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Parks and Recreation Month Find parks in your area to celebrate and enjoy the season Articles in each issue: • Local news and events • Humor • Health

• Recipe • Book Review • Pop Culture and Music Flashbacks

Healthy Vision Month Read about how to protect your eye health this month

Find out how to celebrate the 4th in your area!

How to Support Your Local Parks For National Parks and Recreation Month, there are many different ways you can help support the beautiful parks in your area: Donate Donating is a great way to help your area’s parks. Monetary donations can help update park facilities, playgrounds or even improve landscaping. All of these will benefit your park for years to come.

Volunteer If you notice that your favorite park or others in your area are in need of trash clean up or even basic landscape grooming, offer your time to help! It’s a great way to get physically active and improve the quality of your community spaces.

Visit Regularly Possibly the best way to support your local parks is by visiting them on a regular basis. This helps demonstrate that the park is necessary and enjoyed by the community, often helping garner future funding and attention from local government.

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Organize to Achieve Ultimate Happiness

By Jan Larraine Cox

You’re in charge, not your stuff!

First step: Meditate in order to relax your muscles and reduce your heart rate. This practice leads to increased clarity of thinking, deeper sleep and lower stress-hormone levels.

Increased focus and memory result, as well as reduced inflammation in the body, which is a recognized cause of disease.

How to start meditating? Sit in a straight-back chair, with feet flat on the floor. Place your hands on your thighs, with palms facing up, feeling your breath as it enters and exits your nostrils. Just focus on your breath and without annoyance dismiss any thoughts that try to intrude.

All right then. Time to sort the papers, placing related papers together in separate stacks.

For example, make a stack related to taxes, another for manuals, one for proof of purchase with receipt attached to be tossed after the warranty is over, and yet another for home projects you are currently working on.

If you’re doing a remodel, you might create a stack for budget; architect; bank loan; contractor; permits. Go ahead and shred paid bills that are not tax-deductible.

Finally, keep action files near you and your shredder or recycle bin as you open mail. Five action files could be labeled: asap, low priority, to read, to file and pending (which will eventually graduate to asap file after resolution!)

Now you’re well on your way to ordering your possessions and experiencing the resulting inner calm. Outer order allows you

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to project a more positive identity to yourself and, likewise, to the world. Your space then reflects your true identity and what is happening now in life, full of possibility, purpose and renewal.

Your space needs to work for you, not you working for your space!

Simplification is the key. As Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh suggests: “Drink your tea slowly and reverently as if it’s the axis on which the earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.”

With focused breathing in meditation, you trigger the relaxation response, taking charge of your thinking and disarming the power thoughts have over you.

Once you clarify your core values, you have set boundaries around choice and actions, so you need not worry.

You don’t need to waste time questioning your priorities since your self-esteem and focused action have already been established.

Anxiety is then diminished since you feel a sense of autonomy.

You don’t need to strive for minimalism; just strive for an environment where you have purged unnecessary items that are no longer needed or even liked.

Thanks to technology, many of us no longer need an alarm clock, dictionary or copier, for example. Donate to charity, and don’t even consider storing it in a closet or, worse, a storage area!

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The Statement shows the benefits that you and your family may be entitled to with personalized fact sheets tailored to your age and earnings situation. The benefits estimator tool allows you to get estimates based on different ages you want to begin receiving benefits. These tools can help you plan the financial independence you deserve in retirement.

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Sue DeLeon appointed as Chief Nursing Officer at HCA Florida West Marion Hospital Information and image from Ocala-News According to Ocala News, HCA Florida West Marion Hospital has announced the appointment of Suha “Sue” DeLeon as Chief Nursing Officer, effective June 6.

In this role, DeLeon will work to advance the hospital system’s commitment to delivering high quality care through a focus on patient safety, developing cross-functional collaboration among nursing teams across hospital departments, and implementing evidence-based, innovative practices that further clinical operational excellence, according to a press release from the hospital.

Chad Christianson, Chief Executive Officer of HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, said, “We are excited to have Sue returning to the HCA Florida West Marion Hospital family. Sue’s proven commitment to people and nursing excellence is key to her success. She understands the culture of care at West Marion, and we are looking forward to the collaboration with our two hospitals and larger healthcare system.”

DeLeon most recently served as the Chief Nursing Officer at HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, an HCA Healthcare facility in Inverness that is recognized for its Heart and Vascular Center, Orthopedic & Spine Center of Excellence, Women and Baby Center, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery.

DeLeon previously served as the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville for two years. Prior to her work at Memorial Hospital, she served in multiple roles at HCA Florida West Marion Hospital over the course of 11 years as the Director of Medical Surgical, Orthopedic and House Supervision as well as Medical Surgical/Orthopedic Clinical Coordinator.

“I’m overjoyed to be coming home to Ocala and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital. The relationships I built here play a large part in who I am and how I lead nursing teams. I look forward to working alongside my friends and colleagues, expanding access to care for our neighbors,” said DeLeon.

Last week, HCA Florida West Marion Hospital also announced the appointment of Peter Hemstead as Chief Executive Officer.

HCA Florida Healthcare includes over 450 affiliated sites of care across the state, including HCA Florida Ocala Hospital (1431 SW 1st Avenue in Ocala) and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital (4600 SW 46th Court in Ocala). There are multiple freestanding emergency rooms in Marion and Sumter counties that are also a part of the HCA system: •

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July is National Parks and Recreation Month, so whether you’re looking for a place to have a pickleball match or want to walk a few natural trails, below is a list of parks in your area that can help you do just that.

Tampa Bay Area •

Upper Tampa Bay Park at 8001 Double Branch Road, Tampa. Minimally developed and perfect for kayaking/canoeing, nature walks and picnics.

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Cypress Point Park at 5620 W Cypress Street, Tampa. Oceanfront with a boardwalk, trails, dunes, picnic shelters and canoe dock.

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Julian B Lane Riverfront Park at 1001 North Boulevard, Tampa. Scenic, 25-acre riverside park featuring a boat house, huge lawn, splash pad, plus areas for dogs.

Lake/Marion •

Hickory Point Recreation Park at 27341 FL-19, Tavares. Waterfront park experience with fishing, a nature boardwalk and trail, outdoor picnic areas with barbecue grills, playground, sand volleyball court, swimming beach and open-field play areas

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Twin Lakes Park at 35303 County Road 473, Leesburg. This park features a boardwalk, playground, pavilions, picnic tables and open play areas.

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Pine Forest Park at 32520 FL-44, Eustis. Noted as peaceful for kids, pets and an afternoon stroll, this park has shade, baseball diamonds, basketball courts and a hiking trail.

Sarasota/Manatee •

Creekwood Park at 7025 44th Avenue East, Bradenton. Community area providing an offleash dog park, playground, picnic pavilion and open green space.

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Manatee Beach Park at 4000 State Road, Gulf Drive, FL-64, Holmes Beach. Plan a beach day here with the bar and grill, live music and stunning sunsets.

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Bayfront Park at 5 Bayfront Dr, Sarasota. This destination offers waterfront green space with a promenade, playground, tiki bar and dramatic views of the bay and city.

Southwest Region •

Gilchrist Park at 400 W Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda. Waterfront green space with picnic & play areas, tennis courts, a fishing pier and community events.

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Ponce De Leon Park at 3400 Ponce de Leon Parkway, Punta Gorda. Park offering a beach, playground, mangrove boardwalk, boat launch & wildlife center.

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Laishley Park at 120 Laishley Court, Punta Gorda. Shoreline park with a fishing pier, marina, memorial garden, harbor walk and seafood restaurant.

Suncoast Region •

Moccasin Lake Nature Park at 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. Tranquil, oak-lined paths, educational walking tours, natural exhibits and educational kids’ camps.

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Fred Howard Park at 1700 Sunset Drive, Tarpon Springs. Located on the Gulf of Mexico that draws a bustling crowd for the beach and swim area.

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E.G. Simmons Regional Park at 2401 19th Avenue NW, Ruskin. This waterfront wildlife sanctuary & campground offers swimming, kayak rentals and picnic facilities.

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“School’s Out” by Alice Cooper BY: RANDAL C. HILL As a boy, Vincent Furnier loved to watch old movies on one of Phoenix’s independent TV stations. The Bowery Boys comedy flicks were a special favorite. In one particular story, when one of one the characters does something (typically) stupid, a buddy taunts him with, “Hey, school’s out!”

Vincent liked the way that phrase sounded when he rolled it around in his mind. Little did he know that years later it would fuel his first million-selling single as Alice Cooper when he co-wrote “School’s Out” with fellow musician Michael Bruce.

Picture a pre-fame Alice Cooper as a teenager. You might cast him as a nerd and the laughing stock of Phoenix’s Cortez High School. But in reality, Vincent Furnier was quite the Big Man on Campus there. He set school records as a varsity cross-country runner. He wrote a popular column (“Get Outta My Hair!”) for the school newspaper. He and some fellow track-and-field jocks formed a rock band called the Spiders. And when they cut a Furnier-led single—a punkish ditty called “Don’t Blow Your Mind”—on a tiny local label, it rocketed to Number One on Phoenix radio in 1966, Vincent’s senior year.

The obstreperous disc opens with a screechy, fingernails-on-the-blackboard lead-guitar line. Then comes a loping bass guitar and a thumping drum that combine to drive the high-octane offering for three-and-a-half chaotic minutes.

Predictably, teens loved it. Who didn’t look forward to summer vacation, three sublime months shrilly announced by the rapid-fire clanging of a bell

that promised endless possibilities of a school-free, sunshine-bathed season? Here in America, Cooper’s bratty, tongue-in-cheek single reached Billboard’s Top 10 and became a Number One winner in England.

Image from AliceCooper.com Some of the song’s lyrics are, well, “different”: School’s out for summer, school’s out forever, school’s been blown to pieces Probably the deftest line, though, is: We’ve got no class, and we’ve got no principles Predictably, many adults railed against the irreverent record, and some radio stations refused to play it. Cooper’s song has now joined the ranks of such other anti-school classics as Chuck Berry’s “School Day” and Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.”

Alice’s action-packed concerts—as much modern vaudeville as “shock rock”—are a mashup of comedy, horror and music, and Cooper often ends his shows with “School’s Out.” In an Esquire magazine interview, Alice said, “When we did ‘School’s Out,’ I knew we had just done the national anthem, [that] I’ve become the Francis Scott Key of the last day of school!”

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In the film version of Where the Crawdads Sing, Daisy EdgarJones (Normal People, Fresh) stars as Kya, whom everyone in the North Carolina backwater burg of Barkley Cove calls “the swamp girl.” Edgar-Jones, who’s 24 and hails from London, says, “I read Where the Crawdads Sing during the pandemic, and it made me feel really connected to Kya and her isolation…She has such an inner strength that I would love to have myself.” Daisy tore through the entire book the day before creating her self-taped audition. Later, she worked with a vocal coach to master a North Carolina drawl.

Georgia-born author Delia Owens couldn’t be more pleased with the onscreen main character. “If I had a million people to choose from, I would never have found a better Kya than Daisy Edgar-Jones,” Owens enthuses. The debut novel by the 73-year-old former nature writer (who holds a Ph.D. in animal behavior) has now sold over 12 million copies.

near the isolated swamp where Kya lives. The evidence gathered against her is daunting.

Scriptwriting chores went to Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild): “The cinematography jumped right off the page,” she says. “As soon as I started reading, I could see everything.” But she still spent two years tweaking the script until she felt that she had effectively captured the fervor of the book.

The forthcoming film is directed by Olivia Newman (First Match, Chicago Fire), who later admitted to not reading the best-selling work for fear that she would be heartbroken if she wasn’t hired to steer the big-screen version of the story.

Co-producer Reese Witherspoon, who read the novel in two days, says, “I fell in love with Kya as a main character, Image from IMDb as a little girl who’s growing up in this very rural area, who’s shunned by society, and is trying to find a way to just save herself, just survive…If you’d come to me when I was 23 [Witherspoon is twice that], I Crawdads is a lyrical stew, a coming-of-age romance, a grim crime thriller, a tale of would’ve loved to play Kya…I’m always interested in a story where a woman saves survival and a celebration of the natural world. Kya has lived alone in a desolate herself because women save themselves every single day.” marshland after being deserted by her family. Eventually, two town boys, Tate Where the Crawdads Sing opens nationwide on July 15.

(Harris Dickinson) and Chase (Taylor John Smith) enter her world. She becomes involved first with Tate but is accused later of murder when Chase is found dead

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The heat is on, and that can change your exercise habits. If you need some inexpensive inspiration to stay in shape this summer, consider trying one or more of these fitness hacks.

Exercising Tubing If the summer heat has driven your fitness routine indoors, make sure you have some exercise tubing on hand. Priced at under $15 on Amazon, exercise tubing sold with a door anchor can be used to perform a variety of pushing and pulling exercises for upper body strength. Aging bodies should focus on pulling exercises for upper back muscles, such as rowing, in order to combat sloping shoulders and poor posture.

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Freedom on the Waterfront This Mount Dora event is set to be a festive celebration of the Fourth of July. Entertainment will include Nashville breakout country star Bailey Callahan, various vendors, family fun, great food and fireworks!

As this event is scheduled for Sunday, celebrate the 4th the day of the holiday with the Independence Day Parade in Mount Dora, too!

Starting at 10 am in downtown Mount Dora, this parade will feature local businesses, artists and organizations to celebrate the holiday.

Find out more about local events at ci.mount-dora.fl.us.

Art by Susan Grogan, winner of 2022 Freedom on the Waterfront Poster Design Call to Artists.

Freedom on the Waterfront When: Sunday, July 3, from 4 – 9 pm Where: Elizabeth Evans Park and Gilbert Park; 100 North Donnelly Street, Mount Dora Cost: Free admission

Chances are you have shifted outdoor walking to the mornings in the hot summer months. Regardless of the time of day you do it, foot care is essential for maintaining a healthy stride. Over the past 30 years, I have suffered from a litany of feet issues.

My current podiatrist suggested that I buy a cheap pair of wheel chocks and use them daily for calf stretching. Best advice ever!

Flexibility in the calf muscles is essential for loosening up tight tendons in the feet. A pair of wheel chocks sold on Amazon for under $10 will do the trick.

Tennis Ball Speaking of foot care, consider giving your feet a tennis ball massage. Rolling a tennis ball under your feet can help loosen up plantar fascia making it less likely to get irritated. A self-directed tennis ball massage can also help a sore back, tight chest muscles, stiff knees and more, according to an article in Prevention, “10 Pain-Fighting Moves you can do with a Tennis Ball.”

Pool Noodle If you have taken your workouts to the pool to the heat, consider buying an inexpensive pool noodle. A noodle is the most versatile piece of water fitness equipment you could ever have. Float on it for ab training. Push and pull it for upper body training. Place it under your foot for lower body training. Stand on it for balance training. The Poolfit app has several pool noodle exercise videos that you can watch free trailers for ideas.

Mark Grevelding is the founder of PoolFit.tv, a fitness app and streaming website that includes over 130 water fitness workouts that include a wide variety of formats for all fitness levels. All workouts are led by highly qualified training specialists.

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Cherry Berry Vodka Lemonade

By Lisa Bynum-Fontaine Summer is heating up and that means finding new recipes to cool down. This fruity punch-like drink is the perfect way to stay cool and have a great time with

guests. Whether you’re hosting a big Fourth of July party, or just a small happy hour gathering, this is the recipe for you.

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5 Great Places to Live After 50

By Rebecca Fending Maybe you just moved to Florida, or you’re looking to move to a community that will support your idyllic Florida lifestyle, or even if you just love window shopping. Whatever the case, here are just a few communities that may be your perfect home.

(including a gym, pool, billiards hall and library), golf course views and many social activities in this low-maintenance, high-fun community. Learn more at summertreecommunity.com.

Heritage Hills—Clermont, FL This gated, Mediterranean-inspired active adult community is located by major highways, shopping centers, movies and supermarkets. Homes in this community range from the mid $200s to the high $400s. Amenities include a billiards hall, library, pool, golf courses, gym and aerobics studio. Beautiful scenery such as hills, parks, lakes and preserves add to the quality of living here. Find more at www.lelandmanagement.com/community_portal/ content?id=15512 or by searching the community by name online.

Valencia Lakes—Wimauma, FL Affordable, beautiful and surrounded by water, this community is ideal for those who are looking for luxury in their everyday routine. House prices range from $200k to $700k. Complete with a large clubhouse, resort-style pools and various sports courts throughout the community, Valencia Lakes is ideal for those looking to be active, both physically and socially. Visit www. valencialakes.us/home to learn more.

Imperial Cove—Clearwater, FL

Image from community website Ventura Lakes—Punta Gorda, FL An active 55+ gated community located in Southwest Florida, Ventura Lakes provides an active lifestyle that features a full range of resort-style amenities.

This retirement community has lush landscaping and boasts a quiet, relaxing atmosphere, perfect for those looking to enjoy and protect their peace postretirement. The community houses a heated pool, spa, outdoor grill cabana, clubhouse, gym, putt-putt course, craft room, shuffleboard and tennis for residents to enjoy year-round. Find out more at www.venturalakes.net.

Situated on Old Tampa Bay, Imperial Cove is a gated, age-restricted community. The homes here are available on a resale basis as attached villas and condominiums in mid-rise and low-rise buildings. Prices range from the mid $100s to mid $400s. Amenities include sports courts, pool, social events and bay views. The community is close to the beach, as well as the recreational and entertainment opportunities throughout the Tampa Bay area. Call (727) 536-2474 to find out more.

Summertree—New Port Richey, FL With homes from the low $200s to mid $300s, this gated community is ideal for active and lively 50+ individuals. The setting provides a beautiful oasis where residents can enjoy an active clubhouse, plenty of amenities

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BOOK REVIEW This fantastic book, marketed erroneously to mainly young adults and teens, should be required reading in every high school U.S. history class and for every candidate taking the U.S. citizenship test. It’s so interesting and unique because it tells of this battle from both the American and British perspectives and includes the author’s notes, a timeline, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, index, attractive archival illustrations, full-color photography and original artwork.

Author, Tim Grove, knows well about what he writes because he was formerly chief of museum learning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. He has also written numerous books for young readers (and even old ones like me) like “First Flight Around the World,” which won a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist award.

When the British attempted to invade Baltimore while the over-sized American flag that hung over Ft. McHenry, it was Frank (the name by which his friends knew him) Scott Key who witnessed the event while on the deck of one of the

“Star-Spangled: The Story of a Flag, a Battle and the American Anthem”

by Kathy A. Megyeri invading British ships. He scribbled his awe at seeing the star-spangled banner through the rockets’ “red glare by the dawn’s early light.”

Grove has researched this event meticulously and accurately. The details included are staggering, such as the receipt for the U.S. flag that Mary Pickersgill made, a Baltimore city directory showing her address, and a secret letter between two Admirals regarding potential future attacks on Baltimore and Annapolis. Grove even includes myths versus reality, including the competing claims that Betsy Ross vs. Rebecca Young created the first flag for the American Revolution, although no written evidence exists for either.

I was so enthused over this book upon completion of reading it that I wanted nothing more than to buy enough copies to distribute at every July 4th picnic, ballgame and parade to everyone singing the Star-Spangled Banner on that holiday. But instead, to dash my desire, on June 20, 2020, the statue of Key was toppled by protesters in San Francisco during demonstrations against racial injustice following the death of George Floyd because Key was a slaveholder.

The book is still worthy of ownership and study if only to understand the song we all sing on July 4th, the flag we still pledge allegiance to, and the song’s author, whose life needs to be put in context and examined by all Americans.

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