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Silent Movie Buff turns 106 in Petaluma!
Stena Merrill played for silent films and met her idol, Valentino
by Diana Gruhl
H
ow many people alive today can
claim to have met Rudolph
Valentino in the early 1900s, or
played the piano for the silent movies? In
addition, how many 100+ year olds have
you met who can walk alone to meals and
activities using a walker, and sing songs
and tell great jokes about their life stories?
At age 106, Stena Merrill of Petaluma is
one of 14 residents in Sonoma County
between 105 and 110 years of age, and on
her way to becoming one of the .014% of
more than 70,000 centenarians in the United
States known as “super centenarians,” or
110 and over.
performing a show at the great Salt Air
Pavilion, the “Coney Island of the West” in
Salt Lake City. This was one of the great
resorts and event venues of her time, and of
the encounter she said, “he was short but
good looking,” and the star of her favorite
movie, “The Sheik.”
She loved ballroom dancing as a
young lady, especially the Rag
Time Two-Step, and followed Irene
and Vernon Castle, dance pioneers
of her time. She remembers also
being very creative—making hats out
of linen and putting cherries on the
top, and playing bridge and golf.
Born for Adventure
Family Life
Born Stena Warren on December 7, 1905,
she began her life in Fillmore, Utah, the
state’s first territorial capitol, to Kristina
and Charles Warren, whose families were
from England and Denmark. Though both
parents passed away from illness when she
was a baby, she and her two older sisters,
Loraine and Virginia, were raised by their
mother’s parents in a large three-story
house with five bedrooms.
Growing up in this small town, Stena’s
favorite childhood activities were playing
dolls and roller skating around town on
sidewalks. “I was in seventh heaven on
roller skates,” she says.
She attended primary school in Filmore,
then went to high school in a town called
Grantsville, where history was her favorite
subject. She worked as a babysitter and
“helped out” at the local telephone com­
pany. But her most memorable activity was
playing the piano at silent movies, which
got their start the same year she was born..
“I remember when the movies had no
talking--I played piano by ear and got to
see all the movies for free!”
One of the highlights of her young life
was meeting Rudolf Valentino when he was
In the 1920s, Stena moved to Pocatello,
Idaho, which became her primary life
home, to take care of her aunt’s children
while her aunt taught school. There she met
her first husband, Von Robbins, whom she
liked instantly. He played golf and
basketball, which she also enjoyed
watching. They “went together” for a year,
and then were married and had three
children, Boyd, Arlene, and Charles. Years
later, after her first husband passed away,
she met and married Rufus Merrill, with
whom she shared many happy years.
Though she loves the care of her family
and Our House Residential Care Home, she
says, “My heart is still in Idaho. Oh I just
LOVED the Coeur d’Alene area, with the
mountains, lakes, and trees!”
Although her two eldest children have
passed away, she enjoys an extended family
of three grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. She moved to Petaluma to
be near her youngest son Charles and his
wife Gay. Stena is most proud of her family
and being a great grandmother to
wonderful children.
Pearl Harbor
On Dec 7, 1941, her 36th birthday, she
Stena Merrill with
Presidential congratulations
and her idol, Rudolph Valentino
remembers sitting in her Idaho home by the
radio. About that infamous day, the attack
on Pearl Harbor, she said, “I remember
hearing the news and thought… this
horrible thing had to happen on MY
birthday of ALL days.”
What’s Her Secret?
When asked about her secret for
longevity, she said, “Well I haven’t lived an
exciting life, but a good one, and I believe
in always doing your best!” And from her
life-long commitment to family, trying new
things, and healthy habits, she does just
that. She also has a sense of humor, as she
says, “ I didn’t murder anyone or steal
anything!”
Her life story also points to the other
proven factors of longevity, such as family
members who have lived to their eighties; a
healthy—and now vegetarian—diet; and
programs such as Elder Active Programs,
where she gets involved with arts and
crafts, theme programs, and mentally
stimulating activities, and contributes her
enthusiasm and ideas. She also takes plenty
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February 2012 ◆ page 3
Don Deffenbaugh
Council on Aging’s new Mental Health Services director
by Bonnie Allen
D
on Deffenbaugh’s office area is
hung with small shamanic
tapestries of intricate design and
glowing colors. They suffuse his space with
warmth and calmness.
As Council on Aging’s newest staff
member, Don Deffenbaugh is supervisor of
mental health services. A licensed marriage
family therapist, he is in charge of two
programs: Senior Peer Support and Healthy
Ideas.
The Peer Support program is geared for
seniors over the age of 60 with an axis 1
mental health diagnosis. These clients are
experiencing the death of a spouse, the
stress of ongoing illness, isolation from
family and friends, or other life transitions.
Peer Support Volunteers make 12 to 14
home visits, depending on the need of the
client. The seniors are referred to COA from
a variety of sources: Sonoma County
Mental Health, other agencies working with
older adults, even a concerned member of
the family or neighbor. After the referral is
made, Don goes out and makes an initial
assessment that includes a mental health
assessment, a nutritional assessment, and
assessments of active daily living skills and
isolation issues.
The client is then assigned to Senior
Peer Support volunteers, who are compas­
sionate men and women over the age of
fifty from our community. They are trained
and supervised to provide nonjudgmental
emotional support, to be empathetic
listeners and to encourage clients to over­
come issues they are having in their lives.
The Healthy Ideas program is a more
structured program to assist clients with
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still set goals to overcome life altering
issues and activities to enhance these goals.
Clients participate by choosing the goals
they feel are manageable and attainable and
regain a sense of control to lift the feelings
of depression.
Healthy Ideas is a collaborative effort
though five agencies in Sonoma County.
Participants include Council on Aging,
Family Service Agency, Jewish Family and
Children’s Services, Petaluma People
Services Center and Sonoma County’s Area
Agency on Aging. Together these agencies
are the Older Adult Collaborative.
Healthy Ideas and the Senior Peer
Support programs are successful, and the
need is growing to find more volunteers to
assist the aging adult population. Don is
creating a new syllabus for the ten-week
training. The training includes topics such
as grief and loss, anxiety disorders and post
traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse
and pharmacology, obsessive compulsive
disorder and hoarding, delirium, depres­
sion and dementia; along with empathetic
listening skills, healthy boundaries, APS
mandated reporting requirements, Council
on Aging policies and procedures, and
resources in Sonoma County.
What brought Don and the Council on
Aging together? It was a confluence of
Don’s own family situation and a chance
meeting at a Costco Gas station.
“For the last 10 years I’ve been working
at Face to Face and the Marin AIDS Pro­
ject,” says Don. “I have lots of expertise as a
medical case manager and working with
people with severe medical issues. The
daily commute to San Rafael and being
accessible for my 84-year-old mother
became very difficult; then my car broke
down. I had to use a rental car while
looking for a replacement vehicle. I was at
Costco getting gas for the rental car when I
heard a voice: ‘Don, is that you?’ It was
Connie Aust’s assistant, Sherri Haessler,
whom I have known for well over 30 years.”
Don mentioned that he was looking for
a position closer to home, and Sheri put
Stena, continued from page 1
of time for rest and reflection, and says that
being with family and being proud of them
keeps her going.
For her birthday, Stena had a special
Elder Active party with friends and staff at
Our House, focusing on the highlights of
her life and the music, events, and
traditions of 1905, the year she was born.
The birthday queen also enjoyed a special
cake with a toast in her honor, and received
a letter from President Obama
congratulating her on her special day. Her
family celebrated with her as well.
Diana Gruhl, MSW, is president of Elder Active
Programs, Life Enrichment Programs for
Seniors, at www.elderactiveprograms.com.
Mental Health Supervisor Don
Deffenbaugh with shamanic tapestry.
him in touch with COA. By the time the
week was out Don had a new job and feels
very privileged to be working directly with
COA now.
Don has had many years experience
outside of elder care, working at Social
Advocates for Youth and Russian River
Counselors during his internship for his
Marriage and Family Therapy license.
Before that process, Don worked in
restaurants and food management
corporations as a chef/catering manager
and is using those abilities to assist COA in
their fundraising endeavors in the
Development Department.
Deffenbaugh has an unusual avocation:
he is a practicing shaman in the Peruvian
indigenous tradition, under the direction of
Peruvian shaman and anthropologist
Alberto Villoldo. The tapestries in his office
are manifestations of the tradition.
“I’ve been to Peru three times and
worked with indigenous people and
watched what they do.” He calls the work
“energy medicine.”
Deffenbaugh discovered the tradition
while recovering from a stroke in 2000. His
doctor had told him to just relax for 30
days, leaving him plenty of time to read. He
had registered with a book club and
forgotten to refuse the next book on the list,
Villoldo’s Shaman, Healer, Sage. So he read
it. He credits the knowledge he gained with
helping him recover from the stroke with
no side effects. He stresses that, unlike some
self-help gurus, shamans don’t work for
money, but for the spiritual benefits of
helping others.
Council on Aging is very happy to
welcome Don Deffenbaugh to our team.
A Little Inspiration . . .
“Always continue the climb. It is
possible for you to do whatever you
choose, if you first get to know who you
are and are willing to work with a power
that is greater than ourselves to do it.”
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Expect problems—and eat them for
breakfast.”
~Alfred A. Montapert
Sonoma Seniors Today
On the Edge
Extreme hiking for the uninitiated
by Lenore Pimental
I
t was my own
fault. One of my
New Year’s
resolutions was to
try new things on
my own, a scary proposition when you’re
sixty-nine, but timely. I feel like I’m at the
end of one part of my life, beginning a new
stage, and I want to know the para­meters.
What can I do, what should I not do, and
are there exceptions? So this year I booked a
trip to Africa, started ballroom dancing
lessons and, just last weekend, joined an
“adventure hike group” for what was
purported to be a “fun-filled day of
beautiful landscapes and moderately challeng­
ing activities” along a Pacific coastal reef.
I am still reeling, bruised, aching—three
days later.
There were warning signs from the out­
set. Our male hike leader, one year younger
than I, had dyed hair and a decidedly hyper­­
active persona. He spoke non-stop about
the fifty-plus hikes he runs, the hundreds
who periodically join him, how inexpensive
his trips are ($25 per) given the amenities he
provides, how much better it is to not be a
“couch potato,” ad infinitum.
I had already paid. I did not care.
We left our meeting place in Marin
County precisely at 10 am, nine of us, four
others not having shown up. As a group we
decided not to go to dinner after the hike,
which was slated to end at 4 P.M., for many
of my fellow hikers had plans for after­
wards—like an evening sail, preparation for
the next day’s 50k run, exercise classes that
they had to teach.
This, after hiking up and down cliffs for
hours.
I was impressed, and decidedly out of
my league, being the oldest and far from
athletic. Apparently, my one hour’s exercise
a day, which thrills my personal physician,
does not matter a whittle with young
athletes who run five miles on their lunch
breaks.
Admittedly, one man in his early sixties
was decidedly and profoundly overweight,
as well as carrying a heavy camera with a
tripod. I would learn that he had just lost
fifty pounds and was branching out to try
activities other than at his gym. Another
man was fifty-three, but had lost eighty
pounds in the last year and was eagerly
involved in a marathon of activities to
maintain that weight loss. A woman,
probably in her late fifties, was there with
her dog, a sweet Boxer named Dan, and I
suspected she had a crush on our leader—
who was gazing fixedly at a twentysomething young woman.
It was worse than movies-for-TV, worse
than poolside literature. I was in my very
own reality show.
Our hike leader, Tom, was anything but
professional. He marched to the very edge
of crumbling cliffs and proceeded to kick
great hunks of loose soil to the ocean below,
urging everyone to join him. No one did.
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He had us crawling beneath the
grasping roots of fallen cypress
trees, climbing out on branches,
scooting down precipices,
swinging out around barriers past
“no trespassing” signs with the
ocean crashing below—all so that
he could take our photographs for
his website.
“Ignore the signs,” Tom would say.
“They don’t mean us.” And on he would
march, past the saunas and meditation
shacks of various private retreats, past
military installations, through herds of
cows who looked at us curiously and went
on munching grass. The man had no
respect for boundaries or authority.
One of our members, tripod-cameraguy, asked if Tom had consulted the tide
schedule. At the time, we were gazing
down a ridiculously steep cliff at the very
narrow strip of beach where we were to eat
lunch.
“No. I never do. It’s more fun to take
our chances, don’t you think?”
Nearly everyone laughed, myself not
included. I felt like all these young people
were colluding in an attempt to see how
outrageous Tom could be, how over-theedge he would go. When I suggested that
some of us might enjoy having lunch at the
top of the cliff, with our utterly gorgeous
view, the response was immediate.
“You have to come. It’s so much fun to
climb, easy, and you can certainly do it.
You’re plenty strong enough.”
I felt like I was being overwhelmed by
my grandchildren.
“Besides,” Tom said, “there’s a whole
rope system down there to help us get up.
Take a chance. You’ll never know if you
don’t try.”
Magic words. Imagine reaching my age
and being silly enough to listen. So down
we all went, bringing half the cliff with us,
dirty and splintered and tired and thirsty. It
was now two P.M. and we were miles away
from our cars, having come such a tortuous
route that I would never find the trails back
on my own.
Tom had provided a small bag of nuts,
bottles of water, and tiny portions of wine
for each of us—for $25, along with, of
course, his hiking expertise. Most of the
group had not brought lunch, this being
their first time with Tom, but I had. I
brought out my salad—spring lettuce with
heirloom tomatoes, avocado, grapes and
herbed goat cheese—and poured on a bit of
basil dressing. When I looked up, so many
hungry eyes were on me that I wound up
sharing. In truth, I was beyond hunger. All I
wanted was to get home in one piece, as
unpromising as that seemed.
Things came to a head on our return
climb. I was first, and barely made it up,
with Tom taking his mortifying pictures all
the way. The youngsters scooted up without
too much effort, and the older ones took
their time. Then our heavyweight hiker had
a nightmare climb, and Tom went to help
him. The rope broke, and Tom fell back­
wards for thirty feet or so, while we all
looked on in horror. “Take a picture,” he
yelled.
When all of us were at last at the top, I
called a “time out for repairs.” It took me
fifteen minutes to clean cuts and scratches,
apply antiseptic and bandages, and check
for sprains. And then we were off, some of
us limping.
It was after six when we got to our cars.
“I’ll probably never see any of you
again, so goodbye and good luck,” I said.
And they looked at me, shocked and
surprised.
“Didn’t you have a great time?” they
asked. “Wasn’t it fun for you?”
I looked at them and smiled—at Tom,
who listed himself as being forty on dating
websites, at Jacques who is a stay-at-home
parent to a two-year-old, at Somara who
was unaware of Tom’s lechery in her blithe
innocence, at Richard who had already
experienced two broken ribs on one of
Tom’s hikes but kept coming back for more,
at all of them. “Well, maybe I’ll come again
for one of the easier hikes,” I said, not
meaning one word of it. They were
reassured. I had become their grannymascot, their nurse.
“Check my website for your photos,”
Tom called to me as I drove off. “See you
soon. Bring your kids and grandkids!”
Right. Like that’s really going to happen.
Lenore Pimentel is a retired county social
worker and veteran traveler. She writes for a
senior memoir class sponsored by Santa Rosa
Junior College.
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Deep Freeze
by Sylvia B. Bailin
F
Remembering the winter of 1933 in
Chicago is almost a pleasure while
sunning myself in Santa Rosa.
rom the warmth of my bed, I peeked
outside my window. Cold and gray.
The wind moaned like a Halloween
ghost. I pulled the blanket over my head
and wished I had a cold to keep me home
like my best girlfriend, Edith. So what if I
missed one Saturday? Our scholarships
were for the whole year. And the great
Chicago Art Institute wouldn’t disappear if
I stayed home, too.
“Sylvaleh, you’ll be late,” Mom called
from the kitchen. “It’s Saturday. You forgot?”
“I’m cold,” I whined.
“So get dressed and be thankful you got
warm clothes, not like other children.”
I shuffled into the kitchen wrapped in
my blanket and patted the radiator. Ice
cold. But it was turned on all the way.
Maybe Polanski, the janitor, was drunk
again. I rubbed the frost off a section of
window to read the thermometer outside.
The wind tugged at it.
“Mo-om.” I stared, unbelieving.
“Nineteen degrees below zero. And the wind
makes it feel like fifty below.”
“So, who should I complain to?” she
said, opening the lower window to snatch
the bottle of milk from our “icebox,” the
orange crate fastened onto the windowsill.
A snow flurry blasted in as though it had
been waiting. I shivered.
The frozen milk had popped the lid
and pushed two inches of solid milk
beyond the bottle’s narrow neck. We both
marveled.
“Nu, nineteen below,” she said with a
shrug, “so I make you hot kasha.”
“Mom, Edith isn’t going today. Maybe I
should stay home, too.”
“Edith is sick.”
“But maybe I’ll get sick, too.”
Mom wanted me home. I could tell from
the faint frown on her face. No twelve yearold girl should walk seven blocks to a
streetcar in nineteen below.
But I also detected her contrary
thoughts. Sylvaleh would survive and grow
stronger for the experience. Also the art
lessons were free. During the Depression,
you took anything free. “You go,” she said,
“you will be fine.”
When at last I stood at the door, hugging
my sketchpad, she performed her exit
checkup: boots, leggings, coat, mittens,
muffler, wool hat pulled over ears and
brows.
“Carfare you got?”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“So, you’ll be home for lunch?” This
question was more an instruction since
Edith and I liked to meander through the
galleries.
“Okay, Mom.”
She followed me out the door. “For you
I’m making hot soup.”
“Okay, Mom.”
As I descended the stairs, I heard, “Walk
page 6 ◆ February 2012 slow. It’s ice.”
At the building’s exit, the
wind caught the door. I
wrestled it closed. Snow and
paper debris blew about.
I wrapped my muffler
over my face, leaving only bespectacled
eyes exposed. I headed into the stinging
wind with mincing steps. Each chilly blast
reached under my coat but if I moved fast, I
wouldn’t shiver. By block two, I stuck my
glasses in my coat pocket because warm
breath fogged them.
I had five more blocks of mostly threestory brick apartment buildings and corner
Mama-and-Papa stores. Every window was
draped against the cold.
By the third block, I really missed Edith’s
conversation. All I heard was the lonely
scrunch of my boots on the snow and the
wailing wind. To distract myself, I tried to
hum the wind’s notes but that didn’t work.
At block five, across the street, a lone,
bent-over bundle appeared, hurrying with
tiny steps, Otherwise, Spaulding Avenue
was abandoned.
At last, I arrived at my streetcar corner.
Once stationary, I began to shiver again.
Foot stamping didn’t help.
I scrambled into an abandoned news­
stand nearby, climbed onto a shelf in the
farthest corner and hugged my knees to
chest. I shivered; my feet felt numb; I
thought of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire.”
At least I had some shelter. I imagined hot
chocolate.
I had to listen for the streetcar. The
conductor would pass my stop if I didn’t
jump out and wave.
As I shook for what seemed hours, clutch­
ing my knees in the far corner of the news­
stand, an idea blossomed in my mind with
a certainty and clarity I cherish to this day.
The far corner was not far enough.
After high school graduation, I would
leave Chicago.
Yes! Nothing was worth this torture, not
the art lessons, not the Rosenwald Museum,
not the Adler Planetarium, not even the
Grant Park concerts. Nothing!
With that decision, came instant relief.
Even my shivering decreased as I thought
of some warmer place. Arizona?
To add to the thrill of my resolve, I
heard a distant clanging. I straightened my
stiff legs and with baby steps, left my refuge
to stand in the pedestrian island. The wind
tore at me as though taking revenge for
hiding out. New Mexico?
In the gray distance, I saw the car’s
overhead electric antenna approach, then its
boxy red exterior. California? Wheels
clattered as the streetcar drew nearer. I
waved. The conductor clanged back in
recognition. I hopped aboard.
“A little chilly out there,” he said.
“Oh, it’s not so bad.” Sylvia Bailin is a retired public school teacher,
chamber music cellist and writer who lives in
Santa Rosa.
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Sonoma Social Club Says Thank You!
Dedicated volunteers are the heart of our Social Club
Social Club Hours and Locations
Sonoma Social Club meets Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday from 9:30 to 2:00pm
at the Vintage House in Sonoma. For more
information contact Laurel Anderson at
525-0143 x 103.
Healdsburg Social Club meets
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays from
9:30 to 2:00pm. You can contact Robin
Mahon, Director, at 433-6161 during their
business hours or Laurel Anderson when
their office is closed.
Sebastopol Social Club meets Monday,
Wednesday, Friday from 9:30 to 2:00pm.
Contact Sebastopol Senior Center at 8292440 and ask for Adriane Hatkoff, Director.
Interested in our programs? Have
questions? Want to volunteer? Please call
me, Laurel Anderson, at 525-0143x103.
By Laurel Anderson, Director, Sonoma Senior Social Club
and Supervisor, Social Day Programs
accompanying Owen Thomas. John Derby
ithout volunteers, the Sonoma
and Larry Nissim play the guitar and sing.
Senior Social Club would not
Keith Ridenhour found our program when
exist! Our Senior Social Day
he was taking a Spanish class at the Vintage
Programs are designed to enrich the quality
House. He now teaches us music theory
of life for older adults with limited physical
and plays his clarinet.
and cognitive func­tioning. We promote and
Leta Davis has been a string teacher in
maintain physical, mental, social and
Sonoma for 25 years. She is the coach,
emotional well-being. We accom­modate
teacher, friend, and the creator of the band
varying skill levels. A variety of stimulat­ing
Shameless. During a discussion about per­
activi­ties are incorpora­ted into our
forming music for the pure joy of it, rather
programs.
than worrying about perfection, the band
When a potential volunteer is interested
name and concept of Shameless was born.
in my program, I ask them what their
passion is and if possible, I weave their
interests and skills into
Band members from
our programs.
Shameless
For example,
From left: Leta Davis, Barbara
Bonnie Kruger’s
Bazett, Carol Marcus, Sallie
interest in
Romer and Mary Lynard. Not
shown: Linda Zeichner and
acupressure and
Rachel Dent. Seated,
yoga recently led
Norma Meyers 98,
to a certificate in
participant in Sonoma
acuyoga. She now
Social Club. Norma played
teaches acuyoga
the cello in symphonies
as an adjunct to
throughout the Bay Area.
our exercise pro­
She gave her cello to her
gram. Fran
daughter Barbara Bazett
Zamarconi has
who is playing it now.
incorporated her
Volunteers
knowledge of Mary
From left:
Kay products into
Howard Weil,
“spa days” at our social
Veronica Bowers,
club, where she teaches
John Derby, Diane
how to give ourselves
Buckley, Phyllis
facials and tips on
Carter, Owen
hand and nail care.
Thomas, kneeling
Pat Valone loves to
Carmen Marquez
Luz. Not pictured:
read and is our once
Larry Nissim,
a month, book club
Marcelle Joseph,
hostess. Veronica
Bonnie
Kruger, Fran
Bowers and Jerri
Zamarconi,
Pat Valone
Sheehan excel in creating and leading
and Jerri Sheehan.
arts and crafts projects. Veronica also
incorporates her skills in jewelry making
into many of these activities.
Carmen Marquez is the caregiver for
our oldest participant, 98-year-old Norma
Thursday, February 9, 1–2 pm
Meyers. Carmen teaches us Spanish. Diane
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Buckley is an artist and our creative talent.
Featured Speaker: Barry Adams, Attorney
One of our partici­pants in our program,
Marcelle Joseph, volun­teers by teaching us
Thursday, March 29, 1–2 pm
her native language, French.
“MediCal: Eligibility, planning ahead & asset preservation”
Our musicians are the heart of our
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City of Sonoma, leads us in song by
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Featured Speaker: Sheila Miller, Attorney
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Conference Room
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Linda and David Hughes
Donald and Yvonne Humphrey
David and Kelley Hunter
J. A. Hurthere
Linda Hutchinson
Lori and Richard Illia
Inner Harmony
Jay and Jeton Ireland
Mr. and Mrs. G. Leroy Irwin
Mr. and Mrs. Sakae Ishizu
Mildred M. Isom
Carl Jackson
Donald and Marsha Jacobs
M. Susan Jacoby
Ralph and Janice
Robert and Marcia Ann Jenkins
Blanche and Marshall Johnson
Carol Johnson
Claude Johnson
Laura Johnson
Melinda Johnson
Shannan Johnson
Walter and Jeraldeen Johnson
Karen E. Johnston
Elizabeth Jones
J. Martin Jones
Lawrence and Janice Jones
Richard and Danielle Jones
Steve Jones
Abdol Jooyandeh
Elizabeth M. Jordan
Lorraine Jordan
Lisa A. Joslen
Timothy and Penny Jue-Woelbing
B. and F. Julio
Charles and Ursula Juricich
Geza Kadar Jr.
Scott Kaderabek
Elayne Kahn
Richard and April Kahnberg
Jean and Robert Kaiser
Maria Lamas Kane
Mary M. Karp
Roger Karraker and Nancy Rappolt
Amelia Karral
Clarence and Sandra Kates
Henry Katz
Ray and Emiko Kaufman
Mary Kaufmann
Kelley Rentals Property Management, Inc.
Barry and Patricia Kempker
Carol L. Kesinger
Sumedha Khanna and Steven Serdahely
James R. Kidder
Ruth Kieke
Kilcor Builders & Design, Inc.
Margaret Kiley
Mary Kimble
Susan and Frank Kirby
Kathleen Klauer
Richard B. Klein
W.T. Klinger
Peter and Kathy Kondrashoff
Maxine and John Korntved
Eileen Lorraine Kortas
Christin E. Kostoff
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Kristie Gardner and Eric Fessenden
Beverly Kruse
James Kubicka
Ed and Jan Kucker
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Kay Lambert
Linda Lampson
Richard and Julie Landen
Andre LaRochelle
Kathleen Larocque
Warren and Marjorie Larson
Naomi Lasley
Betty L. Lazzini
Jackie Leach
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Paul and Helen LeBrett
Ardath Lee
Becky S. Leffew
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Sonoma Seniors Today
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Daniel J. Lennon
Harriet and Seymour Lenz
Howard Leonard
Lawrence and Cheri Lepf
Mirin Lew
John and Linda Lewis
Rick and Linda Lewis
Maxine Lindsey
Hsien H. and Ah Kiu Ling
E.R. and Sonja Linka
Donna Llamas
Myron B. London
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Rhonda and Larry Long
John Lounsbery
Manuel F. Lownes
Inge Luiz
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Dean E. Lyon
William Mac Donald
Stephen Machol
John A. Macri
Marian Louise Madden
Helen E. Maddocks
Gerry Majer
Ronald G. Makabe
Homer and Helene Malaby, Jr.
Suzanne S. Malay
L. Pat and Norma Malone
Catherine Mangan
Barbara E. Mansinne
Al and Blanche Mansoor
John Markarian Construction
Daniel and Margaret Markwyn
Curtis Marten
Cynara Martin
Geraldine M. Martin
Lawrence and Ruth Martin
Lolita V. Martin
Nancy J. Martin
Oscar and Maria Martin
Maria P. Martinez
Mary Martz
George Masolini
Sandra J. Mason
Henri Masse
Nancy Mavis
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Persis G. Mc Carley
Margaret and Thomas Mc Farlin
Anne and Sal M. McAbata
Sandy and James McAdler
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Paul McBride
Vicki McCartney
Michael McClung
April McCoy
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John McGovern
Marjorie McGrady
Peter and Nora McGrath
Finley McIntosh
Mark and Valerie McKamey
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Doris McMakin
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E. J. McVey
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Bob and Marjorie Meadows
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Fritz Meier
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Lawrence Metzger, PhD
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Rachel Migliacci
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Helen Miles
Fran Miliano
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Ronna L. Moore
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Sheree R. Moss
Rita Mueller
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Marie Murphy
Nancy Lee Murray
Fern C. Naber
Marjorie Ann Nakamura
William and Marilyn Nasi
Genevieve Navar
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Greg A. Nelson
Nadenia Newkirk
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Kathleen E. Nielsen
Lois Nimmo
Andrea Noble
Anita and Marvin Nobles
Kathleen J. Noonan
Trudy and Miles Nordhaug
Anne-Marie Nordquist
Danny G. and Sunoma F. Northern
Norton Living Trust
Randy Nunes
Edward and June Nunes
John and Lisa Nunes
Jennifer and Scott Nygard
Betty L. O’Boyle
Teri and Michael O’Donnell
Edward and Katherine Oliva
Pauline Olney
Janet and Philip Olsen
Nancy O’Neill
Samantha D. O’Neill
Carolyn Orcutt
Judith Ann Osiecki
Diane C. Osten
Mary K. Oswald, CPA
Outdoor Environments
Mary Pagnano
Robert and Janice Paine
F. B. and D. R. Palmer
Joanna Palmer
Clarice Palomares
Christos and Jacqueline Pantazes
Michael S. Parker
Arlene Parnay
Mark C. Parnell
Joan Parsons
Scott and Diana Partridge
Jane A. Patrick
Donald Q. and Kathleen E. Patterson
Garry and Loretta Patzwald
Dennis and JoAnn Paul
Dana and Sandy Pease
Diana Lobush and Jim Penpraze
Lawrence and Pauline Perkins
Arthur J. and Pat A. Petersen
William and Margaret Pfeffer
Daniel and Mary Ann Phillips
Phillips Family Dental Care
Debora E. Bainbridge Phillips
Marjorie and Stanley Pierce
Marybeth Pierre
Robert and Claudia Pike
Susan and Richard Pike
Robin Piloni
Melissa and John Plunkett
Frank and Jonnee Podesta
Sarah and Bernard Pola
Helga Polman
Betty Pommon
Ann L. Possinger
John Potter
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Private Ocean LLC
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Reynolds Reinke
Kathleen Renz
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O.M. Rey
Linda K. Reynaga
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Patricia Riehle
Kay Riper
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Richard and Belvia Robbins
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Donald and Betty Ann Roberts
Douglas A. Roberts
Lydia Roberts
Catherine and Calvin Robinson
Joan and John Robinson, DDS
Robert and Teresa Rockefeller
Amy Rodney
Richard and Antonia Rodrigues
Eduardo and Carole Rombeiro
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Mike and Diana Rose
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Ted and Janet Rosshirt
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Dennis R. Rutkowski
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Steve Sagehorn
Patricia Sampson
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Elizabeth Schmidt
Leon H. Schmidt
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Joanne Schroder
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Herbert Schumacher
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Betty Seacord
Gladys Sequist
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Daniel Sheehy
Emma Shelton
Laura Shenoy
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Barbara Shilo
Marietta Showalter
Ken Shuell
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Shirley Silver
Roy Silverstein
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Linda Siskind
Jerry Skinner
Lawrence Slater
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Michelle Y. Smith
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Margaret Songster
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Frances W. Spittler
Sprint Copy Center
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Martha Stammer-Brankline
Terry and Connee Stark
Darrel W. Starr Jr.
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Paul A. Stokes
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Edmund F. and Maureen E. Storck
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Janet Strobel
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Ilene Tanner
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Linda Tauzer
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John P. Taylor
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Sue Thue
John Tierney
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To Dye For Salon
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Clare Torri
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Ellen W. Tucker
Mary Anne Turbeville
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Eric and Virginia Vetter
Charles D. Vey
M. B. and G. Victor
Samuel T. Vizgart
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Sherry L. Volk
Victoria Von Keyserling
Von Tress Company
Patricia A. Vossen
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Eugene Wagner
Jerome Wagner
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Richard M. Walzer
Marylin Wanlass
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Glo Wellman
Evelynita Welsh
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Neil Wheeler
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Judy L. White
Victor and Gloria Whiteley
Lila Whitesides
Laffayette and Ruthe Wicht
John and Laurie Wickenburg
William and Patricia Wickliffe
Shirley Wilcox
Wildman Family Living Trust
Shirley Mae Wilen
Linda Wilkinson
Catherine Willard
David and Marilyn Williams
Jeane Williams
Jim and Jannine Williams
John and Linda Williams
Jan Wilmore
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Michael and Sandra Wilson
Simone M. Wilson
William E. Wilson
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Alan and Susan Wintermeyer
Phyllis and William Witter
Lisa Wolper
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Kathy and John Wooley
Mary and Dallas Wright
Melitta Wright
Petrilla Wright and Thomas Babcock
Jo Ann Wright-Fisher
Diana and Tom Yannes
Martha Moss Yates
Steve and Betsy Yeager
Nadine L. Yenni
Estes and Elvera Yinger
Donna Yock, D.M.D.
William E. Yoes
Lloyd and Nancy Yoshioka
Curtis and Judith Younts
Emma R. Yriberri
Carol and Louis Zanardi
Paul Zarn
Ernest and Linda Zinn
Barbara Zook
Jeanne T. Zweig
Holiday Appeal:
Meals on Wheels
$500–$5000
Angels Attic Thrift Shop
Paul and Jane Doroff
June K. Fallon
Fox & Associates
Robert W. Harris
Jeanne and John Johnson
John and Melody McNulty
Susan P. Melvin
Joann and Mike Pierre
Julia Pollock
Mert Preston
Whole Foods Market - Coddingtown
$100–$499
Bedford Associates
Colonial Park Inc.
Susan Comstock
Eleanor R. Griffin
Stephen and Cindy Heidl
James and Petra Horlbeck
James and Lynne Joyce
Melvin and Barbara Levy
Wally and Ellie Lowry
Kenneth and Janice Maberry
Robert C. Mann
Robert and Joan Martin
Merner Land Company
Shirley Merrill
Jan Nahmens
Nationwide Real Estate Tax Service, Inc.
Lorna Peters
Rats To Roaches
Mary Reder
James Reinemer
Sophia and John Ricketts
Betty Riess
Ronald Roberts
Frances L. Roby
Shari’s Management Corp.
Madalynn and Larry Schmidt
Ann Sebastian
Muriel Smith
Joleene and Michael Steinberg
Linda A. Van Teslaar
William Vogt
Leota and Robert Wallace
Clinton and Katherine Weaver
Dorothy Wheeler
Tom and Bobbi Wilkins
Penny Wolfsohn
Sylvia Zensen
$1–$99
William and Nanci Adams
Arlen and Barbara Agapinan
Scott and Linda Bare
Herbert Barros
Sven and Helen Bostrom, Jr.
Kenneth and Judy Bowles
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Burrows
Carol A. Carr
Adrena Clemmer
Drive Line Service of Santa Rosa
Barbara A. Dunham
Gail L. Ellestad
Betty L. Furr
Donald Gardina
Gerard and Susan Gloisten
Russell Greenspan
Thelma Groom
David Hastings
Lloyd and Joanne Herrod
Elaine M. Hirt
Charles and Sara Hoefer
Michael Jellison
Mary Keith
Mary Klapp
Sara J. Lang
Donna L. Langerman
Barbara Lester
Gaie Carol L’Hommedieu
Robert and Marilyn Lotspeich
Robert and Gloria McKusick, Sr.
Constance C. Norris
Lisa Peters
Bruce and Cynthia Peterson
Justin and Anke Rains
Rolf and Hyacinthe Riedel
G.J. Schumacher
Randall Sequeira
Francis X. St. Peter
Phyllis Terry
Myra C. Tomlin
Pamela Ann Turner
Bob and Karen Wells
June Whitesides
The miracle is this: the more we share, the more we have. —Leonard Nimoy
page 10 ◆ February 2012 Sonoma Seniors Today
Senior Center
Highlights
Petaluma Senior Center
211 Novak Dr, Petaluma, 778-4399
cityofpetaluma.net/parksnrec/senior.html
• Tuesday, Feb 14, 10–11 am: Cupcake
decorating. Sponsored by Valley Orchards.
Decorate your owncupcake with supplies
provided. Devour it here or take it home. Call
to sign up before Feb. 10.
• Tuesday, Feb 14, 1–4 pm: Hearts Card
Tournament. Free, but call to sign up.
• Thursday, Feb 23, 1:30 pm: Bingo.
Sponsored by Women’s Cancer Awareness
Group. Coffee, tea and refreshments. $15
regular, $20 deluxe.
Rohnert Park Senior Center
6800 Hunter Dr., Rohnert Park, 585-6780
• Tues & Weds, 9–10:30 am: Line Dancing.
Learn how to line dance, brush up on your
skills, or just be active. $2.
• Fridays, 9 am–1 pm: Free Tax-Aide. Free
tax help for seniors. Bring your 2010 tax
return. (If you can’t find your 2010 return,
call 1-80-908-9946 to get a free transcript
from IRS.) New clients bring 2011 income
statement from Social Security or Social
Security Card for identification. No
appointments—first come, first served.
Help for shut-ins available. Call 585-6788
for further info.
Russian River Senior
Resource Center
15010 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville,
869-0618, www.westcountyservices.org/
pages/senior.html
• Wednesdays, 10 am: Exercise Class.
• Thursdays, 10 am: Tai Chi.
• Fridays, 10 am: Gentle Yoga.
Free, donations appreciated.
Santa Rosa Senior Center
704 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rosa, 543-4624
• Friday, Feb 17, 1:30 pm: Belly Dance
Presentation. Vanessa Kettler, our Better
Balance instructor, will be performing. She’s
been a professional dancer for over 15
years, specializing in a fusion of modern
and Middle Eastern dance. Free, but call
545-8608 to reserve your seat.
Sebastopol Senior Center
167 N High St, Sebastopol, 829-2440,
www.sebastopolseniorcenter.org.
Vintage House Senior Center
264 First St East, Sonoma, 996-0311
www.vintagehouse.org
• Wednesdays, 2/22-3/28, 9–11:30 am:
Healthier Living. Six-week interactive work­
shop on managing ongoing health conditions
such as arthritis, anxiety, diabetes, hyperten­
sion, heart conditions, obesity and many
others. Learn habit changing behaviors and
coping strategies for dealing with frustration,
fatigue, pain and isolation. $20 donation
covers cost of materials. Pre-register with
Center for Well-Being: 565-6043.
• Monday to Friday, 9 am–4 pm: Safe
Medicine Drop-off & Disposal. Bring your
expired and unused medications in a zip lock
bag for safe disposal and help us keep our
landfills and waterways healthy! For a
complete list of items that are/are not
acceptable, call us or visit our Web site.
Sonoma Seniors Today
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Supply the missing numbers so that every row,
column and 9-digit square contain only one of
each number. No math skills are required, and
no guesswork. For hints on doing Sudoku
puzzles, visit www.websudoku.com, or send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope to Sonoma
Seniors Today, 30 Kawana Springs Rd., Santa
Rosa, CA 95404. (Solution on page 12.)
February 2012 ◆ page 11
Save the date...(Events are free unless otherwise indicated)
Working for You
Information & Assistance/
Case Management:
Do you need help with senior resources? Call us any time
for information, assistance and case management services.
Call Carol Martin at 525-0143, ext. 101. Sebastopol sen­iors
only: call the Russian River Senior Center at 869-0618.
Senior Financial Services:
Our bonded and insured counselors assist seniors who
are unable to handle bill paying, checkbook reconciliation, eligibility documentation for retire­ment programs,
and other financial needs relative to their daily money
management. This program is especially designed for
the forgetful senior or the senior with poor vision and
often protects them from financial abuse and late fees
associated with forget­ting to pay their bills. For peace of
mind, call Connie Aust, Director, at 525-0143, ext. 108.
Senior Peer Support:
This program is to help seniors struggling with seri­
ous mental illness access services and programs that
help them develop skills and social support, leading to
a more constructive and satisfying life. After an assessment visit by CoA case managers and a licensed
marriage and family therapist, clients are matched with
trained volunteers for 12 weekly sup­port sessions to
develop a care plan solution with the client’s approval,
then follow-up with progress notes. Sponsored by the
Department of Mental Health Services. Call Michele
Leonard, Director of Volunteers, 525-0143, ext. 147, for
information.
Lawyer Referral Service:
If you are 60 years old or older and need an attor­­­ney,
you will be referred to a panel of elder law attorneys experienced in working with seniors. An initial half-hour
consultation is $30. If you retain the attorney for further
services, fees will be at the attor­ney’s usual rate. The
service is certified by the California State Bar, Certification #0111. Call 525-1146.
◆ Feb 25: First Annual Crab Feed at
Finley. Fundraiser to help ensure our
◆ First Thursdays: Free Movies for
Seniors. November–June, 10 am (doors
◆ Feb 9: Setting Up Your Estate Plan
to Avoid Conflict and Contests.
◆ Attention Readers: Is there a free event
senior programming continues to serve our
senior community. 6 pm. Silent auction
5.30–7.30 pm. Tickets are $40 each and can
be purchased at the Finley Community
Center, Steele Lane Community, and the
Bennett Valley Community Center. For
more information, call Jan Post, 543-4624.
Featured Speaker: Barry Adams, Attorney.
At Council on Aging, 1–2 pm. See page 7 for
details.
◆ Feb 10: The Lincoln Trio: A Free
Concert. Praised for their “joy of sheer
technical ability and beautiful sound,” the
Lincoln Trio has performed throughout
North America, Europe, & the Far East.
Each member of the trio is an artist of
international renown. Described by
reviewers as “dazzling,” “incredible,”
“thrilling,” “superb”! 1100 University Ave.,
Healdsburg, 7:30 pm. 524-8700.
open 9:30). Third Street Cinemas, 620 Third
St, Santa Rosa near transit mall. For movie
titles call 522-0330, ext. 3, after Friday.
Sponsored by Kobrin Financial Services,
Santa Rosa Memorial Park & Mortuary/
Eggen & Lance Chapel, and Synergy
Medical Group. For more info, call Gwen
Adkins, 523-1586, ext. 21.
you’d like to share with others? Let us
know by the 10th of the preceding month,
and if it’s appropriate, we’ll put it on our
calendar. Call 763-2544, write Sonoma
Seniors Today, 30 Kawana Springs Rd.,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404, or email
[email protected].
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Letters to the editor
Ms. Allen, Bless you for including Joan
Price’s books in your December 2011 issue.
I finally have hope for the first time in
many years. There really needs to be a
bigger push, somehow, to get her
information out to where many more
people can “stumble” upon It.
Many, many thanks.
Beverly Muir
Senior Meals:
Meals on Wheels delivers fresh meals to temporarily
home-bound or chronically ill seniors. Ten dining sites
provide meals and companion­­s­hip. Therapeu­tic meals
and nutri­tional counseling are available for special
needs. Call 525-0383 for information on home delivery
or dining site locations.
Senior Social Club:
This service has helped hundreds of people to recon­nect
with others through our Social Club Activities program,
offering the opportunity to gather for meals, exercise,
entertainment, companionship, and arts and crafts. The
programs are held in Healdsburg, Sonoma, Sebastopol
and (starting in 2012) Santa Rosa. Call Laurel Anderson
at 525-0143, ext. 103.
Senior Legal Services:
Legal consultation and representation in matters of
housing, consumer fraud, Social Security and SSI, MediCal and Medicare, and elder abuse are provided. Also
available are simple trusts, wills and durable powers of
attorney for health care and finance. Call 525-0143, ext. 140.
Senior Transportation:
The Caryl Weis Transportation Program provides rides
for ambulatory seniors, 60 and older. Our volunteer
drivers will bring their own personal vehicles and
their friendly smiles while transporting seniors door to
door. All rides within Santa Rosa are $10. Rides outside
of the area are based on mileage. Payments are made in
advance by check or bank card. Call 525-0143, ext. 113. If
you would like to become a volunteer driver, please call
525-0143, ext. 147.
Council on Aging Mission Statement:
To enhance the quality of life for Sonoma
County’s aging community by providing
services that promote well-being and
maintain independence.
page 12 ◆ February 2012 Q: How can you invest in the well-being
A:
of Sonoma County seniors?
Set up a charitable trust or estate plan that will help us
feed and care for seniors now and into the future.
For information on how you can help Sonoma
County seniors, call Marrianne McBride, CEO,
President & CEO,
707.525.0142,
3 Ext. 111.
The Council on Aging is proud to announce that the
Endowment Fund is managed by Exchange Bank.
The Exchange Bank continuously serves Sonoma County
community charitable endeavors.
For more information, call 707.524.3151.
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