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Lake Street Council annual wine & beer tasting

Written by editor on 01 November 2012

By Joyce Wisdom, ZoeAna Martinez, and Holly Harrison

Why you should go to Lake Street Council”'s annual wine and beer tasting and silent auction on November 8 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at El Nuevo Rodeo:

1. Wine, beer, soda, coffee, Mexican food. Your ticket gets you access to 24 wines from all over the world courtesy of East Lake Liquors, Harriet Brewing growlers galore, JOIA sodas, Peace Coffee coffee, and El Nuevo Rodeo eats that will make your body strong, fight illness and produce healthy skin. Well maybe not exactly, but this mix of local and global is a perfect representation of the diversity and “mom and pop” cultures of so many Lake Street businesses, and your tummy will thank you for the gastronomical tour of everything our fundraiser has to offer. (Provided that you tour with moderation, of course.)

2. One-stop shopping. Hundreds of local businesses donate to our silent auction, resulting in a room full of goodies for you plus gifts for your loved ones. In past years we”'ve had everything from gift cards to specialty bikes; T-shirts to TVs. Bidding on silent auction items means you can treat yourself and cross everyone off your holiday shopping list””we”'ve got both your grandmother and your hipster nephew covered.… Read the rest “Lake Street Council annual wine & beer tasting”

Ringing Rubber Bells!

Written by editor on 01 November 2012

Ringing Rubber Bells

By Robert Albee

There are many of us who are now looking back at age 65 and forward to the rest of our lives, however long that might be. We want to be productive and healthy and engaged with our families and communities. Each of us are different and based on the damage and partially-healed injuries we sustained in getting to our current age, we enter our elder years with a history of liabilities to address along with our current state of health and wellness. So at what point do we start becoming feeble and fearful of falling and breaking a hip which is often the beginning of the end for an elder. We often fall because we lose our balance or simply trip over something that is in our way.

To begin facing this issue, I enrolled to become a trainer in A Matter of Balance. MOB is an evidence-based program designed to enable participants to become much more aware of fall prevention strategies and engage in physical activities designed to strengthen our abilities to better balance. What I found, however, is that the program lacked any real strategy to reverse my problems that started at an earlier age.… Read the rest “Ringing Rubber Bells!”