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by Marty HarrisSome area retirees and their four-legged compan-

ions are bringing smiles to the faces of patients at

SSM St. Clare Hospital in Fenton through The

Support Dogs Touch (Therapy of Unique CanineHelpers) Program.

Touch got off the ground at St. Clare shortly after

the hospital opened in March 2009 in large part due

to the efforts of Wes Neu of Glendale, according to

Diane McKillip, public relations manager at St.

Clare.

He was passionate about bringing the Touch pro-

gram here and we were happy to make this happen,

McKillip said regarding the 82-year-old Neu.

Neu and Sophie, his 9-1/2-year-old standard

poodle, have been visiting nursing homes and hospi-

tals since April 2005 through Touch.

The duo seem to enjoy their hospital visits as

much as the patients do.

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Neu who says

hes been in sales all his life easily chats with

patients including Don Kreutzer of Owensville.Kreutzer pets Sophie on the head and under her

neck as she stands happily beside his bed, while he

and Neu discuss a myriad of topics from hunting to

dogs.

Of course, talk also turns to Sophie: I think

youre a pretty good dog, Kreutzer said. Thank you

for stopping by.

Between patient visits, Sophie also attracted the

attention of staff members who took a moment from

their duties to pet her. Charge Nurse Linda Stemmler

kneeled down to Sophies level as she doted on the

dog. Stemmler is a proponent of the program.

People become alert, Stemmler said when a

Touch dog visits. Those depressed become alert and

reach to touch the dog.

To patient Linda Dickey of Arnold, Neu said

Sophie was magic.

You touch her and you get well quicker, Neu

said.

Ron Drainer, supervisor of Therapy Services at

St. Clare, would likely agree.

Its not just the patients who benefit from Touch,

but the family members as well. Its a nice break for

them. They are under a lot of stress, Drainer said.

He said the staff, too, loves having a little break.

Dogs Make The Rounds

Seven dogs and their owners,

including Neu, make their rounds on

Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons

on every floor of the hospital except

the Family Birthplace. Before the

Touch visits, patients are contacted

to see if they want to see the dogs.

For medical reasons, some patients

are not allowed dog visits.

Seniors & Their Special CaninesArea seniors and theirlovable dogs bring cheerto patients at SSM St. ClareHospital through Touch

From left, Dee Dickinson with Clark; Linda Boyer with Molly; Ron Drainer, supervisor of Therapy Services at

SSM St. Clare; Wes Neu with Sophie; Kay Schmidt with Lily; and Laura Engelage with Louie.

photos by Colin Dabbs

Molly at times provides a specialexperience for patients that only asmall dog can.

cont. p. 4-PT

Hospital visitor Terry Chapman and his daughters Madilyn, left,

and Mikali, stop to pet Sophie, as her owner Wes Neu watches.

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Most of the volunteers are retired,

or close to it, according to Kay Schmidt.

She visits the hospital twice a week

with her four-year-old golden retriever

Lily. Schmidt retired as a teacher with

Special School District six years ago

and has been a Touch volunteer for

two years.After I retired I wanted a dog so I

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She was very energetic so I took her

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Schmidt said she also enjoys the

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thank us.

Linda Boyer, also a retired Special

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ago at the urging of her dogs trainer.

Her dog, Molly, a small mixed

breed, wearing a pearl necklace, isnt

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tower over her. She holds her head

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According to McKillip, its helpful

to have dogs of varying sizes. She said

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with multiple sclerosis invited Molly

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her bed. The patients face lit up with

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Thats one thing Boyer likes aboutbeing a Touch volunteer.

I get the joy of sharing my little

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are obviously hurting and worried,

said Boyer, who lives in South

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Neu is slowly retiring from the

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Boyer and Schmidt. Neu will likely

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week with seven buddies and may

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break.

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The Touch program began in 1989

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Pat Fechterfrom page 6-PTPat Fechter had to forego tennis

while raising her young family. She

resumed playing in the 1970s at

Westborough Country Club. She

remains active in the Kirkwood

Womens Tennis Association, and reg-

ularly competes with athletes nearlyhalf her age.

Fechter and her husband spend

every winter at the Deep Canyon

Tennis Club in Palm Desert, Calif.,

although after recent knee replace-

ment surgery, John Fechter said he

doesnt play as much as hed like.

Fechters license plate attests to

her passion for the sport. The person-

alized plate reads XISNE1. With the

X standing for the Roman numeral

10, the plate asks, Tennis anyone?

Keeping Up With The Fechters

The Fechters lived in Glendale for

40 years before moving to Shrewsbury

in the early 1990s. All of their childrenattended Mary Queen of Peace Parish

in Webster Groves.

John Fechter had a long career as a

CPA, first with Price Waterhouse and

then with Pott Industries. While her

husband was traveling with his job, it

was up to Fechter to entertain and

care for the kids.

I did a lot with the children, she

said. We had a lovely yard, and I kept

them in the yard with me. All of the

other kids in the neighborhood would

come over here. We played baseball,

shot baskets, we even froze the yard

one year and played hockey which

just about ruined the yard!

Fechters daughter, AnneGoodwillie, now lives in the Glendale

home in which she and her siblings

were raised. She said in addition to

being active, her mother is a very

spiritual person who attends 8 a.m.

Mass every morning.

That, I think, gets her through

every crisis and all the trials and

tribulations of having 11 children,

said Goodwillie. She was very busywith the 11 of us, as you can imagine.

We went to Westborough, so we were

all in tennis together and swimming.

At Mary Queen of Peace, there was

softball, soccer it was continually

going, going, going.

By all accounts the Fechters are a

close-knit family, visiting frequently

and gathering as a whole every

Christmas Eve to celebrate the holi-

day.

They all bring cookies, said

Fechter. They clean up and they dec-

orate for me and put the tree up and

take it down. Theyre wonderful.

The Fechters held a family reunion

in 2001 in Gulf Shores, Ala. In 2003,in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,

they decided to do whatever they could

to help other families.

They were asking for people to

sponsor a family, said John Fechter.

Somebody donated a home, and our

whole family pitched in and furnished

this place for them.

The few memories that manage to

dim Fechters smile are those of losing

her oldest child, Patricia, to cancer

just eight years ago; and the loss of

her second-born, son John Jr., years

ago at the age of 11 weeks.

Last year, Fechters fellow players

honored her at their end-of-season

luncheon for her 24 years withKWTA.

I had assumed we were just cele-

brating our last day of the season, she

said. It was a nice surprise.

Fechter will celebrate her 86thbirthday on Sept. 13. Her advice to

those who want to maintain a healthy,

active lifestyle with a sport like tennis

is simple: get involved, practice and

enjoy it.It should be fun, otherwise you

shouldnt do it, she said.

Eighty-ve-year-old Pat Fechter of Shrewsbury has these words of advice: It

should be fun, otherwise you shouldnt do it.

photo by Diana Linsley

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Wednesday, July 28 11 a.m.

Complimentary lunch includesBBQ, potato salad, cole slaw and dessert.

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Investment Advisor Arthur S.

Montgomery, a resident of Des Peres,

has published a book titled, So You

Want To Retire.

I have been working with clients

and their nancial needs since 1990,and throughout my career one of the

most asked questions is, How do Iprepare for retirement.

The self-help guide gives examples

of some of the more common mistakes

that retirees make, and then shows

how to avoid making them.

The author interviewed hundreds

of retirees to discover their experi-

ences and advice. The book is $24.50,and can be ordered through the pub-

lishers website: www.eloquentbooks.com/SoYouWantToRetire.html

Self-Help Book Helps Plan For Retirement

Free Hearing Screenings

St. Anthonys Medical Center will

offer free hearing screenings on the

third Wednesday of the month. The

next screening will be July 21. The

simple screening tests, to determineif a person has a hearing loss, are

available without a doctors orders.

As a community hospital, St.

Anthonys mission and core values

reect a strong desire to focus onthe health and well-being of our pa-

tients, said Deni Levick, director of

Therapy Services at St. Anthonys.

Offering these free hearing screen-

ings is one more way for us to pro-

vide a needed service to members of

our community.

An audiologist will perform the

ve-minute screening, and then an-swer any questions the patient may

have. In addition to the free screen-

ings, participants can have theirhearing aids checked and will receive

a variety of information about hear-

ing aids if they are interested. Indi-

viduals who undergo the free hear-

ing screenings also will receive a

$100 discount coupon good for threemonths toward the purchase of hear-

ing aids.

Screenings will take place in St.

Anthonys Medical Centers Audiol-

ogy and Hearing Center, located in

suite 255 of St. Anthonys Medical

Plaza, 12700 Southfork Road.While the screenings are offered

free as a service to the community,

appointments are required. To make

an appointment, call 525-HEAR(4327) and press option #2 to speakwith the receptionist.

Home Transport Program

St. Anthonys Medical Centers

Senior Services Departments Home

Transport program provides round-

trip transportation for adults age 60

and older and people with disabilitiesfrom their homes to St. Anthonys-

sponsored services.

We have provided transportation

to St. Anthonys for seniors living in

nursing homes and rehabilitation

centers for several years, but now

we also offer this service to private

individuals living in their homes,

said Ellie Sicola, R.N., director of

St. Anthonys Senior Services. St.

Anthonys is committed to improv-

ing access to medical services for the

residents of this community.

Trained drivers, wearing uni-

forms and displaying ID badges, use

wheelchair-accessible vans to pick

up patients in Zip codes surroundingthe medical center, within St. Louis

City and County and Jefferson Coun-

ty. Patients are asked to call with

their appointment times 48 hours in

advance, if possible. Drivers pick up

residents at their doors (must be at

ground level or handicapped acces-

sible, no stairs) and transport themdirectly to their scheduled appoint-

ments, returning them home after-

wards.

St. Anthonys Home Transport

service is available from 7:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. weekdays to area residents

who are 60 or older or disabled. Costfor a round trip is $15.

For more information or to sched-ule transportation, call 525-1889.

St. Anthonys Offers Services/Health Screenings For Seniors

Laclede Groves in Webster Groves

held an open house last week to showoff The Crossings, a new memory care

assisted living facility that is the rst

of its kind in the St. Louis area.The Crossings is a self-contained

household, bearing no resemblance

to an institution. Food is prepared ina modern, senior-safe household kitch-

en, with residents taking part in thepreparation of each meal.

Adjacent to the kitchen is a family-

style dining room, a living room andan enclosed sun porch.

Less than one percent of our senior

care industry has embraced this mod-el. Lutheran Senior Services is takingoff with it, said Jane Wilke, adminis-

trator for communications at LSS.The small, self-contained household

serves 19-23 residents.

Memory Care Household At Laclede Groves

Jeff Goldone, administrator of dining, in the kitchen at The Crossings. The newmemory care household at Laclede Groves is unique to the St. Louis area.

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