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Mother’s Day is May 14th and on that day, we will be remembering and honoring our own special moms that taught us so much of what we know. But let’s not forget our other mothers, those memorable matriarchs of the TV screen who doled out advice, made us smile and expanded our worlds. Here, we give props to some of our favorites and what they taught us.

Lucille Ball will be remembered as the kooky, disaster-prone comedienne, Lucy Ricardo, from the ‘50s show, I Love Lucy. Whether she was stomping grapes or packing chocolates with her BFF Ethel Mertz, she kept us laughing and guessing how each crazy episode was going to end. We had to admire her passion, creativity and ambitious schemes to break into showbiz.

Her lesson? Humor can be found in nearly every situation, no matter how messy or embarrassing it may be.

Mary Tyler Moore was perhaps our favorite mom when she starred in the ‘60s comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show. She was gorgeous, for sure, but she was also human. Always a bit nervous, she was unable to control her curiosity and had a flair for accidentally spilling the beans. But perhaps she is best known for defying the cookie-cutter image of housewives in pearls and skirts by wearing capri pants with flat shoes. The tight-fitting pants created such a shock wave in the beginning, the writers initially limited her to one pants scene per episode.

Her lesson? Women can dress comfortably and still look great.

Donna Reed played the wholesome, pretty mother in The Donna Reed Show (1958 to 1966). Married to a handsome pediatrician, she strutted around the house in perfectly coiffed hair, pearls, heels, a dress and lacy frocks. And she was always ready to handle the problems of the day whether they were measles, poor report cards, teen-age dating or white lies. But alas, all was not really perfect at all. Her first two (real world) marriages ended in divorce.

Her lesson? Aim for perfection but realize that life is never perfect.

Jean Stapleton was best known for her award-winning role as Edith Bunker in the ‘70s hit, All in the Family. The kind-hearted “dingbat” was the perfect foil to husband Archie, who was outspoken, testy and bigoted. She was submissive – up to a point – and baffled about almost everything.

But as the show progressed she became a symbol of emerging feminism, and audiences loved her even more.

Her lesson? Be sweet, understanding and noble. And if you have to sing, sing with gusto, even if you sing off-key.

Shirley Jones oozed flower power in the ‘70s show, The Partridge Family. She was by far the coolest of moms, touring the country in a psychedelic school bus and acting as lead vocalist for her family of sugar-pop musicians.

Phylicia Rashad played the role of Clair Huxtable in The Cosby Show, which ran from 1984 to 1992. She was a loving mom and attorney who worked to instill good moral values in her brood.

She could evoke her authority with just the lift of an eyebrow, a roll of the eyes, or a smirk, but could also be silly and lovable too.

Her lesson? Being a mother and being cool are not mutually exclusive.

Her lesson? Laugh. Love. Have a family. Have an interesting career.

And don’t give into peer pressure.

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The Merry Month of May

ow. Here we are in the third and last month of spring already. Seems like we just celebrated New Year’s. But as the legendary Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes said, “I’ve learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.”

While none of us know how big our roll is or how long it will last, the fact is we all have a limited number of days ahead. But let’s not focus on the end of the roll, let’s direct our attention to the soft, white, paper that unfurls from the spool.

May is Older Americans Month, a celebration of the lives of seniors, established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Back then, about a third of older Americans lived in poverty and few programs were available to meet their needs.

Now, every May, the government’s Administration for Community Living leads the celebration and has designated this year’s theme as “Age Out Loud.” It’s a shout out, a call for seniors to make their thoughts and needs and talents known.

As a whole, we older folks are working longer, techno-literate, striving for wellness, focused on independence, and advocating for causes we hold dear to our hearts. We have more money too, with Baby Boomers controlling 70 percent of U.S. Disposable Income.

We are living longer and with improved quality of life due to advances in medicine, enhanced vision and dental care, a decline in smoking, better diets and more active lifestyles. And we look younger than our parents did at this age thanks to all of the above and, yes, advances in cosmetic surgery.

In this issue we celebrate Older Americans Month with a list of inspirational people who kept dreaming, achieving and creating in unexpected ways – even in their 9th decade of life. Take Teiichi Igarashi of Japan for example. At age 99, he climbed 12,395 feet to the top of Mount Fuji. So whether it’s that novel you want to complete, the recital in Carnegie Hall you want to perform, or the parachute jump you want to make, set your goal and get crackin’.

We hope you’ll enjoy our Mother’s Day tribute which remembers our “other mothers” -- those women on TV who helped raise us when Mom was busy. It’s a nostalgic trip back to the days when TV shows ran on three networks. You didn’t even need a remote, just a pair of rabbit ears and maybe a bit of foil.

Also for Mother’s Day, our columnist Iris Ruth Pastor, the mother of five adult sons, shares a wistful look back to her carpooling days. How many of you miss those trips with the kids in the car and all the wonderful eavesdropping opportunities you had back then?

This issue includes some recipes that should come in handy for Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. There’s a preview of a military museum, some travel stories, and on the lighter side, some children’s letters to God. We’ve added a new feature too, the joke of the month.

Finally we pay a visit to Mar-a-Lago back when socialite and owner of General Foods, Marjorie Merriweather Post, owned the 120-room Palm Beach mansion. She donated it to the U.S. government in 1973 in the hopes that it would become a “winter White House.” Now, in a strange twist of fate, that has come true.

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Dear God, Instead of letting people die and “haveing” to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones you got now? ~Jane Dear God, I would like to live 900 years like the guys in the Bible. ~ Love Chris

“I’m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition is, because this prescription is marked ‘NO REFILLS!’”

Dear God, I am “Amearican.” What are you? ~Robert Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. ~Nan Dear God, If you watch in church on Sunday, I will show you my new shoes. ~Mickey D. Dear God, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that ok? ~Neil Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother. ~Larry Dear God, If you let the “dinasor” not “exstinct” we would not have a country. You did the right thing. ~Jonathan

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y Mom, Betty more about myself as a Puchala, is an woman. example of pure love. Her Mom’s simplicity big, blue, beautiful eyes and truth helped me grow are forever peace. up to live a life free of As a young woman excess and falseness. I she worked at an ice have made a life true to cream parlor and enjoyed be myself thanks to her hanging out with her genuine, intimate love. friends who would come “This too shall pass,” by to visit. Mom had fun is Mom’s saying. It is creating special treats for real and makes sense as all.

I raise a high spirited boy Betty Puchala My mother believes and now a puppy. The all children are beautiful. She inspired challenges become landmarks for a me to be a Mom and for that I am strong soul. The joys are always a thankful. Having her in my life has been reminder of what can be done if one a gift, a blessing, and a way to learn believes.

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A heart filled with compassion For those who are in need Of some kind word of tenderness Or some small, loving deed.

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We were born to call her “Mother,” But we choose to call her “Friend.”

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by Kathy Megyeri

Mar-a-Lago Before Trump Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, designed by Joseph Urban.

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irst Lady Mrs. Lyndon Johnson called it a “beautiful never-never land.” Rose Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy, attended square dances there.

A Palm Beach Post columnist wrote, “You go to Mrs. Post’s to dance or stay home.”

These were impressions of Mar-a-Lago, a sprawling estate in Palm Beach. Its name in Spanish means land between the sea and lake but it really lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. In 1967, it was called one of America’s most elaborate 20th century mansions and was certainly the center of Palm Beach’s social scene.

Owner Marjorie Merriweather Post was a legend herself. Born in 1887, she came to own the growing Postum Cereal Company in the late ‘20s after her father, Charles William (C.W.) Post, died.

Within 15 years, she had transformed that business into the General Foods Corporation and she became one of the wealthiest Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1929, wearing a gown in which she was women in the United received at Buckingham Palace.

States. In addition to Mar-a-Lago, which was completed in 1927, she owned two other estates, married four times, and owned couture jewelry collections that included designs by Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, and Harry Winston. She was also a philanthropist and amassed an extraordinary collection of Russian Imperial Art. When it was built, Mar-a-Lago brought together Old World features that include Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Moorish, French and English influences. Mara-Lago was mainly used by Post for entertaining during the high season -- from early January to the end of FebLifestyles After 50 • Lake/Marion • May 2017 • page 8

ruary. The dining room had simulated marble columns, frescoes, Spanish chandeliers and Venetian chairs. It took four men to put in one section of the dining room table because the sections weighed 300 pounds each for a total of 6.5 tons.

After rain repeatedly cancelled dancing on the patio, she added a 200-person pavilion in 1962 that also held 40 tables for playing bridge. There was a fallout shelter in the basement, and she eventually built an enclosure of glass for dining outside.

She employed about 75 staff members -- maids, valets, kitchen staff, chauffeurs, secretaries, laundresses and watchmen.

Guests -- senators, ambassadors, generals, authors, artists, movie stars and family members -- were flown in by Post’s private plane. One grandchild recalled her favorite memory, “Grandmother always had these wonderful comforters that were satin on one side and velvet on the other, so you’d wrap yourself in them and Marjorie Merriweather Post wore this gown with Cartier jewels pictured in the parade around pretend- portrait behind her. From the Hillwood ing you were a prinEstate Museum collection. cess.”

Guests were particularly impressed that the valets repacked their bags for them with everything cleaned and in tissue paper so nothing was wrinkled. One wrote, “On a visit to Mrs. Post, you came back looking better than you arrived.”

Post was superstitious. She would not ever seat a table of thirteen, cocktails began at 7:00, and dinner

Dining Room was scheduled for 7:30. She did not wear opals. She never put her hat on the bed or tolerated open umbrellas in the house.

The usual number of guests for dinner and dancing was 75. She loved to tango and square dance and had many pairs of shoes colored to match her square dancing outfits.

When Post grew ill, she bequeathed the mansion in her will to the U.S. government to be used as the winter White House. She died in 1973 and is buried at her Washington D.C. home of Hillwood, now a museum complete with extensive formal gardens, a greenhouse, and a pet cemetery. “Marjorie Post brought an incredible acumen for organization and impeccable taste to each of the grand estates she called home,” explains Hillwood’s Executive Director Kate Market.

In 1980, the government declared Mar-a-Lago a National Historic Landmark. The following year, it returned the estate to the Post Foundation citing the high maintenance costs.

Donald Trump first offered $28 million for the estate but to no avail. He persisted and following the real estate market slump, he obtained Mar-a-Lago for $5 million in 1985 and paid an additional $3 million for the antiques and furniture. Trump turned it into a private club in 1995 and built a 20,000-square-foot ballroom with $7 million in gold leaf gilding. Recently, he had a helicopter landing pad erected on the western lawn, big enough to accommodate Marine One. Since being sworn into office, Trump refers to the estate as his Southern White House and uses it as a Camp Davidstyle retreat.

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Here’s the dish on radishes

by Teri Pizza he word, radish, comes from the Latin word, radix, meaning “to root.” The word “radical” also comes from the Latin “root,” as in radicals that want to change the root of the political system. Beware those radish radicals, they can get hot under the collar (so to speak). Perhaps that’s because radishes belong to the mustard family and contain glucosinolates—the stuff that brings the hot out in horseradish and wasabi.

The Egyptian and Greek cultures so idolized radishes they made gold replicas of them. Today these roots are celebrated in Oaxaca, Mexico at their Radish Festival.

The little red pops of crispiness are small but mighty. The Save Our Bones Foundation considers the nutritional power packed into these vegetables super impressive because they’re full of vitamin C, K, B, sulfur, iron and iodine yet contain only 19 calories per half cup and 2grams of sugar.

But wait, there’s more.

At the risk of sounding like an old-timey, snake-oil salesman, the radish has been known, because of its vitamin C anti-inflammatory properties, to have a positive effect on asthma symptoms. It’s also been suggested as an alternative medicine in the treatment of whooping cough, gastric discomfort, gallbladder problems, arthritis, gallstones and even kidney stones!

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Here’s how to enjoy your radishes: Selection -- Whatever color you choose (red, black, white or gold) they should be unblemished and have brightcolored skin. Select those that are firm and compact in texture with green, healthy leaves. (Smaller ones are usually tastier.)

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Clean roots just before using in a vinegar bath; rinse and pat dry. Slice to desired thickness. If using in a salad or at a salad buffet, soak them in ice water for an hour to make them extra crunchy.

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Seasoned chunks of cod topped with fresh diced tomatoes, shredded cabbage, a squeeze of lime, and a dollop of cilantro-infused sour cream are all served on top of a warm corn tortilla. These fish tacos are the perfect combination of simplicity and excitement; perfect for Cinco de Mayo or anytime.

Here’s an easy recipe created by Alexandra Steele, 9, who has expanded her cooking talents to include the artistic, nutritious creation of salads.

“Alexandra’s salad was created the day that her grandmother gave her a fresh watermelon,” said her mother Brianna. “It’s rich in nutrients and contains fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy. Watermelon is in season and one of the most refreshing fruits around, so this is an ideal recipe for Mother’s Day and Memorial Day picnics.

Simple Fish Tacos

Makes: 6 Servings Ingredients: 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1/2 package taco seasoning, divided 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 pound cod or white fish fillets, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 cups red and green cabbage, shredded 2 cups tomato, diced 12 corn tortillas, 6-inch, warmed lime wedges, for serving Directions: • Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, cilantro, and 2 Tbsp seasoning mix.

• In a medium bowl, combine cod, vegetable oil, lemon juice, and remaining seasoning mix; pour into large skillet. Cook stirring constantly, over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes or until cod flakes easily when tested with a fork.

• Fill warm tortillas with fish mixture.

• Top with cabbage, tomato, sour cream mixture, lime wedges, and taco sauce.

Alexandra’s Refreshing Watermelon Salad Makes: 4 Servings Ingredients: 1 cup fresh spring greens 1 cup fresh cilantro 1 cup fresh watermelon, cubed 1/2 cup red grapes, halved 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped 1/4 cup Feta cheese 4 whole-grain dinner rolls 2 teaspoons butter Directions: • In a large salad bowl, mix all ingredients together. Arrange the salad mixture on a platter and serve with whole-grain dinner rolls spread with grass-fed butter, if possible.

• ENJOY!!

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, More Matters Recipes

Source: USDA/The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook

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Memorial Day is often referred to as the unofficial start of summer — a three-day weekend complete with pool parties, barbecue and potato salad. But it began on a much more somber note when, shortly after the Civil War, the graves of fallen soldiers were adorned with spring flowers. Eventually, it became an annual tradition; in 1971, Congress made it a national holiday, a time to pause and honor our nation’s war dead.

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or an especially meaningful MemoUntil his death in 2007, the murial Day, plan to visit the Military seum’s honorary chairman was retired Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda, Air Force Brigadier General Paul Warflocated on the southwest coast of ield Tibbets, Jr., best known for piloting Florida. Its vast array of the Enola Gay, which artifacts (10,000 or more) dropped Little Boy, the tell of America’s role in first of two atomic bombs past and present conflicts. on the Japanese city of Located at the entrance to Hiroshima. Since Tibbets’ Fisherman’s Village, the passing, the honorable facility is convenient to Sean O’Keefe, a former shops, restaurants, bars and NASA Administrator and boutiques.

Secretary of the Navy, has The Florida Military served as honorary chair.

Heritage Museum is a Admission is free. nonprofit organization that The museum has a opened its doors on Vetbudget of approximately erans’ Day of 2001. Cur$200,000 per year and is Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. rently, the museum covers funded by a small grant 2,500 square feet and receives 60,000 from Charlotte County government, visitors a year. It displays military membership fees, donations, proceeds artifacts from as far back as the Spanish- from fundraising events, and sales in the American War up to and including the gift shop. present day conflicts in Iran, Iraq, and Visitors will see an array of displays Afghanistan. such as the one depicting the plight of

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MILITARY HERITAGE MUSEUM Fishermen’s Village 1200 West Retta Esplanade, Unit 48, Punta Gorda, Florida Hours beginning May 1st: Mon-Sat 10-6, Sunday 12-6 Closed on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission is free.

(941) 347-7941 • freedomisntfree.org Captain Luis Chirichigno, a Cobra gunship helicopter pilot who was shot down while delivering fire upon the enemy in Vietnam. He spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war -- eight months of that time in a bamboo cage in Cambodia.

While a captive, he was mistakenly reported killed in action in the Army Times.

Though he had sustained numerous injuries and was given very little food, Chirichigno’s story has a happy ending with his release from capture. His exceptional bravery gave his comrades sufficient time to escape the immediate enemy threat and inflicted vast damage on the enemy.

There is an array of Civil War, U.S. and foreign uniforms to admire. Of particular interest is the myriad of military recruiting posters. Showcases exhibit weaponry, armament, and souvenirs that soldiers brought home.

Thus, what started out as collection in a couple of closets in an American Legion and a VFW Post has grown into a mighty museum, thanks to the Charlotte County Veterans’ Council and the lease negotiated with Fishermen’s Village.

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Franklin’s disc reached No. 1 on Two years later, Atlantic Records both the R & B and pop charts, and her producer Jerry Wexler felt that a redone appeal for dignity became a landmark Respect by the label’s rising star, for both the Women’s Rights and gospel-belter Aretha Franklin, had Civil Rights movements. Respect the potential to break big with white also fetched two Grammy Awards. audiences as well as black. Franklin The ultimate respect Franklin earned? enthusiastically agreed and cut her Two decades later, the Queen of Soul version on Valentine’s Day of 1967. deservedly became the first woman to Just before the tape rolled, she and her be inducted into the prestigious Rock & sisters Erma and Carolyn made a few Roll Hall of Fame.

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