http://www.tribdem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_048154620.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_048154620.html While working as an assistant chef at an exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Charles Heinrich never thought he would be using his culinary talents at an area retirement center. Heinrich is the essential ingredient in Laurel View Village’s dining plan, which combines therapeutic diets, instructional food service, nutritional guidelines and culinary delights. Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_041142844.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_041142844.html Jerry Hoover of Ebensburg has noticed a huge improvement in his range of motion. Hoover, 71, credits his limber limbs to the Silver Sneakers exercise classes he attends. “You think it’s a simple process, but when you get into it, it’s not,” Hoover said after his Monday morning class. “It’s fairly tough, intense exercise.” Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_034173255.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_034173255.html Bill and Sally Reddecliff enjoy dancing so much that they have joined regulars at Johnstown’s Senior Activity Center at 550 Main St. The center is entering a new era as it introduces its Stardust Ballroom, which will be a reflection of the great ballrooms so prevalent in the 1930s and ’40s. Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_020144746.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_020144746.html Mary Govekar enjoys working out on treadmills and exercise bikes, but since she turned 80, she has to curtail other workouts. “I used to love to line dance until my knees gave out on me,” said Govekar, a Jackson Township resident. Govekar is one of more than 350 members of the Jackson Township Senior Center, Vinco. The center boasts it is the only self-reliant senior center in Cambria County. Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_006142850.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_006142850.html When Lura Mellot of Everett auditioned for a bit part with the Bedford County Players in 1990, she didn’t expect to land a major role in Neil Simon’s “Come Blow Your Horn.” “I thought it would be fun,” Mellot said. “I hadn’t done it since high school dramatics club. “I wondered if I could learn my lines. It went over well, and I got hooked again.” Mellot, 83, has been with the acting troupe ever since, doing everything from pulling an upside-down cow in a wagon through a town to crawling under a bishop’s robe to tie some extra padding to his fanny. Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_329142046.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_329142046.html Richard Gladis may have lost his right leg in September, but he still is standing tall in his community. The 67-year-old resident of Mine 40 is mayor of Scalp Level and has returned to his office on Main Street to pick up where he left off prior to his hospitalization. Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_322125948.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_322125948.html The Presents for Patients program seeks to match residents in personal-care and nursing homes with individuals and families in the community who will deliver items from the residents’ wish lists during the holiday season. Arbutus Park Retirement Community, 207 Ottawa St., Richland Township, will be the headquarters for Presents for Patients in Cambria County. Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_315164231.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_315164231.html Steve Seman is a well-respected local sports historian who, at 90 years of age, has instant recall of events that happened decades earlier.Seman is one of 80 residents living at The Atrium, a personal-care home at 216 Main St. in downtown Johnstown. The facility will mark its 20th anniversary Tuesday with a party for staff, residents and their families. Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:24:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_308145716.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_308145716.html Pauline Langerholc felt like a queen as she rode in the conspicuous Wienermobile to her grandson’s wedding.The 83-year-old resident of Arbutus Park Retirement Community was transported from a Williamsburg, Va., hotel to the ceremony in the gigantic hot-dog-in-a-bun vehicle, which has been a symbol of Oscar Mayer frankfurters for70 years. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_287140444.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_287140444.html Shirley Wilson made a decision recently that few 70-year-old women face. Should she buy a new motorcycle or invest in a new pair of roller skates? The Jackson Township widow opted for the skates.“I don’t smoke or drink, and my only vice is roller skating,” Wilson said prior to going to an Indiana County rink for an evening of music, fellowship and fun. “When I’m on the floor, I’m 15 years old again. I would skate eight nights a week if I could.” Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_280122415.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_280122415.html Amid music, laughter and an occasional grunt, area residents say it is no sweat to keep fit during specially designed workouts aimed at older adults. Low-impact exercises help seniors increase and maintain their fitness and independence. Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_266151559.html http://www.tribdem.com/seniors/local_story_266151559.html Dr. Ashok Jain is 44 years old, but he relishes the company of senior citizens.Jain is a geriatric psychiatrist who was persuaded to leave his Allegheny County practice in June to become medical director of Conemaugh Health System’s new senior adult unit.The unit is just one segment of the health system’s psychiatric department, which is striving to increase awareness of clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive behavior and other disorders.