February 23, 2018 issue

The Senior Newspaper Serving Volusia & Flagler Counties For Over 26 Years—COMPLIMENTARY COPY

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Everything Old Is New Again... ur lifestyles have changed so much that the way to stay healthy and in shape is to buy into planned exercises, eat recommended foods, and check out all advertised items and plans before making decisions. Then you need to read the warnings on the items.

Our world has come a long way, new ideas, new rules, new leaders, new technology, and so many choices. We are generally very happy with everything new. Then we realize how many liberties have been taken away and how many ways we have gone astray from our basic format that carried with it dreams of an American democracy.

These days it is hard to imagine anyone going anywhere by foot instead of by car. It’s unheard of to visit someone without first calling ahead. You never see clothes drying on the line. Doctors can now sit with their computers to read and tell you what is wrong with you. A cashier doesn’t have to know how much change to give you.

The register tells them.

The majority of citizens now have a ‘cause.’ Bullying has become a ‘cause.’ Current or 30-year-old molestation has become a ‘cause.’ Racism still has a way to go though we seen more equality on television, education, etc. It has been over fifty years since that wonderful man Martin Luther King promoted peace among all.

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You Name It …by Kitty Maiden ketplace, yet women have another ‘cause.’

Nowdays we seem to be moving too fast for our own good. We once looked forward to the news but what we see and hear is NO good news. Some now make it a point to stay away from the news.

What is considered to be news? Every day, we hear of the latest battle, murders, thefts, anything the media can latch onto to help keep the ratings up.

Did you live in a time and place where people came in and out of your home all the time and the front door was never locked? Your little brother would be gone all day but would show up in time to eat.

Remember playing Ring Around The Roses or Hop Scotch outside the house, pumping the player piano and singing inside the house when the weather was bad? Did you ever seek solace in an old playhouse or climb up a cherry tree to the roof of the garage in order to be alone?

Yes we have come a long way and we still have a long way to go. There comes a time when everything Old Is New Again…

Kitty Maiden is a staff writer for Seniors Today.

Antiques Strange Wooden Table s fashions change in clothing, so do fashions in furniture and design. Norman Rockwell was considered a commercial artist of little value for many years, but now his original paintings for magazine covers can sell for millions of dollars.

A strange table made by John Scott Bradstreet (1845-1914) recently was offered at a Cowan auction in Cincinnati. Bradstreet was a leading interior designer, decorator, and tastemaker in Minneapolis for many years before he died in a car crash in 1914.

The table was in the Arts and Crafts style — sort of. Bradstreet went to Japan many times, and his designs were influenced by Asian arts and bits of many other styles: English Arts and Crafts, Moorish, Gothic, the Aesthetic Movement, and the works of Whistler.

The wooden center table sold in the auction was covered with shallow carvings that followed the grain. The technique, called by the Japanese name jin-di-sugi, used cypress, a soft wood that, after a long time in water or mud, develops raised lines in the grain. The wood was then scorched, brushed, carved, and waxed, a process that was modernized and patented by Bradstreet. Few pieces like this are known, and many of these are in museums.

The auctioned table had side panels that flipped down to make small display shelves

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on each side. We looked for more information about this table and the maker, and found that it had sold in 2005 for an estimated price of $50,000 to $75,000. This time, the table brought $24,000. *** Q: We were recently given a collection of hatpins. They were passed on from my fiancee's grandmother. We believe they are from around 1921. We'd like to know more about them.

A: Women wore bonnets that tied under the chin until about 1860. Hatpins came into use when hats without ties became fashionable and the pins were needed to hold them on. Hatpins also were used to pin hairpieces on to create the puffy hairstyles popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

When smaller hats and shorter hair became popular in the 1920s, hatpins were no longer needed. Hatpins have been made of a variety of materials, can be simple or ornate, and can be as long as 12 inches.

They sell today for less than $15 to a few hundred dollars. Their value is determined by workmanship and the materials. Gold, silver, or valuable jewels increase the hatpin's value.

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Favorite Foods Wild Rice & Beef Soup here is nothing like a great bowl of soup to give you a feeling of home, a pot of good soup will help to chase away your blues for a minute or two.

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8 ounces extra-lean ground sirloin beef or turkey breast 1 (14-ounce) can lower-sodium fat-free chicken broth 1 (10-3/4-ounce) can Campbell's Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup 1 ⁄2 cup shredded carrots 1 (12-fluid-ounce) can evaporated fat-free milk 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 ⁄4 cup shredded Kraft 2 Percent Milk Cheddar cheese 1 ⁄2 cup fat-free half-and-half 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 2 tablespoons chopped green onion 2 tablespoons fat-free Ranch Dressing 2 ⁄3 cup uncooked quick wild rice 1. In a large saucepan sprayed with butterflavored cooking spray, brown meat.

Stir in chicken broth, mushroom soup, and carrots.

2. In a covered jar, combine evaporated milk, and flour. Shake well to blend.

Pour milk mixture into meat mixture.

Add Cheddar cheese, half-and-half, parsley flakes, green onion, and Ranch dressing. Mix well to combine.

3. Lower heat. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in uncooked wild rice. Remove from heat, cover and let set for 5 minutes. Gently stir just before serving.

• Each serving: 234 calories, 6g fat, 17g protein, 28g carbs, 580mg sodium, 373mg calcium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Starch/Carb, 11⁄2 Meat; Carb Choices: 2.

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What’s Happening Around Town…

Lunch Bunch

Quilt Week

Parkinson’s Meeting

Come enjoy a great meal with Chef Steve! Lunch Bunch meets every Thursday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 724 Big Tree Road, South Daytona. Just $5 gets you lunch and bingo with nonmonetary prizes. Call 386.677.6080.

Quit Week is back in Daytona again this year. If you love making quilts this is a week you won’t want to miss! Quilt Week takes place Feb. 28–March 3 at the Ocean Center Wed.—Fri., 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. and Sat., 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Hundreds of beautiful quilts on exhibit, aisles of fabrics, machines, and quilting supply vendors. You will also have the opportunity to visit with world renowned quiltmaking instructors. For more details visit quiltweek.com

The Parkinson Association of Daytona Beach is pleased to announce that it will be hosting Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Instructor, Tracy Wosaba on Wednesday, February 28 from 2—3:30 P.M. at the Department of Health Conference Center, 1845 Holsonback Dr. Daytona Beach. Tracy’s topic will be Meditation & Mindful Living. Tracy will discuss what Meditation and Mindful Living is, and how if applied appropriately could ease the symptoms of a wide variety of health maladies—including PD. Seating is limited. RSVP required by calling Affordable HomeCare at 386.

676.6375 by no later than 12 P.M. on Monday, February 26.

Caregiver’s Days First United Methodist Church of Ormond Beach is providing a free Caregiver’s Days Out that includes food, fun, and special attention for care receivers.

The days are from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. on Thurs., Mar. 22; Thurs., April 19; and Sat., May 19 at First United Methodist Church of Ormond Beach. Call Mary Beth at 386.852.0060.

Prevent Tax Fraud The next quarterly workshop topic will focus on how to prevent income tax fraud which will be presented by a pro bono attorney. After the presentation, there will be a generic question and answer session. The workshop will be held on Thurs., March 1 from 3:30–5 P.M. in Conference Room 103 in City Hall located at 22 S. Beach Street. For more details, call 386.676.3315.

Flow The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles “Florida Licensing On Wheels” (FLOW) mobile unit will be at City Hall, 22 South Beach Street on Monday, March 5 from 9 A.M. until 3 P.M. FLOW provides drivers license/ID card change of address, renewals, replacements, and renewals and replacements of vehicle registration and disabled parking permits, as well as other needs.

The only thing FLOW does not provide is for the drivers’ license road test.

Before visiting, please go to www.ga thergoget.com to learn about licensing and ID requirements and make sure you have everything you need when you visit FLOW so you don’t have to make a second trip. You can also contact the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office at 850.617.2000.

Book Sale DeLand Regional Library, 130 East Howry Ave. will host its monthly book sale from 3 to 6 P.M., Thurs., March 8; 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Fri., March 9; and 9:30 A.M. to 1 P.M., Sat., March 10. Hardback and large softback books will be $1 each, and small paperback books will be eight for $1. Children's books will be $2 a bag. For more information, call the library at 386.822.6430, ext. 20762.

Free Movies Are you looking for some free afternoon fun? The Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle, will show a documentary and four popular Hollywood films in March. The free lineup includes: • Obit: 2 P.M., Sunday, March 4. Unrated, 93 minutes.

• Day Of Days: 2 P.M., Monday, March 5. Rated PG, 107 minutes.

• Victoria And Abdul: 2 P.M., Monday, March 12. Rated PG-13, 111 minutes.

Reservations are not required. For more information, call 386.322.5152, option 4.

History Thru Song Singer and guitarist Marc Black will perform his humorous and thought-provoking multimedia show, History Of The 1950s And ’60s Through Popular Song, from 2 to 4 P.M., Friday, March 9 at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 South Dixie Freeway. Black is an eclectic folk-rocker who deals with life, and all its social and political challenges, one song at a time. He was inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in 2014. Reservations are not required for the free concert. For more information, call 386.424.2910, option 4.

Travel Group Odyssey travel group meets about once a month to enjoy each other’s company, travel opportunities, and some fun presentations. They plan trips you can take with a spouse or friend, with just a few other people, or in a large group.

There is no fee or commitment. You can attend any or all meetings, and the same goes for their adventures. The next meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 10 A.M. at the Roost Restaurant in the Crane Lakes Gated Community, 1850 Crane Lakes Blvd., Port Orange with guest speaker, Mel Figueroa, District Sales Manager for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Please RSVP to 386.672.8113 or e-mail Paula @odysseytravel.com

Stetson Mansion If you attended the Christmas Spectacular! tour at the Stetson Mansion this past year the ticket you received for admission entitles you to come back free as often as you wish between Feb. and Sept. 2018 when you bring a paying guest. All our guides tell the story of Florida's first snow bird a different way each visit. You may use this ticket for either the Standard or Grand Tour. Details are on the back of your ticket. This bogo will also be good for the Easter Bonnet tours March 17–24 and the Legacy Week tours from July 14–21.

Travel Meeting Vivo Tours offers a free Travel Meeting on Friday, March 2 starting at 12 NOON to 2 P.M. They will meet at the Ormond Beach Library, 30 S. Beach St. All are welcome. Please call 904.342.

5605 for more information.

Support Groups ALS Support Have you been diagnosed with ALS? Join Bishop’s Glen, 900 LPGA Blvd., Holly Hill for their ALS support group every Wednesday in the Florida room at 1 P.M. For details, call 386.226.9110.

Quit Smoking Join us for a free tools to Quit Smoking classes at Florida Hospital Flagler.

Free patches, lozenges, gum, quit plan, workbook, water bottle, stress ball, and more. Call 904.482.0189 for dates and times of classes in your area.

Alzheimer Support The A.C.E.S. (Alzheimer Caregiver Education & Support) offer caregivers support and practical care suggestions and tips for everyday living. The group meets the 2nd Saturday each month at Our Lady Of Lourdes, 201 University Blvd., Daytona Beach. For more information, call 386.214.3833.

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Pet Care Pet Hospice Care

by Sam Mazzotta

Dear Paw's Corner: A few months ago, I lost one of my cats, Enos, to a lengthy illness. He was a senior cat and had a number of issues, like diabetes, that caused him to go downhill fairly quickly. When it became apparent that he was only going to get worse, not better, his veterinarian suggested that we go ahead with euthanasia.

Enos wasn't ready to go, however.

He was tired and barely able to walk, but his eyes were still bright and he still responded to us. I asked if there was any other way to ease his pain without putting him to sleep, and the veterinarian suggested hospice care specifically for pets.

This turned out to be a wonderful option. The vet recommended another veterinarian who specialized in pet hospice. There was some additional expense and more time needed to properly care for Enos, but he lived like a king, largely free from pain, for almost six months before passing quietly. I highly recommend that owners of senior pets consider hospice as an option to euthanasia.

—Carol in Boone, North Carolina

Dear Carol: Condolences on the loss of Enos. It sounds as if you were able to extend his life comfortably thanks to hospice care.

This can be a good option for owners trying to cope with the impending loss of a pet, but it's important to research hospice care and to pair with a veterinarian who is knowledgeable and experienced with this option. It requires much closer observation and care by the owner, and much more frequent treatment by the vet. Owners need to be prepared for the greater investment both time and money.

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Here’s An Idea Make Up Brushes

by JoAnn Derson • Keep makeup brushes in tip-top shape: Wash with a good brush cleaner weekly, and store upright in a jar (bristles up). Don't toss them in a box, bag or drawer with your makeup! They may pick up un-wanted pigments and the facial bacteria can compromise makeup!

• If your dryer is taking a long time to run its cycle and the clothes still aren't dry, check your lint trap. Follow the hose all the way to the end, and be sure to check the grate that is in place where the hose exits an exterior wall. Lint can build up here, making it hard for heat and steam to escape. It's also a fire hazard.

• “In our house, we use nail polish to distinguish whose plastic leftover containers are whose. My roommate and I both bought the same set (a good deal!), and we painted a little X on the bottom and on the top of the lids in contrasting colors. So I only use the red dot ones, and she uses the dark blue.”

—M.T. in Florida • “I purchased a couple glass-cleaning cloths that were nice and big. I used my sewing machine to sew the edges together and make a little sack. It stores my reading glasses, and I can keep them clean and not scratched up.”

—R.E. in Missouri • “I wanted to use my staple gun to attach a cord along a board for a craft project. I taped a craft stick to the bottom so that the staple would not go in all the way, leaving an allowance for the cord. I just used extra-long staples. It worked great and turned out very secure, and I did not have to worry about a staple slicing up an electrical cord!”

—F.D. in Texas

Send your tips to Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 or e-mail JoAnn at letters.kfws @hearstsc.com

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Ya Gotta Love The ‘Aginers’

by George Goldtrap hat on earth is an ‘aginer’ you might ask? I’ll begin with an example. If you could buy a ticket to Heaven, the ‘aginers’ would complain about the price. ‘Aginers’ are against things, (‘agin’ is the old southern term), anything… it really does not matter what. They are ‘agin it.’ They move in a maze of negative space… or as Zig Ziglar would say… “stinkin’ thinkin.’’

If there is an old building in town and the owner plans to demolish it and put up a newer, more profitable building, the ‘aginers’ are ‘agin’ it. ‘It is an historic building they cry!’ They don’t own it, maintain it, or pay any taxes on it, but they want to control it. Note: Not every old building is historic. If Tom Jefferson died there, or Abe Lincoln was born there, maybe, (just maybe) it is historic… but if it was the old neighborhood Five & Dime, it is not historic.

‘That’s just your opinion’ they will cry… and they’d be exactly right… and the same is true in reverse. If I do not think MY building historic enough to save, but you think it is, that is just your opinion. In a free society, (remember freedom?), the deciding factor is the owner, the taxpayer, and the Constitution. (Remember the Constitution?) If you think a developer is wrong, offer to buy the building and in a free market he, the owner, sells for profit or he can do with/without it as it pleases him. It is not now, and never has been, your right, or government’s right just to call it historic and take it. This is especially true when it comes to public domain purely for aesthetics or civic improvements for a bigger tax base. That is called stealing… the Supreme Court notwithstanding.

The ‘aginers’ operate from an almost endless baseline of logic. They are ‘agin’ a new road because it will ‘generate’ more traffic. They are ‘agin’ a new store because ‘they don’t want it in their neighborhood. They are ‘agin’ the circus because it teaches animals to do tricks. They are ‘agin’ hamburgers because they are not good for us. They are ‘agin’ change because it is change. Never mind that it is none of their business… never mind that they don’t have a penny invested… never mind that their ideas stall the economy, blocking cures for disease, and impeding progress of mankind.

Never mind any of that… they are ‘agin’ it.

Want to cut a messy or dangerous tree in your yard? They are ‘agin’ it and want you to have a permit from the non-owners of your land. Want to have another child?

They are ‘agin’ it because of alleged overpopulation. Want to relocate to the suburbs?

Can’t do that. We need to preserve farm land to raise cows that we can’t eat… or to raise fuel for our cars, (which ruins the motor), so we can pay more for gasoline. Want to cut your grass or blow your leaves away?

No! No! No! They are ‘agin’ it because it is

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Happy Talk …by George & Peggy Goldtrap noisy. Want to light the highway for safety?

Absolutely not. Turtles might confuse those lights for the moon. Are turtles, (which are far older than mankind), really that stupid?

The list is almost as endless as the logic of the ‘aginers’. When Thomas Edison wanted to end darkness with electricity, the ‘aginers’ were opposed to it because someone might get electrocuted. Never mind that people were lighting cedar trees at Christmas time with candles and fires were burning down their houses in the process, or that gas lighting was far more dangerous.

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Zoners… the epitome of ‘aginers,’ are protesting. Too big, too little, too far away, too close, too many, too few, too tall, too short, can’t be done, never been done, shouldn’t be done, might kill a bug, might, might, might!

They’re ‘agin it’! I once worked on a zoning board with a lady who opposed two story houses because they were ugly !

Negative thinkers spend most of their life stopping things… getting in the way… holding back progress. Just look what they have done and are doing to a great free economy and a nation of free people. They have brought the free market to its knees, almost killed educational progress, and absolutely reversed it… driven profits off shore, and their greatest offense… endangered the very freedom that made America great and the envy of the world.

If the ‘aginers’ were not so entertaining I’d be against them… but the truth is they are funny. I laugh when I hear them say that we are running out of fuel, air, food, or space. Yet we supplied the very education and educators that taught them this.

Beware of aginers, rule makers, negative thinkers, and people that want to control every aspect of your life. Beware of the elimination of judgment, and remember, Tom Jefferson’s admonition that every rule necessitates the elimination of a freedom…

NO exception. Control of anything generates shortages of possibly everything. You can’t, we can’t, is a dangerous attitude that opposes freedom and progress. It stifles initiative, invention, and risk taking. Be ‘for’ something instead of ‘agin’ everything.

Positive thinking takes effort, deliberate and conscious effort and some of us seem never to learn it or anything about it. Fear strangles possibility. Fear learning to swim?

The consequences could be drowning. Fear risk? The consequences could be poverty or dependency? Free freedom… the consequences are slavery.

Remember America is the land of the free… because of the brave! Do not be an ‘aginer’!

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What’s In The Stars For The Week Of February 26 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might feel bolder as each new success falls into place. Caution is still advised through the end of the week. Until then, a step-by-step approach is best.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That cooperation you request could come at too high a price. Since few can beat the Bovine at being clever and resourceful, see what you can do on your own?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Aspects favor a quieter time spent getting closer to the people who are especially important to you. There's always much more to learn and appreciate about each other.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The concerned Crab will act to resolve workplace misunderstandings before they get out of hand and cause problems. Coworkers rally to support you.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) What the Big Cat might see as a disturbing act of disloyalty might just be a failure of communication. Take time for mediation rather than confrontation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be more patient with those who seem unwilling to accept your version of what's right. The fact is, there's a lot more to learn on all sides of this issue.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) It should be easier to assess the facts you'll need to make an important decision. Don't commit if you still have doubts. There could be more you need to know.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your excitement level remains high as you continue working on that new project.

Expect some setbacks. On the whole, all will move pretty much on schedule.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) It might be wise to be more prudent with expenses right now. Your financial situation should soon clear up, and you could be back shopping, happily as ever.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might prefer sticking with your current schedule. Some newly emerging information could persuade you to consider a change. Keep an open mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might want to reject a suggested change.

It could be wise to go with the flow, at least for a while. You can always return to your first plan if you like.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You're bolstered by both the practical and poetic sides of your nature as you maneuver through some unsettled emotional situations. Things ease up by week's end.

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The Benefits Of A Sound Choice Special to Seniors Today ouch. Taste. Smell. Sight.

Sound. All are important.

However, one might emphasize the ability to hear distinct sounds like a child’s laughter or a familiar song. When loss of hearing is noticed, people are face with tough decisions such as where to go, who to see, and how to move forward with a quality of life.

Since 2004, Florida State Hearing Aids has provided more affordable solutions with a wider variety of hearing aids. This has been the long-

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standing vision of owner and Licensed Hearing Aid Specialist, Julie Pruitt. Along with her friend and Patient Care Coordinator, Samantha Carpenter, Pruitt felt that “pricing was too high” at other companies where patients have limited options.

Nationally Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences, Pruitt believes that one size does not fit all. “Different people need different technology,” she adds as she can better fit patients with an array of choices.

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Florida State Hearing Aids owner, Julie Pruitt (right) and Patient Care Coordinator, Samantha Carpenter pictured in front of the Daytona Beach office at the corner of ISB and Bill France Blvd.— acrosss from the Speedway. better sound and offer exceptional hearing aids are offered for GEHA, nationwide service. Pruitt can com- APWU, Federal Employees, Empire fortably fit each patient with the Plan, Epic, and local insurances. Vetlatest technology from these indus- erans are also treated like family and zero-interest financing is available. try-leading companies.

For more information on the ben“Everyone should have personalized care with one-on-one service efits and sound choice with Florida and be treated like family,” Pruitt ad- State Hearing Aids, call 386.226.0007 mits. That is why free or discounted or visit floridastatehearing.com

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Rating System For Medicare Plans Explained eniors enrolling in Medicare often are surprised to discover that most Medicare health and prescription drug plans are measured by a five-star rating system. Much like a reviewer guide to restaurants or hotels, Medicare plans are ranked from a low of one star to a high of five stars. The overall ratings provide an easy and intuitive way to help people evaluate and compare both the quality of the product being offered and the overall experience of real-life consumers.

Developed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Star Rating system is based on member surveys as well as information provided by doctors, health care providers, and Medicare’s regular monitoring activities. The standards are evaluated on an annual basis and are built to drive continuous improvement in the health care system and better health outcomes for Medicare enrollees.

For plans covering health services, ratings are based on a plan’s performance in five categories: • Keeping people healthy: Includes whether members received appropriate preventative screening tests, vaccines, and other check-ups to help them all stay healthy.

• Managing chronic (long-term) conditions: Includes how often members with certain conditions got recommended tests and treatments to help manage condition.

• Member experience: Includes actual member’s ratings of the plan.

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Medicare evaluates plans based on a 5-star rating system. Star Ratings are calculated each year and may change from one year to the next.

• Member complaints and changes in the health plan’s performance: Includes how often Medicare found problems with the plan and how often members had problems with the plan.

• Health plan customer service: Includes how the plan handles member appeals.

Evaluating a Medicare plan should take other factors into account as well, such as covered benefits and which doctors, clinics, and hospitals are included in the network.

Health insurance comes with many complexities. At no cost or obligation to you, a local insurance agent or broker can explain the different parts of Medicare and find the most cost-effective coverage that best fits your needs. They can also assist with any claims issues that arise.

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lu season is cutting a wide swath this winter, and seniors are being hit hard. Depending on your source, the flu shots we were given in the fall are between 10 percent and 30 percent effective. That's not very good. The worst one this year is the Influenza A (H3N2) strain. Your protection will depend on the type of shot you got (trivalent or quadrivalent). If you're over age 65, chances are you were given the highdose trivalent, which produces a better immune response.

To keep tabs on how the flu is moving through your state, go online to your state's department of health. Many of the sites have weekly updates showing lab-verified flu statistics, flu-like illness stats, hospitalizations, and deaths. You can check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Surveillance Report. Look for the USA map and click on your state. You'll also see that the age range that's being hit the hardest is age 65 and over, followed by those in the 50-64 age range.

One of the best ways to fend off the flu is to wash your hands frequently,

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especially after you've been out. At the grocery store, make use of sanitizing wipes on cart handles, or slather the handles with alcohol-based hand sanitizer. When you get home, wash your hands before you put away the groceries, and even before you pet the dog or cat that's been waiting for you.

Other helpful ideas are to use your own pen at the bank. Keep your hands away from your face. Wrap antibacterial wipes around doorknobs and leave them there until they dry. Wipe down the refrigerator door handle, microwave buttons, and cellphone the same way.

Did I mention washing your hands?

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Strange But True Peaks Island

by Samantha Weaver

• It was noted educator and civil-rights activist W.E.B. DuBois who made the following sage observation: “The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.”

• Those who make the finest wigs from human hair typically avoid buying hair from Americans. Evidently, hair grown in the United States is more likely to have damage caused by hairspray, hairdryers, dyes, and pollutants.

• You might be surprised to learn that the tiny nation of the Netherlands, located barely 1,000 miles from the Arctic Circle, is the world leader in yield for tomato production, producing 144,352 tons of tomatoes per square mile under cultivation.

• In 1900, a prairie dog colony was found in Texas. That's not surprising—prairie dogs are fairly common out West—but this colony was

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• If you're planning a summer trip to Maine, be sure to visit Peaks Island; the town is home to what is quite possibly the world's only museum devoted to umbrella covers.

• The first seven presidents of the United States were not born American citizens.

• Thanks to continental drift, the Atlantic Ocean is getting about a centimeter bigger every year, and the Pacific Ocean is shrinking by the same amount. *** Thought For The Day: “Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.”

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Veteran’s Post Who Pays For Care f you have a medical emergency, the first thing on your mind is getting fast care. If that means going to a non-Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, so be it. It's afterward, when the bills come due, that problems arise, especially if no one thought to call the VA to get permission for care at a non-VA facility.

A lawsuit by a veteran has resulted in a big change in the rules. The veteran suffered a heart attack and strokes.

He obviously needed quick treatment somewhere, and he got it. He was in no shape to think about calling the VA. He was hospitalized for a long time.

Afterward, the hospital wanted a pile of cash from the veteran after his other insurance left a lot unpaid.

Until now, the VA was let off the hook for any non-VA medical facility costs if the veteran had ANY thirdparty insurance, including an auto insurance policy that provided even a tiny amount of coverage for medical care after a wreck. That loophole left the veteran liable for the whole unpaid balance at the non-VA hospital.

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With the new rule, if a veteran has an emergency and has third-party insurance that pays part of the bill, the VA has to pony up a certain amount, based on whether the emergency had to do with service-connected versus nonservice-connected conditions. That amount also will be determined by the type of insurance, including Medicare.

The veteran won't be let off the hook completely when it comes to deductibles, co-pays, etc.

If you're being hounded for payment by a non-VA hospital, tell them about the new regulation and that the VA likely will have to be second payer.

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We Never Give Up oday, I want to share a story with you that demonstrates how law enforcement officers will never give up on a case.

In late January, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office detectives, with assistance from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, arrested a sex offender in Vero Beach and charged him in a sexual battery incident that occurred in the early morning of September 14, 2008, in Ormond Beach.

The victim, a 47-year-old visitor was sexually assaulted by a man, then 33, who said he was “into older women” and wanted to have his way with her.

Despite the victim begging him to stop, he refused. The suspect proceeded to attack her in the sand dunes along State Road A1A. The victim later submitted to a forensic exam and the physical evidence was stored in the Sheriff’s Office Evidence facility.

Unfortunately, all immediate leads were exhausted and the case turned cold —until October 2015. The state Attorney General’s Office had pushed for state funding to help ease the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits being tested in Florida. Our detectives sent off their evidence to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for testing.

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Two years later, in October 2017, we were notified of a DNA match.

Thanks to that match, detectives reopened their case, tracked down the suspect, and assembled an arrest affidavit for Adam Gregory Shuman, 41, a registered sex offender from 1998, and a resident of Vero Beach.

This arrest would not have been possible without the state funding from the Attorney General’s Office to help ease the backlog of sexual assault cases.

The victim, who lives in another state, was emotional but thankful when detectives notified her about the new evidence.

She has committed to helping in the prosecution her assailant. I applaud her for her bravery and strength, and I want to assure every victim of every crime that the Volusia County Sheriff's Office is committed to putting criminals behind bars, no matter how difficult the case is, or how long it takes.

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Humane Society Update How To Deal With Chewing

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f you have just adopted a dog and you are dismayed to see he has taken to chewing your favorite sandal, or, worse yet, a beloved piece of furniture or woodwork, fear not. Chewing is a behavior that can be curtailed, and there are so many ways to deal with it that the key to success simply involves patience, experimentation, and above all, discovering why your beloved pup is in a gnawing kind of mood, especially when you are away.

Remember that the Halifax Humane Society has a qualified Animal Behavior Manager, who can answer your burning questions and suggest tips that will help curtail any behavioral problems you may encounter.

Why Do Dogs Chew?

If you have adopted a puppy, bear in mind that dogs teeth until they are about seven or eight months old. If teething is the cause of chewing, try making a loud nice every time you see your pup gnawing at furniture and immediately give him a chewable item such as a Kong toy or other safe, dogapproved toys that have a tempting texture. This training tip can also be used with adult dogs, who need to know that while it is okay to chew, not all items in your home are up for grabs.

Is Your Dog Bored?

Daily exercise is key, especially for high-energy dogs. Your dog should enjoy a game of fetch and various walks a day, with at least one long walk to a park or area in which he can freely run. Dogs love smelling trees and plants, meeting and playing with other dogs, and having a large, safe area in which to play fetch or frisbee, thus releasing all their pentup energy.

When the weather is warm and sunny, by all means teach your dog how to swim, but make sure he is wearing a secure doggy flotation vest.

A lack of exercise can lead to many undesirable behaviors, including chewing, urinating indoors, rummaging through garbage, etc. Of course, if your dog exercises daily and still displays these and other behaviors (including barking, howling etc., especially when you are away), he could have separation anxiety. This is a more serious issue that will a veterinarian’s perspective.

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mix 2 cups water, 1 cup distilled white vinegar, and around 20 drops of a citrus essential oil such as lemon or bergamot.

Your dog will find the taste bitter, and your home will smell fresh and clean… best of all, this spray will not cause any negative side-effects (make sure the essential oil you use is therapeutic grade).

Chewing is normal for pups, and often occurs in dogs who are not getting enough exercise. On days when you lack motivation to take your dog out for a long walk, remember that the sedentary lifestyle is just as bad for your health. Let your dog’s welfare inspire you to improve your own fitness level, by heading to the Great Outdoors for an energetic walk or run.

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Curious Life Of Marci Bell—14 he temperature was starting to drop and early in the mornings there was briskness in the air.

With the changing weather the harvest was soon to start.

Isaiah could no longer hide his coughing from Marci and she knew by the way he acted he was not feeling well.

“Your breathing sounds labored,” Marci said to Isaiah as they sat down to eat lunch.

“I’ll be alright, it’s just a little head cold,’ he told her.

As soon as Isaiah finished eating he was out the door headed back to the field.

Marci ran behind him and yelled at him.“Come right back here mister and give me a kiss, before you go traipsing off to work,” she said to him.

“I’m sorry I was just in a hurry to get back to the fields,” he told her as he walked back to the porch steps where she stood.

He placed his hand on her stomach and kissed her on the cheek. “I love you and the little one,” he said as he turned and walked away.

The days grew shorter and Marci’s belly grew larger.

Isaiah could not seem to shake the cold he claimed to have even with Dr. Wilhoit’s medicine and he grew steadily worse. He grew weaker and although he tried to work he had to go home before the day was finished and lay down.

Dr. Wilhoit happened to be checking on Frank when Isaiah came in the house to lie down. “You look terrible son, let me check you out,” Dr. Wilhoit told him as he saw him lying on the couch in the living room.

“Just what I thought was going to happen, you have pneumonia,” Dr. Wilhoit told him as he removed the stethoscope from Isaiah’ chest.

“You will not be able to work until this clears up, this can kill you,” he chastised Isaiah for not getting the rest he had ordered him to do two weeks earlier.

Isaiah could not argue this time with the doctor, he felt too weak.

Dr. Wilhoit called for Marci and Cora Mae and told them what he wanted to be done for Isaiah. “He is to have plenty of liquids and rest and he will need to take these pills every four hours,” Dr. Wilhoit explained.

He then pulled Cora Mae to the side and told her that if he was not better by the next day he was going to take him into town to the hospital.

That night, Isaiah’s temperature rose and he began to sweat profusely. By daylight, Isaiah was drifting in and out of conciseness.

Dr. Wilhoit arrived shortly after sun up. “He got worse during the night,” she told him.

“Let’s get him ready and take him to town now,” Dr. Wilhoit said. Two of the farm hands helped load Isaiah into the backseat Dr. Wilhoit’s Model A sedan.

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Marci asked to go into the hospital with him. “I guess it will be alright, you have a couple of weeks till the baby is due,” he said to her.

“He’s burning up,” Marci told Dr. Wilhoit.

“I know, we’ve got to get that temperature down quick,” Dr. Wilhoit responded.

Two men in white uniforms came back with him and helped get Isaiah out of the car and onto a stretcher.

He was wheeled into the side door of the hospital where Dr. Wilhoit was waiting.

“Take him straight to Ward A, they have a bed waiting on him,” he told the men.

Marci tried to stay up with them but she soon fell behind.

One of the men turned to her and said, “Sit there on that chair and I’ll come back and get you as soon as we get him in bed.”

“Please God, don’t let me get sick now,” she mumbled to herself.

She saw the orderly that had promised to come back and get her come around the corner where she had watched them take Isaiah.

The orderly reached out his hand and grabbed Marci by the arm and gently helped her stand and the two walked slowly back down the hallway.

When she arrived at the ward she could see Isaiah and a nurse standing by his bed.

Dr. Wilhoit walked up as the nurse looked at the thermometer she had just removed from Isaiah’s mouth.

Dr. Wilhoit had a grim look on his face as he motioned for the nurse to step away from the bed where the two could talk.

The nurse left and Dr. Wilhoit walked back to the bed.

“Marci,” he said, “your husband is very sick and we are going to do everything we can to help him pull through this.”

Marci started to cry and Dr. Wilhoit placed his hand on her shoulder.

“The best thing we can do now is pray and make him as comfortable as we can,” he told her. He explained that they needed to break Isaiah’s fever and he had ordered the nurse to set up an intravenous drip with medicine that should drop his fever.

Dr. Wilhoit stood for a minute after he spoke to her and looked at the two of them and he knew how upset Marci was about Isaiah being so sick.

He then left his bedside and walked out of the ward. At the door he turned around and looked again at the couple.

He shook his head and then walked down the hallway.

To be continued...

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Dear Dr. Roach: Could you please discuss the use of Prevagen for Alzheimer's disease? My chiropractor wants me to take it because my mother had Alzheimer's. She says her father is doing well and not progressing. What do jellyfish have to cause this result? I have not seen any research from medical facilities that back this up.

—L.C. Answer: I could not find any peerreviewed literature that supports the use of Prevagen for Alzheimer's disease or other neurological disease. The manufacturer has unpublished data on its website that suggests there may be a benefit in memory. There is also a study in rats that suggests the active protein, apoaequorin, may protect nerve cells against loss of glucose and oxygen. This protein was originally identified from luminescent jellyfish but is made synthetically in Prevagen. The rat research result is surprising, since proteins are normally broken down in the GI tract, and would not be expected to have activity in the brain.

There are reports made to the Food and Drug Administration of serious adverse events from this product. A supplement is not required to show its benefit; in fact, the product information for Prevagen clearly states that it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. I don't recommend using this product until there is clear, peer-reviewed evidence that it is better than placebo. In my mind, taking any treatment—drug or supplement — to prevent a condition requires the highest level of certainty. *** Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 50-year-old female. How accurate are the results of fecal blood tests? In May, then July, I saw what looked like blood in my stool. My GP ordered the fecal blood test, three smears over three days. Re-

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sults negative. Then in November, I saw it again. My doctor said since the fecal test showed no blood, there is no blood.

My sister had colon cancer at age 45.

I have had pre-cancerous polyps removed every three years for the past 10 years.

Can I trust the fecal blood test results?

—S.C. Answer: The fecal occult blood test uses an enzyme that causes a color change in the presence of heme, a component of hemoglobin, the major protein in blood. Although the fecal blood results are pretty accurate, they can be erroneous in two ways: a false positive and a false negative.

A false positive means the stool test is positive when there is no blood. This can happen from eating raw vegetables (many types, especially turnips, and radishes) and meat. A false negative can happen in the presence of large amounts of vitamin C, but more importantly, many lesions of the colon, including colon cancer, bleed only intermittently.

In my opinion, someone with a history like yours, including precancerous polyps and a family history of colon cancer, should have a colonoscopy as the screening test rather than stool cards.

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• On Feb. 27, 1776, Commander Richard Caswell leads 1,000 Patriot troops in the successful Battle of Moores Creek over 1,600 British Loyalists. It was the first American victory in the first organized campaign of the Revolutionary War. • On Feb. 28, 1784, John Wesley charters the first Methodist Church in the United States. Although he was an Anglican, Wesley saw the need to provide church structure for his followers after the Anglican Church abandoned its American believers.

• On March 3, 1863, during the Civil War, Congress passes a conscription act that produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens. The act called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45. Exemptions from the draft could be bought for $300.

• On March 2, 1944, a train stops for more than 30 minutes in a tunnel near Salerno, Italy, and more than 500 people on board suffocate and die.

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Flashback Replacements

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1. Which artist released Fraulein?

2. Who actually recorded the 1962 hit song He’s A Rebel?

3. Who released Dreadlock Holiday?

4. Which artist released the album Never A Dull Moment?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Spread your tiny wings and fly away, And take the snow back with you, Where it came from on that day.”

Answers 1. Bobby Helms, in 1957. Meant as a message from an American soldier, he sings about leaving his love, a German’s daughter, by the banks of the old river Rhine.

2. Not the Crystals, even though they got the credit. Producer Phil Spector was in a rush to record (one step ahead of Vikki Carr), and the Crystals were out of town. He snagged backup group singers the Blossoms, had them cut the record and put the Crystals’ name on it.

3. 10cc, in 1978. The video for this Jamaica-reggae number was filmed on a beach in Dorset, U.K.

4. Rod Stewart, in 1972.

5. Snowbird. Anne Murray’s 1970 version was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the first time the American organization awarded a gold record to a Canadian female artist.

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ST PALs (Seniors Today Professional Advertising League) is a networking group organized by Seniors Today newspaper and made up of professional people in our community that all have businesses that serve our senior community. The group was the first of its kind in this area, was formed over 20 years ago, and is the longest running networking group dedicated to seniors in the Volusia /Flagler area.

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Amedisys Home Health Care

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386.427.1955

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386.689.4869

Debbie Long

Kindred At Home Health

386.299.5913

Sodi Griffin

Atlantic Ocean Realty

386.569.3940

Melissa Cole

Kindred At Home Hospice

386.205.9704

Judy Yost

Bishop’s Glen

386.226.9316

Terry Cain

LegalShield

407.443.7211

Lisa Bradley

Bishop’s Glen

386.226.9173

Catherine Drake

Magnolia Manor

386.760.7176

Diane Goyette

Brooks AmeriCare

386.689.5013

Karen Chrapek

Mending Fences

386.846.6061

Lorraine Takx

Brookdale Ormond Beach

386.523.4394

Kris Fischer

Nerium/Realtor

386.405.1813

Kristine Boutot

Brookdale Port Orange

386.589.4359

Adrian Williams

Nurse On Call

386.262.9019

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Christine Bielenda

Nurse On Call

386.212.7422

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386.248.5154

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386.307.3042

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386.523.6068

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386.337.2701

Theresa Clinard

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386.627.4834

Julianne Nelsen

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386.679.9039

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386.481.0870

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386.547.9292

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386.585.5542

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386.585.0407

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Opis Coquina & Brigeview

386-295.3991

Chanin Carr

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386.846.6051

Marjorie Marcus

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386.569.7689

Joan Klein

Joan Klein Agency

386.216.3509

Cheryl Fredsall

The Cloisters of DeLand

386.822.6900