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CHARITY HIGHLIGHT
MS Walks Scheduled, Active Adults Realty Walks for MS in May
Bridgeville, DE- Active Adults Realt y is building a walking team to "Walk for MS" on Friday, May 30 at Heritage Shores in Bridgeville Delaware."Walk MS" connects people living with MS to those who care about them. This year, by forming a team to walk at Heritage Shores on May 30, we hope to help create a world free from MS. If you are interested in sharing a wonderful walk of camaraderie thru connection in lovely Heritage Shores
 Delaware's premiere active adult golf community, please contact our office via an email to
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Social Media Rules
We Love
The Social Media World
of Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on. Please join us and feel free to comment, retweet or otherwise communicate with us on
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Greetings!
Rain, sleet or snow, Buyers are out and the Team at Active Adults Realty is doing business. Spring arrives as the last snows of the season start to melt, the shops and restaurant are busy, local festivals continue to grow while annual events keep us all busy with things to do. In this issue, we're walking for MS and putting together a walking team. Boomer businesses open up and classes can help you fine tune your niche. What you need to do when Microsoft halts XP and Office '03 support. Featured Boomers Sophie & Ted clue us in on why they chose to live in Milton. Our resident photographer, Phil Martin shares his new Stained Glass Project. And you can taste the world when the Mid-Atlantic Wine & Food Festival comes to the 1st State.
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TRENDING: In The News
Microsoft Stops Support of Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003 and Server 2003 April 8. Are You Protected?
What do you need to do to avoid system failures and hacking?
According to Technology Consultant Matthew Hart at SmartHomes of Delaware in Lewes, "Without Microsoft's support, using discontinued products puts you at risk for hackers, system disruptions, lost productivity and costly remedies. The affected products are Microsoft Office 2003, Windows XP and Server 2003." If you continue to use Windows XP after support ends, your computer will still work but will be more vulnerable to security risks and viruses.
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THE LOCAL LIFESTYLE
Boomer Business Blossoms in Delaware
So you're settled in your new home, are you ready for some Business Workshops and Education Seminars?
A survey by Small Business Labs posted online at www.smallbizlabs.com, studying the attitudes related to working past traditional retirement age, finds "a large percentage of older workers tend to be self-employed and/or start micro-businesses." Continuing on, "...about 27% of Americans aged 65+ that are still in the workforce are self-employed, compared to about 10% of the overall workforce." It's also clear from this survey that small business formation will be increasing as baby boomers choose to work past 65.
Many of our clients have arrived with second careers and cottage businesses and are looking to keep on with their active lives. If you are considering starting a new Delaware business or are just interested in learning more about today's social marketing scene,
Click Here to read more about these two workshops.
Straight Talk: The Owner's Role in Business
on Monday, March 31, 10:15am in Wilmington and
Let's Talk Business: How to Succeed in Sussex County on Thursday, May 8, 8:30am in Georgetown.
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TASTE LOCAL
 The 2014 Mid-Atlantic Wine + Food Festival will take place from Wednesday, May 14 through Sunday, May 18. Ninety chefs and twenty winemakers from six continents will converge on a culinary journey encompassing many of the best venues in Wilmington, New Castle, Smyrna, Lewes, Rehoboth and numerous places in between. The MAWFF Events, held in private homes, hotels, award-winning restaurants and dramatic public spaces, will showcase foods from the elegant to the quaint, complex to deconstructed, but as the website says, "alwaystasty." Each of the 49 event menus will be published at www.mawff.org as they become available.
April 29 4-6pm Enjoy tasting and learning about wines from the West Coast at Heritage Shores in Bridgeville. Six 2oz. tastings paired with cheese and fruit. Reservations required by April 25. Heritage Shores Club One Heritage Shores Circle in Bridgeville | 888.622.1777
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PHOTO FEATURE
Stained Glass Project By Phil Martin
 Last month's photo featured three of the 26 stained glass windows in the Lydia B. Cannon Museum, home of the Milton Historical Society. After shooting the first three, I became fascinated with all of the windows: their symbols, the people who presented the windows or in whose name a window was presented, and the origins of the windows. This sparked a research effort that I am still very heavily engaged in, using genealogy tools and other digitized sources as well as such printed material as is available locally. Instead of one photo this month, the link below will take to you to a gallery of all the photos of all the windows except for two which are inaccessible. The photos are annotated with explanations of the symbols and anything I've been able to find so far regarding the dates of the persons named and what kind of lives they led. Hovering with a mouse over portions of a window will reveal whatever annotation I've been able to put together. As for who made the windows, I'm in the process of searching out the names of the likely candidates from Baltimore in the early 1900's, with the front runner being a student of Louis Tiffany and John LaFarge. With the help of members of MHS and the community, I am looking for direct evidence in the form of an invoice, letter, contract, or contemporary newspaper article connecting the artist to the commission. I hope to have an answer with which MHS concurs by the time the next newsletter comes out. Visit Phil's website at www.philmartinphoto.com or
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Sophie & Ted Krezel
"Locals Now!" recently interviewed Sophie and Ted Krezel who moved to Holland Mills in Milton in March 2013 for our Featured Boomer column. The Krezel's relocated from Wayne, New Jersey via Loveland, Colorado where they lived for five years. Sophie was a former Speech Therapist while Ted owned a Hardware Store. At this time they are both enjoying retirement in Delaware.
LN: Where else did you consider before buying in Delaware? What were the most important factors in making your choice?
SK: We looked in South Jersey. We sought out the availability of suitable, affordable housing in a location near beaches and, of course, low taxes.
LN: Why did you choose Holland Mills?
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Kathy
Kathy Sperl-Bell, Broker-Owner
Active Adults Realty
1504 Savannah Rd., Lewes, DE 19958
Kathy@ActiveAdultsRealty.com
302-542-1203 | 302-424-1890
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