TIMESGOLDENA monthly magazine for the region’s retirees by Target Publications

Feb. 3, 2014 / Vol. 24, No. 2

LOVE STORIESTwo couples share their stories of finding love at an age when most have accepted being

alone — Page 10Senior lunch

menus— Page 3

SeniorTalk

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Volunteer ofthe Month

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key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

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WHO AM I?

I was born Feb. 3, 1894, and died at the age of 84 on Nov. 8, 1978.

I was a simple illustrator/painter who got my start at age 18 when I illustrated a book for Carl H. Claudy. I also, early on, created the cover art for the Boy Scout publication “Boys’ Life.”

In 1916, I married Irene O’Connor, but the marriage only lasted 14 years. I mar-ried a second time; this time to Mary Barstow and we had three children. She died in 1959 and I married a third time in 1961. My third wife, Mary Punderson, was at my side when I died.

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FEB. 10: Twin City Square and Round Dance Club, board meeting, 7 p.m., 2130 Fifth Ave., Clarkston.FEB. 12: Valley Com-munity Center, annual membership meeting and election, noon, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.FEB. 15: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Commu-nity Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.FEB. 18: Sixth Street Se-nior Center, board meet-ing, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

FEB. 19: Retired Edu-cators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewis-ton.FEB. 24: Seaport Quil-ters, 6 p.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.FEB. 26: National Ac-tive and Retired Federal Employees, noon, Emerald Gardens, 701 Sixth St., Clarkston.

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4 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/green beans/fruit/roll

7 Deluxe salad bar/fruit6 Breaded-baked fish/scalloped potatoes/peas and carrots/Jell-O with fruit

14 Soup/roll/salad bar/fruit

13 Spaghetti with meat sauce/Italian-blend vegetables/garlic bread/strawberry cheesecake

25 Pork roast/mashed potatoes/gravy/roll/fruit/cake/ice cream

20 Pulled-pork sandwich/coleslaw/fruit(no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)

21 Hamburger/salad bar/fruit

18 Taco salad/fiesta corn/cottage cheese with pineapple/fruit juice

27 Chicken-noodle casserole/green beans/roll/fruit

11 Hot-roast-beef sandwich/mashed potatoes/mixed vegetables/fruit

28 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

Moscow Senior Nutrition Program

serves lunch at noon in the Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $6 for nonseniors. Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m. Soup and dessert is available at each service.

Lewiston Senior Nutrition Program

serves hot lunches at noon 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. Cost is $5 for nonseniors.

MoNday TueSday wedNeSday ThuRSday fRiday

3 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/corn/salad/ roll

4 Chicken-fried steak/ potatoes/country gravy/carrots/coleslaw/biscuit

5 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Baked chicken

10 Spaghetti/salad/ green beans/French bread/cookie

11 Roast beef/mashed potatoes/gravy/mixed vegetables/Jell-O salad/roll

12 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Barbecue

17 closed for president’s day

18 Baked ham/au gratin potatoes/applesauce/green beans/cornbread

19 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Turkey

24 German sausage/kraut/potatoes/mixed vegetables/salad/roll/cookie

25 Chicken-breast sandwich/Jell-O salad/baked beans/carrots

26 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast pork

11 Pork chops/mashed potatoes/vegetable

6 Stroganoff/noodles/vegetable

13 Roast beef/seafood fettuccini/baked potato/vegetable

18 Fried chicken/ potatoes/vegetable

20 Salisbury steak/mashed potatoes/ vegetable

4 Burritos/rice/beans/vegetable

25 Polynesian fish/rice/vegetable

27 Pulled-pork sandwich/potatoes/vegetable

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february senior nutrition menus

a menu was not received from Kendrick-Juliaetta Senior center. we are sorry for any inconvience this may cause and hope to have the menu included in March’s issue.

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Q: How can I get a new Medicare card?A: If your red, white and blue Medicare

card is lost, stolen or damaged, you can re-quest a new one at www.socialsecurity.gov. However, you can use our online application only to request a Medicare card. If you need a Medicaid card please contact your state Medicaid offi ce.

———Q: My parents recently moved into a re-

tirement community and they are signing their house over to me. Can I still get Sup-plemental Security Income (SSI) or will home ownership make me ineligible?

A: You can own a home and still receive SSI as long as you live in the home you own. In most cases, when determining SSI eligibility we don’t count as a resource the home you own and live in or the car you use.

———Q: Who is eligible for Supplemental Secu-

rity Income (SSI)?A: People who receive SSI are age 65 or

older, blind or disabled with limited income and resources. Go to www.socialsecurity.gov for income and resource limits. The general fund of the United States Treasury makes SSI payments. They do not come out of the So-cial Security Trust Fund.

———Q: What’s the best way to fi nd out if I

might be eligible for SSI?A: Our online Benefi t Eligibility Screening

Tool (BEST) will help you fi nd out if you could get benefi ts that Social Security administers. Based on your answers to questions, this tool will list benefi ts for which you might be eli-gible and tell you more information about how to qualify and apply. Find BEST at www.benefi ts.gov/ssa.

———Q: I have a 38-year-old son who has been

disabled by cerebral palsy since birth. I plan

to apply for retirement benefi ts. Will he be eligible for benefi ts as my disabled child?

A: Yes. In general, an adult disabled before age 22 may be eligible for child’s benefi ts if a parent is deceased or starts receiving retire-ment or disability benefi ts. We consider this a “child’s” benefi t because we pay it on the parent’s Social Security earnings record.

The “adult child” — including an adopted child, or, in some cases, a stepchild, grand-child, or step grandchild — must be unmar-ried, age 18 or older, and have a disability that started before age 22.

———Q: How can I get proof of my benefi ts to

apply for a loan?A: If you need proof you get Social Security

benefi ts, Supplemental Security Income and/or Medicare, you can request a benefi t veri-fi cation letter online through your my Social Security account at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. This letter is sometimes called a “budget letter,” a “benefi ts letter,” a “proof of income letter,” or a “proof of award let-ter.” You can even select the information you want included in your online benefi t verifi ca-tion letter.

———Q: Is it true that 10,000 people are retir-

ing each day? What is the best way for me to apply and avoid long lines in my Social Security offi ce?

A: Yes, it’s true. The best way is to use our online retirement application at www.socialsecurity.gov. You can complete it in as little as 15 minutes. It’s so easy. You can apply from the comfort of your home or of-fi ce at a time most convenient for you. Once you’ve electronically submitted your appli-cation, you’re done. In most cases, there’s no need to submit any documents. There’s also no need to drive to a local Social Secu-rity offi ce or wait for an appointment with a Social Security representative.

This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. Answers to specific questions are available by calling toll-free (800) 772-1213 (TTY [800] 325-0778) or online www.socialsecurity.gov.

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Cottonwood Community Church 510 Gilmore, Cottonwood, (208) 962-7762 Meals at noon on TuesdaysGrangeville Senior Center County Road, Grangeville, (208) 983-2033 Meals at noon on Mondays and FridaysKamiah Senior Center 125 N. Maple St., Kamiah, (208) 935-0244 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and FridaysKendrick Senior Citizens Center 104 S. Sixth, Kendrick, (208) 289-5031 Meals at noon on Wednesdays and FridaysLewiston Community Center 1424 Main St., Lewiston, (208) 743-6983 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and WednesdaysOrchards United Methodist Church 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston, (208) 743-9201 Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and WednesdaysMoscow Senior Center 412 Third St., Moscow, (208) 882-1562 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and ThursdaysNezperce Senior Citizens 501 Cedar St., Nezperce, (208) 937-2465 Meals at noon on Mondays and ThursdaysOrofino Senior Center 930 Michigan Ave., Orofino, (208) 476-4328 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Pomeroy Senior Center 695 Main St., Pomeroy, (509) 843-3308 Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and FridaysPotlatch Senior Citizens IOOF/Rebekah Hall, Pine St., Potlatch, (208) 875-1071 Meals at noon on Tuesdays and FridaysPullman Senior Center 325 S.E. Paradise St., Pullman, (509) 338-3307 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and FridaysRiggins Odd Fellows Building 121 S. Lodge St., Riggins, (208) 628-4147 Meals at noon on TuesdaysUnited Methodist Church 313 Second St., Asotin, (509) 758-3816 Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and FridaysValley Community Center 549 Fifth St., Clarkston, (509) 758-3816 Meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and FridaysWeippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center 115 First St. W., Weippe, (208) 435-4553 Meals at noon on Mondays and ThursdaysWinchester Senior Citizens Center Nez Perce Ave., Winchester, (208) 924-6581 Meals at noon on WednesdaysPullman Meals on Wheels (Whitman County Council on Aging) (509) 397-4305Valley Meals on Wheels (208) 799-5767

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Feb. 3, 2014 / Vol. 24, No. 2

LOVE STORIESTwo couples share their

stories of finding loveat an age when mosthave accepted being

alone — Page 10Senior lunch

menus— Page 3

SeniorTalk

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Volunteer ofthe Month

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MOSCOW — The February class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break, on Feb. 22 at Gritman Medical Center, in the conference room, 700 S. Main St., here.

The class will be taught by Linda Shepard and registering for the class in advance is rec-ommended. Registration can be completed over the phone by calling Shepard at (208) 882-1002.

The cost for each class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduction on driver’s licenses and/or insurance discounts.

Community center offerings for seniors

The Lewiston Community Center offers classes and activi-ties for seniors. All classes are at the community center unless otherwise noted.l Tai Chi is being offered at

11 a.m. Fridays, beginning Feb. 21. Registration for this class must be completed by Feb. 19. The class is $50 per person or $45 per person with a friend.l A day trip to the Palouse

is planned. A shuttle will leave Lewiston at 9 a.m. Feb. 21 and will make stops at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, lunch at Basilio’s Italian Cafe in Pullman, the Washington State University creamery and cheese produc-tion center and the Palouse Mall in Moscow. The trip fee is $50 per person and registration deadline is Feb. 14.l Regular activities offered

through the community cen-ter include line dancing at 10 a.m. on Mondays and at 9 a.m. on Thursdays; pinochle at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays; painting at noon on Thursdays; and bridge at noon on Fridays.

Registration for all activi-ties can be completed at the Lewiston Community Cen-ter, 1424 Main St., Lewiston, by calling the Lewiston Parks and Recreation Department at (208) 746-2313, or online at www.cityoflewiston.org/parks andrec.

Two Lunch & Learn programs being held

MOSCOW — The Lunch and Learn program is offered through the University of Idaho extension office in Moscow.

The brown-bag lunches are from noon to 1 p.m. at the Gritman Federal Building in the second floor conference room, 220 E. Fifth St. Lunch is not provided.

The first class’ topic is re-sponsible couponing and is Tuesday.

The second class’ topic is

time management and will be Feb. 18.

More information is available by calling (208) 883-2241.

Sons of Norway group will meet

The Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 will finalize plans for its Scandinavian breakfast, which is set for March 15.

The meeting will begin with a potluck at noon Feb. 15. A short business meeting will follow the lunch.

A heritage program will also be given during the meeting at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

The organization is open to all people of Scandinavian de-scent or those interested in the culture. More information about the group and its meet-ings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 743-2626.

Moscow senior center will have a free lunch

MOSCOW — The free lunch for Moscow-area seniors will be-gin with soup available at 10:30 a.m. by the Friendly Neighbors

Senior Citizens.All area seniors age 60 and

older can attend the lunch served at the 1912 Center in the great room, 412 E. Third St., here.

The salad and dessert bars will open at 11 a.m. and the main meal will be served at 11:30 a.m. The menu (also found on page 3 of this publication) will be “surf and turf,” roast beef and seafood fettuccini, a baked potato and a vegetable.

Meals are served at the cen-ter most Tuesdays and Thurs-days.

AARP tax preparation services being offered

The AARP Tax-Aide program offers free tax preparation to low- and moderate-income in-dividuals and couples with an emphasis on seniors. The pro-gram is sponsored by the AARP Foundation in conjunction with the IRS. It is staffed by certified volunteers.

The free service will be of-fered today through April 15 at the following locations:l Asotin County Library, 417

Sycamore St., Clarkston, from

9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays.l Lewiston Center Mall,

(across from JC Penney), 1932 19th Ave., from 9 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays; from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays.l Orofino Senior Center, 930

Michigan Ave., from 9 a.m. to noon on Mondays; and 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays.l Lewiston City Library, 411

D Street, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays.l 1912 Center, 412 E. Third

St., Moscow, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fri-days.

Center raises price to attend dances

The Sixth Street Senior Cen-ter, 832 Sixth St., Clarkston, has raised the cost to attend the twice-weekly dances it offers.

The dances will now cost $5 per person and take place from 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the center with live music performed.

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Foot care will be offered by Dayna starting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

NARFE to hear about Valley Vision

Doug Matoon with Valley Vi-sion will present a program on the organization and its efforts here in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley at the National Active and Retired Federal Employ-ees Chapter 515 meeting.

The meeting is at noon Feb. 26 at Emerald Garden, 701 Sixth St., Clarkston. More in-

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No foot care at Valley Community Center

There will not be foot care offered in February at the center.

The center’s annual mem-bership lunch with board meeting and election will take place at noon Feb. 12. The center is located at 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

Activities offered at the center in February include painting from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Mondays; fitness from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. on Tues-days and Thursdays; pinochle from 12:45 to 3 p.m. on Tues-days and Fridays; blood pres-sure checks are at 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays; and bridge is played from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Groups and organizations can submit information, pertaining to seniors in the region, to be published in Golden Times monthly magazine.All submissions are subject to space availability and editing.submissions should be emailed to:goldentimes@Lmtribune.comor mailed to:Target PublicationsP.O. box 957Lewiston, iD 83501Information for March’s issue must be recieved by feb. 17 to be considered.Questions about submitting informa-tion can be sent via email or by calling (208) 848-2243.

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BIRTHDAYSFeb. 2

Ernestine Lewis of Lewiston turned 80 on Sunday.

She was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Bismark, N.D., to Thomas and Esther Berg.

Lewis worked in the shipping department of Sears before she married Edwin Lewis. They were married on April 4, 1952, in International Falls,

Minn. After marriage, Lewis was a home-maker, raising the couple’s five children.

Her husband died in 1985.Lewis is very involved in her church and

loves the Lord Jesus. She has always been a prayer warrior.

She was a foster mother from 1969 to 1975 in which time she cared for more than 30 children.

Her family celebrated her birthday Sunday.

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FEB. 4

L i l a DeVault of L e w i s t o n will be 90 on Tuesday.

She was born Feb. 4, 1924, the third of fi ve daugh-ters born to Arthur and

Leila Hirengen in Casper, Wyo. DeVault came to Lewiston in 1938 and attended Lewiston High School.

She worked at Potlatch Forests Inc., Omark and then

she went into the indoor painting business, owning Your Lady Painters until her retirement in 1996.

She and Everett DeVault were married in 1974 and will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year.

The couple have spent many winters in Yuma, Ariz.

DeVault’s hobbies are sew-ing everything from doll clothes to wedding dresses, playing pinochle and keeping up with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

LILA DEVAULT

FEB. 9

Arlie J. Armitage of Southwick will be h o n o r e d during an open house at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kend r i c k -J u l i a e t t a S e n i o r

Center, 104 S. Sixth St., Kendrick. The occasion is his 80th birthday.

He was born Feb. 9, 1934, in Southwick, to Tom and Rachel

Armitage, and has lived in the area all of his life.

Armitage was a farmer and rancher, and a logger during his working years. He retired in 1995.

He and Priscilla Armitage were married on April 1, 1953, at the Methodist Church in Kendrick.

The couple have one daugh-ter and two granddaughters. They had a son who died in 1991.

Armitage enjoys reading and has served on the Pine Hills Cemetery board for 43 years.

ARLIE J. ARMITAGE

Weld D. H u f f a k e r of Lewiston will turn 75 on Sunday.

He was born Feb. 9, 1939, in Idaho Falls to Weld Reuel and B l a n c h e

Tracy Huffaker. He attended school at the Burton School, a one-room schoolhouse. He graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho, in 1957.

Huffaker joined the U.S. Army Reserves and was sta-tioned in Virginia for one year. He returned to south-ern Idaho following his ser-vice where he went to work for Blazer Finance in Idaho Falls.

He met his future wife, Peggy Ann Ogden, in Idaho

Falls and they were married in 1961. They were trans-ferred to Denver branch and lived there for three years.

In 1966, he was once again transferred, this time to the Lewiston Division of Blazer Finance, where they have remained.

In 1979, Huffaker, with Dick Coles and Leonard Johnson, started the fl edgling compa-ny Welenco Manufacturing.

Welenco manufactured wood burning fi replace inserts. He sold his interest in the local retail store to his son and fi nally retired in 2006.

His hobbies include real estate, working on home improvement projects, and his family’s genealogy.

Huffaker and his wife have six children, 16 grandchil-dren and nine great-grand-children.

WELD D. HUFFAKER

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Lola M. Boyer of C u l d e s a c will cel-ebrate her 80th birth-day with family and friends at an open house from 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday at Towne Square in the Salsberg Room, 504 Main St., Lewiston.

She was born Feb. 10, 1934, at Flat Iron, near Waha, to Henry and Zulah Anderson.

She grew up and received her education in Lapwai and Lewiston.

She and Jack Boyer were married Feb. 9, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colo., while he was serving in the military.

The couple owned and oper-ated Jack and Lola’s Cafe in Lapwai in 13 years. They also farmed in Lapwai for more than 50 years.

Boyer’s hobbies include gar-dening, traveling and spend-ing time with her family.

The couple have two chil-dren, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

LoLa M. Boyer

Shirley Seeley of Orofino will turn 76 next Monday.

She was born Feb. 10, 1938, at Burns Hospital in Orofino.

She married Bud Seeley Sept. 21, 1957.

Seeley has five children.Her husband died July 4,

2009.Seeley is active in the

senior citizens group and her church.

ShirLey SeeLey

Feb. 13

Effie McAllister of Orofino will be 90 on Feb. 13.

She was born in 1924, near Orofino and has spent her life there, except during World War II when she worked as a welder in Portland, Ore.

McAllister also worked at

a Potlatch logging camp, and was a housekeeper at the Greer Nursing Home and the convalescent center.

She married Jesse McAllister. The couple have two children and three grandchildren.

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Raymond H u g h Rooper Jr. of Lewiston will cel-ebrate his 80th birth-day on Feb. 13

He was born in Detroit to

Katherine and Raymond H. Rooper Sr. in 1934.

Rooper served during the Korean and Vietnam wars as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. Following the wars

he was a recruiter for the National Guard. Collectively, he served a total of 26 years.

Upon returning to civilian life, he worked in property management while attending college. He earned a degree in elementary education and taught math for the Lewiston School District for 15 years.

Rooper married his wife, Patricia, 59 years ago. The couple have two daughters, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

They enjoy traveling, line dancing, volunteering and staying active.

rayMond rooper Jr.

Feb. 18

C a r o l J e a n Acke rman of Lewiston will cel-e b r a t e her 80th b i r t h d a y with a trip to Hawaii a c c o m p a -nied by her

husband and several of their children.

She was born Feb. 18, 1934, in Troy.

She and Lloyd Ackerman were married Jan. 12, 1955. They lived in the Grangeville area, where he worked in the logging industry and she was a stay-at-home mom to their nine children.

Ackerman encouraged all of her children to continue their education and to go where they needed to for their careers. It has given her a reason to travel from the West to the East Coast, which she has truly enjoyed.

She and her husband moved to Lewiston after retiring, where they are active in the All Saints Catholic Church. She has always loved getting outside and continues doing that with her daily walks, berry picking and camping. She enjoys the family’s camp-ing trips, which gives her a chance to catch up with her 20 grandchildren.

Ackerman’s hobbies include playing pinochle whenever possible and embroidering.

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Feb. 20

Leonard (Pete) Galloway of Orofino will be 83 years old on Feb. 20.

He was born in 1931 at Juliaetta.

Galloway married Lois Kirk at Warm Beach, Wash.

He worked for Union Pacific Railroad after he returned from serving with the U.S. Army.

The couple have two sons and two grandchildren.

He enjoys traveling.

Leonard GaLLoway

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Elisa Perkins of Orofino will celebrate her 97th birthday Feb. 23.

She was born in 1917.Perkins and her husband

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ATLANTA — Eleanor Alexander never deviated from her night-time routine. She’d eat a light dinner, let her dog Spot out, let him back in, double-lock the screen door. And then, she and her companion would call it a night.

The evening of July 26 start-ed the same way. The 78-year-old told her son she would eat a few bites of the vegetable soup he had brought her, then go to bed. She already had on her pink-striped pajamas when he left.

Yet for unknown reasons, instead of going to bed, she stepped outside her rural Coweta County, Ga., home and started walking, dressed in nothing more than night clothes and slippers.

Within hours, search teams — deputies and volunteers, people on horseback and guid-ing four-wheelers, some with search dogs straining at leash-es — spread out across the

landscape, looking for a tiny target: a woman with wavy white hair, blue eyes, barely weighing 100 pounds.

They found her three days later. Alexander, suffering in a barbed-wire fence in a

patch of woods about a mile from home. She was alive, but

barely: her body temperature had dropped to 84 degrees.

Cases such as Alexander’s have been rising, posing chal-lenges for public and private agencies. Dementia sufferers who wander — 6 of 10 will at some point — can trig-ger extensive and expensive searches, and not all are found.

Several law enforcement agencies are adopting new technologies to track individu-als with dementia, but none is perfect. Experts also say families can be slow to recog-nize a loved one is at risk of wandering.

Before she went missing, Alexander’s son and daughter-in-law had encouraged her to move in with them. But she balked at the idea and insisted on having her own place.

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Jan Kautz has a singular fault, ac-cording to her husband.

she prefers crunchy peanut butter over creamy.

cal Kautz reveals this, of course, with a sly tone and a spark in his eye.

and it turns out it’s the teasing that got him in this very mess in the first place.

Had he not attended the exercise class at church, he wouldn’t have noticed one of the single women also taking the class. Had he not teased and talked with her until he landed a date, then his adams creamy peanut but-ter would not be sharing space in the refrigerator with her adams crunchy peanut butter. and there would be no ceremonious scraping of the knife between sandwiches.

The complaint is not convincing, given the smile that comes with it.

cal and Jan, of lewiston, and Don and noreen anderson, of clarkston, are two local couples who married at a time when most people their age have written it off. Their stories serve as reminders that love can be found at any age.

cal moved to the lewiston-clarkston Valley from the seattle area after losing his wife to diabetes in 1998. His daughter, one of five kids, asked him to come after she learned the house next door to hers was going on the market. He had already retired from his job as an engineer at boeing, so he made the move.

Jan had grown up in the area, mar-ried, had four children, and then found herself divorced and raising her kids on her own. she lived in the region — in spokane and the Tri-cities — while working as a bookkeeper and cost ac-countant. she had dated on and off, but gave up after encountering one ill-intentioned man after another. a few years before retirement, she moved back to the valley to be with her aging parents.

it wasn’t long until the two of them ended up in the same exercise class at the congregational-Presbyterian church in lewiston.

“i noticed her smooth movements,”

cal said, while Jan hid a smile. after some weeks of teasing and

after-class conversations that lasted long after the last person had left, he asked Jan if she’d be interested in going dancing sometime at the sixth street senior center.

and she was.before long they were spending quite

a bit of time together, sharing meals, watching TV, enjoying music and sometimes just talking in the car after returning from an outing.

They were so comfortable together. Their interests and preferences — aside from the peanut butter — seemed to mesh perfectly. neither of them had been looking to remarry — cal was in his 80s when they met and Jan had reached a contented acceptance of her singleness.

but after a few months of dating, cal asked Jan to marry him. Three months later, she did.

The andersons, on the other hand, took their sweet time to tie the knot — or even date for that matter. it wasn’t because of Don’s lack of persistence.

Don first noticed noreen at the Val-ley community center (formerly the Pautler senior center) in clarkston. she went there on occasion to have lunch with friends, who were quick to point out the new, good-looking man who’d been coming to the center. she wasn’t interested. When he came over to introduce himself one day, noreen assumed Don just wanted to converse with her friends and excused herself early in the conversation.

Don was not to be dissuaded so easily. He was friendly with all the ladies there — noreen insists he still is — but she was different from the other women he’d met there.

“i was looking for somebody. When i saw her, i thought — ‘aha! she looks good.’ she was my kind of gal,” Don said.

Knowing she had recently lost her husband to cancer, he kept a respect-ful distance, interacting only every so often. eventually she would greet him by name and engage in polite conversa-tion, but she didn’t seem to be inter-ested in anything further.

Then came the fateful day in the albertsons parking lot. after visiting

the center, Don had stopped there to drop off some movie rentals. coming out of the store, Don saw noreen drive by. she saw him too and rolled down the window to say hello. Don took advantage of the opportunity and asked her out on a date. she said yes.

so they went out once and then a few more times. They met up with friends for breakfast at the casino and met for walks on the levee, all the while noreen insisting he was just a friend.

it took a few years before nor-een saw there was more to it than just friendship. Their relationship developed slowly. Having lost her husband of 31 years, noreen was open to friendship, which she had plenty of — having lived in the val-ley her whole life — but she simply wasn’t ready to fall in love again.

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ABOVE: The one thing the Kautzes disagree on is their pea-nut butter, Jan perfers crunchy, while Cal says there is only one type of peanut butter and that’s creamy. BELOW: Don

and Noreen Anderson of Clarkston crossed paths for the first time while eating lunch at the Valley Community Center.

After four years of getting know each other and dating, Don and Norene tied the knot.

Don’s story was different. He moved to the area from Southern California follow-ing a divorce in 1997. He knew then he wanted to remarry but despite his friendly nature and regular meals at the senior center, he hadn’t found what he was look-ing for — until he spotted Noreen from across the room.

After that first date, their friendship steadily progressed until Noreen called a halt to things. She just felt it was too much, too fast and she told Don she just wanted to be friends.

Her request threw Don off. He went home and thought about it and decided he wasn’t just going to back off so easily.

“So I just ignored it and kept on going,” he laughed.

A couple days later he called her up and asked her to go on a walk and she agreed. Noreen enjoyed his company, she was just uncomfortable with dating. Since friends go for walks, she told herself, going for a walk with Don was OK.

The relationship didn’t skip a beat. During the next four years the friendship slowly turned into a dating relationship until Don asked her to marry him. When he did, Noreen said yes — she was finally ready.

The beginnings of the two relationships may be different but the end result is the same for both local couples — they have someone with whom to laugh.

One of the first things Cal and Jan say about their relationship is how much they have in common. They share a farm up-bringing, an interest in music, their Chris-tian faith and diverse skills in remodeling.

Their home is visible evidence of this. Old, brown carpets throughout the home

have been ripped up and replaced by hardwood and tile flooring. The large deck off the dining area — perfect for warm-weather entertaining — has been redone, along with the deck off the master bedroom. Bathroom floors, counters and the shower have all been retiled.

They’ve done each project together, Jan specializing in the tiling and Cal in laying hardwood. It’s not just something they are able to do, it’s something they enjoy.

“We’re together 24-7 and then going through this remodeling project — we’re still together, so that’s pretty good,” Jan said.

She credits much of the success to Cal’s humor and his consideration of her.

“He’s so sweet and kind. He still opens my doors … ” she started.

Cal interrupts to make sure the state-ment has gone on record. They both laugh.

“We’re very, very compatible,” Don said of his and Noreen’s relationship.

They spend a lot of time out and about. They’ve got a group of friends they meet up with for meals or a barbecue. They still go out to movies and they’re out at most of the car and RV shows that take place in the area.

And there’s a good bit of laughter. Nor-een tells about the surprise 70th birthday party she threw for Don, complete with black balloons and attire, and a fake skel-eton sitting in his chair.

“We’ve had some good times,” Noreen said.

Don agrees.“I often wonder how this would’ve

worked out had I not met her in the park-ing lot,” he said. “I mean, what are the

chances of meeting like that?”And when they talk about their wed-

dings the two couples do so with the fond-ness of newly-weds.

Cal laughed as he described he and Jan’s wedding as a disaster. Jan voiced a protest, but Cal went on with the story.

He had proposed in January 2006 and the two were married the following April, so they had a few months to put together a ceremony that included friends and fam-ily. Or at least most of the family.

Cal’s daughter, a missionary who had returned to the U.S. for the ceremony, was to read a passage from the Bible and had been commissioned to pick up the cakes from Costco for their reception. She had left for the errand with plenty of time to bring the cake to the church and be in place for her role in the ceremony.

But when the wedding was to start, there was no sign of her. They waited. She was nowhere to be seen. They began the ceremony without her in hopes she would sneak in at the last minute. But she still hadn’t arrived by the point in the ceremo-ny she was to do the reading; the pastor did it himself. The ceremony concluded and she arrived late to the reception. She had taken a wrong turn and ended up lost in Asotin.

The ceremony — which had gone smoothly except for this — was followed by a honeymoon in Hawaii. Cal jokes this was how he suckered Jan into marrying him. But a little observation will tell you that given the chance, she’d do it again.

Don and Noreen may have taken their time to fall in love, but once they got there, they wasted no time getting mar-ried. He proposed in December 2008 and

they were married on Jan. 2, 2009. Don wanted a wedding, Noreen didn’t.

His experience as a wedding photographer — a second job he held for several years — told him the bride always got what she wanted.

So while they had arranged to get mar-ried in their pastor’s office at the Congre-gational-Presbyterian Church, Noreen later learned the ceremony had been “bumped” to the chapel. As a last-minute surprise, she arranged for fresh flowers and invited their closest friends to the ceremony, telling them to keep it quiet so she could surprise Don.

The surprise worked — Don didn’t even recognize what was going on at first — and the ceremony was followed by a much larger reception at the senior center where they had met. After a busy day and cleaning up, the two went out for pizza and beer.

A few days later Don’s son called and asked where he had taken Noreen for their honeymoon. Don told him the only thing that was accurate: Pizza Hut. They couldn’t help but laugh until they nearly fell over.

So every year for their anniversary, Don and Noreen go out for pizza and beer to celebrate.

“I don’t want to change it,” Noreen said. “It was kind of special when I got to think-ing about it. I mean, who does that?”

Theirs is a marriage built of persistence, laughter, appreciation — and maybe a little pizza and beer.

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LEFT: Don and Noreen Anderson enjoy a card game at their Clarkston home. RIGHT: After striking up a conversation after an exercise class Cal and Jan Kautz hit it off; a short courtshipled them to get married.

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“I couldn’t have imag-ined she would ever go out solo,” said Becky Alexander, who believes her mother-in-law likely has Alzheimer’s although she’s never been formally diagnosed. “She was a homebody. In hindsight, we should have had someone objective weigh in.”

In the spring of 2004, Mattie Moore, a 67-year-old Atlanta woman, wandered away from home. Her body was found eight months later in a wood-ed area, just 250 yards from her front door.

Moore’s death prompted Georgia legislators to create a statewide alert system to help find missing adults with Alzheimer’s disease, demen-

tia or other mental illnesses.Much like the “Amber Alert”

for missing children, “Mattie’s

Call” disseminates informa-tion about a person’s disap-pearance to the media, other law enforcement agencies, as well on Georgia Lottery machines and signs. The miss-ing person is also listed in the National Crime Information Center database.

Since “Mattie’s Call” went into effect in 2006, the num-ber of alerts has increased nearly fivefold. In 2007, there were 31 across the state. Last year there were 150.

The number of wander-ers is expected to rise as

baby boomers age and face a diagnosis of dementia. One in eight people age 65 and older (and nearly one in two

people older than 85) have Alzheimer’s disease.

“It’s an absolutely huge, huge problem,” said Carol Steinberg, president of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. “It can happen out of the blue. The person could be hungry or thirsty or in their mind be hooked on the idea that they need to go home and they are already home.”

With each day, the odds of finding a missing person drops, but the odds are even worse when the missing per-son suffers from dementia.

People with Alzheimer’s are often going somewhere, searching for something and don’t necessarily consider themselves lost.

But most of the time, the person takes off on foot and gets lost less than a mile from home. Instead of crying out for help, they become frightened and disoriented and might hide from their rescuers.

TIPS TO PREVENT WANDERINGl Having a routine can provide structure.l Reassure the person if he or he feels lost, abandoned or disoriented.l If the person with dementia wants to leave to “go home” or “go to work,” use communication focused on exploration and validation. Refrain from correcting the person. For example, “We are staying here tonight. We are safe and I’ll be with you. We can go home in the morning after a good night’s rest.”l Ensure all basic needs are met. Has the person gone to the bathroom? Is he or she thirsty or hungry?l Avoid busy places that are confusing and can cause disori-entation. (ie., shopping malls, grocery stores or other busy venues.)l Place locks out of the line of sight. Install them either high or low on exterior doors, and consider placing slide bolts at the top or bottom.

Home safety checklist:l Camouflage doors by painting them the same color as the walls, or cover them with removable curtains or screens. Cover knobs with cloth the same color as the door or use childproof knobs.l Use devices that signal when a door or window is opened. This can be as simple as a bell placed above a door or as so-phisticated as an electronic home alarm.l Provide supervision. (Never lock the person with dementia in at home alone or leave him or her in a car without supervision)l Keep car keys out of sight.

When someone with dementia is missing:l Begin search-and-rescue efforts immediately. Ask neighbors, friends and family to call if they see the person alone. Keep a recent, close-up photo and updated medical information on hand to give to police.l Is the individual right or left-handed? Wandering generally follows the direction of the dominant hand.l Keep a list of places where the person may wander. This could include past jobs, former homes, places of worship or a restaurant.l Provide the person with ID jewelry.l Consider having the person carry or wear an electronic tracking GPS device that helps manage location.l If the person does wander, search the immediate area for no more than 15 minutes before calling 911. Report to police that a person with Alzheimer’s disease is missing.More tips are available at www.alz.org and more information is available by calling (800) 272-3900.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It started when an alert broker called to let Alan Sims know that $3,360 was being with-drawn weekly from his 103-year-old friend’s brokerage account. Turns out that a live-in caretaker was padding her hourly wages, writing checks of varying amounts that could have pushed her annual salary to more than $165,000 a year.

Sims, executor of his elderly friend’s estate, and her attor-ney had to step in and confront the caregiver, who was immedi-ately fired.

“It was devastating,” said Sims, recalling the events eight years later. “Not only the amount of money that was taken, but the trust that was broken.”

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Certainly, financial exploita-tion of seniors is nothing new. In recent years, local, state and national organizations have attacked the problem on numerous fronts, encouraging more awareness, better report-ing and stiffer penalties.

Plenty of older Americans are more than capable of handling their own affairs and value their independence. But for many, “admitting that we can no lon-ger manage our financial affairs can be as traumatic as having to give up driving,” noted Eleanor Blayney, consumer advocate for the Certified Financial Planner Board in Washington, D.C.

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There is also a need for a helper to ride along on routes to help with loading and unloading. The ability to lift is needed for these positions. There is also in need for volunteers to help at the front counter and in the ware-house.l St. Vincent de Paul Social

Services is in need of volun-teers to assist families in need, help with food pantry, clothing, household items and furniture. There is also a need for volun-teers at both thrift stores to sort clothing.l The Idaho State Veterans

Home has several volunteer op-portunities available. There is a need for a special-event plan-ner, help with gift wrapping, one-on-one reading and assis-tance in other daily activities.l The Lewis-Clark Literacy

Council is in need of volunteer tutors for basic language and grammar skills to help with English as a second language. It is not necessary for tutors to speak another language. Tutors are also needed for math skills preparation for the general education certificate tests. In-dividuals interested in this op-portunity must be able to com-mit to three hours a week for at least six months to work one-on-one with a student.l The Lewis Clark Valley

Chamber of Commerce is in

need of a couple of volunteers to help with receptionist and office duties. Volunteers will help with guest reception and answering phones. This oppor-tunity can be a regular schedule or as a fill-in position.l The Lewis-Clark Early

Childhood Program is in need of a volunteer to help with cler-ical work. This position is for those with office skills, who are dependable, able to keep confi-dentiality and is available about 10 hours per week.

For more information on any of these or other volunteer op-portunities offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center call Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

———Interlink Volunteers — Faith

in Action in Clarkston offers vol-unteer opportunities throughout the area. The office, located at 817 Sixth St., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. They can be reached at (509) 751-9143.l Handymen are needed

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build entry steps and wheel-chair ramps, and construct and place outdoor handrails. Volun-teers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink.l Transportation volunteers

are needed to drive clients to and from appointments Monday through Friday. This requires a valid drivers license, insurance and own vehicle. Mileage is re-imbursed.l Mover volunteers are

needed to help clients move. There is a need for those with and also those without a truck, to help pack, load and move household items.l Yard Work volunteers are

needed to help with raking and picking up leaves, and other yard debris. Interlink will hall away.l Van — There is a contin-

ued need for a volunteer with a lift van capable of transporting wheelchair-bound individuals.

Volunteers interested in any of these projects must com-plete an application. The ap-plication as well as more infor-mation about the organization and volunteer opportunities are available online at www.inter linkvolunteers.org.

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With Open HeartOne by one this day, I reread each card.

Oh, there’s that red one that made me laugh hard.

Soon the large stack is ready to save with ribbon bow.

First I must hold them close to my heart, I know

Manger’s message is: “With Open Heart”

Lucille Magnuson, 93, MoscowEditor’s note: This poem is being republished due to a Target Publications error in January’s edition of Golden Times.

The Legened of ‘Duffer’ Joe

About six years ago I’d say, four golfers started out to play.

The first three hit far,then Joe hit a car in

the parking lot.Now he’ll pay!

Joe teed up his mulligan shot, and he hit it,

but not so hot.

He sliced to the right, and thought that it might be okay,

but guess what he got?The ball disappeared in the trees.

This brought poor Joe down to his knees.

He went out to look, and with him he took

some bug spray in case of there were bees.

The other three golfers were waiting up on the green,

and debating.How long should they wait?

’cause it’s getting late.Joe’s slow play was irritating.

Two foursomes played through, and no Joe.

Their patience was starting to go.With no Joe in sight,

one said, “well, it might be time to move on.

So let’s go!”The three played nine

and went drinkin’,

and talkin’ ’bout Joe, and thinkin’ that they could have

all helped Joe find his ball.They knew what they did

was stinkin’.Joe hasn’t been seen to this day.

Search parties went out, so they say.

It’s really a shame, but who is to blame?

We just hope that Joe is okay.Ken Taylor, 77, Clarkston

Life’s JourneyWhen life begins,

so does the journey.Who knows where it will go.Every journey is different; every journey is unique,

and set aside for everyone under the sun.

Some journeys last a long time, some are short.

Some will abort before it begins.Sometimes the journey is sweet.

Sometimes it is sour.That depends on the hour

or the day.We try to make it our own,

but each journey is known beforehand.

Where we will go.What road we will take.

For sure, it is never a piece of cake!

Yvonne Carrie, 70, Lewiston

Sixty-Five Years of Valentines

I walk in on this couple sitting side-by-side,

she in her wheelchair and he in his recliner.

I feel like I am invading their privacy,

but also I am grateful

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More information on these volunteer opportunities is available by contacting meal site Manager Joe Kolar at (208) 935-0244.

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to witness this love of theirs.He has become her left side

since her stroke two years ago.For 35 years of the last 65 years,

he has brought her morning coffee.

Forty years ago, I would approach

their bedroom door and be invited in,

watching them reading the morning paper and drinking coffee.

I would sit on the floor and grab the funnies.

Thirty years ago, when they retired to the ranch

and I visited, I would enter their bedroom,

they would be propped up on pillows,

drinking morning coffee and discussing the farm.

Twenty years ago, I would stop in at

their summer home

in my hometown and join them for coffee, and Dad’s cooked cereal

was always offered.Love enduring,

with its ups and downs.The simple act of a cup of coffee

and Dad helping Mother with hand lotion so she has hands

soft enough to hold onto 65 years of love lasting.

My eyes will always have this picture of them

holding hands for all eternity.Deborah Haverman, 62, Orofino

The MillI stand majestic in the sun,

recalling all the work I’ve done;The years have passed, the grounding sounds

have ceased at last.My broken windows,

warped boards and a moss covered roof,

viewed by anyone who goes by.Some will wonder why.

I’m silent as I stand beneath the sun lit sky.

Once I was busy in a family’s care,

feeding families with flour to make their bread.

From miles around, folks brought grain to be ground, to be stored for months ahead.Never a hungry day was known

as long as the Robeson mill grinders did go.

What stories it could tell of the owners and

the folks who bought its wares.All of us wish it could be,

recalling memories and its legacy.eva Herring, 83, Lewiston

ResolutionsGarden catalogues crowd my mail, they promise new seeds won’t fail.

My resolutions are made to follow rules with

hoe and spade.Wait for bright sun, wait for warm rain,

anticipating spring success.Cheerful flowers to impress.Faithful promises to keep,

seeds are planted not too deep, harvest of blossoms soon to reap.

Lucille Magnuson, 93, Moscow

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The new recommendations also raise the threshold for starting therapy at 140/90 for people between ages 20 and 59 who have diabetes or kid-ney disease. That is up from 130/80.

Health benefits were no greater at the lower read-ings for any group, panelists found.

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I recently traveled to Pullman to see for myself the Wii bowling team for the Pullman Senior Center. And they let me join them for a game during their practice session. Now, I do own a Wii and bowl on it — I actually had the misconception that I was OK at it. Then I played with them.

They were practicing for a tournament later this month against the team at Bishop Place. I don’t know how well that team bowls but I would advise them to practice as much as possible between now and the tournament.

In defense of my dismal 145 score, I was wearing high heels for the first three frames and had a hard time keep-ing my balance; I also had surgery just a month prior to my visit at the senior center. But honestly I haven’t scored much higher than that at home in my bare feet without an audience — so perhaps my score was what it was because I’m just not very good at it.

The Pullman Senior Center team is pretty serious about its game. I say that because the mem-bers are pretty serious about their practice. One member, who I won’t name, was on top of each player to take their turn: “If it takes five play-ers six minutes each, that’s a half hour a frame — that’s 30 minutes gone from my life,” the member said (of course they were all laugh-ing, even said member).

They were having fun cheering on one another as each took their turn.

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Nintendo isn’t just for kids any-more and nothing says that more

than the fact that there are Wii bowling teams at senior centers and assisted living facilities.

It’s great exercise for the body and mind, helps with balance and coordination, and provides seniors with an activity that is fun and can be plyed anytime of year.

The high scorer of the day was JoAnn Ailor, of Pullman, who made get-ting a strike look easy. She wasn’t the one person who got a turkey that day, but she did get the best score out of the two rounds I was there for.

They gather for Wii bowling following the lunch served as part of the Senior Nutrition Program at the center on Mondays. Steve Bell, the center’s director, sets the Wii up and determines how many players there are for each round. He also is in charge of setting up the tournaments for the group.

It was fun to watch and participate in the Wii bowling, and I plan on attempting to redeem myself sometime in the future — after I get a lot more practice.

Hayden can be reached at phayden@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2243.

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trustee named to manage assets in a person’s living trust.

Keep Good Records: Fiduciaries are expected to act in the other person’s best interest, manage the finances carefully and maintain good records.

Keep a detailed list or a file of all money you receive or spend. Include the date, amount and purpose of checks paid or deposited, as well as names of people/companies involved. Keep receipts and notes, even for small expenses. For exam-ple, write on the receipt: “$50, groceries, AllBrands Grocery Store, May 2.”

After Sims was given power of attorney for the financial affairs of his 103-year-old friend, for instance, he maintained a writ-ten journal and took meticulous notes of every financial trans-action he made on her behalf. Also, checkbooks and other financial documents were safely put away where they weren’t accessible to caregivers.

Avoid Conflicts: No mat-ter what kind of fiduciary role you’re taking, it’s imperative to keep the senior’s money sepa-rate from your own, accord-ing to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. For instance, it might be OK to buy a car with the senior’s funds to drive to doctors’ appointments or to do

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designate someone to act on our behalf, in the event we’re incapacitated due to illness or other impairments. Some financial advisers recommend anyone reaching 18 or college age should fill out a power-of-attorney document for finan-cial or health care reasons.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Linda DiCicco is 53 going on 20.

She works at a computer store in Southdale mall, in Edina, Minn., where many of her customers are half her age, and so are her co-workers.

“I went to a training seminar in Atlanta where my roommate was 22,” she said. “I was look-ing for people my own age to hang out with, but I couldn’t find any.”

Fortunately for her, she’s comfortable around younger people and is excited about learning things, especially involving technology. It’s an attitude that not only serves her well now but will be an even bigger factor in the future.

As they move into the latter stages of their careers, baby boomers are discovering the

norms applied to previous gen-erations no longer hold sway.

While their parents were able to rely on experience accumulated from decades on the job, today’s older work-ers are seeing their jobs change around them — and sometimes disappear out from under them. Equipment and processes are evolving quick-ly, rendering useless much of the knowledge and skills they spent years amassing.

As a result, older workers can end up feeling like the office dinosaur: outdated, irrelevant and obsolete.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, say career coun-selors, educators and people like DiCicco who refuse to be intimidated by the situation. There’s still a need for experi-enced employees.

“It’s all about adding value, at any age,” said Michelle Love, chief marketing officer

for MRA, parent company of the Plymouth, Minn.-based human resources consulting firm Trusight.

“It’s the total package: hav-ing the skills, having the con-fidence, and then also under-standing that the same rules apply when you’re in your 50s as when you’re in your 20s. At the end of the day, those who add value to the organization are highly sought after.”

Baby boomers are rewriting the book on how age affects lifestyle, including their roles in the workforce. The number of full-time employees 60 and older is higher than it’s ever been, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and predic-tions are it will continue to rise as the remainder of the gen-eration charges toward what used to be retirement age.

Instead of lamenting things aren’t like they used to be, older workers should embrace

the changes, Love said.“Where we are in our 50s

is so different from where people were in their 50s just 30 years ago,” she said. “We have people who are vibrant,

interested, active — not even just active, but on the leading edge — despite age. And it is

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Stereotypes are one of the biggest hurdles faced by older workers, but not just the labels assigned to them by younger workers; the big-ger danger is older workers buy into typecasting and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

“Our society is hung up on statistical averages and overgeneralizing based on age or generation,” said Verna Monson, an educational psychologist who is found-er of Fifth Wave Evaluation Consulting in Minneapolis. “There’s a lot more individual variation in ability and moti-vation. Not all 20-somethings

are interested in learning technology, and I’ve met 80-year-olds who can whip out their iPhone to look up stock prices.”

A person’s mind-set is cru-cial. “It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about technol-ogy or sports or playing the piano,” Monson said. “If you believe that you can or can’t do something, you likely will be right either way.”

Stephen Brookfield has spent nearly 40 years study-ing the supposed barriers to older-adult learning, and the professor in the School of Education at the University of St. Thomas has come to the conclusion most of them are overrated.

“That idea that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is an absolute myth,” said

Brookfield, whose research has focused on adults who go back to school, often as a result of needing more educa-tion to keep current in their professions or being forced to learn something new because their jobs have evaporated.

Mental acuity changes as people age, but not always for the worse, he said. On the contrary, some of the changes are for the better.

“There’s a difference between what’s called ‘fluid’ and ‘crystallized’ intelli-gence,” he said. Fluid intel-ligence is mental nimbleness, and that can decrease with age. Crystallized intelligence “deals with taking skills and concepts and applying them. If anything, that improves with age.”

More important than age is

the perceived usefulness of the subject matter, he said.

“Grandparents who don’t even know what a (computer) mouse is learn how to Skype when they discover they can use it to keep in touch with their grandchildren,” he said. “On the other hand, people don’t intrinsically want to learn a new skill set that doesn’t seem to be of any utility. Why complicate life when the old system is work-ing?”

Experience still has a place in the workplace.

“The greatest gift an employee can bring to the table is experience and knowl-edge,” Love said. “I’d much rather hire someone who is self-sufficient than someone who needs a lot of training.”

There also are little things

one can do to stave off the appearance of being an office dinosaur, Love said.

“This might be controver-sial, but I’m going to say it anyway: If you’re still car-rying around a flip phone, that’s part of the problem,” she said. “If you’re carrying a smartphone or tablet or both, that’s a visible demonstra-tion that you want to remain relevant.”

She’s not arguing it’s all you have to do. “It’s way beyond just getting a smart-phone, but that’s one of the basic things,” she said. “Get a smartphone and make sure you know how to operate a tablet — that’s how business operates today. And don’t tell people that you’re not con-nected. That’s the kiss of death right there.”

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Sharon LedbetterSharon Ledbetter, 69, of Clarkston, is Golden Times’

Senior Volunteer of the Month for February.Nominated by: Kelly McKeehan, who wrote in an

email: “Sharon is a dedicated, compassionate and pa-triotic lady, who lives her beliefs through her volunteer work. She has personally touched the lives of hundreds of veterans, by seeing to it that they are awarded the Quilt of Valor that they have earned.”

Volunteer work: Ledbetter’s volunteer work is all based around quilting, which she only began doing in 2000. She has made quilts for Operation Kid Comfort, which makes quilts and pillows for children of de-ployed U.S. military servicemen and women. She also has made several quilts for Camp Erin but her main quilting venture is Quilts of Valor. She had a large part in getting the Lewis-Clark Quilts of Valor sewing group started. In the time area quilters have been making the quilts, they have made and given out 1,500 locally.

Ledbetter also helped orga-nize Quilts of Valor groups in Grangeville, Kamiah and Deary. And, she was recently appointed director of the Quilts of Valor Foundation, which is a volun-teer position.

She is going to a Quilts of Valor exhibit and presentation in Falls Church, Va., this month where she will make a presenta-tion of a quilt to a U.S. Air Force recipient.

Ledbetter is always looking for veterans who have not yet received a quilt for their service and explained all one needs to do to make sure the serviceman

or woman they know gets one is to fill out a form online at www.

qovf.org.“When you get to be 70-

years old, let me tell you right now, your days are numbered — you know they’re num-bered — so what you do is try to make the most of each

day you’re given. That’s the way I look at it,” Ledbetter said.Career: She was a homemaker

when her children were very young but later worked part time in banking and bookkeeping.

Family: She and Bill Ledbetter were married almost 49 years ago. He

served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam, his brother also served in Vietnam and her cousin died in that war, which is why she feels so strongly about the Quilts of Valor, she said. The couple have three

children, two sons and a daughter, who all live close. They also have seven grandchil-dren and recently became great-grandpar-ents for the first time.

The couple lived on a ranch and raised their family between Pullman and Colfax, in the Shawnee area. They retired in the late 1990s and moved to Clarkston in 2004.

Hobbies: Ledbetter used to golf until 2010, but gave it up because she decided she wanted to focus her energy on making quilts and being productive.

“It was like this was taking over my life and when I would get out on the course, if it was slow it would drive me crazy and I thought, ‘You know what, I don’t need that part of my life because I can be productive

here,’ ” she said. “I need something to do with my day and what better thing to do than something that is go-ing to change somebody’s life.”

When asked her favorite part of volunteering, Led-better said, “The best part of it is the friends I’ve made, the veterans that have really touched my heart. They have given me way more than I have ever given them.”

She went on to say it really isn’t about her individu-ally. She said without all the quilters who fill the re-quests, she couldn’t do what she does.

Ledbetter advises anyone thinking about becoming a volunteer to take a look at their life.

“Look at your own life and what you do best, and then find that volunteer outlet that allows you to do that,” she said. “That’s when it’s going to make the most sense to you and, I think, make the biggest im-pact with the community that you’re working with.”

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(1971): Anarchic and innova-tive. It respected youth, as divorced from the state. And because we were in an anti-authoritarian age, we em-braced it. Many of us anyway. I think a lot of people didn’t know what the hell was go-ing on.l “The Godfather” Parts

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me, it was the first woman’s film, although many had been made at that time because feminism was popular in the late ’60s and early ’70s. But “Annie Hall” made this quirky heroine more available to everybody; we saw a woman with a different lifestyle, go-ing about her life. A fascinat-ing movie.l “Apocalypse Now”

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(1979): You had two great actors, (Meryl) Streep and (Dustin) Hoffman. But it was a small film, a wonderfully ren-dered story of a divorce and how it impacted the child. My parents were divorced and I’d had a divorce already. This became a midlife issue for boomers.l “Reds” (1981): One of

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Nonexistent in the new guide-lines is the notion of “pre-hyper-tension,” a term coined by the seventh joint commission. Pre-hy-pertension, the new panel said, is not a disease and therefore was not considered.

James said panelists were mindful doctors should prescribe medications with an eye on con-sequences, especially among the elderly.

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Arriving, however, on the heels of the controversial new choles-terol-treatment recommenda-tions — which also retreated from the “lower is better ideal” — the new hypertension guidelines are already drawing fire.

“This will definitely ruffle some feathers in the (medical com-munity) regarding when to start blood pressure medications, es-pecially in the older community,” said Dr. David Friedman, chief of heart failure services at Franklin Hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y. Friedman labeled the guidelines “a bit controversial.”

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