Shelly Petcher, 80, can’t walk very far. He has a nifty chair in his apartment at the Rose Schnitzer Manor in Portland; not only is it comfy, his portable desk slides right up to it so he can go online, sort through his vast assortment of photos and keep in touch with friends. The chair…
For a lot of folks, Portland resident Elaine Cogan earned her place in history in 1983 when she wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Times that resonated with thousands – hundreds of thousands? – of Americans who felt they were being discriminated against in restaurants. Who were these people? Tea drinkers!…
In the olden days, people got old and older and then eventually died at home. The happy stories went like this: He plowed the north 40, had a big chicken supper and passed on in his favorite chair in front of the fireplace. OR She broke her hip and spent her last days in her…
Roseburg artist Marjorie Feldman flew home to Hartford, CT, to visit her parents and to attend the annual presentation of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. For more than 50 years, the award has honored the memory of the author of The Pawnbroker and other works by selecting a promising Jewish writer as its recipient. An…
Stephen Elliott, 43, is a successful and acclaimed author and director, living in New York and New Orleans, with seven books and two films to his credit. He is a senior editor at Epic magazine, funded by Fox, which features long-form journalism that is optioned and made into movies. He is the founder/editor-in-chief of The…
Alice Meyer has a resume that would get her an interview for just about any project management job you could think of. She was the board president who guided the Friends of the Multnomah County Library in its transition from a private to a county institution. She was a tireless force in the team of…
Mitch Greenlick’s 80th birthday is March 12. He’ll celebrate with, among others, his wife, Harriet; their three children and their spouses; their grandchildren; and the newest member of the family, great-granddaughter Nava, “our greatest achievement!” Well, that is saying something. Mitch retired from his first job in 1995, although he continues to consult with the…
Breast cancer survivor stories are everywhere (fortunately!), and they are worth telling because they are both inspirational and motivational: She survived. Maybe I can! A mammogram detected her cancer. I’m making an appointment right now! But there is another “survivor” worth celebrating as well. The patient’s partner. The patient must deal with a whole lot…
They say you can’t tell a book by its cover, blah blah blah. But in the case of Portland resident Jay Papish, you think you’ve grabbed a title in the fitness section … then you flip it open, and you find you’re actually in the philosophy aisle. Yes, of course, Jay is a bodybuilder. (Look…
What makes Dr. Howard Feldman very, very happy? Seeing patients walk out of his office. Dr. Feldman is the founder and medical director of the Interventional Cardiology Program at Shaw Heart and Vascular Center in Roseburg. He is certified in cardiology, interventional cardiology, vascular medicine and endovascular medicine, and the center provides comprehensives services for…
