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Bob Hillis offers experience-based advice

for aspiring entrepreneurs

BusinessmodelBob Hillis offers

experience-based advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

Businessmodel

Page 2–The News-Review, Encore Roseburg Oregon, Monday, June 25, 2012

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Tammie Poe of Winston listens as Bob Hillis talks about what to know before starting a busi-ness. Poe, who is interested in making a living by designing and delivering cakes, signed up fora Small Business Development Center Network workshop offered through Umpqua Communi-ty College.

TRICIAJONESThe News-Review

Potential mistakes aboundfor any business ownerhoping to inspire peopleto keep handing over their

money. Bob Hillis can name several

errors he made while running aBaskin-Robbins franchise inWenatchee, Wash.

Paying too much for filinglegal documents. Being too slowto shift advertising dollars to digi-tal media. Delaying big-picturebusiness plans while coping withday-to-day demands.

Ultimately, though, Hillis suc-ceeded at anticipating trends andadjusting his energies to capital-ize on them.

Now Douglas County residentscan benefit from his experiences,both good and less so, as theyexplore ways to start or expandtheir own businesses.

Hillis, 56, shares advice onresources, requirements andresearch with people enrolled inthe Small Business DevelopmentCenter at Umpqua CommunityCollege. Many of them arepreparing for a midcareer change.He provides similar informationfor participants in theDream$avers program of Neigh-borWorks Umpqua in Roseburg.

Hillis recently led a workshopat the Umpqua Business Center toassist aspiring business owners.One of them was Tammie Poe ofWinston, who was regroupingafter her retail management jobwas eliminated when the chaindownsized. She hopes to launch acake design business.

As she and Hillis talked aboutcost management, Poe, 50, saidshe realized she needed to factorin more than the cost of cake mix.

“I have to consider insurance

and other costs, or I’m nevergoing to make it,” she said.

“If you’re going to delivercakes, then you’ll need a van,”Hillis said. “I can tell you frommy experience with ice creamcakes (at Baskin-Robbins), youhave to deliver what customerswant in perfect condition, whenthey want it.”

As he covered other topics,Hillis went from general to spe-cific information, tailoring pointsto meet the needs of those attend-ing the workshop.

Franchising, he said, offers var-ious benefits — assistance withtraining, accounting and handlingemployees. “But (franchisors) geta piece of the action, forever.That’s why they’re doing it,”Hillis said.

Partnerships have advantages,but serious pitfalls as well.

“Because they’re like mar-riages,” Hillis said. “Sometimesthose work, and sometimes theydon’t, and (dissolving them) canbe expensive and difficult.”

Hillis also advised makingprice comparisons before hiring alawyer for filing legal documents.He said that “in spite of what yousee on late-night TV, there are nogrants for starting a small busi-ness.”

But he said there are loansavailable, as well as other freeindustry resources for varioustypes of ventures. In addition,Hillis said, 23 percent of govern-ment contracts are set aside forsmall businesses, something toconsider when building a clientbase.

Hillis had attended a meeting inSalem the day before to find outmore about such contracts. Hisknowledge on the subject is one

Bob Hillis offers experience-based advice

for aspiring entrepreneurs

Businessmodel

Please see BUSINESS, page 3 “I’m applying all the lessons I learned from

running my businesses and trying to help othersget that same experience.

Bob Hillis ”

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of his many assets, according to CharlotteHerber, business adviser with the SmallBusiness Development Center.

“Bob has all this experience, a uniqueblend of upfront retail hard work, as wellas managing a manufacturing business,”Herbert said. “Plus, for a person to be aneffective adviser, people have to want tolisten to him. And he has all these greatexperiences and stories he can tell ... and anice, self-effacing sense of humor.”

Herbert said Hillis also exemplifies a dif-ferent profile of worker than in generationspast, when people took one or two jobs andstuck with them until they retired.

“In this economy, people are doing(career) changes they didn’t think theywould,” Herbert said.

Certainly Hillis’ résumé proves he hasn’tbeen afraid to take calculated risksthroughout his career. The Washingtonnative has pursued opportunities in hishome state as well as Texas, Indiana andnow Oregon, where he landed with hiswife in October. Cathy Hillis took an infor-mation technology position with the Rose-burg office of the Bureau of Land Manage-ment. Her husband accompanied her andstarted looking for work.

“For the first 30 years, she followed me.Now it’s my turn to follow her. Equaltime,” said Hillis.

Over those first three decades, Hillis helda variety of positions for numerous compa-nies, such as Flexsteel Industries, WesternRecreational Vehicles, REI and Blimpie.He’s been a plant manager, productionmanager, business manager, salesman,accountant and owner. He continues tooperate a property management companybased in Wenatchee.

“I’m applying all the lessons I learnedfrom running my businesses and trying tohelp others get that same experience,” hesaid.

For clients from the Small BusinessDevelopment Center as well as Neighbor-Works Umpqua, Hillis said one of his mainobjectives is to help them set up step-by-step increments to business planning. Peo-ple about to embark on new ventures,whether by choice or pushed by necessity,will feel more comfortable if they have a

plan in place. “Another goal is for them to still be in

business three years or so down the pike.That’s a huge thing, because the likelihoodof them in the business for three to fiveyears is not good,” Hillis said.

Poe hopes to be one of those success sto-ries through her cake business. Her maindrawback, she said, is a lack of capital. Sheis working part time as a cashier and willhave to “start small and build up,” she said.She expects to follow Hillis’ advice onwriting a business plan and to meet withhim again for help refining it.

“I think Bob knows a lot about what he’sdoing, and I do trust what he’s saying,” Poesaid. “A cake business is definitely mar-ketable. Now I’ve got to dig in.”

• You can reach Encore Editor TriciaJones at 541-957-4216.

Business:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

So you know...• The Small Business Development Center is

part of a statewide network offering servicesthrough 16 community colleges and three four-year universities in Oregon.The centers providebusiness consulting and training seminars to own-ers and managers of small- and medium-sizedbusinesses.

Advisers help enrollees to develop strategies,attract customers, increase sales and improve pro-ductivity and profitability.

Information: 541-440-7824 or

www.umpqua.edu/small-business-development-center.

• NeighborWorks Umpqua’s Program for Invest-ment in Microentrepreneurs, known to its partici-pants as PRIME, is linked to the Dream$avers pro-gram and offers low- and moderate-income clientsadvice on business planning, assistance with train-ing needs and information on saving and earningstart-up or expansion capital.There is no cost, butparticipants must have completed theDream$avers program and gone through an appli-cation process.

Information: 541-673-4909 or nwumpqua.org.

ROSEBURGCaregiving class schedule set

A summer version of the “Powerful Toolsfor Caregiving” class has been scheduledfrom July 13 through Aug. 17 at the MercyCommunity Education building in Roseburg.

The class is designed to help friends andfamily members who are caring for otherswith long-term chronic conditions such asAlzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease,cancer, stroke or chronic obstructive pul-monary disease.

Instructors seek to help caregivers dealwith various emotions and suggest ways tocommunicate effectively in difficult situa-tions. The class also teaches relaxation tech-niques, points people to communityresources and offers hope, demonstratingthat family caregiving can be a positiveexperience.

Participants will receive copies of “TheCaregiver Helpbook. There is no charge forthe class, but donations for the text areappreciated.

Classes will be held from 10:30 a.m. tonoon each Friday at the education center at2459 Stewart Parkway, Roseburg.

Information and registration: Nancy Hud-son, 541-440-3677.

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According to Roman philosopherMarcus Cicero, “To be ignorant ofwhat occurred before you were

born is to remain always a child.”“ Roots”

author AlexHaley said,“In all of usthere is ahunger, mar-row deep, toknow ourheritage —to know whowe are andwhere wecame from.Without thisenriching knowledge, there is a hollowyearning. No matter what our attainmentsin life, there is still a vacuum, an empti-ness, and the most disquieting loneliness.”

Today this marrow-deep hunger can leadus to find such enriching knowledge muchmore easily than in the past. The Internet,genealogical societies and libraries canhelp us satisfy this yearning.

Sutherlin resident Steve John didn’tknow much about his ancestry until a fewmonths ago, when he was invited to visitthe Roseburg Family History Center. Sincethen he has visited often and learned manysurprising things about his family. Volun-teers at the center have helped him in hisquest.

His first goal was to learn about hisfather’s family, the John side. Steve wasvery surprised to find that his father’s fam-ily had been Mormon pioneers. This was ahuge family about whom much genealogyhad already been done.

His mother knew very little about herBallard family, so to satisfy her curiosityas well as his, Steve began to contact andquestion relatives to learn more before fol-lowing up with research at the Family His-tory Center.

He was amazed at what he learned. Hisgrandfather and his brothers were gam-blers and slot machine hustlers, even rob-bers. But at least they settled down in later

years and developed better careers as elec-tricians and plumbers.

Steve has been able to get in contactwith many relatives who have beenunknown to him or out of contact for manyyears. He says they are thrilled with theinformation he is sharing with them.

Cousin Betty, age 85, has lost her hus-band, son and daughter. When he phonesher with new information, she giggles andasks what else he has found. He lovesbeing able to reach out, establish contactand discover previously unknown facts forthem.

His goal is to put the information alltogether, “get it all straightened out,” as hesays, and then send it to all his relatives.

Two years ago Steve was diagnosedwith a rare form of cancer. There was onlyone possibly remedy, a drug with a veryhigh risk. If he didn’t take the drug, heonly had six months to live.

He did take the drug, and his cancer is

now in remission. His doctor told him thatthis is like a miracle, and that God was notready for him yet. There is something leftfor him to do.

Now he believes perhaps his destiny is

to uncover facts that have been secret. Hesays that it is kind of addictive and fun,like solving a gigantic puzzle. He countsthe days until he can go back and do somemore research.

Steve says he likes learning aboutgenealogy and computers. He might eventake some classes and start a new career.

Patricia Gausnell is a volunteer in theRoseburg Family History Center. For moreinformation about the center, call 541 672-1237.

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All classes are at 2001 W. Bertha Ave.Reservations are requested as the space islimited.

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Whilehours ofoperationhave dimin-ished at theDouglasCountyLibrary, itstill offers amystery bookclub, teenand chil-dren’s reading programs and numerousevents and activities. Check outwww.co.douglas.or.us. Click on “librarycalendar” and you will find events andactivities to keep everyone in the wholefamily busy for the entire summer. You cantake a trip anywhere you want when youhave a book in hand. Whether I am drivingor cleaning out the garage my favorite wayto “read” is listening to a recorded book.Our library gives us the chance to travelaround the world vicariously.

Take a Saturday evening drive in thecountryside to Umpqua for Brick OvenPizza Night at the Lighthouse Center Bak-ery Café and Country Store. I almost hesi-tate to tell you about the Pizza Nights,because they have become so popular it is

almost impossible to get in the door. The Lighthouse folks tell me there is no

set schedule as to when they fire up thebrick oven — though when they do, it’sbetween 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday — but thefare is well worth the drive and the wait inline. Twelve-inch pizzas run from $10 to$15. Check their website, lighthousecen-terbakery.com, for the next pizza night andkeep your fingers crossed that they willstart offering them on a consistent basis.

Entertainment continues to aboundthrough the summer months. UmpquaCommunity College is hosting its OregonMusical Theatre Festival. “Jesus Christ,Superstar” is playing July 26 through Aug.6 in Jacoby Auditorium, “john & jen”appears in Centerstage Theatre and “ChoirGirls” gets the Swanson Amphitheatre.

These musicals have all been cast, but ifyou want to get into the act, the directorswelcome volunteers who like to build sets,make costumes or usher during the per-formances. Call UCC’s Fine Arts Depart-ment for information.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival inAshland is in full swing with the followingperformances Tuesdays through Sundaysthroughout the summer: “Henry V,” “TheVery Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa” and“As You Like It.” “Romeo and Juliet”(exceptionally well done), “Animal Crack-ers” (a silly spoof), Shakespeare’s “Troilusand Cressida,” “Medea Macbeth Cinderel-la,” “All the Way” and “Party People” run

until the end of their season in earlyNovember.

The Umpqua Velo Club has beencycling Douglas County since 1978. Theytravel fast-paced long distances, medium-paced rides and easy-paced short dis-tances. There is something for everyone.Participating in group rides is a fun way tomeet new people, find new routes, andbecome a strong cyclist. You can join agroup ride anytime as a guest for your firstride at no charge. If you enjoyed yourself,then consider joining the club at a verynominal fee for annual membership.

If you want to get a little farther out oftown and do a day trip to the OregonCoast, plan a stop at the Sportsman’sSeafood Barbecue in Winchester Bay. Myhusband and I make sure we get there atleast once a summer.

They set up for outdoor dining onMemorial Day and stay open every week-end until Labor Day. This dining experi-ence is a well-kept secret. I am always sur-prised when I tell a friend about it and theyhaven’t ever been there. For around $22 aperson, you will leave with a very fullstomach and probably half of your dinnerwrapped in foil to take home for anothermeal.

Very casual dining outside allows you towatch the trucks roll in with fresh snapper,salmon, halibut, cod and tuna (all menuitems based on what is being caught thatday). It doesn’t get any fresher than that. I

like the triple plate so I can choose threetypes of fish, baked potato, salad, roll, cornon the cob and a drink. For those who pre-fer, the menu also offers barbecued chick-en and pork. My mouth is watering justwriting about it; I hope to see you there.

Fresh food is plentiful right here athome, too. Community supported agricul-ture allows members direct access to sea-sonal farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. Youcan get a share of the produce from a localfarm during growing season. It is for thosecommitted to eating seasonally, supportinglocal farmers and enjoying health benefitsof high-quality, locally grown, and hand-harvested food. CSA baskets of produceare available weekly to subscribers.

But if you are more of the mind to getyour hands a little dirty, U-Pick farms areopen for business. I checked in with ourlocal food guru, Jennifer Coalwell, and shereports cherries are ripe and ready. Keepan eye on Jennifer’s blog for local freshfood updates at www.flavorsoft-heumpqua.blogspot.com.

Summer is just getting started, and soam I, with more ideas coming up on whereto go and what to do close to home forsummer fun.

Gloria Johnson is a tour conductor andworld traveler. Her next group trip isCheap Thrills: New York City in spring2013. For details, contact Gloria at [email protected].

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Gloria JohnsonAround the World

Just as Social Security is an Americancornerstone, baseball is America’s pas-time.

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stories. Social

Security’snumbers tellstories, too.The firstlump sumSocial Secu-rity paymentof 17 centswas made toErnest Ack-

erman in 1937. The first monthly SocialSecurity check of $22.54 went to Ida MayFuller in January of 1940. This year, about55 million Americans will receive $760billion in Social Security benefits. Theaverage monthly benefit for a retiredworker in 2012 is $1,229.

An estimated 159 million workers arecovered under Social Security. That’s 94percent of the work force. Fifty percent ofworkers have no private pension coverageand 31 percent have no savings set aside

for retirement. These and other numbersmake it easy to appreciate the value ofSocial Security.

Ninety percent of Americans age 65 andolder receive Social Security benefits. Andamong the unmarried, 41 percent rely onSocial Security benefits for 90 percent oftheir income.

Social Security is more than just retire-ment benefits. Disabled workers and their

Take yourself out to the ball game — and consider the stats

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and dairy products are to be shunned. On the other hand, a low-fat, vegan diet

is professed to be associated with lowerrates of cancer and heart disease. This isaptly shown in the research done by nutri-tional biochemistry professor T. ColinCampbell, author of “The China Study.”It’s also demonstrated in the movie “ForksOver Knives.” American physician Cald-well Esselstyn, also featured in “ForksOver Knives,” has published researchshowing that people with heart disease canlive symptom-free by following a vegandiet.

These two eating styles are at oppositeends of the spectrum. One is high animalprotein, low carbohydrate, moderate fat.The other is low protein, high carbohy-drate, low fat.

What’s a person to believe? First, there probably isn’t only one way

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3 cups grated vegetables, packed and

squeezed dry1/2 small onion, grated or 4 green onions,thinly sliced1 to 2 tablespoons of fresh herbs of choice1 egg1/4 cup white or whole wheat flour, more or lessSalt and black pepperOlive or vegetable oil for cooking

Heat the oven to 275 degrees for keeping thecooked pancakes warm. Mix together the vegeta-

bles of your choice, onion, egg, 1/4 cup flour, salt

and pepper. Add a little more flour if the mixtureisn’t holding together.

Put a bit of oil in a large skillet or griddle overmedium-high heat.When the oil is hot, dropspoonfuls of the batter in the skillet, and use a forkto spread the vegetables into an even layer.Work inbatches to prevent overcrowding, which can makethe vegetables sweat and steam instead of fry.Cook, turning once, until nicely browned on bothsides, about two to three minutes per side.Trans-fer finished pancakes to the oven until they are allfinished. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Here’s a quick recipe that can use any veg-etables. Usually root vegetables (potatoes, car-rots, beets, or sweet potatoes) are used to cre-ate the little pancakes. But you can use anycombination of zucchini, yellow squash, corn,green onions or even spinach or chard (just besure too cook it, squeeze it dry, and chop

it first).Fresh herbs give a variety of flavors. Try

cilantro or dill, tarragon or basil. I recently madetasty vegetable pancakes of grated raw yams,chopped cooked Swiss chard, chopped cilantro,sliced green onions, chopped garlic, salt andpepper.

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Baseball and SocialSecurity: America’s pastimeand America’s retirementprogram. Both have longand storied histories andassociations with statistics.

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SocialSecurity:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Idon’t expect anyone soon to come knocking

on my door and say, “Can Bobby come outand play?” But apparently it’s not as far-

fetched a notion as it sounds. According to

an article byCynthia Ram-narace in theMarch 2012issue of theAARP Bulletin,new multi-gener-ational play-grounds arebeing designedand built in manylocales aroundthe country to accommodate the young and oldalike. One such effort is being spearheaded bythe health insurer Humana and KaBOOM!, anonprofit group whose research has concludedwhat most of us have known all along: If exer-cise isn’t fun, we probably won’t do it — notfor long, anyway.

I can attest to this. Somewhere on the road tostooped shoulders and saggy jowls, exercise,for me, became a loaded word. When I hear itnow, I am reminded of Maynard G. Krebs fromthe old TV sitcom “The Many Loves of DobieGillis.” Whenever Maynard heard the word“work” mentioned, he would respond by yelp-ing and jumping with fright. My reaction to

hearing the word “exercise” is not quite as dra-matic: I suddenly get the urge to withdraw tothe next room with a good book in hand.

This was not always the case. As a youngerman I got plenty of exercise without eventhinking about it. That’s because it was pack-aged as recreation: golf, bowling, racquetball,swimming at the Y, roller skating in the parkwith my daughters, playing in a communitysoftball league. Fun and games equaled exer-cise. Exercise, in short, was a byproduct of life.

But that was when my body seemed to bemade of flexible steel and sinew, and on-the-gowas the only way to go. Lately my body feelsmore like a product of dry sticks and rustyhinges, and the invitation to stay put is as entic-ing as the smell of baking cookies.

So, nowadays, recreation more often than notmeans engaging in a rigorous game of cards ordominoes, going to a movie or a communityconcert or dining out. All fun activities that Ishare with my wife and friends, but each ofwhich expends fewer calories than I take in byeating just one fresh-baked cookie.

I know better, however, than to allow myselfto become a slug. There is a Biblical aspect toinactivity — that is, inactivity begets inactivity.I understand how quickly we can go from win-ning a trophy to atrophy when we disengageourselves from regular exercise. So I work toput the fun back into physical activity.

For my 60th birthday, my wife bought me a

stand-alone basketball hoop. One of those on ametal pole, with a Plexiglas backboard and abase you fill with sand for ballast.

I never had one growing up but always cov-eted one. I played basketball in high school,although not with any great degree of skill. ButI enjoy the game. That is, I enjoy the physicalcomponents of the game: dribbling the ball,shooting at the basket, rebounding. It’s fun.Even for a 65-year-old man. And without eventhinking about it, I am getting a healthy dose ofexercise.

I don’t know if the effort to build multi-gen-erational playgrounds will ever make it to Dou-glas County. I hope it does.

It wouldn’t mean we grownups would beexpected to go “whee!” down a slide, risk lifeand limb climbing on monkey bars, or ride amerry-go-round until we feel like throwing up.The idea is for grownups attending children ata playground to have their own age-appropriateequipment on which “to play” — stations thatcall for movement that strengthens muscles andimproves mobility, balance, and flexibility.Exercise in the name of fun.

I’m all for that. I and my inner child areready to go out and play.

Bob Mayo is a retired public schools employ-ee who has lived in Douglas County since1990. His passion is writing. You can reachhim at [email protected].

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When the fiscal year ends, I havean annual meeting with ourfinancial adviser.

The first thing he does is update paper-work. From surfing the waves on the Cali-fornia beach-es in the1970s to rid-ing thegrowth indexof invest-ments in2012, ourgoals havetaken newshape, withretirementlooming on the distant horizon. Frankly, Iwas more interested in the future picturethan the mundane paperwork my adviserinsisted we go through point by point.

As we began to calculate the “experi-ence” status, it occurred to me that ourinvestments had been with the same com-pany for about 15 years. The experiencestatus lets the company know how longyou have been a customer so they cantrack the growth of your portfolio. We hadbeen slowly (very slowly) accumulatingfor retirement and like most of us, ourretirement account took a big hit in 2008.The question quickly came to mind, “Are

we there yet?”Many of my single women friends are

also determining what direction theyshould take with their financial lives. Mostare turning 62 this year, one is currentlyretired and another working part time,some full time. The question of drawingearly Social Security was definitely on thetable. Each of them in different stages oftheir lives, asking different questions abouthealth insurance, reverse mortgages, IRAs,and downsizing. Trying to determinewhich options held the most promise ofliving a better and less worrisome lifestyle.

My friend, Carol, has been fighting theaftereffects of a stem cell transplant as aresult of lymphoma for the past eightyears. Although she is in remission, shefights graft/host disease on a regular basis.

She works long, hard hours as a respira-tory therapist and her doctors have longcautioned her about the toll it is taking onher health. We will joyously celebrate her60th birthday in June. She is also lookinginto her financial options for making herhealth a priority instead of working herselfinto an early grave.

The truth is none of these women, alongwith a large majority of our booming gen-eration, can afford to retire. As age creepsup on the retirement age for drawingSocial Security (holding at 66, up from

65), boomers want to enjoy the goldenyears, rather than work through the best ofthem.

Our generation has always had a strongwork ethic. It has never been about takingthe easy road. We just want to enjoy thework we do at this stage of the game. Mydad once said that if you love what you do,you will never work a day in your life. Ithink boomers have reached a place in lifewhere that truly reverberates, especially asmost of us begin taking care of our agingparents.

Here are a few points to consider whendetermining if drawing Social Securityearly is the right move for you.

• Your benefits depend on when youwere born. If born in 1929 or later, youneed 40 credits (10 years of work) to qual-ify.

• Your benefit payment depends on howmuch you earned during that time and theage at which you retire.

• Retiring at age 62 will mean your ben-efit will be 25% lower than at full retire-ment.

• Delaying retirement will mean yourannual benefit will increase automaticallyuntil age 70. If you were born after 1943,that increase is 8 percent.

• Experts believe you will need 70 per-cent to 80 percent of your pre-retirement

income when you retire. Social Securitybenefits are about 40% of that income.

• Contact Social Security before retire-ment to know exactly what to expect. Thisis another crucial piece in the financialplanning puzzle and should be a part ofother investment resources.

There are arguments to be made abouttaking the money early and enjoying itlonger and in good health. If, in the case ofmy friend in remission, there is a healthissue to be considered, be sure to do yourresearch in Social Security Disability. Thismay be a better option for your health careand financial needs.

As with most big decisions in our lives,being prepared is the best advice anyfinancial adviser will offer. Social Securityhas informational publications that arevery helpful. Filing early is important.Knowing what your bucket list holds is agood way to measure what plans you needto make for the financial freedom toaccomplish them. The question thenbecomes “What’s in your wallet?” That’swhat a wise grandma needs to know.

Eularee Smith is the grandmother of six,a teacher and executive director ofUpStart Crow children’s theater inEugene. Visit her blog site at www.eula-ree.com.

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Now she is back doing the activities she loves mostthanks to a procedure performed at Mercy’s ShawHeart and Vascular Center to relieve the oftendebilitating and dangerous effects of peripheral arterydisease (PAD).

People with diabetes and other conditions, whose PADhas caused gangrene or devastating sores on their feetare being wheeled into Shaw Heart and VascularCenter, and walking out on their own two feet.

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Personally, I thrive only amid year-round greenery in temperatures from40 to 75 degrees. Roseburg doesn’t

provide this exactly, but close enough. When I

last movedhouse Irefused to doso everagain. Rose-burg it is. Soin summerheat and win-ter freezes, Iburrow in,hibernate,and survive through 80 to 110 degrees.

The remainder of the year I smile. Andsmile! And laugh, and bay at the moon.(That’s why it’s there, as my dogs and Iknow, and we happily honor it each month.Become a member of the Society of MoonHowlers!)

I’m a nature-lover. Living on a forestedmountain ridge, I feel no need to impressneighbors with manicured lawns. Don’teven want to. The grass, brush, trees flour-ish at their natural location, height andbreadth. Yes, I pat trees, stroke leaves andflowers, and talk to plants, inside the house

and out. I’ve found it seems to please themand me, so why not?

I also enjoy insects, birds, animals andother creatures as I come across them.Again, why not? We all live on this earthand desire to prosper. We all came fromthe same place and have the same goalwhile we’re here. Many people besides medo all this, in their own ways. They gar-den, write poetry, hike wildlands, exploreseashores, digging for gemstones, photo-graph wildlife for hours, enthralled. Allpay homage to the outdoors in their indi-vidual ways. What do you do?

If you haven’t lain flat on a patch ofgrass and observed the layer of life bur-geoning at our feet every day, I offer youthe idea. (Okay, lie on a blanket the firsttime, but gradually get yourself off of it.)Being eyeball-to-eyeball with nature iswhat matters.

Insect life goes busily about its busi-ness, but will pause to include you, if youallow it to happen. Most bugs will notharm. They merely explore or travel towhere they are going.

The most exquisite of flowers are downthere — dainty miniatures of salmon pinkwith blue centers, orchid-shapes blue asthe summer sky, medieval foils red as fire,dragon-flower yellow sunshine. The grass

seems greener when seen at its own level,as are the unimaginably delicate, unfoldingleaves. Go on, lie on your belly, tenderizeyour soul.

As an adult, have you yet danced in arain shower or a wind storm, as trees do?Humans have taken themselves so far outof and away from nature, running and hid-ing from it. Inside, buildings don’t protectso much as shield us from the goodness ofrain, wind and sun, from the very life-giv-ing dust from which we came and to whichwe’ll return. Your skin yearns for mists,pouring raindrops.

Nature is healing to the body, mind, andspirit. For millennia this has beenacknowledged scientifically and employedfor healing. It literally mends bodies,replenishes souls, regenerates energy,inspires souls, calms, appeases.

Go into nature, try it yourself. I double-dog dare you!

KatSue Grant taught writing, Englishliterature and psychology courses at Cali-fornia State University at Stanislaus andseveral community colleges. She’s a pro-fessional manuscript editor and is a mem-ber of several writing groups in DouglasCounty and statewide.

Engage with elements for life-affirming energy

KatSue GrantEveryday Inspiration

DOUGLAS COUNTYCaregiver support groups to meet

Family caregiver support groups aremeeting in three sites this month. There’sno charge to participate. Because of theIndependence Day holiday, the Roseburggroup will not meet July 4. Other sched-ules are as follows:

Sutherlin — 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 12,Sutherlin Community Center, 10 S.Willamette St.

Canyonville — 2 to 3:30 p.m. July 19,Chapel, Forest Glen Senior Residence, 200S.W. Frontage Road.

Winston — 2 to 3:30 p.m. July 25, Woo-ley Board Room, Winston CommunityCenter, 440 Grape Street.

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One of our most feared medicalterms is cancer, and when that diag-nosis is given, the whole world

seems to close in around us. All is darkand hopeless until someone steps up togive us a measure of hope and a helpinghand. Be that someone in our communityby answering the call for volunteers by theAmerican Cancer Society or the DouglasCounty Cancer Services.

The cancer society is looking for 10 vol-unteers to drive patients to and fromchemotherapy treatments and 10 volun-teers in the Resource Center to helppatients find the services they may need.For more information, call Sam at 541-492-3917 or email her [email protected].

Douglas County Cancer Services needsyou to greet patients and help them withfinancial and personal needs. Dodie Bless-ing can give you details. Call her at 541-680-5396 or Sam at 541-492-3917.

Other volunteer sites that are looking forhelping hands include the following. Con-tact Sam at the number and email addressabove unless otherwise indicated.

The Roseburg Veterans Affairs MedicalCenter needs VA van drivers to transportveterans to and from medical appointmentsin the Roseburg area. Training and a tuber-culosis test are provided. Be there for thewarriors who have defended us.

Dial-A-Ride is looking for drivers ineach of the communities they serve. Vol-unteers will drive seniors and the disabledto doctor appointments, grocery shoppingand to the senior dining sites. Each com-munity has a fleet of vehicles. Winston and

Reedsport are the most in need, so if youlive in either one of these places call Sam.

Mercy Medical Center needs golf cartdrivers for hospital visitors, blood pressuretakers at clinics in three locations andimaging department assistants. Weekendvolunteers are especially needed. ContactMercy Volunteer Services at 541-677-4465or Sam.

Manor House Memory Care is request-ing volunteers to help the residents withsimple woodworking projects, easy exer-cise programs, gardening, music, arts andcrafts or card games. Or you can just remi-nisce with them. Assistants for bus trips onMonday and Wednesday afternoon are alsoneeded. Call Sandy at 541-464-5600 fordetails.

Umpqua Valley Rehab and Care Centerwants to recruit men who can relate to theinterests of the male residents and would

like to visit with them. For more informa-tion, call Gina at 541-464-7108 or Sam.

Family Caregiver Support Programwants you to become a certified classleader for Powerful Tools of Caregiving.Leaders teach family caregivers the cop-ing skills they need to guide them to theservices available to assist them with thisdifficult responsibility. Training requiresa four-hour daily class for six weeks.Assistance with the Family CaregiverNewsletter is also needed four hoursevery month. Call Nancy at 541-440-3677or Sam.

Wildlife Safari has issued an open invi-tation to its 9 a.m. Monday morning meet-ings, where those interested can pick upinformation and get applications tobecome a volunteer. If you want moredetails, call Barbara at 541-530-1582.

Summer offers sizzling opportunities for volunteer service

• Eat what you like, but thinkabout proportion. “Americanseat more doughnuts, soda, andchips than real food.” Face it,most of us will continue to eatthe foods that we like. We justneed to eat smaller amounts.Sometimes much smaller.

• Eat all the plants you canmanage. You’ll be doing yourselfa favor every time you eat a veg-etable in place of anything else.Foods from plants — fruits, veg-etables, nuts, whole grains andbeans — are powerhouses ofnutrition. Make sure that at least50 percent of your plate is filledwith plants/ If you can make it75 percent full of plants, evenbetter!

• Whole grains beat refinedcarbs. True, grains are plants, butunlimited grains can spell trou-ble. Eating whole grains severaltimes day is fine. Have oatmeal

for breakfast, whole-grain breadfor lunch and a grain dish withdinner. Keep the whole grains toabout one-quarter of your plate.

• Start with olive oil for mostof your food preparation. Peanutoil and grapeseed oil are greatfor stir-fry; dark sesame or nutoils add extra flavor. Again, beaware that all oils are high incalories, so use them sparingly.A little goes a long way.

• Ultimately, animal productsare treats. Meat is full of flavor.Begin to use smaller portions ofmeat as flavoring, not as a foodgroup. Use bacon to flavor a potof beans instead of eating a quar-ter pound (that’s four slices) atbreakfast.

Nancy Goodale Graham,coordinates the Oregon Heartand Vascular Institute’s Cardio-vascular Wellness and Preven-tion programs at Sacred HeartMedical Center at RiverBend inSpringfield. You can contact herat [email protected].

Nutrition:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6

In 1929, I eagerly joined sev-eral grade-school friends forswimming

lessons in theenclosed pool atthe YMCA. TheIowa cold-weather monthswere a goodtime to preparefor jumping intothe outdoor poolthe city wasplanning to con-struct.

After changing into a red woolbathing suit, I strapped on awhite rubber bathing cap andhurried out to perch on the edgeof the pool. Someone shouted,“Don’t go in there.” I quicklystood up and was led to theopposite shallow end to keep me

from slipping into deep water.There I watched laughing girlsbusy kicking their legs and flail-

ing their arms.The Red Cross

teacher explainedthe first lesson wasto put my face in thewater and to blowbubbles. The dead-man’s float was to

be practiced the sec-ond week. Years ofweekly wintertimeafterschool lessons

would follow. Afterward I wouldI need to remain by the electrichair dryer on the wall in order formy hair not to freeze while walk-ing home.

Those lessons equipped afriend and me for a liberatingexperience the summer of 1935.

With our secondhand one-speed bicycles for transportation,we placed a wrapped towel,bathing suit and lunch in eachbicycle basket. We then traveledsix miles to the site of a recentWorks Progress Administrationproject — dressing rooms and asandy beach adjacent to a newlyformed lake. No lifeguard waspresent.

We plunged in, feeling theexhilaration of using ouradvanced swimming ability inaddition to experiencing the free-dom that teenagers desire.

The outdoor municipal poolbecame available the summer of1936. I was there, eager toobserve the male lifeguards andto help beginners enjoy aquaticfun.

Early swimming lessons allowed a plunge into summertime fun

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