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Contributing Writers:
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Les Goldberg
Ronnie Greenberg
Dr. Robert Horseman
Judith Rogow
Debbie L. Sklar
Nick Thomas
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 9
SEPTEMBER 2016
“Serving The Needs of Orange County & Long Beach Seniors Since 1974”
Carol
Burnett
“It's almost impossible to be funnier
than the people in Washington.”
—Carol Burnett
What’s Inside....
Calendar of Events...........................5
Classifieds.......................................6-7
Carol Burnett...................................8
Gadget Geezer.................................16
Book Club........................................22
Carlsbad.........................................24
Busy Boomers..................................28
In The Spotlight...............................36
Fabulous Finds.................................39
Tinseltown Talks...............................44
Orange County • Long Beach
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Laurie Zagon: Bringing Out Healing Through Art
By Carine Nadel
Laurie Zagon is an artist who
believes that art is not just to
be looked at and enjoyed but
is there to help people heal.
While her work has been exhibited around the world, here
in Orange County what makes
Zagon a person of interest is
that she is the founder of the
non-profit Art and Creativity for Healing (ACFH) which
started in 2000.
A former Fine Arts Professor specializing in color and
light theory her work has been
shown at The National Arts
Club in New York City, The
Municipal Art Gallery in Los
Angeles, and most recently at
the Downtown Arts Development Association (DADA)
show, the biannual open stu-
dios at the Brewery Arts Complex, and the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art Sales
& Rental Galleries in Los Angeles, California.
Zagon pours her passion into
ACFH which holds 2-3 hour
workshops for numerous outlets such as CHOC hospital
(for critically ill children who
must spend a lot of time in the
hospital and their siblings),
Human Options (Those affected by domestic violence),
Camp Pendleton’s Healing for
Heroes and Wounded Warriors and their families, Orange
County Rescue Mission (for
the homeless) and many, many
more.
While at Queen’s College for
14 years, Zagon found that
she had a wonderful talent
not just in the art and teaching itself but in helping her
students find their voice and
soul. It was then that she took
a 5 week seminar with Robert
Fritz in “Technologies for Creating” which influenced to create her own workshop, “Color
and Play for the Inner Child”.
While those in the class were
adults, many of them hadn’t
painted since they were in kindergarten.
“During these years I met my
husband, moved a few times
and met the acclaimed au-
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thor and psychologist Claudia
Black, who is best known for
her books about addiction and
alcoholism. I had previously
met with her editor from Ballantine/Random House Books
to discuss using my paintings
in a new book “It’s Never Too
Late To Have a Happy Childhood: Inspirations for Inner
Healing”. This was the beginning of a great collaboration
that led to my meeting many
of Black’s colleagues, including marriage and family therapists, and social workers in the
South Orange County. After
the book came out, I was asked
to facilitate “Color & Play for
the Inner Child” workshops
similar to the ones I had done
in New York.”
Zagon says one of her favorite
examples of how her program
helps is a lady named Netty
who had lost her husband and
was deeply grieving and depressed. She came to a workshop and it helped her get her
feelings out and on the canvas.
During a different workshop
for Wounded Warriors, Zagon
met Angel, a Navy Chief who
had been to Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered from PTSD.
His wife said he had been having a horrible time and nothing
was helping relieve his nightmares and depression. But
once he started painting he told
his wife, “I saw the arsenal of
weapons and painted them and
the more I paint, the less I see
them in my dreams.”
Every year, ACFH has a goal
to help 1,000 children who are
experiencing extreme hardship
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The Dumbwaiter and the 62 Falcon
By Jim McDevitt
I grew up in an apartment in
Manhattan in the 1940s and
50s. We lived in Apartment 3S
which means third floor facing south. It was a five story
building with no elevator but
we did have a dumbwaiter. In
those days a dumbwaiter was a
big convenience. I never had to
carry out the garbage down to
the trash cans. To remove garbage we used what was called a
dumbwaiter. Here’s what you
did with your garbage. You
gathered it all up and went over
to the dumbwaiter door which
was located in the kitchen.
The door to the dumbwaiter
had a metal handle that locked
on the apartment side. The handle was painted over the same
color that the kitchen was as
was the entire door. The door
locked automatically when it
closed which prevented burglars from crouching in the
dumbwaiter and using the pulley ropes to hoist themselves
to an apartment and break in.
During the holidays it wasn’t
unusual to have to wait for an
empty space on the dumbwaiter
to put your garbage in.
You had to pull the rope pulleys
to bring the dumbwaiter up or
down unless it was overloaded
in which case it would zip right
past you headed toward the
basement. That’s one reason
you never stuck your head in
the shaft to look up or down to
see where it was, you just listened and when it got to your
floor, you grabbed the pulley
to stop it. When you got the
dumbwaiter to your apartment,
you would lock the pulley rope
into something that looked like
a vise which prevented it from
sliding down if it was overloaded and also prevented the
neighbors from stealing your
dumbwaiter while you were
trying to load it.
No one wanted to wait for the
dumbwaiter even though every
day at 5 PM the superintendent
would send the dumbwaiter to
each floor and ring your bell,
signaling it was there and you
could put garbage in it. If you
were ready, when the bell rang
you pressed the bell once to
signal you were loading your
garbage. When you finished
loading, you pressed the bell
twice to signal you were done
and the super would move the
dumbwaiter to the next apartment. Sometimes when the
bell wasn’t working, you just
yelled down the shaft at the super to let him know you were
done loading.
I also remember my first shiny
new car, a 1962 Ford Falcon
with a 144 cubic inch engine.
I got the 144 cubic inch engine to save money because it
was said it got 30 miles to the
gallon of gas. After all, gasoline at the time had gone from
19 cents a gallon to 25 cents
a gallon in some places. After about 20,000 miles I knew
I had a lemon. If traffic was
stop and go, it overheated and
soon the engine started making this knocking noise. At
40,000 miles I couldn’t take
it anymore. It was knocking
and smoking like it was a chain
smoker with a cough.
I drove to a new car dealer
and looked at the new Renault
R10s. Reviews said that car
really did get 35 miles to the
gallon of gas and if it wouldn’t
start, you had a crank in the
front of the engine which you
could wind up to start the car.
After much haggling I made a
deal with the sales manager to
buy the Renault for $2,000 dollars and he would give me $200
for my 62 Falcon on a trade
in. I had driven to the dealer
in my other car. I went home,
jumped started the Falcon and
drove back to the dealer. When
I returned the dealer listened to
the engine. Then he said, “I tell
you what, you keep the car and
I’ll give you a hundred dollars
off.” I took the deal.
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September
Calendar of Events
Fall is here and with it comes
all kinds of fun events to attend
from festivals to fundraisers.
See the list below and mark
your calendars.
International Street Fair
Orange
Sept. 2-4
International foods, crafts, folk
dancing and music. The Street
Fair has become known for the
variety of food reflecting cuisine from around the world.
The Street Fair is located in a
four-square block area radiating out from the center of the
Orange Plaza, which is the
intersection of Chapman and
Glassell. Parking can be found
at several public parking lots in
the surrounding area for a fee
charged by local non-profit organizations. Please be prepared
to walk several blocks to get
into the event.
CaterCon
Anaheim
Sept. 8
4 – 8 p.m.
CaterCon 2016 is a unique expo
for anyone planning events, including professional meeting
and event planners, wedding
coordinators, party planners,
corporate planners, hotels/venues, videographers, photographers, production companies,
event suppliers, and food en-
thusiasts. Come sample food
from popular restaurants and
caterers, enjoy wine and craft
beer samples, discover local
venues and hotels, meet with
event professionals, learn the
latest trends in producing successful events all while you experience the great music of local entertainers. Tickets range
from $35-$55. At Business
Expo Center, 1960 S. Anaheim
Way, Anaheim. For tickets or
more information, please visit
CaterCon.com
Seal Beach Arts &
Craft Fair - Seal Beach
Sept. 10-11
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than 90 artisans with
original handmade art: Painters, jewelry makers, stained
glass, ceramics, clothing, novelties, recycled art, along the
pier. Produced by Seal Beach
Lions Foundation. At, Eisenhower Park in Seal Beach, Seal
Beach Pier/Ocean Blvd.
Tall Ships Festival
Dana Point
Sept. 10-11
The festival features a spectacular array of family-fun activities including live music, art
shows and a variety of foods.
Interactive living-history encampments including blacksmiths, scrimshaw artists, and
the infamous Port Royal Privateers will be on hand. Ad-
ditionally, explore the historic
Tallships and listen to the crew
share tales of adventure and
life at sea. Dana Point Harbor
/ Ocean Institute, Shuttle service from Salt Creek Beach
Park at Pacific Coast Highway
and Selva Road and from Dana
Hills High School). Call, 949496-2274.
9/11: Day of
Remembrance at
Pretend City
Children's Museum
Irvine
Sept. 11
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sept. 11 is an important day in
any American’s life. At Pretend
City come and remember this
day and honor the lives that
were lost. There will be different activities available for children to show their patriotism
and learn more about the day in
a kid-friendly way. Half- price
admission for military personnel. At, Pretend City, 29 Hubble, Irvine.
Dachshund Races
Huntington Beach
Sept. 11
3 p.m. (doors open at 2 p.m.)
Come see these short-legged
but swift 'Wiener Dogs' race
to the finish line once a month
at Old World Village. Arrive
early and stay for lunch on the
dog-friendly patio. Upcoming dates: Sept 18, 25 Oct 2, 9,
16, 23, 30 and Dec 4. At, Old
World Village, 7561 Center
Ave., Huntington Beach.
Oktoberfest
Huntington Beach
Sept. 11 – Oct. 30
Attend and see live OomPah-Pa Bands directly from
Germany and enjoy imported
German beers, bratwurst, rotisserie chicken, hamburgers, pork sandwiches, strudel,
pretzels and more. Guests
can enter the “Beer Drinking
and Stein Holding Contests,”
and of do the chicken dance.
Wednesday through Saturday
is adult nights and Sundays are
family day and Dachshund races. At, Old World Festival Hall,
7561 Center Ave., Huntington
Beach. Call, 714-696-TAP1
(8271).
Brea Jazzestival
Brea
Third Weekend in
September
The Jazz Festival is a crowd
favorite from people in and
around Orange County. The
outdoor event draws more than
12,000 people during the fourweekend musical Jazz extravaganza in the month of September. A prime seating area is set
up for visitors. People can also
bring chairs and watch the festival from their vantage point,
as Brea downtown sets the
ambiance. There is a beer and
wine garden, VIP seating area,
fine arts and craft show. Attend-
ees can plan a grand Jazz night
out by including dining and
shopping at the various choices
of restaurants, and retail shops
in Brea downtown. General
admission and parking is free.
At, Downtown Brea. Call, 714674-0801.
St. NorbertFest
Orange
Sept. 16
6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The annual St. Norbertfest (formerly Oktoberfest) continues
to grow and helps to build the
parish, school, and the Orange
community. There will be great
food fun games such as Sumo
Mania, Bingo, raffles, and exciting rides for everyone. At,
St. Norbert Catholic Church,
300 E. Taft Ave., Orange. Call,
714- 637-4360.
Annual Southern
California Brain
Tumor Walk
Anaheim
Sept. 17
The Southern California Brain
Tumor Walk is an inspirational, all-ages fundraising walk
and community day to support
the brain tumor cause. Form a
team of family, friends and coworkers and help make a difference in the fight against brain
tumors. At, Angel Stadium of
Anaheim, Anaheim.
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Carol Burnett
I am sure that you, like most
of us who remember the “good
old days” of TV, can relate to
the comedy and variety hours
that captivated young and old
alike – shows like Ed Sullivan,
Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason,
Laugh-In and yes, Carol Burnett.
On The Carol Burnett Show
(1967-78) it seems that every
night we could count on some
rib-splitting laughter to relieve the day's stress from such
memorable characters created
by Harvey Korman, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence who
were discovered and mentored
by Burnett.
I still roll over laughing (ROL)
whenever the Korman and
Conway dentist chair skit is
replayed, or when Burnett entered the set wearing a curtain
rod gown. The sound of her
Tarzan yell will always be
etched in my eardrums.
Now, at the young age of 83,
Carol Burnett continues to take
alcoholics. When her parents
divorced in the late 1930s, she
was left with her grandmother
and they moved to a boarding
house apartment in an impoverished area of Hollywood.
center stage – on TV sitcoms,
talk shows and special made
for television movies – or in
dramatic roles for popular TV
series. And she's appeared or
starred in 19 major motion pictures and nearly a dozen Broadway plays. There isn't any role
she can't play, as her long and
successful career has proved
many times over. Oh, and she's
also an accomplished writer
and singer.
While in the second grade,
Burnett briefly invented an imaginary twin sister named Karen, with Shirley Temple-like
dimples. Motivated to further
the pretense, Burnett fondly recalls that she “fooled the other
boarders in the rooming house
by frantically switching clothes
and dashing in and out of the
house by the fire escape and
the front door. Then I became
exhausted and Karen mysteriously vanished.”
Her path to stardom was covered in obstacles from the
day she was born on April 26,
1933 in San Antonio, Texas.
Both her mother, a movie studio publicist, and her father, a
movie theater manager, were
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For a while, she worked as an
usherette at what is now the
Hollywood Pacific Theatre (her
star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame is located in front). In
1951, upon graduating from
Hollywood High School, she
received an anonymous envelope containing $50 for a year's
tuition at UCLA, where she ini-
tially planned to study journalism. She switched her focus to
theater arts and English with a
new goal of becoming a playwright.
Following her first performance during an acting class,
Burnett said: “Don't ask me
why, but when we were in front
of an audience, I suddenly decided I was going to stretch out
all my words and my first line
came out 'I'm baaaaaaaack!'”
The audience response moved
her deeply:
“They laughed and it felt great.
All of a sudden, after so much
coldness and emptiness in my
life, I knew the sensation of all
that warmth wrapping around
me. I had always been a quiet,
shy, sad sort of girl and then
everything changed for me.
You spend the rest of your life
hoping you'll hear a laugh that
great again.”
During this time, Burnett performed in several university
productions, garnering recognition for her comedic and
musical abilities. Her mother
disapproved of her acting ambitions:
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“She wanted me to be a writer.
She said you can always write,
no matter what you look like.
When I was growing up she
told me to be a little lady, and
a couple of times I got a whack
for crossing my eyes or making funny faces. Of course, she
never, I never, dreamed I would
ever perform.”
The young Burnett, always
insecure about her looks, responded many years afterward
to her mother's advice: "You
can always write, no matter
what you look like," in Burnett's memoir One More Time
(1986), noting, "God that hurt!"
During her senior year at
UCLA, a professor invited Burnett and some other students to
perform at a party in place of
their class final that had been
canceled. Afterward, a man approached Burnett while she was
stuffing cookies in her purse to
take home to her grandmother.
Instead of reprimanding her,
the man complimented Burnett's performance and asked
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UCI Neuropsychiatric Center Joins Landmark Alzheimer’s
Disease Study Designed To Prevent Memory Loss
“A4” Study Seeks to Enroll 1,000 Healthy Adults
Most Studies Attempt to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease;
A4 Tests If We Can Prevent it
The Neuropsychiatric Research Program, located at
the UCI Medical Center, has
been selected to participate in
a landmark clinical trial to test
a specific way to prevent the
memory loss associated with
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in
adults who may be at increased
risk for developing the disease,
but who have no symptoms.
The study seeks to enroll 1,000
adults between the ages of 65 to
85 at trial sites across the United States, as well as Canada
and Australia. The Neuropsychiatric Research Program is
actively seeking volunteers in
this age range who have normal
memory function.
prevent or delay Alzheimer’srelated memory loss.
Called ‘the Anti-Amyloid
Treatment in Asymptomatic
Alzheimer’s study’—or the A4
study—participants will test
whether a new investigational
antibody treatment can slow
memory loss that can be an
early symptom of AD. The development of amyloid plaques
in the brain has been linked
to AD, and this new treatment
is aimed at preventing those
plaques.
“The impact of Alzheimer’s
disease is staggering not only
for those with the disease but
for their families. Many people
who have family members with
AD are worried if they themselves will also develop AD.
And there are also those who
have the AD risk factors without knowing it because they
don’t see any noticeable memory problems. For the very first
time, researchers are looking at
how to prevent memory loss in
those who have brain amyloid,
a plaque in the brain that is associated with AD.” said Steven
Potkin, MD, Director of the
UCI Neuropsychiatric Research Program participating in
the A4 study. “We are pleased
to be taking part in this important study to evaluate a treatment that has the potential to
decrease the risk of developing
Alzheimer’s disease. This treatment, if successful, will be a
More than 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s
disease, and every 70 seconds,
another person develops the
illness. In California, 580,000
people are currently living with
Alzheimer’s. Finding a cure is
considered a pressing societal
need. While there is no cure for
AD, the goal of the A4 study is
to test a targeted investigational
treatment to determine whether
an anti-amyloid treatment can
future game changer for people
who may develop AD and for
their families. It is only through
participating in this kind of research that such breakthrough
therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and its prevention will be
found.”
The UCI Neuropsychiatric Research Program is looking for
study participants ages 65 to
85 who live in or near Orange
County or the Riverside/Inland
Empire area and who may be
at risk for memory loss due to
Alzheimer’s disease, but have
no outward signs of the disease. Physicians and researchers will use an imaging test
called a PET scan to determine
whether a potential participant
has evidence of an elevated
level of amyloid plaque in the
brain. The study will lasts for
approximately three years, and
participants will be required to
visit the clinical research site
once a month.
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Pink Lady... Fantastic At Any Age
Pink Lady Jackie Goldberg is
on the eve of producing the
biggest event she has ever produced; co-producer is Amanda
Secola, Senior Advocate and
publisher of "Not Born Yesterday." This event, billed as
Senior Star Power presents
"America Salutes Our Veterans," will be performed Saturday and Sunday, November 5
& 6, the weekend before Veterans Day.
Known as "The Pink Lady of
Hollywood" for the past 50
years, Jackie Goldberg has
amassed a very impressive
list of Honorary Co-Chairs
and Host Committee who appreciate her and what she does
for our community; they will
be with her on one of the two
dates to greet our true American Heroes. This program will
be staged in the 1300 seat historic Wadsworth Theatre on
the VA Grounds in West LA.
More than 3/4 of all tickets
each day will be made available directly to veterans, active
duty military, first responders
and seniors.
Pink Lady has been championing the cause of seniors since
she began producing musicals
and now, combining those efforts with added emphasis on
veterans, she begins yet another amazing chapter in her life:
keeping in mind, she'll be 84 in
September.
Pink Lady just completed
filming a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the
National Veterans Foundation,
a leader in suicide prevention
for veterans councilled by veterans.
Serving the military for more
than 30 years, NVF and its
founder, Shad Meshad, have
selected Pink Lady to be a
voice and face of their campaign to enable their suicide
prevention hotline to go national, 24/7; the hotline currently is available Monday
through Friday, 9 to 5. She is
doing this as an unpaid volunteer because she believes in the
quantifiable success they have
achieved for our veterans, in
The Pink Lady, dynamic Jackie
Goldberg, became a widow 14
years ago, at age 70. Her children were no longer at home
and her 9 to 5 job was over.
She felt it was time to begin a
new chapter in her life. She created a series of seminars called,
“Get Up, Get Out, & Get a
Life!” to encourage fellow
baby boomers and seniors to
follow new paths and open new
doors to enhance their lives. At
the same time, Jackie began
appearing in stage plays and
commercials. She is a proud
member of SAG-AFTRA and
Actors’ Equity; she was featured in a Super Bowl Loctite
Commercial last year.
Prior to reinventing herself,
Jackie worked in the fashion
industry for over thirty-eight
years. Dressing in pink became
her trademark. Her philosophy
of life is to “Think Pink!,” to
see love and inner
beauty in everything and everyone
around her, and to
feel the energy and
the aura that a color
can give to people
by letting them see
life through rosecolored glasses.
The success of her
senior advocacy
seminars and her
love of the theatre
crystallized
into her founding
Senior Star Power
Productions, a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit corporation as part of
her dream to revitalize the careers of senior performers and
talented baby boomers. Senior
Star Power Productions has
senior theatre in
Southern California.
produced a series of live stage
shows called “Rockin’ With the
Ages,” featuring casts who are
ALL 60, 70, 80 years “young”
and over. The Pink Lady is
looking forward to producing
her next shows, highlighting
veterans and patriotic music and
the final competition of this year's
Senior Star Power
Talent Search.
Pink Lady plans to
open a year-round
Senior Theatrical
Arts Complex in
the Hollywood/
Los Angeles area,
providing a venue
for senior performers. Her production company
produces the only
Her new book,
"Get Up, Get Out
& Get a Life!" will
be out in this summer along with her
2017 Men's and
Lady's Calendars
featuring fabulous
models, ages 60,
70, 80 and above!
The Pink Lady has
a zest for life! Her
energy,
vitality,
and positive attitude help others
see that they can
still be vital, productive, creative, energetic, and entertaining, with endless possibilities.
As the Pink Lady says, now, at
the young age of 84, “It Ain't
Over 'Til I Say It's Over."
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Laurie Zagon: Bringing Out Healing Through Art
Continued from page 2
with Orange County by presenting them with their very
own art boxes. Each box costs
$20 and is distributed to such
non-profits as:
For the homeless: Illumination
Foundation, American Family
Housing Shelter for the Homeless, OC Rescue Mission and
Project Hope Alliance.
CHOC for children in longterm care and their siblings.
Human Options for children
affected by domestic violence.
Someone Cares Soup Kitchen
and Orangewood Children’s
Foundation for those suffering
from economic distress.
Camp Pendleton’s Wounded
Warriors and Healing for Heroes which not only helps the
vets but their entire families.
Zagon’s hope is that people
recognize how much AFCH
tries to do and will donate, if
not money for the art boxes
which will be put together in
September and will be passed
out in September and in December, then by logging on to
the website and perhaps looking for a way to volunteer.
“We have five different ori-
entations a year and have so
many wonderful opportunities for people to get involved
throughout our organization!
Our next class will be held on
October 2nd, on a Sunday from
2-4. We are always in need of
both monetary and time donations!”
For those who would like to
possibly have ACFH come
and host an Art4Healing workshop, Zagon says that it can be
done through a corporate level
or a group and takes about a
month to organize.
“It’s not about being an artist, it’s about helping people
through a soulful approach.
This is not art therapy, it’s
about giving people a creative space to heal. Everyone
has the ability to create their
own art. Drawing is but one
small way. Using color and
saying to yourself, “Yes, I can
do it!” is the best way to work
through whatever it is you are
personally going through-no
matter what your age, no matter what your story.”
For more information about
donating to Healing Art Box
Giveaway or to learn about
volunteering
opportunities
please log onto: http://www.
art4healing.org, call 949-3671902 or send an e-mail to:
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Pacific Symphony's 2016-17 Season Opens
in Magnificent Style with Van Cliburn Winner - Pianist
Olga Kern Performing Rachmaninoff's Exhilarating
"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
Celebrating its 38th season
and 10th year in the Renée
and Henry Segerstrom Concert
Hall, Pacific Symphony’s glo-
rious opening night
soars with extraordinary music to kick off
the 2016-17 Hal and
Jeanette Segerstrom
Family
Foundation
Classical Series. Following on the heels of
“America’s reigning
diva,” Renée Fleming, performing with
the orchestra on Sept.
13, the season officially launches Sept. 22-24
with a concert featuring one of
today’s leading pianists, Olga
Kern—of whom The Wash-
ington Post has written: “Call
it star quality—music likes
Kern the way the camera liked
Garbo.” While Kern tears up
the piano with Rachmaninoff’s
adrenaline-charged “Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini,” the
orchestra undertakes Dvorák’s
joyous “Carnival Overture,” a
much-anticipated world premiere by pianist and composer
Conrad Tao and Respighi’s
breathtaking musical postcard,
“Pines of Rome.”
The concert takes place Thursday through Saturday, Sept.
22-24, at 8 p.m. in the Renée
and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets range from
$25-$110. A preview talk with
Alan Chapman begins at 7 p.m.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (714)
755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
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The Gadget Geezer
By Les Goldberg
Bath Tech & Beyond
No doubt about it, we spend
many hours of our lives in the
bathroom. That is why the
tech world now focuses much
of its attention on inventing
new products designed to make
it safer, easier and more comfortable in the “rest” room.
Take a look:
LED TemperatureControlled Faucet
or Shower Head
ing on the water temperature –
green for cold, blue for warm,
red for hot and flashing red for
boiling water. Its advanced
technology uses the water flow
to generate power and keep the
LED lit. Price: About $20$35.
Shower Sticker
This rubbery accessory lets you
place the shower head hose in
a convenient, easy-to-reach location on the shower wall. By
slipping the adhesive rubber
sticker onto the handle of the
hose, a senior or anyone suffering from arthritis or other muscle ailment can avoid unnecessary long reaches. Available at
www.yankodesign.com. Price:
Not available at press time.
Available at Amazon.com,
these battery-less faucet and
shower heads have built in
light-emitting diode (LED)
lights that glow various colors
depending on the temperature
of the water as it comes out. It
makes it easier to avoid the experience of stepping into a cold
or scalding hot water shower or
dipping your hands into a wash
basin. The faucet nozzle illuminates your sink and changes
the color of the water depend-
Cleaning Robot
If you have difficulty scrubbing
and bending over to clean the
bathroom, the Cleaning Robot
from www.crookedbrains.net
could be just the thing. According to the company, it will
automatically clean floors, tubs
and shower walls at your command.
On a one-hour full
charge, it rolls back and forth,
has a strong suction and takes
several passes over difficult
cleaning areas. Price: $225
and up.
Spa Towel Warmer
Do you want to keep your
robes and towels warm and
cozy as you exit the shower or
bath? The Spa Towel Warmer
from Brookstone (www.brookstone.com) is designed to do
just that. And, it is especially
helpful to caregivers who care
for people who are somewhat
resistant to bathing as it makes
the experience more pleasant.
Price: $99-$199.
IllumiBowl
Nightlight
Most of us use nightlights to
navigate our way to the bathroom, but they do occupy electrical socket space, waste electricity and are not always placed
where you need them. A solution could be the IllumiBowl
Toilet Nightlight which fits any
commode. As described on
the hit TV show Shark Tank,
it automatically turns on when
you enter the room at night and
cleverly shows the position of
the seat. As the manufacturer
claims: “No more waking up
to blinding lights! No more
stumbling around in the dark!
No more falling in the toilet!
No more making a mess!”
Price: $6.99 at Amazon.com.
Harry's Shavers
quality
multipleblade cutting and
overall smooth shaving. The precision
trimmer is worth the
price by itself. And,
it even comes in either orange, green or
blue colors. You can
expect to get many
more shaves from
one blade but when it
is time for a new one, replaceable blades are less than $2 each.
More information at www.harrys.com.
Grandparents Leaving
a Legacy for Their
Grandchildren
Hey guys, listen up!
Are
you tired of paying too much
for your well-known brand
shavers? Or, maybe you are
frustrated with the low-quality
cheap ones. A new company
called Harry's offers a solution.
For about $15 to $25, Harry's
offers shavers featuring quality craftsmanship, flex hinges,
lubricating strips and precision
trimmers for sideburns and
hard-to-reach places like under
your nose.
Several packages are available
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I tried it and found it to be
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Alex and Rachel are retired
and have been advised by their
financial planner to reduce
their taxable estate. They are
planning to purchase a juvenile
life insurance policy inside
a trust for each of their four
grandchildren.
Grand children
need Life Insurance!
Most important: Parents should
make sure they have enough
life insurance for themselves.
The biggest mistake people
make is buying a policy for a
child when they are underinsured. Life insurance is one of
the rare cases when parents’
needs should, indeed, come
first.
Contact Stephen Parsons at
(714) 552-9788 for more information.
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Act F.A.S.T.—Know The Signs
& Symptoms Of A Stroke
Every four minutes in the
United States, a stroke victim
dies—but knowing the signs
and symptoms to watch for can
help reduce death from stroke
and improve outcomes by getting people appropriate and
timely care.
The fifth leading cause of death
and the leading cause of serious long-term disability in the
United States, stroke affects
800,000 people every year.
Unfortunately, many Americans do not recognize the signs
of a stroke, so they ignore the
symptoms or don’t call 9-1-1.
Recognizing the signs and acting immediately could be the
difference between making a
recovery and living with longterm disability.
What You Should Know
A stroke occurs when a blood
vessel that carries blood and
oxygen to the brain is blocked
by plaque or a blood clot (acute
ischemic stroke) or ruptures and
bleeds (hemorrhagic stroke).
The apparent signs and symptoms of stroke include speech
impairment, arm numbness and
weakness, severe headache,
sudden confusion, trouble seeing out of one or both eyes, as
well as uncontrollable drooping of the face.
There are several types of
risk factors for stroke, some
of which are hereditary while
others are preventable by altering one’s lifestyle choices.
Some of these risk factors include smoking and the use of
tobacco, eating an unhealthy
diet, consuming alcohol in excessive amounts, and a lack of
daily exercise.
Recognizing and understanding the signs and symptoms of
a stroke is crucial. Immediate
medical attention may limit the
effects of a stroke, so it’s imperative to call 9-1-1 at the first
sign.
Always Act F.A.S.T.
If you or someone you know
begins to show signs or symptoms of a stroke, there’s a fourletter acronym, “F.A.S.T.,” that
corresponds to a test that can be
used as a quick screening tool:
• F=FACE, loss of function on
one side of your face, which
may look like drooping
• A=ARMS, sudden weakness
on one side, which may mean
you can’t hold the arm up
• S=SPEECH, as in slurred
speech
• T=TIME, meaning it’s time to
call 9-1-1 right away.
If a person shows any of these
symptoms, call 9-1-1 or get to a
hospital immediately.
Learn More
For further facts and advice about stroke, visit www.
strokeawareness.com/strokecall911.
SEPTEMBER 2016
UCI Neuropsychiatric Center
“The A4 study is exploring
whether we can treat Alzheimer’s disease the same way
we now address high cholesterol and heart disease—halting the disease before it even
starts,” said Reisa Sperling,
MD, principal investigator of
the A4 study. “The A4 study offers new hope that we can give
people a way to fight back, and
give them something they can
actively do to protect their own
memories. We hope to eventually spare other generations
from ever facing this devastating disease.”
Research shows that many
groups and individuals, including women, African-Americans, and Hispanic and Latino
Americans are at a higher risk
for developing Alzheimer’s
disease, but there is no clear
consensus why. One of the
goals of the A4 study is to attract participants from diverse
backgrounds, in order to help
determine why certain communities are more apt to get
Alzheimer’s, and identify how
they can reduce the prevalence
of AD.
The A4 study is funded by the
National Institute on Aging/
NIH, Eli Lilly and Company,
and several philanthropic organizations. The A4 study is
coordinated by the Alzheimer’s
Disease Cooperative Study, located at the University of California, San Diego. To volunteer
for the A4 study or for more
information, please visit www.
a4study.org or contact the UCI
study coordinator, Andrea Weideman at (714) 456-5697 or
email andrea.weideman@uci.
edu.
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Surf City Days
Huntington Beach
Sept.17-18
A great way to end the summer! Spend the weekend at
Huntington Beach Downtown
and engage in your favorite
activities as a participant or
spectator. Join the 46th Annual
Surf Competition, CBVA Volleyball Tournament, HSS/Surfline Demo Days, Old Skool
Skate Demo, CrossFit Surf
City Competition and Surfin'
Sunday’s concert. At, Huntington Beach Pier and downtown
locations, Huntington Beach.
Dozynki Harvest
Festival
Yorba Linda
Sept. 17-18
Celebrating Polish culture with
food, music dancing and exhibits. Dozynki is a celebration of
thanksgiving after a bountiful
harvest that dates back to 16th
century Poland. It remains a
long-standing tradition in Polish communities throughout
the world, including the United
States and Canada. The Dozynki will feature Polish folk dancers in traditional costumes plus
delicious polish food such as
freshly prepared stuffed cabbage, traditional Pierogi, authentic Polska Kielbasa and
Polish beer. At, Pope John Paul
II Polish Center, 3999 Rose
Dr., Yorba Linda. Call, 714996-8161.
Anaheim Craft and
Vintage Fair
Anaheim
Sept. 24
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visit the Anaheim Craft and
Vintage Fair to shop for oneof-a kind handmade items from
local crafters. No multi-tiered
marketers. Real art and handmade items. Food will be sold,
including Eastern European favorites, baked goods and homemade jam. Church tours will
include viewing hand-painted
icons, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Vespers Liturgy at 5 p.m. All
are welcome. At, Annunciation
Byzantine Catholic Church
995 N. West St., Anaheim.
Cruisin' For A Cure
Car Show
Costa Mesa
Sept. 24
The world's largest one-day
car show dedicated to helping
find a cure for Prostate Cancer.
Live music, food and vendors.
At, OC Fair and Expo Center,
Costa Mesa.
J.F. Shea Therapeutic
Riding Center Annual
BBQ and Family Faire
San Juan Capistrano
Sept. 24
Gates open at 4 p.m.
Traditional family barbecue in
a casual setting featuring live
country Western entertainment,
activities for children, live
and silent auctions and riding
demonstrations throughout the
evening. Country Western wear
is encouraged. All proceeds
benefit the programs of the J.F.
Shea Therapeutic Riding Center dedicated to improving the
lives of persons with disabilities through horsemanship. At,
The J.F. Shea Therapeutic Rid-
[email protected]
ing Center, 26284 Oso Road,
San Juan Capistrano. Call, 949240-8441.
Irvine Global Village
Festival
Irvine
Sept. 24
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Boasting artistic cultural performances on five stages, the
festival's live entertainment is a
mosaic of music and dance representing more than 50 cultures
from Europe, Asia, Africa, and
North and South America. See
cultural displays, world religion and demonstrations, indulge in international cuisine,
and explore the world marketplace. Festival admission and
parking are free. At, Bill Barber
Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine. Call, 949-724-6606.
Orange County Craft
Beer Festival
Silverado
Sept. 24
This year there will be more
than 90 breweries serving more
than 200 craft and import beers
plus food, live entertainment,
beer seminars. No one under
the age of 21 will be admitted. This event raises funds for
the Fallen Fire Fighters Relief
Fund. At, San Canyon Park,
5305 Santiago Canyon Road,
Silverado. Call, 949-363-1774.
Tiller Days- Tustin
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2
Tustin Tiller Days has been a
regular event in Tustin since
1957. The event provides an
opportunity for Tustin to celebrate Orange County's agricultural heritage. Features parade
(on Saturday at 10 a.m.), carnival, rides, food and entertainment. At, 17522 Beneta Way,
Tustin. Call, 714-573-3326.
SEPTEMBER 2016
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Roofing
www.pacificcrestroof.com
CA 986602
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Five Things To Know When Leasing
Wireless Devices
America’s wireless industry
is constantly evolving but one
thing doesn’t change: fierce
competition for every single
mobile customer means you
have new options.
Fridays most games
will pay $500 & $400
Thanks to this competition,
you can choose among a
variety of innovative offers for
wireless service and devices.
Some providers and handset
manufacturers offer an option
to lease, rather than buy your
devices,
an
increasingly
popular way to access the latest
mobile devices. There remain
many choices for consumers
to acquire a phone at full
retail price, as well as through
installment plans and two-year
contract options.
Leasing is just another way
for you to individualize your
mobile experience. CTIA wants
to ensure that all consumers
understand the new, innovative
offering. If you’re thinking of
taking advantage of new leased
options, remember to follow
these five tips:
1. Remember, Your Device
Is Leased. Just like leasing
a car, you don’t own a leased
phone and will generally need
to return it at the end of your
agreement. The economics may
make sense for your household,
especially if you always want
the newest device.
2. Consider Insuring Your
Device. And just like with
a car, you need to return the
phone in good condition. You
should consider whether you
need to protect yourself in case
of damage or loss by insuring
your phone with your operator
or a third-party insurance
company.
3. Be Careful Trading in Your
Device. Leasing is popular,
in part, because you can trade
in your old phone with your
carrier for a new device. Just be
careful and don’t accidentally
trade in your leased phone to
another carrier. A leased phone
improperly traded in could
get you in trouble under your
leased terms with fees and
penalties.
4. Know Your Options. The
good thing is that at the end of
your contract, you can typically
elect to buy your leased devices
or trade in your phone for the
newest model. Once you decide
to buy your phone, it’s yours to
sell or trade!
5. Know Your Agreement if
Switching Providers. Wireless
companies offer financial
incentives and promotions
to switch providers—a great
consumer benefit—but some
deals require you to trade in your
phone to qualify. Remember, if
you lease your phone, you are
likely not eligible. You can take
advantage of great new offers
from other operators at the end
of your lease or if you satisfy
the terms of your leasing
agreement. Check with your
provider to learn more about
your specific leasing terms.
Enjoy the benefits of a proconsumer, competitive wireless
landscape with a variety of
choices; it’s up to you to pick
an option that makes sense for
your family and budget. For
more information on choosing
wireless plans and devices,
visit
http://ctia.it/23e6JUJ.
Happy shopping.
Learn More
For more facts and tips on
wireless devices and plans,
visit www.ctia.org.
Whether you lease your device
or buy it, wireless companies
are competing for your
business.
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Westward Ho!
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS
In the early spring of another
century, a team of adventurous
explorers set out to rediscover
the Pacific Ocean. If Cortez and Magellan could do it,
my father reasoned, he could
too. Preparations for this expedition had been interrupted
many times by loving relatives
predicting that unknown dangers of this foolhardy journey
could rival anything Ulysses
or ‘Wrong Way” Corrigan encountered on their respective
Odysseys.
No matter, no job, no food
stamps or prospects, but at
the driver’s seat that historic
morning in the year 1926 AD
was steely-eyed Ernie, accompanied by Laura, the navigator and backed by two experienced whiners aged 4 and 6.
The plan was simple. If they
headed west long enough and
religiously adhered to a mythical trail called Route 66, they
would—with any luck at all-encounter their pot of gold at
the end of rainbow.
“Ernie, don’t take them two
kids with you!” Grandma Julia entreated. She had given
life to three boys and a girl, my
father being the youngest and
a gifted troublemaker. Irish as
Paddy’s pig, my mother was
occasionally heard to fondly
refer to Pop as a “woodenheaded Dutchman”, but cleverly deferred to his Teutonic
judgement to preserve the union.
Eighty years previously, the
ill-fated Donner Party had a
similar goal and tragically
“Dumkopf!” echoed Grandpa
George who at the age of 17
migrated from Germany in
the early 1800s with his older
brother to protect him as the
pair drifted from Ellis Island
as far west as Kansas City
before halting. Beyond that
point even Rand and McNally
couldn’t guarantee anything
and could not be held responsible for your safety and wellbeing. No call to upstage him,
Grandpa opined, he’d done all
the pioneering his family required.
failed. My father vowed this
was not to be the fate of the
Horseman Party, noting the
vastly modified and improved
Conestoga wagon in the form
of a 1919 Dodge Bros. touring
car that was to be our home
and transportation for the next
three weeks. This formidable
machine featured a folding
top, removable side curtains
made of a self-destructing
material called “ising glass”
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and genuine rubber tires that
were capable of withstanding
anything up to small-graveled
surface roads, twigs and temperatures not exceeding 70
degrees. In the event of an
untimely meeting with anything that punctured its inner
tube, the tire could be removed
from its wheel, the inner tube
repaired with a material as
strong as cardboard and glued
in place with mucilage, the
forerunner of
today’s Gorilla
Glue.
This temporary
lay-by would
be enhanced
over the next
four
hours,
taxing my father’s patience
with the air pump, the brothers Dodge and life in general. Meanwhile, the navigator
and her two aides had ample
time to ignite
a small mound
of soiled clothing and roast
some
hardtack and salted
jerky
while
admiring scenery far enough
away to be out
of earshot of
the driver’s expletives.
Camping out at night because
the deluxe alternative of a Motel 6 would not become available for 36 years, in no time
at all we inched across western Kansas one long mile at
a time, cut across a corner of
Colorado and dropped down
into New Mexico attaining
speeds of up to 40 mph downhill in mountain passes. Periodically, Father eschewed his
Barney Oldfield persona long
enough to fix an estimated 187
punctures while Mom zeroed
in on Hopi or Navajo trading
posts to negotiate with grizzled characters over turquoise
jewelry and authentic Indian
papoose dolls. The back seat
hostages chorused, “Are we
there yet?”
April, May and June passed
quickly like continental drift,
punctuated by jurisdictional
debates between sister and
older brother pertaining to
who deserved the entire width
of the back seat for a nap. Suddenly, midway across the shifting sands of Arizona appeared
signs that Flagstaff, Kingman,
Barstow and San Bernardino
were on the horizon. A dirt
road turnoff to Winslow Meteor Crater appeared on the left,
another primitive highway on
the right indicated the way to
the Grand Canyon. The Dodge
plowed resolutely on. We
weren’t “there” yet.
Later, wearily standing on the
edge of a Laguna cliff squinting off in the general direction
of Japan, my mother queried
my father, “Well?”
“Shoot, I thought it would be
bigger,” he offered regretfully.
“And bluer.”
“Wooden-headed Dutchman,”
she confirmed.
Four years passed. Our family
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had integrated into the relative
quiet of Southern California.
My father had a job, we had
a mortgage and watched radio with the same slack-jawed
concentration that TV offers
today. The Great Depression
of the Thirties had not reduced
us to penury yet. I had a handpainted, single-speed bike and
held firm in the belief that New
Departure coaster brakes were
superior to Morrows. Shod
with no-maintenance high-top
black Keds, I had a skate key
and dirty cords just like every
other kid and received a 25¢
haircut plus a complimentary
Abba-Zaba every month or so.
Sister had a Raggedy Ann doll
with a missing arm.
For me it was the onset of that
interminably awkward period
of about 15 years between the
surrender of the Easter Bunny
and Santa Claus myths and the
accelerating interest in cars
and girls in that order.
The nation wasn’t at war with
anybody, but prophetically
our family was preparing for
Operation Desert Shield long
before anybody ever knew
Kuwait existed. My father decided that every two years it
was time to show the doubting
mid-west relatives the prodigal
son could and did make good
in the land of orange trees,
used car lots and drive-in cemeteries.
Travel-wise Californians knew
the only way to cross the Mojave Desert during the summer
months was at night when the
temperature dropped to a more
comfortable 97º. Nobody had
air-conditioning except the odd
bank here and there. However,
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September Book Club
By Debbie L. Sklar
the people what
they want to hear
is usually the one
who wins—facts
be damned.
Time to almost put away the
summer clothing and start
thinking about the cooler temperatures. Why not pick up a
good book at the same time?
We have some interesting ones
below to choose from.
Liars
How Progressives
Exploit Our Fears for
Power and Control
By Glenn Beck
“Glenn Beck, No. 1 bestselling
author and radio host, reveals
the cold truth behind the ideology of progressivism and how
the tenets of this dangerous
belief system are eroding the
foundation of this country.
“Politics is no longer about
pointing to a shining city on the
hill; it’s about promising you a
shiny new car for your driveway. The candidate who tells
“Politicians may be sleazy and
spineless, but they’re not stupid. They see that the way to
win is by first telling people
everything that is wrong with
the world, and then painting a
vision of the life they want—a
Utopian vision that they’ll create right here on earth, one…”
according to Publisher Threshold.
Insidious
By Catherine Coulter
“Insidious is the 20th thriller
in New York Times bestselling
author Catherine Coulter's FBI
series. FBI agents Savich and
Sherlock must discover who
is trying to murder Venus Rasmussen, a powerful, wealthy
society icon. They soon find
out that the danger may be
closer than expected.
“Venus Rasmussen, a powerful
woman who runs the interna-
tional conglomerate Rasmussen Industries, believes someone is poisoning her. After
Savich and Sherlock visit with
her, someone attempts to shoot
her in broad daylight. Who’s
trying to kill her and why? A
member of her rapacious family, or her grandson who’s been
missing for 10 years and suddenly reappears? Savich and
Sherlock must peel away the
layers to uncover the incredible
truth about who would target
Venus.
“Meanwhile, Special Agent
Cam Wittier leaves Washington
for Los Angeles to work with
local Detective Daniel Montoya to lead the hunt for the
Starlet Slasher, a serial killer
who has cut the throats of five
young actresses. When a sixth
young actress is murdered,
Cam comes to realize the truth
might be closer than she’d ever
want to believe.
“With breakneck speed and
unexpected twists and turns,
Coulter’s Insidious will leave
you breathless until the shocking conclusion,” according to
Publisher Gallery Books.
Three Sisters,
Three Queens
By Philippa Gregory
“There is only one bond that I
trust: between a woman and her
sisters. We never take our eyes
off each other. In love and in rivalry, we always think of each
other.
“From New York Times bestselling author behind the upcoming Starz original series,
The White Princess, a gripping
new Tudor story featuring King
Henry VIII’s sisters Mary and
Margaret, along with Katherine of Aragon, vividly revealing the pivotal roles the three
queens played in Henry VIII’s
kingdom.
“When Katherine of Aragon is
brought to the Tudor court as
a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each knows
the other for a rival, an ally, a
pawn, destined—with Margaret’s younger sister Mary—to
a sisterhood unique in all the
world. The three sisters will
become the queens of England,
Scotland, and France.
“United by family loyalties and
affections, the three queens find
themselves set against each
other. Katherine commands an
army against Margaret and kills
her husband James IV of Scotland. But Margaret’s boy be-
comes heir to the Tudor throne
when Katherine loses her son.
Mary steals the widowed Margaret’s proposed husband, but
when Mary is widowed it is her
secret marriage for love that is
the envy of the others. As they
experience betrayals, dangers,
loss, and passion, the three sisters find that the only constant
in their perilous lives is their
special bond, more powerful
than any man, even a king,”
according to Publisher Touchstone.
The Deep
A Novel
By Nick Cutter
“A strange plague called the
‘Gets’ is decimating humanity
on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at
first, like where they left their
keys, then the not-so-small
things, like how to drive or the
letters of the alphabet. Their
bodies forget how to function
involuntarily. There is no cure.
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Life in Long Beach
By Lyn Jensen
Vietnam Vets’ Rights Started at Long Beach VA
When Ron Kovic was a patient of the Long Beach Veterans Administration in 1974,
he and many of his fellow
disabled Vietnam veterans
encountered conditions they
believed amounted to patient
abuse. Unable to change the
system through administrative
channels, they resorted to what
might now be called “occupy
tactics.”
Kovic and 14 other disabled
vets occupied then-senator
Alan Cranston’s office in the
Westwood Federal Building
for seventeen days, refusing
to leave, or even eat, until the
head of the VA (at the time,
Donald Johnson) met with
them personally and heard their
grievances.
Kovic later wrote Born on the
Fourth of July about his military experience, being sent
to make war in Vietnam and
coming home paralyzed. That
book has become an American
classic and was made into an
Oscar-nominated film starring
Tom Cruise as Kovic.
Now Kovic has written Hurricane Street which, like its
author, was born on the Fourth
of July. (Akashic Books; July
4, 2016.) It’s a day-by-day account of how the
protest at Cranston’s
office came about
and its aftermath.
Besides providing a
first-person historical account, Hurricane takes readers
graphically into the
lives of severely
disabled vets. As the
country deals with
a new generation
of service members
who’ve been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the subject is again timely.
While living
on Hurricane
Street in Marina Del Rey,
Kovic founded
the
American Veterans
Movement.
Several other
patients of the
Long
Beach
VA joined him
for a meeting at
Cranston’s office that turned
into a hunger
strike, lasting
from Feb. 12 to March 2, 1974.
It ended only when then-president Richard Nixon sent Johnson to hear the vets’ grievances
in Cranston’s office.
Kovic hoped his American
Veterans Movement would
gain millions of members and
grow into a change-making nationwide activist organization.
The group planned a march on
Washington on July 4, 1974,
hoping to rival Martin Luther
King’s in 1964. Other veterans’
groups refused to join, and the
march failed miserably. Soon
afterward Kovic was kicked
out of his own organization (he
suspects outside influences)
and the movement disbanded.
At the age of 70 and still living in the South Bay, Kovic
remains a patient of the Long
Beach VA, where the reforms
he demanded in 1974 have resulted in much higher standards
of patient care.
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Westward Ho!
no need to succumb to heat
prostration before you reached
Barstow, they claimed, if you
knew a few simple tricks. Experienced desert crossers recognized one another by the
presence of a gray canvass
water bag suspended by a rope
handle off their car’s headlight,
bumper or door handle. Filled
with water at every opportunity, this served a dual purpose
of replenishing over-heated radiators and dehydrated passengers alike. After a few miles
caressed by the desert air, the
exterior of the water bag was
colorfully decorated by a frosting of dust and compressed
insects. As a treat for parched
throats, the consensus was the
flavor fell well short of a bottle
of Coke or grape Nehi. In fact,
rainwater runoff from a Monkey Ward’s awning couldn’t
taste worse.
In the evening, just prior to
venturing into the molten Mojave, all you had to do was
pull up short of Victorville,
go to place where you could
purchase a 50 pound block of
ice. The auto industry of the
30s had not yet eliminated the
romantic possibilities offered
by the front seat by installing huge transmission humps
consoles, bucket seats and cup
holders, thus the front floor
was flat and the ideal spot to
place the block of ice under the
dash board. They had, however, thoughtfully included little
cowl ventilators that could direct hot air directly on the ice
and offer a modicum of relief
to the accelerator foot.
Pop was a dedicated 1930
Ford man now, having worked
his way through an Oakland
and a Willys-Overland and
was way ahead of Henry in figuring out what to do with the
melting ice as our foursome
cruised Rte. 66 toward higher
elevations offered by Flagstaff.
Ignoring my mother’s fruitless
negative attitude, he drilled an
inch-wide hole right through
the floorboard, miraculously
avoiding any damage to either the transmission or the
drive shaft. Viola! He drilled
a similar hole in a shallow
pan, connecting the two holes
with a short piece of our garden hose before Mom could
stop him and we were rolling
on our mission to impress the
Jawhawker naysayers.
My sister and I never gave Pop
the credit he was due possibly
because the temperature in the
back seat area never dropped as
much as a degree. Inasmuch as
we were never allowed to hang
our heads out the window like
dogs do with such enthusiasm,
these bi-annual returns to our
birthplace became a juvenile
anathema surpassed only by
the ritual downing of Grandma
Cora’s Spring Tonic. My wife
and I vowed to never put our
own future kids through such
an ordeal. Instead, we initiated long educational Sunday
drives looking at houses and
ending up at nice restaurants
where they had to use their
best manners.
I’m sure they enjoyed the experience although I had the
impression our “there” wasn’t
their “there.”
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Idyllic Carlsbad
Story and Photos by Ronnie Greenberg
Carlsbad, the charmingly
blissful “Village by the Sea,”
is set among nature’s limitless
beauty. Offering endless fun,
adventure and cultured activities, Carlsbad is embraced
with an eclectic mix of the
great outdoors, acres of rolling
farmland, and fields of radiant colored flowers. It's easy
to imagine why it was the one
time ultimate romantic hideaway and playground for old
Hollywood.
Make your memories here
enjoying the miles of pristine
beaches, sleepy blue lagoons,
exploring the downtown
streets of artsy shops, or taking
in a breathtaking view of the
Pacific Ocean.
Start your adventure unpacking your bags in the West Inn &
Suites, a unique boutique hotel
offering the ultimate in luxurious detail with a classic style.
There are 86 spacious guest
rooms including 36 suites. All
rooms have one or two King
sion there are two PGA championship golf courses within a
5 minute drive.
West Inn & Suites is located
at 4970 Avenida Encinas in
Carlsbad. For information
and reservation phone, (760)
448-4500 or (866) 431-WEST
www.westinnandsuites.com
Dining on Property
West Inn and Suites
beds with pristine high-thread
count Egyptian cotton linen,
Down duvets and blankets.
Complimentary highlights include an extensive hot breakfast buffet, high speed wired
and wireless Internet, DVD
players in each room, outdoor
and underground parking, and
seasonal evening of cookies
and milk at bedtime and coffee
and tea in the breakfast room,
24 hours a day. Pet-friendly
rooms are available for an additional fee, and amenities include an on site pet run and a
Leo Carillo Ranch Historic Park
pet park, directly west of Bistro West. There is no resort fee,
and a complimentary scheduled shuttle service is available within 5 miles of the hotel
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“West” signature service and
personal attention by the entire team is yours throughout
your stay, and concierges with
unique specialties are there to
guide you. A special summer
complimentary
experience
for guests is a Pop Up Beach
Party where you are dropped
off at the beach with all the
amenities in tow: Umbrellas,
towels, boogie board, a roller
filled with snacks and drinks,
and then picked up.
Soak up the sun beside the
heated outdoor pool and spa,
and stay in shape at the fitness
center equipped with an elliptical trainer, treadmill, stationary bicycle and universal
weight stations. Stop by the
library stocked with books and
games, and if golf is your pas-
Be prepared to savor the most
incredible food in both the
casual and fine dining restaurants on property. Infusing an
authentic farm-to-table experience into its creative, sophisticated and delicious menus,
the chefs help tend the 3-acre
West farm which produces a
harvest of more than 25 veg
each time they visit. Popular
menu specials change seasonally with each harvest from the
West farm.
Bistro West an award-winning
restaurant has a casual elegant
motif featuring natural lighting from glass-block windows with mood-setting light
variations and floor-to-ceiling
water-filled bubble walls. The
restaurant for all day dining
also includes a pet-friendly patio. Here Executive Chef John
Miller offers contemporary
comfort food. For lunch there's
a choice of pizza made in their
stone hearth oven, fresh pasta
prepared by the chef and delicious hamburgers and sandwiches, as well as the Monday
Bistro West
etables including white eggplant, baby zucchini, yellow
beets and Heirloom tomatoes.
Inspired by the culinary bounty, each of the chefs’s organic
creations from the farm have
become daily specialties at
each restaurant, offering guests
a seasonal menu experience
to Friday Bistro One-Plate
lunches. For dinner entrees
there's the pork loin, scallops,
a wide variety of steaks and
Chicken Cordon Bleu. Call,
(760) 930-8008 www.bistrowest.com
West Steak and Seafood, the
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Zealand Cervina Venison, all
along with a full bar and extensive wine menu. Top it off
with the yummy house bread
pudding and ice cream. The
knowledgeable and attentive
staff round out an exceptional
experience.
Museum of Making Music
five-star hot spot for locals and
visitors alike, greets you with
its elegant décor and intimate
booth seating, highlighted by
dramatic fiber optic lighting
panels and an open kitchen.
Executive Chef Dave Abella
presents flawlessly prepared
USDA petite prime filet; 20
oz. bone in NY strip loin:
Porterhouse ; Colorado rack
of lamb; bison filet mignon,
Chilean Sea bass; Mediterranean Striped Bass (Branzino);
Alaskan Halibut; lobster tails:
and Alaskan King Crab Legs.
All of the sauces, marinades
and dressings are made from
scratch daily. Raise your glass
for the finest global and California offerings. Pair specialty
cocktails with a seasonally inspired menu that evolves with
the changing harvest from
West farm.
Area Fine Dining
Another five-star culinary adventure awaits you at PAON
Restaurant, Wine Bar, and
Fine Specialty Wine Shop in
downtown Carlsbad Village.
Heralded for its exquisite dining, Paon offers French cuisine
with California influences,
beautiful patio dining, and elegant Art Deco in an intimate
dining setting. "Paon is French
for parrot," explained personable Managing Partner, Steve
Barr. The menu guided by renowned Executive Chef David
Galbaren features seasonal,
locally grown, organic produce for the palates of the food
lovers from all over the world.
Spotlighting organic prime
meats, game and fish prepared
with traditional French sophistication, that includes such
mouthwatering specialties as
traditional French Escargot
Bourguignon; foie gras; Black
Pearl American Paddle Fish
Caviar; Duo of King Salmon
& Yellowfin Tuna Tartare ;veal
sweet breads; pan roasted
pheasant; duo of duck confit
leg and duck breast; Provencal
herb crusted Colorado lamb;
certified Angus filet mignon;
and black pepper roasted New
PAON Wine Shop & Tasting
Bar presents a huge inventory
of wine along with such choices as the Petite Bites of Trio of
Chefs Amuse Bouche, a small
sampling of items from Chefs’
kitchen like baked cheese Profiterole, tuna tartar and Butternut squash soup.
Located at 2975 Roosevelt St.,
call, (760) 729-7377 or www.
paoncarlsbad.com
Legoland
ety of hands-on, interactive instruments designed to inspire
the music enthusiast within.
Sounds and exhibits of Jazz,
Blues, Big Band, Rock ’n Roll,
Country music and Blue
Paon
Around the Area
Music is the soundtrack of our
lives: Whether you like your
music melodious or harmonious, the Museum of Making
Music is a must see. Discover
popular music and instrument
innovations of the 20th and
21st centuries. Play on a vari-
grass all take center stage here.
It's also about how an industry
supplies the world with the instruments, products and gear
that we all use to make music.
Located at 5790 Armada Drive
in Carlsbad. Call, (760)4385996 www.museumofmakingmusic.org
Open Tuesday through Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on
Mondays and major holidays.
Leo Carillo Ranch Historic
Park is a 27 acre-parcel (once
part of a 2538-acre working
rancho) that has been preserved, and many of the buildings restored by the city of
Carlsbad. It was home to actor Leo Carrillo ( perhaps most
well known for playing the role
of Poncho in the 1950s color
television series, The Cisco
Kid), his wife Edith (Deedie),
and their daughter Antoinette.
Rancho de los Quiotes (Ranch
of the Spanish Daggers) represented Carrillo’s dream to connect with the proud memories
of his past. From 1937 to 1940
Leo worked with his foreman
and friend Cruz Mendoza to
construct the many buildings on the ranch including a
hacienda, pool, cabana, cantina, carriage house, stable and
barn. He preserved the original walls of the 1880s Kelly
family adobe and incorporated
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An Inspiring Look At Love,
Illness And Recovery
According to the American
Cancer Society, nearly two
out of five Americans will be
diagnosed with cancer at some
time in their lives. It’s a rare
family that’s not affected—but
if it ever happens to you, a new
book may be both helpful and
inspiring.
nates 15 percent of the sales
price of her book to breast cancer research.
“Walk Beside Me” by Christine Handy (Proper Press,
LLC) is the amazing story of
one woman’s journey from
a world of fashion, fame and
wealth to one of cancer and
healing; it’s about a life that
goes from the glitter of New
York’s fashion world and designer labels to one of loneliness, fear, illness and, finally,
recovery.
Learn More
For further facts about the
book or the author, visit www.
theproperpress.com and www.
christinehandy.com.
The book is a fictionalized
story of what at first seems a
picture-perfect life: a stunning
model turned wife and mother,
who lives in a beautiful home
with her husband and two kids
in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Ohio. Then she’s
diagnosed with breast cancer
and it all seems to fall apart.
Fortunately for her, she has
the most amazingly devoted
group of friends who won’t
let her walk alone. These extraordinary women, all living
prominent lives with demanding schedules, take turns staying with her, accompanying
her to doctors’ appointments,
to chemo sessions and back
home, where they do everything for her, from feeding her
“Walk Beside Me” is available at www.amazon.com and
www.barnesandnoble.com in
hardcover, paperback and as
an e-book.
to bathing her to cleaning up
after her. They are her angels,
and they walk beside her every
step of her long recovery.
They lift her spirits; laugh and
cry with her. They share their
stories, some funny, some sad.
They walk beside her spiritually and emotionally, soothing
her heartache, boosting her
self-esteem and reminding her
that every single minute of her
life is abundantly worth living.
This is an enthralling story of
sickness and triumph, of being
comfortable in your own skin,
of valuing the things that have
true worth, and of learning to
fight for yourself and what you
truly want. It’s the story of a
woman who peels away the
layers to find her inner warrior, a woman who faces insurmountable odds and—thanks
to her earthly angels—learns
to treasure the gift of God’s infinite light and love.
The author, a real-life former
model and cancer survivor, is
now an advocate for women
with breast cancer, and do-
A new book provides a beautifully written and uplifting
story of one woman’s descent
into the darkest depths of selfpity and depression and her ultimate ascent into a bright new
day of hope, love and happiness.
With A
Heart for
Seniors
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Book Club
“But far below the surface of
the Pacific Ocean, a universal
healer hailed as ‘ambrosia’ has
been discovered. In order to
study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built
eight miles under the sea’s surface. But when the station goes
incommunicado, a brave few
descend through the lightless
fathoms in hopes of unraveling
the mysteries lurking at those
crushing depths … and perhaps
to encounter an evil blacker
than anything one could possibly imagine,” according to
Publisher Gallery Books.
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Busy Boomers
By Les Goldberg
'It's Time to Give Back'
If you are meeting Dianne Seeber of Irvine for the first time,
you might wonder why I am
writing about her in this column. As you can see from her
photo, she appears very young,
vibrant, humble and happy
with her life so far. Certainly
not eligible to be a “boomer”
-- right?
During its history, she
added, the organization
has counseled, mentored, trained and placed
into paid positions about
50,000 youth, mostly
from
disadvantaged
backgrounds.
It currently partners with 200
local employers.
Wrong! Take it from me, her
friend and former colleague
for more than two decades,
all of the above adjectives describe her perfectly.
At 64
years young, she is a shining
example of how “boomers”
can spend their time being
productive while keeping their
lifelong skills, work ethic and
passion fine-tuned – and getting rewarded with enormous
appreciation.
“YES recently began
expanding its programs
from the Costa Mesa
Resource Center and
Newport/Mesa School
District to other communities where they are
implemented at schools
and various youth organizations,” Seeber said. “Casting
this wider net to reach more
young adults – at no cost to
them – has been a very exciting
venture for all of us.”
After more than 30 years of
what she describes as a “wonderful career” mostly working
in corporate America as a senior-level marketing, communications and public relations
expert and consultant, Seeber
decided “it's time to give back”
and took the plunge into volunteerism.
Her impressive
resume includes high management positions with such prestigious firms as ADP, Lehman
Brothers/BNC, ACC Capitol
Holding/AMC Mortgage Services, Rodheim Marketing
Group and Washington Mutual
Bank/American Savings Bank.
Choosing the right place to
volunteer was not an issue,
she said. “About four years
ago, the Orange County-based
non-profit Youth Employment
Service (YES) was looking for
a communications expert to
serve on its marketing and public relations committee. It was
a perfect fit. My passion is to
help the youth of our community, especially in their search
for meaningful employment.
After all, jobs are the foundation of our community, while
our young adults prepare to
become tomorrow's valuable
citizens.”
Seeber said YES, founded 45
years ago, “is dedicated to helping young people pave roads to
economic independence. Its
mission is to equip them with
the tools to improve their selfesteem, employability, career
choices, financial and personal
self-sufficiency and quality of
life.”
ence, and put your skills to
work.
“The result? You are giving
back and, as a nice extra benefit, your talents are acknowledged and appreciated.
As
we boomers age, our years of
experience are not always rewarded in the corporate world.
Yet, in the non-profit world,
they can be invaluable.”
More information about YES
volunteer opportunities is
available at www.yesworks.org
or by calling (949) 642-0474.
ldyllic
Carlsbad
Seeber encourages anyone who
enjoys helping young people to
join the family of volunteers at
YES. Currently the organization seeks volunteers with computer expertise, educational
backgrounds in teaching, experienced business and managerial skills, and people who just
want to help in the office or at
special events such as fundraisers.
them into his newly designed
L-shaped hacienda. Carrillo
had a working rancho of his
own complete with horses,
cowboys and more then 600
head of cattle. He also included peacocks reminiscent of his
uncle’s ranch that still roam
freely today. Carrillo also enjoyed entertaining many celebrities of the time on his ranch
including the likes of Clark
Gable, Carole Lombard and
Will Rogers.
“Volunteerism is a critical
component of our community's
success,” she added. If not
YES, “find something you are
passionate about, find a niche
where you can make a differ-
A short movie in the Hay Barn
(Visitor Center) will give you
an overview of Leo Carrillo
and the Ranch. Hours of operation are Tuesday through
Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
SEPTEMBER 2016
Sundays from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m.
and closed Monday. During
the summer park hours are
open one hour later. There is
no entrance fee.
Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic
Park is located in Carlsbad,
east of Highway I-5 and south
of Palomar Airport Road at
6200 Flying Leo Carrillo Lane
www.carlsbadca.gov
Tap into your inner child at the
family themed Legoland that’s
built out of billions of Lego
bricks. Various areas in the
park offer interactive displays
and attractions, as well as
the awesome Miniland USA.
www.legoland.com
While
there visit the amazing world
of more than 4,000 fascinating and beautiful creatures at
the Legoland California Resort SeaLife Aquarium right
next door. Explore the Octopus Garden and a rich variety
of underwater environments,
from the rugged California
coast to tropical coral reefs.
Walk through the 35-foot long
ocean tunnel and experience
being inside an underwater
display without getting wet.
www.visitsealife.com/california
How to Get There
Carlsbad is a two-hour drive
south of Los Angeles, easily
accessible from I-5. Amtrak
has stations in Carlsbad and
Oceanside.
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Carol Burnett
After Stanley, Burnett found
herself
unemployed.
She
bounced back a few months
later as a highly popular performer on the New York circuit
of cabarets and night clubs,
most notably for a hit parody
number called "I Made a Fool
of Myself Over John Foster
Dulles" (Dulles was Secretary
of State at the time). In 1957,
Burnett performed this number on both The Tonight Show,
hosted by Jack Paar, and The
Ed Sullivan Show. Dulles was
asked about Carol Burnett on
Meet the Press and joked, “I
never discuss matters of the
heart in public.”
Burnett also worked as a regular on one of television's earliest game shows, Pantomime
Quiz, during this time. In 1957,
just as Burnett was achieving
her first small successes, her
mother died.
Burnett's first true taste of success came with her appearance
on Broadway in the 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress, for
which she was nominated for
a Tony Award. The same year,
she became a regular player on
The Garry Moore Show, a job
that lasted until 1962. She won
an Emmy Award that year for
her "Outstanding Performance
in a Variety or Musical Program or Series" on the show.
Burnett portrayed a number of
characters, most memorably
the put-upon cleaning woman
who would later become her
signature alter-ego.
Burnett finally rose to headliner status and appeared in the
special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962), co-starring
her friend Julie Andrews. The
show won an Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievement
in the Field of Music, and Burnett won an Emmy for her performance. She followed that
up with a guest-starring role
in several TV shows, including The Twilight Zone episode
"Cavender is Coming."
While starring in the 1964
Broadway musical Fade Out
- Fade In ,Burnett befriended
Jim Nabors, who was enjoying great success with his series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. As
a result, she often appeared on
the show as a tough corporal
and gunnery sergeant. Nabors
would later be her first guest
every season on her variety
show.
In 1966, Lucille Ball became
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a friend and mentor to Burnett. After having guested on
Burnett's highly successful
CBS-TV special Carol + 2 and
having the younger performer
reciprocate by appearing on
The Lucy Show, Ball reportedly
offered Burnett her own sitcom
called Here's Agnes.
Burnett declined the offer, not
wanting to commit herself to
a weekly series, but the two
remained close friends until
Ball's death in 1989. Ball sent
flowers every year on Burnett's
birthday. When Burnett awoke
on the day of her 56th birthday
in 1989, she discovered via the
morning news that Lucille Ball
had died. Later that afternoon,
flowers arrived at Burnett's
house with a note reading,
"Happy Birthday, Kid. Love,
Lucy."
In 1967, Carol Burnett Show
was born and each season either
won or was nominated for multiple Emmy and Golden Globe
awards. Initially, the network
did not want her to do a variety show because they believed
only men could be successful
at variety. However, her contract required that they give her
one season of whatever kind of
show she wanted and she chose
to carry on the tradition of past
variety show successes.
Her show struck a chord with
viewers. Among other things, it
parodied films (Went With the
Wind), television (As the Stom-
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Take 2 Simple
Steps To Help
Protect Your
Family
ach Turns for the soap opera As
the World Turns) and commercials. Musical numbers were
also a frequent feature. Burnett
and her team struck gold with
the original sketch The Family, which eventually was spun
off into its own television show
called Mama's Family, starring
Vicki Lawrence.
When she wasn't starring in her
own shows, Burnett appeared
in guest roles in TV films, such
as Pete 'n' Tillie, 6 Rms Riv Vu,
Friendly Fire, Life of the Party:
The Story of Beatrice, Desperate Housewives, Falcon Crest,
Mad About You, Law & Order, Special Victims Unit, Glee
and Hawaii Five-O. Her film
career also includes The Four
Seasons, Annie, and Noises Off
and Once Upon a Mattress.
Burnett has been married and
divorced twice and has two
children with her second husband, TV producer Joe Hamilton -- Jody Hamilton, 49, and
Erin Hamilton, 48.
If you want to delve deeper into
Burnett's fascinating life story,
you can read her 2010 memoir,
This Time Together.
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Test the alarms monthly and
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download, for free, the Red
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tips and the Monster Guard
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home fire safety and prevention
at redcross.org/apps.
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SEPTEMBER 2016
By Judith A. Rogow
Deadlines and Other Aggravations
Deadlines are an integral part
of a writer or editor’s life. We
live and die by a calendar and
word counts, even though what
we write today may not hit the
stands for months.
That’s why, in the middle of a
miserable sweltering August
day, I’m working on holiday
gift pieces that won’t be published until November or December.
Boxes of review units (samples) are piling up, the phone
is ringing with pitches from
PR people, and editors for the
other publications that print my
work are begging for an early
submission.
One of my favorite authors
wants to send a manuscript –
she’s easy to work with, takes
edits, suggestions and questions
with good grace – I’ll manage.
Your former skills will be a
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they exist.
no office or other type of workplace. We aren’t critical to a
business; we aren’t scheduled
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A century ago, we were expected to sit on the front porch in
a rocking chair, play with our
grandchildren, and watch the
world pass us by.
Why am I telling you this?
Well, it seems that most of our
lives are spent under a deadline
. . . until we retire. Then there’s
a sudden realization that we are
adrift in a world where there’s
who need the extra help to becoming involved in community
events, we are needed and welcomed.
Now, we know better!
We start free-lancing, jump
from planes, travel the world,
write books or plays, take up
painting, teach Yoga, restore
vintage automobiles, mentor
others in any number of disciplines . . . we ROAR!
Giving back has become something many of us find satisfying. From tutoring students
High school and community
college students appreciate
someone who is willing to read
their essays and offer constructive criticism. A friend who
checked with his local community college to make sure it was
acceptable to offer such a service has been asked to coordinate efforts with others who are
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scene painters, makeup and
hair artists, costume designers,
prop masters, those who can
sew, musicians and actors.
Volunteering at animal shelters,
manning the gift shop at the local hospital, or being a ‘Pink
Lady’ at a nursing home is a
wonderful way to give back.
We still have much to offer –
experience, skills, know-how,
contacts, wisdom and energy.
Like any benefit, you ‘use it or
lose it,’ and our generation are
not losers.
Habitat for Humanity and one
of the several outfits that are
rehabbing homes for wounded
vets are physical work, and
much better for your outlook
than trudging on a treadmill at
the gym.
You can always become involved in a political campaign,
although I suspect most of us
are fed up with politics at this
point.
Speaking of points, the one I’m
trying to make is that we are no
longer being put out to pasture.
Of course, this is fun time, too
– it’s your hard earned ‘second
life’ – and there are all sorts of
activities waiting. So, dust off
that ‘bucket list,’ sign up for
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In The Spotlight
By Debbie L. Sklar
Writer Dishes about Reporting on Old Hollywood of Yesteryear
Sylvia Resnick is one lucky
lady, she’s hobnobbed with
many Hollywood celebrities of
yesteryear and then wrote several books and magazine articles about them.
Resnick, who is now in her 80s,
has lived at Heritage Pointe Assisted Living in Mission Viejo
for 7 years. However, the author, and former celebrity magazine writer is still actively engaged in her writing career.
Her most recent Hollywoodthemed book, The Evolution of
the Hollywood Heartthrob, is
a compendium of biographical
information about the lives and
careers of the men who made
female moviegoers hearts race
from the 1930s up through
2010.
In fact, Resnick has had nine
Hollywood-themed books published by traditional publishers,
along with more than 30 years
of covering celebrity lifestyles.
Having once written for popular fan magazines, she also held
the position of Associate Editor
on Rona Barrett’s Hollywood
Magazine and is currently under contract to Soul Mate Publishing to complete an erotic
historical novel with an underlying theme of Hollywood.
Resnick recently shared some
of her fond memories of the
Hollywood of yesteryear, often
Q: You worked
with Rona Barrett, a very
popular
gossip columnist
in her day and
age, what was it
like?
A: Rona Barrett
Sylvia Resnick by Judy Flores
was very kind
to me. She was clever, as well
comparing it to today’s celebrithe ‘Queen of the Day’ in her
ties. Here’s more about the fasfield of expertise; she always
cinating woman who has had
was accurate in her reporting
an equally exiting career as a
as was possible. Gossip in that
writer.
day was different from what it
is these days. It was fun and
She also recently learned the
insightful without being salaAcquisitions Librarian of The
cious. And it was not exaggerMargaret Herrick Library has
ated or misconstrued.
indicated interest in adding her
book The Evolution of the Hollywood Heartthrob to its collection.
Q: Where were you born and
raised?
A: I was born and raised in Chicago.
Q: Education?
A: Two years of college, plus
night classes.
Q: When did you become interested in Hollywood and celebrities?
A: I was a fan of movies from
the time I was 5, and entered
contests to do imitations of
Greta Garbo, Shirley Temple,
and Mae West. Movies were
my escape from an unhappy
childhood.
informed without hurting
the actors or being outright mean or incorrect as
it too often is today.
Q: Can you imagine stars
of yesteryear posing naked in Selfies to get PR?
A: Heaven forbid. These
actors were talented and
serious about their work.
But they also had a sense
of humor so they may
have taken a Selfie or two.
There were nudes done as
The Evolution of the Hollywood
well, but not by any serious ac- Heartthrob Photo by Judy Flores
tors that I know of. I was not
in your opinion for better or
privileged to be in the business
worse?
before the 1960s but I did hear
A: A celebrity in my day was
rumors.
just that, someone with prestige, talent and a dedicated fan
Q: How has the term ‘celebrity’
base. Fans were interested in
changed over the years? And
every phase of the lives of their
favorite, but in a hero worship
way. Today, fans chomp at the
bit for the most intimate bits of
information and are titillated by
them.
Q: What’s the difference between the gossip of yesteryear compared
to today?
A: The gossip
of
yesterday
was
usually
light-hearted
and informative.
Even
when it pertained to a
pending marriage breakup it
was tempered
with a kind of
grace. The gossip of yesterday as I recall
it, kept fans
Sylvia Resnick with Caroll O'Connor
Q: Tell us about your latest
book, The Evolution of the Hollywood Heartthrob.
A: The Evolution of the Hollywood Heartthrob came about
one day when I was writing up
an interview. I thought about
the changes that had come
about in the business; the appearance, talent and public life
of an actor and mostly about
the money actors were making.
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Years ago, an actor might make
three or four films a year and
still not earn anywhere near
the kind of money today’s actor does for just one film. The
appearance of actors has also
changed from the chiseled
sometimes breathtaking good
looks of the 30s. It has evolved
into a variety of ‘looks’ from
boyish to good looking to ruggedly handsome. Once clean
shaven eye candy, today’s
heartthrob has his own individuality in appearance. An imperfect feature does not deter him
from capturing the heart or devotion of a fan. Strong features
have replaced the boyish appeal of yesterday’s heartthrob.
Today, it’s sensuality that wafts
across the screen into the throbbing hearts of women.
Q: Did it take long to write?
A: It took a few years to complete the book mainly due to the
research involved, but along the
way I learned some interesting
facts about this group of men.
Q: Where do you get your inspiration from?
A: My inspiration just happens. I get the nucleus of an
idea, mull on it until it takes
shape. I jot down phrases that
may come to me in the middle
of the day or night and take it
from there. My mind is always
on the alert.
Q: Where can we buy The Evolution of the Hollywood Heartthrob?
A: Hollywood Heartthrobs is
available from Amazon, Barnes
Sylvia Resnick with
actor Bill Bixby
and Noble and Bear Manor
Media.
Q: Who did you enjoy meeting
the most back in the day?
A: Glenn Ford because he was
a real movie actor who made
my young heart race … but
somehow I was able to keep
my composure. He was, after
all, Glenn Ford.
Q: Do any of today’s ‘stars’
even compare to those of yesteryear in your opinion?
A: I can think of a number of
today’s ‘stars’ who have the appeal some of their counterparts
had decades ago. They also
have the talent. i.e.: Leonardo
DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper,
and Denzel Washington. Ben
Affleck, George Clooney and
Colin Firth are examples of
extreme good looks combined
with talent that are equal to anyone in the 1930s/1940s in my
opinion.
Q: What’s ahead for you?
A: I am a mystery buff and I
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would really like to write a
mystery one day. When I am
skimming the Internet, I do
read some of the gossip about
the actors I favor. I am also
under contract with SoulMate
Publishing to complete an erotic novel circa 1947 intertwining back alley gambling, Hollywood and The Outfit.
Q: What brought you to the
OC?
A: My husband passed away
and our son convinced me to
sell our home and move closer
to him and his family in Orange.
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has a lot of stories to share about
the days of Old Hollywood; so
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According to the LA Times,
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Sometimes planning for retirement isn't entirely about money
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How many words have been
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what do you have planned for
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What do you do with your
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While many of us have that
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When the same survey was
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Other prominent answers included "having purpose and
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Free time can be a luxury
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to what they will be doing with
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In his book You Can Retire
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Wes Moss advises seeking out
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These are rewarding and engaging interests that can bring
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Moss estimates that the most
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"Retirement" doesn't mean
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Maybe you find that a part-time
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Whatever path you take, it's
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time is finally your own. You've
worked most of your life for it,
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All, Altogether
If your family is like all too
many these days, you didn’t
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According to the travel industry analyst Skift, nearly half of
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SEPTEMBER 2016
Tinseltown Talks
By Nick Thomas
Barbara Bain’s Many Missions
The actress soon
recognized
the
potential of her
simple act of kindness.
Two decades ago, Barbara
Bain embarked on a mission
many might have considered
impossible: to convince children that books and reading
could be fun.
“I volunteered in a daycare and
just started reading to the kids
one day as we sat on the lawn,”
said Bain, who starred in the
TV series “Mission: Impossible” and “Space 1999.” "They
seemed to really enjoy it and
were very responsive.”
Barbara Bain and Martin
Landeau in Space 1999
“I thought of all
my acting colleagues in the
Screen
Actors
Guild
(SAG).
Every one of them
has to read well in
order to get a role
and, of course, actors love an
audience. So I went to SAG
and our mayor, and we created
BookPALS” (see www.bookpals.net).
Today, the program has
branches around the country
with more than 2,000 volunteer actors reading to students
complex,” explained Bain.
“It’s a wonderfully
written
story with each
character
incredibly welldefined.
The
casting was brilliant with veteran actors like
George Hamilton, Mariette
Hartley,
(the
late) Alex Rocco, and Howard
Hesseman. At
times we would
look at each
Barbara Bain with Peter Graves and Martin
Landeau from Mission Impossible.
other and laugh,
because we were
in classrooms, shelters, and
still making movies and havhospitals. “The readers love it
ing such a good time.”
and the kids are absolutely enthralled. Who better to take the
Unlike some TV stars from the
words from a page and bring
1960s and 1970s whose cathem to life than actors!”
reers were often defined by a
Bain, who turns 85 this month,
can also still bring
words from a
script to life in a
theater or on the
big screen.
One of her recent films, “Silver
Skies” (see www.
roarproductionsinc.com),
also
featured
some
show business veterans.
Barbara Bain as Dr. Helena Russell
in Space 1999
“It’s about a group
of retirees who are
getting thrown out
of their apartment
single role in a popular series,
Bain is recognized for creating
two iconic characters: scientist
Dr. Helena Russell in “Space
1999” and Cinnamon Carter
in the spy series “Mission: Impossible.”
She is especially proud of the
Carter character, which led to
Emmy Awards each year between 1967-1969, the first actress to win three consecutive
Emmys.
“Very few shows at the time
depicted strong women characters,” she said. “You either
played a wife stirring a pot in
the kitchen in a sitcom, or the
dance hall girl in a western – a
good girl or bad girl.”
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Enjoy A New Thriller
“Rogue Mission: A Jordan Sandor Thriller” sends the talented
CIA agent on his most exciting
adventure yet. Reviewers call
this highly anticipated fourth
entry in Jeffrey S. Stephens’
critically acclaimed series the
best yet.
The action begins on the first
page and never stops, as San-
dor embarks on a perilous and
unsanctioned mission.
Pursuing villains both known
and unknown, Sandor confronts the most ruthless enemies he has ever faced as he
struggles to prevent the deaths
of tens of thousands of innocent people.
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The events depicted are so authentic that New York Times
best-selling author Jack DeBrul says, “I fear that the plot
of ‘Rogue Mission’ will be a
headline in the near future.”
More about “Rogue Mission,”
and the other Sandor novels,
including reviews, samples and
exciting video trailers, can be
found at www.jeffreystephens.
com.
Robert K. Tanenbaum, another
New York Times best-selling
author, calls it “...a taut, wellpaced thriller with action that
begins on the first page and
doesn’t let up until the last....”
Kirkus Reviews says, “The
story unfolds with clipped efficiency… and the large cast of
characters is skillfully drawn.”
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