Here’s some good news.

In the fall, a new adult day center will be opening in Falmouth. Find out all about it when Southern Maine Agency on Aging holds a presentation and informational meeting about the new facility, called the Stewart Center, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m., at the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road.

More good news: Drivers in Maine 55 years of age and older are entitled to discounts on their insurance premiums for three years after taking or re-taking the driver safety course offered by AARP. We need to save wherever we can.

Register by Aug. 23. The course will be presented from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Advance registration no later than Aug. 23 is requested. Class size is limited and registrations are accepted first-come, first served. To register, phone John Hammon, volunteer instructor, at 655-4943. The registration fee is $15 for AARP members, $20 for others.

AARP Driver Safety introduced its new Smart Driver course as the latest revision of the classroom refresher course for experienced and mature drivers. Class participants review defensive driving techniques, safe driving strategies, new traffic laws and rules of the road. More information may be found at DriverSafetyME.weebly.com. The class also helps older drivers adjust to age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

Like it or not, things change without some of us being aware. The age-related changes include some daily reminders. When a 3-year-old asked me to help her put her shoes on, I was all set to start showing her how to tie shoelaces, but I tucked that lesson away when I saw the Velcro straps. Then it occurred to me that most of her shoes had Velcro. That makes it really easy for the aunties and grams, whose fingers may not be as nimble as they once were.

When the same little girl heard the phone ring and I grabbed it before she could, she was stunned. When I hung up, she said, “What’s that?” So I had to try and explain that I had a different kind of phone – the kind with a receiver and large numbers. She and her whole family of course, have phones that look like a deck of cards – about that size, anyway – and they play tunes instead of ringing.

So while we may be able to type 100 words a minute, and can still remember how to write in shorthand, it’s obvious we’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Rest assured if the schools aren’t teaching cursive writing, it’s guaranteed shorthand and touch typing (no looking at the keys) are part of the “Jurassic Park” of education.

Kay Soldier welcomes reader ideas for column topics of interest to seniors. She can be reached by email at kso48@aol.com, or write to 114 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062.