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

May 4, 2015 / Vol. 26, No. 5

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COORDINATOR: Peggy Hayden

On the cover: Peggy Halloway, 101, and her great-great-granddaughter Dally, 1, share a special moment together. The two are book-ends to five generations of the same family.

Photo by: Steve Hanks of Lewiston Tribune

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WHO AM I?I was born May 4, 1929, in Belgium and died at the age of 63 on Jan. 20, 1993, in Switzerland.My fi rst big role came in 1953, when I starred in Roman Holiday. My career spanned more than three decades, before I became a humanitarian in 1988.I was married to Mel Ferrer from 1954 to 1968 and to Andrea Dotti from 1969 to 1982. Robert Wolders and I were companions until my death. I had a son with each of my husbands.

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may senior nutrition menusmonday tuesday wednesday thursday friday

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.

5 Beef fajitas/cucumber slices/mixed vegetables/fruit/lemonade mousse

6 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.)

4 Chicken fettuccine/broccoli/green salad/fruit/breadstick

8 Potato soup/salad bar/pineapple

13 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Chicken

29 baked breaded fish/salad bar/pineapple

19 Baked ham/potatoes au gratin/ mixed vegetables/green salad/applesauce

20 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast beef

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. A dessert bar is available at each service.

14 Pork chops/mushroom gravy/scalloped potatoes/corn/applesauce/roll/cookie

19 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/peas/peaches/muffin

12 Stuffed peppers/rice/vegetables/soup

5 Chicken cordon bleu/scalloped potatoes/vegetables/soup

19 Meatballs in brown gravy/mashed potatoes/vegetables/soup

26 Breaded fish/french fries/vegetables/soup

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senior round table nutrition Program

serves hot lunches at noon at the Valley Community Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F, Clarkston and the Asotin United Methodist Church, 313 Second St. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Cost is $7 for nonseniors.

5 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/gravy/green beans/apricots/pudding

21 Hamburger on a bun/baked beans/tater tots/fruit(no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)

22 Navy-bean soup/salad bar/roll/apricots

26 Pork roast/potatoes/gravy/carrots/cake/ice cream

15 Hot dog on a bun/salad bar/mandarin oranges

12 Chicken alfredo over noodles/broccoli and cauliflower/Jell-O with fruit/roll/juice/cookie

7 French toast/German sausage/hashbrowns/pears/fruit juice

18 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/carrots/fruit/roll

12 Chili/green beans/salad/fruit/cornbread

26 Porcupine meatballs/carrots/potato wedge/coleslaw/fruit

11 Spaghetti with meat sauce/mixed vegetables/green salad/fruit/breadstick

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

28 Hot-turkey sandwich/mashed potatoes/gravy/broccoli/pears/pudding/cookie

14 Spaghetti or pizza/vegetables/soup

21 Oven-baked chicken/potatoes au gratin/vegetables/soup

28 Pit ham/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetables/soup

7 Tri-color tortellini with alfredo sauce/prima vera vegetables/soup

25 Closed for Memorial Day

J-K senior mealsserves meals at noon at 104 South Sixth St., Kendrick. Dessert is served both days. Suggested donation is $3 for people age 60 and older, and $5 for those younger than 60; Children younger than 6 years eat for free.

6 Turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomato/green bean salad/baby carrots/oranges

8 Baked fish/rice pilaf/coleslaw/vanilla pudding with strawberries/watermelon

13 Salisbury steak/orange glazed carrots/parslied potatoes/lime fruit salad/salad

15 Spaghetti with meat sauce/garlic bread/green salad/fruit cup

20 Ground beef stroganoff/steamed broccoli and cauliflower/orange wedges/breadsticks/rainbow sherbert

22 German sausage/potato/carrots/German coleslaw/breadsticks/peaches

27 Swedish meatballs/rice/creamy coleslaw/canteloupe/chocolate ice cream

29 Chinese stirfry/rice/cucumbers in vinegar/apricots/peanut butter cookie

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HOT: Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/

caulifl ower

SACK: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

HOT: Lasagna/carrots

SACK: Seafood-salad croissant/green salad/cobbler

HOT: Barbecue chicken/macaroni and

cheese/carrots

SACK: Curried chicken-salad/relish plate/pudding

HOT: Roast turkey/mashed potatoes/corn

SACK: Krab-salad sandwich/spinach salad/cobbler

HOT: Teriyaki chicken/roasted potatoes/

caulifl ower

SACK: Turkey and cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/fruit cup

HOT: Maccroni and cheese with ham/carrots

SACK: Bologna and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

HOT: Chicken-fried steak/mixed vegetables

SACK: Salami and cheese sandwich/ tomato and cucumber salad/Rice Krispi treat

HOT: Pork loin/rice pilaf/broccoli

SACK: Tuna-salad sandwich/ baby carrots with ranch/banana or pear

HOT: Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/

caulifl ower

SACK: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

HOT: Roasted pork loin/brown rice/peas

SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/cinnamon applesauce

HOT: Parmesan chicken/mashed potatoes/mixed

vegetables

SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/apricots

HOT: Roast beef/roasted red potatoes/

carrots

SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/ green salad/Jell-O

HOT: Chicken pot pie/peas

SACK: Ham and cheese sandwich/three-bean salad/brownie

HOT: Spaghetti with meat sauce/

caulifl ower

SACK: Roast beef and cheese sandwich/potato salad/cookies

VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS MAY MENUMeals are delivered to established clients between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 365 days of the year, with delivery guaranteed by 1 p.m. each day.

Individuals can have a hot meal delivered to their residence for $3 per day or a hot meal and a sack lunch for $4 per day.More information is available by calling (208) 799-5767.

Menus are subject to change.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

HOT: Salisbury steak/scalloped potatoes/corn

SACK: Ham and cheese sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/apple or orange

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HOT: Tuna-noodle casserole/peas

SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/relish plate with ranch/pudding

HOT: Braised beef/mashed potatoes/

caulifl ower

SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

HOT: Spaghetti and meatballs/broccoli

SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/brownie

HOT: Salisbury steak/scalloped potatoes/corn

SACK: Ham and cheese sandwich/carrot-raisin salad/apple or orange

HOT: Lasagna/carrots

SACK: Seafood-salad croissant/green salad/cobbler

HOT: Barbecue beef/red potatoes/

broccoli

SACK: Bologna and cheese sandwich/coleslaw/cookies

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HOT: Ham/mashed pota-toes/carrots

SACK: Turkey and cheese sandwich/cottage cheese/sliced peaches

HOT: Tuna-noodle casserole/peas

SACK: Egg-salad sandwich/relish plate with ranch/pudding

HOT: Braised beef/mashed potatoes/

caulifl ower

SACK: Pastrami and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/cake

HOT: Spaghetti and meatballs/broccoli

SACK: Chicken-salad sandwich/marinated cucumbers/brownie

HOT: Beef stroganoff/buttered

noodles/caulifl ower

SACK: Ham and cheese sandwich/pasta salad/brownie

HOT: Chicken alfredo ravioli/carrots

SACK: Tuna sandwich/Marinated cucumbers/black forest cake

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HOT: Pork loin/rice pilaf/broccoli

SACK: Tuna-salad sandwich/ baby carrots with ranch/banana or pear

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Senior lunchmenus

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Family Ties

Three generations share more than genes: they

are all mothers and grandmothers, too / Page 12

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

May 4, 2015 / Vol. 26, No. 5

SeniorTalk

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HouseCall

— Page 18

Senior lunch

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Tribune news serviceQ: Although I stopped

working a few years ago, I had additional seasonal earn-ings after my retirement. Will my monthly Social Security retirement benefit increase?

A: Possibly. And you can get Social Security retirement or survivors benefits and work at the same time. Each year, we review the records for all working Social Security recipients to see if additional earnings may increase their monthly benefit amounts. If an increase is due, we cal-culate a new benefit amount and pay the increase retro-active to January following the year of earnings. You can learn more about how work affects your benefits by read-ing our publication, “How Work Affects Your Benefits” online.

———Q: I served in the military,

and I’ll receive a military pension when I retire. Will that affect my Social Security benefits?

A: You can get both Social Security retirement benefits and military retirement at the same time. Generally, we don’t reduce your Social Security benefits because of your military benefits. When

you’re ready to apply for Social Security retirement benefits, you can complete your application on the Social Security website listed at the end of this column. It is the fastest and easiest way to apply. For your convenience, you can always save your progress during your applica-tion and complete it later. And thank you for your mili-tary service.

———Q: I am very happy that I

was just approved to receive disability benefits. How long will it be before I get my first payment?

A: If you’re eligible for Social Security disability ben-efits, there is a five-month waiting period before your benefits begin. We’ll pay your first benefit for the sixth full month after the date we find your disability began. For example, if your disability began on June 15, your first benefit would be paid for the month of December, the sixth full month of disability, and you would receive your first

benefit payment in January. You can read more about the disability benefits approval process online.

———Q: I’m applying for disabil-

ity benefits, and I read about “substantial gainful activity.” What is that?

A: The term “substantial gainful activity,” or SGA, is used to describe a level of work activity and earnings. Work is “substantial” if it involves doing significant physical or mental activities or a combination of both. If you are working and earn more than a certain amount, we generally consider that you are engaging in substan-tial gainful activity. In this case, you wouldn’t be eligible for disability benefits. You can read more about how we define substantial gainful activity online.

———Q: I’ve been planning my

retirement throughout my career, and I’m finally near-ing the age when I can stop working. What is the earli-

est age I can start receiving Social Security retirement benefits?

A: You can receive Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. Keep in mind that if you retire at age 62, we’ll reduce your ben-efits by as much as 30 per-cent of what you’d get if you wait until your full retirement age. If you wait until your full retirement age (66 for people born between 1943 and 1954), you’ll get your full benefit. You can also wait until age 70 to start your benefits. Then, we’ll increase your benefit because you earned delayed retirement credits.

———Q: I want to make sure I

have enough credits to receive Social Security retirement benefits when I need them. How can I get a record of my Social Security earnings?

A: The best way for you to check whether you have earned enough credits (40 total, equaling 10 years of work) is to open a free “My Social Security” account on

our website to review your Social Security Statement any time you want.

Once you create an account, you can:l Keep track of your earn-

ings to make sure your ben-efit is calculated correctly. The amount of your payment is based on your lifetime earnings.l Get an estimate of your

future benefits if you are still working.l Get a replacement 1099

or 1042S.l Get a letter with proof of

your benefits if you currently receive them.l Manage your benefits.l Change your address.l Start or change your

direct deposit.Accessing my Social

Security is quick, convenient and secure, and you can do it from the comfort of your home.

This column was pre-pared by the Social Security Administration. For fast answers to specific Social Security questions call Social Security’s toll-free number, (800) 772-1213 (TTY [800] 325-0778) or visit the web-site at, www.socialsecurity.gov.

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Cottonwood Community Church510 Gilmore, Cottonwood,(208) 962-7762Meals at noon on Tuesdays

Grangeville Senior Center108 Truck Route, Grangeville,(208) 983-2033Meals at noon on Mondays and Fridays

Juliaetta-Kendrick Senior Citizens Center104 S. Sixth, Kendrick,(208) 289-5031Meals at noon on Wednesdaysand Fridays

Kamiah Senior Center125 N. Maple St., Kamiah,(208) 935-0244Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays

Lewiston Community Center1424 Main St., Lewiston,(208) 743-6983Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdaysand Wednesdays

Moscow Senior Center412 Third St., Moscow,(208) 882-1562Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Nezperce Senior Citizens501 Cedar St., Nezperce,(208) 937-2465Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Orchards United Methodist Church1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston,(208) 743-9201Meals at noon on Mondays, Tuesdaysand Wednesdays

Orofino Senior Center930 Michigan Ave., Orofino,(208) 476-4328Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Palouse Senior Meals220 E. Main St., Palouse,(509) 878-2301Meals at noon on Wednesdays

Pomeroy Senior Center695 Main St., Pomeroy,(509) 843-3308Meals at noon on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays

Potlatch Senior CitizensIOOF/Rebekah Hall, Pine St., Potlatch,(208) 875-1071Meals at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays

Pullman Senior Center325 S.E. Paradise St., Pullman,(509) 338-3307Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Mondaysand Fridays

Riggins Odd Fellows Building121 S. Lodge St., Riggins,(208) 628-4147Meals at noon on Tuesdays

United Methodist Church313 Second St., Asotin,(509) 758-3816Meals at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays

Valley Community Center549 Fifth St., Clarkston,(509) 758-3816Meals at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Fridays

Weippe Hilltop Senior Citizens Center115 First St. W., Weippe,(208) 435-4553Meals at noon on Mondays and Thursdays

Winchester Senior Citizens CenterNez Perce Ave., Winchester,(208) 924-6581Meals at noon on Wednesdays

Pullman Meals on Wheels(509) 397-4305Valley Meals on Wheels(208) 799-5767

Regional Senior Meal Sites briefsGroups 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 avail-ability and editing.submissions should be emailed to: goldentimes@lmtribune.comor mailed to:Target PublicationsP.O. box 957Lewiston, iD 83501Information for June’s issue must be recieved by MAY 18 to be considered.More information is avail-able by calling (208) 848-2243.

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BriefsAARP offers 3 Smart Driver classes in May

There are three eight-hour classes being given this month in the region.

> From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday at CrossPoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Kay Gaines at (208) 816-3450.

> From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 12-13 at the Pullman Senior Center, located inside Pullman City Hall, 325 SE Paradise St. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Arnie Lee at (208) 301-8844.

> From 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break, May 19 in the lower level conference room at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, 1200 W Fairview St., Colfax. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Lee.

Classes tend to fill up fast, so registering in advance is encouraged. Gains and Lee are also available to answer any questions about the class-es or Smart Driver program.

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.

For those unable to attend any of the listed classes and who have a reasonably high-speed Internet connec-tion, there is an online class offered through AARP at www.aarpdriversafety.org. The fee for AARP members to take the online class is $17.95; nonmembers fee is $21.95. Payment is required at time

of starting online class and is payable by debit or credit card.

An AARP Scam Jam conference will be held in Moscow

MOSCOW — The AARP Idaho Fraud Watch Network is offer-ing a Scam Jam from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. May 13 at the 1912 Center, 412 East Third St., here.

Registration to attend the conference is open through Friday and can be completed online at www.aarp.org/id_scamjammoscow or by calling (877) 926-8300.

Check-in is from 8:30-9:30 a.m. with a complimentary light breakfast.

Tom Trail, AARP Idaho vol-unteer state president and former state legislator, will give a welcome from 9:30-9:40 a.m.

From 9:40 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. there will be a program given by Rep. Caroline Troy, Karen Richel from the University of Idaho, Jessica Jans from Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors, Darren Duke from Latah County Sheriff’s office and Sen. Dan Schmidt.

A complimentary lunch will be provided as well.

Deadline to register for day trip is Friday

The deadline to regis-ter for the day trip through Cavendish into Dworshak Park and concluding with dinner at the Clearwater River Casino is Friday.

The trip is being offered through the Lewiston Parks and Recreation Department on May 23. Cost is $65 per

person, which includes trans-portation and dinner.

The group will leave the community center at 1 p.m. and return about 7 p.m.

Weekly offerings through Parks and Rec for those age 50 and older include:

> Line dancing at 10 a.m. on Mondays and 9 a.m. on Thursdays.

> Pinochle at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.

> Painting club at noon on Thursdays.

> Bridge at noon on Fridays.

Registration for all activi-ties is required and can be completed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the Lewiston Community Center, by calling Parks and Rec at (208) 746-2313 or online at www.citylewiston.org/parksandrec.

Valley Community Center will close for Memorial Day

The Valley Community Center will be closed May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday.

The center has regular-

ly schedule activities that include:

> Mondays: Noon to 3 p.m. painting class; Marcia’s foot care by appointment, which can be scheduled by calling (509) 330-1857.

> Tuesdays: 10:15-11:15 a.m. fitness class; 12:45-3 p.m. pinochle.

> Wednesdays: Dayna’s foot care by appointment, which can be scheduled by calling (208) 790-1548.

> Thursdays: 10:15-11:15 a.m. fitness class; 11:30 a.m. blood pressure checks; 12:30-4 p.m. bridge.

> Fridays: 12:45-3 p.m. pinochle.

> Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. bridge.

Sons of Norway group will meet May 16

The final meeting before summer break for the Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129 is at noon May 16 at the Valley Community Center.

There will be a potluck to start the meeting followed by a short business discussion. The meeting will conclude with a program about Norway

Constitution Day.Meetings are open to visitors

and the organization is open to all people of Scandinavian descent or those interested in the culture. More informa-tion about the group and its meetings is available by calling (208) 798-8617 or (208) 743-2626. The Valley Community Center is located at 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

Sixth Street Senior Center raises the pancake feed price

The Sixth Street Senior Center is raising the price for the monthly pancake feed to $5. This month’s feed is at noon next Monday.

Coffee and cookies are served every weekday morn-ing from 10 a.m. to noon. The twice-weekly dances are from 7-10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays with the Heustis Kountry Band providing music. Cost to attend the all-ages dances is $5 per person.

The center will close for Memorial Day.

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MAY 13: Valley Community Center, general board meeting, 9 a.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 16: Sons of Norway Elvedalen Lodge No. 129, noon, Valley Commu-nity Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 18: Seaport Quilters, 6 p.m., 549 Fifth St., Clarkston.

MAY 19: Sixth Street Senior Center, board meeting, 9 a.m., 832 Sixth St., Clarkston.

MAY 20: Retired Educators of North Central Idaho, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion, 621 21st St., Lewiston.

If you would like to have your group or club meetings included in this monthly calendar send com-plete information to goldentimes@Lmtribune.com or Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501. More information is available by calling (208) 848-2243.

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BIRTHDAYSBirthday submissionsBirthdays starting at 70, and every year

after, will be accepted for publication in Golden Times in the month of the birthday only.

The limit for each submission is 200 words. Photographs are welcome.

Birthday submissions must include the name and phone number of the person submitting information. If you would like your photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you have questions about submitting a birthday, please call (208) 848-2243.

Mailed information may be sent to: Golden Times, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501; emailed submissions should be sent to goldentimes@lmtribune.com.

June birthdays must be received by 5 p.m. May 18.

May 3

Marie McGoldrick of Orofino celebrated her 94th birthday Sunday.

She was born May 3, 1921, in Walla Walla.On July 3, 1952, she and Brain McGoldrick were

married.McGoldrick moved to Orofino in 1955 where she

and her husband raised their four sons.She was a stay-at-home mom.

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MAY 10

Louise LaVoie of Clarkston will be honored during a reception from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Orchards Community Church in Lewiston. The occasion is her 90th birthday.

She was born to Ralph and Madeline Largent at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston on May

10, 1925. Her father started Largent’s appliance store in the 1930s, which is now operated by two of her sons.

LaVoie attended local public schools and after high school went on to nursing school in Spokane, becoming a registered nurse.

She and George LaVoie were mar-ried Jan. 25, 1948, and together raised six sons. Her husband died Aug. 19.

LaVoie has been involved with the local multiple sclerosis group for 35 years and leads a twice-weekly exercise group at Valley Community Center in Clarkston. She has also been an active member of the Mary Ball Mother’s Club for 60 years, where the ladies now share stories about their great-grandchildren.

Her hobbies include birding and she has enjoyed birding with the Canyon Birders group since it began in 1995. She has put out the news-letter for the group for many years. She also enjoys Facebook, where she keeps up with the 20-some grand- and great-grandchildren whose pho-tos “pop up” regularly.

LOUISE LAVOIE

MAY 13

DaWayne Steiner of Clarkston is being honored during an open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Clarkston. The occasion is his 80th birthday.

He was born May 13, 1935, to Verl and Blanch Steiner, and has lived his entire life in

Clarkston.Steiner married Janet Fisher in

1956 and they raised four children. He also has six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife died in 2012.

While in high school, he was on the tennis and boxing teams, and played the violin. He has continued to play the violin.

During his career, Steiner worked at Willet Bro’s for 17 years. He owned and operated S&S Color Center from 1977 until retiring in 1995.

He has been active in community and school programs. He and his wife opened and operated the Clarkston branch of the Boys’ Club during the 1960s and ’70s. He also coached youth sports, was president of the Bantam Boosters and the Clarkston High School band parents, and he still attends most Bantam sporting events.

His hobbies have included fi shing, bowling, painting and golf.

Steiner is a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church, serving as elder and deacon.

DAWAYNE STEINER

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Darlene Nye of Lewiston will be honored during an open house celebra-tion of her 80th birthday from 2-4 p.m. May 16 at Life Care Center in the Clearwater room, 325 Warner Drive, Lewiston.

She was born the eldest of three daughters to Gordon

and Frances Peters on May 14, 1935, in Leland. She attended grade school in Leland until the school consoli-dated in 1948 with Kendrick. She graduated from Kendrick High School in 1953. She graduated from Kinman Business University in 1954.

In 1974, Nye went to work for Carla

Emery. She typed the 700-page Old Fashioned Recipe Book that was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the “largest mimeographed volume in general circulation.” In 1982, she became a legal secretary for Jim Siebe in Moscow. She later went to work in Lewiston, driving from Kendrick until selling her house and moving to Lewiston in 1984. In Lewiston, Nye worked for attorneys Fitzgerald, Sims and Fisher for seven years, followed by two years working for Lee Sims. She then worked for Earl McGeoghegan until his death in 2011. Nye also managed Circle Drive Mobile Home Park, where she lived for many years.

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Mildred Channel of Lewiston will celebrate her 94th birthday over the Memorial Day weekend with a family reunion.

She was born May 16, 1921, in Clarkston, to Walter and Connie Preston. She attended Clarkston schools through the fifth

grade and then moved to Idaho Falls, where she graduated from high school.

Channel worked as a cook for 15 years at John R. Daily’s and was a member of the butcher’s union in Missoula, Mont. She retired in 1982.

She and Arthur Channel were mar-ried Sept. 26, 1949, near Ashton, Idaho.

Channel has three children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grand-children. Her husband died in 1986 and a daughter died in 1992.

She attends United Methodist Church in Clarkston.

Channel plays pinochle three times each week at Valley Community Center and has been part of the exercise group at the center for 20 years.

Mildred Channel

may 17

Wanda Hoskins of Gifford will quietly cele-brate her 95th birthday on May 17 with her family.

She was born and raised as the youngest of eight chil-dren at the family home on American Ridge above Kendrick.

Her parents are Florence and John Johnson.

She and Wayne Hoskins were married Dec. 14, 1941. The couple raised five children and numerous cattle on their dairy farm at Cottonwood Creek. They farmed the land for nearly 40 years.

Hoskins sang weekly with her sisters at a Lewiston nursing home for four decades.

Hoskins enjoys reading, sing-ing and gardening, which have now mostly been postponed until she joins the rest of her family in heaven.

She and her husband will cele-brate their 74th anniversary this year. They have 16 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.

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may 20

James Thomas of Orofino will cel-ebrate his 93rd birthday May 20.

He was born in 1922 in Kentucky.Thomas married Barbara Cramer

on April 8, 1995.He moved to Idaho from

California.Thomas has children and grand-

children.

JaMes ThoMas

may 21

Bonnie Dickmore of Lewiston will be hon-ored during an open house from 2-4 p.m. May 17 at Royal Plaza Retirement. The occasion is her 90th birthday.

She was born May 21, 1925, in Clarkston to May and Gustav Dybvig.

Dickmore was married to John Tribitt for 18 years. They planned and built two homes and enjoyed boat-

ing, camping and square dancing. He died in 1965. She and Don Dickmore were married in 1966. They enjoyed gardening, boating, and entertaining family and friends at their cabin on Lake Chatcolet.

She worked for Pacific Fruit as a bookkeeper soon after graduating from Lewiston High School with honors in 1943. Later, she worked for Woods & Sons Insurance and eventually became the first female insurance agent in Lewiston.

Dickmore sang with the Meister Singers, and was a proud member of Daughters of the Nile, where she made cherished friendships. She was also a member of the Orchards Methodist Church, where she worked with senior nutri-tion and sang on the praise team.

She has one daughter, four grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren. She had a son who died in 2014 and a grandson who died in 2012.

Bonnie diCkMore

may 24

Shirley Joan Vorous of Clarkston will celebrate her 85th birthday with family on May 24.

She was born May 24, 1930, to Charles and Frieda Unkie. She has lived in the area all of her life.

Vorous worked for Washington

Water Power in Clarkston and later worked for the Clarkston School District as a secretary at Lincoln Middle and Parkway Elementary schools. She retired in 1995.

She has four children and 10 grandchildren.

V o r o u s enjoys gar-dening, taking care of dogs, and watching the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners.

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MAY 27

Wayne Stickney of Lewiston will celebrate his 95th birthday with family on May 24.

He was born May 27, 1920, to Ralph and Mary Hibbs Stickney in Joseph, Ore. He grew up in the Joseph, Imnaha and Hells Canyon areas.

As a young man, Stickney worked for various ranchers and tended bands of sheep. It was at sheep camp one year that he met his future wife, a cute redhead named Maxine (Rusty) Howerton, who was assisting with the cooking. They married on July 7, 1945 and will

celebrate their 70th anniversary this year.

He graduated from Joseph High School but left before graduation to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His service included time aboard the USS Hazelwood as a fi reman. He completed his service in 1945.

Stickney and his wife had three children. The couple lived in Stites before moving to a ranch on Tahoe Ridge, near Kooskia.

He worked as a sawyer for various logging operations in the Clearwater region. He retired in the 1980s after working as a woods boss for Pierson Logging.

Stickney enjoys fi shing with friends and family. He takes his boat to the Clearwater River and Dworshak often.

WAYNE STICKNEY

Dorothy Medalen of Orofi no will celebrate her 87th birthday on May 27.

She was born in 1928 in Leland to Hazel and Jess Thornton.

M e d a l e n graduated from Kendrick High School in 1947.

She and her husband Allen

Medalen have been married for 65 years, and have two children, six grandchildren and 14 great-grand-children. They moved to Orofi no in 1955.

Medalen enjoys playing pinochle and seeing family.

DOROTHY MEDALEN

MAY 28

Gordon Kreisher of Clarkston will celebrate his 85th birthday on May 28 with family and friends.

He was born in 1930 at Elk River, the 10th of 11 children.

Kreisher graduated with the Elk River class of 1949 as valedictorian. He received a basketball scholarship to the University of Idaho and Lewiston Normal School, spending one year at each college. He later earned

master’s degrees in education from UI and in sci-ence from Washington State University.

He served in the U.S. Navy-Air Force from 1952-56 and was honorably discharged as a 1st class petty offi cer.

Kreisher married Deanna on March 23, 1956, in Lewiston. They have three children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He taught history, math, science and traf-fi c safety education in Touchet, Colville and Clarkston from 1952-92.

Kreisher volunteered for a stroke victim he had met at First Baptist Church.

In retirement, he enjoys hunting and fi shing. He and his wife of 57 years also enjoy traveling.

GORDON KREISHER

MAY 31

LaRoy Kidder of Lewiston will cel-ebrate his 83rd birthday May 31.

He was born in 1932 and lived in Kamiah most of his life until three years ago when he moved to Lewiston.

Kidder still loves to dance at the Sixth Street Senior Center in Clarkston

and at the Elks club in Lewiston.

During the summer, his garden is his pride and joy. He enjoys shar-ing the fruits and vegetables of his harvest with neighbors, family and friends.

Kidder has three children, one stepdaughter, seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and numer-ous great-grandchildren.

He and his wife Joan love taking a yearly cruise, and going fi shing and hunting with family.

Kidder’s motto in life is, “Laugh a lot, live each day at a time, and love my wife and family.”

LAROY KIDDER

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in the 101 years Peggy Holloway has been alive — she’s done a thing or two.

she ranched with her husband, Marvin, on the snake river, survived the flood waters of asotin creek, oper-ated a laundromat in Pomeroy and vol-unteered for the asotin county Food bank until she was 97, just to name a few.

but if asked what she was most proud of in life, she’ll tell you straight: “i’m proud of all my family.”

she has four children, 14 grandchil-

dren, 28 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren — that’s 65 descendants.

Five generations of the family cur-rently live in the lewiston-clarkston Valley, and three of the women — along with a member of the fifth gener-ation — gathered recently to celebrate their collective memories as mothers, children and grandchildren.

Peggy was joined by Virginia earl, 77, the third of Peggy’s four children, and Donna earl, 56, the oldest of Virginia’s children. The fifth generation was represented by Dally Peer, 1 year old daughter of chad and layci Peer

(chad is Donna’s son).The world Peggy grew up in was

vastly different than the one her great-great-grandchild, Dally is growing up in. as Peggy moved from the kitchen of her clarkston home to the living room to visit, Dally pointed to the television, asking for Mickey Mouse — at least that’s the interpretation her grandma Donna understood.

Dally carries around a spill-resistant plastic sippy cup and a snack container filled with goldfish crackers. When those became dull, she wandered over to the television remote to see how many buttons she could push before she got caught. and then Donna turned on her phone and found a video to entertain the youngster.

none of these things — the smart-

phones, sippy cups or televisions — were part of Peggy’s childhood. she grew up in the enterprise, ore.-area as part of a ranching family. she married when she was around 20 years old and ranched in the area with her husband — and soon four kids — until the fam-ily moved to asotin in 1948. Virginia remembers the move well.

“asotin was the biggest place i’d ever seen,” Virginia said.

The family bought a place up asotin creek, which later became home to Virginia and her family after Peggy and Marvin moved to Pomeroy in 1959. There, Marvin worked for the u.s. Forest service and they built a laun-dromat that Peggy operated.

During that time the dams along the snake river were being built so work-

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Peggy Holloway, 101, her great-great-grandaugh-ter, Dally, 1, Donna Earl, 56, and Virginia Earl, 77, are four generations of the same family.

Lewiston Tribune/ Steve Hanks

Remembering time spent with grandma brings the generations together

A matriarch ties her family together

ers brought their families and lived in trailers. Without a place of their own to wash clothes, the women would gather at the laundromat not only to wash clothes but to socialize. The laundry conve-nience wasn’t only a treat for these women, it was also a convenience for Peggy.

She described her first washer, a gas-powered motorized machine she got sometime during the 1950s. Today, the machine would be considered a hassle. The motor agitated the clothes in soapy water and then each article of clothing had to be run through the wringer, also powered by the motor. After the first run through the wringer, the clothes were put in rinse water and then run back through the wringer. Then everything was hung up to dry. As long and labor intensive as this procedure seems to people today, it was considered a big improvement to its pre-motorized options. The laundromat also pro-vided Peggy with these modern conveniences and for the first time she got to use an electric dryer.

“From the time I was little, people didn’t have washers or dryers, or any of the electrical appli-ances,” Peggy said.

It was in Pomeroy that Peggy wove a tapestry of fun-filled family memories for her grandchildren. Many of them lived in the valley, including Donna. Her many memories of summers with grandma are rich.

During the summer, the grandchildren who were old enough and lived in the valley would take turns visiting Peggy for about a week at a time. The arrangement meant each child would receive one-on-one attention. Peggy said it was quite a lot easier than taking care of multiple grandkids all at the same time.

Donna remembered riding the Greyhound bus up to Pomeroy when it was her week to be with grand-ma. Mornings were generally spent working at the laundromat, where Peggy would clean up whatever mess had accumulated during the night. Donna and the other grandchildren would go with her to help.

“We used to go and roll quarters,” Donna said. “That was our job. She would empty the quarters and dimes out of the machines and put them all in the back room and we would roll them for her. Any change we could find on the floor or behind the machines we got to keep.”

Besides the laundromat, the grandkids would lis-ten to Peggy’s stories about her childhood, play in the flower garden and help out with the cleaning. They also spent time in the mountains, where Peggy would join her husband while he worked and they would do plenty of fishing and camping near the Tucannon River.

Besides the week-long visits, there were other important rites of passage for each of Peggy’s grand-children.

A memory Donna recalled involved Red Hots, the hot cinnamon candies that Peggy kept in her cupboard. Every day she would stir a couple into the applesauce she’d serve as dessert with oatmeal cook-ies after lunch. Donna and the others would sneak the candies one at a time from the cupboard, some-times taking turns doing the dirty work of getting them.

“You’d sneak them and then they’d be gone and

then we’d have to figure out how we’re going to tell grandma that we ate them all,” Donna said.

If the grandkids thought their grandma was oblivi-ous to the mischief, they were wrong. Peggy smiled and said she knew what was going on all along.

Another special memory came when Donna was around 8 years old and her family went to visit her grandparents. They had just left town to go back home when the engine began smoking and they had to pull off to the side of the road. Because Donna’s dad was working and unable to get them until the next day, Donna’s family got to have a surprise sleepover at her grandparents’ house. Staying there was exciting, but she remembered being worried about not having any pajamas to wear.

“We didn’t pack any clothes and I got to wear my granddad’s white undershirt and I felt so cool,”

Donna said. “To this day, I remember that moment.”Donna and Virginia wouldn’t say if they had more

fun with their children or their grandchildren.“I loved my kids and I loved my grandkids,” Peggy

said diplomatically.Virginia attributes some of the differences in their

experiences to changes in the world over time.“With the kids growing up, we rode horses and we

worked,” Virginia said. “We went with them to take care of the cows and the garden. We didn’t have elec-tricity, we played games because we didn’t have TV.”

But none of that was the case when Virginia had kids of her own.

“By the time her [Donna’s] grandkids came,”

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Layci, Chad and Dally Peer, Peggy Holloway, and Virginia and Donna Earl don T-shirts from a family reunion celebrated in 2014. The five generations of

Holloway’s family all of whom live in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

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May 31

Ken Rinehart of Orofino will celebrate his 78th birthday May 31.

He was born in 1937 at Springfield, Neb.

Rinehart moved to Orofino when Dworshak Dam was being built and started working for Peter Kewitt and Sons.

He left the area for a time but returned in the early 1990s.

Following his return,

Rinehart worked for Atkinson Distribution, State Hospital North and finally retired from the U.S. Forest Service as an information officer in 2002.

He has three daughters and some grandchildren who live in the area.

Rinehart married Carmen Farrington in 2005 and they enjoy golfing, and being with friends and family.

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SACRAMENTO — Peter Weber Jr. flew a plane for about 20 minutes on a recent Monday. The flight was nothing fancy, just three looping circles around an area airfield. But it could nonetheless snag a Guinness world record for him.

Weber, 95, told reporters gathered to witness the event that the flight qualifies him as the oldest active pilot.

“I feel great,” the retired U.S. Air Force veteran said after landing and turning in the keys of the rental plane. “It was a short flight, but it met all the (Guinness) requirements.”

For the record: Weber was 95 years, 4 months and 23 days old at the time of the flight.

Weber and his son, Pete Weber III, who also flies, start-ed looking into the record after they wondered whether the elder Weber was the oldest pilot in California.

Guinness lists Cole Kugel as the oldest pilot ever. Kugel,

who lived in Longmont, Colo., flew for the last time in 2007 at age 105. He died the same year.

Weber, who exchanged emails with Guinness over many weeks, said the record keepers have designated a new catego-ry: Oldest qualified pilot still licensed and flying solo.

Weber’s record attempt comes as most people his age

consider giving up driving a car, said Jessica Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Forty percent of Californians over the age of 85 are licensed drivers, according to DMV and census records. Weber is one of them.

Private pilots 40 and older are required to have medical exams every two years. The number of pilots 90 and older with valid medical clearances totaled 106 as of June 2013, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Pacific Division.

“If somebody passes me up, I’ll call them up and congratu-late them,” Weber said.

On the potential record-set-ting flight, he flew alone in a rented Diamond DA20. It’s one of 37 plane models he’s flown in his 72 years as a pilot.

Weber’s military career began in the U.S. Army combat engi-neers’ unit. However, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,

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Volunteer opportunitiesThe WA-ID Volunteer Center

located in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St. provides individual-ized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. The phone num-ber is (208) 746-7787.

The center can also be found online at www.waidvol unteercenter.org.

The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in May:l There is a need for volun-

teers to work in a small store-like atmosphere selling snacks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays. Those inter-ested in this opportunity will operate a cash register, sell miscellaneous food items and keep the area clean. Training is provided.l There is a need for vol-

unteer kitchen helpers to por-tion out, bag and seal food for meal delivery, as well as add-ing place settings for cafeteria diners. A weekly scheduled commitment is needed. The hours are 7-9:30 a.m. Monday-Wednesday and volunteers can choose to help all three days or one day a week. Volunteers get one free meal on the day they help.l Volunteers are needed to

work as a foodbank driver for regular routes. Some lifting is required for this position and this position has a regu-lar schedule. There is also a need for volunteers to help at the front counter and in the warehouse. Some computer work is required for the front counter. Backup drivers are also needed.l Volunteers are needed

for the State Health Insurance Benefit Advisors program to help with Medicare questions. Training and resources are provided.l There is an urgent need for

volunteers at a Lewiston thrift store to help with cashiering, sales floor, general cleaning, computer pricing and picture uploading, carpentry and small engine mechanics.l Quilters are needed to

help tie quilts. The quilters

group meets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lewiston. Quilters would need to take a sack lunch. The group is also in need of someone who loves going to yard sales to obtain gently used bed sheets or yardage of quilt backing.l A Clarkston-based social

services agency is in need of volunteers to help in the social services department. Volunteers will assist families in need, help with food pan-try, clothing, household items and furniture. There is also a need for volunteers at both thrift stores to help with sev-eral tasks.l There is a need for tutors

with basic language and gram-mar skills to help with English as a second language and tutors with math skills to help with preparation for the gen-eral equivalency development tests. It is not necessary to be bilingual or have teach-ing experience. Those inter-ested in this opportunity must be able to commit to three hours per week for at least six months to work one-on-one with students.

l Volunteers are needed to greet visitors and show them around exhibits. Volunteers would also be expected to help with clerical duties and some light cleaning.l There is a need for a

volunteer to help with clerical work. Individuals interested in this opportunity should have office skills, be dependable, able to maintain confidential-ity, work well with others and be available about 10 hours per week.

More information on these or other volunteer opportuni-ties offered through the WA-ID Volunteer Center is available by calling Cathy Robinson at (208) 746-7787.

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Faith in Action in Clarkston offers volunteer opportuni-ties throughout the area. The office, located at 817 Sixth St., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday. The phone number is (509) 751-9143.l Volunteers able to do

minor home maintenance such as installation of grab bars in bathrooms, repairing

latches on screen doors and gutter cleaning are needed. Volunteers must use their own tools. Materials are provided by Interlink.l There is a need for vol-

unteers with the skills to help build entry steps and wheel-chair ramps, and construct and place outdoor handrails. Volunteers must have their own tools, but materials are provided by Interlink.l Volunteers are needed

to drive clients to and from appointments. This requires a volunteer application to be completed, along with a copy of your valid driver’s license, insurance and own vehicle. Mileage is reimbursed.

l 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 house-hold items.l There is a need for volun-

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Insensitive to their suffering.Warriors of ’Nam.

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The LocustThe locust’s the last

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for sure, spring is here.It’s the death knell of winter,

winter, so drear.When the limbs of the locust

rise naked and bareand thrust ghostly fingers

into the air.With the promise of life

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The RewardWill you reap

your just reward?I can tell you

for sure you will!No matter how it comes,

you will know it has arrived!For it is what you plant

that you reap.Some of life will

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The way you treat people is part of it.

Do unto others as you wish for them

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Our world would change to a wonderful place.Do bad things,

bad things happen.Do good

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One More QuiltMy friend designs and I write

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She blends colors into one

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Placing patterns in each frameno two quilts are just the same.

A little work each day she’ll do

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The quilt for me will always beupon my bed for all to see.

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Still Tootin’What’s the best move

I ever made?Starting music

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After high school, I joined the Navy.And, on the ship, things got wavy.

But, to play in the bandfor the crew was grand.

I felt like my job was gravy.And now,

I’m in my senior years,still playing with musical peers.

Son of a gun,I’m sure having fun,

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I met a patient recently who made an appointment because she was con-cerned about her body mass index (BMI).

As she pushed up her sleeve so I could take her blood pressure, I was impressed with her biceps.

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problems in an individual. However, over time it was adopted by the medi-cal establishment as a quick and simple way to screen patients for possible weight-related problems. Eventually, it became used to categorize weight for patients. Currently, having a BMI greater than 24.9 is considered over-weight, and above 29.9, obese.

The problem with BMI is, in isola-tion, it provides limited information about how your body functions, how healthy you are, or even how you look. BMI is a calculation based only on height and total scale weight. This is not to say it is completely useless. We simply have to understand the BMI has important limitations. It does not take into account sex, age, ethnicity, fluid

retention, body fat and its distribution, or muscle mass.

Maintaining or increasing muscle mass and strength is important for many reasons. Daily activi-ties become easier, like picking up grandchil-dren, getting out of a chair or car, carrying in groceries, getting up and down off of the ground in the garden, etc. Balance improves, as does mental well-being. More muscle helps you recover from illness and heal from surgery more quickly. Metabolically, having

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A new government report shows many seniors are taking out reverse mortgages on their homes without fully understand-ing the ramifications, leading to foreclosures among borrow-ers and a tangle of problems for heirs after the borrower dies.

“Consumer complaints tell us that the complex terms of reverse mortgages con-tinue to be misunderstood,” said Richard Cordray, direc-tor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which last week released a report high-lighting the top complaints the agency received about reverse mortgages over the last three years.

A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that allows homeown-ers age 62 and older to tap a portion of the equity in their homes. The money typically is paid out in a lump sum or in regular fixed payments, with fees and interest added to the balance each month. Unlike a home equity loan, the money does not have to be repaid until the borrower dies, moves out or sells the home.

The loans can be a life line for house-rich, cash-poor seniors struggling with daily liv-ing expenses. Reverse mort-gages also have been used to help retirees improve their life-styles, allowing them to buy the summer home they had always dreamed about, for example.

But problems and confusion

are expected to continue as more baby boomers retiring with little or no savings turn to the loans for help getting by.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cited a 2010 Federal Reserve report conclud-ing in the 55-to-64 age group, 41 percent had no retirement savings. Even among those who had a nest egg, the average balance was only $103,200, the report said.

Many complaints the protec-tion bureau received showed people were confused about the way reverse mortgages work.

“Many consumers struggle with understanding how quickly their loan balance will go up and their home equity will fall,” the report said. As a result, many borrowers who wanted to refinance their loans were frus-trated because there wasn’t enough remaining equity in their homes.

One of the most common types of complaints involved the inability of a borrower’s family members to assume the loan in order to keep the house when the borrower died, according to the report.

Reverse mortgages prohibit loan assumptions because actu-arial tables are used to help determine the loan amounts. Adult children may keep the home only by paying off the loan or by paying 95 percent of the current appraised value of the house.

Those rules can present problems for multigenerational

households when family mem-bers are living in the home at the time of the borrower’s death.

Heirs also complained about what they believed were inflat-ed appraisals that required them to pay more than they expected, the report said.

Another common complaint involved the shock of having to sell a home or face foreclosure when a spouse died because the surviving spouse’s name was not on the reverse mortgage. Some couples were advised to take a reverse mortgage in the older spouse’s name to qualify for a bigger loan.

“Some consumers report that their loan originator falsely assured them they would be able to add the other spouse to the loan at a later date,” the report said.

To help more seniors stay in their homes, the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development — which insures most reverse mort-gages through its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program — implemented a new rule allowing surviving spouses who meet certain conditions to remain in the home regardless of their borrowing status.

The rule only applies to reverse mortgages originated through HUD’s program after Aug. 4, 2014.

The financial protection bureau also reported a number of complaints from borrowers who faced foreclosure or who lost their homes because they did not keep up with payments for property taxes and home-owners’ insurance, which under terms of a reverse mortgage must be kept current.

“Some consumers describe unsuccessful attempts to halt foreclosure proceedings by pay-ing overdue taxes in full or through payment plans,” the

report said.In an effort to stem such

defaults, lenders making loans under HUD’s program after March 2 will be required to make certain financial assess-ments of a prospective bor-rower. Currently, loan qualifica-tions primarily are a borrower’s age and the amount of equity in a home.

The financial protection bureau recommends three steps homeowners with reverse mortgages should take to pro-tect their heirs. The advisory, “Three Steps You Should Take If You Have a Reverse Mortgage,” is available at consumerfinance.gov/blog.

The steps involve verifying who is on the loan, and plan-ning ahead for the non-borrow-ing spouse and for any family members living in the home.

The advisory also has links to a consumer guide for people considering a reverse mortgage.

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We don’t always get the opportunity to let people know they’ve made a dif-ference in our lives, espe-cially those from our youth — teachers, coaches, the lunch lady who knew you hated peas so gave you less on your tray. You know, the ones who seemed to make a special effort to let you know some-one was on your side.

That was the case for a few of Raymond Rooper’s students. He made a differ-ence in their lives and while they may not have had the opportunity to tell him that while he was alive, they made it clear in tributes they left on a memorial website for him. Another former student of Mr. Rooper’s printed them out and included them in a condolences card they sent to his wife.

“When I got this from the

kid, these children that he once had as students,” Pat Rooper said. “I just sat there and bawled my head off.”

The two of them were married Feb. 19, 1955, and had just celebrated their 60th wed-ding anniversary in Hawaii a month before he died. His death, even though he was 81, was a surprise to her.

“He was the healthiest guy in the family,” she said. “We had no suspicion really that this was coming on.”

Pat told me how Ray would wake up every morn-ing at 3 a.m. and go for a 2-mile walk. He was given a clean bill of health in early February, she said, his death just wasn’t something that could have been pre-dicted. There was no indi-

cation and I think that is why Pat fought back tears the entire time we spoke.

Rooper was a career military man; that’s what brought the couple to Lewiston. He got stationed here as a U.S. Army adviser to the Idaho National Guard in 1970. When he completed his ser-vice in 1973, after 21 years, he decided to attend Lewis-Clark State College and get a teaching degree. With that degree he taught

in the Lewiston School District for 17 years at McSorley and Camelot elementary schools.

This is what some of his former stu-dents wrote about Mr. Rooper in the card his

wife received:Barbara Ann Cooper

wrote: “Mr. Rooper taught me many things. But it was those life lessons he snuck in that really stuck. I know how to cook a steak (two very hot cast iron skillets …), how to survive in the jungle (eat what the monkey eats …), how to survive if you can’t find a water source (always carry plastic wrap in your pocket when hiking). And the hands on learning — trying to build the tallest tower, trying to build the stron-gest bridge, measuring the height of the flag pole. The morning calisthenics under the tree. He was an excel-lent teacher, and a kind man …”

Natasha Angel Rush wrote: “This was my 6th grade teacher and a BIG reason I became an educator. See you on the other side, Mr. Rooper.”

Jessica Hiner wrote: “He was the absolute best. I tell my kids about him all the time. The yardstick, the most important person being the garbage man, and Jim being taped to his chair. The stories could go on and on.”

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By Janet Kidd StewartChiCago Tribune

Retirees, it turns out, are living large.

Among 50-plus retirees who have already moved in retirement, about half decamped to digs that were the same size or bigger, a new survey by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave reveals.

They are making room for adult children and grandchildren who visit, and they’re entertaining more, par-ticularly in the healthy early retire-ment years that rising longevity has created, the survey found.

“More and more people are turn-ing their empty nests into nurturing nests, a place where friends want to come and stay,” said Age Wave chief executive Ken Dychtwald.

Of course, by definition there is the other half of retirees who are downsizing, either by choice or necessity.

And then there are those who are shrinking their real estate footprint, but not necessarily spending less.

“I have one client who just sold his home and moved to a place with half the square footage, but it cost about 80 percent of what the previ-ous home sold for, and now he’s pick-ing up a vacation condo,” said Ben Jennings, director of financial life planning with SoundView Advisors in Olympia, Wash. He wasn’t involved with the study.

The survey of 3,638 U.S. adults seemingly debunks several other bits of conventional wisdom about retir-ees:

l 64 percent of 50-plus retirees said they are likely to move in retire-ment, including 37 percent who said they already have.

The top reason for moving in retirement wasn’t about a change in health or marital status or wanting to cut costs, but about moving closer to family.

l 30 percent of the retirees who reported already moving said they upsized to a larger home.

l Among 65-plus people who said they moved, 83 percent stayed in the

same state. We aren’t all snowbirds, apparently.

For those who do have wanderlust, the study stayed pretty true to ste-reotypes: South Atlantic, Mountain and Pacific states got the most nods for desirability.

The study also revealed that older retirees, those 75 and up, have the greatest emotional attachment to their homes, perhaps suggesting that waiting until old age to downsize for financial reasons could be precisely the most difficult time.

“On many levels, this is the most important financial topic advisers can talk about with clients,” said David Tyrie, head of retirement and personal wealth solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He cautioned homeowners to balance the need to keep nesting with future priorities.

So how should those approaching retirement think about that?

A decade ago, Jennings told mid-dle-class clients at retirement not to tie up more than about 20 per-cent of their total assets in a home.

Today, he uses computer modeling to project actual expenses into the future and can model alternatives to selling a house, such as a reverse mortgage.

Another way is to borrow a page from the wealthy, who tend to view second homes as a luxury they can dispense with if it begins to inter-fere with their core lifestyle, said Tim Noonan, managing director of capital markets insights with Russell Investments.

“It comes down to can you afford to live the same way after you’ve retired as before? People don’t explore that question for the same reason they don’t go to the doctor, because they fear they’re going to hear something they don’t want to hear,” Noonan said. “They should understand that where they live is their No. 1 day-to-day financial habit, and their habits interfere with their financial security far more than they are willing to admit.”

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Anne Clark Moss wrote: “I still remember the math les-son, where we had to determine the area of the dog house (his new home away from home) that needed painted. He had so many real life scenarios that made learning fun and interesting. I remember the taping incident and the can of pop that he wouldn’t open until retirement.”

Jared Cattron wrote: “This Vietnam veteran was the best teacher ever. I remember him bringing us outside every morning to start the day with push ups and jumping jacks. I also remember him telling us at the beginning of the year that he would teach us all the math and English we would see in 7th and 8th grade as well. He definitely did and junior high was a breeze because of him. He gave us his best to prepare us for future classes and life in gen-eral. Thank you Mr. Rooper.”

These were just a few of the tributes to a husband, father, veteran and teacher that were given after he died on March 27. And while he didn’t get to hear or see them,

they have helped his wife during her time of grief.“I feel so lucky,” Pat said while fighting back tears. “It’s been

so much fun. He was always cuddling … and very affectionate.”None of this will bring him back, but hopefully she will

find peace in knowing that Ray’s legacy will carry on in Rush’s classroom, Hiner’s home and the hearts of Cooper, Moss and Cattron.

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Virginia continued. “We were living in a different age.”

Not only did technology and the way of life change, but expec-tations of mothers and grand-mothers changed along with it.

Virginia worked at the Asotin post office for 30 years (20 of them as the postmaster), and she couldn’t take her grandchildren to work to roll quarters and sweep the floor as her mother, Peggy, had done. She had to find other ways to build memories.

It’s clear Peggy and Donna still share the special bond of a grandmother and grandchild. They laugh together and add de-tails to each other’s stories, with Peggy remembering as many, or more details, as Donna. Donna is quick to extol her grandma’s vir-tues and more than once Peggy told Donna how valued she was.

“I’m lucky,” Donna said.“I was lucky to get you, too,”

Peggy replied.

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he passed the test to be an aviation cadet and started his flying career in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

During World War II, he flew P-38 fighters in the South Pacific, was an instrument flight instructor during the Korean War and flew an AC-130 gunship in Vietnam.

Weber, who began military service as a private, retired from the Air Force in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. Since then he has flown for fun.

“I like to fly,” he said. “I fly at least twice a month. I like to observe and take anybody up for a ride who wants to go.”

He said his good health, men-tal acuity and long life can be traced in part to his diet.

“My wife, Ruth, is a good cook,” he said. “We’ve been married 72 years. I was a cadet in primary flight training when we got married.”

and tools.l There is a continued

need for a volunteer with a lift van, capable of trans-porting wheelchair-bound individuals.l Volunteers are needed

to staff information booths at community events. Shifts will be 1-2 hours in length. Volunteers will need to engage the public and hand out brochures. Training is required to learn the specif-ics of Interlink.

The volunteer application as well as more information about the organization and volunteer opportunities are available online at www.interlinkvolunteers.org.

———The Clarkston Community

Garden is in need of volun-teers to help plant, maintain and harvest fresh produce for the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley food banks and pantries.

Volunteers are also needed to help maintain the com-munity areas of the garden, greet the public and assist at garden events.

More information about volunteering at the Clarkston Community Garden is avail-able by calling Ken Roberts at (509) 758-6849.

———St. Joseph Regional Medical

Center has these volunteer opportunities.l The surgery lounge is in

need of volunteers who have a caring, calming personality to assist families and friends waiting for patients to come out of surgery. There are fill-in and permanent positions available for this opportu-nity.l The gift shop is in need

of volunteers who can use a cash register, display prod-ucts, stock shelves and deliver flowers. Experience is helpful but training is provided.

Other volunteer opportuni-ties are available depending on interests and skill sets.

More information is available by calling Marilyn at (208) 799-5319.

Does your group or orga-nization have a need for volunteers? Email the details of the need to gol-dentimes@Lmtribune.com to be included in Volunteer Opportunities.

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