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New HorizonsThe ocial publication of the Deaf Seniors of America, Inc.Editorial StaVice-PresidentPhil Aiellovicepresident@deafseniors.us SecretaryEllen Scheppachsecretary@deafseniors.us TreasurerMichael Lockharttreasurer@deafseniors.usRenwick Daytonren_beth@comcast.netLance Fischerdsalance@gmail.comRaymond Kilthauraymond@kilthau.us Board MembersPresidentAlfred SonnenstrahlPresident@deafseniors.us Elaine Navratilelaine.navratil@gmail.comPast PresidentNancy Rarusnbrarus@gmail.comSheryl Emerysherylem@gmail.comOcersPublisher: Deaf Seniors of AmericaEditor: Muriel Strasslermurielstrassler@gmail.comAssistant Editor: Harriet Loebloebhw@gmail.com Layout/Design: Susan SienProofreader: Irene W. Leigh In MemoriamCompiled by Shirley Platt & Louis Schwarz DSA /New Horizons/ Fall 20204
DSA /New Horizons/ Fall 20205Editor’s ColumnBy Muriel StrasslerCoronavirus precautions are getting old fast. Now the doctors and scientists are telling us that we should celebrate the holidays only with the people who live in the same house with us. Stay home! Mask up! Wash your hands frequently! Maintain social distances! Avoid groups!Since it looks like the coronavirus will be around for at least a few more months, it’s a great time to learn new things, acquire knowledge, and learn new skills. If you’re not already using Zoom, now is a good time to download the app and learn to use it. And if you have a friend who also wants to learn, you can practice together. With Zoom, you can attend meetings, take classes, attend religious services, talk to friends, witness memorial services, and even share a holiday dinner with people far away. Learning Zoom may be one of the best things you can do for yourself. Even after the coro-navirus recedes, deaf people will continue to use Zoom for both small and large online gatherings.Usually play cards and other games with friends in person? Since social distancing makes that dicult, many people now play online. Mah jongg, poker, canasta…these are some of the games you can play virtually with your friends. You can even make new friends, albeit virtually. There are a multitude of games available through the Internet. Tired of the same old boring food? Learn how to use an Instant Pot, a slow cooker, a food dehydra-tor, or an air fryer. So many friends are turning out yummy meals with their Instant Pots. I’ve had one for a year and still haven’t used it. Mainly because when I was small, my Mom always shooed me away from her pressure cooker because it could “blow.” Rationally, I know today’s electric pressure cookers don’t “blow,” but emotionally it’s still scary for me. No more! It’s on my list of things to try next week.Need to do more physical stu? Who doesn’t?! The coronavirus is making us sit down longer because we’re cooped up at home. If you have a checkup coming up, ask your doctor to recommend an exercise program you can do without going to the gym. Walking and biking are things many peo-ple can do safely. If you have stairs in your house, add a few extra ights to the stair climbing you normally do. Look for ways to keep moving instead of quietly watching daytime TV. And once you’ve started, keep it up so you’ll have lots of stamina for the DSA 2021 Conference in Pittsburgh. Smile.2021, on behalf of our New Horizons sta, have wonderful holidays. We wish you health, happiness, and prosperity in the year to come. Be safe!
A year ago, at the DSA Conference in Seattle, the current DSA Board started its work after the elec-tion by creating several objectives during monthly meetings. Main Objective: The Board agreed that the main objective was to create a resource center that provides information for deaf senior members covering deaf health, deaf travel, deaf nancial services, a national directory of deaf clubs, deaf housing, deaf entertainment, and deaf history. The Board also worked on the fol-lowing issues:Systemic Diversity: At the rst meeting, the Board discussed how to improve the diversity of the organization. We asked Sheryl Emery of Colorado to become a Board mem-ber and review our programs to ensure diversity.DSA Structure: As voted on by DSA members at the last confer-ence, Vice President Phil Aiello led the restructur-ing eort to create four regions. To reach out to more deaf seniors locally, it was agreed to have two representatives for each region. The breakdown of states in each region can be found on page 11 of the summer 2020 issue of New Horizons (NH). Denise Paro of Massachusetts (denise17858@gmail.com) and Marcia Zisman of Maryland (mzisman270@aoi.com) represent Region 1. Paul Kiel of Missouri (myfavaslworld@yahoo.com) and Walter Niesluchowski (note: his name is one letter longer than mine!) of Illinois (walt47ski@aol.com) represent Region 2. Region 3 has Trisha Kidd of Florida (trishakidd1944@gmail.com) and Char Parsley of Texas (char.parsley@gmail.com). Region 4 is covered by John Taft of Washington (calmwater7@gmail.com) and Robert Cook of Arizona (rdtcook40@aol.com). Any recommenda-tions to improve relations between locals and DSA should be shared with your respective representatives.Aliate Program:The Aliate Program’s goal is to recruit local deaf senior organizations to become aliates of the DSA. Aliates will be able to share their activities, schedules, information and locations through DSA. For more information, local organizations are en-couraged to contact their DSA regional representa-tives in the DSA structure listed.New Horizons:Instead of having Susan Sien, better known as Jill of all Trades, continue alone as the editor and lay-out specialist for NH, content administrator for the DSA website, and FaceBook administrator, the DSA is fortunate to have additional assistance. Muriel Strassler (murielstrassler@gmail.com) was appoint-ed editor of NH, with Harriet Loeb as assistant editor. Louis Schwarz (deafbowtie@gmail.com) agreed to become the administrator of the Deaf Seniors of America Facebook page. Susan now can breathe and continues to be the layout specialist, Facebook co-administrator, and content adminis-trator for the website. Please send any senior-relat-ed materials you think should be shared with deaf seniors to StrasslerDSA e-Blast:We noticed that members tend to go to websites and Facebook to receive information. To improve our outreach and provide information, we created the DSA e-Blast to send out announcements. Ray-mond Kilthau (raymond@kilthau.com) developed several email groups – current members group, former members group, and non-members group. If you want to be included, send your email address to him.Website: www.deafseniors.usTo update our website, www.deafseniors.us, DSA contracted with Chilmarketing. Barring any unex-pected obstacles, it is expected that in January 2021 or thereabouts the website will have a new face. If you have old photos or videos to share, please send them to our website content adminis-trator, Susan Sien (dsagoogle@gmail.com).By Alfred Sonnenstrahl The State of DSA Fall 2020/ New Horizons/ DSA 6
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