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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 JULY 1, 2021<br />
Library shares its summer page turners<br />
By Alexandra Lambright<br />
LYNNFIELD — With summer<br />
here, now is the perfect time to<br />
pick up a summer read. Get ready<br />
for summertime fun with these<br />
great titles for children and teens.<br />
All of these books are available in<br />
through the public library catalog.<br />
Children’s Picture Books<br />
“The Last Peach” by Gus<br />
Gordon, illustrated by the author<br />
“Summer Song” by Kevin<br />
Henkes, illustrated by Laura<br />
Dronzek<br />
“Sea Glass Summer” by<br />
Michelle Houts, illustrated by<br />
Bagram Ibatoulline<br />
“Rules of Summer” by Shaun<br />
Tan, illustrated by the author<br />
“Ice Cream Summer” by Peter<br />
Sís, illustrated by the author<br />
“Summer Days and Nights”<br />
by Wong Herbert Yee, illustrated<br />
by the author<br />
“Wave” by Suzy Lee, illustrated<br />
by the author<br />
“Chu’s Day at the Beach”<br />
by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by<br />
Adam Rex<br />
“It Began with Lemonade”<br />
by Gideon Sterer, illustrated by<br />
Lian Cho<br />
Children Chapter Books<br />
“It Doesn’t Take a<br />
Genius” by Olugbemisola<br />
Rhuday-Perkovich.<br />
“Boy-Crazy Stacey” by Gale<br />
Galligan, color by Braden Lamb<br />
“Camp” by Kayla Miller, illustrated<br />
by the author<br />
“The Season of Styx Malone”<br />
by Kekla Magoon<br />
“Katie the Catsitter” by<br />
Colleen AF Venable, illustrated<br />
by Stephanie Yue<br />
“Shirley and Jamila Save<br />
Their Summer” by Gillian<br />
Goerz, illustrated by the author<br />
“The Best Friend Plan” by<br />
Stephanie Calmenson and<br />
Joanna Cole, illustrated by James<br />
Burks<br />
“Ways to Grown Love” by<br />
Renée Watson, illustrated by<br />
Nina Mata<br />
“Bummer in the Summer!”<br />
by Dan Gutman, pictures by Jim<br />
Paillot<br />
Young Adult Fiction<br />
“The Falling in Love<br />
Montage” by Ciara Smyth<br />
“The Cousins” by Karen M.<br />
McManus<br />
“My Last Summer with Cass”<br />
by Mark Crilley, illustrated by<br />
the author<br />
“This One Summer” by<br />
Mariko Tamaki, art by Jillian<br />
Tamaki<br />
“Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware<br />
the Kitten Holy” written by<br />
Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis,<br />
created by Shannon Watters,<br />
illustrated by Brooke Allen<br />
“Once and for All” by Sarah<br />
Dessen.<br />
“We Were Liars” by E.<br />
Lockhart<br />
“The Summer I Turned Pretty”<br />
by Jenny Han<br />
“You Have a Match” by<br />
Emma Lord<br />
Senior News<br />
Tapping into senior connections<br />
For the Weekly News<br />
LYNN — One result of the<br />
global pandemic and its longterm<br />
isolation is the need to find<br />
innovative ways through which<br />
people can stay connected.<br />
One such effort includes a<br />
new tool that Greater Lynn<br />
Senior Services (GLSS), which<br />
serves town residents, is piloting<br />
called Uniper — a device<br />
that plugs into your television<br />
set, along with a small camera<br />
which perches on top, enabling<br />
one-on-one communication<br />
with case managers, healthcare<br />
providers, counselors, family<br />
and friends.<br />
“The COVID-19 pandemic<br />
pretty much destroyed the limited<br />
social connections that<br />
many older people or adults<br />
living with disabilities already<br />
experience,” said Kathryn C.<br />
Burns, GLSS’ chief executive<br />
officer. “Research shows that<br />
isolation, particularly long-term<br />
isolation, has a very negative effect<br />
on people’s overall health,<br />
significantly contributing to<br />
premature death from all causes<br />
and increasing a person’s risk of<br />
diseases like dementia.”<br />
Uniper loads an individual’s<br />
contacts into its device,<br />
allowing for immediate virtual<br />
connection.<br />
“This is really the primary<br />
reason we chose Uniper over<br />
the many other platforms we<br />
reviewed,” said Valerie Parker<br />
Callahan, director of planning<br />
and development. “We view<br />
it first and foremost as a communications<br />
tool to help people<br />
better manage their health<br />
and well-being, with Uniper’s<br />
built-in programming as a secondary<br />
— but very helpful<br />
— add-on to reduce social isolation<br />
and promote stronger<br />
connections with the wider<br />
community.”<br />
It is easy to use with a simple<br />
remote that allows people to<br />
quickly transition from Uniper<br />
back to television programming.<br />
“Many platforms that allow<br />
for virtual connection require a<br />
computer, tablet or smartphone,<br />
which many older people do not<br />
have and might be uncomfortable<br />
using,” Parker Callahan<br />
noted. “But Uniper only requires<br />
a TV, which most people<br />
already have and use regularly.”<br />
Uniper’s existing content includes<br />
access to hundreds of<br />
videos — travel, arts and culture,<br />
music and educational<br />
programs, as well as “live” programming<br />
that includes exercise<br />
and other classes, peer-led<br />
discussion groups, support<br />
groups and more — which are<br />
available throughout the day<br />
and scheduled by Uniper.<br />
GLSS is developing its own<br />
content, which will be available<br />
to users through a separate<br />
channel, and is also working on<br />
developing some live programming,<br />
too.<br />
“We envision, for example,<br />
that our Wellness Pathways fall<br />
prevention and health selfmanagement<br />
workshops will<br />
be offered over the Uniper<br />
platform, as well as group and<br />
individual counseling through<br />
our Mobile Mental Health and<br />
Senior Citizens<br />
Advisory Committee<br />
For the Weekly News<br />
LYNNFIELD — The town<br />
Senior Citizens Advisory<br />
Committee’s role is to recognize<br />
the significant contribution<br />
Lynnfield’s senior citizen population<br />
has made to the town.<br />
The Lynnfield Senior Citizen<br />
Advisory Council plays a critical<br />
role in making sure our<br />
senior citizens receive the community<br />
support they rightly<br />
deserve to enhance their health<br />
and quality of life.<br />
The council makes recommendations<br />
to the Board of<br />
Selectmen on how the town can<br />
effectively implement and coordinate<br />
services and programs<br />
that would greatly benefit the<br />
senior citizen population.<br />
The council focuses on pursuing<br />
opportunities to ease or<br />
reduce the tax burden for the<br />
senior citizen population in the<br />
Town of Lynnfield.<br />
The Senior Citizen Advisory<br />
Council considers and advises<br />
on issues and concerns that<br />
affect the senior citizen population<br />
within the Town of<br />
Lynnfield.<br />
The council meets regularly<br />
to discuss issues and concerns<br />
brought to the attention of the<br />
council. The Senior Citizen<br />
Advisory Council is to appear<br />
regularly before the Board of<br />
Selectmen to update and advise<br />
the board and Town of<br />
Lynnfield on issues and concerns<br />
that impact the senior citizen<br />
population.<br />
The Senior Citizen Advisory<br />
Council is responsible for<br />
conducting its activities in a<br />
manner that is in compliance<br />
with all relevant state and local<br />
laws and regulations including,<br />
but not limited to, the Open<br />
Meeting Law, Public Records<br />
Law and Conflict of Interest<br />
Law.<br />
Family Caregiver Support programs<br />
in a private, HIPAAcompliant<br />
setting,” Parker<br />
Callahan said, “This would be in<br />
addition to virtual case manager<br />
visits with GLSS consumers.”<br />
UniperCare is an innovative,<br />
Israeli-based company with a<br />
West Coast U.S. hub. Its programming<br />
is starting to pop<br />
up all around the country, but<br />
GLSS is its first Massachusettsbased<br />
customer.<br />
One of the Uniper’s unique<br />
features is the work they<br />
have been doing with Jewish<br />
Federation of North America,<br />
connecting Holocaust survivors,<br />
their descendants and<br />
people of Jewish faith with tailored<br />
supports and group meetings,<br />
bringing together people<br />
from all across the country in<br />
celebration of some Jewish<br />
holidays during the pandemic.<br />
They plan to continue this<br />
programming moving forward.<br />
Uniper also offers a lot of<br />
content in Russian and Spanish.<br />
GLSS is initially hoping<br />
to sign up 100 people age 60<br />
and older or adults living with<br />
disabilities in its service area<br />
of Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant,<br />
Saugus and Swampscott for<br />
the free one-year service. The<br />
product will be reevaluated<br />
after a year and could last beyond<br />
that, depending on its results<br />
and continued interest on<br />
the part of funders.<br />
Uniper offers training and<br />
a helpline to troubleshoot any<br />
issues users encounter. The program<br />
is supported by funding<br />
from the Administration for<br />
Community Living as well<br />
as funding through the Older<br />
American Act administered<br />
through the Massachusetts<br />
Executive Office of Elder<br />
Affairs, and a grant from<br />
Beverly and Addison Gilbert<br />
Hospitals, operated by Beth<br />
Israel Lahey Health.<br />
Interested individuals can<br />
contact Andrew Wallace,<br />
GLSS’ Title III Planner, at 781-<br />
477-6702 or email awallace@<br />
glss.net. More information can<br />
be found at www.glss.net.<br />
Senior Center<br />
offers plenty to do<br />
LYNNFIELD — The<br />
Lynnfield Senior Center is<br />
open and offering the following<br />
programs. Get out of the heat,<br />
and join us for some laughs as<br />
we test our knowledge every<br />
Monday at 1:30 p.m. with Trivia.<br />
Meet friends, have fun, and win<br />
prizes!<br />
Join us every Tuesday at 9 a.m<br />
for Bingo.<br />
The Walking Club meets<br />
every Wednesday at 9 a.m. Walk<br />
at your own speed and for as<br />
long as you are comfortable.<br />
Let’s get those steps in!<br />
Drop-in Knitting will be every<br />
Thursday at 9 a.m. Bring your<br />
own project for some stitching<br />
and chatting.<br />
Grab and Go Lunch every<br />
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday<br />
at 11:15 a.m. for $2. It is too<br />
hot to cook, let us do it for you!<br />
Registration for lunch required.<br />
Call the Senior Center for more<br />
information: 781-598-1078<br />
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