Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1985 Page: 8 of 16
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Page 8-Palados Beacon Hum. May 2,1985
Palacios Beacon
Lifestyles
Preparing for Olympics9 FEC meeting
BYPATHOWARTH
Senior coming events: Friday,
May 3, Senior Olympics, Texas
City (The Center will be closed);
Sat., May 4,2 p.m. Senior Center
Annual Meeting of the Member-
ship of the Friends of Elder
Citizens, Inc.
There are over 70 registered
members. According to the by-
laws, 20 are needed at the
Annual Meeting to make a
quorum to elect new Board
members. Please make every
effort to attend.
Tuesday, May 7 is the Center
Project Council. Tuesday, May
14 is health screening.
The van raffle ticket sale is
continuing until the drawing day
on May IS. Raffle tickets are $5
each. The air conditioned van is
in very good condition, thanks to
the hard work of Dave Moore.
The $5 donation is a very small
contribution to the very much
needed kitchen addition. Should
you win and you, personally,
cannot make use of the van, rest
assured there will be someone
who will be willing to take it off
your hands. Again, we at the
Center appreciate all those who
have purchased and sold tickets.
National Volunteer week took
place last week. This week was
set aside to honor all those
dedicated people who give of
Senior Center News
their time willingly to help
people. All say that whatever
they give, they get back a
thousand-fold.
Our Center appreciates gTeatly
all our dedicated volunteers who
faithfully carry out their special,
volunteer jobs. We can always
use more volunteers with special
talents.
Volunteers are people who
give their time without pay to the
Center. This type of volunteer aid
is called “in kind”. It is
justifiable since these people’s
time is worth money on the open
market.
The Center has a part-time
janitorial position open to an
older person. It is a paid position.
To apply for this position, please
call Stan Woodmansee, Center
Director, at 972-2715 or come to
the Center between 9 a.m.-2
p.m.
Stan Woodmansee, Gloria Wa-
tson, Site Manager, and Viola
Thompson, Nutrition Supervisor,
visited the Columbus Senior
Center last week for an exchange
of ideas. The nutrition program
at the Columbus Center is about
two years old. Our staff members
found the visit enjoyable and
worthwhile.
Nutrition “chit-chat” from Dr.
Jean Mayer’s Houston Post
column: Many seniors still have
their own teeth, and like child-
ren, love sweets. According to
the article, sweets are going “to
get us" also. Sugar is the major
culprit in tooth decay. However,
fibrous foods such as fruits and
vegetables may help to protect
against cavities because of in-
creased chewing and salivation
associated with fiber promoting
cleaning action.
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Pentacostal
to: Pentacostal Church for the
donation of chocolate Easter bun-
nies.
Guidelines for planning proper diet
Diet is important to people of
all ages, but older people in
particular may have questions
about what they should eat to
maintain the! health. Because
many health problems of the
elderly are the result of poor
nutrition, the following guidelin-
es may help older people plan a
healthy diet.
Most people gain weight more
easily as they grow older, but
they need the same amounts of
most nutrients (vitamins, miner-
als, and protein) as younger
people. This means that the
elderly in particular should eat
nutritious food and cut down on
sweets, salty snack foods, high-
calorie drinks, and alcohol.
Exercise is also important in
keeping off extra pounds. A
person who is exercising regular-
ly can eat more without gaining
weight than a person who sits
most of the day.
Eating too little can be harmful
as well. People who do not eat
enough may have less energy:
they may become lonely and
depressed. In addition, a diet
containing too few calories is also
likely to be lacking in vitamins
and minerals.
Older people should talk with
their doctors about their eating
habits, especially if they have
any illnesses that might require
changes in what or how much
they eat. This is important
because some drugs can interact
with certain foods and change the
effects of the medications, and
other drugs can alter nutritional
needs.
Nearly everyone has heard that
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A PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR WHITE designate! Text! Nursing
Home Week, beginning on Mother’! Day, May 12th, and suggests that period
as an appropriate time for Texans to visit the residents of 1,093 licensed nun-
h« homes in Texas. With the Governor for the signing ceremony were (I to r)
Gary Marwitz, Waco, and Florence M. Gray, Potest, Directors of the Texas
Health Care Association which sponsors the event, and Sidney D. Rich, Presi-
dent of the Association.
‘Bring-n-Brag’ event marks
May as Senior Citizens Month
May is Senior Citizens Month.
A special time of recognizing the
many organizations and benefits
to our community that older
adults have made possible for
each of us to enjoy.
To start off Senior Citizens
Month in Matagorda County
older adults will be sharing many
of their hobbies and explaining
and demonstrating many of the
old crafts at "Bring n Brag”.
“Bring n Brag” will be held
Friday at the Service Center in
Bay City. The exhibits will
include making of nets, soap
making, quilting, painting, bead-
ing, spinning, and a display of
many old hand tools.
Any older adult who has a
hobby or would like to show one
of the old crafts is welcome. They
should contact W.L. Heller, who
is chairman for the activitiy.
All interested persons are
invited to visit the exhibits Friday
between the hours of 10 a.m. and
2 p.m. There will be no charge
and everyone is welcome.
Organizations and groups are
also reminded to submit their
nomination forms by May 10 of
older adults to be recdgnized at
Senior Citizens Day on May 18.
Anyone needing registration
forms can contact the County
Extension Office Room 101,
Courthouse.
These activities to promote
Senior Citizens during the month
of May are planned by the
Matagorda Co. Older Adults
Planning Committee of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
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it is important to eat a “well-
balanced” diet that provides
adequate vitamins, minerals, pr-
otein and carbohydrates. Such a
diet is rich in fresh vegetables
(especially leafy greens), fresh
fruits, low-fat dairy products,
beans, and/or meat, and whole
grains. Eating these kinds of
foods will help reduce the
amount of fat and salt in the diet.
Too much fat and salt may
contribute to heart disease, high
blood pressure, and stroke.
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
A healthy body needs vitamins
and minerals, which are found in
fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy
products, and cereals. Many
older persons do not get enough
calcium, a mineral that is used by
the body in many ways. Calcium
is especially important for build-
ing and maintaining strong
bones and teeth. Foods rich in
calcium include not only milk and
cheese but also dark leafy greens
(kale, collard, turnip, and mus-
tard greens). Some seeds, le-
gumes, and nuts (sesame seeds,
beans, and almonds) also supply
good amounts of calcium.
PROTEIN
The body requires protein to
build and maintain muscle tiss-
ue. All adults need about the
same amount of protein-rich
foods: two servings a day. One
serving would include 2-3 ounces
of red meat, chicken, or fish; two
eggs; 1 cup of cooked dry beans;
4 tablespoons of peanut butter;
or Vi cup of nuts. Dairy products
also contain protein and can be
used to increase the value of
other protein sources such as
cereals, beans, and nuts.
FAT AND CARBOHYDRATE
Energy is obtained from fats
and carbohydrates, but it is
important to eat fat and carbo-
hydrate-rich foods that also con-
tain vitamins, minerals, or pro-
tein. This means eating plenty of
fruits, vegetables, whole grain or
enriched flour products, beans,
rice, and rolled oats. Candy, pie,
cake, and other dessert foods
should be limited. The best snack
foods are plain vegetables and
fruits, which are high in vitamins
and low in calories, fats, sugar,
and salt.
Whole unrefined grains are
recommended because the refin-
ing process markedly decreases
the amount of B vitamins (only
three of which are added to
enriched flour), vitamin E, and
trace minerals. Whole grain
foods include whole wheat br-
eads and cereals, oatmeal,.whole
wheat or rye crackers, barley,
brown rice, and commeal.
FIBER
The refining process also re-
moves the bran, an important
source of fiber in the diet.
Although the role of fiber is not
fully known, it can help In
avoiding constipation. Too much
bran, however, caii prevent the
body from absorbing some min-
erals. Therefore, eating whole
grain breads and cereals and
plenty of fresh vegetables and
fruits is a better way to add fiber
to the diet than adding bran to
cereal or other foods.
TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Scientists supported by the
National Institute on Aging are
studying nutrient intake and
requirements in the elderly,
changes in taste and smell with
aging, behavioral aspects of
dietary habits, and the influence
of nutrition on health in old age.
Through such research we hope
to gain a better understanding of
how diet and the aging process
affect one another.
For now, our current under-
standing of human dietary needs
already makes possible a life in
which wellness is ageless.
PRAISE THE LORD
Psalm 150
1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise
God in His sanctuary. Praise
Him in the firmament of His
power.
2. Praise Him for His mighty
acts; Praise Him according to
His excellent greatness.
3. Praise Him with the sound
of the trumpet; Praise Him
with the psaltery and harp.-
4. Praise Him with the
timbrel and dance; Praise Him
with stringed instruments and
organs.
5. Praise Him upon the Loud
cymbals; Praise Him upon the
high sounding cymbals.
6. Let everything that hath
breath Praise the Lord. Praise
Ye the Lord.
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A Prayer For Today
This is the Beginning of a
day. God has given me this day
to use as I will. 1 can waste
it-or use it for good. But what I
do today is important because I
api exchanging a “Day of My
Life” for it.
When tomorrow comes, this
day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something I
have traded for it. I want it to
be gain and not loss, “Good
and not Evil”, Success and not
failure, for the high price that 1
have paid for it.
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YOU ARE INVITED
The Church of Christ invites you
to a series of Gospel sermons
dealing with the subject of
“WE CAN REJOICE”
May 5th—9th
7 p.m. each evening
David Alessandre of Muleshoe
speaking.
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Church of Christ
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