LifeTimes, September 23, 2020

Living well after 50 Tampa Bay Times | Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Getting Wise

Former Good Morning America anchor Joan Lunden works to raise awareness of the unwitting spread of fake and fabricated news. Pages 6 and 7

Joan Lunden

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CROSSWORD Cockney Backlash, by Merl Reagle ACROSS 1 4 10 14 18 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 34 37 40 41 42 43 45 46 49 52 54 55 56 59 61 62 63 67 68 71 73 74 76

Bible bk. after Nahum Reagan’s metaphorical coating Capitol Hill nickname Giovanni’s glassful Flaws and all Julia on Seinfeld On the mark Dana’s Church Lady “(n.) a natural raised part of the earth’s surface”?

Elmer Fudd’s weapon?

Kate’s friend, on a ’90s sitcom Acumen Roman wrap Laundry problem for beachgoers?

Unconcern Clear the decks?

“Certainly, sir!”

Projection-room pile from the past Goblet part Sans support A tide Pitcher’s mound?

Freedom of movement The O of XOX Simple wind instrument Sailing “Bleeding” items, to conservatives?

Daring Having wings Movie couple’s terrier Drinking too much beer?

Pampering, briefly Range rovers Smile inducer Enero starts a new one Answer to “Why do you think the natives are restless, Tarzan?”

“Daddy’s sander is not ___!”

77 Sculptor James ___ Fraser 79 Governess Jane 80 Weekly special at Denny’s?

84 Where a French-wine hangover hurts 87 “Because ___” (Mom’s reason) 89 Carnival city 90 “Even ___ speak” 91 Spielberg after filming at sea?

93 Pitfall 95 Droll DeGeneres 96 Very, to Verlaine 97 Amish, Mennonites, etc.

99 Awkward one 102 “Don’t ___” 103 Music-room key 106 Where you left the clippers?

108 Superman can bend it 110 Washing bowl 112 ___ Methuselah 113 “___ ... nice wall!” (line from a Roman epic starring Sylvester Stallone?)

117 Went bareheaded on the bus?

120 “... ___ of chocolates ...”

121 Strong wind 122 Chicago cow owner 123 Be, to Brutus 124 Bird on New Zealand coins 125 Tighten, as text 126 Physicist Heisenberg 127 “___ the season ...”

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6

Joke response Faulkner’s ___ Dying “Send an invoice; then I’ll pay” Ball stand Santa’s helper Saudi king

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 24 26 29 32 33 35 36 38 39 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 57 58 60 63 64 65 66 69 70

The crossword puzzle solution is on Page 9.

Tablecloths, sheets, etc.

How to stand a Christmas tree Buntline and Flanders Utmost The Modern ___ Links from Leipzig Comb parts Secrecy symbol Notorious Zero Keats composition Faux pas “Nothing runs like a ___” Prince Charles, for one Gnaws away on Vaquero’s rope Flower part The defendant and the jury It means “both” “The joke’s ___” 1990s group, Salt-N-___ Back bones Tibet’s capital Yeltsin’s refusal Marina sights Cattle breed, Black ___ Magna cum ___ Poet Sylvia DeGaulle’s birthplace Manila hemp Author Potok Singer Helen Ending meaning “lingo” “... his fiddlers ___” Caveat emptor addressee Poets Post-wedding relative Seeing eye ___ Hatch in the Senate The Price Is Right

response 71 “It’s our biannual sell___!”

72 Do a lawn job 75 Actor Christopher 76 Buffoons 78 Quick letters?

80 Glyphics preceder 81 Tom Swiftie word 82 Get rid of, as a getaway car 83 Tampico to Matamoros, e.g.

84 Hedda Gabler character

85 86 88 92 94 97 98 99 100 101 104 105

Snakes in the reef Oprah or Dr. Phil Bulletin board abbr.

Sacked out ___ in the dark Baseball’s “Duke of Flatbush” Of a well-known volcano This is “most unusual” Sampras foe ___ up (comes clean) Become one Tale of Achilles and Hector

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106 “___ mio ...”

107 Fashion mag 109 Something to share in Manhattan 111 “Pretty maids all in ___” 113 Shoot the bull 114 Kimono need 115 Three-time heavyweight champ 116 “Inter” ender 118 Charles V’s realm: abbr.

119 Birthplace of Robert Burns

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STEP BY STEP Sally Anderson

HELP STAYING ON YOUR FEET Are you anxious about losing your balance? Research tells us that balance exercises can help reduce the risk of falling among older adults with balance issues. And the American Heart Association recommends that those who are at risk for falls should perform balance training three or more days a week.

While training, always use a support when needed and maintain good posture with your head up, abs contracted and shoulders back. A word of caution: if you have severe balance issues or orthopedic concerns, please check with your doctor before performing balance exercises.

Healthy muscles help avoid falls

Photos by Dan Canoro

Your Move | Demonstrated by Pat and Don Green BALANCE TRAINING

Contract abdominals throughout exercises. Begin with one set of each exercise, gradually increasing to 2-3 sets.

Single Leg Stance Targets hips, legs.

Standing tall, extend arms out to the sides near shoulder level.

Lift one foot off the floor and bend leg back toward bottom.

Hold 15-20 seconds; begin with five seconds.

Repeat on opposite leg.

Alternate legs, repeat pattern 4-5 times on each leg.

You can easily introduce balance movements into your existing routine and daily living. Whether you are doing bicep curls, talking on the phone or washing dishes, try doing it while standing on one leg. You can even do hamstring curls standing on one leg while brushing your teeth. Here are a few balance exercises to try at home to strengthen core and leg muscles that help us stay balanced when walking.

Begin with an easy balance exercise such as weight shifting, then progress to more challenging movements.

Side Leg Lifts

Improves flexibility and mobility of hips and lower back.

Standing straight, lift leg from hip to side with foot facing forward.

Pause, then return leg to near floor; repeat 10-12 times on each leg. Avoid leaning to the side.

Weight Shifting

Standing or sitting with feet hip-width apart, shift your weight to the right side, lifting left foot off floor. Hold the position for as long as you can, up to 30 seconds, then repeat on other side.

Sit Down-Stand Up

Strengthens legs, hip muscles, abdominals. Standing with feet hip-width apart, sit down in a chair and stand up without using hands to help. Repeat 8-10 times.

Walking Knee Lifts

Strengthens quads, hamstrings, calves, abdominals. Walk with a straight torso, lift one knee until thigh is parallel to floor or as near parallel as possible. Hold a few seconds then return foot to floor. Alternate knee lifts as you continue walking. Perform 20 marches, counting each knee lift as one repetition.

Heel Lifts

Strengthens ankles, legs.

Standing straight in front of a support, raise up on toes as high as you can. Slowly lower heels to floor, repeating 20 times; avoid leaning forward.

Don’t Forget to Stretch

To help you stay balanced, stretching is important. It keeps muscles flexible and you need that flexibility to maintain range of motion in the joints. Without flexibility, muscles will shorten and become tight. Important muscles to stretch for mobility are calves, thighs, hip flexors and even shoulders, neck and lower back.

Single Leg Squat with Arm Raise Promotes full-body strength with emphasis on hips, legs, core.

Hold the center of a broomstick or light bar in right hand, near shoulder level.

Lower to a one-legged squat while driving broomstick or bar upward.

Return to standing while lowering broomstick or bar to shoulder.

Repeat pattern 8-10 times on each leg.

Pretend to sit in a chair while squatting and do not allow knees to move over toes.

Single Leg Ball Toss with partner Targets obliques, legs.

Begin with a lightweight ball. Partners will stand on one leg 6-9 feet apart with knees slightly bent.

Keep bodyweight on ball of standing foot.

Partners toss ball to each other for 30 seconds on each leg.

Shoulder Rolls

Main muscles targeted are trapezius muscles. They control movement of shoulder blades, upper back and neck. Lift shoulders up toward ears then rotate shoulders, making big circles to the back for about 30 seconds. Repeat in opposite direction.

Knee Hugs

Stretches hips, lower back. Lie on floor with bent knees, feet on floor. Bring both knees toward chest, holding hands together under knees. Breathe deeply and hold 10-30 seconds.

Check with your doctor before starting a new exercise program.

Sally Anderson is happy to hear from readers but can’t respond to individual inquiries. Contact her at slafit@tampabay.rr.com

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Senior care is passion project

Kelli Casto Founder of Saving our Seniors.

BY MAUREEN FAMIANO Kelli Casto founded the nonprofit Saving Our Seniors five years ago. Her job as an Occupational Therapist took her to homes with seniors who needed items like wheelchairs and walkers. “Many needed equipment just to get around,” Casto said. “I just had to do something about it.”

After she began the non-profit, Casto started collecting equipment and spread the word. Her phone started ringing and it hasn’t stopped. Saving Our Seniors serves a five-county area including Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee.

Casto works late evenings and weekends trying to fill seniors’ needs when they feel they have nowhere else to turn. Her motto is no senior should go without.

Weekly deliveries include wheelchairs, shower chairs and undergarments. Save Our Seniors has given away thousands of pieces of equipment in the last three months and has recently added an online thrift store for seniors who can navigate a computer to purchase needed items. During the pandemic, Save Our Seniors has added meal delivery and has delivered 10,000 meals in recent months working with Feeding Tampa Bay. Saving Our Seniors has developed a Fall Prevention Program.

Interested seniors can call for a free fall assessment. If they qualify, they can register and stop by locations in St. Petersburg on Sept. 24 or in Bradenton on Oct. 1 to pick up a fall safety box filled with safety items including no-skid socks, motion light sensors, a non-skid bath mat, dycem non slip material to keep rugs in place, hook and loop fasteners for wheelchairs and shower grab bars.

Casto treasures her interactions with seniors. She has stories of meeting patients who became clients and then friends.

Casto said, “I am happy to provide therapy, guidance and encouragement. I am overjoyed when a senior improves and gets stronger and navigates to a smaller piece of equipment or none at all. That shows progress.”

Maureen Famiano is President of MEFMedia and can be reached at maureen@mefmedia.com

For more information on meals, equipment needs, fall safety assessments or to make a donation, call 727-501-4609 or visit: savingourseniors.org

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A Life Well Lived

Trial lawyer Steve Yerrid talks about his life and career.

BY ART LEVY Florida Trend My parents divorced when I was 7. As a single parent, my mom not only became my hero and my best friend, but the best person I ever knew.

We had hard times. She was gorgeous, and sometimes to supplement her income she’d model. She’d skip dinner some nights and tell me it was because she was watching her figure, and I believed her.

It wasn’t until much later that I realized that she couldn’t always afford to feed us both.

The lawyers on the other side may feel bad if they lose a $100-million case, but if I lose a case and I look at a widow with four children and know they’re going out of that courtroom probably never having another case, probably being on their own with absolutely no help but my legal representation, it consumes the life force out of me. Have I paid a price? Oh, yes. I’ve paid a price with my family, with my friends, with my law partners, with everyone. Because when I’m ensconced in that bubble, it seems nothing else really is on my radar scope. I’m consumed by the case.

In 1980, I got the Sunshine Skyway Bridge case.

I had the ship’s pilot, John Lerro. No one thought we could win. That case, I learned what a scapegoat looks like up close and personal because the state of Florida wanted to pin the whole tragedy on John Lerro and take it away from their own shortcomings. That bridge was unprotected. It was shoddily constructed. It should not have collapsed, but it did. That case showed that you don’t have to have a lot of folks lose their life before you put up a stoplight.

I was 17-0 as an amateur boxer. I got to meet Muhammad Ali. I knew Ferdie Pacheco very, very well. Angelo Dundee and I became friends. I became very aware of boxers who were impaired, brain damaged. Boxers for many decades have been suffering from CTE and brain problems, so I’ve helped them. George Steinbrenner was a dear friend of mine. In 2000, he was instrumental in getting me appointed co-chair of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials. Believe it or not, Ferdie and Angelo put me up for the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame and I got in. So, I’m not only in the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, I’m just as proud to be a member of the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame. Now, I’m not in because of my boxing. I got hit enough to know I wasn’t a great boxer, and I had to quit. I was getting the hell knocked out of me, and I wanted to stay pretty.

When I got the call from Fred Levin and Gov. Chiles to join the tobacco case, the reason it took me five seconds — less actually — to say yes was simple.

My mother died at age 67 from a smoking-related illness. My father died at 58 from a smoking-related illness. I wanted to nail the tobacco industry. So when I got the opportunity, no matter how little a chance everyone thought we had to win, I was going to go for it. The impact we had in Florida was just the tip of the spear. Our work was passed on to the remaining states, and that’s what caused a multistate settlement of $200 billion. The advertising concessions that we extracted from them — eliminating billboards, vending machines, the Marlboro Man, Joe Camel, the Virginia Slims, the list goes on and on — were also passed on. We also made them pay for the ‘truth’ campaign to tell our youth about the dangers of nicotine addiction. The decline in youth smoking has demonstrated the number of lives that were able to be saved by the work of a few very courageous trial lawyers who used their own money and took the risk of a lifetime to take that case on.

world with respect to safety and good construction.

So at least those 35 people who lost their lives 40 years ago didn’t die in vain.

The four words on the U.S. Supreme Court, carved in stone, have always meant something to me — ‘Equal Justice Under Law.’ No matter how rich or powerful they are on the other side, I can match up, and that’s a good feeling.

I’ve outlived my dreams, man, and that was hard to do because I dreamed big.

This interview was originally published in the August issue of Florida Trend magazine. You’ll find other interviews by Art Levy in Made in Florida: Artists, Celebrities, Activists, Educators, and Other Icons in the Sunshine State, published last year by the University Press of Florida. The book includes interviews with prominent Floridians dating back to 2007. It’s available at bookstores and upf.com.

I’ve been in the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico and gone down 30 or 40 feet and held my breath, and it’s like being in space. It’s all dark blue.

No up. No down. No side to side. It’s like being suspended in beautiful, pure blueness.

The best way to suppress the truth is to wipe out the media or wipe out the media’s credibility.

Without the media, what’s going to happen — if the media continues to be an endangered species and then an extinct species — is that the truth will become whatever it is those in power want it to be.

And on that day, democracy will die.

I forgave my father when I was about 13, and I was a loving son until he died at age 58. He was a lovely man, except when he came back from work late at night. He was not himself and could get physical with my mom and, of course, I had to step in for my mom because any son worth his salt was going to do that, although I knew the outcome. My dad was an undefeated heavyweight boxing champion in the Pacific theater during World War II. But I know he didn’t mean it, and I know he had a problem, and I’m so glad I forgave him.

The new Sunshine Skyway Bridge is looked at as a template for modern bridges all around the

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MediaWise for Seniors Joan Lunden to help raise consciousness of the unknowing spread of misinformation.

SIGN UP! MediaWise for Seniors Photo by Andrew Eccles

BY AMY SCHERZER Times Correspondent MediaWise for Seniors ambassador Joan Lunden values her journalism reputation as the first female co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America and the longest-running host of any early morning television show (1980 to 1997). Since the coronavirus pandemic, the best-selling author of 12 books has become an outspoken influence on older adults unwittingly sharing sensational, misleading and potentially dangerous news about the government, health care and racial disparity. In a new role next year as an adjunct professor in Lehigh University’s College of Health, Lunden will teach “Population Health and the Media.”

The conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.

What made you say “Yes!” to becoming a MediaWise for Seniors Ambassador?

When they approached me and I heard the end goal, I thought, Wow, my mom would believe anything as she grew older. That generation grew up in a world where you could believe everything you read in the newspaper and you didn’t second guess your doctor.

That’s how they lived life, believing the information that was coming to them was the truth. Now here they are living in a world with a tremendous amount of deception and deliberate disinformation with the intent of changing your political viewpoint.

Have you found seniors becoming more gullible in the digital age, particularly when many are isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic?

Pandemic-wise, everyone’s been at home, bored and on the internet. So that’s another lit match thrown onto the fire. Websites pop up, supposedly bringing you news but in fact it was opinion. The whole purpose is to change your point of view and sway opinion. Definitely the pandemic has made the whole thing that much worse.

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MediaWise for Seniors offers free handson lessons to separate fact from fiction online.

Are you finding older adults to be interested and receptive to fact-checking training?

Boomers are the first generation to come into the aging process tech savvy to some point, but they do not understand what an algorithm is. And that makes them a target. MediaWise teaches them that what you see is because of what you tend to click on all the time.

It’s a real eye opener.

At 87, my father-in-law spends his days with his iPad. It’s his form of entertainment. He comes to me many times with something I immediately recognize is not real. And I’ll say, ‘Where did you read that? Who’s behind that info? What’s the evidence? Can you verify it? Is it a one-off or are there other sources?” Then he says, “Oh, I’ve never thought about that,” but by that time has shared it with 20 other people.

Learn tools and techniques for factchecking what you see on the internet so you can protect yourself against misinformation. First lesson available Sept. 24.

So you’re proposing that everyone, especially seniors, should maintain a healthy dose of skepticism whenever and wherever they get their news?

Unfortunately, we’ve never lived in a time like this when so much of what is delivered is exploitation. But they all love forwarding information and there’s no stopping and checking it out. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, it’s all about sharing. Something like 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day… a huge bubble in our population but they’re working and doing Pilates and playing tennis. They are engaged in life, healthy and active. They tend to be civic minded. They all vote.

But they also have more disposable income, and that makes them a target. They’re starting to have diminished cognitive abilities and that makes them a target. It’s never been more important to take a second look at what you’re seeing on the internet.

Fact-Checking Course Objectives

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Enroll online:

poynter.org/mediawise-for-seniors For more info, email:

info@newsu.org

• Identify and spot the seven different types of misinformation and explain why someone shared them.

• Fact-check social media posts using tools and techniques of professional fact-checkers.

• Verify images and videos you encounter on the internet.

• Identify and consume online news responsibly.

• Explain to family and friends the pitfalls of sharing misinformation and teach them how to fact-check.

Fact OR Fiction Identifying reliable information online is urgent, especially for seniors.

BY AMY SCHERZER Times Correspondent

ST. PETERSBURG - Poynter Institute senior multimedia reporter Alex Mahadevan traveled the country teaching teens and college students how to think like journalists when clicking on internet news.

“If you see anything suspect, stop and ask yourself ‘Who, What, When, Where, Why,”’ he instructed the MediaWise for Generation G digital literacy classes. “Who is sharing it, Joe Blow who has no scientific background?

What is the evidence? When and where was it posted? A reputable site?”

Ironically, said Mahadevan, as he demonstrated how to fact-check information seen and shared online, “the most frequent question I got was, ‘Do you have something like this for my dad or my mother-in-law?’”

With a global pandemic, a presidential election and hurricane season whipping up the perfect storm for misinformation, adapting the Poynter Institute’s non-partisan training programs for other demographics gained urgency.

In January, Mahadevan helped launched the MediaWise Voter Project. By June, MediaWise for Seniors offered online seminars, classes and public service announcements. “The timing was right to get this moving,” he said. “Misinformation lives during crises.”

Let’s test your truth detection abilities right here.

Fact or Fiction:

America’s oldest demographic also happens to be the category Most Likely to Vote, with 46 percent turning to Facebook for their news. Few understand how social media platforms are technologically designed using computer algorithms to continuously trigger certain stories to their newsfeed.

Fact. MediaWise for Seniors creates selfdirected online courses to teach techniques for sorting fact from fiction. “In the digital world, misinformation can be a matter of life, death and democracy,” said Mahadevan.

Fact or Fiction:

Older adults are more likely to be targets of online scams, phishing and hoaxes than other age groups, unwittingly giving out account numbers, passwords and other personal data.

Fact. To help protect the 50+ population, MediaWise for Seniors consults with AARP to create interactive curriculum for its nearly 37 million members to learn how to evaluate multiple sources to make good choices and prevent identity theft. (See info box.)

Fact or Fiction:

Just as seniors are at highest risk of dying from coronavirus, so are they most susceptible to believing biased and harmful false news stories from questionable sources.

Fact.

Covid-19 falsehoods are rampant, from cell towers as a cause to drinking bleach for a cure. MediaWise for Seniors’ first virtual town hall drew 41,000 viewers to Facebook for a discussion with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

“You see a lot of news out of context and out of date,” Mahadevan said. “I had to debunk a YouTube video that showed Dr. Anthony Fauci saying you don’t need a mask. It had millions of views but it was from February or March before the CDC understood.”

Fact or Fiction:

Sharks have been photographed swimming on a flooded highway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Fiction. Not during Harvey, Sandy, Irma or any other hurricane. People fall for that fake photo every time.

Fact or Fiction:

Influential journalists and media celebrities concerned that older Americans are reading and spreading disinformation have signed on to be MediaWise for Seniors Ambassadors.

Fact.

Former Good Morning America anchor Joan Lunden and CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour are among those raising awareness and scrutiny of fake and fabricated news. (See sidebar.)

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offers courses for those never too old to learn

BY FRED W. WRIGHT JR. Times Correspondent

Taking advantage of technology, the Eckerd College OLLI program continues to offer seniors low-cost or free access to many of its workshops, lectures or events. You might say that OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), despite the pandemic, is Zooming right along.

Online topics in November and December include “Women Inventors Who Don’t Make the History Books” and “Gentle Yoga” and range from “The Invisible Universe” to “Make ’em Laugh: Comedy in Music.” More than 40 different workshops will be offered in the two months.

Since OLLI’s audience is “adult learners” 50 and older in Tampa Bay, classes and events have migrated to the internet. OLLI classes will continue to be offered online, with the goal of returning to local sessions once conditions permit, according to Mary Szaroleta, director.

OLLI also offers some free social events (prior registration is required). These include “Sip and Share: a Virtual Happy Hour” and a Meditation class.

Mary Szaroleta Director of OLLI

Registration for the 7-week November-December Winter Term is Oct. 7 for members and Oct. 14 for nonmembers of OLLI. “This gives our members a little extra time to register. Some workshops fill up,” Szaroleta said.

One of the most popular classes this summer has been a Floridathemed series, she said. “It was a series of classes under the Florida umbrella,” Szaroleta said, (with) “multi-session courses on early history and literature from the Spanish perspective.

Another benefit of using the internet for OLLI, she said, is having guest instructors from other colleges and universities. “Because we’re virtual now, we have this opportunity to expand our faculty,” Szaroleta said.

Contact Fred W. Wright at travelworld@aol.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION Go to: eckerd.edu/OLLI To see schedule of workshops and events, click on “Calendar” at top of welcome page.

Local program gives back to caregivers

BY MAUREEN FAMIANO

The non-profit, Empower Florida was founded five years ago to unite the senior care facilitator communities with important information, guidelines and training. Recently, Empower Florida decided to launch a series of events showcasing community appreciation for caregivers. They are calling that initiative the Big Give Back.

Throughout the pandemic they have provided PPE’s, treats, support and encouragement to frontline caregivers in senior living communities and group homes.

The Big Give Back aims to lift spirits. Director of Empower Florida, Gary Hartfield, said, “It is a way to show essential workers some love.” He said they often guide them on matters of business, but this is a matter of the heart. “If we can show them we care, they can continue to provide support to seniors with a little bounce to their step. Everyone likes to feel appreciated.”

Big Give Back events have evolved and are now drive-through and socially distanced. The next event is October 3 at Big Storm Brewery in Clearwater. The brewery has teamed up with Empower Florida and will be providing hand sanitizer and other PPE products like masks and gloves to keep the seniors safe. The event is free for caregivers but advance registration is required.

Maureen Famiano is President of MEFMedia and can be reached at maureen@mefmedia.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION Go to: empower-florida.org or call 727-648-4925.

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MY FAVORITE CAR Tom Perkins, 74, Tampa

1965 Corvette Stingray Convertible

I use to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day. In 1981 I made a deal with my wife, Ginger, that if I would quit smoking, I could buy a Corvette. She agreed and I quit smoking cold turkey and have not smoked since. I started looking around for a nice Corvette in Baton Rouge, LA, where we lived back then. I found a few but none of them excited me much so in May of 1983, I drove to a car auction in Jackson, MS, and purchased this car for $9,000 and drove it home that day.

When I first saw this Corvette I fell in love with the mid year (1963 to 1967) body style and the blue on blue color. It was mostly original and was exactly what I was looking for.

One day Ginger and I were out driving and were going up the entrance ramp to the interstate with the top down. There was a guy What’s the story behind your favorite or first car? We’d like to share it. in the ditch on the side of the road digging around in the water with a stick. Just as we Please send: • Your name, city where you live and your age (with your date of birth). were going by he flung a big snake out of the water and it slid right across the hood of the • The year, make and model of the car, with a description of the car car. We have always wondered what would and why you love it. have happened if I had been going just a little • A high-resolution photo or a scanned image. (Must be of the actual faster and it had come into the car. car.)

The Corvette is just as beautiful as the day • Send to drive@tampabay.com and put My Favorite Car or I bought it and it is still my favorite car after My First Car in the subject line.

37 years.

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ASTRONOMY Daryl L. Schrader

Photo by Alex Andrews from Pexels

Evening: Mars is in the east and will be visible all night. It will be its closest and brightest until 2035. Now is the best time to see its features in a telescope. Mars and Jupiter will be near equal brightness this month.

Look to the south to find the Saturn and Jupiter duo. Jupiter is to the right of Saturn.

Dawn: Venus rises a few hours before the Sun in the east.

Sky Calendar October Oct. 1: Full moon. The star Regulus is just below brilliant Venus at dawn in the east.

Oct. 2: Mars and the moon rise together this evening in the east.

Watch them journey together all night long.

Oct. 3: The moon is at its greatest distance (apogee) from the Earth at 252,476 miles. Look to the west before sunrise to find Mars near the moon.

Oct. 6: Mars is closest to the Earth at 38.6 million miles away. It will appear its largest in a telescope until 2035.

Oct. 9: Last quarter moon.

Oct. 13: Mars is at opposition – directly opposite the direction of the Sun. Oct. 14: A thin crescent moon is to the lower left of Venus in the east before dawn.

Oct. 16: The new moon is at a perigee (closest) at 221,775 miles.

Oct. 21: The Orionid meteor shower peaks before dawn. Look to the southeast where the meteors will seem to radiate near the constellation Orion. You may see as many as 12 meteors per hour under dark skies.

Oct. 22: Look to the south at dusk to see Saturn, Jupiter and the moon form a triangle. The constellation to their lower right is Sagittarius, the teapot.

Oct. 23: First quarter moon.

Oct. 25: Mercury is in inferior conjunction (between us and the sun).

Oct. 29: Mars is just above the moon, at dusk in the east.

Oct. 30: The moon is again at apogee (at 252,522 miles).

Oct. 31: Second full moon this month. Happy Halloween.

Daryl L. Schrader is professor emeritus at St. Petersburg College and has taught astronomy at the University of South Florida.

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