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2012 EngAGE Senior Olympics Set for September 29th!

That’s a picture of the very happy 2011 EngAGE Senior Olympics winning team from Heritage Park Duarte. Join us this year on September 29th at Cerritos Park East for another day of competition and fun! The Senior Olympics are open to residents … Continue reading

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Worth Repeating: Slow Down for Creativity

“Worth Repeating” is a new weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 8/25/11: From an article in the LA Times by Christian McEwen: … Continue reading

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News from the Grove: Vietnamese American Oral History Project – UC Irvine

Students from the Vietnamese American Oral History Project in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine met residents of the Grove last week to introduce their project which involves residents telling the students their stories. The residents were thrilled that the students … Continue reading

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Experience Talks 8/11: Bryan Gaines, M.S.W. – Caregiver Café

Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online and now syndicated … Continue reading

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Count Basie Trumpet Player Pauly Cohen Celebrates His 90th Birthday

On August 6th, Pauly Cohen celebrated his 90th birthday and another year of leading his own big band. Click here for great photos and more info. Listen to him tear up his trumpet solos back in the day on this video … Continue reading

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Self-Driving Cars

Yes, they exist — at least in prototype! Below are two videos that demonstrate how these exciting cars will work. Thanks to friend of EngAGE and former guest on Experience Talks, Ronni Bennett, for the post on her TimeGoesBy blog that featured the … Continue reading

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Help for Difficult Financial Times

  Recently, the U.S. Government launched a new section of their website called “Help for Difficult Financial Times.” There you’ll find links to all kinds of useful information about unemployment, jobs, and training; family support; housing; health care and insurance; and … Continue reading

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