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THE GOOD LIFE

 Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 2, 2011 

SENIOR HAPPENINGS

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS

Today’s Subject: 

Recipe of the Week:

Activities: 

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

The Spring Cleanse

Classic Carrot Cake

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: 

• 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 April 8th & 22nd

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.

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS:


We are in the midst of planning a wonderful 
Life Mask Workshop at our clinic 
to commence on April 25th. One of the 
features will be the opportunity to undertake 
a nutritional cleansing. 

The idea of cleansing is an old and effective 
one. Over time, we all eat too many 
inflammatory foods that can deplete important 
resources and fatigue the body. A 
good recourse is to take on a simple nutritional 
plan for a time, giving your system 
time to rest and rejuvenate, eliminating 
unwanted waste from your body.

There are many great cleansing plans, 
from those designed to eliminate addictions 
and allergens, to plans offering a 
sense of "spring cleaning" to the body and 
palate.

Here is a simple, refreshing cleanse for 
your spring season:

The Spring Cleanse Program ~

Breakfast ~ Select one of the following:

Any kind of hot whole grain cereal with almond milk and fresh fruit.

2-3 kinds of fresh fruit with a handful of raw nuts and seeds.

A poached egg with whole grain toast.

Any kind of melon followed 15 minutes later with 1-2 ripe bananas.

Steamed green vegetable with baked chicken or fish.

8-12 ounces of raw vegetable juice with 1-2 stalks of celery and a handful or raw nuts 
and seeds.

Lunch ~ Select one of the following:

Large raw vegetable salad with olive oil and lemon juice as a dressing. Add low fat cottage 
cheese, chicken, tofu, fish OR raw nuts and seeds.

1-3 kinds of fresh fruit with raw nuts and seeds, 1-2 celery stalks and a few leaves of 
romaine lettuce.

1-2 kinds of steamed veggies with tofu, chicken OR fish.

Dinner ~ Start with a large raw vegetable salad and add one of the following selections:

Baked chicken, fish or tofu.

Steamed green vegetable and baked potato.

Large avocado, steamed green beans and cauliflower.

Brown rice and steamed green vegetables.

Simple whole grain pasta and fresh marinara with one steamed green vegetable.

Baked yam and one steamed green vegetable.

Between meal snacks can include: Almond butter on celery sticks or apple/pear slices. 
Low fat cottage cheese with carrot and/or celery sticks. Rice cake with almond butter.

Use olive oil or sweet butter and simple herbs as seasonings.

That's it! This cleanse, followed for a week or more, will leave you feeling ready to take life 
on afresh!

Have a vital and healthy week, Dr. John

P.S. There is still time to sign up for our workshop. Stop by the office to pick up information or 
enroll. We look forward to seeing you.

2 cups shredded carrots

4 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup canola oil

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

FROSTING

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

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. 

 Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons juice (discard 
remaining juice or save for another use). In a 
large bowl, beat the carrots, eggs, sugars, oil, pineapple 
and reserved juice until In a large bowl, beat 
the carrots, eggs, sugars, oil, pineapple and reserved 
juice until well blended. In a small bowl, combine the 
flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually beat 
into pineapple mixture until blended. Stir in walnuts. 

Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake 
at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted 
near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire 
rack. 

For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and 
butter until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in 
confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over cake. 
Yield: 12 servings. 

April Birthdays

Freda Bernard, Beth Copti, Terri 
Cummings, Marilyn Diaz, Virginia Elliott, 

Virginia Elliott, Elma Flores, Julia 
Gottesman, Betty Jo Gregg, Barbara 
Lampman, Betty Mackie, Elizabeth 
Rasmussen, Maria Reyes, Anne Schryver, 
Dorothy White, Blanca Martinez, Lillian Snyder, 


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.

EXCURSIONS

SATURDAY, MAY 7th— The Ramona 
Pageant. Join us as we take a deluxe coach 
bus to Hemet to see one of the nation’s 
longest running outdoor dramas (88 years 
old) - 10:30 am to 7 pm

Cost per person is $53 - which includes 
transportation, driver’s tip, lower level 
seats, a BBQ lunch, a souvenir program 
and a comfy seat cushion. This is an outdoor 
venue so you are encouraged to dress 
inlayers, wear comfortable walking shoes 
and to wear a shade hat. limited to the 
first 20 people so please register as soon as 
possible.

PLEASE NOTE: The pick-up location for 
this excursion will be the Sierra Madre 
Recreation Center, 611 E. Sierra Madre 
Blvd., due to a special event at Memorial 
Park on this day.

To register for the excursion, please visit 
the Senior Center or go online to www.
cityofsierramadre.com/onlineregistration.

Save the Date: FRIDAY, JULY 8th —The 
Pageant of the Masters - Laguna Beach. 
Registration will open online and at the Senior 
Center starting May 1st

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.

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. 

John M. Talevich, D.C. 

CHIROPRACTIC: Simple, Elegant, Effective

31 S. Baldwin Avenue Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

626-355-4710

Social Security News:

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SPEED UP YOUR DISABILITY APPLICATION


If your disabling condition is 
preventing you from continuing 
to work, you may want to 
apply for disability benefits 
through Social Security. In 
most cases, doing so involves a 
thorough process of determining 
your eligibility, medical 
condition, and ability to work. 
Because we look so carefully 
at so many cases — more than 
three million each year — it 
can take us three to five months 
to determine whether you are 
eligible. 

 

Processing times on that initial 
claim can vary depending on 
several factors, but primarily 
on:

the nature of your disability;

how quickly we obtain medical 
evidence from your doctor or 
other medical sources; and

whether we need to send you 
for a medical examination in 
order to obtain evidence to support 
your claim. 

 

There are things you can do to 
help speed up the process. The 
more information you provide 
up front, the less time it will 
take us to obtain the evidence 
we need — and the faster your 
claim can be processed.

What type of information do 
we need? 

Any medical records or documentation 
you have is helpful. 
We can make copies of the records 
you have and return your 
originals;

The names, addresses, and 
phone numbers for any doctors, 
medical facilities, treatment 
centers, or providers related to 
your disabling condition;

The names, addresses, and 
phone numbers for previous 
employers and the dates 
worked for each employer;

Workers’ compensation information, 
including the settlement 
agreement, date of injury, 
claim number, and proof of other 
disability benefits awarded;

Names and dates of birth of 
your minor children and your 
spouse;

Dates of marriages and divorces 
(if any);

Checking or savings account 
number, and the bank’s 
9-digit routing number, so 
we can deposit your payment 
electronically;

Name, address, and phone 
number of a person we can 
contact if we are unable to get 
in touch with you. 

If this disability application is 
for a child, we need the name, 
address, phone number of 
the schools attended and any 
school records you can provide.

We also ask you to sign release 
forms that give us permission 
to obtain the information needed 
from third parties to make a 
decision on your claim.

The best place to start is online 
at www.socialsecurity.gov/disability. 
Select “Disability Starter 
Kit” in the left column. There, 
you’ll find more information 
and starter kits for both adults 
and children. 

You can apply online for disability 
benefits (the easiest 
method), or you can make an 
appointment by phone or in 
a Social Security office. The 
choice is yours. 

(For Supplemental Security Income 
(SSI) disability benefits, 
you cannot apply online, but 
you still can complete the Disability 
Starter Kit to prepare for 
the interview and speed-up the 
processing time.)

If you’re considering an application 
for disability benefits, 
the place to go is www.socialsecurity.
gov/disability.

Social Security

104 N. Mentor

Pasadena CA 91106

877/255-1508


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. 

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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