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Nonagenarian tries for another world record
BY TIM TRAINOR • Redmond Spokesman
C
atherine Kuehn finds her grip on the steel bar
as weights dangle intimidatingly from each
end. Her muscles tense, her veins bulge. The
world record holder takes a deep breath and deadlifts
the apparatus with ease — up and down in a smooth,
fast motion. Not bad for a 94-year-old.
“Oh, it’s something to do,”
said Kuehn of lifting weights,
setting records and approach-
ing 100. “I never feel too ac-
complished about any of it.”
The Redmond weightlifter
is, however, accomplished.
Kuehn has two world records
to her name: Deadlifting titles
for 147-pound weight class
for women aged 80-90, and
in the 132-pound class for
women 90 and older. And she
is not stopping there.
At 90, she could deadlift
93 pounds clean off the mat.
That’s in the record books.
And this weekend in Reno
she’s going for another world
record — lifting 104 pounds
at age 94.
“Most people her age have
a hard time lifting their keys,”
said her trainer Dean Munsey.
“What she’s doing is extraor-
dinary.”
This extraordinary abil-
ity came late in life. Kuehn
said she never worked with
weights, played sports or even
did much exercise until she
was in her 60s.
“Oh heavens no,” she said.
“Never. But I did like to sew.”
She spent much of her
life as a doctor’s wife. Kuehn
grew up in Indiana before
marrying her husband Dick,
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
Catherine Kuehn, 94, of Redmond works on her lifting at Emergence Physical Therapy in Redmond.
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
Trainer, Dean Munsey works with Catherine Kuehn, 94, of Redmond
during a workout at Emergence Physical Therapy in Redmond.
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
a pediatrician. He practiced
for decades in Corvallis, then
moved to Iowa for a short
stint before they retired to
Redmond. She got the nick-
name “Kay” when she was
young, but prefers Cather-
ine — because that’s what her
husband liked.
“He always called me that
with such affection,” she said.
The Kuehns raised three
children. Catherine was what
in those days qualified as an
Peggy Neil of Bend, left, and Catherine Kuehn of Redmond watch
a weightlifting video at Emergence Physical Therapy in Redmond.
older mother. She didn’t give
birth until she was 34 and
their youngest, their only son,
didn’t arrive until she was 40.
“In those days you were
asking for trouble, having a
kid at that age,” she said.
See Iron / A6
‘A total relief’
Local veterans say
psilocybin can heal
past trauma
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
Prescription pill bottles filled
James Jarvis’ cabinet. There
were pills for anxiety, pills for
depression, pills to help him fall
asleep. He couldn’t keep track of
when to take them all.
According to Jarvis, 30, the
Department of Veterans Affairs
thought the solution to his mil-
itary trauma was to prescribe
medication after medication —
but none seemed to help.
“All I wanted to do was kill
myself,” he said. “I felt like a
zombie.”
After traumatic experiences
during his two tours in Af-
ghanistan from 2011-2014 as
a radio technician for the U.S.
Air Force, Jarvis had multiple
stints at psychiatric wards state-
side. He said the VA came to
the same conclusion every time:
more pills. He tried self-med-
icating with cannabis, but that
just sent him into a tailspin of
paranoia and anxiety.
“I don’t want to live life like
that. I want to live life in a ful-
filled way,” he said. “Psilocybin
does that for me.”
Psilocybin treatment cen-
ters, which will be on the bal-
lot in Deschutes County and
Redmond this November, offer
an alternative that some vet-
erans say gives them the inde-
pendence to help themselves
— without the endless pills and
their side effects.
Jarvis hesitated when his
friend first offered him psilocy-
bin — more commonly known
as magic mushrooms — but de-
cided to try it.
It felt like he was dosed with
the strongest antidepressant
possible. After the effects wore
off, he said he was clear, focused
and hyperaware the next day at
work.
It was as if he’d put on pre-
scription glasses after a lifetime
without them.
See Psilocybin / A9
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
James Jarvis in the converted school bus where he lives near Bend.
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