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LASIK vs. Refractive Cataract Surgery aging lens of our eyes begins to harden over time, causing the eye muscles to lose its ability to change the shape of the lens to bring objects into sharp focus. When the lens hardens enough, it is called a cataract. LASIK, which changes the surface of the cornea, will not stop the progression of presbyopia or cataracts. Cataract surgery is the only way to correct cataracts. During cataract surgery, a cataract surgeon replaces the natural lens with a new intraocular lens implant. Even people in their early 50s are electing to have an early cataract surgery called Clear Lens Replacement (CLR). The benefits of CLR or cataract surgery are better vision, astigmatism correction and a reduced dependency on glass all the time Refractive cataract surgery is different from traditional cataract surgery. Traditional surgery has a limited lens selection and does not correct astigmatism. Refractive cataract surgery is a customized process that involves the use of the most advanced lens implants,

BY DAVID JEFFERY, Marketing Director of The Eye Institute of West Florida

ost of us probably know someone in their early 20s or 30s who has successfully undergone LASIK surgery and no longer needs to wear glasses. A LASIK surgeon slightly alters the surface of cornea to refine the focal point in which objects appear on the retina and minimizes any astigmatism that may cause blurry or double vision. Although the results are alluring, LASIK is not for everyone. As our eyes age, they undergo very different vision changes than when we were younger; therefore, a different procedure may be necessary to correct blurry vision. As people approach their forties and fifties, they tend to push the newspaper a little farther away from their eyes and turn up the lighting to improve their ability to read fine print. This condition, called presbyopia, involves the natural crystalline lens inside the eye and not the cornea. The

diagnostic services, operating room technologies and surgeon experience to best restore accommodation and correct astigmatism. Although results can vary, an investment to see your very best only comes around once in a lifetime. Cataract surgery is only performed once. Although refractive cataract surgery and LASIK are two different procedures, they share a similar objective—to refine vision outcome using a customized approach to vision correction. Investing in an advanced procedure will require more upfront discussion with your surgeon so he can determine which lens is best for you. A series of pre-surgical measurements are taken to determine the corrective lens power needed for each eye. During surgery, lasers are used to create very small oneway entry wounds through the cornea that are designed to heal rapidly. Lasers also soften the cataract for easy removal and can correct any astigmatism or the irregular shape of the cornea with computer accuracy and precision.

The most well-equipped surgery centers now offer the new ORA System. During surgery, your surgeon uses the ORA System to perform a refraction at the time of your procedure to verify pre-surgical data (measurements) made about lens strength and uses it to determine the most accurate lens implant power to refine your visual results. Refractive cataract surgery may bear additional costs over traditional surgery, but the procedure is more customized for each patient’s individual eye with a clearer outcome. The power to see your very best may depend on age and vision condition. Although LASIK results are what you seek, it may not offer you the corrective procedure suited for your condition. Listen to what your ophthalmologist has to say about your condition and what options can best correct your vision. Don’t be surprised if LASIK is not one of them. To learn more, call 727-565-4826 or visit www.eyespecialist.com.

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You Never Know What Will Happen When You Re-imagine Your Life Dear Readers,

new buzzword making the rounds is “re-imagine,” as in re-imagining life’s possibilities and asking the question “What’s next Janice Doyle, Editor for me?” It’s about making choices that fundamentally change your life. It can be as simple as imagining yourself if you gave up smoking and got healthier or if you started eating right and exercising more. You might re-imagine your life going back to school or creating a beautiful yard. So many possibilities! Then there are people like Don Mankin of Los Angeles, a career academic and author of books on organizational psychology. He reimagined his life and now he travels the world as “The Adventure Geezer.” I met Don recently at a travel writers conference. In December we talked on the phone and he told me he was spending the day going over his itinerary for travels in 2014. Oh, let’s see. He’s got a few things planned. He’ll be kayaking in Croatia, sailing in Indonesia, hiking in Portugal, diving in the Galapagos Islands. He has six adventure trips in all, each of them two to three weeks long. You can read Don’s article in this issue about three of his adventure travel trips last year—hiking to Machu

Pichu, crossing Russia by train, coming face to face with a lion in Namibia. The interesting thing about Don’s trips is that he’s not the only—and sometimes not the oldest—senior adventurer on his trips. Old is the new young when it comes to adventure travel. Becoming “The Adventure Geezer” Don was an academic for 35 years, a Ph.D psychologist who taught classes, wrote books and became a university dean. About eight years ago, he was having dinner with a friend and handed the friend a copy of his recent book on business management. Don said, “My friend challenged me with some career advice: Stop working and writing in academia. The baby boomers are going to be interested in hearing about your travels.” A light went off in Don’s head. In that instant, he re-imagined his life as an adventure travel writer. “It really was almost that abrupt,” he told me. In reality, he had his lifetime of experience to draw on, like we all do. The friend knew Don was already an author and that he had always been interested in travel. He knew that when the university opened an international study program in Thailand, Don had extended work trips to Thailand for the school, visiting Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam after the work part of the trip. “It had not occurred to me to write about my travels, even though I took lots of pictures,” Don said.

He spent the next year in academia while he wrote a book proposal, found an agent and sold his ﬁrst adventure travel book to National Geographic. And with that, he stopped working and became The Adventure Geezer! Every year he takes extended trips that are centered on adventure. That means staying ﬁt. “I’m very conscientious about the gym. I work out with an extremely rigorous program,” he said. He said, “I’m as busy as I’ve ever been. I really haven’t had a boring day in years.” That’s a good lesson for all of us. If we are bored, it might be good to start re-imagining life and allowing ourselves to be pulled by the possibilities that are all around us, whether for adventure, service to others or—well, look for yourself at where you’ve been and what’s out there for the future. Do you need to re-imagine yourself?

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History Discussion: Finding the Fountain of Youth: Ponce de Leon and Florida’s Magical Waters. 2 pm at Heritage Village, Largo. Free (donations welcome). 727-582-2123. The Sunshine Music & Blues Festival. 11:30 am at Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Tickets/info at sunshinemusicandblues.com.

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42nd Street Big Band performs Fabulous ‘50s: The Legends Live On. 2 pm at Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. $12. 727-842-6777.

Health Planning Seminar with Dr. David Bernstein: “An Ounce of Prevention, A Prescription for Lifelong Health Planning.” Free. 1:30 pm at Inn on the Pond, Clearwater. 727-302-3802.

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Cindys’ Pets Dog Walk and People Run. 5K people run, family run/walk, dog walk and show. Proceeds provide food for pets of seniors in Meals on Wheels. Price: $15 – $30. 7:30 am at Sims Park, 6341 Bank St., New Port Richey. Info/register: 727-372-9333.

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Wild and Whimsical—The Hats and Secret Art of Dr. Seuss BY TRACIE SCHMIDT

f you grew up with Dr. Seuss’ stories, you might be inclined to believe that there was a Woset in the doctor’s closet. But did you also know that his closet was filled to the brim with hats? 200 to 400 of them, to be exact, in all shapes and sizes. A new touring exhibition called “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss,” created in honor of the 75th anniversary of his second book, “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,” gives visitors a rare glimpse of Theodor Giesel’s (Dr’s Seuss’) colorful collection as well as a chance to see a few pieces of his Secret Art—paintings and sculptures he created for himself that have never been revealed to the public. Oh, The Things You’ll See! According to Bill Dreyer, Director and Curator for the Art of Dr. Seuss, there are 158 of the fragile fabric hats still intact in his collection.

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WWII campaign in Europe, so more than a few military caps ended up in his closet as well. “That’s what I think is interesting about the collection,” continues Dreyer. “You have wacky, whimsical hats that you might expect from Dr. Seuss, but you also have an amazing balance of serious, Dr. Seuss and his hats. even somber hats. For example, he has a WWII Nazi field marshal’s hat, an They selected 26 for the exhibition Italian fascist’s fez, a concentration and have taken photos of the othcamp hat, an English naval cap.” ers to display alongside them. Giesel’s sister, Marnie, said he would I asked Dreyer why hats fascinated often bring the hats out at parties and act the doctor so much. He suggested that out stories to amuse guests. They were it may have had to do with Giesel’s also great inspirations for his work, and travels—he would often take home Seuss readers may recognize a feathered hats as souvenirs. chapeau or two from the exhibit in one “When he was in his 20s, in the early of his books. The jewel of his collection 1920s, he started to travel around the is perhaps the most iconic hat of all time, world. And by the age of 30 he had The Hat from “The Cat in the Hat.” traveled to 30 countries. He continued In this case, the book came first. “The collecting hats throughout his career,” hat was likely made and given to Dr. he said. Seuss was also part of the Seuss by someone,” suggests Dreyer.

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss “The Secret Art collection has imagery that stretches beyond the wildest imagination of the good doctor,” Dreyer hints. It ranges from the unusual (taxidermy of fantastic creatures using specimens donated by his father, a zookeeper) to works with subjects that are more adult in nature. Oil paintings, sculptures and character illustrations are infused with creativity and wry humor. I asked Dreyer what he hoped visitors would take away from the experience. “I think visitors will leave the exhibition with a greater understanding and appreciation for the full artistic legacy of Theodor Seuss Geisel,” he said, “and they will laugh and be delighted in ways they didn’t expect. I would say that this is a collection that appeals to people who are young and young at heart. The exhibition’s opening event will take place 6 – 9 pm on Jan. 11 at Syd Entel Galleries, 247 Main St., Safety Harbor, and can be viewed through Jan. 25. To learn more, call 727-725-1808.

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Pinellas 2014 Auditions: January 15 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Japanese Garden Mobile Estates 19709 U.S. Highway 19 North Clearwater, FL 33764-1006

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A F T E R 50

What’s Next? Exploring the Possibilities AFTER

he kids are gone, the money’s tended to, the job is on auto-pilot or a thing of the past: now what? There comes a time when you can open up to the unknown, when you begin to separate the old story—what you’ve always done, who you’ve always been—from the new story of who you’d like to become. From “I can’t do that” and “Get real” you begin to say “Yes, I can.” Here’s how. You let go and begin exploring. You let go of preconceptions and prescriptions without having to have a reason. Exploring is brainstorming with your life; it’s a conversation with a new set of possibilities, a new set of likes and dislikes. You might begin like this. Go to a newsstand and read a handful

of magazines you’ve never read before and perhaps never appealed to you before. Find out what other people are thinking and doing. Or next time you’re on a drive, take a new side road. Maybe take up line dancing even though you’ve told yourself you can’t dance and that you hate country and western music. You can’t discover something you already know everything about. The problem is, most of us don’t like

uncertainty; we’re uncomfortable with not knowing. So we shy away from danger and flinch in the face of risk. We’re not comfortable remembering what it feels like to be incompetent as a learner. It will humble us to be a learner again. But we can do that, too, because we remember the actual journeys we’ve been on. We remember the moments of spontaneity and how those moments are what separate an adventure from just another trip. So, life AFTER all the other stuff is a time for exploring rather than already knowing. How do you do that? The formula is G + P + V.

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strengths that you’ve recognized in your lifetime.

Add to those P for passion. “What do I care about?” “What needs doing in the world, or my community?” Consider

putting your gifts to work in an area of need that you care about.

V stands for values—how

you see yourself operating in the world. What lifestyles and work styles fit your styles, your temperament, your values?

When these three are in alignment, you live your best life. You’ll find you won’t be comparing yourself to the people around you or measuring your life by someone else’s. You won’t talk about retirement as a default destination. Instead you’ll be making choices for a healthier and more fulfilling life—not of “having” but of “being.” From “Life Reimagined: Discovering Your New Life Possibilities” by Richard J. Leider and Alan M. Webber

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ar is always the same.” “War is different today.” Both statements are true and both statements are false. Older veterans and non-vets alike tend to think today’s soldiers should be able to come home and blend in with society—“get on with life.” Many older soldiers did just that. And that’s where war today is different. While World War II veterans may also suffer from PTSD, there are several differences between World War II and Vietnam veterans and Iraqi War veterans. World War II soldiers remained with their units for extended periods of time, rather than being rotated in and out of a unit, and they remained together after the war for several months (often spending a month together on a ship returning from the war), helping them “process” their experiences among others who had also had those experiences. Vietnam veterans individually returned home after a thirteen month tour of duty, meaning they had no one who could relate to them after they served; it was almost as if they had fought the war alone because they returned home alone. This is often true of recent war vets as well. PTSD is a very real condition, and families are wise to know what is happening to their son, grandson, daughter or granddaughter returning from Iraq. One simple thing to understand is that they feel “on edge” in many situations. What is feeling on edge? Feeling on edge in crowds means finding it hard to stop thinking about safety. It may involve having a short fuse or being hypervigilant, or being on very high alert to possible risks or threats—constantly “on guard.” It may be the result of an experience in a combat zone, a non-combat training exercise or another type of traumatizing event in military or civilian life.

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One man said, “When I went out for dinner, I always wanted to have my back to the wall and be able to see the door from where I was sitting.” Hypervigilance can interfere with the ability to enjoy life or even just get through the day. It may be having trouble concentrating, feeling irritable and reacting strongly to sounds and sights around. Others experience physical effects like a pounding heart, headache or upset stomach. Hypervigilance may also lead you to distrust other people or try to control their actions.

How can you help? Grandparents and others can help in these ways: • Be a non-judgmental listener. Don’t push for details. When your loved one begins talking, settle in to be a quiet, non-interrupting listener for as long as it takes. Give him or her plenty of time. Talking to family and friends can be a first step in the healing. (And, Old Soldiers, don’t you dare start telling your own war stories! As tempting as it is, this is not about you until the other person asks!) • Ask the person if they would like to go to the park, the store, for a walk. Accept their answer without belittling them or begging. Be ready to help them find treatment and offer to drive them to their appointments. • When you see panic in their eyes, quietly say, “Take a deep breath.” Ask gently if they’d like to talk about what they’re feeling.

• Help them quietly remove themselves from upsetting situations without making a scene about it yourself. • Don’t give advice unless you are asked. Resources: Your local Vet Center sees vets free, without an appointment and regardless of enrollment status with VA.

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Travel Trekking Lodge to Lodge to Machu Picchu As I sat in the spa sipping a pisco sour, I looked down the valley to Mt. Salkantay, the huge, snowcovered monolith at the end. I was in the Andes for the six day Mountain Lodges of Peru trek. At this altitude most every day is a challenge, but the big challenge was on the third day – a butt-searing, heart-pounding, lungscreaming five hour, 2500’ high altitude climb to Salkantay Pass at 15,213 feet. I made it, as did everybody in our group, though a few rode horses over the pass. The downhill sections, on muddy, rocky trails, weren’t so easy either. But at the end of every day there were spas, pisco sours and cold beer, comfortable accommodations and

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The Healthy Geezer BY FRED CICETTI

. I get a lot of stomach aches. Do you have any tips to prevent them?

If you are having recurring abdominal pain, you should see a doctor immediately. This kind of discomfort can be a symptom of a serious ailment. However, if you’re talking about the kind of stomach aches we all get occasionally, there are some things you can do to prevent them. • Eat small meals more frequently. • Make sure that your meals are well-balanced and high in fiber. • Drink plenty of water each day. • Exercise regularly. • Limit foods that produce gas. The following are gas-generating foods: • Legumes, especially dried beans and peas, baked beans, soy beans, lima beans. • Dairy products such as milk, ice cream, cheese. • Vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cucumbers, sauerkraut, kohlrabi, asparagus, potatoes, rutabaga, turnips, radishes, onions. • Fruits such as prunes, apricots, apples, raisins, bananas. • Foods containing wheat such as cereals, breads and pastries. • Fatty foods such as fried chicken and anything in cream sauces and gravies. •Any carbonated beverage. Abdominal pain is often caused by overeating. Sometimes an infection is responsible. But pain may be a symptom of something that requires emergency treatment; there are quite a few organs in your abdominal area. The location of the pain is informative to your doctor. Pain near your navel can be a sign of appendicitis or something wrong in your small intestine. Stomach problems are found in the upper middle section of the abdomen.

Persistent pain in this area may also signal a problem with your gallbladder, pancreas or the upper part of your small intestine. It’s unusual to feel pain in the upper left abdomen. Pain in this area may be caused by a problem in the colon, stomach, spleen or pancreas. Intense pain in the upper right abdomen is often related to inflammation of the gallbladder. Pain in the lower middle abdomen may be caused by the colon. Women with pelvic inflammatory disease or a urinary tract infection may experience pain in this area. The lower right abdomen is where inflammation of the colon may cause pain. Appendicitis pain may also spread to this region. If you feel pain in the lower left abdomen, you usually have a problem at the end of the colon. Don’t rely on self-diagnosis based upon these pain guidelines. Abdominal pain has a way of moving around. For example, gallbladder pain can move to your right shoulder. And, abdominal pain can be caused by the lungs and heart. Or, it may be caused by muscle strain. The following are some of the danger signs associated with abdominal pain. If you experience any of the following, get immediate medical attention: • Sudden and sharp pain • Pain that radiates to your chest, neck or shoulder • Severe, recurrent or persistent pain • Pain that worsens • Vomiting blood • Blood in your stool • A swollen and tender abdomen • Shortness of breath • Dizziness • High fever If you would like to read more columns, you can order a copy of “How To Be A Healthy Geezer” at www.healthygeezer.com. All Rights Reserved © 2013 by Fred Cicetti.

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CHARITABLE GIVING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL

RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS IRA ROLLOVER

IRA OPTIONS

If you are over age 70½, the Federal government permits you to rollover up to $100,000 from your IRA to All Children’s Hospital Foundation without increasing your taxable income or paying any additional tax. These tax-free rollover gifts could be $1,000, $10,000 or any amount up to $100,000 this year. The gift satisfies your RMD for this year.

Future IRA Gift Options

Lydia E. Bailey, CFRE All Children’s Hospital Foundation 500 7th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33731 727-767-8914 lydia.bailey@allkids.org www.givetoallkids.org All Children’s Hospital Foundation qualifies under Section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS Code. Our Federal Tax Identification Number is 59-2481738. Our Florida Solicitation of Contributions Act Registration Number is SC- 07080-IM. A Copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll free 1-800-435-7352, within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. We retain no professional solicitors and our Foundation receives 100% of each contribution.

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While you have the opportunity to give through your IRA now, there are other options available for making future gifts from your IRA account to All Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Bequest of IRA

One option is to designate a All Children’s Hospital Foundation as the beneficiary of your IRA. This permits you to continue to take withdrawals from your IRA during life and then leave the remaining value of your IRA to All Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Testamentary IRA Gift Annuity

Another option would be to use your will to fund a gift annuity with your IRA. The annuity will provide your family with income for their life or a number of years and will also provide a nice gift to All Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Testamentary IRA Unitrust

You could also use your will to transfer your IRA to a special “Give it Twice” trust. These trusts usually provide income to children for up to 20 years. Once all the income has been paid to family, the remainder of the trust is given to All Children’s Hospital Foundation.

SIMPLE, EASY GIFT

If you are like many individuals, your IRA has increased in value over the years and you have more income than you may need. The IRA rollover gift is a simple and easy way to provide for All Children’s Hospital Foundation while not increasing your taxable income. Simply contact your custodian and request that an amount be transferred to All Children’s. Charity receives a nice gift and you avoid any additional tax and satisfy your RMD for the year.

MAKE A MAJOR GIFT

Perhaps you are considering your tax planning goals and would like to make a major gift to charity. Like many individuals, your IRA may be the largest asset in your estate. Your CPA may be looking for ways to save taxes. By making an IRA charitable rollover gift of up to $100,000, you can reach your goal of helping charity in a significant way and reducing your taxable income.

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Senior Days – February 10, 11, 12, 13, offering special senior seminars. Here’s the deal: Purchase your Senior Ticket at Walgreens from January 2 through February 5 for just $7. These tickets are only good on senior days (Feb. 10 – 13). If you buy at the gate on those days, tickets are $9. Regular Adult Tickets purchased at Walgreens those same dates are $9 while tickets at the gates will be Mon. – Fri. $11 and Sat. – Sun. $13. Taking the kids? Children’s tickets purchased early at Walgreens, ages

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Ramen Noodle Burger – This burger on a Ramen Noodle bun will taste wonderful as the juices from the patty soak into the ramen noodles and it resembles a ramen soup.

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Feb. 12, with shows at 12 and 4 pm.

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On Heroes Day – February 6 – all active, reserve or retired military veterans, law enforcement, firemen and first responders are admitted free with valid identification.

Taste of the Fair – February 10, Fair visitors can enjoy small samples of Fair foods from participating vendors.

Also new this year will be Curried Goat with Dumplings and Curried Crab with Dumplings. If you’re trying to stay healthy, the Pickle Barrel Sirloin Tips vendor will be offering a new veggie wrap.

For true State Fair fun, you’ll want to mix up some flavors, so head for funnel cakes. This year’s blow-out taste treat will be Maple Bacon Funnel Cakes. What a combination of goodness!

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Hanging around year after year, look for some of these:

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What can you take to the Fair? Get online and plan entries in whatever you’re good at. Think about Baking, Horticulture, Woodcarving, Fine Handcrafted Furniture, Fine Art, Photography, Wine Competition and more.

Volunteers At The Fair

A good way to be at the Fair is to become a volunteer. From greeter to paperwork, from Cracker Country to the Ag Barn, volunteers are important. To learn about the opportunities and benefits online, go to floridastatefair.com/volunteer. More info at floridastatefair.com or call 800-345-FAIR(3247)..

Krispy Kreme Hamburgers – The doughnut burger features a quarter-pound burger, bacon, cheese and two glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts in place of a single bun. The monstrosity contains nearly 1,100 calories and 67 grams of fat. Chocolate-Covered Bacon on a Stick – Known as “a muddy pig,” chocolate-covered bacon on a stick isn’t new to fairgrounds, but the most recent additions to the saltysweet construction is to gild it with a candied cherry. Deep-fried Peanut Butter and Jelly – Clog your arteries with warm jelly and gooey peanut butter in an outside that’s so like a doughnut it must be one. For Fair tickets or info, visitfloridastatefair.com or call 800-345-FAIR(3247).

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t The Florida Orchestra’s next Tampa Bay Times Masterworks concert, Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger returns to conduct The Florida Orchestra in an all-Beethoven concert, featuring Irish pianist John O’Conor in the powerfully dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3. The concert opens with the Egmont Overture and concludes with the buoyant and charming Symphony No. 6, Pastorale. These concerts are January 10, 11 and 12 in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, respectively. Enjoy free coffee and doughnuts at the next morning Coffee Concert in a program titled “Musicians in the Spotlight.” This program showcases orchestra soloists and sections of the orchestra in Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, along with highlights from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, among other

works. January 16 at 11 am at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. At the next Raymond James Pops concert, it’s a night of high-adrenaline music saluting spies of the silver screen. Broadway star and singer Debbie Gravitte joins the orchestra and conductor Michael Krajewski for such favorite songs from the films You Only Live Twice, Pink Panther, Secret Agent Man, Dick Tracy, Skyfall and more. A Bond film memorabilia collection will also be featured in the lobby for these concerts on Jan. 17, 18 and 19 in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Hailed as a “prodigious and aristocratic violinist” by The Plain Dealer, orchestra concertmaster Jeffrey Multer performs Bartok’s vivacious, gypsy-intoned Violin Concerto No. 2 on the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks series along with Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and Steven Stucky’s Radical Light. Jan. 24, 25 and 26 in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. For tickets and info: 1-800-662-7286 or visit floridaorchestra.org.

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Humor New Year’s Day Prayer for One and All

Dear Lord, So far this year I’ve done well. I haven’t gossiped, I haven’t lost my temper, I haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or overindulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I’m going to get out of bed, and from then on I’m probably going to need a lot more help. Amen.

Dieting – New Year Resolutions 2010: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds. 2011: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds. 2012: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight. 2013: I will work out three days a week. 2014: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.

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drive, followed by an upshot and a putt to score a par 3. Sounds like golf, and it is. Just a different kind of golf. It’s early morning on rolling Florida hills where large old oaks form canopies overhead. Twenty miles away a course is flat and green. Colored discs fly through the air on what seems a mini-airplane flight, soaring from the thrower’s hand to a landing, close to the disc golf basket. This is disc golf. A well-thrown disc golf drive is very much like a well-hit golf drive—feeling that sense of power, mastery, awe and accomplishment. Starting from the toes, upward through the body, and out through the fingertips, a player transfers body weight from back to front. The disc is released and the player watches it fly. Today, wellness and prevention is a high priority in health care management. Disc golf is one way to fitness for seniors because it’s inexpensive and great exercise.

What is Disc Golf?

The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the smallest number of throws of the disc. According the Professional Disc Golf Association, disc golf began in the 70s and is played much like traditional golf. Instead of a ball and clubs, however, players use a flying disc, or Frisbee®, and the full body in motion. Aerodynamically, the disc is similar to the wing on a plane except for one thing: the disc is spinning! Physically, for each shot a player is trying to get legs, hips, shoulders, arm,

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without being overly strenuous. And you get to see park areas in a new way when you play.” The cost is much lower than traditional golf. “Some facilities have equipment available for free. Some courses charge for play and some don’t. Whatever it is, it’s a much lower cost than regular golf.” Jerry Smith is a long-time player and comments, “It’s a good way to meet new people and beat those you already know at a great sport.” If you’ve played Frisbee catch, you aren’t necessarily going to be good at disc golf. Zanselow says, “It’s a different throwing motion than just playing catch with a Frisbee.”

Reasons it’s a great sport wrist and hand all coming through at the right times. Let’s see. That would mean practicing enough to have “muscle memory” just like any other repeated activity. You can do that! On the course, there’s a tee area and as a player progresses down the fairway, he or she must make each consecutive shot from the spot where the previous throw has landed. Trees, shrubs and terrain changes provide challenging obstacles for the golfer. Finally, the “putt” lands in the basket and the hole is complete.

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Scott Zanselow, who plays Bay Oaks course in North Ft. Myers, says disc golf is a great sport for seniors because it “gets a person out and active

• Proper form can be learned on videos and through practice.

• You can start playing disc golf with as little equipment as one $8 disc.

• There are usually no greens fees or very low ones. No golf cart to rent or clubhouse membership to pay for.

• Disc golf provides upper and lower body conditioning, aerobic exercise and promotes a combination of physical and mental abilities that allow very little risk of physical injury.

• Concentration skills increase by mastering shots and negotiating obstacles. • The combination of throwing the disc and walking equals about 920 calories burned during a two-hour round of disc golf.

• It’s a great multi-generational sport—practice a while and then challenge that teenaged grandson!

• If you travel, you get to play on spectacular courses in places such as the Black Hills of South Dakota.

• Both men and women can play and there’s not much fuss about it.

• Players of limited fitness levels can start slowly and gradually increase their level of play as fitness improves.

• There are no concerns with the formality of tee off times and score cards.

The best thing about disc golf is the ease of participation. Get out there and play on one of these courses:

• Players can develop skills at their own pace.

• It’s challenging. Most courses are planned with obstacles.

• The sport makes for good stories. Players can reminisce about the flight of a perfectly thrown disc or the clink of the chains when the disc comes to rest in the inside of the basket.

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• Wearing green pants will communicate that you’re a world traveler—but that you also may live with your parents.

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