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Indy BOOMER TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPICS FEATURES BOOMER+ SPECIAL SECTION 10 COOKING Welcome to Indy, Spring! 20 Follow the Sun: Thoughts 24 Resource Pages from Indianapolis Mayor to help you find the 11 GARDENING Joe Hogsett services you need Ode to Joy, and By Todd Outcalt Flowers, and 27 Veterans and Bees, and Grass, and … Nursing Home Benefits 12 LEGAL Planning for Your 28 Retirement Digital Assets Communities in Greater Indianapolis 13 BOOMERS@WORK listed by location and Enjoy Work, Hire a Coach 6 Miss Indiana: Motivating services offered a Boomer Mom By Todd Outcalt 14 HEALTH 32 Efforts to Stop Hygiene for Hope Human Trafficking 7 Mark Boyle Voice of the Pacers 34 Tips to Encourage By Rudy Schouten the Caregiver 8 Punching Out Indiana Seniors 15 FITNESS 35 Butch Martin: Hooked on Parkinson’s Must Stay Vigilant Wheelchair Racing By Jon White to Avoid Falling Victim to Scammers 16 HOUSING 9 Agent Orange and Spring: Time to Refresh Parkinson’s Disease 37 Caring for Your Home Others … 18 New Movies Just Released and Yourself 17 RELATIONSHIPS on DVD/Blu-ray Connection Combats By Andy Ray Loneliness Cover photo courtesy KAREN PENCE Chaz Mottinger of Coming in May IU Communications Photo courtesy John Caruso / Regnery Publishing 4 Indy BOOMER March/April 2018 March/April 2018 Indy BOOMER 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright © March 2018 by Writers Marketing MPM Marketing, Inc. 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Herb Olshever Carol Juergensen Sheets Contact Us Use of articles, artwork, and photography is prohibited un- Patrick Pickett [email protected] less arrangements have been MEET THE STAFF 317-440-9376 made with MPM Marketing, Inc. 4 Indy BOOMER March/April 2018 March/April 2018 Indy BOOMER 5 Miss Indiana: Motivating a Boomer Mom On June 17, 2017, Haley Begay And when Haley looks at her of Pittsboro was crowned Miss mother, she adds, “The joy is Indiana. Two weeks later, Haley knowing so many incredible and learned that her mother, Susan, inspiring people.” had been diagnosed with a glio- There is no doubt that Susan blastoma brain tumor. and Haley share more than Susan, however, was not to go- just a mother-daughter rela- ing to give in to the usual Boom- tionship. They are both strong er concerns of declining health women, determined to impart or caring for ageing parents. their wisdom and gifts to oth- She felt a new surge of energy ers. Susan, as a Boomer, has a and purpose through Haley’s knack for staying focused on the Miss Indiana experiences. job at hand. And Haley sees her “I didn’t want my cancer to dis- promise and potential in serving tract from Haley’s happiness,” others in her role as Miss Indi- Susan said. “But she became an ana, and beyond. inspiration for me.” Grit and determination are Crowned Miss Indiana at age also traits that 19, Haley had always received Susan and Haley the strength and support of her share. Both women mother, but Haley also under- know what it takes stood that her year-long reign, to overcome the odds as well as her travel and speak- and perform on a ing schedule, would require a larger stage — not unique balance of public ap- just under the bright pearances coupled with care for lights, but within the her mother. Haley, who enjoys Haley Begay reading to challenges that life speaking to large groups, would schoolchildren Photo offers. Their sup- courtesy Shellody Brenton port for each other is remarkable. not only be travel- “In order to be in ––––––––––––––––– Haley and Susan Begay at ling the state, but home in Pittsboro Photo Atlantic City during Getting to know Miss Indiana, offering support to courtesy Darryl Begay the Miss American her mother at home Haley Begay pageant in Septem- and by driving her to radiation and ber of 2017, I skipped some radia- Student at Indiana University chemotherapy treatments. tion treatments and rescheduled “Every time I think of Haley being other appointments,” Susan said. Majors: Journalism and Spanish Miss Indiana, I feel motivated to “I wasn’t going to miss Haley’s big Minor: Psychology beat cancer,” Susan said. moment. My husband, Darryl, and Indeed, Susan is aware of how pre- son, Matt, took good care of me that Hometown: Pittsboro, Indiana cious time is, but feels a new-found week.” One of the youngest to be crowned sense of gratitude. “I’ve learned to “My mom is still imparting knowl- Miss Indiana at age 19 take one day at a time. I want to edge to me,” Haley said. “And just support Haley every day, and I’m like me, she seems to do better with Talent: Singing trying to impart as much practi- a full plate.” n Enjoys public speaking, cal knowledge as I can. But I don’t reading to children, writing want to be overbearing.” “Being crowned Miss Indiana is an By Todd Outcalt Goals: Broadcaster, television journalism honor,” Haley said. “But the pag- Freelance Writer eant is just one percent of the role.” ––––––––––––––––– 6 Indy BOOMER March/April 2018 March/April 2018 Indy BOOMER 7 Mark Boyle Voice of the Pacers college to become a broadcaster so, better at it. This year marks his at age 18, he heard his father lay 30th season as the Voice of the In- his cards on the table: “You can live diana Pacers. He’s called over 2,500 in our house for as long as you’re NBA games. He’s been recognized in school. You graduate June 26, as Indiana’s Sportscaster of the you’re out of the house June 27.” Year three times and owns a place Mark said, “I know. I get it.” in the Indiana Sportswriters and So he and three other guys rented Sportscasters Hall of Fame. a two-bedroom apartment, and Mark thinks back to his father’s Mark got a job driving a forklift. advice about choosing a path in He worked full-time, partied on life. “I don’t want to go back to that Mark Boyle calls the action at a the weekends, and still made good job making $500 a month, but I Pacers home game. use of his free time. “I’d take my little recorder to high When Mark Boyle was 15, he was school gyms and sure he could become a professional baseball fields. baseball player — a catcher. When And I’d sit there he saw that wasn’t going to hap- and broadcast the pen, he thought he’d be a coach, but games. I figured I’d realized he didn’t have the patience teach myself to do for it.