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...November, Provident Travel of Cincinnati, Ohio, organizes a one-week Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean International that features current and former Cincinnati Reds. About 160 to 200 die-hard fans, average age 60, put up $1,200 to $1,800 (this includes airfare) to hobnob with the pinstripers, says Jim Mogan, Provident's director of operations. Charles Hindersman, 77, a retired professor and university vice president who lives in Indianapolis, Ind., has participated in these baseball cruises for the past 11 Novembers with his wife Justyn, 75. "As a native of Cincinnati, I have been a lifelong fan," says Charles...
...Jim Miller is at least 26 years away from getting his senior discount at the movies. And yet he can explain--and enjoys explaining--the minutiae of Social Security survivor benefits and how a senior can take advantage of a national free-eye-exam program. Every day, working as a one-man operation from his home office in Norman, Okla., Miller responds to queries from seniors and their friends and relatives on issues affecting the elderly. Crafting this into a nationally syndicated column, aptly dubbed "Savvy Senior," Miller provides information in a fun, folksy manner, sparing readers legalese...
...format, and they liked the price too. At $3 to $5 a week, even small local papers like the Walnut (Ill.) Leader (circ. 5,000) could afford it. An editor who recently changed jobs took "Savvy Senior" with him. "One of the first things I did was to call Jim and say, 'Hey, I want to get this in our paper too,'" says Wayne Frazer, general manager of the Spencer County Journal Democrat in Rockport, Ind. "People feel like they're getting their information from a friend, as opposed to getting it from a faceless entity." When a reader recently...
...Both Jim and Meg are really wonderful. They’ll bring a range of intellectual interests to the job of senior tutor,” said Lowell House Master Diana...
...Jim is a very conscientious person who is very concerned about the students under his care,” Lowell House Senior Tutor John L. Ellison wrote in an e-mail. “He is responsive and, I believe, has been one of our best tutors over the years...