“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” — Socrates Seniors used to dream of retiring to a mountaintop aerie or beach bungalow, usually near a golf course. It’s a different retirement today as many are seeking to spend their later years in a college or university town, a trend the Wall Street Journal noted [...]
By Lia Miller, Executive Director, Creative Arts Network - North Carolina Tim Carpenter, recognized as one of the top social entrepreneurs in the world, will be keynote speaker at Creative Aging Network-NC’s sixth annual Creative Aging Symposium on Tuesday, May 13, at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center. Tim is the founder and executive director of EngAGE, and developer of the [...]
The 40th annversary of the Watergate scandal brings a special exhibit to the North Carolina Museum of History with a panel discussion featuring many North Carolinians who were involved in its epochal hearing. On Thursday, February 27, at 7 p.m., WRAL-TV anchor David Crabtree will moderate Watergate: Politics, Scandal and the Media in the Museum Auditorium at 5 East Edenton [...]
Kenny York and York’s Field Kenny York “Watch for airplanes” reads the sign driving up to Kenny York’s house in Ramseur. It’s good advice since the concrete drive bi-sects a 3000-foot grass airstrip his daddy, Lonnie York, built in 1950. “My daddy worked at a hosiery plant in Greensboro…paid pretty good in those days. Many days he’d ride his motorcycle [...]
A variety of educational programs featuring Russian art, plus a Russian-themed lunch or tea, are major offerings at the North Carolina Museum of History through March 5. The exhibits are titled The Tsars’ Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs, running concurrently with Windows into Heaven: Russian Icons from the Lilly and Francis Robicsek Collection of [...]
Are you at a point in your life where you are asking, “What’s next?” You have finished one chapter, and you have yet to write the next one. Many seniors face these transitions at midlife, but they can happen to anyone at any stage. It’s a time of great potential, defining a whole new phase of life. It˙s called Life [...]
John F. Kennedy was committed to improving the nation’s fitness even before he took the oath of office. Following the election in 1960, he published “The Soft American” in Sports Illustrated (December 26, 1960). As president, he appointed a National Council on Fitness which launched a nationwide campaign to alert Americans to physical fitness needs and provide them with the [...]
Roger Gore, Public Relations Manager at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community, has over ten years of experience working with seniors.Jerry Fuller is an Iowa farmer at heart. He and his wife, Beverly Fuller, are corporate vagabonds who followed their careers from Iowa to Raleigh, finally retiring in Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in 2004. Jerry Fuller’s long history of working [...]
When Jim Hunt burst onto the political scene in North Carolina 40 years ago, his relentless energy and his boundless optimism about North Carolina stood out. The four-term former Governor may be older and grayer as he nears his 76th birthday but the drive, energy and optimism remain. The word “retirement” remains foreign. Yes, 12 years ago he left the [...]
Can speaking multiple languages increase brain power in the elderly? It’s a fact that bilingual children have more brainpower than kids who grow up speaking only one language, and now neuroscientists say “yes.” Bilingualism appears to protect against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study at York University found a later onset of dementia in bilingual patients than in monolingual [...]
