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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
got Lily, said Schmidt of Wildwood.
She was very energetic so I took her
to obedience classes and she did really
well.
The instructor told Schmidt that
Lily was a great candidate for Touch.
It gave her (Lily) a job. Shes goal
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(Touch) direction, Schmidt said.
Lily has a special intuition when it
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She has a sense of what she needs
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shes quieter, sometimes more ram-
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hours a day, Lily comes home exhaust-
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Schmidt said she also enjoys the
patient contact.
The feedback from the patients is
outstanding, Schmidt said. They
thank us.
Linda Boyer, also a retired Special
School District teacher, got involved
with Touch about a year-and-a-half
ago at the urging of her dogs trainer.
Her dog, Molly, a small mixed
breed, wearing a pearl necklace, isnt
intimidated by the larger dogs which
tower over her. She holds her head
high as she struts down the hospitalcorridor. She has her own special
touch.
According to McKillip, its helpful
to have dogs of varying sizes. She said
family members of a bedridden patient
with multiple sclerosis invited Molly
into the patients room and up onto
her bed. The patients face lit up with
a great, big smile.
Thats one thing Boyer likes aboutbeing a Touch volunteer.
I get the joy of sharing my little
Molly with people and bringing a
smile and often laughter to people who
are obviously hurting and worried,
said Boyer, who lives in South
County.
Neu is slowly retiring from the
Touch program cause Im 82. He is
now visiting only once a week and is
turning over his coordinator duties to
Boyer and Schmidt. Neu will likely
play more golf he now plays twice a
week with seven buddies and may
take up painting after a four-month
break.
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The Touch program began in 1989
with eight volunteers at one facility,
according to Bill Dahlkamp, executive
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two-thirds of them over the age of 50,
Touch volunteers visit about 75 facili-
ties in the metro area.
Weve certified over 1,000 teams
and were still growing, Dahlkamp
said. He said Touch is always looking
for more volunteers.
To become a Touch team, dogs have
to go through a temperament evalua-
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the dog and handler must complete a12-week certification course. After
completion, they are certified to go to
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Touch dogs can be any breed.
Dahlkamp encouraged anyone who
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I think the fact that the program
has grown so much indicates that
people enjoy the companionship of the
dogs, Boyer said. A lot of people are
excited that the dogs are coming and
they dont want to check out (of the
hospital) until theyve seen the dogs.
Touch Volunteers & Their Lovable Dogsfrom page 1-PTDuring theirrounds, Wes
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by Fran ManninoPat Fechter has been active all her
life. At the age of 85, she is the most
senior member of the Kirkwood
Womens Tennis Association (KWTA).Fechter can still give the younger
members of the group a run for their
money on the court, joining them for
three sets of competitive tennis a
week, May through September, in
Kirkwood Park.
Honestly, she is one of the most
delightful persons I have ever met,
said fellow KWTA player Laura Kern.
Its a competitive league so there are
three A levels, three B levels and
three C levels. Were in the second
level together.
Fechter, a mother of 12, grand-
mother of 30 and great-grandmother
of 13 (with another on the way), has
been playing tennis all her life, andhas been with KWTA for over 20
years.
Theyre having babies, and Im
having great-grandbabies, Fechter
said, noting the age difference between
herself and her KWTA teammates.
Ive got to keep up with those kids.
They come in younger and younger all
the time. All the gals are wonderful to
put up with me.
Kern said aside from not being able
to run as fast as she used to, Fechter
is terrific on the court.
Shes such a solid player, confident
and enjoyable, we could all stand to
learn a lot from her, she said. Shes
a person youre just delighted to seeevery week. We joke in our league
that we all want to be her when we
grow up.
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Activity of some sort has always
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it be out of necessity or just plain fun.
A native of St. Louis, Fechter remem-bers walking to the Fox Theatre and
riding her bike to Forest Park.
We walked everywhere, and as we
walked we sang, she said. If we
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Fechter and her husband John, 87,
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It was there that they discovered a
shared love of tennis.
Two new priests at St. Teresas
put a tennis court in the schoolyard,
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The couple became engaged in
1941, just before John Fechter began
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After attending business school,
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We had a group of gals we grew up
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gone. We went to the gym, we wrote
letters to them, and we danced and
danced and danced. It was nice thatthey all came home.
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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
313 Augustine Rd., Eureka, MO
Tours and Refreshmentswill be provided.
You are invited to attend an
Open House July 25, 2010 12 4 p.m.
Join us for an
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Fountain View Assisted Living Friendship Village Sunset Hills
12777 Pointe Drive St. Louis, MO 63127
Wednesday, July 28 11 a.m.
Complimentary lunch includesBBQ, potato salad, cole slaw and dessert.
Celebrate summer with us
with an afternoon of lunch,games and prizes.
But dont delay, space is limited.
Reserve your seat today by calling 314-270-7111
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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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