma Kluss. After graduating from high school in 1942, he worked on the family farm.

He served in the U.S. Army and upon his discharge returned to the family farm.

He married Darleen Vassar. She died in 1998.

In addition to farming, he worked at the bowling alley in Moscow. He was an avid bowler and competed in national tour-naments. He also custom fit bowling balls for bowlers. He enjoyed building and refinishing furniture in his younger days.

He moved to Lewiston in 2009 and currently resides at Juniper

Meadows where he enjoys play-ing “Wild Texas Dominoes.”

Dec. 27Wanda HeadWanda Head of Orofino will

celebrate her 78th birthday Dec. 27.

She was born Dec. 27, 1933, in Orofino and graduated from Orofino High School in 1952.

She and John Apfelbeck were married in 1977.

She worked for the U.S. Postal Service as the postmaster in Peck for 25 years and retired in 1999.

Her hobbies include traveling and bowling. She also enjoys staying home.

She has four children.

Dec. 28

CarL dayCarl Day of Orofino will

celebrate his 92nd birthday Dec. 28.

He was born Dec. 28, 1919, to Carl and Orba Day. They moved to Declo, Idaho, when he was age 9 and he gradu-ated from high school there in 1937.

He moved to Anderson, Calif., in 1942 and married Mary Thompson in 1945. They had a son and a daughter, and later divorced.

He worked at the Kimberly Clark saw mill in Anderson for 32 years as the shipping supervisor.

He married Dorothy Meyer in 1965. In 2000, they moved to Orofino to be near his son.

His wife died June 23, 2009.

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READER POETRYHolidays for all

Seasons

A time for friendsA time for LoveA time to share

A time to ponderA time to come together

No matter what the weatherCheers to all who celebrate

the seasonAfter all, there is a very

good reason!Yvonne Carrie, 68, Lewiston

Christmas with Mama

I awakened early Christmas morn

To the rattling sounds of pots and pans

This sound was music to my ears

Music made only by mama’s hands

Santa had already made his call

He had dropped in the night before

And left us all happy and glad

For he had left us gifts galore

Mama continued to busy herself

With dinner to be preparedOccasionally she’d stop at

the windowAs if frozen just stand there

and stareMama was remembering

thoseWho’d been gone for several

yearsThen suddenly a smile

crossed her faceFor in her mind her loved

ones had appearedWith Christmas dinner now

preparedIt was time to say our graceWe thanked God for all his

blessingsAnd little one’s who’d filled

another loved ones placeLes Taylor, 74, Clarkston

Calendar Days

When I was young, long ago,Grandma made sure I would

knowWhy the neighborhood church

bell rang.Advent choir on this Sunday,

sang

Of the long journey Mary tookTo find the manger of

Christmas book.Out came the big red Advent

chart,Calendar days for counting

start.Each page holds a scene of

glory,Enriching precious holy story.Kitchen plans bring activity,

Promising huge festivity.Glorious music leads the way,

Hymns and carols for Christmas Day.

Lucille Magnuson, 91, Moscow

Listen for the Angels

This Christmas time we’ll hear it again

The story of shepherds and three wise men

How they found the Christ and in a manger he laid

The stories are told and the records are played

But somehow I feel that in the midst of it all

There’s a wondrous part that we seldom recall

The wise men saw that star and followed it true

Brought marvelous gifts to the Babe oh-so-new

The shepherds too saw the star and they came

From out in the mountains the valley and plains

They brought no gifts to the newborn child

They were the lowest in sta-tion they were lowly and mildYet out of all the people who

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READER POETRYThe Laws of Time

The water wheel turns and the time goes by

And raindrops fall from a cloudy sky

Life is a story that’s oft been told

That man spends his life in his search for gold

A chain will break at its weakest link

A horse may go but he may not drink

A man goes crazy from a pesky fly

And the whole world turns on a baby’s cry

Life is gone in the setting sun

And the only course may be to run

Birds they fly and the fishes glide

And there is no place for a man to hide

I’m telling you now as the years roll along

I’m dying to sing you this quaint little song

There’s evident truths that are known to all

That parents get nervous when the kids don’t callThat God gives the Holy

whatever they wish

And work is for folks that don’t know how to fish

You remember these words as time blithely flies

May you live forever and I never die

Pass on these truths I plead with you

They are the law in all we doThe water wheel turns and

the time goes byAnd the raindrops fall from a

cloudy skyHoward Norskog, 78,

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By Carli TeproffMcclatchy Newspapers

MIAMI — Louis Stein didn’t want to waste time cutting his birthday cake. The World War II veteran and self-proclaimed “lover of life” just wanted to dance.

He let go of his walker, held on to his friend Sandy Heckendorf, and swayed to the sounds of “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You.”

Meanwhile, the candles burned — luckily they used the numbers 1-0-8 instead of 108 individual candles.

“There’d be a lot,” joked Stein, who proudly donned a birthday crown displaying his age.

The key to his longevity: “wine, women and song,” Stein said.

But as he gets older he believes it has to be more than just what he is doing.

“There is someone up there who wants me here,” he said, adding jokingly that his daily shot of apricot brandy and bottles of Tabasco sauce might help.

Stein, who served as an oral sur-geon in World War II, is believed to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest, veteran in South Florida.

Born Nov. 8, 1903, on the lower east side of New York, Stein was only 13 — far too young to be drafted — when the United States entered into World War I.

But he always wanted to be in the military.

He went on to study at New York University and became an oral surgeon.

But two days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, pulling the U.S. into World War II, Stein

enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was 38.

He was assigned to treat sol-diers who needed facial recon-struction after being shot.

“I’ve seen everything,” Stein said. “It was hard work.”

After 27 years, Stein was dis-charged from the military, but remained an oral surgeon and stayed involved with veterans groups.

Being in the military is an important part of who he is, Stein said from his apartment at The Sterling in Aventura, Fla. And he’s always taken great pride in the fact that his birthday is the same week as Veterans Day.

Stein is a frequent guest at local events, including helping with the flag presentation at North Miami’s Veteran’s Day Ceremony Friday.

“He is such an amazing man,” said William Hoppner, the former

Southern Area Commander for the American Legion.

Stein moved to South Florida from Bradenton in 2004. His wife, Gladys, had died, and daughter Judy Turbin was here.

He immediately called Hoppner, and got involved in the North Miami post.

One of his proudest moments was when, at age 105, Stein rang the bell of North Miami’s newly installed Veterans Tower.

“He talked about that forever,” said Turbin.

Over the last few years, Stein has had to give up a few of the things he loved doing, such as traveling. At age 100, he wanted to see Tibet.

But Turbin put her foot down, saying the altitude would be too much for him. He was still driv-ing and playing golf when he was 101.

He still loves to dance. Although

his girlfriend couldn’t be there for the festivities; she recently broke her hip. Stein took over the dance floor, with and without his walker.

In his apartment, a sign hung near the piano he still tries to play: “The First Hundred Years are the Hardest.” On the menu at his birthday bash: spicy chicken wings, his favorite.

“It feels pretty good to be 108,” Stein said.

Teproff writes for the Miami Herald. Her email address is cteproff@miamiherald.com.

WWII vet boogies his 108th birthday awayLouis Stein, center, who served as an oral surgeon during WWII, celebrates his 108th birthday Nov. 8 in Mi-ami, Fla. Stein, who doesn’t take a single pill, loves to dance and is still active in local veterans groups.

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Granbois and Jeff Shows, who’s in charge of warehouse inventory, are the only paid employees at the food bank. The program would not be possible without volunteers, Granbois said, noting it takes about 40 volunteers like Craig each week — including people who work at the front counter, sort food in the warehouse and drive to stores to collect donated food — to keep the operation humming.

“I love all my volunteers,” she said.

Those interested in more information about volunteer-ing for the Community Action Partnership Food Bank can call Granbois at (208) 798-4210 or (800) 326-4843, ext. 4210.

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l a continental brunch is the easiest to pull together. Purchase a variety of breakfast breads and artfully arrange them on a platter. stack books under a decorative cloth to create different levels and ensure visual interest.

l Keep your guest list small unless you can enlist a friend to help cook. after all, you want to be a good host while enjoying your brunch and spending time with each guest.

l a brunch should incorporate elements of breakfast and lunch harmoniously. Contrast the blue-berry muffins and coffee-glazed scones with smoked salmon with capers and onions and a hearty egg dish that is packed with flavor. try a scramble with new filling combinations like chicken and asparagus, or crab and avocado with a dollop of sour cream and chives.

l “superhero scramble” is a taste sensation his Hollywood clients love and it’s easy to make;

start by sauteing one pound of spinach. mix with one pound of browned and crumbled turkey sausage and a half cup of juli-enned sun-dried tomato. set that aside. scramble a dozen eggs until almost finished, but still soft. Fold in the spinach/sausage mixture and sprinkle with eight ounces of seasoned feta cheese.

l For perfectly fluffy scrambled eggs, heat a medium-size pan over medium heat. melt a tablespoon of butter for every four eggs. make sure the butter is melted and bub-bly but not brown. Beat the eggs in a bowl with a pinch of kosher salt, pepper and one tablespoon of water. Then add to the pan and let them cook without stirring until they set a bit. With a spatula, push the eggs to the center, creating folds of fluffy eggs. Push again as the eggs firm up. slide from the pan when they are still a little wet. They’ll keep cooking for a minute or two. top with cheese.

l Create a brunch punch bowl made of ice. use two glass bowls, one a little smaller than the other. Cut a ½-inch-thick lemon slice and set in the bottom center of the larger bowl. Put the second bowl on top of it and place a weight in it, like a 32-ounce canned prod-uct. Fill the space between the two bowls with sliced lemon and oranges or flowers. slowly pour in distilled water (it freezes clearer than tap). Freeze for four to five hours, checking about 40 minutes in to push any citrus or flowers that have drifted up. to unmold it, place the bowls in a sink of warm water for about 15 seconds. The bottom bowl should release with a twist. Then repeat with the inside bowl. Wrap in aluminum foil and put into the freezer until you’re ready to use it.

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Nationally, the population of men older than 65 grew by about twice the rate as women in the same age group, the 2010 census found.

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the number of men in that age group increased from 1.2 mil-lion to 1.8 million — double the national growth rate for women.

“More men are reaching those older ages,” said Carrie Werner, a statistician with the Census Bureau’s age and special popula-tions branch. “They are starting to close the gap with women.”

Doctors and health officials say men are living longer because they are taking better care of themselves.

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MinneaPOLiS — Ordinary flu vaccine has always worked out for Carolyn Hendrickson, so the 77-year-old was perplexed on a recent Monday when her clinic gave her a high-dose version without ask-ing first.

Confusion turned to anger that night as she lay in bed at home in brooklyn Park. Her muscles ached, her head pounded and her stomach churned.

“i’ve had the flu shot before and never had a problem,” she said. “Why was this different?”

Hendrickson had learned the hard way that a new influenza vac-cine, Fluzone High-Dose, is avail-able. the vaccine is loaded with four times the usual virus-fighting antigen, so public health experts believe it will better protect seniors whose immune systems have weak-ened with age.

but it also causes a slightly high-er rate of side effects, mostly short-term aches and flu-like symptoms.

Hendrickson was back to full strength the following Friday. but in hindsight, she wonders if she would have taken the high-dose version if her clinic had offered her a choice.

Fluzone High-Dose was first offered midway through last flu sea-son. Manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur estimates that 10 percent of seniors who were vaccinated last season received the high-dose version.

Studies have shown that the larger dose stimulates the immune system to respond more aggressive-ly against influenza. but research hasn’t yet proven the vaccine is more effective for seniors. answers to that question are expected in 2014 or 2015, according to the u.S. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. the federal agency has taken no position yet on whether seniors should opt for this type of vaccine.

For now, it is “between the pro-vider and patient” to decide when to use Fluzone High-Dose — assum-ing a clinic has any in stock, said Kristen ehresmann, who directs immunization programs for the Minnesota Department of Health. Hendrickson complained to her as well. ehresmann replied that it wasn’t unethical or illegal for her clinic to provide the high-dose ver-sion without offering a choice.

“Some clinics may have decided to offer high-dose flu vaccine to their senior population,” she said. “that would be reasonable. When physicians prescribe a medication, they don’t necessarily say, ’there are six antidepressants on the mar-ket; which one would you like to take?’ the providers use their judg-ment and prescribe a medication. the same could be said for flu vac-cine.”

the need for better vaccines is evident from the fact that influenza contributes to 3,000 to 49,000 u.S. deaths each year, according to the CDC. Most victims are 65 or older.

Further proof came this fall from the university of Minnesota’s Dr. Michael Osterholm and colleagues. a national expert on infectious dis-eases, Osterholm reviewed existing studies and concluded the standard flu vaccine was only 59 percent effective in healthy adults younger than 65. that is lower than the 70 to 90 percent estimates offered in the past by public health officials.

there is little reliable data on the effectiveness of traditional flu vaccine in seniors, and nothing on Fluzone High-Dose. Osterholm still recommends it to seniors.

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