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What Are the Odds You Will Live to Be 100 NEWBURYPORT – Dora Sullivan has beaten the odds. She is turning 100 this week. According to those who study longevity, the odds of making it to the century mark for someone born in 1913 is about 2 percent. Not long ago the odds of becoming a centurion were about one in 20 million. Today the odds makers put it at about one in 50. With vast improvements in health care, nutrition and safety, the odds that future generations will live as long as Sullivan are getting much better. A resident of the Atria Merrimack Place on Storey Avenue for the last two years, Sullivan will celebrate her 100th birthday party with her
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– friends on Thursday. The Atria staff will provide champagne and a cake. Mayor Donna Holaday is invited, although it is unlikely that Sullivan will know who the mayor of Newburyport is. She frequently reminds people that she grew up in Lynn. Sullivan is most excited about her family arriving from Ohio and Florida to celebrate with her. The mother of two daughters, her family is widely dispersed. One grandson lives in Hawaii, and none of her family lives in New England. One daughter and her family are in Tallahassee. The other daughter is married to a West Point graduate Continued on page 3
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who now works for Procter & Gamble in Ohio. “You'd think I would get a sample every now and then,” she said laughing. Her friend and caregiver, Sandra Jervah, said Sullivan's son-in-law does send her bubble bath. Sullivan usually has one glass of white wine at the Atria pub at 3:15 most afternoons. “I don't usually finish it,” she said. She is a champion of the Atria pub, which charges only a dollar per drink. She believes residents get to know each other better at the pub. “Some people complain that they are serving alcohol,” she said. “But I think it is a good thing.” Reminiscing last week about the past 100 years, Sullivan recalled that she used to walk from Lynn to the beaches in Swampscott almost every day. One of her favorite outings these days is ask Jervah to pick up a lobster roll salad at the Clam Box
and take take it to the beach in Ipswich for a picnic. “She loves doing that,” Jervah said. A graduate of Brown University. Sullivan was married to Daniel Xavier Sullivan, an attorney and lived most of her adult life in Wakefield. For much of human history, living to as long as Sullivan was almost unheard of. In the Stone Age, the life expectancy was about 20 years. By the time Rome was conquering Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the Etruscans could expect to live to be 28. By the end of the 19th Century, one could expect to live to be 50. As recently as the 1940s, life expectancy was 65. Today it is 77 to 81. But someone born today is about eight times more likely to live to be as old as Sullivan than she was. Any child 14 years old or younger this year has a better than a onein-four chance of living to 100. Of
course, girls have better odds. She has a 33.7 percent chance of living until she is 100, while a boy born this year has a 26 percent chance. In comparison, a woman who turned 40 this year has a 20 percent chance of living to 100, and a man has a 13.7 percent chance. Sullivan just smiles when asked how it feels to turn 100. Mostly confined to a bed or wheelchair with two dislocated shoulders and a variety of other medical issues, she seems to take life as it comes. “I've been very happy here,” she said. Gisella Ashley, the director of extra-curricular activities for the Atria Merrimack residents, described Sullivan as an inspiration. “She always has a nice thing to say.” And the consensus of the dozen Atria residents who gathered in the pub last week will be that Sullivan's 100th will be a great opportunity to sip some champagne, eat cake and congratulate Sullivan on beating the odds.
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AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist and the Rock Church both of Amesbury will be hosting "Kid's Community Connections Kingdom" in the Amesbury Park, 140 Friend Steet on Friday, August 23 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. This program is free and open to the public. There will be an inflatable obstacle course and bouncy house, games and plenty of popcorn and sno-cones. You may be familiar with us as we usually partner with the Kid's Day in the Park event during Amesbury Days but due to poor weather we postponed our activities that day. It is Business Spotlight our goal to provide a safe and fun event for your family to enjoy the day together at no cost to them or the town. -----------------------------------------------------------• desperately The North Shore’s Largest Independent Real Estate Forneeds Sale AMESBURY -Community Interns Needed Newspaper - The Amesbury Chamber of Commerce some volunteer assistance. 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From the following list, we'll assign you whatever you're comfortable with: Answering phones and writing messages, Stuffing envelopes and applying postage, Folding brochures, Making calls on Animals, Plus behalf of Chamber staff, Taking Pets, meeting minutes and typing notes in Microsoft Word, Updating Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Preparing swag bags for event guests, Drafting member communications, Updating the website community calendar, We could also use a graphic design intern who could periodically build posterlike designs about our events forHealth the website, Facebook, & email newsletters, etc. If you or someone you know Fitness is interested in helping us out, please call 978.388.3178 or email chamber@amesburychamber.com. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY – The City of Amesbury’s Public Works is holding a “COLLECTION EVENT” Private Beach, Scenic Department views, AllofAmenities for residents to dispose of Prescription Drugs, Textiles (clean clothing), Shoes, One-Use Disposable Bags, Mercury, and Styrofoam and will offer Paper Shredding all FREE OF CHARGE! 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Pull back the curtain and discover fun for the whole family as Circus Smirkus presents “Oz Incorporated.” Sponsored by Theater in the Open, which brings free family theater and storytelling to the Greater Newburyport community, Circus Smirkus is coming to town on Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug. 3. Vermont’s award-winning international youth circus invites you to go over the rainbow with “Oz Incorporated.” It will take acrobatic thinking, highwire hearts, and courageous clowns to embark on this Emerald City Adventure. This time it’s all flying monkey business as they cartwheel down the yellow brick road to a new twist in the tale. Theater in the Open will sponsor four performances at Manter Field, 81 Central St., Newbury, on Friday, Aug. 2 at 2 and 7 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 3 at 12:30 and 5:30pm, which will leave the audience enough time to head to downtown Newburyport for the fireworks celebration. Tickets cost $21 for adults and $17 for children between the ages of two and 12. 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The famous quote by Marlon Brando in the Godfather can certainly be applied to real estate and most importantly gave me an idea for an article as I watched part of the movie (while of course looking online for houses for my buyers) for the millionth time the other night. So you are preapproved for a loan and found the house you would like to call home. Before you back up the moving van you will need to make an offer. In your offer you will need to come up with a purchase price, financing terms, and any contingencies such as a home inspection or if you have a home you need to sell first. Please make sure that everything you want in an offer is in writing, for example, don’t assume that the refrigerator will stay with the sale just because all the other appliances are staying. To make your offer one that a seller can’t refuse there are a few things you want to do. First, start with a realistic offer price. Your REALTOR® will help you with this, but basically you want to come up with a price based on similar houses sold in the neighborhood in the past six months. You'll also want to keep the local conditions in mind. In other words, if houses are selling quickly, and this spring saw a dramatic upturn in buyers, and houses are receiving multiple offers, you'll need to bid competitively. If a home has been on the market for quite some time, doesn’t have any competing offers, and
comparable sales indicate that the home is overpriced you can come in a little lower. Secondly, include in your offer realistic financing terms. If you're pre-approved for a loan, be sure to include that in the offer so the seller knows you're serious. I can’t tell you how many times I have received an offer on behalf of my sellers without a preapproval letter. How can a seller accept an offer without knowing if a bank or mortgage company will approve the buyer for a mortgage? If you would really like your offer to stand out have your finances in place, it will also give you a big edge over any other offers that don't have a pre-approved loan. If you know your loan will be approved before making an offer waive your home inspection contingency. I would caution against this but again the title of this article is “Make them an offer they can’t refuse”. Hard to refuse a good offer where the seller doesn’t have to worry about the buyer getting financing. Know that your escrow deposits are dependent on this contingency so if you can’t get financing you would lose this money. Thirdly, as much as some buyers don’t include a home inspection contingency, unless you are 100% sure of the condition of the home you will probably want that provision in the offer. That said, if you call home inspectors before you place your offer and schedule something right away you can offer the seller at 5 day home
inspection period v. the typical 10 day inspection period. If the offer doesn’t materialize you can typically cancel the inspection. By shortening the home inspection period you tell the seller that you are serious and the seller will get past that contingency very soon. When making an offer you must give the sellers a time frame for a response. If they do not respond by the end of this time period the offer has been rejected. Typically the duration of an offer is 24 hours but if you know you can get an answer sooner feel free to ask for a quicker response time. This helps reduce the chance of another offer arriving while you are waiting for a response on your offer. Again, please, put everything in writing. Please know that even what you may consider a terrific offer may be rejected. Your offer may be countered with another offer. Don’t get frustrated. The seller is looking out for himself or herself and possibly their family. In the words of Michael Corleone “It’s not personal (Sonny) it’s strictly business”. Try to keep things that way; follow the lead of your experienced REALTOR® and you will be unpacking soon. If you have any questions about this article, real estate in general or are looking to buy or sell a home please contact me, John McCarthy at Rowley Realty, 165 Main St., Rowley, MA 01969, Phone: 978 948-2758, Cell 978 835-2573 or via email at john@ rowleyrealestate.com
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Sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life-threatening sleep disorder that affects approximately 18 million Americans. It comes from the Greek meaning of apnea which means “want of breath”. People with sleep apnea have episodes in which they stop breathing for 10 seconds or more during sleep. Diagnosis of sleep apnea usually requires a sleep study overnight in a sleep lab, although there are methods for diagnosis at home. This will be discussed in further detail next week. There are two major types of sleep apnea, both of which can severely disrupt the regular sleep cycle. Obstructive sleep apnea is when the muscles in the walls of the throat relax to the point where the airway collapses and prevents air from flowing into your nose and mouth. However,
as you continue to sleep you also continue to try to breathe. This is the most common type of sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is the other type. This is when breathing interruptions during sleep are caused by problems with the brain mechanisms that control breathing. What are the symptoms associated with sleep apnea? People with sleep apnea usually do not remember waking up during the night. Some of the potential problems may include morning headaches, excessive daytime sleepiness, irritability and impaired mental or emotional functioning, excessive snoring, choking/gasping during sleep, insomnia, or awakening with a dry mouth or throat. So, what is the difference between snoring and sleep apnea? Unlike mild/moderate snoring, individuals with sleep apnea stop breathing completely for 10 seconds or more, typically between 10 and 60 times in a single night. If the person sleeping in the same room hears loud snoring punctuated by silences and then a snort or choking sound as breathing then resumes, this could be sleep apnea. Studies have shown that people with diagnosed sleep
apnea can be so fatigued during the day that, when driving, their performance is similar to that of a drunk driver. If left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to impaired daytime functioning, high blood pressure, heart attack, or stroke. Since many people see their dentist on a regular basis, if there is any concern of sleep apnea, the dentist can work closely with a physician to implement and manage a prescribed therapy. More and more dentists are getting training in this area of medicine because they can be a help in the treatment of some of the problems associated with sleep-related issues. There also seems to be a large part of the population who are undiagnosed or are diagnosed but have issues with treatment modalities they are using. Next week we will discuss the diagnosis of and treatment options of this potentially lifethreatening disorder. Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to healthcentered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at jpstclair@dentalhealthforlife. com. You can view all previously written columns at www. jpeterstclairdentistry.com/blog.
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