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00:00:00>> IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR SEATS,
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
00:00:04IF, HOWEVER, DURING THE PROGRAM,
YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE URGE TO
00:00:15GET A SANDWICH OR A BROWNIE OR A
DRINK, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
00:00:20I KNOW YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WOULD WANT YOU TO DO SO.
00:00:24IM BONNIE BERMAN.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
00:00:29DEPARTMENT OF AGING.
I WELCOME YOU TO THE 38TH ANNUAL
00:00:34INDUCTION CEREMONY FOR THE OHIO
SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
00:00:37I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS
MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE DAY OF THE
00:00:42YEAR.
I ALSO HAVE TO ASK YOU NOT TO
00:00:47TELL MY HUSBAND THAT BECAUSE HE
KIND OF SORT OF THINGS OUR
00:00:51ANNIVERSARY IS MY FAVORITE DAY,
BUT THE TRUTH IS, TO BE ABLE TO
00:00:54CELEBRATE SUCH GREATNESS, TO BE
ABLE TO CELEBRATE SUCH
00:01:00SELFLESSNESS, TO BE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
00:01:11YOU HAVE MADE, THEY ARE FAMILIES
HAVE MADE, THAT YOUR SACRIFICES
00:01:16TO OTHERS HAVE MADE, WHAT COULD
BE BETTER?
00:01:19I KNOW WE ALL HAVE STUFF IN OUR
LIVES IN REALITY OTHER THINGS
00:01:22GOING ON.
I HAVE AND ASK FOR YOU, AND THE
00:01:28ASK IS TO PARK ALL OF THAT ALL
SIDE -- OUTSIDE FOR A MOMENT,
00:01:35FOR THE NEXT HOUR, AND FOCUS ON
THOSE WHO HAVE BUILT OUR GREAT
00:01:38STATE, THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY
WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE
00:01:43REST OF US.
THIS IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION.
00:01:50THIS IS A TIME OF JOY.
THIS IS A TIME TO BE SMILING
00:01:52FROM EAR TO EAR.
TO GET US STARTED IN THIS
00:01:59WONDERFUL DAY, I AM GOING TO
CALL TO THE PODIUM THE SINGER OF
00:02:08OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
HE ALSO IS ONE OF OUR INDUCTEES
00:02:11TODAY.
AS HE IS COMING FORWARD, I WANT
00:02:16TO ASK ANYONE HERE, RAISE YOUR
HAND IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO AN
00:02:23INDIANS GAME.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR THE
00:02:25INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN THE
INDIVIDUAL -- WHO HAS BEEN THE
00:02:29VOICE OF THE INDIANS FOR OVER 20
YEARS.
00:02:32HE HAS ALSO BEEN THE VOICE OF
MANY SPORTS TEAMS.
00:02:42FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FEEL
COMFORTABLE STANDING, PLEASE
00:02:48STAND AND JOIN US.
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT, PLEASE
00:02:51CONTINUE SITTING.
ROCCO SCOTTI.
00:02:52>> I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I MAY,
DEDICATE THIS TO ALL THE KIDS IN
00:03:03THE MIDDLE EAST WHO ARE HAVING
ALL THOSE PROBLEMS.
00:03:05OK.E
? OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE
00:03:14DAWNS EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO
PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE
00:03:17TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, WHOSE
BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS,
00:03:22THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT, OVER
THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, WERE SO
00:03:30GALLANTLY STREAMING, AND THE
ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS
00:03:36BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE PROOF
THROUGH THE NIGHT, THAT OUR FLAG
00:03:42WAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED
00:03:52BANNER YET WAVE, O'ER THE LAND
OF THE FREE, AND THE HOME OF THE
00:04:02BRAVE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:04:19>> ENCORE.
>> YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO SAYING,
00:04:39-- SING, BUT I WILL END BY
SAYING WHAT ROCCO DID NOT SAY,
00:04:43PLAY BALL.
IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT WE CHOOSE
00:04:58THE MAY -- MONTH OF MAY 2
CONDUCT OUR SENIORS INTO THE
00:05:02HALL OF FAME BECAUSE MAY IS THE
MONTH WHERE WE HONOR OUR ELDERS
00:05:08WHILE RECOGNIZING THE POTENTIAL
THEY ALL STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE
00:05:12TO SHAPE AND IMPROVE THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
00:05:13IN OHIO, WE TAKE THIS TIME VERY
SERIOUSLY AND WE PAY PARTICULAR
00:05:20ATTENTION TO HOW WE IN THE STATE
HAVE UNLEASHED THE POWER OF OUR
00:05:25GOLDEN BUCKEYES.
OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE
00:05:34OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO
GROW, CONTINUE TO THRIVE, AND
00:05:37CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE, AND
TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME
00:05:41WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO NOT ONLY HAVE
00:05:44CONTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THEIR
LIVES, BUT CONTINUE EVERY DAY TO
00:05:48GIVE MORE.
THE INDIVIDUALS YOU WILL MEET IN
00:05:55A FEW MINUTES ARE INCREDIBLE
EXAMPLES OF THE WAYS IN WHICH
00:05:58OUR ELDERS REMAIN VITAL, ACTIVE,
COMMITTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
00:06:02WE ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THOSE
WHO HAVE BUILT OUR GREAT STATE.
00:06:08AND WE ARE HUMBLED BY THAT.
NOW, A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I
00:06:16MENTIONED OLDER AMERICANS MONTH
AND THE THEME FOR OLDER
00:06:19AMERICANS MONTH THIS YEAR IS
SAFE TODAY, HEALTHY TOMORROW.
00:06:22OF COURSE, WE WANT TO TAKE SOME
TIME ALWAYS TO THINK ABOUT HOW
00:06:28WE CAN BE SAFER SO WE CAN REMAIN
AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT
00:06:32WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN THE NEXT
MOMENT OR SO IS TELL YOU ABOUT
00:06:35AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM DEVELOPED
BY GOVERNOR KASICH TO ALLOW ALL
00:06:43OF US TO AGE WITH AS MUCH
WELL-BEING AS POSSIBLE.
00:06:47AND SO, I AM GOING TO PUT MY
PROFESSORIAL HAT ON FOR A
00:06:50MOMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD
00:06:55LIKE TO FALL?
ARE YOU SURE?
00:07:00I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE LAST
CHANCE.
00:07:01WOULD YOU LIKE TO FALL?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
00:07:07A PRIORITY OF GOVERNOR KASICH
AND OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION IS
00:07:11TO ENSURE THAT ELDERS ARE ABLE
TO LIVE THEIR LIVES WITHOUT THAT
00:07:19TRAGIC FALL.
I AM NOT SURE EVERYONE REALLY
00:07:26UNDERSTANDS THE FALLS ARE
ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF
00:07:28INJURY LEADING TO ER VISITS,
HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS
00:07:33AMONG OHIOANS AGE 65 AND OLDER.
IT'S FUNNY.
00:07:40IT SOUNDS LIKE OH, I FELT.
IT'S A VERY, VERY SERIOUS EVENT
00:07:44IN SOME CASES.
WHAT IS SO INTERESTING TO ME IS
00:07:49HOW FEW PEOPLE TELL THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS THAT THEY FELL, AND EVEN
00:07:53FEWER WILL TELL A HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONAL THAT THEY FELL,
00:07:59BECAUSE THEY ARE EMBARRASSED.
OR THEY MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT
00:08:06ONCE THEY FALL ALL SORTS OF
OTHER THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN
00:08:09TO THEM THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO
HAPPEN.
00:08:10THEY ALSO ASSUME THAT THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ANYBODY COULD
00:08:15DO ABOUT IT ANYWAY.
SO, THERE IS NO SOAPBOX HERE,
00:08:19BUT IF I WAS ON ONE, WHAT I
WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT MOST
00:08:24FALLS CAN BE PREVENTED, AND
FALLS ARE NOT A NORMAL PART OF
00:08:30AGING.
THEREFORE, THE GOVERNOR HAS
00:08:39CREATED AN AMAZING PROGRAM
CALLED STEADYU AND WE ARE GIVING
00:08:46YOU INFORMATION ON IT.
IT WILL BE LIKE GOING TO STEADY
00:08:54UNIVERSITIES SO THAT YOU CAN
LEARN ALL ABOUT IT.
00:08:56WE ARE HELPING HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES, FAMILIES,
00:09:01ELDERS.
PARTNERSHIP OR VENT THOSE FALLS.
00:09:02WE ARE GIVING EVERYONE PROVEN
STRATEGIES.
00:09:09I ASK YOU TO GO TO THE WEBSITE.
I ASK YOU TO GET THE INFORMATION
00:09:13BECAUSE THAT IS ONE CLUB YOU DO
NOT WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF.
00:09:16IF YOU DO FALL, THE SINGLE
BIGGEST PREDICTOR OF HOW YOU DO
00:09:34AFTER THE FALL IS YOUR HEALTH
STATUS BEFORE THE FALL.
00:09:37THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE
GOVERNOR, I AM DEMANDING -- CAN
00:09:41I DEMAND?
I GUESS SO.
00:09:43I AM DEMANDING THAT YOU TRY EVEN
HARDER TO STAY IN GOOD SHAPE.
00:09:45OK, I AM NOT DEMANDING, I AM
ASKING.
00:09:51I AM PLEADING.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU
00:09:54CAN DO TO BE EVEN HEALTHIER.
TALK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE
00:09:59PROVIDER.
FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET
00:10:01YOUR CORE AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOU
00:10:07AND WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO
AGE WITH THE KIND OF DIGNITY AND
00:10:09RESPECT AND INDEPENDENCE THAT
YOU WANT.
00:10:14NOW, I AM GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE
PLUG ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:10:21AGING AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
WE WORK EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT
00:10:26OUR STATE IS ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF INNOVATION AND RESPONSIVENESS
00:10:30TO OUR CHANGING AND GROWING
OLDER POPULATION.
00:10:32THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS WHO SAY
TO ME -- AND SO MANY TIMES I
00:10:43WILL GET THIS QUESTION BY FOLKS
IN THE PRESS.
00:10:46HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH
OUR AGING POPULATION?
00:10:50HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE WHEN
SO MANY FOLKS ARE OLDER?
00:10:53I SAY BRING THEM ON.
HOW EXCITING THAT OUR POPULATION
00:10:58IS AGING, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE
AMONGST OUR ELDERS IS WISDOM.
00:11:01THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR
STATE EVEN GREATER.
00:11:06EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT AN
INCREASE IN THE AGING
00:11:11POPULATION, I THINK OUR STATE IS
THAT MUCH BETTER.
00:11:14OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP PEOPLE AS
HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.
00:11:17AND TO KEEP PEOPLE LIVING THE
VIBRANT LIVES THAT THEY WANT.
00:11:21ON THE OTHER HAND, TO USE THE
TECHNICAL TERM, STUFF HAPPENS.
00:11:27AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, OUR SALON
CIVILITY IN THE STATE OF OHIO IS
00:11:39TO BE THERE FOR YOU -- OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE STATE OF
00:11:43OHIO IS TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
IN ADDITION TO CARING DEEPLY
00:11:47ABOUT OUR ELDERS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE
00:11:50ADVANTAGE OF THE INCREDIBLE
WISDOM THAT YOU HAVE TO ENSURE
00:11:53THAT YOU ARE LIVING IN YOUR
COMMUNITY AND GIVING TO YOUR
00:11:55COMMUNITY WHEN YOU NEED CHECK --
WHEN YOUR NEEDS CHANGE, WHEN
00:12:02YOUR ABILITIES CHANGE, WE WILL
BE THERE FOR YOU AT THE KIND OF
00:12:06COORDINATED, RESPONSIVE CARE AND
CARING THAT YOU SO DESERVE.
00:12:12THE REASON I KNOW BOTH OF THOSE
IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS
00:12:17I HEAR EVERY DAY FROM OUR
GOVERNOR.
00:12:18OUR GOVERNOR CARES DEEPLY ABOUT
RESPECTING ELDERS AND PROVIDING
00:12:26FOR THEM AS THEIR CARE NEEDS
CHANGE.
00:12:27I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK FOR HIM.
HE IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO
00:12:35BE WITH US TODAY, BUT HE HAS
RECORDED SOME COMMENTS FOR ALL
00:12:38OF YOU.
SO, I GUESS THIS IS WHEN I CAN
00:12:41SAY ROLL THEM, JOHN.
>> EACH MAY WE CELEBRATE OLDER
00:12:46AMERICANS MONTH, AND OHIO AND
THE NATION USE THIS TIME TO
00:12:50RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND
THE LEGACY OF OUR OLDEST
00:12:53CITIZENS.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION
00:12:55OHIOANS OVER AGE 60, AND ANOTHER
2 MILLION BABY BOOMERS LIVING IN
00:13:02OUR STATE TODAY.
TOGETHER, THEY COMPROMISE --
00:13:06COMPRISE MORE THAN 40% OF OUR
TOTAL POPULATION.
00:13:09OHIO IS STRONGEST WHEN ALL OUR
RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN
00:13:13OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, THRIVE,
AND CONTRIBUTE.
00:13:17AFTER ALL, OUR GOLDEN BUCKEYES
ARE INSPIRED BY THEIR AGE, NOT
00:13:23DEFINED BY IT.
GOLDEN BUCKEYES TOUCH ALL
00:13:26ASPECTS OF LIFE IN OUR GREAT
STATE.
00:13:28THEY ARE RESPECTED LEADERS IN
THEIR FIELDS WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
00:13:32HAVE LED TO INNOVATIONS AND A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
00:13:36WORLD AROUND US.
THEY ARE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES SO
00:13:39DEDICATED TO THE NOTION OF
LIFTING UP THOSE IN NEED THAT
00:13:42THEY LIFT THEIR COMMUNITY AND
STATE IN THE PROCESS.
00:13:44AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THE
NOTION THAT OHIO CAN AND
00:13:48DESERVES TO BE ON THE LEADING
EDGE OF INNOVATION AND
00:13:52RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR GROWING
AND CHANGING AGING POPULATION.
00:13:56TO THOSE ABOUT TO BE INDUCTED
INTO THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS
00:14:19HALL OF FAME, I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT AND
00:14:20CONTRIBUTION.
IN YOUR ENDEAVORS, YOU HAVE
00:14:21TRULY UNLEASHED YOUR POWER, AND
IN DOING SO YOU HAVE HELPED
00:14:23COUNTLESS OTHERS TAP INTO THEIR
OWN POTENTIAL.
00:14:24YOU ARE JOINING THE RANKS OF
MORE THAN 400 GREAT OLDER
00:14:25OHIOANS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
00:14:26GREAT STATE OF OHIO.
>> GOVERNOR KASICH SPEEDS THE
00:14:27TRUTH.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE NAMES
00:14:28OF THE LEGISLATIVE FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN WITH US TODAY.
00:14:30CLIFF ROSENBERGER, RYAN SMITH,
TIM BROWN, STEPHANIE COUSY,
00:14:37DOROTHY BLANDA, MIKE DUFFEY, BOB
HAGAN, BOB HACKETT, MATT LUNDY,
00:14:48ANDY BRENNER, TONY BECKLEY --
BERKELEY, EXCUSE ME, AND PETER
00:14:54BECK, REPRESENTATIVES.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE WITH US THE
00:15:00FOLLOWING SENATORS, BILL COLEY,
BILL SEITZ, JOHN EKLUND, AND OUR
00:15:10SPEAKER, BILL BATCHELDER SENDS
HIS DEEPEST REGRETS.
00:15:12HE HAD EVERY INTENT TO BE HERE
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A
00:15:17BUDGET BEING DISCUSSED AS WE
SPEAK, AND SO HE TRULY DOES SENT
00:15:20HIS REGRETS.
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO
00:15:26FIND A STATE WHERE THAT MANY
LEGISLATORS WILL HAVE TAKEN TIME
00:15:29OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAY TO SAY OUR
ELDERS ARE THIS IMPORTANT.
00:15:36YOU SEE THAT IN ALL OF THEIR
WORK.
00:15:39YOU SEE THAT IN THE BILLS
PASSED.
00:15:42YOU SEE THAT IN EVERYTHING THEY
DO.
00:15:43YOU ARE FRONT AND CENTER ON
THEIR MINDS.
00:15:47AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR COLLEAGUE,
00:15:52JOE RUBY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
AREA AGING REPRESENTING THE OHIO
00:16:01AGENCIES ON AREA AGING.
JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, OHIO IS VERY
00:16:06FORTUNATE TO HAVE 12 AREAS ON
AGING AND THEY ARE AREAS YOU ARE
00:16:19FAMILIAR WITH SUCH AS MEALS ON
WHEELS, TRANSPORTATION AND
00:16:22RESPITE CARE.
THEY ALSO HELP US COORDINATE
00:16:27HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES, AND I CAN TELL YOU,
00:16:29WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMETHING, IF
YOU CALL AAA, THEY WILL BE RIGHT
00:16:33ON IT.
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, OHIO'S
00:16:39AREA ON AGING HAS DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB DRIVING OUR
00:16:42SERVICE NETWORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
00:16:45JOE RUBY, WHO WILL BE MY
CO-PRESENTER HERE TODAY.
00:16:48PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JOE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:16:52>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY, FOR
00:17:10MAKING ME A PART OF THIS DAY.
EVEN MORE SO, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
00:17:18DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE TO
OHIO'S ELDERS.
00:17:20THE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN, I CAN
SAY, AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO WORK
00:17:30WITH, AND SHE FREQUENTLY
CHALLENGES THOSE OF US IN THE
00:17:34FIELD TO CONTINUE TO FIND BETTER
WAYS TO HELP FOLKS WITH THE KIND
00:17:38OF HELP THEY WANT.
I THINK WE CALL THAT PERSON
00:17:46CENTERED CARE.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
00:17:47VERY GOOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN ARE
00:18:01INUNDATED IN THE MEDIA WITH A
LOT OF STUFF THAT DIVIDES US IN
00:18:04THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE RED STATES, BLUE
00:18:07STATES, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
TEA PARTIES, AND NOW EVEN POT
00:18:11PARTIES.
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
00:18:29TODAY ARE WHAT UNITES US AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO UNITE US BY
00:18:32DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.
THEY ARE GREAT OHIOANS AND GREAT
00:18:35AMERICANS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE
WANT TO FOCUS ON TODAY.
00:18:38AT THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF AREAS
ON AGING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS
00:18:52AND OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE
SERVICES IN OHIO, SENIOR CENTERS
00:18:55THE FOLKS GO TO EVERY DAY, THE
FOLKS THAT DELIVER THE MEALS
00:18:59THAT FEED PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT
KIND OF ASSISTANCE WITH MEALS
00:19:04AND SOCIALIZATION, AND ALL THE
HOME HEALTH SERVICES THAT HELP
00:19:10PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE --
STAY WHERE THEY WANT TO BE,
00:19:18WHICH IS MOST OFTEN IN THEIR
HOME, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
00:19:21WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT
CAN HAPPEN.
00:19:24THE DIRECTOR ALLUDED TO
PASSPORTS.
00:19:26ONE OF THE THINGS THE JOHN
RADCLIFFE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:19:29AGING ASKED ME TO TALK ABOUT WAS
SOME OF THE SUCCESSES WE HAVE
00:19:34HAD IN THE PAST YEAR.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE
00:19:43HAVE DONE IN THE LAST
QUARTER-CENTURY, IT HAS BEEN TO
00:19:46MAKE PASSPORT A BIGGER AND
BETTER PROGRAM.
00:19:49I THINK WE HAVE MADE IT BETTER
UNDER THE CURRENT IT
00:19:53MINISTRATION, BETTER IN THE
SENSE THAT WE CAN MAYBE
00:19:56COORDINATE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
INCLUDE MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL,
00:19:59HEALTH AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE,
LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORT
00:20:07IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS AND
INSTITUTIONS, AND GOING FORWARD,
00:20:14ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANT
TO FOCUS ON IS PASSPORT FOR
00:20:20EVERYBODY. PEOPLE ON THE WEALTHY
END OF THE SPECTRUM CAN AFFORD
00:20:26THE KIND OF SERVICES THEY NEED,
WHETHER THAT BE IN A COMMUNITY
00:20:29SETTING OR AN INSTITUTIONAL
SETTING.
00:20:35FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE JEN
-- INDIGENT OR IN A NURSING HOME
00:20:48LEVEL OF CARE, THEY CAN GET
PASSPORT.
00:20:51BUT FOR THE FOLKS OF MODEST
MEANS, THERE IS NOT MUCH THERE,
00:20:55AND WE HAVE TO WORK HARD TO
FIGURE OUT A PUBLIC POLICY
00:21:04OPTION FOR THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY
DO NOT END UP ON MEDICAID AND
00:21:08THEY CAN RETAIN THE LIFE THEY
WANT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
00:21:16COMMUNITY.
I THINK I WANT TO SAY NOW THAT
00:21:18IT IS TIME TO TURN THIS BACK
OVER TO THE DIRECTOR TO TALK
00:21:22ABOUT SOME OF OUR INDUCTEES.
>> IT IS NOW TIME TO INTRODUCE
00:21:41TO YOU THE 12 NEWEST INDUCTEES
INTO OUR HALL OF FAME.
00:21:45JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY,
SINCE 1977 -- SENATOR GAYLE
00:21:55MANNING, WHERE ARE YOUR?
THERE WE ARE.
00:21:58OK.
I AM SO SORRY WE DID NOT MENTION
00:22:00YOU OR SEE YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO BE
00:22:06INTRODUCED THAT WE MISSED?
THIS IS YOUR TIME.
00:22:08WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR?
ACTUALLY, AS LONG AS WE ARE
00:22:14TALKING, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
00:22:20RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
00:22:23REFRESHMENTS HERE TODAY, AND
THAT IS MS. JENNY REAGAN AT THE
00:22:31BACK.
THERE SHE IS.
00:22:32OK.
NOW, ONTO OUR PROGRAM.
00:22:41SINCE 1977, MORE THAN 400 GOLDEN
BUCKEYES HAVE BEEN INDUCTED INTO
00:22:47OUR SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF
FAME.
00:22:48AND WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY
NUMBER OF NOMINEES THIS YEAR,
00:22:56AND THEY WERE SO STRONG.
AS WE WENT THROUGH THEM, AND AS
00:23:03OUR STAFF WENT THROUGH THEM, ALL
OF A SUDDEN WE REALIZE THAT THEY
00:23:08FIT INTO CATEGORIES THAT TELL
OHIO'S STORY.
00:23:09FIRST, SOME OF OUR INDUCTEES
HAVE HELPED PREPARE OUR GREAT
00:23:17STATE FOR OUR GROWING AND AGING
POPULATION THROUGH THEIR
00:23:24RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, TEACHING AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE.
00:23:26SECONDLY, SOME OF OUR OTHERS
REPRESENT OHIO ON A NATIONAL OR
00:23:35INTERNATIONAL STAGE BY BEING
LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
00:23:37FIELDS, AND FINALLY, WE HAVE
THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE AND NEED IN
00:23:44THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AND
JUST STEPPED OUT AND MET IT AND
00:23:50HELPED OTHER PEOPLE UNLOCK THEIR
POTENTIAL.
00:23:52AND SO IT IS IN THOSE THREE
GROUPINGS THAT WE WILL CONDUCT
00:24:01OUR NEWEST MEMBERS INTO THE HALL
OF FAME.
00:24:02IF
IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING YOUR
00:24:10PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT
WE WILL BE JUMPING AROUND A
00:24:13LITTLE BIT.
IT IS NOT A TEST, BUT YOU WILL
00:24:18HAVE TO KEEP UP.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THEIR
00:24:22DETAILED BIOGRAPHIES ON OUR
WEBSITE.
00:24:23I'M A FIRM BELIEVER AS A
RECOVERING PROFESSOR THAT YOU
00:24:29SHOULD NEVER TALK ABOUT THAT
WHICH YOU CAN READ.
00:24:31WE WILL KEEP OUR PRESENTATION
TODAY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT
00:24:38DON'T JUST SIT ON A PAGE.
WE WILL BEGIN BY INDUCTING FIVE
00:24:42INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED OHIO
RESPOND TO OUR GROWING AND
00:24:46CHANGING AGING POPULATION.
AND I WILL CLAIM, BECAUSE THIS
00:24:52WAS THE FIELD I CAME FROM IN
TEACHING AT OHIO STATE
00:24:54UNIVERSITY, THAT WITHOUT THESE
FIVE INDIVIDUALS I BELIEVE WE
00:25:01WOULD NOT BE AT THE WONDERFUL
PLACE WE ARE TODAY.
00:25:03WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT -- A VIDEO
CLIP THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU ON
00:25:09THESE FIVE INDIVIDUALS.
ROLL 'EM, JOHN.
00:25:16?
[APPLAUSE]
00:26:17>> IT IS WITH PRIDE THAT I
INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR FIRST
00:26:31INDUCTEE, KAYLA BELL OF
AUSTINTOWN.
00:26:32-- K LOVELL OF AUSTINTOWN.
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS SHE HAS
00:26:41SERVED.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE
00:26:42SHE IS A DEPUTY AND COURT NADER
OF THE SENIOR SERVICES THAT SHE
00:26:46FOUNDED.
SHE IS ALSO DUTCH COORDINATOR OF
00:26:51THE SENIOR SERVICES THAT SHE
FOUNDED.
00:26:52SHE IS ALSO THE COORDINATOR OF
THE SENIOR CENTER THAT SERVES
00:26:58ALL RESIDENTS OF MAHONING
COUNTY.
00:27:00SHE WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH
LOCAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE
00:27:04AGENCY ON AREA AGING FOR
REACHING 11 TO SERVICE GAPS IN
00:27:07THE COMMUNITY.
SHE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING
00:27:11MEMBERS OF THE MAHONEY ADULT
PROTECTION NETWORK AND SHE
00:27:14ESTABLISHED THE MAHONEY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENIOR FAIR,
00:27:18WHICH IS NOW IN ITS SIXTH YEAR.
SHE IS A TIRELESS AND
00:27:23RESOURCEFUL ADVOCATE.
BUT SHE ALSO NOTES CARRYING A
00:27:30BADGE AND GUN DOESN'T HURT
EITHER.
00:27:31SHE HAS HAD -- HELPED RESIDENTS
WITH UNCOOPERATIVE LANDLORDS AND
00:27:40REMOVED ABUSIVE PEOPLE FROM
RESIDENCES AND HAS HELPED KEEP
00:27:48PEOPLE SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOME,
WHICH IS WHAT THEY DESIRE.
00:27:51ALTHOUGH SHE WORKS PRIMARILY
WITH IT ADULT, SHE ALSO WORKS
00:27:55WITH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY WITH
HER COCKATOO TO TEACH CHILDREN
00:28:01ABOUT SAFETY.
SHE ALSO TAKES THE BIRD WITH HER
00:28:03TO COUNTY FAIRS.
SHE WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO US
00:28:09WHY HE IS NOT WITH US TODAY.
I SEE THAT IS A PRETTY HIGH
00:28:13CEILING, SO THAT MAY BE A GOOD
CHOICE.
00:28:14HER SECRET TO BEING A COMMUNITY
ADVOCATE IS TO NEVER STOP DOING
00:28:18AND NEVER STOP CARRYING -- NEVER
STOP CARING.
00:28:22MIGRATED BY FOR ALL OF US.
SHE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY TO SAY
00:28:29YES, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR
SMALL THE REQUEST.
00:28:32I THINK THAT IS VERY
INTERESTING.
00:28:33WE ALL THINK SMALL THINGS ARE
EASY.
00:28:36WHEN YOU ARE SOMEONE AS AMAZING
AS KAY AND YOU STILL SAY, I CAN
00:28:42DO THE SMALL THINGS, THAT IS
STILL PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
00:28:45MAHONEY COUNTY IS LUCKY TO HAVE
SUCH A COURAGEOUS ADVOCATE
00:28:47LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE IMMUNITIES MOST
00:28:51VULNERABLE MEMBERS.
WE ARE PROUD TO ADD HER -- THE
00:28:55COMMUNITY POSSIBLE VERBAL
MEMBERS.
00:28:56WE ARE PROUD TO ADD HER TO THE
SENIOR CITIZEN HALL OF FAME.
00:28:59PLEASE JOIN US.
[APPLAUSE]
00:29:02>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO THANK THE OHIO
00:29:19DEPARTMENT OF AGING FOR ALL THE
WORK THEY DO TO SECURE THE
00:29:23WELL-BEING OF OHIO SENIORS AND
ALSO FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK
00:29:27OF THOSE THAT REFUSE TO QUIT AND
RETIRE.
00:29:32SO MANY OF THE EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT SERVICES ARE MAKING THE
00:29:35LIVES OF OHIO SENIORS SO MUCH
RICHER.
00:29:37I HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH
THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING IN
00:29:42DISTRICT 11 AND HAVE ALWAYS
GOTTEN COOPERATION AND
00:29:46ASSISTANCE WHEN I NEEDED IT.
AS WELL AS CASES AVAILABLE TO
00:29:52OUR SENIORS.
EACH CASE HAS GIVEN ME A BETTER
00:29:58UNDERSTANDING OF HOW I CAN HELP
THE NEXT SENIOR IN NEED.
00:30:01SIX YEARS AGO, I WAS GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE
00:30:05MAHONEY COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES
UNIT.
00:30:06THE PRIMARY GOAL OF COORDINATING
THE EFFORTS FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS
00:30:10TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE
SENIOR POPULATION IN MAHONEY
00:30:12VALLEY AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO
MEET THESE NEEDS.
00:30:15I FOUND A CONSISTENT ROADBLOCK
THAT WAS PREVENTING THESE
00:30:22SENIORS FROM RETRIEVING THE
NECESSARY HELP THEY NEEDED,
00:30:24COMMUNICATION.
THESE SENIORS HAD NO IDEA WHAT
00:30:27RESOURCES WERE OFFERED IN THE
COMMUNITY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
00:30:32THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION
IS THE TELEVISION AND RADIO AND
00:30:33NEITHER OF THESE, EVEN THOSE
THAT SOLICIT A SENIOR LISTENING
00:30:40AUDIENCE, DO NOT CONSISTENTLY
OFFER RESOURCE INFORMATION.
00:30:45THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SENIORS IN
EVERY COMMUNITY THAT ARE HIGH
00:30:47RISK, GO UNNOTICED, OR ARE
UNSEEN.
00:30:50SENIORS THAT ARE THE UNSEEN BY
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, OR
00:30:55HAVE LACK OF HEALTH -- LACK OF
FAMILY INVOLVEMENT.
00:30:59THEY FACE A HIGHER RISK, BECAUSE
NO ONE IS IDENTIFYING THE RISKS
00:31:03IN IMPLEMENTING THE
INTERVENTIONS TO PUT IN PLACE
00:31:06THE NECESSARY THINGS TO
ELIMINATE THESE RISKS UNTIL IT
00:31:08IS TOO LATE.
AT TIMES IT IS NOT FOR THE LACK
00:31:13OF COMMUNITY CARING, BUT FOR THE
LACK OF EDUCATION ON HOW TO
00:31:15IDENTIFY AND DO SOMETHING IN
RESPONSE WHEN THEY FEEL THERE IS
00:31:19A DANGER FOR THE SENIORS.
THE COMMUNITY, MEANING
00:31:23NEIGHBORS, CHURCH,
ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL
00:31:27ACQUAINTANCES, THAT MAY FEEL
THERE IS A NEED FOR INTERVENTION
00:31:32OR CONCERN.
THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT KNOW
00:31:36WHO TO CALL OR ASK FOR ADVICE.
THAT IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN,
00:31:43EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE
ON NEEDS OF HIGH-RISK SENIORS
00:31:46AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM
TO GET THE RESOURCES.
00:31:48I START WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY GROUPS,
00:31:54CHURCHES, AND MANY OTHER
COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP THEM
00:31:57BETTER ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH
MY MISSION.
00:31:59I EXPLAINED HOW THESE SENIORS
OFTEN ARE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY
00:32:07WHAT THEIR CURRENT NEEDS ARE
THEMSELVES AND THEY NEED
00:32:09ADVOCATES WHO CAN IDENTIFY THEM,
AND THEN OFFER THE AVAILABLE
00:32:13INFORMATION TO GET THEM IN
CONTACT WITH THESE AGENCIES.
00:32:14AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED I NOW
NEEDED TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER
00:32:20AND EDUCATE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS ON HIGH-RISK
00:32:23SENIORS AND THE AVAILABLE
OPTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
00:32:27I BECAME THE POINT PERSON AND
BUILT A SOLID NETWORK WITH LAW
00:32:34ENFORCEMENT, SOCIAL WORKERS,
CASE MANAGERS, ADULT PROTECTIVE
00:32:37SERVICES, LONG-TERM CARE
PROVIDERS, AND OTHER VARIOUS
00:32:40HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO ASSIST
IN CARRYING OUT THIS MISSION TO
00:32:44HELP HIGH-RISK SENIORS.
IT SEEMED THAT EACH PROFESSION
00:32:48WAS GREAT AT IDENTIFYING WHAT
SERVICE THEY PROVIDED WOULD BEG
00:32:50-- BEST FIT THIS IS -- THE NEEDS
OF THE SENIORS, BUT THEY SAW
00:32:59NEEDS THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE FOR AND DID NOT KNOW
00:33:00WHO COULD.
THERE IS ALSO A DIRE NEED THAT
00:33:02ARISES AS AN END RESULT OF BEING
A HIGH RISK SENIOR WITH NO
00:33:06RESOURCES.
THEY FIND THEMSELVES AT THE
00:33:11MERCY OF UNSCRUPULOUS
INDIVIDUALS, WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE
00:33:14OF WHATEVER THEY HAVE LEFT.
AND WHEN THAT RUNS OUT, THE
00:33:19SENIOR IS LEFT WITH NO FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, NO WAY OF ACQUIRING
00:33:22ASSISTANCE, AND OFTEN HOMELESS.
THERE ARE PLACES TO TAKE A
00:33:26BATTERED WOMAN, AND ABUSED
CHILD, AND AN ABUSED ANIMAL.
00:33:31INTO MANY INSTANCES, THERE IS NO
PLACE TO TAKE A SENIOR IN
00:33:40CRISIS.
THE LOCAL RESCUE MISSION HAS NO
00:33:41ELEVATOR TO ACCOMMODATE MOBILITY
ISSUES OR MEDICAL STAFF OR
00:33:47HEALTH ISSUES.
THE HOSPITAL WILL NOT ADMIT A
00:33:48SENIOR IF THEY DO NOT PRESENT
WITH A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES
00:33:52HOSPITALIZATION AND IF THEY HAVE
NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DEMENTIA OR
00:33:57APPEAR TO BE AT RISK TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
00:33:59THEY ARE RELEASED TO RETURN TO
THE RESIDENTS THEY HAVE JUST
00:34:03BEEN REMOVED FROM, EITHER TO
EVICTION OR UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTAL
00:34:07CONDITIONS.
MANY WILL RETURN TO THEIR HOME
00:34:11OR APARTMENT, NOT REALIZING THAT
IT IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.
00:34:13DUE TO LACK OF ACCESS TO A
MEDICAL HISTORY, NURSING
00:34:17FACILITIES CANNOT ACCEPT THE
INDIVIDUAL, EVEN ON A SHORT-TERM
00:34:20EMERGENCY STAY, AS THEY CANNOT
COMPROMISE HEALTH OR WELL-BEING
00:34:27OF THEIR CURRENT CLIENT, NOT TO
MENTION THE FINANCIAL
00:34:29REIMBURSEMENT ISSUE.
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I HAVE
00:34:32SOLICITED ASSISTANCE FROM A
LOCAL CAREGIVER SERVICE WHO HAS
00:34:35ALWAYS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO FOR
PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
00:34:42A HOTEL ROOM AND VOLUNTEERS TO
VALUATE THEM FOR SERVICES.
00:34:48I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A MORE
PERMANENT SOLUTION.
00:34:51WHY DO I DO THIS?
CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE LAVISH
00:34:55PAY.
I DO THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN
00:35:00PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY CAN
ACCOMPLISH WITH THE RIGHT
00:35:03KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY WITH THEIR HEART IN
00:35:05THE RIGHT PLACE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
00:35:07THIS IS ABOUT MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
00:35:08THERE IS ONE THING I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK YOU ALL.
00:35:12WILL YOU LOOK AT YOUR OWN
COMMUNITIES, RESOURCES, AND FIND
00:35:18OUT IF THERE IS A COMMUNICATION
GAP?
00:35:19AND THEN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE
ISSUES YOU FIND.
00:35:22EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF
WRITING A SAFE HOUSE FOR SENIORS
00:35:29IN CRISIS, SO THERE IS A PLACE
TO -- PROVIDING A SAFE HOUSE FOR
00:35:33SENIORS IN CRISIS, SO THERE IS A
PLACE TO TAKE THEM.
00:35:35FIND A SPACE THAT WILL PROVIDE
CREATURE COMFORTS AND PROVIDE
00:35:40SAFETY AND SO THEY CAN BE
EVALUATED FOR SERVICES.
00:35:43THIS DOES NOT TAKE A LOT OF
MONEY.
00:35:44THIS TAKES SOMEONE'S TIME AND
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
00:35:47IN OTHERS'LIVES.
I'M A VERY LUCKY LADY TO HAVE
00:35:50HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY
SHERIFFS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT,
00:35:55AND THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THE
ABILITY TO USE MY DISCRETION AND
00:36:00INSIGHT AS I SAW FIT AND THAT
ALLOWED THE PROGRAM TO GROW AND
00:36:05OFFER HELP TO SO MANY
INDIVIDUALS IN SO MANY WAYS.
00:36:08EACH DAY IS LIKE A BOXER
CHOCOLATES, AND LIKE IN THE
00:36:12MOVIE FORREST GUMP, AND MY PHONE
RINGS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
00:36:17YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
IT COULD BE RECOMMENDED IN THE
00:36:20ATTIC OR A FLOOD IN THE
BASEMENT.
00:36:21IT COULD BE A DAUGHTER WHO WANTS
ADVICE ON HOW TO GIVE -- IT DAD
00:36:28TO GIVE UP HIS CAR KEYS.
OR A SON OR DAUGHTER FEARING
00:36:29THAT THEIR PARENT WILL BURN THE
HOUSE DOWN BECAUSE OF DEMENTIA,
00:36:36AND RUN AWAY.
I WILL KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING
00:36:41AS LONG AS THE GOOD LORD LETS
ME.
00:36:43THEN IT IS YOUR TURN.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS
00:36:46TIME TO SPEAK MY PIECE.
I HOPE THAT SOMETHING I SAID
00:36:49WILL INSPIRE YOU.
TO PICK UP THE TORCH AND RUN FOR
00:36:52THE FINISH.
THANK YOU.
00:36:53[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, WHEN KAY ANSWERS THE
00:37:39PHONE, YES, IT'S LIKE A BOXER
CHOCOLATE.
00:37:41SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE'S
GOING TO GET.
00:37:43BUT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO GET.
00:37:44THEY ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE
HER ON THE OTHER END OF THE
00:37:48PHONE.
I KNOW THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IS
00:37:50HERE AND I KNOW YOU ALL
APPRECIATE VERY MUCH EVERY DAY
00:37:52WHAT SHE DOES.
NEXT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
00:37:55DANELA MCWILLIAMS OF DEFIANCE.
SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE AARP
00:38:04FOR OVER 26 YEARS, SERVING ON
THEIR NATIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF
00:38:10COUNSEL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES.
00:38:11-- NATIONAL LITERACY RATE OF --
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND
00:38:17STATES LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
SHE HAS SERVED ON THE LONG-TERM
00:38:24WORK GROUP FROM 1994 THROUGH
2009.
00:38:26THAT IS A LOT OF YEARS.
SHE HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE
00:38:29ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE OHIO
OFFICE ON AGING OF NORTHWEST
00:38:33OHIO.
SHE IS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR
00:38:39ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGING, AND
SHE IS AN EXPERT AT ARTICULATING
00:38:43COMPLEX ISSUES TO OFFICIALS,
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS, AND
00:38:47OLDER ADULTS.
SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
00:38:50ADVISORY BOARD OF DEFIANCE
COUNTY BOARD OF SENIOR CITIZENS
00:38:55SINCE 2000.
AND SHE HAS HELPED DISTRIBUTE
00:38:58OVER 200 COMMODITY BOXES TO
SENIORS WHO HAVE NO FOOD AT THE
00:39:02END OF THE MONTH.
SHE HAS ALSO HELPED RAISE OVER
00:39:071.2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE
ORGANIZATION'S NEW FACILITY.
00:39:09THIS IS THE PART I LIKE BEST --
SHE COORDINATES THE MAKING AND
00:39:13SELLING OF 40 GALLONS OF ICE
CREAM FOR THEIR SOCIAL EACH
00:39:18AUGUST.
I'VE ALREADY GOT IT ON THE
00:39:19CALENDAR.
SHE HAS BEEN A DELEGATE TO THE
00:39:271995 AND 2005 WHITE HOUSE
CONFERENCE ON AGING.
00:39:28THAT IS WHERE SHE MET WITH THEN
SENATOR GEORGE FOR THE --
00:39:34SENATOR VOYNOV WHICH.
SHE ALSO REPRESENTED AARP ON THE
00:39:43ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING FOR
OVER 15 YEARS AND HAS ADVISED
00:39:45OVER FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTORS OF
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGING.
00:39:49I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HER
HELPING ME AS WELL.
00:39:52SHE ENHANCES THE LAWS OF OLDER
OHIOANS THROUGH HER INTELLECTUAL
00:40:01LEADERSHIP AND OUTSPOKEN
ADVOCACY.
00:40:02SHE HAS HER HANDS ON WORK IN THE
TRENCHES THAT MAKES NOT ONLY HER
00:40:08COMMUNITY, BUT OUR ENTIRE STATE
A BETTER PLACE.
00:40:10FOR THAT, AND MANY OTHER THINGS,
WE WELCOME DANELA INTO THE OHIO
00:40:16SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:40:17>> I WANT TO REMINISCE WITH YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
00:40:57I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS
ALONE.
00:41:05HILLARY CLINTON SAYS IT TAKES A
VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.
00:41:07I THINK IT TAKES ALL OF US TO
HELP OUT WHERE NEEDED.
00:41:09I DID HAVE EXCELLENT TRAINING IN
AARP.
00:41:18I STARTED OUT THE WEEK IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. LEARNING HOW
00:41:24OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATED.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EDUCATION,
00:41:27I CAN ASSURE YOU.
AS FAR AS THE ODA AND THE 04A
00:41:32AND THE TRIPLE-A, I HAVE MADE
MANY, MANY FRIENDS THERE.
00:41:38I HAVE NEVER HESITATED TO CALL
ON THEM WHEN I HAVE NEEDED
00:41:41ASSISTANCE.
MARK PILLAY WAS MY POINT PERSON
00:41:43FOR MANY YEARS.
I CAN REMEMBER A TIME I HAD TO
00:41:49GIVE A PRESENTATION AND I CALLED
MARK AND HE WROTE MY SPEECH.
00:41:51I APPRECIATED THAT.
JUST THINK ABOUT THE SELF
00:41:55GRATIFICATION YOU HAVE AT THE
END OF THE YEAR AFTER YOU HAVE
00:42:00MENTORED THIS CHILD.
THIS CHILD PICKS UP A BOOK AND
00:42:05CAN READ.
YOU HAVE HELPED THEM MAKE A
00:42:07FRIEND FOR LIFE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH MORE,
00:42:12BUT I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE OUR
ILLUSTRIOUS ERMA BOMBECK, WHO I
00:42:20UNDERSTAND WAS A PRIOR INDUCTEE.
SHE SAYS, VOLUNTEERS ARE THE
00:42:27ONLY HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF
THE EARTH WHO REFLECT THIS
00:42:31NATION'S COMPASSION AND SELFISH
-- SELFLESS CARING, PATIENT, AND
00:42:36JUST PLAIN LOVING ONE ANOTHER.
AND ABOVE ALL, BELIEVING IN WHAT
00:42:39YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
00:42:40[APPLAUSE]
>> SOMETIMES ALL YOU HAVE IN
00:43:41LIFE ARE WORDS, BUT WORDS ARE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS
00:43:43HOW HONORED I AM TO BE ABLE TO
INTRODUCE OUR NEXT INDEX THE --
00:43:50INDUCTEE, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MY BEING
00:43:56HERE TODAY AND HELPING MENTOR ME
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
00:43:59HIS NAME IS DR. HARVEY STERN OF
AKRON.
00:44:04HARVEY HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
THE ADVANCEMENT OF SERVICES,
00:44:08CARE, AND EDUCATION FOR OLDER
ADULTS, AND OLDER ADULT IN
00:44:13GENERAL.
HIS EXPERTISE IN GERIATRICS AND
00:44:15GERONTOLOGY IS ABSOLUTELY
UNMATCHED.
00:44:18YOU CAN GO TO ANY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY, ANY CONFERENCE IN
00:44:25GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY "HARVEY
00:44:28STERNS." ALL YOU REALLY HAVE
TO SAY IS "HARVEY" AND THEY WILL
00:44:38FILL IN THE REST.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR
00:44:42FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF LIFE
SPAN DEVELOPMENT AND GERONTOLOGY
00:44:45AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON.
HE IS ALSO A RESEARCH PROFESSOR
00:44:47OF GERONTOLOGY, FAMILY, AND
COMMUNITY MEDICINE AT THE
00:44:54NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL
UNIVERSITY.
00:44:55HE HAS TACKLED THE REALLY TOUGH
ISSUES IN HIS RESEARCH.
00:44:58HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY
INDIVIDUALS TO REALLY THINK
00:45:01ABOUT LATE IN LIFE EMPLOYMENT
AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT
00:45:08TO RETIRE.
HE HELPED TO CREATE
00:45:13EXTRAORDINARY MULTIGENERATIONAL
WORKPLACES AND HE HAS ALSO
00:45:16FOCUSED ON MOBILITY.
HE HAS ALSO WORKED TO EXPLORE
00:45:20THE MANY DILEMMAS THAT FAMILIES
HAVE FACED, SUCH AS KNOWING WHEN
00:45:22AND HOW TO HELP A LOVED ONE STOP
DRIVING, HOW TO SUPPORT
00:45:28GRANDPARENTS RAISING
GRANDCHILDREN, AND WHAT TYPE OF
00:45:32HOUSING NOT ONLY IS AVAILABLE
FOR OUR ELDERS, BUT WHAT KIND
00:45:36SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR
ELDERS.
00:45:39YES -- HE HAS HAD MORE THAN 45
RESEARCH GRANTS AND RECEIVE MORE
00:45:46THAN $10 MILLION IN FUNDING.
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED
00:45:51MORE THAN THAT BACK IN HIS GOOD
WORK.
00:45:52HE HAS BEEN VERY PROUD OF HIS
WORK IN THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
00:45:57FOR FOLKS WITH ALZHEIMER'S, A
PROGRAM THAT IS NOW IN 2000
00:46:02FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HE HAS EITHER WRITTEN OR
00:46:05CONTRIBUTE IT TO OVER 120 BOOKS,
BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ARTICLES.
00:46:08AND HE HAS GIVEN MORE THAN 300
WORKSHOPS NOT ONLY NATIONALLY,
00:46:15BUT INTERNATIONALLY.
HE AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE,
00:46:17RONNIE, WHO IS SITTING RIGHT IN
FRONT HERE, LOOK FORWARD TO
00:46:21CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH
ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND THEY
00:46:25HAVE TWO SONS, ONE DAUGHTER, AND
FIVE WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN.
00:46:29I SINCERELY BELIEVE AND COMMIT
TO YOU THAT THANKS TO HARVEY'S
00:46:33WONDERFUL WORK, OHIO IS BETTER
PREPARED TO MEET OUR ELDERS NEED
00:46:37NOW IN THE FUTURE -- NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE.
00:46:39BECAUSE OF HARVEY'S WONDERFUL
WORK, OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND IN
00:46:43MANY CASES, OTHER NATIONS ARE
BETTER PREPARED TO MEET OUR
00:46:50ELDERS NEED NOW AND IN THE
FUTURE.
00:46:51PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR.
HARVEY STERNS TO THE OHIO
00:46:58SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:46:59>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I AM CERTAINLY PLEASED TO BE
00:47:15HERE.
I WANT TO SAY HOW GREATLY
00:47:16HONORED I AM TO BE INCLUDED WITH
ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING AWARDEES
00:47:20TODAY.
THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT MODELS
00:47:24FOR ALL OF US.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK MY
00:47:27COLLEAGUES AT THE AREA AGENCY ON
AGING CAN BE FOR A NAP -- 10B
00:47:32FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME FOR THIS
AWARD.
00:47:38I'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEM SINCE 1974.
00:47:41IN ADDITION, I DON'T KNOW IF
BONNIE KNOWS THIS -- I STARTED
00:47:43WORKING AT THE OHIO COMMISSION
ON AGING, WHICH IS NOW THE
00:47:46DEPARTMENT -- THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF AGING IN THE VERY
00:47:51EARLY 1970'S.
MY FIRST PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP
00:47:55CURRICULUM IN ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND HIGH
00:47:57SCHOOLS ON AGING.
HIRE MEMBER VERY FONDLY -- I
00:48:02REMEMBER VERY FONDLY ELIZABETH
STATICALLY, WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE
00:48:07WHO DRAGGED ME INTO THOSE
INVOLVEMENTS.
00:48:11THIS IS THE TIME TO IT KNOWLEDGE
SUPPORT -- ACKNOWLEDGE AND
00:48:17SUPPORT THE PROGRAM FOR
GERONTOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:48:22AKRON.
I HAVE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:48:26ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER TOOK
00:48:30LACE RIGHT IN THIS VERY BUILDING
WHEN IN 1978, I WAS ABLE TO
00:48:34TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF OF THE DIG
À LA BILL, -- OF A BILL THAT LED
00:48:41TO THE OFFICES OF GERIATRIC
MEDICINE AND GERONTOLOGY FOR OUR
00:48:44SEVEV MEDICAL SCHOOLS -- FOUR
HOUR SEVEN MEDICAL SCHOOLS HERE
00:48:51IN OHIO.
I FIND IT IRONIC THAT IF YOU
00:48:57THINK WE HAD THE INSIDE IN OHIO
36 YEARS AGO TO FUND THE OFFICES
00:49:02OF GERIATRIC STUDIES AT OUR
MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND WE ARE STILL
00:49:07HAVING TROUBLE SETTING BEHIND
THAT WHEN IT IS NEEDED MORE THAN
00:49:11EVER.
WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR RESOURCES
00:49:14FOR GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
EDUCATION SO WE CAN MEET FUTURE
00:49:17NEEDS IN THE FIELD.
WE HAVE JUST A FEW MORE YEARS TO
00:49:23GET READY AS THE PEAK OF THE
BABY BOOM WILL COME IN 2020.
00:49:27IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS
PHRASE, IN THE FIELD OF AGING,
00:49:33WE TALK ABOUT 2020 VISION, WHICH
IS GETTING READY FOR THAT PEAK
00:49:37OF THE BOOM.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT
00:49:44DIRECTOR CANTER ALLUDED TO OUR
EARLY BEGINNINGS PART OF THAT,
00:49:47BECAUSE OF THE BILL THAT LED TO
THE OFFICES OF GERIATRIC
00:49:49MEDICINE.
AND OF COURSE, DR. CANTOR WAS A
00:49:55MAJOR LEADER AS HEAD OF THE
OFFICE OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE AT
00:49:59OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
I THINK SHE CAN ATTEST HOW
00:50:01IMPORTANT THAT CONTINUES TO BE
IN EVERY WAY FOR OUR OLDER
00:50:06ADULTS.
OHIO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN
00:50:11JARON TOLLEY G AND GERIATRICS.
I HOPE ALL OF US WILL -- IN
00:50:13JARON TOLLEY G -- GERONTOLOGY
AND GERIATRICS.
00:50:21I HOPE ALL OF US WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK TOGETHER.
00:50:26THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT HONOR.
[APPLAUSE]
00:50:29>> OUR NEXT INDEX THE --
INDUCTEE IS CAROL PARNECK.
00:51:13SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS AN
ESCORT DRIVER.
00:51:19WHILE HELPING IN HER VARIETY OF
ROLES, SHE IDENTIFIED WHAT THEY
00:51:22REALLY NEEDED AND FIGURED OUT A
WAY TO MEET IT.
00:51:25SHE HELPED TO WRITE GRANTS TO
START TRANSPORTATION TO MY
00:51:27HOUSEKEEPING, CONVERT IT MEALS,
AND HOSPITAL AND HOME DELIVERED
00:51:31MEALS AS WELL.
-- CONGREGATE MEALS AND HOSPITAL
00:51:36AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS AS
WELL.
00:51:37SHE CONDUCTED AND DEVELOPED HOME
EVALUATIONS AND MADE APPROPRIATE
00:51:42REFERRALS.
SHE ALSO HELPED ESTABLISH THE
00:51:45CENTERS NOT FOR PROFIT
ORGANIZATION ON AGING.
00:51:49AT THE END OF HER CAREER, SHE
TRAINED ALL NEW EMPLOYEES,
00:51:55BECAUSE SHE HAD PERSONALLY HELD
EVERY LAST POSITION IN THE
00:51:59ORGANIZATION.
IN THE 1980'S, CAROL FOUNDED
00:52:01WHAT IS CALLED MARAP, A PROGRAM
FOR AGING AND HANDICAPPED
00:52:17ADULTS.
SHE HELPED SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR
00:52:26ANYONE NEEDING LOVE AND
COMPASSION FOR ANYTHING AT ALL.
00:52:27SHE SHARES HER WARM SMILE AND
DELIGHTFUL SENSE OF YOUR ROOM
00:52:31WITH EVERYONE AND ANYONE --
SENSE OF HUMOR AS ANYONE AND
00:52:36EVERYONE THAT COMES THROUGH HER
DOORS.
00:52:38SHE CONTINUALLY FIGURES OUT HOW
TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO
00:52:41STIMULATE THEIR INTEREST, THEIR
CREATIVITY, AND THEIR
00:52:43WELL-BEING.
CAROL AND HER LATE HUSBAND, JOE,
00:52:47WERE MARRIED FOR 48 YEARS AND
RAISED THREE SONS.
00:52:49SHE IS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER OF
TWO GRANDSONS.
00:52:51SHE ALSO AS SHE DID THIS, SHE
FOUND A WAY -- AND YOU ARE GOING
00:52:58TO FIND THAT THIS IS THE CASE
WITH ALL OF OUR INDUCTEES.
00:53:01SHE FOUND A WAY TO CARRY ON
THROUGH HER PERSONAL BATTLES.
00:53:08WHEN HER HUSBAND SUCCUMBED TO
CANCER, SHE RECEIVED THE SAME
00:53:12FRIENDSHIP AND COMFORT FROM
OTHERS THAT SHE HAD GIVEN SO
00:53:15FREELY SO MANY TIMES BEFORE.
CAROL REMAINED POSITIVE AND SO
00:53:18DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS.
HER GOAL IS TO ALWAYS PUT A
00:53:24SMILE ON SOMEONE'S FACE AT THE
MOST DIFFICULT TIME AND THE MOST
00:53:29DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD, SHE
00:53:30HAS SUCCEEDED.
IT IS WITH A BIG SMILE AND AN
00:53:34OPEN HEART THAT I WELCOME CAROL
TO THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL
00:53:40OF FAME.
CAROL, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME?
00:53:42[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
00:54:06WHEN SOMEONE GIVES ME A
MICROPHONE, WHAT I DO WITH THIS.
00:54:07I ALWAYS LOVE TALKING AT A
MICROPHONE.
00:54:11AND I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND I
THINK SOME PEOPLE HERE DO, TOO.
00:54:13I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK
THAT I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN.
00:54:18I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TWO PEOPLE
IN MY LIFE, MY MOTHER AND MY
00:54:25FATHER.
OF COURSE, THEY ARE NOT HERE
00:54:31RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY SEE WHAT WE
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
00:54:32THEY TAUGHT ME THE GOLDEN RULE.
THE GOLDEN RULE IS "DO UNTO
00:54:42OTHERS AS YOU WANT THEM TO DO
UNTO YOU.
00:54:43-- UNTO YOU."
I TRIED ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE UP
00:54:53TO THAT.
IT IS EASY WHEN YOU WALK AWAY
00:54:54WHEN YOU ARE NOT -- IT IS EASY
TO WALK AWAY WHEN YOU ARE NOT
00:54:57CERTAIN WHAT YOUR FUTURE IS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY.
00:54:58YOU HAVE TO LOVE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND YOU GIVE IT YOUR BEST
00:55:02SHOT.
I HAVE PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR
00:55:03CENTER THAT TRULY LIVE ALONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE ALONE.
00:55:12IT IS AN EMPTY, EMPTY FEELING.
IT IS LIKE YOU DON'T REALLY,
00:55:17TRULY WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE.
BUT WHEN YOU FIND A PLACE LIKE
00:55:21OUR SENIOR CENTER, YOU FIND A
CHANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME
00:55:26AROUND.
I'M SORRY IF YOU CRY, BUT THIS
00:55:30IS SO TRUE.
I MET SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WHEN
00:55:33THEY CAME IN THE DOOR, I FELT
OUR SENIOR CENTER WAS NOT A
00:55:39LIBRARY.
I DID NOT WANT IT TO BE QUIET.
00:55:40I WANTED IT TO BE JAMMING.
WHEN THEY CAME INTO MY HOLLERED
00:55:46OUT TO THEM "HELLO" AND I TOLD
THEM, THEIR HAIR LOOKS GOOD,
00:55:52THEIR SHOES ARE PRETTY, YOU
KNOW.
00:55:53I TRIED TO MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THEMSELVES.
00:55:56THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
IS MY SHINING MOMENT.
00:56:02I HAD A BUCKET LIST MAYBE
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
00:56:07BUT I NEVER DREAMED EVER OF
PUTTING THIS IN MY BUCKET LIST.
00:56:12BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT IN A
MILLION YEARS I WOULD BE
00:56:17STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF
YOU.
00:56:18I LOVE THE JOY OF WORKING WITH
PEOPLE AND I REALLY DID THINK,
00:56:25YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED WORKING
I WAS 40 YEARS OLD.
00:56:29I WAS A KID.
AND I DECIDED, YOU KNOW, SOMEDAY
00:56:33I'M GOING TO GET OUT -- GET OLD.
AND HERE I AM.
00:56:37I CANNOT LEAVE HOW FAST THE
YEARS HAVE GONE BY.
00:56:40AND HOW THROUGH THE YEARS HOW
MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT I GOT
00:56:48OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND GOT THEM
DANCING AND ENJOYING LIFE AGAIN.
00:56:50YOU KNOW, BARBRA STREISAND SANG
A SONG, AND I THINK YOU KNOW
00:56:58WHICH ONE I'M GOING TO SAY --
PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE ARE THE
00:57:03LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE.
00:57:06WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE, AND WE
ARE, TWO, HELP THE -- AND WE
00:57:13ARE, TOO, THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD.
00:57:20MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THE BEST
ROLE THEY COULD GIVE TO ME AS I
00:57:21WAS GROWING UP.
THE SECOND TIME AROUND, YOU
00:57:28KNOW, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE
THERE SOMEDAY AND HOPE THAT
00:57:31SOMEBODY WILL HELP US GET
THROUGH THOSE YEARS.
00:57:33ROCCO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY,
BECAUSE I'M NOT.
00:57:45BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING, WHEN A
PITCHER GETS UP TO BAT, USUALLY
00:57:52HE IS INHALING.
SO HE CAN THROW THE BALL OUT
00:57:57THERE.
WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE, I WAS
00:58:01INHALING BECAUSE I WAS REALLY
KIND OF AFRAID TO COME UP.
00:58:07BUT I SHOULD KNOW MYSELF BETTER.
I HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT
00:58:09HERE.
I HAVE MY FAMILY, WHO I AM SO
00:58:13PROUD OF.
AND I HAVE THE LOVE OF THE LORD
00:58:17IN MY HEART AND I HAVE THE LOVE
OF ALL OF YOU.
00:58:20GOD BLESS.
[APPLAUSE]
00:58:21>> TO TAKE CAROL'S BASEBALL
ANALOGY A STEP FURTHER, WE ARE
00:59:35SO APPRECIATED -- SO
APPRECIATIVE OF HER WORK AND FOR
00:59:41HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK.
WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A
00:59:45PERSON WHO HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE
IN MY PAST, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF
00:59:53US.
I'M ABOUT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU,
00:59:54DR. MAE WEITZEL.
MAY CAME OF AGE WHEN THE CIVIL
01:00:02RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS SHAPING
AMERICAN HISTORY, AND IN HER OWN
01:00:04WAY, SHE BEGAN SHAPING THE
FUTURE OF NURSING CARE.
01:00:07IN 1956, SHE WAS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN MARTINS
01:00:13FERRY, OHIO, TO RECEIVE A
NURSING DIPLOMA.
01:00:15THERE WERE NOT MANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HER THERE, SO
01:00:20SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A STAFF
NURSE WITH THE CLEVELAND
01:00:23PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE.
AND THEN SHE FURTHERED HER
01:00:25EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN 1962
BY PURSUING FIRST HER BACHELOR'S
01:00:31DEGREE IN NURSING AT CASE
WESTERN RESERVE.
01:00:33IN 1969 SHE GOT HER MASTERS
DEGREE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.
01:00:42AND SHE FINALLY GOT HER PHD IN
HIGHER EDUCATION.
01:00:44UPON COMPLETION OF HER STUDIES,
PROFESSORS ASKED HER TO JOIN THE
01:00:49FACULTY.
SHE WAS THE ONLY
01:00:52AFRICAN-AMERICAN INSTRUCTOR AT
CASE WESTERN RESERVE AT THE TIME
01:00:55.
AND SHE HAS BEEN ON THE FACULTY
01:00:58IN A VARIETY OF POSTS EVER SINCE
THEN.
01:00:59RECOGNIZING BEFORE MANY OTHERS
THE AGING OF OUR POPULATION, SHE
01:01:07ENSURED BEFORE MOST ANY OTHER
UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT
01:01:14THE SCHOOL INCLUDED A
STAND-ALONE COURSE ON THE CARE
01:01:18FOR OLDER ADULTS AS PART OF ITS
BASIC NURSING CURRICULUM.
01:01:19SHE HAS PROVIDED HER EXPERTISE
ON RACE AND GENDER AND MENTAL
01:01:24HEALTH.
AND TARANTELLA G AND GERIATRIC
01:01:30-- AND ON GARIN COLLEGE HE
--GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRIC
01:01:43CARE AND HAS AUTHORED MORE THAN
500 PAPERS AND BOOKS ON NURSING
01:01:46AND PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND
GERIATRIC CARE.
01:01:51HER MISSION HAS TUBING -- HAS
BEEN TO BRING MORE INTO
01:02:00NURSING.
SHE IS MOST PROUD OF HER
01:02:07MENTORING, BECAUSE BEING
MENTORED SHE KNEW MADE A
01:02:08DIFFERENCE IN HER OWN CAREER.
AND SHE HAS GIVEN THAT BACK
01:02:11THOUSAND FOLD.
SHE HAS OPENED THE DOOR FAR AND
01:02:15WIDE TO HELP OTHERS PASS THROUGH
FOR THE BETTERMENT NOT ONLY OF
01:02:18THEM, BUT OF OHIO AND ALL OF OUR
ELDERS.
01:02:21FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO NURSING
AND TO HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP,
01:02:28THE CASE WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
01:02:29ACTUALLY CREATED AND ENDOWED
PROFESSORSHIP NAMED AFTER HER.
01:02:37AND FOR HELPING OHIO AND OUR
COUNTRY, AND ALL OF OUR
01:02:43MINORITIES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES
PREPARE FOR A GROWING AND
01:02:46CHANGING OLDER ON -- OLDER
POPULATION, WE OPEN OUR HEARTS
01:02:54TO DR. MAE WHY COLD TO THE OHIO
SENIOR CITIZEN HALL OF FAME.
01:03:03[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
01:03:08AMAZING HONOR.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A
01:03:11LONG CAREER IN HEALTH CARE.
AND EVERY ENCOUNTER HAS BEEN A
01:03:15LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO
01:03:20CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE OTHER
INDUCTEES TODAY.
01:03:21IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE
HERE AMONG SET -- SUCH
01:03:26DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THAT
01:03:33ALL OF THE DIVISION OF AGING FOR
GIVING ME THIS HONOR, BUT ALSO
01:03:36TO RON HILL, WHO HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL LEADING THE AREA
01:03:43AGENCY IN CLEVELAND.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS
01:03:46TOGETHER, SO I THANK YOU, RON.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR
01:03:48BEING HERE.
I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR 58 YEARS
01:03:52AND I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 55.
MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN VERY
01:03:57SUPPORTIVE.
AND I ALSO HAVE MY SISTER AND
01:03:59NIECES HERE TODAY, TOO.
I WENT INTO NURSING KIND OF
01:04:07KICKING AND SCREAMING, BECAUSE I
THOUGHT I WOULD ALWAYS GO INTO
01:04:10MEDICINE.
BUT I WORKED AS A NURSE'S AIDE
01:04:12BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET INTO
NURSING SCHOOL AT THE TIME.
01:04:15I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE I
GREW UP WHEN BIAS WAS LEGAL.
01:04:20I JUST COULD NOT GET IN.
ONE EVENING, I WAS WORKING THE
01:04:273-11 SHIFT AND THE NURSE SAID TO
ME, I WANT YOU TO GO IN AND TAKE
01:04:32CARE OF THIS ELDERLY WOMAN WHO
HAS A VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE.
01:04:35YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE HER
ALCOHOL SPONGE BATHS.
01:04:39SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IN
NURSING THAT WE DID THAT MANY
01:04:44YEARS AGO.
SHE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
01:04:45TO DO THAT UNTIL HER TEMPERATURE
COMES DOWN.
01:04:48I DID THAT MOST OF THE NIGHT,
AND IT WAS NOT SOMETHING I
01:04:50ENJOYED.
THIS POOR LADY, HAVING TO GIVE
01:04:53HER THE ALCOHOL SPONGE BATH.
IN THE MORNING, HER TEMPERATURE
01:04:57WAS DOWN, AND THE NURSE SAID TO
ME, WELL, I KNOW THAT WAS A
01:05:00REALLY TIRING JOB, BUT YOU
PROBABLY SAVED HER LIFE.
01:05:03THAT IS WHAT HOOKED ME ON GOING
INTO NURSING.
01:05:07I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE
IN EDUCATION.
01:05:12AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT ALL
NURSES NEED TO HAVE BASIC
01:05:17KNOWLEDGE OF GERIATRICS, BECAUSE
FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, WE DID NOT
01:05:22THINK MUCH ABOUT THE CARE OF
OLDER ADULTS.
01:05:25WE HAD PEDIATRICS AND WE KNEW
ABOUT TEENAGERS AND SO ON, BUT
01:05:31WE DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO
THE DEVELOPMENTAL OR PHYSICAL
01:05:34HEALTH NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS.
I LEFT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING BY
01:05:39DOING THE GERIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH, THAT IS, THE MENTAL
01:05:42HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS.
BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER AREA
01:05:45WHERE WE HAD REALLY LAGGED
BEHIND.
01:05:46I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT DURING MY JOURNEY,
01:05:53FIRST, FROM GOD, WHO GUIDE MY
STEPS, AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR
01:05:58MY COLLEAGUES AND PATIENTS.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE
01:06:05BIT ABOUT HOW I GOT INTO AGING,
BESIDES TEACHING ALL THE
01:06:08PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF GROWING
OLD.
01:06:09WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN SMALL-TOWN
USA IN EMERSON, OHIO, MY
01:06:16GRANDFATHER SUFFERED A STROKE.
I HELPED WITH HIS CAREGIVING AS
01:06:19A CHILD.
MY JOB WAS TO CLEAN THE GLASS
01:06:24STRAWS AND GIVE HIM HIS COFFEE
IN THE MORNING, AND THEN LATER
01:06:28IN THE EVENING, TO FEED HIM.
AND THAT WAS CAREGIVING.
01:06:31THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
LED ME TO DO MOST OF MY RESEARCH
01:06:35, WHICH IS ON INFORMAL
CAREGIVING.
01:06:37AND WITH THAT, THE INFORMAL
CAREGIVER -- WITHOUT THE
01:06:43INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF OLDER
ADULTS, WE COULD NOT SURVIVE.
01:06:45WE SAVED THE GOVERNMENT OVER
$300 BILLION.
01:06:48THAT IS, THE UNPAID INFORMAL
CAREGIVERS.
01:06:53I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THOSE
CAREGIVERS AND FOUND THAT THEY
01:06:56HAD A LOT OF STRESS, A LOT OF
BURDEN, AND THAT THEIR LIFE
01:07:01EXPECTANCY OFTEN WAS MUCH
SHORTER THAN SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT
01:07:03A CAREGIVER.
I CONTINUED TO DO MY RESEARCH ON
01:07:08SELF-CARE.
I TRAVELED.
01:07:13I WAS VERY FORTUNATE.
I TRAVELED TO 32 COUNTRIES AND
01:07:18SIX CONTINENTS TEACHING AGING.
I WENT TO AFRICA AND TAUGHT
01:07:22AGING.
SOMEONE TOLD ME, THE LENGTH OF
01:07:27LIFE IS NOT VERY LONG THERE, BUT
IT IS.
01:07:28THEY HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE.
I TRAVELED TO CHINA AND OTHER
01:07:32PLACES WHERE WE COULD LEARN MORE
ABOUT HOW CAREGIVING IS DONE,
01:07:36MOSTLY BY THE FAMILIES.
AND ONLY FIVE PERCENT TO MY
01:07:38THINK IT IS -- HARVEY CAN TELL
ME IF I AM RIGHT OR WRONG -- OF
01:07:44OLDER ADULTS ARE IN NURSING
HOMES.
01:07:46THE BULK OF THE CARE IS DONE BY
FAMILIES, CHILDREN, DAUGHTERS --
01:07:49MOSTLY DAUGHTERS.
I THINK THAT IS AN AREA WE NEED
01:07:54TO WORK ON.
I APPLAUD OHIO BECAUSE OF ITS
01:07:59INSIGHT IN TERMS OF WRITING
SERVICES LIKE FAST-FORWARD AND
01:08:03DAY CARE AND HOSPICE, ALL OF THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT HELP THE
01:08:06FAMILY HERE -- FAMILY CAREGIVER.
BECAUSE MOST OLDER ADULTS WANT
01:08:12TO REMAIN AT HOME.
THEY WANT TO REMAIN AT HOME AND
01:08:16THEIR FAMILIES WANT THEM AT
HOME.
01:08:17THAT IS WHERE I PUT MOST OF MY
ENERGY.
01:08:19I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT I
-- THAT YOU NEED TO LEARN TO
01:08:25PROVIDE SERVICE.
THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOLER THAT I
01:08:28PASSED GOING ON A JOURNEY
SOMETIME BETWEEN CLEVELAND -- A
01:08:32HIGH SCHOOL THAT I PASSED GOING
ON A JOURNEY SOMETIME BETWEEN
01:08:36CLEVELAND AND MY HOMETOWN AND IT
SAID, YOU SHOULD ENTER AS IF TO
01:08:40SERVE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN MY MISSION,
01:08:44SERVING OTHERS, AND PARTICULARLY
OLDER ADULTS.
01:08:48I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
PRESTIGIOUS HONOR.
01:08:49[APPLAUSE]
>> I'M GOING TO TURN THE PROGRAM
01:09:40OVER NOW TO MY COLLEAGUE, JOE.
>> JOHN, WE HAVE A VIDEO?
01:09:47?
>> JOHN TOLD ME HE IS LIKE THE
01:09:58WIZARD OF OZ.
HE IS BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
01:09:59?
>> NEXT, WE WILL HONOR FOR
01:10:51INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED AS
LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
01:10:55FIELDS.
THE FIRST IS DR. JOHN BLOCHER OF
01:10:59OXFORD, OHIO.
DURING WORLD WAR II, JOHN
01:11:02INTERRUPTED HIS GRADUATE STUDIES
AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO WORK
01:11:05ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT IN OAK
RIDGE, TENNESSEE.
01:11:08IN HIS SUBSEQUENT CAREER, HE
WORKED IN LABORATORIES AS A
01:11:14RESEARCH CHEMIST AND SPECIALIZED
IN CHEMICAL VAPOR D POSITION AND
01:11:23PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
TECHNOLOGIES.
01:11:26HIS WORK HAS BEEN IN MORE THAN
50 PUBLICATIONS AND HE IS A
01:11:33WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT IN THE
FIELD THROUGHOUT THE 1980'S AND
01:11:361990'S.
I HAVE TO SAY, DR. BLOCHER, MY
01:11:40DAUGHTER IS A SCIENTIST ALSO.
WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR
01:11:45STUFF, I HAVE TO SAY WHAT I SAY
TO HER.
01:11:48OTHER THAN HER NAME AND THE
DATE, I DON'T RECOGNIZE MOST OF
01:11:52WHAT IS ON THE PAGES.
JOHN AND HIS WIFE RELOCATED FROM
01:11:56COLUMBUS TO OXFORD IN 1991.
THEY BECAME THE STEWARDS OF THE
01:11:59SILVER SANCTUARY, THE FORMER
HOME OF THE REGION'S GREAT
01:12:03NATURALIST ROBERT HEFNER.
THE SANCTUARY IS A LABORATORY
01:12:09FOR STUDENTS OF BOTANY, JUMANJI
-- GEOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY, AS WELL
01:12:15AS FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT
THE AREA'S NATURAL HABITAT.
01:12:18JOHN METICULOUSLY RECORDED THE
BLOOMING DATE OF THE SANCTUARY'S
01:12:24MORE THAN 50 NATIVE SPRING
WILDFLOWERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS
01:12:28AND REGULARLY LED THE SPRING
WILDFLOWER WALKS UNTIL RECENTLY
01:12:33TURNING A TASK OVER TO THOSE
MORE AGILE.
01:12:35HE EDITED SILVER NOTES, A
COLLECTION OF OBSERVATIONS FROM
01:12:46DR. HEFNER'S SIZABLE
DOCUMENTATION, WHICH WAS
01:12:49PUBLISHED BY THE AUDUBON
SOCIETY.
01:12:50AND HIS SERVICE IS COMMEMORATED
ON A PLAQUE IN THE SANCTUARY'S
01:13:04REVEALING.
-- RAVINE.
01:13:07HE IS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF -- HE
ALSO IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE
01:13:19AUDUBON MIAMI VALLEY WHERE HE
SERVED AS PRESIDENT, TREASURER,
01:13:24AND MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.
JOHN AND PHYLLIS HAVE RAISED
01:13:29FIVE CHILDREN, AND 14
GRANDCHILDREN NOW AND HAVE 12
01:13:33GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WILL STOP A
LUCKY MAN.
01:13:35-- 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
A LUCKY MAN.
01:13:39JOHN ALSO WAS THE CHILDREN'S
CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS,
01:13:46AND LATER THE CHANCEL CHOIR
DIRECTOR, COMPOSING SEVERAL
01:13:52ANTHEMS FOR THE CHOIR.
STILL SINGING OPEN -- STILL
01:13:58SINGING, THE HAPPY DABBLER AS HE
REFERS TO HIMSELF, IS ENJOYING
01:14:02REMAINING VITAL AND ENGAGED
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE SPAN.
01:14:06KATHY, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT I WAS
GOING TO FORGET THIS.
01:14:08HIS DAUGHTER, DR. MCGREW.
JOHN ALSO -- AND THIS IS NOT ON
01:14:16THE SCRIPT.
HE HOLDS THE STATE OF OHIO'S
01:14:17BAXTER -- BACKSTROKE RECORD AT
OHIO STATE TO THIS DAY.
01:14:25WITH THAT, PLEASE WELCOME DR.
JOHN BLOCHER TO THE OHIO
01:14:28CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
01:14:30>> THANKS, JOE, FOR THAT
GENEROUS INTRODUCTION, AND FOR
01:14:46ALL OF THE GOOD WORKS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGING CONTINUES TO
01:14:53DO.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO MEET SOME
01:14:56OF THOSE INVOLVED.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND I WOULD
01:15:02LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY BODYGUARD.
WOULD YOU AT LEAST WAVE YOUR
01:15:05HANDS OUT THERE?
CONSISTING OF FAMILY, FRIENDS,
01:15:18AND WITH THE KNOWLES OF OXFORD,
WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BEST
01:15:28RETIREMENT CENTER IN OHIO, OR
ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER.
01:15:31I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT
THESE FOLKS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS
01:15:38TO WHOM I'M INDEBTED.
I FEEL GUILTY STANDING HERE,
01:15:45BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I ADMIT TO
BEING ACTIVE IN RETIREMENT COME
01:15:50I AM NOT DIRECTING MY ACTIVITIES
TO SERVING SENIORS, AS HAVE MOST
01:15:56OF THE FOLKS WHO STOOD HERE AT
THE PODIUM.
01:15:59I SIMPLY FILL THE GAP WHEN I
RECOGNIZED NEEDS AND THAT THE
01:16:05BENEFITS FALL AS THEY MAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WEREN'T HERE
01:16:12TODAY, I WOULD BE TESTING AND
SOMETIMES REPAIRING ELECTRICAL
01:16:16EQUIPMENT COMING INTO THE OXFORD
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RUMMAGE
01:16:18SALE, SO THAT WE CAN SELL THESE
THINGS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
01:16:25WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
WHICH ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF MY
01:16:31FELLOW HANDYMAN THERE, THE LATE
CALVIN ZIGLER.
01:16:38CALVIN AND I AGREED THAT HEAVEN
CAN'T BE ALL THAT PERFECT.
01:16:40IT MUST PROVIDE THE SATISFACTION
OF FIXING THINGS.
01:16:45MY ADVICE FOR STAYING HEALTHY IS
TO EAT SENSIBLY, SMOKED NOTHING
01:16:54OTHER THAN MAYBE YOUR TIRES WHEN
YOU ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING
01:16:59MEALS ON WHEELS, AND EXERCISE
REGULARLY, AND KEEP YOUR MIND
01:17:09AND HEARTS OPEN FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL THE MANY
01:17:14NEEDS THAT EXIST AROUND YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:17:16[APPLAUSE]
>> CLEARLY, DR. BLOCHER CAN DO
01:18:39STANDUP COMEDY, TOO.
YOU'VE HEARD HIS AMAZING VOICE
01:18:40TODAY, NOW IT IS TIME TO MEET
SCOTTY OF RICHFIELD.
01:18:45THE SON OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS
DEVELOPED A STRONG SENSE OF
01:18:51PATRIOTISM THAT HE COUPLED WITH
HIS NATURAL TALENT AND LOVE FOR
01:18:53MUSIC TO BECOME --
I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
01:19:03DID HE?
WE WILL GO BACK THERE.
01:19:05TAKE TWO.
[LAUGHS]
01:19:13ROCCO, YOU'RE STILL HERE, AREN'T
YOU?
01:19:17OK, WHILE LIVING IN NEW YORK IN
THE 1940'S, ROCCO TOOK VOICE
01:19:24LESSONS BY OPERA CONDUCTOR MAX
RUDOLF.
01:19:32HE CONTINUED HIS VOICE STUDIES
WHEN HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND
01:19:35SUPPORTED HIS FAMILY BY SINGING
IN A NIGHTCLUB IN 19 -- AND IN
01:19:391948, HE RETURNED TO CLEVELAND
WHERE HE EARNED A LIVING AS A
01:19:44CONSTRUCTION WORKER DURING THE
DAY AND CONTINUED HIS VOCAL
01:19:46STUDIES AT NIGHT.
AS A MEMBER OF THE CLEVELAND 500
01:19:49THEATER GROUP, ROCCO SANG THE
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER MANY TIMES.
01:19:56HIS PERFORMANCES WERE ALWAYS
TECHNICALLY PERFECT, SOLID, AND
01:20:01STRAIGHTFORWARD.
HE DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING
01:20:04DIFFERENT ONE DAY IN 1974, AND
THAT CHOICE WOULD MAKE HIM A
01:20:06LEGEND.
AS HE SANG THE ANTHEM AT A
01:20:11BASEBALL GAME BETWEEN THE
CLEVELAND INDIANS AND THE
01:20:12BALTIMORE ORIOLES, HIS
THUNDERING TONE LIFTED THE
01:20:15FAMILIAR REFRAINS ACROSS THE
CROWD OF THOUSANDS IN HIS NATIVE
01:20:22HOMETOWN AND HIS LONG KNOWN THAT
SIGNATURE HIGH NOTE THAT WE KNOW
01:20:33TODAY BROUGHT THE OTHER TEAM OUT
OF THE DUGOUT WITH CHEERS AND
01:20:36ADULATION.
SOME THINGS DON'T CHANGE.
01:20:38FOR MERELY -- NEARLY 20 YEARS
AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE, HE WAS
01:20:45THE SOLO SINGER FOR THE INDIANS
HOME GAMES FOR THE NATIONAL
01:20:47ANTHEM.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND
01:20:51MANY OF THOSE.
AFTER I HEARD THE NATIONAL
01:20:53ANTHEM TODAY, I FELT LIKE I HAD
TO SAY THIS -- PLAY BALL.
01:20:55DEMAND FOR HIS ROUSING
PERFORMANCES GREW.
01:21:02HE WAS THE FIRST SENIOR TO
PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR
01:21:06THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
CEREMONIES IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW
01:21:08YORK AND BECAME THE PERMANENT
ANTHEM SINGER FOR CANON'S
01:21:14FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
CEREMONIES.
01:21:15HE HAS SUNG FOR EVERY MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM AS WELL AS
01:21:19THE NBA CLEVELAND CAVALIERS,
MINOR-LEAGUE SOCCER, CLEVELAND
01:21:25FORCE, AND THE PITTSBURGH
STEELERS OF THE NFL.
01:21:27HE HAS PERFORMED FOR MANY
NATIONAL TELEVISED EVENTS AND
01:21:32HAS SUNG FOR PRESIDENTS FORD AND
REAGAN.
01:21:35ROCCO HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF
HOLD -- OF HAVING SUNG THE
01:21:39STAR-SPANGLED BANNER MORE TIMES
LIVE AND FOR MORE VARIOUS EVENTS
01:21:45THAN ANYONE IN U.S. HISTORY.
THE 160 U.S. CONGRESS -- THE 106
01:21:56TH U.S. CONGRESS AWARDED HIM AND
DESIGNATED HIM THE SPURS
01:22:05SPANGLED BANNER SINGER.
-- STAR-SPANGLED BANNER SINGER.
01:22:10ROCCO'S TALENTS WILL CONTINUE TO
INSPIRE HIS FELLOW AMERICANS AND
01:22:17OTHERS FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
WE WELCOME HIM TO THE OHIO
01:22:21SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
ROCCO?
01:22:23[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:22:59[APPLAUSE]
>> OK, NEXT I PRESENT DR. JERRY
01:24:31MILSTEAD OF DUBLIN TO SING THE
NATIONAL -- NO.
01:24:34GOD BLESS AMERICA?QUESTION
I CAN TEASE NURSES BECAUSE MY
01:24:49WIFE IS ONE.
NURSES CARE FOR THE PATIENTS IN
01:24:51THEIR CHARGE, AND JERI HAS SPENT
MORE THAN FIVE DECADES CARING
01:24:59FOR AND ABOUT THE PROFESSION OF
NURSING.
01:25:01SHE HAS SPENT HER LIFE DEDICATED
TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF CARE AND
01:25:06THE PROTECTION OF PATIENTS.
SHE HAS ALSO PROMOTED HEALTH
01:25:10POLICY THAT IS SOUND AND THAT
KEEPS THE PATIENT AND THE
01:25:16CAREGIVER AT THE CENTER OF ALL
DECISIONS.
01:25:18SHE HAS GIVEN NURSES AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHOLE
01:25:23POLICY PROCESS AS WELL AS THE
TOOLS AND UNDERSTANDING TO
01:25:26BECOME ENGAGED IN POLICY
DECISIONS.
01:25:29SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A NURSE
IN THE 1950'S, THEN TURNED TO
01:25:33THE TEACHING CRAFT AS SHE
TOUCHED THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF
01:25:36HER YOUNG STUDENTS.
SHE DEVELOPED A PASSION TO MAKE
01:25:42A REAL IMPACT IN THE NURSING
INDUSTRY.
01:25:45SHE RETURNED TO COLLEGE AND
EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND
01:25:48MASTERS DEGREE WITH HONORS, AND
BY THE MID-1970'S, SHE WAS
01:25:52REARING FOR CHILDREN AS A
SINGLE-PARENT FOLLOWING THE
01:25:55DEATH OF HER HUSBAND.
SHE SPENT THE NEXT 10 YEARS
01:26:01TEACHING NURSING STUDENTS AT
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WHILE SHE
01:26:04RETURNED TO SCHOOL.
SHE EARNED HER DOCTORATE IN
01:26:09HEALTH POLICY AT THE AGE OF 58.
SINCE THEN, SHE HAS COMBINED HER
01:26:14EXPERIENCE AS A NURSE WITH HER
KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH POLICY TO
01:26:18BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN
LEADER IN THE NURSING
01:26:20PROFESSION.
SHE IMPLEMENTED AN INTERNATIONAL
01:26:27NURSING PROGRAM FOR CLEMSON
UNIVERSITY, TAKING STUDENTS TO
01:26:30EUROPE TO STUDY THEIR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM.
01:26:31SHE AUTHORED HEALTH POLICY AND
POLITICS, AND NURSES GUIDE, A
01:26:38TEXTBOOK THAT IS IN ITS FOURTH
EDITION PUBLISHED IN EIGHT
01:26:41COUNTRIES.
JERRY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF
01:26:46GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT DUQUESNE
UNIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH AND
01:26:49RETURNED TO OHIO IN 1997 TO
SERVE AS THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE
01:26:53OF NURSING AT THE MEDICAL
COLLEGE OF OHIO UNIVERSITY OF
01:26:56TOLEDO.
FOR THE NEXT DECADE, SHE TAUGHT
01:27:04MASTERS AND DOCTORATE CLASSES
AND CONSULTED WITH OTHER
01:27:09UNIVERSITIES TO EXPAND THEIR
BACHELORS, MASTERS, AND
01:27:14DOCTORATE PROGRAMS.
SHE IS WRITING THE FIFTH EDITION
01:27:17OF HER BOOK AND IS A
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR FOR TAX FOR
01:27:19OTHER -- FOR TEXTS FOR OTHER
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
01:27:31JOURNALS.
SHE SPEAKS TO STUDENTS ACROSS
01:27:34THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW POLICIES
ARE CREATED AND WHO THEY ARE
01:27:37DESIGNED TO PROTECT.
SHE ADVISES NURSES TO BECOME
01:27:39ADVOCATES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND LARGER POLITICAL ARENAS,
01:27:46ADVOCATES FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
HER IMPRESSIVE PRACTICE AND
01:27:52POLICY IN NURSING, ALONG WITH
HER CARING NATURE AND ENORMOUS
01:27:58HARD TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE
PATIENT CENTERED AND ULTIMATELY
01:28:03REWARDING FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE
THIS NOBLE CAREER FOR THOSE THEY
01:28:06SERVE.
WE THANK HER AND ARE PROUD TO
01:28:13ADD HER TO THE OHIO SENIOR
CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
01:28:15WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE]
01:28:17CONGRATULATIONS.
>> MY GRACIOUS.
01:28:28AND YOU ARE GLAD I DID NOT
SAYING.
01:28:30I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOVERNOR
KASICH AND DIRECT YOUR -- AND
01:28:36THE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF AGING.
01:28:39THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
WONDERFUL HONOR.
01:28:44NURSING HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
FIELD.
01:28:48IT HAS OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES
THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED
01:28:54, FROM HELPING MOTHERS GIVE
BIRTH, TO BEING WITH PEOPLE WHO
01:29:00ARE DYING, TO BEING A POLICY
ADVISOR FOR A U.S. SENATOR.
01:29:03WHO KNEW? HE
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO EUROPE
01:29:13AND LIVED THERE FOR MONTHS AT A
TIME TO STUDY THEIR HEALTH CARE
01:29:17SYSTEM.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO
01:29:20BEIJING, NICARAGUA, CUBA, AND
MANY PLACES I WOULD NOT HAVE
01:29:24DREAMED OF, AND ALL WITH THE
SUPPORT OF MY WONDERFUL FAMILY
01:29:28AND FOR MARVELOUS CHILDREN.
IF YOU ARE AS BLESSED AS I AM,
01:29:32GOOD FOR YOU.
THEIR SPOUSES.
01:29:39ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN IS HERE.
HIS SISTER IS A NURSE.
01:29:48AND THEIR COUSINS ARE HERE IN
SPIRIT.
01:29:54MY MARVELOUS COLLEAGUES AND
FRIENDS.
01:29:55THEY SUPPORT ME.
THEY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
01:30:00THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DO THE
WORK, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER,
01:30:03MANY OF US, FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
01:30:05MY NEW FAMILY, ARLENE AND A NET,
ARE REMARKABLE PEOPLE TO BECAUSE
01:30:14THEY HAVE TAKEN ME INTO THEIR
FAMILY AS OUR FAMILY HAS TAKEN
01:30:18THEM IN.
SO, I AM VERY BLESSED.
01:30:23THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES I
HAVE HAD IN NURSING
01:30:25ADMINISTRATION, THE PRACTICE OF
NURSING, AND NURSING RESEARCH.
01:30:30AND BELIEVE ME, AND ALL OF YOU
HERE WILL KNOW THAT, NURSES ARE
01:30:33LEADING THE CHARGE IN MOVING
FROM A SICK CARE SYSTEM TO A
01:30:40WELL CARE SYSTEM, A HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN ALL BE
01:30:44HEALTHIER AND LIVE LONGER.
I AM NOT QUITE READY FOR THE
01:30:49FARM, SO WE WILL ALL BE AROUND
FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.
01:30:52IT IS A WONDERFUL BLESSING TO
LIVE IN OHIO.
01:30:56THANKS TO MY SON FOR THESE
WONDERFUL SUNGLASSES.
01:30:59I JUST WANT AGAIN TO THANK YOU
ALL.
01:31:04DIRECTOR BERMAN, ESPECIALLY.
THANK YOU.
01:31:06>> OK, NOW I AM PROUD TO
INTRODUCE CHUCK WHITE OF
01:32:07WORTHINGTON.
CHUCK WAS THE FIRST
01:32:09AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROADCASTER ON
AIR IN OHIO AND HE HAD A LONG,
01:32:11ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER WITH 10 TV IN
COLUMBUS.
01:32:17SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM MAY
REMEMBER LUCY'S TOY SHOP A
01:32:25BELOVED CHILDREN'S SHOW THAT
CHECK -- CHUCK CO-PRODUCED,
01:32:32COWROTE AND PERFORMED ON FOR 14
YEARS.
01:32:34OR MAYBE YOU KNOW HIM AS THE
COANCHOR OF THE DAILY SEVEN NEWS
01:32:39ALONGSIDE THE LATE CHET LONG.
CHUCK SERVED CHANNEL 10 IN MANY
01:32:43WAYS OVER THE YEARS, EARNING
THREE EMMYS ALONG THE WAY IN
01:32:49RETIRING AS THE STATION'S PUBLIC
AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
01:32:51BROADCASTING A LOUD TRUCK TO
RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF MANY IN
01:32:57THE COMMUNITY AND HE -- A LOUD
CHUCK TO RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF
01:33:01MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
HE USED HIS CELEBRITY TO HELP
01:33:07FOLKS HE WAS SO MOVED TO ASSIST.
FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, HE WAS
01:33:13THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
01:33:15TELETHON, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
HE RAISED MORE THAN $10.3
01:33:20MILLION FOR NATIONWIDE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLUMBUS.
01:33:26HE HELPED FEED THE HUNGRY OF
OHIO AS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
01:33:31OF THE FOOD PARADE FOR THE
OPERATION FEED AND UNITED WAY
01:33:40CAMPAIGNS AND THE OHIO FOOD
BANK.
01:33:42HE FOUNDED AND SERVED AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE W BNS
01:33:4610 TV FAMILY FUND, WHICH HELPED
MORE THAN 100,000 CENTRAL OHIO
01:33:53FAMILIES AND PROVIDED MORE THAN
800 MEALS -- 800,000 MEALS FOR
01:33:58NEEDY FAMILIES DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
01:33:59HE ALSO HELPED FOSTER THE GIVING
SPIRIT.
01:34:03HE ESTABLISHED A COLUMBUS
CHAPTER OF THE JEFFERSON AWARD
01:34:06PROGRAM TO HONOR THOSE WHO
HELPED BUILD A CULTURE OF
01:34:11SERVING COLUMBUS AND SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES.
01:34:13HE IS AN HONORARY BOARD MEMBER
OF EMPLOYMENT FOR SENIORS, A
01:34:17LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS
OLDER ADULTS AND CONTINUES TO
01:34:21GROW, THRIVE AND CONTINUED CASH
CONTRIBUTED THROUGH EMPLOYMENT.
01:34:25HE ALSO HELPS OTHERS UNDERSTAND
THEMSELVES AND UNLOCK THEIR TRUE
01:34:32POTENTIAL.
HE ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL
01:34:35AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM
IN OHIO.
01:34:37HE FOSTERED PROGRAMS LIKE ARTIST
IN SCHOOLS WHICH HELPED
01:34:42THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EXPRESS
THEMSELVES THROUGH PERFORMANCE
01:34:46AND ART.
HE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE COLUMBUS
01:34:52ART FESTIVAL, WHICH IS
RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN
01:34:55THE NATION.
HE AND HIS WIFE RAISED THREE
01:34:58SONS TOGETHER.
HE SINGS PROFESSIONALLY AND IS A
01:35:00GOURMET COOK.
HIM AND -- HE CHALLENGES HIMSELF
01:35:06TO STAY POSITIVE AND KEEP MOVING
BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
01:35:09WITH THAT, I WANT TO WELCOME
CHUCK TO THE OHIO SENIOR
01:35:16CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
01:35:27I WANT TO THANK VERY SINCERELY
BRETT JOHNSON FROM THE
01:35:35EMPLOYMENT FOR SENIORS BECAUSE
HE AND CAROLE NOMINATED ME FOR
01:35:39THIS DISTINGUISHED HONOR.
I AM VERY HUMBLED TO BE INCLUDED
01:35:45AMONG SUCH NOTABLES AS NORMAN
VINCENT PEELED, GOVERNOR RHODES,
01:35:48JOHN GLENN, CERTAINLY, AND OF
COURSE PAUL NEWMAN.
01:35:52IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE
INCLUDED.
01:35:58AND OF COURSE THE 11 OTHER
NOMINEES OR, SHOULD SAY,
01:36:03INDUCTEES INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
I AM ALSO VERY THANKFUL FOR MY
01:36:06FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE TO SHARE
THIS HONOR WITH ME HERE TODAY,
01:36:10AND I AM PARTICULARLY TOUCHED BY
MY WIFE OF 52 YEARS WHO IS HERE
01:36:14WITH ME TODAY AFTER HAVING
SUFFERED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT
01:36:17ON FEBRUARY 14 IN WHICH SHE WAS
HIT BY AN SUV BY A CARELESS
01:36:24DRIVER, AND SHE SUFFERED
MULTIPLE INJURIES, BUT IN SPITE
01:36:27OF HER PAIN AND HER
RECUPERATION, SHE DECIDED SHE
01:36:30NEEDED TO BE HERE TODAY.
EQUALLY, I APPRECIATE THE OHIO
01:36:50DEPARTMENT OF AGING FOR
RECOGNIZING MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
01:36:53THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED INVADING
01:36:55BACK -- BELIEVED IN GIVING BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY.
01:37:00I AM REMINDED OF TONY CURTIS WHO
SAID THAT SERVICE TO THE
01:37:07COMMUNITY IS OF THE RENT WE
REPAY FOR OCCUPYING SPACE ON
01:37:09THIS PLANET.
THAT TO ME SAYS IT ALL.
01:37:13THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
DISTINGUISHED HONOR.
01:37:16>> TO KEEP THE BASEBALL ANALOGY
GOING, WE ARE INTO THE HOME
01:38:01STRETCH.
WE CLOSE OUR CEREMONY TODAY BY
01:38:04INDUCTING THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO,
THROUGH THEIR ADVOCACY,
01:38:07LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE, HAVE
HELPED BOLSTER THEIR INDIVIDUAL
01:38:13COMMUNITY AND IN TURN OUR GREAT
STATE. WE WILL START WITH A VERY
01:38:16SHORT VIDEO.
>> WE BEGIN THIS PART OF OUR
01:39:05PROGRAM BY INTRODUCING TO YOU
JIM LARMORE OF WORTHINGTON,
01:39:08OHIO.
OR, OF THE WORLD.
01:39:13WITH A HANDSHAKE IN 1970 FIVE,
JIM AND ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
01:39:19FOREVER CHANGE THE WORLD OF
SPORTS PROMOTION AND SET IN
01:39:22MOTION A PLAN THAT WOULD
POSITION CENTRAL OHIO AS AN
01:39:25INTERNATIONAL STAGE FOR FITNESS
PROMOTION AND COMPETITION.
01:39:28JIM BEGAN HIS JOURNEY OF SPORTS
PROMOTION IN THE 1950'S, WHEN HE
01:39:36WORKED WITH THE COLUMBUS
RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO CREATE
01:39:40AN OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
IN THE 1960'S, HE WAS APPOINTED
01:39:45SECRETARY OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ATHLETICS,
01:39:48AND HE LATER BECAME THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
01:39:52FOR TRACK.
HE PRODUCED THE TELEVISION
01:39:56COVERAGE AT THE MR. WORLD
COMPETITION THAT WOULD GIVE
01:40:00IMPETUS TO ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER'S EARLY CAREER.
01:40:02ARNOLD TOLD JIM THAT WHEN HE
RETIRED FROM COMPETING, HE
01:40:06WANTED TO PROMOTE AND GROW THE
SPORT, AND WOULD RETURN TO
01:40:09COLUMBUS TO JOIN WITH JIM IN A
SPORTS PROMOTION PARTNERSHIP.
01:40:19THE RESULT, OF COURSE, WAS A
BODYBUILDING CONTEST THAT GREW
01:40:23INTO A SPORTS FESTIVAL HELD
ANNUALLY IN COLUMBUS EACH MARCH.
01:40:27THE FESTIVAL TODAY INCLUDES 50
SPORTS AND EVENTS INCLUDING 13
01:40:35OLYMPIC SPORTS.
MORE THAN 18,000 ATHLETES
01:40:38COMPETE OVER THE FESTIVAL
WEEKEND, REPRESENTING MORE THAN
01:40:4080 NATIONS.
THAT IS MORE THAN THE TOTAL
01:40:44NUMBER OF ATHLETES THAT COMPETE
IN THE SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPIC
01:40:49GAMES COMBINED.
THE FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE
01:40:51LARGEST TOURIST DRAWS IN CENTRAL
OHIO, BRINGING MORE THAN 100
01:40:5775,000 VISITORS AND GENERATING
MORE THAN $42.4 MILLION IN
01:41:03SPENDING EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
JIM AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE
01:41:07JEANNE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 65
YEARS AND THEY HAVE THREE
01:41:11CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
HE HAS SERVED AS MAYOR OF THE
01:41:14CITY OF WORTHINGTON FROM
1967-1979, AND THEN AGAIN FROM
01:41:211996-1997.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE
01:41:24CITY'S VICE MAYOR.
JIM HAS ALSO SERVED AND IS NOW A
01:41:30VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II.
HE SERVED AS AN ATTORNEY AND
01:41:34FORMER FBI AGENT, AND ENJOYED A
37 YEAR CAREER AS VICE PRESIDENT
01:41:39OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE.
01:41:40IN HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE AND AS
AN ENTREPRENEUR, HE EXHIBITS ALL
01:41:49THE TRAITS OF A WELL-TRAINED AND
DISCIPLINED ATHLETE.
01:41:52WHEN JIM SUCCEEDS, OHIO WINS.
WE WELCOME JIM TO THE OHIO
01:41:57SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
>> WE EACH FEEL SPECIALLY
01:42:18HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE
STATE WE LOVE.
01:42:22AT THE SAME TIME, WE SAY WAIT A
MINUTE, WASN'T IT JUST YESTERDAY
01:42:36THAT I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,
LOOKING FORWARD WITH MIXED
01:42:38FEELINGS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HELP WHEN WORLD WAR II?
01:42:46FULL OF DREAMS AND PROMISES TO
KEEP.
01:42:51THEN ALL TOO SUDDENLY FIND
OURSELVES BEING INDUCTED IN THE
01:43:03OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF
FAME.
01:43:04HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WHERE DID ALL THOSE SUNRISES AND
01:43:21SUNSETS, THOSE MANY CHALLENGING
AND WONDERFUL DAYS OF OUR LIVES
01:43:24GO?
IS IT TIME FOR THE REST HOME?
01:43:27ARE WE EXPECTED ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE VACATIONING ON A BEACH
01:43:35SOMEWHERE.
THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS
01:43:50FOR ME AND FOR MY FELLOW
INDUCTEES HERE TODAY IS THAT WE
01:43:53EACH HAVE OUR OWN DEFINITION OF
AN PERSONAL DEFINITION OF LIVING
01:44:03LIFE TO ITS FULLEST.
BUT THE LIFE WE LIVE REFLECTS
01:44:15OUR GREATEST PERSONAL
FULFILLMENTS, CONTRIBUTING AS
01:44:19BEST AS WE CAN DO LIVES OF IN
THE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
01:44:21WE ARE ALL OUT THERE AND
INVOLVED IN DOING THAT IN MANY
01:44:31WAYS.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY
01:44:37PLACED A LARGER-THAN-LIFE STATUE
OF MY FRIEND AND PARTNER ARNOLD
01:44:39SCHWARZENEGGER ON THE FRONT LAWN
OF VETERANS MEMORIAL HERE IN
01:44:46COLUMBUS.
ARNOLD AND I DISCUSSED WHAT WAS
01:44:56THE MOST MEANINGFUL STATEMENT WE
COULD PLACE ON THE PEDESTAL OF
01:44:59THAT STATUE.
WE AGREED THAT PARAPHRASING A
01:45:08SHAKESPEARE QUOTATION, LIFE'S
RATE IS JOY IS IN THE DOING --
01:45:16GREATEST JOY IS IN THE DOING,
WAS THE MESSAGE AND THE TRUTH OF
01:45:21BEST EXPRESSED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GIVE MEANING TO LIFE AND TO
01:45:26EXPERIENCE PERSONAL FULFILLMENT.
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO MAKE A
01:45:36DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
OTHERS, THE MORE ENRICHING LIFE
01:45:46BECOMES.
SURELY THE GREAT JOY OF OUR
01:45:49SENIOR LIVES HAS BEEN AND
CONTINUES TO BE OUT THERE DOING.
01:46:03STILL, THE GREATEST JOY AND
WONDER OF HUMAN LIFE IS LOVING,
01:46:14AND I HAVE BEEN THE MOST
FORTUNATE OF ALL MEN.
01:46:16I HAVE BEEN DATING THE SAME LADY
FOR 73 YEARS.
01:46:18WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 65
YEARS.
01:46:23IT HAS BEEN THE CONSTANCY OF
THAT LOVE AND SHARING OF ALL
01:46:34LIFE'S EXPERIENCES THAT OF BEEN
THE GREAT WONDER AND JOY OF MY
01:46:44LIFE.
PLEASE RECOGNIZE MY WIFE JEAN,
01:46:48WHO HAS MOST LOVINGLY SHARED AND
SUPPORTED A LIFETIME OF DOING.
01:46:55THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
01:47:04>> I AM GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS
ONE WITHOUT TEARS IN MY EYES
01:48:04BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO MEET
HARRIET RAMSEY.
01:48:06HARRIET RAMSEY WAS TOTALLY
SURPRISED TODAY BECAUSE HER
01:48:13ENTIRE FAMILY CAME TOGETHER AS A
SURPRISE TO HER, HER THREE
01:48:16DAUGHTERS AND HER SON, AND SHE
NEVER EXPECTED THAT.
01:48:22SO I GOT TO WITNESS TRUE LOVE.
MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO,
01:48:34HARRIET'S OHIO REVERB OUT
COMMUNITY WAS SUBJECT TO
01:48:36FREQUENT FLOODING WHICH
DESTROYED PROPERTY, DISRUPTED
01:48:44LIVES, AND DISBURSED FAMILIES.
HARRIET MADE HER MISSION TO
01:48:47BRING TOGETHER ENGINEERS AND
COMMUNITY MANAGERS TO DETERMINE
01:48:53A LONG-RANGE SOLUTION TO AVOID
FUTURE SUFFERING.
01:48:56INSPIRED BY HARRIET'S LEADERSHIP
, THE GROUP OF CIVIC MINDED
01:49:00NEIGHBORS AND LEADERS CAME
TOGETHER AND DECIDED THAT THEY
01:49:03WERE GOING TO STAY TOGETHER AND
BE A FORCE OF CHANGE.
01:49:07THEY INCORPORATED AND BECAME THE
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF
01:49:13BURLINGTON, AND IN ITS 33 YEARS,
THE ORGANIZATION HAS HAD ONLY
01:49:18ONE PRESIDENT, HAS NEEDED ONLY
ONE PRESIDENT, AND THAT IS MRS.
01:49:21HARRIET.
HARRIET IN THE CONCERNED
01:49:26CITIZENS OF BURLINGTON RESPOND
TO ALL NEEDS. AFTER AN AMBULANCE
01:49:28STOPPED HER FOR DIRECTIONS EN
ROUTE TO AN EMERGENCY, FOR
01:49:33EXAMPLE, SHE LOOKED INTO THE
COMMUNITY'S OF STREET SIGNAGE
01:49:37AND SET IN MOTION SO THAT EVERY
STREET WOULD HAVE ASSIGNED SO
01:49:41THAT WE WOULD IMPROVE OUTLOOK
SAFETY.
01:49:43WHEN OTHERS SAW AN UNUSED
GRASSED FIELD DOWN BY THE RIVER,
01:49:50SHE SAID THAT CAN BE A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE SOCIALIZE.
01:49:53THAT CAN BE A PLACE FOR
RECREATION.
01:49:56SHE LED THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP
BURLINGTON PART, COMMUNITY
01:50:00CENTER PIECE THAT INCLUDES A
PLAYGROUND, AN EVENT SHELTER, A
01:50:05GAZEBO, RESTROOMS, AND A WALKING
PATH.
01:50:07NEAR THE PARK IS THE CROWN JEWEL
OF HARRIET'S CIVIL WORTH.
01:50:15IN NEARLY 2000'S, SHE DROVE
EFFORTS TO RESTORE THIS
01:50:19200-YEAR-OLD BUILDING THAT OVER
THE DECADES HAD SUCCUMB TO
01:50:22DECAY, NEGLECT AND VANDALISM.
WHEN THE RESTORATION IS COMPLETE
01:50:32, IT WILL BE A MUSEUM TO THE
COUNTY'S ROLE IN THE UNDERGROUND
01:50:37RAILROAD.
HOW EXCITING.
01:50:38MANY KNOW HARRIET HAS HER --
FROM HER CAREER AS A LIBRARIAN
01:50:47AND MEDIA SPECIALIST.
IN ADDITION TO HELPING SO MANY
01:50:49STUDENTS UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL
THROUGH LEARNING, SHE UNDERSTOOD
01:50:52-- HE MADE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD
THEIR HISTORY, THEIR HERITAGE
01:50:56AND THEIR PASTOR SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING.
01:50:59HER HUSBAND, RAYMOND, CONTINUES
TO COURAGE -- PASSED THROUGH
01:51:09SPECIAL PROGRAMMING.
HER HUSBAND, RAYMOND, CONTINUES
01:51:14TO ENCOURAGE HER.
SHE IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO
01:51:17HAVE KNOWN HER AND ALL WHO HAVE
BENEFITED FROM HER WORK.
01:51:21PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING HER
TO THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL
01:51:24OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
01:51:28>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
TO THE 2014 HALL OF FAME
01:51:56COMMITTEE, MY FELLOW INDUCTEES,
MY NOMINATOR, ELECTED OFFICIALS,
01:52:02FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I AM GOING
TO DO GRASS FOR JUST A MOMENT
01:52:11BECAUSE SHE MENTIONED MY
CHILDREN.
01:52:13MY OLDEST DAUGHTER FLEW IN FROM
WASHINGTON.
01:52:15I DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS COMING
BUT SHE WAS DUE AT THE AIRPORT
01:52:21TO GET A PLANE RIDE BACK, SO MY
BABY DAUGHTER HAD TO GIVE HER A
01:52:25RIDE BACK TO THE AIRPORT, SO
THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THE ACTUAL
01:52:29CEREMONY, BUT IN MY HEART, THEY
ARE HERE.
01:52:31THIS IS SUCH AN UNEXPECTED HONOR
TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO RECEIVE
01:52:36THIS PROCEDURE'S AWARD.
MY FARMER AND NEIGHBOR DON NEED
01:52:42A RED -- DONNA READ NOMINATED
ME, AND I WILL BE INTERNALLY
01:52:51GRATEFUL TO HER ALTHOUGH I AM
NOT SURE I AM DESERVING OF THIS.
01:52:55THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN EARNED OVER THE PAST 30
01:52:57PLUS YEARS WITH ME BEING
RESIDENT OF THE CONCERNED
01:53:01CITIZENS OF BURLINGTON COULD
ONLY HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE
01:53:04COMMITMENT, ASSISTANCE, AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF OUR LOCAL,
01:53:07STATE OFFICIALS, AND THE
CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
01:53:12MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO MAKE
ERLANG 10 A BETTER PLACE TO
01:53:18WORK, LIVE, PLAY, AND I JUST
ASSUMED THAT EVERYONE WOULD DO
01:53:26THE SAME.
ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I ALWAYS
01:53:31WANTED TO EPITOMIZE IN MY LIFE
IS MATTHEW 5:16.
01:53:34AND I AM TAKING THE LIBERTY OF
MAKING A PERSONAL.
01:53:39LET MY LIFE SO SHINE BEFORE MEN
THAT THEY MIGHT SEE MY GOOD
01:53:43WORKS AND GLORIFY MY FATHER.
WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
01:53:46THAT IS STILL MY CONTINUAL GOAL.
A PRINCIPLE THAT MOTHER TERESA
01:53:54EXPRESSES SO ELOQUENTLY IS I
ALONE CANNOT CHANGE THE WORLD,
01:54:02BUT I CAN CAST A STONE ACROSS
THE WATER TO CREATE MANY
01:54:05RIPPLES.
I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU TO CAST
01:54:10YOUR STONES WITH ME, AND
TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE MANY
01:54:15RIPPLES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
01:54:17THANKS AGAIN VERY MUCH, AND MAY
GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS EACH AND
01:54:23EVERYONE OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
01:54:30>> OUR FINAL INDUCTEE IS BETTY
JO WEISER OF CANAL WINCHESTER.
01:55:28NEARLY 60 YEARS AGO, JOE, AS SHE
IS KNOWN TO HER FAMILY AND
01:55:34COLLEAGUES, HELPED ESTABLISH AN
ORGANIZATION BORN OUT OF NEED TO
01:55:41PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO
LOCAL FAMILIES IN CRISIS.
01:55:47THE ORGANIZATION'S CORNERSTONE
PROGRAMS EXIST BECAUSE OF JOE.
01:55:51THE ADOPTIVE FAMILY PROGRAM
ENSURES SOMETHING OTHER THAT
01:55:59SOMETHING UNDER THE CHRISTMAS
TREE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
01:56:02ITEMS COLLECTED IN CLUED --
INCLUDE SHOWS -- INCLUDE SHOES,
01:56:10CLOSE, TOYS, AND FOOD.
THE SENIORS FACE -- THE SENIORS
01:56:21TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM HELPS
CONNECT THEM WITH LOCAL
01:56:24RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND
INDEPENDENCE.
01:56:25THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK
01:56:30OF JOE AND HER HUSBAND.
JOE ENJOYS SHARING STORIES OF
01:56:33THOSE SHE HAS HELPED, SUCH AS
THE CHILD TO TOLD HER AFTER HIS
01:56:38FIRST VISIT TO THE DENTIST THAT
THANKS TO HER IT WAS THE FIRST
01:56:40TIME HE COULD REMEMBER HIS MOUTH
NOT HURTING.
01:56:42THERE WAS A LOCAL MAN WHO WAS
SEVERELY BURNED IN A GAS STATION
01:56:48FIRE FOR WHOM SHE ARRANGED SIX
MONTHS WORTH OF MORTGAGE
01:56:52PAYMENTS WHILE HE RECOVERED.
THEN THERE ARE THE MANY OLDER
01:56:57AND ISOLATED NEIGHBORS WHOSE
DAYS ARE BRIGHTENED BY VISITS
01:57:02AND SMALL GIFTS BECAUSE OF AN
INITIATIVE THAT FIRST BEGAN BY
01:57:05GETTING HOLIDAY BASKETS TO
SHUT-INS.
01:57:06THE CANAL WINCHESTER HUMAN
SERVICES ADDED THE LOCAL FOOD
01:57:11PANTRY TO ITS SERVICES AND JO
WAS NATURALLY AT THE HELM.
01:57:21SHE CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS
PROGRESS AND SERVE MORE PEOPLE
01:57:24IN NEED.
SHE HEADS THE FEEDING THE FUTURE
01:57:27PROJECT FOR FEEDING
HUNGRY SCHOOL CHILDREN. SHE ALSO
01:57:36VOLUNTEERS FOR HER CHURCH IN
VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
01:57:38THIS SUMMER, SHE WILL CELEBRATE
HER 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
01:57:44THEY CONTINUE TO ENJOY TIME WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, INCLUDING
01:57:47THEIR SONS AND GRANDSON.
HER LEGACY WILL BE LONG-LASTING,
01:57:52AS SHE CONTINUES HER SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
01:57:56EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION
ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY,
01:58:01IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THEM
WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR
01:58:04RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS
TO THOSE IN NEED.
01:58:07HER SPIRIT AND HER DEDICATION
TRULY ARE AT THE HEART OF OHIO.
01:58:12I PROUDLY GIVE YOU BETTY JO
WEISER, THE FINAL MEMBER OF THE
01:58:182014 CLASS OF THE OHIO SENIOR
CITIZENS HALL OF FAME.
01:58:20[APPLAUSE]
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU
01:58:42HAVE A NAME THAT ENDS WITH W.
WORSE THAN THAT, MY MAIDEN NAME
01:58:49BEGAN WITH W, SO I HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN AT THE END OF THE LINE.
01:58:53I CANNOT BEGIN TO MATCH THE
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS OF THOSE
01:58:58WHO PROCEEDED ME.
I DO HAVE A BS FROM OHIO
01:59:01UNIVERSITY, I HAVE SOMETHING
BETTER.
01:59:04MY HUSBAND WENT THERE WITH SOME
OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS, AND AS
01:59:09THEY SAID, WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED
65 YEARS.
01:59:11WHEN I CAME TO WINCHESTER, IT
WAS 1949, AND CHARITY WORK WAS
01:59:23NOT NEW, BUT THEY WERE NOT
ORGANIZED.
01:59:25THE LIONS CLUB DID A LITTLE.
THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
01:59:33DID A LITTLE.
WHAT WE DID, FELLOW CITIZENS AND
01:59:36I, WE GOT THE IDEA THAT WE OUGHT
TO PUT IT UNDER ONE BLANKET AND
01:59:40TAKE CARE.
SO FOR 55 YEARS -- NOTHING ABOUT
01:59:43THIS IN TODAY'S BUREAUCRACY --
455 YEARS WE HAD NO TELEPHONE,
01:59:48NO OFFICE, NO PAID SALARIES, AND
WHAT WE HAD WAS THE TOWN COUNCIL
01:59:57THAT LET US USE THE COMMUNITY
CENTER AND USE THEIR TELEPHONE,
02:00:02AND THE GIRLS THAT WORKED AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER WERE KIND
02:00:04ENOUGH TO TAKE MESSAGES AND
RECORD THEM AND SO FORTH.
02:00:07WELL, AFTER 55 YEARS, WE BEGAN
TO RUN OUT OF VOLUNTEERS.
02:00:13THEY ALL WERE AS OLD AS I AM.
ANYWAY, WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT A
02:00:18FIRST WHAT SEEMED LIKE A TRAGEDY
TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD THING.
02:00:26WE GOT A PAID PERSON AND IS SHE
HOT TO TROT.
02:00:28WE HAVE TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS.
WE'VE GOT ADOPT A FAMILY.
02:00:36WE'VE GOT FOUR VANS.
WE WROTE APPEAR IN ONE OF THEM
02:00:44TODAY.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW -- ROAD
02:00:47APPEAR IN ONE OF THEM TODAY.
IT MAKES ME FEEL THIS BIG,
02:00:51LIFE-SIZE, THAT I HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH ANY PART OF THAT
02:00:54BECAUSE IT HAS GROWN TO SUCH AN
ENORMOUS THING AND DOES SUCH
02:00:59GOOD WORK.
I AM SURE THAT THE PEOPLE FROM
02:01:00CANAL WINCHESTER -- AND THEN MY
CHURCH.
02:01:04I AM GOING TO MAKE THEM STAND
UP.
02:01:05I HAVE TWO MEMBERS, ONE OF MY
TOP TEENAGERS, JACKIE AND
02:01:15DAVID.
THEY WERE TEENAGERS.
02:01:18IT'S GOOD TO LIVE IN CANAL,
WINCHESTER, AND I KNOW THAT YOU
02:01:27GENERALIZE AND SAY EVERYBODY
THERE -- YES, EVERYBODY THERE.
02:01:30I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYBODY TURNED
ME DOWN AND ASKING THEM TO HELP
02:01:34SOMETHING WITH HUMAN SERVICES.
I'M NEVER HAD ANYBODY TURNED ME
02:01:38DOWN.
SO, WHEN YOU COME THROUGH CANAL
02:01:41WINCHESTER, TAKE A GOOD LOOK.
IT'S A NICE TOWN.
02:01:42THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
02:01:44>> PLEASE JOIN US IN
CONGRATULATING THE 2014 CLASS OF
02:02:41THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF
FAME.
02:02:42[APPLAUSE]
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