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SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! SB Vol. 29: No. 12 Established Aug., 1982 348 Consecutive Months! JUlY, 2011 Does The Social Security “COLA” Overpay Seniors? Deficit Cutters Say “COLAS” Need A Trim Alexandria, VA (June 14, 2011) would be about $118 lower than they make seniors pay a bigger share of their Cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) would receive using the current COLA Medicare, and reducing government are “overpaying” Social Security re- methodology,” Hyland says. Medicaid payments at the same time,” cipients, and the government needs to COLAs are intended to protect he adds. switch to an “improved” method of the buying power of Social Security The savings to the government measuring inflation that will give them benefits against rising inflation. A new for switching to the more slowly-grow- a “small trim”. That’s what deficit ne- study recently released by TSCL found, ing CPI compound over time, and are gotiators from both sides of the aisle however, that the CPI used to calculate substantial. The Congressional Budget are saying in making the case for the COLAs today only does an anemic job Office estimates that the change would government to switch to a more slowly- of protecting benefits as it is. Since cut COLAs by $112 billion from 2012 - growing Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2000, the COLA has increased just 31 2021 alone and, if used in other federal by visiting TSCL on the web at www. for calculating the annual Social Secu- percent, while typical seniors’ expenses retirement programs and for indexing SeniorsLeague.org. rity boost. jumped 73 percent, more than twice as taxes as well, would reduce deficits by But it’s no “small change,” fast. about $300 billion over the next decade, With over 1 million supporters, The Senior Citizens League is one of the warns The Senior Citizens League “It’s outrageous to say that CO- including reduced interest on the debt. nation’s largest nonpartisan seniors (TSCL), one of the nation’s largest non- LAs overpay seniors and the disabled,” TSCL is gearing up to fight leg- groups. Located just outside Washington, partisan seniors groups. In fact, it could Hyland says. “To the contrary, COLAs islation that would cut the current rate of D.C., its mission is to promote and assist reduce lifetime Social Security benefits already grow too slowly to provide the COLA growth. “People who depend on members and supporters, to educate and by tens of thousands of dollars over a protection to Social Security benefits Social Security need a COLA that more alert senior citizens about their rights and retirement. they’re intended to,” he points out. adequately protects the buying power freedoms as U.S. Citizens, and to protect “If Congress adopts the more The majority of seniors aged of their benefits,” says Hyland. TSCL and defend the benefits senior citizens slowly-growing “chained” CPI to calcu- 65 who get Social Security depend on it believes seniors would receive higher have earned and paid for. The Senior late COLAs, that would cut the growth for at least 50 percent of their income. and more adequate benefits by using Citizens League is a proud affiliate of The in average benefits, about $1,100 per Average benefits today only total about an index that more closely tracks sen- Retired Enlisted Association. Please visit month today, by about $13,742 over a $13,200 a year. ior spending, like the Consumer Price www.SeniorsLeague.org or call 1-800- 333-8725 for more information. 25-year retirement,” states Larry Hy- “Switching to a more slowly Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). TSCL land, Chairman of TSCL. The benefit growing CPI is not the only change af- supports The Consumer Price Index for Distributed by The Senior Exchange, Inc. reductions compound over time, hitting fecting seniors that deficit negotiators Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) Act, H.R. Serving The Mature American With the oldest the hardest. “By the time age are looking at,” notes Hyland. “Mem- 798 introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio Timely, Low-Cost, Self-Help Information 62 retirees with average benefits today bers of Congress from both parties are (OR-4), and H.R.456 introduced by reach age 84, their monthly benefits already considering changes that would Charles Gonzalez (TX-20). Learn more Historical Society: ‘Pikes Peak Pastel Society’ Exhibit by Kathleen Eriksen Wednesday, to learn about the history register. “El Pueblo Trading Post Open on The “Pikes Peak Pastel Soci- of the Pueblo region beginning with “History and Art Mix Workshop for Saturdays!” ety” fine art exhibit in the museum’s the American Indians and continuing Kids II” Each Saturday 10:00 a.m. to High Vista Gallery opens July 1, Fri- through to the Flood of 1921. An origi- Become a history detective and 3:30 p.m., visitors may explore the day, through August 27, Saturday, dur- nal Oratorio, written and composed by explore the museum, then complete a adobe post’s six period rooms and in- ing regular museum hours of Tuesday noted playwright, composer Daniel Val- corresponding folk-art piece each day teract with living history interpreters as through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 dez, it tells the diverse and compelling with retired school teachers Judi Brown they go about their daily chores on the p.m. Members of the Pikes Peak Pastel stories of Pueblo’s past through song, and Phyllis Keas. The workshop with frontier. Admission is free for children Society will present their works, show- narration, vignettes and historical im- new projects from its Spring Workshop 12 years old and under, $5 for adults, casing the soft and sometimes vivid ages. New videos and historical images is for children 8 to 13 years of age. Cost $4 for senior citizens and students. Paid colors of chalk and oil pastels in land- further enhance the visual experience is $25 for the week which includes sup- admission also includes the museum scapes, still lifes and portraits. Admis- along with new musical equipment that plies or $6 each day. Call the museum to galleries with their new interactive ex- sion is free to the gallery. July 1, from highlights the poignant musical score register or for low-income assistance. hibits. 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. a reception will performed by El Pueblo Ensemble. be held; the public is welcome. The concert is at the Rawlings Library “Summer Art Camp for Kids” Info Zone Museum. Doors open at 6:00 Using Tech Communication The “Summer Art Camp for p.m., concert is at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are (NAPSI)—There’s good news for older adults Kids” begins July 11, Monday through $15. Contact the museum for more in- who want to learn more about e-mailing, using social July 22, Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 formation, 583-0453. media and text messaging. There’s a resource that can a.m. The two-week, Monday through “Historic Pueblo Workshop: Analyz- help introduce them to these technologies. Friday, workshop will have children 8 ing Photos to Inspire Creativity” A new brochure—“Staying Connected: Tech- to 14 years of age learning to draw and You can read about historic nology Options for Older Adults”—is available from use various art mediums and techniques downtown Pueblo, but have you ever the Eldercare Locator. It is designed to help older adults with instructor and artist Starr Miller. “read” a photograph to learn about Pue- learn about new methods for staying connected with Following the workshop, the children’s blo’s past? In this workshop on July 28, family and friends. The brochure includes tips on using these communica- artwork will be displayed in the mu- Thursday, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., tion tools, getting started as well as privacy and safety information. seum. Starr Miller is a member of the we will study and analyze historic Pue- Colorado, Pikes Peak and New Mexico blo photographs, and then we will put The Internet, cell phones and other new technologies enable people Pastel Societies. Tuition of $60 includes ourselves “into” the photo and imagine of all ages to communicate more quickly than ever before. While younger all supplies. Low-income students may what it might have been like to live in people are often seen as the “experts” with these new tools, many old- apply for a discount by calling the mu- the past. The descriptive words that er adults utilize e-mail, social media and cell phones to communicate as seum. To register, call 583-0453. come to mind will be our inspiration to well. “Song of Pueblo” Concert create a short and easy “History Haiku” To receive a free copy of the brochure, call the Eldercare Locator at It’s the 2011 “Song of Pue- poem. Please bring a magnifying glass (800) 677-1116. A copy of the brochure can also be downloaded from the blo” concert season. Join us on July 20, or loop. Cost is $5, call the museum to Resources section of www.eldercare.gov. Page 2 - Senior Beacon - July, 2011 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Just Another Day At The Races by James R. Grasso, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer know why? Social Security simply has no money to continue paying retirees Observations From The Cave because our inept “leaders” WILL NOT make the tough decisions. I was highly disappointed when I read Eileen Doherty’s column on People who are receiving Social Security now will continue to get their page 12 of this edition concerning the people of Colorado and their views on checks but there is a limit. If you are retired and you vote to continue Social transforming Social Security. Do you know that it is illegal in the United States Security the way it is now, then people who are 10-15 years your junior will be to form a retirement plan that mimics our Social Security plan? Illegal! Do you in big trouble when it comes time for them to get their retirement checks through Social Security. The Left and their commercials that show Republicans shoving granny over a cliff ought to be thrown in jail for their dishonesty. Have you received any COLA raises the last two years? No. I’m guessing that COLA raises will have to be done with if we continue the status quo. That is the first step. The second step will be older retirement age, then tax raises for WON’T YOU HELP THE MEALS-ON-WHEELS PROGRAM? everyone, then lower benefits. I’m telling you ladies and gents, if you succumb The Meals on Wheels program is in need of volunteer drivers. Mileage is to the constant caterwaling from the Left who only care about their power over reimbursed and interested persons must fill out an application and provide a you, then trouble and loss of freedom is right around the corner. Remember, about copy of their drivers’ license and car insurance. After they have passed a 80% of you depend on Social Security for your livelihood. Things could and background check and go through a short training, they may begin driving. should be better for future retirees. Don’t you agree? Contact us at 404-0922. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people tell me that they are living on a fixed income and things are tough because of same. Well, why is your income fixed? Better yet, who fixed it at that level? And why? People receiving Social Security now will not lose their benefits in the short run, it is those who come after us a few years who are in grave trouble and BHO supporters should take a long look at their party and its leaders. If you are Republican or Independent you must take a long, sober look at this horrible Social Security system. It is not sustainable and the clock is ticking. I’d like to see the day when you spoke to an older person who is retired and is happy that they are on a fixed income. One that they reached because of their hard work and determination without the constant intervention of the government dictating to them the terms of their retirement especially with a program that is now against the law! Stop scaring the daylights out of the older generation before your inac- tion makes your blantant lies, half-truths and innuendo actually come true due to you intransigence! Don’t believe them. We are in huge debt and something needs to be done with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to make them whole. I read a Victor Davis Hanson piece in the Pueblo Chieftain a while back and thought you’d like this passage: “European Christendom often helped to preserve humanity through hor- rific crises, but you would never learn that from the average cynical European, who appears either indifferent to or apologetic about both his religion and the hallowed European origins of Western Civilization, responsible for much of what is good in the world today.” He continued: “All this European turmoil raises a paradox. If dispirited Europeans are conceding that something is terribly wrong with their half-century- long experiment with socialism, unassimilated immigrants, cultural apologies, defense cuts and post-nationalism, why in the world is the Obama administration intent on adopting what Europeans are rejecting?” In my opinion, ladies and gents, our country continues to proceed on the European model of Big Government running our lives from cradle to grave. Anyone who has had to deal with government bureacracy knows exactly to what I’m alluding. Please keep up with what’s real and what is meant to intentionally fool you. Don’t be what Stalin called the unwashed, “useful idiots.” Godspeed! SENIOR MENU For our guests 55 & over. 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In fact, Reyes’ admission that want to know is which The New York Times could consider re- At the trials, evidence was ruled he had raped the jogger changed noth- class of people are on viewing one of my books. With only one on by the judge and tested in court. Wit- ing about the evidence presented in the trial. Social justice is the only justice review -- not in the Book Review -- after nesses were presented for both sides and actual trials. It was always known that that interests the Left because it’s the eight New York Times best-sellers, the subjected to cross-examination. others had participated in the attack on only justice that can be delivered by the editors can rest assured that I know they One witness, for example, an the jogger. It was always known that political agitation of a mob. don’t like me. acquaintance of one of the defendants, none of the defendants’ DNA -- a primi- Thus, the book about the Central Reviewing a book about the testified that when she talked to him in tive science back in 1989 -- was found Park rape warmly reviewed in the Times 1989 rape of the Central Park jogger last jail after the arrests, he told her that he on the jogger. was described as raising the “fraught week, the reviewer sniped that “coarser hadn’t raped the jogger, he “only held This is why prosecutor Eliza- nexus of race, class and gender.” It was pundits like Ann Coulter continue to ex- her legs down while (another defendant) beth Lederer said in her summation to said to take a “tour through America’s ploit the case whenever possible.” f--ked her.” (That’s enough for a rape the jury: “Others who were not caught violently racist past and present.” My chapter on the Central Park conviction.) raped her and got away.” What on earth does any of that rape in my recently released, smash New In the opposite of a “rush to The only new information have to do with the evidence in this par- York Times best-seller, “Demonic: How judgment,” two multi-ethnic juries de- Reyes provided was that he was one of ticular case? the Liberal Mob Is Endangering Ameri- liberated for 10 days and 11 days, re- those who “got away.” Another way of determining the ca,” evidently “exploits” the case by cit- spectively, before unanimously finding But 13 years later, the show guilt or innocence of the convicted rap- ing facts. Based on those facts, I argue the defendants guilty of most crimes trial was re-litigated in the backrooms ists would be to look at the facts of the that the real trials reached more believ- charged -- though innocent of others. of law offices and newsrooms by a re- case -- the confessions, the corroborat- able verdicts than the show trial held by The convictions were later upheld on markably undiverse group of Irish and ing evidence, the state of DNA testing the Left 13 years later. appeal. Jewish, college-educated New Yorkers. in 1989, the jury verdicts and Reyes’ ad- On April 19, 1989, a 28-year- The only way liberals could They lied about the evidence in order to vantageously timed confession 13 years old investment banker went for a run get those convictions overturned was vindicate a mob and destroy trust in the later. through Central Park, whereupon she to change venues from a courtroom to a judicial system. But looking at actual facts in a was attacked by a violent mob, savagely newsroom. So that’s what they did. Liberals despise the rule of law criminal trial, as I did, apparently consti- beaten, raped and left for dead. By the The convictions were vacated because it interferes with their ability to tutes a coarse exploitation of the case. time the police found her at 1:30 a.m. based not on a new trial or on new evi- rule by mob. They love to portray them- I suppose writers who recount that night, she was beaten so badly, she dence, but solely on the “confession” of selves as the weak taking on the power- truthful facts about the Holocaust coarse- had lost three-fourths of her blood and Matias Reyes. ful. But it is the least powerful who suf- ly “exploit” that crime, too. Rather than the police couldn’t tell if she was male or Coincidentally, this serial rap- fer the most once the rule of law is gone. reciting gruesome facts about the Holo- female. The homicide unit of the Man- ist and murderer had nothing to lose (Dominique Strauss-Kahn is about to caust, I gather the Times would prefer a hattan D.A.’s office initially took the case by confessing to the rape -- and much discover that the most defenseless, pen- book that examines the general charac- because not one of her doctors believed to gain by claiming that he had acted niless immigrant has the same legal teristics of Jews and Germans from 1850 she would be alive in the morning. alone, including a highly desirable pris- rights as he, in an American court.) to 1933 -- a study of the “fraught nexus” Confessions were obtained in on transfer. Liberals’ relentless attack on of race, religion and nationality --- be- accordance with the law, with the de- As with the tribunals during the the judicial system is yet another exam- fore deciding whether the Jews deserved fendants’ parents present at all police in- French Revolution, the show trials were ple of their Jacobin lunacy in opposition it. Get Rid Of Government: But First, Make Me President by Ann Coulter R-Texas, was asked about government But then, get the government out of it. Who inherits in the absence I consider all Republican de- assistance to private enterprise and ... Why doesn’t it go to the church? And of a will? Who is entitled to a person’s bates time-fillers until New Jersey Gov. government involvement in the hous- why doesn’t it go to the individuals? I Social Security and Medicare benefits? Chris Christie jumps in, but Monday ing market. don’t think government should give us How do you know if you’re divorced night’s debate did crystallize for me But it’s a chicken-s**t, I-don’t- a license to get married. It should be in and able to remarry? Where would lib- why I dislike libertarians. (Except one, want-to-upset-my-video-store-clerk- the church.” erals get their phony statistics about who is a friend of mine and not crazy.) base answer when it comes to gay mar- If state governments stop offi- most marriages ending in divorce? They lure you in with talk of riage. cially registering marriages, then who Paul can’t even scratch So- small government and then immediately Asked about gay marriage, gets to adopt? How are child support cial Security and Medicare off that list start babbling about drug legalization or Paul said, in full: and child custody issues determined if by taking the libertarian position that gay marriage. “The federal government the government doesn’t recognize mar- there should be no Social Security or “Get the government out of it” shouldn’t be involved. I wouldn’t sup- riage? How about a private company’s Medicare, because he also said during is a good and constitutionally correct port an amendment (prohibiting gay health care plans -- whom will those the debate: “We don’t want to cut any answer to many questions, but it’s not a marriage). But let me suggest -- one of cover? Who has legal authority to issue of the medical benefits for children or one-size-fits-all answer to all questions. the ways to solve this ongoing debate “do not resuscitate” orders to doctors? the elderly, because we have drawn so It was a good answer, for ex- about marriage, look up in the diction- (Of course, under Obamacare we won’t many in and got them so dependent on ample, when libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, ary. We know what marriage is all about. be resuscitating anyone.) the government.” (And of course, those programs do exist, whether we like it or not.) So Rep. Paul is a swashbuck- ling individualist when it comes to civi- lization’s most crucial building block for raising children, but willing to be a run-of-the-mill government statist when it comes to the Ponzi-scheme entitlements bankrupting the country. He’s like a vegetarian who says, “I’m not a fanatic -- I still eat meat.” Some of those legal incidents of marriage can be obtained by private contract -- such as the right to inherit and make medical decisions. Gays don’t need gay marriage to leave their electric spice racks to loved ones. But there are more obtuse Americans than there are gay Ameri- cans, so courts are going to be bulging with legal disputes among the unalert, who neglected to plan in advance and make private contracts resolving the many legal issues that are normally de- termined by a marriage contract. Under Rep. Paul’s plan, your legal rights pertaining to marriage will be decided on a case-by-case basis by judges forced to evaluate the legitimacy SEE “COULTER” PAGE 7. Page 4 - Senior Beacon - July, 2011 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info

s h i COMPILED BY CHUCK SHEPHERD new of t e we rd FOR SENIOR BEACON LEAD STORY -- as the air, puncturing a buttock, had man, confessed to going on a drunken featured on a May edition of the TV Somehow, upscale restaurateurs already begun separating tissue from prowl with friends, but said he remem- show “Taboo” (National Geographic believe that diners will soon willingly muscle. McCormack was hospitalized bered the break-in only when he saw Channel), are both drawing federal Sup- pay more for a beef dish if it comes with in severe pain, but the air gradually the video and recognized his distinctive plemental Security Income as disabled disclosure of the DNA of the actual cow seeped from his body (according to a image from the back, including several persons, even though Thornton builds being eaten, according to a May Associ- doctor, in the way air “usually” seeps inches of his bottom. his own “adult baby” furniture (cribs ated Press report. “People want to know from a body). Inexplicable and high chairs large enough to ac- where their food is coming from,” said -- Oops! Oswind David was (1) An April Associated Press commodate his 350-pound body) and one excited chef, lauding the knowledge convicted of “first-degree assault” in story, citing federal government sources, operates a website where people liv- to be gleaned from a calf’s upbringing. a 2006 trial in New York City, but un- reported that 247 people on the terrorist ing as adult babies can communicate. (A more practical beef-supply executive known to him, his lawyer and the judge, “watch list” were nonetheless legally U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn asked the Social added that DNA can help identify the the charge had already been dismissed permitted to purchase guns in 2010 -- Security Administration to investigate “multiple animals” whose parts were by another judge due to prosecutorial about the same number who did so le- whether Thornton is abusing the system used in hunks of ground beef -- a 10- error. Nonetheless, David has been in gally in 2009. (2) In May, Oklahoma (and Dias, too, since if she can “nurse” pound package of which may include prison since his conviction, serving a judge Susie Pritchett, receiving guilty Thornton, she can “nurse” for a living). contributions from “hundreds” of dif- 23-year term, and was freed only in May pleas from a $31 drug-deal raid in 2010 Thornton subsequently told The Wash- ferent cows.) when the error came to light. (However, that netted a mother and her two grown ington Times that if his SSI checks were Can’t Possibly Be True the New York City district attorney still children, sentenced the mother and son discontinued, he would kill himself. -- It was not difficult to find crit- resisted releasing David, arguing that to probation, but the 31-year-old daugh- Update ics when the Orlando-area government only the “first-degree” part had been ter to 12 years in prison (just because Lawrence Bottone, 52, of Stam- job-service engine Workforce Central dismissed. A judge finally freed David the daughter showed “no ... remorse”). ford, Conn., served four years in prison Florida said it was spending more than on bail while prosecutors ponder reo- Unclear on the Concept in the late-1990s for his fondness for $70,000 of federal stimulus money to pening the case.) In May, a federal appeals court attracting and convincing teenage boys help the laid-off by handing out 6,000 -- Parents were puzzled in June reinstated the Americans with Disabili- and young men to strip down to un- satiny capes for jobless “superheroes” after Dry Creek School District in Ro- ties Act lawsuit filed in 2007 by - Dar derwear and allow him to torture (and to “fight” “Dr. Evil Unemployment.” seville, Calif., passed out questionnaires rell Miller after he was fired as a bridge photograph) them -- chaining them to (“Absolutely absurd” was the reaction asking for biographical details of pro- maintenance worker by the Illinois De- his garage wall, whipping them and of a laid-off customer-service repre- spective students, including whether or partment of Transportation. Miller had inserting stakes under their fingernails. sentative.) Several critics interviewed not the child has been delivered by C- been medically diagnosed with a fear In May 2011, police in Westchester by the Orlando Sentinel noted that such section. Parents told Sacramento station of heights, and could not work on many County, N.Y., arrested Bottone for what an awkward program further erodes KOVR-TV that school officials were projects, but a lower court dismissed appears to signal a return to his spe- the unemployed’s fragile self-respect. refusing to explain why they wanted to his lawsuit, concluding that working at cialty but with an updated, 21st-century WCF, though, remained convinced. In know that. heights was an unavoidable condition rationale: Now, according to police, he the words of a spokeswoman, “Every- News That Sounds Like a Joke of bridge maintenance. (The appeals “recruits” young men to work at a ficti- one is a superhero in the fight against (1) Night club singer Simon court said that a jury “might” find that tious “intelligence agency” -- which re- unemployment.” Ledger was arrested following a per- bridge maintenance could be done in quires Bottone to “train” them to with- -- Urban Legend Come to Life: formance at the Driftwood Beach Bar “teams” with one worker always on the stand torture. Too-good-to-be-true stories have cir- on Britain’s Isle of Wight in April after a ground.) Brave Nude World culated for years about men who acci- patron complained to police. Ledger was The Redneck Chronicles Nakedness Recently in the dentally fell, posterior first, onto com- covering the 1974 hit “Kung Fu Fight- (1) Zachary Woody, 21, of Cal- News: (1) Just after Clayton County, pressed-air nozzles and self-inflated ing,” and two customers of Chinese de- houn, Ga., was charged with aggravated Ga., schoolteacher Harlan Porter was to resemble “dough boys,” usually scent reported that they felt victims of il- assault in May after stabbing a friend. told his contract would not be renewed, with fatal results. However, in May in legal “racially aggravated harassment.” Allegedly, Woody had escalated what he walked naked through the school Opotiki, New Zealand, trucker Steven (2) Leslie Clarke, 29, turned himself in was initially just a fistfight over wheth- hallways (no students were present) and McCormack found himself in similar to police in Darwin, Australia, in May er Fords are better than Chevrolets. (2) spoke of a “newer level of enlighten- circumstances, and had it not been for after authorities released surveillance Joseph Hayes, 48, was arrested in South ment” now that his “third eye was open” quick-thinking colleagues who pulled tape of a break-in and vandalism at the Memphis, Tenn., in June after allegedly (April). (2) After a clothing malfunc- him away, he would have been killed Hidden Valley Tavern. Clarke, a large threatening (with a gun in his waistband) tion, veteran marathoner Brett Hender- the hostess of a birthday party to which son, 35, decided during the Flying Pig his kids had been invited but which ran race in Cincinnati that, since maratho- out of cake and ice cream. “Y’all didn’t ners sometimes run naked in California, save my kids no damn ice cream and he could do it there. Henderson outran cake,” he was heard to say, and “I ain’t police and stopped only when he was scared to go to jail.” Tasered (May). 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New Ways Sunscreen Prevents Signs Of Aging (NAPSI)—Skin care experts how long it will protect your skin from and goji berry extracts) to protect against needed have long considered sunscreen one of burning by UVB rays. collagen degradation and free radicals. or after the best ways to prevent skin damage and Some sunscreen labels also list a A calming blend of rose and cucumber t o w e l signs of aging, but the latest sunscreen “PA” ranking, which refers to the amount extracts soothes the skin while soybean drying, technology means this invaluable beauty of protection the sunscreen offers from extract and ceramides strengthen skin’s s w i m - tool offers even more benefits. the UVA rays, which are the ones that natural moisture barrier and panthenol ming or Recent research into the proper- contribute to premature aging and wrin- (vitamin B5) revitalizes and conditions perspir- ties of a molecule called NIA-114™ (ni- kling of the skin. 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Thousands of accidents each losing a finger is a tragic price to pay for a Fireworks Eye Safety Month sponsored Eye health care is provided by year tell us that fireworks are dangerous. few minutes of fun with fireworks. by the American Academy of Ophthal- the three “O’s” – opticians, optometrists The typical victim is a teenager, at home, In an effort to reduce these mology. Attending a professional public and ophthalmologists. It is the ophthal- unsupervised, with a group of friends. preventable injuries, Eye M.D.s across fireworks display is a safe way to honor mologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it Playing with fireworks, the chances are America encourage families to attend our nation. all – eye diseases and injuries, and per- As many as 400 Americans lose form eye surgery. For more information, vision in one or both eyes due to fire- visit www.aao.org works injuries. 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The items were chosen based today, by about $2,429 over the next ten Alexandria, VA (May 31, 2011) month today just to maintain their 2000 on the goods and services frequently years, Hyland says. The benefit reduc- Seniors have lost 32 percent of the buy- level of buying power. mentioned in seniors’ letters, emails, tions compound over time, hitting the ing power of their Social Security ben- “The study highlights the finan- surveys conducted by TSCL and re- oldest the hardest. “By the time a senior efits since 2000, according to a new cial dilemma that seniors are struggling search of senior purchasing. While who is age 62 and retires with average study released by The Senior Citizens to cope with,” states TSCL Chairman the biggest price increases as expected benefits today reaches 84 years old, his League (TSCL), one of the nation’s Larry Hyland. “Having an adequate were in heating oil (190%) and natural monthly benefits would be about $118 largest nonpartisan seniors groups. income that keeps up with their costs, gas (171%), Medicare Part B premiums lower than he would receive using the The annual Cost of Living Adjustment is absolutely critical for Social Security increased even more than gasoline over current COLA methodology,” Hyland (COLA) has increased benefits only 31 recipients, especially as other sources of the survey period, 154% compared to adds. percent, but expenses typical of seniors income decline with age,” Hyland says. 131%. “And Medicare costs aren’t re- TSCL is gearing up to fight climbed 73 percent, more than twice as A majority of the 37 million Social Se- flected at all in the growth of COLAs,” legislation that would cut the current fast. curity recipients age 65 and over depend observes Hyland. Currently the gov- rate of COLA growth. “To the contrary Average Social Security ben- on it for at least half of their total in- ernment uses the Consumer Price Index seniors need a COLA that more ad- efits in 2000 were $816 per month, ris- come. About one-third of all beneficiar- for Workers (CPI-W), which doesn’t equately protects the buying power of ing to $1,072.30 today, with no COLA ies rely on it for 90 percent or more of include the market basket of typical ex- Social Security,” says Hyland. TSCL increase at all in 2010 or 2011. The their total income. penses of people 65 years and older, to supports H.R. 776, the Guaranteed 3% calculate the COLA. COLA Act, introduced by Representa- The situation for seniors and tive Eliot Engel (NY-17). Learn more the disabled who depend on Social Se- by visiting TSCL on the web at www. DID YOU KNOW? curity could become even worse under SeniorsLeague.org. NAPS)-For professional cleaning jobs, it can pay to look for an IICRC Cer- a major deficit reduction proposal by tified Firm. Confirm their training and certification and always obtain a written es- the President’s Fiscal Commission, that With over 1 million supporters, The Sen- ior Citizens League is one of the nation’s timate. To locate a certified professional, visit www.certifiedcleaners.org or call (800) would switch to a more slow-growing largest nonpartisan seniors groups. Lo- 835-4624. CPI to calculate COLAs. Some policy cated just outside Washington, D.C., its - A 1901 auto race helped set Henry Ford on the road to success. Now, Ford makers are saying that the CPI over- mission is to promote and assist members Racing is celebrating that momentous day by highlighting great moments in its sto- states inflation and as a result overpays and supporters, to educate and alert senior ried history at www.ford racing110.com. senior and disabled Social Security re- citizens about their rights and freedoms as U.S. Citizens, and to protect and defend - A large assortment of guy gear is at the more than 70 Northern Tool + cipients. The Congressional Budget the benefits senior citizens have earned Equipment stores. The website is www.NorthernTool.com or you can visit www. Office estimates that switching to the and paid for. The Senior Citizens League kotulas.com. more slowly growing “chained” CPI is a proud affiliate of The Retired Enlisted - Cork forests are threatened, not by drought or disease but by artificial wine would cut COLAs by $112 billion from Association. Please visit www.Seniors- stoppers. These forests prevent large portions of countries such as Spain and Portugal 2012 -2021 alone and, if used in other League.org or call 1-800-333-8725 for more information. from turning into deserts, provide habitat for hundreds of plant and animal species, federal retirement programs and for in- Distributed by The Senior Exchange, and sustain generations of family farmers. dexing taxes, would reduce deficits by Inc. - In the book “Turbo Charged,” Dian and Tom Griesel point out that the about $300 billion over the next dec- Serving The Mature American With human body is perfectly capable of consuming, processing and thriving on “natural” ade. Timely, Low-Cost, Self-Help Informa- foods. It is the totally unnatural man-made products that may lead to obesity. For If Congress were to adopt the tion more information, visit www.turbocharged.us.com. “chained” CPI to calculate COLAs starting with the COLA payable in Coulter from page 3. and sent to different adoptive families signs than to get rid of officially sanc- legalizing the ability to locate your of your marriage consecrated by a Wic- at birth -- as actually happened in Brit- tioned marriage. A world without gov- widget factory where you want to put can priest -- or your tennis coach. (And ain a few years ago after taking the gov- ernment stop signs would be safer than it. Even purists can have priorities. I think I speak for all Americans when I ernment-mandated blood test for mar- a world without government marriage. Most libertarians are cower- say we’re looking for ways to get more riage. It’s true that eventually -ñ theo- ing frauds too afraid to upset anyone to pointless litigation into our lives.) There are reasons we have laws retically -- there could be private insti- take a stand on some of the most impor- If one spouse decides he doesn’t governing important institutions, such tutions to handle many of these matters. tant cultural issues of our time. So they want to be married anymore, couldn’t as marriage. As in landscaping, you But for anyone calling himself a liber- dodge the tough questions when it suits he just say there never was a marriage don’t remove a wall until you know tarian to put eliminating official mar- their purposes by pretending to be Ran- because the Wiccan wasn’t official or why it was put there. riage above eliminating Social Security dian purists, but are perfectly comfort- the tennis coach wasn’t a pro? Marriage is a legal construct and Medicare is certifiable. able issuing politically expedient an- Under Paul’s plan, siblings with legal consequences, particularly It’s exactly like drug legaliza- swers when it comes to the taxpayers’ could marry one another, perhaps in- regarding rights and duties to children. tion: Sure, all good libertarians want obligations under Medicare and Social tentionally, but also perhaps unaware Libertarians would be better off spear- to legalize drugs, but the question is Security. that they were fraternal twins separated heading a movement to get rid of stop whether that is more important than If they could only resist suck- ing up to Rolling Stone-reading, sta- tus-obsessed losers, they’d probably be interesting to talk to. In my book “Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America,” I make the case that liberals, and never conservatives, appeal to irrational mobs to attain power. There is, I now recall, one group of people who look like con- servatives, but also appeal to the mob. They’re called “libertarians.” Thomas Jefferson Third President of U.S.

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Causey: Jitters, Crash, andthe development The of cancer, becauseCaffeine Ganoderma does Bluesnot cure any- by Charlene Causey Excuse me, but that sounds like an ad- diction to me. cancer thrives in an acidic state. So thing; let me repeat, the herb, Gano- As I sit at the computer sipping what is a caffeine addict to do? Do derma lucidum, does not cure anything. my favorite blend of coffee, I am in- If those details aren’t enough to cause one to throw away the carafe, pe- what I did over two years ago. Due to What it does do, however, is help to bal- spired to write about the pros and cons menopause and not sleeping as soundly ance the body As an alternative health of consuming caffeine and to present ruse just a few of the disorders and dis- eases attributed to the consumption of as I was used to, I decided to try the advocate, I know that a body brought a healthier alternative. Did you know healthier coffee. Not only was I sleep- back into balance, is better able to fight that coffee is the second most consumed caffeine. Caffeine increases the stress response, causing a spike in cortisol ing better after only a week, after two off disease with a stronger immune sys- beverage on the planet, next to water? weeks, I could not drink traditional cof- tem. Once the body is balanced, then Eighty per cent of North Americans and leads to increased belly fat. Due to dehydration caused by caffeine, coffee fee without the acidic stomach along miracles can happen. I personally tes- gulp coffee in the amount of three to with a CRASH, and I haven’t had a cup tify that I will be 55 this year, and I feel five cups daily. And if it is not coffee, it increases the risk of high blood pres- sure and diabetes. Caffeine can cause of regular coffee since. as though I am 18 years old again! What is tea or caffeinated soda that feeds the This healthier alternative is have you got to lose? Try the healthier addiction. osteoporosis and most definitely harms the immune system. Caffeine does all great tasting Arabica bean coffee that alternative and instead of the blues, you Some are thinking, “Addic- has typical amounts of caffeine, but an may be singing a different tune. tion is a mighty strong word to describe of the preceding in varying degrees de- pending on individual and amount con- ancient herb infused into it that amaz- Charlene Causey is a former reg- America’s love affair with caffeine.” ingly negates the bad effects of tradi- istered nurse who has also been a Consider the reality of what happens if sumed. . In my opinion, the universal acidic tional coffee. This healthier option not model, nutrition consultant, fitness one doesn’t get their coffee fix; severe only improves the body’s response to instructor and educational consultant. headaches, lethargy, cloudy thinking, affect of caffeine on the body leads to many forms of disease and imbalance. caffeine, but also helps to balance the She is currently a nutrition consultant irritability, depression, and in extreme nervous system, oxygenates the blood, and certified personal trainer whose cases, homicidal tendencies. That’s An acidic condition in the body throws homeostasis, or the body’s natural state detoxifies on a daily basis, provides main focus is a natural approach correct; instances of caffeine-induced anti-aging benefits, and improves the to health and wellness. She can be psychiatric disorders are documented of healthy balance, into chaos and in addition to heartburn, acid reflux, the pH level of the body, thereby boosting reached at (719) 250-0683 or IO- in the DSM-IV, a Diagnostic and Sta- the immune system. [email protected] tistical Manual of Mental Disorders. jitters and a crash, actually promotes Planning Ahead For Long-Term Care (NAPSI)—Thanks to modern care, planning ahead is essential in en- long-term care needs and research how medicine, people are living longer than suring as many options as possible. the cost of care could affect your future ever before. The cost of long-term care can income and savings. Next, research But with a longer life comes be measured in two ways: payment options. 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Assistance with these types of activities sisted living is $2,962 a month, or Many people have found that is known as long-term care. $35,544 annually. long-term care insurance can offer the One common misconception • The national average for a financial protection they need to be able Federal Long Term Care Insurance Pro- about long-term care is that it is prima- semiprivate room in a nursing home to face the future with confidence. The gram (FLTCIP) is designed to meet the rily nursing home care. Actually, most is approximately $5,566 a month, or best time to consider long-term care in- specific needs of the Federal Family. long-term care recipients receive as- $66,792 annually. surance is long before you need it, so The FLTCIP provides industry- sistance at home from a family mem- The Toll On Family Caregivers it’s a good idea to research this option leading benefits and offers flexible op- ber, friend or professional home health While having friends and fam- sooner rather than later, as the younger tions that allow enrollees to tailor cov- aide. ily provide care can ease the financial you are when you apply for coverage, erage to meet their needs. Long-term care is also available burden for the care recipient, this type the less expensive your premiums will To find out if you are eligible for within the community at adult day care of care still has its costs. Without sup- be. And waiting not only means a high- this coverage, as certain medical condi- centers. Additionally, assisted living is port or assistance, these caregivers can er premium, it also means that you’ll tions, or combinations of conditions, available for those who can no longer suffer from depression, lost wages, be at greater risk of developing health will prevent some people from being live at home but need only a limited physical injury and disrupted personal problems that may prevent you from approved, please visit www.LTCFEDS. amount of support. relationships. Many are pulled in two qualifying for coverage at a later date. com or call 1-800-LTCFEDS (1-800- There is a great deal of freedom directions, caring for both their children About the Federal Long Term Care In- 582-3337) (TTY 1-800-843-3557). when it comes to creating the best plan and their parents, which can be an in- surance Program of care, but many avoid planning—it’s credible challenge. 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The bears have had their ful about the things you hear everyday. could turn out to be quite helpful when the SPX (Standard and Poor’s) basically only time since the recent buying stam- Not long ago you heard everyday that real searching for remedy. Jeff Saut (Chief where it started the year (1289). These pede began back in September of 2010. estate only went up…that they weren’t Investment Strategist at Raymond James types of markets argue for investment in The stock market had advanced steadily making any more of it, etc…Long, long Financial) points out that any meaningful cash dividend paying stocks. with only minor setbacks (of one to three ago you reportedly heard that something sell off from here would result in a histori- Good Luck and good investing. days) through May 31st. of substance was “solid as a dollar”. I cally cheap market value – unless earnings Gary Neiens So as is so often the case, the wonder if anyone has the temerity to ut- projections aren’t even close to being ac- Financial Advisor / Investment Broker market seems to be at a bit of a cross- ter those words again. curate. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., roads. Investors must figure out the Sometimes it is helpful to look Member FINRA/SIPC economic and government landscape. Is Resolution of the fear/reality at the 52 week new price high and new 310 S. Victoria Ave, Ste. G the fear worse than the reality? Or is the paradigm in my opinion leads to a few price low lists. So I did. I couldn’t really Pueblo, CO 81003 reality worse than the fear? If the fear is places. They are what happens to the see much there. They are eclectic lists. Phone: 719-545-2900 worse than the reality – the market rallies. dollar; what happens with the American The thing I took from the new low list E-mail: Gary.Neiens@RaymondJames. If the reality is worse than the fear, the consumer/job seeker and what happens was the number of Chinese stocks that com market falters. The market will attempt in Washington. It was encouraging to appeared. I decided to also take a mid “Independent solutions from Independ- to discount the future but what will that watch the Republican New Hampshire year look at the stocks that make up the ent Advisors” future be? If the country is broke/bank- Presidential Debate. I think any of the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial). What is the best performer so far 2011? Pfizer Opinions expressed are those of Gary Neiens (NYSE: PFE) up 17.53 %, (As of June 1, and not RJFS. This report is not a complete summary and does not constitute a recom- Healthy Living 2011); then Boeing (NYSE:BA) up 14.3 mendation; please consult a professional (NAPS)-To learn how to reduce the risk of stroke, visit My Life Check at %. Others in order of gain are American before making any investment decisions. www.mylifecheck.heart. org. Learn the stroke symptoms and other helpful tips by Express (AXP) up 12.9 %; IBM up 11.83 This information is not intended as aso- visiting www.StrokeAssociation.org. %; Chevron (CVX) up 10.25 %; Exxon licitation or an offer to buy or sell any se- - People with diabetes should have their feet professionally checked regu- Mobil (XOM) up 9.3 %. The NYSE curity referred to herein. Investing involves risk The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index larly. If you have or think you may have a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), see a wound closing prices on June 1, 2011 were: PFE of 500 widely held stocks that’s generally care specialist immediately. To find a wound care specialist nearby or learn about $20.39; BA $73.24; AXP $49.78; IBM considered representative of the U.S. stock preventing diabetic foot ulcers, visit www. heal2gether.org. $166.16; CVX $101.95; XOM $80.35. market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average - In its earliest stage, the five-year survival rate for colon cancer is 90 percent, Elsewhere, CNBC reports (DJIA), commonly known as “The Dow”, is according to the American Cancer Society. Women who are over 50 (45 for African healthcare stocks are up the most so far in an index representing 30 stock of companies maintained and reviewed by the editors of Americans) or have a family history of colon cancer or polyps should be screened. 2011 (Average gain of 12.71 %). Energy the Wall Street Journal. The Three-Step ‘No-Brainer’ Mutual Fund Strategy by Ron Phillips is your only investment it can pay off It could even include interna- even the last 15 This concept is so deceptively handsomely for you if allowed to work tional stocks and bonds, real estate or years would have simple and easy to start you might not as described. other types of investments and there- produced a 6.72% take it seriously. 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AARP Schedule of Activities C.H.A.N.G.E. Canceling Habits Affirming grant to support its F.R.E.S.H. Program. LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE Pueblo Information Center New Goals Easily at 1:00 P.M. on the 3rd For more information about the SUPPORT GROUP AARP PHONE: (719) 543-8876, 1117 Saturday every month at the Rawlings F.R.E.S.H. Program at Fremont Regional Support group for Lou Gehrig’s Prairie Avenue. HOURS: Mon-Sat 10- Library 100 E. Abriendo Ave. Pueblo, Hospice, call 719-275-4315 or visit our Disease (ALS). Second Thursday each 3pm Pueblo, Colorado 81005 Colorado. office at 1439 Main Street in Cañon month, 6-7 PM. Thatcher Bldg. 503 Safe Driving Classes, Benefits For more information please City. N. Main, Suite 103, Pueblo, CO . Call Check-up, exercising, Tai-Chi, eating contact: Ramona Lombard (719) 583- ADULT SURVIVORS OF Peggie at 719-584-3068 for all the info. right, Census Bureau testing, Model T 2732 [email protected] Ramona CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE OWLS MEETING care group, Convergys recruiting, clas- Lombard.com WINGS provides therapist facil- The OWLS (older-wiser-liveli- sic cars, Food Share America, Better Senior Retirees itated support groups for men and women er-seniors) invites new members for their Breathers, preparing taxes, quilters group, THE ART OF MAKING YOUR OWN in which survivors are believed, accepted social group that has activities including medicare and financial planning assis- FISH FLYS and no longer alone. There is a women’s dining out, bowling, movies, picnics and tance and more available this month. Pueblo and Pueblo West Senior/ group on Tuesday and Thursday eve- others. For more information please call TOASTMASTERS Retirees will have as their program, “Pet nings. Joe or Marie @ 545-2803 What: Pueblo Toastmasters flys on a leash”, on Thursday, July 14th. For more information contact RIDE TO CHURCH? #179 Public Speaking Class Our good friend and member, Swede the WINGS office at 1-800-373-8671. Looking for a ride to church? Where: 310 East Abriendo Ave. Halgrimson, will be showing flys he has Visit our website at www.wingsfound. Call Wesley United Methodist Church at Next to the Dept. of Revenue/Driver’s tied and explain the techniques, materials, org. 561-8746 and we can make arrangements License Office (in the Conference Room and costs involved in this art of tying flys. STROKE SURVIVORS SUPPORT to transport you to worship and fellow- on the 2nd floor of the Security Service GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. GROUP ship.” Federal Credit Union’s building) Please join us for our monthly The Stroke Survivors Support GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY When: 2nd & 4th Mon., of potluck luncheon, 11:45 to 1:45, at the Group has two chapters. The Pueblo “The Southeastern Colorado every month, 6:15 - 7:15PM PW Memorial Recreational Center. Plan West Chapter meets at 2:00 pm the first Genealogy Society holds regular meet- Contact: Robert W. Johnson, your covered dish or dessert to share. Thursday of every month at the Pueblo ings on the second Saturday of the month 719-251-8841 Please bring your own table service as beginning at 2:00pm in the Meeting Room STEP-UP PROGRAM well. Coffee and tea will be provided. “B,” Robert Hoag Rawlings Library, Please call Desi Vial who is the Directions to the center; two Pueblo Senior 100 Abriendo Ave., Pueblo. There is Development Director of Pueblo StepUp signs on Joe Martinez Blvd. will alert you a continuing Refresher/Beginners class at Centura Health, 719-557-3881 Phone to Byrd Street. Turn south on Byrd and Safety Triad starting at 1:00PM. Call 250-5782 for 719-557-3880 Fax 1925 E. Orman Ave., east to 230 E George Dr, Pueblo West. 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But this year, Care Act took effect. ums to those of us who do have cover- Graduation season is here, and thanks to the Patient Protection and Af- So why does this matter to you? age. Getting everyone covered keeps costs many parents and grandparents are fordable Care Act (the new health care As your grandkids celebrate their gradu- down. proudly celebrating the accomplish- law), there’s no need to stop the festivi- ations, you can help make sure that they How can you, your children, ments of the students in their families. ties. are aware of the new option to stay cov- and your grandchildren find out more? In past years, however, these celebrations Under the Affordable Care Act, ered on their parents’ health plans. If your To learn the full details of how were often marred by the realization that young adults can stay on their parents’ grandkids have already left their parents’ this new protection for young adults graduation had a down side: These new health insurance plans until they turn plans, but are still under 26, they can get works, you can call the U.S. Depart- graduates would lose access to their par- 26 years old, whether or not they are back on. Also, if your grandkids are still ment of Labor’s Employee Benefits Secu- ents’ health insurance plans. still students. This is true whether their in college, but need better health insur- rity Administration at 1-866-444-EBSA Losing this coverage meant that parents’ insurance comes from a job or ance than what is offered through their (3272). You can also call your state’s many young adults ended up uninsured. directly from an insurance company. It’s school, you can encourage them to look insurance department. Online, you can The jobs they were offered didn’t provide also true even if young adults are married, into their parents’ plans. read more by going to www.familiesusa. health insurance benefits. (And those live in a different state than their parents, During busy and exciting times, org and searching for “coverage for young were the lucky ones, who could find a or are no longer financially dependent on young adults may not be prioritizing adults.” job at all in this economy.) Some tried their parents (although if young adults their health coverage needs, so having a By making sure that the young instead to purchase coverage directly have their own offer of coverage through grandparent or parent looking out for adults in your family know how they can from an insurance company, but found their job, they might not be able to stay them can make a big difference. stay covered, you can ensure that they en- the costs to be prohibitive. Others found on their parents’ plans). Also, it’s important to remember joy a healthy and happy graduation sea- coverage directly from an insurer, but the The effect of this new protection that we all benefit when more people are son. only policies they could afford didn’t cov- for young adults has been incredible: covered with health insurance. That’s be- Ed. Note: Please read Families USA columns er the services they needed-services that Major health insurance compa- cause when people don’t have coverage, with a grain of salt. They have a very hard-left agenda aimed at government control. We’ve had been covered under their parents’ nies report that at least 600,000 young we all pay the price. The costs of care for included this column so we can be “fair” to health plan. adults have joined their parents’ health people without insurance are passed on the “other side.” Diabetes? Here Is A Program To Aid The Newly Diagnosed (NAPSI)—There’s helpful news more than 5,200 cases are diagnosed each Ph.D., RD, President, Health Care & for those with type 2 diabetes. A new day. Out of that number, nearly 95 per- Education, American Diabetes Associa- initiative has been launched to support cent have type 2 diabetes. tion, says that the goal of the Associa- those who have just been diagnosed with If left uncontrolled, diabetes tion’s new initiative—called Living with the disease. can lead to serious complications includ- Type 2 Diabetes—is to provide newly According to the Centers for ing heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, diagnosed patients with the right infor- Disease Control and Prevention, nearly blindness, amputation and even death. mation and tools at the right time to help 26 million children and adults have dia- Help for the Newly Diagnosed them manage their disease and improve betes in the United States. It’s estimated Beth Mayer-Davis, MSPH, their lives. Said Mayer-Davis, “The good news we want to share is that diabetes Easing Your Pet’s Anxiety can be controlled with proper manage- (NAPSI)—Pet parents may be ment so people can go on to live full and pleased to learn that there are simple active lives.” ways to keep their furry and feathered A Booklet and Support friends from feeling anxious in sum- The program has two parts: mer. • The first is a free booklet. The problem is, many of the When a patient is diagnosed by his or things people look forward to—va- her primary care provider, participating cation trips, fireworks displays, even health care professionals will distribute the free informational booklet “Where designed to provide lifestyle education watching a thunderstorm from the Do I Begin? Living With Type 2 Dia- and offer guidance and support to help safety of a cozy room—can make pets betes,” which is available in English or people learn how to manage and live well very nervous. Spanish. with diabetes. Fortunately, you can protect Said Mayer-Davis, “In order Topics include food and nutri- your anxious animal—and reduce not to overwhelm the new patients, the tion, stress and emotions, physical activ- the risk of destructive and aggressive booklet will provide a basic introduction ity and complications. Participants will behavior—with a natural remedy, bits. about living with type 2 diabetes. People have access to recipes and other tools. suggests Dr. Margo Roman, DVM. You can find Rescue Remedy will have the opportunity to receive more- How to Participate One hundred percent natural Rescue Pet at Whole Foods and select natural detailed information and tools through- To enroll in the program, visit Remedy Pet can help relieve anxiety products and pet retail locations. It’s out the year to help them manage their www.diabetes.org/living or call (800) in all different types of pets including also available online at www.rescuer- disease and improve healthy behaviors.” DIABETES. 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In January, In 2010, the Trust Fund received to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 61% of Republicans, 69% of Independ- 2010, 52.7 million or 1 in 6 Americans about $791 billion ($544.8 billion from Americans are very much opposed to ents and 53% of the Tea Party support- received Social Security including 33.7 payroll taxes, $108.2 billion from inter- changes in Social Security. Seventy-eight ers are less likely to vote for candidates if million retirees, 4.4 million widows and est, and $22.1 billion from taxes on ben- percent oppose raising the retirement they support cutting Social Security. widowers, 2.5 million spouses, 7.8 mil- efits) and paid out about $715 billion in age, 60% oppose reducing the benefit for Coloradoans also agree that lion disabled workers, along with 0.9 benefits, leaving a surplus of $77 billion. new retirees; and 74% oppose converting Congress should not cut Social Security million severely disabled adult children, Less than 1% is spent on administrative it to a flat benefit. benefits typically for those over $60,000 and 3.2 million children under age 18 costs. The annual surplus is invested in The only change that receives any in annual earnings (62%), reduce the because of the death of a parent. interest-bearing U.S. government securi- support is to remove the cap on Social Cost of Living Adjustment (59%), or Funding for Social Security ties. In 2010, the invested assets or the Security by taxing wages over $106,800. increase the retirement age (56%). But comes from 12.4% tax that is paid by trust fund reserves were estimated to be Nationally, only 2% of Ameri- similar to the national findings, 62% of the employee and the employer on wages $2,617 billion. cans believe that Social Security is re- likely voters in Colorado want Congress that are earned. Due to the lack of a cost of living sponsible for the deficit; rather they place to raise the earnings limit from $106,800 The average benefit for retirees is adjustment (COLA) for the past several 27% of the blame on the military activity to a higher amount. $1,166 in January 2010 and $1064 for years, the trust fund is expected to have a and wars, followed by 9% on government Discussions in Congress seem disabled workers, while widows receiv- surplus for the next 15 years bringing the waste, 6% on bank bailouts, and 5% on to be focusing cutting Medicaid, rather ing about $1125. Families receive a little reserves to $4,200 billion. foreign aid making any cuts in Social Security. Based higher benefit. By 2025, the tax revenues plus The same study showed Social on the health care reform act, Medicare Eighty percent of retired Ameri- interest income to the trust funds will be Security is critical in bad economic times is slated to be cut by about $538 billion cans report that Social Security is the less than the total expenditures for that because it is the main source of income. over the next ten years. main source of income. year. By 2037, the reserves will be de- Furthermore, 70% of Americans think The Social Security Trust Fund is pleted. The interest will pay about 78% they will need Social Security to be able Eileen Doherty, M.S. is the Execu- managed by the Trustees who include the of benefits. By 2084, assuming no chang- to retire. tive Director of Senior Answers and Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, Health es in taxes or benefits, the tax income is The National Committee also Services and the Colorado Geronto- and Human Services, as well as the Com- expected to cover 75% of the costs. did a poll of likely voters in March, 2011 logical Society. She has more than 35 missioner of Social Security. There are To close the gap, the Trustees to determine perspectives on Social Se- years of experience in gerontology in two additional trustees appointed by the suggest raising the tax rate from 12.4% curity cuts. While 78% of the national administration, research, training and President and approved by the Senate. to 14.38%. Other suggestions include participants believe that Social Security is education, and clinical practice. 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One year she grew lima beans on forsake roses or plow up the peonies to growing what you like to eat, but to ex- tepees that blew over in the wind, one grow vegetables, and you’re going to periment like crazy. In her garden, she al- after another. Now she grows them in love the way they make you feel. ways grows peppers and turnips because a row, instead of clustered around tee- “My life is so real, and it’s be- her family loves them, but she introduces pees, and lets them climb an A-frame cause I’m around plants and food all the unexpected crops, too, such as kohlrabi, trellis. She learned from experience time,” says Rosalind Creasy, a cham- rutabagas, lima beans, sweet potatoes not to let her turnips grow too big, and pion of edible landscaping. Creasy’s and greens of every description. that they taste even better after a light book on ornamental vegetable garden- “I always try something new,” frost. ing was ahead of its time when it was she says. Seasoning celery, which has Eating vegetables you’ve first published in 1982, and the new, re- shiny leaves and does not form stalks, grown yourself puts you in touch with vised edition of “Edible Landscaping” was one of her new crops last year, and the rhythm and the flavors of the sea- is something of a sensation, hitting the she’s still sold on it. Sweet potatoes and sons, says Barbara Damrosch, author market just as interest in home-grown other root vegetables are among her fa- of the authoritative “Garden Primer.” vegetables reaches a new high. First- vorites. “I love growing things that are Damrosch and her husband, Eliot time gardeners cultivating a window invisible,” she says. Coleman, are market gardeners and the box full of lettuce or harvesting cucum- If you’re just getting started as a owners of Four Season Farm in Maine. bers for their own homemade pickles gardener, it’s best to start small, Pelczar The growing season is short in Maine, can find plenty of help and advice these says. Build a raised bed with untreated but Damrosch plants early and har- days in a bumper crop of vegetable gar- lumber (plans are available on the Inter- vests late, organizing her crops so she - Burpee Home Gardens (www. dening books. The authors are experi- net) in a sunny spot, and fill it with good nearly always has something fresh. At burpeehomegardens.com) and many enced vegetable gardeners who still feel soil. 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Zucchini plants fill the gaps favor,” Pelczar says, and building healthy tomatoes “standing there in the row, gardening projects, including raised-bed between cosmos and marigolds along soil -- for vegetables or for flowers -- is with juice dribbling down my chin.” gardening and compost making. the driveway. She loves fresh food, and one of the most important. Compost There’s nothing fresher than that, and -- The National Gardening As- growing vegetables among the flow- (homemade or store-bought) adds es- nothing more delicious. sociation, www.garden.org, is an au- ers has developed her appreciation for sential organic matter to sandy soil, and SIDEBAR thoritative source of information and an both. “The single best thing you can do it also improves drainage in heavy soil. 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Lifeboat drill has become routine, change procedures. “We The U.S. Coast Guard, which like the safety speech on airplanes before ask our passengers to oversees cruise ship safety, says the new life- take-off – important but tiresome. There is put their lifejackets on jacket policies are within the rules. A safety comfort in knowing that your vessel, unlike and go to their muster lesson and instruction about how to wear the infamous Titanic ocean liner, carries station,” said an MSC a lifejacket are required for each cruise. plenty of lifejackets and lifeboats, plus GPS spokeswoman. “Our Whether passengers actually put the jackets systems that would bring help quickly. idea is that the drill on is up to the ship. Royal Caribbean started the trend should be as realistic For decades, cruisers have tripped toward lifejacketless drills when the cruise and serious as possible.” all over themselves on the first afternoon line, building Oasis of the Seas (2009) and Costa requires passen- of their vacations at sea, as they returned Allure of the Seas (2010), could only imag- gers to carry their life- to their cabins on signal, walked from their ine the potential chaos at weekly life boat jackets to an assigned A crew member on the new Carnival Magic explains some cabins to an emergency lifeboat muster sta- drills. Think of 6,000 passengers on a huge muster station. workout equipment to a passengers on the ship’s inaugural tion while wearing bulky life vests, listened ship running back and forth to their cab- Most of the cruise out of Venice in May. (Photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens. to safety instructions, then pushed through ins. The process easily could have taken an smaller, typically more com) the crowds – often with lifejacket cords hour. luxurious ships have dangling to trip the unwary – to carry their “We started with the idea that if not changed their life- parts of the world, you might be surprised vests back to the cabin so they could get on guests can proceed directly to their assem- jacket policies. Crystal asks passengers at the laxness of safety rules at sea. But in with their holiday. bly stations without having to go back to to put on a lifejacket before leaving their North America, and on ships that do busi- First-time cruisers often snapped their cabins to collect their lifejackets, it cabins and then proceed to an emergency ness with North Americans, cruise ships silly pictures of each other. But as the would greatly reduce congestion and help station. Windstar passengers also wear the are remarkably safe. At any given moment, guests reach their assembly station much life jacket to life boat drill. Regent Seven about 80,000 North Americans are cruising quicker,” said Christiaan Van Raalten, di- Seas and Oceania passengers bring their somewhere at sea, and chances are, except rector of Maritime Safety & Compliance lifejacket with them to the drill. Seabourn for the natural occurrences in their lives, for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “We also passengers are instructed to carry their life the same number of people who boarded a were able to decrease the amount of time it jackets to lifeboat drills, but the policy is ship will walk off at the end of their vaca- takes to conduct a muster-drill.” being reviewed and may change. tions. Store Hours Mike O’Berry, senior chief petty My guess is that after the safety The key is training the crew, Mon-Fri 10:30am - 9:30pm officer with the Coast Guard, which over- lecture, few passengers remember exactly which is why you see the crew in frequent Sat. & Sun. 7:30am - 9:30pm sees regulations of SOLAS (Safety of life at how to wear their lifejackets or where they safety drills aboard ship during cruises. All sea), said that the ship is required to have are to meet in an emergency. But I wouldn’t ship captains know that sea disasters sel- Daily Specials a lifejacket available at each station and to worry much. Putting on a lifejacket is pret- dom are the result of a single incident. In provide personal instruction on wearing it ty easy. And the place for emergency muster almost every case, they happen because of 3400 N. 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OVER 40 YEARS OF QUALITY CARE Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - July, 2011 - Page - 17 Reeves: Here We Go Again In California by Richard Reeves jority party, using census data and past cans and two independents, who would and 2010 censuses LOS ANGELES -- Forget the voting patterns, draw lines to create then choose six other members. Thirty -- there are many midnight ride of Paul Revere, Callista districts to maximize their numbers thousand people applied to become more Latino vot- Gingrich’s jewelry collection and An- in the legislature and in Congress. commissioners. It was a complicated ers now -- the draft thony Weiner’s ... well, you know. The “Gerrymandering” they called it in piece of business, picking those first maps would most most important political people right high school civics, after a particularly eight; there was vetting, interviews and likely produce three now are 14 Californians you don’t clever 19th-century governor of Mas- then a lottery. or four more Democratic members of know. They are the members of the sachusetts named Elbridge Gerry, who The commissioners had to fol- Congress, and more Democratic state Citizens Redistricting Commission of created a district that looked like a sal- low certain rules. Obviously, the popu- legislators as well. this great state. amander. lation of each of California’s 53 con- Ignoring local realpolitik, the American elections are rarely (2) Legislators of both par- gressional districts had to be roughly commission was praised in newspa- decided by debates in New Hampshire ties draw lines to protect incumbents. equal, minorities had to be protected per editorials, and politicians were left or even hundreds of millions of dollars Themselves. under federal Voter Rights legisla- speechless by the unrealistic fairness in television advertising. By and large, The California problem was tion, city and county boundaries had of it all. One example: Two Democrat- American elections are determined by that the politicians had created what to be taken into consideration and so ic congressmen of note, Howard Ber- who comes out to vote, the fine print were basically Democratic districts, did “communities of interest.” In Cali- man and Brad Sherman, were thrown of election laws and squiggly lines usually in the cities, and Republican fornia, those words mean that people into the same new draft district, a new on state maps. Except for presiden- districts in the rest of the state. One con- who live along the Pacific Ocean have one that might be inclined to support a tial elections, which can surprise you, sequence of that was primary elections different interests than farmers and Latino candidate. more than 90 percent of congressional where the more extreme candidates desert dwellers. And, specifically, the The next step in this adventure and legislative elections are decided in each party usually won, leading to commissioners could not take into ac- in democracy will be 11 more hearings before ballots are even printed. more and more political polarization. count regional political registration. It around the state, and then a new draft California, ever ready to re- Moderates, those rational outcasts in was not their business to make districts map will be drawn. That will be fun. form itself, the country and democracy both parties, were being squeezed fur- competitive. Who are the winners, then, of with referendum and initiative, has ther and further out. The first draft proposal, - sup this new California do-gooding? The now embraced “citizen redistricting.” (More reforms: California has ported by a unanimous vote of the com- lawyers. California is headed into a Drawing the lines of congressional and opted for open primaries. The top two missioners, was released last weekend. year where there will be more lawsuits legislative districts has always been a finishers, regardless of party, will face It seemed fair and balanced, as they say than days of sunshine. secret weapon of professional politi- each other in the general election. But at Fox News. But because of chang- cians. New districts have to be drawn that is a story for another time.) ing demographics between the 2000 after each census (2010, right now) So, in referenda in 2008 and and there have been two basic ways to 2010, the voters of California, those do that: who came out, decided what the state (1) In states where one party needed was a panel of 14 ordinary citi- fromCruising page 16. go the RedFrog and eat pub fare. dominates, state legislators of the ma- zens -- three Democrats, three Republi- Will we see a RedFrog Pub on Carnival Magic also plays older ships? “We can’t remake every- strongly on the cruise line’s developing thing,” he said, “but this (what you see theme of interactive vacation activi- Colo. Jobs For Mature Workers on Carnival Magic) is the direction we ties, far beyond the old standbys such (NAPSI)—SER Jobs for Progress, a training and employment service organ- are going.” Carnival also plans some a bingo and ice carving demonstrations ization, funded in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, is providing new playthings for the RedFrog pub in (which remain). low-income, older workers in Colorado job development through the Senior Com- the coming months: Something froggy, In the daytime, the SportsS- munity Service Employment Program (SCSEP). for sure. quare open decks are abuzz with people SCSEP is a community service and work-based training program for older The Italian restaurant, Cucina using diverse sets of equipment, from workers that provides subsidized, part-time, community service training for unem- del Capitano (Captain’s Kitchen), is the impressive water slides and workout ployed, low-income persons age 55 or older who have poor employment prospects. first alternative restaurant for Carnival stations (with a Vita exercise course) to Through the program, older workers have access to services and employment assist- beyond its steakhouses. Cucina is in the a ropes course that is somewhat chal- ance through the One-Stop Career Centers of the workforce investment system. same space as the pasta stations on Car- lenging but also possible for most peo- Program participants must be at least 55 and have a family income of no nival Dream – and has a similar feel at ple of moderate athletic ability. Beneath more than 25 percent above the federal poverty level. lunch – but at dinner becomes a warm, the ropes course is a family playground To learn more, please call any local case manager: Joann Torrez Weldon, familiar family restaurant with singing of possibilities from miniature golf and Pueblo (719) 404-0935; Josephine Quintana, Lakewood (303) 237-1842; Dannette waiters and a menu with some of Car- ping pong to foosball. Families can hang Kelly, Lakewood (303) 462-1725; Judy Campbell, Durango (970) 385-3995; Rita nival’s Italian captains’ family recipes. out on this deck and play together. Arvizo, Grand Junction (970) 256-1382; Alvaro Maldonado, Fort Collins (970) Walls are covered with black and white At night, interactivity contin- 402-0012. You can also visit our website www.ser-national.org family pictures from the captains and ues in the comedy club, at Karaoke that their families. The dinner fee is $10 draws singers who want to perform with adults, $5 for children. a live backup band, and in the piano bar At lunch, Cucina is open at no called Play It Again. fee for choices of pasta dishes. It is part Play it Again is smoke-free, of the Magic’s plan to disperse the mid- as are all piano bars on all Carnival day crowd from the buffet restaurant ships, which started in Mid June. Ciga- on the aft end of the Lido Deck, which rette smoking in public areas now will Listening To Your Needs...... became a high-traffic bottleneck on the be permitted only in Carnival’s dance Carnival Dream. 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Advertisers! a bank or credit union representative or Copyright© 2010-Beacon Publishing contact Social Security for help. Page 20 - Senior Beacon - July, 2011 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info WEIRD NEWS from page 4. In December (1993), a New teen werewolf “Monster High” model, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin that he The Classic Middle Name (all-new!) York appeals court rejected Edna Hobbs’ Clawdeen Wolf, who comes with heavy was concerned only with her “qualifica- Arrested recently and await- lawsuit against the company that makes makeup, a short skirt and high boots, tions” to sit at the table. ing trial for murder: Anthony Wayne the device called The Clapper. Hobbs and who supposedly spends her time Questionable Judgments Smith (former Oakland Raiders foot- claimed she hurt her hands because she “waxing, plucking and shaving.” (Says -- The recent Memorial Day ball player), Los Angeles (March); had to clap too hard in order to turn her Clawdeen, in promotional materials, weekend was a time of reflection for the Theron Wayne Johnson, Weston, Texas appliances on: “I couldn’t peel pota- “My hair is worthy of a shampoo com- residents of Long Island (N.Y.)’s Shel- (May); Michael Wayne McGray, Van- toes (when my hands hurt). I never ate mercial, and that’s just what grows on ter Island, who were honoring a soldier couver, British Columbia (May); Dar- so many baked potatoes in my life. I my legs.”) Though Mattel claims the from the neighborhood who had recent- rell Wayne Morris, Price, Utah (May). was in pain.” However, the judge said doll celebrates girls’ imperfections, a ly been killed in Afghanistan. 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(May); Jeffrey Wayne Riebe, Conway, Posse Junior Queen contest in May had tongue-kissing machine to enable lov- -- Principal Terry Eisenbarth S.C. (40 years in prison) (June). a dilemma, but instead of canceling ers to suck face over the Internet, ac- apologized to parents and children A News of the Weird Classic (Febru- the competition in which the cowgirls cording to a May CNN report. At sepa- at Washington Elementary School in ary 2007) show their skills on horseback, they de- rate locations, the pair place special Mount Vernon, Iowa, in May and prom- In September (2006), accord- cided to conduct the show except with straws in their mouths and mimic a deep ised to stop his ritual “whammies,” in ing to sheriff’s officials in Buffalo, the girls “riding” stick “ponies” to get kiss, which is recorded and transmit- which he summons kids on their birth- N.Y., Thomas Montgomery, 47, mur- style points. Former queen Savanna ted to each other’s straws. Researcher days to his office, sings “Happy Birth- dered a 22-year-old colleague in an Steed told KSL-TV the change would Nobuhiro Takahashi sees profit in “ce- day” to them, and ceremonially spanks online love triangle involving a West be good because it would better test rid- lebrity” tongue-kissing applications, but the child’s backside with a cushioned Virginia woman, except that two of the ers’ knowledge of the routines instead said more work is needed to establish hockey stick (with the number of three people involved did not exist. Os- of their relying on their horses to make individual taste, breathing and tongue whacks equaling the child’s age). tensibly, a young Marine flirted with an the moves. moistness. (Another team of Japanese Creme de la Weird 18-year-old woman, but unknown to Latest Religious Messages researchers, using a harness-type de- In May, based on five women’s each other, the “Marine” was actually -- Unclear on the Concept: In- vice, reported making similar advances complaints, Virginia Beach, Va., police Montgomery, and the woman was ac- dia’s Ganges River has become famous- -- in Internet “hugging,” with sensors arrested restaurateur Henry Fitzsim- tually her mother, 45, pretending to be ly polluted, in part by reverent Hindu that mimic lovers’ heartbeats and even mons, 54, for abduction and sexual as- her daughter. The workplace colleague pilgrims who toss “offerings” (such as their spine’s “tingling” and stomach’s sault for harshly beating them as pun- (not pretending to be anyone else) had clothing, statues and the cremated ashes “butterflies.”) ishment for violating the terms of the struck up an online conversation with of loved ones) into it in hope of pros- -- Tacky: (1) The Columbus, “scholarship” he supposedly offered the “daughter,” also, making Mont- perous lives and holy afterlives. Hindu Ohio, school board accepted principal them. The women claim that Fitzsim- gomery jealous enough to kill him. immigrants in New York City, with- Kimberly Jones’ resignation in May mons is a devotee of the “Spencer Plan” Thus, in the make-believe “triangle,” out access to the Ganges, have called following revelations by The Colum- of orderly discipline, in which contract- the only real person is now dead. upon Jamaica Bay as a stand-in. 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Playing with Where Are They Now? by Marshall Jay Kaplan Football Star Is Well-Adjusted (NAPSI)—Professional athletes often recog- Conrad Bain Immediate- nize the value of chiropractic care—some, however, The comedic television actor ly, Conrad really appreciate it. For example, Dr. Ed Rodgers— best know for his roles on “Maude” and was cast father of championship Green Bay Packers’ winning “Diff’rent Strokes” still has an audience in another quarterback Aaron Rodgers-became a chiropractor af- — but now the audience is looking at a sitcom — ter he himself was treated by one when injured playing stage, rather than their television set. “Diff’rent college football. Conrad was born in Lethbridge, Strokes”. “The structure of the human body, especially Alberta, Canada on February 4, 1923. The show’s the spine and its relationship to function, can be im- His parents moved frequently within p r e m i s e pacted by the physical nature of accidents, falls, poor Canada before ending up in Calgary was about posture and injuries,” says Dr. Rodgers. “That’s why where first started acting at the Western a white chiropractic care is so valuable for many health prob- Canada High School. “After discharge millionaire lems.” from the Canadian Army I went to New who adopts He points out that every NFL football team York and attended The American Acad- two Afro- and the majority of college and high school athletic emy of Dramatic Arts and then started American programs have a doctor of chiropractic available to to look for work.” b r o t h e r s . treat their players. Athletes from all sports credit chi- After many auditions, Con- The show ropractic care for their ability to recover from neck, rad landed his first professional role in c e n t e r e d back and other joint injuries, and play their games at a a summer stock production of “Dear around cute high level. Ruth”. He continued appearing on the Gary Cole- To learn more, visit the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress at www.yes- stage, until eventually landing New man. “Diff’rent Strokes was a different 2chiropractic.com. York-based productions. It was here kind of challenge, partly because of the where he was spotted for “Maude”. concept and also because I had top bill- “Norman Lear had seen me in ing. There is a large responsibility that ASHWOOD several plays and apparently like what goes with that. We were saying some- he saw. His office called my agent and thing about how people of diverse races asked whether I would be interested can relate to the love within a fam- in doing a series. 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He was one of the first male ‘dumb married to Monica (“who was a superb blondes’. With his incompetence, he painter”) for over 50 years. A few years was able to have the series create jokes ago, he moved to a retirement home in about the medical professional. After Northern California where he resides. six years and 142 episodes, the series Conrad will not comment on the death ended in 1978. of his co-star, Gary Coleman. One bedroom apartments uniquely designed for YOU. Rents vary from Senior Beacon Is FREE $347.00 to $558.00 depending on income On The Internet GO TO eligibility. Amenities include: water and www.seniorbeacon.info click on "beacon online" trash paid, washer & dryer hook-ups and click on the month you'd like to read and read it! laundry facility, fully carpeted, dishwash- Give it a few minutes to come up on the computer. er, energy saving hot water system and What could be easier? professionally maintained. 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Even though Melman says few retirees are course, the Ridleys experi- financial nest eggs shrank during the requiring four-bay attached garages, but ence one-level living in their economic downturn, baby boomers are that no one is willing to give up the airi- Shea Homes’ green-certified now leading the trend toward purchasing ness of a 9-foot ceiling and an open floor home with an ultra energy smaller, smart-sized, new construction plan. “More are building houses that ap- savings package. That means homes. pear larger, because of the way they’re in addition to added insula- Despite decreasing square-foot- designed,” he says. “The goal is to have a tion, and Energy Star-rated age, active aging adults still want their better looking and better working home appliances and windows, the homes to feel large and have certain in a smaller area.” Ridleys’ home also has a 3- amenities. Energy-efficiency kilowatt solar power system “Part of getting older is that Many retirees are gravitating to and a solar-powered attic Today’s one-level living for active adults has smarter you’re becoming wiser, and that per- homes built in active-adult communities fan. open floor plans with a kitchen-great room that has easy access to outdoor living. Because of the way these new, tains to the way in which you live,” says in warmer climates located throughout “The solar panels are smaller homes are designed, there are more options than Stephen Melman, National Association North America. built into the roof to blend ever for retirees to find a home they can afford, while of Home Builders spokesman in Wash- While it was the front porch on with the shingles,” says Pres- still being able to live large. photo: Shea Homes ington, D.C. “Retirees want smaller their new California-ranch-style home ton Holdner, general man- homes, but they also want houses to be in Nipomo, Calif., that initially appealed ager of the Trilogy develop- plenty of storage space,” Roger says. “I, smarter, in terms of energy-efficiency and to Roger and Christine Ridley, both in ment. “While residents can expect to pay of course, am reaping the rewards with the usage of space.” their mid-60s, it’s the unseen aspects up to $25,000 more for energy-efficient wonderful meals.” One-Level Living that make their home more comfortable upgrades, more than 90 percent of our Indoor-Outdoor Living According to ongoing NAHB than ever. residents have chosen to do so.” Creating an environment that Economics and Housing Policy Consum- Shea Homes has nearly a dozen For Roger, an attorney, it’s encourages outdoor living, while also er Preference Surveys, the design features Trilogy-branded active-adult resort liv- what he doesn’t have to pay that makes bringing the outside to the inside of a found most important to the 55-plus ing communities located in Arizona, his energy-efficient house so appealing. home appeals to the Ridleys. new-home buyer include a master bed- California, Washington, Florida and Ne- “Our electricity bills average about $12 Outdoor living spaces can in- room on the first floor and larger bath- vada. The Ridleys moved from Riverside, a month,” he says. “Currently, because of clude an outdoor kitchen, an outdoor rooms, opportunities for outdoor living Calif., to the Trilogy at Monarch Dunes our solar panels, we are exporting more fireplace and fountains. These amenities kilowatt-hours to the grid than we draw, increase a home’s square footage outside so at the end of our true-up period, we and complement a more casual style of expect to receive a check from the utility entertaining. May The Clouds company.” Universal Design Open floor plan Home offices or dens are popu- The Ridleys have five children lar additions to floor plans for active ag- and five grandchildren who they encour- ing adults. Many continue to work, only Never Burst And The age to come and visit regularly in their semi-retiring, as in Roger Ridley’s case. Avila-model home. The three-bedroom Also, a master bedroom-bath- house segregates visitors from the Rid- room suite is a feature that is becoming Son Always Find You! leys by having the master suite and guest essential. Master bathrooms can be speci- rooms on opposite ends of the house. fied to have a raised commode, grab bars, “I feel like a hallway is wasted widened doorways and a shower seat as space, and this house doesn’t have one,” additional amenities. Roger says. “When we have company, we NAHB’s Melman says that in ad- can retreat to opposite ends of the house dition to selling homes, many developers when we need privacy and then we can are selling a lifestyle. “More builders are all meet in the central kitchen-great room offering universal design as a concept so area.” retirees can age in-place,” Melman says. 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Holdner and open floor plans with a kitchen-great we’re dedicated to also says homeowners who have easy ac- room that has easy access to outdoor liv- RU‡‡ Hearing Health Education cess to laundry facilities and a large pan- ing. Because of the way these new, small- try near the kitchen have a floor plan that er homes are designed, there are more op- works for them. tions than ever for retirees to find a home The kitchen is the heart of their they can afford, while still being able to home for the Ridleys. “Christine finally live large. got her dream kitchen with an island and

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COME LORD the door of the closest building, a huge static about this turn of events. The These are JESUS!” glass dome-covered garden we had just boys especially, who were not terribly signs of the JULY 2011 left. We were barely inside catching thrilled about a visit to a garden in the times of which the Bible speaks. “Where are you?” my sister’s our breath before Garden staff mem- first place, suddenly found themselves Recently, a false prophet, once voice sounded frantic. bers directed us to maintenance tunnels in a fantastic spelunking adventure. again, predicted the rapture of the “St. Louis! The Botanical Gar- under the building. The adult chaperones were not as ex- church and the end of the world, nam- dens. Why?” Heavy musty odors permeated cited. Moms watching news reports of ing a date. It made headlines and major “You better find a place to the dimly lit tunnel as sixty or more tornado warnings were surely trauma- news broadcasts. Once again, people take cover. Another tornado is headed Botanical Garden guests were treated tized at the thought of their children in fell for the lie, selling their homes, and right at St. Louis.” She was watching to an unanticipated excursion. The danger, especially with the aftermath of spending huge amounts of money, con- weather updates from her home in New tunnel was about six feet wide, varying the Joplin tornado freshly in the news. fident they would be raptured and not Mexico. Knowing we were in Missou- in height from five to eight feet. Rick After thirty or forty minutes we have to pay the bill. Some quit their ri for our granddaughter’s graduation, had to stoop in places to walk through. were allowed to exit the tunnel. Back in jobs and gave away all their belong- she was greatly concerned. “It’s sup- There was no way to know what was the huge dome room I was astounded at ings. Later, the false prophet made posed to hit there in two minutes.” happening above… if a tornado was the rain pounding the glass above, and this arrogant comment about the disil- I thanked her, clicked off my eminent or this was just a warning. not just rain but rivers dumping on the lusionment and confusion of his fol- phone and relayed the message to my What a great opportunity to pray! roof… gushing violent rivers as brutal lowers, “They’ll get over it!” The man winds raged. About thirty minutes lat- has since suffered a stroke. er we were informed that the park was Events of today definitely point MISSION OPPORTUNITY! closing due to loss of power. Broken to the return of our Lord Jesus and it is branches littered walkways and we felt important to prepare for it. Our hearts Lives are changed through prayer. Please con- blessed to find the car still in the park- must be right with Him. We are clear- ing lot, especially after learning that ly warned not to let the sun go down sider praying for prisoners with the option of high winds had over-turned several 18 on our anger. How many survivors of wheelers and six lanes of the interstate these catastrophic events weep today corrrespondence ministry. Go to the website west of the city were closed. because they did not forgive a loved In recent months weird and one or ask forgiveness for a having or reply to learn more. www.PrayerForPrison- violent weather patterns have disrupted wronged someone else? It can happen lives across the world, leaving unprec- to anyone! Is there someone in Your ers.org Jan McLaughlin Forman, PFPI Co- edented destruction in the wake. Thou- life you need to make amends with? sands have been killed or left home- Don’t wait! Tomorrow may be too Director Prayer For Prisoners International less. Bombings and violence spread late. throughout the world. 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To find more good ideas, the Just Some Of Our Many Amenities Research and Innovative Technology • 24-Hour Fully Skilled Nursing Services • Indoor/Outdoor Recreational Areas • Individual Heat/Cool Unit In Each Room Administration launched the Connected • Private & Semi-Private Rooms Only • Low Traffic Area • Private Dining Area Vehicle Technology Challenge, a national • Large, Comfortable Rooms • Cable In Each Room • Beautiful Patio Areas • Mini-Mall including: Unique library, gift shop, ice cream parlor & beauty shop competition seeking ideas for ways to use connectivity between vehicles to make transportation safer, greener and easier. Life Care Center of Pueblo More at www.Challenge.gov and www. 2118 Chatalet Lane - Pueblo, CO 81005 719-564-2000 itsa.org. Page 28 - Senior Beacon - July, 2011 Visit Us At http://www.seniorbeacon.info Reeling “July, A Big Movie Month” by Film Critic Betty Jo Tucker, Pueblo

July: A Big Movie Month! up for our favorite young wizard. On “Source Code” piques our There’s something for every- that same date, the animated “Winnie interest right away as an injured sol- one among this year’s July theatrical the Pooh” competes for box office dier (Gyllenhaal) gets thrust repeatedly releases. Fans of action, romance, com- attention, providing a charming option back in time to inhabit someone else’s edy, fantasy, or animation should be for the younger set. Finally, “Cowboys body in order to find a bomb -- and particularly pleased with this month’s & Aliens” closes out the big-screen bomber -- before a commuter train schedule. And one of the best sci-fi schedule on July 29. It’s a sci-fi action headed for Chicago explodes. Yes, this thrillers of the year will be available Western (yes, you read that right!) violates everything we know about the on DVD at the end of the month. If with a terrific cast including Harrison ordinary rules of nature, but our hero’s you prefer seeing movies on the big Ford, Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and biggest problem involves having only screen, the following offerings look Brendan Wayne, the grandson of leg- 8 minutes for each “thrust.” It’s like the like winners to me: “Transformers: endary film icon John Wayne. (Please other side of a “Groundhog Day” coin. Dark of the Moon,”“Larry Crowne,” remember that release dates are subject With every visit, the soldier finds new “Zookeeper,”“Harry Potter and the to change.) information. And with every return, Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Cowboys & For DVD viewers, a real treat he asks more questions about what’s Aliens,” and “Winnie the Pooh.” arrives on July 26. That’s the release really happening to him, where he’s Previews for the latest date of “Source Code,” a quantum genre actually located, and who’s in charge. “Transformers” adventure look spec- thriller I highly recommend. quantum Gyllenhaal’s performance as the con- tacular, while those for “Larry Crowne” genre films lead us to believe anything fused but dedicated soldier comes (“Moon”) and screenwriter Ben Ripley make me eager to see Tom Hanks and is possible. In this unusual sci-fi movie across as one of the best so far this year (“Species: The Awakening”) understand Julia Roberts in what promises to be a starring Jake Gyllenhaal, we see that – and his best since “Moonlight Mile.” the significance of change, ambiguity, delightful romantic comedy. Both films idea played out with considerable sus- Gyllenhaal projects the right combina- and alternate realities in quantum genre open on July 1 – and I can’t decide pense under the direction of Duncan tion of emotional turmoil and strength works. Kudos for the twists and turns which one to see first. “Zookeeper,” Jones. We may feel befuddled while of character to make this difficult role they include in “Source Code.” As a a slapstick comedy starring funnyman watching this movie because so much work for us despite the bizarre situation result, I’m placing it among my quan- Kevin James plus numerous talking of what’s happening seems weird and depicted in the film. tum genre film favorites -- along with animals, opens on July 8. It should be obscure to us, but we can’t help feel- In movies like “Source Code,” “The Fountain,” “Mulholland Drive” a lot of fun! On July 15, Harry Potter’s ing fascinated and eager to connect the the key actors must be completely and “Sliding Doors.” (Released by last film outing takes over our multi- dots. However, as in all quantum genre believable or the film fails to trigger Summit Entertainment and rated “PG- plexes, and Muggles like me -- who offerings, the unusual style of the piece our suspension of disbelief. Fortunately, 13” for violence including disturbing haven’t read J.K. Rowling’s final chap- assumes more importance than all those along with Gyllenhaal, other cast images, and for language.) Senior Beacon ad:Layout 1 11/18/10 2:57 PM Page 1 ters – are eager to see how things end dots put together. members help make everything on screen seem real. Michelle Monaghan Read more film reviews by Betty Jo Tucker at ReelTalkReviews.com. Copies Appointments available in Pueblo & Cañon City! (“Trucker”) is lovely and charming as of her two books, CONFESSIONS a train passenger the soldier wants to OF A MOVIE ADDICT and SUSAN save; Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”) SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, keeps us guessing about her “trying-to- are available on Amazon.com and at be-no-nonsense” character; and Jeffrey Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Pueblo. IT HAD TO BE US, the award-winning Wright (“Cadillac Records”) holds his romantic memoir she and her husband own as a scientist onto something even co-wrote under the pseudonyms of Harry bigger than he can imagine. & Elizabeth Lawrence, can be ordered at I’m pleased that director Jones Amazon’s Kindle store.

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