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Valley Seniors BlogWhat senior issues are you concerned about? Housing, retirement, taxes, health care? Or are you a member of a seniors organization and need to get the word out about the great things your group is doing? You are invited to participate in nvdaily.com's newest blog - authored by you! Post your group's news, or start a topic of concern and create conversation around it.Information for seniorsSenior resourcesActive living centers |
May 26, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Summer sun can bring on golden tans, but also a greater chance of skin cancer, experts warn.
April 14, 2009
LINDEN -- Ninety-year-old Linda Alletta James has a lot in common with British poet Matthew Green, the author of "The Spleen," who died in 1737.
April 7, 2009
WINCHESTER -- When it comes to living a healthy lifestyle, sometimes it's easier said than done. Between expensive gym memberships, waiting for a spin on a stationary bike or even just finding the time in a hectic schedule, maintaining a regular exercise regimen can be costly and time-consuming.
March 31, 2009
FORT VALLEY -- As darkness and chill settled in and she sat alone on a tree stump beside Passage Creek on Saturday night, 90-year-old Dorothy Seaman realized she was in a "pickle."
March 30, 2009
EDINBURG -- Whether it's a grandparent suffering from dementia or a sibling confined to a wheelchair, keeping disabled loved ones under home care for as long as possible is always the goal -- but it isn't always easy.March 28, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Spring inspires home improvement but also draws out construction con artists, authorities warn.March 26, 2009
Elizabeth Wyatt led as full and vibrant a life as any young woman of her generation. In the 1930s, at the age of 16, she attended college. After her husband died, leaving her with three young daughters, she started her own organic farm. As the women's editor of a weekly newspaper, she once interviewed the Beatles. "I interviewed the youngest one," she recalls. "What was his name? Paul?" But vision and hearing losses and the inevitable slow-down that comes with age, left her frustrated and isolated as she moved into her 80s.
By Elizabeth Smoot - esmoot@nvdaily.com The Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging may be 38 years old, but the organization isn't heading into middle age overweight, sluggish, with eyes on retirement....
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA PARKS AND RECREATION 508 Piccadilly St. Edinburg, VA 22824 (540) 984-3030 Contact: Teresa Funkhouser, Senior Coordinator WARREN COUNTY, VA PARKS AND RECREATION 200 E. 8TH St. Front...
Active Living Centers are open to anyone 60 years of age and older, Warren County Active Senior Center 1217 Commonwealth Ave. Front Royal 540-635-8652 Open Tuesdays-Fridays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shenandoah...
March 24, 2009
EDINBURG -- It's the gigantic elephant in the room -- you know you have to talk about it sooner or later, but you often times avoid it. It can be a sensitive and eerie subject, and young people simply don't feel an immediate urge to discuss it.
March 19, 2009
EDINBURG -- Sometimes everything aligns. As Teresa Funkhouser at the Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation Department was pondering an art class for seniors, so was Valley Educational Center for the Arts member Clive Turner.
February 23, 2009
Joanna, who cuts my hair, has now been doing it for more than 20 years. These days, when she's done, the hair that's left behind on the cloak looks more...February 14, 2009
STRASBURG -- The town Planning Commission got its first look Thursday night at a site plan for phase one of a continuing care retirement facility planned for nearly 54 acres on Hite Lane.February 9, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- With a sewing machine humming in the background, women scurried about the small quilt shop, looking at colorful fabric blocks that tell the story of beloved American author Louisa May Alcott and her family.
February 5, 2009
WINCHESTER -- On a recent Wednesday afternoon, the bistro at Westminster-Canterbury retirement community north of Winchester, was almost empty, but on the third Friday of each month, it is teeming with activity as residents and visitors gather to listen to music reverberate off the walls of the airy room.
January 30, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah Memorial Hospital is looking to expand its personnel -- offering great hours, rewarding work and the chance to meet a variety of new people.
January 20, 2009
Connie Dailey, of Stephens City, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1994, a little more than two years after she was in a car accident that left her in severe pain.
January 3, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- Austin and Tyler Burdick were inspired by the solace of the lambs. Several years ago, the teens watched their grandmother battle the dark days of cancer by visiting with the lambs on the family's Flint Hill farm.
December 23, 2008
Need a last-minute gift for that hard-to-shop-for relative? Want to give a thoughtful gift that will provide entertainment as well as strengthen the brain? With all the gift options out there, sometimes the best choice is one that encourages the imagination or provides a challenge for the user.
