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Is This Thing On?

Tips for Safely Shopping Online

You can’t see or touch the merchandise, so what makes online shopping so appealing?

Well, the following three aspects, for starters:

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2. Global Access: Stores all over the world are at your fingertips.

3. Savings: Online retailers save on personnel and other overhead costs. They often pass the savings on to you.

Start with the Familiar Get your feet wet with a visit to the

website of a “brick-and mortar” store you frequent in your area. If you shop at Home Depot, visit their website: www.homedepot.com. Is Macy’s one of your shopping spots? Visit www.macys.com.

Or you could pop into the website of a catalog that you patronize. Perhaps you are a Crate & Barrel (www.crateandbarrel.com) fan or a Harriet Carter (www.harrietcarter.com) loyalist.

Be On the Lookout If, at any time, you see a customer-

service number, jot it down. Websites are notorious for

concealing their contact numbers. For reasons of cost, most sites prefer all correspondence to be by email. I may be old fashioned, but when I have a complaint or question, I’d like the option to speak to a human being.

If you return to the website seeking out their telephone number,

look for Contact Us, Customer Service, or About Us. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Sometimes, what you seek (and they hide) is in very small letters at the end of the webpage.

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A closed padlock might appear at the bottom of the browser window. An open padlock or a broken key at the bottom of the window indicates you are not on an encrypted page.

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someone abuses your credit card (and, remember, the Internet may not have even played a role in the event), under federal law your liability is limited to $50.

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The American Bar Association has an informative website: www.safeshopping.org. (Note: It is .org, not .com.) Visit their site for more information before you start

shopping on the Internet. If something happens that

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You Are in Control If a website is really confusing

or poorly designed, feel free to abandon the mission at any time. In

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No one can save you from your own bad shopping habits, online or otherwise. Step away from the mouse when considering the 1980s sweater that glows under black lights. It wasn’t a good idea back then, and it certainly isn’t a good idea now.

Do you really need another circular saw? Aren’t two enough? Yes, I know it was a great deal, but stand firm. The convenience of the Internet

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Love is one of the most com-mon reasons why we collect objects or hand down objects.

Objects come with emotions. Most people will not part with a particular item or group of items if they were handed down or amassed by a loved one, family member, or friend.

I feel this way about my father’s nutcracker collection and my mother’s canister set. I wouldn’t part with them no matter what!

And when someone stops collecting or is no longer able to collect, sometimes the collection is handed down.

If you can retain a col-lection for the long term, historically, that collection will increase in value over time. So, hold on to the collection if you can.

And, add to the collection when you can and start to famil-iarize yourself with the collection by learning about its history and market value.

For many, the love of collect-ing is not only commonplace, but also comforting. At other times, a collection can be a burden and present new problems. When a collection comes to you from a deceased loved one, the situation may prove difficult.

For instance, when Frank, a longtime collector of duck decoys, passed away, his collection be-came the property and project of his widow.

Like most widows of collec-tors, Irene was happy that Frank enjoyed the process of collecting

throughout their marriage. Now, with no children or interested relatives to take over the collec-tion, Irene is left in a quandary.

She doesn’t want the duck decoys. Reason No. 1 is that she can’t bear to display the duck decoys as they prompt heartache. The emotional collection reminds Irene of Frank’s passing.

Reason No. 2 is the over-whelming number of duck decoys

now stacked in the basement. Also, the vast collection is un-

familiar to Irene, a non-collector. She can’t identify the decoys’ sculptors, she can’t identify the regional characteristics of each decoy, and she is uninformed and at the mercy of anyone with in-formation about decoys and their market value. She knows these buyers may take advantage of her.

She realizes that auctions may not be the best place to sell the collection because Frank got many of his best decoy bargains by buying at auctions. If a buyer at an auction is getting a bargain, then the person selling the decoy at auction must have lost money on the transaction.

Since Irene can’t tell one wood-en duck from another, she begins to worry. She doesn’t like the idea

of having strangers come into the house to make her an offer on the decoys.

She doesn’t know what a good offer looks like, either. If someone wants to make a killing on this collection and buy it for a song, she is in a vulnerable position.

Now, Irene doesn’t know how or if she should get into the mar-ket, and she doesn’t want to keep the collection. Like many other

families of collec-tors, Irene never thought she’d be left alone with this vast collection.

Tips for this common col-lecting problem include choos-ing one or two favorite decoys to keep as a remem-brance in honor of Frank’s years of collecting.

Get an apprais-al from an ap-praiser who does

not have any financial interest in the decoys—doesn’t want to sell them, doesn’t want to buy them. Be prepared to pay that appraiser for their expertise and time.

Ask the appraiser to tell you the retail value of the decoy col-lection, not an auction value or insurance value of the collection.

Take some time to consider the market information and then make a decision about how you will act. Don’t be hasty. Get infor-mation so you can make a good decision.

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Dear Pharmacist, Both my father and brother have

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Just because your relatives have suffered a heart attack, doesn’t mean you will, so realize that in this moment, you are still healthy. Positive thoughts reduce stress hormones like cortisol, which damage the heart.

Because you have a family history of heart disease, remain vigilant about eating a healthy, well-balanced diet; doing aerobic exercise; and taking essential nutrients that help maintain normal blood pressure and cholesterol.

Most Americans take blood pressure drugs. Pharmaceutically speaking, there are more than 100 different pills to tackle high blood pressure. In some instances, these are helpful, but they relax blood vessels temporarily, while the disease process continues.

Many drugs used to lower blood pressure just so happen to be drug muggers of magnesium, zinc, calcium, and iron, so taking a multi-mineral supplement or a trace-mineral supplement a few hours after you take your medicine can mitigate side effects.

While blood pressure or cholesterol medications, beta blockers, calcium-channel blockers, and digoxin may be prescribed by your physician, it’s

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The underlying disease and inflammation will continue to destroy the delicate pipeline: your blood vessels, arteries, and capillaries. This is why vitamin C, lysine, and proline help, because they keep your blood vessels flexible and help reduce plaquing.

I wrote a whole chapter on heart disease in my diabetes book, and right now, I’d like to share some of the most important supplements that could help a person reduce their risk of heart attack.

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Arginine – It’s an amino acid that the body makes on its own. You can buy it too. In 2009, researchers at the University of Virginia found that it could help people with heart failure.

Ribose – It’s a naturally occurring sugar that the body uses to make ATP, your energy molecule. Ribose improves blood flow and provides much-needed oxygen to the heart.

Hawthorn – It’s an herb that increases the amount of blood your heart pumps, and it lowers blood

pressure over time. Hawthorne turns on an anti-aging switch in your body (a gene called PGC-1 alpha), which helps you burn fat more efficiently.

Fish Oils – They improve cholesterol

ratios and reduce risk of blood clot formation.

Taurine – It’s an amino acid that helps regulate heart rhythm, regulate blood pressure, and lower blood pressure.

Sometimes potassium deficiency contributes to heart problems. If your doctor has told you that you’re low in this mineral, check in your medicine cabinet because some medications are drug muggers and can actually reduce potassium levels.

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In World War II He Flew for the Yanks … and for the Brits

At age 94, Richard Boyd is a clear reminder of Hollywood’s handsome Errol Flynn. And he has a dashing past to match, virtually all of which was devoted to aviation.

The exploits started for him in 1941 in his native England, when he was 19 and volunteered for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a crewmember. He was selected for pilot training and began flying the Tiger Moth single-engine biplane. And just before he was to solo, his whole world changed.

The chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, “Hap” Arnold, had proposed that a limited number of British young men be trained in our aviation cadet program. Boyd was one of five picked from his group and soon was on his way to the U.S. via a holding base in New Brunswick, where a

group of soon-to-be cadets was being assembled.

Then, in 1942 he was sent to

Albany, Ga., to join the aviation cadet class of 42-I, flying the Stearman PT-17. Did he wear an American uniform?

“All but the forage cap, which earmarked me as a Brit,” he says.

In succession then followed basic flying at Macon, Ga., and advanced flying at Valdosta, Ga., where he

got his U.S. wings and RAF rank of pilot officer (the equivalent of our 2nd lieutenant).

He then shipped to Toronto in 1943, where he most memorably met and dated the winsome Rita Mary O’Gorman (more on that later).

It was there that he also was unexpectedly picked to be one of five pilots from his group of 60 to go to Texas to attend the Army Air Corps Central Instructors School at Kelly Field. Having completed that instructor training, he was assigned to Ellington Field in Houston, where he served as an instructor pilot in AT-9s and AT-10s.

In December, he was called back to the RAF, and he shipped from New York for Europe aboard the Queen Mary. What was that like?

With a chuckle, he says, “It was

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Flying Officer Richard E. Boyd in 1945.

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a madhouse. With 16,000 troops aboard, there were bunks stacked everywhere. Mine was actually on the bridge of the vessel.”

The Queen Mary was the largest and fastest troopship during World War II. In her seven years of wartime service, she ran an unescorted, zigzag course for 569,429 miles as she carried 765,429 troops across the Atlantic to England.

Arriving in Liverpool, Boyd was sent to Scotland to train to fly the British way. He laughs at the way a sergeant pilot said, “I understand that you trained in the American Air Force.” When Boyd agreed that he had, the sergeant said briskly, “Ah … we’ll soon correct that.”

That was followed by flying the twin-engine Wellington, then the four-engine Stirling, and finally the formidable, four-engine Lancaster. That amazing bomber could carry almost its own weight with 33,000 pounds of fuel and bombs. It was the only plane that could handle the RAF’s giant, 22,000-pound, special-purpose bomb, the Grand Slam.

While we think of the Brits as bombing in the night while we bombed by day, the RAF bombed a lot by day, as well. Boyd, for example, flew 11 missions by day and 22 at night.

At night, he was four times picked to be “marker crew,” which dropped flares to light up the target. He remembers one night when he had a problem with his radar over Dresden and had to face the flak during three runs over the target to hit it.

He also recalls a daylight mission when they were to bomb German troops at the east end of the Remagen Bridge over the Rheine, only to be called away at the very last minute upon learning that the Yanks had now crossed the bridge and actually were the troops below them.

For his wartime service, Boyd was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

On V-E Day, Boyd was at home on leave and was assigned to transport

command, where he flew Stirling bombers that had been converted to carry troops and equipment to Karachi, India, to fight the Japanese. What was the closest he ever came to buying the farm?

Scratching his chin, he says, “That has to be the time after the war when I was flying in a York transport plane as an observer. We crashed on landing, and I spent six months in the hospital in a full-body cast. That’s a time I don’t even want to think about.”

Leaving the RAF in 1947, Boyd worked as a flight operations officer for British Overseas Airways. He had been corresponding regularly with Rita, that girl in Toronto, and only then when he had a real job did he feel that he could send the letter that said, “Will you marry me?” along with a one-way ticket to England on the Queen Mary.

Even though they hadn’t been together in person in four years, she came, they quickly married, and for 68 years have never regretted the decision.

In 1951, Boyd joined the Dutch airline KLM for five years before Swissair asked him to work for them and open a New York City office. To do that, he and Rita came to New York, where they lived on Long Island.

Boyd became operations manager, North America, in 1969 and retired in 1986 after 30 years with the company. With his complimentary airline tickets, he and Rita have literally traveled the world.

They came to Central Pennsylvania in 2013 to live in one of its retirement communities. And Boyd is proud of the space it gives him for a “war room” in which he keeps a treasure trove of aviation books, pictures, documents, and awards … all that reminds him of the lifetime he’s been privileged to spend in the cutting-edge world of aviation.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Authentically Arizona: A Trip through Diné Bikéyah

The ruts are long and narrow; some measure nearly a foot in depth. As the driver swerves to avoid them, he plows across a shallow river, causing the van to list and my head to bang against the door of the four-wheel drive. I envision a muddy death.

My husband and I are on an aptly named Detours expedition, one that aims to explore not only the scenic spots, but also the cultural heritage of Arizona. Our particular tour focuses on the state’s Native people, and we’ve definitely lucked out.

Our guide is Donovan Hanley, a member of the Towering House Clan of the Navajo, who sports a waist-length braid, a broad smile, and a striking turquoise necklace. He’s about as authentic as you can get.

“Yá’át’ ééh abíní [good morning],” he says. “Welcome to Diné Bikéyah [The Navajo Nation].”

During the next four days, as we travel to some of the Navajos’ most sacred spots, he intersperses facts about his people’s beliefs and customs with personal stories about his grandfather (a medicine man), his father (a sheep herder), and his 8-year-old niece, who still lives in the same town where he grew up.

As for his necklace, he tells us

that the turquoise stones symbolize creation. Like the sky and water, they provide security and protection.

“The strand on the right is my mother,” he says. “The one on the left is my father. And the loop at the bottom, the strand that connects them, is the umbilical cord. By joining together, they have created me, the future generation.”

Hanley grew up near Monument Valley, a 30,000-acre tribal park near the Arizona/Utah border. The land is filled with stark rock formations that are familiar to most of us from countless movies that depict the American West.

But to the Navajo, the sandstone rocks are more than a filmmaker’s prop; they reflect their way of life and represent some of their deepest convictions.

We tour the valley in an open-air vehicle driven by a specially licensed Navajo guide. In the distance I see The Mittens, a pair of massive buttes that look like the hands of a gloved giant.

“The giant is so big that he can safeguard us,” says the guide.

He continues past spots where medicine men pray, where prospectors have discovered silver, and where a tall, solitary spire resembles the fireplace in

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the center of a traditional Navajo hogan (home).

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Although Monument Valley has been inhabited for thousands of years, it’s the red geological formations—the tall, skinny buttes and wide, flat mesas—that are the real attraction. For up-close views of the petroglyphs and cliff dwellings that show the human history of Navajoland, we head to Canyon de Chelly National Monument.

A light, gentle rain—a female rain, says our driver—bathes the cottonwood trees with a soft sparkle and brightens the green that peeks out from the rocks.

We see the farms that belong to the 50 or 60 families who live in the canyon today, study the dwellings left by the ancients, and listen to our driver tell stories about his childhood, when he was raised by his grandmother and

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Hanley laughs when we thank him for arranging another authentically Navajo experience.

“Power lies with those who can read the clouds,” he says.

En route back to Phoenix, we stop at Hubbell Trading Post, the oldest continuously operating trading post in the country.

At first glance, it’s a mix of groceries, dry goods, and run-of-the-mill souvenirs. At second, it’s a repository of outstanding Native American art, from antique rugs to modern creations.

As the resident historian tells the story of a Yei rug, a small woman with long, gray hair walks in, carrying a large, paper-wrapped package. She is, says the proprietor, a master weaver, still practicing what threatens to become a lost art. Two women vie to purchase the rug; the visitor from Sweden wins.

As for me, I settle for a simple souvenir that I find at a nearby convenience store. It’s a 9-inch doll outfitted with a necklace similar to Hanley’s. For $8.95 I have security, protection, and wonderful memories.

For more about Arizona’s Native culture and other Arizona attractions, see www.traveltizers.com. Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

Navajo craftspeople demonstrate traditional crafts in Monument

Valley’s hogan.

Canyon de Chelly is home to many cliff dwellings.

Guide Donovan Hanley uses personal stories to give people

insight into Navajo culture.

A traditional Navajo house, called a hogan, is on display in Monument Valley. Today hogans are most often

used for ceremonial purposes.

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I am honored, especially on Valentine’s Day, to be introduced to your newspaper. I have a warm spot in my heart for Pennsylvania. My mother was born in Erie.

My column started when two female editors in Dana Point, Calif., gave me my first writing assignment. I had just gone through a divorce and thought dating would be easy. It turned out to be difficult, and I wrote about the frustrations of a single guy in his early 50s trying to date again.

I complained and whined that younger women wouldn’t go out with me and women my age expected me to pay for dates.

The editors felt that the single women in Southern California would have a field day taking potshots at my

woe-is-me message.

They were right. When my first column ran, a woman said: “Who is this sniveling puke?” Another said, “Get the boy a crying towel.”

Women told me my writing became less controversial when I started dating my life partner, Greta.

I’ve written approximately 3,500 articles and newsletters on finding love in the later years, and writing on

this topic has been good to me. I’ve published three books and have been interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show and Diane

Sawyer on Good Morning America—very humbling.

My writing scope has broadened to: “On life and love after 50,” as older singles deal with life issues often beyond the scope of just dating.

My advice is applicable to anyone age 50 to 90. Yes, I know people in their 90s who have found love.

While my articles target singles, approximately 35 percent of my readers are married. Many tell me that reading about the hardships singles endure encourages them to appreciate their spouses more. My advice to married couples is usually pretty simple: Stay together and work out any issues.

Let’s have fun together. Maybe we can help some older singles find love. But to continue writing about senior dating, I need input from readers—your questions, comments, and stories about life and love after 50.

Email me at tompblake@gmail.com and I will respond within a day or two, unless I’m traveling overseas. Who knows? We might include you in a column.

One thing is certain: As more and more people become single later in life, there are always new and challenging issues.

People often tell me, “I never thought I’d be single at this stage in my life.” My hope is to help as many of them as possible.

Tom’s 10 Tips for Finding a Mate

My life partner, Greta, and I had dinner with a widower friend of ours after Christmas. As we were leaving the restaurant, he said, “I don’t want to be alone anymore. But I don’t know how to meet a potential mate. What do you advise?”

I put together a list that would help him get started. I call it Tom’s 10 Tips for Finding a Mate. The tips apply to both men and women.

1. Let friends, family, and acquaintances know that you’d like to meet other singles. That’s what Ken did with me. He let me know that he was rejoining the human race and wanted to meet new people.

The more people he gets the word out to, the better his chances of finding someone. It’s called networking. And it works.

A week after Ken asked for advice, I received an email from a single woman in his city. I asked each one of them separately if they’d like to correspond. They said yes. Had Ken not mentioned his situation to me, I wouldn’t have thought about introducing them.

2. Get off the couch and out of the house. You won’t meet anybody sitting at home. You need to be where you will meet new people.

Sure, it takes energy and time, but it will give you a purpose. Attend weddings, reunions, church activities, dances, and accept all invitations to events.

Volunteer. Another widower I know volunteers at a nearby hospital twice a week and helps feed the homeless at his brother’s church twice a month. He’s met single women at both places.

3. Go out to enrich your life and meet new people. Do not go out solely to find a mate.

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People looking too hard come off as desperate and end up turning off the opposite sex. Often, it’s when we aren’t looking that we meet someone special.

4. Pursue activities you enjoy where both sexes are involved. For guys repairing old cars, you likely won’t meet a potential mate. Ditto for women who are quilting.

5. Get the body moving. Walk and exercise. Be friendly to folks you see along the way. Offer to walk with them if appropriate.

6. Keep expectations in check. Meeting a potential mate won’t be

easy, but don’t give up. It takes time.

7. Internet dating is one method of meeting potential mates. For people living in remote areas, online dating may be a necessity to meet new people.

For people 50-plus, online dating is risky. There are scammers and evil people looking for vulnerable and lonely singles. However, it has worked for lots of couples.

If a guy online sounds too good to be true, he is. Trust your instincts. Don’t be naïve.

8. Smile and be friendly, positive, and upbeat. If you are in a post-office line, or a grocery-store line, be assertive

by striking up a conversation—but don’t be overly pushy about it.

9. Check out the website Meetup (www.meetup.com). There is no cost and they have clubs and groups across the U.S. that cover all kinds of special interests.

Pick some different ones and attend them. You will be enriching your life and making new friends.

10. Subscribe to my weekly On Life and Love after 50 e-newsletter at www.FindingLoveAfter60.com. There is no

cost. More than 1,000 singles ages 50 to 90 from across the country share their experiences, frustrations, and successes.

Above all, recharge your batteries and get out and meet new people. I’m betting our friend Ken will be up and running in no time.

For dating information, previous articles, or to sign up for Tom’s complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go to www.findingloveafter60.com.

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We owe much of our greater understanding of black history to Carter G. Woodson.

Born to former slaves, Woodson worked hard and against the tide of prejudice to obtain his own education.

In earning his doctorate from Harvard, Woodson was disturbed to find that during his studies, history books virtually ignored the black American population. So he decided to take on the challenge of writing black Americans into the history books.

He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now called the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History) in 1915, and a year later founded the widely respected Journal of Negro History.

Then in 1926, he launched Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.

February was chosen as Black History Month for the significant

events and people who figured prominently in black American history.

For example: Feb. 23, 1868: W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.

Feb. 3, 1870: The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.

Feb. 25, 1870: The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), took his oath of office. Feb. 12, 1909: The National Association for

the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City. Feb. 1, 1960: A group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter. The event marks a watershed moment in the civil-rights movement.

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Feb. 2, 1:30 p.m.Grief Support GroupPhoenixville Senior Center153 Church St., Phoenixville(610) 327-7216

Feb. 2 and 16, 5 to 6:30 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupMain Line Unitarian Church816 S. Valley Forge Road Devon(610) 585-6604phoenixbereavement@yahoo.comNondenominational; all are welcome.

Feb. 2 and 16, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupBrandywine HospitalConference Room 2N201 Reeceville Road, Coatesville(610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Feb. 3, 6 p.m.Memory Loss and Dementia Support GroupSunrise Assisted Living of Paoli324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern(610) 251-9994

Feb. 8 and 22, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupAdult Care of Chester County201 Sharp Lane, Exton(610) 363-8044

Feb. 9, 7 p.m.Hearing Loss Support GroupChrist Community Church1190 Phoenixville Pike West Chester(610) 444-445www.hearinglosschesco.com

Feb. 9 and 23, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupJennersville HospitalConference Room B1015 W. Baltimore Pike West Grove(610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Feb. 10, 1:30 p.m.Family Caregiver Support GroupSarah Care425 Technology Drive Suite 200, Malvern(610) 251-0801

Feb. 10, 6 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupCoatesville Area Senior Center22 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville(610) 383-6900

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sEnior CEntEr ACtivitiEsCoatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-690022 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.coatesvilleseniorcenter.orgMonthly Veterans Coffee Hour – Call for date

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Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.Compassionate Friends Valley Forge ChapterGood Shepherd Lutheran Church132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussiawww.tcfvalleyforge.org

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The answer to “What’s for dinner?” frequently depends on who’s doing the cooking.

A survey by consumer research organization GfK looked at cooking habits around the world, gathering data from more than 27,000 people in 22 countries.

Here’s how much time is spent weekly on meal preparation in different parts of the world:

• India: 13 hours• Ukraine: 13 hours• South Africa: nine hours• Indonesia: eight hours• Italy: seven hours• United States: five hours• South Korea: four hours

Cooking Habits across the Globe

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Woodcrest VillaMennonite Home Communities2001 Harrisburg PikeLancaster, PA 17601Connie BuckwalterDirector of Marketing(717) 390-4126www.woodcrestvilla.org

St. Anne’sretirement Community3952 Columbia AvenueWest Hempfield Township, PA 17512Mary Jo DiffendallDirector of Marketing(717) 285-5443mdiffendall@stannesrc.orgwww.StAnnesRC.org

Willow Valley Communities600 Willow Valley SquareLancaster, PA 17602Kristin HambletonDirector of Sales(717) 464-6800(800) 770-5445www.willowvalleycommunities.org

CCRCs offer a tiered approach to the aging process, accommodating residents’ unique and often changing needs. Healthy adults entering a CRCC are able to live independently in a home, apartment, or condominium of their own within the community.

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With a wealth of available resources, these communities give older adults the option to live in one location for the duration of their lives, with much of their future care already figured out — which equals both comfort and peace of mind.

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The CCRC Communities listed are sponsoring this message. This is not an all-inclusive list.

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You have to be somewhere today.There’s no hurry or schedule

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be a surprise, but once you arrive, as happens in the new book Where We Belong by Hoda Kotb (with Jane Lorenzini), you’ll be in exactly the right place.

It’s natural: a turn of the calendar, and you’re feeling some inner restlessness. It’s OK to admit it, says Kotb: You sense that there’s more to life, and you yearn to find it. The

good news is that it’s never too late to start working toward that perfect spot in your world; in fact, here, Kotb introduces readers to people who did.

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Where We Belong: Journeys that Show Us the Way

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Michelle Hauser grew up in Mason City, Iowa, living sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father.

By age 10, she skillfully ran a household; at 12, she landed a paying job because she sensed a need for self-sufficiency; at 14, she worked in a restaurant, where her love of cooking was cemented.

She ultimately became a chef, but throughout her life, she always harbored a dream of being a doctor. It would be even better if her two passions could unite …

Craig Juntenen never wanted children and had taken steps to ensure that it didn’t happen; his wife, Kathi, had known about his tenets when they were dating, and she accepted them.

She was, therefore, very surprised when Craig came home after a golf outing and announced that he had an idea that ultimately changed their lives and their family, when two became five …

Kay Abrahams grew up in the lap of luxury with everything she wanted—except parental attention, which she longed for. Her parents loved her, that was a fact, but they were busy with careers and had little time for her.

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So where’s your turning point? It won’t be identical to the ones you’ll find inside Where We Belong, but you’ll get a lot of inspiration just the same—you’ll also get a lot of same.

Indeed, the stories here are all very similar and, with one exception, preexisting wealth shows up quite often in the tales. That may turn a few readers off.

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The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books.

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