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TONKAWA
San Diego Elders Club
May3, 2009
TONKAWA minutes:
The TONKAWA Secretary opened the doors and set up the room at 11am.
Also early are TONKAWA Vice President and members: Jerry Starnes,
Rita Hochvert, Manuel and Cecilia Flores. By 11:45 there, are 10
more TONKAWA members socializing and drinking ice tea and coffee.
Meeting called
to order by TONKAWA President Violet Tunohun at noon. We had a respectable
number of members and guests in attendance this Sunday. She called
on visitor Alex Olea to provide the prayer.
Great fare for a fine table of Elders and friends. Our terrific
TONKAWA members continue to keep happy smiles and real good eats
in this potluck meal. There is plenty of Good Hot TONKAWA coffee
brewing to wash it all down.
Tonkawa Old
business: Oct. 4, 08 Community after picnic report tabled again
until the Tonkawa treasurer attends the meeting.
Tonkawa New
business:
1. Violet
announced that we would continue to have the TONKAWA meetings on
the first Sunday of the month and avoid conflicts with schedule
American Indian activities in the San Diego region. (6/5/09 is the
next meeting.)
2. Jerry Starnes
reported about the fee and availability of the Admiral Baker field
for the next TONKAWA Elders picnic. Tentative date- On Hold.
3. Further
craft ideas were brought up as activities for the meetings.
4. Alternatives
to the picnic are under consideration: TONKAWA members and guests
luncheon or dinner at a nice place.
5. The Many
Nations location rumbles are being heard and contingencies are under
consideration for the future meetings.
We cleaned
up and some TONKAWA members were still talking and laughing as they
went out the door by 1:45 pm.
Announcements:
MAY 9 &
10
American Indian Culture Days
Park Blvd. & Presidents Way - Balboa Park
Honored Elder- Leroy Elliot
FREE Open to the public
Click
here for Flier 619-281-5964
MAY 15, 16
& 17
Traditional Indian Health Gathering
Pala Rey Youth Camp
10779 Pala Rd
Pala, CA
Click
here for Flier
MAY 16
Medicine Ways Conference & Birdsinging Gathering
9am -10pm
UC Riverside Commons
Riverside, CA
Click
here for Flier
MAY 26
UCR Warriors Pow wow
UCR Sports Center - UC Riverside Campus
Event Begins at 10 Grand Entry 1pm and 7pm
Click
here for Flier
Remember to
24/7 look to the American Indian Source site for the calendar of
upcoming events. Click on the link below now.
http://www.americanindiansource.com/kcalendar.html
Maybe we will
see you and a friend (We are always recruiting Elders to be TONKWA
members!). It is always nice to see new members and guests drop
in and are encouraged to return. This is a real nice down home meeting
to attend. We are also very pleased to enjoy the regular attendance
of TONKAWA along with community guests and family members.
Respectfully
submitted:
Roy Cook, TONKAWA
secretary
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Aging in the Media
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Parkinson's Disease Information Added to NIH SeniorHealth Web Site
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New Resources
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Medicare's annual open enrollment is from November 15th to December 31,
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The list of national stand-alone prescription drug plans under Medicare
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Consumer
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The Alzheimer's
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o AARP Survey: Inheritances Are No Boon For Most Boomers /
o Images of Aging: A multimedia guide for teaching about the changing
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Consumer Sites
FYI SENIOR NEWS:
Consumer Sites
- The
ABLEDATA database contains information on assistive technology products
with detailed descriptions of each product including price and company
information. See:
http://www.abledata.com
The booklet, What's Your Aging IQ?,
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about fictional older people coping with issues such as weight training
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hypothermia. It can be downloaded from: http://www.niapublications.org/pubs/agingiq/aging_brochure.pdf
- The Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has a site
that explains home equity conversion. See the Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage Program at: http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/hecm--df.cfm
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released
performance data about the quality of care in all Medicare-certified
home health agencies across the US. Information will is available
free of charge through the Home Health Compare resource on the Medicare
Web site at http://www.medicare.gov/HHCompare/Home.asp
- To help elders and others detect financial fraud,
one can search for an investment adviser firm on the federal government's
Investment Advisor Public Disclosure website. To view a firm's Form
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states go to: http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/IapdMain/iapd_SiteMap.asp
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the services that a Nursing Home provides, and be informed of how one
pays for Nursing Home care.
- The Time Magazine (Nov. 17, 2003) article
Planning Way Ahead: Long-term-care insurance is a lot cheaper while
you're still young. Is it a good bet? by Sharon Epperson can be
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Tip from a Reader
If you need to access the number of residents for any
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then click on Summary File 1, go to detailed tables, select the city,
and go to P12. Sex by Age, and click "ADD", it will add sex by age to
the "current table selection" box, then click the "show results" button.
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