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Community Gleaners pick food for charities

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October 2011



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

BILLDUNCAN

The Senior Times

Carl Mason feeds fresh produce to lit-erally hundreds of Douglas Countyresidents during the harvest season,

something he has done for the past 10

years. Strangely, Mason is not a farmer anddoesn’t even garden at his Dixonville home.How does he do it?Mason is one of the 25 to 30 Douglas

County members of Community Gleanerswhose labor in yards, gardens and fields

helps feed others in these tight economictimes.

Mason said he grew up on a farm andappreciates the kindness of farmers andindividuals who are willing to share theirbounty. He said he gave up planting hisown garden some years ago because he

volunteers with a retired telephoneemployees group that travels to remoteareas in the U.S. that are still without tele-phone service and connects it to the world.

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The travels were precluding himfrom establishing a garden. Mason

retired after working 33 years forAT&T and the Bell System.

“I seemed to be traveling during thetime I should be establishing my gar-den or harvesting what I had planted,”he said, “so I gave it up, but I feel I stillhave my hand in gardening when I’minvolved in the gleaning.”

Mason donates his share to the PineGrove Community Church inDixonville, where his wife, Sonia, andother church members, can the producefor its pantry. Sonia is a member of theDouglas County Master Preservers pro-

gram and teaches classes at the churchshowing families how to can food.

The next gleaning projects will bestone fruits like plums, nectarines andpeaches. Then will come grapes, whichMason said will probably all be madeinto juice.

Gleaning simply means to gatherwhat is left behind. Gleaning datesback to the Old Testament Deutero-nomic Code of the Torah, whichrequired farmers to leave the corners of their fields unharvested and for the

widows, orphans and strangers.

Under the program in DouglasCounty, the surplus food is donated toorganizations dedicated to feeding thehungry. The gleaners are allowed totake half of the produce that is gleanedfor themselves, but according to CraigReed, who co-coordinates the Commu-nity Gleaners with Gerri King, few takefull advantage of that incentive.

“Like me,” Reed said, “most arethere simply because they hate to seefood go to waste,” said Reed, who isthe features editor at The News-Review.

He said in a typical day, a gleanermay pick 50 pounds of apples and isentitled to take 25 pounds home. Fruitsof the next apple picking will probablyall be donated to the program.

Fred and Pamela Smith of Roseburghave been part of the gleaners program

for 21 years. Fred delivers the freshproduce that has been gleaned to theRoseburg Mission, the St. FrancisFriendly Kitchen in Sutherlin, Casa deBelen, Boys & Girls Clubs of theUmpqua Valley, Battered PersonsAdvocacy, Phoenix School and UnitedCommunity Action Network’s FoodShares.

“I do this for the satisfaction of see-ing food not going to waste,” FredSmith said. “There is more hunger inDouglas County than mostpeople suppose.”

The gleaners are helping to resolvethat need. Reed said this year alone thegleaners have harvested more than3,000 tons of food.

“We have picked blueberries, cher-ries, apples, pears, plums, cucumbers,zucchini and other squash,” he said,not to mention tomatoes, including thetwo tons donated by Harmon andNoreane Walker, owners of the BerryPatch at 6271 Old Melrose Rd., Rose-burg.

Reed said the program requires thatone gleaner supervise workers toensure gleaners respect the limitedareas set aside for the purpose.

“We also require the gleaners to beregistered before they are given anassignment,” he said. “We carefullyrecord the amounts we glean and sendthank-you notes to the farmer or the

individual allowing us to glean.”The gleaner program works with theThink Local program of Neighbor-hoodWorks Umpqua.

Farmers and individuals with a sur-plus of food can call Virginia Elandt at541-673-4909 or toll-free 1-877-291-5477 with their information. Elandt isalso the contact person for those inter-ested in volunteering as gleaners.

Bill Duncan is editor of The SeniorTimes.

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Her softest smile lights the world with beautyand sun-shine.

When my eyesquietly caress her,

the smile shereturns delights mysoul.

Without her, Iam a fragment.With her, I amwhole.

Her generousgifts of self, holdmy love a happy prisoner.

My love for her is sometimes like a quiet moun-tain lake at twilight, placid, abiding, with hiddendepths.

Hers is like lamplight with its own special glow.

Warm, peaceful, lighting all within its reach.Some loves consume. Hers restores and strength-ens.

Some loves are like a tempest tearing at yourevery fiber. Hers is a safe harbor sheltering youfrom the world.

Love at times, is barely seen, as a high desertbrooklet, disappearing under the hot summer sun,only to reappear, fed by hidden springs.

It is always there, ready, waiting, with openarms.

Love’s name is Colleen.

Columnist Ronald K. Culbertson pens a love let-

ter to his devoted wife, Colleen.

Love to my love

Ronald Culbertson

Musings



The American Institute for Cancer Research

For the approximately 2.5 millionbreast cancer survivors in the UnitedStates, new recommendations on

physical activity offer some powerfulincentives to get active. The recommenda-tions, drawn from a review of the evi-dence, show that physical activity can helpbreast cancer survivors improve theirphysical and mental well-being, and possi-bly lower the risk of recurrence.

Historically, clinicians advised cancerpatients to rest and avoid activity, but not

anymore. New recommendations urge sur-vivors to avoid inactivity. Patients activelyundergoing treatment are also included inthis recommendation.

A panel of experts focused on five can-cer sites: breast, prostate, colon, hemato-logical and gynecologic; however, nearlyhalf of the cancer survivors are breast orprostate cancer.

The report’s conclusion: Exercise canprevent, attenuate, treat or rehabilitatemany of the challenges faced by cancersurvivors. More specifically, physical

activity can help survivors improve theirquality of life, physical function, strengthand flexibility. It also may potentiallyreduce or delay recurrence or a secondarycancer.

According to the guidelines from theAmerican College of Sports Medicine(ACSM), cancer survivors should aim toget the same amount of exercise the gov-ernment recommends for the average per-son: 150 minutes (2.5 hours) per week of

moderate intensity aerobic exercise, two tothree weekly sessions of strength trainingexercises for major muscle groups, andflexibility exercises on the days that otherexercises are performed. The guidelinespoint out that if individuals cannot meetthese guidelines the basis of their healthstatus, they "should be as physically activeas their abilities and conditions allow."Some physical activity is better than none.

The review notes clinicians may need toadapt exercise programs to the individualbased on their health status or treatment

regimen. For example, breast cancer sur-vivors face unique risks from other sur-vivor populations. Some who have under-gone certain types of hormonal therapy areat greater risk of fractures, and breast can-cer survivors are at greater risk of lym-phedema swelling of an arm or leg due toproblems in the flow of lymph fluid. Thesethings do not prohibit a woman fromengaging in physical activity, they justrequire more specialized guidance. TheACSM certifies trainers who are qualifiedto develop programs for people with can-

cer and cancer survivorsAlthough the number and quality of studies on exercise and cancer survivor-ship have improved over the past twodecades, the review identified severalareas requiring further study. For instance,most survivors are over age 65 yet studieshave primarily included middle-aged sur-vivors. More studies are also needed onalternative types of exercise, such as yogaand martial arts, she notes.

MARTHAJEAN DALEY

For The Senior Times

Each month, the Wise Grandma,

Eularee Smith, shares pieces of herwisdom with the readers of The

Senior Times. She has been my friendsince I was in grade school in Fullerton,Calif.

She and her family moved to Oregon,but I never lost contact with her, due ingreat part to her constant stream of letters.Fast forward 20 years to the day I got thenews that Eularee had been diagnosed withbreast cancer. We think we’ll do the rightthing and stand by our dearest fr iendswhen something like that happens, but do

we?Her letters continued to arrive. I wasinformed about the basics: the prognosis,

the amount of chemo, the operation — wasI there? The answer returns and bouncesoff my guilty conscience.

Everything was fine when she was

happy and funny and things were smooth.But when it came down to watching thepain and facing the fact that she might notbe around forever, I bailed out. It was fareasier to ignore the pain than to face myown pain of possibly losing her.

When the news reached me that she wasat the end of her chemo but truly sufferingfrom the aftereffects, it was just as I hadimagined and then I felt her pain. I couldnot only feel my own, guilt-infl icted pain,but hers as well. It all filtered down intomy psyche, making me realize what a hor-

rible and almost unforgivable person I’dbeen.Never once in all those years had I

doubted that she would be there for me if Iwere the one in need. I made plans to trav-el from California to Oregon to surprisemy dear friend. If the truth be told, and I

now have the backbone to admit it, Idecided that it was OK now. She wasn’tgoing to die.

The day I arrived in Oregon, I stopped atone of our favorite strolling sites and pur-chased a pound of her favorite coffee.

I drove over to her house and parkeddown the street. Sneaking up to the frontdoor and placed the package on the stepwith a note attached that said, “How abouta cup of coffee with an old friend?” I thenrang the bell and hid behind the bushes.

I could hear the door open, but I never

saw the look on her face as she read thenote. What I did hear was a timid littlevoice say, “Martha?” Stepping from

behind the bush, I responded, “Surprise,it’s me!”

There stood Eularee, with the saddestwisps of leftover hair, and exhausted black

circles under her eyes, smiling from ear toear in spite of her tears and then grabbingme in the tightest of hugs. Then and to thisday, she never said a single word about myprevious retreat from the line of fire.

Eularee continues the endless stream of letters and I attempt to be a better friend,most times failing to hold up my end of thebargain, but truly trying to do better.

What a strong person she is, being thebest friend she can be in spite of life-threatening illness.

Martha Jean Daley lives in Ramona,Calif.


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Yes, it’s true. After nearly 12 years Ihave retired as director of Umpqua Bank’s Club Carefree.

The best part has been the great people I

have met or have traveled with me.We have sailed the Yangtze in China,the Amazon in SouthAmerica, and the Zambeziin Africa. We have bush-whacked through the jun-gles of Costa Rica andPeru, and have seen hun-dreds of musicals onBroadway stages andperformances in thefinest opera houses inEurope.

We have camped on

the savanna of the Serengeti, watchedsnake charmers in Marrakech, climbed onglaciers in New Zealand, fished in Alas-ka, and watched with lumps in our throatsin 2002 as 10,000 lights illuminated theCapitol Holiday Tree from the UmpquaNational Forest on the lawn of ournation’s capital.

We have had the privilege of workingwith children in orphanages throughoutthe world, planted trees in an effort toprevent erosion in the Rift Valley of Tan-zania, painted schools in Costa Rica and

donated thousands of dollars in suppliesand food to people who have been inneed.

We have eaten Chinese dumplings

filled with things we could not identify,succulent shawarmas in Israel and Egypt,cheese fondue in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, worms inAfrica and incomparable Italianpasta and gelato.

We’ve been cared for by doc-tors in foreign hospitals whotreated us as if we were part of

their own families and we’vebeen invited into mud anddung huts and homes with dirtfloors for a humble meal.

We have wept together, held

hands, bear-hugged for joyful hellos ortearful goodbyes, and laughed until oursides almost split.

We’ve been transported on camels, ele-phants, enormous cruise ships, overnighttrains, jumbo jets, white water rafts, hot-air balloons, buses, subways, zip linesand tiny airplanes that landed on grassyfields.

Closer to home we have seen countlessmusicals at the Keller Auditorium in Port-land and the Oregon Cabaret Theatre andOregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.

If you are reading this as one of the

hundreds of people who have made mem-ories with me meeting some of the finestpeople in the world, I thank you a milliontimes over for being a part of 12 of the

most magical years a person could everhave.If I started naming names of friends

who came to my rescue in my travels,held my hands and prayed for me, Iwould most likely miss naming someoneI would not want to overlook. I think youknow who you are. I hope I have notfailed to thank all of you over and overagain. I couldn’t have done my job with-out your kindness, encouragement, andmostly, your friendship.

I pay tribute to my family who are myvery best friends — my three daughters,

Monique, Hilary and Lindsay. They haveeach traveled on several of my adven-tures, but mostly they have supported meno matter where on earth I may be. Theyare all married and have given me pre-cious grandchildren.

Then there is Ro (Roland Johnson), myhusband of 40 years. The man is one of the most amazing people I have everknown. He has not just traveled withmany of our groups; he has been thelifeblood of our European travel by plan-ning our itineraries, arranging transporta-

tion, activities, food, lodging, teaching ushistory and culture and guiding us every-where.

He is fluent in French and speaks Ital-

ian, Spanish and German, wowing localsthroughout the world with his commandof their language. He has been patientwith difficult travelers when I was not,and kept me glued together during somevery trying moments. On the occasionswhen he has remained home, he has keptthe home fires burning in my absence.

I am often asked what is my favoriteplace in the world — a difficult questionto answer because I haven’t been every-where in the world and am not finishedtraveling.

Before the year is over I am off to Ice-

land, France, Italy, South Africa, Zambia,Zimbabwe and Botswana. I still plan totake travelers to New York City in 2012.So stick with me. I still have stories to telland columns to write.

But for now I’ve got the best job in theworld: grandmothering and enjoying myhome in the best place in the world —Oregon.

Gloria Johnson is a tour conductor and world traveler. She can be reached at [email protected].

Traveling the globe has brought no shortage of adventures

Gloria Johnson Around the World



School brings little faces out of thepool and into the classroom. Summerevaporates into the cool fall and the

inevitable dampness of the Oregon rainyseason. Leaves change colorand the harvest is upon us.

From June to September, Ioccasionally see my studentsacross the aisle in the grocerystore, but once classes begin werenew the relationship with thetypical question, “How wasyour summer?” It’s a very dif-ficult one for me to answerthis year.

My younger brother, Barry, died unex-

pectedly in July from malignantmelanoma. From diagnosis to death wasless than three weeks. He leaves behind awife, five children, six siblings and bothhis parents. And a garden.

After a memorial service in his home-town in California, friends and familywent back to Barry’s house. Completestrangers told me stories of how my broth-er had done something selfless for them,from being an elderly neighbor’s on-callhandyman to offering his home to a home-less family for three months while they got

back on their feet.At one point, my sister-in-law and I

found ourselves standing by my brother’s

vegetable garden. Surrounded by a chickenwire fence with a gateadjacent to the chickencoop, it has easy access tothe free fertilizer. A com-mon thread in our liveswas the garden and ourchickens. He and I wouldeat, breathe and talk gar-

dening.As his wife and I stood

there, we continued to stareat the hoe leaning against the gate wherehe last left it, and my sister-in-law sharedwith me that she didn’t know how to gar-den.

“That was Barry’s sacred place. Hewould let me sit and watch but I was neverallowed to do anything,” she said tearfully.“I don’t know what to do about the garden.It is dying.”

I told her that was what it was supposedto do. The gardener was gone. Mourningthe loss of its caretaker, the tomatoes werecurled with withered blossoms, most of which had fallen to the ground. The pep-

pers were stunted. Lettuces had gone toseed and all were thirsty and sad-looking.

It made sense to me that the garden was

reflecting the tragedy of my brother’sdeath. At one point during the last weeksof his life, he said he knew he would nevergo into the garden again. Unable to leavehis chair, let alone pick up the hoe, hewanted to look out the window at the gar-den. If his pain medication dulled thephysical symptoms of the cancer, I believethat seeing the garden, even if through awindow, eased the pain of the gardener’ssoul.

When I had breast cancer, I planted anarea of my garden with alyssum, a smallwhite flowering creeper, shaping the areain the letters G-R-A-C-E. I spent the sum-mer of 1992 in daily radiation treatmentsand chemotherapy. And just as important,keeping the weeds out and the growing let-ters trimmed neatly to spell out the bless-ings of my garden. It was necessary for myfight as the chemo cocktails dripped intomy arm. There were five women whom Icame to consider friends as we battled can-cer together during the summer of 1992.Of the five women, I am the only survivor.I am a gardener.

I believe the garden reflects the garden-er. Each is dependent on the care and thenurturing of the other, a simpatico relation-

ship that grows and dies not only in sea-sons of the earthly calendar but also in theheart and soul of the gardener who tends it.I thought about taking Barry’s standinghoe to the weeds that flourished while theirgardener was away, but somehow, that did-n’t seem right.

I will give my sister-in-law a few bookson gardening and she can take her timereading them. She can browse and wanderthrough the pages and perhaps she will seemy brother, the gardener, between thechapters on tomatoes and peppers.

And then when the season is right, shemay pick up the hoe and introduce mybrother’s garden to a new caretaker. Whenthe winter frost gives way to the new budsof spring, the gate will open and new lifewill bloom once again in my brother’ssacred place. That’s what a wise grandmahopes will happen next summer.

Eularee Smith is the grandmother of six,a writer, a teacher and executive directorof a children’s theater in Eugene.


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ome of the notions l concocted in childhoodhad little in common with being factual,although one was based on my observation

that children were expected to go to school.Because l also attended Sun-day school, l assumed mycompanions went to Sundayschool at their church.

There were at least seven oreight churches available. Theirdifferences were in size andconstruction, based on the useof varied bricks, stones orwood siding. It was obvious tome one church building wasnot large enough to seat every-one in town.

Because of all the individual churches, I pre-sumed there was a need to get everyone in towntogether. That was why every summer for twoconsecutive evenings, a Chautauqua was held forall the residents to convene in one place. I decid-ed that what was important about this assemblywas that people wanted to learn more about eachother while hearing words of wisdom. Theyalready knew about God.

I eagerly joined my mother as we followedothers who walked to an open area north of downtown. There, a large canvas tent with opensides had been erected to provide a covered formusicians and a speaker’s platform. I assumed

the churches had loaned their folding chairs for

the meeting. The cheerful music stimulated me,but I could not understand the speaker’s mes-sage. ln my imaginative innocence, I guessed allthe townspeople attended and celebrated because

they were one compatible group.Years later I found the definition of

“Chautauqua” in Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary of the AmericanLanguage which stated that it was abase word of the Seneca Indians insouthwestern New York state mean-ing “child.” They had once encoun-tered a severe storm in which a childwas drowned when swept into thenearby lake. In 1874 a summer gath-ering in an outdoor tent settingincluded lectures and concerts.

I surmised as an adult that the English settlersadopted the word to use as an agreeable gather-ing. As far as I know, the Chautauqua I attendedin my lowa hometown was not continued in thelate 1930s.

In time, my fantasies of one united churchgroup gradually faded when I learned there werevarious ways of worship. However, I had alreadyabsorbed much pleasure from my childhoodimagination, even although it produced inaccu-rate notions.

Laura Kruse takes a look back on life’schanges in her musing for The Senior Times.

Chautaqua means differentthings to different people

Laura KruseMemory Moments

Dear Reader,He was a handful, but he wasmine.

Four years ago, a frightened, tuck-ered-out, feral orange tabby showed

up in my yard. He was a feisty littleguy, but with good rea-son.

Somewhere along theway folks had let himdown. The pain and mis-treatment he’d suffered— I could see it in hiseyes. He kept his dis-tance, but I soon discov-ered that a good meal wasthe way to win over thishungry kitty’s heart.Turkey with gravy and a

big bowl of fresh water kept himcoming back day after day, and soonGoldie (everyone needs a name)would stay around after lunch to takea little nap in my lounge chair.

Lunch and a nap led to dinner anda good night’s sleep, followed by arun around the neighborhood, andthen, might as well see what’s on thebreakfast menu at Suzanne’s house.

But Goldie hasn’t shown up formeals for quite a while and the lasttime I saw him something didn’t feelquite right.

For days, every hour I’d walk overto the window and look out, butGoldie wasn’t there. Finally theother night, I came to terms with thefact that he’s gone.

Goldie may not have been able toshow his love to me when he was

here, but the othernight in a dream,there he was, sit-ting underneath astreet lamp. Hiseyes weren’t afraidany longer, insteadthey were filledwith love andthanks. He was say-ing goodbye. Hewas a handful, but

he was mine and I’ll miss him.Thanks for reading with me. It’s so

good to read with friends.

Suzanne Beecher provides theonline book club for the DouglasCounty Library sponsored by TheSenior Times in cooperation with theFriends of the Library. To find out more about the different genresoffered through the online book clubcontact the nearest library branch oremail Suzanne at Suzanne@Email-

BookClub.com.

Hoping Goldie is better off

Suzanne Beecher

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his year has certainly been a strugglefor my garden and me. The springrains lasted too long

and the summer heat cameon too late. My tomatoes arefinally starting to ripen andthe green beans are ready topick. My poor zucchini plantnever did recover from thissummer — it produced onepaltry zucchini.

Too bad I planted just oneplant. Previous years Ilearned from experience thatone zucchini plant is morethan enough, but that lesson should havebeen shelved for this year.

Fortunately I can get my fill of zucchinifrom friends who have much more prolificgardens. Zucchini is great just grilled witha little olive oil and garlic.

I also like to bake loaves of zucchinibread that I can freeze and enjoy in themonths to come. The process of makingzucchini bread is rather quick. Just mix thedry ingredients together in a bowl, then mixtogether the wet ingredients in another bowl.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredi-ents, and pour into a loaf pan. Voila! Pop thebaking pan in the oven and in just an hour,

you’ll have a great little loaf of sweet bread.

Sometimes zucchini bread can be highin calories and sodium from the heavy use

of oil and salt. To lighten the

caloric load, cut the amountof oil in half in a traditional

recipe. Because fat makesthe bread moist and tender,you will need to compensatefor less oil. Just add an extracup of grated zucchini.

Another trick to help keepthe bread from becominggummy: Press the shreddedzucchini between paper tow-

els before adding it to the batter.

The sodium content of the bread is easilylowered by cutting the amount of salt inhalf. Be sure to add a bit of grated lemonrind to give a fresh twist. Another touch isto add a teaspoon of vanilla extract or cin-

namon to give the bread another dimension.Here’s a recipe in which I’ve made all those

healthy changes for you. Try it and enjoy!

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In a prior article, I discussed joint own-ership of property as a potential meansof avoiding probate, and also discussed

certain risks associated withsuch strategy. I indicatedthat there were betteroptions to accomplish thedesired result. Here’s one:The 2011 Oregon Legisla-ture enacted the UniformReal Property Transfer onDeath Act.

With the passage of thislegislation, Oregon joinsHawaii, Nevada and North Dakota asstates that so far have adopted the UniformAct. The new legislation, which will beeffective in Oregon starting Jan. 1 forproperty owners who die on or after thatdate, will allow owners of real property topass their property simply and directlywithout probate to a beneficiary or benefi-ciaries upon the owner’s death. The mech-anism for doing this will be execution andrecording of a transfer on death deed.

The new TOD deeds are required to beexecuted in a particular authorized format

and recorded during the property owner’slifetime in the county deed records.

The TOD deed may designate one ormore primary beneficiaries, as well asalternate beneficiaries, and must state thatthe transfer to the designated beneficiariesis to occur at the transferor’s death. Thedeed must identify the designated benefici-aries by name.

The signer of the deed is not required tonotify the beneficiaries about the deed dur-

ing his or her lifetime. The beneficiariesare permitted to later disclaim the propertyif they so choose, in which case the prop-

erty would pass to the alter-nate beneficiaries, or elsewould remain in the trans-feror’s estate.

The TOD deed does notaffect other existing partieswith interests in the proper-ty, such as creditors or lienholders. The TOD deed issubject to such claims. Also,if the transferor’s estate is

insolvent, the property is subject to pay-ment of creditor’s claims and statutoryallowances that are owed by the transfer-or’s estate.

If the property is sold during the trans-feror’s lifetime, the TOD deed is renderedineffective. The transferor thus remainsfully permitted to sell the property or torevoke the TOD deed.

In order to revoke the TOD deed, thetransferor must execute a similar specifiedform of written revocation instrument andlikewise record that document in the coun-

ty deed records.The new TOD deeds are available and

may be executed at any time. Anyoneinterested in this newly available probateavoidance option may wish to consult withan estate planning attorney.

Bruce R. Coalwell is a Roseburg attor-ney who writes on elder law issues for TheSenior Times.

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Friends. We all have them to somedegree or another, right? They raiseour spirits, listen to our concerns, fill

the void in our lives.But what about when our friends are no

longer there? They died or moved away tobe near their children. We miss them. Weare lonely, especially if our health isdeclining, if family members are some-where else or too busy to visit us.

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is a little time and a caring touch to be one.If you can spare 15 hours a week and havea warm heart, call Berta at 541-492-3520.She’ll sign you up with a senior that needsa cup of your cheer.

You prefer to be around children? Noproblem, just call either of the two stationsbelow:

— Cobb Street Learning Center needsmentors and classroom support. ContactSusan at 541-957-1008.

— Start Making a Reader Today unlocksdoors in the life of a child. The time com-mitment is one hour once a week. Call

Nancy at 541-672-6477.Here are some other volunteer opportu-

nities where you can make a difference:— Camp Millennium needs volunteers

for its Pumpkin Patch event at WildlifeSafari. The event takes place every week-end in October from noon to 5 p.m. on Sat-urday and Sunday. Volunteers are neededto work several different carnival typebooths — face painting, bounce house,pumpkin chucking, train ride and more.Volunteer needs to be at the Safari at 11a.m. to be ready for the noon event. Fami-lies with older children can volunteer. It’s

a great way to get older children involvedin helping.

The money raised during the event helpsCamp Millennium with the expense of itssummer camp program for children thathave been affected by cancer either them-selves or a family member. For more infor-mation call 541-677-0600.

— Douglas County Cancer Services islooking for volunteers to greet patients andassist them with financial issues and per-sonal needs. Call Dodie at 541-680-5396.

— Family Caregiver Support Program islooking for instructors for the PowerfulTools for Caring Program. Training will beprovided. Call Nancy at 541-440-3677 for

details.— Prescription Assistance program

helps those without medical insurance findfinancial help with the cost of their med-ications. Volunteers must have computerskills. For more information, call Sam at541-492-3917.

— UCAN Translink transports Medicaidclients to and to medical appointments inDouglas County. Volunteer drivers must beavailable Monday through Friday. Amileage reimbursement will be providedfor the use of your own vehicle. For moreinformation, call Sam at 541-492-3917.

— Dial-a-Ride provides transportationto medical appointments, grocery storesand to Senior Centers for lunch three timesa week. A fleet of vehicles in Winston andSutherlin needs volunteer drivers. InSutherlin, contact Donita at 541-459-2429.In Winston, call Scott at 541-679-8706.

— Wildlife Safari is in need of volunteergreeters and guides for the park, or youmay want to help with public events ormaintenance projects.

For more information, call Larry at 541-679-6761 ext. 210.

Fall into volunteeringthis October

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Classes will be held on Oct. 19 and 20

from noon to 4 p.m. both days at MercyCommunity Education Center, 2459 Stew-art Parkway, Roseburg. Steve Barfield willbe the instructor. You can register online atwww.aarp.org or call 679-9571.

Classed will be held Oct. 20 Oct. 21,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. both days at Tri CityChurch of Christ, 180 Briggs Dr., MyrtleCreek. Dean Kenyon will be the instructor.Register on online at www.aarp.org or call541-679-9571.

Classes will be held Oct. 24 and 25 fromnoon to 4 p.m. both days at Linus Oaks,2665 Van Pelt Blvd., Roseburg. Theinstructors will be Gene and Trish Keller.Register online at www.aarp.org or call541-677-4800.

The driver safety course is designed fordrivers aged 50 and older, however,younger individuals may also take thecourse. You do not need to be a member of AARP to take the course. The fee for thecourse is $14 for each participant. AARPmembers will receive a $2 discount.

Oregon law requires all auto insurancecarriers to offer a discount on premiums toqualified graduates, aged 55 and older, of approved courses such as the AARP DriverSafety Program. To graduate, a participantmust attend both four-hour classes.

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SCOTTMENDELSONFor The Senior Times

Medical science is working mira-cles lately. At times it seems likescience fiction. We are transplant-

ing faces onto injured individuals. Patientsswallow cameras that videotape their trav-els through the gastrointestinal tract to findgrowths that would otherwise remainundiscovered.

Computer interfaces with the nervoussystem are restoring movement to thosewho have been paralyzed by accidents orwar injuries. Great strides are also beingmade in research into the causes and cures

of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Unfortunately, all of these magnificentnew medical technologies are extremelyexpensive. We might not be able to affordthem.

Advances are being made in the meth-ods to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. How-ever, the brain-scanning techniques beingdeveloped to visualize the amyloid plaquesthat characterize Alzheimer’s disease willcost thousands of dollars for each patient.The new, technically advanced tests of blood and cerebrospinal fluid to find mark-

ers of Alzheimer’s disease will cost hun-dreds, if not thousands of dollars.

After Alzheimer’s disease has been diag-nosed, the medications to treat the illnessare also expensive.

Today, such medication can cost up to$2,000 per person a year. The next genera-tion of medications to treat Alzheimer’sdisease is likely to be even more expen-sive.

Unfortunately, the changes thatAlzheimer’s disease causes in the brainusually begin 15 years or more before anychanges in memory and behavior arenoted. Thus, by the time Alzheimer’s dis-ease is diagnosed, the damage is done andthe expensive treatments do little morethan slow the pathological processes downa little.

Although methods are being developedto diagnose the illness at the earliest possi-ble time, there are few indications that anaccurate, simple and inexpensive methodwill arrive anytime soon.

We are currently experiencing an epi-demic of Alzheimer’s disease. We are alsoin the throes of a severe economic down-

turn. The country is deeply in debt, andgovernment expenditures, including thosefor health care, are being trimmed back.

With millions of new cases of dementiaexpected to develop over the next fewyears, medication alone will amount to bil-lions of dollars.

Nursing home care can easily cost$50,000 a year, with prices going up annu-ally. In the next few years, the cost of treating Alzheimer’s disease is expected to

skyrocket. In 2005, Medicare spent $91billion on the care and treatment of

Alzheimer’s patients. By 2015, the expen-ditures are expected to be close to $200billion.

With the government going broke, andaustere measures being implemented, it isclear that we simply cannot afford the cur-rent approach to the diagnosis and treat-ment of Alzheimer’s disease in the midstof a growing epidemic of the illness.

I believe the most reasonable stance totake is not to develop ever more technical-ly advanced and expensive means to diag-nose and treat Alzheimer’s disease, butrather to assume that we are all at risk for

developing Alzheimer’s disease, and thatwe must do what we can right now to min-imize our risks for developing it.

Thankfully, there is a substantial andgrowing body of evidence that for many if not most people, the prevention — or atleast the postponement — of Alzheimer’sdisease can be accomplished with simple,inexpensive changes in lifestyle.

Much to its credit, the National Instituteof Health financed a study to determinewhether or not there is anything people cando to reduce their risk s of developing

Alzheimer’s disease. The panel discoveredthat several factors in lifestyle and healthmaintenance can be improved to reducethe risk of Alzheimer’s.

They include: reaching and maintainingan ideal weight, controlling high bloodpressure, maintaining healthy cholesteroland triglyceride levels, reducing stress,getting a good night’s sleep, treating sleepapnea, seeing a dentist regularly, maintain-ing healthy blood levels of vitamins, suchas folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vita-min E, vitamin D, increasing intake of antioxidants, such as those found in richly-

colored fruits and vegetables, maintainingfriendships and pursuing a rewarding spiri-tual life.

There is no need to completely stop oursearch for the magic bullet to cureAlzheimer’s disease. We may yet comeupon a way to stop Alzheimer’s in itstracks.

Moreover, research itself is valuable.Our studies of the brain could bring usentirely new and unexpected insights withapplications for the treatment of otherhuman ailments.

However, with the government finances

in shambles, the rates of Alzheimer’s dis-ease climbing, and the costs of medicalcare skyrocketing, it is irresponsible not toemphasize the prevention of this terribledisease through safe, inexpensive methodswe already know.

Scott Mendelon is a psychiatrist with the Roseburg VA Healthcare System. He and his wife, Melissa, and three children live in

Roseburg.

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SAM LIKENS

For The Senior Times

Open enrollment for Medicare Part Dis Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. To assistseniors with the enrollment process,

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Medicare recipients can review theirhealth or drug coverage to make sure theyhave the best coverage at the best price in2012. This is also an opportunity for newlyeligible Medicare recipients to join orchange health plans and/or prescription drugplans. The new coverage starts Jan. 1.

The SHIBA program, part of the Depart-ment of Consumer and Business Services,trains volunteers throughout Oregon to helppeople compare Medicare insurance optionsand to see if they qualify for help withMedicare costs.

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