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The APRIL 2011 I ISSUE 206 Seniors and the State Budget Bill — Page 3 Kenosha Co. Division of Aging NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION & Disability Services U.S. POSTAGE PAID 8600 Sheridan Road PERMIT NO. 633 Kenosha, WI 53143 KENOSHA, WI 53140 Change Service Requested What’s Happening in Kenosha April 1, through April 3, 7:30 p.m., FreshINK Dramatic Reading: “Mrs. April 8, 12 to 1 p.m., Fort Sumter: The Civil War Trigger Point, Civil Packard”, UW-Parkside Student Center Cinema, 900 Wood Rd., (262) War Museum, 5400 First Ave., (262) 653-4141. 595-2457. April 9, 1 to 5 p.m., Dairy State Cheese & Beer Festival, Brat Stop, April 2, 2 p.m., A Bushel of Baskets: How I Became a Basket Maniac, 12304 – 75th St. (I-94 & Hwy. 50), (262) 654-6200. Southwest Library, 7979 - 38th Ave., (262) 564-6159. April 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Southport Rendezvous, Kenosha Public April 4, 2 p.m., “The Future of the Book A panel of four board members Museum, 5500 First Ave., (262) 653-4140. of the WI Center for the Book will discuss the future of the book.” In the Cinema, UW-Parkside. Adventures in Life Long Learning (ALL), (262) April 9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Harvey PTA 6th Annual Cultural Fair, Harvey 595-2137. Elementary School, 2012 - 19th Ave., (262) 359-4040. April 9, Guided Tours of the Fiery Trial Exhibit, Civil War Museum, 5400 First Ave., (262) 653-4141. Parkinson’s Disease April 16, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kenosha HarborMarket Seniors and the State arkinson’s disease (PD) examination and the patient’s - Winter HarborMarket, Rhode Center for the Arts, 514 - 56th St., (262) belongs to a group of descriptions of symptoms to 914-1252. Budget Bill Pconditions called movement determine whether he or she has April 19, 7 p.m., Music of Four Centuries: Classical Guitar, Southwest disorders. It is both chronic and Parkinson’s. A neurologist may Library, 7979- 38th Ave., (262) 564-6159. progressive, meaning its symptoms order several tests to rule out other everal senior advocacy groups grow worse and last over time. conditions before diagnosing a April 30, 12 p.m., Base Ball in the Civil War, Civil War Museum, 5400 joined capitol protesters in Some of the common symptoms of person with Parkinson’s disease. First Ave., (262) 653-4141. Sopposition to the Budget Repair Bill. Parkinson’s are tremor of the hands, There is no known cure for Their concerns focused on provisions arms, legs or jaw; rigidity or stiffness Parkinson’s. Physicians treat May 8, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Golden Strings Mother’s Day Brunch, Best that would allow the Governor’s of the limbs and trunk; bradykinesia the symptoms of the disease. Western Harborside Inn& Kenosha Conference Center, 5125 - 6th Ave., administration to make significant or slowness of movement; and Levodopa is the most widely Tremper High School: (262) 359-2200. changes in Medicaid programs like SeniorCare Rx, FamilyCare and postural instability or impaired prescribed Parkinson’s medication, May 19, 2011 – Older American’s Month Event, Now and Then BadgerCare without full legislative balance and coordination. and people often take several “Awaken a Dream: What’s on Your Bucket List?” Noon luncheon. approval or opportunity for public As many as one million Amer- other medications to manage the $15. Madrigrano Auditorium. Registration required. Call the ADRC of input. The bill that finally passed icans live with Parkinson’s disease, disease. Surgical options, such as Kenosha County, 262-605-6646. appears to allow more oversight of the which is more than the combined deep brain stimulation, may help number of people diagnosed Medicaid rule making process than the alleviate a person’s PD symptoms May 28, 1 p.m., The History of Memorial Day, Civil War Museum, 5400 with multiple sclerosis, muscular original version. if and when they stop responding First Ave., (262) 653-4141. dystrophy and Lou Gehrig’s disease. favorably to medication. However, Much attention has shifted to the Approximately 60,000 Americans are surgery is only effective for a small May 28, through Jul 17, Fri. 6 to 8 p.m. and Sat. 1 to 4 p.m., as well as on Governor’s 2011-2013 Budget Proposal. diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease group of people with Parkinson’s the Second Saturday of every month, 6 to 9 p.m., Veterans on Parade, If passed by the Joint Finance Committee each year. Incidence of Parkinson’s and is only recommended if a KAAleidoscope Art Gallery, 5615 - 7th Ave., (262) 654-0065. and then the full legislature as proposed, increases with age, but an estimated patient meets specific criteria. the budget would: four percent of people with PD are Parkinson’s disease is a • Require older persons, in order to be diagnosed before the age of 50. progressive disorder, and although eligible for SeniorCare Prescription Drug Parkinson’s disease occurs it is not considered to be a fatal Program, to enroll in Medicare D. There when a group of cells, in an area disease, symptoms do worsen The Chronicle are over 1400 seniors in Kenosha County of the brain called the substantia over time and make life difficult. A Bi-Monthy Newspaper currently enrolled in SeniorCare Rx. nigra, begin to malfunction and People with Parkinson’s experience LaVerne Jaros, Director eventually die. These cells produce a significantly decreased quality of 8600 Sheridan Road a chemical called dopamine, which life and are often unable to perform is a neurotransmitter, or chemical daily movement functions, such Kenosha, WI 53143 messenger, that regulates the as getting out of bed unaided (262) 605-6646 activity of parts of the brain that and driving. Most individuals are 1-800-472-8008 Aging & Disability Resource Center control movement initiation and eventually forced to stop working of Kenosha County coordination. When Parkinson’s due to the unavoidable progression For information on display advertising please call occurs, these cells begin to die at of disabling symptoms. In some Dennis Serpe, Kenosha News, 656-6255 a faster rate and the amount of cases, people have died from The Kenosha County Department of Aging assumes no responsibility for dopamine produced in the brain Parkinson’s-related complications, advertising contents, mistakes or omissions. No endorsement of any product or decreases, leaving a person unable such as pneumonia. service advertised herein is made by the Kenosha County Department of Aging to control movement normally. and none should be inferred. We wish to thank the advertisers who make this Physicians rely on a neurological Source: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation publication possible for Kenosha County seniors. 2 the chronicle APRIL 2011 What’s Happening in Kenosha What Would April 1, through April 3, 7:30 p.m., FreshINK Dramatic Reading: “Mrs. April 8, 12 to 1 p.m., Fort Sumter: The Civil War Trigger Point, Civil Packard”, UW-Parkside Student Center Cinema, 900 Wood Rd., (262) War Museum, 5400 First Ave., (262) 653-4141. 595-2457. April 9, 1 to 5 p.m., Dairy State Cheese & Beer Festival, Brat Stop, Maggie Say? April 2, 2 p.m., A Bushel of Baskets: How I Became a Basket Maniac, 12304 – 75th St. (I-94 & Hwy. 50), (262) 654-6200. Southwest Library, 7979 - 38th Ave., (262) 564-6159. ‘Speak your mind — even if your voice shakes, April 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Southport Rendezvous, Kenosha Public April 4, 2 p.m., “The Future of the Book A panel of four board members Museum, 5500 First Ave., (262) 653-4140. for well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.’ of the WI Center for the Book will discuss the future of the book.” In the Cinema, UW-Parkside. Adventures in Life Long Learning (ALL), (262) April 9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Harvey PTA 6th Annual Cultural Fair, Harvey t was June 26, 1990 at Kenosha’s old Spaghetti Station. 595-2137. Elementary School, 2012 - 19th Ave., (262) 359-4040. On the riser, in front of an audience that filled the banquet Iroom, sat a petite, wrinkled, April 9, Guided Tours of the Fiery Trial Exhibit, Civil War Museum, elegant lady with white hair held 5400 First Ave., (262) 653-4141. back in a bun, glasses perched on LaVerne Jaros Seniors and the State her nose so that you could clearly Director, ADRC April 16, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kenosha HarborMarket see her determined dark eyes. - Winter HarborMarket, Rhode Center for the Arts, 514 - 56th St., (262) Rocking herself to a standing 914-1252. Budget Bill position, Maggie Kuhn, elder activist, proceeded to address April 19, 7 p.m., Music of Four Centuries: Classical Guitar, Southwest a gathering of Kenosha senior citizens. Library, 7979- 38th Ave., (262) 564-6159. Born in Buffalo in 1905 Maggie Kuhn was one of few everal senior advocacy groups • Place a cap on Family Care women in those days able to attend college. She started April 30, 12 p.m., Base Ball in the Civil War, Civil War Museum, 5400 joined capitol protesters in enrollment as of June 20, 2011. Kenosha working in 1926 at the YWCA in Cleveland. In 1950 she First Ave., (262) 653-4141. Sopposition to the Budget Repair Bill. County would again have to start a wait began a 20 year stint with the Education and Action Office of Their concerns focused on provisions list, adding someone to the program only the Presbyterian Church of the USA, until at age 65 she was May 8, 10 a.m.