LifeTimes Sept. 2021

Living well after 50

Tampa Bay Times | Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

Florida Birds

SWOOP STRUT SOAR At the Florida Birding and Nature Festival Pages 4 and 5

CROSSWORD Double Feature by Merl Reagle ACROSS 1 7 11 16 18 19 21

23 24 25 26 27 28 33 36 37 38 39 47 48 49 50 51 52 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 76

“An old division of Russia? Confound it!”

In there at first Agents Actress McDormand Self concepts Sidney Toler’s last film as Charlie Chan Where you might hear the following: “So then, not too many planes are landin’ here, I’m guessin’.”

“Oh yah?”

Bring back Word before way or well Ten-speed feature Animal fat Surfacing stuff Backup singers in a RuPaul video?

Body-treating body: abbr.

Top-secret org.

Soil toil buys Snoopy’s WWI persona Do-gooders’ love triangle?

“Are you now or have you ___ ...”

Actress Helgenberger Grp. of actors Shuffle Part of A.D. Crusoe, for one Revenuer’s only thought?

In imitation of Damage The sailor’s okay Nasser’s ’58 alliance Words in a tic-tac-toe instruction Watney’s product The Snow White story, updated?

Drops

78 79 80 81 82 87

92 93 94 95 96 104 105 106 107 110 112 115 116 117 118 119 120

Pilot’s prefix Velvet’s horse Nelson and Norton Number of a’s in “Saarland” Fancy-schmancy actor Tabloid headline about space aliens causing a lot of “won-ton” destruction?

Maria’s intro Continent prefix Above, to Shakespeare Unaccustomed A bunion?

Dinghy slower Split ___ Perry’s creator Put one’s foot down ... hard Weird Something She complains about after He takes a shower?

Trounced Resort area N of Provo “Do you ___ tell the truth ...”

Oil fire expert Red Fit together Parsons’ homes

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Word after pay or play Spoiled one Calif. NFLer Ms. Dickinson Disdain A cozy drink?

Calyx component Bazaar ancestor In favor of World record finish?

Dolly the clone, e.g.

Ants and weeds

13 Addams Family hairy cousin 14 Arousing art 15 Christian foe in the Crusades 17 Is hired officially 19 Platitude 20 Employment benefit 22 Old lutelike instrument 26 Husky vehicle 29 Concerning 30 Styx boatman 31 “Did you ever hear of ... ___?” (Carl Denham) 32 Nearly treeless plain 33 “O Captain ...” subject 34 Dallas player, briefly 35 Went gobble gobble?

40 Garr-Keating comedy 41 Somewhat 42 A word to the waiting 43 “___ expert but ...”

44 It means “billionth” 45 AARP, for one 46 Stack up 51 Flock’s response 52 Fellow 53 Spacious 54 Friendly 55 Ointment ingredient 56 (“Boy, is this boring”) 57 1960s cut 58 Clinton played sax for him 59 Hydrox rival 60 Start of a western 61 Argus’s 100 62 Sapporo sport 67 Skilled 69 Foaming action 70 Wife of Albert Einstein 71 “Waiter, s’il vous plaît” 72 Smell 73 Exodus author 74 Dentist’s request 75 One of the Simpsons

The crossword puzzle solution is on Page 7.

77 Boulevardier’s topper 81 Famed archeological site, Mohenjo-___ 82 “Is That All ___?”

83 “Java” trumpeter Al 84 Radiation tidbit 85 Feeling you’re struck by 86 Suspenseful Cary Grant film, for short?

87 A screenwriting nom de plume of W.C. Fields,

___ Kane Jeeves 88 Said positively 89 Looked after 90 Pulls 91 “I ___ just scream” 96 Coin flip 97 Monsieur Verdoux 98 Actress Stevens 99 Poet who was part Butler 100 Bible figure for whom a media giant is named

101 102 103 108 109 111 112 113 114

Tessie or Milo Actor Hawke Touches the clouds Pesky arachnid Favorable aspects Club for driving Singing Cooke Ring shout Certain guy, in personalad shorthand

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| Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times SSP

Larry Van Gelder, 76

MY FAVORITE CAR St. Petersburg

1969 Chevy Corvette

This was my first NEW car, a 1969 Chevy Corvette, ordered from the factory in the fall of 1968 and delivered in January, 1969. I still own and drive it nearly weekly – now 52 years later. It was originally equipped with the 390 HP 427 and 4-speed transmission that I replaced decades later with an aftermarket aluminum 479 CID supercharged and fuelinjected big block and 6-speed manual transmission. I completed the majority of the custom fiberglass bodywork

in 1978, with the nose modified in 1992. Early on, my wife and I both autocrossed it regularly, but it was our “daily driver” for many years and the car in which both of our children first rode on their way home from the hospitals where they were born.

It’s an integral part of our family that has been with us for most of our adult lives and the entire lives of our kids and grandkids. As such, it will never even be considered for sale. More info at www.NightwindVette.com

SSP Tampa Bay Times | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |

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Festival Welcomes Florida Nature Lovers

Roseate Spoonbill

Bird professionals offer rare tours of Florida preservation areas in six counties during peak migration.

BY AMY SCHERZER LifeTimes Correspondent APOLLO BEACH - Backyard birdwatchers and serious birders, wildlife enthusiasts and experts, will flock to the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, three-days of exhibitions and excursions to West Central Florida preservation areas, many rarely open to visitors.

“We have some of the best birding sites in Florida,” said Ann Paul, festival president. “I love telling people how special the Tampa Bay area is for birds, literally the most fantastic place on the planet. People really do come from all over the world.”

Admission and parking are free at the Nature Expo, Oct. 15, 16 and 17, at the TECO Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach. Environmental organizations, government agencies and nature-related vendors and artists will be on display 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in an open-air

space beneath the elevated building at 6990 Dickman Road.

Throughout the weekend, field trippers will be birding and exploring 36 wildlife sites in six counties, accompanied by renowned naturalists and property managers.

“These leaders almost never do this but they are doing it for us,” said Paul, who retired in 2020 after 29 years managing seabird nesting colonies throughout the state for Audubon Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries.

Field experiences range from extreme birding in Fort De Soto

Gopher Tortoise

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| Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times SSP

Photos by Tom Bell

Park to a wagon ride t h r o u g h Cockroach Bay Aquatic preserve; a Se7en Wetlands tram tour to butterfly spying at the Fred and Idah Schultz Preserve in Gibsonton.

A trip might have just 10 kayaks or 100 passengers aboard the Florida Aquarium’s Bay Spirit II cruising down Hillsborough Bay to an Audubon sanctuary island where a third of the state’s roseate spoonbills as well as numerous white ibis and brown pelicans nest in the spring. Dolphin sightings

Black-crowned Night Heron

are likely en route.

“We’ve kept the canoe and walking trips small to be as safe as possible in a pandemic,” said Paul.

“They’ll meet on site, no carpools, and masks and social distancing are requested.”

Nature lovers opting to avoid crowds these days can sign up for 14 “really interesting Zoom talks,” Paul continued.

“Marc Minno wrote the book on Florida butterflies; Jerry Lorenz is the leading biologist in the state on roseate spoonbills.”

Other Zoom seminar topics include swallow-tail kites, rattlesnakes, coyotes and caracaras. All field trips and seminars require

Coyote

registration and a small fee.

“We’re the least expensive birding festival in the USA and one of the best,” Paul said.

Previous festivals have been held at Eckerd College and HCC, both the SouthShore and Brandon campuses.

“When the 2020 expo was cancelled, we used that time to incorporate as a 501(c)(3) and we are now an independent nonprofit,” said Paul, welcoming volunteers to sign up online.

“There’s a lot to do and it’s fun to get involved and meet other like-minded enthusiasts. We’re offering a free seminar of your choice if you sign up to help.”

Two evening events round out the expo; both include a buffet dinner with popular keynote speakers.

Well-known Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter and author Craig Pittman will speak Oct. 15 in the TECO Clean Energy Demonstration Room. Veteran bird photographer Clay Taylor, manager of Swarovski Optik’s North America market, will discuss digiscoping (digi-binocular photography) during dinner Oct. 16.

Keynotes are $20 over Zoom or $40 in person, with the buffet and two drinks included.

“The festival date is always timed to coincide with the fall migration of more than 180 species,” says board member Joe Guidry, an award-winning journalist known for raising awareness of the state’s adverse environmental policies on the Tampa Tribune editorial pages.

“You don’t have to be an expert birder to enjoy the festival, which is a good thing because I certainly am not.

“Birding fanatic or not, you should have a wonderful time experiencing, and learning about, natural Florida.”

Photo by Robert Sheets

Florida Birding and Nature Festival Oct. 15, 16, 17 Three-day festival includes a Nature Expo featuring environmental organizations, government agencies and nature-related artists and vendors at TECO Manatee Viewing Center, 6990 Dickman Rd., Apollo Beach.

Also 14 Zoom seminars; 36 expert-led field and boat trips to West Central Florida wildlife sites, and two keynote dinner programs.

NATURE EXPO: Oct. 15 and 16; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meet, shop and learn with nature enthusiasts. Free admission; free parking. Lunch will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the cafeteria. Silent auction winners announced at 4 p.m. Must be present to win.

Common Yellowthroat Photos by Tom Bell

REGISTRATION AND TICKETS: $150 ($75 for students) at www.fbnfestival.org.

Field trips and keynotes are add-ons and are not included with registration.

SEMINARS: Your registration covers all seminars. You must register for the Festival to attend any seminar. FIELD TRIPS: You must register for the Festival to sign up for field trips. KEYNOTES: Registration is not required to purchase keynote tickets. No registration fee will be added. COVID-19 guidelines enforced.

Andee Richards, Festival administrator (813) 444-0115 Ann Paul, Festival president (813) 624-3149 EXPERT ZOOM SEMINARS: Zoom broadcast seminars from experts in their fields. View live Oct. 15 and 16 or subscribe on YouTube afterward.

FIELD & BOAT TRIPS: Add a Friday, Saturday or Sunday canoe, kayak or walking tour to your registration. Among the guided experiences: Cross Bar Ranch in Spring Hill; Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County; Egmont Key; the Bullfrog Creek Mitigation Area and the Shultz Preserve.

KEYNOTE DINNERS: Oct. 15: Welcome by Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith; keynote address by bestselling author and award-winning journalist Craig Pittman. 6 p.m.; TECO Clean Energy Demonstration Room; In-person dinner $40 with the buffet and two drinks included; $20 over Zoom.

RSVP required.

Oct. 16: Acclaimed bird photographer Clay Taylor, Naturalist Market Manager for Swarovski Optik North America, will share his work from 45 years of birding. 6 p.m.; TECO Clean Energy Demonstration Room; In-person dinner $40 with the buffet and two drinks included; $20 over Zoom.

RSVP required.

Brown Pelican

Refund policy: If a trip is cancelled due to safety concerns, participants may request a refund or transfer the fee to an alternate excursion if space is available. In the event the festival is cancelled, participants may roll their fee over to the 2022 festival, donate the fee or request a refund.

SSP Tampa Bay Times | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |

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STEP BY STEP

Sally Anderson

Photos by Dan Canoro

PUSH-PULL TRAINING Want to add a little variety to your exercise routine? There are many ways to put a program together; here is one if you want to add some new moves. It is very effective at developing a well-balanced fullbody strength workout. It mimics our everyday movement patterns of pushing and pulling, such as pushing to place something on a high shelf, then pulling it down from the shelf. Basically you will be targeting muscle groups that work together at the same time, and to create muscle balance you will be working opposing muscles.

Before you begin your workout you should perform at least 5 to 10 minutes of dynamic stretching, which is stretching with easy movements. Save the stretch-andhold static stretches for the end of your workout.

In the push workout, you will be training all upper-body pushing muscles.

The push part of the workout

occurs when you contract the muscle and push away from the body; the primary muscles involved include chest, shoulders, and triceps. Examples of push exercises are push-ups, forward lunges, shoulder presses, and tricep extensions.

A pull movement is just the opposite.

You will be training all the upper body muscles; however, when you contract the muscles you will be pulling toward your body. And the primary muscles are the back muscles, biceps and forearms.

Examples of pull exercises for upper body are lat pull downs, pull-ups, single arm rows and bicep curls.

Legs and abdominals day.

Your focus would be working on your entire lower body and you would perform a legs day once or twice a week. You will be covering quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves

and abdominals. For your legs, squats, lunges and calf raises are lower-body pushes while deadlift variations, bridges and leg curls are lower-body pulls. Abdominal exercises are your personal favorites.

You have a choice on how you can implement your push-pull routine. You could do the pushpull combination the same day three or four times a week. You could perform a push move then follow with a pull movement for 1–3 sets of 10-12 repetitions of each exercise. In another routine plan, you could alternate the days, push movements one day and pull movements the next day.

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

Your Move | Demonstrated by Sharon Dindal Sample Push-Pull Routine for a Home Workout Select 1-4 push-pull exercise combinations Perform 1-3 sets of 8-12 repetitions for each exercise Rest for 2-3 minutes between sets

Overhead Tricep Extension (push movement) Targets back of upper ams but also works chest, shoulders, lats, forearms.

• Standing tall, feet hip-distance apart, hold one weight with both hands.

• Contract abdominals as you lift weight over head.

• Bend arms from elbows behind head close to ears. This is now the beginning position.

• Straighten arms from elbows as you push arms upward.

• Slowly bend arms, lowering weight behind head.

• Continue to straighten and bend arms, repeating 8-12 times.

Tip: Keep arms by ears throughout movement; avoid elbows flaring out to the sides.

Single Arm Row

(pull movement) Targets back and improves core stability while strengthening shoulders and biceps.

• Holding a weight in right hand, place left knee and left hand on a bench.

• Hand should be under shoulder while knee is under hip.

• Head and spine are in a neutral position; avoid rounding back.

• Contract abdominals and extend right arm toward floor.

• On exhaling, pull weight up with control toward shoulder.

• Inhale as you lower weight down to starting position.

• Repeat pattern for 8-12 repetitions, switch sides and repeat.

Tip: Concentrate on pulling from back muscles that are behind and below shoulder.

Leg Days – Wall Slide (push movement) Targets front of thighs, glutes, calves and also works the core.

• With arms by sides and back pressing against wall, place feet about two feet in front of you, hip-width apart.

• Abdominals contracted.

• Bending knees, slowly slide back down the wall until knees are over ankles.

• Hold 30 seconds then slowly slide black up wall, repeating 8-12 times.

• Beginners hold slides for fifteen seconds, building up to 30 seconds.

Tip: Avoid allowing knees to go beyond toes.

Hamstring Curls (pull movement) Targets back of thighs and also involves glutes, hip flexors.

• Stand tall with feet hip-width apart, hands on waist or place hands on a chair for balance.

• Slowly bend right knee bringing heel toward buttocks, keeping thigh parallel to floor.

• Slowly lower foot, repeating 8-12 repetitions standing on each leg.

Tip: Avoid sudden jerky movements to prevent injuries.

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| Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times SSP

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SSP Tampa Bay Times | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |

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Chicks on the beach

BY LOU NEWMAN Special to LifeTimes

Several species of birds nest on Florida beaches. These birds nest right on the sand where they are vulnerable to predation and human activity.

Most create a depression in the sand called a “scrape” rather than a “nest.” Two species, the Snowy Plover and the Royal Tern, are pictured here.

Snowy Plover on scrape with two recently hatched chicks and one egg. These chicks, under parental supervision, feed themselves from day one.

It’s hard not to be captivated by the antics of Royal Tern chicks on the beach.

Photos by Lou Newman

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| Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times SSP