CORRECTION TO TRIP SCHEDULE

THE GHSS BUS TRIP SCHEDULE THAT WAS POSTED ON THIS SITE ON 30 JUNE WAS NOT FINAL. IT MIGHT CONTAIN ERRORS. PLEASE DISREGARD IT. 

A CORRECT TRIP SCHEDULE FOR JULY  WILL BE POSTED SOON. 

PLEASE WATCH FOR IT.

WITH APOLOGIES
GARY SAMUELS
BLOG ADMINISTRATOR

AUDIO MAGAZINES FOR THE DISABLED

FREE AUDIO MAGAZINE 

FOR ADULTS WITH 

IMPAIRED VISION OR OTHER DISABILITY

Choice Magazine Listening is a nonprofit organization that provides audio recordings of memorable articles, stories, interviews, essays and poems from outstanding current magazines, completely free of charge, to blind, visually impaired, physically disabled or dyslexic adults. Based in Port Washington, NY, CML has proudly served the blind and print-disabled community since 1962.

Each year, Choice Magazine Listening produces 48 hours of recorded magazine selections; each quarterly issue contains 12 hours of listening.  From a list of approximately 100 mainstream magazines and literary journals, a team of experienced editors chooses the most distinguished writing by prominent contemporary authors such as Alice Munro, T.C. Boyle, Billy Collins, Woody Allen, Jonathan Franzen, Susan Orlean, Seamus Heaney, Calvin Trillin, Annie Proulx, Garrison Keillor, and Stephen King, to name just a few. All the material chosen is well written, informative, entertaining, and enlightening—CML has high standards!

Once the editors have decided on the contents of an issue, each piece is read, unabridged, by a talented, professional audiobook narrator. The editors carefully match each selection to the narrator best able to bring that particular piece of writing to life, resulting in a rich and rewarding listening experience. CML does not use volunteer readers or synthesized voice technology. Each issue is not only a work of the highest literary merit, but an artistic performance as well.

Choice Magazine Listening is committed to keeping its unique service absolutely free. Both the recordings and the special player are provided at no cost to eligible people. Listeners who use a computer can download CML onto a thumb drive or a purchased talking-book cartridge. As a bonus, the downloaded version is available earlier than the mailed version, and back issues may be downloaded as well.

Those who are unable to download CML receive each issue by mail on an easy-to-handle talking-book cartridge that slides directly into the player. The recipient has almost two months to enjoy each issue before returning it in the plastic mailer it arrived in. No postage is required—simply pop it into the mail by the due date.

This service is free to those who are eligible.

Who is eligible? Any adult who has difficulty reading or even holding a magazine is eligible. CML's subscribers include those with conditions such as low vision, macular degeneration blindness MS, diabetes, cerebral palsy, ALS and Parkinson's. These conditions must be confirmed by 'competent authority,' which seems to include doctors, social workers and others.

Read more about this program at http://choicemagazinelistening.org/
or call toll free 1-999-724-6423 9-4 Eastern time to speak with a human

There's music in them hills!

Get on board Betsy the GHSS bus 

for some summer evening musical entertainment!

Come with us to Henniker on Tuesday evenings in Henniker in July and August to enjoy contemporary, traditional, folk, country, and jazz music. Horns and banjo's, maybe even a glockenspiel: they'll be there!

And they're free... for only the $2.00 price of transportation in all the elegance of our bus.
To reserve your seat contact Marie at 464-4726 or 724-5272
The bus leaves Shaw's parking lot at 6:30. The music starts at 7:00 pm. 


Here's the schedule.

July 5       Henniker Concert 39^th Army Band

July 12     High Range Bluegrass- bluegrass and byond

July 26     Concert Acoustic Truffle- soul, bluegrass, R&B and world beat sound

August 2  Swing Rocket- Jazziest Swingin’ family ever

August 9  Rusted Chrome- Country classics and rock hits

August 16  North River- Pure Americana harmonies from Dylan to the Dixie Chicks

August 23  Nick’s Other Band- Party on with this high energy audience engaging band

HEY, BATTA BATTA!

HEADS UP FOLKS! FISHER CATS ARE IN FULL SWING (*ooooooooh) AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL (or a bit of it)

 

GHSS has 15 FISHER CATS tickets for a PORTLAND SEADOGS (Red Sox minor league team) on JULY 7th.

Tickets are $9.00 and transportation is $6.00.

The GHSS bus Betsy will leave from Shaw's at 5:30 pm.

To score your ticket call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726!

OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION

GHSS CELEBRATES THE REAUTHORIZATION OF 

THE 'OLDER AMERICANS ACT'

Statement from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee on Older Americans Act Reauthorization Signed Into Law

President Obama signed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 into law today, [April 19, 2016] reaffirming our nation’s commitment to the health and well-being of older adults. Last July, the President called on Congress to reauthorize this important legislation as part of his remarks at the White House Conference on Aging.

For more than 50 years, the Older Americans Act has helped people live the lives they want, with the people they choose, throughout their lives. Through the aging services network, it has helped older adults continue to work, play and volunteer in their communities, to the great benefit of all. Because of the Older Americans Act, neighborhoods and organizations across the country are able to continue to draw upon the wealth of knowledge that comes only with life experience.

The OAA underpins a promise to preserve the right to live independently, with dignity, making everyday decisions according to our individual preferences and goals across our lifespan. This promise is more important than ever. In a few short years, more than 77 million people will be over the age of 60, and more than 34 million people – mostly family and friends – will be supporting a loved one who is over 60. These numbers will continue to grow for the next several decades.

The OAA affects everyone – older adults, people who help support them, and all of us who hope to one day grow old. I am delighted to see its reauthorization, and I am deeply grateful for the renewed commitment to preserving the rights of all people, for the full course of our lives.

For a summary of the act follow this link: http://theconsumervoice.org/uploads/files/issues/OAA_Summary_1-14-15_final.pdf

SENIORS ALIVE! FOR MAY AND JUNE

HERE IS YOUR MAY/JUNE ISSUE OF SENIORS ALIVE!


In this issue a nifty new activity for guys is announced: bowling in Keene. Check it out!