By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — The Labor Day holiday gave the Golden K seniors time to relax and enjoy holiday activities. September has moved in and cooling fall temperatures precipitate changes to the usual outdoor events. Yard work needs to be completed and some plants ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — I had a telephone conversation recently with my youngest son — now 48 years old — during which he echoed my own recent thoughts about life. He explained that he now recognized that the way in which a person approached life depended very much upon the phase of life in which they found themselves. He explained that when he was young, all he did was look ahead to the future and could not wait to get there. In his 20s, 30s and 40s life was a blur of activity that centered on the present: finishing college, finding and building a career, finding and marrying the right ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — Fortune Lake Camp will begin a new season of bimonthly events for senior adults Monday. The events will begin with coffee fellowship at 10 a.m. and will conclude by 2 p.m. A timely topic after Crystal Falls’ annual Humongous Fungus Festival, the upcoming Senior Day will focus on mushroom foraging. The Rev. Soren Schmidt, an expert forager, will share his personal knowledge about this fascinating search for food in area woods. “I grew up loving nature and foraging for berries and morel mushrooms with my dad,” Schmidt said. “Living at Fortune Lake ...
By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — The air-conditioned First Presbyterian Church in Kingsford was the ideal place for the Golden K meeting on Monday morning. The great hall in the back of the church accommodated the group as they proceeded. Chairman Brett Calcari opened ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — It is no exaggeration to say most of us believe that our world is a difficult place right now with so many challenges that are too big for any one person to make a difference. It is discouraging, to say the least, and scary as we wonder when “things will get back to what they used to be.” But this past Sunday morning Steve Hartman reminded us, as he usually does, that each of us can help to make a difference when we just take a moment to notice the situation — and that there are still many people in our world who do see and respond. As I was growing up, my ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — We all logically know that there is no “cure” for aging. It is a fact of life from which we cannot escape. Yet, many of us try our hardest to ignore this undeniable truth. Some may spend quite a bit of money as they try all of the latest anti-aging techniques, from hair dye to expensive cosmetics to liposuction to Botox facial injections. Others pursue the supplement route as they ingest supplements by the fist full each day instead of eating a healthy balanced diet. So today I want to share some surprising facts about aging and some tips to live a little longer. ...
