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They met in the late ‘50s, Barbara, a sopho-more and Michael, a senior were high school

sweethearts in Waterford, MI. They went steady and were an item until Mike’s family moved to Florida, diverging their lives: Barbara in Michi-gan and Mike in Florida.

Some 50 years on, Barbara Morningstar en-joyed a 37-year career in the Broward County (FL) School System and living in Pompano Beach. Dr. Michael Featherstone, an E-com-merce Professor at Jacksonville State University (AL), was living in Atlanta.

Barbara was divorced and a single woman with no children of her own. Michael was sepa-rated and an Internet expert, who just happened to be wondering about that young lady whom he dated back in high school. Through the wonders of Facebook and other Internet social and infor-mation sites, Michael found Barbara again.

He wondered how she was doing. He misread some of the postings and thought perhaps Barba-ra was sick and dying. He wanted to get in touch with her to express his concern and affection for her. Michael was relieved to discover Barbara was very much alive and active, enjoying the

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Love Stories Of Two Presidents And Their First Ladies

Couple Celebrates Valentine’s Day High School Sweethearts Together After 50 years

February 2017 Vol. 4, Number 11

Published Monthly by John Knox Village, 651 S.W. Sixth Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060

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A Life Plan Continuing Care Retirement Community

In February’s Issue

Ready • Set • Go To A Worry-Free Move .......... 3Resident & Professor Honored With Award ..... 4

Join Us In February ..... 5

Crossword Puzzle ........... 5

South Florida Events,Shows & Arts .................. 6

Sudoku .......................... 6

Book Review .................. 6

The Good Work Of Occupational Wellness ... 7

Health Benefits Of Tea ... 7

Living Well With Carmel .. 8

12 Steps To Health ......... 8

Ask Abby Stokes ............ 9

Talking Technology ........ 9

Therapeutic Services .... 10

Featured Home At Area’s Best Life Plan Continuing Care Community ........... 10 Marty Lee

Gazette Contributor

Dedicated toInform, Inspire, Involve

February is the month we celebrate two important holi-

days: Presidents’ Day and Valen-tine’s Day. Rarely do we have the chance to see into the romance of George Washington and his wife Martha Dandridge Custis, or Abraham Lincoln and his first lady Mary Ann Todd. Let’s take a look at these two important presi-dents and their first ladies.George Washington

While the courtship, romance and marriage of George Washing-ton and Martha was not based on passionate love, it was based on that most reliable of foundations – mutual attraction, true friend-ship, intellect, respect and ad-miration. The exact date of their

first meeting is lost in the mists of time, as are Martha’s exact feel-ings about George, as she burned nearly all of their letters upon his death. It was clear however, that she shared confidences, upheld his patriotism and worshipped him as a hero.

Martha probably never dreamed she would one day be the most important woman in the new country of the United States. She was born on June 2, 1731 to John and Frances Dandridge on a large tobacco plantation along the Pamunkey River in Virginia. She was the eldest child, followed by three younger brothers and five sisters. She grew up with an enlightened father who made sure his daughters were taught read-ing, writing and mathematics, as well as womanly skills, such as running a household, sewing and

entertaining. According to the book, “Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States,” she also enjoyed her dance and music lessons, riding horses, cooking and gardening. She grew an ex-tensive herb garden and learned how to make medicines. All were exemplary skills she put to good use when she ran her own large household, entertained, raised children, tended to her husband’s soldiers during the Revolutionary War and as the first, First Lady!

By all accounts Martha was a pretty woman with a gentle, kind character who attracted many suitors. When she was 17 years old, she married Daniel Parke Custis, a rich eligible man from a very good family. He inherited a vast estate from his father with a mansion called, prophetically,

Nona SmithGazette Contributor

After more than 50 years, Dr. Michael Featherstone and Barbara Morningstar renewed their relationship.

Wedding of George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis on Jan. 6, 1759 at her estate in Virginia. 1854 lithograph.

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the White House. Martha and Daniel had four children, of which John Parke Custis and Mar-tha Parke Custis survived their childhoods.

In July 1757, Martha’s husband died leav-ing her a very rich widow with young children to raise and an estate to manage. She quickly learned how to run her plantation success-fully plus oversee a large household. She was too busy for romance, yet she was only 25, a pretty, rich widow and as such, very attractive marriage material. The suitors were numerous, but only one, a tall, blue-eyed military officer caught her eye. She was impressed by his dig-nity and formality.

Martha Plans The Wedding Within months of meeting they planned a

future together. Martha placed an order for wedding finery from London, a shipment which included brilliant purple slippers and a dress that had to be “grave but not extravagant nor to be mourning.” On Jan. 6, 1759, less than 10 months after their first meeting, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington at her home. A new era had dawned for the couple with a marriage and partnership that was to last for nearly 41 years.

Martha must have believed in George. She had found someone she could trust as well as love. Although many wealthy widows wrote legal premarital contracts to protect their assets from the previous marriages, Martha did not. George had total access and use of Martha’s fortune, plus she made him the children’s legal guardian, responsible for managing and pro-tecting their financial affairs.

George Washington had made a name for himself as a hero of the French and Indian frontier wars. During the American Revolu-tion, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. In 1787, he was elected president of the con-vention that wrote the U.S. Constitution and helped provide ideas that should be included. The actual writing was done by Thomas Jeffer-son with Benjamin Franklin adding input.

After a distinguished military service, he retired just before his marriage to Martha. He then lived the life of a country gentleman and devoted himself to managing his plantation, renovating the Mount Vernon home, taking care of his wife and doting on his stepchildren.

He also entered politics and was elected to Virginia’s House of Burgesses in 1758. He was selected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in March 1775. And thus, Washing-ton started on his long journey to become the first President of the United States with Martha by his side as First Lady.

At the early stages in the development of the United States, presidents were selected solely through the vote of the Electoral College, not by popular vote. The 69 votes that Washington received in 1789, and the 132 he received in 1792 represented all the available Electoral College votes, thereby making Washington the only president in United States history to have been unanimously elected.

Abraham Lincoln“I am a firm believer in the people. If given

the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”

-Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Mary Ann Todd, nicknamed Molly, was the child of wealthy parents and received an excel-lent education in prestigious all-girls schools where she excelled in cultural studies and spoke fluent French. Because her father enter-tained the politically influential at their home, she acquired a keen interest in politics and could discuss political events with confidence.

Mary met Abraham Lincoln in 1840 when she was 21 and he was 31. She visited her wealthy and advantageously-married sister Elizabeth Edwards in Springfield, IL on sev-eral occasions and enjoyed a lively social life as the centerpiece of a group of young people who called themselves the “coterie.” The group included Springfield’s most fascinating young women and richest, most promising young men.

At a cotillion in December 1839, she looked

across the ballroom and first laid eyes on the “plainest man in Springfield” as Elizabeth described him. Mary, however found him intriguing. Abraham went up to Mary and said, “I want to dance with you in the worst way,” as Mary wittily recalled, “he certainly did.”

Mary fell in love with the tall, gangly and kind Lincoln. She admired his sincerity, ambition and hon-esty. Throughout the spring, summer and fall of 1840 they were inseparable, moving from friendship to what Mary called having “lover’s eyes.”

By Christmas, Abraham had proposed and Mary ac-cepted despite her family’s objections to his poverty and lack of prospects. But in early 1841, he wanted to break off their engagement as panic set in. He worried he could not give Mary the life of wealth and luxury she was used to. He was a man without a reliable income, a house or savings. Mary obliged and broke their engage-ment which made them both miserable.

Instead of feeling relieved from the burden of matrimony, Lincoln was devastated and wrote melancholy poetry, missed legislative meetings and became even more gaunt. Mary suffered too. The once vivacious belle spent her lonely days reading and sewing. “I was much left to the solitude of my own thoughts,” she later wrote and “to lingering regrets over the past.”

“Love Is Eternal” For Abe And Mary In the fall of 1842, a good friend of Abra-

ham’s invited them both to lunch, though shy at first, they soon began discussing their favor-ite topics of politics and poetry. By the end of the afternoon they realized they must resume their relationship. After reuniting they wasted no time with a long engagement and were mar-ried on a rainy November night in 1842. De-spite her initial objections to Lincoln, Mary’s sister helped plan the wedding, and loaned Mary a white satin dress and a pearl necklace. Mary’s gold wedding band was engraved with “Love is eternal.”

Abe’s Life Of Exemplary ServiceAbraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky

to a frontier family. His early life was one of poverty and hard work. The family moved to Indiana when Lincoln was only seven, and two years later his mother died. Fortunately, his new stepmother exerted a good and loving in-fluence over him, encouraging him to educate himself, by borrowing and studying books.

By the age of 21, Lincoln settled in New Salem, IL, where he worked as a manual laborer and store clerk. He continued his self- education and in 1832 served as a captain in the militia in the Black Hawk War. Lincoln began to study law and was licensed to prac-tice in 1836. Within a few years, he made a name for himself as one of the state’s finest lawyers, winning several high profile cases.

In 1858 Lincoln gained national stature dur-ing his campaign against Democratic Senator

Stephen Douglas of Illinois for a U.S. Senate seat. The campaign featured a series of public debates on slavery, in which Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery while Douglas maintained that each territory should have the right to decide whether it would become a free

or slave state. Lincoln lost the Senate race, but his cam-paign brought national atten-tion to the young Republican party which abhorred slavery.

Lincoln had been a staunch member of the Whig party up to this point in his life, but joined the fledgling Repub-lican party in 1855, as he said to a friend, “I have been un-Whigged!” Lincoln’s powerful influence on the young party helped transform it from the single-issue plat-

form of slavery, to a party devoted to broader ideals of liberty and optimism.

In 1859, he became the Republican nominee for president and on Nov. 6, 1860, Lincoln defeated his opponents and become the first Republican president in American history. As President, he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. When the Ameri-can Civil War began, President Lincoln spoke of the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slavery.

Although he personally found the practice of slavery abhorrent, he knew that neither North-erners nor the residents of the Union’s border slave states would support abolition as a war aim. Mary Lincoln was also a fervent and tire-less supporter of the Union and detested slav-ery. She held the same views as her husband in his conviction that abolition had become a sound military strategy, as well as the morally correct path. He issued a preliminary Emanci-pation Proclamation, declaring that as of Jan. 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

Two Of Our Greatest Presidents And Their First LadiesFrom “Presidents” On Page 1

Abraham Lincoln and Mary Ann Todd Lincoln greeting Union generals and cabinet members, at Abraham Lincoln’s last reception in 1865.

Abraham went up to Mary and said, “I want to dance with you

in the worst way,” as Mary wittily

recalled, “he certainly did.”

Portrait of Mary Ann Todd Lincoln.

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The 900 residents at John Knox Village ap-preciate a worry-free lifestyle, where the

benefits of a life plan continuing care retire-ment community are enjoyed.

Nearly everything you need is taken care of for you: From home maintenance to house-keeping, transportation, security, 15 dinner meals per month, and your health care – whether you need assisted living or nursing home care in the future. It’s all included in your life plan contract.

The benefits are all-encompassing, yet so many over the age of 62 wait to make the move, even though it makes financial, physi-cal and social sense to enjoy the lifestyle to-day, rather than later.

The Answer To: I’m Not Ready Yet!According to the John Knox Village Com-

munications Manager Rob Seitz, the most commonly heard reason for delaying a move to the Village is, “I am not ready yet.” Rob added that often the underlying concern is the thought of moving is overwhelming.

“Many future residents are living in a large house, or condominium, so the thought of downsizing, selling the house, packing, moving, then unpacking and setting up a new place is overwhelming and paralyzing. JKV created its Ready Set Go Program to alleviate those anxieties.” Rob said.

The program relieves prospective residents from the burden of moving.

“Sometimes, just the idea of moving is so overwhelming that the individual decides to do nothing,” Rob said. “Even though the per-son knows the move is the right decision.”

With the turn-key Ready • Set • Go Pro-gram, residents need only choose an apart-ment home or villa and pick out interior appointments. JKV experts and contracted professionals design the new home, orches-trate downsizing, sell the current house, pack, move, and then unpack and arrange furnish-ings into the new JKV home.

Program Relieves The BurdenLong-time Ft. Lauderdale residents Dr.

Rudy and Carol Frei know firsthand that the Ready • Set • Go Program is a great way to relieve the pressure and burden of moving. The Freis understand that feeling very well.

Dr. Rudy retired after 35 years of Child and Adult Psychiatry private practice in the area. Carol, a former home economics teacher, was a stay-at-home mom for their four children.

Their five-bedroom, four-bath Galt Ocean Mile home became much too much after the children moved out. The Freis were aware of John Knox Village in Pompano Beach and had friends who had moved to the commu-nity. Carol said a “medical wake-up call prompted their decision” to reconsider mov-ing to JKV. Fortunately, the medical situation was not serious, however the Freis knew it was time to put their plan into action.

The Intelligent Choice “We didn’t want to move to live near any

of our out-of-state children,” Carol said. “Not knowing anyone there, and not sure their jobs would keep them there. We were committed, and were [put] on the [JKV] waiting list.”

When their new Village Towers apartment

home was ready, the Freis worked with JKV’s Move-In Coordinator and Marc Ceritelli, a senior move manager with the Ft. Lauderdale firm Mary-Alice & Carol/MC Senior Ser-vices, Inc.

The company helps “simplify the lives of senior adults, retirees and empty nesters,” according to the company’s website. “That may include downsiz-ing, moving to an apartment or retirement community, preparing your home for sale or just organizing your exist-ing home to function more efficiently with the needs you have today. The transi-tion can be simple, just leave it to us.”

During Marc’s visit to the Frei’s 3,500 square foot home, “Our furniture was mea-sured with the knowledge of what we wanted to take to JKV,” Dr. Rudy said. “Mary Alice and Carol also visited our apartment at John Knox and outlined for us what would fit in a drawn floor plan.”

Contents to be moved from their Ft. Lau-derdale home were divided into three sec-tions: One group to their new JKV apartment home, another to their summer home in the mountains of North Carolina, and a third group to be donated to the N.E. Focal Point Senior Center in Deerfield Beach.

Why Didn’t We Come Sooner? Their realtor staged their home and the first

couple who looked at the home bought it. Carol said they moved to JKV within a month and haven’t looked back. The only thing that has changed is their address, they said. “Doctors, hairdressers, shops, grocery stores, friends, activities, Church, volunteerism orga-nizations have all remained the same.

“After moving to John Knox Village, you will say, ‘why didn’t we come sooner?’ Coming sooner makes so much sense,” they said. You’ll enjoy: “Peace of mind for your children. It is cost-effective if one needs care, which may happen when least expected, and bonding with other residents creates a support group if needed.

“No one feels that they are ready [to move], but you are more ready than you think.”

Learn More About Ready • Set • GoIf you have been waiting for the right time

and the right place to simplify your life and to assure your long-term care no matter what the future may bring, then Ready • Set • Go is for you. Call today and ask to speak with a Life Plan Consultant at (954) 783-4040 for all the details. Schedule a tour, and be a guest for lunch. Visit the John Knox Village web-site: (www.JohnKnoxVillage.com) for more information.

Ready • Set • Go Program Makes Moving CarefreeMaintain Your Professional And Social Connections: The Only Change Is Your Address

Marty LeeGazette Contributor

Take Advantage Of TheReady • Set • Go Program

1. Ready: Make your appointment to view our open-concept designer ready homes.

2. Set: Create your custom home styleat our Design Center.

3. Go: Leave the move management, packing, moving and unpacking to us!

“No one feels that they are

ready [to move], but you are more ready than you

think.”

Dr. Rudy and Carol Frei now have the freedom to pursue all of their interests while enjoying the life plan benefits of John Knox Village.

Dr. Michael Featherstone, a faculty member in the

Jacksonville State University (Alabama) School of Business has been named recipient of the Bob and Lou Kennamer Excellence in Teaching Award.

A 15-year faculty member, Mike teaches E-commerce in the school’s MBA Program. He was formerly employed at IBM in its Innovation Center, which was at the forefront of developing web-sites for E-commerce in the 1990s.

Now 74, and at a time when most of his peers are retired, Mike still enjoys the challenges of his ca-reer. While he is a professor at the university located in Northeastern Alabama, he lives in Pompano Beach, FL at John Knox Village, a life plan continuing care retirement community. Chalk that situation up to the value of what he teaches: Communicating via the Internet.

Mike did not start his career as a teacher. He was a practitioner prior to his teaching assignments.

He grew up in Waterford, MI, and moved to Hialeah, FL in his teens. Mike earned BS and MPA degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, and earned the degree of Doctor of Business Adminis-tration at Southern Cross University’s Graduate College of Manage-ment, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. He also attended postgraduate studies at the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University.

From 1995 until June 2002, he worked as a producer and then manager at the IBM e-Business Innovation Center in Atlanta, GA. His clients included some the largest corporations in the world, and his team developed websites for the National Hockey League, Grammy Awards, Super Bowl, Tony Awards, Wimbledon Tennis Tournaments and The Masters Golf Tournaments.

A Bike Ride Around Campus Piqued His Interest

Mike became a teacher at Jacksonville State University through a series of accidental circumstances. Living in Atlanta and an avid cy-clist, he would often go on group rides enjoying the roads surrounding the Atlanta Metro area. In 2000, one of these rides headed west to the city of Jacksonville, AL. Mike was struck by the beauty of the area, and the university campus located in the Talladega Mountains. He made note as he toured the campus to check the university’s website upon returning to Atlanta.

Mike said he saw on the website that the university was starting an E-commerce program in its School of Business. “I decided to give the Dean of the Business School, Bill Fielding, a call,” Mike told The Ga-zette. “I offered the students an opportunity to take a tour of the IBM Innovation Center so they could see how websites were developed at IBM. From that visit, I was asked to visit the university to lecture the students, and I did.”

Then Mike said with a laugh, “The dean asked me when I would retire from IBM, and I said in a couple years. He asked if I would like to join the program. I said ‘yes,’ and joined the staff in 2002.”

Teaching Offers New OpportunityThe first few years, Mike commuted from his home in Atlanta to

the campus to teach. The nearly 100 mile commute was getting hectic for Mike, but as both the course work and the Internet developed, he could teach online, rather than in person on campus. This situation received the approval of his business school dean and administration.

Since Mike was no longer constrained by the duties of in-person teaching, he was now free to live anywhere he wished. After recon-necting with his high school sweetheart Barbara Morningstar, Mike moved to John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, and still maintains an apartment in Atlanta for his necessary visits.

When asked why he continues to teach, Mike answered, “With all the opportunities I have been given, who would quit a job like that?”

South Florida lifestyle.After making initial contact, Michael said

to Barbara, “Sometime before the year is out, we must get together and have a cup of cof-fee or a glass of wine.” They did, and Michael said it was uncanny how much they still had in common.

“We both liked gardening, both like to cycle, we’re both physical fitness buffs, like the same foods, and are both sports fans,” he said. It was only a matter of time before they got back together.

Michael had his apartment in Atlanta, and Barbara had a home in Pompano Beach. They decided to consolidate their households and their relationship, but soon they would con-sider another move: A more permanent one to a life plan continuing care retirement com-munity.

Planning To Move To JKVWhen they first got reconnected, Barbara

told Michael that she was going to move to John Knox Village.

“I explained to Mike, that it would be a place he would love, full of activities and fun,” she said. “But it is also a place where you need not worry about who will care for you, should you need assisted liv-ing or a nursing home in the future.”

Barbara recalls her family experiences to emphasize how important it is to plan for your long-term future.

“My grandparents needed a nursing home and my parents did not know what to do. When my mom had a heart attack, we did not know how to take care of mom. I had a couple of close friends who got sick last No-vember, and they no longer could live alone. Once Mike and I reconnected, I told him this was an omen. I put the house up for sale and decided to move to John Knox Village.”

As a member of the Broward County Re-tired Educators Association and Daughters of the American Revolution, Barbara had knowl-edge about John Knox, having attended many

meetings and events that were hosted at the community. She got to know many residents and, “Everyone said they loved living at John Knox Village.”

For Barbara, it was an easy sell to interest Michael in the move. He explained that he had never heard about a life plan continu-ing care retirement community. But after hearing Barbara’s explanation, as a working professional he realized he could eliminate the worry of household maintenance and his

long-term care future in one move.

Once moving to JKV in July 2016, Barbara and Michael fell in love all over again. Not just with each other, but also with their environment. “We used to walk along the ocean daily,” Michael said. “But now here

at John Knox, we walk the Village all the time. The grounds are beautiful. It is comfort-able without the distractions of the city.”

They have the time and facilities to engage in their passions. They enjoy the gardens at John Knox. They still cycle a bit. They love professional soccer and will be attending At-lanta United games as inaugural season ticket holders. But as Barbara says, “There is so much to do at John Knox that we do not leave the Village that often. “

Michael adds, “We love it here. The ameni-ties are great. The new fitness center in the Woodlands is a state-of-the art facility. We appreciate the flora and fauna of the Village:

The rose garden and the various gardens around the villas. Plus, everything is here: The bank, libraries in every apartment build-ing, and if I need stamps I go right to the Vil-lage Mart. We don’t have to drive for conve-niences. It is a great place to live.”

Staying Active And ConnectedIn their early 70s, Barbara and Michael are

as active as ever. They volunteer on several committees. Barbara is an alternate on the Village Senate, they are both Ambassadors for the Marketing Committee, serve as back-ups on mail delivery, and Michael is on the Grounds Committee and Security Committee.

Michael says living at John Knox Village offers him the best of two worlds. He stays in touch with younger trends in his teaching pro-fession at Jacksonville State, yet he can settle in and enjoy the company of his age group and those even a bit older.

“There is just something about sharing life in commonality. Everyone we have met here is so accomplished, and we have met a new set of friends. We can socialize and swap sto-ries about our youth and we all can remember those times.”

For Barbara and Michael, this is a time to renew their relationship which began more than a half-century ago: Still young and in love, surrounded by friends in a setting which allows them to live their lives fully and actively. This is a special February for them: Celebrating their first Valentine’s Day togeth-er in their new home at John Knox Village.

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February 2017The John Knox Village GazettePage 4

Teenage Sweethearts Reunite After More Than 50 Years

“I explained to Mike, that it

would be a place he would love,”

Dr. Michael Featherstone and Barbara Morningstar enjoy the John Knox Village lifestyle.

John Knox Village Professor And Resident Awarded Teaching Honor

Marty LeeGazette Contributor

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Save The Dates And Join Us At John Knox Village In February

You are invited to learn about John Knox Village and enjoy a delightful executive chef prepared lunch. Marketing Staff representatives will ex-plain the rewards of moving to John Knox Village. Learn about the ben-efits and lifestyle enjoyed at a life plan continuing care retirement com-munity. Then take a tour of the 70-acre lushly landscaped tropical campus. You’ll visit several of the newly renovated one and two bedroom apart-ment homes. JKV resident Betsy Sweet will be the guest speaker.

Call (954) 783-4040 for reservations.

Join Us for a Lunch and LearnTuesday, February 14 at 10:30 a.m. in

the Woodlands’ Life Enrichment Center

The Senior Connection Club is planning a return to one of our favorite South Florida attractions. Butterfly World encompasses 3 acres of butter-fly aviaries, botanical gardens and a working butterfly farm and research center. The facility also includes two aviaries for a rainbow of birds and hummingbirds, as well as an interactive lorikeet encounter.

The bus leaves the John Knox Village Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. Advance reservations are required. Call (954) 783-4040 to reserve

your place by February 10.

Outing to Butterfly World Thursday, February 16, Bus Leaves

John Knox Village at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, February 23: • Scribers Book Class: 10 a.m.• Digital Photo Class: 1 p.m.

Have you ever wanted to publish your auto-biography, novel or collection of short stories but have no idea how? If you have a computer and can write, we can get your book published.

Did you receive a new digital camera as a gift, but are confused about how to use it? We’ll teach you how to use that digital camera. Come for one class or both.

Please bring your camera with you to the photo class. Learn how to preserve the memo-ries with digital photography.

We’ll practice taking photos, so you have the knowledge and confidence to snap those once-in-a-lifetime pictures of your family, friends and travels.

Meet in the Cassels Tower Party Room at John Knox Village. Call to reserve your place for one or both classes: (954) 783-4040.

Venetian Arts Society presents The Life and Career of Renata Scotto, Legendary Prima Donna: The Golden Age of Opera. The afternoon will include rare video footage of Mme. Scotto’s monumental career, personal tributes from friends and colleagues, and an interactive dialogue with her. This is a rare opportunity to meet one of the great sopranos who has performed with the legends: From Maria Callas to Luciano Pavarotti.

Advance reservations are required and seating is limited. Call (954) 783-4040 to reserve your place.

A Conversation with Renata ScottoSaturday, February 25 at 2 p.m.in the Village Centre Auditorium

Betsy Sweet (right) shown with fellow resident Gloria Tomey, will be the guest speaker.

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February 2Boz Scaggs and theRobert Cray BandBroward Center

for the Performing Arts 201 Southwest 5th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 462-0222www.browardcenter.org

8 p.m. Admission from $45

February 9Jackie Mason

Parker Playhouse707 NE 8th Street

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304(954) 462-0222

www.parkerplayhouse.com8 p.m. Admission from $57.50

February 9 & 11Florida Grand Opera –

Eugene Onegin Broward Center

for the Performing Arts 201 Southwest 5th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 462-0222www.browardcenter.org

7:30 p.m. Admission from $21

February 10Lynyrd Skynyrd

Pompano Beach Amphitheater1806 NE 6th Street

Pompano Beach, FL 33060 954-519-5500 for ticketswww.theamppompano.org7 p.m. Admission from $45

February 10 - 12South Florida Garlic Festival

John Prince Park4759 South Congress Ave.

Lake Worth, FL 33461dbgarlicfest.com

Fri. 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.Sat. 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.Sun. 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.Admission from $10

February 18Mutts Gone Nuts –

Canine CabaretBroward Center

for the Performing Arts 201 Southwest 5th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 462-0222www.browardcenter.org

11 a.m. Admission from $30

February 21 South Florida Symphony –

Masterworks IIBroward Center

for the Performing Arts201 Southwest 5th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 462-0222www.browardcenter.org

7:30 p.m. Admission from $35

February 22Ted Koppel

Broward College Speaker SeriesBroward Center

for the Performing Arts201 Southwest 5th Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 462-0222www.browardcenter.org

7:30 p.m. Admission $50.85

February 26The Russian National Ballet

Parker Playhouse707 NE 8th Street

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304(954) 462-0222

www.parkerplayhouse.com2 p.m. Admission from $26.50

Check these other calendar sources for additional events:

www.pompanofun.comwww.artscalendar.com

www.sunny.org www.broward.org

www.theamppompano.org www.fortlauderdale.gov www.broward.org/library

www.pompanobeachcra.com

From Blues To Opera To Classic Ballet: Check Out These February Events

Answers On Page 9.

Events listed were current at press time, however are subject to change. Please contact each venue for the latest information.

A compelling novel steeped

in history, “A Friend of Mr. Lincoln,” focuses on the relationship between the fictional character Cage Weath-erby, a budding writer, and an ambitious frontiersman, Abe Lincoln.

They first meet in 1832 on the Illinois prairie as part of a volunteer group sent out to retrieve the bodies of fighters killed by Indi-ans in the Black Hawk War. In this first part, the author is graphic in his description of the battle and its aftermath. Cage and Abe share a love of literature, particularly poetry, and a desire to leave their “mark” on the world.

Early on, Cage observes that Lincoln has a presence that draws men to him, a sud-den burst of interest wherever Lincoln ap-pears. Lincoln is a unique character, a gangly backwoodsman who quotes Byron as well as holding others in rapt attention with his ribald jokes and bawdy tales. Most of the story takes place in Springfield, IL, the stage of political power as it becomes the state capitol. Their friendship will be tested in numerous ways.

First, Cage has abolitionist sentiments to which the young Abe is not yet committed. In addition, Cage is disturbed by Abe’s pen-ning anonymous newspaper articles, under the guise of “Sampson’s Ghost,” to assassinate the characters of his opponents. Cage consid-ers it cowardly and ignoble, only one way in which the author portrays Lincoln as a less

heroic figure than have other writers.

Harrigan has taken liberties aplenty. For example, Lincoln’s tendency toward melancholia has been revealed in well-re-searched biographies, but Harrigan has him suffer a full-blown ner-vous breakdown over his indecision to marry Mary Todd.

Cage actually tries to dissuade Lincoln from this alliance, which he says “will ruin” Abe. Cage finds her a manipulative, conniving, flirtatious tease who will be “ever plotting, wanting, needing more” from her husband.

As a result, Mary considers Cage an enemy, even at this early stage, and will eventually exact her revenge in a most malicious man-ner. Lincoln’s association with this cunning woman is not the only time the author shows Lincoln full of despair – drowning in a cata-tonic, morose malaise.

Along with Mary Todd is depicted another female character, the independent, feminist Emma who becomes Cage’s lover, but refuses to become his wife, or anyone else’s. Their romance, a sort of “cat and mouse game,” provides another layer to the tale. In addi-tion is an excellent courtroom trial scene with Lincoln the defender of a guilty man that so enrages Cage to the point of ending their friendship.

Despite Cage’s forewarnings of a tempes-tuous marriage, the equally ambitious Mary Todd has set her sights on “a man who is going places” where she wants to go too and

finally secures her desire to become his wife. This is a many tiered book, a look at the vari-ous stages in Lincoln’s rise to the Presidency. Moreover, it is an intimate look at the man himself, especially his contradictions that so puzzle his best friend.

The author actually begins the book with Lincoln’s funeral, a sober and darkly shroud-ed event, then flashes back to earlier times. Stephen Harrigan has succeeded in a skillfully wrought tale of two friends whose shared am-bition is “to live a life of consequence.” At the same time, he allows a totally absorbing peek into their lives.

Donna DeLeo BrunoGazette Contributor

Donna DeLeo Bruno is a retired teacher of Literature and Writing. Donna spends summers

in Rhode Island and contributes book reviews to four local newspapers, and winters in

Fort Lauderdale. Donna is a member of the John Knox Village Silver Scribers group,

guiding authors in publishing their books as part of the Senior Connection Club.

A Friend Of Mr. Lincoln

by Stephen Harrigan

Book Review

Mutts Gone Nuts

* Source: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/health- benefits-of-tea/?gl=584f398ddc7f1f407509de4f

Page 7February 2017 The John Knox Village Gazette

Our next Well-ness Dimen-

sion to explore in our Seven Dimen-sions is Vocational Wellness. Voca-tional Wellness is the desire to contribute in our activities or ca-reers to make a positive impact in the community we live in, organiza-tions we work or volunteer in and the society as a

whole. Vocational Wellness is obtained by gaining personal fulfillment through volunteer experiences or your chosen career. This Well-ness Dimension is also related to finding a vocation in which you find fulfillment. Since we invest so much of our time through vol-unteering, or at our place of employment, it is important that we find fulfillment in the effort exerted during the time spent.

Consider how many times you have intro-

duced yourself by saying your name and occupation, or have met someone where a question is asked such as, “What do you do for a living?” Regardless of whether a person is an attorney, factory worker, plumber, teacher, homemaker, or nurse; one’s oc-cupation becomes inextricably connected to his/her identity. In fact, our occupation tends to influence who we socialize with, the clothing we wear, and even the neigh-borhood we call home.

Consider Volunteer Work

For some people, retirement is a chance to enjoy the “Golden Years,” traveling and treat-ing themselves to the hard-earned good life. Many people view retirement as a chance to pursue a job that aligns with personal inter-ests, give back through volunteer work and enjoy a source of fulfillment. For others, work is a necessity for survival.

The concept of active aging can be summed up in the phrase “engaged in life.” Active ag-ing describes individuals who live life as fully as possible within the Seven Dimensions of Wellness (emotional, environmental, voca-tional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, social). Regardless of socioeconomic status or health conditions, older individuals can live useful, active and productive lives.

Obtaining Occupational Wellness:

• Pursuing values, strengths and passions through purposeful reflection

• Cultivating a personal understanding of meaning and purpose in one’s life that balances personal ambition with service to the world and others

• Expressing values, strengths and pas-sions through work and service to others

• Continuously learning new skills and seeking challenges that lead to personal growth and a better world

• Continually assessing life priorities to maintain balance, including the ability to say “no” to some opportunities

• Understanding that listening for and following a vocational calling is a life-long process

Wellness through occupation or vocation involves using one’s unique skills/talents in work that is meaningful and reward-ing, contributes to the well-being of the com-munity at large and is integrated into a total lifestyle that is rewarding.

Renowned gerontologist, Robert Butler, defines productive aging as occurring when older people engage in “voluntary as well as paid contributions to society and, at its most basic, continuing self-care.” The following are examples of productive aging activities that harness talents and skills:

• Creativity (e.g., art, crafts, music, dance, creative writing)

• Hobbies that benefit self and others (e.g., gardening, woodworking)

• Caregiving (e.g., to family and others)• Civic engagement in community and

political affairs (e.g., formal and in-formal volunteering such as tutoring, mentoring, political action)

According to the report “Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research,” by the Corporation for National and Commu-nity Services, research indicates that volun-teering provides individual health benefits: Those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression later in life than those who do not volunteer.

As we transition from one work role to dif-ferent types of work or volunteer efforts, we may wish to reflect on the words of Winston Churchill: “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”

Verna Chisman JKV Wellness Director

I know many of you have made resolutions at the beginning of 2017 about improving

your health. This month’s column is about ways you can deepen that commitment with ease.

Drink more tea. In the Blue Zones (the places in the world where people live the lon-gest), tea drinking is a part of life that has been shown to promote longevity and wellness. Why? Tea has polyphenols – little anti-inflam-matory/antioxidant powerhouses that help protect your body from bad things you eat.

So what’s the benefit of drinking green tea? Regular drinkers, on average, have smaller waistlines and lower BMI (body-mass index); experience better exercise endurance due to the increased ability of green tea extracts to burn fat as fuel and have a greater ability to fight off certain cancers including colon, breast, ovarian, prostate and others. It’s not a cure, but can help lower your risk.

You’ll have a better chance to fight free-radicals (those cellular bad guys that cause damage linked to heart disease, cancer and even Alzheimer’s Disease) due to the high antioxidant value of tea.

Another benefit is greater bone strength when green teas are combined with strength training. It improves blood sugar regulation to the point that research suggests people who drink six cups of green tea per week are less

likely to get diabetes. Tea also improves brain power due to the high level of polyphenols which appear to slow the effects of aging in memory and learning centers.*

Dump sugar and artifi-cial sweeteners. If you’ve been reading this column regularly, you will remem-ber I wrote about sugar being more addictive than cocaine. Not only is it addictive, con-suming sugary foods and drinks are like send-ing napalm into your digestive tract. Only antibiotics are more harmful to the healthy balance of gut bacteria.

The effects of eating this non-nutritive sweetener range from being overweight to diabetes, cancer and even dementia. And artificial sweeteners are equally deleterious to digestive and overall health. Just say “No” to processed and artificial sweeteners and switch to honey, Stevia or maple syrup for sweeteners.

Move your body. Sitting is more harmful than smoking cigarettes. The human body was designed to move, hunt, gather, harvest and more. It’s only for the past 150 or so years, since the Industrial Revolution, that humans sit more than we move and this is proving harmful to our health. Sitting sends a signal to the brain that this is rest time and all pro-cesses slow down. Periods of standing and moving send the signal to the body to rev up and get ready for action.

Our hearts beat stronger, we take in more oxygen and our muscles get exercised. So use your smartphone or tablet or fitness tracker to set an alarm so you remember to get up and move at least once every hour.

Be a Savvy Senior. Live longer and health-ier in 2017. Drink more green tea, dump the sugar and artificial sweeteners and move your body for better health. You’ll be glad you did.

Anne GoldbergGazette Contributor

The Art of Living Longer?Drink More Green Tea

Anne Goldberg, The Savvy Senior, has a vision to create an army of senior volunteers bringing

their wisdom and experience back to the community. She helps seniors reach their goals

by teaching them how to use computers; holding conferences and workshops on The Art

of Living Longer; learning decluttering and organizing techniques; producing Tell Your

Story Videos, preserving the stories and wisdom of your life for future generations. For more

information call or visit Anne at (954) 536-8008 (www.SavvySeniorServices.com)

(www.Facebook.com/SavvySeniorServices)

Vocational Wellness Provides PersonalSatisfaction, Life’s Enrichment

February 2017Page 8 Wellness

Think Positively For Greater Health

There is a Chinese saying, “No medicine is powerful enough to overcome a lust for

vengeance.” Thoughts can be silent killers. Of all the

creatures on earth, we are the only ones that can alter the physiology of our bodies by our thoughts. If we allow a negative image to remain, sooner or later there will be a rise in blood pressure.

Research was done on a cat’s reaction to various stimuli. The animal was placed in a cage with electrodes connected to its head to measure the brain waves. The cat’s brain activity was then measured when various stimuli were introduced, such as bright lights or loud noises. In each case the cat’s brain activity pattern increased, but returned to nor-mal once the stimulus was removed.

A live mouse was then placed outside of the cage. The brain activity increased dramati-cally even though the mouse had appeared for only three seconds and continued after the mouse had long been gone. Bright lights and noises were reintroduced, but the cat contin-ued to register mouse-wave reactions. After seeing the mouse, no other thought could replace the image.

When we become sufficiently angry and the object of our anger becomes a thought in our minds, we become prisoners of our anger. We react to the stress by increasing our heart rates, and our bodies flood us with hormones that eventually will lower the efficiency of our immune systems. It has been proven that slow deep breathing calms. Add to slow breathing a relaxing image and we are on our way to normal brain waves.

Burn Loeffke is a believer in the power of taking charge for overall wellness. Proper nutrition, exercise, activity and volunteerism have guided his life for more than eight decades.

A decorated military veteran, Major Gen-eral Burn Loeffke (U. S. Army retired), has transformed from warrior to healer. He is a published author of several books, including 12 Steps To Health.

Gen. Loeffke has been an advisor to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. After retirement from the Army in 1993, he began his medical training and graduated in 1997. He now teaches, nationally and internationally, public health, wellness and conflict resolu-tions. He has served as a medical officer in the Middle East. Africa, Latin America and Asia. Also, a recent graduate of the Hippocrates Institute, Burn is beginning a new mission as a wellness instructor.

In their book, Burn collaborated with Car-men Queral, MPH, a Professor of Public Health and Clinical Coordinator at Barry University. She has participated in medical missions in the Third World, and has taught wellness, both nationally and internationally.

12 Steps To Health By Burn Loeffke‘The Peace General’

I am a great proponent of exercise, mindful-ness and the appreciation of nature.After all, these are some of the important

core elements of my Public Television series, Living Well With Carmel. Recently I discov-ered something special that brings together all three practices beautifully.

It’s called forest bathing, or Shinrin-Yoku in Japanese. Basically this organic activity is believed to lower stress, among many other health benefits, and it all happens when people spend time in nature. What am I talk-ing about? I think it is the best kept secret in lowering your blood pressure, helping with anxiety, not to mention a wonderful way to boost your sense of well-being.Origin Of Shinrin-Yoku

The concept of forest bathing came about in the 1980’s when the Forest Agency of Ja-pan began advising people to take long walks in the woods to improve health. Japanese researchers then began studying the benefits and they soon found that those who spent at least 40 minutes strolling the forest had lower amounts of the stress hormone cortisol, which contributes to blood pressure problems.

Another Japanese study found that trees and plants emit phytoncides, an aromatic compound which is similar to aroma therapy and is therefore therapeutic in terms of stress relief.

Other subsequent studies found the benefits of forest bathing to include symptom relief for health issues like heart disease, depression and attention disorder: All this from just com-muning with nature.

While visiting my second home in the Berkshires, where beautiful forests abound, I put on my hiking boots and hit the trails. It didn’t take long to leave the hustle and bustle behind and to begin feeling the healing power of nature.

The quiet, melodic sounds, the fresh air and the beautiful vistas of the woods imme-diately relaxed my body and gave me a sense of gratitude for the amazing nature that sur-rounded me.

I felt renewed. Forest bathing is the original antidote to civilization, a magical elixir for the mind, body and soul.Benefits Of Forest Bathing

According to the website: shinrin-yoku.org there are many physical and mental benefits of a long walk in the woods:

• Boosted immune system functioning, with an increased count of the body’s Natural Killer (NK) cells

• Reduced blood pressure• Reduced stress• Improved mood

• Increased ability to focus, even in children with ADHD

• Accelerated recovery from surgery or illness

• Increased energy level• Improved sleep• Deeper and clearer intuition• Increased flow of energy• Increased capacity to communicate

with the land and its species• Increased flow of Eros/life force• Deepening of friendships• Overall increase in sense of happinessSo get into nature, whether it’s in a giant

redwood forest or your local park. Nature sur-rounds you!

Live your dreams…Carmel.

Carmel BaronoffGazette Contributor

South Florida residents will be seeing a lot of Carmel in the upcoming months.

An author, chef, TV personality, nutritionist, wellness coach and trainer, Carmel is hostess of a locally produced

30-minute health and fitness show titled “Living Well With Carmel.”

Carmel will be a cheerleader for living fully in your 60s, 70s, and beyond.

John Knox Village is an underwriter of the show airing nationally Saturdays

at 12:30 p.m., as well as on local PBS stations WPBT and WLRN (Channels 2

and 17 respectively on the South Florida Comcast network).

JKV Is Living Well With CarmelIncrease Health Benefits With Forest Bathing

Get into nature and enjoy the health benefits of forest bathing.

Burn LoeffkeGazette Contributor

Page 9February 2017

The term application

software is of-ten shortened to software when referring to pro-grams added to a computer.

The nickname app (short for application) is most commonly used when referring to software added to a smartphone or tablet.

Apps are downloaded directly from the “store” on your smartphone or tablet. For example, if you own an iPad or iPhone, which is an Apple product, you visit the App Store to purchase an app.

If you have an Android (that is any non-Apple smartphone or tablet), you will visit the Play Store which is owned by Google.

Microsoft has an App Store too. Apps can be free or purchased for as little as 99 cents or as much as $999. I’m super frugal and very rarely pay for an app. Whether you plan to make a purchase or not, you won’t be able to download or add any apps to your smartphone or tablet, even free ones, without filling in the credit card information requested.

There are apps for almost anything you can imagine, with more than one million available to date. Your smartphone and tablet will come with a dozen or so preinstalled including a clock, camera, GPS, calendar, and weather app to name a few.

After you’ve gotten comfortable with those, branch out and investigate the other apps available…apps for entertainment (Netflix, Hulu, TED) education (Lumosity, Duolingo) and apps that allow you to monitor the utilities in your home (Temp Stick).

Expand Your Information HorizonFollow the day’s world-wide events

with apps for news (BBC, CNN, NPR), sports (ESPN, 365Scores), health (Sworkit, iFirstAid), and every hobby you could imag-ine. You can get a compass, flashlight, calorie counter (Lose It!, MyPlate), movie theater finder (Fandango, Showtimes), tide chart, and games, games, games (CheckWord, Temple Run, Pokemon GO). Facebook, Twitter, Pin-terest, Skype, Instagram, and LinkedIn are all available as free apps.

You might want to search your App Store for good research apps, such as Google, Wiki-pedia, and Merriam-Webster.

Essential Travel AppsFor travel there are international translator

apps (iTranslate), flight trackers (FlightAware, FlightView), restaurant/hotel reviews (Yelp, TripAdvisor) and nearly every airline has an app that enables you to get your boarding pass on your smartphone or tablet.

Rock It With Music AppsThere are some great music apps as well.

Apple Music offers for a fee (at present, $14.99 a month), that you can live-stream anything your heart desires from Apple’s 30 million-song library.

Spotify has a great free option to live-stream single tracks or entire albums. Pandora provides personalized online radio. As you listen to music you indicate your likes and dislikes and Pandora will start to filter songs accordingly. It creates the equivalent of a radio station based on your favorite artists. With Shazam, as you hear a song playing, hold up

your phone, and the Shazam app will detect the song in a matter of seconds, giving you the title and lyrics, along with purchasing or streaming options.

Amazing, right? You name it and there’s an app for it!

Ask your friends to recommend apps to add to your smartphone and be sure to check out the list of 100 FREE Recommended Apps un-der Helpful Guides on AskAbbyStokes.com.

Visit the website: AskAbbyStokes.com for helpful tech hints. If you have a tech question, you can also e-mail your inquiry for Abby to rseitz@jkvfl.com

There’s An App For That: Log In And Download!

Abby StokesGazette Contributor

Abby Stokes, author of “Is This Thing On?” A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for

Newbies, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming and its companion website

AskAbbyStokes.com, is the Johnny Appleseed of Technology, single-handedly helping more than 300,000 people cross the digital divide. A firm

believer that “if my mother can learn the computer anyone can.” Abby splits her time

between New York City and Niantic, CT.

Ask Abby Stokes: Your Friendly Guide To Everything Digital

Answers To Crossword Puzzle From Page 5 And Sudoku From Page 6.

Technology

Stop typing and start talking.

Science fiction is a reality. If Dr.

Doolittle could talk to the animals, we can talk to our machines.

The typewriter keyboard is as old as the hills when it comes to a data entry device. That input method transferred to computers, smart phones and of course tablets over the decades. But as we age, arthritis, dexterity or visual is-sues may affect our ability to type information. Verbal speech input is faster and it’s a very accurate method of entering information any-where on a modern electronic device.

Start talking to your technology, it actually understands you. Many were upset with Win-dows 10 being forced upon them. But after the Windows 10 set up, you’ll discover Cortana. Just speak into the computer’s microphone and say, “Hey Cortana, what is the weather?” Your computer will answer you. You can actually start programs on your computer – say, “Hey Cortana, open Microsoft Word.”

Many are familiar with the program Dragon Naturally Speaking which costs over $99. It is one of the few remaining programs in the Windows world that takes dictation to the next step. The problem is that it’s always learning one person’s voice and has always been prob-lematic to use. Mac computers have long had built-in dictation abilities, but few use them.

Today’s new smartphones or tablets will transcribe your voice to text for free. They all have a microphone button that lets you speak words and punctuation.

These devices have more horsepower than most homebound computers. The next time you’re about to post a Facebook update, type a text message, or create an e-mail, stop and look for the microphone icon, usually in the lower left corner of your keyboard.

First and most importantly, you need to be in a quiet space. Turn off the TV and radio play-ing in the background. Compose your thoughts. You need to know what you’re going to dictate.

Click in the white space where you would normally start typing so the machine knows where to insert your text.

Click the microphone button in any program. Start speaking and include punctuation, as if you were talking to a human transcriber.

For example: “Yes I would like to go to din-ner this evening at eight pm PERIOD. Let’s meet at the bar in the restaurant COMMA, perhaps Mary would like to join us PERIOD.”

Give the machine a few seconds to translate your voice into words. Often it is using the

Internet to process your words so Wi-Fi or cel-lular is a requirement. Then magically you will see your words show up on the screen.

Your only behavior change is that instead of typing, you will press the microphone button in a quiet room and start talking. If you’re writing your memoirs, use the note application on your phone.

Speak to it and save it. You can then press and hold with your finger to select all of that text and copy and paste it into a new document or e-mail.

If you use the free Microsoft Word or Apple Word Processor program directly on the phone or tablet, you don’t have to convert anything it’s already done for you.

Maurice ScaglioneGazette Contributor

If You Can Speak It...You Can Write It!

Maurice Scaglione is a 20-year veteran of the computer industry. He runs Stupid

Computers, LLC (954-302-3011) offering personal computer training in home or office.

He resolves problems and instructs on the use of computers, smartphones and tablets

such as iPhone, Android, iPad, etc. You are welcome to send your questions to him at

stupidcomputersllc@gmail.com and he will attempt to include answers in future articles.

Who knew there were so many options? Another superb benefit of living at John

Knox Village is the ability to have therapy ser-vices in the right location, at the right time and for the right value.• The Woodlands-Therapy Services are avail-

able as part of a stay in our bright, shiny, home setting called The Woodlands Short-Term Rehabilitation.

• Wellness Studio-Therapy Services are also available in the Wellness Studio on the first floor of The Woodlands as an Outpatient Therapeutic Plan. This option allows you to come, receive your therapy and return home to go about your daily plans.

• Home Health-Therapy Services are available as part of a Medicare Home Health Episode,

whereby you’ll receive functional therapy in your home as part of a physician-ordered plan.

Types Of Therapy

John Knox Village offers three main types of therapy services:

1. Physical Therapy2. Occupational Therapy3. Speech Therapy

The Home Health Agency recently started Canine Therapy as an additional option. Typi-cally, many people think therapy is only used after a broken bone or major surgery. The reality is that therapy is beneficial in so many ways. Some things therapy can do for you:

• Assess and modify home environment and movement dysfunctions for safe maneuvering and convenient access, and to minimize the potential for future strain or injuries

• Strengthening and returning to prior functions after a stroke, fall, surgery, or injury

• Support for balance and reduce the risk of falls

• Providing support for low vision• Various treatments to minimize pain• Improving life skills with teaching and

incorporating new adaptive devices• Improve difficulties in swallowing or

communicating following a health event

Who Pays For Therapy?

Similar to the various types of therapy, there are different ways for which it can be paid. In most instances, therapy is covered by insur-ance (Medicare, HMO, Supplemental, or Com-mercial) and in some instances, individuals choose to pay privately because they realize the benefits over and above what insurance covers.

Myths About Therapy (Definitely NOT True)

• Physical and Occupational Therapy are the same

• Any health care professional can perform therapy

• Therapy is always painful• Surgery is the only option and therapy

does not work• Speech Therapy only addresses speaking• Occupation Therapy is only for the disabled Take advantage of on-site therapy services

and schedule an appointment for a general assessment. For more information about therapy options at John Knox, or to speak with someone about setting up therapy, please call (954) 247-5815.

February 2017Page 10 The John Knox Village Gazette

JKV’s Healthful, Helpful, Therapeutic ServicesExplaining Therapy Types, Debunking Myths

Bill PickhardtJKV Home & Community-Based Services Director

As a Gazette reader, you have the first opportunity to move into this convenient

two-bedroom and two-bath apartment home in Cassels Tower. With 1,075 square feet of living space, and an exceptionally designed floor plan, this apartment is a showplace of convenience and style. This is one of the most popular floor plans available in Cassels Tower and features an open concept plan with a convenient kitchen and stainless steel appli-ances.

The Platinum Decor Package For This 2-Bedroom Apartment Home Includes:

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controls• Breakfast bar• Large walk-in closets• Stainless steel kitchen appliances• Washer and dryer• Choose from select upgraded kitchen

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Tour The New Design Center

With so many options to choose from, you’ll want to spend as much time as you

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Tour the 70-acre John Knox Village campus and enjoy the lush tropi-cal landscaping and the waterfowl that populates its lakes.

Care For Life

As a JKV resident, you will enjoy the carefree lifestyle that comes with a comprehensive long-term care insur-ance policy, unlimited use of the spa, Well-ness Studio, Bistro, swimming pool and more!

Ask to speak with a Life Plan Consultant at (954) 783-4040, for a tour and complimen-tary Executive Chef prepared meal.

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Marty LeeGazette Contributor

Exceptional Cassels Tower Residence Includes Popular Upgrades

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