Following its creation in South America in the 1940s, canasta was all the rage in the US in the 1950s. The card game’s popularity began to wane a decade later, but it’s still as popular as ever among those living in the Gulf Harbour community of Fort Myers. “We also have a bridge group, but bridge is a dying sport,” […]
While in high school, Thomas Frazier and some friends set out on a fishing trip in a small boat. While on the water, a nasty storm blew in and the boat sank. The teens were left floating in the frigid water until a Coast Guard helicopter arrived during the night and rescued them. Thomas was so impressed with the Coast […]
Not long after retiring from her job as a teacher’s aide several years ago, Joyce DeFilippo gathered up most of her belongings, hopped into an RV and set out on one of the most memorable adventures of her life. With her partner alongside her and taking an occasional turn behind the wheel, the duo first traveled west out of Florida, […]
During the 32 years that Bill Dowdell worked for NASA, he had a front-row seat for all 135 space shuttle launches. And well he should have. After all, he had a hand in building the six shuttle orbiters. “The technical discipline I was hired into was environmental control and life support,” Bill explains. “That encompassed the design and build of […]
A tip sheet listing 10 things people 55 and older should do regularly to improve their health included sleeping more, exercising more and taking on the challenge to learn something new every day. Nowhere on the list was the suggestion of an annual hearing exam, but you’ll be hard pressed to find an audiologist who doesn’t believe it should. With […]
While attending medical school, Frances Binuya-Rerisi, MD, became interested in internal medicine and pursued it as her specialty. After graduation, she completed a one-year internship in New Jersey and a three-year internal medicine residency in New York. She then practiced internal medicine in New Port Richey for 15 years. “In 1991, I quit my practice and went to work […]
For competitive shooting enthusiasts such as Brian Nelson, the Military Bolt Action Rifle Match is fast becoming their challenge of choice. The reason: few other competitive shooting events offer a playing field as level as this nod to the past. “The rifles used in a vintage rifle match are the kind that were used in World War I and World […]
By the time a younger Mike Fillian broke free of his family’s farm, his ears had been “bombarded” by so much noise for so long that the foundation for a significant sensorineural hearing loss had already been laid. “I can distinctly remember coming into the house for a drink of water after being out on the tractor for an hour […]
Before COVID-19 clipped their wings, retirees Edward and Geraldine Keller routinely traveled from their residence in Trinity to a home they have in New York, where both enjoyed successful working careers. “I’m from Long Island and was a certified public accountant,” says Edward, 81. “I graduated from Fordham University and received a master’s degree from Adelphi University. I taught accounting […]
There are an estimated 1 million seasonal residents in Florida. These are individuals who spend at least one month – usually during the winter – living in the Sunshine State. Michael Krieger is one of those snowbirds. He travels south each winter from his primary residence in St. Joseph, on the western Michigan coast. To jumpstart a career in the […]
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