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EncoreFormerly The Senior Times

February 2012

Zoom-zoom-Zumba!Zoom-zoom-Zumba!

Dance party-styleworkout good for theheart and brain alike

Dance party-styleworkout good for theheart and brain alike

–The News-Review, Encore Roseburg Oregon, Monday, February 6, 2012

TRICIAJONESEncore

WINSTON — It’s a mid-January night, and apunishing winter stormis forecast to arrive

within hours. Yet all three doors of the Cub Cafe-

teria at Brockway Elementary Schoolare propped wide to usher in every bitof glacial air. Despite the draft and awhirring fan or two, the cafeteria’sinterior is hot, hot, hot.

That would be the mood rather thanthe temperature. This is Zumba night,and some 50 bodies are pumping andvaulting to music set at a sternum-pounding volume.

Instructor Meg Burnham is sparingin the commands she issues duringlunges and shimmies. Most of her

directions are silent and spirited. But afew require vocalization.

“Horse!” she cries, whipping herarm in a simulated lasso. “Big A!” isfollowed by a spring into a pose thatresembles the first letter of the alpha-bet.

The class echoes with the odd“Whoo-hoo!” and a trilled “Brrrrr-ah-ha-ha!”

At one point, participants form twofacing lines and make hammeringmotions punctuated by “Hey! Hey!Hey!”

This is not a class for the listless. That said, participants claim that

one of the beauties of Zumba is thatit’s as vigorous as you want to makeit. Having a low-wattage night? It’sOK to amp down a notch or two.

“It can be intense, but you put in as

much as you want out of it,” said 58-year-old Kathy James of Winston,who likes to bring hand-held weightsto increase her upper-body strength.“Some people jump around a lot;some don’t. You make it work to fityou, not the other way around.”

Although Zumba is most often asso-ciated with fast-moving Latin-inspiredmusic, it does incorporate other genresand slower rhythms. Primarily an aer-obic exercise, it includes resistancetraining as well in the form of lungesand squats.

Anyone turned off by organizedexertion should be aware that Zumbais structured less like a boot camp andmore like a dance party. And the guestlist can be quite diverse.

Zoom-zoom-Zumba!

Dance party-style workout good for the heart and brain alike

Tresa Flowers ofWinston, 62, saysZumba and other

class-format work-outs appeal to herbecause she has

to get out of the ofthe house to get

moving. Besides,‘it’s fun,’ she says.

MICHAELSULLIVAN

The News-Review

“Some peoplejump around a lot;some don’t. You

make it work to fityou, not the other

way around.

Kathy JamesWinston

” Please see ZUMBA, page 3

Burnham, a 42-year-old Winchester resi-dent, said her students range from teensand 20-something moms seeking to losebaby weight to boomers with leg warmersand white hair. One of her classes had a12-year-old and a 90-year-old.

The Brockway Elementary group is oneof two Burnham is teaching this yearthrough Umpqua Community College’scommunity education program.

Dillard-area resident Pam Moore, aschool bus driver, said she likes the classdemographic. It’s her favorite activity out-side the house, she said.

“One reason why I enjoy it so much is itreminds me of my youth. I spent a lot oftime in dance classes as a young woman,”said Moore, 55. “I don’t get tired, and Meggives us so much energy.”

Canyonville resident Dan Copeland hasbeen taking Zumba classes in South Coun-ty for about a year for cardiovascularhealth. A survivor of two triple-bypass sur-geries, the 70-year-old Copeland said hecan’t handle the boredom of a treadmill.But he likes to dance, and he said Zumbahas strengthened his back and boosted hisenergy.

He recommends that other men sign upfor Zumba to “save their lives.”

“Men don’t move like women, but itdoesn’t matter. It helps every part of yourbody, because you’re using your arms andlegs and getting up your heart rate,” hesaid.

Burnham said one of Zumba’s distinc-tive features is the repetition of movement.There are about four to six dance steps,with little verbal cuing. “So if you hear,‘She’ll be comin’ round the mountain,’ youknow to do a jumping jack,” Burnhamsaid.

That makes Zumba particularly good forolder people because it reinforces mind-body memory, according to Burnham. Per-haps equally important, she said, is theeffort a good instructor will make to createan atmosphere in which students don’t feeljudged.

“If you’re on your left leg, it doesn’tmatter if someone else is on their right,”she said. “We want people to walk awayfeeling successful.”

Participant Connie Johnston, a 62-year-old switchboard operator for RoseburgForest Products, has herself taught varioustypes of fitness classes for about 25 years.She lauds Zumba for its accessibility.

“As an instructor, you have to reach outto people for all different levels of abilityand health issues, and this is an exerciseyou can do even if you’ve never done itbefore,” she said. “No matter what skilllevel you are, you can participate.”

Burnham likes to add a social aspect towhat she calls her Zumba community. Sheselects themes for each class cycle andplans fund drives to benefit schools ornonprofit groups. This term, she’s arrang-ing a “high-jeans” dress-up night, a play

on words to raise money forhygiene items to be distrib-uted by an agency assistingthe homeless.

The fun-fellowship blendgives yet another dimensionto Burnham’s classes, whichon one recent night stretchedbeyond 60 minutes to includesquats, abs and a cool-downperiod. As she prepared togear down, Burnham demon-strated an abdominal move-ment she wanted students todo slowly, and therefore moreefficiently.

“Why is this hard?” sheasked, prompting a mur-mured response from theback.

“Wait a minute. Did I justhear, ‘Because we’re old?’ ”Burnham said, exaggeratingher disbelief. “Come on, now.You’re killing me.”

You can reach Encore Edi-tor Tricia Jones at 541-957-4216 or [email protected].

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Zumba:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

Zumba classesZumba classes are available in various

places around Douglas County. This listisn’t comprehensive, as Zumba sessionstend to pop up all over with little fanfare.

Check with individual sites for dates,times and prices.

The following classes are offeredthrough Umpqua Community College’scommunity education program and areoffered at various times throughout theyear. For information or to register, call541-440-7650.

Brockway Elementary School, 2520Brockway Road, Winston

Eastwood Elementary School, 2550S.E. Waldon Ave., Roseburg

Glide High School, 18990 N. UmpquaHighway

Roseburg Armory, 111 General Ave.South Umpqua High School, 501 N.W.

Chadwick Lane, Myrtle CreekSunnyslope Elementary School, 2230

Cannon Ave., Roseburg Sutherlin Middle School, 649 E. Fourth St.

HHeerree aarree ootthheerr ZZuummbbaa ccllaassss ssiitteess::DRAIN Second to None (antiques shop)235 C St.541-913-9778

RREEEEDDSSPPOORRTTCoastal Rhythm495 Fir Ave.541-707-0112

Key Club Fitness50 River Bend Road541-271-6802

1950 Winchester Ave.(former Marketron Broadcast Solutions)541-290-0669

RROOSSEEBBUURRGGCentral Douglas County Family YMCA1151 Stewart Parkway541-440-9622

Church of God Prophecy4342 Douglas Ave.310-614-4223

Downtown Fitness & Aerobics722 S.E. Jackson St.541-378-6975

Fitness First440 N.E. Oakland Ave.541-673-0555

SSCCOOTTTTSSBBUURRGGCommunity Center, Highway 38(west end of town, just east of Scottsburg bridge)541-290-0669

SSUUTTHHEERRLLIINN SutherlinCurves for Women303 W. Central Ave.541-459-0748

Umpqua Golf Resort 1919 Recreation Lane541-459-4423

MICHAEL SULLIVAN/The News-Review

Zumba instructor Meg Burnham leads a workoutlast month at Brockway Elementary School. Burnhamteaches this course through Umpqua CommunityCollege’s community education program, but otherDouglas County sites offer the lively Latin-basedexercise as well.


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OONN TTHHEE CCOOVVEERR::Winston’s Kathy James works out during

a recent Zumba class at Brockway Elementary School in Winston.

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Computers and the Internet havegreatly changed the way peopleresearch their genealogy. Before the

developmentof photogra-phy (micro-filming) topreservegenealogicalrecords, peo-ple prettymuch neededto travel to theplaces wheretheir ancestorslived. Therethey wouldvisit courthouses, cemeteries, and churchesto study original records.

It is still very satisfying and productiveto travel to ancestral homes and get intouch with your roots. Yet now, it is oftenpossible to learn a lot about one’s ances-tors from home, using the Internet.

There are many thousands of websitesthat contain genealogical information.New information is being added constant-ly. Many of these websites cost money touse, but many are free. I have nothingagainst those sites that cost money, as theyoften provide valuable services that arecurrently unavailable elsewhere.

However, the old idea that “nothing inlife is free” does not apply to all genealogywebsites. There are some great free ones.Two of my favorites arewww.rootsweb.ancestry.com andhttps://familysearch.org.

Today I’d like to focus on the latter,FamilySearch, a completely free websitethat is constantly improving.

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This process is making genealogy workmuch more convenient. Instead of needingto travel to records depositories, or toFamily History Centers to read microfilm,researchers are able to access those docu-ments online in the comfort of theirhomes.

In conjunction with FamilySearch Scan-ning, indexes of information are beingcompiled with the help of thousands ofvolunteers. These contributors extract

family history information from the digitalimages of historical documents, enablingothers to search for relevant informationmore efficiently.

Many of these images and indexes arecurrently available on FamilySearch. Theyspan billions of names across hundreds ofcollections, including birth, marriage,death, probate, land, military, and more.

If you are interested in accessing thisinformation, simply go to the Family-Search home page, key in the name of anancestor, and perhaps a little more identi-fying information. This will initiate asearch of all available records. On thelower left side of the screen you will beable to click on specific geographic loca-tions to narrow your search. Below thatyou can click on “all record collections” toshow a list of all collections currentlyavailable. Many entries on this list have anicon of a camera to the left of the title.This means that the images themselves areavailable as well as the index.

I find myself using this website moreand more often. I highly recommend it.

Patricia Gausnell is a volunteer in theRoseburg Family History Center. For moreinformation about the center, call 541-672-1237.

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Myfriend’smother hadrecentlypassed away.I wastouched, buta little confused. Why was she sending methe brooch, instead of keeping it herself?But then I remembered my mother’s clownoutfits.

After my mother passed, sorting through

her things was an emotional and over-whelming task. Obviously I couldn’t keepeverything. Most of Mom’s things I boxedup and gave to charity. But some thingshad been very special to my mother, likeher clown outfits (she was a clown everyyear in her hometown parade). I didn’twant to keep the clown costumes, but I didwant to find them a good home.

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I remember my mother telling the storyabout how she made her first pink clownoutfit: “I couldn’t find a pattern (knowingMom, she was probably trying to savemoney), so I laid down on the floor, on topof a long piece of brown mailing paper,and I had the neighbor lady draw aroundmy body. There isn’t any form to a clownoutfit. It’s just a baggy piece of material to

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Mom wasn’t only a clown every year inthe parade. Every now and then, at hercrossing guard job, she’d be clownin’around (in costume) while helping schoolkids cross the street.

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Thanks for reading with me. It’s so goodto read with friends.

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My January column coveredspousal inheritance and aspouse’s right to take an

“elective share” of her deceasedspouse’s estate, in lieu of a lessersharethat maybe pro-vided inherspouse’swill. Thefollow-ing istakenfrom acase thatdealt with this type of situation.

The husband entered into joint,mutual and reciprocal will contractswith his first wife, in which theypromised to leave their entire respec-tive estates to each other. The survivorwould then leave the combined estateequally to their six children. She died,and her husband received the proceedsof her estate.

The man remarried three yearslater. At the time of the marriage, heowned substantial real estate holdingsand stocks and bonds in his own name

and maintained a separate bankaccount. After the marriage, he and hissecond wife maintained a joint check-ing account in addition to their respec-tive separate bank accounts.

A year later, they met with an attor-ney regarding their estate plans afterthe husband was diagnosed with can-cer. Following the advice of the attor-ney, the husband executed a will tohonor the agreement with his firstwife. This will directed that propertyhe had acquired during his marriage tohis second wife was devised to her,and the remainder of his estate wasdevised to his children.

The husband died the next year.After his son commenced the probateof his father’s estate, the widow filedan election against the husband’s will.She sought a one-quarter electiveshare of her husband’s separate estatepursuant to the statute on electiveshares of spouses. Her stepson, as per-sonal representative of the estate,denied her claim, and litigation fol-lowed. The Circuit Court denied herright to an elective share of the estate.

She appealed. The Court of Appealsreversed the Circuit Court and allowedher the one-quarter elective share of

the estate, stating that her husband’sobligations under the reciprocal willagreement with his first wife onlywere “not to revoke, amend, or other-wise change the provisions of his willin any way whatsoever that affects thedispositive provisions for the children... ”

The husband fulfilled his obliga-tions under the agreement. However,that did not preclude his second wifefrom exercising her rights under thestatute to elect to take a one-quartershare of his estate. The Court ofAppeals remanded the case withinstructions to enter a declaration thatshe was entitled to the elective share.

As covered in my January column,the amount of the elective share usual-ly is determined by the length of timespouses were married. If a personwishes to protect his or her children’sinheritance from such claims by a sub-sequent spouse, there are ways to suc-ceed, as opposed to what occurred inthis case.

Bruce R. Coalwell has been anattorney in Roseburg since 1981. He iswith the law firm of Dole, Coalwell,Clark, Mountainspring & Mornarich.

Spouse’s elective share of an estate isn’t always an open-and-shut case

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DOUGLAS COUNTYAARP offers driversafety classes

The Douglas County AARP Driver Safety ProgramTeam is offering two classes for the month of February.

The course is designed for drivers aged 50 and older;however, it’s open to younger people as well. You do notneed to be a member of AARP to take the course.

Course fees are $14 per person. AARP members willreceive a $2 discount.

Oregon law requires all auto insurance carriers tooffer a discount on premiums to qualified graduates, age55 and older, of approved programs such as this one.

Beginning this year, the course has been consolidatedinto six hours of instruction during one session. Partici-pants must complete the six hours to graduate andreceive the benefit.

All classes will be held between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.Each participant is encouraged to bring a sack lunch.

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2459 Stewart Parkway, Roseburg. Instructor: SteveBarfield. To register, call 541-672-1016.

• Feb. 28 — Linus Oakes, 2665 Van Pelt Blvd., Rose-burg. Instructor: CJ Jekofsky. To register, call 541-677-4800.

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February not only brings us Valen-tine’s Day, but also the message of“be good to your heart” with Ameri-

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Despite a30 percentdecline in car-diovasculardisease deathrates from1998 to 2008,heart diseasecontinues to bethe leadingkiller of Amer-icans. Thelifestyle choices we make every day con-tinue to be the main focus to prevent thedevelopment of heart disease. We all coulddo a better job to lose weight, quit tobacco,manage blood pressure and blood sugarlevels, and increase exercise.

The recommendations for a heart-healthy diet have changed slightly due tothe information gathered from years ofresearch. We might remember when cho-lesterol in food was identified as the pri-mary reason for heart disease. Eliminatingeggs, butter, cream, fatty meats, and shell-fish were top recommendations. The focusmoved from low-fat and fat-free diets tolimiting saturated and trans fats.

Now, decades of research indicate that

we need to have a broader perspective ondiet. It’s not just one nutrient or food itemthat determines heart health. Heart healthis achieved through a combination oflifestyle factors, including stopping tobac-co use, preventing diabetes, exercisingalmost daily, and eating a heart-healthydiet. Here’s a summary of what a heart-healthy diet looks like:

• Four to five servings of fruit and veg-etables every day. The average Americandoesn’t even hit three daily servings of

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• Include three servings of whole grains,like oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheatbread, and quinoa. Most Americans eatless than one serving per day of wholegrains. We definitely eat too many refinedcarbs, such as white bread, refined coldcereals, and sugar. Studies indicate that byreplacing those “white stuff” foods with

whole grains, we would lower our risk ofheart disease, plus lose a few pounds.

• Use liquid oil. Olive oil and canola oilare at the top of the list, but you are wel-come use any liquid oil, such as saffloweror corn oil.

• Include lean protein. Choose beans,fish, or skinless poultry for most of yourmeals. Red meat like beef and pork needto be limited to once a week. Research isshowing a strong association betweendaily intake of processed meats, like lunchmeats (all types), bacon, ham or othercured or processed meats, (as well asrefined grains, French fries, sweets anddesserts) and an increased risk of heart dis-ease.

To get you started on the path of hearthealth, here’s a delicious turkey chilirecipe that meets all the recommendationsfor a heart-healthy entrée. I have tried alot of chili recipes, and this one is the best.It goes together very quickly, and the com-bination of flavors makes for a great meal.Enjoy!

Nancy Goodale Graham is a registereddietitian who teaches and counsels in theCardiovascular Wellness and Rehabilita-tion department at Sacred Heart MedicalCenter at RiverBend in Springfield. Youcan contact her at [email protected].


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Garnishes: Chopped fresh cilantro, limewedges, chopped green onions, fresh salsa

Heat a 4-quart soup pot over medium heat.Add the onion, pepper, garlic, and groundturkey, and cook until turkey is done. Stir fre-quently to break up chunks of turkey intocrumbles.

Stir in chili powder, tomato paste, oregano,cumin, salt and pepper, cannellini beans,canned tomatoes, and broth. Bring to a boil,then reduce the heat to simmer for at least 10minutes. Serve with garnishes of your choice:cilantro, green onions, and salsa to taste.Squeeze a bit of lime juice on top.

Makes about 6 cups of chili.

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DOUGLAS COUNTYCaregiver support groups to meet

Family caregivers support groups aremeeting in four cities again this month.The first of these, in Roseburg, took placethis week, but is expected to follow thesame schedule in March. Regular sched-ules are as follows:

Roseburg — First Wednesday of eachmonth, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Room 2, MercyCommunity Education Center, 2459 Stew-art Parkway.

Sutherlin — Second Thursday of eachmonth, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Sutherlin Com-munity Center, 150 S. Willamette St.

Canyonville — Third Thursday of eachmonth, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Chapel, Forest GlenSenior Residence, 200 S.W. FrontageRoad.

Winston — Fourth Wednesday of eachmonth, Wooley Board Room, WinstonCommunity Center, 440 Grape St.

All meetings are free. For information,call Nancy Hudson, 541-440-3677.

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Bunions (those swollen, painfulbumps on the inside of the foot atthe base of the big toe) are so close-

ly associated in our minds with womenand withfashionablebut often ill-fitting shoes,that the ques-tion I wasasked lastweek as towhether ornot men evenget bunionswas not at allunreasonable.

While it’s true that 90 percent of bunionsoccur in women and that more than 50 per-cent of women in America have them, gen-der and shoe choice are not entirely toblame. Yes, men do get bunions, but chil-

dren can also develop bunions and evenfolks who live in mostly shoeless societieshave them. So there’s obviously more tobunions than just womens’ ill-fitting shoes.

In medical lingo, a bunion is a halluxvalgus. It’s an enlargement of the bone orthe tissue around the base of the big toe,which in turn pushes the big toe out ofalignment and causes it to slant towardsthe second toe.

The underlying cause of bunions,according to Dr. Zachary Chattler of JohnsHopkins University, is the foot’s geneticstructure and how it causes us to walk.Bunions do run in families, but whatencourages the formations of bunions isthe foot type we inherit (low arches, forexample) that causes the foot to turn out-ward (“pronate”) when we walk. We donot inherit the bunions themselves.

However, shoe choice does play a largerole. Narrow, pointed-toe, sky-high heels

can cause a bunion to develop more quick-ly and even play a role in its recurrenceafter surgery.

How do you know if your shoes fit prop-

erly? Seems many folks believe that theirfeet haven’t grown since their teen years


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From the single traffic light I couldeasily view the imposing, three-story gray limestone courthouse

with aclockunder thedome thatfaced thecentralpark. Aside streetdoor led topublic rest-rooms,availableduring day-light hours. Those personal facilities hadindividual water tanks placed near theceiling. When the attached chain waspulled, gravity forced the water downthrough the fixture.

Alongside was a hotel that providedoffice space for the Greyhound bus sta-tion. The remaining three streets aroundthe park held home-owned stores, exceptfor the two-story Sears, Roebuck andCo. department store and the magical (tome) Woolworth five and dime store.Each morning the cigar store ownerplaced his carved painted replica of anIndian outside the entrance to his poolhall establishment. I was cautioned tostay out of this men’s retreat.

The old opera house near the parkattracted traveling performance groups.I was included on the stage while thePassion play was presented, and quicklydisillusioned when I saw the beardedman playing the part of Jesus step outthe exit door to smoke a cigarette.

I was aware of the Barnhouse MusicPublishing Company west of town, theOverall Factory on South Market, PennCollege on North Market and the Brick& Tile Factory on the east perimeter.The exotic fox farm further north evokedadmiration and grief for me, as I realizedtheir pelts would be sold.

Since I was young and naïve, I pre-sumed the farm families came to townon summer Saturday evenings, when allthe stores remained open, to shop andenjoy the band concert. I later under-stood they brought in their weekly pro-duce, such as eggs, chickens, sweet cornand tomatoes to sell to the produce hous-es that supplied the home-owned grocerystores. I overheard that some residentswere reluctant to enter the first nationalchain food store, the Atlantic and PacificTea Co.

Sometimes I listened to farmers dis-cuss the spring and summer rain —either its lack or profusion — whichaffected their fall harvest of corn, wheat,Timothy hay, oats and alfalfa. I had nofirsthand knowledge about the livestockthat were tended and sold to provideincome for the farm families.

The activities a farm girl gathered inthe Iowa heartland eluded me, since, as atown girl, my focus was on the nearbysights. During the four years of highschool, our diverse childhood memorieswere of little consequence as we sharedour mutual teenage challenges.

Laura Kruse shares her reminisceswith Encore readers. This is the secondof a two-part series.

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Laura KruseMemory Moments

ADA DUNCANFor Encore

One of the most recognizable organi-zations in our country is the Ameri-can Red Cross. While its presence

in Douglas County has been shifted to thePacific Northwest center in Eugene, noone would dispute its crucial role as one ofthe first responders in countywide disas-ters.

Blood drives are a sustaining force forthese events, as well as for medical situa-tions of any kind. The organization is look-ing for generous individuals to be ambas-sadors at the blood drives held in DouglasCounty.

Duties include welcoming and register-ing donors, escorting them to the donationsite and providing them with refreshmentsas they leave. If you want to help with thislifesaving effort, find out more by visitingthe group’s website, usa.redcross.org. Youcan also send email to [email protected] or call Sam at 541- 492-3917.

Other places where your help is neededinclude the following:

Douglas County Senior Services Advi-sory Committee has seven vacancies forrepresentatives from Glide, DiamondLake, Peel and Dixonville as well as Reed-sport, Winchester Bay, Gardiner andScottsburg. The council focuses on thehealth care, public and special transporta-tion, housing and other issues of interest toseniors. Applications have a Feb. 24 dead-line and are available in Roseburg at Dou-glas County Senior Services, 621 MadroneSt., (541-440-3580) or in Room 217 of theDouglas County Courthouse, 1036 S.E.Douglas Ave. (541-440-4201).

Veterans Service Office needs two vol-unteers to help from 9 a.m. to noon Mon-

days through Thursdays or from 1 to 4p.m. Wednesdays. The office helps veter-ans and their families to access their bene-fits, either directly or by providing otherresources. For more information, sendemail to [email protected].

Sutherlin Senior Center wants drivers todeliver hot meals to homebound seniors.Mileage reimbursement is paid for the useof your own vehicle. Servers and kitchenhelpers at the center are also needed onTuesday, Thursday and Friday. CallKendra at 541-459-9405 or Sam at 541-492-3917.

Riddle Community Center needs driversto deliver hot meals to homebound seniorsand provides a stipend for volunteers usingtheir own vehicles. The center also needsan event planner to coordinate games,movies and special lunches on the site, aswell as helpers for the blood pressure clin-ic held twice a month. To sign up, call Samat 541-492-3917.

Mercy Medical Center wants volunteersin the Family Birthplace to run errands andprovide information to patients or visitors.Other volunteers are needed to takepatients to the service areas or to pushwheelchairs to the front door whenpatients are discharged. Weekend volun-teers are most needed. Call Mercy Volun-teer Services at 541-677-4465 or Sam at541-492-3917 if you can help.

United Community Action Network’sHead Start program needs volunteers inthe classrooms, the office and the kitchen.The program is an important support forchildren and their families who are strug-gling to give their little ones a leg up ontheir education. A list of Head Start schoollocations is available at www.ucancap.org.

Be a sweetheart and considervolunteering in February

Take these steps to make bunion surgery less likely

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Please see BUNIONS, page 11

Self-propelled harvesters were takingover the wheat harvests on the Amer-ican

farm scene inthe 1930s.Steam-pow-ered station-ary threshers,or “thrash-ers,” as wepronouncedthe word,were makingtheir laststand.

The last time I saw one in real actionwas on my Grandfather Crow’s farm inPine Valley, Baker County, in 1940. It was

an impressive operation.Old-time mechanical reapers were used

to cut and tie the golden ripe wheat inbushel-size bundles. Then came a horse-drawn wagon, frequently driven by a boy.Field hands used pitchforks to toss thebundles on the wagon; another workerstacked them in place to ensure a large,compact load. Usually there were twowagons — one loading in the field and oneunloading at the thresher.

The thresher was a large, boxy contrap-tion of tin, machinery and pipes set onwheels. It was towed from farm to farm bya steam-powered tractor set on monstrousiron wheels. The whole affair was set up ina stationary location on one of the centralwheat fields.

The steam engine turned a power wheelmounted on the tractor’s side, which inturn was connected by a wide drive belt toa similar wheel on the thresher. Once itwas up and going you could hear thecough, cough, cough of the steam enginefor miles. Close up, the slap of the beltmade itself known and the purring of thethresher’s fans caromed off its insides.

The bundles of wheat were fed onto thethresher’s escalator track at one end. Itsinternal maze of machinery separated thewheat from the chaff, creating a cloud ofdust that caked everything. It left you itch-ing and scratching, with streaks of muddydirt at the corners of your mouth and eyes.

Blowers forced the chaff through a longdischarge pipe onto an ever-growing stackof straw and wheat hulls. The wheat itselfwas collected in an internal bin fromwhich it could be discharged into sacks ortrucks for transportation to the owner’sgranary or a commercial grain elevator.

Harvesting grain with an old-timethresher was tough work. The hours weretedious and long, with few if any breaks inthe heat of the day. Pay was low or nonex-istent. The owner of the thresher was paid.Most of the farmers I knew traded labor,helping each other with the harvest.

The women provided a big meal. Therewas almost an unspoken rivalry amongfarm wives to set the best table for harvestcrews. Food was one of the few rewards ofthe job. That and a good dunk in a nearbycreek at the end of the day to wash off theaccumulated sweat and dirt.

As I recall these images, I am onceagain that boy tagging after the noisy cara-van of steam-powered machinery passingour home on a bright, hot summer day.

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It was a chilly night, or maybe I was justin the throes of fever, as my husbandand I

pulled intothe AnnieOakleyMotel inLawrence,Kansas, in1976. I wasso ill I haveonly twomemories ofthat night —shivering with a thermometer in mymouth, and a love letter tucked inside aTaco Bell bag.

My husband had gone to the Taco Bellacross the street to get us something to eat.The neon bell was shining brightly throughour motel window. When he returned, heplaced the bag on the dresser along with afolded piece of paper. He panicked whenhe realized that I had shivered so hard, Isnapped off the end of the thermometer.

When all was said and done, we sat cud-dled in the little motel room, eating ourtacos, when I noticed the note. It was alove letter. My husband had written a

poem, complete with illustrations, hopingto surprise me. I’m not sure who was moresurprised by the events of the day, but itwas young love at its very best.

It was our fifth anniversary. We decidedto have one last hurrah before settling intoPTA positions and car pools. We took threemonths off from work, packed a tent,sleeping bags and cooking gear into theback of our car and hit the road. The cross-country trip was filled with wild adven-tures, funny stories and memories that willlast a lifetime. But the love letter was themost unforgettable.

February has long been known as themonth of romance. Legend tells us that St.Valentine sent the first declaration thattoday bears his name while in prison. It isbelieved that he fell in love with the jail-er’s daughter, who visited him during hisimprisonment. He wrote her a letter,signed “From your Valentine,” hence theexpression that is still in use.

My Dad gave me a stack of love letterswritten by my grandfather to my grand-mother during the Depression. GrandfatherDuncan wrote many of the letters on hisbusiness travels. Since my grandfatherdied when my Dad was only 16 years old,

I knew him only as the stiff man in thesepia-toned photographs on my grand-mother’s dresser. Although I felt like a bitof a voyeur, I was fascinated to learn aboutmy grandfather through the words he soeloquently wrote. The words were inti-mate, pure of thought and conscious ofonly one reader, his dearest love.

What do love letters symbolize for usemotionally? Some letters are discardedimmediately. In World War II, soldiersoften burned their lovers’ letters so otherswouldn’t read them. And others weresaved for decades. These moments in timecan be the path not taken or reminders ofthe path’s journey. They recall a time whensomeone saw us at our best.

Love letters can be flowery, verbose andsickly sweet. They can be as simple as fewlines of prose or poetry. They can be jottedquickly on a napkin or written laboriouslythrough the night searching for the perfectwords of romantic desire. Their intent canbe celebratory or apologetic, or lovingwords that require no occasion other thanthe sheer joy in the writing and the delightin the receiving.

Some authors can be direct and reassur-ing and others are gifted with a way of tak-

ing an unexpected twist to matters of theheart. Having read my grandfather’s let-ters, I know he spoke directly from theheart. My husband’s attempt was scentedwith taco seasoning rather than roses. Let-ters from ordinary people can capture thepromises of love while embracingmoments of uncertainty, regret, humor andhuman frailty that are the essence of love.

Affairs of the heart, transcribed by andfor lovers, often die or are lost as yearspass. The survivors are hidden away, tiedup with ribbon or tucked in a box marked“Taxes,” silently waiting to be sharedagain, their words still resonating romancefrom between the pages.

Email, text or twitter to your heart’scontent, but a letter remains ever the soulof the author and the desire of the lover.Whether shot straight and true fromCupid’s arrow or a new twist on “RosesAre Red, Violets are Blue,” the writtenwords of the love letter bear repeating.That’s what a wise grandma would do.

Eularee Smith is the grandmother of six,a teacher and executive director ofUpStart Crow children’s theater inEugene.

A love letter can speak volumes, even when it smells of tacos

Eularee SmithWise Grandma

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• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,Roseburg Valley Mall, 1444 N.W. GardenValley Road

• Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., CentralDouglas County Family YMCA, 1151Stewart Parkway

• Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Wal-mart (depending on construction sched-ule), 2125 N.W. Stewart Parkway.

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(is that similar to the belief that our beltsizes haven’t changed?) but in truth, as ourfoot ligaments loosen and our arches flat-ten over time, our feet do get bigger.

One source I read suggests that to tell ifyou are buying the correct size shoe, youshould stand barefoot on paper, have afriend trace the outline of your feet, andthen place your shoes on top of each out-line to see if your foot is wider than theshoe. The idea seems reasonable given thatwe no longer (thankfully) have those shoefit X-ray machines prevalent in shoe storesin the 1950s. Remember those?

If you have bunions, you may requiresurgery. But there are solutions to try first:

• Make sure your shoes are the rightsize.

• Ask your doctor if either over-the-counter or custom-made orthotics, insertsthat prevent your feet from “over-pronat-ing,” are for you.

• Consider taking an anti-inflammatorymedication such as ibuprofen. Be sure toask how much you can safely take in oneday.

• Inquire if steroid injections might helpwith the pain.

• Stick to low-impact exercises (walk-ing, swimming), as they are kinder on yourfeet.

If surgery is your only option, there are anumber of procedures available to correctthe misaligned joint and remove the bump.Bunion surgery (bunionectomy) is usuallydone on an outpatient basis, but understandthat healing can take months and yes,bunions can come back — especially ifyou just cannot resist those Manolo Blah-niks.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in health education and acertified health education specialist desig-nation.


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Fewer people are getting marriedthese days, according to a recent PewResearch Center analysis of U.S.

Census data. Though no reasons weregiven in the study for this decline in thepopularity ofmarriage,experts havespeculatedthat threefactors areinvolved.

First,young adultsare stayingsingle longerso they candevote them-selves to their education and careers. Sec-ond, more women are working and earningenough money to live independently.Finally, there is greater societal acceptancetoday of cohabitation outside of marriage.According to Pew, four in 10 people todayconsider marriage obsolete.

I can’t say I’m surprised by the report,

and I do not wish to attempt to changeanyone’s mind about marriage. Frankly,it’s not for everyone. Marriage is morethan a walk down the aisle; it is a one-wayticket to a new way of life. Marriagechanges the landscape of one’s life the waya volcanic eruption changes the surround-ing terrain. Life after marriage can neverbe, and should never be, the same asbefore.

Now, I will admit that as a young man Iquestioned whether marriage was right forme. But today, after 31 years of marriageto the same woman, I can wholeheartedlyendorse the institution. Why? There arenumerous reasons, but I would like tomention two.

First, marriage forces a change in one’spoint of view regarding life. I occasionallywrite fiction and I know how importantpoint of view is in a story. It is even moreimportant in life. Once you marry, you canno longer live exclusively in first-personsingular. “I” must of necessity give way to“we” if you expect your marriage to thrive.You have to care about someone other thanyourself. And I submit that this is one of

the greatest blessings of marriage: to knowthat you care about someone else’s welfareas much or more than your own.

The second reason I recommend mar-riage is because of the feeling I get when-ever I see an elderly couple together inpublic, holding hands or simply quietlyenjoying one another’s company. I experi-ence an inner peace, as if a higher power istelling me that, in spite of all the crazinessin the world, everything will be OK in theend.

My wife and I share a dream: to growold together. True, we are both already inour 60s and have had the pleasure of oneanother’s company for more than 30 years.But we desire many more years together.Whenever I look at my wife, I don’t seeher just as she is today. I see reflections ofher as she was throughout all our timetogether, the good times and the bad,because there will always be some badtimes in one’s life and in one’s marriage.But the boon is, our shared experiences —the painful as well as the uplifting — havecreated memories that bind us together in away not even the most skillful of

alchemists could have accomplished.Memories, as a famous song avows,

light the corners of one’s mind. But theyalso fill the recesses of one’s heart, partic-ularly when shared with someone youlove.

No, marriage is not for everyone. Livingsingle works for some, cohabitation out-side of marriage for others. But I give mar-riage two thumbs up.

I can’t imagine having lived the past 31years in the first-person singular. And Ican’t fathom not being able to spend myremaining days with my wife. We stillhave more shared memories to make.

Bob Mayo of Roseburg worked in thepublic schools system for 17 years and hasbeen a Douglas County resident since1990. His passion is writing fiction.

Marriage isn’t for all, but it gets a valentine here

Bob MayoNow That I Think About It

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