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For the Independent Record
HELENA â For this week s Sidelines, we highlight gymnastics coach Denny Allen, women s golfing record-holder Susan Court, and men s volleyball coach Travers Cox.
Longtime Mount Helena Gymnastics and Gym406 gymnastics club owner and coaching legend Denny Allen has retired. Since he first started directing the sport 45 years ago, it has been estimated that he s guided some 5,000 gymnasts.
Allen started his gymnastics career as a member of the Bitterroot Gymnastics Club in 1970. As a senior member of Missoula Sentinel s team, he reached the 1974 State finals on rings, pommel horse and parallel bars. In 1976, Allen captured the Washington Open championships on rings and pommel horse in the collegiate division.
Where: In your neighborhood
How to participate: Take a one-hour walk around your neighborhood, a park or anywhere, and take a photo. Post the photo to the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch’s Facebook page, and donate
More information or to donate: LakewoodRanch-Rotary.com
A small group of Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch members will be at Nathan Benderson Park live streaming during the fundraiser.
This year’s goal is to raise $155,000 through donations, funds from Walk for Water, Rotary District 6960 and Rotary International grant funding.
“There’s a synergy and an energy that’s around when people are passionate about helping,” said Laura Adcock, the president of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch. “It’s larger than us. It’s larger than COVID-19. It’s longer lasting. It’s a basic necessity.”
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch hosts Walk for Water fundraiser
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Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch members and supporters, including an 8-year-old and an octogenarian, are getting creative raising money to bring clean water and sanitation to a village in Peru.
This year’s recipients for the annual Walk for Water event, which will be virtual this year, will be 3,600 people living in the community of Villa Talandracas, Peru. The cost to provide them with a sustainable water system is $150,000, and the money will come from local, Rotary District 6960 and Rotary International grant funding. The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch currently serves as the host international club for eight similar projects in Peru.
Hager Homestead 55+ community to open fall 2022
Stan Hurwitz
That’s the way it ought to be.
But loneliness and social isolation in older adults puts them at risk for serious medical conditions. And the population of seniors in the US is growing. By 2050, they’ll represent over 20 percent of the population a silver tsunami.
Is there a solution?
Social engagement can significantly reduce rates of loneliness in older adults.
Victoria Thatcher agrees. Thatcher, a retired editor and consultant, and husband Mayhew Seavey, an electrical engineer, are co-founders of Hager Homestead, a pioneering cohousing community to be built in historic Littleton. Thatcher got the idea when she lived in Denmark, where cohousing began. In January, Hager won approval from Littleton’s planning board to construct the first cohousing community for adults ages 55 and older in New England.
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
December 21, 2020 at 2:33 PM
Credits: West Orange Police Department
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December 21, 2020 at 2:33 PM
WEST ORANGE, NJ During the early morning hours on Dec. 16, there were 12 motor vehicle burglaries and one car stolen in West Orange, according to police.
The incidents occurred on the following streets: Mississippi Avenue, Susan Court, Robert Court, Wilfred Street, Smith Manor Blvd. and Valley Road. Police believe the vehicles were unlocked during these incidents. The suspects, who remain at large, were described by victims as two black males between the ages of 16 to 20.
In a separate incident, on Sunday, Dec. 20, the owner of a 2020 Honda Accord Sport told police that four sets of tires and wheels valued at $3,000 were stolen from the car at the West Mill Apartments on Old Short Hills Road. Investigation revealed that someone removed all four tires, wheels and lug nuts and left the Accord sitting on plastic milk crates.