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How is your hearing health? If you’re having trouble hearing conversations, you’re not alone. About one-third of people in the United States between the ages of 65 and 75 have some degree of hearing loss. For those older than 75, the number of people with some hearing loss is almost 1 in 2. Emporia Presbyterian Manor will host a free Hearing Health Seminar at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 for seniors in the Emporia area. Professionals from the Hearing Group will discuss important topics such as how to recognize the telltale signs of hearing loss, how to choose a hearing aid and how to decide what features are right for you.
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Art is Ageless® Local artists to be featured in 2016 calendar In 50 years of practicing dentistry, Richard Bennett carved a lot of crowns and bridgework. Since he retired, Richard has discovered his skills translated well to sculpting raw stone into art. His stone carving “Out to Pasture” is a winner in this year’s system-wide Art is Ageless® competition. Winners were chosen from the top local entries at all 18 Presbyterian Manors “Out to Pasture” by Richard Bennett of Mid-America communities. Richard’s piece will be featured in the 2016 Art is Ageless calendar, along with the works of more than 50 artists age 65 and older throughout Kansas and Missouri. Richard found the block of limestone, roughly 12 by 8 inches, on his farm in the Flint Hills. “I made a frame on the outside, then inside I cut deep into it and brought this horse out of it,” he said. “I think I’m about as pleased with that piece as any I’ve done.”
You can’t reverse hearing loss. However, you don’t have to live in a world of muted, less distinct sounds.
It’s only been about five years since Richard made his first sculpture. He was looking at a tall, oblong rock on his patio when he suddenly thought, “could I carve this into a tooth?” And he set out to learn the tools and techniques of sculpting stone.
The “Hearing Health Seminar” will begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, 2300 Industrial Rd. The presentation is free. For more information, contact Marketing Director Ken Hanson at 620-343-2613 or khanson@ pmma.org.
A few years later, he brought home a 100-pound chunk of white marble from the quarry in Marble, Colo. He worked the stone for about three months to create a large holiday-themed urn he called “Christmas in Marble.” That piece won the Christmas category at the Emporia Art is Ageless competition this year. His “Bowl of Fruit” took Best in Show last year at the local level.
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Just as he did with dental work, Richard said he has to visualize the final piece before he makes the first cut. Now, however, he says the stone speaks ART, continued on page 2
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Above: “Mountain Colors” by Nancy McKinzie. Right: “Reflections” by John King. ART, continued from page 1
to him. After a trip to Guatemala, he sculpted an image of a Mayan woman that he said “came out of the rock alive.” “It’s just meaningful to see something in there and bring it to life,” Richard continued. “They’ve been hiding in there for millions of years.”
Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Emporia Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org. Susan Siepelmeier, executive director Ken Hanson, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact Ken Hanson, marketing director, khanson@pmma.org. Telephone: 620-343-2613 Fax: 620-343-9195 Address: 2300 Industrial Rd., Emporia, KS 66801-6636 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. EmporiaPresbyterianManor.org
In addition to Richard’s carving, three other artists from Emporia will be featured on the calendar or greeting cards. Calendar: Nancy McKinzie, drawing, “Mountain Colors” and John King, painting, “Reflections” Greeting Card: Paul Johnston, painting, “Canna Lilies”
Flint Hills Senior Life Fair just around the corner Emporia Presbyterian Manor is proud to be one of the sponsors for the 2015 Flint Hills Senior Life Fair on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the Flint Hills Christian Church Harvest House, located at 1836 E. Hwy 50 in Emporia. The Senior Fair gets underway at 8 a.m. with educational programing beginning at 9:15am. The featured speaker is Teresa K. Irish. Her program, “A Thousand Letters Home—The Journey of the Letters,” will get underway at around 12:45 p.m. For more information, contact Marketing Director Ken Hanson at 620-343-2613 or khanson@pmma.org. HEAR, continued from page 1
The talk is part of Emporia Presbyterian Manor’s Just Ask series, a free, ongoing lifelong learning program featuring information from local and regional experts on topics of interest to older adults and their families.
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Entertaining others is payment enough for resident musician Janet Peck, 82 When Janet Peck was in kindergarten, she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. She replied, “an artist and a musician.” Both wishes came true. Janet Peck By age 10, Peck was singing and playing guitar in a trio with her sisters in Ollie, Iowa. She had opportunities to become a professional musician, but she turned them down in favor of raising her family. Today, at the age of 82, Janet still gives the occasional singing performance for her neighbors at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, accompanied by her digital QChord, a handheld electronic
instrument.“When people enjoy my music, it just makes me feel better,” Janet said. Singing and acting were Janet’s great loves as a child and teenager, and she also learned oil painting. Most of her seven older siblings sang or played instruments, too. She remembers the day her brother brought home a guitar and showed her a few chords. Soon after, Janet and her sisters were singing and playing on the porch when a woman from their church drove up the lane to their farm. “She said, ‘You girls are going to be in the Ollie Big Days,” the town’s annual festival. At their first performance, she said, “We did our two songs and they clapped us back for a third.” As a young adult, Janet took singing lessons with a teacher who wanted to take her to California to sing professionally. But Janet declined. “I’m a country girl. I don’t think I
Everyone has a story Christmas will be here before we know it, and we’ll be talking about celebrations and traditions in an upcoming issue of Community Matters as we celebrate the holidays. Does your family have a special tradition? Is there a song that immediately conjures up memories of Christmases past? Do you have a memorable Christmas story to share? Contact Marketing Director Ken Hanson, and your story may be selected to appear in an upcoming Community Matters.
could have adjusted at all,” she said. Janet became a schoolteacher, a wife and a mother to three sons instead. And she made a promise to herself and to God: if He wanted her to sing, she would, with His help. But she would never take money for it. Janet preferred to entertain at nursing homes or serve as a church musician. While living in Texas, her favorite thing was to join the old country music jam sessions that took place in many town parks. Texas is where she learned to yodel, too—a talent she took as far as an audition for “Hee Haw.” In the end, she turned them down, too. Her satisfaction has always come from knowing she had entertained someone, even for a little while. “It was just nice to know they wanted me,” she said.
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