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2-ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona, Thursday, September 21, 1995 Owens By BLAKE MORLOCK Sun Staff Reporter When Steve Owens addresses the vice president, he can call him Al. Owens intends to announce his candidacy for Congress soon and plans to bring Vice President Al Gore out to Arizona's sixth congressional district to help him defeat J.D. Hayworth, the Republican incumbent. "Al and I have been friends for 17 years, and I've talked to him about it and he said he'll come out and campaign with me," Owens said matter-of-factly. Owens, a Democrat, worked for Gore when the vice president was in Congress, both in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Gore hired Owens out of Vanderbilt Law School as he was finishing his first term in Congress, and the two worked together until Owens moved to Arizona in 1988. Owens worked as Rep. Gore's legal counsel and was the Tennessee chief of staff for Sen. Gore. Now Owens is a lawyer for Brown and Bain, one of the state's top firms.

Owens served as chairman of the state Democratic party in 1993 and 1994. It was possibly the worst year looking to be a Democrat since 1865. Nationally, the Democratic Party lost everything there was to lose: the House, Senate and control of the state capitals. In Arizona, Democrats were voted out of the three House seats they held, a Senate seat and also missed a bona fide chance to defeat Republican Gov. Fife Symington.

Democrats also lost state positions like the secretary of state and state superintendent of public instruction. Sitting on a bench in Wheeler Park Wednesday, Owens answered questions and came off like the kid from whom bullies stole lunch, only to thank him years later for helping them cram all night for a geometry final. He explained his take on what happened to his party in 1994 and why 1996 will be different. "Last year, people were as mad as hell. The Democrats were given Congress and the White House and they just blew it," he said of his party's failure to produce legislation to change the way Washington worked.

He said Republicans have taken things too far in retracting environmental and educational legislation. He also criticized Republican for help STEVE OWENS proposals to cut Medicare by $270 billion over the next seven years as the GOP tries to limit the expansion of the health plan for the elderly. Owens said the $270 billion figure was reached solely. as a method of cutting spending and refutes Republican arguments that they are trying to save the program. "It bears a curious correlation Jake Daily Sun The fall of summer Laura Welborn (center) is framed by a patch of bright yellow blooms as she leads a tour of the Arboretum's butterfly garden Wednesday afternoon.

With fall just around the corner, the blooms are fading from the center's gardens. Leander Andrews Traditional funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today in the Polacca Cemetery in Polacca, for Leander Andrews, 33, who died Sept. 19 in Winslow. Mr.

Andrews was born July 17, 1962 in Polacca and was a resident of Keams Canyon. He was a kachina carver by trade. Sacaton, brothers Ralph Andrews of Sacaton, Leroy Andrews, Martin Andrews, Sam Omaohoya and Erwin Tawyesva, all of Keams Canyon; three aunts, two uncles and numerous nieces and nephews. Interment will be in Polacca Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Winslow Funeral Home.

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The 10-foot-tall stalks stand next to ripening corn, heavily laden tomato plants, rhubarb, beets and four types of squash. Don't believe such a garden can exist in Flagstaff? I didn't either until I saw it. My puny zucchini plants pale in comparison. Joyce admits that raising the impressive harvest has more to do with hard work than anything else. "I spend as much as four to five hours in there some days," she said.

"It takes work." However, Joyce said she's had lots of time to figure out what methods work best. She's been gardening for 50 years. She said one of her tried-and-true tricks is to fertilize the garden plot well in the fall and feed the plants as they are growing. "In the fall when everything is gone, I turn the soil over and put bag after bag of manure on top of it, then the snow works it down in," said Joyce. Hats off to the Killips who have proven to me that an abundant vegetable garden can happen amidst the extreme and unpredictable weather conditions unique to northern Arizona.

Congratulations and thanks for the beets. They're great. LIVER TRANSPLANT recipient Sally Metzger will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Northern Arizona Women's Retreat Oct. 20 and 21 at Little America Hotel. Metzger, who was the subject of a communitywide fund drive that raised about $85,000 toward her medical expenses, will speak about the faith that has helped her through her medical crisis.

She also wants to thank Flagstaff for its support and prayers. The Northern Arizona Women's Retreat is an annual event for Christian women of all faiths to gather for spiritual growth. Main speakers will by Luci Swindoll, the author of seven books and vice president of public relations at Insight for Living in Palm Desert, and Lana Bateman of Dallas. Music will be provided by Sandie Sangster, minister of music and worship at Christ's Church of Flagstaff. Several local women also will be singing during the retreat.

Registration for the event is $55 and includes two evening banquets, a luncheon, seminars, gift bazaar, materials and admission to all sessions. It must be received by Oct. 16. For more information, call Andrea Heil, 779-1355 or Launa Gardner, 774-7298. SOME FREE, fun classes to check into at the Adult Center: Artists Anonymous meets Thursday 9 a.m.

to noon for people who love to paint but perhaps need motivation or space to do so, said Sue Jeffreys, recreation supervisor. Volunteer Joan Moreland teaches the class and a crafts class for adults that begins Oct. 2. The crafts class has a nominal charge of $2 per class and will meet Wednesday afternoons. There are ongoing free groups for bridge and Scrabble players.

For more information call 774-1068. CRABBY ROAD 1995 Shoebox by Universal Press Syndicate Reach for the stars! (It keeps your chest from sagging.) with the tax cut they are proposing of $245 billion," Owens said. Hayworth has already derided Owens as a "Bill Clinton, Big Government 'R' Us" Democrat. But Owens jumps the fence into Newt Gingrich Republicanism on a couple key issues. He favors a balanced budget amendment and a line-item veto.

He also pledges not just to support term limits, but to live by them. "I pledge myself for a commitment to six years in Congress," Owens said. "You have to respect the voters of Arizona." In 1992, state voters passed a proposition limiting their Congressional delegation to three two-year terms. On environmental issues, which will be of particular concern to voters in a district that is largely national forest, Owens tends toward an ambiguous middle ground. "I think part of the problem is the choice between the environment and jobs is a false choice," Owens said.

"The issue is so polarized and Hayworth uses that to his best advantage. "You can find common ground." But he said at this time, he isn't sure where that common ground is. Owens added he spent a lot of time on a farm when he was growing up and he knows "how difficult making a living off the land can be." A race between Hayworth and Owens would provide the voters both contrast and symmetry. Both are transplanted Southerners Hayworth hails originally from North Carolina, while Owens grew in Tennessee. They live close to up each other in north Scottsdale.

And each are well-connected to their respective party bigwigs. Owens has a history with Gore, the number two Democrat in the country. And Hayworth, one of the 75 freshmen Republicans in Congress, sits on the three-member Republican Steering Committee, Gingrich's strategy-making body. Hayworth has consistently supported the speaker's agenda. Owens said he expects to raise $500,000 for the race against Hayworth and said he won't balk as others did at the prospect of facing a former sportscaster.

"I'm not going to underestimate him," Owens said. Nation's elderly hurt by design Gerontologist wants products all can use By MARY TOLAN Community News Editor Our world is full of little oversights: light switches out of reach, tiny plastic creamers that are impossible to open, even cups not everyone can hold. The victims are the elderly, as well as a myriad of other people who don't fit the norm when products are designed and homes are built. "There's no one design that works for everybody unless we're aware of everybody," said Patricia Moore, a gerontologist and designer who spoke at an aging conference Wednesday morning. "That's universal design." Moore, who spent three years from 1989 to 1992 disguised as a woman in her 80s, talked about the need to see people for who they really are, especially when it comes to elders.

"In the designing business, we never used to hear about the needs of people with arthritis or poor vision or those unable to talk," Moore said. "That must change." Moore shared her views at the Northern Arizona's Fourth Annual Elder Issues Conference, "The Circle of Life: Breaking Through the Barriers of Ageism," sponsored by the Northern Arizona Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging. The day-long event brought together nurses, social workers and other people interested in the rights of elderly people. Moore, an internationally renowned designer, is outspoken on the need for product designs that are user-friendly for everyone. "Doesn't this look like fun?" she asked the group, showing a slide of a typical handicap bathtub, equipped with cold-looking bars and awkward, sterile white seats.

'And they wonder why elders have problems with personal hygiene. This is terrible design. This is unacceptable." The next slide showed a shower with a bench seat and wide access. "If this is your shower and there's place for a wheelchair or a walker or a cane and you're able to feel like Princess Di in this marble thing, and you don't want to leave, this is a good design." Moore conceded that often the best designs are created for the wealthy, but added they eventually become affordable. She said she is not impressed with designs in Arizona.

"I'm rather disappointed in the home builders in Arizona," said Moore, who lives in Phoenix and is the president of GUYNES Design a consulting company for challenged consumers. "Here we have one of the wealthiest retirement zones in the nation," filled with elders who purchased what they hoped to be their final dream homes. "But the house is just as static as the one they left in Wisconsin. "The homes are glitzy, Southwestern, rococo that just look good in pictures, but do you ever see people in them? Of course not." While Moore was a graduate student in gerontology at Columbia University, she altered her appearance, using make-up and prostheses to look more than three times her age. Beginning when she was 25, she spent three years traveling throughout the U.S.

and Canada to gauge what life is like for older persons. "With character and empathy, I witnessed and felt everything that elders do," she told the audience of more than 200. "I ran into love and friendship, discourtesy, annoyance, rejection, and twice I was mugged and attacked." Moore said once she was badly beaten by eight boys, "babies, really, they couldn't have been more than 11 or 12 who chose to beat and punch and kick me for no other reason than the sport of it," she said to the silent audience. "Those boys chose to batter me with laughter and screams of glee. My pain stopped when I heard a voice saying, 'That's And they were gone.

At the age of 25, I became the youngest victim of elder abuse." Moore said through the beatings, she began to meet other victims. "In bewilderment, we talked about why our culture was to the point where anyone would do such a thing," Moore said. Elder abuse, one focus of the conference, is a growing reality, as is elderly suicide. Moore said elderly suicide rates have surpassed those of teen-agers. "Young people with little life experience are giving up without hope," she said.

"Elders with rich experience are giving up because they don't believe it will get any better." Moore said, however, she still has faith. "When we lose hope, it's alarming. But I do believe that everyone is retrievable," Moore said. Obituary Survivors include companion Elsie Turmes of Keams Canyon; sisters Marcelene Collateta and Marlinda Omaohoya, both of Keams Canyon, Rita Andrews of Polacca, Vita Rios of Flagstaff, Delores Williams and Vicki Andrews, both of A A Daily Sun Flagstaff Publishing 1995 Official Legal Newspaper for City of Flagstaff and Coconino County Publication No. (USPS 030-560) Published daily Monday through Friday and until 9:30 a.m.

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