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Gail Forrer AS COUNCIL election time approaches, there are a few questions we could think about.

Does your community satisfy your requirements for transport, communication, health and welfare? These were some of the issues the Sunshine Coast Regional Council looked at to create the Positive Ageing Strategy 2011-16.

The document, produced prior to Noosa’s de-amalgamation and under the mayoral leadership of current Noosa Shire Councillor Bob Abbot, was based on extensive personal sur-

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and decision-making processes.

Opportunity for all to an independent lifestyle: Facilitating opportunities for older people to live a lifestyle of choice.

Collaborative partnerships: Engaging and partnering with all levels of government, non-government, business and the community in working towards shared outcomes.

Think about it – is there room for improvement? .

If you would like to share your news and views please email me at editor@seniorsnewspaper.com.au You are also welcome to join the conversation with us on www.seniorsnews.com.au And www.facebook.com/seniorsnews

its January meeting at the Maroochy RSL and decided to write to the Minister as a group and also as individuals.

“We are concerned that people in older age groups with chronic disease and needing regular blood tests will be affected,” co-convenor Rob Tonge told Seniors after the meeting.

“There may be concessions but we don’t know what they are. We don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask for clarification. There’s a lot of anguish.”

In Australia, 20,000 Australian men are diagnosed with the disease annually and there’s a mortality rate of close to 3500.

Rob’s group meets once a

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month at the Maroochy RSL and with 431 members is the second largest in Australia.

It was formed in 2002 and takes in an area from Landsborough and Caloundra in the south, then

north to Cooran and west to Kenilworth taking in the Blackall Range townships, in all, 22 communities.

The southern area is covered by the Glasshouse Country Support Group.

He said there was a record number of 77 people at the meeting.

“The response to the article about us in Seniors last month has been incredible,” he said.

The next meeting is on Tuesday, February 23.

Guest speaker is Jim Hughes AM, national chairman of the Prostrate Cancer Foundation.

For more information on the group, call Rob 5446 1318 or email scprostate@gmail.com

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Diversity: Recognising the diversity in this demographic including age, ability, gender, sexuality, cultural linguistic and background, and geographic location.

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Prostate cancer group concerned about cost COAST prostate cancer sufferers want assurance from Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley they “won’t be slugged every time they have a blood test”.

Members of the Sunshine Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group say the prospect of cuts to Medicare payments for pathology are causing a lot of unnecessary worry.

In December, as part of the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Government announced it would remove bulk billing incentives for pathology services.

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veys and Queensland Government statistics from the Planning and Information Forecasting Unit 2008.

This information, along with findings from a community and service provider surveys and a Positive Ageing Conference, lead to the identification of various initiatives council and its partners have worked to achieve.

They are: Equitable access for all: Ensuring all older people have equitable access to services, community infrastructure and programs that enhance quality of life.

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Kayakers rescued in Bass Strait

By JIM FAGAN

“We were very nervous and we didn’t think we would make it.”

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STRANDED on a windlashed island in Bass Strait for nine days, running out of food, and then being involved in an emergency rescue by boat wasn’t in the plan when world champion kayaker Peter Fidler and his team attempted to cross Bass Strait.

In November we reported how Peter, 59, with wife Julie, also 59, and eight men and two women from his learn to surf company, Go Ride A Wave, intended to leave Wilsons Promontory in Victoria and paddle 332km across the treacherous Strait to the northwestern tip of Tasmania.

As per the plan, they left on December 12 for Hogan’s Island 66km away but rough, cold waves and even colder 30-knot south-easterly winds hit them hard, causing seasickness, and in Julie’s case, hypothermia.

“It took 11 hours of hard paddling but if I hadn’t got her to the island and got her warm, I don’t know what may have happened,” Peter told Seniors from his home in Noosa.

With members of the party still seasick, the group decided to have a rest day before tackling the 45km to their next stop, Deal Island, which they could see on the horizon.

“When we woke up the next day, we couldn’t see the island because of the fog and haze.

“It’s quite a mental challenge to trust a GPS (global positioning system) and we were probably 20km into the trip before we could see

Peter and Julie Fidler.

the outline of the island through the haze.

“By this time the wind was up to 30 knots and very strong. It was almost impossible to paddle but we managed to land on Erith Island, which is close to Deal Island.”

It was here that the unpredictable Bass Strait turned on its full, unforgiving power. The next stretch was a 70km paddle to Flinders Island and the group was kitted up and ready to leave at 4.30am but a satellite phone check on the weather showed more fog, high wind and 3m high waves.

“We were very nervous and we didn’t think we would make it,” Peter said.

And that was the story for the next seven days.

“We couldn’t reverse back to Hogan because the wind was too strong. There was a tiny bush hut with a tin roof that runs into a water tank and we had water. That’s

how we were surviving, catching fish and rationing ourselves to one meal a day from our supplies.

“One of the group had a friend who owned a 60ft catamaran with a motor at Port Albert and we asked the owner to come and get us. He was worried about the weather but said he could see a window and would make the journey.

He came at three in the morning and said, ‘We’ve got to go now otherwise we’ll not make it back’.

“It was 10 hours of seasickness the whole way with big, wide swells coming side-on to the yacht. Conditions were seriously bad and we were lucky he was such an experienced sailor.”

Peter describes it as a “fantastic adventure”.

“But I won’t be rushing back there again,” he said.

“I’ll be looking for warmer weather, shorter distances.”

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By JIM FAGAN

ON THE Sunshine Coast, the air is filled with the happy sound of singing as our choirs return from the holiday break and start rehearsals for their performances this year.

The Coast is blessed with many fine community choirs – among them the Sunshine Coast Chorale Society and the Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir – both at Buderim, Noosa Chorale, Global Harmonies at Bli Bli, Hot Ginger Chorus and New World Rhythms, both at Maroochydore.

And let’s not forget the many church choirs and those small groups who entertain at retirement villages, nursing homes and the like.

Choirs evolve over the years. Members come and go. Some have singers who have been there since the choir was founded. Others may have only joined last year.

Among them are lawyers, schoolteachers, professors, policemen, business owners, artists, tradesmen, accountants, homemakers and retirees from all sorts

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of occupations now living the dream on the Coast.

So what is the magic that makes these eager amateurs want to raise their voices in song? What is it that gets into their veins and becomes part of who they are?

Noosa Chorale recently asked its singers to answer two questions: “What makes you sing?” and “Why did you join Noosa Chorale?”

The answers, just published, from the survey were varied and surprising

but the conclusion was very clear. Singing with others is an act of togetherness which, as soprano Jutta Rathgeber, said: “Releases emotions, makes you feel good, makes you laugh and sometimes even makes you cry.”

Others saw it as having distinct physical benefits. Alto Jodie Thomas noted “it is a good workout for the lungs and brain” and soprano Dorothy Hertelendy said, “It makes me feel so good, even on the darkest day.”

Tenor Ian Lowe said,

“There is no buzz like that of being part of a wonderful collective expression of the human voice” and soprano Hettie van Wyk offered a slightly different take: “Singing is like breathing in tune. I like singing in the car, which I must admit gives me a few uncertain smiles at stop signs.”

So there you are. Singing is good for you and if you are a kitchen contralto or a bathroom baritone there’s a choir near you and waiting to hear from you.

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Seniors Week provides the opportunity to unite all Queenslanders to celebrate the valuable contributions seniors make in their communities.

Whether as volunteers or in the workforce, seniors use their experience and knowledge as community leaders, carers, grandparents and advocates.

Thanks to the tremendous efforts of many groups and countless volunteers across the state, Seniors Week is now a major event each year.

For some living in rural and remote areas, Seniors Week is the one time of year they get to catch up with current and long-lost friends.

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Silver surfers ridin’ the dream Memories of first board

Felipe Pomar, aged 70, riding his home break on Rote, Indonesia.

By JIM FAGAN

SILVER surfers in their 60s and 70s are on the crest of a wave. That’s the view of Phil Jarratt, founder of the Noosa Festival of Surfing, now recognised as one of the most popular events in international surfing.

Next month the festival celebrates its 25th year and surfers like Layne Beachley, Tom Carroll and Peter Townend are among the record number of 20 global

champions coming to Noosa for the eight-day festival as well as a record 700-plus competitors.

For seniors, interest will centre on big wave performer and winner of the 1965 world surfing championships at Punta Rocas, Peruvian Felipe Pomar.

Felipe is 73 and beat legends like Midget Farrelly and Nat Young for the title. Phil is convinced Felipe will spark even more interest among baby boomers.

“I introduced a division for the over 70s about three years ago. This year we have 12 competitors and that’s a 100% increase over last year.

“Boomers start with a birth date of 1945 and they will be turning 70 this year.

Next year is when we will really see Boomers kicking on so I would anticipate that the over 70s in two or three years will be one of the biggest divisions we have.

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WHEN Alan Atkins was 10 years old, his dad made him his first surfboard.

Today, at 65, he’s still as keen as ever and last year was good enough to win the over 65s long board division at the Australian Surfing Championships at Coffs Harbour.

Next month he will be the key man on the beach at the Noosa Festival of Surfing, doing the seeding, scheduling the heats, organising the judging panel and settling disputes.

It’s a job he is well qualified to do. A former CEO of Surfing Australia and “The number of Boomer surfers won’t just stop. Our healthcare is much better, there are so many advances in medical knowledge now that you can be a lot fitter and older. I’m seeing that in surfing all over.”

The over 70s division is called The Magoo Memorial.

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vice-president of the International Surfing Association, Alan has judged and directed surfing festivals in many different parts of the world.

He recalled for Seniors how back in 1959 he had gone with his father to the timber yard at Preston in Victoria and bought six blocks of Ecuador balsa wood 10ft long.

“We took them home, glued them together and we shaped my first board outside our garage. I used that board for three years.” He says a lot has changed since he cracked his first wave.

■ March 5–12 at Noosa ■ A record 700-plus competitors from 20 surf zones: Australia, Taiwan, New Caledonia, US East Coast, California, Hawaii, France, New Zealand, Peru, Britain, Japan, Brazil, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Jersey/Channel Islands, Portugal, Fiji, Bali, Java, China.

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“It’s in honour of Barry McGuigan, one of our oldest competitors who died in late 2014 aged 85. He was incredibly fit and had been coming to the festival since it began,” Phil said.

After 25 years the passion is still there for Phil.

“I’m incredibly proud to have been involved in

something that has increased the stature of surfing not just here in Noosa and Australia but around the world,” he said.

“It’s not about winning.

It’s about who we are and what we do and celebrating all those other elements of our culture and the sport of surfing.”

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$800,000 funding for senior support groups networks.

“We’re already seeing some participants improving their health and fitness through exercise while others are learning to connect using new technology and social media.

“This funding will ensure Queensland seniors can continue to get out and about and enjoy more quality of life, making them less susceptible to social isolation and elder abuse.”

Sunshine 60 and Better Group’s healthy ageing program looks after the needs of older people from Caloundra to Cooloola and Noosa.

Caloundra Community Centre’s Live Life Program is an older people’s action program and includes Meals on Wheels.

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Kim Ellaway, secretary of the Queensland Bridge Association, believes 200 per cent that it does and she is backed up by Professor John Kwok of Neuroscience Research Australia Last month we reported how the Sunshine Coast Contract Bridge Club at Buderim in a drive for new members claimed playing the card game could ward off dementia.

We put it to the test by asking Professor Kwok (50) who for the last 20 years has been studying the late onset of diseases in our elderly, particular Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

His main area of focus at the Neuroscience Research Centre in Sydney has been how lifestyle factors actually work to protect the elderly and reduce the risk of getting these diseases.

work as effectively as it should.”

The research by Professor Kwok and his colleagues at the Neuroscience Research Centre has been supported by contract bridge players throughout Australia since 2004 with a competition each year in May called the Bridge for Brain Research Challenge.

Clubs compete against each other and fundraise.

Association secretary Kim Ellaway says it is strongly supported by her members who are “ecstatic by the amount of money raised, usually about $40,000.

“We have 54 clubs in Queensland, nine on the Sunshine Coast. Our total membership of 8000 has doubled in the last 10 years because people are starting to realise the benefits of playing bridge.

“I am 200 per cent convinced of this.

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In collaboration with Professor Parminder Sachdev of the University of New South Wales he has just completed a Sydney Memory Ageing Study involving a large group of 1000 people aged 70 to 90 years.

“We worked them pretty hard,” Professor Kwok said. “They sat through a lot of cognitive tests with questions on what sort of mental activities they do each week like reading magazines, going to the cinema, playing games like bridge and chess and learning a second language.

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Seniors Minister Coralee O’Rourke said 47 organisations across Queensland would share more than $18 million to help older Queenslanders access services to keep them safe, supported and connected to the community.

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Collaboration of creative couple

Double album to be pressed in vinyl the result of lifetimes devoted to artistic pursuits

FOR a Noosa hinterland couple the well of creativity continues to overflow.

The past few years have seen fifty-five-year-old Annette Hughes and sixtyyear-old Geoffrey Datson channel their creativity into the release of the duo’s debut album. The creation of this very beautiful music marks another point in lifetimes devoted to the artistic pursuits of writing and music.

The project, which has taken almost three years, has resulted in the recording of a double album pressed in vinyl.

“It was always going to be vinyl,” Hughes said.

“From the moment we first imagined making a record, we knew it had to be in that form - a double vinyl record in a gate-folded sleeve with a fabulous, intricate cover, just like the albums I saved up for and loved as a youth.”

The sleeve is designed by artist Benjamin Paskins, also part owner of The Time Machine, and while the music is available for digital download and streaming, hard copy will only be available in limited edition from the artists.

“It has taken so long to make, so many hours spent

and when Kalju (who had just moved to the region) appeared in our life, I had arrived at a point where I felt I needed help,” he said.

“It is extremely difficult to record and mix oneself.

“A great book never goes to print without editorial advice and polish.

“Neither does great music.

A great book never goes to print without editorial advice and polish. Neither does great music. in perfecting it, a digital file in cyberspace just doesn’t seem sturdy enough to carry it,” Hughes says.

This is the culmination of not only the long process of recording, but the culmination of a life’s work for Geoffrey Datson.

“I have been poking at these songs for 40 years,

“Kalju understands where the work is coming from and has done a beautiful job of hearing and enhancing our sound and capturing our best performances.

“It is a great privilege to work with such a gifted artist, and critical to the quality of the project to be able to have such beautiful work

mastered professionally by one of the best in the business.”

Their melodious music includes dulcimers, guitars and cellos and provides a rich background to their poetic songwriting skills.

It is no wonder; they have found an enthusiastic au-

dience at house parties.

Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes have been artistic collaborators since 2000.

They have been building their independent Stickylabel since moving to the Noosa Hinterland 11 years ago, and the album is re-

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By YVONNE GARDINER

A QUEENSLAND aging expert has come out in support of older drivers and their safety record on the road.

Queensland Brain Institute researcher, Dr Jaqueline Liddle has pointed out that driving performance is more related to health rather than age, so there can be safe drivers at any age.

Age is not a good indicator of skill, she adds.

Dr Liddle’s comments follow a call from New South Wales Police head of traffic John Hartley for drivers over the age of 70 to “reconsider” their driving ability.

Assistant Commissioner Hartley said drivers of this age were two-and-a-half times more likely than

younger drivers to die in a roadside accident in NSW. He added that senior citizens often found it difficult to stay centred in their lane, stop in time for red lights and reverse safely without running into objects.

“It is these issues that put older drivers, their passengers, and other road users at great risk,” Asst Commissioner Hartley said.

“Personal responsibility is the key to keeping us all safe on NSW roads. Don’t wait until you’re involved in a near-miss, or a crash, to reconsider your driving ability.”

The latest figures put out

by the NSW Centre for Road Safety reveal that the number of fatalities on the road for senior citizens has spiked by 20% in the last year alone.

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makes up just 11% of the population.

In Queensland, a Department of Transport and Main Roads spokesperson said older drivers were not

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Drivers over the age of 70 represented nearly 22% of the total fatalities in 2015, while the age bracket

“over-represented” in road crash statistics.

Seniors aged 75 years or older, as drivers or riders,

made up 12% of road crash deaths – the same as other age groups, apart from those aged 16-24 years, with 24% of fatalities.

“Age is not a barrier to driving and many older people are perfectly capable of driving safely. However, physical and mental changes that often come with aging can affect how older people drive,” the TMR spokesperson said.

“In recognition of this, since 1996 Qld licence-holders aged 75 or older have been required to carry and drive in accordance with a current medical certificate.”

Following a review of older driver safety undertaken by the TMR and the Older Driver Safety Advisory Committee, changes were introduced on January 1, 2014, to limit the term of an older driver’s medical certificate to one year.

“This requirement to have an annual medical checkup ensures any problems are detected early and managed sooner,” the spokesperson said.

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Treating seniors as burden on the road fuels notion of them being burden in general health and ability.

If you remove any group from the road, whom you consider to be a greater than average risk, say people under 25 years, or perhaps the unemployed, you will no doubt include

in the selected group, drivers who present a greater than average risk. Apart from this, the reduction in road users will certainly improve road safety. No matter what our age or ability, anyone taking a

vehicle to the road presents some level of risk.

Ideologues focus and pursue a perceived ‘good’, in a way that ignores lateral contra-considerations.

For them, this perceived ‘good’ justifies the means,

and in their narrow focus, they can be fatuously convinced and quite cruel.

The idea that we are a threat, and therefore a burden on the roads, may at some stage trigger the notion, in the not-distant

future, that as unproductive retirees, pensioners are a burden in general. It would not be too far from there, to the invention of a ‘happy valley’ pill, as a ‘final solution’.

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fety, said decades of driving research had found that older drivers were just as safe as younger adults on the roads.

“It’s ageist to state a person cannot drive just because of their age,” Dr Pachana said. “The NSW Police are confusing the greater vulnerability to injury with driving skills.

“Older people have increasingly frail bones and are more susceptible to motor vehicle injuries, not just as drivers, but also as passengers and pedestrians.”

Seniors can use a self-assessment questionnaire on

the RACQ’s website to check their current driving capability.

Dr Liddle said most older people voluntarily stopped driving, often at some cost to their independence.

“There are also costs and risks for older people not driving, including increased risks of depression, isolation and poorer health outcomes,” she said.

The UQDrive program endorses the following tips from retired drivers, for older people considering their driving future: ■ Start to think about your options early. While you are still driving, try out dif-

ferent transport options, including public transport, transport services and lifts from family and friends.

■ Have a long-term plan for your transport needs.

■ Weigh it up. Take the time to think through all the factors involved in driving, and retiring from driving.

■ Look into your priorities and values, and put plans into place.

■ Think about the positives and negatives of retiring from driving.

■ Talk to key people. Talking about the situation to family, friends and health professionals might help

you to consider all of your options.

■ Other options. It is important to stay involved in the community. This can be done by using different transport options, and taking up new roles and activities.

■ Stay involved and active.

Staying active after giving up driving is important.

You should keep doing the things that are important to you.

To keep up an active lifestyle, some people find they need to change their routines, and others move to areas with better transport options.

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community news Newcomers welcome at our luncheons. If you would like to attend our meeting or hear more about our VIEW Club, contact Terri on 5390 9783.

VIEW is a self-governed women’s organisation formed in 1960 to support the charitable work of the Smith Family.We have interesting guest speakers at our monthly luncheons as well as occasional outings.

VIEW CLUBS ■ Maroochydore The club’s luncheon is on Friday, February 26, 11am at Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club. Cost is $23.

■ Buderim All new members are welcome to attend our monthly meeting and lunch.

Please contact Sylvia on

5441 6049 for more information.

■ Glasshouse The new committee for 2016 was elected.

The speaker for our next meeting at the Glass House Sports Club, at 11am on February 17, will be Kathryn Rock from the Suncoast Chiropractic Centre.

We always welcome new members. For more info phone 5438 7589.

■ Kawana Waters Probus Club The Probus Club’s New Year activities got off to a

A $13,000 hearing aid! I just shout louder... ly and there has been no more mention of a hearing aid since.

(I just shout at him louder – every bit as effective as a $13,000 device.)

But here’s an interesting side to the hearing scenario.

Despite my own excellent hearing (and full head of hair and gleaming set of teeth), I need the assistance of captions for movies and television shows.

This is because I can’t understand the accents and mumblings of so many actors in an increasing number of movies and television programs.

I sat riveted in the packed movie theatre watching The Revenant last week without understanding a single word the bad guy said.

The hero, Leonardo DiCaprio, didn’t say more than two sentences during the entire movie, so that was a relief.

His terrible cries of agony and dreadful grunts and excruciating moans were easy to follow.

But the villain, the bloke who left Leonardo for dead in the snow after the bear attack, mumbled into his beard in the strong accent of a Montana fur trapping frontiersman, and I just had to assume he was talking bad stuff.

Ann Rickard’s Snapshots of life

ONE of the myriad annoying afflictions many people experience upon entering their autumn years, is loss of hearing.

My hearing is still good – dare I say excellent – despite my autumn years nudging into the winter season. The same can’t be said for my old husband of 47 years.

Along with hair and an alarming number of teeth, much of his hearing has departed the building.

He inquired about a hearing aid, but when he told me a proper aid, no secondhand cheapie from the internet, would cost $13,000, my shriek of dismay almost destroyed what was left of the diminished hearing.

“I could have a round-theworld-cruise for that price,” I screamed into his good ear. “You are so not getting a $13,000 hearing aid.”

Seeing as we’d just spent $12,000 to repair two of his side teeth, he shut up quick-

In the dark and tense silence of the movie theatre I couldn’t very well shout in the husband’s good ear to ask him if he understood the bad guy so I had to leave the movie theatre guessing.

There is so much dialogue I have missed at the movies and on television because of accents.

It was only recently I discovered the caption set-up on rented movies and I must say this has enhanced my viewing pleasure no end.

I watched the complete series of Boardwalk Empire before this enlightening discovery and had to guess what most of the actors were saying, especially the Irish ones.

Some BBC shows are just as hard. I loved the drama Happy Valley set in Yorkshire but had to lean forward in the chair and strain to catch most of the dialogue with the strong northern English accents.

In telling you this sorry tale of hearing loss I realise I have revealed my television viewing habits, and they don’t exactly make for a cultured mix...gangsters, talking donkeys?...but what can I say? Now I have discovered captioned television, the mix is set to become even more eclectic. ann.rickard@ scnews.com.au

flying start with its January 2016 meeting at which Mark Stephens of Stockland Residential Communities – Sunshine Coast gave members an insight into the changes that are ongoing here in the Caloundra area.

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Jan Fisk and Doreen Briggs from Maroochydore VIEW Club standing with guest speaker Megan Dugdale who spoke about her expedition to Antarctica.

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Contact Graham on 5444 2831.

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■ Association of Independent Retirees (A.I.R.) Noosa The A.I.R. meeting is on Thursday, February 11, 9.45am for 10am at South Pacific Resort, 179 Weyba Rd, Noosaville. Guest speaker Mark Ostwald, Cartwrights Lawyers; topic: Helping to understand the legal side of retirement.

Info: 5448 2985 or email airnoosacommunications@gmail.com.

We seek a fair outcome for retirees. http://www.independentretirees.com.au https://

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www.facebook.com/AIRNoosa ■ National Seniors Buderim Our monthly meeting is at Buderim Bowls Club, Elizabeth St, 9.30am on Mon-

day, February 22. Cost is $4 per person and morning tea served. Our guest speaker is Peter Snell from RSL CARE on their aged carer facilities. All over 50s are welcome to join our group of happy seniors

■ Retired Business Seniors Single Social Group We are a retired business senior’s single group and we would like more retired single men, 65–75 years of age, to join us for social outings such as the theatre, home dinner parties, barbecues, walks, picnics and dining out.

For further details phone 5443 7663 after 5pm.

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Small changes to help kick-start a happier, healthier 2016

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HERE is my anagram to kick-start 2016, similar to one I did for 2014 and received some great feedback on. You could print a couple of copies, one for your home and one for your workplace, to keep you on track, by creating a habit of noting down the things you have accomplished each week. Every small change for the better is another step forward to lead a happier, healthier life.

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Allow yourself to enjoy the magic moments of everyday life.

People who are friendly and caring are better to be around than negative people.

Practise, practise, practise!

Old habits don’t disappear overnight.

Yesterday has gone. Learn to live in the present without regrets.

Never give up. Life is a learning curve. Grow and move on.

Every cloud has a silver lining. New doors of opportunity are ready to open.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Stay strong and determined.

You deserve to have a great year. Bring your special dream into reality.

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bour. Life’s too short to put the brakes on.

Affirm to yourself that you are ready to live the best life you can.

Relax and be thankful for the good in your life. Feel free to share this with others.

Next month I will share a pattern of achieving fulfilment, that has helped me.

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■ Kawana Toastmasters Toastmasters can help you speak with confidence. At Toastmasters you will find a friendly, supportive atmosphere and people who are empathetic. Come along to the Guide Hut, Iluka St. Buddina. we meet on the first, third and fifth Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. for a 9.15 start to 11.30am.

If you would like more information check us out on Facebook – or phone Lorraine 5493 7470 or Elizabeth 5452 7615.

■ Kawana Seniors Welcome back to all Kawa-

na Seniors with a wonderful start to the year. In February, we celebrate Waitangi Day, Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Year. A cent sale is also on the program. This year is the Kawana Seniors 25th year, with the silver anniversary in August. Celebrations are in the planning stages.

The club meets Thursday mornings in the Kawana Community Hall behind the Kawana Library, with entertainment from 9.30am. Fee of $5 gives you a lucky door ticket with a chance at ‘Spin the Wheel’ and maybe to win a fruit tray as well as morning tea.

Indoor bowls is played, as well as hoy and bingo with lots of books for you to take home too. Contact president Selima on 5452 5979.

■ U3A Noosa Catering for the ‘un-retiring’ over 50s who wish to continue life-long learning.

This year U3A Noosa celebrates its 25th birthday.

Members are welcomed to attend a special future planning meeting on Monday, February 15, at 10am.

If interested in the future planning, offers to tutor classes, assist with fundraising or volunteering your skills please contact

president Annie Lowe on 5440 5500 or by email at president.noosau3a@bigpond.com.

■ Lifeline Denim Sale If you only buy denim once a year, buy it at the Denim Sale!

The annual Denim Sale is at the CWA Hall, Maple St, Cooroy, March 17–18, 8.30am–5pm and March 19, 8.30am–2pm.

Help to raise much-needed funds for Lifeline, such as 24 hour 13 11 14 Crisis Support Line. For information phone Deborah Daybell 5442 6464.

■ Hibiscus Society

The Sunshine Coast Branch of the Australian Hibiscus Society will meet on Sunday, February 8, at the Woombye School of Arts Hall, Blackall St, Woombye at 10.30am.

There are monthly meetings and blooms competitions. For more information phone 5442 3223.

■ Sunshine Coast Computer Club A new technology item or an updated program may be a problem. This is where our club can help. Come as a visitor to a meeting at Buderim or Caloundra and have an introductory chat. .

Have a cuppa with the

club’s friendly members as a start to getting to know your computer and other devices. Information line 5492 1005, visit the club website – http:// www.sccc.org.au and watch the introductory video, or email the club at sccc@internode.on.net.

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Please phone 5448 4229 for more information.

■ Caloundra Family History Research Inc Guest speaker for February meeting will be Dawn Montgomery. Visitors are welcome to attend this talk on Protestants in a Catholic country – France on Thursday, February 18, at 1.30pm. Special interest groups meet on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Fran Kitto will assist members with all their mobile devices as well as teaching them how to blog. The new group will commence on Saturday, February 20. All inquiries to Valerie on 5437 3879, Roz on 5493 1197 or Dawn on 5492 2208. Groups meet at the resource centre at the SCTC, Gate 2 Pierce Ave, Little.

Members of the Germany Special Interest Group celebrate a German Christmas.

■ Woombye B-grade Bowls Championship Competition bowls returned to Woombye Bowls for 2016 on our new green.

Woombye Wacky Wednesday Jackpot Bowls has returned from 6pm for any bowlers or ‘keen-to-be bowlers’. $12 for bowls and a light meal. All are welcome, Chris Harper has details on 0404 195 706.

■ Coolum Croquet Have you considered a new interest? Croquet could be what you are looking for.

Our club offers three different forms of the sport for all levels. Our lawns are at Coolum off David Low Way north of Stumers Creek.

Golf croquet: 1.30–4.30pm, Monday and Friday; ricochet: 8–11am, Wednesday and Saturdays; association: 1.30pm, Tuesday and Saturday. Visitors

and new members are welcome and tuition is available.

Details phone Adrian Prince on 5448 2985 or Allan George 5473 9910, E: coolum_croquet@yahoo.com.au ■ Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical & Historical Research Group Inc Genealogy is one of the world’s most popular pastimes. We will guide you through the websites and records and give invaluable advice on how to approach your research. New members and visitors welcome at the Research Room, 41 Miva St, Cooroy, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9.30am–1pm.

The special interest groups will continue to meet this year – Irish at 1pm on Saturday, February 6, Scot-

■ Aglow International Our first meeting is on Friday February 12 at Flame Tree Baptist Church Hall, 27 Coes Creek Rd, Nambour, at 9.30am. Come along and bring a friend and enjoy an inspirational message and worship. Men and women are welcome.

Entry $8 includes morning tea. For further info contact Melva: 5443 5752, mobile 0421 900 770 or Dorothy: 5476 4190, mobile 0487 425 657.

■Petrie Park Crafts Association Our craft group has now started for the new year.

We are in the pink building on Petrie Park in Nambour off Price St. Anyone wishing to learn or continue with needlecraft, pottery or art can come along to visit or learn a new craft. 9am until 1pm. Victoria Fitzpatrick is starting her Art tutoring on the first Friday of each month and can be contacted on 5448 5382 or 0401 526 553.

Some tips to help you gain a solid, good night’s sleep

Dr John Tickell, Seniors wellbeing columnist

Dr John Tickell is a former General Practitioner and "baby deliverer", he went sideways in the Medical fields into Sports Medicine and the study of Longevity. After defeating brain cancer some five years ago, he has dedicated himself to sharing the secrets of his wellbeing.

WHY DO little kids sleep so well?

Because as soon as the classroom door opens they run and jump and move non stop. The get physically tired.

Why do so many adults sleep so badly?

Because they sit behind desks and worry about things such as money and what other people think of them.

The old counting-thesheep routine is not as silly as it sounds.

You should be able to give your brain two simultaneous tasks that shut off the outside world. For example, if you hum, or you chant, or if you say the word ‘one’ subconsciously over and over again, and while you are doing that, give yourself a mental task – take seven from 200, and another seven from 193, and another seven from 186 – keep going and going.

Keep repeating those little things and you are blocking out the rest of the world.

It is very clever and you just drift off to sleep.

You can teach yourself this technique.

Other excellent ways of relaxing the brain in readiness for a great sleep are laughing, which most people have forgotten how to do, and of course the oldtime cure, sex.

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Queensland: An Age-friendly Community THE Palaszczuk Government is encouraging Queenslanders, both young and old, to have their say on how to make Queensland a more agefriendly community.

We are looking for ideas on how Queenslanders can work together to welcome and support seniors in the community, as part of a new senior’s strategy – Queensland: An Agefriendly Community.

An age-friendly community encourages people of all ages to take part in community activities. It is a place where people are treated with respect, regardless of their age or ability; where they can stay in touch with the people they care about and can find appropriate support services that meet their needs. Most importantly, age-friendly communities are highly be-

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Samsung unveiled new TVs featuring Quantum dot display and the world’s first bezel-less curved design.

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On board Nieuw Amsterdam, many passengers press the elevator button, watch the doors open, peer in, nod appreciatively and then move away.

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EATING is mandatory on a cruise, and the choices become more ambitious by the month.

Many ships are replacing the traditional buffet with more genteel presentations such as The Market, The Larder, The Lido, where the food is just as plentiful but you are served by crew at various stations such as a carvery, salad bar, deli...that sort of thing.

WHO could have known river cruising would grow so rapidly? Once you have sailed serenely down some of Europe’s great rivers, you’ll understand the stupendous increase in popularity with companies such as APT, Scenic, Avalon, Evergreen and Viking offering myriad cruises along stunning rivers and gorgeous waterways.

The beauty of river cruising – apart from spacious

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Curtis Stone is the face of Princess Cruises.

Then there are the celebrity chefs lining up to partner with cruise lines.

Curtis Stone has given his name to Princess Cruises on several of its fleet in-

cluding Golden Princess, presenting gourmet salads, handmade pastas, premium quality meat, and seafood fresh off the grill, and an array of decadent desserts.

Golden Princess will base itself in Australia (Melbourne) until March and feature 15 roundtrip cruises to New Zealand, the South Pacific and Tasmania.

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staterooms with verandas, and all-inclusive food and wine, – is the leisurely pace to glide by Europe’s gorgeous scenery.

From fairy-tale castles to lush vineyards to Hansel and Gretel towns, a river cruise takes you into the heart of Europe. Imagine sailing right into Budapest? Or Prague? Or Paris?

Travel fantasies don’t come any richer.

See your local travel agent.

Glide along the rivers.

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List of onboard variety endless much.

We meet new mates. We learn things too. And there is always a massage and mojito a moment away.

Nieuw Amsterdam is just one mid-sized ship in the Holland American line.

Apart from all the activities on board, there are workshops galore to keep us up to speed with technology,

to help us take better photos, learn more about Skype and Instagram make videos...oh, the list the endless.

It’s not just tech stuff you learn on board either How to make a Mowtown Margarita is just as important to many (me). For others it’s learning a new card game, or discovering some unknown trivia, making

pasta primavera, or how to match wines, dance the tango, conquer towel art, even how to sing that bit better at the piano bar.

As for the all-important eating part of a cruise...well, the specialty restaurants on board most ships now lead us into temptation never experienced before on the high seas.

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Celebrity ships

On-line check-in cuts queues MOST cruise lines are seniorfriendly, with on-line check enabled a week before your cruise meaning no long queues at shipping terminals.

You can also book shore excursions on-line before you board – no need to wait at the front desk any more.

Assistance (wheel chairs) is available at check-in to glide

So many different choices of scenery with cruising.

you through the terminal and onto the ship with the minimum of fuss.

With such large sized ships, elevators are a must (although taking the stairs helps the inevitable weight gain) and their efficiency and ease is appreciated by seniors.

See your local travel agent.

THE celebrities putting their names to ships are not just chefs.

P&O Cruises has named Jessica Mauboy and Kate Ritchie as godmothers for its latest ships, Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden.

The social media launch will also see the naming posted simultaneously on the godmothers’ Facebook and Instagram accounts and shared by P&O Cruises across its platforms.

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Slow down and enjoy scenery WANT an even slower pace along the river? Barge cruising in Europe is tailored-made for seniors.

Who could forget Rick Stein gliding down the Canal du Midi cooking and eating his way through France? And who didn’t yearn to be with him?

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Yoga retreat makes a holiday

By GAIL FORRER

“MY mother is the only person I know who has to come down from a handstand when I ask her to go shopping with me.”

Therese Maguire, a 63year-old mother of three and grandmother of six and half (there’s one on the way) and tour leader, laughs as she repeats the words of her daughter.

Laugh or not – it’s true.

Therese, a passionate lover of life began her headstands and spiritual practice after leaving a successful and multi-coloured career path 12 years ago.

Now she wants to share all she has learned so others can enjoy the benefits.

She said her yoga makes her feel like a child again and certainly her vigour, humour and natural vivaciousness contain an ageless quality.

Besides giving lessons, she conducts retreat/holidays to various places on the planet.

The retreats have a yoga foundation, but with a host of qualified teachers they also offer guidance in health, lifestyle, and holistic wellbeing.

“There are very gentle yoga classes for beginners,” Therese said.

The master meditator and travel leader said the tour encompassed her idea of a combined retreat/holiday.

“Sometimes going on holiday doesn’t leave us really refreshed.

“Perhaps we have too much fun or we have to prioritise somebody else’s needs, or because we haven’t found a way to effectively unwind.”

She said even with the best of intentions we could be waylaid.

“We have all heard of

work/life balance, we make goals and plans but somehow we may feel as though we are drowning under the weight of incessant stresses.

“We even sense an erosion of our self-esteem due to self promises again not being fulfilled.”

So how can we make the most of our time out?

The former businesswoman (who also knows about tarot cards and numerology) said the yoga holiday/retreat is the antidote.

“An effective yoga holiday/ retreat will help you re-access your truly wonderful powerful self. The ancient yogis knew how to fold time and space and miraculously this is possible for even modern day practitioners.

“Many of us have experienced major breakthroughs and greater peacefulness from exercise,

TARAJI JOURNEY: Therese Maguire.

movement, yoga class, relaxation and meditation, however we struggle with achieving lasting benefits and beneficial habits.”

Therese has a life story that resonates with many of this generation. She has successfully played the role of spouse, mother, masters student, high-achieving business woman.

Therese was living a big life; it was joyful, rewarding and satisfying, but extremely stressful.

To conquer the stress, she

had regularly dipped into the pool of spiritual waters to seek answers. But, without a commitment to reduce stress, life became increasingly busy and complicated.

At that point she decided to rejuvenate her body and mind and began to attend Buddhist retreats “And for the last five years, I have gone on yoga holidays,” she said.

Her combined experience has led her to start Taraji journeys.

“Journeys give you the opportunity to truly connect with other like-minded people and make friendships for life,” she said.

“You will find even if you arrive alone you will definitely not leave alone unless that is your choice.”

Therese is leading a trip to Rishikesh, in northern India, in March this year.

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Yummy favourite, chicken in red wine.

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THIS recipe is one of my favourites and definitely worthy of being part of your dinner-party repertoire, while still being a family favourite, very moreish and easy to make.

It’s great to have in the freezer; you can whip a gourmet meal in minutes.

I freeze the mix into individual portions so I can just pop a meal into the microwave when I need it.

For a gluten free option just use GF flour and check your stock for gluten.

Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 8 chicken thighs, boneless skin on (if making a pie dice chicken thighs and remove skin) 10 French shallots peeled or 1 large onion diced 6 slices bacon, trimmed, chopped 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons plain flour (gluten free flour can be used) 1 1/2 cups red wine (white works too) 1 1/2 cups chicken stock (If GF required use GF stock) 2 dried bay leaves 4 fresh thyme sprigs or handful of sliced sage leaves (you can use dried herbs as well) 300g button mushrooms, sliced Method Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy-based, flameproof casserole dish over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, in batches, for

about 4 to 5 minutes each side, or until browned.

Transfer to a plate.

Heat remaining oil and butter in pan. Add onion and bacon. Cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until bacon is golden. Add garlic.

Cook, stirring for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add flour. Cook, stirring for 1 minute.

Stir in wine. Bring to the boil. Boil for 2 minutes or until reduced by half. Add stock, bay leaf, thyme, mushroom and chicken.

Taste the gravy then season (very important). Stir to combine.

Cover. Bring to the boil.

Reduce heat to low. Simmer, for 1 hour 15 minutes or until chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened. (add chicken gravy mix if you want to thicken further.

Serve with crusty bread or mashed potato and beans.

Alternatively you can make pies with the casserole mix

Two big gigs for Coast jazz fans JAZZ is in the air this month and for the rest of a swinging year on the Coast.

The Bison Bar at Nambour will swoon with classic, nostalgic jazz on the last Sunday of the month and the Noosa Heads Jazz Club will rock Noosa with quality trad jazz each month at The J, both venues featuring local, national and international artists Last month the Robyn Brown Jazz Quartet performed a sell-out show at the Bison Bar and Robyn, a regular performer at clubs and festivals on the Coast, is now booking the artists for what she is calling The Jazz Sessions.

“This month I’m featuring the Sue Bond Jazz Trio.

Her rich voice makes her one of the most individual of today’s jazz singers.”

The Noosa Heads Jazz Club is presenting Mel-

Melbourne band, The Shuffle Club.

bourne band, The Shuffle Club this month. According to club president, Richard Stevens, the four musos, Ashley Gaudion (saxophone and vocals) Rodney Gilbert (drums and vocals) Paul Griska (double bass and vocals, Dannie Bourne (keyboard and vocals) were a huge hit in Noosa last year.

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Solve the anagrams. Each solution is a one-word anagram of the letters beside it, and the five solutions are sequential. For example, if the five-letter solution starts with J, the six-letter solution starts with K, and so on.

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community news Hardly plain Jane TO DESCRIBE global identity Jane Fonda as an actress, author and activist is to tell only a fraction of the story.

Her story is an everchanging one.

Now in her 70s, Jane is talking about age and longevity.

As always, her message is loud, clear and full of meaning.

Here is a transcript from her TED talk and a review of a book I have recently read.

– Gail Forrer

EXTRACT OF JANE FONDA’S TED TALK THERE have been many revolutions over the last century, but perhaps none as significant as the longevity revolution.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did. Think about that.

That’s an entire second adult lifetime that’s been added to our lifespan. And yet, for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means.

We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That’s the metaphor, the old metaphor. You’re born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Age as pathology.

But many people today – philosophers, artists, doctors, scientists – are taking a new look at what I call the third act, the last three decades of life.

They realise this is actually a developmental stage of life with its own significance – as different from midlife as adolescence is from childhood. And they are asking – we should all be asking – how do we use this time? How do we live it successfully? What is the appropriate new metaphor for aging?

I’ve spent the last year researching and writing about this subject. And I have come to find that a more appropriate meta-

phor for aging is a staircase – the upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity. Age not at all as pathology; age as potential.

And guess what? This potential is not for the lucky few. It turns out, most people over 50 feel better, are less stressed, are less hostile, less anxious. We tend to see commonalities more than differences. Some of the studies even say we’re happier.

I don’t want to romanticise aging. Obviously, there’s no guarantee that it can be a time of fruition and growth. Some of it is a matter of luck. Some of it, ob-

viously, is genetic. One third of it, in fact, is genetic.

And there isn’t much we can do about that. But that means that two-thirds of how well we do in the third act, we can do something about.

We’re all born with spirit, all of us, but sometimes it gets tamped down beneath the challenges of life, violence, abuse, neglect. Perhaps our parents suffered from depression. Perhaps they weren’t able to love us beyond how we performed in the world. Perhaps we still suffer from a psychic pain, a wound. Perhaps we feel that many of our relationships have not had closure. And so we can feel un-

finished. Perhaps the task of the third act is to finish up the task of finishing ourselves.

Perhaps the central purpose of the third act is to go back and to try, if appropriate, to change our relationship to the past. If we can go back and alter our relationship, re-vision our relationship to past people and events, neural pathways can change.

If we can go back and redefine ourselves and become whole, this will create a cultural shift in the world, and it will give an example to younger generations so that they can reconceive their own lifespan.

Full talk at www.ted.com

Third act in an incredible life full of loss and tough lessons My Life So Far

By Jane Fonda Random House, New York, 2005 MY LIFE SO FAR

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On December 21, 1996, actress Jane Fonda celebrated her 59th birthday and decided that her first two acts were over and now she was onto the third and she was ready to write about it.

Jane Fonda’s biography depicts a person aware of her surroundings, overly aware of her shortfalls, under aware of her success and totally daunted by it all. She was born with every chance and no chance. Her mother committed suicide before she was a teenager and her family didn’t reveal the circumstances of her mother’s death.

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fered three decades of untreated bulimia nervosa.

She details her marriages, not just the surface issues, but also her underlying motivations. In the same vein, she takes us back in time to her movies and in doing that she visits the social standards, the trends of the time.

Her journey from the pretty prom girl, to the blue jeaned anti-Vietnam demonstrator is both privileged and raw.

Her determination to understand the meaning of the war, led her to working with the enlisted men, thus another label emerged: “GI Jane.”

From the servicemen she gained these lessons: “I learned that although we may enter the heart of darkness. If we are brave enough to face, then speak our truth, we can change and be set free.”

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Jane Fonda explores and explains her life in three parts.

special position and she used it to educate and inform the American public

about a war she believed, they should no be in. It is a harrowing story of polluted

politics, unethical world shattering decisions resulting in cruel and unmitigated carnage. She details specific conversations recorded from stars of the times – President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and others. She travels to Vietnam.

The CIA follows her. The war ends, she is vindicated, but she has found her soul in understanding and supporting human beings from all walks of life.

Importantly that also includes herself.

She explores and explains her life in three parts and she names them, in order: Gathering, Seeking and Beginning.

Ultimately, she quotes the words of the Sufi poet Rumi: “The alchemy of a changing life is the only truth.” Certainly, she says: “My own life is proof that flux is often creative, enlivening”.

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