Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 8:25.mp3 Air date: 2026-08-25 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 26.7 MB to 5.3 MB --- transcript --- It's 1137 and 84 degrees and it's time for a rebroadcast of On The Town from, I believe it was last Wednesday, when Tom Fitzsimmons and Holly Grimaldi-Flores talked about falls prevention and the special event coming up on September 11th. The conversation begins, however, with a bit of a chat with the folks from Nevada City Northridge. So let's join a rebroadcast of last Wednesday's On The Town with Tom Fitzsimmons. I mean, we have our summer specials are still going on, even though school summer is out or in or done, something like that. And so our salmon herb salmon salad is amazing. It's been a great hit this summer. And we have somebody, it's not out yet, but our brie chicken pesto sandwich, which is absolutely amazing, homemade pesto, grilled chicken breast, melted squishy brie, so yummy. So that whole menu, there's like 10 different new salads on there. I think that one of the favorites is the BLT Caesar salad, really simple, really light. And the other thing you do is help out the community and stuff. So I don't know if you have people lined up for, you know, for this month or months ahead and stuff. But if people are listening, because I always kind of go, you know, you should talk to Crystal over here at the Northridge if you have like an organization that's local. Yeah, we have one coming up. And I was just talking to him today, but I don't have the date memorized, but it's coming up in a few weeks. And it's the Children's Festival, the Nevada City Children's Festival. Yeah, yeah. So we're, we were just talking about planning and promotions and how that night's going to look. So they're coming up on our calendar, and they should be probably up on our website by the end of this week, we hope. So we're definitely looking forward to that. I normally have them here to talk to you too, because yeah, they're always like a regular guest. I actually mentioned that I'm like maybe the same month as you're going to have the fundraiser would be a really great time. So but I'll check that date for you before I before you leave. All right, Crystal. Well, thanks for hosting us here on the town. My pleasure. It's always happy. I'm always happy to see you. And I'm sorry, I only got to wave at the fair and Mo, you too, I did see you, but I don't think you saw me. Mo wants me to check in my cat. Is the cat well? Yeah, he is doing great. I see him early mornings and late evenings, but he's not allowed to prowl during business hours because he gets too many goodies. Thanks, Crystal. Thank you. It's always nice to see you. Nice to see you too. It's a place to be in Northridge here in Nevada City. Ring, ring, goes the bell. Welcome back on the town. Tom Fitzsimmons here at the Northridge in Nevada City. It's where the locals like to get lost and Holly Grimaldi Fleur is local that she is. Is this not one of your favorite places too? We all love the Northridge. I love the Northridge. I've eaten here. I've memorized the menu. I don't even have to look anymore. And I love their salads. We get pizza here all the time. My daughter works here. Oh, yeah. And ribs. And I mean fish and chips. It's all good stuff here. But we're talking fall preventions. This has become like a second or third call, maybe fourth calling. I don't know how many callings you could possibly have, Holly, but you really have a passion for this for the last few years. Yes. You know, first of all, I was hired because I could talk. That was the thinking. But the more you learn about how frequently people fall and what a life-changing event falling can be, the more you want to keep people from falling. So the Falls Prevention Coalition is all about that. We'll come to your group and talk to you and give you some tips for reducing your risk of falling. But the big thing we do every year, oh wait, and we do a balance class once a quarter that fills up so fast and that's just based on capacity. It's a five-week class to get people stronger because the stronger you are, the less likely you are to fall. And then every year we have the Falls Prevention Summit. All of these things are free thanks to some funding from the county and from our sponsors and vendors, of course. But it's so important. Every day, almost, somebody tells me about a fall they had and I feel like I'm failing when they fall. So I want to keep people from falling. I mean, there's a lot of things we have to battle through falls. I'm kind of curious. Years and years ago, I've been at the station so long, but I used to sell floor coverings. So every time I come into a business, I look at the floor. You're dealing with fall prevention stuff. Do you come into places and see what potential hazards are there? I'm just kind of curious. I have done that and I also have a checklist for people that they can go through their home and see what they need to get rid of. And one of the things we always say is if you have a throw rug, if it's not tacked down that it's going to pull up the floor when it comes up, then you need to get rid of it. But you know, people want them in their bathrooms and they don't always have those skid proofs. So it's really one of the things people trip on those edges. My mother-in-law is living with us now, 98. She's got a walker and we have a rug under our dining room table and it stops her. It's like her little, she's going too fast. So I've got it taped down pretty heavily. But they're in our house and I know better. It's a tough thing. And you're not failing. It's just that I think we have to get it wrapped around our head that falls. Not only can they happen. They probably will happen. So the best thing you can do is be as preventative as possible. Oh my gosh. Tom's got women kissing on him and he's, I love him. Don't you love me? I love Tom. He's so sweet. He is just adorable. All right. I'm going to give you that 10 bucks in a little bit. Okay. Take care. Bye bye. So one of the other things, uneven surfaces, you know, sidewalks, our cities and our roads are not all that even anymore. And people fall into a little divot. I know someone who was getting her mail coming out of the Grass Valley Post Office, looking at her mail, walked off the curb, broke her ankle. So we have to pay attention. We have to understand that you have to pick up your feet. The older we get, the more we shuffle. And it's not shuffleboard. It's really us just not paying attention and not picking up. So walking, wearing sturdy shoes, making sure that you have good vision, checking to make sure your medications aren't messing with each other. Those are all things we can do to prevent falls, but education is really important. Oh yeah. Well, you've got your fall prevention summit that's coming up. Pride before the fall. Pride before the fall. What does that mean? Yes. So one of the things we are really working on is getting men to get education. And one of the things that keep men from getting educated about falls prevention, at least attending classes, and we found coming to the summit is pride. I have this story. I was at the Gracie Ditch, and I was getting ready to go on a hike with my girlfriend, and out comes this guy, and he was just covered in leaves and debris. And I asked what happened. He said he fell. And I said, oh, well, you know, we have a balance class, and we have the summit. He goes, well, I don't want people to know I fell. I'm like, because he's so proud. But it didn't stop the fall, did it? So pride before the fall came to my mind. And then also, it is going to be the 25th anniversary of 9-11, and I thought American pride and just having pride in ourselves as a community would be something to touch on. So those two together, and that's where pride before the fall came in. But we are all about educating people, taking care of people with treats and food and coffee and lunch and free, free, free. All right. So where is it happening? So it's at Sierra Presbyterian Church, which is at 175 Ridge Road. It's right on the corner of Gold Flat and Ridge, next to the Historical Society. Yeah. And that's the one that used to have the big, I don't know if they still do have like a Labor Day yard sale or something, right? They don't anymore, but that is exactly where it was. So we encourage people to carpool or get dropped off or take, Nevada County Connects, they're offering free transit that day. Parking, they have probably 120 spots, but we have about 350 people who come. So we're trying the lower level parking. Eschaton is going to give us a golf cart, or actually be there with a golf cart to get people from the lower levels. We're trying our best, but the biggest complaint I get every year is parking, and I can't create parking lots. I just can't. I tried. I'm not into asphalt. So. Well, yeah. And again, it's a fall prevention thing that you don't want to encourage people to park and then walk on even non-sidewalk areas to get in there. Correct. When we gather people of more than a few hundred, we have to be in churches, in this community. There just aren't places that are big enough, or if it is big enough, like one of our arts venues, for instance, in either the Miner's Foundry or the Center for the Arts, they don't have parking, or enough parking. So there is no win in that. We've done our best to find the best place that we can have it that will have us, which is the other part. So that's where we landed CR Press last year. We were a little overcrowded in the vendor area because so many community partners come in and they want people to be exposed to in-home care, or senior living facilities, or having their balance checked, or their blood pressure checked, or making sure they're walking correctly. There's a lot of services that are offered, fiduciaries and notaries, so it's worth coming just for that. But then we have a full program, and I'm very excited to have Susan Clayton speaking. That's very exciting to get her, a local woman. Yes, Clayton Geriatric Practice. Her husband was Dr. Christopher Clayton, and now it's her daughter-in-law, I believe, Elizabeth, that is running the practice. Susan spoke a couple of years ago to a group, and she talked about, to mention how, why, for one thing, so many people seem to be suffering from it. That's just the fact that we're living longer than we used to. People didn't live until they were 80 or 90, right? We were done by 40, 50, 60. We keep living longer. But then, with that, there's all sorts of balance-related issues that people don't think about. Like with dementia, you have sort of a tunnel vision. You're really focused, and so you're not looking ahead to see what's in front of you. And Susan will talk a lot about that, and she'll talk about other things, about how memory and other maladies that come with that, how we don't see a general physician anymore. We see specialists, right? So our heart doctor isn't talking to our kidney doctor, and so one's giving you thinners and one's giving you thickeners, and so all of those things can affect your lucidity and your balance. I just want to hear about gait being an important thing, too, the actual pace that you're walking or how you're walking. Right. So we have a podiatrist coming who is going to, Dr. Tyler, I can't think of his last name at the moment, who is going to talk about making sure that your stride is, you're not going too far ahead of yourself, or you're not walking on the balls of your feet or the sides of your feet, and making sure that you're wearing good, sturdy shoes that are right for you. Absolutely. Yeah, I learned that from your husband about the importance of shoes. When I was running and stuff, having that foundation is key for everything else. And it affects your knees if your gait isn't, or stride isn't just right, the way that you're walking, so then you have a weakness in your knees and knees and hips, you know, we need all of those things. So we need them strong, and so Homer Nottingham will be giving us some Qigong exercises. Homer is so popular, he closes us out every year with about 15-20 minutes of chair exercises, but then that big hearty laughter that we get. The Forever Young Chorus is going to start the day, as they often do, and having socializing and singing, they both really help you with your memory and your balance, which you wouldn't think of the two together, but there's something about singing that has a rhythm to it that keeps your brain active, and so we always promote the chorus, and they're a great group of people, retired, I would say 70-plus, and Colleen Bond has been leading them for years and years and years, and so it's going to be a really good day. We've got an EMT coming to talk about people who won't call 911, or they refuse to be escorted or transported when they do call 911. Again, is that a pride, like they're embarrassed, or what? It's pride and it's fear, because some people think that if they admit they fell, that their person, like their children or adult children, are going to say, oh, now it's time for you to go to a home, and maybe it's not, and they don't want to be limited in their freedom, and so people don't get treated, and sometimes they're walking around with fractures, and things get worse. You can get sepsis, those sorts of things, if you don't get the treatment, so we really just want to educate people and let people know that there's nothing wrong with you if you've fallen. People fall, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk. It was interesting, too, when I was talking to you at the gazebo during the fair, and we had a conversation, is that your senses, your sight, your hearing, all that stuff is all key to make sure that you can be as stable as possible. Absolutely, and so we are going to have somebody talking about vision. It was almost a see no evil, hear no evil, so we have Gold Country Hearing is going to be there to talk about how your hearing can affect your balance, vertigo, those things that come along with people, tinnitus, and how that can really have an effect on your ability to keep your balance and to stay focused, and not seeing clearly and not being focused can certainly do that, and then, again, having to make sure that you have good, sturdy shoes. Even to the mailbox, even to the kitchen, from the living room to the kitchen to the fridge, it's still walking. That's where Roxanne fell one time, was just a step up into the kitchen, she just kind of caught the tip of her shoe, didn't pick up, and she fell one day, this was years ago, but I remember that fall, it was a bad fall. We're learning, and also, obviously, the bathroom can be a hazard, everybody's in there multiple times a day, so just having, again, not having those throw rugs in the bathroom, but if you're getting up at night, making sure that you have a nightlight and good lighting, that you give yourself time from when you're laying down to sit up to let your blood all get where it needs to go and steady your, I don't know what to even call it, just, you know, how you get to steady your fluids, use a really firm surface to get yourself up, and then take your time and do make sure that you're picking up your feet, that's the biggest thing. We have to take one break, we're going to do that right now, we're on the town here, Northridge in Nevada City, so a quick break, we'll be right back. You don't have to be a seasoned athlete to make a difference, you just have to take the first step. 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We would like to thank our gold sponsors, Eldorado Savings Bank, in memory of Dawn and Pat Litchfield, NCAR Foundation, BNCA's hardware, Owen's Estate and Wealth Strategies Group, and Ralphie's Concrete Services. Join us at Street of Dreams, because everyone deserves a place to call home. Ring, ring, goes the bell. Ring, ring, goes the bell. And welcome back to On the Town, Tom Fitzsimons here at the Northridge in Nevada City. You know, we just give a visit to everybody in Northridge. It's where locals love to go. We love to go here, Holly and I. That's without a doubt. It's a great place to enjoy lunch, dinners. Yeah, Courtney worked here for years. Okay, so let's get the specifics out there before we run out of time. Okay. We tend to do that, don't we? It is Friday, September 11th, from 8.30 to 1 o'clock. From 8.30 to 9.30, there's a vendor fair. There's treats supplied by Eschaton and coffee. And then we'll start the program at 9.30. And then it's at Sierra Presbyterian Church at 175 Ridge Road in Nevada City. It is absolutely free, but we do need you to register. We have to make sure we have enough seats and enough treats, as we like to say. So you can RSVP at supportsierranevada.org. Go to events, go to falls. Yesterday or the day before, they were showing sold out. That was a mistake. If anybody tried to get in, it was not sold out. We are about halfway there, though, so you want to do that. We want to thank Pawnee's Home Care and Eschaton, who are our title sponsors this year, along with the Hospital Foundation, of course. We're going to have door prizes. Like I said, we have complimentary snacks. And then we send you home with a bag lunch. And SPD has been really great about reducing their – they gave us such a reduced price on sandwiches. It was unbelievable, and chips. And then the senior living facilities pitch in with fruit and, like, granola bars and cookies and all the other things to make a nice lunch for everyone. We do our best to also accommodate vegetarians. So if you're hungry and that's the only thing you want to do, come on by. We're happy to have you. The county is giving us free transit that day, so no excuse for not being able to get a ride. The vendors also bring in door prizes, so we give those away. It's just a lot of fun and a lot of education. And then we'll send you home by, like, 1 o'clock. Here's the thing. We want men to be out there because this is falls prevention. We want to prevent the falls that can happen. I'm one of the guys that suffered a fall. It has really kind of handicapped me for the rest of my life in some respects. I mean, that's kind of what happens if you have a bad fall like I did in my garage. But this is something that's inevitable. But it's also for younger people to go to that might be caretaking their relatives, right? A lot of people come with their caregivers. Their caregivers bring those or those in the caregiving business who might not know. There's no age limit to who can come. You're never too young. You're never too old. We have lots of people in wheelchairs coming in, but we have a lot of people who are just retired or they're parents. They're looking at what's happening with them. And with Susan talking about dementia, it's another facet that you want to be educated about. There's also information about getting a respite for yourself or people who aren't ready to go to a facility but want to be at home. There are so many resources now to keep you in your home. My 98-year-old mother-in-law is living in our home right now, and we have a caregiver come in three days a week. It's affordable, more affordable than you think, but also there's funding available through the county if you have income issues. Oh, also, Freed is going to be there. So if you need the bar in your bathroom and not the grab bar, not the bar bar. It'd be fun to have a bar there, but yes, a grab bar, yes, for the shower and the bathtub. Yeah, and they have also a lot of other tips for getting your home safe. Some people are going to need ramps now. Stairs are too much for them. So there's a lot available. Foothills Compassionate Care will be there to talk about some of the things they offer, including palliative care before hospice now, so you don't have to be afraid. It's going to be a great day. We're really looking forward to seeing everyone, as we always do, and we couldn't do it without our community partners, that's for sure. You have 30 seconds. So again, the website to get registered is go to supportsierranevada.org. If you don't like to use the Internet, call 530-274-6739, and we check that every day, and we'll take it manually. You just need to be registered. It's free, but please, so we have enough room for everyone. And take advantage of it. It really is great education. It could be life-saving education for you or your loved one. And again, I want to thank Crystal for sponsoring us here on the town, with a great place to be at the Northridge in Nevada City. Make it part of your plans. That does it for us. We've got ABC News coming up right now. [♪upbeat music playing♪ This from the KNCO-BNC ACE Home and Garden Center Weather Center. ACE is the place. Here is your forecast on KNCO News Talk 830. Hazy conditions at times today, with a high in the upper 80s, near 90, and a light southwest wind. Partly cloudy overnight, till low 64. Sunny and warmer Wednesday, with a high of 91. Wednesday night, low 63, and temperatures near 90 on Thursday afternoon. For weather anytime, click on the Weather Center at knco.com. I'm meteorologist Dan Holiday on KNCO News Talk 830. [♪upbeat music playing♪ --- end of transcript ---