Kare Bears Presents New Treatment Option for Sleep Apnea—No Mask No Hose
Teri Sellers
Kare Bears is excited to be hosting another Zoom Kare Bears Presents on April 28 at 11 a.m.
Over 20 million Americans have moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea. Most of us just think of this condition as disruptive snoring, but it is so much more.
The consequences of untreated obstructive sleep apnea range from fatigue and diminished productivity to risk of accidents and brain and heart health complications.
The first thing that comes to mind when considering treatment is the CPAP, and we have all heard stories about this device, and most of them have not been good. There are a few other ways to treat obstructive sleep apnea, and our speaker will share that information with us.
There is a new way to treat sleep apnea; it is called Inspira, and it is a safe outpatient procedure. A safe, good night’s sleep without a mask or hose.
Dr. Richard P. Pearlstein with Valley ENT, Inc. in Scottsdale will be sharing information on this new way to treat obstructive sleep apnea with Inspira to get a better night’s sleep.
Dr. Pearlstein received his medical doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1992. He interned at the Henry Ford Health System and Clinics in general surgery, followed by his residence at the Department of Otolaryngology at the same facility, as well as the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
Certifications and licensure include Ohio and Arizona medical licenses, as well as diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Pearlstein is also the recipient of numerous honors and grants including the Henry Ford Health System Resident of the Year and the Resident Research Award Department of Otolaryngology.
Please join this Zoom presentation to learn in greater detail exactly what is obstructive sleep apnea, the consequences of uncontrolled obstructive sleep apnea, and treatment options that have been available, including the new Inspire option.
This Zoom presentation requires that you register in advance to receive a Zoom link. Email our new program director, Connie Simon, at [email protected].
Zoom has limited availability, so early pre-registration is encouraged.
If you have any questions, please contact your Kare Bears program director, Connie Simon, at 419-357-2589 or [email protected].
Super volunteer Arlis Legler
A Super Volunteer for All the Right Reasons: Arlis Legler
Thomas Meek, Kare Bears President
Arlis Legler, the oldest of nine, was born and raised in southwestern Minn. With assistance from her high school math teacher and guidance counselor, she attended Winona State College, working her way through by working for the college food service. She graduated in June 1968 and began her career as a high school business teacher.
In the summer of 1970, she visited a college friend in Honolulu and found a teaching job there for ManPower, a federal post at the University of Hawaii. In 1973, she and her roommate were hired by the Department of Defense to teach military dependents in Okinawa. In 1974, she was hired by Manpower to teach accounting for Army enlisted personnel in South Korea.
In 1976, she enrolled at the University of Hawaii and earned her master’s degree in guidance and counseling. She worked at Kamehameha Schools, spending the next 32 years as a teacher and department head. She loved island life, where she learned to sail and scuba dive and was a distance runner who finished the 1978 Honolulu Marathon.
Arlis moved to PebbleCreek in September 2008, where she met Janis Korba, a Kare Bears volunteer, and Laura Measles, who was president of Kare Bears. With persuasion by her friends, Arlis became a Kare Bears coordinator and unit contact and was the Kare Bears second vice president in charge of the Kare Bears house and driver volunteers. She served as president of Kare Bears from 2010 until 2012.
Her involvement with Kare Bears allowed her to meet many PebbleCreek residents, which led to other volunteer responsibilities. She served on the PebbleCreek HOA elections committee for years and on the HOA rules committee. In 2015, she was presented with the HOA Volunteer of the Year award.
Arlis took on the responsibility of chairman of The Source Book delivery to residents. For the past eight years, she has perfected a system of distribution to each home, which involves providing logistical data and organizing the actual delivery of the books. She enlisted Kare Bears volunteers, who manned the distribution tables outside the Kare Bears house in January and delivered to resident homes. She said she owed the successful distribution project to the many volunteers who helped her.
Arlis has decided to leave the post but thankfully will be a volunteer in many other capacities. Arlis will be turning over a detailed, well-organized process for the next chairman, and she deserves a huge thank you for a job well done from the Kare Bears organization.
Summary: A super volunteer for all the right reasons is the correct description for our Arlis Legler.
Super Long Haul Kare Bears Drive
Maureen Plate
Peter Jones was born in 1942 in the city of Perth in southwest Australia, and he was raised with four siblings in a seaside resort town, Busselton, on the southern coast. Peter was educated at Busselton High School.
Upon leaving school, Peter moved to Perth and began an apprenticeship in the printing industry as a hot metal type setter. He had jobs as a purchasing assistant manager for a plumbing supplies company, then a sales executive for Johnson & Johnson industrial products, and was employed as a salesman for architectural supplies.
In 1972, Peter had a successful career in insurance sales, but it came to an abrupt end in 1992, due to serious ill health. For sixteen years, he endured long periods of recuperating but was able to travel around the world extensively and worked as a professional driver.
In 2008, Peter met and fell in love with Carol Pound, a resident of PebbleCreek, who is involved in the Art Club. In 2009, at the age of 65, he flew to the USA and married Carol.
While at PebbleCreek, Peter met Joe Lupo, a respected Kare Bears volunteer driver who ran a small transit business driving PebbleCreek residents to and from the airport. Peter joined Joe in that business, and upon Joe Lupo’s sudden death in 2019, he took over the business.
Joe introduced Peter to what Peter described as, “the amazing Kare Bears organization,” and encouraged by Joe, he became a volunteer driver for the organization. Peter also became an American citizen in 2019.
Peter said he, “has been immensely blessed by the opportunity to serve our wonderful community here in PebbleCreek and has enjoyed interacting with the many clients that I’ve had the opportunity to serve and for the numerous volunteers who are dedicated to keeping the Kare Bears organization operating successfully.”
With his wife, Carol, Peter will return to Perth, Western Australia this year to rejoin his beloved family of three children, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two sisters, and one surviving brother. He has enjoyed twelve years in the United States but believes it is time to reunite with the family again.
Over these past few years, Peter was “Mr. Dependable,” willing to drive anywhere and everywhere. He takes the long hauls, and everyone who rides with him appreciates his sincere, kind approach and his promptness. We at Kare Bears do wish him the best and with his wife, Carol, a safe and gratifying reunion in Australia.
Thank you, Peter Jones, you did make the best impression with the people and staff of the Kare Bears. We shall miss your driving and your comradeship within the Kare Bears organization and within PebbleCreek.
Kare Bears needs more skilled drivers like Peter. We have many great drivers but would like to add to the already great volunteers.