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In addition to pursuing her passion
for genealogy, Karleen Phillips enjoys
gardening at her McMinnville home and
traveling. Marcus Larson/News-Register
Following the genealogical
trail wherever it takes her
By HEATHER BROOKS
Of the News-Register
Karleen Phillips didn’t care much for family history
— or history of any kind, for that matter — until she
came across an intriguing photo.
“I saw a picture of my husband’s great-grandfather,
Joshua Phillips, and something about him sparked my
interest,” she recalled. “It was just like he spoke to me
out of that picture.”
Phillips was so struck by the photo, she named one
of her sons after his distant ancestor.
“I hated history until I started doing my family
history,” she said. “It really came alive for me.”
Her appetite whetted, she set out to find out
everything she could about family. Over the years,
she tapped libraries, cemeteries, distant relatives,
census records, universities, historical sites and other
resources, visiting California, Kentucky, Oregon,
Idaho, Utah and points between and beyond.
Now a mother of five and grandmother of 14,
Phillips grew up in Ashton, Idaho, adjacent to
Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. She
was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, which predominates in Idaho’s eastern reaches.
She went on to attend Brigham Young and Utah
State universities before marrying a man she had
known since first grade and starting a family. His
work took them first to Washington and then to
Oregon, where they eventually came to own and
operate McMinnville’s Mayflower Moving & Storage
outlet.
Phillips is an avid teacher, gardener and traveler,
but genealogy holds a special passion for her. She has
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long volunteered at McMinnville’s
Family History Center, which is
affiliated with the church but open to
non-members as well as members.
“All are welcome,” she said. “We
love to help people get started, to help
them whenever we can.”
She suggests individuals interested
in learning more about their family’s
history begin by collecting all the
names and stories possible from older
relatives who are still living.
“Get the stories now,” she urged.
“Don’t wait until the people are gone.”
The next step is consulting census
records, Phillips said. Even if you
are starting with next to nothing, as
she was when she began researching
Joshua Phillips, she said, “You may be
surprised at what you can find.”
The Family History Center has
resources that can help broaden and
deepen any search. They include
records preserved through books,
computers, microfilm and microfiche,
along with “volunteers to help you
figure out how to use them,“ she said.
“In this library, we have premium
subscriptions,” she noted. “You can
join these at home on your own, too,
but they’re like $400. If you come
here, you can access them for free.”
Phillips learned great-grandpa
Joshua was born in Redkey, Indiana.
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believed to have been taken about 1914 in Nebraska. Phillips also appears in
the image at right. A photo of Karleen Phillips’ ancestor led to her interest in
studying family history. Submitted photos
settled first in Nebraska, then migrated
west to Idaho.
Eventually, she was able to trace
his family trail back two more
generations — back all the way to
Zebulon Cantrell, who made his
living as a trapper, farmer and land
surveyor by turns.
Cantrell was born in Virginia about
1772. He later moved to Kentucky.
Phillips discovered records
documenting his sale of wolf pelts
at one point. She also unearthed an
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from his life.
“There was a story about how
he had a problem with drink,”
she said. “He was in the bar. To
be funny, someone went out and
loosened the cinch on his saddle.
When he went out to get on his
horse, he slipped and fell into the
mud.”
She said the story was written
down years later by a preacher in
Indiana, then forgotten until she
came across it.
It seems, she said, “This young
man ... went out and tightened up
his cinch for him, then put him up
on his horse and sent him home.
Years later, the young boy that
put him on his horse became a
preacher.”
Phillips’ research has led her
to travel all around the country
visiting sites of potential interest.
“Some provide new clues,” she
said, and “some just fun.“
She recalled visiting a
historical society repository in
Kentucky where she came across
a book so fragile “you could
hardly turn the pages.”
She said, “Sometimes you
aren’t even allowed to scan them,
because that damages them. So
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all you are allowed to bring in
with you is a pencil and paper.”
Phillips finds it rewarding
to locate musty yellowing
records pointing the way to
“land you know your great-great
grandfather farmed.” And she
likes to follow up by paying a
visit in person.
That way, she said, “I feel a
connection. I feel like I know
where I came from.”
Phillips says everyone ends up
getting stuck at some point, some
more than others.
She said her side of the family
kept journals, making it relatively
easy to chronicle. Her husband’s
was harder.
“I think the biggest challenge
with my genealogy has been that
some of the people I’m tracing,
they were uneducated,” she said.
“They didn’t leave very many
records.
“I’ve had a really hard time
following Zebulon and his family
(back any further). That’s my
brick wall, as they call it.”
But even failing to come up
with any information about a
family can provide some clues.
“If they lived in town, or had
a business or anything, we’d
probably find something,” she
said, smiling. And if not, she
quipped, “They were probably
hillbillies.”
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Expanded fitness center
serves active community
By TOM HENDERSON
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Pat Jacobson is tired of seeing
people come and go at Hillside
Retirement Community.
A new person comes to the assisted
living center, and before Jacobson
knows it, that person is gone forever.
Then someone else arrives, and the
whole cycle starts over again.
That’s a sad fact of life in a
retirement community, except that
Jacobson isn’t referring to residents.
She’s referring to owners and
managers.
The center has had a string of
owners since Jacobson moved in
10 years ago. It was most recently
purchased by Brookdale Senior Living
Solutions, about two years ago.
One thread has run through the
entire period.
“We’ve been after the owners ever
since I got here to build an exercise
center,” Jacobson said. “With each
owner, we would keep pestering
them.”
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And one finally responded.
Brookdale has built a 4,000-squarefoot fitness center for resident use.
The facility has already been
open for a couple of months, though
a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony
wasn’t held until April 14. And it’s
proving a big hit.
At the dedication ceremony, “you
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could just feel the gratitude in the
room,” said Susie Stellflug, Hillside’s
longtime fitness director.
Residents formed a committee to
push for the expansion, Stellflug said.
And a formidable committee it was,
she said.
Many residents of Hillside
enjoyed careers as highly educated
professionals. They included the late
Ron Lehnus, an architect, and Donna
Farley, holder of a Ph.D. in public
policy, both driving forces on the
committee.
“It felt like didn’t have exercise
facilities here at all, so we put together
a proposal,” Farley said. “We are so
excited. This is truly a dream come
true.”
Stellflug admitted the exercise
facilities were pitiful when she became
fitness director 11 years ago.
“All we had was this Coca-Cola
room with this weird red and white
carpeting,” she said. “There were no
weights and there was no room for
classes.”
That would be a shame in any
assisted living facility, she said, but
particularly in one with such an active
population, noting more than 75
percent of the center’s 200 residents
have a regular fitness routine.
She knows most of the residents
well, she said, having performed
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An array of health equipment fills a room in the 4,000-square-foot fitness center, a major expansion of Hillside’s exercise
facilities. “There were no weights and there was no room for classes,” said fitness director Susie Stellflug.
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“We went for the sun and
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fitness evaluations on each. Those
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The new fitness center helps
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and other exercise equipment, but also
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“A couple of our residents actually
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Stellflug said. “This is taking us to the
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“You have to learn different
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“That’s something I learned during my
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Jacobson said her fellow residents
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Opposite: Francis has his face marked in a rural village in India, and Poe teaches a Malagasy girl how to sew in Madagascar. Submitted photos
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Of the News-Register
When the Middle East erupted in
violence in 2010, in what came to
be known as the Arab Spring, many
frightened Americans decided to put
off seeing the Great Pyramids until
the travel package didn’t include a
souvenir bullet in the head.
Caye Poe and John Francis knew
better. They knew that political
upheaval and terrified tourists mean
great deals on travel prices, so they
were able to travel to Cairo for a
song.
The septuagenarian Dayton couple
has made a study of the ins and outs
of international travel. The two have
been to Alaska, Costa Rica, Egypt,
Holland, India, Japan, Madagascar,
Mexico, France, Sri Lanka, Tanzania,
Taiwan, Thailand, Zanzibar and the
Andaman Islands.
They save money by going where
others fear to tread and using clubs
that enable them to stay in private
homes as guests.
Their trips are rarely just for sightseeing. Although there is usually a lot
of sightseeing going on, the couple
often goes with a specific mission.
In 2012, for example, they learned
that many young girls in Madagascar
were missing school during menstruation.
Francis and Poe took six old-fashioned treadle sewing machines — the
area they visited had no electricity —
so they could teach the girls how to
make sanitary pads for themselves.
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Once there, they discovered the
girls had another problem — no
underwear. So Poe hiked 45 minutes
to the nearest market to obtain T-shirts
they could turn into undergarments.
It was an amazing experience, Poe
said. “They people just blew me away,
how sweet they are,” she said.
On the way back to the United
States, Poe and Francis took a side
trip to Tanzania. And they took eight
more sewing machines.
They once spent a few nights in
downtown Paris for only $30 a night,
thanks to their membership in the
Affordable Travel Club. That’s one of
those clubs that help the couple travel
the world on a senior citizen budget.
The club recruits people willing to
offer an extra room and a hot breakfast. The hosts have to also agree to
invest at least an hour showing their
guests around.
That’s the best part, Poe said.
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The couple also travels through
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that Friendship Force is more focused
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In 2008, some 20 English teachers from Jakarta came to the United
States
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Force clubs around the world, he said.
“If you go the web, you’ll find four to
five trips per week,” he said.
The clubs date back to the Carter
administration, when they were
created to promote international
understanding. The host club sets the
travel itinerary, Francis said, which
recently worked out well for a group
of visitors from Brazil coming to
America for the first time.
“The Brazilians had never had a
bonfire before or roasted s’mores,”
he said.
Francis said he likes that the host
club sets the itinerary, but visitors are
still free to explore.
“You’re not being herded around,”
he said. “You really have the best of
both worlds.”
Seniors looking for discount travel
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said Poe.
For an annual fee, travelers age
50 and older pool their seldom-used
guest rooms and create a network for
frequent travelers with some 2,000
locations in the United States and
Canada. Accommodations usually
cost around about $20 a night for two.
Poe and Francis have a large furnished basement apartment with a
private entrance for guests. They also
occasionally rent it for short periods
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to people other than travel club members.
They consolidated what they know
about travel and presented a threehour seminar in Dayton last year.
The couple met in 2001, while
pursuing their passion for bicycling.
Francis was riding with a touring
club, the Portland Wheelmen, when
he met Poe and persuaded her to bike
to Mexico with him.
Poe, 73, worked at a mill for 30
years. She spent about 15 years in
mediation and conflict resolution,
after studying the subject at George
Fox University.
She and Francis have both served
as court mediators and mediation
coaches.
Francis, 77, started his career as a
journalist, working for newspapers
such as the Calgary Herald. He went
on to get a degree in film from UCLA
and spent time in Zimbabwe as it was
making the transition from Rhodesia
in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
He remembers arriving in Europe
as a young man with less than $15 in
his pocket and hitchhiking across the
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“I’ve done quite a bit of traveling in
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Audrey Edwards and David
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Aging gracefully with kung fu
By HEATHER BROOKS
Of the News-Register
Joseph Bronson ends the kung fu
class he’s teaching with this admonition to his students: “Go outside more.
Just sit outside and be aware of your
surroundings more every day. You will
be amazed how much it will change
your outlook.”
After bowing, students file out
and begin putting on their shoes and
jackets. They exchange handshakes
and friendly goodbyes. A feeling of
community and friendship pervades
the school.
David Gardner, 61, wipes the sweat
from his brow as he reminisces about
his introduction to the martial art of
kung fu.
It was some 6 1/2 years ago, and
his daughter was being homeschooled.
She began taking lessons at McMinnville’s Mountain Warrior Kung Fu
Academy to meet her physical education requirements.
Gardner would typically sit in the
car and read while his daughter took
her training. But one day, he came in
to watch.
“Mr. Bronson came up and said to
me, ‘Why aren’t you out here doing
this, too?’” he recalled. “And I said,
‘Oh, no. I’m too old. And I have a bad
back.’”
Not one to readily accept excuses,
Bronson dangled a promise.
“He told me, ‘I can show you how
to age gracefully,’” Gardner said. “I
was hooked right away, and have been
doing kung fu ever since.”
Now, most of Gardner’s hobbies and
pastimes are connected to kung fu in
one way or another.
“I go on hikes about once a month,
with the school — places like up in
the Gorge or in the Cascades,” he said.
“On Christmas Day, I went snowshoeing up on Trillium Lake.”
Following Bronson’s advice, Gardner tries to get outdoors as much as
possible. “If it’s a nice day, I’ll get on
the motorcycle, go down to the beach,
take a 10-mile walk on the beach and
do some forms,” he said.
He appreciates the school’s holistic
approach.
“Health is a huge thing for me,” he
said. “The top killers of men my age
are heart disease, stroke, cancer and
diabetes-related illnesses, and they can
all be avoided with diet and exercise.”
“It’s not just self-defense to me. If
I got into a fight, I think I’d be OK.
But that’s not it to me. It’s the health
defense.”
When he isn’t practicing kung fu,
Gardner works as an MRI technician
at Willamette Valley Medical Center.
So he comes by his interest in good
health naturally.
He’s an amateur herbalist as well.
And that also stems, at least to some
extent, from his career in medicine.
“At the apothecary next door, Sue
does a lot of herbal and nutrition
classes,” he said.
“I’ve been to a lot of them. She
does a lot of herbal remedies and cold
remedies.”
Gardener says it’s important not to
compare yourself to others, in kung fu
or in life in general.
“I don’t expect to be able to do
some of the kicks that these kids can
do,” he said. “But for someone my
age, I’m in excellent health.”
Gardner set a goal of earning his
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black belt by the time he turned 60.
And he made it.
That feat required years of hard
work, not to mention a non-stop, fivehour test administered by four black
belts, who rotated in to keep from getting tired and letting up on him.
“I think it was one of the hardest
things I’ve ever done, if not the hardest,” he said. “I think I was tired for
three months afterwards.”
But it was worth the work.
“Other than my children being
born,” Gardner said, “I don’t think I’ve
had a better experience than that test.
It was really important to me.
“Because I had such a positive
experience, and because in the last
five years my health has improved so
much, I would like to pass that on to
others.
“To people that think they’re too old
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for this, I’d say, I don’t think anyone is
too old for this. We have a 91-year-old
black belt.”
Bronson’s 91-year-old pupil is Ted
Aaron.
In a private workout, they practice
10-count drills and a set of weaving
patterns called “sinawali.” They wield
long staffs that clink together with
each count.
“Don’t forget to breathe, breathe
deep,” Bronson tells Aaron. “Ted’s a
speed-demon,” he tells onlookers.
After several repetitions, they pause
briefly.
“Nice,” Bronson says. “Stop and
breathe for a minute.”
Like Gardner, Aaron accidentally
discovered the Mountain Warrior
Kung Fu Academy.
“One of my grandsons was coming here,” he recalled. “I just came in
Friday, May 13, 2016
to watch him practice one day, and
before I left, I was signed up.”
He earned his black belt nine years
ago at the age of 82. It took him about
four years of hard work.
“My grandson was one of the black
belts who tested me,” Aaron said.
“When I was told I’d earned my own
black belt, that was a very rewarding
thing for me. It meant a lot to me.
“I couldn’t have done it without him
and his family encouraging me,” he
said of his instructor. “That was a big
part of it. They really got me wanting
to advance. And with all the support, I
made it.”
Bronson responded, “He’s always
trying to give us the credit. Ted is the
most gracious guy on the planet.
“But he worked hard and he
deserves the credit. I’ve rarely seen
anyone as motivated as Ted.”
Aaron would come in for two class
sessions a week, and take private sessions on the side at the same time.
“I was practicing a lot more for my
black belt,” he said. “Now I just come
to keep active. If you don’t use it, you
lose it.”
Bronson encourages that line of
thinking in all of his students.
“Not a lot of people think that far
ahead about their health, to that last
10 to 15 years of your life,” he said.
“We as a society look at young, athletic people, and we hold them up, and
if we can’t do what they can, we get
discouraged.
“I monitor everyone here and help
people grow at their own personal
level. There is a philosophy to it. No
matter where we are physically, let’s
just keep improving.” No such thing as too old for martial arts
By HEATHER BROOKS
Of the News-Register
David Gardner’s age — he’s 61 —
makes him one of the oldest students
at Joseph Bronson’s Mountain Warrior
Kung Fu Academy. But not the oldest.
Not by a long shot.
He’s also one of the oldest ever to
achieve coveted black belt status, the
equivalent of Eagle rank in Scouting.
But he’s still nowhere near the oldest.
In both cases, that honor goes to
91-year-old Ted Aaron, who advanced
to black belt rank at 82.
Aaron, an Army Air Corps veteran of
World War II, had always wanted to try
his hand at martial arts. But he never
found a place that suited him until he
ran into Bronson.
“I had just a little martial arts training in the service, but not much,” he
said.
Aaron worked on airplanes back in
the pre-aluminum era. His specialty
was repairing rips in their fabric fuselages.
“It was all not metal,” he explained.
“All the bombers and cargo planes had
fabric then.
“When they would get holes or tears,
I would repair them. I would use a
baseball stitch to sew it, patch it and
put a cover over it.”
As an adhesive and sealant, he said,
“You would use this — nitrocellulose,
I think it was, but they called it dope.
Same as fingernail polish.”
Aaron spent almost two years in
New Caledonia, Guadalcanal and Biak
during the campaign to retake New
Guinea and the surrounding South
Pacific islands. He received a bronze
Ted Aaron works on his form during a private lesson
with kung fu instructor Joseph Bronson at the Mountain
Warrior Kung Fu Academy. Marcus Larson/News-Register
star for heroism in the process.
He married Ida Jane the same month
he got out of the service. He wasn’t one
to dilly-dally.
The Aarons recently celebrated
their 70th wedding anniversary. They
were surrounded by friends and family, including two sons, two daughters,
seven grandchildren and a new greatgrandchild.
“And one of my grandsons is in the
Marines,” Aaron said with pride.
Bronson is adamant about age not
being a deterrent when it comes to
practicing the martial arts, and he’s
made a believer out of men like Gardner and Aaron.
“You need to change your thoughts if
you’re thinking you’re too old,” Aaron
said. “Try it and see. I’ll be 92 next
month, so, no, I don’t think you’re too
old.”
He said, “A lot of people sit down
when they are in their 60s, and they
start losing their strength. I would recommend they take kung fu. It’s good
for their health.
“Mr. Bronson says he wants to see me
around here when I’m 100. I intend to
be here, doing kung fu, for a long time.”
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decision. Just gathering all the information you need can prove quite a bit
of work .
If you are in the market for senior
housing, however, the accompanying
chart might make things a little easier.
As you consider details of the many
options available in Yamhill County,
you can begin to hone in on the types
of services you want now and might
need in the future.
You can also begin addressing other
considerations, including: Do you
prefer a certain town? Do you favor
an urban or rural setting? Do you have
pets to accommodate?
You might want to find a place that
CARE FACILITY
matches your current lifestyle. Or you
might be ready to embrace a big postretirement change.
You will also need to consider costs
and how they fit into your budget,
of course. You might want to inquire
about any extra charges or fees, either
already on the books or in the offing.
The legend covers abbreviations
employed in the chart. When it comes
to foster homes, Level III indicates the
highest level of care.
It may take some time to find just
the right fit. There are options for
almost every interest, need or lifestyle,
with extras ranging from beauty salon
treatments to motorcycle side-car
rides, all available in beautiful Yamhill
Valley settings.
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CARE LEVELS
ILF: Independent Living Facility
ALF: Assisted Living Facility
RCF: Residential Care
Facility
ICF: Intermediate Care
Facility
MEM:Residents with memory impairments are accepted
SNF: Skilled Nursing Facility
Rehab:Therapy provided by
facility
Hospice: Accepts residents on hospice
Respite: Short-term stays, for
caregivers’ respite
Trial: Residents may move in on a trial
basis
FH I, II and III: Foster Home, FH III
is highest rating
STYLES
1BR, 2BR, 3BR: Number of
bedrooms in units
COSTS, OWNERSHIP, OPTIONS
STU: Studio apartment
P:
Private room
SP: Semi-Private room
OPTIONS
Additional charges apply
STANDARD
All facilities include the following at no
cost unless otherwise noted:
• Meals, except ILF
• Housekeeping, except ILF
• Basic utilities
• Individualized care
• 24-hour staff
• Handicap accessibility
• Air conditioning
• In-room emergency call service
• Security
• Cable TV
• Parking for visitors
• Opportunities for worship or faith
activities
• Visits from hair stylists and podiatrists, at an additional charge
EXTRAS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
Arbor Oaks Terrace Memory Care
317 Werth Blvd., Newberg
503-538-2288
www.arboroaksterrace.com
•MEM care unit, respite.
•48 units; P, SP.
•Age 55 and older.
•Built in 2010 on 1 acre.
•Owned by Newberg Memory LLC,
operated by Frontier Management of
Durham, Oregon.
•$5,080-$6,145 a month base.
•Medicaid limited.
Whirlpool, bus, transportation, beauty
salon, gardening, supervised kitchens,
visiting pets, breakfast bar, activities,
games, nightly movies.
Astor House at Springbrook Oaks
3801 Hayes St., Newberg
503-537-2658, 503-376-6270
www.astorhouse.net
•ILF including three meals a day and
weekly housekeeping.
•119 units: cottages, duplexes, 2 BR,
1BR, STU. Age 55 and older.
•Built in 2002 and 2010 on 3 acres.
•Owned by Holiday Retirement of
Lake Oswego.
•$1,624 to $3,495 a month base.
•Options: covered parking, salon
services.
Transportation, scheduled activities,
national travel program, guest rooms,
chapel, library, Internet computers,
gardening, pets, exercise room.
Arthur House
603 S.W. Arthur St., McMinnville
971-237-0694 or 503-550-3858
b.assoc.llc@gmail.com
www.ballc-adultfchomes.com
•FH II.
•5 beds: P, SP
•Built in 1990s
•1.5 acres
•Owned by James and Violeta Benedict
of McMinnville, DBA Benedict Adult
Foster Home.
•Medicaid OK. $3,000 a month base.
Activities, views of hills and valleys,
library, music, outings, movies, games,
exercise, walking path, visiting pets and
birds.
Avamere at Newberg
730 Foothills Drive, Newberg
503-554-0767
Avamereatnewberg.com
•ALF, MEM care unit.
•76 units: 1BR, STU.
•Built in 1999.
•2.83 acres.
•Owned by Avamere Living Corp. of
Wilsonville.
•$3,106 to $3,713 a month base.
•Medicaid OK.
•Options: laundry.
Physical therapists, beauty salon, scheduled transportation, outings, 24-hour
snack bar, activities, gardening, library,
private dining room, restaurant style
dining, pets considered.
Brookdale Newberg
3802 Hayes St., Newberg
503-538-1705
www.brokdale.com
•ILF, ALF, MEM, respite, trial.
•107 units. STU, 1BR, 2BR cottages,
ALF: STU. 1BR.
•Built in 2007.
•Owned by Brookdale Senior Living
Transportation, store on site, day trips,
Solutions of Tennessee. Medicaid OK. weekly entertainment, gardening,
•$2,570 to $3,570 a month base.
activities, billiards, library, movies.
•Options: cable TV $48 a month, pets
with deposit.
Brookdale Town Center,
Brookdale City Center and
Clare Bridge Place Memory Care
775 and 721 N.E. 27th St.,
McMinnville.
503-472-3130, 503-435-0100
www.brookdale.com
•ILF, ALF, RCF, MEM, hospice, trial.
•Continuum of care without SNF.
•Limited to age 62 and older.
•137 units: STU, 1BR, 2BR.
•Built in 1991 and 1998. 5 acres.
•Owned by Brookdale Senior Living of
Brentwood, Tennessee. Monthly base
ILF $1,950 to $2,850, ALF $2,260 to
$3,941, MEM $3,948 to $4,725.
•Limited number of Medicaid residents. Options: small pets, home
health. Therapy.
Bus transportation, beauty shop,
therapy gym, restaurant-style dining,
recreation room, weekly entertainment,
gazebo, patio, courtyard, walking paths,
gardening, outings, library, private dining room available, organized activities.
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COSTS, OWNERSHIP, OPTIONS
EXTRAS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
Chehalem Health & Rehabilitation
Center
1900 E. Fulton St., Newberg
503-538-2108
www.prestigecare.com
•SNF, MEM, rehab, respite.
•70 beds: P, SP.
•Built in 1962-1977, remodeled in
2001-2011.
•3.76 acres.
•Owned by Prestige Care of Vancouver,
Washington.
•$229.50 to $257 a day base.
•Medicaid OK.
Outings, 24-hour nurse, gym, private
dining room, physical therapy, wii
games, library, movies, activities, courtyard and patio views, aquatic center
next door.
Deer Meadow Assisted Living
Community
1350 W. Main St., Sheridan
503-843-7799
•ALF, respite, hospice, trial
•53 units: STU, 1BR.
•Built in 1999-2000.
•4 acres.
•Owned by the Aspen Foundation
of Bend. Medicaid OK. $1,670 to
$3,156 a month base.
Bus transportation, views, musical entertainment, visiting deer, wii
games, movies, patio, walking path,
library, private dining room, outings,
courtyard.
Fircrest Community
213 N.W. Fircrest Drive, McMinnville
503-472-2200
www.fircrestcommunity.com
•ALF, MEM, respite, hospice.
•29 ALF units; 52 MEM units: SP, P,
STU, 1BR.
•Built in 2009 on 2.85 acres.
•Owned by Pooneh Gray of Vancouver,
Washington.
•Monthly base ALF $2,750 to $3,750,
MEM $4,100 to $6,700.
•Medicaid OK.
•Options: pets, cable TV.
Bus transportation, outings, eco-building, Alzheimer’s support group, dental
hygienist visits, beauty salon, library,
exercise room, courtyard, activities.
Friendsview Continuing Care
Retirement Community
1301 E. Fulton St., Newberg
503-538-3144, 1-866-307-4371
www.friendsview.org
•ILF, trial. ALF/RCF/MEM/respite all
included with lifetime care contracts.
•339 units: SP, P, STU, 1BR, 2BR,
3BR, duplexes, four-plexes, homes.
•Built in 1961-2008 on 27 acres.
•Local nonprofit affiliated with
Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends
Church.
•Base $1,663 to $2,585 a month.
•Entry: $50,455 to $297,483.
•Options in some areas: air conditioning,
interior upgrades, garages, pets, meals.
Transportation, therapy, pool, nature
paths, store, bank, 24-hour nurse,
scheduled outings, mountain views,
fitness/community/guest rooms,
gardening, library, private dining room,
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COSTS, OWNERSHIP, OPTIONS
EXTRAS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
Heritage Place
2915 N.E. Hembree St., McMinnville
503-434-1200, 503-883-4300
www.hayc.org
•ILF.
•Age 55 and older.
•60 units: 1BR, 2BR.
•Built in 1993.
•Owned by Yamhill County Housing
Authority. Maximum income limits
apply.
•$625 to $800 a month.
•Options: garages and carports. No
emergency call service, not all rooms
have air conditioning.
Music and jam sessions, private porches
or decks, scheduled activities, library,
piano.
Hillside Retirement Community
300 N.W. Hillside Parkway,
McMinnville
503-472-9534, 1-800-275-2384
www.brookdale.com
•ILF, ALF, SNF, MEM, rehab, respite,
hospice, trial, continuum of care. Age
62 and older.
•320 units: STU, 1BR, 2BR apartments, 1BR, 2BR and 3BR cottage
homes.
•Built in 1956. 57 acres.
•Owned by HCP of Irvine, California.
•Monthly base: ILF $1,400; ALF
$3,200; MEM $4,390.
•Daily base for SNF and IFC: $345
•Options: caregivers for ILF.
Outdoor pool, two restaurants, store,
bus transportation, shuttle service, 3
1/2 miles of walking paths, 24-hour
nurse, gardening, two libraries, pets
allowed.
Life Care Center of McMinnville
1309 N.E. 27th St., McMinnville
503-472-4678
www.lcca.com
•SNF, rehab, hospice, respite, trial.
•69 beds: SP, P.
•Built in 1956.
•5 acres.
•Owned by Life Care Center of
America in Tennessee.
•$276 a day, including all services.
Medicaid OK.
Personal shoppers, therapy seven days
a week, Alter G machine, bus transportation, outings, wii games, 24-hour
nurse, gardening.
Madrona Care Home
1628 N.W. Madrona Court,
McMinnville
503-434-8650
•FH II, MEM, hospice, trial.
•5 beds: P.
•Home built in 2007.
•Owned by Patricia Mullen and Mary Music, movies, audio books, pets
considered, accessible yard, exercise and
Ann Moon of McMinnville.
•$2,200 a month base. Medicaid OK. activities available.
•30-day contract for private-pay residents.
Marjorie House Memory Care
2855 NE Cumulus Ave, McMinnville
503-474-4222
www.marjoriehouse.com
•MEM care only.
•45 units: P.
•Built in 2015
•Owned by Kathleen and Ray Leathum.
•$4,250-$5,825 monthly base.
•Options: hairdressing once a week.
Administer medication. Indoor courtyard and garden boxes.
Marquis Newberg Post Acute Rehab
441 Werth Blvd., Newberg
503-538-9436
istrand@marquiscompannies.com
•ICF, SNF, rehab, hospice, on-site
physical, occupational and speech
therapy.
•54 beds: SP, P.
•Built in 2014.
•1 1/2 acres.
•Owned by Marquis Companies of
Milwaukie, Oregon.
•$292 to $400 a day base.
•Medicaid OK.
24-hour nurse, gym, outings, basic
haircuts, wireless Internet, visitor room,
activities, patio, cable TV.
Palmer Creek Apartments
206 Mill St., Dayton
503-864-4292
www.palmer.hayc.org
•ILF (no housekeeping or meals).
•Ages 62 and older or disabled.
•10 units: 1BR, 2BR.
•Built in 1984.
•Owned by Yamhill County Housing
Authority. $620 to $720 a month,
excluding utilities.
•Options: cable TV, some pets, air
conditioning.
Gardening available, private patios or
decks.
•Owned by Cascade Living Group,
Washington..
•$1,795 to $2,775 a month base.
•Medicaid OK.
•Options: pets, cable TV, phone.
Transportation, activities, vineyard, and
woodland views, visiting deer, gardening, courtyards, library, private dining
room, community center with patio,
hair salon, spa, pet-friendly.
•ILF (including meals and utilities),
Parkland Senior Community
3121 N.E. Cumulus Ave., McMinnville ALF, respite, hospice, trial.
•22 ILF 2BR cottages. 50 ALF units:
503-435-1499
www.parklandvillageretirement.com
STU, 1BR.
•All one level. Age 55 and older.
•Built in 1996 and 2000 on 3 1/2 acres.
Paula Markusen’s Adult Foster Home
262 N.E. Third St., Willamina
503-876-7177
paulascaringheart@msn.com
•FH II, MEM, hospice, respite.
•5 beds: P.
•Manufactured home
•Built 1996 and 2008.
•Owned by Paula and Kraig Markusen
of Willamina.
•$1,800 to $2,500 a month base.
•Medicaid OK.
Transportation, motorcycle sidecar, fish
pond, outings, resident dogs and cats,
pets considered, flower garden, patio,
deck, activities, vacations.
Prestige Care Post Acute
Rehabilitation
421 S.E. Evans St., McMinnville
503-472-3141
www.prestigecare.com
•ICF, SNF, MEM, rehab, hospice,
respite, trial.
•116 beds: SP, P.
•Built in 1992 and 1993 on 4 acres.
•Owned by Delamarter Prestige Care
of Vancouver, Washington.
•$260 to $275 a day base.
•Medicaid OK.
Two gyms, outings, gardening, private dining room available, wireless
Internet, on-site activities, community
outreach programs.
Riverside Terrace Apartments
200 S.E. Riverside Drive, Sheridan
503-843-3807, 503-883-4300
•ILF (no housekeeping or meals).
•Age 62 and older or disabled.
•Maximum income limits apply.
•27 units: 1 BR, 2BR.
•Built in 1977.
•Owned by Yamhill County Housing
Authority. $525 to $655 a month
excluding utilities. Rental subsidy
available. No central air conditioning.
Options: small pets, cable TV.
Activities, porches, river and many
trees, emergency buttons in bathrooms,
community room, library, flower
gardens.
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411 S.E. Sheridan Rd.,
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503-883-9523, 440-864-0390
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333 N.E. Irvine St., McMinnville
971-237-3362, 503-883-4300
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503-435-1000
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Tips for downsizing before a move
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR:
Can you offer any helpful tips
for downsizing? My husband and I
are interested in moving to a condo
downtown when we retire, but we
need to get rid of a lot of our personal
possessions before we can move.
We’ve lived in the same house for
almost 35 years and have accumulated
tons of stuff.
— Feeling Overwhelmed
The process of weeding through a
house full of stuff and parting with
old possessions can be difficult and
overwhelming for many people.
A good place to start the
downsizing process is to give your
unused possessions away to your
kids or grandkids. You can give up to
$14,000 per person per year before
you’re required to file a federal gift tax
return, using IRS Form 709. Beyond
that, here are a few other tips and
services that may help you.
Sell it: Selling your stuff is one
way you can downsize and pad your
pocketbook at the same time. Some
other popular selling options are
consignment shops, garage sales and
estate sales.
Consignment shops are good
for selling old clothing, household
furnishings and decorative items. You
typically get about half of the final
sale price. Garage sales are another
option, or for large-scale downsizing
you could hire an estate sale company
to come in and sell your items. Some
companies will even pick up your stuff
and sell it at their own location —
they typically take about 40 percent of
the profits.
Or, if you’re willing, online selling at
sites like Craigslist, eBay and Amazon
are other ways to make top dollar for
your stuff. Craigslist.org is a huge
classified ads site that lets you sell your
stuff for free. While eBay.com and
Amazon.com takes a cut of your sale
– roughly 10 to 15 percent. Or, if you
don’t want to do the selling yourself,
eBay offers a valet service (sellforme.
ebay.com) to do it for you, for 20 to 40
percent of the selling price.
Donate it: If you itemize on your tax
returns, donating your belongings is
another way to downsize and get a
tax deduction. Goodwill (goodwill.
org, 800-741-0186) and the Salvation
Army (satruck.org, 800-728-7825) are
two big charitable organizations that
will come to your house and pick up a
variety of household items, furnishings
and clothing.
If your deduction exceeds $500,
you’ll need to file Form 8283,
“Noncash Charitable Contributions”
(irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8283.pdf).
You’ll also need a receipt from the
organization for every batch of items
you donate, and will need to create
an itemized list of the items you
donated. To calculate fair market
value for your stuff, use the Salvation
Army’s donation guide at satruck.org/
home/donationvalueguide, or the free
program “It’s Deductible” at turbotax.
intuit.com/personal-taxes/itsdeductible.
Trash it: If you have a lot of junk
you want to get rid of, contact your
municipal trash service to see if they
provide bulk curbside pickup services.
Or, depending on where you live, you
could hire a company like 1-800-Got-
Junk (1800gotjunk.com, 800-4685865) or Junk-King (junk-king.com,
888-888-5865) to come in and haul it
off for a moderate fee.
Another good disposal option is
Bagster (thebagster.com, 877-7892247) by Waste Management. This is
a dumpster bag that you purchase for
around $30, fill it to a limit of 3,300
pounds and schedule a pickup, which
costs an average of $140 but varies by
area.
Enlist help: You can also hire a
professional senior move manager
(nasmm.org, 877-606-2766) to do
the entire job for you. These are
organizers who will sort through your
stuff and arrange for the disposal
through an estate sale, donations
or consignment. Or, you can hire a
professional organizer through the
National Association of Professional
Organizers at napo.net. Organizers
may charge $30 to $80 per hour or by
the project.
Send your senior questions to:
Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman,
OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org.
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