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PEER Day celebrates assisted living resident-advocates

PEERs, Pennsylvania’s Empowered Expert Residents, from various nursing and personal care homes throughout Lycoming and Clinton counties gathered at the Clinton County Community Center for PEER Day on July 28. “Many PEERs have enjoyed helping people throughout their lives and being a PEER has given them the chance to continue helping others. They welcome new residents as they move into their new homes. PEERs connect other residents to staff that can assist them with their concerns, and they support the PEER program statewide by participating in surveys giving insight into their daily ...

STEP brings LifeTrail equipment to South Williamsport Park Complex

The popular walking paths of the South Williamsport Park Complex now feature additional attractions — seven LifeTrail Wellness Stations. The LifeTrail Advanced Wellness System, which are easily spotted green-and-yellow stations located directly off the paved path, promotes the essential elements of good health for older adults, from good posture and balance, to greater flexibility, strength and endurance. The most common form of outdoor recreation among adults is walking. LifeTrail equipment encourages adults to add beneficial exercises into their trail use. The suggested series of ...

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(EDITORS NOTE: For the nearest senior center in Lycoming and Clinton counties, call 570-323-3096. In Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan counties, call 570-723-0782. For Meals on Wheels, service and transportation, call the Lycoming-Clinton Bicounty Office of Aging-STEP at 570-323-3096.) Week beginning Aug. 14 Wednesday — Alpine hamburger with Swiss cheese and mushrooms with hamburger roll, molasses baked beans, cheesy cauliflower, vanilla pudding with apples. Thursday — Simon and Garfunkel chicken thigh, cheesy rainbow rotini, succotash, cantaloupe. Friday — Memphis pork steak, ...

‘Seniors For Seniors’ program catnip for the soul

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Peggy Eagan, 89, has quite a pedigree. Her family members are the principals behind the local Leitz-Eagan Funeral Homes and the Eagan Insurance Agency, and her late husband, Frederick Leitz Eagan, was a Louisiana State Senator serving Orleans Parish from 1960-1980. Eagan said her Uptown New Orleans home once housed a menagerie of pets including dogs, cats and a canary. Now, a resident at the Christwood Retirement Community in Covington, Louisiana, Eagan said her independent living apartment is almost purrrfect. “I’d love the chance to get a cat because it ...

Sadie Says …

Q: “I’m concerned about my grandson’s driving. He’s always in a hurry, running red lights and blowing through intersections as if stop signs don’t exist. I say he’s driving aggressively. He says he’s just fast. Which of us is correct? A: Your young driver may not have a clue. Running red lights and not stopping for stop signs, speeding, tailgating, frequent lane changes or not yielding the right of way — is aggressive driving. Red light running is dangerous In urban areas, drivers are more likely to be injured in crashes involving red light running than in any ...

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(EDITORS NOTE: For the nearest senior center in Lycoming and Clinton counties, call 570-323-3096. In Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan counties, call 570-723-0782. For Meals on Wheels, service and transportation, call the Lycoming-Clinton Bicounty Office of Aging-STEP at 570-323-3096.) Week beginning July 17 Wednesday — Cheese burger with hamburger roll, shaved Brussels sprouts, candied sweet potatoes, chocolate cake with pudding. Thursday — Breaded boneless pork chop, cheesy penne, ratatouille, pineapple. Friday — Chicken spiedie sandwich with sandwich roll, peas and ...