This week - Douglas Matzner of Matzner Chiropractic in Champaign will tell us about "Adding Life To Your Years and Years to Your Life." He will be introduced by Ed Ogen.

Last week - We heard about trends in senior living from Gretchen Brown, Administrator of the Windsor of Savoy.

Gretchen said when Carle built the facility in 1988, the concept of senior living centers was something of a new idea. So Carle hedged its bets, constructing the Windsor in such a way that if seniors didn't take to the idea, the building could easily be converted to general occupancy apartments. Needless to say, both the Windsor and ClarkLindseyVillage in Urbana are now thriving retirement communities.

The Windsor offers 174 independent living apartments and 36 for assisted living. Gretchen said they have a waiting list of about 190. Apartments range in size from 500 to 1,300 square feet, with monthly rentals from about $1,600 up to $4,300. Units have cooking facilities, but residents also can eat in the central dining room. Although the average age is 85 (a bit younger than the average nationally for similar facilities) today's octogenarians are much more active than their predecessors. Most still drive (although the Windsor offers transportation) and many take part in the Windsor's wide range of activities.

Gretchen said today's seniors have available to them a broad continuum  - from independent living through assisted living to nursing home care. But she noted facilities such as the Windsor have to be flexible and offer a "cafeteria" of services. "It's all about hospitality today" she said. The Windsor has just completed a $1.3-million remodeling and expansion of common areas, and in response to a question, Gretchen said they're in the early stages of planning for possibly adding more living units, which might take the form of town-homes rather than apartments.

The U. S. population now includes some 33-million over the age of 65, and that group is expected to double by 2030. And by 2050, there could be as many as 1.1-million of the oldest Americans, those 100 years old and up. And that augers well for a great expansion in senior living options over the coming years.

President Bob Porter and VP Hope Eastin presided; Glenn Stout introduced the program; Darrell Boege gave the invocation, Betsy Rider led singing, and there were no guests.

We observed a moment of silence in memory of George Clayton, a long-time Kiwanian who passed away recently. Funeral arrangements are pending.

President Bob reported we have several members in sickbay. Homer Bash is at CarleHospital. Sandy Snodgrass requests no visitors now and says Homer hopes to be moving to Clark Lindsay soon. Carol Scharlau is also at Carle, Anne Johnston is recovering at home after a couple of days at Carle, and Keith Peterson is reported to be under the weather at home.

President-elect Jim Sheppard was our guru for the first week of football guessing. He noted that we are the defending inter club champions. For this weekend's games, Illinois is the only Big Ten team not favored by the oddsmakers, being a 4-point underdog at Missouri.

This month's board meeting will be Wednesday, September 5, 5:15 pm at the Round Barn.

From the Internet: A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried a creative defense. "My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole person for an offense committed by his arm." "Well put," the judge replied. "Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to one year's imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses." The defendant detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, smiled and walked out of court.

From Spiritual Aims: "Lord God, show us your love and open our eyes to opportunities to share that love with others. Amen."

Lou Liay is scheduled to write this week's Crier.