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Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes Honored at Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn Luncheon

On June 22, 2007, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J.Hynes received the Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn Power Of One Award, at a luncheon honoring him, held at Kingsborough Community College.

Joe Hynes received this award from Ms. Vicki Ellner our Chairperson, for his extensive work on behalf of Seniors in Brooklyn. See Previous Post On Hynes. My son Steven and I did a video honoring Mr. Hynes that is now on YOU Tube Check it out at Charles Hynes Video. Also check out the DA's exciting page turner "Triple Homicide".

No Fading Star: Actress Gets Roles at 97

  The Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Hollywood's starmakers always are on the lookout for a fresh new face and they found one in Mae Laborde, albeit of the wrinkled variety.

Gordon Thomas: The Optimistic Outsider

By Jack Halpern

Today I had the great pleasure to meet a kind and gracious elderly musician.  I attended a Gotham Networking Luncheon. Mr. Thomas was a guest. Once a trombonist with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in the 1940s, he first recorded and performed his own heartfelt and idiosyncratic songs in New York in the 60s and at age 91, he still has an unwavering belief in the possibilities of life. An inspiration.

Elderly Women Behind The Counter In A Small Town

By Pearl Jam

i seem to recognize your face
haunting, familiar, yet i can't seem to place it
cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
lifetimes are catching up with me
all these changes taking place, i wish i'd seen the place

Their Limbs May Be Stiff, but the Beat Goes On

ON Wednesday afternoons in Washington Heights, the search is not necessarily for love, or even companionship. The search is simply for a partner who can rumba or waltz.

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SEASON'S GREETINGS

Season's Greeting's from My Elder Advocate to all!

Imagine

John Lennon- 1940-1980

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Song    

For love on the hearth in the evening
For rain on the windows at night                                                                     
For joy in the neighborhood’s houses
For laughter that comes after fright

Crabby Old Woman

Contributed by E.J. Anzivino

When an old woman died in the geriatric unit of a small hospital in Dundee Scotland, it was believed she had nothing left of any value.  While the nurses were going through her meager possessions, they found this poem.  This little old Scottish lady, with nothing left to give to the world, left more than most could wish to bequeath.