The
April 24, 2013
Countryy Editor
Volume 1 Number 2
South
Just good reading
Spring into action during Physical Fitness and Sports Month ~ Page 16
NYC group gives away prom dresses to Sandy victims ~ Page 18
Giganticus’ sculpture helps Route 66 renaissance ~ Page 2
Never too young to give back by Kelly Gates Alanna Wall is only 12 years old, but she has already made a big impact in this world. Alanna is the founder and CEO of Polished Girlz, a Dayton, Ohiobased nonpr ofit organization that boasts teams throughout the United States and beyond. According to the young philanthropist, she first had the idea to serve others when she was eight. But it took some tweaking to come up with just the right concept. “I originally wanted to make head scarves for young girls who have cancer, with glitter and rhinestones and all sorts of cute decorations on them, but my mother is a nurse and she was worried that the pieces could come off and be hazardous to the kids,” she recounted. “Then, when I was 10, my Nana sent me a bunch of nail polish and I immediately came up with the idea for Polished Girlz.” With mom and dad by her side, Alanna purchased all the necessary supplies to prepare for her first polish
party. When she was stocked and ready, she made her first trip to a local Down’s Syndrome Association. Then, she visited a rehabilitation service. Both places were ecstatic when the Polished Girlz girl was finished and offered open invitations for her to come back anytime. Soon, Alanna’s friends joined in and for med the first Polished Girlz team, traveling to patient treatment centers and hospitals throughout the Dayton area. Then, as word spread of the girl’s generosity, the small service blossomed into a full-fledged charitable operation. “People started emailing and calling, asking if they could be part of Polished Girlz too,” said Alanna. “We created a web site and put up a volunteer application that people could fill out if they had at least five other girls in their area who wanted to serve with them. Today, we have teams here in Ohio, in Chicago, California, New York, Rhode
Island, Washington and we’re starting up in other countries like Australia and Africa too.”
Each new team receives a free See Give Back page 2
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John’s Kayak old interviews where this author chatted with a reporter about his life in rural Minnesota and his current acitivites — including building a rowboat with his youngest son, John. Like the sentimental female I am, I gave a brief “Awww, so sweet. That’s adorable!” But that was the end of it. I certainly never imagined that in a couple years I’d meet this boy in a packed college classroom nor did I anticipate the romantic paddle he’d take me on in that very brownand-cream boat along Lake Superior in Bayfield, WI. Today, my husband and I live in Amsterdam, NY. Apartment living in the midst of a city 1500 miles from where we grew up instilled in John a restlessness that back in Minnesota had been much more tempered. The kayak is made from Red Oak. It is 17 feet long by John has wanted to do 21 inches wide. Shortly after this step, John stretched more building for years. The 12 oz nylon over the skeleton, adding several light plans for his dream boat coats of varnish to create the skin. traveled with us to New
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by Emily Enger The first time I learned that my husband built boats, I hadn’t yet met him. I was in high school and had just finished reading a fantastic novel. In my curiosity to learn more about the author — I was an aspiring writer myself — I dug up some
York, snug safely in his “man box” — a location I bequeathed him after he fussed every time I tried to throw away odds, ends and other pieces of junk that apparently held sentimental — or “cool” — value. The boat is a Nordic Faring, a huge rowing shell that would allow John to tap into the bad boy spirit of our Viking ancestors. A fun goal, perhaps, but we have no land, no shed, no truck, no supplies and only a few of his tools here in our new home. Thus, boat building was one of the items on our growing list of “things to do when we move back to Minnesota.” But then something changed. In a sudden burst of weekend boredom after an inspirational visit from his family at Christmastime, his innovative spirit flipped on with the sudden decisiveness I had come to recognize. That same decisiveness once wore down my stubborn resistance to date him. Even had I wanted to, I knew better than to crush his dreams with practicality; there are certain arguments I just don’t get to win. My husband is an innovative man. See Kayak page 3
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Giganticus’ sculpture helps Route 66 renaissance by Doug McMurdo, Kingman Daily Miner KINGMAN, AZ (AP) — Gregg Arnold doesn’t take offense when people tell him he has a big head. That’s because he’s got one. A really, really big one. It’s called Giganticus Headicus, and anyone whose seen it while driving down Route 66 about 18 miles north of Interstate 40 in Kingman has undoubtedly done a double-take. Giganticus Headicus is green, stands 14 feet tall and is essentially a replica of the ancient stone monoliths known as Maoi that surround Easter Island in the South Pacific. A certified welder by trade, Arnold said “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” which were published after the artist’s death in 1987, inspired him. “The creativity just flew there,” said Arnold. “I always wanted a place like that and I thought, “What better place than Route 66?’ “I want this for artists, painters, poets, whatever their outlet is.” For about nine years, Giganticus Headicus has stood sentinel along Route 66 and it has become one of the more popular stops along one of America’s most famous roads. Joining Giganticus at what was once the Kozy Korner trailer park are giant robotic ants that “crawl” on the outside walls and a windmill-type creation that uses a chair and table from the 1950s for blades. And somewhere on the property is a drum that warns visitors there are baby rattlers inside. They soon overcome their aversion to the reptiles when they see the rattlers are for babies, not baby rattlesnakes. Arnold is in the middle of remodeling the A-frame building that once housed a bar and restaurant.
His goal has two prongs: One is to give motorists a reason to stop and hopefully buy a bite to eat and a souvenir or two, including miniature replicas of Giganticus Headicus. The second prong is to attract artists to the site who could channel their muse’s inspiration in one of the back rooms. In addition to Arnold’s artwork — he’s a painter as well as a sculptor — visitors can take in some of nature’s beauty as well. In the distance stand scenic vistas of the Grand Wash Cliffs and Peacock Mountains. “There’s a great energy here,” he said. “I never drew a picture. I never did sculpting until I came here.” He picked a doozy for his initial foray into sculpting. Giganticus Headicus is made of metal and wood, chicken wire, Styrofoam and cement. The entire structure is spiked into the ground. Since its creation, Arnold said Giganticus Headicus has been featured in several television commercials and was named one of the 60 most interesting places to visit along the whole of Route 66. Arnold is one of many who believe Route 66 and the nostalgic Americana it represents are due for a rebirth after 40 years of decline. Ironically, it isn’t Americans so much who will lead the renaissance, but tourists from Europe who love the famous highway almost as much as they love the Wild West. He doesn’t have a timeline to make all the improvements, but he does have a plan. Sort of. “I just do as much as I can in a day,” he said with a chuckle. “I want to enhance the Route 66 experience and put blood back into the heart of Route 66.”
Gregg Arnold stands in front of his biggest artistic accomplishment, Giganticus Headicus, a 14-foot tall sculpture that has become a popular attraction to motorists traveling Route 66. Photo by Doug McMurdo, Kingman Daily Miner
The CEO frequently turns her board of directors for help managing the organization. The board is made up of Alanna, her parents and grandmother, a female scientist from Dove, a public relations executive, a professional hand model and several other interested parties. “I have a lot of fun with Polished Girlz,” said Alanna. “I want it to be everywhere, with a team in every city, every state, every country. I also want to set up Polished Girlz houses, mini spas for kids who
are sick or have special needs, so if we don’t have a team near them or aren’t there when they are around, they still have a place to go and get pampered for free.” With a global presence and ongoing financial support from both individuals and large organizations — for instance, Alanna recently received a $10,000 donation from Cover Girl — Polished Girlz is poised for expansion and prepared to serve for many years to come.
Give back from page 1 Kaboodle kit filled with nail polish, remover, glitter, stickers, cotton balls, hand sanitizer and t-shirts for the entire group. The volunteers are also sent instructions on how to approach local hospitals and groups where they wish to polish, plus detailed information about what to do and what not to do upon arrival. As long as each Polished Girlz volunteer follows the guidelines, she is open to design and polish however she likes — the more creative, the better, said Alanna.
Organizations like Mended Little Hearts benefit from the attention the Polished Girlz can give.
Founder and CEO of Polished Girlz, Alanna Wall works on a patient. Photos courtesy of Polished Girlz
first waterfall. It’s quite powerful, but not very big. Its fall ends in a very large, deep pool, which is a great swimming spot. When I have visited early in the day, I have seen families here picnicking and swimming with their children. Later in the day you can find groups of teenagers doing cannonballs into the water. Most of the year you can stay relatively dry hiking to the other end of the gully, with ankle high water being the deepest you will find after the first waterfall. This hike up the gully is usually refreshing and relaxing. There are very few people, if any, and a lot of beautiful wildlife to see along the bank. During the fall is probably my personal favorite time to take this hike, with all of the
stopping for a hike! Lexi Jones of Auburn, NY currently attends SUNY Oswego. Enjoy hiking? Know of a great hiking spot? Tell
us about it and we’ll pay you $25 plus $5 per photo for every story we print. Send stories and photos to jkarkwren@leepub.com
This end of the gully is a great place to hang out for a while before you make the hike back. Photo by Lexi Jones
Kayak from Page 1 That quality is, in fact, his personal definition of masculinity: if you can create something out of nothing, you’re a “real” man. As he began plans to build, he met each challenge with a nonchalant adjustibility that belied his stubborn determination. No shed — John converted our small corner of the building’s basement into a mini shop. The
The window is two feet wide, the kayak 21 inches wide. Exit strategy may have been a close gamble, but it was successful!
Nordic Faring couldn’t fit there — John decided to build a different boat. The only exit from the basement was a winding stairwell — John decided to use the lone window as his exit plan instead. What is short enough to be built in our storage area and narrow enough to fit through a basement window? A kayak. I am infamous for not finishing projects, so watching his patient fingers form slats of wood into a sleek waterproof vessel was very impressive. And his The maiden voyage took place April 20. The narrow kayak had to be careinnovation continued. fully balanced, but it sprung no leak and did not list to either side. When he didn’t have a Photos by Emily Enger clamp, he pegged with The sacrifices were small, though. Especially toothpicks. Though now covered and out of sight, considering John’s further confession: he originalthey are still imbedded in the structure of the ly wanted to build his boat in our large, open livkayak. He also snuck one of my bobby pins to use ing room, which had access to a wide front door. as a needle when stitching the crossbeams in Thankfully, he stopped short of asking me. I try to place. Eventually, I became convinced that this be a supportive wife, but I really would have drawn creativity was just him showing off. We are not so the line at sitting on a sawdust-covered sofa! As it hard up that we couldn’t have afforded to buy a was, I just started buying him everything he was needle! stealing from me. He now has a shop broom, Had John not confessed, I would never have clamps and a large industrial-size garbage can! known he stole my hair pins; that robbery he could Someday, we intend to move back to our beloved have gotten away with. There were other inconvenLand of 10,000 Lakes. We are still puzzled about iences, however, that were more noticeable — usuhow we are going to transport whatever he makes ally revealed when I was in the middle of cooking. along with all our other possessions — the U-haul My broom disappeared, our entire container of wasn’t exactly roomy on the way here! But letting toothpicks disappeared, my kitchen shears disapthe practical get in our way isn’t something we peared, and a couple dishtowels came back combelieve in doing. If he can innovate, so can I. I suppletely ruined. He was starting to resemble a pose, if nothing else, we’ll just ditch all our belongsneaky son building a fort! ings and paddle back home!
• THE COUNTRY EDITOR South • April 24, 2013
by Lexi Jones In the heart of wine country, about five miles up the road from the Mackenzie-Childs’ home near Aurora, NY, lies a hiking spot that is a great place to visit in the spring, summer, and especially fall. I have even attempted a visit in the winter, but could not trudge through the few feet of snow. Five minutes outside of the Village of Union Springs is the entrance to what we like to call “Great Gully.” This gully is about a mile hike with a beautiful water fall at each end. The entrance is a dirt path surrounded by a grass clearing which is a great place to park before you start your hike. Here you can walk down the dirt path through a wooded area, and you will see the
Refuge, but the secluded “Great Gully” of Union Springs is probably my favorite. If you are ever passing through I recommend
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colorful fallen leaves. There’s something almost magical about it. The end waterfall, although not as powerful as the one at the beginning of the hike, is much prettier. About 20 feet high, with only a small stream of water flowing from the top of it, you can easily walk behind it and look down the gully through the flow of the water. This end of the gully is a great place to hang out for a while before you make the hike back, especially when with a loved one. You can find initials carved into a tree nearby from past lovers who have taken this hike, and you can often find remnants of campers, but it is very rare to actually see other people around. There are many beautiful places to hike around Central New York: Filmore Glen, The Montezuma Wildlife
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April 24, 2013
Every day is a new one in which we can find a chuckle or words of wisdom; something to make life more meaningful, interesting, or funable. Today’s chuckle was actually found in the June 9, 2012 Original Valley Pennysaver. A quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can.’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” Do you think that Mrs. Pelosi and President Obama, along with his political policy advisors, took Teddy’s advice, passed the not-thought-out health bill, and dreamed they maybe would get busy someday and find out how to do it? It sure seems to me that is actually the way they handled the national health bill. They no longer are alone in trying to find out how to do it. It appears that no one anywhere has the foggiest idea what it truly means — or in Teddy Roosevelt’s words — “how to do it.” On a national basis, thousands — if not millions — of employers are deeply concerned that this new health act will seriously hurt their businesses, possibly destroying everything. Why? Because absolutely no one can explain what it will mean to their companies. Why? Because no one, including Obama’s staff members know what it means — all thirteen thousand pages of it. It appears to all employers of 50 or more employees that this health bill is likened unto a major fire with the head of the fire department pouring gas on it just to see what will happen. So what are we all doing? Some are sitting with blinders on not knowing what to do. Go ahead and hire — prepare for future growth or cut back the size of companies. Some already have closed their doors. What is Lee Newspapers doing? We just introduced a new 26,000 circulation weekly newspaper titled “The Country Editor.” With the largest weekly circulation of any publication in the history of Herkimer County, actually delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
Starving sea lion pups fill U.S. rescue centers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Starving sea lion pups are washing up on Southern California beaches at a rate more than five times higher than usual, and scientists are scrambling to figure out why, officials said recently. Since the beginning of the year, 1,293 emaciated sea lions found stranded on beaches from San Diego to Santa Barbara have been treated at seven facilities in the state, Sarah Wilkin of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said during a conference call with reporters. Last month, the agency declared an “unusual mortality event” that allowed more scientists to help search for the cause. A leading hypothesis is lack of available food. Researchers were also doing tests to see if pollution, disease outbreak or algae bloom are to blame. Most of the pups being treated weighed between 20 and 30 pounds (9 and 14 kilograms) when they were
found, with some as small as 18 pounds (8 kilograms). The animals should weigh about 65 pounds (30 kilograms) by now, she said. As many as 25 percent of the seals have died after being brought in for treatment. The surviving seals are slowly brought up to a normal body weight and monitored to make sure they can find prey on their own and compete with other animals in tanks. The goal is to get them healthy enough to be released back into the wild. Such releases are happening daily at some facilities, Wilkins said. At least two released seals outfitted with monitoring tags have been tracked diving and foraging normally in their regular habitat. Three animals that were released washed up on beaches again and have since been deemed non-releasable. Officials are trying to find homes for them at aquariums or zoos.
Our faith is first in the Lord and in our country. The United States of America and the good Lord have never let us down. On several occasions, our nation has fought against powerful adversaries and with Heaven sent help, we have always won. Our wish, prayer, and belief is that our elected officials will open up their eyes before it is too late, and set aside this so-called Obama health program until a proper answer can be found. Yes, U.S. citizens need proper health care but not at the expense of losing their jobs. A paycheck on Friday is still a nice thing to have, don’t you agree? It appears that we quite often chat about serious matters so let’s change gears and finish with a little bit of nonsense. We country folk have to take our own fun wherever we find it — even at the expense of our city friends. It seems that a city gal dreamed of moving up to the country. While visiting a mink farm, she thought raising mink might be the way she could support her move to the country. She asked the mink farmer, “How many skins or pelts do you get from each mink?” “Well m’am,” he said, “the mink would get real nasty if you tried to get more than one.” I’m not sure if the following happened at J.R.’s Auction in Fort Plain but it could have. One of the village ladies, after spirited bidding, won the bid and bought a big green parrot. “Tell me,” she asked, “Can this beautiful parrot even talk?” After the auction staff stopped laughing, the auction clerk asked, “Who do you think was bidding against you?” Tell me — did this happen at your house? At three o’clock in the morning, the phone was ringing off the wall. When it was answered, a woman’s irate voice said, “If you don’t stop your dog from barking I’m either going to shoot him or call the cops.” Three o’clock the next morning the caller’s phone kept on ringing until she answered it. A man’s voice said, “I’m your neighbor and I don’t have a dog.”
Since the beginning of the year, 1,293 emaciated sea lions found stranded on beaches from San Diego to Santa Barbara have been treated at seven facilities in the state. Photo by Joan Kark-Wren
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Farriers, horse owners and equine enthusiasts may be Some of the first three “chatters” might be considered a little bit of Irish blarney. However, this one is true. My mother who grew up in Ireland would often entertain us familiar with this tool. The horse hoof gauge with some Irish humor such as this poem. Patrick McGinn, an measures the angles of a Irishmen of note, fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat — horse’s hoof so farriers can “Goat’s milk,” said Paddy, “and now I will have my level each hoof evenly. The fill,” but when he got his nanny home, he found it shoe-shaped section is lined was a bill. against the horse’s hoof after the center ruler has been Sitting here at my writing table, I can see the beautipped back, forming a pocket to slip the hoof into. The tiful spring sunshine. I believe I can hear my red Spyder ruler is then adjusted to fully Can Am motorcycle calling, “Hey, where are you? Let’s measure the junction of the go for a ride.” foot’s surface and hoof wall. Ideal angle measurement As much as I enjoy chatting with you my friends, I have little for a horse’s hoof varies will power and lots of won’t power. I won’t stay here continuing to between individual horses chat and I will go home and crank up the red three-wheeler. If and also between front and you see us glide by wave — two hands — I will only wave with back hooves. one hand back. May God continue to bless you, your family and The horse hoof gauge picfriends. tured is made of iron, but the tool also comes in aluminum Please remember to visit and thank the advertisers in this and brass. It has been used paper. They make the paper possible. by farriers and blacksmiths for centuries.
young girl who, approaching adolescence, brought chaos to the family. “Can’t you make a lady out of her?” Daddy roared at my mother one day. Mama became my constant companion — my girlfriend, my mentor. She bought me my first high heels, lipstick and beautiful clothes from New York. She taught me how to walk like a lady and how not to stand like a fishwife. She lectured me on the wiles and wooly ways of boys and men. Then, on my wedding day, she drew me aside and strongly advised me not to learn how to milk a cow when I visited my new husband’s farm. So, two marriages later, I bore two children, raised them then, in middle-age, I broke from my subservient role. I literally left dinner on the stove and ran away from home. Over recent years, my independent spirit has brought many adventures, one for which I am profoundly grateful. My
friend Sam is a farmer. He talked me into climbing into the seat of his 1949 Farmall tractor! It was the fourth of July, 2004. Only a few days ago. Sam called and asked me to bring him lunch. As most hay farmers well know, you don’t go home for lunch when the sun threatens to hide behind a cloud. You hay until the first raindrops fall! We sat under a shade tree with pastrami sandwiches and iced tea. “If you were wearing pants and regular shoes, I’d put you on that tractor,” he said. So, in my rubber thong shoes and long gypsy skirt, with Sam’s help, I climbed into the seat. I immediately found the clutch. He explained the left and right brakes, showed me the lever for the throttle, the gears, then reached under the seat and showed me how to lift and lower the rake. I drove the six miles back home, replenished the iced tea thermos, and slipped into pants and
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my elbows and using the only power-steering for vintage tractors — my arms and hands! As I progressed around that field, I realized my corners were turning into semicircles, giving the otherwise square border a jigsaw puzzle appearance. It didn’t seem logical to quit my just-for-fun virgin voyage around a hay field so I continued until the border had come within inches of itself at the middle. The most engaging part of the experience was the tranquility I felt as the antique tractor’s quiet engine talked to me and tiny, point-tailed birds flitted about the field, catching bugs I had stirred up. A great composer might have written a famous symphony, inspired by the rhythmic sound of the hay rake. Its intricate clicknick, clicklenick, plickknick slickwick serenaded me as I traveled in the never-ending, ever-tightening circle. The rake’s cof-
fee-percolating coziness is hypnotizing. As I turned periodically in my seat to look over my shoulder, I could see the progress I was making, scraps of hay piling higher and higher as I slowly, but surely raked them toward the center of the field. Sam rolled two more giant bales of hay from that gleaning and I went home with two sore hands and a body wracked with pain. But I will do it all over again. As soon as the sun comes back, and Sam is baling, I’ll be right out there raking! Mama and Daddy, if y’all could only see this lady now! Now, eight years later, Sam and I are newly married and have bought a 68-acre farm in Esperance, New York. Our first year on the farm will be a tough one for a couple of senior citizens who’ve committed to a contract for one hundred tons of pumpkins next fall plus our own pick-your-own business.
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by Conni Partridge The words fell heavily on my tomboy ears when I asked my father to let me work on the farm. “Gene gets to work on the farm,” I said, “why can’t I?” Daddy said, “Because Gene’s a boy and he’s older.” Daddy was a wholesale florist in Lake Placid, Florida during the 1930s to early 1950s. We lived in neighboring Sebring, which was about 25 miles north. During World War II, he made a fortune selling white caladiums, which replaced the more expensive white roses, to make funeral wreaths for the war dead. Also, during the war, he was required to grow food on a certain percentage of his 40 acres. My brother carried hundred-pound gunny sacks of potatoes to deliver to local restaurants. Daddy also grew beans, which were harvested by youngsters from the local high schools. I was an energetic, selfdirected, adventurous
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Strapless styles can give sleekness to brides by Samantha Critchell, AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The traditional bridal gown isn’t a skimpy silhouette: It’s long and typically without a plunging neckline or high slit. There’s often a whole lot of fabric. One of the few opportunities for brides to be a little bare is to go with a strapless or sleeveless dress — and go with them they do. David Tutera, wedding planner, designer and host of WeTV’s “My Fair Wedding With David Tutera,” says that besides those restricted by religious customs, he encounters very few brides who want to be more covered than they have to be. More often they want to savor their moment in the spotlight and show themselves off as youthful, pretty and sexy, he says. New bridal collections are dominated by dresses with no sleeves, even though that takes many women out of their comfort zone. There was a brief period when sleeves were hot — after Kate Middleton wore a long-sleeve Alexander McQueen gown to become the Duchess of Cambridge — but it didn’t last. Bare arms are again the norm. It wasn’t always that way. “It feels like strapless has been the go-to in wedding dresses forever, but, historically speaking, it’s still a very recent trend,” says Keija Minor, editor in chief of Brides magazine. “With some notable exceptions, gowns had high necks and long sleeves up through the 1990s. Just think about Princess Diana’s wedding gown in 1981 with those big puffy sleeves. It was larger than life to be sure, but still very on trend for the times.” The shift, she says, came about 20 years ago as tradition gave way to a hint of sex appeal. Strapless wedding dresses “are the majority of what’s out there. They dominate in the stores and on every bridal magazine’s editorial pages. They are the easiest to try on and fit,” says designer Romona Keveza. Brides’ Minor says that women of many sizes and shapes, including full-figured ones, can benefit
from the illusion of a longer, leaner arm created by the uncovered shoulder. And, Keveza adds, strapless gowns have come a long way and are now comfortable, sturdy and stable. Still, she thinks there’s room for a few more sleeved and off-the-shoulder numbers.
vibe of the wedding before heading straight to strapless. It’s ideal for a beach wedding, but at a ski resort? Not so much, he says. A compromise could be the strapless dress topped with a mohairlined silk shawl or a dramatic cape, suggests designer Anne Bowen. Whether a bride choos-
column gown, sleeves that go past the wrist can be delicate and feminine. (She’d stick with a light fabric, such as lace or sheer silk.) Tutera also likes those airy, light illusion sleeves
— although he’d cut them at a shorter bracelet length — or a short cap sleeve; poufy satin ones “will bulk up the bride,” he says. His solution is the detachable-sleeve gown he
introduced into his collection. “You take them off after the ceremony. You can feel comfortable and confident when all eyes are on you, but you don’t have to have sleeves for the pictures.”
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Review by Emily Enger Remember when Pa Ingalls serenaded the family with his fiddle? When Frost, Sandburg, and other great American poets celebrated the simple life long before the Industrial Revolution? Modern entertainment inundates us with flashes of the fantastical and the horrible. Between the fast-paced stress of spy flicks and the gory nonsense of vampires, our stories are mere
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the very real struggles of cancer, car accidents and livestock attacks that represent more difficult sides of life. This is a powerful read for the rural or small town American. Though I recommend “Barn Stripping” to people from all walks of life, it is especially poignant for those of us who can say we live there. The collection is set amidst brown Swiss cows, wood chopping blocks, some pieces of Case machinery, and a reference or two to WD40. They are good-hearted stories for good-hearted people. Short story collections are one of my favorite mediums for enjoying fic-
Automotive tion. This is largely for the same reason I converted from movies to sitcom television: I like to get the whole story arc in one short-and-snappy sitting. These are stories you can consume before bed, in a dentist’s waiting room, on your lunch break, etc. And what better publication to take through your packed day than one whose quiet tales remind you to unpack your day? Olson currently resides with his wife in Miami, OK where he teaches composition at Northeast Oklahoma A&M College. The setting for “Barn Stripping,” comes from his own home region in
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butter with wings to represent a butterfly. Butterflies, with their large wings and beautiful colors, flutter throughout art, design, poetry and even music. So it is not surprising that a number of terms have surfaced to describe this genre of insects as something other than a product of a churn. Leave it to the wordsmiths to come up with something better than butterfly for this type of insect. Because of the color of both butterflies and flowers, a comparison seems the thing to do. French lyric poet P. D. E. Lebrun wrote, “The butterfly is a flying flower.” In like manner, science-fiction writer R. H. Heinlein opined, “Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” In his poem, “The Butterfly,” J. B. Tabb described these insects as, “Leafless, stemless, floating flower.” Robert Frost, in his poem “Blue-butterfly Day,” referred to butterflies as “sky flakes” and “flowers that fly.” Frost also connected butterflies and flowers in his poem, “My Butterfly,” with these words: “thy emulous fond flowers.” It has been suggested that one of the early common names for butterflies
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Did you ever wonder why butterflies are called butterflies? For one thing, they fly, and that explains the last part of the name. That is the same reason that many other insects such as dragonflies, fireflies, lanternflies and dobsonflies have ‘fly’ in their names. Even though these insects are called flies they are not really flies, according to scientists. Real flies are the insects that are classified in the order Diptera. There are hundreds of species of real flies in the world. House flies, deer flies, black flies, blow flies and mosquitoes are all real flies. So why do butterflies have the word butter in their name? It apparently was partially associated with the time that the first of these scale-winged creatures appeared each year. At least in the temperate regions of the world, that time is the early spring. Early spring was historically known in English-speaking parts of the world as the butter season. That is because new
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by Charlie Nardozzi, Horticulturist and Leonard Perry, UVM Extension Horticulturist Staking peonies, dividing and relocating daffodils if needed, and fertilizing perennial tulips are some of the gardening activities for this month. Set up supports for peonies now while plants are just emerging, so their large flower heads don’t bend to the ground next month. Circular flower rings with legs that stick into the soil are one option, but often the stems will bend where they droop and fall over the ring. Stakes encircled with twine around a plant is another option. The best support is afforded by wire mesh such as chicken wire with large holes (2-inch mesh is good). Spread it horizontally over the tops of the plants and attach it to some type of stakes at the sides. The flower stems and foliage will grow up
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Staking peonies and other May gardening tips
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Spring into action during Physical Fitness and Sports Month by Amy Davidson, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Coordinator, University of Vermont Extension May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, so designated with the goal of encouraging individuals, families and communities to develop or maintain routines of regular physical activity and practice sound nutritional habits. Because spring is a time for renewal, there is no better time to start taking control of your health. Consider trying some new, healthy recipes. Commit to a fitness routine, try out a new sport or simply explore the outdoors. Choose activities that are right for you. Here’s why. Approximately onethird of youths and twothirds of adults are overweight or obese in this country. Instances of overweight and obesity are correlated with numerous health issues, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and hy-
pertension. This trend can be prevented by increasing the amount of time engaged in physical activities, reducing the amount of time spent in sedentary activities and eating a balanced diet, including lean sources of protein, whole grains, reduced fat dairy products and plenty of fruit and vegetables. Being active on a regular basis offers health and wellness benefits for everyone, such as increased strength, improved mobility and enhanced mood and longevity. How much we need depends on our age and other factors. The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recommend at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity for children and adolescents and at least 30 minutes for adults five or more days a week. Even 10minute bursts of this kind of activity can add
up to your daily total. Visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s SuperTracker web site at www.supertracker.usda.g ov for your personalized nutrition and fitness plan as well as tips to stay on track. Be sure to check with your doctor or healthcare professional before starting an exercise program. Here are some ideas for getting active this spring: • Form a walking group with friends, neighbors or workmates. • Challenge yourself to hike as many local mountain peaks as you can. • Ride a bike on some of the region’s many trails, recreation paths and
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4. Which group released “White Rabbit"? 5. Name the song with this lyric: “At night, when all the world’s asleep, the questions run so deep.” Answers 1. “Taxi,” in 1972. The response was so great that Chapin was brought back the very next night for an encore.
2. The 1968 song, by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, told of a man discovering that his lover was underage. The song peaked at No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the U.K. 3. “Bright Eyes,” in 1978. The song was used in “Watership Down.”
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Flashback 5. “The Logical Song,” by Supertramp in 1979. The song is said to be a critique of an education system not focused on knowledge. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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by Julie Walker, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Girls whose families were wiped out by Superstorm Sandy can still party in style, thanks to a New York City charity that has collected more than 1,000 prom dresses for the storm’s victims. The nonprofit group Where to Turn held a free dress expo at a Staten Island high school Saturday for teenagers whose families lost homes and cars in the massive storm. People from all over the country, as well as a Hollywood marketing firm and a prom dress company in New England, contributed gowns to the event, held in a neighborhood devas-
tated by flooding. The group has held smaller dress giveaways in recent years to help kids from down-and-out families afford prom night, but this year’s event took on new significance after the storm damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. “Right now, people are rebuilding and they don’t have enough money to take care of the normal day-to-day things... things that, you know, kids really shouldn’t miss out on,” said Where to Turn executive director Dennis McKeon. Among the roughly 125 teenagers who came through the expo was
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Your kids aren’t your own The TV cable-news network MSNBC runs sermonettes from its anchors during commercial breaks. They are like public-service announcements illuminating the progressive mind, and perhaps none has ever been as revealing and remarkable as the one cut by weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry. Harris-Perry set out to explain what is, by her
lights, the failure to invest adequately in public education. She located the source of the problem in the insidious idea of parental responsibility for children. “We’ve always had kind of a private notion of children,” she said, in the tone of an anthropologist explaining a strange practice she discovered when out doing far-flung fieldwork. “Your kid is yours and totally your responsibility.” So long as this retrograde conception prevails, according to
Harris-Perry, we will never spend enough money on children. “We have to break through,” she urged, “our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families.” Her statement wasn’t an aside on live television. She didn’t misspeak. The spot was shot, produced and aired without, apparently, raising any alarm bells. No one with influence raised his or her hand and said, “Should we really broad-
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The foundation of the Harris-Perry view is that society is a large-scale kibbutz. The title of Hillary Clinton’s bestseller in the 1990s expressed the same point in comforting folk wisdom: “It Takes a Village.” As the ultimate private institution, the family is a stubborn obstacle to the great collective effort. Insofar as people invest in their own families, they are holding out on the state and unacceptably privileging their own kids over the children of others. These parents are selfish, small-minded
responsibility,” HarrisPerry said of child-rearing, “and not just the households, then we start making better investments.” This impulse toward the state as uber-parent is based on a profound fallacy and a profound truth. The fallacy is that anyone can care about someone else’s children as much as his own. The former Texas Republican Senator Phil Gramm liked to illustrate the hollowness of professions to the contrary with a story. He told a woman, “My educational policies are based
than you do.” She said, “No, you don’t.” Gramm replied, “OK: What are their names?” The truth is that parents are one of society’s most incorrigible sources of inequality. If you have two of them who stay married and are invested in your upbringing, you have hit life’s lottery. You will reap untold benefits denied to children who aren’t so lucky. That the family is so essential to the well-being of children has to be a constant source of frustration to the egalitarian statist, a reminder of the limits of his power. If the left wants to equalize the investments in children that matter most, it should promote intact families and engaged parents, even if it means embracing shockingly old-fashioned private child-rearing. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. (c) 2013 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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Number / Classification 20 Air Compressors 25 Air Tools 35 Announcements 45 Antiques 55 Appraisal Services 75 ATV 80 Auctions 82 Auto Body 110 Bedding Plants 120 Bees-Beekeeping 130 Bird Control 155 Building Materials/ Supplies 157 Building Repair 160 Buildings For Sale 161 Bulk Foods / Spices 165 Business Opportunities 170 Butchering Supplies 173 Carpentry 175 Cars, Trucks, Trailers 180 Catalogs 182 Catering 190 Chain Saws 195 Cheesemaking Supplies 205 Christmas 210 Christmas Trees 214 Clocks & Repair 215 Collectibles 216 Clothing 235 Computers 253 Consignment 265 Construction Equipment For Rent 270 Construction Equipment For Sale 275 Construction Machinery Wanted 277 Construction Services 280 Construction Supplies 312 Crafts 325 Custom Butchering 330 Custom Services 360 Deer-Butchering & Hides 370 Dogs 410 Electrical 415 Employment Wanted 440 Farm Machinery For Sale 445 Farm Machinery Wanted 447 Farm Market Items 460 Fencing 470 Financial Services 480 Fish 483 Flooring 490 For Rent or Lease 500 For Sale 510 Fresh Produce, Nursery 525 Fruits & Berries 527 Furniture 530 Garden Supplies 535 Generators 537 Gifts 575 Greenhouse Supplies 585 Guns 587 Hair Styling 589 Hardware 600 Health Care/Products 605 Heating 610 Help Wanted 653 Hotel / Motel 683 Jewelers 700 Lawn & Garden 711 Lessons 760 Lumber & Wood Products 790 Maple Syrup Supplies 805 Miscellaneous 810 Mobile Homes 811 Monuments 812 Multi Media 813 Music 815 Motorcycles 817 Nails 820 Nurseries 910 Plants 950 Real Estate For Sale 955 Real Estate Wanted 960 RVs & Motor Homes 975 Rentals 980 Restaurant Supplies 1040 Services Offered 1075 Snowblowers 1080 Snowmobiles 1109 Thrift 1140 Trailers 1147 Trains 1148 Travel 1155 Tree Moving Services 1165 Trees 1170 Truck Parts & Equipment 1180 Trucks 1187 Vacuum 1190 Vegetable 1200 Veterinary 1205 Wanted
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New Jersey woman finds and thanks rescuer — 49 years later Associated Press NEW YORK — A New Jersey woman has thanked a Florida doctor who saved her from drowning nearly 49 years ago in New York. Newsday says Edith Rothstein of Franklin Lakes, NJ recently con-
tacted Dr. Larry Brickman. He moved from Long Island in 2005 to teach surgery at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Rothstein left a voicemail, asking if Brickman was the man who saved her life on Long Island’s
Lido Beach in September 1964. He was, indeed. Brickman had a summer lifeguard job there while attending Michigan State. He vividly remembers giving 5-yearold Edie mouth-tomouth. Brickman says
NYC teen raises funds for blood cancer research NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City teenager who once donated bone marrow for her cancerstricken sister has started an ambitious campaign to raise funds for cancer research. The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/ZedG6w ) that 15-year-old Lisette Watters of Queens has assembled a team of vol-
unteers to help organize events, sell T-shirts and recruit corporate sponsors. Lisette was just 4 when she donated bone marrow for her younger sister Caroline. Caroline was battling acute myeloma leukemia. She is a healthy seventh-grader now. Lisette is now hoping to
be named Woman of the Year by the regional chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Seventeen men and women from the New York City area are competing for the honor. Similar fundraising competitions are being held around the country.
lifeguards of that era were not trained in the technique. He says he acted mostly on intuition.
Newsday wrote about the rescue the next day. Rothstein decided to reach out after looking at an old scrapbook. Her
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son used Google to find Brickman. The doctor told her they both “got lucky that day.”
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