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THE GOOD LIFE
Mountain Views News Saturday, September 4, 2010
SENIOR HAPPENINGS
YOUR HEALTH MATTERS
Today’s Subject:
COFFEE: Friend or Foe?
FYI:
HEALTH TIPS FOR
SENIORS*
Senior Health Tip #1 - Now is a great
time for seniors to get out and about.
However sun is harsh on anyone but
more so on the seniors so sunscreen
is a must for all seniors. Their skin
is much more sensitive and must be
protected. Medical sites suggest that
your sunscreen include ingredients
such as benzophenones, cinnamates,
sulisobenzone, salicylates, titanium
dioxide, zinc oxide and avobenzone.
This broad spectrum of ingredients will
help to keep sunburn away.
Senior Health Tip #2 - Many seniors
are able to get around well enough to
go on the mall walks. There are many
mall walks that take place in this area.
Groups of seniors gather at a certain
mall before opening or after closing
to walk inside the mall. This keeps the
seniors out of the heat and in an air-
conditioned indoor area for their daily/
weekly walks.
Senior Health Tip #3- If you have a
senior in your family or know a senior
who is a shut in then contact them to do
a health check once a week. If you are
unable to do this yourself then perhaps
setting up a meals-on-wheels delivery of
meals each day to the shut in will assist
them in becoming and staying healthy
and also give them some company and
companionship daily.
Senior Health Tip #4 - As with everyone
else to be socially active is necessary for
good health. A nice trip on a cruise line
may be in your future. Princess Cruises
have many trips that are geared just
to seniors and have all the safety and
health needs of those seniors in mind.
Senior Health Tip #5 - Make sure that
you are getting enough physical activity
in order to stay healthy. A light form of
dance at a local dance studio not only
gives you a great way to exercise but can
also give them a great social calendar
too. *Source: Associated Content
UPCOMING EXCURSIONS
September 16th - Long Beach Aquarium
& lunch on the Queen Mary.
More information on the September trip
will be available in the next newsletter
or later this month by calling the
Senior Services Desk at (626) 355-7394.
Pasadena Highlands &
Accredited Sponsor Bingo
Prize
Pasadena Highlands, an independent
and assisted living community, is proud
to provide a special gift basket on the
first Tuesday of each month. Accredited
In-Home nursing care will provide a
special prize on the 4th Tuesday of each
month. Bingo takes place every Tuesday
at 1:30 pm in the Hart Park House /
Senior Center in Memorial Park. The
game begins at 1:30 pm but those
wishing to play must arrive 10 minutes
before to secure your Bingo cards.
Join us on the 1st & 4th Tuesday of each
month for your chance to win these
special prizes.
Recipe of the Week:
Black & Blueberry Cobbler
INGREDIENTS:
DOUGH:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut in bits
3/4 cup buttermilk
FILLING:
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 Tablespoons of both lemon juice and water, mixed
2 pints each of fresh blueberries & blackberries (8 cups
total)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
CORNSTARCH MIXTURE:
2 Tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with:
3 Tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS:
Place oven rack in lower third of oven. Heat to 450°F. You’ll
need a 13 x 9-in. baking dish or a shallow 3-qt baking dish.
Dough: Whisk flour, 1/4 cup sugar, the baking powder, baking
soda and salt in medium bowl until blended. Cut in butter with
a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form. Refrigerate flour
mixture and buttermilk separately until ready to top cobbler.
Filling: Mix sugar, zest and lemon juice mixture in a large
deep skillet over high heat. Stir in 1 pint blueberries and
cook, stirring, about 10 minutes until hot and bubbly. Stir in
cornstarch mixture, bring to a boil and boil 1 minute or until
thickened. Stir in remaining blueberries, blackberries and the
vanilla. Spread in baking dish.
Stir flour mixture and buttermilk with a fork until a biscuit-
like dough forms. Drop eight 1/4-cupfuls, evenly spaced, over
hot filling. Sprinkle biscuits with remaining 2 Tbsp sugar.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden and filling
is bubbly. Cool in dish on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room
temperature.
There's really nothing like a good cuppa Joe.
Even better, the latest studies indicate that
coffee has many health benefits due to its
antioxidant qualities. The literature suggests
that one to six cups of java per day may
decrease our chances of developing diabetes,
Alzheimer's disease and some cancers. So,
let's get drinking, right?
At the expense of sounding like the proverbial
scold, I'd just like to suggest we just hold on
for a minute. I'm all for scientific inquiry,
but if you've been to a Starbucks in the early
a.m., you know full well that underneath
those pleasant smiles lurks an urgency that
says, "Get between me and my venti and
I'm taking you down!" If you don't believe
me, let's try a little experiment: place a half
dozen customers on the inside of the coffee
joint and lock the door. Video and interpret
the responses from the people who cannot
go in. Looks slightly rabid? Frustrated could
be an understatement.
So, on the one hand we have these positive studies and on the other, real time. Road rage? Forget
the alcohol levels, check the caffeine. The blazing, flu-like headache you experience when you quit
coffee? We all know how that works, we'll just avoid stopping! That headache that seemingly comes
out of nowhere, but may well be tied to too much, or too little, coffee. How about sleeplessness?
We've all heard it, or said it: "I only have one or two cups in the morning." Then there's the
irritability factor: "I don't know what happened, they just made me angry."
What is a stimhead to do? First of all, some people are actually allergic to coffee and it may be
possible to desensitize oneself. Secondly, liver and adrenal function have a lot to do with how the
body responds to caffeine. Have your local health care practitioner advise you on these issues.
The truth is that some people are fine with caffeine, but if you are irritable, sleepless, headachy and
in a world of hurt if you stop drinking coffee, you can't handle the truth. All said, a little bit of
discomfort may be worth it. If not, put down that cuppa Joe and walk away slowly.
Have a great week! Dr. John
Dr. John Talevich, D.C. has practiced in Sierra Madre
for thirty years. His clinic, LifeWorks! Chiropractic,
offers patient-specific approaches to the alleviation
of pain and individually tailored wellness programs.
September Birthdays
Edwina Garcia, Yvonne Osti, Donna
Andersen, Lena Boyadjian, Teresa Chaure,
Cathy Gunther, Esther Macias, Maria
Padgett, Edna Peyton, Sheila Pierce, Denise
Reistetter, Shirley Seiler, Nancy Shollenberger,
LifeWorks! Chiropractic Center
Individually Tailored Wellness Programs
31 S. Baldwin Avenue Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024
626-355-4710
Activities:
Unless listed differently, all activities are at the Hart Memorial Park
(Senior Center) 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre
Lunch Program: Monday-
Friday at the Intervale
Café -12:00 Noon-Call
(626) 355-0256 to make
your daily reservation.
Suggested donation $2.00
for seniors (60+) and $3.75
for visitors.
MENU BELOW
Monday:
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm:
Strength training with Lisa
Brandley. FREE class of
stretching with light hand
weights while you sit.
Tuesday:
2nd Tuesday of each month
FREE blood pressure
checks by Methodist
Hospital; 11 am to 12 noon
3rd Tuesday of each month
FREE financial consulting;
10 -12 noon call 355-7394
for an appointment
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm:
BINGO; cards are only 25
cents each so stop by &
play
5:30 pm to 7 pm: Yoga;
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please
call 355-5278 for more
information
Wednesday:
11 –11:45 am: Balance
Class with Teryl. FREE
class designed to improve
balance & refresh the joints
2nd Wednesday of the
month: FREE Legal
Consultations: 10-11:30
am. Appointments call
355-7394
Wii Wednesday - 1:00
pm or call the senior desk
at 355-7394 to arrange
another time & day to
learn how to play. No
previous experience or
skills required and it is
great exercise.
Thursday:
1:00 to 3:30 pm: Game
Day. Join us for UNO
and Poker with Bridge on
the 2nd & 4th Thursdays;
so please call for more
information.
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Yoga;
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please
call 355-5278 for more
information
Friday:
1:00 pm: Ping Pong
Saturday:
11:30 am: Senior Club
brown bag lunch and
BINGO at 12:30 pm
LAWN BOWLING IN SEPTEMBER
On a hot summer day eight bowlers endured the heat in the Floy Torvid Singles Tournament held
by the Santa Anita Bowling Greens Club at the bowling greens at beautiful Acradia County Park.
The Singles tournament format is to play a morning game, have lunch and play the final game
in the afternoon. All this
depends on the speed of
scoring. Many times the
bowlers play game one
and take a fifteen-minute
break and then play the
final game.
The eventual winners
were: First place: Houdini
Ho. Second: Dick
Ashmore. Third: Shuman
Chan and Fourth place
was Rose Blennov. Other
bowlers were Margi
Rambo, Sandy Dalzell,
Marinko Tudor and club
President, Jim Miller.
Lawn Bowling is a low
impact, light aerobic
exercise that anyone can
enjoy. Many have had
to slow down due to age
or injuries, and lawn
bowling is a great way to get that bit of exercise your body needs. Bending, rolling the bowls,
walking from one end of the green to the other and out in the
sunshine with good friends.
If you think you would like to try lawn bowling, go to our web site: www.lalwnbowling-arcadia.com
<http://www.lalwnbowling-arcadia.com> and get all the information you•ll need to get started. Or,
call Gene Plunkett at 626-351-5327 and get started on the best-kept secret in the sporting world.
The four winning lawn bowlers in the Floy Torvid Singles Competition
held September 2nd were: Rose Blennov (4th) Shuman Chan
(3rd), Houdini Ho (1st), and Dick Ashmore (2nd) (Photo by John
Gonzales)
DIAL - A - RIDE TICKETS
Tickets can now be purchased at:
Sierra Madre City Hall
Hart Park House / Senior Center
Sierra Madre Library
Meals-On-
Wheels
Meals are delivered to home-
bound seniors by volunteer drivers
through the YWCA Intervale
Lunch Program M-F (with frozen
meals for the weekend.) Call
the YWCA at (626) 214-9460 or
Darlene Traxler at (626) 355-0256
for more information.
SIERRA MADRE’S
FARMERS MARKET
Wednesday 4-7pm
Fresh vegetables and seasonal fruits from California
family farms.
Specialty foods, vegetarian and vegan dishes, ethnic foods and hot
food - Everything you’ll find at the farmers market has been made
or picked fresh, is pesticide-free and preservative-free.
Free public parking on Mariposa.
MEALS-ON-WHEELS NEEDS
VOLUNTEERS TO DELIVER
MEALS TO OUR HOMEBOUND
NEIGHBORS **ONCE A MONTH
OR WEEKLY**
Please contact Darlene Traxler at
626.355.6220 or (626) 355-0256.
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