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February 2013
Lucy Wilcox joins century club
Having pets can make you healthy in many ways PAGE 4
Manage retirement savings before next economic downturn PAGE 9
Kick up your recipes to make them more healthy PAGE 10
Mike Corey presents Lucy Wilcox with a framed resolution by the Minerva Town Board recognizing her community service and celebrating her birthday on Monday, Jan. 21 at the Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Photo by Phil Sherotov
Former Minerva resident hailed at 100th birthday celebration By Phil Sherotov
newsenterprise@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center celebrated the 100th birthday of one of its residents on Monday Jan. 21. Lucy Mullane Wilcox, formerly of Minerva, was also recognized for lifetime of achievements. Jamie Reynolds, the activity director for TriCounty, introduced Wilcox and provided an account of her life. She was born Lucy Wilkins in Yonkers on Jan. 21, 1913 and was one of four siblings, having two brothers and a sister. Wilcox moved to the town of Minerva at the age of 25. She worked at the post office and drove a school bus (which was technically a car as one of the attendees explained). Despite retiring at the relatively young age of 40, she continued to be extraordinarily active in her community. She was a founding member of the Minerva Rescue Squad in 1956, where she rode in the ambulance, was a dispatcher, as well as an emergency medical technician. Wilcox and her husband, Jack, took Red Cross courses and became certified instructors in advanced first aid. She formed the Women’s Auxiliary of the Minerva Volunteer Fire Department
in 1960 and served as its first president. In 1975, she helped form the Nursing Auxiliary and served as its president until her husband fell ill. She married Mark Wilcox in 1983 and he eventually became a volunteer at Tri-County. Tri-County Administrator Hal Payne said the Nursing Auxiliary has done a great deal for the facility and continues to contribute thousands of dollars. “It’s great to be able to give back to someone who has done so much for Tri-County” Payne said about having Wilcox as a resident. Wilcox was also active in the Minerva Histor-
ical Society and the Minerva Civic League. Mike Corey, president of the Minerva School Board and husband of Minerva Town Supervisor Sue Montgomery Corey, was present on behalf of his wife and the Town Board to present Wilcox with a framed resolution celebrating her birthday and honoring her many contributions to the community. Asked what advice she would offer others who would like to live as long and accomplish as much as she has, Wilcox replied, “You just face everything the best you can, put on a good face, go on.”
Psychological benefits of giving Charities often benefit significantly from the generosity of donors and volunteers. But the person providing the philanthropy also takes away something from the experience, and there actually may be measurable emotional advantages to being charitable. Here are a few more health benefits that may result from being altruistic: •an activation of emotions
that are key to good health, •lower stress levels, •longer periods of calm after the generous act, •improved mood, and •a potentially longer life span. There are many ways to give back and experience these physical and psychological benefits, including: •sharing experiences at a school,
•volunteering at a hospital, •volunteering at a national or local park, •donating unused items, like clothes or cars, •reading to children at a library, •helping to care for animals at shelters, •volunteering at a hospice and comforting those at the end of their lives, •donating supplies to a new teacher and •becoming a companion to a senior citizen.