Computer Club speaker to talk about slide-shows

PLATTSBURGH -- The Clinton County Senior Computer Club will meet at 1:45 p.m. Monday, July 7, in the Senior Center, 5139 North Catherine St., Plattsburgh. Bunny Adler will present a program called "How to use Photo Story," with which one can make a slide show with narration. She will also answer digital-camera questions.

Three grants to augment Mercy Care services

LAKE PLACID -- Mercy Care of the Adirondacks has won three new grants to enhance its services to elders living in their homes and independent living communities in the Tri-Lakes area. Mercy Care, founded in 2007, extends friendship, spiritual care, health education and counseling to older adults through a Friendship Volunteer Program, Faith Community Volunteer Nurse Program, and an Education and Advocacy Program. Mercy Care recently received a letter the New York State Office for the Aging notifying it of $10,000 Grant-in-Aid funding to provide new or expanded services for senior citizens. Special thanks go to state Sen. Betty Little, says a press release from Mercy Care. With gratitude to Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, continues the release, Mercy Care has been notified by the New York State Department of Health of a $5,000 grant from the New York State Legislature to support community outreach and raise awareness about elders' needs. And a $4,500 seed grant from United Way of Clinton and Essex Counties Inc. will help create and implement programs of friendship/companionship and faith community nursing for elders living at home. For more information about Mercy Care, go to: www.adkmercy.org.

Town of Plattsburgh seniors to visit

Wild Center

PLATTSBURGH -- The Town of Plattsburgh is sponsoring a trip to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake and to Lake Placid on July 15. This day program is open first to any Town of Plattsburgh senior citizen and then to all other Clinton County senior citizens if space is available.

The town will provide the coach bus, with each senior responsible for paying $20 for the admission to the museum. The bus will leave the Champlain Centre mall parking lot at 10 a.m., depart from the Wild Center at 3:30 p.m. then stop in Lake Placid for dinner and shopping until 6:30 p.m., with arrival back in Plattsburgh at about 8 p.m. Participants are responsible for their own lunch and dinner. Pre-registration and pre-payment are mandatory before July 3. Register by stopping by the Recreation Office or call 562-6860 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. There are a limited number of spaces to be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.

Alzheimer's group to gather Wednesday in Malone

MALONE -- The Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center offers a monthly support group for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. The next meeting is from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Third Age Adult Day Center, 24 Fourth St., Suite 7, Malone (on the Alice Hyde Medical Center campus). There is no fee for this program, which gives instruction on dementia and services available in the community. For information, call 564-3370 or (800) 388-0199.