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I want to personally thank you for being a reader of Connecticut Prime Time. We’ve been working hard to bring this new publication to you each month, and hope that you are finding it enjoyable, educa-tional and just plain fun.

We strive to serve the interests of seniors, their children and those planning for their retirement years and, with your help, we will meet your expectations.

Fortunately, Spring is upon us – finally! – and this month our writers are ready to offer sugges-tions on how to make the most of this special time of the year.

Community gardens, fruitful yet challenging, are the subject of Erica Schmitt’s cover story. We

find a lot of lifetime gardeners find their own lives revived as planting time comes around.

Meanwhile, author Lynn McPhelimy talks about getting our lives in order. And it’s not just tying up loose ends. She suggests there’s something we can do at every life stage to make things eas-ier on ourselves and our loved ones.

Our bodies also need thought – and action – to give us our best days ahead. Lecturer Barbara Pond points out that nutrition is crit-ical to a well-balanced life, and Kimberly DiBattista, our resident exercise guru, suggests some sim-ple ways to keep fit even if you can’t do a lot.

As for financial fitness, caution

is critical in our own and our loved ones’ affairs, since it’s hard to recover from a major money mistake at this point in our lives. Erica interviews local experts about the latest scams that target seniors.

And, of course, there’s plenty of other things to keep you informed and entertained, like our puzzle pages and Datebook, with ideas on places to go and things to do.

We hope you like this edition of Prime Time.

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Getting started Having fresh vegetables all summer

long is a store-bought luxury for some, but a labor of love for Bristol resident Joann Toscano.

Now that she’s living in a senior housing com-plex, Toscano, 65, doesn’t have access to a backyard garden. A back inju-ry also makes bending down to tend to plants difficult. But she puts both these dilemmas to rest outside the Bristol Senior Center and inside her raised garden bed.

Bristol’s Community Gardens opened in 2009 on the north side of the Senior Center’s property, where there are twen-ty-four 16’x16’ ground plots. This year staff also added six new 4’x8’ raised beds to accommodate a total of 12 handicapped growers, including Toscano. Because she has main-tained a spot there the last

four years, she was among the return-ing gardeners last week who were afforded the first opportunity to regis-

ter for the 2014 season.“I just think it’s a

release for me; I don’t have a home anymore where I can go outside and do my garden,” says Toscano, who plants flowers and vegetables, the latter which she shares with family mem-bers.

Her zinnias are a treat to herself.

“I have a bouquet on my kitchen table. But the vegetables are great too. You just feel good when you see the things growing and you get to eat them and it’s nice when you know where they come from.”

Boy Scout Troop 17 spent a recent Sunday clearing the garden beds of weeds, and the

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at the Community Gardenscity’s parks department will till them before the season begins in May. Raised plots are $10 each and the ground beds, $20. A barrel sys-tem has been put in place to collect rain from the center’s rooftop to provide people with ready-to-use water for their plants. Staff also hope to have a perimeter installed around the gar-den area by the season’s end Oct 15, when people have to vacate.

“At the end of the season you see all the local farmers come down because they want leftover scraps for their pigs,” Jason Krueger, assistant senior center director, remembers of past years.

And it just so happens that more than half of those who participate are senior citizens.

“Some come every day, some once a week to take care of their gardens,” says Patricia Tomascak, executive director. “We enjoy seeing them, especially if they live in a place where they can’t keep a garden – we love giving them that opportunity.”

In addition to the gar-dens, there is also “pickle ball” outside the center on Monday and Fridays at 1 p.m. Tomascak

would like to add more warm-weather fun to seniors’ daily offerings in the future.

The gardens are such a big hit that a waiting

list usually forms after registration closes and growers get busy May 1.

By the first of June, staff will inspect each area to make sure no

plots remain unplanted or were left abandoned. Any absent design-ers have seven days to improve their plot’s appearance or it will be

reassigned on a first-come, first-served basis to the next green-thumb on the waiting list.

Come mid-summer, corn, tomatoes and Hungarian wax peppers will be in abundance on Lou Thibault’s kitchen table. The Bristol native turns 87 next month, but age isn’t keeping him away from his outdoor hobby.

“Since they opened it up for gardening I’ve had really good luck there,” says Thibault, whose wife has her own plot right beside his at the center, where she grows cucumbers, zuc-chini and squash.

“My wife does all the weeding,” he continued. “She’s very meticulous; she doesn’t leave any weeds untouched. We have separate plots, but when she’s down there if she sees any weeds in my garden she picks them out.”

Garden Applications are available on the city’s website, Bristolct.gov/garden. People must come to the Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., in person to sign up for a plot. Proof of residency is required. For more infor-mation, call the center at (860) 584-7895 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

What looked to be a barren land at the Bristol Senior Center at the beginning of April will be flourishing mid-summer, when the city’s Community Gardens are in full-bloom.

A variety of flowers, fruits and vegetables are grown in the center’s garden beds and raised plots.


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Heading a new magazine for seniors across Central Connecticut, Prime Time staff would like to hear from you – our readers. We welcome letters, story ideas and other submissions.

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More than a half century has passed since Packy the elephant’s newsmaking birth at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. He’s now a six-ton senior citizen and considered geriatric at age 52.

He approached his birth-

day cake at a leisurely pace this month, but zoo officials say he wasted no time demolishing the 40-pound whole wheat offering that included carrots, bananas, apples and sweet potatoes. Zoo executive chef Paul Bosch says the cake was “pretty healthful” except for the five pounds of butter in the buttercream frost-ing. (The chef says that’s not really THAT much butter for a 12,000-pound elephant.)

Zoo spokesman Hova Najarian says zoo vets are working with U.S. Agriculture Department experts to plan a new course of treatment for Packy’s tubercu-losis, discovered last July. He’s shown no signs of illness yet but is sensitive to one of the typically used drugs. Zoo vet Tim Storms says a new treatment regimen starts this week.

In 1962, the zoo says Packy became the first elephant to be born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years.

Gas prices keep inflation at bay

Lower U.S. gasoline prices kept consumer inflation in check in March, helping to offset high-er costs for food and clothing.

The Labor Department said that the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in March, after scant 0.1 percent increases in the previous two months. Prices have risen just 1.5 percent year over year. That remains well below the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target for inflation.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices increased 0.2 percent in March and 1.7 percent in the past year.

Prices at the gas pump tum-bled 1.7 percent in March, lowering costs for the overall energy category.

But food prices jumped 0.4 percent, led by increases in eggs, milk, butter, oranges, pork chops, ground beef and poultry. Prices

for clothing, used cars and cable television also rose.

Overall, signs point to con-tinued low inflation. Sluggish growth and a tough job mar-ket have limited price increases, making it harder for retailers and other businesses to charge more.

“Prices are creeping higher,” said Jennifer Lee, senior econo-mist at BMO Capital Markets, “but with wage growth still mod-est and lots of retail competition, inflation should remain in check for now.”

Consumer prices rose just 1.5 percent for all of 2013, down from 1.8 percent in 2012.

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Eight Florida seniors have been indicted for their alleged roles in a $12.5 mil-lion Medicare home health scam.

Federal officials say the defendants received kick-backs for pretending to be patients. The defendants range between 67 years old and 79 years old.

Home health care has been a vulnerable spot for Medicare fraud in recent years, but it’s unusual for authorities to arrest the patients.

As such fraud has become more rampant, authorities are turning their attention to complicit patients.

Health and Human Services inspector general agent Brian Martens recent-ly testified before a Senate Special Committee on Aging, noting beneficiaries can make around $1,500 a month in cash.

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Life checklist for seniorsHelping make sure all your affairs are in order

W ould your children know what to do if you passed away suddenly? It sounds morbid, but nearing the end of days doesn’t have to be so.

Author Lynn McPhelimy and her parents, Ellyn and Joe Wolak, weren’t going to take any chances. When the couple was diagnosed with terminal cancer in the very same year, they began a quest to prepare their family for their impending departure.

What surfaced was a book written by their daughter that would eventually land her appearances on “Oprah” and “The Today Show.”

“You know when I’m gone, I don’t want the yard all dug up when you’re looking for the septic tank. So here is this little map,” McPhelimy remembers her father saying.

By Erica Schmitt


And her mother? “I don’t want to leave with you with questions; I want to leave you with answers.”

That led McPhelimy to write “The Checklist of Life” — a useful workbook to help family members handle legal, personal and house-hold affairs during hospital stays and after the passing of their kin.

Now the Middlefield resi-dent will be at Bel-Air Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Newington a few times a year to talk with seniors. Next Wednesday, April 9 will be her first speaking engage-ment: “Spring Cleaning: Where do you begin? De-cluttering your life once and for all.”

“Here if they’re in rehab, they probably didn’t plan on being, and someone needs to keep their life run-ning,” she said during a recent visit to the state-of-the-art nursing home, which provides short-term and outpa-tient rehabilitation in addition to long-term care services.

“The Checklist” isn’t a novel or an advice column; its pages are meant to be completed by readers.

The first section is called “Just the Facts” and it prompts you to fill in your basic personal informa-

tion along with the names, phone numbers and addresses of other important contacts: your doctors, accountant and lawyer. The next 20 pages ask for banking account numbers, insurance policies, investments, pensions and Social Security benefits … what you owe and are owed. Then there’s room for recording information about all the real estate you might own or lease and how to take care of

your home (who delivers the oil and when is the trash

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Next it’s the yard chores for each season and hid-ing places for your most valuable items. Once all this practical, com-monsense stuff is in, it’s time for the “Remember When” section. Here write your best memories of parents, grandparents, siblings,

friends, spouses, and letters to each of your children; dates of their birthdays, anniversaries and where to find photographs and home videos, and how to take care of your pets.

There’s also room for recording unfulfilled dreams, things you’d still like to accomplish, and

finally — your last wishes. Preparing a last will and

testament, your burial, ulti-mate resting place, obituary,

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comfort family and friends. “This is meant to be simple; it’s a

map to your life and an opportuni-ty to have courage and confidence to move forward,” McPhelimy explained.

Completing it with your chil-dren can be a good way to share your past, organize the present and offer peace of mind in the future.

“It gets interesting and fun and

it starts the conversation before the crisis happens,” McPhelimy added.

Marlo Bish, a corporate liaison at Bel-Air Manor, completed her “Checklist” years ago and bought books for all of her children as well. Death is always uncertain, so it’s ideal for any age, she thought. Upon a chance meeting with McPhelimy at a conference, Bish, who is also a registered nurse, decided to bring the opportunity to Bel-Air patients and local res-idents.

“I said, everybody needs this book,” she recalled. “What a won-derful message.”

Now McPhelimy is plan-ning quarterly public speaking engagements at Bel-Air. Anyone is welcome to come to the first event this Wednesday, April, 9 at 1 p.m. To register, call (860) 666-5689. Bel-Air Manor is located at 256 New Britain Avenue in Newington.

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Nutrition tips from Barbara PondBarbara Pond raised her family

on an organic farm in Granby, where they ate fresh eggs and

had chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits and a goat. Now at 74 years old she’s living on her own in Bristol, but that doesn’t mean she’s not still living a farm-to-table lifestyle.

“People are fed by the food industry, but the food industry does not pay attention to health,” Pond read from a presentation she prepared for a recent lecture at the Bristol Senior Center.

More than a dozen seniors attend-ed her talk to learn about eating healthier as they get older. But the lecture soon evolved into a discussion, as people had tidbits to add from their own experiences with buying groceries and cooking meals.

“You have to be careful now that we’re getting older and starting to take some medications,” Pond said. “You should ask the doctor, what can’t I eat with this?”

One example she offered was for

those taking the popular blood-thin-ner ‘Cumadin.’ Pond cautioned these folks to be careful of consuming leafy green vegetables, because they are known to have the opposite affect on the body as the medication and the mixture can cause a bad reaction.

When she reached a slide in her presentation on how vitamins and minerals spur cell regeneration, Pond read aloud, “You end up with a new body every seven years.”

“If we get a new body every seven years than why are we getting so old?”

one woman called out lightheartedly, provoking laughter from all across the room.

“You are what you eat,” Pond responded.

She encouraged the group to drink eight glasses of water a day, supple-ment their diets with vitamins, seek out packaging that guarantees food is “Certified Organic” and exercise regularly.

“Your minerals are your spark plugs that make your vitamins work,” she continued.

Healthier substitutions for popular foods were another topic of discussion.

Pond advocated for using the granulated leaf of the stevia plant as a natural, calorie-free sweetening alternative to sugar or other artificial sweeteners. The same goes for coco-nut oil instead of butter or canola oil.

“If produce is grown in South America, they don’t have the same regulations on herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides that we do,” she added.

Bristol resident Charlie Ricker, 81, the lone man who attended her lec-ture, spoke up towards the end of the presentation.

“I believe in eating natural foods, nothing synthetic,” he said. “If they have to process it to make it your body doesn’t know how to process it.”

Good-food chatter trickled into the hallway of the senior center as people filed out of the room later on.

“I’m into nutrition and I like her,” Judith Payne said of her reason for attending. “I had a stroke, so my body rejects a lot of stuff. I like to find natural foods instead of taking medications.”

By Erica Schmitt

Barbara Pond gives a lecture on nutrition at the Bristol Senior Center.


Regardless of your age, it is never too late

to start exercising and improving your health.

Before you begin a new exercise program, it is recommended that you talk to your doctor for any restric-tions. Once you get the go-ahead, a low-impact exercise routine can sig-nificantly benefit your health by increasing your energy, reducing stress, preventing injury, managing symptoms of illness or pain, and protecting against heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.

Staying active can help keep you feeling and looking your best for years to come. You can start by incor-porating the following into your daily routine:

Walking is one of the best low-im-pact endurance activities. It is very easy on the joints, and walking rou-tines can be kept up until very late in life. You should buy a good pair of walking sneakers with cushioning and heel support. Comfortable foot-wear will make your walk safe and enjoyable.

The National Institute of Health recommends that you start with a short distance and increase your walks by a few minutes each time until you are able to walk for 30 to

60 minutes on most or all days of the week. After your walk, you may want to do a few stretches for your calves, hamstrings and ankles to help your muscles recover.

The illustration above is a basic resistance, balance and stretching routine that you can do in the com-fort of your own home with just a chair and dumbbells. I recommend

that you start off slow for the first week and practice maintaining good form and control throughout all of the exercises. Select a weight that you can perform three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions of each of the exercises. If you do not have dumbbells, you can use cans of soup!

Performing the above exercise rou-tine two to three nonconsecutive days

per week for 20 to 30 minutes can have many ben-efits. As we age there tends to be a

loss of muscle mass and bone density. Resistance-training exercises will help build muscle and pre-serve bone density.

Having increased strength and balance

can make a difference in your ability to per-form everyday activities like carrying groceries,

walking up the stairs, carrying your grandchild and even getting up from sitting down for a period of time. Having good balance also can help prevent falls by improving your ability to control and maintain your body’s position. Fall-related injuries can seri-ously impact on an older person’s life and can cause you to lose your inde-pendence.

Maryann Madey, pictured here, is 78 years old and in amazing shape. She believes that exercising has helped her to look younger and feel great. She is very energetic and still continues traveling to Europe for long vacations. Maryann enjoys attending several strength training and Zumba classes with her friends at Power House Gym. “Grab a friend and head out for a walk or meet up at the gym and take a class, you will feel great,” she says.

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Old Augie was a tough minded 93 year old with a very frail body. He had been living alone for nearly two decades after the death of his wife, and had no children or close family. His entire life he had been independent and self sufficient. When he fell, went to the hospital, and then spent two months rehabbing in a nursing home, he was determined to get out and never go back to an institution. Like many such people, he wanted to die in his own home.

The problem he faced was that he could barely ambulate, certainly could no longer do housekeeping or cooking, and could not survive at home without help. That meant a 24 hour live-in

caretaker, and Augie emphatically said he did not want anyone else living in his house. As he so succinctly put it, “I want to go home, but I want to do it on my terms.”

After explaining to Augie that the only way to get out of the nursing home was to at least start out with care, and then cut it back over time, you could see the wheels turning and he agreed, but added, “I’ll cut out the care right after I get out of here.”

After interviewing potential care-givers, my staff had him hire Sophie. Unbeknownst to us, Sophie was a bet-ter than decent cook, and near the end of the first week, made Augie some potato pancakes. He hadn’t had pota-

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So where is the lesson in this story? Simply, it is that good care providers can make all the difference in spending your last years at home. Finding the right caretaker is especially critical for a live in caretaker, as there is another person in a close living situation.

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It’s been a long winter with lots of snow and freezing temperatures, and that can lead to problems with arthritis. Repeated snow shoveling can wear on the knees and hips and hands, and the bitter cold only makes the pain from arthritis more pro-nounced.

In general, arthritis is caused when the cartilage that connects bones at the joints begins to erode or harden, resulting in stiffness or swelling. Cold weather does little to ease that swell-ing, which is why many people with arthritis try to get away to warmer climates during the winter months.

Depending on the severity of the pain, winter-exacerbated arthritis can be treated any number of ways. If the pain is mild and only occasional, I would recommend a common-sense regimen in which you try to avoid overdoing it with the snow shovel and keep inside when the tempera-tures drop. You may also find relief from some over-the-counter pain medication. In many cases, patients find that moderate exercise helps keep their joints limber in the colder months.

If the pain is more significant and persistent, however, you would do well to consult with a quali-fied orthopedic specialist to get a confirmed arthritis diagnosis and determine the extent. For moder-ate to severe cases, many patients can find relief through prescription anti-inflammatories or through

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But most of these options pro-vide for only temporary relief as the underlying erosion of the joint continues to spread. For more per-manent relief, I often recommend partial or total joint replacement surgery, a procedure which is becom-ing increasingly simple and effective. Advances in minimally invasive technology and procedures mean patients often are able to recover within weeks instead of months. I particularly recommend the partial joint replacement procedure for the knee, as it allows the patient to retain the portions of the joint that contin-ue to function well while replacing only the impacted areas. Recovery is quick. In some cases, patients can go home the same day of the procedure.

With steady rehabilitation, many patients who undergo partial knee replacement are able to fully recover in a very short time, and I expect that further advances in these procedures will continue to be offered in the future.

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Has healthy eating become next big thing yet? I long for that day, though my job as a registered dietitian may become obsolete. The National Nutrition month campaign — which took place in March — was launched more than 40 years ago. The orig-inal theme, “Invest in You – Buy Nutrition,” was highly insightful, as RDs spend much of their time selling nutrition. Unfortunately, we are com-peting with companies that sell us fat,

sugar and salt-laden foods, as well as dealing with a lifestyle which does not support prevention.

But that doesn’t mean I’m throw-ing in the towel, and neither should you. I understand many of the pres-sures people in this day and age face. Working a hectic job, supporting a home, family and battling a chronic medical condition, I am no stranger to stress. But this does not stop me from buying nutrition or selling it to you. The question is; will you buy it?

I know it’s not easy to buy nutrition. Confusing food labels, contradictory

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Experts claim that our environment and heath care approach need to change to impact this crisis. However, it will take years for this to happen. Meanwhile obesity rates remain astronomically high in both children and adults. Obesity is a precursor to chronic diseases such as heart disease,

diabetes, high blood pressure and depression. All of these burden our healthcare system and ultimately our economy. With this in mind, I urge you to consider making some of these simple changes.

Minimize processed foods. Look for foods in their original form (fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish).

Discover appetizing recipes. Look for dishes using fruits, vegetables, beans or whole grains. You should enjoy food.

Don’t drink your calories. Water, decafenated tea or coffee, and seltzers are great calorie free beverages.

Never skip meals. Learn to listen to your body’s hunger and full signals.

Be patient. It takes time to learn new habits, and you don’t need to be perfect to eat well.

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ACROSS1. Pueblo people5. Fishgig10. Moving about15. Years BC and years AD, e.g.19. Bit20. Plain, in Paraguay21. Sound22. One billionth: Prefix23. Plainness25. Collaboration27. Woofer or tweeter28. Heart29. Where Roma is30. Rank31. Crop’s undoing33. Place for a lecturer34. Preposterous37. Bias38. Be of use in42. Swabs43. Boat44. Gravestone, technically45. Long time46. Mineral47. Quirk50. Caustic51. Varnish ingredient52. Pane of stamps53. Racetracks54. Golfer’s problem55. Having being57. Derogatory58. Limited59. -- -or-famine60. Fountain and Townsend61. Swain62. Commands64. Greek letters65. Aromatherapy material: 2 wds.68. Lawn bowling69. Humdinger70. Auto-care device71. B-F link72. Vigor73. Astuteness

75. -- -de-France76. Superlative suffix77. Pupil78. Fertile spots79. Ending for road or rhyme80. Part of DST or EDT82. Cuts83. -- of London85. Sacred bird86. Septs87. Any Christmas carol88. Weedy grass91. Hockey event92. Bad guys95. Resilience97. Suppleness100. Feather part101. Freshet102. Singer -- Brooks103. Dies --104. Dilettantish105. Indivisible entity106. Come about107. Pavilion

DOWN1. Holds2. Bustard genus3. “-- and Circumstance”4. Motivation5. Like a medieval mace6. Race horse7. Arab prince8. Fitting9. Flat fish10. Approach and address11. Curt12. Duration13. Creature of folklore14. In a dependable way15. Cover16. Marsh bird17. Naysayer18. Asian legume24. Place of rest26. “-- -- -- tale told ...”28. Bellicose31. Stone that sparks

32. Balsa33. Musical works34. Soap plant35. Cleansing agent36. Precision37. Trapshooting38. Set of steps39. Mutual exchange40. Express41. Culminated43. Olfactory property44. Oodles47. Concern of heirs48. Spassky’s game49. Creepers and climbers50. Muesli brand54. Flavoring plant56. Painting on plaster

ON THE TOWNby James Barrick

57. Apparatus58. Orbiting body60. “-- porridge hot...”61. Vocabulary62. Receded63. Backs, in anatomy64. Cap65. Shoestrings66. Ran out of gear67. Wanton looks69. Meg and Amy’s sister, and others70. Insects73. The “manly art”74. First fratricide77. Part of Asia79. Ask for81. -- -woolsey

82. Killed with humor83. Abhor84. Son of Jacob86. Terra- --87. Puts one within another88. Buddhist god89. Winglike90. Harangue91. -- Carlo Menotti92. Mata --93. Irish for Ireland94. Getz or Kenton96. Naval rank97. Sports org.98. Roman god99. All the same

THEME CROSSWORDFor release Sunday, April 20, 2014

By James Barrick

ACROSS1. Pueblo people5. Fishgig

10. Moving about15. Years BC and

years AD, e.g.19. Bit20. Plain, in

Paraguay21. Sound22. One billionth:

Prefix23. Plainness25. Collaboration27. Woofer or

tweeter

28. Heart29. Where Roma is30. Rank31. Crop’s undoing33. Place for a

lecturer34. Preposterous37. Bias38. Be of use in42. Swabs43. Boat44. Gravestone,

technically45. Long time46. Mineral47. Quirk

50. Caustic51. Varnish

ingredient52. Pane of stamps53. Racetracks54. Golfer’s problem55. Having being57. Derogatory58. Limited59. — -or-famine60. Fountain and

Townsend61. Swain62. Commands64. Greek letters

65. Aromatherapy material: 2 wds.

68. Lawn bowling69. Humdinger70. Auto-care device71. B-F link72. Vigor73. Astuteness75. — -de-France76. Superlative suffix77. Pupil78. Fertile spots79. Ending for road

or rhyme80. Part of DST

or EDT

82. Cuts83. — of London85. Sacred bird86. Septs87. Any Christmas

carol88. Weedy grass91. Hockey event92. Bad guys95. Resilience97. Suppleness

100. Feather part101. Freshet102. Singer — Brooks103. Dies —104. Dilettantish

105. Indivisible entity106. Come about107. Pavilion

DOWN1. Holds2. Bustard genus3. “— and

Circumstance”4. Motivation5. Like a medieval

mace6. Race horse7. Arab prince8. Fitting9. Flat fish

10. Approach and address

11. Curt12. Duration

13. Creature of folklore

14. In a dependable way

15. Cover16. Marsh bird17. Naysayer18. Asian legume24. Place of rest26. “— — — tale

told ...”28. Bellicose31. Stone that

sparks32. Balsa33. Musical works

34. Soap plant35. Cleansing agent36. Precision37. Trapshooting38. Set of steps39. Mutual exchange40. Express41. Culminated43. Olfactory

property44. Oodles47. Concern of heirs48. Spassky’s game49. Creepers and

climbers50. Muesli brand

54. Flavoring plant56. Painting on

plaster57. Apparatus58. Orbiting body60. “— porridge

hot...”61. Vocabulary62. Receded63. Backs, in

anatomy64. Cap65. Shoestrings66. Ran out of gear67. Wanton looks

69. Meg and Amy’s sister, and others

70. Insects73. The “manly art”74. First fratricide77. Part of Asia79. Ask for81. — -woolsey82. killed with humor83. Abhor84. Son of Jacob86. Terra- —87. Puts one within

another88. Buddhist god

89. Winglike90. Harangue91. — Carlo Menotti92. Mata —93. Irish for Ireland94. Getz or kenton96. Naval rank97. Sports org.98. Roman god99. All the same

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Fafnir Retirees: The next meeting of Fafnir Local 133 UAW will be held on Thursday, April 17 at 1 p.m. at the UAW Region 9A Office,111 South Road, Farmington, CT 06032. All Fafnir retirees are invit-ed and please bring your spouse,significant other or a former co-worker. We will have a brief meet-ing, coffee, soda and a light snack. In case the weather is bad, call (860) 674-0143 to see if the meeting is still on.

Mexican Train will now be offered at the Plainville Senior Center on Thursday at 10 a.m. beginning April 17. Call the center, (860) 747-5728 to sign up.

Sit and Knit: Do you know how to knit, but fol-lowing a pattern is difficult for you? Are you a begin-ner who can barely cast on? Would you like to meet

some new people and sit and knit? Join leader Gina Kahn at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, 234 Kensington Road for a relaxing knitting session. No registration necessary.

Lunch & Learn features Dine with a Dentist:

The Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging’s next Lunch & Learn event, Dine with a Dentist, will be held Thursday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m., at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Bradley Memorial campus, 81 Meriden Ave., Southington. Special guests will be Dr. Sunita Kalluri, graduate of New York University, and Maegan Connolly, RDH, graduate of Lincoln College of New England. The mouth is the win-dow to our overall health. Staying up to date with all medical exams should go hand in hand with den-tal exams. Come learn how to best take care of

your teeth. RSVP to the Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, 81 Meriden Ave., Southington, at toll-free 1-877-4AGING1 (1-877-424-4641).

18 | FridayThe Friends Helping

Friends group is made up of single, divorced and wid-owed seniors. They meet for lunch at a local restau-rant on the third Friday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Call the Plainville Senior Center to register for the lunch.

21 | MondayS trateg ies For

Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits: Learn some key concepts before making retirement plan-ning decisions. Discussion highlights will include: how benefits are calculated, simple strategies avail-able to increase them, how these benefits are taxed and much more. Presented by Michael Alimo and David Weyner of U.S.A. Financial & Tax Services.

Blood pressure screen-ings: Central Connecticut Senior Health Services is offering free blood pres-

sure screenings on various dates and venues during April. These include: Monday, April 21, 10 to 11 a.m., Price Chopper, 410 Queen St., Southington; Wednesday, April 23, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Cheshire YMCA, 967 W. Main St., Cheshire; Wednesday, April 23, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Calendar House, 388 Pleasant

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22 | TuesdayDinner with the Doc

focuses on diabetes com-plications: A special Dinner with the Doc focusing on the complications of dia-betes will be held Tuesday, April 22, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Arbor Rose at Jerome Home, 975 Corbin Ave. The guest speaker will be Dr. Anthony Babigian, who is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine as well as the American Board of Podiatric Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Individuals with diabetes have twice the hospital admissions than those without it, and they are often dealing with the difficult side effects includ-ing foot ulcers, wounds on lower legs/feet and other issue.

A l z h e i m e r ’ s support group: Alzheimer’s

Support Group meet-ings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Andrew House Healthcare, 66 Clinic Drive. Questions, call Kathy Mulrooney (860) 826-2812.

AARP Driver Safety Class: An AARP driver safety class will be held at the Plainville Senior Center, 200 East St., on Tuesday, April 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

This course covers the effects of aging and med-ication on driving, local hazards, accident pre-vention measures and more.

Films and discussions will be presented and a driver’s manual provided. No written or on the road test required.

Upon completion of the course, an insurance com-pany must give a discount of at least 5 percent on auto insurance.

The cost for the class is $15 for AARP members providing a membership number and $20 for other attendees. Sign up at the senior center.

23 | WednesdaySenior Center Book

Discussion: Join us at the Berlin-Peck Library in dis-cussing Julie and Romeo by Ray at 1:30 p.m.. Copies of the book will be available for pick-up at the library. Contact the library to reserve a spot. This book group meets at the

Berlin Senior Center.

April Poetry Contest: The Berlin Senior Center will present the April Poetry Contest. Write an original poem about the joys of being a Berlin senior. Submit your entry

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THEME CROSSWORDFor release Sunday, April 20, 2014

By James Barrick

ACROSS1. Pueblo people5. Fishgig

10. Moving about15. Years BC and

years AD, e.g.19. Bit20. Plain, in

Paraguay21. Sound22. One billionth:

Prefix23. Plainness25. Collaboration27. Woofer or

tweeter

28. Heart29. Where Roma is30. Rank31. Crop’s undoing33. Place for a

lecturer34. Preposterous37. Bias38. Be of use in42. Swabs43. Boat44. Gravestone,

technically45. Long time46. Mineral47. Quirk

50. Caustic51. Varnish

ingredient52. Pane of stamps53. Racetracks54. Golfer’s problem55. Having being57. Derogatory58. Limited59. — -or-famine60. Fountain and

Townsend61. Swain62. Commands64. Greek letters

65. Aromatherapy material: 2 wds.

68. Lawn bowling69. Humdinger70. Auto-care device71. B-F link72. Vigor73. Astuteness75. — -de-France76. Superlative suffix77. Pupil78. Fertile spots79. Ending for road

or rhyme80. Part of DST

or EDT

82. Cuts83. — of London85. Sacred bird86. Septs87. Any Christmas

carol88. Weedy grass91. Hockey event92. Bad guys95. Resilience97. Suppleness

100. Feather part101. Freshet102. Singer — Brooks103. Dies —104. Dilettantish

105. Indivisible entity106. Come about107. Pavilion

DOWN1. Holds2. Bustard genus3. “— and

Circumstance”4. Motivation5. Like a medieval

mace6. Race horse7. Arab prince8. Fitting9. Flat fish

10. Approach and address

11. Curt12. Duration

13. Creature of folklore

14. In a dependable way

15. Cover16. Marsh bird17. Naysayer18. Asian legume24. Place of rest26. “— — — tale

told ...”28. Bellicose31. Stone that

sparks32. Balsa33. Musical works

34. Soap plant35. Cleansing agent36. Precision37. Trapshooting38. Set of steps39. Mutual exchange40. Express41. Culminated43. Olfactory

property44. Oodles47. Concern of heirs48. Spassky’s game49. Creepers and

climbers50. Muesli brand

54. Flavoring plant56. Painting on

plaster57. Apparatus58. Orbiting body60. “— porridge

hot...”61. Vocabulary62. Receded63. Backs, in

anatomy64. Cap65. Shoestrings66. Ran out of gear67. Wanton looks

69. Meg and Amy’s sister, and others

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D A T E B O O K to the Berlin Senior Center by Friday, April 18. Prizes awarded to top three winners. Winners will be announced Tuesday, April 22. Winning poems will be recited at the Berlin Senior Center Spring luncheon, Wednesday, April 23, 33 Colonial Drive. Andrew House Healthcare is the sponsor.

26 | SaturdayAre You an Adult

Daughter Providing Care for Your Mother with Dementia? If so, this pro-gram is for you. Saturday, April 26th from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at Arden Courts of Farmington, 45 South Road, Farmington. Seating is limited, call 860-677-4060 or e-mail [email protected] for reservations.

27 | SundayAfternoon of fun:

Plainville Senior Center will offer an afternoon of

fun — play cards, enjoy refreshments, participate in the 50-50 raffle and maybe win a door prize. Tickets are $4 per person. Advance tickets are avail-able at the senior center. Tickets will also be avail-able at the front door. The event is sponsored by the Committee on Aging. All proceeds will benefit Dial-A-Ride.

28 | MondayPlainville Seniors:

Stephanie Soucy, Plainville Senior Center outreach coordinator, will be avail-able to answer questions on a “walk-in” basis (no appointment needed Monday, April 28, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. She will be available to answer questions about Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Part D, Medicare Savings Program, housing options, Alzheimer’s help, care giving, home care, etc. No registration is neces-sary for these one-on-one meetings. This program is open to Plainville Senior

Center members who are residents of Plainville. Call the senior center, (860) 747-5728, for informa-tion.

Senior wellness clinic:The New Britain Health

Department conducts a senior wellness clinic Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the New Britain Senior Center, 55 Pearl St. Services include blood pressure and blood glucose monitoring, med-ication management and general health assess-ment.

The clinic is staffed by health department nurses and is free of charge. Call (860) 826-3464 for infor-mation.

29 | TuesdayBerlin AARP: The next

Seniors Safe Driving Class for drivers age 60 and over, sponsored by Berlin AARP Chapter 3035, is sched-uled for Tuesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Berlin Community

Center on the lower level of the Peck Library building on Kensington Road. The class provides a certificate that entitles a discount on car insurance premium.

Pre-registration is required. Contact Barbara Dixon at (860) 828-6295. The Berlin AARP newslet-ters are available at the senior center, the town library, and at the monthly chapter meetings. To have the newsletter mailed, contact Anne Gamelin at (860) 828-6700.

30 | Wednesday“Caring for Your Loved

One with Dementia, Lessons in Behavior and Communication,” Dinner: A dinner-time discussion about “Caring for Your Loved One with Dementia, Lessons in Behavior and Communication,” will be held Wednesday, April 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Mulberry Gardens at Marian Heights, 314 Osgood Ave., New Britain. Featured speaker will be Patty O’Brian, regional

director of the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter — North Central Region. A light supper will be served. Care can be provided for your loved one during the presenta-tion.

RSVP by Friday, April 25 for dinner and if care is needed by call-ing (860) 357-4264(860) 357-4264. Entrance to the Adult Day Center is at the rear of the build-ing. Mulberry Gardens at Marian Heights is a not for profit adult day center and Hartford HealthCare Partner.

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Understanding the Differences With Dr. Harry Morgan:

Thursday, May 1st from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Arden Courts of Avon, 100 Fisher Drive Avon. Seating is limited, call 860-678-7500 or e-mail [email protected] for res-ervations.

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