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EncoreAugust 2012

Groomingheirs

Three generations of women plan to keepWinchester Salon a family business

Page 2–The News-Review, Encore Roseburg Oregon, Monday, July 30, 2012

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Louise Shirek embraces great-granddaughter Makenna Brannon, 3, while granddaughter TyeAnn Brannon takes a moment betweencustomers to check on her child.

Groomingheirs

TRICIAJONESEncore

WINCHESTER — Fingers flexed in a fanshape as if preparing for a piano solo,12-year-old Meghan Aker watched asswirls of Pink Voltage tinted her nails.

It was a pink-letter day for Meghan. The Roseburggirl was getting her first manicure.

The historic occasion took place across a smalltable from Tye-Ann Brannon at the Winchester Salonon Northeast Stephens Street, a scissors’ throw fromAmacher Park.

Meghan’s presence represented just the sort ofclientele the salon is seeking to enhance. Along withthe perms and comb-outs traditionally found in beauty

shops, the salon offers pedicures, weaves, edgy cutsfor the teens and 20s set and haircuts for males of allages.

But Winchester Salon has a more exceptional fea-ture than diversification. Within its walls, three gener-ations of women are carrying on a family businesswith style.

At 27, Brannon is the most recent addition to theshop owned by her mother, Cindy Makinson. Brannonworked at a bank and also as an administrative assis-tant before deciding on a career change. She complet-ed her cosmetology certificate in June and works atthe salon as an independent contractor.

Makinson, 48, recalls she was just about Brannon’sage in the early 1990s when she started working forher own mother at the salon. She’d returned in 1986

from Alaska, where she and her husband movedshortly after their marriage. After deciding to attendRoseburg Beauty College, Makinson entered whatwas becoming a family business.

Louise Shirek had worked at the salon since 1975;she bought it 13 years later. Now 70, Shirek still getsemotional talking about the first perm she ever did.She was in the eighth grade, and the hair belonged toher grandmother.

“She wanted me to be a beautician,” Shirek said. “Isaid I couldn’t, and she said, ‘You can handle it,honey.’”

Now, more than 55 years later, Shirek can’t think ofanything she doesn’t enjoy about her calling. Still,

Three generations ofwomen plan to keepWinchester Salon afamily business

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Another StrikeAgainstAmputation

ocal resident, Joan Kemp could barely walk. Her leg pain was so bad she was having to consider a trip

to Eugene and an amputation.

Now she is back doing the activities she loves mostthanks to a procedure performed at Mercy’s ShawHeart and Vascular Center to relieve the oftendebilitating and dangerous effects of peripheral arterydisease (PAD).

People with diabetes and other conditions, whose PADhas caused gangrene or devastating sores on their feetare being wheeled into Shaw Heart and VascularCenter, and walking out on their own two feet.

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she’s ready to cut back a bit. She sold thebusiness to Makinson in 2010. One day,she’ll walk out the door for the last time,Shirek said. But she’ll continue to work aslong as her health is good.

Her energy appears to be an inheritabletrait. On the day Brannon wielded the nailbrush applying Meghan’s topcoat, Makin-son snipped at the gray wisps of a 70ishman, talking with him about his travelplans. She barely had time to sweep thefloor after his departure when walk-inBetty Hatcher of Roseburg asked if shecould get a trim. She soon became Makin-son’s 11th customer for the day.

Finishing Meghan’s manicure, Brannongreeted a long-locked young woman readyto experiment with a new look.

On the opposite side of the room, LouiseShirek massaged shampoo through thescalp of regular client Sue Shafer of Win-chester while telling the waiting SharleneCoelyn of Roseburg about an article she’dread on exercise.

“Sitting at a desk for half an hour at atime is just not good,” Shirek called outover the sink’s running water. “You aresupposed to get up and move.”

No worries about that for Shirek, Makin-son and Brannon. Besides seeking a morevaried client base, the salon relies on theloyal following Shirek and Makinson havebuilt up over the decades.

One such faithful customer is Winches-ter’s Emma Gregory, who turns 90 inNovember and sees Shirek every Friday.

“Louise cares about her customers. I’vealways admired her,” Gregory said, addingthat Makinson “is a very energetic younglady, and everyone seems to love her.”

Though she hasn’t got to know Brannonyet very well, Gregory said the threewomen “seem to take criticism from oneanother very well.”

They also ensure that each shines at whatshe does best. Shirek is an ace at perms,shampoo sets and more traditional dyes.

Makinson gets high marks fromher mother for being able to han-dle whatever comes her way.

“I just love being able to makepeople look nice – the stylingand the artistry of it,” Makinsonsaid. “My daughter wants to dothe crazy color and the crazierhaircuts. People find her person-ality just rocks, and she has theknowledge to back her up.”

All three say they worktogether well because they treateach other with professionalcourtesy. At the same time, theirfamily bond is obvious. Thatextends to 3-year-old MakennaBrannon, who is often in thesalon tending the tresses of herdoll as it sits in a miniature bar-ber’s chair.

Shirek and Makinson arehopeful that Makenna’s momwill help bring a more contem-porary flair to the shop. “Ourmotto is, ‘Let our generationserve yours,’” Brannon said.

The slogan seems to apply tocustomers as well. Holding upher still-wet Pink Voltage nails,Meghan asked her dad if he

could slip her phone into her pocket. “I guess I’d better be ready to do this the

rest of the day,” Scott Aker said.

• You can reach Encore editor TriciaJones at 541-957-4216.


Makenna Brannon, 3, looks for ways to entertain herself in the Winchester salon as grand-mother Cindy Makinson wields a blow dryer for customer Betty Hatcher of Roseburg.

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Aug. 26 is known as Women’s EqualityDay. On that date in 1920, the 19thAmendment to the U.S.Constitution was signed,giving women the right tovote.

Social Security treatsmen and women equally.Men and women with iden-tical earnings histories aretreated exactly the same.However, there are thingswomen in particular shouldknow about Social Security.Although treated equally bySocial Security, women may find theirbenefits are affected by trends and differ-ences in lifestyle.

For example, women tend to care formany people — spouses, children, andparents. Taking time away from the work-place to care for a newborn child or agingparent can have an impact on your futureSocial Security benefits.

Also, despite significant strides throughthe years, women are more likely to earnless than men over a lifetime. Women areless often covered by private retirementplans, and they are more dependent onSocial Security in their retirement years.

In addition, women tend to live about

five years longer than men, which meansmore years depending on Social Security

and other retirement incomeor savings.

If a woman is married toa man who earns significant-ly more than she does, it islikely she will qualify for alarger benefit amount on hisrecord than on her own.

Want to learn more? Visitour Women’s page atwww.socialsecurity.gov/women. Follow the linkon that page to our publica-

tion, “What Every Woman Should Know.”You can read it online, print a copy, or lis-ten to it on audio. We provide alternatemedia as well to reach as many women aspossible and to provide the information theway you’d like to receive it.

Learning about your future Social Secu-rity benefits and how men and women aretreated just the same in the eyes of SocialSecurity —what better way to celebrateWomen’s Equality Day?

Alan Edwards is an information special-ist with the Social Security Administration.

ROSEBURG

Grief supportgroups meet

Groups that seek to help people dealwith mourning have the following meet-ings scheduled for August. There’s noadmission charge to participate.

The Grief Support Group meets from 10to 11:30 a.m. each Monday in Conference

Room C at Mercy Medical Center, 2700Stewart Parkway.

Information: 541-677-4810.The Bereavement Support Group will

meet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 and 28in the Main Building Chapel of LinusOakes, 2665 N.W. Van Pelt Blvd.

In addition to meeting the second andfourth Tuesdays of each month, theBereavement Support Group has a month-ly luncheon at Karen’s Coffee Cup, 2445N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd. This month’smeeting will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Aug. 15.

Information: 541-677-2384.

Social trends affect women’sSocial Security benefits

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The other day I found myself in therole of audience as one of mypatients extolled the virtues of juic-

ing. The message was enthusiastic: Behealthier, livelonger, runfaster andjump higher— all as aresult of dailyintake ofhome-squeezedjuice.

My well-intentionedpatient direct-ed me to awebsite whereI beheld the testimonial of a nearly 100-year-old man who “juiced” four times aday! He was fit, tan, articulate and veryconvincing. Who wouldn’t be swayed tosend off $150 for a personal “fountain ofyouth and vitality”?

I could choose from a variety ofmachines ranging in price from $99 to$150, plus the option of an easy payment

plan of $14.95 a month if the sticker pricewas a bit much for the budget. Even if Icould swing the price of the machine, thejuice containers looked to be the size of asmall microwave, and would take up quitea bit of space on my counter. Convincingas the website was, I realized that juicingfruits and vegetables eliminates a very

important reason why we eat fruits andvegetables — the fiber!

True, juicing is an excellent way to getvitamins, minerals, and other phytonutri-ents from plants. That concentrated nutri-ent hit derived from squeezing the liquidout of carrots, celery, and beets can poten-tially provide a day’s requirement of vita-

mins and minerals. And it will probably betasty, especially if you add some fruit tothe mix.

But all that healthy fiber is pushed into aseparate compartment in the juicermachine, to be eliminated like an unwant-ed scourge. And fiber is one of the mostimportant nutrients to take care of yourinsides. Fiber is nature’s regulator. Notonly does it keep our intestines active andour colons clean, but it also helps regulateblood sugar and blood cholesterol levels.Plant fiber is meant to be eaten and digest-ed by our bodies in its whole and naturalform.

So juice if you like, but know that this isnot necessarily better than eating wholeplants, especially with regard to fiber ben-efits. Save yourself some money andcounter space. Just eat your fruits and veg-gies!

Nancy Goodale Graham is a registereddietitian who coordinates the OregonHeart and Vascular Institute’s cardiovas-cular wellness and prevention programs atSacred Heart Medical Center at River-Bend in Springfield. You can contact her [email protected].

Juicers provide nutrients, but eliminate necessary ingredient

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up some celery and add bits of broccoli or cau-liflower. Be creative and make your own mix-

ture of chopped vegetable salad. Enjoy!

For the salad:2 to 3 fresh tomatoes, chopped and drained1 large cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise,

and chopped1/2 cup minced red onion

1 to 2 cups diced bell peppers (red, yellow,orange, or green)

1/2 cup diced zucchini1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese, (fat-free

preferred) 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives

Vinaigrette:4 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 to 3 tablespoons fresh herbs, minced(oregano, basil, mint, tarragon, etc.)

1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)Freshly ground pepper

In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, cucum-ber, onion, bell peppers, zucchini, parsley,cheese, and olives. In a small bowl, whisk

together the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt,pepper, and fresh herbs. Pour the vinaigrette

over the vegetables and toss. Cover and refrig-erate several hours. Makes about 8 cups of

salad.

Dear Reader,Extra candles on the cake, extra

inches on my shorts. With eachpassing yearI’m embar-rassed to saymy shorts getlonger.

I suspectother peopledon’t reallynotice, butnot me. I’vebeen doingthe math, andas the yearshave added up, so have the inches on myshorts. In my early 20s, I wore 3-inchshorts. In my 30s, it was 4- and 5-inch

shorts The 6-, 7-, and 8-inch years, theywere a blur. Last year’s shorts came in at 9inches long.

And now this year, when I tried on myshorts and decided that another inch wouldmake me feel more comfortable, I wasshocked to discover that the number 10doesn’t follow nine. Nope, now that I’vegraduated from wearing 9-inch shorts, myoptions come in twos — 11- or 13-inchlengths.

French walking shorts, Bermuda shorts,sassy cuffed shorts — catalog marketerstry to appease baby boomers like myselfwith fancy descriptions of these longershorts, but let’s face it. What I’m lookingfor now is old-lady shorts that don’t looklike old-lady shorts!

Where did the years go?

In my search for “it’s-safe-to-bend-over”(but not old-lady) shorts, I finally spotted apair on a woman standing in line in frontof me at the rib shack. While she was wait-ing for her order, I said, “Those are great-looking shorts. Where did you get them?”

She couldn’t remember where shebought them, and after a failed attempt totwist around to try to read the label herself,she pulled open the back of her shorts.” Ican’t see the label,” she said, “but goahead and look in my pants.” So I did.

And after I visit the Jones New Yorkstore at the outlet mall, I’ll be wearingadorable old-lady shorts, too!

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

Suzanne Beecher, author of “Muffins

and Mayhem: Recipes for a Happy (if Dis-orderly) Life,” invites you to read at heronline book clubs, found at www.Dear-Reader.com. She can be reached [email protected].

The long and short of advancing downward inches

Suzanne BeecherFootnotes

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Summertime is often family reuniontime. Our three daughters and theirfamilies all live out of state, but at

first mention of a family get-together thegirls andtheir hus-bands alikeall vote forthe OregonCoast.

Prior tothe reunion Iprovidedconstantreminders,especially tothose coming from Arizona, that even inthe summer the Oregon coast can be chillyand wet.

Houses to rent in various price rangesare plentiful. Of course there is camping,and if you bring along your own RV, thatworks, too. We all agreed that Papa Ro andGrandma Glo would find the house andpay the rent. The rest of the family wouldbuy and prepare all of the food and bringtoys and supplies for indoor craft projects,as well as for beach activities and outdoorcraft projects, weather depending.

I found the perfect four-bedroom, five-bathroom house right on the beach atRockaway on the north coast. We nowhave eight small grandchildren, and a fam-

ily reunion even in a spacious houserequires some creative thinking to dealwith sleeping arrangements. For instance,2-year old Dylan can now climb out of aportable crib. Solution? Turn the portablecrib upside down, thus creating Dylan’sown escape-proof cave. He loved it andslept like a log!

Rockaway is between Seaside andTillamook, with a three-mile strip of sandybeach — perfect for making our plaster ofParis sculptures in the sand. Although wewere quite familiar with the area, we visit-ed a train car remodeled into a visitor’scenter and came away loaded with infor-mation. When we inquired about theTillamook Air Museum, the delightful ladyon duty provided us Blimp Bucks. Theseare coupons worth $1 off the price ofadmission. The museum boasts the largestwooden structure in the world and housesmore than 30 restored World War II warbirds. We were also intrigued about an oldsteam engine train that provides ridesdown the beach to Garibaldi.

We had a great time rediscovering thearea. We went on hikes, marveled at theOctopus Tree and lighthouse at CapeMeares, enjoyed the particularly scenicviews at Oceanside and nosed aroundshops in all of the little communities.Almost all shops and cafés in the area havepiles of Oregon Coast Today, a weekly

paper loaded with coupons, discounts andideas of things to do in the area, rain orshine.

Tillamook is 14 miles south of Rock-away and has both a Fred Meyer and aSafeway. I never get tired of visiting theTillamook Cheese Factory. The place isrun as efficiently as Disneyland. The largewindows offer a birds-eye view of thecheese production and packaging teams inaction, with videos and interactive kiosksall along the way. Our grandkids loved it.We are a cheese-eating family, so all thesamples were a popular attraction, and ofcourse all paths lead to the ice cream. Withabout 50 flavors and multiple sizes of dish-es and cones from which to choose, it’seasy to go away with a smile on your face.Check out Tillamook Cheese Factory onFacebook and look for a printable $1 OffTillamook ice cream coupon. Tillamook isalso the home of the fabulous Blue HeronFrench Cheese Company.

If you are driving to Tillamook fromPortland, you will go right through whatwas once known as the Tillamook Burn.This describes four forest fires thatbetween 1933 and 1951 destroyed morethan 350,000 acres of old-growth timber.My husband had a great time braggingabout his efforts on a school field trip in1960 planting trees to help restore the rav-aged timberland. Today, a marvelous For-

est Center offers outstanding interpretiveexhibits, family nature programs, films anda gift shop.

After several days with the immediatefamily, we moved on to an extended fami-ly reunion at the Twin Rocks Friends Fam-ily Camp, just a mile south of Rockaway.It is the perfect place for an extendedweekend with a large group.

There are planned activities such asinteractive classes, but plenty of free timeto take advantage of a variety of other pur-suits, such as miniature golf, crafts, swim-ming and boating on Spring Lake, hikingtrails, Frisbee golf, and volleyball. Or youcan just head to the beach for some relax-ation and fun in the sun.

The buffet-style meals are bountiful andtasty. Various types and prices of accom-modations are available, including cabinsand dorms where guests provide their ownbedding and towels, or more upscale lodg-ings where everything is provided. Fordetails, check out www.twinrocks.org andclick on “Adult & Family Conferences,”then “Family Camp.”

Gloria Johnson is a tour conductor andworld traveler. Her next group trip isCheap Thrills: New York City in spring2013. For details, contact Gloria at [email protected].


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During the early 1930s, two separaterare incidents occurred that affect-ed my usual calm mealtime.

The first happened as mymother was preparing sup-per. We were standing nearthe cook stove when ourattention was suddenlydrawn to the back door.Shocked, we saw a strange,grim, bearded man staringat us. Evidently he hadopened the screen door andproceeded to find the solidoutside door unlocked. Hehad entered a covered win-dowless back porch and had turned to geta view of us through the glass upper por-tion of the inner kitchen door.

Scared and confused, my usually unas-suming mother was able to shout, “Go, getout, go!” The tramp — or hobo, as suchmen were sometimes called — hastilyturned and walked away. She did notmake another comment or elaborate onher concern. I also remained speechlessduring the meal and hid the alarm I feltduring the fearful moment.

A second rare incident was enjoyable

and had been planned to take place atnoontime. A mother in the neighborhood,who was usually at home all day, arranged

for my mother to preparelunch for her four girlswhile the neighbor attendeda special woman’s meeting.

They accompanied mehome from school that par-ticular day. I soon heardchatter and laughter aroundthe dining room table, a dis-tinct change from my usualtranquil meal. After theyhad been served hot veg-etable beef soup and her

famous cinnamon rolls, (not our usualfare), the four of them — two older, onemy age and one younger — gave mymother a genuine vote of approval by say-ing, “We would like to come here forlunch every day.”

Never repeated, these uncommonepisodes gave me a rare glimpse of howdrama can affect a customarily hushedmeal time.

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As the 2012 Summer OlympicGames get into full swing, I amreminded of the prophecy from the

Old Testament Book of Joelthat states, “…your old menshall dream dreams, youryoung men shall see visions.”

I can’t say I ever truly envi-sioned myself as an Olympicathlete. But I do recall antici-pating the 1968 SummerOlympic Games as a youngman, visualizing a wing-foot-ed version of myself runningin the 1,500-meter raceagainst the greats Jim Ryanand Kip Keino. And, of course, in the per-fect world of my youthful imagination, Iedged them out with a tremendous final-lap kick.

Forty-four years later, the only Olympicevent I foresee myself participating in ismarathon TV watching of the games cov-erage. There’s no getting around it. Somethings in life do pass you by.

Then again, maybe they just metamor-phose. After all, as prophesied, old menshall have their dreams as well. And forthose among us who haven’t quite let go ofour Olympic fantasies, here is anannouncement of note: The 2013 SummerNational Senior Games will be held July21 through Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland.

Medals will be awarded in the followingsports: archery, badminton, basketball,bowling, cycling, golf, horseshoes, pickle-ball, race walking, racquetball, road rac-ing, shuffleboard, softball, swimming,table tennis, tennis, track & field, triathlon,and volleyball. Participants must be atleast 50 years of age during the qualifyingyear (2012). To qualify for the nationalgames, an athlete must first qualify

through sanctioned state games.No, I am not making this up. The

National Senior Games Association, origi-nally called the NationalSenior Olympics Organiza-tion, is a nonprofit memberof the U.S. Olympic Com-mittee. The senior branchwas formed in 1985 in St.Louis and is dedicated tomotivating senior men andwomen to lead a healthylifestyle through the seniorgames movement.

The first National SeniorOlympic Games was held

in 1987 and hosted 2,500 participants.Since then, the Summer Senior Gamesseries, held every other year, has grown tobecome one of the largest multisportevents in the world. The 2011 SeniorGames, which took place in Houston, drewmore than 10,000 senior athletes.

For more information about the NationalSenior Olympic Games, including a list ofthe qualifying State Games, go towww.nsga.com. Since most states havealready held their qualifying games thisyear for the 2013 National Senior OlympicGames, it appears we aging dreamers willhave to wait until 2015 to fulfill our latentfantasies. The 2015 Senior Games will beheld in July of that year in the Twin Citiesof Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.

That should give me enough time tohone my shuffleboard skills to a medal-worthy degree of excellence.

Bob Mayo is a retired public schoolsemployee who has lived in Douglas Coun-ty since 1990. You can reach him [email protected].

Keep bearing that torchon Olympic aspirations

Bob MayoNow That I Think About It

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Blood pressure screenings set

Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary willprovide free blood pressure screenings atthe following sites in August:

• 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, Roseburg

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


ROSEBURG

Cancer supportgroup to meet

Members of a group to help those deal-ing with cancer are continuing their sched-ule of getting together on the thirdWednesday of each month.

The Cancer Support Group will meetfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 15 inSuite 100 of the Community Cancer Cen-ter, 2880 Stewart Parkway. Admission isfree.


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Aprenuptial agreement, referred to asa “premarital agreement” in statestatutes, is an agreement between

prospective spouses, to be effective uponmarriage. (Postnuptial agreements, enteredinto after marriage, are notcovered by state statutesand are more difficult tomake valid.)

A marriage generallyautomatically revokes theparties’ existing wills. Aprenuptial agreement canpreserve the effectivenessof existing wills.

From and after the dateof marriage, a survivingspouse is entitled to a share of a deceasedspouse’s estate regardless of the provisionsof the deceased spouse’s will. This isreferred to as the surviving spouse’s elec-tive or “forced” share. A prenuptial agree-ment may waive or limit these rightsaccording to the terms of the agreemententered into before marriage.

Furthermore, a spouse has a statutorypreference to be appointed personal repre-sentative of a deceased spouse’s estate. Aprenuptial agreement may waive this pref-erence.

Finally, a prenuptial agree-ment may include any num-ber of other matters, includ-ing the disposition of proper-ty and modification or elimi-nation of spousal support inthe event of divorce.

In order to create a validprenuptial agreement, it isimportant for each party to berepresented by competentlegal counsel well in advance

of the marriage date. It’s also crucial thatfull disclosure of all assets be made byeach party prior to entering into the agree-ment.

Bruce R. Coalwell has been an attorneyin Roseburg since 1981. He is with the lawfirm of Dole, Coalwell, Clark, Mountain-spring & Mornarich.

Prenups can modify traditional spousal rights

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DOUGLAS COUNTYAARP offers driversafety classes

The Douglas County AARP Driver Safe-

ty Program Team is offering two classesfor the month of August.

The course is designed for drivers aged50 and older; however, it’s open toyounger people as well. You do not need tobe a member of AARP to take the course.

Course fees are $14 per person. AARPmembers will receive a $2 discount.

Oregon law requires all auto insurancecarriers to offer a discount on premiums toqualified graduates, age 55 and older, of

approved programs such as this one. Courses are arranged in six hours of

instruction during one session. Participantsmust complete the six hours to graduateand receive the benefit.

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

Following is a schedule of area classesfor this month. Call 541-679-9571 or visitwww.aarp.org to register for either.

• Aug. 16 — Mercy Community Educa-tion Center, 2459 Stewart Parkway, Rose-burg. Instructor: Steve Barfield.

• Aug. 23 — Oakland City Hall, 637N.E. Locust St. Instructor: Bette Keehley.

For information about future classes, orto request a class for your organization,call Pete Benham, district coordinator, at541-672-1016.

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Caregiver support groups to meet

Family caregiver support groups aremeeting in four sites again this month.There’s no charge to participate.

Schedules are as follows: Roseburg — 1:30 to 3 p.m. Aug. 1,

Room 2, Mercy Community EducationCenter, 2459 Stewart Parkway.

Sutherlin — 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 9,Sutherlin Community Center, 10 S.Willamette St.

Canyonville — 2 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16,Chapel, Forest Glen Senior Residence, 200S.W. Frontage Road.

Winston — 2 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 22,Wooley Board Room, Winston Communi-ty Center, 440 Grape Street.

Information: Nancy Hudson, 541-440-3677.

ROSEBURG

Support group sets meeting

The Parkinson Support Group will meetthe second Monday of the month as usualin August.

The meeting will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m.Aug. 13 in Room 1 at the Mercy Commu-nity Education Center, 2459 Stewart Park-way.



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Baker County was Oregon’s eastern-most county. It was named for thefirst U. S. Senator from Oregon,

Edward Baker. He was killedin The Civil War at the battleof Ball’s Bluff, the only sen-ator to be killed in any war.

At one time, the people ofOregon considered goingwith the Confederacy, butBaker talked them out of it.He was a friend of AbrahamLincoln. In fact, the Lincolnsnamed their second son afterhim.

At one time, Baker County occupiedone-fifth of the state. Auburn, about sixmiles from the town of Baker, was then thelargest town in Oregon. Gold was the mainproduct. The gold soon played out and

Auburn became a ghost town. Meanwhile, other counties were formed

and Baker County soon shrank to its pres-ent size. Gold mines ulti-mately surrounded the townof Baker. One of the richestwas the Virtue, east ofBaker. The site was abovethe Oregon Trail, the ruts ofwhich can still be seen. Themine produced close to $10million dollars.

The town of Sumpter wasonly 12 miles from Bakerand nearly overtook it, rail-road and all. It was served

by the Sumpter Valley Railroad. In 1919,the town was nearly destroyed by a fire.The Bonanza was one of several goldmines situated around Sumpter. TheBonanza only got 40 percent of the gold.

The mines were shut down in The 1920sand 1930s. The only thing left was a min-ing dredge.

I grew up thinking that the Powder Riverwas always muddy. Sometime in the1950s, I woke up to the fact that it wasclear. The dredge had quit working.

The Sumpter valley was torn apart bythe dredge. Rocks were everywhere.Between 1930 and the 1950s the dredgegot several million dollars.

I worked at the First National Bank ofPortland in Baker as a loan officer. A cus-tomer inquired about a loan of severalthousand dollars. He wanted to work thetailings of several mines in the area. Hehad a new and improved method of dig-ging out the gold. It made sense to me.

Because the sum was over my loan lim-its, I talked to the bank manager, Mr.Waller. He heard me out, then said only

one thing: “Reddy, a lot more money wentinto those mines than ever came out ofthem.”

The customer didn’t get the loan.Recently I read in the newspaper that a

mining company from Toronto, Canada,had purchased the Bonanza Mine. “A newand improved method” was going to betried.

They thought the 40 percent extractedwas too low and were ready to start on thetailing.

Maybe they were right. Gold is at anall-time high now instead of the $19 perounce it was back in 1930s.

However, maybe Mr. Waller was right.

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From the most ancient times, peoplehave taken delight in knowing andusing herbs and wildflowers (some-

times denigrated as “weeds,” but not inthose early eons), and they imagined howthey came to be on earth to please and toheal.

Humanimaginationhas ever runrife in creat-ing causesfor naturalphenomenain life. Ioffer someratherappealingones for yourenjoyment.

Brilliant orangey-red Indian paintbrush’sspiky flowers splash against ground opento the sun. The Cherokee attribute these toSky Painter, the god who paints the heav-ens gold, orange, red, purple or pink atdawn and dusk. As he did this one morn-ing, he glimpsed a nubile maiden collect-ing herbs and blooms. And he dropped hisbrush to follow her, as youth and gods —mostly male — are wont to do. Paint dropsfell to earth, spattering in every direction,and these are the flowers we see.

Trilliums in purest white and pinkish-lavender grow as nosegays under forestcanopies, but beware of touching one.According to the ancient Scots, if a womanpicks a white blossom, she’ll provoke adownpour! (By the end of most rainy sea-sons, Roseburgians run out of patiencewith further precipitation, so be careful.)

Rosy-hued trilliums could provide a lovepotion for some Native American tribes.

One young lady, hoping to capture a hand-some, strong, young husband, concocted abrew in the privacy of her lodge. Woefully,she tripped on her way to his. Her concoc-tion splashed into the eating bowl of anelder long past prime who already hadthree wives. Our maid wept bitterly formany moons as the ancient one stumbledafter her, until the potion’s power erodedaway.

Vetch wildflowers come in both yellowand purple. Oregon midwives in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries believedthemselves remiss if they neglected to givea bouquet of sprigs of each shade to brideson their wedding days. Holding her flowersbehind her back, a bride chose an unseenspray and brought it around to show themidwife. If the tiny flowers were yellow,their firstborn would be a girl; if purple, aboy.

If the crone believed the groom or any-one else had influenced the selection, thetest became invalid. But it could be redone.(This offered second attempts if groomsfelt resolute that their firstborns be sons.)

Another old custom amongst early Ore-gonians of European or British heritagewas used to predict the prosperity of a new-lywed’s household. The groom gathered anosegay of flowers and attractive leaves,obtainable on their own homestead. If hisbride found a caterpillar amongst thebunch, their wedded wealth and good for-tune were deemed certain. However, if shediscovered a spider therein, their maritalaffluence would be stolen away in the earlyyears of their union. (Husbands were enti-tled to try again on subsequent weddinganniversaries, as many times over the yearsas either nuptial party believed necessary.)

I consider cool and even rainy days the

most desirable, so I’m off in search of awhite trillium.

KatSue Grant taught writing, Englishliterature and psychology courses at Cali-

fornia State University at Stanislaus andseveral community colleges. She’s a pro-fessional manuscript editor and is a mem-ber of several writing groups in DouglasCounty and statewide.


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Recently, actor Ryan O’Neal releasedthe following statement about hishealth:

“ …I was diagnosed with stage 4prostate cancer … Although I was shockedand stunnedby the news,I feel fortu-nate that itwas detectedearly andaccording tomy extraor-dinary teamof doctors,the prognosisis positive fora full recov-ery.”

When I read this, I was puzzled, and youmay have been, too. Stage IV cancerdetected “early”? (In medicine, the stagesof cancer, meaning the extent to which the

cancer has spread and therefore its severi-ty, are referenced with Roman numerals,not Arabic.) And with a “positive progno-sis”? Either the press release was in error,or it was accurate and the media reported itincorrectly, or the actor didn’t understandwhat a diagnosis of stage IV prostate can-cer means. The five-year survival rate formen whose prostate is initially diagnosedat stage IV is less than one-third of thatwhose cancer is found earlier, at stage I orII.

Shortly after the news of Mr. O’Neal’scancer was reported, the story was amend-ed and he is now said to have stage IIprostate cancer, not stage IV. The positiveprognosis and full recovery statementsnow make more sense.

All cancers are serious, but prostate can-cer, although there are some very aggres-sive types, is slow-growing. Fifty percentto 75 percent of patients with prostate can-cer succumb to another disease. It is, after

all, a disease primarily of older men. Morethan 35 percent of cases are initially diag-nosed in men between ages 65 and 74,nearly 19 percent are in men between ages75 and 84. Ryan O’Neal is 71.

This disease is one in which cells gowild and grow in uncontrolled ways,clumping together to form tumors, andspreading out from where they began toinvade other organs. In medical lingo, thisspread is termed “mets,” short for metasta-sis.

Cancers are named for their site of ori-gin (prostate cancer originates in theprostate gland) and if the cancer spreads toanother organ, it still retains the name ofthe original source. If prostate cancerspreads to the bones, it is still prostate can-cer, not bone cancer, and it will be treatedwith the protocol for prostate cancer.

For the most part, only a small percent-age of cancers cannot be identified bywhere they started. Accurate identification

is critical because it determines the mostappropriate treatment.

About one in six men will be diagnosedwith prostate cancer. It is the second mostcommon cancer diagnosis for Americanmen, after skin cancer. The vast majorityof the 250,000 American men who arediagnosed with it each year are first diag-nosed at stage I or II, not IV.

Because the various treatment optionsfor prostate cancer often have unfortunateside effects, and since it is generally aslow-growing disease, often “watchfulwaiting” or “active surveillance” is thechosen treatment path for many men.

For those of us who so fondly remembercrying like infants over ill-fated JennyCavilleri, we wish Mr. O’Neal all the best.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in health education and aCertified Health Education Specialist des-ignation.

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It doesn’t have to be that way if those ofus who are younger are willing to fill thevoid for them. The Senior Companion Pro-gram is dedicated to that effort and is look-ing for volunteers 15 hours a week to pro-vide companionship and friendship to theirneighbors.

All that’s required is a caring touch. Vol-unteers can read the mail for those withfailing eyesight, play a board game orcards to relieve their monotony and, onoccasion, take elders to the grocery storeor a doctor’s office. If you are older than55 and willing to respond to this need, youmay qualify for a tax-free stipend and getmileage reimbursement. Call Berta at 541-492-3520.

For details about the following other sta-tions that would welcome your help,unless otherwise indicated, call Sam at541-492-3917 or e-mail her [email protected].

The Roseburg Veterans Affairs MedicalCenter needs administrative support in theVolunteer Services office and the VADirector’s office. The VA also can usevolunteers to sort supplies, monitor inven-tory and other duties in the logisticsdepartment. Also needed are drivers totake patients to doctor’s appointments inthe VA van. Training and a tuberculosistest will be given. Call Sam.

Mercy Medical Center wants volunteersto help with blood pressure clinics at theRoseburg Valley Mall, Walmart and theYMCA; assist patients in the ImagingDepartment; drive the golf cart taking visi-tors and patients from the parking lots tothe hospital entrance, especially on theweekend. Contact Mercy Volunteer Ser-vices at 541-677-4465.

Manor House Memory Care Centerneeds helpers to plan and assist the

patients with simple woodworking proj-ects, sedentary exercises, gardening,music, and arts and crafts activities, play-ing games or just reminiscing with thepatients. Assistants on bus trips Mondayand Wednesday afternoons are welcome.Call Sandy at 541-446-5600.

Umpqua Valley Rehab and Care Centerwants to recruit men who can relate to theinterests of the male residents and wouldlike to visit with them. For more informa-tion, call Gina at 541-464-7108.

American Cancer Society Road toRecovery Program is seeking 10 volun-teers to drive patients to and fromchemotherapy treatments. The programalso seeks 10 volunteers in the ResourceCenter to inform patients and family mem-bers about the services available throughthe Society. For more information, callSam.

Douglas County Cancer Services needsyou to greet patients and help them withfinancial and personal needs. Call Dodie at541- 680-5396.

Community Cancer Center is looking for

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Dial-a-ride wants drivers in each of thecommunities they serve to drive seniorsand those who are handicapped to doctorappointments, grocery shopping and to thesenior dining sites. Each community has afleet of vehicles. Winston, Sutherlin andMyrtle Creek are the most in need, so ifyou live in one of these places and canhelp, call Sam.

Yoncalla Senior Center Meals is lookingfor drivers to deliver meals to the home-bound as well as servers and kitchen helpin the dining site on Tuesday, Thursdayand Friday. If you can help, call Sam.

Foster Grandparent Program needs vol-unteers willing to dedicate 15 hours aweek in Oakland, Myrtle Creek and Rose-burg classrooms. Volunteers help childrenwith reading skills critical thinking andpositive behavior. A tax-free stipend andmileage reimbursement are available ifyou qualify. Training is provided. Fordetails, call Berta at 541-492-3520.

Dog days of summer a good time to provide companionship

Volunteers from the Roseburg Fami-ly History Center will be at theDouglas County Fair, Aug. 7 to 11,

to help youlearn moreabout yourancestors.

The Dis-cover YourRoots boothwill be in theCommunityConferenceHall. Threecomputers,each mannedby a Family History Center staff person,will be available to help you learn some-thing new about your roots.

Try the five-minute challenge, wherein avolunteer tries to find something about

your genealogy in 5 minutes or less. Doesit work? Yes, it usually does. It helps ifyou can bring a bit of information about an

ancestor, preferably someone who wasalive before 1930, such as a name, birthdate, and birthplace.

Much of the 1940 U.S. Census, whichwas released in April 2012, has now beenindexed and is available online on the freewebsite www.familysearch.org. Sincemany of the people on this census are stillliving today, you might be able to find rel-atives living then that you know personal-ly.

If new information is found, it can beprinted out for you to take home. If youneed more help than can be given in thefair booth, you can make an appointmentto visit the Family History Center toresearch it yourself or get one-on-one help.

Seniors age 65 and older can discovertheir roots by getting into the fair free onTuesday. Free admission for seniors con-tinues until 5 p.m.

On Thursday, anyone can get in freefrom 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. by dress-ing up a vegetable or fruit. Get your familytogether for a fun activity. Search thekitchen and garden to find plants to createyour masterpiece.

On Friday, active military and veteransget in free until 5 p.m. If you are not a vet-eran, get in free until 2 p.m. by bringingtwo cans of food.

Fair buses begin running each day at10:00 a.m. and continue until 11:00 p.m.So hop on a bus or drive to the DouglasCounty Fair to discover more about yourroots.

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

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So you know...The following free classes will be held this

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Iam a tie-dyed American. My roots aredyed in the colors of the plaid tartans ofthe Scottish Duncan clan and glazed in

the spicy fires of the Latino Puchi family.Both cultureshold mefirmly plant-ed in theUnited Statesof America.

Forevermay it waveover thegrave of myMamanina,my grand-mother and a woman who spent most ofher life wishing she could be an Americancitizen. Suzanna Puchi, who arrived as animmigrant in 1914, finally realized thatdream at age 75 in October 1977.

Papanino, my grandfather, became a cit-izen on May 17, 1941, when my motherwas 12 years old. Juan Baptista Puchi wasa grocery store owner in the border townof Nogales, Arizona. His formal natural-ization certificate reads “True Americanidentification as registered by the UnitedStates Government.” He was 47 years old.

Mamanina never believed she was smartenough to pass the test, but longed for the

recognition of citizenship in the countryshe called home. She worked side by sidewith Papanino in the grocery store, gavebirth to a daughter in the U.S. and movedto Los Angeles to start a new life when mygrandfather died and my mother was only16. Mamanina worked in the garment dis-trict in Los Angeles, owned property, sentmy mother to college, paid her taxes, had adriver’s license and a passport. But wasnot a naturalized citizen. She filed with thepost office for her green card as was thecustom and without fail.

But this brilliant businesswoman doubt-ed her ability to learn the details of ourgovernment, its structure and complexities,the memorization and understanding of ourpast history. My grandmother had lived formore than 70 years in a country that shecalled home but that did not recognize heras one of its own. With no classes toattend, my father and mother gatheredmaterials and helped her to study. When Iwas in civics classes as a child, it neveroccurred to me that my grandmother wasnot an American citizen. To me, it was agrade on my report card. To her, it was adream she had worked her entire adult lifeto achieve.

Mamanina’s dream finally came true in1977. Shortly after she took the test, my

family moved from Woodland, Calif., toRoseburg. It was there that she receivedthe letter with her picture and the WhiteHouse emblem stating that she was indeedand forever a citizen of the United Statesof America. She returned to Sacramento,Calif., for the swearing-in ceremony. Myfather stood witness as she raised her righthand and said these words:

“I hereby declare, on oath, that Iabsolutely and entirely renounce andabjure all allegiance and fidelity to anyforeign prince, potentate, state or sover-eignty, of whom or which I have hereto-fore been a subject or citizen; that I willsupport and defend the Constitution andlaws of the United States of Americaagainst all enemies, foreign and domestic;that I will bear true faith and allegiance tothe same; that I will bear arms on behalf ofthe United States when required by thelaw; that I will perform noncombatantservice in the armed forces of the UnitedStates when required by the law; that I willperform work of national importanceunder civilian direction when required bythe law; and that I take this obligationfreely without any mental reservation orpurpose of evasion; so help me God.”

As a native-born American, I did notstudy, take a test or declare my allegiance

under oath to the United States. And yetmy grandmother spent her life working,paying taxes, and contributing for the priv-ilege of those same rights. The day shepledged her allegiance to the United Statesof America was rich with pride and satis-faction beyond measure for her and for herfamily on both sides of the border. Shedied four years later at age 79.

My father insisted that an American flagbe placed on Mamanina’s grave on everynational holiday. I pledge that symbol ofher faith in this country will continue to bea part of our American roots. Long may itwave! That is what a wise Americangrandma would do.

Eularee Smith is the grandmother of six, ateacher and executive director of UpStartCrow children’s theater in Eugene. Visither blog site at www.eularee.com.

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