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Jupiter Senior Softball

Three teams won
division championships
in the 2022 Jupiter Senior
Softball Winter League
that ended March 30 and
featured players ranging
in age from 55 to 89.
Winning championship
honors were: the Red
Division Diamond
Ringers managed by
Rick Tuyn that was 18-
5; The White Division
Renegades managed by
Vic Troiano, that was 19-
5; and Duke’s Blue Devils
of the Blue Division
m ana ged by Duke
Barwick, that was 18-4. Red Division championship team members are, front row, left to right: Alan White Division championship team members are, front row, left to right: John
The league began Jan. Hazard, Mike Parenti, John Cariero. Back row: Tim Brown, Rick Tuyn, manager, Magill, Joe Klos, Vic Troiano, manager, Artie Katulak. Back row: Bob Fiallia,
10 at Jupiter Community John Sullivan, Steve Klein, Steve Kurman, Sal Messina, Craig Beisner, Sheldon Bob Harfenist, Rich Johnston, Jimmy Ficcarra, Johnny Moore, Rich Sewell,
Park with a record 180 Isaacson and George Smith. Gary Vitaletti and Allen Adams.
players competing among
14 teams.
“Overall, I think the league went very
well,” said Gary Vitaletti, a member of all abouT kiDs
the Jupiter Senior Softball Association’s
Board of Directors. Three teams that
won playoff games following league
play earned “bragging rights” for their Reading
victories. They were: Red Division Ball
Breakers team managed by Kenny Lees;
White Division Fab12 team managed by Comprehension
Lewie Bergman, and Duke’s Blue Devils
team of the Blue Division.
The three-month winter league is the Problem?
capstone of the Jupiter Senior Softball
Association’s year-round season. The
slow-pitch softball program is open to By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., Licensed School Psychologist
persons 55 and older. And new players are
welcome. Pickup games are played the Reading comprehension
remainder of the year. Games are every is a complex task involving
Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning Blue Division championship team members are, front row, left to right: Dick your child, the text, and
at Jupiter Community Park, beginning at Wendling, Ray Miller, Mike Richmond, Lloyd Dropkin, and Jack Bohan. Back the multidimensional task
8:30 a.m. row, left to right: George Schedivy, Fred Goller, Ron Bialosky, Lenny Lombardo, of reading. These variables
The slow-pitch senior softball program Norm Haltrich, Duke Barwick, manager, and Doug Carr. Photos by Johnny Moore combine to create reading
began in 1988 and is sponsored by comprehension.
the nonprofit Jupiter Senior Softball Association in For information or to register go to www.leaguelineup. Consider your child.
cooperation with the Town of Jupiter. com/jssa. To achieve reading
comprehension, your
child must bring a positive
mindset, background
knowledge, and reading skills to what they read. If your
child is a reluctant or struggling reader, does he have a
positive mindset about it? If not, how can you change it?
Your child’s prior life experiences contribute to reading
comprehension. Consider yourself assembling furniture.
When you’ve previously put together furniture, that
experience helps you anticipate assembling the new piece.
Every time your child learns or experiences something
new they make connections and store it to use later when
encountering new material. Thus, what type of varying
experiences or knowledge are you giving your child?
The text or books your child reads contributes to his or
her understanding. Like the story of Goldilocks and the
Three Bears, you don’t want the text your child reads to be
too easy or too hard, but just right. Find out your elementary
age child’s Lexile level and pick books within that range.
Learn more at lexile.com or talk to your local librarian.
The act of reading is multidimensional and includes
quickly sounding out words, reading speed, and vocabulary.
If your child is reading aloud to you and mispronounces
words, only correct the words that change the meaning.
Using a book at your child’s Lexile level, simultaneously
read aloud with your child to build reading speed. Stop
periodically and take turns describing what each person
is picturing in their mind as visualizing helps with
comprehension. Teach your child a new vocabulary word
each week and practice using it during the week.
If you want to increase your child’s reading comprehension,
allocate sufficient time to work on it, read with your child,
provide varied life experiences, and work on skills. If you
need a specialist, I have reading tutors at jimforgan.com/tutor.
Dr. Forgan is a licensed school psychologist and certified
dyslexia testing specialist and can help you at (561) 625-
4125 or JimForgan.com.