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Contributing Writers: Howard Erman Les Goldberg Ronnie Greenberg Dr. Robert Horseman Judith Rogow Debbie L. Sklar VOLUME 45, NUMBER 1 Nick Thomas JANUARY 2019 “Serving The Needs of Orange County & Long Beach Seniors Since 1974” Jessica Lange “When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.” —Jessica Lange What’s Inside.... Calendar of Events .............................. 5 Classifieds ....................................... 6-7 Jessica Lange .....................................10 Gadget Geezer ...................................12 Fabulous Finds ...................................14 Book Club ..........................................21 Paso Robles .......................................22 Busy Boomers ....................................31 In The Spotlight .................................35 Tinseltown Talks .................................41 Orange County • Long Beach Page 2 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] JANUARY 2019 It’s Never Too Late To Achieve A Healthy Weight People often think of the New new Guidelines recommend Year as a time to set new goals that adults aim for at least 150 for healthy eating and physical minutes of moderate-inten- activity. But weight manage- sity activity each week, such $2,945 ment requires ongoing effort, as brisk walking or dancing. $2,745 during the holidays and every Youth ages six through 17 day. That’s why the National need one hour each day, and $3,185 Institute of Diabetes and Di- children ages three through six $2,745 gestive and Kidney Diseases with managing weight during should be active throughout $575 (NIDDK), part of the Nation- this time of year. the day. al Institutes of Health, is pro- moting simple tips and tools The NIDDK recommends By establishing and sticking to to help Americans start and making physical activity a healthy habits, parents, care- maintain healthy habits. priority for the whole family. givers and youth may achieve Choosing a set time for phys- better health together during “Why wait to start improving ical activity and sticking to it the holiday season and beyond. your health when you can start may help you manage stress, today?” NIDDK Director Dr. improve your mood, and give To find more tips and resourc- Griffin P. Rodgers said in a you the energy to tackle your es for weight management and statement. “It’s never too soon busy schedule. If it’s too cold healthy living during the hol- or too late to achieve a healthy to walk or run outdoors, take idays and every day, visit the weight.” your workout to your favor- NIDDK website: https://www. ite mall or indoor sports field. niddk.nih.gov/health-informa- Reaching and maintaining a Even if you’re pressed for tion/weight-management. healthy weight through healthy time, doing some physical ac- food choices and regular phys- tivity is better than skipping ical activity may help lower your workout and doing noth- the risk of developing health ing. The problems associated with obe- Senior sity, such as heart disease, kid- Another tip to consider during ney disease and Type 2 diabe- the holiday season and ev- Reporter tes. About 40 percent of adults ery day to improve health is published monthly by: and 19 percent of children and and manage weight is to re- teens in the United States have duce screen time and time SENIOR obesity, according to recent spent sitting. Watching TV REPORTER OF data from the Centers for Dis- for more than two hours a day OC ease Control and Prevention. has been linked to overweight and obesity. Try creating a Email Continue or establish healthier holiday-themed playlist and jcampos@senior- reporterofoc.com eating habits, such as reducing having a dance party. You can the overall calories you con- have fun dancing alone or with Telephone sume and limiting your intake family or friends. (714) 975-6345 of foods and beverages with Fax added sugars, fats and salt. To further encourage adults (714) 369-6517 Bringing healthier versions of and youth to be active, the Rate is $28.00 per year. your favorite dishes to holi- U.S. Department of Health and Guest articles, commentaries day gatherings, and choosing Human Services also recently and photographs are invited, however, publication is at the smaller portions of holiday released new Physical Activity discretion of the editor treats and alcohol, may help Guidelines for Americans. The Page 3 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] JANUARY 2019 Blue Tooth By Jim McDevitt my local mechanic can’t figure still don’t understand it all but out how to change the clock so I know it works because since I don’t feel so bad. I look at then my wife has demonstrat- it this way, for six months of ed to me while I was driving. I am not up to date with the lat- the year I have the correct time I am still amazed at what tech- est gadgets. For some time I Planes of Fame and for the other six months I nology can do. Maybe some- Air Museum thought my wife was talking to subtract an hour when I look at day I won’t have to go to an 14998 Cal Aero Drive an imaginary friend named Al- Chino, CA 91710 the car clock. On a Saturday airport to fly somewhere and I exa until I caught on. The rea- morning I was calling an old can step into a transporter ma- son it took me so long to catch childhood buddy who lived in chine dial a phone number and on is that I learned a long time New York. We try to stay in my body will be transported ago that it’s not a good idea to touch and keep up with what’s there. ask a woman if she’s talking going on in the world. My to an imaginary friend. A man wife was just leaving to meet makes that mistake only once some lady friends for coffee in his life. So now you may and she waved goodbye. understand why I thought Blue With A Tooth was someone’s tooth I didn’t think anything of it that had been banged by an as I talked about the foot- impact. Heart ball season on my cell phone. The next thing I know I was Based on my uneducated past talking to a dead line. I had history with gadgets I decid- for been disconnected. I redialed ed it was time to educate my- my friend’s number and he self about this product called explained what had happened. Seniors Blue Tooth which I heard When my wife had started up young people talking about. our Subaru, she turned on the Armed with my iPad I asked car radio which Blue Tooth au- the all-knowing Google search tomatically transferred my cell engine this question: “How did phone call to the car radio. My Blue Tooth get its name?” To friend was no longer talking my astonishment the reply said to me but was talking to my Blue Tooth was named after a wife who knows nothing about 10th century king named Har- football. old Bluetooth, King of Den- mark and Norway. If I wasn’t Apparently the dealer had on Google, I would have programmed Blue Tooth to thought someone was pulling automatically pick up our cell my tooth, … I mean my leg. phone lines and put it on the car radio. From inside the car We have a 2016 Subaru with without using your cell phone all the new gadgets. I don’t use you could talk to the radio and them so I can’t even change the radio would talk back with the time on the clock when the the person on the other end. time change comes. I’ve even That way if you are driving read the owner’s manual but you do not pick up a phone. I it made no sense to me. Even Page 4 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] JANUARY 2019 California Sweet Potatoes Are Great For More Than Christmas—Enjoy Them Every Day While for many, it’s not the Makes 12 holidays without sweet pota- -12 crosswise slices California toes, California sweet potatoes sweet potato (about 1/4-inch can (and should) be enjoyed thick) throughout the year. Thanks -2 ounces good-quality blue to great growing conditions— cheese (about 1/4 cup packed) rich sandy soil, abundant sun- -3 dried figs, stemmed and shine and warm, dry climate— quartered California sweet potatoes are • Try a sweet potato pizza or -12 small rosemary sprigs widely availa-ble and ready to tart. Top store-bought pizza About 1 teaspoon flaked sea add both flavor and superfood dough or puff pastry with fon- salt PURCHASE, REFINANCE nutrition to all your favorite tina, roasted California sweet -About 1/2 teaspoon pepper and REVERSE MORTGAGES recipes. potatoes, caramelized onions -About 1 tablespoon honey and a sprinkle of salt. Bake One medium (4-oz. cooked) until golden brown and bub- Cook the sweet potato slices California sweet potato has bly, then top with a handful of in your toaster oven as you only 105 calories and 0g fat or arugula. would small slices of bread, cholesterol, yet this tasty tuber • How about pasta? While using the most well-done set- contains more than 80 nutri- cooking store-bought tortellini ting, until tender (you might ents including: according to package direc- have to do this in batches, • 2 grams of protein tions, sauté cubed California and each batch might have to • vitamin C (a good source) sweet potatoes with butter, ol- cook two times). Set aside to (714) 831-1315 • vitamin A (more than an en- ive oil and fresh sage leaves. cool to room temperature. Top BRIAN DOLAN, MBA tire day’s requirement) Drain tortellini, reserving each sweet potato slice with 1 [email protected] USMC, Ret.