Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
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The Heart of Seniors Expo & Fashion Show, hosted by the Senior Coalition, has chosen College of the Sequoias Professor Cynthia B. Johnson to be its keynote speaker. Her subject will be "The Reality of Perception." Johnson, professor of communication and psychology, as well as division chair of language and communication studies, returns to the event after having been the keynote speaker in 2024. The Heart of Seniors Expo & Fashion Show will be held on Thursday, February 11,...
Through December 27 – Austin McKinzie Solo Exhibition This solo exhibition continues at CACHE, 125 South B St., Exeter. Admission is free. For more information, call (559) 592-5900 or visit http://cach-exeter.org/events. November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Senior Pride Bingo Sundays This event is held at the Visalia Veterans Memorial Building, 609 W. Center St., Visalia, Doors open at 11:15 a.m. For more info, call (559) 651-6714. November 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 – Zumba City of Hanf...
"Ernie & Emma" is a poignant tale about Ernie Tyler, a small-town pear salesman, and the journey he embarks on following the death of his beloved wife, Emma. After 25 years as an executive secretary, Emma leaves behind a detailed list of instructions regarding her ashes, which leads Ernie on a journey of challenging and reflective escapades across Pear Valley, Oregon. As Ernie navigates the road trip of his life, Emma helps him confront his grief and encourages him to move for...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded more than $10 million in grants to 18 community organizations that provide suicide prevention service to Veterans in California. This funding is part of $112 million in grants awarded to 191 organizations nationwide to support suicide prevention efforts. The funds are made available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) and will become available at the start of fiscal year 2027. Grants are accessible to nonprofit organizatio...
The new Granny Basketball League team in Visalia now has a name, Visalia Taking Shots. The team held a scrimmage game on October 26 with players from the California Poppies team from Sonora. A practice session was held the day before. The league is a non-profit organization founded in Iowa in 2005, explained Granny Basketball League Director Michele Clark. "It is a game inspired by the way women used to play a century ago, and it's a gentler form of the game, which is just...
When a person has a new experience, their brain faces a subtle but critical decision: should this experience be categorized with other stored memories, or should it be filed away as its own new memory? Getting it right allows the brain to help people navigate the world. But getting it wrong can cause false associations to form, which is a feature of several psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. In a study published in the journal Nature...
Back before the turn of the 20th century, and even into the first years of the new century, the livery stable was a common fixture in any town. In fact, most communities had more than one. Today, livery stables have disappeared and many people don't even know what they were. These once familiar businesses served an important purpose. If a visitor came to town on foot, bicycle, stagecoach or train and wanted to spend a few days exploring, the livery could provide them a horse,...
Autumn is in full gear now. This is a great time to plant almost any tree, shrub, perennial, ground cover, wildflower seeds and the last of spring-flowering bulbs. Days are shorter and storms may affect our ability to work outdoors, but November is still a great month for outdoor work. Planting In the cool autumn weather, transplanted plants will experience less shock. If we haven't received enough rain to saturate the soil, fill the planting hole with water and let it drain,...
An international collaboration led by a neurologist and experts in advanced genomics at Vanderbilt Health has coaxed one of the secrets of extreme longevity from a 194-year-old giant tortoise named Jonathan. Jonathan's secret involves entropy, the tendency of biological systems to become disordered over time. One of the hallmarks of aging is mitochondrial dysfunction. It results from increasing entropy, or disorder, in "promoters," the genetic on-and-off switches that...
Cleveland Clinic is now delivering certain medications to patients' homes via drones, marking the start of the first long-term deployment of a prescription drug drone delivery program by a U.S. health system. The first successful deliveries were made in August in and around Beachwood, Ohio. The service is operated by drone delivery company Zipline and is currently focused on deliveries that are within a five-mile radius of Cleveland Clinic's Beachwood Administrative Campus,...
After decades of watching paychecks come in, many new retirees struggle to start spending the money they worked so long and hard to save. A common version of that worry takes the form of a simple rule: Never touch the principal. Wes Moss, fiduciary financial advisor and host of "Ask an Advisor" on the Clark Howard Podcast, heard it from a client he calls “Jim” on a July 2026 episode. Jim was retiring after more than 40 years of work and told Wes he was scared of not hav...
Question: My doctor informed me that my shoes are unsafe for me. I have been wearing them for four years now and I don’t understand why he would say that. As we get older, walking can become a challenge. You might have changes in your muscle tone that makes you weaker, your joint flexibility might be stiffer, and your balance might be wobblier. Changes in your foot structure can cause slips, trips and falls. The most common injuries for seniors are due to falls. They often result in fractures, hospitalization and surgery. T...
On September 23, GRAIL, Inc., announced a favorable vote from the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of the Premarket Approval (PMA) application of the Galleri multi-cancer early detection test. In three separate votes, the 10 voting members of the committee considered Galleri's safety, effectiveness and overall benefit-risk profile for screening for the early...
Americans will forget what day it is nearly five times between December 25 and January 1, according to new research. That's according to a survey of 2,000 Americans from Talker Research, which examined how people spend one of the more unorthodox weeks in the calendar. Results showed the average person regularly struggles to track time in the last week of December, forgetting the day and losing track of any routine on 4.7 occasions on average. While four in 10 of those polled...
Previous studies have found that caffeine is the world's most popular stimulant and psychoactive substance, and coffee is the most common way people consume caffeine. The latest research supports the conclusion that for most adults, consuming up to 400 mg of caffeine/day (or up to 5, 8-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day) is safe and appears to be linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease for some individuals. However, higher doses of caffeine, such as levels found...
The next time your smartphone freezes, your laptop refuses to cooperate, or a password you were certain you remembered turns out to be wrong for the fourth time, resist the urge to throw the offending device against the wall. There's a better solution in Tulare, and it won't cost you a dime. It's called Cyber Seniors, a national nonprofit that connects older adults with technology mentors. In Tulare, the program meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 10...
The holiday season is a joyous time for many, but it can be difficult for homebound senior citizens who experience isolation and have limited resources and support. To add a little holiday cheer to their lives, Stockings for Seniors provides stockings filled with donated cold-weather items and hygiene products. With the assistance of kind and considerate Tulare County employees and community members, the hope is to bring some joy to more than 600 isolated and home-bound senior...
Adventist Health and the Tulare Local Healthcare District held a celebration on September 22. The hospital, which hosted the event, is celebrating 75 years in the community, and the Tulare Local Healthcare District is celebrating 80 years of helping advance Tulare's health infrastructure, including supporting the hospital and its future. During the event, community leader Pat Hillman and her family announced a historic donation, the largest gift in the hospital's 75-year...
The Federal Trade Commission announced on September 24th that is considering whether to update its rule on "Impersonation of Government and Businesses" or take other action to prevent online platforms from engaging in ad-optimization practices that may be furthering impersonation scams. The FTC is seeking comment on the extent to which ad-optimization tools and services offered by social media, search engines and other digital marketplace platforms further efforts by scammers to impersonate legitimate businesses and...
Dill Dinkers Visalia is finally open. The new facility features 11 regulation pickleball courts, a half-court for lessons, exercise equipment, table tennis, and vending machines filled with snacks and drinks. The facility celebrated its "soft opening" on Oct. 8, but held pickleball events before that, starting with a Members' Night on October 2. "There were over 100 people here," said co-owner Bill Revilla. "That was all free for the members. We gave them gifts, we treated...
The Internet is simultaneously the best thing and the worst thing to happen to society. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard, “Well, ChatGPT told me…”, “I saw on YouTube…”, “I saw a post that said…”, or the dreaded “I heard from a friend.” Now, I’m not a psychologist or a sociologist – even though I was about two classes short of getting my minor in sociology from Fresno State. Nor have I conducted extensive research on the topic, but I do know that misinformation...
Family HealthCare Network (FHCN) announced it has been recognized by Newsweek with four prestigious national workplace honors, earning distinction as one of America's Greatest Workplaces in Health Care, America's Greatest Workplaces for Leadership, America's Greatest Workplaces for Trust, and America's Greatest Workplaces for Entry-Level Employees. The four awards recognize organizations that excel in creating exceptional workplace cultures, developing strong leaders, fostering employee trust and providing meaningful career...
The 2026 Tulare & Kings County Walk to End Alzheimer's at Valley Strong Ballpark in Visalia on September 26 raised more than $21,550 for the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer's Association. "It was amazing," said Justina Howell of the Alzheimer's Association's California Central Coast Chapter who coordinated the event. "We had 158 registered participants and 23 teams." "It was an incredible morning filled with connection, remembrance, hope and a shared commi...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 3.6% benefit increase for 2027. Social Security benefits include Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by $75 per month. Nearly 72 million Social Security beneficiaries will see a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) beginning in January 2027. Increased payments to about 7.3 million people receiving SSI...
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors recognized October 6, 2026, as Centenarian Day in Tulare County. Tulare County Supervisor Larry Micari read the proclamation, which honored the centenarians, many of whom were in attendance at the supervisors' meeting. "Whereas, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that centenarians make up just 0.02% of the overall U.S. population, "And whereas, Tulare County would like to honor, celebrate, and recognize the centenarians, those...