Mature Lifestyles Feb. 2011 Sarasota/Manatee

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• Super Spices for Your Health • Early Onset Alzheimer’s

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When We Speak (Via Computer) Does Anybody Listen?

BY JANICE DOYLE

Dear Readers,

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ere’s my mantra for computer use: “Don’t ever tell me to JUST do anything Janice Doyle, on the computer.”

Editor You may show me, guide me, teach me, enlighten me, prepare me, drill me and communicate well to me. I will, however, not JUST do anything on the computer. It will take me a while to absorb what I’m taught, and I will have to practice it over and over until an “aha” moment.

Then it will be mine, and I will love it!

It’s really a puzzle, this keeping up with technology. Publisher of this magazine Kathy Beck and I are “women of a certain age”—I’m in my late 60s (very late 60s!) and she’s more than a decade younger. We were talking one day about how much social media presence we need to have since we are, after all, in the print media and senior events business.

After some discussion, Kathy said, “When is it going to slow down so we can catch up?” Her comment showed where she and I are now—we’re staggering to understand even the basics of social media! By definition, social media means the use of Internet-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue. (Translation: We put something on the Internet and you interact with us via your computer.) Or something like that.

In reality we know technological development is not slowing down soon.

The last few years I was a middle school teacher, I struggled to learn computer use through workshops and a young co-teacher’s help.

At that time I also worked nights and weekends following a dream to become a writer by working as writer and proofreader for Kathy.

I went with her from page layouts on old-fashioned cut-and-paste “boards” to doing the whole job on computers. So, in many ways we learned together. Translation: We both had to have someone around who could JUST do this or that on computer.

I remember one night more than 10 years ago when the only person who really knew how to—just!—put the stories and ads in the computer templates left for the day about the time I came to the office (after teaching all day) to help. Two hours later, our husbands—also computer neophytes—arrived bringing take-out suppers. All of us together had the computer capability of one computersavvy five-year-old child today.

(Please note that I did not say the five-year-old was smarter than we were, just computer-savvy. There’s a big difference. Five year olds are NOT smarter than you are just because they can maneuver a computer keyboard—and don’t you forget that.)

Anyway, at one point, I “minimized” the story we needed to finish the month’s layout without knowing what I had done. Today that sounds so foolish.

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But that night in the office, the four of us tried to figure out where in the world that story had gone—one minute it was on the screen and the next minute it was gone. Many minutes passed as we tried to “find the silly thing,” one of us after the other sitting before the screen pushing keys. I no longer remember the solution, but I remember the frustration.

Like all business owners today, and whether she likes it or not, Kathy feels she has to build a “platform” for her products. Your independent mechanic faces the same dilemma. We now print over 200,000 publications a month for five distribution areas from Ocala down to Naples. Kathy also organizes and oversees a Senior Fun Fest every month at locations throughout west central Florida. Thousands of seniors flock to these for a day of entertainment, health screenings, vendor exhibits and just plain fun.

That’s the business Kathy is in, and she’s good at it.

It’s the platform of the social media part that is puzzling. In the last few months, we’ve added a Facebook presence; we Twitter; some of the staff are LinkedIn. Do we need a blog? An internet forum?

Podcasts? Do you use an RSS Feed?

Does it matter to the business?

We ask. Do you check us out on Facebook? Do you see our Tweets?

Do you read any online blogs?

Would you read a blog from us?

Would you be a guest blogger? Any comments: janice@srmagazine. com (subject line: editorial) Meanwhile, enjoy the magazine this month—after all, that’s one of the two things we do best! And, c’mon everybody. Let’s all do the Twist!

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The King of “The Twist” Still Makes a Good Excuse for a Party

BY JANICE DOYLE

Come on, everybody. Let’s twist!

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hether you’re young or old, no one escapes Chubby Checker on the dance floor,” Chubby Checker himself told me. “Ever since that night on American Bandstand, people have been dancing apart to the beat,” doing the dance Checker describes as being “like putting out a cigarette with both feet.”

“That night” was over 50 years ago and now you’re invited to hear Chubby Checker at the Florida Strawberry Festival.

You can even jump up and do the “Twist” again if you want to.

The ever-cheerful Checker (real name Ernest Evans) celebrated the 50th anniversary of his appearance on the Dick Clark Bandstand with the song and dance “The Twist” in June 2010. It was also a huge event in music history—“The Twist” was the only artist and song of the Sixties to go #1 twice.

Dick Clark said the three most important events in music history were Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Chubby Checker. And, at 69, Chubby Checker is still twisting his way across the country doing 50 shows a year.

His name and the song were given to him, he said. But cheerfulness and hard work came naturally to the kid who was transplanted from the fields in South Carolina to Philadelphia at age 8.

“When I got here (Philadelphia) I didn’t believe what I was seeing,” he said. “Gangs and cussing and drinking. So I took refuge on Fourth Street with the Jewish people in the garment district where I worked.

They looked after me and liked me.”

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Then, when he was 13, he went to Ninth Street. “I became Italian. They liked me because I was always happy and singing and worked hard.”

It was here that “everything was given to me,” he said. While working for Henry Colt in a poultry market, he was called Chubby. Colt told a songwriter friend who worked for Dick Clark of American Bandstand, about him.

before the camera where he sang the song and—well, he Twisted. He was doing a dance he thought accompanied his song, and it required no partner.

Gasping parents across America noted very little except the hip movement. Aghast at what they were seeing, there was little they could do as the teen dancing climate changed for good, and the song shot to Number One with Clark’s promotion.

Accomplishments:

Dick Clark’s wife asked Ernest his name, and Ernest gave her his nickname, Chubby. And she replied, “Oh, you mean like ‘checker?’”— making a joke on the fact that he was doing Fats Domino impressions.

Dominoes, checkers, get it? And so he became Chubby Checker.

And when Clark needed someone to sing “The Twist” one night, Checker spent 35 minutes practicing and went

For a few years, other songs promoted the dance, like The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout,” and Sam Cooke’s “Twistin’ the Night Away.” But it is Chubby Checker who has kept performing, traveling by bus to crowds who remember dancing “back in the day.”

Checker said he has been able to stay on the circuit through diligence to his lifestyle. In his late 20s he used to watch John Wayne, Harry Bellafonte,

Alan Ladd and others and say to himself “‘those guys are all in good shape and they are 55 and 60, and when I get to that age I want to look like that.’”

He started by just watching what he ate and exercising. He laughed and said, “And it came out the way I planned it.”

Like most people at 69, he has some thoughts about life’s lessons. “Life is not all that it’s made up to be,” he said.

“We have cars and lots of ‘stuff’ but the body is still living in the dark ages because your body doesn’t advance like all the other ‘stuff.’ Can’t put anything in there that doesn’t belong there and that’s all I know. You just can’t.”

We’re not all that we think we are either, he believes.

“And when you look in the mirror, the enemy is right there looking back at you. You have to behave.

There’s a voice saying ‘We’ll worry about it when we get there.’ And you have to tell yourself, ‘No, you can’t do that. Take care of it now.’”

He said, “The truth of it is, that spirit that lives inside is God. If you keep looking toward the Light, the darkness won’t come in. If you try to do right, it’s not a straight and narrow path, it’s a tightrope. You have to stay balanced.

The minute you get proud and full of yourself you’re on the way to destruction.”

He’s waiting, he said, “for the pages to turn so I can see what the next page looks like. And when I come down to Florida we’re gonna turn it on. It’s gonna be the best part of the day!”

His shows are lighthearted, nostalgic, fun, full of an early-rock beat and lots of gyrating onstage with the one, the only, Chubby Checker.

So, come on, everybody. Let’s twist!

See Chubby Checker in person Tues., Mar. 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Strawberry Festival, Plant City.

Around Town

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hroughout Feb. Circus Sarasota “Under the Big Top.” International cast of artists and entertainers.

Shows at 2 and 7 p.m. Circus Sarasota, Tent Tuttle Ave. and 12th Street. Sarasota. Tickets and info: (941) 355-9335.

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Festa Siciliana; music, singing, folk dancing, entertainment and a 4-course feast of traditional Sicilian food. Michael’s On East, 11:30 a.m.. $35/ members, $40/ guests. Contact (941) 753-1197 for reservations.Visit italyinsarasota.com.

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Mixon’s Free Concert in the Grove. Shotgun Justice will play classic Rock. 24 Dr. Dave—high energy Grass Country Rock. Both concerts: food, beer and wine available for purchase. No coolers please.

Pavilion is enclosed and heated. 6 – 9 p.m., Free admission and parking.

Mixon Fruit Farms, 2712 26th Ave. E. in Bradenton. (941) 748-5829.

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At Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: Shirley MacLaine. 8 p.m.

24 Bob Newhart with guest Deana Martin. 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tickets and info: (941) 953-3368.

opportunities and social activities.

Visitors welcome. (941) 371-8937.

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Monday Night Movies at Ringling. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” – 1967. 28 “Women in Love” – 1970. All shows: 7 p.m. Tickets: $7.

Call Asolo Theater at (941) 360-7399 or visit ringling.org for more info.

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Chinese New Year Cultural Celebration – The Year of the Rabbit. Art, textiles, music and food. Lion Dance. $25 includes food and entertainment.

South Florida Museum, 201 Tenth St. W., Bradenton. (941) 746-4131.

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23rd Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts.

Artists from across the country display their creations: life-size sculptures, paintings, jewels, photography and more. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Sarasota, 1592 Main Street. Details at (954) 472-3755.

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Second Annual Tidewell Hospice Compassion in Caring Award Luncheon, honoring Marge Maisto. 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Cost: $75. The Ritz Carlton, Sarasota.

Please RSVP to (941) 552-7551.

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Glendi Greek Orthodox festival. Greek food, music, car raffle and dance. St. Barbara Church, 7671 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. 11 a.m. $4. Please call (941) 355-2616 for more info.

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New College 50th Anniversary Celebration—Alumni Reunion Weekend. Details at www.50th. ncf.edu or (941) 487-4888.

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ar. 3 Sounds of Nature. The Sarasota String and Wind Quintets take on the challenge of depicting nature through music while images play overhead in the Bishop Planetarium. $10, 7 p.m.

South Florida Museum, 201 Tenth St. W., Bradenton. (941) 746-4131.

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“The Sound of The Beatles.”

Sarasota Classic Cars Museum, 5500 North Tamiami Tr., Sarasota.

Shows at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $15/person. Call (941) 355-6228.

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“Singles on the Go” Travel Club meeting. 2:30 to 5 p.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church, Beneva Rd. and 12th St. Presentation of travel

The Salvation Army Brass Band and Choir at Christ United Methodist Church, 1475 Center Road, Venice. 7 p.m. Open to public; offering taken. (941) 412-4846.

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Lifelong Girl Scout Inspires New Generations

“I’ve been a Scout in several states,” Borderieux or Sarasota resident said, “and there are a lot of Barbara Borderieux, great instances I rememinspiring groups of ber—Halloween parties young minds is all in a where we could come up day’s work. This elwith creative costumes, ementary school teacher camp outs, night hikes. and Girl Scout troop In my older girl troop leader first joined the from New Jersey, we got Scouts when she turned to do longer trips and see eight, and has never left. places we wouldn’t have This is her 56th year. been able to otherwise.”

“I’m a troop leader This ability to give a with kind of a mixedunique experience to a Girl Scout alumna age troop; kindergarden child is something that Barbara Borderieux. through 5th grade. Right Borderieux has kept now we have about thirty girls,” she with her over the years. A number said. “I’m also a teachers aide, and of the girls in her troop are from I’ve been at my school for 26 years. struggling families, and taking them I think a lot of the skills I learned out on trips gives Borderieux the through Scouting, I use at school, and chance to show them something they vice versa,” Borderieux laughed. might not have had the chance to This Pennsylvania native has see before—even something unique moved from state to state, and from that might only be a few minutes troop to troop, for most of her life. from where they’ve always lived.

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“There’s no end to what you can try and be exposed to,” Borderieux said about the importance of Girl Scouts. “By being in an organization like this, you can try new things. You have to do it all yourself—cooking, carrying water and gear. I learned that I could do anything if I put my mind to it; that just because I’m a female, doesn’t mean I can’t do it.

“Girl Scouts also encourages you to take leadership. It teaches you how to fit into today’s world, how to get along with other people and how to help the community.

Community service is a big part of being a Scout,” Borderieux insisted.

In addition to being a troop leader, Borderieux is also a trainer of new leaders. She got her daughters involved in the program at a young age.

“One of the biggest things for me is that both of my daughters are now leaders. It means a lot to me that they are carrying on the importance

of Girl Scouts for their own children.

My mother is still active in the program, making this four generations of Girl Scouts,” she said proudly.

Borderieux encourages others to keep the Girl Scout tradition alive by volunteering.

“There’s certainly a need, and it’s rewarding. Girl Scouting is a great place to volunteer, even if its just to come in for a short time and share how to do something. The girls love learning how to do different skills, whether it’s a craft, or cooking something. It’s not limited to folks with children. Just by sharing what you love with the girls, it can make a big difference,” she said.

Right now, she’s busy preparing for new trips and the much-anticipated Girl Scout cookie drive. Borderieux’s favorite cookie? “Thin Mints!” she exclaimed.

To learn more about volunteering for the Girl Scout program in your area, call 800-232-4475 or visit their website at www.gsgcf.org.

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Bring Your Valentine I

t’s February—the month for lovers! Bring your valentine to these fun events, or meet someone special at a singles party.

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Valentine Stroll. Residents and visitors are invited to stroll through Siesta Village which will be adorned with Valentine cheer.

Live music, flowers available for purchase and candy kisses will be distributed by merchants. 5 – 8 p.m. at Siesta Village, 5111 Ocean Blvd., Sarasota.

Free. Info at siestakeyvillage.org, or call Helene Hyland at (941) 685-2274.

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– 14 Valentine Sharing Menu; your choice of items to share with your sweetheart. Get a free $25 Valentine’s Card! Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, 2001 Siesta Drive, Sarasota. (941) 358-9463.

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Valentine’s Concert. Baroque, Classical, and romantic music on violins, piano, guitar, and voice.

Refreshments follow the concert. 3 p.m. at Allegro Music Academy, 241 Whitfield Ave., Sarasota. Free-will donations benefit the Allegro Music Scholarship Fund. (941) 358-8511.

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Hearts & Flowers at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. An outrageous Valentine Tea! Art couture fashion show, themed tablescapes and “artyfacts” created by the artists.

3 p.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 900 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota.

Details at selby.org or (941) 366-5731.

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Meet and Mingle. SRQ Singles, Baby Boomers in Paradise, will be having their 2nd annual Valentine gathering on the heated rooftop of Ceviche from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Dress to impress and meet friendly singles. Cash bar with happy hour specials. Admission is $10 with name tags provided. Ceviche Tapas Grill is located at 1216 First Street, Sarasota.

Details at (941) 312-1291.

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The Players Follies, Light and Lively!

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What do you get when you combine a posh dinner party, the police, the mayor, the media, and an accidental earlobe shooting? Find out in this humorous Neil Simon romp!

You can catch them on our stage when they perform a “Glee”ful original musical revue, performing songs and scenes ranging from Broadway to past and current Pop icons—including Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and even Lady Gaga. The show is presented Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $18. Director Berry Ayers, who works with The Follies each week, says, “They are a seasoned group of performers who are progressive and entertaining; who inspire both their audience and participants.”

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erhaps you are already familiar with The Players Theatre, after all they have been around for nearly 82 years! You may have seen a show in their Broadway Series, attended a Summer Sizzler production, or caught a concert, comedian, or acrobats on their stage.

Did you know that they also offer classes and entertainment opportunities for children and seniors?

The Players Follies is a performing troupe of seniors, ages 55+, which represent The Players Theatre in community performances. Auditions are held each September and participants are cast annually. The Follies meet and rehearse weekly for nine months in preparation for their outreach performances and their main stage production.

Each spring, The Follies present a show on stage at The Players Theatre.

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When asked about volunteering, Killinger exclaims, “My favorite area has been with the outreach programs. I’ve performed for literally thousands of area students with ‘Troupe in a Trunk.’”

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Those extended-family get-togethers may begin to take on the characteristics of an evening from Comedy Central.

On the other hand, there is the issue of sex. A new, younger partner is often very sexy, and given the fact that males peak earlier than females, that can be a real recommendation.

This whole idea of the older woman and the younger man is a relatively new phenomenon in our society, although we’ve always seen the reverse where older men seek out younger women. That’s not called being a cougar, however.

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Whose friends will the two of you hang out with? If yours, there is the definite advantage that many of your cohorts will become inhibited and stop talking about their colons and gall bladders. That alone may make everything worthwhile.

On the other hand, interesting as his friends may be, there is the difference in energy level that comes with age.

The initial flush of a new relationship allows one to experience an amazing surge of energy, but trust me, it doesn’t last. When that surge has passed, realize compromise here is difficult.

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• It’s fun to read what people say on their profiles.

• The process makes it easy to connect with people and get to know each other slowly.

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• Determine your “deal breakers” or the things you simply cannot move forward with. This may be excessive weight, being dishonest, braggadocio personality, financial status, etc.

• Take your time! You really are not going to be better off by rushing into telling your entire life story in one e-mail.

• As much as you may want someone to call you, be sure you follow all the safety rules before giving out your number. People have lied before and they will lie again.

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ven as prices go up, eggs are one of the best buys in the grocery store when you consider their nutritional value and the many ways they can be used. Here’s information about eggs from the book The Safe Food Handbook by Heli Perrett, Ph.D. Can you tell by looking at an egg if it is fresh? You can’t tell if an egg is fresh by looking at it in the shell.

However, if you are worried about the freshness of an egg, gently float it in a bowl of water. A fresh egg should sink. If it floats, it is likely getting old. In that case, crack it open in a separate dish and smell it. If it has an “off” odor, discard.

Once you have cracked open a raw egg, you will have many more clues besides odor. Contrary to what you might think, if the egg white is cloudy or a boiled egg is hard to peel, this usually suggests freshness. If the egg white is clear, it is likely that the egg is beginning to age.

Consider the yolk. When a fresh egg is being fried or poached, its yolk tends to hold its shape (be rounded).

As an egg ages, the yolk becomes flatter and larger, and the white spreads out more, but that does not necessarily mean it is unsafe.

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ho’d-a-thunk it? What are the odds? Many veterans of all services and several wars reconnect after time, and this reunion took 64 years.

It’s the story of my relocation to Lady Lake (in Lake County) in 2003 while Paul and Joyce Boulay moved to The Villages nearby in 2008.

Massachusetts native Paul Boulay and myself, an original upstate New Yorker, first met in 1946 at Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. There we mastered basic soldiering skills, the firing of state-of-the art weapons and close-order drilling in preparation to serve as replacements in Japan. During inspections, we faced each other eye-to-eye across tarpaper barracks.

Later we arrived at Yokohama, Japan’s replacement depot (“Repple Depot”) after 18 rocking days at sea aboard a military transport, and were assigned to Sasebo, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu.

Two-story wooden barracks formerly housed Japanese naval personnel and lacked the creature comforts expected in a permanent billet. We had to wait on receiving wall lockers, so we lived out of our foot lockers. Finally, beds with springs and mattresses replaced cots.

Boulay drew the unit’s major assignment: “Continuous training on the use, maintenance and operation of one of four antitank guns assigned to the unit, exploring outlying caves possibly to find any enemy soldiers who had not gotten the word of surrender, and all the while being instilled with the fact that we were helping rebuild the country,” Boulay recalled.

I observed anti-tank training from the unit’s supply room window. I lucked out because I was the only recruit who could type, so I did all the ordering, corresponding and inventory management. The supply sergeant and I were the same age, and he was one homesick Tennessee boy, eager to go home and see his son born while he was in Japan.

When our tours were completed, I returned to Rochester, NY and Boulay enlisted in the inactive reserve. Bad decision. “Just three months before that tour was up, I was reactivated for the Korean War,” he said, “and ended up in Trieste, Italy.”

However, his weapons familiarity stood him in good stead, and he became the unit’s Armorer, maintaining all small arms assigned to its personnel.

Bill Stokes, left, and Paul Boulay enjoy a cartoon album Stokes created while they served in the Army of Occupation in Japan, 1946 – 1948.

Upon discharge, Boulay became a union carpenter using the GI Bill, working for 15 or 20 employers as opportunities arose throughout the Northeast: he married and raised a family. I attended Syracuse University, also under the GI Bill, and then entered radio, then television, and also married and raised a family. I’m currently a freelance journalist.

We met again after 64 years when Boulay answered an invitation to attend a local mini-reunion of 24th Infantry Division area veterans who meet quarterly in Leesburg for luncheons and reminiscing. “Paul was so pleased to reconnect with an old friend,” his wife, Joyce, said.

Joyce encouraged him to call and meet with me, and we talked for two hours over lunch.

When people see our caps with the Tarro Leaf insignia, they immediately think “Korea.”

Paul says, “There aren’t many men around from WWII, but you never know when you may meet another one.”

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That has happened with angioplasty, reports the December 2010 Harvard Heart Letter. This procedure uses a small wire tipped with a balloon to enlarge a narrowed artery. Although many people think of angioplasty as a cure for cholesterol-clogged arteries, it really isn’t. It can ease angina, the chest pain brought on by physical activity or stress, but it doesn’t fix the real source of the problem—the artery-clogging process known as atherosclerosis.

A new study of men and women planning to undergo elective angioplasty showed that 60 percent didn’t really need the procedure and would have been better off with intensive medical and lifestyle therapy, Angioplasty does not halt the spread of atherosclerosis or prevent the damage it causes. As a result, it doesn’t reduce the chances of having a future heart attack or improve survival.

Many people don’t know this, and doctors don’t always take the time to drive home this point.

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n a career spanning more than three decades with CBS News, Barry Petersen has reported on everything from wars to Paris fashions and from the return of American jazz to Shanghai, China. His stories have been datelined from virtually every continent.

He has interviewed Hollywood stars including Jimmy Stewart, Bill Cosby, Pierce Brosnan and Sir Anthony Hopkins, as well as the leaders of the Bosnian war who were later tried as war criminals. He has been honored numerous times for his writing and reporting, and shared both an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia University Award and a George Foster Peabody Award as part of CBS Radio’s coverage of the democracy uprising at Tiananmen Square. Recently he wrote a thoroughly compelling book, “Jan’s Story,” about his life as a family caregiver for his wife, Jan, who was also a CBS news professional, after her diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Caregiver.com Editor-in-Chief Gary Barg sat down with Barry for an open and frank discussion about life as a family caregiver.

Gary Barg: The thing about Alzheimer’s that is so insidious is your loved one is still there, but they are not there. It is the true long goodbye and denial is so easy to do.

Could you talk a little bit about how you walked through that process?

Barry Petersen: The worst part was realizing afterward what I had done;

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She is really vibrant.

She is great. There is no way she deserves to get this disease. It cannot be happening.

I think that drove a lot of my decisions, some of them good, some of them bad; but it is a huge part of this denial and this disease feeds it, just feeds it.

“She added something that haunts me to this day. If I go down, if the caregiver goes down, who takes care of the person that you love who has the disease? Her point was very blunt. You take care of yourself or no one takes care of Jan.” Gary Barg: You mentioned our Reverse Gift List concept in the book, which is asking someone not only to come to dinner, but bring dinner, do things, give me gifts. As a caregiver, I need to manage this and I need you to work for me. How did you get that kind of help from your friends and family members?

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Barry Petersen: Caregivers are people who are incredibly focused on what they are doing in a solitary, lonesome way. Every day, their world shrinks a little more because the person dealing with Alzheimer’s needs more attention, needs more care. Life responsibilities keep shifting over to the caregiver side—writing the checks, getting the groceries, picking up the kids, whatever you want to call it. They increasingly fall on the caregiver at a time when the caregiver is increasingly in demand because the disease is taking more and more of the person away. I think people who are caregiving in the situation lose themselves. So if you call them up and say, “Can I help,” their answer is going to be, “No, I am fine. I am doing great.”

Do not call them up and say, “What can I do?” Call them up and say, “I am bringing dinner on Thursday night; go to a movie,” or “I am coming over on Tuesday afternoon to take care of the person. Go shopping, go have a cup of tea, just get away.” I think it does two things: it obviously helps break the process with the person who is giving care; but the other thing is that it allows the caregiver to step away and realize how he or she is doing.

Gary Barg: I was just wondering, during this process, who was there looking out for Barry?

Barry Petersen: Nobody. I was not just in denial, I was delusional.

When I saw the statistics, when I realized that caregivers tend to die before the person with Alzheimer’s, I said to myself, that makes perfect sense—an 87-year-old woman taking care of her 90-year-old husband, the physical demands, the hours—but that is not me. That is not early onset. It really took our live-in caregiver sitting me down and saying to me,” You are going down.” This is a woman who is a retired nurse, who is taking my blood pressure, who is monitoring how Jan is doing, who could really see it. I had to accept what she said because she added something that haunts me to this day.

If I go down, if the caregiver goes down, who takes care of the person that you love who has the disease?

Her point was very blunt. You take care of yourself or no one takes care of Jan. As she said, Jan will always have people looking after her, but the caregiver does not have that. I think in point of fact, caregivers deny getting help sometimes. Let me go to something else you said which I think relates to this, and that is you use the word guilt. I think in my case, and I do not know how shared this is, there is a lot of guilt that you are not the one with the disease.

Watch for Part 2 next month.

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Matters of the Heart: Helping a Family Member with Heart Disease

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hen someone we love is hurting, it’s only natural to want to help them in every way possible.

If a family member is dealing with a cardiac disease, our ability to help can be hindered by a number of factors. But with a little effort, we can overcome these challenges and provide the right kind of support.

Health “When doctors send our patients home, we often assume that everything we say and suggest and prescribe is going to be followed up on,” admits Dr. Cam Patterson, chief of cardiology at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. “But there are all kinds of ways an excellent clinical plan can be derailed.”

To keep that from happening, Patterson suggests that family members do the following:

1. Understand the illness. The most common obstacle is not having enough information on the condition. Start by consulting with the cardiologist about your role in rehabilitation and recovery. It’s also a good idea to gauge how you’re your loved one understands the condition.

2. Manage medications and follow-up appointments. With new routines and medications, patients can get frustrated. This is where family members can be a huge help. Make sure you understand the purpose, dosage and side-effects of each medication, and that you are aware of all appointments for doctor visits and cardiac rehab sessions.

3. Participate in lifestyle changes.

Most cardiac patients have to make significant changes in exercise and diet.

Success rates skyrocket when a family member or friend participates. For instance, the American Heart Association

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help them get on with their lives.

Reintroduce your parent or spouse to what they do on a day to day basis, like going back to church or working on a hobby—the things that make life fulfilling.

reports that people are 76 percent more likely to stay on their walking program if someone else is counting on them.

4. Watch for emotional responses.

It’s not uncommon for cardiac patients to become depressed or go into denial. If your loved one becomes angry or withdrawn, or if you notice other major changes in his or her personality, talk about it together.

5. Get active. Activity levels will be limited for most patients, but it’s important for family members to

And there’s something you can do for yourself, too. Since heart disease has a genetic component, it’s important for children and siblings to know their heart health status by making an appointment with a physician. For spouses, it’s important to make sure you have your own support system—family, friends, clergy, support groups, etc.—to help you manage the emotions you may encounter in caring for a loved one. You can’t help if you’re not healthy yourself!

“It’s important to realize that your family is going to have to make adjustments because of this severe illness, but you can’t let it get in the way of being a family,” Patterson says. (Newswise)

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Medications such as the acid-suppressing proton-pump inhibitors can prevent aspirin-induced stomach bleeding.

I am a healthy man; should I take aspirin to reduce my risk for heart attack?

This is the toughest question of all.

It’s a matter of balancing aspirin’s potential benefits against its risks.

For men between the ages of 45 and 79, the respected U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends taking daily low-dose aspirin when the benefit (protection against heart attacks) outweighs the risks (bleeding).

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Here are some questions from last month: My broker called about an IPO and I got no shares.

Why? (Ed, Bradenton) In an Initial Public Offering (IPO), the number of shares to be sold is pre-determined by the company and the underwriters (the brokerage firms selling the shares). What is not known is the level of interest investors may have in the stock. If interest is high the allocation to the broker may be cut or even eliminated, leaving few or no shares for clients.

What is this talk about a “Bond Bubble”?

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Medicare Answers D ear Marci, I want to quit smoking.

Can I get help through Medicare? —Carl

Dear Carl, Yes you can. Medicare covers counseling to help you quit smoking.

As of August 25, 2010, Medicare covers smoking cessation for all people with Medicare, regardless of whether or not they have a disease or condition caused by smoking.

Medicare will cover two counseling attempts at quitting smoking per year. Each attempt includes four sessions. Medicare will cover a total of eight sessions every 12 months.

Medicare will pay 80 percent of the approved amount for smoking cessation efforts after the deductible is met.

In hospital outpatient departments, you will pay a copay that is no larger than the Part D deductible. If you are in a Medicare private health plan,

contact your plan to see what rules and costs apply.

Starting January 1, 2011, if you have Original Medicare, and if you have not been diagnosed with an illness that is caused or complicated by smoking, you will pay no coinsurance or deductible for smoking cessation counseling. If you have a smoking-related illness, however, you will still need to pay the Medicare coinsurance or copay and deductible.

Prescription drugs for smoking cessation are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D).

You can receive counseling at the doctor’s office (including physicians, psychologists, and clinical social workers), clinic or outpatient department of a hospital. Counseling must be done by a doctor or an approved Medicare provider. Note that Medicare will not pay for hypnosis sessions to help you quit smoking. —Marci

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on-breakfast eaters will say they are too busy, just not hungry or that they find it’s a good way to skip calories they enjoy more later in the day. These attitudes may keep you from losing weight.

So, why eat breakfast if you’re a dieter (or wannabe dieter)? First, eating breakfast speeds up your metabolism, which is critical to weight loss. It may be a long time until you eat again and that is detrimental to keeping your system operating at peak performance.

Want to watch calorie intake all day?

It’s not likely to be easy to eat a light salad at lunch if you’ve had nothing to eat all morning,

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so plan ahead and don’t find yourself saying “I’m starving” at noon. That can make you feel justified in fixing yourself a larger lunch than you really need.

By now, a true dieter has chosen between cutting carbs, cutting fat or just cutting calories in general. If you’re on a low carb diet, a simple egg at breakfast will fulfill the need to get your metabolism going as well as help you be ready to enjoy a light lunch instead of a heavy lunch. If you’re on a fat-cutting diet, you might have had a bowl of oatmeal in the morning to fulfill those two parts of the dieter’s day.

The biggest caution for breakfast is to avoid the tasty but high-sugar cereal routine.

Justify it any way you will (milk is good for you, it’s easy, etc.) but most cereals are our quick-fix habit.

Think breakfast, think health!

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ven if you didn’t make resolutions at the beginning of 2011, any time is a good time to do some self assessment and figure out how you can make your money go even further in 2011. With prices on basics like food and gas rising weekly, see where you can make changes now.

Here are a few simple ways to get more for less this year:

• Take an inventory of monthly expenses. It’s always a good idea to take a look at your regular expenses at least once a year to see if there’s somewhere you could be saving. Start by looking at your cell phone contract and see if you could get a better deal elsewhere.

Finance • Or perhaps its time to reevaluate insurance options. Take out your homeowner’s policy and have someone go over it with you to see if new housing prices affect your insurance limits from a few years ago.

• It could also be something as simple as evaluating how often you dine out or stop for a gourmet coffee and changing your habits to save a few dollars by cutting back.

• Let the coupons do the work. While clipping coupons might seem like a

thing of the past, it’s easier than ever to save using coupons.

Coupons can be found in traditional places like the newspaper, as well as online, often from the manufacturer’s website.

• Save by using the internet. By signing up for e-mail newsletters from manufacturers and local businesses, you can access special offers that you might not be able to find elsewhere. Following businesses on Facebook and Twitter can also help alert you to special offers. Also remember that if you find you aren’t using the product or service, you can “unsubscribe” from the company and stop receiving their e-mails.

• Develop a grocery shopping routine. Plan weekly meals and shop accordingly. If possible, find out what items are on sale each week at your grocer before making the list, so you can take full advantage of the sales. Stock up on nonperishable items when they are on sale.

• Check Craigslist online to see if you can buy what you need used instead of new.

With a few changes to your shopping and spending habits, you may find yourself with a healthy chunk of extra cash next year that you can either stick into savings or spend on something special as a reward to your family.

f you are over 55 and live in the Manatee area, The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) invites you to volunteer your time, skills and lifetime experience to help make a difference in your community.

RSVP Manatee offers volunteers benefits for their service such as supplemental accident and liability insurance, local and national recognition, training in support of their volunteer roles, and opportunities for social interaction.

Volunteer service has been directly linked to the improvement of health in older adults. Volunteer service also allows retirees that wish to enter back into the workforce an opportunity to refresh skills, reconnect with the workforce culture, and to network with likeminded professionals.

To see a list of volunteer opportunities, or to apply for the program online, visit friendshipvolunteer.com or call (941) 751-6430.

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Admission is $40 in adSee the “Eat...Purr...Love” and “How vance, or $60 after Mar. 21. For info, To Be Your Cat’s Best Friend” presen- call Ginny at (941) 955-4131 ext. 121.

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The Food is Opalicious!

The Lazy Greek Cafe Expands

The area’s finest Greek Restaurant has moved to: Unit 20 at the Brickyard Plaza on Route 41 By-pass in Venice.

Our new location seats up to 80 people with indoor and outdoor dining.

Expanded menu featuring authentic Greek dishes, daily specials, reservations accepted, all Greek wines, international beer collection.

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You’ll be greeted by a multitude of tantalizing aromas and tastes.

Enter the world of authentic Greek cuisine housed in a taverna-style setting complete with a walllength mural of Greek gods.

The restaurant specializes in pastichio, gyros, souvalki, mousaka, spanokopita, lemon chicken soup, fresh salads and tender rack of lamb.

Reservations are recommended.

Greek cooking relies on the intrinsic flavors of individual ingredients, like extra virgin olive oil, delicate sheep’s cheese, garlic, peppery oregano and the ubiquitous lemon.

Dino (owner) reveals that the secret to his superior, gourmet quality dishes starts with using the freshest ingredients. Feta cheese and plump

Kalamata olives, along with tzatziki sauce made from fresh sheep’s yogurt flown in from Greece, grace arrangements of pita, salads, platters of souvlaki, gyros and a variety of marinated and grilled meats. These same ingredients can be purchased from the Lazy Greek Market & Deli.

Prefer to dine alfresco? Have a seat and relax in the courtyard under the ficus tree’s canopy. A variety of drinks, beer or wines are offered daily. Music is always playing and you’ll feel that Mediterranean ambience drawing you into its heart.

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“Super-Spiced” Cities May Mean Good Health

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here you live often shapes how you eat. So, plenty of local flavor shines through in the “Super-Spiced” cities:

• Philadelphia embraces its Italian heritage. And, since some research has linked garlic to heart health, it’s not surprising to find it’s a favorite in the City of Brotherly Love. In fact, Philly consumes more than 176,000 pounds of garlic powder a year—nearly the weight of 126 “Rocky” statues.

Recipe • Coastal South Carolina is home to Low Country cooking. Charleston consumes almost 9,000 pounds of oregano each year, nearly 90 times the weight of the famous albino alligator in the South Carolina Aquarium. Of all the herbs, oregano has one of the highest antioxidant levels—making it a true “Super Spice.”

• Los Angeles consumes more than 208,000 pounds of cinnamon. That’s the equivalent to 41 “Jaws” sharks found in the Hollywood classic. This sweet spice has been linked to controlling blood sugar levels. Take a bite out of that!

• San Antonio loves its TexMex, eating more than 98,000 pounds of cumin a year—more than any other city in the nation.

That’s enough to put 1.5 pounds in every seat of the Alamodome.

Did you know just a halfteaspoon of ground cumin has antioxidant levels comparable to one cup of spinach?

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Gala proceeds will add much-needed support for job training and essential human services in the community.

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eet your family, go by yourself, join a group tour, stop a few days on your way to someplace else—whatever you do, and no matter how many times you’ve gone, make plans to visit Branson. Every spring, Branson reopens its theaters and all new shows take the stage.

The “unexpected” side of Branson is active. Four companies now offer ziplines over the Ozark canopy of trees. You can parasail (the oldest person taken up so far was 95), ride a jet ski, put the grandkids in a “ballknocker” or rent canoes, kayaks and speedboats. Or you can stick with the familiar golf, shopping and fishing.

Travel Today, close to seven million annual visitors can find anything from Country to Rock n’ Roll, Magic and Comedy to Musical Theatre, Gospel, small intimate shows and major worldclass productions gracing one of the more than 40+ stages in Branson.

On any day from March through December, you can choose from 70 or more shows or attractions.

Now, that’s entertainment!

Ditch any negative thoughts about our country. Branson is all about God, family and patriotism. You might even find yourself feeling all sentimental about being able to laugh at the jokes, sing along with the music and wipe away a tear or two when they honor veterans and bring out the flag.

Hear new musical groups: Beyond the Bald Knobbers, you’ll find the show SIX. It’s six brothers creating harmony using just their voices.

Another show, The Duttons, features one family and an amazing array of instruments. Unexpected too, are The Haygoods—seven brothers and a sister—and the Twelve Irish Tenors.

Todd Oliver and his amazing talking dogs now have their own show.

Find unexpected relaxation in Dogwood Canyon, often called “the best part of my trip to Branson” by visitors. Take a wagon tour of the beautiful 2,200-acre preserve in the heart of the Ozarks, or you can hike, bike, fly fish or ride horseback.

Swap typical buffet food for unexpectedly fine dining. The Devil’s Pool Restaurant at Big Cedar Lodge combines rustic elegance with sumptuous meals. The new Hilton in the downtown Branson Landing area features the Level 2 Steakhouse offering sophisticated, big city atmosphere and outstanding food with impeccable service.

Take in the stunning attractions.

Visitors to Branson should see the outdoor drama Shepherd of the Hills to understand the history of the area. Beyond that, Noah’s Ark, The Titanic, Legend of Kung Fu, Branson Auto Museum, Branson Mill and the Hollywood Wax Museum make Branson a destination to enjoy.

Plan a day for Silver Dollar City where you can enjoy the old-time crafts and any young people with you will love the wild rides. Notice all the trees, cross a swinging bridge, sit in a one-room schoolhouse, sing hymns in a log church and enjoy more shows. Make the day complete by taking a culinary class where you might learn to make their favorite succotash. There’s a steam train, a basket weaver and lots of whittlin’ and fiddlin’. The park opens March 17 for the 2011 season.

Appreciate the long-time favorites like the Showboat Branson Belle, which combines great food with a live show worthy of Broadway.

Getting around Branson is getting easier. A new Branson airport opened with service by Air Tran and other small carriers, and new color-coded alternate highways around the city make traffic more manageable.

Branson is America’s best.

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ear Branson, Missouri lies a trout angler’s delight! Lake Taneycomo has been designated the official Trout Capital of the U.S. because of its abundant rainbow and brown trout, with a record 28 pounder having been taken from this lake. Annually, more than 600,000 hatchery-sized trout (see photo) are released in this 45 – 50 degree water.

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I fished with veteran licensed guide Bill Babler, who works from Lilley’s

Landing in Branson. He says, “Successful fishing here depends not on one thing but lots of little details, techniques and knowledge.”

Whether you fish independently or with a guide, take time to visit this angler’s paradise in the Ozarks.

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Photo above and below, courtesy David Lalmond.

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Jazz It Up In Sarasota

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The Tall Lady Who Keeps You Laughing at Yourself

something funny that happened today.” Children get an awareness of funny things and learn eep ‘em laughing” that it’s all right to laugh. If is her mantra we have a sense of humor, as a speaker, and she she says, “The grandchildoesn’t disappoint. dren want to be with us. If When she was 12 years you’re always in the stern old and already 6’2” grandparent role they don’t tall, Jeanne Robertson’s want to be with you.” parents helped her use She’s grandmother to two a sense of humor to her boys, ages 11 and 16, and advantage if people spoke she’s helping them see the of her height, and now she humor in everyday life. At a travels the country helping university basketball game people look at their lives Comedienne recently, the lady singing the with humor. A real sense of Jeanne Robertson. national anthem was “off” in humor, according to Jeanne, means being able to accept things you pitch the whole song. The boys “cut their eyes at me and I cut my eyes at can’t change and laugh at yourself. them. Their shoulders started shaking Now 67, many of the 1963 Miss and so did mine. I like that rather than North Carolina’s stories are about being the grandmother who would say aging, and it works just fine because ‘Now, don’t laugh. That’s not funny.’” she always pokes fun at herself first.

But she made sure the boys knew she She told this story: “We had two Miss wouldn’t use the incident in a speech North Carolinas one year recently. because it would hurt the singer.

At the end of the year neither was Computers are a way to keep in allowed to crown the next year’s touch with your grandchildren, sure. queen. The pageant director called But Jeanne says, “Mostly I just call and asked me to do it, and I said, them and say ‘tell me something ‘At my age?’ Then I laughed and funny. I’m on the road and I need said the new one would be the first a laugh.’ I’m still making that queen to get slapped in the face by connection.” arm flab as the crown was placed.”

She said she and her husband They were serious about wanting (“Left Brain,” age 73) are “hurting her, however, and she reminded in places, and we try our best to them that she’d already told several make sure we accept what we can’t stories about the year’s difficulties. change and find the humor about The director said, “Yes, I know, but it. I’m living what I’m telling!” we know you wouldn’t hurt us.”

Her advice for seniors is to “have a And that’s the thing. Her humor nevhumor buddy, somebody that asks you er hurts anyone, and there are never what’s funny. If you’re going to lunch four-letter words or off-color jokes. and know you have to tell something After a lifetime of professional funny, it keeps you looking for it.” speaking and numerous state and The place to look for humor is March national honors, she remains one 1 at 2 p.m. in Branscomb Memorial of the country’s most popular, Auditorium in Lakeland when Jeanne in-demand humorists.

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I have a printer that’s not working properly and I need to know how to remove it so I can reinstall it using its installation disk. The printer isn’t listed on the Add/Remove uninstall list.

A printer is hardware, as opposed to software, so it won’t typically appear in the Add/ Remove Programs list, so that part is normal. (Insert “Whew!” here.)

Before you do anything, check your printer manufacturer’s website to determine if there are any new drivers available. If so, download them. You’ll find instructions on the website, if needed.

A driver is a small program that provides instructions to a device such as a printer, disk drive, keyboard, mouse, etc. Updating its driver can often resolve a printer problem.

To remove a printer, go to Control Panel > Printers (or Printers and Faxes). Right-click the printer that you want to remove, then click Delete.

If you can’t delete the printer using the above method for any reason, rightclick the printer icon again, click Run as Administrator, then click Delete. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your Windows password, if you have one, provide confirmation, or press Enter.

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