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SENIORS o g e h on-t The upside to getting older Perks for seniors have made it more advantageous for older adults to be proud of their age

Larry Nelson stays active later in life Family, gardening and collecting keep her busy all year long

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The upside to getting older with customer service or the manager about age requirements and the percentages off purchases. Some stores offer discounts on a certain day of the week. Other businesses may have a standard percentage that they take off regardless of the day or time the purchases are being made. Many other retailers offer anywhere from 10 to 15 percent off on purchases. That can add up to considerable savings, especially for older adults living on fixed incomes.

Individuals do not be retirement age to reap store perks. Some businesses offer discounts for customers over the age of 62. Many others start the cutoff at 50 to 55. The earlier Boomers find out about discounts, the sooner they can start saving.

Stores aren’t the only ones offering perks to seniors. Discounts may be available on airline flights and other modes of transportation. Reduced

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Community services may be made possible for seniors as well, including low- or no-cost financial counseling.

Health companies also may have discounted programs for seniors, including fitness clubs, prescription programs and therapy. Anyone age 50 and up is eligible for enrollment in AARP, which boasts its own collection of discounts and recommended businesses.

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Before anyone 50 years or older pays full price when shopping, dining out or traveling, he or she should investigate whether there are discounts in place that can quickly add up to savings.

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The standard for people entering their golden years has long been to fib about their ages. Growing older hasn’t always been seen as a positive. However, increasing perks for seniors have made it more advantageous for older adults to be proud of their age.

It used to be that a senior discount meant a reduced fare on the bus or a couple of cents saved on that morning cup of coffee. However, as more of the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement years, businesses are catering to Boomers’ active lifestyles with discounts and perks in a variety of ways.

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Long-time Upsala resident Larry Nelson stays active later in life with family, gardening and collecting Nelson’s collection of outdoor cement statues continues to grow each year

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fun. Having a hobby she loves keeps her going put up a rock garden,’ that was just the beginthroughout the year and helps her to main- ning.” tain strong connections with her family.

In addition to Margie and her daughter

“It keeps her very busy and active,” Nel- Tonie Rose, Nelson said she receives a great Larry Nelson’s collections, both inside and son’s daughter-in-law Margie said. “It is a deal of help from Billy’s wife Julie and their outside of her home, have grown so much healthy thing to do. It is fun for her. She son Lance. With no other family in the area, over the past 32 years she stopped trying to enjoys it a lot.”

Nelson said that strong family connection is count the number of items.

Since her husband Donny passed away very important for her.

“I have it pretty full in here,” Nelson said. from cancer three years ago, Nelson said it Nelson and her family make the trip up Her home, a modest two-story built in the has been very important for her to keep up to Pam’s Butterflies Crafts and Lawn Ornaheart of Upsala back in 1923, is packed full with her hobbies, something she said her ments in Cushing every couple of months to with countless, perfectly organized trinkets husband asked her to do. purchase a new item for her gardens. she and her late husband Donny picked up “Collecting keeps me busy from early Nelson said she has been purchasing through the years. But it doesn’t stop there. spring to late fall. Winters are long – they mainly cement decorations for the past few Large, winding gardens fill Nelson’s lawn, really are,” Nelson said. years, and although they brimming with hundreds of plastic, ceramic “Winters are tough espe- “Collecting keeps me come hand painted, Nelson and cement statues that range from bald cially now with Donny being repaints nearly every object busy from early spring to eagles to giraffes. And wherever there isn’t gone ... but about two weeks in her gardens each year to late fall.” a statue, Nelson fills the space with planters before Donny died, he told combat fading.

—Larry Nelson packed full of vibrant flowers. me ‘Larry, keep up your flow “Every year we are repaint Collecting and gardening are very enjoy- ers and keep up the yard.’” ing pieces and it is kind of able, Nelson said, but for her, it isn’t just about Nelson, who grew up in the small town of like a big circle,” Margie said. “We start and Farming and moved to just keep going. By the time we are done, we Upsala at age 11, said could just start over again, touching up and she started creating redoing.” elaborate outdoor gar- Nelson said painting the figurines is fun for dens after her two sons, both her and Margie, and really allows her to Bobby and Billy, who keep occupied everyday, something she truly now live just down the appreciates after a lifetime of hard work on street from her, dug out her family’s 280 acre farm outside of Upsala, the first rock garden. and after years of owning businesses.

“It was about 30 years Nelson and her late husband previously ago when the two boys owned Don and Larry’s Bar and the Uptown had two weeks vacation, Cafe in Upsala. Nelson said much of the trinand they didn’t know ket collection inside her home came from the what to do,” Nelson decorations in the bar and cafe. said. “We had a bunch Nelson starting purchasing large, outdoor of dead trees in the yard, cement figures for her garden when two men Larry Nelson has hundreds of cement statues at her home. Nelson so I said ‘Why don’t you who worked with cement down in the Citalso keeps busy with cooking, baking, painting and entertaining visitors who stop by to tour her many gardens. cut those trees down and ies visited the bar and got her interested.

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The 2011 Sauk Centre Senior Wellness Fair will be held on Friday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Sauk Centre Senior High School. In addition to the Multi-Purpose Room, five adjacent classrooms and the computer lab will also be used.

The purpose of the Wellness Fair is to educate, inform and entertain the seniors of central Minnesota. In years past, attempts to educate and inform have been hindered by acoustics. Although interested in the topics being presented, many were unable to hear the speakers due to the venue and the background noise. That is the main reason the planning committee has chosen a new location and format. A variety of breakout sessions will be held in a classroom setting, allowing attendees to choose and attend the sessions they’re interested in and actually hear the presenter speaking. Topics discussed will include computer basics, vintage tractors, exercise, dietary, hospice, funeral planning, gardening and information about the new Medicare wellness visit. Morning and afternoon sessions will allow attendees to choose several topics that interest them.

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This event is free (with advance registration) and open to the public. In order to ensure that there is enough food, the planning committee strongly encourages people to register in advance by calling Alternative Senior Care at 866-352-3350. If you are not pre-registered, there will be a $3.00 cover charge at the door.

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Working after retirement Brushing up on computer skills and drafting a new resume can help older adults successfully re-enter the work force after retirement There’s no longer a magic number for retirement. Some people find that they want to work past the traditional retirement age, while others discover they need to. In addition, some retirees discover that they liked working and want to return to work rather than settle into retirement.

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There are many people who continue working because they actually enjoy it, and not because of some financial necessity.

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