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CONTENTS JULY 2011 • VOL. 12 ISSUE 07

ON THE COVER – Former New York City firefighter Bill O’Connor graces the cover of Senior Times Magazine this month. These days, O’Connor can be found on stage at Gainesville clubs performing standup comedy.

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Tapas Senior Center Calendar of Events

columns 48 51 54

Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle Reading Corner

Healthy Edge

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by Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

Enjoying Act Three

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by Ellis Amburn

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Need for Speed How Fast Can One Man Go? Fred Dannenfelzer Spent a Lifetime Striving to Find the Answer

Embracing Life

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by Donna Bonnell

Perspectives on Aging

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by Carlos Muniz

BY RICHARD DENNISON

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Bill O’Connor: Out of the Fire From the Firehouses of Manhattan, a Comic is Born

BY EMILY FUGGETTA

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A Century-Old Building Houses the Insomniac Theatre Company

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Caring Reborn Former High Springs Care Facility Renovated Into a New Senior Living Community

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Triple digit summer temperatures? In the springtime? What gives?

Well, welcome to the Sunshine State!

(Although this heat does seem a bit extreme to me.) I have to admit, that aside from walking back and forth to and from my car, I have been spending very little time outside of the air-conditioned comfort of my home (or my office). And with summer upon us I don’t expect this trend to change very much.

Speaking of heat, former firefighter Bill O’Connor has reinvented himself and can now be seen on local stages doing standup comedy. You can read all about him in this edition of Senior Times Magazine.

There’s a new retirement home in town, and writer Mary Goodwin tells us what she learned about the Plantation Oaks Senior Living Residence located in High Springs.

Ocala is home to the Insomniac Theatre, and in this edition writer Bonnie Kretchik shares what she has learned about this new company housed in a very old building.

And lastly, we have a story about a man who has spent most of his life trying to drive as fast as humanly possible.

Read all about record-holder Fred Dannenfelzer, who turns 74 this month.

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NOTE TO EDITOR: The members of the Gainesville Community Band are delighted with the recent article published in “The Senior Times.” Thank you and Ms. Kaplan for doing such excellent reporting about us. I certainly enjoyed my part of the interview.

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The History of Monopoly The history of the board game Monopoly can be traced back to the early 20th century. The earliest known design was by the American Elizabeth Magie created in 1903. A series of board games were developed from 1906 through the 1930s that involved the buying and selling of land and the development of that land.

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By the 1970s, the idea that the game had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore: it was printed in the game’s instructions and even in the 1974 book The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World’s Most Popular Game by Maxine Brady.

That same decade, Professor Ralph Anspach fought Parker Brothers and its then parent company, General Mills, over the trademarks of the Monopoly board game.

Through the research of Anspach and others, much of the early history of the game was “rediscovered.”

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Kissing in Western cultures is a fairly recent development and is rarely mentioned even in Greek literature. In the Middle Ages it became a social gesture and was considered a sign of refinement of the upper classes.

The act of kissing was very rare among the lower and semi-civilized races, but was fully established as instinctive in the higher societies.

All in the Family At age forty-seven, The Rolling Stones’ bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with thirteen-year-old Mandy Smith, with her mother’s blessing. According to “The Book of Useless Information,” six years later, they were married, but the marriage only lasted a year. Not long after, Bill’s thirty-yearold son, Stephen, married Mandy’s mother, age forty-six. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father’s father-in-law and his own grandfather.

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Mosquito Magnet Some people attract mosquitoes while others do not. According to news.ufl.edu, studies by UF entomologist Jerry Butler and research assistant Karen McKenzie showed that mosquitoes are choosey.

“Undoubtedly, mosquitoes have preferences,” Butler said in the 1999 article. “People do differ, and in any group of 10, one person will be fed on more than others.”

Attracted from as far as 40 miles away by a plume of odors (primarily consisting of carbon dioxide) mosquitoes swarm to their dinner hosts.

Once within a few yards of their host they use vision and heat sensing to make a selection.

“Mosquitoes use odor to sort attractive people from the unattractive people to find those that are most tasty,” Butler said. “They are looking for the highest rates of human attractants.”

Skin products can attract mosquitoes, and often last longer than insect-repelling sprays.

Medications can also make a person attractive to these tiny vampires.

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Huey Lewis

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JULY 5TH, 1950 Huey Lewis is an American musician and songwriter. He sings lead vocals and plays harmonica for Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band’s songs. The band had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles — including the number-one hit The Power of Love featured in the film Back to the Future. Their greatest success was during the 1980s during which time their album Sports went to number one and they produced a series of highly successful MTV videos.

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July 27, 1948

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July 31, 1944

MOMMA’S GOT A In November of 1975, the band The Who released sed “Squeezebox” as a single in the US. S. It reached number er 10 in both the UK and US. “Squeezebox” box” is a slang term for accordions and d related instruments. ents.

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Back to the Future Back to the Future opened on July 3, 1985 on 1,200 screens in North America. The film became the most successful release of the year, grossing more than $380 million worldwide and receiving critical acclaim. Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly because Michael J. Fox was busy filming the TV series Family Ties. However, during filming, the filmmakers decided that Stoltz was miscast. Fox was approached again and worked out a timetable that allowed him to accept the role. The movie featured several Huey Lewis and the News songs, and Huey Lewis himself cameoed as the school teacher who dismisses Marty’s band for being too loud.

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For years, some who work in police and emergency services (such as doctors and nurses) have anecdotally claimed that full moon nights are busier, crazier, and more dangerous than nights when the moon is dim. This perception may be rooted more in psychology than reality.

There is a good reason why there may be more crime on the nights of a full moon; it has to do with statistics, not lunacy.

People are more active during full moons than moonless nights. An especially beautiful full moon may draw families out into the night to appreciate it, and lovers to local necking spots. Muggers and other criminals who ply their trade at night also use the moon’s illumination to carry out their dirty deeds.

Most people may have heard (or seen in the movies) that applying urine to the stings of the Portuguese man-of-war will neutralize the venom. However, alcohol and human urine may actually be harmful. An Australian study reports that both alcohol and urine caused massive nematocyst discharge in the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri.

“Primary first aid for any jellyfish sting should be to minimize the number of nematocysts discharging into the skin and to reduce the harmful effects of the venom,” according to www.dnr.sc.gov. “If stung by a jellyfish, the victim should carefully remove the tentacles that adhere to the skin by using sand, clothing, towels, seaweed or other available materials.

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THE ALACHUA COUNTY SENIOR RECREATION CENTER

Project Update Ribbon cutting! Yes, you read that right. Plans are currently underway for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to be held in September for the new Alachua County Senior Recreation Center. This 17,000-square-foot center will be the only one of its kind in the county.

“The landscaping is almost done; that means we are getting close,” said Anthony Clarizio, executive director of ElderCare of Alachua County. ECAC is a division of Shands HealthCare that provides services to homebound Seniors.

“We are coming to the end, just to start from the beginning,” Clarizio said. “We are all getting very excited about the opening of the center. This will be an historic date for all Seniors in the Alachua County.”

The ECAC should be getting the keys to the new Senior Recreation Center as early as August.

“That being said, we will take the month of August to move in and get things set up,” he said.

The facility is scheduled to open in September with some programming and

do the same in October, November and December.

“We will be planning a series of open houses, tours and holiday programs during that time,” Clarizio said. “Then, after the holidays, the center will open, offer programs, fitness and other classes.”

Once the center is up and running, Seniors can expect to find the latest in fitness training, health education, nutrition services, preventative screenings, service delivery, arts and cultural activities, a computer lab, and social and volunteer opportunities.

“We would like to thank the following companies for their commitment and support to date: Comfort Keepers, Haven Hospice, The Toney Law Firm, The Village, and Prime Time Institute,” Clarizio said.

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Need for Speed How fast can one man go? Fred Dannenfelzer spent a lifetime striving to find the answer

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Some want to fish, some travel, some garden, some just want to take it easy. For 73-year-old Fred Dannenfelzer, it means just one thing: Go faster. Go faster than any living human his age has ever gone before and then go even faster.

Dannenfelzer has been racing one thing or another almost his entire life.

As a 16 year old in high school in Santa Barbara, Cali., he built his first car, a 1939 Pontiac coupe street racer. His speeding tickets with that hot rod were frequent, and every police officer in the area knew him on a first-name basis.

At age 17, Dannenfelzer built his first real competition racecar, a 1932 Ford coupe with a chopped top and a Chrysler engine. At that time, local tracks did not use flag men and the start and finish lines were simply air hoses with a bell wire similar to what 1950s gas stations used to announce the arrival of a customer. Race times were accurate for local-record purposes but were not recognized as national or official records.

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Although there was no prize money during his youth, for a teenager like Dannenfelzer, the glory of bringing home a speed-racing trophy was reward enough.

Dannenfelzer made his very first stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1958 as a 21-year-old helper on a friend’s car. He returned again in 1961, driving a Hi-Boy Roadster with a blown Chrysler engine on gas and achieved a speed of 188 mph. A year earlier he had married and, with a daughter on the way, the pressing need to provide for his family took precedence over his personal pastimes.

With great anguish, Dannenfelzer sold everything he owned pertaining to racing and gave up the sport completely.

But competitive racing still coursed through his veins, and he soon joined his friends in motorcycle trail bike racing, a sport where participation carried a much lower price tag than automobiles. Being the hot-rodder he was, Dannenfelzer immediately began tinkering with his bike’s engine and racing on TT tracks. These were hell-bent-for-leather races on the old style, smooth, graded dirt tracks where the racers simply lined up straight

At that time, local tracks did not use flag men and the start and finish lines were simply air hoses with a bell wire similar to what 1950s gas stations used.

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The first Dragster that Fred built in 1958 at age 21, at the Santa Maria Drag Strip in California. As was the craze at that time, the car originally had two engines.

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Another shot of Fred Dannenfelzer’s first Dragster that he built. The following year he modified it to a single engine as depicted in this photo, taken at the Santa Maria Drag Strip in California in later that same year.

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A rare shot of 29-year-old Fred DannenfelzerFred in 1966 during his motorcycle racing years.

BOTTOM OPPOSITE: The car that then 72-year-old Fred Dannenfelzer drove to set the official Class “A” Blown Fuel Lakester speed record of 366 MPH at Bonneville in 2009. His trap speed was 386.

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“When we first started breaking records, our car was running on a mix of 30 percent nitro and 70 percent alcohol. The current mix is closer to 40 percent alcohol and 60 percent nitro.” across and blasted off for the finish line.

In his late 20s and early 30s, Dannenfelzer also raced motorcycles in the socalled 100-mile races between Barstow, Cali., and Las Vegas, Nev. These off-road races actually ended up being about 190 miles, due to a zigzag route crossing the desert, and took about five hours to complete. The grueling contests were as much about stamina and endurance as they were about speed, and Dannenfelzer ran in the inaugural race in 1967 and the three subsequent years. This popular event was eventually discontinued in 1989 because of pressure from environmental advocates concerned about the desert tortoise.

Dannenfelzer’s only major accident came just before the first of these desert races when a crash left him with a severely separated shoulder and torn muscles throughout his arm. He was out of racing — and work — for six months, unable to lift his arm above his waist.

A few years later, after finally giving up the sport, his supportive wife Patricia tearfully admitted how scared she had been and how grateful she was that his motorcycle-racing career was over.

Ask Dannenfelzer if he ever gets scared when racing and his response is, “If I had a fear of racing I couldn’t be doing it. But I do have complete respect for the machine I’m driving. It doesn’t scare me, but it sure keeps the adrenaline flowing! It truly does.”

In 1970 at age 33, Dannenfelzer joined with friends who were racing at Bonneville and helped build the motor for the car. Although he was excited to return to the Salt Flats, it ended as

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humiliating experience after their car engine blew up in trials.

By now the competitor in Dannenfelzer had taken over, and he had caught what regulars at Bonneville call Salt Fever. He became dedicated to setting a new speed record.

The next year, after building an engine for his friends and installing it in a Model A Roadster, Dannenfelzer triumphantly set a new record at Bonneville on his qualifying run. Then disaster struck as the car threw a rod during the official-record run attempt. A devastated but determined 34-year-old Dannenfelzer vowed to return the following year to go for the gold with a revamped car that he would build from scratch.

After one failed partnership ended, leaving Dannenfelzer with a Modified Roadster, he went on to form another partnership with fellow speed enthusiasts Bob Richards and Jack Quinton.

They started with two cars, both of which Dannenfelzer drove, but the partners eventually devoted their energy and resources to Dannenfelzer’s Modified Roadster. In 1988, Quinton dropped out of the group and in 1990 a new partner, Paul Madsen, joined the team with their last initials representing the current partnership name of DRM Racing. In 1994, the team sold the Roadster and built the Lakester that they are still driving today, albeit with different engines depending upon what records they are chasing.

In his unrelenting quest for a record, Dannenfelzer raced at El Mirage dry lakes in California on the mile and a third hardpacked dirt tracks, as well as at Bonnev-

ille. He returned unsuccessfully to both venues for 13 straight years, and although he came close to becoming a speed champion, it remained just out of reach.

Finally, at the age of 47, a breakthrough occurred, and Dannenfelzer set his first record. He pushed his Modified Fuel Blown Roadster with an “A” motor to an impressive 235 mph at El Mirage.

The following year, he took his Roadster to Bonneville and shattered the existing class record there at the same speed.

From 1984 through the early ‘90s, Dannenfelzer and his team continued to bring his same Modified Roadster to Bonneville, and he continued to establish new records with various engines — including getting as high as 290 mph.

So what changed? Why did Dannenfelzer suddenly start hitting faster speeds and setting records after so many years of bearing induced blown engines and continued disappointments? There were several reasons.

Dannenfelzer and his team were living paycheck to paycheck during those times, so making any serious changes to engines was a painful decision due to cost concerns. In 1984, the team scrounged up $1,000 to install a dry sump system in their engine, in which the oil is in a separate tank instead of in the pan of the motor.

Making a change is always difficult since there are no opportunities to test modifications in the off-season. It is a trial and error process, and if racers mess up, it is back to the drawing board to spend more time, money and effort to find out what went wrong and try again next year. However, Dannenfelzer and his team adapted this new system with great success. The end result: No more bearing destruction and no more costly engine blow-ups year after year.

Using their new dry sump system did not increase their car’s speed, but it ultimately gave Dannenfelzer and his team more opportunity and more resources seniortimesmagazine.com

Fred Dannenfelzer with some of his many racing trophies. He said many others are scattered across the country with friends, family and associates.

to fine tune and introduce the real speed improvements.

“It was the best $1,000 we ever spent,” Dannenfelzer said.

The actual speed improvements came with the addition of better superchargers and better parts and, most importantly, changes to the fuel mixture going into the cylinder nozzles, thereby making the fuel system more efficient.

“For example,” Dannenfelzer said,

“when we first started breaking records, our car was running on a mix of 30 percent nitro and 70 percent alcohol.

The current mix is closer to 40 percent alcohol and 60 percent nitro.”

Dannenfelzer is not a boisterous or emotional guy; when asked how he feels when he sets a new National speed record he gives a big smile and a drawn out one-word response, “GOOOD!” Breaking a record at the Salt Flats

is all about the glory. There is no prize money, and the only accolades are by way of a trophy and some congratulations. Dannenfelzer has trophies galore, many of which are scattered across the USA with associates, friends and family.

The satisfaction, Dannenfelzer said, “Comes from building your own car from the ground up and setting a new speed record. It’s a great feeling.”

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verify it, Dannenfelzer is believed to back on the track with the average of be the oldest living top-speed record the two runs comprising the official run holder at Bonneville. In October 2002, time. Now it is a one-way pass for a qual71-year-old Nolan White was injured ifying run. If a racer sets a new record, and subsequently died in an accident at he returns the next morning for the the Salt Flats when his parachute failed official record run on a straight five-mile after clocking a one-mile run at 422 track, which is broken down by timmph. While there are others who may ing segments called traps. The average be older than Dannenfelzer who are still speed of his qualifying run and the reracing at Bonneville and El Mirage, and cord run over the same traps constitutes even some with records, no one as old as Dannenfelzer who is still living has ever gone as fast as he has.

Having been involved at Bonneville for so many years, Dannenfelzer has often volunteered his services to help to maintain and enhance his sport and its tradition. In the late ‘90s, he served on the Southern California Timing Association, or SCTA, safety committee where he said, “Almost all of our rules are written in somebody’s blood.” He has also been vice president and served on the SCTA Board of Directors. During Bonneville’s Speed Week in August, he still arrives early to assist with dragging the track, setting up wires and other necessary preparations.

Dannenfelzer decidedly looks to the future and not Fred’s first real race car, a ‘32 Ford coupe with a chopped top. to the past, but when badHe built it in 1954 at age 17. gered to reminisce a bit he will say that when he first started at Bonneville the Rules and Records book was a couple a record. Dannenfelzer also remembers of flimsy pages. Now it is the size of how no license was required during his paperback book. He remembers how the first years at Bonneville, whereas today record attempts in the ‘70s consisted of the SCTA requires different licenses for a qualifying run which timed a new class different speed levels. record with the racers then returning So, is Dannenfelzer nearing the end the following day to run both down and of the road? Ask him how long he will

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keep going and he responds with a touch of annoyance: “I’ll be the first to know when I can’t drive anymore.”

During 2011/2012, Dannenfelzer will go after the big daddy of all Bonneville speed records—the Blown Fuel Streamliner class. Except for Turbine engines nothing goes faster than the Streamliners with the existing record in the “AA” class now at 417 mph. Dannenfelzer is currently building his Streamliner, and he has a “B” engine ready now with the parts for a “AA” and an “A engine sitting on the shelf.

“We’ll start with the smaller engine” Dannenfelzer said, “and then we’ll go for the top records. At my age, I don’t have too many years left to dial it in and go for the bigger records.”

The current “B” record is held by Dannenfelzer’s good friend Al Teague at 381 mph. Teague is retired now and his record-breaking car, “The Spirit of ‘76,” was sold a few years ago to the Flying A Garage, destined to become a museum attraction.

Like a fine wine that improves with age, Fred Dannenfelzer just keeps getting better. And faster. If he can finish his Streamliner and beat the existing top-speed records during the next few years, he will hold titles as both the fastest National champion and the oldest to do it. Those are his intentions. Ask Dannenfelzer if he thinks he can accomplish his goals and the question lingers in the air a bit. Then once again he smiles and the words come out a bit wistfully, “It’s a big if.” Maybe so, but do not bet against him. s seniortimesmagazine.com

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f you meet Joan White today, you will never guess that ten months ago she suffered a stroke. Tall and friendly, she puts her hands on hips and wears her trademark smile. There is no sign of the stroke that stopped her in her tracks and nearly took her life.

“I feel good,” Joan says. She moves a bit slower than in years past, but that’s attributable to the fact that she’s been around for 86 years now, not because of her stroke.

“I am lucky, and I know that. I’m grateful my husband knew what was happening and acted fast.”

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down to the read the newspaper. Her husband, Phil, stepped away for a few minutes.

When he returned, Joan had fallen forward in her chair as though she were asleep. She did not respond or move when he asked her questions. Phil says he believed Joan had experienced a stroke. What he did next saved her life.

“I knew from what I’d read this could be a stroke,” Phil says. “I also knew 9-1-1 should be my first call, so that’s what I did. I called my son, Keith, after that.” Because Phil acted so fast, EMS could alert NFRMC even before her arrival to get the ball rolling very quickly.

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Four months before her stroke, Joan White was hospitalized at NFRMC for a lung condition.

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That kind of education, she says, can make the difference and save a life like Joan’s. Joan’s primary care physician confirms that.

“Joan really is our miracle patient,” says Joel Rich, MD, who provides primary care for Joan at the Senior Healthcare Center at Crown Pointe. “Joan has atrial fibrillation, which increased her risk of stroke. You take someone in her age bracket who suffers a serious stroke and then recovers the way she has – it’s a testimony to the urgency of not delaying care. Ten months after her stroke, she maintains stability and has quality of life. If you meet her, you will see no signs that she ever had a stroke. She’s done beautifully.”

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BONA FIDE

Bill O’Connor

Out of the Fire From the firehouses of Manhattan, a Comic is Born

by Emily Fuggetta

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ill O’Connor is full of stories.

They flow out of him in a seamless stream of vulgarity — colorful phrases honed to profane perfection in the firehouses of Manhattan. He recites them to friends, pounds them into his MacBook and performs them in the form of comedy routines on stages around Gainesville.

When he begins in front of a fresh crowd, the people always stare for a moment, stunned into silence as the sweat beads on O’Connor’s forehead. They exchange unsure glances, half smiles forming on their lips.

But then they start to laugh.

Half a century of addiction, war and work have made 62-year-old O’Connor a master of filth. He joined the U.S. Air Force the second he was legally able, and he spent his time in Vietnam in an alcohol- and drug-fueled haze he would not snap out of until decades later.

When he was 26, he married a woman who would divorce him twice. During his 23 years as a New York City firefighter, he saved lives and saw deaths that easily could have — should have, he

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says — been his own.

To O’Connor, the experiences are stories, strung together by gambling and alcohol abuse. The stories built up, hundreds of them, printed or typed and tucked away for the nearly finished book he hopes to publish soon.

Richie Ardizone, O’Connor’s longtime friend, roommate, coworker and partner in crime knows him better than anyone.

The pair grew up knocking on each other’s door when the sun was rising, to play in the streets of the Bronx. They went to school and lived together before O’Connor married his first wife and

tioning lunatic. We all were.”

No matter the situation, O’Connor was always the center of attention, Ardizone said, and the antics made life more interesting. Ardizone remembered a Sunday in New York when Jehovah’s Witnesses made their daily stop at their apartment. Ardizone wanted to ignore them again, but O’Connor opened the door stark naked. They never came back.

Timmy O’Connor, Bill O’Connor’s son, grew up around his dad’s firehouse buddies and picked up his father’s sense of humor and candid attitude. O’Connor was tough on him, Timmy said, but he

“It was food, sex, gambling, drugs, alcohol,” Ardizone said. “He was a functioning lunatic.

We all were.” again after the marriage fell apart. They gambled and fought fires together. They worked in bars and fought addiction together. And through it all, Ardizone said, the common thread was excess.

“It was food, sex, gambling, drugs, alcohol,” Ardizone said. “He was a func-

has grown to appreciate his father’s nononsense approach to life.

Timmy lives in New York but travels with his father when they have time, and they go to bars together — non-alcoholic St. Paulie Girl for O’Connor.

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his girlfriend, Mary Theresa Kiely, an Irish fiddler 22 years his junior.

Four years ago, the couple moved to Gainesville so she could pursue her doctoral degree in teaching. O’Connor decided it was time he learned to write, so he enrolled in the University of Florida’s school of journalism. The stories began to flow.

Eight months ago, O’Connor met another student who asked him to speak in front of the university’s comedy group.

O’Connor thought he’d share some of his

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stories with a handful of kids. But when he got there, he found himself in front of a packed ballroom.

“The way it was lit up, I could see the whole audience,” he said. “There was no spotlight or anything. I could see the whole crowd. I’m looking down, and I see these girls in the front row, and their mouths are just hanging open. They’re not laughing, they’re just staring.”

After the show, though, a student told O’Connor he was funny. That was all it took.

“I thought, ‘I could clean this up, or I could get worse,’” he said, knowing his jokes would either shock people into laughter or silence. “And all my life, I always remembered: People who freak people out get attention fast. Elvis with sideburns, nobody could handle it. Elvis started moving his legs, nobody could handle it. The Beatles came along with bangs, nobody could handle it. Now, you can’t freak anybody out.”

So he lays on the filth. It is his trademark, what sets him apart — other than seniortimesmagazine.com

his age — from the young comics who take the stage before him.

His comedy routines center around vice, and he often wears a fedora-style hat to bolster what he calls his “dirty old man” act. He recants sexual encounters in graphic detail, reliving experiences that draw lascivious laughter from men and begrudging chuckles from women.

O’Connor’s jokes are hyperbolized adaptations of reality, but there is truth to all of them. That is the key, he said, to good comedy. He is at home on the stage, strid-

PHOTOS BY EMILY FUGGETTA ing back and forth TOP: Bill O’Connor tells a story to friends in his kitchen in Gainesville. on legs made lean ABOVE: Holding a framed photo of himself fighting a fire in New York and strong from City in the 1980s. afternoon trips to the gym. Often, he gets caught up in the memories, throwing about suffer and die. His brother died in his head back in an eruption of wheezing, a fire. His father drank himself to death. gasping mirth that leaves him breathless.

Dozens of his friends died in wars and in His act — his persona onstage and off burning buildings.

— was not formed by good times alone.

O’Connor does not spend his Sundays There is a wry pragmatism in his words on his knees — he loathes organized that has been carved into his disposition religion and does not label himself a over years of watching people he cares Christian — but a handful of what he calls

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PHOTO BY EMILY FUGGETTA A common sight prior to any of his performances at Mother’s Pub in Gainesville, Bill O’Connor runs through his routine with his beverage of choice — a cold glass of non-alcoholic St. Pauli Girl beer, before a performance on March 30.

interventions have made him an unflinching believer. It is divine intervention, he said, that kept him from meeting the same fate as so many people he loved.

After a quarter of a century as a firefighter, O’Connor took the captain’s test.

Passing the test, which was offered once every five years, meant an extra $15,000 a year for life. All four men he studied with passed the test, but O’Connor failed, and he and Mary Theresa moved to Florida.

The other four died on Sept. 11. O’Connor counted himself blessed to be alive.

Another time, he was driving drunk at 3 a.m. and did not see the 15-foot metal pipes sticking out the back of a pickup truck. He hit them at 35 miles per hour, and the pipes flew by his ears so close he felt the air move. On the radio, Rod Stewart sang, “There’s a train a-coming ... Just get on board ... You don’t need no ticket, you just thank the Lord,” and

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O’Connor felt God again.

Then, eight years ago, he got another sign. On his way to visit his mother in an assisted living facility, he pulled into a church parking lot to wait out a downpour. Raised Catholic, O’Connor prayed here and there, and he ducked in for a quick prayer then. On the seat beside him was a leaflet with the prayer to Saint Jude — the patron saint of lost causes.

Praying to Jude seven times a day for three weeks is said to make wishes come true, and O’Connor does not ignore signs, so he prayed for three weeks to be free from alcohol.

Eight years later, he still has not taken a drink.

Instead, he has a new drug. Comedy, he said, is a better fix than anything he has ever drank, smoked or bet on.

“The laughter started becoming the morphine — the addiction,” he said. “I’ll

always do this. It doesn’t matter if I go anywhere with it. Now I need it.”

He performs three or four times a week at venues around the city, and now he is one of the final acts at almost every show.

He is getting more comfortable on stage, and he is abandoning his safe jokes for ones that might not always get a laugh.

With every handshake after a show, every friendly “hello” from a fan who recognizes him at school or in a store, O’Connor stands taller.

But no matter how confident he becomes or how long it has been since he has taken a drink, he crosses himself and prays to the patron saint of lost causes before every show, the words so familiar they spill from his mouth in a jumble: “Sacred heart of Jesus, pray for us.

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LETTER TO TAD œ ELLIS AMBURN

Enjoying Act Three “Feeling overwhelmed,” Tad, my college roommate, class of ‘54, g-mailed today.

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orking 15/7, raking in money.

Jenny nagging for summer place Maine, expensive. Son, 45, living with us when not in rehab. Jenny and I are raising his kids. To make matters worse, Dad died and made me executor. Auctioneer handling estate sale cheated me, now have to get lawyer. In my seventies, I need to rest. Off to Key West for a week of fishing to get away from it all.”

I replied, “In Act III of life, by keeping the focus on myself, I’ve found peace at last. You are full of news about your wife, your son, his kids, your Dad. I want to hear about my friend Tad. How’s

have to pull a geographic to do it? Travel is stressful. Why not clean house and rest at home?

“Sorry about your Dad, and the hassle of the estate sale. Glad you’ve engaged a lawyer. Now that you’ve performed the necessary legwork you can turn the results over to God. Let go, let God = no more worry. If you worry don’t pray, and if you pray don’t worry.

“There is so much to be grateful for. You and Jenny have each other, a rare thing in life, which, for most of us, involves so many endings and changes.

My steady date recently moved to another city for medical reasons, and

“Looks like the only permanent thing in life is change. I’ve got to accept life on life’s terms; I certainly can’t change people, places, and things.

All I can change is me.” workaholism working out for you? Does Tad need a second house? Does Tad really want a full-time tenant, or to raise a second batch of young’uns? Let’s try to separate the real Tad from the “nice-guy” people-pleaser who’s become enmeshed in other people’s emotional issues.

“The good news is you’re treating yourself to a week of rest. Do you really

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I was left with zero personal life. I got busy experimenting with various scenes and found a post at the local college, but the new friend I made there soon moved on to a better job elsewhere, and my favorite students just graduated.

“Looks like the only permanent thing in life is change. I’ve got to accept life on life’s terms; I certainly can’t change

people, places, and things. All I can change is me. So: I started visiting a friend in a retirement home, and now he calls me his best friend. You never know what will develop. The hardest part is reaching out. If I don’t, no one else will.

“My glass is either half empty or half full. Happiness is all about perception and attitude. I’m grateful you and I are able to work. At seventy-something, I put in a dozen hours a week. You’re doing 15 a day. When I was overworking in 1991, I had a seizure. Emergency-room doctors dismissed it, but I interpreted my seizure as prelude to death and a warning: if you reboot after passing out, you live; if you don’t, you die. Today, I am not going to work or worry my way into another seizure. Now that life is so sweet, I want to live as long as I can.

“Tad, in Act III it’s time to put yourself first; you’re no good to wife and son if you die. As for the adults who are dependent on you, let the universe take care of them. It definitely will, given the opportunity. Go real easy on Tad — demand respect because you deserve respect.

“If I let anyone or anything outside of me tell me how to feel today, that’s my choice, and I refuse to give anyone or anything any power over my feelings.

Nobody’s getting free rent inside my head, and nobody’s eatin’ my lunch.

“Be well, Jim, be worry-free, be grateful for the gift of being alive, let no outside issue have dominion over your soul, because it belongs to God, and we must protect our souls from pollution, so joy can flood in and take over.

“Love, “Ellis” s Involved daily in volunteer community service, Ellis Amburn, a High Springs resident, is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. He’ll guestlecture next fall at the University of Florida on narrative journalism. He can be reached at ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Ocala’s Hidden Gem A Century-Old Building Houses The Insomniac Theatre Company

by Bonnie Kretchik

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n old building stands in downtown Ocala. Built in 1911, the structure was originally one of Ocala’s early banks. Over the past century it has changed hands and alternated between a café, a bar and even a jewelry store. Today, this historic building has a new purpose. It is home to a dedicated theater crew; a crew that gives new artists a chance to shine and gives the people of Ocala the opportunity to experience new and unique theater shows as well as classic performances.

This building is home to the Insomniac Theatre Company.

Chad Taylor, current president of the company, founded the Insomniac Theatre Group. Always passionate about theater, Taylor ventured to Los Angeles in 2001 on a whim.

“I just wanted to do it. Seven days later I had a bag of clothes in my truck, and that’s it,” he said with a laugh, recalling his impulsive decision. Although

hasty, and perhaps foolhardy, Taylor’s inspiration for the Insomniac Theatre came to him while in California.

After five years and a successful career in LA, Taylor developed a medical condition that affects his hearing. He decided to return to Ocala to be closer to his family.

company, recalled the conversation he had with Taylor and how he realized his passion for theater.

“I got bit by the bug a few years back and found theater was where I want to be,” he said. “Chad asked if I wanted to do it. I said ‘sure,’” he said with a laugh as he continued to hammer away at a

“We put the community back in community theater,” he said. “We want to see more and more people get involved.”

“I went from doing three or four shows at a time to nothing,” Taylor said, recalling the transition. While adjusting to life back in Ocala, he decided to go through with his dream of starting a theater company. So, he and four other passionate theater lovers established Insomniac Theatre.

Ryan James, vice president of the

prop he was building for the next show.

The board, consisting of five members, does literally everything associated with the theater. James describes the workload as “wonderfully tiring.”

And everything means everything.

They build sets, act, direct, sell tickets and concessions, advertise and everything else that goes along with running a

PHOTOS COURTESY OF INSOMNIAC THEATRE In October 2010, the Insomniac Theatre Company staged a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in which they made it rain inside the theater.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF INSOMNIAC THEATRE Clockwise from top left: “Murder Mystery: Abridged,” was an original work and part of the opening performance series at Insomniac Theatre called “Insomniac Series.”

The Insomniac Theatre Company gives many artists a chance to stage their original works such as this show entitled, “Long Time, No See...” It was part of an event the Insomniacs put on called “Life Imitates Art.” Actors perform in an original work, “Welcome to Theater,” another show from the “Life Imitates Art” event.

theater. What makes their workload even more impressive is the fact that each board member has what they call “real jobs,” too. They work their nine-to-five jobs then come directly to the theater.

“When we say insomniac, we aren’t just being cute; we really don’t sleep,” said board member Adrian Knapp. He, along with everyone in the company, laughs about their long hours and hard work, but it is obvious that everyone is very passionate about their theater and

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what they produce.

The Insomniac Theatre is not a typical run-of-the-mill theater though.

“We are a little bit of everything,” Taylor said.

They follow no particular genre, though they like to focus on original work. They take ideas from everyone and anyone who is willing to offer, and they try to produce works that people express interest in.

Every actor, director, producer and

staff person is a volunteer. They are there because they love theater or, perhaps, always wanted to try their hand at acting or directing. Taylor said the Insomniac Theatre has given over 20 new writers and 20 new directors the chance to fulfill a dream of seeing their work staged.

“We put the community back in community theater,” he said. “We want to see more and more people get involved.”

Taylor, along with the other board members, agrees that there is a wealth of creativity and talent in Ocala; however, so much of it has not yet been tapped.

The Insomniac Theatre offers the chance budding young artists are looking for, and no one can attest more to that than Rachel Sparks. Sparks, a selfproclaimed theater geek, came to Taylor with an idea for a show.

A trained fire dancer, Sparks always had an interest in burlesque and wanted to try producing her own unique show that was a blend of cabaret with burlesque-like elements.

“I really didn’t think Chad would want to do it, but most of the staff is all male so they were all on board,” Sparks said with a laugh, recalling her proposal to Taylor.

Once the idea was accepted, Sparks found herself heading down uncharted territory with producing her own show.

But Taylor introduced her to an experienced director, Joan McDonald, and seniortimesmagazine.com

they created a successful production.

“It wasn’t easy, the first auditions were rough, only four people showed up,” Sparks said. But the opening night sold out and the show was such a success that there was a demand for a second performance.

Sparks’ show is an example of some of the more unique pieces performed at the Insomniac Theatre. They have put on shows ranging from classical Shakespeare to upstart young comics testing out their newest improv bits to the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” in which they actually made it rain inside the theater. And while some shows are more successful than others, the staff is never afraid to try something new.

“We’re always learning; everyone I meet teaches me something,” Taylor said.

He also noted that he is there to encourage but never to teach. He and his staff will do everything in their power to help put on the best shows but claim

they will never call themselves “professionals.” At the same time, they stress that anyone, even someone with absolutely no acting experience, can come out to audition.

“We choose the best person for the role, not someone with the biggest resume,” Taylor said.

The Insomniac Theater is a hidden gem in Ocala. Originally located in the Marion Cultural Alliance, Taylor and his board members looked long and hard for a more convenient venue. When this building became available last April, they scraped together funds and, thanks to a few contributors, were able to move into the cozier new atmosphere.

The historic nature of the building offers a homey setting. The comfortable seating places the audience up close to the actors, and the stage is moveable so it can be made smaller or larger to fit a show’s specific needs. Taylor wants his audience to have an “experience” at each

show, and this venue allows for that.

As if they were not busy enough, Taylor and his crew are constantly working on the evolution of the theater. While continuously making improvements, they love the historic quality of the building and strive to preserve it. They also find themselves stumbling upon new aspects of the building on a regular basis.

“We’ve found three vaults built in the 1800s and what we think is the first drive up ATM in Ocala,” Taylor said, excitedly describing some of the more unique features of the building. He has also heard rumors that there is an underground tunnel, but they have yet to discover it.

From the outside it is just another one of Ocala’s many historic buildings.

But the inside houses so much more. It is a cozy, intimate atmosphere that is “home” to a group of five passionate and dedicated theater fanatics who ask that people take a break from reality, open their imaginations and enjoy the show. s

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PRIDE - A PUZZLING PARADOX œ DONNA BONNELL

Embracing Life “Sometimes you just need to brag about your hometown.”

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recent letter to the editor of The Gainesville Sun brought happy tears to my eyes when Kim Berry and Mary Hausch began their message with that proud proclamation. They continued by thanking the citizens of Alachua County for showing their compassion, kindness and generosity. One ton of relief supplies were donated and delivered to the tornado survivors in Tuscaloosa.

The last few months I have felt an overwhelming pride for my country.

The troops overseas have made a difference, creating phenomenal Memorial and Independence Day Celebrations. Hardworking individuals survived harsh climate conditions, while enduring a relentless economic crisis. Like artist Lee Greenwood, I am Proud To Be An American.

My patriotic bubble burst a bit when I discovered the following quote

by Charles Caleb Colton, “There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.”

Colton, a clergyman and writer, slowed my soaring sentiments and caused me to ponder yet another perplexing puzzle.

How do humility, pride and vanity motivate individuals — emotional creatures plagued with prejudices? In order to put together the puzzle, I needed a clear picture of the pieces. * Pride is an exhilarating emotion that

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results from positive self-evaluation. * Vanity usually refers to an excessive belief in one’s own abilities or attractiveness. It originates from the Latin word vanitas, meaning untruthfulness,

an extremely negative impact. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence. Several studies have shown that groups who boast, gloat or denigrate others are vulnerable to threats from other groups. Hubristic, pompous displays of group pride might actually be a sign of group insecurity as opposed to a sign of strength. While these groups may be considered extremists, devoted members of any association develop a loyalty to the person in charge.

Self-serving, vain superiors use their false pride as a vice to promote their personal prejudices. People in power who have pride, combined with patience, wisdom and humility are God’s gifts. Their positive pride helps others

My patriotic bubble burst a bit when I discovered the following quote by Charles Caleb Colton, “There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.” foolishness and empty pride. Empty (or false) pride is baseless arrogance and unjustified by one’s own achievements and actions. * Humility, an important character value, is the quality of being modest, reverential or politely submissive.

In addition to experiencing self-satisfaction, pride is found in many group formats, such as business, community, ethnic, gay and national. Groups have leaders. Leaders impart their values to others and judge others by their own values. Some leaders are moral and humble, some are vain and self-serving.

Yet, all promote pride within their unit.

Could that be the paradox that Colton referred to two centuries ago?

Hubristic forms of group pride have

embrace their lives while encouraging compassion for the entire human group.

Humility is not an easily developed value. It is a common belief that suffering reduces pride, develops humility, and adversity forces humans to connect.

Perseverance through difficult times creates kinder individuals who are merciful and forgiving. They typically have the moral confidence to influence others in a loving manner.

Perhaps that is why Americans have faced many challenges. We relearned vulnerability on Sept. 11, experienced tumultuous financial times to understand poverty, and received strong warnings from Mother Earth to take care of our planet. It is time we are humbled and take pride in our ability to serve others. seniortimesmagazine.com

Berry and Hausch have a right to be proud of their hometown. Their community banded together to assist the folks in Alabama.

I cannot help but get a lump in my throat when I hear Greenwood’s tune.

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Caring Reborn Former High Springs Care Facility Renovated into a New Senior Living Community

by Mary Goodwin

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he five acres and 22,000 square-foot building that formerly housed the High Springs Care Center and Living Water Conference and Retreat Center, is once again the home to a senior community.

The new owners, Senior Management Advisors and Pecan Tree Holdings LCC, conducted a $60,000 renovation to open Plantation Oaks Senior Living Residence, which will serve the greater Gainesville area.

March 12 marked the grand opening of the assisted living community, just three months after Greg Morris, managing director of Pecan Tree Holdings, purchased the property.

Modernizations made to the 22-yearold building, primarily in the 31 studio apartments it holds, are a direct result of ideas and suggestions conjured by residents and families of the seven other Senior Management Advisors living

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communities throughout Florida and Georgia.

After evaluating properties across various locations, Morris said he found a pressing demand for high quality assisted living in the High Springs area and neighboring communities.

“Our goal is to provide what I can consider a needed service for High Springs,” he said. “There is a huge area of people who are currently provided virtually no option when it comes to personalized health care in an active, safe environment.”

Morris, who previously worked in real estate development, said he decided to enter the health care business after experiencing family members in assisted living and recognizing a need for newer, nicer facilities.

“It became a personal goal of mine,” he said.

Morris called the Plantation Oaks

facility a “home-like environment” conducive to friends and fun.

“The property will be a very active, central part of High Springs for people living alone who do not have a chance to interact with other residents.”

Everyday programs and activities are catered toward physical and social stimulation among Seniors. Several lounges — including a game room and library — make up much of the social amenities offered on the first floor.

Howard Minzenberg, the executive seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTOS BY MARY GOODWIN ABOVE: Howard Minzenberg, executive officer of Plantation Oaks, provides tours of the facility throughout the day.

Plantation Oaks Senior Living Residence has a front porch with rocking chairs for residents to sit and enjoy the small-town charm of High Springs.

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Minzenberg said Plantation Oaks 5745 SW 75th ST. #246 “We might add a second and third is also working with the nonprofit Gainesville, FL 32608 shift nurse,” he said.

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Minzenberg said programs that promote social and active wellness are essential for Seniors to avoid depression and isolation. Even when family members are frequently visiting a Senior, likelihood for depression is elevated when there is a lack of interaction among a relatable generation.

Designated companions are also available to visit with residents, write letters, take walks or to provide general comradeship.

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Minzenberg said a Tasty Traditions program enables residents to share their favorite family recipes with the kitchen chef who will serve it to the community in the main dining area.

Aside from the main dining area is a guest dining room for private eating that residents can reserve and use for celebrating special occasions at no cost.

Guests can bring in food or have the kitchen cater to them.

In addition to clubs for members, such as cooking, photography and woodworking, Minzenberg said Plantation Oaks is developing a “train museum” in honor of several residents who are retired railroad workers.

The High Springs Railroad Club will install an electric train and railroad paraphernalia and personalized plaques honoring retired workers.

Minzenberg encourages anyone wondering if a Senior community is the right fit for them to utilize the Test Drive program, which enables anyone to rent an apartment for up to three months without a long-term commitment. He said oftentimes the biggest fear among residents is that they are going to be trapped or thrown into a facility.

“I tell them straight up to try us for three months and you can go back home,” he said. “This is not prison, this is a five-star hotel.”

With a focus on residential satisfaction, Minzenberg said Plantation Oaks would provide “the best care possible” in a facility Morris described as an all-around “great lifestyle” that would benefit both residents and their families.

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COMPARANDO EL PRESENTE CON EL PASADO Ĺ“ CARLOS MUNIZ

Perspectives on Aging In the years of our youth, dreams about the future were plentiful and memories of the past were few.

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fter all, the past was short in those days while the future seemed long.

Every new day was an adventure to be enjoyed; now every new day is a gift to be cherished.

In the old days we looked at pretty girls and tried our best to make our presence

felt. Now we don’t even dare to look.

Many years ago our supply of energy was plentiful in the morning, afternoon and night. Now, if at all present, it is only in the early morning and just for a very short time.

In our youth the days seemed to pass

by in a hurry while now they linger on, slowly keeping pace with the slow rhythm of our life.

In our days as teenagers we took care of our personal appearance in order to try to impress the girls we encountered.

We also used a lot of aftershave lotion so as not to scare them away. Now we put on our most comfortable clothes, as comfort and pulchritude are the things that count the most.

Many years ago our supply of energy was plentiful in the morning, afternoon and night.

In those bygone days we used to study hard and long in preparation to compete with our peers and become successful in whatever we chose to do in the future.

Now the challenge of preparing for success lies behind us and in the present we just work hard in facing the challenge of survival. We measure the degrees of that challenge by the number of pills we have to take each day.

In our childhood we preferred the company of chums our age in order to play ball, talk about girls and criticize our teachers. The worse our academic performance was, the harder we criticized the teacher. In those days we had not yet learned the lesson of not blaming others for our mistakes. Some of us never learned that lesson and as a result the string of our mistakes continued untouched.

In our youth the winters seemed hotter than the winters of today. Perhaps it is us that now carry the cold inside.

When we now meet the chums our age, it is not to play ball or talk about girls, it is to compare our ailments and criticize the youngsters of today. I wonder if envy has anything to do with this. s Dr. Carlos Muniz is a retired psychiatrist from Gainesville. He may be contacted through the editor at editor@towerpublications.com

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Is it true I can save about $4,000 per year if I qualify for Social Security’s Extra Help with the Medicare prescription drug program?

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SEMINAR: “THE MIND’S EYE” Sunday, July 17 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Dr. Glenn Willumson, Director of the Graduate Program in Museum Studies and Associate Professor of Art History, will provide an art historical perspective of Jerry Uelsmann’s photography, exploring how his work fits into 20th century photography. 352-392-9826

Friday, July 15 8:30am GAINESVILLE - Best Western Gateway Grand, 4200 NW 97th Blvd. Times are tough. Are you prepared to survive and thrive in these challenging economic times? How can you possibly think about success when so many are struggling just to get by? Get Over your B.S.! Belief System, that is. That’s the message from Shanon Nelson and the powerful slate of speakers she’s assembled for the Economic Empowerment Summit.

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“Mind’s Eye” by Jerry Uelsmann 7/10/11 3:00 pm GAINESVILLE - Join Jerry Uelsmann, photographer of The Mind’s Eye exhibition at the Harn, as he speaks about his creative techniques and imaginative creations. Be sure to come early to get seating!

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FUN-N-GUN CAMP WITH SHANE MATTHEWS Saturday, July 23 10:30am - 11:00am checkin. Camp: 11:00am 4:30pm GAINESVILLE - SW YMCA on Archer Road. Learn football skills from Gator greats, including Shane Matthews! Each camper receives a Fun-n-Gun t-shirt, a survival kit, NFL sweatbands and a Gatorade bottle. Campers earn the chance to win rewards! Ages: 1st - 9th graders. Cost: $125. 352-745-6136. www.funngun.com

DISMANTLE STRESS W/ INTEGRATIVE RELAXATION Thursday, July 28 7:00pm - 8:30pm GAINESVILLE - Public Library, 401 E. University Ave, 4th floor. Problems are unavoidable.

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Learn a simple, easy technique to dismantle the stress in your life. Join John Hiester for a free class in the Amrit Method of Integrative Relaxation. Experience immediate results. No registration needed. Dress warmly and bring a light covering. Free audio relaxations also available for download at www.amrityoga. org. e-mail: chandrakant@amrityoga.org

RECURRING EVENTS >> LET’S GO DOWNTOWN! PLAZA SERIES Fridays, May - September GAINESVILLE - Downtown Community Plaza, corner of SE 1st St. and E. University Ave. The plaza comes alive every Friday night as local talent and other cultural events are showcased under the stars. Hundreds come out to enjoy free live bands, theater groups, dance performances, Movies on the Plaza, and much more. 352-334-5064

CONTRA DANCE First Sunday and third Saturday 2:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Thelma Boltin Community Center, 516 NE. Second Ave. The Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society holds a Contra Dance on the of every month. Contra dance is an American folk dance, prompted by a caller and danced to live music. No partner or experience is needed. Dress in cool comfortable clothing and flat comfortable shoes. Childcare is provided, but children who are old enough to know left from right can participate. 352-334-2189

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5:30pm - 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Community Cancer Center of North Florida. Hosted every third Tuesday of the month. This gathering is open to the public and invites cancer patients, caregivers, friends and family to engage in a social and educational support group. This forum is designed not only to give support, but also provide a community of resources for those touched by cancer. 352-672-7371

7:30pm - 10:30pm GAINESVILLE - 706 West University Ave. The Marty Liquori Jazztet with Marty on guitar, Vic Donnell on keyboards and Mr. P on drums hosts saxophonist Ben Champion, or Trumpet players Dave Edmund or Gary Langford or Vocalists and other musicians. 352-378-2001

6:30p to 10:00p GAINESVILLE - Emiliano’s Cafe, 7 SE First Ave. Karl Weismantel on guitar and vocals with Ricky Ravelo on acoustic bass play jazz, standards, pop and original tunes. 352-375-7381

DUGOUT CANOES: PADDLING THROUGH THE AMERICAS

4:00pm & 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza.

The Edible Plant Project’s spring sale, at the Union Street Farmers Market. An eclectic selection of edible plants, fruit trees, & seeds will be available. This a great time to plant: warm season vegetables & greens, sugarcane.

RANGER WALK Saturdays 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park. Guided walks with a Park Ranger are available every Saturday.

Special guided walks for groups are available by reservations. 386-462-7905

CORVETTE CLUB First Tuesday of each month 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bear Archery. Monthly meetings, breakfasts, dinners, car trips and fun. flvetteset.freeyellow.com/index.html

Sundays 1:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History.

Don’t miss the boat! This 3,000-square-foot object-rich and interactive exhibition features American dugouts from ancient times to present.

Find out how dugout canoes have affected life and travel throughout the Americas, from Florida to the Amazon and the Pacific. Discover the world’s largest archaeological find - 101 ancient dugouts at Newnans Lake and how scientists study dugouts from the past. Learn how the dugout tradition is alive and well in Native communities today. 352-846-2000

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2:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Carpenter’s Union Local 75, 1910 NW 53rd Ave. Weekly percussive dance classes for beginners through advanced. Contemporary clogging to country, bluegrass and Top 40 music.

Please visit website for class times and holiday schedule. Classes taught by Kelli McChesney, internationally known clogging instructor with more than 23 years of clogging and 18 years of teaching experience. firstklasskloggers.t35.com/

Second Sundays

FRUIT TREE & PLANT SALE First Wednesday each Month

BEGINNERS MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Thursdays 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospital at UF, 1515 SW Archer Rd. Criser Cancer Resource Center, 1st Floor. Just sitting and relaxing in our beautiful meditation room can make a difference to your day. We offer gentle guidance suitable for everyone. 352-273-8010

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6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Interweave is a group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender individuals and their heterosexual allies. Each meeting begins with a delicious potluck and continues with an informative presentation and interesting discussion. 352-377-1669

Thursdays 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospital, 1515 SW Archer Rd. Criser Cancer Resource Center, 1st Floor. Join us for an hour of gentle stretching, accessible postures and breathing exercises designed to tone your body and lift your spirits. This class is suitable for patients, family, staff and members of the community.

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PROSPEROUS LIVING GROUP Sundays 6:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Prosperous Living Center, 1135 NW 23rd Ave, Suite F/2. A community of like-minded truth-seekers studying, sharing and teaching multiple paths to prosperity in all aspects of life — wealth, relationships, health, personal missions, professions and spirituality. 352514-3122. www.prosperouslivingcenter.com

Gainesville Street Rods Car Show 7/9/11 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm GAINESVILLE - Publix in the Spring Hill Shopping Center 9200 NW 39th Ave. Cruise-In the second Saturday of every month hosted by the Gainesville Street Rods. $100 cash give away on odd months, and cash drawing, prizes, music and fun every month.

QUILTERS OF ALACHUA COUNTY DAY GUILD First Thursday 9:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1521 NW 34 St. QACDG member Joan New, renowned for her expertise in the quilting specialty known as crazy quilting, will present a trunk show of her crazy quilts, and then discuss the unique construction methods and lavish embellishing of crazy quilts. 352-375-2427. www.qacdg.org

COMEDY SHOWCASE Every Friday and Saturday 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Clarion Inn and Conference Center, 7417 W. Newberry Road. A live stand-up comedy show featuring the best of local amateur and professional comedians. 352-332-2224

LIVING HISTORY DAYS Saturdays 9:00am - 4:30pm GAINESVILLE - Morningside Nature Center.

History comes to life as park staff interprets day-to-day life on an 1870s rural Florida farm.

Come try a syrup-topped biscuit or cornbread baked in a wood cook stove. 352-334-3326

HAILE HOMESTEAD TOUR Saturdays 10:00am - 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Plantation. 8500 SW Archer Road. Tours every Saturday from 10am to 2pm and on Sunday from noon to 4 pm. $5 per person, children under 12 are free. www.hailehomestead.org/

UNION STREET FARMERS’ MARKET Wednesdays 4:00pm - 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Each week local farmers, bakers, artisans, musicians and dancers join with customers in a timeless celebration of this community’s seasonal bounty. www.unionstreetfarmersmkt.com/union

Call Tim: 352-658-1477.

AMRIT YOGA WITH VEDA

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5:30pm - 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown Library, 401 E. University Ave, 4th floor. Think you’re not flexible enough? Learn that yoga is not just about postures. We begin with a 15-minute relaxation and then move, with evenness of mind, into skillful action for your body.

Experience all the benefits of this guided practice. Appropriate for all levels. No registration needed. vedalewis@aol.com

1:00pm GAINESVILLE - United Way of North Central Florida. Enjoy Parrots? Join your local bird club!

Meets monthly with educational and social programs for both the pet lover and parrot breeder. Meetings are often the 2nd Sunday of the month, but can change. 352-331-2800

GAINESVILLE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE

10:00am GAINESVILLE - Shands Rehab Hospital. Meet other stroke patients, families and care givers at the stroke support group to discuss coping skills, challenges and stories. Learn from people experiencing stroke rehab. 352-265-5491

Fridays 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th St. Come join this experienced and expanding International Folk dance group. Suitable for all ages and abilities. No partners needed. Beginners welcome. 352-359-2903. www.gifd.org

RAINBOW BINGO 1st Tuesday 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Pride Community Center. Fun, Cash, Prizes! Doors open at 6pm. Early bird bingo at 6:30pm. Regular bingo at 7pm. $15 at the door includes all early bird & regular games.

Food and beverages available for purchase.

DANCE FOR LIFE Mondays 1:00pm - 2:15pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospital. People with Parkinson’s disease are invited to bring a partner to this free weekly dance class designed to enhance health and vitality. No prior dance experience is necessary. Comfortable clothing and shoes are recommended. Contact Shands Arts in Medicine at 352-733-0880.

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP 3rd Thursday

ADVENTURE CLUB 3rd Thursday 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Mother’s Pub & Grill. Meets for the purpose of introducing the club to the community. Group of more than 100, average age 40ish, whom like to stay active and involved in everything from windsurfing lessons, to bowling, to theatre, to skydiving, to biking, to community service, and of course, socializing. 352-378-8135 If you would like us to publicize an event in Alachua or Marion counties, send information by the 13th day of the month prior.

All submissions will be reviewed and every effort will be made to run qualified submissions if page space is available.

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THEATRE Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville UF Constans Theatre ................................................. Museum Road, Gainesville Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ................... Museum Road, Gainesville Insomniac Theatre Company ............................E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Community Theater .......... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

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The Fab Faux July 22, 7:30pm Praised for their musical spirit, the five musicians of The Fab Faux recreate the famous works and perennial hits of The Beatles, and also play tribute to songs never performed live. Their repertoire is as diverse as the members’ musical backgrounds, too. Founder of the group and Grammy Award-winning Will Lee is best known for his bassist experience on The Late Night Show with David Letterman for more than two decades. Another member, Jimmy Vivino, was the music director/guitarist/arranger for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Singer/guitarist Frank Agnello has produced a studio album of 12 songs, all of which were self-arranged, and has performed with artists such as Marshal Crenshaw, Willie Nile, and Mike Viola, to name a few. Other members, Rich Pagano and Jack Petruzzelli, have toured with many well-known artists and recorded albums as well.

The group has been featured on CNN, NPR and Radio City Music Hall, among others. Still, The Beatles’ tribute band is best represented through the experience of a live performance. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 17 at noon. Part of the Chords of Color for a Cause™ Festival.

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Anything Goes July 8 - 31 Musical Comedy - Follow the madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London.

Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.

Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope.

Including such classics as “Anything Goes,” “You’re the Top,” & “I Get a Kick Out of You,” this is one for the whole family.

HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE

SUDS June 1 - July 17 SUDS is the delightful story of a young woman and the four guardian angels who teach her about finding true love in, of all places, a laundromat! SUDS is loaded with good clean fun, bubbling energy and over 50 well-known songs that topped the charts of the 1960s (Respect, Where the Boys Are, Say A Little Prayer, and more). It’s the summer musical that will keep you singing long after you leave the theatre.

Jack and the Beanstalk July 5 - 7 Children and teens from the greater Gainesville community will perform in the following three productions at the conclusion of the Junior and Teen Summer Spectacular Theatre Camps, four-week camps designed to cultivate lifelong appreciation in the arts.

Gulliver’s Travels July 5 - 7 This is a unique take on the familiar and well-loved story of Lemuel Gulliver and his journeys to strange lands. Jonathan Swift acts as narrator and philosophical counterpoint to the wandering Gulliver, who has, in Swift’s words, ‘lessons to learn’ about humanity. Along the way, Gulliver encounters warring Lilliputians, giant but gentle Brobdingnags, pirates, begging academics, and many others.

Little Women July 6 - 8 Join Jo and the other March sisters in this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy live with their mother in Massachusetts, struggling to get by while their father is off at war. The sisters never lack for adventure as they grow up together, perform plays, attend parties, and find love in unlikely places. As they get older and the war ends, the girls grow apart and begin their own lives. Heartbreak reunites the family, and reminds them all what home really means. This timeless story captures what it means to grow up, find friendship, and nurture family bonds.

UF CONSTANS THEATRE

An Evening of Improv July 14-16, 7:30pm Share an evening of laugh-out-loud comedy presented in improvisational form by students of Improvisation of Social and Political Issues. seniortimesmagazine.com

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INSOMNIAC THEATRE COMPANY

A transformative four-week dance intensive intended for preprofessional and professional dancers ages 16 and older. It combines a rigorous schedule of classes, rehearsals and performances, artist talks, seminars and special projects.

Spoken Word and Song - Second Thursday of every month. Admission is $5 for students and $3 for students.

NADINE MCGUIRE BLACK BOX THEATRE

Baby July 21-24 Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire deliver a glorious score of songs presented with interweaving stories of three couples, of various ages, about to have a baby. Adapted from the book by Sybille Pearson, based on a story developed by Susan Yankowitz. Directed by UF Associate Professor, Tony Mata.

Open Mic Night July 14, 8:00 - 9:30pm

The Improvniacs!

July 17, 8:00 - 10:00pm Join the Insomniac Theatre’s Improv Troupe in a night of original comedy inspired by you the audience in a pseudo “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” style Improv. Admission is $10 for General Seating and $20 for Premium Seating.

OCALA CIVIC THEATRE

Starfish Circus July 15 - 16 The Circus is back by popular demand! Come see flying trapeze, aerial skils and hoops, clowning

around, juggling, balancing, tumbling and humorous and amazing feats of acrobatic skills. Admission is $10.

HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY THEATER

Butterflies are Free June 17 - July 10 In this poignant, award-winning comedy, a young man, blind since birth, moves to his own Manhattan apartment against the wishes of his overprotective, controlling mother.

Although she agrees not to visit him for two months, she appears after one month, only to find him in a relationship with his zany, freespirited hippie neighbor. How this situation resolves itself makes for a must-see play. The dialogue sparkles with so many memorable lines that audiences can’t help but be enchanted. Come see why this play—later an award-winning movie— has become a classic.

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How They Croaked

BY GEORGIA BRAGG ILLUSTRATED BY KEVIN O’MALLEY c.2011, Walker Books $17.99 / $22.50 Canada 184 pages, includes index

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icking the Bucket isn’t always a method of getting a pail out of the way. Expiring doesn’t only happen with library books or magazine subscriptions. When someone goes to Meet Her Maker, she’s not necessarily going to church. Pushing Daisies isn’t only for gardeners. And Buying the

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There are lots and lots of ways to say that someone’s dead and gone, and as you’ll see in the new book “How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous� by Georgia Bragg, illustrated

by Kevin O’Malley, there are also lots of gruesome ways to bite the dust.

Do you have the guts for guts? If not, author Georgia Bragg warns readers to put this book down and back away slowly. “...this book is full of bad news,� she says, and “...it’s pretty much one train wreck after another.�

Take, for instance, our old friend Christopher Columbus. After his ďŹ rst voyage to the New World, Chris was something of a hero but he was also a zero. Zero health, that is, and he spent much of his second trip hanging over the side of the ship. Bragg says that Columbus met his end in May 1506 because of everybody else’s (rear) end.

England’s King Henry VIII was famous for having so many wives, and while it’s true that most of them died nastily, that’s nothing compared to Henry himself.

Henry, as it turned out, was fat. Very, very fat and he when he died, it’s been said that his body — eeuuuwww — was too big for its cofďŹ n and, well, you can

just imagine what happened. Then, adding insult to injury, what was left of Henry lay in an unmarked vault for over 250 years.

In this book, you’ll read about how Galileo lost a few body parts here and there. You’ll see why, after she was kidnapped, Pocahontas always went to church. You’ll learn a colorful (and yucky) fact about mummies. You’ll be glad you don’t have Marie Antoinette’s hairstylist or George Washington’s doctor. And you’ll see why TV detective shows are stretching the truth when they show all those autopsies.

Does your child or grandchild think summertime reading is about as fun as a funeral? You can prove him dead wrong when you give him (or her) this book. “How They Croakedâ€? is absolutely ďŹ lled with the kind of shivery, icky-gross things that kids love to read about. Author Georgia Bragg also buries lots of silly humor and fun factlets into each chapter so, although some of the info may be iffy, you know this book isn’t entirely stiff. And, as a ďŹ nal nail in the cofďŹ n, Kevin O’Malley gives kids some deliciously disturbing drawings to enjoy.

I liked this book for its light, kidfriendly approach to a deadly-serious subject and I think your youngsters will, too. For any 7-to-14-year-old whose attention span turns to worm food every summer, “How They Croaked� is a great way to kill boredom dead. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.

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Balance is Independence CARETENDERS OF GAINESVILLE USES THEIR OPTIMUM BALANCE PROGRAM TO HELP SENIORS LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES

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ccording to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falling is the leading cause of injury-related deaths for seniors. But falling does not have to be a fact of life for the elderly population. Caretenders of Gainesville offers a revolutionary course of treatment called Optimum Balance to help patients with the cause of their falls and not just treat the results.

“The focus of the Optimum Balance program is to decrease and prevent falls,” said Deborah Hill, Rehab Manager at Caretenders. “Of the people over age 65 who fall and fracture a hip, 25 percent die within one year. So our therapists want to get to the root of why they’re falling, so that they don’t fall again.”

Optimum Balance incorporates all five systems that contribute to balance – vestibular, somatosensory, vision, musculoskeletal and cognitive. Therapists give patients a thorough evaluation of these five systems, and then the clinical team implements a customized treatment strategy. A wide variety of treatment methods is used in the Optimum Balance program, including anodyne infrared light therapy, the Epley Maneuver (canal repositioning treatment often done with vertigo patients)

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Patients undergoing Optimum Balance treatment experience a significant decrease in falling. Studies show that 90 percent of program patients had not experienced a fall for one year after treatment, and 87 percent experienced a decrease in neuropathic pain.

Evette Reed, physical therapist and the Clinical Champion of the Optimum Balance program, has treated under the program for two years. “It’s changed the way I do physical therapy,” she said.

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More GYN robotics experience than any other hospital in the area.

For robotic GYN surgery, our numbers are stacked in your favor. North Florida Regional was the first hospital in the region to perform GYN surgery robotically and performed five different types of robotic GYN surgery before any other hospital in the area. Whether it’s a hysterectomy, incontinence or women’s cancers, the expert physicians and advanced technology at North Florida Regional will provide you with the very best care.

Find trust, hope and strength in our numbers.

Robotic-assisted GYN surgery means less pain, smaller incisions and faster recovery. For more information or a referral to a robotic surgery specialist, call toll free 1–855–422–3624 or visit us online at www.nfrmc.com/robotics.

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