Lifestyles After 50 Lake Edition, September 2015

For Our Tech Giveaway!

SEE IT ALL!

RECIPE

Grilling Tips to Get You to Pitmaster Status

G

ive your grill some sizzle by combining your favorite cuts of meat and unique combinations of dry rub ingredients. In no time, you’ll earn “pitmaster” status among your friends and family as you create amazing flavors that will impress even the biggest BBQ fans.

The key to success on the grill is top-notch ingredients, and it all begins with quality meat.

With mouthwatering flavor and no artificial ingredients, Smithfield Fresh Pork offers a wide variety of cuts perfect for grilling season.

5. Patience is a virtue; don’t open the grill lid unless you are checking for doneness or turning the food.

Become the ultimate grill master with these tangy Asian inspired St. Louis Style ribs created by pitmaster Tuffy Stone of Q Barbeque.

When you’re ready to hit the grill, keep these tips in mind: 1. Season your ribs at least 30 minutes before grilling to make sure all of the flavors are absorbed.

2. Trust your thermometer; cook ribs to an internal temperature of about 200°F for fall off the bone tenderness.

3. Forget forks; use tongs or a spatula to keep from releasing precious juices.

4. Slow and steady is the way to go; slow cook ribs over indirect heat and add a handful of soaked hickory, apple or cherry wood chips for extra smoky flavor.

Ingredients • 1/2 cup kosher salt • 1/3 cup light brown sugar •1 tablespoon ground cinnamon • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground anise or fennel seed • 1 teaspoon black pepper • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves • 2 racks Smithfield Extra Tender St. LouisStyle Pork Spareribs, membrane removed • 1 handful hickory or apple wood chips for smoking, soaked and drained (optional) • 2 cups hoisin barbecue sauce

Asian Style BBQ Ribs

PLAN A MEMORABLE DAY TRIP TO QUAINT MT. DORA & VISIT

Landscape Design & Installation • Mulch Rock • Palms • Plants • Fountains

Comparable to box store prices and we stand behind everything we sell! We stock very large, mature Palms, Oaks & Maple trees.

RED D T SALE!

Buy One, Get One ½ OFF! Select Palm Trees & Tropical Plants Expires September 30, 2015

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 2_R

Come See our NEW GARDEN ORNAMENTS in the Gift Shop!

Preparation 1. About 30 minutes before grilling, make the dry rub. Combine the first six ingredients in small bowl; mix well. Generously coat both sides of ribs with rub. Set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes.

2. Heat charcoal or gas grill for indirect cooking at 275°F. Add drained wood chips, if using.

3. Place the ribs, meaty side up, over a drip pan and cook for 2 hours. Add about 12 coals to a charcoal grill every 45 minutes or so to maintain the heat.

4. Remove ribs from grill. Doublewrap each rack in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Return wrapped ribs to the grill and cook for 2 hours more over indirect heat, until very tender. Add more coals as needed to maintain temperature for a charcoal grill.

5. Remove ribs from grill and unwrap. Place ribs over direct heat on grill and brush with hoisin barbecue sauce. Cook for about 5 minutes until the sauce is set.

Turn ribs and repeat with more sauce.

6. Serve ribs with remaining hoisin barbecue sauce.

For more flavorful grilling recipes and tips, visit smithfield.com. (Family Features)

Sept. Horoscope: Virgo and Libra Virgo: (Aug. 23 - Sept.

22) You can have your own way and need not depend on others while making important decisions. But it is also important to keep your options open. You never know when you will need someone’s help. Home and emotional matters will dominate over career issues this month. Improvement in emotional quotient will automatically improve all aspects of your life.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Career issues will become less important while family and psychological wellbeing will take over this month.

Major decisions on the job or business front should be made in the first half of the month.

Due the Mercury retrograde, you are independent and will follow your own path or change your direction to suit your goals in life. Social skills are important but not binding. Following your heart’s desires is most important in life. (From sunsigns.org) See more horoscopes at lifestylesafter50.com.

Big Jim’s Tip Of The Month!

N

ow is a good time for some final pruning for one final flush of growth before fall. Check the following for some special care this month: Bird of Paradise: Remove old flower heads and declining leaves.

Check for scale and control as needed.

Gerber Daisy: Remove old flower heads and declining leaves; control fungal leaf spot with fungicide for flowers.

Lantana: Clean out dead portions and trim back to renew growth.

Pentas: Prune overgrown, lanky foliage.

Shrimp Plant: Give the entire plant a severe pruning.

Azaleas: Trim for the last time, not to interfere with early spring blooms. Use an Azalea fertilizer with a systemic to control lace bugs that plague them this time of year.

Check out our nice, cool gift shop, stocked with a wide selection of house plants and decorative items.

Visit The Yard Stop: 352-357-9964 or yardstopgardencenter.com.

What’s On Your Bucket List?

Dear Readers, Lee, & Charlotte Edition he Collier wander bug alwaysPublished seemsmonthly to by News Connection bite me this time ofU.S.A., Inc year. Maybe it’sPresident a result Reeves of too many Richard sweltering summerrichard@lifestylesafter50.com months cooped Tracie Lukens, Editor upPublisher/Director indoors. (Globally, of Events & Marketing Kathy J. Beck this year’s been the hottest on record kathy@lifestylesafter50.com since we started taking notes on these things around theEditor 1880s.)

Tracie Lukens This is not a treatise on global warming, editor@lifestylesafter50.com but rather, on global exploration! This Emeritus month is allEditor about travel, “seeing it Janice all” and finding fun Doyle ways to mix work, retirement and opportunities to knock Office Manager Vicki Willis list. items off of your bucket vicki@lifestylesafter50.com The image on the cover of the magazine this month was taken by our office Administrative Assistant Shaw manager, Vicki,Allie while she was fulfilling allie@lifestylesafter50.com one of her dreams: hot air ballooning.

“Going up in a hot air balloon was Production Supervisor/Graphic Design definitely on 813-689-6104 my list, and I did it!” she cheered. It was a Florida trip that left Distribution from Quail landed in Land NancyHollow Spencer:and 941-244-0500 nancy@lifestylesafter50.com ‘O Lakes.

“It was cool; I was afraid of heights, butAdvertising it didn’t bother Salesme because it went up slow and gentle,” she said.

Questions/Customer Service Her next mission: Catch a sailfish.

813-653-1988 • 1-888-670-0040 I was curious about the bucket lists of Kuehne: the restNancy of my office239-822-6150 mates, so I took a nancyk@lifestylesafter50.com quick survey.

Some longed for cooler climes: editions: Lights. I’d “I want to Our see other the Northern loveSarasota to be upEdition: there.Sarasota/Manatee Living somewhere Tampa Baybe Edition: Hillsborough County cool would right up there on the list,” Suncoast Edition: Pinellas/Pasco Counties said president Richard Reeves.

Lake Edition: Lake/Marion Counties “I’d like to live up north,” said sales and learn more, call 1-888-670-0040 eventTocoordinator Dena Bingham. “I’d also like to go to Scandinavia News Connection USA,someday.”

Inc. For LindaP.O. Seavey, our production Box 638 Seffner, Florida 33583-0638 manager, list items were about the rare or spontaneous.

Fax: (813) 651-1989 “I www.lifestylesafter50.com want to start a slow clap. You know, somewhere big—like an arena or

T

Pinellas/Pasco Edition Published monthly by News Connection U.S.A., Inc

President Richard Reeves richard@lifestylesafter50.com Publisher/Director of Events & Marketing Kathy J. Beck kathy@lifestylesafter50.com

Photo by Vicki Willis Editor

stadium,” she Tracie told me.

“I’d also like to Lukens see a pod of whales.” editor@lifestylesafter50.com Meanwhile, Allie, our web and office Editorticked Emeritus guru, has already a few items off Janice Doyle her list and is ready to add more.

“I’ve accomplished a lot already,” she Office Manager Vickia Willis said. “I watched pro football game betweenvicki@lifestylesafter50.com the Bucs and the Bengals. The Bengals Administrative won,” she added.

Assistant “And on my fiftieth birthday I jumped Allie Shaw allie@lifestylesafter50.com out of a perfectly good airplane.

“My ultimate goal,” she said, “is to be Production Supervisor/Graphic Design in a position where I can sell everything 813-689-6104 I own, buy an RV and travel the country for the rest ofDistribution my life, because there’s Nancy Spencer: so much out there.941-244-0500 Spend the kids’ nancy@lifestylesafter50.com inheritance!” she laughed.

As for me, I’ve always wanted to see Advertising Sales the glow worm caves in New Zealand.

Questions/Customer Service Pretty much anything in New Zealand, 813-653-1988 • 1-888-670-0040 actually. I’m not picky.

Our the otherroad editions: Wisdom from Tampa are Bay more Edition: Hillsborough County There than a few snowbirds Lake Edition: Lake/Marion Counties out there living Allie’s dream right now.

YouSarasota may beEdition: one of Sarasota/Manatee them, and I’m very Southwest Edition: Lee/Collier & Charlotte happy you’re reading us from wherever To learn 1-888-670-0040 the road hasmore, takencall you.

InNews this Connection issue, we hear USA,about Inc. two snowbirds who decided to put nuggets of P.O. Box 638 wisdom gainedFlorida from their first trip into Seffner, 33583-0638 a memoir—everything from restoring Fax: (813) 651-1989 a vintage RV and surviving a gauntlet www.lifestylesafter50.com of repairs to stumbling across amazing

sights, towns and people. They talk about relationships in close quarters and have more than a few tips about what to Sarasota/Manatee Edition Published monthly by take with you and what to leave behind, News Connection U.S.A., Inc physically and philosophically.

President

WWII Richard Reeves Augustrichard@lifestylesafter50.com 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. For that Publisher/Director of Events & Marketing mystery soldier who kissed a nurse in Kathy J. Beck Times Square, and for other members of kathy@lifestylesafter50.com the Greatest Generation, it’s a time to Editor remember a victory bought by bravery, Tracie Lukens sacrificeeditor@lifestylesafter50.com and more than a few hard choices. Spiritof45.org is a site created Editorindividuals Emeritus to honor those and their Doyle families, and Janice to share their stories. It’s worth checking out.

Office Manager Vicki Willis vicki@lifestylesafter50.com

News!

We also have some news at the Administrative Assistant magazine, bothAllie good and bittersweet.

Shaw The good: We’re announcing allie@lifestylesafter50.com a brand new Polk edition of our magazine Production starting in Supervisor/Graphic October! We’re Design excited 813-689-6104 to better reach our 50+ followers in Lakeland, Bartow, Winter Haven and Distribution Nancy Spencer: Lake Wales, and to 941-244-0500 connect them with helpful nancy@lifestylesafter50.com services and fun goings on in the area. Great things are coming!

Advertising Sales TheQuestions/Customer bittersweet: Edith “Pat” Brunner, Service Vicki’s mother, passed away last month 813-653-1988 • 1-888-670-0040 shortly after her 80th birthday.

We’ll miss the vibrant, no-nonsense Ourwould other editions: woman who volunteer at our Southwest Edition:run Lee/Collier Charlotte Fun Fest events, circles &around us Tampa Bayand Edition: County young’uns makeHillsborough us all laugh at the Suncoast Edition: Pinellas/Pasco Counties end of a long day. I’ll miss her beautiful Lake Edition: Lake/Marion Counties gardens and the afternoons she spent To learn 1-888-670-0040 teaching memore, how call to play the Wii. I like to think she’s looking News Connection USA, Inc.down on all of us P.O. fromBox one638 of Vicki’s hot Seffner, Florida 33583-0638 air balloons, hitting the last and best item on her bucket list, rising slow Fax: (813) 651-1989 and gentle. www.lifestylesafter50.com —Tracie Lukens

Lake, Marion & Sumter Edition Published monthly by News Connection U.S.A., Inc

President Richard Reeves richard@lifestylesafter50.com Publisher/Director of Events & Marketing Kathy J. Beck kathy@lifestylesafter50.com Editor Tracie Lukens editor@lifestylesafter50.com Editor Emeritus Janice Doyle Office Manager Vicki Willis vicki@lifestylesafter50.com Administrative Assistant Allie Shaw allie@lifestylesafter50.com Production Supervisor/Graphic Design 813-689-6104 Distribution Nancy Spencer: 941-244-0500 nancy@lifestylesafter50.com

Advertising Sales Questions/Customer Service

813-653-1988 • 1-888-670-0040 Our other editions:

Suncoast Edition: Pinellas/Pasco Counties Tampa Bay Edition: Hillsborough County Sarasota Edition: Sarasota/Manatee Counties Southwest Edition: Lee/Collier and Charlotte To learn more, call 1-888-670-0040

News Connection USA, Inc. P.O. Box 638 Seffner, Florida 33583-0638 Fax: (813) 651-1989 www.lifestylesafter50.com

FCOA

FCOA

FCOA

FCOA

Attention Readers: The articles printed in Lifestyles After 50 do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor or the staff. Lifestyles After 50 endeavors to accept reliable advertising; however, we cannot be held responsible by the public for advertising claims. Lifestyles After 50 reserves the right to refuse or discontinue any advertisement. Our advertising deadline for each issue is the 15th of the previous month. Magazines are out by the 7th of each month. All rights reserved.

Attention Readers: The articles printed in Lifestyles After 50 do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor or the staff. Lifestyles After 50 endeavors to accept reliable advertising; however, we cannot be held responsible by the public for advertising claims. Lifestyles After 50 reserves the right to refuse or discontinue any advertisement. Our advertising deadline for each issue is the 15th of the previous month. Magazines are out by the 7th of each month. All rights reserved.

Attention Readers: The articles printed in Lifestyles After 50 do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor or the staff. Lifestyles After 50 endeavors to accept reliable advertising; however, we cannot be held responsible by the public for advertising claims. Lifestyles After 50 reserves the right to refuse or discontinue any advertisement. Our advertising deadline for each issue is the 15th of the previous month. Magazines are out by the 7th of each month. All rights reserved.

Attention Readers: The articles printed in Lifestyles After 50 do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor or the staff. Lifestyles After 50 endeavors to accept reliable advertising; however, we cannot be held responsible by the public for advertising claims. Lifestyles After 50 reserves the right to refuse or discontinue any advertisement. Our advertising deadline for each issue is the 15th of the previous month. Magazines are out by the 7th of each month. All rights reserved.

As a reader of Lifestyles After 50, you are creating an established relationship with our advertisers. You may be contacted by email, telephone or mail as allowed by law.

As a reader of Lifestyles After 50, you are creating an established relationship with our advertisers. You may be contacted by email, telephone or mail as allowed by law.

As a reader of Lifestyles After 50, you are creating an established relationship with our advertisers. You may be contacted by email, telephone or mail as allowed by law.

As a reader of Lifestyles After 50, you are creating an established relationship with our advertisers. You may be contacted by email, telephone or mail as allowed by law.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 3_R

Find A Cruise For Less I

f you’re looking for a cruise deal, go to CruiseCritic.com’s “Price Drop” tool. The site compares fares daily against published fares from the past seven days. If the price has dropped, the discounted cruise is added to the tool, which shows the new and old prices. For example, an Alaskan cruise for seven nights starting at the end of August was recently discounted 73%. (Kiplinger)

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 4

Free Museum Day Y

ou can visit your favorite museums for free on Smithsonian’s Museum Day Live! on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015.

In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free. The ticket provides free admission for two people.

Participating museums include: • Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala • Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg • Armed Forces History Museum, Largo • Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa • South Florida Museum, Bradenton • The Ringling, Sarasota • Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales To print your free ticket, and for a complete list of participating museums, visit smithsonianmag.com/museumday.

Around Town W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 5

F

ridays and Saturdays Bingo. Great prizes and game packs available.

Free 3 Bonanza on your birthday. Quarter bingo, 10 a.m. Regular bingo, 11:45 a.m. Free admission. Snacks available.

Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte. 941-625-4175. For free game cards, visit www.theculturalcenter. com./PDF/BINGO%20Coupons.pdf.

9

Six Gun Legends: Remembering Ocala’s Wild West. Hear stories from legendary gunfighters about life at the Ocala Wild West Show. Free admission. 3 p.m. Ocala Public Library.

352-671-8551.

11

Invitational Art Show, Reception and Open House. Marion, Lake and Sumter County’s two-dimensional and photo art artists will have their work judged for prizes. Free. 5 – 7 p.m.

Gallery East Art Center, Belleview.

352-245-2781. www.galleryeast.org.

11

Luncheon. Open to the public.

Enjoy good food and fellowship with the many that will be there. $6.50.

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The American Legion Post 18, Wildwood. 352-748-7009.

12

Food Truck-N-Flick Night.

Enjoy gourmet fare, culinary wonders and live music starting at 5 p.m. and hang around for a blockbuster movie on the 24-foot outdoor movie screen. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Free admission. Main Street Town Square, Leesburg. 352-365-0053.

12

Health & Senior Expo. Free health screenings, workshops, free samples, community resources, free bingo, retirement, health and wellness, travel, shopping and more! Free admission.

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. American Legion Post 347, Lady Lake. 386-860-0092.

12

Never Forget 9-11, K9 Partners for Patriots Memorial Bike Run. Music, raffles, inside and outside. $10. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sheriff-escorted.

Kickstands up 11:45 a.m. from Training Facility, Aviation Loop Dr., Brooksville.

Ends at Crystal River Eagles, Homosassa.

K9PartnersForPatriots.com; 727-233-1111.

12

David Ellis Original Art Show.

Tropical artworks on display and for sale. Silent auction for some of

the pieces. Free to the public. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Waterfront Inn at Lake Sumter Landing, The Villages. 989-773-9471 or visit DavidEllisArtStudio.com.

Sensible

AIR & HEAT

18

$ENSIBLE SERVICE $ENSIBLE PRICES

19

FREE Estimates on Unit Replacement FREE 2nd Opinion

AAUW luncheon.

Guest speaker will be JacquaBallas, who will speak on encouraging girls’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) All women welcome to attend and learn about the organization. 11:30 a.m. Stone Creek Grille, Ocala. 352-237-4889 to RSVP. Farmers Market.

Enjoy farm-fresh seasonal produce, homemade treats, crafts and plants. Free admission. 9 a.m. Downtown Square, Ocala. www.ocalafl.org/events.aspx.

26

Classic Car Cruise-in. Witness downtown as it is packed with classic, antique and custom vehicles.

Free admission, free entertainment, food and vendors. 5 – 9 p.m. Downtown Eustis. 352-360-3712. eustis.org.

•SALES •SERVICE •INSTALLATION

Doug Higginbotham, Owner - 3rd Generation IN THE TRADE SINCE 1984

352-288-3663 Licensed & Insured • License # CAC057404

26

and 27 Colony Plaza Art & Craft Festival. Handmade one-of-akind jewelry pieces, personalized wall hangings, art for your pets, functional and decorative ceramics and much more. Free sdmission. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Villages. 352-753-2270.

O

ct. 2 – 4 Wings & Wildflowers Festival. Field trips to birding hotspots and wildflower havens; top birding and nature experts. Free. 9 a.m.

Venetian Garden, Leesburg. 352-7423925. www.wingsandwildflowers.com.

O

ct. 3 Have a Heart For Companion Animals Benefit. Vocalist Lisa Coan performs with The Johnny Mello Show. Enjoy Doo Wop, Country and Rock ‘N Roll. $20; open to the general public. Opens at 5 p.m. and includes a free “all you can eat” spaghetti dinner.

American Legion Veterans Post 347, Lady Lake. Call 352-687-1776 or visit thejohnnymelloshow.com for tickets.

Send Around Town news to News Connection USA, Inc., P.O. Box 638, Seffner, FL 33583; fax 813-651-1989 or email info@lifestylesafter50.com.

News must be received by the 10th of the month prior to event (i.e. September10 for October event.)

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 5

Nature Lovers Flock to 4th Annual Wings & Wildflowers Festival

T

he 4th Annual Wings & Wildflowers Festival, to be held Oct. 2 – 4 at Leesburg’s Venetian Gardens, shines a spotlight on Lake County’s growing reputation as Florida’s premier birding destination.

Hosted by Lake County Economic Development and Tourism, the festival will feature field trips in birding hotspots and wildflower Last year’s festival featured plants and artwork for sale, butterfly encounters, birding seminars, kayak tours and more. havens, as well as bring some “Our keynote events are always very Birding Green Mountain number of the eastern greater sandhill of the nation’s top birding, wildflower Birding hike from Green Mountain crane population winters in the area. popular and well attended,” says Elisha and nature experts to the area.

Scenic Overlook and trailhead to Lake Thousands of ring-necked ducks and Pappacoda, Public Information Officer This year’s festival keynote speakers Apopka Loop trail toward Clay Island lesser numbers of wood ducks, Florida for the Lake County Board of County include James Currie, a native of South trailhead.

This site has shown to be an ducks and hooded mergansers, and Commissioners.

For a complete list of Africa, conservationist, lifelong birder amazing location to observe migration, large flocks of white pelicans and other keynote events, visit wingsandwildflowers. and host of Nikon’s Birding Adventures especially “morning flight” of warblers waterfowl species, can be seen in the com/activities/Events.

TV; Dr. Ken Meyer, associate professor area. Listed species include bald eagle, and other nocturnal migrants.

“Last year’s Wings & Wildflowers with the Department of Wildlife Ecology wood stork, limpkin and snowy egret. festival reached an attendance of over Lake Apopka Segway Birding Tour and Conservation at the University of 4,000 people and included more than 30 For more field trips, visit Enjoy a naturalist-guided segway Florida; Gallus Quigley, expert birder, biologist and Trails Specialist with the classes and nearly 50 field trips at 21 sites birding tour through the Lake w w w. w i n g s a n d w i l d f l o w e r s . c o m / For general Lake County Parks & Trails Division; countywide, with Leesburg’s Venetian Apopka Restoration Area. The natural activities/FieldTrips. and Melinda Myers, contributing editor Gardens as a central location for many of communities and agricultural lands of info about the event, please visit the marsh support a large and diverse w w w. w i n g s a n d w i l d f l o w e r s . c o m . for “Birds & Blooms” magazine and the activities,” Pappacoda says. population, particularly Venetian Gardens is located at 201 E. Here’s a sampling of some of the wildlife host of “Melinda’s Garden Moment” migrating and wintering birds. A large Dixie Ave., Leesburg. 352-728-9885. field trips: TV and radio show.

Challenging the Status Quo with Stem Cells

By Cara Tompot

Looking back on history, we remember a time when women didn’t have the rights that they do now. Prior to 1919, women didn’t have any way to express their thoughts and desires through public policy. Thanks to first-wave feminists questioning the status quo, 1920 marked the first year that women could vote.

This social change marked a moment in history when women finally had the right to take control of their own life. In many ways, the history of women’s suffrage is similar to the road to regenerative medicine advancements.

Much like women fighting for equality, patients have been fighting for a new way to treat their chronic lung disease. Now, with the advancement of stem cell therapy, sufferers of chronic lung disease are no longer limited to the confines of traditional medicine—which involve managing symptoms rather than the disease. Stem cell therapy, like women’s voting rights, helps people take control of their life by giving them a voice.

For years, people accepted the status quo, and for people suffering from chronic lung diseases like COPD, the status quo meant a constant struggle for Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 6

oxygen. As an incurable disease, restoring lung function and reducing inflammation. The result is the most sufferers felt that they didn’t ability to breathe easier. have any options. But now, everySimilar to the fight for womthing has changed.

One state-of-the-art clinic, the en’s rights, doctors and patients Lung Institute, developed an alterhave been diligently looking for a native. Stem cell therapy helps sufnew way to treat lung disease. Now, ferers finally breathe easier. People with the advancement of stem cell are no longer forced to accept the therapy, patients can finally comfate of continual disease progresbat disease progression. As with sion or an invasive lung procedure. any change, some physicians and Stem cell therapy harnesses the patients may be slower to adopt healing power of a patient’s own new ideas while clinging to tradistem cells to help regenerate damtional approaches; however, just as aged lung tissue. social change made it possible for Today, lung disease can be women to have a voice in the govtreated with adult stem cells harernment, clinical advancements vested from the patient’s own fat, like stem cell therapy make it posMuch like women fighting for equality, blood or bone marrow to replace sible for patients to have a voice patients are fighting for a new way to damaged lung cells with healthy in their healthcare. If the fight for treat their lung disease. ones. According to the clinic’s equality is any sign of the future website, lunginstitute.com, this innovative procedure of stem cell therapy, there is no doubt that stem cells slows the progression of the disease, in addition to, will become the status quo for treating lung disease.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 7

Snowbirds: Life Lessons From The Road

L

ike many a retired couple, Jo Ann Bender and her husband Frederick (Bud) Budinger, a.k.a. ‘Skipper,’ thought it would be a grand adventure and a dream come true. So they upgraded the interior of a $7,000, l973 Ford motor home and spent $3,000 in repairs, hoping that would be sufficient to fix the engine. Then they hit the road on a 2,000-mile, two month semibusiness trip from Spokane to Texas.

The trip required $2,000 a month for fuel, food, camping and $1,500 for repairs. This was less than they would have had to pay at home during the two highest months of utility bills.

Insurance of the car left at home was lessened by being “on vacation.”

But the trip in a vintage teal-andwhite RV named “Our Girl” was not without its ups and downs, including a nightmare of breakdowns by the side of the road, and hours spent searching for and getting help from mechanics everywhere along the route.

They learned new skills as navigators and mechanics as they plowed joyfully ahead with their cantankerous little motor home looking for free parking.

And along the way, Jo Ann records her experiences and the many discoveries she and Skipper make during the course of their journey. Here are a few discoveries, life lessons and tips:

On Challenges One of major problems with life in an RV, according to the Benders, is that things have a way of disappearing that become a waste of energy, frustration and loss of good feelings.

When you’re on the road, it’s difficult to do more than get from one destination to another, especially when weather conditions make driving hazardous.

“Road Gods must be similar to River Gods: they like to claim something for themselves,” Bender writes. “In Portland, it was a turtleneck left in a dryer.”

An RV also brings out the best and the worst in personal relationships. Small spaces are ideal for some couples. For others, even with outdoor living possible under awnings, there is nowhere to get away from each other.

As Skipper points out at one point in frustration, “There’s no place to have a good fight in such a small space.”

On Purchasing an RV “We had one rule when choosing our discretionary home on wheels, and that was to never buy one unless it was at least five years old. New RVs depreciate fifty percent in the first five years. After that, the price goes down another two percent or so each year.

“Buy a motor home, but buy one you can afford without hurting your quality of life so you can love—not resent—it. It will be the best decision you ever made.”

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 8

Essential Items for a Snowbird trip 1. The trip log with tickler notes 2. Frozen, easy-to-cook meals, prepared at home and placed in freezer bags, laid flat 3. A map for each state 4. Small and medium-size baggies 5. New wiper blades 6. Bathrobes and slippers 7. Gifts representing our state (apples, handmade items, a cookbook we wrote) 8. Easygoing companion with a sense of humor 9. Tool kit with wrenches, sockets and fuses 10. Rolls of quarters for laundry, tolls, phone calls, gambling (minimum of sixty dollars in cash for each day we’ll be on the road for groceries, attractions and cash-only service stations) 11. Flashlight for each occupant, plus a spare for the person who can’t find theirs 12. Flood lamp 13. Medications. Walk-in clinics often won’t help a transient because of the need to have patient follow-up Helpful Tips Local lunch: “On the road, lunch at a restaurant is essential to experience the culture of an area, because even the taste of the water can be different,” JoAnn writes.

Community clubs: “Visiting a noon club meeting of a local community group, when possible, leads to local information and possible friendships. Skipper is a longtime Rotarian, and we were invited to a Texas ranch to enjoy the food, a horse ride and a trip to see the Marfa Lights because of that.”

Laundry: “Rolling parcels of clothes with a day’s wear worked well and left extra storage space in drawers.”

Look for free sites: “In the Southwest, especially in the desert surrounding Quartzite, Arizona, the Bureau of Land Management has thousands of free sites.”

JoAnn Bender and Frederick Budinger

Mail: “General delivery at U.S. Postal Service mail stops worked exceedingly well. We canceled magazines, prepaid as many bills as possible and had a friend sort mail and forward it to general delivery in whatever city we directed. It never failed to arrive on time.”

Road Wisdom Time: “As we drove down the lonely highway, a tape played and I heard the words, ‘Fill your dreams with sweet tomorrows,’ and I started to glow all over. I wondered what time it had gotten to be and noticed that I was not wearing my watch,” JoAnn writes.

“We didn’t care about time. Deadlines were part of another world. Time chimes differently for snowbirds. Long, lazy fifteen minute showers, late nights and sleep-in mornings: luxuries of time substituted for money; time to follow strange and unknown roads wherever they might take you,” she says.

Destiny: “During an RV journey, there is a sense of being on a journey along a predestined path. The inner spirit shines.”

Distance: “The longer a journey, the farther the distancing from the past.”

Trouble: “There are dangers wherever you go, yet when you are on the road you seem to bump into good people. When you need help, somehow you get it.”

The Best Part of The Trip Bender and Budinger’s trip took them to hot springs, Indian ruins, Western forts, the Marfa Lights, and a Mariachi Mass at a San Antonio Mission, among other memorable and surprising adventures.

“The RV world is vast,” JoAnn writes.

“It is as beautiful and challenging as this wonderful world we call home—the U.S. of A. We went off to explore parts of it and returned feeling the responsibility and privileges of being a citizen.

“When we viewed and drove miles of golden lands, we thanked our country for the good roads that allowed us the opportunity, at little cost, to explore so we could meet diverse people and savor foods and other lifestyles.”

JoAnn Bender is the author of Lebensborn and Rusting Springs. She and her husband, Frederick (Bud) Budinger, aka “Skipper,” live in the mountains of Washington State a few miles south of the Canadian border.

For more road wisdom, check out their book, “Snowbirds, A Memoir” available on amazon.com.

With Medicare Fraud in the News, How Do You Find a Provider You Can Trust?

I

t’s alarming and disheartening to hear of a medical professional or organization being accused of fraud or malpractice, and it can make one wonder where to go for honest, dependable medical diagnostic and interventional care. Radiology Associates of Ocala has a longstanding trust-based relationship with patients, doctors and hospitals and an evidence-based reputation for excellent medical care acquired over our decades serving Marion County.

The same trusted relationships apply to RAO’s Center for Vascular Heath (CVH), which provides diagnoses and interventional treatment for a variety of vascular conditions, as well as effective, drug-free pain management.

Our dedication to appropriate diagnoses and treatment has made RAO the only full-service provider in Ocala for Biograph PET/ CT, MRI, ultrasound, digital mammography and much more. RAO has continued privileges at the region’s most respected hospitals, including Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala Regional Medical Center and West Marion Community Hospital.

RAO’s 19 Board Certified radiologists and experienced technologists use the industry’s most advanced diagnostic equipment for sharper, faster imaging, dependable storage and immediate transfer to your doctor. When needed, we will work with your doctor to help plan your care.

Our high practice standards, advanced technology and

quality care have earned RAO’s Women’s Imaging Center and TimberRidge Imaging Center the coveted “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” designation by the American College of Radiology (ACR), making us among an elite few centers in Florida to receive this honor. RAO has also been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic MRI as the result of a recent review by the ACR. When you’re looking for a radiology provider trusted by medical professionals and patients alike, there is one right here in your neighborhood—Radiology Associates of Ocala.

For quality diagnostic and radiological care, the name to know is RAO.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 9

Florida Athletes Bring Home Gold at the National Senior Games

By Nick Gandy, Florida Sports Foundation

T

Your Love,

Our Expertise.

Caring for a loved one with dementia can become overwhelming and the decision to seek help can feel like giving up.

But it’s never the wrong choice to get the best care.

We give families peace of mind knowing their loved one is receiving expert care in a secure, compassionate community.

Superior Residences offers specialized services for those with Alzheimer’s and dementia-related illnesses.

On-site Art, Music, & Pet Therapies • Specialized Life Enrichment Programs • Private Studio & Companion Suites • 24-hour Nursing On-Site • “Age-in-Place” ECC Licensed

Superior Residences Day Stay & Guest Stay Program We understand that caring for someone 24 hours a day can be a difficult task. Whether you need to take a well-deserved vacation or run errands for a few hours, Superior Residences will care for your loved one while you are away.

Day Stay– $12 per hour Guest Stay– $150 per night Call Derek Gisburne for a personal tour and let us show you how we can give your loved one the best possible care.

(352) 861-2887 www.SuperiorALF.com 2300 SW 21st Circle Ocala, Florida Assisted Living Facility #9673

hey traveled anywhere from 1,300 to 1,800 miles to represent the State of Florida. The 469 Florida Senior Athletes made their presence known, winning a total of 346 medals at the 2015 National Senior Games in Bloomington/Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota.

The 346 medals won ranked third among the 50 Shirley Chase, Kamal Chaudhari, “Freedom Spirit of Florida,” U.S. states and six Canadian St. Augustine Temple Terrace Tampa Bay provinces competing, just behind host-state Minnesota and California. Florida Senior Athlete Highlights at the Ryan met Marty on a 191-mile Ragnar Florida athletes won 123 gold, 107 silver 2015 National Senior Games included: Relay Run from Miami to Key West and the pair married two years ago. They have and 116 bronze medals, according to the Kamal Chaudhari of Temple Terrace “Medal Count,” posted on www.nsga.com. was the lone badminton player from been competing together in the Florida The biennial event featured 13 days the State of Florida. He represented the Senior Games for three years. of competition this summer with nearly state well, winning two gold and a silver It may have taken St. Augustine’s 10,000 athletes competing in 19 sports. medal playing singles, men’s doubles Shirley Chase nearly 30 minutes to Florida swimmers led the way with 57 and mixed doubles in the 75 – 79 age swim the 34 laps of her four freestyle medals (14 gold, 25 silver, 18 bronze) group. Chaudhari has been competing events, but the 90-year-old swimmer followed by track and field athletes in the Florida Senior Games since 1997. accomplished a goal two years in the with 39 medals (10 gold, 18 silver, 11 making. Chase informed her family two In softball’s women 75+ category, bronze). Florida’s bowling athletes years ago she would swim at the 2015 won 30 total medals and cyclists won “Freedom Spirit of Florida” shone. National Senior Games and they all 20 medals. The State of Florida won at The team of spirited ladies from Tampa, needed to be in attendance. Her training least one medal in each of the 19 sports Pinellas Park, Largo, Leesburg, St. program included lap swimming three Petersburg, The Villages and Venice won and two demonstration sports. times a week, yoga and light weightlifting “The fact that Florida is typically in the bronze and several individual medals. three days a week. On July 9, she began top five state delegations represented at Another Florida two-sport athlete, Ryan swimming the last of her four freestyle the National Senior Games and in the Beighley of The Villages, turned in medal events, the 20 lap, 500 yard freestyle. top three of the medal count, shows that -winning performances in the pool and on Nearly 18 minutes later, she touched the our state is home to many outstanding the track. He won two gold and a silver wall for the final time for a gold medal competitors who just so happen to be swimming medal, and silver in the javelin and was greeted with applause from her 50 and over,” said FSF Senior Vice throw in the 90 – 94 age group. Beighley’s children and grandchildren. Chase won President Stephen Rodriguez, who wife, Marty, also brought home some bronze medals in the 50, 100 and 200 also serves as Board Chairman for the hardware after winning two gold and five yard freestyle events.

To learn more, visit www.nsga.com.

National Senior Games Association. silver medals in the 70 – 74 age group.

Free Exercises and More at Go4Life

T

he White House Conference on Aging and Go4Life, the national exercise and physical activity campaign for people 50+ from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), are joining forces to celebrate Go4Life Month with the theme of “Be Active Every Day!” “It’s never too late for exercise to have a positive effect on your health,” said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. “We know that exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, stroke, diabetes and other chronic conditions.”

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 10

Despite the growing list of benefits of exercise for people of all ages, however, U.S. adults tend to become less active as they age.

The heart of the Go4Life campaign is an interactive website that offers sample exercises, success stories and free materials to motivate the growing numbers of baby boomers—and their parents—to get ready, start exercising and keep going to improve their health and achieve a better quality of life. Visit Go4Life.nia.nih.gov to get started!

101508.

1-877-654-4131

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 11

Perfect Pit Stops On Route 66 A

long with football and grilling outdoors, fall road trips are one of the great American pastimes. A new survey from Booking.com reveals that at least a third of Americans hope to take an extended trip to multiple destinations in 2015. And with gas prices projected to be 32% lower than last year, there’s never been a better time to freewheel it down one of America’s all time classic routes across the country for a spur-of-the-moment adventure.

Want a piece of the action? Take our advice and just wing it! Hit the highway for a spontaneous trip down Route 66 and see where your journey takes you.

Established on November 11, 1926, the iconic highway runs from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles. In its heyday, Route 66 was the main thoroughfare for vacationers heading west and Midwesterners looking for work in California. Small towns along the highway enjoyed a boost to their economy, which gave rise to mom-andpop businesses such as service stations, restaurants and motor courts, all readily accessible to passing motorists.

Route 66 underwent several changes over its lifetime before the United States Highway system eventually rendered it obsolete. But it was given a new lease on life as a National Scenic Byway and some relics of that bygone era still stand--whether they are ghost towns or carefully preserved and restored American icons—for the next generation of tourists to enjoy.

From roadside kitsch to genuine American history, a trip down the Main Street of America is a journey through the nation’s culture by automobile. Below are some perfect pit stops, suggested by Kayak.com and Booking.com, that you don’t want to miss along the way:

in Pontiac (pontiac.org) for stories and memorabilia to inspire your journey.

St. Louis, Missouri You’re really in the Midwest after viewing the Gateway Arch. Continue to the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, which has been open since 1938. (wagonwheel66cuba.com)

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the place to see to the world’s largest fork, clocking in at 35 feet high and 11 tons of gleaming aluminum. Booking. com reviewers also mention plenty of music venues worth checking out. The Gillioz Theatre (gillioz.org) was singled out for its dedication to all things rock.

Galena, Kansas You’re only in Kansas for 13 miles, but you can find well-preserved portions of the original route, old service stations, bridges and more in the Route 66 Historic District in east Galena.

Chicago, Illinois As the birthplace of the deep-dish pizza, it would be rude not to treat yourself to a slice… or ten. Booking.com reviewer Santiago recommends the pizzas over at Giordano’s, but reviewers all agree you would be hard-pressed to find a bad slice in the city. After lunch, stop at the Willis tower then head west for the starting Route 66 Hall of Fame Museum

(nationalcowboymuseum.org) or get outfitted with some cowboy gear at Oklahoma City’s numerous independent stores and shopping malls. See the Rock Cafe of Stroud, (rockcafert66.com) which was built with stones from the authentic Route 66. To keep your engine running, Booking.com traveler Jessica recommends Nic’s Grill for a satisfying meal of American classics like chickenfried steak or burgers with curly fries.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Don your Stetson and hit the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum,

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 12

Amarillo, Texas Time to think big, because Amarillo is home to the Big Texan Steak Challenge.

Competitors from far and wide head to the Big Texan Steak Ranch to try and eat the legendary 72oz. steak in record time. (bigtexan.com) For an easier challenge, sample pecan pie at Midpoint Cafe, the Route’s original halfway point. (route66midpointcafe.com)

Albuquerque, New Mexico The fictional setting of the hit show Breaking Bad, in reality, Albuquerque is a great place to get back to nature. Plenty of Booking.com reviewers recommend the hiking trails, with travelers Robert and Rosalind both mentioning Sandia Peak and the Tram as must-visits. There are also plenty of horse riding stables in the city, so you can saddle up and ride on out, then hit the hay at one of Albuquerque’s hotels. Find the KiMo Theatre, home to motion pictures and stage productions beginning in the ‘20s. You can still see a show today. (kimotickets.com)

Flagstaff, Arizona Stay at the Hotel Monte Vista if you’re

into ghost stories. (hotelmontevista.com) Navigate steep and windy Sitgreaves Pass for spectacular mountain views.

Williams, Arizona Williams is only 60 miles from the southern rim of the Grand Canyon, and reviewers definitely thought it was worth the drive.

Booking.com traveler Dana mentioned driving toward the Canyon at sunset to enjoy a spot of stargazing. You can also hop aboard the Grand Canyon Railway and set off into the desert. (thetrain.com) Barstow, California Having spent so much time on Route 66, it would be a shame not to drop by the other end’s Route 66 Museum. (route66museum. org) Here you can learn more about the history of the highway and see some of the classic vehicles that have made the journey over the years. Then catch a flick at the Skyline Drive-In Theater.

Santa Monica, California Your journey has come to an end. Take a selfie near the trail end sign and relax on Venice Beach or the Santa Monica Pier. (santamonicapier.org) For more pit stop ideas, visit www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/

Dramatic Improvement In Woman’s Musculoskeletal Health After Using Low-Intensity Vibration

L

ike many older adults, Sara Meeks, 74, is at risk from musculoskeletal degeneration that affects the health of her bones, leaving her vulnerable to painful fractures. Diagnosed several years ago, Sara is still technically considered osteoporotic, but at a time when her musculoskeletal health is expected to be deteriorating at a rapid pace, it is actually improving.

Sara puts these improvements in musculoskeletal health down to her comprehensive program that includes the use of low-intensity vibration, a therapy that can stimulate the repair of and maintenance of musculoskeletal tissues.

“Since I’ve started using the lowintensity vibration as part of my comprehensive routine, my bone density has improved a lot,” Sara said.

As a physical therapist, Sara has focused the last 30 years of her career on musculoskeletal health, so she knows just how important healthy and strong muscles are for supporting bone health.

Her Meeks Method exercise and posture program is recognized both in the

United States and internationally to prevent, arrest and reverse the postural changes that negatively impact musculoskeletal wellness.

Sara began using low-intensity vibration about 7 years ago when she discovered research by Marodyne Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Clinton Rubin. Dr. Rubin has spent more than 30 years researching the effects of low-intensity vibration in relationship to musculoskeletal issues.

“I’m really excited to see technology available like this,” Sara said. “I’m an advocate of a non-drug approach to health.”

High intensity vibration therapy, called whole-body vibration, is available, but this is considered risky and may even be harmful to the elderly, frail or infirm.

“Whole-body vibration can be dangerous,” Sara said. “The devices can give you headaches. That’s not what my patients want; they want safety.”

Dr. Rubin’s LivMD device is the only

Sara Meeks

vibration therapy Sara recommends to her clients. Both she and her husband have been using the lowintensity vibration daily to support their musculoskeletal health, said Sara.

LivMD was developed in line with The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) safety standards. The device, that accelerates the user at 0.4g at a frequency of 30HZ, is safe to stand on for up to four hours per day, according to the International Standard Organization 2631 evaluation of human exposure to whole body vibration.

“It’s the only one I would use because it was designed with safety in mind,” Sara said. Sara described the sensation while standing on the device as a nice buzzing that works its way through the body “In my experience, people don’t like to exercise. If you can give them something that fits into their daily life, they’re more likely to do it. This fits into your life.”

Contact Sara Meeks for more information about low-intensity vibration and her programs by visiting her website www.SaraMeeksPt.com. To learn more about LivMD, visit www.LivMD.us.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 13

101507

1-877-421-3730

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 14_R

HEALTH

What’s Your Worry Quotient? and How You Can Shake the Stress

D

o you always second-guess yourself and mentally run through every possible scenario and all the potential risks? Do you find that after resolving one worry, you immediately identify something else to worry about? Did these questions make you worry about whether you worry too much?

If so, go ahead and laugh at yourself.

Humor is one way to get past the discomfort of looking honestly at oneself, and the first step in lowering your worry quotient.

Your worry quotient is the amount of time you spend worrying in any given day. Worry plays an important role in

our lives. It can alert us to potential danger, inspire us to think creatively about ways to avoid negative situations and even make us more closely observe those relationships we need to attend to. Some of the kindest and most empathetic people have a high worry quotient. However, if worrying is preventing you from writing a more satisfying story for your life, causing emotional stress and affecting your health, you can lower your worry quotient.

According to clinical psychologist Carl Greer, Ph.D, Psy.D, author of “Change Your Story, Change Your Life,” the first step is to be honest with yourself.

“Identify three things you worried about in the past that didn’t justify the amount of worrying you devoted to them,” Greer said. “Perhaps these were situations that worked themselves out on their own, or someone else took on the burden of untangling a knotty problem for you. Try to identify why you felt the need to worry about them, and why, in retrospect, your worrying was unwarranted.”

Do you see a pattern to the types of things you unnecessarily worry about? If not, write down three more situations or potential situations you stressed about and try to identify why you worried about them and whether it was worthwhile to do so. What themes do you see in your worrying? Do you worry about the future, people keeping secrets from you, or lack of control?

“Go back to your list and imagine a scenario where each of these situations worked out beautifully,” Greer said.

“Perhaps that’s exactly what happened, or perhaps you never learned the outcome. Maybe the outcome was bad but not nearly as bad for you as you had feared. Regardless of the actual outcome, visualize that situation working out well for all involved.”

Now, notice how you feel—relaxed, less stressed, hopeful and optimistic.

To lower your worry quotient in any scenario, Greer advises to examine the value of your worrying and envision better outcomes.

“Use your high worry quotient to identify potential problems, and then visualize optimal outcomes,” he said. “The energy you spend worrying can be devoted to identifying simple actions you can take to reduce the possibility of negative outcomes. Often, small actions awaken you to your ability to effectively manage your stress level and reduce worrying in every unnecessary situation.”

Some things that we worry about can be out of our control or have an extremely low probability of ever happening. Other things can become less worrisome if we take action, even if that action is simply to learn more about the situation, so that we can open ourselves up to seeing a wider range of possibilities.

“Action and creativity are powerful tools for reducing your worry quotient,” Greer said. “Use these tools today to change your story and change your life.”

Author of the book “Change Your Story, Change Your Life: Using Shamanic and Jungian Tools to Achieve Personal Transformation,” Carl Greer is a practicing clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst and shamanic practitioner.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 15

Hut, Hut, Hike!

B

efore the start of play, the football quarterback begins his cadence.

More than just “hut,” the offensive leader on the field uses short commands to prepare the team, adjust to the defense’s line up and even change the play.

Whether it’s “Omaha,” “Red 32,” “Set” or “Hike,” each shout is an important tool in the quarterback’s bag of tricks.

The most well known cadence, “hike,” was the brainchild of John Heisman (of the eponymous trophy). Prior to its introduction, commonly the quarterback signaled the center to give him the ball by simply scratching the center’s leg.

During the 1890-1891 season, Heisman was playing center for the University of Pennsylvania when a leg scratch from an opposing player tricked him into hiking early. To fix the problem, Heisman introduced using a word to start the snap, and that it be “hike,” which already meant to lift up and also had the added benefit of being a short, sharp sound.

“Hut” was introduced later, believed to be inspired by the military cadences of World War II, when drill sergeants would holler “Atten-hut!” Another short, sharp sound, it was perfect for preparing the team for battle.

In longer phrases, colors and numbers are frequently used in combination, such as “Green 19,” “Blue 82” and “43-2,” for any number of reasons.

Sometimes, the phrase indicates a lastminute change in play or clues players in to their blocking assignments. Often the phrase will put a receiver in motion or simply designate when the ball is about to be snapped. And frequently, a great deal of it (if not all at times) is gibberish.

A cadence that comes in many forms but generally means the same thing is the word(s) used to indicate a change in the snap count. Peyton and Eli Manning sometimes use “Omaha,” and Tom Brady uses “Alpha.” Defenses can grow wise to this use, however, so quarterbacks often switch up their cadence or use code words to keep from tipping the snap (and to make the defense jump.)

Excerpts from “Why Do American Footballers Say ‘Hut, Hut, Hike!” by Melissa, B.A., J.D on todayIfoundout.com.

The Ultimate 12-Minute Workout

I

f you feel like your exercise routine is getting stagnant or you’re not seeing the results you’re looking for, a new routine called the 30-2010 method may be a way to make your workout more effective, according to The New York Times.

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark monitored two groups of runners over a seven-week period, and found that the method burned calories and improved athletic performance in less training time than traditional workouts. In addition, those who followed the method were reported to enjoy their workouts more and were more likely to stick with it. After eight weeks, almost all of the runners in the study were still following the program.

Here’s how it works: The 30-20-10 method is an interval workout that helps you gradually increase the intensity of your exercise while balancing it with rest. It all starts with gentle exercise

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 16

(such as jogging, biking, or another cardio activity) for 30 seconds, then a moderate pace of that same exercise for 20 seconds, culminating with 10 seconds of intense effort. After you finish this oneminute cycle, repeat the process four more times and rest for two minutes. Perform five more 30-20-10 intervals without rest periods in between, then cool down. In only 12 minutes, you’ve performed a high-intensity interval workout that improved the blood pressure, athletic performance, and mood of regular runners over two months of scientific testing.

This 12-minute workout is a great way for beginners to gradually increase the intensity of their workouts, and it’s convenient enough to do anywhere.

As you advance, you can bump up the number of 30-20-10 sessions for a more challenging workout.

Lifestyles After 50 Announces New Edition!

Our first annual Fun Fest in Polk County will be held Nov. 5 at Heartland Church in Winter Haven. Info: 813-651-1989.

As always, we are proud to bring Lifestyles After 50 magazine to our readers FREE of charge.

Look for our publication at convenient, free pickup locations across the county, or sign up for our annual subscription.

It’s only $12 a year (to cover postage) to have the magazine delivered to your doorstep every month. Just call 1-888-670-0040 to sign up!

Do you have a business or service in Polk County that benefits 50+ adults? Our readers want to get to know you better. Call us at 1-888-670-0040 to find out how we can better connect you to your customers.

Lifestyles After 50 fills a critical need for Polk county businesses that want to reach the vital over-50 population. “We will offer our free distribution monthly magazine at over 800 locations throughout Polk County. Locations such as pharmacies, libraries, waiting rooms, community centers and more: most of the places this demographic visits often.” says Reeves.

Lifestyles After 50 is also online, bringing to you a free, easy-to-read digital version of our magazine as well as fresh weekly content on topics of interest. Check out our weekly trivia for prizes, horoscopes, games and fun videos! Visit lifestylesafter50.com to learn more.

L

ifestyles After 50 is excited to announce its brand new Polk Edition, starting in October, 2015!

This new edition will cover events and happenings all across Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Lake Wales and more, as well as providing great information on travel, health, finance and retirement living that are the hallmarks of our other five editions across Florida’s west coast.

“I am very excited about this new edition,” says publisher Kathy Beck. “The Polk County Senior Market is almost twice the size of Hillsborough County and has been underserved for a long time.

Lifestyles After 50 will offer the opportunity to connect the 50-plus market to all that Polk County has to offer.”

“Lifestyles After 50 is currently distributed in eleven counties throughout the west coast of Florida, from the Villages to Naples. Polk county offers the most logical next step for us as we provide news, entertainment and valuable health information for our readers,” says president Richard Reeves.

Life In Polk County Our goal is to connect our active, 50+ readers with the best local services and area attractions.

Resting between Tampa and Orlando, Polk County may seem like a laidback community to the average visitor, but residents know that there’s always something going on.

Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland

It’s an exciting mix of old Florida and new in Lakeland. A trip to Dixieland is like stepping back into the ‘50s, with retro and mod-themed architecture on shops and restaurants and residential streets lined with old Craftsman-style houses.

While nearby, Legoland, Winter Haven visible from I-4, Florida Polytechnic University’s cuttingedge design is a landmark that proves that the city has its eye on the future.

The Lakeland Center is the heart of the arts in the city, hosting regular concerts, theater performances, comedy and Taking up the former residence of conventions. Catch an independent film at Cypress Gardens, LEGOLAND is the historic Polk Theatre or walk through making a huge splash in Winter Haven, the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright at inviting families and fans to explore Florida Southern College. There’s more larger-than-life LEGO worlds like to do downtown with regular food truck Chima and Ninjago, to cool off at their nights, bands, drinks at the Lakeland water park, enjoy rides and shows and Brewery or a stroll through Hollis Gardens learn how to build with the pros. on serene Lake Mirror.

Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales

Lake Wales’ picturesque Bok Tower Gardens is getting ready to ring in the holidays from its stately carillon. And in Bartow, Sun ‘N Fun brings aerobatic daredevils and aviation enthusiasts from across the country to its annual Fly-In and Expo and Florida Sun ‘N Fun, Bartow Air Museum.

These are only a few of the great attractions Polk County has to offer. Look for our monthly Around Town calendar in the new edition to find out about fun events going on near you.

Great Events We’re also excited to bring our own brand new Lifestyles After 50 Fun Fest events to Polk County, with live entertainment, senior-friendly exhibitors, free games and chances to win $1,000s in prizes! If you’ve ever been to one of our events, you know it’s a must-see!

We look forward to bringing you more great info and entertainment as the magazine grows. We couldn’t have done this without you, our readers and sponsors. Thank you for being part of our Lifestyles After 50!

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 17

Business or Pleasure? Why Choose, Say Retirees

By Tracie Lukens

I

magine waking up every morning with Glacier National Park as your backyard, or stepping out for a coffee break to watch buffalo grazing

by Yellowstone Lake. It’s not your traditional retirement or your typical 9 to 5, and Christina Hampson, 67, wouldn’t have it any other way.

Hampson has called many places home in her career in the entertainment, paralegal and advertising industries, but lately she winters in sunny Florida and spends the summer months workamping.

I asked her how she got started.

“It was just a quirk. One year in the ‘90s I didn’t have a job, and while I was in the employment office I saw a big sign on the wall about working for the National Park Service. I said, ‘I need an adventure, I’ll apply!’”

She applied to several parks and was accepted for a customer service position at Glacier National Park.

“I had the most amazing summer I’d ever had in my life,” she said. “I did a lot of hiking, a lot of playing golf, met a lot of great friends, and at that point I was hooked!”

Workamping “Workamping is essentially when you volunteer your time at a campground in return for a site to place your camper on, and usually the amenities—hookups, water, sewer and electric,” Hampson explained. Most positions involve entry level hotel, customer service, concession or retail duties. Applicants with the right experience can apply for park ranger or skilled labor positions.

Paid work or labor for housing in a national park is usually 40 hours a week, But work for a standard campsite with amenities at most venues is usually only

part-time—15 to 22 hours a week for couples, and about 26 hours a week if you’re single.

Cons: Jobs can involve long periods of standing, physical activity and working outdoors, and resources like grocery stores, hospitals and pharmacies can be over an hour away.

Pros: America’s most scenic places are your backyard.

“If you’re workamping, you meet new people from all over, see animals and scenery that you’d never see.” Hampson said.

“It’s just the adventures that you have— it’s way cooler than plain retirement.”

How to start: Private campgrounds, Army Corps, forest services and state parks are always looking for workampers, Hampson suggests. For more job postings, visit sites like coolworks.com and workamper.com.

Caretaking If you’ve ever fantasized about living in a chateau, on a ranch or in a

lighthouse, becoming a caretaker can be a rewarding retirement experience. Just ask Lynne Macco, 57, and her husband Timothy Mount, 65, who spent three months as the caretakers of a lighthouse off the coast of Maine.

They found the job in Caretaker’s Gazette and have since lived rent-free in lighthouses in Alaska, Massachusetts and Tasmania. In exchange, they’re responsible for daily upkeep and maintenance of the property, as well as stewardship of any guests who visit.

“We give tours of the island and tell the history of the lighthouse,” said Lynne.

Otherwise, their time is free to explore the area or enjoy the peace and quiet.

Cons: Properties may be remote. It’s also not all vacation: it’s your responsibility to care for the property. If something happens, you’re on the hook to fix things, so it helps to be handy.

Pros: It’s a chance to try on a new lifestyle in a unique destination, rent-free.

How to start: House sitting or caretaking listings can be found in resources like The Caretaker’s Gazette (caretaker.org) and Mind My House (mindmyhouse.com).

This Month in History 1945: On Sept. 2, President Harry Truman declares V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) commemorating the formal Japanese surrender to the Allies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

T

his August 15 and September 2 mark the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II. Here are some other notable moments in history this month: 1620: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England, carrying pilgrims to the New World.

1789: New York City becomes the first national capital of the United States under the new United States Constitution. The U.S. Postal Service is founded.

1813: The image of “Uncle Sam,” a symbol of America, is first used.

1956: Elvis Presley first appears on the Ed Sullivan Show.

The famous “V-J Day in Times Square” photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

1921: The first Miss America beauty Pageant is held in Atlantic City, N.J. 1936: Puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, is born in Greenville, Mississippi.

1939: Hitler’s armies invade Poland, on Sept. 1, starting World War II in Europe.

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 18

1962: The Beatles record their first single, “Love Me Do.”

1966: premiered on television.

Star

Trek

1981: Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice.

2001: Islamic Al-Qaeda militants fly planes into NYC’s twin World Trade Towers and the Pentagon.

From internet sources.

7 Ways To Make Memories With Your Grandkids

S

eptember is Grandparents Month, and the perfect chance to spend some quality fun time with loved ones. Check out these free or low-cost activities that will help you make lasting memories with your grandkids, courtesy of grandparents.com.

Life-Size Me Van Gogh, Rembrandt, da Vinci ... all the great artists drew a self-portrait at one point in their lives, so why not you and your grandchildren? Spread a large roll of paper out on the floor and have your grandchild lie down on it. Trace them using a black marker. Then switch, and have your grandchild trace you.

Grab a mirror, gaze longingly, and fill in the features of your face with crayons or markers. Color in the clothing, and then hang the picture on a wall or door.

TIP: If you’re out of brown shipping paper, pick up an inexpensive roll of newsprint at your local craft store.

Walk Dogs at a Shelter Volunteerism comes from the heart, and it’s never too early to teach your grandchildren about the importance of giving their time to the community. Many dog shelters welcome volunteers to help walk the dogs and clean the runs and cages.

However, before you mention anything to your grandchildren, call your local shelter to see if they accept volunteers and whether there’s an age minimum.

Dress Up Years-old dresses, leisure suits, feather boas… they might be ten sizes too big for your grandchildren but you can bet they’ll want to strut around in them.

Tip: Everything old is new again. Those clothes you haven’t worn since the 1960s? We bet your teen grandchildren will think they’re hip and get some real use out of them.

Swap Skills Make plans for a skill-swap day — the kids teach you something, and you teach them something. Consider teaching the kids a classic card game or how to shuffle cards, while they teach you to play a new video game. Or teach them a simple piano scale, then let them teach you their favorite dance moves. This is a terrific way to strengthen the bond between you and your grandchildren and make memories you both will cherish.

Make and Bury a Time Capsule Using a large jar with a good, tight seal, make a time capsule by filling the jar with items that reflect this moment in time – a newspaper with events of the day; a television guide, to give people an idea of what was on; music CDs; personal photographs, and any other significant items. Bury the time capsule and write down the exact location. Put that piece of paper in the file with your will or in a safety deposit box.

Tip: Write a personal note to a include in the capsule.

Download an iPod Walking Tour Make your next walk together more interesting. Look online to find an audio walking tour in your area and download it onto your iPods and iPhones. You can listen to the same thing and learn at the same time. You’ll both find out about historic buildings, neighborhoods, or museums in your area that you may have never known existed. Two great websites to try: tourcaster.com and audible.com.

Mentos Soda Explosion This experiment was a YouTube sensation a few years ago. Do it outside.

Take the cap off a brand new, two-liter bottle of Diet Coke. Drop a sleeve of Mentos candies into the bottle, step back, and wait for science to take over.

The explosion of Diet Coke into the air is pretty cool, and not a bad way to explain how mixing certain things can sometimes have an unexpected effect.

Hello, teaching moment.

FUN IN FLORIDA

The Senator Makes a Comeback

them into something,” his month, artists Hughes said. are paying tribute The Museum of to one of Florida’s lost Seminole County historic landmarks in an History will host an extraordinary way. exhibit, “The Senator’s Some of you may Sculptures: Ancient remember or have visited Wood Reborn,” a “The Senator” before. This display presenting 3,500-year-old behemoth works crafted by was the biggest and oldest Florida artists using pond cypress tree in the remains from the world. At 125 feet tall, Senator tree. Through with a trunk diameter of September 30, over 17.5 feet, it towered over 100 pieces of wood its home in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Florida People admiring the Senator at sculptures created by before a visitor’s cigarette Big Tree Park in Longwood (1946). 18 artists will be on accidentally burned it Photo from floridamemory.com display at the Museum.

Among the works, down on January 16, 2012.

Upon hearing the heartbreaking news, Bob six ten-foot-tall panels were finished Hughes, the owner of a Geneva sawmill and mounted to mimic the Senator’s and rescued wood shop, collaborated with circumference of 35 feet, recreating the Seminole County officials to ensure the footprint of the Big Tree inside the exhibit. remaining timbers and charred pieces of The Museum of Seminole County History the tree were preserved through art for is located at 300 Bush Blvd. in Sanford, future generations. “I started thinking Fla., north of Orlando. Admission: $3.21/ about maybe rescuing or saving the tree... adults; $1.07/children 4 – 18; free under our business is built around rescuing trees age 4. Hours: Tue. – Fri., 1 – 5 p.m.; Sat., and saving what is left of them and turning 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 407-665-2489

T

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 19

I’D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT... o o o o o

o o o o o o

New & Used Cars, RVs, Motorcycles Travel Insurance, Health/Medicare Healthcare Cell phones/Computers

By Tracie Lukens

Housing Options Home Improvement Leisure Time Finance/Law Funeral Planning Other:

T

oday, road trip passengers are as likely to be streaming, tweeting or gaming to pass time as playing old standards like “Eye Spy.” So what exactly does the future of holiday road trips look like, and what is the technology making it possible?

Check box(s) above to let us know what you’d like to read about in Lifestyles After 50.

Please contact me by: o Mail o Phone o E-mail Entries will be collected by Lifestyles After 50 for future promotions, special offers and marketing.

Name: Address: State:

City:

Age:

Phone:

Zip: Date:

E-mail: I am: o Single

o Married

o A Group Leader

LK

Complete this form and mail it to Lifestyles After 50 • P.O. Box 638 • Seffner, FL 33584

CONGRATULATIONS! to the winner of last month’s prize drawing: Zandra Clemens

Giveaway: VIM & VIGR Socks W

elcome to this month’s Tech Talk column, where we cover the latest apps, products and websites that make life a little easier.

This month, we’re giving away a pair of new VIM & VIGR compression socks, size M. (Shoe size: 7.5 – 9.5, women; 6 – 8, men. Calf size: 12 – 16”) Approximate value: $32.95.

Does sitting, standing, exercising or flying ever leave your legs tired, achy or swollen? Support your health with VIM & VIGR compression legwear.

By gently squeezing your legs, their advanced Gradient Pressure knitting technology helps move blood back to your heart and lungs and increases the circulation of freshly oxygenated blood back to your legs.

The compression level for the legwear is 15 – 20 mmHg, perfect for all-day, everyday wear. Visit vimvigr.com.

Editor’s Note: These have done wonders for my chronic leg cramps, and are must-haves for any long trip! They also come in a number of styles and colors for men and women.

To enter the giveaway, email editor@lifestylesafter50.com or snail mail us at: Attn: Socks Lifestyles After 50 P.O. Box 638, Seffner, FL 33583

Send us your name, address and phone number by September 19. The drawing will be held on September 20, and the winner will be contacted and announced in the next issue of Lifestyles After 50.

Look for more giveaways in upcoming editions. Good luck!

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 20

Road Trips Go High Tech

Congratulations!

To last month’s winner: Dayna Ellerbrock of Sun City Center. She won the Lenzcase!

Safety: Technology in cars has a bad reputation for its tendency to distract drivers. But some gadgets are helping to improve driver safety, especially as we age. New cars are offering integrated systems like blind spot alerts, automatic breaking and parking and adaptive cruise control (which allows you to maintain vehicle speed and following distance in traffic.) For a comprehensive list of vehicle makes and models that offer these and other features, visit www.seniordriving.aaa.com and look for their Smart Features Vehicle List.

Planning: Free apps are where it’s at for realtime Drive safer with blind spot alerts road trip planning; look for them in the app store on your mobile device. GasBuddy helps you find the cheapest gas near you, while RepairPal can help you diagnose car trouble, determine average repair prices, find a mechanic or get roadside assistance.

If you don’t have a GPS unit in your car, Google Maps is a helpful navigation tool, as is Waze, which offers real-time traffic alerts from other drivers.

Need a place to stay in a pinch? Hotel Tonight Plan fun stops with Field Trip is a free app that can hook you up with last-minute deals on hotels close to your location. Other apps like Field Trip and Along The Way will alert you to fun stops nearby, from attractions and history to shops and restaurants. TVFoodMaps can lead you to Food Network’s favorite diners and dives.

Entertainment: For passengers, a tablet preloaded with ebooks, movies or games is a great way to help you pass the time. Or you could DJ for the car with free music apps like Spotify, Songza and DJ with free music apps Pandora, which can stream thousands of songs by genre, decade, mood and more. Many newer cars come with touchscreen systems that can access apps and streaming radio, but for everyone else, connecting your smartphone to your car’s auxiliary jack with an audio cable will work just fine. (Just keep an eye on your data!) If audiobooks are more your style, Audible has you covered.

Dash cams, like the one offered by Garmin, can help you capture photos and travel footage without Get trip footage via dash cam you having to leave your car. (It also comes with an incident detection feature to enable recording in case of an accident.) (buy.garmin.com) And with all those gadgets, it helps to have a way to keep them powered. A portable USB battery pack like the Anker 2nd Gen Astro3 (ianker.com) will keep any gear charged for awhile, as will devices like the Coffee Cup power inverter, which turns your car battery into a charging station for all of your devices (and fits Keep your gadgets charged in your cupholder.)(powerline.com)

Last Month’s Answers

August Sudoku Laura Wasden is last month’s winner!

Congratulations!

Win Great Prizes!

Good Luck!

New winner selected each month

Question:

Name two famous people born in August and the date they were born:

Sept. Sudoku

Your Answer:

Sudoku requires no arithmetic skills.The object of the game is to fill all the blank squares with the correct numbers. Each row and each column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Each 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9 as well.

Good luck! The first correct answers selected from the drawing on Sept. 20 will win.

Send in the correct answer to be entered in a drawing to win a prize each month!

Deadline for entries: Sept 16, 2015. Drawing held Sept. 20, 2015.

Name Address City

State

Email

Phone

Zip

Mail to: Lifestyles After 50, P.O. Box 638, Seffner, FL, 33583

Send your answers along with your name, address and telephone number to:

Last month’s answer is “Larkspur and Water Lilly” Frank Tutay from N. Fort Myers is last month’s winner!

Lifestyles After 50 P.O. BOX 638, SEFFNER, FL 33583

Play more trivia online and win more prizes at www.lifestylesafter50.com

Click on the Trivia Palooza button and answer a Trivia question each week for a chance to win a prize at the end of each month.

WIN! WIN! WIN! GREAT PRIZES! SUDOKU MUST BE RECEIVED BY SEPT. 20, 2015

Word Search September

Word Search

In the grid below, twenty answers can be found that fit the category for today. Circle each answer that you find and list it in the space provided at the right of the grid. Answers can be found in all directions – forwards, backwards, horizontally, vertically and diagonally. An example is given to get you started. Can you find the twenty answers in this puzzle?

Answers From August

Carol Huston is last month’s winner!

Congratulations!

Send your answers along with your name, address and telephone number to: LIFESTYLES AFTER 50 P.O. BOX 638, SEFFNER, FL 33583

The first correct answers selected from the drawing on September 20 will win.

MYSTERY PRIZE!

WIN! WIN! WIN! GREAT PRIZES!

MYSTERY PRIZE!

(Puzzles must be received by September 20, 2015.)

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 21

VETERANS CORNER

Last Month’s Answers

WWII War Paint: How BomberJacket Art Emboldened Our Boys

Enter to Win!

A

Enter To Win!

This month’s Last Month’s Winner Is Rino Allocca winner is Congratulations!

Myron L. Guisewite Congratulations !!!

Last Month’s Answers

FILL IN ANSWERS & WIN MONEY!

Send your answers for a drawing. First correct answers selected from the drawing on Sept. 20 will receive $20 cash!

Send to: Lifestyles After 50, P.O. Box 638, Seffner, FL 33583 I want information on: Travel / Cruises Recreation / Leisure Entertainment / Events

Insurance Elder Law / Financial Housing Options Reverse Mortgages

Personal Health & Fitness Home Improvements Automobiles

Name Address City Age

State

Zip

Phone

E-mail Lake

Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 22

t the beginning of the WWII, Army Air Corps members were issued the most badass jacket in the military: the leather A-2. The jackets were not just protection from the wind and cold of high altitudes—they were also a way for young aviators to express their individuality, according to John Conway and Jon Maguire, authors of “American Flight Jackets” and “Art of the Flight Jacket.”

Flyers would paint jacket backs with their plane’s nickname and little bombs to tally how many missions the crew flew. Looney Tunes and Walt Disney cartoons were other popular motifs, along with the Vargas Girls from Esquire magazine. The A-2 and plane nose art imagery tended to come from radio programs, newspaper funny pages, comic books, magazines and cartoon reels shown before movies, which served as a common language for young Americans.

“You’re talking about guys who were 18, 19 years old,” Conway says. “And this was the first place they’d ever been besides home. They tended to cling to things that were familiar to them.”

While familiar cartoons or pretty ladies gave the soldiers a sense of comfort, menacing images such as pirate flags, grim reapers or ferocious animals were intended to give them a sense of power and protection. (The earliest nose art was shark’s teeth, painted across the fuselage.)

The same goes for lucky charms like dice, playing cards and rabbit’s feet.

While uniform codes were stricter during peacetime, Maguire explains, during World War II, the attitude of the U.S. Army was, ‘Let’s do whatever we can, try to keep these guys happy; they might not be here next week.’”

The A-2 After the War The jacket was not only a stylish piece of Americana, Conway says, it was also a very practical garment. “A lot of vets wore them until they fell apart. So many A-2s didn’t survive the postwar years.”

While the A-2 lived on through trade and surplus, and was even reissued by the Air Force in the ‘80s, the painted flight jackets more or less died out. Both the end of the war and the introduction of standard-issue nylon jackets brought the tradition to a halt.

Because of their personalization and rarity, original A-12s are now a hot-ticket item for American and foreign collectors.

Flawless painted flight jackets (even ones that aren’t attached to anyone famous like the American Volunteer

Pete, a pilot in the 100th Bomb Group, flew a B-17 bomber “Goin’ My Way” and had Bugs Bunny painted on his A-2 jacket.

The bomb tail indicates he flew 33 missions. From the collection of Jeff Spielberg.

Group “Flying Tigers,” highly decorated airmen, or celebrities like Jimmy Stewart) will still sell for $3,000 to $6,000. But they’re rare. Of course, that’s created a market for counterfeiters who will buy an unpainted A-2 from the war, paint it and artificially age the painting.

There are ways to determine if a jacket is the real deal. If an A-2 still has its name tag, it’s possible to research that soldier through federal records. In the past, Conway and Maguire would turn to veteran’s organizations, who would often help them track down a jacket’s history just with a nickname. But sadly, the World War II vets are dying off, taking their stories with them. For Conway, unraveling the mystery is part of the appeal.

“The first flight jacket I ever owned was a gift from a friend of mine who’s a World War II veteran,” Conway recalls.

“He bought it in a clothesline sale at a school for a quarter in the 1970s. When he gave it to me, I was so elated. It had a B-17 bomber painted on the back, and 30 bombs, so we knew the guy had flown 30 missions. It had the tail code on the B-17 so we were able to determine it was the 92nd Bomb Group.

“I got hooked on unraveling the little mysteries, and also the je ne sais quoi of the leather aviators wore. Even the smell of that old leather captures your imagination because it makes you wonder where it went and who wore it.”

Excerpts from “WWII War Paint: How Bomber-Jacket Art Emboldened Our Boys” by Lisa Hix, CollectorsWeekly.com.

Seniors Getting Together WOMEN SEEKING MEN 4119 SEEKING CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN Former airline stewardess and model, 5’4”, 104 lbs., widow, slender, white with Ph.D. in healthcare. Fulbright scholar, eats healthy and exercises. Likes sports and animals. Loves the Lord. Florida.

4344 SWF LOOKING FOR SWM 7084 YY, SWF looking for SWM who has an easygoing personality, between the ages of 70 – 84 and at least 5’9” or taller.

I like movies, cooking, dining out, long walks, day trips and country music. ISO a man to laugh with me and enjoy the simple things. Ocala, Wildwood area.

4448 IF YOU RESPONDED to my ad I did not receive it. Please re-contact me. SWF, 65YY Into garage sales and flea markets. Quiet country girl ISO handyman, must have common sense, NO B.S. or liars. I have psoriasis, 5’2”, 110 lbs., blonde hair, not ugly, send picture please and phone number. Will call all.

4482 WOMAN LOOKING FOR A SWM. Enjoy traveling and people and having God first in your life.

4485 CHRISTIAN LADY, WHITE, YOUNG for my age, in the 70s, ISO gentle man, 68 – 80, NS, presentable.

I like music, exercises, movies, etc.

Attractive, loving and nice.

4488 TO 4448. IF YOU RESPONDED I am divorced, don’t drive, like sports and like to walk. 64 YY, good ol’ country boy from VA. Gray hair, 5’10”, 189lbs.

Like country and rock.

MEN SEEKING WOMEN 4467 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE! SWM looking for a SWF. I’m a normal guy, 5’8”, 170, blue eyes, light brown hair, 58 YO. I like all types of things, just need someone to do them with. Also, I am a softball coach. Is your family OK with you seeing someone? Age is open.

Telephone number please.

4474 SWM SEEKS SWF LADY Are you alone? It’s not a good feeling.

Are you mature, mentally stable, easygoing? Would you enjoy a friend? Companionship, adventure, excitement, romance. It’s never too late to try. Age open, Phone number please.

4489 SWM, LOOKING FOR 70 – 80 SWF, attractive widower, 80, 5’4‘, 145 lbs. Love to slow dance, travel. I am kind, easygoing, love to dine out, movies. Desire a short, slim, attractive woman. Friends first. Ocala area.

RUN YOUR AD FOR ONLY $6 A MONTH

SENIORS GETTING TOGETHER Personal Ad Placement

Only $6 to place an ad!

Deadline for ads is the 15th of the month prior to placement.

Mark The Edition(s) You Would Like To Run Your Ad In: Hillsborough & Suncoast (Pinellas/Pasco) Lake/Marion Counties Southwest/Charlotte (Fort Myers/Port Charlotte)

Commonly Used Abbreviations: F-Female, M-Male, S-Single, D-Divorced, WWWidow, A-Asian, B-Black, H-Hispanic, I-Indian, W-White, C-Christian, J-Jewish, YO-Years Old, YY-Years Young, ISO-In Search Of, SOH-Sense Of Humor, SM-Smokes, S-Light Smoker, NS-Non Smoker, ND-Non Drinker, SD-Social (Light) Drinker, DR-Drinks, NDrg- No Drugs, LTR-Long Term Relationship, HWP-Height & Weight Proportional, R-Retired, P-Professional, FFFriendship First, TLC-Tender Loving Care.

TO PLACE AN AD

Send your ad, stating what category you would like it placed in, your edition(s), along with a $6 fee for 30 words (25¢ for each additional word, abbreviations not charged) to the News Connection USA, Inc. address listed below. Ads received by the 15th of the month will appear in the following issue. No more than three ads will be accepted each month per person. The editor reserves the right to edit any ads for space or content. In order to protect our readers’ privacy, we will not include phone numbers, e-mail or home addresses in the ad copy. City or area included at no charge.

TO RESPOND TO AN AD

Write a letter to the person you want to contact. Place that letter in a stamped envelope and write the ad number on the bottom left hand side of the envelope. Place your stamped, numbered envelope(s), along with $2 for each letter enclosed, into another envelope and address it to: News Connection USA, Inc. Seniors Getting Together P.O. Box 638,Seffner, FL 33584

ADVERTISING SALES

Ad Copy • Please Print Neatly • 30 Word Limit Title (First 4 Words):

City (No Charge):

Florida’s Most Read 50+ Publication

If more room is needed, please use separate sheet. Mail this form along with $6 for each ad per month (add $4 for each additional edition/market in the same month).

We cannot accept your ad without it. This information is confidential.

Name: Address: City: Phone:

State:

Zip:

Learn More About Us At

LifestylesAfter50.com

E-mail:

MAIL TO: ATTN. / SENIORS GETTING TOGETHER, NEWS CONNECTION, USA, INC. • P.O. BOX 638., SEFFNER, FL 33583 Lifestyles After 50 • September 2015 • page 23_R