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FALL GUIDE Sonoma County September 17th In Guerneville


Guerneville, CA. ~ While 82% of Californians say it is important to have end-of-life and emergency medical care treatment wishes in writing, only 23% have done so. Yet statistics show that during a critical medical situation, 50% of us will be unable or unwill- ing to speak for ourselves. Who will speak for us to ensure our wishes are honored? Advance care planning is a process that helps ensure that you will receive the care you want.


It involves refl ection


and communication and leads to development of a personal advance health care directive, a legal document intended to guide medical decisions. Learn about advance care


planning and how to complete an advance health care direc- tive at a free educational event 1:30–4 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 17, at the Russian River Senior Resource Center, 15010 Arm- strong Woods Road, Guernev- ille. Trained facilitators from My Care, My Plan: Speak Up, Sonoma County, an advance care planning community initiative, will present. For details about this pre- sentation and upcoming presentations, visit www. sonomahealthaction.org/ad-


vance-care-planning, or contact Jenay Cottrell, Sonoma County Human Services Department, Adult and


Aging Program


Manager, jcottrell@schsd.org or (707) 565-5738.


Attend A Free Advance Care Planning Program On


Upbeat in Santa Rosa, CA! Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 3


When Standard Brands Company, owner of Curtiss Candy Company, was acquired by Nabisco in 1981, they realized they had somehow lost the original recipes for the Baby Ruth and Butterfi nger candy bars. No one at the old Curtiss factory remembered how to make the candy bars, and Nabisco had to develop new recipes that customers would accept.


Nabisco introduced Oreo cookies in 1912 to compete with Hydrox Biscuit Bonbons.


Anja(left) & Amanda (holding paper) with four legged friend Ru- ger. Ruger really enjoyed reading the February cover of Upbeat. They were all taking a crisp morning stroll in late winter 2015.


I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. Gilda Radner


Neep is a standard Scottish and Old English term for a root vegetable, specifi cally


Turnips. Also called ‘swede.’ Bashed neeps or pureed swede is a classic


accompaniment for haggis. JOKES & Humor # 4


A robust-looking gentleman ate a large meal at an expensive restaurant and topped it off with some fi ne wine, then he summoned the headwaiter. “Do you recall,” he asked pleasantly, “how a year ago, I ate just such a wonderful meal here and then, because I couldn’t pay for it, you had me thrown into the alley like a beggar?” “I’m very sorry sir...” began the contrite headwaiter. “Oh, it’s quite all right.” said the guest, “but I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you again...”


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