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T H E N O R T H S TAT E MAGAZ I N E
APRIL 2021 / 34th Year / No. 6 THE NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY
ON THE COVER
THE BABE IN DUNSMUIR
This Siskiyou County city is looking at a grant to spruce
up its historic ballpark and grandstands where Babe
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still stands and looks much as it did back then. Read
about The Bambino’s historic visit that North State
residents still talk about to this day. See page 8
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during the pandemic. See page 14
FREE PAS CONCERT
The next Redding Performing Arts Society free concert
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The Red Pill Collective Lizzie Stoxen, left, and Katie Narf
Mt. Shasta group releases debut album Next PAS concert slated April 9
Red Pill Collective, a group of As they honed their vision, an upbeat
musicians based in Mt. Shasta who write funk rock style emerged that melded The next Redding Performing Arts School, as well as voice and piano at her
and record original music, announced their myriad influences into a unique and Society free concert on the PAS YouTube private studio.
the release of their debut album, “The singular style. channel is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., April Narf holds Bachelor of Fine Arts
Red Album,” featuring what they say To enhance the songs, RPC brought 9, with “This I Gotta Sing,” featuring degrees in Musical Theatre Performance
are 10 upbeat tracks blending diverse in local guest musicians, including singers Katie Narf and Lizzie Stoxen as and Music Education from the University
influences from funk, rock, rap and disco. David Blink, Susan Riley Brown, Brenda they share musical theatre masterpieces of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has also
Primary songwriters Nikolas Allen Eastman, Anna Gorep and Sulena spanning the 20th and 21st centuries,. completed all three levels of training at
and Ryan Bouslaugh started working Sivananda. They’ll explore American Songbook the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at
together in 2019, with both being lifetime “The Red Album” is currently available standards and selections from on- Shenandoah Conservatory. She has
musicians with many years’ experience on all major streaming platforms, stage classics such as “Hello, Dolly!,” worked on several productions at the
in the business. Their motivation no including Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, “Les Miserables” and “Chess” to Cascade Theatre, both onstage and as
longer based on youthful visions of Amazon Music, iTunes and many more. contemporary favorites like “Waitress,” a vocal director, and has recently worked
“making it big,” they said they formed It can also be streamed and purchased “The Last 5 Years” and “Hamilton.” as vocal director and performer for
a creative alliance based on the joy of as a digital download or CD at the band’s Stoxen is a long-time resident of Riverfront Playhouse. She is the current
producing original music. website, redpillcollective.com. Redding and an active member of the lead voice teacher/head of the voice
music and theatre community. She has department at Harris School of Music
formal training in classical and jazz vocals and also teaches music at a local school.
as well as piano and percussion, and has
worked on- and off-stage with many of This free concert will be available
Redding’s local theatre companies as a forever on the PAS YouTube channel.
We’ve Reopened Locals Welcome performer, music director and costumer. However, donations are greatly
Stoxen is also a proud parent of two appreciated and can be made through
budding thespians and teaches drama PayPal or by check to: PAS, P.O. Box
and choir at Cottonwood Creek Charter 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
‘Make Mom’s Day’ and support two non-profits
Mother’s Day is May 9 and KIXE PBS
and Shasta Library Foundation invite
you to “Make Mom’s Day” with a three-
course meal kit for four people and fun
Dinner Menu includes... questions to connect with mom. It’s all for
Grilled Salmon • NY Strip Steak • Fish & Chips $135 and you’ll be supporting two local
Grilled Vegetable Pasta Primavera • Fusilli Carbonara non-profits.
Braised Short Ribs • Grilled Chicken • 16” Peperoni Pizza Each dinner kit comes with
Plus...Shareables & Small Plates - Flat Breads - Soups & Salads everything you need. You’ll also get step-
by-step instructions to follow along with
Burgers & Sandwiches - Desserts - Kids Menu Finally, spend s’more time with mom
KIXE’s first local cooking show, “Make
Mom’s Day.” The show will feature enjoying homemade s’mores to end the
All American Breakfasts Barbara Cervantes of BC Catering and evening.
Erika Jones from the Shasta Library This three-course meal for four people
Foundation who will show you how to is just what mom needs. Dishwasher not
Happy Hour Daily 4-5:30pm put together the most delicious appetizer included and don’t you dare let mom
Drink and Appetizer Specials of bruschetta and garlic butter toast for near that kitchen
mom to start. The “Make Mom’s Day” cooking
For the entrée, join Chef Che show will air on KIXE PBS May 8 at 4
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Stedman from Moonstone Bistro as he p.m. and 8 p.m. and again on May 9 at 5
Breakfast 6am-10am p.m. It will also be available on-demand
demonstrates how to slice and dice your
Dinner 4pm-9pm via Facebook and YouTube.
way through his secret Chicken Alfredo
Check our Facebook page for Menu & latest info. recipe - all from scratch, including the Go to www.kixe.org/events or text
Following social distance guidelines pasta. MakeMomsDay to 76278 between
Cheers to mom with a custom labeled, March 22 and April 30 to secure your
one of a kind (just like mom!) full bodied Make Mom’s Day experience.
5050 Bechelli Lane, Redding • 530.226.5111 Tempranillo wine from Churn Creek For more information, email Bethany
Right off Interstate 5 - Exit 675 Cellars (limited quantities available for Rau at brau@kixe.org or Tara Faires at
$15). tfaires@kixe.org.
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When The Bambino came to Dunsmuir
Siskiyou County city looking at grant to spruce up historic ballpark and grandstands where Babe Ruth played
By Aaron Williams
For 145 years, Major League
Baseball has captured America’s
attention. It’s been played through World
Wars, scandals and, now, two global
pandemics.
First pitch of the 2021 season hap-
pened this month as Northern California
favorites San Francisco Giants and Oak-
land A’s set out on the six-month journey
to win the World Series.
And while the Bay Area is as close
as Major League Baseball gets to far
Northern California, the area from Butte
County north to the Oregon border and
from Susanville in the east to Eureka
and Arcata in the west has a rich history
of semi-professional and lumber mill
town teams.
The North State is home to dozens
of former Major Leaguers, including
John Strohmayer, Rick Bosetti, Kyle
Lohse, Mark Parent, Bill Plummer and
Buck Martinez.
But it’s one town in particular,
Dunsmuir, which might have had
the closest brush with baseball
superstardom when Babe Ruth visited
the tiny Siskiyou County town in October
1924 to play an exhibition game at the
town’s field.
The field, which hosts the Dunsmuir
High baseball and football teams, still
stands and looks much as it did back
Above, Babe Ruth at the plate in Dunsmuir
then. There’s a plaque commemorating
in 1924 in a photo taken by a local
the 1924 visit and the City hopes to
photographer, Paul J. Standard. In a 2019
obtain grant funding to help restore the Leland’s Auction, a Real Photo Postcard of
historic grandstands and field. that shot (below) had a starting bid of $1,500.
Ron McCloud, owner of Dunsmuir It sold for $19,560. Right, the grandstands
Hardware and member of the city’s today, looking much the same as it did nearly
historical society, wrote about the 100 years ago. These two photos were used
famous visit and exhibition game in to create the composite photo on the cover.
his piece “The Babe Ruth Story” he
wrote for the Siskiyou County Historical
Society’s book on Dunsmuir’s history.
“Babe Ruth was a superhero and
I wanted to know what transpired and
how he came to Dunsmuir,” McCloud
said. “It’s certainly something Dunsmuir
is proud of and it’s a topic of discussion.”
The 1924 season was a bit of a
disappointment for the Yankees after
winning pennants in 1921, ‘22 and ‘23
with their first World Series title in 1923.
Personally, Ruth had a great year, to see the stars they listened to on the the rivalry between Dunsmuir, Mount Lions could only come up with $300 so
winning his one and only batting title radio. Shasta, Weed and McCloud drew fans Talmadge himself donated the balance.
that year with a .378 average. He also Meusel would have been an to the games.” And the deal was made.”
led the Majors with 46 home runs, runs attraction to see in his own right. He “Baseball held people’s interest,” Ruth’s entourage arrived in Dunsmuir
scored (143), total bases (391), walks would later be among the 1927 Yankees, McCloud said. late on a Tuesday evening with the
(141) and his 124 RBI were second best including Ruth, to be dubbed Murderers’ When Dunsmuir’s Frank Talmadge game scheduled for Wednesday. Mayor
to Goose Goslin. Row where he batted fifth behind Ruth realized the Ruth barnstorming tour had E.J. Cornish declared a “semi-holiday”
But the Bronx Bombers fell two and Lou Gehrig; he was an outfielder stops in Portland and San Francisco, he and businesses shuttered for the game.
games shy of winning the pennant to the known for his strong throwing arm; surmised the party would pass through Tickets were reportedly $1.10 for
Washington Senators. and in the 1925 season following his Dunsmuir, as it was the lone route adults and a quarter for children as Ruth
With the Senators and New York Dunsmuir appearance, it was he - not between the two cities. joined the Dunsmuir team with Meusel
Giants squaring off in the Fall Classic, Ruth - who would lead the American McCloud wrote about the plan on the Weed nine, each of them playing
Ruth, fellow Yankee Bob Meusel and League in home runs with 33, as well as hatched by Talmadge to get Ruth to stop first base for their respective teams.
Ruth’s manager Christy Walsh set out on a league leading 134 RBI and 79 extra on his way into California, but Walsh, “There is a story that Babe Ruth
a barnstorming baseball tour out West. base hits. Ruth’s agent, wanted $1,000. spoke to the pitcher on the other team
The tour included 15 scheduled stops, Dunsmuir, at the time, was a “Christy Walsh wanted $1,000 for and suggested that he pitch right over
including Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, baseball town along with many of the Babe and his entourage to stop and the plate because ‘Folks didn’t come
Portland, San Francisco, Stockton and smaller railroad and lumber towns spend time in Dunsmuir and Frank here to see me walk.’” wrote McCloud.
Los Angeles. Major League Baseball in Northern California. As McCloud Talmadge persuaded the Dunsmuir Legend has it that Ruth supposedly
hadn’t migrated west of the Mississippi wrote, “In those days before television, Lions Club to come up with the money,” hit a 600-foot home run that struck a tall
River and fans were always anxious baseball was great entertainment and McCloud wrote. “Unfortunately, the tree at the nearby Cave Springs Resort,
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which had opened the previous year and
still exists today.
“During the game, Babe hit two home
runs, one of which flew all the way to
the (resort) and was later certified at 604
feet,” McCloud wrote. “Babe’s team won
the game that became legend.”
The final score: Babe Ruth and
Dunsmuir 8, Bob Meusel and Weed 7.
Ruth was 3-for-4 with two home runs.
Meusel also hit a home run.
McCloud said keeping the legend
of Babe Ruth in Dunsmuir alive is
important as history fades and life
seems to speed up.
“It’s so long ago that you can’t ask
anyone about it,” he said. “There is no
one left with a first-person account or
even a second-hand story.”
Newspaper accounts of the day
chronicled the visit.
• The San Francisco Examiner had
a photo two days after the game with
the caption: “It made no difference to PHOTO / Courtesy Siskiyou County Historical Society
the King of Swat whether there were Above, Bob Meusel and Babe Ruth, standing center, with local Siskiyou County players after the game. Below left,
only 5,000 fans on hand at Dunsmuir legend has it that Ruth...supposedly...allegedly...hit a 604-foot home run that may have struck one of the large trees
Wednesday, he worked just as hard seen in the far distance of right field in the area of Cave Springs Resort, which was a year old back then and is still in
to please them as though he were business today. Below right, Ruth and Meusel with Ruth’s agent Christy Walsh (center) and two local players known
performing before the eyes of 60,000 at only as “Painter” on the left and “E. Wells” on the right. All three photos face the same general right field direction.
the Yankee stadium.”
• The Sacramento Bee wrote:
“Baseball fans of this section who have
followed Babe Ruth’s long distance
hitting proclivities were not disappointed
yesterday, when the star appeared in an
exhibition game here. The Babe cracked
out two home runs, both of which
cleared the center field fence and went
for a distance of 500 feet. Ruth led the
grand march at a dance in the evening.”
• And the Dunsmuir News opined:
“If any doubt ever existed in the minds
of baseball fans of Siskiyou County
regarding Babe Ruth’s widely-heralded
ability to hit ‘em over the fence, that
doubt was ‘ruthlessly’ knocked into a
cocked hat Wednesday when the ‘King
of Swat’ gave an exhibition of hitting in
the baseball plaque here that provided
thrill after thrill for the fans.” City Seeks Grant to Restore Facility
The Dunsmuir stop became even While the turn-of-the-last-century
more memorable by an iconic photo a field and stands still exist today – and
local photographer, Paul J. Standard, many are amazed at how little it seems
took of Ruth standing at the plate. to have changed in nearly 100 years –
With Meusel off to the right leaning the facility is starting to show its age.
up against the grandstands, Ruth, the Mike Rodriguez, the city’s Recreation
catcher, the umpire and all of the fans and Parks District administrator, said
in the grandstands appear to be looking Dunsmuir is in the process of applying
directly at Standard, seemingly waiting for a grant to secure funds to spruce
to get the signal from the photographer up the grandstands, the field and other
that it was okay to exhale again. In a things.
2019 Leland’s Auction, a Real Photo “It’s one of the few grandstands
Postcard of that photo had a starting bid remaining in the North State and with its
of $1,500. It sold for $19,560. history, we’re looking to preserve it,” he Above, about the only time The Babe seems to smile during the 1924 Dunsmuir
During their Dunsmuir stop, Ruth and said. photo ops is this shot of him with some local unidentified girls. Below left, Mike
Meusel were wined and dined and taken The grant would finance new Rodriguez, administrator for the Dunsmuir Recreation and Parks District, standing
on a fishing expedition on the Klamath boarding for the grandstands, seats, next to the plaque that marked the event and was dedicated in 1986. Below center,
River where they reportedly caught two and a ceiling and concession stand, in a photo of the poster announcing the event that Rodriguez said someone had seen
steelhead. addition to work needed to make it ADA out of the area and emailed to the city of Dunsmuir. Below right, the shower that
In a letter to Reva Coon and her compliant. Ruth supposedly used after the game. It is located at the back of the grandstands
Dunsmuir baseball player husband, “It’s historically significant,” McCloud on the third base side...and it looks like it hasn’t been used in 100 years.
“Bones” Coon, Babe told them: “To said. “People are always asking where it Additional help,
everybody (and that means everybody) is and if it’s the original field.” information and
in Dunsmuir, Calif., we don’t know yet He said keeping alive the Ruthian photos provided
how to tell you what a wonderful time legacy is important. by those with
we had in Dunsmuir. When it comes to “I don’t know if the young kids feel the Siskiyou
beautiful girls, wonderfully fine fellows, a kinship when they play there, but it’s County Historical
and the real two-fisted spirit of California Society, Siskiyou
pretty cool to think you’re at the same
County Museum,
— little Dunsmuir gave us more laughs, plate where Babe Ruth once stood,” he Dunsmuir
more hospitality, more thrills, and more said. Recreation and
things to remember than any place Parks Department
between Broadway and Shasta.” Ron Harrington contributed to this and College of the
article. Siskiyous library.
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After Five / April 2021 / Page 13Gov. and legislators have lots of money to spend, few strings attached
The federal coronavirus relief Advocates for low-income Californians
package gives a $26 billion windfall to say they hope funds are prioritized for
California. Business groups, doctors those most harmed by the pandemic
and activists all want their share. and economic downturn, even if that
demographic employs fewer lobbyists.
By Ben Christopher “There’s a frenzy I’m sure to come up
Calmatters.org with good ideas” for how to use the money,
said Jennifer Fearing, who lobbies for the
It’s a good kind of problem to have. state’s association of nonprofits, including
During the last cataclysmic recession, Meals on Wheels. “I would surmise that
California’s state government was forced not all of them are tied to our values or to
to cleave billions from its budget to close some of the pressing disparities that were
an historic deficit. This year, thanks to a really made clear during the pandemic. I
very unequal economic downturn and a would hope we can prioritize those.”
tax code that relies on the wealthy, the Chris Hoene, executive director of the
state is swimming in cash, even during California Budget & Policy Center, said he
the pandemic. welcomes that political debate.
The waterline inched up even “There’ll be political contention about
more in late March when the California what should be prioritized and what
Department of Finance announced that should receive more funding,” he said.
tax revenue is coming in $14.3 billion “But that’s certainly a better situation to
over an earlier forecast. And now that be in than having to have political fights
President Joe Biden has signed the Illustration by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters; iStock over who gets cut and who doesn’t get
biggest economic relief bill in U.S. history, cut, which is what we experienced last
another wave of money is on its way. of the “public health emergency” or its who represents San Francisco. time around.”
The only challenge left for state “negative economic impacts,” on pay for And though the incoming federal
lawmakers is to figure out how to spend essential workers, on making up for lost money and the cushion of extra state tax Who decides spending?
it all. tax revenue or on making “necessary revenue constitutes an unprecedented Another source of political tension:
Before they do, they will have to investments in water, sewer, or broadband budget windfall, Ting said the need is also The contention between the Newsom
answer some thorny questions: In a year infrastructure.” unprecedented. administration and the Legislature over
of unprecedented need, whose pleas for In other words, it can be spent on a “It doesn’t feel like that much money which branch of government has the
help will be prioritized? whole lot. The state has until the end of given the amount that was lost in the ultimate say over where this money goes.
Between the governor, who has 2024 to spend the $26 billion. economy,” he said. It’s a fundamental separation-of-
wielded unprecedented emergency There are a few other restrictions. The Among the expensive problems powers debate that’s been brewing in
spending power since the beginning of the federal relief bill also prohibits states from the pandemic has foisted on state Sacramento for more than a year now.
pandemic, and an increasingly frustrated using the funds to either prop up their government: Closed schools, a California law gives governors expansive
Legislature, who will ultimately make pension systems, something Republicans backlogged and chronically dysfunctional authority to spend money as they see
those decisions and who will oversee in Washington were loath to subsidize, or unemployment claims system, spiking fit during emergencies. Newsom has
the spending? And once the windfall to cut taxes. utility debts and the need to vaccinate made ample use of that power since the
from Uncle Sam arrives, what terms and The prohibition on tax cuts could every adult in California. beginning of the pandemic.
conditions apply? prevent California from passing Covid- Homelessness, wildfire prevention, That’s rankled some legislators,
“This has not been like any other related relief that enjoys bipartisan patchy Internet access and poverty are including Democrats, who have been
budget season that we’ve had,” said support in Sacramento. Those blocked perennial challenges that haven’t gone complaining since last summer of being
Assembly member Vince Fong of proposals include one that would keep anywhere. snubbed or left out of the loop. Calls
Bakersfield, lead Republican on the small businesses that received federal The requests from activists and for additional oversight have become
Assembly Budget Committee. loans last year from having to pay lobbyists are already pouring into the louder following media reports on no-
Earlier this year, state lawmakers taxes on the rescue money, along with state Capitol. bid contracts awarded by the Newsom
passed a series of emergency spending tax credits for poorer Californians and In March, a coalition of county administration to businesses that were
bills — on cash assistance, a school housing developers. governments, hospitals and nonprofits either poorly vetted or to political donors
reopening plan, rental assistance — In March, Keely Bosler, director of asked the governor to set aside $8 or favored businesses.
breaking from the typical budget-writing California’s Department of Finance, wrote billion for broadband internet. That came Because the federal money will arrive
schedule. a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen a week after the California Cable & in the middle of the budget-writing process,
“In addition to that, you have the state seeking some extra flexibility around Telecommunications Association sent in it ought to be subject to the same checks,
windfall and then you have the federal those rules. its own request that $1 billion go to a high- balances and transparency requirements
resources coming as well,” Fong said. But even with those conditions, the speed internet development program as any other kind of spending, Ting said.
“We’ve got so many moving parts. I don’t federal bill gives state lawmakers plenty — and that the state temporarily nix the But the governor’s most recent budget
know if there’s a playbook for that.” of leeway over how to divvy up the cash. cable bill surcharge that pays for it. proposal includes a provision that would
And even in a state the size of California, The California Chamber of Commerce allow the administration to make use of
Few strings attached $26 billion is a significant chunk of is likewise hoping lawmakers will use incoming federal funds for Covid relief
Roughly $150 billion is on its way to change. some of the extra cash to pay down the however it chooses without notifying the
California from Washington, D.C., from In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom put state’s unemployment insurance debt, Legislature.
the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. forward his preliminary budget for the which is set to be paid for with a payroll In an Assembly hearing last week,
The bulk of that cash either circumvents current year, proposing a record-breaking tax. Department of Finance analyst Stephen
the state government — including $40 $165 billion in discretionary spending. Anthony York, a spokesperson for Benson said the administration would use
billion in checks to households and The federal relief money expands that pot the California Medical Association, which the power only “in the specific situations
$16 billion in direct relief to cities and of cash by another 16%. advocates for the state’s doctors in where immediate response is necessary.”
counties — or has to be spent on specific Sacramento, has another idea. Asked whether that provision would
programs such as vaccinations, child Hands out “There’s a strong case to be made that allow the governor to spend federal money
care or preparing schools for reopening. Phil Ting, the Democratic chairperson much of that money should go to health without approval from the Legislature,
But $26 billion will go directly into a of the Assembly Budget Committee, care and expanding health coverage and Ting said there was legal ambiguity.
state budget already brimming with cash. contrasts this year’s financial picture with fortifying our health care infrastructure,” “Ask 10 lawyers and you’ll probably
Those funds come with very few strings the one California lawmakers faced in he said. get 20 different opinions,” he said. But, he
attached; in a memo issued March 23, the 2009. Amid the collapse of the national He’d like the state to support small noted, “the Legislature’s main authority is
nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office housing market and substantially less physician practices that have struggled to appropriate money.”
called it “flexible funding.” federal relief, legislators cut nearly $16 as patients have delayed non-essential
Under the broad conditions set billion in spending and raised taxes by visits, and to boost the rates that doctors CalMatters.org is a nonprofit,
by the federal legislation, this latest another $4 billion that year. receive from Medi-Cal, the public health nonpartisan media organization
round of relief money to the state has “As we learned last time…going too insurance system for low-income explaining California policies and politics.
to be spent addressing some aspect small extends the recession,” said Ting, Californians. Read more at calmatters.org.
Page 14 / April 2021 / After FiveHow to search for senior discounts in 2021
Dear Savvy Senior, Walgreens stores offer a break to
I just turned 60 and would like to find seniors on certain days of the week.
out the best way to go about locating Grocery stores: Many locally
senior discounts. owned grocery stores offer senior dis-
- Looking to Save count programs, as do some chains like
BI-LO, Piggly-Wiggly, Fry’s Food Stores,
Dear Looking, New Seasons, Fred Meyer, and Hy-Vee,
One of the best, yet underutilized which offer discounts on certain days of
perks of growing older in the United the week, but they vary by location.
States is the many discounts that are By Jim Miller Travel: American, United and
available to older adults. Southwest Airlines provide limited
There are literally thousands of change and can vary depending on its members age 50 and older a wide senior fares in the U.S. to passengers
discounts on a wide variety of products where you live and the time of the year, variety of discounts through affiliate 65 and older, while British Airlines
and services including restaurants, the internet is the easiest way to locate businesses (see AARPdiscounts.com). offers AARP members discounts of up
grocery stores, travel and lodging, them. If, however, you don’t like or agree to $200. Amtrak provides a 15 percent
entertainment, retail and apparel, health A good place to start is at with AARP, there are other organizations discount to travelers over 62. Most
and beauty, automotive services and TheSeniorList.com (click on the “Senior you can join that also provide discounts car rental companies give discounts
much more. These discounts – typically Discounts” tab), which provides a large like the American Seniors Association to 50-plus customers or those who
ranging between 5 and 25 percent off list of discounts in categories, i.e., (AmericanSeniors.org), the American belong to organizations like AARP.
– can add up to save you hundreds of restaurant dining, grocery stores, retail Automobile Association (AAA.com), or Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Celebrity
dollars each year. stores, prescription medications, travel for retired federal workers, the National and Carnival cruise lines offer discount
So, if you don’t mind admitting your discounts and more. Active and Retired Federal Employees rates to cruisers 55 and over. And, most
age, here are some tips and tools to You can also search for discounts Association (NARFE.org). hotels offer senior discounts, usually
help you find the discounts you may be by provider. Go to a search engine ranging from 10 to 20 percent.
eligible for. like Google and Yahoo and type in the Types of Discounts Entertainment: Most movie
business or organization you’re curious Here’s an abbreviated rundown of theaters, museums, golf courses, ski
Ask! about, followed by “senior discount” or some of the different types of discounts slopes and other public entertainment
The first thing to know is that most “senior discount tickets.” you can expect to find. venues provide reduced admission to
businesses don’t advertise them, but If you use a smartphone, there are Restaurants: Senior discounts seniors over 60 or 65. And the National
many give senior discounts just for the also apps you can use like the “Senior are common at restaurants and fast- Park Service offers a lifetime senior
asking, so don’t be shy. Discounts & Coupons” app (available on food establishments – like Applebee’s, pass for those 62 and older for $80 (see
You also need to know that while the App Store and Google Play), which Arby’s, Burger King, Chili’s, Denny’s and nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm).
some discounts are available as soon categorizes discounts by age and type. IHOP – ranging from free/discounted
as you turn 50, most don’t kick in until drinks, to discounts off your total order. Send your senior questions to: Savvy
you turn 55, 60, 62 or 65. Join a Club Retailers: Many thrift stores like Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK
Another good avenue to senior Goodwill and Salvation Army, and 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller
Search Online discounts is through membership certain retailers like TJ Maxx, Banana is a contributor to the NBC Today show
Because senior discounts frequently organizations like AARP, which offers Republic, Kohl’s, Michaels, Ross and and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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