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KOKOMO TRIBUNE INSIDE TODAY call us tv grids B7 Monday-Friday between Rev. Carson B3 Lifestyle editor, 454-8560 or (800) 382-0696 advice B2 Tom Carey LIFESTYLE 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Kokomo, Ind. Saturday Nov.

8, 1997. SENIOR DINING Area 5 menus for the week Editor's note: These are sites for the Area 5 Agency on Aging and Community Services Nutrition Council meals Carver Community Center, First United Methodist Church of Greentown, Terrace Towers and Kokomo Senior Center. Here is the menu for the week of Nov. 10: Monday: Beef stew, seasoned green beans, apple salad, butterscotch pudding, wheat bread and milk. Tuesday: Hot dog, broccoli soup, baked beans, fruit cocktail, bun and milk.

Wednesday: Chicken filet, baked potato, creamed corn, cinnamon applesauce, bun and milk. Thursday: Beef 'n' noodles, mashed potatoes, toss salad with tomato, seasonal fruit, muffin and milk. Friday: Meat loaf with gravy, cheesy potatoes, spinach with bacon, peaches, rye bread and milk. SENIOR ACTIVITIES Senior center calendar is listed Editor's note: All activities listed in the calendar take place at the Kokomo Senior Center, 721 W. Superior unless otherwise indicated.

For more information, call the center at 456-7557. For information about the center's bus transportation, call 456-7555. Today: Watercolor workshop, 10:30 a.m.; dance, 7 p.m., with music by Bill Tandy (snack night); Sunday: Dance, 2-5 p.m., with music by Bill Tandy. Monday: Party bridge, 8 a.m.; pool tournament, 12:30 p.m.; pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; bridge, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Exercise class, 9 a.m.; Bearcreek Farms trip, 9:15 a.m.; sing-along, 10 a.m.; bridge, 1 p.m.; euchre, 6 p.m.

Wednesday: Party bridge, 8 a.m.; AARP luncheon, 11:30 a.m.; attorney Otterman free legal advice, 2-3 p.m.; ballroom dance class, 3-4 p.m.; bridge, 7 p.m. Thursday: Exercise class, 9 a.m.; Medicare assistance, 2-3 p.m.; bingo, 6 p.m. Friday: Western dance class, 9 a.m.; carry-in lunch and dance with Rick Carson; KOFF bingo, 2 p.m. ARMED FORCES Marine, Army news is noted The following Army and Marine personnel are noted for their accomplishments: Army Reserve Pvt. Benjamin Richardson has graduated from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo.

Richardson is the son of Jerry Richardson of 769 Dreeze Wood Drive, Russiaville. He is a student at Western High School, Russiaville. Army National Guard Pfc. Benjamin Donaldson has graduated from the wheeled vehicle repairer course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md. Donaldson is the son of Bruce Donaldson, 115 Conradt and Janet Morgan, Reading, Ohio.

He is a 1997 graduate of Kokomo High School. Marine Pfc. Brandon Farmer, son of Larry and Paula Farmer, Kokomo, recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Farmer is a graduate of Taylor High School. If you have an item or photo for the Style updates please send it to: Tom Carey Kokorno Tribune, P.O.

Box 9014; Kokomo, IN 46904-9014. Or E-mail: WOODRING TIA KT photo by Cindy Brown of the Kokomo Tribune-sponI Goodfellows gave his sored charity. It "bought us family Christmas. toys, food and stuff, for Christmas." "That was the only way we By SCOTT SLADE had Christmas was having Tribune assistant Lifestyle editor Goodfellows help out." With those memories, hen Roscoe Woodring Woodring said he has volunW was didn't young have a his lot of family seven teered his years time to for give the past something back. money.

So when Christmas time "I thought I'd help out somethey often help from one else," he said while taking a came got a local charity. break at the Fraternal Order of "Goodfellows helped my fam- Eagles 255 where he is treasurily when I was little," the 76- er. year-old Kokomo resident said It's important "to help the less unfortunate," he said. gives back We Care Woodring involved with A Woodring got usually because his has also daughter was bowled "all working on the the charity's annual marathons for cookbook. We Care was up there working I didn't do that this "My daughter SATURD except this year's.

on it, and I said 'If you year." need any help, And A recent bout with needed help and they nia and an irregular heart whistled," Woodring beat has limited him I to helpexplained. ing with only the less-physiBut since then the retired cally demanding activities. machinist has given his time Woodring has also volunevery year to help with the teered for charities other charity, the proceeds of than We Care, and for other which go to the Salvation organizations. Army, the Kokomo Rescue "I used to work for the SalMission, Bona Vista Rehabili- vation Army on a kettle," he tation Services and Goodfel- said. "I'd done that every lows.

year for about five years." "I've been working at the He also helps at the Eagles auction every year, Friday Home, he said: "I do a lot of and Saturday nights," he said. work around here all worked every auction unteer." weekend." While his health is limiting He sits in the basement of his participation in the Eagles the WWKI building during We Care activities "It may the annual We Care Telethon, stop me from doing the manscheduled for the first week- ual labor part of it right end in December, and now I can't do too much, records auctioned items and except push a pencil" he their prices after they've said he's determined to work been sold. the WWKI We Care auction "I'll probably be there Fri- again this year. day at midnight and Saturday "I'm going to be there that at midnight that's what I Friday and Saturday night." to We Care HEALTH CENTER 1 Residents have crafty ways to raise money. By SCOTT SLADE Tribune assistant Lifestyle will Health ycamore be doing Care Village their residents to contribute to We Care fers.

On Friday the residents hosted a sale, featuring baked goods and ceramic crafts. The group holds a sale every Friday through Dec. 5. "I know the bake sales alone raised over $1,000," said Debbie Blu, activities director at Sycamore Village, of last year's results. "We don't mess around." The ceramic items available will include an angel, music box Bible and an angel hurricane lamp.

Last year residents and staff also purchased more than 200 We Care hearts from resident Fred Shook, editor who has led the $1 heart effort since the center started supporting We Care more than five years ago. part Blu said the residents cof- fund-raiser is really MARSCHAND the We Care store in Mall, where own area," she continued. John Deere trac- She said she will continwere on sale for the ue in coming years to day, commit her time to We Norma started working Care. store several days "As long as I'm able and it opened Monday, have the time and I'm sort shirts" and sure I'll have both," she labels on cans of said. She added that while week she has she's helping, others give between eight and more than she does.

hours a day; she will "There are many to work there people that do a lot more Nov. 16 when the than I do and have been closes. Then begin- involved a lot longer than Nov. 24 she'll be at I have and they all downtown, where deserve credit for what store will open and they do. Without all of in operation them together they couldthe We Care n't get it done.

weekend (Dec. 5- And because of the Don beyond. Marchand memorial is a rewarding job fund, established by her CARE meet a lot of people husband's former colmake a lot of friends, league Bill Manly, of all the while you're Cabot she said her someone else," husband will continue to said. help. "This is like a mission "That way he still con- you're helping tributes to We Care even in your though he isn't photo by Cindy Brown 25th WE CARE Sunday- We Care organizers look at drives' history.

Monday- Soup, Stuff and other foods are synonymous with We Care. Tuesday- Local athletes get active for We Care. Wednesday- Eagles plan to raise funds for the philanthropic organization. Thursday- Local group creates song for annual fund-raiser. Friday- We Care can become a family tradition.

Today- Seniors get involved in Christmas drive. I It was one of his favorite charities. By SCOTT SLADE Tribune assistant Lifestyle editor alveston's Norma Marschand said started helping with We Care three years ago because her husband, Don, had helped with the charity for a number of years. He had donated two or three knives a year to be auctioned, one of which sold for around $800, she said: "They were homemade Stellite knives. "Plus he always bought a lot of things," she added.

This year, a year after Don's death, Norma continues to work hard at the charity her husband loved. "That was just one of his favorite charities," she said Thursday evening after a hectic day of work- remembers husband through We Care A loser on battlefield. Lee was a winner in retirement When I was growing up and things went wrong, my father usually gave me the following advice: Soldier on and keep a stiff upper lip. At the time, I didn't find it helpful. My father was born in England right before the first World War.

His father was DIANE SWANBROW SYNDICATED COLUMNIST gassed in the trenches. During World War II, his mother lived through the blitz, and his brothers fought in North Africa and India. He came to America as part of the Lend-Lease program, to work at Remington Arms. It isn't surprising that he advised me to keep going when the going gets tough and keep a tight rein on my emotions. And it isn't surprising, either, that I thought his advice was useless.

What did it have to do with my life as a perpetual civilian? As Veterans Day 1997 approaches, and I approach the age of 50, I wonder if my dad's advice was wiser than I used to think, or if it's a relic of battles that are already over. According to Andy Achenbaum, a professor of history at the University of Michigan with a special interest in aging, longevity may be presenting American veterans with some problems not faced by most of the rest of us. The average career military person retires before the age of 43, notes Achenbaum. For some veterans, the decades after retirement will be filled with productive activities. For others, those extra years will seem like a bane, not a blessing.

As one aging veteran put it, "I wish I had known I was going to live as long as I have. I would have lived smarter." Along with several colleagues, Achenbaum analyzed the last years of one famous veteran whose world was in shambles when he retired from active service but who still managed to live an exemplary life into old: age. The later life of General Robert E. Lee had six elements that contribute to successful aging: Vocational Flexibility. Lee established a college.

Just finding something to do after we retire from our regular jobs is tough enough for most of the rest of us. Domestic Growth. Lee became a prototype of generational caregiving, helping his sick wife and several other family members. Today, retirees have all kinds of similar opportunities. Emotional Growth.

He survived the traumas of war, while maintaining a sense of personal control over his life. Financial Stability. Lee set his own house back in order, chose to support the charity after a group discussion. "We talked as a group. They wanted to be affiliated with something outside of the facility so they could feel they were part of the community," Blu explained.

"They wanted to go with We Care because they thought it was the most honest and up front charity they'd seen in a while." Also "they knew that the money was going to stay in the community, and that it was going to help. "We Care is a Kokomo thing, and when you're from Kokomo We Care is a big thing. And most of these people are from Kokomo." Resident Charlene Swope helped bake goods Thursday for Friday's sale. photo by Tim Bath a cooking ND ing at Kokomo model tors first at the before "helping putting soup. This worked 12 continue until store ning WWKI the remain through Telethon 7) and "It you you and helping Norma locally people serving as an example of frugal living in the defeated South.

NO Physical Function. Even though he had several chronic health problems, Lee maintained an exercise regime that helped to maximize his independence and functioning. Spiritual Growth. Lee allowed the small voice of his conscience to have an uncommon influence in all aspects of his life and all his decision-making. Each person's life history is unique, says Achenbaum.

But the story of one person's life has the potential power to move us deeply in exploring legitimate questions about ourselves, particularly at times of major transitions. Older Americans of all kinds, including those of us who are not veterans, may find inspiration in the life of Lee. If we don't, I guess we can always solider on and keep our upper lips as stiff as possible. (Swanbrow writes a weekly column on aging issues for Thomson News Service.).