golden times, september 2013

Love Birds

Edie and Al Vannoy make longevity seem like a walk

in the park / 0

GOLDENTIMES

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

Sept. 2, 2013 / Vol. 23, No. 9

Senior lunchmenus— Page 3

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INSIDE

Volunteer of the Month

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HouseCall

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Senior Talk

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INDEX:Social Security Q&A ................... Page 4Briefs .......................................... Page 5Birthdays .................................... Page 6Reader poetry .............................. Page 9Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 12Crossword solution .....................Page 13Sudoku solution ..........................Page 13Sudoku ........................................0Crossword ...................................Page 23

EDITOR: Mary Tatko

On the cover: Al and Edie Vannoy still enjoy life at 101 and 97, respectively, and they’re still in love after

nearly 75 years of marriage.

Photo by: Barry Kough of the Tribune

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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.

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 avail-able at 11:30 a.m. Soup and dessert is available at each ser-vice.

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.

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3 Meatloaf/mashed potatoes/gravy/green beans/salad/roll

4 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Roast turkey

9 Lasagna/salad/green beans/breadsticks/cookie

10 Baked ham/scalloped potatoes/mixed vegetables/applesauce/cornbread

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

16 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/corn/pineapple-peach posy/biscuit

17 Sweet and sour pork/rice/salad/carrots/roll

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

23 Barbecue-chicken sandwich/tater tots/peas/pasta salad/cookie

24 Swiss steak/Rhode Island potato/carrots/ beet salad/roll/pudding

25 BUFFET (starts at 11:30 a.m.): Pork tenderloin

10 Burritos/Mexican rice/vegetable

5 Polynesian fish/rice/vegetable

12 Country-fried steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

17 Chicken a la king/rice/vegetable

19 Bratwurst/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

4 Hamburgers/potato salad/peach cobbler

6 Chicken alfredo/penne noodles/broccoli/cauliflower/carrots/mandarin orange cake

11 Salmon patties/mashed potatoes/milk gravy/peas/green salad/grapes

13 Barbecue ribs/potato wedges/spinach/lime Jell-O with pears/bread pudding

18 Stuffed bell peppers/sliced tomatoes/applesauce/sour cream cookies

20 Pork steaks/dressing/mush-room gravy/green beans with onions/fruit/tapioca pudding

25 Roast beef/mashed potatoes/gravy/green beans/lemon Jell-O cake

3 Fried chicken/mashed potatoes/gravy/vegetable

27 Meatloaf/red potatoes/beets/peach mousse/ banana-zucchini bread

24 Pork roast or corned beef/potatoes/gravy/ vegetable

26 Meat or cheese lasagna/vegetable

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.

3 Barbecue chicken/ pasta/green beans/ corn muffin/fruit

6 Deluxe salad bar/fruit5 Beef and cheese burrito/rice/corn/salad/mandarin oranges

13 Deluxe salad bar/fruit12 Breaded baked fish/french fries/carrots/Jell-O with fruit

17 Meatloaf/gravy/ scalloped potatoes/ peas/roll/fruit

19 Cook’s choice (no Clarkston delivery/Asotin closed)

20 Deluxe salad bar/fruit

24 Pork roast/mashed potatoes/gravy/capri-blend vegetables/cake/ice cream

27 Deluxe salad bar/fruit26 Sweet and sour chicken/rice/oriental-blend vegetables/biscuit/fruit

10 Chicken-fried steak/mashed potatoes/gravy/broccoli/roll/fruit

30 Hot-chicken sandwich/broccoli/salad/roll

September Senior nutrition menuS

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Q: How do I apply for Social Security dis-ability benefits?

A: There are two ways you can apply for disability benefits. You can: Apply online at www.socialsecurity.gov; or call our toll-free number, (800) 772-1213 [TTY (800) 325-0778], to make an appointment to file a dis-ability claim at your local Social Security of-fice or to set up an appointment for someone to take your claim over the telephone.

If you schedule an appointment, we will mail a Disability Starter Kit to you. The kit will help you get ready for your disability claim interview. If you are applying online or want to get started on the kit right away, it is available online at www.socialsecurity.gov/disability.

———Q: Who can get Extra Help with Medicare

prescription drug coverage?A: If you receive Medicare and have

limited income and resources, you may be eligible for Extra Help — Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage — to pay for the costs (monthly premiums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments) related to a Medicare prescription drug plan. To qualify for Extra Help, you must reside in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. Your resources must be limited to $13,300 for an individual or $26,580 for a married couple living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks and bonds. We do not count your house and car as re-sources. Your annual income must be limited to $17,235 for an individual or $23,265 for a married couple living together. Even if your annual income is higher, you still may be able to get some help. Learn more at www. socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp.

———Q: I need proof of my Social Security in-

come. Can I get verification online?A: Yes! And the best way to get a benefit

verification letter is by using a “my Social Se-curity” account. Your personal my Social Se-curity account is a convenient and secure way for you to check your benefit and payment in-formation, change your address, phone num-ber and direct deposit information, and to get your benefit verification letter. You can use your benefit verification letter to verify your income, retirement or disability status, Medi-care eligibility and age. When you use my So-

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———Q: I heard there is a Social Security video

available in American Sign Language. Where can I find it?

A: Yes, it’s true, and you can find the video on our website. The video is called “Social Security, SSI and Medicare: What You Need to Know About These Vital Programs.” The video is available in American Sign Language and it presents important information about our programs. You can watch the video now at www.socialsecurity.gov/multimedia/video/asl. The video is a part of our larger collection of on-demand videos and webinars available at www.socialsecurity.gov/webinars.

———Q: Will my Social Security disability

benefit increase if my condition gets worse or I develop additional health problems?

A: No. We do not base your Social Se-curity benefit amount on the severity of your disability. The amount you are paid is based on your average lifetime earnings before your disability began. If you go back to work after getting disability benefits, you may be able to get a higher benefit based on those earnings. In addition, we have in-centives that allow you to work temporar-

ily without losing your disability benefits. For more information about disability benefits, read our publications Disabil-ity Benefits and Work-ing While Disabled How We Can Help. Both are available online at www. socialsecurity.gov/pubs.

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I go back to work, will I automatically lose my

Social Security disability benefits?A: No. Social Security has several work

incentives to help you ease back into the workforce. You may be able to continue re-ceiving benefits during a “trial work period,” and in most cases your medical coverage will continue after you begin working. We may be able to help you return to work without los-ing your benefits. These work incentives are like a safety net for people who want to go to work but aren’t sure they can. For information about Social Security’s work incentives, visit the Work site, at www.socialsecurity.gov/work or read the online Red Book on Work Incen-tives at www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook.

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come (SSI) disability, what is the effect on my benefits when I take seasonal work?

A: Even a small amount of earned wages can cause a deduction in your SSI payment. However, it takes substantial work to make your benefits stop. In 2013, a person who re-ceives SSI can earn up to $1,505 a month and still continue receiving some SSI payments. In many cases, we will deduct approved work expenses to determine your SSI payment amount. In most cases, you can continue to receive your medical coverage for up to two years after you begin working. We have sev-eral publications on SSI, including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supple-mental Security Income, available at www. socialsecurity.gov/pubs.

This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. Fast answers to specific Social Security questions can be obtained by calling Social Security toll-free at (800) 772-1213 [TTY (800) 325-0778] or by visit-ing the website www.socialsecurity.gov.

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Pautler center has been renamed

Pautler Senior Center has made a change in its name. It is now Valley Community Center. Services and offerings remain the same.

There will be a crafts, baked goods and indoor yard sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the center to raise money for a new sign.

The center is closed today for the Labor Day holiday but will reopen at its regular time Tuesday.

Anyone wishing to donate something for the sale can drop items off at the center between 10 a.m. and noon on Thursday and Friday. Donations can in-clude items such as furniture, quilts, afghans, kitchen items, tools, artwork, books, movies and musical instruments. They will also take donations of craft items and baked goods, but no clothing will be accepted.

There will not be foot care on Wednesdays during the month of September, but the Monday foot care will take place as usu-al. To make an appointment call (509) 758-2355.

Bi-Mart Pharmacy will have a fl u shot clinic at the center from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10.

Driver Safety classes being offered

There will be two AARP Driv-er Safety classes offered this month.

The fi rst class will be a two-session class from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 and from 8:30 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Tri-State Memorial Hospital in Clarkston. Registration for this class can be completed by calling Arnold Lee at (208) 301-8844 (Moscow number).

The second class will be of-fered from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Gritman Medi-cal Center in Moscow. Registra-tion for this class can be com-pleted by calling Linda Shepard at (208) 883-1002.

The cost for each class is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. The classes are designed for those age 50 and older, but are open to all ages and may result in a point reduc-tion on drivers licenses and/or insurance discounts.

Sons of Norway meetings resume

The Sons of Norway Eleve-dalen Lodge No. 129 is resuming meetings this month.

The fi rst meeting will be at noon Sept. 21 at Valley Com-munity Center, 549 Fifth St., Clarkston. The meeting will start with a potluck, followed by a business meeting and a program on heritage.

Sons of Norway is an orga-nization open to people of Scandinavian descent or those interested in the Scandinavian culture. All meetings are open to the public.

More information about the local group is available by call-ing (208) 798-8617 or (208) 743-2626.

NARFE will begin meeting again

The National Active and Re-tired Federal Employees chapter 515 will have its fi rst meeting, following the summer break, on Sept. 25.

The luncheon meeting will be-

gin at noon at Macullen’s, 1516 Main St., Lewiston.

The program will be present-ed by Donna Duffau from the Lewis-Clark Animal Shelter. She will discuss the shelter’s opera-tions.

All current and retired federal employees are encouraged to at-tend the meeting to learn about the issues facing federal work-ers. More information about the group and its meetings is avail-able by calling (509) 751-8791.

Retired educators picnic planned

The Retired Educators of North Central Idaho invites all those who worked in the educa-tion community to a picnic.

The picnic potluck will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18 at Sunset Park in Lewiston. Chicken and beverages will be provided.

It is a social event for teach-ers, bus drivers, cooks, janitors and anyone else who worked in a north central Idaho school. At-tendees should bring a side dish and lawn chair.

The Retired Educators of

North Central Idaho will resume its monthly meetings in Octo-ber.

Senior center closed today

The Sixth Street Senior Cen-ter will be closed today for the

Labor Day holiday.Foot care will be held at 9

a.m. Wednesday at the center and the board will meet at 9 a.m. Sept. 17.

Dances are held at the cen-

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BEN LEBARONBen Lebaron of Kendrick

will be 85 next Monday.He was born Sept. 9, 1928,

in Lewiston. He has two sis-ters and a brother.

Lebaron farmed with his Dad and brother.

He served in the U.S. Navy.

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Birthday submissionsBirthdays starting at 70, and every

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MYRA LUOMAMyra Luoma of

Clarkston will cele-brate her 80th birth-day with celebrations here and in Boise. The local celebration will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 28 at Luoma’s home.

The daughter of Oscar and Edith Raby, she was born Sept. 18, 1933, in Kendrick. Her family moved to Clarkston in 1942.

Luoma attended Eastern Washington College and Washington State College. Later in life, she returned to school and graduated from Lewis-Clark State College where she

worked extensively with the theater depart-ment.

She worked locally as a substitute teacher and tutor. She was also a longtime member of the local garden club.

She and Wesley Luoma were married March 23, 1955, in Clarkston. Her

husband died in 2001.Luoma enjoys numerous

artistic pastimes such as read-ing and crossword puzzles. She also enjoys traveling, and recently has traveled to Mexico and China.

She has three children, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

NARS DESAUTEL

Nars Desautel of Lewiston will celebrate his 93rd birth-day Sept. 18.

He was born in Minnesota in 1920 and moved to Idaho

in 1957.Desautel worked for Potlatch

Corp. until retiring in 1982. He then went to work for the U.S. Forest Service on the North Fork of the Clearwater River. He retired from there in 2007.

He enjoys camping with fam-ily and friends.

VIOLET WILSONViolet Wilson of Lewiston

will celebrate turning 100 on Sept. 11.

She was born in 1913 in Port Coquitlam, British

Columbia, Canada, to Albert and Lena Hemphill.

She and Alexander Parke were married and had four children. The couple later divorced and she moved to Gig Harbor, Wash.

She married William Wilson and they moved to Lewiston in 1972.

The couple moved into Juniper Meadows in 2002 and her husband died Dec. 15,

2006. Wilson continues to live at Emeritus at Juniper Meadows.

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Goldentimes

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

Sept. 2, 2013 / Vol. 23, No. 9

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Margaret FineMargaret Fine of Orofino

will turn 90 on Sept. 27.She was born in 1923 to J.J.

and Florence Calland.Fine worked for GTE,

Potlatch Inc. and Stoddard Electric Inc.

She and Deryl H. Fine were married in 1943. They have two children.

Fine has been active in the community doing the news report for the Clearwater Senior Citizens along with many other activi-ties.

thoMas J. osborneThomas J. Osborne of

Lewiston will celebrate his 80th birthday Sept. 23.

He was born in 1933 to Thomas W. and Frieda Osborne. After many moves the family bought a ranch in Potlatch. He graduated from Potlatch High School in 1952.

Osborne served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.

He and Justine Reisenauer were married on Nov. 21, 1958.

Osborne worked for Potlatch Mill in Potlatch before moving to Lewiston in 1961. He went to work in the paper mill owned by Potlatch Corp. as a machinist and retired in 1993 after 35 years.

The couple have four children, all mar-ried, and 12 grandchildren.

Osborne enjoys his family, especially his grandchildren, as well as doing some fishing, going to yard sales and working in his shop.

geneva elsensohnGeneva (Neva)

Elsensohn of Lewiston will be honored during an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 28 at the

Masonic Lodge, 1112 18th Ave., Lewiston. The occasion is her 100th birthday.

She was born Sept. 22, 1913, in Sunset, Wash., to William Mills and Nancy Veal Mills.

She married Raymond Gill and had three daughters. In 1953, she and Richard Elsensohn were married. He died in 1991.

Elsensohn has nine grand-children, 14 great-grandchil-

dren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.

Jean ballardJean Ballard of Culdesac will turn 80 Sept.

20.She was born in 1933 in Chariton, Iowa, to

Verle and Madonna Dawson.She and Ralph Ballard were married in

1955 in Iowa.Ballard and her husband owned Jacques

Spur from 1967 to 1979. In 1979, she went to work at Potlatch Corp. and retired from there in 1992. Ballard then worked at Edward

Jones Investments from 1992 until retiring in 2006.She has two sons; one was an Olympian and the other was

a jet boat racer.Her hobbies include line dancing, needle work and gar-

dening.


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barbara lagerquistBarbara (Bobbi) Lagerquist of Orofino will be 79 on Sept. 20.She was born in 1934 in central Iowa where she lived until age

4 when her family moved to Minneapolis where she grew up.After training in radiology, Lagerquist moved to Southern

California where she met her husband John. They were married in 1955 and have two children.

The couple traveled to Saudi Arabia and Italy.In 1990, the couple moved to Orofino.Lagerquist volunteered in the elementary-school library for 18

years and now does research for the Clearwater County Historical Museum.

She is a member of the hospital auxiliary, P.E.O. Chapter AW and Ascension Lutheran Church. She also volunteers through the WA-ID Volunteer Center program R.S.V.P.

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A Bit of HeavenHe had great interest in the

Lewis-Clark trek.Lived it himself in the books

that he read.With his buddies,

he followed their trail, now a road,

their 4-wheelers loaded with gear for cold nights.

Cameras to record spots of beauty to show to those not so

lucky to tour Idaho.On one such trip, he found a spot,

a spectacular vista where the canyon spread out, deep and wondrously wide.

To the mountains of Montana, lying low on the horizon and

the hillsides thick with alpine trees reaching.

Where eagles soared high on soft zephyr breezes.

Where elk roamed the mountains and bugled their song.One day he took me, in the pickup no less.

He showed me the place … made certain and sure I’d remember the exact spot

he chose for his ashes to blow in final repose.

He’s there now, where eagles soar high on soft zephyr breezes.

Where elk roam the mountains

and bugle their song.Flora Teachman, 84, Kamiah

My Watch DogI have a little watch dog

that’s always watching me.Everything I do,

her big brown eyes will see.Everywhere I go,

she’s not far away.She watches me all night and watches me all day.

I never know just where she’ll be but I know for sure, she’s watching me.

Janet Azbill, 75, Lewiston

September SongVacation days ended

on a sad low note, Dad waved as he headed

to store the boat.Water toys hissed

as they sang out blue air;Bathing suits kept rhythm

with drying flair.New shoes brought blisters

and high notes of pain.Band instruments

needed polish again.Mom groaned low bass notes

to view bathroom mess.School’s music took over,

for song success.Lucille Magnuson, 93, Moscow

Getting OldThe calendar says my body’s old,

I say not in heart or mind.I can walk about,

see to drive, I’m not blind.My license says

my driving is fine.I can climb stairs,

if it has a rail, it would be painful if I fell.

My hearing is great, if the news is good

and it’s what I’d like to hear.I can still clean my house

if I’ve a notion to.I can cook and bake; no sewing will I do.

Dirty windows don’t bother me, as long as I can see through.

I mop the floors and scrub the bath,

want it bright and clean, it’s sanitation you see.

The years are going fast, there’s not much company.I keep house to suit myself,

I live in it happily.One more thing,

if you decide to visit, be sure to call,

so I’ll have time to clean.Eva Herring, 83, Lewiston


READER POETRY ReadeR poetRy

Golden Times prints original short poetry from seniors on a space-available basis. Submissions must include the name, age, address and phone number to be considered

for publication. Send poetry

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By Mary TaTkoTargeT PublicaTions

allie (al) and edith (edie) Vannoy are full of stories about their family his-tory — she’s even written a book about it — but this is an elderly couple who do not live in the past.

“i had nine people for dinner yester-day,” edie said recently, relaxing in the sunroom of their lewiston orchards home.

Preparing a meal for a house full of visiting family members wasn’t some-thing this nearly century-old great-grandmother did alone. al — who is more than a century old – was by her side.

“He’s a good flunkie,” she said. “He chops the vegetables and he’s good help.”

He will be 102 on sept. 12; she will be 98 on sept. 30.

“We’re oldies, but goodies,” he said.Their family threw a party two years

ago when al turned 100.“They expected about 75 people and

300 came,” edie said.This year, they’ll celebrate another

milestone — their 75th wedding an-niversary is in november.

originally, from north carolina, he came to cottonwood in 1931 with his father and younger brother.

she was born in reubens and graduat-ed from craigmont High school in 1933.

They were introduced in 1936.“a friend of mine said, ‘i’d like for

you to meet a pretty girl and she works in the Forest service office in orofino.’ and when i met with the gal, i decided that i had to have her,” al said. “Two years later, we got married.”

“end of story,” edie said.

When they met, she had an office job, but once they married she took on different roles — as best she could.

“a farmer’s wife back in those days didn’t have time to do anything else,” she said. “i canned, i had a garden — but i don’t think i was a very good

farmer’s wife.”she told a story about getting on the

tractor to help level out the yard after their house was built: “i worked pretty good for a while and pretty soon i ran right into the house, broke the crank off the tractor,” she said, chuckling. “i’m really not an outdoorsy type.”

“i tried to teach her how to milk a cow,” al said, laughing. “she didn’t want to learn.”

al farmed with his brother, ocie, at cavendish, where they grew wheat, clover seed and beans, tilling 1,600 acres of rented land with teams of up to 12 horses until finally getting a tractor in 1936.

actually, edie pointed out, the international they bought in 1936 wasn’t the farm’s first tractor.

“The owner bought them a big, new tractor and then he lost it in a poker game,” she said.

after that, al said, he and his brother bought tractors themselves.

al retired at age 70. He and edie moved to the lewiston orchards about 10 years ago, when they decided it was time to move off the farm.

Today, the Vannoys rent out their farm land to tenants who use the latest generation of equipment. “They have huge combines,” edie said.

before they moved to lewiston, the Vannoys were snowbirds, leaving cav-endish each winter and heading south.

“We put in 19 winters in arizona,” al said.

They started out staying in a motor home, then bought a small house there.

They also traveled around the coun-try, exploring all but a few states. edie used the travels to pursue her interest in genealogy, finding ancestors in Vir-ginia, north carolina and Missouri.

“i have 900 names in my computer,” she said.

The Vannoys have two sons, one in lewiston and one in spokane. Their daughter died in a car accident at age 17, in 1958.

“That was the most tragic time of our lives,” edie said. “but, you know, these things happen and you have to

At 101 and 97, the Vannoys have literally spent a lifetime together; the couple have been married nearly 75 years

Making 100 look simple and 75 seem possible

Edith Vannoy wrote a book about her husband Al, titled “A Nice Car, A Good Woman, A Little Fun Every Day.”

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“We’re oldies, but goodies.”

— Al Vannoy

live with them.”They have six grandchildren and four great-grandchil-

dren.One of Al’s hobbies through the years was restoring old

cars, such as Model T Fords and passing them along to his sons.

The one remaining vintage vehicle in his garage, a 1926 International pickup, isn’t collecting dust.

“When somebody wants to go for a little short ride, I take it,” he said, as he turned the key to show how the vehicle still starts right up.

They drove it in parades and entered it in car shows, but never got involved with a car club since they were gone to Arizona every winter and busy in the summers, he said.

In the garage beside the International is the Vannoys’ everyday car, a Chevrolet sedan. Not every 100-year-old thinks about buying a new car, but that’s just what Al did a couple years ago.

“I sent him to town to get a haircut and he came home and said, ‘I bought a car,’ ” Edie said.

They no longer drive long distances, but they frequently socialize with friends in Lewiston, including several fami-lies they knew from Cavendish who also moved here.

“We don’t really have peers — they’re younger than us,” Edie said.

“I read a little saying the other day, and it said, ‘It’s not the age, it’s the attitude,’ ” she said, as Al nodded in agree-ment.

Her interest in genealogy led Edie to write a book, which was published last year. “A Nice Car, a Good Woman, A Little Fun Every Day” details Al’s life as a young

man, from 1917 to 1947.“It’s on Amazon.com and Kindle,”

Edie said.“Four hundred copies sold,” Al said,

looking lovingly at his wife. “I’m not braggin’, but I got a good little gal.”

In addition to genealogy, Edie has a doll collection, which includes family

heirlooms, and dolls she crafted herself from fabric and clay.

Asked if they have a secret to their longevity, both Van-noys said it’s God’s doing.

“I really think we’re put here for a purpose and maybe we haven’t fulfilled our purpose yet,” she said. “Anyway, we still enjoy life.”

There also seems to be a longevity gene in her family, Edie said. Her sisters all lived into their 90s and her mother was 90 when she died.

The Vannoys have been blessed not just with long life,

but with good health and a sort of persistent youthfulness. Edie’s hair — dark, with a touch of gray at the temples — has not been dyed.

A sense of humor is another shared attribute: “My hair is natural,” Al said of his snow-white color when his wife’s hair was being discussed.

One thing the Vannoys are not is stuck in their ways.After years of not feeling right and doctor appointments

that didn’t seem to help, Al eliminated gluten from his diet at the suggestion of his son, who is gluten sensitive and operates a gluten-free bakery in Spokane.

So the retired wheat farmer has joined the ranks of those who don’t eat any wheat or other grains that contain the protein gluten.

“He’s gluten-free and I try my best not to be,” Edie said, noting her husband’s special diet makes restaurant dining trickier, but they still love eating out.

In his early days of farming, a loaf of bread was 5 cents, Al said. Today it can be several dollars.

“Especially if you go gluten-free,” Edie said.Looking back, they said there’s plenty that’s changed

— like prices for everyday items — but they don’t sit around and pine for the old days.

“We still have fun,” Edie said.

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Edith (left) and Al (right) Vannoy have been married nearly 75 years and have two sons.

“I sent him to town to get a haircut and he came home and said, ‘I bought a car.’ ”

— Edith Vannoy


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Ray and Nancy RoschRay Rosch, 70, and Nancy Rosch, 61,

of Lewiston are Golden Times’ Senior Volunteers of the Month for September.

Nominated by: The couple were chosen after getting word they had been awarded a Volunteer of the Year award from the Idaho Health Care Association — Idaho Center for Assisted Living for their work at Lewiston’s Royal Plaza Retirement Center and Transitional Care facility.

Volunteer work: The couple spends one day a week providing music for seniors at the retirement center as well as leading church services once a month there. They do it as a way of honoring Nancy’s mother, who lived there until the time of her death. Ray and Nancy are not strangers to volunteer work. Nancy also volunteers at the Willow Center and, with Ray’s help, each summer at Camp Erin for the children of the center. Ray, as many know, is in charge of Interlink Volun-teers — Faith in Action, which he devotes a great deal of time to, but he also volunteers with Nancy at their church, Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston.

Career: Ray is a Tribune alum, having

worked as the business manag-er. Besides being a stay-at-home mom, Nancy worked intermit-tently for the school district as an instructional aide for special education classes.

Family: The couple have two children, a son who lives here and a daughter who lives in Spo-kane. They also have two grand-sons.

Hobbies: Ray says he likes to read and do crossword puzzles but doesn’t have what he would consider a hobby per se.

Nancy, on the other hand, has many other hobbies besides vol-unteering. She enjoys birding,

when she gets the opportunity, she said. She also gardens,

goes to the gym at least five days a week, does Zumba and enjoys baking and knitting.

When asked what their favorite part of volunteer-

ing is: Nancy replied, “Peo-ple.”Ray agreed with his wife and

told a story about a recent church service they had led at Royal Plaza.

“One of the new residents is Helen and she is totally blind and after the service she invited Nancy and me to go to her home, when she goes back to her house, to have popcorn with the ladies. That’s the first time I can remember that we’ve been invited somewhere else, but we just love the folks so much, it’s the best,” he said.

Nancy said her favorite part about her work at the Willow Center is, “They just touch your heart. It seems like it would be a really sad thing, but it’s not. They share their grief but kids move on real quick.”

Ray said he enjoys not only the people In-terlink serves but the volunteers as well.

“I’ve met some of the most unbelievable people and I find that people give more than we even think,” Ray said.

“I think you need to go with a passion,” Nancy said when asked what advice they could give to others who may be looking to volunteer somewhere. “If it’s not a good fit

then don’t do it. Volunteering is a way to feed your soul,” she said.

“If you’re choosing to give your time to something or some-one, you have to do what you like. I’ve told countless people ‘You do what you like, when you like it, how long you like it, how you like it and when you don’t like it you stop,’ ” Ray added.

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MINNEAPOLIS — At 77, Doug Erbeck is retired — technically — but you won’t find him sitting in a rocking chair killing time.

When he’s not angling for panfish on Twin Cities-area lakes, which is frequently, or competing in long-distance running rac-es, or gardening, or volunteering with the Fur, Fin & Feather Club in Osseo, the for-mer veterinary pathologist peddles an easy-tie fishing jig he invented and sells.

He calls it the Fisherbeck lure.“I guarantee you’ll catch more and larger

bluegills with the easiest-to-thread jig on the market today,” said the gregarious Er-beck, of Crystal, Minn.

Fumbling while trying to tie 2-pound-test fishing line onto a small jig one cold winter morning several years ago, Erbeck

had a light bulb moment. “Those darn little bitty jigs have such small eyes, they’re hard to thread,” he said.

And paint must first be removed from them — a tedious affair. Erbeck figured he could do better.

In 2010, he made a clay model and brain-stormed with son-in-law Marty Stone, an engineer, of Arden Hills, Minn. The result: Fisherbeck Easy Threading Jigs, which have funnels to thread the line through in-stead of a small eye. He got a patent, found a manufacturer and began making and sell-ing them.

“It’s easier to thread for everybody, but it’s particularly attractive for elderly peo-ple, for handicapped people, for kids and for ice fishing, because your hands get cold,” he said.

But Erbeck found it difficult getting into the tackle-making business; there’s lots of

competition.“I did the patent all by myself,

without any lawyers,” he said proudly. “The first lawyer I talk-ed to wanted $15,000 to do it. So I went online. The patent office people actually helped me.”

He sells the jigs three for $5 on his website (www.fisherbeck.com), at fishing shows and a few bait shops in his region.

Sales have been good, but Er-beck laughs when asked if he’s getting rich.

“It’s coming slow but sure,” he said. “I’m not making a lot of money, just enough to put back into the business.”

He’s adding a second jig, one to target big crappies. “It will be the same as the Fisherbeck, only a different color, white glow-in-the-dark with pink eyes. Hope-fully, this will take off.”

His jigs originally were made in China, but he’s found a manu-facturer in Illinois to make the next batch, including the new crappie jigs. All are made of tin instead of lead.

“It’s environmentally friend-ly,” Erbeck said. “And with tin, it sinks a bit slower and the fish will grab it.”

The orange and black jigs are meant to be especially effective on bluegills, Erbeck’s favorite fish.

“To me, bluegills are the pre-mier eating fish of Minnesota,” he said. “And it’s so much fun.”


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Doug Erbeck, of Crystal, Minn., loves to catch bluegills, so he invented the Fisherbeck Easy Thread lure, a jig with a funnel-likel hole instead of an eye to attach the line. Erbeck, 77, also is a long-distance runner and retired veterinarian.

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A new deep brain stimulation system by Medtronic can sense and record brain activity at the same time it delivers therapy to treat Parkinson’s symptoms, es-sential tremors and epilepsy. The data collected by the Activa PC+S deep brain stimulation system will be available to researchers working to better understand how to treat neurological and psychological dis-

eases, Medtronic said.The hope is the new device, and

what doctors learn from it, will eventually lead to development of a “closed loop” system which can automatically adjust its program to meet the changing needs of the pa-tient. Currently, medical staff have to adjust device settings manually.

For now, the device will collect brain signals researchers can use to study neurological and psycho-logical disorders and how to adapt technology to best treat them, said

Lothar Krinke, vice president and general manager of the Deep Brain Stimulation business in Medtronic’s Neuromodulation division.

“Where we want to go and what we have already done in animal re-search is to totally close the loop,” he said, adding automated program-ming could provide a number of advantages.

For instance, he said, with Par-kinson’s, the device may need to stimulate part of the brain only oc-casionally, rather than send a con-stant electrical pulse. Whereas, with epilepsy, the device could sense the onset of a seizure and time the treat-ment to head off the episode.

“This is one of the most exciting things that are happening in deep brain stimulation,” said Krinke, a former researcher.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS), therapy uses a surgically implanted medical device, similar to a pace-maker, to deliver mild electrical pulses to targeted areas of the brain to control symptoms of movement disorders and other diseases. The

stimulation can be programmed and adjusted to maximize symptom control and minimize side effects. More than 100,000 patients world-wide have received Medtronic’s DBS therapy.

The Activa PC+S system is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for commer-cial use in the United States, and will be made available to physicians for investigational use only. It met the European standards of CE Mark approval in January.

The first implant took place in Munich, in a person with Parkin-son’s disease. The system uses sens-ing technology and an adjustable algorithm to gather brain signals at moments selected by a physician. That data will be made available to physicians worldwide for use in clinical studies. They will use the system to map the brain’s responses to DBS therapy and explore new applications for that therapy.

The therapy is approved in many locations around the world, includ-ing Europe and the United States,

for the treatment of symptoms of essential tremor, advanced Parkin-son’s disease and chronic intrac-table primary dystonia. In Europe, Canada and Australia, DBS therapy is approved for the treatment of re-fractory epilepsy. DBS therapy is also approved for the treatment of severe, treatment-resistant obses-sive-compulsive disorder in the Eu-ropean Union and Australia, and in the United States under a Humani-tarian Device Exemption.

But Krinke said the business po-tential is even greater.

“The opportunity is huge. Even in our most penetrated market of Parkinson’s we have less than 20 percent of the patients who could benefit from DBS,” he said. “Less than 5 percent worldwide.”

An estimated 1 million people in the U.S. suffer from Parkinson’s, he said.

Deep brain stimulation is part of what is called neuromodulation, in which a device is used to deliver tar-geted and regulated electrical pulses and drugs to specific sites in the ner-vous system to treat chronic pain or other disease symptoms.

Medtronic device will collect data as it treats brain disorders

By Caitlin OWensthe news & observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Richard Claxon usually plays pickleball three or four times a week — as long as his knees can stand it.

He is joined by former tennis players, exercise enthusiasts and those simply seeking a good time. They are all generally older than age 50, although anyone is wel-come to play.

“It’s a tremendous sport for older people,” Claxon, 72, said. He be-gan playing a year ago and sees the game not only as exercise but also as a social outlet.

Pickleball, a racquet sport simi-lar to tennis but played with “over-grown ping pong paddles” and a whiffle ball, originated in Washing-ton state in 1965.

The USA Pickleball Association calls it a “highly contagious, pro-gressive and incurable disease” and

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By Delthia RicksNewsday

People who have endured che-motherapy for some cancers ap-pear to have a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, as do long-term users of a commonly pre-scribed diabetes drug, scientists have found in separate medical investigations.

Both research projects are opening new windows, some ex-perts said, on how unrelated dis-eases and unexpected medications may have a protective impact on the brain.

No one wants to develop cancer and undergo chemotherapy, or, for that matter, take a potent diabetes medication to avoid Alzheimer’s, said Dr. Gisele Wolf-Klein, a geri-atrician and expert in Alzheimer’s

disease with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

But the take-home message, she said, is Alzheimer’s is extraor-dinarily complex, and the new research helps reveal people at lower risk.

The two studies were presented at the Alzheimer’s Association In-ternational Conference in Boston.

The research involved 3.5 mil-lion former members of the U.S. military who were treated for a va-riety of conditions in the Veterans’ Administration healthcare system between 1996 and 2011, and were free of dementia when admitted.

Dr. Laura Frain, a geriatrician at the VA Boston Healthcare System, said the aim of her research was to evaluate the relationship between 19 different cancers, cancer treat-

ment and Alzheimer’s disease.Among the cancers she evalu-

ated were many of the most com-mon — breast, prostate, lung and colorectal malignancies. She also examined cancers of the blood and lymphatic tissue. Patients were 65 and older.

Her research revealed chemo-therapy provided added protection against dementia.

During the six years veterans were tracked, 82,028 were diag-nosed with Alzheimer’s. Yet, only 24 percent of them had a history of cancer compared with 76 per-cent who were never treated for a malignancy.

The research revealed a reduced Alzheimer’s risk by as much as half for some forms of cancer. For example, there was a 51 percent

lowered risk of Alzheimer’s for liver cancer survivors; a 44 per-cent reduced risk for vets treated for pancreatic cancer, and a 25 percent lowered risk for those who had lung cancer.

“These findings indicate that the protective relationship between most cancers and Alzheimer’s disease is not simply explained by increased mortality,” Frain said, adding more research is needed to find the underlying mechanism that spared patients’ minds.

Yet, some forms of cancer and chemotherapy conferred no pro-tective effect at all, clouding any evolving theory cancer in general and all forms of chemo protect the brain.

Cancers in which the Alzheim-er’s risk increased included mela-

noma, prostate and colorectal ma-lignancies.

In the second investigation, Ra-chel Whitmer and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente’s research di-vision in California, studied nearly 15,000 patients 55 and older with type 2 diabetes.

The team discovered metfor-min, a widely prescribed diabetes medication, reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s by 20 percent.

Wolf-Klein said diabetes itself is a long-known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.

But Whitmer noted animal models suggest metformin may aid in the development of new brain cells, which may, in turn, offset the damaging effects of the diabetes.

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She said her family was unpre-pared when her father, who lived in another state, began suffering from dementia and needed help.

“It’s pretty devastating when it hits you all of a sudden,” Clarke said. She spent a lot of time away from her job, getting him settled with a caregiver.

Clarke’s father passed away about five years ago; she was better prepared to help her mother more recently.

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AKRON, Ohio — Affable, refined and ever the fashion maven, Peggy Irene Harry has long been admired by her many diverse attachments: family and friends, as well as her fellow residents and staff at The Merriman, an assisted living facility here.

And the fresh inductee into the centenarian club — she turned 100 on July 22 — is quite the doyenne of still other attachments: namely buttons.

Harry is a longtime member of the Akron Button Club and the National Button Society.

At a recent meeting of the local club, which convenes at Akron’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, not surprisingly, she was being toasted by fellow members.

Harry — a 48-year collector — like the other members, is very button-specific. Hers are the highly treasured, pierced/carved iridescent white buttons known as “Bethlehem” and “Jordan” pearls. “They look just like lace,” she explained, joie

de vivre percolating in her voice.Member Liz Vernon of Akron even baked

button-shaped shortbread cookies to celebrate the pretty-in-pink Harry, for the way she has threaded her way into their lives and helped to get them even more hooked in their hobby of collecting these miniature works of art.

“Miss Peg is a true inspiration,” said 15-year member Vernon. “She had pneumonia and the flu in December, then a bad sinus infection. But she bounced back … She’s the most caring and sharing person you would ever want to meet.”

Asked about her secret to a long and healthy life, Harry — who relies on a walker for safety — didn’t hold back:

“I exercise every day in my room. I wouldn’t miss it! It really does help me keep going … But I think it’s also in my genes.”

Widowed in 1988, her late husband was Winchester Harry, the stay-at-home mother

and former Akron schoolteacher said she got hooked on collecting after discovering her grandmoth-er’s button box.

She formerly maintained col-lections of thimbles, stamps and handkerchiefs, and head-turn-ing gardens of peonies that were prized, cut and dried for bouquets at Stan Hywet.

Volunteer extraordinaire, Harry was active at Stan Hywet and formerly served as president of Fairlawn Garden and Civic Center where the Akron Button Club used to meet.

Make no mistake about it, Peg Harry commemorated her birthday the entire month of July.

“It’s never too early to celebrate your 100th birthday!” she opined.

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Akron Button Club members, from left, Frances Howell, Peg Harry and Lois Pool look at photos of old club members at their monthly gathering at St. Paul Episcopal Church on July 8, in Akron,

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Her fellow button-club members — who brought lots of party fixings for the occasion — couldn’t have agreed more.

Early in line to wish the honoree well was Charlene Baker of Gates Mills, Ohio, who is as committed to the hobby and the club as anyone, other than perhaps Harry.

“Peg embodies the spirit of But-ton Club collectors: generosity, en-

thusiasm and knowledge,” Baker noted, adding, “I come in any kind of weather like the mailman. I love this club.”

Baker was forever linked with button collecting when she visited a dress shop and eyed a display case of bracelets made from the most gorgeous buttons you would ever want to see.

Soon after that, she found herself

popping open her grandmother’s tin filled with buttons of all pedigrees: “I ended up making bracelets for Christmas for several female rela-tives. Each told a different story. I used Daddy’s Army buttons on one, and the buttons on the outfit my mother wore to the hospital when she delivered us.”

Baker — who donned a button ring from Zambia — seemed to

echo the sentiments of other mem-bers when she exclaimed, “You can never be too absurd when it comes to buttons. This really is a cool hob-by!”

“Little Peg,” she continued, “is so dear to us and to the next genera-tion of collectors.”

Peg Harry is hands-on with but-tons in yet another arena, one that male residents at The Merriman certainly appreciate. Akron’s Fran-ces Howell noted Harry regularly volunteers to replace missing but-tons on their shirts.

“I think some of them keep pulling buttons off their shirts just

to spend time with her,” Howell mused, drawing a laugh from Harry and others.

Harry — who seems never to have met a project she’d shy away from — scored the top prize a cou-ple of years ago for a pink velvet bra she decorated with sparkling rhine-stone buttons in a “Bras Across the City” fundraiser for breast cancer.

“I’m just me,” Harry shrugged, flashing a big smile. “But I do have a lot of fun!”

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“There are a lot of active se-niors looking for exercise, ca-maraderie, excitement — it fits the bill,” said pickleball player, Marilyn Sorin, 70. “There are a lot of active seniors who don’t enjoy bingo.”

In addition to its fun factor, pickleball addresses a subject with more serious undertones, the health of older adults for one. In North Carolina, for example, almost 32 percent of adults 65 and older do not participate in leisure-time physical activity, according to a report released this year by the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention.

Ellen Schneider, a researcher with the University of North Carolina Center for Health Pro-motion and Disease Prevention, said exercise is “extremely im-portant” for older adults for sev-eral reasons. Benefits of exercise

include lowering blood pressure, decreasing depression, maintain-ing mental sharpness, preventing or delaying disease, addressing balance problems and decreas-ing social isolation. Exercise also helps prevent falls, she said, which are the leading cause of injury deaths for older adults.

“Anything you can do to in-crease exercise and decrease social isolation contributes to healthy aging,” Schneider said.

Sheryl Schuff, 64, moved to the area from Indiana 2½ years ago. She began playing pickle-ball last spring. Since then, she said, she has made many friends and is in the best shape she has been in for decades.

“When you’re having fun and you’re exercising, you’re likely to do more of it,” she said.

Sorin said pickleball has gained popularity throughout the state in the past year. “It’s mov-in’ and groovin’ fast,” she said.


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ages of 18 and 25, and had to be voted into the group. Most were daughters of Polly Anna Club members, which was a club based on the main character of a children’s book written in 1903. Pollyanna was known for her cheerfulness and so the Pollyanna Club mem-bers would often vow to always be cheerful even in the face of unhappy times.

The Pollyettes didn’t tell me whether they took a vow of cheerfulness but after spending a little more than an hour with them I can tell you they definitely are a cheery bunch.

On this particular day seven of the eight members were present. They included Eunice Halsey, Helen Benedist, NaiDean Parsley Shepherd, Darlene Earl Hostetler, Carla Halsey, Virginia Bark-ley and Betty Floch. The current group includes a few who were members from the beginning or close to the beginning of the club.

They meet the second Tuesday of each month at different area restaurants for lunch.

These friends do more talking and laughing than they do eating but that’s to be expected when you’re friends with a group for close to seven decades. All of them have lived most, if not all, of their lives in the area.

Helen shares a joke at each luncheon. At this particular lunch the joke was: “Do you know why your nose can’t be 13 inches long?” she asked. “Because then it would be a foot.”

Besides listening to their jokes and sto-ries of being young ladies during the 40s in Anatone the lunch included a few surprises

for me — 91-year-old Eunice’s age, for instance. All of these women look great, I suspect from having a life filled with laughter, but Eunice doesn’t look a day over 60, no joke I want her beauty secrets because at the rate I am currently aging I will look her elder sooner than I am com-fortable with. She could be very wealthy if she could bottle whatever it is that keeps her looking so young.

The women are as lively a bunch as they have ever been I imagine. All but one of the ladies lives independently.

Virginia resides at Evergreen Estates in an independent-living apartment. She moved there with her husband because she needed help taking care of him and when he died she stayed.

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Carla, sister-in-law to Eunice, and her husband usu-ally gets at least one of the women’s leftovers from the luncheon, often Darlene’s, but not today.

Laughter erupted from Carla and Darlene’s corner of the table and when asked what we missed Darlene replied: “I told Carla, Max couldn’t have my sandwich today and she said, ‘It’s OK, I’ve got another source.’ ”

Above everything these women have shared a lifelong friendship — something many women of my

generation have few of — let alone an entire group of. They spend their luncheons chatting about things from the past and present as well as sharing jokes, stories and many laughs. They know each other as well, maybe even better, than some families. They are a family — they are the Pollyettes.

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He doesn’t use minnows. “I use a white plastic twister tail, or a couple of waxworms,” Erbeck said. Sometimes he jigs or casts his lure, sometimes he uses a bob-ber and still-fishes.

Regardless, he’s on the water about twice a week, year-round.

“I limit myself to lakes right in the Twin Cities,” he said. He figures he’s fished about 40 metro lakes.

“I make one exception: Lake Osakis. That’s my nirvana,” Er-beck said. “Just like walleye fish-ermen go to Mille Lacs, I go to Osakis. I know some spots and I catch some really big bluegills.

“I furnish cleaned, fileted fish for all my friends and my big ex-tended family.”

His advice: “Stay active.”Erbeck spent most of his life

in Wisconsin. He was born in Su-perior, Wis., grew up near Green Bay, Wis., and, after becoming a veterinarian, operated two small-animal hospitals and a clinic in the Chippewa Falls-Eau Claire area.

“At age 50, I felt I was get-ting behind what was happening in medicine, so I went back to school and got a Ph.D. in veteri-nary pathology, which took me to Kentucky,” he said.

Where he got hooked on pan-fish. “People there were really into crappies, and I started fishing for them and found huge blue-

gills,” Erbeck said.He moved to Minnesota 12

years ago and did cancer research, then retired three years ago — only to go into the tackle-making business with two partners, son-in-law Stone and daughter Amy.

Erbeck is a member of the Min-nesota Distance Runners Associa-tion, and ran a half-marathon this spring in 2 hours, 23 minutes. “At my age, I was happy with it,” he said. “I think running has helped my health and mental well-be-ing.”

He also has an understanding partner. “My wife, Faye, has sup-ported my fishing and hunting all 53 years of our marriage,” Erbeck said. They have three daughters and nine grandchildren.

And a fledgling business.“I’m just having fun in life, I

really am,” Erbeck said.


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Anemia has previously been linked to a higher risk of early death in elderly people. And now a new study indicates it might contribute to dementia, as well.

Anemia is a condition in which the body doesn’t have adequate red blood cells to transport oxygen to tissues. Anemia is common among seniors, occur-ring in as many as 23 percent of people 65 and older, according to the study, published recently in the journal Neurology.

The research, led by Dr. Kristine Yaffe at the Univer-sity of California-San Fran-cisco, analyzed 2,552 patients between the ages of 70 and 79. Of those, 393 had anemia. Of that subset, 89, or 22.6 percent, developed dementia. Among the non-anemic group, 17 per-

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