Seniors Today Volusia Edition July 22nd 2011

The Senior Newspaper Serving Volusia & Flagler Counties For 20 Years—COMPLIMENTARY COPY

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July 22, 2011

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Pictured are Rick Bowrosen with grandson Brock Chance.

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Thermostat Wars

by Samantha Mazzotta

Q: I’m having kind of a battle with my mother-in-law. She insists on dialing the thermostat all the way down to the left (50 degrees F.) in the morning, saying that “this will cool down the house faster.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t this stress out the air conditioner? Is there a better way to cool down the house? How can I convince her of it?

— Jerry in Little Rock, AR A: It’s definitely not the most efficient way to cool a house, although I’m not sure if my advice will help convince your mother-in-law. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink, one adage goes.

Still, it’s worth a try, as this kind of extreme thermostat exercise costs money in terms of the power used to generate all that cool air.

Many people try to save money by turning the air conditioning unit completely off after the sun goes down. This can work, but as your mother-in-law has found out, once the summer sun comes up, the house takes longer to cool down. Dropping the thermostat temperature selector 20 degrees does not make this process any faster.

A more efficient way to keep the house at a comfortable temperature would be to

raise the thermostat just four to six degrees at night (or when she’s out of the house for a long time during the day). In the morning, or when she returns from work or her shopping trip, she should then set the thermostat back down to the daytime temperature that is most comfortable for her.

An even better way—especially if she just keeps cranking that old analog thermostat down—would be to install a digital thermostat. These can be installed in the same spot as the old analog thermostat, usually with the same wiring.

The advantage of the digital thermostat is twofold: It can be set at exactly the temperature she wants. Second, it can be programmed to automatically raise or lower the temperature at the times you specify. So, if she wants the house to be warmer at night, the digital thermostat can be programmed to raise the temperature until a set time... say, 6 A.M., when it will lower the temperature to her preferred daytime levels. ST Send your questions or home tips to ask @thisisahammer.com or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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What’s Happening Around Town…

Stroke Prevention Did you know the early detection saves lives. By having a few simple test you could prevent serious health problems. Prevention Plus, Inc., is conducting tests for stroke, arterial disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, osteoporosis, heart scan, and more on Thursday, August 4 at the Daytona Beach Shores Senior Center, 3048 S. Atlantic Ave. These reasonably priced tests don’t require a doctor’s prescription. To register, call 1-888-667-7587.

Natural Smile Seminar Do you have missing teeth or ill-fitting dentures? Come find out if dental implants are right for you. Questions about the cost and how the implant surgery is done will be answered, plus much more. The seminar is scheduled for Wed., Aug. 24, 4 P.M. at the office of Florida Oral & Facial Surgical Associates in Daytona Beach. RSVP by calling 386-437-6885.

Senior Center Travel Club Are you looking for a travel partner or fun, local travel? Beginning August 1 join the Ormond Beach Senior Center, 351 Andrews Street as our volunteer travel guide presents travelogues specifically targeting the United States. We’ll start with one region and criss-cross the country learning about culture, traditions, and geography. Come enjoy travel discussion, fun day trips and tours, and relaxed conversation. For more information, please call 386-672-4146.

Long-Term Care Do you know the true answers to questions about long-term care costs?

You are invited to a free informational workshop on government benefits planning for payment of long-term care presented by Scott Selis of The Chiumento & Selis Law Group, P.L. on July 26 in Palm Coast and August 9 in Daytona Beach. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly suggested. Call 386-868-5337 to RSVP and reserve your space.

Free Entertainment The City of Ormond Beach Leisure Services Department will be presenting its free Summer Sounds concert series in July. All performances begin at 7 P.M. Scheduled performers are: July 22– Knights To Remember and July 29– The Native Skeeter Band. Bring a lawn chair; snacks available for purchase.

For more details, call 386-676-3241.

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Learning, Living, & Laughing Series

Operation Medicine Cabinet

Bishop’s Glen, 900 LPGA Blvd., Holly Hill has a series of free seminars during the month of August. Some of the topics include: Computer 101–Basics on Friday, Aug. 5 at 10:30 A.M.; Fire And Fall Prevention Program on Monday, Aug. 8 at 2:30 P.M.; Bone Builders on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 2:30 P.M.; Caregivers Support Group on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 1:30 P.M.; Fitness Pole Walking on Monday, Aug. 22 at 2 P.M.; and Harp Therapy on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 2:30 P.M. For other dates, times, topics, or to RSVP, call 386-226-9110.

Riviera Senior Living, 1825 Ridgewood Ave., Holly Hill joins forces with the Holly Hill Police Department for Operation Medicine Cabinet on Thursday, August 4 from 10:30 A.M.–12 NOON. Bring in your expired or unused medications and we will properly dispose of it for you. For more information, call 386-677-5000.

Dining Entertainment Let someone else do the cooking this summer and enjoy fabulous entertainment while you dine at Vince Carter’s Restaurant. There are a variety of talented artist to listen to: On Wed. at 5:30 P.M. is Carl Grant; (you can also enjoy 1 ⁄2 price appetizers all night Wednesday in Mikala's piano bar only) Eddy Uzzle performs on Thursdays at 5:30 P.M. and you won’t want to miss the versatile Frank Primato on Friday and Saturdays at 5:30 P.M. in Mikala’s piano bar. Carl Grant plays again at 12 NOON on Sunday in the dining room. For more information, call 386-274-0015.

Free Caregiver’s Days Need a break from caregiving? First United Methodist Church of Ormond Beach is providing two free Caregiver’s Day Out that includes food, fun, and special attention for care receivers. The days are from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. on Thur., Aug. 11 and Sat., Sept. 10 at First United Methodist Church of Ormond Beach.

For details, call Sherry at 386-677-3581, ext. 311. This is a wonderful opportunity for caregivers to have a break and know that their loved ones are being taken care of in a safe and loving environment.

Historical Bus Tours Looking for a way to entertain the grandchildren? On August 6 & 20 at 9:45 A.M. enjoy a Scenic Historical Bus Tour presented by the Ormond Beach Historical Society. This two-hour tour includes the Ormond Scenic Loop, Fairchild Oak, Three Chimneys Sugar Mill Ruins, Ormond Indian Burial Mound, and historic homes along the way. A knowledgeable tour guide will interpret the 30 sites on the route. Tickets are $20 for adults, $7 for ages 7–12.

Reservations are required. Call 386-6777005 for more information.

Choral Society Auditions The Daytona Beach Choral Society is looking for new singers—male and female—to fill its needs. Auditions for the new semester, September thru December, are being scheduled now for Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7 P.M. at the Christ Presbyterian Church in Ormond Beach.

Candidates must love to sing, will qualify by audition, be available Tuesday evenings for rehearsals, and willing to contribute membership dues of $40 per semester. Preference given to those with prior choral experience. To learn more, contact Al Hovey 386-671-2156, or email at snalhovey@yahoo.com or Diane Allen at uconnfan05@yahoo.com

Parkinson’s Seminar The Parkinson’s Association of Greater Daytona Beach is pleased to announce that Dr. Kenice Morehouse, D.C., D.A.C.B.N. will address the Parkinson Association of Greater Daytona Beach on July 27 at 2 P.M. at Bishop’s Glen Retirement Center (auditorium) at 900 LPGA Blvd. in Holly Hill. A Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine, a Clinical Nutritionist, and Associate Professor with Palmer College in Port Orange, Dr. Morehouse will be speaking on diet and nutrition as it relates to Parkinson’s disease. Reservations are strongly suggested. Please call 386-676-6375.

Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous An Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) support group called 1, 2, 3, Miracle will meet at Covenant United Methodist Church, 3701 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Port Orange every Thursday at 8 P.M. in room 204. For more information, call Bill at 386-383-9470 or the church office at 386-767-8544.

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Those Were The Days

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here was a time when censorship of movies or shows was a regular practice… but not anymore!

To use a common phrase, “We’ve come a long way, baby.” There is no longer censorship of anything… except our beliefs.

These days you turn on television, expecting to see a good “sitcom” and find the kind of movie or show that used to only be available on unfamiliar channels to late nighters.

In a recent conversation with Gene, he dubbed the current sitcoms as sick-coms.

These sick-coms, shown at all hours, include everything available to feed the curiosity and kill the innocence of youthful observers.

Icon symbols showing PG etc. don’t do the job and parental viewing and selection doesn’t accomplish much. For parents to just do away with the TV, their electronic culprits, would mean they’d be missing sports and news… including the acquittal of a person on trial for a heinous crimes.

The days of looking at the world through rose-colored glasses have long gone. We used to see a good movie with a happy ending, that didn’t include tarnished language and back street details.

1. Remember the show that featured a sheriff and his son, and a deputy that was not allowed bullets in his gun?

2. Remember the family that came down from the hills with granny sitting in her rocker on top of the car and luggage?

3. Remember the red-headed gal with the Latin husband that kept us laughing all the time?

4. How about the magical gal who lived at the Cape and kept an eye on her favorite astronaut?

5. Remember the freckle-faced puppet with the wide grin, dressed in denim?

6. Early morning brought a great kid’s show featuring a man dressed as an older person who entertained the kids… and their parents.

The answers are listed in these memorable shows that we looked forward to each week… American Bandstand, Andy Griffith, Ben Casey, Beverly Hillbillies, Brady Bunch, Carol Burnett Show, Captain Kangaroo, Dobie Gillis, Doctor Kildare, Donna

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Mickey Mouse Club, Milton Berle, Mr. Ed, Ozzie & Harriett, People Are Funny, Price Is Right, Rede Skelton, Robin Hood, Star Trek, Superman, Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour, This Is Your Life, Wagon Train, What’s My Line, Your Hit Parade, and Your Show Of Shows.

There is a channel we discovered that carried many of the old favorites like Highway To Heaven and The Waltons. Early one morning, when flipping to that channel to see what was on, Carson Classics was being shown. To have all his humor depicted in compact form early in the morning starts the day off right and keeps you laughing throughout the day.

Remember All In The Family?

It was a new concept featuring Archie Bunker as a grouch and Edith as his subservient wife.

We were startled by Archie’s calling out to Meathead but pacified with Gloria’s sweet ways. Charles Stouse and Lee Adams said it best in the theme song for All In The Family: Those were the days!

Boy the way Glenn Miller played…

Songs that made the hit parade, Guys like us we had it made…

Those Were The Days!

And you knew who you were then…

Girls were girls and men were men, Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn’t need no welfare state…

Everybody pulled their weight.

Gee our old LaSalle ran great…

Those Were The Days! ST

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Softball With Grandpa

by George Goldtrap anaging a senior softball team, is not all that different from managing any other sports team, except for the age of the players, (60 and up), but hey… that is an important difference.

These guys and gals have already experienced much of life. They are former teachers, business leaders, retired military, workers of all kinds and most all of them, family folks. They know what it is to win or lose on important matters and they also know the game’s final score is not life/ death priority… or as they sometime say…”

Hey! It’s not the world series!” Oh… they are still fiercely competitive; they’ll take it on the chin to win; they’ll play it rough, tough, and tumble, but at this stage in life they know for sure that winning really isn’t everything.

In any softball game there are rhubarbs… it’s half the fun… but in my dugout I often hear, ‘Hey, it’s just a game.’ Guess what, it is only a game; but it’s a game that lets old men recall their tow-head self. It’s only a game, but it’s a game of fond memories and sandlot nostalgia.

My guys are there for the fun and fellowship. The exercise is a nice side benefit. Time at the ball park is time well-spent.

As they often say… ‘it sure beats vacuuming.’ As manager, I take advantage of that attitude. Between changes in the lineup and deciding when to issue an intentional walk, I promote the fun and fellowship… in the dugout, in the coach’s box, and in the ‘hang-around’ after the game.

We just recently had an unusual day which demonstrates this point beautifully.

It was Friday, late in the year when the standings are just about fixed for the season. This game really was not going to affect much beyond the day’s win or loss numbers. It was starting time and both teams were one player short. That’s not really a big deal. We’ve often played games with 10 man teams. When that happens, we just share a catcher and get on with it.

That day was different. That day, as is often the case during ‘schools out’ periods, we had visiting grandchildren who had come to the park to see ‘Papa’ play ball.

The visitors included two visiting grand-

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sons, 8 and 10, both Little Leagers, familiar with basics of the game, and chomping at the baseball bit/bat to play with us. Visiting kids always add glitter to the game.

Happy Talk …by George & Peggy Goldtrap As the player deficit sank in, (two men short), I suggested, ‘why not replace ‘two men short’ with ‘two short men?’ We put our collective gray heads together. Is it safe, will it make or break our day, and finally, ‘why not’?

The decision didn’t take long. We put’em in… the 10 year old as a catcher, the younger boy as a pinch runner, (we need lots of those in the senior leagues), and we allowed 'em both to bat. The proud grandpas lit up with joy.

The game went along fine, close in fact.

Both ‘grands’ got a hit and a great time was had by all. One team lost, of course, but nobody could remember which team. It was just a great day. The grandfathers played and acted like grandfathers, helping the kids whenever appropriate. What a joy it was to watch the little guys enjoy themselves and to see the pride on the ‘papa’s’ faces. It was one of the best days in my career as a manager.

What does it take to be a manager in the senior league? It takes a thorough understanding of what matters. What matters is fun and fellowship.

Pictured on the front page are Rick Bowrosen with grandson Brock Chance (10 years old from Pine Trails Elementary).

Author George Goldtrap is Assistant Commissioner for Public Relations and Publicity for the Daytona Beach Senior Softball Association. Website: DBSSA. com If you would like to play next season, (September, 2011), call Jack Hilgenberg, player recruiter, at 386-760-0540, or e-mail: jhilgenberg@gmail.com George and Peggy Goldtrap are both actors, speakers, and writers and may be reached at georgegoldtrap@gmail.com

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What’s In The Stars

For The Week Of July 25

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel ready to face up to a major change, although it might involve some risks.

A once-dubious family member comes around and offers encouragement.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Move forward with your plans, despite discouraging words from those who underestimate the Bovine’s strong will. Your keen instincts will guide you well.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A misunderstanding is easily cleared up. Then go ahead and enjoy some fun and games this week. A Libra might have ideas that merit serious consideration for the future.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might feel as if you’re in an emotional pressure cooker, but the situation is about to change in your favor. Take time out for some well-earned fun.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A shift in your workplace responsibilities creates resentment among some co-workers. Deal with it before it becomes a threat to your success on the job.

VIRGO (August 23 to Sept. 22) You can expect some surprises in what you thought was one of your typically wellplanned schedules. Deal with them, and then enjoy some entertainment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be careful. What appears to be a solid financial opportunity might have some hidden risks attached. A hazy personal matter needs to be cleared up.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s a good time to strengthen ties with family and friends. You might feel unsure about a recent workplace decision, but time will prove you did the right thing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Just when you thought your relationship was comfortable and predictable, your partner or spouse could spring a potentially life-changing surprise on you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Your usually generous self is overshadowed by your equally strong suspicious nature. You might be judging things too harshly. Keep an open mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Love and romance dominate the week. Married Aquarians enjoy domestic harmony, while singles could soon be welcoming overtures from loving Leos.

PISCES (Feb.19 to March 20) An old health problem recurs, but it is soon dealt with, leaving you eager to get back into the swing of things. A favorable travel period starts this week. ST

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Senior Service Line Paying For Retirement Is Major Concern

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Caregiver’s Day Out may be the Answer!

• Thursday, August 11 • 9 am–2 pm • Saturday, September 10 • 9 am–2 pm Care receivers can expect smiling faces, a safe environment, a light meal, and fun activities. Care givers can expect 5 hours of free time... and there’s absolutely NO COST!

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ore and more of us are concerned about how we are going to pay for our retirement, or whether can retire at all, especially as the economy has soured. The Society of Actuaries issued a report entitled The Impact Of The Economy On Retirement Risks about how we’re handling our fears.

Here are facts its survey uncovered: • Nearly half of those polled who have not yet retired are very concerned about retirement finances now.

• Two-thirds of retirees surveyed say their finances are worse than before the economy took a downturn, with a quarter saying much worse. For those not yet retired, the figures are even higher.

Those who banked on having return from investments have suffered from low interest rates, and those who considered their home a “nest egg” for retirement money are hard hit.

• A quarter of retirees fear they might need to return to work, while two-thirds

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who haven’t retired think they’ll need to work longer.

• People who haven’t yet retired have more concerns than those who have already retired. The major concerns are paying for long-term health care, the falling value of investments, running out of money, inability to maintain a standard of living, and not having anything to leave to heirs.

• Seniors have more debt than they expected at retirement. If there’s a retirement strategy the majority agreed on, it’s this: Get rid of consumer and mortgage debt before retirement by paying off credit cards and cutting back on spending for gifts, vacation, and restaurants.

If you want to see how you compare to others in this survey, go to www.soa. org and put the name of the report in the quick search box. ST Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or e-mail columnreply@gmail.com

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Antiques China Setting

by Larry Cox Q: I have a 12-place setting of American Limoges china in the Regency pattern.

I am certain the set is at least 50 years old, and it is in excellent condition. One cup is missing. Where and how can I sell this set? — Adam Sioux Falls, SD A: Replacements LTD is one of the better outlets for out-of-production china, silver, and crystal. I checked the company’s website and discovered three Regency patterns: Bouquet, Monsoon, and The Regency.

Typical prices for The Regency pattern include a saucer, $5.99; a bread and butter plate, $5.24; and a soup bowl, $13.49. Contact the company to see if there is any interest in the set you have. Its phone number is 1-800-REPLACE (737-5223).

Q: I have a dog tag with name and serial number on it, and other military items such as a non-com officer’s shirt with stripes, overseas bars, and Ranger patch. Can you give me an idea of how to determine values? I am a vet. — Murray, Brooklyn, NY A: So am I. One of the better references for military items is Warman’s World War II Collectibles: Identification And Price Guide by John F. Graf, editor of Military

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“Don’t You Remember Me?”

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n 87-year-old man here in Volusia County was the target of a slick, fast scam preying on the victim’s trusting nature, confusion, and a heavy dose of fast-talking.

In the early evening one day last month a wheelchair-bound man responded to a knock on his door. He found a woman with two children waiting there and he was quickly greeted by the woman with: “Don’t you remember me?”

The victim was unsure whether he knew the woman and her children. Unfortunately, it turned out that he had never seen the woman before. The woman initially seemed very convincing and so he invited them inside, and the woman immediately set to work keeping him distracted. She lit a cigarette and the homeowner, who was home alone at the time, had to look through the house for an ashtray for her, leaving her and the kids by themselves for a few moments.

Before long, though, he caught her in his bedroom where he finally confronted her.

The victim noticed that the woman never stopped moving around. At one point she had her children talk with the victim for a little bit while she ducked out of sight. It was dawning on the victim that he actually didn’t know the woman even though she was able to reinforce her story by knowing his first name. After only about ten minutes in the house, the woman and her children made some excuse to leave and were gone as quick as they came.

By this time the man was suspicious and so he inventoried his money, discovering that cash and a credit card were now missing from his wallet that had been sitting out and cash was gone from a nightstand drawer.

He immediately reported his losses to the Sheriff’s Office.

This is a form of distraction theft. The thieves often target elderly victims, especially in rural areas, thinking they will be easy marks. They overwhelm people right at their front doors, not with physical force, but with their fast-talking and charisma.

They try to convince the victim that they are not strangers at all. They will claim things like: “I used to live in the area,” or “I worked

at a store you frequent.” While the victim is trying to place the slick actor from memory, the thieves smoothly manage to get in the door.

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…Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson Other times the thieves will pose as roofers checking for leaks or utility workers needing to inspect the home for supposed safety concerns. They enlist the victim’s help by having him stay in one room pounding on the ceiling or some other task while the thief runs through the house looking for valuables.

In many cases, the victim doesn’t even know they has been burglarized until later when the stolen items are missed. That’s one reason these thieves are difficult to catch. It may take days for a victim to report what happened if the stolen items are not missed right away. Some victims are also hesitant to report the incident because they feel foolish for having fallen for the scam. Don’t ever be hard on yourself if you become a victim. It’s that selfdoubt and insecurity on the part of the victims that keeps the thieves in business.

The simplest advice is to not let anyone you don’t know into your home. Don’t let anyone in until you are certain you know them. Use the chain on your door, if you have one, when you talk to strangers to keep them from easily barging inside.

If you are unsure of a person’s identity, then don’t be afraid to close and lock your door, regardless of the visitor’s politeness or sales pitch. If after closing your door the visitors still won’t leave, you should call law enforcement.

Also, don’t keep large amounts of cash around. Lock up your valuables or at least keep them out of sight in places a fastmoving thief might not think to look.

Putting these policies in place will help to safeguard you so that you don’t become a victim of crime right in under your own roof while you are home! ST

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was at the writers’ office on Music Row one day, and I walked past Jeff Silbar’s office. He was strumming his guitar, and after a particular chord, I said, “Play that again.”

He said, “Play what again?”

I said: “That chord you just played. I just want to hear it one more time.” When he struck that chord, my mind went, “It must have been cold there in my shadow.” I wasn’t even sure what it meant really.

This was around 1982. I had been working on Wind Beneath My Wings for a couple of years, and I couldn’t figure out how to get it started. We wrote a little bit on it that night. We wrote the first couple of lines and the first line in the chorus, I think.

Then Jeff’s mother came in, and he had to go with her somewhere. I was leaving for Texas the next day to go fishing. I couldn’t get the song off my mind. It was driving me crazy. I kept trying to write it in my head.

I stayed up all night trying to write that.

The next morning, my friend and I went fishing. We were about 50 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. We’d been fishing for an hour without a bite, and I told him, “I don’t think we’re going to catch any fish.” Then I said, “Do you have a piece of paper and a pencil?” He brought me a paper sack and a pencil. I finished Wind Beneath My Wings on that paper sack. Then I signed it and gave it to his wife and said, “Keep this, it might be worth something someday, because I think it’s the best thing I ever wrote.”

When we demoed the song, Roger Whittaker happened to be cutting and Chet Atkins was producing him, so our publisher took the song right over to him. He was the first one to cut it. I don’t think he released it as a single, unless it was released in Europe. Then we did a mass mailing to everybody we knew who was recording, and they all cut it!

We thought Lee Greenwood was going to have the biggest single on it, but then Gary Morris heard about the song, and he sent

somebody from Warner Bros. over to get a copy of the tape. The next thing we knew, Gary Morris was going to put it out as a single. I didn’t even know who Gary Morris was at the time, but he did a great job on it. I won Song of the Year for it, and Gary won Single of the Year, too.

Then, in 1989, they were looking for songs for the movie Beaches, and Bette Midler was going to star in it. I think her hairdresser told her about the song. The next thing I knew, they called me and told me Bette had cut our song. By that time, it had been cut so many times I didn’t get that excited about it anymore. I knew they were going to use it in a movie, but I didn’t even know if the song fit with the movie. I had a few songs that were in movies before, and nothing really ever came of them.

When I heard Bette’s version, I didn’t really like the way she had changed the lyric.

She changed a couple of the lines and she made it fit the movie. After it came out in the movie, it charted on the pop charts. It came out at like No. 50 and then it moved up very quickly. By the time it hit No. 1, I had completely forgotten what I was even mad about. It did fit the movie perfectly.

The next year, the song won a Grammy.

A few years after that, a friend and I were taking a pot-bellied stove to a church in the jungle in Hawaii. We went into the church and put the stove down, and I looked up on the mantle of this church, and someone had written down the lyrics to my song on the mantle of this church. I said, “Where did you get that?” He told me somebody had mailed it to him from Brazil. He didn’t even know it was a song; he just thought it was a poem. I said: “Let me sign that for you. I wrote that song.”

He didn’t want me to have it. He thought I was lying, I guess. I finally did take it apart and signed it for him. Just to think that I found the lyrics to my song out in the middle of the jungle like that was incredible to me. ST Visit www.chickensoup.com

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Premier Health Meetings—held in the classrooms of the Medical Office Building, main campus, Daytona Beach. Programs are $11 including lunch. Reserve by 4 pm on the Friday prior to the meeting. Call if you need to cancel. We’ll try to transfer your reservation to a last minute caller; however you will be expected to honor your reservation if a replacement is not available.

Thursday, July 28, noon: Chris Jacoby will lead us in a fun, interactive update on Radiology innovations for the Imaging Center. You’ll get to vote on the Imaging Oscars from the recent Oregon conference and you might be the prize winner. He also plans a sneak preview to the new marketing materials and he’ll be looking for your input and opinions. Menu: (the annual “summer picnic”) Fried chicken, picnic potato salad, corn, sliced tomatoes, and apple pie.

Thursday, August 25, noon: Kathleen Moore from Hospice, will talk about ways to Develop Resilience in a Busy Life. Sometimes we are so busy we forget to take care of ourselves, and this program will help us focus on doing just that. Menu: vegetarian lasagna, salad, beverages, rolls, and carrot cake for dessert.

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July 28 (7 am to 5 pm) and July 29 (7 am to 4 pm)—Shoe Sale The café annex will overflow with men's, women's, children's, work, casual, and dress shoes. Check out this fundraiser for the hospital.

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August 11 (7 am to 5 pm) and 12 (7 am to 4 pm)—Appreciation Events Sale. What do you love to do?

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Wednesday, August 17—Airboat Adventures. Ever enjoyed an airboat ride? Now’s the chance. We’ll enjoy a guided airboat tour across the St. John’s River along with a luncheon choice of catfish or talapia. Bus pickups: 9:15 am Flagler; 9:30 am FHMMC; 9:45 am Beville Road. Cost: $65 includes transportation, lunch, and the guided tour ride. Advance registration only.

Tuesday, September 13—Become a Chocolatier—a trip for Chocolate lovers! Make your own pound of chocolate (dark, milk, or white) during this unique and truly fun activity for everyone. Embellish with all kinds of goodies to add or cover: fruit, nuts, chips, sprinkles, etc. You’ll have time to prepare your chocolate and also browse in the upscale Baldwin Park area of Orlando. Lunch is on your own among a variety of restaurants in walking distance. Bus pick-ups: 8:45 am, Flagler; 9 am FHMMC; 9:15 am Beville Road and 9:45 am Orange City. Cost: $44 includes transportation and the “pound of chocolate” experience. Advance registration only.

Tuesday, October 4—The Laughter Adventure. Linda Marlow, Certified Laughter Leader, will lead the health and wellness program where you learn to laugh for no reason—and why it’s so good for you and your stress levels! Lunch Menu: pasta bar, salad, roll, dessert, and beverage. $15. Advance reservation required.

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Section B July 22, 2011 Attention! Attention!! Pet Stars Wanted icture this—your pet could be our next calendar pin-up! The Halifax Humane Society is having its annual contest to select amateur pet photos for the 2012 Best Friends Calendar. Don’t miss out on having your best friend displayed in one of these quality calendars for all your family and friends to see.

Your pet could be a star! That’s right, if you submit an amateur photo(s) of your pet(s) to the HHS 2012 Best Friends

Calendar contest your photo may be a winner! The entry fee is a $20 donation that will include your pet photo in the 2012 Best Friends Calendar as either a monthly winner, runner up or in the calendar’s collage pages. At the end of the year you will also receive a 2012 calendar free of charge. Pet memorial photos can be included with a $35 donation.

If you do not have a pet photo to send in and still want to participate, you can help choose the People’s Choice photo

winner. For as little as only $2 per vote and you can enter as often as you like.

These votes will choose the People’s Choice photo winner that will be featured on the calendar cover.

To enter your photo(s) or vote for your favorite, go online www.halifaxhumane society.org/Contest Photo entries are also accepted by mail. Send your hi-resolution photo(s) and check to Halifax Humane Society at 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach,

FL 32124. Attn: Photo Contest. Sorry, photos cannot be returned.

The deadline for this contest is July 31, 2011, so get in focus. Send your photos and votes in today! ST For details about these and other adoptables, call the Halifax Humane Society, 386-274-4703, ext. 337; visit the shelter at 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach; or online at halifaxhumanesoci ety.org Hours are 10 A.M.–6 P.M., Monday-Saturday; 10 A.M.–2 P.M., Sunday.

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rom Birmingham going into Wales, fields of Shropshire potatoes flank the road. The land rolls in rugged dry hillocks. We traveled Northwest along the Severn River where St. David, the patron Saint of Wales, marched.

The Snowdonia Mountain range came into view. To the north is the Irish Sea; East is England, South the Bristol Channel and West, St. George’s Cardigan Bay. The River Dee flows though North Wale’s pine-covered mountains. Isestedford is known for its Welsh flannel and sugar beets. In the charming little town of Caernarvon we bought a Welsh doll for our daughter’s doll collection. The doll turns inside out from Little Red Riding Hood into the Wolf.

We stopped late in the afternoon at Plas Newydd arriving in the mountainous town of Llangollen. In the eighteen hundreds, the Ladies of Llangollen: Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby eloped from their families in Dublin, Ireland, journeyed to Wales and set up their home there to escape the scrutiny of disapproving eyes. Had it not been for the diligence and ingenuity of their maid, Mary Carroll, they would have failed to elude their pursuers who were bound and determined to make them conventional women. They lived together almost fifty years and captured the imagination of Regency England with their manly clothing and independent ways.

The intelligencia gathered at Plas Newydd to bask in the formal gardens and

visit the famous blue stockings. Such notables as the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Gloucester, William Wadsworth, and Sir Walter Scott were frequent visitors. If you wish to read the Ladies’ romantic story, you can purchase The Ladies Of Llangollen, published in 1971 from Penguin Books.

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Around Horse Shoe Pass we came upon Ruthin Castle. Ruthin is a market town, nestled in green valleys. Sheep polka dot the light green knolls. Built in the twelve hundreds, Ruthin Castle became a hotel in 1960. Peacocks keep watch in the courtyards.

No castle would be complete without a ghost. Their ghost, The Grey Lady, was the wife of the second in command when the castle was first built. She caught her husband in the act of being unfaithful and axed him. Naturally, though she felt justified, she was executed. They buried her outside the castle walls, but she haunts the inside rooms to this day. ST Julie has published five novels (from http:// www.champagnebooks.com). To contact Julie e-mail snorkelJul@aol.com or visit her website at www.books-jepainter.com

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Books Robert Redford: The Biography Reviewed by Larry Cox

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ublin-based author, producer, and director Michael Feeney Callan spent more than a decade researching the life of Robert Redford, and his meticulous research and obvious respect for the actor are evident in his new book.

Redford was born in 1936 in Santa Monica, California While attending Van Nuys High School, he boosted hubcaps and seemed destined for trouble. Although his grades were lackluster, he managed to get a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado, but flunked out because of his tendency to party. He enrolled at the Pratt School of Art and then spent time in Europe before returning to New York. While studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he discovered that he wanted to be an actor.

Although he appeared in several films, it was his breakout role in 1969 with Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid that helped make him an international star. Within a

decade, he had become box-office gold as one of America’s most popular leading men. He won his first Oscar, not for acting, but for his work as a director in the seminal film Ordinary People. He appeared in several blockbusters, including All The President’s Men, The Sting, and The Way We Were. His success as an actor was sometimes overshadowed by his directing skills in films such as A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show, and most recently The Conspirator. He’s also co-starred in at least six stage productions.

In 1990, Redford established the Sundance Institute in Utah in order to help and guide young filmmakers. During the past several decades, he also has gained attention as an environmentalist.

Callan’s book documenting how a juvenile delinquent, sometimes artist, and finally actor/director became such an American icon, is truly a fascinating story. It is a candid, accessible portrait that makes for perfect reading. ST Books reviewed in this column are available at your local bookstore.

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At the Center for Dizziness, Balance & Hearing Loss, Dr. Jay Katz has been helping people lead productive and normal lives again without the use of any drugs. One patient states, “Don’t ask me what he did, even my husband was watching and even isn’t sure, but it’s wonderful.�

A graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, Dr. Katz trained in Otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat) at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and conducted extensive research on motion sickness at the University of Miami Dizziness and Balance Center.

By far, the most common cause of vertigo in people over 65 is benign positional dizziness that occurs while the person is bending over, looking up, and lying down, Katz explained. It has been reported that balance related falls account for more than one-half of the accidental deaths among the elderly.�

To diagnose the patient’s dizziness and balance condition, Dr. Katz conducts a thorough office examination. The balance system in the inner ear involves a tiny set of three semicircular canals, tubes of fluids shaped a bit like a scissors handle. The utricle is lined with nerve filaments, beneath a sticky pad of crystals. During the normal aging process the gravity-sensing crystals, called otoliths, are released from the utricle and work their way into the semicircular canal, where they float in fluid, head movements cause the otoliths to stimulate nerve endings, which results in vertigo, explains Dr. Katz. Once other causes of dizziness have been eliminated, he can proceed immediately with canalith repositioning.

The condition is treated by a simple in-office maneuver where the patient’s head is tilted in several positions in such a way as to remove this debris from the fluid in the inner ear, Katz states.

Canalith repositioning is a highly effective treatment and can be easily repeated if dizziness returns or is not completely eliminated the first time. While little known, this procedure is fully covered by Medicare and other types of insurance.

Dr. Katz also treats people with balance problems. Way too often, people are told “you’re getting older, what do you expect?� But it is not a normal part of aging to lose your balance, Katz said.

Certain antibiotics or viral infections can damage the balance nerves leaving individuals with an insecure feeling when walking, especially when stepping off a curb, walking on an uneven surface like pebbles or lawns and walking in the dark. When balance problems arise, Katz said, people have a tendency to restrict their activity and then the brain doesn’t get enough stimulation to learn how to compensate for the injury.

Vestibular Rehabilitation and Balance Retraining (which is performed in our office) is very effective in restoring balance by a process of adaptation and compensation.

Dr. Katz also treats people with Meniere’s disease that is characterized by episodes of vertigo that last anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours and is also associated with hearing loss and ringing in the ears.

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Pet Care Affordable Pet Care

by Sam Mazzotta

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ecently, I spoke with Dr. Karen “Doc” Halligan, a veterinarian and author who has appeared on shows like The Today Show and Animal Rescue 911.

She is the author of What Every Pet Owner Should Know: Prescriptions For Happy, Healthy Cats And Dogs.

Foremost on my mind was on how pet owners who are financially challenged—whether seniors on a fixed income, unemployed, or otherwise having difficulties—could continue to keep their pets healthy. In addition to stressing the importance of preventive care, Halligan urges owners to tell their vet if they’re having money problems.

“I tell owners, be up front with your vet,” says Halligan. “Say (that) money is a factor. Don’t come in there and think that we’re going to change the way we treat your pet because you tell us you can’t afford it. That’s not the case. We need to know if you’re on a fixed income... to come up with a game plan to keep your pet as healthy as possible and try to save you money.”

Here are a few tips from Halligan on affordably keeping pets healthy: • Flea and tick prevention in summer is paramount. Look for the first generic drug for pets, www.petarmor.com/Pet Armor Plus, a topical solution that costs half as much as Frontline. It’s available from vets as well as at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club.

• Keep vaccinations up to date: diseases like parvo can be fatal to pets, but are completely preventable.

• Pets need annual checkups: “Animals age 7 years in 1 year,” says Doc. “If you (only) take them every three years, that’s like 21 years (between checkups).”

Want to read more of my interview with Doc Halligan? Visit www.paws corner.com ST

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The One That Got Away

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t is time for a good fishing story one of my friends told me a few weeks ago, and since then I have been contemplating what to write.

I have so many fishing stories especially about the one that got away. As a matter-of-fact, I think that is the first one I’ll write about. I was fishing with my good friend Otis Fairchild about 20 or so years ago when this happened.

I love to bass fish with plastic worms and Otis loved to use a top-water plug.

We were drifting along one of those grass beds on Lake Seminole casting our hearts out and not even getting a nibble.

I told Otis we needed to try something different, so we went further down the lake near Catfish Corner and started back fishing. I knew my luck had to change so I dug around in my tackle box and found one of my favorite eight-inch ring worms. It was machine oil green and had those ripples along its body making it act strange in the water, kind’a like a wounded eel. I made sure it was snug on the 20-pound line I was using and started casting along a row of dead trees that ran parallel to the bank.

For and hour Otis and I worked that row of trees and caught nothing.

Otis had tried every plug in his tackle box including the imitation frog that came with his son’s Zebco 202 combo.

It was getting dark and the mosquitoes stared humming and the wind died down.

“Don’t you think it’s about time to head in,” Otis asked me.

I hate to give up an afternoon of fishing without at least one fish. “Let me make a few more casts over here by this stump,” I told him.

Otis sat down in the boat and called it a day. By this point it was dark, and a new moon as well.

I made three or four more casts and Otis made it very clear with his language that he was ready to go.

“One more cast and we’ll call it a day,” I said reluctantly.

This was it, I’m gonna get skunked fishing, I thought as I drew back and let that eight-inch worm sail across the water and land right by a big ol’ stump.

I let it settle to the bottom and slowly lifted the rod tip, raising the lure off the bottom about two feet and then letting it fall back quickly.

When bass are bitting that drop back to the bottom is what they really like.

Nothing.

I did it again.

Nothing.

“One last time and I’m reeling in and going home,” I said as if I was threatening the fish into bitting.

I dropped the rod tip down and could feel the plastic worm sashay to the bottom. Then I felt a faint tap on the rod tip.

Something was on the other end of the line. I slacked off the line and watched as

Winding Roads …by Byron Spires

it started steadily moving away. I waited as long as I could and then slowly tightened up the line preparing to set the hook. When I was satisfied the line was tight I leaned forward, taking up more line slack as I did, and set the hook. I had a solid set and for a few seconds I had complete control.

“Man, you got something there,” Otis said after he had let out a string of comments about leaving, I had about 15 or so yards of line out when I had set the hook and reeled in about five when the drag on my reel stared letting line back out. For two or three minutes I’d reel in a few yards, and lose it right back.

Then something strange happened. The line tightened up and started pulling the boat forward. I ran the trolling motor from the front of the boat and tried to guide us through the trees we were fishing along.

Finally, I gave up and the boat was pulled along the trees. With the line as tight as I could hold it, the boat turned towards the bank.

It was dark and almost impossible to see more than a few feet in front of the boat by this point. So I just hung on. The water became shallow and in just a minute we had run aground.

Whatever was on my line had walked out of the water! I yelled at Otis to find the flash light and shine at the end of my line.

The line was pulling hard by this point and I stepped into the shallow water and walked behind it. I walked about ten or so yards up onto the bank.

At that point I felt the line rising as if something was climbing a tree. I held on tight and pulled back as hard as I could.

It was then that the sound of the line breaking, much like a high powered rifle being fired, echoed across the water. I could almost make out the silhouette of a dying tree as I watched what looked like a large limb fall to the ground.

Otis showed up with the light too late to see what had been on the end of my line.

To be honest, I’m not real sure I wanted to know. ST You can contact Byron Spires via e-mail at windingroads@netzero.com or check out his blog at byronspires.wordpress.com

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Most exterior headaches are brought about by wind invasion. Wind affects the top part of the body and headache is one of its main manifestations. This type of headache is aggravated by prolonged exposure to heat and cold. Have you ever tried basking under the sun and feeling flushed and achy? Prolonged exposure to heat brings about this type of headache. The other form of exterior headache is brought on by exposure to cold. This type of headache usually affects the occiput. It is very common among older folks with chronic neck arthritis to experience this type of headache.

Interior headaches on the other hand, are brought about by imbalances in energy from a deficiency or an excess state. In Chinese Medicine, deficiency or excess results from the imbalance of two opposing forces: the Yin and Yang. An example is a deficiency of yin or the female energy.

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Veteran’s Post Women Vets Polled On Health Care

by Freddie Groves

T

he American Legion recently asked women veterans about the health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. While the survey indicates an overall positive feeling, there is a lot of room for improvement, especially when compared to civilian health care.

Here are some of the results from the 67-question survey: Access: Approachable and easy to contact? One-third of the women were dissatisfied, mostly with their Women Veterans Program Manager, when it came to getting information about gender-specific care. One-quarter said the convenience of the locations is poor.

Competence: Most respondents were satisfied with the medical staff’s level of knowledge and skills, but one quarter were not, and that’s a very large percentage.

Reliability: Ability to perform services accurately and dependably. Nearly one-third were dissatisfied with VA health care, compared with their private doctors.

Communication: A huge forty percent did not feel that they were given

enough information on treatments and procedures.

Responsiveness: Willingness to provide prompt care. One-third responded that they were dissatisfied, compared with their civilian doctors.

Credibility: Believability and honesty of the staff. Compared with their civilian doctors, many of the women were dissatisfied. It was suggested that the VA adopt some of the practices of private health care.

Courtesy: Polite and friendly staff.

Again, one-quarter of respondents rated the VA as lacking in this regard, and it was suggested that perhaps more training of staff is required.

Finally, one-third of the women veterans who replied to the survey don’t know what all their benefits are— health care or otherwise.

While women veterans comprise a smaller percentage of service personnel, they’ve earned the right to good care. If nothing else, no veteran should have to wonder what his or her benefits are. ST Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com

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Try acupuncture and see how it helps.”

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Strange But True Octopus Lays 56,000 Eggs?

by Samantha Weaver

• It was philosopher, historian, mathematician, and Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell who made the following sage observation: “In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

• The giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus in the world, is a prolific breeder. Extremely prolific. The female lays approximately 56,000 eggs, all at once. Since, according to experts, the population is stable, of those 56,000 eggs, only two survive to reproduce.

• Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, ordered the White House’s first bathtub in the 1850s.

• Harry Houdini is best known as a magician and an escape artist, but he also performed amazing stunts. In the early days of aviation, he flew in an airplane to an altitude of 3,000 feet, then jumped off the plane onto another one —while wearing handcuffs.

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• A recent study conducted by researchers at a university in Sweden found that if a person has to commute longer than 45 minutes to work, they are 40 percent more likely to divorce.

• There are more languages and dialects spoken in India than in any other country in the world: in excess of 1,600 at last count.

• If you’re planning a trip to Marrakesh, Morocco, be sure to visit the Koutoubiya minaret. In 1195 Sultan Yakub al Mansur commanded that the minaret be built in thanksgiving for a military victory, and the tower is lovely.

The structure’s unique attribute, however, is not visible—it’s olfactory. When the minaret was being built, 960 sacks of musk were mixed in with the mortar, and the odor can still be detected today. ST Thought For The Day: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

— Voltaire

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The Mystery Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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was told that my lab results showed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in my blood. Does this mean I have RA? Rheumatoid factor (RF), an antibody (protein) detected in the blood, is extremely useful in diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), because about 80 percent of RA patients have RF in their blood (seropositive RA).

RF can also be present due to other inflammatory diseases. Even some healthy patients have persistent positive RF, without presence of other inflammatory arthritis or other disease.

I have hand pain and swelling, but my RF is negative. Could I have RA? Yes, possibly, due to the fact that 20 percent of RA patients lack RF in their blood (seronegative RA). The prognosis of seronegative RA is better than sero- positive RA because the higher the RF concentration, the more severe the rheumatoid arthritis.

I have a positive ANA. I have no other symptoms, do I have Lupus?

Over 95 percent of patients with lupus have a positive ANA, which can, however, also be present with other diseases such as RA, Sjogren’s syndrome, Poly- myositis, Scleroderma, hepatitis, or interstitial pulmonary disease. Moreover, 20 percent of healthy women, especially the older we are, have a positive ANA without evidence

of Lupus or other inflammatory disease (which is called a false positive).

Therefore, a diagnosis of Lupus cannot be solely based on a positive ANA, but must include a detailed medical history, physical examination, and further testing such as anti-ds DNA, anti-ENA, and anticardiolipin Ab.

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In fact, because lupus is relatively rare, it is far more likely that a positive ANA will be a “false” positive rather than a “true” positive.

Why did my doctor order an antiDS DNA, anti-ENA, and anti-cardiolipin Ab after finding out I had a positive ANA? Because patients who have lupus or other connective tissue diseases possess several different antibodies, these tests offer more information for a final diagnosis. For example, if you have positive ANA with positive anti-ds DNA or with positive anti-cardiolipin Ab, the chance of lupus would be higher.

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To Your Good Health Bed-Wetting Deeply Affects Grandchildren

by Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

weeks, the bladder will stretch. This takes time. He has to be patient.

Alarms can work. They sound or vibrate when the first few drops of moisture touch them. It can be as long as six months of use before the training takes hold.

For occasions when he is invited to stay at other people’s homes for the night, desmopressin, as a pill or nasal spray, slows nighttime urine production. *** Dear Dr. Donohue: I am so concerned about our grandson. He is a senior in college. He felt he couldn’t focus well enough on some of his difficult classes. He went to a doctor and was put on Adderall.

I am so worried that he will become addicted. Should I be concerned?

— R.G.

Dear Dr. Donohue: Our grandson soon will be 15. He still wets the bed. His parents have done everything from pills to alarms, but nothing helps. Sometimes he gets depressed, and that scares us. He says he will never be able to have a relationship with a girl. Sometimes we worry that he will hurt himself. Is there anything that can help this situation?

— W.M. Answer: I feel deeply for your grandson. No one can understand the isolation and hopelessness he has to grapple with.

He could stand professional counseling.

Perhaps a few facts will help him.

Between the ages of 5 and 6, 15 percent to 20 percent of children are still wetting the bed. Of that number, every following year, 15 percent will stay dry during the night. By age 18, only 1 percent to 2 percent of these youngsters are still battling the problem. Your grandson has three years in which his chances of gaining control are good.

The problem of bed-wetting appears to stem from a brain that doesn’t respond to a full nighttime bladder by rousing the sleeper. It might be a delay in developing that response. Or it might be a delay in the attainment of a large enough bladder capacity to hold nighttime urine production. Or it might be that these children produce too little of the hormone vasopressin, which suppresses nightly urine formation.

Your grandson can once more try things he probably has already tried. He should measure carefully how much fluid he drinks in one day. Once he learns that number, he should drink 40 percent of the total in the morning, another 40 percent in the afternoon and limit fluid to 20 percent of the daily total from 5 P.M. on. He can increase his bladder’s capacity by holding off on urinating during the day. If he delays each time by five or 10 minutes for one week and then gradually lengthens the delay in following

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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Answer: Adderall is a drug of the amphetamine family. It does have the potential of leading to dependence. However, it’s been used for so many years for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder that it can be well managed and not present a danger.

The doctor who prescribed the drug is responsible for monitoring how it is used.

They will continue writing for its use only if it’s safe to do so.

I sincerely believe you do not have to worry yourself about your grandson.ST

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Tonya Saylor, Public Educator Port Orange Fire & Rescue Austin Tse, Community Educator • Comfort Keepers

Tuesday August 16 2:30 pm

Bone Builders This program is an interactive educational program developed to educate seniors about the risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Osteoporosis.

Sherri Cheshire RRT, RPFT, AE-C Senior Program Coordinator, Northeast Florida AHEC

Wednesday August 17 1:30 pm

Caregiver Support Group** Stressed, Tired, Overwhelmed?

Learn ways to decrease stress, balance the mind, body, and daily activities, reduce feelings of guilt and to take care of you. Meet other caregivers just like you.

Janine Kosek, LCSW, VITAS Innovative Hospice Care Michelle Jones, Bishop’s Glen Retirement Community Please bring your loved one and Bishop’s Glen will care for them.

Monday August 22 2 pm (Clinic for people who already have Walking Poles)

3 pm (Clinic to introduce people to Walking Poles)

Wednesday August 31 2:30 pm

Fitness Pole Walking Clinic Learn how to turn a walk around the block into an effective, efficient, aerobic total body workout. A Walking System designed to maximize results for everyone—from the casual walker to the serious, athletic walker. If you don’t have a lot of time to exercise & wish it could be more fun & easy to do this is the right clinic for you. “By just adding poles you can turn a simple walk around the block into an efficient, effective, aerobic—total body workout!”

Sheila Vidamour, Certified instructor • KeenFit Harp Therapy With The Sound Prescription Sound Script Therapy is a form of Vibro Acoustic Therapy—a Massage with a Message—and is a very pleasant, relaxing alternative therapy much like, massage, ultra sound, reflexology, acupressure, and Reiki therapies. Reported benefits: pain reduction, greater range of motion, posture changes, decreased stress levels, increased life-coping skills, increased physical energy; decreased or eliminated stress headaches, improved sleep patterns and stabilization of vital signs, depression relief, increased hopefulness, increased relaxation, a sense of nurture/peacefulness, increased creativity, increased focus, improved mental attitude for general wellness and overall mood.

Melody Long Anglin, Sound Script Therapist Harmonious Life and Health Institute

All Events Free of Charge and Hosted at Bishop’s Glen Auditorium (**Florida Room when marked)

Please RSVP to 386-226-9110

Assisted Living Facility 5052 • Non-Profit Organization • www.bishopsglen.org

900 LPGA Blvd. Holly Hill, FL 32117 • 386-226-9110