National Golf Month
WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE:
- NATIONAL GOLF MONTH
- CALENDAR
- RSVP FOR “THE DANG Ps”
- CLIENT SPOTLIGHT
- RETIREE IN TRAINING
- CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
More often than not, however, what makes golf great are the people with whom you enjoy it. After all, who doesn’t want an excuse to spend a few hours outdoors with close friends? Hopefully, during national golf month, you can find time to grab your clubs and hit a few rounds.
Calendar
August 25 – 2nd Annual Free Concert for our clients and guests featuring The Dangling Participles
September 4 – Paramount office and the financial markets closed for Labor Day
September 15 – 3rd quarter estimated tax payment due, if required
October 15 – Medicare Annual Election Period begins
October 16 – Deadline to file and pay 2022 personal income tax return if you received an extension
October 16 – Deadline to make a 2022 contribution to a Keogh, SEP or other eligible plan if you get a filing extension
RSVP by August 15
Join us for our second annual free concert exclusively for our clients and guests!
This year we welcome The Dangling Participles (The Dang Ps), a jazzy indie-folk band who won the 2022 Lansing City Pulse newspaper’s “Top of the Town” award for Best Folk Artist/Band.
Come hang out with us on the Granary Patio at Ella Sharp Museum on August 25th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. This is a great opportunity to bring family or friends that you want to introduce to our practice!
Sweet and salty snacks will be served along with 2 complimentary drinks per person.
Client Spotlight- African Safari Part II
In May, Mary Anne Hershberger and four clients, Shaun Hitt, Carla Kennedy, Neva Ostrander, and Dave Zontek, went on an African safari in Tanzania. If you missed reading the June Newsletter, click the link to read Part One, which focused on the safari. This month, we will hear about their accommodations, the food, and the Maasai people they encountered.
Photo: Tent Camping on Safari
This facility was located inside the Tarangire National Park where the animals roam free in their natural habitat around the tents. “The first night we were having dinner in the lodge and a lion just walked right by. When it was time to go to the tent, it was getting dark, so even though the tent was only 100 yards away, we had to get an escort with a flashlight to keep the animals away”, Shaun said.
Carla continued, “The employees had their flashlights and were clapping their hands and making noise to make the lion go away. I thought the trick must be having the flashlights. I didn’t sleep because the lion roared all night long.”
Dave, who was on Safari the week after Shaun and Carla, said, “I felt safe even though I heard about the lion that had come in-between the tents the week before”.
Another of their accommodations bordered Arusha National Park. While having breakfast outside, they watched zebras grazing and monkeys playing and eating in the trees. It was incredible!
Some of the food they had was very familiar. For example, there were omelets for breakfast, and they sometimes took boxed lunches with them out on safari. The boxed lunches included things like chicken, yogurt, fruit, and juice. But there were also new food experiences for them. “For breakfast they had beans in a brown sauce that was very tasty. The other thing they did almost every morning was a small tomato that was just broiled with a little salt and pepper. I really enjoyed the tomatoes”, said Shaun.
Neva explained, “A lot of the dishes were rice, vegetables, and different kinds of meat. They would use interesting seasonings, some that I was unfamiliar with, and quite a bit of curry. Breakfasts were served with lots of different juices. The hibiscus juice was something really different!”
Shaun shared this, “The Maasai are the very traditional African people who are known for the very bright colors they wear. They are farmers who live in villages with no electricity or running water. It was harvesting season while we were there. You would literally see women carrying hefty bag size loads of corn and potatoes on their head. They walk for miles to take it to market. It’s interesting to me how they really live completely off the land. I saw little children, maybe 12 years, old tending herds of cows and even younger children herding the goats. Donkeys were carrying big plastic drums of water because they don’t have running water. It was very curious for me to see.”
Carla has been a client since 2017, Shaun since 2014, Dave since 2013 and Neva since 2014.
Retiree In Training
Finding the answer takes a lot of preparation – emotionally, physically and financially – and a lot of thought. While the financial component is critical to a sustainable retirement, so is your quality of life. Too few people consider the psychological factors of retirement, which include letting go of your career identity, shifting social networks and spending more unscheduled time with your spouse, as well as the need to find new and engaging ways to stay active.
It’s crucial that would-be retirees invest in their social, physical and psychological needs as well as their financial ones. And that takes planning.
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Road Construction Is Completed
The only remaining work is to fill the gaps in the sidewalk where the old utility poles used to be. When that work is being done, there will be a lane shift to create a safe work zone, but two-way traffic will continue.
Don Hershberger, CFP®, AIF®, CRC®, Founder and President, PWM, was named on the 2023 Forbes Top Wealth Advisor Best-in-State list.
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