Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 12, 2011

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THE GOOD LIFE

 Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 12, 2011 

SENIOR HAPPENINGS

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS

Today’s Subject: 

Recipe of the Week:

Activities: 

THE POWER OF TOUCH

Unless listed differently, all activities are at the 
Hart Memorial Park (Senior Center) 222 W. Sierra 
Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre

BAKED RED SNAPPER 

WITH GARLIC

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: City Hall & Hart Park House/
Senior Center Closed on February 21 

• 12 noon: Intervale Lunch Café: Come enjoy 
a hot meal with others. Donation for seniors 
(60+) of $2.00; visitors $3.75. Please call 355-
0256 to make your daily reservation. 

• 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 

• 12 noon: Intervale Lunch Café; daily 
reservations needed 355-0256 

• 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 

• 12 noon: Intervale Lunch Café; daily 
reservations needed 355-0256 

• Free Income Tax assistance - 1 pm to 2 pm. 
For an appointment, please call 355-7394 

• 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: 

• 12 noon: Intervale Lunch Café; daily 
reservations needed 355-0256 

• 1:00 to 3:30 pm: Game Day. Join us for 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 355-52 

Friday: City Hall Closed on February 11 & 25 

12 noon: Intervale Lunch Café; daily 
reservations needed 355-0256 

Saturday: 

11:30 am: Senior Club brown bag lunch and 
BINGO at 12:30 pm. The Senior Club always 
welcomes new members ($5 membership 
dues per year) so please stop by to learn more.


Bodywork fills a need in the world of 
health care which is, well, untouched by other 
approaches. In it, we find the capacity to move 
along cares and concerns, pain and suffering. 
Why is such a simple, ancient way of promoting 
healing so easily overlooked? Several reasons 
come to mind: Our society’s unhealthy attitudes 
around touching one another; technology’s 
promises to resolve the messy issues of disease 
and dysfunction in more precise ways; touch 
is low-tech, therefore seemingly outdated and 
ineffective. We aren’t well informed about what 
deeper healing feels like ~ in other words, we may 
believe that, if the physical symptoms disappear, 
the underlying influences are resolved as well.

Most body therapies work on a different 
premise. Yes, the goal is to reduce pain, and these 
therapies work well in doing just that. There is, 
however, often an additional level of well-being 
experienced when the body is “moved through” 
a healing crisis. We often hear, “I haven’t felt this 
good in years!” or “The last time you worked 
with me, I had an awareness that I needed 
to change my job, that it is making me sick!” 
What this implies is that the body, and our 
way of thinking and feeling about the world, 
are intertwined. What about those areas of 
tension between the shoulder blades, the 
low back, those headaches? To the body 
worker, these are indicators of stress and, if 
they can be reduced, the stress associated 
with them can also be alleviated. The person 
may begin to see life in a clearer light now 
that the “blockage” is cleared. This is the 
essence of healing, the recovery of wholeness 
as experienced by the individual.

The gold standard for pain reduction is 
the two-cent aspirin. Originally derived 
from white willow bark, this medicine is 
often the first thing that many consider 
when pain is experienced. Fair enough, 
why would anyone want to spend $65 or 
more when over-the-counter medicines 
relieve pain? Let’s pause a moment. If the 
aspirin (or Tylenol or Ibuprofen) relieves the 
pain, is that all there is to it? Most would answer 
resoundingly, “Yes!” Look a little deeper now: 
We can ask, “What is the pain communicating 
to me? Did I eat something I’m allergic to? Am 
I angry with my boss? Am I just exhausted?” 
All of these concerns, and more, are tied to the 
symptoms our bodies exhibit. By following 
the breadcrumbs back to the source, you have 
information that can resolve the underlying 
problem for good. The hands-on approach 
can promote a higher level of awareness and 
aliveness. This is the opposite of the suppressive 
influences of painkillers and narcotics. 
In closing, the body’s signals of discomfort 
may lead to true breakthroughs in how we live. 
Deep in the recesses of the human body lives 
the information we need and have been longing 
for, encouraging us to experience our unique 
qualities of wholeness.

To your health! Dr. John

INGREDIENTS:

2 red snapper fillets, about 6 to 8 ounces each

4 tablespoons butter

1 medium clove garlic, pressed or minced

3 or 4 drops Worcestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning, or your 
own favorite seasoning blend, with salt

1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1 to 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley

1 teaspoon snipped fresh or frozen chives, optional

3 to 4 tablespoons plain or seasoned bread crumbs

2 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan cheese, 
optional

DIRECTIONS: 

Place snapper fillets in a baking dish which has been 
sprayed with a butter-flavored baking spray. 

In a skillet, melt butter with garlic, Worcestershire 
sauce, Creole seasoning blend, pepper, parsley, and 
chives, if using. Cook on low for 2 minutes, just to 
blend flavors. Brush both sides of fish fillets with the 
butter and herb mixture. Toss bread crumbs in the 
remaining butter mixture; sprinkle over the fillets.

Bake at 400° for about 12 minutes, depending on 
thickness of fillets, until fish flakes easily and is no 
longer translucent.

Serves 2. 

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. 


March Birthdays

Ella Guttman, Santos Ruiz, Viky Tchatlian, 
Mary Cooper, Georgina “Snooky” Greger, 
Sun Lui, Helen Wallis

Meals-On-Wheels


John M. Talevich, D.C. 

CHIROPRACTIC: Simple, Elegant, Effective

31 S. Baldwin Avenue Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

626-355-4710

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.


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. 

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.

TAI CHI CHUAN

Don’t forget!! – The next Tai Chi series begins again on 
Monday, March 14, so do call us at 626.821.4623 to register. 

Master Mo Chi Sasian Yau, Instructor 

MONDAY NIGHTS at the Arboretum

Ayres Hall 

Beginning and Intermediate: 6:30-7:30pm

8 Mondays, March 14 - May 2 (3/21 - held in Bamboo Room)

 

Ayres Hall: Enter through the side gate next to the main entrance of the Arboretum, 

301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia 91007

 

$56 members/$64 non-members for 8 sessions

Call 626.821.4623 to register for the class.

Please enter through the side gate near the main entrance of the Arboretum; be sure to wear 
comfortable clothes and rubber-soled shoes. The class is for both beginners and intermediate 
students, and begins at 6:30pm on Monday evenings. Pre-registration preferred…Jill…

Tai Chi exercises increase energy, enhance flexibility and mobility, develop self-discipline, 
release stress, help to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, bolster self-confidence and control 
balance! Try it! Master Mo Chi has extensive professional credentials, and is currently teaching 
this very popular class at the Arcadia Community Center.

For more information contact jill.berry@arboretum.org. 

INCOME TAX TIME

Don Brunner will be volunteering his time once 
again to assist seniors with filing their 2010 tax 
return. The service is free but appointments are 
necessary. 

 Every Wednesday - February 9th to April 6th 
1 pm to 2 pm Hart Park House / Senior Center, 
222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre (in 
Memorial Park). Please call the Senior Desk at 
(626) 355-7394 to make an appointment. 


MORE ACTIVITIES

 The Sierra Madre Library is offering a 
new program to homebound persons 
in Sierra Madre called “Titles To Go” - 
Where volunteers bring the library to 
you! For more information, please call 
Ana Valencia at (626) 355-7186. 

• Sierra Madre Aquatic Center, 611 E. 
Sierra Madre Blvd., will be open for 
spring lap swimmers & walkers starting 
March 14 through June 12. Hours: 
12 noon to 2 pm (Sunday, Monday, 
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday) 
and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (Tuesday & 
Wednesday). Cost is $100 per person 
for a spring pass (no daily admission). 
This is a great opportunity for low 
impact exercise in a heated pool. For 
more information, please call 
(626) 355-5278. 


LUNCH & LEARN 

Join the Senior Community Commission at the Sierra 
Madre Hart Park House / Senior Center for a 
FREE presentation. Lunch is available for a $2 donation 
by calling (626) 355-0256 by 12 noon the 
day before. 


DIAL - A - RIDE 
TICKETS

Tickets can now be 
purchased at:

Sierra Madre City 
Hall

Hart Park House / 

Senior Center

Sierra Madre Library

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