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One of the first programs started by REAL Services after its inception 55 years ago were the nutrition sites. There are now 30 sites spread throughout St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and LaPorte counties. There are six sites each in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.

In order to receive food from a nutrition site, an individual must be 60 years of age or older. Meals are typically served five days a week on a donation basis. However, with the current safety protocols still in place, nutrition sites have switched to serving to-go meals Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Two meals are given Monday and Wednesday to make a total of five pre-packaged, micro-

waveable meals for the week.

Meals are picked up by participants by reserserrvation. Those wanting to receive meals for the he upcoming week order through the site director the Wednesday before.

Crystal Hallwood, lead nutrition coordinator, emphasized REAL Services has “evolved to continue to serve the people in a new way.”

She also noted each site is different depending on the seniors who attend, the site director and the community itself.

While the nutrition sites help to provide healthy meals to seniors, that is not their only purpose. The socialization component also plays a huge role. “Everyone is anxious to return to socialization while keeping wellness in mind,” Hallwood announced. She and other members of REAL Services are currently in conversation about how to open up again safely.

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frequent the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church nutrition site each week. Mary Roberson has been the site director for 19 years. Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday she sets up at 10:15 a.m. to begin handing out meals. Participants are able to pick up and take home their meals to eat, though she mentioned most seniors tend to heat the meals up for dinner.

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Miller brings 35 years of experience to water aerobics %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( 6WDII :ULWHU For over 35 years, Linda Schlabach Miller has helped men and women of all ages improve their health through water aerobics. These days she leads morning classes at the aquatics center at Goshen Middle School.

“I’ve always been a water person,” said Miller. As a child, she could be found nearly every day at the public pool in her hometown in Ohio and she was a member of her high school swim team.

By the time she was attending Goshen College, she was already teaching swimming in physical education classes. “I taught my peers to swim,” she recalled.

At that time, it was a way to help pay for school, but there was always a deeper pull to the water. “I find exercise a critical piece of my life.”

By the mid-80s, Miller was running swimming lessons at the Goshen YWCA and it was then her work “evolved” into

teaching water aerobics.

Water aerobics adds the resistance of water to exercise.

At the same time, the water prevents stress on joints, making it especially beneficial for those with arthritis. The water also allows for a wider range of motion. “You don’t have to work as hard for the same effect,” Miller summarized.

Miller teaches the classes from the deck of the pool, where she can see the entire class, which is made up of a wide range of ages, male and female. From the deck, she demonstrates the moves, communicating with a microphone.

She also keeps an eye on the students’ technique and general well-being, though, she commented, “You can’t hardly do anything wrong in the water.”

Students also wear suspension belts around their waists.

Miller is certified through the Aquatic Exercise Association, a premier training organization. Certification involves an extensive two-hour test for which she studied “close to a year.” She must also recer-

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The continuing education also provides Miller with new material for her classes. Water aerobics classes are composed of an endless variety of movements and drills set to music.

Students may run in place or do jumping jacks, for example, using different levels of intensity and positioning relative to the bottom of the pool. Feet may be on the ground at all times, tapping periodically or the body may be completely suspended, which is particularly good for working core muscles, said Miller.

“You always work at your own pace,” Miller tells students.

They should never feel they have to keep up with the class, teacher or music. “Whatever feels good to your body.”

After COVID-19 led to some cancellations, the parks department opened the classes up, so to participate one only needs show up and pay by the class, which is five dollars.

“I teach with a mask,” Miller said. Because the center is located in a school, participants must wear masks on their way in and out. Miller also limits the number of people in the locker rooms at one time. So to take part, all one needs to do is “show up,” or call Goshen Parks Department, (574) 534-2901.

Classes are from 6 to 7 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. The aquatics center is located at 1216 S. Indiana Ave., Goshen.

For more information, go to goshenindiana.org/fitnessclasses.

Think skin care when sudsing up %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV An accent has been placed on washing your hands often with soap and water to eliminate any COVID germs you may have picked up during the day.

Doing this to your entire body may not be healthy, we’re told.

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They also suggest patting yourself dry rather than rubbing vigorously, so you don’t irritate your skin.

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Ben and Fillmore: Two ‘Hippie Bus’ dudes In 1949, Dutch businessman Ben Pon became responsible for putting the first Volkswagen Beetle on America’s %\ 5$1'$/ roads. But it & +,// wasn’t just the little German bug that captured Pon’s interest; he was also intrigued by the plattenwagens — small, utilitarian, rear-engine trucks that zipped around the VW factory.

With these vehicles in mind, Pon sketched a vehicle that, to some, resembled an oversized loaf of bread. But VW executives loved Pon’s brainchild and before long they green-lighted the now iconic, slab-sided microbus. Using the same low-powered, aircooled rear engine as the popular Beetle, the first bus rolled out of the factory in 1950 and gave the world its first look at what was officially designated the Type 2 Transporter. (Type 1 was the Beetle.)

In essence, the Type 2 became the first minivan.

The vehicle offered a cab-over configuration which placed the driver over the front wheels. As a design feature, this allowed for a wide-angle view of the road ahead, as well as leaving an extensive space behind the front seat for passengers and cargo. To many car enthusiasts, the Type 2 served as a counterpoint to the bulky, chrome-laden, gas-slurping American autos of the time.

Originally intended to transport families and campers, the microbus was adopted by surfers and, later, hippies as something simple, efficient and fun. Soon it was on its way to becoming one of the world’s most recognized (and coveted) vehicles. People quickly embraced its austerity.

For example, interiors featured practical rubber mats, not carpeting, on the floor.

Before air-conditioning became commonplace, one appreciated early feature was the many windows that opened out all the way around the Type 2.

To surfers, the VW microbus became the prized board hauler of choice, preferable over a

“woodie” (a wood-paneled station wagon) or a delivery van. When the surfing fad faded, counterculturists adopted the vehicle. “The hippie movement fell in love with the bus for a few reasons,” proclaimed classic car expert McKeel Hagerty. “It was cheap to maintain, easy to work on and big enough to live in.”

To which Stewart Reed, the chair of a California design college, added, “The bus flew in the face of traditional social culture.

It was anti-style, anti-success and rebellious in a totally new way.”

The main complaint about the microbus was its speed — or lack of it. The first models offered a meager 25 horsepower engine.

(One can only imagine such a vehicle trying to ascend mountains or challenging hills.) Eventually, the horsepower rating was increased to 40, but the vehicle still proved too slow for many drivers.

In Disney’s Pixar movie “Cars,” the Fillmore character — voiced by George Carlin — is portrayed as a well-used — but not used up — 1960s Type 2 with a license plate that reads 51237,

Carlin’s birthdate of May 12, 1937. Fillmore’s name came from San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium, the home of numerous counterculture concerts.

Thanks partly to “Cars,”

the peace-loving, organic fuel dispensing Fillmore will ensure that the VW microbus will represent the ’60s counterculture from now on.

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When you don’t have an estate plan Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos founder and former CEO, Tony Hsieh, passed away in %\ &/,))25' a tragic - 5,&( house fire in (OGHU /DZ November $WWRUQH\ at the age *UDQJHU of 46. Like other headlines that have been made by public figures and celebrities who have passed away before him, he appears to have died

without a will or living trust in place.

Gathering all of Hsieh’s assets will prove challenging for his family and the family’s advisors. In the final years of his life, he went on several shopping sprees, including allowing friends the use of his credit cards and also purchasing real estate for friends.

Additionally, his grief-stricken family will have to sort through thousands of Post-it notes left in his Park City, Utah, mansion regarding potential deals, financial obligations and instructions. Besides determining the full net worth of his estate, the family must

Nutrition sites Continued from page 1 of her seniors. Although these meals are currently grab and go, she still makes each pickup special. For instance, for Mother’s Day last year she got each of the mothers a flower, which was sent home along with their meal.

At the Warsaw Senior Activity Center site, Nancy Zinz, site director, helps pack up the meals for between 19 and 27 seniors with the help of Manda Vuittonet. Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, they sit and watch the doors for participating seniors to pull up. They then take the food out to them.

The senior center is also the first site to do a soft reopening.

While the center is open five days a week, Monday through Friday, again with daily exer-

cises and weekly games of hand and foot and bingo, meals are still only served three days a week. However, those receiving meals have the option to stay and eat at the center. Those who stay and eat have their meals heated up and served at 11:30 a.m. each of the three days.

Nutrition sites in Elkhart County can be found at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Maple Leaf Commons, Stratford Commons, Bristol United Methodist Church, Riverside Terrace and Greencroft Manor IV. Nutrition sites in Kosciusko County are located at the Senior Activity Center, Retired Tigers Apartments, the North Webster Community Center, the Silver Lake Lions Building, Lakeside Park Center and the Community Room in Mentone.

also determine if any of the sticky notes left behind are binding contracts.

This is just the beginning of a long and grueling process for Hsieh’s family.

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that tomorrow is not promised to us. It is likely it did not occur to Hsieh the bind that his family is now left in, to figure out what to do with his assets and the deals and decisions that he made during his lifetime.

There is no way for them to be sure of what his wishes were.

Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. We all spend our lifetime working hard to take care of ourselves and our family, building up whatever financial security we can. Estate planning not only determines what happens to your assets after you pass away, but it also helps you manage them if you become disabled. It ensures that your wishes and desires are carried out.

There are plenty of good reasons as to why it’s important to have a good estate plan.

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Check COVID rules before booking %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV While the pandemic focus on mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing seems to be the norm, punctuated by lockdowns now and then, rules of air travel keep evolving.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone get a virus test one to three days before boarding an airliner to anywhere.

When returning home, they should get a viral test

three to five days after landing and should self-quarantine for at least seven days.

At the same time, follow any regulations laid down by the local, regional or state government regarding air travelers.

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Metzger shares nearly a century’s worth of memories %\ 1,&+2/(77( &$5/621 6WDII :ULWHU When it comes to stories, Everett “Jimmy” Metzger had plenty to tell when he celebrated his 100th birthday April 25.

One of those included how he got the nickname “Jimmy.”

As a boy in about first or second grade, he kept picking

on an eighth grader. Finally, the eighth grader told him to “stop jimmin’ around” and the nickname stuck.

Metzger attended Maple Grove School, which is no longer in existence. He attended the small two-room schoolhouse for six years before moving to Silver Lake. He then attended high school in Silver

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• Look for affordable home care and assisted living — If your living care is affordable, it will make it easier for you when it comes to paying other bills. Websites such as www.payingforseniorcare.com (choose the option “Find Affordable Home Care and Assisted Living”) can help by requesting some basic information and then providing a list of places that best meet your needs.

• Look into your personal savings and insurance — If you are still working, it is important to continue to save.

If you are still able, create a separate bank account specifically for things like this, then you can gradually increase your savings and gain interest.

If you find when you are older that you haven’t saved enough, find out what your medical insurance will cover. If you have no medical insurance, you may wish to look into applying for some. There are options out there with few limitations and requirements, so you should be able to find something that works for you.

These are just a few ways to help you pay for the care you need. Remember that this is nothing to take lightly. You and your health are important and you should give yourself the opportunity to receive the best possible care. Please feel free to call Greenleaf Health Campus at (574) 206-0086 to discuss these options further.

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He is also a frequent attendee at the Lions Club REAL Services nutrition site in Silver Lake. Prior to the pandemic,

he enjoyed playing a lot of euchre. His favorite meal at the nutrition site was the mashed potatoes with the turkey manhattan. On April 23, REAL Services threw a party for Metzger at the nutrition site for family and friends.

Working to stay busy and active, Metzger does try to do some exercising. He takes care of his yard and mows on his riding mower.

Even at almost 100, Metzger is still living independently with his cat, Snoopy.

“I think what helped me was three meals a day and getting plenty of rest,” he stated.

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His wife went to school with Metzger at Maple Grove, then moved away for a short time before returning to Silver Lake High School. He recalls one date where he picked her up in his 1936 Chevrolet and they went out to the lake. She passed away in 1994.

A lifelong farmer, Metzger admitted, “I never had a paycheck in my life.” He has lived on the same farm for 95 years, passed down from his grandfather to his father and then to him. Throughout his life he ran a grain separator on the farm for many years, but also did a little bit of everything in the farming business.

When he first started farming, they uses horses and plows. Around the 1930s or 1940s, they switched to tractors. They had a little bit of everything, from horses to dairy cows to hogs and chickens. At one time Metzger’s father even built a huge chicken house with enough room for 1,000 laying hens.

After selling the dairy, he was able to get out and do some traveling, primarily to visit his children and grandchildren. The furthest west he’s been is San Diego, Calif., on a road trip with his son when his son moved out there and again for a granddaughter’s wedding.

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This is why families, friends and communities come together to remember the great sacrifices of our military members and ensure their legacies live on.

The benefits we provide can help the surviving families of deceased military service members.

For example, widows, widowers and their dependent children may be eligible for Social Security

survivors benefits. You can learn more about those benefits at www.ssa.gov/survivors.

We also offer support to our wounded warriors. Social Security benefits protect veterans when injuries prevent them from returning to active duty or performing other work. Both the Department of Veteran Affairs and Social Security have disability programs. You may qualify for disability benefits through one program but not the other or you may qualify for both. Depending on your situation, some members of your family, including your dependent children or spouse, may be eligible to receive Social Security benefits.

Wounded military service members can receive expedited processing of their Social Security disability claims. If you are a

veteran with a 100% permanent and total compensation rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs, we’ll expedite your disability claim.

Want more information about how we can help? Visit www.ssa. gov/woundedwarriors for answers to commonly asked questions or to find information about the application process.

Thinking about retirement or know a veteran who is? Military service members can receive Social Security benefits in addition to their military retirement benefits. For details, visit our webpage for veterans, available at www.ssa.gov/people/veterans.

Please share this information with the military families you know. We honor and thank the veterans who bravely served and died for our country and the military service members who serve today.

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• Complete hands-on volunteer shadowing.

• Want to help people with Medicare questions in your community.

• Attend two regular half-day training sessions per year. (These are currently being held virtually.)

• Not be affiliated with (i.e., employed by or in a position to sell) any insurance product, agency, company or service.

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$SDUWPHQW /LYLQJ Downsizing? Brush up your house hunting skills %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Just the thought of downsizing as we’re heading into our senior years makes most of us shake our heads.

Thoughts deal with such issues as whether to move into a high rise apartment building or senior living community, to a friendlier climate or near the grandkids.

Other matters include whether or not you can still have a garden, workshop or two-car garage, and what do you do with all your “stuff.”

Most folks in this position for the first time decide to shop around for a smaller house — something cozy and comfortable as they grow older. Some rent in the area they think they’d like before deciding on where to settle.

If you see yourself in or approaching this situation, you’ll probably select location and price range before looking.

Keep in mind the time-worn warning when shopping: caveat emptor — let the buyer beware.

Homes for sale are primped and prettied up to look most inviting and dream home-like to lookyloos.

While older structures may have the most problems, even new builds can be poorly put together.

When you go through a building that has some appeal, turn on every light switch, inside, outside and out in the garage, and every electrical appliance (stove, air conditioner, heater, washer and dryer, microwave, dishwasher and anything else) to make sure everything works and you don’t trip a circuit breaker. If the elec-

trical system can’t handle what’s installed, it probably needs an upgrade, which can be costly.

Then check the water system.

Turn on all the faucets, indoor and out, including the shower.

Flush the toilets. Check for leaks and check the walls for damp spots that indicate dripping or cracked pipes.

As you inspect walls, look closely for telltale signs of patching; these can mean the drywall was cut open to repair piping or electrical circuits. Check the ceiling the same way.

While such patches might indicate that whatever problem existed has been repaired, they can also be signs of ongoing problems.

Now check the flooring.

Mismatched coloring of carpeting or wood are indicators that the flooring was ripped up and

replaced. A sagging or slanting floor can mean the building’s foundation is sinking.

It also can be an indicator that a section of the building was added to the original structure.

Mismatched roofing can be a sign of the same thing.

Mold may be hiding behind these walls, floors and ceilings, as well as in closets and kitchen cabinets. Exercise your sense of smell as you prowl around the house to make sure it’s as clean as it looks.

If you’re still interested in the property, make sure the owner signs a written record of all the problems and how and when they were repaired. Before making a final decision, you might have a professional builder give the property a thorough inspection.

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Sports

Gary Gerencser: Literally turned around by his love for golf %\ 5$< %$/2*+ 6WDII :ULWHU Milford resident Gary Gerencser isn’t too hard to find these days.

The 59 year old retired as purchasing manager at Royal Crown Limited PVC fence and deck company nine years ago and since then has spent “pretty much every day” at Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse, where he has been a member for “at least 25 years.”

He takes to the fairways like clockwork, golfing at noon every day except Friday, when he reserves a 1 p.m. tee time.

“I get here early for lunch and warm-ups,” he said.

Gerencser prolongs each golf season to the max. “As soon as the snow is off the ground and the course is open, I am playing. A couple times we have played into December.”

He acquired his interest in the game from his father, who had a set of clubs. “I picked them up and played with them in the yard. Dad took me to the golf course when he thought I was good enough,” he said.

Getting good enough with his dad’s right-handed clubs

required extra effort for the southpaw. He learned to swing right-handed, though he still bats left-handed on the baseball and softball diamonds. “In the same afternoon I would golf right-handed and play baseball left-handed, with two entirely different swings.”

He didn’t play much golf in high school, opting instead to compete on the school’s wrestling team. “I couldn’t hit a golf drive very well until after high school because the driver was practically taller than I was.”

Muscling aside all the obstacles, Gerencser has become a quite decent golfer. His resume includes eight holesin-one on par-threes, seven at Maxwelton and one at South Shore in Syracuse. “I have also come close several other times,” he said. His best round was a one-under-par 71.

He has played in “Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan and other places.” His sister lives in the mountain town of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Gerencser likes the challenge of playing golf near her home. “It’s a different game at that altitude,” he noted of the 6,900-foot elevation.

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“Everybody is equal out here.

That’s the way they treat each other. One doctor in his 90s plays out here about every day.”

Gerencser savors the personal challenge of the game. “You are always battling yourself, trying to hit the shots,” he said, “and believe me, there is a lot

of challenge for me out there.”

Gerencser respectfully tipped his hat to the green expanse at the golf club. “Maxwelton plays different every day, depending on the wind, whether the course is wet or dry and the pin placement.”

Lessons acquired grappling with course conditions led Gerencser to issue some hardscrabble advice for seniors considering taking up the sport. “Be prepared for failure because you are going to have a lot of it.

About the time you think you got the game figured out, it will find a way to change on you.

“Have a sense of humor about it. If you are not going to go out and have fun, there is no point to it.”

He suggested fledgling golfers start on a par-three course or a short nine-hole executive course.

When he’s not golfing, Gerencser likes to travel and has been a Purdue football season ticket holder since 1997.

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Aging safely at home sweet home %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV If you’re looking forward to aging gracefully in your own home, you’re among 80% of the over-50 population.

If you’re not interested in moving into one of the assisted living or nursing

home facilities mushrooming throughout the land, look around your house for ways to make it senior citizen friendly.

Start with the kitchen, which is where you spend much of your time every day.

Your stove should have its push buttons and dials easy

Copy documents to cope with crisis %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV When disaster strikes, you’re going to need vital documents to file insurance claims, renew your driver’s license and reestablish lines of credit as well as replace destroyed credit cards.

It can be a flood, hurricane, earthquake or electrical malfunction that damages or destroys your home. If you don’t have a kit prepared already to help you recoup from any such emergency, start putting one together now.

Begin with your birth certificate. And your Social Security and Medicare identity cards, driver’s license and passport.

Make copies of everything.

You can store the original documents and records in a secure place, such as a safe deposit box.

For the copies, keep one at home and give another to a family member for safekeeping.

Modern technology allows you to keep a copy in the internet cloud. Or you can make copies on several computer thumb drives.

Now take an inventory of everything on the property, from the linoleum on your floor to the lawn mower out in the garage.

Take photos of everything; use your cell phone or get yourself a camera. You can download all the photos into a couple of thumb drives and store them in handy, safe places.

Log the serial numbers of your stove, fridge, television set, computer, wristwatch and anything else you think of as you compile your data. If you’ve been assiduous enough to keep the manuals, warranty material and receipts that came with your purchases, gather those and copy pertinent pages. As you make major purchases, copy those papers to keep your inventory updated. You might want to have expensive heirlooms, jewelry, art and antiques appraised after you photograph them.

While you take photographs of your goods, take pictures of the interior and exterior of your home to record its condition.

Now review what you have and make sure your emergency package includes all your insurance policies and, if possible, the contact information for the agents who sold them to you. You also need the title, deeds and ownership papers for your home and automobile along with any mortgage papers.

Also valuable are the originals

and copies of your estate plan, will and power of attorney documents.

All this becomes vital in the aftermath of a disaster to prove your ownership because crooks feed on such chaotic conditions to rush in and make claims that you might have to disprove.

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to reach at the front instead of at the hard to reach rear behind the burners. You might even consider voice controls.

You should also think about ovens. Replace the usual instove oven with a wall type or microwave oven. Make the location handy and low enough.

Do the same with your cupboard handles.

If you’re still physically mobile, sit in a chair as you check these details, so they will be accessible should you ever require a wheelchair.

Keep this in mind and head for the front door. Should you replace those steps with a ramp? And is the doorway wide enough? Check out the rear entry, too.

You can get digital locks for the door so you don’t have to fumble for keys to lock up or get back in.

And make sure you have plenty of light at these entry points.

Now look inside. See about eliminating any stairs or steps and making hallways wider if necessary.

Handrails along corridors and in bathrooms and showers should be considered.

And remove loose rugs and doormats that can trip you up.

If you’re used to having your bedroom upstairs, think about moving it down. Stairs are a major cause of falls that kill or cripple. Falling down stairs kills about half of the 30,000 seniors who die from falls each year.

Check your bedroom for loose cords. Curtain pulls, electrical cords or any loose ends should be tucked out of the way to avoid tripping and falling.

Check light switches around the house. Make sure they’re low enough to reach

from your chair.

Also make sure there is plenty of lighting around the house, including entryways, closets, bathrooms and your yard.

Plug in night lights throughout so you can see your way to a light switch without stumbling or tripping over unseen objects such as slippers, magazines or sweaters that may have been dumped before going to bed.

Look around for slippery spots, especially on any steps and in the bathroom. You can apply nonskid strips to the shower floor. And consider getting a shower chair, which can also reduce the chances of falling.

While you’re doing all this, you’ll probably discover other perils as well as come up with some ideas of your own to make life more comfortable as you age in place.

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Dining/Leisure/Entertainment

Elkhart’s historic Lerner Theatre ready to welcome audiences %\ .(,7+ .1(33 (GLWRU After sitting dark for more than a year due to COVID concerns, the stage at the historic Lerner Theatre in Elkhart is about to make a rousing return back to life. They are planning a full slate of events beginning May 1, including Mother’s Day weekend performances of “Freaky Friday,” a free concert featuring Lalo Cura, a performance by the legendary Gordon Lightfoot and “Larger than Life: The Ultimate Boy Band Tribute.”

The theatre, one of the oldest performance stages in the country, has been a part of downtown Elkhart since 1924.

It has undergone many changes since it opened as a 2,000 seat venue, hosting vaudeville, big bands, theatrical reviews and movies. For a brief period, from 1931-33, it was known as the Warner Theatre before it became the ELCO, the name by which it was known for many years until major renovation began in 2008 with the theatre reopening in 2011.

With the theatre closed since March 2020, the reopening 14 months later is a highly anticipated event for many in the community. Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson is no exception to that sentiment.

“We’ve been isolated as a community,” Roberson said. “To be able to come back together is wonderful. The Lerner’s historical thread in the community

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is very special. It is a multigenerational place. It embodies us in its existence.”

“Historical theatres do not live to see large milestones in terms of years,” added Lerner Theatre Executive Director Michelle Frank. “A lot of theaters that were built in the 1910s, ‘20s and ‘30s were dilapidated by the ‘70s and ‘80s. This year we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the renovation project. It was a project that required a lot of love, money and vision. It was a catalyst for the revitalization of the vibrancy of downtown. We have seen a return on the investment in the community. It truly is the community’s theatre.”

Frank emphasized that the

Lerner has been working with the Elkhart County Health Department and the City of Elkhart to create a reopening plan that emphasizes safety for the entertainers, guests and staff alike.

“We took it for granted,” concluded Roberson, “which is something we’ll never do again.”

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Grappling with pandemic grief %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Grappling with grief is difficult any time, but it has become increasingly hard to handle during COVID. The pandemic has shattered normal life around the globe.

The diversions and duties that held our attention were disrupted by the virus attack that altered our way of life — our jobs, our shopping habits, how we visited family and friends and attended church. Everything.

Folks began feeling tired all the time but had trouble sleeping.

Heads and stomachs started to ache.

Memory loss became especially rampant among seniors and worry piled upon worry.

All of this is part of grief, a normal response to loss.

Grief doesn’t apply only to the loss of loved ones. There’s the loss of feeling secure when our world was deluged with announcements of death rates, lockdowns, the pros of cons of wearing masks and letting children go to school, and on and on and on.

To lessen grief’s hold on you, an initial step is to look at what you’ve lost during

At Greencroft Goshen Healthcare, we will do our best to take the worry out of your worries. Our greatest hope is that you will feel free to enjoy your day by relaxing with a cup of coffee in the Terraces, taking a leisurely stroll in one of our beautiful courtyards, or even inviting your friends and family over for a delicious dinner at The Groves Café.

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this pandemic. And don’t feel guilty because you feel angry or sad that you can’t spend as much time as you’d like with the grandkids or have coffee with old colleagues.

After listing your losses, look at your strengths. You’ve probably suffered a serious loss or two over the years and you coped your way through it.

Now, start looking to the future.

Since you can’t spend as much face-to-face time with friends and family, use your phone. Call or text your contacts regularly. Keep them and yourself abreast of the latest doings and developments in everybody’s lives.

There might be someone you can help by calling them regularly and giving them support.

Don’t be afraid to call someone who can give you help and support. And don’t forget the power and comfort of prayer.

You might also cut down your television time, at least the time spent being hollered at by the talking heads convinced they know what’s best for you. Watch movies instead.

Learn to relax and enjoy your favorite hobbies. If you don’t have one, start! Reading, cooking, gardening, oil painting, yoga ... the list is endless.

Make plans to get together regularly with friends and neighbors now that you realize how you all miss each other.

Start putting together the itinerary for that trip you’ve wanted to take for the past few years.

Look at ways to remodel your living quarters to make them more comfortable.

In a word or two, to combat and get over the grief shrouding you during this seemingly endless pandemic: stay active.

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‘It Don’t Come Easy’ Starr’s first top 10 single Ringo Starr His songs may have lacked the depth and social commentary of those of his fellow ex-Beatles, but Ringo Starr fans %\ 5$1'$/ could usu& +,// ally count $ %RRPHU %ODVW on having 7R 7KH 3DVW fun when hearing what he offered the world. Such is the case with “It Don’t Come Easy,” Starr’s first Top 10 Apple Records single. Backed by chorus vocals and featuring a jam band ambience, Starr’s initial solo hit almost sounds as if he had invited several friends into the studio and handed each a mic. Had that happened, one of those buddies surely would have been former bandmate George Harrison, who co-wrote the tune with Starr and played lead guitar on the track.

Richard Starkey was born in Liverpool, England, in July 1940, and grew up poor in a neighborhood called the Dingle. Starkey, an only child,

spent his youth in and out of hospitals, battling numerous diseases that kept him apart from home and school. To pass the time in various institutions, he learned to play drums and later explained, “I was in the hospital band… That’s where I really started playing.

I never wanted anything else from there on.”

Starkey spent little time on academics and was barely literate when he dropped out of school in his mid-teens. At home, he practiced drumming by beating on a cookie tin with sticks.

In the mid-1950s, skiffle music (folk tunes performed on often homemade instruments) became popular in the UK. In 1957, the future Beatle co-founded the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, in which he banged on a secondhand drum kit or raked a thimble across a washboard. By the next year, though, skiffle had been replaced by a new musical craze — American rock ‘n’ roll.

He eventually became the drummer in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Liverpool’s most popular rock outfit. It was there that Starkey became Ringo Starr, so named for the several rings that glistened on

the fingers of both hands.

Then, in 1962, he was hired to replace departing Beatles drummer Pete Best. While in the Fab Four, Starr was usually allotted one lead vocal track per album. That’s him you hear on “Yellow Submarine,” “Octopus’s Garden” and “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

The Beatles reached the end of their professional road in 1970. By then, each band

member had grown up, become married and was following his own musical muse. Successful solo careers were soon carved out by George Harrison (“My Sweet Lord”), John Lennon (“Instant Karma”) and Paul McCartney (“Another Day”).

Starr, though, stumbled out of his own starting gate. His first two albums, “Sentimental Journey” and “Beaucoups of Blues,” were sales disappointments. But, in the spring

of 1971, Starr released the non-LP single of “It Don’t Come Easy,” which became a worldwide winner. During the next two years, he enjoyed success with six more hit 45s, including two — “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen” — that reached the peak of the Billboard charts.

In 2020, Ringo Starr was cited as the world’s wealthiest drummer, with a net worth of $350 million.

Pandemic prompts lessons about saving %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV COVID has taught us financial as well as medical lessons.

A major proportion of the population found out they had no financial cushion to soften their landing when hit by disruption in their lives.

According to a Federal Reserve Report, when government lockdowns hit a year ago more than one-third of American households did not have enough cash reserves on

hand to get them through an unanticipated hit of only $400.

Squeaking through the pandemic has not only drained savings accumulated by those folks with the foresight to build an emergency fund, it has pushed those without such resources into debt.

There’s a commonly held tenet that everyone should have resources to last anywhere from three to six months through any emergency.

The pandemic layoffs, job losses and business fail-

ures have focused attention on methods to accumulate enough emergency funds. This has led to many suggested solutions.

Among them is building rainy day funds by automatic payroll deduction.

For seniors receiving income from Social Security and other fixed incomes, that translates to a self-starter plan: setting aside a set percentage every month until they reach their three-month/six-month goal.

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Faith

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“I just always try to look at the positive,” she said.

A recent example: wearing masks because of the coronavirus. She heartily disliked it.

“Then it dawned on me: I have not had chapped lips all winter!” she grinned.

A teacher for 33 years, Minear said, “I always felt I was called to teaching. It was my ministry.”

She retired from North Webster Elementary School in 2019. Don, meanwhile, managed the local Crystal Flash gas station.

Though also a believer, Don avoided church for years. In 2001, when Deb started attending Country Bible Church (still her church home), she thought the small congregation’s family feel would appeal to him. He still declined to go.

Looking back, she sees that God had it all under control. “It was where (Don) needed to be.

I just didn’t know in 2001 what would happen in 2006.”

That’s the year Don had total respiratory failure.

The near-death experience caused him to get serious about his relationship with God. He returned to church and to living for the Lord.

Deb Minear has joy, joy, joy, joy down in her heart. And she’s on a mission to spread it.

She has three goals: 1. Glorify God. 2. Be an encouragement.

3. Make somebody smile.

It’s not just personality, though she has that in abundance. It’s a deliberate, daily decision to honor God by refusing to let circumstances get the best of her.

The lifelong North Webster resident has had her share of difficulties and loss. Among them: a bout with cancer in the ’90s. Her husband, Don’s, health crisis in 2006. Don’s death in 2019.

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Want joy in your life? Based on her experience, Deb Minear ing for God-given Along the offers this advice for nourishing an upbeat outlook and an outopportunities in way, she noreach that honors God: every situation. ticed that we • Look for the good.

One of her tend to turn to • Reach out to others. main pursuits God during big • Get involved in the community. now is the North events or cri• There are lots of hurting people. Encountering them is an Webster library. ses, but forget opportunity to make a difference. Look for ways to help them.

She’s on the to acknowlboard of trustees edge him in and is involved in Friends of From then on, Minear said, the ordinary. the Library. “I feel like that’s a Minear started giving God her “We had so much fun. We just ministry,” she said. went through everything laughattention daily. She found that For that matter, she added, opportunities for the peace, hope ing.”

“It’s a ministry when you’re Don was diagnosed with and joy that only he gives crop But her biggest ministry now “He gave me many, many cancer in 2015. He went through standing in line for your deli up with surprising regularity. things to share after I became a sandwich and you show kindness is Facebook. “horrible stuff,” said Deb, but The habit helps her outlook and She may post something funwidow. I was honest about what I to someone or make them laugh determined to honor the Lord she aims for it to bless others, was feeling. I try to be real.” and have a little joy in their day.” ny. She may post a Bible verse by being cheerful and polite. too. with thoughts about a recent Quoting Nehemiah 8:10, she experience that brought home its smiled, “The joy of the Lord is meaning. She may share memomy strength. That’s just how you ries of difficult times in her life get through it.

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Prodding the Past —

Were they really ‘good ol’ days’? %\ 720 02552: 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Life was a lot simpler and slower back in the old days, we oldsters like to think.

Times certainly seemed to be a bit less hectic and more predictable in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. The only real worries I had as a youngster were “the

bomb” and polio.

In my part of the world (southern Iowa), television was something we read about in the newspapers. We didn’t get our first set until 1953, and then the only reliable output was a snowy screen. The nearest station was some 130 miles away and VHF signals (channels 2-13) were only reliable up to

Ask about medical fees %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Whether or not you have health insurance, always ask your doctor if there is a fee involved when discussing any appointment, surgery, test, procedure or any other arrangement being made to continue your treatment.

Follow-up appointments for such purposes as checking on proper healing of minor surgery or monitoring blood pressure can be chargeable.

But any fee might be avoided if the patient asks the doc-

tor about charges when the follow-up is discussed.

For example, follow-up visits after surgery normally are included in the surgeon’s original fee. But not all. So to avoid surprises, ask.

The process has been complicated by the recent rise in telemedicine (internet contact with doctors by telephone and computer). In some cases, they’re covered by Medicare, Medicaid or supplemental insurance. In some cases, they are not. So again: check with the doctor.

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maybe 100 miles.

Kids listened to early morning news for school closures due to snow storms. We stayed glued to the radio, hoping for a day of freedom.

Telephone party lines were commonplace.

A good supply of coal was kept on hand for heating.

Some of us had the luxury of an indoor toilet.

But there was no air conditioner to get us through the summer.

For cars, new tires were relatively expensive. Re-treaded used tires cost about half the price of new ones. You had to watch where you drove because potholes could cause breaks, especially in the new tubeless tires.

Inner tube tires were pretty common up through the ’50s and into the ’60s. In high school, I had a job at a Conoco service station and you can believe me when I say breaking a tire down off of a wheel was no easy feat.

When a customer drove up for gas, we not only pumped the fuel for them but washed the windshield, checked the oil and tire pressure and, in the station where I worked, whisk-broomed the floor mats.

That was a lot of service for a few gallons of gasoline at 29 cents per. But the station owner didn’t care because I was working at 50 cents an hour while he stood by and smiled.

When I was younger, radio and the movie theater were the sources of entertainment. The movies were not first-run, but radio had some really great programs to get your mind working.

Radio programming was for us kids on Saturday mornings and after school. We rushed home to hear the latest adventures of “Straight Arrow,” “The Lone Ranger,” “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” and “Sky King.” The 15-minute serials were every bit as exciting as those soap operas Mom had been listening to a couple hours earlier.

We were given special privileges if we became club members. We got secret decoder rings after we ate two boxes of breakfast food and sent in the box tops with a dime to complete the transaction.

More sophisticated program-

ming such as “Dragnet,” “Johnny Dollar,” “Lux Playhouse,” “Sam Spade,” “The Whistler,” “You Bet Your Life” and the Fibber McGee, Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Groucho Marx shows were top listening fare.

We shared the night with Mom and Dad after news commentary by H.V. Kaltenborn.

Our appetites for cowboy shoot-em-ups were stoked by old — and I mean really old — films starring Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, Harry Carey, Tom Mix and a young John Wayne when he was known as Singing Sandy or one of the Three Mesquiteers.

Red Ryder and the Durango Kid came Friday and Saturday nights to the Lyric Theater.

Red was played by “Wild Bill” Elliott. Charles Starrett, as the Durango Kid, always seemed to have his great white stallion in a cave close by to give chase to the bad guys.

Looking back, I guess we could say the good ol’ days really were pretty good to us after all.

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Health & Fitness

Berries for mind and body

Fruit in general can be enjoyed on nearly all types of diets, but berries may be the king of the crop. Berries are some of the healthiest foods you can eat, as they’re low in calories but high in fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants.

Technically, a berry is a small, pulpy and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present.

I know bananas and tomatoes along with other fruits are

botanically a berry, but let’s stick with the ones generally referred to as berries.

Benefits Of Berries • Low in calories — Per cup, Strawberries 49 calories, Blueberries 84, Blackberries 62, Raspberries 64.

• Antioxidants including anthocyanins that may slow rates of cognitive decline as you age.

• Improve blood sugar and insulin response.

• High in soluble fiber, which aids digestion.

• Many vitamins, nutrients and inflammation fighters.

• Reduce skin wrinkles (who knew).

• Heart healthy — these include lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, while reducing oxidative stress.

On just about every list that ranks which berry is best for overall health, the first four were: 1. Blueberries.

2. Raspberries (red, black, gold and white).

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Don’t limit yourself to only berries because every fruit has it’s own benefits, but do try to incorporate berries each day.

Fruit isn’t enough though, you need plant foods at every meal.

Berries are a simple recipe of one ingredient — just pop them in your mouth. Of course, you can also add them to oatmeal, cereal or in a smoothie.

Smoothies are breakfast for many people and an easy way to incorporate several fruits including goji and acai berries, which are usually sold dried.

I love to add berries to my salad occasionally to give it a good punch. Sprinkle blueberries and strawberries on top with a few walnuts, almonds or pecans — yummy good. Try this dressing: Blueberry Dressing ½ cup frozen or fresh blueberries 1 pitted Medjool date Juice of ½ lemon Pinch of salt (optional) A bit of water (about a ¼ cup) Use a blender or food processor to combine. Frozen berries may make the dressing a little thicker, so adjust the water to desired consistency.

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The new world of longevity %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The current mantra is “Things will never be the same” because of the changes wrought by COVID regarding lockdowns, colorcoded socializing, masks, hand washing and the plethora of political proclamations designed to protect us from ourselves.

But a deeper and more profound change was already underway before the pandemic: The population is getting older.

By 2030, the senior population around the world is expected to top 1.5 billion from the current 900 million. China’s over-65 phalanx, which accounts for less than 10% of its population, now is predicted to account for a quarter of the population in just three decades.

By the end of this decade, more than 20% of the North American population will be 65 years or older. By 2060, one out four will be in that age bracket.

This phenomenon is occurring for a few reasons. One is the graying of the post-World War II baby boomers, the 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964. Added to that are the facts that we’re living longer while the birth rate is diminish-

ing. (The 1950 U.S. birth rate was 25 per 1,000, compared with 12 per 1,000 last year.)

By the beginning of the 2030s, workers will account for only 30% of the population. This shrinking work force means a shrinking source of payroll taxes to finance Social Security and Medicare benefits for the aging population that no longer will be working.

Counterbalancing this trend are recent reports that threequarters of the current labor force plan to keep working past the age of 65. But pundits still predict Social Security benefits will have to be cut by at least 20% by the mid-2030s.

All of this movement not only affects financial support programs, it puts a strain on the health care industry, which foresees a shortage of more than 120,000 doctors in the next 10 years.

The combination of this anticipated shortage and an older work force is expected to result in openings for seniors in the health care industry, which already is looking to avoid shortages of 100,000 nurses assistants and other medical aides forecast over the next half dozen years.

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No bones about it I’ve always tried to treat my body with respect.

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Problems :2/)6,( started back in college with a traumatic football injury. I was watching the homecoming game and my leg became wedged in the bleachers while I was trying to get a better look at one particular cheerleader.

About three years ago, my orthopedist said I needed to have my knee replaced. I suggested replacing it with a Segway. I’m no doctor, but I really thought that would make it a lot easier to get around.

Truth is, the surgeon did a great job. He told my wife that

mine were the worst looking knees he had ever seen. The first time Mary Ellen and I went to the beach, she made a very similar comment.

This past winter I started to do a lot of jogging and, apparently, I overdid it. Recently, my knee began to hurt and I could hear crunching in the joint. It wasn’t just the pain that kept me awake at night. It was the noise.

After limping around the house for the past several weeks, I made another appointment with my orthopedist. When I reached his office, I ran into an entire waiting room of people who were there to make a trade.

Everyone sitting near me was having something replaced — a knee, a shoulder, an elbow. One guy confused the term metatarsal with Taurus and was hoping to get a good deal on a used car.

The doctor told me he needed to get some “pictures” of my knees, which was embarrassing since all I had in a scrapbook were 35-year-old Polaroids of me in a pair of ugly

green Bermuda shorts.

Before my knee replacement several years ago, I went to an imaging center for an MRI. The receptionist showed me an outline of a man’s body and asked me to put an X over the knee that was troubling me. This was confusing, because the figure was looking at me, so his right was my left. It was way too complicated. I simply pulled down my pants and drew an X on my own knee. The nurse said not to do this because doctors are never sure if X marks the spot to operate or not to operate. She also asked that I not pull down my pants in the waiting room again.

When I left, the nurse handed me a huge envelope with 58 images to bring back to my surgeon — more pictures than I took during our two-week trip to the Grand Canyon.

The next morning, I looked at my online medical chart. It said: Within the intercondylar notch region posteriorly … there is an irregular structure … consistent with a loose body. This sounded

like a clinical explanation of my flabby rear end.

This time, the diagnosis was a lot simpler: “You have a hairline fracture in your lower leg, which causes pain in the knee,” the surgeon told me. “You must avoid stress for several weeks. That tibia of yours is 74 years old.”

“Lower your voice, Doc. I don’t want my other tibia to hear

about this. They’re twins.”

I now spend most of the day sitting on the couch relaxing, reading, doing crossword puzzles.

I have stopped watching political talk shows and I no longer argue with Mary Ellen about who the next host of Jeopardy should be.

Like the doctor ordered, I have avoided stress. But my knee is still killing me.

Fellowship Missions is recruiting ‘Recovery Mentors’ Fellowship Millions in Warsaw is recruiting “Recovery Mentors” to support those in Kosciusko County Jail Chemical Addiction Program, Work Release Center and anyone in Kosciusko County needing someone to walk with them and their family on the recovery journey.

Did you know studies show that including trained mentors in a person’s substance use recovery program results in a higher success rate? Do you

have a heart for helping those in our community on their recovery journey?

You can find more information about Recovery Mentors on the Fellowship Missions website: www.fellowshipmissions.net/blog/mentorship-isvital-for-recovery.

Call Ann Hasse if you have questions or to register for the next training session. She can be reached at (574) 2689555, ext. 111, or via email at ahasse@fellowshipmissions.net.

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Cheers Those having friends who are senior citizens 65 years or older who will be celebrating birthdays or anniversaries soon may send their names and addresses to include them in the Cheers Report. Also, know people listed in this column? Then send them cards to remember them on their special day.

MAY Elkhart County 2 — Rosemary Poe, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 5 — Etta Grose, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 16 — Victor Gray, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 21 — Evelyn Koltas, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 22 — Douglas Tyson, Judith Chew, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 25 — Theresa Greer, Roger Heiser, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 26 — Ressie Dipert, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilita-

tion Center, Elkhart 27 — Mae Briggs, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart 31 — Shirley Immel, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart Kosciusko County 2 — Debra Woods, Grace Village Retirement Community 3 — John Canan, Grace Vil-

lage Retirement Community 5 — Gordon Austin, Grace Village Retirement Community 7 — Margaret Mundy, Grace Village Retirement Community 8 — Bob Smith, Grace Village Retirement Community 11 — Linda Hedington, Grace Village Retirement Community

14 — Carol Sparrow, Dick and Phyllis Carman, Grace Village Retirement Community 16 — Milt Ryerson, Grace Village Retirement Community 18 — Dawn Koldyke, Alice Keefer, Grace Village Retirement Community 20 — Theda Cutter, Grace

Village Retirement Community 21 — Bruce Alcorn, Grace Village Retirement Community 24 — Greg and Nancy Weimer, Grace Village Retirement Community 29 — Robert and Betty Miller, Grace Village Retirement Community

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Well, recreational vehicle vacations have taken on new luster since the COVID pandemic shut down the universe.

Last year, cruise ships stopped cruising. Countries

closed their borders. Hotels shut down and airlines slashed their number of flights.

At the same time, RV sales hit record levels.

Travel-hungry buyers saw the comfort and convenience of traveling safely in their own home to go wherever, whenever they wanted to.

First-timers unfamiliar with life on campgrounds and campsites learned that overnight parking is offered at most of the retail locations operated in the U.S. and Canada by such chains as Walmart, Cracker

Barrel, Costco, Sam’s Club, Home Depot and Cabela’s. All they have to do is check local regulations with the business manager before settling in.

Veteran RVers have learned to draw up an itinerary with a map of RV parks that provide at least electrical and water connections. Many also offer bathrooms, Wi-Fi, showers, club rooms and swimming pools.

Rental fees can range from about $50 a night for a compact travel trailer to some $300 for a bus-size motor home.

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erated campgrounds normally are less expensive or free, but permits or passes may be required. They usually lack hookups and other comforts available at RV parks.

If you’re not sure how you’ll like this type of vacation or mode of travel, you can rent an RV for a trial spin around the country. Pick the size and type you think you’ll like.

Shopping for a rental will help familiarize you with the pluses and minuses of the types of vehicles available.

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A museum where words rule the universe %\ )<//,6 +2&.0$1 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV As a travel writer, words are what I do. But when I heard about the newly opened Planet Word in Washington D.C., I was wordless. I knew I couldn’t get there fast enough to see all the magical ways words — the focus of this museum “where language comes to life” — can be employed to explain, entertain and elucidate.

Interactive exhibits talk, teach, train and titillate.

The floor reveals the development of language from cave dwellings to hieroglyphics to alphabets.

Elevators resemble libraries.

The many side experiences in each gallery are fascinating.

We ducked into one to see how babies acquire language skills ... and almost missed the Joking Around room.

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Bada boom.

At Visual Puns there’s a large picture, among many, of two suitcases. One is laughing and one is crying. Its title: Emotional Baggage. At a table with two computers, you and a friend get to read jokes to each other and try to make each other laugh.

“What’s the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?

One’s heavy and the other is a little lighter.”

Yes, they’re corny, but it’s very hard to keep a straight face.

The Word Worlds exhibit lets you paint pictures with adjectives — literally. Pick up the hibernal (relating to winter) brush and snow appears over the nature scene on the wall.

The nocturnal brush brings darkness. Tempestuous splashes on wind and rain.

The magical brush elicits great whimsy. Paint the deer on the wall and it becomes a unicorn; swipe it across the airplane and it turns into a magic carpet.

In the Magical Library, people appear to walk on the ceiling. Read a descriptive plaque to a wall mirror and a 3-D diorama pops up before you. Open the drawer below to find the book from which the scene is taken.

I shook my head in disbelief when I turned to a designated page and it lit up while a narrator read the story and relevant images appeared.

If you feel a bit overwhelmed, duck into a poetry nook to sit back and let a sonorous voice reciting poetry revitalize you.

This might lead you to think you want some tips on public speaking. Head to the Lend Me Your Ears auditory gallery to

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Beware of the I’m Sold gallery, where you may have to come to terms with how susceptible you are to advertising. Here you’ll encounter how words are used to persuade and

change people’s minds through ads, videos and social media.

Deference is paid to those slogans that have become part of our lexicon: Where’s the beef?

What’s in your wallet? Melts in your mouth.

And think about this: What do you say when you drink something refreshing? “Ahhh,” yes? It’s no accident that three major bottled water companies are named Evian, Aquafina

and Dasani to wrap around the “ahhh” sound.

The final gallery is Words Matter, where people talk about how certain words, expressions and stories significantly impacted their lives.

Leaving with a smile on your face, you might feel inclined to make a donation. Entry to the museum is free, but contributions are encouraged.

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mount, Van Buren, Upland or Matthews, you’re invited to visit the other local attractions. For instance, in Matthews drive or walk across the 1877 Cumberland covered bridge over the Mississinawa River or in Fairmount visit the museum of movie icon James Dean.

Here’s how to get started.

Go to www.followthefatcat.com on the internet and download the brochure. You can also pick one up at any of the state information centers on I-69. The map shows all the cities and addresses where the Garfields are located.

When arriving in one of the towns, have the grandkids call (765) 997-7034 to learn about the tour and get the background information on the specific statue and what it represents by touching the number for that one. You can usually spot the statues from some distance because they’re bright yellow. They make great Kodak moments. You might even suggest the grandkids keep a journal of the trip and download their cell phone photos when getting back home to paste in their journal.

The Matthews Garfield, who is dressed for fishing, was originally located at the covered bridge, but had to be moved because of flooding. It’s now at the town hall. In Jonesboro he’s dressed as a firefighter because the town had the first volunteer fire department in the county.

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May 2021 ■ SENIOR LIFE ■ 19

Garfield tour Continued from page 18 in Upland he’s holding a threescoop ice cream cone in front of the town’s famous Ivanhoe Drive-In. Garfield’s suited up for basketball in Swayzee and in a red shirt and blue jeans like James Dean in Fairmount.

Duffer Garfield, which is located inside the clubhouse at Arbor Trace Golf Club north of Marion, has a particularly interesting story. It’s carved from a tree trunk by a local chain saw artist. It’s kept inside to protect it from the weather.

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couple hundred miles if you plan to visit all 14 locations.

And be sure to check the website before going to learn if any of the statues have been removed for maintenance.

If your car has video capability, take along the Garfield movie to entertain the grandkids.

So, why are the statues located in Grant County? It’s because cartoonist Jim Davis was born in Marion and grew up on a small farm in Fairmount where they had 25 cats.

He studied art and business at Ball State University.

Smiles soften the miles %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The airport search lines are insufferable. Herding at the gates smashes your patience.

The claustrophobic cabin chews at your phobias, from fear of flying to hating being touched.

And the thought of having to put up with the shifting and shuffling in the seats behind, beside and in front of you for the next few hours makes you grind your teeth as you sense the approach of a headache.

Not much of this is going to change any time soon for air travel.

There is one small step you can take to make your flight more pleasurable: Be kind and polite to the personnel.

The gate agent who just had to accommodate a passenger load from a previously cancelled flight will breathe a small sigh of relief and gratitude if you smile and ask her to take her time.

The flight attendant who missed his layover because of bad weather will remember who you are if you’re polite

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The obtrusive customer hollering at the gate agent for faster service and the bulky woman with the oversize carryon only make the lives of the airline staff — and the other passengers — uncomfortable.

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Richard and Kathi Harmon of Fort Wayne visited the Embassy of the United States of America in Jerusalem, Israel. They traveled with a Chicago area tour group.

The U.S. Embassy opened its Jerusalem location in 2018. Before that, it was located in Tel Aviv.

Jerusalem, “The Holy Land,” is known for its tradition, religion and history, but also for its modern culture and heritage. Thriving as one of the oldest cities in the world, travelers can experience many places referred to in the Bible.

Some areas to discover would be the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where worshippers believe Jesus’ crucification was held; the Western wall of the Temple Mount, a prayer wall considered the most holiest site by the Judaism religion; and the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was arrested the eve before his self-sacrifice. Also one can stroll down the Via Dolorosa, the processional route Jesus walked to his mortal death. The Tower of David Museum offers the history of Jerusalem to its visitors. To explore the cultures of people in the Bible, head to the Bible Lands Museum.

Archeology lovers can visit the Jerusalem Archeological Park to view the excavated ruins of ancient Jerusalem. Also worth experiencing is the Israel Museum, known for harboring the Dead Sea scrolls, art and archaeological exhibits. The Rockefeller Museum houses an extraordinary collection of antiquities unearthed between 1919 and 1948 and the Western Wall Tunnels in the Old City is an underground historic find.

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Flappers, Elkhart and the Roaring ’20s %\ 3$6725 *5(* /$:621 0 0LQ 06: *XHVW :ULWHU (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first part of a two-part series.)

—o— The “Great War” was over at the end of the 1910s and the 1920s were soon to be one of the wildest social decades in American history.

America’s 1920s would not only be a decade of the flappers in the Roaring ’20s, it would be a dangerous decade of gangsters, bootleggers and killers by gang rivalry, mostly caused by the enactment of Prohibition, which forbid the manufacture and sale of illegal alcohol.

But this story is not totally about the criminal side of the Roaring ’20s, rather than another side that is more raucous and rowdy than mother would have approved.

Flappers were a large part of the Roaring ’20s scene and in no way dangerous or directly a part of the criminal elements of the gangsters.

After the Great War, many females were eager to flaunt that which most communities regarded a proper behavior for young ladies and even older ones. It appears that flappers were mainly centered in the big cities such as New York, rather than more conservative rural towns and cities such as Elkhart and surrounding areas.

Flapper dresses ranged from outlandish and gaudy to more interesting in design and ornamental. Many of the young ladies flaunted the social norms of the community standards and took to smoking, drinking and all forms of dancing: even the new craze of the Charleston.

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Unfortunately, the 1930s would see more gangsters, crime and killers for many years to come.

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