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HELLO AND
WELCOME TO
ANOTHER EDITION
OF WVSU NEWSLINE
I'M YOUR HOST
EMILY BURGESS.
TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT
AGING IN WEST
VIRGINIA. AS OUR
NATIONS AGING
POPULATION
GROWS, ABOUT
TWENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND WEST
VIRGINIA BABY
BOOMERS WILL
TURN SIXTY EVERY
YEAR. THE
HANSFORD SENIOR
CENTER HAS
SERVICES THAT
ARE PROVIDED TO
LOCAL SENIORS.
JENN CARPENTER
HAS MORE.
(JENN)
THE HANSFORD
SENIOR CENTER OF
ST. ALBANS HAS
BEEN UP AND
RUNNING FOR OVER
THIRTY YEARS.
THEY PROVIDE
WONDERFUL
SERVICES FOR THE
SENIOR CITIZENS IN
THE COMMUNITY
DIRECTOR KATHY
BARNETT TELLS US
MORE.
(KATHY BARNETT)
WELL THE CENTER
IS PRIMARILY, ITS
FIRST AND
FOREMOST A
NUTRITION SITE
FOR SENIORS. WE
HAVE A MEAL
PROGRAM, THE
LUNCHES ARE
PROVIDED THANKS
TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND
PUTNAM AGING,
THEY ACTUALLY
PREPARE THE
MEALS HERE ON
SITE. SO THATS
OUR PRIMARY
PURPOSE BUT THIS
CENTER IS ALSO
VERY ACTIVE, WE
OFFER CLASSES IN
COMPUTER
LITERACY,
WATERCOLOR
PAINTING, TAI CHI,
WE HAVE EXERCISE
CLASSES, SIT AND
BE FIT, AEROBICS,
CHOIR, WE JUST
HAVE A LOT OF
ACTIVITIES.
(JENN)
RESPITE CARE IS
NEW TO THE
HANSFORD CENTER
AND PROVIDES A
WONDERFUL
SERVICE FOR
ALZHEIMER AND
DEMENTIA
PATIENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
(KATHY)
A LOT OF THE
ADULT CHILDREN
STILL WORKING
FULL TIME, SO OUR
DAY CARE UNIT
GIVES THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO
LEAVE THEIR LOVED
ONES SOMEWHERE
THAT IS SAFE, THEY
KNOW THEYRE
GOING TO HAVE
ACTIVITIES AND
SUPERVISION AND
AT A VERY
REASONABLE COST.
MUCH CHEAPER
THAN YOU WOULD
GET HOMECARE,
ONE ON ONE.
(JENN)
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON
THE HANSFORD
CENTER CALL 304-
722-4621 OR GO TO
WWW.HANSFORDCE
NTER.ORG
FOR MORE
INFORMATION
ABOUT A SENIOR
CENTER IN YOUR
AREA GO TO
WWW.WVSENIORS.
ORG
(ANCHOR)
IN TODAY'S TOUGH
SOCIETY MANY
SENIORS FIND IT
HARD TO GET BY.
MEALS ON WHEELS
HELPS BY
PROVIDING MEALS
FOR THOSE IN
NEED. RENDELL
KEITH HAS MORE.
(RENDELL)
MEALS ON WHEELS
IS LOCATED ON
CHARLESTON'S
WEST SIDE IS
HELPING THE
COMMUNITY BY
DELIVERING MEALS
TO SENIORS
NEEDING.
I AM THE SITE
MANAGER OF THE
TISKELWAH SENIOR
CENTER, CANS
NUTRITION. WE RUN
FOUR DIFFERENT
COUNTIES HOME
DELIVERY SERVICE.
WHAT WE DO IS
FOR SENIORS 60
YEARS AND ABOVE
WE SEND OUT FOR
THE SHUT-INS WHO
ARE UNABLE TO
COME OUT TO GET
A LUNCH.
WE SEND THEM
LUNCHES MONDAY
THRU FRIDAY FIVE
DAYS A WEEK
EXCEPT ON STATE
HOLIDAYS OR DUE
TO SNOW OR
OTHER WEATHER.
WE ALSO OFFER 19
DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS WHERE
THEY CAN COME IN
SUCH AS OUR
CENTER HERE. WE
GET THEIR MEALS
READY, WE SEND
OUT MEALS DAILY,
ALSO SEND OUT
EMERGENCY MEALS
IN CASE THERE
WOULD BE A SNOW
DAY OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT OR
HOLIDAY. WE
ALWAYS MAKE
SURE OUR
HOLIDAYS ARE
COVERED. IF
THERE'S A NEED WE
TRY TO
ACCOMMODATE
THOSE NEEDS TO
THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY.
(RENDELL)
VOLUNTEERING IS A
GREAT WAY TO PUT
A SMILE ON A
SENIOR'S FACE AS
WELL AS HELP IUT
IN THE COMMUNITY.
ITS A GREAT
FEELING BECAUSE
A LOT OF SENIORS
THAT I SERVE YOU
RE THE ONLY
PERSON THEY SEE
ALL DAY
SOMETIMES FOR
THREE OR FOUR
DAYS. THEY'RE
HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
YOU KNOW I TRY TO
MAKE THEM HAPPY.
THEY MAKE ME
HAPPY JUST BY
SEEING A SMILE ON
THEIR FACES.
FOR WVSU
NEWSLINE IM
RENDELL KEITH.
(ANCHOR)
AS OUR CITIZENS
GET OLDER, THEIR
REFLEXES AND
REACTION TIMES
CAN DIMINISH.
BECAUSE OF THIS,
SOME PEOPLE SEE
ELDERLY DRIVERS
AS THE MOST
DANGEROUS
DRIVERS, WHILE
OTHERS SAY THEY
ARE THE MOST
CAUTIOUS. OUR
OWN MASON
WALLING HAS
MORE&
(MASON)
IN MANY STATES,
ELDERLY PEOPLE
HAVE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT
OPTIONS OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
TO GET THEM FROM
PLACE TO PLACE.
HOWEVER IN THE
STATE OF WEST
VIRGINIA, THIS IS
NOT THE CASE.
(NATALIE HARVEY)
UNFORTUNATELY IN
WEST VIRGINIA, UM,
WE REALLY DONT
HAVE ANY OTHER
SORT OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
WE DO HAVE, YOU
KNOW, SOME K-R-T,
SOME BUSES OF
COURSE, BUT WE
DONT HAVE, UM,
WHAT A LOT OF THE
MAJOR
METROPOLITAN
CITIES MIGHT HAVE
LIKE THE LIGHT
RAILS, OR THE
METROS, OR THE
SUBWAY. SO
REALLY, ONE OF
THE ONLY TRULY
CHOICES IN
TRANSPORTATION
FOR MOST FOLKS
REGARDLESS OF
THE AGE IS IN A
VEHICLE, IS IN A
PASSENGER
VEHICLE.
(MASON)
OFTEN THE MOST
HAZARDOUS
DRIVERS ON THE
ROAD CAN BE THE
OLDER AND
YOUNGER
GENERATIONS.
(HARVEY)
SO I THINK BOTH
AGE GROUPS CAN
POSE CHALLENGES.
WITH YOUNGER
DRIVERS THEY MAY
NOT HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE. UM,
WITH THE OLDER
DRIVERS PERHAPS
THE REFLEXES MAY
NOT BE, UM, AS
GOOD AS PERHAPS
SOMEBODY ELSE,
BUT IT TRULY GOES
BACK TO, UM, NOT
NECESSARILY THE
AGE AS MUCH AS
THE MATURITY OF
THE DRIVER, UM,
THE EXPERIENCE,
THE WISDOM, THE
SENSES THE
FACULTIES STILL
ABOUT THEM. I
THINK THAT ITS AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS,
UM, I DONT THINK
ITS A BLACK AND
WHITE, I THINK ITS
A GRAY. I THINK IT
JUST DEPENDS ON,
ON THE DRIVER.
(MASON)
SOME STATES FEEL
THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD BE
REQUIRED TO
RETAKE THE
DRIVING TEST
AFTER A CERTAIN
AGE.
(HARVEY)
WE DONT, IN THIS
STATE, HAVE
ANYTHING THAT
SAYS, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU REACH
A CERTAIN AGE
YOURE NOT SAFE
TO DRIVE
ANYMORE. WE
DONT, WE DONT
HAVE THAT, AND
WE DONT BELIEVE
THAT.
(MASON)
IF YOU ARE
WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR DRIVING, OR
THE DRIVING OF A
LOVED ONE, THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO
CAN HELP.
(HARVEY)
IF YOU DO HAVE A
CONCERN ABOUT
YOUR HEALTH, AS
FAR AS THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY WITH
DRIVING, UM,
CERTAINLY BRING IT
UP TO THE DIVISION
OF MOTOR
VEHICLES OR TO
YOUR DOCTOR. AND
YOUR DOCTOR CAN
ADDRESS THAT
WITH YOU, UM, SO
THAT WOULD BE,
OBVIOUSLY WITH D-
M-V AND HIGHWAY
SAFETY OUR MAIN
FOCUS IS TO KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE
ON OUR, ON OUR
ROADWAYS.
(MASON)
REPORTING FOR W-
V-S-U NEWSLINE, IM
MASON WALLING.
(ANCHOR)
SENIOR CITIZENS IN
THE MOUNTAIN
STATE ARE
KEEPING THEIR
MINDS AND BODIES
FIT. CR HAYS
VISITED THE ACTIVE
FITNESS CENTER IN
SAINT ALBANS
WHERE HE FOUND
ALL THE ACTION.
(CR HAYS)
THE
SILVERSNEAKERS
FITNESS PROGRAM
IS THE NATIONS
LEADING EXERCISE
PROGRAM
DESIGNED
EXCLUSIVELY FOR
OLDER ADULTS,
BOTH MEN AND
WOMEN. EXERCISES
ARE TAILORED TO
FIT THE VARIED
HEALTH AND
FITNESS ABILITIES
OF SENIORS. IT
REALLY IS ALL
ABOUT THE
FITNESS, FUN AND
FRIENDS FOR THEM,
BUT LONG-TERM
BENEFITS INCLUDE
MAINTAINING
INDEPENDENCE
AND BEING ABLE TO
BETTER PERFORM
ACTIVITIES OF
DAILY LIVING. LETS
HAVE A LOOK.
MARY LOUISE KING:
I TEACH
SILVERSNEAKERS
YOGA STRETCH,
AND AT OTHER
LOCATIONS ITS
CALLED SIT AND
STRETCH. AND WE
EITHER SIT IN A
CHAIR AND
STRETCH OR WE
STAND BESIDE A
CHAIR FOR
SUPPORT AND
STRETCH USING ALL
THE MUSCLE
GROUPS, GETTING
A FULL RANGE OF
MOTION, USE
EVERY MUSCLE. WE
HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
WE LAUGH. WE DO
BALANCE, LOTS OF
BALANCE AND THAT
REALLY HELPS
SENIOR CITIZENS
OR OLDER ADULTS.
ITS VERY
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE ONCE
THEY FALL, THEY
COULD BREAK A
HIP. ITS MOSTLY
THE MIND/BODY
CONNECTION AND
THE BREATHS. WE
INHALE AND
EXHALE. I TEACH
THEM HOW TO
INHALE AND EXHALE
IN A PROPER WAY
WHERE WE PUT
OUR HANDS ON
OUR STOMACH AND
WE INHALE FROM
THE STOMACH.
INHALE. EXHALE.
REACH UP. LIFT UP
THE RIBCAGE.
SO, I CALL FOR
INHALES AND
EXHALES
THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE CLASS.
OTHER HEALTH
THE SOCIAL PART
ABOUT IT. THEY
LOVE EACH OTHER.
I LOVE THEM. THEY
LOVE ME. THEY
WANT TO COME TO
CLASS. ITS GREAT.
BOB HUTTON:
YOU FEEL GOOD.
YOU GET
STRONGER. YOUR
RANGE OF MOTION
INCREASES. YOU
CAN REACH YOUR
MAILBOX. AND ITS
GENERALLY GOOD
ALL AROUND.
LILLIAN GROSS:
THEY SAY, WHERE
YOU GOING TODAY?
IM GOING TO
SILVERSNEAKERS.
WHAT IS THAT?
AND I TELL THE
THAT I GO OVER
AND WORK OUT
FOR 45 MINUTES
WITH, WE WORK
WITH WEIGHTS, WE
WORK WITH BANDS.
MARY LOUISE GETS
US GOING, YOU
KNOW, TO GET OUR
HEART RATE UP
AND EVERYTHING.
AND I SAID ITS
REALLY GOOD FOR
YOU AND YOULL
FEEL BETTER.
INSTEAD OF
SITTING AT HOME,
LIKE OLD PEOPLE
DO, AND NOT DO
ANYTHING, I SAID
GO AND DO IT.
MARY LOUISE KING:
ITS ACTUALLY
FITNESS, FUN AND
FRIENDS. FITNESS
IS ONLY A VERY
SMALL PART OF IT.
WE DO GET THEM
MOVING. THE
WHOLE IS TO GET
THEM OUT OF THE
HOUSE, GET THEM
HERE, FIND
FRIENDS, DO STUFF
TOGETHER, KEEP
THE HEALTHY, AND
THEN THEYRE NOT
SICK SO MUCH.
BASICALLY, I LOVE
THE OLDER ADULTS.
THEYRE MY
FRIENDS AND IM
THEIR FRIEND. THEY
ADD TO MY LIFE
GENTLENESS, AND
TENDERNESS, AND
WISDOM. AND IM
THE ONE THAT
SAYS, HEY! LETS
GO. LETS DO IT!
SO, I ADD THE
ENTHUSIASM.
CR HAYS:
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON
SILVERSNEAKERS,
CONTACT YOUR
LOCAL FITNESS
CENTER OR YMCA.
THIS IS CR HAYS
REPORTING FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE.
HELLO AND
WELCOME TO
ANOTHER EDITION
OF THE WVIAC
UPDATE. IM ALYSSA
GRABOSKI AND
HERES WHATS
GOING ON IN THE
WVIAC
((WVIAC UPDATE))
THIS PAST
WEEKEND
CONCORD,
FAIRMONT STATE,
SHEPHERD AND
WEST VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN EARNED
WVIAC VICTORIES.
SHEPHERD
UNIVERSITY IS
CURRENTLY
LEADING THE
CONFERENCE WITH
A 2 AND 0 RECORD
IN THE WVIAC AND A
3 AND 1 RECORD
OVERALL. WHILE
GLENVILLE STATE IS
1 AND 0,
CHARLESTON,
WEST LIBERTY,
FAIRMONT STATE,
CONCORD AND
WEST VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN EACH
HAVE A SPLIT
RECORD OF 1 AND
1.
LOOK FOR A GOOD
MATCH UP
SATURDAY SEPT.
29TH BETWEEN
CONCORD
UNIVERSITY VS.
SHEPHERD
UNIVERSITY.
FAIRMONT STATE
VS. UNIVERSITY OF
CHARLESTON WITH
A NOON KICKOFF.
WHILE GLENVILLE
STATE WILL PLAY
WEST LIBERTY
WITH A 1 OCLOCK
KICK-OFF
CONGRATS TO
BOBBY COOPER,
JEFF GREEN, AND
RYLAND NEWMAN
FOR RECIEVING
THIS WEEKS
FOOTBALL WVIAC
PLAYERS OF THE
WEEK.
IN WOMENS TENNIS
WEST LIBERTY IS
DOMINATING THE
CONFERENCE
GOING 6 AND 0 IN
CONFERENCE AND 8
AND 0 OVERALL.
UNIVERSITY OF
CHARLESTON IS
RIGHT BEHIND WITH
A 4 AND 0
CONFERENCE
RECORD. WHILE
WEST VIRGINIA
STATE IS IN THIRD
WITH A 2 AND 0
RECORD.
CONGRATS TO
LAUREN HOWARD
FROM WEST
LIBERTY FOR
PICKING UP THE
WVIAC PLAYER OF
THE WEEK FOR
WOMENS TENNIS.
IN WOMENS
VOLLEYBALL,
WHEELING JESUIT
IS HEADING THE
PACK WITH A 4 AND
0 CONFERENCE
RECORD AND AN
IMPRESSIVE 15 AN 1
RECORD OVERALL.
FAIRMONT STATE IS
DOING WELL IN THE
CONFERENCE
GOING 2 AND 0
PICKING UP WINS
AGAINST SHEPHERD
UNIVERSITY AND
DAVIS AND ELKINS.
WHILE WEST
LIBERTY, WEST
VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN AND
WEST VIRGINIA
STATE ALL PICKED
UP WVIAC
VICTORIES OVER
THE WEEKEND.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO WEST VIRGINIA
STATE MIDDLE
HITTER CAMERON
LEWIS FOR
RECIEVING WVIAC
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK FOR
WOMENS
VOLLEYBALL.
THAT DOES IT FOR
THIS WEEKS WVIAC
UPDATE. THANKS
FOR WATCHING!
((ANCHOR))
WEST VIRGINIA IS
FULL OF
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ADVENTURE
AND ONE OF ITS
BEST IS A VISIT TO
CASS SCENIC
RAILROAD STATE
PARK. BARBARA
SINGLEY HAS MORE
IN THIS EDITION OF
GET UP, GET OUT,
AND EXPLORE.
((CASS-BARB))
CASS SCENIC
RAILROAD STATE
PARK IS LOCATED IN
POCAHONTAS
COUNTY IN THE
MONONGAHELA
NATIONAL FOREST.
THE SMALL TOWN
OF CASS HAS A
RICH HISTORY
ROOTED IN THE
LUMBER INDUSTRY.
THE STEAM
LOCOMOTIVES AND
THE TRACKS THEY
RUN ON TODAY
WERE ORIGINALLY
USED TO
TRANSPORT
LUMBER OVER AND
THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS FROM
THE EARLY 1900S
UNTIL 1960 WHEN
THE LUMBER
COMPANY AND THE
RAILROAD SHUT
DOWN. THE TOWN
AND ITS RAILROAD
JOINED THE WEST
VIRGINIA STATE
PARK SYSTEM IN
1961 AND SINCE
THEN HAVE
BLOSSOMED INTO A
MAJOR TOURIST
ATTRACTION.
VISITORS COME TO
CASS FOR
DIFFERENT
REASONS. SOME
COME SIMPLY TO
EXPERIENCE THE
TRAIN RIDE UP THE
MOUNTAIN, SOME
COME TO ENJOY
THE GORGEOUS
FALL COLORS
DURING THE FALL
FOLIAGE SEASON,
AND OTHERS COME
TO IMMERSE
THEMSELVES IN ALL
THE HISTORY OF
THE TOWN, THE
RAILROAD, THE
SHAY STEAM
LOCOMOTIVES AND
TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE
LOGGING INDUSTRY
THAT STARTED IT
ALL. THIS YEAR
THERE ARE TWO
TRAIN ROUTES
OPEN, ONE GOES
TO WHITTAKER
STATION, FOUR
MILES UP THE
TRACK FROM CASS.
THAT ROUND-TRIP
RIDE TAKES ABOUT
TWO HOURS. A
LONGER TRIP CAN
BE TAKEN TO BALD
***, WHICH IS
ELEVEN MILES UP
THE MOUNTAIN
FROM CASS. THE
ROUND-TRIP TAKES
FOUR AND A HALF
HOURS. BALD ***
IS THE THIRD
HIGHEST POINT IN
WEST VIRGINIA AT
AN ELEVATION OF
4,842 FEET. THE
CLIMATE AT BALD
*** IS LIKE THAT
OF PARTS OF
CANADA, SO BE
PREPARED TO
DRESS WARMLY IN
THE FALL. TRAIN
FARES FOR ADULTS
RANGE FROM 18 TO
27 DOLLARS
DURING THE
SUMMER SEASON
AND 23 TO 32
DOLLARS DURING
THEIR FALL
FOLIAGE SEASON.
CASS ALSO RUNS
SEVERAL SPECIAL
TRAINS
THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR, INCLUDING
RIBS AND RAILS,
THE BLUEGRASS
BARBEQUE AND A
MYSTERY TRAIN.
THE SEASON
FINISHES UP WITH A
HAUNTED
HALLOWEEN TRAIN,
WHICH LEAVES THE
STATION AT 6PM
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 27TH.
CASS SCENIC
RAILROAD STATE
PARK HAS SO MUCH
TO OFFER THAT
YOU MUST GO
WWW.CASSRAILRO
AD.COM, WHERE
YOULL FIND MORE
REASONS TO GO
THERE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. THE 2012
SEASON ENDS ON
OCTOBER 28TH, SO
GET UP, GET OUT
AND EXPLORE
CASS. ALL ABOARD!
IM BARBARA
SINGLEY FOR WVSU
NEWSLINE.
((ANCHOR))
THANKS, BARBARA,
FOR THAT REPORT.
(ANCHOR CLOSING)
THAT WRAPS IT UP
FOR ANOTHER
EDITION OF WVSU
NEWSLINE. JOIN US
NEXT WEEK FOR
ONLINE DATING.I'M
EMILY BURGESS,
THANKS FOR
WATCHING
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