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JANUARY 2019 Your Community News Source — Serving Sun City Lincoln Hills — ONLINE AT: SUNSENIORNEWS.COM EBRATIN The McCormicks — Running the Retirement Race EL G C BY RUTH MORSE YEARS! Ken and Deanna McCormick are at Deanna’s school in Joy, Illinois, when 17 in their eighties and still have amazing Deanna was a sophomore. Ken was a physical capabilities. When I visited, Ken senior at a rival school in Reynolds, Illinois. had already strung up the outdoor holiday Deanna moved to Iowa after graduation IN THIS ISSUE decorations himself, and the couple was and worked in a bank while Ken joined From the Editors ......................................................3 in the process of upgrading their house, the Air Force. They married in 1956 at the Letter to the Editors ................................................3 including the installation of new fl ooring. Methodist Church in Joy while Ken was But the biggest story was the race stationed in Duluth, Minnesota. He stayed Placer County Supervisor, SCLH Writer .................. 4 that Deanna had just recently completed in the Air Force for twenty-one years until Community Chorus, Players .........................................5 with her daughter and granddaughter. She retirement and that led to a peripatetic Lincoln Veteran Memorial Project.............................. 6 participated in a local four-mile Spartan lifestyle including time in Spain and Iran. Tap, Ballroom, Line Dance .......................................... 7 Race with an obstacle course, and, with the Deanna joined Ken in Duluth, Country Couples, Needle Arts, Painters ................9 support of her family members, was the Ken and Deanna McCormick Minnesota after their wedding. At one Mixed Media, Paper Art ........................................10 oldest person to ever complete the event. point, since there was only one key to their Photo by Jeff Andersen Favorite Restaurants ..............................................11 There was some trickery involved. house, Deanna was locked out and broke Photography, Woodcarvers, Antique, Writer’s ....12 Her granddaughter had asked her if she her daughter’s and granddaughter’s assistance, in to the residence through a small bathroom OC Book, Genealogy .............................................13 thought she could run a four-mile race so she completed the obstacles at the Van Fleet window, unfortunately falling into the toilet. S.C.H.O.O.L.S., Food Adventures .......................14 Deanna prepared by walking several miles Ranch in Rancho Cordova in October. There She remembers being very cold from the Italian, Travel, Lavender Friends ..........................15 several times a week on the walking track at is a great picture of the three of them at the incident. In another event from the time, they the Sun City Lodge. The information that the would keep the car battery in their residence Singles, Shalom, Veteran .......................................17 fi nish line (see page 29). granddaughter left out was that it was not just a Deanna and Ken fi rst met in high school. during the bitter cold temperatures so it would Amateur Radio, Computer ...................................17 four-mile race but also an obstacle course. With They were both attending a basketball game (cont’ on page 29) Apple User, Republican, Democratic ..................18 Alzheimers-Dementia, Bosom Buddies ........18 - 19 Low Vision Support, RoadRunners .....................22 Sports Car, RV, Bird ........................................22 - 23 Garden, Hiking, Water Volleyball ........................25 Happy New Year – The Lincoln From Neighbors Swimmers & Water Walkers ..................................25 InDeed: To a Healthy The Spring Chicken ...............................................26 Bingo is Back! Tennis, Pickleball ....................................................27 Hills Foundation BY DENISE BOWDEN Out & About in Lincoln ........................................30 BY JEFF ANDERSEN and Safe New Year! Bulletin Board ........................................................31 Lincoln Hills Foundation is back in the The Lincoln Hills Foundation is a local BY DOUG BROWN SCLHCA Board of Directors 2019 Election .......33 ballroom on Tuesday, January 29th for the fi rst 501(c)(3) all volunteer organization providing Bingo of the year. We are looking forward to programs and services to Seniors in the Lincoln Neighbors InDeed (NID) is well- Lincster Golf, Ladies Golf .....................................34 seeing our great group of regulars and we hope community. While we do receive some fi nancial known for our services in assisting residents Men’s Golf, Billiards, Cribbage ............................35 to see many new faces in 2019. support from local businesses, it is the residents in maintaining your home – smoke alarm Duplicate Bridge ....................................................36 Come as a group and reserve a table or of Sun City Lincoln Hills who provide the bulk battery changes, furnace filter cleaning Observations ...........................................................38 come by yourself and make new friends. Tables of the funds we use for grants. Thank you one and changing, garage door lubricating and Neighborhood Watch .............................................41 for seven to ten players can be reserved in cleaning, thermostat adjustments, irrigation Classifi eds ...........................................................42-43 advance by sending an email to bingo@ timer settings and minor adjustments, lincolnhillsfoundation.org. medical equipment loans, referrals to trusted And Much More . Cost is $20 for twelve games. Don’t forget businesses and services, and much more! In to bring your dauber or purchase one on-site 2018, NID received over 7,200 telephone calls for $1.50. from you – residents of Lincoln Hills. We’re a Doors open at 12:30 in the Orchard Creek and all. Every donation dollar goes directly to phone call away at 916-223-2763. Ballroom and the games begin at 1:00. programs and services for Seniors. In 2018, the PAID As usual Meridians Restaurant will offer LHF provided grants totaling over $86,000, PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 70 PERMIT NO. ROSEVILLE, CA its tasty pre-game luncheon special. Look and will be close to $100,000 in 2019. for the complete 2019 Bingo schedule on the Collaborating with our partners in service website at www.lincolnhillsfoundation.org. is how we help maintain or improve the quality of life for seniors here in Lincoln: SCLH Community Association (room facilities, equipment, promotion), Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center (counseling services), Seniors First (MyMeals), The Salt Mine (senior food Art by Rudi Franke and supplies), St. Vincent de Paul (emergency medical expense), AARP Foundation for As you turn your calendars to a new year Tax Aide (Annual Fed & State tax return and to some New Year’s resolutions, we would preparation), the Lincoln Theater Company like to encourage you to consider a review of ECRWSS CUSTOMER POSTAL (audio equipment for hearing impaired), your personal health and safety inside your Sun Senior News Blvd., #3-405 5098 Foothills Roseville, CA 95747 (cont’ on page 41) (cont’ on page 39) 2 Sun Senior News • LINCOLN HILLS • JANUARY 2019 .VSQIZ#SPXO(JMMJT 0VS5SVTUFE3FBM&TUBUF"TTJTUBOU The Gillis Group Spouses Who Sell Houses. 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