Our Generations – March 2016

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Lima YMCA greeter: A ministry of blessing people
Story and photos by
Christina Ryan Claypool
Doris Broughton checks in at the Lima Family YMCA desk with greeter Joe McDonnell. Joe always has a
smile and a word of blessing for YMCA members, staff, and anyone else who crosses his path.
Joe McDonnell feels grateful. “I don’t feel sorry for
myself,” he said. “One of the reasons I bless people
I’ve been blessed. So many with Stiff Man’s Syndrome
are in wheel chairs.” He’s especially thankful for his
“wonderful wife” Tammy and son Evan.
Prater, cared for him. “My mom was working
at St. Rita’s and my stepdad was a part-time
chaplain [there].”
In 2005, hospitalized and on a respirator
again, the critically ill man was asking,
“Why me?” He said, “Basically, I had lost
everything. I was starting to lose my reason
for living.”
“You need to quit asking, ‘Why me?’” his
stepfather said. “You need to put it in God’s
hands.”
Joe decided to follow this advice. “Okay,
God, whatever is going on, there’s a reason,
and I’ll put it in your hands,” he said. That
same year, he went to the Mayo Clinic and
was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome.
Stiff Person Syndrome is a very rare
neurological disease with progressive
symptoms of rigidity and stiffness. In 2006,
his breakthrough finally came through the
Cleveland Clinic where they discovered a
medication which enabled him “to get his life
back.”
By 2007, Joe was living on his own again,
and became reacquainted with a girl he had
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“I am the smile going in and smile going
out.” This is the motto of Lima Family
YMCA greeter Joe McDonnell. Despite
his cheerful disposition, most folks could
never imagine the obstacles McDonnell has
overcome.
The outgoing Y employee grew up in the
north end of Lima and graduated from Lima
Senior High School in 1979. Joe came from
a divorced family, “where my mom basically
brought us up,” he said. “… She raised us five
kids on her own without any help.”
At 18, the Lima native became a dispatcher
for the railroad with his first assignment
in Toledo. During the next five years, the
job caused him to move frequently. By 21,
Joe married. “We were never able to have
children, and that … was a sort of a blessing,”
he said. “By not having children, I was able
to foster 146 foster children in Allen County.”
By 1987, Joe had patented a piece of
equipment for auto body shops called the
Do-All Body Bench. Originally, he was selling
the bench out of the back of his pick-up, but
before long his invention developed into
a family business. Within five years, the
product went nationwide, but he quit, tired
of selling on the road.
He then was employed by Starr
Commonwealth, Specialized Alternatives for
Youth, and the Oakwood Prison system. Joe’s
weight ballooned to a dangerous 467 pounds
by 1995. “I had gastric bypass surgery.”
Since then, he has been able to keep his
weight around 230 pounds. Unfortunately,
constantly battling kidney stones has been a
side effect.
In 1998, Joe went back to work for the
railroad, and he and his wife adopted an
infant son, Evan, from Guatemala in 2001.
The same year, the new father began to
experience cramping in his hands and feet
and to have trouble sleeping. Before doctors
could discover an answer, he ended up in the
emergency room.
This time, all of his muscles were cramping
— even his windpipe and diaphragm —
rendering him unconscious. He came to, but
then it would reoccur. He was “suffocating
over and over,” he said. His dramatic
health crisis was ongoing, and in 2002,
the railroader retired on medical disability.
Ultimately, his marriage of over two decades
dissolved as well.
For years, he searched for answers, and his
mother and stepfather, Wayne and Georgia
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Travel
Eastern and Central Europe: Hello, Munich
Part
1 of 7
Story and photos by John Grindrod
I suppose there’s a bit of a sense of
urgency for me when it comes to traveling
abroad, since I’m in my mid-60s. I know that
there will come a time when the advancing
years will shrink my world and the travel
experiences I’ve so enjoyed over time will
sadly cease.
But, it was last March, when with great
anticipation I again used my Lady Jane
Kuhn’s excellent travel-agent skills. We
departed on a chilly morning from Columbus
for our flight to Atlanta and then on to
Munich, Germany, the first city of our 10-day
Globus coach tour. The tour would give us
up-close looks at five different countries and
provide, thanks to the very knowledgeable
tour guides provided, a wealth of information
about cultures and histories of which I knew
very little.
Once we arrived at Munich Airport after
a smooth overnight flight of almost 5,000
miles, we met our primary guide who would
be on the coach traveling with us the entire
time. Her name was Zdanka (pronounced
Shtanka), a native Croatian who had grown
up under a Communist regime.
Like many professional guides who
work the European circuit, Zdanka was a
polyglot. She is fluent in Russian, German,
Italian, Croatian, Spanish, English, French
and Bulgarian. When I marveled at her
multilingual capabilities, she told me that
there were other guides who knew even
more. She said the nature of the job requires
European guides to be able to communicate
in the language of whatever country their job
takes them.
During the ride with our fellow travelers
(only 10 more people) into the Old Munich
area in the central part of the city — where
we would stay at the Hotel Le Meridien on
Bayerstrasse — Zdanka opened the mic and
our learning began. She spoke of the Olympic
Village we passed, where, during the 1972
Olympics, tragedy struck when 11 Israeli
coaches and team members were taken
hostage by Palestinian terrorists known as
Black September and eventually murdered.
Zdanka spoke of the German tendency not
to acknowledge very much that event or any
event in which shame is attached, which, of
course, includes all things Nazi.
We also passed the Allianz Arena, the
major soccer venue and home field of the
current World Cup Champions. Zdanka told
Bavarian musicians entertain the crowds at the Hofbrauhaus.
us that security is very tight at the matches
to prevent any hooliganism that has marred
international soccer on occasion and also to
be on guard against terrorists. There are as
many as 5,000 police working each match.
Zdanka also told us of the robust German
economy. Thanks to strong taxing — 57
percent of their salaries — German workers
are given a wide array of free social benefits.
Dental and all medical, including cosmetic
surgery, are free. Unemployment is nearly
nonexistent because if you are of working
age and not independently wealthy, you are
required to work. If you are unemployed,
the government provides work that you are
required to accept. Not accepting, according
to Zdanka, means jail.
As we drove into the city, I couldn’t help
but notice an abundance of BMWs. When
I asked Zdanka about it, she said that any
German resident with a driver’s license can
lease a brand-new BMW for just 52 Euro a
month on a three-year lease with no down
payment. Since, at that time, the Euro-to-
dollar exchange rate was just 1.06, in other
words, a Euro worth only about six cents
more than an American dollar, those drivers
tooling around in cars that cost $50,000 or
more here in The States were driving them
for less than $60 a month!
Following check-in, we dropped our bags
in the room and headed out on our own to
explore Marienplatz Square, which is really
the heart of Old Town Munich. The square
was teeming with humanity. I wore a lanyard
with a Velcro money pouch and passport
holder around my neck and under my shirt,
so no pickpockets would ruin my trip.
Jane and I were intrigued by the on-thehour performance of the Glockenspiel, the
43-bell tower that springs to life with life-size
figures from Munich’s history high above the
square in New Town Hall. The “Glock” has
been marking time and entertaining tourists
since the 19th century.
We also got a good look at the gothic
cathedral and city parish church Frauenkirche
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Munich’s Marienplatz, with Glockenspiel.
Sports Spot
Part
1 of 2
Remembering Len Volbert, as old school as coaching gets
Story and photos by John Grindrod
Watching from their respective benches,
Perry boys coach Matt Tabler and Lima
Central Catholic’s Frank Kill certainly
enjoyed great success this year.
And for area basketball historians, there
was a coach who once connected the dots
between these two schools’ basketball
programs.
In late September 2014, Leonard Vernon
“Len” Volbert died of cancer at age 80.
Despite having moved on from the Lima
area after his third year of coaching at
LCC following the 1969-70 season, Volbert
established himself as a significant sports
figure, first as an athlete.
In his junior and senior years at Shawnee
in 1951 and 1952, he not only lettered
in football, basketball and baseball but
captained all three squads as well.
According to the Shawnee High School
Athletic Hall of Fame website, Volbert caught
30 touchdown passes his senior year, which
earned him second-team All-State recognition.
The 6-foot-5-inch Volbert then duplicated AllState honors on the hard court as well.
Along with Central’s Cleo Vaughn and
Spencerville’s Mickey Miller, Volbert was one
of the area’s best players. Often called “Lanky
Len” in the papers, he led the city in scoring
his senior year. He averaged 28.8 points
a game, which stood as a Shawnee school
record for 51 years.
Volbert attended John Carroll University
on a basketball scholarship, earned a degree
at Ohio Northern University and started his
career in education at Perry Junior High.
Recalls Bill Shively, who played for Volbert
on those first teams, “At that time Perry had
no high school, so after finishing ninth grade
and playing for the man I was privileged to
get to know long after those early days, I
did what all Perry students did, and that is I
went to Shawnee for high school.
“What I remember most about Lenny is
he was a strict disciplinarian, but he was fair
and never asked you to do anything that he
wasn’t willing to do. If he told us to run 50
laps, he ran them too.”
By 1960, Perry had its high school, and
Shively and other Perry students returned.
Recalls Shively, now a Perry school board
member, “By that time I really didn’t think
when I looked around at the others who
would comprise that first basketball team
that I was good enough to try out, so I went
to Len and told him that. He told me I didn’t
have to play to be an asset. He said, be here,
support the school, and that’ll be enough.”
Shively recalls a different Len Volbert off
the court. “He opened his home to me and
a lot of other kids. I’d go fishing with him. A
lot of us would play there and just hang out.
He really was such a positive influence on so
many of us.”
As for one of the starters on Volbert’s first
high school team in 1960, Rick Dick, who
returned from Shawnee along with Bill West
after starting for Shawnee’s Jack Frietas’
Indian squad in 1959, he remembers Volbert
fondly as well.
“To be able to take a group of players that
didn’t all play with one another and mold
them into a 17-3 team in that first year, I
think, was extraordinary.
“His philosophy was to get out on the
break and run, run, run. We were taught to
always keep our eyes up and look ahead for
open teammates. He wanted a really fast
pace. He’d tell us if we could get a hundred
shots up a game and made just a third of
those and then added just 10 foul shoots, that
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would be 76 points. He figured if we couldn’t
hold an opponent under that, we didn’t
deserve to win!
“In practice, he literally ran the daylights
out of us. We started every practice with 20
minutes of sprints and ended every practice
with 20 more. But I know how many times
we were either tied or behind at halftime, but
because of our conditioning, we just ran away
from teams in the second half.
“At that time, he was in excellent shape
and played in the rec league in Lima, I
believe, for Milano, with really good players
like Don Lane and Dick Kortokrax, so he
often would scrimmage with us.”
While Volbert could be firm, Dick, who
went on to play basketball at Ashland College,
also remembers a softer side as well, one, he
attributes to his wife Jeannie’s influence.
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Mary Ann Brown called ‘mother of services’ for people with DD
LIMA — Paul L. and Mary Ann Brown’s
children were achievers — athletes, Eagle
Scouts and Junior Miss contestants.
And then there was Shelby, born with
Down Syndrome-like characteristics.
“We had a handsome son on May 24, 1949.
But back then, they just handed you your
baby and said, ‘He’s mentally retarded,’ and
that’s it,” Paul Brown told The Lima News
columnist Kim Kincaid in March 2006.
In the middle of the 20th century, “that’s
it” usually meant a life in institutions for
children with developmental disabilities.
That that was not it for Shelby and
many other children with developmental
disabilities in Allen County is due in
large part to Mary Ann Brown, Shelby’s
remarkable mother.
“Mary Ann Brown is regarded as the
‘mother of services’ for people with
developmental disabilities in Allen County,”
her biography on the Ohio Department of
Aging website reads. Brown was inducted
into the department’s Ohio Senior Citizens
Hall of Fame in May 2015 for, according to
the department, “ensuring that all persons
with disabilities are able to live within their
community as equal citizens, go to school
just like any other child and grow to become
contributing citizens.”
RECOGNITION
In 1984, Mary Ann Brown, who had
advocated tirelessly for residential
housing for the developmentally
disabled, saw that effort take a big
step forward. That August, a 32-bed
intermediate care facility for those with
severe mental retardation opened on
Mandolin Drive off Brower Road. It was
named in honor of Brown.
“They gave me yellow roses and I cried
all over the place,” Brown said in a
January 1983 interview about the day
she was told of the decision. “I kept
thinking, ‘Not me Lord, you’re supposed
to be dead when they name something
after you.’ I’m embarrassed but honored.
It’s nice to know that people you work
with would want to do that.”
Shelby Brown did just that, eventually
landing a job at Meijer where, Kincaid wrote,
“He talked with the customers passing
through the checkout line, and he always had
a big smile for anyone who looked his way.”
He died in 2004.
Mary Ann Brown was born in Van Wert
County on Feb. 29, 1929, the daughter of
Fred D. and Lillian M. Banks Owens. On
Dec, 22, 1946, the News reported that “Paul
Brown, 21, colored, dry cleaner, 1750 S.
Main St.” had married “Mary Ann Owens,
18, colored, wool presser, 528 S. Baxter St.”
The Browns became the parents of nine
children, one of whom died in infancy.
Shelby was the Browns fourth child.
“They were told to treat him as normally as
possible. A mother of nine children, Brown
knew how to raise her son,” Kincaid wrote.
“But our other children went to school,
and Shelby didn’t have a school to go to,”
Brown told Kincaid.
So Brown found “other parents in the
same boat, and they banded together to work
toward getting their children a school.” The
volunteers formed the Allen County Council
for Retarded Children” in 1952 and Brown
became the group’s director a year later.
“The system has changed so much since
those early times,” Brown told Kincaid
in 2006. ”Back then, people didn’t buy
into schooling for mentally retarded
kids. I remember going to the county
commissioners — I don’t even remember
who the commissioners were back then —
but they asked their aide who those people
were who wanted to see them. The aide told
the commissioners that ‘they want to talk to
you about their nuts.’ That was like waving
the red flag in front of us,” Brown said.
The council charged forward, opening its
first class for the developmentally disabled
in September 1953 at St. Mark United
Methodist Church with 10 children in
attendance.
“By the following year,” the News wrote
in October 2003, “the numbers had grown
enough to require two teachers and an
operating budget of $6,794.”
Brown and the other volunteers “worked
tirelessly to raise money for the classes to
operate. They spoke at meetings to raise
funds, they sold greeting and Christmas
The Lima News file photo
Mary Ann Brown worked diligently to create opportunities for people with developmental disabilities in
Lima and Allen County. She fought against the belief that the best place for them was in an institution.
cards, they sold stamps, held band concerts
and parties as well as rummage sales to raise
the nickels and dimes necessary to fund the
operation.”
Thanks to their efforts there was money for
another class, but no place to put it. “Enter
the local Knights of Pythias Lodge 19,” the
News wrote. “That group decided to gather
the money to build a four-room school north
of Bradfield Center. A local property owner
and businessman, Yale Bloom, deeded land on
Collett Street toward the effort, and the city
of Lima kicked in the remainder to offer a lot
184-foot deep with 110-foot frontage.”
Robin Rogers School — named for the
daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans —
was dedicated in October 1955. There were
34 children in the school ranging in age
from 6 to 16. A new addition, with two new
classrooms was added in 1961, the same year
the school became the responsibility of the
Child Welfare Department, which changed
the name of the building to Marimor, in
honor of the first teacher, Mary Iva Moore.
In 1973, a new Marimor School opened on
state Route 81 east of Lima, followed a year
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History, continued from page 6
later by a workshop. During the same time
period the group was instrumental in the
founding of Camp Robin Rogers on Conant
Road, 12 miles west of Lima.
Brown and the council continued to move
forward. In 1971 the group opened the first
day care clinic for the mentally retarded
and multi-handicapped in First United
Methodist Church, moving in 1973 to the
old Robin Rogers School. In August 1971,
led by Brown, the council began exploring
the possibility of residential housing for
developmentally disabled adults, eventually
purchasing their first home in the 600 block
of West Elm Street. A home for females
later was opened on Jameson Avenue.
Brown’s passion as an advocate shows
in a Nov. 29, 1971, letter to the editor
published in the News urging county
commissioners to consider using the
Ottawa Valley Hospital as a care unit for the
developmentally disabled. “As residential
chairman of the Allen County Council for
Retarded Children, I have been appalled to
find that no matter how often you tell the
story of the mentally retarded,” she wrote,
“those who are lucky enough not to be
affected just turn their heads and hope the
mentally retarded will disappear.”
On April 17, 1973, LaSertoma
International named Brown Lima’s Woman
of the Year. “In the past Mrs. Brown has
copped Sertoma and Frontier International’s
“Service to Mankind” awards, “Member
of the Year Award for the Allen County
Council for Retarded Children and a United
Fund award,” the News wrote.
A little more than a year later, on May
1, 1974, Brown became the first salaried
director of the Allen County Council for
Retarded Children. “Mrs. Brown has served
eight years on the council board of directors
and has been president, vice president and
secretary,” the News noted. “She has served
as residential chairman for four years and
is on the state residential committee. She
is a five-year member of the Cerebral Palsy
Clinic and has served on the United Way
board of directors.”
Brown would head the group —
renamed the Allen County Council
for Retarded Citizens in 1975 —
until her retirement in 1995.
“Since her retirement in 1995, Mary Ann
has continued as a relentless advocate,” her
May 2015 biography for the Ohio Senior
Citizens Hall of Fame, observed.
In a June 30, 1983, interview with The
Lima News, Brown reflected on her years
with the council. “Sure you get tired after a
while,” she said. “But you develop with the
program, when it’s something you were with
from the beginning. It’s hard for you to stop
because you want to see it grow.”
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The Lima News file photo
Deborah Drexler, chairwoman, gives a check to Mary Ann
Brown from the Kiwanis in 1989.
Allen County Historical Society photos
Mary Ann Brown poses for a portrait in an unknown year.
Sports, continued from page 5
“We practiced every Saturday morning
since our games were almost always on
Friday nights, and after practice he’d
always ask a couple players to go uptown
with him when he ran some errands.
Then he’d take us to Lee’s on South
Main and buy us tenderloins and pop
and just talk to us. Do you have any idea
how important that was to players to
have a coach take that kind of interest?
And, it wasn’t just certain players like
the starters. By the end of the season,
everyone would have gone more than
once. I just got the feeling he cared about
us off the court as well as on.”
It became evident even with Volbert’s
first high school team that he would find
success. His inaugural team in 1960-61
featuring Dick, Bill West, Don Lehman,
Bill Marlett and John Barcus went 17-3.
Recalls Barcas, now the minister
of Kibby Street Church of Christ, “Of
course, that was back when there were
only two divisions, separating small and
larger schools, and while we were in
the small-school division, our schedule
included a lot of bigger schools, so we
became battle tested and realized as the
season wore on that we could compete
with pretty much anyone.”
By employing a running game,
Volbert felt he could equalize the size of
bigger teams.
Recalls Dick, “I guess the reward for
all that running was everybody got to
take his share of shots. As a matter of
fact, if Len saw someone pass a shot
up, he’d take him out!
“Oh my, did we ever run in practice,
though. Yes, the Len Volbert I
remember was a disciplinarian, but he
was truly an outstanding coach. I have
nothing but fond memories of both him
and his wife, Jean.”
Following an even better second
season at 18-2 in 1961-2 — one that
included an undefeated Northwest
Conference mark and the first of
Volbert’s three county tournament
championships — the Commodores
began to capture the notice of all area
basketball fans.
In 1962-3, Perry had another solid
season at 13-4, a season that included a
second straight undefeated league mark
and another county title.
By 1963-4, Volbert had what many
believed to be his most talented team.
The unit became Limaland’s highestscoring team, led by Otto Barcas
(John’s younger brother), Saul Allen,
Jim Downhower, Bill Brown, Luther
Mays and Freddy Amerson.
A 90-55 pasting of Van Wert made it
14 wins in the first 15 before the last
weekend of the regular season saw
Perry run away from Bath, 73-51, for
the school’s 40th consecutive league
win. The win ran Volbert’s record to
63-10, heading into the tournaments.
In the county tournament, the
Commodores broke the all-time record
for high school single-game scoring
at Bluffton’s Founders Hall by scoring
105 points in a 40-point blitzing of
Beaverdam.
Perry was riding high heading into
the Class A Sectional at Bluffton versus
Coach Alan Chase’s Kalida squad. The
63-62 defeat also led to a regrettable
public excoriation of both the officials
and the Ohio High School Athletic
Association’s method of assigning
referees to tournament games, an
incident well covered by The Lima
News sports editor Chuck Dell.
Even after a night to sleep off the
most bitter of defeats, Volbert told
the press, “That was the worst job of
officiating I’ve ever seen. Two clowns
cheated our boys out of a dream of a
lifetime.”
According to Dell’s March 1, 1964
column, Volbert sent a letter of
complaint to OHSAA commissioner
Paul Landis, saying, “I have nothing
whatsoever against Kalida. It has a
good team, but those officials have no
business officiating.”
Volbert’s contention was that the
district boards assigned the officials
without the vote being made public,
which Volbert felt it should be.
He went on to say, “This may cost
me my job, but I’m tired of standing
by and watching my boys being taken
advantage of. Our kids are the greatest.
And, after Friday’s game, I told them I
was going to fight for them.”
Volbert’s squad finished 12-6 the
following season, a season that finally
saw his Commodores lose in the
conference, before a 75-63 loss to
Delphos St. John’s in the sectional
ended the season.
The 1965-66 squad that featured
Frank Baker, Edgar Williams, Jerry
Williamson, Walter McNeal and Ashley
Brownlow finished 13-6 and delivered
Volbert a fifth NWC crown before a
37-31 loss to Delphos St. John’s ended
the season.
A final season at Perry in 1966-67
was Volbert’s only losing season, as the
Commodores finished 9-10.
Meanwhile, Lima Central Catholic
was in the midst of the worst basketball
season in school history. After a
promising 3-1 start, the T-Birds lost
15 in a row. That meant change was
coming — a change that would involve
Len Volbert.
Money
Managing money after 50
Courtesy of Metro
40838625
Investors know that money management
can be difficult. The ebb and flow of the
economy can be similar to a roller coaster,
with soaring highs followed by steep drops,
and those changes all affect investors’ bottom
lines. It’s no wonder then that many investors
over 50 envision the day when they can get
off that roller coaster and simply enjoy their
money without having to worry about the
everyday ups and downs of the market. But
managing money after 50 is about more than
just reducing risk.
Reducing risk as retirement draws
near is a sound financial strategy that can
safeguard men and women over 50 from
the fluctuations of the market That’s true
whether investors put their money in
stocks, real estate or other areas that were
not immune to the ups and downs of the
economy. But there are additional steps men
and women can take after they turn 50 to
ensure their golden years are as enjoyable
and financially sound as possible.
• Prioritize saving for retirement. Men
and women over 50 know that retirement is
right around the corner. Despite that, many
people over 50 still have not prioritized
saving for retirement. It’s understandable
that other obligations, be it paying kids’
college tuition or offering financial
assistance to aging parents, may seem more
immediate, but men and women over 50
should recognize that their time to save
for retirement is rapidly dwindling. Just
because you are retired does not mean your
bills will magically disappear. In fact, some
of those bills, such as the cost of medical
care, are likely to increase. So now is the
time to make retirement a priority if you
have not already done so. It might be nice
to finance a child’s college education, but
that should not be done at the expense
of your retirement nest egg. Kids have a
lifetime ahead of them to repay college
loans, while adults over 50 do not have
that much time to save for retirement.
• Start making decisions. People retire at
different times in their lives. Some people
want to keep working as long as they are
physically and mentally capable of doing so,
while others want to reap what their lifetime
of hard work has sewn and retire early.
Finances will likely play a strong role in when
you can comfortably retire, so start making
decisions about your long-term future. Do
you intend to stay in your current home or
downsize to a smaller home? Will you stay in
your current area or move elsewhere? These
decisions require a careful examination of
your finances, and many will hinge on how
well you have managed your money in the
past and how well you manage it in the years
ahead. Managing money after 50 requires
more than just allocating resources. Sound
money management after 50 also means
making decisions about your future and
taking the necessary steps to ensure those
decisions come to fruition.
• Pay down debt. Men and women over
50 are not often associated with debt, but
that’s a misconception. Thanks in part to
the recession that began in 2008 and led to
high unemployment, many people in the
baby boomer generation, which includes
people born between the years 1946
and 1964, went back to school to make
themselves more attractive to prospective
employers. While that might have been
a sound decision, it left many deeply in
debt. According to a 2013 report from the
Chronicle of Higher Education, student loan
debt is growing fastest among people over
60, and that debt is not inconsequential.
In fact, the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York reported in 2013 that the average
student loan debt of those over the age
of 60 who still owe money is more than
$19,000, a considerable increase from 2005,
when the average debt was $11,000. Men
and women over 50 who are still carrying
debt should eliminate consumer debt first,
as such debt tends to be accompanied by
higher interest rates than mortgages and
student loan debt. Paying down debt can
help reduce stress, improve your quality
of life and free up money for living and
recreational expenses once you retire.
• Examine your insurance policies. Your
approach to insurance should change as you
get closer to retirement. For example, you
want to maximize your liability insurance
on homeowners and auto insurance
policies. This ensures the money you have
set aside for retirement won’t be going
to a third party should you be at-fault in
an auto accident or if someone suffers an
injury at your home. Experts recommend
liability insurance be substantial for men
and women over 50, with some suggesting
it be as high as twice your net worth.
Travel, from page 4
(Cathedral of Our Dear Lady) and its
iconic onion domes that rise majestically
above the city. Construction began in
1468 and was rebuilt and renovated
following the heavy damage Allied
bombing did to the structure during
World War II. The South Tower can be
ascended, where a terrific view awaited
of the roof tops of Munich and the Alps in
the distance.
Street musicians and other
performers were everywhere through
the Marienplatz. There were violinists,
flautists and concert-quality pianists
demonstrating their talents.
Of course, no trip to Old Munich would
be complete without a visit to, arguably,
the most famous beer hall in the world,
Hofbrauhaus. Most are aware how much
Germans love their beer. According to a
study conducted in 2012, Germans have
an annual per-capita consumption of 106
liters. The three-story ‘Haus was packed,
both with locals and tourists with most
hoisting liter-sized steins of beers like
Riedenberger Dinkel and Dunkel (the
dark version), Augustiner and Paulaner,
and also eating German favorites like
big, soft pretzels and spicy mustard and
Weisswurst, a veal sausage steamed and
served in white porcelain bowls.
We finally found a table and took
part in both the eating and the
imbibing, at the same time listening
to the lively Bavarian music provided
by the five brass-playing musicians
dressed in traditional Bavarian garb.
The next day, we joined Zdanka and
the rest of our small group for our first
group activity, a walking tour of the city
of Old Town, where we learned so much
about Germany’s succession of rulers
(three Ludwigs and two Maxmillians),
all of whom are buried at the Imperial
Cathedral, one of our stops.
We also learned of the symbols atop
Munich’s churches. A double cross means
the church adopted Christianity, a single
cross traces all the way back to Roman
Catholicism and a rooster denotes a
Protestant church. Additionally the goldcolored globes just beneath the crosses
and roosters, as well as the globes on top
of the government buildings, according to
Zdanka, function in much the same way as
black boxes on planes. The balls contain
documents and blueprints, so if a building
is ever damaged or destroyed, as many
were during World War II, the buildings
can be reconstructed to their original look.
After breakfast the next morning,
our group of 12 were off for our second
country, Czech Republic, and second
major city, Prague.
Just for Fun
CLUES ACROSS
1. Slavonic language
7. S olid water
10. Supply with notes
12. Edible bivalve
13. Field game
14. Yellow edible Indian fruits
15. Lubricant that protects
body surfaces
16. Canadian flyers
17. Took a seat
18. Anthracite
19. Cuckoos
21. Vietnamese currency unit
22. Subject to payment
on demand
27. Opposite of BC
28. The distance around an object
33. Blood type
34. Expressing gratitude
36. Bridge-building degree
37. Ribosomal
ribonucleic acid
38. F
iber from the outer
husk of a coconut
39. G
reat black-backed gull
40. The largest island in
the West Indies
41. Vegetation consisting of
stunted trees or bushes
44. S
upport trestles
45. Single rail system
48. Call upon in supplication
49. Small compartment
50. Lair
51. Unpleasant nagging women
CLUES DOWN
1. College civil rights
organization
2. “Full House” actress Loughlin
3. Egyptian sun god
4. Vessel or duct
5. Belonging to a thing
6. After B
7. Refers to end of small intestine
8. Baby cow
9. River of Memmert Germany
10. F
armer’s calendar
11. S
piral shelled cephalopods
12. S ource of chocolate
14. Diversify
17. A baglike structure in
a plant or animal
18. Freshwater & limestone
green algae
20. Single Lens Reflex
23. Gum arabics
24. Austrian philosopher Martin
25. Maltese pound
26. An immature newt
29. Popular Canadian statement
30. Norwegian monetary
unit (abbr.)
31. A
journey around a course
32. C
onfer a nobility title upon
35. I dle talk
36. B
ritish policeman
38. A
citizen of Havana
40. H
ighly glazed finish
41. A
portion of
42. S quad
43. Betrayers
44. B
arrels per day (abbr.)
45. M
arried woman
46. E
xpress delight
47. Neither
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Seasonings
There’s more to fish than the obvious
By Gretchen McKay
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
It’s Lent, which means it’s time to
renew your love affair with fish, be it
broiled, baked, steamed or fried.
Yet eating the same old, same old
over the next five weeks is going to
get old pretty darn fast, no matter
how revered your church’s fish fry is
with the faithful, or how much you
profess to love Mom’s tuna noodle
casserole. So this year, it might be
time to step out of your comfort zone.
The only problem is, some of us
are so conditioned to the fried cod
and haddock sandwiches, which the
majority of fish fries have on their
menus, that we’re not sure where to
start. Or, we’ve had so much bad fish
over the years, that we want to opt out
of eating seafood altogether, choosing
to fill up instead on classics such as
mac ‘n cheese, haluski and pierogies
on meatless Fridays.
It doesn’t have to be so. While
we’re all for supporting your local
parish, fire department or community
center fish fry, we suggest you try
your hand at something new in the
kitchen. In that spirit, we offer easyto-make and easy-on-the-pocketbook
solutions to three common
problems people have with fish.
Problem: We know salmon, which
is packed with heart-healthy omega-
3 fatty acids, is good for us. But its
rather fishy taste can be a problem for
those who are used to mild white fish
such as cod or haddock.
Solution: Swap fresh for canned
salmon, and mask the taste with
herbs, spices and a crunchy coating.
Deviled salmon patties are delicious
as an entree with salad, or on top of a
bun as a sandwich.
Problem: You want your kids to eat
more fish, but don’t think a constant
diet of fish sticks is such a good idea.
For starters, how much fish do the
sticks really contain anyway, and boy,
what about all the saturated fat, salt
and sugar in the breading?
Solution: Serve the kids fish tacos
made with fresh, soda-battered cod
topped with spicy-sweet mango salsa.
Tacos are fun for kids to assemble,
and salsa is a great way to sneak fresh
fruit onto the plate.
Problem: You’ve had so much fried
fish that you’re starting to smell like a
walking Long John Silver’s.
Solution: Opt for a simple,
veggie-filled shrimp stir-fry. Chinese
noodle dishes are ridiculously easy
to prepare, make good use of fresh
veggies and look so pretty on the
plate. Plus, you get to use chop
sticks. How’s that for changing
things up this Lenten season?
See SEASONINGS | 11
Garlic Noodles and Shrimp.
(Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)
GARLIC NOODLES AND SHRIMP
PG tested
This stir-fry comes together in
minutes. It’s perfectly fine to buy
individually frozen, head-off, peel-on
shrimp, but avoid ones that are limp,
slimy or falling apart, or smell like
ammonia (signs of decay). If you like
your shrimp spicy, add a little dried red
chili pepper. You can find fresh Chinese
noodles at most Asian markets.
16 ounces fresh Chinese wheat or
egg noodles, or 12 ounces dried
8 ounces broccoli florets, cut into
3/4-inch chunks (about 2 cups)
12 ounces peeled, deveined shrimp
2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine
(shaoxing) or dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 to 5 teaspoons minced jalapeno
1 cup thinly slivered red bell pepper
1 cup sliced onion
1 cup thinly slivered carrots
2 tablespoons soy sauce
In an 8- to 10-quart pan over high
heat, bring 3 to 4 quarts water to
boil. Pull noodles apart and drop into
water; stir to separate. Boil gently
just until noodles are barely tender to
the bite, 2 to 3 minutes for fresh, 5 to
6 minutes for dried. Add broccoil to
the noodles. Cook just until broccoli
is bright green, about 30 seconds.
Drain noodles and broccoli, rinse well
with hot water, and drain again.
In medium bowl, mix shrimp,
wine, salt and pepper.
Set 14-inch wok over high heat.
When pan is hot, after about 1 minute,
add oil and rotate pan to spread.
Add garlic, jalapeno, bell pepper,
onion and carrots. Stir-fry until onion
begins to brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
Add shrimp mixture and stir-fry until
shrimp are pink, about 2 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium. Add noodles
with broccoli and soy sauce. Stir-fry
until noodles are hot and ingredients
are well blended, 2 to 3 minutes. Add
salt to taste, if needed. Transfer to
serving dish or individual plates.
Serves 2 to 3.
— “The Hakka Cookbook:
Chinese Soul Food From
Around the World” by Linda
Lau Anusasananan (University
of California Press, 2014)
Seasonings, continued from page 10
BAJA-STYLE FISH TACOS WITH MANGO SALSA
PG tested
This is the quintessential fish
taco — crunchy and sweet, with
just a hint of tangy citrus. Even
people who say they don’t like fish
(i.e. your kids) will love them.
For slaw
1 bunch cilantro. chopped
1/4 small head of green
cabbage, very thinly sliced
1/4 small head red cabbage,
very thinly sliced
4 scallions, sliced
1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Kosher salt and freshly ground
black pepper, to taste
For salsa
2 mangoes, peeled, pitted and diced
1/2 small red onion, finely diced
1 jalapeno, minced
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
For fish
2 pounds cod or other mild
white fish fillets
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white rice flour
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 cups club soda
Vegetable oil for frying
For tacos
16 small corn tortillas, warmed (32 if
you would like to use 2 per taco)
Hot sauce, avocado slices, chopped
cilantro, sliced jalapeno and
lime wedges, for serving
Make slaw: Separate stems and
leaves from cilantro; coarsely chop
leaves. In large bowl, toss cilantro
with cabbages, scallions, lime zest
and lime juice. Season to taste with
salt and pepper and set aside.
Make salsa: Combine mango,
onion, jalapeno, lime juice and
cilantro in a bowl; stir to combine.
Taste, adding more salt and lime
juice as desired. Set aside.
Cut fish fillets on the diagonal into
1-inch strips. Whisk all-purpose flour,
rice flour and salt in a medium bowl.
Gradually whisk in club soda until no
lumps remain; adjust with more club
soda or rice flour as needed to make
it the consistency of thin pancake
batter — it should be pourable,
but thick enough to coat the fish.
Heat 2 inches oil in a large pan
over medium-high heat to 350
degrees. Working in batches, coat
fish in batter, letting excess drip
off, then carefully place in oil (to
avoid splattering, lower fish into oil
pointing away from you). Be careful
not to overcrowd the pot or the oil
temperature will drop, and fish might
stick together. Fry fish, turning
occasionally with a slotted spoon,
until crust is crispy and golden
brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a
wire rack set inside a rimmed baking
sheet; season immediately with salt.
While fish is frying, use tongs to
heat tortillas one at a time in a hot
pan, until slightly charred and puffed
in spots, about 1 minute per side.
Transfer to a plate; cover with a clean
kitchen towel to keep warm or wrap
a stack of tortillas in a sheet of foil
and keep warm in a 350-degree oven.
Top tortillas with fried fish, slaw
and salsa. Serve with hot sauce,
avocado slices, chopped cilantro,
sliced jalapeno and lime wedges.
Serves 8.
— Adapted from “Tacolicious” by
Sara Deseran (Ten Speed, 2014)
DEVILED SALMON CAKES WITH LEMON YOGURT SAUCE
PG tested
Canned salmon is a lot less
expensive than fresh, and with the
right spices, can be just as tasty.
When adding the diced vegetables
to the flaked salmon, fold the
ingredients together gently so that
the salmon doesn’t break up. You
might have to pick small pieces of
skin, cartilage and bone out of the
fish, but don’t worry if you miss
it — they are completely edible.
I used red (sockeye) salmon.
For lemon yogurt sauce
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint or
parsley, if available, or 1/2
teaspoon dried tarragon
Salt and freshly ground
For salmon cakes
2 (7 1/2-ounce) cans salmon, drained
1/2 cup finely diced onion
1/2 cup finely diced celery
1/2 cup corn kernels, canned or
frozen (thawed, if frozen)
Salt and freshly ground
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon drained pickle relish
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon paprika
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
1 egg
1 1/2 cups crushed cracker crumbs
(preferably saltines), divided
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons corn oil
Make lemon yogurt sauce by
combing all of the ingredients
in a small bowl. Refrigerate,
covered, until needed.
For salmon cakes, carefully flake
the salmon into a bowl, discarding
any small bones, cartilage, and
skin. Add the onion, celery, corn,
salt and pepper. Fold together
with a rubber spatula. Set aside.
In another bowl, combine the
mayonnaise, mustard, pickle
relish, lemon juice, Worcestershire
sauce, paprika, and Tabasco
sauce. Fold these ingredients
into the salmon mixture.
Lightly beat the egg. Using
the rubber spatula, fold into the
salmon mixture along with 1/2
cup of the cracker crumbs. Place
the remaining cup of cracker
crumbs on a dinner plate.
Form the salmon mixture into eight
3-inch patties. Carefully coat them
with the cracker crumbs. Refrigerate,
loosely covered, for 1 hour.
When ready to make salmon
cakes, melt the butter with the oil
in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over
medium heat. Cook the salmon
cakes, four at a time, for 3 to 4
minutes per side, pressing down
slightly on them with the back of
the spatula and adding more butter
or oil to the skillet if necessary.
Remove to paper towels to drain.
To serve, spoon 2 tablespoons
of lemon yogurt sauce onto
the center of 8 medium-sized
plates. Place a salmon cake atop
the sauce in the center of each
plate. Serve immediately.
Makes 8 patties.
— epicurious.com
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Put “Your Community Calendar”
in the subject line.
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Items must be submitted in writing at
least two months prior to the event.
Always include a contact
name and phone number.
Tue Mar 1, 2016
Northwest Alzheimer’s
Association on Memory Loss
2:00 pm Putnam County District
Library, 136 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa.
Persons who are experiencing
forgetfulness or mild confusion will
benefit. Register, 419-523-3747. Free.
Grillin’ with my Grandchild
5:30 pm OSU Extension Office, 1021 W.
Lima St., Kenton. Two-session program
includes creating electronic memory
book. Register, 419-674-2297. $10.
Grassp
6:30 pm St. Paul United Church of Christ,
101 S. Perry St., Wapakoneta. Family and
friends who’ve lost loved ones to suicide.
Wed Mar 2, 2016
Tops Club
4:00 pm Trinity United Methodist
Church, 301 W. Market St., Lima.
Regular weekly meeting. . Free.
Divorce Care Support Group
6:30 pm Shawnee Alliance Church,
4455 Shawnee Road, Lima.
Bingo
7:30 pm VFW Post 9142, 212 W. Second
St., Ottawa. Early Birds, 6:30 p.m.
Wert. $11-$26. For tickets call our
Van Wert office 419-238-9223.
Thu Mar 3, 2016
Lima-Allen County Chamber
Schmooza Palooza
3:00 pm Howard Johnson Inn, 1920
Roschman Ave., Lima. $10-$15.
Bluffton University Cooking Series
5:00 pm Bluffton University, , Bluffton.
Presented by nutrition students.
Each session includes a cooking
demonstration, nutritional information
and a full meal. Only 10 seats available.
Register, 419-233-1334. . Free.
Bingo
St., Ottawa. Early Birds at 1:30 p.m.
Luke Zamperini
3:00 pm The Niswonger Performing Arts
Center, 10700 SR 118 South, Van Wert.
Zamperini tells stories about his dad,
World War II hero Luke Zamperini. $20.
Fri Mar 4, 2016
Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
5:00 pm K of C, 810 S. Cable
RD, Lima. All-you-can-eat. $9
adults, $4.50 children 4-11.
Sat Mar 5, 2016
Volunteer Orientation and Training
9:00 am Fassett Farm, 22532 Grubb
Road, Cridersville. The Equestrian
Therapy Program is holding a
Volunteer Orientation and Training
Session for people interested in
helping individuals with disabilities.
2016 Grand Lake St
Marys Polar Plunge
1:00 pm Celina Moose Lodge, 1120 E.
Market St, Celina. Proceeds go to Special
Olympics Ohio. Spectators welcome.
Post-plunge party at Lodge. $10-$30.
St David’s Day Celebration
4:30 pm Gomer Congregational
Church, 7350 Gomer Road, Gomer.
Dinner: chicken and steak, mashed
potatoes, green beans, homemade
noodles, salads, rolls, homemade
desserts. Music, bazaar. $4-$8.50.
Night At The Races
5:30 pm UAW Hall, 227 E. South St.,
St Marys. Enjoy a ‘Night at the Races’
with Holy Rosary Schools. Ten races
and auctions. Tickets include dinner,
snacks, and refreshments. $20-$25.
Ohio Has Talent!
7:00 pm The Niswonger Performing
Arts Center, 10700 SR 118 South, Van
Sun Mar 6, 2016
Mon Mar 7, 2016
Colon Cancer Awareness Lecture
1:00 pm Primrose Retirement Community,
3500 Elm St., Lima. Learn lifesaving
prevention information and guidelines for
Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Includes
Free Lunch at noon. RSVP 419-224-1200.
Ottawa Town Hall Meeting on
Heroin/Opiate Addiction
6:00 pm Putnam County ESC Assembly
Hall, 124 Putnam Pkwy, Ottawa.
Tue Mar 8, 2016
Macular and More Lecture
1:00 pm Primrose Retirement Community,
3500 Elm St., Lima. Presentation by
Dr. Jeff Unterbrink , Eye Site of LIma.
Learn about common ailments that
effect the eyesight for seniors. Includes
Free Lunch at noon. RSVP 419-2241200. Primrose is located next to the
Senior Center on W. Elm St. in Lima.
Free Electronic Tax Filing Assistance
5:00 pm Dicke College of Business
Administration, Ohio Northern
University, 525 S. Main St, Ada.
Until 9 pm. Appointments are
required. Call 419-772-2075.
Lima Area Watercolor Society
7:00 pm Immanuel United Methodist
Church, 699 Sunnydale Ave., Elida.
Guest Artist: Trish McKinney will be
demonstrating how she adds meaning to
her paintings through the use of layering.
Wed Mar 9, 2016
Tops Club
Regular weekly meeting. . Free.
Bingo
Thu Mar 10, 2016
Elderberries Christian
Women’s Luncheon
12:00 pm Old Barn Out Back, 3175 W.
Elm St., Lima. Join us for fun, food and
fellowship! Sponsored by Primrose
Retirement Community. Live music
and spiritual message monthly. $12.
Drop-Off Recycling, Cairo
and Monroe Township
2:30 pm Old Cairo School,
Cairo. Until 5 p.m.
required. Call 419-772-2075. Free.
Seussical the Musical
7:30 pm Elida High School Auditorium,
401 E. North st, Elida. $5-$10.
Disney’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’
8:00 pm Van Wert Civic Theatre,
118 S. Race St., Van Wert. $12.
Fri Mar 11, 2016
Easter Bunny To Hop Into Lima Mall
11:00 am Lima Mall, 2400 Elida Rd, Lima.
Eighth Annual Don’t
Stress Over the Dress
3:00 pm Findlay Village Mall, Findlay.
Free prom dresses and accessories.
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Calendar, continued from page 12
Ravenscroft
8:00 pm Encore Theatre, 991 North
Shore Drive, Lima. $10-$15.
Sat Mar 12, 2016
Lima Symphony Orchestra’s
‘Kidstuff’ Series
10:00 am Lima Public Library, 650
W. Market St., Lima. Designed to
introduce young children to classical
music and symphonic instruments.
March of Dimes March
for Babies Kickoff
10:00 am Wingate Lima, 175
W. Market St., Lima. Breakfast
and team captain fundraising
supplies. RSVP, 567-298-4820.
11:00 am Findlay Village Mall, , Findlay.
Hardin County Dairy Banquet
12:00 pm Plaza Inn Restaurant, 491
S. Main St., Mount Victory. Junior
Fair 2015 dairy exhibitors eligible for
complimentary ticket. Scholarship
award announced. $7-$13.
Lima Irish Parade
12:00 pm St. Gerard Catholic Church,
240 W. Robb Ave., Lima. Main St/Robb
Ave traveling south to Town Square.
Delphos Chamber of
Commerce Annual Dinner
6:00 pm Delphos Eagles Aerie,
1600 East Fifth Street, Delphos.
RSVP by March 1. $10.
Shrek The Musical Performed
By The Crescent Players
7:00 pm James F. Dicke Auditorium,
New Bremen OH, 901 East Monroe
Street, New Bremen. $12.
Ravenscroft
Sun Mar 13, 2016
1:00 pm Findlay Village Mall, , Findlay.
Shrek: The Musical
Street, New Bremen. $8-$10.
Ravenscroft
Bingo
Shrek: The Musical
Open Auditions, ‘The Outgoing Tide’
118 S. Race St., Van Wert. Call 419204-7246 for more information.
Mon Mar 14, 2016
12:00 pm Bluffton University, ,
Bluffton. Presented by nutrition
students. Each session includes a
cooking demonstration, nutritional
information and a full meal. Only 10
seats available. Register, 419-233-1334.
Open Auditions, ‘The Outgoing Tide’
118 S. Race St., Van Wert. Call 419204-7246 for more information.
Tue Mar 15, 2016
Courage in the Skies:Story
of the Tuskegee Airmen
1:00 pm Primrose Retirement
Community, 3500 Elm St., Lima. Lecture
by Anthony Gibbs, Black Historic
Impressions, Columbus. Co-Sponsored
by Heritage Home Health. Monthly
History Series. Includes Free Lunch
at noon. RSVP 419-224-1200.
Drop-Off Recycling, Lafayette
and Jackson Township
3:00 pm Lafayette Fire
Station, , Lafayette.
West Central Ohio Chapter of
the Compassionate Friends
7:00 pm First Assembly of God,
1660 Findlay Road, Lima.
All Day Lima Mall, 2400 Elida Rd, Lima.
Wed Mar 16, 2016
Tops Club
Bingo
Thu Mar 17, 2016
Drop-Off Recycling
2:30 pm Bath Township Hall,
State Route 81, Lima.
West Central Ohio Autism
Community Support Group
6:30 pm Market Street Presbyterian
Fri Mar 18, 2016
Dinner Theater
6:30 pm Crestview High School,
531 E Tully St, Convoy. Call 419749-9100 ext. 2113. $13.
Shrek: The Musical
Ravenscroft
Sat Mar 19, 2016
Ada Kiwanis Pancake & Sausage Day
7:00 am Ada High School, 725 W. North
Ave., Ada. All-you-can eat pancakes
and whole hog sausage. Visit the
club web site at www.adakiwanis.
org and our Face book page 419634-2746. $7 pre-sale, $8 at door.
Shrek: The Musical
Wild Game Supper
5:00 pm Cairo Community Center,
Church St, Cairo. 419-234-0683. $15.
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Calendar, continued from page 13
Dinner Theater
6:30 pm Crestview High School,
531 E Tully St, Convoy. Call 419749-9100 ext. 2113. . $13.
Shrek: The Musical
Ravenscroft
Sun Mar 20, 2016
Shrek: The Musical
Ravenscroft
Bingo
2:30 pm VFW Post 9142, 212
W. Second St., Ottawa.
Mon Mar 21, 2016
12:00 pm Bluffton University, ,
Bluffton. Presented by nutrition
students. Each session includes a
cooking demonstration, nutritional
information and a full meal. Only 10
seats available. Register, 419-233-1334.
Healthy Living for your
Brain and Body
1:00 pm Primrose Retirement
Community, 3500 Elm St., Lima.
Celebrate Brain Awareness Week with this
great seminar presented by Linda Pollitz
of the Alzheimers Association. Includes
Free Lunch at noon. RSVP 419-224-1200.
Tue Mar 22, 2016
Area Agency on Aging Board
of Directors Meeting
9:30 am Area Agency on Aging
3, 200 E. High St., Lima.
Wed Mar 23, 2016
Tops Club
Bingo
Thu Mar 24, 2016
OSU-Lima Faculty Lecture
4:00 pm OSU-Lima, 3900 Campus Drive,
Lima. Ed Valentine on his latest art show.
5:00 pm Bluffton University, Bluffton.
Presented by nutrition students.
Each session includes a cooking
demonstration, nutritional information
and a full meal. Only 10 seats
available. Register, 419-233-1334.
Fri Mar 25, 2016
Inspire, from page 3
Sat Mar 26, 2016
Krystal’s ‘Byrne’ Rubber Run
8:00 am Ottoville Parish Center,
150 Park Drive, Ottoville. Running in
remembrance of Krystal Byrne 50/50
Drawing, Silent Auction, Bake Sale &
Lunch 8:00 A.M. Registration 10:00
A.M. 5K Run/Walk 11:00 A.M.
The Big Egg Hunt!
1:00 pm Calvary Chapel of Praise, 1601
Rebecca Drive, Lima. Children ages 3
to 12 are welcome to hunt. Hotdogs,
chips, cookies, juice, candy served.
Sun Mar 27, 2016
Bingo
Tue Mar 29, 2016
Wed Mar 30, 2016
Tops Club
Thu Mar 31, 2016
Lima Family YMCA greeter Joe McDonnell
was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome in
2005. The rare neurological disease caused
him to lose almost everything. Today having
experienced restoration in his life, he always
has a smile for others, even though he battles
kidney stones and occasional relapses.
a crush on in high school through the
website www.classmates.com. Tammy
Osborn had been widowed after 24 years
of marriage. The couple married in 2009,
and Joe also has shared parenting of his
14-year-old son Evan.
In 2008, Joe even found his YMCA
job. Yet by 2010, with occasional relapses
and kidney stones, Joe became frustrated
that he couldn’t help others, like many
of the folks at the Lima First Church
of the Nazarene where he attends do.
While standing at his podium at the Y,
he believes it was then he heard God’s
still small voice saying, “You can bless
people,” and his ministry of telling folks
on their way in or out of the YMCA to
“Have a blessed day” began.
“He’s encouraging, motivating, upbeat
… he’s building relationships,” said Terri
Averesch, Lima Family YMCA vicepresident. “He notices you, you feel better
about yourself, and puts a smile on your
face.” Averesch hired Joe, remembering
him from decades ago when he was a Y
swim instructor.
Every Tuesday, Joe also puts a Bible
verse up at the YMCA. Although his
personal favorite is John 3:16, “For God
so loved the world, that He gave His one
and only son, that whosoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Joe said, “That kind of tells it all, what a
blessing he gave us Him, so that we could
be forgiven.”
Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist
and inspirational speaker. Contact her through her
website at www.christinaryanclaypool.com.
At Our Age
Q&A
SOCIAL SECURITY - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GENERAL
Question: Do I need a Social Security card?
I want to get a summer job and my dad can’t find my card.
Answer: If you know your number, you probably don’t need to get
another card. If you find out that you do need a replacement card, the best
place to go to find out how to get a replacement is www.socialsecurity.gov/
ssnumber. In some states and the District of Columbia, you might even be
able to request a replacement Social Security card online. In other areas,
you can download the application to print out, complete, and submit by
mail or in person. If you do get a replacement card or find the original,
you shouldn’t carry it with you. Keep it in a safe place with your other
important papers. Learn more at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber.
Question: Can I get a new Social
Security number if someone
has stolen my identity?
Answer: We don’t routinely assign a
new number to someone whose identity
has been stolen. Only as a last resort
should you consider requesting a new
Social Security number. Changing
your number may adversely affect your
ability to interact with Federal and State
agencies, employers, and others. This is
because your financial, medical, employment and other records will be under
your former Social Security number. We
cannot guarantee that a new number
will solve your problem. To learn more
about your Social Security card and
number, read our online publication
Your Social Security Number and Card
at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/.
RETIREMENT
Question: I just got back from
an overseas military deployment
and I want to plan ahead. How
will my military retirement affect
my Social Security benefits?
Answer: Your military retirement
won’t affect your Social Security benefits
at all. You can get both. Generally, there
is no offset of Social Security benefits
because of your military retirement.
You will get full Social Security benefits
based on your earnings. The only way
your Social Security benefit might be
reduced is if you also receive a government pension based on a job in which
you did not pay Social Security taxes.
You can find more information in the
publication Military Service and Social
Security at www.socialsecurity.gov/
pubs/10017.html. Or call us at
1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).
Question: I’m retiring early, at age
62, and I receive investment income
from a rental property I own. Does
investment income count as earnings?
Answer: No. We count only the
wages you earn from a job or your net
profit if you’re self-employed. Non-work
income such as annuities, investment
income, interest, capital gains, and other
government benefits are not counted
and will not affect your Social Security
benefits. Most pensions will not affect
your benefits. However, your benefit
may be affected by government pensions
earned through work on which you did
not pay Social Security tax. You can
retire online at www.socialsecurity.gov.
For more information, call us toll-free at
1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).
DISABILITY
Question: I was turned
down for disability. Do I need
a lawyer to appeal?
Answer: You’re entitled to hire an
attorney if you wish to, but it is not
necessary. And, you can file a Social
Security appeal online without a
lawyer. Our online appeal process
is convenient and secure. Just go to
www.socialsecurity.gov/disability/
appeal. If you prefer, call us at 1-800772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) to
schedule an appointment to visit your
local Social Security office to appeal.
Question: It’s hard for me to get
around because of my disability.
Do I have to go to a Social Security
office to apply for benefits?
Answer: Not anymore. You can
prepare and submit your Social Security
disability application and all the needed
forms right over the Internet. Our online
disability application is convenient and
secure. When you decide to apply, begin
by taking a look at our Disability Starter
Kit at www.socialsecurity.gov/disability.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Question: My brother has been
completely disabled from birth. He
gets Supplemental Security Income.
Our grandfather died recently and
left him a little money. Will this
extra money stop his SSI benefits?
Answer: It all depends on the amount
of the inheritance. Inheritance money
is considered income for the month he
received it. You’ll have to report the
income and we will adjust his benefit
for the month accordingly. If he keeps
the money into the next month, it then
becomes a part of his resources. To get
SSI benefits, he is limited to $2,000
in total resources, although there are
exceptions. Call Social Security at
1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)
and report the inheritance. We’ll tell
you how your brother’s eligibility will
be affected. For more information, visit
our website at www.socialsecurity.gov.
MEDICARE
Question: Should I sign up
for Medicare Part B if I am
working and have health insurance through an employer?
Answer: Choosing to sign up for
Medicare is an important decision
that involves a number of issues you
may need to consider. The decision
you make will depend on your situation and the type of health insurance
you have. You may be able to delay
signing up for Medicare Part B without
a late enrollment penalty if you or
your spouse (or a family member, if
you’re disabled) is working, and you’re
getting health insurance benefits
based on current employment.
In many cases, if you don’t sign up for
Part B when you’re first eligible, you’ll
have to pay a late enrollment penalty
for as long as you have Part B. Also,
you may have to wait until the General
Enrollment Period (from January 1
to March 31) to enroll in Part B, and
coverage will start July 1 of that year.
Find out how your coverage works
with Medicare at www.medicare.
gov or contact your employer or
union benefits administrator.
Question: My dad receives
Supplemental Security Income
benefits. He soon will be coming to
live with my brother. Does he have to
report the move to Social Security?
Answer: Yes. He should report to
us within 10 days any change in living
arrangements. The change could affect
his benefit. Failure to report the change
could result in a penalty being deducted
from his SSI benefits. Also, we need his
correct address so we can send correspondence. Please have him call Social
Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800325-0778). Or, he can report the change
by mail or in person at a Social Security
office. Visit our website for more information at www.socialsecurity.gov.
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