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COUNCIL ON AGINGJuly 2010

The Matriarch of Kozlowski Farms

Farming is in her blood. Like many Sonoma County immigrants in search of opportunity, Carmen Kozlowski’s parents, Florencio and Julia Lorenzo,

came from the old country—in this case, Spain. Her mother raised wine grapes and her father became a sheepherder at age 6.

Born in Santa Rosa, Carmen was two years old when her parents bought the fruit tree farm in western Sonoma County where she grew up. “In those days we all as a family went out to work. We picked apples, cherries, berries.”

Carmen’s husband Tony also grew up on a farm, in Kansas, where farming was a part of everyone’s life. He moved to Santa Rosa in 1942, married Carmen six years later, and they began farming apples on their own farm.

The Kozlowskis’ three children, Carol, Perry and Cindy, have been instrumental to the farm’s success. At 16, Perry was driving the truck, Carol managed the berry farm, and Cindy was assigned to the retail store at age 13. The family tradition continues today, as all three siblings remain involved in the farm and business’ management. Perry manages the family farm, and two of Carmen’s grandchildren work full-time at the farm (all nine grandchildren have worked the family land at one time or another). Perry still lives on the original family farm on Pleasant Valley Road, where the barn built by Tony Kozlowski still stands.

A portrait on the wall at the present Koslowski Farms site in Forestville shows Carmen at age 19, a slender girl in dungarees, picking cherries from a ladder. Alas, she says, the cherry orchards have vanished from Sonoma County. “The disease came and limb by limb these cherry trees just died.”

In the old days, Japanese-American farm laborers did much of the work, and Carmen attended school with their children, where, she recalls, “I was in the minority.”

Because of the internment during World

War II, Carmen remem bers, there was a farm labor shortage. “They brought in Ger man prisoners on army trucks. The work somehow got done, because every man, woman and child that was left behind worked. We would have lawyers and doctors’ wives from the city, they’d come up and stay in motels and they would pick berries and apples and stuff. They did it for the war effort. Everybody worked. They would come up with their children.”

In 1968, the Kozlowskis expanded the orchard with Gravenstein, Jonathan, Rome and Golden Delicious apples; later, they added Fujis and Galas. At the same time, Tony planted red raspberries.

After the raspberries were planted, “Mama decided she wanted a hobby,” says Carol. Carmen began cooking jam in 20-gallon stainless steel pots on an old O’Keefe & Merritt stove, stirring the pots with a great big wooden paddle.

Carmen’s recipes for jams, jellies and fruit spreads use dried apples as a sweetener. As a result, the spreads are free of high-fructose corn sugar or other refined sweeteners.

When Carmen first decided to sell jam made from the farm’s berries, the marketing plan consisted of a handwritten sign by the road: “Homemade Jam and Fresh Raspberries.” Today, her daughter Carol travels the country promoting the Kozlowski line of 70 different jams, jellies, pies, vinegars, sauces and salad dressings, meeting with representatives, from the largest supermarkets to specialty and independent grocers. And processing has evolved from small batches with hand-made labels to a fully equipped on-site processing, canning and labeling facility. It is probably this ability to diversify that has kept Kozlowski Farm

going all these years when most older farms have vanished or become vineyards.

In 1984, Carmen made her national TV debut on Good Morning America, when she made raspberry bread with Julia Child.

Although daily management operations have devolved to her son Perry and daughter Carol, at age 83 Carmen is still the heart and soul of Kozlowski Farms. “She’s usually here every Saturday, talking to customers,” says her daughter Carol Kozlowski-Every. “She always has ideas for improvement.” Carmen fixes lunch for the family on weekends and does some of the bookkeeping.

Carmen is active in the Young Ladies Institute and Autumn Leaves at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, as well as in local charity events. She’s passionate about her extended family of grandchildren and great grand-children. Always in search of new projects, she recently took up scrap-booking as a way to document their achievements.

Says Carol, “She’s the heart of our family.”Carmen’s advice to seniors and seniors-to-

be? “Get up every morning and do something productive—whether you feel like it or not.”

Sebastopol farm flourishes, thanks to Carmen Kozlowski’s homemade preservesby Bonnie Allen

Carmen Kozlowski at age 19 and today

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I’m in my early 80’s and I’ve had some health issues, but I do very well living in an independent living facility. I have a nice apartment and lots of friends I would miss if I moved. My daughter lives out of state and rarely visits. Now she has scheduled a visit to come for one day to take me to see some assisted living facilities. She has a very business like “take-charge” attitude. I feel sad and lonely when she comes to visit because she is always keeping me at arm’s distance. Do you have any suggestions to help me deal with her impending visit?

Still IndependentDear Still Independent,

You seem to be very clear about your situation, both your living situation and your relationship to your daughter.

In regard to your living situation: A good social support system is crucial to both your physical and mental health, but your daughter may not be aware of this fact. She could gather information from the Internet (tinyurl.com/TodaysResearchAging and tinyurl.com/HealthyAgingDimensions). You could let her know that your happiness and well being are supported by the friends you visit and talk to daily.

In addition, should the time come that you need some physical assistance; you could always have a caregiver come to your home. One of the big mistakes concerned adult children can make is to pull their aging parents out of their own home and away from caring friends.

You don’t mention if you have other children, but if you do, a family meeting or conference call could be helpful. You can make it clear that you would like to under-stand their concerns and recommen da tions, but you will make your own decisions as long as you are capable. You would need to listen to them to the same extent you would want them to listen to you.

Is there someone you trust, someone

without an interest in your affairs, who could serve as a reality check for your goals and decisions? If your daughter views you as unable to make competent decisions for yourself, it would be a good idea to get a second opinion, perhaps from your own doctor. That would put your daughter’s fears to rest as well as fortify your own confidence in your competency.

One of the best ways you can demonstrate your competency is to consult the experts. This shows your willingness to deal with reality, whatever it may be. If you find that your doctor or old friends have concerns about your decisions and the handling of your affairs, then you could seek assistance in those areas where you may be having difficulty. Council On Aging has bonded and insured financial services (Daily Money Management) and Legal Services that could be a resource for you.

Above all, if you feel pressured into making decisions when your daughter comes to visit, don’t sign any papers without consulting an attorney.

In regard to the loneliness you feel when your daughter comes to visit, I would guess that you don’t have a close relationship. It is often very difficult to identify sources of old conflicts. Sometimes it is just personality differences. But regardless of the origin of problems, your daughter may feel just as isolated as you do. I will presume she is coming because she has a genuine interest in your welfare, but may not know how to make a warm caring contact with you.

Since you are the person who finds her remoteness uncomfortable, I suggest you initiate a conversation letting her know how you feel and also acknowledging your appreciation of her desire to see that you are safe and well taken care of. Speak from your heart of your own feelings about your relationship and your caring for her. Who knows, perhaps the feelings are mutual and can be expressed and resolved. Remember that at the bottom of all relationships is the need for mutual warm support and sometimes a fear of rejection.

I hope your visit goes well.

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Council on Aging DonorsMany thanks to our generous donors who made gifts to Council on Aging’s programs and the Annual Appeal, May 8 through June 7, 2010

Any errors or omissions in these listings are inadvertent. If your name was omitted in error, please accept our

apologies and let us know. We will print a correction in a future issue.

To leave a bequest is to make a permanent statement of your values.

It is by this act of charity that the world will remember what you cared

about and what you stood for. If providing for seniors matters to you,

consider a gift to COUNCIL ON AGING

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Representatives for Foster’s Wine Estates recently visited Council on Aging offices and the Meals on

Wheels Kitchen to present the agency with a grant in the amount of $13,000.

This generous grant will help to provide Meals on Wheels to the Sonoma and Cloverdale area senior residents. The Meals on Wheels program of Council on Aging Services for Seniors is responsible for providing over 300,000 hot meals each year to seniors throughout Sonoma County.

Council on Aging is NOT a government

Foster’s Wine Estates grants $13,000 to Cloverdale and Sonoma area Meals on Wheels Program

agency, and its services are only made possible through private donations and from generous grants such as this.

Other services available from Council on Aging in addition to Meals on Wheels are Legal Services, Senior Social Clubs, Financial and Case Management, and much more. If you would like to learn more about Council on Aging, the programs and services, volunteer opportunities, or other ways to help, please contact them at (707) 525.0143 or visit councilonaging.com online.

Ed Matovcik, Vice President of Government and Community Relations presents Council on Aging President and CEO, Marrianne McBride with a grant check in the amount of $13,000.

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Meals on Wheels Finishes First on Derby Day

Fabulous weather marked the 11th annual Derby Day and the generosity poured forth. Derby attire prevailed, culinary expectations

were surpassed, and hearts opened. In an afternoon celebrating the best of Sonoma County’s food and wine, Chef Patrick Tafoya from P/30 unseated three-year champion Paul Schroeder from Monti’s Rotisserie and won this year’s Derby Day chef competition! Our caring community came through with a record $142,000 in funds raised for Council on Aging Meals on Wheels.

Photos from top: Derby Day table settings, Carroll Estes and family, Bonnie Burrell and Corinne Lorenzen, Ben and Kelly vanZutphen, auction excitement.

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This morning, I rose out of the sweet comfort of sleep enveloped in a warm blanket of gratitude. It was for this

Friday group of writers. We meet in the cozy Fireside Room,

separated only by folding doors from the church sanctuary, with its lofty ceiling, towering cross and Bibles. The Room is a library where the word is revered. The nearby Oxford English Dictionary is the arbiter of occasional word questions, our Bible of sorts. Here a group of friends-writers hone their craft and snuggle together in a tight circle.

The Fireside Room is an extension of the sanctuary but on a more earthly plane. Cushioned in safety, we can set out some innermost part of our unique history. At our own pace, from our own place.

From our particular mine, we can dig as deep as we’re able at the time. We can haul up whatever ore we choose to sift out and refine, selecting those bits that will burn bright. It doesn’t matter which shaft we’ve chosen; they are all formed from our own distinct perceptions. It is that specific piece of ourselves we dare share.

We’ve all witnessed this process. It requires courage. First, the risk of digging around where some memory was laid to rest, hidden away from the daylight of pain. Then—surprise!—perhaps recognizing that this particular agony was not dimmed by the dust of time.

Second, bringing pieces up in the cage to the surface to objectively select those fragments that will fuel our stories.

Third, presenting your memoir for all to see, to judge. Kind as we are, here is the risk of the group’s not understanding, of you “hanging in the wind.” Some of us are more fragile than others and “critique” can feel like “attack.” It takes courage to just listen and refrain from defensiveness or withdrawal. I admire those who, time after time, scrape away their scars to lay bare their wounds.

It helps to remember that the reward at the end of this process is a new objectivity and a recognition that the miner has survived.

It’s fitting that we meet in a sanctuary. My Webster Bible defines sanctuary as “a sacred and inviolable asylum, a place of refuge.”

New Coalition Addresses Growing Problem of Substance Misuse and Abuse Among Aging Adults

Substance misuse and abuse, particu-larly of alcohol and prescription drugs, is one of the fastest growing health

problems in the United States among people 60 years and older. According to a report by the Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assis tance Center, the problem affects almost 20% of aging adults, yet is often undiag nosed or misdiagnosed and, as a result, untreated.

A newly formed coalition wants to change that in Sonoma County. Supported by a one-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, a part of the U.S. Public Health Service, the successful aging sonoma County initiative coalition (sasCi) is working to raise general awareness of the issue, educate families, caregivers, and healthcare and treatment providers on effective prevention, screening, and age-appropriate treatment.

“The primary goal of the coalition is prevention,” said Michael Spielman, M.F.T., Executive Director of the Drug Abuse Alternatives Center (DAAC). “We want to educate the community so that more people are aware of the impact that alcohol and drug use has on the aging body and what can be done to prevent the chronic diseases, falls, automobile crashes, and other accidental injuries that are caused by the misuse of alcohol and prescription drugs.” In fact, 21 percent of hospitalized adults over age 40 have a diagnosis of alcoholism, with related hospital costs as high as $60 billion per year (Schonfeld and Dupree, 1995, p. 1819).

The problem of substance abuse among aging adults is a hidden epidemic. Too few people are aware of the increasing number of older adults needing treatment for substance abuse and misuse, yet here in

Sonoma County, admissions to publicly funded substance abuse treatment pro-grams rose 100 percent between 2008 and 2009 – and that number will likely increase with the coming ‘age wave’ of Boomers.

One focus of the group’s educational outreach is a major conference planned for September 22, 2010. The Conference, entitled Understanding addiction: aging adult alcohol and Other drug Use—the Hidden epidemic, will feature speakers including nationally-recognized experts Frederic Blow, Ph.D., and Deborah Levan, M.P.H. The group has also launched efforts to promote routine screening for substance abuse or misuse by primary care doctors; and an education campaign is aimed at helping caregivers and family members of older adults to identify potential substance

abuse risk before a real problem develops.

The SASCI coalition is comprised of dedicated individuals representing government, education, substance abuse and mental health services, health care, business, social support services, community-based organizations, the faith

community, persons in recovery, caregivers, and community members at large. The coalition is staffed by the Sonoma County Health Services Division of Prevention and Planning.

“We are starting with the issue of substance misuse and abuse because of its urgency, but our long term goal is to build a healthy aging movement in Sonoma County, that not only supports individual wellbeing but also recognizes our aging adult population as an incredible resource and a vital segment of our society” said Rabon Saip, Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council Member, “We encourage any interested individuals and organizations to join us in addressing this important health issue and helping to ensure a better quality of life for seniors in Sonoma County.”

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Tuesdays: Guerneville Town Square, 4–7 pm

sonoma Plaza, 5:30 PM–duskHealdsburg, Matheson St. on the Plaza, 4–6:30 pm

Wednesdays: santa rosa Original farmer’s Market, 8:30 am–Noon, Santa Rosa Veteran’s Building East Parking Lot, 1351 Maple Avenuesanta rosa downtown Market, 5:30–8 pm, 4th St. from B to D streets and the Santa Rosa PlazaPetaluma, 2nd Street between B and D Streets, 4:30–8 pm

Thursdays: Cotati, La Plaza Park, 4:30–7:30 PM Windsor town Green, 5–8 pm

Fridays: downtown Occidental, 4 pm–dusksonoma, Depot Park, 9 am–NooN

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Windsor town Green, 10 am–1 pm.

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Farmer’s Market Update

If you don’t have health insurance or if your health insurance doesn’t cover your prescriptions, it might be worth

your while to print out a free prescription discount card from Caremark. The National Association of Counties has worked with Caremark so that residents of their counties (including Sonoma) can get these free cards. It gets you an average of 22% off prescrip-tions (and some diabetic supplies) at a long list of pharmacies, including CVS, Wal-Mart, Raleys, and Safeway. It applies only to prescriptions your health insurance doesn’t cover.

You can print out a card right away online at www2.caremark.com/naco.

You can also find out what local pharmacies honor the Caremark card.

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FREE Solar Electric Systems for Retirement Communities and Low Income Families

In an effort to ease the burden of high utility costs and to help the environment, North Coast Energy

Services (NCES) will be offering free solar electric systems—including installation and home weatheri zation—to qualifying homeowners in Sonoma, Mendocino and Napa counties. This pilot program, funded by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), is free to qualifying home owners, based on current monthly income:

Number of people in the home Monthly income 1 $2,482 2 $3,246 3 $4,010 4 $4,774

To qualify, the roof of the home must be in good shape and not be flat. Also, there are shading and roof position factors that need to be analyzed by a Real Goods Solar Power Consultant to make sure that the Solar Electric System will be efficient. Mobile homes are not eligible in this pilot program.

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Sonoma Senior Social ClubVintage House, 264 First Street, Sonoma ◆ July 19, 2–3 pm

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Council on AgingSenior Social Club

Please come celebrate our re-naming! You are invited to the Council on Aging

“Senior Social Club” for ice cream and cake.

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July Crossword Puzzle

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Letters. . .. . . to the editor

Editor:We enjoyed the delightful article in the

April issue by Lenore Pimental about the twice-weekly exercise class at Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Road.

We are grateful to Santa Rosa Junior College for helping to keep Santa Rosa seniors fit.

The class is sponsored by Friendship Circle, the Jewish Community Center’s program for adults age 55 and up. We also have luncheons, excursions, and events your readers might enjoy. They can contact me for more information.

Fran Danoff, MFT Outreach Coordinator, Friendship CircleJewish Community Center, Sonoma County528-1476, frand@jccsoco.org

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The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. —Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Mark Twain

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. —Henry James

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Working for YouInformation & Assistance/Case Management:Do you need help with senior resources? Call us any time for information, assistance and case manage-ment services. Call Carol Martin at 525-0143, ext. 101. Sebastopol seniors only: call the Russian River Senior Center at 869-0618.

Senior Financial Services:Our bonded and insured counselors assist seniors who are unable to handle bill paying, checkbook reconciliation, eligibility documentation for retire-ment programs, and other financial needs relative to their daily money management. This program is especially designed for the forgetful senior or the se-nior with poor vision and often protects them from financial abuse and late fees associated with forget-ting to pay their bills. For peace of mind, call Connie Aust, Director, today at 525-0143, ext. 108.

Senior Peer Support:This program is to help seniors struggling with seri-ous mental illness access services and programs that help them develop skills and social support, leading to a more constructive and satisfying life. After an assessment visit by CoA case managers and a licensed marriage and family therapist, clients are matched with trained volunteers for 12 weekly sup-port sessions to develop a care plan solution with the client’s approval, then follow-up with progress notes. Sponsored by the Department of Mental Health Services. Call Michele Leonard, Director of Volunteers, 525-0143, ext. 147, for information.

Lawyer Referral Service:If you are 60 years old or older and need an attor ney, you will be referred to a panel of elder law attorneys experienced in working with seniors. An initial half-hour consultation is $30. If you retain the attorney for further services, fees will be at the attor ney’s usual rate. The service is certified by the California State Bar, Certification #0111. Call 525-1146.

Senior Meals:Meals on Wheels delivers hot meals to temporarily home-bound or chronically ill seniors. Ten dining sites provide meals and companion s hip. Therapeu-tic meals and nutri tional counseling are available for special needs. Call 525-0383 for information on home delivery or dining site locations.

Senior Social Club:This service has helped hundreds of people to recon-nect with others through our Social Club Activities program, offering the opportunity to gather for meals, exercise, entertainment, companionship, and arts and crafts. The programs are held in Healdsburg, Sonoma, and Sebastopol. Call Connie Aust at 525-0143, ext. 108

Senior Helper List:Our referral list includes caregivers in the county pre-screened with DMV/criminal background checks, employer references and interviews. Their services include some light housework, driving, cooking, and personal care. They charge approxi-mately $15–$18 per hour. The cost of the list is $100. Call Caroline Edillor, 525-0143, ext. 104.

Senior Legal Services:Legal consultation and representation in matters of housing, consumer fraud, Social Security and SSI, Medi-Cal and Medicare, and elder abuse are provided. Also available are simple trusts, wills and durable powers of attorney for health care and finance. Call 525-0143, ext. 142.

Council on Aging Mission statement:

To enhance the quality of life for Sonoma County’s aging community

by providing services that promote well-being and maintain independence.

Save the date... (Events are free unless otherwise indicated)

page 8 ◆ July 2010 Sonoma Seniors Today

◆ July 2, 9, 16: “the accidental Courts.” History of the Supreme Court since the early 1970s. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 North High St., 10 am. Terry Reagan is a retired history professor and founder of the Napa County Mock Trial program. 829-2440.◆ July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: friday night Live. Downtown Cloverdale. Summer-long outdoor concert series in partnership with the Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market (see page 6). This month’s bands include West Coast Jump, Mark Stuart & the Bastard Sons, Samba Da, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, and the Steve Pile Band. 894-4410.◆ July 2 & 16: Bilingual exchange. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 N. High St. Helping one another improve your Spanish or English at this tea and pastries social.

◆ July 3: sebastopol: • Analy High, festivities start 5:30 pm, fireworks at dusk. $3–$7, or free outside the school area.Windsor:• Keiser Park, 4 pm, fireworks at dusk.

◆ July 4: santa rosa: • “Red, White & Boom.” Festivities start at 6 pm, fireworks at dusk. Free, but parking $10. 545-4200.

Healdsburg:• Healdsburg High Athletic Field. Fireworks at dusk. Sponsored by American Legion Sotoyome Post 111. 433-3059.

sonoma:• 4th of July Old-Fashioned Parade & Celebration: Saluting Community Traditions. 10 am–5 pm, Sonoma Plaza. Fireworks at dusk at Vallejo’s Field. 938-4626 ext. 1.

Cloverdale:• Cloverdale High football field, 509 N. Cloverdale Blvd., dusk.

Petaluma: • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds. Festivities at 3:30 pm, fireworks at dusk, $2.

Independence Day!Celebrations around the county

Fun conversational starters and help available in both languages. 829-2440.

◆ July 23: friday afternoon Movie. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 North High St., 2 pm. Drinks, snacks, comfortable seating. $2.00. 829-2440.

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