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SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! SB July, 2007 Vol. 25: No. 12 Established Aug., 1982 300 Consecutive Months! Zoo Donates Bison To Ogallalla Sioux Tribe Contacts Sunny Davis, Marketing/ acre ranch. Events Manager, 561-1452 ext. 106 or This is not the first time Judith Marilyn McBirney, General Curator, and John Black Feather have picked up 561-1452 ext. 107 bison in the Pueblo area. In fact, this is For a couple of hours on Mon- the third time they have made the trip day, June 18, several members of the from South Dakota to Pueblo, the previ- Pueblo Zoo staff stepped back in time ous two times transporting bison donated to enjoy hearing of the adventures of a by Pueblo area rancher and physician, Dr. very interesting couple from Pine Ridge, Ken Danylchuk. South Dakota. While Curator Marilyn John and Judith Black Feather McBirney and several zookeepers suc- told the Zoo’s staff the story of John’s cessfully loaded four young bison into great-grandfather, Chief Long Wolf, one a large stock trailer, other staff members of the warriors who defeated General listened to Judith and John Black Feather, Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little members of the Ogallala Sioux Tribe as Big Horn in 1876. To avoid retribution they talked about the bison on their ranch from the US forces, Long Wolf joined and their ancestors. Col. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Donation of the four animals born Show, eventually traveling with it to Lon- at the Pueblo Zoo was arranged through Pueblo Zoo donated four bison to the Ogallalla Sioux tribe which some say don. While there, in 1892 he died from Henry Red Cloud, Pine Ridge coordina- may help the Lakota in their quest for spiritual and economic revitalization. pneumonia, and was buried in London’s tor for the Adopt-a-Buffalo Program. On Melodie, born on June 12, 2006; 250- to Brave Heart’s ranch near Pine Ridge, Brompton Cemetery. Long Wolf’s last the villageearth.org website, Red Cloud pound George, born on October 23, South Dakota. The four young animals wish was to be buried in his native soil. It is quoted as saying that the return of the 2006; 900-pound Turbo, born on August will allow Brave Heart to join about a took Judith Black Feather and the family buffalo to the Lakota, or buffalo people, 4, 2005; and 500-pound Cheyenne, born dozen Lakota families and the Ogallala over five years to complete the paperwork is more than symbolic. He believes the on May 6, 2005. John Black Feather’s Tribe in working to build buffalo herds necessary to receive permission to return buffalo may be the catalysts for spiritual cousin, medicine man Basil Brave Heart, on the reservation. The Black Feathers his body to South Dakota, for burial on and economic revival for the Lakota. asked him to make the 900-mile roundtrip started with 19 head of bison and now the Pine Ridge Reservation. The four bison are 250-pound to pick up the bison, then transport them have approximately sixty on their 640- Students Get Clinical Experience From PCC Dental Program A new initiative that will allow $169,944 in the final year. Pueblo Community College to provide PCC administrators involved in much-needed dental services to low-in- overseeing the implementation and op- come residents of Pueblo County and eration of the project will be Cindy Mi- Southeast Colorado was announced to- helich, Dean of Health Professions; Sue day by Dr. John Garvin, PCC President. Kochevar, Chair of the Dental Hygiene It also will enable PCC’s Dental Assist- program; and Janet Trujillo, Chair of the ing and Dental Hygiene students to gain Dental Assisting program. valuable clinical experience. The grant proposal was written Through the Oral Health Im- by Chris Beltran, former Grant Writer/ provement Project (OHIP), PCC will Manager who now serves as PCC’s Ti- deploy a full-time dental facility and es- tle V administrator, along with Mihelich, tablish the staffing that will service indi- Kochevar and Trujillo. viduals of all age levels who can’t afford “The Oral Health Improvement dental care. The facility will be staffed by Project is designed to be a two-pronged PCC President John Garvin (l) announces the new dental program at Pueblo Community Col- a dentist, dental assistant and reception- approach of meeting the oral health needs lege. With him from his immediate left are Cindy Mihelich, Dean of Health Professions; Sue ist/billing clerk. of our community and producing well- Kochevar, Dental Hygiene program chair; and Janet Trujillo, Dental Assisting program chair. “This project aligns perfectly prepared oral health practitioners,” ex- education and clinical experience. By the to identify a need in the community and with our mission of creating learning op- plained Beltran. “Considering both fac- end of the grant period, a minimum of secure funds to offer a much-needed serv- portunities for our students,” said Garvin. tors, the potential impact is substantial.” 192 students will have had access to the ice to improve oral health in this region,” “At the same time, it supports our efforts Here is the basic timetable of ac- enhanced clinical experience. pointed out Mihelich. to contribute to our community in a sig- tivities within the grant period: • By Oct. 1, 2008, a minimum of “The Colorado Health Founda- nificant and meaningful way.” • By Oct. 1 this fall, PCC will 64 Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene tion recognized the value of this grant, The service clinic will be op- have a professional dental team and full- students at PCC will have exposure to and we are very thankful for their belief erational in January 2008. Noteworthy is time facility dedicated to providing re- diverse consumer populations including in our proposal,” she added. “We look that it will be able to provide restorative storative oral health services on its Pue- low-income, uninsured and underinsured forward to becoming stronger communi- services in addition to its traditional teeth blo Campus. individuals and families. By the end of ty advocates for the improvement in oral cleaning, X-rays and oral hygiene health • By Jan. 15, 2008, PCC will es- the grant period, a minimum of 192 stu- health.” and prevention education. tablish the ability to seek reimbursement dents will benefit from exposure to these Garvin agreed. “This is the next Another beneficiary of the for services through Medicare, Medicaid, populations. step in PCC’s ability to advance its role in project will be students enrolled in PCC’s Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) and other • During 50 weeks of operation, providing much-needed health care and newly expanded Office Administration insurance providers serving low-income a minimum of 1,200 patients will be seen professional services to the Pueblo com- program through internships at the den- individuals and families. Hence, the den- in the expanded dental assisting clinic. munity,” he said. tal clinic as receptionist/billing clerks. tal facility will be able to bill for services, The majority of the patients are The Colorado Health Foundation is Their functions will include patient file making it a self-sustaining operation. expected to be referred to PCC through a a nonprofit organization that works with oth- management, insurance billing and office Service rates have yet to be determined partnership with two sources: the Pueblo ers to make Colorado the healthiest state in the reception responsibilities. but a sliding scale operation will be ex- Community Health Center and the Pue- nation by improving access to affordable, qual- ity heath care for underserved and low-income The OHIP is being made pos- amined. blo StepUp program, whose clients rep- people and encouraging Coloradans to make sible by a three-year $509,405 grant • By Oct. 1, 2008, a minimum of resent an underserved population. healthier lifestyle choices. The PCC grant is that has been awarded to PCC by The 64 Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene “This grant is the result of the part of nearly $9 million that it has awarded to Colorado Health Foundation. PCC will students at PCC will have access to clini- dedication and commitment of the health 60 state organizations in 2007. receive $144,439 in the first year of the cal time working in a dental team, pro- professions faculty at PCC to offer not Contacts: Cindy Mihelich -- 549-3280, grant, $202,022 in the second year and viding restorative services as part of their only quality education for students but Chris Beltran -- 549-3441 Page 2 - Senior Beacon - July, 2007 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Just One Guy’s Opinion by James R. Grasso, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer of “Your” Senior Beacon! Iraq, Iran, sub-African nations et al, tribal warlords run the roost. The friction this The Big 3-0-0!! causes between Tutsis and Hutus or Sunni and Shia or Pashtuns and Kurds or Hamas Time for self-congratulatory pats on the back! Whoda thunk it!? When we and the Palestinian Authority makes for major problems. began this little adventure back in August of 1982, we couldn’t have guessed that If you factor in the migration of the Asian and Caribbean nations peoples Senior Beacon would still be around and to the tune of 300 consecutive issues try- along with sequestered black neighborhoods in major cities in America we have the ing our darndest to get out as much quality information as possible to the Senior makings of a salad that no longer will be cohesive. Each ingredient will not want to Community. We are thankful to each of you, past and present, who continue to read be a part of the whole. Each faction will, eventually, abandon the American Dream our newspaper each month. and revert back to tribalistic urges and all the good we have achieved, most especially We have no longevity goals at this time, so we will start on our 301st consec- in the past 100 years, will unravel leaving us with another Dark Ages scenario. utive month and begin our 26th year with the August, 2007 edition. We will promise As a people, if we want America to survive we must control our borders to continue our tradition as long as the Lord is willing and we are above ground. A stringently and allow only percentages from around the world (to give the newbies little gallows humor there. time to assimilate) and who are willing to make America there home embracing all that is America. If not, well, as I said before, we proceed at our own peril. Tribal America? And you are concerned with global warming? Tut! Tut! Okay, okay, I’ll talk a little more about immigration. At the risk of being called racist, nativist or what have you I will jump in with both feet but only to my GoodSearch knees because I can’t swim. Of course with my feet on terra firma I’m fearless in the For those of you who like the Internet, I’d like to give you a heads-up on water. a search engine named GoodSearch. It has the speed of Google and other search With all the hoopla over immigration reform, or lack thereof, it seems to engines but with a wonderful twist. GoodSearch gives a penny to your favorite char- me that we are making a big mistake not following the test of time from which we ity every time you use the search engine. It’s very simple to sign up and it costs you should get our information. Immigration is what America is all about but something nothing while helping out where help is needed. startling is happening. The same ground rule from the immigrant’s perspective exists Go to www.GoodSearch.com and follow the prompts and you’ll be on your as it existed 100 years ago; the dream of a better life. way. A window will show up on your home page every time you log on and if you Also, the first generation immigrants are still holding onto the culture they need some information on avocados or need some medical information or any topic left even though that culture was not very hospitable to them. I remember vividily my at all, just type in said topic and click search and you’ll be where you want to be and grandmother refusing to learn any English beyond the rudiments of the language. She your charity will be a penny richer. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s better than what refused to take part in being American first and Italian second. I queried her about Google or Yahoo or the others do and gives you the same results. this seeming inconsistency (leaving her homeland for a better life in America but yet Here’s where I put my pitch in for our favorite charity, Crohn’s & Colitis not embracing the American culture) and she was indignant. She brushed me off as Foundation of America (CCFA). But if you want to donate to another organization ole Bessie does a fly in the barn. She played the “respect” card. you can. It’s a no-brainer folks. Her children, of which my father was one, immersed themselves in the American culture because they not only wanted a better life for themselves but also Hilton? Are You Kidding Me? for any family they might raise. Of the four siblings only one had a child, my father, Speaking of an upside down America why is it that we have it back-ars-ward and that child was me! My parents didn’t even bother to speak Italian to me. I know in this country. People that really don’t contribute anything to the common good, not whether that was good or bad but we had sections of town that were German, such as Paris Hilton and the like are revered, written about and glamorized to such a Irish, Jewish, Polish and Italian among others and none of the kids I knew spoke any state that the word vomit comes to mind. of the mother tongue. By the 1930’s the influx of Europeans began slowing down so What is it about our media and ourselves that these bit players in our society by the third generation there were very few immigrants from those places coming to get all the ink? The pop-culture buzz is reserved for half-baked “stars” that prance America. Therefore, there wasn’t any people like my grandmother who would stub- around in front of us in a stupefying mass of humanity so often that you can’t tell one bornly hold onto the past. We were now Americans and proud of it, too! no-talent, small-brained bum from another; they’re all the same person. It’s different now. There is no slowing of the influx of immigrants. Immersion Our media have failed us. When the media fails to do its homework people’s is spotty because of it and that’s a shame. We are now as a people making acknow- lives are trashed. Just ask the kids from the Duke lacrosse team. Our journalism ledgements to Hispanics pretty much exclusively. Billboards, television programs, schools have failed us. These schools send out clones of themselves to “report” on phone messaging, bi-lingual education, etc. are in Spanish and we continue to look issues seen through the prism of their education. Instead of teaching openmindedness the other way in insisting that new immigrants become American. and getting all sides to an issue, these newbies report in a way that fits their views of We do this, ladies and gents, at our own risk. the world, as if they are the elite and all-knowing. Our institutions of higher education One thing I’ve learned about humans over the past 15 years or so is that trib- have failed us. We are turning out graduates into the world that have no idea that there al customs are very much alive and a force that gunks up progress. In Afghanistan, are other points of view that may be just as compelling as the Leftist point of view and in most instances much more thought-provoking. Socrates had discussions from all sides. In this way he was able to teach a much fuller understanding of a subject and steer his pupils to forming their own opinions separating the wheat from the chaff. When you see a Che poster on a dormitory window, you know automatically that its owner has no clue as to what a thug this man was, yet he is lionized because of same. Yet, a clear-thinking person is booed off a podium without being able to utter a word For a just because his view doesn’t fit in a pre-ordained template. Limited It’s kind of ironic you know. These kids are jazzed by the idea of a rebel with a cause yet, with the very rebels in their midst, they are shunned because they are Time Only! not part of their perceived norm. So, we get the vacuous Paris Hilton 24/7 instead of some giant intellect or doer who can inspire. What a mess. $1595 Godspeed. Price Each With Trade Senior Beacon Senior Beacon serves Pueblo & Fremont Counties and reaches the rest of Nationwide Southeastern Colorado. It is a monthly newspaper dedicated to inform, serve, Sales & Service educate and entertain the Senior Community in these areas. Subscriptions are available, prepaid with order, at $19.95 for one 12-month period. Send your order to the mailing list below. Publication of advertising contained herein does not necessarily con- ® DigiTech stitute endorsement. Signed columns are the opinions of the writers and not Hearing Aids necessarily that of the publisher. Senior Beacon is locally owned and operated. Founded in August, 1982. 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On The Right: “Yes, Free Libby” by William F. Buckley The talk about a pardon for press, and his wife, Valerie Plame, was that seeks to provide for the safety of chief executive Lewis Libby is food for thought. Partisans already moving out of the covert branch operatives in foreign parts. And he was is declaring that are grateful that there is time, even if not of the CIA. The underlying issue had to not charged with having broken that any crime done much time, to think, pending the appeals do with the authority of the United States law, but rather with lying to FBI agents in the service that are under way challenging the to conceal the true commission of people about where he had initially obtained of the president conviction at a technical level. acting covertly for U.S. intelligence. his information. Attempting to deflect will be protected There isn’t much to hope for here My own involvement in such such an investigation is a very different by the exercise from Libby’s point of view. The evidence a deception became known many years matter from endangering the life of a CIA of a presidential appears to have been overwhelming that after I practiced it, when a holy member of agent. pardon. he lied to the FBI, and that in so doing he the liberal elite (the Rev. William Sloane There has been speculation that T h e hindered the execution of justice. Coffin) dropped the word to somebody Libby is unqualified for a pardon because reason to give thought to the triviality of But appeals, even if judicially that when I was in Mexico City ostensibly he has not confessed contrition for what Libby’s offense is precisely to unburden unpromising, are politically useful. doing work for my father, I was actually he has done. This invites profound moral Bush of any sense of collaboration with President Bush can legitimately postpone there doing work for the CIA. thought on what is appropriate behavior true crime if he uses his pardoning action -- or prolong inaction -- by waiting If, while in Mexico, I had been for someone convicted of a formalistic power. No one, in the perspective of for the appeals to make their appointed detained by the authorities and asked breach of the law. history, believes the first President Bush rounds. But he has other things to weigh what I was doing there, my duty would Obviously Libby is sorry that he to have been a furtive advocate of crime besides formal guilt. The reason is that have been to deceive, and I’d have done ran afoul of the law. Obviously he is sorry when he pardoned Caspar Weinberger although Libby is certainly guilty of so without any sense of debt-deferred that he didn’t find some means to put off or Robert McFarlane for involvement in having lied, he is not, in the view of to my father confessor. The U.S. law the FBI this side of lying to FBI agents. the Iran-Contra mess. We are not talking weighty arbiters of the law, deserving of making it a crime to disclose the identity But contrition of that sort is not going to about a Mark Rich, an ongoing criminal a jail sentence. of a covert agent is designed to protect satisfy the Hang Libby crowd. Because pardoned by Bill Clinton for indefensible What he did was to involve himself such operatives. what these folks want is to damage the reasons. in a security matter of no consequence. It In the present case, Mrs. Wilson Bush administration. If Libby goes to Mr. Bush will have to exhibit the was of no consequence at the time Libby had already been assigned to non- jail, they will have the satisfaction that a courage for which he is loved and hated, figured in the proceedings because the covert work in the CIA. This means former chief of staff of the vice president by doing the right thing, and letting Mr. nature of Joseph Wilson’s mission to that Libby’s mentioning her to reporter is behind bars. If he is pardoned, they will Libby get on with life. Niger had already been revealed in the Judith Miller wasn’t defiant of the law have the satisfaction of claiming that the The Writer’s Art: Looking For The Perfect Word by James Kilpatrick of uncertainty ...” Such itsy-bitsy words give writ- change their function right before out In “The Elements of Style,” the -- From a column in USA TO- ers more trouble than many of the big eyes. Let us tinker: “The Lubombo initia- late, great E.B. White laid down a few DAY by Craig Wilson about the vul- words. Some months ago Paul McClain, tive is still the largest ... but there are other “suggestions and cautionary hints” for garities voiced by public figures: “To be of Somewhere in Cyberspace, wrote to successful ones.” And after “chat room,” writers. This was his Suggestion No. 8: honest, I found these incidents rather re- inquire about the use of “since” in the “because it’s much easier to wound with- “Avoid the use of qualifiers. freshing.” sense of “because,” and “while” in the out the sight ...” And, “Although Mr. “Rather, very, little, pretty” -- these are -- From a background statement sense of “although.” Let us pray: Kirkpatrick was shifted to the team ... the leeches that infest the pond of prose, filed in a U.S. District Court in Nebraska: -- From an editorial in The New his reporting has made good use ...” And, sucking the blood of words.” “By using rather germane accounting York Times: “While it is still the largest “Because we live in an era ...” Mind you, This was what White rightly de- tricks to inflate the company’s income, animal area project started by business I’m not sore at “since” and “while.” In plored: defendant Rohde could ...” in Africa, there are other successful ones their temporal place, they’re adorable. -- From The New York Times 18 Were the “somewhats” and ...” As for “as,” in the linguistic fam- months ago: “Last week, ‘Today’ some- “rathers” necessary? Not at all. E.B. -- From Anna Quindlen in News- ily of Chamaeleontidae, it’s the most ver- what quietly marked the achievement of White would have mocked them. Let me week: “The poor child now discovers the satile sister. At the turn of a phrase, “as” an improbable feat.” digress: Many months have passed since I bullying can go on endlessly through the shifts from adverb to conjunction, thence -- From the same piece in the last quoted White’s sage advice. It seems miracle of the chat room, since it’s much to pronoun or preposition. It’s also the Times: “One reason the feat was initially unlikely that anyone who loves the writ- easier to wound ...” weakest sister. There may be sentences in observed somewhat modestly was a bit ing art would have missed what he called -- From Byron Calame in the which an “as” would be an improvement his “little book,” but for the record: Drawn Times: “While Mr. Kirkpatrick was shift- on the anemic “since,” a temporizing READ partly from his own experience and partly ed to the team of Times reporters cover- “while” or an honest “because,” but they from the teachings of his old professor at ing Capitol Hill ...” do not come readily to mind. The thought SENIOR BEACON Cornell, “The Elements of Style” is the -- From a Times editorial: “Since for today is: Look closely at the “little” ON LINE FREE finest guide ever devised toward the writ- we live in an era when the chasm between words. In prose style, they rank with the ing of English prose. Do we feel an im- the lower and upper classes is growing big ones. AT pulse to use a “rather,” a “little,” a “very” ...” (Readers are invited to www.seniorbeacon.info or a “pretty”? White would tell us: Lie The trouble here is that “since” send dated citations of usage to Mr. Kil- down until the impulse goes away. and “while” are salamander words. They patrick in care of this newspaper. His e- mail address is kilpatjj(at)aol.com.)

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LEAD STORY Dacre, who still uses a computer three dead by now.” In Congo, which has lost an After several reports of grizzly hours a day, nonetheless believes “wi- -- Pardon Me: (1) Helen Gallo, estimated 4 million people in the civil bears intimidating people near Alaska’s fi” will be the “tobacco” of our times, 61, charged with shoplifting in Cape wars of the last decade and where many Russian River, the state Department of ultimately to be reviled for causing so Coral, Fla., in April, told police she was must get by on about 30 cents a day, Fish and Game recently gave several many as-yet-undiagnosed illnesses. forced to bypass the slow checkout line “gangs” of designer-clothes-wearing usual-suspect bears makeovers, using -- Older and Younger: (1) In because her irritable bowel syndrome men periodically square off against each ordinary hair dye in bright colors (yellow, January, a judge in Farmville, Va., was acting up. (2) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, other in preening contests in the streets of green, orange, blue) to make it easier for declared a mistrial in an attempted-murder TV station photographer Gerry Edwards Kinshasa to prove that Versace and Gucci people to identify the specific bears that case after the defense lawyer (James was fired in March for unprofessional look better on them than on others. Papy are menacing them. Environmentalists Sheffield, 74), said he had lost his train of conduct because a November funeral he Mosengo, 30 (interviewed for a November were critical, objecting to turning pristine thought right in the middle of his closing was covering lasted so long that he had 2006 Los Angeles Times report), still wilderness into a gaudy, “punk”-colored statement. (2) At the other end of the to urinate outdoors in an area that was lives with his parents, sleeps in a dingy, park. Animal-rights activists, too, spectrum, Victor De Leon III celebrated visible to funeral guests. (3) Former closet-sized room, and leaves child-care suggested that colored bears might find five years on the pro videogaming tour, Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, expenses to his ex-girlfriend, but he owns socializing difficult (but a bear researcher according to a June profile in The New after the first Republican presidential 30 top-of-the-line outfits and spends $400 quoted by the Anchorage Daily News York Times, which means that, at 9, he debate in May, explained one awkward monthly on clothes. Said he, “This is just discounted that fear, based on a previous, has been a pro gamer since age 4. answer he gave (about firing a worker what I am.” (The “cloth cults” of Congo similar project). The 38th Time Was Not a Charm who was gay) by claiming, in part, that he are said to have been around since the The Continuing Crisis (1) In June, Indian farmer was distracted by his need for a restroom 1970s.) -- On one fateful day in 2003 Shiv Charan Yadav, 73, failed his high break. Recurring Themes in Sikeston, Mo., according to Holly school gateway exams (normally given People With Issues In early May, “scores” of Taiwan Adams, she had sex at different times at age 15) for the 38th time, and what’s In April, FBI officials warned lawmakers brawled on the floor of with Raymon and Richard Miller, who worse, he had vowed the first time not to of a disturbing series of threats dating parliament, wrestling, throwing punches are identical twins and who did not know marry until he passes; he said he would from 2004 to college athletic officials and spraying water at each other over about each other’s encounter. Adams immediately start studying for number and news organizations from someone an election reform bill, according to became pregnant, but both Millers deny 39. (2) In May, the San Antonio (Texas) apparently upset that television coverage a Reuters dispatch. However, a week paternity despite, of course, an identical Independent School District announced of cheerleaders emphasizes those later, one legislator, and also a U.S. DNA match for each brother (with both that Elizabeth Rojas had been fired as showing the least amount of skin (such political scientist who follows the Taiwan claiming that it must have been the other). principal of Smith Elementary school as Ohio State’s, who often wear long- legislature, told a Reuters reporter that Adams has named Raymon the father, after failing for the 38th time the required sleeved, jacketed outfits). According most of the legendary brawls on the floor and a court must decide paternity and state educators’ test. (However, she was to an FBI agent interviewed by The are staged in order to impress constituents child support just like courts did before reassigned to a lesser position at Smith, Columbus Dispatch, the writer appears to that their members “fight” for them. DNA testing was developed. at almost her old salary.) be growing angrier and may have recently One legislator said a leader may call in -- Sarah Dacre, 51, walks around Nature Calling included an insecticide-like substance advance for his allies to wear soft shoes, all day dressed like a beekeeper, which -- About 100 people were able in letters, with the last batch predicting in anticipation of a shoe-throwing fight, she says she must do following her 2005 to escape the perhaps-fatal effects of a that, unless changes are made, there will to limit injuries. self-diagnosis of “electrical sensitivity,” sinkhole that collapsed under their one- be “88” assaults, based on the writer’s Undignified Deaths according to an April profile in London’s story apartment house in eastern Sarawak, arcane formula. (1) The most recent instance of Daily Mail. The hallmark of her outfit Borneo, in April, only because Renjis Least Competent Criminals someone killed by a flying cow occurred is a veil that she says keeps away the Empati, 57, had arisen in the middle of Can’t Stop Ourselves: Sheriff’s on a road near Carnarvon, Australia, incapacitating waves from appliances the night to go to the communal toilet. He deputies in Hilmar, Calif., arrested Tasha in May, when a 26-year-old man in an ranging from cell phones to refrigerators. noticed the ground moving and awakened Silva, 30, in April and charged her with SUV accidentally crashed into a cow and Her house’s windows have gauze shades, all the residents. Said one woman, “If it stealing a deputy’s pickup truck, but knocked it into the air; it landed on the and the wallpaper a tinfoil lining, and were not for him, most of us would be her boyfriend and co-suspect, Marcus vehicle’s roof, collapsing it and crushing Schulze, fled. According to the sheriff’s the driver. (2) In April, a prominent cat office, the couple drove away, thought veterinarian (who was director of the they were in the clear, and stopped to Feline Health Center at Cornell University) have sex in the truck, but left the engine was killed near Marathon, N.Y., when he idling, and the truck ran out of gas before swerved, on his motorcycle, attempting they were finished. When deputies finally to avoid a cat on the road, and was thrown spotted the truck, the couple had to flee from the bike. on foot, and only Schulze escaped. Cultural Diversity

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Officer - Pueblo City/County Health It is typically found in animals, espe- Health Division, “awareness is the key · Prevent your pets from hunt- Department (719) 583-4526 cially rabbits, and hares,” said Dr. Chris to reducing the risk of contracting tu- ing or eating wild rodents, especially Pueblo – Public health officials Nevin-Woods, executive director of the laremia. Tularemia occurs naturally in rabbits. at the Pueblo City-County Health De- Pueblo City-County Health Department. Colorado and exposure can be reduced · Avoid all contact with wild partment have confirmed that rabbits in “Tularemia can be passed to humans or by avoiding contact with ticks and any rodents, including squirrels and rabbits; Pueblo County have tested positive for animals through the bite of infected in- sick or dead animals.” do not feed or handle them. tularemia. The rabbits were collected sects, most commonly ticks and deer “Simple precautions can pre- · Never touch sick or dead ani- on the north side of Hwy 50 as well as flies, and by handling infected, sick, or vent this illness,” said Ms. Carlton. mals with your bare hands. If an animal by the Pueblo Memorial Airport. dead animals,” said Nevin-Woods. The “Tularemia can be treated with anti- must be disposed of, use a long-handled These are the first identified disease can also be passed to people or biotics, but we really want residents shovel to place it in a garbage bag, and cases of tularemia in animals in Pue- animals if they eat meat or drink water to know what steps to take to protect place the bag in an outdoor garbage blo County this year. No human cases infected by the bacteria, which is espe- themselves and their pets in the first can. of tularemia have been reported. The cially important information for hunters place.” · Avoid drinking unpurified wa- last human case of tularemia in Pueblo who prepare their game. People with tularemia may have ter from streams or lakes and prevent County was in 2006. According to Vicki Carlton, symptoms that include a skin ulcer, sud- your pets from doing the same. den fever, chills, headache, body aches, · See a physician if you become New government program gives dry cough, and progressive weakness. ill with a high fever and/or a swollen Symptoms of tularemia in animals, spe- lymph node. Tularemia is a treatable seniors hundreds every month cifically cats and dogs, are nearly iden- illness when diagnosed early. tical to the symptoms of plague. Cats · See a veterinarian if you pet without ever having to pay it back. generally become lethargic; have a high becomes ill with a high fever and/or The U.S. House of Representa- older. 2). You must have equity in your fever and little appetite. They may also swollen lymph nodes. tives passed H.R. 1852, the Expanding home. 3). Your home must be your pri- experience pneumonia and swollen If a dead rabbit or prairie dog Homeownership Act of 2007 in May. mary residence. If these are true, you lymph nodes. Like with plague, dogs is found, the health department recom- This resolution Modernizes FHA pro- are a prime candidate for a HECM re- generally do not show any symptoms of mends disposing of the animal quick- grams including the Home Equity Cov- verse mortgage. More information is the disease. ly. If there is a large die-off of these ersion Mortgage (HECM). This now al- available by calling a toll-free 24 hour The Pueblo City-County Health animals, please call the Health Depart- lows seniors 62 and over to take a large recorded message 1-866-671-3207, ext. Department recommends the following ment. However, if no humans have to protect against the disease: been involved, and it is a single, isolat- portion of their equity as a monthly 1111 and receive a free booklet with ad- · Avoid ticks. The best pro- ed case, it is recommended that the ani- payment for the rest of their life, a lump ditional information. tection for pets, especially cats, is to mal be disposed or buried on the spot. sum that never has to be paid back or a Don’t be left out. Pick up the keep them indoors. If outdoors with For more information about tularemia, growing line of credit. This money can phone and call today. You too could be your pets, keeping them out of heavily contact the Pueblo City-County Health be used for any purpose. going on your dream vacation of a life- wooded areas can provide additional Department at (719) 583-4323, or call The Federal Housing Admin- time or never make another house pay- protection, as these areas are ideal for the Health Department’s Hotline at 583- istration insures it so that the seniors ment and stay in your house for as long ticks to live. 4300, and press “2” for Tularemia and never have to pay back the funds and as you live. · Stay out of areas that wild ro- Plague information or visit the Centers their heirs are also protected. The rules dents inhabit. If you enter areas with for Disease Control’s website at http:// wild rodents, wear insect repellent con- www.cdc.gov. are quite simple. 1). You must be 62 or -ADVERTSIEMENT-

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Aesthetes may view this projection it’s virtually irrelevant. A piece in The with dismay. Lots of investors, on the New York Times this spring offered a $185 other hand, probably wish they’d bought organic cotton and hemp dress, an $84 the stock a couple of years ago. bamboo hoodie and a $299 biodegradable Reader Susan Cohen had a lyocell top. different reaction. She wonders where As we learned from Kermit, it those 23 million pairs of injection- isn’t easy being green -- and it may be molded polymer foam shoes will end even harder in the rag trade, where most up when consumers move on to the purchases are driven by desire, not need. They look so innocent. But what happens when 23 million pairs of injection-molded next trend. What impact will they have Plastics seem like an easy target EVA foam clogs end up in a landfill near you? on the environment? How fast will they -- made from scarce petrochemicals, pesticides” to kill parasites. It says silk And then there’s the question degrade? Are archaeologists going to be inexpensive enough to be treated as “wins high marks for sustainability,” but of need. One scholar asked me whether digging them out of landfills a thousand disposable and so durable that they’re vegans complain that you can’t harvest the typical consumer buys Crocs as years from now? practically eternal. But that can be good: silk fiber without killing silkworm “incremental shoes” -- i.e., in addition It’s a good question, and a tough Four years ago, an NPR story noted that larvae. to their regular shoes -- or do they take one to answer. the bottles bottled water comes in were Raw material is only the the place of a pair of conventional Crocs spokesperson Tia Mattson piling up in landfills and “creating a trash beginning. Some manufacturing processes shoes? For someone like my sister, Crocs says the company is developing a nightmare.” This month another NPR story have higher human and environmental clearly fill a need and replace a pair of program to recycle the proprietary reported that polyethylene terephthalate, costs than others. We think of leather as walking or running shoes. For people Croslite foam it makes Crocs from, and or PET, reclaimed from water bottles by natural, but it’s tanned with agents so who buy foam clogs for gardening, they will announce details in a month or so. recyclers is a hot commodity. toxic that citizens have been banding may be “incremental,” but that doesn’t Dennis LaMond, VP/Sales at Sloggers, “Natural” materials biodegrade, together to get tanneries out of their necessarily mean extra: Burpee’s Harry which makes an EVA foam garden but they can have their own problems. backyards since at least 1739, when Ben Schwartzman argues that the owners of clog, notes that because foam clogs are Conventionally grown cotton -- the Franklin and his neighbors petitioned the Burpee’s gardening clogs will save them made from a single material, they can “Fabric of our Lives,” according to Pennsylvania Assembly to ban them from for gardening and keep them a long time: be ground up and recycled into building the National Cotton Council’s heart- Philadelphia’s commercial district. And They aren’t “disposable like so many materials like the popular (and expensive) tugging ads -- “relies on heavy inputs how do you figure the costs of athletic items we use once and discard.” new composite decking. These are unlike of insecticides, herbicides and chemical shoes glued together with toxic glues For most people, it’s harder to tell multi-component shoes made from a mix fertilizers, many of which are known in unventilated offshore factories by whether they really need a pair of Crocs, of natural and synthetic materials, which or probable carcinogens,” according to underpaid, underage kids? how many colors they need to own them are for practical purposes unrecyclable. the Web site of WorldWatch Institute, Then there’s the question of in, how often they’ll wear them, how long He says his company already grinds up an independent environmental research benefit. A pair of foam clogs is likely to they’ll keep them and so on. and recycles foam scraps and clogs that organization. serve longer and be used more intensively And what do we mean by need, don’t meet its production standards. The Sierra Club’s Web site than, say, a single-use water bottle. My anyway? According to WorldWatch, Fashion used to ignore the says cotton “trails only corn as the most sister, who runs an auto repair shop and the number of garments bought by U.S effects it had on the rest of the world. The pesticide-laden crop in the United States; wears Crocs to work every day, says a consumers increased 73 percent between 18th-century passion for feathered hats cotton-growing uses 25 percent of all pair lasts her about four months, and then 1996 and 2001. What happened in those drove the Great Auk, whose back feathers insecticides produced annually, including “the tread on the bottom wears off just five years to persuade us that we needed were said to be silky soft and smooth, to human carcinogens like acephate and like tires do.” Still, 8 hours a day times 73 percent more clothes? extinction. In the late 19th century, when diuron.” (So why is San Francisco five and a half days a week times 20 Clothing prices fell, for one thing. cheap paisley-printed cottons brought switching to cornstarch-based plastic weeks yields 880 hours of comfortable Do we need as much as we can afford? fashionable paisley shawls within reach of bags?) Furthermore, the Web site says wear. 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The opinion merits gave the union’s counsel a hard time. More Courts: a cheer, but it fell way short of winning a Notably, Justice John Paul Stevens was IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, she was working, the boat was moored. standing ovation. especially critical of the union’s position. Also during that period of employment, Speaking, murkily, through He appeared to favor a rule that would THE BOUNDING she received no training or orientation in Justice Antonin Scalia, the high court prohibit the union from using “any MAIN the boat, its operation, or any of its safety ruled against the Washington teachers’ nonmember agency fee collections for Before it closes up shop for the equipment. She was not involved in any union, aka the Washington Education any nongermane purpose at all without summer, the Supreme Court probably operations other than gambling.” Association, for its mean-spirited affirmative consent.” Hypothetically, will let us know if it will hear the ap- A second co-plaintiff, Helen Fa- treatment of Gary Davenport, Susannah he wondered about a statute to protect a peal of Amanda, Helen and Beverly. Mr. langa, is the only one of the complainants Simpson, Walt Pierson, Martha Lofgren dissenter who said, “I don’t want to spend Justice Kilpatrick, meaning me, votes to still employed as a member of a river- and Tracy Wolcott. They represent more any more money, give any more money set the case for argument next fall. The boat staff. When the case began, she was than 3,000 teachers who have refused to to the union than I absolutely have to.” young ladies’ plea involves a serious a shipboard teller working out of a bank join the WEA. Seven years ago they filed The union’s counsel responded, question of maritime law. cage. Her job required her to lug heavy suit against the union. A watchdog state in effect, blub. Remarkably, the case arises not bags of coins in and out of the ship’s agency launched a companion suit. After Last week, Justice Scalia was on the high seas but in Council Bluffs, vaults. In March of 2000, when the ship losing 6-3 in the state supreme court last in Jeffersonian accord. “It is undeniably Iowa. There, 10 years ago this spring, was firmly moored to its Iowa dock, she year, the joint plaintiffs finally have won unusual,” he wrote, “for a government Amanda Davis began working as a ship- seriously injured her neck. Two surgical an encouraging round. agency to give a private entity the power, board teller for gamblers having fun on operations were required, one of them a The facts were never seriously in essence, to tax government employees.” the riverboat Ameristar. While carrying a fusion. in dispute. The state’s public schools Scalia was not impressed by the union’s heavy bag of coins, she seriously injured The complaint of Beverly Isen- employ roughly 70,000 persons. All but 5 argument that its right of free expression her left wrist. hour is to the same effect. During the percent of them belong voluntarily to the would be gravely impaired by the loss of Throughout the period of Davis’ Christmas holidays of 2000 as a change union. Under well-established law, the the dissenters’ money: “Quite obviously, employment on the Ameristar, the vessel maker and “floor host” in the slots depart- WEA must serve as collective bargaining no suppression of ideas is afoot, since the was more or less permanently anchored ment, she suffered severe injuries to her agent for the whole unit -- and the union remains as free as any other entity in the Missouri River. In order to meet back. She is still under a work restriction nonunion workers, having “opted out” to participate in the electoral process with Iowa’s gambling laws, the owners of against lifting more than 10 pounds. of full membership, must justifiably pay all available funds other than the state- Ameristar were required to take their Manifestly, the several incidents their per capita cost of union bargaining coerced agency fees lacking affirmative ship to sea, so to speak, for 200 hours were all work-related. Understandably, on wages, hours and other working permission.” every year. Thus, off and on for five the three plaintiffs sued for benefits under conditions. Last week’s high court opinion months every summer, the owners duti- workmen’s compensation. They won at There’s a sticky point. The union rests upon a solid foundation of precedent fully cruised for two hours at dawn up first. The District Court of Pottawattamie must rebate to the opt-outers any portion dating from the court’s landmark opinion toward Sioux City, down toward St. Joe. County sensibly affirmed that (1) the of their union dues that is spent on 30 years ago in Louis Abood v. Detroit In these obligatory runs, Davis was never women were not seamen, and (2) the riv- nonbargaining purposes, e.g., for union Board of Education Speaking through at work or even on board. erboat casinos were not “vessels.” Sense politicking and picnicking. Individually, Justice Potter Stewart, a unanimous Jacob J. Peters, counsel for the and law are sometimes strangers: On ap- the rebates are piddling: $20 to $40 per court held that public-sector unions petitioners, says in his brief before the peal, Iowa’s Supreme Court ruled that the dissenting teacher per year. Multiplied must respect the political rights of their high court: “It is important to note that plaintiffs are not employees covered by by 4,000 dissident members, and dissenting members: No portion of their from the time Amanda started in March workmen’s comp. As a matter of law, they multiplied again by five years, the WEA’s union dues may be used for promoting of 1997 until she was injured in March of are seamen protected by the federal Jones accumulated obligation to the dissenters ideological purposes they oppose. 1999, she was never on the boat when it Act of 1920. From that opinion, the peti- now approaches half a million dollars. In 1986 another unanimous sailed on the Missouri River. At all times tioners now appeal. The union understandably court, speaking this time through Justice SEE “Courts” PAGE 15. hungers to cling to its commandeered Stevens in what is known as the Hudson gains. The objecting teachers, for their case, upheld the right of nonunion part, naturally want some of their money teachers in Chicago to a prompt and back. Last year the union won 6-3 in the impartial handling of their grievances. state supreme court. There a majority The underdogs are doing well. held that on a scale of First Amendment It will now be up to the rights, the union’s weight was justifiably Washington State Supreme Court, on heavier. remand, to supervise Justice Scalia’s Justice Richard Browning implicit mandate. All parties would be Sanders, lustily dissenting, quoted well-advised not to hold their breaths. It Thomas Jefferson: “To compel a man likely will be many months before any to furnish contributions of money for money actually passes from the union to the propagation of opinions which he Gary Davenport and his victorious cohort. disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and Meanwhile, a modest hallelujah may be tyrannical.” The majority’s treatment of cried. this case, said Sanders, “borders on the (Letters to Mr. Kilpatrick should inexplicable.” The right of nonunion be sent in care of this newspaper, or by employees to refuse to join the union “is e-mail to kilpatjj(at)aol.com.) protected by the First Amendment right of association.” Golden Care Senior Home Care & Companion Services Insured, Dependable & Affordable Hourly, Overnight, 24-hour & Respite Care

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Shopping industry ing,’ he said. ‘Probably too lazy.’” to keep my kids in line. And besides, no us to say her granddaughter gave her analysts say males shop “inefficiently,” sooner was I done cleaning than my kids some yellow flowers, then asked: “Gran- because they seldom ask for help and COPYRIGHT 2007 Dee and Tom messed everything up again. But wouldn’t ny, do the flowers smell yellow?” don’t linger. Hardie and Key Kidder, 830 W. 40th you know that my daughter Janet grew up RETAIL RATS GRAND REMARK St., Ste. 304, Baltimore, MD 21211. to become a self-described “clean freak”! Dear Grandparenting: My Emailed from Framingham, Mass.: 410-828-6529. Her house is always spotlessly clean. wife and I drove 600 miles to visit our She’s one of these people who daughter’s family. We were expecting run around after you, spray disinfectant to take our grandchildren fishing, or get in one hand and a cloth in the other, just in some quality time taking them on lit- Where Are They Now? in case you left some dangerous germs tle trips to nearby places. But you would by Marshall Jay Kaplan behind. have thought we had some kind of con- Burt Bacharach In her little war against dirt and tagious disease for how little they cared Some people say that if Burt Bacharach was never germs, Janet now won’t allow her boy Al- about spending time with us. Oh sure, we born, radio stations of the 1960’s would have had nothing to bert to visit me. Albert happens to be my got to see how our grandkids had grown, play. For literally, 10 years, the songs of Burt Bacharach (and favorite grandchild. But Janet says my and had some family meals together. But lyricist Hal David) ruled the airwaves. Today, it seems that home is unsafe, because it’s not spic and their hearts just weren’t into being with Bacharach’s music is once again everywhere – a revival of span and all cleaned up like hers always their grandparents. Every chance they sorts. is. I think Janet is going overboard, but got, they ran off to the big shopping mall. Born on May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, what can I do? Next thing I know, she’ll And that’s pretty much where they stayed Burt Bacharach always had a gift and passion for music. He tell me I’m not welcome at her place ei- until it closed for the night. studied music and McGill University and the Mannes School of Music. By the mid-1950’s until the early 1960’s, Burt ther! Kris, Everett, Now I’ve got nothing against toured with Marlene Dietrich as her pianist and arranger. WA malls. One day, I needed to buy some per- In 1957, Bacharach met lyricist Hal David. The two men hit it off and be- Dear Kris: Germs? Get over it! sonal items, so we all drove there in my gan a long-term and award-winning musical partnership. Their first big hit was the Any microbiologist will tell you we all car. I finished my shopping in 30 minutes, Number One Marty Robbins country hit, ’The Story of My Life’. Over the next few share our space with trillions of bacteria; but my grandchildren were just getting years, their songs were recorded by the likes of Perry Como and Johnny Mathis, to just one spoonful of bath water contains warmed up! Why can’t today’s young name a few. over 800 billion. It’s an unhealthy fantasy boys and girls think of better things to By the early 1060’s, Bacharach had written over a hundred songs, with quite to think you can live in a germ-free zone, do than fritter their lives away wandering a few hits. However it was not until his association with a young Dionne Warwick did but that doesn’t stop smart people like through the world of retail? Harry, Fred- he (and Dionne) become legends. Donald Trump from trying. His fear of erick, MD Bacharach’s music is both unique and recognizable – his signature style is to germs is why Trump typically refuses to Dear Harry: Few aspects of Ameri- incorporate strong chords, peculiar timing, patterns in rhythms and key changes. That shake hands. can life illustrate the generation gap bet- being said, at times his music actually overpower the singer. Along came Warwick – a conservatory trained singer with superior range and strength in her voice. Bacharach Unreasonable fears, called pho- ter than shopping behavior. How do most hired her to produce ’demos’ of his songs for other artists to hear. What Bacharach bias, can be tricky to treat. Try telling Americans pursue happiness? Typically, discovered was that Dionne exceeded anything he hear or could even imagine from Janet the American Medical Associa- they try to buy it – at least until age 65, other artists. What happened next wwas literally a 20-year collaboration, producing tion warns against overusing antibacte- when researchers say shopping drops 38 chart singles and 22 Top 40 hits. Close your eyes and listen to the music in your rial products; it promotes the growth of substantially. mind play back such hits as ’Alfie’, ’Walk on By’, I Say a Little Prayer’, ’Don’t Make antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, or In our consumer culture, malls are Me Over’, ’Promises, Promises’, ’Always Something There to Remind Me’, ’Do You “super bugs”. She may also need profes- cathedrals of worship. And this summer, Know the Way to San Jose?’, ’I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’, ’The Look of Love’, sional counseling. But things could be as Americans hit the road for family geta- ’House is not a Home’ and ’Wishing and Hoping’. worse. We’ve heard of grandparents with ways, they won’t miss a beat: The Travel In 1981, Burt won the Academy Award for Best Song – Arthur’s Theme The phobias of small children - including Industry of America reports that shop- Best That You Can Do’ (co-written by his then-wife, Carole Bayer Sager). The re- their very own grandchildren. Talk about ping has become the number one activ- mainder of the 1980’s saw his hit ’ON My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael MacDon- ald) and the Dionne Warwick-Elton John-Glady Knight-Stevie Wonder, ’That’s What Friends Are For’ – where ALL of the records proceeds went towards AIDS research. From the 1990’s until now, it seems that all of today’s and yesterday’s art- Senior Beacon Is FREE ists (such as Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Michael Buble) want to record a Bacharach classic, as many of these artists are producing ’American standard’-type CD’s. Even motion picture soundtracks feature Burt’s music. Mike Myers has even given Burt a special feature in one of his ’Austin Powers’ films. On The Internet Bacharach continues to write, record and tour as his legion of fans keep GO TO growing. Sadly, his daughter Nikki (from marriage to ex-wife Angie Dickinson) com- mitted suicide earlier this year. www.seniorbeacon.info Burt Bacharach has said, ’The groovy thing about pop music is that it is wide click on "beacon online" open. Anything can happen.’ Mr. Bacharach, you definitely have made it happen – we click on the month you'd like are glad you did not just silently’walk on by.’ to read and read it! Adult Day Services Program Give it a few minutes to come up on the computer. Belmont Senior Care What could be easier? 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Whole blood bonfils.org or call (800) 365-0006. Center at (800) 365-0006 ext. 2 “5th & Court” Community Blood or www.bonfils.org Drive Pueblo City-County Library District Tuesday, July 24 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. On Your Toes Community Blood Drive Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- by Charles E. Schneider, M.D. Monday, July 2 from noon to 3 p.m. cated at 317 N. Main St., Pueblo Some Myths sprained ankle Located at 100 E Abriendo Ave, 1st floor “4th and Main” Community Blood is the only treat- – Robert Hoag-Rawlings Public Library, Drive Associated With Tuesday, July 24 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. ment needed. Pueblo Foot And Ankle T h i s Family Campers and RVers Commu- Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus located at 1001 Beulah Ave – Colorado Injuries is definitely a nity Blood Drive At any time of the year ankle myth. The injury should be x-rayed to Friday, July 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. State Fairgrounds, Pueblo Pueblo Chieftain Community Blood and foot injuries are common; however, determine if there are torn or stretched and Sunday, July 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 in the spring and summer (especially ligaments. This kind of injury can require p.m. Drive Friday, July 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the summer) there is a marked increase a cast or some immobilization, and sur- Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile gery may be necessary. Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- because of the increased activity of indi- bus located at 1001 Beulah Ave – Colo- Preventing injuries can be helped cated at 825 6th St., Pueblo viduals. There are more activities, leisure rado State Fairgrounds, Pueblo pace and attire which all add to the inci- by following some of the following sug- KMart North Community Blood Colorado Technical University - Pue- dences of injury. gestions: Drive blo Community Blood Drive Injuries can include: Sprains, Wear correct shoes and socks Saturday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 10 from 2 to 6 p.m. broken bones, dislocations, contusions for the type of activity. Some activi- Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- Located at 1025 W. 6th St., Pueblo and other serious injuries. Early treat- ties or sports require specific shoe gear. cated at 3415 N. Elizabeth, Pueblo U.S. Forest Service Community Blood ment is very important. Contact your Shoes which offer good support, provide First Presbyterian Church of Pueblo Drive podiatrist immediately after an injury. protection and have a non-slippery sole Tuesday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community Blood Drive The following are some of the are better for rough terrain. Because of Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- Sunday, July 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. common myths: the dangers of some jobs, whether in the cated at 2840 Kachina Dr., Pueblo Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- Myth I: It is not necessary to see a doc- home or out, steel toed shoes are the best Pueblo Association of Realtors Com- cated at 220 W. 10th St., Pueblo tor immediately for care of a broken for safety sake. Avoid slippery surfaces if munity Blood Drive DETAILS: toe. It is important to get help for a possible, and walking in the dark can be Thursday, July 12 from 10:30 a.m. to This summer Bonfils Blood possible broken toe. The sooner this is particularly hazardous even in as familiar 12:30 p.m. Center wants you to live your life and done the faster the relief. Failing to do so a place as home where many injuries Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- enjoy all the great activities that summer may lead to the improper healing of the occur. cated at 210 N. Santa Fe Dr., Pueblo brings. Whether indulging in cool waves, bones or incomplete healing. A broken Do not walk barefoot on streets Griffis Blessing Community Blood hot sand and sunny weather of a tropical toe left untreated can result in a defor- or sidewalks. Drive vacation or backpacking down a winding mity which will create new problems If you have received an injury, Thursday, July 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. trail into the depths of a Colorado forest, in shoes or cause pain while walking or the following are suggestions to follow Located at 8th and Main – The Wells don’t forget to take a little time to make while in any weight bearing position. until you can see your podiatrist. Fargo building, Pueblo a big difference in the lives of patients by Myth II: There is no difference between 1. Get off your feet. Angelo’s Pizza Parlor North Commu- giving blood this summer. the terms fracture, break and displaced. 2. Elevate your feet. nity Blood Drive Through August, blood dona- While all of these terms refer to 3. Apply cold compresses 20 Thursday, July 13 from noon to 4 p.m. tions can drop as much as 20 percent a broken bone the first two terms, frac- minutes of each hour. Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- despite the increased need for blood. By ture and break, mean the same thing. The 4. Wear a loose shoe or slipper to cated at 1110 W. Hwy 50, Pueblo donating, you can give the gift of blood term displaced means not only that there the doctor’s office. Eagleridge Shopping Center Commu- so that others in need can continue to live is a break in the bone, but the parts are 5. If there is a bleeding wound, clean the area, apply pressure with a nity Blood Drive healthier and happier lives. Just one unit no longer in the same line or position in towel or gauze, and cover with a clean Saturday, July 14 from noon to 4 p.m. of whole blood can save or enhance up to which they were originally. Myth III: If a bone is really broken, the dressing. Located at 4140 N. Free Way, Pueblo three lives in Colorado and beyond. foot can’t be moved, and the appearance 6. Do not open blisters. Ecumenical Church Community Blood As a thank you for making blood will change and there will be swelling. 7. Do not attempt to remove for- Drive donation part of your summer plans, all There frequently is no immedi- eign objects from the skin. They need to Sunday, July 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 donors who give between Sunday, May ate change in appearance after a break, be removed by the foot specialist with a p.m. 20 and Saturday, July 14 will receive a and movement is still possible. However, sterile instrument. Donations inside Bonfils’ mobile bus lo- Bonfils t-shirt and between Sunday, July with time there may be swelling and 8. Abrasions can be treated simi- cated at 434 South Conquisatdor, Pueblo 15 and Saturday, Sept. 8 will receive a Bonfils water bottle. Donors who make discoloration. It is possible to have a larly to burns. Clean the area of all for- West chipped bone and have mobility; and no eign particles. Use sterile bandages along National Little Britches Rodeo Com- two blood donations between May 20 and Sept. 8, will not only receive both appearance change. Again these breaks with first aid and ointment. should have immediate attention to insure If you have further questions or proper healing. comments, please feel free to contact: Havens FAMILY CLINIC Myth IV: Apply heat after an injury. Dr. Charles E. Schneider, D.P.M. 1619 Heat increases swelling which N. Greenwood, Pueblo, CO 81003 or at Walk-Ins Welcome will, in turn, increase pain. 719-543-2476. 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Embarking on a kitchen part of the same meal, so I enjoy them why. remodel, they come across a beautiful alone or with things that make for a better The best spaces feature a har- contemporary glass tile for the backs- pairing. mony that emerges from clear priorities. plash, pick out a porcelain farmhouse- The same sensible restraint There will often be a dominant focal style sink like their grandparents had, applies to home design. Every space or point such as a fireplace or a kitchen and buy a suite of sleek stainless-steel structure has multiple “ingredients” that island, where your eye will go first when appliances. work together to create the right design you enter the room. Then you’ll notice Then there’s the Tuscan-style recipe. some other strong elements -- a rich paint cabinetry with the bronze hardware -- Getting the mix right is a balanc- color on the walls, detailed millwork or reminiscent of their honeymoon to Italy ing act where each item or feature has to flooring, great texture on an upholstery -- plus the trendy low-voltage track- work in context with the others. Some fabric or on window treatments. lighting system and the wide-plank pine are like spices best used sparingly, while Finally, there will be small sur- flooring to match what’s in the family others are staples you can pile on gener- prises -- sculpted cabinet pulls, a subtle room. ously. rug border -- that you come across as you Curious about the final look? Despite its small size, this bathroom still has Most people have diverse tastes spend more time in the room. The key is Keep waiting, because you won’t see space for three strong design elements -- the when it comes to architectural and design that you enjoy these elements in a repeat- this kind of remodeling in any legitimate lighted vertical shelf bay, the high-contrast elements, but just because you like a ing sequence as your eye moves around magazine on the subject, except perhaps striped tile wall and a wood console vanity that injects bright, warm color into the mix of neu- variety of looks or styles doesn’t mean the room, lingering on the good stuff but in the “Never Do This” section. trals. Secondary features include the stainless they should all be featured in your home never getting overwhelmed or hijacked So how do you get the right mirror frame and faucet, the tile floor and the simultaneously, especially within the by a garish color or a domineering acces- balance and still have your home reflect white towels. Proper balance allows all these same room. 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At one point, the voice of shiny silver poncho and black ski gloves, rapper Vanilla Ice popped into my head. courtesy of the drinking establishment, I Lyrics from his 1990s hit “Ice Ice Baby” ordered a cocktail from the bartender. She made me clench my teeth and shiver. poured a vodka and fruit juice concoction Icebar’s entire interior comes into a glass and offered a frigid smile. from the Torne River, 125 miles north of Holding the glass clumsily be- the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland. The tween gloved hands, I turned, leaned water is so pure that when it freezes, the against the bar and felt chills run up my ice is completely transparent. The clear spine. ice is harvested from the river, sculpted After all, the bar had been carved on site and shipped to Stockholm in re- from a gigantic block of ice. In fact, my frigerated containers. glass was made of ice. 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There he of- classes at the New York Botanical Gar- with striking presence to give their land- ten planted blue Atlas cedars, yews and den, usually in the winter, when her scapes great substance, style and polish. river birches and sketched scrollwork clients’ gardens are resting. She has an Large plants come first to mind as archi- parterres in liriope. experienced gardener’s appreciation of tectural specimens, but it is important to Liz Innvar, a garden designer perennial plants and the impact they can take a wide range of sizes and shapes into who works with clients in New York, have in a garden design. She likes to place consideration. New Jersey and Connecticut, uses tradi- plants with small leaves next to large-leaf “You have to use color, form and tional plants with panache. She likes clas- specimens with strong shapes -- a gaura, texture and create a dialogue with the ar- sic landscape plants with striking forms, for example, with its dancing white or chitecture of a site,” says Brian Kissinger, she says, “and I like the idea of contrast- pink flowers, by a bold, big-leafed acan- owner of Thomas and Todd in Paradise ing architectural plants with something thus. Valley, Ariz. softer. The key is to find a balance.” It’s often the foliage, not the Architectural plants can trans- Kissinger loves to work with Boxwood is one of her favorites. flowers, that make the biggest impression form a good garden into an unforgettable magnificently sculptural palm trees and She frequently uses it as a building block in a perennial garden, Innvar says. one. Your climate and your garden’s style will influence the plants you choose. For the chiseled shapes of agaves in his desert for her designs. Like Kissinger, she likes “I love Rodgersia for the texture the best effect in any climate, strike a bal- gardens, playing their forms and colors to put the strong shapes of boxwoods of its leaf,” she says. “I love the way light ance between bold architectural plants against the clean lines of modern regional together with plants with looser habits, plays along the surface, and I use it in all and softer forms. photo: Brian Kissinger architecture. adding a bit of color with perennial flow- kinds of different situations.” Architectural plants can be a fo- it, somebody with a good eye -- and that’s cal point or a destination, just like a per- nature.” Seaside Amusement Park gola or an arbor would be, or they can be The Designer Touch by Jay Clarke attention-grabbing accents. When they’re Garden designers use plants with SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- It’s a planted thoughtfully they cast arresting striking, almost architectural forms to de- throwback to happy times. You can take a shadows that change through the seasons. fine the spaces and establish the charac- gentle spin on an old-fashioned carousel They can take their places gracefully in a ter of a garden. Here are some ideas from or a wild ride on a wooden roller coaster, mixed border or stand out starkly against Brian Kissinger, owner of Thomas and try your hand at dozens of arcade games, the surrounding scenery. Todd (www.thomasandtodd.com) in Para- visit a haunted castle and snack on salt- In Kansas City, Kissinger’s gar- dise Valley, Ariz., and Liz Innvar (www. den was a dense woodland full of surpris- lizinnvar.com), who designs gardens in water taffy and deep-fried Twinkies. es tucked under the canopy of huge old the New York area. And this year, the Santa Cruz oaks. In Arizona, he lives with towering -- Boxwoods, yews and other Beach Boardwalk is celebrating its 100th date palms. The effect is not dissimilar, evergreens often have striking character anniversary with special events, includ- The Looff Carousel, a National Historic Landmark, is the oldest ride at Santa Cruz he says. and work well as dominant, architectural ing free performances by the famed Mos- plants. Beach Boardwalk. It has been twirling “Your eye can’t help but move cow Circus from July 8 to Aug. 28 and from one palm to the other, and, just like -- Place these architectural plants visitors since 1911. photo: Jay Clarke 1907 ride prices on certain evenings. the oak trees, they lift you up, and they carefully, Innvar says. “They become the “We’ve been there many times As the last remaining seaside have a canopy that caps it off -- so it’s bones of the garden, and you really want with our kids, but it doesn’t matter how amusement park on the Pacific Coast, the still an intimate experience, even though to get them set right,” she says. old you are -- young or old,” says Wendy Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk occupies the trees are huge,” he says. -- Try putting plants with small McAndrews, who lives in Prunedale, a special place in the hearts of Califor- Through her design classes, In- leaves and flowers right next to plants about 35 miles from Santa Cruz. “It’s with strong shapes and forms. nians. And it is enjoyed by all ages. nvar has learned that gardeners need SEE ‘MILESTONE’ PAGE 21. practice working with scale, and that peo- -- Many herbaceous plants have ple who love plants struggle to limit their great architectural presence, Innvar says. selections and make disciplined choices. She likes Crambe cordifolia, Rodgersia, Clustering several identical Acanthus and Inula helenium. Hostas are plants together helps new gardeners over- another possibility, but “I think we can do come the tendency to line everything up, better,” she says. she says, and limiting your choices will -- Don’t neglect borrowed views. bring the garden into focus. 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Thanks to many cases you’re already outed, so you entrance or national forest district ranger Babcock Wylie, author of Best Places Southwest’s low one-way fares, she may as well ask for the discount. station. Destinations: Central California Coast. doesn’t have to commit to a return date Call it good sense or call it 9. The rate schedule for state “We’ve even been offered a senior dis- months in the future, nor tie up money in chutzpah. In Nassau County NY, a resident hunting and fishing licenses is count by our heating/plumbing furnace a round-trip ticket. woman whose diabetic dog requires a complicated but in most states a price service.” “ I’m 62,” says Joan Price, author very expensive insulin asked her phar- break is available for those who are over Wylie and her husband discov- of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight macist for a senior discount because her a certain are or are disabled. Your home ered a dirty little business secret. Senior Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press). 11-year-old dog was 77 in people years. state may also give you a break on state discounts are never offered, but ask for “I accept all advertised senior discounts She got it! park fees. one and you may see 10 percent or more and if a discount isn’t advertised, I ask if 10 Steps to Senior Savings 10. Keep your cool. Mistakes melt instantly off your bill. Any bill. And there is one. My vet surprised me with a 1. As soon as you turn 50, be or misunderstandings happen. The more you don’t even have to be 65, or retired, 10 percent discount after I asked.” Price alert for senior discounts. Ask your bank upbeat and positive an experience this is or have gray hair. has found discounts at age 50, 55, 59, 60 if you qualify for free checking, a lower for both you and the merchant, the easier Discounts start kicking in at age or 62. “I know some people don’t use the interest rate on your credit card or cheap- it will be for next senior who asks for a 50 if you join AARP, and AARP dis- discounts out of vanity but puh-leese,” er rent on your safe deposit box. Ask at discount. counts also apply to a spouse of any age. she snorts, “Do you really think the teen- businesses such as your hair salon, yoga Sampling Of Discounts A businesswoman whose husband is 15 age clerk cares if you’re 50 or 60? You’re studio, optician, dentist or auto service. 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The clinic provides medical ser- Call for information on general Mary-Corwin Medical Center and the am vices to Pueblo and the surrounding meeting. cast of Grey’s Anatomy have in com- Park Hill Christian Church - Monday, southern Colorado area. OVER THE HILL GANG mon? They are both featured in the July 16th 10:00-Noon OWLS NEWS contact Caroline Luellen at 543- inaugural issue of Vim & Vigor! The Minnequa Park Apts. - Tuesday, July Join the OWLs. We’re a 3787 for this month’s activities. new regional publication is published 17th 9:00-11:30 am hoot! Bridge: Patty Bridge, 547-1822. PUEBLO MUNICIPAL BAND quarterly with an emphasis on healthy Mesa Towers Apt. - Wednesday, July Duplicate bridge, 562-0937. Christian PERFORMING SUNDAY, July 1, living in Colorado. Local articles feature 18th 9:00 – 11:30 am singles (PW), 547-9787. Creative writ- 2007 medical experts from St. Mary-Corwin, Ogden Apartments - Thursday, July ing, 547-0250 or 583-2885. Creature The Pueblo Municipal Band will Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in 19th 9:00-10:30 am comforts, 671-2030 or 543-4750. Day hold its fourth performance on Sunday, Colorado Springs and St. Thomas More Fulton Heights Community Center - trips, 547-8181. Dominoes, 543-6926. July 1 at 7 PM at the PCC Wells-Fargo Hospital in Canon City. Thursday, July 19th 1:00-2:30 pm Dream appreciation, 583-2885. Fine outdoor amphitheater on Orman Street. The summer issue includes *All locations are open to the general dining, 546-6189. Genealogical society, We will be celebrating the Fourth of July local information on the health system’s public for these clinics. 545-6326. Theater...Music, 545-2803. musically in this one hour presentation. “Speak Up” program, precautions for Please call Pueblo StepUp @ Movies, 543-6657. Our guest conductor will be Todd summer athletes to take with fun in the 557-5886 if you have any questions. GENEALOGY SOCIETY Seip, band instructor at Craver Middle sun, diabetes programs in the area, as Southern Colorado Clinic The Southeastern Colorado School, Colorado City. He is also a PMB well as an “ask the experts” segment on announces the opening Genealogy Society holds regular meet- Band Member and Composer.. keeping your skin safe from skin cancer. Of a second Urgent Care facility ings on the second Saturday of the month People interested in supporting For more information, or to receive a in Pueblo, Colorado. at 2:00pm in Meeting Room “B,” Robert the band are encouraged to check the complimentary copy of Vim & Vigor, Southern Colorado Clinic Hoag Rawling Public Library, First floor, web site for details, or to come to the call (719) 557-3814. opened a second Urgent Care facility 100 Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO. concert and talk to any of the officers. Pueblo StepUp FREE on June 17, 2007 at 3937 Ivywood Lane At the meeting on Aug. 11, Call 561-0648 for website address. Ask Community Well-Being Pueblo, Colorado 81005. In addition 2007, the speaker will be Patricia for Sharon. Clinics to the current Urgent Care located at Roberts, from the Colorado Council of HELP ELDERS AGE IN PLACE McHarg Park Community Center - 3676 Parker Blvd., Pueblo, Colorado, the Genealogy Societies. Non-members wel- RYE, CO May 16, 2007 Avondale - Monday, July 9th 9:00-11:30 second location on Pueblo’s south side, come. Starting with the September meet- – Geriatric care manager and author am gives patients additional flexibility when ing, beginner’s genealogy classes will Linda LaPointe announced the release of Vail Hotel - Tuesday, July 10th 9:00- choosing an Urgent Care to receive their be offered one hour before the regular “Home, Sweet Home: Help Elders Age 10:30 am healthcare. meeting. No charge. To register, call 546- in Place,” a book for everyone who even Hyde Park Community Center - Contact Kim Garnett, Southern 1973. thinks they may become a caregiver to a Tuesday, July 10th 1:00-2:30 pm Colorado Clinic, at 719-553-2200 or AARP #173 NEWS vulnerable adult. Joseph Edwards Senior Center (SRDA) email to [email protected]. Cripple Creek Trip: Fundraiser The National Alliance for - Wednesday, July 11th 9:45-Noon Southern Colorado Clinic has bus to Cripple Creek, July 10th, leav- Caregiving Survey, taken in 1997 by the Mineral Palace Towers - Thursday, July been in business in the Pueblo area since ing southside Wal-Mart. Cost is $22.00 American Society on Aging, stated that 75% of caregivers report negative care- giving experiences. Depression Can Lead To Illness/Diabetes A study reported that most of by Robin Mosey - Home Instead the JAMA/Archives journals. and recurring aches and pains that don’t adult children of aging parents don’t Question: My wife died last year, af- Each year for 10 years, study par- respond to medical treatment. know what questions to ask or how to ter 55 years of marriage, and I’ve been ticipants were evaluated for the presence One of the best ways to fight de- prepare for caregiving. For those people struggling with some depression. My of 10 symptoms of depression, including pression is through companionship. Al- who don’t know where to begin, “Home, daughter is concerned that I will become those related to mood, irritability, calorie though it may be difficult at first, make Sweet Home:” ill. I told her that everyone who loses a intake, concentration and sleep. At the an effort to reconnect with old friends or Defines ‘aging in place’ long-time spouse is depressed and that beginning of the study, the average score establish new relationships. Look to your Assists you to decide if you can be a care- she should just give me time. was 4.5, and one-fifth of participants had family, neighborhood, church or senior giver, and at what level You’re right that losing a spouse a score of eight or higher. During the fol- center. Gives ideas on how to start ‘that talk’ can be one of the most difficult stages low-up period, scores increased by at least Or consider hiring a companion with parents in life. And time often helps heal the five points in nearly half the participants, helper who could take the edge off the Lists ways to make the home safer from broken heart. But your daughter is right and 234 individuals developed diabetes. lonely days as well as assist around the accidents about one thing. Depression can lead to The study, which was conducted house. CAREGivers from Home Instead Describes the role of Family Care illness and there are studies to prove it. by Feinberg School of Medicine, North- Senior Care are screened, trained, bonded Manager, and suggested traits for this Older adults who have had western University, Chicago, reported and insured, and equipped to brighten the coordinator of care symptoms of depression—whether those that a whopping two million older adults lives of older adults. 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To learn more, arrange for a review copy, or to interview Linda LaPointe, see www.homesweethome- book.com or call at 719.248.8554. SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOL Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church will be hosting the fun filled Great Bible Reef Vacation Bible School from July 16th – 20th. This exciting Bible School is for everyone between the ages of three and grade five. Sessions run from 9:00 AM to noon each day. The cost is $5.00 per student. To register or for more information, please call the church office at 275-6797. Shepherd of the Hills is located at 801 North Sheridan (south of the hos- pital) in Canon City. Page 18 - Senior Beacon - July, 2007 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info SENIOR CLASSIFIEDS nurse available to assist you in CONSULTATION. Evening appoint- your home. Doctor’s appointments, SENIOR CLASSIFIED AD REQUEST ments possible. Dan Smith, DDS. shoppping, errands - please call 565- 1319 N. 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All garbage -- replaced with something newer and should be so lucky! fresher and more fabulous -- those nice Amazing, the stuff people throw big samples lose their reason for being. out -- stuff that, as my grandmother used No point in sampling something you can’t to say reprovingly, is “perfectly good,” or order. So out they go, yards and yards even outright wonderful. of stuff you’d pay hundreds a yard for, Linda Arye is still amazed at to be unceremoniously interred in some what she found when she stopped in landfill. at the Marketplace Design Center in Once upon a time, when cotton Philadelphia one day in 2000 to place bolls were picked clean of seeds by hand, an order for a client. Arye is an interior and thread was hand-spun, and every designer, and the Design Center is a big square inch of fabric was hand-woven, building full of showrooms displaying textiles were precious. A garment would high-end goodies -- furniture, fabrics, be worn, repaired, worn some more, fixtures, tile, window treatments, handed down, remade, handed down wallcoverings, carpets, custom closets, again, willed to one’s heirs, and eventually accessories, etc., available to the trade. cut up so the bits that weren’t worn out On her way in, Arye nearly collided with could be made into quilts. Even after the a pile of big, black, bulging lawn bags. Industrial Revolution, clothes would be “What is this?” she asked the worn into rags -- and then the rags would man on the desk. be sold to the rag man, who sold them to “Oh, don’t mind,” he told her. a shoddy mill, where they were ground up “It’ll all be gone by tomorrow.” Turned into fiber and rewoven into low-quality Linda Arye, surrounded by stacks of donated fabric samples that have taken over out the Design Center was dumping its (i.e., shoddy) cloth to start the cycle over her kitchen addition, shows off some of the patchwork quilts her group makes for discontinued fabric samples. again. hospitalized children. photo:Patricia McLaughlin When I shop discount fabric Now we’re so rich we can take used to tell her. I remember my mother The memory of Mollie’s outlets for $5-a-yard mill-end chintz to exquisite, fabulously expensive fabrics saying exactly the same thing as she disconsolate wails gave her an idea: cozy, recover some chair cushions, I consider that have never even been used, only pointed sternly to the snarl of gooey cheery, washable quilts for sick kids myself lucky if they’ll cut me a chinchy looked at, and pay people to bury them spinach left on my plate. separated from their blankies and their little 2-inch square from the end of the bolt in the ground. There are whole industries But wasting beautiful fabric teddy bears by hospital rules. to take home and put next to the carpet to that specialize in the reuse and recycling beautifully hand-printed in 17 colors has A fine idea -- and if I’d had it, make sure it’s not exactly the wrong shade of fibers and fabrics; even so, according to to be a worse sin than not finishing your seven years later I’d still be trying to decide of blue. The sort of customer who hires a one estimate, we consign nearly 5 million spinach. Arye told the man to hold onto what to do about it. But Arye is a dynamo. decorator to help her decide whether to tons of fabric to landfills and incinerators those bags, she’d be back for them. Seven years later, she has the owners have her favorite sofa reupholstered in each year -- and pay hundreds of millions She didn’t know what she’d do of all the major fabric houses on board a $700-a-yard Scalamandré tapestry or of dollars to dispose of it. with them. There had to be a thousand with Quilts for Kids (www.quiltsforkids. a $475 Brunschwig & Fils taffeta gets Arye, faced with that huddle of pounds of fabric there. Would it even fit org) and 63 chapters of volunteers across bigger samples, sometimes as big as a trash bags, decided to do something about in a station wagon? Would she need a the country working with local design yard or two, nicely finished on the edges, it. “I was really tired of all the waste in truck? centers to turn discontinued fabrics into to take home and fling over the back of the industry,” she says. Waste is a sin, her Her aunt had just learned to patchwork quilts to comfort sick and the sofa and live with for a few days to father, who’d grown up in the Depression, quilt. Maybe the samples could be turned abused children. At last count, they’d into patchwork? Then she remembered delivered 40,000 finished quilts, and kept a time, years before, when her daughter more than a million pounds of fabric Your Trusted Source of Mollie had been sick. She’d taken her to samples out of landfills. the emergency room, and remembered Arye has lost count of the Companionship and Home Care all too clearly how Mollie cried when number of fully loaded 18-wheelers that they took her away all alone for tests. have shown up to unload donated fabric They wouldn’t let her mom go with her. at her house in Yardley, Pa. -- and the for Seniors They wouldn’t even let her hold on to her number of times she’s had to race around favorite teddy bear: God forbid it should the neighborhood borrowing garage harbor germs or allergens! space because there was more than she had room for. She could use more space. And more quilting volunteers. And money for shipping and packing materials and office supplies and the rotary blades and cutting mats they use to cut out quilt pieces. 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Longstanding butler schools in more money as a toxic dump than with business ethics exam (and investigated unlocked rental truck whose engine was both countries are running at capacity, casinos and luxury hotels, but now faces 27 others, but could not meet the school’s still warm and which contained marijuana turning out debonair, refined manservants millions of dollars in federal fines as an legal standard of “irrefutable” proof worth an estimated $20 million, with the at salaries that may exceed $100,000 (plus, out-of-control Superfund site, according against them). The offense was that driver undoubtedly on the run, and not in the U.S., an extra $20,000 or so for to a June Los Angeles Times report. some students took exams for others. (2) just from police. 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The magpie Mar- sprinkled with words of Indian and 16th gado, whose ‘Papa’ was her grandfather Century Spanish origins. Her writings Eduvigen Salazar, born in 1876, is de- express the family’s journey from rural scribed as “más chucho que qué. In other Monte Vista to El Salado, the Salt Creek words, Margado was “such a tattletale.” Children filling their buckets Baby Alfie (‘alfieonhorse’ neighborhood of urban Pueblo. This Margado was babysitter to Mrs. Salazar from El Ojito, water source 1936) Taken at her grandfa- month, Mrs. Salazar’s first book of sto- for the Salt Creek commu- ther’s homestead in Monte and her three siblings. The bird watched nity, circa 1940 from the Vista (collection of Lela Ca- ries and poems, Volando Como el Viento/ the children closely and tattled on them if Author, Alfie Salazar photo: unknown collection of Jovita Chavez. photo: Missy Dettmering, Accent Photography saus). Flying with the Wind, was released. they invaded the henhouse or played by photo: unknown Mrs. Salazar’s book editor Deborah the forbidden corrals. Margado whistled Vista, El Salado, La Familia of eleven Reading Community Award (2000). Martinez Martinez stated that the lan- at the ladies when visitors arrived at the siblings, and Poems of the Heart. She volunteers at the Pue- guage of the book can be described as a ranch, scandalizing the decorous women To share her writing journey with blo City-County Library District (since character. of the day. others, Mrs. Salazar began a blog, not a 1993), and is a founding member of the “Mrs. Salazar uses the “native” oral The Casaus family moved to Salt regular activity for a 71-year-old woman. Fray Angelico Chavez Chapter of the Ge- tradition to tell her stories. She accom- Creek in 1944. The children crossed the At www.flyingwithalfiesalazar.blogspot. nealogical Society of Hispanic America, plishes the difficult task of translating “black waters” of Salt Creek and busy com , she describes meeting with her as well as a member of two other geneal- a spoken, archaic language to a written Northern Avenue to the old CF& I park- publisher, editing her myriad of story ver- ogy societies in New Mexico. one,” she said. ing lot, down through the arroyo to attend sions and poems, and links to her other She is married to Alfred Salazar (1953), The introduction by publisher/writer Edison Elementary School. Mrs. Salazar published work on Wheelhouse Magazine has three children, seven grandchildren, Charlene Garcia Simms describes the in- describes her experiences in the family’s (www.wheelhousemagazine.com/fiction. and one great-grandson. She began her corporation of archaic words, some from two-room adobe home. Papa built up the htm) and on the CSU’s Hispanic Cultural formal writing career as a member of a the Rio Grande indigenous people such corners when he came home from work- Experience website (www.colostate-pue- poetry group called ‘Las Compañeras.’ as cunques (coffee grounds) or from Na- ing at the CF&I and Mama raised the blo.edu/hispanicexperience/). She enjoys writing, crafts, camping, cro- huatl, the language of the Aztecs, such as walls during the day. The children carried Mrs. Salazar attended Keating Junior cheting, traveling, the mountains, Cripple zoquete (mud) and zaquate (grass) into drinking water from the Ojito, the fresh High School and Central High School. Creek, and visiting her sister in Denver. the spoken language of San Luis Valley. water spring which supplied Salt Creek. She drove a school bus, worked in a hos- She describes herself as a people person According to Ms. Garcia Simms, Historic photographs provided by Salt pital dietary department, and acted as Boy and a hugger. “The language of this region melded like Creek historian Jovita Chavez, comple- Scout Den Mother for nine years. She re- Books are available at El Pueblo the “trinity” of Spanish, Mexican, and In- ment the narrative. ceived the Dr. Frist Humanitarian Award History Museum or by calling 719-542- dian elements.” She added, “After 1848, Four sections of the 100-page book in- from Parkview Medical Hospital (1988), 3682. the language evolved more with the vite the reader to visit El Rancho Grande, the Outstanding Woman for Woman’s American influence when the southwest her grandfather’s homestead in Monte History Month (1995), and an Up With Milestone Achieved By Santa Cruz Amusement Park from page 14. will host its 55 millionth rider this year. A umnist Herb Caen as “a tooth-loosener, start in North America when three Hawai- nice, and it’s free, except for the rides.” National Historic Landmark, the coaster eyeball-popper and one long shriek.” ian princes used locally milled redwood Her favorite ride is the 1924 has been seen in many movies and televi- While it’s a venerable attrac- boards to ride the Pacific waves. Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster, the sion commercials and was once charac- tion, that coaster isn’t the boardwalk’s Today, surfing is a major sport most popular of the park’s 35 rides. It terized by legendary San Francisco col- oldest ride. That honor belongs to the here, with riders testing such venues as Looff Carousel, also a National Historic Cowell’s Beach, Pleasure Point and the Landmark. It has been twirling visitors famous but dangerous Steamer Lane. The Won’t You Help Us? since 1911. Each of the merry-go-round’s nation’s first surfing museum is situated in a former lighthouse overlooking Steamer Why not send donation checks to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of hand-carved horses is unique, their tails made of real horse hair. Some have a seri- Lane, and 15 surf shops are located in America (CCFA) to help defeat ALL Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)! While ous look with swords at their sides, while Santa Cruz, including four founded by the higher percentage of people that have trouble with IBD are adults, many others wear smiles and garlands of flow- surfing legend Jack O’Neill. youngsters are afflicted with this horrible disease. To that end Robin Lynn Grasso ers. On land, athletic young visitors head for Derby Skate Park, the first skate- is trying to raise money to send to CCFA so their research department can use The carousel also possesses a rare working ring dispenser. As they board park in the country, or the brand those dollars to find a cure or at least some relief for IBD sufferers. The research move around, riders on the outside horses new Mike Fox Park with its full pipe, team at CCFA has isolated the gene that inflicts the damage to the intestines and can grab a steel ring and try to toss it into several bowls and street course. It opened are getting closer to a breakthrough. the mouth of a huge clown figure, setting earlier this year. Santa Cruz’s downtown, centered We, at Beacon Publishing, are offering premiums for the various levels off a light display. And in mid-April, the park installed another uncommon feature on tree-lined Pacific Avenue, is a treat for of donations. Won't you help us in our quest to defeat this dreaded disease? at the carousel, a 1918 Wurlitzer band strollers and shoppers. 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It’s not for the faint of dining venue is the Santa Cruz Wharf, OVER $100.00 DONATION - Get all three above. heart. home to dozens of gift and apparel shops, Make your donations (checks) to CCFA (tax deductible) & send to: The seaside park also has a log water-sport outfitters and restaurants. And Beacon Publishing - P.O. Box 7215 flume and two other coasters, one made of if you’re looking for a flea market, there’s Pueblo West, CO 81007-0215 steel, the other for kids. But perhaps the one at the Skyview Drive-In, the Central happiest attraction is Laffing Sal, a life- Coast’s only remaining drive-in movie sized comic figure that constantly laughs, theater. often triggering a similar response from Six miles north of town are two mesmerized viewers. sites well worth visiting, Roaring Camp More than 3 million people visit Railroads and Henry Cowell Redwoods the boardwalk annually. The park, which State Park. Roaring Camp operates two is 75 minutes south of San Francisco and steam railway lines that run through the 45 minutes north of Monterey, also stages redwood forest. One goes to Bear Moun- free band concerts on its broad beach on tain, the other to the boardwalk in Santa summer Friday nights. Cruz. Santa Cruz’s beach is home to Also of interest is the adjacent "I know the worst of IBD, and CCFA's Research Department another important recreation -- surfing. city of Capitola, the Pacific Coast’s oldest is so close to making a breakthrough to help It was here in 1885 that surfing got its seaside resort town, with its Mediterrane- all of us who are battling these diseases. I urge an ambience and begonia-scented streets. May The Clouds Information: Santa Cruz County you to help us beat these terrible afflications." Never Burst And Conference and Visitors Council, (831) The Son Always 425-1234 or www.santacruzca.org. Santa ...... 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If the broth is very salty pithy flesh with tough seeds. pork satay or curries, or as a low-calorie or strong-tasting, dilute it to taste with -- Fresh, firm cucumbers dip with baked chips or crudites. water. will keep well in a plastic bag in the THAI CUCUMBER SALAD GINGERED RED SNAPPER WITH Serve this zesty Thai salad of cucumbers refrigerator for up to one week. 2 tablespoons lime juice or rice vinegar CUCUMBERS and fresh chilies with omelets, grilled -- Long, slender thin-skinned 1 tablespoon water 4 to 6 cups fish stock or chicken broth hamburgers, skewered chicken or fish, or English or Japanese cucumbers rarely 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup sake or dry white wine as a lively accompaniment to chips and need peeling or seeding. Even thicker- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt 1 thin slice of fresh ginger the size of a crudities. photo: Lifestyle Media Group skinned garden varieties require peeling 2 cups sliced unpeeled cucumber quarter coin 2. 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Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - July, 2007 - Page - 23 “Light For The Journey” By Jan McLaughlin - Director of Prayer Warriors For Prisoners

There was no chance for me to seem to fit in get to court but six months later, I was the category called to court and released from prison.” of “one of “CONNECTING HEARTS At this point, I was weeping and praising the least of ACROSS THE WORLD!” the Lord with her. “The other prayer these” but PART I request I sent was for my children. I had she does, Nearly 100 toddlers laughed and not seen them for a very long time and I along with others Jesus identifies with in played with the mission team on the lawn didn’t know if they were even alive. My Matthew 25: Orphans, widows, home- of Amani Baby Cottage in Jinja, Uganda. prayer was for God to make a way for less and prisoners. The “least of these” Some scampered across the lawn chas- me to see them and know they are well. might be a neighbor, parent, friend or ing balloons while others stood baffled, Since then, I have seen my children and brother because the neediest, whether looking at their empty hands where a Caroline(l) and Jan with her cards. one day, when I learn the tailoring trade, they would admit it or not, are the spiri- balloon had just popped. Several of us big smile walked up to us and handed I can start a business and will be able to tually poor, eternally lost souls who need had walked five or six blocks from the Annie the red balloon he was carrying. have them with me. I have no way to a Savior. It is our mission as Christ’s Calvary Chapel mission compound to the Looking into my eyes and with very support them yet. You just came from the disciples, to share the Good news of the orphanage to hold and play with babies. good English, he asked, “What’s your orphanage where my youngest son stays. Gospel with them, wherever they are. Housing mostly orphans from infancy name?” I said, “My name is Jan. What’s His name is Jesse.” “And Jesus came and spoke to them, to five years old, the grounds buzz with your name?” “My name is Jesse,” was My heart nearly burst at God’s saying, “All authority has been given to activity. Several infants housed at the his quick reply before he ran off with a perfect timing. When Caroline told me Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore Cottage are preemies because the hos- friend. Soon afterward, I saw Jesse and about Jesse I remembered “Baby Jesse” and make disciples of all the nations, pital in Jinja is ill equipped to care for his friend with balloon “hats” on their at women’s prison when I was there in baptizing them in the name of the Father them. heads. They looked like they had won 2005. He was only a year old and the and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, The Amani Baby Cottage has an a prize. The children were so precious ladies passed him to each other during teaching them to observe all things that I incubator. We were given a tour of the and most have lost their parents to AIDS. Bible study so they could take turns hold- have commanded you; and lo, I am with orphanage buildings, clinic and grounds, There is a tremendous need for Amani ing him. The women in Ugandan prisons you always, even to the end of the age.” and held babies along the way. The other Baby Cottage and other orphanages like are allowed to keep a child under two and Amen. Matt 28:18-20” NKJV ladies began blowing balloons to create it in Uganda. some babies are born there. When they © June 2007 Jan McLaughlin All rights animals, hats, swords and flowers for the When I returned to the mission reach two, other homes must be located reserved. Jan McLaughlin is Director of children. I picked up a tiny girl who held compound, a young woman was sitting for them. I remembered that Beverly Prayer Warriors For Prisoners and can her hands up to me and I soon learned her on one of several stump “stools” under Rich, the missionary who teaches the be reached at 719-275-6971 or by e-mail, name is Annie. the Plumeria tree by the church. Holding Bible study, was concerned because Jesse [email protected]. She attached herself to me and out her hand to me, she said, “I need to was malnourished and she had sent boiled would not let me put her down. Each talk to you.” I took her hand and sat next eggs to him every day. What a thrill to attempt brought a loud wail and she to her. “Do you remember me?” she see Jesse’s mother out of prison, looking clung tighter to me. My heart ached asked. “I’m Caroline. I was in prison so well and excited about a new business with desire to do more for Annie than when you were here before and I sent to support her children. But more impor- just hold her for a few minutes, but for prayer requests to you. What I asked tantly, praising God for answered prayer this moment, it was all I could do so I sat prayer for was impossible. One prayer and walking in relationship with Him. in a swing with her on my lap and held was that I be allowed to go to court and Caroline and I talked for some her close. An adorable little boy with a be released. time about her life and how God has blessed her. She told me she had let- ters from Prayer Warriors For Prisoners and returned the next day with several Christmas cards from PWFP volunteers. She held them tenderly, opening each one for me to see. My heart skipped a beat as I thought about sharing my encounter with Caroline with those who sent the Jesse and friend. cards. How blessed they would be. 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Property is 2.76 acres. $75,000 Call Lynn at Prime Realty, 784-6100 "Help Us Help Others" or 250-4531. Page 24 - Senior Beacon - July, 2007 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Reeling "Romance In A New Land” by Film Critic Betty Jo Tucker, Pueblo Romance In A New whenever asked if she’s hungry. But she Guinee captures the true essence of a faces even more serious problems. She’s hard-working introverted farmer trying Land German, and prejudice against people of to deal with his churning emotions. Tapping into the American that nationality still runs rampant as a When these two finally get together, it’s immigrant experience, writer/director result of World War I. Because obtaining definitely something to cheer about. Ali Selim’s “Sweet Land” emerges as the proper papers seems almost impos- I’m intrigued by movies that a beautiful and poignant film. It tells sible, Inge’s marriage to Olaf (Guinee) take us back in time and offer vicarious the story of a German mail-order bride must wait. Instead of moving into Olaf’s experiences involving a particular place. who finds herself in a strange and rather comfortable house, she’s forced to stay “Sweet Land,” Selim’s first feature film, unwelcoming Minnesota Norwegian- with his extroverted friend Frandzen (the accomplishes this with style and grace. American community back in 1920. Co- versatile Alan Cumming, who also pro- Adapted from a short story by Will starring Elizabeth Reaser as the bewil- duced “Sweet Land”) and his wife (Alex Weaver, Selim’s movie version gave dered newcomer and Tom Guinee as the Kingston), parents of numerous children. me the same “being there” feeling I had Norwegian farmer who sent for her, this Even the local pastor (John Heard) has while watching “Places in the Heart” splendid independent movie impressed trouble accepting Inge. One of his rea- – and that’s high praise indeed. (DVD me with its charming simplicity and sons? He thinks she uses too many beans scheduled for release by 20th Century convincing sense of place. in her coffee! Still, 1920 was a year of Fox on July 10; rated “PG” for brief When Inge (Reaser) arrives at hard economic times, so such excesses partial nudity and mild language.) her new home, she can’t speak English were probably taboo then. – except to say “I could eat a horse” Watching Inge struggle to com- Alan Cumming on municate with her shy husband-to-be ant, it still displays the unique Cumming becomes quite painful here, and at first I SWEET LAND READ “Sweet Land” features the multi- spin his fans enjoy so much. “I suppose I thought subtitles should have been added talented Alan Cumming in a supporting put a Cumming spin on everything I do,” SENIOR BEACON to help viewers understand these scenes role, but this lovely film might not have he wrote. “It’s not something for effect - better. However, this approach served ON LINE FREE been made without his help. “Ali Selim, - I’m just the person I am and the artist I to involve me more and more with each the writer and director, is a friend of am and I just let it all hang out and hope sequence between Inge and Olaf, and I AT mine, and I had been aware of the script that people get it.” ended up actually feeling their frustra- www.seniorbeacon.info for a few years until one day I woke In addition to his work in mov- tion. Fortunately, filmmaker Selim chose up and thought it was insane that this ies, Cumming appears on Broadway (he or two actors who knew how to interpret beautiful film wasn’t produced yet,” he earned a Tony for “Cabaret”) and also Subscribe to have their characters well. Reaser and Guinee explained in an e-mail interview. “So I writes, directs and edits. “I think as an Senior Beacon sent to you in deliver wonderful performances as the started to help Ali make it happen …that artist you should keep yourself open to movie’s romantic leads. Reaser endows the mail- just $19.95/year. is why I am credited as a producer.” anything that excites and engages you,” Inge with so much determination that Call 647-1300 for info! According to Cumming, work- he maintains. “I think that one of the I wanted to shout, “You go, girl!” And ing with Selim turned out to be quite things about being an artist is telling a enjoyable. “Although this is Ali’s first story, and I do that in various forms. The movie, he has directed commercials for good thing about doing so many differ- many years and is therefore incredibly ent things is that I feel refreshed when I experienced, detailed and patient. It’s come back to acting.” always exciting to work with someone Commenting on his career in who is so passionate and so clear. It is show-biz, Cumming said, “I don’t think infectious.” there is anything else I could do that Cumming was drawn to “Sweet would make me feel as fulfilled as the Land” for its poignancy and because it’s job I have now. I feel so lucky to have such an unusual story. “I love that the the chance to follow that through and be film doesn’t stick to any genre and yet a part of things like Sweet Land.” it is a simple tale about love and home, Read Betty Jo’s movie reviews at www. something everyone can relate to.” ReelTalkReviews.com. Autographed Like most moviegoers, I’ve copies of her books, CONFESSIONS enjoyed such quirky Cumming perfor- OF A MOVIE ADDICT and SUSAN mances as Fegan Floop in “Sky Kids,” SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, Mr. Folair in “Nicholas Nickleby” and are available in Pueblo at Barnes & Nightcrawler in “X-Men 2.” While his Noble. 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