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of Douglas CountySenior TIMES

January 2011

Couple find satisfaction in serving veterans, Scouts

Servants’ hearts

–The News-Review, Senior Times Roseburg Oregon, Monday, January 3, 2011

BILL DUNCAN The Senior Times

Something funny happened to AirForce retirees Jane and Ron Brownwhen they decided to return toJane’s hometown, Umpqua, to be

near her widowed mother. One of theirfirst decisions on coming to DouglasCounty was to involve themselves in theirchurch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints. As Mormons are wont todo, the church wanted to send the two intothe community as volunteers for nonprofitorganizations.

However, this was done in a unique way.The names of nonprofit organizationsneeding volunteers were placed in a box.The Browns, along with other LDS mem-bers, drew out the names of the organiza-tions individually.

Jane drew the VA Roseburg HealthcareSystem. Ron drew Battered Persons’Advocacy. Jane was accepted immediatelyas a VA volunteer and assigned to escortduty — the nerve center for volunteersworking with the VA system. Not only dothe volunteers escort patients to and frommedical appointments, they also runerrands all over the hospital for VA person-nel.

Ron? He was rejected as a BPA volun-teer because of his gender.

As a retired Air Force colonel, Ron tookcommand of the situation and joined Janeas a VA volunteer. Thus began a long,fruitful husband-wife volunteer team,working side by side.

Mondays became their home at the VA,spent many times as a full eight-hour shiftin escort.

Deep into their venture, there was acall from the VA Voluntary Services forvolunteers to take an intensive trainingprogram to become hospice volunteers atthe hospital. Jane and Ron saw this chal-lenge as something they might share.Both completed one of the first training

courses for hospice volunteers. This dutyallowed them to be on call, whichenabled them to keep their escort duties.On call, they answer to sit with hospicepatients in the Transitional Care Unit onthe VA campus.

Those two volunteer duties would seemto fulfill the LDS community involvementrequirement. But that’s not the extent ofthe volunteer work share by the couple.

Both are deeply committed to the BoyScouts of America program in DouglasCounty, Jane working with Cub Scouts andRon with Boy Scouts.

Interestingly, the couple first met whileserving with the Air Force in Ankra,Turkey. At the time they were just twoAmerican friends. Jane retired in Virginiain 1999, ending 24 years of service. Ronwas still on active duty, stationed in Wash-ington, D.C. Mutual friends invited bothJane and Ron to a party. The two hit it offand were married the same year. Once Ronwas able to retire, in December 2001, thetwo decided to move to Douglas County soJane could be near her mother, Anne Ran-dolph. Her mother died last year.

Jane and Ron still live in the housewhere Jane grew up on 80 acres of forest-ed land in the foothills of the CallahanMountains. The couple have made theforested acreage into the Scout jamboreesite, complete with camping spaces, naturetrails and the full experience of outdooradventure.

Why do they do it?Jane says, “It is your own reward when

you can do something for someone whomay not be able to do it for themselves. Itis a sense of accomplishment.”

Ron says, “I have a debt to pay foreveryone of the veterans I help, a debt thatI owe them for everything I enjoy in thislife.”

Bill Duncan is editor of The SeniorTimes.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN/ News-Review photos

Roseburg husband and wife Ronald and Jane Brown speak with veteran Darrell Jones, left, and hiswife, Mary Jones in December at the Roseburg VA Medical Center, where the Browns volunteer.

Couple find satisfaction in serving

veterans, Scouts

Servants’hearts

The Browns, standing, visit with the Joneses at the Roseburg VA Medical Center.

Monday, January 3, 2011–The News-Review, Senior Times Roseburg Oregon,

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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerptfrom “How to Love Your Retirement,” a com-prehensive collection of advice from real peo-ple about how to fully enjoy and thrive inretirement.

BARBARAWAXMANFor The News-Review

What is retirement in the 21st cen-tury?We hear about the longevity rev-olution all the time: In 1900, the

average life expectancy at birth was 47 years;babies born today can expect to live to age78. Today a man at age 65 can expect to liveanother 17 years; a woman can expect anoth-er 20 years.

And if you exercise, remain active andengaged, and don’t smoke, living to 100might be a reality. While these tremendousgains are something we have wanted theycome with some challenges.

If you think about it, what we have reallygained is not more years at the end of ourlives, but additional active years in midlife.And knowing how to navigate these new androbust years can be daunting. Fear not: Thehundreds of people interviewed in this bookshare some vital advice for this stage, whenwork is no longer the primary activity, and asense of adventure, meaning and purposetakes on an even greater role.

As originally envisioned during theDepression, retirement moved people out ofthe work force to make room for youngerworkers. The question was, what to do withthose 10 or so years? Dell Webb and othersanswered the question with the developmentof retirement communities based aroundleisure and made up of people all around thesame age.

As a result, retirement quickly became syn-onymous with three primary ideas: playinggolf (or something of that sort) taking thatvacation you’ve always dreamed of andspending time with grandchildren.

That was about it.That model doesn’t work any more. Simply

put, we need to retire the word retirement.

The new retirement, or pro-tirement, meansending the traditional way we have worked atour full-time jobs and venturing into newways of using our time. If you think of yourlife as a portfolio of activities, much like yourfinancial portfolio, consider how you investyour time. Up until now you may haveinvested the majority of your portfolio intowork.

With careful retirement planning — not thefinancial kind — you can reallocate your timespent on activities/relationships that youchoose in a way that designs your personalportfolio of meaningful choices. Many peopleassume that retirement means not doing anywork in exchange for compensation. Retire-ment may mean starting a new home-basedbusiness or working part-time; it does notnecessarily mean a cessation of work for pay.In fact, given our extended life expectancy,many people need to maintain an incomestream in retirement.

The difference is really based on the cen-trality of work in your life. Retirement is alsoabout purpose, passion and the place wherethe two intersect. It’s about strengtheningbonds with friends, family members andthose causes that we relate to. It’s about apeak quality of life.

Retirement may look like an inspired phaseof creativity where you finally take up aninstrument, sing in a choir, develop yourinner artist, even write your memoir. We doknow this: Creativity, lifelong learning andengaging in activities and with people whomake you smile will increase not only thequantity but also the quality of your years.

Retirement may get you into the best phys-ical shape of your life. Retirees are compet-ing in Senior Olympics, climbing mountains,and generally feeling more engaged and ener-gized than when they were younger. Someare experiencing their most creative and pro-ductive years ever.

Retirement also signifies change, and ifthere is one thing we’ve learned it’s thatchange is never easy. My book introducesyou to an effective model for change that willhelp demystify some of your feelings andmove you toward the balance you desire inyour life.

Don’t expect to know exactly what thisstage will look like for you. Experiment. Dis-cover new things by taking a risk and signingup for that class you’ve always wonderedabout. Offer your help in an area you’d liketo learn more about by creating an adultinternship. Remember, 60 really is the new45.

Experts in critical subject areas offer tips,information and perspective on this ThirdPhase. Welcome to what will be some of thebest years of your life.

Barbara Waxman is the editor of “How toLove Your Retirement,” (Hundreds of HeadsBooks, $16.95). She lives in Santa Barbara,Calif.

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meetingsDuring January, there will be

four meetings in DouglasCounty of the Family Caregiv-er Support groups.

The Roseburg Family Care-givers Support Group willmeet from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Jan. 5at Mercy Community Educa-tion Center’s Room 2, 2459Stewart Parkway, Roseburg.The group meets on the firstWednesday of each month.

The Sutherlin Family Care-givers Support Group willmeet from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Jan. 13 at the Sutherlin SeniorCenter, 202 E Central Ave. Thegroup meets on the secondThursday of each month.

The South County FamilyCaregiver Support Group willmeet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan.20 in the chapel at Forest GlenSenior Residence, 200 S.W.Frontage Road, Canyonville.The group meets on the thirdThursday of each month.

The Winston Family Care-givers Support Group willmeet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan.26 at the Winston CommunityCenter, Woolley Board Room,440 Grape Street. The groupmeets on the fourth Wednesdayof each month.

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These days, everyone needs tobe cautious of scams — Inter-net, mail, and even phonescams — that can damage your

creditscoreandpocket-book.Anytimesomeoneasks foryour per-sonalinforma-tion, you should be wary. Particularlycruel are swindles that target SocialSecurity beneficiaries.

Recently, Social Security becameaware of a scam targeting beneficiariesin the Southern California area. Scam-mers telephoned beneficiaries to tellthem they were due a “stimulus pay-ment.” The scammer offered to depositthe payment to each beneficiary’saccount once the personal and bankaccount information was provided. The

scammer then contacted Social Securityby telephone to request the benefits bedeposited into a new account — thescammer’s account, to steal the pay-ments.

In a similar version of this criminalploy, the scammer calls the beneficiaryto “confirm” the beneficiary’s personaland financial information.

As a rule of thumb, Social Securitywill not call you for your personal infor-mation such as your Social Securitynumber or banking information. Ifsomeone contacts you and asks for thiskind of information, do not give it.

You should never provide your SocialSecurity number or other personal infor-mation over the telephone unless youinitiated the contact, or are confident ofthe person to whom you are speaking. Ifin doubt, do not release informationwithout first verifying the validity of thecall by contacting the local Social Secu-rity office or Social Security’s toll-freenumber at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).

Another way to protect yourself is tokeep your Social Security card and

other important documents locked awayin a safe place. Do not give personalinformation to just anyone. Also, checkyour Social Security earnings record.You can request a Social Security State-ment online atwww.socialsecurity.gov/statement.When you receive your Statement in the

mail, you can verify the accuracy of thereported earnings and request a correc-tion if necessary.

If you’ve fallen victim to fraud oridentity theft, be sure to file a reportwith the local police or the policedepartment where the identity theft tookplace, and keep a copy of the policereport as proof of the crime. Informa-tion on how to prevent scams and pro-tect yourself can be found atwww.ftc.gov/idtheft. You can also readSocial Security’s publication, “IdentifyTheft And Your Social Security Num-ber,” available atwww.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10064.html and “Your Social Security Numberand Card,” available at www.socialse-curity.gov/pubs/10002.html.

Be alert when dealing with peoplewho want your personal information,such as your bank account number, dateof birth, and Social Security number. Byusing a little caution, you can protectyourself from scams.

Alan Edwards is a public affairs spe-cialist with Social Security in Oregon.

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The following was taken from apublished case, which occurred inMultnomah County.Mary had one child, Deborah.

Mary executed a will that left a sewing

machine, certain photos and a china cup toDeborah. The will further provided: “It ismy express intention that these items bethe total of the benefits left to my daughter... and she shall be specifically excluded

from anyother bene-fits of myestate.”

The willprovided thatthe remain-der of theestate wouldgo to thedecedent’shusband.There were no other provisions in the willregarding the remainder of the estate.

Some years later, Mary’s husband died.Several years after her husband died, Maryalso died without ever having revised herwill.

The personal representative of Mary’sestate proposed that the rest of the estateshould be distributed to Mary’s daughter,Deborah, under the laws of intestate suc-cession — the statutes that govern the dis-position of an estate when the will fails todo so. Mary’s brother, Daniel, objected,arguing that the rest of the estate should bedistributed to him. Litigation followed.

The case proceeded to the court ofappeals. The court of appeals discussed thelaws of intestate succession. Generally, ifthere is no surviving spouse, the estate is

distributed to the child or children of thedecedent. The court of appeals stated thatthe question in this case was whetherMary’s will, by expressing the intent thather daughter not receive the estate, “dis-posed of” that estate within the meaning ofthe statutes. The court stated that the willprovided that the estate would go toMary’s husband, but he predeceased her,and there was no other instruction as to thedisposition of the estate.

The will, in other words, did not “dis-pose of” the estate. It said nothing aboutwho would receive the estate in the eventMary’s husband died before Mary.Because the will did not effectively dis-pose of the estate, the court concluded thatthe laws of intestate succession dictatedthat the estate be distributed to Mary’sdaughter, Deborah.

Mary should have taken two actions.First, she should have ensured that her willprovided for what would be done if herhusband predeceased her. Second, follow-ing her husband’s death, Mary should havereviewed her will and made necessaryrevisions to clearly provide how she want-ed her estate to be distributed.

Bruce R. Coalwell is a Roseburg attorney.

RON POLLACKFor The Senior Times

Experts tell us the key to makingeffective New Year’s resolutionsis to make your goals realistic. Soif walking a mile is a challenge,

don’t tell yourself this is the year you’regoing to run a marathon. Instead, howabout something more attainable — some-thing that will serve you better in the longrun?

Let this be the year you take charge ofyour health. Thanks to the new health carelaw, Medicare can now help you do justthat. As of January 2011, most preventivecare covered by Medicare is now free: nodeductibles, no coinsurance. And Medicareis now covering a free annual physicalexam, or what they’re calling a “wellnessvisit.” These changes are good news foryour wallet — and for your health.

Here’s why: Medicare has always done a

pretty good job of covering you when youget sick. But it has not focused as much onkeeping you well. That’s because Medicarecovered doctors’ visits when you got sick,but oddly did not pay for your doctor totake the time to assess your health and talkwith you about staying healthy.

That approach is finally changing. If youhave traditional Medicare, you’re nowentitled to a free annual wellness visit (ifyou have a Medicare Advantage plan, yourcoverage is similar, but check with yourplan for details.) You can meet with yourprimary care doctor and go over your per-sonal and family history. You should sharewith your doctor a list of all the otherhealth professionals you see and all theprescriptions you take. Your doctor shouldtake your height, weight, blood pressure,other vital statistics, and check to see ifyou’re up-to-date with preventive screen-ings and measures such as vaccines andcancer screenings.

Make sure you take time to share what’s

on your mind and to develop a plan withyour doctor for preventing disease andimproving your health. What’s more,under the new law, you do not have to payout-of-pocket for most of the preventiveservices and screenings your doctor rec-ommends.

Some of these can literally save yourlife. Did you know that more than 40 per-cent of seniors do not get their recom-mended vaccine to prevent pneumonia —an illness that kills about 40,000 Ameri-cans each year? Other services have long-term benefits. Getting a mammogram orcolorectal cancer screening is nobody’sidea of a good time, but it’s a small priceto pay for finding cancer early, when it canbe treated more successfully.

And with the new health care law, theprice you pay for these tests and services isliterally zero. Of course, if you do get sick,Medicare will cover your doctors’ and hos-pital bills the same as it always has. Makesure you understand what’s covered and

what’s not, and how Medicare works withany secondary coverage you have (such asa Medigap policy), coverage from yourformer employer or Medicaid.

If you have questions, call Medicare at1-800-633-4227. You can ask for the nameand number of your local State HealthInsurance Counseling and Assistance Pro-gram, which offers free insurance counsel-ing to everyone with Medicare. Medicare’simproved preventive benefits might seemlike a small thing, but if seniors take fulladvantage of them, they can mean the dif-ference between sickness and health, andin some cases between life and death. Andwho knows? With the right advice fromyour doctor, by 2012, maybe you will beable to walk that mile or even run thatmarathon.

Ron Pollack is executive director ofFamilies USA.

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JUDYWATKINSFor The Senior Times

Irecently returned from an unbeliev-able train trip through CopperCanyon, Mexico. While the tourincluded more than just the train ride

through this fabulous terrain, I am onlydiscussing the Cooper Canyon excursion.

The Chihuahua-Pacifico Railroad wascompleted in 1961 after 90 years of con-struction — truly a modern marvel of engi-neering.

My Copper Canyon tour began in Tuc-son, Ariz., and then headed east, where wecrossed the border at Palomas, Mexico.From there we went South to CasasGrandes, Chihuahua and the CopperCanyon at Divisadero.

The highlight of our tour was Barrancadel Cobre, or the Copper Canyon. TheCopper Canyon is in the Sierra MadreMountains and its gorges are actuallymade up of six canyons. These are in totalarea four times that of the Grand Canyon.The series of canyons is about 370 mileslong and 150 miles wide.

The Grand Canyon is 4,674 feet at itsdeepest point, while the Copper Canyonsystem reaches 6,136 feet deep. Duringour visit in November, the weather at theCopper Canyon reached the mid-70s dur-

ing the day, but cooled off quickly to thelow 40s when the sun went down

A new tram in the Copper Canyon has

opened near Divisadero. At some pointsthe tram reaches 1,475 feet above theground. The two cabins can hold 60 pas-sengers each; the tram travels 1.7 miles toa station about 1,150 feet below.

Our tour group was the first group to usethe tram. I was passenger number 2,810since the tram opened. In addition to thetram, there are seven new zip-lines thatcover 1,700 to 3,600 feet each. The viewsfrom the tram and viewing station are trulybreathtaking. The landscape of the CopperCanyon is different because there are pineand spruce trees as well as oak and asheverywhere. The floor of the canyon hasbanana trees.

The Hotel Divisionadero at the rim ofthe canyon has an altitude of more than8,000 feet and the air is crisp and clean. Atthe Copper Canyon, the Tarahumara Indi-ans weave beautiful baskets from thegrasses that grow there. They walk many

miles every day to the hotels and train sta-tion to sell baskets to tourists.

The El Chepe Railroad goes through theCopper Canyon and was built to connectthe Texas border with the Pacific Ocean.This railroad was an engineering challengebecause of the difficult terrain.

The route climbs 8,000 feet to cross theContinental Divide. El Chepe Railroad has86 tunnels and 37 major bridges; thelongest tunnel is El Descanso at 5,966 feet.The first of two major bridges spans 984feet and is 295 feet above a river, the otheris 1,578 feet long and is 148 feet above theriver. On one section of the railroad thealtitude drops 5,000 feet is about 20 min-utes.

We rode the train from Divisadero to ElFuerte. The entire route takes fourteenhours, the portion that we rode was morethan 5 hours, but it included all the majortunnels, bridges and hairpin turns.

Two trains travel this route daily. Thefirst one is a first-class train with a bar anddining car. The second, the economy train,follows about an hour later. It has no frillsand is about half the cost.

We took the first-class train. On our traintrip the landscape changed from highmountains with pine trees to cactus- cov-ered desert.

At Palomas we had our first sighting ofthe big iron fence separating the U.S. fromMexico. There were huge lights every fewfeet along the fence line. While our guidetook care of our paperwork we observedthe activity around us.

From the Copper Canyon we went Northagain to El Fuerte and San Carlos andcrossed the border again in Nogales beforereturning to Tucson and home.

On much of our trip the landscape washigh desert with a rim of mountains in thefar distance. The land was desolate withmiles and miles of cactus of several vari-eties. Once in a while a lone windmill pro-vided enough water for a few cows.

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We grade-school girls accepted the factthat we would wear long underwear. Wrap-ping the lower edge of the garment legaround my ankle and holding it with onehand, I had to use a special effort to pullup the full-length, black cotton stockingwith the other hand.

Also, getting dressed required that Istruggle into long shoulder straps sewn toa loose waistband containing garters forthe purpose of holding up those stockings.Black satin underpants, often sewn athome, were added to the dressing process,followed by lowering a one-piece, whitepetticoat over my head. Finally, a long-sleeved dress completed the ensemble.

Advancing to high school, we rejectedthe long underwear, using hose that stillneeded to be held up with garters. Or wewore bobby socks, revealing bare calves.With our developing figures, calf-lengthskirts and several blouses were a substitutefor school dresses. A cotton slip replacedthe petticoat. Gym classes required a one-piece, bloomer-type covering that showedour knees.

Long ago it was thought risqué to showankles. Today there is freedom to revealthe full leg. Along the way we adoptedmen’s trousers, moving the dress to theback of the closet. That is where mine isnow.

Laura Kruse is a regular columnist forThe Senior Times.


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A diabetes support group will meet from1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 4 at Mercy CommunityEducation Center’s Room 1, 2459 StewartParkway, Roseburg. The group meets thefirst Tuesday of each month.


Memory and Alzheimersupport groups meet

The Memory Care Support Group willmeet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at theMercy Community Education Center’sRoom 3, 2459 Stewart Parkway. Informa-tion: 541-464-5600. The support groupmeets the first Wednesday of each month.

The Alzheimer’s Support Group willmeet from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 18 atCallahan Court Memory Care Community,1770 N.W. Valley View Drive, Roseburg.For information and to register, call 541-673-3900. The support group meets on the

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ty Program Team is offering several two-day classes in the Roseburg area duringJanuary. The driver safety course isdesigned for drivers aged 50 and older,however, younger people may also takethe course.

The fee for the course is $14. AARPmembers will receive a $2 discount. Ore-gon law requires all auto insurance carriersto offer a discount on premiums to quali-fied graduates, aged 55 and older, ofapproved courses such as the AARP DriverSafety Program. To graduate, a participantmust attend both four-hour classes.

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• Noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 19 and 20 atMercy Community Education Center,2459 Stewart Parkway, Roseburg. Instruc-tors are Gene and Trish Keller. 541-679-9571.

• Noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 24 and 25 at LinusOaks, 2665 Van Pelt Blvd., Roseburg. Theinstructor is “CJ” Jekofsky. 541-677-4800.

• Noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 27 and 28 in Room4 at Oakland City Hall, 637 Locust St.Oakland. Bette Keehley will be theinstructor. Call 541-679-9571.

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Dear Reader,I didn’t cut up olives and putthem on my deviled eggs theother night. It’s a start. A tiny

start, yes. An absurd start in some peoples’minds, perhaps, but it’s a reminder to methat if I cut out some things here and there,even little things like slicing up olives,those little things add up, and there will bemore time to enjoy time with my family.

It’s rare that I don’t serve deviled eggs

with every family meal. I did so the othernight, when I’d invited my family over forone of my eat-and-run dinners, (eat andrun is literal — enjoy a great meal andafter you finish dessert, say goodbye andout the door you go.)

I realized that by simply making thedecision not to slice up olives, it was ahuge step in my plan to do less cooking,cleaning and primping and instead spendmore time with my family, creating mem-

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will people think?What did my son think when he popped

a deviled egg, without a sliced olive, intohis mouth? “Mm-mm, good. These eggsare great, Mom.”

Maybe it’s the start of a new tradition?Thanks for reading with me. It’s so good

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I grew up in that chair. My sisters and I

used to argue over who got to sit in it whenit wasn’t occupied by an adult. I think Iheld my own in those spats. From the timeI learned to read in the first grade until myearly teens, I was a bookworm. I wouldread from two to four books each week. Iwould get a book, plunk myself down inthe old rocker and sometimes stay there forhours, reading.

You can’t sit in one spot for long with-out changing position. I used every sittingposition possible in that chair. Both feet onthe floor, feet and legs draped crosswaysover the arms, lying with my back on theseat and my legs sticking up over the chairback.

Over the years the old chair took a beat-

ing. The wooden frames for the arms cameloose, the leather cracked and worethrough, the little buttons securing theleather to the frame’s back came off anddisappeared. The rockers saw thousands ofmiles of wear.

The old chair’s upholstery got so bad thestuffing was coming out of it. So Momdecided to have it recovered. She chosegreen Naugahyde, which was all the rageat that time. Eventually, I fell heir to therocker. It kept getting a little more ricketyall the time, with broken arms and splittingplastic. Finally, I took it to a furniturerepair shop and had it completely restored— although the covering is high-qualityimitation leather. Its arms continue to

beckon me with warmth and good cheer.One day, many years ago, I baby-sat my

grandson, Sam, who was about a year old.I confess I was a little apprehensive atfirst, so I walked around with Sam in myarms. After a while he started gettingheavy, so we sat down in the old rockingchair. Sam began to relax and nestledagainst me with his face against my shoul-der. There we sat, heart to heart, moving tothe gentle motion of the old rocker. Lifewas good. I wish my dad could have beenthere.

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Book signings are fun, but one wasespecially interesting to merecently as a genealogist. BonnieLeon was signing “Touching the

Clouds,” thefirst book inher newAlaskanseries. Longa friend andfan of Bon-nie’s books, Iwanted anautographedcopy as a giftfor my hus-band, wholearned to fly in Alaska.

While talking with Bonnie I overheardthe author at the next table mention familyhistory. It was Ann Shorey from Sutherlin.I asked about her books and was interestedto learn that both the books she was sign-ing were fictionalized accounts of womenin her family.

I bought “At Home,” the first book inher in Beldon Grove series. Later, I readabout the author in the back of the book. Ilike to do this because knowing moreabout the author makes the book’s wordsmore meaningful to me. I became moreinterested when I read, “After completinga narrative family history in 1998, Annrealized she had uncovered a treasure troveof inspiration, and turned to fiction as away to put that inspiration to good use.”

Most of us who do family historyuncover interesting stories that we feelwould make great reading for others. Thedifference is that some authors like Anncan weave the facts together with fictionand come up with an enjoyable and believ-able historical fiction.

Ann told me about her mother, LethaLillie Kirk Matot, who had collected mem-oirs of her family for many years. She hadhoped to write a family history but nevermanaged to do it. Ann discovered all of itafter her mother’s death and decided towrite it herself.

“A Great Cloud of Witnesses” is a trib-ute to the men and women who gracedAnn’s ancestry. Ann says, “In researchingthrough old family reminiscences, I real-ized that our nation’s history was lived byour ancestors and told through their first-hand account. With names and dates in

hand, I sought to verify all of the material.Each new discovery was accompanied bythe excitement of saying, ‘This is true! Myancestors actually saw this happen.’ So thefinal form began to take shape a history ofour nation told in the segments representedin family accounts.”

Her family’s story in America began inVirginia and pushed westward to Oregon.She has the account of her fourth-great-grandfather, William Tong, who wrote hismemoirs in 1844 and dedicated them to his26 children. James Kirk, her grandfather,recorded their family’s move across theUnited States with mules and wagonswhen he was a lad of 12.

One story I enjoyed hearing was aboutAnn’s great-grandmother, who survived awinter in a tent in Montana. Ann spokeabout her family narrative being likened toa tapestry made up of different yarns toform a picture. Then she says, “What themen have done in settling the country is apart of the picture that is easily seen.Underneath, holding the whole thingtogether, have been the women.”

Her first book, titled “The Edge ofLight,” is the fictionalized account of agreat-great-aunt whose real name wasMary Harrison Crain (Molly in the book.)This story begins in 1838 and tells of abrave young woman who fights to keepher family together after a tragedy strikesthem.

“The Promise of Morning” tells aboutEllie, the sister-in-law who is actuallyAnn’s great-great-grandmother, HarrietEliza Tong Crain. This story begins inMarch 1846 in Beldon Grove, Ill., andopens on a cemetery scene where Ellie isvisiting the graves of three of her infantchildren.

The last book, “The Dawn of a Dream,”will come out in April. It is the most fic-tionalized and will feature Luellen, who isthe daughter of Molly, the protagonist ofthe first book.

Beverly Wellington is the director of theRoseburg Family History Center. Classeswill start again this month. For informa-tion, check the What’s Happening page inthe Currents section of The News Review,or call the center at 541-672-1237.Wellington can be reached [email protected].

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“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey no

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At 45, DeEtte Sauer was a deadwoman walking.She was morbidly obese, her heartdisease so serious a doctor warned

her to expect “an event at any time.” Eatenup by her marketing career, struggling toraise three kids, she smoked, drank andnever, ever exercised.

Sauer remembers a vacation when — at5-foot-5 and 230 pounds — she couldn’tmake it onto a small boat for a day out withher family. “That’s when it hit me. I was anelected cripple. I had done it to myself.”

She got busy, slowly shedding the weightthrough sensible eating and exercise. Shebegan to walk around her Houston neigh-borhood, then she discovered the pool. Now69, the woman who once had a supermomcomplex is a competitive, medal-winningsenior swimmer.

“It literally saved my life,” Sauer said,adding that her best event is the butterfly —a stroke she learned at age 62.

To trainers with lots of clients wellbeyond 50, Sauer is the holy grail, some-body who works hard and efficiently, takingcare to avoid injury while maintaining moti-vation, strength and endurance through care-ful workouts. Getting fit later in life is onething, they said, but staying that way at 60,70 and 80 is another.

“Going from running to walking, goingfrom the treadmill to the elliptical as weage. It can be really frustrating, mentallydebilitating,” said Chris Freytag, a yoga andPilates instructor and contributing fitnesseditor for Prevention magazine.

Back, hips, knees, balance, cardio — allcan be trouble spots and big blows to a posi-tive attitude for seniors, said Freytag and fit-ness expert Denise Austin, who was JackLaLanne’s sidekick on television and wenton to her own workout shows, DVDs andbooks. At 53, she has a new book out in Jan-uary, “Get Energy!”

Pilates and yoga are great ways to staystrong and flexible beyond 50 because bothcan be easily modified, the experts said.

“I’m into the core as you age,” Austinsaid. “Your spine is your lifeline. Keep ithealthy, keep it strong. As we age we loseflexibility and it’s really important to ourtendons and ligaments to stay pliable andkeep all the fluids in our joints going.”

She suggests increasing floor work to takepressure off the knees. Can’t touch your toesanymore? Use an elastic band for the samestretch, or to replace weight training thatmight grow dangerous.

Taking the time to stretch, to reopen jointsand muscles after a workout, is increasinglyimportant as we age — particularly crucialat 60, 70 or older, Freytag said. “The lowerback and hip flexors get really tight. Thetwo are correlated. What I tell people is youare no longer able to skip stretching after aworkout.”

Freytag recommends at least five to 10minutes of stretching after a workout, whenthe muscles are warm. “Back when we wereyounger we could skip it.”

Warming up BEFORE a workout is key

to balance. For running seniors, Austin sug-gests five minutes of walking before gettinginto a gradual run, or intervals of walkingand running.

“It’s very important as you age to changeit up more, to surprise your muscles andwork them differently,” she said.

Runners may need to balance workoutswith more strength training and stretching toavoid hip and knee problems, adding musclework for the abs so important for balanceand flexibility. Add five minutes of strengthtraining and five minutes of stretching,Austin suggests.

“Really concentrate on the center of yourbody. Your core. It is truly the powerhouseof your body. It affects how you walk, yourflexors, it protects your back. That’s whyPilates is great.”

Balance issues don’t have to put an end tostaying fit. Work out in a chair or use one tolean on if you’re feeling unsteady. “There’sa ton you can do in a chair,” Freytag said.“In a gym, there’s a huge trend toward func-tional training, meaning doing things thatkind of mimic the functionality of yourdaily activities.”

Standing on a dome-shaped Bosu ball, forexample. “You’re creating your own passiverange of motion, whereas a machine in agym is a fixed range of motion,” she said.

Freytag called balance a “use it or lose it”proposition. “There are so many classes atgyms for folks over 60,” she said. “Thebiggest thing for people who are athletesalready is to keep positive and just thinkabout the fact that you're going to trainsmarter. You’re not going to stop. It’s justthat you have to change.”

With heart disease stalking both men andwomen, aging doesn't have to mean the endto a decent cardio workout. Riding a bicycleis easier on the hips than running, forinstance. Trim back on running to a coupleof days a week and supplement on the bike.

“You can get on a bike and spin likeheck,” Freytag said. “You can still push

yourself as hard as you would have but withless pain.”

For runners who can’t bring themselves togive it up, run slower, walk and run, orcross-train. She suggests cardio work fourdays a week but only at high energy twice inthat period. Dancing is also a good way to

get the heart rate up, Austin said. “Itchanges movements and it changes yourmuscle twitchings.”

At 93, Esther Robinson wouldn’t give upher life of fitness for anything. Active all herlife, she still hits her local gym (“I like tobench press”), but dancing is something shecan enjoy with others.

“When I was 60 or something, I got intosquare dancing,” the great-grandmothersaid. “I like the music and the movement ofit.”

Take a page from Sauer’s story and hit thepool. “Swimming is easy on the joints.You’ll keep your love of sports.” Robinsonalso loves to swim.

Sauer didn’t start training hard until 11years ago. She knew how to splash around,keep from drowning, but “I never had aswim lesson in my life, nothing.”

She showed up for her first session at ahealth club with a 23-year-old instructor“and I couldn’t make it across the pool. Iwanted to quit. I felt stupid,” but he would-n’t let her give up.

“I’m stronger than I ever was at 45. I’mfaster,” said Sauer, who competes in theNational Senior Games and U.S. MastersSwimming events.

Sauer said her 78-year-old husband is alsoextremely fit. At a water park with theirgrandson they spotted no seniors at the topof a water slide five flights up.

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Ratherthan boreyou withstories ofwalkingfive milesin the snow to school or trying to figureout why this generation needs less timein the classroom, let’s agree that schoolcuts, closures and 30 percent dropoutrates are indicators of a serious, escalat-ing problem with the education systemin this country.

For the past 10 years, school hoursand days have been cut. Does it makesense to cut teaching time while studentscores in reading, math and science arebelow standard?

Here are some sobering statistics fromthe National Assessment of EducationProgress. More than 67 percent of allU.S. fourth-graders read below gradelevel. Twenty six percent of eighthgraders and 27 percent of twelfth gradersscored below the basic reading level. Inmath, U.S. high school students current-ly rank 25th out of 30 countriesassessed.

No make-up tests or extra creditassignments will change this as ournation fails the test of leaving no childbehind. Your first thought may be thatwe need more money for schools.

“Education Myths” author Jay Greenedisagrees. “If money were the solution,the problem would already be solved.We’ve doubled per-pupil spending,adjusting for inflation, over the last 30years, and yet schools aren’t better,”Greene says.

In April 2009, Education Week report-ed that scores had indeed remained stag-nant since the 1970s and that studentachievement has shown little if anychange. And yet spending on educationhas increased more than 100 percentsince 1971. For once, it isn’t about themoney.

Ben Chavis, former public schoolprincipal, now runs an alternative charterschool in Oakland, Calif., that spendsthousands of dollars less per student thanarea public schools. His take on publicschool funding is quite different. “Thatis the biggest lie in America. They wastemoney,” says Chavis.

Chavis spends less money per studentwhile paying his teachers more than thepublic schools do. Chavis is an involved

principal and shows up at every class-room, using small rewards as incentivesfor attendance. The small steps have cre-ated a big improvement over the pastfour years. With his middle schooldemonstrating the highest test scores inthe city, Chavis has brought his schoolranking from the worst in Oakland,Calif., to the best.

Geoffery Canada is another exampleof taking the education bull by the horns.His work with Harlem Children’s Zoneactively follows the education and aca-demic careers of youth in a 24-blockarea of Harlem. The success of Canada’swork has expanded to include 97 blocks.Profiled in New York Magazine, the“Today Show” and the Education Sum-mit in September 2010, Geoffrey Cana-da’s work provides a holistic approachby creating a sense of community amongfamilies and children. Canada promisesto follow the student’s progress throughcollege, offering students the resourcesto succeed.

“If a student doesn’t show up forschool, someone is knocking on theirdoor to find out why,” says Canada.Socioeconomic status does not indicate achild’s outcome. It is possible to changestudent trajectory through education. Byenlisting parents and students to committhemselves to a positive educational out-come, Canada finds the high energy pro-duces an attitude of doing what it takesand results in success rather than contin-ued failure.

So what can be done? Place an effec-tive teacher in front of students and giveschool systems local control over thehiring and firing of teachers and admin-istrators. As taxpayers, we must demandan environment that focuses on learningrather than competition or test-taking.

California spends five times more onthe prison system than on education.There is something very wrong with thispicture. Are you mad as hell and ready todo something about it? Here are few asimple steps.

Add your name to a pledge at Stu-dentsFirst.org — a national organizationfounded by Michelle Rhee, renownededucation advocate. Spread the wordwithin your community, your book club,church, family and friends. Read moreabout the educational crisis, write a letterto your congressional representativedemanding action and attend localschool board meetings.

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Bereavement support meetings

The Bereavement Support Group willmeet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 and 25 inthe Main Building Chapel at Linus Oakes,2665 N.W. Van Pelt Blvd., Roseburg.Information: 541-677-2384. The supportgroup meets the second and fourth Tues-days of each month.

A Bereavement Support Group luncheonwill be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan.12 at Karen’s Coffee Cup, 2445 NE Dia-mond Lake Blvd., Roseburg. Call 541-677-2384 for more information.

The Grief Support Group will meet onMonday, Jan. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., inConference Room C, Mercy Medical Cen-ter, 2700 Stewart Parkway, Roseburg. Formore information call 541-677-4810.

Senior exercise scheduleThe City of Roseburg Parks & Recre-

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There is no time commitment oradvance registration. The new programoffers older adults an opportunity to social-ize while enjoying a light exercise routine.Participants will warm up with somestretching, followed by light exercise andwalking. The class will close with stretch-ing and a cool-down period. Participants

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• 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Wal-mart, Roseburg.

For more information call 541-6774464.

Volunteers neededThe Citizen Review Board in Douglas

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Some of the medical and healthmemos that come across my deskrequire hours of deciphering inorder to get to their core messages.

Other commu-nications areconcise — soto the point,they just needto be printed,read, and it’shoped, takento heart bymy readers.Examples canbe found inthe following reports:

• A study from the University of Naples,Italy, has reported that when dietary saltintake was cut in half, there was a 23 per-cent lower rate of stroke as well as a sub-stantial reduction in total heart disease.

• The New England Journal of Medicine

has noted that because we are smokingless, there will be a gain in life expectancyover the next decade, but it will be measur-ably offset by our increasing obesity.

• On the same subject, researchers at theUniversity of Pittsburgh have publishedresults of studies revealing that even themost severely obese adults can benefitfrom a lifestyle intervention that combinesdietary restriction with exercise.

• The Intermountain Medical Center inUtah has cautioned that 90 percent of thebest-selling herbal/dietary supplements(often taken without a health careprovider’s knowledge) can adversely inter-act with warfarin (Coumadin), the antico-agulant drug taken daily by more than 1.5million folks.

• From the Archives of Internal Medi-cine: Older adults who cut back on socialactivities measurably increased their risksof age-related disability and death, com-pared with their more socially active peers.

• That same publication has reported that

regular exercise can help stave off the cog-nitive and physical impairments of agingthat many people dread more than death.The ability to walk unassisted, to performdaily tasks independently, the avoidance ofmajor chronic disease, and an overall goodquality of life all were more prevalent inthose who exercised at least three times aweek.

• The U.S. Centers for Disease and Pre-vention has pointed out that nearly half ofcolorectal and cervical cancers and a thirdof breast cancers in the United States arediagnosed in the late stages, even thoughscreening tests are available to detect themearly.

• The Journal of the American Collegeof Cardiology has maintained that ifsmokers quit before they have a heartattack, they reduce their mortality risk by50 percent. If they quit entirely after theirheart attack, they reduced it by 37 percent;if they cut out just five cigarettes a dayafter their heart attacks, they decreased it

by 18 percent. • Regular tooth brushing could help

stave off cardiovascular disease, accordingto researchers at the University College,London. People who rarely or neverbrushed their teeth were 70 percent morelikely to have a heart attack or other seri-ous effect of cardiovascular disease.

• Doctors at Harvard Medical Schoolhave reported that if we have neversmoked, maintain a normal weight, arephysically active at least three and a halfhours a week, and eat a healthful diet, wedrop our risk of diabetes by 93 percent, ourrisk of having a heart attack by 81 percent,our risk of suffering a stroke by 50 per-cent, and our overall risk of cancer by 36percent.

Simple is often good, isn’t it?

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in health education and isa certified health education specialist.

Simple medical reports hold useful medical statistics

Gloria MayNurse News

SSEENNIIOORRSHORTS

“The most called-upon prerequisite of afriend is an accessible ear.”

— MAYA ANGELOU


For me January comes as a relief from all thehustle-bustle of the holiday season. The tree isdown, most of the strings of lights are putaway, and the rich food is gone. Now is the

time for some simple soup to warm the soul.For some, making a pot of soup means devoting an

entire day to the process ofmaking the broth fromscratch, browning themeats, chopping andsautéing the vegetables. Ineed a soup that is relative-ly quick to fix as well asdelicious.

I think I found theanswer in Pittsburgh Wed-ding Soup, published in abooklet by Cook’s Illus-trated “Soup and Stews.”This recipe is basically aclear broth soup with meatballs, greens and pasta.Sounds perfect!

While reading the recipe I couldn’t help but makesome tweaks to make it a bit more heart-healthy. Iguess that is the cardiac rehabilitation dietitian in me.I teach these techniques to my patients and in mycooking classes. And I’ll tell you how to put thosesame techniques to work with this soup.

I lowered the fat content of the recipe by using 1percent milk in place of whole milk, and by changingthe type of ground meat. The original recipe calls for a“meatloaf mixture” for making the meatballs. Typi-cally, that is a mix of ground beef, ground pork, andground veal. All those meats are high in fat, especiallythe heart-clogging kind of fat called saturated fat. Oneof the dilemmas about fat is that it is also the part ofmeat that makes it taste so good.

So, in order to strike a balance between heart-healthand flavor, I add a bit of ground beef to the groundturkey or chicken when making the meatballs. Anoth-er trick is to add a mixture of bread softened with milkto the meatball mixture to add moisture. Just break upa piece of bread (yes, it can be whole wheat) in asmall bowl, drizzle the milk over it and let it soak.Then, scrunch the milk-soaked bread in your hand asyou add it to the meatball mixture for extra juiciness.

To lower the sodium level of the soup, I cut theamount of salt in the meatballs from 3/4 teaspoon to1/4 teaspoon. The broth, seasonings and red pepperflakes flavor the soup nicely. Also, make sure to use alow-sodium chicken broth when making this soup.For flavor, I prefer the box-style quart containers ofbroth over the canned broth. Another product is areduced-sodium bouillon called Better Than Bouillonchicken base that makes a decent broth with just 350mg of sodium per cup. Of course, making your ownhomemade chicken broth is another option — if youhave the time.

Have a wonderful new year and enjoy!

Nancy Goodale-Graham is a registered dietitian atthe Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute in Spring-field.

A satisfying soup for the new year that doesn’t take all day

NancyGoodale-Graham

Nutrition

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Meatballs:2 slices hearty whole wheat sandwich bread, torn

into pieces1/2 cup 1 percent milk1 egg yolk1 ounce (about 1/3 cup) freshly grated Parmesan

cheese3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley1 teaspoon minced garlic1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper1/2 teaspoon dried oregano1/2 pound lean ground beef1/2 pound ground turkey breastSoup:1 tablespoon olive oil2 teaspoon minced garlic1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes3 quarts low-sodium chicken broth1 large bunch kale or Swiss chard, washed and

stemmed, leaves chopped1 cup uncooked orzo3 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

For the meatballs: Using a potato masher or fork, mash bread and

milk in a large bowl until smooth. Add remainingingredients, except the meat, and mash to combine.Add meat and knead by hand until well combined.Using a melon baller, form the meat mixture intosmall meatballs about the size of the end of yourthumb. You should have about 55 meatballs. Placethe meatballs on a rimmed baking pan; cover withplastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 30minutes. Note: meatballs can be made up to 24hours in advance.

For the soup:Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-

high heat until shimmering. Add garlic and red pep-per flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.Add broth and bring to a boil. Stir in kale and simmeruntil softened, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in meatballsand pasta, reduce heat to medium, and simmer untilmeatballs are cooked through and pasta is tender,about 10 minutes. Stir in parsley. Serve.

Makes about eight servings.Per 1/8th serving: 250 calories; 6 grams fat; 2

grams saturated fat; 22 grams carbohydrate; 25grams protein; 3 grams fiber; 760 milligrams sodi-um.

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Top: Garlic is always tasty in broth-based souprecipes. Left, above: Orzo and kale completethe Italian meatball soup, making it a meal.

The News-Review, Senior Times Roseburg Oregon, Monday, January 3, 2011

Ilike to make New Year’s resolutions,set goals, make plans and lists. Iknow all of this sounds Pollyanna-ish, but

I was bornthis way.For 26 yearsof my lifebefore I wasmarried, myname wasGloria GayJolley. For-tunately, Iinheritedfrom my father, Leonard Jolley (born in1904 in a tiny hamlet in southern Utah,weighing in at 3 pounds and joyfully liv-ing 97 years), not only his surname, butalso a generally optimistic outlook onlife.

So in the spirit of new beginnings, Ishare with you my 2011 resolutions.

• I will to go to bed early on NewYear’s Eve so I can get up bright andearly and spend New Year’s Day hikingwith my favorite outdoors partners.

• I will spend a good part of January’sdark, rainy Oregon days in Costa Rica,kayaking, hiking, zip-lining across ver-dant canyons, horseback riding, bodysurfing and basking on the beach in ahammock strung between two palmtrees and sipping chilled lemonade.

• I will not bungee jump headfirst orskydive.

• I will watch “Globe Trekker” onTV whether I am home or not.

• I will add at least two newcountries, Ivory Coast andBotswana, to my favorite interna-

tional destination — Africa. • I will arrive in Salt Lake City and

Washington, D.C., in time for the birth oftwo more grandbabies — numbers sevenand eight.

• I will visit my favorite domestic des-tination — New York City — at leasttwice, and see as many Broadway showsas humanly possible in the days I amthere.

• I will laugh until I cry and my stom-ach hurts.

• I will continue to shop for travelclothing at Goodwill Industries and Sal-vation Army stores.

• I will be honored to escort the Rose-burg Concert Chorale and SWOCC Com-munity Choir to London for performanc-es and adventure.

• I will be even more grateful for theabsolutely charmed life I am able to lead,and for the people in it.

• I will find someone who has a motor-cycle with a sidecar and go for a spin.

There is a bright pink one inmy daughter’s neighborhoodin Salt Lake City. Next visitI am knocking on the doorand asking for a ride.

• I will figure out how todownload books on CD tothe new iPod I got forChristmas so I can listen torecorded books while onlong plane flights.

• I will eat gelato at leasttwice daily when in Italy, asmuch European cheese andchocolate as I can and Mid-dle Eastern food wheneverpossible.

• I will celebrate 40 yearsof marriage with my favoriteperson. Any place togetherwould be great, but I thinkhe has selected Sicily.

• I will continue to savorevery opportunity to treas-ure old friends and makenew ones of all sizes, ages,shapes colors and interestsaround the world, and in myhometown of Roseburg.

• I will not stress over body scans orpat-downs at airports. It just isn’t that bigof a deal.

• Finally, I will keep sharing what Ilearn from the world with those who careto read about it.

Gloria Johnson is director of Umpquabank Club Carefree, whose memberstravel the world. She can be reached [email protected].

Be it hereby resolved – she’s living life to the fullest

Gloria JohnsonAround the World

With a National Institute ofHealth-supported study, bloodtest in symptom-free volunteers

links levels of specific protein with betaamyloid deposits, scientists are seekingways to detect the earliest stages ofAlzheimer’s disease, since harmfulchanges may be taking place in the brainyears before symptoms appear. Now,researchers report that a blood test detect-ing a specific protein in blood samplesfrom cognitively normal older people mayreflect the levels of beta-amyloid proteinin the brain — a hallmark of the disease.

The findings may eventually lead to ablood test that helps predict risk forAlzheimer’s disease and who may be agood candidate for participating in clinicaltrials. Madhav Thambisetty of the Intra-mural Research Program at the National

Institute on Aging, part of the NIH, wasthe lead author on the study with collabo-rators from the Institute of Psychiatry atKing’s College, London, and the Depart-ment of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Uni-versity, Baltimore. The study appears inthe Dec. 20, 2010, issue of the Journal ofAlzheimer’s Disease.

“Recent advances in imaging and bio-markers that help track the onset and pro-gression of Alzheimer’s disease showpromise for early detection of the diseaseprocess, and for tracking the effectivenessof early interventions,” said NIA DirectorRichard J. Hodes. “This is critically impor-tant in streamlining and conducting trialsmore efficiently so that we can find outabout possible therapies that much soon-er.”

Using proteomics technology, a methodof studying hundreds of proteins from a

small blood sample, the researchers ana-lyzed blood samples of 57 older and symp-tom-free volunteers to determine whetherspecific proteins were associated withamyloid burden in the brain. They meas-ured brain amyloid using positron emis-sion tomography scans.

The volunteers are participating in theNIA’s Baltimore Longitudinal Study ofAging, America’s longest-running scientif-ic study of human aging.

The researchers found the amount of aspecific protein called apolipoprotein E inthe blood samples was strongly associatedwith the level of beta amyloid in the brain.Those with high blood levels of the proteinhad significantly greater deposits of amy-loid in the medial temporal lobe, theregion of the brain important to memoryfunction.

“These results are especially intriguingas this protein is made by the APOE gene,the most robust genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s,” Thambisetty said.Late-onset Alzheimer’s is the most com-mon form of the disease and occurs aroundage 65 or later.

He now plans to test these findings inserial blood samples collected every yearin BLSA volunteers to determine howchanging blood levels of ApoE proteinmay relate to pathological changes in thebrain over time.

“If the results are equally positive, wemay be able to develop a blood test thatprovides a less invasive, inexpensivemethod that helps to detect the early patho-logical changes of Alzheimer’s disease,”he said.

— National Institute of Health

Promise shown in early detection of Alzheimer’s

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Traditional New Year’s resolutions – traveling, appreciating life, learning new things – areoptimistic ways to start off 2011.

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