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SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! SB Sept., 2007 Vol. 26: No. 2 Established Aug., 1982 302 Consecutive Months! Acute & Chronic Low Back Pain Sorting Through The Treatment Options by Maggie Spain- 303.320.7790 and deconditioned. Stretching and light, By participating in a consistent, isolated lows for specific, intensive strengthening DENVER – August 8, 2007 non-weightbearing workouts (riding a spinal exercise program, patients are able of the low back. – Almost all Americans will experience stationary bike, swimming, etc.) are ef- to restore their spinal function and reduce b) Torso Rotation – This machine low back pain at some point in their lives. fective ways to begin reconditioning the their risk of future injury.” completely isolates the waistline muscles Whether it is the result of an acute injury injured areas. Medical research has shown that which increases strength and flexibility at or chronic condition, the debilitating pain While the most common sprains for exercise treatment to be effective, it the core of the body. remains the same. But should the treat- and strains of the back and neck will re- must be intense enough to stimulate the c) Abdominal machine – This ment for acute low back pain differ from solve within the first six weeks with lit- body to make physiological changes. At machine isolates the abdominal muscles treatment programs for chronic pain? Ac- tle or no treatment, persistent or severe ABNC, patients engage in a program to improve strength and endurance. cording to the experts at America’s Back back pain should be evaluated by a phy- of active strengthening of the spine and d) Neck machine – This machine & Neck Clinic (ABNC), patients should sician to properly evaluate and treat the neck. ABNC utilizes a circuit of unique is designed to improve the strength of the be aware that acute and chronic pain can complex problems that can go along with exercise machines specifically designed cervical extensor muscles. be treated very differently. back injuries. to increase core strength. The result is a For more information on acute The treatment course and reso- According to Benjamin C. healthier back, less pain and a return to or chronic low back pain call your physi- lution of an acute back or neck injury Schnell, D.O., medical director at ABNC, an active life. cian, chiropractor or any other health care will vary considerably depending on the if the goal of treatment is to normalize The equipment used in the professional in your area or specific serv- mechancial forces causing the injury, the low back function, it can only be done ABNC treatment programs include: ices offered by America’s Back and Neck location of the injury and the specific with the use of specialized equipment a) Lumbar extension machine Clinic, please call 303.770.6355 or visit body structures that have been injured. that stabilizes the pelvis and isolates the – This machine isolates the lumbar spinal www.americasback.com. In general, the first 24 to 48 hours should low back. “Patients suffering from chron- muscles, increases core stability and al- be treated by resting the entire back and ic low back or neck pain have weakened neck and applying ice to the injured ar- spinal muscles that are hyper-sensitive to Decisions On Power Of Attorney eas, as well as starting on a short course the point where even mild exertion or in- of an over-the-counter pain reliever such jury can result in a flare-up of their symp- by Eileen Daugherty ary responsibilities. At present an agent as ibuprofen. After 48 hours, it is impor- toms and perpetuate their pain cycle,” Denver, Co. Everyday older acting on a power of attorney is not su- tant to get the injured area moving again said Dr. Schnell. “Accomplishing the adults are asked or make a decision to pervised. Furthermore, agents are not re- to aid in the healing process and prevent simplest daily taskes like typing, sitting give someone they trust a “power of at- quired to report their actions to the court the injured site from becoming more stiff or standing can aggravate their condition. torney”. A power of attorney for finan- or any other regulatory body, allowing for cial purposes allows the agent or the the opportunity for abuse. designated individual to make decisions Some at-risk individuals who and/or to follow the instructions given by give an agent a durable power of attor- Seniors Special At Pueblo Zoo the individual. ney find themselves the subject of abuse. by Sunny Davis - Pueblo Zoo A power of attorney is a legal The agent may use the available funds Once again, the Pueblo Zoo document which allows an individual to and property for his or her own benefit. will be celebrating senior citizens dur- name an agent to act on his or her behalf. Oftentimes bankers, family members, ing the week of September 8-14, 2007. Many individuals give the agent a “du- neighbors and other professionals who During the entire week, all seniors 65 rable power of attorney” which enables work with at-risk individuals report that + are admitted free to the Zoo. Senior an agent to continue to act on the indi- funds are not being used by the agent for Safari will be held on Wednesday, Sep- vidual’s behalf even if the individual is the benefit of the at-risk individual, but tember 12th from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 incapacitated and cannot give directions. rather for the benefit of the agent. p.m. This special day is one of the Zoo’s A power of attorney is a legal As of July 1, 2007, the Colorado most heart-warming events of the year tool that can be used to open and close State Legislature created a new classifi- with music, educational animal close bank accounts, to sell real estate, to pay cation of theft for agents who steal from encounters, games, refreshments and bills and other obligations, to purchase an at-risk individual, be it a child or an Zoo admission. Nursing homes, care and/or sell stocks and bonds, and conduct adult. The new law is meant to offer more facilities, senior groups, and individual the financial affairs of the at-risk individ- protections to at-risk individuals whose seniors from all across southern Colo- ual. agents “take the money or property for rado come and enjoy this day dedicated Most agents who are entrusted their own benefit”. to senior citizens. The Pueblo Zoo is with a power of attorney spend the funds The law is very specific in that wheelchair accessible and Zoo’s hours for the benefit of the at-risk individual. if an agent “uses, disposes, or takes title A Pueblo Zoo docent shows off an for the month of September are 9:00 As with all situations, most agents follow to, or other assumes control of a thing of animal to two very interested ladies at last a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Sat- the wishes of the older adult and exercise value” when acting in a position of trust, year’s Senior Safari at Pueblo Zoo. urday and noon to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. great caution in carrying outPresented their fiduci- by SEE ‘DAUGHTERY’ PAGE Cañon City Senior Fair Is September 8th! The new location provides addi- by Susan Daggett tional space, parking and handicap acces- It is time for the 6th Annual sibility for our community. Co-sponsors Senior Fair hosted by Seniors Inc. and for the Senior Fair 2007 are St. Thomas Progressive Care Center. The fair will More Hospital, Complete Home Health be held at Evangelical Free Church 3000 Care, Friendship House, Legacy Center, 6th Annual East Main from 9:00-Noon on Saturday, Skyline Vision Clinic, and SRDA Life- September 8. line. Our media sponsors are Senior Bea- The fair is free to the communi- con, The Daily Record and KRLN News ty. This year’s fair will feature business- Radio. es and organizations providing informa- Plan to visit booths to gain valu- tion supporting a healthy lifestyle. Health able information and free give a ways. screenings may include blood pressure Door prizes are being donated by spon- and bone density. Massage therapy is one sors, co-sponsors and community busiMedia- ganization Sponsors: created in 1969Saturday, to promote the 2007 Sept.Senior Fair call 8, Susan 2007 719-269- of several non traditional options avail- nesses. independence and enrich the quality of 1524. able. Seniors Inc. is a non-profit or- life as we age. 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I know perfectly healthy adults and perfectly unhealthy target the senior community and fleece these unsuspecting elders of money. Recently, children. That alone is enough to give one pause. You might ask, ‘What’s all this these grifters actually were brazen enough to flag down a vehicle driven by an older meandering about?’ person and told the driver their car was faulty and that the “good samaritan” (actually Chuck Green, a noted journalist and retired editor-in-chief of the Denver scam artists) would fix the car pretty much right on the spot. Post and syndicated columnist for many newspapers including The Pueblo Chieftain In many ways as we age we become more like children. and The Pueblo West View recently wrote an article about two young ladies; Lindsay Reeves and Robin Grasso, both of Pueblo West. Lighten Up, Puhleeeese The former has been afflicted with Muscular Dystrophy for her life and the The media makes us hysterical because they don’t do their collective jobs. latter, my daughter, has been battling the ravages of Ulcerative Colitis and the after- From Katrina hysteria in the Superdome to the lightweight covering of anything the math of many operations that result in ongoing nastiness which rarely subsides. Left says, the media contributes to our stress. Green wrote glowingly about both children’s courageous battles against their The latest, all-encompassing, never-ceasing plather about climate change particularly debilitating diseases and what they have accomplished as individuals and its coming devastation (haven’t heard about horrific hurricanes for about two despite their hurdles; Lindsay’s MD Auction, Robin’s Never Alone Foundation. years now) is just one example. There are many, many more stories about something I thank Mr. Green for his kind words and willingness to tell the public about or other that will be the next devastating chapter of history, each one is going to be these two high school seniors. They are my heroes, along with the thousands of other worse than the next (like the heat wave, the drought, earthquakes, the flooding and children around the world that face their own afflictions with grace and aplomb. on and on). Well here’s something to put in their pipes and smoke. We get to see these children in public but believe me when they are alone Let’s see, if memory serves, the Galveston Hurricane, the Louisiana they face sometimes insurmountable pressures. They are very aware of their short- Hurricane, the Dust Bowl and two others whose names escape at this moment were comings but they still plug ever forward; never giving in and always looking forward. the worst disasters the nation has faced in terms of loss of life. The best part is the Granted, they are young but they still have hope that this next minute, hour, week or five most devastating natural disasters all occurred in the 1800s! So lighten up and year will be better. quit telling us that Climate Armegeddon is around every corner Do your jobs and So, the reason for this train of thought is to try to instill in each and every stop trying to scare us all into some sort of “sky is falling” doomsday scenario. one who reads this, that there are reasons for not giving up. It’s easy to be dour. It’s easy to be grumpy, especially when things, any “things” aren’t going your way. But I ask you quietly and calmly that the next time Just One Of Those Lifetimes you feel life has let you down, think of these children as representatives of all chil- Ever want to just chuck it all? You know, give up? dren who suffer in anonimity. 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On The Right: “British Openings” by William F. Buckley B Western Europe has a Muslim the queen were to appear, is a failure to departing England for a constituency in spoke at his problem, and it is particularly acute in curtsy or, however slightly, to bow one’s Northern Ireland, that some limits had first news con- Great Britain, which is more intimately head. to be observed or the British way of life ference of the linked to constitutional traditions and What we have, said a British pa- would disappear. “importance we procedures. The French are quietly aghast triot in one of the darkest days of World The crisis is focusing now on the attach to nonvi- at the presence of 5 million Muslims in War II, is “the British way of life.” That schools. The Muslim community has de- olence.” That at- their midst and are endeavoring to cope. way of life is ever so vulnerable if exam- manded its own schools. Wherein what, tachment makes But that is a country which is enjoying ined under lacerating glass, and indeed exactly, will be taught? unpalatable “the (or accommodating) its Fifth Republic. that is exactly what happens every week There are many interpreters of extreme mes- If a Sixth Republic were introduced in at the Oxford and Cambridge Unions, the true meaning of the commandments sage of those the years ahead, one would not think the where the students tear themselves and of the Quran. But among them are men who practice event mortally destabilizing. their country to pieces for a noisy evening and women who are prepared to end their violence and would maim and murder In Britain the situation is dif- and then submit decorously to the ruling own lives for the satisfaction of defying citizens on British soil.” ferent. For one thing, we have there the of the union’s president, and get on with the British way of life. Four such persons, You said a mouthful, prime min- mother of parliaments, which has weath- the British way of life. in the summer of 2005, attached them- ister. But it is time for the mother of par- ered tumult and war and devolution, But the threat to it is not, this selves to bombs and blew up handy Brit- liaments to look unruly, unassimilable without any sense that the vital organs time around, in the shape of a continental ish targets, including three Underground creeds in the face and say: No more. of British life had been anachronized. army threatening invasion or Nazi bomb- trains. Oddly, the British way of life tol- Consider only the monarchy. It is easy ers darkening the sky. The threat now is What one got then from assorted erates an established religion. In the end, to think of it as Punch and Judy, but it is the Muslim immigration. There are fewer imams, and continues to get now, is rev- the English are not hampered by toplofty more than that, never mind the annus hor- Muslims in Britain than in France -- 2 erent disapprovals of incidental killings commitments to freedom of speech and ribilis about which the queen complained. million -- but that’s still a lot. For many as contrary to the faith. But in the name of conscience. Still, when the United And that year was followed by others in years Britain faced the problem of its of jihad -- holy war -- such homilies States was seriously inconvenienced by which she breathed a sigh of relief when commitment to members of its empire: against murder and arson are satellized our commitment to freedom of religion, a member of the royal family was not di- Any citizen could leave Malaysia or Paki- by the dominant commands of the Quran we found means to handle Mormon po- vorcing, renouncing a title or dying in a stan or India or Jamaica and simply show to make war against infidels. lygamy. All the world waits to see how French tunnel with her lover. up, declaring himself a British resident. One hears exactly what one Parliament handles this threat to the Brit- Forget all of that. What would That problem was hotly debated in the would expect from British authorities. ish way of life. never happen anywhere in the world, if days of Enoch Powell, when he insisted, The new prime minister, Gordon Brown, The Writer’s Art: “To Split Or Not To Split” by James Kilpatrick Nonetheless, I see the split infinitive as -- “Mr. Rove used his position to personally help” workers sand the em- A letter comes to hand from completely ungrammatical and firmly be- to relentlessly pursue his declared goal bassy floors. Meanwhile, in USA Today Kevin MacArthur of Fredericksburg, Va. lieve that the English language should be of a permanent Republican majority.” last month, one could find “to quickly re- He has noticed an increased frequency in spared from this kind of abuse.” (Would you move the “relentlessly”? If place” and “to personally approve.” split infinitives and urges me forthrightly First, a definition. We split an in- so, where?) Professional commentators have to denounce the trend. He writes: finitive, such as “to split,” when we insert -- “Some of his key e-mail mes- dealt at length with the split infinitive. “What is most startling about this a word or phrase in the middle, e.g., “It sages on the United States attorney mat- Theodore Bernstein disposed of the issue absurd construction is that it is even used is wrong to needlessly split the parts of a ter appear to have mysteriously disap- in a single sentence: “There is nothing in formal registers in which one would verb.” peared.” (Disappeared mysteriously?) wrong with splitting an infinitive.” Then expect standard English to be used. ... In its editorial columns of Aug. -- “In the face of soaring de- he gave the matter three pages in “The Some say that such constructions are un- 14, The New York Times provided exam- faults, lender bankruptcies and investor Careful Writer.” Similarly, Bryan Garner avoidable and add euphony to sentences. ples: losses, statements like that are bound to let us know that “some split infinitives only evoke more anxiety.” (How about, are regarded as perfectly proper.” Robert “to evoke only more anxiety”?) W. Burchfield wrote to the same effect. We pay TOP DOLLAR For More -- “Unlike other African coun- The eminent professor George Curme for old coins and currency! tries, South Africa has the financial re- stoutly defended the split and cited splits Strength, Energy sources and the medical talent to success- from a hundred famous writers to make fully take on its HIV/AIDS epidemic.” his point. and Well-Being! (To avoid the split infinitive, would you In his “Modern English Usage,” move the “successfully” to the end?) the venerable Henry Fowler devoted five 10% On Aug. 16, the Times’ editorial columns to the topic. He divided the Eng- Discount writers gave us “to even consider.” On lish-speaking world into five groups: “(1) on Non-Food Aug. 19, “to unilaterally ban.” Elsewhere, those who neither know nor care what a J & J Coins a reporter for The Washington Post let us split infinitive is; (2) those who do not 2217 W. Northern Ave. Items For Seniors know that a city commission has voted know, but care very much; (3) those who in Pueblo “to formally notify” a local judge of his know and condemn; (4) those who know (719) 564-8099 Mother Nature's imminent ousting. A different Post re- and approve; and (5) those who know and 915 Main St. Canon City • 275- porter dealt with the perils of diplomatic distinguish.” FREE verbal appraisals! 9367 • M-F 9-6 • Sat. 9-5:30 life: The U.S. ambassador in Belize “had Our complainant in Virginia is a Class 3. He is quite wrong in his uni- versal condemnation, but one admires his spunk. What is the “rule” on split infini- tives? There is none now and never has been. The construction is subject to the same guidelines that govern all prose composition: Our sentences should be clear, and they should fall trippingly from the tongue. These are judgment calls. One of the Times writers stoutly urged those mine operators “to quickly adopt existing systems.” To have relocated the “quick- ly” either fore or aft would have avoided the split but wrecked the sentence. Split on, I say! But think for a moment first.

(Readers are invited to send dated cita- tions of usage to Mr. Kilpatrick in care of this newspaper. His e-mail address is kilpatjj(at)aol.com.)

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GETTING CLOSER TO THE END vanquish, and the greater the lucre, available in Europe next year. defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of at Ric Hoogestraat is married to the higher they advance in the WOW -- In August, the Discovery least $1.85 million, including invoices Sue and works at a call center in the ranks. Some players take the easy route, Channel reported on the equipping claiming he worked more than 24 hours Phoenix area but spends 30-plus hours a though, and buy their WOW gold coins of Bushmen (indigenous to Africa’s a day on 76 different occasions (40 hours week inside the online Second Life video from dealers, who mostly get them from Kalahari Desert) with handheld Palm on one day and treating 83 patients in 2 game, pretending that he is the digitally “Chinese gold farmers” in Nanjing and Pilot personal digital assistants to track 1/2 hours on another). He also claimed drawn Dutch Hoorenbeek, a 6-foot-9, other cities -- men and women hired to animals and locate plants via special to treat patients 1,267 times in Belleville muscular babe magnet who lives on his play the game 80 hours a week, not for software. The illiterate hunters can tap while he was traveling in Europe. (2) In own island. That unnerves Sue, according advancement but to score coins that they screen icons representing various animals, June, the New York state comptroller to an August Wall Street Journal profile, can sell to other players, at the equivalent the activities they’re engaging in, and how charged Brooklyn dentist Mohinder especially since Dutch recently “married” of about $1.25 per 100 coins (marked up many they see, with a global positioning Mayell with defrauding Medicaid of a digital woman and set up housekeeping to $20 per 100, retail), according to a June satellite automatically recording the at least $124,000, including claims for with their two digital dogs. (The real-life New York Times Magazine article. location. treating eight patients between 123 and creator of the new Mrs. Hoorenbeek has Science on the Cutting Edge -- They’re Scientists So They 170 times each and filling 52 cavities in never met Ric and says she never will.) -- Solving Two Female Problems Must Know What They’re Doing: another patient in about two hours’ time. Dutch and his wife spend hours shopping at Once: Cytori Therapeutics (cited in a Researchers from Johns Hopkins News That Sounds Like a Joke and motorcycling together, leaving Ric recent Chemistry and Industry Magazine University announced in July that they Two Port Washington, Wis., little time for Sue. “Is this man cheating report) has developed a procedure to had bred the world’s first mentally ill inmates brawled in July, started (said on his wife (meaning Sue)?” the Journal grow breast tissue from a mixture of mouse (with schizophrenia) to see if it officials) when James Lala (who has asked. Lamented Sue: “You try to talk to stem cells and fat liposuctioned from could help them understand the disorder served time for having sex with an (Ric) or bring (him) a drink, and (he)’ll the recipient’s belly, thighs or butt. A in humans. (The human schizophrenia underage girl) asked another man what he be having sex with a cartoon.” spokesman for British plastic surgeons genes came from a mutant gene from a thought of Woody Allen’s having married The Entrepreneurial Spirit! said he was hopeful for success, on behalf family in Scotland.) And Duke Medical the teenage daughter of his then-girlfriend World of Warcraft, too, is an of mastectomy patients, but less generous Center researchers announced in August Mia Farrow. When the man responded online game as popular as Second Life, toward women seeking ordinary breast- similar success inducing obsessive- that he thought that was perverted, Lala with warrior-players amassing digital enlargement. The implanting surgery is compulsive disorder in mice. punched him in the face. gold coins from every opponent they still in clinical trials, but is expected to be Leading Economic Indicators People Different From Us -- The New York Times reported -- In Orlando in July, Brittany in July that at least eight buyers were Ossenfort complained that it was not vying to purchase one of the five parking she who had been jailed recently on a spaces in the basement of the new prostitution charge, that the arrestee SENIOR SAFARI condominiums at 246 W. 17th St., for claiming to be her was Richard Phillips, $225,000 each. And in Chappaqua, N.Y., who had befriended Ossenfort last year the owner of the Via Genova water bar (while pretending to be a woman) and told WCBS-TV in July that she offers 80 become her roommate but who with September 12 11 am to 2 pm different bottled waters from around the the passage of time began dressing and world, with the most popular at $30 and acting like her until Ossenfort finally “Bling H2O” priced at $55, but hopes discovered “she” was a man (after which business picks up: “There are so many Phillips allegedly stole Ossenfort’s at the Pueblo Zoo people that are uneducated about water.” financial identity). Ossenfort admitted -- How Executives Deal With to being completely fooled by Phillips: Music, Refreshments, Games Stress: In June in Spain, about 30 “(H)e acted like a girl, talked like a girl, Animal Close Encounters executives were chosen in a contest by looks like a girl. He doesn’t even have an NH Hoteles to help demolish Madrid’s Adam’s apple.” for seniors 65+ NH Alcala hotel; they were let inside Recurring Themes Free Admission with mallets and told to have at it. In News of the Weird has reported during Senior Week - Sept. 8-14 London and Tokyo, another option several times on various designers, recently became available, according to and even engineers, who claim to the Daily Mail: misery clubs (such as have invented a more comfortable Loss in London). Executives can rent bra. In July, a team from Hong Kong rooms and view weepy movies or attend Polytechnic Institute, citing “the complex group crying sessions and “tear therapy” 3-D geometry” of the breast, offered a to “indulge their inner gloom,” wrote the mathematical equation that they said newspaper. would yield greater comfort, producing Least Competent Fraudsters a larger variety of sizes. The researchers (1) Belleville, Ill., psychiatrist tried out 100 different measurements, Ajit Trikha pleaded guilty in June to SEE ‘WIERD’ PAGE 20.

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Craig, Lead Ombudsman living facilities across Pueblo County. reminds us that excellence can only be Americans’ Act and administered by the 719-583-6123 This year we are commemorat- achieved when residents have the oppor- Administration on Aging, the Ombuds- Long-term Care Residents Honored ing the 20th Anniversary of the Nursing tunity to define quality and to have mean- man Program also provides information During Residents’ Rights Week Home Reform Law, which recognized ingful input in the day to day decision on how to find a facility, conducts com- October 7 – 13, 2007 residents’ rights to make individual making in facilities. munity education sessions, and supports Across the country, residents of choices in how they receive care and The Nursing Home Reform Law residents, their families and the public nursing homes and other long-term care to form independent resident councils. guarantees nursing home residents their with one-on-one consultation regarding facilities -- along with family members, Services and activities in long-term care individual rights which include but are long-term care. ombudsmen, citizen advocates, facility facilities should be planned with the input not limited to: individualized care, re- Residents’ Rights Week is an ex- staff, and others -- will honor the individ- of those who live in the facility and expe- spect, dignity, the right to visitation, the cellent opportunity to re-affirm our col- ual rights of long-term care residents by rience them. This year’s theme, Advanc- right to privacy, the right to complain, lective commitment to residents’ rights celebrating Residents’ Rights Week Oc- ing Excellence: A Resident’s Perspective and the right to make independent choic- and to honor long-term care residents. tober 7 – 13, 2007. Resident Rights week on Quality, encourages residents across es. Residents who have made their home We strongly encourage all the facilities highlights the importance of residents’ the country to express what quality care in other types of facilities maintain their in Pueblo County to participate in Resi- participation in discussions about im- means to them. And, it urges long-term rights as US Citizens. Residents’ Rights dents’ Rights Week activities and to visit proving the quality of care in their long- care facilities to make resident participa- Week raises awareness about these rights residents who continue to be important to term care facilities. There are currently tion an integral part of advancing excel- and pays tribute to the unique contribu- our communities and society. some 1,653 at-risk elders living in eleven lence. tions of long-term care residents. nursing homes, and twenty-four assisted Residents’ Rights Week 2007 Authorized under the Older Teams Forming For Second Annual Pueblo Walk For Hope Teams are now forming for the the walk beginning at 10:00 AM. This is raise funds for local cancer patients. trying so hard to talk to people and give Orchard of Hope’s WALK FOR HOPE an event involving individuals, and team It is a huge fund raiser for a great them the hope to keep going. That is why The WALK FOR HOPE is a fund raiser members who ask for donations from cause. The registration fee for an individ- I volunteer for the Orchard of Hope and benefiting Pueblo County cancer pa- members of the Pueblo community. An ual is $25, for a team consisting of 4 to because all the money raised in Pueblo tients. event designed for teams representing 20 members is $100. There will be a Pan- stays in Pueblo.” It will be held Saturday Octo- corporations, clubs, schools, faith centers, cake breakfast and lunch provided and About the Orchard of Hope- ber 13, 2007 registration begins at 8:30 neighbors, friends, family or co-workers donated by Mandalyn Falls Restaurant. The Orchard of Hope Foundation is a AM. at Pueblo Community College with who can walk, jog, or run to celebrate and Fun, games, activities and entertainment non-profit 501 (c)3 organization whose all day long. mission is to provide financial and emo- Our Lady Of Fatima Statue Coming Lynn Spradley is the 2007 tional assistance to local cancer patients The United States National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima WALK FOR HOPE Honorary Chairman. currently in treatment. The Orchard of will be spending the month of October in the Diocese of Pueblo. The first Lynn was diagnosed with cancer in May Hope Foundation promises to distribute stop for the statue will be at The Shrine of St. Therese Catholic Church, 300 of 2003 with Hemangioendothlioma a all monies in the county where they are very rare form of cancer. Her only chance donated. Goodnight Avenue on October 1, 2007. The statue has not been here for 30 to survive was to have a liver transplant. For additional information about years and this October is the 90th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Lynn has been a cancer survivor and war- forming a team, corporate sponsorship, or Fatima in 1917. To obtain information where the statue will be hosted in rior for almost four years. Lynn says “I volunteering at the WALK FOR HOPE, the diocese and the dates, please see The Chronicle or watch for information feel that one of the reasons I beat this Call 544-7171 or see www.orchardof- in your church bulletin starting the weekend of Sept. 15, 2007. is because of my positive attitude! I am hope.org

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Now it can mean pretty much how the drunken-sailor spending of the And their butlers -- AKA household anything. nation’s richer-than-ever zillionaires -- managers -- can use Excel to line up all “The rich are different from you on bigger-than-ever yachts and mansions their staggering household expenses and me,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is supposed and private jets -- trickles down to the neatly on spreadsheets.) to have said. oppressed middle class to ratchet up Some of it’s where they started “Sure,” Ernest Hemingway is their aspirations and press them to spend out: smack in the middle of the middle supposed to have scoffed, “they have money they don’t have on things they class. More than 90 percent of current more money.” don’t need -- which leaves them worse multimillionaires made their own money, Now along comes Robert Frank off, with more debt and less savings. instead of inheriting it from some robber to tell us they have way more than they WSJ plutocrat-tracker Robert baron great-grandpa. They weren’t born used to. And there are lots more of them. Frank, who counts himself a “huge knowing how to sail and where to play And not only are they different from you admirer” of economist Robert Frank and court tennis. They didn’t grow up using and me, they’re different from the top- claims to have “read and loved every fish forks and finger bowls, or get sent hatted, chauffeur-driven, Ivy-educated, book that he’s written,” nonetheless to fancy boarding schools. So they don’t lock-jawed millionaires of Fitzgerald’s tends to look through the other end of the feel rich: they still feel like regular folks. and Hemingway’s day. telescope. He sees billionaires who, even They don’t sail through life under the Frank, who covers the plutocrat in Richistan, can’t quite relax, poor dears. golden nimbus of grace and aristocratic beat for The Wall Street Journal, finds that They feel pressed to keep up, on the one entitlement and noblesse oblige that the new crop of amazingly rich folks live hand, with their zillionaire neighbors: Fitzgerald so famously envied. They in a world of their own, a sort of virtual You don’t want to be the last guy on mostly aren’t in the Social Register -- and international gated community, where Megabucks Lane still driving a $50,000 mostly don’t care. A couple of them tell zillionaires can finally relax because all Mercedes SLK when everybody else has Frank in so many words that they don’t the neighbors are zillionaires, too. He got traded up to Maybachs and Rollses and even like rich people. the idea from a zillionaire yachtsman he Bentleys. On the other hand, they have to Some of it’s what they do: They “You should’ve seen the look on was interviewing at a crowded marina. stay ahead of the merely rich and the rich- haven’t got the playboy’s knack for that guy’s face when we drove away in the “You look at all these boats and you’d wannabes, who keep appropriating their languor and leisure. They’re strivers. Rolls,” the billionaire chortles. So much think everyone was making loads of luxuries via what Frank calls “luxury They take over charity balls, run them for the “return to elegance” the guys who money,” the man said. “It’s like it’s a creep.” (“In fashion, Burberry, Gucci like businesses, and tactlessly raise more make suits are always predicting. different country.” and Louis Vuitton have become almost money than the genteel old WASPs ever “Suits are for the help,” Frank Bingo: Welcome to Richistan! ubiquitous,” Frank blogged recently. imagined. wrote recently in his weekly WSJ “Wealth No, wait -- you’re probably not welcome, “When half the people flying economy They aren’t interested in jetting Report.” He quoted a Palm Beach banker unless your net worth is at least $10 have Louis Vuitton carry-ons, it’s no around to Capri and Biarritz and Rio while who said, “The wealthy wear T-shirts and million. (More like $100 mill in the longer a ‘luxury’ brand.”) nannies raise their children. One tells shorts every day, because they’ve earned fancier neighborhoods.) What makes the Richistanis Frank he and his wife need a household that right. We work for them, so we wear Don’t mix this Robert Frank up so different from the clubby, Social- staff of six because they work long hours suits.” with Cornell economist Robert Frank, Registered, echt-WASP, effete East Coast running their business; when they’re Maybe it’s not so different after who wrote “Luxury Fever” and the newly millionaires of yore? It’s not just that they home, they want to spend the time with all: In 1975, discussing the rise of what he published “Falling Behind: How Rising have more money. And it’s not just that their kids instead of on household repairs called “Funky Chic,” Tom Wolfe talked Inequality Harms the Middle Class.” they spend it on bigger mansions, bigger and mowing the (endless) lawn. about the sort of expensive L.A. restaurant Some of it’s how they look: Sure, where everybody wore jeans and “if you some of them like to get duded up in white wear a tie and jacket into the place, as I tie and tails for those charity balls -- but tend to do, people will invariably come up some never wear a necktie if they can to you and ask you if their table is ready, help it. And they can usually help it. One or where’s the men’s room, because if billionaire tells about the time he took his you wear a tie, you are an employee of son to a fancy Palm Beach haberdasher the establishment.” (Or did he mean “The for a suit for graduation. The snooty Establishment”?) 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Finally he pleaded guilty, subject private car is not ... "seized"in a traffic clearly written. Souter has too many bad It passed almost wholly without to appeal. A trial court sentenced him stop would invite police officers to hair days, as in the Brendlin case, but he notice, but in its rush to recess in June, the to four years in prison. The Supreme stop cars with passengers regardless of asks informed questions at oral argument Supreme Court struck a useful blow for Court of California affirmed. This appeal probable cause or reasonable suspicion and he’s mostly readable. individual freedom. Now, in the August followed. of anything illegal. The fact that evidence That leaves Justices Clarence doldrums, with its 2006 term effectively Justice Souter’s opinion of June uncovered as a result of an arbitrary traffic Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and ended, a backward look is in order. 18 was vintage Souter. Judged for style, stop would still be admissible against any Stephen Breyer. As stylists they’re The case involved Bruce Edward it was barely drinkable. Souter has served passengers would be a powerful incentive hopeless. Granted, if a case presents a Brendlin, who did nothing to deserve the on the high court for 16 years. He writes to run the kind of ‘roving patrols’ that racial issue, Thomas rouses from his unwelcome attention he has earned. In murkily at least half the time, and here would still violate the driver’s Fourth torpor with clarity and passion. Similarly his opinion for a unanimous high court, he delivered an opinion replete with Amendment right.” with Ginsburg: Given a women’s issue, Justice David Souter sketched the facts. sentences like this one: It was a sound decision, murkily which seldom occurs, she writes quite If they sound suspiciously coincidental, “A traffic stop necessarily curtails written. But apropos of literary style: It readable stuff. Breyer is hopeless. He so be it. Anyhow: the travel a passenger has chosen just as would be unjust to cast aspersions only dips his pen in tapioca. In November 2001, Brendlin was much as it halts the driver, diverting both on Justice Souter. The court is composed It was predictable that Chief a passenger in a car driven by a woman from the stream of traffic to the side of the of nine justices whose job is to deliver Justice Roberts’ honeymoon would soon friend on a road in rural California. road, and the police activity that normally written opinions. Skillwise, they are end. In his first term two years ago, For no particular reason, just bad luck, amounts to intrusion on ‘privacy and divided into three parts. everybody loved him: Only 11 of 82 cases Deputy Sheriff Robert Brockenbrough personal security’ does not normally Chief Justice Roberts, Justice were decided 5-4. Alas, in the 2006 term ordered her to pull over. He harbored (and did not here) distinguish between John Paul Stevens and Justice Antonin just ended, 24 of 72 cases saw a 5-4 split. a vague suspicion that her temporary passenger and driver.” Scalia are by far the best writers on the Roberts may have lost some of the charm vehicle license might not be in order. Never mind. In the case at hand, court. Especially in dissent, Stevens and that goes with novelty, but he remains To his surprise, he recognized Brendlin said Justice Souter, “Brendlin was seized Scalia are a joy to read. Their footnotes an immensely attractive fellow. Nobody as a violator of parole. There was an from the moment his car came to a halt are comparatively few and generally speaks for the court’s press corps, but as outstanding warrant for the fellow. on the side of the road, and it was error succinct. the oldest guy in the press room I can try: Arrest at gunpoint followed. to deny his suppression motion on the Judged merely for their literary Get well, chief! Get well. Amazingly, an ensuing search turned ground that seizure occurred only at the skills, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito up palpable trappings of the drug trade. formal arrest.” and David Souter form a mediocre middle A CASE THAT Brendlin protested in vain that the officers This was, to the cops, a routine rank. Kennedy tends toward verbosity. WON’T GO AWAY had violated his Fourth Amendment right case -- but unoffending passengers have As a newcomer Alito is still tentative, but On the night of Dec. 10, 1947, to be free from unreasonable search and rights: “Holding that a passenger in a his six majority opinions this term were Army Lt. Rudolph J. Feres died in a barracks fire at Pine Camp, N.Y. His widow sued the government for its negligence. She lost, 9-0, in the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, nearly 60 years later, the case may be coming back to life. Yes, we are harking back to the “Feres Doctrine,” the wrongheaded rule of law laid down by a unanimous court so long ago. As many a judge has said since then, the Feres rule is patently unfair. It makes second-class citizens out of men and women in the armed services: Under Feres, they are denied an opportunity for significant recovery for injuries or death suffered "in their civilian capacities" through the negligence of military personnel. Two recent decisions in the federal courts have revived the Feres case. In March the high court turned down the appeal of James Brown from a judgment in Nashville, Tenn. On the West Coast, a panel of the 9th Circuit ruled that Aaron THREE HOSPITALS Schoenfeld may pursue a damage suit against the Army. JOINED AT THE HEART. Bad cases, they say, make bad law, and James Brown had a bad case. As a civilian technician at Berry Field in Nashville, he was required to maintain membership in the Selected Reserve of the National Guard. Nine years ago, a vacancy developed for a quality assurance specialist. He applied. The job went to a man 20 years younger. Brown sued the government under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). An administrative law judge at first ruled in his favor, but last November the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled against him. Judge Karen Nelson Moore, speaking for a three-judge panel, ruled that this essentially civilian technician Wherever you are in southern Colorado, you’re connected to outstanding was subject to the Feres doctrine. He heart care. The hospitals of Centura Health offer a full range of state-of-the- was paid by the Army. His technician’s job was “irreducibly military in nature.” art heart care services, from the latest minimally-invasive, robotic-assisted Feres ruled! Case dismissed. procedures, to comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation designed to return The second case, involving you to work, to health, to life. So whether your neighborhood hospital is Lance Cpl. Aaron Schoenfeld, offers a Penrose-St. Francis, St. Mary-Corwin or St. Thomas More, you’re connected better set of facts. On a summer morning six years to excellence. We’re three of 13 Colorado hospitals in the Centura Health ago, Schoenfeld and his Marine Corps network. And together, we’re making healthcare human again. roommate were on weekend liberty from their usual duties at Camp Pendleton, Calif. They headed into town to run errands. They were still on base when Colorado Springs Pueblo Cañon City 1.800.327.6877 centuraheart.org the roommate lost control of the car and crashed into a guardrail that had been badly damaged and never fully repaired. The collision severed the corporal’s leg SEE “Courts” PAGE 19. 29315_CN_Joined7.5x10sb_sept.ind1 1 8/15/07 12:46:06 PM Page 8 - Senior Beacon - Sept., 2007 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info “Light For The Journey” By Jan McLaughlin - Director of Prayer Warriors For Prisoners

The live animals would be delivered in the end of the another fashion. ceremony. It Riding beside Beverly in the was a lovely “CONNECTING HEARTS back seat of the Pajero, I braced myself and memo- ACROSS THE WORLD” to prevent my arm from getting bruised rable day. – PART III on the long bumpy ride. As we bounced T h e Looking on as Beverly Rich along the dusty road, barely more than wedding, a week later at Calvary Chapel made adjustments to the huge belt of a cow trail, I looked down and a stream Jinja, was a beautiful tribute to Jesus Ellen’s stunning African dress called a of thick red liquid was running past our Christ and the value He places on the Gomez, I felt as if this were a dream. feet. Jerking my feet up, I gasped. “What marriage of one man and one woman. Glancing in the mirror at my reflection, is THAT?” We discovered a quarter of Steven, a dashing groom, is a perfect I adjusted the belt of the colorful bor- beef behind our seat. 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Pick a sport, any mentalize. Connor says he believes in ‘spare i.e., the rules - and what their boundaries sport, and my grandson can cite chapter Try to interest your grandson in the rod and spoil the child.’ Connor also or limits are. and verse about highly paid athletes with “amateur” athletics, such as college bas- worries how the kids will react, since Discipline works best when ap- serious character flaws - criminals, gam- ketball or football. It’s often a spectacle they’re actually our step-grandchildren plied evenly and consistently, by both blers, drug addicts, wife-beaters, etc. He to behold, and many fans find it easier to instead of our biological grandchildren. partners. Otherwise, you run the risk of says sports is full of “losers.” relate to the players at that level. Don’t I say rules are rules, no matter what the the grandkids playing one grandparent Lately he’s on a rampage about forget the peanuts! circumstances. off against the other. Tell the hubby unit- Barry Bonds, who just became the great- Grand Remark of the Week While I have no problem crack- ed you stand, divided you fall. est home run hitter in baseball history. - Gloria Foster of Everett, WA ing the whip, I’m bothered by the fact that Dee and Tom, married more than Like many, he says Bonds took illegal says granddaughter Tasha, age 5, snapped my grandkids regard me as the house- 50 years, have eight grandchildren. To- performance-enhancing drugs. But I’d out her doldrums after getting into a more hold enforcer. They think I’m the wicked gether with Key, they welcome questions, still like to convince my grandson to join challenging kindergarten program. “My witch. How do I convince my husband to suggestions and Grand Remarks of the me at the ballpark. Watching the game life has changed so much it makes my stop playing Mr. Nice Guy and share in Week. Send to P.O. 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Lamb and outlet ABC News running “true war” stories from a brave, this proved an ineffective method of asked about an anonymously sourced confirmed that anonymous liberal penning dispatches keeping his head low. Beauchamp’s next allegation that Beauchamp had recanted the military has from Iraq. The famed “Baghdad Diarist” bid for privacy will be an attempt to host his articles in a sworn statement, he told concluded that Beauchamp was writing described his comrades joyfully using “The Price Is Right.” us, ‘I have no knowledge of that.’ He “fiction.” ABC also quoted Goldfarb’s Bradley fighting vehicles to crush stray In response to Beauchamp’s rev- added, ‘If someone is speaking anony- account and said that Maj. Lamb reiterat- dogs, mocking a female whose face had elation that he was the “Baghdad Diarist,” mously (to The Weekly Standard), they ed his statement that Beauchamp’s stories been blown off by an IED, and defacing the military opened an investigation into are on their own.’ When we pressed were false to ABC. The New York Times Iraqi corpses by wearing skull parts on his allegations. There was no corrobo- Lamb for details on the Army investiga- had the same story on Wednesday. their own heads. ration for his stories, and Beauchamp tion, he told us, ‘We don’t go into the The New Republic has gone Various conservatives began promptly signed an affidavit admitting details of how we conduct our investiga- mad. Perhaps the magazine brought its questioning the plausibility of the anony- that every single thing he wrote in The tions.’ -- The Editors” former employee, fantasist Steven Glass, mous diarist’s account -- noting, for New Republic was a lie. It’s good to see Mary Mapes is out of retirement. It’s long past time for example, that Bradley vehicles don’t According to The Weekly working again. The New Republic to file for intellectual “swerve,” as the diarist claimed. The Standard’s Michael Goldfarb -- who has What on earth is going on? Chapter 7. Arthur Andersen was impli- editor of The New Republic responded led the charge of those who “make a liv- Either the military investigation found cated in fewer frauds. by attacking the skeptics’ motives, com- ing denying any bad news that emanates that Beauchamp lied or it didn’t. Either And we wonder how Democratic plaining that some conservatives make from Iraq” -- Maj. Steven F. Lamb, the military personnel corroborated stories congressmen can lie about a vote they “a living denying any bad news that deputy public affairs officer for Multi- of soldiers wearing skulls as crowns or lost on the floor of the House -- captured emanates from Iraq.” National Division-Baghdad, said this of they didn’t. Either Army spokesman Maj. on CSPAN for all the world to see -- But when that clever retort the Baghdad diarist: Steven Lamb gave a statement to The changing the vote so that they win. failed to quiet rumblings from the right “An investigation has been Weekly Standard or he didn’t. America’s imminent victory in wing, The New Republic finally revealed completed and the allegations made by At the same time as The New Iraq and safety from terrorist attacks at the “Baghdad Diarist” to be ... John Pvt. Beauchamp were found to be false. Republic was posting the above state- home is driving them all crazy. Kerry! Actually it was Pvt. Scott Thomas His platoon and company were inter- ment, which completely contradicted Beauchamp, Democratic candidate for viewed and no one could substantiate the president circa 2028. (That gives him 20 claims.” years to learn to pronounce “Genghis.”) In response, The New Republic In revealing himself two weeks went into full Dan Rather loon mode. On Your Toes ago, Beauchamp lashed out at “people This astonishing post showed up on The by Charles E. Schneider, M.D. who have never served in Iraq.” He said New Republic Web site on Tuesday after- he was too busy fighting “an actual war” noon: TAILORS BUNION soft as the soft to participate in “an ideological battle “A STATEMENT ON SCOTT Tailors Bunion is not the name structures con- that I never wanted to join.” THOMAS BEAUCHAMP: given to a tailor who has a bunion. 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In 1970 The (HECM). the money out of your house, there are or people who don’t plan to stay in their National Counsel of the Aging, The The rules are quite simple several ways that you can take it. And home for 3 or more years, or people who Veterans Administration Division of though. (1.) The seniors have to be at remember, you can use the money for are under 62 or for people who just need Housing and several privately held senior least 62 years old. (2.) The seniors must any purpose. It is entirely up to you. a little money for a short time. If you advocacy groups began feasibility stud- have at least 50% equity in their home. You could take it all in a lump sum. You have a home in Pueblo or surrounding ies to determine the merits of a federally In other words they must not owe more could take it as a monthly income for a counties, there is a county lending limit insured reverse mortgage. than half of what the house is worth. (3.) specified time like 10 or 15 years. You of $200,160. The legislators are work- Then in 1988 the President The home must be their primary resi- could take it as a monthly income for ing to change that to the federal limit of of the United States signed into law dence; this doesn’t mean that they have the rest of you lives (as long as at least $417,000 but until then if your home is “The Federal Home Equity Conversion to live in the home 365 days a year. They one of owners lives in the house). You worth more than $200,160 you might not Mortgage Insurance Plan” offering can still have a vacation or second home can take it as a growing line of credit to be right for a HECM reverse mortgage but Senior Americans the first FHA insured as well. There are 3 other minor rules; be used any way you want, anytime you a Jumbo reverse mortgage may work well HECM mortgage. In 1996 FNMA (fan- they must agree to pay the taxes, insur- want and it grows as long as there is any for you. The Jumbo Reverse Mortgage is nieMae) created the “Homekeeper” ance, and upkeep on the home. Those I money left in the account. What most guaranteed by private lenders that insure Reverse Mortgage and followed with a consider minor because, we all have to people do is take a small lump sum and the loan’s safety. Wall Street Journal statement that they do those things anyway. the rest put into a line of credit. You can Seniors are using the money for anticipated 16 Million households to With the way the mortgage mix and match it any of the ways I have many different things. Some are using the apply for reverse mortgages in 2010. meltdown has increased recently. The just mentioned. money to pay for long term care that they Then in May of this year the U.S. House Mortgage underwriters are under a lot Most people that have heard of didn’t have any way to pay for before. Or of Representatives passed H.R. 1852, of pressure, which makes it even harder a reverse mortgage have heard of some how about using it to purchase a paid up to get a new loan or refi- tales that are just not true. The most life insurance policy to increase the estate nance a home especially if common tale is that the bank owns your for their heirs. Perhaps one could pay the senior has low income home. This is untrue. You always keep medical bills that have been piling up or or their credit is fair to poor. the title to your home as long as one put a grandchild through college. Some However credit and income of you lives in the home. Another myth people use the money to donate to their are of no consequence in a is you could lose your home. This is favorite charity. reverse mortgage because the also untrue. You never have to make If you think that a Reverse mort- seniors never have to make house payments so how could you lose gage is only for seniors that are having payments on the loan. your home. How about this myth? If the a hard time making ends meet, let me Because, in a reverse seniors live a long time the heirs would remind you that the largest reverse mort- mortgage you are borrowing be stuck with paying off a loan that was gage was for $19 Million on $60 Million from the equityISTEN in your home, larger than the value of the home. Over estate. Those seniors were not strapped ASK In effect you are borrowing  time we all hope that our property appre- for money. It was used to eliminate a tax kdZ[hj^[ from yourself. And by the ciates so in time it increases in value. problem. way, the jej^[F[WY[ money that you get But, suppose that doesn’t hap- Is a Reverse Mortgage right from a reverse mortgage is pen. That is where the government steps for you? No one can tell you until an 8bk[Ia_[i completelyGk_[jXoW tax free. That of in and pays the difference. A HECM analysis is made and please understand course is because you have reverse mortgage is a non-recourse loan that you won’t even be able to proceed JWbbF_d[i already CekdjW_d paid taxes on the which means that you can never owe with a reverse mortgage until you have money once when you paid more than the home is worth. If the value a federally mandated counseling session CW`[ij_YCekdjW_di you house payments for all of the home is greater than the amount by calling a FHA approved independent these years.Ijh[Wc owed the home can also be sold and the counselor and that takes about 30 to 40 If, on the other hand, balance passed on to the heirs just like minutes. This is so you understand all you are collecting SSI or any other mortgage. Another misconcep- the pros and cons of the reverse mortgage. 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As inte- rior designer Kimberly Rider reports We are very proud of the fact that our clients like how we do business. in another book worth reading, “The Healthy Home Workbook: Easy Steps We hope we can provide the same caring service for you. for Eco-Friendly Living” (Chronicle, $24.95), synthetic carpets “are made from petrochemicals, tufted to backing materi- Call toll-free 1-888-858-8572 from 5 am to 5 pm Pacific time. als of highly reactive compounds, colored with chemical dyes and further treated Hearing impaired persons may call our TTY line toll-free 1-888-858-8567. to be antistatic, antimicrobial and stain resistant.” 4575 Hilton Parkway, Suite 101, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 This list of woes doesn’t even take into account the toxins given off by carpet glue or urethane backing. But there are solutions. If you already own synthetic carpet, Rider advis- es covering it with throw rugs to stem the flow of chemicals released into the air. And if you’re in the market for Underwritten by Sterling Life Insurance Company new carpeting, natural materials like wool, sisal, jute or coir are healthy and sustainable options. Paint has long been a source of Available through your Sterling Agent: Health, Life, pollutants, from lead to the volatile or- INT.154.06 Prescription Drug, Long Term Care and Critical Condition Plans. SEE ‘ HOME’ PAGE 23. Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon -Sept., 2007 - Page - 15 Traveling: There’s Nothing Like A Holiday! Bergamo: Here’s ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’ by Elliott Hester the Italian Alps, Bergamo (population hill and occupies the surrounding plain. Just off the A4 expressway, 30 120,000) is literally two cities in one. The Save for the Accademia Carrara, miles northeast of Milan, Bergamo may medieval upper city, Citta Alta, is built on where an impressive collection of baroque be the best-kept secret in Italy’s Lombardi a hilltop and surrounded by a 17th-century and Renaissance paintings are on display, region. And what a beautiful secret it is. defensive wall. The modern lower city, Citta Bassa holds nominal offerings for Located in the foothills of Citta Bassa, fans out from the base of the tourists. You’ll find wide avenues that can be congested during rush hour, a few 19th-century churches and a plethora of contemporary buildings. The handsome pedestrian shopping mall along Via 20 Settembre can be done in a blink of an eye. But towering on the hilltop -- visible COLEMAN CALIFORNIA from Citta Bassa’s busy streets and COOPERAGE SPA SALE piazzas -- Citta Alta is a lofty delight. GET A GREAT DEAL AT BRADY’S!!!! 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Passengers disembark at This ancient, sloping, cobblestone square the Citta Alta funicolare station, which is the perfect launching pad for a medieval is housed in a 14th-century building that excursion. spills onto Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe. The piazza leads to Citta Alta’s main street, Via Gombito, a narrow brick lane lined with shops and architectural Presented by antiquities. There are salumerias (salami shops), pasticcerias (pastry shops), modest fashion boutiques and numerous bars and restaurants -- all of which peek from behind 600-year-old facades. (It should be noted that Bergamo’s restaurants are as good as anywhere in Italy. The local fare is fixated on meat, primarily rabbit, a staple at many eateries. And the prices can be considerably lower than in Milan.) Citta Alta is a labyrinth of 6th Annual narrow streets and hidden passageways that lead from the quiet outskirts to Piazza Vecchia, the heart of old Bergamo. Here you’ll find locals (and a smattering of tourists) strolling past the ornate Contarini Fountain. Some folks stand in the shade of the 800-year-old bell tower, eating gelato while pedestrians pass by. Others stop and stare at the Palazzo della Ragione. Media Sponsors: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 Before the 15th century, the palazzo’s facade faced south. But in 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon 1453, following restoration work to accommodate newly acquired Venetian tastes, the façade was actually turned Evangelical Free Church around. Now it faces north toward Piazza Vecchia. 3000 East Main Street Behind the Palazzo della Senior Beacon Ragione, poised on the edge of Piazzetta Cañon City Duomo, lies Citta Alta’s most prominent attraction: the Santa Maria Maggiore For more information call 719/269-1524 Church and Colleoni Chapel. The church’s stout medieval appearance was irrevocably altered Co-Sponsored by: between 1473 and 1476, when the For seniors and their families Colleoni Chapel was grafted onto its façade. The flamboyant chapel, made of CompleteCanon Lodge Home to learn about the many muted pink and white marble, is ornate in HealthCare Center Care the Renaissance tradition. From a child’s programs and services that perspective, the bas-reliefs, pilasters and FriendshipComplete HomeHouse outlandish play of colors may seem less Health Care make our community a good Renaissance and more Disneyesque. Legacy Center place to live and grow older! Either way, it’s a feast for the eyes. Friendship House A few steps away, the Duomo, Skyline Vision Clinic which was undergoing repairs during my visit, is more on a human scale than Legacy Center the massive Duomo 45 minutes away in SRDA Lifeline •FREE admission Milan. Like everything else in Bergamo, Skyline Vision Clinic less is more. St. Thomas More Citta Alta’s charm lies as much SRDAHospital Lifeline in the architecture as the ambience. •FREE prize drawings! Church bells ring every hour (sometimes every half hour), echoing through the old labyrinthine streets. Elderly women lean •FREE health screenings from flowered balconies, watching with eagle eyes as their grandchildren frolick SEE ‘ BERGAMO’ PAGE 25. Page 16 - Senior Beacon - Sept., 2007 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Well Dressed Garden: Keep A Few Secrets At The Garden Gate by Marty Ross make your garden a great place to visit, element, he says, have a sense of direc- First impressions count: The and a thrill to come home to. tion, a feeling of movement toward that colorful scene you encounter when you LET THE STORY DEVELOP space. A visitor feels like she has ar- enter a garden immediately affects your “You want that sense of mystery rived. mood and the rest of your experience and anticipation,” says Richard Ludwig, LOOK UP there. There’s an art to it. To make a good who teaches landscape design courses It’s hard to miss a vertical ele- impression on visitors to your garden, at Gwinnett Technical College in Law- ment in the garden. Philip Gibson, who you have to apply a little garden psychol- renceville, Ga. Tease your visitors just a also teaches at Gwinnett Tech, suggests ogy. little, he suggests. Don’t let them see the using small trees, conical evergreens, ar- Beginning at the garden gate, whole garden from the gate. Allow a peek bors or even a birdhouse on a post to grab “the garden should start telling a story,” of what’s to come and then let the path or the attention of visitors. says Tres Fromme, a designer with Mesa the view be obscured by trees or shrub- “Vertical elements draw people Design Group in Dallas. “It should make bery, enticing them to explore further. to a space,” he says. “Horizontal elements people wonder what’s going on,” he GET YOUR PRIORITIES are passive.” The entrance to a garden is says. STRAIGHT a great place for a vertical element, he Garden designers have lots of Your garden should have a hier- says. ways to build their plots, planting a tiny archy, Ludwig says. There should be one SHOW YOUR COLORS To make a good first impression in the seed of contentment or curiosity and cre- dominant space. It might be the patio, a You don’t have to be an artist to garden, don’t reveal all your secrets at ating the momentum that carries a visi- pond or fountain, or a spectacular flower express yourself and your garden’s per- the garden gate. An intriguing entry will tor from the first exclamation of delight bed with flashy perennials in bloom all sonality with color. stir the curiosity of visitors and make your through a very pleasant experience. Here summer and lots of year-round color and “Make it cheerful and welcom- garden a more memorable experience. pho- are some ideas from Fromme and two structure from well-chosen shrubs. Gar- ing,” Fromme says. “It doesn’t have to be to: Marty Ross other garden professionals to help you dens organized around such a dominant fancy.” He plants yellow flowers in his that up.” As Ludwig says, fragrance “stirs front yard for their sunny impact. Gibson the imagination.” suggests exploring the idea of monochro- BREAK THE RULES Assisted Living At Its Best! matic plantings to establish your garden’s You’re the boss in your garden, mood. You could try a cool garden with and you don’t have to follow rules laid white flowers and silvery foliage, a so- down by designers or in books, Gibson phisticated garden of blue flowers, or a says. If your home is brick but you want a fired-up flower bed with predominately bluestone patio, suit yourself; mixing ma- red, orange and yellow. terials is your prerogative. If you love a If you’re not sure which colors combination of orange and blue flowers, will look right, “you can simply pick up indulge yourself. on the most important and expensive ele- ADD ACCENTS ment in the garden -- your house,” Lud- Judicious use of garden orna- wig says. Echo your home’s colors in ments, just like accessories in your house, the garden -- the trim’s colors, especially can send subtle or not so subtle signals to -- and “it will give your property a real visitors about who lives there. The sense of unity,” he says. “Think carefully about what you SMELL THE ROSES want to use,” Fromme says. “I see many a Legacy Commons Fragrance should also be part of statue that looks like it was washed up on the experience of every garden, Fromme shore.” No matter what your taste, don’t says. Plant an old-fashioned rose or a pair clutter the garden up with too many orna- 170 Dacona Drive, Pueblo West, CO 81007 of pungent English boxwoods, or place a ments, he says. Keep it simple. big flowerpot full of lavender or rosemary BRING IT HOME 719-547-2538 right by the garden gate. Oriental lilies, Your garden is the first thing visi- which have a heady, exotic fragrance, tors see when they come to your home, will fill the summer air with perfume. and spending a little time and effort can Whatever else happens next, people will produce results that make a good first im- feel that they have come to a very pleas- pression. ant place. “Sometimes you can even save “Fragrance triggers so many an unattractive house by putting a good memories,” Fromme says. “I try to play garden around it,” Fromme says.

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14th and Main Streets, Pueblo, Colorado 81003 (719)542-1552 Visit our website www.montgomerysteward.com Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Sept., 2007 - Page - 17 Senior Community Update ACOVA NEWS Church, 300 Goodnight Avenue on The Seasons of Grief, a work- (Steve McQueen) ACOVA is in the process of October 1, 2007. The statue has shop for adults experiencing bereavement September 21st - Hell Fighters (John recruiting volunteer victim advo- at the death of someone close will meet Wayne) not been here for 30 years and this for five sessions beginning Thursday, September 28th - Hunt for Red October cates to serve victims of crime/cir- October is the 90th anniversary of September 6th through October 4th (Sean Connery) cumstance in the City and County the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima in from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the First of Pueblo. 1917. To obtain information where Presbyterian Church, 220 W. 10th St., ATTENTION STRING PLAYERS! Free classes will be held on Pueblo. The cost is $20.00. Scholarships The Fremont Chamber Orchestra the statue will be hosted in the dio- are available. For more info call Suzanne is seeking new members. If you play the Friday, Sept. 14th, Saturday, Sept. cese and the dates, please see The D’Spain, 719-542-7322. violin, viola, cello or bass, come and join 15th and Friday, Sept. 21st. and Chronicle or watch for information OWLS NEWS this fun loving group of musicians. The Saturday, Sept. 22nd from 8am - in your church bulletin starting the The Older, Wiser, Livelier orchestra rehearses on Tuesday evenings, 5pm. weekend of September 15, 2007. Seniors (OWLS) meet on the third from 6:30 - 7:30 pm, at the Wells Fargo Wednesday of each month at various area Bank, in Penrose, Colorado. Rehearsals gENEALOGICAL SOCIETY For more info please contact restaurants for an evening of fine dining will begin on September 25th, 2007. The Southeastern Colorado Jan Curtis at 719-553-2460. ACOVA and socialization. For location and res- For further information, please Genealogy Society holds regular meet- ervations, please contact Jack Briggs at contact Jean Whitmore at 429-6091 or is a law enforcement based program ings on the 2nd Saturday of the month [email protected] or call him at the Fremont School of the Arts at 784- serving all 7 local law enforcement at 2:00pm in Meeting Room “B,” Robert 546-6189.” 3400. Hoag Rawlings Public Library, 1st floor, agencies, all fire departments and ST. MARY-CORWIN MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN 100 Abriendo Avenue, Pueblo, CO. both area hospitals. CENTER HOSTS ORTHOPEDIC Wanted, Volunteer Ombudsmen At the Sept. 8 meeting, FATIMA statue TOTAL JOINT CLASS to share their time, talents and caring “Refresher and Beginner’s Genealogy Pueblo, CO --- St. Mary-Corwin hearts with the elderly residents of Long- The United States National Classes will be offered one hour before Medical Center is hosting semi-monthly Term Care and Assisted Living facili- Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of the regular meeting. classes at the hospital to provide educa- ties. This would be a great opportunity No charge. Non-Members wel- Fatima will be spending the month tion on joint replacement surgery options for retired Nurses, Social Workers, and come. of October in the Diocese of Pueblo. available to people throughout southern Individuals who love and want to work To register, call 546-1973. Colorado. People currently scheduled with some of the most vulnerable mem- The first stop for the statue will be at seasons of grief The Shrine of St. Therese Catholic for joint replacement surgery or simply bers of our society. In this capacity, you considering the procedure are invited to would advocate for these residents and attend. when necessary investigate and obtain Assisted Living The Total Joint Class is held on proof of deviation from nursing home the first and third Wednesday of each care standards. If interested please call month for patients or prospective patients 583-6123. This Volunteer position is and their family. The class provides com- with the Pueblo County Long-term Care Belmont Senior Care plete information about the complete Ombudsman Program. You Must Be “A Home-Like Assisted Living Community” joint replacement process, including sur- Able To Pass A Criminal Background • 5 ranch-style homes in • Designated gery, orthopedic nursing, physical ther- Check Before Being Accepted. cul-de-sac Alzheimer’s Home apy, occupational therapy, nutrition and Curator’s Walk at case management. El Pueblo History Museum (all one level) Available Classes are held from 1 pm to Discover what’s behind the new • More personal • Delicious home- 3 pm in conference room 4884, locat- exhibit, “Descansos and Traditions in assistance due to one cooked meals, ed on the fourth floor of the hospital. Remembering the Dead” at El Pueblo staff caring for only 10 laundry & residents Refreshments are served, and family and History Museum. Participants may select housekeeping friends are encouraged to attend. To reg- from two dates, Saturday, September • Private bedrooms for provided private pay & Medicaid ister for the Total Joint Class, call 719- 8, or Tuesday, September 11, to take a • Medication 557-5138. behind the scenes tour with the museum’s certified Management For more information, visit www.stmary- director, Deborah Espinosa, and exhibit residents • Exceptional Activity corwin.org. curator, Kathleen Eriksen. Following the • 20 years Program SRDA MYSTERY TRIP tour, traditional Day of the Dead foods experience offering • Costs much less than October 6th - Leaving SRDA at will be served at a special Skeleton Tea. excellent care nursing home care 3:30 pm - Returning by 8:00 pm The walk will be held at the • FREE assessments Be prepared for either warm museum located at 301 North Union weather or cool weather. between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Trip Includes: Transportation, Food & both days. Cost is $5 or free for El Pueblo (719) 544-3999 Adult Day Entertainment - $35.00. History Museum Volunteers or those who 3 Douglas Ct., Pueblo Services & Respite Register at SRDA, 230 N. Union Ave. or are interested in becoming a volunteer www.belmontseniorcare.com call 545-8900. and Colorado Historical Society mem- Care also available! ALSO: Free Movies at SRDA, 230 N. bers. Reservations are required before Union Ave 545-8900. September 7 by calling the museum at Call Nichole Today for a Tour & Information Packet September 7th - Back Draft 583-0453. September 14th - Towering Inferno SRDA calender September Calendar of classes, events and trips: Monday 9/3:CLOSED except for lunch Tuesday 9/4: 11am ZUMBA Exercise Class, 8:30 Coupon Cutters Wednesday 9/5: 9am Oil Painting Class 10am Senior Strength Training Class, 11 am Water Color, 1:30 Chair Aerobics Class –Arthritis Foundation Thursday 9/6: 9am Drawing, 10 Vision Group, 11am ZUMBA Exercise Class Friday 9/7: 9am oil painting class, 10am Senior Strength Training, Noon: Bridge DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP FOR CRIPPLE CREEK TRIP Monday 9/10: 10 Senior Strength Training, 1:30 Chair Aerobics Class – Arthritis Foundation Tuesday 9/11: 8:30 Coupon Cutters, 11am ZUMBA Exercise Class, 1 pm Knit and Chat, 1:30 Parkinson’s Group meets, 2:00 Stroke Survivors Meet Wednesday 9/12: 8:30 Acrylic Painting, 9am Beginning Computer Class, 10am Senior Strength Training Class, 1:00 Water color, 1:30 Chair Aerobics Class –Arthritis Foundation Thursday 9/13: 9:00 Drawing, 11am ZUMBA Exercise Class, 1pm Pool Tournament OPEN SEE ‘COMMUNITY’ PAGE 23. 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For all stages of often requires 90 minutes. The first visit Pueblo natural therapy that induces a deep re- life, this healing therapy aims to help your includes a relaxing foot bath while the What is Reflexology? laxed state. Through application of pres- body to maintain health, enhance your practitioner listens to you explain your Reflexology is natural healing sure to these reflexes, tension is relieved, quality of life, meet specific health needs, current symptoms, if any, and reviews art in which pressure is applied to spe- circulation improved and your body’s and relieve stress in a very pleasant way. your medical history. Gentle but firm cific areas of the skin, mainly the hands natural healing capacity promoted. Specific conditions include, but are not pressure is then applied to the reflexes of and feet. Traced back as far as 2300BC “Reflexology is one of the most limited to: the feet resulting in a heavenly foot mas- in the physician’s tombs of the Egyptian underrated therapies on the market today. - stress / tension sage. Through the course of a session, pyramids, Reflexology is an ancient heal- The healing benefit it has on the body is - back, neck, shoulder pain certain reflexes may be sensitive. These ing art that was also used in China, India, powerful.” Don “Rabbit” Skonieczka, - headache / migraines tender spots are possibly indications of a Japan and by Native American tribes. Licensed Acupuncturist. - poor circulation blockage in the related body areas. Re- Based upon the principle that Who can benefit from Reflexology? - hypertension flexology aids to detox, balance and re- there are reflexes in the feet that corre- Whatever your occupation, age - PMS energize the body. A course of treatment spond to every gland, organ and area of or current state of health, reflexology has - colds / flu may be recommended, depending on - allergies / asthma your body’s needs. For acute and chron- - sinuses / hayfever ic conditions, treatment may be recom- - arthritis mended weekly for a month, after which May The Clouds Never - diabetes your body will determine if and when “I used to get terrible headaches you need follow-up treatment. with my TMJ. Wendie not only relieved “I have used reflexology practice Burst and The Son my pain and headaches, but she taught me for years. It has helped me through such how to head them off using certain pres- trials as recovery from a broken leg in sure points.” Jackie Neat, Pueblo West 2001, the stresses of a Senior graduation Always Find You! What can I expect from a treatment? and (it) was a tremendous aid in helping Although each treatment lasts ap- my spirit after the loss of my mother in proximately 60 minutes, the first session 2004. Now we work to maintain bal- ance.” Vicki Baxter, Certified Massage Therapist Courts Can Reflexology make a condition from page 7. brushed that justification aside. was “purely personal.” Indeed, “He was worse? below the knee. He sued under the Federal Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, doing what any member of the public No, it will not make any condi- Tort Claims Act. The Corps moved to speaking for a unanimous panel, could have done on a Saturday morning -- tion more acute. Reflexology helps to dismiss under the Feres rule. Last month acknowledged some points in the riding on a road available to the public.” normalize body functions. A Reflexol- a panel of the 9th Circuit gave the plaintiff government’s favor. The Marine The two plaintiffs, Brown in ogy session relaxes the stress that can af- a green light. Unless the Supreme Court Corps had paid “a significant portion” Tennessee and Schoenfeld in California, fect your health. It is a safe effective way intervenes, the case will go to trial. of Schoenfeld’s medical expenses. are only the two most recent litigants in to better health. These are essential points: He was offered a specially equipped a 60-year string of plaintiffs denied a How will I feel after a Reflexology Schoenfeld was on liberty, in a private automobile. Until he was placed on hearing because of the Feres rule. Rudolph treatment? car, engaged in wholly private activity. disability retirement he received full pay. Feres himself had two fellow petitioners Each client is unique. No two He was free to leave the base. He had He continues to receive “other military in the Supreme Court, Arthur Jefferson people react in exactly the same way, nor no Marine Corps duties to perform. The benefits.” and Dudley Griggs, both victims of the does the same person always experience government emphasized at trial that one Even so, at the time of the Army’s medical malpractice. They have the same thing each time. Most people of his errands was to leave his uniforms accident, Schoenfeld was essentially a been followed by a small battalion of experience deep relaxation, although in at the cleaners, but otherwise there was civilian riding on a road made dangerous unsuccessful plaintiffs. the first few seconds they may feel a bit nothing to distinguish his errands from by the government. He was not then Ten years ago, dissenting with disoriented, as most of us do when wak- anyone else’s. The 9th Circuit, on appeal, subject to military discipline; he was not Brennan, Marshall and Stevens in "U.S. v. ing from a deep sleep. performing any military duty; his mission Johnson," Justice Antonin Scalia delivered “I was skeptical at first(after a blistering criticism of the Feres rule. The reading about reflexology), but after my Your Trusted Source of case was “wrongly decided and heartily first treatment, I was hooked on reflexol- deserves the widespread and almost ogy and massage. I would recommend it universal criticism it has received.” When to anyone who is having trouble with foot Companionship and Home Care will the court undo the mess it has made? pain or any other pains in their body.” (Letters to Mr. Kilpatrick should be Arlene Walding, Pueblo for Seniors sent in care of this newspaper, or by e-mail to About Wendie Satuffer: A practitioner at the kilpatjj(at)aol.com.) Golden Flower Health Clinic, 251 S. Santa Fe, Pueblo, since 2001, Wendie Stauffer has over 25 years experience in holistic health. She may be reached by calling 542-9210 to schedule an appointment. Home visits are available. When with a client, she relies on voice mail, so please leave a message and she will return your call. World Reflexology Week, is the week of September 23 – 29, 2007. 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Said the current A/B/C/D to as many as 20. with events such as mud-pit belly- in Morgantown, W.Va., in August against Alisha, “He should be locked up by his Life-Saving Properties of Sewage flopping, seed-spitting and making armpit McDonald’s because there was cheese gills and towed to the police.”) (1) In April, a woman hanging music (Georgia), as well as (in Texas) on his Quarter-Pounder, which triggered Fine Points of the Law out laundry on the sixth-floor roof of “red-neck horseshoes” (played with a severe allergic reaction that required (1) In July, a federal appeals a building in Nanjing, China, fell off toilet seats), a Spam-and-jalapeno-eating hospital treatment. Jackson’s lawyer said court ruled that no one could challenge but was only slightly injured when she contest, a mattress chuck, men bobbing the family’s order was painstakingly clear President Bush’s order permitting happened to land in a shallow pool of the for raw animal parts in tomato paste, and that the burger should be cheeseless, but warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls contents of the building’s septic system, the ever-popular coed butt crack contest. apparently, after being served, Jackson into and out of the United States, unless which workers were cleaning. (2) A fiery Wrote the San Antonio Express-News: failed to lift the bun to check. it was a person actually eavesdropped on. auto crash in July near Augusta, Ga., “There was something strangely arresting Compelling Explanations However, according to law professors had killed the driver and would likely about watching 10 serious-faced guys (1) Cheveon Ford, 21, was cited by the Los Angeles Times, anyone kill the passenger, too, if the fire were grind away at pink bricks of Spam while arrested in Pensacola, Fla., in July and who could prove that would be barred not immediately smothered. Firefighters Steppenwolf’s ‘Born to Be Wild’ boomed charged with making false 911 calls; under other national security laws from were still minutes away, but passing by from the loudspeakers.” according to authorities, Ford’s only revealing that fact in public. (2) Pamir was a pump truck from a local plumbing Not My Fault explanation was that he had no more Safi will soon be retried in Lincoln, Neb., company, whose quick-thinking driver (1) Amy Mueller filed a lawsuit minutes on his phone and knew that 911 accused of raping a woman in 2004 (after extinguished the flames with 1,500 recently against Samy’s Bar and Grill in calls were free. (2) In Rochester, N.Y., in a hung jury in the first trial), but this time, June, Eric Kennedy, 38, was sentenced Judge Jeffre Cheuvront has prohibited to 12 years in prison for molesting an prosecutors from using the terms “rape” underage girl over a three-year period, or “sexual assault” in front of the jury which he partly attributed to his poor because they might prejudice Safi, who eyesight, in that at times he might have claims the sex was consensual. The mistaken the girl for her mother, with alleged victim said she feels humiliated whom he was living. to refer to the incident as mere “sex.” Ironies Recurring Themes -- After a 25-year-old woman Another prominent company of was accused of murdering her father very large dancers is flourishing (this one and sister (and wounding her mother) in Cuba), performing with remarkable in July in Sydney, Australia, authorities grace the forms of classical ballet, and revealed that she had been diagnosed even popular steps, despite sometimes with a psychotic illness in 2006. thundering across the stage, “convey(ing) Construction However, she had been discouraged from an excitement akin to a stampede,” is in seeking psychiatric treatment by her according to a July New York Times Progress on parents because they are Scientologists, dispatch from Havana. Like others (such Our who by doctrine reject psychiatry and as Henri Oguike’s Big Ballet in the U.K.), New Facility psychotropic-drug treatment. 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Senior care communi- lose it,” said Robin Mosey, owner of the ity can stave off the effects of this terrible drain that seniors must try to thwart? ties around the country are even hosting Home Instead Senior Care® franchise of- disease. From a scientific standpoint, multiple fac- Wii tournaments. fice in Pueblo. However, one deterrent for many tors apparently contribute to a sluggish Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski, a profes- “We know that mind games keep seniors who would like to stay mentally senior mind, said Dr. Ronald Petersen, sor of gerontology and psychology at the many aging minds young and vital,” said active is lack of companionship—par- director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Mosey. So what are today’s seniors do- ticularly for those older adults who live Disease Research Center. In his words, at the University of Southern California ing to keep mentally fit? Many have alone. “There is often a genetic component, but (USC), says games such as Brain Age said goodbye to traditional games such “Sometimes seniors just need the environment plays a role as well. The can help keep older adults’ minds active. as bingo. They’re gravitating more to a little encouragement from family and cumulative impacts of medical issues “My family, including boys ages 17 and video-game technology and group activi- friends to help them pursue interests that such as vascular changes like hardening (nearly) 21, has a long history of interest ties such as Scrabble® and bridge tourna- can keep their minds stimulated,” said of the arteries also contribute to demen- in video games. ments. Mosey. tia.” Like kids, seniors are playing According to the latest studies, it “Through games and puzzles, He also pointed out that, “The games with people all around the world: all helps. cards and music, Home Instead CAR- connections between the nerve cells prob- it’s all about communication,” Zelinski Researchers in a study published EGiversSM have seen lives change for ably also don’t work as well.” explains. “Seniors can do a great deal to just last year in Psychological Medicine many older adults throughout our com- On the other hand, Petersen ob- maintain and even improve their mental from the University of New South Wales munity.” serves, the wisdom and acquired experi- abilities. Aging is all about taking on in Sydney, Australia, found that indi- In 2003, a study report- ence seniors bring to the table is often new challenges for our minds.” viduals with high brain reserve—which ed in the New England Journal of Medi- under-valued in our society. That’s why For interviews with local seniors looks at the roles of education, occupa- cine found that people who participated exercising the mind as well as the body is participating in mind-game activities, tional complexity, and mentally stimulat- in activities such as board games, reading, such an important goal for older adults. contact Robin Mosey at (719)545-0293. ing pursuits in preventing cognitive de- playing a musical instrument or working He said there are no hard and Tips for Mind-Stimulating Fun cline—have a 46-percent decreased risk a crossword puzzle were less likely to fast rules about what senior mind activi- Following, from Home Instead Senior ties are the best in warding off the effects Care, are ways to help engage your senior of aging. “Whether it’s a computer game, loved one in mind-stimulating activities: Mortgage Troubles In These Times crossword or Sudoku puzzles, or reading Video action. 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Also, we know that some patients leads older patients to make false assump- and the dental profession is committed A: Dentists are experiencing a quiet rev- in this group require special consideration tions about their dental health and tolerate to providing the treatment and guidance olution in their offices as the number of because reduced mobility and dexterity conditions such as toothache, bleeding older adults need to maintain it. older patients increases steadily and their may make daily oral hygiene difficult. In gums and clicking dentures. This oral health tip comes from Dentists are gaining practical Oral Health Awareness Colorado!, a coa- information on how to effectively man- lition of federal, state and community or- LIGHT age the treatment needs of older patients. ganizations that developed the state’s first from page 8. Many dental societies have set up access formal oral health plan aimed at improv- *Joe learned of Mariam’s need, he went deeply touched by this mother’s need programs to assist older adults, individu- ing the general health of Colorado resi- before the Lord, seeking direction about that his check is always accompanied als with physical or mental disabilities or dents. For more information about oral his part in helping. He wrote, “When I with a note of joy such as this: “Praise indigent persons to receive care. health, go to the website www.beasmart- took this matter to prayer, the Lord gave the Lord! This is my favorite time of Dentists are increasingly sensi- mouth.com me James 1:27: ‘religion that God our month when I can send this gift for Father accepts as pure and faultless is Mariam and her daughters. I thank God this: look after orphans and widows in for letting me be a vessel to help.” He HOME their distress…’” continues to send his monthly pledge to from page 14. Going green is not something This compassionate man was help Mariam and Steven in their min- ganic compounds (VOCs) that account that can be accomplished quickly, easily faithful to send $10 of his meager $12 istry. Jesus Christ is the cord that con- for that singular new-paint smell. But or overnight. But if you are interested in to $15 monthly wage. He never failed nectshearts such as Joe’s and Mariam’s. there’s good news on the horizon. being a world-changer, your home is a to keep his pledge. Joe’s heart was so However, without obedience on Joe’s Many paint companies have good place to start. part, this never would have happened. come out with low VOC formulations. In Buildings, which account for 50 Is there someone God wants YOU to addition, old-fashioned whitewash and percent of American energy consump- connect with? Is your heart open to His milk paint are enjoying a renaissance. tion, give off more emissions than cars. compassion so when you hear His call, One of Rider’s favorite ways to The average kitchen or bathroom remod- you will obey? Joe has been blessed finish a room is with plaster. She likes eling generates the equivalent of four beyond measure by his generosity and both Venetian plaster, which has bits of years of weekly curbside recycling. obedience. He knows we can never out marble or limestone mixed in to give it But with more bedside reading give God! luster, and natural earth-based plaster, like these books, the future is sure to feel “This service that you perform which is extremely elegant when treated both brighter and greener. is not only supplying the needs of God’s to a waxed finish. people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved Community Update yourselves, men will praise God for the from page 17. 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He is 69 and already der Social Security, a divorced wife who your pension office to find out whether Question: getting about $1,800 per month from was married for more than 10 years and Social Security benefits will reduce your I am a 62-year-old woman who was mar- Social Security. Would I be entitled to is currently unmarried is entitled to the company pension once your benefits start. ried for almost 30 years before my di- wife’s benefits if I remarry him? same benefits as a wife. Learn more by Learn more about Social Security by vis- vorce several years ago. I expect a rela- Answer: visiting our website at www.socialsecuri- iting our website at www.socialsecurity. tively small Social Security retirement Yes, you would. But you also should ty.gov, or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY gov, or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY check, since I mostly worked part-time know that you would be due the same 1-800-325-0778). 1-800-325-0778). Question: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY My 88-year-old father is termi- INCOME Belmont Lodge Health Care Center nally ill and is not expected to live much Question: more than another year or so. Will my I get Supplemental Security In- Now Provides Outpatient Therapy 86-year-old mother have to apply for come (SSI) for a physical disability. I Our experienced Rehab Team provides Physical, widow’s benefits after his death, or is that would like to try going back to work. Am Occupational and Speech Therapies an automatic process? I allowed to get a part time job without Answer: risking loss of benefits? • Free transportation to and from appointments for those who are not able to When your father passes away, Answer: drive themselves your mother should notify Social Secu- If you start to work, a portion of • We accept Medicare, most insurance and private pay rity. She can do so by calling 1-800-772- your income may affect your SSI benefit For information, please call 562-7200 1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). If your amount and eligibility. Social Security and ask for the Rehab Department mother is receiving spouse’s benefits encourages recipients with disabilities based on your father’s work record, and if to try working. Also, in many cases you Reasons to seek Outpatient Therapy they were living at the same address, we are able to keep your medical coverage. • Recovery from Surgery (including Hip/Knee Replacement should be able to switch her to widow’s Social Security has a number of work • Falling at Home • Sports Injuries incentives to help you attempt working • Stroke & Cardiac Rehabilitation benefits automatically, and also pay the • Motor Vehicle Accident one-time death benefit. Otherwise, she without taking away the security net of may have to complete a few forms before your benefits. Learn more about them by receiving benefits. Learn more by visit- visiting our website at www.socialsecu- ing our website at www.socialsecurity. rity.gov/work. If you do decide to work, gov, or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY be sure to call or visit your Social Secu- 1-800-325-0778). rity office to report the change before you RETIREMENT begin. Call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY Question: 1-800-325-0778). I will be eligible for my compa- Question: ny’s pension at age 60. But I also have My granddaughter is 18 years Social Security coverage, having paid old. In her junior year of high school, she into the system for the past 36 years. Will had an accident that paralyzed her right my Social Security retirement benefit be side. It doesn’t look like she’ll be able reduced because of my pension? to work in the near future. Because she Belmont Lodge Health Care Center Answer: did not work long enough under Social Ask for Judy!! 1601 Constitution Rd No. But the earliest that you can Security to qualify for benefits, is there Near East High Pueblo, CO 81001 719-562-7200 start collecting Social Security retirement any other program that could help her? benefits is age 62. If you start your So- Answer: cial Security at 62, your benefit will be Supplemental Security Income reduced -- not because you get a pension, (SSI) is a needs-based program paid for but because you are collecting Social Se- by general tax revenue and run by the So- curity earlier than your full retirement cial Security Administration. It can help people like your granddaughter who are Inflammatory Bowel disabled and who have not paid enough in Social Security taxes to qualify for Disease Sufferers regular Social Security disability bene- This is a call to action/help! fits. To qualify for SSI, a person must be If you have suffered with disabled, and have limited resources and IBD (Crohn’s, Colitis, etc.), income. You should know also that if the child’s parents are receiving Social Se- please give us a call curity benefits or they are deceased, she at 647-1300. may be eligible for Disabled Adult Child Given your experience your (DAC) benefits under Social Security. help would be invaluable in You can learn more about Social Security and SSI by visiting our website at www. aiding children and socialsecurity.gov. Or call us at 1-800- their families. 772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). Senior Beacon Senior Beacon serves Pueblo & Fremont Counties and reaches the rest of Southeastern Colorado. It is a monthly newspaper dedicated to inform, serve, educate and entertain the Senior Community in these areas. Subscriptions are You don’t just deserve better care, available, prepaid with order, at $19.95 for one 12-month period. 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Petsche recovery, planning may be simple and skills), mobility, safety and finances, as ferral to community support services as There’s a good chance your par- straightforward. In other situations, well as psychosocial needs. The goal is needed. The planner may also arrange a ent, spouse or other senior relative will though, varying degrees of assessment to determine the most appropriate setting discharge conference that includes key require hospitalization at some point, es- and problem solving are required. to meet the patient’s needs and facilitate a members of the health care team. pecially if he or she has chronic health A good discharge plan involves smooth transition. problems. communication and collaboration among The hospital discharge planner Options Once his condition is stable, hos- the patient, family members and health - usually a social worker - serves as the Following is an overview of typ- pital staff will work with him and your care providers. It addresses issues around coordinator. An expert on community re- ical settings to which a hospital patient family to formulate a discharge plan. medical management, activities of daily sources, he or she can assist with decision may be discharged: When a patient makes a good living (self-care and home management making and provide information and re- Home Many people are able to return directly to their home, especially if they • Argus Alert have good family support. Some may re- Come Visit Us At Our New quire special equipment and support serv- • Skilled ices on a transitional or long-term basis. Location at 121 S. 5th St. It’s important during the plan- In Cañon City Nursing ning stage to be open and honest with your relative and the health care team • Rehabilitation about the type and amount of assistance Argus Home Care, Inc. you’re prepared to provide. 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Hospice/palliative care Pete Severson For patients in the end stage of a life-limiting illness, inpatient hospice Mary Ann DiBeneditto or palliative care may be recommended. Brian Denton The focus is on maximizing comfort and quality of life. Patients receive medical Jan Thompson care to alleviate pain and other distress- We are a Full Service Mortgage Lender offering VA, FHA and Conventional Loans ing physical symptoms as well as inter- 719-544-3210 or 877-544-3210 ventions that address psychological and 1515 Fortino Dr. Suite 140 spiritual concerns. Pueblo, CO 81008 This type of program is not lim- ited to patients with a cancer diagnosis. People with late-stage heart, lung or liver disease and neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease are among those who may benefit from specialized end-of-life care. Lisa M. Petsche is a medical social worker and a freelance writer special- izing in health and eldercare issues. Page 26 - Senior Beacon - Sept., 2007 Visit Us At http://www.seniorbeacon.info It Is Apples To Apples In Virginia Town WINCHESTER, Va. -- If an ap- rated apple replicas at various locales. The singer, who died in an air- ple a day keeps the doctor away, people Only an hour west of Washing- plane crash in 1963, is buried here in in Winchester should be living very long ton, D.C., Winchester is a charming town Shenandoah Memorial Park cemetery. lives. at the top of the Shenandoah Valley. Pret- The house where she spent her early This northern Virginia town is ty homes dot the rolling hills, and down- years is now owned by a group that hopes the self-proclaimed apple capital of Vir- town has a pleasant tree-lined pedestrian to build a Patsy Cline Museum. It still ginia, and the apple presence is every- mall, Old Town Winchester, lined with stands on Kent Street, but it is not open where. A major apple processor, White one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants. to the public. Museum backers have a House, makes apple juice, apple sauce Many Washingtonians have sec- site in Old Town Winchester but are still and apple vinegar here. Stores carry ap- ond homes up in the surrounding moun- raising funds for the project. ple-imprinted cloths, ceramics and other tains and often visit Winchester to shop Patsy Cline certainly is a name apple-themed doodads. and dine. But long before those were now cherished by residents, but Winches- The historic Glen Burnie house, part of The annual Shenandoah Ap- built, the city was the residence of such ter is perhaps most proud of its recently the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, ple Blossom Festival in May, one of the noted personages as explorer Richard E. built Museum of the Shenandoah Val- has furnishings dating to the 18th cen- state’s biggest, boasts two parades, not Byrd, singer Patsy Cline, Confederate ley, a $20 million complex designed by tury and gardens with more than 400 rose one, and two fall festivals celebrate the Gen. Stonewall Jackson, author Willa famed architect Michael Graves. bushes. photo: Jay Clarke apple harvest. And just to make sure no- Cather and America’s first president, Art, history and culture of the body misses the point, the town two years George Washington. entire Shenandoah Valley are showcased and Rutherford Hayes, took part in the ago mounted giant-sized, festively deco- Washington first visited here as in the museum, which also displays paint- five major battles in and around Win- a surveyor in 1748, and returned seven ings by European and American artists. chester. years later as a colonel to make Winches- Of special interest is the miniatures room Every October, 8,000 to 10,000 “Pueblo’s Only ter his headquarters during the French- where miniature houses have such fine re-enactors gather in nearby Middletown Indian Wars. Visitors today can see some detail that one can examine the scroll- to re-create the 1864 Battle of Cedar Shuttle Service” of his personal effects and survey equip- work on tiny chair backs. Creek, which broke the back of the Con- If you’re planning a trip, special ment in an 18th-century log-and-stone Also a part of the museum, but federate army in the Shenandoah Val- event or excursion CALL US! cabin housing Washington’s Office Mu- adjacent, is the historic Glen Burnie ley. Visitable all year is the Belle Grove Colorado Springs Airport Service seum. house, with furnishings dating to the 18th Plantation, around which the battle was ADA approved Patsy Cline was born and raised century, and the gardens around it, which fought. It was originally the home of Maj. 719 in Winchester. She worked the soda include more than 400 rose bushes. Isaac Hite and his wife, Nelly, a sister of 545-9444 fountain at Gaunt’s Drug Store in the Because of its proximity to President James Madison. 1-877 1940s and came back to visit it after Washington, D.C., Winchester was a Middletown is also home to the she became famous. But some people in much-fought-over site during the Civil Wayside Inn, the oldest in America, and 545-9435 Winchester thought she was too “fast,” War. Residents suffered greatly as the the Wayside Theater, which stages a va- 24 hr and they wouldn’t let her ride on a float city changed hands 72 times. Confeder- riety of plays nine months of the year. In service in the annual Apple Blossom Festival. ate Gen. Stonewall Jackson used Win- Winchester, the Shenandoah University Instead, she rode in an open convertible. chester as his headquarters during his Music Theater puts on four musicals with valley campaigns. Among the displays at full orchestras every summer. the Stonewall Jackson Headquarters Mu- Information: Winchester-Freder- Is your planned giving program on track? seum here are his prayer book and camp ick County Convention and Visitor Bu- table. reau, (877) 871-1326 or www.visitwin- Union Gen. 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A four-wheel- carbon dioxide emitted per passenger, drive van bumps down the long gravel according to Sustainable Travel Interna- road. It stops at her ger (the Mongol word tional, whose Web site provides calcula- for yurt) and out step five American visi- tors. tors, their sights set on seeing the dunes Los Angeles to Beijing: 4.7 from camel-back. Badmaa is only too tons. happy to oblige. Five clients on a one- Advocates of the “Don’t Fly” hour tour? That’s $25. movement -- currently big in Europe -- Before tourists started coming, make a good point. Jet aircraft squander she struggled to make $25 in a month. mind-boggling quantities of fuel, releas- She always liked these dunes, for more ing megatons of carbon into the atmos- reasons now than ever. Glowing, wind- While air travel contributes to carbon dioxide emissions, the loss of small ecotourism phere. sculpted sand has become her bread and enterprises like camel-riding in Mongolia could decimate local economies if tourists You could feel that air travel is butter. stay home. CREDIT: c. Jeremy Schmid hard to justify. As for the travelers, they can feel But before you hang up your good knowing that their small contribu- ing due to low-cost airlines. Flying used Indra Bold, a tourism analyst in traveling shoes, consider Badmaa, a 37- tion makes a difference in Badmaa’s life to be expensive and trains inexpensive. Mongolia, can already see the pressure -- and perhaps in the national park where Now that’s flip-flopped,” he says. having an impact. Ten years ago, ecotour- she lives. Seats go for as little as $50. Some ism was seen as an economic gold mine The park is a magnificent place promotions include free tickets; you just in a vast country blessed with some of with an uncertain future. Three times the pay the taxes, and off you go. the world’s most spectacular and pristine size of Yellowstone, it has more than 10 He says much of this cheap Eu- landscapes. Now a mining boom threat- mountain ranges, the world’s most impor- ropean flying is for party weekends in ens to dwarf the national income from deLITE Thin Crust tant dinosaur fossil sites and endangered Eastern Europe where prices are low and tourism, currently 10 percent of gross do- species that include ibex, argali sheep, activities like sex tourism are rampant. mestic product and shrinking in relative Pizza - One Topping snow leopards and the exceedingly rare “It’s a huge carbon footprint for terms. Recently, the government declared Just $4.99 ex:9/30/07 Gobi bear. the most destructive tourism imaginable,” that tourism would no longer be a priority Its staff operates on an annual he says. sector in development plans. Please support the Robin Lynn Grasso budget of $26,000, or about $1.50 per Besides that, the European train Yet on the local level, Bold says, Charity Golf Scramble on 9/15/07. Call square mile. Besieged by exploitive in- system is a viable option, fast and effi- tourism remains a shining hope. 647-1300 for details! terests, the park is desperately in need of cient. On some routes, trains are faster “Everyone sees it as an economic 310 N. 16th St.-Cañon City, CO support, both financial and political. than jets when you consider the time of remedy. They see opportunity with a low 276-0088 It’s a truism of ecotravel that getting to, from and through airports. entry threshold,” Bold says. tourist dollars support conservation by But you can’t take a train to Which brings us back to Badmaa. putting a monetary value on natural Dominica, an island in the Caribbean Never mind the gross domestic product; beauty. Enough Badmaas making enough whose economy is 90 percent ecotour- Badmaa’s family GDP has increased many income add up to a strong local constitu- ism-related. times over thanks to eco-minded tourists ency for conservation. “You have to fly to get there,” who not only ride her camels, but hire lo- But if tourists don’t fly, they’re Tourtellot says. He calls it airlift tourism cal drivers and stay in local lodging. The not going to come. And then what hap- and says it’s necessary. “If ecotourism money they spend ricochets through the pens? collapses on Dominica, it’s time to cut region, increasing the perceived value of Jonathan Tourtellot, director of down the forests.” protecting the park. National Geographic’s Center for Sus- He adds, “There’s no question “Flying long-distance for any tainable Destinations, www.nationalgeo- that tourism protects nature, particularly good tourism is justified,” Tourtellot says, graphic.com/travel/sustainable, has some if there’s a competing use for the land. A “especially if things would get a lot worse answers. lot of people would like to farm the Ser- if you don’t go. If you have trouble decid- 412 Main St - Cañon City “There are good reasons the engeti.” ing, consider how things would be if you Especially in the developing 719-275-0222 Don’t Fly movement started in Europe, don’t go.” which has seen an explosion of binge fly- world, national parks and other protected In other words, consider folks Hrs: M-F 7am-2pm Sat. 7am-1pm areas have to earn their keep or risk de- like Badmaa, waiting confidently with struction. her camels.

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Timeless to Me energetic performances as well as musi- and Travolta. They actually became Mr. So what if “Hairspray” takes cal numbers uninterrupted by cut-away and Mrs. Turnblad up there on the silver place during the 1960s? This big, shots, so viewers can enjoy the talents screen. bold, bodacious film version of the hit displayed by actors, musicians, com- Perfectly cast, “Hairspray” Broadway musical is timeless to me. I poser (Marc Shaiman), and choreog- boasts superb performances from every- think it’s the best movie musical since rapher extraordinaire Adam Shankman, one in the movie. Playing Tracy Turnblad, “Singin’ in the Rain” – which is quite who also served as director. One particu- the perky plus-size teen who wants des- a compliment, for that entertaining film lar number, “Timeless to Me,” featuring perately to be a dancer on TV’s “The ranks as my number one all-time favor- Christopher Walken and John Travolta Corny Collins Show,” newcomer Nikki ite movie. Because I wasn’t fond of the (in an enormous fat suit and female Blonsky simply couldn’t be better. She 1988 Hairspray film, written and directed make-up), actually moved me to tears. makes us care about her character imme- by John Waters, my enthusiastic reaction Granted, I’m an incurable romantic, but diately as she belts out “Good Morning, completely surprised me. I never thought I’d accept Travolta as Baltimore”– and we cheer Tracy’s dedi- Just like “Singin’ in the Rain,” a woman, let alone these two actors as cation to doing the right thing after dis- “Hairspray” moves along without a husband and wife. However, as I watched covering evils of segregation practiced single dull moment from beginning to them sing and dance to this lovely, touch- on the show. Blonsky also sings and end. And it features the same type of ing ballad, I forgot they were Walken dances like she was born to be a star! 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