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Cover: Bottom left: Christopher, Cyndee, and Paul Billoni Photo by Megan Rechin Bottom Center: Retired chiropractor Dr. John Long Photo by Michael J. Billoni Bottom right: One of the ski slopes at Peek'n Peak Resort Photo by Jennifer Merrick

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Features: Nutrition

US Presidents........................................................... StatePoint Media

18 Recommended Dailies...........................................USDA & NIH

Humor 7

March Madness...............................................................Ted Rickard

Arts 8

16 Phil Haberstro Dishes on Healthy Habits............ Michael Billoni

News 20 Colvin Cleaners Prom Dress Program ................... Michael Billoni

Getaways

March Theater......................................................................Donna Hoke

10 Strong Females Lead.............................................Christopher Schobert

22 Lucille Ball Museum and More............................. Jennifer Merrick

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24 Separate Bedrooms................................................. Jennifer Merrick

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Being Well

11 Tillandsias.........................................................................Carol Ann Harlos

26 Good Gut Health.....................................................Catherine Stack

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From the Editor

Is it just me, or has this been a long, cold winter? We're in the home stretch now, just a few more weeks until spring finally arrives, and with it, the Earth's northern hemisphere tilting gently back toward the sun. This means more sunlight, which means more vitamin D for our sunshine-starved bodies.

Speaking of vitamins, do you know which and how much you need for optimum health? We're focusing on nutrition in this issue, with some tips on healthy eating as we age from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Institute on Aging at the NIH. We even include how to order healthy when you're choosing from restaurant menus.

Plus, Phil Haberstro, executive director of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, shares his advice on nutrition and exercise.

New this month: an arts article from Rick Falkowski, the author of History of Buffalo Music & Entertainment and co-founder of The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, about teen dance clubs in Buffalo in the 1950s and '60s. Let us know if you remember dancing at some-or share photos!

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1+ Erie County STAY FIT

FOREVER YOUNG MARCH CALENDAR

DINING PROGRAM offers a hot noon meal at 45 locations in Erie County. Menus and site list at erie.gov/ stayfit or 858-7639.

1+ Gowanda HEALTH

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE Activities open to the public age 50+, no residency requirements) held at the Concord Senior Center, 1 School Street, Gowanda; for schedule visit communityalliance.org; 532-1010 or beemana@hcanetwork.org

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Niagara Falls SENIOR C O M PA N I O N / F O S T E R GRANDPARENT PROGRAM Looking for seniors who enjoy working with their peers or children. Volunteers receive a tax-free stipend, transportation assistance and supplemental insurance coverage while volunteering. If you are 55+, have a minimum of 15 hours per week to give and want to make a difference, contact Nora Aloian (SCP) at 285-8224 ext. 217or Jennifer Britton (FGP) at 285-8224 ext. 228

1+ West Seneca UNITED

CHURCH MANOR’S LUNCH PROGRAM is looking for volunteers in the West Seneca/Cheektowaga area.

Information: 668-5804.

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AND CHRONIC FATIGUE SUPPORT GROUP meets at the John James Audubon Library on the 1st Thursday of the month from 7-8:45 p.m. in Room 1. All sufferers and cargivers welcome. Discuss coping skills and new ways we can improve. Facebook egroup: WNY Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Fatigue. Library: 689-4922

January 4 through March 22, 5:45-8:15 pm (St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 4007 Main St.), Amherst

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Cheektowaga T.O.P.S. MEETING, Thursdays at 9 a.m., St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 900 Maryvale Dr. (corner of Union Road). Come for the love, support and friendship. For information, call Karen at 247-2334

1+ Buffalo GENTLE YOGA, 11 a.m. Thursdays, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. Bring a yoga mat. Info: 828-1093

Practitioner Sondra Holland welcomes people of all ages. Wear comfortable clothes. For information, Sondra: 9475092; store: 885-6343.

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Tonawanda TONAWANDA TOPS CLUB #50 Weekly meetings on Mondays, weigh-in 6pm/meeting starts at 6:25pm, Zion United Church Koenig & Parker Tonawanda; 912-6875

Niagara Falls T.O.P.S. CLUB, Enjoy light sitting and standing yoga at 5:30 p.m. before weigh in 6 p.m., and a brief interactive educational program at 7 p.m. Facebook: TOPS #173 Niagara Falls, NY. or call 5501232. Meets Tuesdays at Riverside Presbyterian Church, 815 - 84th St., Niagara Falls

5+ Farnham T.O.P.S. CLUB weekly

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meetings held Tuesdays at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 10633 Church St., starting at 9 a.m. Call 934-9619.

1+ Akron T.O.P.S. CLUB Every Thursday, 5:30-6:45pm, at the Akron/ Newstead Senior Center, 5691 Cummings Rd. We offer tools, programs, support, fellowship and recognition for healthy living and weight management.

For information call Diane 542-4980

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5+ Tonawanda T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Claremont Avenue. For information, call 834-7992

Cheektowaga BUFPEX 2018 Buffalo Stamp Club presents the largest stamp show in WNY. March 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., March 4, 10 a.m.3 p.m. VFW Hall, 2540 Walden Ave. Contact: George Gates 633-8358

3+ Lockport T.O.P.S. 9259, Meets every Saturday morning @ 8:30 for weigh-in and 9am to 10am for weekly meetings, Christ Episcopal church 7145 Fieldcrest Dr., Lockport. Offers tools, programs, support and friendship for healthy living and weight management.

Contac: Wendy, 200-2618 or Mary, 4331693 4+ Buffalo MEDITATION, 2:30 p.m., El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Ave. Free every Sunday. Meditation unites with creative arts and pain management.

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Kenmore UKULELE SING ALONG Ukuleles provided during class. All levels welcome beginner experienced. Tuesdays 8 p.m. Church of the Advent, 54 Delaware Rd., Kenmore $5 suggested donation. 4815735

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Buffalo TAI CHI: MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. For more information, contact monicazucco@gmail.com.

5+, 8+ Tonawanda UKULELE

SING ALONGUkuleles provided during class. All levels welcome beginner – experienced Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. and Thursdays 1:30 p.m.

Brighton Place Library 999 Eggert Rd., Tonawanda. Call to register 3324375 $5 suggested donation

17 WNY RESPITE SERVICES for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementia on first Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. in Williamsville, and third Saturday, 11 a.m. in Amherst.

Location info: (800) 272-3900.

6, 20 Buffalo HEADWAY

SUPPORT GROUPS, 2635 Delaware Ave. For individuals who have sustained brain injuries as well as their families and caregivers; exchange information and resources, and find mutual support and encouragement. Peer Support (Suite B), first and third Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m.; Caregivers Support (Suite B), first Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m.; Women’s Survivors Support (Suite E), first Tuesday, 1–2:30 p.m. Info: 408-3100 or headwayofwny.org

7 Amherst FREE RESPITE CARE

PROGRAM, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Trinity Old Lutheran Church 3445 Sheridan Drive. First Wednesday of the month, for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia. A morning snack and nutritious lunch are provided.

For more information on registering for the program, call 836-4868

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LAUGHTER YOGA Come as you are, just bring your laughter! Thursdays 11 a.m.

Brighton Place Library, 999 Eggert Rd., Tonawanda. FREE

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Amherst WNY NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) NAMI Buffalo offers the NAMI Family-to-Family signature class for family members of loved ones with mental illness. Register: call 226-6264 or email namibuffalony@gmail.com. Class meets weekly for 12 weeks and space is limited. Northtowns: Thursdays,

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FOREVER YOUNG MARCH CALENDAR 7+ Boston HATHA YOGA Wednesdays at 7 pm. Gentle and meditative. Bring your own mat. Faith United Church of Christ, 8651 Boston State Road, Boston, NY. For more info call church office 716-941-3529 7 Williamsville WOMEN’S

LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP 5:45 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Sheridan Surgical room, 4510 Bailey Ave., Williamsville. Call 908-4149

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Middleport T.O.P.S. CLUB

Scout House, Rochester Rd., Middleport. Wednesday weigh-in: 3:15–4 p.m.; meeting: 4–5 p.m.

Contact Terry at 735-7666

7+ Orchard Park

TAI CHI

Advanced Tai Chi in the Park at Brush Mountain. Classes are held on Wednesdays at 11 am. Tai Chi builds endurance, increases flexibility and balance. New students are welcome. Please contact the Orchard Park Senior Center at 662-6452 for information. Cost $30 for a 8 week session.

11 East Aurora DENIAL An acclaimed writer must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when a renowned denier sues her for libel. $6 members, $8 non-members. 4 p.m., Roycroft Film Society, Parkdale School Auditorium, 141 Girard Ave., East Aurora; roycroftcampuscorp.com 12

Hamburg ALZHEIMER’S CARE-GIVER SUPPORT GROUP for males at Wesleyan Church, 4999 McKinley Pkwy. 2nd Tues. 626-0600, alz.org/wnyc

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Orchard Park ALIENATED GRANDPARENTS ANONYMOUS, INC., meetings 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of month, 4295 S. Buffalo St.

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Depew BREAST CANCER NETWORK OF WNY Monthly meeting second Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bella Moglie Bldg., 3297 Walden Ave. Call 7060060 or visit bcnwny.org. Professional support group will be held at 8 pm 4

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Williamsville MCGUIRE GROUP MEMORY CARE SUPPORT GROUPS: General Support Group is second Wednesday, 3 p.m. at Harris Hill Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville; Daughters’ Support Group, 5 p.m.

Monthly support groups coordinated with the Alzheimer’s Association, with caregiving tips and coping mechanisms.

For more information, call 6323700 or visit mcguiregroup.com

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Niagara Falls NIAGARA FALLS SINGLES SOCIAL CLUB, An active 50+ crowd, dances third Friday each month at 7 p.m. at the Buff Social Club, 2565 Young St., NF. $6 ($4 members). Monthly activities include picnics, parties. Door prizes, 50/50 raffle. Info: 439-8387

16 Akron HEARTS AND HANDS Seeks volunteers to support caregivers of loved ones with early stages of dementia by providing an engaging, safe, and friendly environment to leave their loved one while taking care of their own medical, social, and emotional needs. Hosted by the Wright Center, 11 Church Street, Village of Akron the third Friday each month from 1–4:30 p.m. Contact Eugene Abrahamson at 406-8311 ext. 102, e-mail volunteer@ heartsandhandsfia.org or hnhcares.org 17

Lewiston LEWISTON CHORALEERS EASTER PROGRAM at four area churches March 17 at 1 p.m., St. Peter's RCC, 620 Center St., Lewiston; 18 at 2 p.m., St. Peter's RCC 140 Rainbow Blvd. Niagara Falls; 24 at 2 p.m., 1st Presb. Church 505 Cayuga St., Lewiston; and 25 at 2 p.m., Messiah Lutheran, 915 Oneida St., Lewiston. The program will feature a cantata entitled "The Easter Story"

by Tom Fettke and Thomas Grassi.

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Buffalo LGBTQ MEMORY LOSS CAREGIVERS PROGRAM: The Pride Center of Western New York offers the LGBTQ Memory Loss Caregivers Program providing support and education for people providing care for a person with Alzheimer’s Diseasend other dementias. Third Tuesday each month at 5:30 p.m., Pride Center, 200 South Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, 8527743 or pridecenterwny.org

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West Seneca FREE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SESSION, hosted by The McGuire Group for anyone coping with grief, sadness or loss at 5 pm at Seneca Health Care Center, 2987 Seneca St. Held third Wednesday of the month. Those interested in attending can call 828-0500.

Buffalo WE GOT RHYTHM: THE MUSIC OF GEORGE GERSHWIN Music by one of the most prolific composers in American history presented in an interactive concert. 2 p.m. at Theater of Youth, Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen St.; 884-4400 or theatreofyouth.org

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24 Buffalo TOY BREW BASH, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Annual Fundraiser for Theatre of Youth at Resurgence Brewing Company.

Tickets and information attheatreofyouth. org or call 884-4400.

Amherst WNY NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) held third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in two locations for families of people living with mental illness: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Amherst.

Southtowns: Lake Shore Behavioral Health, 3176 Abbott Rd # A

DANCE CALENDAR MONDAYS W. Seneca BALLROOM DANCING

BY CAROL is a 6-week class @ St. David’s Church, 3951 Seneca St. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Info: 824-0504.

Sloan CLOGGING LESSONS by Kickin’ Rhythm Cloggers, 6:30 p.m. @ St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, 111 Crocker St., Bldg. 1. kickinrhythmcloggers.com, (585) 457-4455.

Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St, Buffalo. 12pm - 1pm. FREE for ages 55+ Call 716 832 1010 TUESDAYS Buffalo LINDY FIX 8–10 p.m. @ Polish Cadets Hall, 927 Grant St. lindyfix.com, swingbuffalo.com.

WEDNESDAYS N. Ton. DANCING WITH DOTTIE AND FRIENDS country-style line lessons, 7:30 p.m. @ Pendleton Center Meth. Church, 6864 Campbell Blvd. 688-6026 or 625-8306.

Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St, Buffalo. 11am- 12pm. FREE for ages 55+ Call 716 832 1010 Amherst AMHERST VICTORIAN DANCE SOCIETY Authentic music, dress and dance of Queen Victoria's time. New members and guests welcomed! 1st Wednesdays @ Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village in Amherst & 4th Wednesdays @ VFW

Post in Village of Williamsville. 7:00 p.m. Info: Geraldine, 877-0222 or amherstvictoriandance.org THURSDAYS Kenmore JACKIE’S THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES @ Brounshidle Post, 3354 Delaware Ave. Lessons: 7 p.m. Open dancing: 8 p.m. 691-8654.

Ongoing WNY BELLYDANCE CLASSES 560-1891, nadiaibrahim.com.

Kenmore JACKIE’S DANCE Monthly dance. Call691-8654 fordetails.

WNY BALLROOM SOCIAL DANCE, Argentine tango and belly dance instruction with Carol Allen; N. Collins and Amherst. 337-3092 or callen8801@aol.com.

West Seneca BALLROOM DANCE classes @ 1761 Orchard Park Rd., 7713110, ballroomiliana.com.

WNY DANCE W/ ERIN BAHN 9977190 or erinbahn.com.

ARGENTINE TANGO IN BUFFALO Dancing & Classes. traviswidricktango.com. Contact Travis @ 517-7047 SATURDAYS Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING at East Community High School 820 Northampton St, Buffalo. 11:30am 12:30pm. FREE for all ages. Free Lunch.

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CROSSWORD 12. Between dawn and noon 15. Candy in Paris 20. Spaniard without "h" 22. The Jackson 5's "____ Be There" 24. Cole Porter's "Begin the ____" 25. *He commanded the Union army 26. Enjoy yumminess 27. Raspberry drupelets 29. *____ of office 31. Stumblebums 32. Caffeine-containing nut tree, pl.

33. *Candidate's concern 34. *First US president to resign 36. She played a TV genie 38. Cocoyam 42. Chill-inducing 45. Group of foot bones

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49. One from Laos 51. *Inspiration for Liberia's capital 54. Beginning of a joke 56. India's first P.M. 57. Cup of Joe 58. Detected by olfactory 59. Sword handle 60. Brooklyn players 61. Happy 62. Fly like an eagle 63. A fan of 64. Gets the picture 67. Roman three

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LIFE & LEISURE

March Madness

BY TED RICKARD

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ost of us grandparents have at least one or two grandkids who are into basketball. This acquaints us with thirty-one days of sitting on backless benches swiveling our heads back and forth, waiting for our offspring to be plucked from the bench and allowed to play. For many, this happens only in the final minutes of the game and then only if our team is so far ahead, the win is a forgone conclusion. Sometimes we are the only spectators who stick around for the final whistle.

Some of us are old enough to remember when we could have done without March in the calendar altogether. Nothing happened in March, except, occasionally, an early Easter would liven things up with full-regalia church services or, at least, the Easter Bunny. In very long-ago days, March 15 was the Income Tax Deadline. If we had a rich relative, we would hear him COME HOME TO

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curse Franklin Roosevelt and talk about something called the “gold standard.” Thus, if we were neither religious nor capitalist, March was a real loser in the excitement department. That’s the way it was, anyway, until basketball and basketball tournaments took over.

Basketball was invented by a Massachusetts YMCA instructor who nailed up a couple of peach

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baskets and got a bunch of kids to try to throw a soccer ball into them.

Once the ball went into the basket, somebody had to get a ladder and fish the ball out, so interest tended to wane, and the boys had nothing left to do but stand around and spit.

Then, the inventor experienced the flash of genius that comes but once in a lifetime! If he cut the bottom out of the peach baskets, the ball would drop through and a player could try to throw it in again! You can see how this served to liven up the game and, eventually, the whole month of March, especially if you were not a churchgoer and didn’t have enough income to be worth taxing.

No sooner was the bottom out of the basket than basketball teams were invented to provide coaching employment to male high school faculty members who otherwise were stuck with teaching freshman algebra over and over again. One thing follows another: the existence of teams demanded games against other teams. Except for the discus throw, yo-yo twirling, or golf, most games are played by teams, and basketball was no exception. It soon was getting a lot more interest among high schoolers than algebra ever did.

The game has pepped up the month of March ever since in the endless series of tournaments called “March Madness.” Almost all of us ended up with first a child, and then one or more grandchildren involved in March Madness as player, cheerleader, spectator, van driver, or the president of the computer club who is named co-assistant manager and brought along to the games so parents can be reassured that our school administration is committed to quality scholastics.

At an entirely different level, and for a select group of very, very tall people, basketball provides winterlong employment requiring no knowledge of algebra whatsoever at some of the finest colleges in the United States. Their skills raise much needed funding for vital university academic projects such as basketball stadiums.

Adult males—mature folks whose kids had already graduated from school—found TV was invented so they could watch professional basketball. Here some of the college players get further employment upon non-graduation and still don’t have to know a thing about math as long as they had a good agent who does. And as stadium ticket prices rocketed like a three-pointer from mid-court to a lofty sixty-five bucks per hard wooden seat, a retired man could buy a tilt-back recliner instead and spend the entire thirty-one days of March in a semi-prone position.

It wasn’t long before the droopyseated and long-legged basketball costume of the multi-milliondollar hold-out rebounder became uniform attire for every wannabe eight-year-old who wore it on every occasion including Confirmation or Bar Mitzvah. Third graders in North Dakota, even in the middle of a March blizzard, follow the snowplow to school in this costume.

But even with March Madness, the month can be dull for the nonathletically inclined, so spring break was invented before ennui did away with an entire generation of preadults. Spring break was launched first by college students acting like high school kids and then by high school kids acting like their parents used to and some still do or wish they could.

And that’s how man, social animal that he is, has filled up the month of March with something to get excited about—especially with the income tax deadline postponed to April. And when Easter is early, we find the acolytes are suffering from floor burns. But Gramps will be watching. The boy is sure to get some playing time in the next game.

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LIFE & LEISURE

Buffalo’s 1960s Teen Clubs

BY RICK FALKOWSKI

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he 1960s saw the number of teenagers increase due to the Baby Boom, and teen clubs became popular in the city and the suburbs of Buffalo. In addition to the clubs being a place to socialize and dance, they developed a generation of bands that performed music for the generation.

The Hi-Teen Club dances at The Dellwood Ballroom were the catalyst.

When these dances began in 1946, they featured big band music. Hosted

by DJ Bob Wells, the Hi-Teen Club was broadcast on WEBR Radio on Saturday afternoons and more than 1,000 teens would pack the Dellwood.

Membership to the club peaked at 22,000 in the early 1950s.

When rock ‘n’ roll started to replace big band, the Hi-Teen club changed to a rock format in the early 1950s. It was during this time that Ted Horn heard about the show and came to observe teens dancing to the rock hits at the Dellwood. He took the idea back to Philadelphia and started a television show called The Ted Horn Bandstand, which evolved into American Bandstand when Dick Clark took over as the host.

Radio stations began featuring rock ‘n’ roll and promoting themselves by sponsoring record hops at schools, church halls, community centers, and fire halls. DJs like Dick Lawrence, Lucky Pierre, Danny Neaverth, Joey Reynolds, and Tommy Shannon hosted capacity shows across WNY. Lawrence even financed the nationally charting single “Green Mosquito” by the Tune Rockers, and Shannon’s radio show theme song was recorded as the million selling “Wild Weekend” by The Rockin’ Rebels, a band he managed The success of the Record Hops and the Hound Dog Lorenz rock concerts proved that a market existed for teen events, and teen clubs started to open.

Some of the first teen dances featuring live bands were held at the Glen Park Casino in Williamsville. Starting in 1963, on Sunday afternoons, bands like The Vibratos, Stan & the Ravens, and Rising Sons performed and buses transported 2,000 to 3,000 teens from Buffalo, the south towns, and north towns to Williamsville. The Glen

Casino dances were moved to the first large dedicated teen club, Club Commodore at 2285 Genesee Street near Pine Ridge. Two bands performed every Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, with the house band being The Rogues.

Between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, The Peppermint Stick opened on Ward Road in North Tonawanda, with a bus running through NT to bring teens to the club. On weekends, two bands performed nightly, with Kathy Lynn & the Playboys being the house band and many recording groups appearing.

Other teen clubs called the Peppermint Stick were opened at the Grand Island Casino in Beaver Island Park and at Fazio’s Capital Hall in South Buffalo.

Three teen clubs opened with the same ownership: The Volcano on Bailey Avenue near UB, The Pit on South Park in Blasdell, and The Dungeon in Dunkirk/Fredonia. They all had a similar appearance with the interior painted black, black lights throughout the building, and the stage painted red illuminated by colored lights. A national group was often booked to play each of the clubs on the same night, with local bands playing before or after the recording act.

Two clubs opened called The Cave.

The Boulevard Cave was located at 839 Niagara Falls Boulevard near Sheridan, in the former location of an earlier teen club called Teen Town. The Delaware Cave was on Delaware Avenue in the Great Arrow Plaza. It was later called The Hullabaloo, which was owned by Larry Levite, the future publisher of Buffalo Spree Magazine.

Psycus opened in 1968, located in the former Shea’s Seneca Show at Seneca and Cazenovia Streets. The club advertised the third largest light show in the United States. It was a concertstyle teen club, with a capacity of more

The Tweeds at Teen Town: Ted Connor, Paul Varga, Alan Shaw, Dave Constantino Photo courtesy Dave Constantino

than 1,000. Strobe lights pulsated throughout the club, with multicolored lighting displays on the walls and ceiling. National recording groups alternated sets with area psychedelicstyle bands.

Other teen clubs in WNY included the Beatle Ballroom (Utica and Elmwood), Pussycat Club (621 Main Street), JB’s Pendulum (Orchard Park), Minotaur (East Aurora), Sandsabarn (Perry/Warsaw), Tiki Club (Grand Island), Rogues Gallery (1010 Niagara Falls Boulevard), Tin Pan Alley (Bailey and East Lovejoy), Maryvale Teen Center (Maryvale and Cayuga), Factory (Hertel and North Park) and Funnel (Bailey and Kensington).

Teen dances were also held at halls such as The Strand Ballroom, Mount Major/Stadium Post, Carpenter’s Hall, Skateland, and Leisureland, along with CYO Halls, Legion Posts, churches and high schools. The largest annual teen event was the weeklong KB Fun-A-Fair.

Other groups playing at teen clubs included the Buffalo Beetles,

Caesar & the Romans, Cavemen, KB Buddies, Madmen, Mods, Mood, Road, Rockin’ Paramounts, Tweeds, Twiggs, Warlocks, Weekend Trip, and Wildcats. Members of these ‘60s bands formed groups that performed in later decades, and several went on to national acclaim.

Teen clubs closed for a variety of factors in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the biggest being that the Baby Boom generation was getting older. Boomers were no longer going to teen clubs, because they were over eighteen and started frequenting the many popular bars that featured live music in WNY. That is another treasure trove of memories, which may be covered in a subsequent Forever Young article.

Rick Falkowski is the author of History of Buffalo Music & Entertainment and co-founder of The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. FY

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March Theater Preview

BY DONNA HOKE

Disgraced Road Less Traveled Productions

By Ayad Akhtar Director: John Hurley Cast: Afrim Gjonbalaj, Matt Witten, Kristen Tripp Kelley, Candace Whitfield, Mohammed Faraj Disgraced, Ayah Akhtar’s 2012 play that won the 2013 Obie and Pulitzer, made it to Broadway in 2015, where Road Less Traveled artistic director Scott Behrend first saw it. “I loved it,” he says of the play, which centers on sociopolitical themes of Islamophobia and self-identity of Muslim-American citizens. “It had

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a lot of really important things to say about the Muslim experience in America.” Behrend was eager to stage the play at this theater, but found unexpected difficulty in casting it.

“It was important to me that we find someone who was from the right geographical/religious background for [the lead role, Amir],” he says. “And since [Buffalo] doesn’t have very many actors that fit the requirements, I spent more than two years trying to cast it. We looked around, did a bunch of auditions locally, and then started looking outside the community. We finally hired Afrim Gjonbalaj: he’s from Brooklyn, he is Muslim, and he went to Buffalo State College years ago for theater. He’d auditioned for RLTP years ago when we first got started, we reconnected on Facebook, and he was in town last summer, because his girlfriend’s family is from East Aurora. He read, and he’s terrific, and he was interested in coming to Buffalo to play this character.” Amir’s nephew is played by Mohammed Farraj, a current University at Buffalo student—coincidentally also from Brooklyn—making his professional theater debut.

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It should be said that Disgraced, despite its pedigree and ubiquitous productions, isn’t always wellreceived by the Muslim community.

As such, “this play is tricky, and we did talk to actors John knew from New York, and they were not interested in playing this character in the current political climate, mostly because they think the play is too stereotypical, and it reinforces some things the current administration is saying about immigration, and how Muslims are being portrayed in this country. But Afrim said, ‘No. This is the stuff we need to talk about.’”

Behrend thinks that political climate makes the play is even more important now than it was five years ago when it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “Ayad Akhtar, is an important American playwright, and his current work is important in trying to talk and expose some ideas about what’s it like to be a Muslim in America. I’m pleased we’re doing this show, and I’m pleased we’re doing it right now.”

Road Less Traveled Productions presents Disgraced beginning March 9 (roadlesstraveledproductions.com; 6293069).

Ben Butler Kavinoky Theatre

By Richard Strand Director: Robert Waterhouse Cast: John Fredo, Patrick Coleman, Chris Evans, Tom Loughlin When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma— follow the letter of the law or make a game-changing move that could alter the course of US history. That’s the story behind Ben Butler, up this month at the Kavinoky, and, while it sounds like pretty heady stuff, it’s actually a comedy.

“Richard Strand’s very funny Ben Butler takes as its inspiration a far from funny moment in the American history: the fall of the first domino against slavery that ended in the Emancipation Proclamation,” previews director Robert Waterhouse.

“Strand’s play is loosely based on fact: we know that, in 1861, Fort Monroe in Virginia was commanded by a Union Major General, Benjamin Butler, formerly a lawyer; that three runaway slaves, led by Shepard Mallory, escaped their Southern owner

ARTS and demanded that Butler give them sanctuary; and that Butler, although bound by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850—a law that, by declaring that Northerners would return runaways to enslavement, cynically attempted to appease the South—found a loophole by declaring that any property used by the South to promote war could be confiscated as ‘contraband.’”

Thus, the slaves became “walking contraband,” and Butler’s loophole led to the declaration of Fort Monroe as “Fortress Freedom,” where slaves taking advantage of the loophole were schooled and effectively conscripted into the Union army. “Two years later, the Senate ratified the Confiscation Act, and so began the legal journey to Emancipation. In short, the events at Fort Monroe in 1861 empowered both the Union army’s victory and the death knell of slavery in this country,”

says Waterhouse, who notes these events are beyond the scope of the play. What we see instead is Strand, the lawyer, whose love of argument and legal acrobatics finds an even match in the confidence and wit of the fugitive Mallory.

“The play’s brilliance lies in its airtight structure and the wit and verbal agility of its characters,” Waterhouse notes, “but, in the end, Ben Butler is most remarkable for bringing us face to face with weighty matters like responsibility and human dignity with the lightest of touches.”

Kavinoky welcomes Ben Butler beginning March 2 (kavinokytheatre. com, 829-7668).

Playwright Donna Hoke writes about theater for Buffalo Spree and Forever Young.

Opening This Month • The Nance begins at Subversive Theatre Collective March 1 (subversivetheatre.org, 408-0499).

• The Night Alive by Conor McPherson opens March 2 at Irish Classical Theatre Company (irishclassicaltheatre.com, 853-4282).

• Kavinoky welcomes Ben Butler beginning March 2 (kavinokytheatre. com, 829-7668).

• Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope opens at the Paul Robeson Theatre March 2 (aaccbuffalo.org, 884-2013).

• Something Rotten opens March 6 at Shea’s (sheas.org, 847-0850).

• American Repertory Theater opens Jesus Christ, Superstar March 8 (artofwny.org, 634-1102).

• MusicalFare presents Spring Awakening at Shea’s 710 Theatre starting March 8 (sheas.org, 847-0850).

• ‘night Mother begins at Brazen-Faced Varlets March 9 • Road Less Traveled Productions presents Disgraced beginning • March 9 (roadlesstraveledproductions.com; 629-3069).

• That Championship Season begins at New Phoenix March 16 (newphoenixtheatre.org, 853-1334).

• Buffalo United Artists opens Significant Other beginning March 23 (buffalobua.org, 886-9239) • Betsy Carmichael’s Late Night Bingo runs four days at Shea’s Smith Theatre starting March 23 (sheas.org/SmithTheatre, 847-1410).

Also Playing (in order of closing) • Alleyway ends Beginning Again on March 10 (alleyway.com, 8522600).

• MusicalFare closes Smokey Joe’s Café: the songs of Lieber and Stoller March 11 (musicalfare.com, 839-8540).

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Strong Females Lead A Celebration of Women’s History Month in Film

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT

Emma Stone stars in Battle of the Sexes Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon ©2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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arch is National Women’s History Month, and that makes it an ideal time to celebrate the contributions of women in film. This month sees the release of a number of new noteworthy films starring some of the world’s most prominent stars, including Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence (spy thriller Red Sparrow) and Alicia Vikander (a reboot of Tomb Raider). Plus, Selma director Ava DuVernay brings Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time to the big screen.

Beyond this trio, there are special screenings, some 2017 gems and, of course, plenty of recent selections now available on demand or DVD/ Blu-ray. Let’s take a look at some films that are either made by a female filmmaker or feature noteworthy performances from women.

Special screenings Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival Year thirty-three of the BIJFF features numerous highlights, and two of these are films directed by female filmmakers. Actress Natalie Portman directed A Tale of Love and Darkness, a drama based on the memories of author Amos Oz. It screens at 8 p.m. on March 11 and 3:30 p.m. on March 13.

Director Aviva Kempner’s documentary Rosenwald tells the story of Julius Rosenwald, the President of Sears, Roebuck & Company. It screens at 3:30 p.m. on March 12 and 1 p.m. on March 14.

BIJFF runs March 9-15 at the Dipson Amherst Theatre, 3500 Main.

St.; bijff.com.

Cultivate Cinema Circle’s Women Direct Screening series Cultivate Cinema Circle has a yearlong Women Direct series planned featuring the first films from directors like Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette and The Beguiled). No films are planned 10

for March, but the series returns on April 12 with The Fits. Anna Rose Holmer helmed this 2016 film about an eleven-year-old budding boxer on a journey of discovery.

All films in the series screen at 7 p.m. at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave.; cultivatecinemacircle.com.

Buffalo Film Seminars The long-running Buffalo Film Seminars, hosted by University at Buffalo professors Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian, always features a diverse lineup. Satiyajit Ray’s 1963 feature The Big City (March 13) and Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (March 27) both feature stunning lead performances.

Coming soon is Black Girl (April 3), the story of a Sengalese woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy white family; David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (April 24), starring a never-better Naomi Watts; 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (May 1), starring the great Frances McDormand; and French musical classic Young Girls of Rochefort (May 8).

7 p.m. on Tuesdays through May 8 at the Dipson Amherst Theatre, 3500 Main St.; csac.buffalo.edu/bfs.html.

Humanities to the Rescue: Environmental Film Festival The University at Buffalo’s Humanities Institute has a three-

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day film festival planned this month focused on environmental activism, and the first two features come from female directors.

Franny Armstrong’s film The Age of Stupid, which takes place in 2055, screens at 3 p.m. on March 10. And Barbara Ettinger’s drama A Sea Change, about a retired teacher’s quest to discover what is happening to Earth’s oceans, follows at 5:30 p.m.

Festival runs from March 10-12 at the UB Center for the Arts, UB North Campus, Amherst; humanitiesinstitute. buffalo.edu/humanities-to-the-rescue.

In theaters now The Post The most memorable performance in Steven Spielberg’s Oscarnominated drama about the story behind the Pentagon Papers comes from – who else? – Meryl Streep.

The oft-awarded icon plays late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham.

Lady Bird Actress Greta Gerwig wrote and directed this coming-of-age drama, and the result is one of 2017’s finest films. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf both deservedly earned Oscar nominations, as did Gerwig.

Molly’s Game Jessica Chastain seems to top herself each year, and in 2017 she gave her best performance yet.

Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) wrote and directed the true story of Molly Bloom (Chastain), a former skier who infamously ran an underground poker empire.

Available for home viewing Mudbound Director Dee Rees’s tale of two families and two World War II veterans in Mississippi is a stunner with fine acting from Mary J. Blige and Carey Mulligan.

Streaming on Netflix.

Battle of the Sexes Emma Stone plays Billie Jean King in a film spotlighting her “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match against Bobby Riggs.

Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

First They Killed My Father The widely acclaimed fourth film directed by Angelina Jolie takes place during the Communist Khmer Rouge regime.

Streaming on Netflix.

A Quiet Passion Cynthia Nixon played poet Emily Dickinson in one of the best movie biopics of recent years.

Streaming on Amazon Instant Video and available on DVD and Blu-ray. FY Christopher Schobert is a film critic whose work appears in Forever Young, Buffalo Spree, and other outlets.

HOME & GARDEN

Tillandsias

water and serve more as an anchor to hold the tillandsia in place.

The other has doubled in size since I purchased it! It is called a Harrisii tillandsia. It has been tucked into a sea urchin shell. Both tillandsias are residing in a window in the dining room. The light there is bright and the temperature changes little, which makes them quite happy. Once in a while, I take them to the kitchen and soak them in water for a few minutes. When I think of it, I use a very dilute fertilizer in the water.

That’s it!

Other tillandsias that do well in the home include Abdita tillandsias, which have red leaves—very pretty.

Logees, an online company, sells a Ionantha tillandsia ball, which is made of many tillandsias pushed together into a ball. This is lovely in a bathroom window and, if you take warm showers, you never have to water it. It produces purple flowers.

The pups (baby plants) multiply so the ball grows bigger and bigger! I

am going to order one.

All tillandsias don’t require the same attention. Some are thin, others fleshy. They differ in their need for water, but how difficult is that?

If your tillandsias look shrunken, simply soak them for a few hours rather than a few minutes.

Many people place tilandsias in glass jars by themselves, as they are architecturally intriguing. It is easier to simply mist these once in a while, since putting them directly in water would be inconvenient. I have also seen tillandsias tucked into a pot containing entirely different types of plants simply to add interest.

Now I’d like to hear back from Joan after she purchases some tillandsias! FY I look forward to your questions and comments: caharlos@verizon. net or herbgardener.net.

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ecently a reader named Joan wrote that she enjoyed this garden column (Thank you!) and was curious about house plants that truly require almost no care. My first thought was “fake plants,” but, as my five-year-old grandson says, “That’s.... not... right.” So, I thought of tillandsias also called “air plants.”

Tillandsias naturally grow in drier areas of the southern United States all the way to parts of South America. I bet you have seen “Spanish moss” growing on trees in Florida or purchased some for use in wreath making. Spanish moss is not really a moss at all but one of many species of tillandsias. Spanish moss, like all tillandsias, loves humidity and actually grows very tiny flowers.

CAROL ANN HARLOS

There are tillandsias that can grow in your home without soil and just the barest minimum of care. I have only two, but plan to get more.

Tillandsias absorb water through hair-like structures called trichomes in their leaves, so you don’t need to plant them in soil.

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Healthy Habits for a Long Life

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hil Haberstro, executive director of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, is a youthful seventy years old who has been promoting wellness for nearly fifty years. To help achieve that goal, Haberstro and his team are meeting with political and community leaders throughout Erie County to present its “Creating Healthy Communities—A Strategic Path to Improving Quality of Life.”

Focusing on nutrition and exercise for our older adults, Haberstro says those who live by themselves face transportation and access issues that need to be resolved so they can get to places to purchase

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goods or services for a nutritional lifestyle. Learning how to prepare nutritious meals on an individual basis rather than for a family is also a challenge, and Haberstro hopes Erie County’s Food Policy Council will continue to look into this issue.

Making sure you get seven to eight hours of sleep each night, staying away from an excessive amount of alcohol, and not smoking are also keys to living a healthy life. Another important tip he follows is keeping a positive outlook on life regardless of the challenges faced.

Healthy lifestyle in practice Dr. John Long, a ninety-oneyear-old retired chiropractor from the Town of Tonawanda, says if he misses a couple days of exercise at the town’s Aquatic and Fitness Center, he loses his edge physically and mentally and feels sluggish all day.

“Eating healthy and daily exercise are so very important for seniors. At the end of each day, they will feel much better,” he explains during a recent breakfast with Haberstro.

“Keeping nutrition and exercise in the forefront for our seniors is a must. Everyone around them must support them in eating healthy, exercising, and getting enough rest.

Repetition is reputation.”

For Dr. Long, following a

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Retired chiropractor Dr. John Long exercises on a regular basis.

Photo by Michael J. Billoni

balanced, healthy, nutritional daily menu includes a combination of fruits and vegetables, and he stays away from red meat and sticks with fish and chicken. The most important staple of his daily diet: drinking plenty of water. “For us seniors, staying hydrated all day long is very important, so we must make sure we drink plenty of water.”

Haberstro concurs with Dr. Long’s recipe for life and adds, “we are at a new frontier with so many of our older adults living much longer lives that we, as a community, must

pay closer attention to ensure they are living healthy lives.”

Make healthy choices a priority Older adults can easily live a nutritional lifestyle, but they need to make it a priority each day.

For a balanced nutritional diet, Haberstro says the basics of fruits and vegetables are a must. Five daily servings, with a serving being the size of a fist, works. If they cannot get fresh items, frozen or canned work just as well. Dr. Long’s water drinking tip is also a must.

“I recommend our older adults

FEATURE make an appointment with a registered dietician to help them create a diet that works for them.

They will take into consideration their health issues and their medications, and their own doctor or possibly their senior center can recommend a dietician,” Haberstro adds.

As far as exercise is concerned, Haberstro believes there is a lack of understanding among our aging population about how much physical activity they need each day.

“Just being active for thirty minutes a day is great,” he says. “And it can be done in ten-minute blocks. It’s as easy as going outside to take a walk, mall walking, or just walking around the house. If they can get to a gym to achieve it like Dr. Long, all the better.”

Haberstro says living alone at home can be an asset and a challenge for our older population in regard exercised as well as nutrition. For instance, when Dr. Long goes to

the gym, he is there with a group of friends who look out for one another and call if someone does not show up for a few days. Support for our aging population is very important, Haberstro says, especially if they are living alone at home.

“It is very important for family and friends to promote a healthy lifestyle to our older population by ensuring they having nutritional choices for their meals and they are encouraging them to walk and exercise,” he says.

These two gentlemen truly prove age is merely a number and by focusing on a physical, mental, and spiritual balance in life, you can feel terrific every day. FY Michael J. Billoni is a freelance writer and storyteller.

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Healthy Eating As We Age FROM THE USDA

for pre-sliced fruits and vegetables on sale if slicing and chopping is a challenge.

• Ask your doctor to suggest other options if the medications you take affect your appetite or change your desire to eat.

• Drink three cups of fat-free or low-fat milk throughout the day. If you cannot tolerate milk, try small amounts of yogurt, butter milk, hard cheese, or lactose-free foods.

Drink water instead of sugary drinks.

• Consume foods fortified with vitamin B12, such as fortified cereals.

Be active your way Focus on maintaining a healthy body weight. Being physically active can help you stay strong and independent as you grow older. If you are overweight or obese, weight loss can improve your quality of life and reduce the risk of disease and disability.

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s we age, healthy eating can make a difference in our health, help to improve how we feel, and encourage a sense of well-being. Eating healthy has benefits that can help older adults:

The USDA Choose My Plate program recommends these guidelines for older adults.

Nutrients • Obtain nutrients needed by the body such as potassium, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B12, minerals, and dietary fiber.

• Lose weight or maintain a healthy weight

• Reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. If you have a chronic disease, eating well can help to manage the disease.

Special nutrition concerns for older adults Our daily eating habits change as our bodies get older. Make small adjustments to help you enjoy the foods and beverages you eat and drink.

• Meet individual calorie and nutrition needs.

• Add flavor to foods with spices and herbs instead of salt, and look for low-sodium packaged foods.

• Help to maintain energy levels.

• Add sliced fruits and vegetable to your meals and snacks. Look

• Adults at any age need at least two and a half hours or 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week. Being active at least three days a week is a good goal.

• Find an activity that is appropriate for your fitness level. If you are not active, start by walking or riding a stationary bike. Strive for at least ten minutes of exercise at a time and be as active as possible.

• Include activities that improve balance and reduce your risk of falling, such as lifting small weights.

Add strength building activities at least twice a week.

• Being active will make it easier to enjoy other activities such as shopping, playing a sport, or gardening.

• If you are not sure about your level of fitness, check with your doctor before starting an intense exercise program or vigorous physical activity. FY

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Here are a few tips from Go4Life to help make your meal both delicious and nutritious.

• Use portion control: Skip the “large” or “super sized.” Ask for “small,” or share a portion.

• Order a salad with lean meat, low-fat or fat-free cheese, and other healthy toppings. Choose low-fat or fat-free salad dressing, and ask for the dressing on the side so you can control how much you use.

• Ask for food to be prepared without added salt, and don’t add salt at the table.

• Choose foods that are baked, broiled, braised, grilled, steamed, sautéed, or boiled. Avoid fried food.

• Instead of fries, try a small baked potato, side salad with low-fat dressing, or fruit.

• Hold the “special sauces.” Ask the kitchen not to top your dish with butter or whipped cream.

Select foods with a tomato-based or red sauce instead of a creambased or white sauce. Tomatobased sauces usually contain more vitamins, less fat, and fewer calories.

• Drink water, fat-free or low-fat milk, or other drinks without added sugars.

• Order an item from the menu instead of heading for the “allyou-can-eat” buffet.

• If you take home leftovers, get them into the refrigerator within two hours—sooner if the temperature outside is above 90°F. FY Contributed by Go4Life from the National Institute on Aging at National Institute of Health March 2018 | www.foreveryoungwny.com 19

NEWS

Colvin Cleaners Gowns for Prom

BY MICHAEL J. BILLONI

Gowns line the stage at Shea's. Photo by Christopher Billoni

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yndee Billoni has witnessed thousands of young women from high schools throughout Western New York express delight after finding their perfect gown on the stage of Shea’s Performing Arts Theatre during the annual Colvin Cleaners Gowns for Prom program. And one student’s story still brings Cyndee to tears.

A student from the Buffalo Public Schools arrived at Shea’s looking for a gown. Her family had pooled its money for a ticket so she could attend her prom.

“She was looking for a size twentyeight gown, and we didn’t have any that size,” Cyndee recalls. “She was very sad, and so was I. I knew we had a two-piece plus sized gown donated to us from TT New York that matched the one she liked, so I took the her and both gowns upstairs and found

a seamstress who cut the four pieces to make the perfect gown to fit this student.”

The finished product was taken to Colvin Cleaners to be cleaned.

When the student arrived to try it on, it fit perfectly. The seamstress also added a shawl from the extra material to complement the outfit, and a volunteer from Mary Kay cosmetics, after learning what was being done, arranged to be at the girl’s house on prom day to give her a free makeover.

“We all cried happy tears that day as we made this young woman feel like a princess,” Cyndee adds. “That is truly what Gowns for Prom is all about.”

Cyndee and her husband Paul, president and CEO of the eightyseven-year-old family-owned Colvin Cleaners, began Gowns for Prom and its annual Coats 4 Kids programs as a way for the company and its employees to give back to the community it serves.

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Cyndee credits the volunteers who assist in making the Gowns for Prom experience at Shea’s so memorable for the young women who participate.

When they arrive, volunteers take them to racks of gowns by size. Once the gown is selected, they are taken to the actors’ dressing rooms where volunteer seamstresses make the needed alterations before the gowns go to Colvin Cleaners for cleaning and delivery to the student’s school.

In addition to donated gowns, new gowns are donated from Bella Que, the Jacqueline Shoppe, MA Carr, and TT New York.

Students can also select shoes and purses to match their gown and, thanks to Marlena Gagner from Meraki Jewelry Design, they can also find specially made earrings and necklaces. Gagner and her team of volunteers work throughout the year making jewelry for Gowns for Prom.

Gagner joined the team after Gordon visited her store looking for beads to fix some donated gowns.

After Ganger learned why she needed

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the beads, she shared that when she was in high school, she could not afford a gown and would have loved such a program. Her mother made her gown from drapes she purchased from the Salvation Army.

Janet Snyder of KISS 98.5 is the Gowns for Prom spokesperson and does it because it helps so many young women in our community who otherwise could not afford a gown.

“The high school prom is one of those rites of passages for high school students,” she says. “I grew up with three sisters, so sharing a gown for our prom was very natural for us.

Gowns for Prom is like the Sisterhood of the Traveling Prom Gown’, and I encourage everyone to go into their

Meraki Jewelry Design items Photo by Michael J. Billoni

closets and donate gowns you do not use anymore, because these young women can use them.”

Paul Billoni adds, “Our family taught us at young age the importance of giving back to help others in our community. Regardless of the economic climate of our business, we make sure we are doing something to assist those in need. We are so grateful for everyone who has donated gowns over the years, because the smiles on the faces of thousands of high school students, who otherwise could not have afforded a prom gown, is priceless.”

The recently completed 22nd annual Coats 4 Kids Program, sponsored by the Allstate Foundation and Fidelis Care and supported by News 4 Buffalo and KISS 98.5 with Janet Snyder, distributed a record 13,500 coats and a similar number of gloves, hats, and scarves this year The 13th annual Gowns for Prom, sponsored by the Allstate Foundation, will distribute gowns April 9, 10, and 11 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Shea’s. Buffalo high schools will be notified of the date and time for students to select a gown. Anyone can sign up to attend by visiting.gownsforprom.com.

Gowns, shoes, and purses can be donated year round at Colvin Cleaners, 2375 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore or visit the website for other locations. FY Michael J. Billoni is a storyteller and publisher.

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GETAWAYS

Everybody Loves Lucy

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“What a treasure we have in Lucy.”

“A soul never forgotten. You brought many laughs to our family of fifteen.”

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Judging by the pages and pages of hearts and passionate tributes, there is no doubt that the beloved redhead continues to touch lives and make us laugh. format in front of a studio audience, “Fans come from around the was revolutionary. world,” says our museum guide, Lucy Incredibly popular, I Love Lucy was (yes, that’s her real name). Lucy’s the highest-rated series on television encyclopedic knowledge of the star’s for most of its prime-time seasons. life and her show is dizzying, and as On January 21, 1953, 44 million she guides us through the museum, Americans tuned in to watch Lucy she regales us with stories and details give birth to little Ricky, accounting about the exhibits. for 72 percent of US homes with TVs. “She was a pioneer in many ways,” Incidentally, this was 15 million more our guide explains, citing how Lucille viewers than Eisenhower had on his Ball was one of the first stars to appear inauguration the day before. visibly pregnant on TV and I Love The museum does an impressive Lucy was the first show to feature a job of honoring Lucille Ball’s enduring “mixed” marriage between Lucy and legacy along with Arnaz with exhibits Cuban-born Desi Arnaz. Even the of their personal lives and memorabilia method of filming, the three-camera

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Although Lucille Ball hadn’t been back to her hometown for decades, she made frequent reference to the town and its inhabitants in the show. She was scheduled to return to Jamestown, but unfortunately passed away before she could. What would Lucy have thought of the museum?

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Our visit to the Lucy-Desi Museum was just one of the stops on our family’s winter getaway to the region. At Peek'n Peak Resort, a ninety-minute drive from Buffalo, we had some fun in the snow with a day of skiing on the resort’s twenty-seven slopes and trails. We lucked out with a blue-bird day, and the snow-adorned pines sparkled in such a postcardperfect way that my hands froze as I stopped frequently to take pictures.

With so many activities and food options, it would have been easy to spend all our time at Peek'n Peak, but we wanted to explore more of the region, so we headed to Evergreen

Outfitters in Mayville, New York, for a guided snowshoe hike.

“Welcome to Narnia!” says Mike, our guide, as we trek along the Westside Overland Trail. It was an apt comparison, as it felt like we were in a truly magical setting–a winter wonderland of pure white snow blanketing the forest and evergreens and decorating the hardwood branches with fluffy cotton balls.

Exhilarated from the exercise and inspired by the beauty of the snowy woods, I vowed never to complain about winter again (this resolution didn’t last very long).

During this unforgettable snow

shoe hike in Mayville, my alwayshungry son, Justin, struck up a conversation with Mike. Now, besides hockey, food is my son’s favorite topic of conversation.

“You never heard of poutine?” Justin gasps and proceeds to tell Mike all about the gooey Canadian concoction of fries, cheese curds, and gravy. In turn, our guide described Western New York’s signature sandwich.

“You don’t know what a beef on ‘weck is?” retorts Mike, and describes the thinly sliced beef piled high on a kimmelweck roll. After this crosscultural bonding over mutual love of artery-clogging dishes, Justin couldn’t wait to try out the dish. Luckily, it was also the speciality of The Pub, a popular local eatery in Jamestown,

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Separate Bedrooms

BY JUDITH A. RUCKI

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friend was busy redecorating her home when I asked her how the project was going. She said she had just finished work on her husband’s room. At first I thought she meant his study, or perhaps she had created a man cave for him. Nope, she meant he had his own bedroom.

Shortly after that conversation took place, another friend remarked about having his and her bedrooms.

I began wondering if this was a trend or if something else was afoot.

A recent survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation says twenty-three percent of married couples routinely sleep in separate beds.

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It also turns out Good Morning America ran a story about this subject awhile back. Health.com followed up with an article based on the episode.

Both confirmed what my friends were saying. There were reasons other than animosity or a failing marriage that sent them to their separate rooms.

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deciding to sleep apart. The partner who sounds like a jet breaking the sound barrier may not realize he (or she) is causing such a racket. This can leave the bleary-eyed partner desperate for some shut-eye.

Other couples say restless leg or arm syndrome is the culprit. Being kicked or punched all night is not conducive to sound sleep.

Insomnia, regular nocturnal trips to the bathroom, and sleepwalking add to the list of why your own room is sounding better and better.

Note that these physical issues should be mentioned to your primary care physician. Treatment may be available and get you back to sleeping well together.

Sometimes separate rooms are a

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Self-quarantine can be a good thing.

Seemingly small issues like one person wanting to sleep with a nightlight on while the other prefers total darkness can cause difficulties.

Personal habits also play a part.

Couples may have different ways of winding down after a long day. If she wants to read quietly while he plans on watching TV, or he is playing his guitar while she is attempting meditation, problems can arise.

Conflicting work schedules can also make sleeping in the same room difficult. Anyone who has had to catch a 5 a.m. flight or worked a swing shift knows how both partners can become sleep deprived in short order.

Night owls and early birds can easily ruffle each other’s feathers. And neither is likely to adapt to the other’s schedule.

Susan Heitler, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Denver, Colorado, says, “The danger with not sleeping well is that couples often start to resent

each other. One partner will start to see the other as a physical manifestation of the fact that they can’t sleep at night, and grow bitter and angry toward them.”

Being excessively tired can make people snappish and annoyed. It’s hard to communicate well when you are barely able to keep your eyes open.

Sleeping apart may make us feel well rested. But does it harm other aspects of the relationship, like cuddle time and sex?

Heitler’s solution is to “develop a morning and nighttime routine so that you can still work those closeness hours in without sacrificing quality sleep. That is, bookend your cuddle time around your actual sleep time.”

Think of it as a mini date night, or even morning. Cuddle on the couch before going off to your separate rooms. Or slip into bed together early in the morning for some snuggle time.

Negotiate some romantic time with your partner. You may agree that a knock on the door accompanied by

a suggestion for intimacy would be welcome. Get creative and figure out ways to enhance your relationship. Just make sure to turn off the electronic devices to avoid distraction or interruption.

Heitler points out that having separate rooms is beneficial only if it benefits the quality of your sleep. She says, “If you’re splitting up at night because you’re fighting, or because you’re having sex issues, then it’s going

to do more harm than good.” She advises that if you are pushing bigger issues under the rug, you may as well deal with them before a bigger blowup occurs.

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ccording to the National Institute of Health, it is estimated that 60 to 70 million individuals suffer some type of digestive disorder. From chronic constipation or frequent diarrhea to the far more serious Crohn’s disease, you are likely to know someone or even suffer yourself from one of the many ailments that fall into this broad category.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a very non-specific diagnosis which essentially means something is not right within your gut.

There is no defined cause and no surefire cure. Relief often comes with dietary changes and supplementation. These remedies are not likely to come from your doctor’s office, as most individuals who suffer are more likely to find relief from an online search or a naturopathic provider. Western medicine has little to offer.

Why do so many individuals suffer? There are probably dozens of influences that affect overall gut health. Antibiotics, especially in individuals who have been on long-term or frequent rounds, have negatively altered their immunity and overall health if proactive steps

were not in place. Who knew?

Environmental toxins such as fluoride, chlorine, heavy metals, food preservatives, and plastics have placed additional stress on our systems. Blame sugar for many ailments that have to do with the digestive system, as it feeds the bad bacteria that we do not want multiplied as well as fungal organisms (aka yeast).

Your gut is the foundation to your health. When things here begin to head south, other diseases are just waiting in the wings. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and the many branches of autoimmune disease are the result of ignored red flags sent up by your digestive system.

Your gut also plays a very important role in your emotional

health. Gut reactions, feelings, and intuition are optimized in healthy individuals as compared to those who struggle with their health.

So, now what? How do we fix this? Many medications (antacids) actually compound the problem by minimizing the digestive process and causing severe deficiencies. B-12 is one such deficiency that leaves us feeling fatigued as well as foggy.

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the inclusion of bone broth is where most people will find their greatest success. Eliminating the most problematic and inflammatory foods is essential. Gluten, dairy, sugar, eggs, soy, processed foods, and alcohol should be eliminated for a minimum of two weeks in order for your body to begin the healing process. The longer you avoid these foods, more dramatic healing is sure to take place. Many individuals benefit greatly from a short-term cleanse of a few weeks, but I highly recommend that anyone who suffers from digestive disorders stay the long haul. The more greens you consume (juicing, smoothies, and eating raw), the faster you heal.

Bone broth The best bone broth is made up from animal parts that are typically discarded. These include bones, marrow, skin, feet, tendons, and ligaments. Simmering over extended periods of time results in an extremely nutrient dense broth, loaded with great healing potential.

Benefits of bone broth include: • Better digestion, less bloating and gas, and overall symptom reduction of IBS • Healthier joints, skin, ligaments, and tendons

BEING WELL • Stronger immunity and reduced allergy symptoms • Nutrient dense and low calorie, bone broth is an excellent tool for those who desire weight loss Bone broth fasting is the exclusive intake bone broth for one to four days. Steamed veggies can be added. This is not for everyone, but those who do it typically report a significant reduction in belly distress.

Making bone broth is very easy, but takes a while. I typically use a stock pot to make a large batch.

Grass fed animals have the best bones, but I use anything I can get, except pork. If you are using beef bones, season and roast them in a 350 degree oven for approximately 30 minutes then cool. This makes for a better taste.

Cover bones in stock pot with filtered water and add two tablespoons of cider vinegar to help release bone nutrients. Now just simmer covered pot for 12-24 hours.

I place rough chopped onions, celery, carrots during the last eight hours of the simmering process for the best flavor. Add Himalayan or Celtic sea salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste.

Strain when broth is cooled. This will keep for five days in the fridge but will freeze for later use. Not only does it taste great, I consider it mother nature’s best medicine.

Supplements for gut health Digestive Enzymes. Optimize the breakdown of ingested food.

Nutrients are better absorbed, allergy symptoms are reduced, and transit time improves. This simple addition to supplementation is priceless and often ignored. Look for a supplement that includes a variety of enzymes such as amylase, lipase, protease, etc. The more enzymes listed, the more foods will be effectively broken down. I have repeatedly seen enzymes assist with weight loss, constipation, and overall gut health. Take prior to meals.

B-12 (methylcobalamin).

This is a common deficiency in individuals who suffer from gut ailments. Anyone over age fifty should be taking B-12 daily.

1000mc–2000mcg is a good dose. Look for a supplement that dissolves in your mouth; remember when your gut is broken and things do not absorb well.

Vitamin D3. For Optimal immune function. Desired levels should be between 65 ng/mL and 100 ng/mL. We are all deficient unless we are supplementing.

Recommended daily dose is 4000iu6000iu. Look for a supplement in an olive oil base that will absorb in your mouth for reasons mentioned above.

Probiotics. As we improve our diet and cleanse our gut, probiotics will help repopulate our GI tract with healthy bacteria that will protect our overall health. Look for a multi-strain formula.

L-Glutamine. An amino acid that helps detox heavy metals as

well as repair gut lining. Powders have better absorption rates.

Feel free to email me directly with comments or questions at journeyiihealth@gmail.com.

You can also visit my website journeyiihealth.com. FY

Health Center for Rejuvenation.

Her book, Free Yourself from a CONSTIPATED Life, is available on Amazon. Visit her website at journeyiihealth.com or email cath626@gmail.com.

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