Savvy Living: How to Know if You’re Getting Osteoporosis
Dear Savvy Senior, Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter the doctor that treated me told me I might have osteoporosis. Surprised Susan Dear Susan, While osteoporosis is much more common in adults over age 60, it can strike younger people too. In fact,…
Savvy Living: Best Pill Boxes and Medication Management Tools
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good pill boxes and medication reminding devices? I’ve recently started taking several new prescription medications along with some vitamins I normally take and need to get a pill box that helps me organize them. What can you tell me? Almost 70 Dear Almost, Pill boxes (a.k.a. pill organizers)…
Savvy Living: Be Wary of Winter Heart Attacks
Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve heard that people with heart problems need to be extra careful during the winter months because heart attacks are much more common. What can you tell me about this? AFib Alan Dear Alan, Everyone knows winter is cold and flu season, but many don’t know that it’s also the prime season…
Savvy Living: What Happens to Your Debt When You Die?
Dear Savvy Senior, Can my kids inherit my debt after I die? I have taken on a lot of credit card debt over the past 10 years or so, and I’m worried that my son and daughter will get stuck with it when I die. Indebted Senior Dear Indebted, In most cases when a person…
Savvy Living: How to Talk to Your Doctors – and Get Them to Listen
Dear Savvy Senior, How can I get my doctors to listen better? I just turned 78, and over the past few years I feel more and more dismissed by my doctors. I know I can’t be the only one who feels this way. Any suggestions? Dissatisfied Patient Dear Dissatisfied, Communication difficulties between patients and their…
Savvy Living: What You’ll Pay for Medicare in 2025
Dear Savvy Senior, I know there will be a small 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits next year, but what about Medicare? What will the Medicare Part B monthly premiums be in 2025, and when do the surcharges kick in for higher income beneficiaries? Medicare Beneficiary Dear Beneficiary, The Centers for Medicare and…
Remembering Major General Edmund Wittenmyer (1862–1937) of Peebles, Ohio
Major General Edmund E. Wittenmyer was a distinguished military leader whose life exemplified service and dedication. Born on April 25, 1862, in Buford, Highland County, Ohio, Edmund was one of nine children of Daniel G. and Rebecca Ann Murphy Wittenmyer. The family later moved to Meigs Township, Adams County, near Jacksonville and Peebles, where Edmund…
Savy Living: How to Know if You’re Getting Osteoporosis
Dear Savvy Senior, Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter the doctor that treated me told me I might have osteoporosis. Surprised Susan Dear Susan, While osteoporosis is much more common in adults over age 60, it can strike younger people too. In fact,…
Adams County Community Foundation announces Match Program
“A little can go a long way, especially when it’s shared.” This heartfelt sentiment perfectly captures the essence of the Adams County Community Foundation’s (ACCF) new initiative: the “Help Your Gift Go Further” program. In a generous move to enhance local philanthropy, the foundation is now set to match 50 cents for every dollar donated,…
First State Bank Creates Dan Ferguson Memorial Fund
The Adams County Community Foundation announced the creation of the First State Bank Dan Ferguson Scholarship Fund by the bank to honor their long time, respected employee who passed away in July. Daniel Ferguson began his career early in information technology and joined First State Bank in 2006, helping them grow from 5 local branches…
