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SB SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! FEB., 2010 Vol. 28: No. 7 Established Aug., 1982 331 Consecutive Months! Big Cuts To Medicare, Uncertain For Seniors Distributed by The Senior Exchange, whether most Medicare recipients will lions in Medicare cuts, and opposition Democrats in the U.S. House, Senate, and Inc. Serving The Mature American With benefit and the legislation will ease ris- to healthcare reform is at a high point White House. Timely, Low-Cost, Self-Help Informa- ing out-of-pocket Medicare costs remains among seniors, Congres- “The plan appears to tion highly uncertain, says The Senior Citi- sional leaders are push- be to shut out any oppo- Alexandria, VA (January 18, zens League (TSCL), one of the nation’s ing through the bill in an sition, reach a deal, and 2009) Health care reform would cut near- largest nonpartisan seniors groups. unprecedented fashion,” then push a vote through ly one-half trillion dollars in Medicare “Incredibly, even though the states TSCL Chairman the House and Senate as spending over the next ten years. But legislation contains hundreds of bil- Daniel O’Connell. “In quickly as possible,” says the history of the United O’Connell. “If this legis- WINTER - QUEBEC CITY STYLE! States, very few such lation is such a good deal bills (in this case directly involving more for Americans and seniors, why are such than one-sixth of the economy) have been tactics necessary?” he asks. passed in the face of so much opposition Public opposition on healthcare reform from voters without having bipartisan legislation is at a high point. In the two support,” he says. weeks prior to the Senate’s Christmas Eve Recent memos from the Con- vote, polls by the Washington Post/ABC gressional Budget Office (CBO), and News, Wall Street Journal/NBC News, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid USA Today/Gallup, CNN/Opinion Re- Services (CMS) Chief Actuary Richard search, and Rasmussen Reports showed Foster, warn that the Medicare cuts and majorities of Americans opposing health- new payroll taxes required under the leg- care reform legislation. Senior citizens islation would do nothing to ensure the are opposed by a 63% to 31% margin, ac- government’s ability to pay future Medi- cording to Rasmussen Reports. care benefits. “And although the legisla- Unlike some seniors advocacy tion would provide new benefits for some organizations, TSCL opposes healthcare February Events At El Pueblo Medicare recipients, it also contains pro- reform measures that rely on hundreds Metal Workshop visions that will increase costs for oth- of billions in cuts to Medicare to finance Blacksmith/artist Aaron Williams will instruct a Metal Workshop on February ers,” O’Connell says. such a large expansion of new government 13, Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the museum. Each participant will learn According to a December 23, spending. TSCL also opposes healthcare basic metal working and create a project. Call the museum for tuition cost and to register 2009 memo from the CBO, the major- reform provisions that cut seniors’ access by February 11. ity of savings from the cuts to Medicare to benefits, and raises seniors’ out-of- Native American Beadworking Classes I & II for Adults would be “used to pay for spending un- pocket costs. On February 17 and 18, Wednesday and Thursday, instructor Connie Garica of Jicarilla der the PPACA (Patient Protection and “We urge you to let your Mem- Apache descent will teach the beginning beading stitch in Native American Beadworking Affordable Care Act) and would not en- bers of Congress know your concerns Class I. Participants will complete a rosette. On February 26 and 27, Friday and Satur- hance the ability of the government to re- about healthcare reform legislation,” says day, she will teach the peyote stitch in Beadworking Class II. The classes are from 11:30 deem the bonds credited to the trust fund O’Connell. A final vote is expected soon. a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at El Pueblo History Museum. Cost for each two-day class is $30 tui- to pay for future Medicare benefits.” A To send an email, visit TSCL’s guide to tion and $10 for supplies. Call the museum to register at least three days in advance. memo from Foster also said that the “es- contacting Congress http://www.tscl.org/ Drawing Artifacts Workshop timated Medicare savings may be unre- action/guidetocontactingcongress.asp]. Artist Maria Westy Bush will teach a beginning drawing class for adults on Feb- alistic.” Foster said that “providers for With over 1 million supporters, The Senior Citizens League is one of the ruary 20, Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The “Drawing Artifacts Workshop” whom Medicare constitutes a substantive portion of their business could find it dif- nation’s largest nonpartisan seniors will begin with hands-on instruction drawing basic geometric shapes and then applying groups. Located just outside Washington, that to drawing artifacts in the museum’s galleries. Cost is $30, which includes supplies. ficult to remain profitable” and might end D.C., its mission is to promote and assist Call the museum to register by February 18. their participation in Medicare. members and supporters, to educate and High Vista Gallery Exhibit The U.S. House and Senate alert senior citizens about their rights and The El Pueblo Art Alliance presents the fine art exhibit, “Pueblo County Shows Democrats, reportedly, are bypassing the freedoms as U.S. Citizens, and to protect and defend the benefits senior citizens Off,” in the museum’s High Vista Gallery. Thirty-four Pueblo County artists showcase traditional legislative conference proce- dures in negotiating the final compromise have earned and paid for. The Senior their work in oils, acrylics, pastels, photography, glass and ceramics. The artworks are for Citizens League is a proud affiliate of The sale and on display until April 1. Admission to the gallery is free during museum hours on the legislation. This move would Retired Enlisted Association. Please visit of Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. exclude Republican members from hav- www.SeniorsLeague.org or call 1-800- For more information or to register for workshops, call the museum at 719/583- ing any input in the final legislation and 333-8725 for more information. 0453. The museum is located at 301 North Union, Pueblo. essentially limit the negotiation to top With A “Zero” Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) For 2010 Seniors/Congressman “Jimmy” Duncan, Jr. Vow Action by Vicki Robb - Retire Safe ports this critical first step to correct the mined with a fair and accurate CPI-S. He Duncan pledged to introduce the bill in Washington, DC (January 4, faulty formula now used by the BLS, the will be introducing the ‘CPI for Seniors’ January. 2010) - Today RetireSafe, represent- same one resulting in a “zero” COLA for Act next month, and we are fully commit- Phillips continued, “This is the ing 400,000 senior citizen supporters 2010. ted to help Congressman Duncan enact right approach to correct a longstand- across America, announced a “Let’s Get According to RetireSafe this important legislation.” ing wrong that has harmed our seniors it Right” campaign for 2010 to estab- President Thair Phillips, the BLS, along As Congressman Duncan noted, for decades. They’re not looking for a lish a new Consumer Price Index for with numerous other credible sources, “The annual Social Security COLA is hand-out, which is what other measures Seniors (CPI-S) so that Social Security has noted that each of the present meth- a crucial element to maintain a decent propose, but rather they want the fair, benefits can be accurately and fairly ods now used (CPI, CPI-U, CPI-W, and quality of life for our seniors, both in accurate, and “right” benefits they have determined each year. In addition, the CPI-E) to calculate inflation is severely my District in Tennessee, and across the worked for and rightly deserve. We are group announced its support for the flawed in measuring seniors’ actual costs Nation. It must be based upon an accurate proud to work with Congressman Duncan pending introduction of new legislation and expenses. He said, “While there may CPI-S that truly reflects the real impact to enact into law the ‘CPI for Seniors’ by U.S. Representative John “Jimmy” be other approaches to address this prob- of inflation on older Americans cop- Act for America’s seniors that he will Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) which would direct lem, we believe the first step should be ing with ever-higher health care, energy, soon be introducing in the U.S. House of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to an accurate CPI for seniors, a true CPI-S. and food prices. I’m very pleased to be Representatives.” finally determine the “right” CPI-S for- Fortunately, Congressman Duncan agrees able to work with RetireSafe to enact Contact Retire Safe at www. mula for seniors. RetireSafe, an advocacy that seniors deserve a fair and accurate new legislation that I believe will finally retiresafe.org organization for older Americans, sup- annual COLA that can only be deter- ensure fairness and accuracy for seniors.” The Pueblo Chieftain � Pueblo, Colorado Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Page 5A Evangelist Obama: Senate near health care passage ______legislation is designed to OralRoberts spread coverage to 30 mil- Party leaders still lion Americans who now hope to OK lack it, impose new dies at age 91 consumer-friendly regula- legislation before tions on the insurance ______Christmas. industry and slow the rate of growth in health care Roberts was early ______spending nationally. Most Americans would be pioneer of TV By DAVID ESPO required to purchase insur- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS evangelism. ______ance, and the government would establish a new ______WASHINGTON— series of ‘‘exchanges’’ President Barack Obama THE ASSOCIATED PRESS through which consumers ______prodded Senate Demo- could shop for policies. crats to overcome the The measure includes TULSA, Okla. — Oral last, lingering disputes hundreds of billions of dol- Roberts, who helped pio- blocking agreement on a lars in subsidies to defray neer TV evangelism in the national health care the cost of insurance for 1950s and used the power overhaul Tuesday, AP PHOTO/CHARLES DHARAPAK families with incomes up President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform Tuesday after meeting of the new medium — and declaring they were ‘‘on to about $88,200 a year for with senators at the White House. Standing with the president are (from left) Senate Banking a family of four. Additional his message of God’s heal- the precipice’’ of enact- Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Senate Finance Committee Chairman ing historic legislation assistance would go to ing power — to build a Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.; and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. small businesses to help multimillion-dollar minis- that has eluded adminis- trations and lawmakers look beyond disappoint- — to keep the legislation known potential holdout them afford coverage for try and a university that for decades. ments they may have about moving forward despite a among the 60 senators who their workers. bears his name, died Tues- After a private meet- parts of the legislation, sev- flare-up over a proposal to are members of the party’s Large firms would not day. He was 91. ing at the White House, eral Democrats said that in expand Medicare to unin- caucus, a group that face a requirement to cover Roberts died of compli- the president said differ- the private session, liberals sured men and women as includes 58 Democrats, their employees. But the c a t i o n s ences still remain over lamented the absence of a young as 55. Lieberman, and Sen. Bernie government would impose from pneu- details, but he spoke in government-run insurance Sen. Joe Lieberman, I- Sanders, I-Vt. charges on them if any of m o n i a i n highly favorable terms option they had long Conn., announced on Sun- Nelson has been seeking them did not do so and any about the measure that sought. ‘‘There was frustra- day he opposed the pro- changes to increase restric- of their workers qualified N e w p o r t for federal subsidies to party leaders hope to tion and angst’’ expressed, posal, and he threatened to tions on abortion coverage B e a c h , help them afford private C a l i f . , pass by Christmas. said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, join Republicans in voting in a new insurance market- D-W.Va., and Sen. Sheldon against the overall measure place the bill would coverage. a c c o r d i n g The bill includes ‘‘all Democratic leaders the criteria that I laid Whitehouse, D-R.I., agreed: if it stayed in the bill. Dem- establish. t o h i s mapped out a timetable out’’ in a speech to a ‘‘There’s a lot of that going ocrats are ready to jettison Democrats need 60 spokesman, Oral Roberts that envisioned passage joint session of Con- around.’’ the Medicare change, and votes to overcome a threat- before Christmas — but A . L a r r y gress earlier in the year, Rockefeller added that Lieberman told reporters ened Republican filibuster. Ross. The evangelist was just barely. he said. ‘‘It is deficit- Obama had emphasized the that assuming they do — The White House meet- That assumed that Nel- hospitalized after a fall on neutral. It bends the historic nature of the legis- and that any government ing unfolded as Democrats son and Lieberman would Saturday. cost curve. It covers 30 lation, quoting him as say- plan or Medicare expan- awaited a final cost analy- join 58 others in swinging Roberts rose from hum- million Americans who ing the bill was the sion stays out of the bill — sis from the Congressional behind the bill once the ble tent revivals to become don’t have health insur- ‘‘biggest thing since Social ‘‘then I’m going to be in a Budget Office on the latest CBO cost estimates one of the nation’s most ance, and it has extraor- Security.’’ Rockefeller add- position where I can say version of the bill, and the become available. famous and influential dinary insurance ed, ‘‘It’s hard to ignore what I’ve wanted to say all full Senate pointed toward The House approved its preachers. Along with reforms in there to make that.’’ along: that I’m ready to a vote on an amendment to version of the bill earlier permit the importation of Billy Graham, he pio- sure that we’re prevent- The meeting followed vote for health care this fall, and final negotia- ing abuse.’’ an intense two days in reform.’’ prescription drugs from tions between the two neered religious TV, and With the president which Democrats struggled That left Sen. Ben Nel- Canada and elsewhere. houses would follow a vote he played a major role in urging lawmakers to — apparently successfully son, D-Neb., the only At its core, the in the Senate. bringing American Pente- costalism into the mainstream. He also laid the founda- tion for the ‘‘prosperity Illinois town welcomes plan to house Gitmo detainees Page 2 - Senior Beacon______- Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info gospel,’’ the doctrine that leads an economic- near Florence, Colo. remembers the good not yet lay out a time frame has come to dominate tele- Supermax prison development group for a Businesses opened in money his bar made when for the transfer of detain- vangelism. It holds that three-county area that anticipation of an influx of the prison was being built. ees from the Navy-run God rewards the faithful near Florence is includes tiny Thomson, prison workers and visi- President Barack Obama detention facility to with material success. Its not selected. about 150 miles west of tors, but they have since ordered the federal Bureau Thomson. critics say it is used by Chicago. closed. Builders canceled of Prisons to buy the pris- They said the adminis- I’m Still______Above Ground preachersby James to enrichR. Grasso, them- Chief Cook & Bottle WasherUntil now, the expan- plans to build new housing. on. The decision is an tration would have to work sive Thomson Correctional with Congress to amend selves at the expense of By DEANNA BELLANDI Neighbors moved away to important step toward Center has been a big dis- closing Guantanamo Bay, laws and secure funding their followers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS findments better are jobs. not only fraudulent, they are condescending to the electorate. Imagine, ______appointment in the town of before any prisoners are Isn’t‘‘In conservative This Protes- Just Special? theyThe want unemployment the public to rate believewhich that has the long voters been got a glo-even with Republicans by voting about 450, where there are in Carroll County, where bal symbol of the Bush brought to U.S. soil. They tant culture,It sure he’s is puzzling second that theTHOMSON, enviros hit Copenhagen Ill. — no last stoplights month and to dictate the two- to a Republican to a seat that hadn’t been won by a memberwould of the GOP also since need 1967. to us the devastation of greenhouse gases aka, carbon footprints, and come to find out Thomson Another is located, indictment stood administration’sof the bias in the approach“mainstream liberal media” is the fact only to Billy Graham,’’ said The White House deci- block business district is at 11.1 percent in October, to national security. The strengthen the prison’s theyGrant spewed Wacker, some a professor 41 tons of sion carbon to intomove the up atmosphere to 100 lined because with of old-fashioned their use of thethat latest they monthcovered for every which deathIllinois the last prison 8-10 is years expected in Iraqperimeter with much security. fanfare. 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Drawannouncement your own conclusions. will not terrorists. promise of thousands of detainees who are ordered more impact.’’It is perplexing, isn’t it, that the democrats are now saying the reason they Heartbreak,’’ And while said we Rick are onsolve the allsubject the of administra- GWB and Cheneyto be held why indefinitely not revisit but the Many people in this jobs, but budget problems McGinnis, who owns tion’s Guantanamo-related lostRoberts Ted Kennedy’s overcame seat in Massachusettsrural community to a state are senator back bencher named hysterical “No Blood For Oil” chant from the Left. The cannotchanters be saidtried. the only rea- prevented it from fully Kyle’s, a bar that has been problems. More than 200 tuberculosis at age 17, hopeful thatScott their Brown will- is because the electorate son we went to Iraq was for the oil that we could get thatFederal would make and stateGWB offi- and opening. It has 1,600 cells, in his family for 62 years. detainees will remain at when his brother carried ingness towas house angry the at Republican intransigence. cials estimate the federal Medium Cheese Pizza but currently houses only Now,Cheney’s he says, oil friends people even will richer.Guantanamo, Well, let’s see. and It would the have been easy for GWB to him to a revival meeting prisoners in a nearly takeover will create as It was said by aboutmany democrat 200 minimum- operatives movehand toover the a area,goodly put portion their Whiteof Iraqi Houseoil to one faces or otherall of his oil buddies, especially in where a evangelist was empty penitentiary will many as 3,000 jobs in the that Republicansecurity obstructionism inmates made and the 82 the aftermath of the originallegal invasion issues and and hanging potential of Saddam Hussein, but he didn’t praying for the sick. Rob- offer an economic boost children in school, pay area within several years, voters mad becausestaff the members, dems couldn’t according get taxesdo that and now, buy beer.did he? resistance from Congress. $3.99 — helping to ease steep to the state. including an estimated 800 erts said he was healed of anything done especially on Obamacare. ‘‘That’sIraq the just best handed thing out a Administrationsecond round of officials, oil contracts to bidders from across Between 11am and 4pmjob losses and dwindling The Thomson Correc- to 900 at the prison and at the illness and his Problem with this line is that dems have thatthe world. could happenThe winners to it,’’ are speaking from a state-run on condition firm in of Angolalocal businesses named Sonangol, that would the stuttering.Cañon City Only tax revenue needed to tional Center was one of fix roads anda super-majority pay for several in the potential Senate sites (60) eval- and saidRussian McGinnis, giant Lukoil, who Norway’sanonymity, Statoil saidand theya Dutch could oil company.sprout up Theas a result.first round of He said that719-429-3538 it was then the Republicans couldn’t do anything oil contracts went to China’s CNPC along with British Petroleum. Exxon Mobil and that he heard God tell him schools. uated by the Federal ‘‘This is probablyabout it. theThey also told us that this vote Occidental secured some relatively modest business in the latest movements but no he should build a univer- Bureau of Prisons to house economic-developmentwasn’t a referendumdetainees on fromObamacare, the Navy- yet contracts were involved. sity based on the Lord’s opportunityMr. of a lifetime Brown specificallyrun prison toldat Guantanamo the voters authority — a promise ful- Is the Left ever right about any of their ranting and raving? for northwestof Massachusetts Illinois, Bay. that Another he would was not vote the filled in 1963, with the and we intend to take Supermax prison — the founding of Oral Roberts for Obamacare in its present form which Senior of the Year Nominations 310 N. 16th St.full advantagewould of derail it,’’ thisnation’s abominable highest-security (my word) University Cañonin Tulsa. City, COsaid Russ Simpson, who prison in the country — May 2010 is Older Americans Month and citizens have the opportunity healthcare legislation. So, their argu- to nominate and honor a very special senior citizen during the annual Senior Life Festival being held May 7, 2010 at the Colorado State Fair Grounds Events Center. The Pueblo Area Agency on Aging and the Pueblo Advisory Council on Aging will honor an outstanding Pueblo County senior citizen who has made signifi- cant contributions to our community through volunteer services. The nominee must be 60 years of age or older. Nomination forms are available through the Pueblo Area Agency on Aging 719-583-6120. Nominations will be accepted through March 5, 2010.

411 Speeches,2096073 158 Exclusive Interviews At this writing, BHO is now telling everyone he “Gets It” after Republican Scott Brown won the “Ted Kennedy” seat in Massachusetts. He is telling us that his message hasn’t gotten out and he is going to redouble his efforts at same to make sure we understand what it is he is telling us and what direction he wants to take us. At last count BHO has made 411 speeches and given 158 exclusive interviews in the past year. That is a lot of face time by any standard. You would think 2096700 that since there is only 365 days in a year and he has given 2095369 411 speeches that he won’t have much time to do anything else. If BHO thinks more speeches and interviews are necessary, maybe he should reconsider. Perhap it isn’t the amount of speeches he is giving but the messages that are in the speeches. Perhaps BHO really doesn’t “Get it!” Godspeed.

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2098407 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 - Page - 3 Judicial Watch Announces Ten Most Wanted List from Judicial Watch them up with hush payments and favors, Frank stated: “I want to begin by saying and it becomes clear why the Treasury Judicial Watch Announces List of an obvious abuse of power. The year’s that I am glad to consider the legislation, Secretary has earned a spot on the “Ten Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted worst offender might just be Nevada Re- but I do not think we are facing any kind Most Corrupt Politicians in Washington” Corrupt Politicians” for 2009 publican Senator John Ensign. Ensign of a crisis. That is, in my view, the two list. View Discussion Contact Information: admitted in June to an extramarital affair Government Sponsored Enterprises we Attorney General Eric Holder: Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305 with the wife of one of his staff mem- are talking about here, Fannie Mae and Tim Geithner can be sure he won’t be Washington, DC, Judicial Watch, bers, who then allegedly obtained special Freddie Mac, are not in a crisis. We have hounded about his tax-dodging by his the public interest group that investigates favors from the Nevada Republican in recently had an accounting problem with colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney Gen- and prosecutes government corruption, to- exchange for his silence. According to Freddie Mac that has led to people being eral. Judicial Watch strongly opposed day released its 2009 list of Washington’s The New York Times: “The Justice De- dismissed, as appears to be appropriate. I Holder because of his terrible ethics “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” partment and the Senate Ethics Commit- do not think at this point there is a prob- record, which includes: obstructing an The list, in alphabetical order, includes: tee are expected to conduct preliminary lem with a threat to the Treasury.” Frank FBI investigation of the theft of nuclear Senator Christopher Dodd (D- inquiries into whether Senator John En- received $42,350 in campaign contribu- secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Labo- CT): This marks two years in a row for sign violated federal law or ethics rules tions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ratory; rejecting multiple requests for an Senator Dodd, who made the 2008 “Ten as part of an effort to conceal an affair between 1989 and 2008. Frank also en- independent counsel to investigate al- Most Corrupt” list for his corrupt rela- with the wife of an aide…” The former gaged in a relationship with a Fannie Mae leged fundraising abuses by then-Vice tionship with Fannie Mae and Freddie staffer, Douglas Hampton, began to lob- Executive while serving on the House President Al Gore in the Clinton White Mac and for accepting preferential treat- by Mr. Ensign’s office immediately upon Banking Committee, which has jurisdic- House; undermining the criminal inves- ment and loan terms from Countrywide leaving his congressional job, despite the tion over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. tigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Financial, a scandal which still dogs him. fact that he was subject to a one-year lob- Secretary of Treasury Timothy Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky inves- In 2009, the scandals kept coming for the bying ban. Ensign seems to have ignored Geithner: In 2009, Obama Treasury Sec- tigation; and planning the violent raid to Connecticut Democrat. In 2009, Judicial the law and allowed Hampton lobbying retary Timothy Geithner admitted that he seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at Watch filed a Senate ethics complaint access to his office as a payment for his failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security gunpoint in order to return him to Castro’s against Dodd for undervaluing a property silence about the affair. (These are poten- and Medicare taxes from 2001-2004 on Cuba. Moreover, there is his soft record he owns in Ireland on his Senate Financial tially criminal offenses.) It looks as if En- his lucrative salary at the International on terrorism. Holder bypassed Justice Disclosure forms. Judicial Watch’s com- sign misused his public office (and tax- Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization Department procedures to push through plaint forced Dodd to amend the forms. payer resources) to cover up his sexual with 185 member countries that oversees Bill Clinton’s scandalous presidential However, press reports suggest the prop- shenanigans. the global financial system. (Did we men- pardons and commutations, including for erty to this day remains undervalued. Ju- Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA): tion Geithner now runs the IRS?) It wasn’t 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto dicial Watch also alleges in the complaint Judicial Watch is investigating a $12 mil- until President Obama tapped Geithner Rican terrorist group that orchestrated that Dodd obtained a sweetheart deal for lion TARP cash injection provided to the to head the Treasury Department that he approximately 120 bombings in the Unit- the property in exchange for his assistance Boston-based OneUnited Bank at the urg- paid back most of the money, although ed States, killing at least six people and in obtaining a presidential pardon (during ing of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank. the IRS kindly waived the hefty penal- permanently maiming dozens of others, the Clinton administration) and other fa- As reported in the January 22, 2009, ties. In March 2009, Geithner also came including law enforcement officers. His vors for a long-time friend and business edition of the Wall Street Journal, the under fire for his handling of the AIG record in the current administration is no associate. The false financial disclosure Treasury Department indicated it would bonus scandal, where the company used better. As he did during the Clinton ad- forms were part of the cover-up. Dodd re- only provide funds to healthy banks to $165 million of its bailout funds to pay ministration, Holder continues to ignore mains the head the Senate Banking Com- jump-start lending. Not only was OneU- out executive bonuses, resulting in a mas- serious incidents of corruption that could mittee. nited Bank in massive financial turmoil, sive public backlash. Of course as head of impact his political bosses at the White Senator John Ensign (R-NV): but it was also “under attack from its the New York Federal Reserve, Geithner House. For example, Holder has refused A number of scandals popped up in 2009 regulators for allegations of poor lend- helped craft the AIG deal in September to investigate charges that the Obama po- involving public officials who conducted ing practices and executive-pay abuses, 2008. However, when the AIG scandal litical machine traded VIP access to the illicit affairs, and then attempted to cover including owning a Porsche for its execu- broke, Geithner claimed he knew nothing White House in exchange for campaign tives’ use.” Rep. Frank admitted he spoke of the bonuses until March 10, 2009. The contributions – a scheme eerily similar to a “federal regulator,” and Treasury timing is important. According to CNN: to one hatched by Holder’s former boss, granted the funds. (The bank continues “Although Treasury Secretary Timothy Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The Holder Jus- to flounder despite Frank’s intervention Geithner told congressional leaders on tice Department also came under fire for for federal dollars.) Moreover, Judicial Tuesday that he learned of AIG’s im- dropping a voter intimidation case against Watch uncovered documents in 2009 pending $160 million bonus payments to the New Black Panther Party. On Elec- Seniors! that showed that members of Congress members of its troubled financial-prod- tion Day 2008, Black Panthers dressed Be Protected 24 Hrs, for years were aware that Fannie Mae ucts unit on March 10, sources tell TIME in paramilitary garb threatened voters as and Freddie Mac were playing fast and that the New York Federal Reserve in- they approached polling stations. Holder 7 Days-A-Week! loose with accounting issues, risk assess- formed Treasury staff that the payments has also failed to initiate a comprehen- Emergency Alert System ment issues and executive compensation were imminent on Feb. 28. That is ten sive Justice investigation of the notori- • Peace Of Mind issues, even as liberals led by Rep. Frank days before Treasury staffers say they ous organization ACORN (Association • Designed For Home Use continued to block attempts to rein in the first learned ‘full details’ of the bonus of Community Organizations for Reform two Government Sponsored Enterprises plan, and three days before the [Obama] Now), which is closely tied to President •Necklace Or Bracelet Design (GSEs). For example, during a hearing Administration launched a new $30 bil- Obama. There were allegedly more than on September 10, 2003, before the House lion infusion of cash for AIG.” Throw in 400,000 fraudulent ACORN voter regis- 1-800-925-5007 Committee on Financial Services consid- another embarrassing disclosure in 2009 trations in the 2008 campaign. And then Pueblo West - Pueblo - La Junta ering a Bush administration proposal to that Geithner employed “household help” there were the journalist videos catching Don’t Wait! Call Us Today!! further regulate Fannie and Freddie, Rep. ineligible to work in the United States, ACORN Housing workers advising un- dercover reporters on how to evade tax, immigration, and child prostitution laws. Holder’s controversial decisions on new rights for terrorists and his attacks on pre- vious efforts to combat terrorism remind many of the fact that his former law firm has provided and continues to provide pro bono representation to terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Holder’s politicization of the Justice Department makes one long for the days of Alberto Gonzales. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)/ Senator Roland Burris (D-IL): One see “most” page 8. Thomas Jefferson 3rd. President, Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1777 to January 20 , 1781

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School Board began consideration A December USA Today analysis get around town, and the world lead- minister (and son of its president) owns a of a near-unanimous recommendation revealed that during the first 18 months of ers arrived and departed in 140 private $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., that of Berkeley High School’s Governance the recent recession, beginning Decem- jets, some of which had to be “parked” he visits regularly in his Gulfstream jet Council to eliminate science labs from ber 2007, the number of federal employ- overnight in Sweden because of airport even though the U.S. Justice Department its curriculum, reasoning that the classes ees with six-figure salaries shot up from congestion. (2) In December, Obama ad- regards him as a major agent of corrup- mostly serve white students, leaving less 14 percent of the federal workforce to ministration officials, seeking to fulfill a tion. (U.S. companies manage Equatorial money for programs for underperform- 19 percent. Defense Department civilian campaign pledge of a more open federal Guinea’s oil production, and the State ing minorities. Berkeley High’s white executives earning more than $150,000 government, held a multi-agency train- Department is reluctant to challenge the students do far better academically than went from 1,868 to more than 10,000, and ing session in Washington, D.C., on the country, according to officials cited by the state average; black and Latino stu- the Department of Transportation, which Freedom of Information Act. The meet- the Times.) dents do worse than average. Five science had only one person earning $170,000 in ing was closed to the public. Redneck Crime teachers would be dismissed. December 2007, now has 1,690. The av- -- A central purpose of the Cali- (1) In Morehead, Ky., in De- -- The Wisconsin legislature is erage federal salary is $71,206, compared fornia Milk Board is to convince consum- cember, two men, ages 44 and 18, were considering a bill to designate a “state with the private sector’s $40,331. ers to buy local dairy products to keep charged with theft for allegedly swiping bacterium” (the Lactococcus lactis, Compelling Explanations the spending in-state to help California’s an 18-inch-long bearded dragon lizard which is crucial to turning milk into the -- Being the first licensed male farmers, but the board acknowledged in from the Eagles Landing Pet Hospital state’s famous cheese). If approved, the prostitute in Nevada (and thus the U.S.), November that its promotion campaign’s and trying, in two beverage stores, to ex- bacterium would join two dozen other explained “Markus” in a January inter- advertising contract had gone to an agen- change it for liquor. (2) Daniel Gable, 61, state symbols (according to the Wiscon- view for Details magazine, is to him “a cy in New Zealand. Said a board official: was arrested for breaking and entering sin Blue Book): coat of arms, seal, motto, civil rights thing.” “It’s just the same as “We have a ... responsibility to spend a neighbor’s apartment in Fargo, N.D., flag, song, flower, bird, tree, fish, state when Rosa Parks decided to sit at the (taxpayers’) hard-earned dollars as effi- in December. He had triggered the resi- animal, wildlife animal, domestic animal, front (of the bus) instead of the back.” ciently as we can.” dent’s “burglar alarm,” which consisted mineral, rock, symbol of peace, insect, -- Lame: (1) Ex-convict John Why Africans Remain Impoverished of the stack of empty beer cans the resi- soil, fossil, dog, beverage, grain, dance, Stephens told a Floyd County (Ind.) -- The huge, $27 million statue dent places just inside his front door eve- ballad, waltz, fruit and tartan. judge in December that he had a full-time (“African Renaissance”) being built in ry night. (3) Lawyer Christopher Carroll -- New York City, under Mayor job and intended to turn his life around, Dakar, Senegal, was conceived to boost was charged with misdemeanor battery in Bloomberg’s leadership, has taken ag- but had slipped when he tried to rob the tourism and be a point of African pride, December for forcefully belly-bumping gressive positions against cigarette-smok- Your Community Bank. “If I hadn’t been acting as a magnet for visitors and muse- lawyer Jonathan Carbary during a court- ing and restaurant dishes made with trans watching the news and seeing (other um-goers. Problems have arisen (the stat- house hallway argument in St. Charles fats, but the city’s Department of Health successful) bank robberies,” he said, he ue was built by North Korean labor, has Township, Ill. Carroll said it was an ac- is apparently more tolerant regarding wouldn’t have been tempted. He said he no distinct African theme, and features cident: “We’re both obese, middle-aged heroin. A recently released, department- was especially impressed by one serial a female who reveals perhaps too much men.” funded 16-page pamphlet instructs heroin robber, who had made it look easy by thigh). However, according to a Novem- Update users on “safer” ways to inject the drug vaulting over banks’ counters. (2) In Kan- ber BBC News dispatch, Senegal’s presi- President Obama’s figurine was (and suggests, if the first needle stab sas City, Mo., in December, the mother dent Abdoulaye Wade remains optimistic expected to lead in sales for the second misses a vein, the more healthful course of Charles Irving tried to protect her 27- and has declared that, though the concept straight year in the traditional “caganer” is to pull out and begin anew rather than year-old son from a charge of being a fel- was his idea, he personally will magnani- craft industry in Spain’s Catalonia region. try to maneuver the syringe). Of course, on in possession of a gun. She told police mously take only 35 percent of the rev- As News of the Weird reported in 2008, the booklet contains several warnings (without success) that he had needed the enue streams generated from visitors. the popular statuettes are typically mod- against any use of heroin, but those, obvi- gun to protect her from vampires. -- By 2004 presidential procla- eled on famous people, each with pants ously, are messages habitually ignored by Ironies mation and 2007 statute, the U.S. govern- down, squatting to answer a call of na- addicts. -- (1) Copenhagen, one of the ment made it clear that no foreign official ture. Great Art! “greenest” cities in the world, endured or family members would be allowed Online Gamble -- In December, Portuguese an added 41,000 extra tons of carbon- into the country if they are “involved in In December, a prominent on- dancer Rita Marcalo, seeking to raise dioxide-equivalent in December during corruption” regarding oil or other natural line game player, Buzz “Erik” Lightyear, public awareness of the tragedy of epilep- the 11-day “climate summit.” The 15,000 resources in their home countries. How- won the auction for ownership of a vir- sy (which has afflicted her for 20 years), delegates required 2,000 limousines (only ever, as The New York Times reported tual space station in the Planet Calypso performed a 24-hour “show” at a West game, paying 3.3 million Project En- Yorkshire, England, theater in which she tropia Dollars (PEDs), which at various attempted to trigger an epileptic seizure points entered the game’s play-like econ- on stage. She had stopped taking medi- omy at an out-of-pocket cost of 10 ac- cation beforehand and continually stared tual U.S. cents per PED. Thus, Lightyear into flashing strobe lights, but was unsuc- “paid” $330,000 for nothing more than cessful. However, in the second part of digital representations of cool-looking her project (which has been funded by structures. However, Lightyear can now an Arts Council grant of the equivalent charge other PED-seeking players who of about $20,000), she will continue the shop and hunt for valuables on the popu- quest, but only in front of cameras, hop- lar space station and appears confident he ing to capture a seizure for a subsequent will eventually earn back his investment. video production. (On the other hand, if everyone suddenly -- Scottish sculptor Kevin Har- abandoned the game, Lightyear will have man was fined the equivalent of about spent thousands of hours online, buying, $325 in November for vandalizing selling and bartering to earn $330,000 the Collective Gallery in Edinburgh worth of PEDs that would then be worth- by smashing a metal scaffolding pole less.) through a gallery window. Harman in- Government in Action! sisted that the incident was actually “art,” -- In January, the Berkeley (Cal- SEE “WEIRD” PAGE 21.

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Page 8 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info ‘Most Wanted’ Politicians From Judicial Watch from page 3. was sworn into office, he was inter- -- is not merely susceptible to corruption, alleged influence peddling, Murtha kept of the most serious scandals of 2009 in- viewed by the FBI for a criminal inves- it is corruption.” Government-run health- at it. Following an FBI raid of PMA’s of- volved a scheme by former Illinois Gov- tigation of former Illinois Governor Rod care and car companies, White House co- fices earlier in 2009, Murtha continued to ernor Rod Blagojevich to sell President Blagojevich’s scheme to sell the Presi- ercion, uninvestigated ACORN corrup- seek congressional earmarks for PMA cli- Obama’s then-vacant Senate seat to the dent’s former Senate seat to the highest tion, debasing his office to help Chicago ents, while also hitting them up for cam- highest bidder. Two men caught smack bidder. (Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm cronies, attacks on conservative media paign contributions. According to The dab in the middle of the scandal: Sena- Emanuel and slumlord Valerie Jarrett, and the private sector, unprecedented and Hill, in April, “Murtha reported receiving tor Roland Burris, who ultimately got the both from Chicago, are also tangled up in dangerous new rights for terrorists, perks contributions from three former PMA cli- job, and Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Accord- the Blagojevich scandal.) Moreover, the for campaign donors – this is Obama’s ents for whom he requested earmarks in ing to the Chicago Sun-Times, emissaries Obama administration made the startling “ethics” record -- and we haven’t even the pending appropriations bills.” When for Jesse Jackson Jr., named “Senate Can- claim that the Privacy Act does not apply gotten through the first year of his presi- it comes to the PMA scandal, Murtha is didate A” in the Blagojevich indictment, to the White House. The Obama White dency. not alone. As many as six other Members reportedly offered $1.5 million to Blago- House believes it can violate the privacy Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): of Congress are currently under scrutiny jevich during a fundraiser if he named rights of American citizens without any At the heart of the corruption problem according to The Washington Post. They Jackson Jr. to Obama’s seat. Three days legal consequences or accountability. in Washington is a sense of entitlement. include: Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN.), James later federal authorities arrested Blago- President Obama boldly proclaimed that Politicians believe laws and rules (even P. Moran Jr. (D-VA), Norm Dicks (D- jevich. Burris, for his part, apparently lied “transparency and the rule of law will the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of WA.), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), C.W. Bill about his contacts with Blagojevich, who be the touchstones of this presidency,” us but not to them. Case in point: House Young (R-FL.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-KS.). was arrested in December 2008 for trying but his administration is addicted to se- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive Of course rather than investigate this seri- to sell Obama’s Senate seat. According crecy, stonewalling far too many of Judi- and boorish demands for military travel. ous scandal, according to Roll Call House to Reuters: “Roland Burris came under cial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act Judicial Watch obtained documents from Democrats circled the wagons, “cobbling fresh scrutiny…after disclosing he tried requests and is refusing to make public the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi together a defense to offer political cover to raise money for the disgraced former White House visitor logs as federal law has been treating the Air Force like her to their rank and file.” The Washington Illinois governor who named him to the requires. The Obama administration own personal airline. These documents, Post also reported in 2009 that Murtha’s U.S. Senate seat once held by President turned the National Endowment of the obtained through the Freedom of Infor- nephew received $4 million in Defense Barack Obama…In the latest of those Arts (as well as the agency that runs the mation Act, include internal Pentagon Department no-bid contracts: “Newly ob- admissions, Burris said he looked into AmeriCorps program) into propaganda email correspondence detailing attempts tained documents…show Robert Murtha mounting a fundraiser for Rod Blago- machines, using tax dollars to persuade by Pentagon staff to accommodate Pelo- mentioning his influential family connec- jevich -- later charged with trying to sell “artists” to promote the Obama agenda. si’s numerous requests for military es- tion as leverage in his business dealings Obama’s Senate seat -- at the same time According to documents uncovered by corts and military aircraft as well as the and holding unusual power with the mili- he was expressing interest to the then- Judicial Watch, the idea emerged as a speaker’s 11th hour cancellations and tary.” governor’s aides about his desire to be direct result of the Obama campaign and changes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): appointed.” Burris changed his story five enjoyed White House approval and par- also came under fire in April 2009, when Rangel, the man in charge of writing tax times regarding his contacts with Blago- ticipation. President Obama has installed she claimed she was never briefed about policy for the entire country, has yet to jevich prior to the Illinois governor ap- a record number of “czars” in positions the CIA’s use of the waterboarding tech- adequately explain how he could possibly pointing him to the U.S. Senate. Three of of power. Too many of these individuals nique during terrorism investigations. “forget” to pay taxes on $75,000 in rent- those changing explanations came under are leftist radicals who answer to no one The CIA produced a report document- al income he earned from his off-shore oath. but the president. And too many of the ing a briefing with Pelosi on September rental property. He also faces allegations President Barack Obama: czars are not subject to Senate confirma- 4, 2002, that suggests otherwise. Judi- that he improperly used his influence to During his presidential campaign, Presi- tion (which raises serious constitutional cial Watch also obtained documents, in- maintain ownership of highly coveted dent Obama promised to run an ethical questions). Under the President’s bailout cluding a CIA Inspector General report, rent-controlled apartments in Harlem, and transparent administration. However, schemes, the federal government contin- which further confirmed that Congress and misused his congressional office to in his first year in office, the President has ues to appropriate or control -- through was fully briefed on the enhanced inter- fundraise for his private Rangel Center delivered corruption and secrecy, bring- fiat and threats -- large sectors of the pri- rogation techniques. Aside from her own by preserving a tax loophole for an oil ing Chicago-style political corruption to vate economy, prompting conservative personal transgressions, Nancy Pelosi has drilling company in exchange for fund- the White House. Consider just a few columnist George Will to write: “The ad- ignored serious incidents of corruption ing. On top of all that, Rangel recently Obama administration “lowlights” from ministration’s central activity -- the polit- within her own party, including many of amended his financial disclosure reports, year one: Even before President Obama ical allocation of wealth and opportunity the individuals on this list. (See Rangel, which doubled his reported wealth. (He Murtha, Jesse Jackson, Jr., etc.) somehow “forgot” about $1 million in as- Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and sets.) And what did he do when the House the rest of the PMA Seven: Rep. John Ethics Committee started looking into all Murtha made headlines in 2009 for all the of this? He apparently resorted to making wrong reasons. The Pennsylvania con- “campaign contributions” to dig his way gressman is under federal investigation out of trouble. According to WCBS TV, WON’T YOU HELP THE MEALS-ON-WHEELS PROGRAM? for his corrupt relationship with the now- a New York CBS affiliate: “The reigning The Meals on Wheels program is in need of volunteer drivers. Mileage is defunct defense lobbyist PMA Group. member of Congress’ top tax committee reimbursed and interested persons must fill out an application and provide a PMA, founded by a former Murtha as- is apparently ‘wrangling’ other politicos to get him out of his own financial and copy of their drivers’ license and car insurance. After they have passed a sociate, has been the congressman’s larg- est campaign contributor. Since 2002, tax troubles...Since ethics probes began background check and go through a short training, they may begin driving. 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Page 10 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Ann Coulter: Here’s A Twofer For You This Month THAT OLD OBAMA MAGIC IS BACK ate family would have even been aware of to govern. The Democrats keep being cent.) Once again, the people have spo- the election. smacked down by the voters immediately The Demo- ken, and this time they quoted what Dick And until Matt Drudge began after being elected and revealing their hei- crats have no natural Cheney said to Pat Leahy. covering it like a presidential election a nous agenda. majority because they Less than two weeks ago, The week ago, it might have turned out that As a result, for the past four dec- have no fundamental New York Times said that so much as a way. ades, American politics has consisted of Re- principles -- at least “tighter-than-expected” victory for Mas- Coakley had already won two publicans controlling Washington for eight none that they are willing to state out sachusetts Democratic Senate candidate statewide elections, while her Republican to 14 years -- either from the White House loud. They are like a drunken vagrant who Martha Coakley would incite “soul-search- opponent, Scott Brown, had only won elec- or Capitol Hill -- thus allowing Ameri- emerges from the alley to cause havoc every ing among Democrats nationally,” which tions in his district. She had endorsements cans to forget what it was they didn’t like few years. They are the perpetual toothache sent Times readers scurrying to their dic- from the Kennedy family and the current about Democrats, whom they then care- of American politics. tionaries to look up this strange new word, appointed Democratic senator, Paul Kirk - lessly vote back in. The Democrats imme- To be sure, the fact that 52 percent “soul.” - as well as endless glowing profiles in The diately remind Americans what they didn’t of Massachusetts voters are racist, sexist A close win for Coakley, the Times Boston Globe. like about Democrats, and their power is tea-baggers -- i.e., voted for a Republican said, would constitute “the first real barom- And by the way, as of Jan. 1, revoked at the voters’ first possible oppor- -- means only that the Democrats just went eter of whether problems facing the party” Brown had spent $642,000 on the race, tunity. from having the largest congressional ma- will affect the 2010 elections. while Coakley had spent $2 million. Obama has cut the remembering- jority in a generation to the second largest. But when Coakley actually lost On Jan. 8, just 11 days before the what-we-don’t-like-about-Democrats stage But this was “Teddy Kennedy’s seat.” And the election by an astounding 5 points, the election, The New York Times reported: “A of this process down from two to four years it was in Massachusetts. Chicago boys in the White House decided Brown win remains improbable, given that to about 10 months. Folks, I’m convinced Now, no Democrat is safe. it was the chick’s fault. Democrats outnumber Republicans by 3 that if we all work really hard, we can get it But the country just got a lot saf- Democratic candidate Martha to 1 in the state and that Ms. Coakley, the down to three months. er. Coakley may be a moral monster, but it’s state’s attorney general, has far more name Four years of Jimmy Carter gave HARRY REID’S NEGRO PROBLEM ridiculous to blame her for losing the elec- recognition, money and organizational us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and The recently released book “Game tion. She lost because of the Democrats’ support.” prosperity for eight blessed years -- and Change” reports that Sen. Harry Reid said obsession with forcing national health care It was in that article that the even a third term for his feckless vice presi- America would vote for Barack Obama down the nation’s throat. Times said a narrow Coakley win would be dent, George H.W. Bush. because he was a “light-skinned” African- Coakley campaigned exactly the an augury for the entire Democratic Party. Two years of Bill Clinton gave us American “with no Negro dialect, unless he way she should have. But now she’s being hung out to dry so that a historic Republican sweep of Congress, wanted to have one.” As a Democrat running in a spe- Democrats don’t have to face the possibil- which killed the entire Clinton agenda The book also says Bill Clinton cial election for a seat that had been held ity that Obama’s left-wing policies are to (with the exception of partial-birth abor- called Sen. Ted Kennedy to ask for his en- by a Democratic icon (and another moral blame. tion and felony obstruction of justice) -- dorsement of Hillary over Obama, saying monster) for the past 46 years in a state Alternatively, Democrats are try- and also gave us two terms for George W. of Obama: “A few years ago, this guy would with only 12 percent registered Republi- ing to write off Brown’s colossal victory as Bush. have been getting us coffee.” cans, Coakley’s objective was to have voters the standard seesawing of public sentiment And now, merely one year of And we already knew that Obama’s reading the paper on Friday, saying: “Hey, that hits both Republicans and Democrats Obama and a Democratic Congress has own vice president, Joe Biden, called honey, did you know there was a special from time to time. As MSNBC’s Chris given us the first Republican senator from Obama “articulate” and “clean” during the election four days ago? Yeah, apparently Matthews explained, it was just the voters Massachusetts in 31 years. campaign. (So you can see why Biden got Coakley won, though it was a pretty low saying “no” generally, but not to anything In other recent news, last Novem- the vice presidential nod over Reid.) turnout.” in particular. ber, New Jersey voters, who haven’t voted Democrats regularly say things Ideally, no one except members of Except when Republicans win po- for a Republican for president since 1988, that would end the career of any conserva- government unions and Coakley’s immedi- litical power, they hold onto it long enough threw out their incumbent Democratic tive who said them. And still, blacks give 90 governor, Jon Corzine. In Virginia, which percent of their votes to the Democrats. Obama carried by 6 points a year earlier, a Reid apologized to President WANT TO VENT ON MOST ANY religious-right Republican won the gover- Obama, and Obama accepted the apology nor’s office by 17 points. using his “white voice.” So now all is for- SUBJECT? Sen. Ben Nelson, Democrat of given. Nebraska, won his last election in 2006 by Clinton also called Obama to 28 points -- the largest margin for a Demo- apologize, but ended up asking him to www.seniorbeacon.info cratic Senate candidate in that state in a bring everybody some coffee. quarter-century. Now the only people waiting for Click “Blog With Us!” Since voting for the Senate health an apology are the American people who care bill last Christmas, the once-bullet- want an apology from Nevada for giving us proof Sen. Nelson not only gets booed out Harry Reid. of Omaha pizzerias, but he has also seen his Reid will be the guest of honor at job approval rating fall to 42 percent and a luncheon in Las Vegas this week hosted Simplify your his disapproval rating soar to 48 percent. by a group called “African-Americans for (Meanwhile, the junior senator from Ne- Harry Reid.” That’s if you can call two peo- move braska, Mike Johanns, who voted against ple a “group.” the bill, has a job approval rating of 63 per- They used to be called “African- Americans for David Duke,” but that was mostly a social thing. Now they’re doing real political organizing. If this gets off the ground, “Afri- We understand can-Americans for Harry Reid” will be a political juggernaut that cannot be denied. the challenges Their motto: “We Will Be Heard -- As Soon As I Get This Gentleman’s Coffee.” SENIOR guests Reid has also picked up an en- of moving. 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Carni- tures to passengers ride the new Alpine Coaster for $35. val recently added a Harley Davidson looking for edgy Even soft adventures carry some motorcycle tour on Mexico’s island of experiences, you element of danger. You would not be the Cozumel ($300), and nearly every cruise need to pay atten- first to slip off the round rocks at Dunn’s ship offers port tours that include an ATV tion to the physical River Falls. And if the stingrays in the adventure or zip lining. Caymans playfully attach their mouths to In zip lining, participants wear a 2098255 demands described on the lists of shore you, they can leave a major purple hickey harness attached to a wire cable and move excursions, as well from the suction. from station to station, usually at treetop as your physical When you step up your adven- levels. fitness and comfort ture another notch, cruise lines recom- NCL recommends the Biomaya levels. mend that passengers pay attention to the Canopy Experience at Mexico’s Costa Most cruise rigors of the excursion. Maya. MSC recommends the Antigua NOTE ANY CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. ship excursions are “The advantage of booking tours Canopy Tour, a journey of nine zip lines ______AD NUMBER ...... 2098255mild -- sitting on a on line, before your cruise, is that passen- that run 52 to 328 feet. Royal Caribbean ADVERTISER ...... 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PLEASE RETURN ASAP VIA EMAIL OR HARD COPY FOR FINALBeach, bus and APPROVAL beverage tours also web site before the cruise,” said Anne- Participants should be relatively fit and weigh less than 250 pounds. It is not recommended for people with heart problems, seizure disorders or ver- tigo.” ATV tours are not as strenuous. On mine, near Progreso (about $96 for the tour), the primary requirements were sitting and steering. Even the man who turned his vehicle over escaped with- out serious injury, except to his ego.

David Molyneaux writes monthly about cruising. He Outdoors with admission being a non-perishable food item donated is editor of to “Care & Share” in our “Stuff the Bus” outreach. TheTravelMavens. com Artists will work from approximately from 10AM to 5PM each day. Indoor beer/martini garden and vendors. Dueling chainsaw competitions daily at 1PM. www.CrippleCreekIceFest.com Page 12 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us At http://www.seniorbeacon.info Here Are Tips On Designing A Smart Garden by Marty Ross are carefully planned spaces. They are in and take care of: In a low-maintenance Smart garden design takes a lot scale with your property and with your garden, he doesn’t make the flower beds of the work out of gardening. If you plan expectations. They’re full of attractive too big, and he groups plants according it right, you can have a beautiful garden plants that thrive in your climate without to their requirements for sun, shade and that lets you take weekends off. pampering. The flower beds are showy water. Truly low-maintenance gardens without being chaotic, and the lawn is a In the center of a rose garden, cool, carefully framed green pic- O’Neil placed a sculptural urn, raised on ture, but it doesn’t gobble up your a pedestal. As he says, the urn will never time, money or energy. When you outgrow its space; it doesn’t need weed- get it right, a low-maintenance ing, watering or fertilizing, and it will not landscape makes gardening look die if it is neglected. It looks perfect year- easy. round, and every summer the garden’s “Designing from the top of your owner plants it with easy annuals that head may work, but it will most spill over the edges and complement the likely work better if you write it colors in the rose garden. down and do a simple plan,” says “Most people who call me want Jack McKinnon, a garden coach low-maintenance gardens,” says O’Neil, in the San Francisco Bay area who is director of horticulture at Norfolk who helps clients de- Botanic Gardens. When he starts a design sign and plant their project, he works with clients to use the gardens. Having no best of what is already on their property plan at all is at the top -- existing trees, evergreens and shrubs - of McKinnon’s list of -adding flowerbeds with drifts of reliable A low-maintenance garden doesn’t have to common gardening plants. be a paved paradise -- but careful use of mistakes. A low-maintenance garden paving will cut down on mowing chores. With a smart plan and the right plants, Brian O’Neil, O’Neil designed for clients in Norfolk you can have a pretty landscape and lush a garden designer in relies on clipped hollies and boxwoods flower beds without spending your - week Norfolk, Va., helps to give the garden sharp definition at all ends pruning, weeding and mowing. photo: his clients understand seasons. He filled in around them with Marty Ross 2098345 the spaces and condi- exuberant roses and perennials, choos- recommends drought-tolerant, low-grow- tions in their gardens ing tried-and-true varieties that bloom ing native buffalo grass, which is adapted and concentrate the through hot, humid Virginia summers to much of the United States. A no-mow plantings in areas that and need no special care. “Knock Out” mix of fine fescue grasses works well in are easy to manage roses are planted in a prominent spot, northern gardens where buffalo grass will behind great feathery clumps of Russian not thrive. sage. Daylilies, daisies Japanese irises Flowerpots of all kinds let you and coneflowers bloom in cheerful and grow the flowers you love without com- colorful succession from spring through mitting yourself to the work of large flow- Belmont Senior Care late fall. The garden’s owners dead-head er beds, and they also let you bring a part NOTE ANY CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. ______the roses, daisies, and Russian sage the of the garden onto a patio or porch, or up AD NUMBER ...... 2098345 ADVERTISER .A . . . .dult ...... d . . . .Ay ...... S . . .KITCHENerviceS TUNE-UP easy way: with hedge shears. Coneflower the stairs. SALES REP ...... 10LH seed heads are left to mature; they look Brian Kissinger, a garden de- RUNIf DATE you . . . .are ...... caring ...... for ...... an . . . .elder ...... family ...... JAN member 2 or SECTION ...... 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A lawn should be a refreshing has discovered a simpler style, partly in swath of green, but it shouldn’t demand response to the rigors of the climate. a lot of attention. “I don’t have to have “Scale back: Look at your garden a perfect lawn,” she says. “I don’t put on a smaller scale,” he suggests. “Plant the chemicals on it.” Messervy, the author things you really appreciate -- you don’t of “Home Outside: Creating the Land- have to plant everything. You can have a scape You Love,” thinks of lawns as great great look, a timeless look, if you plan it places to play croquet, badminton or ball right, and if you limit yourself.” games; they also help frame a garden and LESS WORK, MORE PLEASURE provide visual relief. Don’t make them Here are some low-maintenance Adult dAy ServiceS OfferS: too large, she says, and choose a grass gardening ideas from garden designers: • Relief during the day for the primary caregiver that thrives without special attention. She -- Jack McKinnon, a garden coach • The program fosters socialization & interaction for in the San Francisco Bay area (www.jack- seniors who attend thegardencoach.com), helps clients plan • Also recreational & intellectual stimulation gardens they can manage. He advocates Program hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. mulching to conserve moisture, help con- trol weeds and improve the soil. He is an Participants can attend anywhere from 1 to 5 days per enthusiastic organic gardener who has week (depending on availability). learned that when nature is in balance in Transportaion available within city limits of Pueblo! your garden, the good bugs (and birds) 100% covered by Medicaid Services help control the bad bugs, and the pests usually are not a problem. Call for a FREE Trial Day, Today! -- Smart paving materials look 3 Douglas Ct., Pueblo, CO (719) 544-3999 good and make any garden easier to keep www.belmontseniorcare.com up, says Julie Messervy, a garden design- Belmont Senior Care is a local, private, er in Vermont (www.juliemoirmesservy. non-profit corporation not affiliated with Belmont com) and author of “Home Outside.” Lodge Nursing Home. Messervy recommends using local stone where it is available, bricks or high-qual- ity paving material that will stand up to your climate and conditions. “When you pave a patio or courtyard, what is left over is easy to take care of,” she says. -- Native plants and plants that are naturally adapted to your climate and region are among the best choices for low-maintenance gardens. The Native Plant Information Network on the Web site of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Texas (www.wildflower.org) is a good source of information. Mike Miller, a landscape architect at Ewseychik, Rice and Miller in Longwood, Fla., (www.erm- la.com), says native plants can survive periods of drought -- and tight watering restrictions -- better than needy exotics. Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 - Page - 13 Arts Center Winter/Spring Exhibitions Now/Then by Nicki Hart -Arts Center from ancient forms to contemporary ex- facts throughout their tenure and gained framed, illustrated letter and newspaper Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Win- pressions. Selections from four prominent appreciation of Native American and clipping. These eight sections emphasize ter/Spring Exhibitions Now & Then: Southern Colorado collections are featured Southwestern art. The collection grew the general biography of Russell’s life, Cultural history captured by artists including the Orman Collection of Ameri- each year as senior dancers purchased a his career and evolution as a painter, his past & present can Indian Art housed at Colorado State piece of art to leave to the museum. hobby of sculpture becoming a profes- (Pueblo, Colo.) Enjoy Native University-Pueblo, the Colorado Springs Charles M. Russell: Master of West- sional career, the business of reproduc- American art from four Southern Colo- Pioneer’s Museum, the Koshare Indian ern Art tions of his artwork, his illustration work rado collections, the art of Charles M. Museum in La Junta and pieces from the King Gallery— February 23-May 1, for articles in periodicals and books, his Russell, 38 Degrees Latitude, John Suhay collections at the Sangre de Cristo Arts 2010 career as an author, his natural ability to and more this winter/spring at the Sangre Center. This traveling exhibit is or- make and keep lifelong friends (including de Cristo Arts Center. The Orman Collection of Ameri- ganized by the C.M. Russell Museum movie stars, authors and politicians), and Pueblo to Plains can Indian Art started in the 1870s by in Great Falls, Montana. It examines finally, a look at his abiding affection for White Gallery— January 23-May 15, Governor James Bradley Orman. Orman Charles Russell’s (1864-1926) life as a his horses. 2010 was a railroad builder, politician and was painter, sculptor, illustrator, writer and Russell was always fascinated This exhibition features Na- governor of the state of Colorado from friend through objects from the C.M. with the West, Native Americans and tive American art from several Southern 1901-1903. The collection consists of over Russell Museum’s permanent collec- cowboys. He grew up sketching and Colorado collections. It explores the rich 240 items, including beautiful Pueblo pot- tion. drawing in his hometown in St. Louis, history and tradition of art work over the tery, Navajo weavings, exquisite baskets, Charles M. Russell: Master of Missouri until he moved to Montana to centuries from Native peoples ranging and a beaded dress. Western Art includes eight sections that live and work in the West. Russell mar- from the Ancestral Puebloans to those The Koshare Indian Museum and showcase Russell’s life and artworks ried Nancy Cooper in 1896. He painted groups living on the Plains. This art spans Kiva, now owned by Otero Junior Col- using numerous framed photographs, and sculpted in his log studio adjacent to lege, was built by the La bronze sculptures, framed prints, illus- their home, filling it with his collection of Junta Boy Scout Troop trated calendars, illustrated books and a SEE “ARTS’ PAGE 19. under the inspired lead- ership of James Francis “Buck” Bushears. The Feb: “Save Your Vision” Month museum houses the larg- Eric E. Blom, MD - Board Certified Glau- eyes, and dilate both eyes est collection of Ernesto coma Specialist with drops. In addition to Zepeda paintings and the Glaucoma is a leading cause of eye examinations, there are second largest collection blindness in the United States. It is pre- now several tests for glau- of Joseph Imhof’s art- ventable, but once vision is lost from coma. One, called a visual work, as well as other glaucoma it usually can not be restored. field test, uses a machine Native American art and Research is helping us understand more to help map out periph- artifacts. The Koshare about the underlying causes of glaucoma, eral vision. Treatments for Indian dancers were in- and how to treat it. glaucoma include glaucoma eye drops, la- troduced to art and arti- Glaucoma is not related to diet, ser treatment, and glaucoma surgery. Eye exercise, or lifestyle factors, like some other drops work by lowering the pressure in the  health problems. As a result, there are no eye. They must be taken every day to keep SE SElifestyle modifications the pressure down. to help prevent glau- Fortunately, modern coma. Glaucoma is an eye drops are safe and EI EIaging process, and be- well tolerated. People comes more common with serious glaucoma NG NGas people get older. Not can require more than everyone gets glaucoma one eye drop, and not YO YOwith age, however, and all glaucoma can be some people may sim- controlled just with ply be at more risk. The eye drops. 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Beacon Publishing Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 - Page - 15 Coulter from page 10. a Democrat, so I gather Reid was accusing ery, segregation, racial preferences, George Brazile had just run a perfectly respectable “an unusual set” of words -- as light-skinned only Democratic voters of being racists. Wallace and Bull Connor -- and also a campaign on behalf of that bumbling buf- Reid-defender Harold Ford Jr. put it. I don’t disagree with that, but I’d precis of their treatment of dark-skinned foon Al Gore. As long as we’re mulling the real like to get it in writing. Clarence Thomas. She also happens to be black. meaning of Reid’s words and not just gasp- I think the Democratic plat- (BEGIN ITALS)BREAKING Again, blacks give 90 percent of their votes ing in awe at the sorts of things Democrats form should include a statement that the NEWS: Hoping to curry favor with the Af- to the Democrats. get away with saying, I think Reid owes Democrats will not vote for dark-skinned rican-American community, Sen. Reid was But the Democrats skipped over America an apology for accusing the entire blacks with a Negro dialect. Check with arrested late this afternoon after breaking Brazile and handed the DNC chairman- country of racism. A country, let us note, Harry Reid on the precise wording, but into his own home.(END ITALS) ship to the goofy white guy in lime green that just elected a manifestly unqualified, at something along the lines of “no one dark- Democrats couldn’t win an elec- pants, Howard Dean. least partially black man president. er than Deepak Chopra.” tion without the black vote, but the Demo- UPDATE: Harry Reid has just On the other hand, Reid couldn’t The “whereas” clauses can include cratic Party keeps treating blacks like stage apologized to the light-skinned people of Haiti have been expecting Republicans to vote for the Democrats’ history of supporting slav- props, wheeling them out for photo-ops for the 7.0 earthquake that hit them Tuesday and marches now and then but almost afternoon. never putting them in charge of anything The single most insulting remark important. made about blacks in my lifetime was Bill Probiotic Powerhouse President Bush appointed the first Clinton’s announcement -- after being

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The organization you are considering making a donation to must For additional information/directions please call: have the staff and infrastructure to properly distribute supplies. Ask the charity about their transportation and distribution plans. Be wary of those who are not experienced in and ask for Admissons Manager 719-561-1300 Niki Garcia, disaster relief assistance. TO: John Dagnillo 1/17/08 From: Jim Grasso 719-406-4539 John: Here's the revised ad.... for futureCall ads SRDA at 545-8900 for congregate meal site and Meals-On-Wheels Info! SRDA MONTHLY MENU Jim Grasso - Senior Beacon/ FEB. 1: Roast Turkey/Gravy, mashed green beans, waldorf salad, wheat potatoes, California blend veggies, bread/marg., fruit cocktail. wheat bread/marg., plums. ARGUS ALERT FEB. 18: Ham/Beans, cornbread, FEB. 2: Chili Con Carne, cornbread, • Complete care - from simple med-minders to peas/carrots, salad/ranch Drsg., blush peas, cucumber/onions, apple. full-emergency response pear salad. 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FEB. 8: Beef Stroganoff/Noodles, From the local team you already know and trust - FEB. 24: Chicken Rice Casserole, harvard beets, cole slaw, wheat bread/ Argus Home Care & Argus Home Health! carrot raisin salad, basil green beans, marg., fruit cocktail. wheat bread/marg., rice pudding. FEB. 9: Enchilada Casserole, mexican FEB. 25: Country Style Steak, scal- corn, salad/ranch drsg., wheat bread/ loped potatoes, broccoli, wheat bread/ marg., fruit juice. bread/marg., tapioca pudding. ambrosia, wheat bread/marg., plums. marg., cranberry jello, applesauce. FEB. 10: Roast Beef/Gravy, mashed FEB. 12: Chicken Cacciatore, lin- FEB. 16: Roasted Pork, glazed sweet FEB. 26: Vegetable Lasagna, peas potatoes, zucchini/tomatoes, wheat guini, Italian mixed veggies, orange potatoes, zucchini/tomatoes, wheat salad/Italian drsg., wheat bread/marg., bread/marg., cherry crisp. pear jello, wheat bread/marg., pine- bread/marg., chocolate chip cookie, vanilla ice cream, apple juice. FEB. 11: Pork Chow Mein/Rice, apple upside down cake. applesauce. mixed veggies, tomatoes/cukes, wheat FEB. 15: Beef Tomato Mac, carrots, FEB. 17: Tuna Noodle Casserole, 2% MILK With ALL Meals! Page 16 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Finances: Create And Keep Wealth Claim Expanded Tax Credits, Use Free Tax-Filing Options by Diane DiGiacomo than they need to to file their tax return,” as much as $1,000 per child. Tax credits are actually expensive short-term loans. A DENVER - More than $450 mil mil-- said campaign coordinator Diane DiGia- reduce the amount of tax owed. Howev- recent study by the Consumer Federation lion in tax credits are available to low- como. er, the EITC also provides a refund to the of America and the National Consumer and moderate-income families in Colo- Statewide, 2-1-1 call centers are taxpayer if the amount of tax owed is less Law Center estimates that these refund rado who qualify for the federal Earned answering questions about the EITC and than the credit. loans cut refunds by nearly $800 million Income Tax Credit and taxpayers are other tax benefits for low- and moderate- The Piton Foundation also en- for 8.4 million U.S. taxpayers in 2008. urged to review their eligibility for the tax wage workers, including new tax credits courages Colorado taxpayers to take Based on national averages, an EITC bor- benefit before filing their 2009 tax return, for first-time homebuyers. Callers to 2-1- advantage of free tax-filing alternatives. rower could expect to pay more than $250 and to take advantage of the free tax-fil- 1 also can learn about no-cost options for For example, more than 125 community- in fees for a refund loan, electronic filing, ing options available to a large number of filing their taxes, including free on-line based sites across Colorado offer free tax check-cashing and tax preparation taxpayers. tax preparation and organizations across preparation and electronic filing for tax- fees to obtain a $1,700 refund. But if tax- The Denver-based Piton Foun- the state providing free tax filing. The in- payers who make less than $49,000. And payers who use paid preparers have their dation, which annually sponsors a state- formation also can be found on the foun- the IRS. refund deposited directly into their own wide public education campaign to create dation’s web site at www.piton.org/eitc. Free File program, which uses bank account, they can get their money in greater awareness of tax benefits for low- The EITC returns up to $5,657 to commercial online software provided by 7-10 days. er-wage workers, announced that about qualified taxpayers for tax year 2009, de- private tax software companies, is avail- For more information, dial 2-1-1 275,000 Colorado families are expected pending on income, family size and mari- able to anyone with an adjusted gross in- (it’s a free call), or go to www.piton.org/ to qualify for more than $475 million in tal status. Taxpayers must have earned less come of up to $57,000 by going to www. eitc. refunds through the Earned Income Tax than $43,279 if they have three or more irs.gov/efile. Military families can file The Piton Foundation is a private, Credit (EITC), and additional refunds qualifying children, $40,295 if they have federal and state tax returns free at www. operating foundation based in Denver, through the Child Tax Credit. two or more qualifying children, $35,463 militaryonesource.com. Colo Piton was founded in 1976 by Denver oil man Sam Gary to provide “With so many people facing fi- with one qualifying child, or $13,440 if The foundation cautions families opportunities for children and their nancial difficulties, we want taxpayers to they had no children. Income limits are who use paid preparers to avoid the high- families to move from poverty anddepen- get all the tax credits they’re entitled to as $5,000 higher for taxpayers married fil- cost “refund anticipation loans” offered dence to self reliance. SENIORS BLUE BOOK . quickly as they can without paying more ing jointly. 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 SUBMISSIONS: Senior Beacon welcomes reader contributions in the form of Manager: TishaDarla WatleyDarnell senior groups’ news, stories, poetry, recipes and happenings. Letter to the Editor 719-275-2917 must be typed and double spaced, signed with address and phone number submitted. Deadline is the 10th of the month prior to publication. Copyright© 2010-Beacon Publishing Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 - Page - 17 Senior Community Update KNIGHTS FISH FRY others. For more information please call month, 6:15 - 7:15PM COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES Knights of Columbus #12020 Joe or Marie @ 545-2803 Contact: Robert W. Johnson, Please call Julie Scott at (800) will hold their annual Fish Fry every RIDE TO CHURCH? 719-251-8841 365-0006, press 0. ext. 2873 julie_scott@ Friday beginning Feb. 19 at the new St. Looking for a ride to church? STEP-UP PROGRAM bonfils.org for Pueblo and Pueblo West Paul’s Church, 1132 W. Oro Grande Dr. Call Wesley United Methodist Church at Please call Desi Vial who is the Community Blood Drives times and plac- in Pueblo West. Healthy portions and 561-8746 and we can make arrangements Development Director of Pueblo StepUp es for January 2010. plenty from which to choose. Hours are to transport you to worship and fellow- at Centura Health, 719-557-3881 Phone PUEBLO STEP-UP from 4-6:30pm. Cost is $8 for adults and ship.” 719-557-3880 Fax 1925 E. Orman Ave., Pueblo StepUp is once again $4 for children GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Ste G-52 Pueblo, CO 81004 desdavial@ offering free assistance to low-income UAAAA NEWS “The Southeastern Colorado centura.org www.centura.org for all the individuals who wish to apply for Colorado As a requirement of the Division Genealogy Society holds regular meet- info as to where the programs will be held property tax, rent and heat rebates. Free of Aging and Adult Services and in order ings on the second Saturday of the month this month. Also, contact: Cindy at 719- application assistance will be offered at to comply with Policy and Procedure beginning at 2:00pm in the Meeting Room 545-1184 for their entire schedule. Get selected Pueblo Housing Authority sites. 416.0, the Upper Arkansas Area Agency “B,” Robert Hoag Rawlings Library, 100 Moving with Pueblo StepUp Community If you are a full-year Colorado resident, on Aging, serving Fremont, Chaffee, Abriendo Ave., Pueblo. There is a con- Exercise Programs: Please call Emily 65 years of age or older, disabled, or a Custer and Lake counties, is offering tinuing Refresher/Beginners class starting Johnson @ 557-3879 for questions about surviving spouse 58 years of age or older, nutrition education to congregate meal at 1:00PM. Call 250-5782 for details.” any of Pueblo StepUp’s Health & Fitness you may qualify for the Property Tax/ participants. Guests welcome and there is no charge. Programs Rent/Heat Rebate. Income guidelines The Nutrition Education Session SRDA CALENDAR FREE TAX PREPARATION apply (see the Colorado Department of will be presented by Sally Ayotte, SRDA at 545-8900 has activ- Free Tax preparation: Joseph Revenue, Division of Taxation web site). Registered Dietician, on Friday, February itites for seniors every weekday of the Edward Senior Center (SRDA) 230 N. For a list of dates, times and locations of 19th during the noon meal at the month. From quilting to bridge and from Union Avenue, Pueblo. this free service, call Pueblo StepUp at Golden Age Center. computer classes to movies with popcorn Begin Feb. 1, 2010, end Apr. 719-557-3885. Seniors wishing to reserve a meal and exercise classes, SRDA tries have 14, 2010 Pueblo StepUp is a nonprofit may do so by calling the The Golden Age offer something for everyone in terms of Monday to Thursday 9:30 AM 501 (c) (3) agency that provides services Center at Tel: 275-5524 before 0930am. activities throughout the month. to 2:00 PM for the low-income, uninsured or under- There is no charge for a meal for Seniors LIVING WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS? Friday 9:30 AM to 12 Noon insured populations of Pueblo County. 60 years of age or older, donations are Osteoarthritis does not only Closed February 15, 2010 It offers senior programs including well- accepted. strike the knees, hips and hands. In an First come - First served. Sign ness clinics, exercise classes and classes For more information please con- estimated one million Americans, it also up begins at 8:00 AM each day on second on self-management of chronic diseases tract the Upper Arkansas Area Agency on affects the small, vulnerable joints of the floor. such as diabetes and arthritis; assis- Aging, 139 East 3rd Street, Salida neck, and can cause sudden attacks of Papers required are: Social Security tance in enrolling children into CHP+ CO 81201 ph. 719-539-3341 severe pain that may radiate into the head cards for each person to be listed on return, (Child Health Plan Plus) and Children’s STROKE SURVIVORS SUPPORT and arms. But what can patients them- picture ID, Copy of 2008 tax return, cop- Medicaid; and serves as a Presumptive GROUP selves do about this form of arthritis? ies of all income statements (W-2, inter- Eligibility Site for Pregnant Women. The Stroke Survivors Support How can they ease the pain, deal with the est, retirement, Social Security) statement Pueblo StepUp operates solely on pri- Group has two chapters. The Pueblo limitations it causes, and support their of sale of stocks, if itemizing; total of all vate donations and grants and with the West Chapter meets at 2:00 pm the first doctor’s treatment? With the help of some medical expenses, real estate taxes, mort- assistance of more than 150 dedicated Thursday of every month at the Pueblo of the world’s leading spine specialists, gage statement. volunteers. For more information about West Library. The Pueblo Chapter meets the American Arthritis Society has com- Alzheimer’s Support Pueblo StepUp or its programs, please at 2:00 pm the second Tuesday of each piled twelve practical tips for self-care The second Tuesday of each call 719-557-3885. Pueblo StepUp is month at the Joseph Edwards Senior that are effective and easy to follow. month at 7 pm at the Ecumenical Church located at 1925 E. Orman, Suite G-52 in Center in Pueblo On Union Ave. Please visit the Society’s website at: located at 434 S. Conquistador Room C Pueblo 81004. Call Chuck at 583-8498 for all www.americanarthritis.org. an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group American Cancer Society the information. AARP Schedule of Activities will meet Call 544-5720. Tom Reyes, Cancer Resource Center PUEBLO WEST SENIORS Pueblo Information Center AARP Facilitator. Helps People Get Well The Pueblo West Seniors get PHONE: (719) 543-8876, 1117 Prairie TEA PARTY NEWS [Pueblo, Colorado] – January, together for a luncheon on the second Avenue. HOURS: Mon-Sat 10-3pm Southern Colorado Tea Party 15, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Tuesday of each month at 11:45am. They Pueblo, Colorado 81005 meets the third Thursday of every month. provides cancer patients, survivors, and meet at the Memorial Recreation Center Safe Driving Classes, Benefits Here is the schedule for February 2010: caregivers with free and up-to-date infor- at 230 E. George Drive. Check-up, exercising, Tai-Chi, eating Notice! mation and support through the American For all the info on this Senior right, Census Bureau testing, Model T We will be beginning our Caucus Cancer Society Cancer Resource Center. Citizen organnization call Katherine at care group, Convergys recruiting, clas- Training seminars in February The Cancer Resource Center, 647-8969 or Nan at 547-3944. sic cars, Food Share America, Better Here is the schedule as it stands located in, St. Mary Corwin, The Reverend LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE Breathers, preparing taxes, quilters group, now: Roger Patrick Dorcy Cancer Center 2004 SUPPORT GROUP medicare and financial planning assis- Feb. 3rd, Barkman Library, 1300 Lake Avenue, is staffed by trained volun- Support group for Lou Gehrig’s tance and more available this month. Jerry Murphy Rd 6-8 pm Map It teers who link those affected by cancer to Disease (ALS). Second Thursday each TOASTMASTERS Feb. 11th, Pueblo West Public information, services, and local resources. month, 6-7 PM. Thatcher Bldg. 503 What: Pueblo Toastmasters Library, 298 Joe Martinez Blvd, 6-8 pm The Society’s Cancer Resource Centers N. Main, Suite 103, Pueblo, CO . Call #179 Public Speaking Class Map It also provide guidance to help cancer Peggie at 719-584-3068 for all the info. Where: 310 East Abriendo Ave. Feb 17th. Lamb Branch Library, patients, survivors, and caregivers navi- OWLS MEETING Next to the Dept. of Revenue/Driver’s 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd 6-8 pm. gate their cancer journey. The OWLS (older-wiser-livelier- License Office (in the Conference Room For More Information Contact People interested in visiting the seniors) invites new members for their on the 2nd floor of the Security Service Randy Scott at The Southern Colorado Society’s Resource Center can stop by social group that has activities including Federal Credit Union’s building) Tea Party, PO BOX 7054, Pueblo West, Mondays 12:00-12:30 or they can call dining out, bowling, movies, picnics and When: 2nd & 4th Mon., of every Colorado 81007. 719-557-4944 or 719-630-4963. Anyone who wishes to speak to a cancer information specialist from the Pueblo's Premier Practice for over 36 Years Concentrating comfort of their own home can call the American Cancer Society’s 24-hour toll- on Implants, Dentures, Partials and Extracts. free information line at 1-800-227-2345 to be linked with resources in the commu- nity and to obtain information about local events. In addition to the local American Cancer Society Cancer Resource Center and the 24-hour information line, com- prehensive cancer information can be obtained at cancer.org The American Cancer Society saves lives by helping people stay well by prevent- ing cancer or detecting it early; help- ing people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in R. M. Saunders, DMD groundbreaking discovery; and by fight- 2047 Columbia Drive - Ste. A ing back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and encourage com- Pueblo, CO 81005 munities worldwide to join the fight. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and count- (719)544-6787 (800)781-6787 less more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us any- Enhancing Lives & Smiles With Total Dental Solutions time, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org. Page 18 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info SENIOR CLASSIFIEDS GOLDEN GIRL: SENIOR FEMALE hoo.com and we can meet and visit ROOMMATE WANTED! Are You A and determine if we can be “roomy’s” SENIOR CLASSIFIED AD REQUEST Senior Lady having difficulty making and assist each other in living out This classified ad section of the Senior Beacon carries advertising of ends meet??? Would you like to have what they call the “Golden Years” all sorts. 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Level 3 Foyer Gallery—Rotates every other Western props useful in accurately something unique, powerful and relevant Anne Marie Lay other month depicting the scenes of the Old West, of to experience. Furthermore, 38 Degrees 2008 Colorado State Fair Arts Center The Sangre de Cristo Arts Cent- which he was so fond. It was here that Latitude wants to give emerging artists a Choice (Emerging Artists) er recently implemented a new program Russell completed all of his major paint- place to be seen and heard. Boardroom— February 6 - May 8, 2010 entitled, High School Artists’ Corner that ings after the studio’s construction in The Photography of John Suhay Anne Marie Lay was the Arts features the work of high school students 1903. Russell’s life and work in Montana Level 2 Foyer Gallery— February 6- Center’s choice for best emerging artist from Pueblo City Schools (Districts 60 greatly influenced his art. He painted in May 8, 2010 at the 2008 Colorado State Fair. Her ex- and 70). This unique program allows high a time where there was considerable in- At age 86, John Suhay, pho- hibit highlights new work. Lay uses her school students the opportunity to experi- terest in the West. Russell’s art features tographer-in-residence at the Sangre de artwork as a way to express feelings that ence first hand the process of exhibiting a unique style and dynamic action. He Cristo Arts and Conference Center and she has difficulty expressing in any other art in a professional venue. Every other also depicted specific times or events in self-taught photographer, continues pho- way. “I have become more interested in month new pieces are submitted for the Western history. Russell completed ap- tographing various scenes and landscapes attempting to convey ideas and emotion jury process, with each selection on ex- proximately 4,000 works of art during his throughout Pueblo. Freed from commer- in art, rather than doing something purely hibit for one month. lifetime. He was the first Western artist to cial restraints, Suhay’s photographs are representational or realistic,” Lay said. A free public reception with the live the majroity of his life in the West. rough, edgy, immediate and powerful. Many of her pieces relate to the subjects artists, in conjunction with the opening Because of this, Russell knew his subject His archive contains over 200,000 pho- of life, death, fate, and the human rela- of the Winter/Spring Exhibitions, will matter intimately and this set the stand- tos, most of them taken in and around tionship with the universe and the forces be held on Friday, February 19, from 5-7 ard for many Western artists to follow. Pueblo over the last half of the century. beyond our control. She likes to use sym- p.m. in the Helen T. White Galleries. —Information and biography provided Some mark the routine commercial work bolism to express ideas and emotion, and Admission to the Arts Center by C.M. Russell Museum (http://www. that supported Suhay since he became a tries to tell a story with her pieces. is $4 for adults and $3 for children and cmrussell.org) full-time photographer in 1964. Lay is an art education student at Colo- military. Members of the Arts Center re- 38 Degrees Latitude…Crossing the Portrait of an American Solider: Sally rado State University-Pueblo. She at- ceive free admission. For more informa- Lines Lincoln tended the School of the Art Institute of tion, please call 719-295-7200; stop by Hoag Gallery— January 9-April 24, Level 3 Foyer Gallery— February 6 - Chicago, and also holds an interior design the Arts Center located at 210 N. Santa 2010 May 8, 2010 degree from Pikes Peak Community Col- Fe Ave., just off of I-25, exit 98b, or visit Crossing the Lines: Exploring This exhibit highlights the sto- lege. She lives northeast of Pueblo on a online at www.sangredecristoarts.org. American Values through the Lens of ries of men and women soldiers from ranch with her husband, Edwin, and two- Contemporary Art consists of all new past and present wars through portraiture. works by the collective artists of 38 De- Some were in the military briefly while grees Latitude. The exhibit examines a others belonged up to 30 years. ORAL HEALTH TIP FOR SENIORS by Ned High wide assortment of past and present events Sally Lincoln began painting portraits of Oral health is important to the overall well-being of older Americans. Preventa- and issues that have helped define and American soldiers in 2007. When she tive dental care can head off more expensive dental work and help prevent severe dis- change American values. The artists of returned to the U.S. from the Caribbean eases. 38 Degrees Latitude intend to document in March 2007, she started to think about Unfortunately, dental costs are generally out-of-pocket for those over 65, and and interpret through their own lens the what to do next. The idea of the injured when financially strapped, they may forego regular visits to the dentist. Doing without significance of these events. A variety of men and women returning from Iraq and can have serious consequences, because to elderly suffer a disproportionate and debilitat- media/mediums are used to depict some Afghanistan kept creeping into her mind ing amount of oral disease. and she decided to do a project revolv- of the topics of mental illness, corporate The facts: America, art/culture, music, war/politics, ing around soldiers. After failed attempts * Nearly one-third of older adults have untreated tooth decay. Fifty percent of prostitution, greed, the Obama adminis- at contacting two army medical centers those over 75 years of age have root decay. Untreated, this decay can progress to the pulp tration, women’s rights, and poverty. where the majority of wounded soldiers of the tooth, causing pain and dental abscess, which may lead to more serious infections. 38 Degrees Latitude is a collec- were treated, Lincoln heard from the Vet- * Nearly a quarter of 65-to-74-year-olds have severe gum disease, which is associ- tive group of seasoned contemporary art- erans’ Administration Medical Center. ated with chronic disease and severe health events including diabetes, heart disease, stroke ists who have come together in hopes of They responded enthusiastically to her and respiratory disease. * Oral cancer is primarily diagnosed in the elderly. Thirty thousand new cases of oral cancer and pharyngeal cancers are diagnosed annually, and about 8,000 individuals die from these diseases each year. *Mouth dryness is experienced by 30 percent of those ages 65 and above. Dry mouth, which contributes to more rapidly advancing tooth decay and gum disease, is often caused by medications taken by the elderly. Oral disease is largely preventable. With the exception of damage due to an accident, dental treatment begins with relatively low-cost diagnostic procedures, such as exams and x-rays. If decay or disease is detected, the sooner it is treated, the less expensive that treatment will be. According to an Alliance for Aging Research study, “The shortfall in oral health care for the elderly in the U.S, is huge, and will only increase, as the number of seniors doubles by 2030. In 2005, an estimated 25 million adults – pre- and post –retirement – went without dental care because they couldn’t afford it.” One of the gaps in Medicare coverage is the lack of dental care. Medicare doesn’t cover most dental procedures, such as fillings, extractions, and dentures. Currently, Medi- care will pay only for dental services that are crucial to another covered procedure, such as jaw reconstruction following accidental injury. Congress has not amended the dental exclusion in Medicare since 1980. One of the goals of Healthy People 2010, a Department of Health and Human Services report on national health objectives, states that every long-term care facility resi- dent needs to have access to oral health assessment and treatment. The Alliance for Aging Research, American Dental Association and other organi- zations are working to raise awareness about the problems caused by seniors’ lack of access to dental care.

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FEB. 22: Spinach Cheese Squares, soned Green Beans, Tangerine, Almond whipped hubbard squash, tossed salad, Peaches. we are sorry that we don’t GOLDEN AGE CENTER tropical fruit. FEB. 9: SLOPPY JOE/BUN, Scalloped have the menu for Salida’s FEB. 24: Honey BBQ Chicken, oven- Potatoes, Broccoli/Carrots, Apple. 728 N. Main St.-Canon City M-W-F Menu for february. baked potatoes, chopped spinach, diced FEB. 11: ROAST PORK/GRAVY, Oven there was a problem from FEB. 1: Chicken/Noodles, green beans, pears. Browned Potatoes, Parslied Carrots, Straw- the nutrition agency there. baked acorn squash, apricot PA compote. FEB. 26: Split Pea Soup, hamburger/bun, berry Gelatin Salad, Dinner Roll/marg. please accept our FEB. 3: Clam Chowder, veggie medley, creamy cole slaw, jell-o/banana. FEB. 15: COMBINATION BURRITO, apologies. we will make cottage cheese/pineapple, orange. Smothered with Chicken Green Chile To- every effort to make sure FEB. 5: Meatloaf, potatoes/gravy, green mato, Lettuce and Salsa, Black Beans with we have the salida menu beans, pineapple. CUSTER SENIOR CTR. Cilantro, Diced pears. call 719-783-9508 for reservations before back again next month. FEB. 8: Pork Chow Mein, brown rice, 9:30am - Mon&Thur - Noon Meal FEB. 16: HONEY BBQ CHICKEN, Scal- cooked cabbage/red pepper, jell-o/banana. loped Potatoes, Mexicali Corn, Creamy FEB. 10: Stuffed Peppers, oven-browned FEB 1: BRATWURST/BUN With Sau- Cole Slaw, Grapes. potatoes, Italian blend veggies, peaches. erkraut, Mustard & Onion, Pickled Beets, FEB. 18: HAM/BEANS, Cut Broccoli, ALL MEALS SERVED WITH FEB. 12: Spaghetti/Meatsauce, tossed Sliced Peaches. Parslied Carrots, Orange Juice, Cornbread MILK (Coffee or Tea optional) salad, whipped hubbard squash, tropical FEB. 2: MEATLOAF/BrownGravy, with Margarine. Most meals served/bread/marg. fruit. Cheesy Potatoes, Seasoned Green Beans, FEB. 22: POT ROAST/BROWN GRA- Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 - Page - 23 “Light For The Journey” By Jan McLaughlin - Director of Prayer Warriors For Prisoners ministry. In broken English she said, “The elytizing in her country she expressed her noon at Kahu- work you do, it is awesome. One of my faith in Jesus who said, “And do not fear lui, Rick and I cousin, he is in prison in China. I do wish those who kill the body but cannot kill the found a place I can learn from you. Maybe later Father soul. But rather fear Him who is able to to have dinner “DIVINE APPOINTMENTS PART I will use me in some way the same as you destroy both soul and body in hell” Matt and checked - WITH LOVE FROM CHINA” are doing now.” She pondered her options 10:28-29 NKJV. into our hotel. FEBRUARY 2010 as a Chinese citizen to speak to incarcer- This meeting with Diane was Early the next morning we met Diane at Diane took her first sip of a mo- ated men and women near her home. “I surely orchestrated by God. When in Feb- her YWAM home and spent most of our cha cappuccino and raised her eyebrows want to tell them Jesus love them and give ruary we made our reservations to visit first day on Maui with her. What anin- in delight. “I LIKE!” she said with enthu- hope.” Hawaii in October, we didn’t know Diane credible gift from the Lord Jesus to meet siasmAllowing and I wondered if I you were causing or yourDiane’s loved brown eyes one danced as existed. She was as amazed as we at the this young lady from the other side of the my new friend to stumble. she shared her dream of starting a school incredible way God arranged this meeting world and share amazing testimonies of We had brief time together and to teach English to Chinese children by of new friends from opposite sides of the His work in our lives. She is devoted to as weto sat inreceive a coffee shop in Mauithe Diane care using theyou Bible andneed Christian in literature. globe. Jesus and eager to share the Gospel wher- flooded me with questions about prison Aware of the danger involved in pros- A Christmas gift from our daugh- ever God sends her. the environment that you love. ter and son-in-law was a week anywhere The next morning we met Diane Allowing you or your loved one to receive the in a time share condo. We chose Kauai again and walked through shops in the vil- care you need in the environment that they love. and because of our passion for prisoners lage where she was housed by YWAM. Non-Medical Services Provided and our friendship with the Maui chap- Diane and I tried on hats and laughed like Non-Medical Services Provided lain, we planned first to visit Maui and to school girls. How fun to make memories hold services at Maui Community Correc- with this precious sister from China. Be- • Meal Preparation tional Center. Our reservations had been fore we left for the airport, we pleaded • Errands/Shopping locked; Two nights on with the owner of a gela- Maui, one week on to shop to allow us go in • Light Housekeeping Kauai and four nights prior to her shop opening • Assistance with personal needs on Oahu. We prayed to have our first taste of for God to open prison a frozen Italian dessert. • Bathing/Hygiene doors on Kauai and Knowing how delicious • Respite care for families Oahu. it is, she probably could February was not have lived with the • Companionship busy month as hundreds guilt if she had refused. of grateful prisoners re- My mouth watered as I sponded to Christmas tried choosing from the cards. It was fun to take huge selection of tanta- an occasional mental lizing flavors and I won- break from the mail to dered if we might miss plan this anniversary/ our plane. I settled for mission trip. Just look- peach and coconut and ing at an island brochure was like a mini both were absolutely delectable. None vacation and helped us breeze through the of us has tasted gelato and were delighted month. and the time crunch alone kept us from On March 12, an e-mail from a sampling more of the many flavors. Yum- young woman in China took us by sur- mmm. It was a special way to end our Guardian In Home Services prise. She had found the Prayer For Pris- time with Diane. 803 W. 4th St. • Suite V - Pueblo, CO oners International web site and wrote: Rick and I are still astounded at Guardian In Hello, This is Diane, this Divine appointment. Diane had been I am going to go to US to study in assigned to leave Maui in August but God 719-583-7870 a Biblical foundation and mission school., had other plans. YWAM had sent her on Home Services I was refused aVisa by the US Embassy. I a mission trip to eastern Asia and she then am going to have a Visa interview again returned to Maui in October not leaving 803 W. 4th St. • Suite V on the 19th. Please intercede for me to the island until December. We are confi- ask different person to interview me . dent God has more purpose in our meeting 719-583-7870 Thank you very much than just to share a Mocha cappuccino and God bless you a gelato on Maui. His timing is perfect I promptly assured her I would and His plans intentional with purposes pray for the Embassy officials to grant beyond our imagination. Before the be- her favor and she would receive her Visa ginning of time, God had already orches- with no problems. On March 19, Diane trated Divine appointments and planned e-mailed a glowing report that she had at- our steps. Eph 2:10 read, “For we are His tained her Visa with permission to come workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for to the US. We continued to correspond good works, which God prepared before- throughout the summer and were both de- hand that we should walk in them.” lighted to find that she might be on Maui Jan McLaughlin is Director of Prayer in October at the same time Rick and I For Prisoners International and can be would be. reached at 719-275-6971 or by e-mail, After our arrival late in the after- [email protected]. Page 24 - Senior Beacon - Feb., 2010 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Reeling “Falling In Love Again” by Film Critic Betty Jo Tucker, Pueblo

Falling in Love Again couples who have relationship prob- not everyone can do this. The secret to a happy mar- lems, offers an amusing illustration of While interactions with riage involves falling in love over and that old saying. Although predictable the counseling staff evoke plen- over again -- with the same person. and silly at times, the movie held my ty of chuckles here, most of the “Couples Retreat” (available February interest and put a big smile on my face laughs come during other activities 9 on DVD), a comedy about four while watching most of it, probably at Eden. For example, bizarre yoga because of excellent performances by exercises are overseen by buffed- its talented ensemble cast. up ladies’ man Salvadore (Carlos At the beginning of the film, Ponce) plus the oh-so regal Marcel only one of the four couples admits (Jean Reno) supervises weird the need for counseling. Jason (Jason assignments such as fish –throw- Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) ing. Don’t say I didn’t warn you want professional help before deciding about the movie’s silliness! whether or not to get a divorce. They Still, “Couples Retreat” have found the perfect place, a resort reminds us of how important called Eden, where relationship therapy good communication is for a is available in a vacation paradise set- healthy relationship. Directed ting. However, they need three other by Peter Billingsley (Ralphie in couples to go along with them in order “A Christmas Story”), the film to get a “group rate,” the only package moves along with a spirited pace. they can afford. It takes a bit of aggres- Although the script is a bit talky sive persuading to recruit their friends, and includes some out-of-place up,” Eloise tries to help Burke deal with 2098084 but they succeed. Only after arriving potty humor, most of the dialogue his delayed mourning process. The path at Eden do the other couples discover comes across as witty and entertaining. of true love can be a rocky road, so the they also have to meet with a therapist. “Couples Retreat” is a lot better than problems between these two characters And, guess what? Their sessions reveal the previews would have you believe. are somewhat predictable. problems perhaps even more severe I saw this film only because I had to Fortunately, Eckhart and than those of Jason and Cynthia. review it. No wonder I’m surprised at Aniston are appealing actors, which Dave (Vince Vaughn) and how much I enjoyed it. (Released by helps make “Love Happens” watchable, Ronnie (Malin Universal Pictures and rated “PG-13” despite the lack of chemistry between Akerman) think of for sexual content and language.) them on screen. Because Burke and their marriage as Guru, Heal Thyself Eloise have just met and are at the “something to work Grief and romance may be an beginning of their love story here, this through.” Joey (Jon unlikely combination for a love story, “lack of chemistry” seems understand- Favreau) and Lucy but “Love Happens” (released February able. Aniston always impresses me with NOTE ANY CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. (Kristin Davis) barely 2 on DVD) blends them together in a her likeability. Portraying a woman ______look at each other any- dramedy that works most of the time. who has just discovered her boyfriend’s AD NUMBER ...... more. . . .2098084 Shane (Faizon Aaron Eckhart in particular, surprised infidelity here, she gains our sympathy ADVERTISER ...... CACTUSLove) FLOWER and Trudy (Kali me with the depth of his work as a right away. Still, this movie belongs to SALES REP ...... JORGANNE-3Hauk) face significant self-help guru who needs help himself. Eckhart. He’s an absolute revelation, RUN DATE ...... challenges . .FRI. 12/4 relating to Too bad a schmaltzy scene near the end especially when he changes in the blink SECTION ...... their .CHIEFTAIN age difference. of the film weakens the quality of this of an eye from the gloomy widower to TYPIST ...... Before ...... the. . .2 movie thoughtful production. the smiling, glad-handing guru entering GRAPHICS/COMPOSING DEPT ...... ends, ...... each . .mg couple After Burke (Eckhart) lost his the huge conference room to greet his PROOF OUT ...... 12/1/09must make 12:00 changes wife in an auto accident, he wrote a applauding fans.

______209561- if they really want best-selling book about coping with Most viewers expecting a PLEASE RETURN ASAP VIA EMAIL OR HARD COPY FORto FINAL “live happily ever grief. Unfortunately, Burke hasn’t taken romantic comedy will probably be APPROVAL after.” As in real life, the time to mourn his own loss. Adding disappointed by “Love Happens”. to the stress, he can’t help feeling a Although evoking a few laughs, this bit guilty about becoming famous and film focuses on how to deal with grief making so much money as a result of in a healthy way. If I were still teach- his wife’s death. Now, on the verge of ing a psychology class, I would put a big nationwide deal, Burke has taken it on a “must-see” list for my stu- his seminar program back to Seattle dents. (Released by Universal Pictures (where the fatal accident happened). and rated “PG-13” for some language Although memories plague including sexual references.) him, Burke perks up a bit when meet- ing Eloise (Jennifer Aniston), an attrac- Read Betty Jo’s reviews at ReelTalkReviews. tive florist who supplies bouquets for com. Copies of her books, CONFESSIONS the hotel where his seminars are sched- OF A MOVIE ADDICT and SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, are uled. But Burke can’t fool the down- available in Pueblo at Barnes & Noble. to-earth Eloise. Realizing he’s “messed

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