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THIS YEAR BE READY! • ..tak PERSONAL TRAINER CAN HELP IVCID1LT • IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND FITNESS • YOUR APPEARANCE AND ENERGY LEVEL • RECEIVE PERSONAL HOME AND GYM PROGRAM • BODY FAT AND FITNESS EVALUATION Personalized programs for your special Health & Fitness goals. Call for a FREE Demonstration of the Best Body Conditioning available. 12/26 1997 L6 SHERRY SAGINAW CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER 248-932-3902 PRE-TEENS TEENS ADULTS PRE/POST NATAL fajor Cr -edit Cards Accepted in their 50s and 60s think about cut- ting back. People who are healthy want to stay active and continue to use the skills they've developed over a life-time. They recognize that the social contact and the respect they receive at their jobs are not easily replaced. Yet, they want to spend more time with family and pursuing other interests. Like the Fullers, personal experi- ence with life's uncertainties was the impetus for Elaine Weston to cut back. As executive secretary to the director of Jewish Vocational Service, she enjoyed providing support for a worthwhile agency. As she got older, she wanted to spend more time gardening and with her husband. Her preference was to cut hours, but that option wasn't avail- able, so she kept putting off the deci- sion to retire. Then her twin sister died, and Weston threw in the towel. She was 68. Three months later, she found her- self looking for something to do. "I was making cookies every day," she said. "It wasn't good." She began to volunteer at the Federation Resource Line, an organi- zation that refers people to resources in the Jewish community Shortly after, she was offered part-time work. The new job, now three years old, is five minutes from Weston's home. She enjoys the Monday-Wednesday- Friday schedule and supporting anoth- er worthwhile Jewish agency. The social interaction is sustaining. She feels competent performing a variety of tasks that are similar to her old job. Her husband, Dr. Marvin Weston, was pleased that she returned to work. "I couldn't look at any more cookies," he joked. Dr. Weston practiced optometry for 50 years in Royal Oak. At 68, he sold the business with a contract that included a temporary arrangement for him to continue to work part-time. He liked seeing old patients and working with the new owners. They liked him. Seven years later, he still works a few hours each week. Dr. Weston also developed a hobby. He sculpts in bronze and has had sev- eral shows of his work. Finding help for the financial aspect of this type of change is much easier than finding guidance for the social and lifestyle changes. Elaine Weston, who is familiar with Jewish resources from her new job, says that there's very -' little out there. Patti Moyer, office manager of the Birmingham Area Senior Citizens Council, agreed. "There are no public classes for transitioning," she said. Moyer stated that the lifestyle aspect of retirement planning is an area that some corporations are looking at. Chrysler Corporation offers a retire- ment planning series, open only to salaried personnel. For those contemplating cutting back, talking to others who have done so is a good option. The Jewish Community Center's Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) is an orga- nization of such people. The IRP, open to anyone, is a group. of 270 semi-retired or retired individu- als interested in continuing to learn. Twenty-five on-going educational groups meet at the Jewish Community Centers in Oak Park and West Bloomfield. Classes are facilitated by members of the IRP. Groups meet to study diverse topics such as Jewish thought, Yiddish, Hebrew and humanities, film studies and the art of money management. While not providing formal classes on cutting back, the IRP is a great place to find out what others are doing. IRP Director Linda Foster said it is important for people who are thinking of retiring or cutting back to make plans for doing something with their free time. Many people who are still working full-time go to the IRP when consider-,- ing retiring. Foster guesses that between six months and two years before people retire, they start setting up things to do. Participation in the IRP is another way that people's skills and talents can enrich themselves and the community. Job related stress and health problems led IRP Assistant Director Iry Ritter to retire early. He used the expertise developed over 39 years as a teacher and school administrator to help the growing IRP program. After one year, he became part-time paid staff, a job he enjoys greatly. There's no formula for cutting back. Those 50 and up are following their heart to make their lives more fulfilling than perhaps they've ever been.