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hi to them even if they’re not doing art projects.” She keeps stocked up on blank projects from the craft store, such as birdhouses and picture frames, or stamps ICHELLE FLAMEZ IS AN for decorating and embellishing, “easy art teacher with a things they can decorate,” she says. slightly different type of “They love doing that kind of thing. I student. can show them a bunch of different For nine years, she’s been working projects and give them a choice of what with dialysis and cancer patients, prothey want to do.” viding for them a creative outlet during What she’s noticed is the positive their treatments to help pass the time. shift in patient attitude once they partake in an art project. She also teaches art to hospital and “It can lower their blood pressure and medical center staff who experience increases their self-confidence,” Flamez stress and compassion fatigue. says. “Doing art with them is such a It’s part of an innovative program other arm has a blood pressure cuff on good distraction from their treatments.” titled ArtsCare, run by Samaritan She recalls one patient who became it.” Regional Medical Center to help She has learned how to work around noticeably happier after doing some art patients use their downtime in fun, those limitations to help her “students” projects and who even started wearing creative ways. Artists and musicians brighter colors. spend time with patients and caregivers express their creative side two to six Flamez, who herself lives with hours a week through mixed media, as they work through feelings about chronic pain, understands how helpful their illness and express themselves in watercolor painting, jewelry making, it can be to have a distraction. stamping and other artistic endeavors new ways. “One of my favorite quotes is from possible even with limited mobility. Being a patient in a medical setting, Joseph Joubert, who says, ‘To teach is to “I have a tray on the chair to do art particularly when you are receiving learn twice,’” she says. “So I learn a lot projects with,” she says. “I have to be care for something like cancer or from them, too, art-wise and life-wise chronic conditions like kidney disease, really cognizant of the machine being because they share their life with me; hooked up, and I have to be clean, of involves a lot of waiting. Each dialysis course. But within that, it’s very patient we become friends. And it feels good to treatment, for example, can take four know that I’m helping them.” led. I’ll find a way to do whatever they hours. want to do.” “Dialysis is a lot of waiting, just History One dialysis patient had been a sitting there pretty much doing nothing,” says Flamez, an art teacher for ArtsCare started 16 years ago as a graphic artist and now enjoys making more than 25 years. “The patients can’t greeting cards. He’s also creating a collaboration between the Corvallis Art really do much with their arms because comic book about kidney disease and Center and Samaritan Health Services they’re hooked up to a machine and the dialysis treatment. Another patient and is funded primarily through grants wouldn’t participate in the art projects and donations, says Sara Krainik, ArtsCare coordinator. The program but liked to read books. Above, cancer patients painted “Trees of Life.” Background: enlists both artists and musicians, and “You get to know all of the patients Copper tooling squares. as time goes on,” Flamez says. “You say has been well-received.

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“It encompasses a whole cross section of musicians: harpists, a Native American flute player, guitarists, even a drummer,” she says. “And the same thing with the artists like Michelle. They use different mediums, such as clay, fiber, watercolors, etc., when leading art sessions.” Participating musicians play in patient rooms, waiting areas, the inpatient mental health unit, the infusion unit, the ICU and for hospice patients. Some lead interactive workshops for patients. “The HeartStrings program for cancer patients is about an hour and a half long,” Krainik says. “Two of our harpists give a brief Celtic harp concert and then we pass out harps and under their tutelage, everyone plays. It’s just wonderful.” Medical center staff members also benefit from the art and music. “Medical professionals can suffer a lot of stress, compassion fatigue and burnout from being in the healthcare field,” Krainik says. “We work with them, too, so that they can experience the healing properties of the arts.” She says ArtsCare is an important antidote to the typical medical treatment. Research has established a clear link between engaging in the arts and experiencing a good mental state, lowering blood pressure, needing less pain medication and shorter hospital stays. A side benefit to the ArtsCare program is an opportunity to beautify the hospital environmnent. “We make sure the art on the walls in healing and calming,” Krainik says. “We have also facilitated group installations where staff or patients will work on individual components that combined together for an art piece that hangs in the hospital and brings joy and comfort to visitors and staff alike.” ☸

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Young gardeners can participate in the fun garden activities in the free “Kid Zone,” sponsored by Nearby Nature. Relax for a bit while you enjoy coffee and a treat from the bake sale. The Lane County Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization that raises money to support the educational outreach of the Master Gardeners in Lane County. Admission is free for the whole family. Payment can be made with cash, checks and credit cards. This event may be canceled after press time due to current restrictions on social gatherings. Please check ahead before attending. Learn more at facebook.com/ LaneCoMGA, or email LCMGAPlantSale@ gmail.com. ◊

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sion meant attention to her home and family. Life after has been a process of grief and anger. She’s not alone. Residents of The Patrician fought for several months to oppose the park owner’s application to rezone the property from low-density OR JO MANNING, THERE’S residential to mixed-use. The owner, life before Oct. 21, 2019 — Richard Boyles, has stated he would like and life after. to develop the property into a new conIt was on this date last fall vention center and hotel. that the Springfield City Council voted When the residents heard the city to approve a rezoning application — council’s decision, most retreated back against the recommendation of its plan- into their homes, salving the open ning commission — that could mean a emotional wounds sustained in their certain end to a mobile home park where fight against government, development, Manning lives. tourism dollars and lack of affordable Two years ago, Manning, 67, and her housing. husband Bob bought a home in The “I didn’t have the energy to do anything Patrician, a park of 81 during the holidays,” manufactured homes Manning says. for residents 55 “I don’t sleep and older in the well. I have Gateway area of Springfield. Life before the council’s deci-

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nightmares. My anxiety is tilting, and I had to get anti-anxiety meds. I cried a lot. But I’m still hoping there will be some kind of resolution.” Susan Stoltenborg, 69, bought her home in the mobile home park only months before the park owner sent out a letter to park residents notifying them of the rezoning proposal. “My home was bought for $47,000 on a 20-year mortgage,” she says. “I will have 14 years left on a mortgage for a home that doesn’t exist. Can you imagine what it’s like to walk away and abandon your home?” An amendment to their lease states the park owner cannot force out residents until at least January 2023, giving them approximately three years to sell or move their homes, and find another place to live. However, nine mobile home parks have closed in Lane County in the past 15 years, according to a May 24, 2019 article in the Eugene Register-Guard. Patrician residents say there are very few to no options for finding the same affordable housing they have now.

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Despite the troublesome situation, these residents look back on their organizational efforts and feel proud of what they accomplished. When they were first notified by letter of the rezoning proposal in March 2019, Left to right: Patrician residents Joelle Sherman (and Derby), Jo Manning and Susan Stoltenborg, with attorney Laurie Hauber, who volunteered to advocate for the mobile home park residents advocate against a rezoning proposal to the Springfield Planning Commission.

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Manning took her concerns to a neighborhood potluck and talked to the others about some possible solutions. “I wrote up a sample letter that people could hand out,” she says. “I told them, ‘Tell your story.’” We decided we needed to do something. We were all in shock.” They also contacted local print and broadcast media, and Manning went to the Senior Law Clinic in Eugene for some much needed advice. “She came in with her letter, I read it, and I said, ‘I’m afraid you don’t have any legal recourse, the law isn’t going to save you here,’” says attorney Judith Moman, who volunteers at the clinic. “I told her she would need political movement. I told them they needed to let the council know there would be no rezoning without a long-term plan in place that reserves the tenants’ rights and needs.” Soon after, they met attorney Laurie Hauber, who works at Oregon Law Center, Lane County Legal Aid. Although they did not officially represent the Patrician residents, both attorneys actively followed the situation and advocated for the residents. “There was nothing illegal about what the owner was attempting to do with his property,” Hauber says. “But it was gut-wrenching to watch.” As the weeks progressed, more residents joined the political fight. They wrote petitions and gathered more than 700 signatures. They held a yard sale to raise more funds. They packed the Springfield Planning Commission meeting, emotionally testifying about their situation and pleading for the commission to recommend against the rezoning proposal. “It was a real testament to their activism and outreach,” Moman says, “to see the number of people who showed up to the planning commission meetings. It was standing room only every time there was a meeting. They made moving and eloquent speeches and they showed up 1,000 percent.” These residents believe that if they had said or done little, the planning commission would have quickly recommended the zoning change and passed it along to the city council. Instead, the commission scheduled more meetings, asked for more

Sue Stoltenborg (left) discusses the past several months of activism with attorneys Laurie Hauber (center) and Judith Moman.

information and eventually voted to recommend against the proposal. When the park eventually closes, Oregon law mandates that each homeowner receives a cash payout — $6,000 for a single-wide, $7,000 for a double-wide and $9,000 for a triple. There’s also a $5,000 tax credit. But moving a manufactured home — if it can be moved — costs approximately $20,000, Stoltenborg says. “And that’s not the cost of moving your things or finding a place to move it to.” Hauber says the homes are too old to be moved. “People just have to walk away from their investment,” she says. Joelle Sherman, 79, lives in the park with her dog Derby, and joined in fighting to keep the park open indefinitely. But the council’s decision “took the wind out of my sails,” she says. “We were thrown into this out of desperation. We wanted to save our homes.” Now, she stays mostly quiet on the topic — it just hurts too much to revisit what happened. Through it all, she’s grateful for the new friends she’s made. For now, Patrician residents are looking into new housing options throughout the Willamette Valley, and looking after one another. ☸

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the vegetable garden By G RAC E P E T E R S O N

Adaptive Seeds, located near Sweet Home. They offer a very nice selection of vegetable and flower seeds that do well here in the Pacific Northwest. My mouth was watering while reading about Sweet Freckles melon. On the inside it looks similar to a cantaloupe, but the outside has a unique pear shape with a green freckled husk. Sweet Freckles is a vigorous, early Crenshaw type melon with delicious, juicy meat. Adaptive Seeds also carries an impressive 14 varieties of kale. One that intrigued me is called Bear Necessities. Looking similar to fennel and endive, it is a finely serrated, frilly purple or green leaved kale with a tender texture making it suitable for salad mix at all stages of growth; a cold tolerant variety that is mild, very sweet and adds volume to a salad. The seed can be sown in spring for summer harvest or in September for winter harvest since it winters

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Last spring while at a plant sale, my daughter found a zucchini seedling called Astia. The tag said it was compact and good for container culture, so I bought it. It proved to be the best zucchini we’ve ever grown. A small thing, about 30 inches tall and wide, it produced just enough dark and glossy, 5-inch zucchini squashes for our family. And because the leaves don’t get so big, there were no hidden zucchini monsters to discover. Both Territorial Seeds and Renee’s Garden have seeds for sale now. I always enjoy seeing what novelty vegetable varieties the seed companies sell each year. In my search, I discovered a new-to-me seed company called

over successfully here in the Pacific Northwest. For peppers, Baker Creek Seeds is offering Death Spiral hot pepper. Ranking among the world’s hottest peppers, this fruit has a unique, wrinkled, bumpy skin. It can be harvested while green or allowed to mature to bright red. Even if you’re not a fan of spicy peppers, you must admit this looks really cool. Baker Creek Seeds lists an intriguing edible hibiscus called Red Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa ‘Red Roselle’). While the leaves are edible like spinach and used in cooking, it is the bright red calyxes that are most coveted. They are used to make drinks and added in fruit jams. ☸

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Forearm stretches alleviate hand cramping. Keep your arms straight.

Side stretches loosen the lower back and open space between the ribs and vertebrae.

Upper back stretches relieve tension between the shoulder blades. Amplify the stretch by pretending to pull your fingers apart.

Quadriceps stretches loosen the muscles in the front of the thighs used in much of the squatting and weightbearing work of gardening.

Chest stretches counteract all the time spent looking down. Squeeze elbows and lift eyes upward.

Calf stretches relieve lower-leg cramps. Make feet parallel like train tracks and not in-line like a tightrope.

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use a wide (shoulder-width) stance, bend your knees and lift with your legs. Avoid twisting motions by turning your toes the IME AND TIME AGAIN, EAdirection you intend ger gardeners step into to move and step their gardens at the first Kim Miller sign of spring and step out into the movement. of them with an achy wrist, an This will ease tension in your back. If injured back and sore knees. something like a large rock is too heavy But with a few simple precautions and to safely lift on your own, you can ask for some before-and-after stretches, you can help or let it be and exchange your veggie keep coaxing a healthy harvest out of the patch for a rock garden. soil all season long. USE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR KEEPING THINGS BALANCED — THE JOB — The right gear can make Balance the work between both sides of all the difference. Helpful equipment to your body by alternating hands for weed- prevent common injuries include knee ing or switching sides while digging. pads to protect your joints, tools with Using your non-dominant side may seem long handles to lessen the need to bend, awkward and inefficient at first, but it wheelbarrows or wagons for transportwill help you be more conscious of your ing supplies and, of course, a good pair actions and may even help boost creativ- of gloves, which every gardener needs. ity. Break up your gardening into smaller There are lots of options for easy-to-grip jobs, take breaks and switch up your tools or ones with larger handles that can activity every 15 to 20 minutes. This will make the work easier on your hands. And help you get more work in before fatigue if it’s a big job, don’t be afraid to bring sends you to the shower. out the motorized tools for a little added muscle. MAKE POSTURE A PRIORITY — Keeping good posture and avoiding COVERING THE BASICS — Don’t hunching and overreaching are key to forget the simple things like staying keeping yourself injury-free while in the well-hydrated, and wearing sun protecgarden. When you are lifting, remember tion like a hat, long sleeves and sunscreen. Avoiding peak sun exposure and to get as close to the object as you can,

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her busy teaching everything from American and Moroccan history to creative writing and conflict resolution. “One day, I asked them, ‘Would you like to climb Mount Toubkal?’” Carter says. “Of course, they all did — it’s 13,000 LICE CARTER HAS NEVER BEEN ONE TO feet plus a few more — so we gathered and began training for idly sit by without a volunteer project up her the climb by going on hikes every Sunday.” sleeve. As Carter taught her group of 60 kids about leadership, While visiting a friend in Vermont a few years ago, cooperation and community, she noticed it became increasthey went to a party with many former 1960s Peace Corps vol- ingly difficult to keep up with the adventures. When it came unteers. “I remember just asking, ‘Well, what’s the age limit?’” time for the great climb, she had to watch her students tackle As it turns out, there simply isn’t one. the mountain from the sideline. When she announced to her six children that she’d joined “My Peace Corps doctor begged me to go home and have my the Peace Corps at the age of 86, surprise wasn’t their first hip fixed, but I just wouldn’t,” she says. reaction. Despite extreme pain and lack of mobility, Carter completed “My kids thought for sure the Peace Corps would let me join, her mission in Morocco. Once home, her condition worsened to but would never send me away at my age,” Carter says, laughwhere she could only sleep in a recliner chair. She immediately ing. “They said, ‘Sure, Mom, join the Peace Corps so you can began looking into getting her hip fixed. say you did.’ My little granddaughter just kept saying ‘No Peace About a year ago, at age 90, she enlisted the help of James Corps! No Peace Corps!’” Ryan, MD, who replaced her hip at Samaritan Albany General But shortly after she joined the Peace Corps, she was invited Hospital. “They did a beautiful job,” Carter says. “It was great to join a team of volunteers for a two-year mission in Morocco to find myself in a quiet, private room and I loved where she was welcomed by a host family and began a threethe staff.” month training alongside 100 Peace Corps team members. After one night in the hospital, Carter returned “We were welcomed with open arms,” she says. “My host to her home in Corvallis to focus on healing family insisted they cook for me, taught me about the local and planning her next endeavor. community and treated me as family.” “My new joints give me the As Carter became acclimated to the Moroccan culture and ability to work better for my her role as an educator, she did her best to keep up with a vari- community,” she says. “I’m ety of activities. Her fellow volunteers encouraged her to join looking forward to being the them on sightseeing adventures, and her active students kept bionic woman — I’ll be able to roller skate.” Learn more about Alice At age 88, Alice Carter returned from the Peace Corps in Morocco still ready for what life had to offer. at samhealth.org/AliceC. ☸

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even thousands of years ago. THE PROCESS: That’s what got me started on “September Winds,” but the book took over one year to write, and quite a few more to rewrite and edit. PREVIOUS WORKS: I’ve been writing things my whole adult life, mostly rhyming ditties just for fun. I wrote a novelette several years ago entitled “The Tree Walkers.” It was mostly about family members and fictional giants that roamed my 13-acre property just outside of Lebanon. WHAT’S NEXT: I am three chapters into a follow-up sequel. BUY THE BOOK: It’s available on amazon.com, in print and ebook. FUN FACT: There is a river in Linn County called the Calapooia River and originates from the same tribe. Kalapuya can be spelled either way. ☸

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2 — WINDOWS BUILDING SKILLS, 6 p.m., Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Springfield. $30/$36. 541736-4444.

3 — “MAMMA MIA,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, through April 26, Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Dr., Cottage Grove. No show on April 12. $25/$15. Cottagetheatre.org.

Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Springfield. $30/$36. 541-736-4444. MOSSBACKS VOLKSSPORT CLUB, 9:45 a.m., Overleaf Lodge, Yachats. Mossbacks.org.

AAUW, with speaker from Eugene School District, 9:30 a.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 777 Coburg Road, Eugene. 541-556-8149.

LIBRARY TAKEOVER FOR ADULTS, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., Corvallis-Benton County Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis.

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CONCERT: JOE MANIS TRIO, 6 p.m., Downtown Eugene Public Library. Free.

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11 — DAVID HELFAND: MAJESTIC JOURNEYS, Celtic concert, 2 p.m., Main Meeting Room, Corvallis-Benton County Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. Free.

EUGENE VOCAL ARTS, “In Celebration of Women,” 7:30 p.m., Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon. $26$30. eugeneconcertchoir.org.

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16 — COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, 7:45 a.m., Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Springfield. $3.50/$4.20. 541-736-4444.

Reception for artist Abigail Dolby, Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Springfield. After the exhibit, take a shuttle to Second Friday Art Walk. 541-736-4444.

PLANNING TIPS AND GEAR CHOICES, for your next hiking/ backpacking trip, 6:30 p.m., Main Meeting Room, Corvallis-Benton County Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. Free.

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BOOK READING, “The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices from the Fight for Atomic Justice,” 5:30 p.m., Main Meeting Room, Corvallis-Benton County Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. Free. 541-766-6793.

18 — SPRINGFIELD CELEBRATES AUTHORS, reading by poet Maxine Skates, followed by short open mic, 2 p.m., Springfield Public Library meeting room. Free. Sponsored by Oregon Poetry Association.

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CLUB, 10:45 a.m. Roaring Rapids Pizza, 4006 Franklin Blvd., Eugene. Mossbacks.org for more walks. PLAN YOUR GARDEN, 11 a.m., Downtown Eugene Public Library. 541682-5450 for more dates/locations.

6 — SOAP MAKING, 6:45 p.m., Campbell Center, 155 High St., Eugene. $20. 541-682-5318 or getrec.org.

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22 — LOVE TO READ BOOK CLUB, “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren, 10:30 a.m., Campbell Center, 155 High St., Eugene. Free. 541-682-5318 or getrec.org. BREAKING THE CARBON HABIT, 5 p.m., Downtown Eugene Public Library. Free.

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26 — RECORD LISTENING PARTY, Spring has Sprung, noon, Downtown Eugene Public Library. Free. 28 — CORVALLIS AUTO SWAP MEET, 7 a.m., Benton County Fairgrounds, $5. Vendors, $20. Show cars, $10. 541926-3972 or corvallishistoricautoclub.com. 30 — MID-WILLAMETTE WOODWORKERS GUILD, 37th Annual Exhibition of Find Woodworking, through May 3, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library event room. Public reception, 6 p.m. May 1. ☸

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The Mid-Willamette Woodworkers Guild will host its 37th Annual Exhibition of Fine Woodworking April 30 – May 3, at the Corvallis Public Library event room. Once each year, members of the Guild display selected works in an exhibit open to the public In collaboration with Crescent Valley High School’s woodworking program, the exhibition also includes pieces created by student woodworkers. The exhibit is open during regular library hours, closing Sunday at 3 p.m. There will be

a public reception for exhibiting artists from 6 to 8 p.m. May 1. A special show-and-tell session on Saturday afternoon will allow visitors to meet with Guild members and see how their project pieces are made to fit and join together. Meet the woodworkers and artists who created the fine furniture and art pieces. The Mid-Willamette Woodworkers Guild includes professional and hobbyist woodworkers who share their skills and techniques with one another to bring their visions to reality. Monthly Guild meetings are open to everyone. Learn more and see samples of the artistry at mwwg.net.

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ITH $50,000 IN MATCHing funds from Adair Village’s City Council, the Adair Living History hopes to finally complete the east barracks building. Adair Living History is collecting bids for that purpose and plans to write several grants for large amounts, says Barbara Melton, a member of the board of directors. “The availability of matching funds from the city makes the prospect of receiving such amounts much more likely,” she says. “At that point, plans for an interpretive center for the history of the Adair area will be able to go forward.” Community help is needed in several ways, Melton says. ▶ A work day at the barracks building starts at 9 a.m. April 18. This project includes removing the shiplap wood from the interior walls. ▶ New board members are needed as ALH moves into the process of opening an interpretive center for Adair history. The time commitment is one evening per month. ▶ Donations are needed to match the funds provided by the city. Please donate, if you can. ▶ Visit ALH meetings to provide advice and encouragement. Meetings take place at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month in the Adair Village council chambers. “Any of these will provide granting agencies evidence of the community’s support,” Melton says. Call 541-745-6318 for more information and to make a donation. Donations also can be mailed to Adair Living History, 176 NE Azalea Dr., Adair Village, OR 97330. ☸

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