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CONTENTS MARCH 2012 • VOL. 13 ISSUE 03

departments 38 46

Calendar of Events Theatre Listings

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Crossword Puzzle Reading Corner

ON THE COVER – Anthony Clarizio, executive director of Eldercare, Cynthia Chestnut and Jack Donovan (past county and city commissioners respectively) graced the cover of the October 2010 edition of Senior Times, the issue announcing the groundbreaking for the Senior Recreation Center. Now that the center has come to fruition, we revisit the trio again and bring you a story on the new facility.

PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

features 13

Surpassing Centuries

columns 18

by Ellis Amburn

Ocala’s Doris Anderson Celebrates Her 103rd Birthday

BY RICA LEWIS

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Combined Driving

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A Vital Connection

Embracing Life

by Donna Bonnell

A World Class Event Brings International Athletes to Ocala

BY BONNIE KRETCHIK

Enjoying Act Three

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Community Voice Reader submitted writing

Gainesville’s New Senior Recreation Center

BY ELLIS AMBURN

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Rise and Shine!

The Kiwanis Club’s Annual Pancake Breakfast

BY JANICE C. KAPLAN

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Rebuilding Together Elderly, disabled, and low-income families receive housing repairs

BY DANA EDWARDS

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Greetings loyal readers!

I’m a little sore as I type these words.

My youngest boy (age 10) and I went for a bicycle ride yesterday. An 18-mile bicycle ride.

As members of the Yellow Belly Sliders Bicycle Society, we pedaled from O’Leno State Park to the City of Fort White and back again. The ride out was a fairly brutal 9-mile cruise against a howling wind. But we were troopers, and I heard not one complaint from my son. Coming back was a breeze, pun intended, as the wind was at our back

(although, admittedly the final big hill left us catching our breaths). The sun was shining bright and all we could hear were the sounds of our tires on the bike path and the occasional car on the highway. It was a beautiful day and I made sure to remind myself, and my son, of our good fortune.

We were the very last to return to the park, two of only a handful of bikers to make the entire loop. The group delayed their dinner for us, and applauded and photographed us upon our arrival. We felt like celebrities.

After dinner we won a major award.

Good times!

As I’ve grown older, I’m delighted to find that biking is one sport in which I can still participate without hurting myself. It helps to have a youngster who encourages me. I’m hoping to make a habit of biking, as exercise is so crucial to my well being. In fact, many of my fellow Sliders are Seniors themselves, still going strong.

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STAFF œ CONTRIBUTORS

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

GET YOUR CABOOSE CHECKED.

clockwise from top left ELLIS AMBURN is a resident of High Springs as well as the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

BONNIE KRETCHIK grew up in Pennsylvania, but has spent her winters in Florida for the past 10 years. Aside from writing, Bonnie has been riding horses since the age of six. She enjoys running long distance and training for triathlons. bonniek83@hotmail.com JANICE C. KAPLAN has been a freelance writer since 2005. In her spare time Janice loves cooking, Gator sports, Jimmy Buffett anything and spending time with her husband and kids. kaplan_janice@yahoo.com DANA EDWARDS is a student at UF. She writes for her hometown newspaper, the Tallahassee Democrat, and is a Peer Mentor in the residence halls at UF. In her spare time, she enjoys crafting and spending time with her dogs, Abby and Muffin. danaedwards14@comcast.net

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BREAKFAST

in Bed

WAKE N’ BACON ONE+

Almost everyone hates waking up every morning to a noisy alarm clock. When Matty Sallin, an NYU art and technology student, was given a class assignment to create a household item, he thought of his distaste for the clang of the daily wakeup call. Asking around, Sallin discovered that a lot of people like waking up to the smell of bacon. With two of his classmates, Sallin constructed a new way to greet the day: a wooden box with a pig face and a digital alarm clock that uses the smell of bacon to rouse a dozing dreamer. The clock is surprisingly safe and easy. Burning is of no concern because the machine uses halogen light bulbs instead of a flame to cook the bacon, and turns off automatically after ten minutes.

ALL A PERSON HAS TO DO IS PUT A COUPLE OF FROZEN, PRESERVED BACON STRIPS INTO THE ALARM CLOCK THE NIGHT BEFORE.

BILLION More than one billion people in about 70 countries around the world observe DST in some fashion.

Do you come from a land down under?

In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late March.

If an alarm is set for 8 a.m., the clock will turn on at 7:50 and slow cook for ten minutes. Then the bulbs click off and a fan blows the scent out through the nostrils of the pig. The bacon is completely edible and is surely a better way to start the day.

— KIDS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM

TIMES ARE A CHANGIN’ Daylight savings time begins Sunday, March 11 at 2:00 a.m.

Studies have found that the number of heart attacks rise during the first week of DST because the loss of an hour’s sleep may make a person more susceptible to an attack. When time changes again in the fall, heart attacks briefly become less frequent than usual.

Several states and U.S. territories have done away with the inconvenience altogether; Arizona and Hawaii most noteably. Standardized times were not even bothered with at all until 1883 when the U.S. railroad industry established time zones. And we think shifting an hour causes chaos.

Three large regions in Australia do not participate in DST. Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on standard time all year. The remaining south central and southeastern sections of the continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne are found) make the switch. This results in both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer months.

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GASTROENTEROLOGY MARCH

A Legacy of Hope This year the USO celebrates its 71st Anniversary of bringing joy and entertainment to the men and women serving in the military far from home.

“The acts have changed, from Bob Hope’s pinup girls to Stephen Colbert’s buzz cut, but the USO still wows our troops.”

The list of early participants includes Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Jack Benny, John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Elizabeth Taylor.

It’s safe to say that no celebrity was more associated with entertaining the troops than the late comedian Bob Hope. His annual Christmas special with the frontline troops, from Berlin to Saigon, was a staple of American television for three decades.

“Hope volunteered for nearly 200 USO performances,” according to thedailybeast.com, “often donning Army fatigues and a military cap when in a war theater, to find common ground with the men and women he was honoring. With his trademark golf club frequently in hand and a TV beauty by his side, Hope would launch an irreverent tirade of jokes that found humor in the misery of war.” – THEDAILYBEAST.COM

Each month, our practice receives hundreds of questions about colonoscopies and what to expect. We would like to help the community by featuring a question and answer column each month based on our experience and the usual questions that arise.

Dear Dr. Reddy, My husband was diagnosed with Gastroparesis, and his doctor thinks it is linked to diabetes. How can we mange this disease and the diabetes?

— Gretchen*, Gainesville Dear Grace, The cause of gastroparesis is unknown, but it may be caused by a disruption of nerve signals to the stomach. The condition is a common complication of diabetes and can be a complication of some surgeries. Your husband should have an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to confirm whether he has Gastroparesis.

His primary physician probably has record of these symptoms in your husband’s history: • Abdominal distention • Hypoglycemia • Nausea • Premature abdominal fullness after meals • Weight loss without trying • Vomiting People with diabetes should always control their blood sugar levels. Better control of blood sugar levels may improve symptoms of gastroparesis.

Changing your eating habits can help control gastroparesis: Your doctor or dietitian may prescribe six small meals a day instead of three large ones. If less food enters the stomach each time you eat, it may not become overly full. In more severe cases, a liquid or pureed diet may be prescribed.

The doctor may recommend that you avoid

high-fat and high-fiber foods. Fat naturally slows digestion—a problem you do not need if you have gastroparesis—and fiber is difficult to digest.

Some high-fiber foods like oranges and broccoli contain material that cannot be digested. Avoid these foods because the indigestible part will remain in the stomach too long and possibly form bezoars.

The primary treatment goals for gastroparesis related to diabetes are to improve stomach emptying and regain control of blood glucose levels. Treatment includes dietary changes, insulin, oral medications, and, in severe cases, a feeding tube and parenteral nutrition.

If you have gastroparesis & diabetes, food is being absorbed more slowly and at unpredictable times. Therefore to control blood glucose, you may need to: take insulin more often or change the type of insulin you take; take your insulin after you eat instead of before; check your blood glucose levels frequently after you eat and administer insulin whenever necessary; But please: consult with your primary physician before making any changes. *The name has been changed, and any similarity to any person, living or dead, is a coincidence.

Dr. Vishnu Reddy 7 Hill Gastroenterology, PA 316 SE 12th St, Ocala

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Years Old

Described as “James Bond on horseback,” the television show “The Wild Wild West” ran for four seasons (104 episodes) from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969. The series told the story of two Secret Service agents: James T. West, the charming gunslinger (played by Robert Conrad), and Artemus Gordon (played by Ross Martin), the brilliant gadgeteer and master of disguise.

In 1999, the remake hit the silver screens as a steampunk western action-comedy film starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline (who appears in dual roles as both the protagonist Artemus Gordon and as President Ulysses S. Grant). Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that involves a setting where steam power is still widely used — usually Victorian era Britain or “Wild West”-era United States — that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. – WIKIPEDIA.ORG A FEW OTHER NOTABLE

February Birthdays

William Shatner (81) March 22, 1931

Dean Stockwell (76)

John Major (69)

March 5, 1936

March 29, 1943

Marion Barry (76)

Gordie Howe (84)

March 6, 1936

March 31, 1928

“Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mis mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when w you don’t, it hurts even more.”

— ARETHA FRANKLIN Aretha LLouise ouisse Fr Franklin (named for two aunts) was born on March 25, 1942 in a house two-room h ou use e iin n Memphis, Tennessee, at 406 Lucy Avenue. She was the third of four children born child dren nb bor or to Barbara (née Siggers) and C.L. Franklin and the fifth of six overall in between past betwe een p astt relationships by her parents. Aretha’s family moved to Buffalo as when she was two yyears old, and then by four they had settled in Detroit. Following e the move to Detroit, Franklin’s parents, who had a troubled marriage, split. Due to her Fra father’s work as a Baptist Bap minister, Franklin was primarily raised by her grandmother, Rachel. Her mother died in Buffalo when Aretha was ten. Franklin sang in church at d an early age and learned how to play piano by ear.

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At age 18, she released her first single in September 1960. It reached No. 10 on Billboard’s R&B chart. Her first album was released in January of 1961. Now, after more than 50 years in show business, Franklin has released release thirty-eight studio albums and has won 18 Grammy Awards – not including the Grammy Legend Award (1991) and the pretigious i Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (1994).

– WIKIPEDIA.ORG

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“The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.”

— JULIETTE GORDON LOW

GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA Girl Scouts of the United States of America has become the selfdescribed “world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls.”

GSUSA seeks to empower GS young girls and to teach values such as honesty, courage, compassion, confidence and sisterhood through camping, community service and the earning of badges.

President Barack Obama contributed to the celebration by signing the “Girls Scouts of the USA Commemorative Coin Act,” authorizing the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins in honor of the Girl Scouts and the achievements of the 50 million women influenced by Girl Scouting in the past 100 years.

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One Tough Cookie EXACTLY ONE CENTURY AGO ON MARCH 12, JULIETTE “DAISY” GORDON LOW GATHERED 18 GIRLS FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND CALLED TO ORDER THE FIRST GIRL SCOUT MEETING.

WOMEN MARCH TOGETHER The month of March is home to more than just St. Patty’s Day. In the course of history, women have risen above social oppression and accomplished a great deal in their own right. March has now been set aside to celebrate their triumphs. 2012 marks the 32nd National Women’s History Month with the theme of “Women’s Education — Women’s Empowerment.”

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COMMUNITY œ DORIS ANDERSON’S 103rd BIRTHDAY

PHOTO BY NEAROUS SIZEMORE Camelot caregivers, Wetherly Wigelsworth and Pablo Suazo, with Doris Anderson.

Surpassing Centuries

by Rica Lewis On January 26th, Ocala’s Doris Anderson celebrated her 103rd birthday. Surprisingly, Doris is not the only Camelot Chateau Assisted Living resident who has surpassed a century. Helen Shuber will also turn 103 in August.

A recent conversation with Doris reveals her wit and wisdom. Her eyes still shimmer as she tells her story.

Q: Is there anything you have learned that you would want to share with a younger generation?

A: It’s all about attitude. If you behave yourself and think of others you’ll live a better life.

Q: Do you recall any old-fashioned devices that are now archaic?

A: Well, so much has changed. I will tell you one thing: today’s telephones sure are wonderful. Long ago, we could

only call our neighbors using a large contraption that hung on the wall.

Q: Did you ever think you would see a gallon of gas sell for nearly four dollars?

A: Is that how much it costs now? I stopped driving at the age of 97. Years ago, we paid 37 cents per gallon. That was a lot when you consider my first job paid only 15 cents per hour. Of course, I was only 14 years old at the time. I worked part time lining boxes in a small shop.

Q: Is there anything you feel has helped you live a healthier life?

A: Volunteering. I was a Girl Scout leader for seven years and taught Sunday school my whole life. My hands don’t work well now and my sight is poor. I’m slower than I’d like to be, but I’m always here to help...with whatever I can.

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OFF TO THE RACES

Combined Driving A World Class Event Brings International Athletes to Ocala story by Bonnie Kretchik

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very year, Charlotte Weber’s picturesque 4,500-acre plantation — Live Oak Stud — comes alive with the thundering of hooves and the thrill and excitement of carriages racing around trees and splashing through watering holes. The Live Oak International Combined Driving event features some of the top horse and driver teams in the United States and abroad competing right in the heart of Ocala.

“We usually get between 70 and 80 competitors and around 5,000 spectators,” said Susan Gilliand, event director. Each year people flock to Live Oak to witness the athleticism of these agile equines as they compete over the course of three days.

“Combined Driving is an equine sport originating from the ancient art of chariot racing and driving,” said international competitor, Chester Weber, who trains out of Live Oak Stud.

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horses. A competition consists of three phases: Dressage, Marathon and Cones.

Day 1 of the event features the artistry of Dressage. In this phase, the driver memorizes a pattern of movements through which he or she must guide the horses. Each team is judged against a standard of excellence.

For each error or mistake, such as a missed movement or disobedience from the horse, the team is given penalty points. In the end, the team with the least penalty points ranks highest.

In contrast to the serenity and artistry of day 1, day 2 is full of action and heartpounding excitement. The second day of competition draws the most spectators and even a good deal of hard-core tailgaters. Day 2 hosts the Marathon.

During the Marathon, teams race to maneuver through several obstacles (hazards) located throughout the grounds. These obstacles, usually manmade, take advantage of natural features such as trees, ditches and water, which the driver must negotiate the horses

through as quickly as possible. The hazards are extremely challenging and require athletic aptitude as well as keen communication among the entire team.

During this phase of the competition, spectators line the course to watch team after team negotiate the obstacles. Many make a tradition of coming to Live Oak to watch. They begin preparing their seniortimesmagazine.com

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The hazards are extremely challenging and require athletic aptitude as well as keen communication among the entire team. tailgate menus days in advance and get to the course early to set up around their favorite hazard.

“You can get close to each one and

each one is exciting to watch,” Gilliand said.

There are seven hazards on the course and spectators tend to visit each

one before the day is out. People who make coming to Live Oak a tradition tend to host an event of their own.

“You think the UF Gators have tailgaters, you should see these guys,” said long-time Live Oak spectator Nancy Maleske. “It is so much fun, people bring their dogs and make a day of it.”

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Live Oak International Combined Driving Event 2215 SOUTHWEST 110TH STREET, OCALA Visit www.cailiveoak.com or call 352-207-3615 Admission: $10 at the gate for adults; $ 5 for Seniors and children under 12.

Schedule (tentative) Thursday, March 22, 9am Friday, March 23, 8am

Friday, March 23, 5pm Friday, March 23, 6:30pm Saturday, March 24, 9am Saturday, March 24, 2pm Sunday, March 25, 9am

FEI Driven Dressage Preliminary and Intermediate Driven Dressage Jumping Speed Class Horse Fever Auction Driving Cross Country Marathon Jumping Grand Prix Driving Obstacle Class, Classic Car Show, Coaching Demonstration

Seating is limited; spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

Tickets are required for the Horse Fever Auction and may be purchased from Marion Cultural Alliance.

This year celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Live Oak International. the Covered Bridge, though she admitted they are all worth seeing.

Day 3, the final day of the event, tests the accuracy for horse and driver teams.

This “cone” phase consists of a pattern

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of cones through which the driver must maneuver the horses. Small balls balance atop each cone and can be easily knocked off if nicked by a carriage wheel.

This year celebrates the 20th anni-

versary of Live Oak International. The event is considered a world-class event and this year hosts National Championships for the Four-in-Hand teams.

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of specialty vendors. The 2012 Horse Fever Auction takes place Friday evening and the traditional Classic Car Show and a coaching demonstration will both be held on Sunday.

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EDITING THE GREATS œ ELLIS AMBURN

Enjoying Act Three I was young when I became the editor of great authors.

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or a beginner in New York book publishing to acquire major authors — such as future Nobel laureate William Golding, John le Carre, Jack Kerouac and Elizabeth Goudge — could have happened only at a notoriously unstable Madison Avenue house where senior editors came and went with revolving-door frequency. Fortunately, the volatile boss took a liking to me — we were both outsiders, he a salesman from Philadelphia, I a Texan with a Cowtown accent — and he became my mentor for the next dozen years, taking me from entry-level first reader to vice president.

I used to call it luck, but now I know it was thanks to the grace of a compassionate and loving God — not to mention the kindness and patience of a boss who didn’t consider me a threat and was willing to turn a greenhorn into a pro.

Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” I rescued from our backlist, talked E.M. Forster into writing a forward proclaiming it a neglected classic, and republished it in a sumptuous hardcover gift edition which made Golding rich.

Le Carre’s “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” was handed to me after our London scout hijacked the manuscript from the agent’s office and gave it to my boss.

“Editing ‘The Spy’ made your reputation overnight,” he subsequently said.

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box-office poison at the time and no one else wanted him. From the standpoint of high literary art, he was the most important of all the writers I edited.

The books an editor chooses to publish reflect his beliefs. Like Golding, le Carre, and Kerouac, I harbored a tragic view of human nature.

It was Elizabeth Goudge, author of “The Little White Horse” (J.K. Rowl-

mering, and a nervous breakdown.

“A dark background to one’s life tends to make the happier times happier still,” she said. “I believe we are created in love, and that sooner or later the persuasion of love will draw us up out of our darkness to stand in its exquisite light and see ourselves at last as we really are.”

Love between individuals she regarded as a symbol of God’s all-encompassing love. In her senior years, ailing and searching for a companion, she wrote, at a friend’s suggestion, to a perfect stranger, who shortly showed up on her doorstep.

Jessie Munroe was “an upright, capable-looking young woman with a head of hair like a horse-chestnut on fire, and the white magnolia skin that goes with such hair,” Ms. Goudge related. “Her eyes were very direct. She looked young enough to be my daughter. When I went to bed that night to my astonishment I found myself flooded with happiness and slept deeply.” Thanks to her faith

Love between individuals she regarded as a symbol of God’s all-encompassing love. ing’s childhood favorite), a tale of self-sacrifice and perseverance, and “Green Dolphin Street,” an epic romance filmed with Lana Turner, who managed to penetrate my despair. The spiritual insights in her novel I edited, “The Scent of Water,” gave me a feeling that the only problem in life is separation from God, and the only solution is connection.

Now, in Act III, I’ve just read two books of hers written prior to our association, biographies of St. Francis of Assisi and Jesus, “My God and My All” and “God So Loved the World,” respectively. All these years later, Ms. Goudge continues to connect me with the Great Spirit of the Universe and make me happier.

She always put her family first, taking care of her invalided mother, even while coping with her own depression, stam-

in God and helping others, Elizabeth Goudge would never be lonely again.

In the flap copy for her Book of Faith, I wrote that the reader could “turn to [Ms. Goudge] in moments of stress or in times of reflection [and receive] the precious gift of serenity.” A Siegfried Sassoon poem quoted in the text helps us visualize God: “When I meet Him he resembles — what?

Nothing on earth except myself. I stare at Him, and say, ‘Oh God, I’ve such a lot to tell you.’ And He replies, ‘I know your thoughts. I know your heart’s whole story.’ And I am lifted up into His glory.” s High Springs resident Ellis Amburn is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Kerouac and others. He is working on a memoir, and can be reached at ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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A Vital Connection Gainesville’s New Senior Recreation Center story by Ellis Amburn photography by Albert Isaac

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turdy enough in places to withstand Category 3 hurricane winds and serve as an emergency shelter, yet light, airy and spacious, Gainesville’s elegant new $5 million Senior Recreation Center is a design triumph, both beautiful and functional.

Alachua County Seniors are just beginning to discover its amenities, finding it a safe and inviting place to meet, mix, mingle, exercise, learn, have fun, or just watch one of its sleek new televisions.

Last month, 89-year-old-year-old Ida Rodocker sat in the $250,000 lobby swapping stories and laughing.

“I divorced one and buried two,” Rodocker said, “so I quit marrying.”

She has two sons, one daughter and 20 great-grandchildren.

“I’ve got the genes. On my father’s side I had an aunt 96; on mother’s, her sister Lulu was 99. Grandma was 96.

I’m going to hang around and aggravate everybody a long time yet,” she said. “If I was 70 and knew then what I know now, they’d pass a law against me.”

One suggestion she has for the SRC is that everyone attending classes or

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socials should “stand up and say briefly what they did for a living.”

Rodocker worked for Pan American Airways for 28 years. Her daughterin-law, Charity Blomeley, brings her to every event the PrimeTime Institute sponsors at the SRC. When Blomeley explained that PTI is a Shands ElderCare program enabling people who live with their families to come in for educational programs and social activities intent on keeping them active, Rodocker cut to the chase, calling PTI “day care for Seniors.”

Volunteers such as Blomeley kept PTI afloat after Santa Fe College dropped the

is the person to call regarding such presentations as “Food Supplements, Weight Loss, and Aging,” “Probate and Guardianship,” and “Local Politics” (a proven favorite) offered this month.

For many Seniors a major attraction is the spanking-new, $250,000 monitored fitness center, replete with state-of-theart exercise machines and weights. Others will be drawn to the American Sewing Circle, which conducts workshops on everything from fitting to fabric postcards that can be sent through the mail.

Computer classes meet every Thursday in the $25,000 computer center, cover-

“Throughout my political career two segments of the population were always dear to my heart: young children and senior citizens.” program in 2009 following budget cuts.

“PTI was one of the first groups to move in here,” Blomeley continued, noting that PrimeTime used to convene at the Atrium and later at Haven Hospice before finding at permanent home at the SRC. A stalwart PTI volunteer, Blomeley

ing everything from basics to e-mail and social networking; the Scrabble Club meets Fridays; free Zumba Gold lowintensity exercise classes every Monday; yoga on Tuesdays; Duplicate Bridge the first Monday of each month; more advanced Bridge players on Tuesdays; and seniortimesmagazine.com

Senior Recreation Center 5701 NW 34th Street, Gainesville eldercare.ufandshands.org 352-265-9040

September 2010 On a steamy afternoon, September 14, 2010, more than 170 guests gathered for the Senior Recreation Center groundbreaking ceremony at Northside Park. (Above) Some of the movers and shakers that helped “Make it happen” break ground, while Anthony Clarizio, executive director of Eldercare, Cynthia Chestnut and Jack Donovan pose for the October 2010 cover of Senior Times magazine.

the “Y” Book Club the third Tuesday of each month.

The Senior-centric setting for all this activity is compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines and is characterized by comfortable, functional furniture and a soothing color palette throughout.

“It’s a wonderful, convenient facility — no steps up to enter the building, big bathrooms and nice, wide, well-lighted halls with railings,” Blomeley said. “Anthony

[Clarizio, Director of ElderCare of Alachua County] kept working on this, got grants to fund us. The center was Cynthia Chestnut’s dream for many years.”

A former city commissioner, county commissioner and Florida state legislator, Chestnut visits the SRC regularly, attending both Zumba and yoga classes.

“You can do it!” she assured a 78-yearold man who wondered if he was up to Zumba, the popular dance exercise.

Asked when her vision of a senior center

began, she replied, “Throughout my political career two segments of the population were always dear to my heart: young children and senior citizens. I was spurred to action when I realized Alachua was one of the only counties of its size without a senior center.”

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added that the number of the county’s Seniors was expected to double by 2025.

“It wasn’t difficult to find other people who shared my motivation to get something done to address this issue,” Chestnut said. Did she help with the funding for the SRC? “I picked up a few tips along the way,” she said.

“The Senior Center was really Cynthia’s baby,” said Charlie Delatorre, publisher of Senior Times magazine. “It’s what she wanted to see happen.”

Delatorre recalled a 2007 meeting of the magazine’s Advisory Board consisting of Chestnut and several other key people within the community.

“I kind of charged them with helping Senior Times develop a community-oriented project [that Tower Publications would host] for the year as it relates to Seniors,” Delatorre said. “During the conversation, Cynthia Chestnut said, ‘Well, it’s been brought up before, but maybe it’s time for us to bring up the idea of a senior center again.’ So Senior Times stepped in and funded the senior

forum held at the Paramount.”

In October of 2007, Senior Times and the Community Coalition for Older Adults sponsored the “Let’s Make it Happen” Senior Center Forum. More than 150 stakeholders from the community attended the event to listen to presentations and to share ideas about what they would like to see in a senior center.

“We were lucky enough to do that for them and they then took off with it,” Delatorre said.

The center opened last year and is now up and running five days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“It’s a wonderful addition to this community,” Chestnut said, “and I hope people will take advantage of it, because it was designed to meet the needs of Seniors.”

A bronze plaque at the main entrance identifies the “Design Build Team” as Mills Gilbane and MRI Architectural Group, Inc. W.G. Mills is a Florida construction and general contracting company. As for MRI, its 25 offices in the U.S. were acquired by Rhode Island-

based Gilbane Inc., which was established in 1873 and is responsible for the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, among other notable structures.

Jack Donovan, pastor of Gainesville’s Highlands Presbyterian Church, recalled, “Back about 2006, I was on the city commission and heard about the Community Coalition for Older Adults, and started attending their meetings.

They said we need a SRC. Linda Gardner was chair at the time and she and Rebecca Falhlen kept the inquiry alive.

I was asked, ‘Is there a possibility of the city donating a piece of land?’ Anthony Clarizio was part of that questioning process. I went to the city manager to find a place for us. He suggested several, and Rebecca, Linda and Anthony checked them out. Fred Murray then came on board as assistant city manager and suggested that parklands would be appropriate for a SRC, naming Northside Park and others.

“We selected Northside because

January 2011 Land clearing begins for the Senior Recreation Center. At the time, Anthony Clarizio said, “One hundred percent of the plans have been completed.”

The center was coming in on budget -$125,000 to $130,000.

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March 2011 On a chilly afternoon in March, members of the media were invited to visit the Center. Within the facility bright orange wording illustrated the various sections: “Lobby.” “Computer Class.” “Kitchen.”

public transportation routes were equally accessible from west and east Gainesville due to being just off 441. We started brainstorming on getting citizens to vote a penny sales tax. For allocation of the tax, Cynthia Chestnut lobbied the county for $1.5 million, and I lobbied the city for $1.5 million.”

When citizens voted yes, $3 million went into the kitty for the SRC. Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe said, “I am pleased that Gainesville and county residents voted to build this needed center for our Seniors.”

They did so by voting for the Wild Spaces, Public Places sales tax, but another $2 million was still needed.

“Anthony spent a week of his vacation writing the grant,” Donovan said.

Shands CEO Tom Goldfarb chimed in: “The measure of any society is how we treat our younger and our older citizens.”

In November 2008, then-Governor Charlie Crist announced that the De-

partment of Elder Affairs had awarded the $2 million grant, noting, “Senior centers play an essential role in the overall health and community involvement of Florida’s older adults.”

Doubtlessly heaving a sigh of relief, Clarizio commented, “It takes many people working together within our community to bring a center like this from a vision to reality, and still more people to provide the full range of services it will offer for our deserving Seniors.”

Apart from funding, the choice of MRI to design the SRC was perhaps the crucial factor in its success, for the Gainesville building is based on MRI’s Senior center in Orlando.

“The Community Coalition for Older Adults, The City of Gainesville, Alachua County, ElderCare of Alachua County, and Senior Times magazine continue to work together to make a Senior Center in Gainesville a reality,” states a February 2009 Senior Times article. “In

January, a group of 29 people boarded a bus and took a chartered road trip to Orlando to visit the Renaissance Senior Center at Curry Ford Community Park.”

This extraordinary facility would become the prototype for Gainesville’s SRC. “It unfolded beautifully over time with a lot of anxiety in the interim,” Donovan said. “A coalition of interested people pushed, thought, and lobbied; it was a real community effort and a community triumph.”

As Alachua County Commissioner Lee Pinkoson stated, the SRC “demonstrates what can be accomplished for our most vulnerable populations when we harness the collaborative resources of state, county, city, and nonprofit agencies.”

As Donovan and Murray had foreseen, the Northside Park location proved fortuitous, enabling the city’s Regional Transportation System to provide ADAcompliant bus service to the front door via RTS bus route No. 8, which goes from March 2012

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September 2011 “It’s a grand day,” said Anthony Clarizio at the grand opening of the Senior Recreation Center on September 22, 2011. It was standing room only for the 500 plus visitors at the new facility, which included remarks by local officials and the unveiling of the Senior Center plaque.

Shands Hospital on SW Archer Road to the Northwood Village and back.

The 17,000-square-foot SRC boasts Wi-Fi accessibility throughout; a huge $1.5 million conference hall/multipurpose room that can function as a ballroom, auditorium, exercise space, or subdivide into three meeting rooms; a $30,000 caterer’s kitchen; six classrooms; and office space for the staff.

ElderCare of Alachua County runs

the SRC’s day-to-day operation and programs, and offers such benefits as preventative screenings, service delivery, nutrition and volunteer opportunities.

On a typical visit to the center, after receptionist Gwen Randall tenders a courteous salutation, one can proceed down a long, sunny hallway that is more like a gallery or colonnade, with windows, comfortable chairs and tables for cards, checkers and backgammon. At the

end of the corridor is a bright recreation room with pool and ping-pong tables. On this occasion, the table-tennis players, Rossie Slimak and Andy Andiric, extended an invitation to join the game. Slender and attractive, Slimak said she first heard of the SRC from a friend who insisted they needed to begin hanging out with people their own age. Youthful in appearance, Slimak has a son, four grandchildren, “and a great-grandson named

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Project Complete!

FAR RIGHT: (from left) Anthony Clarizio, Cynthia Chestnut and Jack Donavan stand proudly at the entrance to the recently completed Senior Recreation Center at Northside Park in Gainesville. PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY

Jack who’s due in March,” she said. “Age is a state of mind. I told my son, ‘I’ll live to 100 just to aggravate you.’”

Andy Andiric, who came to the center after he saw Anthony Clarizio describing it on television, attended the New Year’s Eve dance along with 250 others, and was making plans to catch the soldout Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance.

“I especially like the line dancing at intermission,” he said. A handsome fellow who has kept himself fit, Andiric is a retired finance administrator currently self-employed with a tax practice. His son, a pilot in Connecticut, has made him a grandfather. Andiric takes computer and Scrabble classes and attends such SRC workshops as a recent one on ways to invest money in difficult times.

That the SRC closes at 5 p.m. weekdays and remains shuttered all weekend

disappoints some of its ardent regulars.

“There should be more funding for Seniors,” said Rossie Slimak, “so we can extend center hours to include evenings. Folks need to reconnect with people their own age.”

Kristin Longmore, executive director of ElderOptions at the state Department of Elder Affairs Aging Resource Center for North Florida, could not agree more, pointing out that senior centers help the elderly avoid unnecessary institutional placement.

As octogenarian Helen Hardy put it, “I’m not lonely, but it’s nice to be with others who are going into their 80s, wondering if their doctors are really helping them out. Just to talk to each other.”

The popular recovery speaker Sandy

Beach once observed, “The only problem in life is separation, and the only solution is connection.”

The almost 400,000 persons who visit Florida’s 240 senior centers each year are making a vital connection, one that decreases isolation, prevents depression, and increases their quality of life.

“Only connect,” E.M. Forster wrote in “Howard’s End,” “and human love will be seen at its height.” s March 2012

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here is nothing like the aroma of pancakes, maple syrup and hot coffee on a cool morning, accompanied by the sizzling of bacon and sausage. But when it is all being cooked to raise money to help area children?

Well now, that just makes it even better.

That is precisely what Kiwanis Club of Gainesville is doing on March 17 with its 36th annual Pancake Day. For $5 per person (free for children under six years of age) diners can indulge in an all-youcan-eat pancake extravaganza, with all of the proceeds going to the many Kiwanis Club efforts to help area children.

As with many of its events, the breakfast is run in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club of University City. The club split into two groups in the 1950s due to the large number of members, and their combined membership of about 120 members represents a diverse cross-section of the community.

Operating under the initiative of “Young Children: Priority One,” Kiwanis of Gainesville promotes the needs of area youth in many ways. The club’s Safety City facility in East Gainesville

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teaches children skills needed to safely navigate roads and to avoid unsafe situations. Members join forces with Concerned Christians for the Community to build handicapped ramps for children in mobile homes. Kiwanis Club also helps maintain the Girl Scout property with a spring cleanup every year.

“Kids have been the focus of Kiwanis since it started in 1915,” said Dick Hughes, a two-year club member who serves on the board and is also the publicity chairman. “We believe that chil-

from Rawlings and is run by Kids Count Executive director Elizabeth Jacobbe, a Kiwanis member as well.

“Dick is one of our most dedicated volunteers,” Jacobbe said. “He is really great with the kids, and he’s also our mechanic.

If something goes wrong in our building or with the computers, he fixes it. We’re a small non-profit organization, so having a resource person like that is huge for us.”

Kids Count serves at-risk children through tutoring, character development and enrichment in art, science, nature

“Last year Kiwanis Club of Gainesville made about $5,300 from the pancake breakfast between ticket sales and donations” dren hold the future of our world in their hands, so we need to help them where we can even if it’s only one at a time.”

Hughes regularly volunteers with another Kiwanis effort called Kids Count, a mentoring and tutoring program for children who attend Rawlings Elementary School. The group meets every day after school at a church across the street

and other subjects. Families are also included in activities such as their recent Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, and a licensed social worker volunteers to help them get the services they need.

“Our goal is to make a well-rounded student, not just to promote academics but also to have them become better citizens and to think of other people,” Jacobbe said. seniortimesmagazine.com

TOP LEFT: Elizabeth Jacobbe talks to the students of Kids Count about the social skills of the month: Respect and Responsibility. (photo by Jairus Foster) Volunteers help out at last year’s pancake breakfast. (photo courtesy of Kiwanis Club)

Pancake Day March 17 7:30am to 11:00am Gainesville High School 1900 NW 13 St. Kiwanis members help through volunteer work and financial donations.

With such contributions the group has been able to install a garden for the program. The children help with planting, care and harvesting, and the food they grow is used for some of the snacks served after school. This year Kiwanis plans to give $2,500 to Kids

Count to continue such efforts.

Last year Kiwanis Club of Gainesville made about $5,300 from the pancake breakfast between ticket sales and donations, and this year the group hopes to break the $7,000 mark. Tickets can be purchased in advance from any Kiwanis Club member, or at the door the morning of event.

While Kiwanis has other programs that serve all ages, programs for children lie at the core of it efforts.

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re these the words of a genius? Perhaps it is simply practical advice from an ordinary 85-year-old man who lived his entire life trying to solve the diet dilemma.

Burning fat, colon cleansing, counting calories, fad diets, fasting, metabolic rates, portion control, thyroid conditions, supplements and vitamins are all considerations when determining how to achieve healthy eating habits. Anyone who has ever researched this subject with an open mind is probably confused.

Which diet is right for you? There are so many regimens to choose from; many endorsed by reputable resources. How do you know who to believe and how to select the one most appropriate for your personal needs?

I found about 50 popular diets and researched most of them.

The more I read, researched and reviewed the various options, the harder it was to understand. Many seemed to require an enormous amount of willpower and a lifetime of abstinence from enjoying fine foods. If choosing a diet plan is not hard enough, trying to discern what is fact or fiction in how our bodies absorb, process and store the nutrients we eat is even more difficult.

For example, is it possible that certain foods can actually burn fat? According to fatburningfoodsforbelly.com, we should eat 12 foods for burning fat and experiencing weight loss. Those foods are hot peppers, whole grains (oatmeal and brown rice), broccoli, soups, green tea, apples and pears, spices, citrus fruits, calcium rich foods, foods rich in Omega 3, purified water and lean proteins. I was temporarily excited as I enjoy most everything on that list.

My short-live enthusiasm was quickly lost when I found opposing advice. Another website, www.wikihow.com/ Increase-Your-Metabolism, states, “There are no fat-burning seniortimesmagazine.com

foods. While some foods and drinks such as red peppers and green tea have been studied for their potential metabolic rate increasing properties, there is no conclusive evidence that whatever influence they have on metabolism is significant enough to result in weight loss.”

Speaking of metabolic rates, some experts agree that certain foods (e.g. cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, celery, coconut and curry) boost our metabolism. Others believe that is a myth.

The more I searched for answers, the bigger my dilemma, thus the name of this month’s column. When I typed ‘diet dilemma’ into my search engine, I found an article with the same name. Published in the Washington Post in Jennifer LaRue Huget’s column, “Eat, Drink and Be Healthy,” it dealt with some of my same struggles.

Obviously, I am not alone in deciphering the diet dilemma.

Huget writes, “...the market research firm Marketdata Enterprises projects that this year the U.S. weight loss market — everything from diet drugs and the services of physicians, nurses and nutritionists to weight loss books and sugar free foods — will total $68.7 billion.”

Yet, diets do not work. Diets (at best) are only temporarily successful. According to federal data, an astounding one-third of Americans are obese and more than two-thirds are overweight. Diets dictate deprivation and are doomed to fail. Diet-

“Trying to discern what is fact or fiction in how our bodies absorb, process and store the nutrients we eat is even more difficult.” ing is not an instinct of humans. In fact, it is a relatively recent phenomenon, which began in the late 1800s. Eating enough to survive dominated much of the history of humans.

So, where do we go from here? Should we watch why we eat instead of how much? Embracing a non-diet holistic attitude may be the most realistic approach. Eating a healthy balance of nutrients, recognizing triggers that lead to overeating, and paying closer attention to food portions may be the lifestyle habits we need to succeed.

As for me, if that philosophy fails, I will resort to an icecream diet. After all, the 85-year-old man’s wise words (published in “Living and Learning,” a novel by Leo Buscaglia) are simply seducing and so sweet. s Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys living and working in the town she now calls home. donna@towerpublications.com

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Rebuilding Together Elderly, disabled, and low-income families receive housing repairs

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saac Fleming reminisces about the first home he and his wife Faye bought 15 years ago, the same house they live in today.

“Coming from an apartment atmosphere, it was a big move into our own home, something we could call our own,” Fleming said. “The neighborhood was good, the location was close to church and school for our two children, we had friendly neighbors — everything was nice.”

The couple, both 47, now live with physical disabilities that limit their capacities to maintain their precious home. Fleming can no longer work his job operating heavy equipment and disposing of hazardous waste materials, including asbestos, for the Alachua County Public Works facility. With little income, the Flemings and Renesia, his disabled daughter who lives with them, have tended to their high utility bills and numerous medical bills rather than home upkeep.

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sistance every year to families such as the Flemings. The organization is one of 225 Rebuilding Together affiliates throughout the nation with a goal to preserve affordable homeownership for families in need.

There are an estimated 7,500 substandard homes in Alachua County, according to a 2003 study prepared for the Alachua County Housing Authority.

RTNCF focuses on emergency or critical home repairs that are necessary to ensure the safety of the home’s occupants. Repairs are provided at no

Community Action Agency and Gainesville Regional Utilities. The energy efficient weatherization repairs and improvements will keep the Fleming’s home warm, safe and dry.

Repairs to the family’s home include windows and door replacements, an environmentally friendly yard and landscaping treatment, a roofing job, and a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit. The Fleming home should be completed by the end of February.

“RTNCF is pleased to partner with Shell and engage local volunteers and

“The local Rebuilding Together program repairs roughly 30 homes each year. Homes are 90 percent funded by donations and grants” cost, though the homeowners participate in the building process according to their abilities.

With a grant provided by Shell Oil Company, Rebuilding Together North Central Florida is able to help the Fleming family this February through the combined efforts with Central Florida

community partners to, not only assist a homeowner-in-need, but also to educate the community on the importance of energy efficient practices,” said Melisa Miller, RTNCF executive director, in a press release.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF REBUILDING TOGETHER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ABOVE: Local homeowner Loretta Young with a Rebuilding Together volunteer group.

PHOTO COURTESY OF REBUILDING TOGETHER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA LEFT: Rebuilding Together volunteers Kelly Dragoui (left) and Shawn Webber install new ямВooring for a local homeowner.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF REBUILDING TOGETHER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA Rebuilding Together volunteers on National Rebuilding Day.

National Rebuilding Day, serving five Alachua County families with the help of approximately 150 volunteers throughout the month of April. This year, the preparation day will be April 21, the main building day will be April 28, and the wrap-up day will be May 5.

RTNCF also hosts a similar Rebuilding Event each year during October.

The local Rebuilding Together program repairs roughly 30 homes each year. Homes are 90 percent funded by donations and grants, and volunteers comprise 90 percent of the workers, said RD Bonner, AmeriCorps member and volunteer coordinator for RTNCF. “You feel really empowered after helping at a build,” said volunteer Heather Platter, a member of AmeriCorps and coordinator of the Community Weatherization Coalition for RTNCF. “The bonds you make with the family and other volunteers makes you wanting

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to come back for more. It’s super fun!”

RTNCF began as Rebuild Gainesville, a grassroots organization. The idea of the organization came from high school and college students who saw a need for repairing homes in Alachua County in 1998. One of these individuals was Melisa Miller, then 15 years old and now the executive director of RTNCF. The project started with building a house ramp for an elderly family, and snowballed from there when the family’s neighbors asked for help as well.

These individuals offered their building services to the community on weekends and after school. Several of the students, including Miller, had traveled on church mission trips to fix substandard housing.

“When we came back to Gainesville, we realized the need in our own community to repair homes and we couldn’t just stand idly by,” said Miller, a build-

ing construction management graduate from the University of Florida. “At that moment, I realized it was possible to live in Gainesville without seeing the East Side of town, and that was a problem.”

For the next two summers, Miller and her friends met at Westside Park every Wednesday with donations of $5 for materials and tools to fix homes.

The students made home repairs, cleaned yards and provided any other services families needed.

“We performed a wide range of odd-jobs for disabled, elderly and lowincome families,” Miller said. “I even remember talking with some elderly ladies while I painted their nails. They just needed company.”

In May 2005, Rebuild Gainesville became an official non-profit organization.

As it grew, and the needs of the Alachua County community increased, Rebuild Gainesville made the decision to become an affiliate of the national organization Rebuilding Together in 2008.

Rebuilding Together North Central Florida is always looking for volunteers, skilled or unskilled, and building captains with expertise in construction, plumbing and electricity. The projects scheduled for April have already been filled with volunteers, but donations and volunteers for fall projects are being accepted.

Applications for home repairs and weatherization are closed for this year, but Rebuilding Together North Central Florida is accepting applications for 2013.

“It feels like a miracle,” Fleming said of his current home repairs. “It’s a very wonderful feeling to get some help. We appreciate what these agencies are doing for us. We are so grateful.” s For more information, visit rebuildingtogetherncf.org

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Community Voice A Quick Quiz to Reveal How Much You Know About Keeping Your Joints Healthy and Pain Free

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ost of us probably do not think much about our knees, back, shoulders and other joints until they become painful or stop working properly.

Each season brings its own influx of injuries related to a different set of sports as well as outdoor activities. When people use muscles that they have not used since last year, it can result in painful strains. Many of these injuries and inflammations are caused by underlying chronic joint conditions that resurface with renewed activity and resulting inflammation.

Here is a short quiz to help you determine how much you know about joint health, and the best ways for addressing joint pain.

Answer true or false to these 10 questions: 1. Processed foods are bad for knees and other joints.

2. Stretching is one of the best ways to maintain joint health.

3. For chronic joint pain relief, the only over-the-counter options shown to work are ibuprofen or glucosamine/ chondroitin.

4. Building up my muscle mass can help protect my joints.

5. Never exercise if your joints hurt.

HERE ARE THE ANSWERS: 1. True. Processed foods often contain trans fat, saturated fat, refined carbohydrates and preservatives that can increase inflammation throughout the body including your joints.

2. True. Stretching when warm is a good way to keep your muscles and ligaments strong and flexible.

3. False. There are a number of safe and effective supplements that help to soothe joint pain including turmeric, glucosamine/chondroitin, fish oil, Vitamin C and pycnogenol.

One of the most exciting new options to improve joint comfort and flexibility is Natural Eggshell Membrane (NEM), which is a safe and convenient source of ingredients essential for healthy joints.

4. True. Muscles act as both cushions and shock absorbers for your joints. Without muscle tissue, your joints take a pounding. One of the best ways to address arthritis pain — the

most common cause of joint pain — is exercise. It can help reduce joint pain and stiffness, and increase muscle strength and flexibility. Specific muscle groups can be strengthened to help protect joints (i.e. hamstrings for knees).

5. False. Sitting or standing all day can cause joint stiffness. If your career keeps you at your desk or at your feet for hours at a time, try to change positions frequently and take a walk during your breaks. Keep moving!

How did you do? Unless you answered all five questions correctly, you might want to study up on joint health. You will need your joints every day of your life so taking care of them should be a priority.

People are often unaware of the role that water plays in joint health. Nearly 70 percent of our body weight is water.

Dehydration can lead to achy joints and make you feel exhausted.

Always seek medical attention for severe or persistent joint pain, and for joint pain that is accompanied by swelling, fever or other serious symptoms. s Cathleen London is a board certified family medicine physician.

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FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Free, docent-guided tours of the Hall of Florida Fossils, entitled “Evolution of Life and Land,” 11:30am and 2:45pm weekdays and Saturdays; 2:45pm on Sundays. Suitable for persons 10 years and older, the tours last about 30 to 45 minutes.

Space may be limited. Call ahead: 352-273-1820.

THRONEBROOK GALLERY - 2441 NW 43 St., Suite 6D. Follow the artist, Trish Beckham, as she takes you to places you’ve been time and time again and shows them to you as though you’d never seen them before. 352-378-4947.

A SOUSA SPECTACULAR YOGA Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Multi Purpose Room. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes. Bring a yoga mat if you have one (instructor may have extra mats). For further information, contact Susan Mickelberry at smickelb@att.net.

AARP TAX AID Wednesdays 10:00am - 2:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - Free, quality tax assistance by certified tax specialist to low- and moderate-income taxpayers. 352-378-2524.

INTRO TO COMPUTERS Thursdays 8:30am - 10:00am SENIOR RECREATION CENTER. - Signature HealthCare of Gainesville Computer Lab. Pre-registration required. Space is limited to 12 participants. 352-265-9040.

SCRABBLE CLUB Fridays 1:00pm - 4:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - Dharma Endowment Foundation Education Room. If you have a scrabble board, please bring it with you. 352.265.9040.

Thursday, March 1 7:30pm - 9:30pm FINE ARTS HALL THEATRE - Santa Fe College.

Santa Fe Winds concert band, under the direction of Dr. Steve Bingham, will present a concert in the style of the famous “John Phillips Sousa Band.” $15 orchestra; $12 balcony; $9 Seniors, children, UF students. www.santafecollege.edu.

STRESS-FREE RELOCATION Thursday, March 1 2:30pm - 4:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Senior moving options and process of downsizing, as well as liquidation of furniture and other items of value. www. primetimeinstitute.org. 352-332-6917.

THE ART OF FLY TYING Thursday, March 1 1:00pm DUNNELLON PUBLIC LIBRARY - Land a big one!

Marcia Thompson, member of the Dunnellon Fly Tyers, will share the art of making the handtied flies used in fly-fishing. Meet Roy Bartoo, who developed the “Rainbow Dry Fly,” named for our own Rainbow River. 352-438-2520.

CONSIGNMENT SALE VANISHING POINTS Feb. 7 - April 29 Times Vary HARN MUSEUM - Paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection. Artists in the exhibition incorporate the strategies of technology and media in the texture of their work, including urban architecture, graphic and automotive design, comics, mapping, sculpture, photography and film.

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Friday, March 2 8:30am - 7:00pm ABIDING SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH - 9700 W. Newberry Rd. Girls and boys clothes, from Gymboree, Gap, Ralph Lauren, Janie & Jack, Kelly’s Kids, Lilly Pulitzer, Talbots Kids, Heartstrings, etc. Glider, Travel Systems, Diaper Bags, Bouncy Seats, Baby Gates and more!

Benefits March of Dimes. 352-514-9602.

MUSICAL CHAIR PROJECT Friday, March 2 7:00pm - 10:00pm DORIS BARDON COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER - 716 N. Main St. Local artists are donating their time and talents to convert 26 wooden school chairs into creatively designed art chairs for auction. Proceeds provide financial support to enhance Alachua County’s public schools elementary art and music programs. 352-316-0886 or 352-374-2342.

RACE THE TORTOISE 5K Saturday, March 3 7:30am O’LENO STATE PARK - A certified out-andback race for runners and walkers along the park’s scenic, paved main road. It starts and finishes near the main parking area, which is about 1.5 miles past the Ranger Station. This race is limited to the first 300 registrants.

Race starts by 8:00am; Arrival by 7:30am.

SHARE THE CURE Saturday, March 3 7:00pm - 11:30pm PHILLIPS CENTER - Be part of Keira Grace Foundation’s annual fundraising event and bring hope, restoration and life to children with cancer in the Dominican Republic! “Share the Cure 2012” with special guest Chris Doering, former University of Florida wide receiver and Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee. www. keiragracefoundation.com. 352-392-2787.

PARADE OF HOMES March 3 - March 18 Times Vary MCBIA OFFICE - 2635 SE 58 Ave. The Marion County Building Industry Association presents the Parade, which spans throughout Marion County and will showcase some of the county’s finest homes for potential homebuyers and re-modelers to view. Home ownership still remains the single best way to build wealth and financial security for families. 352-694-4133.

MASS VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION March 3 - 30 Times Vary TOP SECRET SPACE - 28 N. Main St., Gainesville.

MASS Visual Arts, Gainesville’s new, artist-led visual arts organization, launches “Below the Belt,” its first semi-annual art exhibition entitled.

Theme selected to feature artists from below the Mason-Dixon Line. Reception for artists and general public on Saturday, March 3, 7pm to 11pm. The exhibition is open to the public each following Saturday (March 10, 17, 24) from 5pm

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HATS, HEARTS AND HANDBAGS Friday, M March 9 11:00am - 2:00pm HILTON U UF - Annual event held by Girls Place that cele celebrates the girl within every woman.

Immerse yourself fully in the experience and reserve aan entire table that you can decorate for prizes! This event helps make and compete com it possible possibl for Girls Place to provide girls a safe, nurturing environment. 352-373-GIRL. nu

SANTOS FAT TIRE FEST Friday, March 9 Noon

Peking Acrobats Sunday, March 25

SANTOS TRAILHEAD, OCALA - New blue trails on tthe epic ride! Friday night band: Saltwater Grass. Fantastic Vendor Village Saltwate with man many brands represented. Free test rides! ww www.omba.org. 352-873-2929.

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PHILLIPS CENTER - Since their Western debut more than 25 years ago, the Peking Acrobats have redefined public perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. cs. This troupe of China’s most gifted performers rformers returns to the Phillips Center to share its nation’s 2,000-year-old spectacle.

Admission: $25 - 35. Open to the public. 352-392-2787.

THOMAS CENTER - The Friday night and Saturday tours fea feature five homes in the northeast historic district. O On Saturday, free activities at the Thomas C Center include Plein Air artists painting in the ga garden, and self-guided tours of rooms and gard gardens. Reception and candlelight tour tickets ar are $20. Saturday tour tickets are $10.

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Shuttle from Thomas Center. 352-373-2611.

to 10pm and each following Sunday (March 11, 18, 25) from Noon to 6pm. Exhibition closes with a reception coinciding with Downtown Artwalk on Friday March 30 from 7pm to 11pm. www.massvisualarts.wordpress.com

JIMMY STURR AND HIS ORCHESTRA Saturday, March 3 Times Vary ORANGE BLOSSOM OPRY - 13939 SE Highway 42. At the time Rock was reaching its crescendo, and in the era when Country was dazzling the nation, a strange phenomenon was taking place: the rising popularity of Jimmy Sturr, the hottest musical attraction in the polka field. 352-821-1201.

FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL March 3 - March 4 9:00am - 3:00pm THORNEBROOK VILLAGE - Free admission.

The festival includes art vendors, music, food, art activities, art demonstrations, children’s activities, live reenactments and family friendly organizations. Help promote Youth Art Month. yoppinc.com/thornebrook.html.

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Saturday, March 10 10:00am - 6:00pm

FIFIELD HALL - UF. Coordinated by UF professor, Dr. Steven Sargent. An opportunity to experience firsthand the latest technologies for harvest, handling, and shipping of subtropical and tropical fruits, warm and cool season vegetables and ornamental crops. flpostharvest2012.eventbrite.com.

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HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS Wednesday, March 7 7:00pm O’CONNELL CENTER - An exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy.

Perfect for the whole family. 352-392-5500.

NHRA GATORNATIONALS March 8 - March 11 Times Vary GAINESVILLE RACEWAY - Start your engines!

This four-day event is an annual National Hot Rod Association drag-racing event. General admission available for all days, and pit access included with every ticket. Thursday, opening at 8:00am; Friday and Saturday, opening at 7:00am; Sunday, opening at 7:30am.

O’CONNELL CENTER - Join the fun at the 10th Annual Home Show, featuring hundreds of exhibitors, farmers market, prizes and drawings, and seminars on home and garden topics. 352-392-5500.

Saturday, March 10 10:00am - 1:00pm DUDLEY FARM - Admission is $5.00 per car, up to eight occupants. Appreciate the past: see the men on their vintage machines plow a field where sugar cane and corn will soon be planted. This event honors the innovations in methods and equipment, showing the historical significance and importance of the tractor to agriculture. 352-472-1142.

MASTER GARDENERS’ SPRING FESTIVAL Saturday, March 10 8:00am - 5:00pm MARION COUNTY EXTENSION - 2232 NE Jacksonville Rd. The area’s largest all-in-one plant sale and gardening expo, featuring

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flora and fauna indigenous to our region. www.primetimeinstitute.org. 352-332-6917.

MEDICAL CARE AND THE HOMELESS Tuesday, March 13 6:00pm - 7:00pm BOB GRAHAM CENTER - Pugh Hall. Dr. Pedro Jose “Joe” Greer will have a frank discussion about his work as a pioneer in creating health care programs for persons facing homelessness and poverty. The event and parking are free and open to the public.

WOMEN BUILD LUNCHEON Wednesday, March 14 Noon - 1:00pm

Wednesday, March 28

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PHILLIPS CENTER - This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster - but not without scary and hilarious complications. Admission: $40 - $60.

more than 70 vendors with an array of plants, garden decor and plant-related accessories.

Learning opportunities for all ages, including educational booths, youth activities, ingarden talks and seminars. 325-671-8400.

TOUR OF KITCHENS Saturday, March 10 10:00am - 4:00pm JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GAINESVILLE - Back by popular demand, the Tour of Kitchens is a self-guided tour of Gainesville’s finest and coolest residential kitchens and outdoor spaces. Each magnificent home will feature a local restaurant and a sampling of their signature offerings. 352-256-4951.

NORDWESTDEUTSCHE PHILHARMONIE Sunday, March 11 7:30pm PHILLIPS CENTER - Formed 60 years ago, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie is based in the German city of Herford and is one of three orchestras in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The orchestra plays more than 120 concerts each year, both at home and abroad, and has accompanied such renowned vocalists as Placido Domingo and Renée Fleming. 352-392-ARTS.

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LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Monday, March 12 7:30pm PHILLIPS CENTER - The renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra features 15 of the finest jazz musicians in the world. Led by Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, the group has been the resident jazz orchestra at Lincoln Center since 1988. Its vast repertoire consists of rare historic compositions, as well as commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements. 352-392-ARTS.

OCALA OPEN CHARITY PRO-AM Tuesday, March 13 8:00am CANDLER HILLS GOLF CLUB - SW 90 Terrace Road, Ocala. Proceeds benefit Hospice of Marion County and Interfaith Emergency Services.

Start the day with breakfast then select a tee gift at the Nike tent. Participants will warm-up next to pros vying for Ocala Open honors; play golf with the pro and get a few pointers. The day concludes with the Champion’s Roundup Barbecue and Awards Luncheon. 352-861-9721.

MEDICINAL AND TOXIC PLANTS Tuesday, March 13 2:30pm - 4:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Presentation by a retired botanist that includes

PARAMOUNT PLAZA HOTEL - Help raise the final funds needed to start house number six at the 5th Annual Luncheon! Tickets are $25. Women Build is a Habitat for Humanity International program that encourages all women to advocate for affordable housing by participating in building projects. alachuawomenbuild@gmail.com.

GAINESVILLE 101 March 14 - April 18 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Citizens’ Academy.

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about your city. Series of free classes every Wednesday for six weeks from 8:30am to Noon at various city locations. Classes limited to 30 citizens and registrations are taken on a first-come basis. Online registration. dmzlist.gvlfl.org/t/166434/938/1274/0/.

ECHOING AIR CONCERT Thursday, March 15 7:30pm HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL - 100 NE 1 St. The Echoing Air Ensemble from Indianapolis, IN, presents a concert of music of the English Baroque. The world-renowned ensemble will be joined by members of the Holy Trinity Choir for the performance. 352-372-4721.

HEROES AND VICTIMS: THE BURDEN OF MEMORY IN POST-1945 ROMANIA Thursday, March 15 3:30pm UF DAUER HALL 215 & 219 - UF Maria Bucur is a John V. Hill Professor of East European History and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Her teaching and research focus on the recent history of Eastern Europe, with a focus on Romania and gender, and thematically ranging from questions of war and memory to the history of eugenics. 352-392-8902.

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FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, WEIGHT LOSS AND AGING Thursday, March 15 2:30pm - 4:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Institute on Aging Assistant Professor will explore the emerging role and beneficial effects of supplements and caloric restrictions for facilitating weight loss and reducing risk of age-related disease conditions. www. primetimeinstitute.org. 352-332-6917.

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Friday, March 16 6:30pm NADINE MCGUIRE THEATRE - “Theatre Magic” is the theme of this year’s Friends of Theatre and Dance benefit event. Experience the world behind-the-scenes of theatre and dance production during this exciting annual event, featuring a sophisticated evening of entertainment, silent auction, food and drinks. 352-392-1653.

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RONNIE MCDOWELL Saturday, March 17 Times Vary ORANGE BLOSSOM OPRY - 13939 SE Highway 42, Weirsdale. Ronnie McDowell has an amazing string of hit songs that he has amassed over the years, but it is his riveting stage presence and genuine warmth that fills the seats again and again. Like all great entertainers, Ronnie McDowell has a personality that remains luminous long after the lights go dim. 352-821-1201.

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Tuesday, March 20 6:30pm - 8:00pm

M MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - Dig into ggeology and discover the ground beneath yyour feet. Enjoy hands-on activities and watch ddemonstrations of volcanic eruptions. Have your w world rocked by the awesome presentations aand activities from the UF Department of G Geological Sciences and the Gainesville G Gem and Mineral Society. 352-846-2000.

LEONARDO’S 706 - Uncovering Our First Colony Through Archaeology. Engage in a lively discussion with UF experts during the Florida Museum of Natural History’s spring Science Cafe series. Each Café includes a short presentation designed to allow community members to ask questions. RSVP at least one week in advance by emailing skelly@ flmnh.ufl.edu or calling 352-273-2085.

RUN FOR HAVEN 5K/10K R S Saturday, March 17 22:00pm T TIOGA TOWN CENTER - Check-in and registration bbegin at 2pm and the run starts at 4:30pm.

R Registration fee includes post-run party with llive music, food, drinks, expo booths, awards cceremony and more! Purchase a Post-Party O Only ticket, and you’ll be there to support the rrunners and a great cause. 352-331-8773.

FIREFIGHTER’S BALL F S Saturday.

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SILVER SPRINGS - 5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Spawned from a suburban Chicago basement in the early ‘70s, Styx became the virtual arena rock prototype by the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, due to a fondness for big rockers and soaring power ballads.

352-236-2121. www.silversprings.com

H HILTON UF - Annual event consisting of great food, beverages, a 50/50 drawing, music and dancing, information about The North Florida Children’s Burn Camp Inc. (aka Camp Amigo), and a silent auction. Proceeds to benefit Camp Amigo by providing a week of summer fun for children burn victims between the ages of 6 - 18 years old. 352-377-2157.

Sunday, March 18 2:00pm

HEALTH FAIR AND INDIA FAIR Saturday, March 17 9:00am - 6:00pm

HERITAGE BRASS

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY FEST Saturday, March 17 10:00am - 6:00pm ALACHUA COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS - A showcase for Gainesville’s local businesses, clubs and nonprofit organizations and to raise funds for the Gainesville branch of Kids Kicking Cancer. 352-354-2397.

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Tuesday, March 20 7:30pm - 9:30pm FINE ARTS HALL THEATRE - Santa Fe College.

An enchanting evening of music, under the direction of Dr. Brian Holder, with musical groups comprised of Santa Fe students. $15 orchestra; $12 balcony; $9 seniors, children, UF students. www.santafecollege.edu.

LEGISLATURE REVIEW Tuesday, March 20 6:00pm - 7:00pm BOB GRAHAM CENTER - Pugh Hall. Journalist Steve Bousquet will discuss and review the Florida State legislative session. Mr. Bousquet will bring his insight and knowledge gained from more than two decades working as a reporter to this frank discussion on what transpired during the legislative session this year. The event and parking are free and open to the public.

AARP DRIVING SAFETY COURSE PILOBOLUS PHILLIPS CENTER - Celebrating 40 years of defying gravity, this incomparable dance company has delighted, dazzled and amazed audiences across the planet with their superhuman flexibility and fascinating forms that challenge the limits of the human body. 352-392-3261.

SANTE FE COLLEGE GYMNASIUM - India Fest showcases more than 30 vendors selling jewelry, art and crafts, ethnic wear and delicious Indian cuisine. It also includes an afternoon of enthralling music and dance performances.

The health fair is a volunteer-run screening and information session in the morning. www. icec-florida.org/indiafest.html. 407-970-2934.

ENSEMBLE RECITAL

Sunday, March 18 4:00pm - 6:00pm DOWNTOWN ON THE SQUARE - East Silver Springs Blvd. and NE 1 Ave. The Salvation Army’s Heritage Brass is an age 55+ Canadian brass band that will be touring in Florida in March.

They come from various Salvation Army Corps (churches) in Ontario. www.heritagebrass.ca.

Wednesday, March 21 9:00am - 3:30pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Open to all Seniors 55 and over. The objectives of the course include: Understanding the effects of aging on driving, learning defensive driving strategies aimed at reducing the likelihood of being involved in a crash, updating knowledge of the rules of the road. $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers.

PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP Thursday, March 22 2:30pm - 4:00pm SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34 St. Member of the Florida Bar overview of Florida probate and guardianship law and tips on helping yourself and loved ones through planning while minimizing costs. www. primetimeinstitute.org. 352-332-6917.

JEANINE DE BIQUE

LIVE OAK INTERNATIONAL

Monday, March 19 7:30pm

March 22 - March 25 Times Vary

SQUITIERI STUDIO THEATRE - UF Performing Arts presents Young Concert Artist: Jeanine De Bique, Soprano. 7:30 p.m. Admission fee: $30. Open to the public. 352-392-2787.

LIVE OAK PLANTATION - 2215 SW 110 Ave., Ocala. Some of the best Jumping and Driving competition at the same venue on the same afternoons. www.liveoakinternational.com/.

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HOPPIN’ ON THE FOSSIL FREEWAY

A ROYAL GOOD TIME

SAVE THE LEI-DIES

Friday, March 23 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Saturday, March 24 6:00pm

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - Cruise over to the museum’s first beer-tasting event.

Sample an array of beers from several area and regional breweries, along with delicious appetizers, and then explore the Museum’s newest exhibit, Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson. This event is for ages 21 and older only; advance registration required. 352-273-2045.

HIPPODROME - Prince Poppycock, star of NBC’s number one show, “America’s got Talent,” headlines this special one-night-only performance. The Prince (aka John Quale) dazzles audiences with his beautiful voice, lavish costumes, versatility and magical charm. Local talents Kelly Atkins, Gussie Lee and Sondra Hunt will also grace the Mainstage. 352-375-HIPP. www.thehipp.org.

HILTON OCALA - Come for a fun night of playing Bunco, Luau and help save the Lei-dies!

Supporting the Michelle-o-gram foundation, a local organization that provides free mammograms to women who cannot afford them.

All proceeds go directly to pay for mammograms. buncobabesofocala.giving.officelive.com

GCC WINE EVENT

MARCH FOR BABIES

Friday, March 23 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Saturday, March 24 7:00am - Noon

Saturday, March 24 Times Vary

THE PERFECT GIFT - 5202 SW 91 Terr., Haile Village Center. The Gainesville Civic Chorus Wine fundraiser with wine, munchies, live music and lots of opportunities to meet and greet new and old friends. $10 donation. Silent auction items to bid on, as well as a few special items for live auction bidding. 352-372-2691.

WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL - This 8.5 mile street party is a celebration of the lives March of Dimes is changing through outstanding fundraising efforts. Guaranteed to be a wonderful morning, with food, fun. 352-378-9522.

ORANGE BLOSSOM OPRY - 13939 SE Highway 42, Weirsdale. Hits like “The Great Pretender,” “Charlie Brown,” “Poison Ivy,” “My Girl” and others are having a fantastic resurgence of popularity all across America and around the world. 352-821-1201.

WATER - ENERGY - BIRDS!

THE SPRING SKY

CELTIC CROSSROADS

Saturday, March 24 9:00am - 1:00pm

Saturday, March 24 8:00pm - 9:00pm

SILVER RIVER STATE PARK - 1425 NE 58 Ave. Sponsored by Marion Audubon Society. Start with a bird walk and at noon, Jacqui Sulek from Florida Audubon will present “Water Energy - Birds! It’s All Connected.” Better watch the animated film “Rango” because whoever controls the water is in control. 352-546-5718.

DUDLEY FARM, NEWBERRY - Tour our spectacular solar system. Discover asteroids, constellations, comets, galaxies, meteorites, planets, satellites and stars through telescopes guided by the knowledgeable and enthusiastic club members.

Presented by the Alachua Astronomy Club. $5.00 per adult. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org. 352-472-1142.

Friday, March 23 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Friday, March 23 7:30pm PHILLIPS CENTER - Critically acclaimed as one of Ireland’s best stage music shows incorporating the talents of seven world-class musicians, playing more than 20 instruments on stage, and accompanied by thunderous Irish percussion and dance. Admission: $25 - $35. 352-392-2787.

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Stomp Friday, March ch 30 7:30pm PHILLIPS CENTER STOMP is explosive, provocative, ocative, sophisticated, utterly unique ue and appeals to audiences of allll ages. The international percussion sensation ensation has garnered an armful of awards ards and rave reviews, and has appeared d on numerous national television shows. Admission: $40 - $60. 352-392-2787.

WALK FOR EPILEPSY

ALACHUA EASTER EGG HUNT

Saturday, March 24 8:00am - 1:30am

Saturday, March 24 11:00am - 1:00pm

KANAPAHA PARK - This is a great event that the city of Gainesville can do for the 375,000 Floridians living with Epilepsy. EFOF Gainesville Chapter provides Neurological Care for 16 surrounding counties 352-378-4324.

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CHRIST CENTRAL - Highway 441 South, near the Webster building. All merchants are encouraged to donate for the Easter Egg Drop and Hunt.

Different sponsors are donating items for goody bags, eggs, and special fun inflatables.

Bring your children for a free fun-filled day complete with the Easter Bunny. 386-462-1610.

Saturday, March 24 7:30pm

KANAPAHA GARDEN FEST

UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM - One of today’s most acclaimed and respected young artists working in the field of jazz. In 2010, the Jazz Journalists Association recognized him as Musician of the Year and his ensemble trio received the Echo Award (the German equivalent to the Grammys) for best international ensemble.

Admission: $20 - $30. 352-392-2787.

GLEN CAMPBELL Saturday, March 24 3:00pm SILVER SPRINGS - 5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd.

Glen has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, four Platinum albums and one Double-Platinum album. 352-236-2121.

March 24 - March 25 Times Vary KANAPAHA BOTANICAL GARDEN - Plants, landscape displays, garden accessories, arts and crafts, educational exhibits, food and more. Also featured are a walk-through butterfly conservatory, children’s activities, live entertainment and live auctions. $8 for adults, $5 for children thirteen and under. Cash only. A $2 discount is given for members of Kanapaha. A $1 discount is given for individuals wearing any past Spring Garden Festival t-shirt. www.kanapaha.org/spring.htm.

LENTEN LESSONS & MUSIC Sunday, March 25 5:00pm

WHO’S GOT TALENT APOLLO NIGHT

HOLY TRINTY EPISCOPAL - The Holy Trinity Choir sings a service of music for Lent.

Music of J. S. Bach, Orlande de Lassus and John IV, King of Portugal. 352-372-4721.

Saturday, March 24 7:30pm

MUSIC ORGAN STUDENTS

APPLETON MUSEUM - 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala. Vocalists, R&B, Pop, Gospel, Poets, Spoken Word, Clean Rapp and Comics.

The winner takes all. All ages can participate.

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Sunday, March 25 3:00pm QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC - 6455 SW Highway 200, Ocala. The organ students of the UF will present a varied program on the beautiful

pipe organ, including works by David German, J.S. Bach, César Franck, Olivier Messiaen, Johann Pachelbel, Derek Bourgeois, and John Weaver. www.agohq.org. 352-537-0207.

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ Sunday, March 25 6:00pm - 10:30pm SANTA FE COLLEGE - The Bosshardt Family of Companies presents the 25th Anniversary of Children’s Home Society of Florida’s annual fundraiser. This silver anniversary celebration of community support for abused and neglected children will be a stellar evening of fun, food, live music, dancing and silent auction. 352-334-0955 or www.CHSRitz.org.

HISTORY AND EMPATHY Monday, March 26 7:00pm to 8:30pm SMATHERS LIBRARY, ROOM 1A - What We Can Learn From The Forgotten Orientalist Georg Ebers. Lecture by Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State University). Prof. Fehr will use the diary of a 19th century Egyptologist, George Ebers, to examine how studying history, archaeology or classics gives us the opportunity to experience and learn empathy. 352-392-0796.

GAINESVILLE ORCHID SOCIETY AUCTION 7:30pm to 9:30pm Monday, March 26 KANAPAHA BOTANICAL GARDENS - The auction, sponsored by the Gainesville Orchid Society, will be held in the Summer Room. Admission free. Healthy orchids of many sizes and varieties will be for sale, many in bloom. Proceeds go toward supporting the club. 352-562-9830

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JOFFREY BALLET

RUN AMUCK WITH THE DUCK

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Tuesday, March 27 7:30pm

Saturday, March 31 9:00am

Saturday, March 31 Times Vary

PHILLIPS CENTER - For more than half a century the Joffrey Ballet has been “America’s Company of Firsts,” committed to delivering world-class, artistically vibrant work to audiences, including pieces presented in this program. Admission: $30 - $45. Open to the public. 352-392-2787.

NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL HOSPITAL Lung cancer is the top cancer killer in the world, and it’s not just affecting smokers.

Join survivors Caren Gorenberg, Sandy Uhl-Solomon and Crackers the Duck, MD. A chance to really make a difference. www. lungcancerfoundation.org or 352-256-6263

ORANGE BLOSSOM OPRY - 13939 SE Highway 42, Weirsdale. Band members bring their own character, preferences, quirks, priorities and interests into the studio and onstage.

What sets this group apart from many others is the journey into, out of, and back to the band. 2:30pm and 7:30pm. 352-821-1201.

CNN’S KATHERINE GREEN

ASIAN ART WING OPENING

Tuesday, March 27 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturday, March 31 10:00am - 5:00pm

BOB GRAHAM CENTER - Pugh Hall. Katherine Green is Senior Vice President and Managing Editor for CNN’s Headline News. Based at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, Green oversees all of the editorial production, program and schedule development, network talent and day-to-day operations of CNN’s HLN production centers.

INTERPRETATIONS Wednesday, March 28 6:00pm - 8:00pm HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY - Kevin Moffett is the author of “Permanent Visitors and Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events.” He has received the Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren Award, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a National Magazine Award.

He teaches in the MFA program at California State San Bernardino. 352-334-3931.

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HARN MUSEUM - Five exhibitions in the new Cofrin Asian Art Wing and Asian-inspired gardens.

Tours, gallery talks, bonsai display, children’s yoga sessions and Chinese calligraphy demonstration.

Family-friendly art activities include origami and paper kimono making. Free. 352-392-9826.

READY, SET, S.O.A.R Saturday, March 31 9:00am - 5:00pm UNITY OF THE VILLAGES - 10935 SE 177 Pl, Suite 504. Are you ready for more peace, joy, and love in your life? Join nationally known author and presenter, Suzanne Giesemann, for a day that participants have described as nothing short of transformational! Using the acronym, S.O.A.R Suzanne will provide you with the 4 Keys to Total Transformation. www. suzannegiesemann.com. 888-692-0781.

SQUITIERI STUDIO THEATRE - Quickly rising up the ranks of classic guitar players, Milo Karadagli’s album Mediterraneo recently reached Number Five on the Billboard classic album charts.

Thursday, March 29 2:30pm - 4:00pm

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SENIOR RECREATION CENTER - 5701 NW 34th St. Retired Professor of Political Science will offer insight into the various activities related to our local political community. www. primetimeinstitute.org. 352-332-6917.

If you would like us to publicize an event in Alachua or Marion counties, send information by the 13th day of the month prior.

All submissions will be reviewed and every effort will be made to run qualified submissions if page space is available.

1-800-967-7382 (fax) editor@seniortimesmagazine.com

Saturday, March 31 3:00pm SILVER SPRINGS - 5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Hits like “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.”

Money followed the success of his debut album with a stream of Top 40 hits, as well as some of the era’s most creative videos. 352-236-2121.

I.C.E.D. CAKE COMPETITION Saturday, March 31 8:00am - 5:00pm CIRCLE SQUARE CULTURAL CENTER - 8395 SW 80 St. Sugar arts competition that will include cake design, accessories and an Icing Images “edible icing sheets” division in the theme of “Masquerade Ball.” The winners will be announced at the conclusion of this two-day event. 352-854-3670.

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THEATRE Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville UF Constans Theatre ................................................. Museum Road, Gainesville Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ................... Museum Road, Gainesville Insomniac Theatre Company ............................E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Community Theater .......... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

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Thoroughly Modern Millie March 23 - April 15 Young Millie has just moved to a New York full of intrigue and jazz — a time when women were entering the work force and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever.

Filled with frisky flappers, dashing men and a villainess audiences will love to hate, Millie is an evening of madcap merriment.

HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE

Over the Tavern Through March 18 ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

The Aunts March 30 - April 15 This drama, set in the living room of a house in Pittsburgh in 1979, is about three women, one niece and two aunts. Aunt Meg has come to be with her sister Nan, whose husband is upstairs in agony, dying of cancer. She is also taking advantage of this opportunity to flee her abusive husband. The niece, Pita, arrives to try and cheer everyone up; but the only effect she has is to make everyone even more nervous and upset, particularly when they learn that ungainly, plain, not too bright Pita is going to have a baby.

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Pilobolus Dance Theatre March 18, 2012 at 2:00 pm Born in 1971 from a fringe company of acrobats, athletes and architects, Pilobolus has achieved monumental recognition for its radically innovative performances onstage and onscreen, most notably for the Academy Awards and the NFL Network. This groundbreaking collective works to create three original works each year, featuring its distinctive choreography and gravity-defying formations that challenge the limits of the human body and leave viewers enthralled.

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Joffrey Ballet March 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm For more than half a century, the Joffrey Ballet has been “America’s Company of Firsts.” The long list of “firsts” includes being the first dance company to perform at the White House at Jacqueline Kennedy’s invitation; the first to appear on television; the first American company to visit Russia; the first and only dance company to appear on the cover of Time magazine; and the first company to serve as the inspiration and basis of major motion picture, Robert Altman’s The Company.

Young Frankenstein Wednesday, March 28 - 7:30pm The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE… and it’s headed here! You’ll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Musical. Don’t miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage, including Transylvania Mania, He Vas My Boyfriend and Puttin’ on the Ritz.

This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster - but not without scary and hilarious complications.

Faith, family, and Ed Sullivan fight for space in the Pazinski’s cramped upstate New York apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, precocious kid who’s starting to question his family’s values and the Roman Catholic Church. When he announces to the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at growing up in the 1950s.

OCALA CIVIC THEATRE

A Perfect Wedding March 15 - April 8 It’s a perfectly lovely day! Bill wakes up in the honeymoon suite of a charming country inn on the morning before his wedding. The night out with his best man and buddies is a bit of a blur, but Bill thinks he had a good time. Only he wasn’t supposed to sleep in the honeymoon suite until after the wedding, and the beautiful woman under the covers isn’t his fiancé. OH NO! The hilarity begins as Bill tries to figure out who the mystery girl is and get her out of the room.

HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY THEATER

Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple Through March 4 An enormously successful comedy, “The Odd Couple” concerns two mismatched roommates, Felix Ungar, an uptight writer, pitted against Oscar Madison, an easygoing, slovenly sportswriter. Running for 966 performances, the show won several Tony awards. seniortimesmagazine.com

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TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER someone who could do it for her — all the while managing to raise a family.

And you can barely muster the energy to fix dinner.

So how did your ancestors do it? What could you learn from someone who’s been down the road that stretches before you? Read “30 Lessons for Living” by Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. and find out.

One of the more popular spots in many bookstores is the Self Help section. We love to get advice on our love lives, our health, and ourselves. But when gerontologist and “advice junkie” Pillemer turned a Certain Age, he began to realize that the best guidance was right in front of him. “...maybe,” he said, “there is something about getting older that teaches you how to live better.”

With a list of questions and time to dig, he went on a “quest for wisdom” by seeking out people who were 65 years or older.

He asked them for the best advice they could offer on love, relationships, health, family and more.

How, for instance, did people manage to stay married for decades?

30 Lessons for Living KARL PILLEMER, PH.D. c.2011, Hudson Street Press $25.95 / $30.00 Canada - 271 pages

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our grandmother never had a smartphone.

Grandma probably never had a microwave, either. At some point in life, she washed her clothes outside and hung them on the line, which took all day. She grew her own food, sewed her own clothes, and learned how to fix things around the house — or she hired

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Marry someone a lot like you, Pillemer was told. Opposites attract, but opposing values generally mean trouble in a marriage. Get to know one another, be friends as well as lovers, learn to communicate, and forget about changing your beloved after the wedding. That ain’t happening.

Since you’ll spend four or five decades making a living, choose a job for its intrinsic value and not because of salary. If you’re miserable in a job, find another one. Take a pay cut if you have to; it’s worth it to love your job.

On the other hand, don’t put your work ahead of your children. Spend time with them, and never allow a rift.

Be honest. Be open to opportunity.

Choose happiness. Don’t wait.

And know that being old is much better than you think.

Imagine the outrage if one of this country’s best-loved treasures suddenly disappeared, never to be retrieved.

That’s what will happen to a bit of our history when our oldest citizens are gone, but “30 Lessons in Living” helps in the preservation.

Through interviews with “experts” in life, author Karl Pillemer presents a two-fold gift to readers. First of all, there’s useable real-world advice that comes from the perspective of those who have survived, endured and thrived.

Secondly, there are stories of how those experts got to be where they are: tales of hardship, loneliness, risks and love.

Together, those two facets make this one book a pure delight.

And because of that, I highly recommend it for anyone who craves words of wisdom and comfort. If age is just a number, “30 Lessons for Living” is number one. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.

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re you newly diagnosed with diabetes? Has your medicine been changed? Do you or your caregiver need training on how to deal with your disease process? If so, Caretenders could be the answer for you.

“We provide care for a lot of seniors with diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes,” said Angela Jackson, RN and patient care liaison with Caretenders. “It is one of the main diagnoses that we treat.”

Jackson explains that the primary weapon in the fight against diabetes is education, both for the patient and for the caregiver. “We address the patient as a whole,” she said. “We identify what they need to know and what they already know about the disease process, and we teach them how to take care of themselves.”

Clients and their caregivers are taught many aspects of diabetic care including blood glucose monitoring; insulin preparation, injection and storage; medication interactions and side effects; proper diet, and warning signs of trouble or complications from the disease.

Jackson believes one of the toughest adjustments for seniors to make is how to maintain a diabetic diet, explaining that long-standing habits and lack of portion control can

be obstacles in proper care. “They don’t really understand just how big a half cup of carbohydrates is.”

To assist with meals, Caretenders can provide plates that are proportioned to help seniors easily figure out how much of each food group they should have without the inconvenience of measuring. The plate is divided into sections labeled for each food group and the bottom of each section is cut out. This allows the client to put the plate directly on his or her own dinnerware so there is a “border” around each food portion that can’t be exceeded.

Jackson also encourages her clients and caregivers to exercise regularly, noting that getting up and moving around can not only reduce blood sugar but also helps maintain overall good health. Occupational and physical therapists can also be brought in for seniors with neuropathy who have lost sensation in their fingers and feet.

Diabetes puts seniors at greater risk of kidney damage, heart disease, stroke and other ailments, which in turn puts in jeopardy their ability to live independent lives. Through comprehensive education and thoughtful attention Caretenders is committed to helping seniors avoid those risks and live their lives with greater joy!

“I wondered if my family could manage all the care I needed after leaving the hospital.”

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That’s The Caretenders Tradition A dedicated team of compassionate, highly skilled healthcare professionals who treat their patients like family is our hallmark.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tired of living with back pain.

What can I do about it?

North Florida Regional Medical Center and Lake City Medical Center are equipped with the latest technology and a full spectrum of medical specialists for women and their families.

In addition, North Florida features the latest O-Arm Imaging Technology for Spine Surgeries.

Together to serve you better.

Start by visiting a doctor to determine the cause of your back pain. Many issues related to your back can be treated by hot and cold packs and exercise therapy. In some instances, medications might be needed for pain management, in which case your healthcare provider can educate you about the risks associated with taking medication over extended periods. If surgery is needed, there are less invasive options including microdiscectomy (using a small incision), laser surgery (with a laser-equipped needle), and vertebroplasty (again, uses a needle).

For more information about back pain treatment options, visit WomensHealthClick.com or call Consult-A-Nurse at 1( 855) 614-7273.

When you have questions, we have the answers.

Join our local online community for women.

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