Editor’s Note ReGeneration Fall 2022
ReGeneration is the magazine for active and creative grownups, members of The ReGen generation. The ReGen is age 50- plus, yet this generation is not so much an age but a lifestyle. The ReGen includes people willing to try new adventures, to give back, to reinvent themselves and their community. They take their health and…
People prefer pickleball
The fast-growing sport with a funny name, oversized paddles, short rallies and small courts arrived in Springfield in 2010 and just keeps growing. In fact, says Jack Handy, Springfield Pickleball Club president, “We need more courts.” In the past five years, Handy says, the number of pickleball players in the U.S. has increased from 2.5…
Event calendar
As events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last moment, please first check with the host or venue when making plans to attend an event. September PrideLinc Senior LBGT Connections Thursdays, 11:30am. Weekly congregate meals open to LBGTQ seniors and an ally or caregiver. Includes time for education and socialization. Call by Tuesday for…
Nutrition Nuggets
1. Fill up on fruits and veggies. Eating an abundance of plant food will help crowd out the junk food. Plants are full of fiber and water, helping to fill you up. They are also loaded with nutrients, signaling to your body that it has what it needs. Eating these first in your meal instead…
In tune
Piano tuner and technician Dwight Denzer of Riverton found his career lane early in life and has enjoyed it ever since, most of that time with friend, partner and wife, Veronica Denzer. “We’ll celebrate 300 months together on Oct. 18.” It’s that daily spirit of appreciation, a balance of work and recreation, healthful nutrition and…
AUGIE
I’ve found you can trust him…such an accomplished individual…always candid…no need for a hidden agenda. Augie Mrozowski has arrived at the promised land, following a work life of 16 hours every day at his commissary and his downtown restaurant, Augie’s Front Burner. He made a decision and sold everything two years ago. Before then, there…
Surprising Joliet
When Elwood picks up Jake from the old state prison in Joliet, the Blues Brothers reunite outside a huge gate on the prison’s eastern edge. Now, thanks, to some dedicated guides, you too can walk through that gate but in the opposite direction. What awaits you on the other side is a living, albeit decaying,…
DOCS
What started as a story between friends became a movie, and that movie spawned the creation of a documentary film company. Nicole Florence and Maria Ansley, a pair of 50-somethings, have been friends for years. Florence, 53, is a physician at Memorial Wellness Center and Ansley, 52, is a medical photographer at Southern Illinois University…
Business with heart and soul
How often, since the pandemic, do we hear of individuals who are reexamining their jobs, determining that they want more out of life or that the work they have been doing is not giving them satisfaction? Workers leave; employers must find new employees. Jack Uldrich and Camille Kolles, Re Generation – Sowing Seeds for a…
The seasons of life
When the story of the world becomes less clear, we can look for guidance at the patterns of nature as well as continue unfolding the inner life of the soul. After we grow up in life, the next turn is to grow down, to grow deeper and fuller. This is the way of the true…
