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Jupiter Senior Softball News
To Paul Storch there was him the oldest active
a noticeable “buzz in the air” player. He also is manager
as scores of senior softball of the Blue Division team,
players took to the fields Jan. “Bill’s Warriors.”
6 for the start of the Jupiter When asked why he
Senior Softball Association’s keeps playing, he said, “I
2025 Winter League. love the guys, I love the
“ I sa w a bo ut 150 atmosphere and love the
ballplayers out there and all competition. “It’s just fun.”
were absolutely thrilled to In the off-season he still
be participating in opening plays softball and hardball
day. You could feel it in Ron Horne, 71, sprints for first base after getting a hit in a once or twice a week in
the air,” said Storch, who is Commissioner Paul Storch Winter League softball game. New Jersey.
commissioner of the Jupiter Pollack said he’s been
Senior Softball Association. three divisions and is followed by pickup games and spring playing ball since he was
The league runs from January through March and is and fall leagues the remainder of the year. eight years old, including
the cornerstone of the year-round senior softball program. Bill “Doc” Pollack, a retired dentist and seasonal resident through college and in semi-
Persons 55 and older are eligible and there is no upper age from Livingston, N.J., is in his 17th season playing in the pro and senior leagues. He
limit. The winter league features 15 teams competing among league. He celebrates his 90th birthday February 11, making pitched baseball into his Bill Pollack, who turned 90 this
80s, compiling a record of month, is playing in Jupiter’s
1,028 wins. When he was in 2025 Winter Softball League.
dental school the New York
Yankees wanted to sign him but he turned down the offer.
“In those days the the maximum bonus they could offer
was $4,000 and I wasn’t about to quit dental school for
$4,000,” he said. A high point, however, was that he got to
pitch batting practice to Micky Mantle, Yogi Berra, Elston
Howard and other Yankee greats, he noted.
The Jupiter slow-pitch softball program is sponsored
by the nonprofit Jupiter Senior Softball Association
in cooperation with Jupiter’s Parks and Recreation
Department. Games are every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings at Jupiter Community Park and new
players of all skills are welcome.
Registration can be made online at www.leaguelineup.
com/jssa. Sponsorships are also available. For more
information contact Gary Newman at (917) 623-0791.
Medicare Corner
With Kathy O
Since the Medicare
Annual Enrollment Period
is ending Dec. 7, I’d like to
offer some general Medicare
tips and advice.
The single most important
thing you can do for yourself
is to have your own agent.
Your agent is an amazing
resource to reorder lost cards,
answer benefit questions,
give a list of specialists,
review notices, claim statements and so much more. Your
agent can even answer questions about those pesky TV ads
and all the gossip from your friends about Medicare. Best of
all, there is no cost to have an agent.
Moving? Do not change your address with your
Advantage, supplement or drug plan carrier prior to your
move without first speaking to your agent – if you don’t have
one, find one. When you call member service and change your
address, they may cancel your plan at the end of the current
month, even if you don’t move until next month. This could
unknowingly leave you with no coverage.
The special enrollment period for moving outside your
plan service rules are: 1) if you tell your plan before you
move, your chance to switch plans begins the month before
the month you move and continues for two full months after
you move, or 2) If you tell your plan after you move, your
chance to switch plans begins the month you tell your plan,
plus two more full months.
It is also important to change your address with
Medicare. This is done through Social Security by phone
or online at ssa.gov.
Why is Social Security involved when I need services with
Medicare? Social Security (SSA) is the gatekeeper for Medicare.
Your earnings are tracked by SSA and you must qualify with
40 work quarters to receive Medicare. Medicare also relies on
SSA to determine your Part B Premium and, if you receive SSA
benefits, to collect your premium. If you are not receiving SSA
benefits, you will be billed quarterly by Medicare.
If you still need to review or change your Medicare plan,
open enrollment is Jan. 1 to March 30 and you may qualify
for a special enrollment. Call me! If you have new Medicare
Topic suggestions, email me at czak82@aol.com.
I speak Medicare: Supplement, Drug Plan and
Advantage Plan.
For your free Medicare plan review please call me, Kathy
Olejniczak, agent, at (561) 835-5413 or cell/text (561) 212-7640.
