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...ACE OF HEARTS A retired judge creates a volunteer force for seniors...
Residents of Sacramento County, Calif., are likely to have heard of ACE (Aide Corps for the Elderly). It recruits and deploys volunteers to work with 35 public and private agencies that serve the frail elderly residents of the county. There are ACE public service spots on radio and TV, ads and articles in community newspapers and ACE open houses; its recruitment tables in shopping malls and community centers are piled high with red, white and blue ACE pamphlets listing some of the good works its volunteers perform. People respond. Most, however, are looking for help, not offering...
...supply-demand imbalance is testimony to the dire need ACE was created to meet. Its volunteer force of 110 must cope with an age 85-plus population that at last count totaled 18,541--a 92% surge since 1990. It is also testimony to the vision of ACE's founder, Leonard M. Friedman, 84, a former attorney and a retired associate justice of the California court of appeal...
...managed to get this far--bodysurfing on each new wave of knowledge--with the help of two multiple coronary bypasses (1976, 1993), an angioplasty with stents (successful just the other day; a couple of efforts to unblock other coronary tunnels by angioplasty failed painfully), and a supporting cast of ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, cholesterol thwarters, diuretics, aspirin to make the platelets slippery, nitroglycerine, blood-pressure suppressants, vitamin E, folic acid, a rowing machine, a stoic personality and the diet of a desert mystic. It goes without saying that a heart attack is also a good way to quit smoking...
Forcum's achievements on the court are surpassed only by her leadership. Throughout the season, Forcum has been the deciding factor for Harvard during key games, often providing the authoritative dig or the intimidating ace needed to silence the opponent and bolster the Crimson's play...