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Bill T**h is still just damn funny. Read our Q&A with T**h, whose daft approach to the news earned him a cult following on “Channel 17 news early in the morning” in the ’70s and ’80s.
Bill T**h is still just damn funny. If that doesn’t immediately bring up a file in your memory banks, remember the 1970s, when Ted Turner owned Channel 17 in Atlanta, which later he branded The Superstation. T**h is the guy whose daft approach to the news earned him a cult following on “Channel ...
An 89-year-old Dunwoody man has logged 20 million steps during his daily walks.
An 89-year-old Dunwoody man has logged 20 million steps during his daily walks. Robert White was honored with the statue of a fox and a certificate by Dunwoody Place, the independent living home where he resides, to mark the occasion. “He is ‘quick as a fox’, and we are excited to see what his...
The Atlanta Senior Life team together
If you haven’t been vaccinated yet because you’re concerned about potential costs associated with the shot, keep these three facts in mind as you navigate the healthcare system.
If you’ve received an expensive medical bill related to testing or treatment for COVID-19, you’re not alone. Reports of high or unusual fees associated with the coronavirus can be attributed to a combination of confusion and a lack of federal oversight since the start of the pandemic. Enough so ...
Robert Spano is a busy guy with a baton. Read about what the long-time music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is up to now.
Composer, conductor, educator, mentor, Robert Spano took time from his multiplicity of commitments to answer questions posed by Senior Life contributor Mark Woolsey.
🐾 For our August issue, we’ll be featuring photographs of pets and their owners. Send us a snap of you and your pet (or pets) and you might see yourself in this special section!
Photos should be high resolution with all persons and pets identified by name.
Send your images by July 9 to editor Joe Earle at [email protected] or via Instagram or Facebook 🐾
Never let it be said that longtime Atlanta nightspot Johnny’s Hideaway doesn’t gather a dedicated and wide-ranging mixture of fans.
https://reporternewspapers.net/2021/06/22/the-buckhead-nightclub-that-still-spins-classic-tunes-under-a-disco-ball/
The Buckhead nightclub that still spins classic tunes under the mirrored disco ball.
Good news on the vaccine front for Georgia. More details at our sister pub, Atlanta Intown
https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2021/03/georgia-adds-55-and-those-with-high-risk-medical-conditions-to-vaccine-eligibility/
Georgians 55 and older as well as those with high-risk medical conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 15. Gov. Brian Kemp announced the expansion on March 10 and encouraged eligible Georgian to find vaccination locations and make an appointment at myvaccinegeorgia.com.....
In his second monthly feature, Kelly McCoy takes us back to The Omni and remembers some great shows and the iconic venue's unique acoustics. Enjoy and please share!
In 1972, a new structure appeared downtown. It was called the Omni.
This Omni Complex, now home to State Farm Arena and CNN Center, had everything in those days from ice skating, a Burt Reynolds restaurant, a game arcade to restaurants and bars.
To say it was different from anything making up a part of Atlanta’s cityscape, is beyond an understatement. It definitely was what the city needed to begin meeting the entertainment demands from a growing public…locally, and statewide.
The Omni addition had a significant impact on Atlanta becoming a major city. The Omni Coliseum could host any and every kind of event imaginable, from tractor pulls to Big Bird to every major music act touring America. Not to mention the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
In 1972, a new structure appeared downtown. It was called the Omni. This Omni Complex, now home to State Farm Arena and CNN Center, had everything in those
Our contributor Kathy Dean writes about how a yoga practice can help us stay strong (and sane) during these crazy days.
Frani Green found yoga in 1985 and felt the calling to teach it in 1993. The 60-year-old has a background in theater and dance. She has studied different styles of yoga and has earned several certifications.
Through the years, she has instructed people of all sizes and shapes, and at all levels of ability. “I’ve taught deaf people, blind people, kids, teens, young people, old people and people with disabilities….so all people,” she said.
“The benefits of yoga are different for different people,” Green explained. “I teach yoga to seniors for strength, balance and overall wellness. This practice is paramount to our health, especially as we age, to keep our hips, knees and core strong.”
https://atlantaseniorlife.com/local-yoga-instructors-help-older-adults-stay-active-and-strong-through-the-pandemic/
Frani Green found yoga in 1985 and felt the calling to teach it in 1993. The 60-year-old has a background in theater and dance. She has studied different styles
Here's a great column by our own Joe Earle that is running on our sister site, Reporter Newspapers.
Joe spent time with Janice R. Blumberg the day after Georgia's historic runoff elections and they discussed the meaning of those results as even more history unfolded before their eyes at the US Capitol.
Joe weaves a nice story that connects the generations of Atlanta's racial, political and religious history.
https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2021/01/31/around-town-a-changing-georgia-echoes-the-civil-rights-years/
As Janice Rothschild Blumberg saw it, Jan. 6, 2021, started out as a very fine day. It was the day after the runoff election and, as the votes were counted, Blumberg was rooting for the two Georgia Democrats running for U.S. Senate. By early that afternoon, Raphael Warnock had claimed election as th...
Our sister publication, Reporter Newspapers has a new Q&A with Piedmont Healthcare's Katie Logan posted. Click below to read about how Katie is overseeing the system's COVID-19 vaccination program
https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2021/01/27/covid-19-vaccine-questions-and-answers-from-a-local-expert/?fbclid=IwAR1CFyryOuIfOZocwS-dOlJ_qOCNpSGzexBFbDI5iq0fFotNXYYmMPkAmgM
COVID-19 vaccines are great news for spelling a potential end to the pandemic ravaging the globe. But they’re also confusing news, with different brands of vaccine available, red tape involved in getting them, and medical questions aplenty. To help get a clearer view of this light at the end of th...
Atlanta Senior Life partner Sterling Estates - East Cobb
has been administering COVID-19 vaccinations to their residents and caregivers in all three of its Metro Atlanta communities, including Sterling Estates of West Cobb. They were the first senior residence in Metro Atlanta to do so.
In the photo below, Korean War veteran and retired Atlanta Police Officer Marvin Moon is the first Sterling Estates resident to receive the COVID vaccination.
We are excited to join with legendary Atlanta DJ Kelly McCoy to launch "From the Crates," a new monthly feature in Atlanta Senior Life that examines the Atlanta Music scene from the 1970s through the '80s and '90s from his front-row seat behind some of our city's most powerful microphones, including B98.5FM and WQXI (the inspiration for WKRP in Cincinnati).
In his first column, Kelly looks back at the early days of the Chastain Park Amphitheater, including his backstage photo-op with Whitney Houston at her 21st birthday party (photo below).
“Little did we know that many years later our daughters would go to elementary and middle school together,” McCoy said. “Her daughter, ‘Krissi,’ as the kids called her, is a year younger than my daughter Courtney. We saw Bobby [Brown] and Whitney quite often doing family things and supporting their child. No bodyguards, no drugs...just being normal.”
Read the whole story on our website.
https://atlantaseniorlife.com/back-in-the-day-chastain-parks-amphitheater-was-the-place-to-see-concerts/
On a beautiful May morning in 1978, I was an excited, nervous 25-year-old on the way to my new job broadcasting middays on WQXI in Atlanta. Tower Place was t
There is a changing of the guard at the AJC as the legendary journalist and political observer Jim Galloway is retiring this month. He spoke with Mark Woolsey about his career and what he thinks is ahead for Georgia politics.
https://atlantaseniorlife.com/veteran-journalist-has-seen-the-changes-in-georgia-politics-up-close/
It’s more and more unusual for a print journalist to make almost an entire career from working at one publication, but Jim Galloway is that rare bird. The 197
From our sister publication, Atlanta Intown.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said over the last week that 102,183 doses of the vaccine had been administered, which was a 97% increase over the week before. He said CVS and Walgreens were on track to have all nursing home residents and staff inoculated by the end of the month and the state was prepared to step in and assist if necessary.
The governor said there are 1.3 million seniors and 536,000 healthcare workers in the state who need to be vaccinated. The state is being allocated 120,000 doses per week, 40,000 of which are withheld and sent to CVS and Walgreens to vaccinate nursing home residents and staff.
“I would prefer an ample supply and vaccinate everyone immediately, but that is not possible,” Kemp said.
https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2021/01/gov-kemp-gives-briefing-on-covid-19-vaccine-availability-and-capitol-security
Gov. Brian Kemp and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey held a press briefing Jan. 12 at the State Capitol to address controversy surrounding the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Kemp said local health departments and healthcare providers had been inundated with requests for the vacci...
For something different, our friends at WNYC Studios and Death, S*x & Money have a special "Stories Over 60" edition of their renowned podcast.
You can find it via this link or wherever you listen to podcasts.
We asked our listeners to get real about getting older. This is what you told us.
If you live in DeKalb or Fulton and are over 65, years-old, our sister publication Reporter Newspapers has the details on vaccination roll-out via Georgia Department of Public Health.
Residents of DeKalb and Fulton counties aged 65 and older may start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as early as Jan. 11 as the two counties open up “Phase 1A+” of their vaccination plans. Vaccinations will be by appointment only. Those persons eligible groups in Phase 1A+, according to the Georgi...
From our sister publication, Atlanta Intown, here's a story on a great group that's dedicated to keeping young women healthy and active. If you have granddaughters, make sure they know about Girls On The Run Atlanta.
“Now more than ever girls really need us and we’re here for them,” GOTR Atlanta Executive Director Lea Rolfes said. “We have the quality, research-based curriculum that intentionally addresses the challenges of being a girl, COVID-19 or not.”
https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2021/01/girls-on-the-run-nonprofit-keeps-girls-active-and-healthy-despite-pandemic-challenges/
Girls’ confidence drops about twice as much as boys' during adolescence and now COVID-19 has dramatically increased the number of teen girls reporting loneliness and isolation. Thankfully, Girls on the Run of Atlanta (GOTR Atlanta) pivoted during the pandemic to still offer girls in third to eight...
We are proud to support the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival again this year. Happening next month from the comfort of your home theater.
The AJFF began in 2000 and is now is the world's largest Jewish Film Festival.
Atlanta physician Dr. Dominic Mack has focused for years on the eradication of health disparities. Now, he’s using that expertise in the battle against the pandemic.
The Stone Mountain resident, who leads the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine, now also directs the National COVID-19 Resiliency Network, a cooperative agreement between the medical school and the Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In this role, Mack is assembling local, state and national partners to reduce the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations, including minority groups, seniors, the incarcerated, and people with disabilities.
Read Donna Williams Lewis at the link below.
https://atlantaseniorlife.com/atlanta-doctor-honored-for-covid-19-work/
Atlanta physician Dr. Dominic Mack has focused for years on the eradication of health disparities. Now, he’s using that expertise in the battle against the pa
We present a half-dozen metro Atlantans who have devoted their careers to building theatrical groups and bringing stirring performances to the community. Their paths to Atlanta’s stages have varied widely — from writing plays to acting in plays to building an audience by staging Shakespeare year...
https://atlantaseniorlife.com/ask-rusty-what-will-be-my-wifes-survivor-benefit-from-social-security/
Your wife’s survivor benefit as your widow will depend upon two things — the amount you were receiving (or were eligible to receive) at your death, and the age at which she claims her survivor benefit as your widow.
They’re the Jimmy Buffett fans called Parrot Heads. They’re fans of chilled cocktails and Hawaiian shirts. You find them by the ocean and in landlocked states, getting lost in Buffett’s music. You find them in Canada, France, Australia, Mexico and Belize — just about anywhere. Including, of ...
Sam Massell is a prime example of the term “pillar of the community.” The Atlanta native’s early real estate career drew him into a life of civic involvement: Atlanta City Council member, Atlanta mayor from 1970 to 1974 and later, founding president of the high-profile Buckhead Coalition civic...
If you collect Social Security before you reach your full retirement age (FRA), your wife’s earnings from working will not be counted toward your personal earnings limit. The earnings test looks only at your personal earnings and, if you exceed the limit, Social Security will take back some of you...
Life goes on. That is what we keep saying to ourselves. But I think we are all getting a little sideways these days. COVID-19 wasn’t in the bag, yet we started acting as if it never existed. Crowds on July 4 completely ignored the distancing advice and, yes, they were kids, meaning the under-25 cr...
The The Mansions at Alpharetta Assisted Living & Memory Care will be hosting a virtual BINGO night with celebrity number caller 1986 Daytona 500 Champion Geoffrey Bodine, Friday, August 28th from 7 to 9 pm. This high-octane event is open to the public and will feature conversation and fun with the competitive NASCAR veteran for one night only. Registration is required due to the limited number of player slots available.
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First in a series of 4 videos created by Atlanta Senior Life with Felicia Alingu (Outcomes Program Specialist) with Cobb County Senior Services. Visit the Cobb Senior Services Assistive Technology Lab to experience AT for yourself! OVER 100 ITEMS on display to help you in your home, in your car, at work, in the community, and more!
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